Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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*-s ! * :**?SsS TTlie Press and Iianncr Jji PAET SIEOOICTID. ^ '? ? ? ? ? ~ - ?? I- - * ?-- 'L ? I ? ? W?v mA iMinm I nmAmr An nmnmr ll> I IMV I HI nmilfTI/1 HAS CONFESSED W Mrs. Faulling, Widow of Slain Mao, Says Gordon Is Guilty. SENSATIONAL WITNESS Trial at Hinesville, Ga., of Alleged ?c Slayer of Former Berkeley Man, * Fr Reaches Sensational Climax?Mrs. an ?ai FauUing Claims Gordon Threatened to Kill Her if She Told. 301 Pe A dispatch from Hinesvlle, Ga., "8< I says Mrs. Helen Faulling, widow of ^*c slain William N. Faulling, Jr., for mc whose murder Charles A. Gordon is gg1 on trial at that place. Wednesday an on the witness stand made a 6enea- as tional confession of intimacy with Gordon and ended her story by do*? *1?' heir hp killed her cianng mat uc iv.u husband and threatened to kill her if she 6hould tell on buu. gee The confes?len was unexpected to the big crowd in the court room, though many believed to be true Just ^ what Mrs. Faulllng declared is true. . "I am confessing because I don't . want to go to Heaven or hell with 6 rei a lie on my lips," walled the unhappy woman through her tears at the end ,0: of her fordid narrative. gc In part her confession follows, and ? since it has been made it is believed 8 Gordon's trial will end in rather 3 * short order. ne" "The last time I saw my hus- * band alive," said Mrs. Faulling, "was * on March 26, 1909, when he left f0.1 tai our home about sundown to mall a letter to his father at Monck's Cor- a nor S. C. me npi "I met Mr. Gordon in Florida and *": have known him three years. My husband and I moved to several places in Florida, and each time Mr. Go.don moved also. We first became . fat r intimate at Loftman, Fla. Our meet- ' ings continued up to the time of his arre9t. The night lefore the officers ? came for Mr. Gordon, he spent with ^ me. d,t "My husband left at sundown and at supper time he had not returned and 60 several friends had supper 0 with me and we did not wait for him. Just before we finished supper Mr. Gordon came in and, calling 80 me aside said: 'I have done it. i 0{ have killed the d?.' tr'' "I was very much frightened and retr nearly tainted, but M*r. Gordon caught me and told me to be calm as *ng he was not afraid. He then tried e(* to get me to go and help him bury hin the body, but I refused. So he left ou the house and returned in about an for hour, telling me he had buried the arr body. He said he had had a great to deal of trouble taking the body to the place as it was so stiff. *-0i "Mr. Gordon told me that last aj* night that if I told he would kill me ^ * within the next twenty-four hours. anThat was the reason for my silence. Since he has been in jail he has writ- ou ten me a letter trying to concoct a 8eF scheme to prove an alibi for him. ' Gordon Convicted. f A later dispatch says for the mur- ^ der of William F. Faulling, Jr.. at y Walthourville, Liberty county, Ga.. Charles A Gordon has been found ne,' guilty and sentenced to life imprison- prc" ment. Mrs Helen Faulling, wife of ^ni the slain man and confessed cause aQ( of the murder, was tried as a result tv of her concession of intimacy with gg. Gordon and was given her choice of 6 months in jail or exile from Georgia. She chose exile and before the ^ Gordon jury returned its verdiet was on the way to Florida. 0( Rumor tbat relatives of Gordon ^ would attempt a rescue should the ~ verdict be adverse were apparently unfounded as there was no demon- ' 6tration. . Judge Paul E. Seabrook, 9entenc- ^ ' ing Gordon, told him he should feel ? grateful the sentence was no worse. e Gordon killed Faulling, the widow ^ ' said, as a result of her husband's 201 knowledge of her illicit relations wun Gordon, the slayer fearing that he ha and the woman would be punished. ne ad CHICKEN STEW EXPLODED. ?u iinrncd While Prepar- '' \\ OUltlil uaiu; iiig Dinner. It> lef The explosion of a chicken stew placed Mrs. Annie Hardy in the Presbyterian hospital at Philadelphia this week. She was burned about the hands, arms and face. The supposedly decent stew was placed in a pot >1) to boil for dinner, jus-t as any stew would be but the developments were unusual. When Mrs. Hardy was bustling H about the stove, preparing other G( things for the Sunday meal the top jQ suddenly flew off the iron pot* the ^through the air m weui uun.