Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PR\<THT> OF ORIENTALS RE I \ I I l> RY MISSION \RY. FaiKaelc* uhlrh Provided Weird Remedies. Ilolidn) Migration and ?beer Ignorance Ohrcn as < uuso of Spread of I Hho?v?c. Louisville, Ky.. March IS.?Oriental fantasies, tha provide weird reme dlea In the face of the mystery of ?tcknett. holhl ?y migration and ihSSf Ignorance ar- given as the cause lot tile spread of the plague in China, by the Rev. Charles A. Leonard, a Raptlst missionary, of Louisville, with headquarters at I*al Chow Fu. China. In a letter, which he has writ? ten to friends here. air. Leonard's letter, posted Febru? ary ft, at tho height of the plague's spread throughout Mrnehurla and North China, reviews the progress of the disease, then sets forth a procla? mation by a Chinese official, in which Is cOBt<kmcJ advice for balking th< malady. Here Is one of the choice recelpes for advoldlng lethal sickness at plague tlm" In that part of the Orient "Aft^r the opening of spring boll turnip Juice and any kind of creep? ing vine. It is recommended that all the family, largo and small, drink It when It is warm. Thus the plague will be avoided." If-re Is Rule No. 3. of the official list of preventives: "Take one piece of horse bone, wrap It In red cloth, put It In a small baa* end ww It on the side of the body, men on the left and women on the right." It la to be supposed, from the tone of Recipe No. 5. that the plague has no chance at all. It follows: "Use of tho thunder pill. Ingre? dients: take rhubarb, gold leaf flakes, ctnntbar and slum, in about equal quantities, all ground tine And make Into plltai. Take with water. Dose: One fifth of sn ounce." During tho reign of Kein Lung (this was in 1750) th - plague d* \ il was driven out by thunder pills In? to hiding* In Klanguu and Chow Fu. during the Chu-Pu's magistracy. All who gave the prescription were abb to avoid the plague, and those who lived by It were beyond reach of the plague devil." Mr. Leonard's assertion of the se? riousness of the plague and the piti? fully inadequate measures resorted to ae a means of checking it, might be taken to Indicate peril to Europeans nnd Americans stationed in North China and Manchuria. The missionary goes on to tell, however, that all missions, which are surrounded by walls, have set up a rigorous quarantine, and that danger to Occidentals has been rduced. Mr. Leonard In his letter says that the plague had its beginning in Northwestern Manchuria. The germs >k up th?lr abode In the fur of a small animal much like the meVmot. The disease was passed on to the Chlaeee and Russians. Just at this stage of its de-'elopment there came the extensiv* trave'lng from working place to home, tncln-nt to the Chin? ese New Year, and by this means the plague apread with remarkable rapid? ity. The letter tells of Ending SSTSS ee In heaps In many towns. i i i It* To ?.o TO FRONTIER. ?.In n out Friday by Adjutant <.corral Moore. Columbia. March 24.?Major Hoyd BSsf ('aptaln Harold Slmms, of liarnwell. Captain Oeorge Warren of Sumter and Capta?n Isadore Sehr . r (aurgeon) nf Laurena were todiy designated by Adjutant General Moore as the first group of South Carolina militia offlci-cw to partici? pate In the c urrent maneuvers on the Meghan Frontier. Another group of four South Carolina officers will probably SS dispaf hed a fortnight hence. The period of service will be 14 days, exclusive of th?. time spent In going to and from the man euver tare p. Ho\\ 1 THIS r We offer One Hundred Dollar* Re? ward fr?r any caae I of Catarrh that cannot he cured by Hall's Catanh Cure. P. J CHKNRY & co.. Toledo, o. Wa. the underglK''e d 1, .?? i n ,v F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe hirn perfectly honorable In all business transactions and llnanclally able to carry out any Obligations made by hia firm wu.din?;. kinv.w a MARVIN, Wholesale Drunglsts, Toledo, o. Hulls Catar h Cur?