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\ GREAT THKR.
The K\o(hm to Oregon From Kansas
City In IHM.
W?srjM rt. around and over which
Kansas City. Mo., has grown, was a
point of national Interst during the
spring < f 1843. Concentrating there
In May of that year was by far the
largest gathering of immigrants
which the exodus of Oregon had yet
seen. They came In response to lib?
eral donations of land which con?
gressmen promised to settlers. They
were also the answer to appeals for
alagdgaj wie? would rescue the
Vorthwest from England.
Hastings to promote immigration
were held In New York, Boston. Phil?
adelphia. Pittsburg. Cincinnati. St.
Louis and other places in the early
months of the year. Marcus Whit?
man, who in the winter of 1842-43
made a daring ride from his post on
the Wllllamette across the mountains
and prairies to the east In the interest
of the missions and of Immigration,
was an object of much interest In
Washington. New York and the other
centres which he visited. Many pa?
pers mentioned his exploit. Some of
them gave special emphasis to the
fact that he was to return with the
caravan which was soon to start from
the banks of the Missouri for the Pa?
cific slope.
All this explains why 1843 saw
large parties of immigrants from
many quarters converge at the mouth
of the Kaw as soon as the grass be?
gan to peep out st the sunshine. They
came from the shores of the Hudsan.
the Ohio, the Connecticut, the Ten?
nessee and the Wabash. Assembling
st that point were descendants of men
who fought against Canonchet and
King Philip, who marched with Boone
and Harrod through Cumberland Gap.
who assisted Manasseh Cutler, Rufus
Putnam and Samuel Parsons in plant?
ing the colony at the mouth of the
Musklngum, which laid the founda?
tion of the old Northwestern Terri?
tory; who were with "Tippecanoe"
Harrison and Richard M. Johnson
when they overwhelmed Tecumseh
and the British General Proctor and
his troops at the battle of the Thames.
In the War of 1812.
An enumeration of the names of
some of the persons who gathered at
the starting point?James W. Ne
?myth. Jesse Applegate. Daniel Wal?
do. John G. Baker. Thomas O. Nay
l r and Peter H. Burnett?would be
a rollcall of some of Oregon's most
distinguished citizens of the after dav.
For effective direc tion and for safety
especially In going through the Indian
country, which would soon be en?
countered and which no..!J oave to
be traversed for a thousand miles and
fcr many weeks, a semblance of mili?
tary organization was adopted. The
wagons were divided Into platoons of
four each, the leading platoon of to
1' i ? . dr..p t . t !>.? r.- ir tomorrow, a
stated numb, r of wagons comprised
a division with its quota of officers.
Semi;., and buffalo hunters were se?
lected from among those who had no
teems or cattle to drive, the former
to watch on front and flank for In?
dians and the latter to furnish the
caravan wth meat.
A c ouncil, consisting of some of the
most Intelligent and alert men at the
rendesvous was chosen to settle con.
troversles. and. after the expedlf'-n
started, to act ?s legislature and Judi?
ciary. Out In the region to which they
were to travel the governmtnt hi d
not extended Us authority. From n-?
declslon of the council there was tU
be no appe al A veteran plainsman
snd s mountaineer was chosen as
guide and pilot, and his place was at
the head of the line Marcus Whit?
man was to Join the caravan at the
point where the trail struck the Platte
ggsl t ? regeajg with it until It reach
gd I '-?rt Hall. Peter 11 RuT.ett was
In g. m ral command.
A rifle reveillo from the sentinels
at 4 o'clock In the morning of June I,
1843. awoke the camps on the Kaw,
in I the bustle of preparation for the
mar h '-uon. Fires ware lit. break
' i ' "? as n Miked a nd eaten, the cattle
snd hois s at the outsklrits were col?
lected, snd the oxen yoked. At 7
o'. I ., k the bugle sounded the ad?
vance tlie various divisions filed into
the poslthms w hb h had ben assign. ??!
to them, and the column, stret? le I
NSK If to several mit? s In length, bfOfcS
aw .v from WOStpxXrl and the Missouri
and headed for the sunset. R was
Tin- iirst low vraag af wraves a hers
soon
Shall roll a human sea.
Men. w un? n and children w? re
there |s the number of nearly a thou
sand, with two bundled wagons draw a
bv ox.-n With them were several
thousand horses and cattle, and also
bouseho'd furniture, ploughs gad
seed*. It was the kind of army thai
gjggsjg r? fr. ats it was a nation in
transit. And tin objective point,
i r >ss rivers. deserts and mountains,
snd through an Indian-Infested r? -
glon larg'-r than I'r iie e and Germanv
combined, was two thousand miles
awsy.
