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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.
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Woman Badly Burned While Prepar
Ing Dinner.
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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.
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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.