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Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
The Changing Ways Of
Medicine

The modern we'll educated physi-
Uhn eschews such noisome drugs as
valerian, asscfoetida and iodoform,
regardless CT their alleged psychologist
cal value. The old time doctor
thought he couldn't get along without
malodOrous atmosphere The old
time doctor was a florid-faced gentle
man with an awkward corporation
which was hard and always in his
way, bald or growing so, but framed
In a luxurious fringe of unsanitary
Whlskers which We'd with his clothes
In emitting strong Havana, carving
in his right hand a spoon with a han
die three feet long and his left, con-
cealed behind his back, pint bottle
of castor OIL
That picture, thank heaven, is now
obsolete. Today the doctors beard
Is conspicuous by it's absence, except
ing in the movies and in quack book.
lets. Badness rather tends to cut
down a mans practice. Youth is
holding the van in the march of medi-
cine.
Doctors are growing human. There
are many households where the chill
dren actually welcome the doctors
visit and are his pals They run to
meet him, instead of running to hide
when his castor oily countenance
darkens the door A lot easier to care
for such children; they have no
Hf
ened with visit from the doctor
man." The doctors improve along
with their medicine. Such a simple
remedy as good doctor would pre-
scribe for pneumonia, typhoid fever
or heart disease nowadays, would
have been enough to bring the blush
of shame to the practitioner of a gen
GRAFTON ago. Worse yet, it doesn't
taste horrible.
There is the best of reason for the
simplicity of modern treatment. When
doctor knows what he is trying to
accomplish, he uses simple tools.
When he doesn't know, but Just wish
es to conceal his ignorance, he pre-
sclibes some fearfully and wonderful
ly made concoction which no human
MUD can hope to fathom-and then
he defends himself by saying he is
after results. And all the nostrum
makers, medical crooks and incompe-
tents in the country applaud his meth
DDS. They're after results too, and
you can ask any bank whether they
get them
II | were i'll and my attending ply
slclan should prescribe for me some
connection with a parlor car title, the
formula Of which he didn't know and
the action Of which he could not ex-
plain, I should request him to with
draw ana let some one treat me who
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
0's Keen Oisappointments When
iron for the Blood Is Sought in
Drug Store Bottles.

round and attacked by the nbvc;o;,n
aaa' II IS the height of extrava.
h 55aoa experlmenting with supposed
oiood tonics in the vain hope Of find.
ns Meath therein. Anemic persons
a,e easily mlsled by temporary stimu.
.a'ioh or narcotic effects of alcohol bv
inc Whipping up of the nervous sr.
TEN produced by strychnine and go
h h, castlgators added to alleged
oiood tonlcs. But somehow the MT
m ma'e result is never very satisfactory
he ionged-for cure fails to matario,
re- ~. IN the end the patient falls inta
the hands Of the physician an' nn'o
consulting him early and often. "
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
Iron And Red Blood

ABOUT teaspoonful Of iron is the
total quantity of that much.exn1o;tod
e1ement present in the entire mass
OF olood OF healthy adult of average
helght and weight. Why, then. all
thls extraVagant talk of iron and rcd
blood?, Iron is one of the least inn.
portant elements of the blood. Such
iron as the red blood corpuscles con-
tam IS supplied, not from medicine
out from natural foods, foods which
nave not been denaturized in tha
course OF preparation for the table
me iron in wheat, for instance ia
chiefly discarded with the screenings
IN milling; the iron in the potato il
cnlehy discarded with the skins. in
those homes where the value of notato
SKINS is not yet known.
When physicians administer iron &c +.
medicine, Internally or by hypodermic
injection, they do not expect the iron
10 be taken up by the red corpuscles
They are fully aware that the blood
iron must be derived from the natural
iron Of food, not from medicine The
medicine is given for the purpose Of
stimulating certain structures which
are concerned in the production of red
corpuscles, such as the marrow Of
long bones, the lymph nodes or
GLANDS" the spleen Also, at times
to act upon certain underlying condi.
tiors which are known to account for
the blood weakness.
Now, it would certainly be fine if an
anemlc person, one with weak or :,
"Vatery' blood, could simply swallow
some iron-containing medicine two or
three times day to restore strength
to the blood. But it isn't done. Oh |
yes, the medicine is swallowed re1i. |
giously. There are plenty Of milan.
thropic gentlemen, with a surplus NJ
iron 20 sell, who see to that Rut the
blocd fails to grow strong.
Green fresh garden truck fresh
whole fruits, and undenaturized 20.
reals such as WI hole wheat, Unpublished
rice, oatmeal, crushed corn, and nuts
supply iron adequate for eyerv nossI.
BILE bodily need.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

