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I HEALTH AND THE HOME BKALTH rKOIll.KM lMSCrSSKD BY 1>U. K. A. IIINKS. I Secretary of the South Caiolinu MedIoaI Association Before t!?e C\?nfereure for the Common (Jood. "Health and the Homo" was the subject of an address delivered by E. A. Ilines, M. 1)., of Seneca, Secretary of the South Carolina Medical Association, at the "Permanent Homes" session of the Conference for the Common (iood, held Wednesday night in the Columbia Theatre. Dr. 1 lines remarks are given here in full: The health conditions of the home and the home life in this country, owing to our freedom of thought and action have uivon HnnUnrlunu tlm imost difficult problems they have had to face. The man's home is his castle and his rights sacred. In far too many instances such a man considers the health officer an invader of his rights and privileges rather than as a guardian angel. Many times the home presents the weakest link in the entire chain of preventive medecinc. whereas it should be the strongest. Indeed the very foundation of municipal sanitation is the home and the same is true in great measure in the small town and rural district. It would be of intense interest to trace historically the intricate relationship between the health of the individual, the State, the nation and the home. We would find this edifice frequently to have been built upon the sands of ignorance, blinded predjudice, and aisgulded judgment rather than upon the solid rock of teh unselfish recognition of the truths of sanitary science. John Howard Payne had in mind the ideal when he penned his iCnfmortal poem, "Home, Sweet Home," and for more than half a century this lofty sentiment has inspired our Southland with romance, legend, song and hospitality. We of the South have thus a glorious inheritance, hut this is not all that has been handed down to us. Unfortunately mingled with the refrain of "Home, Sweet Home" we discern especially the discordant notes of tyllliniil fnvf?r hiUornnlnolo . 11.U..I.U1WOIO, ^CIIOHia, hookworm disease, malaria, diseases of childhod and diseases sociologic in their nature. Any one of the malidies mentioned could easily engage our attention for the time allotted me. The great white plague, tuberculosis, is preeminently a home-horn disease. Listen to the words of Sir William Osier: "III four hundred homes of this country there is lamentation and woe tonight, husbands for their wives, wives for their husbands; children for their parents, parents for their children, a mere ? repetition of yesterday's calamities. And if the ears of your hearts open, .-you can hear while I speak the beatlugs of the wings of the angels of 'death to the four hundred appointed .for tomorrow. It augurs well for the future of our beloved State that wo are here (Vthis evening to reason together on ttiis highly important subject. Most of the ills from which wo suffer in the domain of preventable diseases are due to social rather than individual offenses, and therefore the remedy must bo found In the treatment of the social organisms rather than of the individual. The improvement of hygienic conditions in our cities, towns and rural communities requires a certain amount of specific regulation. Such regulation must he based upon proper legal enactment, either on national or State laws, or on municipal orHitinnOPS np?trif>Hnna nf norarinal liberty, so necessary at times, in order to be enforced and to be of any value must be understood and backed by the public. It is extremely important then for legal and social reasons we lose no opportunity to inform ourselves, as to the marvelous advance in scientific knowledge regarding the causes of disease, the methods of transmission and the most effective means of prevention. The rapid advance of scientific knowledge today not only in medicine ,but all along the lino in the allied sciences fill us with wonder. Scarcely a year passes that some actual life saving remedy or measure has not been brought forward for our benefit. It is almost inconceivable that but little over 100 hundred years ago our forefathers were burning witches at the stake. I mention this here because to a certain extent the witch inay be considered the predecessor of the modern scientist. At a time when no systematic knowledge of na< ture existed, it was taken for granted that the future could be predicted and controlled by appropriate actions and expressions, through sympathetic magic, or potent formulas of which the "wise" man or womar was lilt" I i'l?UHI I U1 y i Ul II'II II). also such skill In the use of drugs simple or surgery as belonged to th< period. The discoverers of the fae that many of the most deadly dis eases were caused by germs placed a once their fingers on one of the mos vulnerable spots of the home an< home life. All honor to the memory of Pas tour, Kock, Lister, Reed