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DH. MINKS MAKES REPORT. Deplore? Our I .nek ol Interest in Hy gienic Matter?. (Thu State.) E. A. Hines. M. D., of Seno.a, sec retary-treasurer of the South Caro lina Medical Association, submitted Iiis repoli to tlx' State Ho.nil of Health Tuesday morning on what had been accomplished ?it the meeting ol the fourth International Congress on School Hygiene at Buffalo, X. Y.. to which he had he ii appointed ?1 dele gate to represent the State lloar.l ol' Health mid tile State of South Caro lin;!. In Iiis report Dr. Hines be moans the facl that* little interest was taken in this important subject by tho Southern States, and in order to place Sont li Carolina among the leaders lie luis written a letter io the leading educational institutions i.i Hie State asking for Information ?is 1o what has been d ?io- in Hie seve ral institutions to? a* tl Behool hy giene. Dr. Hines' report is ?is follows; "As your delegate l attended the Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene ?it Liu (Yulo, X. Y.. Au gust. 25-30, 1 !. I "I had tli<> honor to he chairman of one ol' the seel ions of tile Con gress; 1 chose for my address Hie following subject: 'School Hygiene Simplified; the Itcward System.' The gist of my remarks consisted of an endeavor to present the claims of hy giene in the schools and colleges upon the Slime hasis ?is ans other study. 1 presented the problems of the South, and incidentally 1 he rapid progress we have made in recent years, espe cially in our own State. The nd dress was illustrated willi material fur nished hy the kindness of the State Board of Health ami a number of oilier friends. "lt appeared to your delegate Huit t ll Is congress, which was the largest of the kind ever held in the history of the world, ?md willi more than 2.000 delegates, had left no phase of the health of the Behool child un touched. Southern States Kemiss. "lt was surprising that so many of the small republics of South America should Bend their official delegates, when, for instance, many of our Southern States had no representa .tinn *-? Rpnnlc * T . . cf Houne o; re . ? to know tr.-' . dele-J ':nt**iJ'';?*)''""; ???d J.-.; a tmd| flft?r-.. .couutrw* of Ito rope j A (NunVid ? .' Wise 1 travel m?ri' I li on sands of miles and undergo no little hardships to attend this meeting, and yet many of those of our country who should have been interested were not there. The point I wish to make is that, so far as I could judge, almost all the rest of the civilized world takes greater interest in the school child's health than we of the South ern states particularly. "1 endeavored to gather from the congress such information as 1 thought would he useful to the pco |)lo of South Carolina. I especially attended tli*- session on medical In spection in schools; indeed, 1 had the temerity to open the discussion t?f one of the most important sessions on this subject, the paper being pre sented hy the chairman, S. C. Dixon. Commissioner of Health for the State of Pennsylvania, on school medical inspection in ru arl districts of Penn sylvania. The paper disclosed that this work was new in Pennsylvania, and in the hands of a country doctor, whose findings were only at variance one or two per cent from the statis tics of the city of Philadelphia. The tribute to the ability of the country doctor by Dr. Dixon was indeed most complimentary. One thousand were employed in this work last year and 'J,ooo will be employed this year. There has been some fear of Intro ducing the medical inspection of schools in rural districts In South Carolina on the score of the lack ot ability on the part of the average country doctor to cope with the situ ation; therefore Hr. Dixon's report is highly encouraging. "I endeavored to gather informa tion on the heating and ventilation of schools. 