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SOUTH POLE FOUND, STATF DISPATCHES U AlAtM ariwt ti? v*u?w -HOSOB SEEMS TO HAYE GOXE TO CAP! AMUXDSES. Seiwt Tk*t Nerwfflwi Explorer H*s Bee* Ssecetgfal, Geaersllj Accepted. London, March 7.?While intense interest ha* been aroused in the resultB attained by the South Polar expeditions under command of Capt. Ronald ; Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, and Capt. Robert F. Scott, of the Britroyal navy, respectively, which are returning from the Antarctic regions,! dispatches reaching here on the sub- i i*M- conflicting. Capt. Amundsen kas arrived at Hobart, Tasmania, on the steamer Fram, and according to tbe first irord from that port, he declared that Capt Scott had reached Hie pole. Up to a late hour tonight, + ~ has fcOV6VftT, UO WU1U 117 LUOb vuvvw ome to Mrs. Scott, wife of the British explorer, who still doubted the achievement and reiterated her hopes * Hiat the news would prove true. Nor Air? Lieut. Evans, the London secre t*ry of the Scott expedition, receive any irord of Capt. Scott's reported success, and be assumed he would be ?mong the first notified, probably by *' meeeage from Capt. Scott himself, through the agency of Capt. Am.und*?m if Tiari haDnened that the two explorers crossed tracks after their dispatch to the Pole. v Amnndsen Expedition. With regard to the results of the W Amundsen expedition the dispatches reaching London from various points rave early reports that the Norwegian ?7? - ~ - _ xplorer had not been successful in kis quest Later, however, a Copenhagen dispatch said that the Social emokraten published news from ^ #hristiana that a telegram from a iiember of the exploration party declared that Amundsen had reached the South Pole. Other reports seem to tonfirm this. Reports of Amundsen's success appear at the same time to have disposed of the rumor that Capt. Scott kas reached the Pole. None of the authorities ^*ere incline to credit this latter until confirmed. In the dash for the Pole Britishers, ** * J r~? nf tile "wtiiie nopmg iur cuc ? British, entertained fears that Capt. Amundsen would win the honor, as feis previous experiences made him a formidable competitor. It was he who discovered the Northwest Passage in u 1905. P Race for the Pole. Amundsen had with him a hard %and of Norwegians, who probably were greatly aided by skis in traversing the glacial ice and he put his faith to Siberian dogs for the supply eledges. He had an advantage of mearly eight months over Capt. Scott in the race Tor the Pole; his base of eupplies was nearly one hundred miles * *earer the goal and his was not a ecientific expedition hut one designed *o move swiftly. The steamer Farm is the vessel with which Dr. Nans en made a journey of thousands of miles in the Arctic Ocean in 1893-96, and on which Amundsen planned to drift with the Arctic ice to the North Pole. Amundsen started in April, 1909, to carry out the drifting trip in search of the North Pole, but hangd his plans, and in the following year proceeded by way of South America for the Antarctic. Early in 1911 Lieut Pennall, of Capt. Scott's expedition, 6ent word from Stewart Island that he had come on Amundsen's ship in the Bay of Whales, Ross where the Norwegian had made kis winter quarters. Amundsen Given Honor. London, March 8.?While naturally tfiere is bitter disappointment everywhere over the fact that Capt. Robert Scott, head of the British Antarctic expedition has yet to report on his fuest for the South Pole, there is nok iriiere anything but praise for the achievement of Capt. Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, in locating the Southern axis of the earth. Vrsf ovpt) a-n fnklinf of the present -whereabouts of Scott and his steamer, foe Terra Nova, was reached London fcut the Englishman's agent in New Zealand, is of the opinion that he is etill engaged in exploring and scientific work and that he probably may net be heard from for several weeks. That Amundsen had reached the Bole and planted the Norwegian col - ~~.-s~ fnr? a v in diQ IS UXCItJ wa.5> VUUUimvu wval.., tiJ. v.? $pa.tches 6ent to him to Christiana. One f these dispatches was addressed to King Frederick. Its contents were aot made known, but another said: "Pole rcached, fourteenth-seventeenth December." The two days were taken to mean that Amundsen had reached the point 1" there four days and those who know the explorer well, especially Prof. Mohn, the famous Norwegian meteorologist, expressed the belief that Amundsen during his period had made such observations and calculations as would render impoesible a controversy similar to that irhich arose out of the Cook-Pearr North Pole discovery. Seott Hay Hare Reached tJie Pole. Hob art, Tasmania, liarch 10.? Capt. Ronald Amundsen, the discoverer of the South pole, said today that&e thought it quite possible that Capt Robert F. Scott, the British explorer, JinH ?1?m flttAined th? r>ole. He hoped so at least. His own baae, he said, was 500 miles from that of the British party and his winter camp wa# nearer the pole than Scott's. He had | no idea at the time that Capt. Scott i had started for the pole. : Capt Amundsen has received thousI ands of contgratulatory messages. He ; announces that he will remain here ! until the Fram sails. He will then ! begin a two months' lecture tour in Australia and "Will join tne fTam ax Buenos Aires. From that port he will proceed on the Fram to the Arctic I ocean by way of the Bearing straits. Today Amundsen went for an autoi mobile ride with Henry D. Baker, the | American consul, and later dined with him. He was reticent concerning his own experiences at the pole, but said that Shackelton's expedition took a much i more difficult route than he did. ?? ! FT ORFXff! LAD VICTIM OF ATROCIOUS CRIME Little Andrew Jackson's Bodr Fonnd in Box Car?Disappeared Wednesday Sight, i j Florence, March 8.?Lying in a pool of his own blood, within five hundred yards of his home, in an old box car . in the shop yards of the Atlantic Coast Line, the body of the little 8-vear-old Andrew Jackson was found today, ! where he was most foully slain on Wednesday evening by seme party or parties as yet unknown. Such is the sequel to the