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THE FORT MILL TIMES I VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1909 NO. 21 | ' i " ~ FOUND AT LAST The North Pole Reached by Dr. Frederick Cook. HE IS AN AMERICAN f A Brief Telegram Bent From Lerwick Announced That the Successful Feat Had Been Accomplished Over One Year Ago and That the Explorer Was on His Way Home. The ParlB edition of the New York Herald Wednesday morning published a signed statement from Dr. Frederick A. Cook, which Is dated "Hansegede, Lerwick, Wednesday, on his experience in the Arctic re "After a prolonged flgtat with famine and frost," says Dr. Cook, "we have at last succeeded In reaching the North Pole. A new highway, with an interesting strf* of animated nature, has beta explored, and big game haunts located, which will delight sportsmen and extend the Eskimo horizon. "Land has been discovered on L* "f which rest the earth's northernmost rocks. A triangle of 30,000 square miles has been cut out of the terrestlal unknown. The expedition was the outcome of a summer cruise in the Arctic seas on the schooner Bradley, which arrived at the limits of navigation In Smith Sound late in August, 1907. Here conditions were found to launch a venture to the pole. J. R. Bradley liberally supplied from his vessel suitable provisions for local use. My own equipment for emergencies served well for every purpose In the Arctic "Many Esquimauxs had gathered on the Greenland shores at Annatoak for the winter bear hunt. Immense quantities of meat had been eollected. and about the camp were I lenty of strong dogs. The combination was lucky, for there was Rooa material tor equipment. All that was required w&b carefully arranged for a point only seven hundred miles from the Boreal centre." MATCH MADK IN COURT. Female Negro Prisoner Wine Husband at Last. Charity Bacon, of Atlanta, for forty odd summers has retained her maiden name and for half as many years has taken in washing "foh de white folks," the while yearning for a man "an" some chllluns." At night Charlty'B yearnings produced a peculiar nervousness and she was won't to walk the streets aimleessly. A few days ago Bhe was arraigned in the City Court of Atlanta charged with loitering. Frankly Charity made answer to the charges against her. "I was dat lonesome," she told, the Court, "bekase I hain't apt no husband. I wurks all day at de wash tub an' hain't got no hnsban' an' no chlllun, nnthor. I'oe a hard wurkln' 'oman, Jedge, an* sholy would make some man a mighty good wife." From far b"ack in the Court Room an old negro arose, walking up to the Judge's bench and evelalmed: "Jedge, I want er wife an* I likes de looks of dis 'oman. If sha will hab me. I'se ready." "I le willing," came from Charity, without hesitation. The oaae against the negress was dismissed, a marriage license was promptly secured and a few minutes later Charity Bacon became the wife of Frank Griffin, with promises to the Court to no more wander the streets at night. ?: SEVEN LITTLE BODIES FOVND In the Ruins of the Burned Catholic Orphanage. Seven little children. Inmates of St. Malachl's Home for Children at Rock away Park. L. I., were suffoV cated in a fire which destroyed a portion of the home Wednesday night. This was discovered a short while after by firemen digging In the rnlnn of the hurned hntldtnir There were 750 children in the institution, which Is conducted by the sisters of St. Joseph of Brooklyn. Most, of thorn marched out of the buildings in good order when the lire alarm was sounded and It was supposed that all had escaped 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 laundry where the Are originated. Their Prophecy Failed. Disappointed because their prophecy that Tampa, Fla., was to be wlp ed off the map by a great dlsastei September 1 failed to come true thlrey footsore and weary dlsciplei of the "Unknown Tongue," returned to that city Thursday from Durant twenty-five miles from there. Sev cral days ago the porty sold thel all at Tampa ana moved to Durant which they were tdld would be out aide the stricken gone. TELLS HIS WIFE OF THE GREAT DISCOVERY HI HAS MADE BY CABLE. The