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"I ?m willing te abld ? by the flSVtl verd ct of competeni Judges That s. m can satisfy me and the public. "Furthermore, not only will my re? port be before you In black and white, but I will also bring to America hu? man wltneeses to prove thai I have been to the pole." Such Is the substance of the first meesage Dr. Frederick A. Cook brought horns In person to America today, aaswerlng his critics the world Is morning the ex \ot the Arctic Club of fsjaSjil t> bat leaving Firs Island ahjSi tlj after midnight She nosed her WAV Into quarantine at an hour too esnty for everybody but Dr. Cook. There was an anxious wait at quar? antine while the tugs bobbed nervou.i wf about, the newspaper men on board shouting queries through megaphones at the black sides of the Oscar II. high above them. A speck in the distance began to as? sume dimensions. Presently it was recognisable as the tug bearing Mrs Cook and her two daughters. Quickly the tug came alongside, and while th ? heavy swell running ground her fen? ders against the plates of her big ate* ear. Dr. Cook clambered nimbly down Jacob's ladder, and with no concern for the cameras trained on blm. made a rush for his wife. For the moment he even missed the children, who stood a few feet away, until his wife silently led him to them. Then, as he lifted bis youngest daughter there ts his shoulder, the silent watching crowd that lined the rails of the Oscar II broke into ^ storm of cheers. As Dr. Cook Anally stepped ashore. It wae noticeable that no representa? tive of the nation, the State, nor the city was there to greet blm. Bird S. Coler.' president of the Borough of Brooklyn, hsd welcomed him on the Grand Republic for that Borough, but the city of New York sent no official representative. But sincere and en? thusiastic to the point of tumultous nea*. his welcome may be described as a neighborly affair, devoid of offi 1 significance. ANDERSON EM HEZZLE M E N T CASES. Anderson. Sept. 22.?Because the auditors have not finished checking the books of the Orr cotton mills, toe Indictments against t'alhoun Harris, former secretary and assistant treas? urer, will not be considered at tb?* term of general s.ssion- now sitting here, but will come up at the nt \( session of this court. It will be l called that Harris was arrest several weeks ago when It was ni nounced that a shortage of aboul $60.000 existed in the office of the mills. Harris Is out on bond and still maintains that he has not mlsappro printed any funds of the mills. Nor will anything be done at this term of court In regard to J. T. Rolle? man. former cashier of the Bank of Anderson, who defaulted approxi? mately $37,000. and who BbSOOUded, No warrant has been Issued for his arrest, and his whereabouts are un? known here. Ills frbnds and the hank officials have ?.n doing ever) thing In their power to get a trace of DISPENSARY TRIAL BEGINS. CASE AGAINST JAMES PA It X UM CALLED AT COLUMBIA. Most Interesting Testimony Given Ywterday was that of Cashier of Cheater Bank, siio Stated that a Marked $103 Bill Tendered Henry Samuels in Payment of Draft was Returned for Deposit by J. B. Wylie. Columbia, Sept. 21.?Declaring that out of Idle curiosity he had marked one of the hundred dollar bills tendered Henry Samuels, In pay? ment of a draft Sept. 16, 1906, and t*iat this bill was returned for deposit returned for deposit by J. B. Wylie, along with bills to the amount of $1, 120. uooert Gage, cash er of the Commercial Bank, of Chester, wit? ness for the State in the Farnum cast, sprang the first sensation of tho alleged graft trails In tie Court of Sessions this afternoon. The State announced before calling Mr. Gage to the stand that it would connect this testimony with the accused. This transaction is in line with the charge in the Indictment that the defendant sent Samuels the draft for 11,126 to be paid to J. B. Wylie, who was then a member of the State Board of Con? trol. The testimony of Mr. Gage was the most Important of the opening day's happenings in the case of the State against James S. Farnum, which is now being tried. Contrary to all expectations the selection of a Jury to try ths case oc? cupied but a short while. From the time the trial Judge announced that the empanelling of the jury should b gin, until the last juror had been sworn and took his seat was only 18 minutes. This Is very probably the tecord in cases of such a grave*na? ture as the one now In court, and was a complete surprise to all who had kept up with the preliminary fight in the case. v L Oatar eighteen Jurors were caUed ^pswlk^^ha>'"?^ass)l?