The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 03, 1909, Image 1
VOL XLVI NO 70~ ~ 41 FNIJDAY. SEPTEMBER,: 1909cWC EK.$.0AYA
NORIR POLE FOUND
BY AN AMERIGAN
DL COOK, A BROOKLYN MAN,
THE VICTOR.
Cable Messages Tell Story of Explor
er's Success in the Search for
Northernmost Point.
"Reached North Pole April 21,
1908. Discovered land far north. Re
turn to Copenhagen by steamer
Egede."
Paris, Sept. 1.-The Paris edition of
rhe New York Herald this morning
publishes a signed statement from Dr.
Frederick A. Cook, whic'h is dated
"Hans Egede, Lerwick, Wednesday,"
on .is experiences in the Artie re
gione.
"After a prolonged fight with fam
ine and frost,'' says Dr. Cook, "we
have at last succeeded in reaching ithe
North Pole. A new highway, with
an interesting strip of animated na
ture, has been explored and big game
haunts located, which will delight
sportsmen and extend the Esquimaux
horizon.
"Land has been discovered on
which rests the ea.xVh's northernmost
rocks. A triangle of 30,000 square
miles has been cut out of the terres
trial unknown. The expedition was
the outeome of a summer eruise in
the Arctie seas on the schooner Brad
ley, which .arivea at the -limits of nav
igation in Smith sound late in August,
1907. Here conditions were found to
launch a ventare to the pole. J. R.
Bradley liberally supplied from his
vessel saitable provisions for local use.
My o*n equipment for the emergen
cies served well for every purpose in
the Arctic.
Equipment at Hand.
"Many Esquimaux had gathered on
the Greenland shore at Annatoak for
the winter hunt. Immense quantities
of mea,t had been eollected and about
the camp were plenty of strong dogs.
The combination was lucky for there
was good material for equipment. All
that was required was conveniently
arranged for a. point only 700 miles
from the boreal center. A house and
workshop were built of packing boxes
by willing .iands a-nd this norern
most tribe of 250 people set them
selves to the task of devising a sui-t
able outfit. Before the end of the
long winter night we were ready for
the enterprise and plans had matured
to force a new route over Grinnel
liand northwar:d along its west coast
out on to the polar sea.
Campaign Opened.
"Wrje campaign opened with a few
scoirting parties being sent over the
American shores to explore the way
and seek tihe ga.me 'h-aunts. Their mis
sion was only partly sacessful be
cause of the storms. At sunrise of
1908 (February 19) the ma.in expedi
tien emibarked on its voyage to the
pole. It consisted of 11 men and 103
-dogs drawing 11 heavily laden sledges.
The expedit-ion left the Greenland
shore and pushed westward over the
t.roubled ice o*f Smith sound. The
gloom of tihe long night was relieved
only by a few hours of daylig~h.t. The
e'nHi* of t he winter was felt at its
worst. As we erossed the heights of
EII;3.ere s.ound to the Pacific slope
the temperature sank to minus 83
eentigra de. Sevei al dogs were frozen
and the mn;i suffere:d. severely but we
soon found the game trails along
w:hi'ch t'he way was easy.
"'We forced through Nansen sound
to Lands Eud. In tEis march we se
cured 101 musk oxen, seven bears an1I
335 hares.
"We pushed out into t.he polar sea
fromn e southern point of Herbert
island M:ireh 18. Six Inquimaux re
turned fr'om here. With four men
and (60 d(ogs mnovimu supplies for. 80
days, the cre1ossing of' the circu.m-polar
pack wais begun. Three days later
tw.o ot-her Esqjuimaux, forming t.he last
supporting paIrt v, ret u ned~ :nd the
trials had nov: been reduced b:: the
suarvivtal of the tittest. 'IIe two best
men :wud 26 dogs were picked for the
fnal effort.
Goal Lies Ahead.
"'There before us in an unknown
li.ne of 460 miles lay our goal. The
first days provided long mare'h. an:d we
made eneoura1ging progress. A big
ea which separa-ted the land from
jee or the centrau paek was cross:d
with lititle delay. The low tempera
ture was persistent and the win,d.s
made life a torture. But cooped up
in our snow houses eating, dried beef
.tallow and drinking hot tea there were
some animal comforts occasionally to
be gained.
"For several days after the s.igh1t
of known land was lost the overeast
sky prevented an aoeurate determi
natiom of our positions. On March
30 the horizon was partly clea:red and
new land was discovered. Our obser
vations gave our position as latitude
84.47, longitude 86.36. There was ur
gent need of rapid advance. Our ma.in
mission did not permit a detour for
the purpose of exploring the country.
