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THE FORT MILL TIMES
VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1900 NO. 22
?
SAYS COOK LIED
When He Claimed to Have Been
to the Horth Pole
PEARY'S VAIN BOAST
That He Alone Reached the Goal
is Not Strange, Rut it is Not
Accepted as True by Many Scientific
Men, Who Award the Honor
to Cook Alone.
The lie was hurled Wednesday
concerlng the discovery of the North
Pole, and the foundation laid for
a controversy unparalleled in hiBS
tory. Commander Robert E. Peary
is making uncertain progress southward
off the coast of Labrador In
his ship, the Roosevelt, but there
came irom mm v> eunesaay a message
as direct as his homeward Journey
has been slow. It challenges
the veracity of Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, of Brooklyn, and further complicate*.
a situation which the whole
world Is discussing..
In effect Peary discredits Cook's
claims with the Intimation that ho
(Peary) aud he alone, planted the
American flag at the {North Pole
on April 6, 1909, and that Dr. Cook
who asserts that he unfurled the
flag at the pole on April 21, 1908,
must substantiate his claims.
Peary's statement reflecting on Dr.
. Cook's achievement came first to
the Associated Press early Wednesday
morning, dated Indian Harbo*\
Laborador, the point through whicn
he first reported his success by wireless.
It had probably been delayed
in transmission aud read as follows:
"I have nailed the Stars and
Stripes to the North Pole. This is
authoritative and correct. Cook's
story should not be taken to seriously.
The two Eskimos who accompanied
him Bay that he went no distance
north, and not out of sight
of land. Other members of the
tribe corroborate their story."
To the Associated Press Peary had
sent the dispatch, replying to an
urgent request for an authoritative
statement and some comment concerning
Dr. Cook. While Peary's
assertion is of a nature that makes
Dr. Cook's position one of defence,
the Brooklyn explorer yet has supporters
both at home and abroad.
Many of the Continental scientists
are marmng ume, pending aeveiopments,
while those who have formed
no decided opinions in this country 1
have assumed a similar stand.
STANDS BY COOK.
One of Peary's Former Surgeons
Defends Cook.
Dr. Thos. H. Dedrlck, of Washing- ;
ton, N. J., who was surgeon of the
Peary expedition in 1898-1902,
jjrtlyromptlv came to the support of
L JDr. Cook Wednesday. He said:
, . * "The charge (referring to Peary's
Statement) may lesson Mr. Cook's
standing iu popular estimation until
Ms defence can be heard, but the
scientific world will be affected only
E5b> by scientific discrepancies. Dr.
took wilt undoubtedly have scientiflc
records and observations without
Eskimo proof.
"If Eskimo proof is needed, there
jpRto?4re enough admirerB of fair play in
EjL?t. ^h? world to send impartial interpreters
to the trlho."
Analyzing the Eskimo character.
Dr. Dedrlck is inclined t think them
unreliable, "with a temperament
which would lead him to agree for
suavity's sake and because of immediate
benefit with a man on the spot,
having a ship loaded with what is
most dear to an Eskimo's heart.
mi- I - ....... 1 ,? AntVOAiftlltf i 1*11 A *' O f
11119 w u u I u uu coj/ci. miij u ur, mgues
Dr. Dedrick, "If their former
benefactor had departed homeward
aR Cook did on a sled with no halo
of a ship's prestige."
In conclusion Dr. Dedrick said:
"Supitose Oook next year went
up and distributed presents as ships
do, and asked If his rival had gotten
out of sight of land and they
said 'no,' what matter would It
make to the public?"
Other Important parties may yet
be heard from. The whalers which
arrive at Dundee this fall may also
know what the Eswlmos say.
Declare Deary a Fakir.
At New York among the friends
of Dr. Cook who rallied to his defense
was Capt. B. 8. Osborn, secretary
of the Arctic Club, of America.
who in an Interview, said:
"Peary In making these charges
IIS digging his own grave. He Is a
colossal fakir, and his statements are
a fabric of untruths. As soon as he
sets foot In New York, Mr. Bradley
and mvself will give out affidavits
i In support of our position.
