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WHAT COOK SAYS Atari the Statement Made by Peary and His Men as to What THE ESKIMO TOLD THEM Ho Will Not Kntor Into Any Argument About the Matter, but Will llring the Ksquimos to New York cuitl Prove Ills t^laims by Them There. "It is the same old story," said I>r. Cook, when he was shown the statement issued by Commander Peary, together with the map accompanying it. "I have replied to the points raised a dozen tim<*s," ho continued. "The map publishod by Commander Peary in itself. indicates that the Eskimos have respected their promise made to me ahat they would not Rive any information to Peary or his men. "The Eskimos were instructed not to tell Mr. Peary, or any of his party of our trip over the Polar Sea. They were told to say that we had been far North. They have kept their word. "Mr. Whitney has said that during the cross-examination conducted by Commander Peary, and others of his expedition, the Eskimos did not understand the questions put to them or the map which was laid before them. Their replies to the questions put have been twisted to suit a perverted interest. "I will not enter into nny argument about the matter, but I will bring d*10 Eskimos jto New York at my own expense, and they will prove, as did Mr. Whitney all that I have claimed." Dr. Cook would not consent to go over the details contained in Mr. Peary's statement any further than this: "The Eskimos," he said, "are only too willing to say something ithat they think will please their questioners." The explorer was not at all perturbed by the accusations. A conJl^ent smile flickered over his bronzed face when they w?>re shown to him. "I fully expect to see something of the kind, he said. "The document looks formidable over so many Ffgnatures, and will probably appear fo to the public. There is, however, nothing: in it, as it is based upon the distorted and evasive replies of persons who were told not to give any details." The doctor continued: "Uasmussen, who will be here shortly has seen the Eskimos and knows the real story. They did not try to deceive him. He was with them for fourteen days. They know him and told him everything. He epeaks the Eskimo language, for he is a Semi-Eskimo himself, and the people have the most complete confidence in him." COTTON I'ICKKK AUTOMOBILE Which Will KevolutlouiAO the (fathering of the Staple. From time to time there come Inventions of cotton picking machines that have their day and pass out as failures. There has never yet been invented a machine that could take the place of human hands in the picking of the great staple crop of the South. Still, the day may some time come when a successful picker will be invented. An article in the Oqtqbcr number of Van Norden's Magazine says that a man has invented a cotton picking auto. "It seems strange," observes Van Norden's, "that no one has ever thought that the contents of the cot ton boll could be pulled out by mechanical fingers instead of human fingers. That is what the picker does. Instead of two arms, however, it has no less than eight, and a tenyear-old darkey can be trained in an hour to guide two of these arms at such a rate that a machine which traveled over a cotton field in Alabama, picked and bagged six bales of the staple, weighing five hundred pounds each, in a day of ten hours. This heats the liveliest work which has ever been accomplished by human labor. With an active cotton picker it costs very nearly $5 a bale, because the amount of cotton to a pound is so enormous." The Anderson Mail says "thai sounds mighty good. If the machine does the work that is claimed foi it, the cotton picking problem, whicl 1s a very serious one, has been solved But we cheerfully confess that w< will have to see it before we wil believe it." tim Tlindlng and gagging the nlghl chief clerk and his assistant and carrying them to an unoccupied part of the building, a lone hold-up man robbed the office of the Great Northern Express Company at King Street station in the State of Washington Monday morning, securing several sacks of gold nnd silver and a large amount of paper money, the total amount running into the thousands. t SHOT PATRIOT DEAD l>KOP. KKKKKH KXKCUTKD Af I BARCELONA, SPAIN. He Was Convicted hy Court Martial for l/cuding a Revolutionary Movement. At Barcelona, Spain, Francisco Ferrer, who was convicted of promoting the recent Barcelona rein Ilion, was shot Thursday morr.in.; in Montjuich prison, in execution of the death sentence luposed uj>oli him. Professor Ferrer, Spanish educator and convicted revolution.