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gtlje jemitfjfirlii Herald. Price One Dollar Per Year "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." Single Coplee Five Cent* VOL. 28. SMITHFIELD. X. C.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5, L909. NO. 36 MILLION TO FIOOT HOOKWORM PLAGUE ROCKEFELLER STARTS WAR ON STRANGE SOUTHERN DISEASE. Finances Movement to Investigate and Seek Cure for "Lazy Bug" Malady in Rural South?Says He Makes Gift in appreciation of the Many Kindnesses Shown Him While Visiting There?Commission Gets to Work on Proposed Plans. New York, Oct. 28.?John D. Rock efeller has given $1,000,000 for the eradication of the hook worm, the lazy man's bug of the South. His agents in the Standard Oil j Building in this city made the an nouncement today. The disbursement] of the money will rest with a com mittee of twelve, of which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is a member. The idea of going after the hook worm in a scientific manner present ed Itself to Mr. Rockefeller some months ago, and since then he has been making inquiries through his agents as to the possibility of fight ing it. A week ago Wednesday Frederick T. Gates, one of Mr. Rock efeller's agents, at 26 Broadway, sent telegrams to some of the men with whom Mr. Rockefeller had spoken on the subject of the hookworm, ask ing them to come to his office here and talk the hatter over. The summons was addressed to Dr. William B. Welch, professor of pathology in Johns Hopkins Univer sity, and president of the American Medical Association; Dr. Simon Flex ner, director of the Rockefeller in stitute for medical research; Dr. Charles W. Stiles, who is chief of the division of Zoology in the Unit ed States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, and the discoverer of the American species of hook worm and one of the first to appreci ate the prevalence of the disease; Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, president of the University of Virginia; Dr. David F. Houston, chancellor of Washing ion University, St. Louis; P. P. Clax ton, professor of education in the University of Tennessee; J. Y. Joy ner. State superintendent of educa tion in North Carolina and president Of the National Educational Associa tion; Walter H. Page, editor of the World's Work, and Dr. H. P. Dris-1 coll, principal of Hampton Institute. With the exception of Prof. Claxton and Mr. Joyner, these men met John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Frederick T. Gates, and Starr J. Murphy, repre senting Mr. Rockefeller, in this city last Tuesday morning. Mr. Rockefel ler himself stayed in Cleveland. This letter was read to them. Wants Full Investigation. "For many months my representa tives have been inquiring into the nature and prevalence of 'hookworm,' and considering plans for mitigating Its evils. I have delayed action in this matter only until the facts as to the extent of the disease could be verified and the effectiveness of Its cure and prevention demonstrat ed. "The wide distribution and serious effects of this malady, particularly in the rural districts of our South ern States, first pointed out by Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, of the Unit ed States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, have now been con firmed by independent observations of other distinguished investigators and physicians, as well as by educa tors and public men of the South. "Knowing your interest in all that pertains to the well-being of your fellowmen and your acquaintance with this subject, I have invited to a conference, in the hope that It may lead to the adoption of well-consider ed plans for a co-operative movement of the medical profession, public health officials, boards of trade, other agencies, for the cure and pre vention of this disease. If you deem It wise to undertake this commission I shall be glad to be permitted to work with you to that end and you may call upon me from time to time for such sums of money as may be needed during the next five years for carrying on an aggressive campaign, up to a total of $1,000,000." fb? {""""'ttf1 sp^nt most of the f.