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EVANGELS OF MERCY.
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Great Men Who Have Helped to Conquer
Physical Pain.
"What is the most Important discovery
of the nineteenth century?"'
Darwin was once asked. ,
t "Painless surgery," he replied
without hesitation. It benefitted the
race more, he added, than the steam
engine, telegraph, steamship or cot
ten gin.
America, now fifty years after the
death of the discoverer of anesthesia,
which made painless surgery possir?
hie, is just beginning to do proper
honor to William T. G. Morton. He
v.as a Boston dentist, who, science
now agrees, first proved the possibilities
of applying anesthesia to capital
surgical operations.
Doctor Morton, like many other
pioneers, reaped more censure than
honor during his lifetime for his discovery.
Another man disputed the
honor with him, bringing on a squabble,
which, to say the least of it, was
undignified, and his native land, the
United States, paid mm oniy in neglect
and humiliation.
Doctor Morton was born August
19, 1819, at Charlton, Mass. He
graduated from the Baltimore Dental
college in 1842. There was sown the
seed that has resulted in such incalculable
benefit to the world. The
young student saw the suffering caused
by tooth extraction. An idea that
in some way it should, and could,
he prevented came to him. From
that time, it might be said. Dr. Mor
ton's entire life was spent in experi,
menting with and perfecting anesthesia.
He began the practice of dentistry
in Boston and entered the Har'
vard Medical school, but never graduated
as a doctor of medicine. By
chance he found that sulphuric ether
had anesthetic qualities. Then he I
practically devoted all his time to experimenting.
He began to study the
importance of chemistry in the practice
of medicine with Dr. Charles T.
t Jackson.
He experimented on his water
spaniel and nearly killed him. All
sorts of animals were given small
doses of sulphuric ether. He even
used fishes and insects. His collection
of bottles and strange smelling
chemicals spread over every room in
his pleasant cottage at Wellesley.
N Then Mrs. Morton threatened to delay
for a time the great discovery
It was all right, she reasoned, for
her husband to fill his office and laboratory
with such accessories of his
, profession. She even excused him
-Ipr continually smelling of sulphuric
ether and other chemicals. But she
rebelled when her home began to
take on a drug store odor.
Other men than Morton had
thought of anesthesia before. Surgeons
and scientists all dreamed of
it; but classed it as being as improbable
as aerial navigation. Ether
had been discovered in 1818. In
1836 some experiments towards using
it as an anesthetic were made.
Two years later Dr. Crawford W.
Long used it in some minor surgical
cases; but, apparently aroppea 11.
Horace Wells, another dentist, had a
t oth extracted while under the infl>
uence of nitrous oxide; but when he
tried a public clinic the patient
screamed and it was deemed a
failure.
Finally Doctor Mortor decided to
experiment on himself. He soaked a
handkerchief in ether and held it to
his nose. Upon awakening he found
that he had been insensible for seven
or eight minutes without bad effect.
The same day a stout, healthy man,
suffering great pain with the toothache.
came to his office. Dr. Morton
proposed that he take ether during
the operation of removing the tooth.
He accepted and the tooth was removed
without pain.
Dr. Morton communicated his success
to surgeons. They discussed the
hest way to bring it to the attention
of the medical profession and the
public. It was decided that the crucial
test would be a public demonstration
in a surgical case.
? October 16, 1846, the anesthetic
was used in a surgical operation. Dr.
John C. Warren performed the operation.
Doctor Morton was the anesthetist.
Then Dr. Morton's lonsr
fight to prove his theory was over.
Anesthesia was a fact.
But Doctor Morton soon found
that the world could be harsh to its
benefactors. Doctor Jackson, his
first colleague wrote to the French
Academy and claimed all the credit.
Dr. Mason Warren defended Doctor
Morton. The controversy grew quite
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to palliate both men, ordered a
substantial reward divided between
them. Doctor Morton, always a man
of the highest ideals, refused to accept.
. The academy then gave him a
gold medal. Other countries did him
more honor. Sweden sent him the
Cross of Honor of Wasa and Russia
the Cross of the Order of St
Vladimir.
The United States did nothing.
Rufus Choate advised Dr. Morton to
patent his discovery. He finally did,
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CHIEF ENGINEER APPROVES.
Prosj>ect Still Brighter for Kdisto
River Project.
Orangeburg, January fo.?Mr.
William L. Glover has received from
Congressman Lever more gratifying
news in reference to the Edisto River
project. In a telegram to Mr. Glover,
Mr. Lever says the chief engineer of
the war department has approved the
recommendations of the lower board,
in which an appropriation for the
continuation of the work of cleaning
+ V* rs. ia of?lr a/1
tiiC i n ci 10 aox\^u.
The prospects for ultimately obtaining
the ends sought by the people
interested in the matter of making
the Edisto navigable are now very
encouraging. The efforts of Mr.
Lever in behalf of the wishes of the
people in this matter are appreciated
by them.
APPEAL BY BYRNES.
South Carolina Congressman Points
to Defects in Appropriation Bill.
Washington, Jan. 17.?Representative
Byrnes to-day came out strongly
in a speech on the floor of the
house in favor of better treatment for
the rural mail carriers of the country.
