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The Proper Ca Address Delivered By Dr. Moman's, Club, of Thursday When I was asked to talk to von this afternoon by your most worthy committee I could not decline so hon ored an invitation, and on refleetion, I asked her whether all or. nearly all the members of the Woman's club were not married women, as I desir ed to say something in behalf of the chil<iren. She replied that all but two or three were married, and they desired to be married. So, kind ladies and mothers, that determined the subject of these re marks: The Proper Care of Children. Dr. Jacobi. an eminent lady physi cian, of New York, once said, "The fondest ambition of every woman is to become a wife. and the fondest am bition of every wife is to become a mother. " The strongest passion of whicih the human heart is capable of feeling is that of love of mother for her off spring. "A mother is happy, su premely happy. when worshipping at the shrine of childhood." And those of loving hearts and empty arms do not enjoy this strongest passion of motherhood. Father, mother, child-these con stitute a family, and a family pre supposes a home. The family and the -home are the most ancient of hu man institutions. They have prob ably decended to us from pre-human times and -from aneestors who were not yet men. Without a home it is impossible for children to be proper ly brought up, and their characters and faculties -healthily developed. There can be no satisfactory con tradiction to this propositon, yet when we look around us we find thousands upon thousands in our own land who possess nothing of the semblance of a home. Not only so, but many are endeavoring to shun tibe duties of home-life, seeking ithat of hotels and boarding houses. In chinese civilization, the most ancient and stable the world has yet produced, the hiome and the family are made .the basis of society. Ev ery Chinaman belongs to a family, and has a home in whieth in trouble or destitution he can take refuge, un less lhe has by misconduct forfeited his rights and been expelled from -his family. It is these outcasts who form the bulk of Chinese emnizrants, and the fondest hope and objeet of these coolies is some day to get back to their country and be reinstated in to their families. It is said we know very little of the Chinese who stay at home. It is ther, from the family and the home that a nation is properly fed and maintained. It is in the sphere of quiet homes --not elsewhere-that woman can best rule and save the world. What an awful and sacred responsibility then is woman 's! No less resposi ble sihould a father feel, although it is not his to mould and shape and prepare. Tihe family then is the unit of the nation. and as the family or the children of the family are reared and trained so will the nation be. At a recent conference on the care of dependent children. called at ~the white house by ex-Pres. Roosevelt, the preservation intact of family life en t'e chief point stressed at the me~et.ing. The report says: Washington, Jan. 26--Advanced steps of far-reaching signifieance to the future well-being of the ehildren of the country were taken at the con cluding session today of the confer enee on the care of the dependent elrildren, held in this eity. Voicing the unanimous sentiment of nearly '200 delegates, the conference adopt ed a comprehensive report of its con clusions as to the most practical plan for promoting the welfare of the neg lected ehild. One of the most important recomn iendations contained in the report whic-h was submitted to President Roosevelt at a notable dinner by the -conference at the New Willard re -quested the president to send a mnes -aeto cogress, urging the establish -ment of a children's bureau, one of whose objects shall be to disseminate information in regard to eihild-caring work and the needs of the children. Br-iefly summarized, the conclu sions of the conference are as fol lows: Children of worthy parents should as a rule, be kept with their parents, homeless and neglected children, if normal, should be cared for in famil ices, when practicable; child-earing in stitutions should be on the cottage plan; States should inspect all agen cies caring for dependent children; educational work or institutions car ing for dependent children shaaid b( supevisd by State educational an re of Children J. M. Kibler Before The Newberry, S. C., on May 27. thorities; agencies caring for child ren should cooperate to ascertain anc control causes of dependency; a per manent organization for work alonc tie line of this -declaration is desira ble , prohibitive legislation agains transfer of dependent children be tween States should be repealed; co operation between child-caring agen eies