The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 13, 1919, Page 3, Image 3
* INFLUENZA VISITED
CHARLESTON 1807
TERRIBLE MORTALITY CAUSED
ON VISIT TO CHARLESTON.
People Supsicious Then
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v Some People Connected the Dread
Visitation With the Appearance
L of a Comet in the Sky.
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Charleston Sunday News.
Few articles which have appeared
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in Tne isiews ana uourier laieiy nave
excited more comment than the republication
of Doctor Ramsay's
account of the influenza epidemic
of 1807, which spread north
and south from New York like wildfire,
at least half the population of
Charleston being afflicted with it in
the course of a very short period.
There is another contemporary re^
port on this 1807 epidemic which is
in some respects even more interesting
than that of Dr. Ramsay. It, too,
t": * was by an eminent Charleston physician
of that day, Dr. Joseph Johnson.
? Some extracts from it undoubtedly,
will be welcomed by many readers;
but before giving them perhaps
. there are some who .would be
glad to know what attention
the epidemic attracted in the
* newspapers at that time.
What the Papers Said.
Comparatively, a great deal. It
must be remembered that in 1807
1 newspapers in general gave practically
no space to the publication of
local news items. The Charleston
papers were no exception in this re'
spect; the theory, apparently, being
that people knew what was happening
at home and that the function of,
the newspapers was to inform them
as to what was going on at the various
seats of government and of the
[state of affairs in Europe.
: * * v The four pages of the Charleston
-Courier in 1807 contained daily t
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' three and one-half pages of adver.
tisements and about three columns
of matter devoted to a discussion of
what was being done by Napoleon,
; or at Washington, or by the State
legislature, or to the war cloud then
thickening. Six or eight inches was
: _ '> the maximum given to Charleston afv
-fairs; and that in general was taken
up with marriage notices and death
notices.
It will be understood from the
foregoing that the fact that the prevalence
of influenza in the city was
T \ mentioned at least five or six times
during the fall of 1807 means that
- the epidemic was a real sensation;
even more so, it would appear, than
\ in the "epidemic" fever, which likewise
raged at that time, 114 deaths
occurring from it in September.
First Mentioned October 15.
The influenza epidemic had Starter.
V
ed in New York in August, 1807, ac v
cording to Dr. Ramsay. The first
r-:?mention of it in The Courier was
<pn Thursday, October 15. "The in*
; fluenza," it stated, "is becoming very
prevalent *in this city." A week later,
or, to be exact, on Friday, October
23. it was stated: "The influenza
* has become so prevalent that it is
supposed upwards of 5,000 persons
are no^ afflicted with it in this city.
It has not, so far as we can learn,t
been attended with any mortality.
The next item which folic-^s this
.
is interesting. "Greatly as we have
been distressed during the past summer,"
it reads, "with oppressive
heat, the ravages on an uncontrollable
disease, and the stagnation of
business, yet under the blessings of
Providence our planters have made
more luxuriant crops than in many
.
preceding years, and the weather
continued remarkably favorable for
the gathering of them in."
Deadly in Havana.
One other quotation from the Courier
before passing to Dr. Johnson's
narrative. On December 23, 1808,
appeared the following: "We learn
that the influenza is now very prevalent
at Havana, and that it is at
tended with a very considerable degree
of mortality."
In 1807 Dr. Joseph Johnson was
president of the Medical society of
South Carolina. Dr. Johnson was
the father of the late Dr. John Johnson,
long rector of the St. Phillip's
W church. He is probably best known
as the author of Johnson's Traditions
of the America revolution.
At the anniversary meeting of the
Medical society held on December
24, 1808, Dr. Johnson devoted his
address to a review of the weather
and the disease of Charleston during
the year, the address being published
by order of the society.
Dr. Johnson began his address
with an account of the weather, commenting
in detail upon the severity
of the cold with which the year had
set in. "The changes in February
v and March," he says, "were very
great and sudden. On the 6th the
temperature fell thirty-two degrees
in seventeen hours, as appeared by
* our diary, and had probably been
lower, but had risen at 8 o'clock in
HOUSES ARE DESTROYED.
