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m - r m Imfcr Hfe m ESTABLISHED IN 18? irai Graphic Description Given i> By a Reporter. 1,726 Lives Lost in This Most Appalling of All Sea Tragedies ?Boat Strikes Berg and Then Boilers Explode?Brave Men ?i?l Wlnmnn Moot HpatH With CIIIU VVUIIIGII KIWI Undaunted Courage. BY CARTER P. HURD. Staff Reporter. K. Y. World, who arrived on the Carpatlila. (Coprrickt, 1012, by Pnlltaer Pobllahli| Company; all right* reaerved. Abjt violation of thla copyright will bo vigorously prosecuted by the N. Y. World. New York. April 19.?Seventeen hundred Uvea?the figures will hardly vary In either direction by more than a few dozen?were lost In the sinking of the Titanic which struck an ice-1 berg at 11:45 p. m. Sunday and was at the ocean's bottom 2 hours and 35 minutes after. The printed rolls of first and second cabins, compared with the list of the ?urvivors on the Carpathia, show that of 341 first-cabin passengers, 212 were saved. 154 of them women and children; and that of 262 secondcabin passengers, 115 were Baved, 102 of them women and -hlldren. of the third-class passenger, 800 In number, 136 survive, of whom 83 are women and children. Of 985 officers and crew, 199, In~ 0<> "'"mon ronrhpd the Car-1 CI IIU 111 & Ad nvuivi., pathla. A few in each class doubtless escaped enumeration on the Carpathia. 1,688 Are Unaccounted For. Accepting the estimate of the Carpathian officers that 700 survivors I reached the ship, comparison with the total. 2.388, shows that 1.6SS are un accounted for. There is but the faintest hope that any of these reached any other ship. | Reports that the California, a cattle ship, may have rescued a few persons, hav? given merciful respite from ut, ter despair to some of the women. < Cause, responsibility and similar questions regarding the stupendous disaster will be taken up In time by the British marine authorities. No disposition has been shown by any survivor to question the courage of ? * 'the crew, hundreds of whom saved. others and gave their own lives with a heroism which equaled, but could not exceed that of John Jacob Aster. Henry B. Harris. Jacques Futrelle and others in the long list of the first cabin missing. Officers Knew Icebergs Were Near. Facts which I have established by Inquiries on the Carpathia, as positively as they could be established in view of the silence of the few eurvivInr officers, are* That the Titanic's officers knew, several hours before the crash, of the possible nearness of icebergs. That the Titanic's speed, nearly 23 knots an hour, was not slackened. That the number of lifeboats on the Titanic was insufficient to accommodate much more than one-third of the passengers, to say nothing of tho crew. Most members of the crew say there were 16 lifeboats and two collapsibles; none say there were; more than 2D boats in all. The 700 who escaped filled most of the 16 lifeboats and the one collapsible which got away to the limit of their capacity. "Women First" Rule Enforced. That the "women first" rule, in some cases, was applied to the extent of turning back men who were with their families, even though not enough women to fill the boats were at hand on that particular part of the deck. Some few boats were thus lowered without being completely filled, but most of these were soon filled with sailors and stewards, picked up out of the water, who helped man them. That the bulkhead system, though probably working tn the manner Intended. availed only to delay the, ship's sinking, the position and length of the ship's wound (on the starboard quarter) admitted lev water which caused the boilers to explode, and these explosions practically broke the ship In two. Bulkheads Rendered ineffective. Had the ship struck the Iceberg bead-on. at whatever speed, and with whatever resultant shock, the bulkhead system of water-tight compartments would probably have saved the vessel. As one man expressed 1t. It was the "Impossible" that happened when, with a shock unbelievably mild, the ship's side was torn for a length, which made the bulkhead system In^ effective. LIFESAVINGAPPl INADEQUATE, Xm \ork, April IS.?The following statement l*?ue<l hy a rommlUrr of the anrti vlmr paui-mtrri n?? jtlvrn the prriw on the arrlvnl of the Cnrpnthlnt We. the undersigned nurvlvlnR pnnsengem from the atenntahlp Tltnnle, In order to foreatull nny aenaatlnnnl or eanggernted lutrmenta, deem It onr duty to Rive to the preaa n ntntement of (aria nhlrh have come to onr knorrl rrigr nnd nhlch wf hrllrvf to be truei On Sunday, April 14. 