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If f Ymt, In Adraoc. "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." VOL. XX. PLYMOUTH, N, 0.. FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1909. V r mm Dr. J. E. Wood Reads Paper At Ashevillc-Undis-. covered Causes-Same As Blind Staggers In Horses Different From Ptomaine Poison. r.jAsheville, Special. The 56th an tnitil. meeting of the North Carolina Medical .Association was convened here Tuesday. A most interesting paper was read and discussed by Dr. J. E. Wood, of Wilmington, on "A further report on the Pellegra problem." Dr. Wood has been giving his time up to a Btudy of this interesting disease in connection with Dr. R. H. Bellamy, of Wilmington, and while he has made several interesting discoveries, jnuch is yet unknown in regard to this disease, which he termed one of the most dangerous, next to tuber culosis, and the hook worm that the people of Eastern North Carolina and the South had to face He said he had found this disease widely pre valent in the eastern counties, par ticularly , in New Hanover county, and Wilmington. Dr. Wood has re ceived some aid from the United States JVIarine Hospital Corps, hut much that is at present known be longs to the work of North Carolina physicians. Dr. Woods reported that, While the idea is that Pellegra is connected with and due to the eating of corn and corn bread, he was not convinced that -it was due entirely to the use of either of these. The thought that GENERAL PROSPERITY PREVAILS IN THE SOUTHLAND The Baltimore Manufacturers' Becord gives a concise idea of the prevaling prosperity in the South as follows : "The financial condition of the South is excellent, and all indications are of the most favorable character. The crops , last year were good and the prospects for 1909 are exceeding ly encouraging. An exchange says "that taking seven of the principal Southern crops as a standard of comparison, it appears that the South gained nearly $100,000,000 in 2908 as contrasted with 1907, last .year's crops being worth so much more . than those of 1907. The value of the eorn crop rose from $405, 485,000 in 1907 to $547,054,000 in 1908, heat from $58,903,000 to $67 35,00Q, hay declined from $66,787, 000 to $60,649,000, tobacco declined from $55,353,000 to $55,256,561, oars increased from $25,922,000 to $33,- THE DUTY ON PRINT PAPER IS MATERIALLY RAISED Washington, Special. Just before adjournment Friday, the Senate adopted by a vote of 44 to 32, the amendment of the Senate committee on finance, fixing a duty of $4 a ton vn print paper, in place of the House aate of $2 a ton, but the other amend ments to the wood 'pulp and print paper schedules had not been -acted upon when the Senate adjourned at 7 o'clock. After this vote had been taken there was an effort to reach an agreement' upon a time for voting1 upon the various income and corpora tion tax propositions. Mr. Aldrch sought to obtain a gen eral agreement to postpone the furth er consideration of this question until after the disposal of the tariff sched ules, but Senators Bailey and Cum mins insisted upon coupling with the agreement an understanding that there should be taken a direct vote on the adoption of, an income tax amendment and no agreement was reached. Discussion ,of the tariff was con fined largely to the Democratic side THE IMPEACHMENT OF ALABAMA SHERIFF STANDS Montgomery, Ala., . Special. The Supreme Court Friday afternoon de nied the application of Frank Caza las, impeached sheriff of Mobile county, for a new trial, thus making Lis impeachment final. Cazalas was removed from afiice by the Supreme Court on the charge of gross neglect in allowing Richard Robertson, a negro, to be taken from the Mobile county jail and lynched. RUSSIAN VESSEL FIRES Stockholm, By Cable. Despatches received here from Helsingfors con firm the news that the British steam er Woodburn, of Newcastle, was fired upon by a vessel of the Russian squadron in Pitkipass bay, the rendezvous- of Emperor Nicholas and F,mperor William on Thursday. The first shot was a blank charge but this was followed a few seconds later by two shells. Portions of the shells penetrated the bulkheads and the boiled of the Woodburn. The en- MYSTERIOUS it was due, probably to a germ, but as yet he had been unable to discover the germ. He referred to the work of Teitzonia on the subject and some of the experiments that he had per formed in Germany, but was of the opinion that the disease in the South was of a much more malignant va riety than that in Europe. Dr. Wood leported that he had heated corn up to 90 degrees, centergrade, and yet had not been able to destroy the pel legra that was prevalent in the corn. He thought that it was just possible to find it in other products as well as corn. He referred to the fact that Dr. R. H. Bellamy, of Wil mington, and Dr. Powell, of Clem son College, are of the opinion that the so-called "blind staggers" that is found in horses is due to Pellegra. Dr. Wood reported that he does not believe that Pellegra is due to ptomaine poisoning, but to some germ which as yet has not been suc cessfully isolated. He reported that he is now carrying on cultures and hoped to report further on this mat ter. He said as yet he has been un able to find any successful treatment for the disease, many cases of which were fatal, but was now trying the arsenic method. ' Recently, said Dr. Wood, seventeen persons have died in his section from the disease. 