Number of Hogs, Dogs, and Chickens
Killed.
Hampton, March.?Clifton's Mill
Pond, a settlement of prosperous farmers,
about four miles from here,
was visited by a cyclone early last
night, which, although resulted in
no fatalitits, blew down houses and
killed a number of hogs, dogs and
chickens.
The path of last night's cyclone
was almost the same as the one
which visited the section last November
when one child was killed
and a number of houses were blown
to atoms. In the November storm a
man and Mis lamiiy ciung 10 a snian
tree just a few feet out of the path
of the cyclone and watched trees not
ten feet away blown away as though
they were a feather.
Ex-King Manuel is beginning to
fear somebody has cut the wireless
cables to keep the Portugese from
forcing him back to the throne,
forcing him back to the throne.
the r-orning, the usual hour of observation.
On the 10th it had increased
twentj'-seven degrees in thirty-one
hours, and many changes of
fifteen to twenty-four degrees are
observed in short . periods during
these months.'*
Charleston's Blackest Month.
After a cold and backward spring
there followed an abnormally hot and
dry summer, and this was succeeded
by a long drought in the fall. The
"endemial fever" raged and September
was, from sickness and death,
the blackest month ever recorded in
Charleston, there having been 328
interments, of which 114 were from
endemial causes, and at least onefourth
of the inhabitants (established
at 28',000 in number) wTere affected
with influenza about the last of
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During October and November .
"the inhabitants were distressed still
more by the clouds of dust which
drifted in every direction. * * *
All the ponds and many of the wells
and springs were dry, so that in
country places many of the cattle
died for want of water and travelers
could not obtain a sufficiency near
the road either for themselves or
their horses."
Blamed It On a Comet.
At this time a comet, which was
first observed on September 15,
though Dr. Jphnson thinks it was
probably visible for some time before
that date, was arousing much
discussion. "By many," says Dr.
Johnson, "the dreadful influenza
that oppressed them, with all the aggravations
of the drought were ascribed
to this comet." The doctor
ridicules such a superstitious theory.
His own acount of the epidemic follows
:
"Influenza is noted as occurring in
March and April, although not sanctioned
by our journals. My opinion,
which was then supported by the
concurrence of several eminent physicians,
has since been confirmed by
a correspondence of symptoms with
that which prevailed in the fall. On
the first of its appearance in the latter
period the symptoms were so
mild that few required the attendance
of a physician. * * This
lulled many into a fatal security, and
when about half the inhabitants had
been attacked by it a cold change
took place in the weather, during
which many relapsed and several
lost their lives.
"So general was the prevalence of
this disease about the middle of October
that'many families had from
fifteen to twenty sick at one time;
servants could not be hired to do the
duties of a family, nor produced to
attend the sick. Relapses were frequent.
In all such cases the symptoms
were greatly aggravated and
frequently accompanied by violent
determination to the Pleura and
Medistinum.
At Its Worst in the Country.
"However severe the influenza
was in Charleston, it was much more
destructive in the interior country
and along the northern boundary of
the State. In Georgetown eight per
suns were ijiug ueaa ui u iu one
day, and in Allanstown, in North
Carolina, out of nine masters of
families seven are said to have died
of this complaint; whole families
were sick at the same time, and in a
small neighborhood at Cashawav
Ferry nine families of children are
likewise said to have been left orphans
by this prevailing malady.
With persons advanced in years it
was most violent: next to these with ;
persons of irritable lungs; next with j
persons left debilitated by previous j
inflammatory complaints. * * * ;
"Bleeding and other evacuants, I
with emolient drinks, were the only {
remedies necessary at the first, but j
frequent blisters were afterwards requisite.
Tn the country places above
mentioned bleeding is said to have!
been injurious, and probably was so, i
as the difficulties attending country \
practice render it impossible for so 1
active a remedy to reasonably be applied."
DEATH OF LORD KITCHENER.
