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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-13
THE HOOKWORM
and THE ARMY
Parasite Believed To Not Greatly Al.
feet Health Of Y. s. Fight
ing Men.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 13.-"In
spite of the vast economic Importance
in the Southern states, the hookworm
disease is believed not to affect great
ly the health and efficiency of the
army"
That is the conclusion Surgeon
General Torney, of the army, has
reached after a more or less extern
sive investigation into the prevalence
and severity of the disease, as it ap-
pears in the army. He makes the dis
ease the subject of consideration in
his annual report submitted to the
secretary of war.
All the observers have noted, says
General Torney, that in many cases
the infection has no evident effect
upon the health or appearance Of the
individual. Microscopic examinations
are necessary to reveal the disease in
mild cases.
The duration of the disease was one
of the features which the military in
vestigation sought to bring out OBJ
servations made by Major Chamber
lain, at Jackson Barracks, La, showed
fthat of forty-four Southern-bred re-
cruits 6S per cent were infected. Of
fifty-seven Southern-bred soldiers in
first enlistment "a per cent we're in
fected, and out of thirty-four South
ern-bred soldiers in second, or subse-
quent enlistment, only / per cent were
infected.
Statistics on this point we're OBJ
tanned from an examination Of the
army of Cuban pacification. OF the
twenty-four cases Of infection report
ed where the length of service Of the
individual was given we're in their
, first enlistment, four we're in the Sec
ond and four had served more than
two enlistments.
In an examination of Southern re-
cruits at Fort Slocum, N. Y, and at
Jackson Barracks, by Captain Silver
and Major Chamberlain, 1879 infec.
lions were found in 1853 men exam
ined.
Both Captain Silver and Major
Chamberlain agree that the physique
of the Southern recruits is less Wig
orous and robust" says the report
than is the case with those from
other parts of the country, and they
attribute this to the injurious influ
ence of this infection in childhood
and adolescence. Major Chamber
lain shows that the absolute weight
of Southern recruits is less than those
from the North, although the former
are taller, and that the weight of the
affected individuals is less than that
of those not infected"
General Torney, however, says that
the statistics given by Major Cham
berlain deal with numbers too small
for safe deductions.
"The heights and weights of South.
ern recruits given by him are above
the average of white recruits for the
whole army for the whole year, and
the fact that the weight to height
proportion is less than for Northern
recruits may be due to racial or 9TH
er causes; among which the stature
of recent European immigrants may
be a factor. A further study of this
question with large numbers will
prove of interest"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-13
Choice Of Wood.

Small and Insignificant as it is, the
match demands perhaps as much at.
tention in the choice of the wood 60
ing into its manufacture as any other
forest product. Only the choicest por
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-13

cAPUDINE for "THAT HEADACHE"
Out last nioht7 Headache and ner.
vous this morning? icks' capudIne
just the thing to II you for bustssss.
Clears the head braces thsnerves.
Try it, At drug tors
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-13
Copyright. 1900. by w. @. Chapman.)
Copyright in srsat BTitain.)
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER XxIr-Langford returns to
the island and surprises Katharine She
refuses to leave with him, and extracts
promise that he will not reveal the
tact that she is alive.
CHAPTER XX111.-Charnock Is adopt.
"a by his uncle. and made heir to the Sis
estate.
CHAPTER XXIv.-Two years later.
Langford. near to death, tells Charnnc6
10 60 back to the island.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-13

v. Wouldn't Like To.
Even a man who keeps a cash nc.
count can't tell where I'll his monev
goes to.-Somerville Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11
THE THRICE-A-WEEk WORLD,
The Greatest Newspaper OF its Type.
: 1t Always Tells the Truth as it Is,
Promptly and Fully.
Read in Every English, Speaking
Country.