1012. nt nhout 111to p. m., on n cold, atnrllsht night In n amonth am nod nllh no moon, the hip atraek bp lecher* which hnd been reported to the bridge by lookout*. hut ot enrly enough to ovoid collision. Step" were tnken to nacertoln the damage and nave pnaaengera nnd ahlp. Ordera were *1 veil to pat no life belt* mod the bonfa were lowered. The ahlp annk nt nhout 2:20 n. in. MondnT. nnd the uaual rilatreaa algnnla were aent out by wlrelcaa and rocketa at Intervala from the ahlp. Fortunately, the wlrelcaa meaaage wna received by the Cunard'a Cnrpnfhla at nhjnt twelve o'clock midnight, and I THE icm The Titanic was 1,799 miles from Queenstown and 1,191 miles from New York, speeding for a maiden voyage record. The night was starlight, the sea glassy. Lights were out In most of the staterooms, and only two or three congenial groups remained in the public rooms. In the crow's nest, or lookout, and on the bridge, officers and members of the crew were at their places, awaiting relief at midnight from their two hours' watch. Danger Warning Sounded. At 11:45 camo the sudden sound of two gongs, a warning of Immediate danger. The crash against the Iceberg which had been sighted at only a quarter of a mile, came almost simultaneously with the click of the levers operated by those on the bridge, which stopped the engines and closed the water ugni aoors. Captain Smith was on the bridge a moment later giving orders for the summoning of all on board, and for the putting on of life-preservers and the lowering of lifeboats. Many Men In First Boats. The first boats lowered contained more men than the latter ones, as the men were on deck first and not enough women to fill them. When, a moment later, the rush of frightened women and crying children to the deck began, enforcement of the "women first" rule became rigid. Officers loading some of the boats drew revolvers, but in most cases the men. both passengers and crew, behaved In a way that called for no such restraint Report Captain Shot Self. Revolver snots, heard by many persons shortly before the end of the Titanic, caused many rumors. One was that Captain Smith shot himself, another was that First Officer Murdock ended his life. Smith, Murdock and Sixth Officer Moody are known to have been lost. The surviving officers. Lightolier, Pitman. Bothall and I Lowe have made no statement. Members of the crew discredit all reports of suicide, and say Captain Smith remained on the bridge until just before the ship sank, leaping only after those on the decks had been washed away. It Is also related that, when a cook later sought to pull him aboard a lifeboat he exclaimed: "Let rae go!" and. Jerking away, went down. Llfe-Preservers Effective. '-.urn. uecauie m mo uicu nuu imr | preservers is a question asked since the disaster by many persons. The preservers did tbeir work of supporting their wearers in the water until the ship went down. Many of those drawn into the vortex, despite the preservers, did not come up again. Dead bodies floated on the surface as the last boats moved away. Band Plays as Ship Sinks. To relate that the ship's string band gathered in the saloon, near the end, and played "Nearer, My God, to Thee," sounds like an attempt to give an added solemn color to a scene which was In Itself the climax of solemnity. But various passengers and survivors of the crew agree in the declaration that they heard the music. To some of the hearers, with husbands among the dying men In the water and at the ship's rail, the strain brought in thought the words: "So, by my woes I'll be Nearer, my God. to thee. Nearer to thee." "Women and children first," was the order In the tilling of the Tltanlc's lifeboats. How well that order was fulfilled the list o. missing first and second cabin passengers bears eloquent witness. "Mr." Is belore almost every name. Chose Death With Husbands. Mrs. Isldor Straus, who chose death rather than to leave her husband's side; Mrs. Allison, who remained be?'lih her huflhanrf nnH flnni'htor and others who. in various ways were kept from entering the line of those to be 6aved. are striking examples of those who faced the disaster calmly. To mo8t of the passengers the midnight crash did not seem of terrific force. Bridge players in the smoking , room kept on with their game. Once on deck, many hesitated to . enter the twinging lifeboats. The ! glassy sea. the starlit sky, the ab; aence. in the first tew minutes, of intense excitement, gave them the feeing that there was only some slight mishap?that those who got into the boats would have a chilly half hour below, and might later be laughed at. It was such a feeling as this, from i all accounts, which caused John Jacob Astor and his wile to refuse the places offered tbem in the tlrst boat and to retire to the gymnasium. In the same way H. J. Allison, Montreal banker, laughed at the warning, and his wife, reassured by him. took her time about dressing They and their ' daughter did not reach the Carpathla. j Their son. less than two years old. was carried into a lifeboat by his ' LIANCES WERE SAY SURVIVORS I "he nrrlveri on the irrnr of the dlsnster ntioul 4 n. m. ModiI.it. The officer* nnd crew of the afenmablp f'nrpntlilu hud been prepnrlnc nil nlaht for the rescue and comfort of the survivor*, nnd tbc last mentioned were received on honrd with the moat touching; carc nnd klndneaa. every attention bring given. Irrespective of The pnssencers. ofllcem nnd crew save up Kindly their atnleroom*. rlnfhIna and comfortn for our benefit, nil honor to them. The English board of trade passengers certificate on board tho Titanic ahonrd approximately R^OO, The name certificate called for lifeboat nccominndatlon for approximately 050 In tlie following hontai Fourteen large llfehonta. tiro manlier boata and four collnpalble boats. Life-preservers were ncceaaible nnil apparently In aufflclent number for all i on board. The approximate number of pnsaenge.i carried at the time of the collision wast I : fo rslf Remarkable Heroism Dis% played by