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PVHJJfcBKJ* TliRKE Till BRUTAL M?RDER ftramioent Citizen of Brunsen Found Dead Just Oarss Je Icho. ? 1 - WAS KILLED BY A NEGRO 8?ary .Harris, a Young White Wo- J man, Says She Saw Richard Wil ? Hams, a Negro Ulan, Strike Mr.. J. j B. Langford from Behind With a Heavy Stick, Causing Death. j l The tragic death of Mr. J. R. Langford, a prominent resident of Bruneoh, whose body was found j Tuesday night just outside the Jim-; -tts of that town, had created consid erable excitement in that section of (lie State. It developed that Mr. Langford had been brutally murder ed* by a negro man by the name of Richard W'iliams, who has been ar - rested and sent to Columbia for safe Iceeping in the penitentiary. air. Langford left his home about t o'clock In the morning to go to . his saw mill, about three miles away, stating his intention to return, as usual, at dinner. His absence from home until after dark alarmed Iiis wife, who sent in search of him and learned that he had not been at the mill during the entire day and nothing could be learned of his whereabouts or of his horse and buggy- A search was at once insti gated for -the missing man by his friends. lAfter some time the searchers were rewarded with success. In a copse of thickly wooded land skirt ing the broad road and at a point not more than fifty yards from them . and about one-half mile from the town, the horse and buggy were found; the horse securely hitched to a tree, still harnessed to the bug gy. About thirty feet away Lang ford lay dead. He was lying on his back on his buggy robe, which had apparently been carefull spread upon the ground. There were no si?ns of violence or blood upon the body and the theory of suicide was suggest ed. There were certain appearances, however, which reputed the suicide suggestion, and closer examination revealed a bruise cn the back part of the. head near -the ear. Extreme rigor mortis and other. app<-ii'an;* s Indicated that death had oc: ?rr^l . about nine o'clock in Ii:*1 morning, : a short time after he had left his home. ?News of the find was Imtrediatcly cent into the town and the resident "magistrate and a Iar?e number of citizens hastened to the scene. After . careful examination of the corpse, the premises and surroundings, the body was borne to the. home, whicu he had 'eit In such u=>;i( *t htilih only a few hours before. After the consolidation of certain facts and indications, suspicion point ed to a negro man, whose home to several miles distant, but who. has been working in the Immediate vt einity- of the town, of Brunson the greater part of the year. He was found and arrested and contradictory answers to questions propounded strengthened the belief of all in bis guilt. iNear where the body was found there lives a white man who was a farmer tenant of Langford. His family consists of himself and four daughters?the eldest about 20 and the youngest about eight year of age. The eldest daughter was ar rested, and after sll?ht hesitation, admitted that she was present when deceased came to his death, and that death was the result of a blow delivered by the negro under ar rest; that he stole stealthily up be hind Langford and dealt the blow with a stick; that after the blow de ceased did not move nor speak. The crowd of men by this time was rapidly increasing, the negro was dexterously slipped from the crowd, carried beyond the county and lodged in the Barnwell jail. He is about 30 years of age and of aver age Intelligence. The young white woman, Mary Harris, was placed In the Hampton county jail. The de ceased was about 50 years of age. He was a brother of former County Treasurer Langford and leaves a childless widow and many relatives In the county. Given Heavy Damages. ?Mrs. Georgia Fonvllle. v'dow or a i locomotive engineer. W. J Fonvllle, killed on the Southern railway at Duncan, a year aro, got from a Greenville jury damages In the sum of $15,000. The negro wh-> open ed the switch and caused the wreck is now serving a life sentence In the penitentiary. Struck Cold Mine. While diging post holes on his farm near Hendersonville, Ky., Jas. H. Love discovered gold in the dirt. Government assayists pronounced It worth $1.80 per ton. Since getting the report of the assay office St Washington he has taken out dirt In the same locality which he be-' lieves will