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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-29
Hopeful and Cheering.
The State, 26th.

The State, 18th.
John F. Livingston, vice president
and general manager Of the Colum-
bia, Newberry & Laurens railroad, re-
turned to Columbia yesterday from
an inspection tour. The crops, he
says, along his line are as good as he
has ever seen produced, both cotton
and corn. He is greatly pleased with
the prospects for a winter of heavy
freight shipments, and says that bus
mess is now beginning to pick up.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-29
Suffered Eczema Fifty Years-NOW
Well.

Seems a long tine to endure the
awful burning, itching, smarting,
skin-disease known as "tetter"-an-
other name for Eczema. Seems good
to realize, also, that DR.. HobsOn's Ec-
zema Ointment has proven a perfect
cure.
Mrs. D. L. Kanney writes: 'I can
not sufficiently express my thanks to
you for your DR.. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. It has cured my letter,
which has troubled me for over fifty
years" All druggists, or by mail,
soc.
PFEIFFER CHEMICAL co.
st. Louis, Mo. Pn1ladelphla' "a
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-29
LODGE DIRECTORY.

o o o % 9 o o o 9 90 o o 9 O
Newbery Camp, No. 542, W. o. W.
meets. every second and fourth We'd
nesday night in Klettner's Hall. at 8
o'clock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-29
amitv Lodge. No. 81, A. F. u.

Amity Lodge, No. 81, A. F. n.
Amity Lodge, No. 81, A. F. M, meets
eyery first Monday night at 7.5O o'clock
in Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren
cordially invited.
T. P. Johnson,
5. ". Earhardt, W. N.
Secretary.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-29

Wodmen Of the World
Maple Camp, No. 4S7, W. o. W.
meets every first and third Wednes-
day evening at 7.45 o'clock. Visiting
brethren are corially welcome.
D. D. Darby,
J. A. Derrick, CLERK
G. G.
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eree1l. Tribe. No. "a. I. 0. B. 4.

BergeIl Tribe, No. "a, I. o. 3. L.
Bergell Tribe, No. "a, Improved Or
der Red Men, meets every Thursday
night at 8 o'clock in Klettner's Hall.
W. G. Peterson,
n Kletfv r Sachenn.
Chief Of Records.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-29
McWhOrter-S Scott.

The Observer,
MI" Jno. W. Scott, of-~~Wnitmire,
went over to Greenwood on Wednes-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-29
Pulaski Lodge. No. 20. /. 0. 0. F.

Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, I. o. o. F..
meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock
in West End Hall. Visiting brethren
are cordially invited to attend.
Jas. L. Aull,
Noble Grand.
". G. Peterson,
Secretary.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-29
0maha Trihe. ]. D. M. IN.

UWaH8 4A4UO, Il Vo A' -1A'
Omaha Tribe, No. 75, I. o. T. NJ
Prosperity, s. c., meets. every first and
third Friday night at so'clock in Ma
sonic hall. Visiting brethren are wel'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-29
G. Il. Doninick,

come. G. Il. Dominick,
Prof. J. 8. Wheeler, Sachem.
Chief Of Records.
Caoteechee Council No. 4, D, Of p. I.
o. 3. "A.
Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. Of Pa.
meets every other Tuesday night at D
o'clock p. m, in Klettner's Hall.
Signet Chapter, No. 1s, B. A. H.
signet Chapter, No. 1s, r. A. NJ
meets every second Monday night a.
8 o'clock in Masonic Hall.
Van Smith,
T, P. johnson. E. II. p.
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Palmetto Camp, No. 694, Boys Of
Woodcraft, meets at Odd Fellow'sa
hall, West End, every second and
fourth Wednesday night, at 8 o'clock.
G. W. Harrison,
Commander.
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NeWberry Commandery, No. 6, z. I.
Newberry Commandery, No. 8, z. T.,
meets every third Monday night at o
o'clock in Masonic Hall.
Fred. II. Dominick,
T. P. Johnson, 2. c.
Recorder.
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Lacota Tribe, ]. 0. 3. u.

