The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 08, 1909, Image 1
VOL. xxiv MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1909 NO.8
FOUND AT LAST
The North Pole Reached by Dr.
Fredrick Cook
HE IS AN AMERICAN
A M Telegram Seat m Lea
wick Announced Thas the Swcin
tal Peat Had Beta Am"Pse
Over One Year Ag and That the
ERporer Was OR w War Home.
The Paris edition of the New York
Herald Wednesday morning publish
.d a signed statement from Dr.
Frederick A. Cook. which Is dated
"Hansegede. Lerwick. WednesdaY.
on -is experience In the ArctlS re
gions
"After a prolonged ight with fam
in. and frost." says D-. Cook. "we
have at last succeeded In reaching
the North Pole. A new highwa
with an interetlng strip of animat
ed nature. has been explored and
big game aflt located, whih Will
delight sportsmen and extead the
Eskimo horison.
"Land has been disovered en
which rest the earths northeram*st t
rocks. A triangle of ?0.000 square
mies has been out out of the ter
resdal unknown-, The epedition
was the outcome of a summer ormise
In the Arctic seas oa the so-oner
Bradley. which arrived at the limits
of navigation in Smith Sound late in
August. 1907. Here conditions were
found .o launch, a venture to the
pole. j. ]E Bradley liberally sp- t
ped from his vegql suitable pro
visions for local us. My own
equipment for emergence Served
well for every purpose in the Arctic
-Many EsqulmiaUZ had gathered
on the Greenland shores at Annato
a
at for the winter bear hunt. Im
mense quantities of meat had been
collected, and about the camp wee
ilenty of strong dogs. The coin- a
bination was lucky. for there was
good material for equipment. All
that was required was carefully ar
ranged for a point only seven hun
dred miles from the Boreal centr.'
MATCH WanE IN COURT.
male (epo Prisoer WIsW Nus- '
bd at JA
Charity Bacon.- of Atlanta, for 9
forty odd summers has retained her
maiden name and for bait as many
years has taken in washing "fob
do white folks" the whle y r
for a man "an" some chilluss." At
night Charity's yearnings produced
apeculiar nervousnesss..d oh.-wa
won't to walk the streets alimleesly.
A. few -days ago as was arraigned
In the City Court of Atlanta oharged
with loitering.
Frankly Charity made answer to
the charges against her. "I was dag
lonesome." she told the Court, "be
kase I baln't got no husband. I
wrks all day at de wash tub an'
bain't got no husban' an' no chil
lun. nuther. I'ae a bard wurkin'
'oman, Jedge, an' sholy would make
some man a mighty good wifes."
From far back in the Court Room ~
an old negro arose, walking uap to '
the Judges bench and evclaimed: C
"edge. I want ur wife an* I likes '
do looks of dis *oman. If sb-e wil
hab me. I's. ready."
"1 is winling." Game from Charity.
without hesitation. Te ease against
the negress was diumled, a mar
riage license was promptly geenred
and a few minutes later Charity Ba
con became the wife of Frank Grit
in, with promises to ther Court to no
more wander the streets at night.
SEVEN LITTLU BODIDS FOUNID
In the Rin of the Barned Catho
lie Orphanae.
Seven little children. Inmates of
St. Maa"'s Home for Children at
Rockaway Park. L. I.. were suffo
cated In a fire which destroyed a
portion of the home Wednesday
night. This was discovered a short
whie after by firemen digging in the
ruins of the burned building.
There were 750 ehildren in the
Institution, which Is -eonduoted by
the sisters of St. Joseph of Brooklyn.
Most of them marched out of the
buildings in good order when the
fire alarm was sounded and It was
supposed that all had ecaped until
the little bodies were found in the
smouldering embers.
Nearly all of those burned to
death were under 5 years old. The
portion of the dormitory in which
they slept was directly over the laun
dry where the fire originated.
Thefr Pree Failed.
Disappointed because their proph
eythat Tampa. tia.. was te be wip
ed off the map by a great disaster
September 1 failed to come true.
thirey feoteore and weary disciples
of the "Unknown Tongue." returned
to that city Thursday from Dlurant.
twentrte miles from theme Se'
eral days ago the porty sold their
al at Tampa and moved to Durant.
which they were told would be out
aide the stricken zon.
-.Kinled Many Natives.
Sharp punishment h-as been inflict
ed upon the rebels of the island
of Fores by a Dutch detachment, 15
members of which were killed in an
ambush set by the natives. Thee
Dutch sent for reinforqemeta and
atted.de re i ergstf. The ue
TELLS HIS WIFE
OF THE GREAT DISCOVERY H
HAS MAnE BY CABLE.
