The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 14, 1913, Image 4
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
&
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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,
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The Augusta Chronicle says "there
i no Ambassador Wilson any more,
ut there is a President Wilson still
n the Job.