*t, faced the firing s<iuad without IP nelil.r.?, and fell dead at the first volley. Kxcept for a mom *,ite.r.v exp-esiivjn of emotion immed'atsly proeeedtrg his death, he retained his c inu.osure to the last. His attorney, M. Galceran, who defended him so loyally as to bring about his own arrest for improperly addressing the court, occurred permission for a brief talk with him just before the execution. To bis attorney, Ferrer spoke feelingly of the work for which he hud sacrificed his life and of the future of his daughter, whose brave attempt to save his life touched the fVher more deeply, apparently, than any other incident of his trial and conviction. On Ferrer's arrest his family was left dependent upon this daughter, who at once secured employment in a biscuit factory. When it was known that her father had been sentenced to death the ! daughter made a personal appeal to 1 King Alfonso, calling upon him in ' i fin ri'iYi"w> life? 1/ tuiu-n fr/?n*ipnc I t v t n 1 spare her father's life. When these facts were related by Galeernn, Ferrer broke down for a moment. Ferrer declined to receive the last sacraments, and turned away from the two priests of the Order of Peace and Charity who had been sent by the prison authorities tc offer him the final consolation of the church. When the hour of execution nrrivod he walked bravely through the prison yard to the ditch in the shadow of the encircling wall. Without a quiver he faced the 12 lnfrantrymen, who at the word of command, fired simultaneously. When the report of the volley had died away, Ferrer lay upon the ground. Previous to the execution precautions had been taken to forestall a poss'ble attempt at rescue by doubling the sentinels upon the walls of the fortress. J "LITTLE JOSEPHINE BASS" Package Awaits the Child Who Gave Taft Bouquet. The Evening Post says the Charleston postolllee has a newspaper addressed to "Little Miss Josephine Bass, South Carolina," which the de livery department will be pleased to deliver to the right party. Realizing that the address was imperfect, the sender made the following note on the wrapper. "Who gave President Taft a bouquet of violets when on his way to Charleston to sail for Panama." The story is recalled of the little girl passing forward to the President's car and giving him the violets. It is thought at IJranchville. She gave her name to the President, and when the kindly disposed President-elect asked her what she would have in return, she replied a post card from Panama. Mr. Taft mailed her a card complying with the modest request. The newspaper probably contains some notice of interest to the little girl and the sender not knowing her address directed it "South Caroli na, and me pacnage came 10 LnarloHton. The little girl Is known not to reside here, but the delivery department of the Charleston postoffice holds the paper and will forward it to the proper address in the State, upon the address being made known. Little Girl Found. The package addressed "For Li'tie Miss Josephine Bass," held in the Charleston postoffice, has be m delivered. The little girl was found at Branch ville, and the package, which is from some Western correspondent, who probably desires the little girl to read some appredatt/e notice about herself, was delivered to her on Thursday. The package ! appears to be simply a newspaper but it may contain something else on the inside. The package war addressed: "For Little Miss Josephine , Bass, South Carolina." No Need for Alarm. , Notwithstanding the comfortable . assurance that Halley's comet, which } is traveling through space at a bre^ikI neck speed, will not come nearer to earth than 13,000,000 miles there are lots of people who are already worrying memseives over it. They : fear that, wo shall ho smothered with star dust or that the comet, with vicious action of Its tail, will sweep all the people off the earth as easily as a woman sweeps the crumbs off a table. To know that no comet or other celestial body has ever done the slightest harm to our world ought to calm their fears, but It will not. It Is really astonishing how many people do seem to enjoy making themselves miserable. TWELVEPERISH Storm Causes Loss of Life on Florida East Coast Extension PROPERTY IS DAMAGED The Floating F<|iii|tment ami Incomplete Work on Hio Kail road is Very lludly Torn Fp, As It Was Much Kxposed to the Fury of the Heavy Wind. A