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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Refused to Allow Records Of
RIVALS on His Ship.
WERE LEFT IN THE NORTH
Harry Whitney Says Records and In
struments Of Physician Explorer
Were Left In Cache at Etah--De-
ciares Cook Told Of Discovery OF
Pole, But Pledged Him to Secrecy.

New York, Sept 81 - Commander
Robert Il. Peary refused absolutely to
allow any of the records or instru-
ments of DIR. Frederick A. Cook TO be
brought aboard the steamer Roosevelt
and was thus instrumental in causing
these records to remain in cache at
Etah, Greenland, according to Harry
Whitney, the New Haven sportsman,
in dispatch received in this city by
DIR. Cook. The message, which came
as a response to one sent by DR.. Cook,
Ia as follows:
"Strathcona, via Indian Harbor and
Cape Ray, ~ r., Sept rs.
''Dr. f. A. Cook, Waldorf New York.
Started home Roosevelt Nothing
arrived for me. Peary would allow
nothing belonging to you on board.
Said to leave everything in cache at
Etah.
MET Captain Sam, North Star. Did
not go back after going. Schooner
bound st. Johns take steamer home.
Hope you are well. See you soon. Elk
plain all. Good shooting.
HARRY WHITNEY"
The following telegram from Mr.,
Whitney was received by the New
York Times:
"Strathcona, Indian Harbor, via Mar
conf Wireless, Cape Race, N. f.. Sept
25.
"To the Editor of the New York
Times:
II know not the extent of the con
tents of the box left in my charge by
DR.. Cook to be brought back.
mo vessel having arrived for me at
Etah. before the Roosevelt returned
from the north, | started home on her
Commander Peary would not allow
anything belonging to DR.. Cook to
come aboard his ship. | was forced to
leave the articles in a cache at Etah.
"On DR. Cooks arrival at Annatok
in April, 1909, he told me he had dis
covered the North Pole, also showing
me maps and requesting me to with
hold information from Commander
Peary. but permitting me to say that
he had gone further than Peary had
gone on his last expedition.
HARRY WHITNEY"
DR. Cook was questioned as to his
view OF the situation created by the
action ascribed to Commander Peary
but he declined to say anything de-
rogatory of his rival "It may be that
the instruments will arrive this year
after all" he said, land as for the rec
prds and observations. their non
arrival here makes no difference what
ever. as I have complete duplicates, so
that there will be no delay in compil-
ing ny rtHrY with all its details"
DR. CO.. I'D not appear to be great
~ PISS I W the news he had re-
CO. r. Whitney. He hopes to
49,, .~ ,-ry short time and hear
9lanation of the occur
4t ~.
r. ~ K danied the report that he
20 hing suit for SANDER against
Pear. There is no truth in the re
port" he said. 81 have no intention Of
bringing suit. Naturally | am taking
measures to have everything in order
in case of necessity; but ! have never
even thought of filing a suit, and wish
IN contradict such reDOrts at once"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
SUICIDES ON WIFE'S GRAVE
Lonely After Death of Mate He Drank
carboIic Acid.

Philadelphia, Sept q. John W.
Gundlack, aged sixty years. formerly a
prosperous business man in Reading,
Pa, committed suicide by drinking
carbolic acid on his wife's grave in a
cemetery in this city. After the death
of his wife two years ago h allowed
his business to be neglected and trav-
eled about the country. Several letters
were found in his pockets, showing
that he intended to take his life.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02

Butte, Mont, Sept 2S.-The labor
troubles which threatened to tie up
this camp. shut down the swelters in
Anaconda and Great Falls and throw
$4,000 people out of work throughout
the state have been settled.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Fatal Einht of Brothers.

