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k 1 Abbeville Press and Banner $150 ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 17 1915 established a year. | ' | ' ' v . 's44 PELLAGRA CURE [ ' * AT LAST FOUND: PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DISCOVERS CAUSE AND CURE ( OF PELLAGRA. I r g Announcement was made at the j j Treasury Department today that as ! ^ a result of continued research and L experiments of the Public Health jj Service, both the cause and the cure I ^ of pellagra have been discovered, and that the spread of this dread malady, !r which has been increasing in the Uni- j ted States at a terrific rate during r the past few years, may now be checked and eventually eradicated. ? ! -4 Assistant Secretary Newton in charge ^ of the Public Health Service, express- t ed great interest in the discovery and t regards it as one of the most important achievements of medical science ^ in rccent years. ^ Pellagra has been increasing alarm- } ingly throughout the United States s during the last eight years, and it F is estimated that 75.000 cases of the s disease will have occurred in the 0 united btates in lyio, ana 01 tnis ~ number at least 7500 will have died before the end of the year. In many c sections only tuberculosis and pneumonia exceed it as a cause of death. The final epoch-making experiment of the Public Health Service, was carried out at the farm of the Mississippi ^ State Penitentiary about eight miles ^ east of Jackson, Miss., and together c with the previous work of the Service n completes the chain in the prevention j and cure of the disease. The work e at the Mississippi Farm has been in charge of Surgeon Joseph Goldberger t and Assistant Surgeon G. A. Wheeler ]y of the United States Public Health p Service. The Farm consists of 3,200 r acres in the center of which is the j convict camp. The final experiment s was undertaken for the purpose of testing the possibility of producing it nella era in healthv human white ii adult males by a restricted, one-sided g mainly, carbo-hydrate (cereal) diet, tl Of eleven convicts who volunteered * for this experiment, six developed a 2 typieal dermatitis and mild nervou3 gastro-intestinal symptoms. v Experts, including Dr, E. H. Gallo- b way, the Secretary of the Mississippi j State Board of Health, Dr. Nolan Stewart, formerly Superintendent of c the Mississippi State Hospital for the Insane at Jackson, Dr. MarCus Hause, ,-r Professor of Dermatology, Medical A Cojlege of the University of TennessV .see, "Memphis, Tenm, and Dr. Martin ^ / B. Engman, Professor of Dermatolo- o gy in the Washington Medical School, 1 St Louis, Mo., declare that the dis-<n ease which was produced was true . pellagra. j" Prior to the commencement of h these experiments no history could be h found of the occurrence of pellagra -Vl on the penitentiary farm. On this h farm are 75 or 80 convicits. Gover- 1 nor Earl Brewer offered to pardon j twelve of the convicts who would j' volunteer for the experiment., They j p were assured that they would receive ,n proper care throughout thj experi-1 < ment, and treatment should it be necessary. The diet given was boun- ia 1 il AG ' 1 x. a uxuj tsiiu mure man suiucieiic tu sua- i? tain life.It differed from that given h the other convicts merely in the ab-|a sence of meats, lhilk, eggs, beans, I^ peas,-and similar proteid .foods. In | every" other particular the convicts >d elected for the experiment were|h treated exactly as were the remaining; g convicts. They had the same routine work and discipline, the same p periods of recreation and the same j water to drink. Their quarters were n better than those of the other con- v victs. The diet given them consist- o ed of biscuits, fried mush, grits and v brown gravy, syrup, corn bread, cab- r . ^ bage, sweet potatoes, rice, collards f j and coffee with sugar. All com- c ponents of the dietary were of the o Hitat nualifv anH worn nrnnarlv KnnVa/1 !. As a preliminary, and to determine if tiie convicts were afflicted with 11 any ther disease, they were kept un-| der observation from February 4th v to April 9th, two and a half monthB, 1< on which date the one sided diet was b began. L Although the occurrence of ner-1, vous symptoms and gastro-intestinal disturbances was noted early, it was not until September 12th, or about I five months after the beginning of I the restricted diet, that the skin11 symptoms so