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DEATH LURKS laUrestiog Tnbercolosis Issued by Slate Board of Health. FAKE CURES SHOWN UP N? Vital Statistic** Have Been Kept. But the Records Show What Ha* Been Done, and Hlstorj of the Hulnu TVoa man # a?<^ Ma??am^ moot are Given. A most interesting bulletin issued by the State board of health ra'ers to tuberculosis n9 "the captain of the men of death." Tho bulletin gives ruch information as to the "great white plague* and shows that it is a preventabl" disease. No vital statistics were kept In South Carolina until last year 3n< from these statistics the following 's stated concerning tho ravages of the disease: "Though approximating tho number from the statistics collected during this period, it is safe to say til it the mortality from this disease alone Is 1,500 or more each year. This not only means that we are losing that many of our inhabitants, but these 1,500 and many others who now have the disease have and are giving ofT the deadly germs which will infect thousands of others. It is an appalling situation." "Avoid as far as possible any contact with the germs of the disease "So live at all times that your nat ural powers of resistance will be continually at top-notch strength." These two rules are given -In the bulletin and the chief factors of protection against infection. "The germ of consumption," con tinues the bulletin, "'known as ttu tubercle bacillus, was discovered am proved to be the cause of the diseast by Robert Koch of Germany in tb? year 1X82. "It is an extreme minute plant cell, or spore, invisible to the naked eve. so light that In the dry state It may float with every breeze and thrown 20 feet from a consumptive In the moist state enormous numbers ol these germs may live In cuspidors, In the fresh spittle on the pavement, in the Invisible film of saliva left on the edge of a glass or cup after its use by a consumptive; the germs may be throfn 20 feet from a consumptive in the act of coughing or sneezing? several feet by the effort of ordinary conversation -they are left in some degree on everything which touches the consumptive's mouth or lips. "Tuberculosis is an Insidious sneaking foe. There is reason to believe that the germs may enter the body and lie there dormant for years until some depressing inlluence, such as fatigue, cold, exposure, wetting or excesses with tobacco or alcohol gives the crouching foe a chance for the fatal spring and symptoms of the disease appear in their ghastly sequence of cough, hemorrhage, fever, sweats, emaciation, diarrhoea and death. "Over $lf?,000,000 annually If poured Into the coffers of those who exploit and advertise fake tubercu losls corns, according to a statement issued by the National Association for tho Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis: and for this vast sum the victims receive nothing in return, but are often permanently injured and in the majority of cases cheated out of tho chauce for a real cure. Worse Ht111, most of this money is paid by those who can lenBt afford it. Tho following advice is given to the healthy: "Don't be afraid of a consumptive if he observes the rules laid down in this pamphlet. "Don't hesitate to tell a consumptive that it is his duty to protect hia fellowman. Don't, under any circumstances, sleep with a consumptive. "Don't occupy a house where a consumptive lias lived, without first having the house properly disinfected. When a house is properly dism fectod it is no longer dangerous. "Don't spit on floors or sidewalks Set the consumptive a good example. When you spit, spit into the gutters or into a spittoon. Don't stay in a room with the windows closed. Keep them open filtmnuir on-1 -1 * v. (iuu MMinT. ai nome and at work. Sloop with fho windows open, hut be suro that the entire body is warmly clad. "Don't be afraid of night air Fresh air, hi other night or day. moist or dry, warm or cold, is good for you. i, "Don't drink milk from cows not tuberculin tested without boiling it. for the disease is often contracted in this way. "Don't ever stir up a dust by dry sweeping. Sprinkle water or moist sawdust, or moist bits of pnper over the floor before sweeping. Dusting should be done with a moist cloth. f'Don't ever neglect a cold or cough, and be especially careful to protect yourself from consumption when convalescing from grippe and pneumonia, and when in a run-down condition from any cause." / The Christmas flres are getting In their deadly work this year for a surety. SOLD THEIR VOTES WHbliRHALK