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VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMEER 4, 1910 Number 36
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jOHNSTCNE CLIMBS INTO SKY.
Mounts Higher than Ever Man Had
Been Before. New Record Set
At 9,714 Feet. In "Baby" Wright
Roadster He Soars Into Clouds,
Capturing Grand Altitude Prize?
Molsant Adds Another $2,000 to
Hi* Winnings.
Jitw York. October 31.?A "baby"
Wright roadster, with Ralph John
stone at the wheel, glided graceful
ly to earth in the twilight at the
close of the international aviation
meet Ht Belmont Park this evening.
With the barograph registering a new
world's r? ccrd for alittude. The little
machine of only 35 horsepower
iiad been P.714 feet, exceeding by
S28 feet the height attained In
France on October I by Henry Wyn
tr.alen, of Holland.
Moisant's winning of the $2,000
distance prize, offered by the Aero
Club of America, was the other big
fvent of tho day. He traveled ap
protimately eighty-seven and a half
miles in two hours. In landing, af
ter winning tho event, he smashed
liU propeller and broke a running
wheel, but escaped unscathed.
"Jt was as If in a pretty purple
haze up ihere," said Johnstone, after
he had finished his world record
flight, 'and, say, it was cold. I
had s couple of sweaters on, beside
ray rubber suit and face mask, but
t h an of tinioc T folt a e if froavlnv
'"Several times I lost complete
dlght of the earth, but when I shot
tlesr of the haze I could see away
down below buildings and residences
which looked like toy blocks. 1 have
been flying only since June, but it
sure was the most satisfactory trip
I ever took."
The Wright brothers were jubilant
at Johnstone's success. It was the
first time he had ever flown their
tiny roadster, and he had set a new
foark {or aviators of the world.
As the crowds about the judges'
*taud cheered and cheered the an
nouncement of Johnstone's wonder
ful atr feat, J. Armstrong Drexel
twooped down to earth. He had
been battling in the clouds with the
Wright pupil, but had attained "only
{,370 feet." Johnstone had easily
won the grand altitude event, with
Its $5,000 prize.
Newspaper* and the Schools.
In requiring Washington normal
school pupils and high school teach
ers to ascertain what is going on iu
the world to-day by reading the news
papers the educational authorities of
the District have adopted a sensible
plan.
.Ancient history undoubtedly has
Its place In the education of the
young, but its chief use in after life
(s as an index to present and future
events. Thus only can it be made
of practical value.
"I am sorry to say," declares P.
M. Hughes, assistant superintendent
of schools, "that our teachers do
not seem to have the faintest idea
u wiiai is going on in me woriu hi
tbe present time. The intelligent
leacher should keep pupils in touch
with events of importance. The work
In the debating societies this year
will be devoted mainly to live issues
to accomplish this result."
Tn illustrating past history by inci
dents of the present, much dry mat
ter can be vitalized in the minds of
the young. The future generation
cannot live In the past. It must be
kept informed of present-day happen
ings.
Newspapers are acknowledged to
be one of the greatest educational
mediums, if not actually the greatest,
of modern times. By reading them
teachers will be able to impart to
their teaching a greater force and
intelligence. The attitude of the
?cbool authorities in the matter is an
evidence of common sense.?Wash
ington Post.
The Cause of Malaria.
From 1650 until within recent years
people believed malaria was due to
tbe breathing of air laden with moist
ure and the odor of decaying vege
tation. As this kind of air is invar
iably associated with swamps, malar
la. for some time, has been recogniz
ed as a disease of low, marshy coun
tries. The word, malaria, is a com
bination of the two Italian words, mal
and aria, which mean bad air.
In the nineties of the last century
a party of Englishmen, people living
where malaria Is unknown, selected
the most malarious spot in the world,
the Roman Campagna. for an inter
esting experiment, the results of
which are absolutely incompatible
with the old idea regarding the cause
of the disease. In that malarious re
gion, where nearly everybody suffer
1 ed from the disease, these English
men had erected, within a few feet
of each other, two cheap cottages.
One, provided with double swinging
doors and closely screened, was mos
quito proof; the other, without
I screens, was perfectly open to the
1 mosquitoes. The party of English
men divided Into two groups, one
group inhabiting the mosquito-proof
house, the other group the unscreen
ed- house. Both groups were fed
from the same kitchen, drank from
the same well, and breathed the
same air. The group living In the
unscreened house all had malaria.
