Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-26

NarODl, BrltlSn EAST AliiSo, says
Col. Roosevelt, accompanied by his
son Kermit, Edmond Heller and r.
]. Cunningham, left for Nyeri In the
early days of August, with the inten-
ton Of getting a bull, cow and calf
elephant. Although better elephants
are obtainable in the Nile country OF
Uganda and its immediate neighbor-
hood, Col. Roosevelt was anxious to
get an elephant in the KAMA district
so that Heller could have a better
chance In the cooler climate there OF
saving the skin in good condition.
AS already cabled, Col. Roosevelt has
got a fine bull elephant. with tusks
weighing about 80 pounds each. which
Is a very good sized one for the
Kenia district. On the Mwern to
Nyeri road, man-eating lions have
been playing havoc with the govern
ment's safferis and traders safferies,
so that at last the government was
forced to close the road to tranc.
Some hundred men, women and chill
dren have lost their lives to these
animals so IL Col. Roosevelt does kill
them he will have done the communi-
ty special service.
- Charlotte, October %: Monday
morning some Of the largest mills In
the Piedmont section Of the Carolinas
will inaugurate a one or two weeks
curtailment and IL conditions do not
improve It is likely that this period OF
curtailment will be considerably ex-
tended. The first North Carolina plant
to inaugurate the curtailment plan Is
the Tarboro mill, and the Henrietta
mills, the biggest plant In the state,
employing 5000 operatives, will follow
suit Monday and Ii Is probable that
the Caroleen mills, under the same
management, will shut down in few
days. The seven big mills in Spartan
burg county, s. c., shut down last
night. These are the Whitney, Spar
tan, Clifton, Glendale, Arkwright,
Lockhart and Pacolet. They consume
about 100000 bales Of cotton annually
and employ several thousand opera
tives. The mills have run for two
weeks on five days time; but the pres
emit shutdown Is complete and for an
indefinite period. There is now feel
ing among the manufacturers that the
curtailment proposition, having been
sanctioned by the American Manufac-
turers' association, can be put in prac-
tice by the mills without thereby in
juring their standing In the least, and
as 1t has been pretty generally agreed
that curtailment is the business-like
course to pursue, the movement is
gaining strength as 1t progresses.
Washington, October %: An inves-
tigation of pellagra, which has devel-
oped most rapidly in the south recent
ly, will shortly be made by officers Of
the public health and marine hospital
service and Of the army. Capts. Jos.
F. Siler and Henry ]. Nichols Of the
medical corps Of the army have al
ready been selected for this work A
meeting Of the investigation commits
sion will take place at Columbia, 8. c.,
Nov. 3rd. The secretary Of the treas
ury in his last annual report invited
attention to probable public importance
of pellagra and recommended unre-
mitting study Of every phase Of the
problem Of the disease. Surgeon Cen
eral Wyman Of the public health and
marine hospital service some time ago
announced that pellagra had been a
menace to the health Of Italy for more
than 100 years. 1t was first reported
in this country from Alabama in 1907
and the health authorities now estimate
the number Of cases in the United
States at over 5000. The surgeon
general reported that there was uni
versal and profound conviction that the
disease was in some way related to the
consumption Of musty corn and that
on account of the great severity
and high mortality Of pellagra and be-
cause of its expected relationship to
corn, it was rapidly becoming a matter
Of national health and economic i'm
portance.
st. Louis, Oct. 25: When Presi-
dent Taft left here at o'clock this
after a strenuous day Of
speech making, dining and riding,
he embarked upon a river trip Of
nearly 1900 miles. Following the
government steamer Oleander, on
whose upper deck the president stood,
acknowledging the thunderous fare
wells Of the crowds on the levees and
bridges. came ten river packets car
ernors, several diplomats, represen-
tatives of eight South and Central
American governments at Washing
ton. twenty United States senators,
nearly two hundred members Of con-
gress and officials of every state on
both sides Of the river, besides hun
dreds of delegates from commercial
bodies, bound for the convention Of
the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Water
ways association at New Orleans. The
fiotilla was preceded down the river
yesterday by the second division Of
the Atlantic torpedo boat fotilla of
the United States navy. This squad
ron, consisting of the destroyer Mac
donough and the torpedo boats
Wilkes, Thornton and Tingey, is
charged with the duty Of preparing
for the proper reception of President
Taft at each Of the eight cities where
stops will be made before New Or
leans is reached next Saturday morn
ing. The squadron is under the COM
mand of Lieut.. Willis G. Mitchell, and
has been in St. Louis since the cele-
bration Of this city's centennial early
in October. The naval vessels will
await the f1otilla at Memphis and aim
to keep we'll ahead Of the presidential
fleet so that the smoke from their
tunnels will not obstruct the view Of
the deep waterway delegates and the
government officials whom they seek
to convert to the project Of deepen
ing the river. For similar reasons,
a considerable distance was kept be-
traap tho hoats of the DreSidaOtia1