dispatch from Miami, Fin., says nt'WB reached there late Wednesday afternoon of the sinking of the tugs. Sybil, Sadie and Iiahia Honda during Monday's hurricane and the loss of the eleven members of the crew of the Sybil, including Capt. Parker. The crews of the Sadie and Dahia Honda escaped. This news was brought to Miami by the relief expedition sent out by the Metropolis, the local afternoon newspaper. The loss of life on the Sybil Includes, besides Capt. Parker, Engineer Fox, Pilot Whitmere, Engineer Peterson and seven deck hands. The following statement was given out by Engineer Ernest Cotton of the Florida East Coast railway: "Loss of life on the Florida East Coast extension is limited to the crew of the tug Sybil and Timekeeper Drown at Marathon, a total of twelve persons. The floating equiptment of the road and uncompleted work were badly damaged. There was, however, ao damage to the concrete work at <iny point. All of our camps wore moro or less wrecked, but the large forces of our workmen are being car>d for and have sufficient supplies of food. The men behaved well and already every gang has gone to work :1 earing away the wreckage and preparing for reopening the extension :o traffic." The track north of Marathon is svashed out at several points, but the ?xtend of tdamnge has not yet been letermined. Timekeeper J. TT. Thrown, an old employe of the Florida East Coast nilway, was drowned at Marathon. The Metropolis expedition reported \ washout of 4,000 feet of track between Manitee and Jewish creek, on the Florida East Coast extension. The track was also shifted fifty feet. The provisions of the colony at Jewflsh are running low. WIIIKLKSS IS WOHKING WELL. Success of tile Military Stations in Alaska. More evidence of the successful working of the military wireless telegraph stations n Alaska is shown in a report from First Lieut. E. A. Junet, Thirteenth infantry, at Fort Gibbon. On the night of September 23, the station at Nome worked well both ways, with the steamer Minnesota, en route to Japan. At that time the vessel was about two hundred miles south of Mimak Pass and about 1,300 miles from the wireless station. The Minnesota also reported hearine mes sages from Fort Gibbon strong and loud. More than f?00 miles of tho distance traveled by messages from Fort Gibbon was over land and the station at that place also picked up messages from the steamer at Miinak. Two Persons Killed. A storm amounting almost to a tornado passed ever sections of Tennessee about 7 o'clock Thursday night. A1 Barnes, a prominent citizen of Denmark, Madison county, was killed, and Mrs. Barnes hurt. Their home was wrecked. Tom Helm was killed in Lincoln county, near Mulbery, and Homer Ashby and wife were severely hurt. Carter Arnold, returning home from scnool at Wartrace, was caught in the storm and has not been heard from. Many resi donees were wrecked in Tennessee. Editor Kills Assailant. In a pistol duel at Harrodsburg, Ky., Wednesday night between ICditor John F. Pulliam and John W. Kobards in Pulliam's office, Kobards was fatally wounded and Pulliam may have to have his arm amputated as a result of a bullet, which crushed the bone. Kobards is said to have entered the office of the llarrodsburg Herald and opened fire on Pulliam, who returned it. A trival quarrel is believed to have been the cause of the affray. Both are prominent. Office r Commit* Suicide. Tileut. Carl. A. Itichster, U. S. N., stationed on the Marietta, committed suicide by hanging himself in his quartern aboard the Marietta. His body was found hanging from two bell straps in hia room at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. He had been ashore until a late hour Wednesday night. The body has been carried to the naval hospital at Portsmouth from the Marietta, which is still in Hampton Hoads. Lieut. Hlchster was from Iowa. One reason a boy can admire his father is the way ho can cuss when he gets mad. TOOK HIS LIFE Fashionably Dressed Robber Cheats His Pursuers by Calmly COMMITTING SUICIDE lie Held I'p t!ie Cashier of the lliKhland I'ark Hank Near (liiea^o and l'le?'N With tIn' Funds and When Closely Pressed Dcliberatcl}' Shoots Himself. A fashionably dressed bandid who early Wednesday afternoon robbed the savings bank of D. M. Krskine & Co., in Highland Park, 111., an aristocratic suburb on the lake shore 2f> miles north of Chicago, committ ed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth when driven to bay by the Highland Park Marshal and a posse of citizens. A companion of the robber, who had driven him to the bank in an automobile, was captured immediately following the robbery, forcing the principal perpetrator of the daring daylight crime to tlee on foot. , lie was engaged in a running duel with Town Marshal John Sheehau who was the target for many bullets from the fugitive's revolver, one of which went through the sleeve of his coat. After running several blocks and failing to drive hack his pursuer, the robber ran into a shed closely pursued by Sheehan. When in; saw Slieehan entor th#> shed with his revolver leveled at his head, tin.