"The road to Oregon." The sign
board with this legend, which greeted
them near the presnt town of Gard?
ner, Kan., on the second day out from
Y.\ sport, told the immigrants that
they had reached the parting of the
ways and that they must now lea/e
The Santa Fee Trail. Their own road
lay before them, plainly marked by
the transit of fur traders, explorers
and desultory parties of immigrants
It was now to recive a far deeper im?
press.
For convenience the column divid?
ed into two sections at the crossing
of the Big Blue, in northern Kansas
the two keeping, however, within sup?
porting idstance of each other, And
600 or 700 miles further, when dang?
er from Indian attack diminished,
other subdivisions of the caravan
were made. Thus, diversified by oc?
casional rushes of vast herds of buf?
faloes across the trail, or by menaces
of attack from Indians hovering near
in largo bands, the days, weeks and
months passed. At night when the
weather permitted, as It usually did,
there were singing and dancing by
the young folks. Births, marriages
and deaths took place on the march.
The Platte, Fort Laramle, Independ?
ence Rock, South Pass, Fort Bridges,
Fort Hall, Fort Boise, and other halt?
ing places were greeted and left be?
hind. From their lookouts on ridges
and in mountain gorges the Sioux,
Crows and Blackfeet, seeing white
women and children for the first time,
read their own doom lr. this vast mi?
gration of a great people.
At the end of 1842 there were only
500 American settlers west of the
Rocky Mountains and north of Cali?
fornia. In September, 1843, the col?
umn led by Burnett and Applegate
filed across the Cascade Mountains
and down into the valley of the Wll?
llamette, and a thousand were added
to this population roll and the first
coips of the American army of jccu
patioa arrived in Oregon.?Atlantic
Monthly.
1H'VALL FOR LIEFT. GOVERNOR.
Choraw Man Announces Candidacy
And Files Pledge.
Cheraw, June 2.?The Hon. E. W,
Duvall, member of the last house of
representatives from Chesterfield
county, and a prominent member of
Its ways and means committee, has
today definitely announced himself a
candidate for the office of Lieutenant
Governor, and has filed his pledge.
His platform Is good roads, economi?
cal administration of the State's fin?
ances, liberal support of the public
schools, support of the State's educa?
tional Institutions, local option, If the
liquor question becomes an issue In the
campaign. He has the entire county
of Chesterfield at his back. He Is n
thorough business man, a fact that
was recognised whan the Retail Hard- ?
ware Association of the Carolina! j
tleeled him its president At present
he Is vice president of the Cheraw
Board of Trade, and g very impor?
tant member of that organisation.
The Spartanburg Herald of Sunday
contains a long interview with W. P.
Jones, the Union county wife murder- j
er, a representative of the Herald j
having Visited Jones in his cell in the i
UttlOfl Jail 'or the purpose of getting 1
the "story". The main feature of the
st ?ry Is a summary of the affidavits
containing the alleged "new evi?
dence" on which the pe:ltion for a
new trial is bated, and th'.s "evidence"
appears to consist for the m?st part
of statements from certain persons
that they knew Mrs. Jones to bo an
habitual user of strychnine and that
she had discussed the subjec t of su
Ictde with them at different times.
Jones is quoted as insis.in? on h;3
Innocence 9nd citing the facts of his
i blllty t< look people ?qwjftfe.y In the
eyes and the Continued steadiness of
his nerves as evidence of a c lear con
: nee, it does not develop that the
evidence Is really new, or important,
g| most of the stuff touched on had
already been covered at the trial. But
some significance is suggested by the
article as g w inde, ami that Is the Idea
of an appeal from the- Supreme Court
to the general public, on the theory
that If the public can be thoroughly
mixed up on the matter, the sentence
of the court will never be ex.^teci
Vorkvllle Enquirer. ^s^ejW%jg
Marjorle,
i know not what far heaven she
sought
In Passing from our day;
I only know the haavt n she brought? j
.\ ad took away,
C? U. Blanden. !
Imaging it.
Iraf. Tailor (who has called fre?
quently tO collec t, without success; ?
My dear sir. I wish you'd make some
definite arrangement With me.
The Mag Why, surely?let's see?
well, suppose you rail every Monday.
?Judge. !
Mr. J. I\ Held, through his attor?
ney, pleaded guilty to disorderly con- j
duc t on Friday and was lined $L'0 I
by tie Ree orch f. I
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.
Condition is 82.1 Compared With Ten
Year Average of 80.??And the
Acreage is Larger.
