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> ALCOHOL AS MEDICINE. ! Dr. Sophia Branson of Somter ' Says It Is Unnecessary. The following: forcible article by a physician well known in Kingstree J will be read with interest: ( Is alcohol necessary as a medicine? ) No! Most emphatically, no! It is not only not necessary, but it is highly injurious and the patient who takes it is lessening hi9 chance of life, that is all. Alcohol is not a true stimulant. It is a depressent, a narcotic poison of a most deadly nature. It is produced by the decay of any fruit or vegetable containing starch. It is a product of death and decomposition and its work is essentially to destroy and tear down. . I quote frkm a standard materia medica, as follows: "The effect of alcohol is to destroy the gastric juice of the stomach, so inflame the gasA' ??11? nhvnnin vnc wsiis buu w |/iuuuw vuiviuv gaftritia if its use is continued." Alcohol is classed with chloroform, ?ther and acetic ether. They are all anaesthetics. They produce sleep and are narcotic poisons. When a small amount of alcohol is taken the blood pressure rises, the heart beats more rapidly, a feeling of warmth is experienced, because the superficial blood vessels are dilated and the person feels stimulated. Here I again quote from my text book on materia medica which says: "It has been repeatedly proved that these good resuits are but transitory. The heart g although at first stimulated is . more exhausted after the first exhilaration has passed off than it was before. ^ This ie true of all the organs of the body stimulated by the increased circulation due to alcohol." 1 In many campaigns and Arctic ex- 8 peditions it has been found that the t men who used alcohol even in small ? amounts could not do as much work t and would freeze sooner than those ? who were total abstainers. & We all know that the man who t takes a little alcohol every day sooner t or later becomes the victim of arte- t rio sclerosis, or hardening of the ar- 1 teries. Many a man is filling an un- 1 timely grave from Brght's disease, * sclerosis (or hardening) of the liver and many other chronic maladies * brought on by the liquor habit. Those < who enjoy three little "nips" of al- ? cohol must sooner or later pay tfce ? penalty in crippled bodies and weak- * ened minds. 1 We all know that the use of alco- a ho1 renders one particularly liable to i tuberculosis. The alcoholics stand > very little chance of recovery from * pneumonia. I When one takes a large dose of t t , alcohol, his wits for a time seem * sharpened, but this exaltation quick- > lj passes into depression. The brain refuses to act. The power of judg- 8 ment is abolished. The muscular t movements are affected because the t power of coordination is lost, and t the man staggers iq his gait. If the 1 person should take a strong enough t dose of alcohol the heart would be s paralyzed and be would die. In 1915 t the National Pharmacopaea commit- v tee, consisting or 01 eminent pnysi- *cians and pharmacista.struck whisky n and brandy from the 1916 edition of 11 ..the United States pharmacopaea. Si is no longer recognized by the *magerity of leading physicians as es: sential to the practice of medicine. * In fact it is not used at all in many ^ of the foremost hospitals and sani- (tariums of the world and statistics show that the mortality is lower than ? \wbere it is used. ' 3ohn Barleycorn must go! a Rejoice,oh, daughters of America, 0 < T that science has at last torn the mask A from the old fraud alcohol, and shown him up in all his hideousness f and wickedness. He has been given a fair trial before the tribunal of the 0 1 universe and condemned. c f Rilightment and progress have signed his death warrant. Already his funeral icneu is peaiing oui tne t triad news all over the land that King I Alcohol has toppled from his throne. "Requiescat in pace." t Whenever You Need a General Toole f Tnke iQrove's ' The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless drill Tonic is equally valuable as a 1 General Tonic because it contains the weH known pjoic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acta on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. SO cents. I i ' a _ > . 1 'f I STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION %nnual Session to Convene at Colombia Shortly. Columbia, Feb 5:?R C Burts, secretary of the association, has announced that everything is being flone to make the next annual annual meeting of the State Teachers' association March 16-17 the best session ever held. Wm C Bynum, president, has practically completed the programme and it will be print* ?d and and sent out within the next two weeks. The various departments nave their programmes ready and these will be printed along with the programme of the regular sessions. The local committees have already made definite arrangements for the meetings. Headquarters of the assoriation will be in the new high school building where most of the departments will hold their sessions. The general sessions