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of the postal savings bank system at an
expense of 10000.
In urging the motion, Mr.. Bacon sala
that he understood that there were
vacant buildings on property now owned
by the government and that some OF
those buildings might be available for
use for ofiices for the postal savings bank
system. II that Is possible, he said. he
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Nearly every city Of the United States
on the Atlantic coast having maritime
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did not favor tine use Of the funds which
the Senate voted to put the system into
effect for rental.
The bill is to be returned from the
House. to which II was sent for action
after its passage few days ago. and
will remain ON the Senate calendar until
II is determined if quarters can be OBJ
tanned In buildings in the possession oe
Cucle Sam.
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Prominent g. "A. B. Man Dead.

ANDOVER, Mass, January 17.-Peter
D. Smith, commander Of the Department
of Massachusetts,, G. A. r., in 1900, died
yesterday. aged sixty-eight years. He
was president Of the Smith & Dover Man.
ufacturing Company. manufacturers Of
thread and Irvine.
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scourgs Common
on Atlantic Coast

some time or other during the past 2O0
wears suffered from or been threatened
by the yellow fever scourge Usually the
nest does not thrive in temperature OF
less than - degrees or north of IS de.
erees or above an elevation Of $500 fee,
from sea level. Hence the cooler eastern
cities are usually immune. although spo-
radio cases have occurred on shipping az
far north as Portland. Me.
Probab,y New york city suffered ii dir.
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MORE POLICE COURT POWER.
Senate Bill Restores Its Jurisdiction
in Certain Cases.

\ bill TO give jurisdiction TO the Police
Cour; To try cases of ARRAY, keeping dis.
orderly houses and threats has been in
troduced in the Senate by Senator Clark
Of wyoming.
For several years these cases were
tried in the Police Court. but recent de-
cieion Of one Of the Judges held that the
court vas without jurisdiction over them.
That meant that all such charges must
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be investigated by the grand jury and be

be investigated by the grand jury and be
tried before the criminal branch Of the
District Supreme Court.
Local prosecuting officers believe that
the Police Court should have jurisdiction
in selch cases. and the bill presented to-
day carries out their recommendations.
Persons found guilty of INDUCING IN an
ARRAY or of keeping disorderly house.
the bill provides. are to be punished by
fine of not more than 500 or by inn
prisonment Of not more than one year.
Those found guilty of makig threats OF
personal violence are to be required to give
Q bond TO ~eep the peace, the bond to re-
main In effect six months.
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HISTORIC SCOURGES
VI-YELLOW FEVER.
By FREDERIC j. HASKN.

ferept times the severest epidemics with
the possible exception of New Orleans.
The most serious years of visitation i'm
New York were 1875. 179s. 1919, 1S.,22-.:,::;;.
In the latter years it's ravages almost
took the form OF q plague In 1910 the
appearance of the scourge occasioned
great alarm, but the sickness disappeared
on the arrival Of cold weather without
years.
But in the summer of 1922 there was
another outbreak June II. and month
later the city was
New York Suffers in the grip Of the
Severe Visitation. ness was suspend
ed in August and the first half of Septem-
Der and the metropolis was literally city
of the dead. The streets were silent. save
for the rattle of hearses over the cobble-
stone pavements and the hurried foot
steps of doctors and nurses Everybody
who could do SO fed. One day in Sep
TENDER 40. deaths occurred, and there
was no cessation in the spread OF the
disease until November. The dread OF
another visitation never wholly departed
for many years thereafter. In 1867, al
though the pest was kept out of the city,
there were $50 cases at quarantine. New
Orleans formerly suffered severely from
the almost yearly outbreaks Of yellow
fever, but in the last decade. owing to
the preventive measures described else
where. the pest has been practically sup
pressed.
Once the mosquito theory was verified
as working hypothesis 1t became a COM
paratively easy matter to eliminate the
pest by rigidly cleaning up the cities.
Cutters were swept. all standing pools of
water and nearby swamps were filled up
or sprayed with petroleum. cisterns for
domestic use were carefully screened and
the sources OF infection thus cut OF
Success was immediate. Cases Of yellow
fever in Havana, Santiago, New Orleans
and in the Panama Canal Zone became
comparatively rare, and all danger of
deadly epidemics was thencefOrth averted
The terror Of the American tropics was
vanQuished.
Tomorrow-HISTORI SOURCES.
VII-Leprosy.
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RENTAL BILL IS RECALLED.
Home for Postal Savings Bank Of
fees Nav BE Otherwise Provided.