and more thorough preparation for surgical and medical care fo children in all institutions. The speakers today included A. I Jamison, of Grenwood, S. C.. super intendent of Connie Maxwell orphan age. With the unanimous opinion o an array of notable charity worker and others who took part in the dis cussion that the child can -best b reared under the influence of th home and that it should be removei from the family circle 'only whe: proper supervision at home has be come impossible, it also was the con sensus of opinion .that where povert; exists in the home State aid shoul be given. The historic east room of the whit house was the scene of this notabl conference. The president spoke i part as follo.ws: "There can be no more importar subject from the standpoint of th nation than that with wihieh you ai to deal, because you take cal of the nation of tomorrow. and it j ducumbent upon every one of us to d alr in his or iher power to provide fc the.interests of these children whoi cruel misfortune has handicapped 2 the very outset of their lives.'' Notwithstanding this most sacre home duty of woman, the times no seem to demand that she get or from home and be a bread winnE for the family. A more deplorab -state of society never existed-bot for the mother and child. At a recent meeting of the "F.edel al Council of the Church of .Christ i America,'' which fhas for its objec the bringing together of the Chris tian bodies of America into unite -services for Christ and the worli and in whieh thirty-three denomina tions were represented, the committe on the 'church and modern industry offered among other flhing a resolu tion, which was adopted, recommend ing the abolition of child labor, an< the regulation of the work of wome1 or.al to proteot the physical an< mrlhealth of communities. There is a general awakening in th, nation on the snbject of the preserva tion of the family circle and th< proper care of eihildren in their phy sical, moral and mental development There is no doubt that the parenta and filial relations should be pre served wherever this is possible, and in the remarks which follow this rela tion is presupposed. To properly dis cuss the question of child life i should be divided into three periods viz., infancy, the period between in fancy and school life, and the perio4 of school life. It is. a deplorable fac that in all civilized countries th birth-rate is on the decline. This i ~due to the growing reluctance o: tbose who live in ease and comfor ~o incur the pains and troubles o: parenthood. If this be true. it is in the riche and not in the poorer, classes of sc ciety that the great diminution o births is taking place; it is the for mer, and not -the latter, who are.fail ing intheprimitive duty of keeping ul the race. If those by whom our fu ture citizens are bred are not the ur fittest part of our people, they are a least those whose poverty makes ther the least competent to provide tih food, the home, and the other condi tions of life which are necessary ft children if they are to grow int strong and healtihy men and worren. As thre birth-rate dwindles it be comes more necessary and desirabi that the community make the bes of those w$ho are born into the world When they come into the world th children of the rich are but litti better in their bodies than the child ren of the poor. Hereditary diseas is equally spread over all classem Poverty and privation during gesta non seem to affect the mother mori than the chiild. If either must starvi t will be the former as the latte: will get the lion's share. But fron the moment of birth deterioratiot sts in and il'nourishred infants peris] av the thousands. Many are maime< t birth on account of the want o1 skilled 'help and are incapable os growing into 'healthy men and womer and remain a burden on society thi whole of their lives. Medical testimony assures us that a9 -, er.a cen of ladrn are borm nat ial Ia et.' it b1)hoovc- the gov ernme,m to se to it thatt hey be pro teeted ani !urihed aiil the fearful death-rate be diminished. One of the main causes of the large death-rate among -the poorer classes of society is due to the fact that so many mothers have to labor for the sustenance of their families in fac turies and work-shops. Tbis is not so bad in our own State as in New England, and especially in the Old World, but manufacturing is T on such rapid increase in the South- I land that the question of children and their proper care has become a serious one and our lawmakers don't G seem to realize the fact. The poor mother neglects her in fant. often unwillingly, and the new born is sacrificed for the rest of the O r family. The same thing is done, how- th ever, in the higher walks of society hE by some who have no sacred