Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DISEASE COSTS I - BILLIONS A YEAR Canada Expropriates Luxburg’s Gold Coin ► Halifax.—German gold coins ' ’ formerly owned by Count von < b Luxbuig. who figured In tl»^ \ | “rink without trace"* notes «► which passed between Berlin | I and the German embassy In Ar- « ► gentlna.' were ordered expropri- ) l, ated and turned over to the < ► Canadian government as prize o money, in the admiralty prize J | court here. The steamer which < ► • carried the count back to Ger- «* s r. * * many several months ago put In o here, and the money was seized at that time. -There were thix- * ► teen 20-mark pieces and elidh- !, teen 10-mark coins. What Lydia E. Fmkhaafe Vegetable Compound Did For Ohio Woman. . ductlVity In order tq reach tfte con science of the average taxpayer, who must bewailed upon to defray the ex penses of health departments and to meet the Increased costs laid upon Industry by virtue v of the .economic losses entailed through sickness and death. The economic value merits greater attention particularly at this time, when every effort is being made to secure the rehabilitation .of the wounded and to Increase the vigor and potential power of those who have suffered from disease while pursuing their course as part of the military or naval forces of the nation. “It must not be forgotten, .however, that similar problems are of equal Im portance In connection with the every day living of the growing nation, now bent upon renewing nutional prosperi ty and raising the standards of health, comfort and prosperity for nil the types of citizens which comprise the nation.” Economic Loss From Preventable Ajlments Is Estimated at Enormous Figure. Many Americans Are lager to Get Onto the Soil WASHINGTON Portsmouth, Ohio.—" I suffered froa irregularities, pains in my side and waa * so weak at timed I l[i||| I could hardly get •That a great many Americans, including returned soldiers ff and sailors, are eager to become fnrrag£s_ia-#hown by the work of the homeseekers’ bureau of the U&lted States railroad administration. During the work, and as I hi iour rtr my iBBlr and three boardei it made itverr hai for me. Lyaia 1 Pinkham’s Ve f Itnfluenx* Epidemic Responsible for Economic Loss in Vital Assets of Approximately $1,000,000,000 —Health Means Money. persons applied, to the bureau fpr help In getting farms. About 15 per cent Of thesawere men back from war, and a large dumber of women were also among the applicants. Town folk who want to get out in the country make up another large section of the back-td-the-soil army. Farmers who have sold out land gt fancy prices In thickly settled parts of the country* and wont to buy larger places farther West, are also Some of these, farmers want to buy places for boys There are also a number of applications from farm ers In Canada. ^ These generally went there from the United States and now TO THE FAG.M table Compound waa recommended BATS ARE WELCOME IN TEXAS to me. I took it and it has restored I * my health. It ia certainly the beat medicine for woman’s ailments I ever saw.”—Mrs. Sara Shaw, R. Now 1 Portsmouth, Ohio. Mrs. Shaw proved the merit of this medicine and wrote this letter to order that other suffering women may ted relief as she did. Women who are suffering aa die war without giving this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia EL Pinkham’s Vera- table Compound, a trial. For special State Passes Law Protecting Them as Killers of Mosquitoes and Malaria Malaria can be ellra New Orleans lnated. The mosquito alone Is Tespon- slble. The surest method of ridding the earth of mosquitoes Is propagat- tailed.a loss of $24.04 for «tfh man, "wnmnii aud-chlld. Uvtha state Although the general death rate In Illinois was at the low figure of 14.2 per 1,000 of population, the loss from the prin cipal preventable diseases amounted to $15,881,685, or 6.01 per cent of the total property value of the state. “If this ratio of per capita cost," American Medicine says, “were to apply for the entire United States the loss during 1018 would amount to more thin $2,500,000,000. The Illinois figures, however, merely considered ! the cost of the following communl- j cable diseases: Typhoid, malaria small|s(X. measles. scarlet fever, i ■whooping cough, diphtheria, menin gitis, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis and j pneumonia. “In computing the financial cost.] THE “KlSSLESS: BRIBE want to return, - These are the words of Dr. Charles A. R. Campbell, mosquito extermina tor and protector of- the bat. He is the originator of the only municipal bat roost