The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 15, 1915, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
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EPIDEMICS AMONG
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Doubt is Expressed as to Wisdom
of Closing Schools in
Such Cases.
APPLIES TO CITIES ONLY
Interesting Information Sent
out from the Department of
the Interior,?Bureau of
Education.
Doubt as to the wisdom of closing
schools in epidemics of contagious
disease is expressed by Dr Francis
George Curtis, of Newton, Mass., in
a Dunetin on the "Health ol School
Children" just issued by the Bureau of
ing a god time. For this reason they
"If the schools are closed when an
outbreak occurs, the children are
turned loose from supervision; they
mingle freely with one another in the
streets, on playgrounds, and in each
other's houses. They are having an
extra vacation and enjoying themselves
thoroughly and are unwilling to
admit that they feel ill, lest they be
kept at home and prevented from havllirr
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ill ^ d IIIIIU, I VI LI1IO I VTcmVM I LUV^'
will not say they feel ill until the disease
is well advanced, and they may
be active sources of infection for some
time before it is discovered that they
are ill.
"If the schools are kept open the
children continue in the classrooms as
usual, they are under strict observation
and examined daily by the school
ph ysician, suspicious and infected
xBases being- sent home for observation
or treatment.
"In this way many children are sent
home before they have had an opportunity
to infect others, thus rendering
the probability of spreading infection.
Further than this, the attention
of the parents is called to the fact
that the child is feeling ill and he is
brought under treatment earlier.
"It seems, therefore, that keeping
the schools open offers the best chance
of safety for the pupils, both collectively
and individually.
"Instead of closing the schools and
allowing the children to be scattered
and removed from supervision, when
an outbreak appears the schools
should be kept open as usual and the
cniuiren urged to attend. The school
physician and nurse should bo detailed
to the school where the outbreak
has appeared and instructed to examine
every child daily, excluding
such as appear ill or suspicious. This
can be done with very little disturbance
of the school work. A note must
be sent to the parent stating that the
child seems, or is, ill and must be
seen by the family physician. Suspicious
cases must be ordered to remain
at home until further notice, and, if
necessary, must be visited in order to
settle the diagnosis. Absentees must
be rounded up and examined in order
to find out why they have been at
home. If they are ill, they must be
isolated, and, if well, urged to return
to school."
This, of course, applies to schools in
cities in which school physicians, or
nurses, or both are employed.
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Spelling Contest.
In order to stimulate a more general
interest in spelling, the English
Department at Winthrop is arranging
a series of contests to extend through
the remaining weeks of the session.
They are open to the whole student
body and already four hundred contestants
have enrolled. Each week
there will be a hundred written words
from an assigned portion of the dictionary.
Only such words as mak
up the general vocabulary of the weeducated
will be included; there wi!
be no unsuual cr technical U rrns. Tin
first prize, op .1 t the whole slu Ion
body, is Webster's New Internationo
Dictionary, presented by the Ameri
can Hook Company. A second prize
Webster's New Secondary School
Dictionary, is to he awarded to th
Freshman making the highest grade.
The announcements and awards will
be made at some time during commencement.
Says America Surrenders.
Berlin newspapers last Wednesday
publish summaries of the American
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nute vjreai Britain on the order in
council. None of them comments except
The Kreuz Zeitung, which says:
"If this summary is correct, the
note means the far-reaching retreat
of America, inasmuch as it permits
Great Britain to carry out its blockade
measures against American ships
even when they carry goods which are
not contraband but come or go to
ports of hostile lands. In this America
surrenders the principle that every
blockade must be effective."
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ODD BITS OF NEWS. jy{
$y$ m
Washington, D. C.?Few people
realize how many women hire out on
farms for field labor. In this country
there arc a million and a half women
field workers, more than all the
women dress-makers, .milliners, women
tailors, hat, cap, collar, cuff and
shirt workers combined.
Turbotville, Va.?William Grittner,
a shoe dealer, fitting a shoe on John
Harlow, a customer, irrasned tho ud
per and bade Barlow "push hard."
