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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-05-29
Large Purchases.

We have just unloaded
One solid car of chairs,
One solid car of furniture,
One solid car of Hackney wagons
One solid car of Hackney bug
gies, and are now ready to supply
you with everything in these lines
Ramsey & Jones.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-05-29
Announcement.

Yielding to the solicitations of citi-
zens who reside in my ward, have de-
cided to become candidate for war
den from the fifth ward Of the town Of
Edgefeld.
A. -. Samuel.
I respectfully announce that am a
candidate for warden for the town of
Edgefeld as the representative of the
5th ward. j. U. Rives.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-05-29
SUMMONS.
The State of South Carolina,
County of Edgefeld.

Court of Common Pleas.
G.. w. Smith, Plaintiff, against
S. w. Wideman, as administrator
of the estate of Mrs. Margaret NJ.
Smith, deceased. Lily E. Smith,
Josie May Smith, Ira E. Smith,
Defendants.
Summons for relief. Complaint
not served.)
To the Defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in
this action which is filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, for the sail county, and
to serve a copy of your answer to
the said complaint or the subscrib
ers at their Office at Edgefeld C. H.
S. c., within twenty days after the
service hereof, exclusive of the day
of such service; and if you fail 10
answer the complaint within the
aforesaid time, the plaintiff in this
action will apply 20 the Court for
the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Sheppard Bros,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Test
w. B. Cogburn (L. S.
elk. G. G. P. & G. S.
Edgefeld Co., S. G.
To the nonresident defendant,
Lily E. Smith: You will take no
tice that the original Summons and
Complaint in the above stated ac-
ton, is on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions, in and
for the County of Edgefeld, and
State aforesaid.
Sheppard Bros,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
May 2sth, 1912.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-05-29
Critical Sense.

CRITICAL Sense.
THAT youngest son Of Bliggins
seems to have the making Of a true
musician in him." Does he sins or
play?" mo. But he cries piteously
when Bliggins tries to-"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Called for Women.

Il went back to the cabin deck and
met men and women coming up looking
very serious. ] met my friend Beattic
and asked him what was the matter.
Beattic said TO me: The order is for
the lifeboats-it is serious I couldnt [
believe il at first. but went to my cabin
and changed TO some heavy clothes"
The witness said when no got on deck
the boats We're being prepared for low
erins on the port side. The woman
came forward one by one. many accom-
panied by their husbands. They would
only allow women Men had TO stand
back. mo men passengers got in that
boat" he said.
Did you see any man attempt to get
In"
mo. | was surprised that the sailors
were not az their posts as they should
have been. l have seen fire drills and
the action Of the sailors did not impress
me.
when we got to the next boat quar-
termaster and sailor were put In and
the boat was then filled with women. We
called out for moro women and some
would not leave their husbands
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Had No Glasses,

'On the starhoard bow, about twenty
feet from the STEM Fleet answered
Fleet said that when the collision came
there was little impact and Just a sharp
grinding noise,
Fleet then told OF the launching OF life
boat No. 6. OF which he and Quartsrn1as-
ter Hickens took charge until picked up
by the Carpathia, Three men passengers
and about twenty-five women were in the
boat.
I'VE had orders TO pull for a light off
the Titsnics port bow. said Fleet. but
we couldn't get TO her. At one time she
was abreast OF US, but she slipped hr,'
"Were there any other lights ahead
when YOU were in the crows nest before
the collision or after it?''
mo. sir. Wa did not see the light off
the port bow until after VIC were in the
lifeboat The ookouts who relieved
Leigh and me are said to have reported
the light Of a vessel"
What was the color OF the light you
were pulling for?'
white"
Fleet told the, committee that there
were no lookout glasses in the Titanic &
crows nest after leaving Southampton.
| II he had had glasses he said he could
| have seen the iceberg enough sooner to
! have escaped II. He said glasses were
! furnished the lookout from Belfast to
| Southampton, where they were taken
away.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Made Women Row.

Major Peuchcn said that in the lifeboat
the quartermaster in charge made a
woman TOW while he held the tlIer steer
Ing for light. which the major declared
did not exist SO far as he could see. The
quartermaster refused to turn about and
attempt TO pick up survivors. said the
witness
when we began to hear signs Of the
breaking UP Of the Titanic we heard "A
sort OF call for help after the whistle,
then rumblinE sound. | think the
Titanic's lights were still on. Then there
was an explosion. then another. The
lights then went out. and then these
dreadful cries. II frightfully affected
all the women in our boats. At first il
was horrible 20 listen TO. But the sounds
grew fainter and fainter. think we
were about five-eighths of a mile away
lie did not see the vessel sink but his
story was that the explosions were above
water, caused by the heavy pressure
when the boat started TO dive down by
the head
How many explosions were there ?''
asked Senator Smith.
About three, but | was excited"
''Dfd you see the captain after he told
YOU 20 go below and get through the
window into the Ufcboats?"
NO. / never saw him after that"
Did YOU see him before the accident ~
II think ! saw him about o'clock in
one OF the companionways."
DO you think he was attentive to his
duties?'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24

ton he said. consisted OF lowering and
hitting two l!feboats.
'"Anything else doneT -,
No sir; the drill was 10 Sausiy tne
British Board OF Trade. We lowered the
bonts sailed around the harbor and men
returned TO the ship"
The witness said II was customary
,soaTd shin 10 have boat and FIRE drills
every Sunday. In the Southampton . drn.
Pittman said that approximately e'sh'
men went in each beat - =.
Then only sixteen men paruclpa{eo III
this driii?" Suggested Senator smith.
was there any hre drill on the IT,
tanlc after she left southampton?
Nor. sir. none, s =,
Were you on the bridge SATURDAY o.
sunday preceding the accident asNeo
"Oh. yes: part Of the time saturday at'
ternoon from l. 10 l.. said Plttman.
See any iceoerGs?
mo. SIR
amy heid !ce?'
None At all SIR"
Did you hear anything about ice Sat
urdny?'
"D!d you hear anything about wire
loss message about lccbergs?
''Yes. did. either saturday. night O.
Sunday morning, when Mr.. BoXhall put l
on the chart" Pitman replied.
"pld YOU talk with BoNhall or Muir
doci, or Lowe regarding the proximity o
the Titanic To ice2'
81 did not. sir
did you talk 10 the captain"
ITS not my place 10 talk TO the cap
tain"
Did he talk to you about it?"
NfsN
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Thought Compartments Locked

''Do you think the watertight COM
partments were already locked secure
''Yes. / do-the locks were operated
from the bridge by the officer OF the
watch. I didn't see him lock the doors.
but Boxhal did | saw the doors oper-
ated at Belfast and they worked per-
fectly."
Senator Smith called attention TO Of
ficer Lightoller's testimony that a cap
sized colapsible boat had thirty-f1ve per-
sons on II.
'If that boat could keep ahoat thirty
five men when capsized wouldn't YOU
think the regular boats would hold six
tyr he asked
move
Ibid you see any bodies In the wa
ter?" he was asked.
mo, sir not at any time.
did you while lying on your oars see
any lights OF any kind aside from those
on the Carpathla and the other life
boats?"
"Yes. we saw light on the horizon
was it on the track of the Titanic?'
Yes, sir, but we did not follow II.
It might have been one OF our own
boats"
The witness said he did not see any
more signals on the Titanic. but there
were a dozen or more rockets fired.
| Senator Fletcher piled the witness with
questions intended TO establish the where
abouts OF the officers on the night OF the
disaster.
The testimony which had been given
! by other witnesses was sought again
! mainly TO establish its correctness.
! Ptman left the stand and on n chart
| OF the Titanic pointed out the positions
| Of the various boats.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
TITANIC GOING AT
TOP SPEED WHEN
SHE STRUCK ICE

WASHINGTON. April 23.-Resumlng
the inquiry into the Titanic disaster to-
day. members OF the senate inyestigat-
Ing committee We're convinced that the
hearing would require many days.
In the opinion Of Senator William Alden
Smith. the chairman and many OF his
colleagues. so much already has been
learned from the examination Of but a
few witnesses. that II is incumbent upon
them 10 get all possible information from
every person who can enlighten the com
mittce.
That the facts already disclosed points
out inadequacy in marine regulation, they
arc convinced that the whole story when
told, viii form the basis for new mari
time laws and lead TO international con
iersnces entirely revising ocean steam
ship transportation, they do not doubt
Information has come To the senate
that the authorities Of all the great
maritime nations Of tho world are watch
Ing the investiga ton closely.
on resumption OF the Investigation il was
announced that j. u. BoNhall fourth
officer Of the Titanic was I'M and could
not be heard further at this time. III. J.
Pitman third officer Of the ship then was
called 10 the stand
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Boats Not Filled

The major said there w,,
Some boats which left from - "a !
and he could not underp,a.WN WN
men were not taken or n
THE Carpathia steamed III
scene Of the wreck and u an,
single body" Tho ms,e " |,
seemed strange to me. as a
the lifcbelts would hayo -
bodies. dead or alive. for Tsa sa |
hours" '1s'
He said ne was certain ,h.,
have lived in the Icy wais- ~
m hour. %
Several who were an ~.
boat were rescued ana vS, v
feet In The water" he sald -
selves alive by clu;cbln~ .S
Their feet We're frozen -" No
Several senators asked n -
there was no general alarm ~ -.
er the collision might ssror.. Acc ~
failure Of many women 10 ..,..
decks in time for the gsSt gsS't
thought that probable. ''' :
Major Pcuchon told tho c.
thought that II tho looknu,s -
tanic had had glasses tho y.
have been saved from iba -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
At Top Speed.

The witness said he supposed the IL
tanic was going at top speed "nen II
crashed into the Iceberg.
Senator Fletcher asked II notice OF
iccbergs was put on the bulletin board III
the officers quarters.
Il think not" said Pltman.
IAN | remember is the indication OF
lcebergs placed on the chart oy ofneeF
Boxhall."
The witness said they had the exact
position OF the Iceberg at the time and
that It was some distance from the IT,
tanlc's course. The information, he said
came In a Nnrconigram from some
ship" .s,, l..
books were saVsd2'
None, sir We had something else 10
think about besides log books.
BY searching questions Senator Fletcher
brought out the fact that when the col
lIsion occurred the Titanic was going al
the greatest speed attained during the
trip even though the ship was entering
the Grand Banks and had been advised oi
the presence OF ice.
You say YOU were going at twenty y-one
and a half knots hour at the time al
the accident" inquired Senator Fletcher
Yes sir. Wa left Southampton under
about twenty and n half knots, which was
increased TO twenty-one and later Il
Then when the Titanic crashed into
the iceberg 81 was going at top speed?
inquired the senator.
~ suppose So sir
"Do YOU believe that II the Titanic had
had sea rchlights these might have re-
vesled the proximity OF the icebergs?'
II think So possibly" said Pltman.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Gave Ice Warning,

II sounded three bells and then tele-
phoned TO the bridge that there was an
iceberg ahead" replied Fleet.
He got prompt response 10 ms ring
he said, and the report was not delhycd
shortly after the incident he and LeiSh
were relieved.
WAS il Ave minutes or an hour before
the collision that you saw the Iceberg!
demanded Senator Smith In e%asperaton.
81 don't know, SIR" said the witness
obduratcly.
"I wish YOU would tell the committee
whether you apprehen9ed danger whom
| you sounded these signals.
IAN we have to do in the nest Is ring
the bell and II we think there Is danger
We telephone" said Fleet.
| Then YOU did think there was danger
| when sou rang the bell?'
| Il thought the berg was pretty ciose
but II didn't seem so large when I first
| saw It..
! How large them
About the size OF two big tables, But
| IL go larger as We went along and wher
we struck II IL was about hfty or sixty
| feet high above the water.
| after You gave the telephone sigma
was the ship stopped?'
mo, sir; she didn't stop until after W.
struck the iceberg but she started to e
to port after teephoned."
Where did the iceberg strike th'
| SHIN"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24

lfeboats and found they r.. ;,
tack and water. Aaa lsgs.
Did the women row n =,
Yes, and they wera we bo,,.
too, They worked with aP,uesS Il
me until she became II, ~,ll 0lsl
work and was forced n ~ ION uou d,
DO you know who se' ,
wereT' thoss
Major Pcuchen said Mr..
Acton lane, London; Mrs n n A ]
Los Angeles; Mrs. LncIen D wal,s
ington. w. Va, Mrs = snla
York; Mrs. Walter rossHYsrts
lis. and Mr.. and Mrs v,
Denver, were among o,h, u, 3,
many OF whom handled oaa IN q
Major Peucheu said tho a.,
slight that some Of tho III am1pia,
not awakened. lIo said' '.nels..
sounded. Two young WOO no dr
whose stateroom was clo1nsn.
Colonel John Jacob Asiose % 4,
ened by Mrs. Astor. Mo 7s,',
deck. o Iss 4
Did YOU see Mr.. Iym,v 4.
asked Senator Smith. Wsl
II think l did. He was ,,
port side on the boat dnGShc,,
hour after we struck az az "
again until he came aboS,sA bu As !,
| nathin '"t1 N
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Startling Admission.
At Titanic Inquiry

Third Officer Pittman said
the big ship was making more
than twenty-one knots an hour.
First Officer Murdock was
warned of the proximity Of ice
bergs by wireless.
Life.saving boat No. 5 did
not go back toward the sinking
ship, but rowed away.
The third officer admitted
his boat could have taken many
more passengers without diff
Guilty.
The man in the crows nest
had no night glasses to watch
for icebergs.
THANK you was the only
reply Lookout Fleet got when
he reported the big iceberg to
the bridge.
Titanic struck mass of ice
about twenty feet from bow on
the starboard side.
Several minutes elapsed after
reporting the sighting of the
iceberg before the collision.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24

struck asked one of the women for
brandy. Peuchen said he swore horribly
all tho time and was unutterably brutal
to the women. Asked why he did not
Interfere, Peuchen said
He was large powerful man.
could not reach him from where | was
without a struggle. l had had row
with him once I thought IL better not
TO talk 10 him"
Peuchen said that he was surprised
that there were so few men aboard to
man the boats. III they were there
they were not at their stations" he said.
| II had supposed that there would have
been q drill or something OF the kind,
but l saw none. / judge II was what Is
called scratch crew picked mp for
! this voyage and unfamiliar with the boat.
even II sufficient In number He said
that no general alarm was sounded 10
| his knovledQe
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Women Behaved Splendidly.

Pltman said the women behaved
"spendldly." and that all OF them wanted
to help in rowing to keep themselves
warm He said his boat was some dis
tance from the Titanic when she went
down.
How did she sink" asked Senator
Smith.
She settled by the head and then
suddenly she got on end and dived
right straight down.
Pitman was asked II he heard any cries
OF distress.
"Oh, yes
What"
Crying. shouting. moaning"
"In the water?"
Yes from the water"
When did you last see Captain
Smith?"
when I went TO the bridge and asked
him II | should fill No. boat with
women"
What did he say?"
Garry on"
Did you hear any eSplosions?'
Yes sir; four, They sounded Ike
big guns in the distance"
What were these explosions?
II think they were the bulkheadSg SIT.
when did the bulkheads brcak2'
THE explosions followed the dive OF
the ship almost Immediately"
''Do you believe the boilers explod ed
81 do not. and | was near enough 10
the ship TO know
Pitrnan said when the watertieht DOOR
lever OF the bridge was operated, those
on the bridge did not know really wheth-
er the doors were closed or not
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Passenger Tells Story.

Senator Smith called to the stand Ma
ior Arthur Peuchen OF Toronto. pas
senser on the Titanic. who was ordered
to man one OF the lifeboats by Second
Officer Lishtoller. Major Peuchen was
the first passenger to appear before the
committee All ten OF his friends with
whom he was travelling lost their lives in
the wreck.
The major told OF the trip and said:
There was no mention of fire and we
were all pleased with the trip until the
crash After II o'clock I went to my
stateroom. I scarcely was undressed
when I felt a shock, l thought merely
that large wave had struck the ship.
II put on my coat and went ND on
deck. | met friend who said We've
struck an Iceberg After few minutes
| went to other friends and said II wasn't
serious. Fifteen minutes later ] showed
Charles NJ. Hays. of the Grand Trunk
Pacific. the Ice Then I noticed the boat
was listing. | said to Mr.. Hays: She's
listing, she shouldn't do that
''He said: oh, ] don't know This
boat can't sink He had a good dea1
Of confidence and said No matter wha,
we have struck she's good for eight OF
| ten hOMrs..
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Lookout Gives Testimony.

Frederick Fleet who was the lookout
in the crows nest OF the Titanic THIS ait-
ernoon followed Fourth Officer PitInan
on tho stand. He was In the crows nest
at the time OF the collision:
WHO WAS on the bridge Sunday night
after you took your place In the crow
nest?"
Mr. Murdock and Mr.. Pitmon
WAS the captain on the BRIDGE
"T didn't see him.. "a
Fleet said he took his watch at 10
o'clock. sailor Leigh was with MN ~
the crows nest.
Fleet said the man he relieved told MIN
TO keep a sharp lookout FOR small ice.
Did you keep a sharp lookout'
Yes. SIR"
Did you see any lce2'
YES, at I bells Ul:30 p. m) re-
| ported a black mass ahead.
How long before the collision did you
| report ice ahead?"
| i've no idea
| about how lonS7
Il couldn't say A..
What did you do when you ga" ths
|
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Ismay Glowers at Peuchen.

All the time Peuchen was talking. Is
may. who had been placed where ne
could face tho witnesses. scowled or
glowered or sneered. But tho major con-
tinued TO tell his story patiently ana
without tremor. Only once did his
voice shake. That was when hc was de-
scrIbing the cries that went up at the
last.
Toward the last Of his testimony he
made a startling statement which may
account for the scarcity OF Srisly remind
ers Of the wreck. II any were visible
when the Mackay- Bennett went out on
her relief expedition
II WAS astonlshcd." he said. when in
the morning ! looked from the deck OF
bodies OF some OF my friends. 10 see great
qua ntitieE OF loose cork floating on the
water There were masses Of It
Here was food for the committee :
Mfe- -preseEvcrs. what kind of lue-pre
servers tho Titanic had viii now become
a subject of inquiry. II they were of a
Kind whose binders break and liberate
would have been cf little service 10 those
who entrusted their lives to them at the
asst desporats moment
Peuchcn testified. however. that even
hnd the llfc-preseryers been perfect. few
men could have lived In that frigid wa
er longer than an hour. Three of tho
men on the upturnsd emergency boat. he
said, huddl.d together for warmth. When
| lurch of tho boat caused them 10 lc,
| 20 all fcll overheard and slipped of into
| The ocean.
Hts discovery Of the ships barber poi,
| tmong the wrcckaEe convinced him that
there had been terrific explosion
caused. he thought. hy mass N aii
| -lshing up as the water forced itsel
| 5cl0w The barber shop was on &C
deck far below. and only an explosion
| could have forced ~ up.
| Il 4. 8. Franklin remained In attend
ance all day. together with the Whit
star line attorneys. Buri!ng game and Kir
In.
Senator Stone of Missouri occupied on
+ the seats In the room during the NJ
| ernoou as a spectator.
ThA inquiry viii begin at 1890 tomor
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Lookout Warned Bridge

Did you talk with F"4,. n.
who vas In your llicboa,g 49,.
tor Smith.
Yes. / asked him wha, No..
said he rang three bells ana 4
nailed 10 the bridge. He saH ~
get immediate answer from Is.
and heard attorwHrd that N. I,
ficor was not required to- -st,
The quartormaster asked ~,
lifeboa, n Inc knew who ~,
bridge when ne slEualed and =,
ne aid not
From what YOU obserYss n
proper discipline on Tho mar, 80
In loading The lifeHcais7"
"Thosc OF the crew that O.,
ing in lowering and ti!;.ns ;,
could not have been better. 6n, n
too few. | was surprised no, !, I,
sailors at their stations and +,
| prlsed that more people were n
the boats
The mon had no practice. u.
said, the men OF tho craV f,d ,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Danger Realized at Last.

Tho shock OF the collision was like
that or n great wave striking the YES
sci. But he knew that the night was
calm and went on deck to see what had
happened He found ice in quantities
about the forward deck. Later the list
Of the vessel disturbed him and then.
going 10 the boat deck for the first time,
be read in the Mortified faces OF the pas
sengers who had gathered there that the
ship was in grave danger.
| Peuchcns first effort was 10 round up
his friends. He succeeded In finding a
| few OF them. Most OF these afterwa rd
vent down with the vessel. Two women
| in the lfeboat told him that they were
aroused by Mrs. Astor whose state
| room was next To theirs. Had II not
been for her warning they would have
bean drou.usd
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-24
Knows Of No Fire,

WAS there rre in the coal hold Of the
Titanic after leaving Southampton"
That's the FIRST I've heard OF IT," said
Pitman.
'Do you know OF any reason why the
speed OF the Titanic was not reduced after
the warning OF ice?'
mo. but II Is not customary 10 reduce
speed"
''Do YOU know Of your own knowledge
Of orders being given 20 draw the fires
from the boilers?''
No sir
Pitnan said the ship reversed its en-
Cines Immediately after striking the icc-
berg and was brought to standstili She