regard for the duty of motherhood. "A dr mother's breast is the infant's birth f right and suckling a sacred duty." s These poor, helpless and innoncent ones are put under the care of others ir 3 -and. in our section generally the ig- V e norant and careless negro nurse with artificially prepared food, and 1] 'the chances of their growing and de veloping and maturing into strong 6hildren are indeed few. Any moth er in the higher ranks of life who may deny her infant its natural food because narsing interferes with the - e~. claims of "society" and with the N e pursuit of pleasure is grossly guilty n 'of criminal neglect and should suf fer its conseqeuences. t In a. certain town in England an t, e interesting experiment was made by e the new mayor when he went into e office. He was astonished at the fear s ful death rate among the infants in 0 his town. He offered a prize of one a] r pound to the mother of every child n born during his mayoralty, who pro i duced it alive and well at the town hall, one year from his going into of d flee. A committee of ladies was at v the same time, formed to visit and Lt advise the mothers. The first year ,r the death-rate of infants sank from e 134 to 54 in tihe thousand. How eas h ily can the cooperation of the rich and the poor reduce infant mortali -ty! 2 No factor is more respor.sible for T tinfant mortality than that of artifi - cial feeding. The ignorance preva d lent on this subject, not confined by er , any means to the poorest classes is pl - deplorable. r e ''A little bit of what we eat our- we Iselves"' is the commonest expression k~ - Iof those whose infants should have les - nothing but ihuman milk. A know- Ji ledg~e of how infants should be prop- G erly artificially fed should be widely tb 'diffused among the people. Physi- ri cians, w'hen they are called to see a Ji Ssick infant and find one that has been po improperly nourished or not nourish- m Sed at all, know they have not only the ch -disease to combat, but the ill effects m~ of ignorance to overcome and correct th 1 if possible. or W:here is this instruction to begin i re Som'e say teach ther children of today tic in our schools who are to become the . futu-re p.arents the laws of health and ti( hygiene that they may not be as ig norant as their parents were. In some of our schools a little physiolo gy is read to the pupils but a practi eand knowledge of the human body adti.re laws of 'health is never at tained. I once read of an examina tion held in a certain Grammag school on two subjects in the~ same day; m. viz.. ''English Grammar,'' and ''An- Sc imal Physiology.'' A girl asked in the examination todescribe the hu- de man body, said: "The human body at consists .of three parts. the head, the - chest and the 'stummiok.' The head p. - contains the eyes and the brain (if S( any). The chest contains the heart, - lungs and a bit of the liver, and the w - 'stummick' contains the vowels, m. t which are a, e,- i, o, and u and some- g times w and y.'' e A knowledge of the proper care of d -infants can be 'only effectively spread at r by the supervision of youn~g c:hildren in thieir homes, and practical teaching of young mothers there. Such a sys - tem would save thousands of lives, if it cou.ld be established.. Of all f -auses of infants' deaths. diarrhoea -is the most frequent, and is the one e which is most on the increase. An 9 attack of this disease can level t:he fr - distinction between the strong and to the weak in a few hours. Its most -commonly predisposing and exciting P eause is improper food, and unl.ess fr improper feeding is promplty stop ped, deati is almost always certain 'to ensue. e 1But malnutrition and disease do bi~ not always kill. and may leave crip pled children on society-as a burden . A - -the rest of their lives. They can- 'i not earn their living and are a pri vate or a public care. It is of little profit to spread 'Ir amnon'z the p)eople a knowledge of how infants should be fed, if the tra right food cannot be obtained. An Id IME 10 IUNE UP! t B ti t Into Your Summer Togs. ti If you haven't any except those tj last summer you will find here k e kind you'll find nececsary to a :ep the tone of your personal ap arance up to that of the best essed men hereabouts. Thin Suits, Featherlike A Weight, Like Iron in rear, Underwear, Shirts, [osiery, Neckwear, etc. Look us over before buying. 1wartPerry Co. OTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that on ond;y, June 14th, 1909, at eleven clock a. n.. I will make a final set ment of the estate of J. Calvin . eel. deceased, in the probate court r Newberry county, and immediate thereafter apply for a discharge Executor of said estate; and 1 persons holding claims against id estate are notified to present ime duly probated to fhe under- I aned on or before said date. Samuel P. Crotwell, Executor of the estate of J. Calvin Neel, deceased. May 10, 1909. 