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CHRISTMAS SEALS WILL GO ON SALE Tuberculosis Association to Launch Drive Friday?Of all Plagues None Worse Than This Disease. / Columbia, Nov. 24.?Immediately following the close of the Red Cross Roll Call on Thanksgiving Day, the sale of Christmas seals and health j bonds will be launched in this stat' j by the South Carolina Tuberculosis Association. The funds derived from ij the sale of these seals will be used in j - . . .. . i the fight on tuberculosis in tmsj State. It is hoped to derive not less ] than $50,000 from the sale of the j seals and the bonds. 1 A stirring appeal to the peopie of the state to be as liberal in their purchase of the seals and bonds has been issued by the South Carolina Tuberculosis Association. . "Of all the plagues that have afflicted the world, none is more deadly than tuberculosis, the . 'Great White Plague,' says the statement. "Other plagues, ancient and modern, have swept a country or community j for a few weeks, months or yeyxs,! striking down their victims. Tuberculosis has kept up its ravages year af-1 Vs v : ' j ter year for more than 2,500,years, j /'In the United States tuberculosis kills 150,000 persons every year. "Onp nerson dies everv three and .one-half minutes, seventeen every hour, over four hundred every day. "There are at least one million active cases of tuberculosis in the United States today. "No close estimate of the number j of inactive cases can be made. The i health demonstration at Framing-! ham, Mass., where a whole city put1 itself in the care of physicians in or- i der to promote health and further scientfic investigation, has revealed that there are about fifteen cases of J tuberculosis for every death. This | would indicate a total of over 2,-.' 000,000 cases, 1,000,000 of which are j probably inactive.' 4 "No disease is more insidious than; tuberculosis. It strikes silently and : often has been long at work before it is discovered. "A large percentage of cases are j those of persons who do not knowi that they have it. Draft boards and' army doctors discovered more than | 100,000 cases among the young men,1, the pick of the land, who thought j they were fit to figfyt for their coun-1 try. "The plague of tuberculosis is the j greatest single cause of death in thy j United States. One-tenth of all th<| men, women and children who die j each year are victims of tubercu.osis. Most of its* victims are taken in the prime of life. One-third of all who die between the ages of 18 and 45 years*are killed by the disease. "As tuberculosis is a preventable disease it is possible to stop the awr..i 1 ea ann i:?*an ? 1U1 badliicc ui it?u,uuu uvea a , To do this, individuals must co-opet-! ate with the agencies that are now fighting tuberculosis. Fresh air, cleanliness, destruction of the germladen sputum of consumptives and wholesome food are necessary in prevention as well as cure. "More education, more nurses, dispensaries, sanataria, hospitals, and nriPTi.flip solinnl<5 nrp tippHpH nlsn flip undiscovered cases must be sought I out. To this work the National Tu-| berculosis Association and its affili-j ated state and local associations which I are financed largely by the sale of the little Christmas seals are giving particular attention. It now asks| your co-operation in a campaign that j will not cease until the 'Great White | Plague' has been stamped out." GRANT'S DECK OF CARDS. A deck of cards1 with which Gen. j Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union forces in the Civil War, used to while away the time during the last campaigns of the war; is now the property of a San Francisco barber, by the name of Hinters. Hinters who is an old soldier, was given the cards by a G. A. R. man. To prove their originality, Hinters has complete data showing a careful genealogy of the cards from the time that fJpnpral fJrrmt: nlavpd them un til they were given to him by the veteran. Grant, according to Hinters, passed the cards to a staff captain, who immediately autographed the pack which had been passed along through several generations, each bearing an autograph.?Detroit News. REFUGEES BEG ' Ml . FOOD AND DRINK Terrible Hardship* Suffered On Score* of Ve**el*?Writhing In Misery S? | vi< in1 Constantinople, Nov. 23.?The ! condition of the refugees aboard the i * CO 90 or more ships strung along the , Bosporus is appalling and a