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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD. VOLUME XII. NUMBER 923 T 0 EXTERMINATE “HOOK WORM” Rockefeller Gives $1,000,000 to Fight the Disease. Magnate Says the Gift Expresses His Appreciation of the Hospitality Shown Him By the Southern People. New York Citl.—A gift of $1,000,000 by John D. Rockefeller to fight the “hook worm disease” was announced here. A dozen well known educators and scienistsg, selected in large part from institutions of learning in the south, where the parasite is prevalent, were called in conference with Mr. Rocke feller's representatives, and at that meeting Mr. Rockefeller's desire to organize a commission to carry on a campaign against the malady was dis cussed. As a result of this discussion of the situation, the “Rockefeller Commission for the Eradication of the Hook Worm Disease” was organized. The memberg of this commission, as selected by Mr. Rockefeller, are: Dr. William H. Welch, professor of pathology in Johns Hopkins universi ty, president of the American Medical association; Dr. Simon Flexner, direc tor of Rockefeller Institute for Med ical Research: Dr. Charles W. Stiles, chief of the division of zoology, Unit ed States Public Health and Marine Hospital service, and discoverer of the American species of hook worm, and the prevalence of the disease in America; Dr. Edward A. Alderman, president of the University of Virgin ia; Dr. David F. Houston, chancellor of Washington university, St. Louis, Mo.; Professor P. P. Claxon, profes sor of education in the University of Tennessee; Honorable J. Y. Joyner, state superintendent of education in North Carolina, and president of the National Educational association; Walter H. Page, editor of the World’s Work; Dr. H. B. Frissell, principal Hampton institute; Frederick T. Gates, one of Mr. Rockefeller's busi ness managers; Starr J. Murphy, Mr. Rockefeller’s counsel in benevolent matters; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. All but Professor Claxton and Mr. Joyner were present at the meeting and they have both since accepted places on the boards elected ;,’to carry out Mr, Rockefeller’s plams. ¢’ - 4:‘-' 1” Iling _.::.:' 86 iimpp ntleme *th@ ; r. Rockefe er addressed to acfi“‘g; letter pointing out his interest in re lieving the human suffering caused by the “hook worm” parasite, especially because, he said, it had been his pleas ure to spend a portion of each year among the warm-hearted people of the south, and he welcomed the op portunity to express appreciation of their many kindnesses and hospital ities. The members of the commission in framing a reply to Mr. Rockefel ler's offer of $1,000,000 declared that the proposition met with their hearti est approbation. “Two millions of our people are in fected with this parasite,” they ad ded. “It is by no means confined to one class; it takes its toll of suffering and death from the intelligent and well-to-do as well as from the less for tunates.” The “hook worm,” according to New York Medical 'authorities, is a hair-like parasite to which is charg ed a form of anemia prevalent espec ially among the poor people of the sGuth, It was not until recent years that members of the medical profess sion recognized that a parasite caus ed the malady. In December, 1902, Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, then a zoologist in the Bureau of Animal Industry at Wash ington, who had been studying in testinal parasites, announced to the Pan-American Sanitary congress his conviction that the so-called “lazi ness’ and “shiftlessness,” widely ob served in certain portions of the south was a specific disease due to the hook worm. Many members of the congress expressed surprise at the announcement and up to the present the disease has been a matter of some controversy, REPGRT ON RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. Railroads Killed 2,791 During the Year 1909. Washington, D. C.—The interstate commerce commission announces that by railroad accidents during the year ending June 30, 1909, 2,791 persons were killed and 63,920 injured, as against 3,764 killed and 68,989 injur ed in the preceding year. The num ber of employees killed in coupling cars was 32 per cent less than last year, It is also shown that there were 2,917 derailments and collisions in the same period, of which 272 affected passenger trains, DYNAMITE USED ON GAMBLERS. Two Bombs Thrown in Chicago Sporting Clubs. Chicago, ll.—Two bombs were thrown here in the downtown dis trict in buildings occupied by gamb ling clubs. The bombs were the thir ty-second and thirty-third that have been hurled in gambling establish ments within the last two years. No one was injured. For two years bombs have been ex ploded intermittently in Chicago in the vicinity of places declared to house gambling clubs and bookmak ers’ establishments. The bombs have been thrown in what is believed ed to be a guarrel between gamblers who operate' in violation of the law, FOOTBALL FATAL TO CADET. Member of West Point Eleven Dies. Injured in Harvard Game. West Point, N, Y.