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I.AW8 TO IMPROVE EALTH. Dr. Stile* Tell* Health fonfcnim' tlH'y are More Needed ?iaii Immi? gration. Waahlnaton, Se.d. 25.?Rather than Immigration, the I'ni'ed States needs laws to Improve the health of the country to fu'nUh the workers re Quired In the country's expanding in? dustries, asserted Dr. Charles W. Stile?, of the United States puMu health service. In an address here to? day before the fifteenth Internatlc nal Congress on Hygiene and Demo? graphy. Retter health conditions, he aald. would permit sufficient natural Increase of the population to provide for all needs. Oermany Is building up a gre Ifttf health reserve among Its) worklngmen than any other country because of the successful appliance of the principles of worklngmen's insurance, declared I>r. Frederick Zahn, Munich, Ger? many. In an addreee tonight. The foundation of very far-sighted so? cial policy, he said, must be based more on energy reserve than on mon? ey reeerve. An Investment In work? lngmen's Insurance, he said, "Is a preliminary neecssity to securing an Increase In commercial productivity." The declaration that It is impossible to rid a sone of yellow fever and that the disease la found now In the Pan? ama Canal Zone, made by Dr. Harold Seidllln, of Liverpool, was denied by Dr. A. J. Orenateln. of the sanitary de? partment of the Canal Zone, and by several other American medical offi? cers. Former Surgeon Oeneral Stern berg and others expressed doubts as to the merits of Dr. Seldllln's state? ment that there is * specific parasite of yellow fever. Dr. Seidllln claimed to have discovered the hitherto un? known parasite. WFDS <;IRL BROTHER WRONGED Woman for Five Years Hiought She was Council'., Wife. Boston, Sept. 14.?In atonement for the wrong done by his brother, John ConnelL with the approval of his parents, has married the woman who for five years thought she was the wife of Matthew Connell, Jr., the Lynn business man who recently pleaded guilty to too charge of big? amy and was fined in the Dorchester court. She had married him as John Hersing, a traveling salesman, only to learn later that he was Connell and already had a wife and child. She was married to the brother yesterday by Henry Parker, justice of the peace, at the Town Hall in Saugue Centre. Mr. and Mrs Matthew On I??. ... ?U?? d up *uh the SOUp1 St. "I have married her," explained John Connell, ' because 1 want to atone for ?ome of the wrong that has been done her by a Connell. I want my brother's child to have the name Connell. for it belongs to him. When I heard of the terrible charge of big? amy against my brother I came at once to Maine, met her for the tlr.it time, realised her worth and asked her to become my wife." lit \ I I It- \1.PER M AN CASK. In Mm.I Trial .hir> lliuh Verdict In Favor of I>rfondant. The court of eoananog steal sesjaa here last Monday \ Ith the I of rJuote' against the D. W. Ald? rm in A Son* Cs sane a jr. suit for iiu.ouo damages for SjSJBVMsUl InjtKf] dont tht plaintiff while in the employ of the oefendant compm>. This SI the third time the ca??- has been tried, once it resulted in a mlstrl.il, another time the defendant * .m given s \erdi-t for I'.Oao from Which '-id. the case was appeale ' and the Supreme Court granti .| a new trial The case Is '?einte hard fought by i ?th h 1. * Mr. Hunter is represented bf Jennipan and \.\ j., el the nuinter Bar, and S. a. O* Dry an of the Man? ning Par. and the defendant com pary in repn-unted by ?'barlton Du Rant. Ksq.. and ('apt. IV. C. Davis of the Manning liar. Ivu h step is be? ing atronK'v oonlented na both sides, Thrre was mm h technical t ??-<M rm my relating to the construction and the operation of xuv mills, together with other expert testimony feinting to tie condition of an Injury after H had healed and BOeetM sound, oeeanlonal ly there w?*re some sharp passages between the lawyers on matters of the sdmttsion or certain leethnoay. The argument ?;n made >? ??t. r?l i% after? noon, and this morning the JtMttft charged th#? Jury. The jury found in favor of the t)efen4nnt Manning Times sfsarrtasje Lleense itevoni. a njattssgi Keens* hm been grant ed to l.ee i*| irk und K d? Jefferson. oolorooX of Bumter, Beul letale I i nn*>fei ... Mrs i ? \i< ''lam le u i?. Moore( interest In tracts of and ij .ores in county. $'0 J.imis Douglas M -r ? fa Mr- I . | Modem, Interest la 11 icrei ii.ins tv r.o I'LA NT AT FEIU.l SON BURNED. _ 1 Planing Mill ami Box Factor} of San te<- Blf Sf Company Burned. Loss \bout $30,000. Braacnvtlle, Sept. 15.?