1 spent a day in the sec tion which had under consideration the health ol' the colleges. This was presided over by Dr. M. I'. Itavenel, one of our own distinguished South Carolinians. The question of sex hy giene received unusual attention, and it was agreed unanimously that the nine had come to provide for the sensible teaching of the subject in our schools ?md colleges. Over '1 . ooo people attended this particular section. "The ninet-Slmon scale for deter mining de intelligence of school children received marked attention. Prof. Morse, of Hie University of South Carolina, was accorded great attention on this subject. Dr. .1. A. Ferrell, originally from Vorth Caro lina, now at tlx- head of tho Rocke feller Sanitary Commission, had an extremely Interesting paper on intes tinal parasites, and the same created considerable favorable comment from i'ne congress. "Immediately upon my return home 1 began investigating the health conditions in our 4 1 higher institutions of learning In South Car olina, Bending out to each president the following communication: Letter to ('?diegos. "'Dear Sir: I have Just returned from the International Congress on School Hygiene at Buffalo, N. Y.. Au gust ii r? - : ? o. At this congress I had the honor to represent hot h the state Hoard of Health and the Stat?' ot Soul h Carolina. "'I devoted much of my time to the Investigation of health condition.; in th?? higher institut lons of learning in this and other countries. " I write this because it appeared to me that at the present time we are in need of clear-cut, definite ideas as to the importance of teaching and living the hygienic lit?- on the part of our colleges and universities \ whole ?lay was given hy one section to a symposium on health onditions in such institutions. " 'The following pinn appeared to me to be the outline of the best worl? thal is being done at i resent. ( 1 I A committee Oll health , nd sanitation to be appointed from the faculty. (2) A board of health to be appointed from tho student body. t ;{) A dost co-operation between these agencies and the local board of health, th? community and the Slate Hoard ol Health. Some of the institutions fol lowing this plan, in part or in toto are: Harvard. Columbia, X. Y.: Hi? College of the City of Xew York, Uni versity of Michigan, University ?>t Minnesota, Cniversity of Pennsylva nia, and Amherst. " lt wa.; clear lhat the whoh scheme of teaching and living the hy gienic life should bc the work of sev eral specially constituted authoritlei and nol be left in the hands of th? college physician al?ne or th?' loca health authorities alon?', lt was ?deal that this great international congresi insisted that this sub Jed bo given ni much prominence in th?' curriculun as any branch of knowledge, lt wat evident that the congress consideret that our higher institutions of learn ing should not only teach and live th? principles of preventive medicine, bu that their graduates should extent this know'edge into the sever coin in aili I ios In which they go. *' 'Undoubtedly the congress set it stamp of approval by an enthusiastic mass meeting of more than 2,001 delegates upon the great i.eed for th' . 'l b let i .. f al ihi! ? i.: <4 L- A TII * n for <m- purnong ol Hro< .u -. .. >. ?? ter and to secure tro m ?o,. .. . interested a statement of what you college is doing along these lines, ask this so that I may present to th State Bonrd of Health early in Odo ber your report of conditions here i connection with my official report a a delegate to the congress. "'Subsequently l trust that th State Hoard of Health may see it way clear lo render you special at sistance. " Awaiting an early reply, an wishing you a prosperous year, I an " 'Yours truly. " 'E. A. Hines, "'Chairman Committee On Henil and Sanitary Inspection of School and Colleges, Stale Hoard o Health.' ( '<>-opeiat lon Promised. "I received a considerable nunihe of replies, and in every instance promise to co-operate with the Stat Board of Health in this matter. Co lowing these communications 1 rt ceived n number of invitations to at dress the students of the various co leges. I accepted on?> from Clemso ami delivered un address on the sui ject of sex hygiene to the entire sti dent body the latter part of Octobe "You will noi?' that I have pron ised that the State Board of llealt will make a special effort to aid Iii colleges to secure better health coi dillons wherever it has the power. "in conclusion I wish to com men the experience of Creal Britain ; presented by their delegates to tl international congress which can 1 summed up in a sentence, namelj That ibo health of th?' child shoul be tho pivotal point around whicl a public health should revolve." David ll. Traxler Dead. (! reen ville, Dec. IS. -Antiounc menl reached Greenville to-day of tl death in Charlottesville (Va.) Sanlt ri ii tn of David