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MENTAL HYGIENE. (By Dr. Frank O'Brien of the Louisville Mental Survey). Shall the State of South Carolina continue to spend thousands of dollars for the tare of?punishing and trying to cure individuals at a time when little or nothing can be done for them; and almost totally neglecting to damn the stream at its source by instituting preventive methods at a period, when in a great measure, pre vention is possible? Shall she continue to lavish all her available money in the caring for the results of conditions that could have been prevented and continue to do almost nothing to remove the causes? This is a question that the people of South Carolina through their representatives must answer for themselves at the coming Assembly. A Mental Hygiene Survey of this State conducted by the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, at the request of Gov. Cooper, in which were examined all the inmates of all the state penal Han<l correctional institutions, all the inmates of many of the county jails and almshouses and the inmates of orphanages and about 7000 school children, has just been completed. This thorough study, especially of dependency and delinquency, reveals that the causes of socia' mal-adjustment are many, both physical and mental, but that the greatV I est single, causative factor is feeblemindedness. It is also evident That the State yearly spends many thousands of dollars on the results of feeblemindedness in her dependent and delinquent institutions and she provides practically nothing for feeblemindedness itself. She is spending all this money in a very uneconomical and inhumane v.-ay by attempting to treat these unfortunates when most of them have long since passed the stage where that type of institutional treatment will be of any value. This method is especially uneconomical because it absolutely offers no relief from the situation itself. Feeblemindedness is a condition of abnormal brain development due tc which the individual is incapable of properly adjustnig himself to the ordinary conditions of life. As we have physical dwarfs?individuals who have not, nor never can have the \ stature of the average individual, we likewise have mental dwarfs, individuals who have not, nor never can have, the mentality of the average in- | dividual. Thes^ mental dwarfs are \ the feebleminded. In about 67 oer cent of the cases s the causes of feeblemindedness is' heredity?a condition handed on from j \ parent to child. In as much vas, ? . feeblemindedness is due to a lack of proper brain development, there is ab- | solutely no cure. When we consider ' that about two thirds of the cases are , inherited and that there is no cure of, this condition, and because of the con- j dition most of the indivduals so af-| flicted cannot properly take care of themselves in society, is it any reason; why they form such a large propor-' tion of that great army of social derelicts? \ Although there is no cure, for this ( condition, the one hopeful solution of j the problem lies in the fact that they ! can be trained but'they must be recog- i nized early, and then taught by the j methods peculiarly adapted to their abnormal brain development. These' (jUhk . Tw ^'s,j Urn'c<mtairi< r 9 ^ ? SEALED AIR-TIGHT ? n Guarantee* \yP^ ShJW>t . '* I V those used in teaching the norma' child in the public schools. Because the child cannot learn by the methods used in the public schools, he if not only a menace and draw back tc the other children but sooner or latei he is thrown on society absolutely incapable of self-support. Because oi j this incapacity he becomes sooner 01 } later, a misfit in society. This is the V. . . I reason why many of these feebleminded find their way into our correctional and dependent institutions, a cause of great expense and danger to the state. In subsequent articles we will treat j of the relationship of feeblemindedness to dependency to delinquency, 1 to pauperism to prostitution and to the public schools. A mental hygiene bill which will aim at a more humane and more economical caring for and treating of the mentally defective of fhis state will be - preesnted at the coming assembly, j Any one inteersted in this subject and desiring further information will kind- j ly communicate with the Mental Hy- j giene Office, Harper College, Uni-J versity of South