British General Had no Chance for
His Life.
Lord Kitchener and his staff did
not even reach the deck of the British
cruiser Hampshire after she
struck a mine off the coast of Scotland
one stormy night in June, 1916,
according to a warrant officer who
has just told the story of the sinking
to a correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian.
Questions concerning the sinking
of the Hampshire have been asked
in parliament because of the persistent
rumor that the vessel had been
sunk by a submarine and Lord
Kitchener had been carried off a prisoner
to Germany. No detailed statement,
however, has been officially
given out. The name of the officer
who now tells the story has not been
disclosed.
Four days after the Jutland battle,
according to the officer, the Hampshire
took Lord Kitchener aboard on
June 5 and set out in "the foulest
weather known in that region." She
was escorted by two destroyers who
were unable to face the storm and
returned to port. Everything on
board the Hampshire was lashed
down, and only one hatchway was
left open.
About 8 o'clock in the evening the
siiiD was snaKen by a terrmc explosion
and the crew scrambled for the
deck. Officers quickly took their
posts, but their orders could not be
heard because of the raging storm
and the terrific sound of escaping
steam. Immediately after the explosion
there was another and all
lights went out, which added to the
confusion.
The officer, with a companion, cut
the lashings of a life-raft. It being
impossible to launch the boats in the
terrific sea, and the raft was slipped
tdown the side. It turned upside
down, but finally righted and he with
others found themselves afloat. Almost
immediately the ship went
down, not more than five minutes after
the first explosion. The officer
did not see Lord Kitchener on deck,
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hatchway was open the only men
who reached the deck were those
who went that way. Although much
confusion, he recalls trying to open
a number of other hatchways while
trying to rea'ch the deck and found
them all battened down.
The raft drifted win: the .gale for
five hours, during which time many
of the men were washed from the
raft, while others died and rolled into
the net work in the center. The
raft was then tossed through an
opening in a rock reef and beached
on an island.
The. officer scoffed at the suggestion
that Lord Kitchener had been
saved and was quite sure that the
Hampshire had been mined and not
torpedoed.
Delicate Hint.
The field hospitals close up to the
firing-line in France find time tor an
nAnooinnol 1 oitorVi irritoo Ma Ipnlm'Afl.
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ams of the Red Cross.
A party of wounded marines were
being taken to a base hospital on a
much over-crowded motor-truck. The
nurse accompanying them became
anxious about their wounds.
"I hope I am not hurting any oi
you." she said.
"Your're hurting me a lot," replied
one of the soldiers.
''But I am nowhere near you," exclaimed
the nurse indignantly.
"That's what's hurting me," was
the calm reply.?Washington Star.
Habitual Constipation Cured
in 14 to 21 Days
"LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a speciallyprepared
Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitua
Constipation. It relieves promptly bui
should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days
to induce regular action. It Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60<
per bottle.
NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS
The Equitable Home Co., Plaintiff
vs.
Andrew J. Bennett, et al., Defend?
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To George Bennett, Frank Bennett
Lucretia Bennett Gordon and Wil
lie Bennett, defendants in th<
above entitled action:
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to answer the amended com
plaint in the above entitled action
of which a copy is herewith servec
upon you, and to serve a copy o
your answer to said complaint on th<
subscribers at their offices, Bamberg
S. C., within twenty days after th<
service hereof, exclusive of the da:
of such service, and if you fail tc
answer the said complaint within th<
time aforesaid, the plaintiff will ap
ply to the court for the relief de
manded in the said complaint.
You will take notice that th(
original amended complaint in this
action was filed in the office of tin
Clerk of Court for Bamberg count:
on the 25th day of February, A. D.
1919.
CARTER & CARTER,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
February 25th, 1919. 3t
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fail
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can ge
restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c
Read The Herald, $2.00 per year.
Suitcase That Suits Each Case.
Police (rounded up draft suspects)?"Have
you got a card?"
