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'VOL. XIV MANNI.NG S. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 99N. HAS COlFESSE Ntr F '. Wisw - $sin 14, says Gird. I si.a SENSTIONALW Trial at Hinesvile, Ga., of Aleged Saye of Former Berkeley Man, U ase senao Climax--Mrs. Fannar Clms GOrden Thresn ed to KMl Her If She To . A dispatch from Hinesvlle. Ga.. says Mrs. Helen Fauling, widow of slain Wll=am N. Fauling. Jr.. for whose murder Charles A. Gordon is on trial at that place.. Wednesday on the witness tand made a senaa tional confession of intitmacy with Gordon and ended her story by de claring that he told her he killed her husband and threatened. to kill her if she should tell on hun. The confession was unexpected to the big crowd In the court room. though many believed to be true just what Mrs. Fauling dfclared is true. "1 am confessing because I don't want to go to Heaven or hen with a lie on my Ips." walled the unhappy woman through her tears at the end of her sordid narrative. In part her confession feiows, and since it has been made It Is believed Gordon's trial will end In rather short order. -The last time I saw my hus band alive." mid Mrs. Fauling. "was on March 26. 1909. when he 'eft our home about sundown to mail a letter to his father at Monck's Cor ner. S. C. "I met Mr. Gordon In Florida and hav known him three years. My hus band and I moved to several places in Florida. and each time Mr. Go don moved also. We first became intimate at Loftman. Fla. Our meet ings continued up to the time of his arrest. The night tefore the 01fcers came for Mr. Gordon. be spent with me. "My husband left at sunjown and at supper time be had not returned and so several friends had supper with me and we did not wait for him. Just before we flshed- sup per Mr. Gordon came In and. calling me aside said: I have done It. I have killed the d-' . "I wa, very much frightened and nearly tinted. but Mr. Gordon caught me and told me t6 be calm as he was not afraid. He then tried to get me to go and help- him bury the body. but I refused. So he left the house and returned iu, about an bour. telling me he had buried the body. He said he had bid a great deal of trouble taking the body to the place as It was so sti **Mr. Gordon toil me .that lat night that if I told he would kill me within the next twenty-four bours. That was the reason for- my Snce he has been in jail he has writ ten me a letter trying to concoct a scheme to prove an alibi for him.'' Gordon cnitd A later dispatch says for the mur der of Wilam F. Faulling, Jr.. at Walthourvinie. Liberty county. Ga.. Charles A Gordon has been found guity and sentenced to life imprison ment. Mrs. Helen Faulling. wife of the slain man and confessed cause of the murder, was tried as a result of her confession of intimacy with Gordon and was given her choice of g months in jail or exile from Geor gia. She chose exile and before the Gordon jury returned Its er dict was on the way to F~orida. Rumor that relatives o( Gordon would attempt a rescue should the vedict be adverse were apparently unfounded as there was no demon stration. Judge Paul E. Seabrook. sentenc ing Gordon, told him he should feel grateful the sentence was sno worse. Gordon killed Faulling. the ,fldow said, as a result of her husband's knowledge of her illicit relations with Gordon. the slayer fearing that he and the woman dould bepunished. CHWKEEN STEW EXPWODED. Wossan Badly Barned Whafe Prepa lng Dine.. The explosion of a chicken stew placed Mrs. Annie Hardy in the Pres byteran hospital at Philadelphia this week. ,She was burned about the hands. arms and face. The suppos edly decent stew was placed in a pot to boil for dinner. just as any st~w would be but the developments were unusual. When Mrs. Hardy was bustling about the stove, preparing other things for the Sunday meal the top sddenly flew off the iro4 pot, the stew went hurling through the air and the pot itself rolled to- the floor. Wen all the excitement was over an analysis of the conditions led to the theory that the '1d had St so tightly when pushed down that It did not permit the escape of the steam which gathered when the pot began to boll. Mrs. tardy's burns are serious, but not of a critical na ture. usband Bathed Once a Year. Declaring her husband bathed onl7 once a year. and that, though worth 50.000, bought tainted uieal. eggs that were nealy rotten and rancid butter. Mrs Henrietta Newman. of Washington. D. C.. has dled suit for a limited divorce from Mayor B. New man. She also charges cruelty and neglect. The Nepeune Is Launched. A dispatch from Portsmouth. Eng. land, says toe Neptune. Great Brit, in's eighth battleship of the Dread nought tyvpe. was successfully launch ed there a few days ago by the Duch sea of Albany In the preUSet of gat cocograa. E6e'ts tegt-d !bu vube .. a;'r'u. Y thn'pee COOK WT THERE WHITNEY SAYS SO AND TELIA OF PEARYS LITTLENESS. Say* Peary Made Him Separate All of Cook's Luggage From His and Leave it Behind. Harry Whitney. of New Haven. Conn.. has arrived at