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PELLAGRA IS CLAUD, INTEREST OF PKYSiGIANf STATEMENTS TAKEN FROM IN IT EI) STATES HEALTH SERVICE REPORT. MANY CASES IN HORRY, AND ADJOINING COUNTIES t? AVhile Disease i Not Yet Thoroughly I Tndei\st' o:l by Medical Science. IE till People Should Take All Pre<antions Recommended. There is no disease that is just now more puzzling t > the physicians of the world than i nv a. The sccm ?s , 1 i ' ii-.-.v j.:>; j.-i! : imm: u I i: V l iS'/ciH' 111 OOUII1 Carolina, (luring* t ,r last few years is .-alarming, if one did not remember that it has no douM always been as prevalent as it now is, hut was not in the past so easily recognized and diagnosed by tlie doctors. It is stated that there are more cases of it in ^Spartanburg County than in any oth?er county of the State. It has its share of victims in Horry County, among them people of note. Six or seven cases have been known at one time in different sections of this county. Dr. E. Norton whose death was chronicled not long since was a sufferer from it. There are many other cases in Horry and adjoining counties. The following statements are taken from the publication of the United States Public Health Service: The disease has been known in the 'old country since 1735, but it was not until 1900 that a national organization for the study of pellagra was formed in America. !,n Italy a carestudy of the disease was made some years ago, and the cause of pellagra was said to be the use of musty or .sour corn meal; today this is disputed, scientists disagreeing, and the most recent investigators claim that the cause is unknown. Both in Italy and America pellagra seemed to appear with startling suddenness and spread "with rapidity; the disease was inttense and the mortality high. The i .] 11- ? j: 1 IilJJJU Ajilt'UU III Lilt; tllSCclSC IIUIKCS pellagra one of the most important health problems of the present time. ^Pellagra occurs at all ages, but the majority of the victims are between twenty and forty. It often follows a previous illness, induced by weakness or depression; a system weakened by excessive use of alcohol, by insufti cient nourishment or unhealthy surroundings is predisposed to pellagra. It does not occur in cold climates. The heat of the sun seems to have a direct influence upon the eruption that characterizes the disease, and most of the cases come in the spring, May or June, although some occur in the fall. Pcllag'-a is not believed to be con tagieus. Pellagra rune its course in a scries of periodic attacks. Beginning in the spring the patient suffers from nervousness, indigestion, bowel trouble and an eruption that usually appears upon the hands, neck or some uncovered part of the body. The skin becomes red, burns, itches slightly, and generally some pufflness is observed. Sometimes the redness changes to a dark color, or to pimples that dry and fall in small, grayish scales After repeated attacks the skin becomes rough and hard, with, sometimes, painful cracks, thick crusts or ulcerations. The eruption does not reach its heitrht for manv davs or weeks, and is as slow in disappearing. It comes once annually, returning the next year, and so on until the patient is cured or dies. Melancholia, insanity, or in the acute stages, delirium, accompany the disease. In treating the disease, rest is of prime importance. Acute cases ahould be kept in bed, and even the mildest cases should spend part of the day in a reclining posture. Diet is of equal importance; there must be an abundance of norishing food, includiag fresh, tender meat, milk, eggs sugar, or some form of digestible sweet, and a liberal supply of salt. In creases of weight is always a favor able sign. Baths, cold or warm, as indicated by the physician in charge are helpful. Strong, direct sunlight .should be avoided, as it increases the eruption. Fresh, pure air and absolute cleanliness are of great importance. Arsenic is used in treating pellagra, but all medication must be under the direction of the best physician obtainable. Pellagra is i chronic disease, liable to return unlest fully cured, so the patient should be under medical supervision for a lon^ time and report as once any return o; symptoms. Pellagra can best be treated in ar Institution, but we have none in Amei ica. The Italians have such hospitals And report excellent results. In a recent study of pellagra it i< noted there are more cases among fe males than among males; and als< BIG GATHERING AT ! i BE1ETTSVILLEJ , BLKASE ANSWERS THE CIRCULAR ISSUED AND DISTRIBUTED BY SMITH. POLLOCK AKO"jEKNINCS LOFH ATTf OX t LEABF, i: Thoy \lso Ray Their Respects to; Senator U. 1). Smith,?Blease Furn- j ished About Fame i do lice lie j I sod at St. Mat tilers Meeting. There were about three thousand people present to h&ar the candidates for United States Senate at Bcnnettsville last Friday. It was a rather a warm meeting. Governor Blease undertook to answer