OOHRPUTION IN TI1K LAST OHIO ELECTION. Many Farmer* and Others Confessed to the Court That They Accepted Br! ben. A dispatch from West Union. O.. vhorA thn rnnrt hna haxtn nniro trn/T for sometime in trying election bribery cases, says there was another big clean-up Tuesday by the grand jury which is investigating the chnrgee of vote bribery in Adams county. The grand Jury Tuesday reported 122 indictments and carefully revised figures, bringing the present totul u?) 10 747. It is expected that 1 la more indictments will be returned. Of those arraigned Tuesday 70 pleaded guilty and four not guilty. The usual finbs and disfranchisements were imposed on those con fessing teir guilt. .Fully one-half of those who have been before the court seem to favot the investigation and openly declare it ie proper. Because he had made a mistake in telling the court Monday how much he received for selling his vote, Sam Howell, aged 84 a veteran of the War of Secession, Tuesday walked 18 miles through the cold to correct his error and to tell Judge Hlair that he had figured up and instead of having received $11 as the purchase price, he h^d been given $15. Howell was fined $f> and costs and disfranchised. Frank Salisbury, who lives In Franklin township, was arrested for contempt of court and arraigned for rying to intimidate a grand Juror. He also was charged that he hail been makins indirect threats against ; i'lnir, through injudicious remarks, j ^"lisbury was fined $50 and costs ;.i 10 days in jail, the jail sentence ' i^ng suspended. Two new feature? developed at afternoon's session of the grand I Jury investigation. One wac th?t nf a woman selling her son's vote, and the other concerned a voter who was bought In three different ways. The woman Is a widow, who lives at Peebles. She is accused of having accepted $5 for her son's franchise. ' Roth mother and son were indicted, hut ne'ther has been arrested. A farmer in Jacksonville precinct Wednesday surprised the jury by his confession that he was bought three times last election day. For his promise to vote the straight Republican ticket, he said, he received $12.50; on a contract to vote the . straight Democratic ticket he was paid $10, and the price for agreeing to vote for a certain Democratic candidate w as $.'!. He pleaded guilty when arraigned , and was disfranchised for five years, fined $5 and costs, and given six months in the work house, with the , prison sentence suspended. One hundred and six indictments were returned, which brings the totnl up to , 998. There are indications that the number will reach 1.500 as predicted by special Prosecutor W. R. Stephenson: SWALLOWKD I.IKK JONAH. Duck K scape* Alive from Codilsh. Hi But is Shot. At Nantucket, Mass., a fisherman brought ashore a huge codfish. While dressing his llsh a hunter stopped to eat. The big cod caught his ?v? and the fisherman opened it. There was a commotion within, and to the astonishment of the onlookers out fluttered a full-sized "shoal duck." Apparently dazed the duck hovered overhead a second or two nreparatory to starting on its flight but it was a fatal hesitation, for the gunner promptly threw his double-barrel to his shoulder and fired, killing the bird. On seeing the fisherman approach the bird dived and had been swallowed whole by the codfish, which a moment after was caught. Enough air passed through the gills of the fish to permit tbe duck tn breathe Killed in Row. As the result of a fight between burglars and the police in London the death roll now numbers four. The house where the fight occurred was occupied by burglars, attempting to break into a jewelry store. They were surprised b' the police. In an exchange of snots Sergeant Bently and Constable Choate were fatally wounded and died today, while one of the burglars died in a who*. CI,a?i ? - ..?= v initial uaxe wnop into this evening. The proprietors of the Jewelry store of Henry Harris said that precious stones valued at $100,000 wore in the vaults. An examination showed that the burglars tunneled beneath the Harris store and within a few hours probably would have been in possession of the booty. Poured Out Whiskey. At Gulfport, Miss., surrounded by hundreds of thirsty morners, who were kept back by a codon of police, Chief of Pol loo Corbett, assisted byJail attaches and the fire department, late Saturday evening destroyed $3,000 worth of confiscated liguor which had accumulated in tho city's depository. J WAVE OF CRIME Many Violent Dtatbs Instead ot Peace and Good Will. MANY LIVES WIPED