-Information was received in Brsnchvtlie today of the burning of the planing mill snd hoi factory of the samt.' Mver Cy? ptH *i Lumbar Company at Ferguson on the eastern edge of orangeburM , county. The fire occurred some tim< Sunday morning, and the origin is unknown. The loss is estimated at more I nag I'O.oim. By hard work the .several hundreds of employes of the Ompany saved the sawmill and the lumber stored in the kilns and lumber yards. The Santee Hlver Cypress Lumber Company is one of the biggest con eerns of the kind in the State. It is understood here that the company will at once begin to rebuild with concrete and steel construction on modern and fireproof lines. SO ENTERTAFNMENT FOR T. It. When in Atlanta Col Roosevelt will bo too Busy for Pleasure. Atlanta. Qa,, Sept. 24.?"No enter? tainment" is the word received by lo? cal leaders of the Progressive party in connection with preparations for Coi Roosevelt's visit here next Sun urday and Sunday. The Colonels only official appearance will be at the Auditorium, where he will speak Saturday night. A reception com? mittee of Georgians will meet the candidate at Montgomery, Ala. The first stop in Georgia will be at Colum? bus, where he will spend a few min? utes at noon Saturday. At Macon. the next ?top, he will remain forty minutes, coming thence to Atlanta. On Sunday a conference between Col. Roosevelt and Southern Progres? sive leaders is scheduled and he will leave at 4.50 o'clock for Chattanooga. It is stated that plans will be discuss? ed to have the Ex-President return to Georgia some time in October. NEWSIE TO SACRIFICE LEG. Skin on Crippled Limb Will lie Used On Glrl'n Burn*. Gary. Ind., Sept. 24.?William Rugh, a newsboy, will allow the am? putation of his crippled left leg in a few days so that its skin nay be grafted on the body of Miss Ethel Smith, a girl he has never see v MiSH Smith has been confined to bed for four weeks as a result of severe burns, and the attendlrg phy? sicians sny th;it the on'.; hopt >"f her ft iverj is to graft enough tikln on her body to cover the wounds. When Hugh was appealed to he promptly consented to make the sac? rifice. ".My leg Is no good to me the way It is because I have never been able to stan on it since 1 was a child." ho said. "If it will save that poor gin's Hfl she can have It." WAs \ blind MAN'S SLAVE. GM Who Ltd Him in So iroli of PriciiiU Made to Beg. Norfolk, Va.. Sept, 14,?a Htory of hardship and croslty was toid at po? to i headquarters by Polly Kans, a I fi mold girl, who hit her hon. In Alexandria, with her father's consent, to pilot a blind man while he was ? 11' hing for rich relatives :n Nor? folk. The fleh relatives were not found Sfld the girl BSyj she v\..s forced t.? beg on the streets in cities an I town In Vlrginls and North Carolina, while '< i of the blind man kept watch OVSf hOF to prevent her from run ii ng away. Ths CllmaX Cams Saturday albi? no.-ii when ehe w;?s toi<i to go into the N >if,,lk Navy Yard, and because she refused the blind man ind his listsr fsll upon her and beat her. Shs ran b? the pollCS station and told her story of mistreatment and abuse. AI TOOH\PIIn 1'OK WILSON. I'tii < nfiet-tiun Being Prepared for hihi i>> Theatrical People. Neu York. Sept. 14.? Whsl prom? ises to be the Isrgeai collection of theatrical sutogtraphi In the world Is t\ >w being made end will be present' ed i" Oovsrnof Wilson by the newly organised Wilson snd Marshall The? itr)< 11 iisague Ths U igus has opened permanent ' impalgn headquarters In the Hotel Cadillac, where the entire par'.or II t?i 1 11 been transformed Into elab nrah reception rooms and executive otfli es. \ H, NN'.Ii presented his check it |l,#si to ths A nance committee, One hundred snd elghl names have I pen ? nrollsd, the first to sign beim' Augustus Thomas in the third primary In Marlboro count) the \..|( for Clerk of Courl ?io.nl. Tom ?\ Ha met 1127; Julian M< Laurln 11 In the s? und prl msry Mano r- led by three rotes on [ths lacs of ths returns, htii the Rx e? u?i\ e ?'ommlttee d ? ? ' < d II n He by ? rate of nine p. rive nfter b re count. M l itot.l.N OF THE AIR, How it |m Made Available in Fertiliser Production. Manufacturer*! Record. Aa.ong the many important enter? prise! b<ing carried forward in the South there Is, perhaps, none of broader significance than that of t. a Southern Electro-Chemical Co,, at Nitrolee, 8, <'., near the power dc vxelopment of the Southern Power Co., .it (ireat Pall! where, by the use of a high degree of electric heat, ni? trogen is gathered from the air and converted into nitric acid. This, be? ing sprayed upon limestone, forms Oalolum nitrate, a substance used in place of nitrate of soda in the manu? facture of fertilizers. The Southern Electro-Chemical Co. has not