J. B. L.-What remedies and homo
treatment do you recommend for ma.
larla, and is quinine necessary?
Answer-Qunine DESTROYS the e.rn,,
OF malaria Five grains day from Nav
i hrss 10 p irost will prevent or cure ma
preventive of the disease
r. r. V.-WOuld you advise a travel
ing man to be vaccinated against tv.
phold fever, and would it then be safe
Tor him to drink water at the country
hotels at Winch he has to stor?
Answer-By all means be vaccinated
Whlch gives certain immunity for thu.
years. This would protect from tho tVs
er naccin IN water but not from 9th
ei germs IN contaminated water
II. C.-Can anything be done for hot
flashes?
AnsWer-Yes. Improvement of tn.
genera gen "a health, regulation cf the bowel,
ana IN extreme cases the yse of 1891;
medication will often render Wv, 'i Ia.
service. very great
l.. o. M.-What is metao olismq
Observation-Disclosures is . +ar,,
piled to the series OF c,1anoas ap-
1920 unsergoes i'll passing 7roueh ~
tailous processes of diSest;ol: assi,,,;ia
. .,Gn' Issue building, breaking down and
eiiinlnatioh from the boay. 'i''
Sunlight, direct exposure of the:
SKIN OF as much of the body as posi-
Die, short of sunburn of course. SUD-
plles the natural building sttmu-.
ant.
= =,
IN the vast majority OF anemtai
cases, weak or so-called wate:v blood
me anemia or blood weakness is sec.,
to some systematic disorder.
and not an explanation in itself for the
patients suffering This is the reason
why alleged bodybuilding medicines
-a1l to cure anything, unless the I'M
Terrifying cause of the lack of blood ia
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
FOCH AND THE BIBLE.

COMMANDMENT Chief Foch has ex-
pressed his opinion of the value OF
the Bible. He sent a message to
the American Bible Society eloquent
in its forcefulness. The French
Commander said, The Bible is GER
tainly the best preparation that you
can give to an American soldier 90
ing into battle to sustain his mag
nificent ideal and faith" The won
derful success of Marshal Foch is
more easily understood since the
m G &c was read.-AshevilIe
Times.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
North CarOlinian
Gives Testimony
Mrs. WalstOn Declares Her Troubles
Are Gone and She Has Gained
twenty-five Lbs. Since TAX
ing Tanlac.

Among the thousands of wellknow,,
people who are daily testifving 70 th
remarkable merits of Tanlac. no one ;s
more enthusiastic over the benefits do
rived from the medicine, than Mrs I
dina. ~ 0al-
According to her own statement Mrc
Walston gained TWENTY-FIVE pounds 80
has been relieved of a serious and alr
graNatlng rheumatic condition throngn
the use OF Tanlac after other treat mant
had tailed to help her. Her unsolic;tad
letter to the Tanlac Offices at Atlanta
Georgia, is reproduced below:
Gentlemen:
This is to certify that ! have taLen
TanlaC with the best results 7 s,,Hanoi
intense pain from rheumatism and ~ o
Se doctor treating me for FIVE montha
but got no better.
was surprised at the good.it did Tha
first bottle seemed to relieve mo 90
continued taking it until | was restored
to health and now l feel like q new, v,1 ,,e ~
SON. son. have taken only eight bottles so
When began using the medicine
Weisned only IIS pounds and now
weigh 40 pounds and cannot saw TOO
much for Tanlac. wv
7 , lou are at liberty to publish this as
wish everyone who suffers with rhau'
hatlsm could try TanIac.
Yours respectfully.
MRS. l.. +. WAL SION
lanlac is sold in> Svlva hv
adv.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
GOVERNMENT SENDS
AN URGENT GAIL

