The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 30, 1910, Image 7
CAUSE Of PELLAGRA.
I DOCTOR SAM RON SAYS IT IS
sfRKAR BY A GNAT.
Investigate In Thle State?The State
Hospital ami State Board of Health
Have Offered Their Services
p) Columbia. July 27.?South Caro?
lina may he made the* centre (or
study of the latest d loco very of a pos
alble cause of pellagra, the dread J's
oase which Is annually claiming an
In? rousing IsjsjihtJl 111 llM itlz.-ns ?>f
this and other countries. The sub?
ject to ? ially investigated !n
_ this State will be the recent an?
nouncement liy Dr. Sambon that the
British pellagra commlslson has prov?
ed that pellagra is transmitted In na?
tura only by slmultum reptans. The
aimullus reptans Is a gnat and Just
like In yellow fever is supposed to
transmit a germ. The germ of pell i
I in has not been found to exist, that
la, no specific germ is known to all
the members of the profession study?
ing the disease. Tlnonl. an Italian,
nays that he has found the pellagra
germ.
The st.udy of the Simullum reptans
?^n this State, if It does exist here will
^>e an Interesting sidelight on the gen?
eral discussion of pellagra. After re
celvtng a letter Inquiring as to the
peltagrous conditions In this State.
J>r. J. W. Babcock took the matter
up with the State Board of Health
^ind a letter was directed to the Uni?
ted States bureau of entomology, of?
fering the assistance of the depart?
ment In this State to the man who
will be sent here to look Into the
In the meantime Dr. W. J. Burdell
of the State Board of Health Is inves?
tigating this special matter of the
apeelea Simullum reptans. Dr. Bab
cock, when asked whetheV the gnat
eXteis In South Carolina, said that Dr.
Burdell Is Investigating t he matter
now and later very probably there
^wiH be something more definite on
Mae situation In this regard.
The letter to the superintendent of
the he ipltal from Dr. W. D. Hunter
hi as follows:
"Undoubtedly you have noticed the
recent announcement by Dr. Sambon
that the British pellagra commission
Vhas proven that pellagra Is trans?
mitted In nature only by Simullum
reptans. It appears that the conclu?
sions of Dr. Sambon will be combat
ted by Tlraboachl. Orassl and other
kJuropeHn iuthnrit?*s Ne*es*Jielo#jft
H eeesae ad. sable to obtain some In
e^ n in th- i W tea to
^Hgegatae whether centres or pella
?.\v . :.. If SU' h x ? ? le
at all with the distribution of any
species of the Simullum are most nu?
merous.
"Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of bu
?fjeau. has authorised me to under?
take such an Investigation. It will
assist greatly In the work If you can
Indicate on a map or otherwise the
localities In your State where authen?
ticated cases of pellagra have been
found to originate. May I ask wheth
gBaST you have time to furnish me a
^memorandum on this subject?"
After the State Board of Health
had Informed l>r Hunter that the de?
partment will aid In the work. Dr.
Babcock sent two maps to the Wash?
ington office. One of these maps was
? furnished through the State Board of
^Health and shows the deaths and
number of cases of pellagra in the
State and the other shows the num?
ber of admissions to the State Hospi?
tal for the Insane.
From JanuaT 1. 1908, to Novem?
ber. 1909. there were admitted to the
fptiospttal 137 pellagra patients. Dr.
Babcock stated today that he would
not like to make an estimate of those
admitted since, although later there
will be made up accurate statistics
on the number of patients in this
class at the asylum. There have been
pf a number of pellagra patients ad?
mitted this spring and summer. Pel?
lagra has been found to be a disease
recurring In the spring and fall.
A significant fact shown by tne
two maps that were forwarded Is
hat above the "fall line" there are
^ nore cases of pellagra than In the
..wer section of the State. There are
dhcr matters which may enter Into
hie discussion, however, because
here may have been fewer reports
rom the Southern section of the
?t?te. However, the reports as shown
<^?y the maps indicate that there are
bout three to one percentage of
sses In the up-country.
