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NO INDEPENDENCE
FOR PHILLIPPINES
Washington, D. C.—President Cool
idge informed the Philippine inde
pendence mission today that in his
opinion the time has not yet come
for separation of the Philippine is
lands from the United States.
In a letter to Manuel Roxas, chair
man of the mission, the President
also declared that the United States
government "has full confidence in
the ability, good intentions, fairness
and sincerity” of Governor General
Wood.
"In the present state of world re
lationship,” the letter said, the
American government owes an obli
gation to continue extending a pro
tecting arm to the people of these
islands.”
Mr. Coolidge’s letter was written in
reply to resolutions passed by the
island legislature asking for inde
pendence and attacking General
Wood. The President’s views are ex
pected to have weight in House con
sideration of a bill providing for
independence, recently reported by
the insular committee. This measure,,
committee members say, was brought
in merely to place the question
squarely before the House itself for
discussion.
"The government of the United
States,” the President wrote, “would
not feel that it had performed its
full duty by the Filipino people, or
discharged all of its obligations to
civilization if it should yield at this
, time to your aspiration for national
independence.”
The communication was 3,000
words in length and reviewed in de
tail the declarations of the Philip
pines legislature and the grievances
against General Wood. The gist of
the complaint, the President said,
was “that the present executive au
thority of the islands is, in your
opinion, out of sympathy with the
reasonable aspirations of the Fili
pino people.”
“It is occasion for satisfaction to
all concerned,” the President wrote,
“that this declaration is couched in
terms of moderation and that it
goes no farther, than to invoke "all
lawful means within our power.’
So long as such discussion as this
shall be conlined to the conisderation
of lawful means there will be rea
son to anticipate mutually beneticent
conclusions. That you have thus
declared the purpose to restrict your
modes of appeal and methods of en
forcing it is gratifying evidence of
the "progress which the Filipino peo
pie under American auspices have
made toward a demonstrated capaci
ty for self-government.”
MRS. E. A. GREVES
IS HONOREE
Mrs. J. H. Moye and Mrs. J. E
Freeman was at home Friday after
noon at a lovely tea from three to
live o’clock, honoring Mrs. K. A.
Greves, of Syracuse, N. Y„ who is
the attractive guest of her sister,
Mrs. W. W. Smith.
The Moye home was a bower of
beauty with its decorations of frag
rant daffodils and shaded lights.
Mrs. Freeman, wearing a handsome
gown ol black velvet, received at
the door.
In line receiving with Mrs. Moye
were Mrs. Greves, Mrs. W. W. Smith
and Mrs. Mary Shook. All these
ladies wore handsome afternoon cos
tumes. The honor guest wore a
gown of exquisite lace with a cor
sage of violets.
Tea was served in the dining
room from a table elaborate in its
appointment of silver. A gorgeous
blue bowl filled with magnificent daf
fodils was used in the center and
lovely tapers burned in silver cande*
labra and silver candle sticks. Mints
and almonds carried out hte prevail
ing color scheme.
Mrs. Waters poured tea and was [
assisted by Mrs. Grist, Mrs. McDow
ell and Mrs. Butler.
Other ladies assisting were Mrs. j
R. C. Singletary, Mrs. A. H. Gray i
and Mrs. W. G. Park.
Miss Evelyn Dußose and Mrs. Os- ;
car Whitchard rendered a splendid j
musical program.
Quite a large number of ladies
called during the hours.
A Griffon Suit of Clothes, an Etch
iuson Hat and a pair of Peters Shoes
assures a well dressed man. We
handle them exclusively In Blakely.
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HUMAN BODY HAS
MANY PAIN SPOTS
Danger Signals Warnings Which
We Must Obey.
ARE NATURE'S PHONE SYSTEM
In the midst of pressing political
business President Coolidge took time
off to write a cordial letter accepting
the honorary presidency of the Gorgas
Memorial Institute of Tropical and
Preventive Medicine, to be established
at Panama City. Five million dollars
is to be raised for this purpose by
popular subscription,- and no more dif
ficulty Is anticipated In securing this
amount than was experieaced by the
Red Cross In raising funds for stricken
Japan. American generosity knows
no atlnt when relieving human pain Is
the object In view.