When the postofflce appropriation
bill was under consideration he
referred to a statement which he had
received from the postmaster general
in which the latter stated that while
the bill ostensibly provided for an
increase of salaries for all carriers,
as a matter of fact the salaries of all
tri-weekly carriers would be reduced
and there would be great discrimination
in the increase of salaries of
daily carriers. Mr. Byrnes stated that
under 'the provisions of the bill the
increase on a 23 mile route would be
$75 a year: on a 23 mile route
$72,50, and on a 24 mile route $50.
He asked for an increase from $1,100
to $1,200 for the standard routes,
adding $30 for every mile above and
deducting $30 tor every nine Deiow. i
He also said that if the bill went I
through with the increases now provided
for the total amount in the
bill would have to be similarly increased
or else there would be
deficit in the rural delivery service.
Tlie First Bank in America.
The first bank in ^meripa, located
on State street, Boston, loaned
money on real estate, personal property
and imperishable merchandise,
though it had not the privilege of
issuing money then the prerogative
of the Bay State colony. After a
few years Boston's first branch discontinued
business, and was started
In 1714, 10 years after the first
newspaper was printed in Boston.
The new bank carried on business
and issued $400,000 in scrip on the
basis now. sought by certain financial
promoters and leaders. It was scrip
and nothing but scrip, and consequently
the bank was short-lived. In
1742 a land bank was founded by
several hundred subscribers who
gathered in Boston, as the bankers
are meeting here today and who attempted
to relieve the scarcity of
specie by issuing scrip based o-n real
estate holdings. A "specie bank"
was also founded about the same
time, but both institutions found it
as impossible to compete with the
"bills of credit" issued by nearly
every colony as it would be today to
rival the government in minting
money. All this paper mofley rapidly
depreciated in value, owing to the
constant and heavy expenditure for'
military movements of offense and
defense against the Canadian French
and their Indian allies. In 1782 during
the Revolution, the bank of
North' America of Philadelphia received
a charter from congress, and
its operations in the Bay State inspired
the establishment of the bank of
Massachusetts in March, 17S4, an institution
which is still in operation
as the First National Bank of Boston.
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but realized very little advantage. The
government appropriated it for the
use of the Mexican war. Doctor
Morton had offered it for a small
royalty. After the war a bill was introduced
in congress to award Dr.
Morton $100,000. It was received
favorably, but never became a law.
From then until the Civil war
Doctor Morton suffered various vicissitudes
and changes in fortune. Fewmen
honored him as he should have
been honored. His country treated
him shabbiest of all. The Civil war
came on and Doctor Morton volunteered
as a surgeon. He administered
his anesthesia to more than
two thousand wounded soldiers. He
was at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville
and the Wilderness.
After the war he went to New
York city, where in 186S, he died
during a severe heat wave that afflicted
the country. It was not until
many years after his death that his
name achieved the honor it deserved.
His name is now in the Massachusetts
Hall of Fame with Franklin.
Morse and Bell. The semi-centennial
of his discovery was celebrated in
many cities by acknowledgement of
his fame.?Kansas City Times.
ENGINEER UNCONSCIOUS.
Fast Express on II. and O. Without
Controlling Hand.
Baltimore, January 16.?With the
engineer sitting unconscious from a
fractured skull, the New York and St.
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Louis Express on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, sped over the rails for
a brief time last night without a controlling
hand on the throttle. President
Willard and other high officials
of the road were aboard" the train.
The plight of the engineer, J. H.
Moxley. of Baltimore, was discovered
by the foreman of locomotives, who
was riding on the engine, and had
his attention drawn to Moxley by the
latter's failure to blow a crossing signal
as the Express was running
through Brunswick, Md. The train
was stopped at the Brunswick station,
where a physician's examination
disclosed the nature of the
man's injuries. It is believed he
was struck on the head by a piece of
ice or a rock falling from a cliff a
short distance east of Brunswick.
Moxley was rushed to the hospital
at Frederick in a special train. His
condition to-day was critical.
KIDNAPPED HIS OWN BABY?
Wan-jit is Sworn Out For a Man in
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Greenville. =
Greenville, Jan. 16.?Charged 2
with the kidnapping of his baby, a
little girl of three years, William
Hammond Jolly was arrested yesterday
in Spartanburg by the officials i
of that city and will be forced to I
allow the little girl to be brought I
back to Greenville. Jolly was until '
yesterday an employe of the American
Spinning Company, living in that
section of the city. Yesterday morning
Jolly was discharged by the company
and to get revenge he returned
to his home, packed his suit case, ]
picked up his little daughter and
left for Spartanburg.
Jolly's wife soon discovered that
her husband had left the city, and
later learned that he had taken the J
hnhx- with him. She immediately I 1
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swore out a warrant for his arrest
before Magistrate Stradlev, accusing
him of kidnapping her child. The
charge of kidnapping could not be
sustained, Jolly being the father of 1
the little girl,-but a pistol was found j
on his person by the "Spartanburg officials
and he will be held there on ]
that charge.
