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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
POISONED FLOUR
Shipped To China and Results IN
Number Of Deaths
Will Not Only Hurt Trade in That
Commodity But I'm Others
The Story.

The Washington correspondent Of
the Columbia Record says a report just
received In the United States shows
that American flour shipping interests
In China are likely to receive q heavy
blow soon, unless something Is done
TO correct a report that American flour
men are sending poisoned flour there.
The business Of shipping flour to some
sections OF China. especially to Annoy
and Changohau, Is enormous. Last
year 1T amounted to 1858, 502, and the
year previous to 1926. 294. Not long
siEcs a certain shipment of flour was
sent from Hong Kong, and out OF that
shipment somewhere between thirty
and forty people have died as a result
Of having eaten q poisonous mixture.
All sorts Of rumOrs have been spread
broadcast, aud antl.foreign agitation
has received o great impetus.
This shipment, which was sent from
Hong Kong to Annoy, was consigned
to native importers and was distribut.
ed In the ordinary course OF business,
and to all appearances was not d fer.
emit from many shipments which had
been made before. The first trouble
came at a Chinese restaurant where a
man who was eating q meal became
suddenly Ill and in a few moments
died. The keeper OF the restaurant,
being accused Of having adulterated
the flour with poison, agreed to eat
some OF the bread IN order to show
that There was nothing the matter
with 1t. In the ourse Of a few hours he
also was dead. His wife and daughters
also died from eating bread from the
same flour.
The story spread rapidly, and wher.
ever the flour had been shipped the
Chinese died like so many dogs. In
C~hangchau, a city Of 1000, 900 inhab.
itants, the result has been to aimos;
stop the receipts OF foreign flour from
any port. Hundreds Of small store
keepers and bakers have small stocks
II goods on haI4d which they are IN
able to sell on account Of the fact thai
The people are afraid to buy imported
bread and flour. The loss to these
little merchants, while considerable,
amounts, as a matter of fact, to moth,
ing In comparison to the enormous.
loss Of profits which will accrue from
Oss OF business which has taken many
years to build up. Unless the presen,
trouble a be done away with, there
will be a permanent loss, for Chimes
consumers Will again become acc Is
TONED to purely native food, and the
ground gained there by Americans al
,er many years Of effort and labor will
90 entirely lost.
There is no explanation Of the
trouble, but 1t Is probable that Chin.
sse merchants made an effort to snug.
gle In morphia in sacks Of -four and
that the packages Of poison were
broken, and the -four was thus Affect.
ed. The duty on morphia is very high,
While that or -four is only s per cent.
I'd valOrem. Whatever the truth about
this matter my be, there is 40 douo
Of the fact, as stated, that American
interests in the -four shipping busi
ness will be materially affected unless
relieved Oon
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
After sixty Years.

II. Nj. Fields, sixty.two years old,
of Bloomburg, Pa, has just discover.
cd that his brother Abraham, who II.
M Fields had believed died before he
vas born, Is alive and well at Fort
Dodge, Kansas, at the age OF eighty
n years. The knowledge came In q
letter from Abraham Fields to the
postmaster asking II there were any
Fieldes besides himself alive. He ran
away from home In 1871 to go west,
his family never heard OF him again.
1t vas supposed he had been killed by
Indians. Two years later II. M.
Fields was born. The old man In
his declining years decided to write
and see If any Of the family survived,
and his brother will now 60 west and
soc him,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
Killed by Live Wire.

Samuel James, q white carpenter,
40 years of age, unmarried, was killed
Wednesday by coming In contact
with a live wire at the Charleston
navy yard. James was employed by
the New York Continental Jewell
Filtration company on the dry dock
lie was on a scaffoldlng when he came
in contact with the wire. the wire
burnt him around the neck, causing
death instantly. The inquest was
held Thursday James was 3 native
Of Baltimore. He has been residing
in Charleston and working at the navy
yard for some time.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
Hard TO Play On,