the circular which was printed and circulated by S: nator Smith answering various charges made by the Governor Blease against him through the campaign. Among ; the charges made by Blease against I Smith was that he, Smith, was a delegate to the Haskell convention twenty years ago, that he voted three years ago to keep in the constitution a provision l'or the payment of an indemnity to the family of a lynched negro, he charged also that Smith sixteen years ago was unwilling to protect the virtue of the womanhood of the State alleging that he voted against a bill introduced to protect 1 unmarried women from the base seI ducer, and other charges. It was to 1 answer these charges that Smith cir1 eulated the hand bill mentioned. The governor produced substantialhis initial speech at St. Matthews. However, he injected new matter into : the campaign. He charged that the 1 junior senator voted against a bill "to protect unmarried women from the < aeDaseci seducer." no also reiterated j i his statement that Senator Smith j ] voted against Winthrop college. Governor Blease made the following proposition to Senator Smith: : "We will submit what I say on the i ' $2,000 matter, and what I say on the separate coach to the Hon. Richard C < Watts of Chesterfield, the Hon. Thos. B. Fraser of Sumter, and the Hon. W A Stuckey of Lee, taking none from my homec ounty, Newberry, tnd if these three gentlemen after examin- | ing the records say that Smith did I ! not vote just as I said in my St. Mat- I thews speech that he did vote, I will j i quit the race for the United States j senate and pay these gentlemen each $1.00 for their services." The balance of the governor's speech was couched in characteristic language and dwelt almost fully with the negro race. At the conclusion the chief executive was presented with two bunches of flowers by J. Preston Gibson whose Democracy was praised by the governor at the beginning of his speech. Mayor L. D. Jennings of Sumter .the second speaker, stated that if the ( charges of governor Blease against the record of Senator Smith are cor- j reel, then the latter is not fit to rep- 1 resent South Carolina in the senate. ! He warned the people to think well I before they vctod. Ho criticised the 1 j senator for not attacking the record of Governor Blease, which is the is Ollt' UL'lUIC Lilt" JJU'Jplt*. Mr. .Tonnines in emphatic language 1 t I and with strenuous gestures, llayed j the governor's record and ripped it from stem to stern. He took up the > major portion of his time with a narration of the "trial" of Dr. Eleanor B. Saunders. He was listened to i earnestly and quietly by the audience 1 throughout the severe excoriation. ? "I would not want to be elected to go ; as a representative of the Bleaseites i to hell," exclaimed Mr. Jennings. , Mr. Jennings, concluding amid applause, was handed a bunch of flowers The third speaker, W. P. Pollock j ' of Cheraw, was given an ovation when ; he arose to speak. Good Scnao. To Lady Cardigan is attributed the 1 following somewhat pert comment, when a very ignorant person was com* i plimented on his good sense in her ? presence: "I don't wonder," she said, i "at his possessing a large stock of . good sense. He never spends any." 1 ' that it seems to be disease of place or ' locality, generally connected with 5 water. The latest theory that it is transmitted by a bite of some bloodsucking insect is not proven. Sambon ' believes pellagra is caused by the bite * of some species of simulium or buffalo gnat, as he finds it prevalent on the 1 banks of running streams where the * simulium breeds. J Much money and time are being \ spent in investigating pellagra, and ' the scientists will learn the cause and the cure; in the meantime it behooves 1 us to be watchful, but not fearful; to '* screen our homes, protecting the in* mates from the insect bites, and to keep our bodies in good condition 5 with plenty of good food, fresh air, ' exercise, pure water and the stimulus > of cheerful company. \ J ( { s V STATE CANDIDATES CQMEJ BLOWS, CAPT. M. C. WILLIS AND GEN. W. W. MOORE TAKE IT LIST AND ; .1 LL. ,'ilOBfit FAILED Til STAND THE PTiESSUDE, This Was at the Yorkville Meeting Last Thursday,?General Moore in His Speech Apoligized l'or the En counter,? Matter Mad Been Brewing for Several Days. The state campaign reached Yorkvillo last Thursday, where there was only a moderate crowd to hear the candidates for State office. The only feature of interest was a fist fight between YV. W. Moore, candidate for reelection as Adjutant General and Capt. jVI. C. Willis, a candidate for the ollice opposing Gen. Moore. The encounter came during Capt. Willis' speech after he had denounced as false the statement of General Moore made at several previous meetings that the local military company of which Capt. Willis is an officer was one of the poorest in the State. "Any man that questions my integrity tells as black a falsehood as ever