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I a?MS HI II11 ?BBB I Store was J Come to tl S$ORT SKETCH OF THE PROG- | RESS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE j By Dr. E. C. Knotts . Mother Nature, the name that has given to the forces that govern the life1 and physical processes and prog-1 ress of the things that live in the j - * world, is a very inexorable mother! and very prodigal with 'her hand;-! work. The prime law laid down by > this mythical, majestic lady is that one termed "the survival of the, fittest." The struggling bud o^ flower is ruthlessly destroyed to make room for a hardier plant or weed which may be a poisonous one. So it is with human life, subjected to a myriad variety of conditions that blight, and ? g4rm? that maim and kill, generousiy supplied by nature, until life of the human like all life, is one continuous ?* 1 ~ onr? Struggle uneac cvii ?itu the dark angel of death. However a power, greater than Mother Nature and more kind, has endowed man with the supreme gift, intelligence, and with >this to guide many humans have lived long and useful lives when otherwise they must have perished:. * The animals and beasts of the forest have been subjugated and made stepping stones to life, the earth has been turned from a wilderness to great fields of cotton, fruit and grain for the benefit of man and alt this by vartue of but one element and that intelligence. In spite of these: triumphs man found that he was still being victimized by savage forces of nature and was succumbing to various --J -* 1*~1 J: T1_ ^ ana areaaxui uistuses. xuc msi. concept of primitive man conerning disease was that it was of divine or at any rate supernatural origin. Laboring under delusion he sought the counsel of the ruling deity or the ! ministrations of its priest or witchdoctor. When it became apparent that supplications to the moon, to fire or his idol, when exhortations and incantations of the conjurer, when stones and sticks used to beat the evil srenius from the body, I say, that when all these failed to alleviate the discr.se or to ward off its attack, then man by virtue of his intelligence began to question the ancient superstitions and beliefs and to believe that disease was a more worldly condition and then truly medical science was born. Handicapped by prejudice and heathen concepts ond by lack of precedent and instruments the progress of this, then, new science was slow. Many of the theories advanced were bizarre and fantastic. Esculapius, more a philosopher than a medical man, a<!vanced the idea that the human body was composed of four elements. namelv. fire, water, dirt and air. Disease was due to a poor or incorrect mixture of some of these four element. Hippocrafes, however, came close to the truth by blaming climatic conditions and personal habits for disease. Galem recognized that tuberculosis was contagious. As a tribute to the shrewdness and Acute observation of these ancient ;writers medical history has preserved the descriptions of tuberculosis, pneumonia and leprosy taken from the writings of Hippocrates himself and they have never been improved. But describing is not curing ana is important, in itself, only because of its academic interest. It was not Until 1683 that disease germs were discovered by Von Leeuwenhoek that <r- modern medicine came into being. Many men before this time believed and wrote that disease was caused by miprnsrnrniv livinc hut these were rather ingenuous guesses or unproved theories and did not have a scrap of experimental demonstration to. sustain them. So with this new field opened to man equipped with his intelligence and his eagerness for new knowledge, diseases were studied from a new standpoint and gradually it was unfolded that for each distinct disease there was a specific ( i. ;v- y>. - V. ? packed -to the \ ie real sale, DOnHBHSBaBMHHCnBBnBnMUHMEBBHniUftSJNBMMUIUBCtl germ. There is a long line of wonderful men that have each conlrib-.'j uted to the store of knowledge, some of the more notable ones being' Koch of Germany, Davaine of France, John Mitchell of America. I Oliver Wendell Holmes, the English poet and Lord Lister of England. j; I 'So having accurately described the ' disease and having discovered the