The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 09, 1909, Image 2
!* HONOR OF PRESIDENT TAFT.
Williamsburg Invited to Join with Florence
in Welcoming Chief Executive.
Florence, S C, August 19, 1909.
The County Record.
Kmgstree, S C.
(ieutieuieu:?lo respor.Se to an invitation
issued by the Florence Hoard
of Trade.on its own behalf and iu behalf
of the united citizenship and
business interests and organizations
throughout our Pee Dee section, to
Hon William 11 Taft, President of
the United States, which invitation
was promptly seconded by appropri
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I FOUND THE NORTH POLE.
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I Much Sought Goal Reached by Intrepid
American Explorer.
Copenhagen. September 1;-?Dr
Cook, an American explorer, reached
North Pole April 21, 120S, according
to a telegram just received at
j the colonial office here.
Dr Cook is on board the Danish
government steamer Hans Egede,
1 which passed Lerwick at noon today
en route for Denmark. The
l telegram announcing: Dr Cook's
a'otr rtr&uiuuuua ui mc *. v.v
council, the board of directors of the
Florence Board of Trade have received
the gratifying reply from the President
that he will accept our invitation
and be in Florence on the eveuing
of November 8 from 7:30 to 8:40
o'clock.
la extending this invitation to the
President, our board invited him in
the name of the 300,000 people of
the Pee Dee section and on behalf of
the united busiuess men of every
town and cross roads iu this sectionThe
invitation, therefore, while originating
in this board, is as much
yours as ours. This letter is to invite
you most cordially to join us in extending
to Mr Taft and his party
and to the other distinguished visitors
whom it will be our efforts to
bring to Florence, the hearty welcome
of the whole Pee Dee section.
The Board of Trade is arranging
an elaborate programme for a great
Pee Dee section celebration, to last
over the 8th and 9th of November,
the principal feature of which, of
course, will be the entertainment of
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tae rresiaenc or me uniceu ouues,
but no leas interesting, perhaps, to
the business organizations of the Pee
Dee section will be the great convention
of the business meu of that section,sessions
of which will be held on
both the 8th and 9th for the purpose
of a general discussion of the resources,
development and advertising
of our country. Co-operation in every
work of development, agriculture,
good road building, railroad and water
transportation and manufactures,
will be the key note of the discussions
at these meetings and this
board has secured the promise of
several addresses upon these subjects
by some of the most prominent and
best informed speakers of the day,
both m this State and from elsewhere.
This board not only extends to you
and the citizens of your community
and particularly to every member of
your organization and busiuess man
of your section an urgent and hearty
iavitatiou to be with us in this memorable
celebration inaugurated for
the permanent and progressive development
of the Pee Dee section,
but through us the citizens of Florence
offer you their cordial hospitality.
The mayor and city council of
Florence turn over the key of the
city to you. We will try to give you
something besides conventiou and
talk in the way of entertainment that
will cheer the inner man. Come by
all meaus and bring yonr families
and friends. The unexcelled hotel
facilities will accommodate a great
many, and for the others our special
entertainment committee will have a
complete list of agreeable boarding
houses and lodgings.
Efforts are being made to secure
from the Coast Line special rates
covering the period November 6 to 10
and these rate3 will be published in
ample time for your accommodation.
Hoping to have you with us during
our great "Taft day and Pee Dee
Section Convention" oil the 8th and
9th of November next, we beg to remain,
Very cordially yours,
James D Evans,
Secretary.
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) achievement, was seut by a GreenI
land official on board the steamer
1 and reads as follows:
: "We have on board an American
; traveler, I)r Cook, who reached
j the North Pole April 21, 1908. Dr
| Cook arrived at* Uppernavik, the
northernmost Danish settlement in
Greenland, on an island off the west
coast, in May of 1909, from Cape
York, in the northwest part of
Greenland on Baffin Bay.
"The Esquimaux of Cape York
j confirm Dr Cook's story of his
j journey."
Dr Frederick A Cook, accompani ?
i vr i .n Pi.l.
eu oy a Norwegian, icii jcju?u,
Greenland, March 3, 1908, taking
with him eight Esquimaux, four
sledge3 aud twelve dogs. He was to
make his way through Ellesmereland.
For years Dr Cook has given his
attention to Arctic explorations and
in 1891-92 was surgeon of the Peary
Arctic expedition and in 1897-99
was surgeon of the Belgian Arctic
expedition.
The doctor started on his present
expedition in the summer of 1907,
sailing from North Sydney, C B.,
on board the schooner John R
Bradley. The party was reinforced
with sledges, dogs and Arctic equipment
at Etah, Greenland, whence
they sailed March 3, 1908. Dr
Cook's plan was to set aside all tradition
by making a dash to the pole
during the winter months when the
elements are considered the least
advantageous for an advance northward.
The last news recei ved f^cm him
was dated March 17, 1908, when
he was near Cape Thoma3 Hubbard.
He then reported that he intended
to push on to the northern point
of Grantland and from there start
his dash to to the pole in the winter
of 1908.
What The Discovery Means.
Sir Kobert Ball, former astronomer
of the Royal Observatory,
uow professor of astronomy at Cambridge
Univerity, and one of the
most distinguished British scienaists,
has written the following statement
for The New York World on
what the discovery of the North
Pole exactly means:
Two questions being asked all
over the civilized world to day are:
First, why does any one want to go
to the North Pole? Second, how
does he know when he's there?
