Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-14
Palmetto Items.

Facts and information brought out
at the annual meeting Of the State
board of health sli0N That the small.
pox situation is rapidly growing niofo
serious throughout the State. Tbs
mortality percentage has been more
than trebled since the first b; Janu.
cry, and there arc cases now III prac.
tically every county IN the State. The
situation is at pressn. periicplarly Sc.
rious in Georgetown and McCoE. y!
the lower part of the State. Secre
tary Evans reported that the inortali.
ty has increased to 3 1.2 per cent:
since the fret OF January. as against
highest previous recnti Of one pei
cent. The virulence. of the disease is
also rapidly l!icfeasiiig iii the North
ern States, the mortality iii s0nie be.
ing as high as 20 per cent. So far
Is ear The 1 dseeretary reports sSs
cases the previous year. The Mari
boro County Medical Society has pc
titioncd both The Governor and the
State board of health to quarantine
the town Of McColl in that county.
board this morning that when he wa:
at McColl about Two weeks ago. he
saw two men at work in the knitting
mill in the seventh day of eruption.
He warned the authorities ther thai
the town would soon be full df The
disease. but the physicians disagree
ing as to the diagnosis. nothing wa:
done to prevent the spread of the i'll
fection. The board is without authori.
ty to order place Quarantilied unless
there arc. instructions 10 that effect
from the Governor. but the secretary
was directed to call the attention OF
the town authorities 10 the fact that
the State law compels them to adopt
preventive measures against the
spread of an infectious disense. In
the matter Of the qlarantine stations
at Charleston. Georgetown, Beaufort
Port ROYAL and Helena. the board de-
cideG 10 memorabilia the next Legis'
lature TO give the board the authori.
ty 10 transfer by lease cr sale these
stations TO the Federal government
the State TO be relieved OF the eX;
pense of keeping them up, but to re-
tain supervision over them, as was
done in The case Of the Florida sta
tions. The South CArolillu stations
are worth in the aggregate about So,
900.
The annual report of Winthrop col
lege was received Thursday by trus
tees and turned Uver to the State sll
perintendent of education. Most of tho
facts and figures in the report have
already been published and are famil
iar to the public. The cost of tho
college last year was S64,GS9.63 and
the receipts wereS65, ,691.6S. The col
lege next year uill ask for State ap
preparation OF S57, ,4S5.Tj.
Edwards, the alleged Eutawvllle
lyncher, who has turned States evi
dcnce. gave important testimony Al
the hearing before Magistrate Mccoy
at Georges. Edwards was brought il
by penitentiary guard and immedi
ately after giving his testimony. lefl
the place in buggy. His evidence
resulted in Andrew Martin, Easlons
Piney Martin and Policeman Palmer
being held for trial. The prisoner;
will at once apply for bail. Edwards
said that Butler and Piney Martin
were not present at the drowning o
the negro Bockhardt, but he impli
Gated Piney Martin, who had not beer
arrested. According to Edwards
Eastons, Palmer and the Martins tict
the bar of iron to Bockliardt's body
and rowed him out into the stream
and thTew him overheard