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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-22
BOTH PASSED AWAY.
Only Two Hours Between Death of
Man and Wife.

The News and Courier says news
was received in Laurens Thursday
morning of the death yesterday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown Whitmire at
their home at Young's Cross Roads.
about three miles southeast of Clin-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs Whitmire were
both Ill with pneumonia. and early
yesterday morning Mr.. Whitmire
passed away. A few hours later Mrs.
Whitmire died. Each was about so
years of age. The burial service OF
the couple will be held today al
Hurricane Church.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-22
Murdered Unpaid Cabman.

Resenting demand for hack fare.
John Burchfield shot Zeke Roberts
to death at Asheville. N. c., a few
days ago.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-22
Prominent Artist a snicsdeS

PROMINENT Artist Suictde.H
III health led John Wolst. former
ly a prosperous New Yorlf artist.
to commit suicide by poison at Los
Angeles this week. E -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

the string. with . weight on it. only swings in empty space.
 In another part of the cave, by put foor G sSs rush rus SI of an e undersronsa s rGS rsys can be heard, roaring and tumbllng aiofg in the bowels of the earth. sSs
 There are strange tales of the caves told. and es usual there Is q romance about the larger enc.
 pro:. ]: '.s ass sy ss!nSIs Ss4 Ipse wandered into the cave and nevor came out again. The general belief is that she fell over the chasrn, but Che reaehed the underground river and is going with tt on its course through the inside of the earth forever
 FINE MINERAL SPRING.
 Near one of the caves is A heautipui spring. Blue Spring 1t is called. and POwsrg hsye been noted TNs watss but along the sandy edges 1t is as Edpestionsiiz v4ersla yni shortly South. Already the public 's school I syn. VI. tenn has been perfected. The ediics- tionai. work Is fn the hands of a prtn. ma Military Academy. ana he is recor- mixed as one of the leading educators
 Not ssfisfed with this. however the building of . university has been started end in year the doors wIli THE CHAUTAUoUA.
 4 Chautaqua hall has been erected and already one course of lectures has ture. auditorium style, built on ths shore of the lake. and the most fa. nous lecturers of the country have ssea ssna he neaFd sdr ip t. This work win be modern adysnces St fhs 9sSa asnsirs Si'a MoriS tas ncpss pioraia ,Ss has ,.,,. large modern opera shows on the Southern circuit
 So far Florala has but one news- paper, but tt is doing q spledid busi- ing. Its editorials are live, vigorous Its share in the general upbniidiSs ot
 The business done in Fioyala among its citizens and with the people ok the surrounding country is such thas voted solely to business houses. thore being no less than hundred stores in the city limits. Besides the commer- lew dsCUrs bere was ons tne ne an undertaken. too. but he failed.
 Tn all there are more than a thou- ~ ~~ S"-@ Aa'S SAANsA1s~AAA
 Fiorala is the center of 2 great pert of the county t3snt is dotted with smaller places, depending on Fioraln. There are three towns within two mile radius of F1oraia and all of thssa
 The Population of the community of which F1orRia 10 the center is egti- mated at 12.000. but as this estimate wns made some time ago. it ia beltew- ed that now the number is much lnR-
 
 STRONG BANKS.
 Florala has three strong banks. eAaA doing c rushing business, and money ip circulated freely. As soon as deal is pulled or and tho business man has made "an extra penny he reinyegte 1t. the surest sign of the belief tue business men have in their own town. F7orala money is invested in F1oraln. for the men with money realize they have c nett4r Aeid for investment Ae home theu they could find abroad.
 The bugsne9g men of Fioraia eAn@4 reedy and willing to help all settief4 who are wil1ing to help themselves. Tn town fs free from debt and SO are inc bussness ho1ses; Ready money 10 plentifu1 Do be invested tn any lsgttimete project. wheeAsr farmanG msnufsctnrtng or mereantffe, The i0~ cailty effers the best there is tQ eas. mega of small eApAtalssts who wtNh 70 alive y16eanE win Inc. and seNR6aay
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
Edward II. Hartman
ARTIST is
WELCOMED TO CITY
Special Committee Composed of
One Detective Greets Swind=
Ter and Escorts Him to Jail