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edition of tie New York World
to publish the news impartially
in order that it may be an accu-
rate reporter of what has hap
pened. 1t tells the truth, ire
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ally is, subscribe to the Thrice
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ry other day,except Sunday, and
is. thus practically a daily at the
price of a weekly.
The Thrlce-a-Week World S
regular subscription price is
only $1.0O per year, and this
pays for 156 papers. We offer
this unequalled newspaper and
The COUNTY RECORD together
for one year for $1.75.
The regular subscriptinn price
of the two papers is $2.25.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11
DOING THEIR DUTY.
Scores of kingStree Readers are
Learning the Duty of
the Kidneys.

To filter the blood is TIE kidneys
duty.
VIXEN thew fail to Go this the Kid
neys are sick.
Bachache and many kidu+s ills
follow:
Urinary trouble, diabetes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure them all.
Kingstrec people endorse ou:
claim.
Mrs r B Smith, Logan st, Kings
trees C., SAYS: "Doans Kidney rllis
have proven of great benefit to me
ard | therefore heartily recommend
them. | had kidney trouble for some
time and suffered great deal from
dull, tagging backaches. Headaches
and pains IN my kidneys were fire.
quent and | always had tired, worn
out feeling. Recently | procured
box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Scott s
drug store snd taking them us a.
rec,eI[ quickly relieved. My
strength and energy returned and my
health was improved in every way.
For sale by all dealers. Price 5C
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the nunie - Doan's-
and take no other.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11
Ten Doctors
Said He Would Die

"In 1903 we wrote you regard
ing my husband, who was suf-
fering from heart trouble. He
was superanuated by the North
Georgian Conference. Ten doc
tors at different times said he
would die. You advised DR..
Miles Heart Remedy and Re-
storative Nervine; wee did as
advised, and improvement was
apparent from the very first. He
recovered and the Conference in
1904 gave ham a charge. He
never felt better, although he
has very heavy work and does
a great deal of camp meeting
work. I am so glad we took
your advice and gave him the
medicine, and feel that | ought
to let you know of the wonder
full good results from its use"
MRS. T. S. EDWARDS,
Miner, Ga.
This proves what DR.. Miles
Heart Remedy will do. Get a
bottle from your druggist and
take it according to directions.
1t does not matter whether your
heart is merely weak, or you
have organic trouble, if it does
not benefit you take the empty
bottle to your druggist and get
your money back.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11
Summons for Relief.
COMPLAINT SERVED.

STATE or SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG,
court of Common Pleas.
f Rhem and ID D Rhem. co-partners
trading under the firm name of F
Rhem & Sons, Plaintiffs,
against
A 5 Green and M l. Lewis, Defendants.
To the Defendants A 5 Green and NJ
L Lewis:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in this
ection of which copy is herewith
served upon you, and to serve copy of
your answer to the said complaint on
the subscribers at their office in Kings
tree. S C, within twenty days after the
service hereof; exclusive Of the day of
such service; and il you fail to answer
the complaint within the time afore-
said, the plaintiffs in this action will
apply to the court for the relief de-
lnanded in the complaint.
KELLEY & HINDs,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
TAKE NOTICE: That copy Of the
summons and complaint hel elm was
| fled in the office of the clerk Of court OF
common pleas for Williamsburg county
on the 18th dav of October. 1909.
KELLEY & HINDS,
l0-2l-6t Plaintiffs Attorneys.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11
WHILE THESE ALTERATION SALES ABE
GOING ON

YOU ana your friends can ben
! eft by the richest money saw
ing chances that ever came your
way. WE MUST HAVE THE
ROOM--Proft is not thought of
Cost is lost sight of. No mat
ter what you want, write us an
an open order, we'll fill it as care
fully as if you were standing at
our elbow, and save you from l.3
to IL on every purchase.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11

was stand for FIVE minutes over a
pan of live Goals on which a
quantity of tobacco was burning,
the person, meantime, clothed
only in a winding sheet. " The
'ijigger" flea (Sarcopsylla) is a
very different insect from tie
red bug."-AHnnta Constitution.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11
OUR BIG BUSINESS
GROWS BIGGER.