^o __ and the pot Itself rolled to the floor. ^ When all the excitement was over er an analysis of the conditions led to jr the theory that the lid had fit so at tightly when pushed down that It did Dot permit the escape of the ^ steam which gathered when the pot jt began to boil. Mrs. Hardy's burns are serious, but not of a critical na- C(j ture. - so Husband Bathed One* a Year. dj Declaring her husband bathed only ^ once a year, and that, though worth $50,000, bought tainted meal, eggs that were ne^ly rotten and rancid butter. Mrs Henrietta Newman, of b; Washington, D. C.. has filed suit for at a limited divorce from Mayor B. Neu-- F man. She also charges cruelty and t>< aegiect. ? COOK GOT THERE ] H1TNEY SAYS SO AND TELLS ? So OF PEARY'S LITTLENESS. ,ys Peary Made Him Separate AH of Cook's Luggage From His anil Leave it Behind. Harry Whitney, of New Haven, inn., has arrived at St. John's, N. He saya he believes that Dr. ederiek A. Cook found the pole d that Commander Peary did the me. In expressing this belief Mr. hltney said that he knows no reaa for doubting Cook more thaa ary. "Dr. Cook's 9tory," he added, eems to me truthful and probable, ithing else would expalin his 12 ga )nths' absence." Dr. Cook left with him at Annatok t ^eral cases containing Instruments. t d some belongings, but bo far Mr. Whitney knew, no written rec- wr Is. There may have been record?, jUJ wever, packed with Dr. Cook's perlal effects, but the explorer did ^ t tell him especially that he was jQ iving written records in his poa- gt{ ??ion. , SpeaKing 01 ur. Luurv a uciativu :ount of his trip to the pole, Mr. aitney said that the explorer show- Do him how the western drift of the re? had landed him in a region far WJ note from where he expected to lng and he was unable to get back. ^ He could not speak with authority jj&( to whether Dr. Cook and his two an) kimos could carry on their three qui dges enough food for their jourf to the pole, as he himself is UQ( novice in Arctice traveling. He gt8 ;!ared he knew* nothing of the in ltroversy beyond the vaguest de- e(j Is. The flr6t he learned of It was fro Indian Harbor, when he received wjf ssages from several American pa- 0U| 3 asking for a statement. Mr. Whitney denied tnat uom- 3 j nder Peary had removed Dr. apj ak's stores from Annatok to Etah. tjj lat Peary really did was to transa few things and rebuild the ab( ase at Annatok. Boatswain Mur- jU( y'9 only reason for refusing to hrc p Capt. Bernier's Canadian expe- are ion to get dogs and sledges at Etah ing s that they were short of dogs imselves. Mr. Whitney had troub 0f in getting enough dogs for his fro ms all through the winter and ref rphy was looking out for Peary, j. that he would have sufficient p0| js for the commander's exploring col E>s around the country when he iin< urned from the north. trii The day the Roosevelt was leav- red ; Etah for home Whitney informPeary that Cook had intrusted to jur a certain belongings to bring home hel the vessel that was coming up M. Whitney, but as this ship had not ed ived Whitney waB at a loss wha' we do with the property. we: Peary declined to permit Dr coi ak's belongings to be brought mi; >ard the Roosevelt and he pul we< wtnov r?n hiss honor not to include am r'thing belonging to Dr. Cook in ' own luggage. Whitney thereup- wit went ashore from the Roosevelt. pr? tarated Dr. Cook's property from Th own baggage, and with the aid act Capt. Robert Bartlett, commandei al. the Roosevelt, whom he had ask- wh to help, repacked Cook's proper- mo in boxes. Atl After this had been done, Whit- ioi f and Bartlett cached all Cook's dir >perty in a cave in the rocks. They gei lit up the cave securely with stones thf i turf and left it and the proper- puf in charge of one of Dr. Cook^u i6s kimos. ma It may be remembered in passing, if . Whitney went on, that ten years be d Peary did with the explorer wo /erdrup, who was cruising in Faith ind, what he has done with Cook? ' refused to bring back any of as terdrup's letters or records. jur In conclusion Mr. Whitney declar he regretted being dragged into Rff' ?'j th* i controversy, ne Bam uo uoU ? ind both Dr. Cook and Commander JUI ary