FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." VOL. XX. PLYMOUTH, N, 0.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1909 Year, In Adyanc. Organization Formed to Study Its Mys terious Nature and Check Its Spreading Sweep. Columbia, Special.-The National .Association For the Study Mid Pre vention of Pellagra was formally or ganized Thursday at the conclusion of a two days' conference on pel lagra, attended by more than three hundred physicians, the first meeting of national scope held in this country for the study of this disease. Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent of the South Carolina State hospital for the insane, Columbia, was elected president of the association; Dr. Wil liam A. White, superintendent of the United States hospital for the in sane, Washington, D. C, vice presi dent,, and Dr. George A. Zeller, su perintendent of tie State hospital for the insane, Peoria, 111., seeretary tresurer. Later a vice president for each State interested in the move ment will be named. An official pellagra congress, to bo fceld under the auspices of the asso ciation, is scheduled for June, 1910, in Peoria, 111., which, city was chosen without a contest. The association, following the pre sentation of forty-odd addresses and papers' by men prominent in the med ical profession, covering a wide range of investigation of pellagra in the United States and loi-eign countries, -unanimously adopted the following resolution, presented by. Dr. J. ilow ell Way of the North Carolina Board of Health: Dr. Way's Resolution. "Resolved, That this conference recognizes the widespread existence of pellagra in the United States and urges upon the national government the necessity of bringing its powerful resources to bear upon the vital ques tions of its cause, prevention and con trol. ' . . PEARY ENDDRSED BY SCIENTISTS RECEIVES MEDAL. Washington, Special. For having leached the North Pole, Commander I Robert E. Peary was voted a gold medal by the National Geographic Society. The board of managers of the So ciety acepted unanimously the report of its substitute committee of scientists, who had examined the ex plorer's records and proofs, and found them to be conclusive of his claim that he had reached the Pole. Report of the Committee. "The substitute committee, to which was referred the task of ex amining the records of Commander Peary in evidence of his having reached the North Pole, , beg to re port they have completed their task. "Commander Peary has submitted to this substitute committee his original journal and records of ob servations, together with all of his instruments and apparatus and cer tain of the most important of the scientific results of bis expedition. These have been carefully examined by your substitute committee and they' are unanimously of the opinion that Commander Pearv reached the North Pole on April 0, 1909. "They also feel warranted in stating that the organization, plan ning and management of. the expe FARMSU.5, JUNKET TO DURHAM TOBACCO FACTORIES. Raleigh, Special. The national farmers' congress, now holding an au nual meeting here, was piloted to Durham to see the great tobacco fac tories of the American Tobacco Com pany and to Greensboro to inspect the cotton mills of the Cones. More than five hundred delegates, oming from almost every State in HOOKWORM GOES HAND - Columbia, Special. Pellagra and hookworms travel hand-in-han d in their death-dealing work. Where the pellagra is found, there also may be found the hookworm, in many cases, at least, boring his way to tiie vitals of the patient, and, un til the hookworm is routed, the suc cessful treatment of the coexistent pellagra ia useless to attempt. The b;:ttic against peil.ig.-a. therefore, in volves the training "f the artillery of the scientific world upon the hook worm. - This new development in the in "Resolved, That -while sound corn is in no way connected with pellagra, evidences of the relations between the use of spoiled corn and the pre valence of pellagra seem so apparent that we advise continued and syste matic study of tba subject, and, in the meantime, we commend to corn growers the great importance of fully maturing corn upon the stalk before cutting the same. "Resolved, That the work of this conference be brought to the atten tion of the various State and Terri torial boards of health and they sev erally be urged to specially investi gate the disease, particularly as re gards its prevalence, and that they also see that the proper inspection of corn products sold in the various States be had." In another resolution adopted, Dr. Babcock was recognized "as the father of the movement for the study and control of pellagra in America'." Disease