The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, February 18, 1913, Image 1

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VOL.28 CAMDEN. KERSHAW COUNTY. S. C- juESDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1?13. TKRM8, fl.M IN ADVANCE PKlt ANNUM. NO 19 MURDER OF LINCOLN ?+' . * ACTOR IN THE OLO THEATBE TELL OF TRAGEDY TALKS OF FAfAL NIGHT ?. A. Emerson, Who of Lord Dundreary la the American Cousin the Night tiw President Wm Shot, Recalls Vividly AU In - v ' ;, 'FT d dents of the Awful Tragedy v Behind his desk In the offloe of, his art glass establishment at 630 O flt. northwest, In Washington* as much engrossed In the business of to-day ss any youthful apprentice, sits th^-last human link between the present and the greatest tragedy of American his tory, says a Washington dispatch to the Chicago Dally News. He Is E. A. Emerson, last of the leading actors In the troupe that played "The Ameri can CoiiBln" at the old FOrd Theatre, In Washington, on that fatal night In April, 186R, when the bullet of Wilkes Rooth took away the life of . President Lincoln and tumbled the country Into chaos. Mr. Emerson appeared on that occasion In the role of Lord Dundreary, the dandified and bemonocled English "swoll", prob ably the bent known and certainly the most popular role In the play. "I was not on the stage at the time of the tragedy," said itfr. Emerson recently. "It Is nearly half a cen tury ago, but the events were Im printed too deeply on my .mind for me ever to forget them. It was Just after the beginning 6f the third and last act and I waa leaning up.agalnat a piece of scenery In the wings, wait ing for my cue to go on, when X heard a shot. ^?tfruttr compels me to taftr that this catjsod not the slightest ripple of ox-* cHement among any of ue back of the stage. There were, we knew, a scbre of causes In all the rarlous parapher nalia of the ktage taechaofsm that m||(ht ^nae a aOlind- like thiit. We were a)!ttle-Mjr\ldered for a moment by the .sp.i'Crl^n, on the stage of a maa irljo dttan't belonsr there, crying out Honjidrtvlng we could not clearly understand. - But; yon must remem ber, the war hnd just com* to an the President wns In the house spd, most of the actors." T am sure, thought, for a few minutes, that It *4as Just some preorrnnged patriotic ^^onstratlon, Even the sight of n ?*Then an^drnly there ened throtffflt in the **ngg thtf.cty_ ^sldont'n tfjTheil , Hfr&ftisfott vthao *}0Ttf<?unq$4rr* Wltable even ?ott& tfMhl#?RttraOT, Vlriribced lit ptie lnextrfcraWe lehsos of-tnad hti? niinqlty on the j*tage,. \Hv?n thenk i*f tbe^hysterla pf.*be moment, tfce cur tain wss not furi down shd It' was some minutes after the President was tnken ' from his box before It fell. Mca^tltxje from the atafr# weTcould see thepi tearing the martyred man's clothing from him In a m*d search for the wound eren aa they bore him away, . ..V $*<j > ^ "A little while later I went to the box the President had occuplel. Just to the aide of the chair In which he had sat I found a crumpled program I am con fldentr? though I have no ab solute proof? thfct It wai the pro gram ho had In hie hand wh^n the fnta\ bullet struck him, and In the opony Of the shock he crumbled and dropped It. Here It Is." < < ?? ? >? Mr. RmerBon held up a framed pro gram of the play. It was yellow with ape. on It was a dark' sinister itfot about the size of a dime. "When I picked it up," eontlnuort Mr. Emerson, "that spot was on It- - *vot. Of course I cannot pay certain ly. but I am convinced that It was n drcn of the Itfe blood of Prestaen* Lincoln." v . "I was well acoualnted with youpr Booth," Mr. Bmerson obrT?!nued when asked about his knowledge of the man responsible for the tr?ged? "I had played with him ,1n theatres all over the country. One Incident ? recnll very vividly, Occurring thr rromlrtg before the fatal night: r rrrtntn rn*n T h?Ve" at my h0U?C anapped Into fonr pteeea, win ere* make me mlpdful of It. Th|t morfli. In* aa,I stood before the stiige doo? of treatre Wflkkp.^ooth^arttV^tt*' to me: He was In a h'ahly nerv/w str.te. *s he stonned a,n1 snoVe^h' j Unatched my cane from and. with anaarltatefl ijfe*t*r*', sWqnr it over hehlnfl his shojildef*. " *T)o you know what that man bar done?" he cried, almost hysterically "I knew to whom he referred, to* Lincoln had been an obseislon wltl him ever since l.ee had evacuate*' Richmond a fortntarht before ".'H.e went down to Richmond yes terday.' ttooth continued, 'sM In Pres , Ident Davis* chair and put hla feet, on President Davis* desk. Homebody ought to kill him!* "With that he brought hla twr hands, holding the ends of the cane down with such force that It snap pad* In fdu* pieces. T gathered their op, Intending to have them renatred but kept them as they were after the events that followed. "I tried to quiet him, telling him the war .Wee over and that rtuch talk was Intemperate, ff r?*>t dan*erou* Dot It^aver occurred to me that. he had any Idea of mitttng that though* into>*e?utIoft} for Rooth wfca always * wit* Impetnona talken** ! Mr. Wiherson. who 14 the laat anr vlvin* member of the twttij* that held the hoar** W * wsaborn 1ttAH*a three ya<iP#kiNf. I/onta, MO., h y hla parenta at. go hat fit ytmth wtrqr* to the mm, ;/ '? ') ? :v JfejjJK COMPULSORY EDUCATION HOUSE VAS8E8 THE BILL TO A THIRD HEADING. > ? > i j Voto of Ninety-One to NtaHW# ' Show* Sentiment of Hou?e To wards Compulsory BdaoaUon Law. The House bu indicated tfcat It lit In favor ot tome form of compulsory education. It did U>la Wednesday after a thoroughly exhaustif# debate* and by a decisive rote of *1 to It re fuMd to kill the McCravey wiwul sory education bill. dome member* Objected to the blU because they fere opposed to compulsory education In any form, and other* because they ar gued that the pending amendment to the bill* 'Which provides for' oouaty adoption of compulsory education. Is simply an entering wedge. The fact of the matter Is. howev er. that advocates of compulsory ed ucation urge that If they be able to j have It adopted In several counties the effect will be so satisfactory that It will become general, and, further, 11 Is agreed that this is the only form In which the bill oould be passed at tb 1b session. At all events, the oppo sition to the compulsory education plan showed lesa atrength than wa* expected, 91 to 19. and there is now , a decided prospect that the bill will pass and become a law. The following voted against the Mil: Addy, Ashley. J W.; Browing. Cross, Fortner, Gray, Harrelson, Har vey, Hunter, Irby. Kirby, Lybrand, McDonald. Mller, Moore, Nelson, Robertson, Rogers* W. 8. ? total, 19. The following voted in favor of the blU: Smith. Atkinson. Baskln, Bel ?er, Bethea, Bowere, Boyd, Brice, Busbee, Charles, Clowney, Courtney. Creech, Daniel, Dantiler, DeLaugh ter, Dick, Epps, Friday, Fripp. Oaeque, Goodwin, Greer, Halle, Hall, tfarpdr, Raynsworth, Hlott, Holley. Hutchison, Hutson, James, W. A.; Johnston. Jonee, Kelleban, Kelly, Kennedy, Kibler, King. Kirk, Llle*. Lumpkin, MoCravey. MoMlllan, ule Queen, _Malpaes. Martin, Maseey. Means, 'Meld. Miller. Mitchell, M? son. Mower, Murray, Nicholson, Odom, O'Qulnn, Peguei, Pyatt. \ Ready, Rembert, Riddle, Riley, Rtt tenberg, Robinson, Rogers, L. M.: S-ipp, Sandere. Schroder, 8cott, W. M.: Scott, W. W.; Senseney, Sher wood, Shirley, Smiley, Stanley, Stev enson, Strickland, Thompson, Ven der Horst, Wslker. Warner, Whaley. White, Whitehead, Wllburn, Wil liams, Wyche, C. C.: W^che, C. T.; Youmans. Zelgler? toul 91. The .Haft"* adjourned before tho btll was ordered toMrd reading.* v. ,r ? *''?*' , - 1 ?? ? . _ N&lffcOBg' PAY AT CORN 8HQW. ,F*taay> . February 14, IsSet Aside as Their Day. Friday, February 14, Is negro day at the CornShow In Columbia. The management has decided to set apart ? that day. ?' Roy. T. Walker ?t Augusta. 0a? has b?en requested to HellVer the principal address for thin occasion. Efforts are being made . throughout- the ? State to get all the superintendents of colored public 'schools, $nd president* of college* and other 7 institutions .to dismiss Cthelr? schools JFrld** so the teachers and pupils msy have a chance to be in attendance at ..the Corn Show if they so desire.- Th? management of the GOrii Show thtnks this will be an Incentive to the farmers and to all who attend. ? - 1 . ' Rtchard Carroll will have charge of the management for the celebra tion of the negro day. White peo ple who read this Journal will ren der good seivloe if they notify the colored people In their employ, and those who live In their communis about the special day. Low rates on ill railroads will be granted during 'he entire week. Any Information desired, address Geo. H. Stevensot tr Richard Carroll. Columbia, 8. C TALKS SOUND SENSE. W hat Senator Tillman Says About Mexican Trouble A dispatch from Washington say* most senator* declined to discuss tTio iltuatloo In Mexico. A notable ex ception waa found In Senator Till man. He said: "I think the president ought to b?? ? ery, very cautions how he Inrolrog his oountry in war Just at the qIom >f his administration. ?Jl know o^ to greater misfortune that could 'iRppen to us right now than to bavo Mich g war forced on the cbuntry. The situation Is a very fine liiustrA 'ion of 'You will be damned If *ou lo and yon #111 be damned If yon '(fan, V especially If you do. Let us 'o wfeaf la neoeasary to protect the '<onor of oor eonntry and no moro; if we have to go there let ns get away *>s soon aa possible." 1 Ii liftl ?