courteous and considerate and thj it he had never met any men whose vic aduct generally was more com ^ndable or whose dealings with hin: vic d been more fair. 201 Dr. Cook, when shown Mr. Whit sa* y's statement, said that he approv- ac( of all that Mr. Whitney had said "Everything in the interview is ,a hscantially correct," said Dr. Cook. n? t confirms all my declarations." *r "Mr. Whitney was in all probabil- no unaware of the written records m< t with him. They are of not much pr< Dsequence, as 1 have duplicates." |)rl t , , mt ho 'OLE DISPUTE CAUSES FIGHT. * th< icon Banker and Judge Come to Blows in Dispute. ^ A heated argument between Robert Brown, president of the Central *>rgia bank, and Judge W. A. Poa, Macon, Ga., over the Cook-Peary ADtroverey a few days ago, led to *0' owB, the Judge U6ing his walking kc tfe with telling effect on the bank- 81 ?*??? on The prompt lQioriorcuuo ui | iends prevented an encounter that w< one time promised to be seriou?. at The banker insisted that honors ould go entirely to Dr. Cook, while ldge Poe was equally convinced el< at Commander Peary was the dis- ry iverer of the North Pole. Ju When the Judge questioned the w' lundness of his opponent's argu- ^ ent the banker used an ugly word, Ju is said, which the Judge resented. pa ai Bleriot to Start Aviation School. ga Louis Bleriot, the French areonaut, 3s decided to start a school of avi- in ion at Croix d'Hine, near Arcachon, I ranee. T&e proposed circuit will pi i nearly ?o miles, but at first oitfy ca foUr-i&ils circuit wjll be ujeiJ . n< kM RIAL OF BLACK ? . tioi if i ddenly Ended by Judge Merarainger the GrJerirg a MistriaL a f ? cas gta; JRY READ A NEWSPAYER ? me. bro Copy of The State Pound Its Way no ver Into the Hotel Room Occupied by i Jurors, and One Member Talked Through a Window to One of His sbo Employes. disc talc* The State of Saturday morning rQu ve the following story of the trial jnfl John Black, which was brought eve an unexpected and sensational ten* mination Friday: Judge Mem- froi nger directed "mistrial" to be thai A ? 111*211 uu iuo i cvui u uu aauuui ui "wv ore having a newspaper contain- the ; matter relating to the case, and e whole matter is without parallel you the history of the courts of this hav ite. to ( One of the jprors, J. D. Perry, thai d had verbal communication with sho 3 clerk In his meat market, C. M. to t rn, and the latter had been ar- en < ited and put in the county Jail, you len court assembled Friday morn- whi Judge Memminger made an of- aon al inquiry into the matter. He uot 1 questioned Perry and Sessions, ather juror, and was making in- oid< Iries of the foreman, J. David, whi en it was brought out in the moat thai TTT n TT + o Anntr A# TKo thfi Cmuuuuai rraj iuob c* vuf; 4 uu ? ite had been read by the jurors you: the rooms in which they were lock- witl up Wednesday night to keep them witl m reading newspapers and other- had ?e receiving information from the ing aide world. noti fudge Memminger was dumbfound- kep1 He had asked the question in an wou jarently perfunctory manner, and verc ! reply was entirely unexpected, wou . David was unable to tell much to h jut the newspaper matter and this lg&? Memminger had every juror " night into the court room sep- you itely and put through a search- I w; ; examination. sibii It was flearned ^that The Btate hesi that morning contained extracts witl m other papers making caustic nica erence to t.he jury which liberated hole S. Farnum, and there were also him nted comments in the editorial as t umus of The State. The head* <.0 1 es over the articles detailing the aall il of John Black were also refer- tlon I to. com Judge Memminger ordered tho med y discharged without pay and he tion d in custody J. D. Perry and C to i Dorn until it could be determin- out what to do with them. Later they com re discharged from custody, but vers re ordered to be within call of the side irt at any time, for Judge Mim- jure nger will be in Columbia next ek in the civil court and will then 'to r lounce his decision. I w rhe trial of John Black, charged fhe h bribery, etc., was thus for the suet >sent brought to a conclusion, the e effect of Judge Memminger's chai ?'M1 mAtiAlw moan onnthpr trl- ]of lull W 111 UlCtCiJ lUVUI^ . MMV%UV* ? avw There was speculation as to cert