St. John's. N. F. He says he believes that Dr. Frederick A. Cook found the pole and that Commander Peary did the same. In expressing this belief Mr. Whitney said that he knows no rea son for doubting Cook more thau Peary. "Dr. Cook's story." he added. "seems to me truthful and probable. Nothing else would expalin his 12 months' absence." Dr. Cook left with him at Annatok ieveral cases containing instruments. and some btlongings. but so far as Mr. Whitney knew. no written rec ords. There may have been record-. owever, packed with Dr. Cook's per sonal effects, but the explorer did not tell him especially that he was eaing written records in his po3 ession. Speaking of Dr. Cook's detailed account of his trip to the pole. Mr -Vhtney said that the explorer show ed him how the western drift of the ce had landed him in a region fa. remote from where he expected to -.and be was unable to get back. He could not speak with authority as to whether Dr. Cook and his two Eakimos could carry on their three sledges enough food for their jour ney to the pole. as he himself is a novice in Arctice traveling. He declared be knew*' nothing of the ontroversy beyond the vaguest de tals.' The frst he learned of it was at Indian Harbor. when he received messages from several American pa pers aakag fort a statement. Mr. Whitneyr denied that Com ander Peary v bad removed Dr. Cooks stores from Annatok to Etah. What Peary really did was to trans er a few things and rebuild the house at Annatok. Boatswain Mur phy'* only reason for refusing to help Capt. Bernier's Canadian expe dition So get dogs and sledges at Etah was that they were short of dogs themselves. Mr. Whitney had troub le in getting enough dogs for his team all through the winter and [urphy was looking out for Peary. go that he would have sufficient og for the commander's exploring trips around the country when he returned from the north. The day the Roosevelt was leav ug Etab for home Whitney inform p Peary that Cook had intrusted to im certain belongings to bring home = the vesret that was coming up fr Whitney. but as this ship had no' arrived Whitney was at a loss wha' to do with the property. Peary declined to pemit Dr Cook's belongings to be brought aboard the Roosevelt and he put Whitney on his honor not to include anyhing belonging to Dr. Cook in his own luggage. Whitney thereup o went ashore from the Roosevelt. meparated Dr. Cooks property from his own baggage, and with the aid sf Capt. Robert Bartlett. commander f the Roosevelt. whom he ha ak sd to help, repacked Cook's proper ry n boxes. After this had been done, Whit ney and Bartlett cached all Cook's woperty in a cave in the rocka. They built up the cave securely with stones and turf and left it and the proper ty in charge of one of Dr. Cook's skimos. It may be remembered In passing. fr. Whitney went on. that ten years ag Peary did with the explore? eedrup. who was cruising in Faith mound, what he has done with Cook he refused to bring back any o. eeverdrup's letters or records. In conclusion Mr. Whitney declar Sd he regretted being dragged into he controversy. He said he had found both Dr. Cook and Commander Nar courteous and considerate and that he had never met any men whose condct generally was more comn mendable or whore dealings with him bad been more fair. Dr. COOk. when shown Mr. Whit y-s statement, said that he approv ed of all that Mr. Whitney had said "Everything in the Interview is ubbgtantally correct."~ said Dr. Cook. 'I conirms all my declarations." "Mr. Whitney was in all probabil ty unaware of the written recor t left with him. They are of not much ~onsequence, sa 1 have duplicates.' PPLE DISPUTE CACSES FIGHT. dceon Banker ad Judge Come tr Bmows in Dispute. A heated argument between Robert H. Brown. predAdent of the Centra! Gorgia bank, and Judge W. A. Poe. in Macon, Ga.. over the Cook-Peary oontroversy a few days ago, led to low the Judge using his walkinit cane with telling effect on the bank er. The prompt Interference of friends prevented an encounter that at one time promised to be serious. The banker Insisted that honors should go entirely to Dr. Cook. while Jdge Poe was equally convinced that Commander Peary was the dis coverer of the North Pole. Wen the Judge questioned the soundness of his opponent's argu ment the banker used an ugly word. i s said, which the Judge resented. BaD Disjoints Neck. A fatality occurred Monday In a bse ball game near Greenville. Tenn. he -yearold son of Alexander Mre a. farmer, while play-ag short stop, was truck in the mouth with a aswift bell. He diedin a fewmin uts. and It is believed he was struck wth such force that hir. neck was unjointed. Bleriot to Start Aviation School. Louis Blerlot. the French areonaut, ha decided to start a school of avt ation at Croix d'Hins. near Arcachon. ieC-. Thbe Drop~6sed circuit will i feu;... et'il ha b.ed .3~ TRIAL OF BLACK I V &Sde* 6Wby Judge miaf 0 CWaitr a IwiiaL t d RY READ A NEWSPAYER i el A Copy of The State Found Its Way tq f? into the Hotel Room Occupied by t2 U1 Jurors, and