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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1963
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UNION—A monument on the Union County Courthouse
grounds stands as a reminder that Union is the birthplace of
the inventor of the first practical typewriter, John Pratt.
He was born here April 13, 1831. The old home, burned
several years ago, stood directly in front of the present
jail, which was designed by Robert Mills.
After devising his “pereotype” machine, Pratt was un
able to patent it in America because the War Between the
States was raging. He ran the Federal blockade and had his
machine patented in England, Dec. 1, 1866. Pratt’s model
sold in London for about $15 each.
Later the inventor returned to this country to get his de
vice patented here, only to find that Latham Sholes had
patented a machine he called a “typewriter.”
Pratt used in his early model the principles of alignment
and spacing still employed by typewriter makers today.
The inventor died July 21, 1905, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The monument to him here was erected by Union Post 22,
American Legion, and its Auxiliary.
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PEARL RIVER, N. Y.—Dr. Ben
jamin Minge Duggar, discoverer of
the “wonder drug” aureomycin,
says that his philosophy for a
long, satisfying life is: “Keep
active, mentally and physically.”
He will be 81 years old Septem
ber 1.
Dr. Duggar practices what he
preaches. At an age when most
men would be content to sit in
the shade and reminisce, this
famed scientist still carries on a
full-time research program.
He also finds time to have a
small vegetable garden every sum
mer—raising tomatoes, corn, okra
and lettuce—and to play an oc
casional round of golf. He also
fishes and in the winter he gets in
some bowling.
Dr. Duggar is not a physical
superman. He stands five feet-
five inches and constantly weighs
122 pounds.
The story of how this man gain
ed world-wide prominence is one
of the most dramatic stories of
our time. In 1943, at the age of
71, he w’as forced by state law to
retire from the University of Wis
consin, where he taught botany.
Not content to sit in the shade
and hold his hands. Dr. Duggar
came to Lederle Laboratories and
began searching for an antibiotic
that would be more effective than
penicillin.
Dr. 'Tiuggar worked three years
with teams of chemists, bacteri
ologists, pharmacologists and other
scientists, culturing thousands of
earth molds, before the “golden
wonder drug” aureomycin was iso
lated and developed for com
mercial production. The antibiotic
was put on the market in 1948,
when Dr. Duggar was 76.
But his scientific endeavors did
not stop there. He is still work
ing with the mysterious molds
which live in the earth, hoping to
find another antibiotic drug which
-will be even more beneficial than
aureomycin.
Dr. Duggar was born in 1872,
at Gallion, Alabama, son of a
country doctor. There were five
boys. One brother is still living
(79), and the others, two of whom
were older than the scientist, died
in recent years. Dr. Duggar’s fath
er lived to 82 and his mother to
79.
He recalls that he w’as riding a
horse at the age of four. He has
never been seriously ill, and even
escaped many of the usual child
hood diseases.
Does he smoke? Yes,' a pipe
. . . but with moderation. He al
so has an occasional brandy or
highball.
“Moderation is a wonderful
thing,” he advises. “Work and
play with moderation.”
Does he ever plan to retire? He
says he does, but most of his as
sociates take this with a grain of
salt, for Dr. Duggar is a man with
an insatiable curiosity about
things scientific.
What could keep a man working
at his age? Dr. Duggar sincerely
hopes that he can make another
substantial contribution to medi
cal science.
“Also, I love my work,” he says,
“and that’s very important. I get
a great personal satisfaction from
scientific accomplishment.”
Dr. Duggar feels strongly that
there is a wonderful future in the
field of scientific research for
young people who have the in
terest and talent. Industrial lab
oratories, he says, are opening up
vast new horizons that were un
known to the college researcher
years ago.
“We now have real teamwork,”
he explains. “The colleges and
universities constitute our princi
pal reservoir of scientific talent:
the industrial laboratories can sup
ply the developmental know-how,
the money and the sales. Together
these two great scientific interests
should carry us to magnificent
new discoveries which will make
life safer and longer.”
PEGGY
“You want me to run away with you and join a circus?
Don’t be a square! When I run away it’s going to be on
a spaceship headin' for the moon!”
IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Mrs. Cecil E. Kinard was ad
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Hospital Sunday, where she is
undergoing treatment.
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