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THE FORT MILL TIMES 1 ' = 1 VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1909 NO. 23 HAS CONFESSED Mrs. Fanlling, Widow of Slain Man, Says Gordon Is Goiky. SENSATIONAL WITNESS Trial at Hinesville, (??., o* Alleged Slayer of Former Berkeley Man, Ileaehes Sensatiounl Climax?Mm. Faulllng Claims Gordon Threatened to Kill Her if She Told. A dispatch from Hlnesvlle, Ga., says Mrs. Helen Faulllng, widow of slain William N. Faulllng, Jr., for whose murder Charles A. Gordon is nil trlnl sat that nlnro IV aH n naH a v on the wltnesB stand made a sensatlor.al confession of Intimacy with Gordon and ended her story by declaring that he told her he killed her husband and threatened to kill her if Bhe should tell on hiui. The confession was unexpected to the big crowd in the court room, though many believed to be true Just what Mrs. Faulling declared is true. "I am confessing because 1 don't int to go to Heaven or hell with! v the unhappy yjfcoiug* through her tears at the end - vof her sordid narrative. In part her confession follows, aud since it has been made it is believed Gordon's trial will end in rather short order. "The last time I saw my husband alive," said Mrs. Faulling, "was on March 26, 1909, when he left our home about sundowu to mall a letter to his father at Monck's Corner, S. C. "I met Mr. Gordon in Florida and have known him three years. My husband and 1 moved to several places in Florida, aud each time Mr. Go.don moved also. We first became intimate at Loftman, Fla. Our meetings continued up to the time of his nrrnsl The nlohl I ofnri> tho nlfliH<ro came for Mr. Gordon, he speut with me. "My husband left at sundown and at supper time he had not returned I and so several friends had supper with me and we did not wait for him. Just before we finished supper Mr. Gordon came in and. calling me aside said: 'I have done It. 1 have killed the d?.* "I was very much frightened and nearly fialnted, but Mr. Gordon caught me and told me to be calm a6 he was not afraid. He then tried to get me to go and help him bury the body, but 1 refused. So he left the house and returned in about an hour, telling me he had burled th'e body. He said he had had a great deal of trouble taking the body to the place as it was so stiff. "Mr. Gordon told n.e that la.-t night that if I told he would kill me within the next twenty-four hours. That was the reason for my silence. Since ho has been in Jail he has written me a letter trying to concoct a scheme to prove an alibi for him. ' Gordon Convicted. A later dispatch says for the murder of William F. Faulting, Jr., at Walthourville, Liberty county, Ga., Charles A Gordon has been round guilty and seuteuctMi to lite imprisonment. Mm. Helen FauHIng, wife of 'he- slain man and confessed cause of the murder, was tried as a reault of Tier confession tf Intimacy Vrtth Gordon and was given her choice of 6 months In Jail or exile from Georgia. She chose exile and before the Gordon Jury returned its verdict was on the way to Florida. Rumor that relatives of Gordon would attempt a rescue should the verdict be adverse were apparently unfounded as there was no demonstration. Judge Paul E. Seabrook. sentencing Gordon, told him he should feel grateful the sentence was no worse. Gordon killed Faulting, the widow said, as a result of her husband's knowledge of her Illicit relations wnn Gordon, the slayer fearing that he and the woman would be punished. CHICKEN STEW EXPLODED. i, - t Woman Badly Burned While Prepar Ing Dinner. > v? Th? explosion of a chicken stew placed Mrs. Annie Hardy In the Presbyterian hospital at Philadelphia this week. She was burned about the hands, arms and face. The supposedly decent stew was placed In a pot to boll for dinner, Jutt as any stew would be but the developments were unusual. When Mrs. Hardy was bustling about the. stove, preparing other things for the Sunday meal the top suddenly flew off tho Iron pot, the stew went hurling through the air and the pot Itself rolled to the floor. When all the excitement was over an analysis of the conditions led to the theory that the lid bad fit so tightly whon pushed down that It did not permit tho escape of the steam which gathered when the pot began to boll. Mrs. Hardy's burns are serious, but not of a critical nature. .. < < ^ i mi.. Husband Bathed Once a Year. Declaring her husband bathed only once a year, and that, though worth $f>n.OOO, bought tainted meal, eggs that were nealy rotten and rancid butter. Mrs Henrietta Newman, of yVashlngtcn, D. C., has filed suit for a limited divorce from Mayor B. Newman. She also charges cruelty and neglect. " > 1 ' * Ie -* fi COOK GOT THERE WHITNEY SAYS SO AND TELLS OP PEARY'S LITTLENESS. Says Peary Made Him Separate All of Cook's Luggage From His anil i Leave it Behind. Harry Whitney, of New Haven, Conn., has arrived at St. John's, N. 1F. He says he believes that Dr. Frederick A. Cook found the pole and that Commander Peary did the if-ame. In expressing this belief Mr. Whitney said that he knows no reason for doubting Cook more than Peary. "Dr. Cook's story," he added, "seems to me truthful and probable. Nothing else would expalin his 12 months' absence." ( jur. l;ook leu witn nim at Annatok several caaes containing Instruments, and some belongings, but bo far aB Mr. Whitney knew, no written records. There may have been record.