germ that caused it, much had been I accomplished. However, this was not i i the goal, for it is of secondary imr j porta nee to the sick person as to; what organism inhabits his body. It , is medicine or treatment that will i I cure or alleviate his conditions that j ; he desires and anything short of this : ;<? wnrt)<)pss to him. So in the study ' I , of the great world of microscopic creatures, science studied the condi, tions under which they thrived, and 1 how they could be killed. The phyI sician asked these questions: What chemicals or medicine will kill this gprm which is living in. my patient, and while killing the germ, will work no harm to ir.v patient? Under what conditions must my patient live ! to best promote his ability to take care of his infection? Now it was ' discovered that medicine as a cura[ tive art was obliged to be very limited. Most organisms are very resis tant and the human diooci scream wm ! carry very little medicine to the diseased spot, if it be-remote. Yet w'e know that malaria fever, amebic dysentery, syphilis, diphtheria, tetanus, all have specfie curative agents which if given in time will cure. However it is known that medicine is more at limited to merely assisting the body to throw off the disease. This seems disappointing at first glance, f but the facts gleaned, as this investigation progressed, began to crystallize into a specialty that would be of j even greater valu^ to n;an than that : of the curative art. It was noted ! persons who once had smallpox, even in its mildest form, were thereafter protected against future attacks. tui'c woe true of many other . disease. This protection was known as immunity. Also it was noted' that } certain diseases were more prevalent j in certain communities as malaria . I exists where the malaria carrying:1 i mosquito is indigenous. Further that typhoid fever was more prevalent in ; those communities where the fly was | breeding unhampered and surface | water or open wells constituted the j drinking water supply. Concerning ' each disease germ then it has been ; ascertained how he gets about, how : he manages to enter the human body and what he will do after he enters that body. We know under what ' conditions it wiT *duce disease and under what conui-ions it may be rendered inactive. In short there is now accurate knowledge of what must be done to prevent the disease.1 This knowledge has given rise to that specialty of medicine known as pre-, ventive medicine and now constitutes the bulwark between man and the terrible enemy, the germ. In the last twenty years progress in preventive medicine has been rapid. The most terrible diseases of the world can now be brought under con-" trol. Even in this present generation we have seen smallpox swept from our country until it now does not constitute a disease of importance. [ Never has the world witnessed a' more complete triumph than that of the army of the United States in' France when there were only one hundred and sixty-five fatal cases of typhoid fever amongst five million soldiers. But these things have been accomplished not through t'.ie intelligence and cooperation of the people concerned but rather through compulsion. They have had their lives saved fo^* them without their consent and in many cases against their will. However the public, generally, is learning the lessons and soon, no doubt, typhoid fever will be i banished from civilian life as effec: tively as it was in the army. Your! i i j ft ; limit first 2 ? Specials ever i ? m mmtmmmnum m\ ? m ?m*?mm*m witumMwmw m m j " ^ Iff I mim^JSeaeBSaaSSSmtS^ ^miri in n muomum?ge*!taweMwau?aCTm.rs+ mat h" zrr \ V - public healrh. association has little power to c?iforcc upon its people the primary laws concerning prevention of disease but rather is hoping to secure the cooperation of its peoples by showing them that it is the lif$ of each one of then: that is at rtak? and with this before then: man's supreme gift, intellgence. will suroiy 1 ?-v /iViflv t'1.1 'I > *i? V .* compel in in ?\j UU-wt mandates. So we have passed through four distinct periods in medicine: 1. Supcrst'.tion. 2. Empiricism. o. Experimentation. 