<I I *\\ I. nnd went on the stage, playing wil!i| the Rootha. Charlotte Ctashman and other celebritlea of that long ago day. He was for several years be fore the irar and during that eoniilrt In the companies of the famous m?n sgerr Ford, of Baltimore, and also I "tared in the companlea of the eider Wettae*. After the tragedy of that nlaht in j April, .186R. he gave nt> the stag*, ftolng Into the bookselling business In Lynchbnrg. Va., for many years. More than hatf a seore of years ego he returned to Wsahtngtoa, where he founded a atalned glass works, of whloh thrlrlhg eoncern he Is the >*ad. Tlesnlte his yearn he It tn as fvll possession of alt hta powers as he waa thirty years ago. He dla eonraea on the erenta of that terrible night with a fltianfrr *n1 eorrectneaa that show not only a memory ttnlm 9lO| tnftt *r** T' "It ail a*ema to me aa though it wga it* algfc V U *Udk KILLS TODD'S CLAIM HOUSE REFUSE TO PAT Hll FOI STATE HOUSE PLAN ADOPT ANNUAL BUDGET j, Tht Appropriation Hill, Which Omv P He* Nearly Tiro Million Dollars, Wu Taken Up In the House jusd Passed on Thursday Night With out Much Ohauge as Reported. The House passed the appropria tion bill to third reading Thursday night, after consuming the major portion of the morning and all the night session in considering it. Rel atively few* changes were made in the bill by the House. The most ex tended debate was on "section 38. miscellaneous, item SO, A. W Tod a. $6,000, to purchase plans ana'speota catlons for State House." After the whole subject of the Todd claim, originally tor some 9 IV 000 and upon a special investigating committee made an unfavorable re port at the last session, had been threshed over from alpha to omega, the ilouue refused to make the ap propriation by a vote of 71 to 3 2. The appropriation of $2,000 for driveways and walks around the State House, conditioned on the ap propriation of a like amount by the city of Columbia, was also killed af ter discussion. Section 43 of the bill, which read "That no executive officer shall use any of the contingent or spsclal funds appropriated to the 1* partment of which he Is the head for services In discharging duties impos ed by law on any officer whose com pensation was not provided for by this appropriation act," was stricken out. No changos were made by ths House In the recommendations of ths committee for appropriations to 3tat* colleges, except that $2,500 was add ed to that of the Citadel to pay the (xpenseB of the officers and corps of cadets Incurred in attending the In auguration of Woodrow Wilson and taking part in the Inaugural parad?>. The bill carried an appropriation o( $20,000 for the University of South Carolina with which to complete .* new dormitory, and $17,500 to com plete its heating plant. Wlnthroo college was given $23,000 for build ing and equipping an industrial art* and science building. The Item of $.12,500 for the pur chase of a rifle range for the National Guard occasioned a debate. Mr.| Schroder of Charleston explained^ ed that the acquirement of a^rlfle range wtya necessary in order that militia might continue to receive wife appropriation from the national government. He said that the adju tant general had found a suitable aUe for one attout seven miles north of Columbia and had gotten an option on about 980 acres. The range waf necessary, too, for the use of the Citadel cadets, said Mr. Schroder. liv an overwhelming vote the house then agreed to expend $12,600 for a range Bice and rifle range. The house appropriated $161, 60V 98, the amount recommended by the committee for Wlnthrop college, which Includes $20,000 (or a new Industrial, arts and science building. The house refused to adopt "Item 30 A. W. Todd, $b,000" under the "mis cellaneous" section In the bill. Mr. Nicholson of Oreenvllle told the house that last session the spec ial committee to Investigate the whole Todd claim for drawing plans for Improving the state house had unanimously reported that It was not legally valid, and the house had then adopted the report. He read the message from the governor sent In 1911, calling attention to the unde sirable entrances to the state house on the lower floor and the concurrent resolution authorizing the committee on state house and grounds to take steps toward carrying out he recom mendations of the governor. He told of the action of the committee In r aking provisions for remodeling the state house. Mr. Rembert of Richland said he had already rendered a legal oplnto.i on the Todd claim to the effect that It would have to be settled under *ho rules of equity as there was no legal basis for It. He rend part of the ro port of the committee on state houte find grounds setting forth their dent ing* with A. W. Todd. He Admitted! ?1st the' committed exoeeded its au thority in the matter. Mr. Mitchufn of Olarendon, a mem ber of the state house and grounds committee, which entered into the contract with A. W. Todd to draw plans for remodeling the state houae and allowed