*, however, packed with Dr. Cook's personal effects, but the explorer did not tell him especially that he was leaving written records in his posses.1 Ion. Speaking of Dr. Cook's detailed account of his trip to the pole, Mr .Vhltney said that the explorer showed him how the western drift of the ice had landed bim In a region far remote from where* he expected to o.and he was unable to get back. He could not speak with authority as to whether Dr. Cook and bis two Eskimos could carry on their three sledgcB enough food for their journey to the pole, as he himself is a novice In Arctlce traveling. He declared he knew' nothing of the controversy beyond the vaguest details. The first he learned of it was at Indian Harbor, when he received messages from several American papers asking for a statement. Mr. Whitney denied that Commander Peary had removed Dr. Cook's stores from Annatok to Etah. What Peary really did was to transfer a few things and rebuild the house at Annatok. Boatswain Murphy's only reason for refusing to help Capt. Bernier's Canadian expedition to get dogs and sledges at Etah was that they were short of dogs themselves. Mr. Whitney had troub le In getting enough dogs for his teams all through the winter and Murphy was looking out for Peary, so that be would have sufficient dogs for the commander's exploring trips around the country when he returned from the north. I The day the Roosevelt was leav- | ing Etah for home Whitney Informed Peary that Cook had Intrusted to j him certain belongings to bring home i on the vessel that was coming up ; for Whitney, but as thiB ship had not < arrived Whitney was at a loss wha' i to do with tho property. i Peary declined to permit Dr < Cook'B belongings to bo brought i ai>oard the Roosevelt and ho put i Whitney on his honor not to include i anything belonging to Dr. Cook in his own luggage. Whitney thereup- ' on went ashore from the Roosevelt, ] separated Dr. Cook's property from his own baggage, and with the aid i of Capt. Robert Bartlett, commandet i f the Roosevelt, whom he had asked to help, repacked Cook's proper- i ?y in boxes. After this had been done, Whitney and Bartlett cached all Cook's i property in a cave in the,rocks. They | built up the cave securely with stone6 and turf and left it and the property in charge of one of Dr. Cook's Eskimos. It may be remembered in passing. Mr. Whitney went on. that ten yearB igo Peary did with the explorer leverdrup. who was cruising in Faith round, what he has done with Cook? he refused to bring back any of Severdrup's letters or records. In conclusion Mr. Whitney declared he regretted being dragged iuto the controversy. He said he had found both Dr. Cook and Commander Peary courteous and considerate and ciiitl ne naa never niei any men wnose conduct generally was more com mendahle or whore dealings with bin: had been more fair. Dr. Cook, when shown Mr. Whit ley's statement, said that he approved of all that Mr. Whitney had said "Everything in the Interview ir uihstantlally correct," said I)r. Cook. "It confirms all my declarations." "Mr. Whitney was In all probability unaware of the written records left with him. They are of not ipuch consequence, as I have duplicates." POLK DISPUTE CAUSES FIGHT. Macon flanker and Judge Come to Blow* in Dispute. A heated argument between Robert H. Brown, prerident of the Central Georgia bank, and Judge W. A. Poe, In \l>?nn fin nrtir f hn Cnok-Pftarv controversy a few days ago, led to blows, the Judge using bis walking cane with telling effect on the banker. The prompt interference of friends prevented an encounter that at one time promised to be serious. The banker insisted that honors should go entirely to Dr. Cook, while Judge Poe was equally convinced that Commander Peary was the discoverer of the North Pole. When the Judgo questioned the soundness of his opponent's argument the banker used an ugly word. It Is said, which the Judge resented. Blertot to Start Aviation School. Louis Dlerlot, the French areonaut, has decided to start a school of aviation at Crotx ^O'Hins. near Arcaohon, Franca. The proposed circuit will be nearly 20 