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I 1'ajfe Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 10, 1953 Poison Used By Indians Helping Polio Patients By JERRY KLEIN New York —A drug used for cen- uries by Sk>uth American Indians to ooison their arrows may prove to be i major weapon against polio. Polio paralyzes ando twists body, shrinking the muscles. How over, the Indian potion, curare, re jections of curare. They reported that know n only to a few tribal leaders, ioned with belt loops #nd zipper the Indian drug relaxed the patients and passed on by word of mouth, and had a becoming cuff bn each and enabled them to undergo mus:!e With another secret potion, the same leg, near the bottom. A whije stretching far beyond the point they tribe—the Jivaros — shrunk human! shirt with cunnjngly conceived could normally endure without suf- heads tb the size of a grapefruit or French cuffs and an ingenious but- fering terrible pain. smaller. (ton-down front was loaned by the One hundred and thirty-six polio Not long ago an American scien- groom’s father for the occasion. A suffers were given the curare three, ti^t learned that the Indians make silk tie of green, laced with diag- times a day while their diseased curare from a plant similar to that onal white stripes, fell from the limbs were stretched back into whose seeds yield deadly strychine. groom’s neck and was tucked inside shape. They scrape off the bark and shred the suit. He also wore shoes. In only one case out of four could l * in water- this stretching have been accomp- Thirty pounds of the plant were lished without the mysterious drug, wought out of the jungle, and at the the | the doctors reported. They also said National Institute for Medical Re-i ‘Donald R. Hurdle of Rockford, 111., an old school mate of the groom marine gabardine imported from served as best man. He chose a England. He carried a pink grudge suit of tan gabardine, lighter than and wore a white carnation. The that of the groom. rHe also had bride’s father chose a cinnamon- two lapels, two cuffs and a green j brown gabardine suit with a figur- tie. The shirt was his own. He ed brown te. He also wore a white wore a white carnation boutonnier carnation. on his left lapel I “For his going-away, the groom “Miss Molly Rideout of Frfeeport, had no choice. He wore-the tan 111., was maid of honor. 1 gabardine suit or nothing. The “For his son’s wedding, Mr. Terry bride accompanied him to the Lake wore a single-breasted suit of aqua- of the Ozarks for a honeymoon.” that with curare, their patients were * e arch in London the chemical form- stronger, had better blood circula- u ’ a drug was analyzed. Now •Yxcs the diseased muscles and per-aion and less deformity. ” ‘ s rnade synthetically, mils doctors to stretch them back toj • - v -Other Purposes ,< ^ n °b erat * n S room in Montreal ornper length again. ^ Polio may be curares newest ap- ‘ n , li942 Wa j the sene , of curare’s Two surgeons at the Queens Gen- plication, but the poison has already 1, Uie unc *er surgical anesthesia, cral Hospital in Jamaica, L. I., have!proved itself invaluable for other 11 Proved its ability to relax the given polio sufferers over 10,000 in- • itjedical purposes, too. Because H re- I ^ usc ‘ e twaiOP of nervous patients, ■ laxes muscles and deadens nerves, thus making the surgeon’s work USED TRACTORS AND OTHER FARM EQUIPMENT Several late model trucks in tirst-class condition, thorough ly repaired and repainted, run and look like new. Priced to sell. A complete line of late mod el used tractors and equip ment. The above machines sold under our Five-Star Service Guarantee. Terms can be ar ranged. 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C. curare has yielded good results when . e 0 P eratl0n smoother and used for rheumatism, epilepsy and ‘ c rtco\er> taster, rabies, as well as to calm patients , . ay curare is used regularly about to undergo surgery. ^ ring . the course of operations. . .u tt ■ , Physicians at the Indiana University Physicians at the University ot S;hool of Medicine told , he Amcrica ' BuKalo Medical School gave the : 1Iedjcal Association drug to a group ot patients whose' that curare , , . proved itself “a most promising prep- spmes were twisted by rheumatism, aration” in 500 operations ° ^ *1 Despite the fact that many other Physicians also give curare ln 'drugs had failed to help them curare their offices t0 relax ients wh j lessened their pam, enabled them to imust undergo delicate and normally stand straighter, loosened their p a i nfuI> examinations. limbs and gave tnem more energy. * Curare also proved itself capable r p i j of softening the severe spasms which ' Q*’''' k-QienQQr ' characterize epilepsy and convul- pOT GuidOMCC sions of various types. And it re-! ■ , 1 duces the violent muscular contrac- l^GCCfllDGr tions suffered by mental patients who ———♦ are being given electrical shock. Even in December farmers have treatments to snap thqjn out of their, important activities, chiefly looking dream world. lo the future, says County Agent C. I In 1535 Sir Walter Raleigh de-! B - Cannon, w ho lists these remind-j : scribed the strange drug brewed by ers: a jungle tribe in South America. He said the finest armor w’as no protec- Agronomy 1—"Green fields for Christmas tion to a soldier struck bv an arrow' keep on planting small grains and : which had been tipped with the sub- : stance. Secret Rituals For centuries the Indians brewed .their weird potion at secret rituals “DIE FOR ALL YOU ARE WORTH’* Hugh L. 