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CHINA IN GRIP ( Its the Plaga', and Tens of Thousands Are Now Dead. ' MYSTERIOUS HORROR ; Awful IHwaso is Spreading in Spite of Efforts to Chock It^ and Fears |' ( Are Entertained That It May Get , Out of the Stricken County?Huts [ Common Medium of Spreading It. All the vast far East from Siberia'3 ^ frigid wilds to the equator is terri- s fled 'hy the pnoumanic plague, the x scourge that is killing thousands a J day in Manchuria and China, and which threatens to sweep not only r over Asia and the islands of the Pa- ' cific, 'but, it is now feared, Europe f and America as well. While many acts of heroism and v noble self-sacrifice are recorded In . the plague-ridden districts, the for- 1 elgn doctors and scientists who have ? arrived from Europe, America, Japan ^ and India, and are working night and day at the risk of their lives to 1 prevent the spread of the disease, are the groat heroes. They are seen everywhere, angels of mercy dressed in the garb of S ogres. The germ attacks the lungs and destroys the victims with amazing swiftness. The patient's breatu is poison?and the doctors dressed in armor-like suits with medically- 0 treated masks covering the face an<i showing only the eyes. (Dreadful scenes have been reported from Fuchlaten, whore the epidemic first showed itself. The Chinese have thrown their dead into the street, and, panic-stricken, they have been known to throw out even living plague victims. The deaths in that town at the beginning of the plague averaged 150 a day. Increasing daily until nearly 15,000 succumbed. From Fuchlaten the plague spread with the swiftness of the wind to other cities In Manchuria?Harbin Kn i r? .* H* a A""* ?u * ^ A * wv>?e inn, wiiertj iou aeains ^ have been reported In one day, In- t eluding a number of European resi- j dents. , In the midst of it the weather be- c came intensely cold, and with the e thermometer registering 40 degrees below zero it was impossible to use the disinfecting apparatus. European hospital attendants have been , stricken by hundreds. Crematories are being constructed in many places, ' for it is impossible to bury the thousands of victims. . The Japanese and Chinese author!- . ties, more particularly the former, are doing all in their power to stop , the progress of the plague. The Jap- . aneso residents of Shihchienfang, Mukden, bought the houses in which the plague had appeared and burned . them to the ground. This is not by any means an isolated case, and where the Chinese hesitate to destroy pest-infested houses the Japanese do so without hesitation. ( Some of the smaller towns are as deserted as a graveyard, for the peo- , pie fled from them as the scourge t] appeared. There are towns in which ,. he entire population have died. One v f these is on an island in the Sun- v \ri river, near Fuchlaten, where not r ie person remains alive of the near- 0 ' 400 who lived there. The authorities raade one great fire of houses ( and fbodies. c When the South Manchuria Rail- t way Company stopped selling low ( class tickets it WM fnnnrl Mint 11,? coolies raised the money for first class j tickets and thus carried the epidemic j Into the Interior. Traffic was entire- ? ly suspended for a time, but was ( resumed under reasonable restric- ( tions. Passengers are detained at t stations for medical examination and (, only those who have passed the test are admitted to such cities as Port Arthur. Dairen and others of equal importance. Meanwhile experienced rat catchers are being encaged by the author!- 1 ties of all the cities at salaries which s they can name themselves. At Dai in one day. The contagion is spread. ' so the physicians agree, through ' fleas, which becoming infected, are ! carried by rats from house to house, i where fresh victims are bitten by the 1 little insects. The fleas can only ' be killed by killing the rats and im- 1 mcrsing them in liquid acids. The Russo-Asiatlc bank at TIar- ' bin has temporarily suspended busl- ( ness, while the Yokohama specie bank * at Darien keeps a deadline outside its f itAAM r. I?? I ~ ?-l.- ?1 ' <>< i/my inuHe cnsioni- " ers who ran show a clean bill of ' health. New business Is refused an<r ( all the currency received In the hank 1 is disinfected. Other banks aie adopt in" this course. ' The Japanese are especially active ' In the construction of hospitals. One 1 large enough to accommodate l,f>00 was hastily built near Mukden. The 1 barracks at Tafanghon station have 1 been rented from the military au- 1 thorities as a place of detention. The ! 