emanated from the pits of hell," said Capt. Willis after he had been cheered by the crowd as a native son. General Moore rushed from the back of the stage shouting, "Are you referring to me sir?" "I am sir," replied Capt. Willis. With these words General Moore hit his opponent squarely in the face. The blow was returned and the fight ensued. The crowd rushed in and separated the combatants. Several people tried to get over the back of the stage to get at General Moore, yelling various threats at him. After several minutes the stage was cleared and Capt. Willis continued his speech. He read an affidavit from Bert Smith, captain of the First Regiment, declar ing that General Moore had said to him after inspecting the company a year ago that it "was one of the best in the state." General Moore in his speech apologized for the encounter and took Capt Willis to task for making his charges and bringing a conflict in his home town surrounded by his friends and kinsmen. Considerable disorder prevailed dur ing General Moore's speech. Capt. Wilis twice appealed to the crowd to give General Moore a respectful hearing. General Moore was arrested by the town authorities immediately after the trouble, but was released on bond. Kelley-Bethea Personalities B. Frank Kelley and Andrew J. Bethea, candidates for lieutenant governor, grew unusually personal in remarks about each other. Eethea challenged Kelley to denounce tho pardon record of the present governor and especially the pardon of T. Burnett Caughman of Bee county in the obtaining of which, he said, Mr. Kelley had a hand. Mr. Kelley called Mr. Bethea a kid-slippered dude" and declared that ho would pay no attention "to !l 1 T /! M mosquitoes ami dune riles. ' SICKENED BY CALOMEL. If you ever saw anyone made sick by calomel you won't want any more calomel yourself. There's no real reason why a person should take calomel anyway, when fifty cents will buy a large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone? a good remedy that perfectly and safely takes the place of dangerous calomel, which is only another form of deadly and poisonus mercury. Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant tasting vegetable liquid which will start the liver just as surely as calomel, and which has absolutely no bad after-effects. Children and grown people can take Dodson's Liver Tone without any restriction of habit or diet. Conway Drug Co., sells it and guarantees it to take the place of calomel, and will refund your money at once if it fails in your case.?adv. Half the World. Half the world has never yet heard of Christ. The average income through India, China and the poorer nations of Asia is not over 10 cents per day per capita. Half the world is without any medical knowledge worthy the name. Roughly, about half the world today is without education and cannot read or write in any language. nan me world is without the social rights of manhood, womanhood or childhood. I?y agreement among the warehousemen here there have been no tobacco sales on Saturdays, giving them time to straighten up the business of the week. Saturday is really not a good day for the farmer tc bring his tobacco to market. Othei matters claim his attention on thai day. GERMAN CAl P Li jLi "items of general news a ia all over the world | !BT M THURSDAY, JULY (f, TM4. Electrocutions of four negroes convicted of murder, set for last Friday, will be stayed by perfection of their appeal to the state supreme court, it was stated at the state penitentiary Thursday- These negroes are Meeks Griffin, Thomas Griffin. John Crosby and Nelson Briee, alt of Chester county, and convicted on the same charge of murdering a white man named Lewis, according to the information given at the orison. w - 4. Under suspi ion of l aving Iroken into last Wednesday night four mercantile establishments at Ridgeway and robbed them of cash totalling about $15, Charles Asbill, a 12 year old negro boy, has been placed under arrest. The dreadnought Florida after having hasfily coaled and provisioned, left the Brooklyn navy yard under sealed orders last Thursday and proecedc! to Tompkinville, Staten Island. There she dropped anchor near the cruiser Tennessee, due to sail for Europe with nearly $8,000,000 in gold for relief of Americans. Revolutionaries in China are showing signs of activity, according to reports r.t Tokio. It is feared the European war will inspire an outbreak in China. The Standard Oil steamer Sioux, (lying the German (lag, which left Tampico July 31, with a cargo of oil Cor European ports, put into Key West port last Thursday. Her captain said he had made a forced run of several hours to escape a British warship patrolling the Gulf of Mexico. Charge d'Aflaires Lorillard at Buenos Aires reported to the state de parturient last Monday that on accout of the European situation business was paralyzed in the Argentine capital. FRIDAY JULY 7th, 1914. Preston Griflin and Charles