Here were seen the last signs of solid
earth; beyond there was nothing sta
ble to be seen.
Beyond the Life Zone.
"We advanced steadily over the
monotony of moving ice an'd: now
found ourselves beyond Vhe range of
all life-nei-t(her footprints of bears
nor the blow-:holes of seals were de
tected. Even the mieroscopi. creatures
of the deep were no longer under us.
The maddening influence of the shift
ing des,rt of frost becane almost un
endarable in t.e daily .routine. The
surface of the pack offered less and
less trouble an:a the weather improv
ed. but there still remained the life
sapping wind which drove despair to
its lowest recess. The extreme cold
compelled physical action. Thus day
after day our weary legs spread over
big distances. Incidents and positions
were reeoided but adventure ws
promptly forgotten in the next day's
efforts.
" The night of April 7 was made
notable by the swinging of the sun at
midnigrt over the nort'hern ice. Sun
burns and frost bites were now re
I corded on the same day, but tie dou
ble day's glitter infused quite an
incentive into one's life of shivers.
"Our observation on April 8
placed the camp in latitude 86.36,
longitude 94.2. In spite of what
seemed long marches we advanced but
little over 100 miles. Much of our
work was lost in circui-tous twists
aroud troublesome pressaure lines and
high irregular fields. A very old ice
drift, too, was driving eastward with
sufficient force to give some anxiety.
Nature Now Frowns.
"Although still equal to about 50
miles daily, the extended marches and
the lcn hours for travel-ing wit.h which
fortune favored us earlier were no
longer possi.ble. We were now about
200 miles from the, pole and sledge
loads were reduced. One dog after
another went into the stom-achs of the
hunry survivors until the teams wvere
considerably diminished in number
but t'here seemed, to remain a sufficient
balance for man and beast to push
along into the heart of the mystery
Ito which we 'had set ourselves.
"On April 21 we had reached 89
degrees 59 minutes 46 seeconids. The
pole was in sight. We r-ivered the re
maining 14 seconds and made a few
final oabservations. I told Etukishook
and Alhweish (the accompanying Es
kimaux) that we had .reached the
'great nail.'
South Everywhere.
"Everyhere we turned was south,
with a single step we would pass from
one s.ide of .the earth to the other;
Ifrom midday to midnight. At last
sitthe flag fluttered to theb reezes at the
pole. It was April 21, 1908. The temn
perature was minus 39 eentigrade, ba
rmeter 29.83. latitude 90; as for the
longitude it was nothing as it was
but a word.
"Although crazy wit~h joy our spir
it. began to undergo a feeing of wea
\ias Next dI:y ar f taking aill our
oberv2 :iins, a sentimne.t of intense
solitude Denetrated us while we look
ed t thaC izn Was it possible
that this desolate regionI. without a
patch of ealrt-h. uad aruied the ambi
tiol of sa many meni fo1 so many
cent ur'es? The;e .'a. na. graand,
only an i:nmensity ofi dazzling white
snow. no) living b)eing. no point to
bra th e frigW: fad monctonv
')n April 23 we stirted on our
Brief Message to His Wife.
NewY. Ek, Sev.. 1.-*Suecessful.
Well. Address Copenhiaren. Fred.'
Fll of mneaninig. if "sue~ssful'
wre interpreted to indicate that he
ha read the Nm-th Pole, the fore
go ) ing - eable message. exasperating in
its bi-iefness. was received in New
York to-day from Dr. F.rederick A.
Cook, the Amnerioan explorer. whom
the latest cable advices tonight credit
with .having aeconiplished what no
matn e.ver did.
The message was sent not to any
scientific society. nor to any of his
associates interested in his expedition
fron a s;ientitic viewpoint, but to his
wife. w:ho has been counting tlhe days
and hours and praying f(r his safety
since his departure from this (ity on
.Tifly 4. 1907.
But by e'hanee Mrs. Cook was not at
her Brooklyn home. but spending the
sunImer at Harpswell. Me.. so the
dispatch was received by Dr. R. T.
Dav:idson. a personal friend of the
exploreT who nuide its contents
Icnown. then flached the good news
on to Mrs. Cook. Brief as it was, it
was te first news that she had had
from her intrepid husband since
Mardh li17, 1908. when he wrote from
Cape Hubbard on the edge of the Po
lar Ice Sea, on the nortih-west side of
Elesmere Land. At that time he ad
vised his companion, Rudolph Franke,
then stationed a.t Etah. Greenl.anid
with supplies, to wait there until June
for Ihis return. but in the event of Dr.