Intrepid Explorer Had Not Beer Heard From in Over a Year Un> til Wednesday. "Successful. Well. Address Copenhagen." Full of meaning, if "successful" were Interpreted to indicate that he had reached the North Pole, the foregoing cable message, exasperating In its briefness, was received in New York Wednesday from Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the American explorer, whom the latest cable advices credit with having accomplished what no mnn ovor HIH The message was sent not to any scientific society, nor to any of his associates interested in his expedition from a scientific viewpoint, but to his wife who has been counting the days and hours and praylug for his rafety since his departure from New York on July 4, 1907. But by chance Mrs. Cook was not at her Brooklyn home, but spending the summer at Harpswell, Me., so the dispatch was received by Dr. R. T. Davidson, a personal friend of the explorer, who made its contents known, then flashed the good news on to Mrs. Cook. Brief as it was, it was the first news that she had had from her intrepid husband since March 17, 1908, when he wrote from Cape Hubbard on the edge of the Polar Ice Sea. on the northwest side of Ellesmere Land. At that time he advised his companion, Rudolph Franke, then stationed at Etah, Greenland with supplies, to wait there until June for his return, but in the event of Dr Cook's failure to appear to proceed to America. Franke waited as instructed, but as Dr. Cook failed to come back, he caught the Peary auxiliary ship and reached New York last fall. I Since that time Dr. Cook'B whereabouts hftVA hp?n n -1 ? ? '11| though member? of the Arctic Club i In New York, were Inclined to think that he had reached the Pole despite his long silence. There was, of course, the everpresent probability that he had perished and It will be recalled that a relief ship is now en route to Etah, where she is due the middle of thlB month. The vessel, the schooner Jeanle, left St. Johns, N. F., about two weeks ago wllfi the double purpose of searching for Dr. Cook and taking supplies to Commander Peary. The expedition was nnaCed by a special committee headed by Dr. Roswell O. Stebblns, of New York, and composed of friends of Dr. Cook and men of science who were most keenly Interested In his venture. To these men the news that he was safe and the report that he had reached the Pole were received with rejoicing, although none of them had any further advlceB. The message from Dr. Cook to his wife was dated at Lerwick, Shetland Islands, the first available point of transmission In the regular steamship course between Greenland ports and Copenhagen. whither he is bound. Because of Its briefness the assumption Is that the message was sent primarily to assure his wife of his fasety and not to apprise tho world of his discovery. WHAT GRBELY SAYS. Most Extraordinary Feat In Polar Kvplorntion. "The most ext .'O-dlnary feat in Polar exploration,' was the appraisement of I)r. Cook's exploit by Hen. Adolphus W. Greeiv, the commands of the Lady Franklin Bay international Polar expedition from the United State* In }884, when Informed Wednesday night of the cablegram announcing the Brooklyn man's success, at Oonway Sentre, N. H. Gen. Greely further said: "Dr. Cook's achievement, reported by the colonial ofllce of the Danlst Government, must be viewed as th< most extraordinary feat In Polai exploration. He was practical!) without what had previously beer considered to be an IndlspenBabh equipment for extensive Polar trav el. He could have performed hii . "w. n uu?j ujr t** a 11 aui (jiuury euaur 1' ancf, aided by fortuitous coadltiom in the Arctic Ocean. "The attainment of the Nortl 1 Geographical Pole by an American ii an accomplishment that merits th? 1 highest possible acknowledgemen ' and consideration by the America! 