Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-01

A discovery whereby epidemic spi-
nal meningitis can be entirely con-
trolled was announced by DR.. Simon
F'lexner, director Of the Rockefeller
institute at the conference of sanitary
officers of New York state in New
York. hTe control could be establish
ed, Doctor Flexner said, by injecting
serum into the cerebral spinal mem
brane, thus getting at the seat OF
the disease. The application of this
new form Of treatment will be not
one-tenth as dangerous as it was be-
fore"
After a fight in a hydro-aeroplane
las miles down the coast Of Mary
land, Lieut.. S. Gordon Ellyson and
John G. Towers, U. s., landed on the
broad beach of Bukroe, Va, three
miles from Fortress Monroe. The Of
ficers were suffering from the bitter
cold. Lieut.. T. G. Ellyson, in charge
of the naval aeronautic school at An
napolis, and j. H. Towers made their
descent after the most remarkable
and successful fight in the history OF
naval aviation.
Opponents and supporters Of the
plan which the American Tobacco
company has mapped out for disin-
tegration both had their innings in
the United States circuit court III New
York City. Counsel for the so-called
Independent tobacco manufacturers
and producers had filed their brief of
objections but few hours when a
lawyer for a committee of the pre-
ferred stockholders of the trust peti-
toned the court to be heard in sup
port of the plan.
Cattle received more attention than
human being in the appropriations by
the last New York state legislature
according to complaint of the state
sanitary officers association embodied
in a resolution passed at its annual
convention in New York City. The
resolution deplores the action Of the
legislature in appropriating literally
for the prevention of disease in cat
tie while it cut to the bone appropri-
ations for the care of human beings
suffering fro mtuberculosis.
Doctor Cook, who was so enthusi-
astically welcomed in Copenhagen,
Denmark, after his alleged discovery
of the North Pole two years ago, ar.
rived in Copenhagen, accompanied by
his wife. Owing to the threatening
attitude of the crowd, Doctor Cook
was escorted to his carriage by g. de-
tachment of police. The mob follow
ed, jeering and hooting. The news
papers denounce him, some of them
recommending demonstrations Of dis
approval at his lecture.
In addition to bequests to charitable
institutions the will of Mrs. Ellen
Mulveil of Chicago left $4,000 to
insure the care of All old horse She
had driven the animal herself for II
years and in her will provided that
the horse never be sold or worked
John R. Walsh, former head of the
Chicago National bank, died at his
home in Chicago. He lived only nine
days to enjoy the liberty Of his pa
role from the Federal penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kansas.
Archduke Ferdinand Charles, neph-
ew of Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria, who recently renounced his rank
and all privileges as member of
the imperial family, has married in
Switzerland the daughter of Hofrat
Czuber, a professor Of engineering.
The archduke wished to renounce his
rank in 1903 to marry this young wo-
man, but the emperor refused permis-
sion. The marriage, however, is now
with his maiesty's consent and he has
granted his nephew an annuity Of 40,-
900 crowns.
The town of Milpa Alta, Mexico, in
the federal district, and within thir-
ty miles of Mexico City, was almost
totally destroyed by fire and dynamite
by Zapatistas, who fought what ap-
pears to have been a drawn battle
with Federal troops lasting for more
than five hours on a mountain road,
a short distance from the ruined
town. The insurrectos returned the
fire of the government troops shot for
shot and are said to be now occupy
ing the village of Nativas, only Two
miles from Xochimilco.
In a speech before the Commercial
Club at Aberdeen, S. D., President
Taft replied with feeling to the
charge that he had set up the SUI
preme court with the idea that it
was to emasculate the Sherman anti
trust law and declared anew his in
tention to have that law enforced.
The president referred to the criti-
cism of the Supreme courts rulings
in the Standard Oil and Tobacco
trust cases and declared that the
charges that the statute had been
made ineffective were untrue.