\ a ion and at the end of it dispatched a letter to Mr. Rock efeller, accepting his commission and agreeing to serve on the board, which they named "The Rockefeller Commission for the Eradication of the Hookworm Disease." Prof. Claxton and Mr. Joyner, the two members who were absent, had previously given their acquiescence 1 to the plan, and their names were J signed to the letter, along with those of the others. The commission will met again soon for organization and for the mapping out of the work which it has set out to do. The Coast Line's New Train. The additional train on the At lantic Coast Line, which the Observ er several days ago stated would soon be put on, it is now officially announced will begin its regular schedule on the 15th of this month. This train will run from New York to Florida, and will arrive in Fay etteville somewhere about 8 o'clock. Returning, the train will arrive here from Floriida somewhere about 7 o'clock. The schedule has not yet been pub lished. This train should be of great service to Fayetteville, as it gives us train service on the Atlantic Coast Line from the north in the morning, and returning late in the afternoon. This will give us three through trains from New York daily over the Atlantic Coast Line, in addition to the Florida Specials. ?Fayetteville Observer. A CONGRESSMAN DIES SUDDENL' Francis R. Lassiter Expires At Pe tersburg. Democratic Representa tive of the Fourth Virginia District Petersburg, Va., Oct. 31.?Repre sentative Francis R. Lassiter, o? the Fourth Virginia district, died sudden ly at his home here today, aged 43. Francis Rives Lassiter was born in Petersburg, Va., on February 18, 1866, and was a son of Dr. Daniel W. Lassiter. On his mother's side he was a nephew of Francis E. Rives, who represented the Fourth district in Congress before the war. lie graduated in 1886 at the Univer sity of Virginia with the degree of bachelor of law. In the spring of 1888 he was elected city attorney for Petersburg, and by successive re-elections he held the office until he resigned in 1893 to accept the office of United States district at torney for the Eastern district of Virginia, which was tendered him by President Cleveland. Mr. Lassiter was a lawyer of abili ty and a man of letters. He deliver ed many lectures on literary sub jects and much of his poetry was published in the magazines. He was appointed supervisor of census for 1900, but resigned the appointment when he was elected to Congress on April 19 of that year, to fill the un expired term of the late Sidney P. Epes. At the Democratic conven tion, held in Petersburg on March 29, 1900, to make the nomination for the unexpired term he was also nom inated for the full term, and was re elected to Congress by a majority of about 4,600, which is one of the largest majorities ever given a Dem ocratic candidate in the district. Rep resentative Lassiter was re-elected to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses. o Nine Persons Killed. nt. Johnsburry, Vt., Oct. 30.? Nine persons killed, two are dying and five others are in a serious con dition as the result of fire which was destroyed the citizens savings bank, the principle business block of St. Johnsburry early today. Two of the dead jumped from the burning building and were instantly killed. Seven others were burned to death an their bodies were taken from the ruins this morning. The fire started at 4 P. M. It had gained great headway when dis covered and the block was doomed. The loss will reach $125,000. Deaths Speed Depopulation. Paris, Oct. 29.?Vital statistics for the first six months of the present year show an excess of deaths over births in France of 28.205. In 1908 1' ?xcess ol deaths was 10,508. OLD DOMINION DEMOCRATIC. Judge Mann and All His Running Mates are Voted Into Office. For Governor, Incomplete Returns Show That Mann Will Have Approxi mate Plurality of 23,000 Votes. Richmond, Va., Nov. 3.?Returns received up to an euily hour this morning from seventeen >f iU nine teen cities and from eighty four of the 100 counties of the State, in dicate the election ->f Jud?9 William Hodges Mann to tho governorship by an approximate plura'.ty of 23,000 votes over Captain William lJatton Kent, the Republican nominee. With Judge Mann the entlra Democratic State ticket has been elected. Ap parently Colonel B. O. J ami-:, the candidate for Secretary of the Com monwealth, whose name had to be written or stamped on the ticket, has polled a vote falling only a few thousand short of that received by the head of the ticket. There was no noticeable scratch ing on either side of the political side of the fence. Minor candidates, as is usual in such elections ,fell behind the candidates for the govern orship, and in some sections Judge Mann ran behind his ticket, while in others Captain Kent received few