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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05

iuperintendcnts, these officers do not
ct get enough to enable then, 10
;iVc their undivided time ana
hought to their work. The duties
OF a county superintendent are some
.hlng more than signing pay war
ants and appointing district trustees
lie is looked to as the energizing
,orcc in the schools Of the whole
'ounty; to him the young struggling
teacher turns for help; on his shout
icrS the people place the RESPONSE
)lllty FOR the success or the failure OF
he schools of the county. Six hun
lred and e~ighty-four dollars a ycar
viii not secure and hold such a man.
1t is strange that a town Of 5000
)eoplo finds it economy to pay "A
W superintendent from $1,000 to
$1,000 to supervise two or three
schools with from 20 to 80 teachers,
while the country, including the
anne town, offers but $500 to $500
% the county superintendent to sup
orvisc 100 schools and more than
90 teachers. Our ncighboring States
in the South are waking up in this
natter. We must have better super
vision if Il schools are to he eli
cient.
Anyone with a genuine desire to
10 service to his State does not have
o travel far to see a school house
which is a mute appeal for help, or
10 find conditions which cry out for
comedy. There has bccn n
ime in the history of our state when
there was a greater need for the
earnest zeal and faithful service of
hose VINO love her welfare, Nvcry
member Of every community can find
something useful to do. The future
If South Carolina depends in a very
'arge measure upon how we meet our
responsibilities now.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05
HOTELS BURNED.
Pine Beach at the Exsositl0n
Destroyed by Fire

Buildings inside the Grounds Wore
FREDERICKSBURG of Winds Say.
ed Some Structures.
One whole block of the Pine Beach
section immediately adjoining the
Jamestown exposition grounds was
swept Wednesday by fire. The Ar
cade Hotel, the Berkeley Hotel, the
Outside Inn, the Powhattan Hotel,
the Carolina Hotel and several other
smaller hotels and a large part of
the outside Warpath were DESTROY
ed. The loss may aggregate $780,
900. ~
The Inside Inn and Kentucky
State building on the Western side
OF the exposition grounds and the
negro building were threatened but
the fire reached nothing inside the
exposition grounds. The Arcade,
Royal Pine, Hampton Roads, Wash
lngton House. Outside Inn, Powhat-
tan, Carolina and Berkeley hotels
were among the largest buildings de-
stroyed.
The Powhattan Guards, under
Capt, Carpenter, and the exposition
fire department, did valiant work
preventing the flames from spread
ing further. The twcnty-third infan-
try was o%rderedout and the entire dis
trlct west Of the exposition grounds
is now under martial law.
Between forty and fifty structures
were entirely consumed. Ten wcrc
destroyed in Maryland avenue and
on 1O2d Street it is estimated that
about twenty structures were burn
ed. Probably 1000 people are
homeless.
Capt. Carpenter with the Powhat-
tan his force are doing their utmost
to relieve distress. 1t was reported
that two lives were lost but this was
not confirmed.
The fire originated in the Berkely
Hotel. The cause is unknown. The
flames spread rapidly and in a short
time the block in which the Berkeley
was located was a mass of flames.
All of the buildings there were of
timber. The Arcade was the largest
and costliest representing an invest
mcut of $50, 600.
The P%owhattan Guards were on
the ground early, Capt. Carpenter
having ordered out every man who
could be spared.
When it was see that the entire
block was to go the fireman divided
forces and turned their attention to
the exposition grounds. 1t looked
at one time as though the buildings
Immediately inside of the Maryland
avenue fence would catch fire.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05
~2,OOO,OOO,OO0 TREES.
Mighty Forests Will BE Planted to
Check Spring Floods.

Two billion trees will be planted
to relieve Western Pennsylvania of
the annual foundations which destroy
millions OF dollars worth Of property
in Pittsburg and other cities. The
plan to plant the trees is backed by
the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce,
which is soliciting aid from the state
and national governments. The De
partment Of Agriculture has already
secured an appropriation of $25, 900
to begin the project.
The plan of the Chamber of Com
mcrce is to plant trees on the water
sheds at the headwatcrs Of the Mon
ongahela and Allegheny rivers, which
will appropriate large quantities of
water and prevent sudden thaws of
vast cxtents of snow. The combined
basins of the two rivers comprehend
10000 square miles in Western Penn
sylvania, West Virginia, Western
New York and Maryland. Experts
declare that little relief would be re-
ccived from the extensive forests be-
fore IS years.
Each year the damage to manufac-
turing plants and cities in Western
Pennsylvania amounts to between
S.l5,O0O,O 900 and $50, 600, 600. 1t is es-
umated that the forest would pay for
itself within about ten years after it
to prevent floods. The loss to
working people is not estimated in
the above amount.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05
COTTON PICKER.
A Mississippi Machine That Real
Iy Picks the Cotton,
AT Least That Is What It's Inventors
Claim For It.-Wil Pick tho Next

