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PELLAGRINS AT THE ASYLUM Superintendent Reports 3<>f> Reatl in Year From Disease. That an alarmingly large numb' . of deaths at the State Hospital f( the Insane is due to pellagra was tl statement of Dr. Strait, the superi tendent of the institution. Dr. Stra said that out of the approximate 600 deaths at the asylum in the la year 309 of the number were pell grins. He said that of the 75 deatl - . at the institution in October 60 we pellagrins, 27 of whom died with less than thirty days of iheir admi sion. In November of the 70 deatl 46 were pellagrins. Superintendent Strait said that 1 would recommend in his annual r port the segregation of the pellag: patients. He thinks that the larj death rate is due to the fact that great many old people are sent to tl asylum suffering from senility. I 6aid one patient was 100 years o < when admitted and another 75 ai another 77. There are now 1,660 p tients in the State Hospital for tl Insane, as against 1,825 last Marc Dr. Strait said there were some pe pie in the asylum who ought to be " the county alms houses, because th< oi-o ?<->t r?M7v and he intimates th; t he thinks sometimes people are sei to the asylum just because their far ilies want to get rid of them. He said a great many of the p lagrins were sent to the asylum the last stages of that dread diseai and nothing could be done for ther He said such patients are fed on on liquids, and they being in the la stages prevents, anything being doi to cure them. The superintendei ir-'. . thinks that some radical'change the policy of dealing with the pell gra cases must be adopted by the i] stitution. J "There were SO.000 less loaves ? ;<r - bread consumed at the asylum i v 1914 than was the case in 1913 said Dr. Strait, and he attribute this to the fact that the loaves < bread were now being sliced. D Strait has his annual report reac for the printer and hopes to have i ready to lov qn the desks of tl members of the general assemb when that body convenes, jy Dr. Strait says there are 90 patien out at State Park. It is thougl that the situation of State Park wi have the attention of thfe general a sembly, for it must be decided whet! er the plan of removing .the who asylum there is to be continued c not. t Dr. A. B. Patterson has severe his connection with the asylum i physician at State Park and has n % turned to Barnwell to resume tt practice of his profession. Dr. Pa terson represents Barnwell county i fthe State senate and still has tw years to serve. His successor i State Park has not been announced. The Spanking of Napoleon. It is said that, when in exile '< Elba, Napoleon told the followin story of how his mother had spanke ' - him, says an exchange. "One day, it appears, his mother mother was hobbling along the stret - in Ajaccio, when Napoleon and hi 6ister Pauline followed the old lad and mimicked her. Their grant mother turned and caught them i the act. ' "She complained to Mme. Letiti Bonaparte. Pauline was at one cnnnkp.d and disnosed of. Napoleoi L ' who was out in his regimental! could not be handled, since the un . form was as sacred as the flag. Bi his mother bided her time. "The next day. when her son wa off his guard, she called out: *X< poleon! Napoleon! Quick! You ar I invited to dine with the governor, fc . * Whereupon the future emperc ran to his room to change his clothe His mother quietly followed, an when she judged that the propt time hadcome rushed into the roon seized her undressed hero before t guessed her purpose, laid him aero: her knee and belabored him earneet! with the flat of her hand." F-RAYS TO EXPI'LODE BOMBS. ___ Can Be Set Off at Distance by Electr Impulses. !K According to reports that are a: parentlv well authenticated, the e plosion of mines and bombs from distance by means of electrical in pulses which the inventor terms 3 rays, discovered by Giulio Ulivi, h; proved successful in tests at Florenc Italy, says Popular Mechanics f< August. f our Doraos, iua.ueu ?*> various explosives and each coven by an inner jacket of tarred strii and an outer casing of iron, we set floating in the River Arno. \Vh< all was ready, the inventor, with h apparatus located on the opposi side of Florence and separated fro the Arno by the Fiesole Hills, beg? searching with his' rays for tl .bombs, which by this time were floe ing swiftly."with the current. In few minutes the first bomb was e ploded and this was followed at i tervals of about 15 minutes by the e plosion of the other three. I" I - THE WIRELESS IX WAR. ,s How Invention Meets Demands of Strategy. er Wireless telegraphy was first used 3r in actual warfare in 1906, when the le Russian army officers, during the n~ Manchurian campaign, kept in touch lil with one another by means of wireless stations that could be carried st from place to place according to the a" movements of the troops. 