CONSEQUENTLY we have to
SenIarge our buildings, and cur
stores when completed will be
five hundred feet long running in
Arcade form, right through the
block from King to Meeting street,
giving us a floor space of forty
thousand feet.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11

Tributes of respect, obituaries:
cards of thanks and all commu'
nications of a personal nature
not neus, are charged COR at the
rate of one cent a word.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11
TO DISCUSS PElLAGRa.
National Conference Held atCOlumbia
Last Week to Investigate New Disease.


Columbia, November G:-The
national conference called to in
vestigate the widespread pre-
valence of pellagra, its origin
and treatment, assembled IN
this city yesterday afternoon
for two-davs' session. The at
tendance includes several hun
dred health officers, asylum rep
resentatives, marine hospital
service officers, army surgeons,
alienists, neurotic experts and
medical men of prominence from
many parts of the country.
The conference, for which
preparations have been going
forward over a month, is at
tracing widespread attention.
Since the Secretary of the Treas
ury in his annual report last
year uttered a warning against
the spread of pellagra, many
State boards of health have in
vestigated the disease and have
made alarming reports to the
Federal government. The medi-
cal view of it's origin iuclines
strongly to the eating OF dis
eased corn. 1t has existed for
many years, usually diagnosed
under some other name,and it is
now believed that the great NOR
tality in Andersonville and 9th
er Southern prisons during the
war between the States was in
large part due to the disease
the Confederate government be.
ing unable to furnish the prls-
oners with any other breadstuffs
than those made of corn.
A recent outbreak in illinois
disclosed that many cases ex-
listed in the State insane asylum
in Peoria. A low estimate of the
Gases in the United States is
now 5000. The South has par
ticularly suffered and 676 of the
known cases are reported from
South Carolina alone, though it
is probable there is no more in
this State than in others, South
Carolina physicians having sim
ply learned more about the di-
aenoses of the ffection than the
doctors of other States.
At the opening session OF the
conference Friday atternoon,f fol-
lowing an address of welcome
bv Governor Ansel, number OF
instructive papers werf present
ed.
Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case of kidney or bladder trouble
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11

LaMorouS Dissertation on Well Known
Pest called ".Iiaaers' in Georgia.

Pest called ".IiaqerS' in Georgia.
Editor Constitutional have
Iade a discovery, that is my
ruggist made it for me. l have
[been a great sufferer, at times,
when about on my farm, from
certain very certain, too) very
industrious insects Il think called
ehiggersl or vulgarly, jiggers.
Whatever YOU may call them,
they came numerous to me
without calling. and when they
came they made me scratch for
dear life; they made the days
painful and the nights sleepless,
and it seemed that 1 was on fire
nearly all over.
The old woodsmen said: 'Rub
then with salt bacon rind. " l
rubbed, it was so obnoxious to
nv cute little boarders that
they bored deeper into my
cuticle than ever. Some one
suggested a salt glow. 1t could
not be harder than the chigger
glow, so | gave them salt in
allopathic doses rubbed in, or on,
by the orthodox osteopath
method, as the salt was furnish
ed by a Christian Science lady,
that made a pathological combl-
nation to beat any band OF
boarders. All animate life
seems to need salt. so l kneaded
salt into my epidemis freely in
fond hope and eager expectation
of filling the chiggoes with
chloride of sodium so full that
they would be satisfied to let me
B. Vain hope; they took salt all
right, it only sharpened their
appetites so they took bites OF
Worden. It was no use to put
salt on their tails and their heads
were out of sight. Coal oil is a
sure cure, volunteered my friend
(that is l supposed he was my
friend), so l rubbed on and rub
bed in kerosene. In the morn
ings | bathed in John DIS straw
color" $50 degree test, as l
thought a gallon of preventive
was worth a hogshead of cure.
fused so much of it. is one rea-
SON that Rockefeller is so rich.
Bootless effort. Why these vo-
racious chiggoes took coal OIL
like a consumptive, or Tanner
and Currier take Cod Liver OIL,
and waxed fat. well, | was
in despair, also | was infested,
very much infested. 1t was
hard for new colonies to find
choice, or chaw us either, To-
cations already not preempted by
the forerunners (maybe 1000
runners or borers). Soda is a
sure settler for such critters.
volunteered an unlicensed practl-
toner of the VolunteerState. Sc
| smeared my surface with soda
'bicarb" in a saturated form OF
thin paste we'll rubbed in. That
gave some relief, but not enough,
they still bored and burned me-
: Not being a Scientist IN des'
peration | hurried to the nearest
druggist and called loudly fol
relief, not "Radaway's Ready
Relief"-just any old thing that
II had tried all the standard
prescriptions and found them
wanting. Some even seemed te
be wanted by the chiggoes.
20, yes" he says, we have ii
right here. Give them chloro'
form until they cease to chew
it's sure cure" (or chewer's
cure. So l bought chloroform anc
out it on freely. 1t was a little
warm at first, but in a few min
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11
Registration Notice.