hC IfcuSt Ihut IS WHuC lCS Inventors
Claim For It.--Wm Pick tho Next
Crop.
Several capitalists of Greenville,
Miss. are engaged IN the manufac-
ture and, it is hoped, the sale Of q
machine that really picks cotton at
the rate of about 5000 pounds per
day, carrying five rows at a time,
and getting each and every boil that
is open.
1t is to be hoped that the Mississ-
ippi Cotton Harvester company will
prove a monster success. If one
thing is needed in the South more
than another, it is a cotton picker.
The old-fashioned machine, the ne
gro, is worn out, and he will be pick
ed if he a II
He must be supplanted on the cot
ton platform, regardless of the cost.
He has become lazy, trifling and i'm
pudents and will not listen to the adj
vice of his employer. He quits the
field whenever he gets ready. He
wants a dollar and a half a day for
four-bits worth of work, and the
farmer cannot afford to pay it.
thousands Of dollars are lost annual
~ to the farmers of the state because
of inability to get their cotton picked
at the proper time.
The towns and the dice tables have
great attractions for the negro at
cotton picking time. Especially is
that the case when they have sue
cecded in getting in debt to the land
owner or the store keeper, and real
izc that they will not be able to gath
er enough cotton to pay out and have
a few dollars to splurgc on during
Christmas.
The Greenvillc machine has beer
tested thoroughly and has been found
TO do the work it's inventor,
George II. Zempter, claims for it
The manufacturers, therefore, have
a bonanza---a vcritable gold mine.
The machine is composed of a light
platform Skid feet, made of 1-4X4-in
ch channel bar steel, and mounted or
four broad tired steel agricultural
wheels, which + fitted on archec
axels to enable the machine to be
driven astridc the cotton rows with
out injury to the unmatured part OF
the crop.
The machine is sclf-propelling, ant
is guided by the operator with {
STEERING device similar to that of al
automobile. On the platform il
mounted to rs horse power opposed
cylinder gasoline engine, which, be
sides driving the machine, operate,
double exhaust of suction fan at {;
high rate of speed, producing a yer,
strong suction, which is applied t.
the open cotton by means of four hex
ible double suction hose, two on eacl
side of the machine.
Each hose requires one man to Oh
crate the nozzle, which is held ncaI
the open cotton boil. The suction
speedily removes the cotton from thu
plant, drawing it through the hos,
fans, and a large discharge nue int
screen receptacle on the rear end O.
the machine, from which it a be-
readily removed by means of a door
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05

TIE export edition recently pub
'lshed by the Columbia State was the
most elaborate affair of the kind ever
undertaken by a South Carolina pa
per n reflects credit on the State.
1t contained much valuable informa-
tlon that the people in and out Of the
State should know. Such publications
calls the attention of the world to
South Carolina and her resources and
c lnnot fail to be of great benefit to
the whole State. Besides this, it
gives Charleston the best advertising
he old city has had for many a day.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05
SULPHUR BRINGS HEALTH.
Purifics the Blood and Clears up tho
Complexion.

All Of us need to take Sulphur al
this S Nothing like it to puri.
fly the blood, clear up the complexion
II remove that tired feeling" But
the only way to take it is T.. LIQUID
form. HANCOCK'S LIQUID Sui
PllUR taken internally is the best
spring tonic. Applied externally
IiancOck's Liquid Sulphur quickly
cures Eczema, letter, and all Skin
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur
ointment, removes Pimples, Black
heads and Sores, and gives a boauti-
ful soft, yelvety skin. Your druggist
sells it. 1t cured Edward w. Her
ring, of Frederick, Md, of a bad case
or Eczema, and he writes: "My face
is as smooth as an infants"
MISUNDERSTANDING booklet free, IL
you write Hancock Liquid Sulphur
Co., Baltimore.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05