run at least $S a ton. I Sets Self on Fire. Because he had a quarrel with his wife, an aged white man at Augus ta, Ga.. drank whiskey to alleviate his sorrows and then poured oil on his clothing and set fire to It. He ?was rescued with difl?culty. COLORED PREACHERS AND THEIR FIELDS OF LABOR FOR THE COMING YEAR. Appointments of the South Carolina Conference Recently Held in City of Greenville. -The following are the appoint ments made by the South Carolina Conference? of the Methodist Church, which Is the largest branch of the Methodist family. All the preachers in this Slate, except one, are col ored, but at the North nearly the whole membership, clerical and lay, are composed of white people. Here are the appointments: Beaufort District. ?D. J. Sanders, district superinten dent. Alken?D. Williams. Appleton?W. McWTlie. AllenJale?A. R. Howard. Beaufort?R. E. Romans. BarnweL?W. M. Steele. Bamberg station?J. B. Thomas. Bamberg circuit?A. M. Wright. Cottagevi'le?M. 0. Stewart Ehrhardt?W. G. White. Grahamville and Hardeeville? Wm. David. ?, - Green Pond?J. T. Wilson. Hampton?W. M. Stoney. Jacksonboro?J. L. Chestnut. Ledge?G. W. Gantt. Ruffln?S. A. Funches. (Springtown?J. T. Latson. Selnlinville?Moses Mayson. Walterboro?E. W. Stratum. Ulmers?E. J. Curry. Yemassee?E. Forrest. . Malet and Cook chapel?to be supplied. Rocky Point?to be supplied. Bennettsville District. . A. C. Asbury, district superinten dent. Bennettsville?B. S. Jackson. Bethune?I. H. Richardson. BIshopville?R. F. Harrington Oheraw?C. C. Scott. ?Cberaw circuit?-D. E. Thomas. Cheraw mission?C. P. Gleav?s. Chfsterficld?C. C. R?binsbr. Clio and Tatum?W. ii. Romans. Darlinz.ton?L. G. Greggs. Darlington circuit?J. A. Gary. DarMngton mission?E. M. Wash ington. Dillon?J. McLeod. Dunbar?W. S.NeaL Hartsvllle station?J. M. Phillips. ?Hartsville circuit?F. W. Yaac* .: Jefferson?J. R. Graham. ?Little. Rock?S. Greene. McBee?L. A. Thomas. North Marlboro?B. C. Jackson. Spears?B. S. Cooper. ?Society Hill?R. L. Brower. (Smyrna?J. McEaeMy. Charleston D< 'trict. J. W. Moultrie, district superin tendent. Centenary?M. M. Mouzon. Old Bethel?C. H. Harleston. Wesley?R.'L. Hickson. East mission?S. Bonneau. West mission?Daniel. Brown. Dorchester?M. Stewart. Holly Hill?B. G. Frederick. Johns Island?I. L. Hardy. Maryvil'e?F. D. Smith. Pinopolis?J. S. MeMillen. Ridgeville?A. P.. Smith. St. Johns?J. F. Greene. St. Stephens?G. F. Miller. St Thomas?Thomas Judge. Summerville?N. W. Greene. Washington and Ladson, T. G. Robinson. Florence District I. H. Fulton, district superinten dent. Black River?J. F. Martin. iBrookgreene?A. D. Jackson. Cades?D. Salters. Fleorence?W. S. Thompson. Georgetown?T. J. Robinson. Greeleyville?W. B. Bowers. Klngstree?G. J. Davis. KIngstree circuit?J. P. Robinson. Lake City?Wiley LIttlejohn. Lanes?C. B. Lowery. Latta?York Goodlett Marlon?A. S. J. Brown. Mars Bluff?W. M. Eaddy. Mullins?J. F. Wood. McClellansvIIle?J. A. Norris. Rosemary and Pleasant Grove? J. A. CibFon. Salem and Wesley?J. A. Harroll. iSt 'Mary's?Benj. Brown. St Luke?C. H. Hood. St Paul* and Waccamaw?G. W. ledgers. Springfield?W. Wilson, Timmocsville?J. L. Grice. Turkey Creek?Nu T. Bowen, Jr. Greenvillle District. J. F. Pare, district superintendent Abbeville and Lowndesville?S. BL Watson. Anderson?A. G. Kennedy. Bel ton?T. C. Frazier. Easiey?L. L. Thomas. East Anderson?W. G. Deas. East Greenville?3. M. McCullum Greenville station?W. G. Valen entlne. Liberty?J. C. Martin. North Greenville?J. A. Curry. Pendleton and Central?Alfred Lewis. Pickens?J. C. Gibbes. Rock Hill?L. W. Williams. Seneca?B. S. A. Williams. South Greenville?C. L. Logan. St. Mark?H. W. Williams. Townsville?Lawrence Rice. Westminister and Walhalla?J. E. C. Jenkins. West Anderson?W. F. Smith. Williamston?J. A. Brown. Sterling College?D. M. Minus. Ornnsrelmrg District. E. B. Burroughs, district superin tendent Bradham mission?W. C. Sum 10 i ?RANGE KUItO. CORN IS MIGHTY SO SAYS PRESIDENT FINLEY OP I SOUTHERN RAILWAY. i Ho Thinks More Corn Means More Cattle and Hogs and Increased Attention to Stock .Raising. i iW.. W. Finley, president of the Southern railway, upending several {days in Co umbia, attending the [hearing of the merger suit has be icomc very much interesled in the IZouth Atlantic Corn exposition to be '?held in Colum'bia from December ) 5 to 9, and has given the movement , his cordial indorsement, declaring It to