- la taken Inter? nally, acting directly upon IhS bio id ajsj mucou* aajyfasss of ths nyslsm, Testimony's sent fie.-, l i e if, cents per bottle. Sohl by all Druggista Take Hall's Fnm ... l'ols f<?r sonst! pa' a* Th- i i\b i.e u'oe ana it sn iht Commercial Clnb, for ths League mo n pgul irlt and the Club do- s r,,.t. W ultci boro I'l ? in d Stauda: d. Th-> aiont common cause ,,f msom nla la daSQf dsn of the StOSaaskv Ciiam herlaln a St..notch and Liver TablStS correct thre?* du i<b rn and enable you t sleep. For salo by all dsaleri. XKW PASTOR INSTALL1.D. Not the Oldest Church in State but Ono of iho Most Historic?Some? thing of Its History. Sardinin, Man h ?Large crowds assembled Sunday last to witness the Installation service of Hev. Arnold Hill as pastor of Old Midway and Sardinia churches. Raa/, Or. McKay of Sumter, Lev. Mr. Knox of Mayes vllle and Jam s ReaVOS of Clarendon Joined the Presbyterian commission to install the pastor. Old Midway, though not the oldest, Is on,- of the most historic churches in the State. The tlrst Midway meet In)? house was built about a century and a quarter ago. ThouKh the ground was used as a place for relig? ious worship probably long before. In the early part of the last cen? tury, DmM Maker, the great evan? gelist, pitched his camp here and held stirring no-.tings, turning many to righteousness. Here, more than a century ago, John Cousar, the young Irish preacher and commoner, dedi? cated his life to the church and at his deuth his body was laid to rest in the old churchyard. Near his tomb is the grave of Rev. Dr. Phillips Pier son, the scholarly preacher and teach? er, who served the church for 35 years and died in the pulpit while preaching his last sermon. The ven erablo Dr. McDowell is the retired pastor of old Midway. Mr. Hall, the newly installed pas? tor. Is a graduate of Columbia Theo? logical seminary and comes from Norfolk, Va., where for several years he has been a resident minister. Mr. Hall will /also be pastor of the Sar? dinia church, which has been recently organized as a colony church of Mid? way and has the promise of becom? ing a lurge and Influential church. The people of Sardinia will soon en? ter upon the work of erecting a new and handsome ^church building such as will meet the present as well aa future needs of the growing congre? gation. NATIONALS BATTLE "COMS." Despite Fact That t'ulfoiiiis Full to Arrive on Time (.nine will Be Play? ed. Columbia, March 2."?.? ThSSS was Ii ippointment in loeal fandom la?jt night because the uniforms of the Philadelphia National leaguers did not arrive in time for the game. The uniforms are here, now, however, and a game Is promised this afternoon. The real SOlSt of the season will be b- ! ? Monday, though, in the world's champions, the Athletics, who will gigs Ca ve nd er's bunch a trailing. I)?-:\ot N C I IS A M IUI (AN S. \n t'gly Feeling Heilig Stirred I'p in Mexico. ? Paso, Texas, March St,?That Anti-American sentiment is gradual l\ ? rystallzing in Mexico is shown by the attitude of the people and press in various regions. Li opinion, of Guadalajara, declares that the dan? ger to Mexico does not lie within, but from without, and says that Leyve and lbrthold. American Socialists, have sent Into lower California as a pretext for the American Government to follow and annex the territory. Kl Globo, of the same town, heads an article "Texas in 1847, Lower Cali? fornia 1911." und declares that the Texas war was a conquest that the i the Americans now want to wage an? other one. In ilermoslllo, Sonora, circulars I N distributed Friday denouncing Americans, and recalling the Crabb filibustering expedition into Sonora many