IN his admirable speech before the
State Press Association at the Isle of
Palms recently Mr.. a. b. Williams
paid a glowing tribute to the young
mcn of South Carolina for their ndcl-
ity to principle in the dark days when
the old State lay PROSTATE under the
heel or the oppressor. They refused
to be corrupted by the allurcmcnt of
high ONCE and fat cmoluments, and
stood true. The same may be said of
them today, Excepting J G.. Gamers
and a few Others who have fallen, all
OF u young mon have remained true
to our grand oil, mother. The apos,
tatcS can be counted on the fingers Of
n hand All honor to our young
men.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05
STOLE I: LITTLE GIRL.
Her Parents Suspects Tramps of
Kidnapping Her.
They Arc almost Convinced That tho
Missing Child Is In tho Hand 8,

tN yin
Missing Child Is In the Hand Of
Migrants.
A dispatch from West Chester,
Pa, says the authorities are now
convinced that Mary Newlin five
years old, who mysteriously disap-
peared on Sunday from her home,
near Auburn, Franklin township,
has been kidnapped by tramps.
Searching parties composed of de-
tectives and many farmers of Ches-
ter county are now directing their
Investigations with this view.
The missing chlld is a daughter by
a former husband of Mrs. Erwin
Lewis, and on the day of her disap-
pearance had been visiting the home
Of her grandfather, John Levin. a
prosperous farmer, about three
quarters of a mile distant. She was
last seen by residents of the vicinity
on her return journey to her moth
er's home.
In support Of the theory that
tramps have carried off the child is
the fact that a gang of Migrants
which had occupied for several days
a deserted cottage near the point
where the little one was last seen
suddenly disappeared on Sunday
afternoon. On the night previous
Migrants also robbed the Lewis
home and carried away all of the
eatables. The child had been sent
to the grandfathcr's on the follow
ing morning to notify them Of the
robbery and to obtain bread.
She was escorted partly on her re-
turn by her aunt, Nellie Ncwlin,
thirteen years old. Near the home
Of Miller plunley tiechliiddren part
ed and from this point all trace of
the missing child is lost.
When she did not return Mrs.
Lewis was not worried, taking it for
granted that her daughter would
spend the night at her grandfather's
nome. The next afternoon, howev-
er,. she wondered at Mary's protrac-
ted absence, and went to John New
Inns farm to fetch her. Arrived
there, she learned of the departure
OF the little n on Sunday after
noon.
The county officials were notified
at once, and George Tymannus, a
constable from Avondale, began a
search. There r no streams Of
sufficient size in the neighborhood
to warrant his assumption that the
child had fallen into one and hsd
been drowned. He thereupon mott
fled the county district attorney, w.
w. MacElree, who joined the con
stables and has been on the scene
ever since.
1t was at firsl believed that Mrs.
LeWis's former husband might have
been concerned in the abduction,
but this theory has been Abandoned
The police are also looking for a
strange man of middle age, rather
heavily built, and having small
squint eyes and a red nose, who had
been seen lingering about the neigh
borhood for two days looking for
work. He had see the child's
mother at her home and asked for a
job, saying he would be willing to
stay there and live and work about
the lawn for SIS a month.
He had also been at Mrs. Lewis
f%athers's and other places in the
nelghborhood, being last seen at the
home of James Reburn on Friday
morning last, where he was given
MS breakfast. This man said he had
been in a hospital. He wore a little
soft hat, a corduroy vest, light pan
falcons and carried a suitcase.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-07-05
Better Salaries Needed.

The time has come when we must
make a supreme effort to provide
better salaries for our teachers and
superintendent. Too many Of our
best teachers are leaving the school
room to enter other lines OF work
not because they do not wish to teach
but because they cannot afford to
teach for the salaries offered. There
is such a demand in the business and
professional world Of today for train
ed men and women that we can not
hope to keep efficient teachers in the
schools unless we pay better salaries.
1t is folly to expect to secure tho pick
Of a college graduating class to teach
at $50 a month, when he can get SIS
in almost any othcr kind of position.
Low salaries will secure to the
schools only cheap teachers. II Is a
matter of business competition.
While there has boon one I'm
provement In the salaries OF county
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-16
! = SPORTS
Y ~tSSaAE
St, Louis Americans
Aim To
Enlist Barney Joy