Attacks All. One of themost interesting ad dresses of the conference was deli vered by Dr. Sara A. Castle of Merid ian, Miss., who made the somewhat startling statement that of the many case's of pellagra which she had treated since it was first recognized in Meridian, six of the patients were socially prominent in the city, and hve ot these died. It is not neeeS' sarily, a disease confined to the poor, according to a prevailing popular in pression, declared Dr. Castle. All of her patients were eaters of corn- bread and grita. She stated also that several of her hookworm pa tients subsequently developed pel lagra and died. . Dr. J. M. Buehanan of the State hospital, Meridian, Miss., addressed the conference 1 on the treatment of cases in that institution. A number of other addresses were delivered at the closing sessions. dition, its complete success and its scientific results reflect the greatest credit on the ability of Commander Robert E. Peary and render . him worthy of the highest honors that the National Geographic Society can be stow upon him. (Signed) "Henry Gannett, ' "C. M. Chester. "0. II. Tittman.." Resolutions. The resolutions adopted by the. So ciety were as follows: "Whereas, Commander Robert E. Peary has reached the North Polej the goal sought for centuries. "Whereas, this is the greatest geo graphical achievement that this So ciety can have opportunity to honor therefore, "Resolved, that a special medal be awarded to Commander Peary. "Resolved, that the question ol whether or not anyone reached the North Pole prior to 1909 be referred to the committee on research with in structions to recommend to the board of managers a substitute committee of experts who shall have authority to send for papers or to make such joumevs as may be necessary to in spect records and tlrat this action ol the Society be communicated at oncf to those who may have evidence ol importance." the Union, enjoyed the junket, which was made on a special" train. The visitors were delighted with the recep tion given them everywhere. Ambassador Bryce and Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agri culture at Washington, two of the most remarkable mho. of the age. were in the party and made shorf talks in both of the towns. IN - HAND WITH PELLAGRA. vestigation of pellagra was brought out Wednesday afternoon in an abl paper dealing with this disease pre pared by Dr. F. M. Sandwith, ot London, Gresham professor ir physics, which was read before th International Conference on PellagrE by Dr. tT. W. .Babcock, superinten dent of the South Carolina Hospital for the Insane, and the prime movei in the organization of the meeting One hundred and fifty prominen? physicians' and scientists from al sections of the United States are ir attendance. COTTON CROn 0,000,000 President of National Ginners, Asso ciation Says Most Southern States' Product Will be Much Less Than in Past Years. Memphis, Tenn., Special. J. A. Taylor, president of the National Ginners' association, Friday issued the following bulletin: . "Complete returns indicate a max imum crop of 9,780,000 bales, not in. eluding Iinters or repacks. Minimum figures 9,486,000. "The heavy falling off is over the belt except in Georgia and the Car olinas, where, there is about as good a crojrj as last year on a little smaller acreage. Maximum report b" States: Ala bama 909,000;' Arkansas .044,000; Florida C0.000; Georgia 1,870,000; Louisiana 2."9,000; Mississippi 958 000; Missouri and 'Virginia 5S,000: North Cartliua C4S.000; Oklahoma 587,000; . South Carolina 1,185,000; Tcnnesse-3 2M.OO0; Texas 2,309,000. Total 9,780,000. ' , "The ginners say the small yield is largely due to t he smallness of bolls and low yield of lint. As the crop is so near ginned, we will probably not make "our December estimate.' The otton crop in 190S was 11, 581,829 balesJ while in 1907, the yield was 13,550,700. To Bv-ild Temporary Shops. Newbern, N. C, Special. Receiver Harry K. .Wolcott, General Manager E. T. Lamb and J. E. Gould, superin tendent of motive power on the Nor folk & Southern Railroad, reached here Monday and spent the day tak ing" in the situation and planning for temporary shops for the N. & S. to replace the burned shops. A force of men worked all day Monday on a temporary building for a machine room. A 300 horsepower engine has been brought from the Congdon mill of the Roper Lumber Company and a locomotive will be used to furnish steam for the same. In a few days tl') machine room will be ready to do temporary repairs, etc. Monday morning a large force of men was put to. work cleaning up the debris of the fire.' Superintendent Gould gave orders that all shop men who cared to work for $1.50 a day be put to work cleaning up and the work be pushed as rapidly as possible. There are perhaps seventy-five men at work clearing out the burned tim bers, taking out machines,, etc.