That the government Is to use
?ut'n Carolina as a basis for the
:udy of the new theory of transmls
ion le gratifying to the medical pro
? ?- ..n of this State. In South CaTO
ns. here at Columbia, was held the
rst national conference on pellagra
rom this State one of the first
iohes In recent years. In a measure
le re-awakenlng of the study of pel
grs began; In Columbia the disease
0k is been studied first hand by gOV
nmrnt SjgpSJftl
Nrxt fall tho third annual * onlVr
ice on pellagra will >?? fold In Chl
go very preheaty, although PoeotOi
I., was sellected as the w \t meeting
are. After next ftl! th- meeting
flfclll probably be held every third
. ir
W1UBCK ON A. C. L.
Fourteen Cars Jump Track Near
Congarec?All Trains From Co?
lumbia Hun Over Southern Today.
Kitly Wednesday fourteen cars
of Atlantic Coast Line freight train
No. 221, coming from Columbia,
Jumped the track near Congaree, all
of the freight crew escaping injury,
but entirely blocking the traffic for
the day, between Columbia and this
city.
The passenger train, over the Coast
Line from Columbia, which is due to
arrive here at 7:30 o'clock, did not
arrive until about 8:30 o'clock, and
then came in over the Southern Rail?
way. All trains to and from Colum?
bia, today, will be run over the
Southern, and It Is expected that the
wreck will be cleared away, and traf?
fic resumed again, by midnight, to?
night.
No cause has yet been ascertained
for the accident.
CAPTAIN W. H. KENNEDY 1>F.A1>.
One of the Most Prominent Citizens
Of Willlamsburg County.
Kingstree, July 26.?Capt. W. H.
Kennedy, one of the most prominent
citizens of Williamsburg county, died
at his home here last night at 10
o'clock. He had been in falling health
for the past year and for some time
past It has been realized that he had
but a short time to live.
Capt. Kennedy was about seventy
flvo years old and was a man of won?
derful vitality. He attended person?
ally to his general merchandise busi?
ness here until the first of the year,
w'.ien he sold out and retired.
STOCKS TOOK BIG TUMBLE.
In Majority of Issues Year's Lowest
Record Reached.
New York, July 26.?While power?
ful banking and financial interests
stood by and offered no support,
stocks tumbled sensationally on the
New York stock exchange today. Al?
though there was a rally during the
final hour, the close was weak and
unsettled. Sales totalled 1,279,339
shares and only forty-six Issues of
the 146 in which trades were record?
ed, failed to break to their lowest
records of the year.
In the absence of any spelcfic
cans* f tt tin dun , . th only explan
dlrectors
1 outlook
cess, and
I ?ut cere?
mony or warning beyond the slow ac?
cumulation of evidence of the neces?
sity for retrenchment.
Sales were made In consequence at
severe sacrifices. This was especially
true of many stocks not of first grade,
which had been lifted on speculation
based on slender hopes of increased
dividend returns. Rut no demand for
such Issues were found even at wide
concessions, however, it the day's
weakness, and at times It appeared
as if purchasing power of the stock
market had vanished. Prices were
swept downward with almost no re?
sistance. Before the middle of the
afternoon session had been reached,
there was hardly a stock In the en?
tire list that did not show losses of
2, 3 or 4 points from the closing fig?
ures of yesterday.
BIT BY SNAKE.
Man Poisoned While Trifling Wtlli
Snake May I>le.
New York, July 24.?Charles Ban
l< h trifled with a pet rattlesnake to?
day and Is In Bellevue Hospital seri?
ously poisoned. In striking at a
mouse temptingly held out by Banich
the snake missed and buried its
fangs In the man's finger.
Banich brought the snake from
West Virginia 10 months ago. Re?
cently he had Its poison glands re?
moved and believed it to be harm?
less.
At the Rockefeller Institute serum
was Injected Into Banlch's arm and
the wound was cauterized and he
was taken to Bellevue for further
treatment. It Is feared the bite may
prove fatal.
Summer School For Sumter County.