The suspected one (with suitcase)?"A
whole case of 'em! Which
do you want to see?draft registration,
meat, sugar, calling, milk, playing.
or postal card?"?Judge. ^
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The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE
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NOT AN ISOLATED CASE
lany Similar Cases in Bamberg and
Vicinity.
This Bamberg woman's story given
ere is not an isolated case by any
leans; week after week, year after
ear, our neighbors are telling simar
good news.
Mrs. C. E. Simmons, New Bridge
t., Bamberg, says: "Several years
go my kidneys were in poor, weak
nd unhealthy condition for a long
ime. I suffered awfully. My back
urt me so badly that I would some
imes have to pres-s my hands upon
; to ease the pain. The action ot
ly kidneys wasn't right and my
ands and ankles often swelled. 1
IwavR fplt. tired out. denressed and
miserable and aiched all over my
ody. This Is the way I was suturing
when I started using Dean's
idney Pills. I got them from Mack's
irug Store and they brought me reef
from the start. In a short while,
key rid me of all this trouble. Every
[me I hear anyone complain of their
idneys now I advise them to use
oan's Kidney Pills."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
imply ask for a kidney remedy?get%
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[rs. Simmons had. Foster-Milburn
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Successors to W. P. Riley.
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Accident
INSURANCE
Office in J. I>. Copeland's Store
BAMBERG, S. C.
BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS
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All children troubled with worms have an unhealthy
color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance,
i GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
i for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, imj
prove the digestion, and act as a General StrengthI
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DENTAL SURGEON.
Graduate Dental Department Unli
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rate Dental Association.
Office opposite new post office and
over office of H. M. Graham. Office
.hours, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
BAMBERG. S. r.
I NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that all par!
ties having claims against the estate
of Mrs. Maude A. Copeland, deceased,
must file the same, duly itemized and
certified, to the undersigned administrator
of said estate, and all parties
owing said estate must make payment
to the undersigned, on or bej
fore the 21st day of March, 1919.
S. vv. wrr;bA.\u.
Administrator of the estate of Mrs.
Maude A. Copeland, deceased.
February 26. 1919.?4t.
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the
cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine."*
E.W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c.
TAX NOTICE.
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The treasurer's office will be open
for the collection of State, county,
school and all other taxes from the
loth day-of October, 1918, until the
15th day of March, 1919, inclusive.
From the first day of January.
1919, until the 31st day of January,
1919, a penalty of one per cent, will
be added to all unpaid taxes. From
i the 1st day of February, 1919, a
penalty of two per cent, will be added
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
day of March, 1919, until the 15th
day of March, 1919, a penalty of 7
per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes. THE LEVY.
For State purposes 8% mills
For county purposes 6% mills
Constitutional school tax....3 mills
18 mills
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills
Midway, No. 2 2 mills
Hampton, No. 3 2 mills
Three Mile, No. 4 \ 2 mills
Fish Pond, No. 5 j 2 mills
Hutto, No. 6 2 mills
Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills
Olar, No. 8 .. 9 mills
Salem, No. 9 4 mills
St. John's, No. 10 2-mills
Go van, No. 11 8 mills
Binnaker's, No. 12 3 mills *
Lemon Swamp, No. 13 4 mills
Bamberg, No. 14 11 mills
Oakland, No. 15 8 mills
U.intnr'n PViVinol Mn 1fi 8 mills
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Colston, No. 18 4 mills
Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills
Oak Grove, No. 20 4 mills
Denmark, No. 21 8% mills
Ehrhardt, No. 22 13 mills
Lees, No. 23 4 mills ,
Hey ward, No. 24 2 mills
All persons between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years of age, /] ;
except Confederate veterans and sail- ,
ors, who are exempt at 50 years of
age, are liable to a poll tax of one
dollar.
Capitation dog tax, 50 cents.
All persons who were 21 years of
age on or before the 1st day of January,
1918, 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. day of January, 1919.
I will receive the commutation
road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
the 15th day of October, 1918, until
the 1st day of March, 1919.
G. A. JENNINGS,
Treasurer Bamberg County.
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