The St Louis American Baseball
Team wants Barney JOY This infor-
nation was received by Pat Gleason in
letter received from Barney Joy in
today's mail. If JOY can secure his re-
! lease from Frisco the next we will
hear of JOY, the pride of Honolulu, he
will be pitching for one of the fastest
| teams in the world. Quite jump for
a Honolulu ball player
JOY is dissatisfied with the Frisco
team and wants to quit. The team
took trip to Los Angeles and refused
to take JOY. He asked Dan Long for
his release when approached by the ST.
Louis representative but Long has re-
fused to grant the same so Barney
must stick.
JOY was very anxious to make the
Los Angeles trip so that he could sec
the Burns-O Brien fight and also the
Honolulu delegation. Long has prom
Used that JOY shall accompany the team
to Portland and while there will pitcl,
more games.
A detailed account of the games that
Joy has pitched are contained in the
letter He feels that some of his team
mates are jealous of the advertising he
is getting and are consequently throw
ing him down. He claims that the
team gave him very poor support in
both games that he played and espec-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-16
BEGIN WORK SOON
ON THE BOYS HOME
Pinkham Says Institution
Will Be Located In
Waimea

The $4,000 appropriation passed by
The Legislature for the erection and
maintenance of a Home for Non-lep-
rous Boys of Leprous Parents becomes
available July /, and work on the con-
Struction of the institution will be COM
menced at an early date.
I'VE will get to work at the earliest
possible moment" said President Pink
| tam of the Board of Health this morn
ing. The site OF the home will be in
Waimea on Hawaii 1t is not exactly
selected yet, though | know about the
location. 1t will, Of course, take some
time to build the home, but l am anX-
iious to have it in operation as soon as
possible.
There will probably be about fifty
boys to go into it when it is ready for
occupancy. Most of them will be very
Young, and it will be some years yet
before we can expect to get any large
results in the way of work out of them.
But | am going to see what can be
done with them in the way of farming
down there. want to give the small
farming idea a thorough trial in this
way and see if there is really anything
in it,
President Pinlham hopes that better
results may be obtained at this insti-
tuition than have been got from the
Lahainaluna school, the results of
which he thinks are decidedly unsatis-
factory.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-16
COURTS MUST DECIDE
Continued from Pare ~

by the Legislature of 1906 under the
Organic AcUwill be raised, though it
* uncertain yet whether or not this
matter will be brought before the
court.
The second point raised, which will
be one of the main points of conttn-
ton will be the validity of the ad-
ministration of the law. The planta-
tons contend that even if the law is
constitutional, it is not properly adj
ministered They base this on the
refusal of the Tax Assessor to allow
for depreciation and deterioration.
Their third point is that they should
be allowed this depreciation.
THE way the Tax Assessor is try
ing to administer the law is mani
testify unfair" says Mr.. Wilmington.
Eva plantation, for instance, has a
mill that is worth million dollars.
If they had to rent that mill instead
OF owning it they would have to pay
not only the rent but also for the
wear and tear on the machinery. But
the Tax Assessor VIII not allow this,
which a private individual would
Fave to allow No matter how much
the wear and tear on the mill, he
continues to assess it at Il million
dollars, 1t would be the same if the
mill were to become merely SCRAP
iron, 1t would still be assessed at a
million dollars.
And in spite of this, no allowance
is made for replacing parts of the
machinery The company may spend
$4,000 a year in repairs, but the
law says that no allowance can be
made for permanent Improvements,
ana these ara counted as such
The reason for the agitation is tho
recent decision Of the supreme Court
m che matter oi the Rapid Transit
'umwuf lu which lhe contention ol
ihv company thut allowance should
hg made in assessing ils property,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-16
DUNES ARGUMENT
LASTS FOR TWO DAYS

