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NEWSY ? JUL The Monthly Mo Letters OUR HEALTH NUMBER. This is our HEALTH issue of THU COMIAN. This hot weath er is very trying. We need to eonserve all the reserve strength possible. This is particularly true of the children. All the en ergy of their little bodies is used np during the day. They must drink plenty of cool fresh water. Their bloody gets very hot and dry and fever is' apt to result. Too, mothers should see to it that all the children have a good bath at least once a day. A good bath not only removes the impurities given off through the process of per. \ but it is immensely cooling to thc child. For the old er people it is well to* remember that great danger results from eat ing too rapidly as well as too much. During the hot weather there is a tendency to eat in a hur ry and rush to a cool spot. Re member that the stomach has no teeth. Plenty of people arc gradually digging their ov.n graves with their teeth. One other dait ger is a lack of too little sleep. Sec tn it that the children get plenty of sleep and get all you possibly can yourself. Watch about the milk and water your family is us ing, and last, but not least, sleep with your windows open the en tire year through. AN EYE-OPENER. ' From all sides we have heard the most favorable comment rc garding the Sunday school issue o? | THE COMIAN on June 1st. Naturally we are pleased with the favorable comment and especially f appreciate the letters from our friends who spoke so kindly of THE COMIAN and especially this particular number. The favora ble opinion of the Sunday school superintendents and leaders with reference to the report of the pre vious Sunday's attendance, etc., which Mr. Mims prepares each week is also very gratifying to us. Our ambition is to see thc Sunday schools pf the city of Anderson and vicinity the best to bc found anywhere. Already the city is noted as a church and Sunday school going community; but it seems from a careful comparison of the population, enrollment in Sunday schools, average attend ance, etc., that our mill villages surpass even the city itself by a considerable margin. OUR MILL VILLAGE LEADER. SHIP. This we never tire of mention-' ing. During the past month we have been deeply impressed with the spirit of helpfulness and sacri fice on the part of those who arc looked upon as leaders in our com munities. The F reachers, teach ers, presidents, superintendents, overseers and the men and women all along down the line have caught the spirit. We have spok en often through the columns of THE COMIAN of the helpfulness of the mill uthorities. Just here we desire to mention two other classes of our. workers-namely, the preachers and teachers. They are far, very far, above the aver age. . Our observation leads us to say that occasionally it is possible to find an exceedingly lazy exam ple among both the ministerial as well as the teaching profession. We are glad to say that the minis ters in our mill villages at Ander son do not consider their work done when the regular church and prayer meeting .services are over;' nor do the teachers feel that their responsibility ends with the dismis sal of school each day. They know what is going on in their commun ities. They take a quick and active interest in the whole life of thc villages. They are not de structive but constructive workers. Such course is producing results. THE WEATHER. Upon thc shoulders of no ona has trie p'otracted drought fallen more heavily than upon.those oft the edkors of THE COMIAN. At the very outset we announced that ! ?"?rdens and flower yards were to be our "hohby" for the first year. | We have done our best, and the people have done nobly. Consid-, igazine of the Anc from the Mills ar Advice As to Prot eiing tho Jry weather, our expec tations have been fully met. We sin ?uki (?nd comfort in (he thought which is said to have been first ex pressed by an old negro: "The ' Lord al wa vs lets it rain before it is too late."' ORR. Mr. George P. Hammett of the otlice is spending his vacation in California visiting relatives. Miss Florence, daughter of Mr. A. C. Hudgens, is home from school with her parents on Lyons street. Rev. ll. G. Lee of Greenville is conducting a series of revival meetings at the Baptist church. Mr. Lee is an interesting speaker and you are cordially invited to at tend the meetings. The tive or six months' old baby of Mr. Scott Evans died last week. Violet Lodge, Woodmen Cir cle was favored on last meeting night by an address by