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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-11
By DIR. JOHN J. SIPPY
EPIDEMIOLOGIST OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

it at the same time and both died, leaving
in paying off the Indebtedness which was
left by reason of the doctors bill and the
funeral expenses, and to rear and educate
his younger brother and sister. They had
succeeded but the struggle had been hard
one. Many times he wondered why typhoid
fever came to his family, when his mother
had always been neat and clean house
keeper, and his father had always taken
pride in the appearance of the premises.
The doctor they had had told them that
the disease probably originated in bit Of
marsh half mile away
His own children had never had the dis
ease, but a neighbor's family two miles
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-11

talk of sanitation and prevent
ease is pure 'piffle.
Unanswerable argument He
has forgotten the brother who
died in infancy from summer
complaint, the sister who sue
cumbed to typhoid, the little
mound in the cemetery where
his own baby lies, its little life
yielded in exhaustion from
harmless CD whooping cough
He does not remember that his
neighbours wife died from CON
sumption and that as a conse-
quence her children were
weakly" and failed to survive
her long.
1t never occurs to him that
another neighbor is physical
wreck in the prime of life, or to
count among his acquaintance
the number of women who are
prematurely aged. In fact, he
can only think of these things
as rare exceptions, and like the
imperturbab1e Turk, he reasons
that they just happened and no
amount of human endeavor
could have prevented them, SO
what's the use of further con
versation.
Before going further, it may
be said that the writer has
spent fifteen years of his life
as a country doctor" and has
had an experience in public heal
Il
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-11

ne1ghbOr'S family two miles
away had been attacked and he
dreaded the time when it might
come to his own home.
Theoretically he had always
assumed the farm to be an ideal
place to live, but as he studied
the figures which he had picked
out, the fact that the typhoid
death rate was larger in the
states with the largest rural
population made him wonder if
his theory was practical. You
see, he was a thinking man, and
the more he thought of it, the
more convinced he became that
inasmuch as he was financially
able to retire, he ought to move
to the city and give his wife
and children the benefit of more
protection by way of sanitary
.cOnveniences.
He went to his doctor, a man
of experience, and who kept up
to-date in medical matters, and
asked him for an explanation
And here is what he learned:
"a field of wheat does not
originate spontaneously; the
seed must first be planted from
which the wheat blades grow.
Neither does typhoid fever, or
any other disease, grow spon-
taneously, but must have seed
to originate it. The seed in ty-
is the typhoid bacillus, and it
grows only in one place and
the human body. 1t is thrown
human body through the intes-
ons and the urine If one con-
id he must have swallowed some
either of these excretions from
typhoid patient. They may be
he mouth on food or in drink
uids may become contaminated
filth in several ways. 1t may
~ the hands of the nurse who
typhoid patient and at the same
es food for the family. 1t may
y the hands of the patient him
st persons remain carriers of the
r many months after they are
we'll, and three out of every hun
| carriers for many years.
carried by flies or other insects
lcreta careless1y thrown in the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-11

Some vveIIs-Disease agents and otherwise
many things in his part of the state, and of
some political influence, received from his
congressman a report of the census bureau.
Having liking for statistics, in his leisure
hours he selected and tabulated these facts
in regard to two groups of states. The first
group was as follows:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-11

phoid fever is the tyr
thrives and grows on
that place is the huma
off from the human BIO
final excretions and tt
tracts typhoid he must
particles of either of I
a previous typhoid pa
carried to the mouth
Food and fluids may
with human filth in S
be carried by the han
cares for a typhoid pa
time prepares food 70,
be carried by the hanc
self, for most persons
infection for many m
apparently well, and tt
dred remain carriers
1t may be carried by
from the excreta care
yard or unscreened tot
to the well platform b
or animals, and wa
through the cracks Of
the soil is of such nat
it may seep into the
privy vault. The w;
CONTINUED c
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
WILL HAVE TO PLEAD

Washington, Feb. 9.-Violators of
the criminal law who get into the
federal courts will not be able in the
future to evade the issue and de-
cline to plead guilty or not guilty to
an indictment if Attorney General
Gregory's decisions to the United
States district attorneys of the coun-
try are carried out.
In a circular letter just sent out
Mr.. Gregory declared that the plea
of ''nOlle contendere" which had been
resorted to in several important cases
lately lis being misused in some dis
tricts," and directs the district at
torneys to refuse to consent to this
plea in any case where the statute
under which indictment is brought
requires either Imprisonment alone
or both fine and Imprisonment"
THE plea says the letter, "is
properly acceptable only in cases
punishable either by fines alone or
the alternative fine or Imprisonment" 4"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
Forest Notes.