1 people. As one who once beat tb< ' record, I offer my heartiest congrat ulatlons." Gen. Greety's party reached i point 83,24.00 degrees from th | Pole, thus proceeding farther towari : that much-sought for point than hai r previously been attained. That ex . pedltlon was a trying one for thos s concerned. Before they reached th' 1 country again their numbers hai . been reduced by death to seven. A - Cape Sabine the survivors were rei r cued by a relief expedition unde , Commodore. now Rear Admlra Wlnfleld S. Schley, retired, presides 1 of the Arctic Club. COOK'S STORY. ' Ho Describes His Journey to an From the Much SOUGHT NORTH POLI "Ah I Wm Sitting at the Pole Could Not Help Smiling at th 1 People Who, on Mjr Retort Would Call the Whole Expeditlo , a Humbug." A special dispatch received a London from Skagen says: i "Ab the steamer Hansegede steam ed by 1 caught through my glass? a vision of a small man in a darl suit and peaked cap shading hi eyes with his hands, as If stralnln, to see the welcome civilization afte years In Icy exile. It was Dr. Cook the explorer, whose name 1s on ever tongue. He was chatting with th captain on the bridge, now smiling now waving his hand. I was al lowed to board the HanBegede. "Somebody gave Dr. Cook n,bou quet. Tears dimmed hlB eyes as hi burled his face In their fragrance 'It's years Blnce I have seen flowers, said the explorer with a quiver o emotion In his voice. "When he Bmlled one noticed th* loss of two teeth. 'A fight with i Polar bear did that,' he said. " 'You can tell the world,* th* explorer continued, 'that I am In bet ter condition than at any time an< look forward with an appetite t< the festivities that are promised me My dinner has been poor these las few years and I shall have to maki up for It.' "Dr. Cook then briefly describe* his Journey. Regarding his dlscov ery he said: " 'Then came April 21. That wai the great day. We locked for th* siln. As soon as we got It I mad< several observations. Great joj came over us. We were only six teen miles from the desired spot I said to myself, 'Rully for Freder Ick,' then we went on. " 'The last stretch was the easlesi I ever made in my life, althougt I had still to make two observation! find the Ice was very broken here But my spirits were high and ] shouted like a boy. The Kskimoi looked at one another, surprised ai my gayety. ^hey did not share ruj joy. " 'I felt that I ought to be there I made my last observation and found that I was standing on th( pole. " 'My feelings? Well, I was toe tired really to feel any sensation I planted the Stars and Stripes lr the ice field, and my heart grew warm when 1 saw it wave in th? wind. "How does the North Pole look?' was asked. " 'Well,' said Dr. Cook, smiling 'It amounts to the Bize of a twenty five cent piece. There la nothng t< see but Ice, ice; no water, only Ice There were more holes here thai at the 87th degree, which shows there is more movement and drlf here; hut this and other ohserva tlons I made afterwards?when I go more settled. I stopped two dayi at the pole, and I assure you 1 wasn't easy to say goodbye to th< spot. " 'As I was sitting at the pole could not help smiling at the people who, on my return, would call th< whole expedition a humbug. 1 wa nur? me people wouia say that , bought my two witnesses, and tha my note book wlth^ny dally obHerva tlons had been manufactured 01 board this ship. " "The only thing I can put agalns this Is what the York Eskimos hav told Knud Raemussen. Let th sceptics who disbelieve my story g to the North Pole, There they wl! find a small brass tube, which ' burled under the flag. That tub contains a short statement, about m trip. I could not leave my visltln k card, because I did not happen t have one with me. " 'Perhaps,' the explorer adde [ dryly, '1 should have stayed ther , longer had It not begun to freez } ua in our idleness. The Esklmw . were uneasy and the dogs howle r fearfully. On April 23, therefon l I again turned my nose southwarc , which was much easier, as you cai . not turn your nose In any other d 4 rectlon when you stand at the pole Describing the return Journey, D 3 Cook paid: " 'Fortune now smiled. We dl i twenty miles per day until we read 3 ed the ominous 87th degree. The 9 I felt the Ice moving eastward, ca I rylng us with It. A terrible fc j swept us and kept us for thr< e weens. We got no further than tl _ 8 4th degree. Then began a heat walk towards Helbergs Land ar a another three weeks of fog. Wh< a