li. Traxler, a pron neut South Carolinian, who moved this city some time ago from 'I ii monaville, to associate himself wi his son, David H. Traxler, in the rc estate business. Mr. Traxlor w prominently identified witli State pt it it-? at one time, having been coi missioned by Senator Tillman, tin Governor, to organize the machine for the operation of the State dlspe sary system. On acocunt of failii health he bad gone to a Charlotte ville sanitarium for treatment. Cured of Liver Complaint. "I was suffering with liver coi plaint," says Iva Smith, of Pol Blank, Texas, "and decided to try 25c. box of Chamberlain's Table and am happy to say that I am coi pl et el y cured and can recommei them to every one." For sale by ; dealers, adv. I I sill The Ot id (A Christma; .. E< 's I ??seseen . m T was Ch rh In spito of the cold th Hi ron ged w hurrying, l tilde; hut tl .nd nd 3 re er Hi lly erl or itfh cvs ? igh i ave als . was for street ?row di hitetl ? a lev I ; and h him?" I nt s t? nw i ;et hoi ; hat o a had ub too too ira ex ie!( ist might have been unii island tor all Kimball cared. He pushed hi the swarm of Chrisi with careless d?tenir ? .ere he was Koing ht said. He had been t erable to remain indo thoronglily disgusted being miserable. Over and over he ti he should consider 1 fortunate thing; ho both been too self-w horn ever to be happj much alike in dispos utterly different in tast ment . disaster was o peded. So hs arguei again and aga!;:, hui j mas, and lie was lonely i He was a handsonii ' tall, hroad-shouldere groomed the kind of ; ways attracts a second ! ul ll dy from women, ni : pression was so little il j I he spirit of the seasi i people i urned and looh j St riding on rapidly, U ! tho busier streets were hind him, and lie t urnei Idence portion of the t livious of his surround not until the sound of ! outcry and excite nient ; tinted his self-centered ! he roused himself and 1 He was only just in ti way horse, hitched to a and driven by a slonde girl, had dashed aroui and was almost on b clung desperately to t brave endeavor to stop she was ghastly white : from fright. Ki hill realized Instants lue dan ger ?.<.' i M'.uatii !, and braced h!n> seli u r l.h> ./. - ho iM^'ie! out mid calli; '". maddened ubinia] bj )W, ?ll al Ic ex ith ny m. ht, le ia ib as al ia.ly ?? te at aioi ' d. A IT . a I nhl >n ed er ? i nv f it wn, gtl! i. nu reine ie horse ,d .ueo< Irl a I.ut .ss "Whoa, Franki ?v ,. commanded soothing); reared and plunged, a j him from his feet, hi the iron grasp of the ; him, stood still, treni ! Kimball turned to t darkening his stern fa "I tohl you long agi I to drive til is horse," Isn't safe. 1 f Burke < you had much best sta i A disdainful curve ! mouth was her only r< j "You must not at i him home; you will ' to my doing it for yo authoritatively, leavii head and getting inti I Ie did not wait for ht took the lines out of hands with quiet " What frightened hin ter a moment's ailene*: "A motorcycle." char and cold, and w at her furtively he sa was cold, too, and liai There followed a loi Kimball broke prese a wkwardness. 'How are the kid di "Oh, quite well, th? frigidity of her tone words and made tliem He winced a little deepened. But just t lon w as attracted by of panels at the foot -.-parcels of odd sha i sizes, all suggestive c tile season. "You have been doi nias shopping?" he i lively. "I had almoi was Christmas. S'ne made no reply, gloomily into space. "1 should like." ho some hesitation, "l s' give them something, "No. no!" she bro' "please no! I had ni indeed, you rinst n "Certainly not, If you," lie acquiesced c His mind reverted persistence to a time when she had shyly gestod thal they try live together, . for sakes; and he har* ri waa no use trying, : her; they were too harmony with each rr was having her reven "Did Kimball writ ter to Santa Claus' presently? c. h? orse ling ling ?eld tly. >wn not "he ,ou, I feet rive ? mit ; on .se's ton. but ting ion. \ af was iced faco li ich onie The the own . ten eap don .lng and ist lta . it lng '1th to eli .'ll t ! ii i; dy. not ises lng ago ?ug I to en's -it ired t of ? she let ired e of the Door." g iith Tatum, in Southern g ( T?agazine.) o "Yes," slio inurniured almost in audibly. "And what did he ask for this time?" l Fur a moment she was silent and hor face grew white to the lips; an , expression of intolerable