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States Publh ites Malari; Zeigler, assistant sur United States Publu i^^arriye^ in. the cits to inY^iigate the cause' o' ^?tbreak of^ malarial fev: seetiok!of: Sumter counts ^sc?a^;er;: ::and'Vw^t^ was> ?n epi 'this fever in the s^hie sec 19x7;; He . came here 1 ai rigrj^^ oi^r. J. -A. Hayne, Statt Officer Soin^h Carolina. ?1a3ten:' to Shit?h proper . by ^fe^nstraipr X Frank Wil ' ;SeKjretary R^e^don.'of the ^omh^exce.. He snrvey ed fr-pjortlpn of the infecteo "0t?jjtt;? premises of fami i; lack year asad tbis-sum S^rai^;'?. ..;"' * sr- easily found ? speci ?ophele or yalaria ^nito? at /both places, ted; the theory:' so. wide bjr mstny'--that. fh>" '-cutting malaria ih ac ^%hde& ^^tro^aad :?aid;.^ffl? all: -oo&n^ii,. sense ^|^"^^e}Jde^e;;^g^w^ :^^^^oi??b?ry; r and admit* it; wfiiclt; dried up the lecreased raoisture ten< .With the breeding: and ;?re;^di*fele or : was connected ; wit3i the ' -h'eaith- survey' of ?He e^lained jto Mr.' Jrty^on' th^ ^^K^f^Ensffitty pat on ihe"mnch |ec|Katy ^health.-iv -snrvey two " ;te; <^tBTed. ,iuv Sh^oh, ' -wouH^h^c aat experts who could tye gone -there at the w*ap& taken the ceces i^taj^vot?:-^e^df^^^ cohclusively, and t? Mr. myy as a citizen of ion lostx many -because -of the t?ine, and? several deaths a/:.survey aha^camf Eg; the people of ShK j? to: prevent the: spread, id. which most of the ^W^fOR;iiioW; realize, i htutdreds of casps. two ^summers, oxn-. try "suffering, - and. ^ itnx: ms?aria;; ? V ip^s^iai1 sanitary: cor:-: bo '^'prove?l by^^screj^n id doing ?way w^?^ra^ 'Ibr-eedSng. -and harborf ly; by dpalnage, i^^f^o^r- too. ex^enslvi::j of oi^ in breeding .. - > * ' . ice to prevent the further, ^^^?io^e^^S^f said,,- was ^l?f^^^e abpttt tbe ^j^iffcl ^cos^mtd; :^^^oreeo^ftg low aid why. anJbpheie s^eSd-s; ?and the uianaer in which the spreads this, disease, the ive methods^ etc., all of which: very simple and comprehensible,: gS^fe?sy; of#?jpp?ca?ioh. . He said that just so long as the ^m&sses do not know the truth as dis : "^oyered and applied by science,, and | ^|vpr9t; of alL just as long as the peo ple" continue to believe old and worn ^Utltb^ries that malaria is caused b> |:-rfb^"air" and impure drinking water, ,nothing; can prevent serious or minor iJ^ontbreaks of the malarial fever. - The - United- State.5 government and V?%"State Board of Health are ver^ Sjrsions and: stand ready at all times .to? put on-county health surveys,, aitl h^twelve month campaigns of education, conducted by sanitary'. engineers, enr ^ Sexologists, ba^eri'^logists, heal th ^tecturers, and others, and to' the ne<; ^essary work at every home in the county, and to visit every school, / white and colored, for illustrated health lectures. >B^ of the ^county $on*t cooperate by putting up some of the money, while - the government j^ays two-thirds of the cost and 'do#? of the work,, why it is useless to ;^Bf^Bd sanitary experts here to advise People who won't do what the gov ernment tells them to do. He gave some instructions of a simple nature, but said that nothing but education **f Che people about the manner in :v--hich. fiies and mosquitoes spread disease^ in order that they will under sSaitd and appreciate what the gov ernment wishes to do will avail any A people ignorant of the causes of disease which can be pre-: vented will always remain victims of these causes, unless thaught better | fcow to protect themselves. There are ; a- certain number of people in every .community and county who know these things, but these intelligent peo ple will not take the lead, in fact of ten block by their influence any ef fort to remedy conditions which bring about unnecessary and absolutely avoidable diseases and premature deaths. He advocated education of ?he masses and then practical appli cation of modern methods of sanita tion, the latter of which must first be,understood in order to be bene ficial; T/he government will put up five thousand dollars if this county wilL provide two thousand and fiv? hundred dollars for a complete house to fcjouse sanitary survey and course of instruction, arid ? twelve months thorough campaign of education throughout this entire county begin ning January. 1919. This offer had 'been made before, is now renewed and good until October 15th. but will not be made again. Dr. ZeigJer prom Messrs. Williams and Reardon at the government will hold open is offer until then, but said that too ?