The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 14, 1910, Image 6

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IFfEARY VS. COOK [ ov. Brown of Georgia Reviews the Claim [ of the Two Men and GIVES COOK THE HONOR * Of Being the First Discoverer of the North Pole.?Ho Says If Cook's Story Is a Cold Brick, Peary's Is a Paste Diamond.?Some InterestInff Fnrfs. Gov. Joseph M. Thrown of Georgia gave out recently an Interview rc8 garding the Cook-Peary coiitroversarv 8 in which the executive goes into de9 talil as to his position on -the ques8 lion. Here is what the Governor lias to say about Cook and Peary's K trip: S 'Dr. Cook came upon the scene I some months ago with the statement m that he had been to the North Pole. L. He described in detail the incidents of his expedition, the voyage to the E regions of ice, his journeys over the 1 land, his entry upon the sea of ice, a the fantastic shapes the snow assurnI -ed, the rifts which forced him to | make lengthy detours to go around | them, the novel hues of the ice, in S ,1 1 J 1 1 ... K E KUllie piciues ua/iZ-niig J'CIIU", ill uuitiD ! blue, these being before unheard of |j eharacterists of Artie scenery, and L, finally his arrival at the region of m the Pole, where he found that, instead of land, there was a frozen ocean. And there, on the top of the world he saw the sun go around in an elliptic orbit instead of setting. Peary come out of the Arctic regions only a few days later and wires to us that Cook is a liar, and that he has handed the public a gold brick. True, he had not read Cook's narrative, he had not had Cook under daily surveillance; but it was necessary to his own claim to the discoverf of the North Pole that Cook Bhould be a liar, and so a liar Cook was, according to Peary. 'Mr. eary comes home as fa?L us the Roosevelt can steam and then, after a few more choice remarks to the effect that Cook is a liar and faker, and has handed us a gold brick, he gives us an epitome of his own trip to the North Pole, and lo! it is simply a replica of Cook's story?the same snow, the same rifts in the ice, the same colored ice, the same frozen ocean, the same elliptic course for the sun. At least this is 'how the press quoted Mr. Peary. But there were some details of his journey wherein 'Mr. Peary sang , a lounder note than we had heard from Cook. < Fir instance, Cook had asserted < that on one day he, with his Esqui- t maux and dogs, travelled twenty- r six miles over the frozen ocean. 1 iPeary ridicule this as being impos- r Bible, and then to prove that Cook 0 coma noi nave none so assurieu mai v on more than one day he had trav- (] ellled upwards of forty miles per t day over the frozen ocean. f . He declared that he had sounded g the ocean at the Pole to a depth of v 9,000 feet. Of course, there was a j convenient hole in the thick ice for his sounding line to slide through b to reach the water, and then possibly, the water must have helped him a and his negro and Esquimaux to t< sustain the weights of nearly two a miles of sounding line with the sin- s ker as they let it down?this same f; line which his dogs had made such c speed in dragging over the ice with e all his other materials and food. si iNtow, I pause to ask these quos- c tions: 'If Cook did not go to the jj North Pole, or to the same region ?j Peary penetrated and which his narrative describes almost exact.iy as ti Peary's later published narrative d does what becomes of him after he fl parted from his comrades and with <i his Esquimaux went northward? Did u V* r**/x r% f Atir i l/\t> o n /I 1\ n H rl o C? VW\ Xtf .1 ji17 piu il icn iiiiico ujhi ??\i .? (j house and stay there for months? n If so it is strange that his presence <i was not a matter or note. Ami vvhat ^ object could lie have had in staying there? To keep going northward, o supplied as he was with provisions, o warm clothing, dogs, sleds and help- j? ers, etc., was such a procedure as a would seem natural. Hiding in a p snow house for months was an Jm- c probable occurrance. And how sep- ,, orated by long distances, could he q read Peary's mind and anticipate nim c by writing Peary's story before () Peary himself wrote it? But the real per i 1 to Peary is \: that, in order to destroy the value of c Cook's story of the journey to the Pole, he must destroy the value of t] his own like story. / (With the same sword with which ii Rtriktcs down Cook he must CO- e ordinately