pain sud denly shadowed her bro wu eyes, but Kimball was not looking at her, and , when she spoke her voice sounded as ] clear and cruel as ever to bis sensi- ] ti ve ears. , "He only asked for one thing-a , Daddy like he used to have!" I Kimball's hand tightened convul- , s.vely on the lines and tho horse . reared. Her revenge had been com Dlete! Tiley reached her door a moment | later, and Burke came out to take ? ] the horse. Kimball assisted lier to alight and stood uncertainly looking at the house; but she hurried past , him nj) thc stops with only a ceremo nious little bow and closed the door , behind lier. lt was Christinas Eve, and he was ! j shut ont in tin- cold and the snow alone, while on the other side of that ; closed door his wife and babies kept ? the feast without him. And whose j fault was it'.* He turned away with a sigli and walked slowly back to his rooms. This meeting had disturbed him-upset his well-ordered exist- j euee. Again In his luxurious bache lor apartments he tried to make him self thoroughly comfortable and shut i out the ghosts of the past. Ile tilled his pipe and sat in front of his cheery log tire in the vain hope that care ? would float away on the tobacco smoke; hut Instead, the clouds and wreaths drifted Into faces and pic tures-children's faces and pictures of other Yuletides. Last year they i had been together, though both had | been restless and unhappy. In spite I of himself, it all came back to him-. j all tho trivial things that had begun and widened the breach between them. " 'And it all seemed in the waste tit life such a \, . Utile IV 1 quoted he If aloud. Ph?o"? Sad been ti > d'il ?rc? . : ei ther of . hont belle> . i 'r Hvoroe She had kept the children, of course, J babies both of them, and he had ? agreed not to interfere with them. He realized that they were in better hands than his, for she was a line woman. And such a beautiful wo man ! He sighed heavily as ho thought ol' it all; the constant friction, the conflict of two strong wills-the In evitable clashing of opposing na tures. Migl not a little unselfish ness, a little patience, a little wis dom have- ile sprang to his. feet with a groan. Thinking was too bit ter; he must not think! He i>iit on his coat and hat and went into the crowded street. There were bright faces everywhere, and the air rung with laughter and merry voices, and Kimball felt moro lonely than ever. The shops were all alight and the windows gorgeous with fan ciful decorations. Christmas shop pers with their arms full of pack ages jostled each other going in and out. Kimball paused and watched them enviously, until presently the brilliant window of a toy store at tracted his wandering attention. Yielding to an overpowering impulse he went in and began looking around for something that would please a small boy and a baby girl. Ile soon filled Iiis overcoat pockets and went out only to turn bis stops toward a jewelry store. Here he spent a long time. Haylight departed, gray and cold, and night settled over the white earth, but still he lingered-it was so hard to lind what he wanted; hut at last he succeeded, and purchased it with a little smile of satisfaction. '. was a brooch, a heart of yellow -cold enameled with forget-me nots. He had no definite plan as to what be intended doini;; he had simply yielded to an impulse. lt was this same impulse that led him-?fter several hours' aimless wandering through the streets toward his old home, and on up the steps into the little side veranda just outside the nursery windows. Like some thief, or prowler of the night, he Stepped softly across the floor and peeped through tho half closed blinds into the fire-lit room. With an odd tightness in ins throat he saw the two little beds where the babies slept and his wifo sitting be fore the fire, her bandi clasped loosely in her lap ,her whole attitude suggestive of weariness and dejec tion. There was a basket by her side Ailed with toys and small pack figos, and in a tow moments she picked it up and rose slowly to her feet. She was going to AU tho stockings! j The baby's tiny stocking was the first one to be filled, and she heaped ! an a small table beneath it the things lt would not hold. Then she seemed ; [o waver; she put down tie toy she : I had picked up and covered her eyes i willi her hands For several mo- J monts she stood quite still, then go- ? lng to the boy's bed she dropped on lier knees and buried her face in his pillow. Tlio child stirred, hut did not waken. Ki mba H's eye.; grew dim with a mist of tears as he watched them; lie wished with all his heart that he tnew what was passing in his wife's mind. Ile could see her slender, childish form convulsed with her ef forts to repress her sobbing, and her miall hands clenched above her head Against the hoy's soft body. He could bea'- the sight no longer: he felt on his key chain for his latch key which lie had nevei removed and let himself silently in tile front door. "Hazel-Hazel, dearest!" lu* whis pered softly as he entered the nur sery. She sprang hastily to bei feet and stared at him wit li wet, startled eyes. lt was characteristic of her that she did not cry out. hut stood perfectly still regarding him wonderingly. .'Hazel." he continued in a low, unsteady voice. "I've come to help you lill the stockings." He began unloading his pockets as he spoke. "These are for the boy," he said, "and those ?ire for Baby Hazel. This," he held up a small box, "is for my wife." His smile was tender and his eyes sought hears appealingly. She remained motionless hy the child's bed and her eyes met his in a full, long gaze. "Hazel." he pleaded, "may I stay?" Still she did not answer. Con tending emotions played across her expressive face, showing him plainly the conflict in her soul; then very slowly she moved toward him, hesi tatingly, as though she might change her mind even yet and repulse him. With suspended breath and fierce ly heating heart he waited, his arms outstretched until she crept into them with a little sobbing sigh, then s round bly ooh a I drew bl? 1 i ! > but each other, when suddenly the hoy's voice broke Into the perf.^et stillness and startled them apart. "Oh!" the child exclaimed, with a long-drawn breath of satisfaction, his little face beaming with delight. "Oh. my Daddy! It's my Daddy. Old Santa brought you. didn't lie, Dad dy:' I des knew he would, 'ca?seme and my Muver yote him a letter and begged him to hiing you hack dis Kisnius! " Stomach Troubles Disappear. Stomach, liver and kidney trou bles, weak nerves, lame hack and fe male ills disappear when Electric Hitters are used. Thousands of wo men would not be without a bottle in their home. Eliza Fool, of Depew, Okla., writes: "Electric. Bitters rais ed mo from a bed of sickness and suf fering and has done nie a world of good. I wish every suffering woman could use this excellent remedy and find out, as I did, just how good it is." As it has helped thousands of others, it surely will do the same for you. Every bottle guaranteed. 50c. and $1. At all druggists. H. E. Rocklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis. adv. .lohn W. Thomas Dead. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 17. -.lohn W. Tilomas, T>7 years old, president of the Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis Railway ,died at his 'nome here at 2 o'clock this morning. lie had been ill for three weeks with pleural pneumonia. Mr. Thomas was boin at Murfreesboro, Tenn., August 21, 18f>6. At an earl) tige he moved to Nashville. In 1S7X, at the age td' 22 years, he secured his first important railroad position, although previous to HUM time lie had been in Hie railroad ser vice. Ile served in a Nashville, Chattanooga :..".;! St. Louis machine shop, then advancing to agent, and dispatcher, purchasing agent, assist ant general manager, finally succeed ed his fiither as general manager in 18?I??. On Milich I. 1906, shortly af ter the death of his father, he was elected president of the road. California Woman Seriously Alarmed "A short Hmo ago I contracted a severo cold which settled on my lungs and caused me a great deal of annoyance. I would have bad cough ing spells and my lunga wcro so sore and in (Iii med I began to be seri ously alarmed. A friend recom mended Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy, saying she had used it for years. I bought a bottle and lt relieved my cough the first night, and in a week I was rid of the cold and soreness of my lungs," writes Miss Mario Oerber, Sawtelle, Cal. For sale by all deal ers. adv. FOU NATIONAL PROHIBITION. Remarkable Statement .Made Rela tive to tile Future of Liquor. The following statement is markedly to the point, and especially is it a remarkable statement when we leam that its authorship bj ac credited to one of the leaders of the whiskey interests and published in the official organ of the distillers of this nation. We quote: "A truthful statement of how mat ters stand . publicly on the great liquor question-a look at things as they are is always in order. "lt is always best for normal peo ple to look at things as they are. Reality may be obscured to the sick or feeble-minded in certain circum stances, but decoption is a poor evi dence of friendship. Partisanship with blinded eye only leads the way to ruin, and self-deception is the worst of all. "Let us look at things as they are, and in the face of the enemy dare to consider and concede their strength. Knowing his play of battle we can better arrange our forces for IUB de feat, rightly estimating his Strength we can better provide to meet it. "The prohibition light henceforth will be nation-wide, and contem plates writing into the national con stitution prohibition of the manufac ture and sale ol alcoholic beverages. To accomplish this result will require the ratification of thirty-six out or the forty-eight States in the Cnion. "Of these nine are already in lino through State prohibition--Maine, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Mississippi. Georgia, Tennessee, North Dakota and West Virginia. The last five have been added within a period of six years. "In addition to these there are eighteen States in which a major part of the people live In territory made dry by local option in which we may be assured prohibition senti ment predominates. "If the people In these States who are opposed to the liquor traffic de mand it their Legislature will un doubtedly ratify a national amend ment. "The most influential argument against prohibition is that it is not. effective; that 'prohibition dou't pro hibit.' "This is not basic or moral; the fact of failure to enforce is no argu ment against the expediency, much l?VH ? xalnsl the moral issue involved. "Ill rn it ly all questions must bo settlot iv mora! standards; only in ttus- way can mankind be front self-effacement. The liquor traffic cannot save itself by declaring that, government is incapable of coping with the problem it presents; when the iieople decide it must go it will be banished. "We are not discussing the benefit or justice of prohibition, but its pos sibility and probability in present circumstances. "To us t?tere is 'the handwriting on the wall,' and its interpretation means doom. "For this the liquor business is to blame; it seems incapable of learn ing any lesson of advancement or any motive but profit. "To perpetuate Itself it has form ed alliance with the slums that repel all conscientious and patriotic citi zens. "lt deliberately aids the most cor rupt political powers, and backs with all its resources the most un worthy men, tho most corrupt and recreant officials. It does not aid tho purification of municipal. State or national administration. "Why? Because it has to ask im munity for its own lawlessness. "That this condition is inherently and inevitably necessary we do not believe, hut it lias come to be a fact, I and the public, which is to pass on the matter in its final analysis, be lieves anything bad that anybody can tell ii of the liquor business. ' Why? Let all the leaders of tho trade answer. "Other lines of business may be as bad or even worse, but it is not so plainly in evidence. "The case of the liquor traffic is called for adjudication by tho American people, and must be ready for trial, "Other eases may be called later, but the one before the court now cannot be postponed. But, as in the past, the men most concerned are playing for postponement, not for acquittal. Is it because they fear the weakness of their defense that they fear to go to trial? ''There are billions of property involved, but when tho people de cide that the truth ls being told about the alcoholic trade the money value will not count, for tho con science aroused puts the value of man above all other things. "Prepare tho defense, friends; malu- your case to-day for the court; the trial cannot ho postponed." For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTKbESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria ?nd builds up the system. A true tonl?i and f-ure AjU'ftizcr. For ndultnnnd children. 50c.