***#as toesred. Of this number six were put on their volr dlrs. N The State uske>d that three be put cn their votr dire and the defence challenged in like manner three, Those who w*ere put on the volr dire were asked the statutory questions by Judge Memminger. The stringency of the voir dire of the jurymen was added to when the defence requested that the question l e asked whether or not the Juror had said that he would like to see those connected with the dispensary convicted. The question was in ad- j drtlon to the usual statutory ques? tions in such cases. Judge Memmln- I ger asked the questions himself. Foot of thow who were subjected to this examination were rejected, three by the defence, although all answered the questions in a manner indicating than there was no bias. E. Powell, 'of this city, a grocer, was the first furor called, and he wns accepted by "both sides. F. L. 1> grand. farmer, was also selected wltH out question. H. S. Fox, a merchant tailor of this city, was rejected by the State after being put on his volr dire. H. H. Frost, a dispensary clerk, ?a* put on his volr dire and accepted. The following were accepted with? out quest km by both sides: F. X. Jones, an electrician; W. L. Can&h man. a livery man; O. H. Spire*, a mill employee; L. H. Hornsby, a far? mer; H. S. Cockron, a farmer; D. T. Sharp, a farmer; J. H. Shannon, far? mer, and H_ W Desportes, hotel clerk. John BrazeBe was accepted after voir dire. Those also rejected were: B. A. Bawl. H. R. Wood, L L. Taylor, W. F. Muller. B. H. Wilson. ThS Jury mh empanelled is W? L. C.iusjhraan. foreman; S. E. Powell, E. H. Legrand. H. H. Frost, F. X. Jones. O. H. Spires, J. C. Brazelle, L. H. Hornsby. H. S. Cockran, D. T. Sh arp. J. H. Shannon and H. W. Dosportoa Tonight the Jury' Is locked In rooms at Wright's Hotel. Judge Memmin gSf announced at the closing hour ?I at hs deemed it DOSt, owing to the Importance Of the case, to have the rj SSCluded during the course of tl t trial in this manner. Two deputies were Immediately sv.orn in and the Jurors were taken to the hotel. They will have every i I mfort during the time they are oc < Spied with this cast Judge Mein ntlnger cautioned the Jurors against ?peaking to any one about the case <>? allowing anyone to discuss the Matter with them. Every precaution will bfl taken and the Jury will be guarded from the outside world. Following the empanelling of the Jury, Attorney Stevenson, at the re nest of judge lismmlngsr, explain* e<i the Indictment against the defend shed April, ISM. ?Be Jest an 1. BUMTJ d Fear not-~Let all the ends Thou Air SR. S. 0., SATURDA" ant. This was done after the indict? ment had heen read by Solicitor Cobb and was for the purpose of making clear to the Jury the nature of the charge, inasmuch as the cumbersome verbiage of the indictment might not have been perfectly clear to the lay? men on the panel. There was the most intense interest in the move of the State. The short time consumed in the empanelling of the Jury brought every one in the court room face to face with the fact that the case was about to be tried. The defendant, James S. Farnum, was in the court room, seated near his attorney, Just back of Messrs. Nelson, Cochran and Hammond, who are conducting for him the active de? fence. Mr. Farnum appeared to be in the beat of spirits during the prog? ress of the preliminary work of the trial, &nd this afternoon exhibited much Interest when the jurors were being selected, and later when the first two witnesses for the State were put on the stand. gp Attorney B. L. Abney, for the State, stirred up the defence when he read a notice which, he said, had been sent to the defendant to produce cer? tain papers. The papers included a draft for $1,675 to Henry Samuels, through a local Charleston bank; a draft, dated Sept. 16,1906, on the Consumers' Beer Bottling Establish? ment, to Henry Samuels, for $1,125; a draft to B. M. Wilson for $1,500, dated December 14, 1906; one to H. Samuels, dated October 9, 1906, for $300; another to Samuels, for $883, dated November 14. 1906. Mr. Ab? ney also stated that two men, K. H. Wllkins and A. S. Kulinski, had been ordered to appear and bring certain documents. He called upon the de? fence to state whether the order had been complied with, or what response they had to make. This statement brought Mr. Coch? ran, of counsel for the defence, to his feet He stated that Mr. Abney had read a notice in which certain papers were to be produced, and that the defence was to make response there case has been violated," exclaimed Mr. Cochran. "Counsel has followed the wrong practice, and he has vitiat? ed his whole case by this action." Mr. Cochran claimed that the defendant would be damaged by the statements made by Mr. Abney in that the jury was present, and the conclusion might be drawn that the defence, if it did not produce the documents, could not produce them, and that in this may the defence would be in? jured, which was not in accordance with the established rules of prac? tice. Judge Memminger Indicated thut a atew .trial might be granted in a case wbtrre comments were made in a manner that might prejudice the de? fendant's right a-trh the jury, bne Mr. Abney disclaimed any intent!?xe of (commenting upon the notice, asd stated that he could show authority for the action taken in reading tfeue notice, and