5-11-094t-ltaw. VETERANS SPECIAL >Memphis, Tenn., Via Southern Railway. For accommodation of the Confed ate Veterans and visitors to Mem. iis, Tenn., on the occasion of the union June 8-10, the Southern rail s.y will operate a special train iown as the "Veterans Special"'' aving Columbia at 1 p. in., Monday, me 7th, running via Newberry, eenwood, Belton and Greenville ence Atlanta and Birmingham ar ring Memphis about noon Tuesday, ~ Lne 8th. This special will be corn sed of first class coaches and Pull mn sleeping cars and will be in arge of Brigadier General Zimmer in Davis and staff accompanied by a State sponsors and maids of hon .Southern railway passenger rep sentatives will give personal atten in enroute. Eor further information, apply to ket agent Southern railway or W. E. McGee, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga. 7. L. Meek, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, BLE RIDGE SCHEDULES. Eastboiund. No. 18, leaves Anderson at 6.30i a ,for connection at Belton witt authern fork Greenville.I No. 12, from Walballa, le:aves Ar rson at 10.15 a. in., for connection Belton with Southern Railway for No. 20. leaves Anderson at 2.20 in., for connections at Belton with >uthern Railway for Greenville. No. 8, dail,y except Sunday. fror 'alhalla arrives Anderson 6.24 p. , with connections at Seneca with mthern Railway from points south '] No. 10, from Waihalla, leaves An- t rson at 4.57 p. in., for connections c Belton with Southern Railway for' t reenville and Cglumbia. c Westbound. n No. 17, arrives at Anderson at 7.50 in.. from Belton with connections am Greenville. No. 9, arrives at Andersoi, at 12.24 in., from Belton with connections >m Greenville and Columbia. Goes Walhalla.J No. 19. arrives at Anderson at 3.40 mn., from Belton with connections im Greenville. No. 11, arrives at Anderson at !9 p. in., from Belton with con etions from Greenville and Colum . Goes to Walhalla. No. 7, daily except Sunday, leaves iderson at 9.20 a., in., for Walhalla, ot th connections at Seneca for local m nts 's..uth. a' Kne 17, 18, 19, and 20 are mixed p: 'ns between Anderson and Belton. fi Kos. 7 and 8 are local freight ins, carrying passengers, between derson and Walhalla and between 0 CD 0C 0 C## The Road to Success 2s :nany obstructious, but none so feperate as poor health. Success >day demands health, but Electric itters is the greatest health builder ie world has ever known. It com als perfect action of stomach, liver, idneys, bowels, purifies and enriches ie blood, and tones and invigorates ie whole system. Vigorous body and een brain follow their use. You can't fford to slight Electric Bitters if eak, run-down or sickly. Only 50c. uaranteed by W. E. Pelham & Son, ewberry, S. C. Organ and Piano Bargains Some good square Pianos from $45 to $75 Some good used Organs from $25 to $45 Should the purchasers of these instruments desire to exchange them in a few years fnr a new piano, we will allow their market alue as a credit on the new pianos. Write at once for particulars. as bargains o quickly. Malone's Music House, "The Home of Good Instruments" COLUMBIA, S. C. ]HARLESTON & WESTERN CAR - OLINA BY. Schedule in efect May 31, 1908. jv. Newberry(C N & L) 12:56 p.m. tr. Laurens 2:02 p.m. v. Laurens (C & W C) 2:35 p.m. tr. Greenville 4:00 p.m. v. Laurens 2:32 p.m. tr. Spartanburg 4:05 p.m. v. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 5:00 p.m. ir. Hendersonville 7-:45 p.m. tr. Asheville 8:50 p--n. ,v. Laurens (C & W C) 2:32 p.m. tr Grenwood 3:32 p.1n. tr. McCor'miek 4:33 p.m. tr. Augusta 6:15 p.m. Tri-Weekly PatrIar Car line be ween Augusta,. and Asheville. Trains fos. 1 and 2, leave Augusta Tuesdays. Lhursdays and Saturdays, leave tsheville Mondays, Wednesdays and rridays. Note: The above arrivals and de ~artures, as well as connections with~ t1 e.r companies, are given as infQr aation. and are not <rnaranteed. Ernest Williams, Gen. Paes. Agt.. Au-zusta, Ga. ~o. T. Bryan, For "Fly" Time YOU'LL FIND OUR 1.OO Negligee Shirts ARE BIRDS. 'hey have that deep pointed yoke at means strength. that generous ut which means com'~ort and are iade with extreme care from ex lusive metropolitan patterns which 1eans long and satisfactory service. ten Our Straw Hats Yet? $1.00 to $2.50. EwartPerry Co. NOTICE. All executors, administrators, and her fiducaries are urged to make an al return, upon oat.h, of the receipts Id e:xpenditures of such estate the receding calender yea:' before the rst day of July as required by law. Frank M. Schumpert, May 5th, 1909. Newberry Hardwore Compoo m . ;;, co >.a o C r NEWBERRY HARDWARE COMPANY.