terrible ^ catastrophe is feared unless prompt ^ measures are taken to land the thoui rc< sands who are writhing in misei-y and pain. The correspondent visited several of these "floating hospitals j and mad houses" today and returned to shore with forebodings of impending calamity. None of the refugees have as yet been Itaken ashore, except the sick- and diseased and the Sv insane ythe latter of whom have v'? been extremely numerous. As the correspondent rode across B1 the Bosporus an unpleasant smell from the ships was apparent notwithstanding strong cold sea breezes An American relief officer accom- oc panied him. As soon as the pair ^ boarded the ships the clothing of qU both was virtually torn off by half \T maddened refugees who begged to ar be taken to land on the open hills which border the Bosporus. j Men, women and children, regard- mi [ less of age or sex, are herded to- th gether promiscuously on the ships in: day and night in the state of appall- m ing filth and misery. Many women wi of ^distinguished demeanor despite th their bedraggled appearance, offer- ed ed.to barter their valuables, jewels ce and furs for a crust of bread or a M glass of water. In some cases the su refugees have been without food for Ir 11 days. _ to The correspondent heard that hij there had been numerous suicides of 1 desperate refugees going insane dur- vii ing the night hours. They spoke of pe ghostly temptation and the sobbing _ call of the sea at night when they were dying with thirst. Many of the refugees were restrained from jumping overboard but many succeeded. The American navy is assisting in transporting sick women to hospitals and the Near East Relief has also been prominent in the work. War hardened relief nurses were moved to tears by maddened mothers of-1 fering their children to visitors and the scenes of separation have been beyond description. The death rate nas been abnormal as the result of the biting cold andj the lack of food. The American Red! Cross is offering 36,000 rations | daily and several Americans are of-1 fering donations and subscriptions, j The French government which is in full charge of the relief work, is j 8 incapable of dealing with the situa- j I tion and is appealing to the Near K East Relief, whose funds are limit- B ed. The fear was expressed by the ships' officers that cases of canni- I balism would r>r?<*nr unless fnnH cn-n. I , -- ? ?*? ; plies are receiving promptly. In j many cases they had to fight off maddened men from slaying chil-1 dren, they declared. The American j hospital in Stambul is crowded to suffocation and the American Red j Cross is giving all its available med- j THUGS GET $51,000 IN CURRENCY AND NOTES New York, Nov. 27.?Three armed thugs early today blackjacked the I night watchman of a motor taxicab P??4. O : f ll. -1 1 i aci vitc vii uasi oiaiy-iuuiui street ; artd .after binding and blindfolding him blew the office safe and made i their escape with $51,000 in cash and I promisory notes. WASHINGTON HAS A QUIET THANKSGIVING Washington, Nov. 27.?Practical ( j suspension of the nation's business marked the observance of Thanksgiving day in Washington today. Thej ! closing of all public offices and j most of the private institutions and ! places of business gave the capital a; holiday aspect but there were no public functions. Most of the cabi- \ I net officers followed the example of I President Wilson and spent the day quietly at home after attending i church services. A number of pri1 i J: : vatc auviai luiituuiib anu Ullliiers j were arranged for the evening. President Wilson planned to spend the morning on the south portico of j , the White House with possibly a : short drive in the afternoon. In the I evening with Mrs. Wilson he will be the host to a few relatives at a tur- j key dinner. Mrs Wilson arranged to attend religious services in the morning at St. John's Episcopal church. 12| RS. EDISON NURSES HUSBAND si o Newark, N. J., Nov. 23.?Thomas Edison has a cold and Mrs. Edi- 11 a has been excuse'd from jury ser- j w :e because of it. The wife of the mentor was to be foreman of Essex c unty's second feminine jury which h nvened today. Her place was filled j S) Mrs. Edith Colby, wife of Former j 0 lited States Senator Everett Col-jn ; after the judge had granted her ^ quest to be released so she might main at home with Mr. Edison. d Every part of a church in Santa n >sa, Cal., except the flooring, came , -m a single redwood tror. . n The interior of the Okefinokee ^ ramp in Georgia has never been P sited. f fcltish house loses dignity a p London, Nov; 23.?A violent scene curred in the house of commons g is afternoon during the period of [ e lestions regarding the situation in | fc eland. Joseph , Devlin, nationalist, j h id a unionist member came to j v ows. The sitting was suspended. o The altercation arose after Pre- l; ier Lloyd George had addressed c e house chiefly on the subject, beg followed by Mr. Devlin. The pre- r ier, when he arose, said he shared f ith the speaker who had preceded i e horror all felt at the cold blood- c I murder of unarmed British offi rs. The government, continued 1 r. Lloyd George, had refcolved to ppress murder and conspiracy in eland. It was realized by all that v suppress such carefully organized a fhly subsided plots would take t ne, but the government was connced that despite the recent hap- 5 Jiings the Irish authorities were r 1 GINGHAP 240 Yards of A Ginghams 15c Per1 LIMIT 10 YDS. TO CU WE AR] During the past i sonable ANOT The markets con the benefit of eve us. We have be past three weeks, J. M. I ncceeding in breaking up the 'gangs pone f assassins.'. ' Devi Mr. Devlin arose and asked why , hous ; was that when Sir Hamar Green- aH?v rood, the chief secretary for Ire- had ind, was asked a question, he re- M: ited the horrible occurrences which i and ad happened yesterday and yet, this aid nothing about the appearance j ed h * ? of fVio -fnAftKall QAnfl x a | latch. He was interrupted with >ud cries of "Sit down!" pass. Mr. Devlin retorted: "I shan't sit Mac1 own," and continued: == "Why has the house not been lade acquainted with a recital of hese events, of the entry of the lilitary into the football field and tie indiscriminate shooting of ten eople?" There were loud cries of "Oh!" rom the house at this. Sir Hamar replied emphatically hat he had been asked nothing bout that question, but that he was repared to answer. Mr. Devlin again arose amid anxy cries and "Sit down!" and was ndeavoring to speak when a member below him endeavored to pull iim down. Mr. Devlin lunged forward fiercely in an effort to shake fF the hold of the member, . and the atter rose to his feet and the two 1nc*n/] nri-f V? nonll 1UOCU ?? i vii wawu ** Notwithstanding efforts to sepaate them, the two men. struggeld orward. Mr. Devlin, losing his coat n the crush, but still holding his iwn, cried: "This is English courage and Engish chivalry "to attack one man in 100." After a minute or two the pair vere forced into seats by friends, ind the speaker suspended the siting Upon resumtpion of the sitting rfaj. John Molson, coalition-unionist nerrrber, who was Mr. Devlin's op-;^^ Of D0\ Vpron r.n . VJV ifd. p d i r ISTOMER W 1% I li R CUTTINC We Have The We Intend to S :ew days we have recei : merchandise which w HER GREAT 5 tinue to show a dowirw >ry decline?disregardin :en selling at a discount , now we are making st ANDERSO! nt, arose and apologized to Mr. in, to the speaker and to the e saying he was afraid he had i*ed himself to be provoked and forgotten himself. r. Devlin accepted the apology! assured Major Molson that in Ui all J UU1C1 ULCtL ICl UUtXb aiiCUl" im in the house he had no perI feeling. fter Mr. Devlinv had made his ige at arms between Jeremiah yeagh, nationalist member for To Those W The B GROCI I ~ Give US yoi WE'LL MA t We always have .1 1 rC trie market ait< satisfactior assu W D. BA VN ~sh 250 ^ i i \ 1 r c 15c f P. ?J LIMIT 10 1 'EM DI Goods and ell Them..... ved large sh'pmer e have placed in st SAVING TO /ard trend and w< g the cost of the : of from 20 to 30 11 ,i . t :in anorner cui. N COMP South Down, and Sir Edward Car- r son, the Ulster l^der, during which Sir Edward called the nationalist member a "liar" for saying Sir Edward had "begun the use of rifles" in Ireland. Mr. Bonar Law, the government leader brought about peace among the members at their period by an- ? nouncing that Wednesday will be given over for a discussion of the Irish question in the house of commons. V C ? ' ho Demand est in ERIES 1 ** ar order and KE GOOD | 'VJ '' ' j; on hand the best ards and your :-i i is always ' red. '! RKSDALE \ ________ . \?5j EETING I j f'ards 26-Inch Sheeting : Per Yd. j YPS. TO CUSTOMER * IEPER!! 1 its of new, sfea ock at YOU * are giving you merchondise to per cent for the ANY 'I