Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-25
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The X-ray. as a cure for some cases
Of leprosy has been demonstrated by
the American health authorities in
the Philippines, according to DIR. Vic
tor G. Heizer, chief quarantine officer
in the islands. He says the X-ray is
suitable only for specially selected
cases, and is valuable only In the
early stages.
Sam Ray and Clarence McCants
were killed, and JEFF McCants was
seriously injured In an electric storm
that passed over parts Of Georgia and
Tennessee Monday, -Four others
were less seriously injured.
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh is working on a scheme to re-
form the world s money.
The Cunard Line steamer Lucania
was almost burned to- the hull by a
fire that broke out Saturday night.
She was submerged at Liverpool Sum
day night.
Surgeon General Wyman has a
staff of doctors investigating pella-
gra, the Italian disease, which causes
insanity, and which has recently been
found In America.
The medical board of Virginia on
Monday created 118 new doctors
within the State.
A thousand devices have been sub
mitted in the mail-tyin ngg-machine con-
test Of the Postofice Department.
Commissioner. Of Corporations
Smith has considerable evidence tend
ing to prove the existence OF vast
water-power combine.
Gov. Haskell Of Oklahoma, is now
prosecuting the United States mar
Shall and the grand jury who present
ed him on the charge of land frauds.
Paul C. Collins, who was shot at
Black Mountin week ago, arrived
at Hillsboro, N. c., Monday after
noon. He walked unassisted from
the train to his carriage.
Eight bids came from the Fore
River Shipbuilding Company, all nn-
der class 2, and ranging from $5,-
$1,000 to $5,097,OOO.
The highest price paid for cotton
in Montgomery in 25 years was
reached Wednesday when the first
new bale of the season from this
county was sold at auction for 80
cents a pound.
On the Island of Crete, the situa-
ton is still complicated. The Greek
flag which was shot down by the
marines has been hoisted again by
the citizens in the presence of a
powerless military force.
What the doctors at Belvue. New
York, say is remarkable amnea or
loss of memory developed Thursday
when sturdy middle-aged man well
dressed and to all appearance sane,
applied for admission. Questioned
by the, admitting physician, he conld MD
not remember his name, his residence 81 e
or whether he was Marie or single:
He had a hazy reeollection OF beng
in saloon early in the day and tax Ak
ing a drink.
DR.. Charles A. Balses is President
Taft's physical advisor and athletic
trainer. He says in wrestle the
President is very hard to throw and
that in the gloves he is decidedly a
hard knocker. No surplus fat about
his 3O4 to 3O6 pounds avoirdupois.
Eight box cars left the track near
Inman, S. c., Tuesday night without
doing any damage save delaying the
trains to and from Asheville from
four to six hours.
The Alabama Senate finally passed
all the provisions Of the prohibition
bill except forbidding the sale Of
newspapers containing liquor ad.
The lower house of the Alabama
legislature passed o bill to prohibit
the publication of the name OF any
female having suffered an assault but
the Senate refused to concur.
That Sutton came to his death
from pistol wound inflicted by him
self is the verdict of the court OF IN
quiry.
Prof. ]. H. swindell, for years in
the chair of astronomy at Southern
university, is sharpening scissors in
the streets Of Atlanta, Ga.
American bankers are to get one
fourth of the Honkow-Sze Chuen
railroad loan.
Pinning his last hope on his belief I
that he would regain his eyesight if
he bathed in the sea on the feast day
Of the Blessed Virgin, Peter. Kelly
Brooklyn, found that it failed him
and, concluding that he would never
be able to see again, committed sui,
eide early Tuesday by inhallng llluml'
mating gas. &.
The National Red Cross Society
hope to sell 5O,0OO,O0O stamps next
Christmas to aid tuberculosis fights
Reports from all the fruitgrowine
sections of West Virginia indicate O
bnnnor cron of apples and peaches