characteristic of pella- j gra, began to develop. These symp-1 toms are considered as typical, every a niwintinn Kainv falrsn tn malrn atiro T that they were not caused by any! a other disease. The convicts upon t whom the experiment was being made, as well as twenty other convicts who were selected as controls, | were kept under continuous medical c surveillance. No cases of pellagra e Wy developed in camp excepting among i T those men who were on the restricted | diet. The experimenters have there-,8 fore drawn the conclusion that pella- a gra has been caused in at least six s of the eleven volunteers as a result of c the one sided diet on which they sub-1 sisted. On the basis of this discovery, the t States of Mississippi, Louisiana and J k Florida have laid their propaganda j through their respective boards of health for the eradication of the disease. * .. I* BURKITT GIVEN POSITION BACK PRESIDENT WILSON TAKES A HAND IN ILLINOIS AFFAIR. Washington, Nov. 15. ?President >Vilson has instructed Postmaster General Burleson to reinstate George Jurkitt, assistant postmaster at Winletka, 111., if the only charges afainst him are that he criticised the ^resident's coming marriage. The Vhite House announced today that he President knew nothing of the ncident until it was published, Bur:itt having been accused of saying hat the President should not renarry so early. Postmaster General 3urleson stated that he had heard lothing of it either. "This is a free country," said Secretary Tumulty in announcing J/-.ti + 'c anfinn Tf lc hplipV lie 1 1 COlUCUb o avbivii. AV vw?.v. :d that owing to tne publicity of he case the charges will not be aken up against Burkitt. u It is understood that the Presilent believes he should have been onsulted in the matter before Bur;itt was dismissed. Postmaster Cloepfer's letters indicated that Asistant Postmaster General Roper apiroved the dismissal. Mr. Roper tated that the dismissal was ordered n other grounds besides the critiism of the President. >NLY TWO AMERICANS SAVED FROM ANCONA pnne, Nov. 13 (via Paris, Nov. 14) ?So far as Thomas Nelson Page, the mierican Ambassador, has been able o ascertain from official reports reeived through the Italian governlent and from the British consuls at iizerta, and Tunis, the following Am i-l- - A rican citizens were on wie nucuna. Dri Cecil L. Greil, Alexander Patativo and his wife and four children, Irs. Francesco Mascolo Lamura, 'asquale Laurina and Giuseppe Torisi and his wife. Of these only Irs. Greil and Torrisi are among the urvivors. The opinion is expressed here that ; was the same submarine, proceedig from Gibraltar or from the Aeean sea, that sunk the Ancona and be steamer Firenze. All the reports eree that the submarine was about 00 feet long It has been decided that the surivors of the disaster will be sent ack to Italy by the Italian consuls at tizerta, Tunis and Malta. >EATH OF MISS SUDIE COCHRAN. Miss Sudie Cochran, daughter of Irs. R. H. Cochran, died at the home f her mother, Thursday, Nov. Hth, 915, at three o'clock in the afteroon. Miss Sudie has been in fail* ig health for several months, and ad been in bed about a week, but er friends hoped that she would ally and be among: them again, so er death Thursday came as a shock d all who knew her. During the reek of her critical illnesa. she exressed-regret at .having to leave her lother, whose constant companion he was. She had no fear of death ' 1-- -M r< TJnvnn/f qq nQ SpUKC U1 IIIC \Jlcob AJV.Jvnu peaceful home for those who have ad sickness and sorrow here. She sked that her sisters wear no mournng for her, saying that they had one everything in thfeir power for er, and hoped that they would not rieve for her. Funeral services were held in the ^resbyterian church Friday afternoon at half past three o'clock, and rere attended by a large concourse f sympathetic friends. The services rere conducted by her pastor, Rev. [. W. Pratt, assisted by Rev. S. 0. !antey, and consisted of the reading f the scripture, prayer and the singtig of sweet songs by the choir. Around the pulpit were many beauiful floral offerings, sent by friends irho grieved that one so young must eave this life, when life should have >een bright and beautiful to her. The -il l w V Will i a 11 ucarcra wore, IUWWIO ?? *-? ***?