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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
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TiGGtii;i3H Up REMAINS
or Six Confederate Soldiers on the
Battlefield OF Antictam.

Frank Otto and Arthur Day plow-
cd np in Capt. David Smith ) orchard
on Antictam battlefield, near Sharps-
burg, the bodies Of SIX Confederate
soldiers lying side by side.
The clothing and shoes were intact
until exposed 10 the air, when the
crumblcd to dust Alongside on OF
the bodies were a sword, cpaulotS
and large buttons, the accon'rcmonts
Of an officer leg of one OF inc
men had bocn amputatcd. A bnlict
was found in the skull Of one oi the
soldiers.
NJ. E. Snaavcly, referring to a BOOK
containing the names Of Confederate
soldiers buried, asccrtained that the
remains were those Of Col. w. !.
milligan, of tho Fifteenth Georgia;
Lieut.. E. NJ. Fuller, Of the South
Carolina Volunteers; ID. B. Herring,
of the First North Carolina; b. Rob
bins, OF the First Mcintosh battery;
A. w. Spraight, Of the Third North
Carolina, and w. ~. Willingham. OF
Company l., Twelfth South Carolina
Volunteers.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
SOME HOT WORK
An Attempted Outrage Calls To-
gether an Angry Mob.
FIVE PEOPLE DEAD

Two Negroes Lynchcd, Ono White
Man ana Two Negroes Killed and
Seven Other Persons Injured rs a
Result of an Attempt to Capture
Would-bc Assailant of Il Widow
Near Manassas, Ga.
Two negroes lynchtd, one white
man and two negroes dead, and Sc
ven other persons injured is the re-
suit OF an attempt to capture n ne
gro who Monday night, attempted n
criminal assault upon Mrs. Laura
Moore, widow living near Manassas,
Tattnall County.
The dead:
John Hare, white, farmer.
Sim Padgett. negro, and daughter
aged seven years.
Lynched
Padgett's wife and son.
lnjurcd
w. B. Pearson, shot in stomach
and amr probablp fatally.
James U. Daniel, shot in cyo and
may die.
Dr. ID. l.. Kennedy. seriously.
Son of Padgett. seriously.
Elem Padgett. slightly.
Two daughters of Pagett
Fifteen persons early Tuecday sur
rounded the house Of Sim Padgett, a
negro whom they suspected OF har.
boring another negro who had Grim
inally assaulted Mrs. Moore, and de-
mahded TO be allowed to search the
house.
Permission was given, but when
within thirty feet Of the house those
inside the building opened fire on
the posse, instantly killing John
Hare and seriously wounding Bar
'Ow Pearson, James Daniel and DR.
!. H. Kennedy.
The posse then returned the fire
.illing Padgctt and one Of his daugh-
'ers, aged ten, and wounding two
'ther girls, aged six and thirteen
eSpecttivcly, and two of Padgctts
IONS, aged twenty and twenty-five.
The posse then retired for rein
forcemcnts. The news spread rapid
and by ten o'clock FIVE hundred
lrmed men were on the scene and
tnrted in pursuit Of the negroes
who had escaped
One Of them was captured and
taken before Mrs. Moore, but she
failed to identify him The negro,
however was identified as the man
who shot Hare, and he was started
for Reidsville jail, together with Pad
getts wife and son.
On the way the officers were over
takon by about seventy-five, who
took the prisoners from them. The
woman was told to run, and as she
did SO she was rlddled with bullets,
her son being shot to pieces where
he stood.
The negro who assaulted Mrs.
Moore has not been captured. but it
Is reported that he is surro ounded in a
negro house, and that in all probable
ity he has been killed.
Sheriff Edwards, with deputies,
took all the prisoners from the Jail
at Reidsvillc and left with them to
cludo the mob, who, il is reported,
Will attack the Jail
Great excitement prevails and 1t
S feared that other trouble will oc-
cur. Hare was a native of Monroe,
n. c., and leaves a widow and sew
oral email rhil6rOu
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
WANTED "A DRINK.
"A Runaway Horse Went Into an Au-
guSta Saloon.

