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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Lee McKinnic, fireman on the
Burlington, between Mexico and
st. Louis, while taking coal for
his engine at Old Monroe slipped
on the apron of the coal chute and
fell aud broke his leg.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

j. Speer has resigned as mana.
ger of the Mexico Poultry Co.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

VIM. Ragsdale, the harness man,
is in st. Louis for medical treat
ment.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Mrs. Horace Mundy has been
quite i'll.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Mrs. Samuel Rice, south of Mex
leo, fell on the ice Sunday and
broke her arm.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Mrs. j. M. Marmaduke, who is
at the home of DR.. \. NJ. Patter-
son, remains very seriously ill.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Mrs. g. E. Sims at Thompson
is reported improving in the con-
dition of her health.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Mrs. Edward Duty has been
quite i'll.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

George A. Potept. Il former
postmaster Of Mexico, who left
here y years ago, died at his home
in Kansas City last week. He was
postmaster here under Gen.
Grants administration.
Mr.. p. Yuncry Thiehoif, rail
road man Of Mexico, aud Miss
Mayme Losson of Monroe City,
were married at Monroe City last
week, FIR. John Lyons officiating.
John Blum at Skinner has com
pletcd drilling a 2l0 feet deep
well. Struck an abundance OF
water.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

j. a. Gladnon, United States eX-
press agent here, will resign his
position next month to accept the
management of the Mexico Brick
Works, Legarre Gary will take
his place as express agent.
Mary Cordeli Mason, of Powell
Ford little daughter Of Mr. aud Mrs
VIM Mason, is very sick.
Grant Beal of Laddonia re.
mains about the same.
Wanted, SIS, jOO,2 year optional,
loan a. 81, on good farm security,
quick, for Mar. LIST.
1000 5 year optional loan at
per cent IL good farm security,
Mar. LIST.
So, $50, ) year optional, loan at
6 per cent on good farm security,
now.
$1,000, ) year optional loan at
7 per cent on good farm security
now. DRAKE & THRELKELD.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

~ HAPPENED AND HAPPENING. II
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Report incorrect.

At a meeting of number of GIN
ners OF Georgia and Alabama at At
lanta, Friday, two vice presidents
we're named from Georgia to attend
the next convention Of cotton ginners
to be held at Dallas, Texas. President
j. A. Taylor Of the National Ginners
association was present at the meeting
and made an address urging the gin
ners to retain information regarding
cotton produced. Among other thing:
he said: "The government report Of
the cotton crop is totally incorrect
These reports are as far wrong as any
thing l know. Many ginners did moi
c0unt-their bales correctly, often add
ing many hundred bales more thar
they has In reality ginned. In many
instances the number OF tales giunet
was guessed at I have come to the
conclusion that and the other gin
ners were chumps for giving out the
repOrtS,o
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
DR.. Richardson Resigns.

A dispatch from Spartanhu-g says
Rev. w. r. Richardson, ID. D., has
severed his connection as editor with
The Southern Christian Advocate and
has received an appointment from
Bishop Duncan as pastor Of the First
Methodist church at Pulaski, Tenn
He will leave In the near future for
his new field OF labor. 1t is not def
nitely known who will succeed DR..
Richardson as The Advocate editor.
1t is currently reported that for the
present the editorial work will be
done by one OF the following gentle
men: President Snyder Of Wofford
college, Pastor e. 0. Watson OF Cen
tral Methodist church, or Rev. w. a.
Rogers, D. D. The departure of DR..
Richardson and his family will be a
matter of genuine regret throughout
city. AS editor Of The Advocate and
as pastor OF Central Methodist church
In years past, DR.. Richardson had
made many friends, irrespective OF
creeds, who held him In high esteem
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Shot HiIllBelf.

j. b. Harrison, a prominent cotton
buyer fatally shot himself at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon In his room at
Magnolia inn, at GAINESVILLE, Ga, the
ball entering just above the right ear
and lodging In the brain. Heavy losses
on cotton contracts led to the act. His
losses are estimated at about 925 900.
He has been respondent for the past
few days and Wednesday afternoon
bought pistol from q hardware
store. Immediately thereafter, seeing
the figures giving the close Of the
market for Wednesday, he went tc
his room and shot himself. He was 45
years old and stood we'll among the
people there. Besides the losses sus
tanned he had considerable property
and money left, amounting to sl2, ,00t
or Sl5, 200,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Shot a Cotton NlilI.

At Spartanburg Arthur Lelster
shot and killed George McAllister In
the card room OF the Appalache mill
at Arlington Wednesday morning.
Leister was card room boss, and had
discharged one OF McAllister's family
Tuesday, and this caused aquarrel be-
tween the two. This quarrel wss re-,
newed and resulted in Leister shoot
ing McAlllster three times, the latter
dying almost instantly from the eff
fects Of his wounds. Lsister came tc
Spartanburg and gave himself up tc
the sheriff. He was lodged in ths
county jail, is a.:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Murdered in a Club Room.

Travis Johnson, we'll known citi-
zen, was foully murdered Wednesday
In rooms at the Arlington club, his
head being nearly severed from his
body by either knife or q hatchet.
John Griffith, marine engineer, was
arrested almost Immediately after the
assassination and charged with the
crime. The victim was at breakfast
when he received telephone message
to return to the club rooms, as some,
one wanted to see him. He was ac-
companied into the room by Grifith,
who was seen a few minutes there
after leaving the place by rear en-
trance. Feeling against the prisoner
is Intense and quick trial is de-
n1anded. The motive for the crime
was probably robbery, as nearly 5000
was taken from the murdered man.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Cotton Burned.

A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, r-,,,e
one bale OF cotton was burned A
streets of Fort Gaines Thursday afs
noon by farmers of Clay county, wy
set fire to- the neecy staple after a.
mass meeting in which the cotton
planters o. that county declared they
were willir 6 to burn their interest In
the two million bales representing an
excess crop produced in the cottoOll
states The burning was accop2a.ies. in
by great ceremony andneeS iloweyS VI
still greater excitegaent. Much ~
thusiasm was idenced at the masa,
meeting Of the farmers at which this
radical action was planned and adop.
ted. Several speeches were made and
then followed the resolution which
provided that Clay county should take
the initiative and burn the 1000, 600
lales above the normal crop. Other
counties have been asked to follow
this action and In this way rid the
| market of the surplus crOn
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Ho Was Lynohed.

A special from Neal, Ca, says!
Herbert Simmons, s. negro, was
lynched there Thursday for the killing
OF j. a. Park, a white man and one
OF the community's best known citi-
Q ms. The Negro was taken from the
officers by infuriated citizens while be.
Ing carried to tha Ieouiun jail and
after being strung upon tree his
body was riddled with bullets. Mr..
Park was murdered on the night OF
Dec. 81, his skull being crushed IN
with n large stick. The coroner's YER
dlot " as that he came 60 his death at
tho bgnds Of Herbert Simmons.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
main satisfactory. Wheat and oats

i
seeding was not finished.
Rice thrashing was practically fin
fshed, and the yields we're not as large
as the midsummer condition indicat.
ed that they would be.
=" The yields of corn came up to ex.
peotation and gathering confirmed tie
earlier promising reports. Both early
and late planted corn were equally
good.
There we're generally poor yields
OF minor fall crops over the western
parts attributable to the long aud
severe drought during September and
October; In the eastern parts where
the rainfall was more copious. the fall
Drops were generally excellent.
During November, as during the
previous gathering season this year,
there was practically no less in har
| vestinR from bad weather, and all
crops were saved in the very best con-
dition.'
CLIMATOLOGY FOR THE MONTH.
The main temperature for Novem-
Der was 4l.6 degrees, which is de-
grees below normal. The highest local
mean was 81 2 degrees at Charleston;
tbs lowest was 46 degrees at Green
Vile. The monthly extremes were a
maximum Of 80 degrees at Walhala,
on the 22nd, and minimum OF % de.
grees at Greenville and Santuc on the
18th, making the State range So de.
grees. TIE greatest LEGAL monthly
range was Sc degrees at Walhalla, the
least was 81 degrees at Charleston
The mean OF the daily maximum tenn
peratures was 636 degrees and of the
daily minimum temperatures was only
1871 degrees, making the average dai-
ly range 1913 degrees.
Frost (frst killing of the seas1n)-
In addition to the list in October: On
the lst at Cheraw, Dillon. Lugoff. On
the 18Th at Trenton. On the IA h at
Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bates
burg, Calhoua Falls, Camden, Edisto,
Eulngham, Georgetown, Kingstree,
Pc ger. Pinopolis, ST. Georges, St. Mat
thews, St. Stephens, Saluda, Smith
Mills, SanaicTT Yemassee, York
Vile. On 18th at Beaufort, Columbia,
Conway, Society Hill, Walterhoro,
Winnsboro
Ice-Thin Ice was quite general on
tne lst, l4Gh, ano 18th.
PRECIPITATION.
The precipitation averaged 2 78 in
ches which Is 0.05 below normal. The
greatest monthly amount was 439 at
Yorkville; the least was l.2O at Con-
W. Ine sreautsJ e.:h0ur fall was
2.O6 at Stateburg on the 18th lh.
The average number of days with O.0l
or more precipitation was 6, ranging
from at Allendale to at Columbia.
Little Mountain, Saluda and Trenton.
Sleet-Colunbia 18th.
SnoH-Twenty seven stations re-
ported snow on the 18Th. generally
only a trace, but amounting to 3 In
ches at Batcshnrg. The snow matted
Weather average number OF
clear days was IT, of partly cloudy
ones 6, and OF cloudy ones I.
Winds-The prevailing direction Of
the wind was from the west at II sta
tlons, from the northw at TO- from
the southwest at 8, from the north
east at Z from the north at 5, from
the east at 2, and from the southwest
at one station.
High Winds-High winds, reaching
velocities of 80 miles or more, at many
places prevailed over the State on the
18TH
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Shot AssniIant.

In an effort to arrest Jesse Wofford,
CHARLES Holland, Fred West mtyeland
ana young man named Patterson at
Oakwood Ca, Wednesday night, Bob
fucSett' chief OF police OF that town,
was shot through the bowels and As
ne fell he shot Jess Wofford throuvf
tne stomach. The latter died shorty
alter while Puckett is in a Dangerous
condition. The men were drinkino
ana roWdy and when Pickett en'
deaVorcu to quiet tnem fight follow.
ed with the above results. Patters m
Holland and Westmoreland were
i9uRed IN jail at Gainesville at neon
wednesday. The town, six miles
south OF Gainesville, is greatly
wrought up over the tragedy.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Whipped White Man.

A. D. Lewis, white man, 33 years
OF age, whose home is In Chicago was
whipped In the woods near Natchez,
Miss, Wednesday, and ordered out OF
the State. Lewis was being taken to
5he county convict farm to serve a
sentence for insulting women on the
streets. While under arrest, crowd
OF six white men took him from the
guard, carried him to the woods three
miles from town, stripped him and
gave him 60 lashes across the back,
then placed him on a train and order.
cd him to leave the State.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Killed tho Boy.

At Chicago while e mer Hunt, 10
years OF age, balanced bottle on his
head, William Dougherty, who had
been hoasting Of his prowess as a
marksman, it is alleged, attempted
to emulate William Tell by shooting
the bottle. AT the second shot Hunt
fell to the floor with bullet between
his eyes and died almost instantly.
Dougherty escaped and the police are
searching for him.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
+ aIling Tree Kilied Two

A special from Ellijay, Ga, says
that Wm. Cantrell and Joe Chastine
were killed and q brother of Chastine
seriously injured near Burnt mountain
by falling tree. The tree was blown
by high wind across a small frame
house In which the men were sitting
atthe time,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Kilied by AN ExpIosion

Specials from Covington, a town on
the Georgia railroad about 40 miles
east OF Atlanta say: The boilers at
the electric light plant exploded there
Wednesday and killed the fireman, j.
l.. Mccullough. The cause of the ac-
cident Is unknown, the boilers being
practically new, having been used but
four years,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
skates Like a Boy at 80 Years.

William Hammel, eighty years old,
went skating wednesday with the
rest Of the boys at Shiloh, N. j.
He wrote his name on the Ice, cut
the figure eight, and then race6 U
mile with a much younger man and
won. The venerable skater used the
skates he bought in Philadelphia
sixty.seyen yeas ago,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06

A dispatch from New Oiaes p,s-
with the reading OF the ginners' NJ
on the cotton exchange Wednesday
cotton sluraped Al to 55 points. Ex-
traordinary excitement attended the
break. Tie market was hammered
with grea6 energy. After the first
excitement the market grew quieter
though the decline was not>s arrested.
January cotton went to $40, which
Is decline Of about four cents during
the last three months.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Burned to Death.

Three persons lost their lives in a
fire which totally destroyed the farm
residence OF Chas. MCMILLAN at the
head of Conesus Lake, N. T., on
Thursday.
The dead:
Charles Mcmillan.
Lottie Mcmillan, his sister.
Frank @. Mcmillan.
Lula Mcmillan, another sister,
escaped. The cause of the fire has
not been explained.
The McMillan's we're among the
prominent families OF Livingstone
county. The three McMillans lost
their lives in an attempt to save the
house from destruction. Aroused by
the cracking of the flames the family
fed from the house in theic night
clothing and awoke farmland who
occupied house few roads away.
He arrived on the scene just In time
to see Charles, Frank and Lottie rush
Into the burning building with pals
OF water. Lula Mcmillan and Mary
Dornan, q servant, were restrained by
main force from following the others.
The charred bodies Of the victims
were found In the ruins. 1t is sup.
posed the third body Is still in the
debris.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Poor F,lIoIv

At.Chicago on Friday, after buying
Q coilin ostensibly for q afrland, Leroy
Is. Nes6it, a banker, cornmitted sui.
eide Friday in an undertaking estab.
lishment. Scrubbed on a card In the
bankers pocket was d note saying;
II am tired OF being a cripple, =
Nesbit had d sbriveliedleg, and haa.
spent thousands OF dollars id q .Itsas
iatteunpt TO eifeca X ct,ra. y
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Traina in Entnl 80 q,

The f1eayy fog caused q fatal acci-
q ent on the New Haven road Wednes-
day night. The Boston express due
at 03 In charge of Conductor j.. a.
DAILY, OF Hartford, and Engineer
Charles Bahyn, oi New Haven, crash.
ed into an accommodations train in
lanc Stamford depot. George How.
land, travelling conductor, or Mount
Vernon, was killed, and many were
infurad 8 IS
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
In the Price Of Cotton on
count of Ginners Report -
OF THE GIG VIE R II GIN e
Prices the Lowest Ia Three Years. The
Report, az Given Out BY the Census
Bureau, Indicates Yield si
Thirteen Million Bales !.
for this Year.
for this Year.

| "a Il y
A dispatch from New York sayh tflIs
cotton market broke 80 to 35 poi1itN
on the cennus bureaus ginnersi repol
indicating crop in excess OF the gov
ernment's estimate. There was very
heavy trading on the decline. The
bears contend that the ginners report
probably forecasted crop of nearly
l3, 600, 900 bales. Following the re-
port prices, which had shown weak
ness since the opening, broke sharply,
with January selling around 6.66,
March 6 81 and May 6 96, or a net de-
cline Of % to 20 points and a break of
practically SO bale in two weeks
time. The market was very active
during Wednesday afternoon wirbsbig
short interests covering while ere
was also heavy liquidation ar ION
every little bulge the bears sd
disposed to withdraw their.r,9
orders and sell more cottosJ
figures reached In thee
leHest 5ss t5Ilss-ssfFs1 s1t@ 9SsS
T Gcdfly three years.
THE GINNERs' REPoR1
The census bureau Wednesos.
sued report giving the esquantity
cotton ginned in 1877 connties mn fS
December 13 last to have been H.
986,6l4 running bales, which is the
equivalent Of 11,84s.113 commercialt
bales. The commercial bales reported
TO the same period for 1908 amounted
to 8,747, 669.
La arriving at the number OF com
mercial bales, round bales are couI5r
ed half bales.
The report to the same date
year covered 8l2 counties as aSes
737 this Year. The report for
present year covers the outp gzVs'
~, 527 ginneries, while 90, 527 z :
included in the report for IeOaN
product Of the different states{
year, in runnsDg bales, reot( sIss S;'
December 13, Is as follows:
Alabama. -.-t ( &
Arkansas. sss
Florida. :.
Georgia I>ra
Indian Territory fS8
Kentucky NJ SO
Louisiana |cSW "a
Mississippi. SjEyE ga
Missou!i...... tt 8&
90 cors@oHr fze ==:== f@
| Va pooooocoooooooo ooooaeeS9SSSSSS6
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
Jordon Issues a Gail.