Grittner's grasp slipped, the heel of
the new vhoe struck Grittner's body,
breaking three ribs and causing internal
injuries.
Montgomery, W. Va.?Hob Ross,
State prisoner, working in the highway
in Kanawha county, has tendered
to Governor Hatfield an offer to serve
out the time of his friend, Ed Adkins,
if the Governor will give Adkins a
pardon. Adkins is now ill in a local
hospital. Atkins' time will be up in
90 days, Ross' in 10.
Chicago, 111.?The health department
has just discovered the source of
the great quantities of dust which in
spite of the clean streets, fill the air
on windy days. From the roofs of
three down-town buildings fourteen
wagon loads of dirt and rubbish?
more than was swept from four and
one half miles of streets?were removed
one day last week. Hereafter
tk. C ~ .11 l * i i
me rwuis ui an uunuings must DC
kept clean.
Piedmont, W. Va.?A family passed
through Piedmont on a Baltimore
& Ohio train last week consisting of
twenty-one members. The father was
'18 years old, and the mother, 3G
years and there were nine pairs of
twins. Fourteen of the children
passed free, being under the age
limit.
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Poor Billy Sunday.
Poor Billy Sunday is having his
nvn troubles. It seems that there are
people, who even though they may
relieve that "the laborer is worthy ot
his hire," think that he ought to tell
.lis employers what he does with the
money they give him. It is estimated
that the evangelist makes about
?200,000 a year and yet this immense
sum does not bring peace and serenity
to the plain-speaking preacher.
Somebody is always asking, not
'where did you get it?" but "what
ire you doing with it?" Sunday has
lardly left Philadelphia before an
jtiier former associate demands an
accounting. The dissatisfied party
this time is Francis Porter, a former
press agent for Sunday, who sends to
the newspapers a statement in which
he demands an accounting of the $60,000
contributed by Philadelphians to
the support of the evangelist's campaign
there. Porter declares there is
a shortage of more than $20,000, and
says: "The real truth of the situation
is that you (Sunday) are commercializing
the name of Jesus Christ, boldly
using his sacred name to advertise
a moneymaking business."
"A decided disposition," his statement
continues, "has been shown (by
the campaign committee) to avoid
supplying the contributors to this
fund with detailed information regarding
its disbursement."
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Will Resume Duties in Florida.
The cruiser North Carolina, sodn to
he relieved by the cruiser Chester
from service in Turkish waters, will
resume duty as aeronautical ship at
the Ponsacolu naval station about
June 1.
Invigorating co the Pale and Sickly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GKOVH'S TA8TKLKSS chill TONIC, drives out
Malar in. enriches the hlood. and builds up the sys'em.
A true touie. I'or adults and children. 5tk
THE HORRY HERA
| WHAT OTHER PAT
We Guess Not.
A Saluda, North Carolina, girl escaped
a fire by sliding down a pole.
She could never have done that when
the old styles were in vogue.?The
State.
Dont Know.
Who loaded the dice to prejudice ?
?Wilmington Star.
M i O -
ill U91 Oil.V i'NU.
There is an old adage to the effect
that "Silence gives consent," but so
far as Colonel Roosevelt is concerned
silence means that he is preparing to
let it be known that he wont cousent
to a blamed thing unless he says so.
?Morning Star.
Consideration.
While newspaper men are dejected
in spirits because the supreme court
has declared the Associated Press is
not a trust, and thus has put an end
to temporary but vain illusions, there
is some compensation in the rumor
that Editor Prickctt of the St. Matthews
advance has found a gold mine
on his place.?Daily Record.
Between Two Evils.
Given his choice between being interned
or going to sea, it is a safe bet
that the commander of the Eitel will
take the former, unless he wants to
make a patriotic sacrifice of vessel
and men for the cause of Germany.?
Charlotte Observer.
Hard Work.
A good aim: "To brag about your
home town so much that you will
have to work yourself to death to
keep from being a liar."Times & Democrat.
Same Here.
