Sljr Smitljfirlb 2<cral6. VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMEER 4, 1910 Number 36 - * * $1.00 per Year Education Good Roads Good Health Progress . 5 cen{s per Copy 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

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