The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 22, 1897, Image 7
TYPHOID FEVER.
A FILTH DISEASE CAUSED
BY SPECIPC ORGANISM
FROM DRINKING
WATER
(Bulletin of the Yireinis Board of Health.)
Typhoid is a filth disease It is
caused by a specific organism which
is almost always introduced into the
body through drinking water The
organism gets into the water from the
discharges of those sick with the
disease, or possibly by the develop?
ment of an usually harmless germ
t?? which occurs in the intestines in- o a
harmful one. Typhoid is called a
rural disease, becauso about two cases
occur in the country to one in the
city. This is probably not true in
Indiana In Massachusetts. New
v York, and especially ic Europe, such is
the condition. If Indiana cities were
furnished with pure public water sup
pries and proper sewage disposal, as
are most cities ic the regions named,
the condition would also undoubitedly
exist with us To banish typhoid
fever we must drink pure water.
So long as we have two holes in
each yard-one to receive filth
and th 2 other to supply us with water
-we may expect to have this ter?
ribly destructive filth disease In
any cisy or town where the vault and
well er stem bas been in use for a
period of years, there is no way but
to abandon the wells and seek a pure
public water supply.
The usual conditions existent on
farms are about as follows : The
farmer at some time purchased a farm,
selected a site for his houee, built it,
and at the same time, in close proxi?
mity, dug a well and a vaalt. He
also constructed not far away a barn
fer his cattle Living at this place
now commenced, ?and very probably
within six, ten, fifteen, perhaps twenty
years, the family begin having various
ailments One of the members may
have complained of indigestion and
sometimes diarrhoea, or all might have
been so affected Again, nausea and
vomiting after meals might be ex
perienced, or frequent coated tongues,
ascribed to biliousness, might ap pear,
and lastly, the awful typhoid fever
might make its unwholesome visits.
Why all this ? Tbe doctor was prob?
ably called and bis medicine faithfully
taken, yet little or no abatement was
experienced. The problem has been
solved. The sanitarian-sometimes
called the microbe crank-bas studied
and investigated until the secret
% was discovered Here it is : At first
the ground furnished pure water
Neither on the surface of tbe earth
nor any distance below the surface
was filth to be found. Finally the
vault became full, and the barnyard
deep ic manure. The vault was
filled op and another one dug. It, in
time, was also filled, abandoned,, and
the third one provided The purify?
ing powers of Mother Earth were
finally overtaxed. The rains filled
the vault, covered the barnyard, and
sunk into the earth at every point
AB the water percolated down it car
ried to the underground streams filth
in eolation, and at last, although
clear and tasteless, polluted water
got into the well Now the troubles
detailed above began to appear.
This is not speculation or theory ; it
ie actual, practical investigation.
Hundreds of times bas this been
proved. Thousands of experiments, -
with years of study by a great many
scientists, have absolutely establish
ed the foci that typhoid is a filth dis?
ease, proceeding in almost every in?
stance from water polluted witb
our own excrement -Crawfordsville
Journal
The conditions as described so well
in the newspaper article which: ap?
peared in the Indiana Bulletin like
wise exist in Virginia
Typhoid fever is more prevalent in
the country than in our cities, hence,
I commend this article to the public
and the profession. Wherever ty
pboid fever exists, whether one or
more cases, the privies and the prem
ises around the dwelling, stables and
barnyard should be put is as perfect
bygenic condition as possible, and
thoroughly limed The spring, well
or pump should be thoroughly clean?
ed oct, and all drinking water should
be boiled before drinking by those
that ate sick and those that are well
See that the water supply is not con?
taminated by the drainage of filth
from any source whatever. If these
recommendation* are observed the
spread of this disease will be check?
ed.
Mouse Rans a Bicycle.