commit hari-kari, ofr, ihf two stories being1 Hie same, the kill- t ing of one destroys the other. In h other words, tlie two stories, like n tho Siamese twins, must live togeth- jer or die together. Peary can as h reasonably assert 'that of the above r famous twins Chang was a China- n man and Eng was was an English- a man as he can assert that Cook's I story is false' and his own is true, e As the case stands, he, in effect, asks I us to believe 2 and 3 when add- r< ed by Cook make 0, but when added 'a; DEFENDS FRANKLIN BONAPARTE FIBES BRIEF FOR < THE MUllDEREH. In Which He Speaks of the Danger of the Apprehension of Negroes in the South. i&ach McGhee, in his letter to The State, says Charles J. Bonaparte, formior attorney general in the Roosevelt cabinet, under whose direction nnnnl/1/.nnKln ? l" o IMTO )l ^UllOlUUfai^iU VJL a 11 ui t IVIt ?? i*M * about "peonage in the South," has now taken up the case of Pink Franklin, the negro who was con vie ted in Orangeburg for murdering Mr. H. E. Valentine, the eou-Uaole who went to arrest him for a breach of an agricultural contract, near Cope. Mr. Bontaparte, as attorney for Franklin, Tuesday tiled a brief in the United States supreme court at Washington, setting forth grounds of appeal, giving the decision of the South Carolina supreme court, which affirmed the sentence of the circuit court, sitting at Orangeburg He declares that the South Carolina law making it a misdemeanor for a man who has a contract to work on shares or for wages to leave his employer's when he is in debt to that employer is unconstitutional, being a violation of the 13th and 14th amendments to the federal constitution. It is claimed that the State law is in conflict with the federal statute forbidding peonage, and hence void. Fink Franklin was employed by Mr. J. D. Thomas, a farmer in that countv, under contract for the year 1907. In May he left, being in debt to Mr. Thomas, who had a warrant sworn out for him by Magistrate J. I. Valentine. Magistrate Valentine put the warrant into the hands of his brother, 'M.r. H. E. Valentine, who went to the negro's house on the place of Mr. H. S. Spires, another farmer, to execute it. The negro resisted, several shots were fired, both the negro s.nd his wife being shot and Mr. Valentine being killed. Franklin was convicted of murder. The claim is made in Mr. Ronapante's brief that the South Caro lina law is invalid, the warrant was illegal and the negro had a right to resist arrest, and hence he killed Mr. Valentine in self defense. The case will come up in two or three weeks 1 for argument. At the time Bonaparte 1 retired from the office of attorney ( general there was some talk in Wash- ( ington of his going somewhere to ( study law. ; This case has been long drawn 1 :>ut, but it will finally end in the ?xecution of Franklin, who was guilty of an uncalled for murder and ichly deserves the fate that awaits \ lim. The case, no doubt, is well emem bored by most of our readers, ind its course has been watched vith interest, but it will soon be lecided, and the law will be allowed 11 o take its course. Franklin had a air trial and was lawfully uonvicted. " ihould he escape the gallows it " rould be a decided miscarriage of us-tice. 91 tc y him make 5. Therefore, even if Cook were to dm it that his story of his journey,, o the Pole was false we could not w ccept it as being falso- unless Peary " hould admit that his like story was cc alse, or unless by 'ether testimony *i look's story be proven fale, in which vent, as I have contended Peary's al Lory instantly falls with Cook's. If ,<'1 k>ok's story is a gold brick Peary's tr ; a paste diamond. Observe, I say al f d i 'Hut Cook submitted his data to fie Copenhagen professors and they eclared that the proofs were insuf- 11 cient t'o sustain his claim. They n< * . 