Hall, nc groes, were taken from the city hall tower at Monroe, La., early last Friday and hanged by a mob. General Carranza and Provisional President Carbajal have failed tc , agree on transferring power in Mexico and trouble is expected in Mexicc City, where the population is report' ed panic-stricken. Constitutionalist forces are marching on the capital. After adopting resolutions extending to President Wilson the sympathy of Georgia in his bereavement, the legislature last Friday adjourned until last Monday out of respect to the memory of Mrs. Wilson. i ' 1 r 1 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., returned to Pocantio Hills unexpectedly last Friday, but refused to see newspaper men. His family is still at Sro1 Harbor, Me. It is believed that Mr. Rock i efeller's return was caused by the fii nancial condition due to the European war. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1914. ; Telegrams from the chief of the German General staff received at the ' German embassy assert that a French > doctor with two assistants tried tc poison the wells near Metz with : cholera microbes. The doctor wa? tried by court martial and then shot . >r ' * ???- ? - - ? l/ALRY DIVISION DURING To Give the- HwbSic the I Their Produce, and Sell Ther at the Lowest Prices the Mai Sell the cotton and othe with the old reliable Dusfinhiirv X Toddvil ' - - - i A dispatch to the Daily Telegram from Paris last Monday says German troops have taken possession of the Belgian town of Arion. Wireless messages were dispatched last Monday from the home oilice j of the North German Lloyd Steamship Co., in Bremen, ordering the Kronprinzessin Cecelie, which has on ; board $10,000,000 in gold for London 1 and Paris banks, to proceed directly to Bremen without touching us visual at Plymouth and Cherbourg, SATURDAY AUGUST 8, 191-1 Says Killed Mrs. Bailey. Declaring she killed Mrs. Louise Bailey, who was shot in the oflice of , Dr. Edwin Carman at Frceport, N. Y., June 130, a woman who gave her name as Mrs. Mary Cohen of New York surrendered to the police at Niagara Falls, N. Y., last Saturday. . Killed by Live Wire That James King, the carpenter who died Friday afternoon while working in the basement of the Bank of Columbia building, came to his , death by coming in contact with a live I wire was the verdict of the coroner's jury at the inquest held last Saturday. Sumter Tobacco Market. j European war depression has no ap preciable effect on the Sumter tobacco market if the big tobacco breaks are correct indication. Last Friday's tobacco sales at the Sumter tobacco | warehouse exceeded those of the day previous by 5,000 pounds. t Reunion at Dixie. All roads led Wednesday to Dixie, i eight miles east of Lancaster, where 1 the Lancaster County annual reunion of Confederate veterans was enthus1 iastically held and hilariously enjoyed by practically all of the old soldiers of the county. Banks are in Position. \ J. S. Williams, comptroller of the j currency, in a statement Hst Satur- f day declared the financial sanation of I the country is good and announced 1 1 that national banks now are in posit- \ ion to moot all reasonable requirements. Constipation Causes Sickness ( Don't permit yourself to become constipated, as your system immediately begins to absorb poison from the backed up waste matter. Use Dr. King's New Life Pills and keep well. There is no better safeguard against illness. Just take one dose to-night. 25c at your Druggist. ?adv. ? i *.1 .... - MANEUVERS [ nioiD?n)HaiijjK ^ i^l lighest Market Piicea for 11 What They Have to buy rkets Will Afford. 1^^^^ c things you h-ive to sell < Company," lie, So C. ? | City Pressing |l Club. | Suits Cleaned, Kepaired and I PrcHB< ft. Monthly Kates *1.00. _ Toe be> t wetU at B^st. Price s f ? i - P BON hi, - - - 81) Work Called f ?r c! Pe.ivercd. ' A, C. SMALL, Tailor, k ! - ? - W H 4 b Aver uy I H Corns ^ I \ I (in it ,l! 1# / ,n<) plasters, no more I I )( yl'l tlljjl jl J rHjZor-' no moro (jf/ijjVif gets-it i 1 ) llm \u I)/ T,l? Rnaranteed cure 1a V \ [ m LS If/y as harmless an water, but // vAn MP i ./ as sure as fate. It curea > \[J\\ \ [ \J worst corns right off,with- , 'i i U \ h out pain, cutting or Inoon- M f. \ 1 y \ven1ence. All drugglata 25c. I 'H \\1$ B< LAWCMIOAeo' fL?LMPAMV fl FOR SALE BY * Conway Drug Co. jS VunnaHys lief iterator Candy Pj Pharmacists f CONWAY,* S. C. I Vlalaria or Chills & Fever* I description No. 666 is prepared especially or MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER. I ?ivc or six doses will break any case, and f taken then at a tonic the Fever will not eturn. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c :ONW AY LODGE, No. 65, A. F. M 9 <| There will he rt regular com- *1H munlcatlon of OonwayJI.odeo KB jgjflSSk x<>.A. F. M. will he held Monday Am;. 10th. 1'.?l 1, 7 <^lrw pni. We have work aimo?? t >fn ^ry meeting, ?o W E. McCORD, W. M. '^K HAH. DU8KNBURY, Hec. Pro'*a. ^B