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5 - ' \ I f I Section 2 Hamburg fwalb 9 to 12 One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13,1917. Established 1891. - 7 NEW FACES FOR WAR WRECKS.| | Wonderful Work in. Facial Recon- j struetion Being Done. ??? The latest developments of the! i science of surgery in relation to the war is to be found in a hospital about ten miles from London. It is ^ the place where faces are remade" and restored after the ravages of r shrapnel and shell have done their j * KJ1 91. Doctors and surgeons who have! tried their hands at facial surgery i will recognize at once the importance of this work. For the laymen, per- ! haps, a simpler statement, with examples, is necessary. The surgeons of the royal army1 medical corps at the Queen's Hos-4 pifal undertake to make a new face j for those officers and men who have | had part of their faces blown away or riddled with shrapnel. In an- ex-: perience of nearly two years they have found no case absolutely hopeless, and although they have had failures in their work, they have sent out something\ like a thousand patients wit hfaces who come to them only as pitiable wrecks of men. One of the most terrible cases was that of Private Blank, who came with his lower jaw shot away. Today he has a lower jaw, made from part of one of his own ribs, and a chin, with a beard growing on it, made * form his own scalp. Before he leaves the hospital he will be able ( to eat solid food and, what is even I* ' more to him, he will feel at ease when he walks along the street. He will not look like himself, but he will flook human. He has been saved from a horror which need not be described. Other cases, where men's noses have been shattered, or eyes shot out, or chins broken, have been treated. The ghastly distortions of the face caused by wounds have been put straight, and in many cases only the slight scar of an ordinary skin operation is visible to mark the'sur) peon's cunning. Nearly 2,000 Operations. The Queen's Hospital, first at* ?f? ?f? if* ift ifi iSoec I * i At K1 . ? """ f 1 ? !g Look f jg Electi jLJA A2A ATA ATA i4iTA ^TA^TA AT# ATA ft^g A!! ?? 4*?A**4* ?A# ?4* A* W *4* % *3 Aldershot and now in its beautiful r setting near London," has to its credit j nearly 2,000 operations, some of the cases lasting nearly eighteen months and still incomplete. Occasionally when the surgeons are ready to perform a further operation on a patient the man refuses, declaring himself Derfectly satisfied with his face. ? ~ I But in the early stages the men are j pathetically anxious to be operated j upon; they are continually gazing in mirrors to mark the progress of their features, and after an operation they often crowd around the patient's bed and compare notes. Sometimes they advise the surgeons, saying that they do or do not want an operation similar to that performed on the man in I the next bed. , For the wounded and disfigured, these operations hold out the one hope of a return to life among men and women. For those who are safe from the horrors of war the mere fact that so much can be done for the unfortunates is a blessing and a grand comfort. But apart from 'these considerations the work of the Queen's Hospital is a singular and striking example of the accomplishments of science in the cause of humanity. In November, 1916, Major (then captain) H. D. Gillies was with the Red Cross in France. Before the war he had been a throat and nose specialist in London and a famous golfer. When he got leave he went to Paris and there studied the work of French facial surgeons. On his | return he appealed to Sir Alfred I Keogh, director-general of the army medical service, and with his help and the cordial cooperation of Sir Arbuthnot Lane, Major Gillies was able to start the first department for facial surgery in England. He started with 200 beds; when present extensions are completed and arrange ments are made for affiliated hospitals there will be nearly 1,250 beds, for this class of case. Face Rebuilding Undaunted. Facial surgery in practice, hardly existed at the time. Beauty doctors, of the highest class, used to perform operations, at times, but the -Ii iD 0? ;I? !? Sli ;I) % :Ii -I: !: iliifr :ial V LAUBI We have had the I up the year with the i r . l stocK or winter gooo were bought before and see us for your 1 LADIES' W All coats to close out. ! gain. Just a few Coat Suits J be sold. 50 Dresses in satins, and poplins, $7>5( can please you. Serge and silk Skirts, tc Shirt Waists of all kir tions. See them. Silk Petticoats, S3.4 Big line of Silk tlnde Bath Robes, Kimon, quarters for all kind* or the Big I? ric Sign. "TH1 tft ?fS tfa ? ? #? ff> 7 <n nk I & T ^ ^ T A-X.^ *4* ?4? *4* *4* *4* *4* *4* *4* ?4* *4* *4* actual rebuilding of faces was known chiefly in books. Eminent surgeons had written, explaining that you could addition to that, in this case, and graft it on the other; but actual practice had not been available. It developed on Major Gillies and the surgeons whom he gathered about him to break new ground with each case. Xo two facial cases are the same. A burn from shrapnel below the eye may make it impossible to use that side of the face at all in the operation; one man may need the bridge of his nose raised, another may need the nostrils built up. In making jaws various methods have been applied, in books, such as building from a rib or from an arm. In practice each case must be studied with far more attention than a lawyer gives to his case; there are few precedents, except those established by practice in the last two years. In the hospital one man lies with his future nose growing in his forehead. When it is thoroughly grafted an operation will swing it into place. Another man, with his hand so badlv shot that he cannot use his fingers, will lie for months his finger bound over his nose, until it grows into place, and a nose is made from a useless finger. The case mentioned, in which a jaw was created, is one 01 tne most complicated yet handled by Major Gillies. The actual making of bone and cartilage from one part of the body to another had been known . before, although the operation remains one of extreme delicacy and I difficulty. An operation was made on the patient's scalp and a band was taken out, swung over the nose and put into place under the new chin-bone. To demonstrate how this was done Major Gillies took a handkerchief and put it over a man's head i from ear to ear. Then while the man held the cloth at both ears Major Gillies swung it down until it fitted. The hair from the top of the scalp is now growing a fine beard. For a year and a half?since the battle of the Somme, Private Blank has either been recovering from his wound or I; ;I; :D Hi ili -I;-I?-It it; .J;jj; tg r 1 aiues IRS, )iggest fall business i biggest December 1 Is at big reductions, the big advances. \ Christmas wants. EAR Every one a bar- Just ree - n son n Kndx B [eft. They must Good Sa $5.0 serges, taffetas. Walkovi & and up. We An Re? and S ) close out cheap. Knox K ids at big reduc- ^ose * Cluett S - i All Men 8 and UP" tions. srwear, Hosiery, 25 Over as, etc. Head- in anc 3 of Xmas goods. Boys' S LAU E STORE i ^ i ^^aTi* fcTa ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Y^^ Ti ^ ^ 1 ^^.Y. t> # # # *4* * * *4* *4* *4 from his operation. The work is nearly finished. How Burnt Faces are Treated. In the case of burnt faces the work presents a new difficulty because the flesh on which the graft is to be made is not healthy. One method is to lift skin from the chest and draw it over the face, at the same time building up those features which have been broken down. In this, as in all cases, long pondering and close study, preceded the operation, and here, as frequently, an unforeseen development, in the course of the actual operation, permitted a variation of plan. Another achievement of the hospital is the perfection of eye-making. The false eye is now projected, as the normal eye, and the cartilage so placed that the two eyes move absolutely together, as they do in a perfect pair of eyes. It is often impossible to distinguish the false from the true. This work is the independent invention of Capt. J. L. Rynard, of South Africa, who is Major Gillies's chief colleague. | Under Lieut. Col. Colvin the management of the hospital has been so successful that representatives of the rjnmininns havA undertaken the es tablishment of facial hospitals nearby, .so as to be close to the center. It has been suggested that American facial surgeons should establish their hospital somewhere near the Queen's so that Jthey, too, could reap the benefit of this long experience. Meanwhile it is interesting to note that across the channel two Americans, one Hon. Major Valadier, of French descent, and the other, Hon. Major Kaazanjian, a member of the Harvard unit, are doing similar work to that done by Major Gillies in England.?Gilbert Selden. . The food administration has seized 16,000 tons of sugar which was held in New York. , Accord^ig to the department of agriculture, rats and mice destroy each year property worth more than $200,000,000, equaling the gross earnings of an army of 200,000 men. lif* 4 4 A A *4' 4* r tor 1 Hie Sto we have ever had a business, so offer tl We have the good Ve know we can pl< MEN'S WEAR eived another shipment of St( ats, $5.00 each. .'ats, $5.00 each. ^eaters, $1.00 and up 10 each. sr Shoes $5.00 to $7.501 al Shoes at old prices, $4.0 >5.00 pair. nit, Shawknit, and Luxite h? 55c to 60c pair. hirts, $1.25 to $2.50 eac 's Suits now going at big redr coats to close out. Just cor I look them over. uits at big reductions. BER OF QUAL ! ?4* * ! ?|i ?4* A* *4* *4* *4* *4* Drunkards Sign Pledges. Three hundred self-confessed; drunkards signed the pledge at the j Salvation Army's annual boozers' day service in the Fourteenth street' barracks in New York one day re-1 cently. In the tattered, bed- j raggled crowd which gathered part-1 ly to get the dinner they knew would | be served and partly in the hope that: they might get the inspiration which j would lead them out of the gutter, i was one lone woman. A Salvation j Army lassie took her in tow and be- I ? ? ~ t? ? A isl* ^ J fore the service was over sue as?veu | for prayers to help her "keep sober." j j A force of 52 persons has been sent, to France by the treasury, department j to audit the accounts of the array there. ~ SUSPECT YOUR KIDNEYS Too Many Bamberg People Neglect j Early Symptoms of Kidney Trouble. If your back is lame?if you fee.' dull, tired and all-worn-out? If you have hard headaches, backaches and dizzy spells? If the kidney secretions are disordered? Suspect your kidneys and "take a stitch in time." Use Doan's Kidney Pills, the timetried, home-endorsed kidney remedy. It may save you from so**lo serious kidney trouble. Make use of the experience of Mrs. Bessie Atteberry, Railroad Ave., Bamberg. She says: "My kidneys were weak and I had headaches; when I got up in the morning I could hardly do my housework. I tired easily and had headaches and dizzy spells. Sometimes dark objects seemed to float before my eyes and I knew from other symptoms my kidneys were disordered. I used Doan's Kidney Pills with such great relief that I have very little kidney trouble now." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't SimDly ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Atteberry had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. ftft ft $ ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 3 Chris! re of Q .nd now want to win le remainder of on Is, and most of thei ease you, so come i 'C "You Wi You Are JTY" i? if?:f? ;?::??!; ?; ?f; ;?n >?;?? >?; ;T;*T A* *4* *4' *4* #4# ?A* ?4# ! ?4# *4* ! ?4? *4* *| TAX NOTICE. ' The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1917, until the 15th day of March, 1918, inclusive. From the first day of January, 1918, until the 31st day of January, 1918, a penalty of one per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1918, a penany 01 z per cent, win De aaaea to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1918, until.the 15th day of March, 1918, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. THE LEVY. For State purposes 8% mills For county purposes 7 Vz mills Constitutional school tax....3 mills Total 19 mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Midway, No. 2 2 mills Hampton, No. 3 2 mills Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills Fish Pond, No. 5 2 mills Hutto, No. 6 2 mills Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills Olar, No. 8 9 mills Salem, No. 9 4 mills St. John's, No. 10 2 mills Govan, No. 11 8 mills Binnaker's, No. 12 3 mills Lemon Swapip, No. 13 4 mills Bamberg, No. 14 ...9 mills Oakland, No. 15 8 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 8 mills Colston, No. 18 4 mills Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills Oak Grove, No. 20 4 mills . Denmark, No. 21 6% mills Ehrhardt, No. 22 13 mills Lees, No. 23 4 imills Hey ward, No. 24 ; 2 mills All persoris between the ages of ; /i twenty-one and sixty years of age, except Confederate veterans and sailors, who are exempt at 50 years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. 1 Capitation dog tax 50 cents. All persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st day of January, 1917, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar, and all who have not - >v*, made returns to the Auditor are requested to do so on or before th^? 1st of January, 1918. I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from . the 15th day of October, 1917, until the 1st day of March, 1918. \ G. A. JENNINGS, V , Treasurer Bamberg? County. A body of 100 surgeons has been \ " organized for service in the hospit- , als of Roumania. ' I ? !?il* il? il?il- ill gig? i f tmas uality"! \ lr a \f ir \| jM n / f M n $ $ 2 \ ===== iM i 1 \ i} ^ j _=== ? ill Know | i Right" I !?%?"*? "1"T4?TA? WW i i