The Marlin Democrat
Fifteenth Year   Number 10
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, May 5, 1904

OFF TO AFRICA TO GROW COTTON

     Herman Weibusch, a young man raised near Perry, and well known in Marlin, left Thursday night for German East Africa, in which place he will remain indefinitely.
     Herman has been selected by the German government to assist Special Agent August Becker in demonstrating cotton culture on lands controlled by the Emperor, who as all newspaper readers know is endeavoring to develop a cotton industry in German East Africa.
     Herman was offered the place at the instance of the German Consul at Galveston, through Mr. Otto Rau, a personal friend to both parties. Herman goes to Galveston, thence by steamer to Berlin and from there by land and water to Toga, East Africa, the point of his destination, and near which place are located the cotton demonstration farms of the German government. About two months will be required to make the trip.

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