I! THE FORT MILL TIMES
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VOLUME xvm : FORt MILL, S. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23.1909 T NO. 40
SEA TRAGEDY
^ CiyUia mi His Wife and Elrrti SeaB
aea Use Tkesr Lhts.
SCHOONER IS WRECKED
I Wkr Picked Up In the Wreckage
V of the Governor Ames and Car*
HP lied to Charleston by the SteamH
ship Hhawmnt, Give* Graphic StoH
ry of a Catastrophe.
The five-masted schooner OovcrH
nor Ames, oound from Brunswick
|H Ga., to New York, with a large car
HB go of railroad croseties, grounded
M and went to pieces off Wimble
H Shoals, twenty-five miles north of
I Cape Hatteras. Mouduy afternoon at
about 6 o'clock. The captain, the
crew, consisting o! twelve men. and
the wife of the captain, were all
killed or drowned with one single j
exception.
This, Bays The News and Courier,
Is the story toid by the sole survivor.
a Nova Scotlan, by the name
of Josi&h Bpeerlng. a seaman on
the vessel. He was picked up from
a mass of floating ties by the steamship
Bhawmut, while on her way
from Philadelphia to Charleston,
where she arrived Wednesday ulgbt
with Spearing on board.
Capt. A. Syenaou, of the Shawmut.
on Tuesday morning about 7 o'clock
discovered a figure signalling on a
mass of wreckage. The Shawmut
wua about two miles from the scene,
bet Immediately hastened to where
the wreckage lay. The sea was too
roagh to lower a boat, but a ladder
was thrown over the side of the vessel
and Spearing climbed abourd.
Spearing was suffering from the
cold, the shock and particularly from
asvere bruises Inflicted by the floating
wreckage, which beat upon him
on account of the heavy aea dashing
It to and fro. Ills legs and arms i
bear blue and black marks, and he
is unable to walk. His mind, however,.is
clear and be 1s able to give
s full account of the calamity, which
be did to a reporter of The New*,
and Courier, and from that account
we make up this report: i
Spearing hailed the Shawmut by
waving an oil skin coat, which he
managed to save before the schooner
went down. lie says iu&t In the
forenoon Monday the wind ossumod
large proportions; it was foggy, and
drizzling, and ho says the man at i
the wheel waa near-sighted and could
not see where he was steering; that
he could only steer by the way the
wind filled the sails, or by aid of
_...?,the stars. That at 11:30 o'clock
In the morning the schooner struck
rocks and broke aft The sea came
In on the quarter deck and the tall
ore lashed the captain's wife to the
spanker rigging. 1 h?.o the men we:.,
down to get life preservers. When
It was tried to uso them they fob
to pieces before any one could get
them on. Rope yards were thee
lashed around the preservers by each
** man who had one.
WMlo the men wore trying to
make the preserves seaworthy the
vessel >broke aft, and the captain's
wife %?S8 ruBhed to the forward deck
and Sashed to the mast. She whi
L almost frozen, suffering from ttai
cold (wind and from the cold sen
that jvaa filling the boat. The met
rushed down Into the cabin for
blankets for her. and they bad hardly
gotten on deck again when th.
stern broke in two and the cabin
wait filled with water.
It was about 2 o'clock then, and
the wind Increasing, the vessel broke
up completely. The woman waa lash
ed to the niizzen rigging, and then
as the rigging began to break, she
waa taken away and lashed to the
hoops of the mainmast, on the fore
castle. The sea was so violent tha.
the mast broke, and, falling upor
the woman, crushed her to death
Spearing said as the woman fell h.
beard a man give a death scream
aa the same mast had fallen upor
him and killed him.
Spearing wild that as soon as be
and the mate saw that the captain'?
wife was dead they knew they coul
do no more, so they made an effort
to save their own lives by running
to the jib as It was the safest place
When tbo vessel began breaking
aft she swung around so violently
that they couldn't stay on ber any
longer. Tbree big aeas washed over
the wreckage and Spearing managod
to bold on.