Washington. June 2.?The first cot?
ton report of the season by the crop
reporting bureau, issued today, show?
ed the condition of the growing crop
on May 2r, was 82 per cent, of a nor-,
mal as compared with 81.1 on that
date last year and 80.9 the average
for the past 10 years.
The area planted with cotton this
year is about 33.196,000 acres, or
about 102.8 per cent, compared with
32,39 2,000 acres last year, an increase
of about 904,000 acres, or 2.8 per
cent.
Details by States follow:
P. C.
Compared Area Plant
States., .to 1909. ed in 1910.
Virginia. 130 34,000
North Carolina. .104 1,477,000
South Carolina . .102 2,601,000
Georgia.101 4,811,000
Florida.108 270,000
Alabama. 102 3,641,000
Mississippi. . . . 9S 2,312,000
Louisiana. 96 1,089,000
Texas. 104 10,504,000
Arkansas.103 2,446,000
Tennessee . . . .10v 777,000
Missouri.105 88,000
Oklahoma . . . .115 2,128,000
California. 18,000
Totals . . . .102.8 33,196,000
t
Condition
May 25, Ten-Year
States. 1910. Average.
Virginia.90 86
North Carolina. . .84 83
South Carolina ... 78 82
Georgia.81 82
Florida.SO 87
Alabama.83 80
Mississippi.82 80
Louisiana.76 80
Texas.83 78
Arkansas.81 82
Tennessee.86 83
Missouri. 87 8 5
Oklahoma.84 84
California ... .90
Totals.82 80.9
convicted murderer insane?
Prison Pylishian States Negro Under
Death Sentence is a Lunatic.
Columbia, June 2.?Willie Bethune,
who is under sentenee of death, and
who has been at the State Peniten?
tiary for more than a year for safe
kt t ping, is an insane man, according
to an affidavit tiled with the Supreme
Curt from Dr. F. W. P. Butler, the
physician at the prison.
The Supremo Court has signed an
order staying the remittitur of Be
thune and allowing ten days for his
at orneys to nie an amended petition
for a rehearing of the case.
Willie Bethune, a negro was con?
victed "-l tie- murder of G. 15. Mims,
in Clarendon county in PjO?. He was
found guilty Of murder in the first do
gree and sentenced to death.
Later, the case was appealed to the
Supreme Court, and the decision of
the Clarendon County court was af
flrmed in a decision. Shortly after the
crl.ne was committed Bethune was
brought to the State Penitentiary for
safekeeping, where he has since been,
with the exception of the few days tor
the trial.
Q, B. Mims, a well known planter
of Cla**endon county, was killed by
Bethune when he found the negro
driving his horse. The horse, hitched
to a buggy, ran away from the home
of Mr. Mims. Ha went to look lor
the animal. lit; found that Hethune
had caught the horse and had been
driving two girls about the country
roads. When the two met a fight en?
sued, with the result that Mr. Minis
was mortally rounded, after a pistol
?lue! in the public highway.
decently the case came before the
Supreme Court, and the sentence of
the Clarendon County court was af?
firmed.
in his affidavit, Dr. Butler states
that Bethune first developed melan?
cholia, and later insanity. lie says
that the negro takes little Interest in
imytJ^^^^^tl that he tries to destroy
^^^?Si^^^^^ wants to
burn up everything. Dr, Butler is
of tie- opinion that Bethune is an ia
sane man.
Should the Supreme Court deeide t<?
grant a rehearing of the case, it is
very probable that Bethune win be
Sent to the State Hospital for the In?
sane, thereby escaping the death sen?
tenee Imposed upon him.
Presumably those Illinois patriots
ha\e spent the money by this time, At
lonst, we note no mention of an offer
lo pay any of it hack.?Washington
Herald.
When will the bugles slut: truce?
Unless they do, it the lighting goes on,
even a Domocrucy hut poorly pre?
pared for action alter II >e;irs of
dlsheartenment may cany the day.?
Washington E> ? nlng Bta r,
SPECULATOR ON STAND.
John Knight of Bankrupt Cotton
Firm Tolls How Failure Came
About.
Birmingham, Ala., June 2.?John
Knight, head of the bankrupt cotton
firm of Knight, Yancy & Company,
which recently failed for nearly $6,
000,000, took the stand today for the
first time since the meetings of cred?
itors began. Contrary to expectation,
Mr. Knight did not testify as to the
spurioui bills of lading for cotton
about which there has been so much
controversy but it was decided by at?
torneys that no questions would be de?
manded of Mr. Knight which could
involve criminal prosecution and his
examination was confined almost
wholly to a statement of the firm's
history and how its business was con?
ducted.
