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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
WILL GIVE Us TROUBLE.
What en- RnRlishman Says About tho
Victorious Japanese.

Victorious Japanese.
Even II Japan be victorious in 1t,
conflict with Russia, can see nothing
ahead of the masses of people of tina,
race butt long period of tribulation, >
said Mr.. F. Rawdon, of London, Eng
land, who is at the New Willard and
who has lived In japan for many years,
says The Washington Post.
1t must not be supposed that be-
cause the Japanese have displayed OK.
traordinary military prowess that they
enjoy good economic conditions, or
that there has been any great Improve
ment in the status of the common peo-
pie since the abolition of tho feudal
system, some thirty.hve years ago.
The masses still subsiBt on meals cost
ing from 2 to cents, and the man
over there who is able to eat so.
cent dinner is grandee of the first
magnitude. Any very great change
for the bstter Is impossible in a coun.
try that has only 148, 900 square miles,
and population OF at least 45, 5000.
WV hou w ui1Ao UildU IL OILY
II per cent of arabic land in japan,
and 1T issobvious that for the multi
tude there Is no escape from the grind.
Ing poverty and from long hours or
poorly paid toll. Modern methods
copied from the East have brought to
Japan many newly established indus
tries, but the poor people who crowd
their factories work for wages that
the neanest laborer In England or the
United States would scorn.
Now with the increasing hardships
that the war entails, thousands CT Jap.
anese after Its close will wish to bet.
ter their condition by coming to the
United States, and 1 have not the
but that they are going
to Drove'a source of trouble to your
people II, some legislation of a restric.
tive chaIaoter is not adopted. Wher.
ever they come they will work for
wages than Americans or any
other Thite men, and this will beget
an q \aEatlnn as was had in Cali
tGn asa.shinese, and prob.
ably rs 1ulil uiie 5annes exclusion"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
Gnve UP tho Fieht.

Henry l.. Wood ward, an attorney
OF Nc~ York city, and Charles A
Brouz, a travelling 50 esman for the
National Supply company OF Toledo,
OHIO, committed suicide in their
rooms at the Hollenden hotel at
Cleveland, OHIO, sometime during
Tuesday night OF last week. The
bodies OF both men we're found Wed
nesuay afternoon. The coroner's 4
verdict In esch case gives despondency
over domestic aid business trou bles
AZ the cause OF the suicides. Both
men had used pistol and had sent a
bullet into their heads In almost the
same spot, death in each olse being
inHtAn1aneNnA
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
Veteran or Gar,bald,,a arnov

Col. Frederick DeFuniak, capitalist
md distinguished clJizen, died at hia
'esioence In Louisville, KY, Wednes-
lay. Col. DeFuniak was born in r ,me,
Italy, 65 years ago and was veteran
Il Garibaldi's army. H., was for q long
I'me chief engineer Of the LouiAyille
q Nashville railroad and has been
'onnected with railroad building in
many parts CT ths country. He was q
nember Of the Nov York Yacht club,
4 the Old Southern Yacht club and
Of the Philadelphia Yacht club.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07

face sheltered from the burning sun
by an improvised shelter of pine tops;
a few feet away the quilts upon which
she had been laid; on the other side of
the house the fire around the black
Iron washpot, fr, m which water was
being carried to the ply slcians dress
Ing the wounds; the jury hearing the
testimony seated upon the woodpile,
surrounded by the usual crowd OF gap.
ing, staring spectators, many of
whom had gone out from Conway In
ou gies and on wheels; add to this
,he repeated moan of the mother.
"Oh, l lust wanted to get away to
save her life."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
SOME PLAIN TALK
From q Northerncr on tho Shackline
OF Presidcru Davin.


