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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
Family and Servant sunocated

William T. Mason, a lawyer, and
his family; consisting OF wife and two
children, E len, four years old, and
Marion, six months, with servant,
Annie Wells, lost theiy lives In fire
which PARTIALLY destroyed the brown
stone dwelling occupied by them at
1873 west One Hundred and Thirtieth
street New York early Sunday morn.
ing. The whole family appears to have
been suifocated. The charred bodies OF
Mrs. Mason, the servant and four
year old child were found In the closet
under the roof scuttle thr ugh which
they are supposed to have been at.
tempting to escape. The bodies Of
MIR, Mason and the youngest child
we're in a bedroom.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
Why He Goes Home.

The Russian War Once explains
that the reason for Lieut.. Gen Stoes.
sci giving his parole and returning to
Russia instead Of remaining at the
head OF the heroic troops who formed
the garrison OF Port Arthur and shar.
Ing their fate as prisoner Of war in
Japan. is that 1t is incumbent upon
him to bring detailed report OF the
defense of the fortress to the EN- peror.
Rear Admiral Dochinsky, who Is sen.
ior naval oficer, will bring the naval
report. The arrangements for Gen.
Stoessel's route home are not com.
pieted. at the war Office It is said
that the general will undoubtedly
come straight to st. Petersburg, his
nrs1 duty being to report to the en-
peror. AS soon as his route through
Russia is determined upon prepara.
tions will be made to give him a ht-
ting reception.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20

my daughter were masquerading as
Mr.. and Mis-. Richard B. Warner
ana consorting from one MOTEL and
rom one home to another home and
another hotel
!. lhad been mortified, chagrined,
struck - the heart as with dagger.
And when I called my daup hter to to an
accounting as 1 thonght l had the
right IN motherhood, she again stab
peg me by saying: oh, Ma, you re
crazy. you know. Why torment Mr..
crane SOP He has the real artistic
temperament, like have. You dent
understand him. Why not On auav
again now and have long restP,1
~ was then stung to the I'M er.
most quick Of my soul, that I be. an
my suit for divorce against B;Gce
crane, naming my own datghtel as
them, they know not what tbev
did:"-NeW York American
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20

THE criminal statistics furnished in
the attorney generals report make o
better showing for the State during
past year than for the previous one.
The number OF homicides was slight.
ly less, but any Improvement In That
line Is subject for congratulation.
out or 2O2 such cases there were 90
acqulttals. or course all of these
may have been justified, but We agree
with the Columbia Record that it will
he generally admitted that the juries
are too much inclined to avoid infllct.
Ing the extreme penalty of the law.
A few hangings, and there has been
abundant opportunity for them,
would do much in further reducing
the number Of such crimes In this
state.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
n Horrible Tragedy.

AT Chicago on Wednesday. With
pistol and razor, John Miller, a
cook, Killed his wife and infant
daughter Annie, fatally wounded an.
o her daughter, Martha, two and a
half years old, and then, after shoot
lng hime elf through the breast, cut
his own throat. The unconscious
forms of the Miller family were found
In their home by the police who had
been summoned by neighbors. Mrs.
Miller died on the way to the hospital.
Her younger child was dead before
removal by the police. The older
child survived only Snort time after
arriving ut the hospital. Miller viii
probably die. Drunken rage Is be.
lieVed by tie police to have eau. ei
the tragedy.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
THE COTTON QUESTION
Debated in tho House by Johnso,
and Other Congressman,

