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IrEVER AT UNIVERSITY.
Situation Not Serious and Under Con?
trol-Well Water Caused Trouble
(f Board of Trustees and Board of
Health Physicians Make an Ex?
amination.
Columbia, Nov. 17.-There has for
some little time been considerable
anxiety with regard to typhoid fever
at the University of South Carolina.
I The situation, whiie serious, has been
very much exaggerated and the board
of trustees yesterday, through' its ex?
ecutive committee, decided ihat it
v/?>uld be belier to make z plain and
irani; statement of the conditions.
The board finds that there have
\ beer, ll cases of typhoid fever at the
university among the m>re than 300
students. While some of the cases
were brought to the institution, most
of the number originated from the
use of infected well water while there
were breaks in.the regular city sup
p ply. Maj. Sloan, president of the uni?
versity, has been working day and
night to do everything possible for
the relief of the situation and to stop
the cause. Dr. Wannamaker, the
physician in charge, and, Dr. William
Weston, the assistants, have been con?
stant in their attentions. The city,
board of health, through its efficient
health physician, Dr. C. F. Williarns,
has been hard at work on the situa?
tion and all now agree that they have
located the trouble and that there is
no longer ground to fear trouble.
Yesterday there was a conference
between President Sloan, Dr. T.
t Grange Simons, chairman of the State
.board of health; Dr. C. F. Williams
of the city board of health, Dr. E. J.
Wannamaker, Dr. William Weston
and Dr. James W. Babcock of the
State Hospital for the insane, who
was called in on account of his ex?
perience in such matters and they as?
sured the committee that there was
no just reason to feel further appre?
hension.
The execuive committee, which
consists of Governor Heyward, Super?
intendent O. B. Martin, Mr. R. P.
- Hamer, Jr., and August Kohn, after
a consultation with President Sloan
and the physicians decided that it
would be best to publish the history
of the trouble, to ask the consent of
the city board of health to publish the
detailed report of Dr. Williams and
" to advise the parents of all young
men and women at the university that
the situation is very satisfactory and
that there is no occasion for further
worry.
The following is the official report
of Dr. C. F. Williams, which has the
full endorsement of Dr. T. Grange
Simons, Dr. T. W. Babcock and Drs.
Wannamaker and Weston, after a
full investigation of the situation:
To the Chairman and Members ci the
Board of Health, Columbia, S. C.
Gentirmen: In compliance with
the resolution passed by the execu?
tive committee of your body directing
me to make a full report upon the
typhoid fever situation at the Uni?
versity of South Carolina, I have the
honor to submit the following:
On Oct. 27, I was notified by Dr.
E. J. Wannamaker, physician at the
university, that he had admitted to
the infirmary since the 16th of Oct?
ober, five cases of fever-two of
which were unmistakably typhoid,
and that the other three presented
''symptoms so strongly suggestive of
the malady that he felt warranted in
making ?ucb a diagnosis. I was asked
to consult with him, which I did.
and fully concurred in the diagnosis
made. I was informed by nii.i that
in trying to locate the cause it was
learned that the five young men
stricken all of them had been taking
thejr meals at t.ie mess hall. This
had aroused his suspicion as to the
local cause existing there, and we, in
company with the president of the in?
stitution, proceeded to the mess hall,
where a most thorough inspection
was made, and even though no un?
sanitary condition was found, the
physician at the university had the
refrigerators thoroughly cleansed and
disinfected and the whole hall, which
wes already in excellent condition,
gone over.
The milk supply was looked into,
and it as a possible source of infecti
was eliminated, for the dairy, supp:
ing the mess wi*h milk is owned a
j operated by the university and eve]
thing connected therewith is cc
ducted in a most sanitary manner.
The food stuffs consumed at t
mess hall are bought in open mark
and as there is practically no typhc
fever in the city this possible soul
! of infection can also be eliminated.
j Upon inquiry as to the drinki
! water I was informed that on fr
occasions when the city water was c
off the mess was furnished with wat
obtained from a well on Divine stre
Pursuing this trail further I fou
that the preponderance of evident
of which I will speak later, point
almost conclusively to the well, c
inasmuch as the physician of the ui
versity had issued orders that no mo
well water be drunk, I set about
eliminate every other possible eau:
I had Mr. Edens inspect the sewe
age and plumbing of the hall, ma
the pressure test, and he reports th
everything was found in first cia
condition. Cases of fever adjacent
the mess hall was sought for, so th
the possibility of contamination
food by flies could be eliminated. Tl
source was negative.
To come back to the well wat?
and the evidence pointing to it as tl
. source of infection, it is necessary f
m2 to ask your indulgence while ? e
plain how the disease is contract'
and the length of time it takes to d
velop.