20 the Editor of the Public Ledger:
So many letters have appeared ir
the newspapers lately, pro and con,
regarding the treatment OF ex-Pfesi.
dent Jefferson Davis while a captive
that l am surprised one salient fea.
ture has hitherto esceped comment,
and l rely upon your liberal journal
to print what now desire to place
before the fair miuded people OF
America bearing upon the manacling
Of the distinguished prisoner Of war.
The Roman conquerOr loaded his cap
tive Kings with chains (some times
Of gold; but still chains) to grace his
triumph. We must go back 1000
years or near 1t, to the day when the
valiant British Prince Caractacus, in
Chains, graced triumph In Rome
Cleopatra only saved herself by the
asp from glorifying in chains, the
triumph OF Octav1us. But this Is an
cient history. In modern times, cruel
and vindictive as we're the British to
tie fallen lion, Napoleon and although
they, in their terror Of him, condemn,
ed him to living death yet he was
never put in chainsl
1t -remained for the United States
Of America, through their duly consti-
tuted authoritiesr to do thihR un.
precedented In modern times, TIL
chaining, like convict, Of the lead
er OF a brave cause, whose rights or
wrongs are not now In question. The
brutal treatment of lhe aged and in.
drmed stateamen soldier by q
hired blacksmith 70. -Ared sergeant,
or general-it doesn't matter which,
to my argumenO was a deed which
should have brought then, and should
bring now, the blush of shame to ev
~ man north OF Mason ard D ptxon,s
line, who oountenanced, or who
countenar ces, this outrage against
the amenities OF honorable warfare,
and against the courtesy due to a
soldier, statesment and a gentleman,
and through him to brave, though
conquered people.
JAMES P. DAVIDSON.
Philadelphia March %, 1905.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
Through Mistake Says dessler
Rosseau, the Bomb Maker.
REMARKABLE STORY.
Rosss'H Claims that He Made the R..
pl"sive that Destroyed the Battle.
ship Maine in Havana Harbor.
and that it Was Intended
for a Spanish Ship

Aha6 6he battleship Maine throuph
gu error was destroyed by bomb OF
'ns manufacture was the Statement
naoe by Gessler Rosseau In the Nev
YORK Tonbs prison. Rosssan vao
convicted OF having sent explosives to
.ne ounard line pier, In Nav York in
May 1908 He made the following
S'atement on Tuesday OF last week:
for several years, while the Cuban
patflots were struggling against Wev.
ier, l watched the contest with dee,,
interest and sympathy. I decI1ad ~
~ w. oacksonVilie and do what I could
W assls1 The revClutionists. I started
rom 81 Louis, where I had been liv-
Z ou.lng ne early part of 1897.
beiore taking train for the south
eoo together the material for the
construction of two exploding ma.
cnifleS OF tremendous power. 20 ar.
ranged that they could be wound nm
ana left IN selected place with the
certalnty that they would 20 of with
Terrible destruction within a few
hours 40"
AT New Orleans 1 rented q room
ana put the boxes together, after
Whlch went 10 Jacksonville. There
b-came acquainted with party of
cuban Leaders who were planning a
ni1bustering expedition. They had
engaged The D sUroyer, small vessel.
to take them to Cuba. along with n
number OF American and European
duVenturers, who were anxious to
strike blow for Cuban freedom.
Several OF the leaders OF the perty
are men now we'll known and | "
not mention their names althoupa
nave among my papers O list of them
all.
II suggested to them that they. use
so l.i -
ships In the harbor OF Habana and In
other ports on the coast OF the island.
They readily seiz:d upon the idea,
and when the Destroyer sailed with
The tiiouiterers they took my two
machines with them.
1T was my intention to 90 along
with the party so as to direct the
work of sinking the Spanish ships.
but they dissuaded me, urging that /
could be of greater use in Jacksonville
preparing other machines II the frat
proved successful
1t was penned to have some mem
bers OF the revolutionary party Join
the Spanish navy so as to get the
machines aboard. If that failed it
was decided to fasten one of the boxes
co the hull of a ship under the wster
line, for had constructed my ma
chimes so they could be exploded un-
der the water.
That was late in the fall Of 1897.
The next spring the Maine was de-
stroyed.
Only one Of the men in the secret
OF the machine ever returned to
America. saw him some time after
the war with Spain had begun.
He told me he had nothing to do
with the boxes after reaching Cuba,
but had been told a mistake had been
made.
THE man who had been entrusted
with the task Of destroying q Spanish
v,ssel attempted to fasten box DUR
iLg the night to one of Alfonso's war
ships 2nd blundered into blowing up
the Maine.
Il was told that the man, immedi-
ately learning Of the error he had
made, committed suicide"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
DISPENSARY PROFITS
Divided Among the Different sohools
Of the State.
Deficiencies in 90 Counties Made Up
and Remainder Divided Ao.
oerdipR to Enrollmene.