and other y Like them. Think you that tin Amerclan home is safe, both withii & ! * I ?l I I I. ? I .11 ! I . ..1.1. II iiml without, ami that our fears are unnecessarily aroused? If so, you aro mistaken. Listen: In the LancetClinic of July 5 we And the following: A house of seven rooms in which J 00 men sleep dtVly wk_> discovered yesterday by tho police of Houth Chicago. The roomers are employed in tho steel mills nearby and sleep in eight hour shifts. The officers wore called to the palce to investigate a reported death. Groping their way along narrow aisles through tiers of cots, upon each a sleeper, they found one of the lodgers to be seriously ill. Commenting upon the situation this leading journal of the middle West says: "What possible contribution to the happiness and worthiness of a nation can such a herd as this make? There is not even a pretense of real American citizenship among any of them?although it is quite probable ntni^ir If 1 1 #1 A U1III iiiiuij , II IIWI ii I I ill >111*111, VDll! at Chicago's elections. No homes, no wives, no children, no interest in schools or churches, the drama or art. They are indeed 'toiling vermin.' In many instances the American family whose family a few years ago had a homo of their own where the children grew up at the public school and had a card at the public library and a pew in the church, and a family physician who was a family friend this man is gone, lie and his family, the schools, the churches and the family physician, and we have in place of him and his neighbors. 300 men sleeping in seven rooms fit for nothing but to destroy our civilization and disseminate the tilth diseases that wait hungrily upon overcrowding, exhaustion and i titling atmospheres. This picture may be slightly overdrawn hut that it is possible at all in this country should serve as a warning. We are here this evening, 1 believe, not so much to discuss theories as to enunciate facts and endeavor to map out something definite for the future. To this end therefore I shall briefly direct my remarks. There is no doubt in my mind but that the home owner, generally I speaking, stands for the best citizenship. Others will point out how this may he accomplished. I desire to encourage, however, the idea from the health standpoint in behalf of both the Individual and the State. The tirst reliable statistics ever compiled in this country on the relative longevity of the married and unmarried man and woman has just been completed by ew York State. The evidence is preponderatinglv in favor of the married?and therefore I tho home-makers. I unhesitatingly | ' urge marriage and the establishment of the home as the best single step towards good health and a long life. In this connection permit me to introduce the new science of eugenics. Much of this new science is yet within the pale of uncertainty. I promise not to lead you beyond the bounds of reason into the hazy domain of incredulity. I see no reason why we are not ready in South Carolina for a law requiring the bride and groom to present a physician's certificate that they are in good health before the minister shall pronounce them man and wife. Several StateR have passed such x law. The last State to do so was Pennylvania. There tho bride and groom of the future will he required to take a solemn oath that they have no transmissible disease. Such a course in this State would hasten this new science of being well born. The only other suggestion I shall make this evening is that we should foster the agencies already in our hands which look toward the mainte1. 1 * L i ? - % Iiiauuc ui nuuiin in uie nome. ii; 11 lightened woman is preeminently the sanitarian of the home. The State of South Carolina provides a "model homo" at Winthrop college for the training of her daughters in home economics and sanitation. From the front gate to the remotest recesses of the backyard you will find the rules as provided by the State board of health rigidly enforced. Every woman's college in the State should own such an equipment. The Federation of Woman's Clubs has done much to disseminate a knowledge of hygiene and sanitation in the home. We should frankly acknowledge this and further encourage their work. I believe that there is today no investment which pays so well as carefully directed sanitation. The State of South Carolina receives today more lasting benefits from her appropriation to the tSate board of health than any other appropriation she makes, how much is it? you ask. About $20,000. A sum much less than the great i majority of States expend for this purpose. Where are the dividends on this outlay? In every community lives are saved by free antitoxins, > practicaly free treatment, of hookworm disease, free vaccine virus, free anti-typhoid vaccine, freo treatment [ for rabies and free information on all sanitary subjects . It is cl ?arly con ceded that our board has for the past , five years done more with less money 1 than any other State health board in ; the United States. Tn conclusion and , to summarize so that we may grasp j somehlng tangible and concrete: 1 t recommend, first, marriage as an in stltution conducive to a long and t healtful existence. Second, w( t should pass a law insuring the union 1 of only the r.trong and healthy man and woman. Third, we should pro vide for our girls specific training in b sanitary, science. Fourth, we should 0 encourage all the existing agencle? 