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Sept. I.?Surgeon Oen
ot the public health and
hoagrtaJ service has Issued In
form a paper prepared by
Sen goon J. M. Beget giving
a history of the spread of bubonic
plague during the Last four years. No
study presents mors Important and
dJSscult sanitary problems. Dr. Beget
than the lines of march taken
bubonic plague during the period
Slowed hi Its advance fr< m the re
mote eaed*mlc roc us of th ? disease In
Use frovtnoe of Yunnan. China, to the
numerous countries In all parts of
the globe, where. In many Instances,
^Jt aus established itself In defiance of
Ifen most es
most carets My planned preventive
I-,
The revival of the plague, Dr.
says, dates from 1814, whsn.
escaping from the western Chinese
ptoiiusu of, Yunnan, it reached Can?
ton. Between March and August.
004. tau number of deaths from
flagws la Canton Is estimated at
it Met. All classes among the na
tree ^population suffered sad rats i
ururu lousd to be effected, but In thoj
Isistga quarter of Canton, with
populsUoa o< about ItO.OOO not a
m ntagle eaee occurred. During the next |
yhur eases of plague were reported In
Bong Koag. Amoy, Macao and Foo
sHeer and In ltM sanitary attention!
throughout the world was focused on
the threatening epidemic by Its ap
, pearaaee la Bombay. Starting In
August, the disease spread throughout
She whole vast territory of the Bom?
bay presidency and before the end of
the year showed a total of 1.980 cases
end S.100 deaths. During that year
plague reappeared la Hong Kong,
where It has been epidemic ever since.
? In China there were epidemics at
Amoy and Swasaow with many deaths
In other sections of the empire and In
the following year there were over
ltO.000 cases la India with a mor?
tality of 117.000. la 1100 plague was
srseent la every quarter of the world.
The thlllapiae taianof were included
in the march of the disease, 110
deaths occurring in Mantle. The most
he sab la fust In the history of ths
paasme la the western world was the
gppearanos of St fatal cases In San
*
f In 1101. In India a great augments
Bun took place, until in 1104 plague
sanssd ths death of over 1,000.000
puisuus In India alone and epi?
demic prevailed to a greater or less
degree la nearly all parts of the
world.
y India, ths great centre, suffered tar
rib y In the year 1001, but In the year
1000 there was a great decrease, the
number of deaths being about 132,
000, but again in 1007 there was a
greet Increase, ths deaths numbering
1 2 00.000 For nine years, Dr. Eaget
says. Hawaii 1n 1007 had not been
free fro s plague, but the Philippine
now seem te be clear of ths disease.
During the year 1007 ISO cases of
plague with 70 deaths occurred In Sen
Francisco. Thsre were also a few
cases at Oakland and other clot
neighborhoods of San Francisco. At
Sea* tie, Washlagton, three cases oc?
curred last year.
fertig Her Advantage*.
?msesnenej
Mother?Juat run upntalrs, Tommy,
and fetch baby's nightgown.
Tommy?Don't want to.
Mother?Oh, well, If you're going
to be unkind to your new lltt'e slater,
shs'll put on her wing* and fly back
to heaven.
Tommy?Then let her put on her
wings and fetch her nightgown.?
Punch.
There Is something about a wife's
tears that washes a!1, the color and
starch out of s man's love.
tUotc
abed April, le&o. *Be Just urn
L_8UMTEI
SMITH'S SWEEPING VICTORY.
AIX COUNTIES SAVE TWO GIVE
HIM A MAJORITY.
Smith's Lead Over Evans Exceeds 20,
OOO?Complete Returns Will Prob?
ably Brine His Majority Up to 2&>
000?Summary of Results In Other
Contests.
Columbia, Sept. 9.?In the senato?
rial race Smith has swept the State,
defeating Evans by nearly 20,000
majority out of a total vote of 82,
066.
Swearlngen hae apparently defeated
Melllchamp. having a lead of 0,552
votes out of 72,314 cast In this race.
Cansler, for railroad commissioner,
hae a lead over Caughman of 784 out
of 78,184 votes thue far reported.
For congress, in the Fifth district,
Flnley has beaten Butler, and, accord?
ing to the latest reports, has a lend of
2.447 votes.
In the Sixth district Ellerbe leads
Ragsdale, by 2,128 votes, and has prob?
ably been elected.