All. Enforcement of the Rule "Women First" Sunders Family Ties Forever?Famous Americans Show Elements of Strong Manhood?Passengers in Lifeboats Watch Great Steamer Sink. nurse and was taken In charge by Maj. Arthur Peuchen. Tt>e admiration felt by passengers and crew for the matchlessly appoint ed vessel was translated. In those first few moments, Into a confidence which, for some, proved deadly. Lifeboats Are Lacking. In the loading of the first boat, restrictions of sex were not made, and it seemed to the men who piled In beside the women that there would be boats enough for all. But the ship's officers knew better than this, and as the spreading fear caused an earnest advance toward the suspended craft the order, "Women first!" was heard, and the men were pushed aside. To the scenes of the next two hours on those decks and In the waters below, such adjectives as "dramatic" and "tragic" do but poor Justice. With the knowledge of deadly peril gaining greater power each moment over t.'-ope men and women, the nobility of the greater part, both among cabin passengers, officers, crew and steerage. asserted itself. Straus Held Back by Guard. Isidor Straus, supporting his wlft on her way to a lifeboat, was held back by an Inexorable guard. Another officer strove to help her to a seat of safety, but 6he brushed away his arm and clung to her husband, crying, "1 will not go without you." Another woman took her place, and her form, clinging to her husband's, became part of a picture now drawn Indelibly In many minds. Neither wire nor husband, so far as anyone knows, reached a place or safety. Astor and Wife Part. Colonel Astor, holding his wife's arm. stood decorously aside as the officers spoko to him, and Mrs. Astor end her maid were ushered to seats. Mrs. Henry ll. Harris parted in like manner from her husband, raw him last at the rail, beside Colonel Astor. Walter M. C.'ark of l.os Angeles, nephew of the Montana senator. Joined tho line of men as his young wife, sobbing, was placed in one of the craft. "Let nlm come! There Is room!" cried Mrs. Emll Taussig as the men ol the White Star line motioned to h.r husband to leave her. Jt was with difficulty that ne released her hold to permit her to be led to her place. George D. Wldener. who bad been In Captain Smith's company a tew moments alter the crash, was another whose wife was parted from j im and lowered, a moment later, to the surface or the calm sea. Butt, Hays and Stead Lost. Of Major Archie Butt, a tavorlte with his fellow tourists; or Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk; of Benjamin Guggenheim, and or William T. Stend, no one seems to know whether they tarried too long In their staterooms or whether they forebore ti approach the last tilling boats None of tbem was In the throng which, weary hours afterward, reached the Carpathia. Pistols Check Steerage Men. Simultaneously on the upper deck* or the ship the ropes creuked with the low ering of boats, and as they reached the water those In the boats saw what those on the decks could not see?that the Titanic was listing rapidly to starboard, and that her stern was rising at a portentlous angle. A rush of steerage men toward the boats was checked by officers with revolvers in hand. Some of the boats, crowded too full to give rowers a chance, drifted for a time. None Had provisions or water, there was a lack of covering from the icy R',r. and the only lights were the still undimmed arcs and incandescents of tie settifng ship, save for one of the first boats. There a steward, who explained to the passengers that he had been shipwrecked twice before, appeared carrying three oranges and a green light. Green Lantern as Savior. That green light, many or the survivors say, was to the shipwrecked 1 hundreds as the pillar of fire hv night. Long after the ship had disappeared, and while confusing false lights d-.nced about the boats, the green lantern kept them together on the course which led them to the Carpathla. As the end of the Titanic became Flrat clnaa. x-rnnil clnaa. 020; third elna*. 7.10: Intnl. 1.400. Offlcrra nnd rrrw, 010. Tntnl, 2.3-10. Of the forcirnlns; nliout Ihr following nrrr rcacurd by llic atcnmalilp Cnrpa fit In? Flrat clnaa, 210; nrrund rlnaa, 12."; third clnaa, 200; officer*. 4; aennim, .10; atrnnnla, 00x flrrmrn, 71; tntnl. 210 of the rrm. The total ultotil 77." auved una nbnut *>0 per cent, of the maximum capnclfy of the llfehonta. We feel It onr duty to call the attention of the public to ?hnt are ennaldrr the Inadequate aupply of llfe-anvlni? nppllnocea provided for on mndrrn pnaaeuser atenniahlpN. nod reeommrnil Chut Immediate atepa he token to roinpel pnaaencer afenmera to curry anfflrlrnt hnnta to nccommodate lite mnxlntom J nmnlifr of people carried on Itonrd. The following InrH were observed | nml ?hnuld l>r cimalilrrrd In IhN coni nectlcn t j The Insufficiency of lltrhnnl*, rafts, j etc.j Inck. of trnlneil ncmncn to mnn j *nme (stoker*. stewards. eto.. nre nol I efficient bont handlers >j not enongh ofI fleer* to carry out emergency order* 05 1 the hrider and superintend the luiinrh! Iiib nod control of lifebontsi absence of searchlight*. The board of trade rule* nllovr for entirely too many people In eneli boat | to permit the same to he properly handled. On the Titanic