will be held in the Columbia theatre. Miss Bollinger is n charge of the music. There will oe a fine musical programme arranged, which, last year, proved to i>e one of the most attractive features of the meetings. All those vho wish to make. hotel and other irrangements for board and lodgng may secure a list of hotels and hoarding houses from the chamber commerce. From all over the State come rex>rts of large delegations planning jo attend the meetings. A great nany schools will give their teachers holiday to attend. Within a ihort time every teacher in the State vill be mailed a programme. Inlraals and High Coat ol Living How many have thought that the ligh cost of living is affecting the tnimals of the country as well as he men and women? The price of rrain has reached a point where housands of men will be compelled, either to sell their horses, cattle, iwine, poultry, or try to pull them Jirough the winter on greatly cur: ailed rations. In ordinary times thousands of animals suffer from a ack of sufficient food; this year nany will be kept on a starvation tllowance. This plea is often made againist he humane societies that, in taking iway the poor man's half-fed, brok- ^ ;n down horse, they are taking iway the support of his family. But vhy should we allow a man to vioate an anti-cruelty law by using a differing horse to earn a living, any nore than for the same purpose to riolate any other law? The man vho cannot afford to give his horse >roper food and shelter ought not o have a horse at all. He would >etter find another means of prodding bread for his family. Humane societies the land over hould be particularly on the watch he present winter to guard against he starving of animals. These paient creatures can write no letter^ o the newspapers, call no convenions, start no strikes. Unless the ocieties organized for their proection make th^m their special care, rho is going to befriend them when hey have fallen into the hands of nerciless owners??Our Dumb AniHemingway Happenings. Hemingway, Feb 5:?Miss Edna )avis after spending some time with ler mother near here returned to Georgetown Sunday. Misses Elise Rollins, Iva Eaddy, fl&rthn .Tpnkinsnn. Lin Owens. Carra laker; Messrs L G Day, C L Creel nd R N Speigner attended the yster roast at the home of Miss jouise Wilson Friday evening. Mr Bl^ke of Georgetown was a deasant caller in town Sunday. Mrs L L Etheredge and daughter if Elloree spent part of last week with lira W C Hemingway. They were i^companied home by Mr G B Inrraham and son, GB, Jr. Misses Martha Jenkinson and Liu )wens spent the week-end with Miss jouise Wilson at Rome. Mr C J Gasque of Florence was in ? 1--A 1_ ;own on ousiness last, wee*. Mr F F Covington of Marion was imong the guests at the Commercial lotel last week Miss Missouri Cox is visiting 'riends at Gresham. Mr R N Speigner spent the weekend with Prof Mitchell at Rome. Mrs H E Eaddy has as guest her iunt. Mrs Carr, of Charleston. Says Simple Re Pro! Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Effective as a Remedy for Constipation. Among older people the various organs of the body have a tendency to slow up and weaken, and this is first manifest in a pronounced inactivity of the bowels. . Good health is dependent on regularity in this important function ; whenever there is the slightest indication of constipation a mild laxanVvAiil/1 Ka alrxxn Ea roliovo tVio HYC OilUUlU LTU WIAVU VV ivuvtv v*<v congeetion and dispose of the accumulated waste. Cathartics or purgatives should not he employed, however; these are too violent in action and their effect is only temporary. A mild laxative such as the combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin, known as Dr Caldwhll's Syrup Pepsin, is the ideal remedy. It is gentle in its action, bringing relief in an easy, natural manner^ without griping or other pain or discomfort, is pleasant to the taste,and can be obtained in any drug store. Mr Robert LeForgee," 918 Kirk wood Boulevard, Davenport, Iowa, pays he has always had a bottle of Dr Caldwell's Sryrup Pepsin in the house for the past eighteen years, and that using it occasionally as the need arises, and in this way keepB1G AUTOMOBILE SHOW To be Held In Charleston Soon? First In History of City. Charleston, Feb 5:?The Charleston Automobile Show, the first in this city's history, will be held February 27 to March 3, under the joint noninps nf thp Charleston Advertis ing Club, the local automobile dealers, and the highways and bridges committee of the chamber of commerce, This show will be complete in every detail, the principal makes of cars will be represented by their latest models, and there will be many special features of interest. The Charleston show will be held in a tent on Marion Square, the handsome park and drill ground of the Citadel, which is in the center of the city. The tent, which will have 12,500 feet of exhibition space, will be decorated uniformly throughout uhder the supervision of experts. Although announcement of the show has just been made, the demands