One Member Tlked tt Through a Window to One of His a Employes. hi tc The State of Saturday morning .1 gave the following story of the trial s of John Black. which was brought tc to an unexpected and sensational ez termination Friday: Judge Mem- yt minger directed "mistrial" to be w written on the record on account of n jurors having a newspaper cor.tain ing matter relating to the case. The whole matter is without parallel in the history of the courts of this W State. t One of the jprors. J. D. Perry. t had had verba& communication with - the clerk In his meat market. C. M. i Dorn. and the latter had been &r- W rested and put in the county jail. When court assembled Friday morn- in ing. Judge Memminger made an of- n ficial inquiry Into the matter. He k bad questioned Perry and Sessions. another juror. and was maker In- V quiries of the foreman. J. David, t when it was brought out In the most to unemotional way that a copy of The State had been read by the jurors in the rooms in which they were lock- y ad up Wednesday night to keep them from reading newspapers and other- hi wise receiving Infort-ation from the h utside world. Judge Memminger was dumbfound- ni 1. He had asked the question in an he apparently perfunctory manner, and i the reply was entirely unexpected. as Mr. David was unable to tell much t about the newspaper matter and a Judge Memminger had every jurort rought into the court room sep- M irately and put through a search-ti( ing examination. It was learned ,that The State t' of that morning contained extracts * rrom other papers makrin caustic l reference to the jury which liberated 1. S. Farnum. and there were also pointed comments In the editorial olumns of The State. The head Lines over the articles detailing the t trial of John Black were also refer- h *d to. Judge Memminger ordered the sU }ury discharged without pay and he th eld in custody J. D. Perry and C Ch i. Dorn until It could Lee determin- let d what to do with them. iater they ce were discharged from custody, but m were ordered to be within call of the a urt at any time, for Judge Mtim- do inger will be In Columbia next ieek in the civil court and will then te innounce his decision. The trial of John Black, charged ** with bribery. etc., was thus for the pa present brought to a conclusion. w [he effect of Judge Memminger's ction will merely mean another tri- t)* ii. There was speculation as to tel whether or not It would not be tanta nount to an acquittal. techically. but ml ttorney General Lyon said that the wi orn books of the law -show that te, irecting a "mistrial" in an emer tency of this kind does not mean :ha defendant has had his liberty t) pt in jeopardy before the jury. for Wi se was not given to the jury to -. nake final determination. But even 7 (f the case should be declared to se at an end here, the commonwealth ca rouid have no trouble to bring snother. There has been some s,,eculation s to what was the attitude of the Fo lury toward the case. Several ru ors were afloat. One was to the efect that the jury stood 8 to 4 on the bribery charge. One intelligent luro rtold a reporter of The State that the jury stood 7 to 5 for con-0 iction on the bribery charge and 1 that it was even stronger for con iction on the corruption and rebate cou--t in the indictment. This juror Icii said there would never have been an e acquittal. When the court took recess Thur.- t ay evening, the prosecution an- t iounced Its case closed. The defense w Friday morning would have an- k nounced no witnesses and the argu ments would have started. f~The prosecution would have sprung a sur- e rise by having its principal speech e -ade by Solicitor W. H. Cobb, who - had been too busy with his own heavy docket to prepare himself In the Farnunm case. T But as soon as court opened Fri- G ay morning Judge Memfminger cal- D ei before him F. T. Grimsley. a 'eputy sheriff, and inquired into the fo natters of the night before. Grims iey told of arresting C. Mu. Dorn and i~ A. T. Keith Thursday night on Hanmp- w on street under the room in Wrights dl hytel occupied by the jurors In th" tI Black case. Dorn was employed by on* of the jurors. J. D. Perry. and ws talking to him aLucnt matters at their meat market. Judge Memminger then questioned i Dorn and Perry and also Juror Ses sions, who was in the room with Per ry at the time. The foreman of the jury. J. David. was sent for and te while under examination by Jud;, tr Memminger related the fact that the T~ jurors htJ been reading a news- n: paper. - After quizzing the jurors singly n and separateLy. Judge Memminger si said to the jury: .J. "I want to say to you, after the tl investigation I made this morning. t< I can not see but ones course to t1 pursue, and that is a mistrial of this ri ease will have to be ordered. I do1 y not think the matters which have ;, been brought out show that there 'has been any corruption among you. 4 tbut there has been serious indiscre ttion. and th indiscretiOn is such that i a verdict of guilty were rendered in the case, under