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lOmWORM TALK KKATKU lUI'OltTs sent OVT FROM COI.l'MIUA. A Oureful and Conservative Corre* #ssulrnt Gives Hie Heel Pacts Con ?arming the Prevalence of l?siy Mckness In end About Columbia? Whet the Columbia Doctors Know Of the Disease. Columbia. Oct. 30.?Careful inquiry I first hand and from head-sources si convinced your correspondent nat which gets Into print regarding fJhsj hook worm's ravages, partlcular % as this state, is of s piece with an a sent out from Columbia the day. ascribing to Dr. William It of this city the discovery of thymol treatment for the disease, eatment shown by tests to be to Kol thst it Is now the standard. *. Wsston has been one of the Host students of the disease and medical profession Is under tre us debt to him for his records deductions, but neither he nor of his friends ever set up for him % otalm to the discovery of the cure, as a matter of fact was dlscov by an Italian Investigator, Bosso Thls fact Is so well known that the ?ant Is unusually spoken of as >k>'s thymol treatment." , has been ststed In media of wide Intlon that 70 per cent, of the and 91 per cent, of the negroes rural Southern communities havs , and the inference has been f provided for that In the South na alma houses. Insano asylum country schools Its ravages are ularly extensive and general, of these statements have been d to Dr. Weston. While the has been correctly quoted In oases, he has been misquoted In and the general affect of some the articles has been to convey an ther exaggerated and erroneous ua of the situation. Cot. C J. Watson, the Stste com* hwr of agriculture, commerce Industries, Is delighted with the efeller foundstlon, which, back by a cool million, Is to study the >k worm In the South, but he thinks oil magnate could have put the ton to better use by devoting it to a study of pellagra. "Pellagra," ho "la doing more harm than the orm end Its remedy Is unknown, the hookworm disease Is eas? ily controlled and Its sure remedy ia S *T>coaalonally a patient brought to Use State Hospital for the Insane has Oho disease, but the thymol treatment Is promptly effective, though some la required In a few cases to up the system and dlspell the l Indirectly the disease in its form Induces insanity. When Dr. Chas. Waddell Stiles, the rnment hookworm specialist, was three years ago, he diagnosed I en cases st Epworth Orphanage ing the 150 children there. Under treatment these all got well, their aptitude in books Improving as mark eO*y as their physical condition. Since . Supt. W. B. Wharton says, the ution has never been without Idne to treat the disease and the ding physician Is constantluy on lookout for its symptoms, in con? venes only a few cases have since loped and none of these has been 'VS. Dr. 8. B. Flshburne of the Rlchland house has never known of a case , perhaps because the Inmates ?awe sll adults. Mostly the affection y% confined to children, even among Chw very poor, because the children mm habitually barefoot. Adults con? tra? the disease through drinking amamre wster. but most of the alms hwuue Inmates come from the city *wt Columbia, where the water Is ?ur.v To what extent the sand-hill people mi this county suffer If not known, esren by th. physicians, for they rare? ly call In physicians. Dr. Weston confirm:, one statement Ibed to him which seems extrava nt. vis. That In some communities THE KIND OF pRAMEfl To be used is very much a matter of taste. It is im? portant, thought hat the frames set properly on the nose and at the right dis? tance from the Eye? ; that the lenses be perfectly cen? tered, and how are you to know when some is guess? ing. WK NEVER GUESS Glasses Right, Good Sight. I have a graduate Optician In charge of my Optical Parlor and all work is guaranteed. W. I. THOMPSON, Jeweler and Optician. S. Main St. Phone 333. where sanitary conditions a/e particu? larly bad, 80 to 90 per cent, of the negroes will be found nffecied. In the blacks, however, the disease is much less virulent than among the whites. Among them the chief dang? er is predisposition to pulmonary dis? eases. The remedy is simple, but extreme? ly dangerous unless given under a pyhsician's direction. It consists merely of thymol, the active principle of the thyme plant, which grows in any garden, fo lowed by Epsom saJts; but thymol Is a powerful and danger? ous drug. Either fat, oil or alcohol will dissolve the drug and permit It to got Into the system and act direct? ly on the heart, so it is Important that the patient be so dieted as to rid the system of oils, fats and alcohol as ( i.c,;rly as possible. The dose is given j early In the morning, on an empty stomach. It seems hardly believable, but the doctors find it almost impossible In cases to persuade the patient to do without fat meat even one day. They dare not administer thymol In such Instances and must use force or strat? egy to compel the patient to