er votes than his confreres, but on the whole the voting was uniform. From a number of the counties only majorities were reported, and from a few no reports at all were received, and for these reasons it is impos sible to make an estimate as to the total vote. Indications are, however, that considerably fewer votes were polled than in the gubernatorial con test of 1905, and fewer also -than in the presidential election of one year ago. GENERAL NEWS. Andreas Merdano, a Mexican, has died at Los Angeles, aged 109 years. Five of the seventy cotton mills at Lowell, Mass., and two at Law rence have started curtailment. The New York Criminal Court building, that cost $2,000,000, has been declared unsafe and closed. Charles R. Crane, recently recalled as Minister designate to China, is about to leave for a trip to Europe. Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., has received $50,000 by the will of John Wallace, of New York, toward a new gymnasium. American iron and steel manufac turers have been asked to bid on about half of the Turkish navy, which is to be sold as junk. The United Metals Selling Compa ny, selling agents of the Amalga mated Copper Company, has sold 30, 000,000 pounds of copper at about 13 cents a pound. Fearing that the auto in which she was riding at Chicago was to col lide with a taxicab, Mrs. Mary Blake ley jumped to the street and was killed by the taxicab Monday. The will of the late Senator Pat rick McCarren, of Brooklyn, devised all his property, worth about $50,000, to his mother. Two men were killed and two seri ously injured when the walls of a New York Central freight house col lapsed at Rochester, N. Y., Saturday. Charles W. Bennett, who died re cently at Binghamton, N. Y., left $200,000 to J. \V. Casey, of Denver, for rescuing him from drowning sev eral years ago. Engineer Oscar P. Leasing, in the wreck of whose train at Husted, Col., on August 14, 12 persons were kill ed, was tried at Colorado Springs on a charge of manslaughter and acquit ted last week. JOHNSTON COUNTY CLUB. The Boys at the State University From This County Organize. Chapel Hill, Oct. 29.?The John ston Club of the University of North Carolina held its first meeting of the year last Thursday night with a good attendance. The following officers were elected: President, G. T. Whitley, of Smith field. Vice-President, II. E. Austin, of Clayton. Secretary and Treasurer, J. P. Cordon, of Clayton. Johnston sends seventeen this year, sixteen of whom are members of the T * nty Club. JUDGE WILLIAM J. : GAYNOR MAYOR [TAMMANY SAVES THE MAYOR SHIR ONLY. Judge Gaynor Beats Bannard and Heart for Maayor of Greater New York, but the Republican Fusion ist Crowd Get the Other Fat Of fices. New York, Nov. 2. ?William J. Gaynor has been elected mayor of New York by a plurality approxi mating 70,000. Tb indications at midnight are that he will be alone in his own particular kind of political glory in the board of estimate and apportion ment. Hearst proved a factor in the race. In the next four years New York City will spend, approximately $ 1 000,000.000. That money will be under the direction and by the votes of a board made up of a Tammany mayor, a Republican and fusion pres ident of the board of aldermen, a Republican a-xi fusion comptroller, a Republican and fusion president of the borough of Manhattan, Republl . can and fusion presidents of the boroughs of Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens, and a Republican and fusi on pres:,*ent of the borough of Rich mond. ~ *?-- * iuuc aic niaitreil votes ill lilt: board of estimate and apportionment, of which the mayor has three, the president of the board of aldermen three, the comptroller three, and the presidents of the boroughs of Man hattan and Brooklyn two each. The presidents of the boroughs of the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond have one each. It will be seen, therefore, that the vast sum of money to be spent by the city In the next four years will not by any means be under the con trol of Tammany Hall. It was a bitter pill, ungilded, for Tammany to swallow?to lose the board of estimate and apportion ment. But with that gone, there were visions of the fees in the sher iff's office, bad Christie Sullivan got ten votes enough. But Christie ap pears to# have fallen outside the breastworks, and the Republican and fusion candidates. Shea, will admin ister the office of sheriff and appor tion the fees. Aside from taking care of the Sul livans by electing