"1 have an affidavit stating that
? ' Peary opened Dr. Cook's trunks and
W ' data and that he opened a letter Dr.
Cook had written to Mrs. Cook, road
It and then sealed It up again.
Peary also wrote Mrs. Cook telling
her baldly that her husband was a
fakir."
Another Cook Support..
Prof. Wm. H. Brewer, of Yale,
honorary president for life of the
Arctic Club of America, of which
both Peary and Cook are members,
telegraphed to New York aa follows: J
"I believe that both Cook and
Peary haVe reached the pole." |
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WHAT COOK SAYS
HE DECLARES HE CAN AN1
WILL PROVE HIS CLAIM.
Will Send for His Eskimo Compan
ions and Asserts That Peary Took
Food Stored for Him.
At Copenhagen, Cook, showi
Peary's statement Wednesday nighl
stood by his gun, declined to entei
into a debate and calmly asserted
that his records would sustain him
He Raid:
"I have been to the North Pole,
As I said last night when I heard
of Commander Peary's success, if
he says he has been to the pole, 1
believe him.
"I am willing to place facts, figures
and worked-out observations
before a joint tribunal of tho scientific
bodies of the world. In due
course I shall be prepared to make
public an announcement that will
effcectually dispel any doubt, if
there can be such, of the fact that
1 have reached the pole. But knowing
that 1 am right and that right
must prevail, I will submit at the
proper time my full story to the
Court of last resort?tho people of
tho world.
"I will not enter into any controversy
over the subject with Commander
Peary, further than to say
that if he says I nave taken his
Eskimos, my reply is that Eskimos
ars nomads. They are owned by
nobody, and not private property
of either Commander Peary or myself.
"As to the story that Commander
Peary says I took provisions stored
by him. my reply is that Peary
took my provisions, obtaining them
from the custodian on the plea that
I had been so long absent that he
was going to organize relief stations
for me in case I should be alive.
For this I have documentary proof. '
This is Dr. Frederick A. Cook's
repiy to Commander Peary. Coming
fo quickly upon other dramatic
incidents of the week. Commander
Peary's dispatch denying that Dr.
Cook has achieved the triumph for
which he has been feted and honored
in Copenhagen, beyond the lot of
any other private person, has been
ifau lueiw wiin leenugs oi amazement
and concern. Rut Dr. Cook
himself seems in no wise disturbed.
He was perfectly cool and apparently
unmoved when confronted with
telegrams from the United States
saying that Commander Peary had
denounced him as an imposter. His
demeanor has not changed in the
slightest from the day he landed
at Copenhagen.
When it was suggested to him
that his chances of proving his case
might be ruined unless he made a
satisfactory statement immediately,
he smiled?his usual quiet smile?
and asked how could a man be ruined
by popular clamor calling him
an Imposter when he had proofs
of his case which could and would
be published, as he had oft times
repeated, when they were in proper
form to be given out.
Regarding the %contrtovcrsy over
his alleged taking of Peary's stores,
Or. Cook asserts that ho has written,
and other satisfactory evidence, that
Peary took his stores, perhaps believing
him doadV, "Harry Whitney
Is personally acquainted with all
the factB, and perhaps what ho haR
to Fay when he returns may be interesting."
added the explorer.
I)r. Cook told Capt. Rverdrup and
another friend the day after he had
landed that he hoped there would be
no unpleasantness over supplies with
the Peary party; that he had found
some of Peary's men in possession
of one of his depots and had turned
them out uncermoniously.
It is settled that Cook will send
a shin back to bring to America the
two Eskimos who accompanied him
on the last stage of his Journey to
the pole, as well as some of the party
who were sent hack when the start
of the stage begun. Capt. Sverdrui)
may command the expedition; it is
Pr. Cook's desire that he shall do
so, and they conferred for several
hours a few days ago.
