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MAY.6,1914 Dr. D. T. Wood, of rolnmbto ; t*»l- ▼rv«dtj. Write* IntereMlng AKkk> RertewhHE t'ondltloe*. One of the most Important^com- ‘rolttee* appointed by the Council of Health add Pu|>I|c Instruction is that on co-operation with the Na tional Education Association & years ago. has been worulna ^1^1 a aimllar committee appointed "bl ♦he National Education Ase'v'-tloa * th* aubject of school hv'-»en^ The drat year of the committee's *Ti*tem» was devoted largely ‘n a e'nnev of the field and ft cons dc^- of wtr*t activUfea should «-ct undertaken, /^fter ratefnl «* - .,-i« e jon. the rommittee decided ths*' / tho rurcl school wa" more in nee r-* attention and s«i».|fc*aece th'>n tpe ^'♦v e< hool Then the 0 nest on r>« tu the amount of avaHabte inform■’tion concerning niral school* rd school house'*. c*,rpr*«ine'<r B it tney «eem, it v is four.' that t«ttl. w*s Vnovn o' »>>« ctnnl conditions of rural schools 'n the different states ' „ r ,.l«.,,v nnrv 8.urv*v was accordingtv under taken with a View to renicdV"-' ♦ V.io (‘efect. Tl*roueh th- l n<<ed Hure»u of k'dncatalo!i I’ro ♦r^sor Dress*ar <»f Na^hvlif''. Tenu . -hafie n careful stud** of a ta^?< number of country school dls|mts in the South. Sfiecial surveys hi Crmnecflcut. ,, ofT<i»j>»’t and New Yor!^ ' 1 'V cenerail Investigatiotu*' wl.ich cath- errd 'tatistics from every stitp in the T'nioft. and. C'ie< i «l siudb** of rurai condltiptfs in Idaho »-hcis* , tt c tjenu«v|\'ania.. •>. Vew Jer- >-cv and Virginia, resulted in the nreunvfe’t-on of a large mass or ’*i'> r •.♦ion o hLch is now being dl- slume, where the pinch of poverty it the sharpest, (he food i* better prepared than it ia in the country, while the distance from .dentists, oculists and clinical advantages ac counts for-the large number of de- fecta p! sight, hearing and t«eU>. Vountry hpuaes are often dralty and overheated. The chances for house Infection are greater and* children are more exposed to cold, heat and * dampness. The acbool houses are often old and carelessly built *and have Inpufflcient equip ment. In seven states there 1^ no regulation of the sanitatiP^f coun try schools. Heating is W»nerallr by means of a stove, and'bad ven tilation Is usunilv the result* Set- THE PRESS AND STANDARD, WALTERBO?. 0, S. C. CO-OPERATION STRONGLY URGED This' committee, appointed Ing accommodations /te bad and FEELS IKE •cbydi is now rp* v *’ nid dr; 1 wn up in file form c' n ‘Venorf. I’rofep^or Itresslar’* wo*l‘ ’•■’ll he nii'-'le puldic throjiffb • • <>'*•*! report bunted iiy the Uni ted States tfurpfti) of Kdiicatiou. While tlie work of the committed fs only begun, enough bits been learned to show that the siinltary condition of rural schools iA not by nnv means s<, satisfactory as was generally tyunnosed. In the New York times. March 8. appeared a lengthy^ article Itased on a state ment by Dr. T. D. Wood of Colum bia University, chairman of the ed ucation committee After describing the organisation of the committee and the work it has undertaken. Dr. Wood said: "We grew up with the notion that school children in the (-•untry were? bound- to be much healthier than the children of the cities. Our narents always credited the little r»d schotil house for their excellent constitutions. Of late years, how ever. there has been a good deal of suspicion -cast on that aantf*’*little "ed school house. We have begun n this day of sanitation and medl- ♦ fil infection to have our doubts 1 bent those unqualified benefits. Or. Wood then gives n few spe cific instances in nroof of the gen eral proposition that the country school child is from 15 per cent Jo 2b per cent more defective than the citv cbild*fc. • >•' In Pennsylvania a study of 1,8:11 