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SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY- 4H914. THE NEW AND OBSERVER. 1 ! I if n PLAN: CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT THE National Battle Has Commenced Similar ToThat WTiicljl Worked Wonders Against the Great White Plague T. ITslTinn Delayed Surgery" , . .' . . . or the manifold transformation in habit, custom and procedure which bav remade the world and revolu tionized lit during the laat fifty year -arine)r--UnfortftM-to-tfc- lnt t perhaps, thsn vptilat of the rotdicsl faculty toward the general public 4 Formerly men of medicine did not take the public Into their confidence 1 nir" f r?-f r t-iiwi iiwmv 1 ' lie did not pones the jeneral edu cation which would enable It to grasp i more than rudimentary Idea of sanl tatlon and hygiene, In other word, nJ the public mlndj wu not prepared foft .fs the' confidence which physicians now 5 llace In It, aay a special writer in the ' xr fork Bun. There wa another Important re, aon fof the medical man's attitude; he was by no means sure of himself. He was still tn the erdof experimental practice to a far greater degree than he is today. He was not certain of his diagnosis tor. hi course of treat ment In cases that today are definite ly charted. The practitioner of for mer times would have considered It highly dangerous to glv a fever pa tient all the water he wasted to drink; to maka a consumptive live outdoors night as well as day; to place afcuulTerer from pneumonia on the roof of his city home In freesln weather. . Medical research ha given practi tioners the confidence that accompa nies absolute surety in directions whlch were largely experimental only a few years ago. Through newspapers and magaslnes, through college courses and schools and public leo- . tures, has been aroused a great and widespread public Interest In all mat ters pertaining to health, longevity and general well being. Thus It hsppened that as a result of manv developments condition wt fitting om" titr ago fof inedt a1 nract tlonera comDleteiy to re verse the attitude they had previously held toward the public; to take the -.jrobll" nto their confidence,, and urRe the w He to assist them in stamping out uieeaMt formerly believed to Ie ineradicable. Tuberculosis Campaign. But a few years have, elapsed sine the campaign was commenced against the great whrte plagtrej -wtth -what re- sults every Intelligent person is fa miliar. And it marked more strik ,..trBirirHiatu;ti. d the roeoirai laout ty'w attitude toward the general pub- lie . . ,-. The actual cause of tubercular af fectibn was ascertained without iue-tion- and the conditions under which It thrived. Simultaneously was seen 'the remedy. Fresh air, sunlight, the best of food and plenty of It, rest of mind and body and every hope for complete recovery that. In brief, was the prescription, Instead of long years of seml-lmprlsonment In close rooms and avoidance or fresh air. Until the ontl-tuberculosls campaign was fully under way the general pub lic had but the slightest Idea of the extent find the ravage or this dis- ina In Its various forma And now that thet campaign has result ln victories for science and common sense hardly hoped for by Its most sanguine supporters, the medical lac ulty has Inaugurated another .wide Dread campaign against t foe' even ' more Insidiota and rnoraatnieatt to deal with that of cancer. The Con gress of Surgeons of North Carolina met at Chicago recently to consider the entire subject and especially to start a national movement for public education regarding the disease, tn the confident expectation that thou sands of men and women now suffer ing Its incipient forms may have their loves prolonged, that others may avoid needless agony accompanying lives prolonged, that others may be wholly cured. Why Cancer Is Insldlouk. Up to the present time no man has arisen wh can prove to the world of science that he knows absolutely and without question the exact cause of oancerou affection. This I what makes cancer a foe far more insidious to deal with than tuberculosis. The difficulty Is Increased by the fact thai cancer Is far more common than tne oublio believes. , t' When a man gets appendicitis he IThows It: he needs no confirmation besides that of his family physician likewise when tuberculosis Is sum clently advanced there is little dlffl culty In diagnosing it Other disease are recognised generally as being; widespread, nut tne average person of Intelligent? has but the faintest Idea of the earlier symptoms of can cer. Comparatively few who are af fllcted with the disease realise that :. T If surgery I resorted to goon tnotHrh It can be wholly eradicated. For these reason the Surgeons are under taking a determined effort to Impress the public with the fart that hop lo the cancer patient He not In serum or other like remedy, hut in the kntr. As Dr. Charles H. Mayo has expressed It: "The risk Is not In surgery, but In ' delayed surgery. 