1t is estimated that the govern
ments Grand Canyon game refuge, in
Arizona, now contains about ten
thousand deer
More than nine million young trees
and ten thousand pounds of seed
were planted on the national forest in
1914.
The government built more than
two thousand miles of telephone line
on the national forests in 1914.
Success has followed forest planting
on the sandhills Of Nebraska. Jack
pines planted there by the government
forest service ten years ago now
have a height of over IS feet and n
diameter of inches.
AT least % per cent Of the larch
timber over large areas i'm eastern
oregon has been killed or weakened
by mistletoc, and the forest service
Is taking steps to combat the pest.
Increasing use of the national for
ests by local farmers and settlers to
supply their needs for timber is shown
IN the fact that small timber sales on
the forests numbered S.29S i'm 1914
against G,1S2 the previous year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
TWO FIRES At DARLINGTON.
w. ID. COggcshaIl Suffers Loss of
More Than $4,000.

Darlington, Feb. S.-Two fires.
burning at the same time, have caus-
ed considerable excitement here to-
night. The larger blaze has destroy
ey property estimated to have been
worth more than $4,000 and prac-
tically all of the loss falls on w. d.
Coggeshall. In addition to ginnery
and buildings valued at about So
600 Mr.. Coggeshall lost about 100
tons of cotton seed, between 100 and
100 bales Of cotton and probably a
carload of hay. He carried insurance
on this property amounting to but
$2,5OO.
At midnight it was believed that the
fire was under control. although there
was still some fear that surrounding
buildings were still in danger, as the
fire occurred in the wholesale district,
and nearby are a number Of tobacco
and other warehouses. This fire was
just one door from the tobacco ware
house that was destroyed Friday
night. A high wind was blowing
sparks in every direction, and un-
less this is the means of other build
ings catching, there is probably little
danger Of a further spread Of the
flames.
About 20 minutes after the alarm
for the Coggeshall was sent in, a Sec
ond alarm was rung in from the pub
lie square. This proved to be a
building occupied by M. NJ. Foster, as
furniture store, and owned by Mrs.
n. l.. Harrell. 1t was practically de-
stroyed, but the extent of the loss
could not be ascertained tonight.
This was the only wooden building on
the public square.
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GUARDING AGAINST PEST.
Iaklng Precautions to Keep Out Cot
ton Pink Boil Worm.

Clemson College, Feb. 1.-THE
United States department of agri-
culture has found that it will be
necessary to adopt regulations which
will prevent the introduction Of the
pink boil worm of cotton into this
country, is it's learned at Clemson COL
lege. 1t is probable that the re-
strictions to be adopted will prac-
tically put an end to the importation
of foreign lint cotton into cotton
states, except after the cotton has
been stored in Northern States for
long period. The principal restric-
tions will limit the entry of foreign
lint cotton to the northern States
and will regulate the movement of
such imported lint cotton from North
ern to cotton growing States.
The pink boil worm is a more de-
structive pest than the boil weevil.
1t hibernates in cotton seed in the
larval stage and is often found in
baled Egyptian cotton, owing to
faulty ginning. Several times the
government has had to make emer-
gency fights to prevent the insect
from gaining a hold in the South,
where it would add enormously to
the present insect damage to cotton.
1t is understood that the depart
ment plans to require that before
imported cotton can be sent to South
ern mills, it must be stored in North
ern warehouses for "a months, in
order to make certain Of the perish
ing of any insects in the seed. The
department is determined not to al
low the introduction Of this pest
through the lack Of an ounce of
prevention"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
DACIA WILL SAIL TO-DAY.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 1O.-The steam
snip Dacia, the legality of whose
transfer from German to American
registry has been questioned by Great
Britain, will sail tomorrow for Rot
terdam, according to announcement
tonight by Capt. Mcdonald, her mas.
ter.
customs Collector Hamilton and
United States Shipping Commissioner
Bullock boarded the vessel today and
informed members of the crew of pos
sible dangers incident to the voyage.
II was stated the crew as a whole ex-
pressed a Willingness to sail with the
Dacia, which carries 11,Op bales OF
cotton for Germany.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
SIGNS GREENVILLE BILL.
Governor Approves Trio of Locally
Important Measures.