miles, bnt at first only a fout-mile clrCnlt will he heed . TRIAL OF BLACK Suddenly Ended by Judge Jflenminger Ordering a Mistrial JURY READ A NEWSPAYER A Copy of The State Found Its Way I.Mto tlie Hotel Room Occupied by Jurors, and One Member Talked Through n Window to One of Ilia Rmployea. The State of Saturday morning gave the following story of the trial of John Black, which was brought to an unexpected and sensational termination Friday: Judge Memtnlnger directed "mistrial" to be written on the record ou account of lurors having a newspaper containing matter relating to the case. The whole matter is without parallel In the history of the courta of this State. One of the jprors, J. D. Perry, Sad had TArhnl ?14 w ? ? VW>M4MMUIVUi?VU nuu ;he clerk in his meat market, C. M. Dorn, and the latter had been arested and put in the county Jail. When court assembled Friday moru g, Judge Memmlnger made an -of* Jclal inquiry into the matter. He iad questioned Perry and Sessions, mother juror, and was making inquiries of the foreman, J. David, vhen it was brought out in the most inemotional way that a copy of The state had been read by the jurors n the rooms in which they were lockid up Wednesday night to keep them 'rom reading newspapers and othervise receiving Information from the sutslde world. Judge Memmlnger was dumbfound>1. He had asked the question in an lpparentiy perfunctory manner, and .he reply was entirely unexpected. Vlr. Duvid was unable to tell much ibout the newspaper matter and ludge Memmlnger ha4> every juror nought into the court room separately and put through a searching examination. It was (learned \that The State >f that morning contained extracts 'rom other papers making caustic eferencc to the Jury which liberated I. S. Farnum, and there were also pointed comments lu the editorial :olumns of The State. The headlines over the articles detailing the :rial of John Black were also referred to. Judge Memmlnger ordered the |ury discharged without pay and he leld in custody J. D. Perry and C. M. Dorn until it could be determined what to do with them. Later they were discharged from custody, but were ordered to be within call of the :ourt at any time, for Judge Mimmlnger will be in Columbia next week in the civil ccurt and will then innounce his decision. The trial of John Black, charged with bribery, etc., was thus for the present brought to a conclusion. The effect of Judge Memmlnger's action will merely mean another trill. There was speculation as to whether or not It would not be tantamount to an acquittal, techlcally, but Attorney General Lyon said that the horn hooks of the law show that directing a "mistrial" lu an emergency of this kind does not mean that defendant has had his liberty put in Jeopardy before the Jury, for Issue was not given to the Jury to make final determination. Hut even If the case should be declared to be at an eud here, the commonwealth would have no trouble to bring mother. There has been some speculation as to what was the attitude of the Jury toward the case. Several rumors were afloat. One was to the effect that the jury 9tood 8 to 4 on the bribery charge. One intelligent juro rtold a reporter of The Stale that the Jury stood 7 to 5 for conviction on the bribery charge and that it was even stronger for conviction on the corruption and rebate count in the indictment. This Juror said there would never have been an acquittal. When the court took recess Thurslay evening, the prosecution announced its case closed. The defense Friday morning would have announced no witnesses and the arguments would have started. The prosecution would have sprung a surn e ( c A Kv h(t t' I ti ir If u rrrl ri/>( i>o 1 made by Solicitor W. II. Cobb, who had beeu too busy with his own heavy docket to prepare himself In the Fnrnum case. But ns soon as court opened Friday morning Judge Memrainger called before him F. T. Grltnsley. a leput.y sheriff. and Inquired Into the matters of tho night before. Grlnisley told of arrest lug C. M. Dorn and A. T. Keith Thursday night on Hampton street under the room In Wright's hotel occupied by the Jurors In the Black case. Porn was employed by one of the Jurors. J. P. Perry, and was talking to him about matters at their meat market. Judgo Memmlnger then questioned Dorn and Perry and also Juror Sessions, who was In the room with Perry at the time. Tho foreman of the Jury. J. David. wa6 sent for and whilo under examination by Judge Mommlnger related the fact that the Jurors had been reading a newspaper. After quizzing the Jurors singly and separately. Judgys Memmlnger said to the Jury: "I want to say to you. after the Investigation I made this morning. I can not see but one course to pursue, and that is a mistrial of this case, win have td be ordered. I do not thlnV the matter* which bay* been brought out show that thera has been any corruption among you, but there has been serious Indiscretion. and the indiscretion Is such that If a verdict of guilty were rendered in the case, under the authorities, the defendant would be entitled to a new trial. 