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ONE DOLLAR PAID-IN-ADVANCE GETS THIS PAPER TWICE A WEEK FOR A WHQLE YEAR. Volume XV Lenoir, N.C., Tuesday, December 3, 1912 No. 9 1 TURKISH CHOLERA" CAMP. An Awful Picture of the Turkish Cholera Camp at San Stefano. (Constantinople Dispatch.) Heartrending scene? of suffer ing and misery are enacted daily at the Turkish cholera camp at San Stefano. The correspon dent of the Associated Press, accompained by the secretary of a foreign embassy and by Major Clyde S. Ford, United States army, who is here on leave of absence, paid a visit there. Tiie camp is situated at the side of a railway embankment 30 feet in heigth. A large open space like a village green stretches away for some dis tance. This is surrounded by better class houses two or three stories high, built in European style, for San Stefano is the summer resort of many of the wealthier foreign residents of Constantinople. A nauseating picture was wit nessed at the side of the rail road. The bodies which had been thrown from trains lay as they had fallen. Some had struck on top of the embank ment; others had rolled part of the way down and some had reached the bottom. Some of the corjws lay stiffly alone others were in groups of threes or fours. Around a one-story stable at the foot of the embankment was a group of CO dead and dying lying close together, apparently for warmth, on the slopes of a manure pile which the sick men had found softer than the hard ground, one man on top of the pile was digging with his fingers a sort of trough in which to lie The trough soon became his grave. 4As the visitors came near one victim attempted to crawl across the road to the crowded manure heap, but failed and died in the roadway. Others lying around raised their heads and cried the hearing of the attendants that they were given no bread or water. Walking halfway across the field, the visitors passe dead and dying men, sometime at intervals of a yard, sometiin from 'JO to 80 yards apart. A group of tents stood in the center, where four of five Turk ish soldiers, wearing the arm piece of the Red Crecent, stood on guard. Inside the sick and dead lay in groups. The doctor ou duty counted 22 patients in one tent, while double that number lay just outside, shelter ed from the wind to leeward of the canvas. Some of the striken men found difficulty in getting into the Moslem position for prayer look ing ibward the east. One pray -irift vicfclm' was so weak that he could not replace his blanket around his head when the wind blew it off. The Red Crescent attendants made no attempt to assist any of these suffering soldiers not even placing stones, which were plentiful, under their heads to permit them to lie easier. A water tank drawn by a donkey passed along the road. Those of the victims who were able to rise to their feet went unassisted toward it and strug tried feeblr for a drink. Those n " unable to rise got none. In a similar way what appeared to be army bread was distributed to those able to reach the place of distribution. , Several of the sick men raised themsejves with difficulty and stumbled toward h well, Robbing Surgary. As Dr. Crile explains it: 'Anaesthesia puts asleep only a portion of the brain, and it is nly at best a veneer. Rough manipulations of the viscera ex cite an involuntary reactive op position of the patient to the surgeon, a silent protest of the unconscious patient , against physical injury." Now Crile conceived the idea that if he could temporarily cut off communication between the field of operation and the brain prevent the nerves from car- . a. , i . i rying insults to headquarters the occurrence of shock might be prevented. He performed lundreds of experiments on ani mals under ether with the opera tion field cocainized in addition, and found that the cocaine pre vented the transmission of these injurious impulses and so pre vented shock. The principle was then appli ed to the human subject with lappy results. An extremely dilute solution of cocaine or sim ilar drug is used, not enough to involve any danger from the drug; it benumbs the nerve-end ings in the wound, being pur posely injected in and about the nervetrunks that supply the part to be operated on. after the patient is well under ether. This effectually blocks off" the part, prevents the transmis sion of alarms to the brain, and thus completely cuts off control from headquarters for the time being. William Brady, M. D., in Harxr's Weekly. APPLES FORTY CENTS EACH Guest of Tony Hotel to Pay High Price for Mis souri Fruit. (St. Louis, Mo., Dispatch.) Missouri apples will contri- COLONEL LENOIR PASSES. Prominent and Highly Respected citizen and Esteemed by all Who Knew Him. Here Wai an Honeit Man. Rev. J. M. White, an aged Baptist preacher and school teacher, died in Franklin county a few days ago. More than ISO years ago, says the Raleigh News and Observer. Mr. White was a merchant in Raleigh and his firm failed, with an indebted ness ot $.,IH)U. Mr. White was not legally responsible for the debt the failure may not Have been his fault. Hut he went to work and out of his meager sal ary aw a preacher and teacher, he reared and educated hi children and paid every cent of the indebtedness. There are few like that. which they tried to dip water with their long sashes, wetting the ends and moistening tlieii parched mouths with them. There were hundreds of dead and thousands of sick in this camp, many of them lying on the open ground and great num bers supporting their backs against the houses bordering the open fields, most of which are deserted. The comparatively few Turk ish soldiers brought to the hos pltals, barracks Mid mosques at Constantinople are more fortun ate, although most of them die after reaching their destination Some few ol thetn are given beds to lie in and water to drink and all of the;n, if they do not get warmth, are