ether or not it would not be tanta- mat unt to an acquittal, techically, but a si :orney General Lyon said that the do i rn books of the law show that pie ecting a "mistrial" in an emer- tor. icy of this kind docs not mean cepl it defendant has had his liberty com t in Jeopardy before the Jury, for pay ue was not given to the Jury to will ke final determination. But even I wl the case should be declared to be < at an end here, the commonwealth ter. uld have no trouble to bring ? jtber. mis rhere has been some speculation will to what was the attitude of the tent y toward the case. Several ru- exc? ?rs were afloat. One was to the I n ect tDat too jury Btooa o iu i uu uor i bribery charge. One intelligent will o rtold a reporter of The State T. it the jury stood 7 to 5 for con- refe tion on the bribery charge and i c it it was even stronger for con- can tion on the corruption and rebate ant in the indictment. This juror d there would never have been an juittal. Xev When the court took recess Thur3y evening, the prosecution anunced its case closed. The defense ^ iday morning would have an- aQ unced no witnesses and the argu- . ;nts would have started. The Dsecution would have sprung a fiur- ^ ise by having its principal speech . ide by Solicitor W. H. Cobb, who d been too busy with his own rj avv docket to prepare himself in j 3 Farnum case. gjn( But as soon as court opened Fri- aut y morning Judge Memminger cal- foee 1 before him F. T. Grimaley, a an(j puty sheriff, and inquired into the ,jen itter6 of the night before. Grims- ttja f told of arresting C. M. Dorn and tha T. Keith Thursday night on Hamp- Th? a street under the room in Wright's UBi] tel occupied by the jurors in the jng ack case. Dorn was employed by e of the jurors. J. D. Perry, and is talking to him about matters , their meat marketMe Judge Memminger then questioned) r, >m nnH Pfirrv and also Juror Ses-|_. ^ns, who was In the room with Per- M0 at the time. The foreman of the 6t0 ry. J. David, was 6ent for and a e bile under examination by Judg'j ute emminger related the fact that the irors had been reading a fiew&- un; iper. After quizzing the jurors singly id separately, Judgip Mcmmingor 4 id to the jury: lan "I want to say to you, after the ain vestigation I made this morning, not can not e*e but one course to od irsue, and that Is a mistrial of this ess iso will have to De ordered, I do $re j't tblnk tho matters wMcb in Drougnc oui snow mat merj i been any corruption among you, ; there has been serious indlscrei, and the indiscretion is auch that i verdict of guilty were rendered the case, under the authorities, J, defendant would be entitled to lew trial. 'I have to look at both sides of a e, and I must look from the ndpoint of the State as well as t of the defendant. If I allow case to go to you, with these tters before me, as have been ught out, the State would have redress whatever, if you find a h diet of not guilty. The only thing ee to do is to order a mistrial the case. I am extremely sorry that this lg should have happened, that you uld have been guilty of this in:retion. Every precaution was en to see that you should be surnded and protected from outside uence, and that you should have b< ry possible comfort while in at- r< jance on this case. It appears t u what most of you have said ^ t you fully realize that you ought to be reading a newspaper in " Jury room pertaining to the case, If you had proper realization of M r responsibility, as you ought to e had, as soon aa it was brought the attention of any of the jury tt t a newspaper was in there it nlfl hiivfl baan raDorted at once 9] ;he sheriff; that would have givencouragement to the belief that ?i did realize the responsibility ch is upon you as jurors; but e of you did that; the foreman did communicate it to me. 3. It is also on account of the in- w >at which occurred last night. ch I doubt if It be any more 0 1 an indiscretion on the pan ol juror and on the part of the ^ g man who had the conversation >T i him, but that in combination l the other matter, your having access to a newspaper and read ^ the newspaper in your room, anu withstanding the strict guarc 0 I over you, these combination 1H tond tn oftat ntmnlMon on anv ^ lict you might render, and It Id not be satisfactory to anybody 1,1 