OUT Bloo<l and Tragedy Murk the lVuce and Good Will Season in Sooth Carolina?Both Whites and Blacks Involved in the Tragedies of tlie Christmas Season. Tho birthday of the Prince of Peace has been a day of blood in .South Carolina and many killings, both accidental and intentional, are reported in various parts of the State. All the details are not in. but it is known that as many a.s a dozen people have lost their lives and many others have been injured as a result of tbe festivities incident to this season, which should bring peace iu'o the world and good will to men. Mere is a partial list of the trageI dies: Nolly Hnncock, a 14-year-old boy, whose home is in the Highland Park village at Hock 11111, was shot and killed by a companion off about the *ame ago, named Adkins. The boys quarreled over a small rifle and Adkins used it with deadly efTect. Near Hampton. Harry Mason, a?ed 17, was accidentally shot by his cousin, William Prieater, aged 19, as he boys were Btartlnx on a bird hunt. Prieater became distracted over the nccideut and had to be restrained from doing Injury to himself. At Beaufort, Saturday night, Dan Middleton, a negro, was shot through the keyhole of a house where he was visiting and instantly killed. Cornelius Thompson, another uegro. is held for the killing. Clem Dean, a negro girl, was shot down in *he road, about 10 miles from Greenville, by T^m Heatherwood. Tho girl was returning from a party and her parents were with her. The slayer has not been caught. At Hinton's place, near Cash's Depot. Chesterfield county, in which, li is stated, a man named Copes, while drunk, shot and killed a traveling man named Hove. Particulars of the affair are not obtainable. The coroner's jury empannelled to inquire into the death of Edward Hoasard, colored, held J. \V. Harper, white, for tho killing, and It. T. Rateman, white an accessory. The deeased was a hack driver and the I shooting followed an alternation at the Atlantic Coast Line depot In Sumter Sunday night. On Christmas Eve night there was d shooting near White Pond. Aiken county, at which several darkies were reported u> be shot. Oen versio*" Is that a party of negroes were tired ' Into by a negro with a shotgun and one woman an 1 three men were hit by the shot. High Addison is charged with the offence and he made his escape. Tillman Dunnwny, a young planter. shot and killed Eucene .Tones, a negro, on the Dunaway plantation, some two or three miles from Hopkins, Sunday afternoon, about 5 o'clock. Dunaway surrendered and was committed to the Richlana county jail Tuesday afternoon. Thomas Mackey, a young white man, about 18 years old, committed 1 suicide by shooting himself in the head with a pistol, the tragedy occurring in the Charlotte road, about three miles north of Lancaster, opposite the residence of Mrs. Mary Montgomery. A homicide occurred in Charles- < boro section, about 24 miles from Lancaster, C. C. Faile being shot and killed by Caesar Watts, both < white. The difficulty took place in front of the house of a man named Tate, in the presence of several wit- < nesses. On Friday night, at Dunbarton, a town about twelve miles from Barnwell, Henry Llshe shot and killed Hamp Floyd, both negroes. From i what can be learned thev wor* ling and became engaged in an alter- j cation. Idshe is cut In several place.;, 1 one finger being almost severed. IIo| was brought to Barnwell and lodged 1 in the county jail. j1 Saturday night, nenr ftlackville, i1 Bd Wicker, colored, who killed an-,1 other negro a few weeks ago and es- ' raped, went to his wife's home and i shot at her. Tlie bullet missed th*woman and killed her child. After , he killing of the negro some time i' ago. Wicker is said to have made j the statement that he would not be | satisfied until he had killed his wife, j Unfaithfulness on the part of the ! woman Is said to have caused the ] killings. Monday morning Tom T'ugli struck Oolphus Malloy in the head with u| iiroir ??i iron, wnicn resnlteij in Mai- j ioy'a death soon afterwards, the blow having fractured his skull. Moth are ! negroes, living near Society 11 ill and are considered peaceable and quiet. Roger Andrews, u negro, in a drunken rage shot and killed his wife, his wife's mother 4and then himself, at Nlnety-slx Tuesday night at seven o'clock. Ther was no eye witness. The negro was seen in the afternoon drunk and nothing further was seen of him until he committed the murder. i i Llge Horn, was shot and killed by inother negro. Joe Smiley, at Stuiley'a home near Verdery Monday night. Whiskey Is supposed to have been the real starter of the row which led up to the killing. The dead negro had two brothers killed a year ago at Verdery at a hot supper. f Two negroes have been killed In Newberry County during the holidays. At Whltmlre, Lence Karr was killed bv Ixjmle Williams, In the letter's pressing club, where Karr had' <one for his clothes. On T. J. Davenport's plaea n??r the Ijnr*n? line, Cain Henderson was killed by Robert Golden, at the home of his brother Clarence Oolden, with pistol. Mr. John Edwards, who was shot by Pantzler Toney, at Johnston on Uat ? !