calling upon the defence to produce what the notice cal&ed for, or say they -would not. so tbsflt secondary evidence might be brought In. Col. Nelson stated that attorneys lor the defence nad every reason to suppose that this would be done, and 'he Insisted that .if the matter wene .to be taken up that the jury should be ?excluded. ' Qen. Lyon then entered the Bmgt. He stated that he had understood Jff r. Hagood to aak what the paper wns Chat Mr. Abnery was reading, and thait counsel had ben led Into the trap, "whfle the defence knew fun well what the document was and that no constitutional right had been Infring? ed. In the meantime the two witnesses f?or the State. Messrs. Kuliofki and Wilklns. were standing within the railing about to be questioned by the attorney for the State. But the mat? ter was halted when Judge Memmin? ger announced that the question would be reserved, the defence hav? ing interposed objection to the wit nsse? being examined in open court as to whether or not they had brought the papers. Judge Memmin? ger told them that they would be In contempt of court If orders had not been complied with. Mr. Abney stated that he could show that he had not Stepped outside the bounds of correct practice, and this matter will probably come up later. Mr. Abney asked that witnesses be excluded from the court house except when called upon to testify, and thi> request was granted. Here arose an? other small sized clash or the attor? neys. It was required that both side write out the names of witnesses and hand them to the sheriff and all Witnesses WOUld be excluded until each was called. The State made up its list, but the defence announced 3 ns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ani Y. SEPTEMBER 25, that it had no witnesses in the court room, and if it had any tomorrow would exclude them. Mr. Abney arose and was objecting when Judge Mem minger, with a slight show of irrita? tion, said: "This case is not going to be conducted as a game of chance or skill of attorneys. I am going to go about the matter according to the law." He then stated that he would allow the defence to produce the list of witnesses later as it secured them. This ended that matter except trat Mr. Abney remarked that he wanted to know where the witnesses were when called. Judge Memminger said he would rely upon counsel for this. The State's list of witnesses include W. D. Roy, W. J. Murray, J. B. Wy Ue, J. A. B. Schmidt, G. H. Charles, H. Wilkins, A. S. Kulinski and oth? ers J. L. Thorpe, of Aiken, formerly chief bookkeeper in the dispensary in 1906, was the first witness called by the State. The examination was by Mr. Ab? ney. Mr. Thorpe's testimony was en? tirely as to the identification of cer? tain books of record that the State indicated would be used later on in the trial of the case. The defence interposed objection to the books be? ing admitted, as it was alleged the proper witness was not present to testify, but they were finally intro? duced without refrence to the con? tents except that the writing was identified by questions from the coun? sel for the defence. During the ex? amination of the witness counsel on both sides stood close to the witness and the books were closely examined. The dusty volumes of the old State dispensary that have been hauled about so much are expected to play quite a part in the dispensary cases. When court adjourned this evenln; the books were ordered locked up in the clerk's office and not to be ex? amined except by counsel. Mr. Thorpe was not cross-examined fur? ther by the defence, as he will prob? ably be recalled later. Robert Ga&e, cashier of the Com? mercial Bank, of Chester, was put on j 'the stand by the StateT^nd made a good witness. He recalled cashing a draft on September 15, 1906, for Henry Samuels. The ledger showing i the transaction was produced, and af-I ter objection by defence that ground I had not been laid for introduction of | secondary evidence. Mr. Gage was al-1 i lowed to testify to what he knew. Be stated that he gave Mr. Samuels; $1.125 for the draft. "What did Mr. Samuels do with 5tT" anksed Mr. Abney. "He gave part of it to Mr, Wylie." "How do you know that?" "Out of idle curiosity, I marked a 5100 Talll, the lower bill of the $100 bills 1 gave hlm.M The package I got from the safe contained tesi hundred ?fl?Thrr bills. I had a red pen behind my 'ear. I marked the ilower bill. That afternoon or the following day, "Mt. Wylie deposited $i.,0ir0 with me. The marked bill was m t?te ?number." Ttfr. Gage was asked what made him take this course, Bad he replied that he had had an argument about the matter, and that he thought Mr Wyile was getting ?voswetfhing, but this testimony was ruled out. Court will reconvene at 9:3f o'clock tomor? row morning. TWO DEFEATS FOR DEFENCE. Columbia, Sept, 21.?With the overruling of the defendant's demur? rer in the Farnum case this morning, and with the refusal of Judge Mem? minger to quash the second and third counts of the Indictment, the