iave a verdict from the jury when 21 sort of things has happened. * Now as to what I , shall do to 1 this is a matter, gentlemen, that 1 ill have to decide; it is a respon- ^ llty cast upon me. ' I have no ^ tancy in knowing what to do i respect to the man who commu.ted with the juror and I shall 1 him and put punishment ^pon for contempt of this cowrt, and 0 the juror who allowed hlmseli )e communicated with, who act- p y did not resent the communicafrom the outside, but actually loned that communication by imllately sending out a communicato the baliff, which was brought He, asking that the man be let in on bond Instead of resenting thai ' munication, interference or con- ,{ lation with anybody from the out', which undoubtedly subjects the >r to serious criticism*. v "As to that juror I will ask him 11 emain in the custody of the court. ill make up my mind later in day the proper course to be pur- iE 1 with reference to him. As tr B other jurors, I am going to dlsrge you gentlemen, am going tc 11 you go and withhold your pay * lflcate6 until I think about thl: 1 ter seriously and earnestly, with a trict regard to what I ought tc * n discharging my duty to the peo *c of South Carolina in this mat- 1 You all can go, with the ex- i :lon of Mr. Perry, *'ho had the P' munication; you will not get your c certificates at the present. I I" determine later on wtaat course >< 111 pursue In resepct to.what shall > lone about your case tn this mat- n The clerk will enter an order of 11 trial on the record, and all jurors be discharged from further at lance WILnoUt pay ueumuaico ipt Juror Perry, who will remain the custody of the sheriff. Mr. n must also remain here, and 1 dispose of b 1b case. As to A Keith, I do not see anything in ;rence to his conduct for which c< an hold him responsible. You .V let him go." * b - la STUDENT DISAPPEARS. ol w v Hampshire Lad, In School at w Asheville, Missing, l dispatch from Asheville say* u appeal to the chief of police of h t city by the anxious parents of w y Churchward, of Hampton, New w npshire, a few days ago develop- il the fact that the lad, a student an Asheville school, had myste- h isly disappeared from that insti- a on September 19, ancT has not :e been heard of. The school horities state that the boy had n missed on the date mentioned ^ after his departure a fellow stuhad sriven out the Information t young Churchward had told him t "he Intended to go to New York, s boy's father Is now in New York si ag every means to locate his miss- P son. t t r a Ball Disjoints Nock. :1 L fatality occurred Monday In a ^ e ball game near Greenville, Tenn. . 3 20-year-old son of Alexander re, a farmer, while playing shortp. was truck in the mouth with a wift. ball. He died in a few min- t) s, and it is believed he wa6 struck jj b such force that his neck was lointed. The Neptune is Launched. p V dispatch from Portsmouth, Eng- v d, says the Neptune, Great Brit- s 's eighth battleship of the Dread- y jght type, was tuccessfully launch- c there a few days ago by the Duch- p of Albany in the presence of a ii ?at concourse. Experts regard this n '??1 is unelnirable by1 torpedoes, p Mr-., LAID IU Kt51 t: ast Rites Held Over Body of Ex-Governor Miles B. McSwecney END CAME WEDNESDAY [ad Ik-en In 111 Health for a Year ge or More and Several Months Afro Se He Was Taken to Baltimore for G( Qi Treatment?Body Laid to Rest in ^ Hampton Wednesday Afternoon. Cj ri' A dlepatch from Hampton says the Bi ody of ex-Governor McSweeney th ;ached there at 5 o'clock p m. le hursday. The funeral services were j'* eld Immediately thereafter at se ampton cemetery. of The body was accompanied by Mrs. de ^Sweeney and two of his sonB. The funeral services were conduct- w] 1 by Rev. J. W. Elklns, pastor of to le Methodist church, assisted by co Revs. W. H. Dowllng and G. E. prulll. PI Hampton lodge, No. 73, Knights an ' Pythias, then took charge and Gi ie ex-governor was laid to rest with w< pthlan honors. wi The active pallbearers were: J. Folk, Bamberg; W. C. Mauldln, wl r. S. Smith, E. M. Peoples, J. C. an Ightsey, E. J. Watson, Columbia: st< . D. Dowllng, E. H. Aull, Newberry. er Tbe honorary pallbearers were: sti ayor E. F. Warren, Gen. Jas. W. ov oore, W. F. Cummlngs, Dr. J. L. th oik. on Former Governor McSweeney died tit ror1noar1nv