the lioat deck was nbont seventy-live feet nhove irntsr, and conscaucntly the passenger* RT FORT MILL, S. C., ,THU. SEA GIVES UP 53 [ OF TITIC'S DEAD GEORGE W'DENER'S BODY AMONG THOSE DISCOVERED IN THE WRECKAGE. MANY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED Several of Victims Found Are Not Known and Will Be Lowered Back Into a Watery Grave?Many More May Be Found. Halifax, N. S?Late reports received here indicate that the cable steamer, Mackay-Bennett, had recovered the bodies of fifty-three victims of the Titanic disaster. Hew many of these have been identified is not clear, but that some have not been was made certain when the Mackay-Benuett sent a wireless saying that those bodies not embalmed would be buried at sea. The intention of the Mackay-Bennett was to bring back only such bodies as were identified or Identifiable, while unknown bodies would be returned to the sea. The Rev. K. C. Hind of the Church of England was taken along, and to him fell the duty of conducting the services for those who were again consigned to the sea.. Rush orders were received here to prepare another steamer to go in seach of the dead. The cable ship Minia was chartered and local undertakers placed 150 coffins on board while 100 tons of ice were stored away in the holds. A quantity of iron was ! also placed on board to be used iij \ burying the unidentified. The Minia is under orders to meet the steamer Mackav-Bennett. Rev. Mr. Hind will be transferred to the, Minia. and the Mackay-Bennett will then proceed to port with the dead. The Minia will establish wireless communication with the Mackay-Bennett at the first practicable moment, and I endeavor to relay all important infor! mation to the shore. | Captain Haddock Explains Error. i Washington.?The outside world has ! i never realized how the conflicting reports of the sinking of the Titanic : ! reached the newspapers, of how the j ; afternoon papers of Monday carried j the story that the passengers were all i i oafa ivhon Mnndnv morning naDers ! 1 had printed the fact of the sinking of ; the ship, and the vessel was being towed Into Halifax, while the Tuesday morning papers gave the appalling news that fifteen hundred people probably went down with the giant liner. The Innocent blunder has now been explained and came about In this manner: Captain Haddock, of the Olympic. states that at 3:20 p. m., Greenwich time, on Monday he recoived the following Marconlgram: "Are all Titanic passengers safe?" J The message was by a lady. Nearly two hours previous to receiving that message, there came a Marconlgram from the captain of the steamship Asian, as follows: "Asian heard Titanir signalling Cape j Race on and off from 8 to 10 p. m., local time. Sunday. Messages too faint to read. Finished calling 'S. O. S.' midnight. Position given as latij tilde 41.46, longitude 50.14. No further ; information. Asian then 300 miles j west of Titanic and towing oil tank TO HALIFAX. Regards. "WOOD." ! Captain Haddock is of the opinion that these two messages were tapped 1 , in transit by amateurs or unskilled operators, who omitted the word 'are' and caught "towing" and "Halifax," ; , and adds: "The first message from the Titanic was received at midnight Sunday. We i were then 505 miles away. Our course j was slightly altered and all apeed put 1 I on in an effort to reach her in time. ! Karly next morning came a message reporting all safe hut we atill made for the Titanic with hoats out and ready for use and spare beds prepared. | At 4 p. m. we got word from the Car- j pathia: "Have arrived next wreck: found nothing but wreckage; picked I up survivors." I sent this news by wireless to Southampton and London and reluctantly gave ud the effort." Eays Lookout of Titanic Was Asleep. Cleveland. O.?Lewis Klein, the Hungarian who claims to have been a member of the Titanic, is under arrest here under a technical charge of mutiny pending the arrival of a subpeona of the senate investigating committee. Klein's story, interpreted by the Australian vice consul here, is that the lookout in the "crows' nest" : of the Titanic was asleep when the collir-ion occurred and that members of the crew were drunk from ehampaigtie given them by stewards serving : the late dinner party aboard. Flood Conditions in Better Shape. New Orleans.?Reassuring reports concerning the levees of the Mississippi river, which still remain intact, , were received at the office of the I'nited States army engineers here from inspectors stationed at all weak points south of Vieksburg. Another no" I ncnin.et increased hieh . < ??.?? ,n"v " j waters is ahead, however, and Capt I ( . 