Murder and Robbery.
^ band of robbers, masked and
armed with bombs and revolvers, nttaked
the postofllce at Miass, Rus
sia, Wednesday night and aftoi
killing the night watchman anil
three policement looted the office
and made their escape with $40,000.
Ten men were more or less
seriously wounded in the fighting
The robbers cut the telegraph wlrot
ana nea up tne track on a locomotive.
After traveling some mllej
they stcpp ed the engine aud dUap
peared Into the woods.
Figures Were Wrong.
In our Tuesday's Istfue. we stated
that there was about $1,500 wortt
of cotton sold at North. Since thei
we have received a letter from i
resident of that place, who says tha1
the sales for Thursday. Friday ant
Saturday of last week were $15,000
Swept by Floods.
A dispatch from La Paz, Lowe
California, dated September 6, sayi
that that place wag overwhelmed b:
a flood. No details as to the damafi
wrought were given more than tha
the pbttolflee building wae deatroy
|ed.
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GRAFT CASES
1 Called and Eleven Men Are Indicted
by Jury
< FOR ALLEGED FRAUDS
| In the Management of the State IHtfpensnry?Some
Damaging Tesiti'
iikony Drougiit Out?Joseph I).
Wylie, Former Member of Board,
cret session, Henry SamuelB, now 1
mayor of Chester, and close friend of
Wylie's; Schmidt is bookkeeper for
the Anheuser Ruscli concern, long
represented in this State by Jas. L. (
Farnum; Earley for years sold to ,
the State dispensary the products of ,
the Flei8Chmann Company of Cin- ,
cinnatl, and Thorpe and Collins were j
bookkeepers at the State dispensary. |
The Persons Indicted.
The persons under indictment are: ,
Jas. Farnum, who is alleged to have (
made thousands of dollars unlawfully
selling beer and liquor to the ,
State of South Carolina: John Rlack,
a former shipping clerk and later j
director of the dispensary; L. W. ,
Royken, a former dispensary inspector
and later ^ member of the dispensary
board; Joe. R. Wylie, who
was a member of the dispensary
board; Jno. Rell Towill, a director
of the dispensary: W. O. Tatum,
dispensary commissioner; Jodie M.
llawlinson, a dispensary director,
and the following liquor salesmen:
Jno. T. Earley. M. A. Goodman. H.
Lee Solomons and Dennis Weiakopf.
The indictments in brief are as
follows:
First, State against Jam^s S.
Farnum. bribery, the bribe being alleged
to have been given to Joseph
R. Wylie in the sum of $1,575.
Second, the State against James
S. Farnum. bribery, the bribe alleged
to have been given to Joseph R.
Wylie in the sum of $1,125.
Third, the State against James
S. Farnum, J. M. Kawllnson, Joseph
B. Wylle and John Black, being a
conspiracy to cheat and defraud the
State of Sotith Carolina out of $4.800,
Fourth, the State against John
Black, accepting a bribe and rebate.
Fifth, the State against N. A.
Goodman, John T. Fairey, Dennis
Welskopf, L. Whit Boykin, John
Bell Towill and W. O. Tatum, indictment
for conspiracy to defraud
the State of South Carolina out of
$22,500 in the "label deal."
Sixth, the State against E. A.
Goodman. James S. Farnum, John C.
Earley, H. Lee Solomons, J. B.
Wylle, John Black and J. M. HawI
linson, indictment for conspiracy to
defraud the tSate of South Carolina
and to accept and to pay rebates
" in the sum of $133,000.
I The Label I M ai.
1 In the renowned "label case" it
is charged that in March. 1905, L.
1 Whit Boykin and John Bell Towill,
members of the board of directors.