- lEight Burned to Death. New: York, Special. Iron-barred windows prevented the escape from death by fire of eight workers in Robert Morrisons & Sons' comb fac tory in Brooklyn Monday and fiva other men probably were fatally in jured in making their eseape from the building. William Morrison, son of the owner of the plant, lost his life in the flames while trying to reach the safe and close its doors. His father was among the injured. Luckily there were only forty em ployes in the factory when the fire started, for the. spread of the flames was rapid in the inflammable comb material. Many men jumped from the third floor and were injured. Those who rushed to the rear found the windows barred and there met their doom. Nearly all of the victims were Ital ians. ' i At Work on His Data. New York, Special. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the. explorer, is at a "quiet place away from New York prepar ing his North Pole data for submis sion to Copenhagen -University." A statement issued Monday night by his lawyer was: "Dr. Cook's -time was so invaded while in New York, and he was under such surveillance by persons seeming ly interested in his movements and those of his counsel and friends, that he decided to continue the work upon the data for Copenhagen in a quiet place away from New York. To Decide Polar Question. Washington, Special. To pass on the question as to whether the North Pole was discovered before 1909, that is as to whether Dr. Cook reached it a year prior to Commander Peary, the board of managers of the Nation al Georgraphie Society Monday ap pointed the following committee: J. Howard Gore, Rear Admiral John E. Pillsbury, and Dr. C. Willard Hayes. Farmers Congress Treated to Music Raleigh N. C, Special. Beyond question one of the very finest of the many striking features of the farmers national congress was the religious services in the 'Academy of Music, Sunday afternoon. Ample space was reserved for the delegates, and re mainder of the building being filled by Raleigh people. The service was under the auspices of the chamber of commerce. On the stage were one hundred and fifty selected, singers, representing the choirs of the Agri cultural and Mechanical College, Peace Institute, St. Mary's and Mere dith Colleges and the band of the Third Regiment. PRES. TAFT GREETED Columbia and Augusta Gave him Glad Hand, COLUMBIA LEADS IN WELCOME Eanrceted Saturday Evening at Co lumbia and Takes Sabbath Rest at Augusta His Southern Home. The President's afternoon in Col umbia Saturday was filled with in terest. He was entertained at lunch eon in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the State Capital and remarked that South Carolina was the first State officially to greet him within the walls of its Capitol. The only other President ever to visit Columbia was Washington whose stay in the quaint old city is chronicled as having been an event in 1791. Like President Taft, Washington was en tertained at luncheon in the State Capitol. The building which soused President Taft today,; however, was not the same, though it is old enough to bear the scars of a bombardment from Sherman's army. Following the evacuation of Colum bia by Gen. Wade Hampton and the occupation by General Sherman, the entire business section of the city was burned. Consequently the President Satur day looked upon a strange admixture of ante-bellum homes and skyscrapers indicative of modern progress. During his long automobile rids OUR PRESIDENT FillifMSfitP f"1-,T"1tTin William H. Taft through the city, the President was taken past the old Baptist church where the secession convention as sembled. Through the misdirection of a native a Methodist church was burned by tha Northern army as the supposed place of the inception of the secession. The President also saw the palatial old Preston mansion in which Sherman established his head quarters, and made a brief address to the students of the University p South. Carolina on the old campus sur rounded by, a hollow square of build ings which have know no outward change since the days of the civil war. The many reminders of the conflict of the sixites eaused the President to speak at the luncheon in his honor with a fervor on the subject of the passing of all sectional feeling great er than he has displayed at any other city during his Southern trip. The President also made a speech at the State fair groundsv After spending the entire after noon in historic old Columbia, with its many reminders of the withering blast of the. civil war. President Taft arrived in