In the world, at Ran Anto- The men returned from war usually .state they wish to continue an out door life. It Is Interesting to note that a majority of the returned soldiers mention either that they have Just been married or that they ore Just about to be married. _ ' „ Most of the women who write to the bureau express an Interest in fruit growing, dairying or poultry raising; but there are some women who want to tackle the heavy wOrk of general farming, and some who want to raise cattle. In a number of cases three or four women have*pooled their mom to buy a farm. Most <»f these intending women farmers are unmurried. A majority of those who give their previous occupations have been school-teachers. About one-half of the tillable land In the United States Is uncultivated. To be exact, there ure about 275,000,000 acres of good farm land lying Idle. This land is scattered throughout the West and South, and can be purchased advice in regard to such ailments write to Lydia EL Pinkham Medicine Co.,Lynn, Maas. The result of its forty yuan experience is at your service. nio, Tex., which will accommodate 290,000 bats, and already has about 35.000 guests. Through the efforts of I>r. Campbell the city of San Antonio passed, June 8. 1914. an ordinance prohibiting th»* killing of,bats, and March 11). 1917. Texas passed the first law In the world which pntfects the bat. Since the erection of the municipal bat roost nt Ran Antonio - and the origi nal bat roost built by I doctor Campbell a^ Mitchell J^ike malurln has practl- :I!\ disappeared from the territ<>r> Valuable War Relic. A shotgun used in the battle o€ Hunker Hill in 1775 and the battle of New Orleans in 1815 has been pre sented to the State Historical xociete of Columbia by Y. J. of Bari ward. Mo. It la an old*tuedel muzzle- loader 90 Inches long with a 43-lnch barrel. It has the same lock, stock end barrel used aL Bunker Hill, and though much worn can still shoot Oa the stock ia attach*! k tallow sod - patch box which was used to gratae toe bells when loaded la the gun. Government officials predict that there wlll be a continued heavy demand all over the world for Amerlcun food product* for some years. three Items were Involved: (1) The cost of fSjnernls based at $100 for udults and $50 for children; (2) the vnju* of ‘life foetal $Xono for an adult and ffiflw for a child; (3) the to*t of care of those who recover. Including nteiLcnl service fur adults. “Utilizing the Mime figures for the few above-named dlscu*«--* In a com FATHER. 13 SONS, ARE SLAIN FFICIAL Washington has been keeping an ear close to the ground to aee how tiie public takes the tax on luxuries. “We need the money,** la their motto, t just the same they uunt to know hew the people feel shout IL “Millions r bonds, but not one cent on lew mm” seems to be the answer. The experience of the revenue Ice In collecting this tax shows con- talvely that the Americau people » Just as averse as ever to pay Ing a Two Daughters in French Family Aim Killed by Germane—Remark able Record of War. rwnun IOUTHASf is.—Thirteen sons killed on th« of battle, three discharged vlil > Injuries, one wounded four dif death l< fr»sn tho«*e ten «ll»»we«» not Included) amounted to approximately $57ih■*».!*■> and the losses due to medical care and wages to approximately $1.078.U)0. “The recent epidemic of Influenza Involved at least ten million persons, with a mortality of approximately 4as» - «■*) Assuming that each case of Ill ness Involved only $25 for medical care, the cost would be $25U.0UU.UU0. Pestilence Adds Another Billion. “Insomuch as the mortality from In fluenza Involved approximately three l*raoo* of working age to one child, one may consider the average loas by death equivalent to $2,44*0. and the funern! ex|»eu«es at $9»>. giving thus a total economic loss In vital assets of • approximately $1,000,000,01)0. These fig ures. large aa they are. take no ac count of the losses In production due to 'the pestilence, hor. indeed, of the tax which looks like a tax. and Which ereut times, the father and one laughter summarily shot by the Ger- cans for going to Lille to celebrate • he centennial anniversary of a rela- •Ive, and another daughter killed hjr a German shell at Duuklrk, la the rec ord of the family of M. Vanhee. a French farmer of Heinlnghe, near Yprea. , M. Vanhee had 36 children. 