? and W. O. Tatum bought $35,000
worth of labels, which purchase, It
. Is alleged, was Illegal, fradulent
and unlawful, and at. a greatly excessive
price, to wit.: $22,500 In
excess of the value whereby the
State was defrauded as the result
I out of the sum of $22,600.
j Dennis Weiskopf, M. M. Goodman,
j L. Whit Boykln. L. W. Wowlll and
i William O. Tatum alleged to have
t been In this conspiracy and to have
1 benefited financially therefrom.
. Welskopf. who printed the labels,
. was the proprietor of a glasa and
I box factory, and the label transacr
tion was something new for blm^ It
Is alleged.
Scale of Rebates.
Y The scale of rebates alleged in
5 the larger conspiracy is:
t| -That the said Jodie M. Wawlln-1
'* ben. .Tos. E. Wyile and John Black
| were to accept and reckive for e^ry
IWIU inree u msKey 4iien lesuiy.
' The State says the dispensary graft
cases have been brought into court. I
Men once given commission of of-1
flee by the State of South Carolina
' now stand accused of crimes and of1
fenses against the State. Bribery,
' conspiracy to defraud and other se1
rlous crimeB are alleged.
1 Not all of the Indictments have
; been handed out, but the prosecution
appears to have considered well its
case and to have made a move to
get a conviction in the cases in which
the State has the most conclusive
1 evidence. The indictments were
| handed to the grand jury In the
morning by Solicitor W. H. Cobb,
representing the State of South Carolina.
Attorney General Lyon, who
has been at work on these cases for
three years, is assisted by Mr. W.
F. Stevenson of Cheraw, former
speaker of the house or representatives,
and by Mr. R. L. Abney, general
counsel for the Southern railway
in South Carolina, and a lawyer
of recognized ability and force.
The grand jury at 3:30 p. m.
heard the witnesses and Bhortly ,
thereafter returned a true bill in
each case. The witnesses were Joe
n. Wllle and Henry Hamuels of
Chester, J. A. Valentine Schmidt of '
St. Louis, J. G. Thorpe of Aiken, T.
W. Collins of Columbia and Juo.
T. Early of Cincinnati.
Wylie is a former director of the
State dispensary and is alleged to
have turned State's evidence, although.
of course, the proceedings
before the grand Jury were in se
HAVOC OF FLOODS
PRIESTS RHINO NEWS OF DESTRUCTION
IN MEXICO.
Towns Entirely Wiped Out and
Thousands of People Drowned by
Mexican Freshet.
Advices from Monterey, Mexico,
Is to the effect that a number of
village priests, after making journeys
over miles of devastated country,
have arrived there, bringing the
first news of the destruction wrought
by the recent floods in the outlying
districts. Their Btorles Indicate
that the havoc is more widespread
and terrible than was at first believed.
The priests of Arramberi have
Informed Archbishop Lenares that
Arramberi was destroyed, and today
his people are wandering over the
country in search of food. The de- ,
Birucuuu ui me roaus nas made it |
impossible to send on relief sup- (
piles. ,
The story brought In by the priest ,
of La Ascension Is to the effect that ,
this town and Its population of 2.000
souls have entirely disappeared. ,
The people, he says, may have taken |
to the hills, or they may have per- ,
lshed. (
"Not a stone was left upon a stone j
in La Ascension," the priest said. ]
"Where there was once rich farms
is now nothing but water." I
Another priest from Alleude says (
that place also disappeared with (
large loss of life, and that the t
neighboring fields have been converted
Into lakes. 1
The priests were more than a week (
In making their way Into Monterey, j
They describe tho destruction as the {
most awful ever experienced in Mex- |
Ico. Aid is urgently needed In these }
outlying districts, particularly as the
authorltes ara busy with Monterey t
and Its vioinlty. .
Bustamemnte and La Escondlda c
have been auueu to the list of de- c
stroyed villages. t
DEATH OF A HERMIT. !