The Augusta Herald says wild
commotion rcigncd supreme for a
few moments Thursday morning at 8
o'clock out on Campbell street, near
the Union depot. A frightened horse
dashed madly along the street with
nothing attached to him in tho way
Of a vehicle, but the harness straps
were hanging.
Just as he reached Cashin's bar
and restaurant, the horse vcered
from his course and in a twinkling
rushed into the bar, putting to flight
all who stood anywhere near the
path he might pursue. He paused as
they reached for the tempting drink
then fed forgetting everything in
their flight for safety.
However, the wild career Of the
horse was stopped when he reached
the rear end of the saloon. He was
arrested by parties in the neighbor-
hood before he had time to order his
drink and an unwclcome customer
was led back to the shelter Of the
stable from whence he had escaped
while being "hitched up" to a buggy
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31

RIGAiA ARIiABLE FORTITUDE
A Man Watches a Surgeon Cutting
or Both His Legs.

Seldom has the nerve of man been
put to such n severe test as in the
case of Patrick Greedy and rarely
has man displayed such remarkable
fortitude on the operating table as
did Greedy at the Methodist hospital,
Thursday at Philadelphia.
With eyes wide open and totally in
different to the terrible pain he must
have suffered, Greely stoically watch
ed the surgeon amputate both legs,
one at the hip and the other just
above the knee.
When the operation was over,
Greely thanked the surgeon and at
tendants. He assured them that he
would be all right In few days, and
the went to sleep. He awoke later
refreshed and confident OF being out
Of the hospital soon.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
CRUEL PARENTS.
Half Wittcd Girl Confined i'm Smoke
House Like a Brute.

One hundred infuriated neighbors
rescued Ethel Henley, half wittod
girl about II years of age, from a
smoke house in which she had been
confined for several weeks by her par
ents, who resiuc on a farm near Ber-
lin. Somerset county, Pa
The smoke house prison in which
the girl was kept. was six by eight
feet in size, with but one window,
which had been painted over to pre-
vent the girl from being observed by
strangers who might be about the
prem iSes.
When food was given the prisoner
it was thrown in upon the floor. The
rescuing party was composed of the
most prominent citizens OF Berlin
George Henley, the father, was ar
rested and gave bail.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
MADE HIM LEAVE.
New Way of Getting Kid of Objcc-
tiOnablc Minister.

Following q sensational driving
from his home Wednesday night of
Rev. O. James. pastor Of the Congre-
gational church at Dragot. Mass, the
town is badly split into factions for
and against the minister.
The Rev. James recently took the
parish and proceeded roundly to de-
nouncc present day evils, wit hOut
regard to the persons he might hit.
He paid no heed to the resulting
storm Of protest.
The congregation dcmandod his
resignation Immediately but he said
the latter part OF June would suit
him. Wednesday night a large party
Of tho towns people gathered and
forced him to leave town, accom-
nanying his departure with footing
horns and jeers.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
FOR NOT HAVING TAX TAGS.
Proceedings Against John Wohltman
Company by Inspector.

Tho Charleston Post says attach
ment proceedings were filed Thurs
day I'm the Office Of the clerk of court
and placed into the hands OF the sher-
iff for service against John Wohlt-
man Company on 1926 sacks Of cot
ton seed meal, which p. w. Mayor,
Inspector of fertilizers at Charleston
alleged were exposed for sale and did
not bear the proper inspection tax
tags. The penalty for this offence Is
SO a sack, making the sum alleged
due the State 1915.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
YOUNG GIRL MISSING.
Parents oi iioiiiiio aiay How.cr Arc
Very Much Worried.

1t S thought at Greenville that 1S-
year-old May Fowler Of Woodside
Mil, two miles from that city, Is
probably victim Of kidnapers or
mas met fate equally as distressing.
She wore short dresses and is un-
usually small for her age. Sunday
morning the girl boarded car go
ing to Sunday school and has not
been seen ,by her parents since. Her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs w. Il. Fowler,
believe that she has been kidnapped
or that she has been onticed away
by some one.
Tho police have begun work on
the case without Glow to load them
In any direction. Some Of the more
superstitious people In the city have
discovered connection between tho
disappearance OF the child and the
print OF a huge black hand found on
the pavement in front OF residence
on q fashionable street,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31

BABY BURNED IN CRADLE.
Mother Charges an Unknown Enemy
With Setting It On Fire.