that cleared I saw -we had drift* J southwest to Rlngnesland, where v 4 found open water and tower-hlg screw Ice which stopped our wt e eastward. s " 'We now began to suffer hu 4 ger. Our provisions were becomli ,t exhausted, and we were unable i_ find depots. We entered Ringeslai ir and on June 20, found tho flrst ar 1, mals on our return?bears and sea it We shot a bear. " 'And now our goal was the whi DREAM WAS TRUE A LADY IN ATLANTA DREAME1 ^ SHE 9AW RELATIVES Who Were Two Thousand Mile ? Away Killed In Auto Accident ant It Proved True. I Once again the busy, mechanlca world, Intricate In material mechan e lam and occupied with physical en , vlronment, Is forced to acknowledg< that silent, subtle factor that comei n like a flash and flees like the mist? Clairvoyance. The following stor; Is published by the Atlanta Journal t Relatives of the Ralph Colvln fam lly have received copies of news _ papers printed at Seat tel. Wash. g showing that It was not little Mlsi k Agnes Colvln, of Atlanta, who what _ killed In the torrlhlo o ??i 0 ? ?v? . w?v i* U VU OWV.IUVU K Thursday, August 19. at "Deac r Man's Curve," near Seattle, but i young women named Agnes Cowan j who happened, by a strange coincl 0 dence, to be the sister of Mrs. Jamei , Colvin, who also met death In th< ' smash-up. Mrs. A. E. M. Boyton, 124 Forresl avenue, a relative of the Cfolvic e family, sprang from her bed In ter t ror, not three minutes after the ac cldent actually occurred, and do j scribed the whole scene to her as founded husband. The fact that she a had not been permitted. In hei dream, to see the faces of the people who had been killed ( prevented her from being able to tell who were the victims; she simply declared thai j they were her relatives, and whec } the telegraph dispatches were printed In Atlanta papers next day, she ^ took for granted that the namet were correct. 3 Mrs. Boyton described her tele1 graphic vision In the following vivid words: "I was sleeping soundly when 1 seemed to be aroused, almost await' ened, and found mjBelf among strange peopi?, In unfamiliar sur? pie who had been killed prevented roundings. It was dark, and a heavy rain was falling. A long curved road ' with railings at Its side wound out of sight In the gloom, brightened here and there by hazy arc lights ' shining through the mist. It seem1 ed that a loud crash and the sound ' of women's screams had roused me roused me too late to see what caus' ed the noise, and as-soon as my eyes ' began to get accustomed to thf ^ scene, I saw a great, surging crowd in the road, mostly men in black waterproofs. There were ambulanc eB and In the middle of the crowd ' were three or four people lying on ' the ground. "I knew Instantly that they had ' been Injured and that they were my loved ones. 1 "People were crowding around r them, trying to lend them aid, and 5 I rushed in, anxious to be of assistance also, but the crowd was sc dense I could not penetrate It, and couldn't even see the faces of th< victims of the accident. I tried des" perately to reach them, and told the ' people who were holding me back that they were my own flesh and I blood, but I never got close enougl II to see their faces, and by and bj 1 some one told It was no use to stay " any longer because they were dead I "Then I awoke with the perspira 3 Hon streaming from my body anr t the h.?*ror of the scene driving m< ? a'mort frantic. "I knew something awful had nap I pened to some of my kinsfolks, but !. didn't know who or where, because e I had never been permitted to ?e. 3 tne faces." I Inasmuch as the other details o t her dream were confirmed by th< - newspaper reports. It never occurrei a 1o Mro. Boynton to doubt that th< names were also correct. t e ers at Lancaster sound. We followei e the drift Ice to the south eight r? miles a day, but was stopped by pacl I Ice In Wellington Channel, whlc 1 was Impossible either by boat o e sledge. Here was lots of game, bu y we did not dare shoot It. We ha g only taken a hundred bullets to th o pole, and now only fifteen were left We went Into Jones' sound afte d walrus and bears, and found opet e calm water. We met Polar wolvei