diet. KILLS SERVANT BY MISTAKE. W. A. Hudgens of Starr Shot Negro Woman In the Belief She Was a Burglar. Anderson, Oct. 29.?Mistaking her for a burglar, W. A. Hudgens, cashier of the Bank of Starr, shot and In? stantly killed Martha Toung, his col? ored servant, late last night. Mr. Hudgens 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. Hudgens found the victlni to be his servant who had come Into the kitchen to arrange some milk. An inquest was held and Mr. Hudgens was exonerated. He greatly deplores the tragedy. Dun's Weekly Trade Review. New York, Oct. 29.?R. 3. Dun A Co.'s weekly review of trade tomor? row will say: "Further progress is making in trade expansion and financial condi? tions are more settled, while politics, In spite of the nearness of election day, do not materially affect the busi? ness situation. It is probably within due bounds to say that at no previous period of its no-dory has the wealth of the United States made a better showing of growth than it is making at the present time. "If further evidence of the rapid expansion in iron and steel were need? ed, It is furnished by the rsport of the steel corporation for the third quar? ter and the appropriation of $10,000, 000 for new construction work which testifies to the confidence shown in a steady growth of business in the fu? ture The leading railroads continue to make purchases of needs. "The high price of wool and jotton add complications to the textiles and tend to force irregular production, yet merchants agree that the demand is broadening In distributing channels just as it has been expanding in pri? mary centres for some we?ks**-* FOR STOMACH AGONY. A?k I>eLorme's Pharma??> About Ml o-na, It Gives Hellet in live Min? utes. DeLorme's Pharmacy will tell you thai they guarantees Ml-o-na to re li. v? promptly and cure permanently all diseases of the stomach und in? digestion, or they will return your momy. Have you gas on stomach? One Ml-o-na tablet and the misery is ended. Are you bilious, dizzy or nervous? Ml-o-na tablets will put you riMht in a day; give relief in 10 minutes. Now, dear reader, don't go on suf? fering with stomach trouble. Be fair to yourself, throw ascldo prejudice and try Ml-o-na. It is a great doc? tor's prescription. No doctor ever wrote a better one. And money back from Del^orme's Pharmacy If you don't Buy Ml-o-na Is worth its weight in gold. Sold by leading druggists everywhere but in Sumter by DeLorme's Pharmacy at 50 cents a lars<e box. Test sample free from Booths Ml-o-na, Buffalo, X. Y. Mrs. Mary Hutchinson says: "Pains and distress In my stomach and a general stomach complaint was en? tirely cured for me by the use of two boxes of Ml-o-na, and I have no hesi? tation In recommending its use." 508 Pearl Street, Ypsllantl, Mich., Decem? ber 19, 1908. 10-14-26.?11-4?W. 11-3. CASTOR IA For Infant? and Children, The Kind You Have Always fought Bears the Signature of FRENCH TARIFF TERMINATES. mm SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF THE ALDKICH TARIFF. The Rescinding of the Preferential Duties on French Import*?Will llavo Serious Effects Upon Trade and May Lead to a Commercial War. VYasingvon, Oct. 30.?The close of business today will mark the expira? tion of the commercial agreements I entered into with France, Switzerland j and Bulgaria under the Dingley tariff I act, and the preferential agreement with those nations will cease to exist. Dutiefl imposed by the new tariff law will be imposed on all importations which are not entered In the United States customs houses before the close of business today. The effect will be to largely increase the price of wines and other merchandise imported from France. The tax will fall heavier upon the consumers of champagne. Advices from Paris state that there Is much dissatisfaction in France over the new American tariff. There is great anxiety with regard to the future position of France, and the hope is expressed that the govern? ment will avoid a needless and harm? ful tariff war, and that it will act quickly and prudently to obtain the minimum rates for French imports. The three countries with which the preferential agreements expire today are not the only European nations which are up In arms against the hateful "Yankee tariff wall." German manufacturers, as represented in the press of Berlin and other cities, are "hot under the collar" and are in a threatening mood, although the Ger? man agreements does not expire until early next year. The tone of the German press Is es? peclally unfriendly to the United States. Even the unofficial press is publishing editorial articles which show that every pressure is being brought to bear upon the government in order to secure the adoption of a programme of retaliation. The most marked exception is taken to the maximum and minimum features of the new tariff law. The impression is now abroad in Germany that many of the increases in the law are aimed directly at