1 r\t ooom*l ri 1* o 'u of /MMf \i? a u 111 1 VI uv t (IOOVI ? l/IKU O PLl^l J n c*o ntrne, l>ut, merely rendered a ver- t(! let of 'not proven.' As they had {l ot been into that region their ver- ^ iet can be accepted as voicing their ?' nowledge of the matter. I}1 Yet, when Commander Peary heard f the Copenhagen decision he"smil<l," and presto! his identical story s proven true and he is acc'aimed n s the discoverer and poor Cook is randed as a fakir. Medals are vot<1 to Peary, resolutions of congratilation for him are passed, he is lected member of societies while J*' look's name is erased from the rolls if membership. And to cap the climar an att mpr l)' s made in the congress of the Unit(1 States to make 'Mr. Peary a rear idmiral of the navy in recognition ^ f his discovery of the North Pole! ^ more grotesque ofllcial monstrosity ( ias never in the history of this gov- C) rnnient been attempted. Representative Macon deserves the hanks of tlie American people for <l is exi)ose of Peary's improbable, if ot, in fact, invposible story of his n onrney to and from the Pole after e parted from his civilized eomades? Till 1 read Mr. Macon's relarks I had Ivelieved that both Cook nd Peary had reached the Pole, but confess that Mr. Macon lias shak- m n my faith in Peary, especially when (ii consider the fact that he could U cad the synopsis of Co-ok's story hi nd shape his own accordingly. lh ? M J L .- S. v;., . MUST ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED BY THE CENSUS MAN. ? Who Will Be Among the People for the Purpose in about the Next Ten Days* ~ The arrangement's are rapidly being concluded for taking che census, which will start in about ten days. We have published the names of the enumerators and they are therefore known to the people generally. Supervisor DuPre make the request that the pee pi e will meet the enumerators in the proper spirit and furnish the desired information. President Taft has Issued a proclamation requesting cooperation 011 the part of the public that the census may be complete and correct. The census enumerator will ask the following questions: What is your house number? /What is your name? The names of the members of your family? What is the relationship of these people to you? How old are you? Are you single, married, widowed or divorced? How long have you been married, if at all? How many children have you? Where were you born? Where was your father born? Your mother? How long have you been in this country? Are you naturalized? Can you speak English, if not what can you speak? What is your occupation. A i'q vnn orn nlnvp/1 r?r nn Pmnlnv. XI. ? V J v U vj V>V4 V* MM v j er? Were you out of work April 15, 1910. How long were you out of work in 1909? Can you read and write? Do you own or rent your home? Any mortgage? Are you a survivor of the Union or Confederate navy or army? Are you blind. One or both eyes? Are you deaf or dumb? April 15 will witness the inauguration of the thirteenth census of the United States and on that date an army of about 68,000 census takers will begin their work. Each one of these census takers will be armed with a badge by which "ye may know them" and you may have no hesitancy in telling them the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Should there be any further questions as to their credentials each me of them will bo provided with a certificate of appointment and those vho think he is not the real goods nay request him to show even that.* ^ 1 UNCLE SAM'S COOK BOOK. ? Vill Be Sent, to Any One Free Who Will. Order it at Once. Uncle Sam Is getting things down 110. He has issued a "Cook Book" rom the agricultural department, lowever, it appear as "Farmer's ulletin 39 i" by which title it can e ordered free of charge. It will be Mit to anyone who will drop a card ) the Agricultural Department at. ( Washington, D. C., for "Farmer's , ulletin, 3 91." It was prepared by C. F. Lang- 1 orthy, Ph. D., and Caroline L. 1 unt, A. B., experts in nutrition in mnection with the experiment staons. The bulletin contains tables < ' the composition of different kinds j id cuts of meats, in water, proteins, 1 its, etc., and presents a scientific ^ eatise 011 digestion and the texture 1 id flavor and digestive qualities of liferent outs, and on the methods 1 cooking meats. t One may he inclined to laugh, but i thene is one tiling that people ( ?od instruction upon It is in the < latter of cooking. If this is pa- t >rnalism one must admit that it is i form of it that one can swallow. 1 all probability Uncle Sam will isle other bulletins telling how to repare pastries, vegetables and othFIKK Oil IMF KLEOTROCUTKI). e Grasped a Idve Wire and Was { Instantly Killed. 