Rembort has been decisively defeat?
ed by Cobb for solicitor In the Fifth
circuit, Cobb being 888 votes ahead
out of 4,12? votes oust,
In the Tenth circuit, for solicitor,
Bon ham leade McSwaln by 1,41 S, and
in the Third circuit, McLauchlln Is
ahead of Stoll by 818 votes.
In the Twelfth circuit Wells has the
advantage over Quattlebaum, being
1,008 votes ahead of his competitor.
Evans. Smith.
Abbeville, 21 out of 23 . 873 1,334
Alken. 20 out of 32_ 1.285 1.803
Anderson. 41 out of 52.. 1,775 2,021
Bamberg. 13 out of 14.. 173 648
Barnwell. 20 out of 26.. 503 1,361
Beaufort, partial. 188 228
Berkeley, Six. 28 245
Calhoun, 5 out of 0.... 57 170
Charleston, all but I... 1,214 2,000
Cherokee, 21 out of 26. 723 1,357
Chester, complete. 562 1,338
Chesterfield. 16 out of 22 506 689
Clarendon. 19 out of 23 470 856
Darlington, complete. . 576 1,820
Edgefield, 18 out of 20. 678 879
Falrfisld. 22 out of 28.. 518 868
F'orence. eight. 170 1,171
Georgetown, three.. .. 35 650
Greenville. 27 out of 47. 1,619 2.766
Greenwood, complete .. 1.032 1,457
Hampton. 11 out of 28.. 442 689
Horry, 10 out of 31_ 295 882
Kershaw, 1-2 of county. 205 401
Lancaster, 10 out of 28. 108 1.443
Laurena, 25 out of 28.. 1.252 1.416
Lee, 12 out of 10.. .. 281 809
Lexington, 31 out of 36. 705 1,450
Marlboro, one missing.. 630 1,299
Marlon, one missing.... 853 2,901
Newberry. 22 out of 48. 048 1.138
Oconee, 24. 828 1,207
Orangeburg, 40 out of 42 1.163 1,891
Plckens. IS out of 36 .. 773 1,344
Rlchland, complete.. .. 1,666 2,486
Saluda 16 out of 31.. .. 826 702
Hpart'burg. 61 out of 76..8,981 3.074
Sumter. 20 out of 25. .. 670 1,006
Union, complete. 1,678 1,191
Wllllamsburg. five. 248 588
York, complete. 1,424 1,829
Total.21,432 51.224
THE RACE FOR SOLICITOR.
MclAuctdtn Leads on Face of the Re*
turns, Bnt as Only Half of Wll
liamsburg Vote is Reported Stall
Will Probably Win Out.
Partial returns from the election
for Solicitor of the Third Circuit give
the following results: Clarendon 19
I out of 22 boxes; Sumter 20 out of 26
boxsa; Lee 18 out of 19 boxes; Wll?
llamsburg 13 out of 24 boxes:
McLauchlln. Stoll.
Clarendon. 779 439
Sumter. 761 915
Lee.*.1,072 625
Wllllamsburg. 462 877
3,074 2,756
The unreported boxes In Sumter
county will give Stoll a majority of
75 or more, and the 1,000 or more
votes yet to be reported from Wll?
llamsburg will give Stoll a majority
of 400 to 600, while the vote yet to be
reported from Clarendon county will
not Increane McLauchlln's vote ma?
terially. Taking the vote In the first
primary as a busls, the Indications are
that Stoll will be elected by a major?
ity of 200 to 800.
THE LEE COUNTY ELECTION.
Smith and Mcl*u<lilln Hewlve a Big
Vote.
Bl-hopvllle, Sept. 9.?The result of
the primary In this county 1? as fol?
lows:
Smith 809, Evans 381. Melllchnmp
4'J6, Swearlngen 699, Cansler 846
Caughman 836. County?Mom-yham
868, Evans 798 for supervisor; House,
Harris 882, T*?um 735; Solicitor,
'McLauchlln 1,089, Stoll 549.
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H FW no,-Lo. ail the ends Thou Alnrft ?t be thy Country's, Thy God', and Tru^7
*. S. O . WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1908.
TUE TRU1
New Sei
THE SECOND PRIMARY.
Incomplete Returns From The Election in Sumter County.
Sumter?Ward One
Sumter?Ward Two..
Sumter?Ward Three
Sumter-Ward Four
State ourg.?..
Concord .
Oewego.
