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The State.
' "Last year ISO women died needlessly
la performing their physiological
duty of becoming mothers", says
Dr. Robert Wlleoa, Jr., chairman ol
the executive committee of the stats
board of health. ln transmitting the
committee's annual report to the
governor.
Dr. Wilson points out the loss of
life in South n?rnUn? that Mnlil
been prevented had the proper
health precautions been taken. He
especially emphasises the raYagea of
venereal diseases In the state and
asks that nothing be done that would
stop the work of stamping out snch
diseases.
Malaria wor kduring the year was
pleasing, Dr. Wilson says, and he
gives examples of where cities and
towns haYe been saved much financial
resources by this work.
Far From Goal.
"While the splendid work done by
those who are laboring In behalf of
the public health Is highly gratifying
we must nevertheless realise
that we are far from reaching our
desired goal and that only by an
nnremlttlng offensive ean we hope
to hold the ground we have gained
and to make further advances," savs
Dr. Wilson.
"The loss of life from preventable
causes is all too high. Last year 250
women died needlessly in performing
their physiological duty of becoming
mothers and unneccessary
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fants during their first year as indicated
by the high mortality during
this period. The bureau of child
hygiene is rendering efficient service
in this special field which has for its
object the conservation of life for
the next generation and the results
which have so far been achieved
merit and the fullest measure of
support", the report adds.
Venereal Diseases.
"There can be no more serious undertaking
than the effort to control
the venereal diseases. These devitalizing
and destructive maladies
are far more difficult to handle than
most other infections for reasons that
are sufficiently obvious. But the
widespread morbidity and the high
mortality resulting from them which
make such serlou8 Inroads into the
v vitality of our citizenship, render it
Imperative that we attempt by every
means within our power to check
their subtly and Insidious operations.
Gratifying results have been obtained
by the venereal clinics and we
earnestly trust that nothing will be
done to prevent the continuance and
the expansion of this great work,"
ays the chairman of the executive
committee.
"The economic value of public
health work is illustrated by the reSart
of Dr. h. M. Fisher of the
nlted States public health service
In field of malaria prevention. Dr.
Fisher estimates that in 1919 the
three towns of Bamberg. Chester and
Jfertfville combined suffered am
economic Iosi Qt approximately $72.464.
and that during the past year
a saving in excess of $60,000 effected
by prevention work.
The report of the hotel inspector
indicates that the sanitary condition
of the hotels of the state are already
^showing improvemet. "The hotels
are beginning to conmlv with the
law generally, and we can see Improvement
in sanitary conditiong in
1 great many of them," the chairman
concludes.
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HALF MILLION TO
FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL
Congress Provides Money to Fight
Spread of Mexican Pest In
the South.
Washington, Jan. 27?The annual
agricultural appropriation bill which
passed the House today with a total
of the about $33,500,000 carried an
Item of $554,840 to enable the Secretary
of Agriculture to fight the
pink boll worm in Mexico and prevent
its establishment in the United
States.
Of this sum $139,840 is made available
for the prevention of the movement
of cotton and cotton seed from
UstIka IntA Oia TTtiII eiA dt.ta. in
000 for surveys to determine the distribution
of the worm in Mexico and
to exterminate local Infestation in
Mexico near the border in cooperafon
with the Mexican government,
6,000 investigation of possible
control measures, and $400,000 to
conduct surveys in Texas or any
other state to detect any infestation
and to conduct control measures in
cooperation with the state including
the establishing of cotton ? free
areas that may be necessary to stamp
out the infestation.
' Cooperation is also authorised with
the States in the establishment of a
mone or zones free from cotton culture
on or near the border of any
states adjacent to Mexico. Use of any
of the funds to pay the cost or value
of crops or other property injured oi
destroyed is prohibited.