him $1,000 for expen ses to travel over the State and ac quaint the members of the general assembly with his Ideas, spoke nexr. He discussed in detail the drawing of the contract between Mr. Todd and the sub-committee from the com mittee on state house and ground*, which made a report subsequently to the whole oommlttee. He said "dirty politics" were to blame for the fa'* ure of the general assembly to pjtss the claim last year. The statement of Mr Mitchmn that the failure of the general assem bly to pny the $12,000 Todd ela'm last session was due to "dlrfy poll tios" called forth speeches of persou al privilege from three .members: Mr Irby of T,aurene. Mr. Ttelaer of Snip ? ??r and Mr Morvro of Abh*v111?. Mr. Trbv evplaln^d hi* reasons for on posing the Todd claim last year, and took exc*?r*Mon to the statement t*at "dirty polities" had anything to do with its relectlon. Mr. flelwer. who was a wemW of ?lie special committee to Investigate tli* Todd claim In 1*11. said ffrgt i polities plsved no paet tn IN tMsft. T4* *Md ?*** tti* svtdeprn ftlkkm Vr I the exnamltftee proved ttupt Kir. Todd BILL IS INTRODUCED TO TIGHTEN UP PRIMARY Uk W* XN THIS STATE. Senate* Nicholson Explained MfM ars Wednesday Night Which He htrodwed la the Senate. The bill by Senator Nicholson to tighten up the primary laws was ex plained to the senate Wednesday night had was called Thursday morn Ing for action Soms amendments were proposed by Senator Nicholson, and the bill as amended provides In brief for the appointment to consist of a board of registration to oonsUt of thro* members. t who shall, six month%. before the meeting of the club, make a new enrollment of all voters. Each voter offering to enroll must etate his place of residence and num ber, and a certificate with these on It shall be Issued. The requirements for registration are twelve months' resldenoe In etate. six months In oounty and three months In voting precinct or ward. All club rolls are to be closed thir ty days before flret primary and copy filed with the auditor. The registration board must see that no person enrolled has bis name on another club, and the boards are to meet the first Udonday In August to hear protests, and also hare the power of purging the rolls. Violations of the requirements to enroll are made punishable by fine or Imprisonment. Duplications and r*. peatlng are guarded against in the provi f jds ot the bill. The registra tion boards are to be paid by the county, aad are to draw their pay no the first Monday In August. Apy per son denied the right of enrolling can appeal to the courts. had practically completed his plans aad specifications before the author- ' Ity was given him to act as architect. 1 iMr. Moore said that "as far as he; knew, politics had nothing to do with the matter." Mr. Mltchum an.; 1 that it had not been . his Intention ! t<- reflect on any member and with- i drew his statement. Mr. Lee of Darlington, a member ' of the subordinate committee Crom i the committee on 8tate house and grounds, which made the contract with A. W. Todd, reviewed the trans actions of the subcommittee. He said that he realised that the conv 1 mlttee had exceeded its authority unit bad so testified before the investiga ting committee last year, but that the recommendations of the govern or could not have been carried out satisfactorily .by expending a few thousand dollars. The subcommittee may have been over enthusiastic, but Mr Todd had been employed in good faith to do the work, added Mrv Lee. ' _ *'I honestly believe Mr. Todd is duo something by the State of South Carolina." declared Mr. Lee. "I do not know, how much." Mr. Llles of Orangeburg and 'Mr. -Boyd of * Spar tanburg opposed the appropriation ot $6,000 for A. W. Dodd. 'Mr. Die*, chairman of the ways and means committee, said that a majority of the body had agreed that Mr. Todd waa due |S,000, and he Intended to stand by ths majority ot tne com mittee. The members who voted in favor of including the $6,000 appropriation for A. W. Todd In the bill were the following: Messrs Blackwell, Brown ing, Busbeei Daniel, Dick, Goodwin, Gray, Hardin, Harrelson, Hoiley, Hunter, W. A. James, Klrby, Lee, Lumpkin, Jfelfl, Miller, Mlchum, Mix eon, Moseley, Murray, Odom, Rem bert, Rlttenberg, W. B, Rogers, Jr., Senaeney^ Thompson, Vander Horn, Walker, Warner, Welch, C. C. Wycho ? $i. The member who ?oted against in cluding the appropriation for A. W. Todd In the bill were the following; Speaker Smith, 'Messrs. Addy, J. W. Ashley, Atkinson, Belzer, Bethon, Bowers, Boyd, Brlce, Charles, Clow ney, Courtney, Creech, Cross, Dan** ler, DeLaughter, Epps, Evans, Fri dey, Frlpp, Gasque, Greer, Hall, Har vey, Haynsworth, Irby, Jones, King, Kirk, Lllee, MoCravey, McDonald, McMillan, McQueen, Malpass, Martin, Means, Miley, Mitchell, Moore, Mow er, Nelson, Nicholson, O'QuInu, reg uee, Pyatt, Ready, Riddle, Riley, Rob ertson, Robinsln, L. M. Rogers, Ban ders, W. M. Bcott, Bherwood, flhlrley, Bmlley, Stanley, Strickland, 8tur*.a# I Tindal, Warren, Whaley. White, Whitehead, Wllburn, Williams, O 1. Wyehe, Youmans, Zelgler ? 