—Cadet A. Eu gene Byrne of Buffalo, U. S. A, a fourth year man at the United States Military Academy, died in the cadet hospital, a sacrifice to football. The army is accustomed to death, but not in this deplorable form; and this tragedy of the gridiron has brought such poignant grief to offi cers and cadets alike that the end of football at West Point and Annapolis is predicted by many. Brave as was the young soldier’s fight against death, it was hopeless from the start. Buried beneath a mass of struggling players in the Harvard-Army game, his neck was twisted and brcken by the weight of the crushing pile above him, and he was picked up with every nerve of his body, except those of his head and face, helpless to perform their func tions. Only the immediate resort to artificial respiration kept the boy from almost instant death. Because of the death of Cadet Byrne no more football will be played by the West Point eleven this year. This statement was made by Colonel Hugh L, Scott, superintendent of the United States Military Acadeny, af ter .a consultation with the athletic authorities of the academy on the death of young Byrne. 12 MEN KILLED IN COAL MINE. Dynamite Supposed to Have Caused Explosion, Johnstown, Pa.—Twelve men were killed in the Cambria Steel Compa ny’s coal mine, two miles from here, as the result of what is supposed to have been a dynamite explosion. All the dead are foreigners. Three men escaped with their lives by a perilous climb on life ladders through poisonous mine gas and falling slate up the walls of the main shaft. As; the time of the explosion only fifteen workmen, all track layers, were in the mine. The explosion occurred at sun down, as the workmen were putting their tools away at the end of their day’s work. Hundreds of persons gathered at the mine entrance with in an incredible space of time. A force of men, working in shifts, began clearing the debris and fallen slate in the lower levels of the mine. It was hours beforeé ‘the workers e peaa eiy Tk the final barrier of rocks was passed the rescue party found twelve forms huddled close together, the bodies in dicating that the men had died of suffocation. Mipe officials refused definite in formation as to the cause of the dis aster, saying they were awaiting the arrival of state mine examiners, THE PEREECT HUSBAND. Qualifications of a “Model Husband” Of the Chicago Standard, Chicago, Ill.—Samuel W. Van Nos tram, who was adjudged the “model husband” at the second annual “hub by show,” received from his wife credit for being the possessor of all the virtues necessary to make an ideal mate. “Other than possessing the most super-husbandly quality of being good natured before breakfast,” said Mrs. Van Nostran, “my husband allows me to carry the family pocketbook and declares, just as if he meant it, that my cooking is so far above ‘mother’s’ efforts in the cullinary line, that there could be no comparison. If that is not glory enough for one woman, I would like to know what is.” The complete list of desirable qual ities attributed to her husband by Mrs, Van Nostran are: Prompt at meals, Good entertainer, An adept with the chafing dish. Good judge of feminine beauty. Generous and kind-hearted. Enjoys home more than the club. Happiest when among friends. Mr. Van Nostran, who also received the t)rize for his almost womanly abil ity to sew on a button, is thirty-five years old, and has been married nine years. PREACHER FAVORS SUICIDE MACHINE. Drop a Penny in the Slot and Get a Ticket to Eternity. Washington, D. C.—“ Drop a penny in the slot and get a ticket to the other world,” might be the inscription on a machine that is suggested by Rev, Dr. Donald Guthrie of Baltimore. Dr. Guthrie was talking on “Cal vinism” here, and said: “Life has become so meaningless and so useless to some that I advo cate the setting up of a suicide ma chine, where one can deposit a cent and be killed easily, and respectably,” Alabama Must Borrow. Montgomery, Ala.—lt is shown that with a balance, of $60,000 in the treasury, the state will have to bor row at least $50,000 to meet the de mands of the month of November. Governor B. B. Comer, who, under the new law, may borrow as much as $300,000, is negotia‘.'.wr; a loan, it understood, to come in when needed. Dickinson Sells Belle Meade. Nashville, Tenn.—J. M. Dickinson, secretary of war, has sold his coun try seat, “Belle Meade,” four miles west of here, to J. 0. Leake, a Nash vilel capitalist. The place comprises 400 acres of land and the price is £IIO,OOO, FOLKSTON. GA.,, NOVEMBER 4. 1909, WAR STILL CONTINUES / ON BLACK ROOT PEST Atlanta, Ga.