'reparations for the congress were commenced long ago.. Among other svstematia atepsttaken" at many places throughout the country a meeting was, held at the New Tork Academy of Medicine, on May 15 last where several men presented a symposium of opinion on the subject One o these papers, entitled "Public Ed una tlon In Cancer," was read by Pr. Willy Meyer, attending surgeon to the Oer man and the Post Graduate hospitals. and has lust been Duoiisnea in tn New York Medical Journal. Without definitely stating that he accepts any of the theories as to the direct cause - of carcinoma, Irv Meyer leanr decld pdly toward the theory that a living ' organism Is its cause. .The publlo continually asks whether cancer Is contagious, and to this nr. Meyer replies In th negative. "Never has it been observed," he adds, "that faithful wife assisting a nurse attend ing i nick husband for months an . year', has become Infected witt a"y-trouhle; never has It been re- r fed that a surgeon pricking him ". 'Keif in the course of an operation Tor -cerewioma waa Attacked with the die " se. Ahd yet this ha occurred fol lowing an Injury received during an ' . , operation for tuberculosis. Evidently transmission must go In carcinoma in . . a different way from Individual to ln- , dividual. ' - Karl Rureerv Advised, The question as to whether cancer ran, be cured with an operation ur, , , Meyer answer win a eoiae in, . provided th patient goes to a surgeon tn the early stages of the disease. u servatlons throughout the world con firm ihls. -.- .'- , h . . ,t "Aftd Juat thlnkv" Dr. Meyer con tlnues, "In what an advanced stage . these patients Ant hifreouently reach 5 the surgeon. How manv mors eould have been saved bad they com to I V j. aperatiun at an earlier period. liehce OE EDUCATION CANCER CURSE the watchword is and alwayi will be: Early operationl "But early operation depend en early, diagnosis. To make both poa alble I think special eur ahoutd be given. In otH eel lege oatlia-Mrly symptom -of cancer. It Is necessary though It la undoubtedly true that In many Instances the family physician la not to blame tf hi patients reach the Sur i -r r ut'-nee. 'llv U lefana' During the presentation of hi ad dress at the Academy of Medicine Dr. Meyer told hie fellow practitioner that In hi opinion ther caa be no question a to the need of, educating tTte public alone th line of which he peaking, and illustrated tni need by mentioning Instance familiar to. medical men of considerable prac tice, i Our female patient," he said, have to learn that a tumor of the breast, though It be of but alow growth and never occasions sny pain. la nevertheless, most dangerous. How many times do we' hear the state ment from our patienta, 'Weir. It did not hurt me, so I waited, because I thought the tumor waa of ad im portance.' . Th public must be taugnt the cltmlnal truth: they must learn that every tumor la a surgical disease "The public must be taught that In vent of a rather rapid onset of so- called Indigestion which remains un relieved despite everything the phy- slclan thay have tried, and rin the absence of tenderness over goii mad der and appendicular region, the pres ence of a cancer of the stomach must b considered. They themselves should be educated to the point of insisting upon an examination under an thesis, or If that too should still leave doubt on an exploratory laparotomy. This certainly, la no plum desideratum. A Goal That a It-irrd. Think what they have Jearqed In regard to appendicitis, how they n i.. Inrfii mrlth th lalnmeOt ) DnrtorrT'haa" aide of my abdomen; it also hurt me on pressure, r hear from my menas that this is a sign of appendiciti I'Jease . txamjn jme .and If.. necessary FWred Tongue, ft ad Taste.1 Indiges tion. Sallow 8kia ahd Mlserahle Head- achea come from a torpid liver and loered. constlbated bowels, wblcn cause your stbmach to- tiecome filled with undigested food, whlcn sours ana ferments like garbage In a swill bar rel. That's the first step to untold misery foul gases, bad breath, yel CASCARETS" IF HEADACHY. BIUOUS. WE CARRY a complete line of Cigars at all times. Also High Grade Toilet Articles. Telephone us your wants. TUCKER BUILDING PHARMACY Both Phones 134. MUTT AND JEFF THE MORNING AFTER J HAPPV yil) SKUY ypt : JM ' ;" - remove the appendix. T.hlsjs the goal we have been working for as regards this treacherous disease for many yera How many lives are saved nowaday by the proper recognition of the dangers of appendicitis by the public at large. "At this moment It Is scarcely necessary to discus me question of how the public should be instructed. The hall.