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jviacDowoll Music Club . flUal meeting of the seaaon of 1 uwlk?well wualc club wan held !rL<n^dtt> afternoon Of last week ut V home of Mrs. II. J. Trueadale. ii L K Haley and Mrs. W. K. KowJJ,Wrrr associate hostesses. Mrs MfRalph Hiarling, thy president, wan , rhf chair Officer's report a were Surd ?'" 14,1 uaA"lahed hualneaa ot r* yt,jjr vs us completed. Mlaa Har!?,,e Trueadale, music student f oueriiB Chicora, und a very talent j ul?nist presented the inualeul pro* m wbi< h was composed entirely Uf ^lectioim from Debussy. The hostess J^ved delightful refreshments. Quincy Greflory Made Superintendent OuIdcv K Gregory, of Kershaw, ha* J,,, made superintendent of the ?T0|e system of Flat Creek schools, I coder tin- m'w ruling recently adopt^ in l.an* aster county, these schools wUl now have seven trustees instead 0( three as formerly. Mr. Gregory hi* very successfully ,beon connected ,|tb the Mrooklyn-Cayce schools for ike past .-. \erul years, lie announces iOX Ills (. aching staff for the fall session of ?choul has already been eoinpleted Expert Auto Body Rebuilding and Paihting DEPARTMENT Burns Chevrolet 1 Company KERSHAW, S. C. Women Strive For Good Figures Thin women should not strive for long, unbroken Hues. The tull woman tthouhl not wear a dinging uvkii ling gown, unless she has u rounded hunt and graceful hip lines. Simplicity tthouhl be her aim. In elothett, utt in movement, there muat be rhythm There is charm in a Moating panel, In the motion of ?oft fabricH around the anklett. The lit of the robe should be smooth, but not snug, and the linctt should be bcauti1 ful. It's murveloutt what a clever, dressmaker cun do to improve the contour of any ligure, particularly that of the woman who 1h tall and thin. There are details of dress that help make the picture lovely. Consider scarves. They've held sway for a long time and for good reason. They are Mattering to the throat, they sup-i .ply becoming color and provide chic and distinction. The necklace serves as un ornamept and conceals lines in the throat. A beautiful girdle or belt can give exactly the right note. The dowdy dresser might as well step out of the beuuty race. There's no sense in not .educating oneself along these lines.?Greenville ObservI er. | | First Census Taken In 1790 ' The Mrst United States census, la 1790, - enumerated 4,000,000 persons' and required eighteen months. The 11930 census took only thirty days. Reason For The Blood Letting <Hy l)i H 11, Shields) Am utmost universal practice among the medical profession of early days, from pro-Hevoluilooury time up until close upon the 1 HUO's wuh to bleed" a patient for any acute inflammatory trouble. I am not unaware thai many of the laity hi ill consider thin practice in vokue amotiK physicians, though they may differ in their definition of the verb "to bleed." However, used as it Kenerally in now to describe a Hhylock of legal, medical, or huaineHH terminology, the original use of the verb meant to draw off a patient's life blood The theory back of this operation was that by the loss of some blood a certain amount of pressure would be Removed from an overtaxed heart, and likewise, less blood carried to the diseased part of the body. Weeding was not practiced India criminately for ull sorts and conditions of complaints Instead, it was teserved for the acute, inflammatory ailments, which developed suddenly 0 a point of high fever and high,, hounding pulse, without - the patient having been weakened or run down a- lingering illness. The operation that a patient must he bled did not Incoite any unusual fear or disturbance. I'-very doctor of th?- old school carried in his pocket Instrument case a lancet, two kinds of which were in use. One was a thumb uncet; a single sharp, double-edged thin blade that tapered to a flue point 1 he other was a spring lancet, set to spring a concealed knife so quickly into tiie flesh of the patient that he had no time to meditate upon the coming pain. It worked on the sume principle at a mouse trap. With either of these above described lancets, the doctor, would perform this simple operation The patient was propped up In bed; his arm was corded above the vein to he opened; e was given a stick or something similar to hold in his hand to steady it. and the incision was made usually at the bend of the elbow. The blood was allowed to flow freely into a pan provided for that purpose. The patient could if strong-minded, watch the drip, drip of blood with stoclal eyes, or else close his eyes if the sight of blood made him feel faint. The quantity of blood drawn depended upon the offe< t it -had on lowering the pressure of the pulse. Sometimes a pint or more would be drawn. Some people, possessed of an emotional nature, fainted at the sight of !?"d. ' w'as called once to a case of this kind, to treat a patient ut the Noah Cockman, who lived in Huftalo Creek. My patient was a hoy or around fifteen who was suffering trom an acute attack of pleurisy, which occasioned considerable pain in his side. This was mv first case where I had come upon a patient whom I considered it necessary to bleed. As soon as the blood began to flow lie remarked that he could f.