T’tral school districts was made and ♦ he health of the children In 1hos« districts was contrasted with the health of the school children in Harrisburg. Pittsburgh and Altoona. The n<»reentngo of defective children in Altoona was fi;t per cent In Pitts burgh 72.2 per cent, while in the rural districts, the aggregate of d«- 'ecthe children amounted to 75 o«*r eepj Tl'is means that three- fourths of the 2U4.427 countrv . srh"cl children •?» Pennsvlvnln are >n need of ;• ne< iat <-iro pod froet- ®-'ent while even in New York city. f n.1 v ■ ner cent of tit* children are • f all def* rtf' *' ’"b '• invest’ga.th’tt of speclft^ <’e ts gives the sjrme results. Por '*'• re, a romt):i''is*'n Of t!'” srhool h : t.i-e-' rf Orange cenotv, \ irclria, J- ti' 11>.'”e of \i>< York < i*v Sows fh"* 'vm'i all df the itrho'indtngs ftttfP ilb 'rt'vanfaut s of ci;v life. tin* n -u'tes V<"\ - Yo* ' sebooi chit drr*’ W : ^> long troutile at.lO'intS to enH t fraction »»f 1 tier c»*n* while 2 . ner n ot of all the school rhil n i•• «tr*** '♦■* c on*v i f rom some affect left of the fu 1'/ ■ \\b-'t tb > nutriti<'*\ of rn r .il T '' > 1 < h'ld'- u w.m cotisiiler«'d. it a ■ - ed that here, of court e. the I ouptrv child w 'tilil crentlv stir- t'-tss the child In the citv, yet the • ergo o'l'lnutrtajoo •’irybor tb- shoo !< hi! ’nut of New York citv is 2 hi? ner cent, while tlutt of rural si he'»l children in the district:! in- r-ritV) is 31 2 nor «ent The same'sfartliug result Is found when ♦ he ncures for tri 'nta: defecti\ es are eompared. Statistics front twentv-flve cities and 'rout rur.nl districts in I’ennsyl- ' ani.”.. Massachusetts, New Jersi"-. Idaho and Virginia ve-e cornpart!<!. shoeing tliat the average of men ♦•tl d"fet V8 among city-t hililren was 0 t>er cent, while the avcrae* anionc rural stho^! children Wi * 8 per cent. Heart «K-ease is twice as pb#‘valent among country child ren as among city schooVi hildren ' itv chool children have only o j:: Ter cent of curvature of theS*n|jte while rural school children ltc\e ■'-5 per tent, Ear troubles are (VK* times and eye troubles four jitnes a.s frequent among country chib* ren Adenoitfs are found in citv school rhildjTU In 8 5 pef cent, but Irf the country ;i 5 The < hildron it) ^Uventy-five cities shewed an average fmreentgo of enlarged tonsils, or 8..“*. . w htle a similar number of country children Khowed • over 30 per cent, and in Idaho the 'percentage ran up to 43.9. . Discussing the causes foil these amazing and startling conditions. Dr. Wood finds that e\en in the general sanitary conditions often unspeakable. Frequently the onlv provisions for cleanliness are a pall of water, a dirty basin and a com mon , towel. Drinking arrange ments are bad and drinking water often contaminated. Dr. Wood r.ums of the situation' thus: “NVw tak“ into considera tion thn many other eontingeivv * which thn. country child has to ni7et physical labor, chores before , he •flirts for sclino' in the morning, a badly assorted breakfast, n long w-’lk ovcr leu* roads- then subject hi ' to di'-c‘<t infection, to had wa- te • and il is small Wonder that he falls prey to a dozen maladies more re.-dily than the citv child.” Tlie results of thlr survey «»f ru ral ‘cbotiX cannot fail to shatter nine of our previously conceived vlew^ regarding rural condition. , and at the same tin:.