4. Knowledge. One can not say that ab?n!ute knowledge has been attained for there is yet much to know and to find out, but at last we co have real <s have ccmo out of paotv, *v*ww -- the centnries and v/hich have cost lives and liioney to obtain. It will take more'than a generation before this knowledge is disseminated among the public so that it \viH be of any considerable benefit. For have we not vet Dersonn in cur midst who still believe that disease is due to the curse of Satan and to witchcraft. Do we not have persons apply to witch doctors and faith healers for a remedy for their ailments? Then if there are people today whose ideas date back to prehistoric, day?, can we hope that in twenty years the entire world will adept the know!?dge that has been in human possession but little more time? Dr. Copeland health commissioner of New York, says that death rate of a community is an indication of how progressive it is. So people of Newberry county, we plead with you, you people in whom we have faith, that you will maKe nistory for the world by keeping your minds receptive and open for the lessons concerning the prevention of disease. RIVERS SAYS HOLD COTTON FOR RISE IN MARKET PRICES Such is Advice ot J. U. Kivers, state Warehouse Commissioner Who Says Cotton Will Go Higher Columbia, Sept. 20.?The stats warehouse system is growing rapidly according to a statement issued here 1T P D.'itah? f+o+A lUUcl^ U^r <i. XV i V vi *> .itacv. nut v house commissioner. He said that new warehouses were being taken into the system daily and that approximately 15,000 bales of cotton are now in storage. "This old storage, together with the new cotton coming in every day now will soon give the state warehouse system its maximum capacity" said the commissioner. "Every in* - i- .*11 4-U^ cncanon is mat tms season wm uc mv most prosperous the system has ever known. The system has the best rate of insurance it ever has had." Confidence that cotton will go higher was expressed by Mr. Rivers. He pointed to the fact with the large amount of selling that has been going on the price has remained around 22 cents. ''As soon as the supply diminishes the price1 will rise," he said, predicting an increase of $25 to $50 a bale within a few weeks and a price of 35 to 40 cents a pound within a year. Mr. Rivers statement regarding the cotton price situation follows: . 1 . .1! "Knowing tnat it is not gooci poncy to advise people concerning the future prices of cotton, I have refrained so far this year from appearing in the public prints, but conditions have forced themselves upon us, and in the face of a market steady and strong with rate of 50,000 bales per day, together with an industrial situation. the like of which at market ing time the cotton celt has never experienced, it is time for somebody to sit up and take notice. Cotton, with all this trade of selling and violent bearish circumstances has remained steady at a price around 22 cents per pound. Therefore those who have studied the situation are convinced that as soon as the supply days. Come an %2 y da v. ibi nil mi ii < i iw in I I I I mmmmmmmm <! > ! i ' ?tmbo?? co.x*ar.varwrr?- , tnurrywvVrafrmwg??nr?mtwji bujuininatgrwmnran? . m begins to diminish ana the industrial situation has prospect of a settling that a great cica! higher price i.han at present \vT: be '.called for *pot cotton. i-Ii. therefore, behooves every farmer who has a bale of cotton to g.">. slow in offering it for sale, as a few weeks, in the opinion of the writer, will show a gain of $25 to $50 per bale in the amount realized from such sale. Store your cotton in a /state warehouse and get a receipt 's-' -ued by the state and relieve yourselves of your liabilities and v/at.