|
Comptroller General Jones has made
an allotment Of $4,000 Of dispep.
5ary profits to the public schools Of
the State. The allotment was mad.
after fnding out the deficiency In
each county. This deficiency repre-
sented the amount each school In the
county fell SHORT OF S75 In some
couGties the 3 mill school tax produc.
ed revenue suffi ,lent to paw each
school s75, which amount is calculat.
ed to run school three months,
1t required 80. $50 SO to make up
these deficiencies and the remainder
OF the profits recently declared by the
dispensary were divided among all of
the counties. Onesteraeld's county
Superintendent Of education having
tailed to respond with the data nee
essary, that county was not included
In the distribution but the amount
Will be made up at subsequent distri.
buttons.
The total enrolment In the State
as reported is 28S .353; and the amount
each pupil will receive from this dis
tribution will be 81 1-2 cents. The
oenoAouSf mUuey Was ulVlQeQ as fol-
lows among the 20 Counties reporting
that the 3 mill school tax did not af-
ford s75 for each and all of the
schools ip these counties:
Abbeville, s297.S5; Aiken, s78 80:
B Bimberg, s91.04; Barnwell, s32:
Cherokee, sl32 eS; Clarendon, s74 81;
Colleton, s4sl 90; e 'ge6eld, s46O "a:
Florence, se4 SO; Georgetown s2e7- 78;
Greenville. ssl 81; Hampton, s434;
Horny, s2,09s; Ksrshaw, SIPS; Ian.
e+ster, s73e 80; Laurens, sl7O 76;
Lee, sl15 90; Lexington, 1882 20:
Marion, s242; Marlboro, $3.50 l3; @; 80
nee, 1882 16; Orangeburg, s2l6; Pick
ems, el40. l6; Saluda, 81, 100; Sp 4rtan-
burg, sls l6; williamsburg, s949
The following table gives In the
irst column the names of the counties,
n the second the number OF pupils
'nrolled In the public sch ools OF each,
and IN third amount OF money eacn
.eoeived from the funds Of slOo, O23 OS
eft after deficiencies had been made
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
Good Advice.

The Washington Pest gives Bishor
Potter this timely bit ofadvice: II
we're we'll, we think, FIVE may be per
mitted to make suggestion respect
ing 50 distinguishes q persln as tn
Bishop OF New York, that lie bewar,
VI reckless speaking, that he exercise
more control over that unruly mem
DER, the tongue. 1t Ill becomes him
tn indulge in such unwarran te,
fings.n
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
Robbed Registered Letter

Arthur Il. WhitneT, a youpg man
belonging to a prominent family at
Jacksonville. Fla, pleaded guilty in
the federal court Wednesday to taking
$500 from registered letter Whitner
was employed in the Jacksonville post
Office as night registry clerk, and the
larceny was committed last summer
He was given sentence of one years.
imprisonment.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
The Off Accented.

A Boston dispatch saws the Ameri
can board Of commis,i O. OF foreigt
missions announces ths t It's ,rudentla
committee has accepted .Aa report o
the sub committee recommending ac
ceptance OF the gift OF 100000 b!
John d, Rockefeller, but final actor
in the matter had been postponed tw'
weeks. Later prudential committe
reported that 1t had decided to accep
the Rockefeller gift.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
Indicted for Embczzlement.
William D. BAH, former po.tmas,

WlIllam d. BaII, former po5tmaSter
at Orange Park, Fla, IA miles from
Jacksonville, was indicted by the fed.
eral grand jury Wednesday for en-
bezzlement. He was charged with be-
ing short In his accounts to the gov.
ernment. 1t also developed last week
that he was short In his accounts as
treasurer Of. the city OF Orange Park.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
Murder and suloide.

At Marshall, ILL.,, William J. Cruise
shot aud killed his brotner-in.law
Frank Ltvix, and then committed sui.
eide. The "ife Of Cruise had obtain.
ed divorce, charging cruelty. Cruise
claimed that the Llvix family In.
fuencad his wife to leave him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
Miss Mlidr. al 30 ad.