Beginning August 1st, there will be
held In the Hampton School a four
weeks summer school for teachers.
Much good work should be accom?
plish, i during that time and It la
\ery desirable that every teacher in
lowing Is a list of the names of the
Instrui toft with the subjects that
they will teach:
Ml f: W M l.e.m ?leographg
and History,
Miss A. I?. Itlehardsnn?Primary
Manual Training und Primary Math?
od I
s. H. Rdmunda English and
Mat hensatt* a
I trust that all of our teachers may
geafcg it convenient lo attend this
session of the Summer School.
S. D, CAIN,
County Supt. of I'Mueatlon.
7-20-27-30.?W. & 8.
YOUNG GEORGIAN GOES TO PEN
Son of \Ym. F. Wllholt, President of
Atlanta Cotton Oil Company, Sen?
tenced for Rurglary.
Kansas City, Mo., July 25.?John
Wilhoit, formerly a student at the
University of Georgia, and a son of
William F. Wllhoit, president of the
Cotton Oil Company, of Atlanta, Ga.,
pleaded guilty to burglary in the
criminal court here today. He was
sentenced to two years in the peni?
tentiary.
TOLLMAN?HIS HARN AND SILOS.
Senator Giving Personal Attention to
Improving His Farm.
Columbia, July 26.?Senator B. R.
Tillman is just now much more in?
terested In the construction of his
new cattle barn and silos than in the
result of the pending primary or the
nominee of tho Democraic party for
President. He is bending his entire
energies and giving his attention to
the construction of his shelter for the
one hundred and five steers, that he
has bought In Tennessee, and making
provision for their care when they
arrive In a few weeks time.
Senator Tlllman's physical condi
tlon is of much concern to the people
of the State, and it will be interesting
to note that he is apparently In very
good condition. He is now walking
about without the use of a cane and
what gave him most concern when I
last saw him Is not now so trouble?
some. Senator Tillman several
months ago was very much worried
that he could not think ahead, but
this does not now give him as much
trouble, although he still thinks that
this Is one of his troubles. It is more,
apparent than real. Otherwise than
being fretful, Senator Tlllman's gen?
eral condition, to a layman, appears
to be better. He gets about with
more facility, talks with much more
ease and fluency, has a good appe?
tite and Is not so much worried about
himself. Of course Senator Tillman
is not a well man. far from It, t?ut
he is a thousand times better than
he was a few months ago, and it is
his purpose to go to Washington and
resume his work as United States
Senator when congress reassembles.
He regrets very much that he can?
not accept the very kind invitation
to spend a while on Sullivan's Is?
land, but he thinks that no one can
give the proper attention to the con?
struction of the barn, the preparation
of the silos, the running of the water
and all such things, and he must re?
main on the ground and give these
his personal attention. He is giving
his individual attention to the order?
ing of every piece of piping that is Jo
be used in running the water from
the gasoline pump to the water
trough; he insists on planning every
step that is taken in the construction
of the silos and that is why he will
not go to Sullivan's Island and why
he will take his "summer vacation"
on his farm, at Trenton.
Senator Tillman has all of his fam?
ily, except his son Henry, who is
practicing law at Greenwood, at
home with him. The younger daugh?
ter has two school friends with her
from Lander College, and in all
there were thirteen at dinner the oth?
er day. It was a splendid dinner and
what was perhaps most pleasant was
that everything on the table was rais?
ed on Senator Tlllman's farm. It
may cost Senator Tillman money to
run his 350-acre farm, but he has the
pleasure of having everything on it.
About tho barn, Senator Tillman
is a firm believer in the use of cat?
tle for manure for the farms. He
has been using his influence with the
Clemson authorities to have this
propaganda spread. In brief, the
Idea is to buy a lot of steers In Ten?
nessee and feed them as largely as
possible with home raised feed stuff,
and when they are fat sell them as
beef. There may be profit in the sale
of the fattened steer, but if the mar?
gin of profit is in the manure the far?
mer should be satisfied, as there is
no higher class of fertilization for
the farm lands. A great many large
farmers are adopting this plan of re?
ducing their fertilizer bills and find
that It works to advantage.