1 engaged in public health work and THEY ADOPT PLAN1 PROPOSED RY .THE SECRETARY " TO MOVE CROPS s ? BANKERS ARE PLEASED \ ? Southern I tank Men l'ass Itcsolut ions Expressing Their Appreciation of the ( overnment's EfYorts to Co-op- ' erate With the Croat Agricultural Sections of the Country. Tentative plans for the distribu lion 01 me Souths share of the $j0,- 000,000 of (Jovernnient deposits to * he placed with the hanks in the agricultural States to assist in the fall movement of the crops wore agreed upon at conferences in Washington Thursday between officials of the treasury department and about one hundred bankers representing thirty- ' six Southern cities. Final plans, including the allotment of the South- * ern banks' share will not be announc- 1 ed until after the conferences with Western bankers and with those from the Pacific coast. The South- ' enters asked that they bo given at least half of the total to ,bo deposited. At the conclusion of the conference resolutions were adopted expressing appreciation of the Administration's proposed relief and agreeing to the terms and conditions imposed. The bankers also, by resolution. expressed confidence in the Administration and the belief that its co-operation in assisting in tho movement of the crop was an indication of its desire to faithfully serve the needs of tho whole country. Later the bankers called at the White House, where they were received and addressed by President Wilson. The President told the delegation that the banks of the country would be treated on an equality. While the presidents remarks were of a confidential character and the bankers were loath to discuss them, it became known that tho President ! made it plain that the purpose of his Administration would not be to permit alliances between banks in any section of the country ami the (lov I I II IIICIl L. The conference was opened by an ' address ,by Secretary McAdoo, in which he explained the purpose of the treasury department in making the additional deposits; the general character of the security which he will require; the time proposed for making the deposits with the banks, and the time suggested for their withdrawal. He then invited the bankers to make comments and recommendations regarding details for carrying out the plan. Each delegation was called upon and explained conditions in their respective sections, indicated the amount of money which they would like to have deposited in each city represented and discussed other retails of the arrangement. A second conference was held in the afternoon and Thursday night at the Pan-Amercian Union building. Tlefore its close Secretary McAdoo made an adress in which ehemphasized the determination of the Government to protect and maintain its credit, and declared that all of its obligations, direct and implied, would be fully and faithfully carried out. Just before adjournment the following resolution offered by President Walker Hill, manager of the St. Louis clearing house association, and seconded by Robert F. Maddox, of the Atlanta Clearing House Association was unanimously adopted: "Resolved. That the Southern bankers, today assembled, do express to the President and the treasury de parimeni our sincere appreciation of the relief proposed and that we agree to the terms and conditions outlined. Resolved, further, That we hereby express our sincere confidence in the present administration and believe that such interest and co-operation as proposed with the great agricultural sections of the country is hut an indication of its desire to faithfully serve the needs of the whole Republic." The squealing of the tariff harons about the tariff bill was to be expected. They don't like being made to take -their hands out of the pockets of the masses. Rut they will have to do it. spec )lly see to it that the State appropriates sufficient fund3 to adequately support its health department. We are. trying to show that to secure good health in the home we are not dependent, nor are wo independent, hut we are all interdependent. We are driving home the thought expressed in Kipling's wisdom-pocked poem: "Now this is the law of the Jungle, as ol<l and as true as the sky; 1 And the wolf that shall keep it may 5 prosper, but the wolf that shall i break it must die. i As the creeper that circles the tree trunk, so the Law runneth fori ward and back; I For the strength of the pack is the i Wolf, and the strength of the I Wolf is the Pack." :lassified column and; farmers exchange ! PLANTS. | iweet Potato Plants?Early Tri- ; umphs, Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Nor- . ton, and Providence, $1.75 per 1 ,000. H. H. Thomas, Earleton, Fla. Uvcct Potato Plants, express prepaid to South Carolina, 1,000 to 3,000 at $1.75 per 1,000, 4,000 to 10,000, $1.65; Nancy Hall, Triumphs, Porto Rico yams. C. F. Whitcomb, Umatilla, Fla. t?