The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 28, 1918, Image 2
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
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72 deaths. Camp Dix reported 41
new cases of pneumonia and Camp
Lee 39. Pneumonia cases also were
reported by -23 other camps.
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.
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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.
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