SOUTH C?ROLIi
Mews of .r.teres? Gleaned Fro
Arranged Fer
L?ffi??S TRAGEDY.
Officer Store and Burglar's Fatal
Fisit.
H Laurens. Spolia:.-Few . tragedia
. Jiave so shocked the people of the
?community as the result of a deadly
.encounter "Wednesday night between
Patrolman MeDuffie Stone and W.
IPrank_"Walker and an imknown burg-'
lax, whose outfit of tools indicates
; that he was a safecracker. The un
inown yeggman lies dead at the city
station house and Patrolman Stone
-died at 6:30 Thursday afternoon. The
story of the tragedy as learned from j
Hr. Walker and Mr. Stone is that in
the course of their nightly rounds the
two policemen met the through
freight from Spartanburg, which ar
rived here at 2:15, as ;,3 their cus
. tom. TJpon reaching the depot Mr.
Stone walked down one side of the |
train of cars and Mr. Walker dow*
the other. Seeing a stranger with a
little meal sack in his hand, Mr. |
??:' Stone accosted bim and inquired,
what he was doing.
"I am u trainman," replied the
stranger. "I am going back to the
caboose." . .??..
"Well, where is your lantern?";
?aid Mr. Stone, ''train hands don't j
walk around here in the dark."I
Thereupon Mr. Stone advanc?d in
reach of the man and laid his .hand j
upon his shoulder, about to arrest
him, such being instructions rela
tive to loaf/rs at the depot. As soon
as Stone's hand touched the stranaer
he whipped out his pistol, a .45 cali
bre, magazine, from inside his vest,
and began firing, emptying the charm
er, five of the shots taking effect
- in the body of Stone, one in the
"bowels, three in the- ileshy part of
the leg and one in the lower lip.
"So close was the range that Stone :
?lid not have an opportunity to draw j
SC' clinched his antagonist and to
gether they fell to the ground.
They were so lying when Police
man Walker crawled under ?rom the
i -other side of the train, the stranger
straggling to loose himself. He was
almost free from the weakening hold
?of Stone and was reloading his pis
tol when Walker carce upon him.
"Don't shoot." cried the stanger,
"I am already shot to pieces," which
of course was a bluff to gain time, i
for Stone had never drawn his pis
tol "I will surrender," said he.
"Give me your pistol then," said
"Walker. Pretending to hand the pis
tol to the policeman, the stranger
llred at Walker, who quickly drew
lind sot the man to his death, four or
live shots taking effect. In the sack
ivhieh he held in his hand was a com
plete yeggniaa's outfit with nitro
?^ycerrae, dynamite, keys, wrenches,
etc. He had $110.60 about him.
An Educated Pig.
Mr. J. B. Henderson, of Branch
ville, has a very fine milk cow that,
gives a great quantity of milk, and,
of which he is very proud, says tho
Anderson Intelligencer. For the past
few weeks this cow has not been giv
ing the usual amount of milk, even
when the feed was increased and the
i best of attention given she still fail
ed to give any more milk. Suspicion
was aroused by this and thinking that
someone was visiting his barn yard
in the peaceful and still hours of the
time when men should sleep, and ap
propriating the milk to their use a
watch was made to find out the par
ties; -The one that was getting the
milk from this fine stock was found, .
and who do you suppose it was? One
of those Berkshire pigs in the same
lot had learned that this milk was
the b>2st of. food for himself and he
was peacefully making a meal on the .
mi k that should have gone into the
pail.
Southern Fire Insolvent.
Columbia, Special.-The only in
formation that Commissioner Mc
Master. has been able to secure from
the insurance department of Louisi
ana in regard to the Southern Fire
of New Orleans is that "Owing to
"the insolvency of the company thc
same has been, placed in - the hands,
of a receiver.'" Insurance Cpmmis
- sion er McGivney now in New Orleans
examining affairs of Southern Fire.
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Sooth Carolina News Notes. -
A snake ?t Mullins, S. C., swallow
ed half dozen china- eggs that had
been placed in a hen's nest.
J, W.. McCowen has been elected
State Senator from Florence county
to succeed the late Senator Nathan
Gibson1. ;
Deputy Sheriff Bruce, of Abeville,
. comity, shot Harrison Smith, coloro?l,
j because the negro. attacked! him with
an nxe.