The hearing of the arguments in the
Along case was continued before Judge
Robinson this morning and will prob
ably occupy the rest of the week. j. j..
nunne, attorney for Mrs. Along and
Ter adherents in the case, spoke all day
yesterday and stated this morning that
ii would probably take all of today for
him to finish After that the attorneys
for the other side will have their in
nings and then Mr.. Dunno swill reply
to them. w. w. Thayer stated that he
would probably not take more than an
nour and half for what he had to say.
The arguments are all on the legal
aspects of the case and various points
of law. The human interest side OF
the matter probably will not come up
until the case comes to trial.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-16

for the wear and tear on the system
was disallowed. AS this case is SINH
lar to those of the sugar plantations
il appears probable that the decision
of the Supreme Court in the new tax
appeal cases will be the same as in
the case of the Rapid Transit This
will mean according to the state
ments of the plantation attorneys,
that the matter will go to the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
There will be a great deal Of legal
talent employed in the various cases.
The firms that will be in charge of
the appeals are Castle & Wilmington,
Holmes & Stanley, Smith & Lewis
hnd Judge Cooper.
The question as to allowance for
depreciation came up last year, when
the plantations made the same con-
tention that they make this year 1t
did not, however, reach the courts,
the Tax Assessor allowing the claim.
This year he refuses to do so.
d. l.. Wilmington states that the
plantations this year made out their
tax returns in accordance with the
instructions of the Tax Assessor, but
that in spite of this fact the Assessor
refuses to receive them. This action
he takes on the advice of the Attor-
ney General.
Tax Assessor Holt stated this
morning that he could not estimate
as yet what amount the Territory
would lose in case of a decision
against it, But the figures for all the
plantations combined would be very
large
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-16

A sea captain named Menlock has
beeu elected Mulur sol nrismlnwfa,
AsarN fpglaHa Ibr ceremony ukiHs
phgr m lue ehuwh belly acurdlue
lu iWmrmOrlal puslum
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-16
RAID ON HACKMEN
CAUSES
KANAE'S DISCHARGE

Sergeant Frank Kanae of the police
force had an exceedingly gay time last
night, the only drawback about which
was that it cost him his job. Kanae
has the reputation of being a good Of
ticer, but during the past few months
he has been imbibing more freely than
was consistent with his position, and
this has finally led to his downfall
kanae started on the tear which got
him into trouble by making raid on
the hackstand on Bethel street, oppo-
site the old place of the firm of Castle
Il Cooke. He ordered three hackmen
to come to the police station, and the
drivers, seeming fare, obeyed him
promptly. They were therefore much
surprised when he informed them on
their arrival at the station that they
were under arrest for leaving their
hacks united. This the jehus ascribed
to an old grievance between them and
kanae due to some bills which they
allege Kanae owed them and which he
had failed to pay
Kanae left the three hackmen in
durance vile and proceeded to Palama.
In the meantime the cries of outraged
virtue, which the pehus set up in a
luSty chorus, attracted the attention
of the sheriff, and he ordered a search
to be made for Kanae He was found
at place at Palama where he was in
structing the population in the mys-
teries of the hult, and was taken before
the sheriff. He had lost his badge in
the meantime and Officer Apana was
sent out to recover it, which he did.
This morning Sheriff Iaukea dis
missed Kanae from the force. The
cases against the three hackmen were
dismissed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-16
HONOLULU IS BEING
CAREFULLY CLEANED
Good Results Already
Accomplished, Says
Pinkham

The Board of Health is deVoting all
its energies, so far as Honolulu is con-
cerned, to cleaning up the town. All
the men that can be used are hard at
work and the results so far, according
to President Pinkham, are very salts
factory.
At present the force is working in
the Kewalo district. The work is be-
ing very thoroughly done. The house
holders are made to do their own work.
under the direct supervision of the in
spectors, and the latter see to it that
the work is well done.
When they get through with KewalO,
the Board will turn its attention to
some of the other more thickly popu-
lated parts of town, not particularly
Chinatown.
The work is being done on the money
furnished by the Shippers Wharf Com
mittee Before the last Legislature
convened, President Pinkham tried to
get the Governor to recommend an
emergency appropriation OF 100000,
but the Governor would not do so, nor
would the Legislature vote it.
President Pinkham was asked if he
could get along with $500 for the rest
Of the present period. He said that he
could if nothing happened. But some
thing has happened, and now the
Board is greatly hampered by lack of
funds and has to depend on what it can
get from private subscription.
The work of cleaning up at Aiea and
Waipahu has been thoroughly done.
President Pinkham says that at Wal
pahu the japanese and Chinese are the
ones most anxious to have it well done,
and half dozen times they have sent
IN to ask that a man be sent down to
see if the work were satisfactory.