*? ames Chalmers, H. H. Greene, J. rwin Gilmer, Walter McCord and Jen Cochran. The burial waS' at Long Cane cemeery, and here also the family was ttended by a vast crowd of friends ,nd sympathizers. The Rev. Mr. *ratt made a prayer, the choir sang gain and after the benediction all hat was mortal of this young woman yas left to her long rest. The grave and those of the others if the family in the plot were coverid entirely with the beautiful flowers. Miss Cochran led a quiet and unissuminc life nnH it is hv her familv tnd intimate friends she will be so orely missed The sympathy of the ommunity goes out to them. Those from a distance who came o attend the funeral were, Miss Vnnie Cochran, of Atlanta, Misses 2mma and Bessie Cochran, of Anderion, and Mrs. L. D. Caldwell, of Greenwood. UNITED SMS ! WAITING FOR NEWS ! -? I CONFLICTING REPORTS ON SINK i i ING OF ANCONA? AUSTRIA ADMITS ACT. . j " ! * Washington, Nov. 15.? Conflicting reports in the press today concerning < the sinking of the Italian liner Anco- ] na, caused uneasiness among high of-; ( ficials of the United States govern- ; ment. This was identified through failure to receive official information ] from either Ambassador Page at 1 , Rome or Ambassador Penfield at Vi- ] enna. Secretary Lansing read without comment dispatches purporting to1 give the views of the Italian and Aus- j I trian governments, the former claim- > ing the Ancona was torpedoed by a German submarine while her boats ^ were being lwered, and the latter admitting that an Austrian submarine j iwas responsible, but declaring ample c time was given passengers and crew ^ to escape. 'j I Until the embassies at Rome and ^ Vienna cable definite information the American government can take no j steps diplomatically. From the Aus trian statement as quoted in the press | dispatches, officials thought the case might develop a parallel to that of ] the British steamer Falaba, torpedoed , I k?t n nAVW??w? aanilt iL>? 1 ? I * I uy a uciiuau ouuiiiai inc witil Ul? IU2>3 n ! of Leon C. Thresher, an American citizen. t In that case the vessel was warned but was torpedoed when the subma- ^ rine commander believed the ship had summoned help by wireless or was r attempting to escape. A settlement never was reached on . account of the conflicting testimony. The Austrian statement with ref- t erence to the Ancona makes it ap- . pear that the vessel after she was halted did not put her passengers off t in the boats in the 45 minutes' time , given for that purpose. The appear- *, ance of another shiD is civen ns the !. reason for torpedoing the vessel at | the end of that period. Although the j ( United States has insisted that vessels! carrying noncombatants can not be^ sunk without warning, no cause has i^. as yet developed the view of the t Washington government as to what time is considered ample for the purpose beyond the general statement that all passengers should be removed to a place of safety as provided in the declaration of London. v The charge made by the Austrian r authorities thait the crew of the An- a cona was negligent and that the passengers might have been saved but \ for the panic; litre" introduced ?' new ? phase into the submarine controversy r Officials are so completely in the j dark, however, as to the facts - that ( they would not. hazard tonight any t >* wk?t)iav +lia - case would become an international r incident of grave import. . ^ Assumption of responsibility by the Austrian government would lead, it t is believed, to an Exchange of views t between the Vienna and Washington s governments relative to -submarine \ operations- that Americans might be g safeguarded in, the future and responsibility fixed for the losses sustained in the Ancona tragedy. ALLIES MAD AT tifcEECE. . < ' ^ j Athena, Nov, 15.? The Allies are x dissatisfied with Greece's assurance c of noninterference in the Balkan op- ? erations. Newspapers at Hestia state that'the Allies are incensed at Greece's failure to Join th$m. The 3 British minister representing the Allies is about to present a demand that guarantees be given. r ONE AMERICAN SAVED. \ Rome, Nov. 14.?Of ten Americans i on board the Italian steamship An- i cona, sunk by a submarine off the t Turkish coast, only one was saved, I said a statement issued today by the s Italian emigration office. The statement says that out of {507 t passengers and crew of the Ancona i only 299 were saved. t > 8,500- MORE SERBS . , ? TAKEN BY INVADERS t Berlin, Nv. 15.?The capture of t 8,500 more Serbians and twelve more t Serbian guns by ihe' Austro-German and Bulgarian