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5P?' v >* MAKES FULL REPORT ON NEW DISEASE Case of "Sleeping Sickness" Discussed?Four Cases t in State. r,?ij V ' Many inquiries are being1 made of State health authorities with regard to the disease commonly called the "sleeping sickness" which has recently made its appearance in South Carolina. Dr. James A. Hayne, State health officer says that the disease was regarded as more of "a medical curiosity than a menace to the public health." Four cases of the disease are reported as existing in the State. One is at Latta, one at Johnsonville, one r.t Charleston and one has occurred at Marion. Dr. Hayne, acompanied by Dr. C. V. Akin of the United States public health service, has returned from a visit to Latta where they went to see the patient and to study the case. Dr. Akin prepared a report on the case and on the disease generally and a* the request of Dr. Hayne has given it out for general information. The report follows: Without attempting to overcome tut incorrect impression created by the hasty naming of the malady, the State health officer announces the appearance in South Carolina of "sleeping sickness." Technically, the disease is known as lethargic encephalitis, which, freely, defined means inflammation of the brain associated with drowsiness or stupor. As a recognized disease it is new in South Carolina, and indeed throughout the United States. This fact together with the lack of exact knowledge as to its cause and treatment surrounds it with an aura of dicad and. apprehension. Clinically it has been carefully desc ribed and its outstandnig characteristics render it more or less easy of recognition. The purpose of this discussion is to provide the public with authoritative information so that clear cut cases may be recognized and reported and to prevent undue and unnecessary concern in the instance of cases of illness which are clinically unrelated. Recognized authorities agree that lethargic encephalitis is an acute epidemic affection, due to a specific virus or body poison which attacks specifically the nervous system. It is a general infectious disease, the symptoms of which originate in the brain tissue and is charcterized by Siupro or mental dullness and desire for sleep, certain localized paralyses and fever. That the disease is epidemic is evidenced by the appearance of a number of cases in a given locality (England, Italy, Hungary). To what extent the population of a community ii susceptible and to what degree the poison of the disease is infectious can not be estimated at this time. That it does not spread rapidly nor does it attack a large number of the population at one time is well established.' in the government report of the epidemic in England in 1918. It it is caused by a specific virus it is reasonable to suppose that it may be spread as a result of contact between persons so infected and other l,/\n 14-V*?. u.,4 i:i.1 ? :?i?: -i 1 . t i?:ai VII y uu t nuACirpiiUlU HlUVlUUttlS. CLIFT OFF CORNS! 1 Apply few drops then lift sore, (' p touchy corns off with * * fingers j||\f Doean I hurt a bit! Drop a little Ficesone on an aching corn, instantly that com stops hurting, then you lift it right out. Yes, magic! A tiny bottle of Freezone costs but a few cents at any drug store, but is sufficient to remove every hard com, sort corn, or com between the toes, and the calluses, without soreness or irritation. Freeaono is the sensational discovery of a Cincinnati genius. It is wonderful. For this reason the individual must assume every precaution and avoid all unnecessary intercourse with persons suffering with a disease condition charcterized by stupor bui ihc public miiiu slioiuu not give way to unrestrained apprehension on the score that a new and mysterious "plague" is about to sweep the State. Case histories have not established a conclusive connection or relationship between "epidemic coma" and influenza. A number of persons who had influenza have subsequently developed the disease but it is illogical i > attribute every abnormal physical manifestation to the much maligned influenza. Certain of the quartermillion people in South Carolina who had influenza between September and February have since suffered bioken bones and other have been in automobile wrecks. Influenza has not been cited as a contributory factor. To date only four cases of "sleeping sickness" have been reported. .'Following is a report of a case which gave no history of influenza or of any other disease in recent years. At the request of a prominent physician in Latta, S. C., a suspected c;.se was investigated on March 18, 1019. The