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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?
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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.
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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
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past three weeks,
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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
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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
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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-;^^
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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
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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.
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