976,000 Irish potatoes from $20, 529,000 to $23,563,000 and rye from $J ,129,000 to $1,154,000, the totals for the two years being $694,108,000 and $789,613,561, respectively. "It is stated by the Bame auth ority that the cotton crop, with its heed, is worth probably at least $700, 000,000 more, while the rice harvest is placed at $17,771,281, the suar cane yield -is appraised at $34,000, 000, making the grand aggregate for the 10 Southern crops not less than $1,542,000,000. This total must be increased by the poultry and dairy products, by garden truck and other agricultural crops, which, it is esti mated, add perhaps $700,000,000 to the wealth of the South. "With these facts and figures in view, it is assumed that the present year will be attended with much pros-p-ity, and that trade in the various Southern stats will be much larger than for some years past." of the chamber, and, while technical ly based upon the tariff, had more pertinent reference to the Democratic national platform. The imemdiate subject of debate was an interview with former Congressman John E. Lamb, of Indiana, in which that gen tleman was represented as criticising the Democratic Senators who had not cast their votes on some of the sched ules in accordance with the declara tions of the Denver platform. Among those who were referred to were Sen ators Daniel, of Virginia, and Sim mons, of North Carolina, and each made response to the criticism. During the course of his remarks, Senator Hughes took occasion to op pose the policy of attempting to im pose an income tax by the round about way of a constitutional amend ment. He declared his conviction thaf it 'Was now competent for Con gress to impose an income tax under its present authority and he pointed out that the former income tax law was not still on the statute books, as had been stated by the President, but that it has expired by its own limita tion nine years ago. In the original proceedings before the Supreme Court it was shown that, notwithstanding rumors were current that an attempt would be made to hnch Robertson on the night of the occurrence, the sheriff took no steps tfe protect the negro. The costs of the impediment pro ceedings, amounting to several thou sand dollars, were assessed against the sheriff. ON A BRITISH STEAMER fdneer of the steamer was wounded in the Jeg and was taken aboard the Russian cruiser Asia, where his wounds were dressed. The German imperial yacht Holien rollern, with Emperor William on board, joined the Russian squadron conveying Emperor Nicholas on board the imperial yacht Standart at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Em peror Nicholas immediately went on board the Hohenzollern and welcom ed Emperor William. All the ships present were dressed and manned. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Lire Items Covering Events of More - or Less Interest at Home and Abroad, Mrs. George Shea, in Seattle on May 30th, was robbed of $20,000, which she had hidden between the sheets of her bed. Recently $15,000 was returned to her in a letter sign ed, "by two thieves," who said they had used $5,000 in furnishing their home and have no use for the balance. John Odonnel, a New York police man, was bitten by a large dog last September. The dog proved to have rabies. Odonel became nervous but was restored, only to collapse for the third time last week and died through nervous fear of hydrophobia, of which there was no trace in his system. Erskine College, Greenwood, S.C, has conferred the honorary degree of L.L. D., on Mr. J. P. Caldwell, the peerless editor of tho Charlotte Ob server. Mrs. Grover Cleveland appeared in court in New York last Tuesday to testify that the famous letter pur porting to be from her honored hus band against Hon. W. J. Bryan, was a forgery. The court and court of ficers rose and bowed low as a mark of respect when she entered the court room. v E. H. ilarriman, the great Western railroad magnate, is now undertaking a line from Seattle to Panomac, which will ultimately extend through South America. A negro boy leper escaped from the leprosy almshouse and prison near Camden, N. J., last week and is giving the surrounding country much uneasiness while officers are search ing in vain for him. Bernard Moser in Philadelphia has been a chronic beggar and many con tributed of their small means in sympathy for him till recently he is found to have a bank deposit of $14, 335.83. Mrs. Howard Gould is suing in tho New York courts for a