e with which some of our dogs mad >a friends and ran away, d " 'Now wo spent day and nigh 9, In an open boat ten miles froi 1, shore. This lasted for two month i- while storms often raged over on 1- heads. At last we got ashore agali i.' but we had no fuel and were oblij r. ed to eat birds raw. One day w found fuel and what a feast we ha< !d But we suffered much hunger dui 1. Ing this period. One night a bes camo and stole our food. We ha r-1 many fights with musk oxen. whJc ?g attacked us. Our best weapo >e against them was the lasso." " The correspondent's story quoU ry Dr. Cook as saying in conclusion: l(j " "Say that the day we reachf in our provisions stores at Etah was sd greater day than April 21. I lor to get back to civilization, to mo^ among my fellow men; I long 1 iy press my wife to my heart. T a the happiest man living. Tell tl n whole world I 'hank God I a ig back." " to 1 id Homicide at Appleton. il- Stepney Glover shot and Instant Is. killed Peter Green Saturday evenli in the stove of Rhodes & Kill, Appleton. SOME WHO TRIED 3 To Do What Cook Has Done But Failed to Do so. TOOK COOK YEARS 1 Rut He Hm Accomplished a Great Work and the World is Anxiously 8 Awaiting Full Particulars of (lis s Wonderful IMscoVeriea in the ir Snow (legions of the North. The dream of finding the North Pole for centuries lured explorers, ^ scientists, and dar'ng advenutrers. 3 This ream apparently has now be t come a reality by the achievement 1 of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of Brook1 lyn. Dr. Cooke cabled a laconic mes1 sage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, 3 whence he is proceeding to Copenha5 gen, saying: "Successful. Well. Address Cop[ enhagen." Several days must now elapse - before any further Information Is " available. The Danish Government ^ steamer Hansgede has left Lerwick, Shetland Islands, for Copenhagen, where she Is due today. Mean' time the ship skirts the Danish coast. passing several small points which t are being closely watched for fur ther particulars of Dr. Cook. ? Some of the most recent or note1 worthy attempts to reach the North Pole are enumerated below. [ Walter Wellman, an American, left the Island of Spltzbergen, for the pole in a balloon, August 15, 1909. Ilia air ship became disabled ; after he nad traveled thirty miles, and he ??? forced to return. In 1906 Commander Robert E. ' Peary, United States navy, reached 87 degrees, 6 minutes, equivalent to about 203 miles from the Pole. 1 Commander Peary Is now In the 1 Polar regions on another expedl tlon. A relief ship was sent out a 1 month ago to endeavor to pick him i up. !!<> ftarted from Sydney, N. S., ] July 17. 1908. I i On September 3, 1905, Capt. I 1 Roald Amundsen, a Norwelgian. j I completed the first voyage through the northwest passage. He left Chrlstlanla on the Gjoa, June 17, I 1903, and arrived at Herschel Island in the Arctic Ocean in September of 1905. In 1904, Baron Toll, a Russton, led a Polar expedition party by way of Siberia, but all the members per' iahed from the cold. ' In 1903, Frickson, a Dane, headed an expedition and got as far as ' Saunders Island, where they were 1 rescued In a destitute condition. > In the same year Anthony Fiala, " a young Brooklyn explorer, sailed on the Bhip America and proceeded further North than the Duke of ' the Abruzzi. His party endured 1 great hardships before they were res' cued. 1 The Duke of the Abruzzi made his expedition in 1900. In 1895, Dr. Nanaen reached 86 degrees, 14 min utes, on the vessel Frain, which left J Ingor Strait August 4. 1893. Prof. Andree made his fatal balloon trip in 1897. He left Tromsoe, 1 Norway, in his balloon, the Eagle, bound for the pole. Since his dc1 parture nothing authentic has been heard of Andree. In 1883, Capt. Delonjc s expedition c* 'n the Jeannette was In : i.eai Hen * rietta Island. In 1892 the Qreely expedition reached 83 degrees. 2 4 minutes, and In 1845 Sir John Franklin made h'.3 ^ disastrous attempt to penetrate from y Lancaster Sound to Hehring S'ralt At a meeting of the Explorers i/iiiu, oi .