The bill also carrieg $138,831 foi
the enforcement of the cotton futures
act $65,000 for administration
of the United States warehouse act
$146,000 for enforcement of the insecticide
act, $51,500 for experiments
and demonstrations In live
stock production in the cane sugai
oeit or Louisiana, ana $100,000 roi
the control and eradication of th*
Mexican bean beetle In Alabama.
For investigating, demonstrating
and promoting the us? of gtandardi
for the different grades, quantUiet
tad conditions of cotton, and for in
vestlgatlng the ginning, grading and
baling of cotton, the sum of $38,
400 was appropriated.
total of $1,978,800 was appro
printed for the stamping out of tu
bercnlosts in animals.
BUY WH1TM WYANDOTTT BGG8
Flsehels "Egg a Day" strain. An
booking orders now. $$.00 pei
doses. J. D. Hargrove.?I t.
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njkONQ CROW* ON PMOBAI
A MlfcM MM ?U MM MM )M|
MO ? Kut4al?y. tbe chief town of
i Bfenat. A mv fpil MlealM to
tbo Boddhiat reSglaa W to bo corn1
piotod by tbo placing of o bags crown
or tbt opoo No s?nmh. -ere ebon too
foot shore tbo pi?i
To witness tbo csre?eay to?o BbCdblats
freca Iado-Chlna. froto tbo
Himalayas. fro? Loot uf Oban cod
Stem. Warriors fro? Katecbtn. Sorcerers
fro? Mot and people fro? other
placoo ?ado a mod lay of langaages
Itko that at BoboL
Ob a street corner wenld bo seen a
barber pal Hag a cesto?er*a tooth. On
another corn? a Moha??edan bird
dealer told caged pareqaeto to Boddhtsta
who ptenety tot the? free. At
ery modern booths en a eeekT bey Ice
?earn, seda er tea. Mandalay was a
gorgeous spectacle and the new pagoda
waa tbe center of It.
Every pagoda has at Its on? It a
thl, or cap. the plactag of which la often
a bercnlean task. Tbe one now
to be raised weighed sereral head red
pound* and consisted of a glided ball
and crown and a great spindle above
It.
To get tt to the top n Inclined piano
of bamboo raffoldlng Uko a huge toboggan
slide bad been botlt. and was
decorated with ollk flags and umbrellas.
Up the Inclined plane the beery
cap was slowly palled. Six days
were required for the ascent and a
seventh to fasten it in place.
WORK OF SPONGE GATHERERS
Olvsrs Go to Great Depths to Collect
Them From the Rocks to Which
They Are Fxed.
Sponges are of many qualities, brt
the most highly prized Is that of Syria,
with a cuplike shape and a yellowish
pale color, which Is found In a number
of varieties.
The large sponge fisheries are sit'
uated along the seashores of Greece,
Syria and of certain parts of the Adri1
atlc, as well as along the Tripoli and
1 Tunisian seashores. The fishing of
sponges Is effected by divers who are
let down from a boat to depths of 10,
20 and sometimes 25 meters, and pull
the sponges from the rocks to which
, they are fixed. Some sponge fishermen
i use a long trident, bat this system Is
fortunately falling Into disuse, since It
spoils the sponges. In better-eqsipped
i fishing grounds the gathering of
sponges Is effected by divers provided
with diving bells or dressed In cork
jackets.
Upon being gathered the sponges are
sqneesed, beaten and washed in order
to rid them of their Mack coating and
soft substance whieh gives them a
very characteristic chlorine odor.
When they begin to whiten they are
subjected to s frequently renewed
solution of sulphuric acid.
Why Qe to Ceflegef
1 lraow a young Tale graduate in
Philadelphia who la new convinced
that a col lege edneatlon la a bar to
wealth, "Glrard" write* In the Philadelphia
Preea.
He la a clever electrician and got
a job after leaving Tale whlcL paid
him $30 a week. In his new place he
came in contact with an uneducated
foreman who tried to persuade the
college lad to "turn a day laborer and
join the union."