A wheelman of Corunna, Mich.,
has to thank a mouse for the addi?
tion of ninety eight miles to his cy?
clometer record. He "hung his
bicycle from bis cellar ceiling thc
other evening, not far from a swing?
ing shelf where food was kept. A
mouse, bent on supper, reached the I
shelf, and when he had sampled the ?
viands leaped to the tire of the front j
wheel. That immediately began to
revolve, and the mouse naturally ran
to the highest part of it Mr. Mouse
couldn't stay on the ' ;>p of the tire !
and couldn't gel enough foothold to I
jump to the wall. So he ran round
and round the revolving whee? and
the next morning was found, almost
exhausted but still running, with
ninety-eight miles to his credit.-Chi?
cago Daily Newe
Silver Graining Ground.
THE BANE OF ENGLAND
WILL HOLD 1-5 OF RE?
SERVE IN WHITE MET?
AL, PROVIDED
FRANCE OPENS
MINTS.
London, Sept 16.-At the sem-.
annual meeting of the Bank of Eng
land to-day, the governor, Hugh C*
Smith, said : .
.'Yon are probably aware of the
proposals laid before the government
in the summer by the United States
and France, whereby this country
might f Dcrease its use of silver, as a
contribution to an international agree?
ment which, while not affecting onr
gold standard, might enable the
the mints of France and America to re?
sume free coinage Among the pro?
posals was one asking the bank to
hold the amount of silver permissible
nnder the act of 1844 as against its
nates ?
The governor then read a letter,
dated Joly 29, addressed to the chan?
cellor of the exchequer, Sir M ichael
Hicks-Beach, lt was as follows :
"Referring to our conversation, we
beg to say the bank is prepared to
carry out what is laid down as per?
missible in the bank charter, viz : To
hold one fifth of the bullion, held
against its note issue, in silver, pro?
vided always that the French mint is
again open to the free coinaee of sil?
ver, and that the price at which sil?
ver is procurable and salable is satis?
factory "
Replying to the questions, the gov?
ernor said the bank had no negotia?
tions with the United States mouetary
commissioners, adding :
"We have bought no silver. All
we have done is to agree, under cer?
tain conditions, to carry out what is
permissible under the act of 1844 "
Bradstreet's Report.
New York, Sept. 17.-Bradstreets
tomorrow will say :
Notwithstanding unseasonably warm
weather and the apearaoce of yellow fe?
ver is several golf states, checking
locally the distribution of merchandise,
business throughout the country bas in?
creased more than anticipated. . The
centre of improvement is Chicago,
which famishes the most favorable trade
report within 6ve years Advices from
Kansas City, Omaha, St. Pani and St.
Louis also reflect activity io demand
among jobbers and wholesalers. There
is a temporary stimulus to business in
Sa van nab, owing to the withdrawal of
competition from merchants at towns
bow out off by the fever quarantine.
Chattanooga, Memphis, Atlanta, An
gusta. Galveston and even Sc. Louis an?
ticipate a temorary falling off io busi?
ness, owing to the interruption to traffic
in the gulf states and adjoining terri
tory. The practical settlement of the
bitumions coal strike, a further rising
tide of demand for iron and steel pro?
ducts, che withdrawal from the market
of some manufacturera of woolen goods,
activity generally among manufacturers
of woolens, extraordinary large bank
clearings, aod reports that mercantile
collections have improved, constitute
the features of the week.
Wheat exports are very large, and
with one exception (that of the second
week of September, 1891) are the
heaviest on record The total ship?
ments this week (flour inoladed as
wheat) agr?gate 6,979,948 bushels ;
5.461,556 bushels last week ; 3,566,
326 bushels last year ; 2,538.085 bush?
els in tho corresponding week io 1895;
3,357,283 bushels in 1894; 4.727,920
bushels in 1893, and 6.974,000 bush?
els the heaviest on recoid io the week of
1891 Com exports are 1,000.000
bushels smaller tbao last week. They
aggregate 3,901,000 bushels and com?
pare with 2,394,000 bushels last year,
1.305,000 bushels in 1895, 115.000
bushels ir. 1894 and 1,195,553 bush?
els io 1893
There are 269 business failures
throughout the Dotted States this week,
compared with 175 ?ase week, 315 io
the week a year ago, 218 two years
ago, a like number three years ago and
as' compared with 346 in the seoood
week of September. 1893. There were
36 business failures reported from the
Cand?an dominion this week against 39
last week and 41 in each of the oorres
poodiog weeks in 1896 and 1895.
