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THE COOT j UAe COURIER I Leads In Doth News and . Circulation. H: me COURIER j a Advertising columns J I i BBued Weekly, PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year VOL XXX1VI ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, Octobei 21, 1909. No. 44 "PR TO END PELLAGRA. HERBS OF AFRICA TO DO IT. Orcorde-Terry;from Africa Tells of Na tive Africau Cure That s i;nkd Dread of the Disease, and De created It Spread. "An intelligent, well educated Afri can by tue name of , Orcorde-Terry, now studying medicine a: Shaw University, in Raleigh, gives the following accouut of pellngra and its treatment by the natives of Africa: Pellagra has been known in Italy for a long time, and it was brought to Africa by Italian immigrant?, for before this the Africans did not have such a diteaae. The caravans pass ing through with Italiaus brought the germs, and it was some thirty years ago that the disease nrst be came known among us. From what I have learned of it I do not regard it as either i' fectious or con tagious, but think it is from germs, just as typhoid fever or malarial fever. The caravan trade from country to country in Africa evi dently spread the germs, and we bad pellagra to contend with, that disease in the African tongue heing known as 'egbesey.' As it develop ed there was of course study as to how to care it, and while tn physi cians, the scientists, had their meth ods, the natives, who are allowed to use native herbs and methods both among the whites and Africans, found remedies in native roots aud herbs, making such cures that no longer is pellagra dreaded in Africa. "Egbesey, or pellagr. , while show, ing its course on the skin is an un-der-skin disease, developed inside the system and showing in a scaly rising on the skin. Being generated within the system the signs are how ever various and irregular in differ ent people. There jomea with the disease an intermittent fever, a break ing down of the system, which weakens the sufferer, and a peculiar ly fetid breath. Thea comes the scaly formations on the skin, a breaking out abent the neck and face and the points, the disease JlhftP.ing.ittS.lf over the body in a scaly, itching form, the patient be coming anemic, and sometimes af fected with gout. After this, as a last stage, th.re may come frequent vonrting and insanity. - "At first then.- was much of the disease, bat as remedies were discov ered it was checked and has wonder fully decreased. I have heard of the use of corn bread being assigned as the cause of pellngra, and while I to not say it car. not come from com bread, yet in Africa where they have this disease ttey do not eat coin bread. Yet in this country where tne system or manner of preparing or curing corn is so very bad it may have some effect. We raise corn iu Africa, but we do not use it or pre pare it as is done in America. From it we make a kind of blano mange which is used just as the regular blano mange and is a gooi thing for the sick. After the corn is gathered it is heated to a temper ature of 200 degrees Farenheit, this heating so as to remove the moisture being made on a scaffold. This scaffold is built w tb four upright poets, and upon theie pos s is made a kind of lattice work. Under this lattice work is the fire and on the lattice frame the corn is placed being d ied out by the heat beneath. This drives out all germs aud the corn is fit to use for making llanj mange, there being no chance for to become musty or mouldy or to ger- mintue and become germbreeding ground. "Now, as to the treatment used in Africa. One is by the regular physiciaue, who use external and in ternal treatment, the reuiec'ies hav ing in them aistnie, eastern syrup, the external treatment being'witb an arsenical paste and chrysophauic acid, with a base of lanoline. A diet of malt extracts and mult nho- phites, with calcium and sodium is B8ed, while great care is taken in ng antiseptics for the faces and 'Poinm. The native treatment is V etu8 of a remedy made from six and l-',e root8 ot 8ome beinK n8etl while the physicians with scien "no methods cure about 65 per wntof the patients, the natives cure aim!" Kreater P" cent with the ir,Z ftdv 1,84,(1 "ternally a'nd U DaU 0ftbe gjx herbn8ed tain. LbUlDed from themoun Hriii crb8 beiK dneJ and Pl Qri,"ri extern,l u nd an in preprri ,for 1,,tnl use. The ePwt,onforu-ri!tt! wain known to Us as ''Shea-butter' the pulver. lzed herbs being made into a past" with various oils. The liquid and the powder being mixed with milk for internal use. It is a simple preparation and except for the cost of lmKrtation is not expensive. "Of course you do not expect me to give you the names of the herbs we use in Africa, for thtt would be giving away my own knowledge. While I will not give this informs, tion, vet when I get the herbs I have sent for, I will prepare some and have the medicine exhibited and tested". I will be wdling to have the medicine given under my direc tion so as to demonstrate its value, and if it is found to succeed, then to have the preparation made and put on the market so as to relieve suffering and save lives. Since I have been in North Carolina I have bud a small package of the herb? sent me, anu of the preparation 1 made 1 have a very little now left I have sent to Africa for more herbs, but I do not knon when they will arrive, as this is the rainy sea son in the mountains, nnc this rain is too heavy to get people to go into the mountains to dig for the roots and get the tops. In Africa the native preparation from the her bo has been tbe means of greatly de creasing the disease and thus saving lives, aim it should do the Sam- thing iu America. I hope, there, fore, that I may be the mean3 of showing to the people of this country the value of the African cure for pellagra. COTTON MILLS TO CURTAIL PRODUCTION. Over Production and ' Price of Cotton Tbe Caute Twenty Million Spin, dleft Affected. At a meetin of the go vernoi s of the American Ott n Manufacturers As sociation, recently held in Charlotte, it was decided to hold- the next meet ing of t he Association at tbtt'olae,. It was also decided 'to 'curtail pro duction aud articles were drawn to that effect to be effective if sixty per cent or tne members signed. I wen t'y million spind es are in frhe Asso ciation, War on Tubercoloiia Begins. 1 he Auti Tuberculosis Society, ot isortn Carolina, is making a tour of the State, lecturing on tuberculo sis, its rapid increase, causes anj means of prevention. The society commeuced its tour at Fiyetteville on Ian Friday night. Following was the program: "The Germ Theory Its Conquest anu rossibinties, Dr. W. a. Kan kin, secretary State Board of Health; "Ihe freveDtion of Tuberculosis,' Dr. C. A. Julian, of Thomasville, secretary of the State Tuberculosis Society of North Carolina; "Trans mission of Disease by Flies," Dr. D. A. Stanton, of High Point, sec retary of the State Medical Society. The lectures were illustrated by stereopticon views and exhibits. They were of a very high order aud calculated to do much good. Commander Pear Statement. Commander Peary recently made public his statement as to the Norn Pole controversy and rests his case almost entirely on Eskimo testimony. He c'aims tbe Eskimos who, Cook alleges, accompanied him to the pole. deny this and practically all of Cook s other statements. There is very little in the Pearv statement outside of this Eskimo testimony. ur, uook denies Jfeary's expose through Cook's Eskimos. " He says: ' The Eskimos were instructed to ke p Btill. Therefore they have not told tbe truth to Peary. I will bring them to civilization myself next year to make a statement." Son Kills father. Robt. L. Abernethy, a well known Gaston county farmer was shot and instantly killed by his son Reuben, luesuay morning. l'ne father "had it in" for the son because he was shielding his mother from tbe fathers cruel abuses. The old man entered the sick chamber of the sou and fired three shots at the boy but his aim was bad. The boy got out of bed and manured to get t be pistol away from his father and fired t he two remaining balls, both t iking ef fect. According t the evidence it is hardly pronable anything will be done with the son. Tbe Dispatch says Lexinztou has 600 white children eniolled in the graded school. COURIER REPRESENTATIVE'S TRAVELOGUE Meetings of National Editorial Association in Fine Arts Building on Exposition Grounds Banquet at New York State Building Trip to Bremerton Battleship in Dry Dock Day inTacoma, "The City ot uestiny" Big Saw Mill Handsome High School Point Defiance Park. On Tuesday morning the N. E. A. met in the auditorium of the Fine Arts building- on the Expo sition grounds Arrangements had been made with the Exposi tion people for the party to have entrance tickets and a book of tickets admitting each one to all attractions on "Pay Streak," which is the amusement part of the A- Y. P. Exposition. Morn ings were tiiven 'entirely to busi ness and afternoons and eve nings to pleasure. A larger 1 Fine Arts Building, Seattle Exposftifja'Meetings of N. E. A . " . . v Were Held in Auditorium, ; number than usual, especially of ladies, were present at all of the business meetings, and all agreed that this was the most interest ing as well as the most pleasant meeting in the history of the or ganization. In the afternoon we saw the Exposition, about which I am going to write next week In the evenmg a banquet was given at the New York building, where the officials of the Expo sition greeted the party and told of the merits of the fair "the only one which opened on time." Just as the speech-making closed members of the Seattle Pi ess Club came in dressed as police men and captured the officers of the N. E. A. and Exposition of ficials and started up Pay Streak The party went at wi'l to the va rious places and finally went back to the city- Between the business meetings, and entertain ment we spent a most strenuous week. VUtt to Bremerton' Nevr Yard Bat. tlethlp Pennsylvania. A short trip from the Colman Dock across the Sound brought us to Bremerton, where is loca ted Puget Sound Navy Yard, which has the only Government dry dock on the Pacific coast The battleship Pennsylvania was in dry dock being repaired, and we- were permitted to go all through ; it is well equipped; it has every convenience a wire- Jess telegraph station, printing omce, from which a weekly pa per ifi sent out to persons on boat, giving the latest 'news ; a laundry, ice plant, etc. The head officer showed us a hand some silver service, which the legislature of Pennsylvania had presented to the shiD at the time she was christened He alsa showed us through private apart ments of officers in which "they lived and moved and had their being" in times of war and peace Pictures of home folks adorned the walls and fancy things made the small rooms look quite home like. The vessel was to sail for China the following day and the soldier boys were looking for ward with pleasure to the trip--each boy was at his post of duty. It was interesting to hear them enquiring if there were people in our party from such and such a state- Many of them found peo ple from their home towns- Sev eral battleships were there at Bremerton to be overhauled after the cruise around the world. The new Rattleshin " NehrasVn " which is one of the largest in the American Wavy, was built here. It . ras launched October 7th, 19041, and completed and accept ed by the government in 1908, Bjar(tr lu Convention Election of unoin Several business matters had been laid over until Thursday. the last day of the convention, so it was a tull day. A heated con test arose over the nresidenrv. which resulted in the election of A. Kevin Pomeroy.from Pennsyl vania, over Mr- J- P. Baumgart ner, of California, who was elect ed first vice president, and in all probability will be elected presi dent next year. Mr Pomeroy had come up the line of promotion from the third vice Dresident's place, and is well prepared to nil uie omce -be jiovv hoads A glimpse of the ExDosition (for we only' had glimpses f it during the meeting) m the after noon, a dinner party at tr e New York building and taking in ray &treak" at night, ound up the day which was followed by a Day In Tacoina, " The City of Dealtny Vine Harbor. ' On Friday morning the edito; nai party assembledd at the dock and boarded the Fiver for Ta coma, where we were scheduled to spend the entire day. Mem bers of the reception committee were on the boat, and as e came in sight of Tacoma told us through a megaphone of some of the wonders of the city and gave out badges with "Watch 'lacoma Grow," "You'll Like Tacoma, etc- We passed in by the large grain elevator which belongs to the Chicago, Milwau keeand St Paul Railroad, and saw great pier 3 belonrirg to dif ferent railroads Largest boats can como in. lacoma's harbor is of great natural depth and has no superior m the world, rank ing with the well known Hamp ton Roads at the mouth of the James and Elizabeth rivers There are vessels in port there every day loading lumber for the Orient, North and Scuth America and European ports. Lumber exports lead, with grain second Large Daw Mill lu Operation-Tide Flat Tacoma is situated on Puget Sound and its extensive water front is crowded with saw mills and shingle mills that give em ployment to thousands of men. We went in one mill and saw tre mendous kg9 (fir and spruce) six feet in diameter cut into planks, then dressed and made ready fcr use Une tree which was being sa wed was 275 years old (I think the age is reckoned by the bark r.f tree, but am not up on "tree age-ology ' ' and cannot posi tively tell ) The timber grows along the banks of the Sound and is felled and floated in on its waters. We were told of the McKinley tree; a fir, which was 365 years old and 365 feet high. r1 fL- Lu A . B;fi;":"- ereat rmmhpr nf lnroro trooa in the west bear names of some prominent person. Going into the city from the wharf on the eiecinc cars we passed tnrougn the t.iHa flat- untinn iiV.ih Vioo been filled in by washing down hills, hauling in rubbish, etc., and is now being used for build ings. un reacning the Chamber if Cpmmerce we found different H?ri.nlf-nrn1 nrnriimfa nn oirViiKi. tion and Oratta rvf Pnvallun roan- berries, grown in the famous I'u- ,roll.,-i .n-.. ...v:i- ; ;anujj vacicv, which were given the editorial nnrfv. PVlIrtMnT a luncheon we were taken over the city, stopping at The Handsome High School and Stadium, Which Dlae.es would do nrpdir. ro anv citv in the United States Tacoma has one of the hand somest High School buildings in the United States. It was built at a cost of $500,000. Tn con nection with this is now being built a stadium for athletic sports It is said that the character of a :itv is known bv its pdnonHonnl institutions, and Tacoma citizens claim they can abide by this de cision since they have 24 graded ded schools, two large colleges, a girls' school, and business colleges. Population of Tacoma. The m&ioritv of th neonla in Tacoma have cone from iha cen tral states- Some one said that a Minnesota societv wan recenr.lv organized there with K0O mem - tiers, and mere are nrnhahlv -a number of Minnesotians there Who did not loin the aocietir The Missouri Chib has 150 mem bers. Ihese hgures give an idea of how the people in the East and central statea have trnna "West to grow up with the country.- xne number or the Japanese in Tacoma. is quite large, wnue mere are very lew unmese ana negroes. The ne groes have their own churches and wnrohin at them o-enerollv but there is no drawing of the color line in church or secular affairs and there la no law against intermarriage of the aces, Paint Ueflanee Park. Our entertainment in Tacoma closed at Point Defiance Park where we were given a luncheon Instead of coming up the Sound on the boat with the party one of the young ladies who was chape roned by me managed to get an invitation lor herself and chaperone to come out in an au tonobile. The roads were fine. We had a fine trip, getting splen did views of Puget Sound and Mt- lacoma in the distance As I have said before one must think where she is, before calling the name of this mountain. In the park the primeval forests have been molested as little as possible, except in places occu pied by the hot houses, flower gardens and zoo. After the luncheon a souvenir spoon made of copper at the smelter in fa coma, which is the largest smelt er in the country.was giyen each lady, wnue tne men were given cigars. As this was the last place the whole party would perhaps be to gether, a handsome chest of sil ver was presented to Mr. W- H. Mayes, the retiring president- The trip back to Seattle, a run of thirty miles, was made in about two hours, the boat moving alone: at a 17-knot gait. Goodbyes were said on the boat to the persons who were not going to take the Alaska trip- The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition is too large and too good to be mixed in with the other things, so will come in a letter by itself next week. Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer. The Seaboard Air Line. The Sealoard Air Line has aboot adjusted its many tioancial troubles anu will soon be i est red hj the comtttoits owners. A ft meeting of t hp stockholders recently held in New York additional directors were elected and it is tow claimed the board is favorable to tbe election of John Skelt m Williams of Richmond as president, Mr. Williams was at one t ine president of the road but was ousted by Tbom.ts F. Ryan who is also a Virginian. - Don't forget Uranford Bros, when von want a good pair of shoes worth tie money. General News Items. Isaac Womble of Chatham County died of paralysis last week. The negi-oe3 will hold thcu an nual Fair at Raleigh October 25.30. Former Senator Lindsay, of Ken tucky, aged 72 years, died October 15th. Rev. J. L. Smith, a Baptist min ister, died in Chatham county last week. The Murbola Hobiery Mill is a new knitting mill incorporated at Burlington. J. T. Wade, aged 79 years, died at the home of his son, at East Bend, in Yadkin county, latt week. After suffering five years with asthma. Dr. Johu Butler died while sitting iu u chair, at Raleigh, last Friday. P. D. Pierce, formerly of Greens boro, but mors recently living in Wilmington, died at that Dlace re cently. The next annual meptinc of the State Association of County Com missioners win be at Charlotte the second Tuesday in August. Luther Sell was killed .t the Union Copper Mines, at Gold Hill, Uowan COUntV. last, Fridav. hv a. chain falling 300 feet. Carroll Smathers, of Canton, N. C accidentally fell from a fraiorht. train on the Murphy Branch, last rnuay, ana was run over and killed. Claude Barbee, of High Point, has opened an office in Greensboro where he is district manager of the Indiana and Ohio Live Stock Insur ance Company. J. 0. Waddy, a colored doctor of Greensboro, has been sent on to Su perior Court by the recorder of that place for writing whisky prescrip tions for himself. J. R. Giles, a patient at a sanito rium in Asheilie,gave his guard the slip and leapei under the wheels of a fifteen ton steam road machine and was crushed to death instantly. A. W. McAlisler, of Greensboro, wko recently had an operation for appendicitis at the Whitehead-Stokea Hospital, at Salisbury, is rapidly convalescing, the operation having been successful in every way. Married, in High Poi nt last week, Mr. L. C. Jones and Miss Addie Davip, Mr. Emmett Proctor and Miss Martha Brown, Mr. J. Baswell and Miss Anna Palton. Miss Louisa Cox, aged 91 years, died in Forsyth county last week. The deceased was a member of Hickory Ridge M. P. church which was organized in 1847. It is reported that the Southern, the Sea board Air Line and Alantic Coast line will enter Norfolk direct by a tunnel under the Elizabeth Wver and build a million dollar Union depot. .Bob Jones nd Will McMasters, of MoLtgouiery county, sentenced to fifteen aud twelve niimthj respec tively, at the Federal court, in rcreeusboro, latt week, heve been, tiken to the Federal prison at At lai.ta. r Storms destroyed some fifty or more lives near Memphis, Teun., 'adt week. Halves of counties wero laid in waste, towns destroyed and plantations greatly damaged. The Moria came without warning, going in a southeastwaidly direction. The doctors of Greensboro are ui iu arms uuinst the chief of police. of tht place who has been get ting after them for the fneand easy way t hey have been handing out whiokey prescriptions aud say the police ue underhund methods. Jim Day and John Gregory, two negroes, were recently couvicted in a recorder's court at Winston, and sentenced to six months on the roadg. Their counsel thiuking the punishment excessive appealed and the Snperior Court gave them IS months. The recent storm reports from Southern Floiida are to the effect that hundreds of railtoad construc tionists, thought to be deid in the storm, escaped to high ground and were saved. Five relief trains have been dispatched. there are no reports from the many fishermen on the lower keys. The property load at Key West will certainly be over two millions.