1. "I have to look at both sides of a case, and I must look from the standpoint of the State as well as that of the defendant. If I allow the case to go to you, with these matters before me, as have been brought out. the State would have no redress whatever, If you find a verdict of not guilty. The only thing I see to do Is to order a mistrial of the case. "I am extremely sorry that this thing should have happened, that you should have been guilty of this indiscretion. Every precaution was taken to see that you should be surrounded and protected from outside Influence, and that you should have every possible comfort while in attendance on this case. It appears from what most of you have said that you fully realize that you ought not to be reading a newspaper in the Jury room pertaining to the case, and If you bad proper realization of your responsibility, as you ought to have bad. as soon as it was brought to the attention of any of the jury that a newspaper was in there it should have been roportel at onoe to the stierlff; that would have given encota-agement to the belief that you did realize the responsibility which is upon you as jurors; but none of you did that; the foreman did not communicate it to me. "It is also on account of the incident which occurred last night, which I doubt if It be any more than an Indiscretion on the part 01 the juror and on the part of the young man who had the conversation with him, but that in combination with the other matter, your having had access to a newspaper and read ins the newspaper in your room, anu notwithstanding the strict guaru kept over you, these comblnatlonb would tend to cast suspicion on any verdict you might render, and it would not be satisfactory to anybody to have & verdict from the Jury when this sort of things has happened. "Now as to what I shall do to you this is a matter, gentlemen, that I will have to decide; it Is a responsibility cast upon me. I have no hesitancy in knowing what to do with respect to the man who communicated with the Juror and I shall hold him and put punishment upon him for contempt of this court, and as to the juror who allowed hlmselt to be communicated with, who actually did not resent the communication from the outside, but actunll) condoned that communication by immediately sending out a communication to the ballff, which was brought to me, asking that the man be let out on bond instead of resenting that communication, interference or conversation with anybody from the outside, which undoubtedly subjects the juror to serious criticism. "As to that juror I will ask him to remain In the custody of the court. I will make up my mind Later In he >ay the proper course to be pursued with reference to him. As tr the other Jurors, I am going to dls charge you gentlemen, am going t< let you go and withhold your pay certificates until I think about thh matter seriously and earnestly, with a strict regard to what I ought tc do In discharging my duty to tho peo pie of South Carolina in this matter. You all can go, with the exception of Mr. Perry, who had the communication; you will not get your pay certificates at the present. T will detormlne later on what course I will pursue in reacpct to what shall be done about your case in this matter. "The clerk will enter an order of mistrial on the record, and all Jurors will bo dlsehargod from further attendance without pay certificates except Juror Perry, who will remain 1 ntho custody of the sherlfT. Mr. Dorn must also remain here, and 1 will dispose of his case. As to A T. Keith, 1 do not see anythiug In reference to his conduct for which I can hold him responsible. You can let him go." STUDENT DISAPPEARS. New Hampshire Utl, In School at Asheville, Missing. A dispatch from Anhovllle say? an appeal to the chtef of police of that city by the anxinus pnronts of (3ray Churchward, of Il&mpton, New Hampshire, a few days ago developed the fact that the lt?l, a studen* at an Asheville school, had mysteriously disappeared from that Institution September 19, anil has not since been heard of. The school authorities state that the boy had been missed on the date mentioned and after his departure a follow student had given out tho information that young Churchward had told him that he Intended to go to New York. Tbo boy's father Is now in New York using every means to locate his missing son. Rail nUlointe Week. A fatality occurred Monday In a i b?BO ball game near