forces in the Balkans was reported to-day by the German War Office. In the western theater of war the Germans stormed 300 yards of French trenches north of Ecurie. The whole west bank of the Styr River in the eastern theater of war is J1UW JLICC Ui IVU2?iailO. FEASTER JONES CASE CALLED FOR THURSDAY "The only case set for trial is that of the State vs. Feaster Jones, charged with the murder of Dr. L. 0. McCalla. This case will be called for trial Thursday morning of this week at 9:30 o'clock," declared Solicitor Kurtz P. Smith this afternoon. "Just as soon as the grand jury returns true bills in other murder cases these ! cases will be set for trial. I presume this will be done this afternoon. [?Anderson Daily Mail. ... . . II THOUSAND GUNS ONTEUTONS co-operative operation of anglo.french forces shows effect Paiis, Nov. 15.?The first great cooperative operation against the Germans since the interchange of general staff officers between England and France is under way. From Artois to Ypres the AngloFrench troops have Degun a closely inked offensive and French and Brit:sn guns are pounding the German ines night and day This operation jvidently has a double object: 1. The capture of Lens and Lille. 2. Prevention of the transporta;ion of German troops from the wes ;erm theater of war to the eastern or nto the Balkans. 1 1 Between Arras and the Labassee Hanal,' where the British and French | irmies join, the German salient of j - ens is being pounded on two sides. ; since the last offensive in that region he Alliese have been reinforced and rrench artillery has been moved to h front. It is estimated that at least 2,000 runs are hammering away at the ierman trenches. The French War Office reported tolay that heavy fighting was in prog-' ess at the "Labyrinth" northeast of j ^.rras, throughout the entire night. I ["he losses of the Germans in the enjagement of November 14 were very leavy. , j The following is the text of the of icial communique: "In Artois, as the 'Labyrinth,' rifle ire and battling with grenades coninued without interruption thirough>ut the night. "It is 'confirmed that the losses of he enemy in the action of November 4 were very great "In Champagne the Germans atacked with grenades the shelters istablisied in front of our observaion posts at Tahure Hill. All atacks were repulsed. , "In the Woevre, to the north of 3ircy, the explosions of one of our nines, accompanied by well directed ire from our trench mortars, wrecked he organizations and sap works of he enemy." JUDSON MILL AT WORK. The Judson cotton mills of Greenille, formerly the . Westervelt mills, esumed operation ' ^t 1 o'clock this tfternoon and" without disorder. The Judson mfi)#?tlosed down a veek pr 50 ago Wagteount ol a strike. >fnce the strike ueciirred a large lumber of the employees of the mill >etitioned the president, Mr. B. E. Jeer, to resume operations Hinder he plan that was in force before the trike. Accordingly Mr. Geer anlounced that the mills would resume rork after the noon hour today. The telephone message stnteel that wo-thirds of the help returned to heir posts at 1 o'clock this afternoon md that resumption of Work was lot attended with any disorder whatoever. ZEPPELIN IS FIRED ?Y SILAVST The Hague, Nov. 16.? Anti-air:raft gunsset fire |o a Zeppelii flyng ovei- Russian positrons near Gredia,-according to Berlin adviteu. The lirigible reached the Germs;n lines md the crew was saved. too,ooo ALLIES NOW IN BALKAN WAR ZONE London, Nov. 15.?The Allies are eported now to have 200,000 men in he Balkans and more are being land id at saioniKi every uuy. While the- German and Austrian :orces in Northern Serbia are blastng their way forward with heavy arilTery, the Bulgarians and AngloFrench forces are at close grips ini the iouth over a front 50 miles 'wide. The fall of Veles (Koprulu) into he hand?! of the Anglo-French forces s imminent, as the Bulgarian portions defending the town are being violently shelled. A Reuter dispatch frm Saloniki itates that the Bulgarians h^tve re;aken Tetova, thus preventing a juncion of Serbian and allied force?; in ;he valley of the Upper Vardar west >f Uskub. ROLL OF HONOR Of Lethe School for month of Oct>ber. High School Department. Robert Klugh, Oscar Irwin, I Bettie Morrah, Leona Smith, Mary Tolen, Cecil King, Henry Klugh, Ola Kelly, Belle lempieton, Samuel Todd, 'l , Primary Department. Mallie Cade, * ^ Edwin Broadwater, Katrina Morrah, Genevieve