The experiences of George b. Cor
telyou, chairman Of the republican
national committee, during the recent
campaign were many and varied.
With keen relish he tells Of one that
came under his notice. A country
club about to give q parade was debat.
ing as to the number OF transparencies
to be had In line. 1t was about
settled that twelve would be the proper
number, when an old fsllow with his
tro tucked ia his boots arose and
said, II guss two will be about right.
T.n't at all likely more'I two will
taow how to play on 'em."
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
Tho MUG.

a woman in one OF tine small Penn
1ylvania towns recently put two post
.ge stamps in the contribution box at
ler chucoh, as she could not afr )rd to
give any money. The stamps looked
interesting to the minister, 80 he took
hem to o dealer and sold them for
$1,000. Later, says an exchange, the
TWO stamps W re sold to Russian no.
oleman for $6, 900.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
Burned In Hotel.

At Wabash, Mimi, six persons were
burned to death In o fire which de
stroyed the Depot Hotel Wednesday
morning. The dead are: Mrs. a,
Hoffman and baby; Robert Johnson
expressman; Gertrude Stetsher, Re
oecca Herman, James Hunt. There
may be other bodies In the ruins
The fire was caused by the explosion
Of a gas tank used for illuminating
Mrs. Hoffman was owner Of the Hotel
she and her baby and the other vic
Tins YER burned to death In thell
rooms.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
Thre1 HANGED.

At Memphis Tenn, Toots Taylor,
M. Miles and Major Mills, three negro
murderers were hanged Friday. Taylor
and Mills assembled the scafrold togeth.
er and when their bodies had been re.
moved Miles was executed. raylcI
murdered Rob Gaines in August, 1904
Wife murder was the crime whic.
cost Miles his life. Mills murdered
his father.in law.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
Stronger Than Ever.

General Batjanoff, commander Of
the Th!rh Russian Manonurian army
recently declared that the Japanese
we're unable to advance. both on &C.
count Of the strengthening Of Rus.
sian positions and because they have
not fully recovered from their own
loss at the battle of Muken. Never
during the whole war; he said mas
the Russian army been so strong In
evry respect as at present. The Jap
anese know this ana therefore they
wish for peace.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
"A New

The Columbia Record says q young
white m IN named Spann was arrested
By Policeman Forde Thursday charged
With swiEdling. The alleged scheme
was to place D Mexican dollar with
four American dollars and ask that 8
85 bin be given for 1t. 1t Is SAID
that several Victims were canght.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
He Onphc 30 iAnnw.

Senator Platt Of New York has
celebrated his 70 birthday and he de-
,lSres that as he looks back over his
political career he Is convinced that
t has not been worth while and IL he
lad to do 1t owe again he should
model his career along other lines,
But he won't say what changes he
would make In the record.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
kcfused TO Mix.

Fifteen white girls sewing mattress
es In Pittsburg went on strike be-
cause q negro girl was brought In to
tile onl3c OF the factory TO work rs n
stenographer and typewriter. They
resented tho idea Of the light work
being done In dark color.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-07-28
About A Man.

Kate Newell stabbed and killed
Hattie Greer at Starr, Anderson coun-
y, on Sunday night-botn colored.
They were on their way home from
church and Quarreled about q man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
soc Bottle Free.

If you need Liquozone. and have never used 1t. please send us the cou- pon below We will then send you an order on local druggist for a full sized bottle-a soc bottle-and will pay the druggist ourselves for 1t. This applies only to the first bottle. of course-to those who have never used 1t.
 The acceptance of this offer places you under no obligations. We simply wish to convince you; to let the pro- duct itself show you what it can do. Then you can judge by results as to whether you wish to continue.
 This offer itself should convince you that Liquozone does as we claim. We would certainly not buy a bottle and give 1t to you, If there was any doubt of results. You want these results; you want to be well and to keep well. Then be fair enough to yourself to ac- eept our offer today. Let us show you, lat our expense what this wonderful product means to you.
 Liquozone costs soc and $1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
We Paid SI0O, ,0OO