Senator Tillman had Just suggested
to Acting President Riggs, of Clem?
son College, that the experiment sta?
tion might conduct to advantage a
aeries of experiments on the value of
the various classes of feed stuff to be
fed to cattle, while being stall fed.
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Tablet! gently stimulate the liver and
bowels to expel poisonous matter,
cleanse the wstem, cure constipation
and sick headache. Bold by w. w.
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Mr B, R. Bmoak, who for tin- past
several years bus hern with Mr. Jos
M, Chandler, has accepted a position
w itb siubhs Iiros.
?When th. stomach falls to per?
form its functions, tho bowels be?
come deranged, the liver and the
kidneys congested causing numerous
iscs, Tiif stomach and liver must
be restored t?> a healthy condition
ami Chamberlain's Btomach and Liver
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HO W WOMEN VOTERS VOTE.
In Equal Suffrage States They Are a
Potential Power For Good.
William E. Borah. United States
Senator from Idaho, one of the four
States in which women have the right
to vote, tells readers of The Deline?
ator for August "Why I Am for Suf?
frage for Women." It is sometimes
argued that women will vote largelv
with their brothers or husbands, but
1 have observed that there comes a
time upon certain questions when the
brothers and husbands vote with the
women, he says. We have in econo?
mics what some are pleased to caM
potential competition. Translating
this into a common or homely phrase
or sentence, it is the fear of a scoun?
drel that If he robs the public too
severely or too outrageously some one
will administer punishment by gef
tlng in and establishing an honest
business with fair prices and likely
put the unjust one out of business.
The trusts, therefore, they say, hesi?
tate to put their prices beyond a cer?
tain mark for fear of this potential
competition.
This element of strenerC- is not to
be overlooked in politics. Women
may not always take as active part
in many ways as men. There may 1/6
very few of them at the State conven?
tion, but those who expect 10 win at
the polls will never take the chance
on the woman vote remaining away
upon that occasion. They will not do
something which they feel would in?
cur the opposition of the women on
the theory that they will not go to
the polls anyway. They are practi?
cally as potential, indeed in some in?
stances more so, than if they were in
charge of the convention. I have seen
"slates" broken out of absolute re?
gard for or fear of the woman vote
when there were not two women dele?
gates in the convention among some
two hundred.
Some politicians act upon such oc?
casions out of a high regard for the
opinion of those whose vote they are
considering; others out of fear. But,
whatever the cause or the reason, ev?
ery man who has been in pratcical
politics in a State where women vote
knows that what I say is true. The
woman vote, as a political potential?
ity, is a powerful factor at all times
in shaping the policies of a State cam?
paign and in determining in some
measure, although not to the same
extent, the qualities of the candidates.
And this factor is always for the
good, for whether women may make
mistakes or not in the matter of ac?
tual voting, men universally accredit
to them the altitude for getting upon
the right side of these great moral
and ouasl-moral questions which are
entering more and more into State
campaigns.
UNIMPORTANT NEWS.
An Automatic Telegraph Receiver to
Brlke Out Trivial Messages.
(From the Ohio State Journal.)
A dispatch from Cleveland informs
US that Mr. Rockefeller has the tooth?
ache, and he has called in the dentist.
Now we do not suppose that Rocke?
feller's tooth aches any harder or
causes any more world-wide distress
than ours does when it aches, or the
teeth of any of our dear readers, but
because John D. has slathers of
money, his toothache Is very impor?
tant; and the news of it must meas?
ure up to the proportions of a great
event.
What a blessoing it would be to the
world, if there could be a telegraphic
Instrument invented that would re?
ject news that did not amount to any?
thing or did not contain a truth that
would carry a benefit! The trash
that gets into the newspapers is ter?
rible, such as some man lunching,
or some heiress getting married, or
some rich man gone to Europe. By
this we mean no disrespect to Mr.