Greenville, Tenn. The 20-yoar-old son of Alexandor More, a farmer, while playing shorts stop, was truck tn tho mouth with a swift ball. He died In a few minutes. and It Is believed he was struck with such force that his neck waa I unjolnted. The Neptuno la Lannched. A dispatch from Portsmouth. England, savg the Neptune. Great Britain's eighth battleship of the Dreadnought type, was successfully launched there a few days ago bv the Duchess of Albany In the presenco of a great concourse. Experts regard this nwisel as unsInkaMo by torpedoes. LAID TO REST Last Rites Held Over Body of Ex-Governor Miles B. McSweeney END CAME WEDNESDAY Hud Heen In 111 Health for a Year or More and Several Months Ak*> Hp Whs Taken to Baltimore for Treatment?Body Laid to Rest in Hampton Wednesday Afternoon. A dispatch from Hampton says the body of ex-Governor McSweeney reached there at 5 o'clock p m. Thursday. The funeral services were held immediately thereafter at Hampton cemetery. The body was accompanied by Mrs. McSweeney and two of his sons. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Elklns. pastor of the Methodist church, assisted by Revs. W. H. Dowling and O. E. Sprulll. Hampton lodge, No. 73, Knights of Pythias, then took charge and 'he ex-governor was laid to rest with Pythian honors. The active pallbearers were: J. 3. Folk, Bamberg; W. C. Mauldln, W. S. Smith, E. M. Peoples, J. C. Ughtsey, E. J. Watson, Columbia; G. D. Dowling, E. H. Aull, Newberry. The honorary pallbearers were; Mayor E. F. Warren, Gen. J as. W. Moore, W. F. Cummlngs, Dr. J. L. Folk. Former Governor McSweeney died Wednesday morning in Baltimore, i'he news was received here and -auaed widespread sorrow among the -nany personal friends of Mr. McSweeney throughout the State. Governor McSweeney had been In 111 health for a year or more and several months ago he was taken to Baltimore for treatment. Since that Mme he had been under treatment In i private Banltarlum In that city. His condition became critical a week or more ago and Mrs. McSweeney was -tumuioned to his bedside. The end came Wednesday morning at 1:30 o'clock. SHERIFF OUTWITS MOB. Florida Officer Saves Three Negroes From Lynching. From Pensacola comes the news that, evading a mob bent upon lynching his prisoner. Sheriff Hayes Lewis, f Marianna, Jackson county, reached there early Thursday morning, having in custody three negroes, Dan )avis, Cary Gray and Robert Gray, vho were arrested Monday for the murder of John Dukes, a planter, Df that county. After the negroes had been placed in Jail at Marlnna Monday night a nob was formed about midnight and emanded entrance. Concealing the legroes, the mob was admitted byhe jailor, and after fniling to fnnl he prisoners, quietly left the Jail, ater learning of the rule by which hey had been outwitted, the citizens 'ormed again and prepared to attack he Jail a second time. The sheriff, however, succeeded in getting the prisoners away without being molested. Dukes, it is said, was niurlered In a brutal manner, the body >eing horribly mutilated. His wife?, vho was a Mrs. King before thoir narrlage, is prostrated, her first husband having been murdered in a similar manner by negroes. GIRL OUTRAGED AND SHOT. Young I<ady Dies at Sunt Fe as Result of Terrible Crime. A moBt horrible crinime was recently committed near Snut Fe. N. .VI. A dispatch says as a result of being criminally attacked and shot last Tuesday, while on the outskirts of the town, Gerturude Montgomery, who went there from Shrevoport, La., where she taught in college for five years, died in that city Monday. Miss Montgomery was not found until Sunday, when, awakening from her stupor, she tried to crawl to a water hole to quench her thirst and was seen by u little girl, who gave the alarm. Three convicts at work on the highway in that vicinity have been arrested. DYNAMITE DESTROYS GIN. Unknown Parties Rlow Up Now lMant at Cerro Gorda, Fla. a dispatch from Pensacola, Fla. says dynamlto sot off by unknown parties a fow nlghtH ago destroyed tbo cotton gin -?wned by John Gunc at Corro Gordo. Tho enttro contents Including a largo quantity of cotton and cotton seod. was deMroyod hi Are. Tho gin was a new ono, ha v. ing been In operation only a. fou weeks. Tho dynamlto had been plac od undor tho machinery of the plan! and tho explosion shook tho entlm town. No motive for the act li known. Pellagra in Georgia. At Valdosta. Ga., two casos o pellagra bavo developed and botl victims aro dangerously 111. Th< sufforors are a prominent lady and young Degress. Attending phtyslclani called in consultation an Atlantt practitioner who has had experlenct In treating tbo disease. He pro souncod the diagnosis of tho loca phyfclclanb correct STORY OF WRECK THRILLING STORY OF TIIE LOSS OF A