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' VOL.28. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1909. NO. 30
DR. COOK HAILED AS WORLD'S
HERO.
Brooklyn in Uproar Over Explorer's
Arrival. Brings Data With Him.
Discoverer Says He Will Not Ar
gue About Peary Being the Sec
ond to Discover the North Pole.
Greatly Surprised at Attitude of
Man Whom He Has Long Consid
ered His Friend. Will Not say
Anything Against His Rival Un
til He is On Hand to Defend Him
self.
New York, Sept. 21.?Dr. Cook
etood on one of the balconies of the
Bushwick Club in Brooklyn tonight
with the flags and streamers that
swung from the gables of the build
ing to the boxed bay" trees on the
sidewalk flapping in his face and a
handful of friends and relatives a
round him as he looked down on the
crowd that eddied out across the
street, stretched a block in each di
rection along Bushwick avenutf, and
blocked the throat of Hart street.
When he came to the rail of the
balcony there was a blowing of! horns
and a banging of tinpans that sound
ed like an election night and a Coney
Island mardi gras rolled into one.
United Singers Serenade.'
Directly below him were the 500
members of the United Singers of
Brooklyn, who had come to serenade
him as the world's hero, and in and
around the clubhouse were jammed
bis neighbors and the other people
who had squirmed through the po
lice lines to welcome him home.
For a while after he had stood
there bowing and smiling?that smile
that seems to have become more a
matter of habit than a sign of pleas
ure?he opened his mouth to speak,
but the hubbub kept going with even
more vigor than before.
Then he smiled a real smile, as he
realized that it was a pretty hope
less task to try to talk to that
crowd. A second attempt was not
any more successful, but by the time
a third was made the efforts of the
club members, who were waving
their arms for silence and uttering
Bounds which were calculated to still
the noise of the enthusiastic, there
was an appreciable lull in the im
mediate vicinity of the clubhouse,
and Dr. Cook spoke as follows:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: I thank
you for the honor, the music, and
the welcome."
That was all there was to it, but
an oration could not have drawn out
a lustier response. The people that
bad stood there for from three to
six hours to catch a glimpse of this
man who says that he has stood on
the ninetieth parallel, set up a tu
mult that made their previous ef
forts sound like the whimpering of a
lot of children. That was the only
chance they got to see him except
the momentary flash as he was
whisked away in his automobile.
Went Back to Friends.
When the balcony scene was fin
ished Dr. Cook went back to the
room on the fourth floor of the club
house where he was having dinner
with his neighbors. When it was
over Dr. Cook read a speech, written
on the paper of the Oscar II. This
is what he said:
"You have shown me that it Is
good to go to the pole. In return
ing it was a delight to receive the
cheer of other nations. But there
Js no human ecstasy so great as
that which comes from the hearts of
one's own people. If I talked for
an hour I could not adequately ex
press a suitable appreciation of this
momentous welcome. To feel this
cordiality for one moment is to dis
pel all the discomforts of the arctic
quest."
A few minutes later Dr. Cook went
down to the big room of the club
bouse and stood at the angle of a
narrow ropedoff lane. Then the
United Singers were allowed to file
past him, but he refrained from shak
ing any hands except^ those of the '
most insistent. ?
At 10 o'clock he was whisked away
to the Waldorf in an automobile.
"In due time I shall reply to Mr. J
Peary," said Dr. Cook when the I
"gold brick" remark attributed to
Mr. Peary was repeated to him. "I
don't wish to say anything about Mr.
Peary until he is here to defend him
self. I shall only say that I cannot
understand his attitude. I have nev
er disputed his claim of being th?
Second Diaa to reach tha north po!?. I
MRS. MARRIMAN GETS ESTATE.
Will of Railway Wizard Leaves All
To His Widow. Property of Dead
Financier Variously Estimated at
From $50,000,000 to $500,000,000.
New York, Sept. 18.?Edward H.
j Harriman's will leaves everything to
| liis widow.
The document Is one of the brief
est on record for a large estate. Its
text, taking into account all its legal
verbiage is exactly ninety-nine words
long.
All the property, real and personal,
of every kind and nature, is given
to "Mary W. Harriman to be hers
absolutely and forever."
Mrs. Harriman is named as the
sole executrix. The will was dated
June 8, 1903.
I None of Mr. Harriman's business
associates would attempt an estimate
| of the value of the estate. Some of
j them said that they did not believe
j that Mr. Harriman himself had
| known.
Wall street variously estimates the
j Harriman estate at from $50,000,000
| to $500,000,000. One of the bulletin
services announces that it had the
very highest authority for saying that
Mr. Harriman's property was worth
between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000.
VETERAN RANCHER SPRY AT 97.
Former Ohioan Nears Century Mark
Without Ever Having Tasted
Medicine.
Spokane, Wa? Sept. 18.?Peter S.
Morrison, a rancher in the Big Horn
basin in Wyoming, who probably is
the oldest horse raiser in the United
States, has come to Spokane to pass
a few weeks with relatives.
Though ninety-seven years of age,
he does not appear to be more than
fifty. He has never taken medicine.
He has chewed tobacco eighty-three
years and smoked sixty-three years,
but says he quit smoking because it
made him nervous. He has cut his
allowance of chewing tobacco to 10
cents worth every six weeks.
Mr. Morrison does not wear glasses
and is possessed of ail his faculties.
He has raised a family of eight
children, the oldest of whom is sev
enty-two years of age and the young
est thirty-four. His wife died twen
ty-eight yeat^ ago. He went to the
Big Horn basin in Wyoming a year
ago with two nephews, with whom
he formed partnership In raising
horses.
The only explanation of his long
evity is that he takes" exercise ev
ery morning and, when possible,
takes a cold sponge bath every night.
We have been friends for years, and
so I see no reason for criticism by
either of us. I shall be ready to
reply to Peary when I hear him make
charges against me personally. I
think these matters will turn out sat
isfactorily to all concerned.
Has Notes and Data.
"I have my notes and data with
me," said Dr. Cook after the camera
brigade had charged upon him for a
few moments. "Also I want to say
that Pritchard, the cabin boy on
the Roosevelt, and Mr. Whitney are
not the only persons who have proof
of my Journey to the pole. Other
men on the Roosevelt have proof of
my assertions, but they dare not
talk until they've landed. They'll
talk then."
This was the longest of Dr. Cook's
oral statements.
It was thoroughly a neighborly wel
come from the Bushwick section of
the Borough of Brooklyn that greet
ed Dr. Frederick Cook, finder of
the north pole, when he came into
New York Harbor today. Although
tickets to the number of more than
2,tv?0 wore on sale so that he or
she ?!). vished might steam down
the bay greet the returning ex
plorer, ft.w comparatively availed
themselves of the opportunity.
Just 424 per ons boarded the Grand
Republic and Jailed down to quar
antine shortly before 8 o'clock this
morning to ar H Dr. Cook, and of
this number most one-fourth were
reporters and 'jwspaper photograph
ers. The res' o< the passengers were
with few exceptions, folks from the
Bushwlc\ se-tion of Brooklyn, with
a few Manhattanites In view.
The Bible chapters number 1,189,
of which 929 are the OH Testament
end "60 in the New.
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THE LATE JOHN A. JOHNSON.
JOHNSON WELCOMED TAFT.
Sick Governor Forgets pain to Wire
President Greetings to Minnesota.
Last Saurday morning Governor
John A. Johnson, of Minnesota,
though in a dying condition, sent
the following message of welcome to
President Taft:
"Hearty and sincere welcome to
the state of Minnesota. Greatly re
gret my illness prevents my pres
ence at your reception.
"JOHN A. JOHNSON."
President Taft replied to Gov.
Johnson's telegram, the answer hav
ing been transmitted by telephone.
President Taft's message said:
"My Dear Gov. Johnson: I am
greatly distressed to hear of your
seru ;is illness. I miss your smiling
and courteous personal greeting which
I have had every time I have come
to the state heretofore, and I thank
you from the bottom of my heart
for your message of welcome, sent
when you are on a bed of pain. I
fervently hope and pray that your
wonderful strength and fortitude will
make your recovery speedy. My
compliments and respects to Mrs.
Johnson, whose visit in Washington
I remember with much pleasure.
"WILLIAM H. TAFT."
Governor Johnson was on his death
bed, but his pride in the visit of the
Nation's chief executive to his belov
ed state caused the dying Governor
to forget his pain. How much better
would the nation be if there were
more men like the late Governor
Johnson.
CURED DISEASE BY WIRELESS.
Surgeon on Shore Prescribed for
Sick Man on Ship.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 19.?To be
cured by wireless is the latest dra
ma of real life written in the Navy
Department records by the Marine
Hospital Service. Captain Dean, of
the lightship off Nantucket shoals, is
the hero of the drama, and he owes
his life to surgeons at Newport.
Captain Dean became ill a couple
of weeks ago and the wireless opera
tor sent a message to a surgeon at
the naval hospital describing the
case fully and transmitting the state
of the sick man's pulse. The doctor
prescribed by wireless and kept on
the case dally until he received a
message from Captain Dean saying
he was well again.
Three prominent Republicans of
New Haven, Conn., have declined to
run for M?v>r, Riving as a reason
Ithat their wi ?*? are unwilling for
them to enier tbe rr.ce. The party
1 '.ei ders are now looking for a bache
lor t* hea'i '.he ticket.
DEATH OF REV. W. S. RONE.
Was Presiding Elder of Warrenton
District?Died at Richmond.
Littleton, Sept. 20.?Rev. \V". S.
Rone, presiding elder of this, the
Warrenton district, aged about 63
years, died at Willis and Johnson'v
Sanitarium. Richmond, yesterday af
ternoon, following an operation from
which he had been In a precarious
condition for more than a week. His
death will shock his many friends who
were unaware of his being sick.
He is the last of his lamily and is
| only survived by two o? his graduat
ing class, Drs. J. T. Gibbs and L.
It. Nash, of Wofford College, whence
graduated nearly forty years ag<j
For thirty-five years he has been
preaching and in that time has filled
a number of prominent appointments
within the gift of the church, both
in station and district work. This
is the third member of the family
to die within the past year?one
daughter dying in Texas of tubercu-'
losis and another in Greensboro, N.
C., following an operation for appen
dicitis.
BISHOP SETH WARD DEAD.
Distinguished Methodist) Minister Die
in Far Away Tokio.
Toklo, July 20.?Bishop Seth Ward
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, died this afternoon. The bish
op arrived in Kobe last month on
his regular tour of inspection of the
Methodist missions of Japan and he
was taken ill shortly after his arrival.
Last week he was reported as gradu
ally sinking and the fatal termina
tion of his Illness was not unexpect
ed.
The bishop was 51 years old. He
served as assistant missionary secre
tary of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, from 1902 until 1906
and was elected bishop in the latter
year.
VERY REMARKABLE RECORD.
?
Chicago and Northwestern Carries
? 27,000,000 Passenger Without Kill
ing One.
Chicago, Sept. 20.?The Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad carried 27
000,000 passengers during the year
ending June 30, 1909, without a sin
gle life being lost, according to a
report issued by the road today. The
other roads which have thus far an
nounced a clear record of this kind
for a year include the Pennsylvania,
Burlington and Santa Fe.
A loaf of bread will keep much
longer if nipped in a covered stone
crock than in a tin ooz.
SEVERE STORM IN JACKSON
East Dome of Mississippi's New Cap
itol Building Crushed in and a
number of Upper Rooms Flooded
?Two Persons Killed by Falling
Walls and Hundreds of Buildings
Unroofed.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 21.?Two per
sons were killed here last night ai
a result of the storm which swept
portions of Mississippi yesterday.
Their death was caused by falling
walls. Hundreds of buildings were
unroofed in the city, fences carried
away and trees uprooted. The east
dome of the new Capitol building
was crushed in and a number of up
per rooms flooded.
The equinoctial hurricane swept
upward from the Mississippi coast
last night, carrying death and destruo
tion iu its wake, it is believed that
other lives have been lost and proper
ty damaged to the extent of several
million dollars. Wires are down in
all directions, and Jackson has been
almost entirely cut off from the out
side world since midnight. Train ser
vice is crippled, and no passenger
trains have reached this city over
the Illinois Central from the South
since Monday afternoon.
A. G. THORNTON DEAD.
Man Who Married Negro Woman in
This State by Military Au
thority.
Fayetteville, N. C., Sept. 17.?A.
O. Thornton a prominent and wealthy
Republican politician in Reconstruc
tion days, and who, by military au
thority, married Elsie Hargrove, a
colored woman, in 1866, and has
since lived as a member of that race,
died at his home here today. Thorn
ton's marriage is the only known
one between the races in North Car
olina which after being allowed by
military authorities of this district
was legalized by the constitutional
convention of 1868.
Thornton was 85 years old and is
survived by his widow and five chil
dren. He will be buried from the
leading negro church here.?News &
Observer.
(Mr. A. G. Thornton was born and
raised near Bentonsville and was for
several years a merchant of Smith
field. His stock was general mer
chandise but he sold mostly groceries
and liquors. We have been told
that the negro woman he married
kept house for him while he lived
here but they were not married un
til after he moved from here to
Fayetteville. ?Ed. Herald.)
NO SMOKING FOR 22 YEARS.
If Boy Consumes Cigarette, He Los
es Bequest of $25,000.
New York, Sept. 16.?If Grevel
Wilfred Edward Acker, of Atlantic
Highlands, N. J., smokes a cigarette
within the next twenty-two years he
forfeits his rights as residuary lega
tee to an estate now valued at $25,
000, and left to him by his grand
father, Wllhelm Henry Maximilian
Grevel. Counsel for the executors
filed the will for probate, and the
grandson, who is now three years old
will receive only $250 if he violates
its terms, which apply to him before
he is twenty-five years old.
The Pole an Issue.
Brownsville, Ky., Sept. 18.?So in
tense has become the feeling in
Edmonson county over the question
of whether Cook or Peary is entitl
ed to the credit for the north pole
discovery, that every candidate for
the county election is being asked
by voters whom he favors, and the
question promises to settle to a large
extent the success of the candidates.
So far it is believed the Cook ad
herents are in the lead.
Still In Good Health at 106.
Winchester, Va., Sept. 16.?Mrs.
Elizabeth Kearns, one of the oldest
women in West Virginia, ttday cele
brated her one hundred and sixth
birthday, surrounded by her children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren
at her home at Capon Bridge, Hamp
shire county. She was born in that
coanty.
Despite her age she is active men
tally and physically and in good
health.
. PELLAGRA CLAIMS TWO MORE.
- Alleghany County Man Dies In Greens
i boro Hospital and Forsyth Negro
Woman Has Critical Case of the
I Dread Disease.
Greensboro, Sept. 21.?A. G. Car
rieo, of Alleghany county, died Id
this city today of pellagra. Mr. Car
rlco was 56 years old. He came
here a week ago for treatment when
it was discovered that he had pella
gra. This is the fourth death at this
place from the disease.
Winston-Salem, Sept. 21.?The first
genuine case of pellagra that has ap
peared in Forsyth county was discov
ered here today. The victim is a
negro woman and is an inmate of the
county home. She has been examin
ed by several physicians and hei< con
' dition has been pronounced very crit
ical and all agree in the diagnosis of
pellagra. .
WRIGHT UP IN BERLIN FLIGHT.
Empress Sees American Go Up 765
Feet in His Aeroplane.
Berlin, Sept. 17.?Orville Wright,
flying In his aeroplane here today
in the presence of the Empress, Prin
cess Louise, Prince Adelbert, and
Prince August and a large party" from
the Court, broke the record for high
flight. He attained a height of 233
meters, (765 feet.) The best previ
ous record for height, 155 meters
(512 feet,) was made by Hubert La
tham.
Mr. Wright was in the air for fif
ty-three minutes, and one of those
who looked on was his sister, Miss
Katherine Wright. A strong wind
blowing part of the time made It
necessary for the aviator to execute
the most intricate manoevres so far
witnessed here. Mr. Wright made an
other flight of forty-seven minutes
and five seconds, with a passenger,
Capt. Englehardt.
Real Farming Results.
The progress in agriculture that
the people of North Carolina have
made in the last few years is a fit
subject for pride as well as rejoic
ing with every Tar Heel. The in
crease in the total of agricultural pro
ducts is by no means the chief pro
gress that has been made, but it is
the manner in which it has been
brought about?not in the cultivation
of more acres, but in the improve
ment of the land and in other judici
ous and intelligent manner of farm
ing, the kind which makes two acres
of corn grow to the stalk where be
fore there was only one; where each
cotton stalk produces many more* boll
than was done before; where a few
well-kept milch cows supply home
and the market with more and better
milk and butter than formerly did a
herd of scrubs; where cotton or to
bacco is not the only crop, but many
kinds of food products are produced.
This is the new style of farming
which is becoming the order of the
day in this State, and it is rapidly
increasing the prosperity of the far
mers and thereby adding wealth to
the Commonwealth. Never again
will intelligent farmers in this State
be content with a third or a half
bale of cotton or ten bushels of corn
to the acre. Already North Carolina
produces more cotton to the acre
than any other State except Missouri,
and with the advance being made iin
intensive farming it will soon be at
the top of the list. What is still
better than the increased yield per
acre is that while this is being done
the land is steadily enhancing in val
ue. These are the true conditions in
this State and they point to still
greater prosperity among the people.
?Charlotte Observer.
Dr. Zollicoffer at Clayton.,
Dr. D. B. Zollicoffer, of Weldon,
who is giving all his time to the
work of the Laymen's Movement of
the Methodist church, was In Ral
eigh yesterday. He was in Clay
ton Sunday. "They are a splendid
and a generous people," said Dr. Zol
licoffer, "and are alive and progres
sive in church work. On Sunday the
Methodist church promised to add
to their regular contribution for mis
sions one dollar for every member of
the church."?News and Observer.
Despite the advance of steam there
still are nearly 61.000 sailing I*
I in use In the world.