Frantic with grief over the burn
ing TO death OF her 3-months-old
son while she was absent at a groc-
cry store, Mrs. John Pavatt, &C Chile
ago, accuses an unknown enemy OF
the crime. When she returned from
the store she found the baby, which
she had left asleep in It's crib, envcl-
oped in flames.
Mrs. Paavett declared that a
strange man had been watching her
home for more than month. Tho
police think that burglar dropped
match or the lighted end of a
cigarette into the cradle.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31

EAR SEVERED by iiAXERS
Student Disfgurcd Because he Had
Worn Sidcburns.

Captured by Freshman Of the
Northwestern university. Chicago,
Charles SandcrsOn, a student of the
Northwestern Preparatorn school,
was haZed for wearing sideburns, and
now he Is minus portion OF his left
ear and his face s disfgurod by cuts.
The profcssore OF both schools are
trying to learn the identity of the
haZcrS, who Will he dismissed.
Sanderson was dragged from an
entertainment hall to secluded spot
on the campus and there chokcd and
his hands and feet held while fresh
men welded the razor. When they
saw that they had cut their victim
the fed
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
ONE INSIDE TIE OTHER.
Car starter Yonguc of Columbia Has
Curious Egg.

The Columbia Record says Mr..
Jefferson S. Yonguo, car starter at
thc street railway transfer station,
was surprised, on breaking the egg
beside, his breakfast plato, to find
that 1t consisted Of two eggs, one
inside the other Both were perfect
ly formed. This is Il curiosity seldom
seen. The egg came from hen on
Mr.. Yongucs premises at 1917 Green
street
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
BENNETTsvILLE S. c.. FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1907
FELL OFF SOME.
Not So Much Fertilizer Sold This
Year As Last
1t Is Thought That the Cotton Acre
age In the State Has Been Reduced
T,fffIo

Il Little.
1t is usually presumed that the
amount of commercial Fertilizer used
is an indication Of the size OF the cot
ton crop, or rather of the acreage
planted In cotton, and If this is true
the acreage this year is liLcly to be
found much smaller than last year
but still a great deal larger than in
1905 and 1904.
1T was In these two years that tho
efforts to reduce acreage were made
through the Southern Cotton Associa-
tion, but last year the acreage went
up again In a kind Of reaction from
the campaign Of the year before, and
now 1t seems to have taken turn
again.
The amount Of fertilizer sold is
determined by the amount Of tax paid
into the State treasury. The tax is
rs cents per ton on all fertilizer sold
in South Carolina, the money going
to Clemson College, where under the
law the fertilizer is analyzed. To
date the amount Of tax paid this year
is $132,3 0.01 and up to the same
date In 1906 the amount Of tax was
3,SS9.14, which is $11.579.13
more than last year.
ihc ailouHI VI tdA pdlu lnlS year
represents over five hundred thOus-
and tons -529,240 ton to be exact
while the amount Of tax TO this time
last year represented 575,656 tons.
The total amount Of the tax last
year was $l67, 7,157.S9, which is the
largest amount ever paid In on this
tax. The tax year ends June 80, ac-
cording to the books Of Clemson Col
lege.
From the books Of the State Treas
urer the following figures as to the
amount Of the tax in the last seven
a rr fol
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
THE BROWNSVILLE INQUIRY
Witness Saw Negro Soldier Fire Into
The COWan House.

Herbert Elkins, Of Brownsville,
testifying at the Brownsville invcs-
tigation at Washington said that he
saw two negro soldiers come up an
alley from the harrison and fire into
tho COwan house.
He said that others followed and
also that he saw the shooting from
the garrison which appeared to come
from the balcony OF Co. B. barracks.
Later he said that he heard ne
gro soldier say that. they would come
out the next night and nnish the
town.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31

NOTED INDIAN BANDIT DEAD
Apache Kids Skull Rests I'm Physi
clans Laboratory.

Apache Kid" tho notorious In
dian bandit. has been slain and his
skull now rests In laboratory of a
Chicago physician.
1t Is said that the mounted skull
Of the outlaw will be presented to
Yale University with the suggestion
that ancranium and submit report.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
LOST AT SEA.
Two Chicago Men and Launch Are
Missing.