DEBATED In tho House by johnson
and Other Congressman.
During the debate on the army ap
preparation bill III the house Wednes-
day Mr.. Johnson Is. CO. made a short
speech on the cotton question. He
called attention to what he said was
systematic effort, unfortunately
successful, to bear down the price Of
cotton, and asserted that there was
no Justification for such brutal cam
palgn OF deception and misrcpresen-
tation. l know" he said, there
are some kid glove gentry in New
York who would not know cotton
patch from pea patch, who are un.
dertaking to tell the world that the
southern farmer can make cotton at
"A cents" II he had the power, he
said, be would have every man who
gambled In cotton on the New York
Cotton Exchange and who said that
cotton could be produced at Al cents
go down and with his own naked
hands pull the bell cord OF a mule and
make cotton at that price.
MIR. Douglass On. ", interiected
the remark that most OF the men
Sptculating on the New York. ex-
change were southern men, which
caused Mr.. Johnson to declare that
whether they were southern men or
not, they we're enemies If southern
people and OF good morals everywhere.
The people OF the south were holding
cotton which they had no more idea
OF parting with at the e;ent price
imam the owncrs OF Uuited States
bonds had Of selling them at rs cents
on the dollar. He predicted that be
fore September l, 1908, thousands OF
spindles In the United States and
abroad would be idle because OF their
inability to get cotton to spin.
Mr. johnson argued that it would
be perfectly right for the southern
cotton growers to agree among them
selves tosa reduction OF the cotton
crop to the extent Of 50 per cent.
Mr.. Slayden (Texas) said that cur
tallment Of the cotton crop in this
country would only encourage the
greater production ofsit in other
countries. He warned the southern
members that they should not he de-
luded by the idea that the south pos
sessed the only climate O. soil which
could produce cctton prof tab,y.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
CHAPTER ".

My troubles with my husband be.
gan" she has confessed, when I first
discovered his relations with 10Y
daughter must tell the whole
naked truth. l upbraided both OF
them, but they both denied my
charges. l know what l was talking
about, and my own little girl-the
little girl | had brought into the
world-said to me, Why, mamma,
you must be mad. You are crazy
Yes, said Mrs. Crane, my own
husband, Ginning in, you must b,
crazy had had enough sorrow t.
make ME SO.
After that my life with Mr. Gran ,
and M little daughter Annie becam,
a veritf ble Inferno on earth for me.
He bcg,n to persecute and nag me IN
every way possible to think Of. Oh,
can't one imagine the torture | wa,
going through always: He
aided and aobettcd by my own daugh
ter, my own offspring:
SO 1t went on and on, He began
to persecute me in every way. He
struck me even aud knocked me down
when ] demonstrated against the aw
ful life we were living among our
selves. There seems TO me nothing
like 1t even In the Greek tragedies.
was nervous, upset, unstrungl
may one wonder?
so WAS c.,j )led into sanltarlum
to forget.
TO forget what9
That both my husband and my
daughter swore that l was willing ID
go there and that ny husband and
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20

a dispatchSfrom ST. Peterburg saws
a story OF almost unprecedented cruel
ty on The part OF Russian general
has reached there. While a review of
troops was In progress in the province
or ToIria onlookers crowded In, ham.
pering the drill. General Tschtyrkin.
who Was reviewing the troops, became
ehraSed and rode into group Of chill.
-dren, slashing at them with a sword
-Four children were killed and ten In.
1ured. The crowd was desperate at
the cold blooded murder OF children
and tried to get hold Of the general
but he ordered troops to charge them
with bayonets.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
OFFICIAL PROG hAM
or tho Cotton Growers Convention
Which Meets In New Orleans.

a special to The Telegraph from
Monticello, Gu, says that Presiden,
Jordan Of the Southern Cotton Grow
ers' Protective association has an
nounced the official programme OF the
SIuthern Interstate Cotton conven
tion which will be held at New Or
leans January "a 30. The organiza,
tion will be called to order by Mr.. Jor
dan. Hon NJ. j. Sanders, presiden;
OF the New Orleans Progressive
union, and Mayor Martin Behr1uan
Will deliver aidres ei of welcom, tc
which response will be made by Hon.
j. 1, pc Bow, OF Hawkinsville. Ca,
chairman OF the railroad Commission
OF Georgia, and Walter Clarke,
Clarksdalc, Miss, State v,cs president
of the Southern Cotton Growers Pro.
tective aSSocia tioo.
The first day committees will be
appointed on resolutions, regarding
cotton acreage and fertilization, State
bureaus Of statistics, organization OF
producers, Warehouse system, bank.
ing, State exchanges aud the present
TSioP eItxNA )iOS. H1Ie WI i De q gen.
.eral discussion OF the present situa.
tion.
The second day there will be, amcng
other features, addresses by Hon. e
K. Sunni erwell, Of New York, J. II
Dargan OF Atlanta, NJ. H. Thomas of
Dallas, Tex, l. w. Parker of Green,
vile, S. c., L p. fIlllyer of Macon.
Ga N. @. Murray of Kingston, Tex
ana e. d. Smith Of Magnolia, S. @
The report OF the committees will
also be received.
On the third day there will he ad-
dresses by Hon. r r Pole Of Mont
gomery, Ala, president Association
OF Southern Clmmissioners OF Agricul.
ture; T.. B. Parker Of Raleigh, N. c..
r. e. Smith OF Sherman, Tex, and
F. M. Miller OF New Orleans.
Railroad rates Of one fare plus 25
cents have Dccn granted from all
points in the south for delegates and
memb ;rS OF their families. President
Jordan: urges all delegates to reach
New Orleans not later than 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning, January "a, to re-
port at once at the assembly hall Of
the Progressive union.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
HoMEsrcK CADET
Hanged Himself to a. Tree in Ash:
Vile. N. O.