Jackson Ky. Sept. 28.-As a result
of a fight, julius Caesar Hurst, Re
publican nominee for county Judge in,
Breathitt county, was fatally shot by
his brother Hannibal Both were prom
inent in local politics.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
No Claimants For Messina Treasure.

no claimants ror Messina Treasure.
Rome, Sept. 27.-It is estimated that
$2,000000 in coin $6.000,000 in bonds
and other securities, and $1,000. 900
worth OF jewels, recovered from the
ruins Of Messina, are still unclaimed.
In addition TO the foregoing there is a
deposit of 100 strong boxes and 1000
sealed packages, known to contain
valuables, representing at least s4,-
100000. This total Of $13.000.000 does
not include the treasures from the ca
thedral, churches and vaults of banks
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Students Strike For Football

Vincennes, Ind, Sept 27.-Fifty-fiye
students of the Vincennes high school,
fifteen of them girls, are on strike be
cause Superintendent r. c. Hamilton
has forbidden football and athletics.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
Meteor shower At HonoIulu.

Honolulu, Sept ga phenomenal
rain of meteors caused much excite
ment and some alarm among natives
Observers counted forty meteors that
fell into the sea
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
The Weather.

Forecast or this section: Partly
cloudy and threatening today and to-
morrow; rain In east portion; contin-
ued cool; moderate north to northeast
winds.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
FIRST IN JAIL FOR TAXES
Retiring Collector Says Several Hun
dreo Others viii Follow.

urtu JfNtTs VII Follow.
Danville, Pa, Sept 27.-For the first
time in the history Of Montour county
a man has been arrested and sent to
jail for non-payment of taxes. The
delinquent is James Daley, an iron
worker, who is three years in arrears.
The arrest was caused by the re-
firing tax collector. who insists that
this is the first OF several hundred ar
rests that will be made.
Daley hasn't any money. cant get
any, and says he win rot in Jail be-
fore he pays up.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02

London, Sept. 27.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton, the well known yachtsman, will
make a flight at Marlborough with
Captain Samuel Cody in his aeroplane
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
EXPRESS RATE LAW VALID
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Act
MAKING rs Per Cent Cut.

Lincoln, Neb. Sept 27.--In the first
attempt in the country to regulate ex.
press rates the supreme court Of Ne
braska upheld the Sibley act. which
made fiat cut Of Is per cent in ex-
press rates in Nebraska.
The law has been in operation six
teen months under injunction The
contentious Of the state are upheld in
every respect.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02

Pear. There is no truth in the re
port, he said. 81 have no intention Of
bringing suit. Naturally | am taking
measures to have everything in order
in case of necessity; but have never
even thought of filing a suit. and | wish
to contradict such reports at once"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Destruction Caused by Rats.

Consul Maxwell Blake sends from
Dunfermline an extract from a Scotch
newspaper on the destruction caused
by rats, as brought out by a deputa-
ton from the Incorporated Society
for the Destruction of Vermin.
Headed by Sir James Crichton
Browne and the Duke of Bedford,
they waited upon Lord Darlington at
the offices of the Board of Agricul-
lure to urge him to appoint a COM
mission to inquire into the subject of
the destruction caused to crops by
rats. The extract reads: 1.-The depu-
tation pointed out the enormous dam
age done by rats, which amounts, on
a most moderate computation, to
SIS, 100000 per annum in Great
Britain. This is arrived at by allow
ing only one rat to a cultivated acre
of ground. Assuming that each rat
does, damage to the extent of one
farthing a day, this works out on the
forty million acres of land at the
figure mentioned. Sir James erich
ton Browne incidentally stated that
two million people died of plague in
India, and said it had been proved
that the rat was the chief cause Of
the spread of infection. 1t vas also
stated that the expenditure on rat
poisons in the United Kingdom
amounts to G250,000 per annum,
which is considered many times more
than would be required properly to
exterminate the vermin if the cam
paign were Systematically conduct
ed."-Daily Consular Reports.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Notes.

A saloonkeeper was recently ap-
pointed by Mayor of Pittsburg az
head of the Department Of Public
Safety.
A liquor lobby at Albany at one
time acknowledged before a commit
tee Of the Legislature that it had eX-
pended $780, 600 to influence leg!s-
lation.
The Prohibitionists of Iowa are en-
deavoring to raise a campaign fund
of twenty-five thousand dollars for
1909-1O. and have reached the first
fifteen hundred.
Don't be too severe on those who
vote wet" in their city or county
if you are regularly doing the same
thing in regard to the whole United
States of America.
Mayor Rose says that the liquor
question is bigger than that of slav-
cry. And yet there are those who
expect to settle it off to the side.
without disturbing the eve tenor Of
party politics.
The distiller rides in a steam yacht.
TIE wholesaler in an automobile, the
retail dealer in a carriage, but the
of the liquor is pulled
around by the hair of the head by 4
Observation-Disclosures Globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF THE
BATTLE AGAINST RUM.
A Ringing Utterance.


An utterance which has the right
ring, and which finds a response in
the hearts Of thousands of good c1t1-
lens who might not have had the
courage to make it, or the grace OF
speech to put it so well, is the reply
which Bishop Hoss, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, made to
some politicians and newspapers In
Tennessee friendly to the liquor inter-
ests, when they intimated that the
Bishop had no right to say what he
had been saying about the traffic, and
that it would be to his advantage and
to the profit and credit of the church
If the Bishop should leave off med
ding with politics. These are the
words in which the Bishop made an
] swer to the suggestion:
my citizenship is a part Of my in
| heritance. 1t came to me from hon
est and stout-hearted men who helped
to build this mighty commonwealth.
For the proper use Of 1t / am re-
sponsible to no man or set Of men
and will not surrender it on the clam
orous demand OF subsidized news
papers or impertinent politicians .
&. Crack your whips, gentle
men, as loudly as you please, but be
sure to crack them over the heads of
men who desire some favor that you
know, or dread some penalty that
you can .infict; but do not make the
rash and foolish experiment of try
ing to crack them over the heads of
free TennesSeeans who want nothing
that you have, and fear nothing that
you can do"
Possibly the liquor war has en-
tered upon a new phase by the United
States Brewers Association having
bound it's members to sell no beer to
dealers whom any brewer has placed
under a ban. But we shall sound no
dirge for the Anti-Saloon League
until more Is known about the BAH
and the placing of it. Doubtless, a
systematic and general wedding out
of undesirable patrons Is one Of the
moves needed to rehabilitate malt
liquors and all who traffic in them.
Certainly, the gravest evils of alco-
hol, direct and indirect, are those OF
cheap spirituous beverages, "red
eye" BLACK Joe," and less euphon-
ious variants of fusel oil. Those
brewers see clearly who have advo-
Gated separate licenses for the two
classes Of beverages, and. also the is
suing of but one sort of license to
each saloon. Even with this arrange
ment, however, the beer saloon will
not vindicate itself so long as the
blacklisting Of disreputable bars is
left to individual brewers, IS the AS
ISOLATION seemingly leaves it. Free
competition will operate in the future
as in the past; each brewer, fighting
hard for profits, will turn a lenient
eye upon his own bartenders and GUS
toners. But once let a National or a
State committee sit as moral judge,
with power to restrict the sales Of
all Association members, and the
model saloon" would materialize, If
it ever can at all.-Evening Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
In the Place of Quiet.

Mark tells us that without a par
able" Jesus did not speak, at n pc
Rod at least, unto the Jews, and that
when they were alone, He expound-
ed all things to His disciples" There
are great advantages at times in soli-
tude. The soul aloof from mankind
that it may be alone with God Is in
the way to receive great and inspir-
ing revelations. But the solitude
with God is meant to prepare for the
service for men, and the things which
Jesus Christ expounds to His own IL
the retiracy of the inner circle are
matters which concern active duty IN
society as well as individual culture
of soul.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
REzzcloUs READlNG
FOR THE QUIET HOUR.
PIONEERS.

Oh, cross and crown Of thorns, the worlds
reward
Of Christ-like service! Gods divinest
> SONS
Must walk Away the rugged path that
Steep to Golgotha; theirs the faces marred
By tears, theirs loving hands most deeply
SCARED,
And for their carr the mob's blood-cry
that stuns
With stormy blame; and long the blind
world shuns
The gates of Progress by their strength
unbarred.
Yet wrong not such with pity!-souls sub
lime i
I In vast achievement must so toll, alone!
The life of ages measured by their own,
Their shame bears fruit of honor for all
time; '... 8
Their dungeons taper guides the feet that
climb; -
They make the scaffold glorious like a
throne.
-Stokeley S. Fisher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Intemperance and Poverty in Albany
County.

Few Albanians would like to be-
lieve that there is more drunkenness
in this county than in other counties
Of New York State similarly situated.
There seems no good reason why
such should be the case; neither
would they like to believe that there
is a greater amount Of poverty in
this county than in such other cout-
ties. The report of the State Board
of Charities for the year ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1907, sets forth facts rel.
alive to .intemperance and pauper-
ism in our city and county which
seem to indicate that we are in a
much worse condition in these re-
spects than the other counties of the
State containing second class cities.
Beginning October /, 1907, and end
ing September 80, 1908, 1868 per-
sons received aid from the public
charities department in the county
of Albany because of intemperance;
$50 of those helped were children
whose parents we're Incorporate;
1880 were women whose husbands
were Incorporate, and 2208 were
persons who had become paupers
through their own intemperance.-
From the Albany Citizen, May, 1909.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Shoots Wasps.

One of the most accurate marksmen-
in the world is Lord Walsingham, who
is able to shoot wasps on the wing.
This feat requires a marvellous eye
and the steadiest of hands. To
practice on wasps and other Insect
shooting he had a miniature r1e
specially constructed. He also holds
the record for an unsurpassed grouse
bag, for, after shooting single1hand-
ed for Is hours, he had accounted for
1910 grouse. On another OCCASION
with LOO cartridges, he accounted for
S42 birds. zee
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
The Blessings of Salvation.

It is an appreciate and enjoyable
thing to have the blessings which the
sun gives. There 10 such a thing as
possessing salvation, and the blessing
of salvation, but the best Of all Is to
have the Blesser In whom all these
are found. HE that spared not His
own Son, but delivered Him up for US.
all, how shall not He with Him also
freely give US all things?" The great
er always includes the lesser; If you
have the Son, you have also His benz
edictions. 1t is important to enjoy
the streams that fertilize the land,
but better still to have the fountain
from whence they eDanate. AS the
streams are dependent upon the
fountain for supply, 30 also the tenn
poral blessings resulting therefrom
are dependent upon the fountain
more than upon the streams. So the
means of grace and the blessings OF
salvation are wholly and absolutely
dependent upon Christ for efficiency
and perpetuity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Moral Power.

Endued with power from on high.
Luke 24:49.
Power is something every man
wants. We are all struggling to get
out of the rank of the nobodies into
the rank of the somebodies.
Money Is power, and in its pursuit
men tear open mountains and sail
wide seas and toll early and late.
knowledge Is power, and to possess
it men read books and excavate bur-
led cities and make experiments in
the laboratory and exhaust the brain
with p%erpleXing thought. Social po-'
sition gives power also, and there are
those who will make. any sacrifice and
endure any humiliation to see their
names printed in some exclusive list
Of first citizens.
The struggle for power is as old as
the race. Man Is inferior in physical
strength to many Of the animals, but
holds dominion over them all. He.
o his position by annexing power,
which he found all about him in.
abundance. From humble Begin
,nings he has multiplied power almost
infinitely. His achievements with
expanding steam and flashing light
ming and magnetic currents surpass
the dreams of Aladdin.
The earth has an inexhaustible en-.
dowment of material force. In the
beginning God equipped It with ex-
haustless energy. We have learned
to command this force. We have
taught this energy to serve US. The
result Is our material civilization.
But man is a spirit. His higher
life demands something mor than
millions of horse power. He needs
to WELD a moral force SURPRISING all
material force. He is called to the
task Of annihilatfng weakness and sin
as he has annihilated time and space.
The earth is full of moral energy.
There has been manifested through
the ages a power which makes for
righteousness, which impels this
world from darkness into light. It Is
the power from on high. It Is the
spirit Of holiness. All the currents Of
life are moving in one direction. The
universe goes on to perfection.
AS we have annexed the material,
80 we may annex the moral power.
III UOSu SdoS6 hAOWlCN6C oAuI WY
dience are the keys which unlock the
storehouses of energy. We have dis
covered the laws which govern the
forces of nature. We work in har-
mony with these laws, and nature is
our servant. If we oppose them they
crush us. So we must learn the laws
of God and obey them. We must,
bring ourselves into harmony with
the forces of Righteousness.
The power from on high enters the
heart of the good man. Then he is
invincible. He can stand like Atha-
nasius against the world. He is free
from doubt. He knows not fear. He
draws strength from the inexhausti-
BILE fountain Of strength. In every;
controversy he can say, "They that
are for US are more than they that ara
against u.s." He knows that one with
God is a majority. - Thomas Reed
Bridges, D. D., South Church. New
York, in Sunday Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Lobster Famine Imminent.

At Newport, R. l., everybody in the
cottage settlement is eating Holsters.
At Narragansett Pier and the other
society resorts there is the same de-
mand. A famine was threatened.
The Clambake Club got a supply daily
from off their clubhouse. and j. Pier
pont Morgan secured all he needs at
his Graves Point clubhouse. The
wholesale price was advanced five
cents, making Holsters eighteen cents
a pound at wholesale and the supply
very short
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
The Powerful Saloon.

Theodore Roosevelt, when Police
Commissioner of the city Of New
York, saidi 1.-The most powerful sa-
loonkeeper controlled the politicians
and the police, while the latter in
turn terrorized and blackmailed all
other saloonkeepers. If the Ameri-
can people do not control it, 1t will
control them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Testimony of q Merchant.

One of the oldest dry goods estab-
lishments in Xenia, Ohio, recently
gave out the statement that their
business during the past three months
was better than in the forty years Of
their existence, and they attribute
this increase to there being no sa-
looms in the city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Result Of Blind Pigs.

Recent Investigations from Little
Rock showed that there are more
blind pigs in Little Rock and Argon-
ia, the two most strongly license
cities in Arkansas, than in any other
community in the State. There are
seventy-nine saloons and ffty-six
blind pigs in these two towns.
In 1908 there yer 312 %convicts in
the Arkansas ~penitentiary, who came
from seventeen. license counties, and
only 252 from the ffty-eight dry
counties. In proportion to the pop
ular vote for Governor. in 1906 only
twenty-seven per cent. should have
come from the wet counties, but the
per cent. is actually ifty-fve.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Times Changes.

The captain was receiving the new
MILDLY. We'll, boy, the old story, !
suppose. fool of the family sent to
sea-" On, no, sir" piped the boy,
that's all altered since your day.
London News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

A colored man up at Leavenworth
has broken the record for living un-
der difficulties. A surgical opera
ton showed that he had lived a week
with a blod clot in his brain as large
as a mans hand.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Plain Dealings.

Only by plain dealing can parents
and teachers be able to influence the
life Of a boy toward the things Tor
which a boy was made.-Rev. n. j;
MuSSelm2n.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Christianity the Foundation.

A cupola or a lightning rod you
may have, but a foundation you must
have, and that foundation is Chris
tianity. Christianity furnishes the
foundation, and no man can get on
well without it.-Rev. T. E. Bartlett.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Jersey Tunnels Popular.

More than 100000 persons used
the McAdoo tunnels between lower
Manhattan and Jersey City in the
first week of their opening.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Turtle a Sure Rat Trap.

A rat caught by a swapping turtle
was a novel exhibit at a restaurant at
Schuylkill, Pa. The rat was lettering
around a swill barrel when suddenly
the live tran was sprung.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Costly Docks at Rio.

The construction of the docks al
Rio de Janeiro has already cost over
$57 900.