Carolina. Columbia j S. C. UTCCIUCIPIU tt MTKIN CUT THROUGH LKVKK. ' I New Orleans, April 23.?Hope of j closing the break in the Mississippi levee which occurred at Myrtle I I Grove, 30 miles south of this city., I ! was abandoned today after it had j ! ! widened to approximately 125 feet de-; spite the efforts of the levee engi- j neers to close the gap and confine the river to its regular channel. Engineers hope to be able to "tie" ' the ends of the levee with tarpaulins j and let the water run through over} the already inundated land. While it is impossible to estimate j the damage done by the break at ' Myrtle Grove, plantation men today j expressed the opinion that at least I $1,000,000 damage had already been! done. The Deer Range Plantation! company is the heaviest looser. This company owns about 0,000 acres of J land in the inundated area, planted J mostly in sugar cane.Owners'of theplantation say it will require at least j three years of harvesting before j enough seed can be raised to proceed | with the conduct of the plantation on j the scale maintained before the flood. J Oyster and shrimp beds and trap-1 ping are otner industries wmcn win suffer largely as a result of the break. As a protection to plantation settlements. back levees were cut in several places but the flood waters continued to spread over large areas of land with no appreciable let up. Memphis, April 23.?Many plantations back of Reelfoot levee, south of Hickman, Ky., are deserted tonight, following additional caving of the j river bank outside the levee, near the j first cave in last week. The levee is j still intact, but the sloughing off of i the bank, throwing the current j against the levee caused many to J move, taking their live stock and I I household goods with them. At all j other threatened points nox-th ol Vicksburg, engineers report the situation well in hand. Practically the entii'e population of Hickman and surrounding territory worked all day on the Reelfort levee which protects 78,000 acres of l'ich farming land. A call has been is-, I sued for workers to strengthen the j point where caving occurred last I 9 ! I i by i week, but the appearance of sloughing at the new point caused all efforts to be concentrated in that sector. An entirely new levee is being built back of the cavin area and work on it will be continued on it until it is declared as safe by engineers. At Tunica, Miss., where seriouf trouble was reported yesterday, engineers said it was now hoped that fur ther trouble at that point would be prevented. , METEOR SKKVIN ' NORTHERN STATES. Asbury Park, N. J.. April 23.?A meteor discharging odorous gases flashed through space to the south of this place at 9 o'clock tonight, disappeared in a thunderous roar and, frightened residents of many coast towns. Window panes in residences in Toms River were shattered by the explosion, and the gases, polluting the atmosphere for more than a quarter of an hour, compelled the residents to hold dampened handkerchiefs to their nostrils. In Lakehurst many of the buildings were shaken as if by an earthquake. A party led by town officials has1 set out for the spot where the meteor fell, believed to be near Brown's-Millin-the-Pines. a village 30 miles from here. I The atmospheric phenomenon, according to many of the persons who witnessed it. lasted for about a minute. But a tiny streak of light at first it became beautifully colored as it neared the earth and at times appeared to halt momentarily in space adopt a new course, then zigzag bad again, witnesses declared. The meteor fell into the sea about a mile off shore at Seaside Park, 35 | miles south of here, witnesses declared. The celestial mass as it struck the water caused an explosion that shook the residences of the village and threw spray to a great height. Volumes of steam then arose and drifting ashore nauseated many, then arose and ( -.0 Members of two coast guard companies said they believed the phenomenon had been caused by a large explosive rocket. No trace of''- a giant rocket could be found, how ever. Philadelphia, April 23.?A meteor, described as having the appearance oi a gigantic airplane on fire, was ObV"" ' served here and in the suburbs short-, ly before 9 o'clock tonight. A number of persons who reported having seen it, said it appeared to be falling due east of Philadelphia. < OBITUARY. , " Saunders Franklin Swygert, son of Jessie and Louisa Swygert, was borr June 15th, 1843, and died April 21st. 1922, making his earthly life 78 years, ten months and six days. He was married to Miss Mary Bouk.night March 3rd, 1877. He leaves a widow, and five children, of whom, three are boys and two are girls. 