Christie, Tammany hoped to annex the district attorney's office when it put up a high class man and an able lawyer in George Gordon Battle 'o run against for mer Judge Charles S. Whitman, but even the protection of the district attorney's office seems to have been denied the Tammany aggregation. The midnight returns appear to indi cate that Whitman, a good lawyer, a good citizen, with a straight re cord, has beaten another good law yer and good citizen with a record j equally as straight. BOILER AT GIN EXPLODES. Lysander Parrish Killed and Others Injured at Gin of Charlie Creech Near Selma. Other News of In terest. Last Saturday, October 30th, Mr. L. D. Debnam, Treasurer of the Sel- I ma Road Fund, paid Mr. John H. 15. Tomlinson in full for work done by the Smithfield township convict force on the Smithfield and Selma road in Selma township. The road from Selma to Smithfield is now open and Is a fine road, being thirty feet wide all the way. Dr. Dickinson, of Wil son, who went to Four Oaks last week in his automobile, says the road was changed so that he hard ly knew where he was, and, with very little additional work on the road from Selma to Wilson would be a rood one for automobilists from Wilson to Smithfield, and when the road is put in order, the capitols of the two counties will be only two hours apart. The sa;l news came here last Thursday that Prof. Wlngate Under hill, the principal of the Wilming ton High school was dead, lie died that morning at the Hospital where be been operated on *t an tiual tumor which the surgeons said was caused by au attack of ty phoid fever of a few years ago. Prof. Underbill was the son of Mr. John A. Underbill, Sr., and was born a bout one and a half miles fcom Sel ma on January 4, 1872; was a gradu ate of the University of North Caro lina and a teacher of ability. About Christmas, 1906, he married Miss Florence May Edgerton, of Louis burg, N. C., who with one child sur vives. The bereaved have the heart felt sympathy of our people. Thursday about ten thirty o'clock the steam engine of Mr. Charlie Creech's cotton gin about five miles from Selina at the cross roads where Mrs. Brown and her little grand son were killed some twenty years ago, exploded almost instantly killing Mr. Eysander Parrish, a farmer and for mer saw mill man who was unloading a bale of seed cotton from his wagon. Mr. John \V. Urown who was talking to Mr. Parrish was not hurt. There was a large hole knocked in Par ish's back on the right, his left shoulder was almost torn off and broken in several places; his head was crushed and his face almost un recognizable. He died before any assistance could be given and with out regaining consciousness. Mr. Walter Standi, a son of Mr. John Henry Standi, had his lower jaw broken, right side of head cut and it is feared internal injuries. Mr. Haywood Ellis suffered a slight scalp wound. Mr. Dock Batton the fireman, or engineer was right badly scalded a bout the face, his arms and legs. The gin house was about 30 by 60. feet in size and the engine about 40 feet from the gin house The elevator for taking.up cotton was at the end of ginhouse farthest from engine and Mr. Parrish was there unloading his cotton when the boiler exploded. The boiler went through the gin house which fell in behind the flying boiler and fell on Mr. Parrish's wagon, the boiler and falling timber killing him. Mr. Standi was Injured by the fall ing timber. The dead man was tak en to his home about five miles from the gin, and the injured parties tak en to the residence of Mr. Thomas Brown about half a mile away where they received medical attention from Dr. Person. The largest stack of peavine hay it was ever my pleasure to see was at the Selma Lumber Company's plant. It was baled a few days ago and made 379 bales averaging eighty pounds to the bale, making a total of 30,320 pounds, all nice bright hay. Now, want that a nice stack? That was not half of the hay the Lum ber Co. made. The little 6 or 7 year old son of Mr. C. C. Tiner, who lives near Thanksgiving church, accidentally' shot himself with a borrowed pistol'' through the calf of his leg. It seems that he borrowed a pistol of a negro and went under the house to play with it when It went off. Miss Bertha Griffin returned from Clayton Tuesday after a visit to friends. Mrs. J. H. Griffin left Wednesday morning to visit her daughter in Wakefield. Miss Helen Newbold returned last Thursday from the marriage of a cousin at Washington, N. C. Miss Margaret Etheredgo entertain ed a number of her friends at a Hal loween party Monday evening. Opposite the Sclma Cotton Mills last Monday evening about 6:30 there was a head on collision between an east bound through freight and the shifting engine. Both engines were badly torn up, the shifting en gine worse. Selma. Nov. 3. 