The President of the Civil-se,vi..
COMMISSION recently wired.
Need for stenographers ana
lists at Washington grows mr. Up
d daily: Increase effort all pos, Itr's
The Government and businosa 'OIe
Germs are short FIVE HEJvDPpn ,
THOUSAND office assistants s S.l
aries never before heard OF are O 0a',
being offered. nOS
We have PERFECTED and con,,
RlGHTED charts and lesso.. sba.
that enable us to teach you i vaas
home, BY MAIL, in THIRTY iF :'
SONS, a system of Shortband -,
by NINETY per cent of the Cavern
ment stenographers, and to toaaL
you, BY MAIL. in FIGHT WFFKo
a Bookkeeping Course that / CT
PEklOR to any SIX-N0NTuS,
course.
The Government drafted our Civ.
ll-Service Bookkeeping Set Gin
I'LL out, and mail the COUPON ri
lowing:
COUPON
DRAUGHON'S COLLEGE No.b
Vile. Tenn: Send FREE book on
Home Study and tell me why
Home-Study Course, given by your
new method, is better than a courSo
at college; also, tell me about the
contract that you will give to secure
torme a good position. | clipped THE
notice from the Jackson County
Journal, Sylvia, N. C.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30

understood what he wished to accom-
pllsh. All remedial measures, not
only drugs but baths, electricity, ex-
erc1ses, massage, diet, heat, light and
surgery, are now applied upon scien.
tific principles That is to saw. the
individual patient is first studied by
scientific methods; when we have OBJ
tanned all the available data bearing
upon the patients i'll health, then we
decide which available mode of treat.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30

The Allied armies continue to
push the Germans back bit by bit,
but one of these days, when the
right moment arrives, there will be
a general retreat all along the line
and then the waiting public can see
the fruits of this slow process that
is being carried on now. The thing
for the people at home to do is to
help all they can by buying bonds
and stamps, conserving food, buy
ing as few clothes as possible, rails
ing all the food they can, talking in
favor of all the government is doing
and encourage the boys who are in
the camps and on the firing line by
writing them letters that are bright
and cheerful and writing them often.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
geo. w. Sutton f.. u. Stillwen
SOzlUN and STILLWEiL
Hllornevs ano Councillors
at Law
Sylvia Pharmacy Building
SYLVIA. N. C.
NOT TO BE IGNORED

The kidneys. are as important to
good health as the heart, lungs,
stomach or any organ in the body
Lame back, swollen joints, sore
muscles. rheumatic aches and pains
are most often signals of kidney
trouble. Foley Kidney Pills give
relief to kidney trouble sufferers.
They Danish bladder irregularities.
Sold by Sylvia Pharmacy. adv.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30

Every time you buy something
you could do without you are him
dering the progress of the program
to end the war next year, because
the government needs every single
minute of work that can be spared
to enable the men in power to carry
out the e tire program as they lave
mapped it out: Buy only the things
you are compelled to have.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
AND So Do Doctors, Who No Longer
Are to Be Feared Because Of
Their MaIodorous Doses.

ment may meet the requirements. and
we apply it accordingly
The old almanac way, you know.
was to TRY" this, that and the other
tnlng, in blind, hit or miss fashion.
Whatever your friends might suggest,
without any more definite guide in it's
selection than a vague guess about
the nature of the illness.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30

Begin in time to make that fat
tening hog weigh li.ile more this
year than last year and thereby
help to solve the meat problem.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
FRIDAY, AUG. 80 1918
Buy Thrift Stamps every day.
Every farmer is asked to increase
his acreage of wheat this year.

Every can of fruit and vegetables
you put up releases that much more
for our boys in the camps and for
our Allies.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30

AS we understand it every news
paper must require rs subscribers
to pay in advance, s. we ask all our
subscribers 10 advance their SUI
scriptions before the first Of OctObel.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30

There is something every one Of
us can do toward helping to win
the war. Are you doing your part?
If not, you are not entitled to anoth-
er days protection of our flag.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-30
[Nane]
IAddressl
Professional
Carlos.