The Intrepid Explorer Had Not Bee
Heard From in Over a Year Uz
til Wednesday.
"Successful. Well. Address Cc
penhagen."
Full of meaning. If 'successful
'ere Interpreted to indicate that h
had reached the North Poie. th
foregoing cable message. exasperat
Ing in Its briefness, was received i1
New York Wednesday from Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook, the American explor
sr. whom the latest cable advice
:redit with having accomplishe<
what no man ever did.
The message was sent not to au:
cientifIc society. nor to any of hi
Lssociates Interested in his expedi
Ion from a scientific viewpoint. bul
o his wife who has been countinj
he days and houi;s aid praying foi
io safety since his departure fron
kew York on July 4. 1907.
But by chance Mrs. Cook was no'
.t her Brooklyn home, but spending
he summer at Harpswell. Me.. ac
he dispatch was received by Dr.
t. r. DavIdson. a personal friend
f the explorer, who made Its coa
onts known, then fiashed the good
ews on to Mrs. Cook.
Brief as it was, It was the first
ewA that she had had from her
atrepld husband since March 17,
908. when he wrote from Cape
lubbard on the edge of the Polar
ce Sea. on the northwest side. of
Wesmere Land.
At that time he advised his con
anion. Rudolph Franke, then sta
loned at Etah. Greenland with sup
Uoe, to wait there until June for
is return. but in the event of Dr.
ook's failure to appear to proceed
o America.
Franke waited as instructed, but
a Dr. Cook failed to come back.
* caught the Peary auxiliary ship
nd reached New York last fall.
ince that time Dr. Cook's where
bouts have been a mystery. aI
ough members of the Arctic Club
i New York. were Inclined to think
bat he had reached the Pole de
pite his long silence.
There was. of course. the ever
resent probability that he had per
2ed and It will be recalled that a
elef ship is now en route to Etah.
here she Is due the middle of this
ionth. The vessel. the schooner
eanie. left St. Johns. N. F.. about
wo weeks ago wita the double pur
Ose of searching for Dr. Cook and
hinkg supplies to Commander Peary.
The expedition was Unaced by a
pecial committee headed by Dr.
oswell 0. Stebbins. of New York.
ad composed of friends of Dr. Cook
ad men of science who were most
eenly interested in his venture. To
bse men the news that he was
ire and the report that he had
cched the Pole were received with
jocing, although none of them had
y further advices.
The message from Dr. Cook to
ls wife was dated at Lerwick, Shet
md islands, the first available point
transmission In the regular steam
ip course between Greenland ports
ad Copenhagen. whither he. is
und. Because of Its briefness the
aumption Is that the message was
nt primarily to assure his wife
his fasety and not to apprise the
orld of his discovery.
WHAT GREELY SAYS.
ost Extraordinary Feat in Polar
Exploration.
"The most ext .ao-dinary feat in
olar exploratlon.' was the appraise
ent of Dr. Cook's expcit by Glen.
dolphus W. Gree'y. the commander
f the Lady Franklin Day !nter
atonal Polar expedition from the
nted States in 1884. when inform
d Wednesday night of the cable
~ram announcing the Brooklyn
an's success. at Oonway Sentre.
. H. Gen. Greely further said:
"Dr. Cook's achievement, reported
y the colonial office of ..he Danish
overnment, must be viewed as the
nst extraordinary feat in Pola:
xploration. He was practically
rlthout what had previously been
~onsdered to be an Indispensable
~quipment for extensive Polar tray
. He could have performed his
ork only by extraordinary endur
ne, aided by fortuitous condition!
n the Arctic Ocean.
"'The attainment of the North
;eographical Pole by an American 1s
n accomplishment that merits the
ighest possible acknowledgemeni
nd consideration by the Americat
eople. As one who once beat th'
record. I offer my heartiest congrat,
ulations."
Gen. Greely's party reached
point 83.24.00 degrees from the
Pole, thus proceeding farther towart
that much-sought for point than ha<
previously Deen attained. That ex
edition was a trying one for those
onerned. Before they reached th'
country again their numbers hat
been reduced by death to seven. A
Cape Sabine the survivors were res
cued by a relief expedition undo
Commodore, now Rear Admiral
Winfeld S. Schley. retired. presiden
of the Arctic Club.
Veteran Engineer Killed.
Engineer Walter D. White. for 5
years In the serrie of the Nborther
Pacific. was Instantly killed and te
persons were Injured, six of the:
seriously, when an east bound Nort
Coast limited train of the Norther
Pacie ad ran Into a 1Work tra1
COOK'S STORY.