For the American rights to Liquo- zone, and the rights in other countries have sold for proportionate sums. We mention this fact to indicate the value of Liquozone-the value to you. Men have never before paid such price for any discovery used in the cure of sick ness.
 We need not tell you that we proved Liquozone we'll before buying it. For years it was tested through physicians and hospitals. fin this country and oth- CTS. It was employed in every stage of every germ disease; in all the most diff fcult cases obtainable. With thous- ands of sick ones. considered incurable. we proved that it did what medicine could not do. Then, and then only, did we pay the price.
 Since then we have spent nearly $2, 900 900 to make Liquozone known. We have bought the first bottle and given 1t free to every sick one we learned of. These people told others and the others told others. The result Is that Liquozone Is now more widely employed than any medicine ever was. And no one can doubt that 1t Is doing more for sick humanity than all the drugs in use combined.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19

When we purchased the rights to Liquozone, the great problem was how to let the sick know its power. For years we had watched 1t cure diseases which medicine could not cure. We had proved that, in germ troubles, It's results were almost inevitable. We were using it daily in our own homes, as a preventive of sickness, and we knew that every home should have 1t.
 Tn every neighborhood. all over America, there was sickness which nothing but Liquozone could cure. There was everywhere suffering which Liduozone alone could stop. And thousands were dying whom Liquozono could save. What was the right way the best way--to quickly let those sick ones know it?
 We decided to buy the first bottle and give 1t free to every sick one we learned of. And We published this of- fer in 2.500 papers. The result Is that millions know Liquozone almost as well as we do. And half the people you meet, wherever you are, know some one who Liquozone has cured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
The "New Woman, in Dixie. Ra lffyoora c,,-

DdItlmOro Sun.
 Georgia and Mississippi between them nave produced one of the most interest," ing new women" in Uncle Sam's broad domains. Miss Annie Shingleur. A na- 'Ve or Georgia, born in affIuence and reared In luxury, was the daughter of one or the largest cotton dealers in the south. From her father she learned the detalIs Of the cotton trade. and after ms death, in 1895, she determined to make practical use of her knowledee. Ioday she Is considered one of xhe most ehcient business women in Dixie. She mas managed cotton compress. con- ducted cotton-buying business and .e'aoiisned an extensive insurance pusiness. She does not, however. de- vote all her energies to business. She hterary In her tastes and is regard ca as an exceptionally well-in-formed woman. She is said to be fine horse- woman. good shot and rower and an accomplished disciple of Izaak Walton. one piays goif and tennis and is profi- "ieht III other athletic amusements. A
 new woman, who can grade a bale oI cotton, send 1t through the compress. Keep in touch with the markets of Inc world and supervise the working of a large plant of machinery is remarka- ply well endowed for a business carear Many man has succeeded with fewer qualifications. Fortunately for the ioros or creation there are not many
 new women" like Miss Shingleur, If ner tribe increases the sons of Adam may be reduced to the necessity of de- Vlslng a new man" and meet tha competition from the progressive gem tie sex.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
PIONEER IN BOOK WORK.
Library of Congress Leads All Such In-
 stitutiOns in This Country.


 Boston Transcript.
 It has not escaped the attention of H. brarians, as 1t has of the general pub lie, that the library of congress Is now the national head of library system of
 this country. To the casual reader this does not mean much; to the man who deals with books, the librarian, the pa tron of the public libraries. this Is of deep significance and great interest. Since Herbert Putnam left the Boston public library, some years ago, to be- come librarian of the great storehouse of books in Washington, there has been a change in the institution and 1t has noyu assumed the place which right fully belongs to 1t. and Is year after year becoming more of a power in H. brary affairs.
 The average patron of the local pub- lie library does not realize that many of the facilities and conveniences in their own library are the result of the adoption of library system which has been brought to It's highest standard in the library of congress, and the selec- tions of books in many of the small H. braries is determined, in large meas ures, by the list published by the li- brary of congress, which has taken over and brought up to date the usefui work of the American Library assocfa- tion.
 There are many people who regard the library of congress as they do mueseum-a mere show place, where the published and manuscript treasures of the country are brought together. This is only the most superficial view In addition to it's popular side the li- brary stands for scolarship. and its list of books-not exactly bibliographies, but of a bibliographical nature-com- piled for the use of members of con- eress and others who are interested in great. public questions, have turned thoughtful people into courses of read ing which have resulted In molding public opinion. These lists are of value, even if not complete, because they are timely and perform public service. Yet this is only one of the many &C., tivities of the library.
 In the department of manuscripts the library of congress occupies unique position in this country. Its collec- tions are large and many of the papers which the library has are of the great est importance So far most of the publications of the library have been | in the nature of lists and descriptions rather than of texts The question arises each year, and Is of increasing importance, now Tar the Horary shouio go in publishing its historical material. | The lists merely make accessible to scholars who go to Washington the treasures of original sources of his tory.
 Publications saves the original, places them in the hands of those unable to go | to Washington and enables that thor ough study which is indispensable to their right use. Provision has been
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
Germ DiSeaCeS.