be one of the mo3t helpful signs of the times. --"Nothinr is more Important to the South than an, increasing attention to raising food supplies at home," said Mr. Finley, "and tne first move in this direction must be in increas ing the corn crcp. South Carolina's efforts a ong'this line and the splen did results attained have attracted national attention, both ?s to the gross production of the State and the greater yie d per a:re, which has resulted frcm the improved methods of culture now being used. "It is particularly appropriate that the great advances whi:h have been ma3e in this and adjoining States shculd be celebrate'd by this corn e position v hi^ will at the same time show what has been dene and the great opportunities for further ad vancement that lie in the future. The one great need of the South just now is greater diversity in agriculture. More corn will mean more cattle and ho?s, and increased attention 'to live stock raising will enable the farmers to bring their lands to a higher state of productivity. "In every proper manner the Southern Railway company has sought to encourage these important and kindred movements and it i3 with decided pleasure that I have heard of the great interest being taken by the planters of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia in the corn show to be held in Columbia. I sincerely trust and confident'y be lieve that the exposition will be a great success and will prove of last ing benefit to this and surrounding States." Branchville?A. B. Murphy: Co'umbia?A. S. Cottingham.; . Columbia mission?J. H. Johnson. Denmark?V. S. Johnson. E'isto Forks?J. Si Thomas. Jamison?I. E. Lowery. (postoffice Columbia). Lexington?G. W. Williams. Macedonia?S. J. Cooper. ?Midway?J. S. Tyler. North?J. D. Mitchell. Neeces and Norway?R. H. Cun ningham. Orangeburg?A. E. Quick. . Orangeburg circuit?J. L. Hender son. Pineville?N. T. Bowen, Sr. Rowesville?A. G. Townsend. Reevesville?-H. H. Cooper. iSt. Geor?a?J. B. Taylor*. Springfield?W. J. Smith. Swansea and Woodford?G. Liv ingston. Claflin university?L. M. Dunton. Sumter District. J. E. Wilson, district superinten dent. Antloch?A. D. Brown. Blaney?J. A. Murray. "Borden?James Richards. ?Oamden?R. A. Cottingham. Camden circuit?J. C. Burch. Lamar?S. S. Sparks. ?Lynichburg?Isaac Myers. Longtown?A. H. Hayes. Mayesville?W. H. Redfield. Mechanicsyllle?G. W. Moore. Mount ZIon?R. A. Thomas. Rock Springs?G. B. Tlllman. Shlloh?C. H. Dangerfleld. St. Matthews?T. W. Williams. Sumter?W. M. Hanna. Sumter .'rcult?Y. R. Camlin. Sumter mission?B. J. McDanle/ Wateree?W. H. Jones. Field agent Sunday School board? C-. C. Jacobs. Spartanburg District. C. R. Brown, district superinten dent. Blacksburg?C. C. Campbell. Bradley?H. H. Matthews. Campobello?W. M. Smith. Chester?J. L. Miller. Clover?J. B. MIddleton. Cowpens?D. H. Kearse. East Spartanburg and Chenle cir cuit?A. D. Harris. Gaffney station?R. F. Freeman. Greewood?J. A. Glenn. Greers?E. W. Adams. McConnellsville?W. M. Griffin. Newberry and Trinity ? Frank Quick. Ninety Six ? J. W. Groves. Pacolft?C C. Clarke. Re'dvil'e? T. E. McLaurhlln. Rock Hill? D. P. Murphy. Spartanburr,?G. W. Cooper. Snartanbur!?: circuit?S. A. King. Spartanburg mission ? C. B. Brown. St. James?A. H. Fuller. Union and JonesvPle?H. J. Kirk. Wellford?W. T. Kelly. Wilkinsvillp?J. A. Summers. Yorkvil'e?N. S. Smith. York circuit?J. C. Armstrong. Laurens mission?M. F. Butler. Thrills the Crowd. ? At Jackson. Mise.. Thursday, In an attemnt for an altitnde record Ely had ascended to a height of 1.500 feet when his motor failed. He glid ed down without power to an a'most perfect landing. His act thrilled the large crowd of spectators. S. C., SATL'JJDAY, L?KC* ONLY FOR LIFE Io the Penitentiary is (he Sentence Im posed On Fear Men tor A MOST BRUTAL CRIME The Shocking Story of the Murder of Young Paul A. Williams by a Lot .of Circus Toughs on a Train From Columbia to Augusta Last Octo ber. Four former employees of the Hogenback-Wallace circus were con victed at Lexington on Wednesday of the murder of Paul A. Williams, of Columbia, on the morning of Oc tober 2 .while he was riding on a cir cus train from Columbia to Augus ta. George Nichols, a white man, Elijah Clark, Garland Brown and Johu Wilson, three negroes, are con victei men. They were all sentenc ed to life imprisonment in the pen itentiary. They should have beeu hung