Augusta at 8:30 o'clock Saturday to rest until Monday when he resumed his journay to Washing ton. ' The President often speaks of Au gusta as "home" and his reception here, as he rode through crowded and brilliantly illuminated streets leading from the train to the home of Major Joseph B Cumming, whose house guest he was, was in the nature of a homecoming celebration. Mr. Taft has stated several times that he was a resident of Augusta when elected President of the United States, that is when the electoral votes were cast at Washington. The Augusta people are proud to claim him as Heir own and hence the name of "Taft, Wil liam H., President of the United States, Terret cottage, Summerville." appears in the current city directory. It was from Augusta last winter that the President-elect went to Washing ton to take the oath of office. Mr. Taft had been looking forward to his visit to Augusta and the resi dents of the city made his stay as pleasant as possible. They asked him to make only one speech during his two days in town. Saturday night an - - - ira mmmm m - mi informal reception at the Cumming home left the President free to retire early for a much needed long night 's ; rest, bunday he attended services at the Chureh of the Good Shepherd, Episcopalian; lunched with Landon A. Thomas and dined quietly at the Cumming's home in the eveninsr. Mon day morning, brisht and earlv. the ! President played golf on the links of i xt- - rt x 11 ii, I ice country iud. wnere ne spent so much time last winter when the snows drove him from Hot Springs to seek a warmer climate. Mortgage For $150,000,000. Norfolk, Va., Speeial. The Sea- board Air Line Railway has recorded in the office of the Norfolk county court two mortgages aggregating $150,000,000. The State taxes on the mortgages were $8,220. One of these mortgages is for $25,000,000 of five per cent 40-year adjustment gold bonds. The other mortgage is for $125,000,090 refunding bonds, payable nlty years hence, and bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. Big Railroad Conflagration. Newbern, N. C, Special. Fire Saturday morning at 2:15 destroyed the entire shops with the exception of the paint shop, office and store room. The loss to buildings and machinery is complete. The carpenter shop, car shop, boner room, machine shop and round house were destroyed and in addition two passenger cars, three freight cars and engines 114 and 41 were lost. Copenhagen Declines Offer. Copenhagen, By Cable. The pro posal of the National Geographic So ciety that a committee representing the American body be present when the North Polar records of Dr. Cook are first examined was declined Sat urday by the consistory of the Uni versity of Copenhagen. A message was v, sent to Prof. Willis L. Moore, as follows: "The university cannot accept the offered assistance, taking it for granted that the data and records after our examinations will be . placed at the . disposal of other scientific institutions."' N3WSY GLEANINGS. i The body of Prince Ito was taken to Tokio. United States Steel common stock has been placed on a four per cent, basis. The Italian military dirigible One Bis flew from Bracciano to Naples, 190 miles. Two bombs were exploded in build ings in Chicago occupied by gambling clubs, making thirty-two similar ex plosions. Principal Anna S. Gibson, of St. Mary's Cathedral School, Garden City. L. I., dropped dead in the presence of tier pupils. . Frederick Gebhardt, wife murder er, was committed to jail to await the action of the Grand Jury of Suffolk County, Long Island. Unable to sell $7,000,000 worth of gems they stole from a monastery in Poland, the robbers tried to sell the Jewels back to the monks. John Guiseffl, a notary public and real estate dealer, was murdered with a piece of eraspipe in his home in Clas son Point Road, the Bronx, New York. Miss Eleanor Lawson asked the Government for permission to engage some of the students at the Carlisle Indian School to present a play of In dian life. A "white slave" trader, Claude VII let, who conducted dens in several Western cities, was sentenced in New York City by Judge Holt to two years in prison. Twelve unknown foreigners were killed in the Cambria Steel Company's coal mine near Johnstown, Pa., as the result of what is supposed to have been a dynamite explosion. Three steamships loaded with wines reached the port of New York in time to avoid payment of the new duties. La Touraine's captain sped up the bay in a tug to run no risk of being too late. HIS NOT TO REASON WHY. His But to Do as He Was Told Though Profits Dwindled. A story is told of the Rothschilds to illustrate tho strict obedience which they at all times exacted from their employees, high