Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-26
FRIDAY, MARCH a6, 1909.

connection the attention Of a member
of the state board was directed to the
curious outcome Of a recent local case,
where practically all the members Of
a large family were bitten by mad
dog supposed to be suffering from ra-
bies. The head of the dog was sent
on to Baltimore and the head Of the
family went there for Pasteur treat
ment. Immediately the hospital re-
ported that analysis Of the dogs head
showed most virulent type OF rabies,
and the family's head was put through
thorough scientific treatment and af-
ter recovery his bill amounting to sew
eral hundred dollars was cheerfu!ly
and gratefully paid, meantime the oth.
er members Of the family, who TOOK
a home 'unscientific" treatment were
also miraculously saved from the dis-
ease. THAT Is easily explained, SAID
the DOCTOR solemnly declining to join IN
the smile that went around at the eA,
pense of the profession. The geneTai
lay mind" he went on impresslVeiy,
has an altogether erroneous idea on
the subject. AS matter OF 1act NOT
more than a third Of the people who
are animal bitten even at the points
where the circulation is most active as
In the face or the hands. ever con-
tract the disease, and the contractloh
of the disease where the bite Is through
some norton of the clothing Is mucn
more rare. for the reason that the
saliva carrying the disease germs does
not get into the blood. All OF whlch
accounts for the marvellous cures Ell
fected by madstones and other un-
scientific treatments.
-Columbia special Of yesterday TO
Charlotte Observer: The seVerest
wind, rain and electrical storm TINS
citv has experienced in perhaps ten
wears swept the whole southern ana
middle section Of the state at an early
hour this morning, causing a variety
of wire troubles at all points OF tne
commas. and in at least two instances
that are known greatly endangered
passenger traffic. At Child's stauon
on the Charleston division OF the
Southern, a freight car was blown up
on the main track, causing tne par
tial wrecking of an early incoming
freieht train and tying up tramc
of all kinds on the line several hours.
There were no fatalities, though tne
f,reman on the Inflated freight is salo
to have been seriously injured.
nassenger train would have sunereo
the same fate as the freight put 1oI
the difference in the schedule. AZ
HYATT Park a big pine tree was down
down across the Seaboard's line De-
tween here and Hamlet, but was re,
moved before it seriously endangereo
a passenger train. A two-story Sos
tage, nearing completion at nios
wood was wrecked and small sla-
t;or room belonging to the street car
aeonle was blown away near the same
snot The cottage was being put up
hy Messrs. Rucker & Fink. The street
car lines connecting the several SUP
urban villages surrounding Coiulh
hia were not seriously crippled.
counle of trees blown across the ny
att park line delayed tramc onIy
short while The path OF the stoi
appears to have been from Savannam
and Charleston, according 70 ths W.
the telegraph and telephone ana ran
rned neople are experiencing trouble,
hut Section Director Bauer says tnere
we're Storm conditions last night anu
today sweeping practically the enTre
Country east of the Rockies. Inc
highest wind velocity so far reported
u,as forty-five miles an hour. Inc
gales prevailed throughout nortnelh
Georgia and the Carolinas last nisns.
It was showing this morning .nrot tSa
western North Carolina and up the
Cbio ya,Iev eastward to New YORK:
fIigb winds are prevailing today an
along the north Atlantic coast, the
storm now centering at New Jersey
Mr. Rauer says the storm In this sec
tion will be followed tom"rrow morn ,
ing by frost temperature. All teie.
nhone and telegraph communication
Is cut off south Of here toward Savam,
nah and Charleston. The Wesle.n
Union has twenty wires from mere "
Savannah. All are down. Also par.
of its numerous lines between mere
and Augusta, and the company suHsFs ,.
cd ereaf damage at Clearwater on TINS
line near Augusta. A dozen Dig poies
are down at this point. The western
linton is also experiencing trouble at
ali other points Of the compose
Corps of linemen have been sent ou.
from Savannah, Charleston, Augusta
and Charlotte in addition to those go
ING out from Columbia About
score of big trees and poles are aown
IN the city. The Western Union mas
four 4O-foot poles down IN the CITY
near near the Royster fertilizer plant. a
big pole carrying heavily chargsu
wires which was blown down on hou
ertson Parkway near Elmwood ave-
nue. caused the electrocutlon M
Hackman BrazelPs horse carry tnis
morning. Brazell also was terrorlzeo
49, saonnaoc of thP accident.