'barracks will hold 4,000. The Man- ! churia Railway Company has built I at Changchun seven large detention 1 buildings, each large enough to con- 1 tain 400. Physicians board nJl trains < and passengers showing the slightest symptoms are hauled ofT and hustled < to the detention house*. I The Chinese police have closed all < WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE. )ver Three Thousand Officers Wan to Servo in the South. With the District of Columbia, Kentucky and Wyoming still to be leard from. 3,180 officers of the organized militia have accepted tne var department's invitation to particpate In the present military operaions in the Southern border States. The war department Thursday ommunicated by telephone with Sen. Rliss, at San Diego, asking for lefinite information as to how many uilitia officers can be accommodated >y their commands at one time. As soon as this information is reel ved the department will call on he adjutant general of the States md territories to select the officers vho will constitute .the first body of nilitia officers to be sent to the 'front." According to tentative plans fornulated by the department, 2i?0 mtitia officers will be sent to G ;n. farter and SO to Gen. Itliss at a ime for a maxium service of two veeks each. Ry rotating the men at this ratio, t is expected that all of the State ;uard officers who have accepted the ederal government's invitation will ?e given an opportunity to participate n the manoeuvres. HKK IiOXCi IX>ST ROY. law Him After liong Absence in Moving Picture Film. A special dispatch to the Augusta 'hronicle says through the medium if a moving picture film showing the assoing of wild animals in Africa a 'oung Georgian whose relatives have lot seen or heard from him In six ears probably will be reunited with hem. CVlrs. W. H. Winn of Savanlah saw the picture and was enjovng it when suddenly the "audience" ind Mrs. Winn gasped. Looking diectly out of the lariat picture at ler nephew, Ambrose Means, missing lix years, inquiry showed that the tame of the young rope handler is eally Means. The young man's moth>r is Mrs. J. M. Poole of Klko, Gn. deans is said to be a wonder with he lariat, having captured lions with he rope. It is said that he has oined a wild west show and his nother or aunt wiW endeavor to :atch him at Peoria, 111., where he is 'xpected soon. Wanted a Fine Church. Great preachers like Wesley and A'hitefleld did not feel the need ol iplendid houses of worship for their 'special use. They carried on their vork of religious and moral teachng without thought of the cost of he edifices in which they changed o take the pulpit. They were satisled to spread the messuge of salvaion among men in the open fields or inder humble roofs. Puilding funds ind questions of architecture were he least of their concerns. A popular revivalist like Moody vould speak night after night, if ieed be, in any available hall or old torage warehouse or freight station. )thers like Torrey, whose eloquence ind earnestness have daily swayed housands, were content at times, if 10 other shelter offered, to hold their eligloilS meetings tn n ..r.f /-.? > acant city lots. Their surroundings vero of little importance if only they cached the people in their ministry >f the Gospel. The New York World says in seting so great store upon a magnifient temple on the avenue Or. Aked ook different grounds. lie has partid with the congregation in New fork city which brought him from England, because it disappointed his lopes of erecting a huge tabernacle vhere every Sunday he should preach o crowded audiences. The trustees lid not feel justified in undertaking he task of providing a $2,000,000 hurch building. Nitrate of Soda for Grain Crops. If wheat or oats do not seem to hrive as they should, it is a good ractice to apply some nitrate of ioda. 1 have used as much as 100 lounds an acre on wheat, always ap lying when the leaves are dry to ivoid scalding. In one experiment I ncreased the wheat crop nine busli>ls an aero on part of the field with in application of 100 pounds of nir'lln tKIa ' 1 ' ' . .. vv, i ii ia |iai i iiiiiniUK If IIII SniM S vhere the rest of the field made 10 >ushels. the land being in rather a ow state of fertility, ltut I followed that wheat with peas and gathered only the peas, and the next seaion that land made a fine corn crop, "ould have made a heavier one had 1 followed the peas with crimson elover, hut at that time we hail not round out the value of this clover. W. P. Massey, In Kaleigh (X. C. > I'rogressive Parmer. * theaters. Meetings are prohibited, rho import of old clothing, rags and the like is prohibited. The quarantine office has ordered by wire a large quantity of prophylaxes and serum fluid for hjndreds of thousands of inoculations. There is a great scarcity of carbolic acid and In two weeks the price has risen from 24 sen to 2 yen a pound (12 cent to $ 1. Five hundred new cases a day in *ome of the larger Manchurian cities is a fair estimate of the plague victims at this time. PARDON MILL GRINDS GOVERNOR RLEA-SE TURNS 9EV- c ERAL CONVICTS LOOSE. 