-h your product increase in value nlioi tly by leaps and bounds?at a mini mum cost. "It is entirely within the bounds * of reason to prcdict that cotton wit! bring 35 to 40 cents pc-r pound before another year, and this increase in value should be turned into the hands of the larmers rather than into the hands ot' the cotton speculators. Sell just as little cotton at the present prict as you pos&ibly can and store and hold for a few weeks and realize the profit, which in my 1 * ^ r. -f opinion ana m tnt* up.uiui! m ^uivi^ vrho have studied the situation, v/ill be great increase over the present price." IMPROVEMENT IN FUEL ; ' SITUATION BRINGS RESULTS Detroit Plants, Shut Since Last Saturday, Have Put 100,000 Out of "r -T- Started YY or ft.. vv;a? rnvvv^. r Detroit. Sept. 21.?The plants of ths Ford Motor company in tho Detroit district, closed last Saturday because of the coal situation, thereby throwing 100 000 Ford workers out of work in different parts of the country, will reopen tomorrow morning, it was offtcialiy announced toi ua.v. Orders for the reopening of the plants were telegraphed here today ; by T^dsel B. Ford, president of the company, who is in Cincinnati. Mr. , Ford said canccllaton of the interj state commerce commssion's service I order No. 23 had made it possible to again obtain coal. The telegram read as fellows: j "Cancellation of' the interstate commerce commission's service 01 w i Number 23 has made it poesible \ again to secure coal. "Movement of coal to Detroit, has started and we feel justified in start 2ng" Ulc: lumui.un , ; morning1. i "Post notices calling "he men bacV ! to work ana notify the 'iewspappTs." ! Executives of the company said , rule i operations would be resumed at ' Highland Park. River Rouge and j ^ ! Dearborn, where the three large no n : plants of the concern are located, at i midnight tonight. Assembly plants I throughout the country ihat were 1 ? f i , r or closed with the parent plants als:> qqq ' will resume as quickly as their men sorj ' can be recalled. It is planned to put production im- th0 mediately on the basis it was at the T}1C time of the closn?. Det The resumption is understood at the Ford offices here to be a direct rocnlf- nf a conference Edsel Ford had in Cincinnati yesterday with a r0u group of about 50 coal producers. par Just what arrangements were made cou to obtain coal were not made known thai here. not The first intimation the public had tal that the shut down of the Ford plants Str; was imminent came a few weeks ago fen when Mr. Ford issued a public state- nau ment announcing his plans to close cau September 16. In that statement ple= and in later statements and inter- cnil views he made known his belief that thci "no real coal shortage existed," anO prh that the coal situation was the result by nf a "a nlnt to rai?e prices." The por manufacturer also bitterly assailed 7 the interstate commerce commission. frig charging that body had permitted ano profiteering in coai to exist. tior The revision of the commisson's; or I ! Si A i j ^1 ^FP-f" >3v2 cltui MCt jUsJI 5ES4 c : Pr< < s at wh * . closei * Ye r emp Stud. K me a: that _ ca^ Ca SEDAN sovi? bake I EQUIPMENT The StudcbakerLizht-Six The 1 Sedan has four doers that & wine wide open; dorrs lisht; mohair velvet plush upholstery; inside locks on three d.*cr3 &r.d outside . lock on richt-hnnd tront door: '.i s;lk roller curtains. 5. .* The Coups-Roaditer scats 2 _____ pezspngcra; a-nplc space under rear deck fcr ?ugr.ae-L uphol- Touri i o stcrcd in gemuue ieatiiex. { *<^a, | (3-i Eoth nv-xjcb have th>f-prccf transmission Jock; cowl vent;- J later; side coach lump*; rain j visor; -.vindiuueki j. | dnj CJOOt. | T H I S IS A a fFTrT*T-^-'- i vr mSam s pertaining to coal distribution ruin, nits the sendng of coal to auto- whos >le plants, previously classed as souls -essential concerns. striv he re-opening will bring back to prop k bcnches, in addition to the of tl d employes, approxmately 120,- pcri( others. on the payrolls of acces- the ? 7 companies, and machine shops It bulk of whose products ?o into ques Ford' automobiles and tractors, five , majority of this class are in the the j roit district. char 'HE SINS Or THE PARENTS. tr.il fhile the "flapper" is being so ^js ndlv denounced, what about the tv,-.]; ents? The Constitution of this theii ntry lays down the natural law jjfe> : al! men are equal; that /is to say, a;uj equal in their physical and men- + }iji~ eauinment, hut in opportunity. ingely enough, the principal of- L q ciers in setting this declaration at . . , 4 r.iiot gr.t are American Barents. Bc, , * . . are ; se tney neglect to learn tne s:m>'C rules for the wise rearing of V , , of d dren, they constantly out upon . iaili ir offsprings handicaps that dore them of what they are promised the government, equality in op- nal:i tunity. a fair show. L >_ % '* f f a -v'nnffi t IR'Xt' .M