at Asbylle, N. c., the body of O.
A. Whitaker of Paragon, Ind. a
student at Bingham Military. acad.
emy, was found Wedre day hanging
from a tree In Victoria woods. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict that
the deceased came to his death by
suicidal banging. Whitaker, who
was 22 years old, came to the Bing-
ham Military academy ten days ago.
Since his arrival here the school
authorities state Whitaker suffered
from home sickness aud 1t is thought
that he committed the deed while un-
der Its influence.
He left the school Tuesday night
without permission and according to
witnesses, was seen pacing the plat
| form OF the railway station late Tues.
day night. A telegram was received
Wednesday evening from J. @. Wait.
taker Of Paragon, Ind, father OF the
dead boy, directing that the body of
his son be shipped home at once. The
remains have been embalmed and will
be placed on the train Wednesday
night.
The suicide Of young Whlttake,
was planned with minute care and
executed In a methodical manner
The place selected by the boy for end.
ing his life is thickly wooded spot
close to trail leading from the Vic
toria road to the tracks OF the South.
ern railway and sume 200 yards from
the Victoria inn. The rope WAS ol
new cotton and esey precaution
taken by the intended suicide to pre-
vent any miscarriage of his plans
Upon reaching the spot he selected a
small white Oak tree Whitaker
removed his collar and tie and piaced
them near the base of the tree. -
rope vas theu doubled aud Fs1
formed and placed about hise
He climbed the tree and after ad ~
Ing the moose and tying one end OF
the rope to a limb, thrust his hands
into bis packets and jumped, dislocat.
irg bis neck. When taken down by
the sheriff Wednesday morning the
body was cold and stiff.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
Date of Inauguration.

Gov. Hayward stated informally
Friday night that the Inauguration
would take place on Wednesday, the
10Th Of January. He had been in.
formed unofficially that the legisla.
ture would consult his wishes, and
that Is the date most suitable to him.
self. Gov. Hayward has had great
demands upon him recently, the pre-
paraticn of his message and the part
he to In the Centennial exercises in
connection with the heavy routine of
his otiice, and for tnat reason the in
acguration will be held. later than
,l1a1
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
lD[ISPENSARY D Isl REPORT.
The directors Submit a Statement Of
the Years Business.
The Total Proh,s Do No, Yet Reaon
the One Million Dol
lars Mark.

The annual report OF the hoard Of
directors Of the State dispensary was
given to the governor and made pub,
lie Thursday. The report itsel. merely
stmmarizers the figures of the years
business, which are set forth In detail
In accompanying exhibits. TIE report
follows:
To His ExcellencY, D. Q. Hayward,
Governor of South Carolina, Colum.
bia, 8. Q.
Sir: We have the honor to submit
herewith statement of the business
done by the State and county dspen.
saries during the fiscal year ending
November 3Oth, 1904, to be transmit,
ted by your excellenoy to the general
assembly of South Carolina.
BY referring to the several state.
ments attached hereto you will find
that the total cost of liquors, vines,
beer, etc., purchased during the year
amounts to s2,3l8,242.67 and that
the total sales Exclusive OF fresh
beer') amounts to SO 374, 788 43.
The net earnings for account OF the
school fund for the fiscal year, which
have been placed to Its credit, amount
to al7l,377.73.
The Profits that have accrued to-,
and equally divided between, the
counties and towns, amount s6O3,-
99S %, making the total earnings for
the year for the school fu i'd, countie es
and towns s775.375 95, which is an In.
crease over earnings Of last year of
s138, 1893. 90.
We have paid to the State treasur-
or since December 1st, 1903 Che be.
ginning of our fiscal year,, on account
OF the school fund The sum of $780,
33S "a, which reduces. the school fund
to s4OO, 600 90 as required by law.
During year We have disposed OF q
large amount OF hard stock" (Which
has been accommodating for several
years., at a fair profit, and hope that
within a short time we will have
nothing on hand except live" or
marketable stock.
We are very much gratified to re.
port that the business Of the dispt :
sary has been conducted with harmony
aud success III oil It's departtmsn
which will be shoSn by the attached
statements, and the reports OF the
legislative examining committee and
and expert accountants, appointed to
examine the books and records for the
past fiscal year.
You Will also note that the volume
OF business has increased, but this we
attribute to q more rigid enforcement
OF the law father than to an increas ed
consumption Of liquors, etc.
In concl lsion, We court your most
careful inq iiry into all the details OF
the dispensary management, and are
ready to furnish any data you may
desire.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
Bryan Backs Teddy.