For Forty-six Years Had Not Left 1
His Premises. j
Basil Hayden, who died recently 1
at Greenbrier, Ky., had not stepped
outside the picket fence that bounded
,hia yard since President Lincoln
freed the slaves. It is said 1
that he shut himself in a little room 1
that day in 1863, after his sweet- 1
heart died, and looked no more upon
men. An overseer of Hayden's 1
estate named Borders was the only
human being whom the anchorite j"
saw, and he took care of Hayden s
nrnnnrf v until n *v? Intnlr?
V|/v %.J until u 111 IOVttl\C 111 ilUCUUUllug
made by a bank clerk exasperated
the hermit. Thereafter the re
oluse hid an estate which will e
amount to nearly $100,000 In chinks l,
and pillow slips and cast off cloth- L
lng.
Cannibals Kat Them.
Advicea received from the French
Congo say that cannibalism is rampant
In the Matab and Sanghar regions,
where the blacks are in complete
revolt. They have killed and
eaten a number of factory employes
and n telegraph operator was slain
at his key and devoured. Native
Attachments, headed by four Frjic'i
officers, have left for the scene to
punish the cannibals.
Brothers in Fatal Fight.
As the result of an encounter I eIwtcn
two brothers in the McO.'i.ness
farm 10 miles south of Salem.
Ind., I.uther McGlnness, aged 4 8,
is mortally wounded and Horace
McGinnis, aged 45. lies at his home
in a serious condition. Since the
death of William McGlnness, father
of the men, who was found dead in
a barn six weeks ago, 111 feeling
has existed between the brothers.
barrel of whiskey purchased at $1.47
per gallon, $1.59; for every barrel
of whiskey purchased at $1.50 per
gallon, $2; for every barrel of whiskey
purchased at $1.50 per gallon,
$3; for every barrel of whiskey pur- ;
~ * t nr - -
v.imn m fi.iu per Km ion, ror i
every barrel of whiskey at $1.8f> per <
gallon, $8; for every barrel of
whiskey purchased at $2 per gallon,
$13; for each barrel of $2.10 whls- <
key, $15; whiskey at $2.25 per gal- i
Ion. $17.50 per barrel; at $2.50
per gallon, $20 per barrel; at $3
per gallon, $25 per barrel; barrel
of beer, 10 dozen quarts, $1 per barrel;
each case of champalgne, $2 per
case; all wines, 50 cents per case.
"That \tn consideration of such
payment and receipt of rebate and
extra compensation, It was agreed
by and between the said Jodie M.
Fawllnson, Joseph B. Wylie and
John Blake as chairman and members
of said board of directors of
the State dispensary composed as
aforesaid, should award the contract
to the persons, firms and corporations
represented by the said James
S. Farnum. John T. Eary, Morton
A. Goodman and H. Lee Solomon
and diverse other persons to the
jurors unknown.
At- - -* ?...
%juucr me scaeame it is charged
that this boprd on March 22,
1906, awarded contracts for liquor,
and that Wylle, Black and Rawllnfeon
did accept and receipt from the eaid
James 8. Farnum. John T. Early,
M. A. Goodman and H. Loo Anden-on
^aod oth?r? $24,ooo.
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DODGED TARIFF
That Is What Mr. Bryan Says of
President Taft
IN SPECIAL ARTICLE
In the Atlanta Journal the Great
Commoner DiwusseH the Differ*
ence Between the Words Revised
and Reduced and Puts Tariff Out*
rage Up to the Republican Partj.
In a letter to the Atlanta Journal
discussing the tariff, Mr. Bryan says
the Republican platform was ambiguous,
and the Democratic party platform
specific. The Republicans in
their tariff plank used the word "revised."
Tho Democrats in their party
platform demanded a reduction
}f the rates. The word revision is
subject to a double interpretation,
while only one construction can be
placed upon the word "reduction."
The Democratic senators and representatives
who had voted for thq
imposition of duties had made a
mistake, and whether elected upon
)r before the adoption of the platform
of the party, ought to feel
3ound by its declarations.