^ew iotk, in uctooer, 13P7, r a letter from Dr. Cook dated at 1 Etah, August 26, gave this lnforma d tlon: e "I find that I have a good opportunlty to try for the pole, and, therer fore, I will stay here for a year. 1 hope to get to the Explorers' Club ' In September, 1908, with the reco?d e of the pole. I plan to cross Ellesmere Laud and reach the Polar Sea by Nansen Strait. 1 hope you can n Induce some of the members of the 19 club to come and meet me at Cape ir York. Here's for the pole with the flag." , About the same time Herbert L ? Brldgeman, of Brooklyn, received * this letter from Cook similarly dab r* ed: ir "I have hit upon a new route tt ^ the North Pole, and I will stay t< ^ try It. By way of Buchanan Bay n Elleemere Land, over the Polai Sea, seems to me to be a very goot 581 route. There will be game to th? eignty Becond degree, and there ar< ^ natives and dogs for the task. S< a here is for the pole. Mr. Bradle; lK will tell you the rest. Kind re gards to all." Dr. Cook's dispatch tells of hi m success. He seems to have acorn 10 plished what others who tried failei m to accomplish, and what many brav * men sacrificed their lives in vain b attain. If he has really found ai open sea noar the North Pole tha ly can be used for commercial purpos lg es he has certainly placed the civtM* In ed world under obligations to hit and his name is immortalized. hkhhhhhhhmmhi NAMES OF BANKS HAVING ON DEPOSIT MONEY OF STATE DISPENSARY. The Cash 1b Scattered Among Miiny Ilanks in Various Parts of the State for Safe 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 181,000 is in the hands of the State treasurer and this money is deposited at the discretion of that official. The rest of the funds, the total being about $620,000, is distributed among the various banks of the State. The commission now draws about $2,000 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 Exchange bank, Laurens. 3,887.50 Bank of Orangeburg . . . 10,885.00 National Exchange bank, Chester 8,889.35 First National bank, Camden 3.887.50 People's Savings bank, Abbeville 3,887.60 City National bank, Greenville 15,550.00 Lexington Savings bank . 3,887.50 People's National bank, Charleston 11,662.50 People's Bank of Greenville 15,550.00 Norwood National bank, Greenville 34,412.50 Bank of Camden 15,550.00 First National bank, Spartanburg 11,387.50 Cent rui Nui.ioD.al bank, Spartanburg 11,387.50 Bank of Dillon 7,776.00 Enterprb-e bank, Charleston 1 7.775.00 Merchants' and Planters' Gaffney 17.776.00 Farmers' and Merchants' bank. Anderson 3.887.50 Merchants' and Farmers' bank, Cheraw 18,344.59 Farmers' and Merchants' bank, Walterboro . . . 1,952.09 Commercial and Savings bank, Florence 8,000.00 Bank of Hartsville . . . . 7,775.00 National Union bank. Hock Hill 30,000.00 American National bank. Spartanburg 10,000.00 Anaerson Hanking and Trust Company 5,000.00 People's bank of Florence 5,000.v0 Fourth National bank, Greenville 5,000.00 Farmers' and Merchants' bank, Greenville . . . . 5,000.00 Farmers' bank, Helton . . 2,500.00 People's National bank. Rock Hill 10,000.00 The Home bank, St. Matthews 5,000.00 The Commercial bank, Chester 15,000.00 The Hank of Sumter .. . 12,000.00 Union Savings bank, Columbia 10,000.00 National Loan and Exchange bank. Greenwood 10,000.00 National Hank of Leesville 2,500.00 Enterprise bank, Laurens 5,000.00 The Hank of Anderson . . 5,000.00 The Hank of Laurens . . . 5.000.00 The Rank of Greenwood 18,000.00 The People's Hank of Anderson 5,000.00 Hank of Spartanburg . . . 10,000.00 South Carolina Loan and Trust Co., Charleston . 20,000.00 National Hank of Newberry 10,000.00 Hank of Darlington .... 