Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 17, 1920, Image 2
HEALTH AND MEDICAL TEM
PERANCE.
All the world has marvelled over
the mind and body power of Ex
Premier Clemenceau. The statement
quoted below should be repeatedly
put before the reading public. It is
most valuable testimony to the cura
tive agents, fresh air, exercise and
simple diet.
Edouard Leroy, private trainer to
Premier Clemenceau of France since
1901, explains his wonderful vigor
and endurance, both physical and
mental by the health system he prac
tices. "Eighteen years ago," said the
trainer, "when M. Clemenceau re
tained my services as a health expert,
he was a broken and aged man. He
was a semi-invalid, suffering from
chronic dyspepsia which had reduced
him to a starvation diet. What little
he dared to eat he managed to as
similate only ty ii.? use of powerful
digestives. He considered himself in
curable. The treatment I prescribed
was neither r.ew nor complicated:
Twenty minutes of light scientific
exercise in the bedroom, with the
windows open, followed by a brisk
rub down. In addition, a simple
sturdy diet, with no wine, coffee or
tobacco."
Doubtless the influenza epidemic
would have had fewer victims had
such a mode of living been general.
Some ardent anti-prohibitionists are
greatly concerned because influenza
patients can not have whiskey in
sufficient quantity to save their lives.
Unfamiliar with the findings of medi
cal science, they reveal their igno
rance and their selfish desire again to
sec American manhood and woman
hood debauched and childhood neg
lected and debased.
Read the following with purpose of
being able to make definite state
ments:
Words of Warning by Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley.
"The big open door, however, is
the danger of the revival of whis
key, brandy, and gin as so-called
remedial agents. It will be hard for
some physicians to resist the plea of
their patients for a prescription for
a quart of 'red liquor.' While all rep
utable physicians will refuse all such
prescriptions if they have the least
suspicion that they are to be used for
beverage purposes, there will ai
rways be found a few practitioners
who will be willing to lend their aid
to this nefarious purpose. The ex
perience which .we have had with the
enforcement of the law against habit
forming drugs, such as opium and co
caine, will doubtless be repeated on a
far larger scale when it comes to the
writing of prescriptions for distilled
liquors. The Bureau of Internal Rev
enue has already taken up the mat
ter under the War Prohibition law
and has issued instructions or regula
tions which will doubtless be contin
ued under constitutional prohibition.
Is Liquor Necessary in Sickness?
"Surgeon-General Ireland has said
under date of August 18, 1919: 'My
own personal opinion is that whiskey
and brandy are not essential in the
treatment of the sick. If the medical
profession as a unit would adopt
this view it would then permit the
medical department to discontinue
the supply of alcoholics as therapeu
tic agents to our army hospitals'
ALCOHOL AND THE "FLU."
Dr. John Dill Robertson, Chicago
Health Commissioner, issued a warn
ing against whiskey as a "flu" cure.
Dr. Robertson is quoted in the Chica
go Journal of December 23 as say
ing:
Do you know that alcohol is one
of the greatest predisposing factors
we ever had for pneumonia?
I want to tell the people of Chi
cago that whiskey is not a cure for
the "flu," not a remedy nor a help;
that it does not assist in any manner
.whatsoever in fighting any one or
either of the diseases.
Facts speak for themselves. At the
county hospital we had 71 deaths
from alcoholic pneumonia this year,
as against 230 last year and 235 the
year before. I will even go further
and say that the greatly reduced
death rate we have had during this
epidemic may be attributed to a
great part to the absence of alcoholic
conditions in patients. We have now
the smallest number of alcoholic
cases in the country that we have had
in many years for which wc have
records.
Dr. Robertson on January 23rd
gave the following interview to a re
porter of thc* Chicago American.
Whiskey is not a remedy for in
fluenza. Anybody who prescribes it
for himself is making a great mis
take. Influenza commonly carries a
temperature of 103 degress, so it is
obvious that no additional heart ac
tion is necessary. It is quite possible
that the mild form of the disease this
year is due to the fact that we have
prohibition.
THE GIRL WHO SMILES.
The "wind was east and the chimney
smoked,
And the old brown hous? seemed
dreary.
For nobody smiled and nobody joked,
The young folks grumbled, the old
folks croaked,
They had come home chilled and
weary. ^
Then opened the door and a girl came
in,
0, she was homely-very;
Her nose was pug and her cheek was
thin,
But her smile was bright and cheery.
She spoke not a word of the cold or
damp,
Nor yet of the gloom about her,
But she mended the fire and lighted
the lamp,
And she put on the place a different
stamp
From that it had about her.