The annual convention of the Tri
. State Medical Association- will be
held in Charleston February 16-17. i
The association is composed of the;
Caroliniis and Virginia.
Woltems of T^nersl-itoterest.-.
Tbs business men of Marion, N. C.,
have organized a joint" stock company
to maid an up-to-date hotel.
' "Pnsident-elect Taft'?"was-"entertain^
ed Saturday and Sunday-at Charles
ton, where 3he went aboard-the North
Carolina-bound, for Panama.
Governor. Patterson, "of Tennessee*
in his inaugural,, expresses-iS sting
from critics by inviting prosecution
or impeachment. _ "
The American squadron, composed
of the battleships Missouri, Ohio,
Louisiana' arid Virginia, sailed Mon
' day for Negro bay cn the'north coast
of Morocco, where the entire fleet
rendezvoused prior to proceeding to
Gibraltar.
Thc story that Sam Houston's In
dian irife is dieing of want in Okla
homa, i& denied by relatives of Hou
ston j vho declare that his Indian wife
was idead before, he mumed the
mother of hir -living descendants in
r Texan.
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NA NEWS ITEMS
rn AH Sections of the State and
Busy Readers
Forest. Preservation.
Columbia, Special.-Tbe following
preamble and resolutions have been
adopted by the Senate and sent to
tho House:
"Whereas, a>i effort is being made
by quite a number of the States ic
secure some legislation looking to the
preservation of our natural forest
and the protection of our water sheds
and navigable streams;
"And, whereas, there is now pending
in the congress of the United States
a measure to enable the United States
government to cooperate with the
States in this important matter, now
therefore
"Be it resolved by the senate of
the State of South Carolina, thc
house of representatives concurring
"Section!. That we heartily indorse
?the effort now being made by our
J members of the congress to secure
this much needed and important leg
islation aOjd urge them tb use all hon
j o rabie means to obtain the favorable
action of congress on same as soon
as possible.
"Sec. 2. That a copy of this reso
lution be forwarded by the clerk of
the senate and to the members of
congress from South Carolina."
Medal For Greenwood Man.
Greenwood, Special. - Greenwood
county has probably- the distinction
of being the first .county in the State
to have one of its citizens receive
recognition at the hands of the Car
negie hero fund commission. Through
the efforts of Mr. W. H. Nicholson,
now a member of the Legislature
from this county, and a prominent
young attorney here, the attention of
the commission was directed to the
heroism of Mr. James B. Goldman,
in\ saving the life of a negro, Warren
Finlay, at Waterloo, on June 29,1907.
The award of the commission is that
Mr. Goldman is to get a silver medal
and the sum of a thousand dollars
to be applied towards the purchase
of a farm or other such worthy pur
pose as may be approved bv the ex
ecutive committee. Mr. Goldman is
a young white farmer, living near
Capt. J. H. Brooks' place at Cam
bridge. He, has a wife and several
small children, and the money that
he is to get will go a long way to
ward setting him up in life.
Local Freight Passengers.
Columbia, Special-A bill intro
duced in .the Senate Thursday by
Senator Black provides for the re
quiring of railroad companies to -ac
cept passengers upon local freight
trains. The bill provides:
"Section 1. That on and after
the approval "of this1 act' every rail
road company engaged in this State
as a common carrier of passengers
for hire shall be required to accept
in its local freight trains passengers*
having only hand bagage and paving
fare to points at which said local
freight train is scheduled to stop."
Blacksburg News Notes.
Blacksburg, Special.-The Carolina
Amusement company has pitched its
tents herc and promises a week of
fun and amusement in the form of a
street fair and carnival. The never
failing merry-go-round will be one of
the principal attractions of the show.
At a recent meeting of city council
the mayor was authorized to issue
$15,000 municipal honds in denomi
nations of $500 each, - bearing inter
est not exceeding 6 per cent, .annu
ally and for a period of 20 years.
Another Teacher Added.
Branchville, Special - Prof. W. H.
Hand, high school inspector, visited
the local school oh the 21st inst. He
recommended an increase in the teach
ing force-and another teacher will be
added to the present faculty at once.*
The contractors have begun work on
the new addition to the present school
building-and it is hoped that it will
be ready for occupancy within the
next two months.
Tennessee's Cold Water Campaign.