Miss Mildred Lee, youngest dsueh.
ter OF Gen. Robert E. Lee, died at
New 0 leans Tuesday night at the
residence OF Mrs. William Preston
Johnston, while on visit. Her death
was due to appoplexy.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-07
Roosevolu WI. spoais,

President Roosevelt will deliver an
ddies, In Brooklyn on May 80 at the
xercises In connection with the un.
Yelling of the statue OF Gen. Slocun.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-08

important respects, the best copper mine i3 the United States at present, and will bear watching for the future
 In addition to the four properties al ready enume-ated as possible future competitors of the Boston & Montana. for first place. the Calumet & Arizona group must be considered. At pres ont this group ccnsia,s of one proGuc- ing mine, the Calumet & Arizona. and four developing properties. Should these he consolidated in a single con- pany, as is possible. there is li.Ie question that it will head the liss of ;he worlds producers within five years. As it is, the Calumet & Ari- Zona has made upwards of thirty mil lion pounds of copper during the year from d single shaft, and will put it's second shaft !n commission in 1895, and with the added smelling facilities DOW planned. cen turn out four or five million pounds of copper monthly thereafter.
 Within two or three years two oi the developing mines of the. Calumet
 x Arizona group will become large producer, and the copper world will learn with surprise. that other new mines. as big as the Calumet 6 Ari- zona and also capable of making 25- 900 000 pounds of copper in their first year. are to be adCed to the list of the
 worlds largest copper producers.
 The Oscecia has made the greatest gain of any Lake Superior mine during the year. and now stands ninth amora
 American producers. The Baltic and Champion mines have also gained a few points in position and the othel large Lake mines show compare lively small changes in production. The United Verde has made a better pro duct than during the preceding year
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among American mines, or, for that matter, among the copper mines of the world. which it now heads in produc- tiOn. Anaconda has gone little furth- Ter down grade during the year, and its output of S5,000,O00 pounds of blister copper. while second in the world to Boston & Montana only, is a great 'shrinkage from it's high water mark of 131 ,000 ,00G pounds made in 1897. Ana conda is mining more ore than ever before in it's history, but the average grade is decidedly low. with a marked tendency toward further decrease, and
 but for the advantage of the magnifi- cent Washoe reduction plant, incom- parably the largest in the world, the Anaconda would be out of the race.
 both as g large producer and as a money maker. As matters now stand. the Anaconda will remain one of the worlds greatest producers for a long time to come and. by virtue of a mag |nifceEt equipment and good manage ment-for the mines Of the>>Amalga- mated to have good management, whatever may be the shortcomings of the parent company-the Anaconia nCulu pay cONSlueTdDie tlNluSnu5 ih the future, but its best days are past.
 Boston & Montana now holds the lead, and probably will for many years 70 come, but there are several possible rivals who may give it a brush for first
 place during the next few years. among these being the Greene Consol-
 dated of Mexico and the Rio Tinto of Spain. while in the United States the Calumet & Hecla will be a strong competitor for honors after its mills are rebuilt, and the Copper Queen of Arizona would be in position, if it had the smeiting facilities, to give the
 Bo1ton & Montana sharpe race for
 honors. Owing to Ets conservative
 management. the fact that its shares are not listed on any exchange, and
 the quiet with which its management
 attend strictly to it's own blS;-
 ness, the magnitude of the Copper Queen and :ts possibilities for the fut- ure are almost unknown, except to Its owners and the comparatively Sew copper men acquainted with the prep Ierty. The Copper Queen is, in severa,
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-08

their stores. which had been allowed Ito reach very low proportions. The year closes with strong foreign de mand ana greatly increased domestic consumption. due to the general re- vivaI of business in the United States. Prices have advanced nearly two cents during the last quarter Of 190i, and the metal closes the year firm a; about 15 cents per pound.
 It would be unreasonable to ex- pect a continuance of the heavy for eign demand during 1905, with cop per al 15 cents or more. but the do- mestic trade will make up for the fall ing off in exports that are quite cer- tain to come during 1905. The copper situation is very good in all particulars put there seems neither reason nor ne cessity for a higher price than 15 cents and wl9.le the. demand make keep prices a; the present level for some time and -even may advance the pres enL quota. lions, it seems reasonable to look for q recession in prices, 10 per haps about II cents. Tot later than the middle of 1905. and perhaps at much earlier date. There is ample margin Of profit in the business q If cents for all of the good mines, and the trade will end the coming year in healthier condition if the average market price of the metal shall be fourteen cents rather than sixteen cents. during he year 1905.
 HORACE J. STEVENS.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-08