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City of Mexico, Sept 16.-Ignacio
Anulfo, a violent character, assaulted
President Diaz to day during the
military procession The man was
felled by a companion of the presi?
dent and was immediately taken into
custody by the authorities.
Dr. T B. Carter, of Kaufman, and
Charles P. Russell, of Abbott, two of
the most prominent men of that sec
tion, who had hitherto been friends
and business associates, shot and
killed each other at Abbott, Texas.
They met yesterday afternoon to dis
pose of some business relative to a
land transaction. The settlement re?
sulted in a quarrel and an agreement
to meet at Abbott for the final settle
ment. At the appointed hour both
arrived at the depot and drew pistols,
exchanging a number of shots. Both
men fell and died within a few min?
utes
Take JOHNSON'S
CHILL ? FEVER
TONIC, entern*
Furmans New President.
A SKETCH OF THE REV.
H. S. HARTZOG.
The election of the Rev. Henry S.
Hartzog to tbe presidency of Clemson
oollege was received io Columbia with
some degree of doubt as to bis suitable?
ness. "He is ao unttried quality,"
was the prevailiog opinioo of those
who have never known bim, while bis
friends" OD the cootrary anticipate ao
able management of the colloge by
bim. From every side has been mani?
fested a desire that be shall be given an
impartial trial before fault shall be
found. No man bas ever entered upon
tbe discharge of an important position
with more hearty good will and
hope for his success tbao Mr. Hartzog
Bis experiuce as a teaober bas been
gained principally at tbe Johnston in?
stitute, of which be bas beeo the sup?
erintendent for some time.
Col. J. P Tb oma?, who was superin?
tendent of the Sooth Carolioa Military
academy while Mr Hartzog was a cadet
there, gives tbe following short sketch
of bim :
- "He has done much as ao educator,
with promise of much more. He is a
member of the brilliant Citadel class of
1886, first to graduate after the reopen
iog of the academy. Of tbe 189 cadets
who entered the Citedel ?D 1882. 53
survived to graduate Of this number
was Hartzog. That class, by the way,
has a remarkable reoord. especially in
the line of educators. Harrison, form?
erly of Clemsoo, now of Davidson ;
BODO aod Coleman at the Citadel ;
Kioard at Winthrop; Spain of the
Georgia >cbool of technology ; Floyd
aod law both instructors in Florida ;
Robertson teacbiog io Georgia, and Me?
nants, president of the Stuart Normal
college of Virginia, are all members of
this class of '86, aod oow coxes to sup?
plement tbe roll, Hanzog, president
of Clemson. The characteristics of
eaeh one of that class I recall per?
fectly.
''Hartzog was a high toned ca?
det and an exeelleot scholar
io the department of history,
belles letters and ethics. He de
lighted in English literature, io tbe
analysis of Shakespeare, in moral
aod mental pbilosohy, io essay writ?
ing and oratory. He was a good sol?
dier, bot bis passion was for letters.
"I have confidence in bim now as I
had confidence io him theo Hanzog's
principles are sound aod ideals lofty.
He will do all that bis youth will al?
low, and I believe he will earnestly
seek the wisdom of age. I expeot bim
to bold high tbe standard of Clemsoo
as a moulder of character, aod as a
good manager, I expect him to excell,
while at the same time he will intelli?
gently look after the. agricultural,
mechanical and scientific departments of
the oollege. If be shall be sustained
by the board of trustees io the adminis?
tration of the affairs of his principality
be will put Clemson College on a pros?
perous career. Bot let me say in con?
clusion, that no president of a oollege
or bead, of a military school can accom?
plish results or do bis doty to the State
unless he enjoys the confidence and has
the loyal support of the board of man?
agement of tbe institution. No man io
the State more sincerely desires Hart
zog's suooess than his frieod aod former
preceptor. He deserves the confidence
of tbe State."
The board, io addition to choosing a
president for tbe college, elected Chief
Eogioeer Wortbiogtoo professor of me?
chanical aod electrical engineering, aod
T. G. Poats of the Miller institute of
Virginia, instructor and foremau ot
work shops
A board of visitors, consisting of J
C. Hempbill First district ; Robert
Aldrich. Second district; J P. Mor
roth, Tbird district ; J. D M Shaw,
Fourth district ; George W. Gage,
Fifth district ; Joseph Canrey, Sixth
district ; L S Connor, Seventh district,
was elected to serve for two years.
The State.
HESTER'S COTTON STATE?
MENT.
Supply on Hand is Away
Short of same Time Last,
Tear.
New Orleans, Sept, Sept IT.
Secretary Hester's New Orleans cot?
ton exchange statement issued to
day, shows that the amount brought
into sight for the week ending this
afternoon is 253,000 bales against
311,000 for the seven days anding
September 17, last year
The statement shows receipts at all
United States ports since September
1, of 292,200 bales, against 418,370
for the corresponding period last
year.
Foreign exports for the 17 days
have been 63,197 against 145,146.
Including amounts left over in
stocks from the laet crop and the
number of bales brought into sight
thus far for the new crop, the supply
to date is 551,376 against 923.477
for the same period last year.
THE VISIBLE SUPPLY.
The world's visible supply of cotton
today is 1,113,688 bales against 1,
017,823 last week and 1,698.714 last
year. Of this the total of American
cotton is 912 688 against 802,523
last week and 1.422,514 last year.
Don't hurry. "Take time to examinr the
labels and trade marks of poods you buy,
and you will protect yourself from cheap aod |
worthless substitutes. j
How They do in Indiana.
In the state of Indiana last night,
a mob lynched five men charged with j
burglary This beats anything the
south has ever done. Men are not
lynched down here for burglary, and
they are not hung five at a time. It
shows that mob law is not sectional.
The spirit of lawlessness :3 likely to
break out anywhere and no state or
section can afford to lecture another
upon it.-Atlanta Journal.
THOANGER
to which the Expectant Mother is
exposed and the foreboding and
dread with which she looks for?
ward to the hour of woman's
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
MOTHER'S FRIEND
allays Nervousness, and so assists
Nature that the change goes for?
ward in an easy manner, without
such violent protest in the way of
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
hopeful anticipations-she passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without pain-is left strong and
vigorous and enabled to joyously
perform the high and holy duties
now devolved upon her. Safety
to*'life of both is assured y the
use of "Mother's Frien , ' -and
the time of recovery shortened.
"I know one lady, the mother of three
children, who suffered greatly in the
birth of each, who obtained a bottle of
'Mother's Friend' of me before her
fourth confinement, and was relieved
quickly and easily. All agree that their
labor was shorter and less painful."
JOHN G. POLHILL, Macon, Ga.
?1.00 PER BOTTLE at all Drug- Stores,
or sent by mail on receipt of price.
RAAKS Containing invaluable information of
rm? interest to all women, will be sent to
rntfc any address npon application, by
TH - BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, GA.
-THE
Sumter Institute,
Sumter, S. C.
The thirtieth collegiate year
begins September ninth, 1897.
For catalogue-address
MRS. L. A. BROWNE,
or
Miss E. E. COOPER,
Principals.
July 21-3m.
Wilson aii Suer! R B.