Nashville, Tenn., Special.-In thc
upper house of the Legislature a bill
was introduced to require sheriffs to
secure from the eFdcral revenue of
ficals a list of all persons to whom
Federal liquor licenses have been is
sued. Another bill was introduced
providing for a commission to assess
the.value of all propertv. the use
of which, it is alleged, will be dam
aged by the State-wide prohibition
bills..' In the House a bill was intro
duced 'making it unlawful to adver
tise in1 any form intoxicants in this
State. . .'
Havator Drope Ten Stories Injuring
..- Three.
New York, Special.-Three persons
were injured, two probablv fatally,
by thc fall of a. passenger elevator
car in.- the. Hecker-Jones-Jewell Mill
ing Company's plant.in this city Fri
day night. Kate Conroy, 18, and
Moses Levy. 19, received serious in
ternal injuries and may die. Emma
Sweeney, 28, was less seriously hurt.
At Full Capacity.
Bristol, Special.-The Crescent
Iron-rolling mills here, which bad
been idle for more than a year, are
now going practically to their full
capacity, and are giving employment
to upwards of 200 men, most of them
skilled mechanics, receiving high
wages. As yet nothing has been done
toward repairing the iron furnace.
Success CCJIOS about from knowing
what tf expect and when to expect
it.
THE S. C.JLEGISLATURE
Doings of Palmetto Lawmakers Tole
in Brief.
Tuesday was a busy day in thc
.Senate. Balloting for TJ. S. Senatoi
was par? ' o? thc order. The follow
ing were among tho new bills offered:
Mr. Hough-To amend the ' law
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with . reference to compensation and
salaries cf county officers.
Mr. Sullivan-To regulate the sah
of paints and prescribe penalties.
Mr. Hardin-To empower thc
grand juries to employ expert ac
countants and to provide for their
compensation.
Mr. Lide-To provide for an elec
tion to determine the State's policy
with regard to regulating the sale of
alcohol.
Mr. Rogers-To prescribe attor
neys' fees in foreclosure cases and to
declare all contracts, mortgages and
agreements in violation of the terms
of this act null and void and to fur
ther provide for attorneys' fees in
certain cases.
Mr. Clifton-To provide for the ex
pense of conducting certain primary
elections.
Mr. Clifton-To allow the^cirxpit
judges of thit State. traveling ex
penses.
Mr. Clifton-To allow certain wid
ows above 45 years of age, to par
ticipate in the pensions fund.
.Mr. Crosson-To establish the office
of State highway engineer, to define
his duties, to fix his salary and to
appropriate money to carry out the
provisions of this act.
The House also cast its vote foi
E. D. Smith for U. S. Senator.
Without any debate the house pass
ed to third reading Mr. Browning's
bill prohibiting the fradulent use of
the credit of corporations by the
officers.
The House had some extended de
bate on Mr. Ayer's education com
mission to simlify and harmonize the
laws of the State. The bill provided
for a commission of seven to report
back to the next general assemblv.
Without a word of dissent or dis
cussion the House killed the Senate
bill providing for a raise in salaries
for State officials.
The Senate bill providing for an
amendment to the constitution relat
ing to municipal indebtedness was
passed to third reading, it being nec
essary to call the roll on this . The
amendment now becomes a law.
Mr. McMahan's bill amending the
railroad incorporation law passed
without debate.
Mr. Berg's marriage license hill
was killed, although the author de
fended it vigorously.
In the Senate three unsuccessful
votes were taken for Associate Jus
tice of Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Messrs. Tb os. P. Cothran, of Green
ville; D. E. Hydrick, of Spartanburg;
Geo. W. Gage:, of Chester; John C.
Sheppard, of Edgefield ; R. C. Watts,
of Cheraw, are candidates and a
deadlock is not improbable. The fol
lowing are some of the new bills
offered :
Mr. Mauldin-To prevent frauds
by giving worthless checks, drafts
and orders.
Mr. Mauldin-To empower the
county boards of education and the
several boards of trustees to estab
lish kndergartens.
Mr. Sinkler-To provide for sub
mitting to an election the manner in
which spirituous liquors and other
beverages shall be sold or whether or
not they Khali be sold in any county.