A cable from Valdaz, Alaska says
that W. l.. and O. K. Bail, OF Chicago
have been lost at sea in launch
They left Valdaz n week ago for
knights Island, and started without
oars, provisions or sail, expecting to
make the run in few hours, but
never reached their destination
The belief at Valdaz Is that they
were driven to sea by break In the
launch's machinery.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31

From the last report Of the Glenn
son College for 1906, it is stated that
the inspection tax amounted to
$164 ,996.S2, and from this was de-
Quoted for unused tags redeemed$6,-
642.79, leaving a net amount re-
ceived from the inspection tax of
5S,350.03, which, added to the bal
ance on hand together with the in
come from other sources amounts to
1924, ,093.07."
From this amount is deducted the
expenses Of analysis. The report ex-
plains that the apparent discrepancy
between the tag tax figures as found
In the college report is due to the
difference in the fiscal years. How
ever, most Of the fertilizer is sold In
the spring, so that the difference Is
not very great. ----7e-vr,7s
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
WAR IN THE CAMP.
Head of Georgia Republican League
Issues Address to Followers.

Il dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, says
Chairman Blodgctt Of the state Re-
publican League, which was formed
to fight the present national admin
iStratiOn, issued an address to re-
pubicans Of the South, In which he
takes the administration severely to
task for the appointment to ONCE OF
"Dcmocrats and iukcwarm rcpubli-
cans" and urges that no federal Of
ficc-holdcr be appointed to the next
Renuhllcan National Convention.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31

GREAT STORM IN CAROLiNES
Pacific Island Said to Have Bcen
Swept by Hurricane

A dispatch from Sydney, N. S. w.
says report has reached there that
a hurricane and tidal wave swept ov-
er the Caroline Islands on April 80.
Immense damage was done to prop
erty and 200 persons are reported
killed
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14
\ TO AssAiL MuLcT LAW.
Beaten It Waterloo; prohibltionists
May Appeal.


May Appeal. a.
& Des Moines.-It ID not improbable
that the prohibitionists will carry the
Waterloo case In which they were
defeated to the supreme court to Sc
cure adjudication from the highest
judicial tribunal OF their contention
that the prohibitory instead Of the
mulct law IL In force In this state.
A fund to which large number OF
contributions have been made has
been raised to fight the case through
the courts, but whether the discour-
agement due to the decision at Water.
loo will cause them to cease their
activities 10 not disclosed by their
leaders.
They attacked the mulct law as
against public policy and contended
that even the legislature cannot
3legalize the saloon or liquor business.
This was the. basis Of two decisions
In Indiana to that effect. NJ
In this connection 1t has bean dis.
closed that in Its original form the
Martin or mulct law, as passed by
the legislature In March, 1884, pro.
vided that nothing In the act should
BE construed to mean that the bust
ness Of the sale OF intoxicating
liquors Is In any way legalized," etc.
When the code was Arevisedg in 1897;
this language was changed, substan,
TALLY. The code commission altered
it to read: Nothing contained In
this chapter, SO far as 1t relates to
the muIct law, shall be in any way,
construed to mean that the business
Of the sale Of intoxicating liquors IL
In any way legalized,'s etc. This
language was enacted into the new.
code and is now the language Of the
law.
The history of the change IS not
knoAn. But while the Martin mulct
law left the business still illegal. the
new code legalized 1t except as to the
mulct tax. Yet he index to the code
refers to the section as business not
tlegalized."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14
TAFT At IOWA CITY,
Secretary Of War Makes Good In
q preston. s

preston.
Iowa City.-Introduced at the ban
quet Of the Yale club on the 18th by
w. r. Lane Of Des Moines as the
next president Of the United States.
Secretary Taft listened with evident
pleasure to the prolonged cheering
which followed, smiled an expansive
smile and said: Il accept the no.
mination; will meet all OF you at
the White house in March 1909"
Then he went on with his toast
The secretary made a deep lmpres.
sion In Iowa City and acquired hosts
Of friends and we'll wishers partly by
his public addresses, partly by his
warm greetings of those presented to
him and partly by the xhumor Of some
OF his remarks.
Seven thousand people heard Taft
in the afternoon discuss theme as
dry as that OF the United States and
the Philippines. but he won his audi
ence nevertheless.
In the morning he had talked on
other not very exciting subjects, but
likewise made distinct impression.
the blunt sincerity of the man being
q notable factor in his success.
Taft religiously avoided his presi.
dental candidacy in public discourse
and said but little of 1t in private.
This last was when some one else
introduced the subject, generally, to
assure him that the speaker was for
him. is8
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14

COLONEL PALMER ELECTED.
war Leader OF THE Twsnty.Fsnh
III ln,xa Mead. a. u. n.