Scoggins, Bertha Smith, jr. . Bertha Smith, Jr' Francis Templeton, -?s? Robert Tolen, Jodie Wiley. _ ? _1> ^ . SHOOTING AT CALHOUN FALLS CHARLES MANNING SHOT BY BROTHER MONDAY. I News was received in the city Monday of the serious shooting of Charles Manning by his brother, Moot Manning. The brothers and their father, Mr. J. L. Manning, ^live together on a farm near the town, and I have been farming together the pres- ' , ent year. 3 The shooting is said to have grown j out of a qjiarrel, the cause of which ( is not stated. Moot Manning had c !come home drunk, and was repri- c i manded by his father in the presence I of Charles. Moot, it is reported, ? drew his pistol, threatening to shoot, c jand Charles undertook to make him \ | disarm himself, when Moot commen- c ced shooting. The fourth shot struck Charles in the right chest, * ranging downwards, passing through jj the liver, and cutting the top of the r kidneys. ' _ The wounded man was taken at i once to the hospital in Anderson and s the latest reports are that he is resting well. t ~~ s General News ' r j] J. M. Cantey, who is familiarly s known to his friends as "Boots" Can- t ty, has been awarded the $150.00 t prize for catching the largest small s mouth bass in the United States dur- t ing the fishing season which ended in 1 November. This is no fish story for t the bass weighed eight pounds and v was on exhibition in Columbia for t several days last summer and was c caught at White Pond, in Richland c County. The prize was offered by t Field and Stream, a magazine devoted s to sports'. "V * ' o * Some of the dairies in Greenville I ^ County have raised the rice of milk ^ to fifty cents a gallon since meal is v so high. Four milk dealers will still t hold to the price of forty cents a gal- T i?? I The Bethlehem steel works will be rebuilt as soon as possible. One hundred workmen have alreay been put to work. The Bethlehem people are making guns for the allies. I The Southern Medical Association o has closed its convention at Dallas, e Texas. Dr. Kobert Wilson, of Char- r leston, was elected President of the Association. The announcement of Dr. Goldberger's discovery of the J prevention of pellagra was made at 1 the convention. Dr. Curtice Lake- v man of New York, announced that r deathB from cancel* in the United ^ States was on the incftiMe and Dr. j Rosa Gantt, a prominent woman pbysician, of South Cardliria, had some- ? thing to say on baby contests. r ? t The largest order for coal has been ^ taken on by a British vessel at Char- t leston last week. The order called 2 for one thousand,, four hundred tons of coal.~ t Spartanburg people are trying to X I recall theUr mayor and have filed a t petition with the Governor which con- ^ tains three hundred and ninety-two e names, over three hundred of Whom t are said to be qualified electors. t Waymon Cain, a young white man of Anderson county, was shot and 1 killed at Jaekson's mill, last week and r the jury at the inquest have put the L blame for thie killinir on Ernest Gen- t try, with Reed Shaw as accessory before the fact. The young men were out serenading. c John B. Colpoys and Charles Bon- ^ heim, commissioners of conciliation f of the United States Department of Labpr, are in South Carolina looking into the strike situation at the Greenville and Anderson Mills. * ( The General Session of Court c which is in session at Anderson this d week has ten murder cases on the a docket. Judge Ernest Moore will ^ preside. * ? t China must be a good place to live a in, after all, as eggs are selling all g along the Yang-tse-Kiang valley .for three cents a dozen. Nearly all the families in this valley are agricul- r tural people ana poultry is pientiiui. ^ An English company has developed a \ large business, especially in dried s eggs to be used by bakers. t f The Upper South Carolina Metho- I dist Conference of the State will con- c vene in Spartanburg on inov. z4tn Dispensaries in the Counties which S still maintain such establishments, s will have to dispose of the stock on t hand before the first of January, or s lose money on the stock. There is c over a million dollars worth of whis- t key which will have to be sold. t t Dr. Dernberg, who is so well rem- i embered in America, in an interview 1" in Berlin, thinks the note to England i recently sent by President Wilson will c guarantee the freedom of the sea. William H. Hand, State High School Inspector has his