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HOOKWORM AND PELLAGRA. London Specialist Hays They Travel Hand In Hand-Treatment. A dispatch from Columbia says: Pellagra and hookworms travel hand in hand In their death-dealing work. Where the former is found, there also may be found the latter, in many cases at least, boring his way to the vitals of the patient, and until the hookworm ls ousted the success ful treatment of the co-existent pel laKra is useless. To attempt the bat tle agalust pellagra, therefore, In volves the training of the artillery of the scientific world upon the hook worm. This new development In the in vestigation of pellagra was brought out here Wednesday afternoon in an able paper dealing with this disease, prepared by Dr. P. M. Sandwith, of London, Gresham professor of phys ios, and which was read before the International Conference on Pellag ra by Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintend ent of the South Carolina Hospital for the Insane, and the prime mover in the organization of the present meeting. More than 150 prominent physi cians and scientists from all sections of the United States and representa tives of foreign governments are in attendance. Treatment for Pellagra. Regarding the treatment of pel lagra, Dr. Sandwith, In his paper, said: "The treatment of early pallagra cases without mental symptoms cm be successfully accomplished by put ting the patient on a liberal diet, ex cluding maize and hy ridding him of the hookworms, which are so often co-existent, but the pallagrous symp. toms return If he is allowed to re sume a diet of musty maize. Vari ous preparations of arsenic are used In advanced cases, but when the brain ls attacked there Is small hope for the patient, unless by serotherapy. Pellagra ls essentially a disease which cries for preventive measures. "Italy, by preventive measures, has, since 1888, reduced the mortal ity of pellagra from 3,4811 to 1,635, though during the years 1883 to 1907 the maize area under cultiva tion has Increased from 5.79 to 0.33 pe." cent of the whole country. This points to the moral that it is the quality, not the quantity, of maize which ls at fault. There are certain general axioms which prove true In Italy and Egypt and it will doubtless be found that they hold good In the United States also: "1. In districts where no maize is cultivated, or habitually eaten, pel lagra does not exist. .'.2. There are many districts where maize bas been cultivated for many years, and yet pellagra has not appeared. "3. Well-to-do people in pellagra districts, living on varied diet and consuming maize as an occasional, and not as a staple cereal, usually escape pellagra. "I. lt ls not good maize or good maize (lour which produces pellagra. The disease requires for its produc tion a habitual use of damaged maize in some from." "Corn Licker*1 Causes Pellagra. Columbia. Nov. 4.-Not alone corn and the ordinary products of food made of that cereal, but the dis tilleul spirits of grain, "corn licker," plays an Important part In the cause of the dread pellagra, was declared here to-day at the second day's ses sion of the national conference on Pellagra by more than one of the dis tinguished physicians in attendance. And upon these men who are met to Investigate what to this country is considered a "new" disease there ls a growing conviction, according to several of the speakers, that pella* ra already ls making its ravages Uj horses, cows, hogs, etc., as well as human beings. At the morning session of the conference tho addresses were of a .technical nature, largely, and of the more than 3 00 who attended the conference yesterday all were pres ent to-day. with other late arrivals added. To-night a permanent organiza tion, entitled the National Associa tion for tho Study and Prevention of Pellagra, was perfected. DANIEL KULLY AT COLUMBIA. Well-Known Cotton Operator Ail dresses Partners' Meeting. Columbia. Nov. 4.-Daniel J. Sul ly, the man who shot cotton up to 17 cents ii the phenomenal cam paign several years ago. is here. Ile (ame to the fair grounds this morn ing looking quite debonalre. He wore a tailored suit with a pretty tie, and altogether looked as If he was still enjoying the fruits of the "Sully year." Mr. Sully was surrounded while on the grounds by n throng of admiring friends. They were hang ing on his words and listened atten tively to all he had to say. One fa. mer suggested that Mr. Sully was going to see thal they got 20 cents for cotton. Mr. Sully suggested that this was going lt a little strong, and that il was not well to talk loo much. Mr. Sully has been invited to ad dress the farmers at n mass meeting to be hold at the Court House. He ??ame here from Macon, where he spoke to a meeting of farmers, and he is going direct from here to Wash ington. Mr. Sully was invited to speak here by the Farmers' Union, and there will be a large audience at the Court House to hear what be has to say about tho cotton crop and how the farmers can get all that they should for their crop. Charles Dexter Kills Himself. Cincinnati, Nov. 5.