for their brutal crime. Nichols and Clark were tried aud found guilty of murder with recom mendation to the mercy of the court. Jud?e Gage directed that the same verdict be found In the "case against Brown and Wilson, who pleaded guilty and threw themselves on rhu mercy of the court. The evidence which was offered during the trial of Nichol3 and Clark Is best described by the words of Judge Gage, who said, in imposing sentence on the four prisoners: "l have never heard in any court bouse proof of a more revo'tlng murder than that which you have been found guilty of committing." The evidence in the case of Nich ols and Clark, who were tried first, conflicted somewhat as to which of the four convicted men shot Paui Williams. The witness agreed that three of them, Brown, Wilson and Clark, the negroes, had pistols. Three eye-witnesses, all circus em ployees, laid the guilt on Joan Wil son. He placed it on Brown. One witness said that two shots were Ired. The pistol bullet which pierc ed. Paul Williams' brain was a .32 calibre. The two eye-wItnesBes both said that, when the shot or shots wrere fired, Williams was crouching In a corner of a canvas wa:oh, begging for his life. James 0. Cabe, of Cop per Hill, Ga., one of the men In the wagon, who was "red lighted" after Williams was shot, declared that, while the boy was pleading, John Wilson interrupted with "You are too d?n hard on us niggers down South!" and fired point plank In his face. After Williams was shot, he was thrown over the side of the canvas wagon. His body fell on the edge of the flat car. The murderers got out of the wagon and pushed the body off the car. Drops of b?ood were found among the crosstles 500 yards from where the body was found. This corroborates the state ments that the body was not thrown directly from the wagon to the grounl. James 0. Cabe, who, according to his statement, was an eye-wiiuess of the shooiTng and was also among those "red lighted, " Bald he was from Fanning county, Ga. He join ed the show a few weeks before the riot. ? ?Cabe said that he went to sleep In a canvas wagon after the. train left. CJilu.mbia. He was awakened by Clark, Nichols, Brown and Wilson who demanded his gun. Clark wasi standing over him with a pistol in. each hand. Nichols was standing at the side of the wagon. Suddenly, said Cabe, two shots were fired in quick succession. And Clark said, 'Throw him off. Brown." Clark looked over the side of the wagon and said: "He ain't off yet." Brown jumped out of the wagon. Cabe heard him say, "He got me all over with blood." After the bloody work had been done, the murderers seem to have turned their attention co Cabe. He told them lhat he had nothing: When they found that this was the case, they ordered him to "unload."' Cabe said that, as he jumped off the flat car to the ground, a pistol was fired. Garland Brown, one of the ne groes named in the indictment for murder, was I he next witness. He was exceedingly nervous on the stand. "We four, Nichols, Clark, Wilson and me," said Brown, "got together on one of the flats. Nich ols was the leader. Clark had two pistols. He gave me one of them. We went down the flats and into the wagons, waking up the men. We made two or three of them jump off." ? "When we got to Williams' wa? on," the witness continued, "Wilson says, 'Where are you going?' Wil liams says, 'Don't kill me. I am go ing to Augusta.' Chrk said, 'Don't shoot him. And Wilson says,' Yes. they are too hard on us niggers down South." He shot him." On cross examination Brown said that Williams was crouching in one corner of the wagon. Wilson stepp ed right up to him and fired in his face. Nichols did not have a pistol, hut "fooled 'em with a sack of to bacco." John Wilson, another of the ne groes charred with the murder, went on the stand in the afternoon. He, :M!SEit a if>io COOK HAD HARD HIKE FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SELL HIS LAST STORY. It is Said That He Came To United States in November and Made Ar rangements to Sell Manuscript. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who con fesses he does not know whether he reached the North Po'.e or not, had no easy task disposing of his Btory according to reports reaching New York from London. The Brook'yn explorer, it is sated, Is living in se clusion in an obscure boarding house m Bloom.burg, a London suburb, and there wrcte the story which he hopes will restore him to favor In this ccuntry. ?'