* -o ooinf *>ut flje-remedy. Not one state in live today provides for its country school children, in most c^f tl: - * it t ier. some kind of supervision anti "are of school children : s nia'rta'n* ’/'d. hut ryral schools have Vo f ir been left verv largely -a shift for ♦hemselveg. "The welfare of •our country.” savs |ir. Wood. "d“pends en no factor more IndlstM-rsihle. more vital, than the welfare of mir rural life. Our fines’ imps are our "hildren The farmer does pot s»>,. ■his truth. If he did, Ir* would rise "l* and d-unand star- protei-tion for lis youngsters a more important u a iter than tariff regulation ” ' fe»- da vs after the nuhlicifon n( Dr. Wood's article in The Time . H’.e N'e'* York Evening P-*«t. in v • •ng editorial, discussed his state ment which it charclerized as of ' x eMhVnal Interest. "It | s not nf- ♦en.” savs the Post. "th"f So stgiV~ "g ft -survey o' slaHsUcni results in the domain of health hears such clear marks of trustworthiness and Sobriety.” After reviewing tire ar- t^'le and Dr WooC’s eonclusi-'irs •he Post indulges in some general ontimLstic reflections. •> Ft ravs "lust as surelv as Hie r* .1^ in th« Hv |s more free from defects and silnients-than the ehITn o* the cen**. »rv. lust so surely is the citv child o' th*» present li* better case thar, Hie dtv child of the nnst. If tn spiv. ■»f crowared homes. Imniire citv .'*•• ’nek n f recreation faeltitles. 1q splfs often U f the poverty info which b** •s horn .and jrerhaps the vice with which he is environed the r|tv child makes a better showing than the oustrv Child. It is because of the multitude of benefits which have- been bestowed on him bv the pro vres:« of science aqd the steadv ad vance of civic cam, enligUtenmenl :nd respon^Hiillty *' In the improved Addition of the fity child ns contrasted with the ountry child, the Post finds roaaor for helleving that the condition of the child in the country will he- noVt, z:;r ,[ m>w •it ion. At Ly£aE. Pinkfcam’i Vege table Compooiid DispclltAh' Backache, Headache* and Pi Trine—. Piqua, Ohio.—** I would bo ver.' un grateful if I foiled to .give Lydia 11 Pink ham’s Vegeta- IRe Compound the prei %e it deserves, fer i have ta.cn it pt ufTerent timet* and it always re lieved me wher other medicines failed, and when 1 hear a woman com plain I always rec ommend it. Lastwin- ter I waa attacked with a severe case of organic weakness. I had backache, pains in my hips and over my kidneys, headache, dizziness, lassitude, Jjad no energy, limbs ached and I was always tired. I was hard!} able to do Ky housework. I had. taken Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- jx;dnd on one other occasion, and it had helped me so I’took it again and it has luiilt me up, untN nov* I feel like a new woman. You ha%« my hearty consent to u.m my name and testimonial in any way and I hope it will benefit.guffsring women. M —Mrs. Orpha Tlunek, 431 S. p’ayne St; Piqua, Ohio. Women who are suffering from those distressing ills.peculiar to their sex should hot doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pinkh^m’s Vegetable Compound to re store their health. t • IT you want t»peclal advice write to Lydia E. Plukham iclne ('Oh (confidential) Lynn, Muss. Your letter will l»e opened, read and answered by a woman and beld in strict confidence. Would Make Southern Farmers •The V Most Pru*,|»eroas ou KarlHV* Says J. J. IMIlou. brought to thr situ uf 1 ill "* rk ^ ,hf ’ oinl ftommUtw* I Ilf* Au]lfzrl<>u»s A • ion ami (h • he American/Medmal Associa- **0(’laiir**, i * N ' ationR, Education As. b «m in Hon hasyprove.l already nf rl„. Host valur and its aofivine. ,, l, onh Ix-gun. These two powArfull rganirations representing the or g.inired professions of teath ug medicine dur*ng the .n \t q- ' n ' ,:,rk * ;,! itmirove,.,,:,, ^r 1 "' eondif (on of Y , ir ,. s ‘ hool children. Th. s i no—|{,, M w j readers of this paper r u Hi '•leased to learn .that least ono dreaded ‘nee has been abb ‘♦ages* ai>d that there is 't disease Hint s, f- to cure in aU I*- ” (’nfnrrh. fl-itr < «'t irrb t nrv tie* oiilv positiv, eiire Mow known t-v the medic:*! fr . D-miiv. (’atarrli beim: a roiet c, lional ttiseaso, require.