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VOLUME 41 SMITHF1ELD, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922 NUMBER 63 TO COMBAT MALARIA IN EASTERN N. CARJ j State Will Use Tons of Qui-, nine—Work Begin in 20 Counties in 1923 Draining swamps, oiling stagnant waters and stocking lakes with mos- } quito-catehing minnows is too costly ! and too ineffective a means of con- : trolling malaria in eastern North j Carolina and next year the State Board of Health is planning to in vade twenty counties in that section of the State with ten tons of quin ine and let the mosquitoes do their worst. Five grains of quinine every day i for every man, woman and child in j the infected district, whether infect ed or not, and from ten to thirty grains for those who are infected will drive out the disease in two years, and raise the standard of health in that section from 30 to 35 per cent in the opinion of State Health Officer, W. S. Rankin. Plans for the work have been worked out on the basis of .experi ments made by the board covering a period of several years, under the direct supervision of Dr. H. A. Tay lor, of the International Health Board. No other means has proved effective, and cannot prove effective until every mosquito has been killed approximately 15,000 sq. miles. Drainage of that much territory, much of it under water for many months in the year, and the extermi nation of the mosquito would bank rupt the State government, in the opinion of health authorities. The only other means of control is in killing the last malarial infection, and let the mosquito live unmolested. The work, covering a five-year pe riod, will cost approximately $250,000. Uder the plans worked out by Dr. Rankin, a staff of medical offi cers will be sent into a county, and a careful examination will be made of every citizen in the county. Blood tests will be made to determine if there is any malarian infection. Edu cational work will be undertaken to secure the co-operation of the entire citizenship. Infected people will be started off with thirty grains of quinine daily for three days, followed by ten grains daily for 56 days. Uninfected persons will be given five grains a day for 56 days to immunize them from infection. That treatment fol lowed ‘during the mosquito season, April to October, will immunize the entire population from malaria. Recurrence of malaria will be im probable in subsequent years. In time the entire population of the ma laria infested districts of the State will be immunized, and the problem of malarial control will no longer be numbered among the works of the State Board of Health. Dr. Ran kin is convinced that it is the only way in which the State can meet the situation. In preparing the campaign North Carolina has again taken the lead* in health work in America. Investi gations made here and in Arkansas have proved that quinine used in tensively is the only method by which infected areas can be cleaned up. Killing cut the mosquito is nuw admittedly able to reduce malaria by only ten per cent, while quinine has proved 99 ne • cent * ffective. Experiments made by Dr. Taylor covered a territory a mile wide and ■ some ten miles long, with a popula tion of 1,476, an active infection in 46 per cent, and a potential in fection of 90 per cent. Quinine treat ment has rendered the entire terri tory free from infection. Nothing has been done about he mosquito himself, and it is estimated that the entire property valuation of the ter ritory would not drain it effectively. Dr. r.e.’ kin will ask the Genera! Assembly ,n 1923 for an initial ap propriation of $25,000 with which to begin the work and an increased ap propriation mnual'y thereafter — News and ( serve’* FORTY GALLON WHISKEY STILL CAPTURED NEAR HERE A forty gallon copper still was captured Wednesday afternoon about three o’clock three miles east of Smithfield. Mr. J. D. Stephenson led the raid on the whiskey machine. GOLDEN WEED BRINGS GOOD PRICES SO FAR Lumberton and Fairmont Markets Report High Prices; Cooperative Warehouses Receive Weed. The Lumberton tobacco market sold at auction during the four sales days last week 169,450 pounds of to bacco for $32,834.01, an average of $19.31 the hundred for the entire sales. The average for the first four sales days on this market last year was $5.59, the average this year be ing almost four times as much as that of 1921. The amount of tobacco offered on the local auction market is expected to increase as the selling season ad vances. The fact that the tobacco growers are grading and tieing their tobacco before offering it for sale will no doubt result in slower marketing than under the old system of selling it “in the rough.”—Lumberton Robe sonian, Aug. 7. FAIRMONT, Aug. 5.—Fairmont sold tobacco this week at prices that were absolutely satisfactory to the farmers. Opening Tuesday with 54,848 pounds selling for the sum of $7,896.63, an average of $14.40, Wed nesday the market sold 44,222 pounds for $7,408.84, an average of $16.75. Thursday 80,113 pounds of the weed were sold for the sum of $16,894.24, average of $21.09. Friday the total number of pounds was 79,022, which sold for the sum of $14,842.76, av erage $18.78 The total for the four days was 258,205 pounds selling for the sum of $47,042.47, an average for the week of $18.22. The first four days sales last season brought the sum of $20,148.23, an average of $5.59. These being certified figures there can be no doubt as to the veracity of the statement as some have ex pressed regarding the reports from the markets after the opening sales. On Friday’s sale in one warehouse two farmers were heard to kick on the price they had been offered but were told that it was on account of the offerings not being tied and grad ed. They are working today on their tobacco, tieing and grading it, and will offer it on Monday’s sale. Just why the average this year is nearly four times that of last year for the first four days cannot be so readily explained, but some of the members' of the local Tobacco Grow ers Co-operative association ex press themselves as believing the advance due to the presence of the association.