1 Bro. Swygert served two years in the Confederate army during the War Between the States. < He was a member of the Methodist church for twenty-five or thirty years and died in the fellowship of Beulah church, near Gilbert, S. O., in Lexington county. We hope that our loss is his gain. 1 1 "And There Wasn't the Slightest ( Smpll from Dead Rats." ( Writes John Simpkins, farmer of Annandale. X. J.: "Rats were costins nie hundreds yearly; tried dogs. < ferrets, poison, could not get rid of them. Bought $1.25 pkg. of HAT- ( SNAP (5 cakes). Used half, not a live rat since. Dead ones a plenty. j I like RAT-SNAP because after kill- 1 ing rats it dries them up?leaves no ^ smell." Three sizes, 33c, 65c, $1.25. ^ Sold and guaranteed by Lexington Pharmacy and Harmon Drug Co. ^ "Rats Pass Up All Other Food For r One Meal of Rat-Snap.*' Their first meal of 11AT-SNAP is, their last. Kills in few* minutes. * Dries up the carcass. Rats killed ' with RAT-SNAP leave no odor. RATSNAP comes in cake form. Break into J small pieces, leave where rats travel. k No mixing with other food. Cats or * dogs won't touch it. Safest, cleanest. 1 surest rat and mouse killer. Three 1 sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guar- 1 anteed by Harmon Drug Co., and Lex- 1 ington Pharmacy. ' CLERK'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of j Lexington.?Court of Common \ Pleas. ( Bank of Pelion, Plaintiff, versus ; Murmirpr Ttoolf and .1. \\*. Roof " 1 her husband, and Batesburg Cotton ; Oil Company. Defendants. j liv virtue of authority vested in me \ by Order of the Court in the above j entitled Cause. I will sell before the j Court House door in Lexington, S. C., at public auction to the highest bidder, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in May next, the same being the first day of said month, the following described real estate, to wit: "All that piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the town of S Pelion, in above said County and State, being in shape of a rectangle, fronting and measuring 50 feet and I running back therefrom in parallel lines to a depth of 100 feet and being bounded as follows: on the south-east 1 by a 10 foot sidewalk, which is paral- c lei with the Southern Railroad tracks. ( on the southwest bv lands of Sallio C sJehofield, on the northwest and north- t cast by lands of ,T. H. I-aird. same .s having been deeded to me by J. W.' t Roof on the. 16th day of October, i 191H." f Terms ot* sale: Cash. Pureahser shall pay to Clerk of Court in one * half hour the sum of one hundred del- c lars, and in case ho shall fail to do r so the said Clerk shall immediately 1 resell the same to the highest bidder 1 for cash without further advertise- t ment. Purchaser to pay for papers, revenue stamps and recording fees. H. L. HARMON. Clerk of Court. TIMMERMAN & GRAHAM, Attorneys for Plaintiff. f April 10th. 1922. 1 ; t CLERK'S SALE. J 1 State of South Carolina. County of 1 Lexington.?Court of Common i Pleas. 1 E. O. DePass. Plaintiff, vs Martha M. ?' A. Brown. .T. F. Etheredge. The ' Bank of North. Defendants. < By virtue of authority vested in me by Order of the (ourt ir the above entitled Cause. I will sell before the Court House door in Lexington. S. C.. during the legal hours of sale at public auction to the higlmsc bidder on the first Monday in May r oxt. the same being the first uav o; said ] month, the following desc: bed real i estate, to wit: "All that piece, pa col or tract of land situate, lying tui". being about two miles west of V. oodtoi d in the County of Lexington. State of South Carolina, containing sixty-five (05) ~ acres, in two adjoining tracts ?one of sixty (60) acres, and the other of five (5) acres; and as a whole bounded: North and North-East, by lands ol A. Z. Stroman; East, bv lands of W. A. Harley: South, by lands of C. C. * Justice; ano West, by la-ids ot J. J. Bowles." Terms of Sale: Cash. That before the premises shall be k.locked down * to any bidder except the plaintiff, a deposit of three hundred ($300.00) ^ Dollars shall be required as a guar- ^ antee of good faith, to