The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-24
FEVER-STRICKEN MEAII,IfIS,
The Dreadful Disease Steadily Spreading
business Suspended, and People Elyinp
from tho Fated City. .... ..


Business Suspended, and People Flying
from tho Fatod City. a. ...
MEMPHIS, July 2l.-Fiftccn cases of
yellow fever were reported to the
board of health this morning. Two
deaths have occurred. Tho exodus OF
citizens is in full progress, and busi-
ness is almost entirely suspended.
The general outlook is anything but
cheering. ... .1,..
MEMPHIS, July 22.-Five new cases
were reported to the Board of Health
this morning among, them Mrs. Pow
ers, of374 Shelby street, where Null
bradon's shoe shop is located. -Four
deaths since last night. The two COL
orcd companies, the Mcclellan Guards
and the Memphis Zouayos, have vol
uutecrcd their. services to protect the
property of the city if the necessity
should arrive.
MEMPHIS, July, 22-eycning.-Two
more cases We're reported to the Board
OF Health this atternoon--both colored.
Two additional deaths have occurred.
The Howard Association held a
meeting this afternoon and detailed
two members to ascertain from the
physicians where nurses are required
and they will then be furnished. The
organization as a whole will not begin
operations yet. They do not think the
situation at present sufficiently alarm
ing. .....
Under direction Of j. D.. Phmkct.
President of the State Board of Health,
JOHN johnson, the resident member,
to-day put i'll practical operation all tho
rules and regulations of the National
Board Of Health. All baggage will be
disintected under the supervision of
sanitary officials, The rules rs applied
to passengers, freight and baggage will
be rigidly enforced. ,0'~.>. ~l...
The Cotton Exchange remains open,
but all business is suspended. No re-
ports will be sent in future until bust
moss rovives. A.. .... ...l
Camp Father Matthews. under the
supervision of Father Welsh, is to be
established at once. 4 requisition has
been made for one hundred tents,
Which will be furnished soon. 1t is an
ticipatcd that four hundred people will
by this means be removed from the
city. as. ..,f- ....flu "a.
HAzINa AT WEST Po1Nr.-NIention
has been made Of the dismissal from
West Point Military Academy of six
students for hazing. This action is
the outcome Of Maj. Gen. Schofield'e
efforts to suppress custom which, of
late years, had grown to be intolcra-
Die. Some time ago he issued an or
der prohibiting it, in which he said: !:
For the comparatively intelligent and
strong to take unfair advantage of tho
inexperienced, to hGrass and annoy
them, Is an act unworthy n civilized
mani, and mich moro unbecoming an
officer and gentleman. On the other
hand, to secure justice and protection
to the dctcncolcss is the office Of the
gentle and the brave" One might
have thought that such manly scnti-
nents would have appealed strongly
to the honor of the cadets. but it seems
that they preferred to stick to tradi-
tlons, and, having tormcntcd their
victims among the lower classmen be-
yond their usual endurance, the latter
showed fight, and pitched battle
occurred, in which both parties wore
severely punished. The arrival of an
officer in the midst of the encounter
disclosed the affair to the authorities,
and convinced General Schoficld of the
necessity of prompt and vigorous
action, and, as this outbreak was fol-
lowed by a disgraceful assault on a
student who was suspected Of having
reported to the officers the treatment
the freshmen had received, no course
was left open but that Of tic expulsion
Of the guilty parties. General Scho-
field is reported as determined to
abolish hazing at any cost. and he
seems In a fair way to accomplish his
object.