They forgot that the house was a dull
old place,
And smoke from base to rafter,
And the gloom departed f?om every
face
As they felt the charm of mirthful
grace
And the cheer of her happy laughter.
Oh, give me the girl that will smile
and sing,
And make all glad together!
To be plain or fair is a lesser thing,
But a kind, unselfish heart can bring
Good cheer in the darkest weather.
-Exchange.
SURGEON-GENERAL REPUDIAT
ES REPORT.
It will be recalled that the liquor
interests spread the report that large
shipments of booze were made to the
army contonments during the influ
enza epidemic.
A letter from the office of the Sur
geon General of the War Department
bearing date of Oct. 22, 1918, ad
dressed to the Winona County,Minn.,
Dry Committee of Five Hundred,
reads :
The Acting Surgeon-Geneal di
rects me to acknowledge to the large
shipment of "ardent spirits" to con
tonments for the use of soldiers as a
preventive of influenza, and to state
to you that there is no truth in the
statement.
JAMES ROBB CHURCH,
Col. M. C., Retired.
Lumber for Sale!
I already have on the yard a
quantity of lumber cut to stan
dard dimensions which I can
?deliver at once or I will cut as
desired when bill is submitted.
Will deliver lumber in Edge
field. Let me have your orders.
D. W. SMITH,
Edgefield, S. C., R. F. D. 2
Abbeville-Greenwood Mu
tuai Insurance Asso
ciation.
ORGANIZED 1892.
Property Insured $8,875.360
WRITE OR CALL on the ur^? -jj
signed for any information yon may'
desire about our plan of insurance
We insure your property againsi
destruction by
FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT
NING
and do so cheaper than any Com
pany in existence.
Remember, we are prepared tc
I prove to you that ours is the safesl
.and cheapest plan cf insurance
known.
Our Association is now licensed
to write Insurance in the countiei
of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor
mick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda,
Richland, Lexington, Calhoun and
Spartanburg.
The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei
Lyon, President, Columbia S. C..
J. R. Blake. Gen. Agent, Secty. and
Treas., Greenwood, S. C.
DIRECTORS.
A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C.
J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C.
J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C.
A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C.
R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C.
J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, 3. C.
W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C.
W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C.
J. R. BLAKE,
GEN. AGT.
Greenwood, S. C.
January 1, 1920.
Now that we have had day current j
established in town, it has been pos- .
sible for me to install a complete,
electrically driven plant for cutting
edging and finishing all lenses used
in my optomctrical work. In nearly
all cases, it is possible for me to de
liver the most complicated glasses I
within an hour or so after examina
tion is made.
The public is cordially invited to
call and see this machinery.
GEO. F. MIMS,
Optometrist-Optician,
Edgefield, S. C.
FOR SALE: One good mare mule
about 12 years old, weighs about
1,110 pounds. One registered Jersey i
bull four years old.
L. D. SWEARINGEN,
Trenton, S. C.
Every Chero-Ccla bottle is thoroughly sterilized
>re being refilled.
The empty bottles are soaked in a boiling hot
ttion of caustic-of-soda, destroying every germ
race of dust. They are then thoroughly scrubbed,
de and outside, the operation being repeated
n and again.
The Chero-Cola bottle then is rinsed with a combination of corn
seel air and filtered water, forced in and out under high pressure.
Every precaution is taken to make its contents reach you
wholesome and delightful.
This is ONE reason for Chero-Cola's remarkable popularity.
Farmers,
Now is the time to cut your stalks and get
an early start in preparation, getting ahead of
the boll weevil. We can supply you with
STALK CUTTERS and DISC HARROWS,
Come in to see us.
VEDOLL OIL
We want garages to know that we have just
received a solid car of Vedoll oil for auto and
trucks, and can make jobbers prices. See us
before buying your oil.
Can you be
cured?
How long will
it take?
How Much
Will it Cost?
Notice of Final Settleznent.
I treat successfully:
PILES. Without operation, pain
or loss of time.
STOMACH, KIDNEY, BLADDER, SKIN
DISEASES AND NERVOUS TROUBLES
Dr. P. J. O'Neill
Carolina National Bank Building
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Special effort made to avoid delay in
out-of-town cases
The undersigned will make a final
settlement as administrator of the
estate of John McCarty in the office
of the Probate Court at Edgefield, S.
C. at ll o'clock A. M. on Saturday,
March 20, 1920, and ask for a final
dischage. All parties owing said es
tate will present same itemized and
verified to the undersigned.
j. s. MCCARTY,
Administrator.
2-18-4t
T. B. GRENEKER
Attorney at Law
Office in the
ADDISON LAW BUILDING