22 sons and M daughters, all of whom were living when the war broke out. One of his sons was valet to Pope Plus X; he returned to France to fight and was wounded In each of four different en gagements. One of the sons lost both legs, an other returned from the front blind and deaf, and another underwent the trepanning operation. has to be paid every day Instead of > V, one* a year In a lump. vpff It also shows that the attitude of (\l \ Lj U tho average man toward being taxed Jr* jr 2 j -*c la much the same aa hla attitude to- -v ’ v *w > ward having a tooth pulled. He wonts tho thing done quickly and painlessly, and Just as he truats the dentist to pull tha right tooth and not to remove an In*lisp*usable molar, to ha trusts congress to levy an economically sound tax, and refuses to worry about that phase of matter himself. He will buy Liberty bonda with a whoop of joy, stimulated by a parade sad a little oratory. He will pay a heavy tax In the way of tariff without a whimper because he doesn't see the money go. He will pay an Income tax. after some swearing and perspiring, because the thing is done all at oace, and hit Injured finances and feeling have tlmo to recover before the dreadful day com** around again. lint he will not dally plank down an extra penny or ao for ooft drinks. It reminds him constantly that he Is being taxed. *- —— —— • It causes him carry around a lot of small change. The cash girl gets all mixed up. and It's I general mess. The fact that a luxury tax la the most equitable and economical tax which can be levied does not mean anything to him. Hr*. Virginia HfOVte fill I In Wwr* ner. known as the “kl«s1eaa bride.’*-Is having no particular trouble annul- Ing her secret marriage to the youth who HU her that “he pilled married people who had children.” and tliat he didn't care for her any more. War ner visited his young bride, who was still known as Miss Harris, several times after their marriage, but for fear somebody would find they were married they did not even kiss, but when she was willing to live with him on $150 a month she says he refused to allow her to do jo,. When he ad mitted that he did not care for her Miss' Harris told her parents and the untying of the knot began. The bride Is popular In society In both Washing ton and Philadelphia, being the step daughter of Commander Archibald L. Parsons, of the Philadelphia navy yard. >pl« bottle. When itioa this paper.- Quit# Naturally. “How did the play about tha UUr cook pan outf “Oh, It had a lot of good roles.’ EIFFEL TOWER ‘DEMOBILIZED' cost of labor*tumover due to the mor tality of Industrial workers. These tremendous costs of - com municable diseases may be regarded In part as an Index of the economic - efficiency of communities. It certainly <h>cs not reflect great interest or care In the conservation of the assets of the community to note the astonishing destruction of resources due to pre ventable communicable diseases. "It Is probably a shock to the con servative thinker about economic wastefulness to realize that the num ber of Industrial accidents reported to the New York state Industrial com mission for the year 1917-1918 was 286,871. a number larger than the total casualties of our American army oc cupied In the strenuous work of con quering a pitiless foe. It Is of the ut most significance that war, with all Its atrocities, Is probably responsible for little greater disease and disability during the period of greatest industrial activity than occurred during the or dinary years of conditions reflecting normal- Industrial activity. , , Health Means Dollars and Centfe. “Health must be estimated In terms of dollars and cents, in terms of pro- Avarlce and fidelity cannot dwell to gether la the same house.—Qriaa'B Fairy Tales. Will B« Accessible to Tourist Visitors for the First Time Since War Began.** Amnrican Legion Appeals to the American Women A MERICAN women are taking up the American Legion idea enthusiastically. The name of the English nurse, Edith Cavell, who was shot by the Ger mans, has been chosen^as the title for the first post. The Edith Cavell post of the American Legion ^w111 be composed of yeomanettes of the Brooklyn navy - yard. After It was decided at the St. “** Louis American Legion caucus that _ women were eligible for membership in the legion Chief Electrician James ""*■ F. Goerlck called together the yeoman- ettes of the Brooklyn station and on May 12 the first application for a v woman’s i>ost was filed by them. Wlth- im In the next two weeks applications for Edith Cavell posts were received from Headquarters has now ruled that the first charter would be given to the yeomanettes of the Brooklyn navy yard. Wash ington, D. C., came second with a Besty RoSs post. Next In line came appli cations from the West for a Martha Washington post and a Molly Pitcher post. Manhattan was fifth with an application for a Barbara Frletchie post. The war and navy departments have paid official tributes to the work which American women did in the great war. Many American girls and women of more mature age underwent virtually all the dangers that the men underwent. Thousands of American women crossed the sea in the days of submarine dangers and entered On work In France which took them well Into the zone of fire. Scores of women have won decorations- fr'ora'tfie American government, or from'the allied governments of Europe, not only for the heroic work of self-sacrifice, but for high "courage In times of great danger. Paris.