ON motion of Senator Bacon. the Senate
Yesterday reconsidered the vote by which
q psssed the bill authorizing the rental OF
quarters in this city for the head onices
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1t matters little what 1t Is that you
want-whether a situation or a servant
"a want ad In The Star will reach the
person who will fill your need.
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Thanks to modern sanitary science ana
| to recent medical discoveries. it is now
almost possible to write the story OF
yellow fever epidemics in the past tense.
long series of investigations by Dr.
George NJ. Sternberg, eliminating in 1891.
and the further discoverieS-by q commas
sion composed Of United States Army
medical officers. headed by the late Ut.
Walter Reed. resulted in establishing the
vital fact that yellow fever is not caused
by a germ or bacillus. but is uniformly
transmitted by the bite of a mosquito,
Stegomyia fasciata. which at least ten
or twelve DAYS previously has fed on the
blood Of a yellow. fever patient during
the first three days Of the attack.
This discovery. disposed of the former
supposition that infection could be car
ried by the clothing. bedding or eNcreta
of those attacked. and at once raised the
question of how to deal with the mos
quito itself. since it had long been mat
ter of record that the insect was always
more plentifully in evidence during cpl
denies than at other times. Hence, since
the year named. all successful efforts Tor
suppressing yellow fever have gone TO
the founrainhead of infection and nave
been devoted to destroying the stegomyla
pools. cutters, etc, in such Sear-round
fever-haunted cities as Santiago. vera
Cruz, New Orleans, Havana and Panama.
1t was found that the favorite breeding
places of the yellow fever mosquito were
primarily the UNI
Rreedinp Places covered sources
:. of domestic wa
as rain barrels. cisterns or roof tanks.
The stegomyia is a purely domestic mos
ltquito. Further. it was discovered that the
| male insect does not bite, only the female,
which lays her eggs in water in the
places named. The remedy was simple
effectually to screen every such source
of open water supply so that the steso-
myia could neither gain access thereto
nor lay eggs therein. When this was
done Systematically. as in the cties
named and in others, the yellow fever
scourse disappeared as If by magic. The
flushing and disinfecting of all cutters
and catch basins followed as a matter OF
course
In larger and more open spaces, such
as swamps and ponds, which cannot be
screened or drained crude petroleum or
common kerosene is sprayed or spr1nkled
over the surface. This is Immediately
fatal to the newly Matched baby stego-
myia. The larvae rise to the surface OF
the water hundreds of times orior to
flight, and q. microscopic quantity of the
oil is fatal to the tiny but highly dan
gerous organism. Since the stegomyia
cannot breed except it be water. borne.
the remedy is in the hands Of every
municipality. not only in the South Amer
lean and West Indian homes of yellow
fever. but in American coastwise cities
like Key West. Mobile, Charleston. Cal
weston, Brunswick, Jacksonville. Tampa
and Savannah. where the new prophylac-
tic methods have stamped out yellow
fever.
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Block Hurled From Saw Breaks Neck

PLAQCEMINE, La. January ia
block of wood hurled by circular saw
which did not cut into the block suuare,v
struck Sidney Acct. aged twenty-one
here yesterday. breaking his neck.
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Mrs. Lucinda Swartzs seventy-two wears
old. widow of Franklin Swartz, died at
the home OF her daughter, Mrs. Samuel
Grubbs, near Winchester, Va.
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|CH|LO'S BODY MANCLED
| BY HEAVY LOAD Of SHOT
Gun Accidentally Discharged,
Three.Year-OId Girl Killed
Almost Instantly.

