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FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1934,
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Beneficial Science |
By BRUCE CATTON
The joh: ‘of: thes seientist, says Secretary of Agri
culture Henry Walace in a recent Scientific Amer
jcan, is DOt finished when he handed the world a
pew discovery. He ought to be prepared to insist
(hat his discovery be used to benefit mankind.
mhe secretary’s remark is not a new complaint,
put since it ig one that has been consistently ignored
for many decades, it is worth while to stop and
pave another look at it. ' ¢
.pstead of complacent after-dinner speeches in
.weeping defense of science,” says Mr. Wallace, 1
ghould like to find our more articulate scientists
jeisting that the benefaétions of scierice be used
oy in ways that are plainly in the general wel
are. A i 5% ¥
f'?‘“ would be enceuraging to find, among scien
{ists everywhere, some evidence of honest indigna
ton at the Wag the gifts of science have been turned
qeainst ~ society and therefore against science it
self.”! 3 %
It takes only a very little thought to reveal what
e secretary is ‘talking about.
prilliant men, for example, discover the seecret of
fight, and enable men to soar through the air like
ie birds; and so far the chief result has been to
pake war infinitely more horrible and to include
women and children on its casualty lists.
Other brilliant men ‘devise ways of enabling man
o increase immeasurably his capacity to produce
weful things. As a result, a few men get very rich,
while a great depression sweeps down on the land
md millions of men are unable to get jobs of any
description. / :
Still other brilliant men make it possible for
wices and music to be sent hundreds of miles
mrough she air; and we get, accordingly, a mass of
rivialities, banalities and stupidities thrown at our
firesides every night in a volume to make the an
gels weep,
You could ¢ite 'many more examples, but these.
are enough’ to show that the secretary was aquite
justified in making his protest. |
We have today enough marvalovs inventions to
wrn the earth into a fruitful and idyllic garden
cpot. If we ever learn How to use them sensibly we
can do exactly that. 1
It is exceedingly interesting to notice that New‘i
York authorities have adopted a new definition Oti
what is to be indigent.
According to Dr. S. S. Godwater, hospital com-‘
missioner, who has just drawn up new rules limit-l
ing free hospital treatment to those "Who are un
able to pay, a man and his wife who have .to live
on an income of-tess than S2O a week are officially
indigent and need not pay for hospital services. g
If thev have a child, the limit is $256 a’ week; if
they have two children, it is S3O a week—and sO on.
Here is something that makes one stop. and
think. To be sure, these rules are geared to New
York's metropolitan area, where living expenses are
higher than in many other places. b
Nevertheless, considering the number.of men who
are employed—and glad to be employed—at S2O a
week op less, it is evident that our boasted stand
ard of living may mot ‘be quite as high as we have
thought. e
The fact that the birth rate in the United States
is steadily declining may be an encouraging sign,
instead of the reverse, aecording to Dr. W. S.
Thompson, director of the Scripps Foundation for
Research in Population.
A population which is not increasing rapidly, as
American »population has been increasing ever since
the republic was founded, should develop a more
stable society than has been possible in the past,
predicts Dr. Thompson.
Fewer people will be moving into the large cities.
There will be less of the wasteful “mushroom” de
velopment of the kind that brings alternating
booms and slumps. People will not shift from
place to place and from job to job s 0 much. L.ife
will move along more evenly and with fewer dis
turbances.
Usually a declining birth rate is looked upon as
ominous. It is noteworthy that this expert on the
subject takes a more hopeful view.
CLEAN BREEDING PLACES
By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN G
Editor, Journal of the American: Medical Association,
and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine.
You're doing a good - job' against the disease
ireeding housefly ‘Whem you screen the doors and
windows and = swat every one of the insects that
happens to get through these guards and into your
home, i
But this isn’'t enough. Screers, traps, fly paper,
and similar devices are only secondary, rather than
brimary, means of controlling the development and
Siread of flies as a menace to health.
To do the job right, you should prevent the breed
ing of flies and this is done by observance of clean
lness, which includes the covering of all garbage
and filth and the thorough washing of doorsteps,
lorches, window sills, and windews. .
A female housefly lays frem 600 to 1,000 eggs
Quring .a lifetime of several months. Each of the
male young may lay similar numbers, so you can‘
€ that houseflies multiply rapidly.
It has long been recdgnized that house flies may
‘fread disease. They do this in various ways.
thiefly, however, they. carry the germs of disease
0 their hairy feet, pickfhg up the germs from fiith,
icliding the excretions of those who are sick, and
Mnsferfing the germs either directly to the skin of
e human body or to food the humans eat.
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Nowadays it is well known that certains forms of
ltestinal disease in children, and occasional cases
:,T.m’h‘fid as well, are caused by the medium of the
Te house fly 1s a scavenger. It multiplies in the
fesence of filth and best of all in the excretions
" cither human beings or animals, which are moist
' the time when the fly feeds upon them.
w”‘f fly. will deposit its eggs in such filth; from
“se eggs the larvae or maggots develop, and
|od-sized house flies appear from the eggs Wwithin
10 days,
Decaying filth, seraps of food, the excretions of
Mmals deposited around a house are the best
o 40s of “drawing flies to the house or of giving
‘,,»'\' nppurtunity to breed. :
3 Under the' best es circumstances, the fly is a
. ance. Around a sick bed or in the presence of
@l children, it is a' constant menace to health
Ml satety,
\ much as two pounds of sludge, dirt and foreign
no (€T is removed by the oil filter, in 8,000 to 10,000
lles of driving,
m“?‘vmrists are required to be licensed in 28 states
| ' the District of Columibia.
. Thirteen gtates reduced the registration fee for
o, ECr cars quring 1933, and several others are
- U“lplating ' this. step to encourage car owner
EMINENT SCIENTIST OUTSPOKEN
' What has caused unusual comment in
lthe press of the country has been brought
about by an editorial appearing in the
magazine of Dr. E. E. Free, noted scien
tist. In this editorial, the eminent scien
tist places university professors, actors,
doctors and preachers lowest in the scale
of intellect. Giving as a reason for his con
clusions, the learned doctor, says: ‘‘their
intelligence gets no exercise; they learn to
confuse dogmatic plausibility with truth”.
Continuing, Dr. Free, says: “the class 3f
persons who use their brains to the best ad
vantage are the foremen mechanies, chief
riggers, precision machinists and the like.
Slightly less able than these are engineers
and technical men, all of whom are re
quired to get the facts before reaching con
clusions”’, ; .
The foregoing findings are based on
scientific research, according to the state
ment of Dr. Free. However, to a layman,
his analysis appears to be far fetched and
beyond comprehension. If the learned doc
tor has found from scientific research
that college professors and members of
other professions are lacking in intelli
gence, then we would like to have his re
action to lawyers and newspapermen. It
is possible, however, that these two pro
fessions are not classified or indexed in his
book of intellectuals.
IN THE LIMELIGHT AGAIN '
Frances Perkins, United States Secre
tary of Labor has broken into the lime
light again by writing a book, “People at
Work” in which she undertakes to show
that the cause of the depression was
brought about through an attempt to
maintain a modern superstructure of in
dustrial high speed production on an mad
equate foundation of work and purchasing
power,
In a most elaborate manner, Miss Per
kins deals with the question in a most in
telligent manner and shows, no doubt, to
her own satisfaction that the reasons she
has given for the depression are in per
fect accord with the views of*a majority
of the people of this nation. All of which
may be true, but the lady secretary may
have a time convincing the publie.
In the beginning of her career, as a cab
inet member, Miss Perkins was unsotnd on
many of her policies as promulgamated,
but of recent months her attitude has
changed entirely, Her expressions given
out about the people of the south as heing
“shoeless” was just a fancy with her. She
learned better, however, and got back on
the right track. Maybe she will stay there
until ‘a ' wreck occurs and then she is liable
to be found under the wreckage.
Fads and fancies seem to appeal to her
irrespective of their soundness. Th such
cases laymen as well as officials are liable
to wander from the paths of stability and
end in & dilemia of complications that are
hard to extricate one’s self from, especially
wbe:{'e narrowness and short-sightedness
reign. '
THE CHAIN GANG SYSTEM
Apparently there is a movement on in
Georgia for the abolition of the chain gang
system. One of the reasons heing given
as an objection to the present system is the
distasteful sight of men in stripes working
on the highways. That is true, naturally
such scenes are objectionable, but we do
not see anything serious, other than the
shocking of some of the fastidious minded
citizens.
What we would like to hear is a sugges
tion for something better in the way of
treating with the convicts. The old lease
system was abomniable, cruel and in some
instances barbarous. Criminals are. cer
)tain‘ly subject to punishment, not brutal,
but confinement of some kind where they
can be of service to the state and at the
same time immune to society.
- Counties working convicts would be
much better off financially, if some other
disposition could be made of them. To
work them on the highways is about the
best wgy in which to keep them safe and
self supporting. It is true. however, that
they could be kept in prison where the
manufacture of merchandise could be car
ried on, but objection would arise there
as the state coming in competition with
free labor. It is a problem, but after all
we do not see a better way of handling
convicts than that now in vogye, working
them on the highways and on the farms in
the various counties.
BOYS AND GIRLS SHOULD LEARN
TO SWIM
Every summer numbers of boys and girls
are drowned on account of not being able
to swim. This summer will be no excep
tion. Every effort ‘should be made on the
part of parents to encourage their children
to learn to swim. Not by taking chances
of drowning, but they should be in com
pany of expert swimmers and taught the
art of aquatic sports. :
Children should not be allowed to ven
ture into creeks, rivers or swimming pools
until they have been thoroughly trained in
swimming. Often, even expert swimmers
are drowned, some from one cause and
some from another, yet swimming is an
accomplishment that every child should
acquire. June, July and August are the
swimming months. Pools will be open, surf
bathing will be popular and thousands of
boys and gir's will flock to these pesorts.
Instructors in swimming are numerous and
at all public places, the services of these
teachers are available. Learn to swim and
be capable of saving your own life as well
as the lives of others,. 3
The horn will prove more effective if it
is occasoinally treated to a few drops of
very light oil.
According to the United States Bureau
of Public Roads, 50 per cent of traffic goes
over city streets, 33 per cent over state
highways, and 17 per cent over-county and
township recads, A ceads e
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For the information of those
who aré under the impression
that the matter of holding
exafinations for the postmas
tership in first, second and
third class offices is entirely
in the discretion of the Con
gressman, we are reproducing
an executive order \isnued by
President Roosevelt on July 12,
1933. The order reads as fol
lows:
“When a vacancy exists or oc
curs in the position of postmaster
at an office of the first, second or
third class, the Postmaster Gener
al may submit to the President for
renomination -the. name of the
postmaster whose term has expir
ed or is to expire, or the name of
lsome qualified person within the
! competitive classified civil service.
If no such person is nominated
the Postmaster General shall certi
fy the fact' to the Civil Service
commisgsion which shall forthwith
hold an open competitive examina
tion to test the fitness of applicants
not in either of the above-mention
ed classes to fill such vaeancy.
When such examination has been
held and the papers submitted
Ithex‘ev«flth have been rated, the
commission shall furnish a certifi
cate of not less than three eligibles,
if the same can be obtained, to the
Postmaster General, who shall sub
mit te the President the:name of
one of the highest three for ap
pointment to fill snch vaecaney:
Provided, That the Postmaster
General may raject the name of
any person Or persons SO certified
if he shall find that such person or
persons is disqualified, in which
event, the said commission shall
upon request of the Postmaster
General complete the certificate of
three names: Provided, That no
person who has passed his sixty
sixth birthday at the date for close
of receipt of applications for such
examination shall, be permitted to
take the same: And provided fur
ther, That no person shall be ex
amined for postmaster who has not
actually resided within the delivery
of the office for which application
is made for 1 ye&r next preceding
such date: And provided further,
That at the expiration of the term
of any postmaster, or anticipating%
such expiration, or upon the death, |
resignation or removal of anyi
postmaster, the Postmaster Gener
al may, in his discretion, nequestl
the CiWil Service commission to
hold an examination.
“If, pursuant to this order, it is
desired to submit to the President
for nomination the name of a per
son in the competitive classified
service, such person must first be
|found by the Civil Service com
mission to phssess the requisite
qualifications,
“No person who has passed his
sixty-sixth birthday shall be ap
‘pointed acting postmaster in an
office of the first, second or third |
class unless he ‘is already in the
postal service? ]
“The Civil Service commlssion,|
in rating the examination papers
}of candidates who are veterans of
‘the World War, Span!sh-Amerlcanj
‘War, or the Philippine insurrection
shall add to their earned ratlngst
5 points and make certification toi
the Postmaster General in aecord
mnce with their relative positions(
thus acquired,
«The time such candidates weref
in the service during such wars|
may be reckoned by the commis- |
dion in making up the required |
length of business experience. As
to such candidates, all age limita
tions shall be waived.
“Phis order shall supersede all
previous executive orders affecting
the appointment of postmasters to
post offices of the first, second and
third classes.”
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" “To be eligible for examina
tion for a position as post
master at an office of the first,
- secordd or third class, a candi
date must be a citizen of the
United States.”
“Must actually reside within the
delivery of the office for which the
application is made; must have so
resided for at least one year next
preceding the closing “date for
receipt of applications; must be in
good physicial conditiop ; and-must
meet the age requirement herein
after specified,
“Candidates in competitive ex
aminations for the position of post
master at an office of the first
class must have reached their
thirtieth birthday on the closing
date for receipts of applications,
and for the position of postmaster
at an office of the second class
their twenty-third birthday on the
closing date for receipt of applica
tions.. Those who have passed
their sixthy-sixth birthday on the
closing date for receipt of appli
cations are not eHgible to compete
for any office, dge limits are
waived in the case of persons grant
ed preference because of militory or
‘na\’ral seryice.” SR T
The foregoing from the presi
dential order should be suffi
cient information to cléar up
any doubt in the minds of the
applicants that appointments,
without examinations are pure
ly optional with the congress
man.
The time is drawing near for
the examination of applicants for
the Athens postmasatership. It may
be held next week and it may be
several weeks before the examiners
will come to Athens, but it
is absolutely certain that all pre
liminaries will be worked out and
a postmaster appointed before the
close of thé month which will re
lieve an agony that is' being felt
by everyone of the candidates.
There are all kind of rumors
afloat as to who will be appoint
ed, but such reports are purely
‘rumoys., No one knows, at this
time, and no one will know until
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COMMERCE, Ga.—(P)—The stork
is doubling up work on his partner
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Dr, W. F. Deadwyler says one
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LAFAYETTE, GQTWHSBate
Senator John M. Rfiteheson, of
Lafayette, has announted his can
didaey fop the state house of rep
resentatives: J, A. Sartain gnd E.
A. Leonard, the present represen
tatives, also have qualified for re
nomination’ to Walker county’s two
seats in the house.
the certified list has been passed
‘;upon by the Civil Service com
mission and announced.
Frank Dennis, of Eatonton,
candidate for the state senate,
was one of the representatives
here Wednsday on the Macon- .
Athens-Charlotte motorcade,
Mr. Dennis is one of the most
popular, citizens of Putnam county,
and it i 8 generaug believed that
his election is assured. For a num
ber of years he has been promin
ently identified ¥n the councils of
the party and has rendered valu
able service. His many friends
here and throughout the state wish
for him success in the race, be
lieving that his service in the sen
ate will prove of potential value
to the whole state.
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