Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Hippocratic Oath That the Doctor* Pake. 1 Richmond Tilues-Dispatcb, i There are several famous ancienti 1 oaths, of which the best known are 1 the Athenion oath, taken by young i eitizens, and the hipporcratlc oath,' 1 taken by phvsicians entering the ;< profession. The latter oath was ad-;< ministered to the graduates at theI i eighty-sixth annual commencement11 of the Jefferson Medical College, In < Phllidelphia. This was the first . time it has been administered in the i history of the college. One hundred and seventeen men received 11 degrees and. standing, bowed their j 1 heads in assent to the oath, which h is: You do solemnly swear, each man 11 by whatever he holds most sacred: i That you will be loyal to the | < profession of medicine and just and generous to its members. That you will lead your lives ( and practice your art in upright- ( ness and honor. That in whatsoever house you ! j hall enter, it shall be for the good !. of the sick to the utmost for your , power, you holding yourself aloof ' from wrong, from corruption, from . the tempting of others to vice. That you will exercise your art j aolely for the cure of your pa- , tients, and will give no drug, per- , form no operation for a criminal ; | purpose, even if solicited; far less , suggest it. |4 That whatsoever you shall see or hear of the lives of men which is ( not fitting to be spoken, you will j keep inviolably secret. j These things do you swear? j s Let each man bow his head in t sign of acquiescence. And now, if you shall be true to v this, your oath, may prosperity and ' good repute be ever yours; the opposite if you should prove your- j selves forsworn. 1 A Wise Cow Turns on Water to d Cool Herself Off. ' 1 a It is not necessary to manufacture' E news, since truth is always in the I ? news line stranger and more inter-1 1 estlng than fakes or fiction. Rev. P H. M. Blair, of this city, editor of ? the North Carolina Christian Advo-j P cate, some time ago felt that his 8 water rents at hia resiednce were too high, and had a meter put in. j* He paid out two bills before he j1 realized that it was not long before 8 he would go bankrupt. He be-1 came extremely careful in watching for a leak. He soon discovered that j h each morning in going to his barn- :1 yard his faucet there was turned on ? and water was pouring out in pud- * dies. He thought to find the "ene- 8 my;" so one night he sat up with ^ gun in hand, ready to shoot. To his t surprise, he caught his oow. She * deliberately went to the water cock, turned it on, laid down about ten feet off, where the puddle^ formed, got herself out and off, and walked away -'aUsftcd. I leaving the water /S,njSlag she could not help g ag the fact leak out, hence ^1^ paragraph, which i ranySome other people wise c ^ .ysterious water waste.? j ve ^ oo ro Cor. News and Obser \ WORM IX SOUTH CAROLI\ VA Dispensaries May Be Kitai)lished in Several Counties in South Carolina. Columbia, June 27. ? The announcement is made by Dr. J. La- ( Bruce Ward that the work of in- , vestigating and treating hook worm ( in South Carolina will be material- ( ly furthered by the recent api>oint lent of three specialists in addi-1 ^ tion to the one already employed to,' go over the State and get in among t the people. Dr. Routh ,of Hamp-1' ton county, is at work in his native place. Dr. J. T. Howell, of Kenly, ' N. C., will begin in South Carolina on July 1; on July 15 another goes i J on duty, the name to be announced later. These specialists will make examinations and seek to cure the ? cases they find. Each will be equip- > ? ped with a microscope and projec- ^ tion lantern; by means of the lat- t ter lectures will be given as a large part of the work, in this way aiming to get the actual facts, visual . facts, before the people of the State, especially the rural sections. Hook Worm IHspensaris. As a further step in the systematic stamping out of the disease, " plans for the establishment of dispensaries for the treatment of patients comes as at once a practical r scheme and an innovation in South j Carolina. Beaufort and Hampton t counties have signified to Dr. t Ward their 1 cpas of aiding him to r begin this work in these counties. v Others will he added to the list. ( The plan is to have in each county ' 8 four or five dispensing stations for t medicine. T he specialist will make 1 the rounds of these stations, adver- f Using in the ctuuty