115 Wireless telegraphy, as applied to re war purposes, however, was only in in its infancy then, and its remarkable s~ adaptation to naval and military purposes since has been practically in the nature of a revolution. Who ie would have dreamed eight years ago ^ that wireless messages reporting the [a operations of the enemy could be transmitted from a scout aeroplane a to the army of its colors, and yet 16 such a miracle is nowadays not only 10 possible, but presumably in actual evidence in the present war. Twelve years ago, when Mr. Marconi began experimenting with port16 able wireless telegraph stations for use in war, it was found that a range ?' of only eight miles was possible, and m the war office advised that unless a ay ^ range of 12 miles could be guaranteed, wireless stations were hardly of much service to the authorities. QNot to be daunted, Mr. Marconi set ,j_ to work and not only succeeded in in obtainning the increased range of 12 5e miles, but also in extending it to 20 n miles. lv In his original apparatus' power st for the transmitter of wireless mes ooo-Qo wac rtorivpH from accumulator It? "ww. at batteries, but these were dispensed in with in favor of a dynamo driven by a- a petrol engine, and the Russian Q. army, which was the first to use them, found them of great assistance, of Nowadays the apparatus has been in so improved that a range of between ISO and 250 miles is possible. In ;d the Balkan war the Servians had of | wireless stations which allowed them r. J to communicate over a distance of ly 200 miles. During the siege of Adit I rianople a wireless set shut up in a ie | besieged city enabled the enemy to ly keep in touch with the Turkish govj eminent at Constantinople, and it is ts ' estimated that during the investment it j over 450,000 words were transmitH ted to headquarters. * s" The Roumanian army, during the 3" second Balkan war that followed the le quarrel over the partition of the >r spoils, was equipped with wireless telegraphic instruments which in!<* I sured regular radio-telegraphic com181 munications between the headquare" j ters and various Roumanian comie manders in the field, and some 6,000 telegrams of 120,000 words in all " j ? 1* ?, * v. were uean nuu, 0 During the present war the finest illustration of the wonders of the wireless is being given, not least being the way in which our ships in the North sea have been able to keep in it touch with the admiralty by means g j of electro-magnetic waves transmitd j ted through the ether. I There are various forms for wire's less equipment for use in war. ;t The simplest is the knapsack station, which is intended primarily to ' | be employed by scouts and to replace j to a large extent ordinary signaling! n and the carrying of messages by mounted orderlies. Communication | a i is possible over a distance of five or 'e seven miles. 1? The apparatus for sending and res ceiving the messages is so compact 1_ that it can be conveniently carried by 11 two men and erected in five minutes. The different parts of the station LS V?o\rrxreor?Lrc nr ValiSPS I pav. a lUiu au> v*cuv<?v w. ? l~ weighing in all 80 pounds. >e From whereever it is desired to send messages a light mast is erect)r ed to carry the aerial or elevated S- wire from which the waves are emit^ ted. and by which the incoming iv waves are trapped, the source of energv for the transmitter being an acie cumulator carried in an aluminum ,s case and weighing 13 pounds, which ' can be charged as required from a special field charging set which is generally carried. The most important wireless stair tion is designed for wheel transport, the apparatus requiring two-horse carts or motor wagons, A range of P~ from 150 miles to 250 miles, is here x_ possible, the stations maintaining a communication between military n" posts which require to change their positions frequently. ls Quickness being one of the great e> essentials in war, it is significant that 3r trained men can have the station th working in 20 minutes. Perhaps the best known form of *8 wireless station in war is the cavalry re type station, which works over a dis;n tance of 25 to 30 miles, and is car's ried on four horses, which each have te to bear a load of 1 60 pounds. m Horse No. 1 carries the engine and in electric generator, which are mounted on opposite sides of a rigid saddle, L*~ and, in use, are not detached from a the saddle. Each side of the saddle iX" also carries a two-gallon tank of pen' trol and a quart tank of lubricating x~ oil. Other things carried are tools and spare parts and a telescopic driv SOME NEW FIGHTING TOOLS. Implements of Warfare Now Used By Uncle Sam. "The tools of warfare which the soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States fighting force carry with them into action today are so different from those in use when the war with Spain was fought that to a veteran of that conflict almost the entire personal equipment of the modern fighting man seems strange and unfamiliar," says the August Popular Mechanics. "Efficiency, lightness and compactness