President Harvie jordan OF the
Southern Cotton Growers Protective
association Wednesday issued d call
for an interstate convention to be held
at New Orleans, Jan. "a 26, 1905.
Among the matters for consi teration
to be acted upon are the following,
according to the call: Financing
the entire spot cJtton business OF tn :
south; creating a bureau Of statistics
for benefit Of the producers; establish
ment OF cotton exchange in each
State through which cotton can b.
sold direct to the manufacturer; or.
ganiz.tlon quickly Of all the cotton
producers In each cotton growing
county; reduction OF cotton acreag
and use OF CT mnercial fertilizers Il r
1905, OF not less than 25 per cent. {;
adoption OF local warehouse system
to meet the practical demand Of both
farmers and bankers throughout the
south; TO make New Orleans the lead
Ing cotton exchange In the United
States; the formation Of a close alli-
ance between all the southern agricul.
tural organizations now In existence
for mutual cooperation and protec
tion. These are among the lead ng
matters for consideration. They are
momentous and some of them involve
tremendous propositions. But none
are incapable Of quick solution and
practical realization. The south po J.
sesses the brains, the manhood and
the money to solve any great question
which threatens her prosperity.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
VISIT TO BANKER MOORE.
Continuing, Mr.. lawson writes.
and Given TO Hanna.

Continuing, Mr.. Lawson writes.
Havir 6 clearly set forth the politi-
cal Situation through which we should
be saped, Mr.. Rogers proceeded to
map out my own program. First, !
must perfect an alibi for him by going
to Foster and Braman and Impress
ing them that he was absolutely out
of th,, affair, and must under no cir
cumstaances be brought into it, must
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
THE GOSPEL on THE CORN.
One seien.iat Worth aIilI.ons to tho
Farmersof,I lows.

One single scientific brain. study.
irg on the subject of scientific corn
raising, has earned in the last year for
the State that employs him over SIO..
600, 900, and this Is only beginning.
Professor P. G.. Holden, of the iowa
Agricultural College, in Ames, is the
man. he began as a school teacher,
teaching about Train as a side issue.
Now he Is known as an agronomtst
and breaches the gospel OF the cornn
| from special cars drawn throughout
the rural districts.
Ine farmers or Iowa once laughed
at the idea Of professor with such q
title teaching them, the best corn
growers In the world, anything about
raising CORN. Now they flock from
miles away to listen to him and he is
revered and obeyed as no other man
In the State.
AS result, in large part, Of follow
Ing his advice, they have raised about
one hundred million bushels more
corn this year than In any year Of this
century, and they expect to add an.
other one hundred million bushels to
their crop next year.
Prfessor Holden became an agrono-
mist-that Is, an expert in grain
ratsing-by accident. When he
taught sahool In Michigan he got up
a Germ growing Contest among his
pupils. He induced the boys to pick
out the earliest, biggest and most
perfect ears from the fields, save them
and plant from them the best aud
most perfect kernels. The result,
aided by scientific methods of cultiva.
tion, was that the boys raised more
corn on their little patches than any
body had ever dreamed Of.
Professor Holden worked on his
system until it was narfectea. HIS HIS
fame spread, and the Funk brnfbars-
who own 25 600 acre farm in iii.
nois, offered him Q big & salary to run
1t. He planted 20, 600 acres of corn a
year for them, ,and added to their
yield more than one hundred thous-
and bushels the first year. The State
OF Iowa thought he was a good thing
and engaged him to occupy the chair
OF agropomy In the Iowa Agricultural
College, in Ames The chair was
created especially for him.
1OlSooOi luduG UQo Idrm6rS
believe after a time that he knew
more about corn raising than they
did. He travelled all over the State
In special trains last spring and win
ter, making tail end" speeches and
getting better crowds than any Vice.
Presidential candidate saw later in
the season. He told the farmers how
to select their seed corn, how to plant
and cultivate it. and on what sort OF
ground to plant ditfereEt sorts of corn
and how to handle it under different
conditions.
The results are read in the crop re.
ports on Iowa's corn yield this year.
1oo1 100 average crop Of Iowa corn for
n ISof issforty bushels to the acre.
s,,a,,aia ~, h,ue H1EEssars it has been 81 1-2
gate $50, 600. 900 but crop VIII shn aggre ;sn
900, 900 more than !as6 oouo .,s ei,, 20,
The crop is worth about s36,tSS noo eiu
more than year ago, and ProfesstSS
Holden is universally credited with o.
third interest In the extra Yield.