—H. V. Brown in Lum berton Robesonian. All the warehouses to be operated in the South Carolina belt by the Co operative Tobacco Marketing * asso ciation opened for receiving tobacco this morning. While very few farm ers had learned the date when the warehouses would open, quite a number of the members of the as sociation brought tobacco to the lo cal co-operative market today and were apparently pleased with the new method of handling their to bacco. The warehouses will be open for receiving tobacco on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week.—Lumberton Robesonian. FIRST SHIPMENT OF COAL FROM ENGLAND NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—The first large cargo—10,000 tons of foreign coal to reach New York as the re sult of importers’ efforts to stave off a fuel famine among public utilities corporations, was brought in today by the Italian steamer Cherea, from Barry, Wales. The public utility to whom the coal was consigned was reported to have been scratching the bottom of its supply bins when the ship arrived. From now on, however, a steady stream of British mined coal will arrive at this port, it was announc ed, eliminating the possibility of a fuel famine among transportation, light and power works, which have purchased most of the tonnage now en route to America. ARCHIE STEWART IS CAUGHT AT HIS HOME NEAR SELMA Archie Stewart who yvas arrested sometime ago and who ran away before giving bond, was recaptured early Wednesday morning by Sheriff W. J. Massey, Mr. J. D. Stephenson and Mr. Charles Johnson. He was found at his home on a Selma route. NUMBER TEACHERS WILL BE REDUCED Cut in Tax Rate Will Cause A Shortage of About 100 White Teachers With the County 3oard of Com missioners cutting the County School Tax Rate from 60c to 50 for 1922-23 at their meeting in Smithfield on August 7th, the County Board of Education announced a corresponding cut in the number of teachers in the county for the coming school year. With the one-sixth cut in the tax rate and a three million dollar shrink age in the valuation of property in the county the cut will amount to about one-fifth of the three hundred and three white teachers and of the 76 negro teachers, which are employed in the county in 1921-1922. The sal ary of the teachers being fixed by the State and the length of the school term being prescribed by the Consti tution, the only way to harmonize the cut in revenue being to cut' the number of teachers employed. The special chartered city schools will share that cut with the county schools while some of these schools may still employ the same number of teachers if they will pay for the ones cut off by the County out of their lo cal taxes. This will mean that in many in stances the two-teacher schools (of which there are forty-four in the county) will revert to one-teacher schools; and that the three-teacher schools (of which there are twenty one in the county) will become two teacher schools. The cut will apply to all of the schools alike*, and the County Board of Education will an nounce later which schools will have to give up teachers that were em ployed last year. In deciding which teachers are to be cut out the Board will attempt to withdraw those teachers that can be dispensed with. The various schools of the county had asked for, and were entitled to under the average attendance they made last year, 49 additional white teachers and 21 additional negro teachers. The withdrawing of about fifty of the teachers already employ ed in the white schools and about 15 of those already employed in the negro school will leave the school with a shortage of about 100 white teachers aad about 30 negro teachers. STRANGE NEWS ITEMS FROM THE DAILY PRESS WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Capi tal News Service).—A man in Lon don tried to hang himself. He was a poor hand at it, but he died just t if same. The doctor testified that there was -no sign of death by strangulation, so the Coroners duly brought in a verdict of “suicide by auto-suggestion,” the first of its kind on record. The theory is that the man believed he was hanging himself, because he had a handkerchief loop ed over a bed post and about his neck, and that the conviction that he was being strangled succeeded in killing him. It is not thought that killing one’s self by thinking one is dead will become popular! London also is responsible for the story of William Skinner, a sailor, who lost his life in the battle of Jut land. When his body was recovered the Usual brass identification disc was taken from his neck. On the reverse of it ,in words so fine they require a microscope for reading, is his will, leaving his all to his wife. This, the smallest and most unique will in the annals of law, has just been admitted to probate in the Lon don courts. The first aerial stowaway has safe ly made his flight. One Mike Stone, of Detroit, concealed himself in the mail compartment of the aeromarine eleven-passenger plane flying regu larly from Detroit to Cleveland, went to