for space are already so great that it is possible that those who expressed a desire for the largest spaces may find it necessary to rerise their requirements. Car exhibits will be confined to cars represented locally, but accessory exhibits will be accepted from other cities. There will be music on every afternoon and evening during the show. ' Oar Wealthy Banks. The resources of the national banks of the United States are greater than the tremendous national debt of Great Britain; greater than the aggregate resources ot tne Bans of England, Bank of France, Reichsbank and a dozen other national institutions; twice as great as the total wealth of Canada. This gives substantiability to our country and insures our defense. Sore shoulders, lame hack, stiff neck, all pains and aches yield to Sloan's Liniment. Do not rub ti. Simply apply to the sore spot, it quickly penetrates and relieves. Cleaner than mussy plasters or ointments, it does not stain the skin. Keep a bottle handy for rheumatism, sprain*, bruise*, toothache, neuralgia, gout, lumbago and sore stiff muscles. At all druggists, 25c. 50c. and $1.00. *, medy longed His Life, ing health good, it has prolonged his life, and brought ease and comfort. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold by druggists everywhere, and costs only fifty cents a bottle. To avoid imitations and ineffective substitutes be sure to get Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. See that a facsimile of Dr Caldwell's signature and his .1 VI . A. portrait appear on toe yenow carton in which the bottle is packed. * A trial bottle, free of charge, can be obtained by writing to Dr W B Caldwell, 455 Washington St, Monficello, Illinois. HAD LOST INTEREST IN LIFE^ SHE TELLS Condition Was So Bui She Began io Fear She Would Not Live Long. A YEAR OF MISERY. Bat She Now Says, "I Want to Live, lor 1 Find Pleasure In .Life. "From an invalid to a healthy and well and strong woman was the change Tanlacmade in my health," declared Mrs Genie McGrady, of 921 Ninth St, a suburb of Columbia, in a statement she Rave in endorsement of Tanlac. "For a year or more before I took Tanlac I had not been able to work any. I had been keeping a boarding house, but my health became so bad I had to stop that, and I eyen got to where I could not sweep the floor of a room without being completely exhausted when it was done. My system was badly run down and weakened, and I had wasted away until I was hardly more than skin and bones. "I had no appetite at all, and I had to force down what I did eat, and after I would eat a few bites I would feel puffed up as tight as a drum. I suffered a lot with stomach trouble and I had the headache almost all the time. Many a time I have had a headache so badly that I would not know anything for three or four hours. I could not do my housework or anything else, and I had begun to feel I would not live long. I was so very miserable and sick and had so many troubles that I really did not care whether I lived or died. "The endorsement a friend gave of Tanlac in which he told of what Tanlac did for his wife, influenced me to hike Tanlac, too, and about the time I finished taking the first bottle my husband became ill with typhoid fever and I nursed him day and night for over four weeks, and held up well under the strain. I could not have done this, though, had it not been that Tanlac had helped me on nnmli in owarv II'QV iinH hv hpinff ov iU V?V*^ f 'J vw?n able to do that hard work snows just how much the first bottle of Tanlac helped me. ' I bought another bottle after my husband got well. I am now working and doing all my housework loo, and I feel well and strong, and I could not even sw(?p a floor before I took Tanlac, I was so weak. "Tanlac is a wonderful medicine and it proved that by what it did for me. It crave me a rood aDDetite. relieved flbose headaches, and made me take the inter??t in life that I used to. ! I want to live now, for I find pleasure in life. I am happy and strong and well novr.and am enjoying life. "I had been sick about three years before I began taking Tanlac, and I Viori varv weak and sicklv the year before I took: it, and I had taken ever so many medicines, but Tanlac did me by far more good than any other medicine I ever took." Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold by Kingstree Drug Co, Kingstree; Mallard Lumber Co, Greelyville; Farmers' Drug Co, Hemingway; S S Aronson, Lane; R P Hinnant, Suttons; \V D Bryan, Bry;m. i / How to "Can" r . n r 1 c .1 cat rure rooa rrom ui We have a full line of fooc guarantee in every instance, effort to get the very best tf you are looking for a really i Flour, Coffee, Tea, M in fact, anything to eat, cor We have it for you. ? M. H. JA ONE ST liingstree, " * ! 1 if?^ A A SPARK I A SURE SPA ' jjjpjjp^ FITS {ALL U e^ec^r0(^es I'' :-:j^H constructed thai Hi: :;^H| the sparking gap Kingsti L. T. Thompsoi JL VS:= 12k lb. Paid fot Choice Beef, Pc Mutton ant THE PEOPLE'S I H. A. MILLER. 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