71 Paired ? Klbler, aye, with W. R James, nay, J. j ELECTION IS DECLARED. SENATE AND HOUSE CAN V A 98 .. ^ELECTORAL VOTES. Woo4nw Wilson and Thomas R. Marshi 01 Officially Declared Elect ? ed President ud Vlc^IVedden t, Wlt|| elaborate ceremony the Sen ate and House Wednesday In Jolnc session canvassed the electoral votes! of the various Statea of the Union' and officially declared Woodrow Wil ?09, of New Jersey, and Thomas R Marshall -of Indiana, elected Presi dent and Vice-President ot the Unit ed Siatea for the term beginning March 4, 11 * ? f Bscon, presiding over the ! Jjjrtnt sslon, proclaimed the eleo-] t?n, Wben. to the crowded floor and galledl* of the House chamber, he delivered the following proclamation presorted lr. the official rules. "This announcement of the state of the tote by the Preeldent of th?j ] Senate pro tempore shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the person* elected President and Vlce-Presidont | of the United 8tates, each for the term beginning March 4, 19 IS." Democrats In the House and Sen ate gfafted the announcement with a ' round of applause, a tew cheers and several 'shrill, long yells, the usual , Democratic Indications of approval. Th# galleries joined In the demon stration and the dignified Senate, led by Senator Bacon and two page* bearing the wooden caskets contain- j ing the electoral vote certificates, re- j turned V> Its own classic conOnea, rar fro? noisy exuberance of the House., The proceedings were quiet ed by |he advent of solemn Senator ial dlfrlty when the canvass began, j and etyn the galleries seemed to ap-j preclat eseoelhsur jeonpa.dJ .d. .. predate the seriousness of the occa sion when Senator Bacon announced ?hat->o applause would be permit-] ted. I - ! The nature of the House eventual- , ly asserted Itself, however, and there | were cheers and handclapplng and yells aa the eanvass proceeded. Tho announcement of the California vote drew applause from the Roosevelt supporters. A real Democratic outburst follow ed when Senator Martine, one of thu tellers, announced New Jersey's four teen votes for Wilson and Marshall, and applause came from the Repub lican ah? e when Utah and Vermont each gave Taft and Butler four votes. The Recapitulation gave Wilson , and *f*,rshall 43 s vote*; RofisevoHj and Jotvnson, 89 rotes, and Taft and counted and there was no responso to th<t former demand of Benato Bacon) ks to whether there waa ob JectlOi td the recording of the rote. . > ? ? 0IRL8 LOST THEIR WAT. Eight of Them Had a Rough Time la the Mountains. Lost In the wilds of Paris moun tain, eight students of the Greenville Female College and a teacher are said to have spent last Prlday night in thti mountains under conditions that arere anything but favorable. The night waa spent In a particularly dllap!4ated uninhabited cabin In whle$ >lhere was nothing resembling furniture, and waa passed by the ypun g ladles with remarkable com posure,- only two of them havlng^auf fered from It according to reports. Tbesg two were- slightly 111, but are reported to have entirely recovered. PM?ck Lime Cause Burning. A rocpntly built five-room cottage, belonging to Prof. H. C. Wright, one ] of 'the 'teachers of the negro normal and 'lnijtiBtflal Institute of Lancaster, was ddatroyod Tuesday night by fire, ThejSre was caused by the Intense] heat;>from,a barrel of lime placed In ope of^the rooms, which on account of a leakage In the roof of the house, was t-fftned upon, this oausing the lime to, unslack and set fire to the Weather boarding. Not voting: M. J. Ashley. Barn-| well, ?askin, Portner, Halle, Harper, tftott,. Hutchinson, Hutson, Johnson, 1 Kelteham, Kelly, Kennedy, Lybrand, Masfey, Bapp, Schroder, Stevenson? I 1?. _ Subsequent efforts to appropi late 11 ILCO, $1,600 and $2,603 |->r Mr. Todi, failed. The appropriation bin IM |*h ended was passed to thir l read lrjr;Mr. Dlek of Sumter gi<re nollce| o? amendments ori third reeling. Ego*) The only tronXtoyaltir?pe All MET DEATH ? 