ASS0
The Office OF the Supervisor of Reg
istration will be open on the 1st Mon.
day in each month for the purpose OF
registering any person who is quail
fed as follows:
Who shall have been a resident OF
the State for two years, and Of the
county one year, and Of the polling pre-
cinct in which the electOr offers to
vote four months before the day OF
election, and shall have paid, si1
months before, any poll tax then due
and payable, and who can both read
and write any section of the constitu-
tion Of 1895 submitted to him by the
Supervisors of Registration, or who
can show that he owns. and has pald
all taxes collectable on during the
present year, property in this State
assessed at three hundred dollars OF
more. J. Y. McGILL,
Clerk of Board.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-11-11

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case of kidney or bladder trouble
that is not beyond the reach Of medi-
cine. Cures backache and irregu'
larities that if neglected might result
IN Bright's disease or diabetes.
DC Scott.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
Result of Similar Case.

What action the railroad company
will take in the matter is not known,
but on . former occasion, when Mr..
Eugeue Bufkin vas chief of police, a
similar action was taken by the city,
tba rase carried to the courts by the
-ai,road company, and the courts order
- a. t,e return of the confscated goods
n tbe warehouse, the contention being
that the company was responsible to
the shipper until the goods had been
delivered to the consignee.
In that instance, however, the
freight charges on the shipments had
not been paid, having been shipped
collect but in the present case all
teh shipments were prepaid, and for
that reason Mr.. Williams believes the
railroad company will not Interfere
The seized liquors will be held by
the city during the length of time re
ouired by law, unless the consignees
claim it or the railroad company take:
some action in the matter. In the
event no action is taken by either o
these parties, the liquor will be de
stroyed according to law.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
MADE Big HAUL Of
INTOXICATING SPIRITS
Fourteen Cases of Whiskey and Thir-
teen Casks Of Beer Are Now Repos.
ing In Citys Storeroom Awaiting
Final Disposition.

Yesterday afternoon Chief of Po-
lice Williams employed new and novel
methods in fighting the Hattiesburg
Blind Tiger" evil. when he went to
the warehouse of the New Orleans and
Northeastern railroad and seized
fourteen cases of whskey and thirteen
casks of beer, which were consigned
to individuals in Hattiesburg.
Chief Williams stated to News re-
porter this morning that the eXtraor
dinary precautions taken by the III
gers" in having their booze shipped to
fictitious addresses, in small quaint
ties. made the fight against this trafilo
extremely difficult, and that the best
way. IN his opinion, to put a stop to
the business was to see that it never
reached the parties for whom it was
intended. and this could be done only
bv seizing the stuff before it was de
livered by the railroad to the con
signee.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
PLANS FIR ESTIMATES
FOR FOUR FOOT CHANNEL
Will Be Made BY Engineer Jervey, and
Estimates and Costs of Sx-Foot
Channel Will eB Submitted at
Same Time.

