Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-28
AN AILMENT OF ROYALTY
Cotton Being King is Not Subject te
Ordinary Ills,

A wealthy Texan, on q visit to New
York, awoke one morning feeling ILL
He became alarmed, summoned the
hotel manager, and explaining that his
throat was in a terrible shape and he
feared he was in for a siege Of ILL
ness, asked him to call a specialist in
haste.
The specialist came. asked various
questions, examined the throat and
pondered as medical men do. Then he
wrote a prescription.
What is it I've got?" inquired the
patient feebly.
ITS unquestionably case Of
crico-arytenoideus posticus," replied
the physician.
"Oh, Lord" exclaimed the patient.
The physician gave the prescrip-
tion to the hotel manager and within
a short time the patient was gargling
with a liquid a bell hop furnished.
Next morning the Texan was almost
well. The physician called, expressed
qualification, said it wouldn't be neces-
sary for him to make another visit
and collected s25 for his services.
"Doc.," said the Texan, what was
it you said I had?"
"Crico-arytenoideus posticus," re-
piled the medical man.
There's some mistake, Doc.," the
Texan declared. There must be.
got that medicine Of yours and the
hotel people fixed it up but they tell
me the druggist charged only cents
well; that's about right" said the
doctor.
"Only cents for medicine to knock
out a disease like that?"
yes"
"Doc.." pleaded the Texan. Just be-
tween friends and as man to man will
you tell me what is the United States
Of the crico- o-thing-a-majig business
had?"
my dear sir" replied the physi-
clan, 81 don't mind in the least. Crico-
arytenoideus posticus Is form of sore
throat and the treatment I pre-
scribed-"
Il know the stuff" exclaimed the
Texan, II thought there was some
thing familiar about it. 1t was borax.''
"Yes," said the doctor. "Borax-5
cents worth OF borax in water An ex-
cellent household remedy for crico-
arvtenoideus posticus."
All this is a preliminary to the dis
covery that cotton in various parts of
South Carolina is suffering from an
thracnose. W. T. McLain. who has a
plantation in that state. took a cotton
stalk with dozen blasted bolls to W.
D. Grist, editor Of The Yorkville En-
quirer, and that gentleman without
hesitation pronounced the disease an
thracnose. Prof. H. w. Barre, botan-
ist at Clemson college, confirmed his
diagnosis.
1t seems as If cotton had as many
ailments as a fashionable woman
Hitherto it's troubles have had rather
coarse names such as rust. weevil
worms, etc. but such an aristocrat OF
the vegetable kingdom is entitled to
diseases with more high sounding
names hence anthracnose. The name
is imposing until you study it ety.
mologically. Then it suggests boils-
boils in or about the nose-for anthrax
medically means boils and nose means
nose.
No one supposed cotton had a nasal
appendage but the scientists have odd
ways Of naming the parts Of things
At any rate Prof. Barre says anthrac-
nose has done s1,OO0,OOO damage an
nually in South Carolina for the last
five years. He traces the introduction
Of the disease to supposed highly i'm
proved varieties of seed bought at
high prices. So far as he knows there
is no way Of getting rid Of the trouble
except by destroying or plowing under
diseased stalks and rotating crops.
If that fails why not try borax or
whatever is good for boils?-N. Y.
Commerce and Finance.