BALTIMORE. January las the re-
suit Of a gunshot wound which almost
tore away her abdomen, three-year-old
Elva Alnonys Of Trump, Baltimore coun-
ty, died about O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
Death was almost instantaneous. The
shooting was accidental and was coused
by the falling over Of a loaded gun be-
longing to the childs grandfather, Mr..
Peasants Almony, in whose home the &C
cident occurred. The child was the ward
of the aged people. having lived with
them almost from the time Of her birth.
- Boy Scared SPECIFICS.
Sunday afternoon. while her grandpar-
ents were in the upper part of the house,
which Is located on one Of the largest
farms in that section Of the county, the
child. together with her ten-year-old I'M
Gle, Millard Almony, were left>playing in
the kitchen of the home. Suddenly the
grandparents heard the report Of a gun,
| and, rushing to the room in which the
children were left playing, found the
! little girl in the last throes OF death, her
stomach having been almost torn away
| by the load OF shot which struck her.
The gun was found lying on the floor
where it is said to have fallen, while the
lad was standing nearby frightened be-
yond speech.
DR.. W. Willard Stirling was hurriedly
summoned by the aged couple, while the
parents of the little girl, who live but
a short distance away, were also notified.
The physician and parents arrived almost
simultaneously, but by that time the child
was dead AT the time Of the accident
the grandparents were preparing to at
tend the funeral of Miss Mollie Birming-
ham, who lived nearby, and who had
died Thursday.
Gun Falls, Shell Explodes.
According to the story told by the lad
after he had recovered his composure,
the two children were playing together
when he dropped his handkerchief. 1t
fell near the gun, which was standing
In a corner of the room. In picking up
the handkerchief he accidentally struck
the gun, which fell over. AS it struck
the floor the cartridge was exploded, the
entire charge lodging in the little girls
abdomen.
Immediately after the childs death
Coroner Sparks of Parkton was notified
ana he summoned jury of inquest. The
jury heard the testimony Of the lad, who
verdict of accidental death. generating
the boy from all blame. The funeral of
the little girl will take place this after
noon at 1 o'clock from the home of her
grandparents. Rev. Mr.. Savage OF the
West Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church
will have charge Of the services. Inter-
ment will be in West Liberty cemetery.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
COWELL'S CHAPEL.
Will you kindly allow a friend
q little space in your paper?

viii you kindly allow a friend
a little space in your paper?
d. Holland visited his sister,
Mrs. j. V. Cowoll, Sunday.
Several FROM here attended the
meeting at Pleasant Hill. Sunday.
Aunt Martha Cowell has been
visiting h er daughter, Mrs. Sara
Cain.
j. V. Cowell has been sick the
past week, but is better, we are
glad to learn.
@. A. Cowell spent Saturday
night with his sister, Mrs. M. G,
Cain, on Eagle Greek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Polk Cowell and
daughter, Miss Ida, visited the
family of j. V. Cowell Sunday.
Mrs. Horace Cowell and child
dren Of Bertrand, Mo, are here
on a visit to relatives and friends
Arch and Carl Cowell and sister,
Miss Eula, of Covington, Mo-, who
have been here on q visit to rela-
tives, left for home Saturday.
Lester Allen and Miss Myrtle
Holland were quietly married at
the home of the brides parents,
Mr. and Mrs. d. W. Holland, last
Sunday morning, Rev. b. G. Lamb
officiating. We wish the young
couple long and contented life.
| will close for this time, with
best wishes to The Chronicle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
A Great Victory.

The Democrats of Mississippi
have selected reformer to the
United States Senate. James X.
Vardaman carried the primary by
a majority of nearly 10000 over
his two opponents. The new Sen
ator is a strong character and a
man Of high ideals. He is positive
and aggressive, and will be valu-
able addition to the group of new
Senators who are striving to apply
Democratic principles to present
conditions. Next!
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
Secret of the American WOman's
Charm.