The fourth aea was so strong, howover,
that he fell overboard from the
wreckage. He grabbed to a hmi. 1
rope at the flying jib and was fortunate
enough to land on the deck,
which was floating. He had scarce
ly landed when two seas struck him
knocking him down before ho could
raise himself. Ho waa terribly dazed
and about half conscious when he
stood up, but he made a ..tart for
the aft deck and he could bear men
screaming with fear and agony as
they were being pounded senseless
by falling timbers.
Another sea washed over him and
he attempted to get to the men In
distress. It was good dark then;
the stump of the Jigger mast broke
off an 1 with it came twenty feet of i
be deck Three men were hanging,
on and all had broken arms and loga.
It, was at this time that 8pearlog
climbed up the only mast above water
and found on the top a poor sea
ELEVEN ULLED
AND TWBNTT-FTV* INJUBED Of
THS SOUTHERN WRBCK.
Nudn md Addfonw of Um? Pa?car
era Who Were Killed or **' ,<id
cd by **
Vice President and General Manager
Ackert, of the Southern Railway,
Wednesday gave out the following
statement in regard to the
accident near Greensboro, N. C., early
Wednesday morning:
"Our passenger train, No. 11,
which la operated locally between
Richmond. Va., and Atlanta. Ga..
and carries sleepers from Richmond
to Charlotte and from Norfolk to
ni.. _ -a a % _ a - * * * ? a
v^uanunc, wu neraiiru auoui v.av
o'clock this morning, about eleven
miles south of Greensboro. N. C.
As far as can be ascertained at this
time, the cause of the accident was
a broken rail, due to a concealed
defect. Two coaches and two sleepers
turned over. The engine, mall
and bsggae cars did not leave the
track."
The passengers reported killed
are.
John A. Broadnax, Greensboro,
N. C.
V. E. Holcomb. a lawyer of Mount
Airy. N. C.
Edward Sexton. Denton. N. C.
Frank W. Kllby. Birmingham, Ala.
A. T. Cone, superintendent of
Richmond division of the Southern.
C. 1). Nolan, Pullman conductor.
11. C. White, traveling auditor,
Washington. D. C.
Ed Bagby. Richmond, Vs.
Richard Karnes. New York city.
Isaac Dammoiis, porter on Richmond
sleeper.
One unidentified, clean shaven
white man, about 24 years of age.
Total reported dead, eleven.
Reported Injured:
John W. Phillips, Petersburg, Va.
David P. McBrayer, Anderson, B.
C.
Alva L. Harris. Reidsville, N. C.
Will Kemmina, Davidsoi College,
N. C.
Butrol Watson, Baskervlile. Va.
Artbiir Watson. Baskervlile. Va.
Robert Russell, 14 East 41st
street. New York.
Mrs. H. T. Cook. Norfolk. Va.
P. Smith. Spencer, N. C.
H. L. Btribbllng. Atlanta, Ga.
Richard Dobte. Norfolk, Va.
W. T. Deberry. Portsmouth. Va.
Mrs. Robert Edmond, Jr., New
Orleans, La.
Philip Nelson, Owosboro. N. C.
The Rev. D. D. Hill (colored).
Reldsvllle. N. C.
Thomas W. Kldrldge, baggage
master. Richmond. Va.
Burton Marye, road master. Klch
mood, Va.
Thomas V. Chalkier. Richmond.
Vo.
George B. Wagoner, Danville, Va.
W. T. Carroll, ticket agent. Norfolk.
Va.
H. L. Wood. Pullman superintended.
Norfolk. Va.
W. T. Carter, traveling auditor.
Danville, Va.
John Anderson, colored porter,
Norfolk. Va.
Total reported Injured twentyfour.
The track was cleared and afl
trains moving at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday.
Tragedy tn Georgia.
At Cuthbert. Ga.. John W. Harris.
50 years old, and brother of Mayor
Harris, of that city, was shot and
instantly killed In the lobby of the
Randolph hotel by J. F. Lcrd. Jr.,
18 years old. son of the proprietor
uarris was pfiying cards In the
lobby when young Lord, It is said,
irdttred him out of the house, aid
fln the difficulty following Harris
was shot. lx>rd Is under arrest.
u?d with all his fingers chopped
off.