sleep, and woke up when the motors roared. He couldn’t make his presence known until the motors stopped, across the lake in Cleve land. Revival at Hopewell. A revival meeting will begin at Hopewell Free Will Baptist church on Friday night, August 18. The pastor Rev. H. R. Faircloth, will be assisted by Rev. J. Ruffin Coats. HEAVY RAINFALL HERE ON TUESDAY Wind and Rain Did Damage To Tobacco Belonging To Dr. N. T. Holland The rain storm accompanied by a £oo<! deal of wind which swept over this sction about noon Tuesday did quite a bit of damage in some places, both to crops and buildings. The worst path pf the storm seemed to be about two miles south of Smith field and towards the Sanders Chapel section, Dr. N. T. Holland being the biggest loser we have heard of, on hi farm known as the old Pou or Hastings place. The wind blew the top off a tobacco pack house in which was stored between 1(1 and 18 thousand pounds of tobacco, the hea vy downpour of rain damaging the tobacco to considerable extent. It has been necessary to put a good deal of the weed back into barns for drying out. Other damage done by the wind on this plantation was the blowing down of a barn which was full of tobacco being cured. Two-thirds of the tobacco however was saved from ruin. Two chimneys of the resi dence were demolished and twelve or fifteen apple trees in the orchard blown up by the roots. The corn crop on the place was considerably damaged a good deal of it being ! broken off. A screened porch which was used a- a dining-room in the house be longing to Mr. W. J. Gordon was de stroyed, a lot of the dishes being broken up. Further flown the road reports of trees being broken off and up-rooted have come to us. The rainfall was heavy especially be tween here and Four Oaks. I Extension Agents Demonstration. Extension agents working with farm women in 1921 gave 11,000 dem onstrations in home management and arrangement. Results from these demonstrations reported to the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture included 12,500 h^mes built or re modeled according to demonstration suggestions, 7,000 kitchens rearrang ed, 65,000 homes screened, and 5,000 water systems, 4,000 septic tanks, and 7,000 lighting systems installed. SWEDES TO SAIL TO DELEW A RE IN 1923. GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 17.— One of the most romantic adventures of the Swedes during the early 17th century—the foundation of the first Swedish colony in America, will be enacted next summer, if plans now under way in Gothenburg material ize. It is proposed to reproduce an eract, full-sized model of the “Kal mare Nyckel”—the “Key of Kalmar,” the vessel in which the first Swedish immigrants to the new world cross ed the Atlantic to Deleware in 1638, and to sail it to America. In order to add further interest to this event it is planned that the crew and passengers be made up of Amer ican descendants of the early Swedish settlers along the Deleware river and of the descendants of later im migrants. ^ Even the vessel itself is to be built by Swedish Americans, and the crew and passengers will be in early 17th century Swedish cos tumes. The new Kalmare Nyckel is to be sailed over the same course as taken by the original immigrant vessel which landed on the shores of the Deleware river more than a cen tury and a quarter before the Amer ican Revolution. It is thus proposed suitably to commemorate the coming of the Swedish immigrants to what is now tre state of Deleware, and to call attention to the advancement and good fortune of Swedish immigrants and their descendants in America. The project was suggested to the management of the Gothenburg Na tional exposition, which is now in preparation and which will be held next May to celebrate the 300th anni versary of the founding of Gothen burg by King Gustavus Adolphus.— Associated Press. There’s one consolation, anyway. If we have no coal next winter we won’t be bothered with the dust. WILL RECEIVE COTTON AT 120 POINTS IN N. C. So Distributed As To Accommodate The 27,000 Members of The N. C. Cotton Association. RALEIGH, Auj;. 8.—Cotton of the 27,000 members of the North Car olina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Association, will be received at about 120 points in the State, according to B. F. Brown, manager of the ware house department. These points are so distributed as to be of the great est accommodation to the members. Only in isolated instances will mem bers be called on to ship their cotton and in all such cases, freight charges will bo paid by the Association. Of the 120 receiving points, abou 70 will tie warehouses, and the re mainder will be shipping points se lected forthe convenience of mem bers living a considerable distance from a designated warehouse. A member may deliver his cotton at one of the designated warehouses on any business day. The warehouse manager will receive, weigh, tag, sample and store the cotton for the Association. He will give the mem ber a “participation receipt” with memorandum copy. The member keeps the copy as his evidence of de livery and may take the original to his bank, which will make him the advance payment in the amount au thorized by the directors. A member who does not live near a designated warehouse may de liver to the Cotton Association at an appointed shipping point. An agent of the Association will be at each shipping pont on certan days, at least one day in each week and more if necessary. He will receive, tag, sample and ship the cotton for the Association. He will give the mem ber of the Association the bill of lading with memorandum copy. The member keeps the copy as his evi dence of delivery, and he may take the original of the bill of lading to his bank, which will make him the authorized advance payment.. A member living a long distance 1 from a designated warehouse or I shipping point, may ship direct to I the nearest concentration warehouse. 