- fugitive put the muzzle of his own revolver in his mouth and tired a shot whlrh resulted in his death almost instantly. The identity of the dend man and hiH companion is unknown. The robbery was conducted in a ieliherato and spectacular manner, the bandit securing about $T>00 in gold coin and hills after he had forced .loh 11 C. Duffy, the cashier of the bank, into the cashier's cage just after the closing of business for the day. "Call everyone in here into that cage or I'll blow your head oft. Hurry up," said the robber as ho covered the cashier with a revolver. Duffy, unarmed, complied with the demand. The bookkeeper and the receiving teller came into the cage while the intruder helped himself to all the money in sight. He carefully tucked the gold and bills into his pockets and then exclaimed: "If any of you attempt to follow mo I will kill you." He started for tho door and Huffy immediately phoned the marshal's office across the street. By the time the robber reached the automobile Sheehan was running toward the bank. At the sight of him the robber broke into a run, and citizens held the chauffeur. The chase after the fugitive was a thrilling one, but ended in his suicide within a few minutes. All the money taken form the bank was found in his clothing. The robbei had called at the bank earlier in the day. EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE In a Stove Causes One Death and a Destructive Fire. At Fitzgerald, On., on Wednesday, a fire originating from an explosion of gasoline in a tailoring establishment, destroyed the Grier block on Pine street, caused a loss of $2C>,000 and injuring two firemen. It is believed that a negro who attempted to till the gasoline stove with the flames on lost his life. The buildings destroyed included the Commercial hotel, loss of $12,000; Smith's tailoring establishment, loss $3,000. Firemen Homer Watters and .lames Parrott fell through the hotel roof and were badly hurt. KILLS WIFE, THEN HOI SELF. ?, Insanely Jealous Man Commits Murder ami Suicide. At Erie, Pa., Fred F. Link, of the Link Manufacturing Company, of that city, aroused his wife from her slumber Sunday morning and a quarrel ensued, during which, it is said. Link announced that he had decided to end both his own life and that of his wife. He drew a ! revolver and Mrs. Link seized him and fought for her life, but the insanely jealous man overcome her and shot her four times, one bullet penetrating her heart. Link fired the remaining bullet through hits own head, dying instantly. Tennessee hid Not Escape. That a destructive storm of wind and hail swept over West and Middle Tennessee and North Alabama, early Thursday night, is evidenced by the fact that no communication of any character can be had with these sections. Telegraph and telephone wires are down and reports from small towns in the extreme western counties of Tennessee state that a severe wind storm occurred at 6 o'clock Thursday night , unroofing houses, leveling telegraph poles and doing other damage. No loss of life is reported from these points. BAJNK OI Conwa CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIRB Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We continue to j ay 5 per cent inter ii youraccount 610BEET B. SCARBOROUGH, ] President. I Bank of A OONW/ ^ CMtAl Stock W Bepmito A Total A(iti?t8 A imhh A J. A. MeDermott, |k T. McNeill, B. G. IF tlehaum, Hal. L. A The oldest Bank in Hoi jjjfik olina. AstiociaUHl with, the i X the pa?t decade. Our. polir Jff the "Independent Republic." flj to our customers every . real /n tout with sound hanking. W< A als, firms and corporations. A D. A. SI'IVKY, ^ Vice-President. TAFT AND DIAZ i PKKSIDKMTS OF TWO KKPUBLICS liKlllM) CliOSFI) DOCKS. Three Thousand Soldiers on Kach Side of Bridge Across Hio Grande at K1 Paso and Ciudcd Jaurez. With cannon roaring salutes and with soldiers everywhere, President Taft, ot' the United States, and President Diaz, of Mexico, met at K1 Paso, Texas, Saturday and exchanged greetings of good will and friendship. The meeting took place behind closed doors in the directors 'rooms of the Chamber of Commerce building. Two assistant secretaries to President Taft were to report the addresses of the executves. After having reeei\ed\ President Diaz, on American soil, President Taft crossed the international border line and returned the call of President Diaz, at the customs house in the quaint little city of Ciudad Juarez. Again the two Presidents I were closeted for a few minutes, and President Diaz repaid the courtesies which had been extended to him while he was the guest of the American people. President Taft returned to the United States to review a military parade at 101 Paso Sautrday afternoon. Saturday nieht. however ho crossed into Mexican territory for the second time to be the guest of President Diaz at Juarez. There wore over J,000 American soldiers on the American side and a like number on the Mexican side. The military demonstrations was most impressive. The bridge spanning the Kio Grande was guarded as neutral territory. This permitted the Mexican military escort to accompany their President to the American end of the bridge and likewise permitted the military to escort Mr. Taft to the Mexican end of the bridge. President Diaz was saluted with twentyone guns upon his arrival on American soil. Mr. Taft wore a " black frock, while Mr. Diaz was garbed in a full gold bedecked uniform. eir. Taft received the national salute when he crossed the border line. Blow With Fist Fatal. At Nashville, Tenn., with a fist V,lnill I,VUn. I 1 n.. I.II1.J uiuh uuuu u iu i u:tiuii 11y t\ 11 j?*? 1 Eugene Williams Sunday afternoon, breaking his neck. The men quarrelled, it is said, over a dollar alleged to have been given Williams by Goodwin, with which to buy blind tiger whiskey. Goodwin was arrested. lie claims-self-defence. Shot in the Hack. Y. Z. Newberry, while entering his nouso ?aiuraay nigni ai Newport N. C., was shot in tho back of the head and killed instantly by some unknown person. Mr. Newberrj was mayor of his town and a member of the board of the county commission. He was a Mason and Odd Fellow. He left a wife and two children. Negroes Ihit Out Ticket. The negro voters of the college town of Oxford, Ala., who numbei 100 out of less than 4 00 voters oi the community, has put in the field a complete ticket of candidates foi the public offices. As there arc three white tickets, the town facet the possibility of being governed by negroes. ? IIOUKY, y. S, C. $ 50 OOOf 10 00ft 5 50 000T lioooei j CI ORS X W. R. Lewis, W . A. .Johnson, Will A Freeman, et-t on j e?rl) de}x?it*. mxIvc t-oliei L BUCK, ?IU A. KUKRMAFi V .? ii < , v iv;e, i urjuvr.nr, Conway 1 LY. 8. O. W Jf IttO.OQO.OO A 350,04X>,00 A jctohs 2 Jno. C. Spirey, B. Collins, C. P. Quat- 4T Buck, D. A, Spivey. "Jk rry and a pionefr in Haatern Car- A% *apid pi'oifri'KH of our County for JL J Mux been for the upbuilding of 1 With tliIn in view wo extend W tollable accommodation ?onsi?- fly } solicit the account** of iadivUlu* & HAL. L. niTCK, ^ CMbfor. j|k 1 ? THE WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACHINE k LIGHT RUNNING ^ <*** If yon want olthara Vibrating Shuttle, Rotary Shuttle or a Hlnrle Thrwul [CVtaTn /#ll<-AJ Hewing Machine writ* to THE NEW HOME 8EWIN0 MACHINE COMPANY Ornnaa. Mam. ^ Many *ewlrtf machine! ate mide to *ell re*ardle?* ct Quality, but the JH*W Home i* made to wear, j Our guaranty r.eerr run* out. ' ?s Hold by oufliorlietl dernier* only. I CI Mil It BURROUGHS 4c CXlLIifNft CO., Conway, ft. O. PROFRS8ICNAU CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Couneelor At L?aw\ ?ONWAY, 8. O. I . i C. R. ST. AM AND. Attorney ai Law Oonuay, B. O. R. B. BOARB1HIV6I) CONWAY, S. O. Attorney at law. W. R. MrOORR, SURGEON DENTIST. CONWAY, ft. 0. Over Bank of Horry H. H. BURROUGHS , Physician and Surgeon. ! CONWAY, S. O. ] ^ iF fti. WOFFOKIt WAI'I \ i Attorney at Uw. ? CONWAY, 8. O. I ' Nurses Go On Strike. Eleven nurses at tho St. Peter's hospital in Charlotte have Rone on a strike. "We left because of 111 ^ treatment," declared one of the young women. "The superintendent f and head nurse are from tho North I and are always throwing off on Southerners and calling us fools. I j suppose it is the hot-headedness of i1 the South that makes us strike, but I! we are not sorry and we'll not go 14 back." ^