pre? liminary skirmish in the first cf the alleged graft cases was concluded and the real battle reached. Fighting inch by Inch, attorneys for the de? fence attacked the indictments under which James S. Farnum. of Charles? ton, is charged with bribery in con? nection with the dealings with the State dispensary board. The State put up a vigorous defence of the In? dictments as drawn, and won its sec (nd victory of the trial, although Judge Memminger declared that he was convinced that there was consid? erable weight In the position taken by Farn urn's attorneys. There wer? two main propositions before the court today In the consid? eration of the indictments. The first. In brief, was the contention of the de? fence that the second and third counts In the indictments against Farnum should be quashed because the allegation is not included that the same is against the form of the statute. Upon this point the ?'-'t?te showed that the offence was a com? mon one, and that the statute upon Which the bribery charge is brought in first count does not Include ail forms of bribery. The demurrer set OUt several grounds upon which the indictments us to the various counts were alleged i Truth'*." \ ? THE TRU1 -\ ? 1909 New 8( to be fatally defective. In general the grounds were that It could not be told in at least two of the counts? the second and third?whether Far num or Wylie was the State official referred to in that the wording of the indictment was defective; that in the counts that are based upon the statute the charge cannot be brought against a member of the board, in that the Constitution and the Code names who are executive officers and the statute on bribery states that the crime shall be confined to legislative, executive and judicial officers. Opon this point the State's contention that the members of th;> board of control of the dispensary were executive of? ficers was upheld by Judge Memmin ger; that the indictment did not al? lege with sufficient certainty the crime charged, so as to give the de? fendant the benefit of a plea at bar was another contention in the demur? rer. This part of the defnce's conten? tion caused a great deal of discussion and nuemrous citations were given on both sides. Columbia, Sept. 23.?Joe B. Wylie of Chester went on the witness stand yesterday afternoon in the case of the State against J. S. Farnum. charged with giving a bribe. There was noth? ing sensational in Wylie's testimony, as he was used during the entire af? ternoon to identify records and books of original entry at the State dispen? sary, where he was a member of the last board of directors. Mr. Wylie's testimony as it applies to this particu? lar Indictment will be taken today, and sensational developments are ex? pected. There was nothing especially excit? ing in the entire day yesterday, but the prosecution made great headway. JJvery foot of ground was stubbornly contested, and even at times when Judge Memminger seemed disposed to rule in favor of the defense, he would be dissuaded by the logic of the argu? ments of the attorneys for the State of South Carolina. In this particular the argument of [ M.r. W> F. Stevenson on a particular matter was the feature yesterday, al? though the sustained effort of Mr. B. L. Abney was very strong throughout. He continued the examination of the witnesses and the refuting of motions from the defense, except in one or two instances when Mr. Stevenson took the witnesses. Mr. Abney is very much indisposed, as is Attorney General Lyon, who is beginning to show the wear and tear of the long fight to secure such evidence as would run the gauntlet of the courts where everything appears to be in favor of the accused. Mr. Cochran of counsel for Farnum has been making a strong fight, and has conducted that part of the de? fense with great skill, but Judge Memminger has found th? weight of authorities cited to be in favor of the prosecution. Mr. Cochran is the Uni? ted States district attorney for South Carolina and is more familiar with the rules and practice of the federal courts, but has been making a clever and determined fight for his client. It may be that the defense has been weakened by offering such resistance, but the opposition has been cleverly handled. Up to yesterday morning but two witnesses had been sworn?J. L. Thorpe, the head bookkeeper at the State dispensary, and Robert J. Gag?, cashier of the Commercial bank of Chester. Mr. Thorpe testified as to no facts, but merely identified books of record. Mr. Gage testified that he had cashed for Henry Samuels n draft for $:.,125 and that the day fol? lowing Joe B. Wylie had deposited some of the same money in his bank, to the amount of $1.020. By whom this draft was drawn was not brougnt cut at the time, but aft<*r a fight of several hours Mr. Abney was able to get it in evidence yesterday that the draft was drawn by J. S. Farnum on his own concern, the Consumers Beer Bottling ?stabllshment of Charleston, and that Henry Samuels was to re? ceive the money. The witnesses examined yesterday were Robert J. Gag?' and Butl r T. Woods of ehester, who were on the stand more than once. Herman Wil ken and A. B. Kullnski of Parnum's ottice in Charleston, <;. It. Berry, cashier, and J. E. Matthews and H. 1). Muller, bookkeepers of the Na? tional Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia, and Joe B. Wylie. who wa? in the midst of his examination when court took a recess last night. Hard Task of Prosecution. To the average layman, it might ap? pear that all that is necesasry in a In Ibers case is to prove that on.