Deputy Phil Barton, of the Samp- * j
sop Mills, went to Spartanburg for
the baby last night. Mrs. Jolly is I
reported to, have said she only wanted
the baby, and would prefer that
lier husband be held by the Spartanburg
authorities. I
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TILLMAN DOING WELL.
Senator's Condition Said to Be Satisfactory.
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Washington, Jan. 17.?The condi- ?
tion of Senator Tillman, who is ill
with erysipelas at his room at hi<
hotel in this city, was announced tonight
to be entirely satisfactory.
There is no cause for alarm at this
time, it was stated, as Senator Tillman
appears to be doing well and
should be at the capital during the
coming week to resume his duties.
During -the day there were numerous
callers at Senator Tillman's committee
room and many inquiries over the
phone regarding his condition.
Passengers Robbed by Bandit.
Atlanta, Ga., January 16.?A bandit
boarded Western and Atlantic
passenger train No. 1, at Vinings,
Ga., early to-night, robbed passengers
in one of the coaches of several
hundred dollars, and after en?afcing
in a pistol duel with a deputy jl
sheriff, who was on board, jumped
from the train at Bolton, Ga.
Authorities at Bolton, which is .
seven miles west of Atlanta, have rj
taken into custody a man said to ?
answer the description of the ban- dit.
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Train No. 1 runs from Chatta-'
nooga to Atlanta. Most of those on
board were residents of Chattanooga
and intermediate towns. The train p
passed through Vinings shortly after c
7 o'clock.
The robber, who entered a chair
car, drew a pistol and began to col- |
lect valuables from those in the car
soon after the train left the station.
He had robbed more than a score
when C. C. Heard, an Atlantic deputy,
who was returning from Rome,
Ga., opened fire upon him. A half
dozen shots were exchanged. Heard
being wounded through his cheek.
Whether the bandit was hurt is not
known. He swung from the train
as it slowed down at Bolton and
disappeared.
The robber did not enter the express
or mail cars. The amount secured
from passengers is believed to
have been small in most cases, al- j
though one man reported that he had
given up $300.
Details of the robbery were reported
when the train reached Atlanta
shortly before 8 o'clock.
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Real Estate Bargains
84% acres good land near town
imits, dwelling and outbuildings,
vorth $2,500.00, under wire fence. If
.old promptly will sell at a sacrifice.
388 acres 7 miles from town; dweling
worth $2,500; timber enough to
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Prices and terms right. Must be sold
it once. See me quick or you will be
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Modern two-story dwelling in the
own of Bamberg, prices and terms
ight if sold by January 1st. With
he new railroad coming in now is the
ime to buy city property.
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TAX NOTICE.
The treasurer's office will be open
'or the collection of State, county, *'
school and all other taxes from the
Loth day of October, 1913 until the
L5th day of March, 1914, inclusive..
From the first day of January,'
L914, until the 31st day of January,
L914, a penalty of one per cent, will
ie added to all unpaid taxes. From
:he 1st day of February, 1914, until
;he 28th day of February, 1914, a
penalty of 2 per cent, will be added
:o all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
lay of March, 1914, until the 15th
lay of March, 1914, a penalty of 7
per cent, will be addea to all unpaid
:axes.
THE LEVY.
Tor State Purposes 5% mills
For county purposes 5% mills
Constitutional school tax....3 mills
For public schools 1 mill
For roads % mill
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Total -'15% mills
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills
Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills
Bo ford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills
Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills
Colston, No. 18 - 2 mills
Cuffie Creek, No. 17 2 mills
Denmark, No. 21 6% mills
Shrhardt, No. 22 9 mills
FishDond. No. 5 2 mills
Dovan, No. 11 4 mills ,
Hutto. No. 6 1 2 mills
Hampton, No. 3 2 mills
Hey ward, No. 24 2 mills
Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills ' < v
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 4 mills
Lees,-No. 23 4 mills
Midway, No. 2 2 mills
Dak Grove, No. 20 2 mills ^
Dlar No 8 9 mills
St.John's, No. 10 2 mills
Salem, No. 9 3 mills
Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills
All persons between the a^es of
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sailors,
who are exempt at 50 years of
age, are liable to a poll tax of ons
dollar.
Capitation dog tax 50 cents.
All persons who were 21 years of
age on or before the l6t day of Jan- *
uary, 1913 are liable to a-poll tax
of one dollar, and all who have not
made returns to the Auditor, are requested
to do so on or before the
1st of January, 1914.
I will receive the commutation
mad taY of two (S2.00) dollars from
the 15th day of October, 1913, until
the 1st day of March, 1914.
G. A. JENNINGS,
Treasurer Bamberg County.
" NOTICE. ;
I will be in the Sheriffs office every
Saturday in January 1914, except .
the 1st Saturday, for the purpose of
writing up and reporting applications
for all Confederate soldiers
and their widows that wish to go
before the County Pension Board,
which meets the 1st Monday in February.
And all those that are already
on pension roll will please report
in person or by mail. My poetoffice
address is Ehrhardt, S. C.
C. R. CLAYTON,
Pension Commissioner.
Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 20 1913.
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