German trade. The exporting interest of Germany seem to be convinced that the United States will enforce the maximum rates against that country on March 31 of next year. As a result of this belief, strong pressure is being brought to bear upon the Imperial Government to induce it to assume the offensive before that time. The existing com? mercial agreement between the United States and Germany will expire next February. If the German Government accedes to the demands of the business interests of the country, it will put its maximum rates into effect against America at that time. The appeals submitted to the Im? perial government are designed to show that Germany can endure a commercial war much longer that the United States. I thas been pointed out that in 1908 the Imports into Ger? many were valued at $307.000,000, while the goods shipped from Ger? many to America represented only $121,000.000. The value of the exports from Germany to the United States last year Was considerably less than that of the preceding year. The German exports which will be most seriously affected by the new law UTS silk goods, cotton fabrics, wines, razors and post cards. German busi? ness men believe that these articles will be discriminated against not only l.y the application of the new sched? ule, but by the adoption of ten new systems Of valuation, Which makes the wholesale price in the United States the basis, instead of the value mentioned in the manliest accompany? ing tin shipment. It is expected that Fame Will im? pose her maximum tariff! Immediate? ly on the termination of the existing agreement. The United states will be practically helpless so far as retailia ti<>n is eonoerned, until March so. 1910, One measure of retaliation that h;is been considered Is the exclusion absolutely Of French champagnes and sparkling wines. Undoubtedly these could be shut out of the American market under the pure food law, for it is well known to the government chemists that certain presevatives are used in the preparation of the French wines which are forbidden or are subjects of regulation under the pure food and drug act. The original trade agreement with France was made on June 1, 1898, under which substantial reductions were made In the duties on French Imports, principally champagnes and liquors. In return the government of France gave reciprocal advantages to certain products of the United States, principally argols, canned meats, le? mons, oranges and certain fruits, fresh and dried, and woods sawed timber and paving blocks. But the bplrlt of the reciprocal agreement has not been observed In very many important re? spects. Secretary Wilson made a statement recently In the course of an official conference on the subject of reciprocl ty with France, that not a pound of American meat had ben admitted to France since he had been Secretary of Agriculture, notwithstanding the trade agreement is supposed to give favored rates to the American meat producers. The French have found an effective method of exclusion in hard sanitary measures Imposed, by which the American products have been exclud? ed. A VALUABLE WEED. The Teasel That Is Used to Raise the Nap on Cloth. Our renders who never saw a teasel (spelled also teazel and teazle and even tassel) CUD Imagine a fir cone or "swamp cattail," set all over with lit? tle stiff hooks. It is the bur (or tas? sel or flower head or thistle top) ol the plant dipsacus. and so identified is It with cloth dressing that this use of it gave it its botanical name, Dipsacus fullouum, or fuller's teasel. However familiar to people who live in lands where the teasel is extensive? ly grown the fact may be that the prickly heads of that plant are univer? sally used to raise the nap on cloth, a multitude of persons in his country probably never heard of it and will be astonished to learn In what enormous quantities the plant Is raised. In France alone several thousand acres of land are exclusively devoted to the cultivation of the teasel. French manufacturers use many thousand dol? lars' worth of the prickly heads and export thousands of tons of them, val? ued at perhaps millions of dollars. | Hundreds of tons are produced in Aus? tria, England. Belgium, Poland and the Crimea. The prickles of the teasel have a small knob at the end, and this, mount? ed on an elastic stem and set with great precision on the central spindle, affords a little brush, such, it is said, as the utmost mechanical skill has never been able to rival, at all even's , at the same price.?New York Herald. A LOST MINE. The Tragic Legend That Is Associated With Bald Mountain. | The legend of a lost mine has given to Bald mountain, in Placer county, Colo., a fascinating interest for pros? pectors. Tradition is that early in the fifties of the last century three men disappeared from an immigrant party going over the old Gap trail. Search for them was without avail, and they were finally reported dead by the searchers. 