1 1 Directing a figbt. against an ap- i arently incendiary fire in a store i nilding at Bedford, 111., Monday, { nrselml liar pliiof i\f the fire fie urtment, grasped a live eloetriv wire id was instantly killed by the shock, ho fire destroyed the building of '. F. Wood and was one of a series int. the merchants of the city charge > bitter rivalry between two unions r stone quarry men, one of which on strike. Bloodhounds followed ie trail from the Wood building to boarding house and the police are irther investigating. Wood said iat he had extended credit to a large umlbvr of the members of one of 10 unions. Thousands of Deserters. The house military commiilvo ad its there are now living more than Ty thousand deserters from the C nion army of the "sixties." Per- 1 ips they lived and ran away that ? icy might fight later for pay. e KILLED IN WRECK CONDUCTOR AM) ENGINEER DIE IN COLLISION. The Trains Went Together on a Sharp Curve and the dctims Had No Chance to Escape. The Augusta Chronicle says one of the most serious collisions in the history of the Georgia railroad occurred Thursday morning at about threeo'clock city time, at a short distance above Berzella. The conductor and engineer of one of the trains were killed and the fireman of the same crew is not expected to live through the day. Out of a total of ten members of t'he two crews, there were only three who were not injured. West bound freight No. 209 with engine No. 1 with Engineer G. E. Downing and Conductor i>. E. Mc v> II 1 I l.i 111 ) tuiliu^u fit lilt; ??U lillit? post, which is just west ?f Berzella with east bound exti a freight No. 62 in charge of Engineer E. H. Johnson and Conductor Charles Fitzgerald. Conductor Fiztgerald was riding on the engine with his engineer at the time of the collision and he was instamtly killed. The two trains were running at about the same rate of speed and it is estimated that they were making about 35 miles per hour. The two trains completely telescoped each other, and about a dozen freight cars were reduced to kindling splinters. The general merchandise in the cara was scattered all over the ground for some distance. The accident was on a curve and an ascending grade; also an embankment. The heavy loaded outgoing train was given a severe blow by the lighter extra coming east. WJiile the cause of the accident is not given out at the headquarters of the Georgia railroad, still it is admitted that the orders were misunderstood and that inasmuch as both of the head men in charge of one of t'he trains was dead, that an exhaustive investigations would have to be held to see> just where the blame would have . to be laid. It is known that the west bound freight was due to stop at Berzella to let extra No. 6 2 pass, but as the extra train did not reach the point on the schedule time the crew of the westbound freight decided to make Harlem if ixjssibl'e. The collision was just about a mile west of Berzella.. Of the ten men on the two crews the only persons not injured were Conductor McCullum and the two flagmen. These men were on the rear of the trains and of course did not get in any of the smashed up part of the train. PLUNGES INTO TRESTLE. ^ i Train Burned and Two Tramps Said < to Have Perished. 1 y A northbound Seaboard freight ( train, consisting of twenty-two cars, plunged into a burning trestle over Cononaca creek about six miles above Greenwood at one o'clock Thursday morning. The entire trian was conc sinned by fire. It is indeed a miracle how all of the train crew escap ed instant death. The following were j injured: C. H. Hinnant, engineer, Colninhia; Fireman Kemp, Georgia; . Conductor Carroll and a brake-man. , All of the wounded men were hur- . ied to a hospital in Chester. It is . said that two tramps were burned in the iire. Barmore Mayes, who runs a brick yard near where the . kvreck occurred endeavored to ex ting- f iiish the burning trestle but without ivail. HV then sent several negroes . with lanterns to flag the freight, but he engineer failed to see the d*wiger dgnal on account of the light being 1 im. A negro was also sent to rJreenwood with a note but unfor- * unately arrived a few minutes after the train had left. SHOOTS PFNMLFSS DIN'KH. h p Dispute Over Ton Cent Debt Knds in h a Fatal Affray. . . b Tn a quarrel over the payment of a g en cent meal, James II. Itoyden, a s narine. fireman, was shot and killed ^ ate Thursday night by Frank Sell- c ivab, cashier at a "Pittsburg Joe" estaurant at Chicago. Schwab was h i r rested. NN Hoyden entered the eating house 11 shortly before midnight and perch- V <1 himself on a stool at the counter. v le fell asleep aft* r eating. When ho cashier awakened him he stag- 11 ?ered toward the door. The cashier stopped him and demanded payment P hoyden fumbled in his pockets and ,( onnd fhrm empty. He tried to leave tl he place and Schwab grappled with 11 iim. r< They fought their way out to the P sidewalk, when the cashier released lis hold. Huning back into the resaurant lie got a revolver and shot toydon through the heart. d< h; Killed by Train. $ At Wichita Falls, Texas, T. M. 10 2k>ud, aged 07, was hit by a south- "1 >ound Denver train at three o'clock ?