- -?"< -? mov twi uiunf in nun alive, Wlttl some hopes for recovery. He 1b at a hospital in Augusta. In addition to these tragedies M. O. Copelanl was caught In the machinery at. the Charleston power house and nis life was crushed out. There were several other killings of negroes in and about Charleston. MOItK MVKM TJI \\ GOOD. To tlie Community in Which They May He Lomtcil. We clip tho following from the Dorchester Kagle: "Dr. F. P. Love of Asheville. N. C., has purchased the Shieder tract of 700 acres near drover and is spending much time and money to make it a game reserve. lie planted a quantity of corn, peas, etc., and is now planting oats, his purpose being to feed the birds, deer. etc. He has a trespass notice in this issue and he state? that >tock must keep off or the owners will suffer the consequences. It is stated that a number of deer ha\o already taken up on the reserve nnd a large number of turkeys are there also. This project will be a great benefit to the community after it is well under way. Dr. Love won't allow any of the corn or other grain grown on the place to he harvested, leaving it there in its entirety for game to feed upon, and he should have the cooperation of his neighbors in preserving the game for future sport. ' Why Dr. Love's neighbors should cooperate with him in building up a game preserve, on which they, as well as their stock, are forbidden to put foot, is somewhat of a mystery to us. With the abundance of food that Dr. I.ove is providing in iiis pro serve for game, it is very likely that most of the -ranie in the vicinity of his preserve will he corrahd on it. and. as his neighbors are forbidden to go on his preserve, they will have no game to hunt. Under these cli eumstanecs, we must confess that we can't see why the people living in ti e vicinity of Dr. Love's preserve should go enthusiastic for its establishment at all. Possibly the Kagle can tell nwhy "he should have the cooperation of his neighbors in preserving the game for the future sport" of himself and his friends, in which said neighbors will have no part, and how "this project will be a great benefit to the com in un it.\ after it is well under way," but we can't see it in that light. As we see it. these preserves will be a positive barm to the community in which they are located We are glad that Orangeburg county lands are too valuable to make game preserves out of. PKOBK TKDDVS AFKlt'AX T1UP: lo-oiginu (Imi'se!* Institute With U'ahiing Public- Money. "The African hunting trip, as organized and carried out by the Smithsonian Institute, via Roosevelt, "is the subject of the latest proposed Congressional investigation. The suggestion was received by Representative Rniney, of Illinois, from a citizen of a (Jeorgla town, who re ferred to such an inquiry as a "publie service" and to the "-"ntitlisonian" as u "trash heap institution." Mr. Rainey is the Democrat who recently Introduced a resolution to inquire into 'he manner in which Mr. Roosevelt obtained his transportation and supplies on his trips about the country while he was President. Mr. Rainey proposes at the earliest opportunity to press this resolution, though it was referred to the rules i iiiiiuiUt'C and promptly nig> on-hol [ d The (Jftorgian declared that au extension of such an nquir> to include the way in which the African bunt expedition expense was borne by the Smithsonian Institution "would show waste," extravagance and squandering of public monev." The Smithsonian has never reported the cost o!' the expedition to Congress, 1> 111 did submit a statement that 6.663 skins and 2,500 shoots or plants were obtained. The old year is almost none, but the new year is right at hand to rommence the race of 1011. Illinois Judge Drowns. Precipitated into Shoal creek when the Ice broke under the weight of his horse and buugy, Judge Milton M. Creiehton of the Montgomery county circuit court of Litchfield, 111, Thursday. A companion riding with Boy Mushed to I>eath. While swinging on and off a train at Greenville Wednesday afternoon Toy Johnson, an 11-year-old negro hoy, fell beneath the trucks of a ho* car snd wa? ground to death ?r ' * ; BOILER loW-UP . . 