STEAMER AT SEA. Survivor* of ill-Fated Norwegian Steamer Gere Rrought to Philadel pliia From Winter Quarter Light. Saved from a crew of fifteen, th? seven who ha 1 a narrow escape from death by the foundering at noon on Saturday of the Norwegian steamoi Gere, six miles from the Wlntei Quarter Lightship which la stationed fifty miles smith of the Delaware Capes and sixteen miles at sea, arrived at port a few days ago on the British steamer Arroyo, which took them from the Lightship. before teported as having the shipwrecked men aboard. The men saved arj Julius Mey sr. the Captain, and 6>j seamen. They are now in the cce of tho Norwogian consul In Philadelphia. A thrilling story of shipwreck In which every one was for hlmsolf, is told by tho men, in English that could scarcely be understood. They said the Qere, which left Philadelphia with a crew of fifteen and a cargo of coal for Sagua La Grande, Cuba, encountered rough weather after passing out the Delaware Capes. OfT the Winter Quarter Lightship when only three men wore on deck, an unusually heavy sea struck the steamer and It keeled over at a dangerous angle. She was Tepoatodly ! struck by high waves and finally weiu over on her side. In the meantime the other members of tho crew came on deck and taking In the situation secured life belts. Nothing could be done to right the vessel and ao she was rapidly settling the crew looked about for anfety. Tho only boat had been swept from the davits and was lloating away. Therefore there was nothing for the men to do but to jump into the sea. All of them managed to find timber or other floating objects from the ship which went to the bottom vithln three minutes, and the stronger swimmers struck out for the drifting boat. Tho little craft was floatlug bottom up, and aftor a trying time the boat was righted and an attempt made to clear it of water. Enough was gotten out after a two hours struggle to put two men in it and with the aid of their hands and a pair of marine glasses they scooped enough water out to permit others to climb In. Aieanwnue tne weakest of the swimmers and two that could not swim went down, one by one. When the water was finally out of the boat, the last remaining man clinging to It was hauled in and it was found that eight men were missing. They floated before the wind until 4:30 p. m.. when they sighted the Winter Quarter Lightship. The little craft had no oars but the shipwrecked men guided the boat as best they could, and soon came near enough to the ship to be taken on board by the lonely sentinels of the sea who spend their life ou her. Members of the crew say the captain and chief engineer were the las* to leave the ship. The engineer, II H. Nllson, was drowned. The rapidity with which the Gere sank Is believed to have beon due to an unusually heavy load of coal, which is dead weight. Although thr Gere wa6 only 4 20 tons burden, she sailed from port with 000 tonB of coal and was commented on as she passed down the Delaware river, that she had only about nine Inches of freeboard. JOHN BLACK ON TRIAL. Former Menil>er of Bouth Carolina Dispensary Board. At Columbia John Black, former member of the State dispensary board, was put on trial a few days ago for havlug received a bribe of $2,r.00 from John T. Early, representing Flelschmann & Co., a Cincinnati firm. The transaction Is alleged to have occurred In 1006. There was sensational testimony wutsii joe u. wyne, a member oi the same hoard, testified that there was an agreement between tho whiskey salesmen and members of the board by which certain houses were to be favored. Wylle submitted In evidence his private memoranda alleged to have been made when the board was in session In March, 19UG, Attorney Oenernl Lyon put In evidence check for $2,500 from John T. Early, and for $5,000 from M. A Goodman, both payable to Black Defendant will try to show tfiat these " were for services as salesman before election on tho board. The Black case Is the only remain lng one of the scries In connection 1 with alleged frauds In the old fltatt ' dispensary which will be tried at 1 this term. Indicted for Deserting Child. r A dispatch from Spartanburg sayt r tho grand Jury roturned a true bil against H. A. Sack and wife, charger with dosortlng their throe weeks *]old infant at Southern Station last .. Saturday night- They wero arre6te. in Columbia, but Mrs. Sack was no able to return to Spartanburg ot account of being ill. f * * * j Coon Frightened Her to Death. An agod negress. living on thi i plantation of J. Y. Westbrook, neat i Greensboro, Ala., was frightened t< i death this week by a racoon whlcl i 6he saw crawling acro.