patient, a woman of 58 years of age, first complained on Wednesday, March 12, that she felt stupid and drowsy and her eyes "burned." Doling this and the following day her desire for sleep increased and bodily weakness was a prominent symptom. On the third day of her 1 illness she was compelled to take to her bed and subsequently her condition has become progressively worse. < When first seen by her pyhsician her ' temperature was slightly elevated and each day has been higher. On Tuesday, March 18, 1919, this case was seen by the State health officer and the writer. The following was observed: The patient, with features drawn and expressionless, lay fully extended, and as motionless as if in a deep sleep. The slow, noisy respira- ( tion made the picture of sleep more real. Persistent questioning elicited co- ] herent replies which dispelled the illusion of true sleep but the soft halting syllables seemed to indicate a great weariness, both mental and physical. The upper limbs lay quietly with the forearms crossed over the body. The lower extremities were rigidly extended and fixed as if by unusual muscular effort. There was no indication of pain nor of bodily desire and neither nourishment nor water was taken except when urged insistently by the watchful attendants. Respiration was slow and somewhat labored. At times the effort seemed almost too great and for seve;al seconds would cease altogether. ,From an inspection of this case it would seem that a fatal termination would be only a matter of hours but iri this disease a prognosis can not b; made with certainty. The official records show that the prognosis as a rule is better than the alarming state of the patient in the fully developed stage would suggest. The duration of the stupor is variable and may last from a few days to several w-eeks. The authority for certain statements in this discussion is contained in an article presented in Volume 34, No. 8 of the Weekly Public Health Reports of the U. S. P. H. S. o "THE BOYS WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE" Just now when we are rejoicing over the return of our gallant heroes whose dash and unsurpassed heroism put new fighting spirit in the entire fighting forces on the Western front - A ...u~ i ? i * <%uu WJIU uuiiuiuuicu ftu u |uti t to the defeat of the German army, let us not forget the boys who wili never return . but cherish them in grateful memory and comfort as best we can the sorrow stricken loved or.es. And that our attention may be called to this we are asking each of the two local papers to publish a letter received by one of Horry's mothers. "Company "F," 324th Infantry, January 30, 1919. "Mrs. Mary E. Faircloth, Allsbrook, S. C. Dear Madam: It was officially reported on No[ State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County?ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is aentor partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & v;o., aoing DusinesB in tne city or Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that old firm will pay tho sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to beforo mo and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (Seal) A. W. Olcoson, Notary Public. . HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is talcon Internally and acts through tho Blood ! on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Druggists, 75o. Testimonials froo. | F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. V *T:T Y?* vtmber 12th, that your son, Isaac F. Faircloth, was "Missing In Action." Since that date every effort has been made to obtain official information of a more definite character I am just in receipt of an official communication advising me of your son's death. On the afternoon of November 9th, after gallantly advancing with his Company, and while in the act of continuing- tho advance, your son was struck by a large shell; ami instantly killed. This was in the "Meuse-Aragonne offensive, November 9th to 11th, 1918." After the Battle, your son was missing from his Company, but it was hoped that he had been merely separated from us, and would soon return, but knowing him to be a conscientious soldier, he was officially reported missing in action. The information just received is to the effect that the Chaplain of anoth er Division, having been notified of your son's death, took charge of the body and conducted the funeral which was held on the 12th of November, in the Battle Area Cemetary, near Verdun, France. On the grave is a cross, placed by the Chaplain in memory of your son. Your son was a good soldier and was liked and respected by all of his Officers and fellow Soldiers. Ho always did his full duty without com plaint and had so many friends that the Company feels his loss keenly. You have the right to be proud in the thought that your son paid the Supreme Sacrifice while doing his duty for the betterment of humanity. You have the sincere sympathy of all Officers and Men of Company "F," 324th Infantry, in your bereavement. Yours very truly, ?.John C. Warren. Captain, 324th Infantry." Horry County Chapter, A. R. C. O' GRASSY BAY SCHOOL NEWS. We opened school in the Fall in the church with only a curtain for a partition, with not even the blocks laic! for a school house, or any out-door buildings. Now, we are teaching in a good, roomy, two room building, with blackboards on three sides of the rooms. A good teacher's desk and chair in each room and a stove. It is built on the right plan wtih the high windows on the left side of pupil", when sitting. Also two good cloakrooms, and two good sanitary closets. .Hi of which has been made or purchased this year. i\Vo have had a good enrollment all DoYburHi Are they at all times full of li share of the load, or do tho\ 7 %> 1? ??c?no oils) iki i 1 1 nc* n via n/vti t i ? i n ? Iiiui.itn anil in mv ^ tiiu I'ln 11 ill (if it is generally the result of while partially satisfactory d ration. Your stock should requirement of every organ a large portion of the wh( and is never digested. It i you strong, vigorous horses i balanced, thoroughly mixec COKERSwe<st are made from the choices 1 lv mixed to furnish a well (important food elements: I vS i vllvlt i I have a few bu^frels of ea> which shows a germination of ! per bushel while supply lasts. 1 will not germinate SO per cent < would be costly to farmers. On three times as far as others. A1 no more after present supply is mont will be made immediately, with order. Buy only good gerr S. L. 39 Broad Street 3113| 19?2t the year. Also good attendance each month. We haven't had to close down for the influenza as many schools have, excepting the three weeks of the State quarantine in the Fall. Thereto re, we arc on our sixth month and, if our pupils remain in school until the closing, (which we feel sure they will) many of them will finish their grades. We wish to thank the officials for the State aid, then the County Board and Supt. Bullock, also our trustees ana patrons of the school for their in est earnest efforts to get our building completed, and their cooperation in helping us to keep the pupils in school. We are not working alone. We feel that we have the help of the State, the County Board, the Board of Trustees, the Patrons, and the pupils. The following is our Honor Roll for last month: First Grade?Curtis Hodge, Johny Tyler, Ivy, Jollie, Fannie Hodge, Sam Jemigan, Robert Jernigan. Adv. First?Edna Bullock, Minnie Hodge,. Second Grade?Birdie Graham, Gordon Hill, Harvey Holmes, J. B. Gaye, Johny Merritte, Braxton Shelley, Comic Grainger, Walter Meritte, Maye Essie Blackwcll, Bulah Pridgeon. Third Grade?Maye Graham, Mary Lizzie Jollie, Annabelle Stroud, Jannie Stroud. ll n Ti i i r uurin uraue?r.uia rattgeil, Blight Jollie, Harvey Shelley. Fifth Grade?Gold a Stroud, Sallie Go ye. Sixth Grade?Claud Williamson. Julia Ludlam, Doreatha Harrelson, Teachers. o??? Lady Clerk Given Present. The merchants whose stores were robbed last Friday, presented Miss Ausbome, the young lady clerk at the store of Mr. J. E. Nicholas, with a handsome gold saphire, surrounded with pearls, ring, accompanied by the following expression of their appreciation for her clever act. 1 We, the undersigned merchants of Conway, S. C., as an act of our appreciation for your faithfulness to duty and shrewdness of perception in apprehending and bringing about the arrest of the two shop-lifters after they had succeeded in stealing goods to the value of ninety dollars from eight stores, do hereby present you w'th this token and with it our wish that you may ever be alert to duty. ?J. E. Nicholas, Burroughs & Collins I Co., Spivey Merc. Co., 5 & 10c I i frtore, L. H. Burroughs, Conway j' t \ /i _ rii _ . _ n /*i rn l 1 n y 1 v_,o. c-tore, r. i-,. iouu, o. scnerr. orses Pull?] ile and eager to carry their full * sometimes lag? All well fed dlv full of life. If they are lazy their food. Whole grain food ocs not furnish a well-balanced have a food that meets every of the body. Furthermore, >le grain food does no good ivill save you money and give md mules if you will use a wellI sweet feed. LA WTON f Feeds t ingredients and are carefulbalanced ration, giving all the brotein, Fat and Carbohydrates, and developing fat, healthy, slick, f short-haired aniyour stock for a while and you