Columbia, Feb. 10.-Gov. Manning
yesterday approved three important
Greenville county bills. One meas
ure provided for IA supervisor to take
the place of the three county COM
missloners: another for an auditor to
audit all of the books of the county
and third for the creation Of coun
" board of charities and corrections
me bllls were introduced by the
Greenville county delegation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
Residence BURNED LAST NIGHT
Home OF j. l.. Kennedy and j. v.
Blair Damaged by Fire.

The residence on the corner of
Bartlette street and Salem avenue
occupied by Messrs. John V. Baird and
James f. Kennedy and their families
was badly damaged by fire last night.
the top story being practically burned
Off. The blaze occurred about 7.30
O'Clock and was handled in an excel
lent manner by the fire department.
A second alarm Of fire came in from
the same place about 10 o'clock, afA
ter the hose wagons had returned To
their quarters. /
Much OF the furniture was saved,
the greatest loss being damage to the
building. 4
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
PRESIDENT WILSON DETERMIN.
ED

washington, Feb. 11.--That Presi-
dent Wilson will stand pat on the ship
purchase bill was announced at the
White House today. No compromise
will be acceptable. The Gore bill will
be adhered to by the administration
until the end. If necessary the Presi-
dent will go to the country on it."
II the measure is defeated at the pres
ent session, an extra session will be
called to pas it.
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CONNECTS MIDDLE WEST

Spartanburg, Feb. Steel met in
Sandy Ridge tunnel OF the Carolina
'ilnchfeld and Ohio railroad. six
miles north Of Dante, Virginia, TODAY,
connecting the south end of the
"CIinchheld' with the north end. an
OBJECT that has been striven for for
three years and has been accompIisb.
ed through the expenditure of fyo
miliioh dollars in the construction of
n low grade railroad through the most
difiicult mountain country i'm the cast
Inc thlrty-odd miles of road contains
twenty tunnels, one OF them SANDY
Ridge tunnel, being 1854 feet long
onc VI the longest tunnels i'm the
united states. The road gives the
southeastern States another connoc-
tion with the Middle West throuab
connection with the Chesapeake and
ONO railroad at Elkhorn CITY XIV
nc c. Z. and .. road from Dante
virginia, To Spartanburg, was opcned
october 20, 1909, but was not until
June, l9l2 that work was begun ON
The Elkhorn extension.
announcement as to the formal
opening of the road has not boon
maze, but it Is expected not later than
NpriI J. Cars passed over the line
rom Elkhorn City to Dante today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
STORM DAMAGE AT COLON.
Brcakwater in Course of Construction
observation-disclosures Lost.

Colon, Panama, Feb. 1O.-A storm
here yesterday and today caused dam
age estimated at nearly $1,000,O0O.
Over half of the eastern breakwater.
in course Of construction, was destroy
ed. The waves still are rolling over
the western breakwater but the storm,
the worst norther since the breakwa-
ter was built, is abating.
During the night the four masted
American schooner Blanche G. Pen
dleton, with cargo of piles. became
water-logged and beached. The water
front is strewn with wreckage.
Six inches OF rain fell in February
record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
TO PROTECT CROSSINGS.
Railway Commissioner to Ask Senate
for Jurisdiction.

Railway Commissioner to Ask Senate
for Jurisdiction.
Columbia, Feb. 1O.-A resolution.
adopted by the railroad commission.
requests the general assembly to pass
a measure placing all public highway
crossings of railways in this State un-
der the jurisdiction of the commission.
John G. Richards introduced the
resolution and it was indorsed by
Frank w. Shealy.
G. McOuffie Hampton refused to
vote on the resolution. He said that
the commission could not properly
attend to the new duties and that such
measure would take away work that
should be left to county commis-
sioners.
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LOOKING FOR OTHER BODY.
Searching Party Hope to Find Re-
mains of III. S. Gardner.