He Describes His Journey to and
From the Much
SOUGHT NORTH POLE
"As I Was Sitting at the Polo I
Could Not Help Sming1 at the
e People Who. on My Return,
Would Cal the Whole Expedition
i a Humbug."
- A special dispatch received at
- London from Skagen says:
I "As the steamer Hansegede steam
ed by I caught through my glasses
a vision of a small man In a dark
suit and peaked cap shading his
eyes with his hands, as if straining
to see the welcome civilization after
years In Icy exile. It was Dr. Cook.
the explorer, whose name Is on every
tongue. He was chatting with the
captain on the bridge, now smiling.
now waving his hand. I was al
lowed to board the Hansegede.
"Somebody gave .Dr. Cook a bou
quet. Tears dimmed his eyes as he
buried his face in their fragrance.
'It's years since I have seen flowers.'
said the explorer with a quiver of
emotion In his votes.
"When he smiled one noticed the
loss of two teeth. 'A ight with a
Polar bear did that,' be said.
"'You can tell the world.' the
explorer continued, 'that I am in 1 '
ter condition than at any time and
look forward with an appetite to
the festivities that are promised me.
My dinner has been poor these last
few years and I shall have to make
up for IL'
"Dr. Cook then briefly deribed
his journey. Regarding his diseov
ery he said:
"Then eame April 21. That wa
the great day. We looked for the
sun. As soon as we got It I made
several observations Great joy
came over us. We were only six
teen miles from the desired spot.
I said to myself. 'Bully for Freder
Ick.' then we went on.
"'The last st-etch was the easiest
I ever made in my life. although 4
I had still to make two observations
and the ice was very broken here.
But my spirits were high and 1
shouted 'ike a boy. The Eskimos
looked at one another, surprised at
my gayety. They did not share my
joy.
"'I felt that I ought to be there.
I made my last observation and
found that I was standing on the
pole.
"'My feelings? Well. I was too 1
tired really to feel any sensation.
I planted the Stars and Stripes in
the ace field. and my heart grew t
warm when I saw It wave In thei
wind.t
"How does the North Pole look?"
was asked.<
" 'Well.' said Dr. Cook, smiling.
it amounts to the size of a twenty
five cent piece. There Is nothng to
see but ice. lce; no water, only lee.
There were more holes here than1
at the 87th degree, which ahows t
there is more movement and drift
here; but this and other observa
tions I made afterwards--when I got
more settled. I stopped two days
at the pole, and I assure you Itt
wasn't easy to say goodbye to the
spot.
- 's I was sitting at the pole It
could not help smiling at the people. 4
who, on my return, would call theI
whole expedition a humbug. I was
sure the people would say that I
bought my two witnessee, and that
my note book with my daily observa-1
tions had been manufactured on
board this shiD.
" 'The only thing I can put agains't
this is what the York Eskimos havA
told Knud Rasmussen. Let the
sceptics who disbelieve my story go
to the North Pole. There they will
fnd a small brass tube, which I
burled under the flag. That tube
contains a short statement, about my
trip. I could not leave my visiting|
ard, because I did not happen to
have one with me.
"'Perhaps,' the explorer addedj
dryly. 'I should have stayed therej
longer had it not begun to freezej
us In our Idleness. The Eskimos|
were uneasy and the dogs howled|
fearfully. On April 23. therefore.
I a.gain turned my nose southward.
which was much easier, as you can
not turn your nose in any other di
rection when you stand at the pole.'
Describing the return journey. Dr.
Cook ssald:
'Fortune now smiled. We did'
twenty miles per day until we reach
ed the ominous Sith degree. Then
I felt the ice moving eastward, car
rying us with It. A terrible fog
swept us and kept us for three
weeks. We got no further than the
84th degree. Then began a heavy
walk towards Helbergs Land and
another three weeks of fog. When
that cleared I saw we had drifted
southwest to Ringnesland, where we
found open water and tower-high
screw ice which stopped our way
eatward.
'We now began to suffer hun
ger. Our provisions were becoming
exhausted, and we were unable to
fnd depots. We entered Ringesland
and on June 20. found the first ani
r mas on our return-bears and seals.
-We shot a bear.
t"'And now our goal was the whal
ers at Lancaster sound. We followed
the drIft Ice to the south eighty
miles a day, but was stopped by pack
ice In Wellington Channel. which
t was Impossible either by boat or
sledge. Here was lots of game, but
we did not dare shoot It. We had
only taken a hundred bullets to the
pole, and now only fifteen were left.
We went into Jones' sound after
DREAM WAS TRUE
A LADY IN ATLANTA DRE.R1
SHE SAW RELATIVES
Who Were Two Thousand Mle
Away Killed in Auto Accident ani
It Proved True.