Rockefeller's toothache, but if we
were in his place, we would get it
pulled, or anoint it with creosote or
clove oil?something to stop these
frivolous dispatches and give us a
better chance for something real and
sensible.
CHARGED WITH SERIOUS OF?
FENSE.
Abbeville Cotton Mill Employee
Charged With Criminal Assault.
Abbeville, July 25?W. D. Rey?
nolds, a white man residing in the
Abbeville cotton mills village, and
who recently came here from Geor?
gia, was arrested and lodged In jail
this morning, ( barged with rape.
The alleged victim is a young girl,
eleven years of age, residing in the
same village. Her lather and moth?
er are respectable people. The al?
leged offense was committed some
three weeks ago, but has Just been
reported t<? the officers.
The father of the girl Is away, bul
has been telegraphed for, and will
arrive today. Reynolds and his wife
both maintain bis Innocence.
All <;.nil was divide.! Into Ihre?
parts, but the Ohio O. P. has Gaul
wiped off the map when it ? onus t<
division. Cleveland Plain Dealer,
LEGAL LIABILITIES OF BEST MASV
From the Man's Magazine Page of
The Delineator.
(By H. L. Mencken.)
The best man at a wedding, in the
eye of the common law, is a sort of
combination of agent and bondsman
and it is assumed that he is personal?
ly responsible for all of the arrange?
ments, down to the smallest detail.
In consequence, it has been held
(Snodgrass vs. Mulcahy, 33 Mass.,
2 56) not only that he must pay "a
decent and reasonable fee or honor?
arium" to the officiating clergyman,
in case the bridegroom himself gets
away before the reverend gentleman
can snare him, but also that he is un?
der a similar liabilty to the organist,
the sexton and the caterer of the
wedding-feast.
If the church is too small to hold
the crowd, and a horde of old maids
fight for places on the sidewalk, he
may be indicted for obstructing the
highway (32 Ala., 17). Again, if he
seeks to enliven the ceremony itself
by unseemly buffoonery during the
retreat down the aisle of sighs he
may be indicted as a common rogue
and jailed during the pleasure of the
court. Yet again, he is liable by civil
process for any damages that a guest
may suffer by eating vulcanized
chicken salad or any other deleterous
victual, at the wedding-breakfast.
(Moore vs. Jackson, 72 N. Y.)
But that is not all, for the courts,
with grim humor, have often held
that the best man is actually a sort of
surety or hostage for the bride?
groom's good faith and intent. In
other words, if the latter should, per?
chance, lose heart at the last moment
and flee the sacred edifice, leaving his
baffled bride sobbing at the altar, she
may turn to the best man and de?
mand that he marry her on the spot
in place of the fugitive. Magoon on
Hymeneal Hazards.) Any constable
or other officer of the peace may
come to her aid, using physical force
if necessary. And if, in the face of
the bride herself, her incandescent
mother and the allied gendarmerie,
the best man still refuses to change
his role, the bride may mulct him in
heavy damages. (Thompson vs.
Sweeney 56 Conn., 536.)
I Such are some of the best man's
liabilities. Let it be made clear, how?
ever, that even liabilities have their
j limits. It has been held by the courts
for example, that the best man cannot
be forced to pay for the bridegroom's
trousseau; nor is he required to kiss
the bride's mother, not even to notice
her presence; nor yet to marry the
maid of honor. Every normal maid
of honor, true enough, assumes that
the best man is her legitimate prize,
but there is no warrant in jurispru?
dence for that assumption. Thou?
sands of decisions are against it.
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than any other medicine in use. In?
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Juvenile Logic Wasted.
The infant has been at it again,
says the Brooklyn Eagle.
"Dad," he asked, "does it cost much
to keep a lion?"
"It does, my son."
"A wolf would make a good meal
for a lion, wouldn't it, dad?"
"Yes."
"And a fox would be enough for
the wolf, wouldn't it, dad?"
"I suppose so. Go on and play.'*
"A fox would be satisfied with a
hawk, and a sparrow would satisfy a
hawk, eh, dad?"