provided with shelter from the winds and tin rain. ban stefano is not the wors cholera camp. That at Hadem keui, nerr the Tchatalja lines, is still more extensive. How ma ny patients are there is not known, but it is certain that there are many thousands, am most of these Anatolians come from Asia Minor to fight for the defense of the Ottoman capital Christmas is coming and it will find most of us with plenty of friends and a small pocket from book. bute to the high cost of living for guests of two or three high priced hotel dining rooms in New York city this winter. A commission man in New York city has contracted with an orchard firm at Lebanon, Mo., to ship him 0,000 fine apples packed in individual cardboard boxes. They will be served at the exclusive hotels for 40 cents apiece. The growers get 15 cents apiece for their apples de livered at the depot in Lebanon The apples are being picked and packed by young girls. great care being taken to have the fruit free from imperfection. The supply has been limited in order to keep up the price. The apples will be listed on the menu as "Ben Davis,,, "In gram," "Minkler," "Willow Twig" or "Gano." The guest will indicate to the waiter the variety he desires and it will be served in a box with a silver knife with which to cut the seal. 'lie guest is supposed to open le box and remove the apple imself. Each apple for the individual box must be at least three and one-half inches in diameter, of ligh color and perfectly sound. At least two perfect leaves must be attached to each stem. Girls ut the stems from the trees with shears and carry the apples to a cloth covered table, where girl insjwcts thetn. Those that pass muster are dipped in a olution which closes the pores of the apples and leaves, thus keeping the orginal flavor in the apple and preserving the natural color of the leaves. After the solution lias dried each apple is carefully wapped in tissue paper witli the two leaves exposed and then placed in a pastboard box and the cover sealed on. The grower's name and the name of the variety is printed on the box. Twelve boxes are packed n a carton and six cortons make i case. The apples will be shipped in refrigeator cars ant placed in cold storage in New York, to be drawn upon as need ed. In the general markets pur shasers will be able to buy ap pies for fifty cents to a dollar a bushel, but they will not be free from the contamination of man's fingers and will not have the natural leaves attached to the stems. Col. Rufus T. Lenoir, whose critical illness was reported in our last issue died at his home Fort Defiance, in the Yadkin Valley, last Friday night. The deceased was one of Caldwell's most worthy and respected citi zens. He was a man of unusual modesty and reserve and never courted or aspired to publicity in any way. He could have held almost any office within the gift of his countymen, but al ways prefered to work "in the ranks" to being made a leader. He was a man of pure thoughts and high ideals and lived the Christian life in great simplici- Burka County Newt. (Morganton News-Herald.) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Antho ny and children, of Hay Wash ington, arrived Tuesday to visi Mrs. Anthony's parents, Rev and Mrs. R. L. Patton. Mrs. J. L. Ingle and children of Lenoir, are visiting Mrs Ingle's sister Mrs. X. H. Cox. Miss Mattie Mae Ballew, of Lenoir, will spend Thanksgiv ing with her sister, Mrs. B. F. Davis. ty. We are not quite sure that the title Col. came to him from having served as a Colonel of the militia, before the civil war, or was just applied to him by some of his many friends, as many titles do come, at any ate he could have worthily born the title if fidelity and the strict discharge of duty, should entitle one to the distinction. Mr. Lenoir was near 7a years of age and had lived all his life at the home of his birth. The body was buried Sunday after noon at the family burying ground, Rev. E. N. Joyner con ducting the services, the Ma sonic faternity participating with their ancient and beautiful rites and ceremonies. The de ceased had been an active and consistent member of the Epis copal church for many years and survived by a widow and four m T I fT 1IT sons, Messrs. 1. u., (j. m., . J. and K. I. Lienoir. all proun- nient in the affairs of the com munity. Arm Rubbed Off. An unusual and serious acci cideut befell Mr. J. O. Deal, of Granite Falls, Tuesday 2Cth, by which he lost his right hand He was the miller at the Gran ite halls Koller Mills and in some way while trying to re place a belt on some of the ma chinery was caught between a post and a revolving pulley and his right arm held against the edge of the revolving pulley un til it was litterally rubbed or burned off. His cries were heard by a young man in an other part of the mill, who at first did not understand that Mr. Deal was in distress and when he found he was, the young man did not know how to stop the machinery, hence the unfortun ate man was confined in his ieri lous position for some time. He was taken to Hickory and the wounded member dressed and he is now doing as well as could be exacted, but he lost his right hand and a part of the arm above the wrist. A school for the instruction of native mechanics employed on the national railways will be established by the Chilean gov em ment. Building Up The Piedmont. (Charlotte Chronicl.) The announcement by the Southern Power Company that it will immediately begin the development of the waterpower at Lookout Shoals, on the Cat awba River just above States ville at a cost of a million dol lars is interesting and significant to all who are interested in the industrial development of this section. With waterpower sta tions now developing an aggre gate of something like 100,000 horsepower, three steam auxili ary plants developing 10,000 horsepower each, this company is probably the greatest factor in the