4k ' fc 4 Killing Siilew People and Injirio| Many Others Badly. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN * " Terrific Kxplotdon at the Mortv ! winhI Ice Company's Plant, at Morewood Lake, Mans., Thursday, Spreads I>eath and Injury Anions the Workmen, on Duty. Sixteen workmen were killed Thursday when a hoiler at the plant of the Morewood Ire Company, at Morewood Lake, two miles south of , Plttsfleld, Mass.. exploded. Twelve wero killed instantly, ore died shortly after the accident and three others died in the hospital, in adition, I'd men were Injured and it was stat> d it was feared 'wo of these will do. At a special meeting: of the city , oountil resolutions were adopted calling for immediate actions to supply the wants of the fatherless and injured and in a short time nearly J?,. 000 had been subscribed. United States Senator Wnthrop Murray, Crane headed the 1 ist with $500. ( (lathered Thursday forenoon in and about the little bo.'.er buildlmt wero about 125 men, mostly Poles and Italians, at work. With a terrifle crash the boiler bu-?t. Bodie of men and fragments of Iron an l timber were hurled through the air Most of the workmen who were not killed outright were either injured or dazed by the shock. Physicians, . : mbulances and automobiles were , rushed from that city to the scene and the injured were hurried to hos- , pitnls there. When the explosion occurred one body was Mown a distance of 200 feet and another I'.o feet. The cyl| inder of 'he boiler was fnunu in u tree on the edge >f the 'uko, more than 1 on feet away. The ice house is about two miles from Pittsfi Id nn.l it ?, .. ** ? wiuc .iuir i before word of th? disaster reached : tliero. l'very ambulance v '* lnm.eu-' 'lately dispatched to the lake. The, ambul hi. e service liowev.T. was to-. I tally In: .Mate to lie ne? ; of the ' J occasion, md autoin biles were used 'to aid in the worlt of removing the injured to the hospitals. | One 'hi owners of the Morewood i( ?> c npanj* sal I that the boil-, -r was Inspected during the summer! bv an inspector of tl.rt State police, ( who ordered certain chances and" that these changes ware made. Thnrsdaj he said a test of the water 'en. go ,ho\ed that instr inn nt to be Iin perfect condition. Willian Dunn. , one of the men who was killed, was j in charge ot' the bo b'r Thursday. ' lie whs experienced engineer. i The boiler was used in furnishing the power to drag the cages of Ice up the inclines into the ice storage (horses The police department has; I ordered an investigation of tho ex plosion. The property loss will not ' exceed fa CO. HA VAGI-IS OF III \(iKR. Millions of Chinit?i are Affected by n I Famine. An affecting picture of the ravages of famine in China is affor led by a report to the state department by the 1 American consul at Nanking, indos in* rjurtcm iroin tne snangnal newspapers The consul says that the famine is even more severe than that of three years a<o, since it effects a larger territory and greater popu- , lation. in this case numbering 2,C><>0,000 persons. The famine is owing to ^ the serious Hoods last summer, which destroyed the autumn crops. The! roads are Oiled with refugees, who, L In many cases, in their desperation, I' are robbing and plundering the villages where foodstuffs and money 1 are to be found. LOST OYKR A MILLION. ? ( rand .fury Investigates New Or* lean*. Sugar Frauds. That the Federal Government has been defraud d out of more titan a | million dollars in import duties at 1 X-w Orleans, through false weights, i and Improper grading of sugar, was 1 developed by the grand jury investigation which was in progress in that eily two weeks before the holidays, according to unofficial iniform .ion made public Thursday. It is sai t that no criminal prosecution is t fo low the investigation, but. thai tli" Government will bring suits against c ertain sugar refineries to rec over ( me alleged unpaid duties. Th.gr:md jury is expected to reconvene and present its report on the sugar probe. A Pittsburg man dreamed about' Santa Clauss and becoming Involved ' in a difllculty with his dream-visitor, j tumbled around his room until be |' had to be sent to the hospital for repairs. We suppose that commit- 1 ting assault and battery will constitute an absolute proof of the fine old fellow's existence. Happy