LacOE2 IrlDe, l. u q Ms'
Lacota tribe, No. g, I. O. r, NJ, Jae-
lapa, s. c., meeting every other We'd
nesday night at o'clock in Summer
hall. Visiting brethren are welcome.
T. C. Dobbins,
J. VIM. Folk, Sachem. F.,
Chief of Records.
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Newberry Camp. No. 542, ". o. W..
meets every second and fourth Mon
day night in Klettner's hall, at 8
o'clock.
I. o. Burton,
c. G.
I. H. Campsen,
Clerk.
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Willow Camp. No. 694, ". o. W.

Willow Camp, No. 694, W. o. W.
Willow Camp, No. 694, W. o. W.
meets every second and fourth Tues
day nights in each month at West End
school house.
T. B. Kiblef.
Council Commander.
A. C. Ward,
Clerk.
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= IFE is easy sailing if you have good
- balance in savings account with our
bank. 400 on savings deposits.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
How Doctors NOSE Helps Him to Detect DISEASE

Every and child has odor OF his
Each and has that is peculiar and different
from the other. Furthermore, these odors all be
III detecting the characteristics of the individual The
odor OF old strikngy different from that Of the
male infant, while the odor attached TO dark-sklnned
persons is obviously unlike that associated with light
skinned Even various gradaons of smells attached
10 different degrees of bronzng OF the skin in
brunettes.
Dried and scared leaves emit fragrance which re-
sembes that of the aged, while fond mother
fail to recognize the distinctive scent of her infant.
1t is unlike the sweet smell OF butyric acid. Red
haired people have pleasant scent about their bodies
whereas those who perspire freely, especially stout
persons have odOr like that Of lemon juice acetc
acid in their armpts
True enough all odors are essened after bathing and
when these characteristic odors obtrusye bathing
should be done at least twice a day. But the
steam bath does not wholly them because they
part Of nature. Only when the tissues become
altered By disease changed occupation these
not the scent Tommy Atkins sick, and the type
OF smell that the alert doctor notes about Tommys bed
when he is i'll aids in in the recognition Of
his ailment.
tuberculosis has odor in it's later stage said by
Dr. Coughlin be distinctive Even appendicitis with
the formation pus has its peculiar smell. Various
types kidney disorders be suggested by the odors
emitted, and diabetes is said TO manifest itself by an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

odor like the fragrance of sweet peas.
1t is no Munchausen story TO say that medical Shelf
lock Holmes tell by the odor Of your fluid excre
tons, such the perspration and the like, whether
you have recently taking such medicines foods
as valerian, assafoedc asparagus garlic cubebs and
many others. The odor Of vo1es thus noted indicates
that turpentne has been taken.
Like the senses Of sight and hearing the OF
smell quickly tires Hence it is only before fatigue
sets in that doctor diagnose different ailments by
the OF smell alone If he is smoker drinker
it is useless to depend upon the
tubes in the lungs, gangrene OF the lungs and largo
pulmonary cavities have all been made evident By
doors. sourscented breath points just clearly to
excessively acid stomach literally breath
does to the disease. In middle diseases the
odor that bit of anatomy that of
cheese.
A nose not overly sharp can discover such hygenic
and unhygenc odors gas cellar air. illuminat
ing gas. decayng fruit coal gas. putrid meat,
hay fresh country breezes frosty morning air showery
atmospheres. winds and the envigoratnG ozone
that follows thunder shower
All OF this makes it plain that mans OF smell
be OF the assistance him In seeking the
beneficial and avoiding the dangerous. The neglect OF
this important has necessarily kept mankind
backward It. therefore, rests with the educators OF the
future to properly train and pay attention doors,
that may be able to distinguish ootaYes
OF smell great spectrum Of doors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
How WOOD Can POISON You

plants is enough to cause the irritation, anu
the infection may be transmitted to other
persons by hands so infected. The bearers
OF the Irritating substance in this case are
the glandhairs. AS in the case of the prim-
rose. This substance is crystalliZable sap
which can be extracted from the gland -hairs.
The sawdust of the Mexican blueSum is
harmful when the skin is especially sensitive
from some other cause. A workman who was
suffering from tuberculosis, and who later
died from it, was attacked, after splitting this
lumber, by an eruption OF the underarm
which forced him to stop work. Others who
did similar labor for years had no i'll effects.
In this case the tuberculosis may have created
the disposition.
AS result OF his Investigation Dr. Graf
urges all cabinet makers who work in satin.
wood and gardeners who grow poisonous
plants 10 protect their hands, arms and head
from direct contact with the wood, sawdust or
injured portions OF the plants. At the first
sign o. any Inflammation OF the skin the
sufferer should receive the attention of der
matoogist
1t has long been thought that poisoning
might result from the proximity of suniac,
even il the plant was not touched, but DR..
Graf denies this. visitor to the Berlin
Botanical Gardens recently brought suit for
damages for injuries watch ne alleged he had
suffered on account OF his near proximity TO
& poisonous sumac, which is on exhibition in
the gardens. But the suit was lost, for the
directors OF the gardens proved conclusively
that for poisoning 10 occur the plant must be
injured and the injured portion brought into
direct contact with the skin
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