I most heartily approve the resorption
offered by Senator Gore, of
3klahonia. proposing an luvestiga:ion
as to the responsibility for the
ilgh cost of living.
Senator Gore is entirely right,
rhe high tariff Republicans have
Tied to shift tho responsibility
rom the manufacturers to the merihants.
This is important, and it
s only right that the public should
enow the truth.
It has been found by experience
hat unless a party formulates a
ilatform, its representatives in office
annot agree upon a definite policy.
?wlng to the influence brought to
rear by favor-seeking corporations.
Cven when there are platforms tbey
iro misconstrued unless they are
>osltlve and specific. Sometimes
rositive and specific platforms are
lolated, but a positive and specific
ilatform is not apt to be violated,
md when they are violated the guilt
uu uc iiacu tiuu lue gumy pumsa4.
The trouble with the Republican
ilatform of last fall was that It was i
lot specific and definite. The tariff i
ilank used the word "revised" lntead
of the word "reduced"," and i
tow Senator Aldrlch and his crowd
onstrue it to mean an increase while i
?me of the western Republicans
nsist it contemplated a decrease in i
he rates. I
Mr. Taft dodged the question. So j
ar as 1 could learn from his speech- '
s the nearest he ever came to a I
onstruction of the platform was to <
leclare, when in the west, that it
ueant an "honest revision," at one
itne declaring that while some
chedules ought to be raised and
ionic lowered, the revision would
>robably bo downward.
The republican national conven- i
ion was at fault in accepting so <
ndefinlte, so evasive aud so decepIve
a word as "revision" as a suficlent
promise. The voters ought to
lave know* that "the friends of the 1
ariff" will never give us aoy maerlal
reduction.
As to the Democrats who voted
or the imposition of duties, they
lave as a rule defended their conluct
on the ground that the duties
foted for were revenue duties, and
hey have not been high duties.
Vleasuied on an ad valorem basis,
he duty on lumber and on iron ore
ire but a small portion of the price.
[ think that the Democrats who vot
;d for the duty made a mistake.
The Democratic platform demanded
free lumber, and I believe a platlorm
is binding upon all who run
jpon it, and it ought to have weight
with the members of the party who
were elected before the platform was
adopted.
Those who voted for a duty on
lumber did so, I presume, because of
lumber interests in their districts
and States, hut in doing so 1 think
they gave the preference to a few
owners of timber lands over those
who buy lumber. There is no State
In the Union where the consumers
of lumber do not outnumber the persons
who profit by the tariff on lumber,
and the man who votes for a
tariff ou lumber voteB to tax a majority
of the people of his district
and State for the benefit of a minority
of his constituents. But the
men who get the bentflt of the tax
are more active in presenting their
demands than the consumers are
in presenting their protests, and as
long as this is true, the tax oaters
will have the advantage over the
tax payers.
If the taxpayer* /would take a
little more interest in the tariff
question and chastise the representatives
who, ignoring the interests of
the (consumers, follow ftbe advice
of the protected interests, relief
would come sooner.
As to the duty on iron or#, i
chief objection to it is not that it
is a high rate of duty, but that it
helps people who do not need help,
and gives an excuse for higher duties
on manufactured iron. The man
who owns a bed of Iron has such an
enormous advantage over the man
wbo owns faxmlng land that it is,
hardly fair to jpgke the Xafjnar pay
WILL BE PROBED
SHOOTING OF MRS. G. C. BIGHAM
LEADS TO ARRESTS.
Coroner Swears Out Warrants for
W. 11. Avant, who Shot Mrs. Bigham,
and for Her Husband.
A dispatch from Georgetown to
The News and Courier says Coroner
C. J. Fletcher Tuesday swore out
a warrant for William B. Avant as
principal, and for Dr. J. C. Blgham
as accessory for the killing of Mrs.
G. C. Glgham. wife of the latter, a
Murrell's Inlet, on Saturday night
last.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
reads as follows: "That the deceased
came to her death by a gunshot
wound at the hands of W. B.