Mr. Sinkler-To grant to tho city
council of Charleston all the right,
title, interest and estate of the State
of South Carolina in and to certain
lands in the harbor of Charleston.
Mr. Otts-To ratify the amend
ment to section 7, article 8, of
the constiution, relating to municipal
bonded indebtedness.
Mr. Dick-To provide for the in
vestigation of the State Hospital for
the Insane. .'
Mr. Hall-To provide an additional
-emedy in homestead proceedings.
In the House the following bills
were introduced:
Mr. Dixon-To. require railroad
companies in . this State to file with
the railroad commission a list of
passes issued by them.
Mr. Wilhams-Prescribing a pen
alty for any person practicing, law
without having been admitted and
sworn as an attorney.
Mr. Sinkler-To devolve the duties
with reference to the analysis and
inspection of commercial fertilizers
jointly upon the boards of trustees
of Winthrop Normal and Industrial
and Clemson colleges.
Mr. Todd-To make disordely con
duct on passenger trains a misde
meanor. .'
The following third reading bills
were ordered sent to the Senate:
Mr. Browning-To prohibit the
fradulent use of credit of corpora
tions.
Mr. Scarborough-To amend an act
entitled "An act to prescribe, the
punishment for assault with intent
to ravish."
Mr.. Brice-A bill to amend an act
entitled "An act to limit the hours
of labor in cotton and woolen mills."
Tho following hills were introduc
ed iu the Senate Thursday:
Mr. Kelley-To provide for,, the re
lief of sureties upon the bonds of
persons acting in a fiduciary capacity.
Mr. Harvey-To authorize the gov
ernor to parole prisoners on condi
tions.
Mr. Harvey-To require thc pro
ponents of new counties to pay the
expenses of surveys, elections, etc.
Mr. Black-To require railroad
companies to accept passengers O'
'local freight {rains.
Mr. Sinkler-To protect thc own
ers of bottles, boxes, syphons, tins or
1 kegs used in the sale ol' soda wp tere,
: porter ale, beer, cider, gingerale, milk,
small beer, larger beer, "Weiss beer,
I white beer or other beverages or med
icines, medicinal preparations, par
: f umery,; oils, compounds or mixtures.
Mr. Waller-To amend law confer
ring the power to condemn lands,
steams and water sheds and for sew
? craike.
Mr. Mauldin-To amend the State
I insurance law by providing for part
insurance in old line companies and
regulating settlement of losses.
; Mr. McKeithan-Proposing to
amend section 7, article 8, of the con
! stitution relating to municipal bond
ed indebtedness.
Mr. Johnston-To fix the time for
holding courts in the Eighth judicial
circuit.
Mr. Weston-To enlarge the pow
ers and duties of the commissioner
of agriculture and immigration, to
prescribe the duties of persons, firms
and corporations subject to his super
vision, to prescribe penalties for
failures to perform the same.
The Senate adjourned to Tuesday
evening.
The following bills were offered in
the House:
Mr. Vander Horst (by request)
To require the drainage of phosphate
mining excavations so as to better
provide for the public health.
Mr. Brice-To prescribe the condi
tions upon which legal reseve life
-insurance companies may write in
their policies and certificates that
their legal reerve is secured by a
deposit in the' State in which they
are chartered.
Mr. Mare-To amend section 1214
of code of daws of South Carolina
1902, volume 1 (criminal code) By
prohibiting the transfer of children
to another without the consent of
the board of trustees of receiving
school.
Mr. K. P. Smith-To fix the salary
of the mayor or intendant of any city
,or town heretofore or hereafter in
corporated under the general laws of
the State. ? i
Mr. Carey-To provide for hearing
in the court of common pleas of cases
in which the State has an interest.
Mr. Carey-To regulate the prac
tice and procedure in appeals in
cases in which the State is interested.
Charleston delegation-To submit
question of dispensary or no dispen
sary to qualified eletors in any coun
ty in the State.
Mr. Cosgrove (by request)-To au
thorize cities having a population of
50,000 or more and 'located upon nav
igable streams to condemn private
property for the purpose of extend
ing, improving or protecting their
C water fronts.
The following bills passed their
third reading in the Senate Friday :
Mr. Weston-To declare the wulful
or wanton burnin? of any building
which is insured a felony, and to pro
vide punishment therefor. With
amendemnts.