Sir Patrick Manson, an English ex
pert on malaria, had mosquitoes to
bite Italians suffering with malaria,
transferred these mosquitoes in cag
ss to England, where the hungry in
sects were permitted to bite Sir
Patrick'8 son and another man. With
in sixteen days, the time required
for malaria to develop after infection,
I both of these gentlemen, who had
! never been exposed to malaria, be
j came ill with the disease.
An Italian expert on malaria nam
j e^ Grassi discovered a form of the
1 disease peculiar to certain species of
j birds. By confining mosquitoes in
| cages with birds with this disease j
and afterwards transferring the mos
' quitoes to new cages with healtny
? birds, he could reproduce the dis
ease.
j Ross, another English authority,
with the aid of the microscope, trac
ed the malaria germ, sucked into
the insect's body in biting, into the
walls of the mosquito's stomach,
where it underwent a regular series
of changes. then"e to the salivary
glands of the insect, whence it was
ejected into the unfortunate next ,
' bi:ten.
All this evidence makes out a clear
case against the mosquito as the
eerier of malaria. If this is correct,
the detsruction of this insect "shouH
invariably be followed by the de
rease cr complete eradication of
malaria. This final evidence, the
conclusive evidence of actual results,
will be furnished in next week's ar
ticle.?North Carolina Board of
Health Bulletin.
I Republican Will Not Vote for Cooley.
The following letter explains it
self:
Spring Hope, N. C., Oct. 29th, 1910.
To the Republicans of the Fourth
Congressional District:
I am a Republican, but I caimot
conscientiously vote for Mr. R. A. P.
Cooley on the 8th of November for
| the following reasons:
I was at Spring Hope and heard '
Mr. Cooley denounce Republican prin
ciples. He seemed to think he was
speaking to a crowd of Democrats. I
, cannot vote for a man who abuses j
Heyublican principles when he is
talking to Democrats, and praises
Republican principles when he thinks
he is talking to Republicans.
1 cannot vote for Mr. Cooley be
cause I heard him state that he pre
vented the stock-law being put 011
any part of Nash County without
first taking a vote of the people. I
was surprised to hear him make
that statement, for I knew It was
not true. I have been put under the j
stock lafr by consent of Mr. Cooley
when he was In the State Senate;
and no vote was ever taken on that!
proposition. I cannot vote for a
man who misrepresents a fact in my
presence.
I will not vote for Mr. Cooley be
cause he says be is a stronger Dem
ocrat than his opponent, Mr. Pou.
If he is telling the truth of course no
Republican can vote for him. If be
is not telling the truth that of it
self is enough to prevent any self
respecting Republican from support
ing him.
More than this, I want to say that,
the leaders of the Republican party
can never expect to build up the
party organization by endorsing or
nominating sore-head Democrats.
These men left their own party be
cause they failed to get office. They
join the Republican party solely to
get office. They do not believe in
Republican principles and cannot be
safely trusted.
(Signed? BRITTON WOOD.
A BIG CROWD AT CLAYTON.
The Democratic Candidates Spoke
Yesterday at CHaytpn. A Demo
cratic Gain of 100 in that Town
ship Predicted.
Clayton. N. C.. Nov. 3.?The Demo
cratic candidates spoke here to-day
to an enthusiastic crowd estimated
a' 350 people. Messrs. Home, All
ted. Honeycutt, Stevens and \V. L.
Standi all made good speeches. Clay
ton township is in good shape and
will make a Democratic gain of 100
over two years ago. The party here
is enthusiastic and united and we
?ire looking for victory next Tues
day.
MODERN RURAL SCHOOLS.
For New System, Kentucky County
Is Asked to Vote $500,000 Bonds.
Washington, D. C., October 28.?
Looking beyond the political phases j
of the elections on Novmeber 8, the
Department of Agriculture officials
are awaiting the outcome of a vote
that a Kentucky county will cast on
a proposed $500,000 bond issue for a
modern system of rural schools. Jef
ferson county, one of the wealthiest
In the Blue Grass section, following
a movement of Its citizens and an
educational campaign by G. W. I
Knorr, a representative of the De
partment of Agriculture, purposes to
supplant the small district schools in
itc 4np{o<1{/>(lAn tirliVt ? /i/?npr?H.ln ?/>/!
chain of rural schools. This is the |
first time that such a plan has been !
made upon so large a scale, though
U has worked out in townships be
fore. Its success will be watched by
the country at large.