. It appears that for weeks Cook was eager to return home and sought to sell his story to London maga zine publishers. One thorsand dol lars, It was S3id, was asked for the sLory which London editors declin ed to accept. Cook In his story as serts that half crazed with hunger he believed he reached the top of the world. Tt is said that Cook was In the Lnited States ear^y In November and came here to conclude arrange ments with Hampton's Magazine for the publication of his story. He came by way of Canada and met the publishers of his story at Troy, N. Y. After concluding arrangements Cook returned to Europe. Mr. Hampton said a representa tive cf the magazine met Cook in London and returned with him via Canada to Troy. Cook and the rep resentative under an assumed name ppent two days In Troy. Hampton said Cook was at Troy and Pough keeps!e approximately two weeks ?.nd no precaution was made to keep bis presence a secret. Cook took automobile rides every fiay with one of the magazine's edi tors, Hamnton said, and Ciok never wore a disguise. Cook returned to Europe via Canada. ORPHAN HOUSE BURNED. A Mcst Pathetic Sight Witnessed by Baptist Convention. . The cause of Connie Maxwell Or phanage was presented to the Bap 4ist State Convention at Laurens Thursday in a most striking manner, pnd the response .was most hearty and "sincere. That morning twenty four little girls came from the Or phanage at Greenwood and were pre sented to the Convention, while Su pcr>.tendent Jamison was speaking of tie work at that splendid Institu tion) and many eyes were wet with tr>prs when he concluded. Within an hour afterwards. Dr. TamJson again took the platform and announced that he had ' just learned by 'phone that the Conven tion bulldinj. at the Orphanage was totally destroyed by fire Thursday morning, but that no one of the In mates was injured. Dr. Jamison left at once for Gieenwood. but Thursday afternoon, the Convention took up the matter and in a few minutes subscriptions aggregating more than $4,000 were secured to replace the burned build ing. Work will begin at once. The turned building was erected with funds raised at the Convention of 1902, and was valued at $4,000, with Insurance for half the amount. too, was to'd that he would not be forced to testify against himself. His story waa like Brown's except he differed as to what happened when they climbed Into the canvas wagon on the flat car No. 78. He said that Brown and Nichols threw the body out of the wagon. It caught on the edge of the flat car and was pushed off. The last witness for the State was Roy Gresham, a negro boy, also known as ''Chicken." He said that he had been with the Wallace- Hag enbeck circus for three years. On the night of October 2 he was sleep ing in a canvas wagon on car No. 78 with Cabe. Brown woke him up and took $1.20 and a sack of tobacco out of his pocket. They threw Paul Williams out of the wagon. The body ffc'l on the flat car and. after looting it, Brown kicked It off. "Who shot Paul Williams,'' asked Solicitor Timmerman. "John Wilson," replied Gresham. After the judge's charge the jury took the case at 1:30 o'clock. They brought in a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy after 11 minutes' conference. Court adjourn ed for the dinner recess. In the afternoon session, the case against John Wilson and Garland Brown was called. A jury was drawn and sworn en masse. Mr. Wingard ! announced that the two defendants would plead guilty and throw them selves on the mercy of the court. "The two defendants in this case, ' said Judge Gage, "ought not to suf I fer any more than George. Nichols 'and Elijah Clark. I therefore dl j feet you to return a verdict of guilty I with recommendation to mercy." The jury did not retire. The fore ' man wrote the verdict and passed the verdict to Sheriff Corley. 