-. a jtional trcitn'esif Hall* ''nre is taken int unally, reetty Upon Hie blood snrf’iees < oilstf 11* t'afarrb '. nefini: di*. and tnueo'i KILLS ME\H \NS _ WHILE P.AIUES 1)1!: - - k, From the Progressive Farmer: J. J. Dillon, of the Rural New Yo- her,’ has been on-a trip South and uc writes interestingly of ‘‘Finanrius Southern Cotton Fanners.” Follow ing is the conclusion of his latest at tiele: "The Southern farmer gives him- *elf up too exclusively to the grow ing cf cotton. But the Southern far mer of the future Isill diversify his work. Today the Georgia farmer buys alfalfa from New Mexico, fruit from South America, vegetables from Florida, pears from California. and 1 apples from New York and Ore gon. He goes to Missouri for his I mules, to Minnesota for his flour. ; and to Wisconsin for his butter. Many of these products, and good i substitutes for ail of them, can bv | grown on the farms of the state. "A banker with a large and \alu- 1 able farm told mo he could not rai*e ohis and corn to sell at a profit. He j admitted cowpeas and vetch grow luxuriantly and. of course, make an excellent hay for milch cows. 1 n k- ' e<| hint why he did not go into th«‘i dairy business. He said there was) no d’irving in hi.-* section except to • apply liquid milk. The butter canto from the North. I tol-d him hov. » co-operative cr«i*nieiy inigh' he bull: for «2."ft‘»: and butter ‘•uppbed .to; all local trade, from the neighboring! farms. He listened w ith creai in- j terest. but dually said: Yes. but : tl.ai requires organization.’ The air was • nough to sav that rnakc* it Impossible there. It required orean- ixatibn to establish his bank, and to i erect a large number of ^o'.fon mills | in the town and to build a tw.d mil- ; lion dollar power plant. Ii is never> ditheult to find men readv lo organ- j : 7e capital where there is a prom s 'i of rich reward. With organized pro ducers the profits are widely distri*'- j uiof| and consequently The work is not so attractive to tke genius of or ganization. ' <'o-operailye brgani^atipn is a« • s ential to the farmers of the .'-'onHi i a* it. is to the fart -rs everywhere el e. F't will not come all at onve Gctridof thto badly digested matter if you would avoid a bittoo* attack. SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR (THK POWDBB POMO rn ■aSi« and itKMtbeoiK mlMfM. ft 1, n liver tonic «™t of ei— SSI.thtenjnnchicyneone ltpnu.l.!em liver, hdpodifirtn, aweetena ^ sa,'f«Iaxea the bowela and pitta the body in fine vigorous condition. * • * SoU Sg OmIwx. Jtict, Lara* ^eckegA tl.OO* wrt (Wiuaz —(Wtobnl. H “ kwh. d?IMZbC* J. H. U1UN A CO., r»«prl»law. S*. v— : f FOR BALE BY WALTERBORO DUG CIMPAXY 4 ‘ In time of war prepare for peace. We must not let the horror of our bloodshed in Mexico alloy, us to forget that every year/loo,fiuft babies In this country before they are one year old; that (ho ju venile courts are crowded with no body knows how many delinquents day by day; that 2.000.0011 childn u are at\ work and for war on these problems Uncle Sam has grudged tfie^lmamanition.” Owen If. Love- ioy, general secretary of the Nation al Child Labor Committee. was speaking of the appropriation asked for by Miss Lathrop, chief of tfiV5r Federal Children’s Moreau. "You see the children’s bureau wag established to ‘investigate and report upon all ntat*er$ portHinitpr u the welfare of children and child life,’ and Congress enumerated ten objects to which the bureau should devote special attention. / The ap propriation was very/^rr.all- onl; $25,!iy»i and we have hern amazed at the amount that Miss Lathrop and her r'aF lr ,v “ «!r‘?:vlj' iiC'cri pushed- Rut they have only at tempted to touch on infant mortal ity and to compile child labor law". If the bureau is to do the work for which it was < reated it Is absolute ly necessary that the appropriation l’ox Id be increased. The 3164,000 apked for by Miss Lathrop wefe approved by the House of Kepresentatives in rpltejof an unfavorable report by the Hop r appropriations comuHttee* but the nnypfer has still to come befori* the Senate We are*urging eur friends to ask t'tei tUers of the Senat,- na- propriatiorts eomniiltce to approve the amount and t.» apportion it ac cording to the schedule prepared l>v- Mips Lathrop, the chief of -tii • bu reau. H wduM be n grave refleetion on our boasjed twentieth cent ury ff the I'overnmeiit shfcnii(; nMow the • normous expense of a war and fail to provide the edrn|',:r,it v.-!> ■ |l •utn of *1tiI.ihiu tor ibh impi rr..i : huroan.” * .' *. ’f had better not. A slow growth is better for "permanent results. lTo’»- ably $20,qiift,ftoft worth of cotton is delivered to the Augusta market. For the most part the growers g*u a meagre living out of it. If these growers were united in eo-operatiVe organizations to furnish their own credit, buy their own supplies, and market - '' thoir own product, they would save themselves not less than $5.ftft0.00.ft annually; and -would probably be the most phosperotis far mers on the face of the earth.” Keep Bowel Movement Regular. ^ Dr. King’s New Life Pills keep stomach, liver and kidneys in heal thy condition. . Rid the body of pois ons and waste. Immoye >our ^fu- nlexlon by fhishing the liver ffnd kidneys. "I got more relieff roiv. one lx>x of Dr. King’s - .. i, fc Pill** than any medieine I ever tried.” *ays (’. E Hatfield, of Chicago. IH. 25c at your druggist. MISS ALICI A BRF.ELAND DEAD A4< Popular Young Lady of the IVtctor** Creek Section, tioe-. t*i Reward. Of the W* tom. there! ireving tht' ’ue idntfori of ti| ';:xe ''’d riving Hie na'ient strong by btvlding up. the e»>n titiitlon and •‘sisting nature in doing its work rim proprietors have s.,'much faith ii it* cunt'li.' powers'that thei of- l" r Due Hundred Dollars for 'anv <.iso that it frits f 0 euro Send for li-f of testimonials \ddress F 1 CHENEY A C'O.. Toledo (V b' all druggists 75c. fake Cills for const ; pai.ion. . ( f is f ^ AFTER epg»]4t ■ ^■.zrin — xflK aa Sold Hall’s It HiM RaptUt (Tiiirch. Services at - the Kip flat church „ ^«nday at II a. m ami 8.a<*p '• Pastqg ■ Collum will preach'^at Dio morning hour on "A Healthv • s,0,, l ft'l Roily, and at the evenittc . '•nice his‘subject will be •Ho« ■ > Make Money and What to Do With D ♦ Sunday school at, 11 a m. «\1! the new membent will be given a (or- :a| reception iqto the church at the close of fhe'morning worship IN- erybodv is cordially invited to at tend all these services. Indigestion? Cant Rat? Yo Appetite? V treatment of Electric Bitters in creases your appetite; stops Indiges- Hte percentage is'Don; 1*011 can ea: everything \ - r *‘ftl Miring -tonic./or Rver. kidnev •ind stomach troubles, f leati’scA yout whole svsteVtnand you feel fine Hlec|r;<’ Bitters did more fbr Jdr. T. D. Peeble’s stomach troubles that: any medicine he ever Tfled. ftet a bottle today. 0c and $1.00 at your druggist. Rucklen’s Arnk-a Salve for Eczema. ft It a pathetic mistake to accept drugs or alco- _ holic mixtures when nature craves nourishment to repair the wasted body and restore die vigor of health. For forty years the best phy sicians have relied cn the whole some predigested nourishment in Scott's EmubioB which is totally free from alcohol or opiates. Scott's Emulsion sharpens the appetite—renews blood— nourishes nerves.'