These schools, according to Act
ing Secretary of Agriculture Hays
and his assistants, are expected to
accomplish great results in the re
juvenation of country Iff a, will per
mit thorough instruction hi agrfrnl
ture and economics, and if adopted
on election day and proven feasible,
may be followed by similar work
elsewhere in the United States.
The county Is to be redistrlcted
if the bond issue Is voted, and pro
vision will be made for -transporting
at public expense all students who
do not live close to the schools.
Swift Justice.
There are comparatively few mur
ders in England. Human life there
has high value. The reason of the
wide 'ifference in this respect be
tween England and America, and
particularly between England and the
South, Is not difficult to define. The
trial of Dr. Hawley H. Crlppen, for
the murder of his wife, began Tues
day and ended Saturday, is illustra
tive.
In five days a case of internation
al Interest was concluded; after thir
ty minutes' deliberation the jury re
turned a verdict of 'guilty in the
first degree,' and a few minutes
thereafter the murderer was senten-j
ced to be hanged on November 15?
a little more than three weeks hence. (
It is explained that as there is a preju
dice in England against executing a
person convicted on purely circum
stantial evidence, the jury probably
suggested to the judge a life-sen
tence term and that recommenda
tion, if made, will go to the homo
secretary, who has Jurisdiction in
such matters. There was no motion
for a new trial.
Suppose the trial of Crippen had
been in this country. If In a big
city of the North, it would have drag
ged on for weeks. There would have
been endless and useless cross-exam
ination of witnesses?chiefly for the
advertisement of attorneys. There
would have been at least a week of
expert testimony to prove and dis
prove Crippen'8 insanity. And If
the Jury found the man guilty; there
would have been a new trial or oth
er barrier raised to punishment.
If tried in the South, the Jury
would have found Crippen not guilty,
or there would have been a mistrial.
A Juror would not 'believe' in cir
cumstantial evidence; or would be
on friendly terms with an uncle or
cousin of Ethel Le Neve, and if
Crippen were convicted It might go
hard with the girl. So he would
fight against Crippen's conviction'.
In England the law is mighty,
murderws are punished and, so, mur
ders are Infrequent. Here It is dif
ferent.?Columbia (S. C.) Stat?.
ENORMITY OF PANAMA'S GATES.
Mighty Portals That Are to Opsn
And Close on the World's Com
merce Being Built in Pittsburg By
a Small Army of Men?Will Tike
Three Years to Complete.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 30.?Mis
chievous boys dreaming tonight of
gates they will seize as Hallowe'en
trophies would not in the wildest
nightmares Imagine sueh enormous
gates as are being made In Pitts
burg for the Panama Canal. They ;
will be the largest in the world. Any j
one of the 92 of them, for there are I
to be 46 pairs In all. will be about
as high as a 6-story building, as
?wide (65 feet) as many city build- 1
dings are and 7 feet deep, or thick. .
The structural steel that will go to
make thsm will weigh 60.000 tons, or
more than 8- times as much as was
used to build the Eifel Tower in
Paris.
The mighty portals, designed to
admit a world's commerce from one
ocean to another, will cost $5,500.
000. The builders are the McCllntic
Marshall Steel Construction Com
pany, a half of whose Independent
plant here has been given over entire
ly to the gate contract. Of the
60,000 tons of steel required the
heaviest single pieces will weigh
about 18 tons.
The thousands of individual pieces,
numbered and fitted to go together
as children's blocks, will be shipped
by steamer via Baltimore and with
them will go over 400 skilled struct
ural-steel builders from Pittsburg to
set them up. The advance guard of
experts leaves here in December and
the first work will probably begin
early In 1911. It will take three
years to complete the Job.
TWINS GIVE A PARTY AT 87.
Brothers, Oldest Pair in New
England. Hope to Reach Century.
Boston. Oct. 31.?John and William
Caughey, of Waltham. the oldest
twins in New England, were 87 years
old to-day, and celebrated with a fam
ily Hallowe'en party this evening.
William Caughey is seen on the
streets every day. John Caughey has
been ill for the past two years, and
does not get out as much as his bro
ther.
The twins retain full use of all
their faculties, and bid fair to live
many more years. They were born
In Ireland. Everybody knows them
as Uncle John and Uncle William.
Uncle John has a wife, but no chil
dren. Uncle William has two sons.
DIES IN IMITATING FATHER.