Jacksonville. Fla, Feb. 1O.-The
body of AlOnzo Gardner, found in the
dense palmetto swale near Welaka,
on the Ocklawaha river several days
ago, was shipped today to North
Adams, Mass, for interment, accom-
panied by Mrs. Gardner and her sis
ter, Miss Waddell. II. H. Gardner, of
Washington, who was called to Flor
ida by the disappearance of his two
brothers, will remain and lead a
searching party, which left today for
body was found, in hopes of finding
some trace of II. S. Gardeners body.
No trace of the negro pilot has yet
been found.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
TWENTY-ONE DROWN.

Nanaimo, b. c., Feb. S.-Twenty-
one men employed in the mine Of the
Paclhc Coast Coal Mines, Ltd, at
South wellington, seven miles from
Nanaimo, were drowned by a rush of
water today.
Evidently one Of the old flooded
workings of the Alexander mine,
which has not been worked for years.
was broken into by the men in the
South Wellington, which adjoins It
on a lower level.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
BANK GOES OUT OF BUSINESS.
Bank of South Carolina at PincwOOd
RctircS and Bank of Pinewood
Takes its Place

PinewoCd, Feb. 1O.-On last FRIDAY
the Bank of South Carolina at this
place discontinued business.
The Bank of Pinewood has taken
over the business affairs of the late
bank and now there is only the one
banking institution here, the Bank of
and Il. James AycOck, bookkeeper.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
$53.O06.SS
MANY PREPARATIONS MAKING.
At Least Two Speakers at Each Ger
dEzer and Economy" Meeting.

. Clemson College, Feb. 9.-There
will be at least two speakers at each
Of the meetings to be held in the
court houses Of the State on Satur-
day, February IS, which has been
designated Fertilizer and Economy
Day. Moreover, reports coming to
Clemson College indicate that in
some counties it is proposed to have
more than two speakers for the oc-
casion. One part of the meeting will
be devoted to discussions of what
fertilizers to use, when to use them
and how much Of each kind to use.
The other part will deal with matters
of economy and there will be an at
tempt to point out to people how
they may effect real savings on the
farm and in the farmhouse.
AT Clemson College an outline has
been painstakingly prepared for use
on Fertilizer and Economy Day.
This outline treats of economy onlv
and discusses the true meaning OF
economy, points out what is bad
economy, and suggests ten important
ways in which good economy may
be practised in South Carolina.
Each suggestion is enlarged upon
in the outline, but the topics treated,
stripped of their developing parts,
are as follows. only. those under the
heading Good Economy" being
quoted.
According to this outline, it is good
economy.
1. To cut out all luxuries. especial
ly liquors, tobacco, new buggies and
automobiles.
2 To cut out some unnecessaries.
such as tea and coffee and meat three
times daily.
). To save on food for ourselves
by means Of an all-the-year garden,
certain easily possible substitutions,
and a ration more carefully balanced
to preserve health and strength.
4. To save on food for our ami
mails by means of balanced rations
as worked out by experiment sta
tions. substitutions Of cheaper feeds,
and permanent Bermuda grass-bur
clover pastures.
3. TO save on food for our plants
by means Of winter legumes, summer
legumes, and winter grain and le-
gumes.
o. To save on dress by dressing
little less fashionably, a little more
simply.
To spend money on the house and
the wife for a water supply.
3. To spend on the orchard for
pruning and spraying.
y. To establish and maintain a log
ical and practical system Of farming
in accordance with DR.. S. A. Knapp's
Ten Commandments of Agriculture.
10. To cooperate with your neigh
bors In organizations, in breeding
better live stock; in buying food SUD-
plies. fertilizers and live stock. in
owning and using farm implements,
in beginning cream and egg routes
IN selling farm and garden produce.
In boosting your community and liv-
ing up to your talk about it, and in
quiet cheerfulneSs that approac aches
all tasks with faith undimmed and
a courage undismayed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13

The moving of the City Clerks Of
flee into the front of the city hall
building will prove a great conven-
ience to visitors to the office. It will
also give the city clerk full accommo-
dations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13

During the month of January S.
900 have been collected in licenses,
more than was ever collected before
during the month of January.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
MultinlilliOnaire Dead.