$nany o;her counties in this country iare anxious to grab the offer for the government, national or State to de ^Jay longer than that time waiting on ISfimter county. A detachment of colored draftsmen fc*ff Wednesday for Camp Jackson. :re were fifty-two in the squad. Xiee County Fair premium list be issued in a few days. The dat^,of;.the fair are November 27. and SO. To The Citizens ?f The County and City of Sumter: You are hereby requested to close your places of business on M. until 3.30 . o'clock P. M. in order to allow yourselves imd your, employes an opportunity of attending, the big mass meeting at this place. This applies to both white and colored people.' This is import ant as our time for raising the amount of the allotment for Sum ter County is short and we are obliged to wage-an intensive cam paign from, the beginning in order to accomplish the result re quired, '.r;.:>^: \:.. . .. .. : :: : - The meeting will be addressed by Ex-Governor Sheppard and Lieut, de Liebekerke of Cainp Jackson. We will also have with hs'amilitary band of thirty pieces "and a quartette from Camp Jackson, An attractive programme has been arranged and .it is the earnest request of the Chairman that we have a record-break ing attendance at this meeting. / - Yours very truly,; ^.V EL J. IVTLAUBIN, JR., . County chairman^ September, 25th, 19 IS. ^ _mm. fU^EXBY TAKES MANY PRISON . ERS. ^ow Sas Forty Thousand Men and . trnjai Hundred and Sixty-fire Guns ;; Jm Hand?No Less TronWe for BTtOBS. in Macedonia Theatre. The Teutonic allied forces in Mace a&^' ^hd Turkey still are in flight [ >efore the armies of"; the entente, \ while on the highly important St. I Quehtin sector in France the British I and French armies after hard fight ing have drawn^ihore. closely their lines in the investment, of the tsgnt : on the northwest, west and south: The stubborn resistance of the Ger mans? in defense and*- in counterat tacks, has been: unavailing except to impede the progress of. the men o? the armies of Field Marshal Haig and vaeneral Deberiy." V. In .Macedonia the Bulgarian and r;Germah" tropps are.' still: faced, with 'disaster; in Palestine; the remaining Taarks: seeih. to have scarcely a. chance for an escape "from, the British forces and friendly tribesmen who are clos ing in upon them east of the river Jordan. More; than 4 0,000 prisoners and 265. .gups .have been taken by the British and yet General Afienbyfs appetite for further emoluments for his hard campaign Tiasoaot been sat ~ ~^Gauged7^y^?tiie 'swx^ffess "'of^^j "strokes 'Allehby' Is defiyering.it is his purpose absolutely to overwhelm the Ottomans. And "the fulfillment of his plans "seems appreciably nearer. In no less critical situation are the Germans and Bulgarians in the Mace donia theater. Here, except im'medi dately on the Bulgarian frontier where the mountainous country gives them ground for strong resistance to the 'invasion of Bulgarian territory through the passes the Bulgarians and Germans everywhere are in rap id retreat between the Italians, Ser bians, Greeks and British. Rent in twain at several points the enemy forces are bewildered and operating as separate units. Respectively on the western and eastern flanks the Italians and the j Greeks and British are fast throwing ] orward their fines in endeavors to! envelop ? the enemy, while in the i ^center, where the Serbs have driven j their sharp wedge toward Ishtip j there is no lagging, notwithstanding! the difficult territory that is being] encountered. Rear guards of the enemy, armed *wtih machine guns, are but little de laying- the men whose task it is to re- \ claim their kingdom. i As yet there is no news of great ; activity in Albania, but a resumption Of. operations there in conjunction I with those in the east apparently can j not long be delayed. On the French front the British j have taken the village of Selency, a j scant two miles from the western en- i virons of St. Quentin, and both the British and French troops north and south of* this line have driven f urth-! er wedges into the German front. J More than a thousand prisoners and ! many machine guns have been taken' by the British in these operations, i Numerous strong counterattacks were \ delivered by the Jenemy, both at Se lency and Gricourt, but Haig"s men put all of them down with heavy losses to the Germans. The Germans have also reacted j strongly in the region lying west of the Chemin-des-Dames, endeavoring to regain the territory held by the French as-a menace against both the Chernin-des-?ames and the Laon sectors. Here also the enemy was "beaten off. Good weather has returned to the j American sector on the Lorraine front but nothing has occurred there except the usual reciprocal bombard ments and a resumption of aerial ac- j ?tivity on*a great scale. Advices from, ?Berlin are to the effect that there is much perturbation in Germany over! the long distance/ guns of the Americans, which 'are shelling the: areas behind the German lines. The j advices say that preparations are be- i ing made for the expeditious evac.ua- j tion of the civilians from Mecz and other places within range when such ' a move becomes necessary. SERBIA'S NEW CAPITAL. Monastir or Prelip Will be Seat