il tv UlT >/L ui.oi ... ;ht is worse than death. There is rne-v t'ner type to whom such an emo- nu-: lal shock as the display of hatred tht-ii wrathful jealousy means lasting Ash? i .0 - U IF0 Of it'aCS? ... _ L OS-ED ( ssent prices are the lowest St cdeb a dch Studebaker Light-Six manship d cars have ever been scld. "$1550 fo t the intrinsic valuer are ^-rthe C haticallythegre-.test ta ebaker ever offered. This When is they are,the best values V/an t -.o ] the industry affords, be- Include j Studebaker cars have list and ys been above par in the in the 3 ir:t of value per dollar Coupe-I ited. difficult 1 pacity product ion and the j 5 tgs resulting from Stude- baker s r methods of complete cinrabilit ifacture make these low r;iy_pr: 3 possible. ^ upheld : fat-Sis closed cars arc baker fo lily built of finest mate- can dep^ and best workmanship. automol Dodies are the product of name tl: MC DELS AND PRICES-/, o. i LIGHT-SIX SPECIAL-SIX Pas j. , 112' IV. 2. S -Pus* . 119' W. 3. *0 H. P. SO li. P. j $ 575 Tcuriag . $1275 stv-.. zLczdz tcr ?*i.) 975 (2-Pasc.) 1250 _ . Roadster s-Roacster <,4i-as.v) _ 1273 sss> --- J225 Coupe ( -.-Pass.) iS75 i 123'J j s-:aan. *vju Cord TJzas Standard Equips McHARDY MOWER Distributor .. ? f o hose dOi) reewaerry, d. STUDEBAKE And there are many children $2( ;e minds are retarded and wfcose ; are warped by parents who, J ing* in all affection io rear them , erlv, blunder hideously bec-aasc ' ' liqi ic:r i^norar.rc iitat childhood ex- ' x3 6 ,r>ccs leave lasting: etYects upon ' pro ving individuality. reY nas been established beyond l0 I'on by scientists that the first cf years of the child's life determine *;Q. general trend of the individual's 0 j T 1.1 Jl .. .. w CiLICl". III" uiCci' live .v:?iir5 "pi-. is ouifcs so important as the gen- i:/yi * - * *?? atmosphere of the home Into, ] atmosphere go such things as the ' caj ng of the parents for each other, ^ attitude toward the problems of their relations with their friends :<r neighbors, in short ail those ?s which make up the general.L' , of a household. ? ut of happy, peaceful and opti- ( L* homes come the children \yho j as a rule unhurt in mind an-.! spiso* From homes in which the stoirn * ^ isagreement and the gloom of ire and pessimism prevail, come i young people who generally are ^ iicapped by a wrong adjustment (},*c v'ork and life. These arc the tru ?s which parents must learn if are to <:ive their children in fuii sure- what the constitution of country guarantees them.?The ur( iville Citizen. ; un i J / l bargains. i ji r ^ I ~ ,ur.<.vi.^.rtg.VAnraR*& *<* * uao?f bmmm? ?* * ^ 3HT-SIX I-: | A R s ; i:er skill and crafts- , and the prices of r the Sedan and $1225 Roadster are no the:r mhcrer.t value. i : - 0*1 bcv. a car you * y too k a t several m akes. Studebaker in your after you have ridden Light-Six Sedan or Roadster it will not be % to make up your mind. bundations of Stude- <i access are quality, I* y, comfort and integ- |: Liciplesthathavebeen I ;teadfastly by Stude- 1 r seventy years. You ir.d upon Studebaker | >ile3 because of the J ey bear. | * [>. factories ? BIG-SIX < 7-Pass., 126' W. B. ' I ' 60 H P. a < Tourins $1650 I Speedster (4 Pass.) 1783 . Coupe * 22/5 . Sedan 2475 Sedan (Spcci.il) 2650 ;r year] i ^^^ n^gtrggasaKtr mrngrrTCaB 1< IO;OOC BOOZE CARGO i TAKEN IN N. Y. HA3SOR 8 \ sew York, Sept. 21.?The odor of lor, wafted from the seagoing tug ssica L. M. Kehoe toward the nosof the crew of the United States enue cutter New Berry today led the seizure of the tug, the arrest its crew of 13, and the eonfiscan of Scotch and rye whiskey with )ootIeg value of almost szu^uuu. e capture took ulace off Ambrose 'it ship. ?ederal authoritis asserted the ;ch, which inclirded 2.112 cases of h grade stuff, was the most value made in this port since the hteenth amendment became eifeca - > rhe Krhce is owned by the J. J. hoe Lighterage and Coal company. Customs inspectors said they learnthe tug had met an ocean liner jut eight miles out at sea and ;en the wet cargo off the big ship. !f you never heard an evj; report 3ut a man until he becomes a ean[ate, the chances are that it isn't :e. We suppose those experts who are king about a living wage have fig?d in the money that must go for ion dues. % '