- fortunately; nas Been ian- We all know of the general pun- campaign- thai-Aa beenJtaJten the cancer campaign comma- tee oKthe Congreea of Surgeon ot North America. W know that the New Tok committee " was formed with the iupport of 'wealthy peoole Who have md It their buslne to promulgate among th public the truth, jraidlngX-maUgnana. dtaeaae, Th wav along wWch they hav ad vanoed ta the eortet -owf. Aleie should appear 4a ourrkly or mon thly JournalSr-and from Ihes they ahould be cooled In tnMally prea" It 1 understood that plans fop an nsiDs MmniWn v4" HiihfVS m1 IKMl. nounced at a certain stage of theTTro- ceedinca of th Congress Of North American Burgeon In tnicago.' ,aj a whol it I expected thst thl can cer education will follow that under taken o successfully tn the matter or tuberculosla Campaign of FublMty. In Addition t authorltatlv pre sentation of th enj Ira subject every effort will be made to lmpres th publlo with the prevalenc of the disease; of th way It progresses: of symptom which every person of ordi nary Intelligence should nolle. and which should be called to the atten tion of a competent physician with out delay. Special emphasis will be laid on this important point for It Is agreed at ths present timt that the hope of a cancer patient lies In Just one thing early and prompt appeal to surgical advice ana treatment. Information has not been given oilt as yet regarding th financing of a national campaign, nut It I under stood that the example of wealthy New York men and women wilt be followed In other cltle and Btati. so that lectures, exhibit proper for the general public, pamphlets and other printed matter may oe provided for million of peopla Mor than anything else th sur geon ar counting on ths dallv news paper and monthly magaxlnea to arouse positive Interest In the cancer camDaicn and to Turtner its ucoes. It 1 not expected tnal memuer or me profession will themselves write ar ticles for the press, but everything Information before those whose busi ness it . Is to writ and to comment upon the news developments or tne world low skin, mental fears, everything that .is horrible-, and .nauseating. 1 A Cascaret tonight wlir straighten you out by morning a 10-cent box from your druggist will -keep your l-iver active, Bowels clean. Stomach ewe , Head clear, and make you feel bully for montha Don't forget the t hli dren. I PRICE 10 CENTS CASCARETS work while ydu sleep. SANTA -CTAfH HOARDS A . piixMAN M.KKFIXG CAR, How Old Kris Krlngle VMtcd a tittle Lad on a Train. (Washington Post.) ' V "Santa Claus never appeared so lovely to me, as on last Wednesday, Christmas eve, on board a Pullman sleeping: car, the last place In th world to look for th fat little man," remarked Hunter C. Rice, a business man of New Tork. at theBnorehanC "I shall always treasure In my mem ory the Incidents of that night, and for th Test of my life I shall teach th little ones always to bellay that Santa Claus Is real. "I wa bound for my horn In West Virginia to spend Christmaa At Bal timore ther was brought aboard tn icurlr-headed boy Inst past S, He was In charge of the conductor. , The phy sician told us that the lad wa going to Ul homit-WhMo-HuJhuf ftoripg ifjr "C1K WeBt"yi Israel: hoepltala where he had been treated for hip-disease, lit little leg wu shriveled and helplea. his pretty face Wan and pinched, but he was full of the, Christmas spirit. correspondent of a West Vlr- ginlaHiaper boarded th tralmrt" Washington, lie saw the little fel low' paH face peering out through the curtln. and to the newspaper man the box. confided that he wa waiting for Santa Claus. The writer tried to. soften thc disappointment that he believed tvould come In, the morning by telling tbe youngster that Santa Claus didn't visit sleeping cars oh moving trains, buthat doubtless when the boy got home he would And that Santa Claus had beenXjhere. The little fellow wouldn't have l and In sisted that his stocking beplnned on the outside or the curtalnsV and whn that was dono he turned Xver and peacefully went, to sleep to dre: oT' Kris Knngle. "Wo got busy. Everybody on board that train became Interested. A Uni ted State marine going home for the, holidays offered a brand-new pair of government socks In place of th stocking. An Inventory waa mad of the baggage of every man on board. A kindly-faced matron suggwted that he had a trunk ful of toys In the bag gage oar ahead, but It was Impossi ble -to find the trunk. The Wash ington correspondent dug down Into his grip and pulled out a box of candy he was taking, home to his mother. ur f tacea ww'ttir TOkmg.!"""A'"Nw York drumnw found a box of mints he hadn't opened, . Into the stocking It went There were no toys to be had., andihe. stores in the Aowne along the. . routs .. were closed. But in the morning a dining car wa at taction to the train, and a raid was made. Apples and oranges and grapes were obtained out of the larder and placed.. IttJtha, stock lngj "I was raUier glad there were no women up when we reached White Buh'hur, else there would have beyi ielllW'"1 hi lunberr poked hi tmrly head ont .of the herth, and. looking up at his stocking, he smiled: told you Hanta- Claus wouldn't rtilfls mv "You should have jMenahe pjocea-J nioii innr ruuowetj ine mile leunw onto the platfqrm at White Sulphur. I guess there wasn't a dry eye in th crowd. Even the, jporter waa shading bis eye. IN MEMCRIAM IX MEMORY OF MRS. IiOVISA; rorsTAix, Mrs. I,oulsa Fountain, widow of the late Almon Fountain and tne of , the most beloved and best known women of Edgecombe county, died on Mon day morning, Deoimher 22. 191 S. at t1t:r5"T"m7cRarter nominees" of t-o weeks of apoplexy at her home on her plantation, Cedar Iaiie, near l-eggctt at tne e or sixty-five years. She was the daughter of the late Richard Tillman Kagles And Penelope Ragles, and was born on Deceinber 14, 1848 at Kagli-iv the plantation of her father near old Sparta In Kdge- comne county. Hhe was a young girl during the War Between the States, and was a true daughter of the South, am help ed to endure the vicissitudes arid suf ferings which were caused by the war, having had three rirothers In the Southern cause wounded at Hpottayl vanla ourt house In Virginia. At the point called the Horse Shoe; the ef NEW YEAR'S EVE Silig- . . ..... v , It is our intention housewives. We have made great preparation (or this January Housekeeping Dry Goods Sale, and it will repay every housekeeper many times over to come and see our Carpets, Rugs, Mattings, Linoleums, Blankets, Eider Down, Quilts, Bed Comfortables, Counterpanes, CLaaIa mm J. DmIIawb nist V k m a f4 am tsft J T Maiin j!a ouccu auu i uiu w vac, uucu, vui ituus auu N.B. Every housekeeper of English Indian Tree China. fe t of the wounds caused his death J nine days later. v At the close or the war. tn .mt 187Xhe married Atmon Fountain, a youngM'otifederate soldier, who hud served (hiring the entire war tn her brother's cnpipany. and they together set to work iK help rebuild and mend Tthe lifffKHFTliBy 1 this beautiful un.iihiinil. nnd line liven 10 we in fruits of her labor hfld the South to conn- partially into heNown. he was the typlfal IWmthern wo man whose delight was toXntertaln her friends and whose charity ex tended to all around her In need, "tooth, while nnd colored. She was indeeda neighbor to all. and was an earnest Christian worker, being a member of the ITesbyterlan church. Olivet,-near her home, and wa a regular attend ant at all services and felt it her duty to welcome everyone there and never grew too old to be a Sunday school scholar, she having attended Sun ,iP.. a.-honl the Sunday lief ore her last illness, and she was ever ready n n to make this January most interesting to all ' Everyone Will t)e ven the best Iti.il IflUil Ul - yited to come Kin with a smile tospeak-worde-ef l LllenT fulness and to help uplift the falls hUe W4ts a mother of a large family of eleven children nine of whom sur vive. l sons anil three daughters to Hue up call her Meaned. Metiers. Charlie, Arthur, and Mn Msry Iw rence, wife of Thomas Ijiwrence, of Far W eakaen an4 !.. f AppXIte. The Old Nundard general ulrengthenlnf tonlr, lildlVK'H TASTKI.ES .hill TONIC, driven out Mulurla and builds up the -tern. A true Innli- siid sure ApfMttter. Fur anuil. snu raiiiireo. .imi-. a V ANCHOR Till ST CO. Thexannual meeting of the stnrk holdersNjf the Anchor Trust Com pany will -lie held In Its banking rooms on Tuesday, the ISth of Jsn narv 114- st J-o',,,0'l p. ni. ' L.. E. COVINGTON, Vice-Fres dly to 1-1S ui a ici ics, cii attention. ompai1 'l''tEt0Q9W - and see our showing 4eggetts; Benjamin and rit. mt J Mrs. Margaret Savage, wife of Frank rvpavaaa, at Tarboror Hoert, of Fotih-" tain, IV. t.; Kichard Fountain, K!ord er rf Hui ky Mount: and Walter rouhraln. of Km-ky Mount. Also on sIster.XMIns Hllphia Katies, of Crisp and onbrot)ier, Theopilus Fugles of MaiiniHn'ive .Him 4ms telt to kr ueacenoaniatne memory of many vlr juea. She ks liuleed' a mother In Israel. Tafb oro, V O James A. Salter ARCHITECT. lemiaercui Baa Blda. EtUrfi w Call la M n. Bhan In tm. - .1 ye eaa aot come, writ aod w. will By "Bud Frsher' .
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