1 In sentencing Brown, Clark and Nichols and Wi'son. Judce Gage told them that they had reason to be thankful that the death sentence had I not been ordered by the jury. He I then sentenced them to confinement In the State penitentiary at hard labor during the rest pf their natur al lives." CUKE F?R TYPOID VALUABLE DISCOVERY OP SPAR TANBURG PHYSICIAN. Three Hundred Million Dead Ty tphcid Germs Injected.?Ejected a Speedy Cure. (Dr. J. J. Lindsay, of Spartanbur?., has aroused much interest among the medical fraternity of that city by telling of excellent results obtain ed In a typhoid fever case through a new treatment. Serum was in jected after the fever had reached a very serious stage and It caused almost immediate Improvement. If this treatment proves as effec tual in future caseB it will: prove it telf to be one of the great discov eries- of modern medicine. The ser um treatment has been used in cases cf erysipelas and. possibly one or two other diseases, bur so far as In known has never been used in a typhcid fever case before. The patient was a boy of 18 years whosa sister had recovered from ty phoid fever early In summer and whose younger brother had succumb ed to the disease about a week be fore Dr. Lindsay took hold of the case. At this time the patient's temperature was 103 and was rap jidly rising. By constant use of ice I baths the temperature was prevent ed from exceeding 104 on the three following days. At seven o'clock on the afternoon of the third day 300,000,000 dead typhoid germs were injected into the system. Three hours later there was an evidence of reaction and tbe patient began to complain of a pain near the heart and one-eight of a gialn of morphine was Injected, af ter which the patient said that he fe't much better. At 10 o'clock In the morning of j the following day the temperature was 104, and by evening had fallen to 101 1-2. The next morning the temperature was 100, and two days later was normal. There is no doubt, Dr. Lindsay said, but that the serum treatment has a scientific effect. Pie fald that next time, however, he would not use as many dead typhoid germs as 300,000,000. A QUEER SENTENCE. Unusual Conditions Imposed by a Georgia Judge. Extraordinary conditions were im posed at Columbus, Ga., by Judge Price Gilbert, in Muscogee Superior Court Thursday in modifying the sentence of Frank A. Stockton on a plea of guilty of violating the pro hibition law, was sentenced to pay a to $750, or twelve months on the u-e chain gang, and also to go to jail for two months, without the al ternative of a fine. Stockton pleaded for a remission of the jail sentence. Judge Gilbert withdrew I*, but Increased the fine to $750, ar twelve months on the gang, and suspended six months of the sentence on condition that Stock ton leave the State of Georgia Jan uary 1st next and stay away two i years, and that he not engage In the near-beer business in the adjoin ing Alabama counties of Lee and Russell. If the conditions are violat ed the chain gang sentence is to I become automatically operative. KILLED HIS OWN FATHER, The Men Disagreed About Line Be tween Their Farms. John Ferguson, aged about 65 3 ears, is dead, and his son Jim Fer guson, aged about 30, is in jail at Antrevllle charged with the killing ps the result of a shooting scrape which took place near Anterville, In j Abbeville county, Wednesday after j noon about sundown. The shooting took place at the home of the son, and followed a dis ipute concerning the boundary line ! between the farms of the two men. Jim Ferguson was taken to jail by Deputy Sheriff Prince?and claims f-elf-defense?that the old man was catting him with a knife. It was learned that the old man was approaching him with a knife, and had cut his coat, but the blade had not reached his skin. The shooting was done with a pistol, and death was almost Instantaneous. Both the parties are well known iarmers. Became Despondent. Despondent over blindness, J. W. Hull, aged GO, of Merriinac, Ala., swallowed carbolic acid, dying in ter rible agony within a few minutes Hull lost his eyes 20- years ago by being shot while hunting. He leaves a wife and six children. Hunting Causualtlcs. Durinr the deer hunting 6eason, which opened on November 10 and closed December 1st, there were 46 accident In the upper peninsula of Michigan, twenty of which are fatal. Five thousand deer were killed. He Is One of Us. H. C. Worthen, the new general superintendent of the Southern div ision of the Western Union Telegrapn Company, Is a Southerner by birth and at the a?e of 34 has reachea one of the high positions in the tele graph service. , He was born In Shel by, N. C. W O CK NTS. l'KIt COPY COOK NOT SURE )i)S He Does N?t Know Whether He Dis covered Pole ?ir Not. WILL TELL HIS STORY Statement May Be Startling, but He Is Willing to Startle the Worl* if Ho Can