Cook's failure to appear to proceed
to America.
Franke waited as instruc.ted, but as
Dr. Cook failed to come back, he
eaught the Peary auxiliary ship and
.reaehed New York last fall. Since that
time Dr. Cook's wiereabouts have
been a mystery, although members of
the Aretic Club in this city. viewing
the situation optimistically, were in
elined to think that he had reacihed
the Pole despite his Ion silence.
KITLS HTMSELF.
Tells Wife and Little Boy of His In
tentions.-A .32 Calibre Pistol
the ratal Instrment.
Hampton, Sept. 1-J. Ebbie Belger
committed suicide here last night at
11 o'clock in his Jhome on Lee avenue,
using a .32 calibre pistol. The sup
posed cause of his rash act was that
he had been drinking for the last few
days and .became despondent. When
he went up to his room last night he
told his wife and little boy that he
intended taking his life and tihen
fired a bullet thr'ough his brain.
- He had been constable for Magis
trate'Murda.ugh for the past year and
a half, while his wife ran a board-ing
house and millinery esta:blishment. He
leaves a wife and five small children.
Newberry Negro Killed.
Spartanburg, Sept. 1.-Rome Wil
son, of Euford, N. C., assist-ant fore
man of the track laying gang of the
Meadors Constrnetion company, con
t-ract.ors for tihe C., C. & 0. track lay
ing. and Joe HIenderson, colored,' of
Newberry, a l.aborer on the gang,
were crushed to death yesterday when
they jum.ped from a' train that they
were aboard, trying to get one of the
way of a falling rail. Wilson 's body
was eut in half and Joe Henderson
was crnshed to pieces. J. C. Turner,
coU red, who was aboard the train,
Ialso jumped and was injured. He got
aogthe wheels of the moving train
Iand one leg was so badly injured that
bhe was brought to the colored hospital
in Spartanburg and the injured mern
ber was amputated.
A falling ra.il was the cause of the
death of the two men. A work train
Iof seven cars, loaded with rails with
the men on top, had just passed >ver
the Pacolet river. 'Ihe train was
moving at about three miles an hour
and had passed the river about three
quarters of a mile when one of the
steel rails on the front car slipped
bevond one of the standards and an
end fell. The ra.il swept over the car
on which t.he men were seated and
to dodge thie great steel bar in its ter
rible blow Wilson and Henderson
jumped. Wilson tried to step on to
the next ear, but in some way ih-is
footing sl.ipped and he fell between
the cars anid was crushe.d to death.
The traini was stopped as soon as pos
sible.
If I1:'.t : Aldrich desires to direct
he money of the country, hope he'll
rie the rigiht directions when it
NEWS OF BACHMAN CHAPEL.
Religious Meeting Soon to Begin.
Conference at Little Mountain.
Picnic at Bethel by Woodmen.
Bachman Chapel, Sept. 1.-Revs.
Anderson and Hodges will begin their
meeting near Bachman Chapel on next
Saturday night, Septembeir 4. Tie
meeting will continue for ten days.
They both have a wide circle of
friends who are always glad to at
tend their meetings when possible to
do so. It is hoped that the attendance
and interest will be good. Rev.
Hod-es will conduet the meeting un
til Monday, the 6t,h, when Rev. An
derson will arrive and assist him.
The continued dry weather has in
jured the cotton and peas very mu-oh.
There will be scarcely any peas made
unless we get rain shortly.
The farmers have begun picking
cotton and withouti a considerable
change in the weather we won't have
any cold tingers from 'picking cotton
this year, as it is opening rapidly.
Miss Annie Paysinger, of Newber
ry, spent a part of last week witlh
Miss Essie Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wilson spent
last Sunday in the St. Paul's section.
Mrs. H. R. Epps is -visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Rikard,
of the Long Lane section.
I attended the Lutheran conference
which was 'held at Holy Trinity
thuirch, Little Mountain, S. C., on last
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The
a'ttendance was good, and a great
deal of interest was shown in the dis
eussions of the different subjects. The
divine services were very helpful. The
people of Little Mountain entertained
the mem.bers and deleates of confer
ence in a way which speaks very high
ly for them.
Miss Essie Wilson spent a part of
last week with Miss Annie Paysinger,
of Newberry.
Mr. Holland Wilson spent last Sat
urday night at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Paysinger, of Newiberry.
