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Ha?e PronouDced Tbe Case Smallpox. Dr. Taber Makes an Official Report to Gov. Ellerbe. DR STUART PN ORANGE BTTRG CA8S. Tb* State Jae. 14. GOT. Etlerbe yesterday received a letter from tbs cbatrmao of tbe State board of health, Dr. Taber, ia which be stated that Dr. Smart bad made a thorough diagnosis of the supposed smallpox case at the State colored institute atOrangebcrg and had de? clared the same to be smallpox. Upon receipt of this letter GOT. K?lerhe im? mediately telegraphed co President Miller of tbe college for information concerning what .teps be had taken tc prevent the farther spread of tte pest. President Miller replied at once saving that be had e*ery student vaccinated and that tbe ease bad beea removed eocfffently far off, and every precaution taken to ace that tba disease be stamped ont STATEMENT FROM MILLER. Tbe State received by last night's mail an envelope marked "fumigated," wbicb con? tained the following comrannicarion from the pr?sid?e, of the colored college ; To ibe Sdi tor ot The State : On.toe 17tb. of December Stadeot Mon? tague, of Spartan barg, showed symptoms of tbe pr?sent disease io so slight a form (be was never vaccinated) that the ; most skepti? cal would beve pronounced it cbickeopox ; ?ad it waa so pronounced on tbat daj bj Dr Lowrnan. Os tbe 5th of J-na ar y three new eases were developed Moa tag ce, the : :oetr casee and other persons who bad roomed ; with tjbe sick, numbering 22, were immedi? ately takea way down, ia tbe woods in a bouse that had ?eeo need fortarm bands, and i Preisolated And tbe rooms occupied bj them, af*er having removed all ibe furniture and =cioth?og down to the farm house were - tBorc^b?y fomig^ied by order of Dr. Low mac, That same night Stadeot Hicks re taraed from borne Uroken oat. He w?s im j?jBH?inteij sent to join tbe colon j Hts bas w?e the worst ??se, intensified from having! taken a severe cold wb?e driving across the i country with the disease upon him Student j Bradaej^s.eaae wns also aa ager*Vated t>pe. With the exception of Hick?, who contracted ibe cold, the other patienta b* ve suffered little inconvenience, being np tbe second day. Not one of the students who bas been attacked ??fe stadeot Johnson bas ever been vacc - n^ted. AU wno ba Te been sick are np and d'?ine weil "Tb? eotire school were Taccinated on Monday, the 10th. Tbe students tri?se 8rms show so sign of ba vir g been i norn ?at ed will Ipi'v; be reva cci na ted on Monday, the 17ti. \? **Tbe oojs ?nd the girls occupy the same building. Tue isolation-bas neen so perfect : that ap to date not a single girl bas takeu the disuse i; "We have been quarantined. The disease ;.;""*. has bien prooooneed smallpox by Dr Stew < art; but, ac io ibe beginning of the sickness, nedical opinion here ia still divided as to tbeuaioreof tbe disease, it ia our duty io : . ieep the students here. ? ask shs* railroad officials aod officers ot tbe law to look out - for tiij students, forsomeof tb*m may escape ?** being anxious to gvi to their parents, and -Sbould they see any of my students, isolate ibera or retar o them to me "Tbe parents ?od guardians of students .need not be alarmed for the malady ts of a very mild form, and the students are betog w*ll cared for and attended "I call upon the parents of students who are io arrear? for board to come to my assist? ance in tbla my time of need. One dollar now will bti worth tea after the qnarantioe bas been^femoved." Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER 1 SMALLPOX AT LUE AT. Lieutenant Governor McSweeoty received a letter from Re?. John Morrison yesterday Mating tbat there was a case of smallpox at - Loray in Hampton county. Tbis is a sta? tion on the Flordida Central and Peninsular . tai road. > SMALLPOX AT GREERS. Greers, S. C., Jan. 12 -Rumors of small pyx io this ?ectioo bave oren rife, bat no credence was placed in them until yesterday, / whf a Dr. Fred James pronounced the disease ... of Jattes Lyeo the geocine article. This ' is toe first appearance of tbe plague among ? the whites, and everybody ie being vacct t sated. Th is case caa oe traced in Greenville, < and almost directly to ihe S ten boose boase. SUMMERTON ALARMED. A Special to tbe News and Courier dated I Sommertoo, Clarendon County, January 12, V a*ya : Smallpox is said to be within seven miles g of this village. Tbis ia reported tooday, but your correspondent has seen no physician . who bas seen it. It seems from description to be a genuine case, bot convalescent. Your correspondit does o ot pretend to vc o cb for its bc Sar genuine, bat merely reports it, so as to keep vip with the times It is on what ss know o aa the Bill ups place, io between this place, Paoola and tbe river. negro man as usual, ia tbe subject. Have not beard where be is from. When You Have a Bad Ccld Too waat toe best medicine tbat can be ob? tained, and that is Cbambelaln'a Cough Rem ip ; Toa want a remedy that will not only give quick relief bat effect a permanent cote. Ton want a remedy tbat will relieve tbs langs ?od keep expectoration easy. % Too want a remedy that will counteract any tendency toward pneumonia. ? You want a remedy that is pleasant and "" safe to take. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the only nt?dicise in ose that meets al! of these re? quirements. This remedy is famous for its cares of bad colds throughout the United 'States sod in manj foreign conn trie?. It bas many r vals, bot, for the speedy and perma? nent ears of bad cc'ds, stands without a peer and its spleodia qualities are evey where ad aired and praised. For sale at Dr. A. J. China's Drag Store. BOARDS OF CONTROL A Recommendation tc Be Made to Abolish Them. The 8tatp board of control bas com pleted its work for January and the members have returned to their homes The past few days has been devoted to preparing the annual report which has been completed, but which will not be available for publication until the legislative committee is through examining it. It is understood that the board will strongly urge the legislature to abolish the county boards of control The state board will probably urge that the state be divided into a num? ber of districts-say eight or ten and have an inspector for each dis tricfc. Among his other duties of looking after the proper conduct of the business the inspector will be required to be present when ship ments of goods are made to each dis? pensary and keep a watch on the breakage-which has been a serious item of expense and loss heretofore. The county boards are primarily in tended to do the work mapped out for the inspectors, and it is held that their work can be done much cheap er and more satisfactrily by inspect-, ors This is only a general statement of the recommendation, the details of which will not be known until the re? port is made public. The indications are that the legis lature will adopt the recommendation and io that belief the board has not filled any of the existing vacancies in the county board until the legislature shall have acted The financial state? ment will be very satisfactory not withstanding the^opposition of the original package establishments The business is steadily improving and the "tottering" institution seems to have been strongly propped up again. None of the members of the board favor the idea of operating the dis pen sa ry without the profit feature, and it is doubtful if the legislature will seriously consider the proposi? tion.-Register , Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC^^Am^ ?Forty-three Lives Lost and Over Seventy Persons In? jured. ----- Fort Smith, Ark . Jan 13 -The latest of the death list shows a total of 43 lives lost io the tornado which swept through Fort Smith Tuesday oijgbt Not less than seventy others are injured, a large number of whom are seriously burt, and several are ex? pected to d;e. The Work of removing the debris aod excavation of the ruined buildings progressed to-day. Five new names were added to the list of the dead Two bodies were dog from the ruirs of the Smith block, from which eleven bad previously beeo taken. The foll extent, of the storm maybe ' cr-mpreheoded from the fact that 35 roVe* northeast of the city a quaotity of tin roofing from Garrison avenue buildings was found. An unknown woman was taken from the rains of the Burgess hotel to-d*y aod was identified as Mrs. Ida Bari*, of Elm Springs, Washington ooooty, Ark Her brother is missing and it ia believed his body is still boried in the ruins. Business in roe devastated d?6triors where the building* were only partial ly damaged was resumed to day Ladies of the city are at work dis tributing food aod clothing to trie oe*-dy. The relief committee, compos? ed of the prominent business meo. find difficulty io housiog the sufferers. One hundred aod fifty buildiogs were demolished aod will have tn be rebuilt to accommodate the people -^-?- >?' 4mm^--~ JOHNSON'S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever In One Day. Another O. P. Goes. The second origioial package estab? lishment st Newberry is closing. Com? missioner Vimoe to day received a re? quest from Charles M. PbeifiW & Co., Cincinnati, for shipping tags to have liquors of his agent at Newberry seot back to the company Tags were sent to tbe other one to ship itself borne to Augusta this week.-Colombia Rcoord, Jan. 13. The case must be very bad indeed when so mild and tender hearted a man as Editor Sims of the Orange burg Times and Democrat is moved to make the following utterance : '.South Carolina needs a governor, and needs him bad We hope we will get one at the uext election Most any kind would be an improvement on the present apology who fills the office" " I Reduced Rates to Good Roads Association. The Convention Called to Meet in Columbia on January 9. i Colonel Thomas, president of the Goods Ronds associai iou, ba? issued the following call for a convention : By virtue cf the authority vested io him, tbe undersigned hereby calls a meeting ol' the Goods Roads arsociatioo of South Carolina to assemble, o? Wednesday, the 19th inst . at 7:30 p. CD . io the court houpe, Colombia 8. C i The members of the association are urged to te present Other citizens of the several counties, interested in the movement, are invited to meet with the association. The vice-presidents are rf quested to secure a foll repre? sentation of their respective counties. The press, daily and weekly, is re? quested tn extend this notice J?o. P Thomas. President The railroads will render all the assistance possible, and tbe various lines have announced reduced rates to Colombia, S. C , and return, from all points in the State of South Carolin*, ioolndit'g Augusta, Ga . account of occasion above specified. The rate from Somfer. will be $2 25 Tickets to be sold January 18 and 19, with final limit January 22, 1S98 Iron-clad forms not required. i- i i rmi - Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic Cures Fever In One Day. mmm ? ?