Mrs. Har riat T. Donelan, who is a member of the Supreme Lodge, of Wood men Circle. Mrs. Donelan stop ped off to pay her brother, Mr. G. A. Franklin, a visit on her way to Chicago. She also went through some degree team work with thc local Circle. The meet ing was open to visitors and quite a large crowd enjoyed the ad dress. EQUINOX. The birthday party given by lit-! tie Lucille Hali and Annie Cox on i Church street was one of the so cial events of thc village for tlic | little folks during the month of i June. They invited their little friends, some sixteen or eighteen J in number, and, after playing sev- j eral games in the house and yard, refreshments were served. GLUCK. It is hoped that every one willi be on hand to help make the Fourth of July pleasant for every body thal enjoys clean sport and a good time. The people of thc village arc asked to assist the dif ferent committees which are get ting up the program when you are called on. One of the many ex citing events of the day will be the big ball game between thc "ELE PHANTS and GIRAFFES." You can't afford to miss this number on the program, for you will have a chance to see father play ball. The basket picnic dinner will be served in the park near the spring and every family is asked to bring baskets well tilled. Thc full program wi! be on the bulletin boards. Mrs. Lawrence of Hartwell, Ga., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Parks, on Brown street. The Sunday school class of which Mrs. J. D. Thompson is teacher enjoyed a picnic at the spring on Saturday afternoon, June 20. ' On Saturday evening, June 20th, the local order of Wodmen Circle, gave an ice cream festival and realized the neat little sum of 815 for the general use of the Circle. Mrs. H. L. McDonald, Eugene McDonaM and Ira Tollison took advantage of the excursion trip to Charleston last week. Mrs. Bailey pf Hartwell, Ga., visited her father, Mr. McDonald, in the village during thc month. L. V. Ivester is on thc sick list at this writing^ . ; "BR855N! . We have had with tis di?fh?g thc month of June Miss Leila Mosely, who is to do welfare work at Riv erside-Toxaway, beginning the first of July. We congratulate the people "pf Rivcrilde-Toxaway on having Miss Mosely to work with, afid arti?hg thfem. Mr. and Mrs. F^ovd have the sympathy pf their friends in the death of their baby the 19th pf June. Mr. Paul Tindal vi Virginia ls visiting his sister, Mrs. Bridges. Miss Grace Hurt of Whittnir? is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Bridges. . The young .people of thc vil lage, with several of the mothers present, enjoyed a lawn party ;*.t ?M tH? :W "THE COM?AN" ierson Y. M. C. A. Gives Interesting id Incidentally Gives Good tecting the Health. THEY'LL GET YOU SURE. (By H. M. Tichenor.) There was a quack doctor lived back ki the bills. Who used two concoctions to cure human ills; One was a physic-"the best in creation" The other would lix any old "constipation" One he called "tweedledum," one "tweedledee," Both made of the bark of the sanio bloomin' tree, He skinned the bark upward to make "tweedledum," And to make "tweedledee" he skinned downwards, by gum. And the people, whenever they got sick abed, Swallowed whichever thc quack doctor said. For the people are easy and thc grafters are slick. And more suckers wear breeches than swim in the creek. A quack politician.lives in the same hills Where the quack doctor works with.his tweedledum pills; He, too, has two medicines every election, One labeled "free trade," the other "protection;" One skins up in front when it's peelin' your hide, The other skins down and he gets you both sides. They both skin you proper and, when it is done. You never can swear by which method you're skim. For the people arc easy and grafters are slick, And more suckers wear breeches than swim in the creek. the Library June 6th. The lawn was well lighted, and a large crowd was present. After play ing "drop the handkerchief," "three deep," and several other lawn games, the crowd was favor ed with refreshments along with several selections by Brogon's String Band. We had with tue Girls' Club June 12th. Miss Riley, who gave a very interesting sketch of her college life and a reading that was enjoyed by all. We hope to have Miss Riley with us often during the summer. The Girls' Club gave an obser vation party Friday night, June 19th, at the library. Miss Euge nia Hall won first prize for the highest score and Miss Roselle Wilson carried off the "Booby." Miss Addie Smith and Mr. Odis Wheeler were ha"?Hy married last Sunday afternoon. Rev. White officiating. Wc wish for them a long and prosperous life. We hope to be^in work on our PLAY-GROUND at an early date. The splendid ; rizes offered by Mr. C W. Cai? "cy, thc superin tendent for \ jgetable gardens this year were won by the follow ing families: ~~C .