industrial development of the Piedmont section of North and South Carolina. When the new plant at Lookout Shoals is completed the company will have a maximum capacity of nearly 1T)0,000 horsepower. Electricity is the modern form of power. It is rapidly super seding steam even in communi ties that haye to develop elec tricity by steam. The ease with which electricity is handled and controlled, the steadiness of the current, the facility with which the power may be taken to any place, and the economy with which it may be used in the smallest and the largest plants combine to make it the ideal power. The waterpowers of this section are undoubtedly its greatest natural resource. The history of the Southern Power Company, which is only six or seven years old, has strikingly demonstrated this fact. The Southern Power Company has done more to develop this section of the Carolinas during the past few years than any oth er single factor or institution. So great have been the develop ments of the company itself that many jK'ople have professed to fear for the future because of the monoix)ly of electrical pow er. So long as the people are ruling the country and making their own laws and have bodies like the Corporation Commission to regulate rates. The Chronicle is not inclined to fear the tenta cles of an octupus. NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Interesting Reading Matter of Local and National Affairs in Condensed Form. Poultry Show. The Caldwell County Poultry Association decided at the meet ing held last Friday night to hold a Poultry Show here on the :17th and "th of this month. A premium list will be gotten out and full details of the show- published promptly. A commit tee was selected to go ahead at once and make the necessary ar rangements. The committee is composed of Messrs. J. F Deal, J. W. Avery and J. E Shell, who will be pleased to confer with any one interested A nice list of premiums will no doubt be given by the business men of Lenoir and others inter ested in good breeds of iKtultry and there will likely be a sur prising exhibit of tine birds hen at the show. Several carloads of drinking glasses and other utensils have been shipped to Spencer follow A macdine has been perfected that brushes bugs from potato For distemper in horses, cows vines as it is driven over a held and dogs. For a horse or cow, ! and crushes thetn to death be give one teaspoonful of salt -, tween steel plates, peter three times a day; for a dog give one half this amount. Two English ph.vsicans are experimenting with a new para Motion pictures of American site with which they hope to ex scenes, exhibited In Belgrade, germinate the flies of their have led to a demand for wear- country in a very few years ing apparel following American Blowing Rock is to have a box factory. This factory will fin ish lumber and make boxes for apples, galax leaves, etc., just what is needed in that section. Mitchell Kronicle. New York, Nov. 29. Prepar ation for another strike of waist makers union, which has 30,000 members, mostly women, is ex pected next week. The strike two years ago was unsucessful. It is indeed a pleasure to us to note that Attorney A. A. Hol sclaw. a former Watauga boy. after spending a little more than a year in Clearwater County, Idaho, was elected prosecuting attorney for his district on the 5th. overcoming a Republican majority of 400. --Watauga Democrat. The Wim ington Star: A man is gifted with more intelli gence than a horse, but a man can be persuaded to take a drink when he doesn't need it, when a i i ill horse Knows wnen ne nas enough until the next time. That is the difference between intelligence and horse-sense." What this country needs is more men with horse sense. Kinston, Nov. 29.- A stub born blaze, which required the firemen over an hour to control, gutted the main plant of the Le noir Oil & Ice Co. in East Kins ton, this afternoon, and did dam age to the amount of S15,000 or more. The fire originated in the linter and burned fiercely in the contents of building, which was mainly cotton seed. Chicago, Nov. 29. For the second time within a week thieves early today hurled a horseshoe wrapped in a news paper through the window of a store on Michigau boulevard, loaded their plunder $1,500 worth of furs in an automobile and escaiwd. Last week what is believed to be the same gang of thieves robbed a store of $2, - (X worth of jewelry after breaking the window with a horseshoe. Newberne, Nov. 29. William Ward, an aged and higly re spec ted citizen of Pamlico County died at his home in that section Wednesday afternoon. the very day on which he said that he would pass away. Mr. Ward and his wife were very old and in feeble health. Last Sunday his wife died and at the same time her husband was critically ill. When informed of her death Mr. Ward said: "Well I'll follow Betsey on Wednesday. Baltimore, Nov. 29 Gover nor Goldbouroug has appointmed of William P. Jackson Republican Commit teeinnn for Maryland, to succeed the late United States Senator Isidor Rayner. He will serve until the legislature, which meets in .January, 1914, fills what will then be an unexpired term of three years 1 ne leg- ing a new law that went into isiaturo at that time also will styles. effect throughout the United' States on November 10 pro hibiting drinking vessels on any kind of railways trains. The law was promptly complied with by the Southern Railway Com pany, and all trains are now- operated without the former equipment. Ex. elect a successor to Senator John Walter Smith (Democrat,! whose term will expire in 1915: Any man who plots another's The Lenoir Nws $1. the year, undoing is arranging his own Silence is golden tn-cause so often bought. it is By the addition of small amounts of molybdenum and chromium a German chemist claims to have produced an acid proof iron alloy.
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