disappearance, from j this place, of thfe child, mention of which was made in the News and Courier of today. Last Seen Alive. ! Ever since 6 o'clock on Wednesday I ' afternoon, when the little fellow left the home of his grandmother, Mrs. M. L. A. Gardner, in North Gaillard street, to go to his home, which is only n-sxt door, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. "William Thomas Jackson, were distressed lest some person had kidnapi ped the child and carried him away on some of the many outgoing trains. It was only a few moments after he left his grandmother's that his parents made inquiry as to his whereabouts and were informed that he had left there to go home. He was never seen alive after that time by anyone who knew him. As soon as his father, who is a ma! chinist in the Coast Line shops here, 1 missed him he began a search and was assisted by a number of neighbors and ' friends. Every effort was made to locate him and wires were sent to all i neighboring towns and cities asking ! th-?m to keep a lockout for ths boy. The Body Discovered. The search was continued Wednesday night, yesterday, last night and to 1 I day. Today Mr. James Evans, in \ charge of the Boy Scouts, volunteered to assist in the search and he and his | boys started out. About 4 o'clock, while searching the hundreds of cars i on what is known as the "repair j tracks," opposite the Coast Line passenger station, near the. coal chute, j young Robert Howell found the body fnnsit Tine box car No. 18, 540 and at once gave the alarm. It I required only a few moments for a great throng of people to gather about the car to "view the body, which lay on the floor of this car, well in the north end of the car. The door on the north side of the car was open through which young Howell gained admittance. i The body as found, was lying on the j right side, with face partially upturned, the left arm over behind and partially under the body and the knees drawn considerably. At one i time it was thought that the child's ; mouth had been stuffed with cotton, i but It was found that, instead, it was i badly purged. Swollen and Braised. i The head was somewhat swollen, the face on uie sme wa? uiuwed, and several scars on the neck and face, which resembled finger prints, showed that the child had evidently been choked or strangled to death. Around the neck there was a distinct r d mark, as if it had beer, tied with a string, and it is thought that the slayer must have tied a string around the child's neck to stifle him and carried Mum :o this lonely spot and choked him r to death. Beside the body lay a pair 1 of homemade suspenders, some old j clothes resembling pieces of an old | quilt, and some rags which may have been used in stifling tne cnuci to aeatn. Bemaias a Mystery. Florence, March 10.?TJsere is no I clue to the identity of the murderer of little Andrew Jackson, the 8-year-old j boy whoee body was found in an At ! lantic Coaet Line freight car last Fri1 day afternoon by a searching party of Boy Scouta. The little fellow was last seen alive about 6 o'clock Wedi nesday afternoon. His dead body bore marks which led the authorities to bej lieve that he had 'been choked to death : after being struck on the back by some blunt instrument Wild stories and theories as to how j little Andrew Jackson met his death j are rife in Florence, but absolutely no : clue has yet been found which would 1 seem to lead to the murderer. One 1 R+rvrr if that tfiA hnv was run down j by an automobile or wagon, badly hurt ; and choked to death to conceal the person responsible for the accident, I but the mark on his back was of such | a character that it is said it might | have been caused by carrying the | body for some distance after death had already occurred. | Today Gov. Blease wired T. S. Burch, sheriff of Florence county, to I ask if he thought it advisable to offer i . . , . a reward ror uie capture or me mur? derer. The sheriff replied that he ; would be glad for a reward to be of1 fered. The amount of the governor's I reward has not yet been announced. In addition H. K. Gilbert, mayor of : Florence, has offered a reward of $100 for information leading to the capture of the man -who committed the crime. This was the largest amount Mayor fiilhprf rwn"M offpr without the author ity of the other members of city council. It is understood that the members are considering the matter of giving a larger reward. | It is certain though that the amount offered by Mayor Gilbert will be increased, as a collection is being taken up among the citizens of Florence, which will be added to the reward already subscribed by the mayor. OFFICERS OX TRACK OF MRS. GREEVER Washington, March 9.?A clue to ! th? present whereabouts of Mrs. W. : H. Greever, wife of a Lutheran clergyman of Columbia, S. C., who disappeared mysteriously recently was ob| tained today by the authorities in Xew York city. Although there was nothing definite to annonnp.A toniarht. it was learned that the thorough search of the police in New York has brought to light information that promises to restore the J missing woman to her husband. TOWS' A>D TOWySHIP BOARDS OF ASSESSORS FOR 1911 A>*D 1912. J The following members o? the Town and Township Boards of Assessors are hereby notified that a meeting of this I body will be held in the office of the j County Auditor on Thursday, March i 14, 1912, at 11 o'clock a. m. This meet| ing is called for the purpose cf at; tending to all necessary business in connection with fair and equal a?; sessinentg of personal property for ! this fiscal year, 1912: City of Newberry?Jno. A. Senn, 1 Otto Klettner, L. W. Floyd. Township No. 1, County?Jno. C. Neel, S. P. McCrackin, G. McD. Sligh. Township No. 2?J. J. H. Brown, ! Chas. S. Suber, J. D. Nance. Township No. 3?E. L. Glymph, Job H. Ringer, B. H. Maybin. TVvcr-n nf "WVii+mirp?HrivM Dutimti. Jno. H. Hipp, P. B. O'Dell. Township No. 4, County?Z. H. Suber, Jas. C. Duncan, Sam W. Derrick. Township No. 5?Geo. C. Glasgow, Geo. A. Epting, Jno. W. Smith. Township No 6?J. Will Wilson, L. C. Pitts, M. M. Livingstone. Township No. 7?A: P. Coleman, P. N. Boozer, Jno. W. Sanders. TownshiD No. 8?H. 0. 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