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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09
FOUND AT LAST
The North Pole Reached by Dr..
Frederick Cook.
HE Is AN AMERICAN

A Brief Telegram Sent From Ler-
wick Announced That the Success
full Feat Had Been Accomplished
Over One Year Ago ard That tho
Explorer Was on His Way Home.
The Paris edition Of the New York
Herald Wednesday morning publish
ed a signed statement from DR..
Frederick A. Cook. which Is dated
"Hansegede. Lerwick. Wednesday,
on his experience in the Arctic re-
gions.
After a prolonged fight with fam
Inc and FROST" says DR.. Cook. "we
have at last succeeded in reaching
she North Pole. A new highway.
with an interest.ag "Trip Of animat-
ed nature. has been explored. and
big game haunts located. which will
delight sportsmen and extend the
Eskimo horizon.
Land has been discovered on
which rest the earth's northernmost
rocks. A triangle of 10000 square
miles has been cut out of the ter
restial unknown. The expedition
was the outcome OF a summer cruise
In the Arctic seas on the schooner
Bradley. which arrived at the limits
of navigation in Smith Sound late in
August. 1907. Here conditions were
found to launch venture to the
pole. ]. r. Bradley literally sup
piled from his vessel suitable pro-
visions for local use. My own
equipment for emergencies served
we'll for every purpose in the Arctic
Many Esquimauxs had gathered
on the Greenland shores at Annato-
aB for the winter bear hunt. I'm
mense quantities OF mea: haA been
collected. and about the camp were
lenty of strong dogs. The com
binattou was lucky. for there was
good material for equipment. All
that was required was carefully ar
ranged for point only seven hun
dred miles from the Borcal centre"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09
White Ffend Caught.

Harry Miller. serving a Jail SON
tence at Alexander. La. has been
identified by Mrs. Matte RansdeIl
as the man who held her up several
nights ago and attempted to steal
her pocketbook after choking her.
Mrs. Ransdell is a sister-in-law of
Representative Jos. f. Ransdell OF
the Fifth congressional district OF
Louisiana. The police claim that
Miller is wanted in Indiana for rob-
bling an express agent.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09
Their Prophecy Failed.

Disappointed because their proph-
ecy that Tampa. Fla. was to be wtp-
ed on the map by a great disaster
September / failed to como true,
thirey footsore and weary disciples
of the Unknown Tongue" returned
to that city Thursday from Durant,
twenty-five miles from there. Sew
eral days ago the porty sold their
all at Tampa and moved to Durant,
which they were told would be out
side the stricken zone.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09

ers at Lancaster sound. We followed
the drift Ice to the south eighty
miles a day, but was stopped by pack
Ice in Wellington Channel, which
was impossible either by boat or
sledge. Here was lots OF game, but
we did not dare shoot It, We had
only taken a hundred bullets to the
pole, and now only fifteen were left.
We went into Jones sound after
walrus and bears, and found open.
calm water. We met Polar wolves,
with which some OF our dogs made
friends and ran away.
Now we spent day and night
in an open boat ten miles from
shore. This lasted for two months
while storms often ragged over our
| heads. At last we got ashore again.
| but we had no fuel and were oblig-
ed to eat birds raw. One day we
found fuel and what feast we had.
But we suffered much hunger dur
ing this period. One night a bear
came and stole our food. We had
many fights with musk oxen, which
attacked us. Our best weapon
against them was the lasso.'"
The correspondents story quotes
DR.. Cook as saying in conclusion
Say that the day we reached
our provisions stores at Etah YVES a
greater day than April 21. I Ions
to get back to civilization. to move
among my fellow men; long tc
press my wife TO my heart. I an
the happiest man living. Tell the
whole world I thank God 1 an
back"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09
TELLS HIS WIFE
OF THE GREAT DISCOVERY HE
HAS MADE BY CABLE.

| Ahe 1nCreplu Explorer Had Not Been
Heard From In Over a Year I'm.
til Wednesday.
Successful. Well. Address Co
penhagen."
| Full OF meaning, II successful
were interpreted to indicate that he
had reached the North Pole, the
foregoing cable message, exasperat-
ing in its briefness, was received In
New York Wednesday from DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook, the American explor-
er. whom the latest cable advices
credit with having accomplished
what no man ever did.
The message was sent not to any
scientific society. nor to any of his
associates interested In his expedi-
tion from scientific viewpoint, but
to his wife who has been counting
| the days and hours and praying for
his safety since his departure from
New York on July 4, 1907.
But by chance Mrs. Cook was not
at her Brooklyn home. but spending
the summer at Harpswell, Me-, so
the dispatch was received by DR..
r. T. Davidson, a personal friend
OF the explorer. who made its con-
tents known. then flashed the good
news on to Mrs. Cook.
Brief as 1t was, It was the first
news that she had had from her
intrepid husband since March IT.
1908. when he wrote from Cape
Hubbard on the edge of the Polar
Ice Sea. on the northwest side of
Ellesmere Land.
AT that time he advised his CON-
panion. Rudolph FRANKIE, then sta
toned at Etah, Greenland with sun
plies, to wait there until June for
his return, but in the event of DIR
Cooks failure to appear to proceed
to America.
FRANKIE waited as instructed. hut
as DR.. Cook failed to come back
he caught the Peary auxiliary shin
and reached New York last fall
Since that time DR.. Cooks where
abouts have been a mystery, AL
though members OF the Arctic Club
In New York. were inclined to think
that he had reached the Pole de-
spite his long silence.
There was. Of course, the ever
present probability that he had per-
ished and 1t will be recalled that a
relief ship is now en- route to Etah.
where she is due the middle of this
month. The vessel, the schooner
Jeanie. left st. Johns. n. F., about
two weeks ago with the double pur-
pose of searching for DR.. Cook and
taking supplies to Commander Peary.
The expedition was rnaced by a
special committee headed by DR..
Roswell o. Stebbins, Of New York.
and composed of friends of DR.. Cook
and men OF science who were most
keenly interested In his venture. 10
these men the news that he was
safe and the report that he had
reached the Pole were received with
rejoicing, although none of them had
any further advices.
The message from DR.. Cook to
his wife was dated at Lerwick, Shet-
land Islands. the first available point
OF transmission in the regular steam
ship course between Greenland ports
and Copenhagen. whittier he is
bound. Because of It's briefness the
assumption is that the message was
sent primarily to assure his wi.e
OF his fasety and not to apprise the
world of his discovery.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09
SIX Hundred People Drowned In
lava by Floods.
CROPS DESTROYED
Awful Floods on the Island Of
Java Drowned Six Hundred Of the
People and Destroyed Much Frop-
erty and Ruined the Crops Of q
Great Many Farmers.

This seems to be a year Of de-
structive floods in some parts OF the
world. Last week the city Of Mon
terey, Mexico, was visited by q food
and about two thousand people were
drowned and twenty millions dollars
worth of property destroyed.
Now comes a report of a terrific
flood on the Island of Java. which
drowned six hundred people, destroy
ed much property and crops. The
dispatch says the damage TO property
and crops has been enormous. Only
meagre reports OF the disaster has
reached this country yet. and 1t may
be worse than indicated above.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09
Earthquake In Rome.

Rome was visited by an earth
quake Tuesday afternoon. The only
damage 80 far reproted is the crack
ing of the facade OF the chapel at
Santa Anna.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09
Homicide at ApnIeton.

Stepney Glover shot and instantly
killed Peter Green Saturday evening
In the store of Rhodes & XIII, in
Appleton.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-09-09
NAMES OF BANKS
HAVING ON DEPOSIT MONEY OF
STATE DIsPENsARY.
The Cash is Scattered Among Many
Banks I'm Various Parts of the
State for Safe Keeping.

in the State. The commission shows
that about $4,000 Is In the hands
OF the State treasurer and this mon
ey Is deposited at the discretion of
that official. The rest Of the funds.
| the total being about $62O,OOO. ia
distributed among the various banks
OF the State. The commission now
draws about $4,000 each month in
interest. The list OF deposits is as
| follows:
| The State bank . e 1890
Palmetto National bank. 3s1.43
The Peoples bank, Union 5.S31.z5
Bank of Timmonsville :. 7.777.78
Columbia Savings Bank
and Trust Company :. s7,057.5o
! Bank of Charleston, N.
b. A. :. -. 15.55o.oo
| Peoples Loan and Ex-
change bank. Laurens. 3,S87.5O
Bank of Orangeburg 1O.Ss5.0o
National Exchange bank,
Chester 49,. s.sSs.35
First National bank, Cam
den :. -. s.ss7.5o
Peoples Savings bank,
Abbeville :. :. -. 3.sS7.5O
City National bank,
Greenville :. :. :. -. 15.55o.oo
lexington Savings bank 3.SS7.5o
Peoples National bank,
Charleston :. .... 11.ee2.5o
Peoples Bank OF Green
vile :. -. 15.55o.oo
Norwood National bank
Greenville :. :. s4.412.5o
Bank OF Camden ). :. :. 1880 90
First National bank, Spar
tanburg -. 11.ss7.5o
Central National bank,
Spartanburg 11,3S75e
sank OF Dillon 7.775.OO
Enterprise bank. Charles
ton 17.775.oO
Merchants and Planters
GaHney e. :. =. 17.776OO|
Farmers and Merchants
bank. Anderson :. 3.S87.5O
Merchants and Farmers
bank Cheraw :. 1S.3445s
Farmers and Merchants
bank Walterboro =. 1.s52.Os
Commercial and Savings
bank. Florence :. E. 100000
Bank OF Hartsville :. 7.775.OO
National Union bank.
Rock Hill >. D.. 100000
American National bank.
Spartanburg :. :. -. 10000. 90
Anderson Banking and
Trust Company :. -. 100000
Peoples bank of Florence 5000. 10
Fourth National bank,
Greenville :. :. 100000
Farmers and Merchants
bank. Greenville :. :. 100000
Farmers bank, Belton :. 100000
Peoples National bank,
Rock Hill =. :. -. 100000
The Home bank. st. Mat
thews :. :. :. -. 100000
The Commercial bank,
Chester >. :. -. :. 100000
me Bank of Sumter 100000
Union Savings bank. Co
lumbia :. =. .... 100000
National Loan and Ex-
change bank. Green
wood :. :. 100000
National Bank of Lees
Vile 80. :. 100000
Enterprise bank. Laurens 100000
The Bank of Anderson 100000
The Bank of Laurens 100000
The Bank of Greenwood 100000
The Peoples Bank of An
derson :. :. =. E. 100000
Bank OF Spartanburg ... 100000
South Carolina Loan and
Trust Co., Charleston 100000
National Bank OF New
berry E. :. 100000
Bank of Darlington .... 100000
Union Savings bank, Ben
nettsville .. ... 5000. 90
Security Savings bank,
Charleston :. $500 90
Peoples Bank OF George
town :. =. 49,. 100000
National Loan and Ex-
change bank, Columbia 1S.57O.l6
State treasury .. =. -. Sl.287.75
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-06
The Charleston Heavens.

Do you ever look up to the heavens.
which were framed by the hand of the
Almighty? To the moon and to the
stars, which He ordained? Or do you
keep your eyes fixed upon the earth,
the fading grass. the falling leaves. the
desolateness which comes with the .dy-
ing year? Have you looked at the
skies in Charleston during the last
week or two? Did you gaze into the
heavens last night? What wonder
fu; spectacle they presented of the
majesty and glory of the Divine hand
which made them and established the
consultations in their courses! There
is nothing in all the range of creation
that can be compared with the mag
nificence of the skies in this latitude
at this season of the year. The i'm
measurable vault in which the piano.
rama is spread; the unfathomable
depths of blue, the glory unapproach-
able of the worlds upon worlds moving
their splendor and majesty in the or
der Of their procession.
Do you ever look at the sunsets in
Charleston? There is nothing to COM
pare with them anywhere else in this
world that we have seen--thelr chang
ing hues, their gorgeousness of color,
the exquisite harmonies into which the
clouds are fashioned, the enchantment
of the mountain ranges lying against
the sunset sky, the higher peaks of
glory upon which the sun fingers with
caressing touch. the somber shadows
along the shore and the glow of the re-
ceding waters as they touch the grass
es at the edge of the marshland. There
was never such sky as that last night
in Venice. Look up at the heavens
and rejoice that here in Charleston we
have spread out before Our eyes every
day with the rising as well as with
the setting of the sun pictures of such
fascinating beauty that we may all
thank God that here we have fore
taste of that other and better world
where "the monday of glory eternally
reigns.' News and Courier
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-06
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Maine Lawmakers.
portland Advertiser.)

| This is the week in which one hun
dred and eighty-two of the representa-
| tive citizens of Maine become states
men. That is to say, the. newspaper
correspondents will refer to them as
statesmen and Solons and lawgivers
What the one hundred and eighty-tWo
will do cannot be forcasted but there IS
much already known as to what they
are to be asked to do. They will be
urged. to make many and radical chan
ges in the laws regulating taxation.
They will doubtless have many recon-
mcndations placed before them for al
tering the States system of dealing
with the liquor question. 1t is proba-
BILE that bills will be introduced to
amend the ballot laws and the laws1n
relation to labor. So far as present in
dications go, these are the most i'm
Iortant subjects of general legislation
which are likely to come up but in the
language of the song you never can
tell" and it would not be surprising to
those who have watched legislative
sessions in the past if. before the win
ter is over, some question which has
not up to this time bulked large in the
public mind. should cause commotion
in law making circles, commotion re-
ilectcd among the people.
The Legislature should have no diff
iculty il. getting speedily to work.
There has been no contest for the pres
idency of the Senate and the battle
for the speakership of the House is
over. Therefore, the president and
speaker will probably make early an
nounccnent of the committees. The
committee on taxation will lind ready
for it, in the early days of the session
the score OF bills prepared by the tax
commission and hearings on these
matters ought not to be long delayed.
But predictions as to the length Of
legislative sessions merely spoil the
white paper on which they are printed
When it comes to determining the rate
at which it shall do it's work and the
date on which it shall go home, the
Legislature is Il law unto itself. 1t is
reasonably safe to predict, however.
that the members will not give up the
keys to their Augusta boarding places
until it is about time for the frost to
come out of the ground and the spring
planting to begin.
For about three months, the doings
of the body at Augusta will be part
of the news of the day and we may OK
pect much wisdom and near wisdom
on the great questions of the hour
Here's hoping that the one hundred and
eighty-two will settle them right. And
of course. II the House and Senate
should make errors Of judgment there
is the Governor with pen in hand rea-
dy to write veto messages. And then
there are the plain people who will
throng the committee rooms ready to
advise puzzled law makers Really
| there ought to be no trouble in fixing
things up so that everybody should
lie satisfied, which, however, is very
different from predicting that the
work of the Legislature will satisfy
everybody.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-06
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-06

q
ecutive, giving his careful personal
attention to all the details of business
that have come before him. No party,
however humble, has knocked at the
executive door and been denied al
mission. Y All have been received
cordially. and their causes given due
consideration. We have never known a
Governor who has been more In touch
with the people, or whose heart Went
out more intensely towards them. On
several occasions, when grave pupuc
questions were pending that required
pluck and courage for their settlement.
he has risen to the heights of states
manship. and has received the ap-
plause of the people regardless of
party ties or affiliations. Still in the
vigor of manhood, we look forward
to the coming years when the people
Of Governor Cobb's district will crown
him with additional honors In the
councils of the nation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-06
Tho Retiring Governor.
portland. Express


History isN impartial During the
current stress of political events it is
not always possible for the public ac-
curately to measure the worth OF the
services of men who loom large in
public affairs. We have to wait Tor
history to take the impartial view.
And it is too early now for history 10
write it's impartial review of the ad-
ministration of William T. Cobb as
Governor of Maine. 1t will be but
few days now before that adm1nistra-
ton comes to a close. But while we
are waiting for history to get clear or
the prejudices of partisanship, 10
eliminate the antagonism which must
be aroused, to forget the political strife,
the criticism of disappointed politl-
clans, and the malice of political
enemies, we may be sure OF some
things. We may be sure that the
people of Maine appreciate devotion TO
duty. They recognize that in the try
ing experiences of the four years IN
which he has occupied the chair OF
Chief Executive of this State, while lie
has not been unmindful of the fact
that it was through the efforts OF
political party that he achieved the
honorable station, yet William T. Copb
has been Governor for all the people.
What was best for them all it has been
his purpose to carry out. We may oe
sure that while high minded states
manship is priced in public servant
and that while straightforward. honest,
clear-sighted business capacity Is
recognized as an essential to successful
administration of important public
affairs, so long will the administration
Just closing be reckoned among the
most successful in the history of the
State. Governor Cobb is still young
man, and before history has written
the record Of his achievements as
Governor of Maine there may be other
and higher calls to service. Whether
this prove true or not it is safe to pre-
dict that when history does get round
to the point where it can give the re-
firing Governor the square deal it Will
write large, in praise of the service he
has already given the State, the well
come encomium of We'll Done
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-06
ers and business men have declared
their intention of going to the potato
business next wear. t ~

| business next year. W
They have been digging out some
stories of the college days at.Bowdoin
of Governor Henry B. Quinby, the
| new chief executive Of New Hamp-
shire. He was a Biddeford boy and
an education at Bowdoin was part OF
! his heritage, as his grandfather
Moses Quinby, was member Of Bow
doins first graduating class. HIS
class at Bowdoin was that of 1859. and
after the forty years there is little 10
say Of his doings there. He was
fair scholar rather excelling in English
but admitting now that he fell below
the valedictorian in Greek. Those
were the days when Bowdoin traditions
and customs like those of most col
leges, were rather more robust than
they are today Phi Chi was then IN
it's height of fame and prowess. It's
battle HYMN ran: phi Chi goes forth
in regal state" But be it known that
during Quinby's sophomore year, While
he NAV have permitted Phi Chi to go
forth, he always went first; for he was
the president of the famous old hazlng
and general deviltry society ana
maintained the place, as he had won II,
by planning and carrying out just
trf1e more daring an exploit than any
of his classmates These were the days
too OF "sousing the freshmen and
Governor Quinby can remember. If
Governor Chamberlain cannot, of an
interview they had during the fall of
1866 when Quinby's dialectics were too
,olo from
the wars, and when he won his case py
arguing that the rule of expulsion Oh
"sousing the freshmen" applied by lts
very terms to those who were detect
ed" in the act and that no circumstan-
tlal evidence like that of sophomore
and a bucket of water in freshmen
entry constituted "detectoin' even
though the sophomore admitted that ne
had purposed "sousing the freshmen"
and would doubtless have been detect
ed" in it if Tutor Packard hadn't mas
tened his appearance yabout two min
utes The point was a fine one, put II
was held to be we'll taken. At BoWooln,
Quirby played baseball and caught or
his class team. He rdomed IN Maine
Hall. boarded at the Tontine-and must
have been rather prompter to pay tnan
most college men, for his landlord at
Brunswick, now living at Dover, was
one of staunchest Quinby men to be
found in New Hampshire during the
canvass both for the nomination and
election. He was a Psi U. and Is the
third of that fraternity to win the
governorship in New Hampshire--the
other two being Prescott and Bell from
the Dartmouth chapter Taft also Is a
Psi U, and Governor Quinby plans to
60 to Washington for the Inauguration,
for the purpose, among other things. of
handing from Kappa SO, to Beta '7S the
proper salutation. The whispering
pines at Brunswick had hardly cast
their shadow upon young Qulnby's
sheepskin before he was off to New
Hampshire to keep an appointment
which he had made while in that state
some time previously and concerning
which it may not be necessary to speak
more in detail than is required in set
ting down the fact that in January,
1870, he was married to Miss Octavia
NJ. Cole at Lakeport, where since then
has been his home.