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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
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THE
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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
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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
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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*
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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.
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FIFTEEN INJURED'
IN II COLLISION
A CAROLINA SPECIAL STRUCK j
A FREIGHT TRAIN NEAR I
SPARTANBURG.
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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
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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.
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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.
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$1.25 PER YEAR
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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.
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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.