-i Import? of gold into the United States dubing the past twelve months wer?? . more than double the exports, beiog respectively $81,500,000 end ?40 000 000 We have therefore re oeived more gold tbao wa* shipped <?u? of the country to the som of $41, 000 000 This in sharp contrast witb *96 ?h?rt ?he figuns chowed a net loss o? $80 500,000 Expressions of a Reformer.. For seven year? we have had re? form in Sooth Carolina and oqe of its fruit? is Mr. E'lerbe in the governor's chair Bu?'for reform Mr Ellerbe would not have been governor Reform in 1890 promised reduction of taxes Governor Ellerbe in his annual message published yesterday admits that the finances of the state are in an unsatisfactory condition. A de ficit of $100 000 is to be met. This is the fact, notwithstanding that since 1890 the assessment of property in the Stai:e has been increased by many millions and that $192,0Gu from whiskey sales has been used by the State Meanwhile, the towns have had little from whis? key sales, and town taxes have been consequently greater. The deficit is $100,000 and taxes, in these times of five cent cotton, must be higher Reform in 1890 promised a revolu? tion in the phosphate industry and an enormous increase in the profits there? of for the State. Reform promptly tackled the Ooosawi Company Re form won its fight and Coosaw went out of business Governor Ellerbe in his message confesses that the phosphate industry has ceased to pay the State anything and advises that work in the mines be suspended and that the office of phosphate commissioner be abolish? ed In 1890 reform promised, we be? lieve, a better system of common schools Governor Ellerbe in his message confesses that the common school system is unsatisfactory and does not claim that any progress has been ma ie in seven years Great is re form In 1893 reform took charge of the liquor traffic Governor Ellerbe in his message confesses that there has been "mis management in the State dispensary" (in the past), that the State M now ' flooded whith whiskey''* and that present conditions are **intolaerble " Reform established the office of pub? lic printer Governor Ellerbe in his message confesses that it was a mistake and that the public printing should be let out as formerly to the lowest bid? der Reform in county government was one of the original promises of the Shell manifesto A county govern? ment law was enacted as a reform measure Governor Ellerbe in his message confesses that the county government law is a failure For some of these failures excuses ! are made No excuse is offered for j the deficit or for the county govern j ment fiasco For the dispensary fail j ure and the phosphate failure long i winded explanations may be given, I but the tax burdened people don't I ask for explanations. The j ask for results Reform must be judged by its iruits Explanations do not help I Reform hap had seven years of trial, j Governor Ellerbe tells of the results Governor Ellerbe confesses enough Sin his message to show that reform has consisted of false promises to the people, of deception and incompe? tency Reform wrenched the State from mountains to s?aboard. Good men were slandered Every man who did not kneel to reform was driven from office The people were lashed into frenzy by demagogues and taught to hate each other Now j comes the third reform governor and one of its original leaders, Tillman's comptroller, to confess that great re? form undertakings have fizzled The governor gives excuses to be sure but the fizzles are acknowedged In view of this cruel and damning arraignmen of reform in his message it is highly proper that the governor should seek reelection as anything else than a reformer He may well be called a "former reformer v The message is a harder blow to reform than any of the antis have given it For the governor is a reformer and has turned State's evidence The News has no wish to irritate by holding up these reform failures. But the truth should be told. Gov? ernor Ellerbe is ^ur witness that what the conservatives predicted in 1890 and 1895 has "come true" al? most to the letter.-Greenville Newe. Gives Sound Advice to South? ern Planters. A Ripe Experience-Plant All That is Consumed-When Crop is Made, Sell it-Don't Wait for Higher Prices To the Editor of The Register : The father of the writer devoted his life to agriculture. He mad?? fifty-five crops. He made everything on the plantation consumed on it that i: was possible to make. He made a tl the grain and meat consumed on the plan? tation and always bad some to sell. He bad a flock of sheep that yielded enough wool for the clothes of all bis slaves, which were home-made The shoes of ail the slaven were made on the plan? tation. He always bought bats and caps for men and boys The writer knew bim to bani his cotton to Charles? ton. 80 miles, in 1843, and se)! it ar 4 cents a pound He was a successful planter His plantation was self sup oorting, and that was his secret of success The writer ha.? made forty five crops. He has never failed to make some money eaoh year He grows as near as he can what is consumed on his planta? tion. He does all his business fer cash. He bas no outstanding obliga? tions and is oo no one's paper Aas security. Standing security bas wreck . ed more than any other thing. Avoid it as you would poison. Be just to all alike and true to th}self. If the farmers of the south would be prosperous and happy, let each one strive first to make all on the farm they can tbat is consumed on it and some to spare After that, plant all the cotton possible and make every pound possible. This is the determina? tion of the writer. Wheo be started life, bis father gave him the following advice: "Always plant for dry weather. Give good distance. Never plow the grouod when it is too wet. Nsver stop plows because of.dry weather. Wheo you have everything ready for market, sell it Never bold for higher pr.ee*." 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