years ago, declaring that fate which these tlllbust rs met should be "the fate of all meddling Yankees." These filibusters were executed IX SB old ehureh In Sonora. Th? Government has ordered ill i - funds in the various banks In North- rn M< Kloo held In readiness for wltrlniwal. As a result the l inks hfcVS had to call In all loans and in ?roh! nts are har 1 pressed in very many nstane?s. CONVICTED OF PEONAGE. Hig Leorgla Farmer who Once Han lor t.mriiior to Pay 11,000 l ine. Columbia, March 14.?Carolinians recalled today with much Interest the political activities of J. r. Smith, the big Georgia farmer who w;is lined |i,OSS yesterday by Judge Bmory Bp< it in Atlanta on bt hig convicted of peonage, "Farmer Jim," as he la g neralty known he la called "8ox? less Jim' also?aspired to be govcr BjOff Of tlx- gr< i? Stati of (ut ? i sei eral j i o rn ago ? ml selecl d as his campaign nruiii^r, Col, I^nrrj Qantt, a South Farollulan and a p??l I c an him elf, ? ?ol, ?lam I guve "Farm r Jim'1 n bis majority on pa per, and Ihn |a BboUl as heal Si b" gol to the executive ohVe, ll< ab i belongi to thai class coifiw >nly dea Isjaatod as "the als?? rat Col Larrs Oantl Is now runnl - i aucces fill weekly paper. Iks Whlt< A\U News Report* r, In Calarahba county, N C, 18 CAFFEINE HARMFUL ? EXPERTS TESTIFY IN DEFENSE OF ? OCA-COLA. Trial May he Very Long?Possible Tbnt Hearing of Pore Food suit win Last Through Next Week, Chattanooga, Tenn., March 23.? ah who crowded Into the federal court room In the customs house to da> listened With deep Interest to ths testimony offered by the defense In the now famous coca-cola case in Which the United States government Is making an effort to prove that the drink is Injurious to the public health and that it is not properly labeled. The flrsi witness, Dr. John William Mallett, professor of chemistry in the University Of Virginia, filed a chart showing the relative amounts of caf? feine contained In a cup of tea, a cup of coffee and a glass of coca-cola as sold at soda fountains. lie .-aid he had analyzed several cups of tea and found it to contain 1.54 grains caffeine to tho cup. In coffee, he said the caffeine averaged 1.74 grains, while coca-cola contained 1.21 grains to the glass. He claimed that he had analyzed the mysterious "merchandise No. 5,' the principal in grsdii nt of coca-cola, and found that It Contained coca h aves, alcohol, kola nut, wine, tannin and caffeine. He | undertook to say that he could dis? tinguish tannin made from cola leaves from that made of tea leaves and other leaves. On cross-examina Ron Dr. Mallett admitted that there was more tannin in tea leaves than la cola leaves. He said that caffeine used In bev erag-. I In moderate amounts was not harmful to the human system, but admitted that the drug used to excess in such drinks would have a dele terlousVeffect. Re expressed the opin? ion that caffeine is not a habit-form? ing drug. Charles E. Saspare, a chemist of Chattanooga, followed. He said he analyzed coffee served in the various restaurants Of Chattanooga, having samples from ten of those places. He found that It. contained an average, of 1.87 grains of caffeine to the cup. He had examined the plant of the Coca-cola company in Atlanta, where the syrup is made and considered it In sanitary condition. Dr. Vaughn, who qualified as .a chemist and toxlcologlst, said that Coffee was used in the army and in the hospitals of the United States, and he did not think caffeine as used in coffee was hurtful. He did not think that coca-cola taken In mod? erate quantities' was harmful to the human system, although he said that caffeine, used to excess, was dele? terious, it would depend on the amount taken and the manner in which it was used. It is thought the hearing will consume oil of this week and