are the ends that have been aimed at in the design and construction of the modern weapons. In addition to the mechanical improvement of individual weapons, everything used by the three arms of the service have been standardized, so that all use the same rifles, ammunition, side arms, packs and miscellaneous equipment. The need of this was keenly felt at times during the last.war. On some occasions sailors and marines would be almost overburdened with ammunition, while the land forces were reduced to a fewrounds of cartridges, and the one helpless to assist the other, all because of the difference in the types of rifles and ammunition used. "In pursuance of this policy of standardizing the general equipment, th<? most important step was the adoption of the new .30-calibre rifle, which now is used exclusively by soldiers, sailors and marines. It is the smallest military rifle used by any great nation, and yet it is declared to be the most powerful. Its weight, including the bayonet, which weighs a pound, is 9.69 pounds, and its length 43.212 inches. Elevated at an angle of 45 degrees, this rifle will fire a bullet 4,891.6 yards in 38.058 seconds. At a 100-yard range, the bullet has penetrated 52.8 inches of seasoned 1-inch pine boards, spaced 1 inch apart. At ten times that distance it has sent its projectile through 10.48 inches of boards similarly arranged, while boiler plate .528 inches i thick has been bored at a distance of 50 feet. At 100 yards bullets have dug through brick walls 5.5 inches in thickness. The initial velocity of the bullet is 2,700 feet a second, while the pressure in the chamber I is estimated to be 51,000 pounds to j the square inch." "The heavy marching-order equipment of the present, which is the j same in the army, navy and marine I corps, consists of a somewhat lighter j load, which is manifestly compact and portable. Efverything needed by I the soldier is contained in the pack strapped to his back by means of suspenders, worn over the shoulders, and fastened at the bottom to the cartridge belt, which equalizes the weight. Free arm and leg action is given, while the load is so placed that its weight.is not thrown upon one part of the body, does not cause difficulties in marching through bad territory, nor interfere with the immediate execution of firing orders." Wouldn't Mar Appearance. One of the fair passengers of a yachting party observed that the cap tain wore an anxious look after some mishap to the machinery of the craft. "What's the matter, captain?" she inquired, solicitously. "The fact is," responded the captain in a low voice, "our rudder's broken." "Oh, my, don't fret about that," replied the young woman consolingly. "As it's nnder the water nearly all the time no one will notice that." ?Harper's Magazine. Mean Brute. N "It says here that the recruiting stations in England refused to accept married men as volunteers," said Mrs. Gabb, as she looked up from, the newspaper, "I wonder why that is?" "The married men have had their share of war, I suppose," growled Mr. Gabb.?Cincinnati Enquirer. ing shaft. Horse No. 2 carries on one side a wooden case containing tne transformer, which is an apparatus for changing the electric current to a lighter or a lower voltage; and on the other side a wooden case containing the receiver. Horse No. 3 carries the masts, which are in sections. Horse No. 4 carries mast-stays, halyards, and a fibre case containing the aerial wires, which are wound round drums. A trained operator with one of these stations can begin sending messages ten minutes after halting. The generating set works in position 1 11 - c n n I on tfte pacKsaaaie iraiue, mc mou. simply takes the saddle off the horse j and places it on the ground, and, the adjustment having been made, hey presto! everything is ready for working. He has in the meantime run up his aerial mast and put his apparatus. contained in three cases, on top of one another, and connected them with a few simple adjustments. ?London Answers. Free Flower Seed. Hastings' Catalogue Tells You About It If you are engaged in farming, or if you plant only vegetables or flowers, you cannot afford to be without the big catalogue published fresh and new every year by the great Southern seed house, H. G. Hastings & Company, of Atlanta, Ga? and sent absolutely free, postage paid, to all who write for it, mentioning the name of this newspaper. In this analogue we tell you of a splendid offer of free flower seed to all our customers, five magnificent varieties that mean beauty about your home and a pleasure to wives and daughters that nothing else can give. This catalogue tells you, too, about our big cash prize offer to the Corn Club boys of your state. It tells all about our fine yielding varieties of corn and cotton?the kind we grow on our own 3,200 acre farm. It tells about the best seeds of all kinds for planting in the South. It should be in every Southern home. Write today and let us send it to you.?H. G. HASTINGS & CO., Atlanta, Ga.?Advt. Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JR. DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental Department University of Maryland. Member S. C. State Dental Association. Office opposite new post office and over office Graham & Black. Office hours, 8 30 a. m. to 5.30 p. m. BAMBERG. S. C. CHICHESTER S PILLS THE DIAMOND IIRAND. A Ladle*! A*k your Druggist for f>S\ Cr-M Chl-ehe*-ter? Diamond Br?nd/^\ Mil# In Red and Uold metalllcVV/ T-y boxes, sealed with Clue Ribbon. \/ W ^ VvJ Take no otber. Jiur of toor * I / ~ W As<forClIl^ureS-TEH8 < JT DIAMOND BRAND RILLS, for 86 VV f* years known as liest, Safest, Always Rellabia A?r SOLD BY DRL'QGISTS EVERYWHERF PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws. Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LARGE STOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works. Supply Store. IVGUSTA. GA ? Backache ||{ 1111 Miss Myrtle Co thrum, 111 I UI of Russellville, Ala.,says: III IJKJ' "For nearly a year, 1 suf- XJ * fered with terrible back- I I I ache, pains in my limbs, I and my head ached nearly I all the time. Our family I doctor treated me, but I only gave me temporary I relief. I was certainly in bad health. My school Ig teacher advised me to 11 TAKE f Cardui The Women's Tonic 1 took two bottles, in all, and was cured. 1 shall always praise Cardui to sick and suffering women." If you suffer from pains peculiar to weak ww women, such as head- W I IY1 ache, backache, or other |\/| Ik I neec* at?nicf?r that tired, 111 I lAr nervous, worn-out feel- V|l T7I TT 1 I MlTTMnrtCAlkT Hj. n. lyrixiouix Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG. S. 0. Genervl Practice. Loans Negotiated LIFE, FIRE, LIVESTOCK HEALTH and ACCIDENT INSURANCE Agent for Superior Monument Co. Can Save you Money oft Tombstones W. MAX WALKER EHRHARBT, S. C. I G. MOYE DICKINSON I INSURANCE AGENT Will Write Anything Fire, Tornado. Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most reliable companies. My Motto: "Buy What I Need in Bamberg, and From Those Who Patronize Me. " 'Phone 10-L, or at Oil Mill BAMBERG, S. C. i Big Busine of Columt Special A. ment to Pt -r Largest and Best Known Ii Makes Most Liberal Offer In keeping with the spirit of times, the management of Draughon's Practical Business College of Columhia <3 P I nnia nf thfi fhain nf hicr Draughon Colleges located throughout the Southern and Western States) announces four (4) money saving plans for 1915, to young men and young women planning to enter College in January. While the majority of small business colleges are no longer able to accept cotton at ten cents per pound in payment for tuition the Big Draughon College of Columbia is continuing to offer this ten cents cotton plan, and also announces that notes, payable one year (or longer) from date, will be accepted in payment for scholarships, while this temporary period of business depression continues. In fact, this institution is extending to its patrons throughout the State the most liberal terms and conditions with reference to manner of making tuition payments. Following are the four (4) plans of enrollment offered: 1. Cotton Plan?Cotton will be accepted (strict middling) in payment for scholarships and ten cents per pound will be allowed for it. One 500-pound bale will pay for a $5u complete scholarship in the Bookkeeping and Banking department of Draughon's College or a complete scholarship in the Shorthand and Typewriting department. Two such bales will be accepted for a Combined Scholarship of both Bookkeeping, Shorthand and auxiliary studies. 2. Cash Plan?Where the student enrolling pays cash for scholarship, a "War Discount" of $10.00 will be allowed and Railroad fare of the student to Columbia will be paid by the College. This is equal in every way, from an economical standpoint, to the cotton plan offered above, and will only remain in force for such a limited time as in the opinion of the College management present existing conditions may justify. X. Note Plan?If the student wishes to give a note, payable a year (or longer) from date, for the full price of the scholarship, allowing sufficient time for the student to complete the course, accept a position and earn the money with which to pay the note before it falls due, the regular catalogue price is charged for each scholarship, which is a few dollars higher than the cash price. Where 30, 60, or 90 day notes are given, no difference in price is charg ed. Many students enter Draugnon s College each year under this note plan, and complete their course, accept positions and earn the money to pay their notes before they fall due. If you are interested in this plan, write for special note plan b'ank which gives full information. 