'T Sonic Arc Paroled und Others are Pardoned Outright as tho Spirit Moved the Governor. James W. Gallman. a prisoner at prominent tanner of Union county, 8 was Wednesday paroled during good n f behavior by Gov. Hlease. Gallman was serving a sentence of 15 years for manslaughter, having been con- a victed in 1907 for killing Situs Gil- r more. The announcement of the ^ parole was made following a confer- j ence between lien Townsend, attor fj ney and former State senator from 11 Union, and Gov. Illease. o Hoth the solicitor and the presid- ^ ing judge failed to recommend a par- a\ don when the matter was presented si to them by Gov. Ansel. Gallman 11 g was tried at a special term of court in July. 1907. 81 The dying statement of Giltnoie tl was to the effect that Gallman asked " him if he had told Allen Pride that S ci Gallman stole Capt. Foster's cattle. lf "I said 'no,' " said Gilmore, "and he 0 called me a damned lie. I cailed him the same. I asked him if he burned tl Mr. Cannon's barn." Gilmore then ai described how he followed Gallman and took his pistol from him and ir struck him over the head. "I was n sitting down after this." said Gil- si more, "and he then commenced to n shoot." q Govenor Hlease Wednesday pard- d oned Mark Duncan, of Aiken, who tc was serving seven years in the penl- vt tentlary for manslaughter. The ii Mark Duncan case is of ivirtiminf .. - -- - l? interest in view of the fact that in b the appeal to the Supreme Court At- p tornev D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, laid a special stress on the matter of news- si papers crying out for convictions. a At the time of the argument be- f< fore the Supreme Court this ques- it tion was the subject of much dis- si cussion. It is. therefore, an interest- ji ing circumstance that Governor ii Blease has pardoned Duncan, whose tl case the Supreme Court not so long p ago affirmed. w The defendant, Mark Duncan, was ci indicted at the fall term, 1909, for tl murder, for the killing of William a llrooks, on August 18, 1909. Wed- K nesday Governor Blease pardoned t< Duncan, the petition merely reading: It "Pardon granted. Cole L. Blease, P Governor. March 15, 1911." Sl C. P. Palmer and Lou Belcher, o whose cases came before the former c< Administration, both being from v< Oconee County, and the petitions be- P ing presented by Senator Earle, who ci so stood by Governor Blease in the a Senate, had all but twenty-two h months stricken from their sentences w of seven and eight years, respective- b. ly, Wednesday by Governor Blease. This makes the two prisoners soon free, as they were imprisoned In the P fall of 1909. 1 Cromer Haidt, of Orangeburg, who was convicted of manslaughter and a' sentenced to ten years, the sentence ni being commuted to seven years by Pi Governor Ansel, was Wednesday pa- ?' .nllnJ ? >- 1 - ' " K' iuiktii uuiniK Kuuii uemtvior i?y coie L. Blease, the Governor of the State. No reason Is given for the parole on ol the back of the petiton. P' Carl Austin, sentenced by Judge w Devore, at Greenville, to three years' ei imprisonment for housebreaking, was Wednesday paroled "during P' good behavior." a' Gov. Blease has paroled Tom Bad- 'r gett, the Spartanburg man convicted a year ago of the murder of Zubine Sulver, a negro woman with whom it Si was alleged he had been living. Two weeks ago it was stated that the gov- v' ernor had refused to pardon Badgett. a' S. J. Nicholls, his attorney, said 81 Thursday the governor had parolled w him. He was under a seven year sen- P tence and the supreme court recently '1' confirmed the sentence. Placing the condition upon him to leave South Carolina within 2 1 V( hours to never return to the State " Gov. Blease yesterday granted a pa- 'r role to John B. Waldrop, a life term r: prisoner in the State penitentiary from Greenville county. Should ? Waldrop ever return to South Caro- ? lina for any reason he will be re- ' arrested and will have to spend the remainder of his days in prison, lie '1 was convicted in 100and has thus served six years of a life sentence. ? I In the petition filed it is stated that C he is dying