When finally a big sea dashed the
men from the perches and took the
mast with It. Spearing remained in
the water fully fifteen minutes be'orc
he came to a big part of the
wreckage which he at first thought
was a shark. He hung on to the
floating timbers with might and
main until the next motning.
Spearing says the schooner lert
Brunswick on Thursday last. The
veasel hailed from Providence. R
I., but had sailed from Boston to
Brunswick. He did not know the
captain's name and had only been
with the ship for a little over three
weeks. He joined the ship at Boston
The crew consisted of the captain,
'.wo mates, sn engineer and a steward
and six seamen and the captain's
wife. Spearing said that his home
Is Cambridge, Hants county, Novla
a^ntln 11- - 01 -* -? ?-?
wvv>Iiv ID an jvmn ui ?K<' and
unmarried.
Hpcarlng was floating on the
wreckage two or three miles from
the Bhawmat when ho was first
sighted, which was about 24 miles
north, northeast of Diamond Shoals
lightship. The catastrophe occurred
at Wimble Shoals, about 25 miles
north of Cape Hatteras.
Spearing said that the vessel went
to pieces shoot fire miles from
shore An attempt was made eight
or ten times to make rafts to pnt
the crew on so as to get to shore,
but tbs high sees prevented. The
shore Could Just be seen owing to
the hesrr fog.
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WRECK OF TRAM
fob derm Liret as4 foots Iqar; to
luj People.
ACCIDENT On SOUTHERN
| A Brokw Rati Throws Frte Coschvs
Prom a Bridge New Greensboro,
N. C.?Two High Southern Hall*
wsjr Officials Are Included la the
List of Those Killed.
Local passenger train No. 11, on I
the Southern railway, known aa the 1
Richmond and Atlanta frain, duo
In Greensboro at 0:40 a. m.. was ,
wrecked Wednesday at 6:32 at Reedy i
Pork trestle, ten miles north of
Greensboro, and at 6 o'clock Wednea- 1
day evening eleven dead bodies had ,
been removed from the wreckage. <
Fourteen are reported dead and
twenty-five injured are being cared '
for at St. Leo's hospital. )
Owing to the character of the <
wreck much time was required to i
remove the dead and injured front 1
the debris and, it was 8:30 before
this work was well underway. The
injured were carried to Greensboro !
aa rapidly as they could be extricated
from the wreck and placed 1
in St. Leo's hospital.
The derailment of the train wsj '
caused by a broken rail, about two
hundred feet from the trestle that !
spans the small stream. The train '
was composed of two baggage, express
and mall cars, three day 1
coaches and two Pullmans. The engine
and baggage, mail and express 1
care passed over In safety, while ,
the day coaches end Pullman were
thrown from the trestle Into the *
orcek and along the banks some
twenty to thirty feet below.
At the point where the first coacb c
left the track, the right hand rail ,
being broken, about eighteen It.ch- |
es from a joint, the rail was L"."Cion
Into fragments for several feet, and
torn entirely from the croKatten
truck wheels ran on the tJes until
near the trestle, when the outside
wheels went over. allowing the
brake beams and axles to fall on
the guard rail of the bridge. As
th? last ooach was about on the trestle.
the fiv?? coaches toppled ove.\
broke loose from the mail and ?*x
press car and tumbled to the mu-1
and water below.
The Norfolk Pullman fell in the (
water while the Richmond sleeper *
Just in front, landed only partially c
in the water. The most of the in
Jured and kiiled in the sleepers we e
in the Richmond sleeper, which whs
totally demolished. The Norfolk
sleeper was not so badly torn up,
but fell on its side in tho swollen
stream, submerging many of the passengers
in the water. The conduc
tor In this coach, Capt- Johnson, was
very slightly Injured and none of tl?e
passengers in his car were killed.
The Richmond Pullman Is a mat
of wreckage and scattered over thf i
wet and muddy bank of the stream, |
p?rc 01 11 neing ourteo la tbe inu*. *
At 11 o'clock parts of two bod'. .6
wore visible from tbe edge of thin
mess of wreckage and It is not nov 11
known bow many more are under
It. Railroad men, who were working
bard to rescue tbe unfortunate
victims and to recover the bodlej
of tbe dead, are practically certa.i.
that a removal of tbe debris would
reveal more drj'a bodies. The iwi
day coaches In front of tbe Pullmans
were also complete wrecks, being
smashed into kindling wood.