theg.authorities. the defendant would be entitled to C a new trial. "I have to look at both sides of a 11 case. and I must !6ok om the. stadot of the. 8tate a's '!i as I tAhk of th AsdeN t. If I *"e'v I he case to go to you. with these atters before me, as have been rought out. the State would have o redress whatever. if you ftud a erdict of not guilty. The only thing see to do is to order a mistrial f the case. "I am extremely sorry that this Aing should have happened. that you lould have been guilty of this In iscretion. Every precaution was ken to see thet you should be sur sunded and protected from outside iduence, and that you should have ?ery possible comfort while In at ndance on this case. It appears 'm what most of you have s&id kat you fully realize that you ought 3t to be reading a newspaper in ie jury room pertaining to the case. id If you had proper realization of >ur responsibility. as you ought to Lve had. as soon as it was brought the attention of any of the jury at a newspaper was In there it ould have been reported at once the sheriff; that would have gir encouragement to the belief that n did realize the responsibility ich is upon you as jurors: but ne of you did that; the foreman did it communicate it to me. "It is also on account of the In dent which occurred last night. bch i doubt if it be any more an an indiscretion on the part of e juror and on the part of the ung man who had the conversation th him, but that in combination th the other matter, your having 4 access to a newspaper and read ; the newapaper In your room, and twithstandlng the strict guard pt over you. these combinations >uld tend to cast suspicion on any rdict you might render, and it aId not be satisfactory to anybody have a verdict from the jury when La sort of things has happened. "Now as to what I shall do to u this is a matter, gentlemen, that rill have to decide; It Is a respon Olity cast upon me. I have no sitancy in knowing what to do th respect to the man who commu :ted with the juror and I shall Id him and put punishment upop n for contempt of this court, and to the Juror whc allowed himself be communicated with. who act Ily did not recent the ciommunlei n from the outside, but actually idoned that communication by im diately sending out a communica n to the baliff. which was brought me, asking that the man be let t on bond instead of resenting that nmuncation. interference or con ration with anybody from the out :e. which undoubtedly subjects the 'or to serious criticism. "As to that juror I will ask him remain In the custody of the court. will make up my mind later in day the proper course to be pur d with reference to him. As to > other jurors. I am going to dis trge you gentlemen. am .going to you go and withhold your pay -tificates until I think about this tter seriously and earnestly. with strict regard to what I ought to n discharging my duty to the peo of South Carolina in this mat . You all can go. with the ex >ton of Mr. Perry. who had the nmuncaton. you will not get your ' certificates at the present. I1 1 determine later on what course| rill pursue In resepct to what shall| done about your case in this mat 'he clerk will enter an order of strial on the record, and all jurors I be discharged from further at dance without .pay certificates.1 :ept Juror Perry. who will remain ithe custody of the sheriff. Mr. rn must also remain here, and I L dispose of his case. As to A.| Keith. I do not see anything In 'erence to his conduct for which| can hold him responsible. You n let him go." JOHN BIACK ON TRI AL. mer Member of South Carolina IDspesary Bord At Columbia John Black, former mber of the State dispensary ar. was put on trial a few days for having received a bribe of .00 from John T. Early. repre sing Fleiscemann & Co., a Cin nati firm. The transaction is al ed to bave occurred in 1906. There was sensational testimony sen Joe B. Wylie. a member of same board. testified that there' L an agreement between the whis y salesmen and members of the ad by which certain houses were be favored. Wylie submitted in idence his private memoranda al ged to have been made when the ard was in session in March, 1906. Attorney General Lyon put in evi ne check for $2.500 from John Early, and for $5.000 from M. A. >odman, both payable to Black. fendant will try to show teiat these are for services as salesman be re election on the board. The Black case is the only remain g one of the series in connection Lth alleged frauds in the old State spensary which will be tried at is term. )'ICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER. omicide Trial at Aiken Results in Verdict of Guilty. The first of the quintette of white en of Horse Creek Valley to be led at Aiken for mtrder was homas Rogers, charged' with the urder of Paul Jones. .The case as concluded Friday afternoon, and sulted in a verdict of guilty of man aughter. The killing oecurred at >hnstown, about seven weeks ago. 3s being the first of the homicides occur there recently. -It appears iat the men had previously quar pled, and when Jones was killed :ogers was under the Influence of -hiskey. Jones was cut with a knife 'hich disembowelled him, and he led some time later. -* ShootsRml. At Winston-Salem. N. C.. Albert ;Wharton. one of the most promi nt citizens of that section. com itted suicide a few days ago by hbotig through the head. He had en afring fr& me! attelle for STORY OF WRECK THRILLING STORY OF THE LOSS OF A STEAMER AT SEA. Survivors of Il-Fated Norwegian Steamer Gere Brought to Philadel phia From Winter Quarter Light. Saved from a crew of fifteen, the seven who had a narrow escape from death by the foundering at noon on Saturday of the Norwegian steamer Gere. sIx miles from the Winter Quart.