These are the known germ diseases: all due to germs or to the poisons which germs create. These are the dis eases to which medicine does not ap- ply, for drugs cannot kill inside germs.
 All that medicine can do for these troubles Is to act as a tonic, aiding Nature to overcome the germs. But those results are indirect and uncer- tain, depending on the patients con dItion. A cure Is always doubtful when drugs are used, and some of these diseases medicine never cures.
 Liquozone alone can destroy the cause of these troubles. It goes where- ever the blood goes, so that no germ can escape it. The results are almost inevitable. Diseases which have re- sisted medicine for years yield at once to Liquozone. 'Incurable" diseases are cured by it. In any stage of any disease in this list the results are so certain that we will gladly send to any patient who asks 1t an absolute guar anty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
ypUHDs PLLRoY's DEATH KrrLL.


 Delaware Senate Passes Bn to AboI-
 tsh Ancient Method of Punishment.
 Dover. Del. Special-Humane work err scored their first victory today akainst the pillory. Senator Smiths bfii abolishing the pilIory passed the state senate after having been twice p3stponed by antagonists. When 1t pAssed today the vote stood l4 to 3, senators Latta of New Castle and Jeff xerson of Sussex voting in Opposition to its abolition.
 Delaware has punished her thieves hixhwaymen. assaiiants of women and pickpockets by pillory and whipping post since 1717. when the first court santence to the pillory Is recorded. The bill today does not contemplate ahandoning the whipping post, but tears away from the instruments of corporal punishment in Delaware the wooden pillory in which men stand on elevated platforms with necks and wrists bent forward and fastened in split boards which are fastened to- gether by bolts, the holes allowing just enough space for the blood to circulate as usual but not enough to allow the convict to extricate his head and wrists. Its design is not to torture, but merely 70 hold the convict aloft for the space of an hour to public derision.
 Senator Smith in advocating the measure described the piilory as relic of the dark ages willed to Dela- ware from the Spanish inquisition and declared that Delaware could well af- ford to abandon it. Strong letters were also produced from President Evans and Secretary Phillips of the Union Societies of Friends and from Chief Justice Charles B. Lore, whose duty if has been for years to sentence convicts. to the pillory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
Just for Fun.

Do you thing the Government ought to own the railways"
 T don't know" answered the thought fui man. If the Government were as SLOW about 1t as it is in some things none or the trains would ever get in on time. Washington Star.
 Race problem has got itself in nrin+ again. Oats one problem" says Brother Dickey, dat talks an walks in its sleep"-Atlanta Constitution
 He-do you always take mushrooms with your steak?
 She-It depends on whether I'm buy- ing my own lunch or somebody else Is paying for it.-Detroit Free Press.
 Miss Gettington-Mr. BatchIeigh. tell newly did you never marry?
 MT. Batchleigh-Well, madam. I kent a parrot for six weeks once just to see how 1t would be. I decided I could never stand it.--Cleveland Leader.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
Not Medicine.