be forfeited in * case of non-compliance- within twenty c days from date of sale. s: I-I. T.j. HARMON, t Clerk of Court. v DePASS & DePASS. Attys., for Plaintiff. April 10th, 1922. ' 1 ii REFEREE'S SALE. v o State of South Carolina. County of f, Lexington.?Court of Common s Pleas. s Morris Motor Company, Plaintiff, ver- j( sus J. E. Davis, Mrs. S. M. ? Hagens, Palmetto National Bank, p M. C. Johnson Motor Co. and Swift & Co., Defendants. p By virtue of authority vested in me r )y Order of the Court in the above entitled Cause. I will sell before the ?ourt House door in Lexington, S. ^ I!., during the legal hours of sale, at public auction to the highest bidder m the first Monday in May next, the same being the first day of said onth, the following described real .-state, to wit: S "All that certain piece, parcel, or ots of land situate, lying and being in the Town of Cayee. County of Lex- E ngton, State of South Carolina, and a being designated as lots-Nos. 3 and 1, in Block H. on plat of T. C. Hani>y. surveyor, dated June 2 7th. 1912, b md recorded in Deed Book 3-K. page e >71, Clerk's office for Lexington C ?ountv, and bounded on the North by C amis now or lormeny ot Airs. Annie !? >. Holland and measuring ther?*on one o hundred seven (107) feet, on the j s; East by lands now or formerly of .1. n >. Craps and measuring: thereon one e: lundred thirtv three (130) feet. or. he South by Holland Ave., and meas- 1; iring thereon one hundred sever. t< [107") feet and on the West by land? i; low or formerly of Mrs. Annie S. r Holland and measuring thereon oni ti lundred thirty-three (133') feet." o Terms of sale: One-third ?ash l"? xilanee in one and two years sei urt-d o >y note of purchaser bearing inter- r< st at >> per cent. i?er annum and by 7s t mortgage of the premises sold, with si >rivilege to nurcaliser l<? pay ail cash. H rhe successful bidder is required ti >ay ?200 as earnest money before any P ?id is accepted, same to be forfeited >' n case of non-compliance with said >id within twenty days from said sale. H. L. HARMON*. Special Referee. TOMPKINS. BARNKTT & MCDONALD. Attorneys fo? ? Plaintiff. April 10th, 1922 ? fs CLERKS SALE. State of South Carolina. County of Lexington.?Court of Common! Pleas. J Sank of Pelion. Plaintiff, vs \V. C. Yonoe, et al.. Defendants. I3v virtue of authority vested in me >y Order of the Court in the above ntitled Cause. 1 will sell before the ourt House door in noxington. at public auction to the highest bidder, during the legal hours of ;alc on the first Monday in May next, he same being the first day of said nonth. the following described real state, to wit: "All that piece, parcel or lot of land ituate, lying and being in the town >f Pelion, in the County of Lexington md State aforesaid, containing 132 eet by 275 feet and having the folowing metes and bounds to wit: on he north-east bv lot No. on the nap herein after mentioned and measuring thereon 2 73 feet, said lot now >r formerly owned by .T. W. Roof, m the south-east by lot No. 1 on :aid map now owned by .T. P. Hutto md measuring thereon 132 feet, on he southwest by Norris Street nieasiring thereon 275 feet, northwest by r"ort street and measuring thereon 132 feet, being more particularly deineated and described as lot No. 5. n Block O on a map of the town of Pelion, made by P. S. Norris. C. E. md dated February 10] 1: being the *ame premises deeded to me on this late by the said Bank of Pelion." Terms of Sale: Cash, purchaser to >ay one hundred dollars in one half liour. and in case he shall fail to do *o, the said Clerk shall immediately resell the same to the highest bidler for cash without further adver:ispment. Purchaser to pay for, lapers, revenue stamps and reeordng fees. K r. HARMON Clerk of Court. riMMERMAN & GRAHAM. Attorneys for Planitiff. April 10th. 1922. CLERK'S SALE. ^tuto of South Carolina. County ol Lexington.?Court of Commor Pleas. '"'rank Ferrell. et al.. Plaintiffs, against Thomas Ferrell, Defendant. By virtue of authority vested in me >y Order of the Court in the above ntitled Cause, I will sell before the ?ourt house door in Lexington, S. at public auction to the highest udder, during the legal hours of sale >n the first Monday in May next, the ime being the first day of said month, he following described real estate, tc rit: "All that piece, parcel or lot of and, situate, lying and being in the own