Charlotte could today well afford
co take the chance of getting something
better, under the dead certainly
that it can get nothing worse.?
Daily Observer.
Forced by Law.
We believe that under some circumstances
a divorce law would be good
for South Carolina. Out in Aurora,
111., the courts have made a man prom
ise to let his wife warm her feet
igainst his back every night until
spring.?York News.
Old, Old Way.
Kissing is said to be a fruitless method
of spreading grip. But science
iffers no substitute.?Evening Post.
Tobacco Chestnuts.
Let the North Carolina and VirginI
~
NOT
I Toda.y we are selling the best
had.
TIMES ARE HARD
Uit we are giving bargains jus
and Hats in the very Latest
ing in every week.
Come in and see for yourself.
MRS. J. W.
TRADE AT
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Our Stock is more varied
suit the needs of this entire
the best interests of our cust<
at prices that they can affor
arc in keeping with the hard
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rope an war.
WHEN IN NEED
and you fail to get satisfacti
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Toddville and let us show you
DUSENI
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TODDVILLE,
LA GRIPPE &E
AND BAD COLDS" 25c and 50c,
LD, CONWAY, S. C,
'ERS ARE SAYING
ia, farmers, who have been doing the
increasing now do the cutting?South
Carolina is not guilty nad won't pull
somebody else's chestnut out of the
fire.?Florence Times.
His Staff.
If South Carolina goes to war Governor
Manning will have SOME staff
about him, eh ??Marion Star.
New Farming Term.
"Pigs and Peanuts" is a pretty good
slogan for Dillon County to adopt
this year.?Dillon Herald.
A Man's Town.
Life in Yorkvillc for husbands is
just one delightful thing after anoth
/~il -- '
[ it. v/iean-up weeK is now on and l
I spring house-cleaning is coming.?
I York News.
Political.
Evidently some of the governments
now engaged in pommeling one another
is the most improved style of
the prize ring, are going to be sadder
and wiser when "this cruel war is
o'er."?Times & Democrat.
That Old Bell.
The old liberty bell is said to be too
seriously cracked to be taken to the
Sanfrancisco Exposition?and yet
most people thought it was "half
cracked" before.?Daily Record.
Well Ilardly.
It is interesting to note that none 01
the big battles of the present conflict
seems available for cigar baml designs.?Evening;
Post.
A Fool and His Money.
"Money is a man's best friend," said
a man of experience. "Yes," said another
man of experience, "but a man's
wife is liable to go into his pocket and
separate him from his best friend.?
By Nose Rule.
The Turks appear to be leading the
race by a nose.?Evening Post.
Never Such.
Man who wants a genius for a bride
should remember that aphroditic
bromide reading, "Love such as ours
was never known."?The State.
Going After It.
Get your money ready for us; we
are coming after it.?Hampton Guardian.
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New Weather.
The weather man is a sly old devil!
?Times & Democrat.
ICE
hats for the money we have
AND MONEY SCARCE *
;t the same. Dress Goods
Styles. New Shapes. Com- !
SPARKS
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TODDVILLE
and up-to-date than ever to
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section. We still try to serve
omers, and offer them goods
d to stand, and prices that
times brought on by the EuOF
ANYTHING
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what we can do.
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STATE ITEljlS
OF INTEREST TO ALL *OUTH
CAROLINA PEOPLES.
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Chester has decided to extend the
paving on some of her streets.
A. B. Hood, sheriff! of Fairfield county
attended the Wiliard-Jackson fight
at Havana, Cuba.
John T. Thomas has been named by
Governor Manning as rural policeman
for Oconee county.
mt i - ? ? ^ ?"
i ne oiirn or Aine usoourne, Blacksburg,
with all its contents, were destroyed
by iiro recently.
An Orangeburg bank has been
awarded a loan of $60,000 to Orangeburg
county at 2.74 per cent.
Charleston Equal Suffrage club held
an enthusiastic meeting and elected
officers for the coming year. Miss
Susan P. Frost is president.
Petitions for compulsory education
under the new law are being circulated
in Hopewell No. 3, Buffalo No.