0. Sherrill, chief of the government engineers. began concentrating his forces in the vicinity of the Red river landing. about forty miles south of i Natchez. Collision of Steamers Off Hatteras. Norfolk. Va.? The steamer Cretan, of : the Merchants & Miners' hue, bound from Jacksonville and Savannah to Baltimore, is making her way slowly | up the coast, seriously damaged above the water line from a collision during thick weather ofT Hatteras with the Clyde line steamer Iroquois, from NewYork for Charleston and Jacksonville The Savannah line steamer City of Montgomery, was standing by the Cre tan to give assistance If needed. Bcfh steamers carried passengers. MILL RSDAY, APRIL 25, 1912. NEWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA The Latest News of General Interest Cllected From Many Towns and Counties of the State. Mallory.?Charles R. Scott has been commissioned postmaster here in place of W. K. Hamilton, who resigned last December when he moved to Conway, air. scou nas oeeu #wuj postmaster since that time. Saluda.?Joseph Culbreatb, of Sain da, veteran of the Mexican war and the War Between the Sections, died at his home here. Mr. Culbreath waf 92 yearB of age, the oldest resident of Saluda county and an interesting man who was widely loved and honor ed. Lexington.?Postmaster Samuel J Leaphart will conduct an examination at Lexington on May 4 to fill a vacancy in the rural mail carrier service 'going out from Leesville. Mr. Leaphart is in charge of this department of the government in Lexington county, and has held many examinations of this character in the past. Barnwell.?In a raid made at the home of Mace Jeffcoat, Sheriff P. H. Oeech and his deputies captured 200 half pints of whiskey. Another raid on the blacksmith shop of Jeffcoat netted 17 half pints of "booze." This makes a total of about 460 half pints of liquor that the officers have sized here in the past week. Conway.?Mr. W. A. Freeman, the cashier of the Bank of Horry, perhaps enjoys the distinction of feasting 'p- ! on the flrBt strawberries of the season. This most delicious fruit, consisting of a ful quart, was grown on the farm of P. W. Zecher, a thriving truck-farmer near here, and was brought to town a few days ago. Mr. Zecher shipped a crate to the Northern markets. Latta?In response to an application made by Rev. W. C. Allen, on behalf of the citizens of the town, the Car- j negie corporation of New York, has granted a sufficient amount to provide for the construction of a library building for the town. A site and maintenance fund have already been provided, and It is probable that ac- j tual construction of the building will begin before a great while. Bishopvllle.?According to the programme the committee of 18 representative business men of Bishopvllle and Lee county recently appointed at the mass meeting to frame constitution, by-laws and to suggest the names ot permanent officers for the association to be known as the chamber of com* merce of Bishopvllle and I^ee county, made their report at a called meeting of the citizens in the court house. Anderson. ? Deputy Sheriff Martin is in the upper edge of Anderson county looking for a negro man who shot and killed another negro at Pendleton The negro escaped, but it is reported here that he has been located and his arrest will likely be made soon. The negro who did the shooting has the reputation of being a "bad man.' The details of the killing are not known here Columbia.?"The date for the next meeting of the committee has not been decided upon," said Howard B. Car lisle, member of the senate front Spartanburg county and chairman of the legislative committee, named to investigate the affairs of the dispensary who was among the visitors in Columbia. The next meeting will very probably be held following the filing of the final report by the other commission. Laurens.?Charged with the burning three weeks ago of the barn of \V. L. Teague, of Lisbon, a negro, Albion Woodj/. and a negress, Essie Vaughan, were committed to jail by .Magistrate Fuller of Cross Hill, following a preliminary hearing before him. The warrants are sworn out by B. A. Wharton, deputy fire insurance Inspector of the state department, who has been working on the case for several days. Lexington.?I). F. Eflrd, chairman o* 'L- nortv in I nrinptnll I lie UCIIIUIiaill/ foil. ... county, hns Issued a call to all of the precinct clubs in the county to meet at their respective places on Saturday April 27, for the purpose of reorganizing and electing delegates to the county convention, which meets at the court house May 6, and also to elect executive committeemen for a term of two years. The rules of the party allow one delegate for every 25 members and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof. Charleston.?After a three-days' session the Charleston Presbytery adjourned to meet in October, for its fall session at McClellanville. The session has been a very profitable and instructive one, according to the opinion expressed by members who attended the presbytery. Anderson.?Judge Ira B. Jones arriv ed in Anderson to spend one week in the itnerests of his gubernatorial candidacy. A Joiips organization has been perfected and plans have been arranged to give every voter of Anderson county an opportunity to hear him speak. Columbia.?The governor has commuted the sentence of Lewis Hartley, who was convicted in Bamberg county in March of this year on the charge of larceny and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or to serve three months on the roads. Charleston.?\V. McL. Frampton, farmers' co-operative and demonstration agent of Charleston county, is making a hard effort to work tip enthniasm among the boy farmers in the scholarship awards of the National Corn Kxposition which will be held January 27 to February 8 at the state fair grounds at Columbia. Greenwood.?The South Carolina 1 i .?,?