Mr. Bates-To amend section 2940
of trie code, relating to the empanel
ing of jurors. With amendments.
Mr. Earle-Relating .to the nollu
tion of water courses.
Mr. Clifton-To further define and
extend the liability 'of telegraph com
panies in cases of mental anguish or
suffering.
Mr. Walker-To amend the law to
provide for the issuing of bonds in
public school districts in South Car
olina.
Mr. Mauldin offered a bill to make
it unlawful to pay dividends on stock
in any corporation unless the same
are actually earned on the capital
stock of such company, and for any
officer of such company to make any
false statement in regard to such
company.
Mr. Muckenfuss-To amend the
lien law so as to require persons mak
ing advances to furnisn itemized
statements.
Mr. Mauldin-Relating to pensions.
Senator Mauldin's bill as to stock
companies provides that in the cases
cited above there shall be punishment
by a fine of not less than $100 or im
prisonment for not less than 30 days.
Mr. Muckenfuss' lien law bill pro
vides this addition: "That it shall be
the duty, of the person making such
advances to make out and deliver to
the person for whom the advances are
made at the time the advances are
made a true and correct itemized
statement, find showing, if money, the
amount of principal and interest
charged, and if supplies the amount,
kind and prices charged for such
supplies."
Mr. Mauldin's pension bill provides
that all Confederate soldiers and sail
ors, being G4 years of age, who par
ticipated in the War Between the Sec
tions ,for a period of 12 months, or
honorably discharged therefrom, on
account, of wounds received or in
firmity, shall be entitled to participate
in the pension fund provided by thc
State for Confederate soldiers and
sailors.
The Senate then adjourned until
Monday.
Among bills of lesser importance
the House passed the Richards' bill
for repeal of thc lien law by vote of
85 to 35.
It met at night to pass uncontested
bills to third reading.
Adjourned until Tuesday.
Among the new bills offered dming
the day were there:
Mr. Fultz-To amend an act relating
lo pensions.
Messrs. Utsey and Casque-To pro
vide for the taxation of timber.
Mr. Dixon-To enforce the liability
of express or transfer companies in
'i.is State for damages arising from
carelessness or neglect in transporta
ron and deliv?rv of goods in theil
<hj?vge.
Mr. K. P. Smith-Prohibiting tin
-ale of cigarettes or cigarette papci
n this Si a rc. .
Mr. Todd-To protect the owners
"f bottles, boat's, siphons, tins oi
*egs, used in thc sale of soda watets
iner&l or aerated water, porter, ale
^or, cider, gingerale, milk, cream
"nail beer lager, Wales beer, white
.<T. or other bevvages or medicines
rdicinr? 1 preparations, perfumery
I? rc -".ls o?* mixtures.
The House then adjourned til'
" ""?day.
COLO, ICY BLIZZARD
All Sections of the Country in
Grasp of Sleet and* Snow.
TRAINS BURIED UNDER SNOW.
Wires Are Prostrated in Furious
Gales Which Steadily Swept From
West to the East With Great Dam
age in Their TraiL
Chicago, Special.-Four dead, many
injured, much suffering and an un
known property loss is the toll paid
by Chicago to the storm that swooped
down upon this city Friday noon.
Early on Saturday the snow ceased
falling, the temperature dropped not
much above the zero mark:
The dead: Thomas Clancy, delivery
wagon driver, killed when an auto
mobile crashed into his team under
cover of blinding snow. Patrick
Crane, 35 years old, killed by being
blown from stairway. Morris Haberle,
70 years old, dropped dead from over
exertion, while shoveling snow from
bis side walk during the blizzard.
Patrick Higgins, 35 years old, drop
ped dead overcome by cold, while
waiting for a street car.
Train Lost in the Snow.
The train on the South Minnesota
division of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul, lost in the snow drifts
some time Thursday night is still
unlocated. The train was reported
lost in a snow drift west of Jackson,
Minn. It was last reported at Kin
brae, Minn.,'345 miles west of La
Crosse. The train is now supposed
to be buried between Kinbae and
Sibley. Communication between these
two points is obstructed. In the train
there aro two day coaches and a
combination mail, baggage and ex
press car. No food was aboard the
train. Railroad officials believe the
passengers were given shelter at
Kinbrae or at farm houses along the
fine. The overland train, due Friday,
became stalled somewhere in Iowa,
and for 24 hours it has been battling
with the blizzard. Intense suffering
was experienced by many passengers
on trains which were, unprovided with
sleeping and eating accomodations.