William j. Bryan, in an address 10
the Indiana legislature Thursday, fol.
lowed up his commendation OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt made at Lafayette.
Speaking on the Presidents recon-
mendations OF railroad legislature,
Bryan said: II hope every Democrat
In the senate and house will support
the president to the utmost and l say
in advance l shall recommend the de-
feat OF every Democrat for renomlna
tion who does not stand by the presi-
cent In his effort to bring about these
recommo ndatlcns.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
EFloped With and Married Her
Own Mothers Husband.
THE PITIABLE STORY
As Told by the Outraged Wife In The
New York Courts in Her Plea fer
Divorce from Her Cruel and
Unnutural Husband Who
Married Daughter.

No modern instance Is comparabl
10 the case of Mrs. Bruce Crane No.
2, who orlsted her own mothers's af-
fections out OF the heart of her own
stepfatber, whose first wife was Mrs.
Crane No. 1.-The new BRIDES own
mother-and eloped with him.
Bruce Crane has Just married his
divorced wife's daughter, CO. respond
ent in this ignotle case.
Where may one fEd situation
and complication more heartless?
Mrs. Bruce Crane, who was Mrs.
Jeanne Burchard Brainerd before she
became Mrs. Bruce Crane, had two
daughters when she intruSted herself
and her widowhOod into he hands OF
Mr.. Bruce Crane, then struggling
and afterward, while she was his wife
-matured into one OF the most dis.
tinguished landscape painters In the
whole United States.
When the sc cCnd Mrs. Bruce Cranes
own mother was In the slough of des
pond aud was cast into prison, she
die not visit her own mother. Bat
she kept on keeping house for her fa-
nous stepfather, Bruce Crane.
When, after the first Mrs. Bruce
Crane, who had given up all money,
I'D everything she lad in life to give
MRnd when hez daughter took the
citing s,the artist father against her
onnmcnher, she did not even visit
mi on looi,Ather In ber dire extremity
Sile first Mrs. Bruce Crane
WasSV1pYaled before magistrate in a
police court in Greater New York,
herioWn daughter who has succeeded
TO her own mothers name and
fame,e let her be locked up in cell
like any common, ordinary unfortu
nate Without coming to the rescue
and now after all the agony of spirit
the first Mrs. Bruce Crane has gone
through goaded so by desperation
that she even had to heg-as a final
release from all her intense misery
that she must name her own daugE ter
as the co Respondent Of her husband,
hisstepdaughter and natura, guardian
OF the child to whom she had intrust'
ed him, her portion is that of intense
shame. She has seen all her hopes
blasted, all her life ruined, and
all the field OF her existence ungar.
nered by the unnatural conduct Of her
daughter who has stolen away from
her own mother the heart Of her
mothers husband
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
"A Hint.

1t is interesting to find In Cotton
Facts," published by Mr.. Alfred B..
Shepperson OF New York. this declar-
alton by the author: Texas, Okla
homa, Arkansas and the Indian Ter.
ritory undoubtedly offer far more in
viting field for the investment of
European capital for the production
of cotton than European schemes
for the cultivation OF cotton in
Africa, the West Indies and other
newly tried sections.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
One Eobber Killed.