Four-Year-Old Drinks Whiskey With
Fatal Result.
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 28.?Wednesday
night 4-year-old Andrew Budas saw his
father sitting at the table in the
kitchen of their home on Grand
street, drinking whiskey. Yesterday
morning the child was left alone in
the house for a time. lie strayea in
to the kitchen and saw on the table
the bottle and the glass he had seen
his father use the night before. Imi
tating his parent, the boy poured
out a big drink of the liquid and
gulped it down. Some time later
his mother heard him falling about
a room on the second floor, and, go
ing to him, discovered him reeling in
a drunken stupor, the whiskey bottle
still in his hands. In a few minutes
the child fell into a heavy sleep,
from which he had not awakened
this morning. A physician was sum
moned and he pronounced the child
lead.
Good Roads Referendum.
The referendum is coming increas
ingly into vogue. Quite a number of
States will vote next month both for
public officers and on some propos
ed meausree of public policy. In one
State, Louisiana, the people will cast
a vote either "for a tax for public |
roads" or "against a tax for public
roads.''
Without a special tax it seems that
: there will be no improved public
| roads, so 'hat It is fairly up to the
people of I.<oulsiana to decide whether
they will or will not have improved
roads.
I A tax Is always objectionable, and
the disposition of men is to oppose
(it. But mud roads are even more
odious. Those States which improve
their roads are going right ahead of
those who do not. The real estate
increases In value because mo?e can
be got out of it.
A mud road is itself a tax. It oblig
es the farmer to use more horses,
draw smaller loads, and lose more
time iu going to and from market. A
tax that will secure for the farmer
roads as usable in winter and spring
as in summer will enable horses to
Iraw double loads and that farmer
money and contribute to his prosper
ity. The payment of such a tax
ought to be made cheerfully, for it
is a good investment.?Philadelphia
Press.
Prof. Vermont Lectures at the
Clayton Graded School.
Clayton. Oct. 31.?On Friday night,
October 28, the people of Clayton
were delighted by the interesting talk
of Prof. Vermont, of the Turlington
Graded School of Smithfield. He was
introduced as having taught four
languages at our State University,
viz.: German, French, Italian and
Spanish and as being familiar with
as many more. However. Mr. Ver
mont gave his hearers neither a dis
sertation on philology nor a dis
course on the meaning of Greek and
Latin roots. But he gave a uniquely
interesting and delightfully lnstructlvo
lecture culled from his full experien
ces?those of a widely traveled and
cultured gentleman.
As if on the wings of the imagina
tion the lecturer with his hearers'
visited the home-scenes of the old
country, the palaces of its rulers, and
studied their mode of living. Next
they enjoyed the beauties of the
blue Italian sky, and climbed to
gether with many a joke the Alpine
Heights.
In the course of his remarks. Prof.
Vermont touched upon the school
system of the old country, and told
how each boy was trained for his
father's business. In contrast to this
system .our boys live In the land of
opportunity where each one has the
chance to climb.
To our citizens he said, "Your
schools and churches are your best
Investments. Your best citizen, not
inly feeds, clothes and shelters his
offspring?the Indian did that for
his years before our generation?but
your best citizen sees in addition
that his child's mind is trained to
meet the demands of the most pro
gressive age in the history of man
kind." He spoke of the higher rlch
js, intellectual and moral, in con
trast to material riches. His closing
thought was the value which Christ
placed upon the child: "Suffer little
children to come unto me for of
such Is the kingdom of heaven," and
"In as much as you do it unto one
af these little ones, you do it unto
me," is the Master's idea.
At the close of Mr. Vermont's lec
ture, Mr. G. T. Whitley thanked Mr.
Vermont in behalf of the audience
for his excellent speech and assured
him that he will be welcomed to Clay?
ton every time he chooses to visit
us.
HE SUES MAN HIS DOG BIT.
Animal Breaks Tooth on Wooden
Leg and Owner Wants Damages.
Patterson, N. J., Oct. 29.?Because
hla dog was injured when it attack
ed a man Monday, George Wiley has
started suit against Samuel C. Hab
bin, of this city.
Habbin is a collector, and called
at the home of Wiley. As he enter
ed the alleyway, Wiley's bulldog
started for him and sunk its teeth
in Habin's leg, which proved to be
artificial. Before the animal could
get Its teeth out of the wooden leg,
it broke a tooth and ran yelping
away.