He was assured that in a fortnight
he could get $60 a week.
The young son of Ell stuck to his
electrical job and when wiring a building
in Philadelphia a boaa painter told
him he could get double the $30 a
week he was then getting if he took
up the paint brush.
Do you wonder that this youth who
holds hla Tale sheepskin is puzzled la
figuring out just how a college education
pays him?
Weary of the Thought of War.
The Imperial war museum at the
Crystal palace in London has been almost
entirely deserted. There Is a
lot to be seen under the great glass
roof, but few persons are sufficiently
interested to mace a visit. xne long
avennes of armaments are seldom visited.
Among 200 or 800 visitors on
one daj there were only two private
sold.ars. Their opinion was: "It Is
moh-nful, gloomy and anlnsplrlng."
A Dally Mall representative who
mad. a tonr of the exhibition fonad
that the majority of the people re!
garded the display la the same light
. as the soldiers. A war widow and her
, sixteen-year-old daughter, with the
knowledge of how Tether died," shed
tears in front of the Warsplte exhibits
and then walked slowly ont of the
building. It was a pathetic Incident
i that moved other visitors. Bat It was
> only on of Its kind.
Rla "jwlaa la Uaa*laa
With first cost for heating plant
of abont 96,000, the Hasqoarna fae!
torles In Sweden bare been making an
annnal string of 400 tons of coke for
? several yar* by atlllzlng surplus pow1
er. A hydraulic station supplied elee1
trie power, and. as water-storage f?'
dlltles arr lacking, the electric gener1
ators con inne to run at night, the
current produced being turned Into account
for heating the 44.000 gallon* of
water In - large subterranean tank.
During th? daytime the hot water Is
circulated 'n the heating system of the
> establishment The shops thus get sufficient
hea' for their 12-bour day ex*
cept Jc. ing the very rolrimt weather.
. and then the orlgtael coal-firing plant
In called apos far auxiliary ssilta t
TJT
SET THRIFT HURT
Mm#%M U MM
Th?n IrnfcR It
AH May Mat Mm AMtf% H Aagatra
Wsatth, M Paw Cannot >aaa
Part at larotaf.
A ataar ?aa ralats* la ika Jsaraal
raaaatly MklA niHatrataa tka raaialattrs
nlu of thrift. A waanaa dlatf
la aa eaatara dt| kaarlag a Osrtuaa
aid ta Ha ?laaa ta 1300,000, a largo
part of whlafc was aaaAa fraia a ?all
tnrit staaA
la tba accounts of bar death It was
stated that aha was sot a nlss. hot
she wae a?t?i far her beaeheeet deeds
la the cemmualty la which she llrad.
She was liberal sad thoughtful te her
attltade toward thoee of her aelghbers
whe were la peer rtrcamstaaeea.
bat through the jeers of her IUI she
was oarefui te sere the promts tram
her small has lines She etliataated
waste as much as possible. She
watched the little thlags, stepped the
Little leeks sad kaew the warth at
making every penaj cesnL
One of the great Anandaia at the
world once self that It repaired aiacb
boldneas and caatlea to make a great
fortune, bat that whaa yea get tt It
required ten times greater wit to keep
IL It Is act erery one whe eaa become
s successful money-maker. The
ability te acquire wealth Is a knack,
but It requires no special aptitude to
learn to save money, and It Is more
Important to save money than It is to
earn It.
It requires will-power and moral
stamina to practice thrift, for, no matter
how great may be onr earning*.
our temptations are always of corresponding
magnitude. Those who can
not save money on a limited income
will And themselves unable to do se
if their incomes become large, for tha
principle is the same, whether great
sums or small ones are involved.
The foundations of most of the solid
fortunes in America today were laid
through the practices of thrift. Wealth
gained too quickly or too easily seldom
iaats; so that, from the standpoint
of material riches, thrift Is necessary
for permanency and stability.