\>r Sale?Nancy Hall and Dooly Yam Sweet Potato Slips. $1.50 per thousand. Missionary and Ecelsior Strawberry Plants $2 per thousand. Write or wire. Southern Plant Company., W. J. Hawkins, Mgr., Plant City, Fla. Sweet Potato Plants, Nancy Hall and Triumph, $1.75 per 1,000. I can till your orders in any quanlty Give me your orders for prompt delivery and choice plants grown under irrigation. G. D. Moore, Hawthorn. Fla. POULTRY AND EGGS. For Sale?Poland China pigs of 11 inbreeding. Write for prices. S. J Summers, Cameron, S. C. White Leghorns, BufI Orpingtons White Plymouth Rocks. Vigorous, hardy stock. Eggs for hatching and baby chicks. Mating List Free This ad will not appear again. 9 Bacon & Haywood, 205 Springfield Ave., Guyton, Ga. I will touch you bookkeeping and the collection business. Appoint you my special representative in your own town. In your spare time And help to make you prosperous Write to-day for this offer. Brown's Correspondence School, Wilcoxon Building, Freeport, Illinois. Prize Winning White Indian Runner duck eggs, 11 for $3; 22 for $5 Bronze turkey eggs, 11 for $3; 22 for $5. 5 Toulouse goose eggs, $2.50. White Orpington eggs, 1.50 for 15 and up. Fawn and White Indian Runner duck eggs, $1.50. M B. Grant, Darlington, S. C. MISCELLANEOUS. ili>.>tr?H/i'o r< /-? * ? <> I MM II n i?viii|ru viirtr?U UUrttUlUHU 50c delivered. Poultry Remedy Co., Kneads, Fla. For Sole?Six litters fighting bull terrier pups. $5 to $15 ca : t. Walter Yockey, Clay Center, Kas. I buy all kinds of empty barrels and bags. Try mo. Walter A. Moore, 8 George St., Charleston, S. C. Wanted?Lady agents to sell sanitary toilet specialties, samples free. Address P. O. Box 104, Danville, Va. Wanted to Buy?Fancy comb honey. Write mo what you have, naming your best price. J. T. Hire, Greensboro, N. C. Agents?Send no money. Just say send me particulars of your big agents' offer. Trent Specialty Co., Pollocksville, N. C. Pointers, setters, hounds, collies and bull terriers?Trained and untrained. State wants. Canine Farm, 1005 Union St., Greensboro, N. C. Personal?Ladies, when delayed or irregular use Triumph Pills; al ways dependable. "Relief" and particulars free. Write National Medical Institute, Dept. 5., Milwaukee, Wis. Granudnto of Winthrop, with one year's experience, desires grade work; best of references; moderate salary. Winthrop graduate, Box 3 07, Greenwood, S. C. Piles can be relieved at once?Sen J 15c for liberal sample, <'Llno Pile Remedy," and be convinced. Large size, 50c, 6 for $2.50. H. M. Knight and Co., Manufacturing Pharmacists. Lancaster, Penn. Marry if you are lonely. The Reliable Confidential Successful Club has large number of wealthy eligible members, both sexes wishing early marriage. Descriptions free. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 2 6, Oakland, Cal. Fine Farnworth Poland China Duroc grade pigs. Two to five months. $4 to $8. Special prices on large orders. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bennette F. Moore, Raeford, N. C. i Wanted?Poplar logs, 12 in. and up, not over 10 per cent, under 14 in. in diameter, standard lengths. May be white or hickory poplar. State how many cars can furnish, how quick and lowest cash price f.o.b. cars your shipping point. Address Blue Ridge Lumber Co., Lynchburg, Va. Killed Their Officials. Ulatrint AUnrnnu V(nn.?All ~ >\.v Iim/I in; iminwri I <11111 IV\ U deputy sheriffs of Yuba county, Cal., were shot, and killed Sunday and six others wounded, including two women, when a sheriff's posse endeavored to quell a hop pickers' riot at Durst's hop field in Wheatland, Cal. ? ? In trying to come back Cip Castro has certainly overlooked the fate of Jim Jeftries when he tried to do the same thing. M 4 WOFFORD COLLEGE SPA IIEXJCY X. SNYDER A It HAL COLLEGE WITH HIGH SHIP AM) CHARACTER. LOCAT SECTION OP UPPER SOUTH CAR SOUTH OF ASHEVILLE, THIRTY THE BLUE RIDGE, HEALTH CC FULL COURSES, AMPLE FACILIT HALL, GYMNASIUM, ATHLETIC RIES. EXPENSES MODERATE. TEMBER 17. WRITE FOR C ATA I. urArrAnn riTTimr CrunD IwurruKu rn imu omw SITUATED ON WOFFORI) COLLIOO EQUIPMENT. TWO MODERN D ROOM RUILDIXG. FIVE TEACIII' TH7 DORMITORIES, INSURING AND HEARTY CO-OPERATION C A SCHOOL WITH HIGH STANDAI MOSPHERE. TWO HUNDRED ST I PENSES FOR THE YEAR, $182. I A. W. NORTON, SPARTA MR [ What A Stiu HIE