The cause and the sole cause of tl
disease is a specific organism know
as the typhoid bacillus, which in o
der to produce typhoid fever must 1
taken into the stomach and intestin
track in which we eat or drink. (
course a run down condition is a pr
disposing cause.
The period of incubation (that
che length of time from the time tl
germ is swallowed until the disea;
develops) is from eight to twem
three days-on an average of abot
fourteen to sixteen days. Now you wi
see the significance of the above e:
planation.
On October 2, the city water was ci
off, and on account of it being muc
dy on the 3rd "and 4th, well wat*
was used at the mess hall. On th
16th. fourteen days from the fir;
drinking of the well water, a case ws
admitted to the hospital, another o
the 19th, another on the 20th and ar
other on the 22nd.
On the 15th of October, the wate
main supplying the mess hall ws
broken by the workmen digging th
canal for the telephone company an
it requiring some time to repair i
the well was again restored to. O
the 17th the break in the water mai
conveying water to the reservio
caused the whole city to be withou
water for two days and the water be
ing so muddy on the 19th. well wate
was drunk on that day. Thus it wi]
be seen that well water was druh
from the 15th to the 19th.
On October 26th two cases were ad
mitted to the hospital. One on th
27th, one on the 30th, one on th
31st, one on November 2, and the las
case which has so far developed, o)
XoVember 6 th
It will be seen from the above figure
that the average time from the tim
well water was drunk until the de
ve?opment of the disease was 14
days.
This, gentlemen, should be convine
lng, and especially so, since not a sin
gie case has developed in about 20(
boys outside of the mess as agains
eleven cases in 130 taking meals a
the mess. The first series of case;
would justify us in laying the blame
to the well water, and since the de?
velopment , of the second series ol
cases no doubt should exist in thi
minds of the most skeptical.
Bacteriological examinations ol
water to show the presence of the
typhoid bacillus are very unsatisfac?
tory and only in a few instances has
the organism been isolated. However,
upon consulting your chairman, I was
instructed to leave no stone unturned
and to have an examination of the
water made, not for the presence of
the typhoid bacillus, for the reason
stated above, but to its probability in
general. The water is now in the
hands of an expert and his report is
expected daily.
In view of the fact that more or
less apprehension exists in the minds
of the student body, and their loved
ones throughout the State, I would
suggest to the board that you im?
mediately take such steps as you may
deem advisable to allay this appre?
hension.
Respectfully,
(Signed) C. F. Williams, M. D.,
Board of Health Physician.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 16, 1906
At a meeting held at the university
this date, the undersigned committee
made a thorough inspection of the sit?
uation and concur in the above re
A BLOODY NEGRO.
WILL HARRIS KILLED FOUR MEN
TS ASHEVILLE.
Ke MadevHis Escape and is Being
Pursued in the Woods of Vander?
bilt's Estate-There has Been a
Price on His Head for Months.
Asheville, N. C., Nov. 14.-Will
Harris, a negro despeiado, with a big
reward on his head for many months,
early this morning shot and killed
two policemen and wounded a police
captain. He first shot and killed a
negro restaurant keeper and fatally
wounded another negro.
He escaped to the woods of Geo.
Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate, which
is now being scoured by a posse and
bloodhounds. There is no doubt that
Harris will be lynched a few minutes
after his capture.
The negro had a rifle and a re?
volver with plenty of ammunition. He
came here from Charlotte, N. C.
ANOTHER GREAT STORM.
f -
Havoc Wrought By Storm Centering
In the Mississippi Delta-At Least
Five Lives Known to Be Lost.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 18.-Tele?
graphic and telephone communica?
tions received today from points in
Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee
for a distance of several miles re?
port that territory to have suffered
last night and early today from one
of the most destructive rain and wind
storms experienced in years,
Only meagre details are as yet ob?
tainable, but five lives are known to
have been lost and great damage done
to property and crops. Railroad traf?
fic from this point is completely de?
moralized by numerous washouts and
many trains have necessarily been an?
nulled, i
From the reports so far received
the greatest damage occurred in the
central and delta regions of Mississ?
ippi.
At Winona, Miss:, the Catholic,
Christian and negro Methodist
churches and the Hesty bricky?rd
were demolished and numerous build?
ings unroofed and badly damaged.
Among the largest buildings damaged
at this place are the postoffice, opera
house, the oil mill, the compress,
warehouse of the Jackson Mercantile
Company and the residence of E. J.
Dunkston. Besides these, about 25
smaller buildings were slmost com?
pletely destroyed.