( -londay morning and instantly killd. Ho was about to board the se NOT IN THE CASE NEGKO LrAWYJKKS OBJECT TO BONAPARTE'S ? Interference in the Matter of Pink Franklin's Appeal to the Supreme Court. In a statement issued Wednesday from (Manning- by John Adams, one of the negro attorneys in the Pink Franklin case, it is denied that ExAttorney General Boanaparte of the United States has aided in the preparation of thie case. The statement has not been signed or approved by Jacob Moorer of Orangeburg, Adams' associate counsel. The following is the statement that was given out as the result of the story carried by the Associated Press with regard to the Franklin case. "From newspaper reports for the past month it would appear to the public that the Franklin case has been turned ovter to ex-Attorney General Bonaparte. Such an impression is an injustice to the two colored lawyers who have run the case for the last three years and should be corrected. "The only lawyers of authority In this case are John Adams and Jacob Moorer, and absolutely all the work done In the case up to this time has been accomplished by the-in. The brief filed by Mr. Bonaparte in the case has not been considered nor seen by Franklin's lawyers. From what I can glean from tho papers the race question is made a part of Mr. Bonaparte's brief and this will by no means be allowed in the case. We have not carried this case to the supreme court as a n?^ gro case but as that of a citizen of South Carolina. "The brief that has been filed by John Adams and Jacob Moorer is a discussion of cold principles of law and in no man rue r seeks sympathy because Franklin is a negro. The law is wrong and we say so. "The premature announcement and employment of Mr. Bonaparte is the work of a few over hot-headed negroes of Philadelphia who have absolutely no authority to take any step in the work. "If the Franklin case works any credit to the defendant, Franklin, and the negro race it will be the work of two negro lawyers, John Adams and Jacob Moorer. If Mr. Bonaparte appears in the case it will be done after a thorough agreement with the original lawyers and up to this time we haw? not agreed to anything." TRIES THE NEW FORM rhc Commission Plan is Adopted by Columbia. 'By a majority of five to one, Colombia Saturday adopted the commission form of government. Five weeks igo the legislature passed the act svhich gave cities of more than 2 0,)00 inhabitants the privilege of idopting the commission form. ( Saturday's election was the culnination of a campaign begun by a , ocal newspaper two years ago. City ( muncil opposed the change The lew form has al) the essentia, fea- ] u:es of the Des Moines and Council , Buff plans. There are a mayor and four salar ed cormnissioners, all elected at j arge. They serve four years. There ] s the initiative, the referendum and . he recall. j The strickest registration is reuired and the qualifications for vot- j tig in the primary are the sa ne as t ?.r the election. The voter mist he egistered for state and city and must . ave paid all taxes, state and city. ' . ADVENT OF BOLL WEEVILS. , t ixpocted to iieach Georgia in About i Tliree Years. State Entomologist E. L. Worsam, of Georgia, perhaps the best osted man <on cotton diseases and ( lseorts in the South is now engaged j 1 preparing a circular which is to t e distributed among the cotton \ rowers of this state on the present ^ fat us of the Texas Boll Weevil and rhen this dread insect is expect- s d to appear in south west Georgia. ( According to Entomologist Wors- <= am the boll weevil traveled eastward last year a distance of 125 ii!es. This is the greatest distance et recorded in one year. At this ute it is exopeeted tbo bill weevil 'ill reach this state in three years lore. The circular Icttoi will toll tho lanbers what to expect and how host c > identify the dread insect In order t. lat Its presence may he reported, c istantly, and prompt stops taken to v stard its onward march wherever a ossible. c