- man offered some money and that another took it, bul this case is so involved that it was necesasrs to prove aboui 1,000 other thln-s before this could bo touched upon. Moreover, the E SOUTHRON, Established Jose, >ries?Yol. XXX. !Jo. 9 GULF STORM MOVING NORTH. WAS CENTRAL, LAST NHiHT I!* MISSISSIPPI. Dome of New State Capitol at Jack? son Wrecked and Old Owe Unroof? ed?Fury of the (Hurricane Una? bated?-Great Damage Done hi New < >r-leans? shipping Sufivred Se? verely. New Orleans, Sept. 22.?Central last night in Mississippi an*l sweeping: north at the rate of two hundred miles a day, the hurricane which de vasted the Gulf coast and left a trail of wreck and ruin through four States, continued on its course with unabated fury. Of the ruin that it has wrought, no one can give an es? timate. In New Orleans alone five are known to be dead and a million dollars will not repair the damage to the beautiful Cresent City. It is said that the plate glass alone will cost $100,000 to replace. From the little and aristocratic summer colonies on the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf coast come vagne tales of frightful devastation and fears that many lives has been lost The wealthy summer tourists, who own pleasure crafts are went to spend much time upon them, and it is pos? sible that many have been lost. Bil oxi, the Mecca of the wealthy, m still isolated, and what its fate is is still clouded in mystery. Jackson, Miss., the Capitol of the State, is cut off to> coast points. The dome of the new CaeiOoT at Jackson was wrecked and the old Capitol unroofed. The streets were a tangle of live wires, and the fallen* trees and debris made th* highway* impassable. At Vicksburg two vessels x were' sunken and a third wae driven1 ashore. Their passengers were res? cued. One vessel Kes across the channel and has blocked navigation. In the pretty hr .-bor of Paseagenla and Bay St. Louis, many ships are empty and the torn moorings tell of the fury of the vrind and wave. Bath houses, pa.vilions, yacht' ellpe? and pleasure resorts that were night? ly brilliantly illuminated and the rendezvous for those who sought re? laxation and amusement upon . the famous Gulf coast are washed away and not a timber remains to mark their locations. And the story in its hideous entirely has not yet beeru completed. The only route of* mtssage to New Orleans yesterday and last night was by an improvised service via Hatties burg. arranged by the Associated Press, which organization has secur? ed a telephone lire into New Orleans and was able to relay by telegraph to Atlanta. \ Heavy Casualty List, New Orleans, Sept. 22. -It was im? possible this morning to estimate the loss of life in Terrebonne parish, and it is probable that restoration of com? munication with other parts of Louis? iana may bring knowledge ei ?uittier casualties. It is impossible to giro a correct estimate of the property lost as reports of damage are coming in hourly. Many towns suffered from the storm and numerous plan? tations suffered its destructive ef? fects. The cane and cotton crops ol" Louisiana sustained serious da ma try. The residence of Oscar Thibdeau axa, at Grand Point, La., was destroy? ed and the fate of his wife and child? ren is not known. Many towns of Louisiana sustained great property loss. In Baton Rouge and its vicinity the damage will ex? ceed $2.000.000. The State capltol ha unroofed and a considerable part of the building Hooded. Tidings from Grand Island, La., where it is feared great damage has~ been done with poss^ole less of Bfe,. ar* still lacking. Relief expeditions., which left for the island yesterda> have not returned. Grand Isle m for? mer storms has i een a heavy suffer? er. Definite news from TUYroeeane tvir ish i- awaited.. pr ? ?> if >n has had to aeovccautfeaev i) In fact, almost secretly in ordei that its witnesses might not be af fected by or from any cause whatever, for the majority of the witness*** an "unwilling" and testify under mmwmtk and would be glad of a caenm tt> avoid the embarrassment- tj*ei*oi.. Two hours were spent yi aisiaai? at ternoon In showing that the- how*ef which Farnum represented bad put In bids ai required by law, that Harjr had received orders and thA* t;v Whisk y hid been shipped to th? State dispensary, ah this was tedteam and apparently without due cause,.ton the prosecution must establish eve^ - thing set out in the indictment;