Learning of the incident, Wiley
made an examination of the dog's
mouth and found that one of the
dog's teeth had been broken off. Its
fighting ability is handicapped by the
loss of the tooth, nad Wiley asks
damages of (100.
She May Have Been Right.
Mrs. Neighbors?They tell me your
son is on the college football eleven?
Mrs. Malaprop?Yes, indeed.
Mrs. Neighbors?Do you know
what position he plays?
Mrs. Malaprop?I ain't sure, but I
think he's one of the drawbacks.?
i Chicago News.
CONGRESSMAN POU TO SPEAK.
Will Address Citizens of Four Oaki
And Benson Tomorrow at Hours
Named.
Hon. Edward W. Pou will addreai
the people of Johnston County at
Four Oaks next Saturday, November
5th. promptly at two o'clock In the
afternoon Instead of 3:30 o'clock as
heretofore announced.
Mr. Pou, on the same afternoon,
will address the people of Benson at
3:30 o'clock immediately upon the ar
rival of the south bound train.
Z. I.. LEMAY.
Chairman Democratic Committee.
Interesting Statistics.
Dr. T. J. Wilson, registrar of the
University of North Carolina, has is
sued a statement, according to The
Tar Heel, showing the religious de
nominations represented at the Uni
versity.
Methodist 246, Baptist 186. Presby
terian 154, German Reformed 112,
Episcopalian 105, Lutheran 19, Chris
tian 17, Roman Catholic 13, Moravian
9, Hebrew 4, Disciples 2. Friends 1,
Adventists 1, Fnlversaiist 1,
As to the occupation in which the
parents of students are engaged, the
following statistics are given:
Farming 243, merchandising 138,
dentistry 13, law 64, medicine 57,
manufacturing 45, banking 11, tobac
co 4, salesmen and bookkeepers 15,
insurance 6. government service 9,
teaching 22. drugs 9. publishing 6.
fishing 5, mechanics 10, telegraphy 1,
tailoring 1, livery 1, architecture 11,
chemistry 1, police 1, lumber 16, bro
kers 5, railroading 23, ministry 30,
mining 4. stock raising 6, real estate
15, dairy 1, hotel 4, promoting 1.
Sixteen states of the Union outisde
of North Carolina, says The Tar
Heel, send a total of 55 students to
the univeristy this year, while Cuba
sends four and Japan 1.?Winston
Journal.
Prohibition Kansas Vs. Saloon-Cursed
Kentucky.
"Has Prohibition ruined Kansas?
What Is the matter with Kentucky?"
inquired the Ilaptlst World, copying
at length from an editorial in the
Loulsvlll^Post an array of compara
tive figures which we also quote and
commend to those who declare the
Prohibition Is hurtful to our material
interests. The Post says:
"So as to Kansas: it is ruined
Kansas and bleeding Kansas 'because
of prohibition.'
"But is Kansas ruined? Is Kansa#
bleeding? For a conclusive answer
read the summary of a paper by
Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, which
is published in another column of
the 1'Jvcning Post. This summary
deals with every aspect of modern
life, moral, physical, criminal, indus
trial, educational, and social.
"One statement staggers our be
lief: "The increase of taxable prop
erty has been at the rate of one hun
dred and twenty millions a year for
ten years.'
1 OAA
nivalis an uiuruor ui i ,-vv?
million In ten years, or twice the to
tal assessment In Kentucky.
"So we turned to the statistics to
find out the truth. Here it is for
the consideration of the State:
"The valuation of real property Is
$487,835,250 in Kentucky, and $1,573,*
048,790 in Kansas.
"The valuation of pergonal property
in Kentucky was $143,313,606, while
in Kansas it was $880,643,069. The
total assessed valuation In Kentucky
is $644,489,000, and In Kansas it is
$2,453,691,859.
"The tax rate per $1,000 is 90 cents
in Kansas; in Kentucky It is $5.00.
"These figures are from the World
Almanac for 1910.
"If prohibition has ruined Kansas,
what Is the matter with Kentucky?"
Read again these eloquent figures.
Pass this paragraph to your neigh
bor. And let no ear be given to the
baseless and utterly false statement
that "liquor helps business and pro
hibition destroys prosperity."?Ex.
Always Ahead.
"I was in hopes, when I married,
that I could give my wife everything
ste wanted."
"Well?"
"I dlden't think her yearning capa
city would be so much greater than
Herald.
my earning capacity."?Wa*hia*tou