"Foreigners are impressed by
the peculiar attractiveness of our
American woman" writes Grace
M. Gould in the August Woman's
Home Companion. "They say
that, next to their own women, it is
the American women who charms
the most.
"Now, why is this so?
"It is because Of the infinite va
riety of the American women,
which please the eye and holds
the imagination. When any large
number Of women are under obser-
vstion attractiveness must imply
constant change, for human nature
soon wearies of what is monoto-
nous. If the first, last, and every
woman that the foreigner saw all
looked and dressed alike, the first
might well be the last for any inter
est he might feel in them.
"Hisexperience is this: he meets
the tall and stately wife of his club
friend, whose poise and elegance
are her CONSPICUOUS characteristics;
next he takes in to dinner fluffy,
contiding young creature without
any poise at all. Later, perhaps,
he meets a blue stocking girl who
looks at him critically through her
lorgnette; and from her he turns
TO a demure, mouse-like maiden,
whose infequent gaze is ssoulful, aud
who says little, but who says it so
intensely! The firtatious girl and
the athletic girl come in their turn,
and he finds it all exhaustimg and
bewildering.
"Yet he remembers distinctly
each one of those American types,
because each one, by her dress and
her manner, has emphasized her
own identity"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
The Book Lovers Club.

Mrs. A. ID. Parnell entertained
the Book Lovers Club at her cozy
home on Depot Street Wednesday
afternoon of last week. 1T being
the last meeting of the club year,
the old books were returned and
new ones placed in circulation.
New officers of the club were
elected as follows to serve one year:
Mrs. j. G. Presson, president; Mrs.
G. 0. Hubbs, vice president; Mrs.
M. G. Bowles, secretary, and Mrs.
r.. i. Stockard, assistant secretary.
Mrs. W. r. Atkins, Mrs. E. l..
Hudson, Mrs. j. w. Maiden and
Mrs. C. N. Frazier were received
as new members.
Tempting fruit punch was serv-
ed by the hostess at the meeting.
Miss Orah Bradley, the charming
sister of the hostess, was a guest
of the club. After most pleas
ant afternoon the club adjourned
to meet next with Mrs. Stockard.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
Hlgdon- Oxford.

just few short weeks ago, the
second Sunday in July, Miss Mary
Oxford was made Mrs. Monroe
Higdon by Justice T. j. Smothers
in the presence of large assembly
at Pleasant Hill.
The bride is the beautiful and
charming daughter of Mr., and
Mrs. j. Nj. Oxford of Holiday.
The groom is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. r. Higdon and one of Car
roll County's most prominent and
rising young men.
May God smile on the twain,
and may their pathway through
life be strewn with flowers. We
extend heartiest congratulations
and best wishes.
A. FRIEND.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
A Business Girl.

$50 you love your new little
brother?" asked the visitor. "Well,
dearie, will you sell him to me?
I'll give you a dollar for every
ounce he weighs
"No, won't" replied the angel
child.
Dear, loyal little sisterl' beam
ed the visitor. And why not?"
Because" answered the tiny
tot with a quivering lip, "because
he only weighs six pounds. Come
back next month an I'll see if we
can t max Q deal. Toledo Blade.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
BEAV Nj.

Miss Clyde Cuff WAS the guest
of Miss Beulah Hudson lastweek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Beasley of
Hickman, Ky, are here on visit
to homefolks.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Utley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Connie McKelvy Of
Memphis are here on visit to
relatives and friends.
We regret to learn that Mrs.
Benton Denton has been seriousl y
i'll for few days. Hope she will
soon be restored in health again,
The protracted meeting will be-
gin at Beaverdam church on the
the third Lords day. Evangelist
S. Z. Nix of the Nashville Bible
School is to do the preaching.
Elder Nix knows the Bible and iC
fine speaker. Preaching at ii q,
m. and 2 p. m. Dinner on the
ground. Everybody invited.
"For what is a man profited IL
he shall gain the whole world and
lose his own soul? or what shall
man give in exchange for his soul?'
Matthew xvi 26.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
HUCKRUM.

