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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-02
Rockefeller Gives a Million Dollars to
Fight the Disease.
COMMISSIONERS ACCEPT
A Dozen Well-Known Educators a,,st
Scientists, Selected for the Most
Part From the South, Where tho
Parasite is Prevalent, to Carry Ns
q Campaign Against the Malady.


A dispatch from New York says
a gift of s1,000,000 BY John u.
Rockefeller to fight the hook worm
disease" was announced at the office
of the Standard Oil Company there
a few days ago. .
A dozen well-known educators
and scientists, selected in large part
from institutions OF learning in the
South where the parasite is preva-
lent, were called in conference with
Mr. Rockefeller's representatives at
the Standard Oh Company's Offices at
26 Broadway last Tuesday, and az
that meeting Mr.. Rockefeller's desire
to organize commission to carry
on a campaign against the malady
was discussed. AS result OF this
Rockefeller Commission For the
Eradication of the Hook Worm Dis
ease" was organized.
The members OF this commission.
as selected by Mir. Rockefeller, are:
DR.. William H. Welch, professor
of pathology in Johns Hopkins UNI
versity; president of the American
Medical Association.
Dr. Simon Flexner, director Of
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Re
search.
DR.. Charles w. Stiles, chief Of the
division of zoology, United States
public health and marine hospitas
service, and discoverer Of the Ameri-
can species of hook worm, and the
prevalence of the disease in .Ameri-
| ca.
Or. Edward. A. Alderman, presi-
dent OF the University Of Virginia
DR.. David E. Houston, chancellor
of Washington University, st. Louis.
Mo.
Prof. P. P. Claxton, professor ot
education in the University Of Ten
nessee. ~
Mr.. ]. Y. Joyner, State supeyh.-
tendent of Elucation in North Caro-
| lima, and president Of the National
Educational Association.
Mr.. Walter H. Page, editor Of The
Worlds Work.
Or. II. B. Frissell, principal Hamp-
ton Institute.
Mr.. Frederick T. Gates, one of Mr..
Rockefeller's business managers.
Mr.. Starr J. Murph, Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's counsel in benevolent matters.
Mr.. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
All but Professor ClaXton and Mr..
Joyner were present at the meeting
Tuesday and they have both since
accepted places on The board select
ed to carry out Mr.. Rockefeller's
plans.
In calling these gentlemen to-
gcther for Tuesdays conference, MI
Rockefeller addressed to each let
ter pointing out his interest in re-
lieving the human suffering caused
by the hook worm" parasite, es-
pecially because, he said, it had been
his pleasure to spend a portion OF
each year among the warm heart
ed people of the South and he wei
coined the opportunity to express
appreciation of their many kind
nesses and hospitalities.
The members OF the commission.
| in framing reply to Mr.. Rockefe'-
ler's offer of 100000 declared that
the proposition met with their hear
tiest appreciation.
Two millions OF our people are
infected with this parasite, they
added. 1T is by no means contip-
ed to one class; it takes its toll OF
suffering and death from the intel
| ligent aHd Well-to-io as well as from
| the loss fOrtunate.'
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-02
Fatal Speed Test in France.

"A dispatch from Pardcs, Franco,
says six persons were killed Sum
day and twelve injured through the
derailment of an electric train which
was undergoing a speed test on the
new railroad from Vile FranChe 70
Rourg- Madame. The train ran away
and plunged into a deep ravine.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-02
Dies of WhoopihG Cough.

A dispatch from New York says
John Stewart Kennedy, lawyer, finan-
cier and philanthropist, died at his
home there Sunday of whooping
cough. He was within two months
of his S0th birthday.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-02
KILLS SERVANT BY MISTAKE.
W. 4. HudScns of starr Shot Negro
Woman for Burglar.