of Cavce, in the County of Lexngton and the State aforesaid, measiring one hundred twenty-nine fee' n Lexington Avenue, on the East orty-eight feet, on the North ninetyeven feet, and on the West seventy ix ieet, tne same ut-ing a jiuuiuh ui :>ts Nos. seven and eight in block A", as shown by plat of Mrs. A. S. folland Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaser to ay for papers, revenue stamps and ecording fees. H. L. HARMON, Clerk of Court. IARTIX & ST17RKIE, Attorneys for Plaintiff. April 10th, 1922. CLERK'S SALE. tate of South Carolina. County of Lexington.?Court of Common Pleas. Jessie-Terrell Sightler. Plaintiff, gainst Lester Leroy Ferrell. et al Defendants. By virtue of authority vested in me y Order of the Court in the above ntitled Cause I will sell before the ourt House door in Lexington. S. '.. at public auction to the highest iddor. during the legal hours of sale ' n the first Monday in May next, the ' uno being the first day of said* lonth, the following described rea* state, to wit: "All that piece. parcel or h>t of ind. situate, lying and being in tin i\vn of Cavcc, in the County of I.? xlgton and State aforesaid, measuring inety-seven feet on the South: or ie Last measuring eighty-three feet: | p. the Xorth sixty-five and one-halt j et: and on the WVst sixty.nine and j ne-half feet., on the Dunbar puhlit '?a<l. the same being a portion of lots 'os. seven and eight in block "A", as iiown by plat of land of Mrs. A. S. [oiland." Terms of Sale: Cash. Purchaser to ay for papers, revenue stamps and ?cording fees. ( H. L. HARM OX. Clerk of Court. MARTIN & STURKIK. Attorneys for Plaintiff. ( April 10th, 1922^ Subscribe to The Dispatch- j lews, $1.50 per year "Found Seven Rats Dead in Bin Next Morning." Robert Woodruff says: "My premises were infested with rats. I tried RAT-SXAP on friend's recommendation. Next morning found seven dead rats in bin. two near fed box, three in stall. Found large number since. No smell from dead rats?RAT-SNAP drys them up. Best thing I have ever used." Three sizes." 35c. 65c, SI.25. Sold and guaranteed by Lexington Pharmacy and Harmon Drug Co. -I Never Knew You C ould Keep Hats Out of a Butcher Shop." What Ralph Watkins says: "Fig- , ured rats around store had enough to feed on; wouldn't touch anything suspicious. Heard about RAT-SNAP, gave it a trial. Results were wonderful. Cleaned all rats out in ten days. Dogs about store night and day never touch RAT-SNAP." Three sizes. 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Harmon Drug Company and Lexington Pharmacy. ' Tgrem boom There are many mothers, nervous and rundown in j vitality, to whom. | ! Scott's Emulsion j would be a great boon. | J I;T- ' '-? ?? verv ^r.nius of | Scent's ^ . Tri als ion 1 to buml slr-r.gth. Yw. 1 Scc.;t & C>v*,n41 E'.o5;:?i';!d( N. J. | ALSO MAKERS OF ? I | kmmjds J (Tablets or Granuies) | ?2*3NDIGEST10N I 20-15sk | llUJ ?MM???J inBHnnnniHHHHi Is Defective? Sight Interfering With Your Business? Why punish your eyes with neglect when proper glasses will correct your defective vision and enable your eyes to enjoy the comfort they deserve? Perhaps the solution to your problem lies in KRYPTOl/ GLASSES fi THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS. With which you can read or see distant objects whtiout changing glasses. Unequaled for their convenience and comfort. Whether you require bifocals or any, other glasses, we are equipped to give you what you want, when you want it. ' Broken Lenses Duplicated by Mail. O.L. Walter Optical Ce TWO OFFICES: 1221 Main St., Columbia. 211 King St., Charleston. CITATION NOTICE. ,>r rv ....... ~ r 7 If ? ' 1 KJ*.' Li U I V 'li V'lUHl, V ' U ill \ Lexington.?By W. i'. Hook, esquire. probate judge. "Whereas. Mabel Griffin made suit to me, to grant her Betters of Administration of the Kstate of and effects of .Tames O. Griffin. These are Therefore to cite and admonish till ami si n mi la r the kin.dred and Creditors of the said James C. Griffin, deceased, that they be and appear, before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexington. C. II., S. C., on 25th day April, 10 2 2 next, after publication hereof at i o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this Sth day of April Anno Domini 1922. W. "P. HOOK (L. ?.) Probate Judge Lexington Co., P. C. Published on the 12th day of April. 1922, in the Lexington paper, 2 weeks.