Avant and G. C. Blgham as accessory
thereto, both men laboring under
great mental excitement and fear at
the time of the deed."
It Is the strong opinion of everyone
in this neighborhood that the
shooting was Inexcusable In lta gross
careleseness, and deserves to be Investigated
to the bottom. It is reported
that one of the probable causes
of the men shooting at the unknown
object was because Sunnyside
house was said to be haunted,
and they thought It a ghost. The
deputy sheriff Is expected to arrive
with the two men tonight.
Dr. O- C. Glgham. of Georgetown
county, who was implicated by the
coroner and jury In the killing of
his wife at Murrell Inlet, was arrested
at the home of his mother,
Mrs. M. S. Blgham, at Forestvllle,
Wednesday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriff Harrell. Dr. Glgham was
carried to Florence and placed in
jail upon telegraphic Instructions
from the sheriff of Georgetown.
PHL8ICIAN8 FIGHT PELLAGRA.
Campaign Against Supposed Germ of
the Disease.
Alarmed by the number of cases
of pellagra that have occurred at
Durham, N. C., the physicians of that
city began Wednesday experiments
to locate the origin of the disease.
Six deaths from pellagra have occurred
in that Eectlon. 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 sent to Richmond and to
*
juiiiia nupMuo lui murt' carmui
analysis.
"If a germ is found, as physicians
are inclined to believe, some animal
will be inoculated and a campaign
against pellagra on the germ
theory will be waged. The theory
that the disease has its 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 12 cases of pellagrous insanity
and death. Three-fourths of the cases
were among women, which Is unusual,
It is said, as the disease occurs
moro frequently among men.
None of the cases which have developed
in that section has been traceable
to cornbread. One victim was
a boarding housekeeper, but none of
the boarders contracted the disease."
DRAGGKD BY TRAIN.
The Narrow Rscape of Conductor
lMvis From Death.
A special to the Augusta Chronicle
from Columbus, Ga., says John
H. Davis, a Central of Georgia railroad
conductor, residing in Columbus,
while walking along the top
of his freight train in Deo county.
Ala., Wednesday, lost his balance
and fell between two coal carH.
Just as he struck the track he
grasped the grab iron of one of
the cars and was pulled along in
this manner for three miles, his feet
digging ithe ground. When the
train approached a trestle he managed
by superhuman effort to pull
himself up and threw himself out
between the two cars, fortunately
clearing the track as he fell. Ills
left ankle was dislocated and he
was severely bruised, but he will
recover.
Crew Massacred.
The captain and crew of tho
French schooner Quality, engaged in
recruiting laborers, have been murdered
by natives of Malllcollo Island,
in the New Hebrides. The vessel
w-as driven ashore by a Btorm and
while strandod 6he was attacked. Id
spite of their 6tubborn defonse tho
crew were massacred to the last man.
A British war ship Is Investigating
the occurrence.
tribute to the ore owner.
Every duty placed upon raw material
is a burden upon the manufacturer
unless he is permittod to transfer
it to the consumer. A tariff
on iron ore. therefore, is likely to
be tranferred to consumer. A dutyput
upon raw material increases as
it proceeds, interest being added
each step?It grows like a 6now ball
la the bpring and is more objectionable
than the ad valorem rate levied
upon the finished product.
Wm. JefiBiaffs Bryan.
GONE TO REST
Col. James T. Bacon Passed
Away on Wednesday
WAS BRAVE SOLDIER
And Brilliant Writer, Col. Bacon
Fought Bravely for the South 1 curing
the Civil War and Ably Labored
for South Carolina With
I
His Pen for Many Years.
Col. Jas. T. Bacon, after a lingering
Illness, died at his beautiful
home In Edgefield on Wednesday afternoon,
and a dispatch says all
Edgefield and throughout the district
Is sorrow and shadow, for he was
the best known and most tiniversally
beloved man In the county, and
his name was synonymous with aU
that is pure, generous, noble and
good. Col. Bacon had attained his
78th year. He waB descended from
splendid Revolutionary stock. His
ancestors came from Virginia, where
the family had been prominent
among the colonists for over a century.