of tuberculosis and that <' his people desire to send him away f from tho State for treatment. L. A. Lloyd of Greenwood, who a was convicted of manslaughter in 1909 and sentenced to tin years in ? the State penitentiary, has been par- s' doned by (!ov. Please. Solicitor Cooper, writing of the case, said that he would not recommend a pardon as the killing was done without prov- c ocation. Superintendent Griffith of T tho penitentiary recommended the a pardon, stating that Lloyd was sick t< and unable to work. e It Three Sons Perish. h Three sons of John Gallaus, a ji miner, were burned to death early e Friday in a lire that destroyed the r i Gallaus homo at lloneybrook, Pa. tl The victims were asleep on tho sec- c; ond floor and could not eecapo. y WHY THEY WEBE FIRED !OV. HLEASE GIVES HIS REASONS FOR HIS ACTION. 'ells Why He Removed the Members of the Dispensary Winding Up Commission. The following are the reasons asIgned by Gov. Biease for the reloval of the Dispensary Winding Up ommission: Whereas, the general assembly, by n act, approved the 16th day of Febuary, A. D. 1907, entitled. "An act 3 provide for the disposition of all roperty connected with the State ispensary and to wind up its aflirs," provided that "immediately pon the approval of this act the overnor shall appoint a commission f well known business men, eonslsllg of live members, none of whom tiall be members of the general assmbly, to be known as the State 'ispensary Commission, who shall ive bond for the faithful performnce of the duties required, in the urn of ten thousand dollars," and 10 said act further providing that io said commission "shall pay to the tate treasurer, after deducting their >mpensation and other expenses al>wed by this act. all surplus funds n hand, after paying all liabilities." In my judgment the members of le commission have had more than mple time to finish their work ana lake a final report, and it appearlg to my satisfaction that this has ot been done, and that said cominison is guilty of neglect of duty by ot making the investigations reuired In ?ntil net Hinn>onit??o ( legated this power to a firm of at)rne>*8, under a contract which proided an exorbitant fee, and providlg "The said parties of the first art In their negotiations of suits in ehalf of the parties of the second art or the State of South Carolina, re hereby clothed with full power, abject alone to the approval of the ttorney .general of said State, to of?r to any of the parties Involved, nmunity from prosecution upon uch terms and conditions as In their Jdgment may be deemed to the best iterest of the parties hereto and to ae State of South Carolina"?which rovision of said agreement was holly without any authority of the ommission to make. In violation of ae law and contrary to the policy nd dignity of the State, placing the reat and delicate power of the Stale > give pardon and immunity to vioitors of her laws in the hands of eople not even citizens of the State, abject to the approval of an officer f the State In whom I fall to find any institutional or statutory power ested. Much delay and loss, undei rovislons of this agreement, has ocurred; caused continued agitation mong the people of the State, and as prevented them from doing their ork "at the earliest date practicale." Therefore, they have heen negitr>nt in the discharge of and shown lainly incapacity for the duties reuired of them; and, taking into conderation all of the circumstances ad facts in regard to the delay and Mini in winning up me affairs as rovlded for in the act. and in view r the fact that all moneys have not ?en turned over to the State treasrer, and this being further neglect f duty, and showing clearly incnicity and indisposition to do the ork as the act provides, "at the irliest date practicable"?It being >ur (4) years since said act was aproved ? and for divers other good id sufficient reasons to me appearig, and: Whereas, an act to further provide >r winding up the affairs of the tate dispensary, etc., approved the >urth day of March, A. D. l'.?09, proIdes, "That the eovernor is hereby nthorized and empowered to remove iy member of the said commission henever he may deem it for the ublic interest to do so," and I now com it for the public interest to 0 so. Therefore, by virtue of the power r>sted in me by the constitution of le State of South Carolina and the ,ws, 1 do hereby remove W. J. Murly of Columbia. South Carolina, om the ofllce or position of member f the State dispensary commission, r of the commission for the dispoMon of all property connected with le State dispensary and