shrivels up or is otherwise hurt, is that the
muscles nearby or the muscles at the end OF
the motor nerves become fabby or rigid, weak
fatty, over.stit or beyond the control and
guidance Of your will.
Muscle maladies must be the names hence.
forth Of all Of these miscalled nervous in
Examinations, and with this discovery OF the cause
comes at once simple way to bring about a
cure. Most cases OF weak nerves or "neu-
gasthenia" mean overfcd, fabby, weak and neg
lected muscles. The thing 20 do is TO rejuvenate
those muscular tissues.
How can this be done? First of all by
dergong the Same sort of rigorous training that
a college athlete even IL prize fighter sub
mits to. Mere walking does not answer, be-
cause walking Is an unconscious act that is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

* r ETTLES, poison ivy and poison sumac
I'M are by no means the only plants which
have poisonous effect the human
skin. Poisonous substances exist in many
trees and even after they have been cut and
sawed a sufficient quantity of the poison re-
mains in the lumber SO that workmen who
handle il are liable TO infection
underwood is impregnated with a power.
fu poison. according TO DR.. Heinz Graf, who
has been Investigating the subject for the
German Botanical Society.
Two different kinds of wood are included
under the term amberwood-the genuine East
Indian or Asatic satinwood or "silkwood,'
and the satin hardwood or underwood The
Two are quite different in external appear
ance. Nester succeeded in extra citing the
active substance only from the latter. This
is a stearin-like substance soluble only in
ether. A small quantity OF 1t placed in con-
tact with the skin OF the under-arm, in the
course Of about five hours produced q tensely
swollen ycllovsh blister surrounded by red
area OF inflammation. After the bursting OF
the blister an ulcer remained which required
four weeks 10 heal.
VIVA, is known as "cocobolo" wood con.
iaips a poisonous substance easily soluble
III alcohol and benzo less so in water. 1t is
apparently an ethereal oil. The placing OF
1ine sawdust OF this wood On the moist skin
causes first a violent smarting. Following
this red snq.s or pimples appear, accom-
panied by .reG.ess and Inflammation of that
part of the skin, followed By scaling.
Similar phenomena are caused b. the plan,
Corlusa Matthol but they are even stronger
since bl!sters are produced. Touching the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
It's Your MUSCLES That Get SiCk--Not the NERVES

strictly habit and the muscles concerned are
SO used TO moving mechanically, that there is
mo fun in it,
In other words, there must be an appreciation
and recognition Of what your muscles are doing.
there must be play element in your every
little movement. The muscles Of the neck.
shoulders, back, arms and all the parts Of the
body that not exercised in walking, must
re made, to use homely phrase "as play
full as kittens"
The way to bring this about is to row. swim,
play tennis, run, play baseball, wrestle ride
horseback, dance all of the new dances, climb
hills, do anything and everything 10 bring back
into use muscles that have not been stirred up
for perhaps many years
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

Il DISCOVERY Of the greatest importance
N has just been made independently and
n at the same time by several scientists
Of this country and Europe to tho effect
that the prostrating elements that go under the
Of weak nerves neurasthena, nervous
collapse. nervous debility, nervous "indges-
tion," neurtis, iniamed nerves, meapcholia
and many other socalled troubles Of the nerves
are in no way due to diseases OF those ibers.
1T Is not the at ALL but the muscles
which get sick and cause all tho trouble.
1t is beginning to be thought very doubtful
whether even that are accidentally cut
or destroyed can cause any of the ailments
that have been associated with the name "ner-
yous" What really happens when nerve
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
Some New
Discoveries
About Your
TEETH