No man ean afford not te be thrifty,
whether he be wealthy or poor. It la
within the power of every one to save
money, even though the amount may
be small. Theee practices will net
bring a guarantee of wealth, but they
will assure at least modest success
and efteta prevent total failure.?Chicago
Journal.
War Made ieekera
French economist told me that the
war ha<h added 10,000,000 te the list
of the smokers la his country, says L
8. Hlrtland la Leslie?*. Almost every
soldier eventually smoked. Smoking
bad a aolaee all Its ewp to earns the (
terrific tedium et tha trench e/; and
in times of crisis It acted In Its ewa
subtle way as an anchor toward calmness.
Often In France there were tobacco
crises?and terrible memories
they are.
In southern Poland, any one possess
Ing a package of cigarettes rented a
safe deposit vault. One ef the American
T. M. C. A. secretaries In Krakow
ftlscovered that he cenld outclass and
verllve the aristocracies of the palaces.
For one cigarette per day a
valet (who had had his training In
Sew York) came to his room and
looked after his clothes and boots and
shaved him. A hair cut came at the
same rate.
Different Social Standards.
Since the war, Long Island has gained
many residents whe, te the critical
residents there, are known as roughneck
millionaires. The verandas buza
with stories ef crude aortal arrora
made by the new rich. There Is on*
ragged *ld fellow who purchased a
near-castle near Bayaida. There la a
magnificent estate with private gardens
and lake and all. He has a factory
In one of the t*wns near by. His
wife Is large, rosy-cheeked and until
three years ago had never been In an
automobile. Consequently she Is just
a little awed by the swift change.
Her husband's first name Is Mike.
From her porch the other afternoon
she yelled to the Uverled chauffeur:
"Oh, Mr. "Kelly, drive areund by the
shop and pick up Mike."?New York
Times.
Origin *f the "Castanet*.*
In the "castanets" we have a survival
of the "crotola" of the Romans.
Generally made either of ebony, boxwood
or metal, they differ little in
shape from those of classical times,
and are an essential complement to the
national music of Spate. The Aada(uses
are the meat expert In the manipulation
of this testrument, expertneaa
with which la only attained at the
expense of much practice. It may be
said that they era Indispensable for
the accompaniment of popular dances
such as the Jets, Malaguena and Soquidllla,
marking with lnststsnt em
pnasls the characteristic rhythms of
each.
Hn Something to Beast Of.
Tho city of Winnipeg, Canada
boasts of having the largest Individoal
railway yarda In the world, and
the cheapest electric light, the finest
transports ton facilities and widest
streets In America.
The Proof.
"Do they show any degree of higher
Intellectuality la that town?"
"Bare they do. Vrsry nana yoa
?aet -aow <lg weastag-a wrist watsh.
practicel"ta Am^'ctL^Thm *^*+99" ]
waddlag wu mm Ummttoo la Mar- j
Ma?M MfcMwa ta aaj part af the 1
wort# weilapt in aaatharn Mlaslaelppi,
hot mm laagor than SO jwn ago It waa '
tha war ! which moat aaatharn Mta laelpplaaa
ot anaaa warn married.
Sanaa tfma before the wedding the
groan began ta chaaae from aoiar*
hla beat ftianda thaaa who ahanld ride 1
with him. It wh considered i great
honor to ho thoo chosen. Horses woro
etrtfillr groomed ood be-taaeeled for (
the occasion, tho long. luxuriant mustnchoo
worn In thooe day* woro wnxod
and twisted. and particular attention
was paid to erery detail of the rider's i
appearance. On tho gtren date tho
groom and bis riders mot at some secluded
spot a mile or two from the
bride's boom, and at a signal from the
groom dashed away at top speed, hats
waring and rolces shouting. Around
the bride's house a cordon of outriders
was placed to warn of the approach of
the groom and his party. As a cloud
of dnot announced their nearness tho
outriders wont oat to meet them,
whirling about end returning with
them. On the perch of the bride's
home her party strained their eyes to
catch the first glimpse of the riders.
