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ECONOMIC
HIGHLIGHTS
Happening* That Affect the Din
ner Pails, Dividend Check* and
Tax Bills of Every Individual.—
National and International Prob
lem* Inseparable from Local
Welfare.
Mr. Roosevelt’s announcement of
a special session of Congress, to con
vene November 15, cannot be head
lined as a surprise. As this column
pointed out some time ago, men in
touch with the White House were
convinced that the President had de
termined on a special session months
ago, and the only question was the
precise date.
Asserted reason for the session is
new farm aid legislation, with Fed
eral hours and wages laws as run
ners-up in importance. But in the
view of some commentators, the real
purpose of the special session has
not been officially announced.
Those who follow politics have
noticed " rather remarkable change
in Mr. Roosevelt’s more recent
speeches and public announcements.
He has been much less critical than
in the past of the groups which op
pose his Administration’s aims and
methods. On his swing around the
country, most of his major and minor
talks were comparatively mild in tone
and wording. It has been widely
said by responsible newspapermen,
that the speech he had originally
planned to deliver at Bonneville was
a slashing attack on the opposition
—and that he changed his mind,
once he got away from the always
stultifying air of Washington, and
substituted the calm and relatively
dispassionate speech he actually de
livered.
As a consequence, to use the words
of Paul Mallon, there is a strong
feeling that “all this maneuvering
of the past few weeks is a clever
and effective screen for a rather
complete unannounced reformation
of the New Deal from within.”
Mr. Mallon cites a “good friend
of the White House” as authority for
the statement that the President has:
1. Definitely renounced the plan of
heavy government spending to bol
ster business and prices; feels that
government spending must be reduc
ed and the budget balanced, and that
price rises must be halted. 2. Aband
oned the Supreme Court reorganiza
tion measure. 3. Come to the be
lief that the government can do more
for the country by returning to two
of the original objectives of his Ad
ministration—farm aid, and control
■of wages and hours. 4. Decided to
center attention or international af
fairs (his widely-praised Chicago
speech marked the send-off here) to
“cover removal of emphasis from old
policies which have failed.”
If all this is true, and there is
certainly abundant evidence to justi
fy the guess that it is at least partly
true, the New Deal is not only under
going a reformation but a revolu
tion. This does not mean that the
President has eliminated all the more
“radical” phases of his past pro
gram—he still believes in big-scale
government hydro-electric develop
ment and increased power for the
Executive. It does mean that some
of the theories which caused a major
split within his own party, to say
nothing of intensifying the opposi
tion of the other party, may have
been dropped over-board. At any
rate, the theories detailed by Mr.
Mallon, and held by other experts
in the exciting political field, are
worth thinking about. Whether or
not they are accurate to any im
portant degree will be proven by the
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special session, and by the regular
session which convenes next Janu
uary.
Business has been quiet lately
—and the labor index of activity is
substantially below the high levels
reached this spring and early sum
mer. The steadily falling stock mark
et values, and anticipate an upward
trend in the near future.
In spite of improvement in certain
fields, Business Week’s typical baro
meter of business conditions has re
cently been slightly below the level
touched during the same weeks last
year. Major factor in the drop has
been the curtailment of steel mill
operations.
Business briefs of interest follow:
RAILROAD: Operating employes
demanded a 20 per cent wage in
crease—this was arbitrated and a
44 cents a day increase was finally
accepted. Additional wage costs to
the industry will total $35,000,000
a year. The roads have petitioned
the IOC for permission to raise rates
and at this writing, no action on the
petition has been taken.
BUILDING: F. W. Dodge Corpora
tion recently reported that for the
first time this year, contracts fell
under, last year’s comparative level.
APPLIANCES: Household labor
saving applicances, in spite of the
normal seasonal decline, have been
selling materially better than last
year. Sales of electric stoves have
been especially good.
AUTOMOBILES: With the ap
pearance of new models, production
has stepped up. Makers expect a
big year. The new cars are a little
higher priced than last year; are
slightly roomier and more powerful,
otherwise differ little, mechanically
or in appearance.
RETAIL SALES:: September fig
ures show advances over September,
1936. Department and specialty
stores look forward to a tremendous
holiday business.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere ap
preciation to our friends for their
many acts of kindness and sympa
thy shown us during the illness and
death of our love one, Mr. J. Q.
Scarborough, also for the beautiful
floral offerings.
May God’s richest blessings ever
abide with you.
Wife, Children and Grandchildren.
A $7.50 trunk free with every
cash purchase of $75.00 at BECK
HAM’S.
Blakely Livestock
Yards—
Before you sell your CATTLE and
HOGS, come out and see us. See
for yourself what proposition we
have to offer you.
We guarantee top market, correct
weight, and your money when they
are weighed out.
Hilton Jones, Mgr.
ATTENTION FARMERS!
Let us assist you in securing Government loans
on your cotton. We have high grade warehouses
in Atlanta, Albany, Athens, Cedartown, Macon,
Rockmart, Savannah and Tallapoosa, Georgia;
Attalla, Birmingham, Dothan, Guntersville and
Montgomery, Alabama; Pensacola, Florida; Char
lotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; and Green
ville, South Carolina, which have been operated
for a number of years by competent and expe
rienced men.
We will grade your cotton without any
charge to you.
We will further make out, at no expense to
you, all necessary papers for you to get the
loan.
Insured warehouse receipts will be issued.
A very low storage rate of 25 cents for the first
month and 16.2 cents, including insurance, for
each month thereafter is offered you.
SHIP YOUR COTTON TO US AND BE SURE TO
PREPAY THE FREIGHT
If any other information is desired, communicate
with us at the nearest location listed above.
SOUTHEASTERN COMPRESS &
WAREHOUSE COMPANY
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
“For Health’s Sake”
By MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
BACKACHE
Backache is a symptom and not a
disease. Almost all acute diseases
—influenza, malaria, measles, in
fact, practically every acute illness
is ushered in with pain the back
associated with a variety of other
symptoms which the medical pro
fession calls general malaise. As
soon as the patient recovers from
the effects of his acute illness the
pain subsides, though, occasionally,
the poison of the illness localizes in
the spinal column leaving behind
bony changes which may cripple for
an indefinite time. Fortunately
this sequel is rare. The medical pro
fession believes this acute aching,
which is not limited to the back, is
due to the poisons thrown into the
system by the bacteria or viruses
causing the disease.
Injuries of various kinds cause
pains in the back, but in such cases
the cause is so evident and the re
medial agents so well known that
their discussion under this heading
would seem superfluous.
In addition to the causes already
mentioned there is a type of back
pain for which patients consult phy
sicians, and which is a long-standing
and disabling nature. Every intel
ligent physician knows that when such
a one presents himself of herself for
relief that to ferret out the cause is
many times difficult, and that re
medial measures while sometimes
easy, oftentimes prove difficult and
time-consuming. Contrary to popular
belief the term lumbago—another
name for backache—is very seldom
due to kidney disease. In fact one
may have advanced Bright’s disease
without any accompanying backache.
The only disease of the urinary tract
that is almost invariably accompanied
by one-sided backache is stone in the
kidney, and this comes on so sud
denly that a physician is hastily sum
moned for relief.
Many women suffer from backache,
particularly mothers. The pain is
usually between the shoulder blades
and to the left of the spinal column.
This type of backache usually occurs
after the morning house-cleaning, is
relieved by lying down, and is caused
by the relaxation of the muscles of
the abdomen caused by child-bearing,
though sometimes it is a congenital
abnormality. Rest, fattening foods,
freedom from worry and too much
household work, and the wearing of
a properly fitted corset will do much
to alleviate the discomfort. Modern
female specialists place little cred
ence in the old belief that displaced
female organs cause this type of
backache.
Orthopedic surgeons have taught
us that various deformities and dis
eases of the spine, unnatural pos
tures, and faulty types of the sup
porting arches in the feet may be
throwing strain upon muscles unusual
to such work cause disability which
■is manifested by pain in the back.
General surgeons have brought to at
tention that sometimes the earliest
sign of malignant tumors involving
the pelvis may be backache. As a
result of the above findings physi
cians are now loath to make a diag
nosis of lumbago or sciatica without
exhausting every effort to prove that
there is not something more serious
at the bottom of the discomfort.
Our bodies harbor micro-organisms
in great variety and numbers. Some
are harmless, probably helpful as
scavengers. But at any time the
harmful kind may migrate to a point
where there is dead matter to feed
upon and there set up disease pro
cesses. At the present time the ton
sils, teeth, sinuses, intestinal, urinary
and genital tracts are thought to be
the point where they reside most
frequently, and, are carried by the
blood stream to localities where food
can be obtained. We say they are
attraced there in some manner as
the vulture to carrion. The spinal
column is a frequent site for their
destination as the part of the body
supports the trunk, and is subject
to many strains and injuries. As a
result of their growth and multiplica
tion spurs are formed on the ver
tebral bodies, and these irritate the
soft tissues causing pain. The remedy
is to find the focus, remove it, and
make the patient as comfortable as
possible. Cures are the rule, death
does not result from the involvement
of the spine in this type of infection
but it may take some time to obtain
ultimate relief.
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ARLINGTON NOVEMBER 3
JAKIN NOVEMBER 4
NICKELSVILLENOVEMBER 5, A. M.
NEWBERRY’S STORENOVEMBER 5, P. M.
DAMASCUS NOVEMBER 10 AND 2£
ROWENA NOVEMBER 11
LUCILE NOVEMBER 12
HILTON NOVEMBER 17
CEDAR SPRINGS NOVEMBER 18
MOCK’S STORE NOVEMBER 19
COLOMOKEE NOVEMBER 24 A M.
McArthur jones’ store „ November 24, p.m.
BURKETT’S STORE NOVEMBER 26
My books will close December 20, 1937, after
which executions will be issued.
J. L. HOUSTON,
Tax Commissioner, Early County, Ga.
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