>r Lightshlp which is stationed ffty miles south of the Delaware Capes and sixteen miles at sea, ar rived at port a few days L. on the Britih steamer Arroyo. which to)k them from the Lightship, before bo reported as having the shipwrecxed re. .aen aboarl. The men saved ar. Julius Mey :r. the Captain. and six seamen. They are now In ine ca-e he of *the Norw-gian consul in Ph.la- Has delphia. A thrilling story of shipwreck In 3C which every one was for himself, is told by the men. in English tha ed could scarcely be understood. th( They said the Gere. which left Philadelphia with a crew of fifteen Sp: and a cargo of coal for Sagua La Grande, Cuba, encountered rough of weather after passing out the Dela- he ware Capes. Py1 Off the Winter Quarter Lightship when only three men were on deck. S. em unusually heavy sea struck the W. steamer and it keeled over at a dang- .IS erous angle. She was repeatedly 1. truck by high waves and Anally went Dver on her side. In the meantime Ma the other members of the crew came "' DU deck and taking in the situa- Fol ion secured life belts. Nothing I ould be done to right the vessel and We as she was rapidly settling the crew hi ooked about for safety. The only 'a boat had been swept from the davits ma nd was loating away. Therefore Sw here was nothing for the men to do )ut to jump Into the sea. All of them managed to find tim- era er or other floating objects from 'im he ship which went to the bottom im ithin three minutes. and the strong- I P r swimmers struck out for the drift- 'on Ug boat. The little craft was foat- mo g bottom up. and after a trying =U time the boat was righted and an can ttempt made to clear It of water. o'cl eough was gotten out after a two ours struggle to put two men in It nd with the aid of their hands and pair of marine glasses they scooped Sh ough water out to permit others o climb in. Meanwhie the weakest of the wimmers and two that could not iwim went down. one by one. When the, Water was finally out f Fe he boat, the last remaining man yell :inging to it was haulrd In and ;t wal was found that eight men were miss- thr g. They floated before the wind 2til 4:30 p. m.. when they sighted he 'be Winter Qua-ter Lightshtp. The 2e ittle craft had r.o oars but the ship- the wrecked men guided the boat as best bey could. and soon came near a J nough to the ship to be taken on pa oard by the lonely sentinels of the $ie zea who spend their life on her. UDL Members of the crew say the cap- me an and chief engineer were the las. gra o leave the ship. The engineer. H. of {. Nilson, was drowned. res1 The rapidity with which the Gere I lank is believed to have been due Nii o an unusually heavy load of coal. Ni hich is dead weight. Although thze wh< 3ere was only 420 tons burden. she beg alled from port with 900 tons of ton oa1 and was commented on as she tini ~ased down the Delaware river. thar hi ;he had only about nine inches of Swa ~reeboard. Ca. POLICEMAN SHOT NEGRO. sul1 ine When About to Be Placed Under A~r tic 18 rest Negro Ra. The Calhoun Advance says on Sat- tiv< rday night two negro men loaded up ele n booze and purchased a box of in hells and proceeded 'to liven up wh hings as they left town. They went wh own the railroad, and Mr. A. 0.1- shl intly heard them corsing. yelling:I ElU nd firing their gun until they reach- I d his home, in the outt-kirts of At he town. Police Antley had been ret formed of theIr conduct by 'phone it 'nd he got into _a buggy and pase di: them. awaitirng near the home of Mr. su A. 0. Antley until they came up. De When they came near they proceeded to let fly all kinds of abuse and vul arity. and emptied their guns ain. Police Antley stepped from behind his hiding place and arrested I' .hem. but Willie Jones broke and ran. He was ordered to halt but 'eused to do so. when he was shot with a double barrelled gun. Whet- tha stone was locked up and fined Mon- in: day, while Jones is at home. who, of with the aid of an old colored woman. ed is trying to get rid of the shot that ha enetrated him from head to feet. Da wi STUDENT DISAPPEARS.