Telegraphic communication is com?
pletely prostrated. *
Of those buildings not totally de?
stroyed, the compress was probably
the most badly damaged. The roof of
this building was torn off by the
wind, which at times reached almost
tcrnado-like velocity, falling on the
home of E. J. Dunkston, 250 yards
awav. The wind storm was preceded
and followed by heavy rains causing
serious washouts along the route of
the Illinois Central railroad and badly
damaging crops.
The Ball Paint Company, of Char?
leston, was burned out Monday night.
Governor Heyward has offered a
reward of $100 for the capture of Wil?
son Howard, colored, who made a
deadly assault on Mr. O. H. Ricken?
backer, of Orangeburg county.
port, and beg to state to the public
that in so far as no new cases have
developed in the past ten days, and
the period of incubation of the dis?
ease has now passed, that there is no
further ground for apprehension.
Pending a recovery of those cases
now ill arrangements have been made
by the authorities of the university to
treat all illness of whatsover nature
at the Columbia hospital, thereby re?
lieving the students of any fear of
coming in contact with those sick at
the university infirmary.
T. Grange Simons, M. D..
Chairman State Board of Health.
J. W. Babcock, M. D..
Supt. State Hospital for Insane.
E. J. Wannamaker, M. D.,
Physician of the University of South
Carolina.
W. M. Weston, M. D.,
Assistant Physician of the University
of South Carolina.
There are three trained nurses in
attendance at the infirmary and the
young men who remained at the in?
firmary are receiving the best atten?
tion-nothing more could be done.
To be on the safe side all young
men who are now taken sick are
promptly sent to the Columbia hos?
pital, but no new cases have develop?
ed within the past ten days. There
is no occasion for parents to fear the j
further spread of typhoid and the |
situation besides being closely in hand I
is being very closely watched.
LEE COUNTY EXCITED.
REPORT OF OUTRAGE REACHED
BISHOPVDLLE FRIDAY NIGHT.
v
A Girl Fifteen Years Old Attacked By
Negro As She Was Going From Sis?
ter's to Father's Home a Short Dis?
tance Away.
Bishopville, Nov. 17.-Yesterday af?
ternoon just about sunset while Miss
Georgiana Watts, the fiftee* year old
daughter of Mr. George Watts, of the
Stokes Bridge neighborhood of Lee
county, was returning home from a
call at the home of her brother-in
law a short quarter of a mile distant
from her father's, a big, burly black
negro sprang suddenly from the way?
side and seized her. She is of fragile
form and was helples in the clutches
of the. fiend, although she made a
desperate resistance. An hour later
-she managed to drag herself home
and horrified and enraged her family
hy gasping out the story of her
wrongs.
The neighborhood was aroused, and
as usual intense excitement ensued, a
posse was immediately formed to
scour the country for the negro.
As soon as the news reached this
town fifteen or twenty men left here
to assist in the search. The posse has
bloodhounds and the search will not
be abandoned until the negro is cap?
tured.
THE GIRL ESCAPED.
Bishopville, S. C., ov. 17.-Men,
Sheriff and dog have returned from
the Stokes Bridge Section. The ru?
mored outrage unverified. The girl
was chased a hundred yards. On trace
or her assailant was found.
CRITICISM BY TOM MILLER.
War Department Called on f or Str fo?
ment Concerning Disbanding of
Negro Troops In Texas.
Columbia, Nov. 16.-Thos. E. Mil?
ler, the president of the State Colored
college, has protested against the re?
cent order of President Roosevelt,
disbanding the negro battalion of the
Twenty-fifth infantry of the United
States army because of riotous con?
duct at Brownsville, Tex., some time
ago. Miller, who was in the city yes?
terday, said that he felt that the act?
ion of the president, according to the
press dispatches, was an injustice to
the race and he wished a statement
from the department about it. The
letter is as follows:
President Theodore Roosevelt,
White House, Washington, D. C.
Sir: I write to most respectfully
ask your excellency if it is possible'
for a negro, such as I, to secure a
copy of the facts upon which Gen.
Garlington based his findings calling
upon you to dismiss in disgrace the
negro soldiers who were at Brows
ville, Tex.
> Knowing the antecedents of you
and Gen. Garlington thoroughly, I do
not wish to pass judgment upon the
acts of you both without reading the
entire record of this very unfortunate
case which has brought such great
humiliation upon the entire negro
race of which I am a part. If the
facts are in prim for the use of
the public I humbly request your sec?
retary to mail me a copy.
Very respectfully.
Thos. E.Miller.
Reply Of Department.
Th-"* following reply was received
from the war department:
Respectfully returned to Hon. Thos.