1 * EXPLORES DIE1AETE8 FINDING SOUTH POLL PARTY OF FIVE PERISB Chief of Expedition wd Four Coaa* panlons Probably Starred to Death While Returning to Dim, But the Details of the Awful Tragedy Hat? A'ot Been Received. A London cablegram says at a meeting of the Rc>*4l Geographical Society, Monday evening anuouucs incut was m4de of the disaster which has overtaken Capt. Robert F. Scott's Anarctic expedition, resulting in the death of Capt. Scott, Dr. E. A. Wil son, Lieut. H. R. Bowers, Capt. L. E. O. Oates and Petty Officer E. Evans. Capt. Scott's party, said Douglas W. Freshfield, vice-president of the Geographical Society, in making the announcement, found Capt. Roaid 1 Amundsen's hut and records at ths South Pole. On the return trip, about March 29, 1912, eleven miles from One Ton Depot, a blizzard over whelmed them. They had suffered greatly from hunger and exposure, and the death of Scott, Bowers and Wilson was virtually due to that. They died after the bllxzard swepi down on the party. Oates died from exposure a few days later. The death of Evans re sulted Ifom a fall. The other mem bers tfPthe expedition sre reported to be In good health. A searching par ty discovered the bodies of the vic tims and reoords some time later. A London dispatch says aews of the death of Capt. Robert F. Soott and his four brave companions, who succeeded by a final dash in reaching the South Pole, only to find proofs that Amundsen had forestalled tbsm. came in a brief dispatch from Lieut. G. G. Evans, of the Royal navy, who was second in command when the expedition started, and who bow signs as "commander" of ths expedi tion. The message was signalled from the Terra Nova, returning from the Antarctic region*, while passing Oamaru, New Zealand. The stagger ing effects of the news on \he public miud is all the greater, as it was be lieved that modern science and reoent experience had completely divested polar exploration of Its former ter- 1 rora. * - - ' * ?* i No great surprise would have been 1 "Oft Should perlshft*? h:s hour of triumph was the very} last thing that could be anticipated I and, in view of the terrible dangers which still exist, the fate of Capt. Scott and his companions Is likely to u;rcourage further attempts to reach the pole, now that both have been rttalned and the circumstances of hurried dashes prevent valuable scientific results from being obtained. No detailed facts are yet known, hut it Is believed the records ot the /clentlflc material oollected, together w ith the explorers' bodies, have bl m recovered. It also Is understood that gallant attempts were made by other members of the expedition to succor the Scott par^y, but these were defeated by severe weather condl> tions and laok of food. It seems practically certain that the explorers starved to death. The fact that Capt. Amundsen reached his base from the pole in SO days, which the 8cott party had been travelling more than two months when the dis aster overtook them, Is believed to show that Scott must either have met some misfortune, possibly in a crev asse, or encountered a succession of blizzards. The fact that Petty Of ficer Evans died from concussion oi the brain aB oarly as February 17 seemB to Indicate some suoh activity, possibly involving the loss of a por !on of the equipment. Capt. Oates died on March 17, which clearly shows that the party was In dire straits and must have un dergone terrible sufferings durlnc the remaining 12 days. No news has been received as to how the fate of Capt. Bfcott and his companions was discovered, but it is assumed that a rescuo party was dispatched from the base. Capt. 8oott's main travelling party was to consist of 16 men besides himself, while groups of four men each were to return at different stages Of the Journey, leaving Scott and four others to complete the final dash to the pole. This would Indi cate that some of the members of the party who had been left at the va rious banes were not Included among the victims ot the disaster and that It was through them they communi cated to the world the fate of the ex pedition. COUNTY'S FIR8T HANOflfO. Marderor P?jm ItawtJi P^ultf a Tif ion, Ooor(l?. John Phillips. a nAgro, wm hang ed at Tlfton, Qa., Friday for the mur der of "Kid" Jelks Smith, a nogro, a*. Ragle Head, April 14, 1911. Phil Hps was sentenced to hang August 1 ?. The can# waa taken to ti.e Rr? premycourt, where tha eonv.oti'm *as r.flrmod. January 10 w?t a^t for tha aTAcnt.lon, bnt Governor Brown granted a respite to February 7, that tha eaae might go before tha State pardon board. The board re fused t ?recommend elemency. Thta waa Tift Oounty'a first legal hanging. I A ftemerooa landlord. ' Flghty-three famtllea made home leaa by the burning of Ingram flata at Chicago regard Thomas Byrne aa the Meal landlord. Byrne telegraphed from Mobtft Ala., that he wonld give $100 to ee?h fatally made homaleaa Vy the deabroctum ttt tlta Ingrmm 6at*. MENACE OF MINERS , THREATEN DEATH TO GOVER NOR OF STATE. Troop* Beat Into Um Coal District ?? Result of Worst Conditions in Mnunttln. A dispatch from Charles to wis, W. Vs., says conditions late Thursday id the coal strike district of Kanawha county were regarded as serlou*. The lives of Qoy. Glasscock, Adjt. Gen. Elliott, Bherlff Hill and of ev ery member of the military force now in the field had been threatened, According to reports over 1,600 min ers held a meeting with