Nor is this high valuation of pain a
modern development. The early Ro
man law*, while recognizing slavery,
carefully prescribed the amount of
pain any master might Inflict upon his
slaves. During the Middle Ages,
when the value of pain was lost sight
of, great barbarity and decadence re
sulted. But English law began, grad
ually, to take account of puin. If one
person Injured another, tfie individual
hurt could collect more damages for
his pain and suffering than could be
collected by his heirs if he were killed
outright.
American law today, In most states,
limits the damage for accidental kill
ing of another person to a fixed
amount, usually about $5,000, but if
the Injured Individual lives, even for
a few seconds, and suffers conscious
pain, there is no limit to the sum a
Jury may award for his suffering.
No Pain Inside of Body.
Nearly everybody Instinctively
agrees with this high valuation of
pain, but very few reulize the high
value that nature herself has placed
apon It in building up the human or
ganism. Pain Is the danger signal,
and our bodies are so made that we
are obliged to obey it, whether we
want to or not. And the receiving
stations for this natural danger signal
are distributed over the body just
where they will do the most good.
Scientists of ancient times believed
that the whole body, inside and out,
was sensitive to pain. Surgeons begun
to operate, however, before anesthet
ic! were discovered, and as a result of
this early surgery, it was found that
there were regions Inside the body
where no pain at all was felt.
The Intestines, for instance, can be
cut and handled quite roughly with
out 1 pain to tile owner. This is a com- j
sorting fact to remember when the '
papers report that some hardy pa- j
tfftit hns taken only a local anes
thetic, so that he can watch (be op
eration performed upon himself. Cut
ting through the body wall would be
painful, but the local anesthetic,
usually an injection of cocaine, stops
all sensation there. And once the sur
geon gets inside the body he can cut
away to bis heart’s content without
bothering the patient at all. This fact
led Investigators to the conclusion
that they must look for special pain
organs In the body.
Millions of Pain Spots.
Everybody knows that sticking a
needle into the fiesh is a painful ex
perience. But only those who have
experimented upon themselves with
considerable care realize that there
are many spots to be found where a
needle can be thrust deeply into the
body wKhout causing the slightest
sensation. Again, there are places
where the slightest touch of the
needle's point arouses pain instantly.
These are called “pain spots," and
'have been plotted out with consider
able care by psychological Investiga
tors, as a seaman plots out islands on
a navigator's map. It Is estimated
that the average number of pain spots •
on the human body Is about 8,000,000.
After this discovery, It was thought
that the problem of pain organs was
solved. Each pain spot was found to
lie near the end of a tiny nerve fibril,
and it was believed that an organ too
to be seen with the microscope
must be attached to the nerve ending
to give rise to the feeling of pain. But
such theoretical organs have never
| been found.
On the contrary, it lias since been
i found that only those nerves which
have no special organs, called "end or
gana." attached to them can cause
pain at the slightest touch. But other
, end organs, which at first produce a
sensation of touch, or of cold, or of
warmth, will cause pain if the pres
i sure or temperature applied to them
i Is too intense. The difference is only
one of intensity of “stimulation.” This
| discovery has led to an entirely new
theory of pain In recent years, which
credits the nerves back of the skin
with causing a sensation to be felt as
painful.
An English physician, Doctor Head,
j resolved to sacrifice his own nerves to
science. Be had a nerve trunk cat In
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Howard’s /Will
We are having some pretty weath
er at this writing.
Mrs. B. O. Forrest spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her mother,
.Vrs. E. Z. Hill.
Mr. Charlie Dunning, of Blakely,
was in our burg Sunday afternoon.
Lee Hill spent Sunday with her
friend, Miss Audrey Morse.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Moulton, of
Jakin, were in our burg this after
noon.
Mr. R. M. Hill made a flying trip
to his son’s, Mr. GorSon Hill, of
Miller county, Sunday.
Miss Ollie Dean Bell spent Sunday
with Miss Audrey Morse.
Mr. Emmett Hill spent Saturday ;
night with his cousin, Bill Ragan, of
Miller county.
Miss Audrey Morse spent last
week with her aunt. Mrs. Mamie
Morse.
Mr. Clay Brown, of Boykin, was
in our burg Sunday.
MY. Tom Lewis’ home was burned ,
Saturday night. Didn’t save any- ;
thing but his meat and lard. (
Miss Ozelma Hill left Wednesday
for Dothan, where she will go in
training as a nurse.