will COLLINS CONWAY, S. C. BY yR-I?A\YTON FOOD CO. ^RTSVILLE SEAN SEED iy ninety day velvet bean seed [)0 per cent that can offer at $3.75 L.arge number of beans of 1918 crop clue to heavy rains last year. This e bushel of these good beans will go 11 1917 Alabama beans. Will have exhausted so order at once. ShipCheck or money order must come ninating beans. RE1D Charleston, S. C. Pastime Program for Wi March MOW! Edith Roberts in Ted Brownin "SET F A play of surprise. It's a Blue TUESI Carmel Myers and Louise Lov "SIRENS OF Unusual swimming, dancing, u ture. The six act Jewel Produc 20c? MUSIC BY CON WEDNE We are not able to give the nar ante? it will pie WEST 10c?2 THUR5 "UNDER FOI An official War Picture made I ment. Every patriotic Americr make that possible the Governi sion 10c?20c. FRIC "THE FLAME I and 2-Reel L-KO COMEDY, UNj LY?1-Reel. This program w SATUF "OPEN A big Western, and one-reel C< good. 10c?20c. HORRY SOLDIER IS SAFE IN FRANCE! I 1 He is Thankful That the Great Father Has Preserved Him I Through the Conflict. i Editor Herald:? , It is with sentiments of pride and pleasure that I say that our great ( God took care of me through this i gieat war, that I might have the op- ! portunity to write just a few words to my friends through the Herald. During my short stay in America, after I was drafted, without training '' I volunteered with a Combat Division to sail fbr France. August 1st I sailed and August 11th I landed in Liverpool England, and then I realized that the time had come for me to do my bit in behalf of our country. September 24th I was on the front for the first time. In the Vosges mountains I got my first taste of the Boche shells, Neur St. Die France. At times it was impossible for us to sleep any at all. They would keep us in our dugouts for hours. I stayed on this front until some time in October. November 1 was in the Meuse Argonne offensive until Hostilities ceased. It was awful to see all the dead boys laying around on the ground twenty-four hours after everything was over. "When eleven o'clock came we scarcely noticed that our Cannon had ceased until some one mentioned the hour. We looked around and could not see anything but muddy streets over which ambulances were passing with the wounded, but yet there was no cheering, no laughter. There were the shell-torn fields beyond the town. The same, but it was different tiiere in that quiet street. We were feeling the change that had come over the war-torn world. Just a wide smile and now and then a word or two about seeing the statue of Liberty. I thanked our Lord that He had taken care of me, and now I want everybody to remember me in their prayers that I may return safely to America. ?J. H. Cannon, Co. I 823rd Inf, 81st Division. Theatre I sek commencing 11 31st. J )AY J ig's Production * REE" I bird. 10c?20c. V DAY I cly in <1 1 THE SEA" ">l md diving achievements fea- I tion. A beautiful picture. ^ 30c. ' WAY BAND :SDAY ne of this Picture, but guar- J ase. It's a ESN i ) lOc. > {?<l >DAY [ UR FLAGS" >y the United States Governshould see this picture, to nent sets the price of Admiis * FAY BF THE WEST" lVERSAL animated week ill be fine. 10c?20c. IDAY PLAIN" cmedy. They are always Slight Effort Needed. ^ They say the French girls are bet- I i .i ? ,w. n.in;in:r? man American girls. We don't believe it. The girls we enow could listen as well as anybody if they would only try.?Houston Post. o t Citation Notice. _ i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. By J. S. VAUGHT, ESQUIRE, PROBATE JUDGE. WHEREAS, Ida M. Casque made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of H. L. Gasque. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite Emd admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said H. L. Gasque deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Fi?obate, to be held at Conway, S. C., j on the 10th day of April, 1919, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. \ GIVEN under my Hand, this JJfcth j day fo March Anno Domini, 1919. v" Published on the 27th day of i March and 3rd day of April 1919 in ^ the Horry Herald. J. S. VAUGHT, Probate Judge. 1r ?o Another Libel. j. "What's the disturbance in the * market-place." "H's a mass-meeting of the women who've changed their minds sinc<?the 4 morning and want to alter weir voting papers."?Punch. o II HOLDERS OF I IlLiBERlf BONDS lure advised to hold them. If you must sell, deal only with responsible bankers. We Buy and Sell . LIBERTY BONDS' I All Issues and Denominations. I Write us if interested. I TRUST COMPANY OF 6E0RCIA Capital and Surplus, *2,000.000 Member Federal Reserve System ATLANTA. OA.