to wind up s affairs, and I hereby revoke and eclare null and void the commission f W. J. Murray, of Columbia, South j arolina heretofore issued and un-| er which ho is now acting and dolaro any further net of his as metncr of such commission to be null nd void. A ropy of the above was sent to noh of the in cm hers of the commission by registered mail. Works Some Havoc. At Laurens a local yard engine in harge of Engineer T. C. Nelson hursday started out to Watts mills nd when rounding the curve a quar*r of a mile from the station the ngineer saw a special train coming 1 on the same track. He reversed is engine and with his fireman limped. With a slight impact the ngines collided and immediately the eversed locomotive went wild on tie back track and crashed into a aldose and coal car in tho freight ard. TWELVE MEN AUK KILLED. Seventeen Injured by tlie Collapse of Kriek Wall. By the collapse of the side walls of the Fall Hardware building, whi h was burned ten days ago, at Nashville, Tenn., about 3 0 men were burled under tons of brick, mortar .and timber. Most of those caught under the walls were negro lal>orer.s who were clearing away the debris and tearing down the walls, but thenwere a few white men connected wi?h insurance companies In the building at the time. Tin- latter were looking after the salvage The known dead at 7 o'clock Wednesday night number 12. It is certain that 17 were injured. The work of removing the debris is still in progress, and it is believed other dead and wounded will be found before morning. Ralph McCallum, unmarried, was the only white man known to have been killed. He was crushed to death. McCallum was superintendent a salvage corps. Edward Hart, white, who was endeavoring to save goods in an adjoining building in the interest of the Insurance companies, was badly injured but will recover. THE WOULD. He argued his suit, she answered "No," nut the world went on revolving just the same. Her answer tilled his heart with woe. But the world wont on revolving just the same. Shn ha/i no wlaV* J~ -...w ? ..w moil I.V7 UC 11 ID 111! Ill1, Her cold rejection hurt his pride. He med-I-ta-ted su-i-cl-de, Hut the world wont on revolving just the same. The business man ran out of cash. But the world went on revolving just the same. His business simply went to smash. Hut the world went on revolving just the same. He pleaded with the banks, but no. They wouldn't help him make it go. And so his heart was filled with wo?. But the world went on revolving just the same. And so it is?we come to grief, Hut the world goes on revolving Just the same. Our ship runs on a jagged reef Hut the world goes on revolving just the same. And when at last, in course of years. There comes an end to hopes and fears. And we must leave this vale of tears. It will go right on revolving just the same. ?Sommerville Journal. OIRLK' NAMKS; Til HI K MILAN I NO. (From Eastern and Western Review) Susan is Hebrew, a Lily. Guy is French, the leader. Alma is Latin, the Kindly. 'Margaret is Greek, a Pearl. Rachel is Hebrew, the Lamb. Edwin is Saxon, a Conquerer. Paul is Latin, the Sharp One. Clara is Latin, the Bright One. Lionel. Latin, is the Little Lion. Jacob is Hebrew, the Supplanter, Hugh is Dutch, the Lofty Man. Gilbert is Saxon, Bright as Gold. Ernest is Greek, the Serious One. Martin is Latin, the Martial One. Lucius is Greek, the Fair Victory. Sophia is Greek and means Wisdom. Sarah, a Hebrew name, means Princess. Peter is of Latin origin, the Rock. Leonard, German name, is I.ionlike. Arabella Is Latin, the Beautiful Altar. Rosamond is Saxon, the Rose of Peace. Ca ?sar, Latin name, means Hairy Man. Agatha is a Greek name, the Goon One. Isaac, a Hebrew name, means Laughter. Oliver is of of Roman origin, an Olive Tree. Lucy is the feminine of the Latin Lucius. Edith and Editha are Saxon, Happiness. Douglas is Gaelic, signifying Dark Gray. Daniel is Hebrew, meaning God is .1 udge. James is of Hebrew origin, the Begniler. Ruth is Hebrew and means Reautv. Harold, the Champion, is of Saxon origin. Meredith is Celtic, the Roaring or the Sea. Moses, a Hebrew name, means Drawn Out. Agnes is of Herman oriuin, the Chaste One. Eugenia and Eugenie are Creek. Well Born. Constantino is Latin, signifying the resolute. Hoxana is a Persian name, the Day Dawn. ifuldah, from the Hebrew, means a Weasel. * Killed in Battle. Five men are reported killed and a number wounded at Tecate Friday morning in a tight between Mexican soldiers and Insurrectos, which was reported to government officials at Tia J nana. It is said the federals surprised the tnsurrectos, and