Once again the busy. mechanica
world. intricate in material mechan
ism and occupied with physical en
vironment, is forced to acknowledgq
that silent, subtle factor that comei
like a flash and flees like the mist
Clairvoyance. The following stor
i.i published by the Atlanta Journal:
Relatives of the Ralph Colvin fam
Vly have received copies of news
papers printed at Seattel, Wash.,
showing that it was not little Mis
Agnes Colvin. of Atlanta. who whas
killed in the terrible auto accideni
Thursday. August 19. at "Dead
Man's Curve." near Seattle, but a
young women named Agnes Cowan,
who happened, by a strange coinci
dence, to be the sister of Mrs. James
Colvin. who also met death in the
smash-up.
Mrs. A. E. M. Boyton. 124 Forrest
avenue, a relative of the Qolvin
family, sprang from her bed in ter
ror, not three minutes after the ac
cident actually occurred, and de
cribed the whole scene to her as
tounded husband. The fact that she
ad not been permitted, in her
aream, to see the faces of the peo
ple who had been killed( prevented
her from being able to tell who were
the victims; she simply declared that
:hey were her relatives, and when
he telegraph dispatches were print
)d in Atlanta papers next day, she
took for granted that the names
rere correct.
Mrs. Boyton described her tele
|raphic vision in the following vivid
words:
"1 was sleeping soundly when I
;eemed to be aroused, almost awak
ned. and found myself among
trange people. in unfamiliar &ur
le who had been killed prevented
oundings. It was dark, and a heavy
ain was falling. A long curved road
rith railings at Its side wound out
f sight In the gloom, brightened
ere and there by hazy arc lights
hining through the mist. It seem
d that a loud crash and the sound
f women's screams had roused me.
oused me too late to see what caus
,d the noise, and as soon as my eyes
gan to get" accustomed to the
ene. I saw a great. surging crowd
n the road, mostly men in black
aterproofs. There were ambulanc
s and in the middle of the crowd
rere three or four people lying on
he ground.
"I knew instantly that they had
een injured and that they were my
oved ones.
"People were crowding around
hem, trying to lend them aid, and
rusted in, anxious to be of assis
nc. also, but the crowd was so
ense I could not penetrate it, and
ouldn't even see the faces of the
itims of the accident. I tried des
erately to reach them, and told the
eople who were holding me back
hat they were my own flesh and
lood, but I never got close enough
o see their faces, and by and by
me one told it was no use to stay
ny longer because they were dea:1.
"Then I awoke with the perspira
on streaming from my body and
be hejror of the scene driving nme
Llmort frantic.
''I knew something awful had nap
ened to some of my kinsfolks. but I
idn't know who or where, because
had never been permitted to see
ne faces."
Inasmuch as the other details of
er dream were confirmed by the
ewpaper reports. it never occurred
o Mrs. Boynton to doubt that the
ames were also correct.
BEAR STOLE CHILD.
Lad Fatally Injured the Father in
Rescuing It.
James Doolittle, who lives on a
~arm near Nyack. Mont., was prob
ibly fatally wounded in rescuing his
-yearl'old daughter ifrom a gris
Ely bear which had picked her up
ad taken her some 300 yards
way. Doolittle. hearing the child's
creams, gave chase on horseback.
ho horse threw Doolittle, breaking
is leg, when the grizzly turned and
:lawed him in a frightful manner.
lmost disemboweling him and chew
ing both legs and arms almost to a
ulp. Aside from a few scratches
the baby was uninjured.
am water. We met Polar wolves,
with which some of our dogs made
friends and ran away.
'Now we spent day and night
in an open boat ten miles from
shore. This lasted for two mouths
while storms often raged over our
eads. At last we got ashore again.
but we had no fuel and were oblig
ed to eat birds raw. One day we
found fuel and what a feast we had.
ut we suffered much hunger dur
ing this per~od. One night a bear
came and stole our food. We had
many fights with musk oxen, which
attacked us. Our best weapon
again!'t them was the lasso.' "
The correspondent's story quotes
Dr. Cook as sayIng in conclusion:
'Say that the day we reached
or provisions stores at Etah was a
greater day than April 2I. I loni
to get baek to elvilization. to more
among my fellow men: I long te
press my wife to my heart. I an
the happiest man lining. Tell th
whole world I thni God I an
back.' "
Homikide at Appleton.
Stepney Glover shot and instantl:
killed Peter Green Saturday eveninj
in the store of Rhodes & Kill. 13
Apletin
THE DRUG PERIL
) THE USE OF COCAINE IS WIDE
SPREAD AS WELL AS
B Opium, Morphine and Other Dan
! gerous Drugs, and a Crusade is
Being Waged Aginst Them.