papers at what 'i time he will be at particular dlspen- i s sary. He ninj be consulted, the patient goes home for the treatment | j according to directions, and 'n a week revorn either cured oi ?o he | ] rec< miueuded to a further treat-', meut until the disease is complete-11 ly eradicated. By July the first i, dispensary in Beaufort oouuty will j probably be under way. 1 Dr. Ward has received informa- , tion from the Rockefeller sanitary , commission that at the dispensary i, at Bienville, La., 61 cases were treated the first day of its opening. ( Dr. Ward states that the disease is , no heavier there than in South s Carolina. Systematic hook worm j eradication is going on in South , Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, j Georgia, Florida. Virginia, Tenn- \ eseee. Louisiana. Mississippi and i Arkansas. I Dir. Ward's plan is that the men j shall move from county to county. I j thus covering in time the entire ] State. 11 The aeroplane has at last been .< put to commercial use in a most re-!< mark able manner. When W. A.! Burpee, the millionaire seedman of i Philadelphia, left New York on the, i Olymptic he suddenly remembered 11 that he had forgotten several im-1 < portant articles of wearing apparel. 11 The liner had already left its pier. , 1 The Olymptic is equipped with j i wireless telegraph, as It is also a | well known New York department j store, a member of which was sailing or the same vessel to him Mr. Burpee made known his predicament. In a jiffy the order was sent by wireless, accompanied by a request that the stuff be delivered au the Olymptic even though an aeroplane had to be employed. Five minutes after the wireless was received a contract was closed with Aviator Sopwith, who was tuning up his machine on Long Island. Three-quarters of an hour later the aeroplane skimmed gracefully over the deck of the Olympic and dropped the package for Mr. Burpee, who was almost overcome with astonishment. Speech Restored by Thunderstorm. ??. New Orleans, June 30. ? A flash i of lightning and a sharp peal of thunder in a storm yesterday morn-! ing restored the power of speech to Miss Jessie R. Fischel, o'" this citv. Shp hftrl hoon f ",/x ?MM >/v?u UUU1U VV years. The failure of her voice followed i period of illness. Physicians and specialists from this State and Eastern States had diagnosed her .rouble without result and only last Wednesday a physician declared in ti is opinion her case was hopeless and further treatment a needless ?xpense. A sudden grasp and involuntary exclamation by Mi3s Fischael folowed the lightening flash and peal >f thunder yesterday and to her lurprise she discovered she could alk. Her voice is normal. ?ome Long Droughts Recalled From Records in An Old So ran Book. forkeville Enquirer. There Is a lot of talk about the Irought these days, because in nany localities are not included my of the favored spots, it is the1 nost prominent subject of daily conern, and it just simply won't be gnored. ignored. There are peoile who claim that it is the worst Irought that has ever been ex>erienced. but this will hardly hold, because there are farmers in every j ocality who have seen more disressing conditions, and generally huv no n oooJl.. ~ - * - l- -* * ?co?ij luaica me present ituation without having to go back o the notable drought of 1881. Mr. Brooks Ingram, of xorkville, a3 made an interesting contribuion to drought literature from an Id scrap book formerly kept by his atherin-law-, the late A. W. In;old. In that scrap book is a list f droughts occurring in the counry between the years of 1621 and 876 as follows: In 1621, 24 days. In 1630, '-?ys. ^ ^ Vfc "A5J. ) y?: / In 1662," jiT^Jys. ? ... In 1674, 45 days. In 1688. 81 days. In 1694, 62 days. In 1705, 40 days. In 1715, 46 days. In 1728, 61 days. In 1730, 92 days In 1749, 108 days. In 1755, 42 days. In 1762, 123 days. In 1763, 80 days. In 1791, 82 days. In 1812, 28 days. In 1845, 110 days. In 1871, 43 days. In 1875, 26 days. In 1876, 26 days. The record drought of this sec- j tion most talked of by the middleaged and ?ld men of to-day is that if 1881. The last general rain was in April 27, and the next was on \ugust 18. There was some local showers in between; but they did not amount to a great deal. Good stands of cotton was general before i he drought set in and about halfi i crop of cotton was made that *ear. A few farmers made very food crops of corn, but generally i he corn crop was a complete