10,000.00 Union Savings bank, Rennettsvllle 5,000.00 Security Savings bank, Charleston 5,500.00 People's Hank of Georgetown 2,500.00 , National Loan and Exchange bank, Columbia 18,570.10 o?.. ~ - ui oic uraoury Bl.iI87.75 | Total $620,617.30 i , WANT TO HANG THEM. i Mob After Three White and One I Black Georgia Fler.ds. An attempt to lynch three white > men and one negro incarcerated In > the Cartersvlll, Ga.. Jail on charges . of criminal assault Is considered r imminent, following the announee1 ment late Wednesday that Judge 9 Kite had decided not to hold a specs lal term of court for the purpose > of trying the men. ? While the Jail has been guarded - day and night for the past two weoks It Is not believed that the local ofs floera could withstand an attack - from a large mob such as Is expecti ede to come from the upper part ol a the county. f> The prisoners are R. J. and Johr a Worthlngton. white; William Gold t en, white, and TToward Stokeley, s i- negro. The alleged victims of th< - three former were white, whlW n Stokeley Is accused of assaulting t ' negro girl. MANY PERISH SIX Hundred People Drowned In Java by Floods. CROPS DESTROYED Awful Floods on the Island of Java Drowned HI* Hundred of the People and Destroyed Much Property and Kuined the Crops of a Croat Many Farmers. This seems to be a year of destructive floods In some partB of the world. Last week the city of Monterey. Mexico, was visited by a flood and about two thousand people were drowned and twenty millions dollars worth of property destroyed. Now comes a report of a terrific flood oo the Island of Java, which M drowned six hundred people, destroy- flj ed much property and crops. Ths H dispatch says tho damage to property H| and crops has been enormous. Only H| meagre reporta of the disaster has H reached this country yet, and It may H be worse than indicated above. 9 KILLED ON RAILROAD. Hj Jumped From Moving Car to Avoid I a Falling Rail. I Special from Spartanburg to Ths I State says Rome Wilson, of Euford, a N. C., assistant foreman of the track ^ laying gang of the Meadors Con- | structlon Company, contractors for | the C., C. & O. track laying, and I Sam Hendorson, 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 nieces. 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 ho was carried to the colored hospital at Spartanburg and the Injured member 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 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 beyond one of the standards and an end fell. The rail Hwept over the car on which the men were seated and to dodge the greut steel bar In Its terrible blow Wilson and Henderson jumped. Wilson tried to step on to the next car, but In some way his footing slipped and he fell between the cars and was crushed to ileath. The train was stopped as soon as possible. U PHYSICIAN'S FIGHT PELLAGRA. Campaign Against. Supposed (ierro of the Disease. Alarmed by the number of case* of pellagra that have occurred at Durham, N. C., the physicians of that city began Wednesday experiments ^ to locate the origin of the disease. Six deaths from pellagra have occurred In that section. A dispatch from Durham says: "An examination of the blood of a powerful negro who has the disease In most aggravated form revealed a distinct organism and specimens were t-ent to Richmond and to Johns Hopkins for more careful analysis. "If a germ is found, as physicians j are Inclined to believe, some animal will be Inoculated and a campaign against pellagra on the germ theory will be waged. The theory C mm me disease naa us origin in corn has been abandoned by the physicians at Durham, but a fierce war against the importation of Western corn is being conducted. . "Dr. McCampbell of the State hospital has written a paper treating with 1 2 cases of pellagrous Insanity and death. Three-fourths of the cases were among women, which is unusual, it is said, as the disease occurs more frequently among men. None of the cases which have developed in that section has been traceable to cornbrend. One victim waft n hoarding housekeeper, but none of ; the boarders contracted the disease." White Fiend Caught. Harry Miller, serving a Jail sen- > tence at Alexander. Da., has been : identified by Mrs. Mattie Ransdell as tho man who held her up several nights ago and attempted to steal her pocketbook after choking her. I .hid. n-HiiHaan is a lusier-tn-iaw or , Representative Jos. E. Ransdell of the Fifth congressional district of . Louisiana. The police claim that > Miller is wanted In Indiana for robbing an express agent. i Earthquake in Rome. l Rome was visited by an earthj quake Tuesday afternoon. The only j damage so far reproted is tho cracki ing of the facade of the chapel at Santa Anna.