E. Miller, President Colored Nor?
mal, Industrial, Agricultural and
Mechanical College, Orangeburg,
S. C.
A statement of the facts on which
the president based his orders for the
discharge of enlisted men of the
Twenty-fifth infantry who were pres?
ent at Fort Brown. Tex., at the time
of "the recent riotous disturbance there
was given to the press and was pub?
lished generally throughout the coun?
try on the 3th inst. No further state?
ment has been furnished at the pres?
ent time. However, it is probable
that a full report of the investigations
that have been made with regard to
the occurrence will be printed in the
near future, and if you will renew
your request at a somewhat later date
the department will be glad to fur?
nish you with a copy of that report
it it has been published at that time.
By order of the Acting Secretary of
Yvar.
Miller said yesterday that he would
again apply to the department fer the
facts in Gen. Garlington's report, and
if necessary would take it up with
members of congress.-The State,
Nov. 16th.
Sam Green shot Walter Ruffin
through the arm at Darlington Mon?
day afternoon.
TA
Alum
in food causes
stomach disorders-Its con- ^
tinued use means permanent
injury to health.
[' ^Following the advice of medical 1
scientists, England and France have i|
passed laws prohibiting its use
in bread making.
^American h d u s e w i v?fs
should protect their house?
holds against Alum's wrongs
by always buying pure Grape
Cream of Tartar Baking
Powder.
((?Pure Grape Cream of
Tartar Powder is to be Lad
for the asking
Buy by name
BURAL SCHOOL ASSOCLATTON.
A Call For Teachers to Meet for Pur?
pose of Organization.
Stateburg, S. C.,
November 12, 19 O?.
? To the Rural School Teachers of Sum
th?T County:
I As a member of the Executive Com?
mittee of "The Woman's Association
for the Improvement of Schools in
! South Carolina," it is my duty and
privilege to call together the rural
school teachers of Sumter county for
th purpose of effecting an organiza?
tion of a county association to co
, operate with the State Association,
' and this county association will in
! turn effect an organization of "local
1
associations" within the respective
school districts of the county.
This work has been earnestly en?
tered upon by the women of the State,
after mature deliberation, because
they believe it is a work which they
can do probably more successfully
than the "busy men of this period."
It certainly is a work that can be
second to none in importance. The
rural school is at the basis of all
other schools and of civilization it?
self. In proportion as the basic work
is well done will the superstructure
be of excellent and enduring form.
The County Superintendent of Educa?
tion will close the white schools on
the day for this meeting, in order
that the teachers may attend and get
their full pay for their time. He has
set apart Friday, the 23rd day of this
month for the meeting in Sumter city,
at the Court House; meeting to be
called to order at ll a. m. While
this work is done with women as the
leaders, under this organization, male
teachers can likewise become mem?
bers, and I most earnestly request the
attendance of all the white male
teacher.* in rural schools in this coun?
ty, as there- are branches of the work
which they are much better fitted to
perform, under all the conditions of
rural life in South Carolina at this
time, than the women. ,
I am fully persuaded that the meet
ings of a county association will re?
sult in very great profit to every
teacher connected with rural school
work and that by proper manage?
ment of the meetings, pleasure, as
well as profit, can be derived from
them.
Hoping to see in the meeting every
rural school white teacher in the
county, and. that the attendance will
I be prompt, and that all will come to
j me and give roe the pleasure of their
I personal acquaintance before their
{ names are enrolled as members, so I
j may be better advised as to who are
j to become members that I could poss
1 ibly be without such acquaintance,
! and hoping for a meeting which will
abound in good results for the proud
county whose* interests are so largely
in our care, I am,
Very respectfully,
Theodosia Dangan,
Member of Executive Committee of
the W. A. I. R. S. of ^outh Caro?
lina.
MURDER IX HAMPTON.
Brimson, Nov. 16.-Vr. L. B. Pad-*
get, a prosperous tenant fa. m.r living
alone about two miles from this town
was called to his door about 9 o'clock
last night an I shot to death. The
murder was found out early this
morning by a near neighbor. The
j load from a shot gun was fired into
the head of the murdered man. The
object of the murder was evidently
robbery, as Padget was known to have
several hundred dollars in cash. The
clothes of the dead man showed they
had been searched by bloody hands
and the money taken. The neighbor?
hood is aroused and diligent search
is being made. Mr. Padget was a
Confederate Veteran and served in
Virginia in Hampton's cavalry.
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Washington, D. C., Nov. 17-vice
President Fairbanks is here for the
first time since the close of the cam?
paign tour. He will leave Monday
for Tampa, Fla., accompanied by Mrs.
Fairbanks to make an address at the
opening of the Midwinter Fahv