next and may run into the following week. MUCH IN THE LIMELIGHT. (Governor Blease Hands Out Plenty of "Hot Stuff" to Attentive Reportern. Columbia, Maroh l'?.?Whatever else may be said about the Hon. Cole man Livingston Blsass?and South Carolina papers are saying something about him 6 cry day?lo't it not be said that he knows not how to keep under the bright glow of the calcium. Nero had no such torch?metaphor? ical of course?when he set afire the good Christians or Addled while Romj burned as has Governor Cole man Livingston Blease in the 135th year of the independence of the Uni? ted States. ah the Governor needs do to kindle the flame of information is to address himself to three news? paper men who hang about the capi? tal; "Here, boys, come in here, and I'll tell you something." Mr. Bleat grows reminiscent, g< nerous and con tiding and allows the reporters to tell the people about Slate affairs. He ha i something hot m arly every day In the W< ck, and he can give a few handouts on Sunday for good meas? ure. Governor Blease, by reason of his many years' ac tivity in politics, was well known in South Carolina be? fore |)e became governor, hilt there is not a man, woman or child speak? ing English, Yiddish, pigeon-English, Gullah or what-not, who does not kn >w mu< h mor< about the governor. And If he would sign that resolution lo Investigate the wlndlng-up com? mission, he might uet Borne more free advertising besides, thai he dish? es out bin. If or is handed to him on n - holce platt? ?? by the Col, Thos. It, Pelder, who, like Hamlet declares h, Horatio, I kn< W him \,? 11." John \Y. Sickelsmlth, Greens)?oi ?, I'.i . bs thro< childi< n, and like most ? hlldn n tin .- ircquently take ? id ? \V< l ad tried ral kinds of cough medicine," he says, Mbul have never i d any s t thai did them as much I good ns Chamberlain's. Cough Rom - d\." ! ?i lie by .-ill dealers. Messed i ? the healthy nalure; It is the coherent sweetly co-opera th . not Incoherent, self dlstra< ting, s< it deal im t h e une. Csi lyle, HOSE WAGONS CALLED OCT. Fire on Hampton Avenue Put Out Be? fore Hose Wugons Arrive. Late Thursday afternoon the hose wagons were railed out by un alarm given in from No. 12 Hast Hampton Av< nue, where lire was threatened by the catching on lire of an oil stove*. 1 aft,re the wagons could arrive, however, the blase had been extin? guished and there was no fire for them to light. The fire was at the residence of Mrs. Gregg on Bast Hampton avenue and did very little damage, although it gave the occu? pants of the house a severe fright. 1*1 NM WOOD NEWS. Still Dry and the Town Keeping Puce With the Weather. Plnewood, March 25.?The Dixie Girls (local) will appear here in the, auditorium on or about April 18th. They will present a very laughable play with a good mixture of fun and music. There are twenty girls in the play, all single and under forty-five. I The proceeds of the entertainment I go as a payment on the pianos. Miss Ethel Brunson, of Sumter, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. S. Beck ; ham. IfessraBob Edmunds and Louis Lyons, of the Game Cock City, drop? ped off the Limited on Wednesday to look out for the Interest of the com? ing generation. Mr. Frank Burkstt is confined to his bed with measles. \ Miss Ada DesChamps came down Saturday to visit relatives, j Lieut. Col. Isaac M. Loryea blew I into town last Thursday, got right and hurried out with some checks and applications. Miss Annie B, Reeves and Miss Emily G. Hutson went to Columbia to attend the teachers meetings. Mr. H. J. MoLaurln, Jr., spent Thursday here on business. Mr. H, B. Richardson, of Colum? bia, is spending a few days here with his son, Mr. R. C. Richardson, Jr. Mrs. A. I*. Toomer went over to Columbia Friday to attend the teach? ers meeting. A