Of tbe dead their appearand at
tbe undertakers ?howed thai. some
were scalded to death, o'ba. ? sere
badly mutilated, while one was cut
1 nbalf at tbe waist, bis dismember
ed parts being found at the ppposire
end of tbe coach.
At 1 o'clock, when tbe d"*a;l were
. carried into tbo city, the morgue
( was so crowded the* the tra'i.i pa->I
ed on further where tbe ambulances
and backs were gathered to convsy
the dead to an improvised morgue
which had been ordered.
It took a cordon of policemen to
I keep tbe eager crowds from .'licking
all approaches. For a Hpa:o of
four hours the streets were at one
time or another the scene of o procession
of ambulances carrying (ho
wounded to tbe hospital or the dead
to the morgue.
The Southern h?.d a corps or officials,
physicians and laborers on tbe
seen quickly after the news was received,
Improvised Utters were
quickly put Into service, as the InJnfed
were released from their per
Hods positions In the mass of wreckPullman
mattresses and' blankets
?rr?j ueeu 10 proieci ine me injured,
and the dead were wrapped and
handled as tenderly a? the exigencies
of the occasion would permit. <
Rtron? and willing bands lifted the 1
Improvised Utters with their bur- I
dens of suffering humanity and bore '
them to the hospital trains, which I
werp operated between the place of
the wreck and Sainmtt avenue, nearest
the 8t. Leo's hospital.
8?rong men wore blanched faces,
but carried steady hands and worked
quietly, but with a will to do
everything in tbelr power. Even i
under tha stress of the terrible eg- i
cltement there was mnch tender
4 solicitude shown the suffering.
ZELAYA HAS RESIGNED
TYRAN1CAL NtCARAQUAN Rl'LKH
YIELDS TO THE INEVITABLE.
With the Whgie Country Seething
With KefolaUon Against Him,
This Was Hto Only Way Out.
A dispatch (jom Managua aaya
Jose Santas Z^laya has resigned
from the Presidency of Nicaragua.
He placed hla resignation in the
nana* or Congress Thursday morning.
Apparently there was no other
course for him to take. The
people were at lost aroused. The
guns of the revolutionists threatened,
the warships of the United States
were in Nlcaraguan ports.
Managua has been seething for
lays. The spirit of revolt has spread
even to the gates of the palace.
Zelaya surrendered himself with an
irmed guard. Unchecked the populace
have marched through the
itreets, crying for the end of the
aid, proclaiming the new regime.
Who will take up the reins no
ane knows nor cares. It Is sufficient
'.hat Zelaya as dletator will be known
ao more. There Is no doubt that
Congress will act quickly on his
resignation, for the people have demanded
It.
Dr. Jose Madrlx. Judge of the
Central American Court of Justice
it Carta go, who has been close to
Zelaya, and ie now his choice for
s president, has goue to Managua.
Madris has his following,
itrong and influential, even among
:he revolutionists, but Qen. Estrada,
ander whose command the great
?dy of fighting Insurgents now face
/asquea's troops at Rama, will have
lone of him. Estrada's word will
>ear weight in the choice of a Presilent.
Zelaya has known, too. that
Jadris is not acceptable to the IJnltvd
States, and he has sought to learn
vho would be looked upon with fa or
by that government us bis sue
:e??or.
Accompanying his resignation
Maya sent the following meesage
o congress:
"The painful circumstances in
vhlch the country is plunged call for
ids of abnegation and patriotism on
he part of good citizens, who are
he witnesses of the oppression of
he Republic by the heavy hand of
ate. The country is staggering unler
1 shameless revolution, which
hreatens the nation's sovcre'gaiy
>nd a foreign nation unjustly intcrenes
in our affairs, publicly providng
the rebels with arms, which has
mly resulted in their being defeated
erywhere through the heroism of
mr troops.