—The Eiffel tower has Joined *^he ranks of the demobilized, Its inlll- although Its telegraph station* will he tary Job being ended wireless maintained nnd Indeed strengthened to make It equal jo the Qermun post at Nauen. It wfilHhe accessible to tourist visitors after being unapproachable for more than four yeurs. During the war a dozen machine guns were mounted on the highest platform as protection ngainst air at tacks. On the first platform were four- inch guns and searchlights, and later a powerful siren to give warning against air raids. WAfJTS TO END COUNTY JAILS VlfR'CAM Philanthropist Receives $30,000 for National Campaign With That Object. wor*Ani LEGION Nothing Lika Plain Bitro-Phoophata te Put on Firm, Hoalthy Flash and to In eras so Strength, Vigor and Nerve Fore*. New Tork^r-Adolph Lewlsohn was 70 years old, so he gave a garden par ty at his country home at Ardsley. The party was combined with a meet ing of the national committee on prison reform, and $30,000 was pre- Judglax from the countless preps rat and treatments which are continually Inc advertised for the purpose of mal thin people fleehr. developing arms, e and bust, and replacing ugly hollows sented to Mr. Lewlsohn-by friends for a national campaign which the com curved lines of health beauty, there are evil dently thou- eajnis of men anrt women 'JjilpggyF JWC Ml who keenly feel their ex* thln- JUtt Thinness and IBBffMEf •'TV'-'Wv’N weakness are j often due to starved *?‘ ^ nerves Our bodies need Ij more phoe- fa; phate than le ■£*.. contained tn pgteTTf.' modem foods. GEORGIA HAMILTON. nothing that will supply this deficiency so wefi as the organic phosphate known among druggists as bltro-phosphata. which Is Inexpensive and is sold by most all druggists under a guarantee or satis faction or money back. By feeding tha nceves directly and by supplying the bod/ cells with the necessary phosphoric food eternents, bltro-phoephate ehculd produce Needle in Her Body. Concordia. Mass.—A surgical needle that has been in her body for more than twenty years has never given Mrs. F. J. Hannum of this city trou ble until recently. The needle was re moved by a physician after Mrs. Han num hail sufficed severely with cramps iu the leg until the needle was found. mlttee will soon begin for the abolish 5 meat of the county Jail. Hundreds of friends of Mr. Lew lsohn motored up from the city to pay their compliments to the philanthro pist. Mr. Lewlsohn said that fully 65 per cent of the men In county jails today- are Innocent. ^ Motion Picture Is the Real Universal Language T nE real universal language, the one that Is understood every\yhere without study, is the. motion picture. This has been demonstrated recently by a number of Americap exporters who'are using the movie for such difficult tasks as selling shoes to Asiatics who al* -- . ways have goDe baref(x>t, and Aoap to ■ natives who regal'd water exclusively ~ a welcome transformation la the appear ance: the Increaae la weight frequently being astonishing. as a beverage The movie does not enter ea’slly Into domestic trade, or even Into trade between equally civilized coun tries.. But tfiien It comes to trading with tye hinterland people of the tropica, who are Just becoming ac quainted with modern conveniences, the movie la a boon. A great difficulty which A trad* has encountered In f<*rri toward a new pruf*ncltloa. For cfTfri^rt it la no eni village that aa Amm«-sn eha.f tiOiaa agent sgwak* their ftsajp ho alts ao tho qaoorteoktag sff the moateg fKtore ofi*a has a -moo off a rate te ffte te the nl Tha nation aaoo chain m | - Increase In weight also carries with tt a genera) Improvement tn the health. Nervousness, sleeplessness and lack of hnsrgy. which nearly always accompany excessive thinness, should toon d appear, dull eyes ought to brighten, aad pala cheeks clow with the t'o^ra of perfect health. Mies Georgia Hamilton, who wof once thin and frail, reporting her eWO rican countries Is the cautious attitude of no Liras