6, Sunnyside No. 25 and Butler No.
4 in Cherokee county.
The Citizens' National bank of
Union was the successful bidder for
the $25,000 bond issue voted by the
city of Union for the improving and
extending of the waterworks and electric
light system.
A delegation of Greenville citizens
who went to Washington for a conference
on highways returned and reported
that the federal department of
agriculture recommends sand-clav
roads for Greenville county.
Three South Carolinians, Miss
Sophia E. Thomas of Newry and Leo
Hamilton and II. M. Chapman of
Chappells, receive a bronze medal and
$1,000 each under the latest annual
award of the Carnegie hero fund commission,
Pittsburgh.
L. O. Watson, the head of the plant
disease department of the United
States department of agriculture for
work in this state, is to move the headquarters
of this work to Florence on
account of the convenience of the location
and greater ease of handling the
business there than elsewhere in the
state.
The incorporators of the new At1o"/ie
Coast Distributors, a company
which is just now opening an office
in Charleston, feel that they are going
to supply the answer to a want
long, felt locally when they open a
spot cash f. o. b. home market to the
farmer of Charleston county and adjacent
sections.
With two raiding squads ided by
the detective force, operating, and slot
machines valued at $7,GOO reduced to
punk in the stable yard of the police
station, besides many gallons of booze
stored in the station house ready to ho
turned over to the county dispensary,
the opinion is generally prevalent that
Charleston will be "dry as a hone" hefore
many days have passed.
W. W. Dong, state agent in charge
of extension work for the federal department
of agrculture in co-ooeration
with Clemson College, told about
the success of his plan of collecting
eggs, to be shipped to Northern marVets,
along the cream routes established
for the purpose of furnishing to
farmers in the neighborhod of Clemson
College an advantageous market
for their cream.
Numbers of South Carolinians, most
of them teachers, are planning to attend
the meeting in Chattanooga,
April 27 to 20 inclusive, of the Southern
Conference for Education and Industry,
which has been created
through the consolidation of the Conference
for Education in the South
with the Southern Educational Association.
S. C. Mitchell, president of
Deleware College, but formerly president
of the University of South Carolina,
is one of the vice presidents.
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Let your Liver get torpid and you
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gets an attack : now and then.
Thousands of people keep their livers
active and healthy by using Dr. King's
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too. Stop the Dizziness, Constipation,
Biliousness and Indigestion.
Clear the blood. Only 25c, at your
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Whooping Cough.
Well?evervone knows the .effect
of Pine Forests on Coughs. Dr. Bell's
Pine-Tar-Honey is a remedy which
brings quick relief for Whooping
Cough, loosens the mucous, soothes
the lining of the throat and lungs,
and makes the coughing spells less
severe. A family with growing children
should not be without it. Keep
it handy for all Coughs and Colds. 25c
at your Druggists.
Electric Hitters a Spring Tonic.
COLDS & LaGRIPPE
R of 0 do3es 606 will break
.my case of Chills & Fever, Colds
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better than Calomel and_docs no?