^s her bed The raccoon was killed and eatci 1 by a grandson to urgent any more o J bis family from t^Tl?blng =RAPHAEL SEMMES i ? His Memory Honored AD Over the Southland On Last Monday. WAS GREAT NAVAL HERO The Ono Hundredth Anniversary of 1 the Bi.*th of the Only Confederate Admiral Marked With Public Ceremonies In Several of the Southern States. > At many points In the South on I Monday, but especially at Baltimore, the chief city of his native State, i in New Orleans, where he is greatly ; beloved, at Mobile and Montgomery, in the State of his adoption, and sev drai omer piaces, nonor was paid to Admiral Raphael Semmes. Born one hundred years ago. Admiral Srmmct i lied In 1877, passing Into history as "the Paul Jones of the Confederacy." America has hardly produced i greater sailor. Fifth In descent from a native of \Tormandy who came over In 1640 with Lord Baltimore, Raphael Semmes received a high school education and then found his way Into the navy as midshipman, there being no naval academy in exlstance at the time. Ho rendered valiant and efficient service In the Mexican war and had attained the rank of juinmautior when war between the sections broke out. With his first command, the Sumter, a clumsy old boat propelled by both steam and Bail Semmes captured seventeen northern merchantmen. Blockaded by three Federal warships at Gibraltar, he sold the vessel and proceeded with his officers to the Bahama Islands. On July 29, 1862, the Alabama, thencefortu famous, was permitted by British authorities to sail from Liverpool, where she had been built as "No. 200," her guns and war munitions *he received In the Azores. Then began one of the most wonderful careers which any vessel ever had. Within the twenty months of her exU-tance the Alabama captured 62 northern merchantmen, burning most of them at sea for the reasou that few ports were open to their reception. She Bank the Federal warship Hatteras after thirteen minutes' actunl fighting. In June, 1864, Semmes accepted a challenge to battle given by Captain Wlnslow, of the Federal warship Kearrarge, at Cherbourg. France, though he was under no strategical or other need to do so. Apparently about the Alabama's strength, the Kearsarge was in realty armored heavily with chains under her outer planking, so that her adversary was surprised to see h's shot rebounded with little Injury. Moreover, the Alabama's powder had deteriorated during many months missed lii tropical climates; a shell placed In the steering gear of the Kearsarge failed to explode when Its aviiln,.lnn u'nnfil )i n v?, I In* Federal veBsel helpless. Under these disadvantages the Alabama fought a brave but foredoomed contest, finally going down. Her officers and crew were saved by the English yacht Deerhound. Admiral Semmer. later complained that Captain Wlnslow had lured him Into a combat through specifically false statements, namely, by representing 'hat the two sli1p6 were on an equal tooting when In fact the Kearsarge had armor concealed. The Alabama was a fine vosrel of about nlno hundred tons and 230 feet length, built for both steam aud <allB. Her l>est speed with all her -esources uped was about thirteen knots, or fourteen milfiB an hour. She usually ran down her prizes, when they were sailing vessels, under rail alone, and such was Semmes' 1 pride In her sailing qualities that he would sometimes prolong the chase greatly rather than resort to steam. The havoc which Hhe worked to the American flag on the high seas has never since been renalred. Ki;v land had to pay fifteen million dollars for turning her loose, but from the standpoint of commercial advantage this money was repaid many fold. \s far as their personal preferences were concerned, Sernmes and his lien would have preferred fighting 'o prize-making, but there was ne *r i day when the hostile epithet of 'pirate" would Justly be applied i The Alabama was commissioned iftor acquisition in a foreign port, nit so was Paul Jones' lion Honnr.e , Kichard. Scmmes cannot be re. proached on this score without involving Jones. In "Service AfToat" . Admiral 8emme8 tells in effective , Uyl? the story of hlR stirring months , on the Sumter and Alabama. We t advise any oue who may never have read it to repair the omUslon. Saw South Pole of Mar*. 5 That tho South Pole of Mars is 1 a white peak surrounded by an iceI clad area, is the statement made by ' Prof. Philip Fox. director of tho t Dearborn observatory at the NorthI western university, at Chicago, III., t who says that thif- week he had an I unusually good observation of Mars which was (hen only 3&.000.000 miles from the earth. ? Husband Refused Wife Shoes. r That her huehand had purchased 5 her only one pair of shoes In the 1 four years of tholr married life was one of the reasons given by Mrs. 1 Margaret Dando. of Chicago. 111., ' for deafrlng a divorce from William Dsmdo.