Mistaking her for a burglar, w. y.
Hudgens. cashier OF the Bank OF
Starr, Starr, S. c., shot and instant
ly killed Martha Young, his coiored
servant. a few nights ago.
Mr.. Hudgrns was alone at home
when he heard some one enter the
kitchen. He hailed the intruder and,
receiving no response, fired twice
at the object. a person fell TO the
floor. death resulting instantly.
On Investigation Mr.. Hudgeni
found the victim 10 be his servant
who had come into the kitchen TO
arrange some milk. An inquest was
held and Mr.. lludgcnS was sNonnrat-
cd. He greatly depiores the tra&e-
1V =
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-02
TWO DIE IN DUEL.
Mcxicans Kill Each Other in Tex

as Town.
In a duel following wedding
frolic in the Mexican quarter of the
Henry Cardwell farm, two miles
north Of Wrightsboro, Texas, two
men met death early Sunday.
The victims are: Demillo ErroyO,
of Gonzales, aged 50; Marcus Nor
ales. aged 20.
There were no witnesses to the
quarrel nor TO the fight. The men
went about twenty steps from the
building in which the dance was held
and began firing at each other. Err
royo was instantly killed and his
body fell across Morales.
The latter lived for about an hour.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-02
Taft Off for Jackson.

President Taft and party left New
Orleans at a. m. Monday on a
special train over the lllionis Cen
tral railroad for Jackson, Miss.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-02

Surgeon General.
Drs. Hunt and Long are detailed
in addition to Drs. Kerr and LAWN
der. who will read papers.
Friday morning Dr.. Howard Fox
of the Vanderbilt clinic and skin
and cancer hospital. New York city
arrived in Columbia to make special
observations on pellagra cases to
complete his paper for the confer
ence.
Dr.. Beverly R. Tucker, of Rich
mond, Va, has written that he cx-
poets to be in attendance at the
national pellagra convention to be
held in Columbia next Wednesday
and Thursday, and will present at
this meeting a statistical report as
far as possible. OF all cases of pei.
lagra in Virginia.
DR.. Tucker has, at the request Of
Dr.. T.. G.. Williams. State health Of
iicer of Virginia, formulated set OF
questions TO be sent 10 all physic-
ians in Virginia who have attended
cases of pelagra. From the replies
to these questions he hopes to make
comparative report OF the Virginia
cases at the Columbia meeting.
Additional information will be sub
mitted by DR.. Williams, medical su-
perinfcndent Of the asylum al Kings
ton. jamaica, about the recognition
of pellagra in that institution.
DR.. j. NJ. Buchanan Of the Mis-
sissippi asylum at Meridian will con-
tribute a paper on pellagra in his
State.
Application having been made to
the State board of health by colored
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-02

A dispatch from New York says
a gift of S1,000,000 by John u.
Rockefeller to fight the hook worm
disease was announced at the office
Of the Standard Oil Company there
a few days ago. =
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
MIR. HAROLD's LETTERS.

A minister of the Gospel met one of the editors of The Advertiser on the street yesterday and made substantial- Iy the following statement:
 There is a great deal of criticism of The Advertiser over the State on ac- count of its attitude towards prohibit tion. Many Christian people don't like Mir Harold's letters on the subject They are saying that it looks like The quor interest. or Is in league with It. The letter from Annlston was all right, but the rest of them have not been of i that sort.
 These were not the exact words of the good man. but his ideas are fairly well expressed We have no doubt that his report fairly represents a good many expressions he has heard. and The Advertiser takes this occasion to reply broadly to the narrowness and injustice of such views.
 First and foremost. The Advertiser Is a newspaper. It's bitterest enemies frequently are fair enough to admit that if iS the best newspaper in the State. IL ls our aIm always to print the news. fully. completely and ahead of all other papers The Advertiser had the keenness Of perception to see that there was a great deal of news
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2e, I.sO9.