—)he campaign lor stamping out the black root, which has cost the cotton planters of Geor gia over a million dollars this year, will be continued with the co-operas tion of the agricultural department and the State Farmers’ Union, through the middle of December, and it is believed that great good will be accomplished as a result, Instructions are begin given the farmers at these meetings on how best to cope with the black root, by State Entomologist E. L. Worsham, Professor Nixon of the State Agricul,- tural College, Commissioner of Ag riculture T. G. Hudson and J. L. Lee, president of the State Farmers’ Un ion. Following up these speeches, he department oI entomology will dis tribute a resident variety of cotton seed, which have grown in Georgia, and which will not become affected by black root, It is believed that as a result black root will be entirely driven out of the state in the course of a few years. The damage by black root !s not confined alone to the cotton itself, but the cotton seed, which has come to be one of the most valuable parts of the cotton crop, is also destroyed. SUMTER COUNTY FARMS BRING VERY GOOD PFRICES Americus, Ga.—Nine representative planters of North Carolina and South Carolina arrived in Americus to purs chase plantations, several of the par ty already having expressed determi nation of settling here. : Quite recently considerable num bers of South Caroliniang have pur chased planiations near Americus, and are Inuucing friends in the Pal metto State 1o come to southwestern Georgia. Probably fifty former South Carolinians are unow landowners here and delighted with the situation gen-, erally. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OFFICIAL TALKS OF LAZY BUG Atlanta, Ga.—*“John D. Rockefeller's Dunificent gift of $1,000,000 will go far toward eradicating the hook worm from the south,” said an official of e state board of health, “We have no idea, of course, how wuch of this fund will be used in Georgia,” he continued, “but we hope a good share ot it, as the disease i 3 undoubtedly prevalent to a large ex tent in Georgia. . Altogether we have examined and treated some 500 cases’ of hook worm in this department within the past several nionths, “Practically in every case we have conquered the insidious intestinal ‘hair like worm. . This disesse is prevalent in sandy country than elsés where, and is, therefore, to be found to a greater extent in south Georgia than in the northern section, although we have treated cases from upper Georgia. “Thymol is the deadly foe of the hook worm, and a very small amount of it will cure thé most obstinate cases, Mr., Rockefeller's gift will go far toward starting a general cam paign through the south that will practically wipe out this trouble, It has been demonstrated that it can be easily cured, and in a general campaign of education the people will be taught how to treat and prevent the disease. “While the hook worm is found more generally among the poorer classes, and to a considerable extent among mill operatives, it is by no means confined to them. It is often found among people of wealth and culture, It leaves its victim pale and anemic, giving rise perhaps to what is often called the ‘lazy disease.’” MANCHESTER FAST BECOMING AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER Manchester, Ga.—Official announce ment was received here from Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic officials that actual work will begin at once on the new SIOO,OOO general shops to be lo cated here for the Atlanta and Bir mingham divisions, The shops will employ between 50 and 100 skilled mechanics, and will undoubtedly add several hundred new citizens to the rapidly growing metropolis of Meri weather, Another big industrial ~ announce ment comes from the Manchester mills to the effect that the $600,000 plant at this place will be completed about December 1, and will begin op erations than to supply order, it has taken to be delivered in February. The beginning of operations at the mills will bring several hundred new inhabitants to Manchester, and these, with the present population and those to come for the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic shops, will swell the to tal population of this city to more than 2,000. There are over %00 new buildings in the city already, and new ones are being planned and con structed each day, One year ago Manchester was nothing but a railroad station, but the establishment of division bLead quarters here for the Atlanta, Bir mingham and Atlantic, together with the fact that this is the junction point of the lines from Atlanta, Brun. wick and Birmingham, has given the town a start that is sure to land her among the liveliest industrial centers RECORD ATTENDANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY Athens, Ga.—The University of Georgia has broken all previous rec ords as to attendance. 