Florida Weather Coldest in Years.
Pensacola, Fla., Special.-Follow
ing a wind which attained a velocity
of 15 miles an hour and which had
been blowing steadily for twelve
hours at over thirty miles, came a
drop in temperature Saturday morn
ing of 5 degrees and this section of
Florida is experiencing the clodest
weather of the past two seasons. It
is feared that the fruits and vege
table crops may be seriously injured
by the cold weather due to the warm
weather of the past few weeks caus
ing them to bud and spout.
Entire East in Storm's Grasp.
Washington, Special.-Gale-swept
coasts, a freeze in the fruit belt of
Florida, temperatures 20 to 30 de
grees below the seasonal average,
snow in many sections and cold snaps
everywhere north of the Mexican
Gulf and east of the Rockies were
the features that marked Saturday
night's weather map. The storm,
with its trail of cold wave and ac
companiment of high winds, is off the
New England coast, passing off to sea,
wrecking craft along the Atlantic as
an earnest of its force.
Anniston, Ala., Special.-A fierce
blizzard prevailed here, the first snow
of the season falling Saturday morn
ing. There have been five fires since
the blizzard began.
Columbus, Ga., Special.-With the
mercury several degrees below freez
ing point and steadily falling, Col
umbus on Saturday night was in the
grasp of the severest blizzard of the
winter.
Wireless Saves Two More Vessels.
Norfolk, Va., Special.-The inesti
mable value of wireless telegraphy
was again demonstrated Saturday in
Hampton Roads when a message
flashed through the air telling of the
collision bf the Old Dominion liner
Hamilton with a car barge of the New
York, "Philadelphia & Norfolk Rail
road, and calling for assistance.
Kills Wife and Self.
Wilmington, N. C., Special.-Evi
dently enraged toward her because
she would not consent to return with
him to Atlanta, Ga., or surrender to
him their 17-month-old child, Edward
A. Mizer, a young white man living
here for the past six weeks, Sunday
at Second and Nun streets, in a prom
inent residence section, intercepted
his young wife, a daughter of John H.
Land, a well-known carpenter here, as
she was on her way to the First Bap
tist Sunday school; shot her twice,
resulting in her death an hour latei
at the hospital; then turned the pis
tol upon himself.
Town Devastated by Fire.
Coffeyville, Kan., Special- Th?,
town of Nowata, across the line from
here in Oklahoma, was aliaost wiped
off tho map Saturday by a fire tha
destroyed 13 business houses, twe
banks and the county court house
which held all the records of thai
section of Oklahoma. The loss is
estimated at $200,000.
Cold Ware a Blessing to Georgia.
Savannah, Ga., Special.-A dozen
reports received from as many towns
throughout south Georgia assert that
the present cold weather came at the
right timo to prevent the killing of
thc fruit crop later on. "It is instead
of being a curse a veritable Godsend ':
is the wording of several reports.
Fruit growers all seem satisfied with
run outlook for a grood fruit crop,
hough the low temperature records
cf more than two years' standing
have been broken in several places.
MORE ABOUTPELLAGR?
A Grave Menace to Health Consider
ation in the South.
. Washington, Special.-Looming up
as a grave menace to health condi
tions in the South is the recent ap
pearance of a deadly disease known
to medical scientists as "pellagra."
For several centuries "pellagra'1 is
known to have existed in the Old
World, but its presence in thc South
has but recently been- discovered.
This peculiar disease has been di
agnosed as true pellagra and the
reedit for its discovery in the South
belongs to Passed Assistant Surgeon
C. H. Lavinder, of the public health
and marine hospital service. "Pel
lagra" is a malady caused by the
eating of spoiled "maize" and pro
duces in persons afflicted with it a
sort of intoxication. The disease gen
erally occurs among the poorer
classes of the rural population who
subsist largely or exclusively, on
corn most usually prepared by boiling
corn meal in salt water called "pol
entia|' in Italy. Dr. Lavinder states
that in pallagrous countries the corn
is often of a poor quality, gathered
before maturity and not properly
cured and stored, so that parasites
more easily develop upon it.