been in operation long, but it is said it has found its business thus far so success? ful that it will largely increase its plant within a short time. A similar plant is being erected by the Ameri? can Cynamid Co. at Nigara Falls, which will install a like one at some pednt in Alabama in connection with the power development Of the Ala? bama Interstate Power Co., a million dollars of European money having been already secured for this Ala? bama nitrate plant. This wdll doubt? less he followed by other plant! in various sections of the south, where large amounts of hydro-electric pow? er can be economically developed. In this connection an article by Walde? mar Kaempflert in the Outlook for August la of absorbing interest, deal? ing, us it does, with the growing need of the world for the ref civiliza? tion of the soil In order that the peo? ple may have bread and clothing, and the discoveries made by scientists in connection With the need, and some of its leading features are summariz? ed here. i For centuries agriculturists have known that they could perpetuate the productivity of their farms by crop rotation. whereas a succession of crops of one kind would absolutely exhaust It. The favorite rotation was a "root" crop, barley, clover, wheat, a system which experience taught was Invaluable in soil treatment, but the reason for which was hidden. Final? ly, a German bacteriologist named Hellliegell discovered and demon? strated the fact that the rea'ion soil was benetltted by "root" crops, leg? umes, or pod bearer! wa3 that there clustered about the root? of these lumps or knoules, each of which con? sisted of a whole colony of bacteria, \ and each bacterium was in itself a laboratory in which the nitrogen wai gathered from the air and conveyed to the roots, which absorbed and pro? fited by it. In other words, it was, learned by Hellriegell, and by him taught to the world, that leguminous crop! reetore fertility to exhausted *.>ii becauae they gather the nitrogen from the atmosphere and transfer it ot the soil, For hundred! of yean farmer! have known that barnyard manure spread upon land make! it more fertile, but they di<i not Know why it did so until modern ch< mists told tin m II w as be ,au-e the manure contained nitrogen i such form that it could 5>. readily ibsor >. -i bj growing plaids. The process of restoring soil fertil? ity by means of crop rotation is, in the nature of thing!, slow one; the supply of animal manure is too small In comparll >n With the large and con? stantly Increasing demand for fer? tilization to be depended upon, and so it became necessary that some other means of refertllisation be found, mote rapid than the use of legumes, more certain than the use of barnyard manure. The discovery in Chile of vast deposits of sodium nitrate, or saltpeter, seemed for s time to have Solved tiie problem, and for a num? ber of years millions of tons of that substance have been mined and ship? ped lo the various countries o Eu? rope and America, n was thought that the T.TL'n square miles of salt? peter-bearing land owned by the gov? ernment and the three or four times that area owned by privat.- Individ? uals would produce a sufficient Quan? tity to supply the world for centuries until expert engineers, after examina? tion, reported that the deposits would probably be exhausted in fifty year!? some said in less time in supplying a demand no larger than that of the present time, to say nothing of the in? creased demand as Ihe world's popu? lation grows and as soils now In their prime become exhausted and ?all for help. Scientists, therefore, set about | working out some plan by whic h the j upph of nltratei could be augment? ed and the world saved from the 111 r. itened soil-starvation Nitrogen being one ot the constituent parts of the all pervading ntmonphero, it was to the air Ines naturaII) turned ss the fountain ot supply, After- a n um bei of experiments In this country und Rurope, two Amorl cans, Pradley and \.>>\< i>-\ bj name hull! a plant at Niagara Falls In which, b\ the us< of electricity, Ihey were able to produce nitric oxide, which co111.1 a 11ei w .11.