Edmond Bacon, for many
years a brilliant member of the
Edgefield Bar, and the "Ned Brace"
In Eongstreet's Georgia scenes, was
his grandfather.
Edmond Bacon, although a Georgian
by birth. In early life moved to
South Carolina, and he, with Col.
Arthur Slmkins, settled the town of
Edgefield. He had four children,
the second. Edmond Speed, being the
father of the subject of this Bketch,
his mother being Sarah Bacon, a
cousin to her husband, she having
married twice, her last husband being
the Rev. Arthur Wigfall. The
Bacon family has been closely connected
with the county's and State's
history.
Col. Bacon had one brother, the
Hon. John E. Bacon, who was secretary
of legation at St. Petersburg
when Governor Pickens was minister,
and afterwards minister to
Uruguay and Paraguay under President
Cleveland, and a full sister,
Mrs. Baker, of McClellanvllle, S. C.,
and two half-sisters. Mrs. Kate \V.
Cheatham, of Edgefield, and Mrs. Dr.
Trezant, formorly of Columbia.
A dispatch from Edgefield to The
News and Courier sa.VB Col. James
T. Bncon was born here, and his
long and useful life was spent amidst
the scenes of his nativity. After
receiving an academic education at
this place, he completed his studies
In Germany, making a specialty of
music. In which he excelled. and
which was one of the Joys of hli
beautiful life. After his return from
Germany, he taught music here, and
at Anderson, but it was to journalIsm
that he devoted his splendid
talents. In which field he won for
himself a name and reputation, seldom
equalled In this country. After
serving with conspicuous bravery in
the War Between the States, ho returned
home, and assumed tho editorship
of the Edgefield Advertiser,
and the files of that paper will best
tell how ably and brilliantly ho
performed tho duties of that office.
Gentle as a woman, yet brave as a
lion, he could write with all tho softness
and sweetness of Washington
Irving, but when necessity and duty
demanded It, with all the boldness
and fire of Wendell Phillips.
During Reconstruction times,
when Federal troops were stationed
here, and tho negro and scalawag
held high carnival, Col. Bacon
printed tho Advertiser In red lotters.
and his "Leader" was filled
U'ltV> Cllph I?iif rintlp firo o r* A
as to cause offence to trie Federals.
For this he was arrested, and taken
to Charleston, but no harm befell
him, and he returned home only to
continue the brave fight for AngloSaxon
supremacy. lie was a game
cock in those Btirrlng days, ns he
ever was, and never did his red
I?lume lower its crest. After leaving
the Advertiser, he, with his nephew,
Mr. L. W. Cheatham, conducted tho
Kdgofleld Chronicle, a paper that 1b
loved and read by every man, woman
nnd child In the county, because
back of It has been the brains, wit,
and eloquence of Jim Ilacon. His
correspondence to tho Columbia
State and special articles to Tho
Sunday News attest the unique style,
versatility, and brilliancy of "tho
man.
Many of his cIobo friends hero
have often urged him to collect and
print his writings, but his Innate
tnodo6ly forbade?they would make
a volume worthy of his wit and
genius.
Col. Bacon was never married, but
he was beloved and courted by all
for his magnetic personality, social
attributes and brilliant convorsatlonof
powers. One beautiful trait of
his character was his love and loyalty
to his Immediate family. His
venerable mother, the late Mrs. Wlgfall,
as woll as other members of his
family, would ofton urge him to seek
broader fields. whore his talent
would have won higher distinction
and greater pecuniary reward, but
he preferred to remain with them,
and with his life-long friends and
at the home he loved so well, and
administer to their happiness and
support. Now that he Is gone, Edgofleld
mourns for him, as never did
she borrow for man before. He has
lcU a void that cannot ba filled.