The sounding of the herald's horn
net all hearts to fluttering. In s whirl
of dust the groom appeared, snatching
up his bride and riding on ahead a
abort distance with her in front of
him on the saddle, then wheeling hack
and dismounting for the ceremony, for
which the minister stood waiting.
Alien came tne wedding breakfast
MARVELOUS IS HUMAN BRAIN
Many Millions of Nerve Colls Maks
tho Mind Which Controls ths
Body's Movements
The highest product of evolution la
undoubtedly the human brain. This Is
the seat of the mind?and, so far as It.
can be said to have a seat of the
soul, also. Filling the great cavity of
the skull Is the cerebrum, thrown into
many folds or so-called "convolutions/*
This matter la gray on the outside and
white toward the center. It Is In the
gray matter, composed of millions up- .
on millions of nerve cells, connected
ana with another, that higher thought
?reasoning, association, memory, ete_
go on. In tho brain there are certain
sensory centers which record tho
osasoo of sight, smell, taste, hearing
and touch. There are also certain
"arses" or parts of the brain which
eve various parts of tho body and
these are tho so-called "motor areas."
Hit anatomy of the brain has been
carried to each a tne degree ef knowledge
that we are now enabled to put
w upr upon a certain spot la the
brain sad say, *71110 group (or grappa)
of ceils moras the little toe on the
left foot," er whatever It may be. Brary
movement In the body Is controlled
by these canters, either In the brain
or by the nerves which branch out
from the spinal cord. AH activities
of the body, however, other than those
Initiated by the brain, are unconscious.
?Hers ward Cart-ins ton, In Leslie's.
a
Hew She Proposes.
Women do propose though they do
not my outright, "Jack, I lave yon!
Will you please be my husband?" They
sometimes do as did Alice and her
friend Fred. They had been singing,
and Alice searched threugh the music
till she found a song entitled, *T am
in love with yon." Handing It to Fred
she eald "Do you know It?" Fred
looked stunned, and Ignoring the song
"the held out to him, he said, "Nt, I
iidn't know It, but I certainly am glad
to hear you say so." And shortly
Alice was wearing ac. engagement
ling. Bnt sometimes It works the
other wty. A young man was taking
m cHrl Khma 11 1
9-*- MVU.V ? i/cauvaui iuuvilllglH
evening. Looking Into his eyes she
Mid, "Er?I'm not going to get married
nntil you do." He asked why, and
she replied "Because so long as you
are single there Is hope." But ala^
he took her home and left her there
and never saw her again 1 ?
Find Old Pstreloum Deposits.
The asphalt springs of Hit, from
which Noah probably obtained the
pitch" with which he made the Ark
Impervious to the "flood of waters,**
hare now been thoroughly examined \
with a view to their commercial possibilities.
The petroleum deposits of
the land of Shlnar, between the Tigris
and the Euphrates, which furnished
the "slime" that the descendants of
Noah "had for mortar" In building the
tower of Babel, hare been measured
as well as can be until the bit of the i
ell driller is sent down to prove wheth- I
er the geologist Is right And the
sources of bitumen which archeologlsts
have found was used as cement In
constructing the ancient palaces of
Babylon and Nlnevah have undoubted'tf
been located.
Vegetable Eeef-Steaka.
The vegetable beef-steak grows on
the oak tree. It la fungus, which l?
'dark red above and flesh-colored
KaIaw U/han Id U m.* ? W
-? ??. n uvu iii > vui uie
alternate dark and light streaks exactly
resemble the joint from which It
gets Ita name. It la a wholesome article
of food.