es OME OF the newest discoveries recently announced
in the and treatment OF the teeth are of
o. general interest Among the rather surprising
new things is the discovery that in every mouth
certain teeth TO decay before the others.
DR.. Blacl has compiled tables from hundreds OF cases
which snow that, the lower jaw, front teeth
resist decay until the last, while the back
doomed from the start
For some this is reversed in the
Jaw where tho teeth stand up very well against
the attacks OF microbes and acids, while the front
ones decay almost Immediately.
According 10 the tables these the percentages OF
your teeth which YOU likely to to your grave
if you live ont z normal life
In your Upper jaw the front teeth will De 80 cent
tooth and 60 per filling. The little front teeth next
TO the pointed will De 80 per filling and A.
per cent Doth The CANNES, eye" teeth, which
next, make bette- showing for will be buried with
almost So per OF them. Forty cent OF the hi
cuspid just back of the CANNES, will be the work of
the dentist while A per OF the behind will be
artificial
OF the first the three big grinders you will lose a
rer cent but only % cent OF the middle one, and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

cuiaton OF the blood bring OF It TO tho part of
the tooth where the dentist is to do his operating only
small drop of drug called novocane is injected
The teeth much like electric light circuit.
There may be anywhere from to sixteen lights
circuit, but they all fed by tiny pair OF wires
running to the electric meter. TO put all the sixteen
lights out need only to tamper with the main wire
The new method is to run the point of the needle in
close TO the which carries tho ache-messages TO
the brain. One tiny drop deposited there puts small
Circuit OF teeth out Of communication with the patients
brain for hour.
Another drug known suprareDn is used with the
novocaine. Suprarenin has the effect OF driving tho
blood This keeps nature from removing tue
novocaine too soon, she otherwise would
The remarkable for pyorrhea which was
briefly mentioned months ago in these columns
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
Why LANGUAGE Is Really Nothing but GRlJNTS

bodily labor, grunts to denote the various de-
grees OF exertion, haste and exhaustion were
added.
as life became more complex and his mind
busted Itself more actively with ideas, man
naturally invented new sounds for communi-
eating his thoughts. The finer and more
thetc his sensibiIities became, the less there
was in his language OF the harsh savage grunt.
Everything considered, 1t is possible that the
cave-man had an advantage over u.s. For though
his words were few In number he had few ideas
to voice. few thoughts to express, few activities
to advance. and these were all of such nature
that his grupt was encyclopaedia In Its ability to
explain. On the other hand life Is now SO com
pick that with all our words, infections, accents
mimicry, pastures and gestures We are often
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
BY l.. X. HIRSHBERG, ABB, MA, MD.

STfIiE rankest, most vilainous smells have virtue
all their own in the diagnosis and treatment OF
o. many ills 1t is said that DR.. Austin Flint could
smell smallpox patient mile off. And upon
occasion he emptied street in the flash OF
by snfng saying with authority Someone in this
has smallpox In similar fashion Sir William
Oscr used to claim to be able to locate OF typhoid
fever before he actually tho patient by of
peculiar shike smell And DR.. Robert f. Coughln, OF
Brooklyn, has built up very noteworthy method OF
distinguishing human ament from another by the
OF his
1t is indeed strange that the cultivation Of the
OF smell has long Jagged behind the training Of the
eye and ear touch and movement In medical schools
particularly all the instruments hitherto used aids
in unearthing disease have been tools of hearing and
vision. The microscope and thermometer aid the
the stehoscope and cardiophone aid the Even the
OF touch and the muscle cultivated and
encoura ged but the almost never.
Yet hound rabbit, fy carrion crow
could long survive in the struggle for existence if
their olfactory organs neglected mans.
Indeed, the TO a wild state lives the
closer he is to and the sharper is his of
smell. This does not that dirty, lowly civilized
people have refined mode OF detecting odors, for the
stenches enlanating from the homes of are
scarcely noticed by natives themselves, while.
the contrary they instantly apparent the ultra
civilized English and Americans.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

r ANGUAGE may be said to be nothing but
grunts, embeshed and modified by pitcn,
49, infection and accent. The ability to give
sustained and significant articulation to these
sounds distinguishes the civilized or educated
man from his savage or unlettered brother 1t
is surprising how much quick moaning may still
be conveyed by the infected grunt of the savage.
The truth Is that when we are not influenced
by acquired mannersms we still revert to that
infected grunt" When are deep in thought
somebody asks us a question. II we fail OF full
attention and care to have the question repeated
we say "Huh?"the grunt with the rising inter
rogatye infection Or IL we have grasped the
meaning of the question and wish to give a
RrIin lin
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

favorable or affirmative reply we emit "Uh-huh"
"a grunt whose meaning would be clear to the
veriest savage
AS cave'man your expression OF surprise
would be grunt beginning abruptly in key
of medium pitch soft, falling to low one, and
as abruptly ending.
Grupts as means Of communicating ideas
naturally have To do with the primal feelings OF
man. Pain. pleasure, content, discomfort, want,
satiety-all sympathetic affections In fact, eape-
ciay II the stimulus is quick and keen, may be
voiced through grunts
1t is quite likely that the first gFunts were
used eoely in the way OF alarm, caution or
defiance. AS man progressed toward sustained
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

Many dentists scof at painless dentistry and
people take pride in bearing pain If suffering
necessarily virtue But most prefer not
heroes all doctors haS intense suffering
causes damage the nervous system.
The disadvantages OF breathing anaesthetic are
we'll known every Those who have had their
gums Cocaned for tooth pulling know that ii is u
dubious choice OF evils Also the socalled pressure
anaesth esia used removing live is joke,
the patient, OF course
in DR.. Thomas method, needle is used, much like
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
Jaw, and an Important New Cure
for Loose Teeth and Sore Gums

tectns and cleansing the teeth and which probabl,
aid In digestion
These glands similar to the glands In dogs
mouth which secrete the poison causing hydrophobia
1t is held by best medical authorities that human
Sites have caused hydrophoba and there is similarity
between the hydrophoba condition in a dogs mouth
and pyorrhea in human being. "Frothing at the
mouth" Ia caused by these glands.
When food particles microbes poison the end OF
the tube leading TO or these glands, the Infection
and Inflammation extend to the gland itself Neighbor-
Ing glands become involved and the condition spreads
from tooth to tooth. Pus begins to exude from the
tubes and may may not be noticed after squeezing
with the fingers.
This Is the second stage, and Is followed by the
third. The gums being thoroughly poisoned and in
hamed they shrink and withdraw. leaving parts of the
neck Of tho tooth exposed Holes called pockets
appear between the teeth and the patient becomes
alarmed at finding few teeth wabble at
the pressure OF his tongue. These teeth will eventually
drop out II the disease IL not stopped
The Dunlop method Is to gentle spray, mostly
gas composed OF an oxygen-bearng compound The
gas is not forced into the gums, them by
It's own affinity for dead matter. The up
litue Unframed tubes OF It's accord and cleans out
the gland at the inner end. 1t burrows and runs
ABOUT III the passages between the teeth pyorrhea
patent In curious way, burt will not enter healthy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02


and the eagles, on tho one hand,
and the OWLS, or the other. But, as
matter OF fact, the owls arc a race
apart. They nave nothing whatever
TO DO with me eagle and his kin.
On the other hand, they are very
nearly allied to the goat.suckers.
As il proved by thcir anatomy, They
have acquired their likeness 10 me
noblcr birds-the hooked beak ana
sharp taions-by their predatory
habits
Similarly the swallows and ne
screaming. bow-winged swit,s have
come to bear 80 close likeness that
even experts have been deceived
and have accordingly placed them III
the same family Bnt here again
the skeleton and muscles tell very
different tale. The swifts also arc
near allies Of the goat-suckers. Their
mode OF life has determined their
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02
Why ANIMALS Grow to LOOK ALIKE

h~E-T tEEtE many animals totally unrelated which
have display or less close re-
" sembance 10 another. Convergence Is
the zoologiss use to describe this strange phe.
nomenon.
One OF the best examples conyergcnce is furnish.
90 by the birds o. prey These are commonly under,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

TO a dull red spot
perhaps half an
inch away.
This dull rcd
spot IS an inaa m
ed gland. and the
little red thread
is an irritated
duct or tn b G
which runs from
the gland to tho
edge Of tho gum.
The business OF
the gland is to
secrcte certain
fluids which have
to do with pro.