\RDENS.~ First prize.J. D. Boykin. Second pri. e.Will Davis. Third pri;.j.Mr. Sanders. Fourth prize.James King Fifth pri e. A. P. Smith Best corn.Mr. Farmer. Best heans. ........Mr. Daniel. Best tomatoes.J. D. Boykin. Best Irish potatoes.Mr. Whisnant. Best individual plant. .Maggie Gambrell. R?VERSIDE-TOXAWAY. ' Mr. Marselle Shaw and sister, Miss Rosa, are at work at River slde-Toxaway now. , We are glad to w?!eome them back willi us. Mr. Edd C. Henderson visited his parents at Cokesbur^ last Sun jay,. Miss Grace Owens from .Saluda College visited her father, Mr. Joe Owens, at Mrs. Junkins last week. Miss Owens graduated at the Sem inary this spring. Mr. Tucker from Pelzer is a newcomer to the village. We are always glad to welcome jood. folks to our village. T?te reviva! meetings^, which have been going on for some time Barksdale assisted the pastor, Mr. it the Baptist church, closed last week. Tlie Rev. Mr. Brock pf I Graham, and while in ?mr midst t won a large circle of friends who i will remember with pleasure the 1 good work that "he did while < here. Mr. J. W. F;?rmer is the new i Second hand in the spinning I room at Riverside. Mr. Farmer I comes from lockhart and is said i to be a good mill man. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. i Mathews sympathize with them in the loss of their little baby last i week. Mr.' Farmer of the office went to Charleston on the big excursion last week, and says the "water's fine." Miss Carrie Chatman from Ware Shoals is working at River side now. Mr. Richard Byars from .Ches ter is running a section in River side Mill. Mr. J. C. Acker is improving very rapidly. . Mr. Will Roberson and Miss Nannie Pearson spent last Sunday In Greenwood visiting Mr. Rober son's sister, Mrs. Harrison. The little baby of Mr. J. T. Whitten got its hand burnt bad ly last Friday, but is getting on very nicely at this writing. Mr. P. F. Bowen, the outside overseer, and Miss Ruth Acker were married M^y 31, at the home of the bride's parents. We wish for them \ong, happy, useful lives. Mrs. Lon Adams is very sick at this writing. Those winning prizes in the vegetable garden contest this year ire as follows* . TO?AWAY. First prize....... Perry Kinsley. Second prize...J. D. Estes Third prize..J. A. Davis Fourth prize...J. L. Head Fifth prize..... .E. A. Hutchison Best corn..Willis Drown Best beans.i A. S. Moore. Best tomatoes... .R.. L. Tinsley Best indi vidi K?^i^t.-R. L. Tinsley First prize........ ?. A. Quails. Second prize;.F. C Brooks. Third prize..'... .E. G. Franklin. Fourth prize.J. T. Vautrin. Fifth prize... .. /. . .A, C.Pike. Best corn... F. C. Brooks Best beans.J. D. Goodwin. Best tomatoes..'.Jj. A. Alexander. Best individual plant.?. ..Clara Church. ANDERSEN MILL. Mr. W. F. Garrison and wife at- ' [ended services ut Triangle last I Sunday and were the guests of Kev. H. C. Martin and family near Helton. Mrs. Alta Williams of Ware Shoals after spending some time in the city hospital is very much improved and is spending some lime with her brother, Supt. F. J. ^lark. The little daughter of Mr. and Mis. T L. Ayers who got her leg broken last week is reported get ling on nicely. Mrs. S. VV. Danner is visiting lier parents in Orangebug this A-eek and will visit Charleston be fore returning home. J. D. Beacham of Houea Path ivas in the village last week and ivas the guest of Mr. Clark. The revival meetings which :losed last week at the Second Baptist Church were largely at tended and much interest was shown throughout, the ten days under the faithful preaching of Kev. L. J. Ehrlick, the Christian Jew of Atlanta, Ga. WATER- INSIDE ??D ?UT. If you would enjoy good health, you must keep your lungs,kidneys bowels and skin in active condi tion. Take deep breaths f*or the lungs; drink water between meals ror the kidneys and bowels, and jse lots of soap and water for the >kin. As to how many times it s well to take a bath, most peo ple might make the rule 365 limes a year. Avoid extreme :old or "hot water. Warm water, followed by cold in winter, and :old water in warm weather is 'imulating, and you can generally ell whether the bath is doing you rood by the feelings following it. If you are weak and depressed af ter it, you had better consult a loctor. If fresh and vigorous, it s doing you good.-Selected. HOT WEATHER SUGGES TIONS TO MOTHER. During the extremely hot weather that is sure to come to us ?his month, it will take every mirnee of energy and vitality the TI other has to run the house well ind prevent any sickness. First ?f all-plan your work, use your head to save your feet, don't do h'm gs in a hit and miss style, and then send one of the children to' rarket for a steak five minutes [>efore the whistle blows. Plan ?ach day's work the night before, think out each meal, determine lot to let things go in any shiftless fashion. Don't try to put up a nishel of fruit on wash day and ion't scour the whole house on a ?ainy day. Everything runs ??sier when systematized and the management of the house is no ?xception. Look out for fever these hot lummer months. Keep your prem ses clean and screen your houses o keep out (lies and mosquitoes. Do not allow flies to enter your lomes, because they persist in dir ty habits. They feed upon filth n the street, and then slip into the ?ursery where your baby is sleep ng, and, maybe, spend the after ?oon in your kitchen on some bod that is left uncovered, thus :arrying thousands of germs. . As nany as 6,600 factories of many linds, typhoid and tuberculosis predominating, have been found m a single fly^ It is very impoi - ant in infectious diseases to not inly scald the dishes and silver ware used in the sick room, but to ise different dishes also, so as to afeguard the rest of the family. Selected. REGULARITY IN FEED?NG. How can a baby be taught tone cguiar in its habits of eating and Jeeping? By always feeding at regular in erv?is and putting to sleep at ex iCtly the same time every day and vehing. When should regular training ie begun? :; During the first week of life. Should a baby be awakened to >e nursed or fed if sleeping [uietly? Yes, for a few days. . This will ot b^required long for with reg lar feeding an infant soon wakes egularly. (or its meal, almost up* n the minute.... Should regularity in feeding, be ept up at night, as well as dur ig the day? , Only up to 9 or 10. o'clock, al er that time a,baby srjould >fce a^ )wed to sleep as long as it will. At what age may a well baby go without food from IO p. m. to 6 r 7 a..tm.? ,': . - . Usually at four months and al lays at five or six months. Night ?edlng is one of the most frequent, causes of wakefulness and dis turbed sleep.-Selected. A CONFESSION. I am the greatest criminal in history. * "' I have killed more men than have fallen in all the wars of the world. I have .turned more men into brutes. I have iliade millions of un hap-, py homes. 1 have transformed many am bitious youths into hopeless para sites. 1 make the smooth and down ward path for countless millions. I destroy the weak and weaken the strong. I make the wise man a fool and trample the fool into his folly. 1 ensnare the innocent. 1 defy the law when 1 cannot coerce suffrage. The abandoned wife knows me; the hungry children know me; the parents whose child has bowed their gray head in sorrow know me. I have ruined.millions and if let alone shall ruin'irn!tti?iis:more. Yet the half has never been told. I AM ALCOHOL. EFFECT ?H; CiGARETr E SMOKING. New England Outlook. "You smoke thirty cigarettes a day?" "Yes, on the average." "You 'don't blame them for your run-down condition? " "Not in the leSSt. I blame my hard work;" - The. physician shook his head. He smiled<in a lague way. Then he took aTefechout of a glass jar. "Let me show you something," he said. "Bare your arm." The cigarette smoker bared his pale arm and the physician laid the lean, black leech upon it. The leech fell to work busily. Its body began to swell. Then all of a sudden a kind of shudder convulsed it and it fell to the floor dead. "That is what your blood did to that leech," said, the physician. He took up tfie little corpse be tween his finger and thumb. Look at it," he said, "quite dead. You see you poisoned it." "1 guess it wasn't a healthy leech in the first place," said the cigarette smokersullenly. "Wasn't healthyueh? Well, we'll try again." And the physician clapped two leeches on the young man's thin arm. "If they both die," said the pa tient, "I'll swear off, or at least I'll cut down my daily allowance , from thirty to ten." Even as he spoke the smaller leech shivered and dropped on his knee dead, and a moment later the larger one fell beside it. "This is ..ghastly," said the young maw', iii?, "I am worse thin a pestilence to these leeches.". "lt is the