1 Where or how they wintered no one knows, but the following spring, rag? ged, shoeless and demoralized, they filed into Michigan Bluff. Their blan? kets were converted into sacks, and wi(h them they brought gold dust to the amount of $10,000 or $15,000. Spending but a single night within the confines of civilization and giving no information as to the location of their large claim, they were followed or. their return trip, and a few weeks later their murdered botlies were fouud In one of the dreary canyons that scar the face of the desolate peak. Since then many a man has sought this lost mine, but apparently its im? munity Is as certain as that of the treasure of Captain Kidd.?Philadel? phia North American. Pensive Butlrrs. The fashion of building houses with the entrance doors practically on a level with the street gives the observ? ing stroller on Fifth avenue some hu? morous glimpses of butlers on duty. In the house of one of the most fash? ionable families in town the butler can be seen standing behind the bronze grill and glass doors staring disconso? lately out at the passing throng for most of the afternoon, while across the street from this house the same kind of an entranceway often dis? closes a glimpse of a functionary of the same class seated In a poetical at? titude by a circular marble table, his head supported by his hand. Outside of a hospital they are probably the saddest looking men in New York.? New York Press. The Gordian Knot. When one of Uncle Sam's sailor's, a man named Gordon, formerly serving on one of our vessels ] a West Indian squadron, was * "> the Naval hos? pital in Washlngl to described with grewsome vividness to bis companions . there his adventure wit'h a shark off one of the Islands in the West Indies. "1 had jest fell over the bulwarks," said the able seaman, "when along comes a big shark an' grabs me by the leg." "What did ye do then, mateyV" ask? ed one of the patients. "I never disputes none with sharks," said the sailor. "1 let him have the leg."?Harper's Weekly. Wealthy Poverty. There are still many houses in the country in England where the owners nre unconscious of the fact that, while they themselves are apparently poor, they possess fortunes In furniture and pictures.?Towu and Country. A Reassuring Truth. A lady on one of the ocean liners who seemed very much afraid of ice? bergs asked the captain what would happen in case of a collision. The captain replied. "The iceberg would move right along, madam, just as If nofhiug had happened." And the old lady seemed greatly relieved.?Sue tess. Unsettled. Sklnner--Good morning, ma'am. Did you ever see anything so unsettled as the weather has been lately? Mrs. Hashley?Well, there's your board bill, Mr. Skinner.?Philadelphia Inquirer. SHOEMAKERS' WAX. The Surprising Properties of This Pe? culiar Substance. One of the must apt illustrations ever made by Lord Kelvin was his likening the luminiforous ether to a mass of shoemakers' wax. What Lord Kelvin said of shoemakers' wax may be tested by auy boy in a manner that will astonish his playmates First let It be said that the ether penetrates all space. It is as rigid as steel and yei I so flexible that it does not retard the 1 passage of planets through space in the least. It is an invisible substance which travels in waves through all things. Now. to illustrate the nature of such a paradoxical material Lord j Kelvin searched everywhere and at | last concluded that shoemakers' wax represented it best. He made tests, and this is what he found: He melted some wax in a common glass tumbler. After it had hardened he tried to thrust a lead pencil through It. It would not go. Then he placed a coin on the surface of the wax and left it there for several days. When he again visited it the coin had sunk to the bottom of the glass. The wax had closed over It, and by lifting up the glass and looking through the bot? tom he could see the coiu lying there. Hud the wax been as deep as a well the coin would have gone on sinking until it reached the bottom. This proved that the wax would conform only to very slow movements. If he had tried to push It too fast It would have re? sisted him. An Idea struck the scientist. If the wax acted like this toward the coin, how would It treat an object which floated? He accordingly placed a cork in a tumbler and poured hot shoe? makers' wax upon it. The wax hard? ened with the cork at the bottom. Yet when Lord Kelvin looked at the bot? tom of the glass In a day or two he found the cork had disappeared. It was somewhere in the mass of wax and probably rising very slowly, but surely, toward the top. Sure enough, after a given period of time the cork peeped above the surface of the hard wax, and finally it rose to a point where it remained half Imbedded in the wax, just as it would have done in a glass of water. It rose no higher than this, however, and a corkscrew probably would not have pulled