-m of New Hamnpshaire Lad, In School at Ashevlle, M~iing A dispatch from Asheville saye d an appeal to the chief of police of nl that city by the anxious parents of th Gray Churchward. of Hampton. New th Hampshire, a few days ago devolop- :a ed the fact that the lad, a studen'. th at an Asheville school, had myste- to riosly disappeared from that insti- th tution September 19. an3 has not he since been heard of. The school pr authorities state that the boy had le: been missed or the date mentioned de and after his departure a fellow stu- be dent had given out the Information Iw: that young Churchward had told him Im that he Intended to go to New York. b The boy's father Is now in New York il, "sing every means to loegte his miss Jumps .-the Track. I Near Hunt.ington. W. Va.. one man v. was killed and four ethers injured- st oeprobably fatally. when aChesa peake & Ohio. engine jumped the .c track and turned over into a d'tch ;n Friday. Engineer G. W. Perry oled te shortly after being takten to t-he ni * LAID TO REST st Rites Hdd Over Body d Exteve Dor Hies L ISeey END CAME WEDNFSDAY d Been In IlW Health for a Year or More and Several Months Ago :te Was Taken to Baltimore for Treatment-Body Laid to Rest in Hampton Wednesday Afternoon. A dispatch from Hampton says the Jy of ex-Governor McSweeney iched there at 5 o'clock p m. ursday. The funeral services were Id immediately thereafter at mpton cemete:-. . rhe body was accompanied by Mrs. Sweeney and two of his sons. The funeral services were conduct. by Rev. J. W. Elkins. pastor of Methodist church. assisted by Revs. W. H. Dowling and G. E. -ull. Hampton lodge. No. 73. Knights Pythias, then tok charge and ex-governor was lraid to rest with thian honors. rhe active pallbearers were: J. Folk. Bamberg: W e M"1 S. Smith, E. M. Peoples, . C. htsey. E. J. Watson. Columbia;, D. DowUng. E. H. Aull. Newberry. he honorary pallbearers were: yor E. F. Warren. Gen. Jas. W. ore, W. F. Cummings, Dr. J. L. Pormer Governor MeSweeney died dnesday morning in Baltimore. ) news was received- here and zse- widespread sorrow among the y personal friends- of Mr. Mo eeney throughout the State. ;overnor McSweeney had been in health for a year or more and sev I months ago he was taken to Ba! ore for treatment. Since that ,: he had been under treatment in rivate sanitarium in that city. His dition became critical a week or re ago and Mrs. McSweeney was amoned to his bedside. The end ie Wednesday morning at 1:30 ock. GOVERNOR McSWEENEY. wt Sketch of His ife That 10 Very Interesting. Nies Benjamin McSweeney was n in Charleston April 18, 1855. ir years later his father died of low fever, and the orphaned boy left to make his own way ough the world. At the age of 10 was selling newspapers. Later clerked in a bookstore and at same time attended night school. ie served an apprenticeship as ob printer and worked for news era in Charleston and Columbia. won the Washington and Lee versity scholarship offered to abers of the Charleston Typo phical union, but owing to lack means his college career was tricted to a very short term. n 1877 Mr. McSweeney moved to tety-Si, where he published the iety-Six Guardian funtil 1879.1 en he removed to Hampton and an the publication of The Hiamp County Guardian, which he con aed until within a few months of death. For eight years Mr. Me eeney was president of the South olina Press association. :n addition to ?.is journalistic per t Mr. McSweeney played a prom nt part in South Carolina poli . For 10 years-from 1884 to 34-he was chairman of the myton county Democratic exece e committee. In 1894 he was eted to the State legislature and 1896 became lieutenant governor. Ich place he filled,. until 1899. en he succeeded to the governor p on the death of Gov. W. Hi. erbee. n 1 904 he was elected governor. the expiration of his term he Ired from politics and devoted uself to the interests of The G. ar en. For several years Mr. Mc eney was a member of the State mocratic executive committee.* SHERIFF OUTWITS MOB. >rda Officer Saves Three Negroei From Lynching. From Pensacola comes the news 'at. evading a mob bent upon lynch ; his risoner. Sheriff Hayes Lewis. Marianna. Jackson county, reach there early Thursday morning, ving n custody three negroes. Dan .vis, Cary Gray and Robert Gray. ao were arrested Monday for the irder of John Dukes, a planter, that county. After the negroes had been placed jail at Marir~na Monday night a b was formed about midnight and manded entrance. Concealing the groes, the mob was admitted by e jailor, and after failing to find e prisoners. quietly left the jail. ter learning of the rule by which ey had been outwitted, the citizens rmed again and prepared to attack e jail a second time. The sheriff. wever, succeeded in getting the soners away without betrag mo. sted. Dukee, it is paid, was mur red in a brutal manner, the body ing horribly mutilated. His wifa,. o was a Mrs. King before their arriage. is prostrated. her first hus nd having been murdered in a sim ar manner by negroes. Pellagra In Geo4~s At Valdosta, Ga.. two cases 01 ,llagra have developed and both tims are dangerously ill. The :ferers are a prominent lady and S "'ve neress. Attending physicians Ied in consultation an Atlanta -ac;utioner who has had experienc4 treating the disease. He pro imeed the diagnosis of the !oca