"The disease usually begins with
gastro-intestinal disturbances," says
Assistant Surgeon Lavinder, "follow
ed shortly by the erythema of the
skin, and in a brief while there is
more or less involvement of the ner
vous system. It is slowly advancing
toxemia, the brunt of which, in the
end, is borne by the nervous system,
and each annual recurrence leaves a
deeper and mr?fc indelible mark on
the mental and nervous condition of
the sufferer." The great gravity
lies in the number of people affected,
and in its immediate and remote con
sequences not only to individuals, but
to the race-intellectual feebleness,
lessened resistance, economic loss,
physical deterioration of the race,
etc." ,
Concerning the etiology bf the dis
ease, it is said to be an intoxication
due to using as food Indian corn
(maize), which under the influence
of unidentified parasitic growths
(fungi), has undergone certain
changes with the production of ene
or more toxic substances of a chem
ical natures. Within the past two or
three . yea>-s, for some reason or rea
sons unknown, this disease has rap
idly increased in numbers and ex
tent of territory affectd. "Pllagra"
bears a close resemblance to the ac
tent to territory effected. "Pellagra"
it occurs in the old world, though dif
fering in some particulars, and the
acute cases greatly preponderate and
the mortality is high. "Since it is
of a serious nature, and epidemic in
character," declares Dr. Lavinder,
"knowledge concerning it is becom
ing of much importance to the Amer
ican physician and especially to the
practitioner in the Southern States."
Roosevelt and Fairbanks Guests at
Dinner of Gridiron.
Washington, Special.-Farewell to
President Roosevelt and vice-Presi
dent in their official capacity only,
was said to them Saturday night by
the famous Gridiron club of Washing
ton newspaper men.
Thc occasion was the annual winter
dinner of that club. In all there were
nearly 200 guests, and. as is always
the case, the roll included many that
figure eonsoiciously in the hall . of
fame. Ambassadors, justices of thc
supreme court of the United States,
cabinet officials, senators, representa
tives, editors, publishers and men of
affairs generally, were in this gather
ing- of guests of the newspaper men.
It was far from a sad affair,
though the occasion was of a i are well
nature, Gridiron dinners never are
sad. As the president and vice-pres
ident were the guests of honor, so
they came in for equal prominence
in the fun of the evening.
Water Wagon a Featur e.
The temperance movement that has
swept over the country showed its
effect on the club. As the souvenir
of the dinner, the guests were given
"H-2-0," illustrated Grid-Iron alma
nacs, published by the "Grid-Iron
Water Wagon Press." Between its
covers there was no remedy given
for tte ills of 'statesmen, journalists,
.real newspaper men, molly coddles,
malefactors of greAt wealth'1' other
than plain "H-2-0" In this alamnac,
thc "Teddy Bear" formed {he cen
tre of the Zodiac, while the entire
production was marked as forwarded
to copgress as "special message No.
232323232323."
"A Total Eclipse."
The guests observed particularly
that a total eclipse of the year is
due "early in March," and "will be
viewed with interest by the United
States, Canada, Africa and Oyster
Bay."
Glass Works Resume.
Grafton,, W. Va., Special- Th*
operation of the Wells window-glass
plant, at Sistersville, was resumed
Friday by co-operative concern com
posed entirely of Morganton work
men, who have formed the Indepen
dent Glass Company. By this method
the company will be able to sign' the
national scale.
Prohibition Fight in Norway.
Christiana. By Cable-There has
been widely published through Nor
way the manifesto of an organization
formed by representatives from all
parts of the county to combat the
prohibition movement. It invites
every community to organize against
the aggressive prohibition party. Its
program is to protect individuals and
commercial liberty, to oppose tne mis
use of intoxicating drinks, to erect
asylums for drunkards and to fight
the Prohibitionists at local elections.
tl NEWS IN BRIEF
{terns of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Gabl?^ -^^
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Live Items Covering Events of Moro
or Less Interest at Homo and
Abroad.
W. N. Cromwell who affected th?
Panama canal purchase, was before
the grand jury 'in Washington Satur
day about the libed suit of the gov
ernment against the New York
World.
Pensacola, Fla., has "Blue Laws''
on the observance of the Sabbath and
the sheriff executes them rigidly, but
two games of base ball were played
on the government reservation last
Sunday, one by the local team, and
the army boys, and the other by the
army and navy boys. The sheriff
had to be still.