-Charles Dex ter, first baseman for the New Or leans Southern League team, acci dentally shot himself whllo hunting ,v near hi? parent's home at Mount Holly, Ohio, to-day and died to-night. Dexter waH running down a hill when he Stumbled and fell. His gun ex t.tploded and the contents lodged in his left breast, tearing one lung com pletely away. Dexter was twenty five years old. PELLAGRA CONFERENCE ENDED, j Dr. J. \V. Hancock Elected President of the Association. Columbia, Nov. 4.-The National Association for the Study aud Pre vention of Pellagra was formally or ganized hero to-night at the conclu sion of a two days' conference on pellagra, attended by more than three hundred physicians, the first meeting of national scope held in this coun try for the study of the disease. Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent of the South Carolina State Hospltul for the Insane, at Columbia, was elected president of the association; Dr. W. A. White, superintendent of the Uni ted States Hospital for the Insane, Washington, D. C., vice president, and Dr. George A. Zeller, superin tendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, Peoria, 111., secretary-treasu rer. Later, a vice president for each State Interested In the movement will be named. The first annual Pellagra Congress to be held under the auspices of the association ls scheduled for June, 1910, In Peoria, 111., which city was chosen without a contest. The association, following the pre sentation of forty odd addresses and papers by men prominent in the med. leal profession, covering a wide range of Investigation of pellagra in the United States and foreign countries, unanmously adopted the following resoultlons. presented by Dr. J. H. Way, of the North Carolina board of health: Resolved, That this conference rec ognizes the widespread existence of pellagra In the United States, and urges upon the National Government the necessity of bringing Its powerful resources to bear upon the vital ques Hons of tts cause, prevention and control. Resolved, That while sound corn ls In no way connected with pellagra, evidences of the relation between the use of spoiled corn and the preva lence of pellagra seem so apparent that we advise continued and sys teniatlc study of the subject, and, In the meantime, we commend to corn growers the great Importance of fully maturing corn upon the stalk before cutting the same. Resolved, That the work of this conference be brought to the atien lion of the various State and Terrlto rial hoards of health, and they seve rally be urged to specially investigate the disease, particularly as regards its prevalence, and that they also see that proper Inspection of corn pro ducts sold In the various States be had. One of the most interesting ad dresses of the conference was deliv ered to-night by Dr. Sara A. Castle of Meridian, Miss., who made the somewhat startling statement that o the many cases of pellagra which she bad treated since it was first recog nixed in Meridian, six of the patient were socially prominent in the city and five of these died. It Is not nee essarily a disease confined to the poor, according to prevailing popula impression, declared Dr. Castle. All of her patients were eaters of corn bread and grits. She stated also that several of her hookworm pa Dents developed pellagra and died. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S OASTOR I A Two Killed in Auto Wreck. Greenville. N. C.. Nov. 6.-J. L. Fleming, State Senator from Pitt county, and Harry Skinner, Jr.. son of United States District Attorney Harry Skinner, were killed in an au tomobile wreck near here, late this afternoon. Mr. Fleming was thrown from the machine, break lng *hls neck and dy ing almost Instantly, while Mr. Skin ner's skull was fractured. Being rushed to a hospital In Richmond, Va., he died before the train reached Wilson. N. C. AFTER SUFFERING ONE YEAR Cured by Lydia E. Pink* ham'sVegetable Compound Milwaukee, Wis. - " Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has made mo a well woman, and 1 would like, to tell the whole world of it. ] suffered from female trouble and fearful pninsin my back. I had the best doctors and they all decided that 1 had a tumor In addition to my female trouble, and advised an o\ era? j tion. Lydia JO. Pinkhum's Vegetable Compound nvtde mo a well woman and 1 have no raore backache. 1 hope I can help others by telling them what Lydia E. IMnkham's Vegetable Compound has dono for me." - Mus. KMMAIMSK, 833FirstSt., Milwaukee, Wis. Tho above is only ono of the thou sands of grateful letters which are constantly being received by the Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn. Mass., which prove beyond a doubt that Lydia E. IMnkham'p Vegetable Com pound, made from roots and herbs, actually does cure these obstinate dis eases of women after all other means have failed, and that every such Bitt ering woman owes lt to herself to at least give Lydia E. IMnkham's Vegeta ble Compound a trial before submit ting to an operation, or giving up hope of recovery. Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., invites' nil sick women to writ? her for advice. She has guided thousands to health and her adrice is free. VNAOC HA?* FOR r ALL CREATION The one great terned}* fora// j oc/j es a?a pains in man and beast is NOAHS LINIMENT Beni tc* rfcenmatUm, aclatica, lame 1 GUARANTEEI TRIE8 TO CHEAT GALM)WS. Georgia Physician Condemned to Deni li Attempts Suicide. LaQrange, Ga., Nov. 4.--Dr. J. M. Elliott, who ls sentenced to pay the death penalty on the gallows to-mor row, attempted suicide here to-night by taking nine grains of mercury In tablet form. The condemned man was found In an unconscious condi tion in his cell ut 7 o'clock. It was at first thought he was dead, but af ter two physicians were hurried tu the jail he was restored to conscious ness. Elliott must have taken the poison atter 5.20 o'clock, for he was last seen by the jailer at that time. Another Despite for Elliott. Atlanta, Nov. 6.-Dr. J. M. Elliott did not hang in LaQrange yesterday for murder. A further respite has been granted him until November 19 by Governor Brown. This action was taken by the Governor after consul tation with the LaQrange physicians, who attended Elliott after his at tempted suicide in jail on Thursday afternoon. Attorney M. U. Mooty, of La Grange, called up Governor Brown over the long-distance phone at Sa vannah, catching him before he en tered the banquet hall to take part in the banquet to President Taft. He explained the situation, and said it would probably be a week before Bl. Mott had recovered from the effects of the mercury he had taken with suicidal intent. The Governor next communicated with the LaQrange physicians who had attended Elliott, and learned that the condemned man had very nearly succeeded in his attempt to take his own life, the day before the one set for his legal execution. At the dictates of humanity, and moved by a natural repugnance when he thought of the half-dead man be ing dragged to the gallows, Governor Brown wired the sheriff of Troup county to stay the execution. During the next two weeks lt ls probable that Messrs. Mooty, of La Grange, and McNeil, of Macon, attor-l noys for Elliott, will make further! efforts to save his life. An extraor dinary motion for a new trial may be | made on what ls said to be newly discovered evidence, showing that El liott was insane at the time the crime was committed. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S OASTO R I A NEAR TRAGEDY AT THE PARADE Trying to Follow Taft Parade, Air ship Recame Unmanageable? Savannah. Ga., Nov. 5.-While attempting to follow the automobile parade, at the head of which Presi dent Taft rode through Savannah to. night, Fred. Owens, an aviator, had a thrilling experience in a derigibh balloon, narrowly escaping death. With Aviator Vaughn, his partner in another airship riding a hundre feet away, he sailed from Forsyth Park extension while a big govern ment searchlight played on the air craft. Vaughn had no difficulty with his machine, hut just as the two air ships turned in behind the paradi and 200 feet in the air, a connecting wire on Owens' motor bloke and the motor stopped. A high wind was blowing, and tossed the helpless air ship upwards to 1,000 feet and drovi it towards the Savannah river and the ocean. Owens fought hard trying to re connect the wire, hut repeated heavy electrlc>shocks soon taught him not to tomb the wire and he resigned himself to the wind. He was "lost" for fifteen minutes while the search light sought in vain for him, and thousands of persons scattered to the river banks md tho outskirts of the city to render him aid should he fall. Several times he was almost swept from lils seat, hut thc airship finally was brought down in safety in some railroad yards east of the city. Ex cept for the shocks, Owens was tin hurt and his machine was little dam aged. Silas Morgan, living on Whldby Island, Washington, found several dozen enns containing a substance re sembling paint, and believing a case of red paint had washed nshore, painted his house with the material. On taking a sample to town he was told that the sticky fluid was pure opium and each can was worth about $300. As he had used or spilled nearly 30 cans of the opium, he had wasted more than $9,000 Mrs. A. D. Winship, aged 79, of Racine, Wis., has entered the Ohio State University at Columbus for tne regular collegiate course. She- at tended the summer school for two years. NERVE, LIN Contains the old-fashioned ingr liniments used by your grandpa it also embodies the latest and discoveries. It is therefore the over remedies that have been befo lie 25 or 50 years, in that it is *d{ its ingredients, it is Triple fltreng Most Penetrating, therefore Most Sold by druggists everywhere. Noah Rei moW, MlfT fointa ?nd muncie*, ?or? thron > AND SOLD BY DR. J. W. BELL, A LANCASTER CORN KFCOHD. Mr. Helms, of that County, Makes a Fine Lot-Little Fertilizer. Reports of some fine yields of corn in various paris of the State are be ing published, but, considering the small qunnttty of fertilizer used, a one-horse fanner