SUITS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
BETA, N. C.
Preaching every second SUNDAY
morning and night, and every fourth
Sunday and Saturday before.
Sunday School every Sunday at
10 A. M.
B. 7. P. U. every Sunday, 800
T. M. Prayer meeting every Wed
nesday night.
Everybody invited to attend.
W. N. Cook. Pastor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-04-19

The day Liberty Bonds become worthless everything else
in America will have lost its value for everything we have
is behind them.
If you can't pay cash for your bonds you can borrow
part OF the bank using the bonds as secrty
or you can buy them your bank on easy partial
plan 1t is trouble to buy Liberty Bonds-it is M
trouble to pay for them See your banker today
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-04-19
Buy Bonds of the Third Liberty Loan

Buy them today Pledge yourself for every penny you
wiring from your daily needs Don't make our men
over there feel what the Russian soldiers the
very people they fighting for had abandoned them
And from money standpoint you are buying the safest
security the world offers today. The United States be-
hind these bonds Every railroad, every factory farm and
homestead every income salary stands for collateral
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-04-19

lhy are there boythe fathered the brothers
we loved the lads worked with and played In that hide
o raging hell of steel and fame poison gas they
barrier between and the destruction that worth the havn
Will the line hold? YES--If you do yom part--YES! -"
You form the second ne and children of
America Without support the falls You must suppv
the for those supplies and munitions the lack of which will
send disaster and DEATH flag to shameful defeat
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
BROTHER WAS ON
sunk HOSPITAL
Misses Sutton Trying to Get
Information Through
British Embassy.

VIM. c. Sutton. a brother OF Misses
Ellen +. and Helen Sutton, OF this
city, is chief engineer on the British
hospital ship LitndCvery Castle. which
was sunk BY German submarine Off
the Irish coast few days ago with
a probable loss OF life 4 200.
The Misses sutton are tndeavoring
to find out II ne was lost or Is a sur
Vivor through the British embassy at
Washington, but So far have not learn
ed what was mis- fate. Arthur w. SUIT.
ton, another brother was engineer
commander in the British navy and
was aboard the battleohip Russell
when il was sunk in the Meditarran-
can in the beginning OF the war but
survived the incident. being one Of a
few survivors.
A nephew Of the Misses Sutton who
was q member 81 the Royal field artil.
lery in the British army was gassed
end killed In tho trenches some time
ago. The Misses Sutton are English
women and haze been I'm America four
years. Miss Ellen is secretary OF the
Cook hospital corporation and her sis.
ter, Miss Helen, Is employed with ths
Wells Fargo Express Company.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
MUST OBEY ALL
FUEL ORDERS TO
THE VERY LETTER
Operators Who Make I'm
proper Shipments Will
Output Seized.

Yesterdays summary notice TO a
nine operator who was loading dirty
coal to unload it or lose his shipping
facilities was net the result OF a sud
den spasm OF zsal on the part OF the
district representative Of the Fuel adj
minstratiOn but was simply an exam
pie Of what IS gong TO happen every
time dirty coal Is loaded. II dirty coal
actually gets out Of the region and Is
refused at the other end the operator
who shipped It will be penalized.
The Fuel administration is going to
have its regulations and the orders j;
issues under them oboyed or know tn
reason why. This was strongly i'm
pressed upon the district representa-
tives at the meeting which was held
ut Washington last week. Another
thing that the district representatives
we're told Is that the authorities at
Washington want the utmost possible
publicity to attend all cases in which
dirty coal Is loaded d. r. Lawson
the representative for the Fairmon
district, said this morning that h
means TO carry out these orders e
the letter no meter who Is hurt I
is q matter which II entirely undo;
CONTINUED On page 81
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
IS KILLED At
POWDER PLANT
Great Property Damage Oc-
ours at Explosives Fac
tory Near Syracuse.
tBy Associated Press)

SYRACUSE, n. Y. July 3.-Forty.
FIVE men were Yilled in the explosion
o! T. n. T. plant Of the SemetSolvay
company at Split Rock, just west Of
this city last night. Forty-twO bodies
have been recovered at S o'clock this
morning and there are three more in
the ruins.
The injured, numbered at least so.
most OF them are IN local hospitals.
but many of them were removed TO
their homes in the rush to remove
them quickly fiom the scene OF the
disaster. Several OF the injured are
expected to die.
At least half Of the great munition
plant was wiped out by the ire and
series OF explosions which followed.
~ least 10 buildings were destroyed
and the property damage will exceed
one million dollcrs.
The explosion occurred al $50
O'CLOCK and shook the entire city. At
least Is buildings of the great NUM-.
ton establishment were wiped out. A
FIRE preceded the explosion by forty
Ave minutes or more When the fire
broke out hundreds Of the workmen
left but others remained to tight the
flames and many o fthesc fell victims
OF the blast.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
Most Interesting Fourth OF
July Program Will
Take Place.
BEGINS At ESQ O'CLOCK
Celebrations Of the Day at
Many Places in -
County.
NJ nv Eairmnnters will