< n n a I A scrwia? inn will limTUt'llUIHIUOiivuui - ... ... hold its next annual meeting at Sum ter. Sumter developed such strength in the fight for the npxt convention that th^re was no opposition when that city was named. Johnston.?A memorial day in the tistory of Johnston and of the Mary Ann Rule chapter. Daughters of the Confederacy has just, passed. The beautiful granite shaft that does hon or to Confederate heroes was unveiled. The monument stands on Main street and is 30 feet upon a foot base It is of South Carolina granite. _ T1 FIFTEEN INJURED' IN II COLLISION A CAROLINA SPECIAL STRUCK j A FREIGHT TRAIN NEAR I SPARTANBURG. ( , NO ONE SERIOUSLY HURT . The Passengers Were Thrown Againet h? fi?ata anrf Cut By Fallina Glass When the Crash Came?Tracks Torn 'i Up Considerably. Spartanburg.?Fifteen passengers of the West bound "Carolina Special" were injured but not seriously in a head-on collision with a freight train at a point at a half mile below Cedar Springs station and six miles from Spartanburg. The injured were cut by shattered glass or bruised by being thrown against seats or the sides of cars by the impact. Tht ' Carolina Special" was running more than three hours late, having been delayed by a rear-end collision at Alston, in which five box carB were overturned. A long freight train on the main line directly in the path of the special had halted. The passenger train was running about 12 miles an hour. When the engineer of the special saw the freight train looming up in the darkness and perceived that a collision was inevitable he gave a blast of the whistle, threw on the emergency brakes and jumped. The rtreman was in the act of shoveling coal. He did not. have time to Jump. Neither trainman was hurt. Both locomotives were badly damnged and the passenger locomotive left the track. Like the passenger *?K/> crna- t\f iho froifvht train | ( I a iII IIITTIJ l uc vi v: " \/ i i iiv i v iqmb escaped Injury. The "Carolina Special-' was made up of a 6teel baggage car. two Pullmans, a diner and a day coach. There were about 75 passengers of whom j about one-third were in the day j coach. Those in the Puilmans were hurt worse than those in the coach. Windows were broken and in the diner silver, cbina. food and drink were scattered in every direction. Young Released Until October. James Stobo Young, former secretary nnd treasurer of the Seminole Securities company, serving a sentence of one year on the charge of breach of truat. in connection with the affairs of the company, was paroled by the governor of South Carolina. "J. Stobo Young, until the first day of October, 1912, on which day he shall report in person to the superintendent of the South Carolina penitentiary for further orders. If he falls to report, ho shall be arrested and recommitted to serve the remainder of his term. This statement was made by the governor of South Carolina in his proclamation granting a parole to Young. Try to Have Feed Stuff Lawa Nulified. E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture. commerce and industeries, said that he had been advised "that | an effort is on foot fro mtho Middle | Western manufacturers of infer- J ior cr low grade feeds" to make an i effort through the United States courts i to have ajl of the feed stuff laws ofi the Southern and Southwestern states j nulified. The commissioner based his statement on a circular alleged to have been Bent out by the secretary of the Southwestern Millers' association bureau. The commissioner said he would flight every attempt to nuilfly the law. 8outh Carolina New nterpriaes. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Southeastern Ware nOUSP COrnV'HIlV Ul Uivncmvu, n?v? capital stock of $25,0000. The petitioners are H. G. I^idlng and L. A. Melchers. A commission has bepn issued to Eaddy and C'reel brotherB of: Hemmingway. with a capital of $5,- ( 000. The petitioners are ,1. M. Eaddy and C. L. C'reel. A general merchandise business will bo conducted. Lightening Kills Two, Injures Many Two negroes are dead, two Beverly wounded, one of which is not expected to live, and a dozen others Beverly | stunned, and two mules and a saddle horse Beverly stunned as a result of lightning striking near a barn on Henry Savage's plantation in West Wateree five miles west of Camden The dead negroes are Jim Elm, forman of the negroes, and Jim Wheeler. The severlv wounded are Henry Johnson, w ho is not. expected to recover.! and Buster Martin, who is in a critical ! condition. | Harndon Dies From Wounds. Jack Herndon, who was shot by Kiler Evans, died from the wound at the home of L. If. Zeigler. Dr. Biddick Ackernian held the post mortem. Magistrate J. E. Bryan held the inquest. assisted by Solicitor I'uerifoy. Thp fr.llowina acted as jurors: L. \Y. Zeigler, foreman: A. P. Hiott. A. H. Kerndou, J. V. Hiers, L. P. Hiott, John Crosby, Henry Crosby, Milledge Hiers. Joe Wilson. Tlie following verI dirt was rendered: "Thar Jack Herndon came to his deaih from a pistol shot wound in the hands of Evans." Are Invited to Meet at Colombia. The National Conference on Pellagra will he Invited by the South Carolina Medical association to hold its triennial session in Columbia September 25 and 20 of this year. The first session of the pellegra association was held in Columbia in 1909, when physicians f^om many states and