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