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tils elbow, so tHaf no" sensations aT aTI
could be felt in his hand and lower
forearm. Then the severed nerve was
tied together, and it began slowly to
heal.
As this process went on, there ap
peared areas on his hand where he
could feel touch, hut could feel no
pain at all, no matter how intensely
the hand was stimulated. Doctor
Heed concluded, therefore, that there
must be special pain fibers in the gen
era! nerve trunk which had been cut.
The touch fibers, from the parts of the
build referred to, healed first, thus
carrying their messages of touch to
the brain. But until the pain fibers
healed no pain whatever could be felt.
Safety Valve Nerve*.
Another Englishman, Doctor Sher- ,
rington, completed the tracing of pain
messages from skin to brain. He ex
perimented upon animals, sending
electric currents over the nerves in
side i lie spinal column. As a result
Sherrington discovered that whenever
any nerve was stimulated too Intense
ly, the excess nerve current was
drained off into a sort of safety-valve
nerve, or pain fiber.
Thus we may feel touch and pain at
the same time, from the same cause.
But when these pain fibers reach the
; spine they are all combined Into a
sort of pain conduit, where all the
j overlntense nerve currents, or im
pulses from all over the body, can
travel without burning out the rest of
the nervous system. Thus has nature
provided a special telephone line, as It
were, between the outside of the body
and the brain, made of extra heavy
wire to carry emergency messages.
We begin to feel pain, probably, be
fore we are horn. Certainly within a
few hours after birth the baby stom
ach begins to squeeze together caus
ing “hunger pangs.” Immediately all
else is forgotten. The baby cries and
howls until he gets his food, and his
internal pain is thus stopped.
Similarly, with grown-ups, a good,
sharp hunger pang will take prece
dence of all else. The words of a
friend gain scant attention, once the
hunger pangs begin. And, in light of
the discoveries of Heud and Sherring
ton, we know why this must be so.
The pain messages have a specially
built trunk-llpe to the brain, so that
they can always take precedence over
all other sensations. A pain always
means that the body Is being injured,
and nature has devised the clever
pain above described to force us to
pay immediate attention to the spot
! threatened.
If it were not for this emergency
pain signal, a baby’s hand, for In
stance. might be burned off before the
Infant withdrew it from the fire. In
cases of paralysis this sometimes hap
pens. Instances have been known In
train wrecks where injury to the spine
destroyed the pain connection to feet
and legs. As a result the Injured per
son may allow his lower limbs to be
badly crushed by objects lying upon
them, whereas, if nature’s telephone
system were intact he would be forced
to exert himself and remove the dan
gerous weight.
Our bodies, in short, are so arranged
that whenever we feel pain we know
we must get rid of It instantly, at all
costs. History shows that nations
whose laws and customs have placed
the highest value on getting rid of
pain have advanced most rapidly. The
quick response of the United States to
the call of human suffering Is, there
fore, one of the healthiest signs of
American progress—Chicago Dally
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What the Public Should Know
About Cancer
r
Prepared for Publication by Cancer
Commission of Medical Ass'n. of i
Georgia and the Georgia Division of i
the American Society for the Con-!
trol ov Cancer.
In the previous communications we
have spoken of cancers as occurring
in those of mature life and old age,
but there is a form that attacks even
young children and babies; in fact, it
may be present in a baby at birth.
This form of cancer is known as
"sarcoma.”
It arises in certain organs of the
body more often than in others. Some
times it is found in or between the
muscles and in the bones and joints.
The lymph glands may be primarily
involved. There are many varieties
of sarcoma; some are much more
malignant than others; some grow
very rapidly and yield to no treat-
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! ment; others grow slowly and do
| not recur when removed.
I Sarcoma spreads from the primary
! tumor to distant parts of the body
jby means of the blood stream. The
cells grow into the vessels which
pass through the tumor, are broken
off and then carried to the lungs,
the liver, brain and, in fact, any
part of the body. As soon as a
tumor is discovered consult a doctor.
Let him take the responsibility!
Sarcoma occurs in the jaws, around
the joints, and in the long bones.
A very careful study is necessary to
make a diagnosis, but once it is
made extensive and radical means
should be used in the treatment.
In closing this series we wish to
urge those who have any suspicious
symptoms to consult a physician. If
he is not sure, have a consultation.
Do not put off seeing a doctor! It
may cost you your life!