AS a Christmas gift to Hattiesburg
and southeast Mississippi, Uncle Sam
is going to begin a detailed survey
of Leaf river. This is one of the
things that the Commercial Club has
been working for during the year, and
that was why committee was sent
to Washington in the early part OF
November
The preliminary survey made by En-
gineer J. M. Pratt and his assistants
convinced him that there should be a
detailed survey made, and he so re-
ported, but his superior, Major Jervey,
did not think so, and made an unfa-
vorable report. The matter came up
before the board of engineers for riv-
ers and harbors on appeal, and com
mittee from the Commercial Club, as
sisted by Congressman Bowers, went
before the board armed with statistics
which convinced them that Major Jer-
vey had not fully understood the i'm
portance of the proposed work. That
official was perhaps warranted in his
conclusions because some of the things
on which he based his unfavorable re-
port had not been fully understood
He was under the impression that be-
cause of the proximity of Hattiesburg
to New Orleans, Gulfport and Mobile
the competing rail lines would either
give relief or could be forced to give
it by the interstate commerce com
mission. To the board of engineers il
was made plain that our situation was
unique; that the interstate commerce
commission had been unwilling tc
grant us relief, and that the only in
jterstate railway which could afford us
relief enjoyed a perpetual charter to
: do just as it pleased and was, conse
quently, beyond the power of the state
railway commission. The importance
of the development of the river wa:
made plain and the board ordered thu
detailed survey which, by the way
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
(By Associated PreSS.)

Washington, Dec. 9-With total re-
sources of $45O19 per capita of popu-
lation, the banking institutions of the
Eastern and Middle Atlantic states
lead the country. The New England
states come next with $433.60 per cap
ita; the Pacific states are third with
$347.7S; the Middle Western fourth,
with $190.64; the far Western, fifth,
with $161.35; the Southern sixth, with
$71.19, and the island possessions tail
off with 1922 per capita. The United
States as a whole shows banking re-
sources per capita of $237.24; with the
island possessions included, the rate
is lowered to $215.35.
These comparisons form feature OF
remarkable report issued late yester
day by the national monetary com
mission giving the results of an in.
quiry which not only covers substan
TALLY every incorporated bank of any
character in the United States, but fol
the first time in the history of Amer
ican banking presents a tabulation Of
| statements showing the condition Of
all classes of banks-national, state
and savings and loan and trust com
panies-throughout the country at {
given hour, namely, the close O.
business on April 2S, 1909.
The comptroller of the currency get
such reports periodically from the ma
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
Police Raid N. O. e N. E. Depot and Seize Liquo
Democrats Elect Senator Money as Minority Lead
Bank Report Made
Public Gives Some
Startling Figures

tional banks, the various state bank
commissioners and superintendent
get them from the state banks. Never
before have the facts been taken stimuli.
taneously from all the banks of the
country.
Massachusetts leads the New Eng
land states with total banking re-
sources per capita of $517.25; in order
following come Rhode Island, St5-.12;
Connecticut, s4OO.4s; New Hampshire
s2SSSS; Vermont, 32s3.14; Maine
$26S.60.
New York. with sG7G.c7, leads the
so-called Eastern states. West Vir
ginla heads the Southern list with q
per Capita of s1I2.66. Louisiana fol
lows with $96.61; then in order come
Texas, $90.67; Virginia. sSS.61; Ken
lucky, sS6.66; Florida, sS6.54; Tennes
see, s71.46; Georgia, s64.23; Soutf
Carolina and Alabama, each $45.41
Mississippi, s45.SS; Arkansas, s41.14.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-09
CHANGE WILL CAUSE
NO INCONVENIENCE
Trustees and Council Committee Got
Busy Yesterday and Secured s2len-
did Building for Pupils Of the Main
Street School.

In compliance with the city coun-
ellis order to the trustees of the city
schools to abandon the Main street
school building and to make immedi-
ate arrangements to provide a suit
able building for the accommodation
of the school, Prof. F. F. Phillips, rep
resenting the school board, and
Messrs. Mccullough, Lassiter and
Cameron, of the city council, began
an immediate canvas of the city's
available buildings, with the result
that during the remainder Of the pres
ent school term the fairfield building.
on West Pine street, will be used for
that purpose.
In making this selection, the COM
mittee undoubtedly did the best thing
possible under the circumstances, as
the fairfield building will more near
ly fill the requirements for this pur-
pose than perhaps any building in the
city.