Farmers .
Bhiloh.
Taylors.
Borden.
Maye?Yllle .
Earle.
Salem
Trinity . .
Providence .
Searboro .
Privateer.
Zosr.;.
Manchester.
Galllard's Cross Roads.
WedgeSeld.
Rafting Greek.
High Hills (Old not hold Election)
Plsgan .
TOTALS.
MURDER IN BARNWELL.
L. W. DoWltt Kills Grubcr In Mis
Yard?Self Defense Is Alleged..
Barnwell. Sept. 7.?Barnwell coun?
ty has had two more murders added
to her list.
On Saturday afternoon L. F. Miles
had a fuss wjjth a negro named Caleb
Nix. A fchort time afterwards MTes
met Nix and after a few words shot
him four times, each shot taking ef?
fect. The negro died almost In?
stantly. Miles gave himself up to the
authorities. Nix had a large knife
open In his pocket when searched after
his death.
This afternoon L. W. DeWitt of
Blackvllle cut to death a Mr. Gmber
In his front yard. There seems to
havs been some personal matter be?
tween the two men. Mr. Gruner came
by Mr. DeWiU s yard end after a few
words started in the gate. Mr. De
Witt advanced in his shirt sleeves
to meet him. Grubcr reached for his
pistol and as he did Mr. DeWitt pull?
ed his pocket knife and closed In on
him. He cut Gruber about the head
I
and neck, almost severing the head
from his body. Gruber died almost
Instantly.
DeWitt gave himself up to the
sheriff imemdiate'y after the killing
Sheriff Creech being In Blackvllle.
Both DeWitt and Miles are now In
Jail.
LASSOED TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
Phtladelphlan Owes Escape From
Death to New Yorker's Skill.
San Bernardino, Cal., Sept. S.?
Archibald L. Banks, a prominent res?
ident of Philadelphia, was saved from
Instant death by William Rogers, of
New York, by a lasso in the mountains
near here yesterday.
James Archer, of London; William
Rogers and Robert Shea, of New York,
and Mr. Banks were riding on one of
the slopes of the San Bernardino
range. Banks' horse slipped and the
rider rolled down the embankment to?
ward a precipice.
At the very brink he grasped a
small bush, which was about to give
way under the strain when the swish
of a lasso was heard, and the Imperil?
ed man found himself encircled by a
rope, thrown with unerring aim by
Rogers.
With the exception of a few bruises
and the s?vere shock, Banks was un?
injured.
EARTHQUAKE IX PORTO RICO.
Slight Shock at San Juan Sends Peo.
San Juan, P. R., Sept. 5.?An earth?
quake shock trig felt here at ten min?
utes past 12 o'cock this afternoon.
The people of the city were very
much alarmed, and many of them
rushed from their houses into the
street. There wus no repetition of the
quake and calm was soon restored.
No material damage was done here,
and no damage or loss of life have
been as yet reported from Interior
points.
Shooting Affray at Bamberg.
Hamberg, Sept. I,?lheodore Rlch
wlne shot and probably latally wound?
ed Willis Glover here Uls afternoon.
Rlchwlne was promptly ?rrested and
put .In Jail. Both are OOlOted,
In the course of a year ground
worms will bring to th? surface
about ten tons of soil to the acre.
pie Into the Streets.
HEARST ATTACKS BRYAN.
Independence Leaguer Declares Ne
braskan is Not a Friend of Labor?
Criticises Haskell.
Davenport, la., Sept. 7.?W. R.
Hearst delivered an addre.*? in this
city at the Labor Day celebration. He
said in part:
"If any one tells you that the
Democratic party is a new party with
a new attitude to working men, I
stand ready to prove that it is tho
same old Democratic party with the
same old deceitful attitude toward
working men.
"When, years ago, working men
were in Washington arguing for what
they honestly believed to be for the
best Interests of' themselves and their
families and their fellow citizens gen?
erally, and Mr. Bryan called them
'public beggars,' he did not show a
spirit in harmony with American
ideas.
"And when Mr. Bryan the other day
appointed as treasurer of the Demo?
cratic campaign fund this man Has
kell, a member of a secret citizens*
alliance, hostile to labor in a mean
and cowardly way, he did not show
either spirit in sympathy with Ameri?
can labor or in accordance with
American fair play."
Mr. Hearst went Into details con?
cerning his charges against Mr.