"H'm! If you don't go away?"
"And a spider would make a meal
for a sparrow?"
"Yes, yes! Now?"
"Wait a minute, dad. Now we're
; coming to it. A spider would be sat?
isfied with a fly wouldn't it?"
"Yes, my son."
"And a drop of molasses would be
enough for a fly, wouldn't it?"
"Well, supposing it would?"
"Yes; that's just it. dad. Now what
I want you to tell me is this: Could a
man keep a lion for more than a
year with a quart of molasses?"
And then the sound of a falling
slipper awoke the echoes of the stilly
night.
?Teething children have more or
less diarrhoea, which can be controll?
ed by giving Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All
that is necessary is to give the pres?
cribed dose after each operation of
the bowels more than natural and
then castor oil to cleanse the system.
It is safe and sure. Sold by W. W.
Sibert.
Neck and Ears Today?
"How docs it happen that you are
five minutes late at school this morn
Ing?" the teacher asked severely.
"Please, ma'am," said Ethel, "I
must have overwashed myself."?Ev?
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?Soreness of the muscles* whether
induced by violent exercise or injury,
's quickly relieved by the free appll
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This liniment Is equally valuable for
Sinsi ular rheumatism, and always at
fords quick relief. Sob! by W. W.
Sibert.
WHO IS WALT MASON?
WTrites Poems as You Wait?Ha#
Worked on Newspapers From Den?
ver to Washington.
(Brock Pemberton, in Newspaper
dom.)
Day after day, with unceasing reg?
ularity, a thickset, pudgy man site
pegging away at a typewriter in a
tiny room in the office of the Em
poria Gazette in Kansas. A perpet?
ual cloud of blue smoke from a huge
bulldog pipe hangs about a, head of
thick curly hair, black except for a
sprinkling of gray, the mass bearing
a militant look, as if in anticipation
of the appearance of a comb. Now
and then the fat fingers cease their
hammering and clasp themselves in
repose across an ample waist line,
while little green eyes twinkle out
from deep sockets over gold-bowed
specacles.
The man is Walt Mason, who in a
year has, perhaps, gained a larger
daily reading public than any other
writer. Not that he has been writ?
ing only a year, but that it is within
the period he has been counting his
readers by the hundreds of thou?
sands.
For more than 20 years Mason
worked on newspapers from Denver
to Washington, and always he ac?
quired a local following. Three years
ago he came to William Allen White's
Emporia Gazette, and a prose poem,
usually touching upon some local
topic, and called a star head, from its
postion at the head of the front
page and its border of stars, become
a part of his daily work. The prose
poems were copied so extensively
that a syndicate copyrighted them,
and now more than four hundred
papers, published from coast to coast
and from Mexico to Alaska, with cir?
culations aggregating millions of
copies, print the prose poems as a
daily feature.
"Uncle Walt," as he is known to his
readers, many of whom write him
letters telling of the joy his verses
bring them, seems to think in verse.
He can write it by the yard, and the
last yard will be as good as the first.
He has a terrific capacity for work.
He spends the early part of the day In
going over the exchanges and writ?
ing editorials for the Gazette. His
prose style is forceful and his edi?
torials are widely copied. After lun?
cheon he returns and edits the tele?
graph, and between sheets and when
he has finished the day's work he
grinds out verses and sketches which
find a ready market.
When he is through at the office
he goes to a handsome new home,
just big enough for himself and Mrs.
Mason, turns on the graphophone?
for he is fond of music?and after
he has played a few records resumes
his writing.
Mason does all of his work on a
typewriter, writing his prose poems
as rapidly and correctly as a steno?
grapher would from dictation. He
has a wonderfully broad sense of hu?
mor. Nothing funny gets by him,
and his friends are kept busy dodg?
ing practical jokes. He likes outdoor
sports, particularly baseball, and
loves horses. Look Into any of his
little daily sketches and you will see
their author?cheerful, kindly and
intensely human.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company
has bought the Independent Oil mill
and ginnery at Kingstree.
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