Present Case, and Re gain Sympathy and Confidence of His Fellow Men. "Did I get to. the North Pole? Perhaps I made a mistake In think ing that I did. Perhaps- I did not make a mistake. After mature* thought I confess that I do not know absolutely whether I reached ..the? pole or not. This may come as- a? amazing statement, but I am wHl-r Ing to startle the world if, by s? doing, I can get an opportunity to present my case. By my case fc mean not my case as a geographical discoverer, but my case as a mam. Much as the attainment of the North. Pole once meant to me, the sympaj* thy and confidence of my fellow men mean more.". In this way Dr. Frederick A?. C"ok, the Brooklyn explorer, in an article which will be published la Hampton's Magazlhe, confesses that he dees not know whether he reach ed the North Pole or not. The publishers of the article Is* sued a statment Wednesday night saying that nowhere in his narrative does Dr. Cook either cast any rer flection on Peary or question Peary's cl?ims. Dr. Cook, who has been in hiding for over a year, has inform ed the editors of the magazine pub lishing his story that he will return to the United States with his wife and children, December 22-, in o.*der to spend Christmas herei. Continuing Dr. Cook says: "Fully, freely and frankly I shall . tell you everything. Tell yeu ev erything? and leave the decision with you. If, after reading my story you say, "Cook is sincere and hon est; half crazed by months of isola tion and hunger, he believed that he reached the pole; he is not a faker> then I shall be satisfied." Dr. Cook tells the story of bh? life and pictures what he calls the over-powerlhj ambition of explora tion, until It finally culminated in his effort to reach the pole. Dr. Cook declares that at the time he convinced his wife that he discever? ed the pole, he was half mad. He spent two years In his quest and during that time endured hunger and privation that, he says, would un balance any mind. Dr. Cook says that it would be Impossible for any. man to demonstrate beyond quea-' tlon that he had been to the NoriV Pole. He characterizes the regtet? as a region of Insanity, wher? one can not believe the evidences gath ered before one eyes. "I have been called the great est liar in the world, the most mon umental imposter in history," says Dr. Cook. "I believe that in eve y undesirable way I stand unique the object of such suspicion and vituper ation as have assailed few men." With this realization, Dr. Cook wrote his story and says that to n'in the honor of discovering the Norta Pole no longer means anythiii??. The explorer has been wo k'.i/ m In? story since last August, and say*, according to the editor of Hamp ton's M*a?azlne, "that bis sole d'Mire is to make the people of the United States realize just what he w^nf through during his two and a halt years In the Artie fastness, and to make them see what processes of thinking?or lpck of thinking?It I was that lead him to do the thing which confirmed to the averag? mind the worst suspicions against him.'' fDr. Cook then tells the story of the days in Copenhagen and later in New York and of the crisis in his life that led to his "light from New York and his voluntary exile from ithe United States. Dr. Cook and his wife are now in 1 Europe, and the children are no-.v in a convent in France. Mo??t of Ihe I time during his exile Dr. Cook hoe been in London. CHILD EATS MATCHE8. Dies of Phosphorous Poisoning in c Few Honrs. Little Mary Houseal Fulenwider, the two-year-old daughter of the Rev. Edward Fulenwider, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the the Re deemer at Newberry, died Wednes day as the result of phospaorona poisoning, from eating matches. Tire little girl was at the home or ^ neighbor, Mr. William Ruff, a.'rOf-S the street from the parsonage. While the occupant of the home Bt*vrps3 out of the room for a moment, Mary went Into an adjoining room and got upon n chair, wh?rc zr*. reached a box of matches on the bureau. S'lu* I ate the heads of about 20 match?s, land the stomach pump brought forth several p'eces of stems. Getting Scared. A cut of $14,000,000 in the es timates for the running expenses of. the government during the next fis cas year was reported to President Taft Thursday as a result of bis ultimatum to the various heads 5f departments at the cabinet confer ence Wednesday.