mnrnln? In Baltimore, cn lie news was received here and as tused widespread Borrow among the i0< any personal friends of Mr. Mc- bo yeeney throughout the State. an Governor McSweeney had been In ^ I health for a year or more and seval months ago he was taken to Ba!more for treatment. Since that be me he had been under treatment In th private sanitarium In that city. His -j indltlon became critical a week or or ore ago and Mrs. McSweeney was jn] immoned to his bedside. The end iDJ tme Wednesday morning at 1:30 tir clock. af Er SHERIFF OUTWITS MOB. ho ? an lorida Ollicer Saves Three Negroes a I en From Lynching. to From Penaacola comes the news lat, evading a mob bent upon lynch- ^ ig his prisoner, Sheriff Hayes Lewis, ! Marianna, Jackson county, reach- .. 1 there early Thursday morning, ? iving in custody three negroes, Dan avis, Cary Gray and Robert Gray, ho were arrested Monday for the iurder of John Dukes, a planter, f that county. . After the negroes had been placed i jail at Marinna Monday night a iob was formed about midnight and amaruiprt entrance. Concealing the egroes, the mob was admitted by 00 ie Jailor, and after failing to find 3e le prisoners, quietly left the jail. iter learning of the rule by which a ley had been outwitted, the citizens ? >rmed again and prepared to attack ie jail a second time. The sheriff, go owever, succeeded in getting the risoners away without being mo- ? isted. Dukes, it is said. waB mur e>red in a brutal manner, the body sing horribly mutilated. His wife, 8a ho was a Mrs. King before their 00 iarriaget is prostrated, her first husand having been murdered in a Bimar manner by negroes. fr GIRL OUTRAGED AND SHOT. F< oung Lady Dies at Sant Fe as Result of Terrible Crime. A most horrible crimme was re- ra jntly committed near Sant Fe, N. bC [. A dispatch says as a result of ag eing criminally attacked and shot $2 ist Tuesday, while on the outskirts se f the town, Gerturude Montgomery, Ci ho went there from Shreveport, La., ie here she taught in college for five ears, died in that city Monday. w Miss Montgomery was not found th ntil Sunday, when, awakening from w; er stupor, she tried to crawl to a k( ater hole to quench her thirst and be as seen by a little girl, who gave 10 ie alarm. e\ Three convicts at work on the le Ighway In that vicinity have been be rrested. . , . df DYNAMITE DESTROYS GIN. T t G nknown Parties Blow Up New Plant ^ w at Cerro Gorda, Fla. fo A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla., jn aye dynamite eot off by unknown w artles a few nights ago destroyed lie cotton gin owned by John Gunn ^ t Cerro Gordo. The entlro contents, lcludlng a large .quantity of cotton nd cotton seed, was destroyed by re. The gin was a new one, hav. _ * r ig been in operation only a few "" reeks. The dynamite had been placd under the machinery of the plant M nd the explosion shook the entire | ? awn. No motive for the act is nown. t t t al Pellagra In Georgia. a< At Valdosta, Ga., two case? of ellagra have developed and both ictiros are dangerously ill. The ufferers are a prominent lady nnd a pi oung negress. Attending physicians G ailed in consultation an Atlanta di ractitioner who has had experience si i treating the disease. He pro- T ounced the diagnosis o? tfte local b; hystciao& correct. ] MUKI W nWilR HRILLING STORY OP THE LOSS OF A STEAMER AT SEA. ' lrvivors of Ill-Fated Norwegian Steamer Gere Brought to Philadel- 1 phla From Winter Quarter Light. Saved from a crew of fifteen, the ( ven who had a narrow escape from ;ath by the foundering at noon on iturday of the Norwegian steamer ?ret six miles from the Winter uarter Lightship which is stationed ty miles south of the Delaware ipes and sixteen miles at sea, arved at port a few days ago on the -itlsh steamer Arroyo, which took em from the Lightship, before J ported as having the shipwrecKed I en aboard. The men 6aved arj I ilius Mey:r, the Captain, and six I amen. They are now In the cave I the .Norwegian consul in Phila- : ilphla. A thrilling stoiy of shipwreck In 1 lich every one was for himself, Is Id by the men. In English that : uld scarcely be understood. t They said the Gere, which left llladelphia with a crew of fifteen d a cargo of coal for Sagua La 1 ande, Cuba, encountered rough 1 gather after passing out the