REST SCHOOL ADVANTAGES Orangeburg! ORANGEBURG COLLEGE HAS (. OF NEARLY TWENTY EXPERTS COURSES IN BUSINESS, LIT ERA I 9 BRANCHES. EXPENSES LOWER OF ITS CLASS IN THE STATE. S W. W. RIVI Oransebui Has since 1894 given "Thorough instr Influences at the lowest possible cos RESULT: It la to-day with its facult its student body ?f 413, and its plant wc THE LEADING TRAINING SCHO $150 pays all charges for the year, incli heat, laundry, medical attention, physio except music and elocution. For catal REV*THOS. ROSSER RE BLACKSTO IVn\l ? V'tu in/iiima vvv/ivi/mil o i\iun in? A right to tread ho softly Reside the couch of pain; * To smooth with gentle lingers The tangled locks again; To watch beside the dying In wee, small hours of night, a And breathe a consecrating prayer a When the spirit takes its flight. C A right to cheer the weary On the battlefields of life; To give the word of sympathy j. Amid the toil and strife; To lift the burden gently From sore and tired hearts, ti And never weary of the task Till gloomy care departs. A right to be a woman In truest woman's work? t< If life should ,be a hard one, h iN"o duties ever shirk ; a A right to show to others d How strong a woman grows, d I When skies are dark and lowering, b And life bears not a rose. o A right to love one truly And be loved back again; ft A right to share his fortunes Through sunlight and through " rain; A right to be protected From life's most cruel blights By manly love and courage? ? Sure these are woman's rights! ?Boston Globe. JUST KEEP OX KEEP1N' OX. tl If the day looks kind of gloomy ? And your chances kinder slim, c If the situation's puzzlln' tl An' the prospects awful grim, ^ And perplexities keep pressin' ft Till all hope is nearly gone, a Just bristle lip and grit your teeth, H And keep on keepin' on. i1 K There ani't no use in growlin' c And grumblin' all the time, o When music's ringing everywhere b And everything's in rhyme; c\ Just keep on smiling cherfully )( If hope is nearly gone, q Just bristle up and grit your teeth. And keop on keepin' on. l? The farmers have at last got a b friend at court. / '01 RTANBURG, S. C. ^ , President. p STANDARDS OF SCHOLAR- ? ED IN THE II ICiH PI 10DMONT I * OLINA, SIXTY-NINE MILES f] MILES FROM THE CREST OF1 |j )N DITIONS UNSURPASSED. g IES, LIRRARY, SCIENCE ;Jf GROUNDS, NEW DORM I TO- i NEXT SESSION OPENS SEP- S ,ogue. L SPARTANBURG S. C e campus. splendid ^ ohm i tories and class 'rs and matron live in , \ home-like influence )f studies and faculty. ids and clean moral atudents last year. exit) rcatalogue address Head .Master. RCi, S. C. lent Wants! FOR THE LEAST MONEY. H College Has I OOD EQUIPMENT, FACULTY . HEY LTIIFUL LOCATION, {Y. MUSIC AND NORMAL THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL ENI) FOR CATALOGUE. lKS, Pres., 1 rg, S. C. I +m j i rTTyf rim H I d 14 hi M ifl 111 21111 n I ti vl yAiMdyiAjyLiJiMJi uctlon under positively Christian t." y of 33. a boarding patronage of 303, ?rth ll&.OOO OL FOR GIRLS IN VIRGINIA iding table board, room, lights, steam fcl culture, and tuition in all subjects ogue and application blank address, ^EVES, B. A., Principal*9 ?NE. VA, ?????? ?????I, WILL 1IOL1) PICNIC ?.? olored Farmers of Orangeburg and Calhoun to .Meet The colored farmers of Orangeburg nd Calhoun counties will hold their nnual picnic at the State Colored ollege, Thursday August 14th. Many ttTactions will he provided for their utertainment, including addresses y capable men along agricultural nes, especially those pertaining to le life of the colored rural dwellers, ree government and college bullous will bo distributed and a good inner under the campus trees will e served to all. The county summer school for iachers is now in session at the colige, and those present will take part nd tell of the work being done in the istrict schools. In the afternoon a emonstration in cattle-dipping will e given, to bo followed by a game f ball bet ween the teams of Orangeurg and St. Matthews. This will be great day for the colored farmers nd they should make it possible to ttend. PROTECTING THE CONSUMER. +. 'he Different Grades of Gasoline Is Prescribed by Department. Prescribing the standards to which ho several grades of gasoline allow(1 to be sold in South Carolina must onform, and tho hrn?wi? ?? u.Uiiuo v/uiiiuiuerH hereof must carry, there was issued londay by the State department of griculture, commerce and industries, n order effective August 15. Grades sted are "extra iiigh," "high," mednm" and "low". The sale of low asoline will be permitted only for ertain purposes and not for the genral trade. Gasoline will be judged y their flash point under the Elliott iosed cup method, their specific gravy (ordinary and floaume) and their uallty upon distllation, ,jA The Augusta Chronicle says "there i no Ambassador Wilson any more, ut there is a President Wilson still n the Job.