fail-1 ?re. Some people that year gather- j d in cotton stalks before the frost i md used them for roughness with vhicb to feed cattle . All kinds of i egetation was brought into use for ho QamD niiimAHi. v 1 -V uutuv |/utk/uoc "UUVUl U1UUU lioice. and straw that year com- j nanded the prices of Timothy hay; n other years. JAMJITS HOLD UF FAST TRAIN*, j 'iail aixl Express Oars Rifled?Two of Crew Injured. Erie, Pa., Pune 30. ? A fast nail and passenger train on the >hiladelphia and Erie railroad was veld up to-night, five miles from lere, by a band of a dozen masked nen. The mail and express cars vere rifled and two of the crew, Z. H. Block, of Erie, mail clerk. i.nd H. D. Roony of Erie, conducor, were injured. Block was shot in the right side | ind taken to the hospital in a dy-! ng condition. Roonev received terious injuries when he was hit vith a stone thrown by one of the obbers. The train was due in the city at 10:10 o'clock to-night. A few min-| itea before 10 o'clock, when the :rain was making a large curve, j :he engineer saw a large construc:ion ahead. He applied the brakes sut could not stop the train be'ore the engine crashed into the ne ties and tne telephone poles placed across the track. When the train hit the obstruction It was believed by the passeujers that there had been a colli*", ilon with another train. The next moment, however, the crack of revolvers acquainted them with the real cause of the train's stop. As the train came to a standstill the passengers alighted to learn the trouble Their presence drew the Tire of the band and they hastened back to the cars. An unknown passenger caught hold of one of the robbers and was picked up bodily and thrown over a 300-Ioot embankment. His condition is serl-, 3 US. Almost before the train had reached the obstruction, the maskid band had taken up their position it practically every entrance to the cars. When the passengers began pouring from the cars there were a few gruff words from the men to let back inside. When a number of the excited passengers failed to * take thts advice, the bandits 9peu- |J ed fire. They shot along the IJ sides of the cars, level with the j windows, and this effectively put an | end to the curiosity of the passen- \ gers. Within the cars there was a panic. A number of women fainted j while the screams of others caused much confusion. The train arriv- ij ed in this city about midnight. The i passengers were badly frightened I and could not give a connected | story of what had happened. w According to the opinion^ere, it was not a train that experts could be expected to attack. It is believed the bandits were foreigners. Within a few moments after word of the hold-up was received here, every officer in the city was called into action. Many of them boarded a special train for the | scene, while others were taken there in automobiles and other conveyances. Late to-night the surrounding country was filled with men and lanterns, searching for the men and contents of mail bags taken from the train. Albert Carey, engineer, by making a quick stop of the train, probably prevented a serious disaster. Railroad men say had the heavy train struck the obstruction with much force it would have thrown the entire train into the ditch. IfAVu/m* t * * . vr.ioion .iiiiaumvn Miihr.u Hhot In Sampit River Near Georgetown I>ocks. Georgetown, July 1. ? Speeial: One of the largest alligators ever seen in the Sampit river, was killed under rather unusual circumstances several days ago by Mr. J. C. Lowrimore with *a 38-callibre Winchester rifle. A slip in the wharf at the end of Orange street, near the centre of Front street, on the river, is a favorite swimming place for white boys. While standing at the edge of the slip at half-high tide, a gen- ? tleman was startled to see a black object which he at first mistook for the end 9f a sunken log, suddenly protrude from the water Uinder closer . inspection he discovered it to be' the head and shoulder of a huge. alligator. Mr. Lowrimore, who is foreman of the naval stores wharf' at this point, was sent for and canhe with his powerful magazine ri#le. The saurian, seemingly unconscious of danger, swam lazily in t^ie slip with head above water. Meantime the report of the visitation, of Mr. Gator had spread and y.Yowds from Front street gathered to see the sport. Picking his ch&nce Mr. Lowrimore sent a ball prasning throught the monster's head, and he sank, to rise again in a moment and