Dela* i ire Capes. x . < Off the Winter Quarter Lightship I len only three men were on deck, i . unusually heavy sea struck the jamer and it keeled over at a dang- : ous angle. She '"was Tepeat^dly *uck by high waves and finally went : er on her side. In the meantime : e other members of the crew came : . deck and taking In the situa- 1 )n secured life belts. Nothing : uld be done to right the vessel and : she was rapidly settling the crew jked about for safety. .The only at had been swept from the davits * d was floating away. Therefore I ere was nothing for the men to do 1 t to jump into the &ea. All of them managed to find tim- t r or other floating objecta from i e ship which went to the bottom thin three minutes, and the strong swimmers struck out for the drift- j % boat. The little craft waa float- ? % bottom up, and after a trying e the boat was righted and an < tempt made to clear it of water, i lough was gotten out after a two i urs struggle to put two men in it t d with the aid of their handq and pair of marine glasses they scooped 1 ough water out to permit others j climb in. < Meanwhile the weakest of the | 'immers and two that could not i 1m went down, one by one. I When the water was finally out of , e boat, the last remaining man ; nging to it waa hauled in and it is found that eight men were misag. They floated before the wind < itll 4:30 p. m., when they sighted ] e Winter Quarter Lightship. The tie craft had no oars but the ship- , "ecked men guided the boat as best ] ey could, and soon came near , ough to the ship to be taken or. , iard by the lonely sentinelB of the , a who spend their life on her. < Members of the crew say tne cap- , In and chief engineer were the las' leave the ship. The engineer, H. Nilson, was drowned. i The rapidity with which the Gere , nk is believed to have been due J an unusually heavy load of coal, tiich is dead weight. Although the ;re was only 420 tons burden, she . llod from port with 900 tonB of &1 and was commented on as she , issed down the Delaware river, tha' e had only about nine Inches of i eeboard. i + JO EN* BLACK ON TRIAL. , inner Member of South Caroline Dispensary Board. , At Columbia John Black, former ember of the State dispensary >ard, was put on trial a few day? ;o for having received a bribe of ' ? Ron fr-r>m InSn T Elflrlv. reore nting Flelscbmann & Co., a Cinonati firm. The transaction is alged to have occurred in 1906. There was sensational testimony hen Joe B. Wylie, a member of 1 e same board, testified that there 1 as an agreement between the whis- ' ;y salesmen and members of the 1 )ard by which certain houses were be favored. Wylie submitted iD Idence his private memoranda alged to have been made when the >ard was In session in March, 1906. Attorney General Lyon put in evince check for $2,500 from John Early, and for ?5,uuu rrom m. a. oodman, both payable to Black, efendant will try to Bhow that these ere for services as salesman here election on the board. The Black case Is the only remalng one of the series In connection 1th allegod frauds in the old State spensary which will be tried at Lis term. Indicted for Deserting Child. A dispatch from Spartanburg 6aye le grand jury returned a true bill jainst H. A. Sack and wife, charged 1th deserting their three weeks' d Infant at Southern Station last iturday night. They were arrested i Columbia, but Mrs. Sack was not ale to return to Spartanburg on :count of being ill. Coon Frightened Her to Death. An aged negress, living on the lantation of J. Y. Westbrook, near roensboro, Ala., was frightened to sath this week by a racoon which le saw crawling acrofs her bed. he raccoon was killed and. eaten y a grandson to prevent any more of Is Jfemily from periling ! KATOAtL 5IMS I His Memory Honored AH Over die Southland On Last Monday. WAS GREAT NAVAL HERO | rhe One Hundredth Anniversary ol . the Birth of the Only Confederate Admiral Marked With Public Ceremonies in Several of the Southern States. At many points in the South on ' y'oi Monday, but espeoially at Baltimore. ' -. M Lhe chief city of bis native State, in New Orleanp, where he is greatlybeloved, at Mobile and Montgomery, in the State of his adoption, and sev?ral other places, honor was paid to \dmiral Raphael Semmes. Born one , , iundred years ago, Admiral