Mr. Knight said the firm had been
practically bankrupt since 1905 ex?
cept for short periods during 1907
and 1908. He said the firm's failure
was due almost entirely to unfortu?
nate speculation In cotton, all of
which was carried on in the firm's
name. He said that the firm's losses
on cotton futures during the past sea?
son were not less than $2,250,000.
As to his personal financial condi?
tion ,the witness said he had not
dawn any money to amount to any?
thing from the firm for several
months.
He said he recently paid his wife
a sum of money for property sold In
her behalf In Birmingham. The fam?
ily automobile ,he said, belonged to
his wife.
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATIu OR
GANIZED.
Car Owners Organize for Mutual Ad?
vantages to Autoists.
The automobilists met in the Elks'
Club at 6:30 on Thursday afternoon
and organized the Sumter County Au?
tomobile Association. The olficers
elected are Dr. Walter Cheyne, presi?
dent; D. D. Moise, 1st vice president;
J. C. Huger, 2nd Vice President, and
D. R. McCallum, Jr., secretary and
treasurer
An executive committee consisting
of the president and secretary as ex
offieio members and J. C. Huger, D.
D. Moise, L. D. Jennings, C. L. Stubbs
and I. A. Ryttenberg was appointed.
The executive committee was in?
structed to co-operate with the auto?
mobile committee of the firemen's
tournament, but with the understand?
ing that the Association does not care
for any races.
The following purposes of the or?
ganization are laid down in the con?
stitution:
(a) For the mutual advantage of
all automobile owners in Sumter
county, and for the protection of the
j general public.
j (b) For the promotion of equit
j aide laws, rules and regulations for
automobile owners and others
(c) For the promotion of social
events for the members of this or?
ganization.
(d) For the promulgation of all
proper information as to the rules of
the road.
(e) For tie- promotion of good
roads, and the proper care of the
same.
BOY OF TWELVE SHOOTS PLAY?
MATE.
Marvin Wall Wounds Louis Brooks
With a 22-CaIlbrc Pistol?Wound
Probably Not Serious.
Marlon, June :t.?Marvin Wall, a
boy of 10 or 1 2 years of age, shot
Louis Brooks, son of Arm!tage Brooks
today.
Brodks, about i<? years old, was
passing the home of James Richard
Bon, who is the uncle of the Wall boy,
when the latter ran i t with a 22
calibre pistol, pointed it at young
Brooks and fired, the ball lodging in
the fleshy part of the thigh. Wall no
doubt thought the pistol empty.
1*.rooks was picked up by some men
who happened to be passing in an au?
tomobile and hurried to the office of
Dr. '/. (1. Smith, who extracted the
ball. While painfully hurt the wound
is not considered serious.
street Cars in Bcnncttsvllle.
According t?> the Pec Dee Advocate
llennettsvillo lias an opportunity to
gel an electric street car system and
ivitnoul any cost to the town. All
thai is necessary is for the town coun?
cil to giw Its permission for the line
to he bulll on the streets.
A. J, Matheson says he will build
;ind operate a line If the town will al?
low him thai privilege an?, will enter
Into a $ 10,000 bond t<? h i\e the cars
in operation within 12 months. He
further agrees t<? pave the streets ov
er the tracks even with the top of the
rails, leaving only a small groove for
the flanges of the car wheels. This
win ti.\ the streets so that the tracks
win in no way interfere with the use
of the streets by vehicles, as they can
be driven over end along the car line
just as if the 'racks were not there.
TRAIN WRECK AT CHARLESTON.
Engineer Hammond and Fireman
Buckley Slightly Injured In Rmaah
up on Coast Line.
Charleston, June 2.?Train No. 52
(if the Atlantic Coast Line bound for
Columbia, sideswiped freight No. 350
en route to Charleston at the Ashley
Junction this morning shortly after
6 o'clock, resulting in the engine of
No. 5 2 and four cars of the freight
train being ditched and engineer J.
B. Hammond and fireman R. Buck?
ley of the passenger train being Slight?
ly Injured. The freight train had ta
k n to the siding when the passenger
train came along with the result that
the time and distance had not been
accurately measured and the big puf?
fing leviathan struck the freight cars
a mighty blow, leaving the track and
toppling over with four of the long
train of laden cars. Engineer Ham?
mond and Fireman Buckley owe their
lives to their jumping from the train.