-e| the pain essening. and that by the time the bleeding was finished lie was entirely free of pain. Hut. during the bleeding. there was considerable coin motion in the room. I had a ringside audience of watchors-on. composed of the rest of the family, and of these, three girls fell to the floor in a swoon Whereupon, all the remaining members took to wailing, crying and carrying on in such fashion that I could easily have imagined myself at an old-fashioned camp meeting They were sure that the three girls had died from fright; and 1 had to go' on with my ministrations to the patient, and at the same time caution the frantic. frightened household not to worry. that the girls had simply fainted and would come around all right before long. This boy whom I successfully bled was Thomas Hias Noah Loweed mentioned in a previous article on odd names I have encountered. and Ills three sisters, with still longer names, were the girls who staged the faints. The last patient to be "bled" at my hands was old man Abraham Kveritt, who lived about three miles southwest ot Carthage. He was up past ninety then, and it was said that he lived to be over a hundred. 1 am positive he lived five or six years after I bled him. He made the statement to me that he was in the habit of being bled every spring of the year. Far from being an exaggeration, it was a common occurrence for the older people of a community to be bled every spring. 1 here was always some man in the community, not necessarily a doctor, who would perform this duty, doubtless free of charge. In fact, bleeding as a spring avocation, ranked equally as a favorite with removing high blood pressure with sassafras tea, which was supposed to thin it. Either bleeding or a strong sassafras compound worked the charm! After this, came a seige of spring tonics in which corn whls key, with dogwood hark, sarsaptirillu, cherry hark and various bitter herbs were mixed together ami taken us prescribed; a swallow before each meal Children and youths who suffered from spring feVftr were dosed on dredges of sulphur and tdaek mo lasses Those whose symptoms were diagnosed as a" ease of puppy love" (with signs similar to the spring fever addicts) were given catnip tea. which quickly brought them either to their sens?-s or else to lite parsons' I shall close (his essay with a re nied>, on^e prescribed by old Dr Currle, who practieed in the llensalem section. Besides being a good pliysi dan. he was a man of dry wit and i humor, who enjoyed an occasional drink To him came one of his pa- I tients, a man complaining of feeling "run down" - and listless, and who I wanted tiie Doctor lix bAui up a spring I tonic Dr C'urrie gave him the following prescription, with h I pass on to my readers; "(Jet a gallon of real good corn ticker Ihit tills in a gallon glass jug; go out in the woods and pick three dogwood berries off a red dogwood tree, drop these into the licker one every hour, until you have them I all in and tlicit send for me!" I h Andrew Crotti, of Columbus. Ohio, ui the first convention of thu i'nitcd States chapter of International Surgeons, in session in Chicago, said thai after a quarter of a century of research, he could demonstrate that j endemic goiter, the kind heretofore believed to be duo,to a lack of iodine lin tlu> diet, was caused by spores, the tinv organisms tiiat build mushrooms and mold on broad. FRIENDLY INSECTS CHECK COTTON LOUSE DAMAGE Clemson, Juii*' 21 Itcncfleiai insects, particularly lady beetles and' 11***1 r larva**. ar?* vastly liupurtant in t holdliiK In check l hi? cotton leaf louse 'and In preventing serious damage fnnu It, according to W t\ Nettles, entomologist of the Clemson College Extension Service i '.'Among other Insects which asslsi | the iud> beetle In this good work," j continues Mr Nettles, "are small I wasp like parasites, und flower fly larvae. Rain Is of considerable value |ln washing the plant lice from the | plants, and fungus diseases help greatly during damp weather. Ordinarily these factors keep flie plant louse from doing serious harm In fact, sometimes fields dusted with cal- ! clutn arsenate have been heavily Infested because uaturul control was prevented. "While It is possible to control cotton leaf ilee with a nicotine dust, this Is seldom necessary under South Carolina conditions." i ? ? ?- ? ' M NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All purlieu to the estate of Nannie K. Kosa are hereby notified to make payment to the underalRned, and all partieit, if uny. buying claims uKultiHt the said estate will preesnt them likewlae, duly attested, within the time prescribed by luw JKH8IK T ROSS Admlniat rator t'umdeii, H June 22, 1937. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All part lea to the cstutu of .1 It. Mlcklo are hereby notified to make payment to the underaiKned, and all parties. If any. having elalma against the aald estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within the tlmo prescribed by law. J. M. DKBWHJR SARAH 11 MICK LB Admlnlst ratora t'amden. S. 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