annual re- I port ready for publication. The re- 2 DISCHARGED MEN ASK BIG AMOUNT DISCHARGED OPERATIVES OF CALHOUN FALLS MILLS SUE THE COMPANY. Messrs L. J. Moss, G. G. Craft, W. J. Shaw, T. G. Tyner, N. W Hinton, T A. Ayres and three children of A. 3. Evans have commenced suit igainst the Calhoun Mills, of Calhoun Tails, for fifteen thousand dollars ;ach, alleging that they were dis:harged from the Mills sometime ago >n account of belonging to a Labor Jnion, and that a black-list was made ind circulated among the other mills >f the section, in consequence of vhich they have been unable to se:ure employment. Messrs Graydon '& Graydon, attorleys for the Cotton Mill appeared >efore Judge Moore at Anderson, on Monday, and moved for an order naking the complaints in the several ictions more definite and certain, rhe Daily Mail has the following to ay of the motion: "Graydon & Graydon argued that he complaint should be made more pacific; that the names of the mill3 ir parties who entered into the allegid conspiracy with the Calhoun Falls nill in the blacklisting, should be nade known; that the complaints hould state what is meant by the erm "blacklist," and that the plainiffs in the several actions should tate more definitely whether or not hey are members of the labor union, ['he attorneys for the mills argued hat the wording of the complaints rith regard to membership in the laior unions is ambiguous. It could be onstrued as meaning that they were lischarged because they belonged to he labor union and it can be contrued as meaning that they were irrongfully termed as being members ?f the labor union. The * attorneys or the mill asked that the court re[uire the plaintiffs to state whether ir not iney are memoers 01 tne laoor mion, and also state the names of he mills whioh had refused them emtloyment because of the alleged conpiracy and "blacklist." " A BOX PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. Foster McKissick and heir young son, and Col. and Mrs. 'eatherstone came oyer from Greencood last week and attended a "Pair f Sixes" at the ofrera house. They njoyed the play and it was a pleasire to have them come over. tort shows a steady growth in the / ligh schools in the state. Sinee 906 the total number of high schools las increased from 95 to'177 and the lumber of teachters giving full' time * o the high school has increased from .60 to 466. The, number giving >art time to the high school has inreased from 75 to 120. The total tutaber of teachers has increased rom 235 to 586. In 1009 there to re 251 men teachers and 188 woHen teachers. Ip 1915 there were !55 men and 331 Women teachers. . V T. U. Vaughri, at one time sapcritiendent of the Odd Fellows home at jreenville, Will be tried as to bis saniy.in Greenville county hext January. Vaughn has been sentenced to be electrocuted but the sentence has teen stayed uhtQ his sanity can be ested. Ambassador Brand Whitlock who s coming home from Brussels, will eturn after a brief season of rest, s the announcement made by Secreary Lansing. Greenwood has had a flag raising eremony at some of their schools last peek and the schools have been pre ented with Weil bound and engraved Jibles by Mr. Henry C. Tillman. Although the profits of the Krupp porks last year, 86,000,000 marks $21,500,000) would permit a 24 per ent dividend, after payment of a lividend of 12 per cent, a surplus of ibout 24,000,000 marks will be deoted to charity. To the relief fund or families of soldiers killed in batle, 20,000,000 marks will be given ind 3,700,000 marks will go to the ;eneral relief fund Local firemen have begun the antual task of giving the capitol at Washington a bath. A fire engine eas taken to the capitol grounds and ill yesterday played a stream of waer against the marble and sandstone trails to remove dust. Sparrow nests ?y the score were knocked out of the ornices by the force of water. Reports received at the office of the State Superintendent of Education, how that 131 districts in thirty counies have prepared to apply compulory attendance during the session if 1915-16. Six districts accepted he law by election and 125 by petiion. Dillon county leads with tweny out of twenty-five districts applyng the law. Friends of the law loped for one hundred districts -durng 1914-15. This number was exceeded by thirty-one. PREACHING AT LONG CANE Re. H. D. Corbett will preach at Jpper Long Cane church next Sunday list, at 11 o'clock.