In Lancaster coun ty ls thus far In the lead. J. F. Helms, of the Unity section of that county, ls the man referred to. Mr. Helms had been reading In the papers about the Williamson plan and while he did not follow that plan altogether, he concluded to try some of its leading features on five acres of a six-acre Held of upland. One row of corn, the rows being 70 yards long and 4 feet wide, has been gathered, shelled and weighed, the weight being 105 pounds. At this rate the yield per acre ls approxi mately 99 bushels, being !)8 and a fraction. The row In question was an average one of the five acres, says a Lancaster dispatch. As stated, the field on which the crop was raised ls upland-red, loamy soil, with yellow clay subsoil. The land was thoroughly prepared. It was broken up twice and then bed. ded with a turn plow, the beds being four feet apart and thrown up as high as possible. The corn was planted about the 20th of May, be ing dropped by hand, deep down Into the furrow, the grains about a foot apart. At the same time, or rather just before the dropping of the seed corn, 200 pounds to the acre of com mercial fertilizer-8-3-3 goods-was placed in the furrows. No fertilizer at all was applied during cultivation. A fairly good stand was obtained, and the only cultivation the plants received was five furrows run with a plow, two in "running round" the corn and throe in throwing out the middles. Considering the small amount of fertilizer used-only 200 pounds to the acre-and the comparatively lit tle cultivation given the crop, the yield ls truly wonderful Mr. Helms attributes his success mainly to the manner In which the land was pre pared and to the planting In the water furrow. Mr. Helms doesn't pay much at tention to the raising of colton-has only five acres In cotton this year. On his one-horse farm he raises plen ty of corn, peas, small grain, clover, grasses, etc. He also raises an abundance of poultry, for which he has a rye patch. Ills sales of chick ens and eggs on this market the past year amounted to $98. Mrs. Louie Hite, 428 Outlen St., Danville, 111., writes, October 1st: "Foley's Kidney Pills started me on the road to health. I was treated by four doctors and took other kidney remedies, but g ew worse, and was unable to do my housework, and the doctor told me I only could live from two to six months. I am now so much better that I do all of my own work, and I shall be very glad to tell any one afflicted with kidney or blad der trouble the good results I receiv ed from taking Foley's Kidney Pills." Commenco to-day and be well. Do not risk having Bright's disease or diabetes. J. W. Bell. Fire at Hurtsville. Hartsvllle, Nov. 4.-McN'alr's large gin house burst into flames about noon to-day, and for a Hine threat ened to develop into a conflagration, the adjacent warehouses of the Pee Dee Furniture Company being crowded up against R, Vigorous work on the part of the fire depart ment confined the flames to the upper story of the gin house, and while it was almost completely gutted, there was much machinery saved. The gin house ls pul out of commission for this year and the losses nre en tire, no Insurance being carried. A wireless telegram was sent last week from a steamer In the Pacific to San Francisco, a distance of over three thousand miles. A rattlesnake with two heads was recently captured iq Charleston. FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpid liver deranges the whole system, and produces SICK HEADACHE, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu matism. Sallow Skin ami P?es> Thee* ls no better remedy for these common diseases than DR. TUTT'S LIVER PILLS, as a trial will prove. Take No Substitute. .WLWkWtoxA**.-. ... 3AH BONE AND MU i IM Eh edients of irents, and up-to-dato advantage re the pub ?-to-date in th, and the ; Effective. Best for All Nev and Pains. It st the cords, muscle the body, giving any other remed; culiar penetrati pure, for internal and beast. For Money refunded If I? talla to do nil elnl ii od y Co., Hoston und llleliniond, V. 8. tt cold?, ?trains, ?pralna, cat*, bru I KM, CA WA Lil ALLA, AND W. J. LUNNEY, A SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON. Germana Have a Fibre-lt ls the Kamo Old Tieur Dluff. A dispatch from Berlin, Germany, says: Owing to the high price of cotton, the German textile experts have been turning their attention to other libers that might be used ns a substi tute. Recently a spinning company at Chamnitz lui? succeeded in spin ning tho tiber contained in the seeds of tlie kapok, or silk cotton tree, of the tropics. ID Its natural state this fiber cannot bc spun, owing to its extreme brittleness, but Prof. Gold berg, of Chamnitz. hag found a me thod of treating lt to make lt spln nable; and the yarn ls described as having a peculiarly soft, silky feeling. , The fiber has hitherto been used as | a padding material for furniture, and in making pillows and similar arti cles, and lt has answered this pur pose so well that tho cultivation of the tree has already been introduced into the German colonies of New Guinea and East Africa. The fiber hus the advantage of be ing considerably cheaper than cot ton, but no information is nt hand showing the wearing qualities of fab rics made from kapok yarn. The Cotton Tree nu Old Bluff. Henry S. Reed, In an Interview for the Atlanta Constitution relative lo the reported use of the liber of "nee cotton" as a substitute for cotton, says: "1 have noticed in New York com mercial papers a letter from Ger many to the effect that a German chemist has succeeded in treating the tiber of tree cotton, and thus make lt spinnable. For the pm pose of i counteracting any 111 effect such a report may have upon our Southern people, 1 beg to state that tree cotton ls not n new thing. Nor has lt re cently been discovered. Neither has lt ever conferred a blessing upon mauls Ind. lt grows In tropical coun tries, flourishes in Mexico, South America and India, and ls aa old as time itself. It fluorlshed on the Is lands In the South Atlantic prior to the discovery of America, and when the plant was first introduced into America lt was perennial. The cli mate of our country was of such rigor, however, that It readily be came an annual. There ls nothing worth talking about in connection With tree cotton that can be treated by German' scientists from a textile stand) 'nt. The stuff ls a fine fuzz -there is no tiber to It, treated or not treated. "Tho truth of the matter ls, lt was this worthless tree cotton In Mexico that gave birth to the boll-weevil, as we know lt, in this country, nnd from Mexico, alter years of travel, the wee vil crossed the Rio Grande river Into Texas. Our people need lose no sleep over this proposed substitute for cotton. There Is no substitute, ami the talk sent out hy the bear? along this Hue is utterly absurd, even I for the Intelligent bear to foster." That Hale of Cotton. ( P. L. S.. in Constitution.) I put dat bale er cotton Down y?nder hy de tree, . An' w'en I come ter look, he gone Too high fer me ter see! I look up in de pine t .?>, I sarcli de highes' hill; "My risin* day," Brer Cotton say, "An- I a-rlsln' still!" An' whilst I wuz a-sarchin', An' dunno whar he at, Dai come a rain o' dollars, An' Cotton say: "Take dat! " Keep on. Mister Cotton Keep on goln' high, An' tell us how de moon ls, An' all about de sky! Should Break Land in the Pall. The larger part of the land should be broken in the fall for the follow ing reasons: 1. We are not ns busy In the late fall and winter ns we are in the spring. 2. The grass, trash, etc., ls turned under to decay. 3. Insoluble plant food ls brought to the surface where thc frost and air can change lt to soluble plant food. 4. Housed Insects are exposed and frozen. 5. The soil is rough and loose so that it will drink in the rain that falls. 6. To permit the air to circulate in the subsoil. 7. To let the wator escape from the surface without running over the ground and washing lt off. The ballots used In the election in New York last week measured four fe?t In width. 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He stands six feet four, was on the Stanford foot hall team and ls an nil-round athlete. The result of the election wns In part due to Pickett's clean, high character, but this alone could not account for the overwhelming defeat of the so-called graft prosecution. Flckert, In his declaration that he did not and would not belong to or be under tho orders of any man or men In the discharge of his official duties, was believed by the public at large. On the other hand, tho great majority of the people of San Fran cisco have come to feel, lt ls alleged, that Heney was no moro than tho privately paid attorney of Rudolph Spreckels, and that the ofllce of dis trict attorney would be turned over to the control of a private Individ ual. lt ls well known that Heney and his law partners have received large sums of money from Spreckels, who organl/ed a street railroad to compete with the existing company, whose president, Patrick Calhoun, has been the chief object of the pros ecution's attack. KO-Year-Old Woman Killed. Pensacola, Fla., Nov. fi.-Thrown from her buggy when her horse be came frightened and ran away, as she was returning from church, the skirts of Mrs. Mary Brett, 80 years old, caught In the axle of the car riage and sile wa? dragged two miles. The body was horribly mutilated and tho woman was dead when tho team lina I ly was halted. Sloan's Liniment is the best remedy for sprains and bruises. It quiets the pain at once, and can be applied to the tenderest part without hurting because it doesn't need to be rubbed - ali ?'ou have to do is to lay it on ightly. It is a i>owerful prepa ration and penetrates instantly - relieves any inflammation and con gestion, and reduces the swelling. Here's the Proof. Mr. L. ROLAND, Bishop of Scran ton, Pa. says:-"On the 7th of this present month, as I was leaving tha building at noon for lunch, I slipped and fell, spraining my wrist. I returned in thc afternoon, and at four o'clock I could not hold a pen cil ia my hand. 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