WAS A GOOD MAN A DESERVED TRIBUTE TO THM LATE GOV. McSWEENEY. A Stte Official, Who Knew the Lat" Governor Well, Speaks of Him a He Was. - A State offcial. who knew es-Oov ernor McSweeney intimately, said cl him a few days ago: "When Gov. Ellerbee died Miles B McSweeney came to Columbia quiet ly and assumed twe oMce of governor His personal modesty, which was ev-r a strong characteristic of the man, made a pronounced impression on every one with whom hi -tame it contact during those Irst days. "if McSweenvy had a pronounced fault it was one that more men might well have to their material advan tage-deep human sympathy. He simply could not harbor a grudge against any man; he could not turn his back upon those who would is jura him: he could not say nay to those in distress, particularly women and children; his hand was ever on his pc'ketbook ready to aid those who - re in need. "He was a man devoted to his fam ily and his children and his friends. --McSweeney came to the oMce of governor of -the State a safe and sound business man, one who had made a success of his own business. He applied business methods to his administration from the first day and set out to give the State a bus ness administratIon, shaped upon lines eonservatism and designed to foster and encourage Industrial and all material development. How he succeeded those who watched con temporaneous events and those who came after 1im in 6cial harnes knew best. He mad, but few of what could be justly termed mistakes lines of conservatism and designed to State and sincerely strove, to bet ter conditions. His administration narked a distinct period of advance in the history of the State. "A 11 newspaper men who eme In laily contact wtih him were person ally devoted to him; he reposed full confidence in them and that con fidence was never abused. "One of the most beautiful inci dents of the. governor's career as chief executive of the State was 11 lustrative of that predominating characteristic which made him rec ognize the humblest being and value his friendship. It occurred In New York city. The governor with the members of his staff was on 'news paper row.' near the New York World building the; :day before the great Deweelebratio. just as the news boys screamig 'Wuxtry' were issu ing from thelbuilding. The staff of ficers could not restrain him whea e saw the boys who were what he had once been. and in a moment or two be had made his own career known to them. In a few moments more he was the centre of a cheer ng mass of newsboys and it took not only all the staff offieres could 4o, but the assistance of the police. o rescue hiniand his big armful of esarp daxnrrbspf shrdlishd ludrlarh papers from- the enthusiastic mob of cheering lads. How much poorer e 'was when It was all over none who were with him ever knew. "McSweeney's lie was devoted to he cause of progress. It was and will ever be an inspiration to the mbitious poor boy. It has not been ived in vain.- Passing through the severe hardships he encountered in boyhood and young manhood, he then passed through the ever chang n tria1s of public life without los lg those distinctly human charac teristics that at once made him lov abie to his friends and kept him from making enemies. He was a type of man South Carolina can not well af ford to lose. His public spirit was shown in his every act and public tterance and he wrought much good that the general public knew no! of. The impress of his life and his life work upon the future citizen ship of his beloved State will live long." NEW TRIAL DEN~I;D. Iudge Wilson Overrules Motion of Attorneys for Craft. A Lexington dispatch to The News and Courier says Judge John S. Wil son, after hearing argument for four hours. refused to grant a new trial to Thomas Craft, a young white man in jail at that place under life sentence in the Penitentiary for hay. g killed Garfield Hutto, another yong 'white man, on the night of December 29. last year. This mean that Craft will have to go to the pen* unless the Supreme Cour: overrules the motion of Judge Wil son. Craftts attorneys will fight the case to the bitter end. it is said, and the prosecution Is equally deter mined. The 'grounds upon which the motion was asked Is after discovered evdence. the claim of the defene being that Hntto was killed by anoth er party and that Craft is innocent. SAMUELS RE1SIGNS. Sends His esignation to a Big Ma Meetinlg. A Chester dispatch to The Stata says at a mass meeting of citizent a the court house Friday night May or Henry Samuels .submitted bis res Igation to take egeet immediately Mr. J. L.. Glenn of the local ha read the resignation, which was ac co2pnid by a request that th meeting adopt ud denunciatory reso lution. Messrs. M. S. Lewis. T. H. Whit 'and L,. D. Y'hilds nade remark calling upon the press. pulpit an itizens generally to accept the resi nation and tirop all further advers comment IThe resigndation and the accompa nying suggeifSn were unanimoni by adopted and the big audience pre nt 'went bomne with the outlook clea o? a