Haskell. Mr. Hearst, to bear out his
assertions, quoted from a resolution
he said had been introduced by Mr.
Haskell before a meeting of an alli?
ance. He also detailed the Incident In
which Mr. Hearst said Mr. Bryan
termed workingmen "public beggars."
and manufacturers, "robbers." Con?
cerning the latter charge against Mr.
Bryan, Mr. Hearst read affidavits from
James Campbell, of Plttsburg and
Charles Bryant at Anderson, Ind.
THE FARMERS' UNION.
Arrange for Warehouse* and for Hold- |
Ing Cotton, But the Price is to Bei
Made Known to Union Members I
Who WU1 Carefully Guard the
Secret.
Fort Worth, Sept. A.?At the clos?
ing session today of annual meeting
of the National Farmers' Union, plans
were adopted for marketing the crop
for the members of the organization,
which plank would eliminate the mid?
dlemen. The plans proposed that a
commission of twelve members, one
from each of the cotton growing
States, with offices at Memphis, Tenn.,
and deal direct with the spinners at
home and abroad. This commission is
to have exclusive control of the hand?
ling of the cotton in all union ware?
houses and when a sale is made the
amount to be taken from each ware?
house is to be apportioned according
to the amount held. The Mississippi
Bankers association agreed to advance
sixty per cent, on cotton warehouse
receipts and it is hoped to extend
this arrangement to other States. A
sliding scale is probable as nothing
I was said as to a minimum price for
which it Is proposed crop Is to be sold.
IA secret price will be given to mem?
bers of the union only and the secret
is to be carefu'ly guarded.
A giant elm tree at Wolcott N. Y.,
was recently cut down. It was the
last of the original forest. Th?- stump
was fifteen feet in circumference and
the rings indicated that it was fully
three hundred years old. The body
will make at least 2.500 feet of lum?
ber and the top twenty-five cords of
wood.
W. T. JONES ARRAIGNED.
Motion of Defense for Union Man
Accused of Wife Murder Denied.
Union, Sept. 8.?Judge Klugh, late
this afternoon ordered that the ar?
raignment of W. T. Jones, charged
with the murder of Marion Jones, his
wife, on July 5, be proceeded with,
and Jones was accordingly arraigned,
entering a plea of not guilty. A de?
termined effort was rrade by counsel
for Jones to have the trail continued.
Col. George Johnstone arguing at
length, and forcibly. He took the
position that the appeal now pending
from Judge Hydrick'j order denying
bail to Jones, placed Jones in the
custody of the Supreme Court, and
out of Judge Klugh'8 jurisdiction. The
motion for a continuance was as
warmly resisted by the solicitor, who
was ably assisted by P. H. Nelson, of
Columbia.
Judge Klugh held that the proceed?
ings before Judge Hydrick, which
was an application for bail, was essen?
tially different from the matter at
issue before him, and that there was
nothing to prevent his proceeding
with the trail. Whether the case will
be heard at this term, however, Is
still in doubt. Other motions, it is
said, will be offered by counsel lor
defendant, and it is not unlikely that
a change of venue vril be as* *d. In
any event the trial ce.nnot be proceed?
ed with before Friday.
Car Load of Sugar Dissolved.
A train of forty loaded carj belong?
ing to the Southern Railway Company
which had been in the midst of the
recent flood at Kingvtlle, Columbia
and Augusta was brought to Rock
Hill Wednesday. The water marks
on the cars were veiy plain and prov
ed to those who saw them that the
stories coming from these towns were
not exaggerated in the least. The cars
had been In water for nearly a week
and the water marks were about two
feet on the body of the cars.
The cars were all loaded with mer
chandise, groceries, etc., and as far
as the goods were concerned the whole
thing was a complete wreck. The
goods were not all for Rock Hill, but
since this is the transfer station the
cars were brought here to be trans
ferred.
One car which was loaded In Char
leston w s caught '3y the flood on
siding at Kingvlll?. When the car
left Charleston it contained forty
sacks and twenty barrels of sugar, but
when it reached Rock Hill Wednes
day the only sign of sugar that could
be found was the empty sacks, the
sugar having dissolved in the muddy
waters of the Congaree at Kingvllle
The barrels were removed from the
car at Kingvllle.
The loss on this one train will
amount to a large sum of money as
everything In the cars with the ex
ception of the ear ned goods and the
sort were ruined.?Rock Hill Herald
The Nerve of Him.