1 The widespread use of cocaine.
opium. morphine and other drugs
of that character is becoming alarm
Ing, and active steps will soon be
4naugurated by the 'United States
Government to stop their sale ex
cept for legitimate purposes. There
is no doubt but that cicaine. or
happy dust, as many of the negroes
who use It call the drug, is being g
used by thousands of negroes and
many whites in this State and other
Southern States. If Its use is not
stopped there Us no telling what
harm It will do this section from
several standpoints.
The Philadelphia Record in con
sidering the "drug peril" from a
national view point has the follow- e
ing- to say:
The tremendous Increase in the. b
use of cocaine that followed the
a
pasage of the restrictive laws against si
opium may be gathered when It is
known that in 1904-before the S
United States took up the cudgels v
against the Oriental habit-the im- ti
portation of cocaine was only 58,
000 ounces, and of coca leaves, from
which cocaine is made, was 53,000
ounces. In 1905 300.000 ounces
of the leaves were imported. but
the importation of cocaine had fal
len of to about half what It was
the year before because, rather than le
pay a duty of 25 per cent ad valorem
the chemists had started up the 1
manufacture of the drug in this
country on a lgrge scale. In 1906
the importation of eoca leaves was
2,000.000 ounces.
By this time, however, many of
the States awoke to the fact that te
cocaine was a pretty dangerous drug 0
to have sold about the cities and P
towns without any safeguards or
stint, and many of them passed re- I
strictive laws. The passage of these ul
statutes resulted In the shrinkage J,
of the Importation of coca leaves in
1907 to 1.515.000 ounces, and in H
1908 to 633,000 ounces. In 1908 cc
the Jmportation of cocaine from ti
abroad was only 3.792 ounces, valu
ed at $1,108. The use of cocaine i
in medicine and surgery is, of course, at
to produce local anasthesis or Insen- rx
sibility. When taken Internally its
effect is to produce criminals. le
No drz:g on tha market seems to of
have anyvthere near such demorals- is:
ng efect upon the human syste.'n
The habitual user poon loses all ed
moral courage. Lying and stealing Se
are the least of the crimes he is re
ready to commit when under the In
fuence, and, in majority of cases, a
his ::ature beenmes brutalized and 0r
changed for the worse. e
' one knows just where or when th
the "cocaine habit" first started in gr
this country. It is generally laid at ct
the door of a proprietary powder
that :ias put on the market and ad- es
vertised as a "sure cure for cold In N:
the head." This powder contained ut
ocaine and belladonna and seemed It
to produce the effect advertised.
Pretty soon the authorities In vari- Io
ous States. found that certain pow- N<
ders on the market, which looked b<
like the "cold-in-the-head cure" con- pi
taned nothing to speak of except hi
cocaine. The belladonna had been
dropped out. It was found, and is in
still the fact, that these powders ri
were sold to thousands of persons
in the great cities and in the thickly re
populated districts of the South. in
Nearly all the Southern States d:
have taken drastic measures to pre- L
et the sale of cocaine, but until
the Federal government takes a hand C
by prohibIting the movement of the a
drug in interstate commerce. a great E
deal will be smuggled acrose the ti
State lines and used. The same may
be said of all the other drugs that tt
the communities would exclude. No fC
matter how stringent local laws may h<
be. if the drugs are allowed on sale it
without restriction in any of the o!
States, they are bound to find their n:
way into the forbidden terrtory. b;
It is proposed to have Congress ir
pass a law that will force the man- cl
ufacturer'es and dealers in all habit- Y~
inpiring drugs to take out a Feder- di
al license, and to make regular peri
odical returns to the Internal reve-D
nue bureau. By this means every tl
ounce of cocaine. chioral, etc.. may el
be traced from the time It is manu
factured until it reaches the con- Itl
sumer, and if the consumer lives t:
in a "closed territory" it is believed E
possble to cure him of the habit S
by taking from him the means of r
continuing it. The State Depart- e
met, through its opium commis- n
iner. Dr. Hamilton Wright, took b
the initiative in the matter of sup-1
presing the production and sale of g
opium .for eating and smoking pur
poses and will lead the fight for the S
eradication of the other drug hab- D
"The cocaine and chloral habits ~
are just as bad in their way as the ~
opium habit." said Dr. Wright, "and ~
we are going to draw up a bill for ~
presentation to Congress for the sup- ~
pzas~sion of the sale of those drugs
tto the general public. We have no
doubt that the law-making power
will promptly pass the legislation.
for there is no greater enemy to
'Sthe comr nity than a man who has 1
become the victim of a habit of this t
sort. He not only loses the money I
that he spends on the drug, but he I
loses the time that he is under in
fluence, and impoverishes his fami
ty. He becomes net only utterly
orthless as a citizen, but i likely
SOME WHO TRIED
ro Do What Cook Has Done But
Failed to Do so.
TOOK COOK YEARS
3ut He Has Accomplished a Great
Work and the World Is Anxiomnly
Awaiting Full Particnlars of Ils
Wonderful DiscoVeries in the
Snow Regions of the North.
The dream of finding the North
>ole for centuries lured explorers.
cientists. an4 daring advenutrers.
'his ream apparently has now be
ome a reality by the achievement
f Dr. Frederick A. Cook. of Brook
En. Dr. Cooke cabled a laconic mes
age from Lerwick. Shetland 1slands.
rhence he I proceeding to Copenha
en. saying:
"Successful. Well. Address Cop
nhagen."
Several days must now elapse
efore any further information is
rallable. The Danish Government
.eamer Hansgede has left Lerwick,
hetland Islands, for Copenhagen,
,here she Is due today. Mean
me the ship skirts the Danih cost,
sing several small points which
re being closely watched for fur
er particulars of Dr. Cook.
Some of the most recent or note
orthy attempts to reach the North
le are enumerated below.
Walter Wellman an American,
ft the Island of Spitsbergen. for
te pole in a balloon, August 15.
09. His air ship became disabled
ter he had traveled thir.y miles.
id he was foreea to return.
In 1906 Commander Robert I.
ary. United States navy, reach
87 degrees. 6 minutes, cquivalent
about 203 miles from the Pole.
mmander Peary is now In the
lar regions on another expedi
n. A relief ship was sent out a
outh ago to endeavor to pick him
>. He started from Sydney. N. S..
ly 17. 1908.
On September 3. 1905. Capt.
ld Amundsen, a Norweigian,
impleted the first voyage through
te northwest passage. He left
ristiania on the Gjoa. June 17.
103. and arrived at Herschel Isl
d in the Arctic Ocean in Septem
ir of 1905.
In 1904. Baron Toll, a Russion,
d a Polar expedition party by way
Siberia. but all the members per
ed from the cold.
In 1903, Frickson. a Dane, head
an expedition and got as far as
unders Island, where they were
scued in a destitute condition.
In the same year Anthony Fiala,
young Brooklyn ergorer, sailed
the ship America and proceed
further North than the Duke of
e Abruzzi. His party endured
eat hardships before they were ree
ed.
The Duke of the Abruzzi made his
pedition in 1900. In 1895. Dr.
~nsen reached 86 degrees. 14 min
es, on the vessel Fram, which left
gor Strait August 4. 1893.
Prof. Andree made his fatal bal
on trip in 1897. He left Tromsoe,
arway, in his balloon, the Eaglc,
und for the pole. .Cince hi~s d.
rture nothing autheatic has been
ard of Andree.
In 1883. Capt. Delong s expedition
the Jeannette was Ila :ner Hien
etta Island.
In 1892 the Greely expeditilon
ached 83 degrees. 24 minutes, and
1845 Sir John Franklin made his
sastrous attempt to penetrate frt~m
ancaster Sound to Behring Strait.
At a meeting of the Explore'-s
ub. of New York. in October. 1307.
letter from Dr. Cook dated at
tah. August 26. gave this informa
I find that I have a good oppor
iity to try for the pole, and, there
re. I will stay here for a year. I
spe to get to the Explorers' Club
Setember, 1908. with the record
the pole. I plan to cross Elles
re Land and reach the Polar Sea
'Nansen Strait. I hope you can
duce some of the members of the
u t3 come and meet me at Cape
ork. Here's for the pole with the
About the same time Herbert L.
ridgeman, of Brooklyn. received
is letter from Cook similarly dat
"I1 have hit upon a new route to
se North Pole, and I will stay to
y it. By way of Buchanan Bay.
llesmere Land, over the Polar
ea, seems to me to be a very good
ute. There will be game to the
ghty second degree, and there are
atives and dogs for the task. So
ere is for the pole. Mr. Bradley
rll tell you the rest. Kind re
ards to all."
Dr. Cook's dispatch tells of his
ccess. He seems to have acom
lished what others who tried failed
accomplish, and what many brave
2en sacrificed their lives in vain to
ttain. If he has really found an
pen sea near the North Pole that
an be used for commercial purpos
s he has certainly placed the civi'ir
d world under obligations to him
.d his name is Immortanized.
Base Ball Flayer Whipped.