sympathisers and deelared war. At this meeting, it is said, threats were macfe and copies of the resolution were pouted at Montgomery, W. Va. When the military authorities were notlfiod of the action, soldiers were Immediately sent to Montgomery Rumors which caused apprehension were to the effect that an attempt was to be made to release all min ers under arrest. Mllltla was Imme diately dispatched to Paint Creek to fortify a small force stationed thore aow. Striking eoal miners whose moit recent reign of lawlessness has Juei been checked by an active State mll ltla, descended upon the State copl tol and were cleared from the build ing only after a riot call had brought ? large force of policemen. In eject ing the miners from the building sev eral persons were slightly hurt. It had been reported that the miners were coming to forcibly take charge of the capltol. The legislature, fearing further bribery charges, and with several of its members under arrest, was In ses sion when the reports of the miners' proposed Invasion were brought In. It was not believed, but when tho men began coming Into the building the riot call was sent in. The legis lature continued in session undis turbed by the commotion in ths cor ridors. Early Thursday night warrants were sworn out for "Mother" Jonos, well known In labor circles of the country; C. P. Boswell, editor of a Socialist paper, and Frank Bartley and Paul J. Paulson, sala to oe con nected with the international organ isation of miners. They are charge .1 with conspiracy and as accessories before the fact in the death of Fiod Bobbett, one of the victims of a re cent riot near Mucklow, W. Va. Only Boswell has been arrested. With the wholesale arrests Thurs day the military court which cou vened Thursday haa upwards of 1 RO T?fee> %o?-?p , ?9^?l<ler?d. + AitUuuga wire service from the troubled xonu was partially established Thursday only moagre details of the riots sev eral days ago have been receiver The military has taken possession of ths wires for official business. Whether more than 18 persons, a* first reported, were killed, can not be ascertained. W. O. Bobbett, a mlno superintendent, whose brother was u victim of the riots, stated Thureday that Judging from his reports at leant 20 persons had been killed. Pour additional companies of iplMtla wero ordered to the strike district Thurs day night by Gov. Olassock. SHOULD LUMBER BE TAXEDT The Question Debated at Length In State Senate. Moet of Thursday morning session was consumed by a debate on thu Dennis bill to place a tax on timber In this State, requiring timber ou:, In each county to be entered In the tax books as personal property. Senator Appelt offered an amendment, mak ing the bill apply only to tlmoer cui from the soil of another. The amend ment was voted down. The finance committee amended the bill so that it would not apply to individuals ';r corporations cutting or manufactur ing lumber for local purposes. During the debate on the Dennlis timber tax bill Senator 1 3nms ot tacked D. W. Alder ? an of Alcotu and said that he represented the only corporation opposing the bill. Ho charged that letters had been writ ten to several senators by Mr. Alder man. "Are you going to let D. W Alderman run this legislature 7'1 shouted Senator Dennis. He said that Mr. Alderman's lum ber carts destroyed the roads and that he was a great detriment to Clarendon oounty. Senator Appelt from that county defended Mr. Al derman. referring to him as one of the best cttlcens In the State and sny lng that he had a perfect right to speak fof him it would be tlmn tor him or any other to leave the State. Man Mangled by I/ion. While assisting a moving picture company to prenent a Home colli sion scene at Tampa, Fla., Jack Bon avlta, one of the best known ani mal trainers in the world, had all the flesh between his hip and knee on his right leg torn off by Brutus, a forest-bred lion. Bonavita lost an arm several years ago when the lion Baltimore attacked htm Lynchburg Over In IIomIs, A double lynching occurred Thursday near Kharkov, Russia. A nr.ob of 5,000 peasants stormed the jail, demolished the buildings, seiz ed a horse thief and lylnched him Then they proceeded to the police depot and repeated the performance with another horse thief, who wss confined there. Blew Up Her Hrmee. At Lynchburg, Va., although Mrs. George M. Jonee, a ealthy woman eighty years old, was Mown out of her bed Thnredf* night by a dyna mite explosion; jfhtah wrecked her honi*. the s^oek. did no harm. The poltee say it was An sttempt ?t mut MANY PtOPLE DEAD ANOTHER BATTLE I0DGHT IN CITT OF MEXICO LARGER GUNS ARE USED The Bombardment is Mom Terrlftc Than on Former Occasion, and tie Old City la Swept In Every Direc tion by Solid Shot and Bursting Shell From Great Guns. Mexico City was torn asunder again Wodnesdag. by ?'hot And shell, and many pooplo were killed and wounded. It wus not until 9 o'clock NVodnesday night that the Qro In all quarters ceased. Gcu. Felix Diaz, In command of the rebel forces fortiflod and entrenched in and^around the arsenal, had held his ground against the Federals. He had done more than this. He had subjoctod the city to a. more terrific bombardment than that of Tuesday. He had eularged his zone of action and hud sent forces against tho National Palace. Dial is using largor guns than he did on Tuesday. But Madero was optimistic. Thru' out tho bombardment and the almost conti . joub rattle of machine guns and rifles, tho President went about his work In tho palace apparently un perturbed. He took counuei frequent ly with the finance minister, Ernesto Madero. From time to time ho was In conversation with Gen. lluorto, the commandor-in-chiof, regarding plans of attack His courage was great, his confidence remarkable. Over at the arsenal Gen. DIhz calm ly dirocted the operations. Ho char acterized them aB solely defensive. Ho, too, was optimistic. The number of dead and wound ed cannot even be estimated, but it Is large. For two hours during the fcronoon tho rebel gunners rained shot and shell at tho lofiy structureb of the city, from the roofs of which Federal sharpshooters and machine gun men attempted to rake tbe in surgents in tho trenches and behind the barricades of tho arsenal. Shells from the heavy guns were well tim ed, the explosions throwing perhaps hundreds of thousauda of bullets into the roofs, effectually clearing, for a time at least, thesb buildings of the picked men from tho Federal troops. Some of tho rebel shells and not a few rifle bullets roacned the ra tional Palace, but none believed that . Dlax serl? "ely. conVunplnte* at tho present. time an attack on Madoro's headquarters. Madero has promisod to make a combined assault on the rebels* position but the operation of Wednesday Indicate that Dlax has much In reserve. From early morning the sharp crack of rifles or. the crash of cannon could be heard In some quarter of the city almost every minute of the day, sometimes close, sometimes f*>r distant. Diplomatic representatives of four Powers protested and au armistice was arranged bo that an envoy from these diplomats could enter the robel linos and confor with Diaz. But, doubtless, owing to In ability of the Federal commander to control all points lnthls lines, this envoy was fired tipon', although rid* I Ing under a white flag. The bombardment, which was ter rific Tuesday, reached a climax Wed nesday morning, when Diaz shelled the very centre of the business dis tricts In an effort to silence the can non of the Government and drive from the roofs of the taller bulld Irgs the Federal sharpsnootora and the men operating tho machine guns, Th's smothering action directed from the arsenal continued for morn than ! two hours. Shrapnel fell llko hall and occasionally bursting shells tors holes In the sides of the buildings. Meanwhile the fire from tho opposite direction rendered thn fnr-out resi dence district uninhabitable, as well as the big apartment building known a* Oore Court, on Third Roma 8t Americans again Wednesday suf fered during the height of tho bat tle. Mrs. H. W. Holmes, tho wife of an emplpyeo of Dun's Agency, wm killed, and Mih. Percy Griffiths, the wife of an employee oi tbo street railway company, was mortally wounded, both of hor legs being shot off. M.S. Holmes and Mrs. Grif fiths were preparing dinner In tholr kitchen In an apartment, building close to tho arsenal, when a shell from tho Federal lines burst through the*, walls, Instantly killing Mrs. Hojmes and leaving Mrs. Griffiths in a dying condition. Hlnnd was walk ing along Independence nvenne wheti ho was struck by a rlflo hall, apparently from tho Federal lines. Not doubting Intentions of the Government to resume tho action on an augmented scale, and reminded from moment to moment by the de sultory and scattering firing from ?? both sides that the homes In almost every quarter of tho city would be rendered unsnfo, foreigners, partlcn larly Americans, British and Gor rians, sent throughout Wednesday afternon automobiles tinder whit* flags to collect tho women and chtl- . dren and trsnsfer them to tho soo t Ion around tho American embassy, which Is considered relatively free from danger. An American gusr* Is on duty at the embassy and fore'gn , , residents, without visible arms pat rol this quarter because of the total absence of police. Wonnrted Negro Wm Hanged. At Colltns, Miss., Itant Roymour, a negro paralyzed, was lifted from his Cot Monday and carried to the gal , low# to be hanged. Roymour had es caped Jail. He was tracked by blood honnds who tors and mutilated him. Ha was, Charged with the mjurdut .of >? Winfem Lflrwary snd W. T. Johns.