and. lew. They once had an agent in New Orleans, a young and alert fellow who kept his eyes and ears open. According to System, they telegraph ed him to sell their cotton holdings on a specified day. .Believing that he had better in formation on the lecal market than his employers he held th? sale over four days and netted an extra profit of $40,000. He promptly notified the Rothschilds of his achievement and forwarded tho bonus. The Rothschild3 returned tho amount intact with a ccH note that ran:. ' "Tho $40,000 you made by disobey ing our, instructions is not ours but yours. Take it. "Your successor sails for New Orloans today." The largest wooden building in the world is the Parliament building at Wellington, New Ze&land. SNAPPY Items Gathered and Tcfd You Hold Your ErczVm , SOME EVERY DAY 11APPEKINGS lAreJy and Crisp as They Are Gax--nered From the Fields ci ActU at Heme and Abroad. Thirty students of the Oorji.'v. Mil itary academy axe still sickV, from the eating of boneleBa ham that contain ed ptomaine poLoon. i Two of Wilbur Wright's students at College Park made a fly of 6.KM minutes duration. Wednesday, exceed ing all amateur "records and coming nearly up to their ' tutor. , Tom L. Johnson for 12 years mayor of Cleveland, Qhio, was defeated in the election Tuesday. It is said that the cranberry crop of Massachusetts, -is' 32 per x:ent and that of New Jersey is SO per cent greater this year than' last .year, mak ing something of an impetus " to tli turkey Thanksgiving dinner. v The "loving eup" presented by Mrs. Lindsey Patterson of Winston, N. C, for the best literary work for the past year was won bv Mr. Clar ence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer. It was presented on Thurs day by. Ambassador Brice who at tended the farmers' 'congress at Ra leigh. The book on which Editor Poe, won the prize is entitled "A South erner in Europe." The Seaboard Air Line Railroad U now restored .. to the management of its regular officials, 'allof whom are retained and ithe 'policies are to be continued by 'which the receivership made it, a crowning success. ' A serious situation exists at Gass away, W. Va., growing 'out. of an assault by a negro man on a white woman. - The supposed, guilty party was shot down while running, to es cape. Two others said to be accom plices are in jail and monocracy reigns. Two military companies' arc present but in answer to Got. fass- t,. n lui t:t .1. II irn ur I 1.111. i.i jii his men had voted to do all they eoulil to save the prisoners except to shoot their fellow citizens.' William Halloway, of Sioux City Iowa, had lost , his sight.. His sou Tom had been away for-some tim and on visiting his father . recent 1 v. the latter buried his face on Tom's shoulder and wept. When he wiped away his tears he could see his son. The Lakes-to-tbe-Gulf waterway association mean to send 500 lobby ists to the national capitol at the next session of congress to Urge no tion on the subject. . Trespassing on . railroad property in violation of law, says the Phila delphia Bispateh, is responsible tor 47,416 deaths in the United Slates within the last 10 years, and along with these were more than $50,003 persons injured. - "Rougier, the French aeroplanDt. made a flight Tuesday al Antwerp, in which he attained a height of 8Stf feet. The great national Farmers' Con gress met in Raleigh. N. C. Thurs day. Ambassador Brice from the court of St. James was the prin cipal speaker and greatly pleased his audience. Gov. Ansel, of South Carolina", or dered the dispensaries closed Friday and Saturday as a means of preserv ing the best of behavior while Presi dent Taft was the city's guest. The National Association for the .study and prevention of pelam was formed at Columbia, S. C, on 1 hurs day night at the close of a two days conference for the study of the dis ease. Otto Mueller who murdered Annie Luther in New York State now con fesses to have murdered seven wives. His motive seems always to hftvo been to obtain a few hundred dollars from them. Practicing physicians, heads of medical colleges and prominent 'odtv . cators will convene at New Haven, Conn., on the 11th and V2 t; con sider means to lesser (.';' Mortality oC infanta. . . , .it lar r A monument V.. Co r. fed . rat -veterans of Granville, N. C, cccrl J. was unveiled at Oxford la.-r ',-vilr ! day. ; -. ,' , Kentucky farmers not in th. r pact are again unc-v ;r, 1 arv ing against the ou! r ', l-.;r ing night riders. Nine lives were lott h -banin building at Joi.r.-., last Saturd ay. d (. Forty-flvo fine hers'.-s 1-; wre burned in a Ihvrv at Pelham, Ga., on M-v Two men wore ku;. ; seriously scalded in i " at Hannastowr. T i

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