Liquozone is not made, like medicine, by compromising acids and drugs; nor is there any alcohol in it. Its virtues are derived solely from gas. made in large part from the best oxygen pro- ducers. The process of making takes 1T days, and requires immense appara- tus. At the end of two weeks. we get one cubic inch of Llquozone for each 1,250 cubic inches of gas used. The
 ttainmcnt of this product has. for
 than twenty years. been the con- ss.,. nisubject of scientific and chemical reseafaAA.
 The main result Is. to get into a liquid, and thus into the blood. a power fuI. yet harmless germicide And the product is so helpful-so good for you under any condition-that even a well person feels its fnstant benefit.
 This Is a pp6duct which, in the past two years has sprung into world wide uss Ia the atment Of RArm diseases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
Just for Toothache.

Sumatra Straits Budget.
 The blade ow a digging hoe was sup ported horizontally on two bricks and a fire kindfed on the ground beneath 1t. On the middle of the hoe was put a small heap ow the seeds of a red-fruit- ed variety of eggplant and over 1t this was inverted the half of a cocoanut shell having a hole in the top. A piece of bamboo was stuck on to the shell over the hole by lump of clay. As vapor issued from the bamboo tube the patient inhaled this by placing his lips to the top. Then he spat into a buck ct of water. and then again inhaled the vapor. After a quarter hours treat ment the patient and a friend said they could see the 'toothache worm" in the water.
 And here's modern Chinese recipe for painless extraction:"
 Cook well the bones of a rat, pull verize and apply to tooth. If it is fore- ordained that the tooth is to come out this will bring 1t: If not it will become more firmly fixed than ever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
Kills Inside Germs.

The greatest value of Liquozone lies in the fact that 1t kills germs In the body without killing the tissues. too. And no man knows another way to do 1t. Any drug that kills germs is poison. and 1t cannot be taken inter. nally. For that reason. medicine is almost helpless in any germ disease.
 Liquozone Is a germicide so certain that we publish on every bottle an offer of $1.o00 for a disease germ that 1t cannot kill. YeYit is not only harm less but of wonderful benefit-better tha1 anything else in the world for you. No one is q well that he cannot
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
4mn VALUE or CHARCOAL. uow Hesple Know How usesul ,Ht as fn '# rxunervfng Health and Beauty.

Noarly everybody knows that char diainfsctant and purifier in nature. but few realize its value when taken into the hnman system for the same cleans ing purpose.
 Charcoal is e remedy that the more you take of 1t the better: 1t 10 not . drug at all. but simply absorbs the easss and impurities always present in the stomach and intestines and car ries them out of the system
 Charcoal sweetens the breath after anokine, drinking or eating onions and other odorous vegetables.
 Charcoal effectually clears and im- proves the complexion. 1t whitens the teeth and further acts as . natural and eminently safe cathartic.
 M It absorbs the injurious gases which collect In the stomach and bowels; 1t dfsfnfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh.
 All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another. but probably the best charcoal ana the most for the money ts in Stuart's Charcoal Loxenges; they are composed of tine finest powdered Willow charcoal. and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form or rather tn the form of large. pleasant tasting loxenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey.
 The daily use of these losenges will coon tell in . much improved condition of the general health. better complex ion, sweeter breath and pures blood, and the beauty of 1t is. that no possi- ble harm can result from their contin- ned use. but on the contrary, great benefit
 4 Buffalo physician in speaking of the benefits of charcoal. says: T ad- wise stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas in stomach and bowels, and to clear the complex ion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; also believe the liver Is great 1y benefited by the daily use of them; they cost but twenty-five cents a box ak drug stores. and although in some 1bhse . patent preparation. yet I be- 1teve get more and better charcoal than in any of the ordinary charcoal tablets !.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
WATCH THE URINE.

WATCH THE URINE.
 Kidney diseases are not always, ,pain- f,Il in tho early staGeS- They frequent ly gain ground before the victim knows of their existence.
 But an examination of the urine will always tell of the existence of any form of kidney trouble.
 Allow a quantity of urine to stand in the vessel for s4 hours. If any of the following symptoms appear, the kid neys are disease:
 Brick-dust sediment; whitish, cloudy. or stringy settlement; offensive odor; high reddish color. or very pale. watery appearance; oily scum on the surface.
 Other urinary symptoms are too free or too scanty a flow; frequent desire to urinate; pain or scalding in passing.