4. By Mail Plan?Any young man or young woman can purchase a Draughon Scholarship, for the Bookkeeping and Banking^ or for the Shorthand and Typewriting course. | and pay for this scholarship with cotton (on a basis of ten cents per poundN with cash, or with an approved jote. The student can then f 1 CALL US UP if your car meets with a mishap or gets out of order. We ' will send for it or send some one to repair it on' the spot if the damage is not serious. Our emergency auto is always ready and at your service. Don't think Jthe day's ride will be spoiled until you have se^n what we can do. J. B. B F GO NO FARTHER The Evidence Is at Your Door. Bamberg proof is what you want and the statement of this highly re-1 spected resident will banish all doubt. E. Dickinson, jailer, Rice St., Bamberg, says: "I was subject to severe backaches and my kidneys did not act regularly. The kidney secretions were j unnatural and irregular in passage. 1J used Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at the People's Drug Store, and they; benefited me greatly. They regulated ! the action ot my kidneys' and re- j moved the lameness and soreness In, my back." NO TROUBLE SINCE. On May 29, 1914, Mr. Dickinson! ! said: "The cure Doan's Kidney Pills ' made for me some years ago is still I lasting. My back is now strong and j my kidneys act regularly. You can keep *on using my recommendation." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't aimply.-ask for a kidney remedy?get uoan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Dickinson had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. ss College, >ia, Makes Lnnounceitrons. _ _ _ A V7? 1 A. isbtubon ot &md in Mate, to Yoong People for 1915. remain at home, and the College will teach him by mail for 3, 4, or 5 months or longer (as lon? as the student desires), after which the said student goes to Columbia, enters the departments of the college and completes the course thoroughly under the direct supervision and guidanceof experienced instructors. Under this plan, the Scholarships are good for instruction both BY MAIL and at COLLEGE, and after studying by ^ mail as long as desired the student enters the institution to complete the work on the same scholarship, without any additional charge whatever. Full information and testimonial let ters from those who have actually used this plan will be mailed upon request. Write for them. The above plan (No. 4) will espe- , ciallv appeal to many young men / and young women throughout the State during the coming year, because many can afford to purchase a $50 scholarship, for cash or with cotton (at ten cents), but do not feel able or willing, under the conditions now existing, to undertake the monthly board and living expenses which attending a college certainly' makes necessary. While progress is not so rapid in taking lessons by mail, the saving in board and living expenses means a great deal. After takipg the Home Study lessons, a student should be able to go to College, complete the work thoroughly in six to eight weeks and accept a position. Individual letters from those who have used this plan during the past year is the best V proor tnat you can use 11 too. wj-ne for full details. After the European war has closed and business conditions have adjusted themselves and become normal again, this entire country will experience the greatest and most prolonged period of prosperity and business expansion and development that it has ever known within its history, and opportunities of rapid promotion and advancement in business, for those young people who have the necessary training and are prepared, will be more plentiful than have ever been the case before. The far-sighted young man is already realizing this and is making plans, if he has not already made them, to secure ? thorough and practical business training so as to be ready for the opportunities which every big banker and business man Will tell you are sure to be so plentiful. Parents who are now planning to place son or daughter in Business College, or young men who look forward to preparing themselves for successful business careers, and wish to economize as much as possible, should one of the above plans. Money saved write for full information concerning, is money made, and Draughon training (endorsed by Bankers and Business men everywhere) and the ' Draughon Business College (the largest business educational training institution in the State) need no introu.iction to the public, the superiority of the courses of study and the - greater facilities for securing positions for students being well known. JICKLE Repaired. Bamberg, S. C. I ? ?. A ? - nnmnn COLDS & Laumrrci 5 or 6 doses 660 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Coldi & LaGrippe; it acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. Price 25c. I Best material and workmanship, light running, requires little power; simple, easy to handle. Are made in several sizes and are good, substantial money-making machines down tn the smallest size. Write for EI showing Engines, Boil- I all Saw Mill supplies. I , RD IRON WORKS & ! SUPPLY CO. 1 Augusta, Ga. j New Box Paper at Herald Book Store. . v: