The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-10-28
Watch Out for Colds and Sore Tlroats.

As the cool weather comes to US in
the fall of the year we are apt to
catch cold by trying to wear summer
clothing when we especially need to
prepare ourselves BY warding off cold.
Just little addition to everyday wear
may save spell Of sickness. We are
an obstinate people in this direction
for in spite of all warnings and suffer
ing we have had in our experience we
will try to wear summer clothes, low
puartcrcd shoes and cconomizc in
Il, when the low temperature Of the
weather calls for winter garments and
thc sncaLing chills creep into the
marrow OF ones bones. The little
folks with short frocks and short pan
talettcs go around shivering because
the careless mother has not ye, over
Lauled winter garments and forsooth
does not do SO until bard frost or q
spell Of sickness forces her to that
duty.
The cotton piokers go to the field
on cold mornings with sorry shoes and
thin garments because they DO not
provide against the sharp snaps in the
weather during the early fall. This
amounts to Saving at the spigot and
flowing loose at the bung.'
1t is ''pcnny wise and pound
foolish " for all who adopt it,
After one gets seasoned to hard win
try weather the danger is not SO great,
but i! il; the .:rs. cold spell which so
often gives chills with fever and often
timcs eventuatcs into malarial or ty-
| phoid fever.
Run over in your mind the severe
cases yof sickness in your ommunity
and nine cases out Of ten you will find
starting place in neglecting to wear
warm clothes and going around with
out their shoes or trying to make out
with scant supply Of fuel.
Farmers are the principal sinners
along that line. They have not been
providcnt with gathering in winter
wood when the days were long and the
roads dry, so the cotton crop now
! pushes for picking and ginning, the
corn crop must be harvested and the
household must pick up what they
burn on cold mornings, or else shiver
about until the inmates are brimful Of
cold and have spell of sickness be-
fore they are done with it.
1t is just poor farm management
which compeis o housekeeper to do
/ any such way and the improvident far
! mer needs to be admonishcd coutinu-
ally until lie makes ready for winter
long before winter time reaches him.
The Old South was sad dawdler
on these improvilent lines. The care
less, happy go-lucky planter expected
to keep his teams going all winter, to
provide wood for many freplaces in
the house and many down at the quar-
ter, but in these. days Of scarce labor
and high wages fuel getting is as i'm
| pc:;ant as raising corn to eat and feed
for stock or cotton to pay for supplies
| and meet taxes.
When the air is frosty it means
put on warm garments and keep
enough fire in the dwelling house to
prevent cold feet or neuralgia pains
for the inmates.
Some people cry out against such
precautions and tell us we must har-
den ones self to the cold weather.
True, there are some few that thunder
can't kill, no matter how they ex-
pose themselves; but all persons who
have average constitutions need to be
very careful in changing from hot
weather to cold.
Particularly do they need to wear
extra clothing after very not spells in
the fall Of the year, because the per-
spiration has been profuse, and the
system is more exposed to the chilly
| atmosphere.
It is the wise person who guards the
careless ones aud thereby saves money
in doctor bills and suffering from
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