"To avoid further bloodshed, and
or the reason that the revolutionnta
have declared that they would
>ut down their arms when 1 surender
the executive power, 1 here>y
place in the hands of the national
issembly the abandonment of the
emalnder of my term of office, which
b to be filled by a substitute on their
boosing, with the hope that this
vlll result in good to Nicaragua, the
establishment of peace, and partlcllarly
the suspension of the hostlliy
of the United States to which 1
lo not wish to give a pretext for
ntervention."
A commission of five deputies was
ippointed to draft a bill looking to
he acceptance of Zelaya's resignalon,
which is now considered a mere
brutality. News of the president's
iction spread through the city, and
toon great crowds moved through
he streets, shouting for the United
itates. Estrada and the revolution.
Held in eontml for v??ro Hv iho
itrong hand of Zelaya, tbc people
mvc been quick to break through
estrsint wben It was certain that
be dictator could not breast tbe tide
bat has been rising around bim.
luring tbe later days Zelaya has
esorted to all tbe known tricks and
;ontrivances to hold the people of
danngua with bim.
Reports of a government victory
t Rama have been freely circulated.
and rumors that a massacre of
-evolutionists had occurred were slowed
to spread unchallenged and unlenled.
It finally became known
hat these were without a Bhred of
ruth, and they rebounded like a
}oomerang.
First one deputy then another took
jp the denunciation of Zelaya in
?e chamber and later in the public
places, and soon throughout. the city
lemonstratlons were hold, in which
>pen revolt was voiced. Wedneaiay
night, however, a pro-Zalaya
lemonstratlon marked the session of
congress, but this had no effect outilde
the walls of the houso. The
rising was more marked Thursday
than ever, and the President deeded
discretion to be the better
part of valor and withdrew from
>ffice.
Shot While Hooting.
Mr. Barkln B. Rerley, a planter
*f the Mount Pleasant section of
Newberry county, accidentally shot
himself at 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning while out bird hunting, the
load penetrating his left leg just
below the knee, and producing a
hemorrhage from which he died at
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Bitten by Boll Dog.
Seven persons were hltten by a :
rabid white hull dog which went on i
a rampage tn the lower part of New 1
York Wednesday night. The dog ,
was finally killed by a policeman.
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CAN THIS BE SO?
Iqjtr HcapkHI, Editor tf tfe New ud .
Curier, is Said to U
AN ADVISOR OF MR. TAFT
The Editor's Abuse- of Mr. Brru
n
Before His Lust Nomination, and u
His Ridicule of Bryan by the Hen ?
P
and tiander Incident Mode the
8'
Editor Solid With Mr. Toft. o
Zac.k McOee, Washington cor re- w
spondent of The State, sends out s d
surprising statement in his last let- fi
ter to his paper. Here is what Mc- b
Gee says: a
"In these modern and radiant days U
of Big Bill Taft, what has become
of that ancient and honorable in- F
atitutlon formerly designated 'Re- n
publican Referee,' beatiflcally trans- cmorgrifled,
as you may recall, under u
the be-accurate dispensation of Hon. It
George Bruce Cortelyou into 'Ad- tl
vleer' ?But, regardless of nomencls- h
ture, where is he at? In brief, e<
Who's It In South Carolina when it V
comes to pie? d
"The man who secured the nomlnation
o( Louie C. Kukor to be postmaster
at Florence and S. Coke King it
to be poet master at Darlington as 0
Mayor James Calvin Hemphill, ivil P
lor of the Charleston News uaJ
Courier, and Mr. Taft'e closest and ai
most confidential triend in South tl
Carolina. Captain John O. Capers, h
Republican national committeeman *<
and eratwhile "referee" for South o!