Representative Landis. of Indiana has introduced a bill to appropriate $250,000 for a summer Presidential res idence on the military reservation at West Point. This bill should unques- sionably be so amended, striking out all conflicting words. as to read some where within the State of North Caro- lima" This grand old Commonwealth has mountains, sea coast and all sorts of things, including one of the hottest towns north of the bad place, between. @Charlotte Observer.
 The assumacy Off we may coin an appropriate word) of The Observer is almost paralyzing. but we suspect 1t only puts forth that suggestion as a bait for it's Virginia and South Carolina contemporaries to scrap over. Come to think of it, however. it is not more unreasonable than MT. Landis is. The idea of spending a quarter of 8 mill lion dollars to provide a summer home for a President is about the most ab- surd proposition we have seen. but perhaps MT. Landis was afraid he would get behind in the business of ap- propriating money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26

in the action of the Statewide pro- hibition law. It determined to put a stan correspondent in the field to get this news. With great deiiberation and care 1t selected the man for the work. MT. Harold. at the time the city editor of this paper. was chosen because of the confidence of the owners of this pa per in his capacity. experience, honesty and industry.
 Mir. Harold was sent into the State with instructions to get at the truth everywhere. to see leading citizens in various communities on both sides of the liquor question, to take his time to get at all the facts and to weigh all the facts and opinions. and then to write the truth, the whole truth, as he found it. To the best of our judgment, instructions. He has continuously hunted for the truth everywhere. and has honestly tried to write 1t.
 It transpires that in many places his handling of the truth has not been sat- isfactory to the radical prohibitionists. If that is the case. the fault is not in Mir. Harold, but with the situations as they existed. He has not shut his eyes to facts of any sort, and 1t has not been his duty to gloss over facts. If he has at any time in any important degree exaggerated or distorted the facts, which we very much doubt. the fault has been of the head, not of the heart. He has tried to do his best to present the truth to the reading pub lie, and we believe he has been doing 1t capably and fairly, taking his work by and large.
 As to the intimation that The Ad- vertiser is in the control of. or under the influence of. the liquor interest. there is not particle of foundation for the idea. The Advertiser is abso- lutely under the control and direction of W. W. Screws and F. P. Glass. and no outside influence on earth dominates them. The reputation of the paper for over forty years under the contin- ued chief editorship of Maj. Screws Is established. and ought to make it proof against such narrow, thought less, unjust suspicion as that expressed in the quoted statement.
 The Advertiser believes that 1t is the best thing for true, permanent, temper ance In Alabama to continue to print | the whole truth about the working of can't stand the light of publicity. they are poor laws. If the cause of prohi- bition requires the suppression of the facts, it Is a weak cause. If prohibi- tion is to succeed, 1t can't be hastened to success by ostrich-like hiding of the head meth ods.
 Furthermore, The Advertiser again advises everybody to keep cool, and es- pecially those good people who are of fended by seeing anything in print that does not agree with their views. Mar rowness, ignorance, uncharitabl bleness and intolerance are incorporate and unbecoming. They are also inexpedi- ent and not Christian-like.>
 Again The Advertiser declares its de- termination not to be awed by any ripple or wave of unjust criticism! It will continue independent and fearless. fully confident from long experience that in the fuilness of time it's honesty and wisdom will be vindicated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
DRIFTWOOD

When an old toper cant get his rye in a dry town he makes a "wry' race. The average man when caught in a mistake will usually say "Oh. we'll was just joking.
 "Art is long but time is feeting,
 And your coin is quickly spent. Nowadays poor art goes skeeting
 While one hustles for the rent. Because woman took a rib from man in the beginning she has been taxing everything else from him ever since' Men think of the political ring. 6ao fighters take to the boxing ring; while girls are only interested In th" en- gagement ring.
 Young man. you are safe as long as your girl permits you to spend your money on her. but when she begins to preach economy to you-then its time to make a noise like a craw- fish. un- less you intend to try connubial fe- licity.
 Some women are so nervous they can't stand to hear anyone rattle the family skeleton.
 MT. Taft is entitled to honorary mem- bership in the tand-patters club now that he has displayed his f1rmness in regard to the Secretary of State.
 
 A certain college professor describes C. Bernard Shaw as literary John the Baptist Now for a Salome.
 With the passage of the. naval ap- propriation bill Japan doesn't appear neariy so fierce to an American.
 The London sufrrsgettes insist that all women in future mean what they say Let us be thankful to the suf- freKettes for at least this much good provided they can enforce the edict. 
 And just rhink--these Salome danc- Ars ara not eveu covere6 with copfu sion.
  4 Cleveland woman died recently from pneumonia, having contracted the malady through kissing her son who was i'll with it. according to the phy- slcians. It is getting to the point
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
RIGHTiNG A WRONG.

The brief statement in the papers few days ago that the name of Jeffer- son Davis had been ordered restored to the tablet on Cabin John Bridge did not convey much information to the casual reader. we suspect. The Chattanooga Times has this explanation:
 Cabin John Bridge Is a masonry bridge in the Glen Echo suburbs of Washington, which crosses the deep stream known as John Cabin Run, not far from where it empties into the Po- tomac River. The bridge was built in supplied water for the capital and is said to have been for many years the largest single span of masonry in the world It was erected under the di- Montgomery c. Meigs architect and builder. who was later quartermaster general of the army. The usual tablet are inscribed the date of completion. the authority therefore and the names of those connected with the building. was placed in one of the spandrels of the bridge. First among the names, naturally. was that of Jefferson Davis at the time secretary of war.
 Soon after the organization of the Southern Confederacy, and the election of Mir. Davis as it's President, his name was erased from the tablet. Just who was responsible for the erasure, whether 1t came through orders from high officials. whether it was the un- authorized action of some over-zealous Union man, we do not know for cer- tain. All we know is that the name was erased and for about forty-eight years the space has remained blank. It was a piece of very small business whoever did it, and amends should long since have been made for an act which was without excuse, but all eff forts to have the name replaced have failed up to the present time.
 It is one of the commendable acts dered the name re-engraved on the tab let, and we suppose that will end It. Perhaps he was moved to do this act of justice as some sort of amends for his grievous islanders of MT. Davis and his abrupt offensive refusal to hold com munication with the aged statesman whose life was drawing to a close, But whatever may have been the motive behind his action 1t Is to be commend ed This correction of a great wrong will remove one of the just causes of complaint on the part of the Southern people, and resore to the tablet the name of the honored official under whose orders and directions the noted Cabin John Bridge was constructed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
pro,-r Are to Enter School.

ROcnGSlef DeInOCEdI dnu CIlEOnCle.
 There has been a noticeable tendency in this country within the last decade or two to lower the age at which chill dren are admitted into the public schools. Tots of four are now eligible to enter the kindergarten, and many parents take advantage of this oppor- tunity to relieve themselves of the care of their little ones for a part of the day. This may be a good thing for the teacher, upon whom the task falls of molding the mind of the child. but 1t Is not approved by the physicians. from The Scientific American contend Ing that pupils up to or 10 years of age have not the slightest conception of the subjects studied. under the cur- present arranged. "The matter is the most serious defect in our public school system.' observes the medical journal quoted. which In this respect really wastes the time of the student and the money of the taxpayers"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
Why Nevada Is a State,

We give these particulars because tory in 1860 is of great interest in connection with She question. Why is Nevada?" Because in 1884, Abraham Lincoln found 1t necessary to con vert mining camp" into a Republi- can state in order to secure the pass age of the Thirteenth amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery Tt Is easier to admit Nevada than to raise another million soldiers" said he. and according to his latest bio grapher. he did not scruple to buy three votes in order to pass the mea- sure granting statehood to the said mining camp" In reference to the ha is has gSoted nd aSs thes no difference what they want. It is a question of three votes or new arm ies."
 Nevada has no real right to be a State even now. either in popula or importance. and in 1884 the grant of tatehood--although 1t forwarded the purposes of Lincoln and the Repub- lican party and no doubt hastensd the end of the war-was in every sense a revolutionary act as we'll as tra- versty on the precedent and principle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
MORNING THOUGHT
Naked and not ashamed-Me and
DY ,. MARVIN NICHOLS.

Naked and not ashamed-Me and Adam.
 Philosophize all you please.--a fat purse and a broad smile are to each other as cause and effect.
 Never to have loved is never to have lived. You may miss Its perfection yet
 t Is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
 Not long ago we said: If America does not remake her cities. her cities will unmake America" Foreign gov ernments can almost sport their me- tropolis on this side the pond. Of all the metropolitan centers. New York Is the least American. It has far more Jews than any city in the world: 1t has more Germans tban any city ex- cept Berlin: probably more Slavs than any except St. Petersburg and Moscow; more Bohemians than any city in Bo- hemia; more Hungarian -Slavs than any except Budapest: more Italians than there are anywhere except Naples and Rome. and possibly more Greeks than there are in all Athens.
 No foundry forges the weapon that can slay the man who stands by his honest convictions.
 Here's the old and the new-all in a bunch. At least, one is reminded of eiis pit ol run WTtn SOIne E1riS are met in the middle of the road. It, tie girl stood for some time in a cer- tain meat market waiting for some one to attend to her wants. Finally, the proprietor approached her and asked Is there nything you would like. little girl. "Oh. yes sir--please! I want a diamond ring and a sealskin sacque, a real foreign nobleman nd pug dog a box at the opera-and. oh. ever so many things: but sll ma wants is a dime's' worth of bologna sausage"
 Every great achievement is at the cost of desperate struggle and al- ways In the face of tremendous odds.
 "Elocution" and "electrocGtion" mean just about one and the same--at least to the fellow who sits in the box.
 Nature has equipped every man for A noble man sees nobility in every body.
 Some men are just naturally born old
 Men who make money by working mere children are making too much money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
This Date tn History
February 20.

1S43-Indlans of Hoboken massacred by the Dutch
 17Ss-The Cayugas sold their lands to the State of New York.
 1SO3-Victor Hugo. French novelist, born. Died May 2. 1885.
 IS33-"Compromise tariff" bill pass ed the House of Representatives.
 1S4s-Daniel H. Hastings. Governor of Pennsylvania 1SS5-ss. born. Died Jan. g. 1903
 1S57-Congress authorized the pen- pie of Minnesota to form a State gov ernment.
 IS63-Union force defeated by the Confederates at battle of Falmouth.
 lS73-Alexander H. Stephens elected to Congress from Georgia.
 1890-Pan- American Congress voted for an international railway.
 1905-Five million dollar dock fire in New Orleans.
 190S-New York State Senate re- fused to remove Otto Kelsey, State Su- perintendent of Insurance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
Rir cnrihnu Herd

Dawson Correspondence Nome News.
 A herd of 500.ooO caribou is beyond Slxty-mile River, ana the vast band Is travelling toward the Tanana River. The news was brought to Dawson by year and during the summer the herd trampled down forests and went to the White River slope.
 Later it turned back and passed across upper Sixty-mile, and then seemed to turn westward toward the head of the Tanana slopes. They are traveling fin a procession twenty miles wide. All that are left in the vicinity of Dawson are some struggling bands. Indians have followed them and are bringing some of the meat to Daw- son, but. on the whole the herd Is get ting too far away to get carcasses back 10 Dawson with any profit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26
Musical French Politicians .

London GIObe.
 The members of the French Cha of Deputies includes poets. dramatists, actors and artists of more or less eminence. while regards music the chamber contains sui ficient talent to form a very creditable chestra, though wag might suggest that chamber music would be more appro- prlate. M. Moline relieves the tediun of looking after the agricultural interests of his country by playing the violoncello. He would find a very good accompanist in Gen PicQuart. who it Is said is a better pianist than a minister of M. Clemenceau is not particularly devoted to music but there Is one notable who has been before the public gaze lately whom one would least suspect of being devotee of the gen- tie music. It is NJ. Deblier. or NJ. de Paris as he Is famliarly known who performs on the violin with no mean ability when not performing on another instrument.