Cold, LaGrlppe, Thou Pneumonia. Is often the fatal sequence. Foley's Honey and Tar expels the cold, checks the lagrlppe, and prevents pneumonia, it is a prompt and reliable cough medicine that contains no narcotics. It is as safe for your children as your? self, w. w. Blbert Does Your Baby Suffer From Skin Disease? He would in? a heartless father in? deed, who did not ullay baby's suffer? ing aw did Mr. E. M. Bogan of Enter? prise, Miss.. Re sajs: '?My baby was troubled with break? ing out, something Hike seven-year itch. We used ull ordinary remedies, hut nothing seemed to do uny good until I tiled Hunt's Cure and in a few days all symptoms dttsappeared and now baby is enjoying the. best of health." Price 50c per box. Manufactured and Guaranteed by A. H. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO. Sherman, Texas. Sold by Blbert'l Drug Store Piano Tuning, Mr, Edmund R. Murray offers his services to those who need an expert and experienced Piano and Organ tuner and repairer. References fur? nished and work guaranteed. Address EDMCXI) R. MURRAY, Sumter, S. C. TURK , * m und I >cst I r< ni oui imnu use ? showing -ju ?1 the arti? Ic needed I is In i ? anil al I lie pi ice you w tnt to pay. WITHERSP?ON BROS. FURNITURE C?. FEELING ENTIRELY FIT. COLUMBIA AND THE TEACHERS. Nothing to Humor Senator Tilluiun is Very Unwell. Columbia, March 21.?Senator li. R. Tillman, today in response to an inquiry as to his health, inspired by a rumor that he was very unwell, said that he was feeling entirely fit. He spent tin day in the tit Ids on hi? farm at Trenton and says the country life is agreeing with him so finely that he feels hotter ev< ry day. He is feeling better than he has for months passed If you have trouble In getting rid of yv>ur cold you may know that you are not treating It properly. There la no reason why a cold should hang on for weeks and it will not if you take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For sale by all dealers. Convention of State Teacher*' to Ad? journ Today After an Interesting Meeting. Columbia, Marth 2'*.?Columbia was glad to entertain the State Teach? ers' Association this WSSll and the teachers seemed to enjoy their stay in Columbia. Some of the bast ed? ucators in the country, including na? tive Carolinians, delivered addresses and many things were said of value to the teachers in their work. Ad? journment was taken shortly after noon today. When you have rheumatism in your I foot or Instep apply Chamberlain's I Liniment and you will get quick re? lief. It costs but a quarter. Why ; suffer? For sale by all dealers. r YOUR BANK ACCOUNT; OUR DESIRE. Your Satisfaction; Our Pleasure Your Need; Ours to Supply Let's Talk It Ow THE PEOPLE'S BANK, Capital $50,000 12 W. Liberty St Sumter, S. (X, LIME, CEMENT, t& ACME PLASTER. SHINGLES ?AT US. KIKE BBIOK. DRAIN E. ETC. "rToir firoin PlCS Klour, Sbip Stuf. Bran. 1 Id y, VJl dill. Mixed Cow and Chicken Feed. Horses, Mules, Saurn?sLes' -Y*?0?? an:d: No Order Too Large Or Too Small. Booth-Harby Live Slock Co. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. YOU ARC A HORSE IN A TREAD MILL WHILE YoU SPENDING ?M you ezrn PUT YOUR MONEYINTHE BANK ^ nd YOU WILL BE A FREEMAN IF you earn Sio.ooo a year and spend Si I ooo you will fall behind. If you earn ten dollars a week and save part of it you will get ahead?and there is no other way to de so. Get out of the tread mill. Make OUR Hank YOUR Hank. We pay liberal interest consistent with safety 4*. First National Bank, SUMTER, S. C. Seed Potatoes! Seed Potatoes! Strauss' Satisfactory Selling Seed Potatoes Makes for Good Results?Big Yields. EARLY ROSE, IRISH COBLER AND BLISS Direct from Maine. Your Swccl Potatoes I'm iu A. A. Strauss & Co. rno\ i 26 N. Main Stre? I Sumter, S. C. SPKCIAIj \ ? t i NIK >\ Tl I M Mi. OB I?1.KS.