|s be changed by chemical treatment Into a solid ni Irate lhal plants could assimilate, The Itradle) l^ovcjoy enterprise proved ? financial failure alter a million dollars I had been expended, and was a ban- ' doned. But although it had failed financially, it was a success scientt Really, for it demonstrated the fact that nitric acid could be produced from the atmosphere, and lett as the problem to be solved that of prod lic? it in such quantities and at such cost as would make it a good commercial proposition. Later two Norwegian scientists, Kr 1stlan Birkeland and Samuel Byde, worked out a plan and invented ma? chinery by which this could be done. They bullt? a plant close by a great | hydro-electric development in the j mountains of Norway, from which they secured cheap power in plenty, and there cailcium nitrate is being produced in competition with the so? dium nitrate dug from the mines of Chile. The Birkeland-Eyde appara? tus consists principally of a steel drum eight feel in diameter and two feet dee,p. lined with fire-brick and set up on its narrow side. Reaching out from opposite sides of this drum are two U-shaped copper tubes, their curved ends approaching within one third of an inch of each other. A horse-shoe magnet embraces the drum, mounted at right angles to the tubes. When the current is turned on, small electric flashes leap out between the tubes so rapidly that they seem to the eye to form a steady flame. This flame, responsive to mag? netism, which spreads it Into a six foot disc of light?a greenish-blue disc that roars with the accumulation of the myriad tiny crackling noises of the countless Hashes as they pass from tubs to tbue. The heat is 7, ooo degrees Fahrenheit, and water must be continually circulated through the copper tubes to prevent their Instant destruction. Even with the water they only last 3G0 hours. So intense is the glow from this dis: that the eye cannot gaze into it loni? without the protection of colored glasses. Into this fiercely flaming disc, air is fed, and as It passes through, two per cent of it is con? verted into nitric oxide, which must be quickly and carefully collected and treated to prevent its decomposition Into its original elements, nitrogen and oxygen. Being brought Into cor - tact with water, the nitric oxide changes into nitric acid, which is sprayed into vats of granite filled with limestone, with which It com? bine) with much effervescence, mak? ing calcium nitrate. Seven different chemical changes take place in the process, which finally results in this substitute for Chllesn saltpeter. The substitute is called 'Norwegian sail peter," and sells In Europe for $38.75 a ton. whereas Chilean saltpeter com? mands $45.62. Two Gorman scientists, Schonherr and Hessberger, Invented for a Ger? man chemical company an apparatus which, while simpler than that of Birkeland and Byde, gets a greater percent i, e of nitric oxide from a giv? en amount of air. The chemical pro? cess is the same. The German in? vention was primarily Intended for the purpose of securing the sodium nitrate needed in the manufacture of "a/.o" dyes, but It has proved so suc? cessful that, while the nitrate used In making the world's supply of "axo" dyes is practically all furnished by it. a large amount of nitrate fertiliser is also produced. The Schonherr-Hess berger process depends also on hydra - electric heat, as the c<>st of fuel nec? essary to generate the current used by the use of steam would make the price of the product prohibitive. The gathering of nitrogen from the air calling for tiie use of such a tre? mendous amount of electric energy, plants must perforce be located at points at which power can be devel? oped at small cost and where there is no sale for it for purposes which ? an afford to pay higher prices. The South, therefore, is peculiarly the place for such plants, because In that section sites for sucii developments abound, at which power can be cheaply generated, and from many of which it cannot be economically delivered to manufacturing plants of other kinds. Then, too, the South is becoming more and more a user of fertilisers, and with its broadly-ex? panding agricultural interests and its rapid advance in scientific intensive farming the market will be such that it will require numerous calcium plants to supply the lual demand. Cheap power, convenient limestone, good facilities for transportation and a rapidly-growing market, the basic requirements for such enterprise .ill these ibe South has to offer. Mit All .II VKINs' OFFICE GONE. Internal Itcvciiuc District* of South ami Vorth Car*?llna Combined. Washington, s< pt. 24.? An order has been Issued by President Taft consolidating 'be Internal revenue dlstrii ? oi South Carolina with the 1th district of North Carolina, with head quai lern at Italelgh. The officer of Major \licah Jenkins, collector of In terttal revenue :??! south Carolina, al Columbia, i hus illsuppcn rs. Truth Votir vlea of question.? Columbia Record, WILSON DOWNS SMITH. Huglie> Ha- About 1,500 Majority, With Approximately One-fifth of Election District* Reported. Newark, N. J.. Sept. -4.?Indica? tions at - a. m. were tiiat QoV. Wood row Wilson has won