During a wet season this fungus
grows about seven feet from the
grooed It may be broiled, stewed,
fried, or, if preferred, treated like
fraatTsit and added to the salad hewL
yit~
atOMNUOI?VG|?IOGOOB
m to Um( fcTX^?JUk|Mr,
In dMW? unique la ttet it la
Quoted from the tavi of Mooes end
also Included refereeee to the retributive
Justice of the ancient Athenians,
th? Supreme eourt of the United
States holds that if an automobile
Is sold on credit to a man who afterwards
uses it for bootlegging or
"moonshlntng" the seller has no
property rights in the car.
Only Associate Justice MeReynolds
dissented in this broad opinion
?one of a series of "dry" opinions
by the highest tribunal. Justice McKemta
read the opinion of the court.
The decision has particular Interest
and effect in the moonshlntng regions,
though between the lines It
applies to all bootlegging. The su
preme court ?UBtulned the action of I
the district eourt for the northern]
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B I thank my 1
| customers in Di
g County for the
B have given me durin;
B perity and I will thar
^ able part of their tra<
B of adversity. I will ]
B equally as good servi
E have in the past, in g
E and prompt delivery
S force of help this yea
B Yah lirill Vk*>
j. uu w in uc cuui icuu
| the Dillon and Palace
| J. R. HAT
mmmmmmmonrnmc
Drag Saws at!
As long as our Tjrpa "W* Drg 3f
Bosch Magneto and Lerer Contro
1931, we will make a special pri
on these machines, which means
Columbia Sup
823 WEST GERVA1S ST.
FARMER'S
I,
County of
* do certify that I am a farmer and
9_emnly promise and agree on my sa
* year 1921 I will not plant In cot
* lands cultivated by me during the
And I further promise that I w
9 may have with my friends and ne
9 obligation and to co-operate with
9 ganization and the work of the sa
9 Witness
ni - ? J
Otgu all 11
SOUTH CAROLINA
809 LIBERTY
OOLUM
??
We are opening j
Dillon, S. C. At th
will be at the Hotel
cond and fourth Mon
ing Tuesday in each i
and fit glasses. Call
L A. WOODk
Eyesight
district of Georgia to forfeiting a cor
used to transport ft gallons of moon
htne. The tact that the cor hod
boon bought oa credit, and that the
?ellera hod nothing to do with the
use of which U was put, did not more
th? highest court. It held that the
automobile eompeny making the
ale has no property rights in the
confiscated vehicle.
The ease was not drought under
the Volstead Aet. law of 1888 enacted
years before there was an auto
provided for the confiscation or any >
conveyance, including horses and
carriages, used In removing and concealing
anything upon which a tax is
due the government.
The Grant company of Goorsla.
sold a ear on deterred payments and
It was later seised by revenue agents
because it bad aboard moonshine,
distilled without the payment of tax,
and the court holds there is no redrees
for the Grant company.
nrzrzirzirz is no on m na aa
Vord I
ustomers {
nany friends and g
illon and Dillon 8
patronage they |
g the years of pros- g
tk them for a reason- g
11# . S .a W
ie during tne montfts B *
promise to give them |
ce in the future as I ?
:ood quality of meats S
I have a better g
,r than ever before, g
isly treated at both g
i Markets. g
CH, Prop. 1
m ism izimiaiammm
Special Prices
iwb, which are equipped witk
1. laat and until February 15th,
eo f. o. b. Columbia of $150.90
a 25 per cent cut.
ply Company
COLUMBIA, S. O.
i II
PLEDGE.
,
of the
cotton grower and hereby sol
cred word of honor that during the
ton more than ono-thlrd of the
year 1920. ,
ill use whatever influence that I
ighbors to have them sign a like
the county committee in the or
id cotton reduction.
send to:
COTTON ASSOCIATION
BANK BLDG.
BIA, S. C.
UR I
M0 I
~ A-i: ^ ^l" Am - - A.
ttu vpwcai vmce az >ie
present - time we
Wneeler every sedays'
and the follownonth.
We examine
1 and see us.
VUFF, D-Opt.
Specialist
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