Misses Fannie and Loise Wedaman,
of the New Hope section, spent last
Saturday night at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. N. Taylor.
Mr. Clarence Adams -and sister, Miss
Viola, of the New Hope section, spent
last Saturday niglht at the home of
Mrs. J. K. Epps.
Misses Maude and Sallie Cromer, of
near Schumpert 's roller mill, visited
a't the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Long l-ast Wednesday night.
Mr. Ernest Epting spent last Sat
urday night witb Mr. Wilbur Epps.
Mrs. J. K. Epps and Callie Qu.at
tlebaum spent last Tuesday with Rev.
and Mrs. P. H. E. Derrick, of Pros
perity
IThere are several eases of chills
and fever in this section at present.
'le picnie which wa.s given by the
Woodmen of the World at Bethel
school house on 'the 25th of last
month was well attended and enjoyed
by all present. The day passed off
quietly, wit'h only one address, which
Iwas made by Prof. J. B. 0O'Neall Hol
loway. Prof. Holloway made some
good points on the importance of ed
ueation, also some remarks in the in
terest of the Woodmen of Pomaria.
Thiere was also a' game of ball played
on the Pomaria diamond between the
Saluda and Pomaria teams. The result
was in favor of the Saluda boys.
The result of the election of last
Tuesday shows very plainly tihe opin
ion of the people of Newberry county
on the voting of bonds for road build
ing. We can have better roads thanj
we now have by other methods than
voting bonds, -if we will just try.
Let's see if we can't.
Son.
WINTHROP OPENING DELAYED.1
Postponement Made Necessary by
Failure to Complete Work of
Buildig New Dining Hall.
Rock Hill, Sept. 1.-President
Johnson of WXin-throp h d a onfe
enee this afternoon will the con
tractor in eharge of building tLe new
dning ro:n at the collge andl it was
P od~c that the improve:nents could
not be completed by Septemabe; 13, so
the opening of the college has been
postponed for two weeks from the
regular date. Girls throughtout the
ROMANCE 0]
THE OLD SOLDIER'S I
By Col. D.
The old soldier adjusting himself in
his chair and with face wreat-hed in
smoke from his pipe, continued: Be
fore I go further, boys, I want to tell
you there wa4 a traitor in our crowd
but who he was, or what he was, we
never could find out. He claimed to be
a reporter for a Richmond paper, and,
he had got hold of our doings some
-how or other, and gave everytbing!
dead away. He was a poet, too, and
such poet.ry! It was more than a col
umn in the newspaper. Well, he
spared none of us, and set us all off.
with a feather edge. Oh! he was a vil
lan.
He started off 'his doggerel some
thing like this:
"Now all you boys and girls, that
want to see some fun,
Jump aboard -the Kitty Floyd, and sail
to the Model Farm
And I lay five dollars down, I lay it is
no harm,
I lay it for the seven girls, that danced
at the Model Farm."
Here is the way he touched me up,
as I remember, and I do wish I could
think of all the cuts he gave us:
"St. Luke he was a silly cub, he bor
rows all he wears.
But w'hen he swings those girls around
oh.! don't he put on aiTs.
And I lay five dollars down," etc.
Borrowing what I wore, indeed!
Why, I had paid my cold cash for the
use of it.
Here is what he said about Hester
and my Maggie. Hester was Dell's
girl, and pulled back when all was
ready, because she had forgotten she
had joined the chureh. A-nd Maggie's
shoes, von remamber, hurt her feet
and she had borrowed Dixie's.
"Miss Hester had religion, s;he had it
once before.
But when she got 'to the Model Farm,
she was theC first one on the floor.
Melinda wore a jockey, Miss Daisy
wore a sack, . .
Miss Maggie danceed in borrowed shoes
oh! what do you th'ink of that?
And I l-ay five dollars down. I lay it
is no harm
I lay it for the seven girls that danced
at the Model Farm.''"
O)h! that .poet was a sinner, talking
about Maggie wearing. Dixie's shoes.
Why, her father could have bought a
whole shoe store. Her shoes just huirt
her feet. that was all. If I can think
of some of t-he other stanzas as I go
along I'll tell you.
As I told you, things were going
fast and fu-rious, with all ei$ht couples
on the floor, Dell 'and Connie leading,
old Bones calling out. The little
ze'phyrs of the er.rly evening had long
since turned into a gale,and the hurri
cane wasn't far away. Some of the
boys would call out. "'You gimblet
les boy, da-nee to the girl with cork
serew curls.'' "You slue-footed man
turn the girl with the pigeon toes.''