his light in the New Jersey primaries t<> prevent the nomination of former United States Senator James Smith, Jr., as the Democratic candidate for United States senator. Keturns from 2 58 of the 1,799 districts in the State gave Representative Wm. Hughes, the Wilson candidate, 8,118 votes to 6,734 for Smith. The Newark Morning Star, owned by Mr. Smith, announced that indications are that Hughes bus been nominated by a safe plurality. Estimates on Hughes' probable plu? rality range from 12,000 to 15,000. TO STUDY I* EL Et ?RA. Meeting of National Association to Moot in Columbia October 3rd and 1 Ith. I Dear Sir: The Hoard of Regents and Medical Officers of the State Hospital for the Insane respectfully invite you to at? tend the meeting of the National As? sociation for the Study of Pellagra to be held at the State Hospital October 3 and 4. A copy of the preliminary program, herewith enclosed, will give you an idea of the scope of the meeting, which promises to be of much scientific and practical value. This subject, we are satisfied, is one that deserves and demands your at? tention, since pellagra appears to be the cause of 4 0 to 50 per cent of the insanity in the female patients sent to our hospital, and of nearly 30 per cent of the whole number of ad? missions. These facts alone call for the combined efforts of members of the General Assembly, of the State Hoard of Health and of all other offi? cials in aiding the discovery of the | cause and of the means of prevention of this serious melady. Your person? al interest in this meeting is most earnestly solicited. We also further request your co-operation in extend? ing this invitation to all others known as interest in public health prob i lems. Yours very respectfully, P. H. Dominick, President Hoard of Regents. J. W. Rabcock, Superintendent. Judge Thos E. Richardson has in his office a preliminary program of meeting, which he will be glad to s-iow to any interested persons. Rl I.I s FOR ?. VI III KIM. < oit\. Boys Mim not Gallier Corn Before October IM end MnX Be In by o<> tober ifoil. The following rules ior tin- guid? ance of the members of the Hoys' Corn club of Bumter county in the gathering Of their corn this Season Will prove of interest. No corn must be gathered before Metober 1st. The report blanks must be Uled ?%it and sent in to the County Super? intendent of Education by or before 1 ictober 15th. The prises will be awarded October 19th. Each boy must bring in 20 ears which he thinks are his best. After hearing a lecture on seed se? lection he will then pick his ten best ears as prize winners. We believe we will be able to take each boy to the National Corn show in Columbia, whether he wins in the county contest or not. If you haven't received the report blanks or other necessary informa? tion, write immediately to Prof. C. R. Haddon, Clemson College. (Signed) J. Herbert Haynsworth, County Superintendent of Education. TO RE ARG EE PATTEN CASE. Solicitor General File* Brief of Gov? ernment's Side of Famous "Cot? ton Corner" Indictment. Washington, Sept. 24.?Solicitor General Bullltt today filed with the supreme court of i.he Cnited States a brief of the government's forthcom? ing reargument of the Patten indict? ment contending that a conspiracy to run a "corner" in cotton on the Newr York cotton exchange is a violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Briefs of the government's reargu? ment of the New Orleans-Alabama rate case were filed by Attorney Gen? eral Wiekersham and Assistant At? torney General Eowler. lie Was Wondrous Wise. Once upon a time a wise man penned a letter full of confidential statements, and at the end he wrote this line, heavily underscored: "Burn this letter!" Then, being a wise man. he took his own advice and burned the letter himself.?London Opinion. Some men are so honest that they take their wives money to pay their debts.?Charleston News and Cour? ier. TAILORED COATS and SUITS Ditftindtively Correct. The women who seek a suit or coat of distinguished appearance must come where distinctive styles are kept. Models that follow the fashion trend of the hour, but in ways indiscribable, prove themselves. Individ? ual and Different from the ordinary garments. Our garments are elo? quent of superior tailoring, better style and carefully selected materials. The favored materials are Whipcords, Serges. Broad? cloths, Diagonals, and wor? steds in all the new and pleasing shades. O ;,vUf \Tatit ,s the time t0 see the *ew iXlgni 1MOW THINGS? ARE YOU C0MIN6 TODAY? When you buy a Suit be sure to have it fitted over a WARNER RUST-PROOF CORSET, McCollum Bros. i4 South Main Street Sumter, -:- South Carolina