M.uy Fairmonters will .Iriy
tomorrow morning. eat a bite o, break
fast, prepare their Hoover baskets,
and stroll quietly to Loop park 70
spend the day. Many others will wait
until the afternoon to visit the park
then coming with filled baskets, pre-
pared to spend the evening. Hundreds
Of others who do not participate in
the basket picnic will come to the
park to spend a few hours during the
afternoon. All will be on hand at 2:30
o'clock the time set for the opening
OF a most fitting program, in which
every person present will have an op-
portunity to participate.
The Greater FairmOnt band will fur
nish the opening selection which will
be followed by the singing Of Amer
ica," led by Prof. w. d. harrington.
Rehearsals have been held daily for
the patriotic pageant, which is under
the excellent supervision Of Miss
Beryl Morgan.
Much interest also centers in the
unwilling Of the Red Cross and Lib.
erty Loan flags, a suggestion offered by
Mrs. Samuel Leeper, member Of the
committee in charge. Mrs. James A,
Meredith, chairman of the Marion
County Womsn's Liberty Loan com
mittee, which organization, alone, Sc
cured enough subscriptions TO win the
Third Liberty Loan honor flag. will de-
liver the address for the unwilling oil
the Liberty Loan flag Henry S. Live
ly, an active worker in the Red Cross
campaign, will unveil the Red Cross
flag.
Mrs. J. Walter Barnes, who has
! three sons in the service, will take
the part Of Mrs. BiXby and will read
the letter written to Mrs. Bixby by
''Abraham Lincoln.
Another appropriate number will be
the reading of the Declaration of hide.
pendence by Mrs. George DeBolt.
President Wilson's Fourth OF July
message will be given by Charles w.
Evans. The message will be printed
in several different languages and dis.
tributed. 1t is the plan to have Presi-
dent Wilson's Fourth Of July message
read at every community meeting
throughout the country.
Because Of the construction OF the
South Side bridge street car service
will not be the best and persons plan
ming TO attend should not wait until
the very last minute to get to the park.
The traction company is planning to
put on several extra cars and handle
the crowd as best possible under pres.
cnt conditions.
Preceding the program at the park
there will be music on the streets by
the Greater Fairmont band and the
Ira L. Smith drum corps.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
Several Cases From
Helen'S Run Develop

Mucn litigation has resulted from a
family quarrel at Helens Ran. this
county. The troublous waters will be
stilled this afternoon by Justice Mus.
grove when the cases are heard.
Flo Stansberry and Nelson STAINS.
berry, wife and husband, respectively,
have both been charged with assault
and battery on each other. They are
alleged TO have exchanged a number
Of blows. Dave Shifflett is charged
before the same magistrate with hav-
ing threatened to kill Nelson STAINS
berry. Stifflett has retained the SER
vices OF Attorney W. NJ. Kennedy to
defend him. The warrants we're
served by Constable Michael.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
Will Be Some Cash
And Garry GrOcers

A largely attended meeting Of the
Grocers' bureau OF the Fairmont Bus
mess Mems Association was held in
the Jacobs building yesterday evening
at which time the advisabilty Of put
ting into effect the cash and carry
plan in this city was thoroughly dis
cussed. There was some difference
of opinion regarding such action and
it was thought best to let each mer-
chant install the new play where they
thought best.
Several olcal merchants announced
at the meeting last evening that they
wer intending to put the new regula-
tons into effect Immediately. Clyde
Morris, retail food administrator for
Marion county. attended the meeting
yesterday evening and explained the
new sugar regulations.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
No MORE JOHN DOE
SPEEDER ARRESTS
Cops Told To Lock Up Men
They Do Not
Know.

A man whose name is not recorded
on police court dookets was arrested
yesterday afternoon az o'clock for
speeding out Pennsylvania avenue, the
arrest being made by Traffic Officer
Rayling.
Al the time he was arrested he was
making siXty-hve miles per hour. lie
was finally stopped and put up a for.
felt Of so to appear at court this
morning. He did not show up. A.,
court this morning Mayor Bowen in.
structed his officers to accept no for.
leits from any such speeders but to
put them in jail to make sure that they
were at court tie next morning.