Claiming that Connie Lewis. third
'aseman on the Columbia base ball
earn, of the South Atlantie League,
ad insulted women relatives. Louis
rooks. former member of the Legis
ature and an attorney, and his
rother-n-law. Paul Heymnan. Tues
lay gave the ball player a horse.
hipping on one of the principal
NAMES OF BANKS
HATING ON DEPOSIT MONEY OF
STATE DISPENSARY.
The Cash is Scattered Among Many
Bankr iR Various Parts of the
State for Sae Keeping.
Dr. W. J. Murray, the chairman
of the State dispensary commission.
has made public a statement of the
deposits made in the various banks
in the State. The commission shows
that about $81,000 is in the hands
of the State treasurer and this mon
ey is deposited at the discretion of
that official. The rest of the funds.
the total being about 8620.000, is
distributed among the various banks
of the State. The commission now
draws about 82.000 each month In
Interest. The list of deposits Is as
follows:
The State bank...... 42.90
Palmetto National bank. 391.43
The People's bank. Union 5,831.25
Bank of Timmonsville .. 7,777.78
Columbia Savings Bank
and Trust Company .. 37,057.50
Bank of Charleston, N.
'B. A. ............15,550.00
People's Loan and Ex
change bank. Laurens. 3,887.50
Bank of Orangeburg .. . 10,885.00
National Exchange bank.
Chester .. .. .. .......,889.35
First National bank. Cam
den ............8.,87.50
People's Savings bank,
Abbeville ............8,387.50
city National bank.
Greenville ........15,550.00
reington Savings bank . 3,887.50
People's National bank.
Charleston .. .. .... 11.662.50
People's Bank of Green
ville .. .. .. .. ..... 15.550.00
forwood National bank.
Greenville ........ 34.412.30
Bank of Camden ......15,550.00
Pirst National bank, Spar
tanburg .. .. .. ..... 11,387.30
3entral National bank.
Spartanburg ....... 11.387.50
Bank of Dillon ...... 7,775.00
Enterprise bank, Charles
ton ..............17.775.00
Aerchants' and Plantes'
Gaffney .......... 17.775.00
Farmers' and Merchants'
bank. Anderson .. ... 3.887.50
derchants' and Farmers'
bank, Cheraw ......18,344.59
Farmers' and Merchants'
bank, Walterboro .. . 1,952.09
'ommercial and Savings
bank. Florence 8.....8,000.00
ank of Hartsville .. .. 7,775.00
ational Union bank.
Rock Hill .. .. .. .. 30,000.00
merican National bank.
Spartanburg .. .. ... 10,000.00
nderson Banking and
Trust Company ... ... .000.00
eople's bank of Florence 5,000.u0
ourth National bank,
Greenville .... .....5,000.00
armers' and Merchants'
bank, Greenville .. .. 5.000.00
~armers' bank. Belton .. 2,500.00
eople's Ns tional bank.
Rock Hill ...,.......10,000.00
he Home bank. St. Mat
thews .. ............5,000.00
he Commercial bank,
Chester .............15,000.00
he Bank of Sumter . . . 12,000.00
~non Savings bank. Co
lumbia .. ...........10.000.00
~atonal Loan and Ex
change bank. Green
wood ...............10,000.00
satonal Bank of Lees
ville .. ......... ...2,500.00
Cuterprise bank, Laurens 5,000.00
'he Bank of Anderson .. 5,000.00
'he Bank of Laurens . . . 6,000.00
[he Bank of Greenwood 10.000.00
'he People's Bank of An
derson ...............5.000.00
ank of Spartanburg ... 10.000.00
outh Carolina Loan and
Trust Co.. Charleston . 20.000.00
Cational Bank of New
berry ...............10000.00
ank of Darlington . . .. 10,000.0 0
Juion Savings bank, Ben
nettsvlie . .. .. .. ....5.000.00
security Savings bank,
Charleston.... .. .. .. 5500.00
eople's Bank of George
town .. .............2500.00
Cational Loan and Ex
change bauk, Co ambia 18.570.16
State treasury . . . . .. 81.287.75
Total... .. .. .. .. .8$20,67.30
WANT TO HANG THEM.
ob After Three White and One
Black Georgia Fiends.
An attempt to lynch three white
:en and one negro incarcerated in
the Cartersvill, Ga., jail on charges
f criminal assault is considered
imminent, following the announce
ment late Wednesday that Judge
Fite had decided not to hold a spec
ial term of court for the purpose
of trying the men.
While the jail has been guarded
day and night for the past two weeks
t is not believed that the local of
ficers could withstand an attack
from a large mob such as is expect
ede to come from the upper part of
the county.