it from the wax. Yet Its own buoyancy had raised It up from the bottom through what seemed an Impenetrable mass of wax. This, in fact, Is the peculiarity of shoemakers' wax?that it resists all sudden or quick movements, but Is highly susceptible to very slow and prolonged pressure. If you pressed a flatlron hard down on a lump of wax on a table It is probable you would make no impression on it. but if you left that Iron resting on the wax for a day or two you would find the lump flattened out under the iron. So curi? ous is this property of the wax that tuning forks have been cast from pieces of it Theso forks were capa? ble of vibration, giving a musical uote and being sot going by vibration from another tuning fork, yet when one of them was laid across the open mouth of a jar It slowly collapsed and fell Into the jar iu a shapeless, sticky mass. ? The Ruling Passion. "John! John!" called the excited lit tie wife. "W-what is it, Lucy?" muttered the big baseball player as he drowsily turned over in bed. "Why. there is a man downstairs." "W-what's he doing?'* "lie's in the dining ro >m after the plate." "Trying to reach the plate? Put him out, Kelly; put bim out at third!"? Kausas City Independent. Foresters Moore and Miller have re? turned to Columbia after making a svrvey of the forests of the Piedmont section of the State. A survey was me de of the counties of Oconee, Pick ens Spartanburg. Cherokee, York, Lancaster, Kershaw, part of Sumter and the lower section of Richland county. Much data of*a valuable na? ture concerning the forests of those counties was secured. The work will be prosecut< d In the other sections of the State, and a complete report of same will be made both to the State and to the Federal government. Mr. W. M. Moore was detailed to make the survey by the forestry department of* the governmi nt. Capt. Milier, or the department of agriculture. was detailed to assist him. DECIDE YOURSELF. The Opportunity Is Here. Backed by Sumter Testimony. Don't take our word for it. I ><?n't depend on a stranger's state ment Read Sumter endorsement. Read the statement Of Sumter citi? zens. And decide for yourself. Here is one case of it: Mrs. Chas. Browning, 101 E. Canal St., Sumter, S. C, says: *I suffered from kidney complaint for some time. My kidneys were disordered and the secretions became unnatural and when allowed to stand, deposited sediment. I suffered from dull, nag? ging backaches and had distressing pains through my loins. My head ached constantly, I could not rest well and in the morning 1 felt tired and languid. Since using Doan's Kid? ney Pills, procured at China's drug store, I am free from backache and pains in my loins, am able to rest well and the kidney secretions are regular in passage. The headches have ceased and I feel better in every way. I give Doan's Kidney Pills the credit for the great relief 1 have received.'' For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ,entS. Fostcr-MUburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 4. IN a TIGHT PUCE SOUTH CAROLINA MILLS IMPORT COTTON. ? Two Anderson Mills Buy Kast Indian Product, Bcgiiuiing With a Small Oder?If Staple Proves Satisfactory Large Orders Will be Pia?*?! at Once. Anderson, Oct. 29.?President H. Townaond of the Townsend twi: ? mills and President Ellison A. Smyth of the Pelzer cotton roill have pla orders for several hundred bales of East Indian cotton and, it is said, that other mills in the Piedmont secti-n have done likewise. * The Indian cotton is of a shor.er staple than the upland cotton but is as white and smooth. The mills are going to experiment with this cotton and if it works satisfactorily, and the mill men are confident it will, large orders will be placed at once. The experiment is being made with this cotton on account of the high price of American cotton. The Indian cotton was bought at 11 1-8 cents f. o. b. New York. The freight to Anderson la 56 cents per 100 pounds. This cotton can, therefore, be laid down here for about 11 1-4 cents while the American cotton I? bringing 14 1-4 here now. The saving of 2 cents per pound will be a b;g item with the mills ?.nd, if the experi? ment proves satisfactory, arrange? ments will be made to bring large shipments from an Indian port direct to Charleston, by which 25 cents per 100 pounds will be saved. I dare no more fret than I dare curse and swear?John Wesley. pOR economy in the table expenses increase the amount of Quaker Oats j eat it at least twice a day. It does more than other foods and costs only a frac tion as much._?_ Foley's DRINQ In Pleasant and Effective CURES Constipation, Stomach and Liver Trouble. by stimulating these organs and restoring their natural action. Is best for women and chil? dren as ORINO does not gripe or nauseate. SIEBERTS DRUG STORE. KILLTWC MJGH MLKMtiS' ASCOVERY ROUGHS cs 50*8r*i.oo ' AT and KING TROUBLES ? vi im fr>.TL. 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