During Roblwrs. j] The First National bank of Ran- r olph was dynamited early Monday c y three masked men and robbed of tl 10,000 in gold and currency. Prev- si usiy Town Marshal Carroll was held o p 011 the street and hound and gag- s ?d. Relieved of his gun, he was ci narded in a room at the hank while IV ivon explosions wrecked tho vault, o MADE BIC^ GAINS Trend of Public Feeling Seems to be Against the Republicans. THE DEMOCRATS ON TOP Result of City Elections in Illinois, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Connecticut and Missouri Indicate a Strong Feeling Against the Republican in Favor of the Democrats. Returns from forty of the fifty cities of the first class in Oklahoma which held election Tuesday indicate large Democratic gains. With possibly six exceptions, the Republicans either lost control of city councils or were heavier losers than in former years. At Hartford, Conn.,, for the first time in six years the Democrats elected a mayor when their candidate defeated the Republican candidate, who was up for reelection by a majority of 3GO. The remainder of the Republican ticket was elected by small ' majorities. The Democrats won a sweeping victory In Chicago. They gained a. majority In the city council for the first time in several years. Of the 35 ahlermon etinnen tlm homn/n-ato , .-..v. .VU, elected 21. tlio Republicans 12 and the In dependants 2.. Social Democrats led by EniH Sledel, candidate for mayor, swept Milwaukee in the municipal election by approximately 8,000 votes, the largest plurality of any party in any similar contest in the history of the city. At. Jefferson City, Mo., the Democrats elected four out of five couneilmen with a tie vote for the fifth. They also carried Governor Ilardley'a ward which heretofore has gone Republican. At St. Joseph, Mo., Alvah P. Clayton, Democrat, was elected mayor of the city by 2,f>04 votes over his Republican opponent, who was running on a strict law enforcement platform. In the city eelctions in Montana Democratic and Independent candidates were generally successful,, though party lines were not closely d ra w n. PREACHER ISSUES STATEMENT. Says the Pope Is the Hitter Foe of Freedom. Rev. B. M. Tipple, pastor of the American Methodist church in Rome, after being received by Mr. Roosevelt, issued a statement expressing the greatest satisfaction that the exPresident did not have an audience with the Pope. "While the work of Methodism in Rome," says the statement, "started the rumpus, it is no longer Methodism or any other ism, but the great principle of toleration. Mr. Roosevelt has struck a blow for twentieth century Christianity." '"idie representatives of two great Republics have been the ones to put Lhe Vatican where it belongs. President Lou bet refused to accede to Vatican conditions, and now Mr. Fairbanks and Mr. Roosevelt come to naintain the same dignity and indejendance of American manhood in he face of Vatican tyranny. th.l! J- ' i m: vuucan IS 1 IICOmpUT 1 IllG Willi Republican principles. This is a biter dose for patriotic Catholics in Ymerica to swallow. I wonder how nany doses of this sort they will ake before they revolt? is Catholicism in America to be American or tomish, if Romish, then every pariotic American should rise to crush t, for Roman Catholicism is the un:ompromising foe of freedom. "After the Fairbanks episode the Methodists never dreamed that the /aticnn would commit a similar blunler with Mr. Roosr velt. That it has lone, so is added proof that the polcy prevailing there is the same yeserday, today and forever. The Vatcan is the Vatican. The world advances, but the Vatican never. "Americans can now better understand how it is that the Roman Church has lost France and is losing Spain and Austria." 2 SCALDED 11V STEAM. ? eighteen Young Women lludly Injured in Laundry. Eighteen girls were injured, sevral seriously. in n nnnio in tho Cnn. ml Steam Laundry Monday at Chiago. Several girls jumped from windows and others were injured in 11 explosion. Four are In a serious ondltion at a hospital. The panic was caused by the burntug of a 8team pipe in the mangle oom on the second floor. When tho louds of steam burst into the room, lie girls became panic-stricken and even of them jumped from the secnd floor windows. Too high prosure is believed to have been the nuse of tho bursting of the pipe, lore than 200 girls were working n tho second and third floors. niS *4p