*—strengthens bones and restores tbc qourage of health to make life bright Scott's Easlsiso sots ia acti« «W my force, that promote health; it is P«ro, rich strength. The virtues of ocr departed love,; >m s shouid ever lie held as a pri*e- less heritage and imiteted by tb»isc * ho are left behind. Tbe subject of this sketch was horn and rel:;*-i in tha Doctor’s Creek se< t on of Col teton county and was a dest cpdani that old -Dutch stock vyltich h..-, lone so'linuc lit,, crown our lo.u-n. state and union viith lioncr and tlr- tue. Miss Alicia cent rib tU*-d much to the success and progress of IbM t. r' reek church and community,; f-»» ■ihe mknif'sted a Ii\«’v intir 41 ■very good work Che ^ s>,r-i* ntissrd in tip- Doctor’s Creek «1iihHii ■f wfiich she was a conse- ratf<1 nn n- !icr. the Sunday Vcbool, the Raptis Young People' Missionary L'nion. ;nd th" Ladies’ Mir-*onan So ieC II of which she was a lo; 1! : • ber and a devoted helper. SI-.-, : ,f- fer‘d intensely tor several n o., before her d«*ath. whii h < 1 '‘.irr*-'! ■••*• March - 12,. She v.; - the ilaugl :' - Mr. C. L. Bree.lart'l. w !.y. '• :h sisters, and two brothers, tog th with a larg** cnie of ‘YieruD niO"ra h» - r loss. Her remains were in:, r- «p1 in the old Bre« land b:r'in.- - ground on March 12. The funeral services were conducted bv her 1 „- tor. Rev. J. R ."Funderburk IN r life, though short, was tillod ,w ith« deeds Of kindness to those itn whom she came in contact. May her useful Ifie be art inspirath r *• the yjoung people of the Do*tor’f Creek .'romiunnit^Y and mav the.’ st^ve to imitate her pohle example ami meet.her in th land qf peace'and joy. r> PASTOR. (’oughrd fm - Tfiree Yeats. “I am a lover of your gbd«er.d 'o humanity and science Your tvic-'C cine. Dr. King's N'e.vr Disco*ery. , .j-- ed my, cough of thr^e years stand ing,” savs Jejthie lri»em:n:ng„ 6? Nev liover. Ohio. Hftve you s m annoy ing cough? ikAt stubborn and 5*>n"t yield to treatment? Get aaftc bot tle of Dr King’s New Discoverv to day. What it did for Jennie Flem ming it wijl do for you v no niar.tte- how stublHirn or chronic a rough may be It stops a cough and stops throat and lung trouble Relief or money back., 50c and fl.ou at your druggiat. j Bucklen’a Arnica Salve for Pir.i- ples. /* Mias Winnie Stuart Rabb. c* Charleston, is tbe ebarn; ng guest of Miss Atalie Moore. REFRIGERA TORS ,0 Suppose pose the pric used so muc l»ose—t'lit why n* t buy acter. A refrigerator that c Our Household Special t~ . ' / ’We have a rt'cctal in this line w inch w* - ore sure you will find most satisfactory. If is known in this .store as The Household s|Hs-tat a name it ha«* earned— ind we have^found it such a fa vorite that we buy big'uuantiti* s vf them. This I:* frig* rator is 3‘t inch« - s wide, has a d» - t»th of 18 inches, is-H im h<*s in height and has an fee capacity of 73 pounds —it has a seamless bottom and porcelain-steel lining. vvasts ice is too costly to be used. - $29.50 FAMOUS McCRAY REFRIGERATORS MeW.iy Kctrigcratf’r-i in. - " 1 arranged Hill' vn out>nlt' n in. <!o,ir. to tic icrij from tin- it-, porch which keeps tl-.r ice n ,• with Ins muddy tracks liotiu r-cjutside the house Tl.'* may be equipped with u - water cooler, >|te. ^.il r.uks i .r* D'ttled bexerages and otiici conveniences not found in t . ordinary refrigerator and 'ar ranged for either ice or r 4 chanical refrigeration. There is quality In every Refrigerator ""Id by tne extent of our line—all sizes and aTt shapes. us. Come S' * — M . REMOVAL % .• > ' ' 'A ' ■ . ' ■ • . NOTICE •/ •'/ ^ _ / ; ; Great Removal Sale is going on at * Frank’s Charleston, Surprise Bar gain House. The entire stoc£ will be sold regardless of cost. Come early and secure choice before the stock is greatly reduced. Next door to Express Office . - n v - At the A CHARLESTON SURPRISE BARGAIN HOUSE *4 V J. I RANK Manager PleaseStake special notice that then only one J Frank in town and he is man- ager of the new store e is /