Io effect January 15tb, 1896
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No 12*
Leave Wilsons Mill 9 10am
" Jordon, 9 35 a m/
Davis, 9 45 a m
" Sammerton, 10 10 a m
" Millard, 10 45 a m
" Silver, ll 10 a ni
'* Packsville, 1130 pm
" Tindal, ll 55 p m
" W. i S. June, 12 27 p m
LT. Sumter, 12 30 p m
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No 73*
Le*ve Sumter. 2 30 p m
" W.iS.Jnac, 2 33 nm
" Tindal, 2 50 p m
" Packsville. 3 10 p m
" Si'ver, 3 35 p rc
" Millard. 3 45pm
" Summerton 4 40 p m
Davi9, 5 20 p m
' Jordon, 5 50 p m
Ar. Wilson Mil!, 6 30 p m
Traine between Millard and St. Paul Iravt
Millard 10 15 a m and 3 45 p m., arriving
St. Paul 10 25 a ta and 3 5? p m. Returning
leave St. Paul 10 35 a m and 4 10 p ni, anc
arrive Millard 10 45 a ra and 4 20 p m Dai?
ly except Sunday
?Dasiv except Snndav
THJMAS WILSON
Pri-dpi^n
BEAUTY HATH CHARMS
and all the charms which beau?
ty likes best to don are shown
in our grand display of fash?
ionable jewelry for this season.
Jewels like these would en?
hance the charms of the most
fascinating belle, and surely no
fair one would despise such
brilliant aids to her beauty.
Like personal loveliness, they
conquer admiration on sight ;
they score new victories at ev?
ery inspection. Those who
look over our stock do not
willingly stop with examina?
tion. Beauty may now be
made easily irresistible by a
few judicious purchases from
our display of up to date jew?
elry.
L. W. FOLSOM,
Jeweler and Optician,
SIGN* Of TEE BIG WATCH,
Oct. 16.
Tie Larpst <? Most Complete
. Estaltaeit South
Geo. S. Hacker & Son,
-MANUFACTURERS OF
DOORS. SASH, BLINDS.
Moulding & Building
Material.
office aod Warerooms, King, opposite} Gao*
ooo Street,
CHARLESTON. S. C.
^ST-Porcbasp oar make, which we gu?rante
superior to aoj sold Sooth, aod
thereby pave money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
October 16-o
STANION
MOUSE.
D. J. JOKES. Poprietor.
Rates $2.00 Per Day.
SPECIAL TEEMS TO FAMILIES
Two Minutes Walls From Central
Depot.
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Joiy 29.
THE
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Tennis Courts, DaDctag, Children's
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Gcod Drives, Reasonable Livery Charges,
Cool Nights, Pore Air, Litbia Springs.
Coolest and sweetest water in the State.
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables,
Cuisice and service the best. Easy of ac?
cess, rates reasonable, 8 ma'ls daily.
JNO. F. JONES,
June 9- BLACKSBURG, S. C.
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No leather, steel or wire.
STODDER P?NCTURELESS TIRE CO.,
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Also
STANDARD BICYCLES,
are high grade in every particular, price
S1C0. Special inducements to clubs.
Reliable agents wanted in all unoccupied
territories. Address
Tie Geo. Hastacl Co.,
7th Ave., 28 & 29th St., N. Y. City.
March 24.
DRUGS
AND
Soda Water.
Toilet .Articles,
Drugs and Patent
Medicines.
PERFUMERY, EXTRACTS
TOOTH BRUSHES, HAIR BRUSHES,
COMBS,
TOILET SOAPS
IN GREAT VARIETY.
Prescriptions Careful?
ly filled day and night
-AT
J. S. HU6HS0N
& GO.,
DRUGGISTS,
MONAGHAN BLOCK
SUMTER, S. C.
D. M. y?u??
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Prompt attention to ail business entrusted
to him Office on Court Houae Square, in
Bundine office.
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be done at a very small cost. The McCormick new No. 4 Steel Mower is the best all around ma?
chine on the market to-day. It has all the latest, improvements. The gear of the McCormick
is wonderfully improved this year. We certainly have the finest, most durable, simplest, and the
lightest draft machine on the market, and will run where others stop dead still. The cutter bar
is furnished with steel bearings. One knife in a McCormick Mower will last longer than two in
most any other mower made. Write our agent, Geo. F. Epperson, Sumter, S. C.. for descriptive
catalogue and price list, which will be mailed you free.
Remember, we keep on hand a full and complete line of repairs at Epperson's Stables
Sumter, S, C. ^ N