New Year to all, friend ' and foe. ( THE LUMBER TAX 1 DEMOCRATS WllO VOTED FOR IT I AUK I USING GRITIOffiED. One of Thorn, Cuugressnuu l*o?, Df- 1 fvudu Mis Vote anil Sajs lie is Na fl Protectionist. A The Washington correspondent af V the Charlotte observer nays torn V IJemocrats are getting sore becaesa A of the fa t (hi" 'n the fortheomla ? A| ranch* to he bold on Jan. lather* flji ?b likely to oe a wushlng of the. pro*erblal political "linen," which la nat as Immt ulate. so some aay. as it should be. One of those wlio doa* S not thing he has had s'jlare deal is Repretx-nt.niie I'ott of North Cnrofl He det es that !iis colleagues btr* deserted im and fends ' < vote * H the lumb> r schedule in th?- t irifT bill. |B "A story lent out from Washing*;** 91 recently s go errom ous and unfair A> to me 1 fe. i rrectlo* flfl ought to e tna<h " Mr. Pou said. * "The statement is made that I jME cannot yet ihe endorsement of tka delegation from my own state for 'flH the appointment on the ways aau ,jfl H means committee >f the sixty-seooM JH H Congress because of protection views ^HflB which I atn said to hold. Am| talemeot is just ahotit as ^KH ..tr f- the is M^fl for any Ftatement to 1 do mo* H believe In the principle of protection . v'n hut, on the contrary, believe final.* that, under the n, the gov eminent has no lev ofl and coliet t luties ft r the par- fljj nose of raising revtnites for its owu support. jfl "A majority of the members of th* fl North Cn olina delegation in nex JS Congress '<?ve already assured me of ^fl 'heir heert\ support. 1 was one of the Demo vats in the House who voled again t the Tawney amendment .IM '.I.:. ' In m he t ?i. the free 'Ur i did not believe that the Hen\"r platform intended to hind even Datao r ' to support the Tn vt y but whether jfpffiH tlu platform was rlfht HT u rAiirv I < ft fu iii iIK* ii*i4? tii n i would cheerfully yield to the H Jfl H ' even further vB H thpn i stated <o H 'in- waj i cant com ttce th if a mn.'ority of them ik H H port ;n t ivor of placing lumber on 11 free ' t. i would not decline to B tv,< report unanimous that is ujfl to say, w bill) I bad my own viewf, about th.- lufr or schedule, I would yield those t ws, if a majority of my Democrat} colleagues the . "tpH committo* fell 'bat we ought. under ? ^ the platform, t hriug in a report in favor or free 1 tuber " Wehtbor Mr Pou \ 111 a.tin 1?<- ne- L letted as a member o' the ways and means coin in it tee ? H depend upon what his colleagues think of the above statement:. GltKAI' KICK CONFKKF.XCK. tin* Fourth to lie IS<lil in Oraugeburg January 2-4-27. To the vlolored Citizens of South Carolina. Let rie urge you to attend the I; > Conference at Orangeburg. It opens at eight p. m., Tueeduy, Jan viaiy 24. It will be the most inlerti i. sting Race Conference we have yet had. We are sure to have as speakers of that meeting, the most ticied men of North Carolina, Sotitn Carolina and Georgia, and prominent men and women of other places. Our pro v. ram i? a strong one. We have some of '.he ablest men (white ami colored) in tl. State of South Carolina. Address > inch day and nichi, on vario.is s"biect?. including agriculture, t>y the covi-mor of th* St and government experts. We want farmers. educators, teachers, mectaat.i... .justness uien. plisicinns, preacher and other ppople to attend thip n, 'ting. Reduced rates will 'be granted on all railroads leading to Orangeburg The citizens are , .eparing to give a t>ig banquet on the second nivh of the conference. Write Rev. K A. Qnuk, I). D., or Rev. N. ('. Ni\-. l>. It., if 'on are go ag to attend thir con ference. All inembeia of the Slate Fair Association, and th Hateshnrg ! ?!! Association, urn requ* st d to met at M a.m., danutry * 1. in Trinity A. M. R. Church to -ft officer and to attend t.> any ot r business coni) < t? (| w! it the Str Fair Assoclation, and . ? arrange to hold another t" ir in ' city of Columbia. Wo vant ul' iarmers to bring soiue farm 'uji for exhibit on on the 2Ath. All aboard for f> anguhurg! Richard Carroll. Pound Him Hanging. j Near Gainesville. Fin n^nn > - a n...n ' J the nock from tli< fork of a tree, tho body of (lid O'i'.Hloy, a^ed 2-r'. was found In a forest Saturday by woodcutters. O'Kf ll -y disappeared Thursday night. F>> I play was suspected. A coroner', inquest failed to throw any light on the crime. We have not heard of a serious accident or any other Incident that happened in this county to r^ar the Christmas holidays this year. For this wo should be sincerely thankful. Aii