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T&e Daily Times. Vol. IV. FLORENCE. 8 C.. FRIDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 24. I89i No 20 IN PERSONAL VEIN SOME ARE OUR ’.OWN PEOPLE AND SOME ARE NOT. -•j Coma aad go and do Many Things and It Gives us Pleasure to Hear of Their Movements. Mr. Walter uregg, of Mars Bluff, is iu the city to-day. Mrs. Theodore Kuker is spend ing the day in Darlington. Mrs. W. B. Rowell has gone oa a visit to relatives at Claussen’s. Mr. Louis Cohen, one of Charles ton’s leading merchants, is in the city. Mr. J. C. Lynch, a leading citi zen of Lynches, is in the city to day. Miss Aggie Lamb and Mr. Thomas Lamb are in Darlington to-day. Mr. J. Boyd Br Mars Bluff, is s Florence. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Anderson of Ebenezer are visiting friends in the city to-day. Hon. L. S. Bigham and Miss Margie Bigham are spending the day in Florence. Mr. Henry Hoffman of Charlotte is visiting his brother, Mr. John Hoffman, in this city. Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Stothart left this morning for a week’s visit to Aiken and Augusta. Messrs. J. W. Haynes of Hy man and J. N. Haynes of Claus- sen are in town to-day. Miss Annie Sutcliffe, of Char leston, who has been visiting rela tives iu Florence, returned home last night. Rev. V. I. Masters, represent ing the Baptist Courier, Green ville, S. C., is in Florence. We appreciate a call from him this morning. Miss Dora Ahrens of Baltimore has returned to Florence to take charge of B. H. Rucker's millinery department, and along with her has come a line of beautiful milli nery goods. For Rent. Two desirable offices over Lake’s Corner Drug Store. Apply to, F. U. Lake. migj Mm A Remarkable Cow. OWS are slow, easy-going ani mals and are sel dom given to record breaking. However, one of these meek indi viduals of the bovinejepecieshas recently broken the record, and, as a result, there are twin calves on the plautatiou of Mr. J. VV. Brun son. They are fine Jerseys and have been named respectively Kate andyinpli-Kate. Yellow Fever Canes. The following telegram was re ceived by Dr. James Evans this morning : Washington, D. C., Sept. 24. Secretary Board of Health, Flor ence, S. C. \ The following cases of yellow fever were officially reported as the 33rd instant r ns 9, Mobile 2, Ocean ngs 6, Scranton 6, Edwards 33, Atlanta 1, Louisville, Ky., 1. Reports from Biloxi and Barkley delayed. Atlanta and Louisville cases refugees. Wyman. Johnson’s Chill and ver Tonic Cures Fever in One Day. For Sale Cheat*. A good work mule. Apply at this office. TAKING NO CHANCES. For Rent. A deaiiahle six-room bouse with kitchen, bath room and pauty, situated on Darlington street. Apply to, tf. Mbs. A. M. Maxwelll. General Insurance Agency OF B V SANBORN CHASE, Fire, Life k Accident linruee. Surety Bends Issued. "LOKancB s. THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND YELLOW JACK. Germ* Live Any where—Kuaaigatlon of all Befugeae’ Effect* and Baggage Decided Upon. (The State, Sept. 21.) The meeting of the State board of health yesterday was an extra one. It was made necessary by the yeilow fever situation and the fact that the hoard had no chair man, the late Dr. Bratton’s death having caused a vacacy. Dr. C. R. Taber was elected chairman and thsu tbs matter of the yellow fever situation was taken up aud fully discussed. Dr. Sim jue of Charleston offered the following resolution which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That as some concern is felt by several of the towns iu South Carolina, especially those on the seaboard as to the possible dangef Q&*hsws*Fo<i«e*fc>n*<rf yeb low fever by; refugees from in fected regions comiug id, and towns in the State that are con sidered exempt from danger of the spread of yellow fever by rea son of the altitude of such towns above the sea level, this board would caution the health authori ties of such places as may he williug to receive such refugees 1 that they do not consider any place iu South Carolina exempt from danger of infection by such altitude for the disease has pre vailed at an elevation of 4,500 feet iu the Andes Mountains, the garrison at the rock of Gibraltar has been scourged and that Chat tanooga was an example in 1878 from this disease. While we are glad that such refuge should be afforded the people of our sister States iu their calamity we would impress upoo the health authori ties the necessity of purification of all baggage and household ef fects of all refugees from the yel low fever stricken regions, espec ially as such purification can be readily, easily aud economically performed by the use of fumiga tion with formaldehyde gas. Tuis only requires a small tight apart ment, such ae a small room or box oar with fence wire or slats placed in convenient shelf like form aud the use of special lamps for gener ating the gas. These lamps are endorsed by all sanitary bodies and are in use by the quarantine authorities and are cheaply se cured. “Yellow fever prevailed in the New England States and Canada early in the last century and rav aged the towns in New York, Con necticut, Rhode Island, and was especially violent among the In dians, who were almost extermina ted by its ravages. It was 58 years after its ravages in Philadel- pnia, Boston, New York and other places before it appeared in Charleston. One hundred and six ty years after its appearance in the north that it appeared in New Or leans. “Sommerville, Tenn., is a town without a pauper, with ideal homes, surrounded with beautiful gardens, with no cellars under the houses, no swamps or water course within several miles, the water supply from artesian wells 6o to 8o feet deep, yet yellow fever, af ter it was introduced there was as malignant as it was in the most crowded slums of Memphis. “A carload of cotton bagging from Memphis arrived at a station ■ear the town of Sommerville. Of tf^g A4 meik wHo-handled this hag- 1 £ gmg including the physician who attended them with thedisease, n were stricken ill of fever. Post masters who handled mail in sev eral instances were the only sub jects of yellow fever in previously uninfected towns. The only safe barrier for the spread of yellow fever is the occurrence of heavy frost and ice. It will not originate where a continuous temparature of 65 to 70 far. prevails, but where it once occurs in a place, ice will alone stop its spread. How long baggage and textile fabrics may contain the germs of the disease is a vexed question amongst sanitar ians.” QUARANTINE OFFICER HERE. HI* Duty i* to Inspect Peraona Going to Wilmington From Fever Infected Diatrlcta. Mr. James W. Smith, a member of the Wilmington police force has been appointed inland quarantine officer with headquarters at Flor ence. His commission is signed by Mayor Wright of Wilmington and Geo. Gilbert Thomas, presi dent of the North Carolina State Board of Health. Mr. Smith’s duty is to inspect all persons going to Wilmington from the fever infected districts and to stop them if they have not health certificates. If such per sons insist upon going through, he notifies the authorities at Wilming ton who will not allow them to en ter the city. So far Mr. Smith has stopped three passengers who had. no certificates. A*?**-* A