Enloe Jones visited homefolks
the past week.
Charles Mclean spent Sunday
with Asa Cherry.
Dock Wyatt and others were in
Camden Saturday.
jeff McGiIl of Texas is visiting
relatives in old Benton.
Asa Cherry lost his fine mare
Saturday, which died of collie.
Miss Alma Wyatt has gone to
Martin. We wish her q pleasant
visit.
Miss Jane Warmack has gone to
Cincinnati, Ohio, to be treated for
cancer.
The Ramble Greek meeting has
closed, with three additions to the
church.
@. M. McGill is sinking a we'll
on his place. He is seeking water,
you know.
E. q. Flowers was out hunting
hogs last week and got into q big
coon fight.
Harris Price of Henry County
visited his mother, Mrs. II. f. Can
trell, last week.
The rains continue, and plenty
of corn will be made this fall.
The cotton crop looks fine.
b. ID. johnson and W. A. Woods
of Camden passed through here
last week visiting the schools.
Mrs. Nancy Barnes and daugh-
ter, Miss Hattie, of Nashville are
visiting her father, Jesse Wyatt.
The barn of Monk Davis was
struck by lightning last Tuesday
night. Itdid no damage, however,
to amount to anything.
Big Sandy and Erin played ball
Friday. The game WAS 10 to 9 in
favor of Erin, 1t takes good
team to lay it over Big Sandy.
Our citizens are putting in good
time working on the road from Big
Sandy to Camden, and we intend
it to be the best road in Benton
County. The road runs up Big
Sandy River to Bakers Chapel and
to Camden, and runs through the
best farming section of the county.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
CLAUD.

Charles Brewer of Luterton Wis
tied here last week.
William Wheatley of Sulphur
Greek was here Monday.
Clint Lowry of Crooked Greek
was here one day last week.
Claud Farmer and Alb Hartley
are engaged in logging this week.
A new plow boy arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Dillon
last week.
Mrs. Margaret Melton of Har-
mons Greek visited friends here
one day last week.
Cudge Brewer Of the Harmons
Greek community was in Claud
on business Monday.
L. A. Rushing of Arkansas is
here to visit relatives and for the
DeneHt or his health.
Mrs Martha Lowry Of Big San
dy spent last week with her son,
John Lowry, on Sulphur Greek.
Put Melton and daughter, Miss
Lille, of Baskerville are visiting
relatives on Harmons Greek.
We regret to learn of the illness
of Jake Melton of Harmons Greek,
and hope to see him again soon.
This locality was visited by bad
wind storm Tuesday of last week.
Large trees were uprooted and
crops and fences were laid fat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
Suggests White Mans Primary

81 am in favor of white mans
primary in Tennessee. Then let
there be a measure of strength be-
tween the supporters of law en-
forcement and the nullitiers."
This WAS the sentiment express
ed Thursday by Hon. T. G. Gordon,
of Dyersburg, says the Paris Post
Intelligencer.
II think this is plan which
could beapplied all over the State"
he continued. "a large majority
of the negro vote is with the whis-
ky crowd, and thus dominates the
white majority.
eff we are to be called fusionists
lets fuse with the better element of
the Republican party. The other
side is welcome to the other kind"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
A Cash Offer.

The Chronicle has made spe-
cial clubbing rate with The Mem
phis Weekly Commercial Appeal
by which We will furnish both pa
pers for one year for The Chroni-
cle's regular subscription price,
$1.O0, The Commercial Appeal is
one Of the largest and best papers
in the South, and we hope to receive
many new subscriptions on this Of
fer; Sl00 cash for both papers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-08-18
A Correction.

Inasmuch as some recent reports
have gained circulation which are
known to be false by those of my
household and friends, and which
are calculated to create a wrong
impression of my treatment of and
department toward my family
especially among those who do not
know me personal---very. wife and
two daughters have, of their own
free will and accord, made the fol-
lowing statement, which speaks
for itself:
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
SO far as the family mistreat-
ment is concerned, that has caused
the talk that is out, is false.
NANCY HOLLAND.
Myrtle HOLLAND.
HESSIE HOLLAND.
[ trust that those who have CIV
en- circulation to these false reports
will be as ready to correct them.
Family affairs, at least, should be
held sacred in the home and re-
spected out of the home.
/ make this statement because [
am anxious that no report may cast
a stigma on me or my family or
find lodgment where it may come
up in after years to plague my
children.
Very truly,
ID. w. HOLLAND.