1 He attaches a membership tag to each bale, made out with his name, address and membership number, and secures a bill of lading as evidence of delivery. He may take, if he wishes, the original bill of lading to his bank, which will make him the authorized payment. In the event a member of the Association does not secure a loan at once on his bill of lading, he should forward it promptly, by mail, to the Association. The list of warehouses and desig nated shipping points will be an nounced by Mr. Brown within the next few days. Not, Much Expense. i She—ou refuse to buy me a sin gle hat, and then you tell me that I while you were in tlie Congo you had i a harem of half a dozen wives. Oh! | la, la! How could you afford to pay ; for the clothes of all those women? i The Returne:1 Soldier—Oh, that i was easy^ When t^cy wished to dress ' up, they simply put rings in their noses.—Le Regiment (Paris). MR. N. F. SOUTHERLAND KICKED IN SIDE BY MULE Tuesday about twelve o’clock Mr. N. F. Southerland had quite a tragic accident happen to him at his home near Little Creek church. He had gone to his lot to feed the stock when one of the mules playing in the lot kicked him in his side. Think i ing that he was not seriously hurt, 1 he finished feeding and returned to the house before he realized that the injury was of any consequence. During the afternoon three doctors i were called to his aid. Wednesday he was brought to the Memorial hos pital here and is still in a serious , condition, suffering from internal in . juries. I DR. KILGO’S CONDITION VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED — I CHARLOTTE, N. C., Aug. 9.—The l condition of Bishop John C. Kilgo. 1 was reported this morning from the home as being practically unchanged, physicians indicating that he might possibly be growing weaker. He is still unconscious. REPUBLICANS MEET HERE IN CONVENTION Big Crowd Was In Town Yesterday to Nominate Republican Ticket Parker Bros., Raynor and Jones pulled off the R. publican County Convention here yesterday according to pre-arranged schedule. The city hall where the convention was held was well filled, but the sisters with the exception of six or eight stayed at home and let the men se lect the nominees. Mr. James Raynor, of Benson, was made permanent chairman of the convention, and Mr. M. L. Sten cil, of Benson, permanent secretary to assist Mr. W. P. Lee, of Benson, secretary to the county ' executive committee. The opening speech of the conven tion was made by Mr. W. P. Byrd of Lillington, after which the convention adopted a platform. This being dis posed of the nomination for the county officers took place as follows: Register of Deeds, Mr. Q. B. Hocutt, of Clayton. Auditor, Mr. Paul Boyett, of Oneal township. Solicitor of Recorder’s Court, J. I. Lee, of Princeton. Judge of the Recorder’s Court, Mr. Ezra Parker, of Benson. Sheriff, Mr. J. Prim Parker, of Smithfield. Clerk of the Court* Mr. Joel A. Johnson, Selma. Surveyor, Mr. N. T. Ryals, of Ben son. Coroner, Mr. E. A. Johnnon, Smith leld. County Commissioners, Messrs Joseph Strickland, of Oneals, G. T. Boyette, of Boon Hill, L. E. Barbour, of Elevation, S. H. Massey of Smith field, and Matthew Raynor, Benson. The only nomination which was contested warmly was that of audi tor, Mr. Boyette having as his op ponent, Mr. Julian Barbour, of Ele vation. The vote stood Barbour 78; Boyette, 139. Mr. Henry Massey, of Princeton, was nominated by acclamation for the senate. Messrs N. H. Lucas, of Benson and J. W. Jones, of Smith field were nominated as represen tatives in the house. After the nominations were over, the convention listened to a short address by Dr. Person, of Pikeville, nominee for the senate from Wayne county. Any candidate who did not have the stamp of approval of Hon. J. D. Parker could not successfully run the gauntlet of the convention. He nominated five of the candidates for the “slaughter” next November. After Mr. J. W. Jones was nomi nated for the “Legislatur” he took a lively hand in nominating the ticket. Senator Raynor was made Chair man but wouldn’t permit the conven tion to put him on the list for the slaughter. STATE TOPS LIST IN REVENUE ON TOBACCO WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—In a preliminary notice as to the Ameri can Tobacco industry for 1921 the Department of Commerce states that the leading county in the production of tobacco in North Carolina is Pitt county while on the basis of revenue collected on tobacco products Norto Carolina leads all the states of the union in the amount, this being $79,567,000 out of a total of $354,035, 000. New" York revenue collected in that state of $44,199,000, something above half the amount collected in North Carolina. A Snake Story. One of our readers on Benson Route Two writes us of a snake story. Mr. Bud Johnson who is 85 years of age and who lives by himself about four miles southeast .of Benson had been missing his eggs for several days. One night he decided to put a door knob in the nest and see what would happen. The next morning the door knob was gone. About three or four days afterwards, Mr. Johnson was straightening up in his shed when he found a snake about four and a half feet long. He killed the snake and cut the door knob out of him.