foreign countries attended Dr. J. W. Babcock. superintendent of the state hospital for the Insane, was the leading spirit in the organization of the flnt pelagra conference to make the sscond meeting a success. MES TEXTILE BOARD TO MEET The Equalization Body Will Pass on Mills of the State?170 Plants Are to Be Considered. Columbia. ? Comptroller General Jones has issued a call for the state board of equalization to meet In Columbia on May 2 when the textile industries of the state, Including the cotton mills, cotton oil mills, and fertilizer factories will be assessed for taxation. The assessment is on a basis of 50 per cent, of the actual value as fixed by the board. The law requires that the industries be assessed every year. Real estate is assessed for taxation every four years. This is an off year. The state board of equalization is made up of the chairman of the county boards of equlization. The county boards are made up of the township chairmen. There are 44 mem! ? ?li? o?qta hnarH P H. Gfld8 UCI o VI llic oiaw vuu> - - den of Charleston Is chairman and i A. W. Jones, comptroller general, the secretary. The report of last year showed that thero were 170 textile plants In the state with a capital stock at par, valued at $60,084,850. The market value was $53,056,428. The actual value as fixed by tho board was $55,625,608. The board placed the assessment at 50 per cent. $27,812,804. There were 110 cotton oil mills in the state with an actual value of $3,104,650. Fifty per cent., $1,552,325. There were 33 fertilizer plants in the state valued at $3,905,279. Tho value of taxation is $1,952, 640. Clack and His Wife Found Guilty. W. R. Clack and his wife, Leonora Clack, were found guilty of conspiracy and extortion by a jury in the clccult court. They are alleged to have extorted $200 from J. B. Suddeth, an aged farmer of Holly Springs. Mrs. Clack accttsed Suddeth of having at- 1 tempted to nssattlf her and he was put in jail. After Suddeth had com- j plied with Clack's demand for $200, I Mrs. Clack made affidavit that her ! charge against Suddeth was without foundation, although she had nworn postively at the investigation held by . Magistrate Golightly that Suddeth at- 1 tacted her. Mrs. Clack was tried also | on a charge of perjury. She was found not guilty, although the jury found her husband guilty of subordination of perjury on the ground that he had coerced hiB wire inio swearing j falsely. The defendants will ask for | a new trial. Monumnet To J. Marion Sims. A movement for the erection of a suitable monument to the great surgeon, J. Marion Sims, is under way. The Sims' memorial committee of the South Carolina Medical Association made its report. Dr. J. Robert Wilson. Jr., of Charleston, was chairman and first spokesman. Dr. S. C. Baker of Sumter, secretary-treasurer of the committee, followed Dr. Wilson, and after these had spoken their report was adopted unanimously. Dr. Wilson said that it has been decided advisable to create a sub-committee in each county, whose duties would be to collect tho subscriptions and advance the project in every way. Flags at Half-Mast in Charleston. On orders from the navy department the flags at the Charleston navy yard were displayed at half mast in respect to the memory of the people drowned in the sinking of the Titanic Oil the Clyde liners and other craft on the waterfront, the flags were alsc shown at half-mast, for the same rea son The shipping people desired to evidence their sympathy, and this 1? the form which i3 followed. Paper* Served on Magistrate*. Sheriff Kin* served papers on four magistrates of Anderson county all appointees of Governor Blease to show rause before the supreme court on April 29 why they are holding their respective offices and drawing their salaries. The rule to show cause is baeed on an affidavit of Senator Sullivan and alleges that the governor ap pointed them magistrates without eub mitting their names for approval by the senate. To Work For Public Health. The 8outh Carolina Medical Association will start at once the greatest campaign in behalf of public health that has even been attempted in the state or in the South. The committee in charge is composed of Dr. William I Weston of Columbia, chairman; l)r. I S. C. Baker of Sumter and Dr. Kdgar A .Mines of Seneca. The first important move will be made at Charleston where addresses will be delivered he1 fore the state teachers" association. The campaigners have abundant ammunition. Many To Attend Teachers' Meeting. Reports from various points of the state regarding the atendRneo at the 1 state teachers association continue more and more favorable. Numerous lett th are being received by the offlficers of the association, which indicate a line attendance in Charleston. All teachers who expect to attend should notify their railroad agents of the fact so that he may have tickets ready. The plans of the local committee have bepn perfected and everything will be in readiness for receiving the teachers. Boy's Body Found With Skull Cru*hed The body of Whitfield Glover, 14 years of age. was found with the cbttii rrtiaiiorl hv the roadside just out side the incorporate limitn of Swansea. The discovery was made by Pol. Wise, R. F. D. carrier, after he had met a driverless wagon loaded with fertilizer. The wagon and body were about one-half mile apart. The boy'6 skull had been crushed by a wheel of the wagon and it is supposed that he fell from the wagon and was run over. M agist rate Jeff coat rendered a verdict of accidental deaths. 