'The attend ance to date is eleven in excess of the attendance at this time last year, and that in spite of much stricter en trance requirements than ever before in the history of the institution, The total attendance for the session will approximate 525 pupils, SENSUS OF RELIGION 1 1 T 45,000,000 Members of Church 4 in the United States. Q 44 NEW CRURCHES IN SOUTH 483,000,000 Spent in New Church Build /gs During the First Nine Months of @ 1909 in the 14 Southern States. _@Washington, D. C.—That the church } mbers in the United States num i edinearty 33,000,000 in 1906; that e ‘were a opillion and a quarter ‘GMlars invested in church ediiices ; U gvery day eight new churches |t their spires skyward; that men lg, ed considerably less than half |UB total church membership; that in [SEeen states the majority of the zl ¢h membership were Roman Cath (U@ Dut that of the grand total of Y h members reported tor the Uni :fi’ States 61.6 per cent were Protest | S4B and 36.7 per cent Roman Catho g flese are the salient facts ap gr L 1 t‘km the proof sheets of a Uni /M Stites census bureau bulletin, | JSMered by William C. Hunt, chief | Efstician of the division of popula ‘ég’ of the United States census bu | VORI e than $13,000,000 is represent gt 444 new church edifices as having built, in course of erection or { ely planned during the first A onths of 1909 in the 14 south d ates, the District of Columbia, Dilna, and Missouri. e total amount $4,396,000 rep . Methodist undertakings, $2,- 000 - Baptist, $1,840,600 Protestant ] pal, §51,161,000 Presbyterian, i VO. Catholic, $569,000 Christian, - § 00 Lutheran, $210,400 Jewish, 1,066,700 various bodies with i ratively small following in the A 8 DESIRABLE JURORS. : 8, Cabmen and Waiters Are Not Desirable, : jeago, Ill.—Porters, cabmen and : '8 are not desirable for jurors, 5 ing to Jury Commissioner Wil- A M. Amberg, who testified hexe : @ the judges who are investigat -1 lgzed irreguldrities in the draw i it venires. @ SEhe jury commissioners belleve B m . who live by accepting tips f [ pf a character to lmake good |RS E explain w%w witness, Fol -2 S o e sioners ignore in selecting veniremen: | Actors, because they have no fixed abode, Laborers and foreign tailors, be cause as a rule not of sufficient intel ligence, Boiler makers, because of defective hearing, Saloon keepers and bartenders, he cause of their occupation. Train dispatchers and tower signal men, because doing a greater service at their regular positions, Others whose names are not con sidered are medical and theological students, all of whom are exempt, WCLUNG MADE TREASURER. Important Change Takes Place in the Treasury Department, '~ Wasghington, D. C., — Important changes in office and a new swing in the administrative work of the treas ury has taken place. 1 Mr. Reynocias rewurement as assist ant secretary of the treasury became tffective, The change in the office of the Uni ted States treasurer also took effect, Lee 8, McClung, once conspicuous as 4 college gridiron hero, taking the oath of office as successor to Charles H. Treat, A. Piatt Andrews took the oath of office as director of the mint. A commercial agreement with France, under which reciprdcal low rates of duty on imports prevailed, expired, and the full rates under the new tar iff law wil lapply on all imports from France. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER MURDERED. Bloodhounds Hunt Murderers, Who Took $16,600. Perth Amboy, N. Y.—The authori ties began the investigation of the murder of Mrs, Silas H. Marks and her daughter by robbers who took $16,600 from their home four miles from here. The bodieg of the woman and the girl were found by the hus bhand and father, who returned from church and discovered the double crime, He is frantic with grief, A posse pf farmers, aided by dogs, took up a trail left by the criminals, in the hope of capturing the culprits, who are believed to be veggmen. The countryside is alarmed, however, and the authorities will have the co-oper ation of hundreds of the residents in the large district, ; BALLOON TO CIRCLE GLOBE. Professor Lowe Constructs Air Craft to Circumnavigate the World, Union, 8. C.—A plant to circum navigate the globe in a dirigible bal loon without having to stop to re plenish the propelling power—hydro gen—is regarded as entirely practi cable by Professor Thaddeus 8. C. lowe, the noted areonaut and gci ontist, and now head of the Mount LLowe Observatory near Pasadena, Cal.,, who is now constructing an air craft designed to accomplih that feat, Professor Lowe has experience in aeronautics covering more tan halfa century, and holde the world’s bal loon speed record, 800 miles, in less than nine hours, Dollar Saving Days Prosperity dates from the first dol= lar saved. If you are earning money you ought to save some-= thing. What you do now in the way of saving may determine what the fu= ture will bring you. We pay interest on . savings accounts compounded quar terly at 5 per=cent, on time certificates 6 per=-cent. Let us open an account with We are prepared to serve the public in' an accepta ble way. Have you tried us? 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