Dayton, Ohio, has been afflicted
with a series of murders of young
women, the latest of which was Miss
Mary Forscher, whose body wa?
found in a shed near her home last
w?ek.
Edward English and H. C. Walston,
prominent and wealthy farmers shot
each other to death near Beatrice,
Ala., about a negro laborer last Sun
day. ?
Frank Carter died in Atlanta last
week of apoplexy. It was proved
that he had lived the last seventeea
years with his neck broken.
The Enquirer-Sun, of Columbus,
Ga., came near being destroyed by
fire Monday.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi
has sustained the anti-tr?jst law of
that commonwealth.
While approaching the land the
rescued passengers of the Republia
and the Florida, made up a purse of
$1,060 to be distributed among th?
Tews of the Republic, the Baltic amt
the Fi irida, 50 per cent, 35 per cent
and 15 per cent respectively, as it
token of gratitude. The Baltic crew,
with thanks, asked that they receiver
theirs in medals.
The graded school of New Bern.,
N. C., have been closed by county
physicians on account of an out
break of scarlet fever.
The Boyd Hotel at Hamlet, N. C,
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday
night. It was a four-story structure.
.The Southern and the Bessemer
Cotton Mills, of Bessemer, N. C.,
were sold in Charlotte on Wednes
day, by Receiver Cone. The former
to Geo. Stevens, of Charlotte, for
$110,000 and the other to Gen. John.
Gill, of Baltimore, Md., for $40,000.
Since Augusta fed President-elect
Taft on 'possum New Orleans pro-,
poses to feast him on alligator
steak when he arrives there.
Malcolm R. Patterson was . inaugu
rated Wednesday, as. governor ot*
Tennessee, for a second term.
' Rowesville, S. C., had a fire Sun
day morning that burned about $S0,
000 worth of cypress lumber. It was
insured at about SO per cent of its
value.
A bill has been introduced "in the
Legislature of Iowa giving a bounty
of 50 cents on the head of every
rattlesnake killed. The rattlers are
a menace to the citizens along the
Mississippi.
Fire burned a pier in Galveston,.
Texas, last Friday together with 7,000
bales of cotton and large stores of
cotton seed oil, cotton seed meal and
lumber.
Henderson Gremeans, said to be
112 years old, dropped dead last Fri
day at Gallipolis, W. Va.
Mrs. Ruth Leavitt, daughter of
.Hen. Wm. J. Bryan, has entered suit
against her husband for divorce on,
ground of non-support.
Washington Briefs.
The Turkish Ambassador . has ar
rived in Washington and represents
that the Ottoman empire is trans
formed and the Sutan delighted with,
the constitutional monarchy.
The Government has now opened
its alcohol school in tha city for the
instruction of the people of the Unit
ed States in proper methods of mak
ing'and using the denatured product.
Hon. E. D. Smith was elected U. S.
Senator from South Carolina on Wed
nesday to succeed Frank B. Gary,
whose term expires March 4th.
A bill has been drawn with re
gard to the Brownsville affair that
is said to .be agreeable to the Presi
dent and Senator Foraker.
Secretary of State Root and Am
bassador Bryce of Great Britton-.have
signed a treaty Ky which a perma
nent high joint commission will
hereafter arbitrate the varied dilrlcui
ties arising between the United States
and Canada, particularly along the
water front of C?nida and also on
the Great Lakes.
Foreign Notes.
On the eleventh anniversary of the
entrance of the ill-fated Maine in
the harbor of Cuba, the New Maine
entered that port to honor the in
auguration of President Gomez.
Louis T. Navarro has applied to
the Government of Mexico for a
patent cn a machine that he says
will foretell an earthquake six hours
before its occuranc? in any locality.
China's baby ruler is reported to
have smallpox.
Castro, the deposed president of
Venezuela, in all his bearings seems
to say "I'll be good now."
Turkey and Bulgaria are still not
agreed in matters of detail and they
give some annoyance to the Euro
pean powers.
The fiftieth anniversary of Emp
eror Williams birthday was celebrat
ed on last Thursday.
It is said that as many as a dozen
earthquakes occur in I^aly every day.
Many will take refuge in America
as soon as they can get away.