empyreumatic oil in your blood," said the medical man- Aw cigarette smokers have it." '' g TO KEEP WELL IN SUMMER. Eat sensibly. Drink plenty of pure cold wa ter. Breathe pure air. Keep doors and windows open. Put screens on so as to keep out the flics. . Do not put food where flies can settle on it. Use plenty of fresh eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables. pon't use meat more than once a day, and let that be for dinner. Vt?lV TWUE. The careless consumptive who spits where he pleases is as .dan gerous as a drunken negro with a pistol, lt is better tq sleep in a cold room than a cold grave. Keep .?our germs tb yourself; make your neighbor keep his? ' Many an undertaker would go bankrupt if people were as care ful with their health as with their money, v. <,.>-. i ''J A fiUinjj-in time saves a tooti; ind a digestion. Fresh Eli. ir* cheaper than drugs, setter ?than. dWJi^4.nd; always on :al1.-^ffcted,; - ; Tuberculosis ls ?n Infectious dis. sase. " ? ? lt is caused by a tow form of [*4?ht-gr.?wth called bacillus . tu? lerculosls discovered by Kock in 1881-82. . . ? , There are several kinds--* cind that grows in man, another I kind thai grows in animals and a third that lives in birds. That grpwing in animals will live in man. Tuberculosis usually is com municated from one person to another, but it has been proven that at least 7 per cent, of tuber culosis infecting mau comes from animals. Tuberculosis is thc most serious and destructive of all diseases at tacking man. lt attacks any and all parts of .1 he body.' 90 per cent, of thc bodies ex amined by1 N?cgeli of Zurich had tuberculosis. 3o per cent, of all deaths be tween the years of 15 and 60 are due to tuberculosis of the lungs. In the United States, 160,000 people die each year of tuberculo sis. Of th?V people now living in this country, 'under present conditions, 8,ooo,oW will die of tuberculosis. Thc losfc'of life from tuberculo sis is appalling. The loss.of time and money is incomprehensible. Most astounding of all is it to think that these losses continue in face of thc fact that tuberculosis is preventable and curable. Medicine'ls not required in the prevention or cure-simple intelli gence an'd'??id is necessary. EPIGRAMS. Takd'tilings'?s they come is a good rule. A better rule is to go after thing?'if they don't come. It is better to be ah enthusiast in anticipating ? doubtful success, than a pessimist predicting a possi ble failure. When you can get others to see you as you see yourself, you are on the high road to popularity. There's abundant success to be had in the world. The secret of getting it* is to discover what you can't do, and then avoid doing it. One cheerful little song during a storm Will create more happiness than a whole concert while thc sun is shirting1. .- tt* The rriahiwho borrows trouble usually pays an excessive rate of interest .for if.'* The r|t^t>who trusts to luck for his sucdess Viii be in luck if he ever succeeds. When- Fortune knocks at a man's dodr,- he is often busy flirt ing with Miss Fortune at the cor ner saloon. Faith may move mountains, but it takes the dynamite bf hard work to tunnel through them to the success beyond.-Selected. HEALTH ALPHABET. A rs for Adenoids which no child should own ? B fof'iighl Breathing to give - the rangs tone C is fbr Goifgh which we should bot-neglect D forMh?tDehtist who finds tooth defect E is foe Evils of foul air and dirt F is for Fresh Air-too much cannot hurt G is for Gardens where boys and girls play H is for Hardiness gained in that way I is Infection from foul drinking cups ; J is for Joy . in the bubbling taps. K is for?. Knowledge of rules of ga?d;health L is for Lungs whose soundness is wealth M is for Milk, it must be quite pure N is for. Nurses, your health to insure. O is for Oxygen, not found in a .crowd F is for Pencils-in mouths not allowed Q is for Quiet, which sick peo ple need R is for Rest-as part of our creed S is for Sunshine to drive germs away.), T. is for Tooth Brush used three . femesji.day U wMj ?seftil health rules in th? school V ter tftfeTOtaerof learning these fules W is{;Wq#y, which always doe? narm ? j X is 'XfeSs.in no form Y is fojtiYoiith, the time to grow ill : Z is for Zest. Help the good work along. -By a Chicago Tuberculosis nurse. The picnic committees are very busy worjM&?:[im something that fvery toddys w)tl' eh joy on .the Fourth bf JuTy\ when the two Siutr day schpoTs iw tb jolly Springs for an alt-ctitV ,0irtih?$nd basket "pic nic. VBe.'bn; hand with a heavy basket,-cjvy 1!' .