Carolina recommended Other men tl
for these offices. Captain Caper's h
recommendations have been wont to bl
go iu South Carolina postmaster- tl
ships. b]
"General Francis H. Hitchcock. c<
Political Charge d'xAalrs of the
Administration, still consults him b<
about thcso offices, but a bigger e<
than the/ General has been taking rl
a hand. Senator E. D. Smith, who pi
represents Florence in the senate tl
and who had the power of holding st
up any appointment objectionable to >1
him, 'did his durndeet,' in the lan- cl
guage of the classic poet, to induce fr
the president to name another man h<
for Klorenco. Rut there wae one dl
more potent in the counclSes of the <*<
president than the senator, and the hi
Major's man was named. e<
"Captain Capers nays he Is no
longer 'Referee' or "Adviser' In the hi
established sense. 'So far ns 1 fr
know there isn't any such Job,' he hi
s&ys. 'I have retired to my private
law practice and am devoting my ta
time to it. intending not to accept d?
any further political office. Of **c
course, until the next national con- w
ventlon, I am scill the national is
committeeman, and having advise 1 b<
about South Carolina offices so long. ?I
and still desirous of seeing good b<
men In office as well as to ae* the ?
party prosper In South Carolina, C
why wbeneve- I am asked to sd- te
vise, I advise. When 1 am not
asked, I have nothing to say.' In u<
passing It Is an evidence of Mi. Cu- "1
per's sincerity that he has had th:- c<
refusal of at least two good fed??v- d<
al appointments since he left that b<
of General Reveaue commla*!on?-r. T
"Now upon the election of Mr. d<
Tnft a different policy with respect tc
to apiioiptmcnts in the rfouth was ?
determined upon. Mr. Taft bad tl
been down to Greensboro, N C., R
several yeara l>eforo he was ou octlve
candidate for the pre? .le.1-7. Y<
There he shocked his fellow llcpub- T
licans, who for several year* had w
been engaged in one continuous and P
conspicuous exhibition dogfight over ct
federal patronage by telling them H
that the Republican party In tlio M
South would be better off if the a
Democrats held nil the offices. N
He seems not altogether to have P
got that idea out of his head, and a
it is believed he would have enter- w
ed upon a wholesale policy of ap- ?i
lAMimu.^ i/cuiuuiitun iu umct? una 11 "
not been for the more astute poll- It
tlcal head of his postmaster general tl
and chief political adviser. There 8
is a difference only of Judgment K
between Mr. Taft and Mr. Hitch- P
cock. The object of each Is to break P
the Bolid 8outh. Mr. Taft thinks t>
he can do it by coddling a few Demo- ^
crats with Republican leanings, and &
while Mr. Hitchcock does not whol- tl
ly disagree with the idea he wants
to he quite sure of the leanings '
Mr. Taft seems willing to take greater
chances on this score. The regu- t
lar aforetime 'referees' have not a
beon formally abolished or super- J
seeded so much as they have been I'
Just sort o' defunctionized, as it t
were, perhaps temporary and ex- P
perimentally in order that the beAm- ?
ing and eprsuasive personality of the n
, I _ . . n... . .. . . - . v
111K neanea mu ion mignt oeam 11
direct.
"Thla personality has been beaming
upon the Charleaton editor ever
slnco that famous Gander and Hen
Incident, when The Newe and Courier
conducted a raffle for the Bryan
campaign fund. Thl? tickled the
Republican candidate very much and.
his attention was riveted npon the
bitter attacks upon Mr. Bryan which
The News and Courier had rande bofore
the Denver convention and th*>
scarcely veiled partially of fta
editor for tha Republican eandl/ate
during the campaign. Whlla Mr.
Taft knew Major Hemphill before
that, having been entertained In
Charleston in that moat hospitable
and charming manner for hlch '
t 'M
DRUG STORE WRECKED
* ATLANTA BY THE EXPLOSION
OF FIREWORKS.
"wo Persona Badly Burned and thr
Interior of the Store and Stock
Ruined.
The Atlanta Journal says as
e*ult of the sudden and entirely
nexpected explosion of a quantify
f Christmas fireworks in the W.
L Fuller pharmacy, 470 Pryo!
treat. Tuesday evening at 10.30
ViceV.. Arthur Kcgte, the young
xia dispenser, now lies at the Oray
hospital at the point of death
rem burns received; Dr. Fuller is
adly burned about the face, hun Is
nd bodv and the pharmacy Is a toil
wreck.
At the time of the explosion Dr
'uller and Kapel were opening a
?w supply of fireworks that hud
om? in during the day and were
tferly Ignorant of any danger; havxg
beet: particularly careful to rxIngulsh
the fire in the stove five
ours before the fireworks were open
4. The couple had Just marked up
wo of the packages when one sud
enly exploded and others followed
ait.