DUBUQUE. 80 Col. d. J. Palmer OF
washington is the next commander
OF the Iowa O.. "A. r. Cedar hapias
gets the next state encampmsnt Y. a.
r. Sioux City and Fort Dodge were
both active competitors. /,
Ofacers elected both g. A. X. anu
ladies' G. A. r., resulted as foiiows'
Department commander-D. =. raiIi
rs Senior vice.. M. Langstaff, Du-
buQue. ,,sor
Junior vice-H, A. Dyer, mason
City. nas
Moine s. NJ
Medical director-H. H. Clark NC.
Gregor. p,a
Council administration Hugh PC
kett. De5 Moines; r. s. Wick. BOONE
John Young. Oelwein; T. X, BicRiey'
Ottumwa: d. w. Evans, Wyoming.
Delegate at large-Gen. Grenviiie
M. Dodge, Council Bluffs.
Alternate-H. W. Crawford, Dupu-
Ladies q. "A. r. elected officers as
follows: 49,,
President deparsment-Mrs. Mary
Agard, Dubuque. :,
Senior vice Mrs. Emma Homer
Burlington.
Junior vice Mrs. Alice Swanegan'
Des Moines. =. !,
Chaplin-Francis Hughes, Daven-
port. 8.
Treasurer-sfr Mrs. Fannie Renicke,
Muscatine. =
Campfres were held by the G. a. H.
sons of Veterans and the Spanish !.
American War Veterans. the chlei
speakers were George D. Perkins OF
Sioux City and d. j. Palmer Of WASH y
ington, the new head OF the 6 A. y:
The addresses both eu.ogized the org
soldiers and the sacrifices OF women
who remained behind.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14
SENATOR MORGAN Is DEAD.
Veteran Statesman Of Alabama sue
cumbs to Angina peetorls.

Washington. United States Sena-
tor John Tyler Morgan Of Alabama,
for 30 years a member OF the up
per house of congress, chairman
of the senate committee on the
interoceanic canals, and prominent as
a brigadier general in the Confederate
army, died at his home here Tuesday
night.
Senator Morgan had been In bad
health for number of years but had
more or. less regularly attended the
sessions of congress-. He suffered
from angina pectoris which was the
cause of his death. He passed away
at 11:15 o'clock. At the death bed
were his daughters. Miss Mary Mar
gan and Miss Cornelia Morgan, both
Of this city, and his secretary. j. O..
Jones'
Mr.. Morgan was born in Athens.
Tenn. June 20. 1924. His home IN
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14
MANY IN SUNDAY scHooL,
More Than $4,000 Attend, u Polk
County. . ig}5

y Des MoinesAt rhe thirty-nlnth
annual Sunday school convention OF
Polk County, a movement was set on
foot by which the enrolment In the
school OF the county may be increas-
ed by 1 100 during the coming year.
The secretary's report showed that
the present enrolment Is 1920. with
the University Place Church Of Christ
OF Des Moines as the banner school
with 1000 enrolled. The largest
home department Is in operation at
the Highland Park Presbyterian ana
Central Christian churches Of this
city, with sixty interested in the work
apiece. The largest home depart
ment outside Of the city Is In connec.
ton with Ankeny Congregational
church, with an enrolment Of fifty
There are no on the cradle roll 81
the Central Christian church, this be-
ing te largest in the county. The
Union Congreg ational school had the
largest average attendance, that Of
S5 per cent. The Grace Methodist
Episcopal church holds honors for
the highest average attendance among
the teachers a.d boasts Of 81 Is per
cent.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14
PRESIDENT At SYCAMORE HlLL.
Oyster Bay Gives the Roosevelts
Heary Welcome.

8 Oyster Bay, N. Y.-President Roose.
velt and his family are at home at
Sycamore Hill. The trip from Wash.
ington, which was begun Wednesday
morning In drizzling rain. ended in
sunshine at S o'clock in the afternoon.
At Jersey City and Long Island City
crowds surrounded the car, shouting
greetings to the president, and when
the train drew In here the station
platform was thronged with neighbors.
who extended Oyster Bays usual dem.
onstrative welcome.
After both the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt had shaken hands with
everyone, the family entered a car.
riage and were driven to Sycamore
Hill. A chorus Of cheers followed
them. .. II