Two masked men attempted to
rob Abraham, James and Sarah
Lianz, In Hanover ownship, Pa.
Saturday night and one Of them was
snot and instantly killed by William
McIlenry, employed as guard. The
dead mans companion escaped but is
thought to have been i1jGred. Six
months ago the Lianz home. which is
Iii remote district, was robbed sew.
eral times, the robbers su ljecting the
two brothers and sister to brutal
treatment.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
Recognized as the oldest established
and Most Reliable. Special

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OF his new system of curing these diseases in
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You GU apply It yourself at home, under the Doc
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lie cures fmpotenoy in old men, stops dis.
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He sends it directly to your homo in a pla,A
package without ,rks to indicate the CON
tents Let him send you his now books cover
ing the diseases of men. He has four OF them
-Diseases of the Vital Organs, Blood Poison
ing, Structure, Yarioocs'e. His full address is
Dr.: j. Newton Hathaway, SO Inman Bldg. 225
s. Broad St, Atlanta, Ga. Write for the one
you want. 1t is free, also q detailed lettaf
covering your case. 1t is a good way to and
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40 write without delay, and IA the doctor has
been prominent in the South for twenty-five
years, you can rely on what he says.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
Another Mill Closed.

1t is little disturbing" says the
Spring field, Mast, this
passing OF the old and we'll known
Boott cotton mills into liq iidation on
account of southern competition, for
one thing" Our contemporary then
gees on to say that the mills failure
does not mean that New England is
gradually to be forced out Of the cot.
ton manufacturing business, but it
does mean that we must have more
open markets outside Of the United
States"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20

EACH year shows q further deca-
dence of the phosphate industry in the
state. The revenue at one time
amounted to over 5000, 900, while for
the last year 1T was only $9,723.Ol.
Only two companies are engaged in
the business and the output has fallen
OH In about the Sane proportion as
the revenue. The Columbia Record
says the supply is probably. exhausted,
but the main cause OF the trouble was
the discovery Of equally as good rock
at various places outside Of the staJe
which could be mined cheaDer.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
CHAPTER III.

1t WAS after several most painful
episodes that Mrs Bruce Crane got
desperate. f5iie> had given Bruce Crane
her love, she had given him he.
money, she was 4 briliiia.E t art critic
fherself, and she had impelled linn by
her own incentive and wifely6be on
tue road to becoming one Of The most
successful and distinguished painters
Of American landscape.
Then there came the little rift in
the lutte that was impossible to be
avoiGed
Mrs. Crane discovered that her own
child was accepting the attentions or
her own husband.
She was utterly discarded and forced
to watch this utmost degeneracy.
1t lad been uttered In the art
world, where Bruce Crane and his
wife moved at that time, that Mrs
Bruce Crane murmured:
almost wish now that she had
died before she was born" Mr.. Bruce
Crane afterwards: ITS everything
or suicide for me-"
Mrs. Crane kept up her methodical
impulse. He seems SO fond Of my
own daughter. He does not seem to
care for me-" his own wife"
Imagine Mr.. Bruce Crane reading
into two women's heart at the same
time especially when one belonged
to his wife and the other belonged to
his ow1 wife's daughter. And then
came next, for or against divorce, a
most ignoble plea, as one may look at
it. 1t has been said that the mother
favored the dissolution, to save her
own daughter name
Anyway, 1T was asked by the mother
OF her own child, against her own hus-
baod. The stepdaughter was cores,
pendent in the piteous case. Today
the daughter is acclaimed Bruce
Cranes wife. A her own mother?
Well, her own mother-she who
brought her into the worlds the
outcast, divorced wife OF the man who
is living with the daughter in the
pale OF the law as his own, particular
spouse.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20

IMMIGRATION Commissioner Wat
son has made his report, which is an
interesting one, to the general ASSEM-
bly. ln the short time the Office has
been In operation he has accomplished
q great deal. The first fruits OF mis-
work are already apparent; but the
most that has been done, or could be
done up to this time, has been In
laying the groundwork. So far he has
bronght 166 immigrants into the
State.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-20
T. S. HOJ.LEYMAN, M. d.,
The Specialist.

Cures all diseases Of men. Lost
manhood, syphilis (blood poison),
gonorhoea, gleet, structure, varioceele,
hydrocele and all private diseases OF
men. Catarrh in all forms cured
quickly. Piles cured without opera.
tion or detention from bushes !.
Under guarantees. Rooms 421 an
422 Leonard building, Augusta, G !.
Write for home treatment. Om o
hours: a. NJ. to p. m. Sunday i
. a. M. to 2 p. m.