After a most successful season in
Seattle. during which time it is said
that he reaped a rich harvest. James
Mulligan, whom the police call the
king of bunko men," arrived in San
Francisco Wednesday night intending
to ply his trade during the Portola fes-
tival, but his liberty was cut short
by Detective Sergeant McPhee, who
met him at the ferry depot and con-
Quoted him to the city prison, where
he is now languishing.
Mulligan was the most surprised man
in San Francisco when he was ac-
costed by McPhee at the ferry. He
was attired in the latest Partisan
clothes and the flash of the diamond
in his tie offset the broad smile that
he wore before coming face to face
with McPhee. Then he was politely
asked to accompany the officer to the
police station.
who do you think / am?' he asked
McPhee II haven't given it thought"
answered the sleuth. Seattle wired
that you were going to visit San Fran
cisco during the Portola festival and
Don Gaspar de Anderson has well
come awaiting you"
Mulligan was taken to the city prison
and his name entered on the detinue
book pending advices from Seattle,
where he is said to be wanted on sew
eral charges.
Mulligan. the police say, is known
from coast to coast as the cleverest
bunko man in the country. He has
served time in several prisons in this
country and possibly in other coun-
tries as well. He has no special game.
He is liable to branch out as broker
in the beginning and when that busi-
ness grows slow, to become real
estate promoter.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
Explorer Cancels Trip to Brus-
sells and Will Sail for New
York Saturday
Copenhagen Papers Support the
Doctor in the Controversy
Over Trip to Pole
Commander Peary Is Working
Down Labrador Coast on
Board the Roosevelt

~OPENHAGEN. Sept. 9.-Dr. Freder-
lex A Cook win sail from Chris
tionsand Saturday on board the
Scsndinavian-Americ liner Oscar II
FOR New York, where she is due Sep
tember 20 or 2I Probably Captain
ROald Amundsen viii accompany him
Doctor Cook has abandoned his pro-
posed visit TO Brussels on the advice
OF friends.
Doctor Cook today asked the officials
Of the Danish Greenland administration
10 arrange for the dispatch of one of
their boats 10 Greenland at his ex-
pense TO get the two Eskimos who
accompanied him 70 the pole The Off
cial said IL is now too late for such an
attempt and advised him that he must
wait for spring. which he will do. He
proposed to Gould Brokaw. who is here
with his yacht Fedora that they make
start for Greenland Immediately, but
Brokaw would not agree
The Copenhagen papers are full of
The controversy. Almost all support
Dr. Cooks claims, but throw no new
light on the subject. Captain Amund-
sen is one Of the strongest supporters
Of the explorer who is now backed up
10y Edward Bay. the geologist of the
expedition under Captain Sverdrup in
the Fran in ISss-1sO2 On that expe-
dition Captain Sverdrup made highly
important scientific Investigations and
it was over the route mapped by Sver-
drsp that Cook made his journey north
ward.
1ar Bay today had long interview
~ Doctor Cook, al the conclusion OF
which he said that while at first he
had doubted Cooks story, he was now
certain OF its truth so far as the route
claimed TO be taken was concerned.
Doctor Cook. he said, gave him accu-
rate descriptions OF places and things
which no other white man except Bay
had ever seen.
Dr. Bay asserted that the Danes in
Greenland were unfriendly to Com
mander Peary because they believed he
treated the Eskimos badly and forced
them 10 work for him.
The University of Copenhagen today
conferred upon DR.. Cook the honorary
degree Of doctor of science Chonoris
-causa) in the presence of more than
2 thousand people. who cheered the ex-
pIorer heartily. In thanking the rec
tor, DR.. Torp, for the honor, DR.. Cook
said that the university should be the
first 10 see his records
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10

time was given out at 5:3o O'Clock
D. m, but Mrs. Mary Simons, the
sister of the dead man, said tonight
that he died at 80 o'clock p. m.
The time OF. his death, as officially
announced, was just IS minutes after
trading had ceased on the New York
exchange.
Greatest i'm the World
That Hartman was the greatest
organizer and combiner of railroad
properties the world has known IS
the opinion expressed by those who
are competent to pass judgment. In
the matter of pioneering, OF extending
trackage into virgin territory he can
not be compared with James ]. Hill;
nor has his achievement much IN
common with that of Commodore
Vanderbilt and Jay Gould and Coils
P. Huntington. But his genius for
railroad control was unrivaled. He
reached out for line after line and
they became his by magic which MS
bitterest and astutest opponents could
not withstand until he had laced the
continent with system of gigantic
proportions.
Partly the direction of his genius
and partly the period of his ascend
ency explained why Hartman was
not a builder of railroads, like Hill,
the greatest of all railroad makers,
and like Vanderbilt, Gould and the
others; and it is part of his splendid
achievement that, unlike some of
these, he was never wrecker of the
properties which he manipulated
From the beginning of his ascend
ency mystery surrounded the source
of the millions with which Harri-
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
SOME DOUBT AS TO THE EXACT
HOUR HE BREATHED HIS LAST
Announcement Not Made in New York City
Until the Stock Exchange Had Closed
Transactions for the Day
FATAL ILLNESS is SAID TO HAVE
BEEN CANCER OF THE STOMACH

The people of the United States Gtey forget the great DOre
he has accomplished for thenl.-Jamcs j. Hill.
He bold and He the constructive
pho toped high among the Wall sheeHeny Cle
have regarded Mr. Hartman the remarkable genius
developed in business Gfe-James Shllman
One of the pods has The great Union and South
Pacific railroads. By his hand financial and py
cal precks nil be his enduring monuentW C.
Brown.
greater debt Hartman
those upbude phoe have spelled prope-Frank A. Vanderp
One but admire the ndombe and mill that
mated the slender body and ph endured the last He remarkable
nan-E P. Ripley
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
THOUSANDS AT "GRAPE
FESTIVAL" AT ESCONDIDO

SAN DIEGO, Sept. s.-This was
Grape day at Escondido Special
trains from Los Angeles and San Diego
took hundreds Of people to the scene
of the annual vintage festival. Four
thousand or more visitors were pres
ent- Escondido was gaily decorated
Many tons of grapes were given away
to the guests.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
MARINE
YOUNG WOMAN BITTEN
BY A RATTLESNAKE e
Miss Madge Carsin Victim OF
Venomous Reptile
ISeceiol Dispatch 10 The Call

SANTA ROSA, Sept e.-Advices were
received here this afternoon from GAIA
dero to the effect that Miss Madge Car
sin, sister of Miss Gertrude and Miss
Whitlatch of Petaluma, had been bit
ten by rattlesnake at the home of
her parents. several miles from Caza-
dero. No particulars are obtainable,
although 1t is reported that the young
woman is in precarious condition.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
Especial Dispatch to The Call


A RDEN, Sept o-Edward H. is IN
~ his magnificent home Tower hil he sucumbed this after
noon to an intestinal fight VIII
intensity its far reaching effect
the financial world.
That the great railroad wizrd the death throe could
his the practical affairs of the world which he
leaving evidenced the satisfaction of Wall BY
the of withheld
exchange Men familiar with the character of Hartman
this his dying direction
the who his lifelong
The exact time of Harrman's known in that
of relatives and associates who had efectuay
shielded him from during illness
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
BATTLE FOR NORTH
POLE HONORS WAGES
FIERCELY IN EAST

NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-The battle for
north pole honors is now on and a
history making controversy is expected
by both sides. Commander Robert E.
Peary. whose claim that he discovered
the north pole on April s, 1909. is not
doubted by any authority. is feeling
his way down the Labrador coast in
the arctic exploring vessel Roosevelt.
stopping only long enough TO take on
coal and send dispatches which more
than intimate his belief that DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook did not discover the
<pole April q, 1908. Peary and his
bsrty are expected TO land at Sydney,
n s., and come from there by rail to
New York. BY that time it is expected
that he will have stated not only the
fun details of his quest for the far
northern axis but that he will add
sensational statements to his already
sensational charges against Doctor
Cook.
Cooks Friends Rally
And with the arrival of Commander
Peary in New York Doctor Cooks
friends here propose to defend him
vigorously. The members of the Arctic
club are divided in their support. and
ii is no friendly division. President
Osbon says that when Peary lands he
viii submit three affidavits, in which
'Pesry is accused of taking Cooks sup
plies, with forcing open Cooks trunk
and inspecting his private notes and
memoranda, and with opening and
reading a personal letter from Doctor
Cook 10 his wife. Osbon says that he
has q further affidavit that Commander
-Peary addressed letter to Mrs Cook,
charging her husband with being
~faker."
There is mad rush among publish
ers from all over the world TO obtain
the rights to the books which the rival
explorers viii, or have, prepared. The
offers already received by Doctor Cook
are so bewfldering that today a Paris
newspaper publishes an advertisement
Sslling for bids from publishers for
4 9octor Cooks book The advertisement
states that already 100000 words have
been written and that there are ample
photographs TO flIustrare ii. The race
10 first reach the public with the full
Contirued on Page 2, Column 3
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
YOUTH AND FLOWER OF STATE
JOIN IN GREAT CELEBRATION
Native Sons and Daughters Hail California S
Birthday With Brilliant Fete
ESPECIAL Dispatch TO The ColI1

SAN JOSE 9Stawart-s
California comprising
in
line that wound about the of
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10

recalled SO vlvldly the history and the
traditions of this state, for the pres
ervation of which the Native Sons of
the Golden West and the Native
Daughters of the Golden West were
founded
In preserving history today the men
and the women of this state also made
history, for the parade was one of the
most notable in the list of Admission
day pageants. Limited the repre-
sentation of parlors was, because of
the refusal Of the Southern Pacific to
grant the special excursion rates ex-
pected by the general committee, there
was nevertheless a mighty outpouring
of members of the two orders, intent
on making the celebration notable
one despite this hindrance.
Unlike most big parades. the one to-
day started promptly at the appointed
hour OF IL o'clock. 1t required an hour
and a quarter for the marchers to pass
a given point.
Proves Impressive Sight
Impressive because of the signif-
cance OF the occasion and the enthu-
siasm OF the marchers. the parade was
a spectacle long to be remembered.
with its ever changing picture as par
lor after parlor swung past to the
rhythmic beat of drums. the crashing OF
brass and the shrill piping of the fifes.s
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY SO
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS

HESTERDAY-Clear; west wind; maximum
temperature, 6e: minimum, 81.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fair; light west
winds increasing in velocity. Page 4.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
WESTERN cRANnEnRY cRop RurHrn

Necedsh, wis. Sept. s.-Reports received here
from various points In this the greatest or an
berry district in the west, show that fhe crop has
been practically ruined by frost and dre
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10

The SO bands and drum corps lent a
gay medley to the procession the music
of one mingling with the others
throughout the parade.
There was keen rivalry among the
parlors, each vieing with the other to
make the best showing Most of the
parlors were represented by members
in uniforms. Much originality was dis
played by the different parlors In Sc
Iecting outfits.
BY o'clock this morning the differ
ent parlors began marching to their
positions in the long line, and when
the word was given by, Grand Marshal
James E. Fitzgerald at IL O'Clock every
one was in readiness. With clocklike
precision the eight divisions marched
south in Market street to San Carlos
east in San Carlos street to First, north
in First street to Hobson and then
In First street to San
Carlos, moved east in San Carlos street
to Second and then north In Second
street to San Fernando.
Streets Well Decorated
The sights that greeted the marchers
were almost as interesting as those
they were in turn unfolding to the
spectators. Through richly decorated
streets the procession progressed. red,
Continued on PAGE II. Column
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
Death Was Peaceful

Hartman died peacefully and to the
end his brilliant mind retained its in
tegrity- After relapse Sunday he
sank slowly and soon after noon today
there came a relapse which marked
the approach OK the end His wife. two
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10

man operated. But Harrima never
wrecked railroad; he was no jobber
of stocks and securities. Bullish by
nature. he sought always to strengthen
the market with the stocks and bonds
in which he dealt, and it was owing
to the skepticism OF Wall street. al
ways searching for dubious motives,
that more did not profit from the
straightforward statements which
usually emanated from his Office TO
herald the coming OF dividends.
Marvellous ReconstruCtor
Hartman was great reconstructor.
The properties which fell into his
control always profted by his man
agement in improved equipment,
faster schedules and more concen~
trated bureaucracy. the ideal of up to
date railway management No state
has prohted more by these character
isties than California The amalga-
nation OF the three Pacifcs, the absorp-
tion of the coast feeders and the tight
ening of discipline have not been un-
mixed blessings either in the eyes of
the public or of the railroadmen
trained under the Huntington regime.
but they have worked incalculable
benefit to San Francisco. 1t will never
be forgotten on the Pacific coast that
Hartman did not hesitate TO spend a
million dollars mile in cutons that
clipped minutes from the transconti-
mental schedule
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
EDITORIAL

Hartman bids his family goodby on death
bed with steady voice. Page
f. II. Hartman dies at his home at
Arden surrounded by all members of his
family. Page 4
Harriman's big Four now direct policy of
great railroad systems. Page
Hartman from poor boy won his way TO fore
most place In financial world Page 8
Hartman was among the very first to aid San
Francisco after the great disaster. Page
President Wheeler of the state university pays
tribute TO the memory of Hartman. Page
Local Southern Pacific officials death
of noted chief. Page
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
Streets Well Decorated

contlnued on PaEe 11. Column 5
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10
NORTH POLE

Cook hurries homeward to defend claim and
Peary is expected to reach New York about
the same time. Page L
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-10

Mount 81. Joseph Infant Or.
phan Asylum will be the next
orphanage described and pic
tured i'm the series appearing i'm
The Sunday CALL
Smyrna times., 1909-05-12
Fraternity Pins.

Fraternity pins are seldom lost, and
when they do disappear they often
turn up again, sometimes years after
ward, in the most out of the way
places. AS they always bear the own
er's name and chapter engraved on
the back it is not a difficult matter to
return them. One "old grad" who los
his pin shortly after he left college
and bought another now has two, the
original emblem having been returned
in a singular manner. A brother
had observed the familiar token re
posing upon the bandanna of an old
colored nanny IN little town in Vir-
ginia. Upon questioning her he
learned that she had come by it "tak-
ing in washing" After much persua-
sion she was prevailed upon to sur
render the trophy.-New York Post.
Smyrna times., 1909-05-12
REAPING BENEFIT
From the Experience Of Smyr-
ma People.

We are fortunate indeed to be able
to profit by the exerience of our
neighbors. The public utterances of
Smyrna residents on the following
subject will interest and benefit thou
sands of our readers. Read this state
ment. No better proof can be had.
Mrs. Joshua J Farrell, Union St.,
Smyrna, Del, says: "My son was
severely afflicted with kidney weak
ness following an attack of pneu
monia. His kidneys were very much
disordered and the secretiOns were
irregular in passage. He was stead
lily growing worse when l procured
Doan's Kidney Pills at Clifton &
Raymonds" pharmacy for him. One
box has not been finished but the
boys condition is wonderfully i'm
proved and l am confident of COM
plete cure. l heartily recommend a
remedy of such great merit as Doan's s
Kidney Pills.
For sale by all Dealers. Price
so cents. Foster Milburn Co. +,
Buffalo, New York, Sole Agents
in the United States.
Remember the name-DOan' s.
and take no other.
Smyrna times., 1909-05-12
LABRADOR MOSQUITOES.
Terrible Pest to Travellers and Natives
In the Northland.


No account of travel in Labrador can
be complete without some mention Of
the terrible pest of mosquitoes. These
were always present in immense
swarms from the beginning of our trip
to the end, and sometimes they made
life almost unbearable.
Nothing could be heard but their
buzzing. Whenever we attempted to
eat they were down our throats and
In our eyes and faces, and in spite OF
our head nets and fly dope we were
always badly bitten. The natives
seemed to mind them almost as much
as we did, their remedy being rancid
seal oil. I am satisfied that were one
so unfortunate as to be caught out at
night without protection he would be
either crazy or dead by morning.
Our tens Tcre provided with a fine
mesh bcLJiret inner tent, but some
would alv"-s find their way inside or
come up y the ground At times
our light so attracted them we went
outside to see If It were not raining,
for the constant tapping of the mos
quitoes against the canvas sounded so
exactly like rain that it was impossible
to tell the difference.
On many nights l had to give up the
observation Of stars for latitude and
longitude because a candle could not
be kept lit long enough to adjust the
artificial horizon. We unfortunately
had no chimney, and the mosquitoes
swarmed so thickly that without this
protection the flame was quickly
smothered. There were but few nights
cool enough to afford us any relief
We found that it required a tempera-
ture within a few degrees of actual
freezing to subdue them.-Forest and
Stream.