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CONSUMPTION CURES J
PROVE OUT FAKIjft 1
Found and Reported to be Nos^
trums and Entirely Worth- il
less by Scientist ( 1
WORK FDR GOVERNMENT I
Pound to Contain in Some In- jl
stances Habit Forming Drugs *9
Such as Morphine M
Washintr ton . I). Anvil idtli.? 9
After investigating under the Food 11
and Drugs Act a large number of Jl
preparations advirliso.l as cor.sump- II
tion cuits, the Department of Agri- M
culture has not bee n able to discover ''I
and that can in any sense be regard- tl
ed as "cures" for tuberculosis. Sonu? I
contain drugs that may at times af\B
ford some temporary relief from theifl
distressing symptoms of the disease, ^|
but this is all. Since the passage of
federal legislation prohibiting the B
shipment in interstate -commerce of fl
medicinal preparations for which^H
false and fraudulent claims are made^H
there has been a marked tendency to^^|
label these prescriptions "remedies" IB
instead of "cures" or "infallible fl
cures" as thgy used to be culled. In JM
cases, however, they cannot even bell
regarded as remedies. |l
A "cherry balsam" for example, forJB
the "cure" of "cor.sumption" and hervvvl
morrhage of the lungs."' w'r.ich il w: I
represented would "strike at the very I
root of tin disease-" was found on an- B
alysis to be nothing but a solution in B
Water and alcohol of opium, sugar, |
benzaldehyde, inorganic salts and col- wH
oring matter. It contained no cherry il
bark extract or balsam. J^B
A more elaborate "cure" consistolftfl
of five preparations which the cre'du-.B
lous patient was to take separately. I
These were first, the medicine proper, B
the essential ingredients of which I
were found to be morphine, cinnamicLI
acid and arsenic?not a very safe mi$W#^l
ture to take habitually; second a tonr VI
which was supposed t ) contain iroj II
but did net. third, a ccugh mixturj il
made un of alcohol, IW
codeine which is a derivative of opiu>\i V
or morphine; fourth a mixture whic
contained some qGinine, and a SOlutlV^JH
on of water and alcohol; and fifth co-/'?
dine tablirs. Even the strongest^con-\ TA
stitution could hardly stand a pro- \J?
longed course of such a treatment. v?
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In the marketing of such prcpara
tions considerable ingenuity is fre-' I
quently shown. One of the main ob-y^B
jects to persuade the patient that h*?J^H
I is receiving, at a comparatively lo>.
price, the individual ntt'ntion of a
trained Specialist. For this purpose , I
symtom blanks are employed. These"?
contain i number of questions aboutj I
the patients symptoms, the numbcrVfl
varing from a dozen or so to as many ' j|
as 70 or 80. The patient is led to be- ^
| b'eve that the information which ho ?
I f :~i
I lunusme* in reply to these questions, fl
will be carefully considered before any, 9
medicine is prescribed for him, thought 9
every Pi yslcian knows that an acu-l I
rate diagnosis cannot possibly bf^s9
made ir this way. As a matter onJ fl
fact note is attempted and the del vjl
groe of attention which these individy
Ual reports receive can be measured
by the fact that cases have come und4 9
er the observation of the department* fl
in which mail order concerns doing ft
businei4> of this kind have received* fl
as maqy as 4,000 lettt.crs a day. ^ . fl
Aftcj the patient has submitted hit 9
"diagnosis report" he is urged to pur* 9
Chase c supply of the medicine. It 9
he doej so, ho is then urged to pur# 9
chase inore. If he states that he hai*9
experienced beneficial effects he IftJW
told thit he has not taken oniugraj 9
and this process is likely to continue 9
until flic limits of his credulity hav8 9
been leached. If, on the other hand/ 9
he decides at the beginning not to pu| 9
chase :ho medicine it is likely to be of! 9
fered to him at aiioooaalwVlw Tk .*- *
< vi,y iwHtr pri J Jjjj
cos ui til lie is hi last induced to beii*> jm
eve ttat he cannot afford to ignorl la
such \ bargain. This is carried I
such tin extent that a "treatment'' I
the original price of which is $25, ma; I
be ofered at the end of six monthi. m
for $2.50. * 1
As u matter of fact the successful
treatment of tubercolosis require! M
mtlCl more than the mere giving cu
medfcine and, moreover, what wif
help one case will not necessarily hel* I
anotner. Claims that are absolutely I
unwarranted are no longer permitted I
on ho labels pf medicines shipped if- I
interstate commerce, hut the wordint 9
mat be such as to convey a mis'^a^ Q
mg lmprvHHion without the use of abf jj
solite statements. Thus these prcff V
arations continu to find a sale deNa fl
pit* the fact that a little trouble <ji
the part of the prospective purchadjs
wil reveal their worthlessness.? U
To Cure a Cold in One Day I I
Tale LAXATIVE UKOMD Qu'nlne. It stops t\
CmKh cr?d Headache and works off the Co^r S
Dmfrirr.ts refund money if it fails to cuij '
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