When the |90 worth of fireworks,
icludlng Roman candles, skyrockets,
recrackers. and dynamite caps, exlode-J
young Kagol was blown tor
H-t against the top of the store
ad came down In the very midst of
be burning missiles. Dr. Fuller
ad gone to the cash register In un
IJolnlng room to ring up tb* hk'.c
r a cigar when ho was jarred by
to ignition of the fireworks. Though
9 wee many feet away he was
town ten feet through space against
le eoda fount and badly burned
r the flying explosives before he
>uld escape.
After his flight to the celling ar.d
ick, young Kagel was so bady bll vl1
that It took htm ten minutes to
ght his way out of the o-i%'tuufi
rescript Ion room. Finally Audit*
xe door he made a dash for tfi*
reet and ran up And do tlx
dewAlk like a mad man, with hit*
othlng ablaze. He was so badly
ightcned by the flames ana jurus
e had received that it wsi with
Ifflculty that W. 8. Matthews rhn?)
him down and held him until
is burning clothe* could be rcmov1.
The pharmacy looks as IT a cyclone
*d struck It with all its force. The
ont doors were torn from their
luges. all window panes shattered.
>ow cases demolished, soda foun
In ruined and the building badly
imaged by Are. The prescription
>om is a total wreck, where the tire
orks were being opened. There
nothing to it at all. The many
>ttles of powder and liquids wort
trinkled all over the floor and every
>ttle broken into bits.
harleaton is famous, in which en
rtainment the editor of The News
id Courier was naturally conepic
3us, owing not so much to his po
tlon as to his own pleasing and
>rdtal personality. But this Gan
i>r and Hen incident seemed to bavi
?i-n an especial bond of union
wice since he was elected presipnt.
Mr. Taft has visited Charles
>n. and Major Hemphill has vlsit1
the President in Washington,
leir friendship being at each ineet\g
intensified.
"The Gander and Hen incident.
?u understand, was a joke. Mr
aft likes a joke and be likes a man
ho gets off a good one. Hut the
le no* oil Ubn TW-?
vu?uvmv in nwb on junr, i uai
impaign la6t fall wasn't any joke.
Ie meart business, and at one time
Ir. Bryan was pushing htm so close
od the Middle West as well as
lew York showed such slRns of Reublican
disintegration that he got
11 vexlfled. as it were. It has al
rays been an idea with him ever
ince he entered politics, which was
rhen he became candidate for preslent.
you understand, that be was
he man of Destiny to break up the
olid South. And he wanted to
o into the South during that camalgn
to convert the stlfTneckcd peole,
and would huvo done so but
or this daoRerous threat of the
liddle West and New York. But
II the time he was looking abofit in
he South, watching It very closey.
He had certain lieutenants, pulse
eelers. to report to him what men
a the South could be of assistance
o him in furnishing Information
bout conditions. Among these was
, C. Hemphill In South Carolina,
t la not believed that he called on
heft* men for asaifttance, but it 1r
ostively known tbat ho had his eye
n them, and considered them an
iot bo hostile as their papers might
lave Indicated to those who did not
ead between the lines.
"Whether he has Major Hemphill
>n his list of nliglbles with tho hope
>f asaisutnce in breaking up the
lolid South or not can be but a mater
of surmise. It is certain that
>e consults the Major about appolntnents.
and that the Major, whethor
consulted or not. sometimes give*
lis 'advice.' This he did a few days
igo In the candidacy of his cousin,
I. J. Hemphill for the (^flBce of comniwrioner
of the District of ColnraMa.
It Is believed that were it not
tor the teohaleal bar respecting le
fat residents. President Taft would
>ut of oonslderatton for hla friend,
I. C. Hemphill, appoint J. J. Hempbill
to the office, further oooaldera
ADMITS HE LIED
CapL Lmsc Breads His Ova Slatwatit .
Ataat Dr. Caak lie.
WAS OUT FOR THE MONEY
Maker of a Sworn Statement That
He Hod Prepared Cook's Obserrations
for lilm Has Cunfes^ed
That the Story Was Prepared
Without Regard to Truth.