bigger and b30 fleOoter RAPHAL SEMS His Memry Hoored AD Over the Suth Ind O Lastloday. WAS GREAT NAVAL HERO The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of the Only Confederate Admiral Marked With PubUc Cee. emonies in Several of the Southern At many points In the South on Monday. but especially at Baltimore. :he chief city of his native State. in New Orleans, where he is greatly beloved, at Mobile and Montgomery. in the State of his adoption, and sev eral other places, honor was paid to Admiral Raphael Semmes. Born one hundred years ago, Admiral Semmes lied in 1877. passing into history as "the Paul Jones of the Confeder acy." America has hardly produced .L greater sailor. Fifth in descent from a native of Normandy who came over In 1640 with Lord Baltimore, Raphael 3emmes received a high school edu cation and then found his way into the navy as midshipman. there be ing no naval academy In existance -t the time. He renlered valiant nd efcient service in the Mexican var ani had attained the rank of ommander when war between the ;ectlons, broke out. With his irst :ommand. the Sumter. a clumsy old .oat propelled by both steam and sail semmes captured seventeen northern uerchantmen. Blockaded by three Federal war ;hips at Gibraltar. he sold the vestel tnd proceeded with his ofcers to 'he Bahama Islands. On July 29. -862. the Alabama, thenceforth fa nous, was permitted by British an :horities to sail from Liverpool. vere she had been built as "No. 00." her guns and war munitions ihe receivel in the Azores. Then be -an one of the most wonderful -areers which any vessel ever had. Within the twenty months of her .xistance the Alabama captured 62 orthern merchantmen. burning most of them at sea for the reason that few ports were open to their reception. She sank the Federal warship Hatteras after thirteen min ates' actual aghting. In June, 1864. emme-s accepted a challenge to bat tie given by Captain Winslow. of .he Fedefal warship Keartarge, at Cherbourg. France. though he was nder no strategical or other need to do so. Apparently about the Alabama's strength, the Kearsarge was in realty armored heavily with chains under her outer planking, so that her ad versary was. surprised to see his ,shot rebounded with little - injury. Moreover, the Alabama's powder had deteriorated during many months passed in tropical climates; a shell placed in the steering gear of the Keasrge failed to explode when Its explosion would have rendered the Federal vessel helpless. Under these disadvantages the Ala ama fought a brave but foredoomed ontet, finally going down. Her of icers and crew were uaved by the English yacht Deerhound. Admiral Semmes later complained that Cap a Winslow had lured him Into a zombat through specifically false statements, namely. -by representing hat the two ships were on an equal footing when in fact the Kearsar'ge had armor concealed. The Alabama was. a fine vessel of about nine hundred tons and 230 feet !ength. built for both steam and mails. Her best speed with all har ~eources ueed was about thirteen (knots, or fourteen miles an hour. She usually ran down her prizes, wvhen they were sailing vessels, under rl alone, and such was Semmes' nride in her sailing qualities that he would sometimes prolong the chase treatly rather than resort to steam. The havoc which she worked to the American flag on the high seas iau never since been repaired. Erg and had to pay fifteen million doliars for turning her loose, but from thle 3tandp~int of commercial advantage this money was repaid many foid. \s far as their personal preferences were concerned. Semmes and his nen would have preferred fighting to prize-making, but there was nen3r i day when the hostile epithet of pirate" would justly be applid The Alabama was commissione~d fter acquisition in a foreign port, ut so was Paul Jones' Bon Hommrv ichard. Semmes. cannot be re iroached o- this score without In :olvng Jones. In "Service Affoat" Admiral Semmes tells in effectl e tyle the story of his stirring months )n the Sumter and Alabama. We ivse any one who may never have -ead it to repair the en.ion. Saw South Pole of Mars. That the South Pole of Mars Is a white peak surrounded by an ice clad area, is the statement made by Prof. Philip Fox. director of the Dearborn observatory at the North western university, at Chicago. Ill.. who says that this week he had an unusually4ood observation of Mars which wasthen only 35.000,000 miles from the.earth. Indicted for Deserting Child. A dispatch from Spartanlburg says the grand jury returned a true bill against H. A. Sack and wife, charged rwith deserting their three weeks' - old Infant at Southern Station last SSaturday night. They were arrested - In Columbia, but Mrs. Sach was not able to return to Spartanburg on account of being Ill. -usband Refus.ed Wife Shoes. That hier hus band had purchased her only one pair of shoes in the -four years of theIr married life was . one ci the re35sons given by Mrs. - Margarei Dando, of Chicago. Ill.. rr fdesiring a dirorce from Willina Da ndo.