a panic followed. THEY ARE TIRED Gov. Bleasp Removes the Members of the Dispensary Commission. FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY lip Tliinks tho Members Took Too Long In (ielliiiK Results?iio ' (liarRos the Members Also With Incapacity for the Work They Were Kngaged In. Governor Rlease has issued executive orders preemptorily removing from ollice l)r. \V. J. Murray of v'olumbla, Mr. J. S. Rrice of Yorkville, Mr. John McSweeny of Timmonsvile. Mr. Avery I'atton of Greenville, and Mr. A. Ii. Wood of Gaffney, composing; the commission appointed *o wind up the affairs of the late South Carolina dispensary. "Neglect of duty and incapacity, ' are tho reasons assigned by the Governor for his action; and particularly does he disapprove of the arrangement whereby the Atlanta law fi.-in of Anderson. Felder. Rountree & Wilson was retained to asist the commission in recovering from liquor houses and other parties money alleged to be due the State as a result of dealing with the State dispensary. An act passed in 1909 vests in tho Governor power to remove members of the commission, "wherein ho may deem it for the public interest to do so," and there will be no resistance in the courts to the orders. Gov. Rlease still has under advisement the act pased by the General As seinbly last month at his own urgent suggestion, providing for an investigation of the dispensary commission's acts by a legislative commission. Voii'c nt ?.? rs~.,? ! ?' w. vnv: uuiviiiui 3 of the comisioners did not come from the Governor's ofliee, when information was sought there, the Governor said, through his secretary, that iT anything was to be given to the press relative to the matter, "It should come from the other end of the line." The Govenor even refused to say A whether he had removed any memhers of the board other than the chairman, reporters being at that time unaware definitely as to the issuance of such orders to Messrs. Brice, McSween, Wood and Patton. I)r. Murray received the order addressed to him by registered mail this morning, the envelope bearing -iwy the endorsement, "Return Receipt demanded." Dr. Murray declined to 1 H make for publication any statement upon the Governor's action. By telephone it was ascertained that Messrs. McSween and Brice received their dismissals by registered mail this morning; Mr. Patton ban not received any communication at the hour when ho was called up, and the train from Columbia had not then reached Greenville, and Mr. Wood was not at home. While the Governor declined to say whether or not he had dismissed all the members of the commission, the copy of the order received by Mr. Murray shows that tin* order was first made out with the name left blank and then the name filled in on the typewriter. "1 had been expecting it." said Mr. McSween, when he was caled up at his home in Timmonsville. "Nothing more to say." "It's all right," said Mr. Price at Yorkville, "I had heard he was going to do it the last time I was in Colombia. Hut what about that investigation. "No. I haven't received anything from the Governor yet," said Mr. Patton, "but I am not. surprised. In fact, I am much obliged to him. We expected some tiling of the sort the Inst time we met. Hut is he going to sign that investigation act? The commission had practically concluded its work. It has turned into the State Treasury about $400,000 collected from liquor houses. Governor Please had, in a letter casting insinuations on the memh-rs of the commission, asked the Legislature to appoint a committee to investigate the conduct of the eonimis sioners and the Attorney General in the handling of the affairs of the o'al State dispensary. After the resolution had passed both houses and had been placed in the Governor's hands, he declined to sign it. If he should sign the resolution, if would give the members of the commission an opportunity to ho vindicated of the insinuations east by the Governor. 1? is not believed for a moment that Itlease will sign the resolution, he prefcrin to look after the matter in his own way. The members of tho commission have no other recourse, it is said, the laws of the State not kivihk ini'm power in oring action against the Governor for slander. Must llr New Hoard. The work of winding up the affairs of the old State dispensary has IP not lieen completed, and it will ho necessary for Governor lllease to appoint a new commission, since he has dismissed the old members, who have for the past four years worked so faithfully in the Interest of Soi fh Carolina, and who hnvo saved fri m a wreck approximately $500,000.