divorce and her husband is putting up witnesses that make her hide her face as they tell of her dissipations. - . A most unusual eclipse of the sun took place Thursday just about sun down, but clouds in the west de prived most people from seeing it. An elaborate display .was made at Dayton, ' Ohio, Thursday in honor of the Wright Brothers. Minature aero planes were perched on most of the high buildings. A cotton blossom is reported from South Carolina already this season. Five persons lost their lives and $100,000 damage to property was the result of rain and electric storms at Big Stone Gap, Va., last Saturday and Sunday. A decision by the Supreme court of Mississippi is to the effect that no beverage that has any per cent at all of alcohol can be legally sold in the State. One U. Sorenson, a blacksmith, of Berwin, Neb., constructed an aero plane which he expected would float gently down though it did not have the power to rise. He attached it to a balloon last Tuesday and went up 3,500 feet then cnt it loose. It per formed a number of summersaults as it went whizzing to the earth. Soren son landed in a sitting position with breath and senses gone but was soon restored, not much hurt. The machino was demolished. Eight alleged black hand leaders were arrested Saturday at Johns town, Pa. Mrs. Frances Hartley died in New York in April, leaving an estate of $1,000,000, which she distributed to relatives more or less remote, while leaving a $15 table only to her only daughter. There is no known cause for her freaky decision. A 200 ton boiler exploded in the gas and electric power plant at Den ver, Col., on last Tuesday, killing three men outright with a number of fatal injuries. Washington Notes. Members of the American Medical Association called on President Tai't Saturday and urged . more stringent pure food laws. President Taft on last Wednesday sent a message to Congress recom mending a 2 per cent tax on net earn ings of corporations and an amend ment to the constitution which will allow the national government to col lect a tax on incomes. Specifications were issued on Wed nesday for the Arkansas and the Wyoming which are to be bigger war vtsseli than are now afloat. President Taft estimates that a tax of 2 per cent on net earnings of cor porations will bring into the national treasury $25,000,000 annually. President Taft in his late message disparages an income tax on the ground that the Supreme court would hardly reverse itself and sanctions its constitutionality, but Mr. Bailey and other Democrats think they can frame sue ha bill as will run the gauntlet. Foreign Affairs. Alfonso M. Penna, president of Bi;azil, died last Monday. What is known as the sleeping sick ness has become epidemic in the Congo Free State in Africa, and much alarm is felt for the mission cries there. The people of Madrid watched all night for a white or red lantern on the Ministry of the Interior build ing, which is to indicate whether the Queen's expectency is to result ia a boy or a girl. Husband's Aim is Bad. Anniston, Ala., Special. A sensa tion was created here Sunday after noon when A. W. Falls, a prominent cotton factor, fired four shots from a revolver at R. Ripley, of Spartan burg, S. C, when he found the latter at his home in the company of Mrs. Falls. Although the shots were fired at close range, none took effect. Both Ripley and Falls were arrested and placed in jail, Falls later furnishing bond. Storm Sweeps Mississippi Coast. New Orleans, 'Special. Reports have reached here that a storm of considerable intensity swept the Mis sissippi coast Sunday. As a result the waters of the Gulf reached a height of from three to five feet sgainst the shore above the normal inflow of the tide. A number of small boats were beached and minor damage done to property along the shore. It is not thought that any vessels have been sunk or that loss of life has resulted. Plan a Blacfc Hand Roundup. - Toledo, O., Special. Letters found on an Italian, Ampredo Serro, ar rested here, have furnished the Fed eral authorities with the clue to the arrest of black hand leaders here. These letters are now being translat ed, and it is believed that their con tents will cause the arrest of several other Toledo Italians who are sus pected of being connected with the society that has put terror into thous ands of prosperous sons of Italy in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Seaboard Buys a Railroad. Cheraw, S. C, Special A. H. Page and son of this place, Monday trans ferred to the Seaboard Air Line Rail way the controlling interest in the Chesterfield & Lancaster Railroad. Company. The purchase price of the stock was not announced.. The Ches terfield & Lancaster - Railroad, which was built in 1901, is about 40 miles in length, running from Cheraw to Crowberg, about thirty miles from Charlotte, N. C. Baracas and Philatheas. Asheville, N. C, Special. The World-Wide Baraca and Philathea Movements, in annual convention here with 1,500 deelgates