When they saw the collision was in?
evitable they leapt from the cab and
saved themselves from being pinion?
ed under the engine and perhaps kill?
ed or seriously injured. The injuries
of Hammond and Buckley were de?
clared today by the Atlantic Coast
Line officials to be of a minor charac?
ter and in substantiation of the state?
ment, it was said that the men had
proceeded on to their homes at Co?
lumbia for such medical treatment
as may be necessary. The accident is
under investigation and the blame
will be placed where it belongs. The
collision blocked the tracks for sev?
eral ffours but before midday, the
lines were again open and traffic un?
interrupted.
BRADSTREET'S WEEKLY RE?
VIEW.
Advices Are Somewhat Irregular, But
Quietness is Prevailing Feature of
Week.
New York, June 3.?Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say:
"Trade advices are irregular, vary?
ing somewhat with the sections or
lines reporting, but with quietness the
prevailing feature. Probably the best
reports as to trade come from the
Northwest and the Pacific coast, while
the Atlantic coast reports of current
retail trade being unsatisfactory. Ac?
tion by the government aginst higher
railroad freight rates resulted In ru?
mors of suspensions of improvement
work by railroads, some of which
were, however, denied. These reports
injected an additional element of un?
certainty into the industrial situation.
There is more activity in iron, but
largely at the expense of prices.
'Cotton goods still feel Hie effects
of contrast of high prices with prob?
ably lower future quotations for raw
material. The leather and shoe trades
arc quiet.
"Building is active but May totals
probably fall behind April."
VIADUCT BURNED IN COLUMBIA.
Supposed That Passing Engine Set
Structure Afire.
Columbia, June 2.?A fine piece of
bridging In this city was partially
burned today, when the viaduct over
the tracks entering the union station
yards took fire, it is supposed from a
passing engine. The telegraph lines
to Charleston were disabled by the
tires burning the poles. The viaduct
pe rmits the street cars to go out to?
ward Olympia Mill village without
crossing the railroad tracks at the
grade. The viaduct was built in
1901.
Teddy's Antithesis.
The brief and almost surreptitious
visit to New York by one of the great?
est soldiers of modern times has serv?
ed by reason of its very coittraat to
leave an Impression which no civic
honors or public parades could have
deepened. In this quiet man in a tweed
suit who would not even sanction
a salute by a battalion of West Point
cadets, the city has been privileged to
see the most conspicuous example of
military modesty since Grant, and
the fact is one <>n which it is agree?
able to dwell. There has !>c? w n.> hint
In anything that he has said that this
was the hero of Khartoum; not a
\\<>rd about my regiment, my plan of
campaign, my policy in India; no al?
lusion to any event In the remarkable
career of the plain soldier, whose em?
inent services raised him to the peer?
age and won for him the rank of field
marshal. He has said not a word
that could cause concern at any for?
eign office. Thc> example of unostcn
tatlon and of an Incognito strictly pre?
served is one use ful for comparison.
Sew York will regret the d/fpartureof
Its distinguished guest, bui with due
appreciation of the fact that it has
been b?ig c nough to point a moral of
modes! merit - New York World.
Ballinger has explained everything
away, except himself, which shows
how incapable he is of resignation?in
difficulties.?Charleston News and
?tourler.
GRAFTER COULDN'T LIE.
Illinois Boodler Squealed on Pals In
legislature.
iuka, 111., June 1.?"I'd rather be
known as a boodler than a liar," said
Senator Daniel Holstlaw in an Inter?
view at his home today, speaking of
his confession to accepting a bribe of
$2,500 as a legislator.
"Maybe," he continued, "I took the
money because I saw every one else
doing the same thing: I can't ex?
plain. 1 made the confession because
I could not tell a lie.
"I don't know?I don't understand,"
he said with a helpless air, answering
a question of why he, a man owning
property worth a quarter of a million
dollars, would accept a bribe.
"All I want is to sink out of sight,"
he said. "I knew the indictment
charging me with perjury was a bluff
and it did not frighten me. But when
they asked me whether I was paid
for voting for Senator Lorimer, I had
to tell the truth."
A daughter of Holstlaw followed
the interviewer out of the house.
Breaking down, she exclaimed:
"To spend years of toil in building
a name and then to destroy it at one
blow. Oh! How could he do It? My
mother is prostrated. We have not
said a word to father about the trou?
ble, for It would break his heart. He
could not have been in his right
mind."
Greenville, May 31.?Coming in to
dinner today and noticing his father's
place vacant at the family table, the
young son of Albert Bettis went into
his father's room and found his dead
body lying across the bed where he
had placed himself after taking car?
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