of! Re-established G i?vernment. Paris. Wednesday, Sept. 25.?Mon-j astir or Prilep will become the seal ! of the Serbian government as soon as allied line north of those cities has bf?en definitoly fixed, according to a statement ma do today by Dr. Ves nicn, Serbian minister to France. MCOp WIM. FIXING OF PRICES "LEFT WITE PRESIDENT WILSON. Governor Manning Says President Will Be Liberal and Fair to AIL Columbia, Sept 2?.?Upon his re turn- .from Washington yesterday Sov. Manning said: "It was agreed on all sides, by thf president, the cotton States advisory" marketing; board committee and the cotton growers, that regulation, dis i tribution and marketing of low grade I cotton is? essential. The war indus tries board and the committee also [agreed upon this necessity.: The cot ton producers and the -committee, I however, thought that price fixing is not necessary at this time; but. the president's formal statement that " rice fixing would he made if it be onie. necessary leaves the, matter in. ;he, president's hands. "While still hoping that1 price fixing will not be adopted,but judging by< the government's acriion in the past -in fixing the price of other comraod- j ities,. and from' the president's, atti- I tude in these ^ matters. ;?I am firmly convinced that if price fixing, should be found neeessary, the president will fix a fair and even a ?berall price. "With reference to the scarcity of] labor,' I took,; -up 'the -matter; of] ?]^^ work or fight rule ;by including a number of' industries and occupations^ not now included in the list of non essentials. The work or fight rule, as it operates in the South, does not furnish much increase of labor. I am, urging that the scope be broadened so as to include barber shops, press ing clubs, automobile drivers, deliv ery wagon drivers, minstrels, etc., andj the provcst marshal general will at an early date take up this phase of) the matter with the president for his consideration." NO PARTY LTNES FOR FORD. .Deroit, Mich., Sept. 25.?Making his! first purely political utterances since! becoming a candidate for the United ; States senate, Henry Ford enlivened ? the proceedings of the Democratic j .^tate convention here today with a letter, in which he said that, although ! nominally their candidate, he did not; intend to be bound by any party con- '? siderations, Democratic or Republi-j can. "I hold myself free to support; such measures, whatever their origin, ' as commend themselves to my judg-! ment, for the best interests of all the | people " Mr. Ford wrote. The letter' was an unexpected feature of the convention, called to adopt a plat-, form for the. campaign and nomi-j nate candidates for various State of fices below Lieutenant Governor. Despite Mr. Ford's statement that he had accepted the senatorial nomi nation without specific obligation of any kind, the convention adopted resolutions pledging complete sup port to his candidacy. I MANY Now in Twenty-six States and Has Appejared on Pacific Coast in Cali j fornia and Washington. HE GRIP EPIDEMIC; NEW CASES OF SPANISH INFLUENZA. Washington, Sept. 25.?Spanish in fiuenza.has spread over the country so rapidly- that officials of the public health service, the .war and navy de partments and the Red Cross con ferred, .-today "on measures to help lo cal communities in combating the disease; Calls for assistance already have been rceived from several cities and in/ one instance, Wilmington, N. j C, the public health service hospital was opened for treatment of persons suffering with the disease. Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the public health service said tonight tllat latest reports showed that the malady , has made its appearance in 26 States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The disease is epidemic in New England, where it first appear ed and officials in that section are consid/ering the prevention of public gatherings. Influenza has appeared on the Pa cific Coast, in Washington and Cal ifornia, but is not yet epidemic there. It also has been reported in Min nesota and Iowa, but with few cases. East, of the Mississippi, however, there are few States where it has not been found. The disease continued to spread to Jay in army camps, 5,324 new cases Veihg reported up to noon to the office of the surgeon general of the army. No new camps were added to the list nd it was announced that 15 camps and stations are free from influenza. The eases reported from - the camps today was the largest in any one day xnd brought the total for all camps o 29,002 cases. The number of rmeumohia cases reported among the j ; soldiers since the outbreak of the in-j *fhienza'epidemic, September 13, Is 2,-) 313 ana the number of deaths since that date is 530, with 155 reported today.. For the first time since the out break, the number of new cases re ported from Camp Devens, Mass., was lower than the number reported from nother camp. The new cases at . Jamp'Devens numbered 399, making he total 11,715. Hoboken reported "he greatest number, 1,025. This, however, included several camps and l'ep?ts*. ' Camp Dix, N. J., reported 803; new i case's."