Semmes ^. v'r^fi lied in 1877, passing into history is "the Paul Jones of the Confeder- i icy." America has hardly produced v i greater sailor. Fifth in descent from a native of ; * Normandy who caibe over in 1640 a/lfh T ~-J n-1"; ? ' uvtu oauunore, Kapnael - .' * 3emmea received a high school edu- s&J. :ation and then found his way Into ^ :he navy as midshipman, there beng no naval acadeWy in exlstanie it the time. He rendered valiant ind efficient service in .the Mexican ; ' var ani had attained the rank of ;ommander when war between the lections broke out.. With his first ;ommand, the Sumter, a clumsy old joat propelled by both steam and sail ?emmes captured seventeen northern nerchantmen. a Blockaded by three Federal waiv s{' ihips at Gibraltar, he sold the veseel md proceeded with his officers to he Bahama Islands. On July 29, 1862, the Alabama, thencefofnF-fanous, was permitted by British au horlties to Bail from Liverpool, . ',/? vhere she had been built M "No. 500," her guns and war munitions ihe received in the Azores. .Then bejan one of the most wonderful \ lareers which any veesel ever had. Within the twenty months of hSr ncietance the Alabama captured 62 \ ' lorthern merchantmen, burning ^ nost of them at sea for the reason hat few porta were open to their ' / reception. She sank the Federal ' i/V warship Hatteras after thirteen minites* actual fighting. In June, 1864, Semmes accepted a challenge to bat- \ "V:le given by Captain Wlnslow, of , he Federal warship Kearsarge, at v Cherbourg, France, though he was.. mder no strategical or other nefd y :o do so. i Apparently about the Alabama's strength, the. Kearsarge was In realty irmored heavily with chains under tier outer planking, so that her ad versary was> surprised to see his ihot rebounded with little injury. Moreover, the Alabama's powder had ieteriorated during many months ' jassed In tropical climates; a shell ; placed In the steering gear of the '{earsarge failed to explode when Its < , \ 3xplO?ion would have rendered the federal vessel helpless. . v > Under these disadvantages the Ala- .. )ama fought a brave but foredoomed :ontePt, flnaljy going down. Her officers and crew we're saved by the English yacht Deerhound. Admiral Semmes later complained that Capain Wlnslow had lured him Into a combat through specifically false ?tatements, namely, by representing ,* hat the two Bhlps were on an equal 'ootlng when in fact the Kearsargc? *iad armor concealed. . ; 1, The Alabama was a fine vessel of ibout nine hundred tons and 230 feet length, built for both steam and ;aile. Her best speed with all her -esources used was about thirteen cnots, or fourteen miles an hour. =?he usually ran down her nrlzes. vhen they were sailing vessels, under all alone, and such was Semmes' orlde In her sailing qualities that be would sometimes prolong the chase greatly rather than resort to steam. The havoc which she worked to, k.he American flag on the high seas ^as never eince been repaired. Eng- , . 'and had to pay fifteen million dollars for turning her loose, but from the standpoint of commercial advantage this money was repaid many foid. \s far as their personal preferences vere concerned, Semmes and his nen would have preferred fighting "o prize-making; but there was ne^ar i day when the hostile epfthet of 'pirate" would justly be applied The Alabama was commissioned rfter acquisition in a foreign port, >ut so was Paul Jones' Bon Homme Richard. Semmes cannot be reproached on this score without involving Jones. In "Service Affoat" Admiral Semmes tells in effective *tyle the story of his stirring months on the Sumter and Alabama. We advise any one who may never have read it to repair the omission. Saw South Pol? of Mars. That the South Pole of Mars is a white peak surrounded by an ice clad area, is the statement made by Prof. Philip Fox, director of the Dearborn observatory at the Northwestern university, at Chicago, 111., who says that this week he had an unusually good observation of Mare which was then only 35,000,000 miles from the earth. Husband Refused Wife Shoes. That her husband had purchased her only one pair of shoes in the four years of their married life was one of the reasons given by Mrs. Margaret Dando, of Chicago, 111., for desiring a divprc-e from William Pa?do