in atten dance, got down to business promptly Monday, made appointment of com mittees; listened to reports of secre taries and treasurers; considered the invitation of cities for the next an nual convention and, listened to able and eloquent papers and addresses of prominent speakers here for the gathering. Main Attack on Sugar Trust-Is On. New York, Special. The govern ment's main attack on the sugar trust began Monday wrhen the gov ernment attorneys and counsel for the trust and Receiver George H. Earle, of the Pennsylvania Sugar Re fining Company appeared before the Federal grand jury in proceedings brought against the trust for alleged violations of the Sheryian anti-trust law. in an endeavor to prove it crim inally culpable and have it penalized as such. ' ' SANITARY DOORMAT. "Sanitary doormat the latest thing," said a salesman in a surgical shop, "The shoes are the worst germ carriers there are. It we gather germs on our hands, millions of times more do cur shoes gather them. Now the Chinks and Japs do the right thing toy leaving their shoes outside, but, since we have no such) custom, wo ought to have Instead a 'sanitary mat on the front step. The mat is filled, you see, with germ killer. Every time you wipe your feet on It a gen eration of germs is destroyed, and you enter the house a walking pestil ence no longer." Csew Haven Regis- ter , COTTON REPORT ISSUED Government Publishes Results of Ex pert's Study Sea Island Cotton Acreage Has Not Changed Much Since 1900. Washington, Special. Daniel C. Roper, of the United States census bureau, has just prepared a compre hensive report on the cotton industry in the United States last year. In reference to the cutivation o sea island cotton this report says: The cultivation of sea island cotton in the United States at the present time, as shown by returns of ginneis, Is confined to 17 counties in Florida, 26 in Georgia, and 4 in South Caro lina, or a total of 47 counties. It is not grown, however, throughout the counties from which it is returned. The area given to this culture in 1899, as returned at the 1900 census, and which has probably not changed ma terially, was 317,445 acres, distribut ed as follows: Georgia, 170,756; Fiorida, 122,787; and South Carolina, 23,902. Experiments have been made in many other parts of these States, and in other States, to grow this cot ton, but so unsatisfactory have been the results that all efforts to grow it outside of certain well-defined areas in the States named have been aban doned. Farmers who grow sea island cotton in the interior secure new seed frequently from the coast regions in order to preserve its identity, as the fiber degenrates rapidly into that of upland cotton. The distribution of sea island cotton by counties for the last five years will be found in Table 15, and the localities producing it axe represented on Map 1, page 24. , The increased demand in recent years for superior staples is develop ing better varieties of upland cotton by seed selection and more careful 3ultivation. The United States de partment of agriculture has been and is now rendering very valuable ser vice in assisting the growers along these lines. The long staples grown chiefly in the portion of the Missis sippi Valley, which extends from Vicksburg to Memphis, a region about 57 miles wide and 200 miles long, are receiving more attention than hereto fore. The fiber of much of the cotton grown in this territory measures from one and one-fourth to one and seven-eighths inches in length, and the average yield is about one bale ' to the acre. The seeds of these fancy varieties have been plant ed in localities outside of this region the last two or three years with grati fying results, as the staple not 'in frequently commands a premium of from 5 to 10 cents a pound over mid dling upland. Unfortunately, few of the loaclities producing this cotton are supplied with the ginning facili ties best suited for the proper treat ment of the fiber; saw gins, which cut and break the fiber, are generally em ployed. In contrast with this prac tice attention is directed to the fact that the Egyptian and sea island cot tons are treated by roller gins, which contribute to regularity and unifor mity in the fiber. The increase of the imports of for eign cottons which come in competi tion with sea island and other su perior cottons grown in this country has aroused the American growers, as is evidenced by the fact that, when the Payne tariff bill was recently un der consideration, representatives cf the growers of sea island cotton and of the best varieties produced in the Mississippi Valley petitioned Cong ress for the speedy enactment of an amendment to the tariff laws, by which an import duty of not less than 40 per cent would be imposed on the market valuation of all foreign grown cotton imported into America, which can be used as a substitute or compe titor by American mills against simi lar grades raised in this country. It may be stated in this