0 / i $1.25 PER YEAR Bflii TO BE PUBLISHED?LIST OF THF SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS OF CONFEDERACY. ' APPROPRIATION WAS MADE An Aces* to the Data in Possession ol the War Department at Washington Has Been Secured?Will Soon Start to Work. Columbia ?At the last session of the general assembly J2.500 was appropriated for the historical commission to publish the first volume of a proposed set of volumes of the record jf the South Carolina troops'in Confed erato service. As the records in the custody of the historical commission are incomplete it was desirable to se cur? copies of the monthly and quartery returns of the South Carolina troops to the Confederate war department captured in Richmond in 1866 and now in the war department at Washington. For some years it has been absolutely impossible for any one to gain access to these records. As soon as the appropriation was made . S. Salley, Jr.. secretary ol the historical commission, began a campaign for access to these records Mr. Salley has received a letter from the secretary of war giving him full permission to copy the rosters of the troops from South Carolina in Con federate service. A part of the appropriation referred to above will be used in employing a copyist to do the work In Washington and the remainder of the appropriation will be used for bringing out a handsome volume containing the records of about one-fifth of the troops from South Carolina in Confederate service. Educational Rally For Edgefield. Edgefield. ? An educational rally which portends much lor the advancement of the educational Interests oi the county, was held In the chapel of the South Carolina Co-educational Institute. The county superintendent of education, W. W. Fuller, with the cooperation of Col. F. N. K. Bailey, had previously arranged an excellent program for the occasion. The first speaker presented by Mr. Fuller was Miss Cromer of Aiken, who was the pioneer in the tomato club work among the girls of the state. Her remarks were an inspiration to the teachers and pupils present, and during the day a number expressed a dej sire to have their names enrolled by Miss Cromer. Dr. M. D. JefTrieB, pas! tor of the Baptist church, was the j second speaker. ? ? - w ii.a. -m n..niu neiurn a veruicv 01 uum;. Greenville.?In the United States i court here (be jury returned a ver| diet of guilty against J. B. Palmer, j Charles B. Palmer and Lou Belcher Ini dieted for the murder of deputy marI shal William Corbirt and brother, B. F. i Corbin, near Walhalla in March, 1909. The warrant charged murder and conspiracy. Robert Belcher had already been convicted at a former term and Is now serving a life term in the penitentiary. Lethia Palmer was found not guilty by the Jury and J. B. Palmer was recommended to the mercy of the court. College Press Association Meet3. i Spartanburg. ? The College Press Association of South Carolina met in annual convention here with Wofford College. An executive committee meeting in the morning, a literary session in the afternoon, baseball game between WofTord and Newberry and a recital at Converse College followed by a banquet at the Gresham hotel made up the programme. Old Veteran Killed By Train. I/ancaster.?Mr. Monroe Cauthern, , an eighty-yenr-old Confederate veteran ,was instantly killed at Kershaw bu a Southern freight train as lie was ! crossing the track. It is supposed that Mr. C'authen on account of bis advanced age, did not hear the ap proach of the train. Mobley Has Been Apprehended. Chester.?K1 Mobley. who along with Albert Newman, it is alleged most painfully cut S. D. Cross, one ot Chen; ter's most prominent citizens, a little over a month ago, on the latter's Triplett farm, and for whom a vigilant and systematic search was instituted, was apprehended at Maccn, Ga., several days ago. Newman was captured soon I after the affair and at the recent term of the court of general sessions he was granted bail, which was furn ished. Mobley wns brought h?rc. Governor Makes Appointments. Columbia.?The governor appointed the following members of the sfat* bor.rd of education: I J. M. Driscoll Charleston; C. J. Kamage, ?aiuoa; i? \V. Daniel, Clemson College; A. (J Kembert. Spartanburg: J. Lyles Dienn Chester; Nathan Toms, Darlington; A | J. Thackston, Orangeburg. The mom bers were appointed for a terra ot foiu ; years as provided by law. C. J. Ram age, of Saluda, takes the place ol i Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, who wat ! elected judge by the last general as sembly. Cotton Damaged By Fire. I I>ancaster.?Twenty-one bales o' | rotton belonging to the Lancaster Mer ! cantile Company, and six bales be longing to T. Y. Williams were tna*i) damaged by a Are which broke oir here on the cotton platform near th* Lancaster and Chester railroad track The loss is covered by Insurance. Thi fire started from a match ignited bj some one stepping on it while walk ing across the platform. Several hun dred bales would probably have beet burned but for the quick arrival of th? firs department.