The prisoners are R. J. and John
Worthington. white: William Gold
en. white, and Howard Stokeley. a
negro. The alleged victims of the
three former were white. while
Stokeley is accused of assaulting a
negro gi.rl.
Broke His Neck.
Sam Kennedy, colored, was killed
by Wallace Carter, colored, near
Glendale, Tuesday afternoon. Car
ter used a stick and the blow broka~
Kennedy's neck. The negroes were
working at Matthis' camp. clearling
the~ right of way for the Southern
MANY PERISH
SiX Hundred People Drowned In
Java by Floods.
CROPS DESTROYED
Awful Floods on the Jland of
Java Drowned Six Hundred of the
People and Destroyed Mach Frop.
erty and Ruined the Crops of a
Great Many Farmers.
This seems to be a year of do
&tructive floods in some parts of the
world. Last week the city of Mon
terey, Mexico. was visited by a tood
and about two thousand people were
drowned and twenty millions dollars
worth of property destroyed.
Now comes a report of a terrific
flood on the Island of Java, which
drowned six hundred people, destroy
ed much property and crops. The
dispatch says the damage to property
and crops has been enormous. Only
meagre reports of the disaster has
reached this country yet, and It may
be worse than Indicated above.
KILKTED ON RAT&UtBAD.
Jumped From Moving Car to AoM
a Falling Rail.
Special from Spartanburg to The
State says Rome Wilson, of Nuford,
N. C.. assistant foreman of the track
laying gang of the Meadors Con
struction Company, contractors for
the C.. C. & 0. track laying, and
Sam Henderson, colored, of New
berry, a laborer on the gang, were
crushed to death Wednesday when
they jumped from a train that they
were aboard, trying to get out of
the way of a falling rail.
Wilson's body was cut In half and
Joe Henderson was crushed to piso
es. J. C. Turner, colored, who was
aboard the train, also jumped and
was Injured. He got among the
wheels of the moving train and one
leg was so badly Injured that he was
carried to the colored hospital at
Spartanburg and the Injured mem
ber was amputated.
A falling rail was the cause of
the death of the two men. A work
train of seven cars, loaded with
rails with the men on top, had just
passed over Pacolet river. The train
was moving at about three mile, an
hour and had passed the river about
three-quarters of a mile when one
of the steel rails on the front car
slipped beyond one of the standards
and an end fell.
The rail swept over the car on
which the men were seated and to
dodge the great steel bar in 4ts ter
rible blow Wilson and Henderson
jumped. Wilson tried to step on to
the next car, but in some way his
footing slipped and he tell between
the cars and was crushed to death.
The train was stopped as soon as
possible.
PELTICIANS FIGHT PRLLAGRA.
Campaign Against Supposed Germ of
the Disease.
Alarmed by the number of cases
of pellagra that have occurred at
Durham. N. C., the physicians of that
city began Wednesday experiments
to locate the origin of the dieae.
Six deaths from pellagra have 00
curred in that. section. A ~sec
from Durham says:
"An examination of the 6ood of
a powerful negro who has the dis
ease In most aggravated form re
vealed a distinct organism and speci
mens were sent to Richmond and to
Johns Hopkins for more careful
analysis.
"If a germ is found, as physicians
are inclined to believe, some ani
ma! will be inoculated and a cam
paign against pellagra on the germ
theory will be waged. The theory
that the disease has its origin in
corai has been abandoned by the
physicians at Durham, but a fierce
war against the importation of Wes
tern corn is being conducted.
"Dr. McCampbell of the State hoe
pita! has written a paper treating
with 12 cases of pellagrons insanity
and death. Three-fourths of the cas
es were among women, which is un
usual, It is said, as the disease oc
curs more frequently among men.
None of the cases which have devel
oped~ in that section has been trace
ab~le to cornbread. One victim was
a boarding housekeeper, but none of
the boarders contracted the disease."
White Fiend Caught.
Harry Miller. serving a jail sen
:enee at Alexander, La., has been
identified by Mrs. Mattle Rlanideil
as the man who held her up several
nights ago and attempted to steal
her pocketbook after choking her.
Mrs. Ransdell is a 'sister-In-law of
Representative Jos. E. Ransdell of
the Fifth congressional district of
Louisiana. The police claim that
Miller is wanted in Indiana for rob
b~ng an express agent.
Sedish g0wikers Starving.
The Stockholm Aftonbladt asserts
that many strikers are actually
starvingz and that others are sub
sisting on bread and water, and fish
caught in the archipelago, or tramp
lng the country, robbing the potato
fields.
Auto Kills Loid.
A London dispatch says Lord de
C!lfford was killed in an automobile
accident near Brighton Wednesday.
His car lollided with another ve
hicle and turned turtle and Lord