connection that the importation of foreign cotton for the year ending August 31, 1908, amounted to 143,490 bales of 500 pounds each, of which 122,170 were imported direct from Egypt; the pro duction of sea island cotton in 1903 was 93,858 bales, and that of the su perior varieties grown in the Missis sippi Vallev lias been estimated at about 300,000 bales. The Gould Divorce Case. New York, Special. Sensation seekers and the curious who have at tended daily the sessions of Kather ine Clemmons Gould's suit for separ ation from her husband, Howard Gould, were sadly disappointed at the resumption of the hearing before Justice Dowling in the Supreme Court Monday when it was announced that the defense had rested and that Howard Gould would not take the stand. It had been expected that his direct testimony and his cross-examination by Clarence J. Shearn, coun sel for ths plaintiff, would take two full days. CARS RUN TOGETfe ij . r i u.. ri..-.u dience to Orders. . TEN KILLED BY TROLLEY CLASH Big Suburban Electric Cars Coma Together Near South Bend, Ind., Killing Ten Persons Outright and Injuring Porty More or Less Se riously. South Bend, Ind., Special. Ten persons were killed and forty injured in a wreck on the Chicago, , Lake Shore & South Ben Railroad in Por ter county, Indiana, Sunday nighf two of the big electric cars collided headon. According to General Man ager H. U. Wallace, the wreck was due to a disobedience of orders by Motorman George A. Reed, of the, east-bound car, who was killed. Reed received instructions at Gary to wait at Wilson, a short distance west of Bailey town, the point at which the disaster occurred, for tho westbound car to pass. The impact cf the cars were so great they were reduced to a mass of wreckage. The dead are : 'George A. Reed, motorman, Michigan City, Ind., formerly of Villa Grove, 111.; Ray F. Merriman married, South Bend; Charles John son, Porter, Ind; Edward Gilbertson, Porter, Ind.; A. Barber, Mishawaka; F. T. Moore, residence unknown; William Leon, secretary of the Dow agiac Motor Works, Dowagiac, Mich.; F. A. Lake, president Dowa giac Motor Works, Dowagiae ; H. H. Hutson, Niles, Mich.; Charles Swan ton, Porter, Ind. The east bound car was going fifty miles and hour to make up lost time. When the crash occurred, the east bound car was telescoped and almost demolished. In this train were all of the killed and most of the injured, passengers on the westbound train es caping with bruises. The two cars were welded togeth er in a mass of debris. The cries for help caused a scene of confusion for many minutes. Soon, however, the cool-headed passengers brought order out of chaos, and while some con verted the home of E. R. Borg into a hospital and morgue, others rescued the injured. Car Wrecks Automobile. Anderson, S. C, Special. Jamea fl. Cobb, superintendent of the Bel ton Cotton Mills, is dead. Rev. D. D. Richardson, pastor of the Second Baptist church, of Belton, and the Gluck Mills Baptist church, of this city, is in a critical condition, in a hospital here, his wife is slightly in jured and Rev. E. A. McDowell, of Ninety-Six, field agent of The Bap tist Courier, is seriously hurt, as the result of a collision between an inter urban car of the Anderson Traction. Company, and an automobile, which, occurred at Breazeale's crossing, nine miles east of Anderson, shortly be fore noon Sunday. The dead and injured were occu pants of the automobile. The acci dent occurred at the foot of a smart grade as the car was coasting at the rate of about 15 miles an hour. The automobile party was sighted by those in charge of the car, Conductor C. P. Burriss and Motorman E. fcl. Sanders, and the usual signal given, there being plenty of time for thi machine to clear the crossing well in front of the car. When the front wheels of the automobile, however, had cleared the first rail of the track the engine seemed to come to a dead standstill and in a few seconds the car struck it. Kev. "Mr. Richardson's skull was fractured and his left leg and arms broken and he is yet unconscious. Rev. Mr. McDowell was removed from the scene of the accident to the Belton Hotel, where his injuries were dressed. He is suffering from a brok en shoulder and arm and while seri ously hurt his condition is not ser ious. He was removed to his home at Ninety-Six late in the afternoon ap parently resting well. Ohioan Shoots Neighbor and Wife and Tries Suicide. Stubenville, Ohio., Special. Meier Osman shot and killed Mike Demick, hot and seriously wounded his wife and then attempted to commit suicide Sunday. Osman quarreled with a neighbor over a cat and ran into hia house to obtain a shotgun with which to shoot him. In the room where Os man kept his gun he found Demick, a boarder caressing Mrs. Osman. Se curing his gun Osman shot and al most instantly killed Demick. Mrs. Osman was shot in the back. Osman then turned the gun upon himself fixed, but did not wound seriously.
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