12 DIE IN MINE EXPLOSION. Three Men Escape from Shaft by Climbing Life Ladder*. Johnstown, Pa., Oct. 31.?Twelve men were killed in the Cambria Steel Company's roal mine, two miles from here, tonight as the result of what is supposed to have been a dyna mite explosion. All the dead were foreigners. Three men escaped with their lives by n perilous climb on life ladders through poisonous mine gas and falling slate up the steep walls of the main shaft. At the time of the explosion only fifteen work ernen, all track layers, were in the i mine. _ A TRAGEDY OF THE GRIDIRON. Army Cadet Eugene Byrne Dies of a Broken Neck Received in the Game Between West Point and Harvard. West Point, N. Y., October 31.? Cadet Eugene A. Byrne, of Buffalo, N. Y., a fourth-year man at the Unit ed States Military Academy, died in the cadet hospital at 6:35 o'clock this morning, a sacrifice to football. The Army is, accustomed to death, but not in this deplorable form, and this tragedy of the gridiron has brought grief to officers and cadets alike that the end of football at West Point and Annapolis is predict ed by many. Young Byrne expired as the sun was riding over the hills along the Hudson, with his grief-stricken fath er, John Byrne, a Civil War veteran ""*?? bedside. Brave as was the yu_?6 soldier, a fight against death, It was hopeless from the start. Buri ed beneath a mass of struggling) play ers In the Harvard-Army game yester day, his neck was twisted and brok en by the weight of the crushing pile above him, and he was picked up with every nerve of his body, ex cept those of his head and face help less to perform their function. Young Byrne was only 21 years old b was a veteran of the Army foot ball team and popular with his class mates and officers. He was acting as captain of the eleven yesterday and he gave his life, too early per haps, but as his father wished It, struggling on the field for the honor of the Army. Byrne was injured in a mass play on tackle, a play that Is common e nough in football and which had been used several times in the game previous 'o the accident. Byrne, standing valiantly as left tackle for the Army, was forced under the rush of Crimson players and on fall ing must have had his head twisted into a position where the weight of the men piling upon him was greater than the strong ligaments of the vertebral column at the back could stand. They snapped with the pres sure and the fatal lesion resulted. SELMA HALLOWEEN PARTY. A Delightful Evening With Miss Mar garet Ethridge. Selma, N. C., Nov. 2.?Last night Miss Margaret Etheridge entertained her friends with a hallowe'en party. The parlors and halls were grotes quely decorated with jaek-o'-Ianterns, and the guests on arriving were each received by a spook, and escorted into the drawing room, where they were seated, and afterwards visited by the ghosts. After the young men had each se lected the spook of his choice, the young ladies unmasked, and for the | rest of the evening were the partners of the gentlemen who had preferred them as spooks. The amusements of the evening [ consisted of a word writing contest: ; "Cats I have known," Miss Wart be 1 ing the prize winner, and "A march into the unknown," in which the guests were made to undergo a try ing ordeal of marching backwards, blindfolded, up improvised stairs, and through the most impossible places. The guests then had their fortunes told by Miss Newbold, some of the young men being informed that they were doomed to loneliness and a drea ry bachelorhood. The punch bowl was presided over by Miss Fitzgerald and Mr. Call. Up on request, several beautiful Instru mental solos were charmingly ren dered by Miss Ware. Later delicious refreshments were served to the guests.?News and Ob server. Death Takes Two Over 100. Chicago, Oct. 29.?Two women, whose ages aggregate 207 years, died today. Mrs. Amelia Mocklee, 104 yeaars old, ?'led of pneumonia, while Mrs. Antonio Spadzinskl, 103 years old died of senility. Joseph Spadzln sky, the surviving husband of the latter, waas 100 years old In July. Having no faith In banks, Peter Massion, a trolley car employe at Chicago, carried his savings In his pocket, a robber flrally getting froiu ^