Capt. B. 8. Osborn. of New Yor*.
I secretary of the Arctic Cl?io. h?e
written Capt. Joseph E. Dernier and
others that Capt. August W. u-toso's
story of his dealings with I)r. Cook,
as published in a New York newspaper.
was concocted for sale, without
regard to the truth.
"In the presence of witnesses,"
said Capt. Osborn, "I heard Loose
aay, 'I was out for the money, and
I don't care how I get it,'"
Capt. Osborn does not believe that
Loose's narrative, as supported by
his affidavits, was a part of any plot
to discredit Dr. Cook.
"The idea originated with Loose
and Dunklc," says Capt Osborn. ij
"They had for eale matter In this
controversy so explosive that nobody
dared handle It. When they found
that out they cast about for something
else. Dunkle was the promoter,
Loobo the workman.
"Also Dunklo got most of the
money. That's what Loose says, and
now he is casting around to see
where he stands. He's got a conscience,
and it smarts.
"I wrote these facts In private
letters to Capt. Bernier and others,
and their premature publication Is
a mistake, and may spoil what would
have been complete documentary
proof of ray assertion, sworn to before
a notary.7
"Loose had an appointment to
sign u confession, which has already
been drawn up. He did not
appear, und now be has Just twentyfour
hours' grace. If h? doc-s not
sign very shortly the substance of
the confession will then be printed
from notes of conversations on which
It is baaed."
Capt. Osborn was not at liberty
to name the person who had obtained
and dra'trd tho confession.
"A Bhip owner," bo designated
hltn, "a former employer of Loose
and a man who bnA personal influence
with him."
"How did this man prevail on
uoopo lo confess." was asked.
"He told Loose Htralgbt oat,"
said the captain, "that Loose was
playing checkers with his own
nose."
Capt. Oeborn does not df?r tbot
Dr. Cook aud Loose had business
ioallngs. and that money passed
between them. But he said:
"I know enough shipmates of the
doctor's who went Into the Antarctic
with him to be sure the doctor
needed nobody to fabricate observations
for him. No dcubt he set
problems for Loose, by which to
check his own calculations."
Neither Loose or Dunkle could be
found.
"Lie From Beginning to End."
An Ottawa, Ont., dispatch says,
"Capt. lx>ose has confessed that his
story published in a New Yo-K
newspaper Is a line from beginning
to end. We hope to have his confession
sworn to in a few days."
This, in substance, is the statement
made lo a letter received by
Capt. Vernier, commander of the
Canadian exploration steamer Arc
tic. The letter. Capt. Bemier states,
is from Capt. B. B. Osborn. of Ne<r
'VI n, c?rtn-mi y OI IQl) Arctic trill 0
of which the explorer Ih a member.
It was Capt. Bernier who received
the first letter from I)r. Cook aft-?r
hie doeh to the pole, announcing the
sunceaa of the Journey.
Kxtrn Term of Court.
A dispatch from Klngstree says
Clerk of Court Brltton received
Wednesday from Governor Ansel an
order for the calling of an extra
term of the Court of General Sessions
to commenco on January 10,
1910. The special term Is for the
purpose of trying John Woods (or
Hose), the would-be rapist. Thle
In the earliest day the court ??o
lawfully be held.
Fatal Shooting Scrape.
A -fatal shoottng scrape occurred
at Wcstvllle Tuesday night In which
Doc Belk was shot and killed by
John Peach. The parties are white.
The killing is understood to be about
a woman.
tlon being of course glvon to Mr.
Hemphill's fitness.
"Major Hemphill's recommendations
are not always favorable acted
on. this being notably the case In
i refont recommendation for tha
nostmastor's position at Walhalla.
He recommended Mtss Fant, who It
leveloped was at lh? time residing
in Anoeraou, engageo mere as stenographer.
She had. however, been
a resident of Walhalla. However,
she and her people were Democrats,
while Jtnson C. Merrick, the hufbend
of ?'aa deceased post master, wag a
good Republican.' This waa one
time the Postmaster General tad
hie way, and Merrick waa appointed.*"
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