Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 09, 1909, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES I
VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1909 NO. 21 |
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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.
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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
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, WANT TO HANG THEM.
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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.
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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.