To answer the second question
first, the mariner who finds his
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to be 90 degrees knows he can be
nowhere else than at the North Pole.
The astronomer will tell you that
to any one standing at the North
Pole the 3un rises and sets only
once a year?six months daylight,
six months night, mitigated only
by a little twilight at the beginning
and end of a period of
awful gloom, broken by occasional
moonlight or aurora.
The pole is truly a unique spot on
the globe. Cook, standing there
faced due south. Whichever way
he looked he was more thau twenty
miles nearer the centre of the earth
than if he stood at the equator.
His weight was greater than anyi
w'.ere else on the surface of the
globe. A plumbline in his hand
pointed vertically upward to the
pole of the heavens, around which
all stars revolve. Half of the stare
he could never see; the other half
never went below his horizon and
would have been visible throughout
the six mouths of night. The pole
star stood directly over his head.
The gaiD to knowledge from Dr
Cook's discoveiy is inestimable.
There still i3 much to learn of tides,
cui rents and the ocean. Meteorologists
have a perfeet torrent of
question to ask of any one speaking
with authority from the North Pole.
But there is another problem of
the highest importance, justifying all
efforts to discover the pole. Many
scientists believe the arctic regions
j have borne at certain times in the
; mighty history of our globe a very
different aspect from now. The ice
and snow, which have preserved the
mystery of the poles, probably have
not existed continuously throughout
the ages.
It is believed that in the course
of geological time the regions
around the poles have more than
once enjoyed a temperate climate
permitting highly organized animals
and delicate plants to flourish. If
specimens of rocks containing the
remaius of fossil animals and
plants have been brought home,
> their scientiflc value could not be
exaggerated. Thus aud thus only
; could a very great chapter iu the
history of the earth be completed.
! Until the poles are explored man's
knowledge of his dwelling place will
be sadly defective.
! To mariners Cook's momentous
exploit must bring especial gratification.
Hundreds of their hardiest
forerunners have sacrificed their
. lives in the great quest which
, is dow their prize before the aviators
have had tiine to snatch it from
them.
i How to Improve Oil Orchards.
Clemson College, September 6:?
From our general observation in the
State during the past year, it would
seem that South Carolina has been,
as it were, a dumping place for all
' kinds of inferior and worthless nursery
stock. By this we do not mean to
say that South Carolina receives no
first class nursery stock, for we are
yearly handling some of the best
stock in the country. The general
tendency on .the part of some nurseries
without the State towards shipm
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ping interior srocK inco me oiaie
has caused considerable complaint to
reach this office. The principal trouble
with such stock seems to be the
presence of serious insect pests and
plant diseases. It is a very difficult
matter for the casual observer to
detect these upon stock which is
ouly slightly infested, and if such
stock be planted without having been
treated, there is little possibility that
the owner will ever receive any return
whatever for his labor and expense.
It is, therefore,of utmost importance
that the planter of an orchard should
know whether or not he is putting
out clean, healthy trees. In order to
eliminate, as far as possible, the in.
troduction of diseased nursery stock
into our orchards, we will endeavor
to make a thorough inspection of
every shipment of nursery stock
upon request of the owners of such
stock. This can but have a wholesome
effect upon the incoming nurs
ery stock, which in turn will make
possible the building up of an immense
orchard industry in our State.
All requests for inspection of nursery
stock should be made to
State Entomologist,
Clemson College, S C.
Notice to Pupils.
Notice is hereby given that the
next session of Union High school
will open on Monday, September 13,
instead of September 6, as previously
announced.
Respectfully yours,
9-2-2t OM Mitchell.
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Every Farmer and Gardener should
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Its helpfulness and suggestive ideas for
a profitable and satisfactory Farm or
Garden. Catalogue mailed free on
request. Write for It.
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Mortuary Verse In Congress
The poetical quotations with (
which the usual eulogies in the ,
House of Representatives .are besprinkled
show that Congressmen rernaiu
true to the old favorites.
Others may prefer the newer bards,
the Killings and the rest, and Mr
Kahn indeed quoted from Fitzgerald's
version of Omar to the
effect that?
We are but pieces of the game He plays
lTpon this checkerboard of nights and
days;
Hither and thither moves and checks
and slav.?
And one by one hack in the closet lays.
But the representatives of the
people in Congress for the most part
stick to the familiar lines which
are embalmed in Bartlett. Thus Mr
Foelker quoted Bryant:
So live that when thy summons comes
to join
The innumerable caravan, Ac.
Mr Bennet went ou to for?
Full many a gem of purest ray :rene
The dark unfat homed caves of ocean
bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush
unseen
And waste its sweetness on the desert
air.
Quotations from Gray have a
timeliness in view of the recent celebration
of the victory on the Plains
of Abraham by Gen James Wolfe,
who as he recited the "boast of
heraldry, the pomp of power," &c,
said that he would rather be the author
of the "Elegy" than the captor
of Quebec.
Mr Bonyuge quoted Longfellow:
There is no death; what seems so is
transition.
Mr Burleigh remarked that?
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Mr Stanley harked back to Shakespeare:
the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might
stand up
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And say tc an cne wona, **;?> a.
many"
Mr Cole cited Emerson:
So netr is gradeur to our dust,
So near is God to man,
When Duty whispers low, Thou must,
The, youth replies, I can.
"So nigh" is the approved reading
but the variation is immaterial. The
fact for remark is the fidelity of Congressmen
to the old masters of verse.
They at least run not after the gods
of the new tParnassus.?Xew York
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