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SPARTANBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SPARTANBURG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM The Show place of the South Sunday, December 13-3 p.m. and 8 p.m. ADMISSION FREE Sponsored By CITIZENS & SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK COMMUNITY CASH SUPER MARKETS GENERAL BAKING COMPANY - BOND BREAD JOHN GRAHAM STORES HARTNESS BOTTLING COMPANY TEXTILE MILLS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY ether cover crops. 2—Put cotton un-1 der cover to prevent weather dam- : age. 3—Clean up briars and thick ets around edges of fields. 4—Bed down stalls and barns with leaves,' pine needles or grain straw; the| bigger the manure pile the smaller- the fertilizer bill next spring. 5— Start preparing now* for improve ment of permanent pastures next 1 year. 6—Apply liming materials on pastures that need it. 7—Top- dress winter grazing with nitrogen fertilizers. 8—Order and accept delivery on fertilizers and insecti cides as soon as posible. 9—Cover your farm with a “Blanket of Green” Horticulture 1—Make plans for your garden in 1954; get catalogs and order seed before seedsmen are out of desir able varieties. 2—If fruit trees have not already been set, they should be set this month; fall or w’inter planting in the South is preferable to early spring planting. ; 3—Don't let this winter get by! without planting a strawberry patch. Contact county agent or write Clemson for information. 4— Prepare hotbeds for sowing in January and February. 5—Prune fruit trees and bunch grapes. 6— Propagate grapes and ornamental deciduous shrubs from new cut-| tings. 7—Terrace all land to be' planted to peaches before trees are set. 8—See your county exten-1 sion Service for information on fruits and vegetables. Insects and Diseases 1—Kill rats, clean up breeding places, and make buildings rat- proof’ to reduce losses. 2—Observe how well long, close-fitting shucks protect corn against weevils. 3— Burn orchard prunings to destroy shot-hole borers. 4—Burn pecan twigs severed by gridlers. 5—Apply sprays after fruit trees are com pletely dormant. 6—Destroy grubs | in backs, and lice on the bodies of cattle. Engineering 1—Check over all farm machin-; ! ery and order needed repair parts j now. 2—Store cultivating machi» i I ery and grease parts that are like- i ' ly to rust. 3—In operating tractor during winter months, follow man- j i ufacturer's instruction book re- ( garding Suggestions for Cold Weather Operation. 4—Use disk harrow or plow for cutting in or turning cotton stalks and other j vegetable matter. 5—Plow up ter races so that they will have time to settle before the spring planting season. The Groom Wore Tan'— And the Groom Wrote the Story About the Groom Several publishers have run stor ies about a wedding where the re porter described the groom’s cos tume instead of the bride’s. But Jack R. Terry, edtior of the La- moni (Iowa) Chronicle, is probably the first editor to bave the fun of writing such a piece about his own wedding. His story, as run in his newspa per following the wedding, read: “The double ring service wasi read at the home of the bride’s par ents by the Rev. Benjamin E. Boll- man of the Polo Presbyterian chunch. “Given in marriage by his whole family, which was only too glad to get rid of him, the groom chose for his wedding a double-breasted suit of tan imported English cloth with a faint shadow stripe. Fashioned with wrist-length sleeves and slash pockets, the handsome gabardine coat had two lapels, one on either side. In the left hand lapel the groom wore a white carnation bou- tonhiere. The trousers were fash- Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE Your best buy beuis this tug! Giles Chevrolet Co. Phone 26 West Main St. Clinton, S. C. (3^risfttia$ (^i^f . . . ... wonderful Nylons... Your problem is easily solved when you give MARY GREY Nylons... always a welcome gift... these wonderful MARY GREY Nylons that wear, look and feel so much better.. . Our Hosiery Deportment is ready with the right styles and colors . . . Come in today and do your Christmas Shopping . . . 51 Gauge $1.49 60 Gauge $1.65 Clinton Mills Store Phone 876