New York, Feb. 9.-Norman q.
Ream, aged 70, the noted finacier
and multimillionaire, died at the
Presbyterian hospital today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
6, FIRES DURING JANUARY.
Losses by Flames Amounted to $lz4,-
729 for Month.

Columbia, Feb. 10.-The 26S fires
reported to the State department of
insurance by the insurance companies
during the month of January caused
loss of s174,720.59. In January of
1914 2O2 fires were reported, with a
loss Of $1S6,5S5.76. All of the fires
reported did not occur during Janu-
airy.
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KINGS TO CONFER AGAIN.
Scandinavian Rulers Will Consider
...-. War Question

..----. WHf QueSt1On.
Berlin, Feb. 10.-(By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.)-The Overseas News
Agency says that according to CO.
penhagen dispatch received in Ber-
lin the ruler of the three Scandina-
Wan kingdoms will confer again on
the question of floating mines, Ger
mans declaration of sea war zone
and the British admiralty's views as
to the use of neutral flags.
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10 10 year I IL per cent.
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
RIGHT AND LEFT HANDED.
A Series of School Tests and an Am
bidextrous Failure.

bidextrous Failure.
Ever since 1t was proved that In all
righthanded people the speech center
of the brain-the place from which
talking Is controlled-is on the left side
of the brain and that in lefthanded
people 1t is on the right side there has
existed a suspicion that II a person be-
came ambidextrous. or able to use both
hands equally well. the speech center
might be doubled. and consequently
talking ability might be improved
Very elaborate tests have shattered
this hope.
A German specialist obtained the as
sistance of the school authorities and
tried 1t out on nearly 5000 school chill
dren. After careful record was tax.
en- Of each child's hand preference.
speech ability and general capability
all the children were told to try to use
both hands. For many months an eff,
fort was made to have all the children
become ambidextrous.
At the end of the test all the teach
ers and other observers agreed that.
though some of the children had sue
ceeded in becoming ambidextrous. the
effort had worried them all and had
shown no advantages manually or in
speech that in any way recompensed
for the trouble taken. Consequently
the scientist has decided that nature
is doing pretty well with her own sys-
tenn Of left side speech and right hand
preference. Saturday Evening Post
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
HOME TALENT SHOW PLEASED
LARGE AUDIENCE.
[Continued FROM page 1.l

who took the leading parts and rem
dered all that was due. Mr. Parsons
and Mr.. Harris possess exceptional
talent and never fail to please when
ever they appear. In this act Mr.. III. E.
Bush took the part of Davenport, a
butler, and Miss Claire Louise Baker
took the part of the littlest girl.
A drill, the Vestal Virgins, given by
a number of young ladies, directed by
Miss Howard impersonating the part of
q witch, Greecian costuming making
the act impressive, was a beautiful
feature and was a pleasing number
with the audience. A solo number,
cover the Hedge" the solo being
sung by Mrs. A. M. Baker, and the
theme of the selection being enacted in
tableau by Mrs. l.. A. Wisener and Mr..
Ed Abramson had individuality and
originality which made it very pleasing
and the splendid rendition of the solo
won further praise. Following this
was a solo by Mrs. Baker, Good
Bye which was exceptionally good.
The accompaniment for these two
musical numbers, piano with violin
obligato, were played by Mrs. P. M.
GlaBville and Mr.. Dale Fulton.
The last number on the program was
the Tulip chorus and finished the ex-
ceptionally good program. Mrs Hui
Woods, and Miss Sasenbery played the
Accomplishments for the musical num-
beers on the program and added to the
effectiveness and success of the show.
The show was a good success and
again impresses the show going public
of the community that the home peo-
pie always score a success and make
good with their home talent produc-
tions, not small part of this being
due to the splendid response of local
performers to take parts and help.