The girls, too, were at their ibest.
They would guy at us and say, "Wake
up, Richmond. Rockett's getting
sleepy; bring in another horse, Rich
mond.'' ad such sallies came good
h1umnoredlv from both sides. The old
bargemian. too. was grow1ig wild with
eritement : "A'm.v there. girh, pile
on more conivas. the wind T hifting
to thie leeward. ''"On with the d:Ise '
eallerd out Daekle2". '"le.t .i,y be unl
restrained."
The fiddles shrieked and the bones
ri ttled. It had e' :ilC to the last show
d1'W". afndl Deli wa aigteltl
w'dow. It was (Greek meet Greek. The
.h('(redE for Del! and the gi-rIs
or ed ,n Conu:ie*-all hat Hester, 'she
''x wit 1 h'ak'. on-ne. mad because
" 'm'i ad hed her of he:- sweet
heart. Bnt Dell didn 't care.
They would stand for a moment
facing each other, their feet going like
mad; then they would turn b::ek :o
F ROCKETTS
ITORY OF THE JAME8
A. Dickert.
back and gracefully glide apart; then
hands around and back to your places.
Connie's eyes shone like diamonds,
while Dell's were glistening as if he
was in the throes of a great battle.
Old Bones stood upon the box where
he had been sitting, the bones going
over his head, then at arm's length,
then again they would blaze out in a
eirele, his body swaying from side to
side. The cross-eyed fiddler sat, with
his eyes burning holes through every
thing :he looked at, his face adamant,
but ever and anon he would spring
into the air, the fiddle and bow away
above his head, and bring a whoop
like a Ute or Siwash chief, while
Duck was calling all the time, "On
with the dance."
Dell danced every step, I think,
known to modern times. He double-.
shuffled, then the pigeon-wing, 'pos
sum trot, and buck scrateh. But
Connie would mateh him. Her little
feet spun around and around, then
she would waltz up to Dell as if she
would turn him, but she would spin
by and then coquette, then again face
to face, standing as it seemed upon,
her toes in the air. Oh! "such aban
don," as the circus folks would say;
such grace'and ease, such witebing co-.
quetry as the Little Mother display
ed, was enough to run a sane man
mad.
Whea the revelry was at its height,
and every one in a delirium of joy,
bang! bang! went the guns down the
road, and in a moment the negroes
threw everything into wild confusion
by rushing in, their eyes bulging, theic'
faces depieting the terror they felt,
yelling out:
"Great God-er-mighty!- white
folks, the Yankees are on us; the
roads full of them!''
If any of you ever saw an old
Thomas eat spring into a room full of
mice at play, you can have some idea
of our consternation, and the girls'
fright. Hbt Spur grabbed a rifle and
rammed a cartridge home; and others
did the -same with the other guns and
pistols, Hot Spur leading with a real
old rebel yell. The girls ran scream
ing to their dressing room, each push
ing and tugging to get her wraps an.d
hoop skirts, and it was said that some
of them in their aitation put 'their
.hoops over the outside of their dress
es, and some couldn't get them on at
all, while others were seeking i the
dark, their heavy' shoes. The old
bargeman gave a wild snort, jumped
the balustrade, and shot like an arrow
down the rough descent, to his.ship,
calling out at every step: "Hoist
away! hoist away! up with the rear
anchor, and east off to mid stream.''
I wanted to go out with the aboys,
too, to fight, but how could I, with
Maggie elinging to me, laying those
brown <urls of hers trustingly, upon
the lapel of my coat, and looking up
at me, through those windows of her
soul, with all the confrdence of the
weak to the strong, her little bosom
heaving, her body trembling with
fright, and saying so pleadingly:
"Don',t leave me, St. Luke.''
Well, how could I f While I might
have been willing to fight an army for
her, still somebody must stay and
protect the girls. I told her to hang
to me, and if the worst came to the
worst, we would fly to the river and
find that boat or know the reason
why. Oh! I wasn't afraid,it was only
I didn'<t want to see my little girt
frighited.
Connie being chaperon, she ran out
to the gate to see how matters stood,
so that she could allay the girls'
fears. She didn 't go a step farther
than the gate, but just listen what
that w.icked reporter of i. poet had
to s:lV. and he was not there either:
"Lit tle Conniu lost her garter, a
dancing of a reel,
And where do you think she found it,
way out in the open field.
An I la- niv dolktrs B!n." etc.