*'Other camps reporting new .vhile Camp Lee, Va., had 393 *new \ases. Other camps repotring new -^ases were Logan, Texas. 205; Sevier. ^cuth Carolina, 106; Syracuse, N. Y.. '49; Funston, Lansas, 135; Gordon. Georgia, 213; Grant, Illinois, ; 293; Humphreys, Virginia, 106; Jackson. South Carolina, 26 S; Lewis, Washing ton, '24; Meade, Maryland, -208; i^ey? Arkansas, 2S9; . Taylor,. Ken tuek^:-43;-- Upton, New York, .101, 'axtfl'TOllfeiia^^ >51; "Other camps reported , from orrevto four new cases. ? Af ? Cam.P Devens 342 new cases of pneumonia were reported today with Sow Wood's Higa-Grade Seed Wheat For Best and Most Productive Crops. Our Virginia-Grown Seed Wheats are superior for the South?make larger yields and better quality of grain. Write for "WOOD'S CROP SPE CIAL" giving prices and information about SEED WHEAT, SEED OATS, SEED RYE, BARLEY and all other Seeds for Fail Sowing. T.W. Wood & Sons Seedsmen. Richmond, Va. 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Neutrality Satisfied. Amsterdam, Sept. 24.?An Ameri can newspaper correspondent here >ust beat a German colleague by a head in a race to reach the mother ly dame who vends newspapers at the corner of the royal palace here. She was waving her papers about excited ly, with the cry: "Murder of the Czar of Russia! All the 'orrible details." "Wish it had been the Kaiser, Sir/* she smiled .at her American custom er. ; . ?? ? "Or the King of England," she add ed as the German put out his hand for the paper. Neutrality was satisfied. Be Reasonable, It's all right to be optimistic, bet a man should not whistle while light' in* his last match.?Toledo B&d*. 9 3 FARMER'S SPECIAL Because of their "triple-heated" gas, FTJLTON Motor Trucks are averaging 12 to 14 miles a gallon?in over three hundred different lines of ..business. FULTONS are being used by Farm ers, Merchants, Contractors and Expressmen. . Tho 'Standard Oil Company, Texas Company, John Wanamak er and other big fleet 'operators are using FULTONS. Why? We are the largest exclusive manufacturers ?f 1 1-2 ton trucks in the country. Although the FULTON has a 1 1-2 ton capacity," this truck made a remarkable two weeks' test run from Sumter to Orange burg and then up through the Piedmont section, loaded with a concrete test block weighing 4,260 pounds, l.-t?0 -pounds over weight of tile truck's capacity, driven by Mr. S. K. Rowland and . Mr. W. W .Fickling, factory representative. MOKE THAN 16 1-5 MILES ON ONE GALLON OF GASOLINE Fulton Truck With 3500 Pounds Travels 114 Sfiles on 7 GaBoxfi of Gasoline According to Sworn Statement. EAST TRANSFER COMPANY, Herrin, 111. August 12-, 1918. Martin Motor Truck Company, 3314 Pine Street, St. Louis, Missouri. ? Gentlemen:? , Referring to the trip I made with my FULTON 1 1-2 ton Truck on July 31st, 1918, from St. Louis, Missouri, to Herrin, Illinois, I beg to report the following: I had my FULTON loaded with about 3500 potinds of house hold goods and left St. Louis going over the Free Bridge to 3?ast St. Louis, Illinois. From here had four miles of very bad cobble stone pavements, then about four miles more of pobr dirt road and eight miles of good pavement into Belleville, Illinois. I left Belleville for Freeburg, a distance of "ight miles over the paain road which is very bad dirt and sanu?, then on to New Athens, six miles further, of which three miles> is heavy, sand, and quite 'hilly, and from there I drove thru Lenburg, Marissa, Tilden, and Coulterville, a distance of about twenty-four miles over a fair dirt road. From here to Pinkeville, the nerX town sixteen miles had a good dirt road, then to Di Quoin twelve miles more the road.was very poor and hilly. From Du Quoin thru Elkville, Osage, Bush and Hurst into Herrin, a distance of about twenty-nine miles more, had very bad dirt roads to negotiate. The. total mileage, in cluding five miles driven in the City of St. Louis, was 114. I am greatly pleased to advise you, I used only seven gallons of gaso- . line for my entire trip, and the truck performea perfect.. I shall be giad to recommend the FULTON to anyone. Yours very truly, EAST TRANSFER COMPANY, Per W. E. East, Pres. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year herein above lirst wi i .ten. ( (S I) HAZEL E. KURTZ. Notary Public. We will gladly bring a- FULTON to your farm and give you a practical demonstration without obligation on your part. FULTONS equipped with any style body. Send for booklet "Triple-Heated" Gas. Anchor Auto & Truck Company, STATE DISTRIBU TORS 37 W. Liberty Street Sumte*, S. C;