She expected a proposal from th
wrong man and she decided to sld
track it.
"I wouldn't marry the best man on
earth," she said.
"You'll never have the chance
rejoined the wrong man. "because
never intend to ask you."?Chicago
Newa,
Present conseoratlon Is the best
corrective of crookedness.
E SOUTHRON, Established .Tunc, 186*
ies? V?l XXVIII. S?%H
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I MET HUSBAND INSTEAD OF WIFE
Anderson Man Gets Into Shooting.
Affray at Anderson.
Abbeville, Sept. 5.?Abbevil'e had?
a shooting scrape this morning. It
seems that one Thomas Osbornc, of
Anderson, has for some time past been
trying to pay unwelcome attention to
a Mrs. Ferqueron, the wife of a well
known carpenter of thle city. A dty
or two ago Osborne wrote a letter to>
the lady stating tlrat he would call to>
see he rat a certain hour. The letter
was turned over to her husband.
This morning at the appointed hour
Osborne put in his appearance and
was met by the husband. A difficulty*
occurred, in which Osborne fired at
Ferqueron three times with a revolv?
er. Ferqueron seised a Winchester
rifle and fired upon Osborne several
times. One shot rut 7 nnsrer from
his hand and another cut nis coat
between the left arm and the body..
Osborne immediately left for more
peaceable surroundings.
Ferqueron reported the matter to>
the peace officers, with the result that
Osborne was arrested Just beyond the
city limits. He is now in jail, where?
he will likely stay until he can be
tried next week for assault and bat?
tery with intent to kill.
TWO PITTSBURG BANKS CLOSED.
National Bank and Trust Company
Under Suspicion.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 5.?Two fin?
ancial institutions, the Cosmopolitan.
National Bank and the Mount Wash?
ington Savings and Trust Company,,
were closed here today by orders from
the Federal and State banking authori?
ties.
While the Cosmopolitan National'
Bank was a fair sized institution, the
Trust Company was a small concern,
and there was litt'e or no excitement
when the failure became known.
The National Bank was closed a
few minutes after 9 o'clock this
morplng and the Trust Company at
11.10 a. m.
The order closing the Cosmopolitan?
Bank was brought forth by the refusal,
it is seid, of Bank Examiner John B.
Cunningham to approve some of the,
paper and other securities of the bankr.
for loans, aggregating, it is alleged,,
over $1,000,000. However, the offi?
cials of the bank deny that worthless*
or insufficient securities have been*
eccepted for loans. They say all the
paper and other collateral held by the
Cosmopolitan is collectible, and that
the bank is solvent and able to pay all.
its liabilities.
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RACING AUTO LEAPS FENCE:
Automobile Races at Columbia Mar?
red by Accident.
Columbia, Sept. 7.?The automobile
races held here this afternoon on the
State Fair grounds race track, under
the auspices of the Columbia Automo?
bile Club, were probably the most in
teresting and exciting ever seen Ini
this State. There were more entries ?
than usual and fine time was made.,
the best being made by a White?
Steamer car, which went the mile 1
minute and 11 seconds. The Budck
machines took next honors and the
Fords came in for their share at third."
i
place.
A great disadvantage and ona
which nearly proved fatal to two merr
was the lack of banks at the corners
of the track where the turn had to be
made. The cars did not slack up for*
this, however, and as the Buick car
was going the fourth lap of a fifteen
mile race and about 400 yards ahead,
of the other cars she began to skid
The driver, Mr. Jacobs, lost control7,,
but kept his head and Jumped, yelling
to his assistant to do the same. At
the moment they leaped from the
machine it. went into the fence at the
rate of nearly a mile a minute, turned
two and a half somersaults and land?
er over the fence in a field a compete*
wreck.
That the two men were k lied or
fatally hurt was the opinion of the*
2,000 spectators, who watched trie
performance. h.:t by the t.me the
crowd had reached the spot the mer*
had regained their feet, scratched and?
severely shocked, but not seriously
hurt.
The other day a black snake was?
discovered milking a cow, the proper?
ty of E. H. Kauffman, in Manheim
Township, Pa., and since then all the
rows in the herd (supposer to have
heen milked by the snake) nave gone
dry.
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Ctr.
have a special advertisement today ot
.heir line of boys' school suits, whfchv
s a specialty with them. Read whatt
:hey say and note the prices._