swim to a lighter nearby, where he rose high out of the water and spread his big paws over the side. Thinking the creature almost dead Mr. Lowrimore boarded the lighter and caught one paw in both hands, but was nearly pulled into the water as a consequence of his temerity. The 'gator then disappeared, but caused _ the water to boil as he made "or the open river. At the end of the slip he rose once more, when another shot was sent into his body. Again he disappeared and came up full length in the middle of the stream. A boat was quickly manned and at a distance of 20 feet another bullet penetrated the tough and mottled hide of the saurian. The great body sank at the crack of the rifle and probably went to it was found floating near the lumthe bottom. The next afternoon ber sheds of the Atlantic Coast Corporation Mills. The carcas measured 9 feet, 9 inches long and was as large in circumference as a flour barrel. In the stomach was found a good size shark and a quantity of fish. It is believed by some that the big 'gator was attracted to the city docks by the small boys going in swimming, but no case has ever been known here where an alligator has attacked man or child. They are, however, very destructive to bogs and dogs. Many deer hounds are lost every year by huntsmen in this section from alligators, and along the rivers, hogs without number. It is said that a 'gator never attacks a swimming deer, but a dog is his particular prey. The mate of the dead alii gaior 19 reported to have been seen n the river the day following, but has not reappeared. COTTON' CONDITION 8S.9 PER CENT. Average Date June 2# ? Improvement Over May. New York, June 30. ? Special* From the replies of 2,081 special correspondents of the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, of an average date of June 23, the percentage condition of cotton is found to be 85.9, against 83.8 for the corresponding date in May, or an average increase of 2.1 points. This compares with a condition of 80.1 a year ago, and 76.8 the year ? before and a ten year average of 81. Improvement showed itself in all states except Louisiana, which lost ' 0.7 point, and Florida, 6.6 points North Carolina, South Caroliu, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee, all J gained about 5 points. Texas just ^ held its own, while Oklahoma gained 1.4 ? < nls oi PRAYED FOR RAIN, (JOT IT 1( Heavy Downfall Follows Service of * (ieoririn llnnfluO Hazlehurst, Ga., June 30.?There are more believers in the efficacy B of prayer In* this town to-night than there were twenty-four hours ago. Members of the Baptist church here *? gathered this morning for a special ^ service to pray for rain. This afternoon at 5 o'clock the y? town and surrounding country was visited by one of the heaviest rains > in several months. The drought has done great damage to crops of all kinds Cadet John David 1s at home flj from the South Carolina Military * Academy. % few "Rock Hill" Light* Running, Most Stylish and Durable on Market <Y Patented Long-Distance Spind les oiled without removal of wheels Patented Side Spring. Strongest braced Body made. <JNew style Seat. <| Every feature of high class make <1 Phaetons, Surries, Runabouts o same High Quality. <JOur guarantee your protection. Postal Card To Us Will Bring Agent To Yon At Once ROCK HILL BUGGY COMPANY Bock Hill. So at It Carolina E. T. ELLIOTT, "Rock Hill" Agent, Dillon, S. C. YOUR GROCER HANDLES WE flfl&T ^IRECOMMEHJ /mBagty f and sell ^^iS^-lEAKK&rotLB COMPANY DRY-MAS MAKES THEM LAY OR BUST r No poultry farm vu ever wrecked from using our High-grade " Lay or Bust" feeds but many have gone " down and out" from using cheap brands. We guarantee every bag? your money back if not all we claim. Dillon Wholesale Grocery DISTRIBUTORS. Do You Have Headache \makE ONE 111 1 ' " ANDLTHE PAIN IS GONE. "My first experience witl Dr Miles' Anti-Pain Pill; was a sample package handet me. They relieved the pair so promptly that I have nevei been without them since. ] have given them to man) friends when they had headache and they never failed tc relieve them. I have sufferec with neuralgia in my head and the first one I took relieved me. They have cured me of neuralgia. I would not be without them." * MISS LILLIE B. COLLINS R. F. D. No. i, Salem, Va. Sold by druggists everywhere, wh< re authorized to return price of first package If they fall to benefit. MILES MEDICAL CO.. 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