but the Arizona Copper Co. has fallen oif in production. The Old Dominion Of Arizona has made the largest reia- tive gain of any large American mine, having doubled it's output during the year, under the capable management of Phelps, Dodge & Co. ana will show large gain in production for 1905 as well. The Shannon, another American property. also has done very well dur ing 1904.
 All three of the big Utah mines have increased production. and a number ot smaller but promising producers have entered the field. The Tennessee has increased its output during the year, but not so largely as was anticipated.
 The growth of the American copper industry is well illustrated by the fol lowing table. giving production for ev- cry fifth year since 1S49: the date Of the first dividend payment by a Lake Superior mine, the past five years, with estimates of 1904 production, be ing given in detail:
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-08

column tells a plain tale of the his tory of the American export trade in
 copper Curing The past decade. The
 business was upon a steady and heal thy basis from 1896 until 1899. fnclu- sic American consumption was in- creas.ng. owing 10 business recovery
 from the panic years following 1S93. and our surplus was cared for by the fore+gn demand at fair prices. In 1900 the continued high price of the meal. warranted during the preceding year.
 but not in 1900. caused a falling off in
 exports, and in 1901, it having become apparent that the price was rigged anu mus break sooner or later, the tor
 sign consumers bought no copper from
 the United States that could be secur- cd elsewhere. or done without. and
 the surplus metal was stored neie. The break in price. late in 1901, was
 reflected bv thc double net eXporta- Iions during the following year. but the immense domestic demand. stimH
 lated by low prices, absorbed the sur
 plus in an unexpectedly rapid manner.
 and practically wiped it out during | 1903. The present year of 1904 has DSSu lndIheu py SHdlp ldllIHS Oh AA | domestic demand on account of the general curtailment in the manufact- iu-e of machinery, which still takes ma terially more copper than the electric
 al uaies. but what might have prov led an embarrassing situation to the trade. inasmuch as American produc- i ton increased by nearly 13 per cent
 i'll the face of decreased demand was saved by the strong foreign ce-
 mand. The foreign market for copper
 has been excellent. owing to the great l improvement of business in Germany
 and the necessity all foreign manu-
 factnrers were under of increasing
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-08
AT THE JUNCTION.

Further than that another IG0C gah lon pump is enroute from the factory to the property for immediate install iation the-e IS little 10 be found at the Junction right now that ls CIV. Work in the drifts is going ahead very satisfactorily. The show.ag te- ing secured is all that could De asked for. The pumps are being got in place as rapidly as possible. A. this rate it will not be less than two months before they will get iD opera ton and clear the way for sinking in the shaft This sinking it ;s baliev- ed will fetch the shaft to ore ,inder fifty feet.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-08
(Percent. Ttl. Am. Produot'l.
 Michigan Montana Arizona

The most noticeable feature of the preceding table is the gain scored by Arizona. which is now crowding Mich
 igan for second place and is liable to take it in 1905 and is almost certain to occupy second place in 1906. with a prospect of closely crowding Montana a year or two later. There IS every prospect that Arizona wi!l head all of the American states as a producer De, fore the close of the present decade. The table shows that Lake Superior has just about held it's own. in the pIo- portion increase in the entire couh- try. during the past six years. whiie Montana has made a small actual in |crease in output. but has lost relative ", dropping from 40 per cent in 1899 Ito 34 per cent in 1904. Utah. which
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-08
Oong Tons.)

Less than . quarter ceDtury ago Chili was a larger producer of copper than the United States. and both were behind Spain, then the leading cop per producing country of the globe. The 1904 production of the United
 States was more than ten times that of Chilli, and almost exactly seven times that of Spain. The 1904 cop per production of the United States was greater than the entire copper rroduc: of the world at so compa:s-
Bisbee daily review., 1905-01-08

does not appear in the foregoing table made more than per cen, of the total American product in 1904.
 The following table gives American imports and exports for the past ten years, estimating 1901. The exports Will vary but little from the estimate but the imports may show greater deviation from the figures here given, though they will serve as a far ap- proximation of the actual figures. The matter of arriving at the quantity Cf fine copper contained in imports is a somewhat difficult one. as the imports are in many varying forms, ranging from crude ore of all grades, brought across the border from Canada for smelting, through matte from Mexico and other countries brought in for conversion, up 10 blister copper i'm ported from many foreign countries for refining, anG' ending with commeT- cial copper in different forms, both new and old.
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lively recent date as 1S95-only nine years ago.
 The following table gives the per centage Of the total American product furnished by the three leading states for the past half century at five year perio6s wi,h the past five years given in full: