ft ?lji' Snutljfielii Hcralci. Price On. Doll.r P.r Y..r "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY ?NO OUR OOO." 8l?t? Cop|? F|v> c>n ' 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. \ yq"V / 1' * / am* ** , ^ . 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