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FIGHTS WASTE IN INFANT LIFE
— ■■ For the last quarter of a century
Uncle Sam has been saying much and
doing much for the conservation of
the nati,,U! ? res ° urceß, But lt h » s
% American baby has come to be consid
ored one of these resources.
,m '.14 Sow we have a children’s bureau,
Ws‘ the purpose of which is to look after
jpijfc •. tlfe nation’s little folks, its chief prob-
The chief of the children’s bureau
H. Jt | Is Miss Julia -C. Lathrop, and she h*s
\ ' as collaborators several experts, who
\ Ik fjr head the various divisions of the of-
V jf flee. The head of the division of
\ L hygiene is Dr. Grace L. Meigs, a very
. * capable young woman, a gruduate of
\ r Bryn Mawr college and of Kush Med
| \ ical college, University of Chicago,
\jt \ 4 \ who has also done post-graduate work
. W , \ .\ in Berlin, Vienna and Budapest before
V*. \ \ \\ accepting her post in Washington.
“American people are now alive
to the fact that there is an enormous waste in infant life,” said Doctor Meigs,
in talking of her work. “The census tells us that in 1915 one in ten of all of
the babies born in the United States died before it had completed twelve
months of life.” She called attention to a recent report from the United States
bureuu of the census.
This report shows that of 100,000 native white boys born alive, 4,975, or
almost 5 per cent, died during the first month, and 12,802, or 12 per cent, died
within one year. A somewhat startling comparison is made to the effect that
the child at birth has just the same chance to live a month as has the native
white man of one hundred and two years of age or the native white woman
of ninety-nine.
LONG FOE OF AUTOCRACY
With some reason the reigning
governments of Europe for the last ' ' ’>v
fifty years have regarded Prince jtf;" ’’■sgjjgjfe.
Peter Alexeievitch Kropotkin as one
of tiie most dangerous foes to their es- / j&f&’S
tablished institutions. V :
Yet since his melodramatic escape
from a Russian prison in 1876, this | ;
rebel of the Russian aristocracy lias W' I
never been an avenger, but always a A, wmn|?
martyr. Expelled from Switzerland,
imprisoned in France, lie finally found ****
mankind more. Always he has lived
on his slender income, refusing the temptation to garner wealth. For most
of his books he took nothing, for one, ‘‘The Conquest of Bread,” he received
fifteen dollars.
“One of the two great Russians who think for the Russian people, and
whose thoughts belong to mankind,” someone has written of him, classing him
with Tolstoy. From his refuge in England he has favored every movement
toward making Russia a republic. Is it not possible that the Russians in
those greut days will be guided by Ills teachings?
WOULD SPEED UP SENATE
Senator Newlands is the states-
man who inaugurated a campaign for
|||l speeding things up, and the lnstltu
\ tion of modern practices for customs
iiipk that l jave outlived their usefulness.
He introduced a resolution that would
direct the rules committee “to investl
gate the question as to superfluous
Upk-V committees of the sennte” and report
Its recommendations regarding them
|yjk£ as well as the allowances for clerical
pP; aid that should be granted.
The senator made It plain at once
that he was not striking at the pay
ML '? roll of minority committeeships and
chairman. He declared thut he did not
\ think the standard of pay which is
V- x now allowed was sufficient. Every
minority senator, lit' contended, should
Ilk $2,000 and another at sl,r>oo. Minority
' ' I 1®- % members, he said, had just as iin
■MßmmL, & * V m portant public duties to perform as
majority senators. The evil he was
aiming at, he announced, was the multiplicity of useless committees that pre
vented full attendance and prompt action upon the public business before
those committees where the business of the country really was handled.
“It must be evident,” said Senator Newlands, “that present methods em
ployed for the consideration of public business are not such as to secure
economy of time. It must be perfectly evident that this body should apply
itself to the study of the rules of efficiency which are now being applied to
almost every vocation.
STEEL COMPANY’S HUGE PROFITS
The unprecedented prosperity at- r— ————
tending the operation of the United
States Steel corporation for 1916 are
set forth in the annual report.
Total earnings of $342,997,092 ex- ASg||pP*®^
reeded those of 1915 by no less than \
$202,747,026; net income of $294,026,- Pppr \
565 showed an Increase of $196,058,- t gfk
602, and surplus net income for the f«r
year aggregated $201,835,585, as com- II Jk ~ «
pared with $44,260,374 in the previous
year. This last item is the more re
markable from the fact that it in
eludes regular and extra dividends of j
$44,476,469 on the common stock, as \ '*** j
maintenance, renewals Hnd extraordi
-627, an increase of 60.01 per .cent over
In the service of all the subordinate
companies during 1916 was 252,668, as against 191,126 in 1915, with total
salaries and wages of $263,385,502, an increase of $86,584,638.
The undivided surplus of the corporation and its subsidiaries, including
the $25,000,000 cash provided in organization, amounts to $381,360,913.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS, GEORGIA.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Arc
Given.
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South'
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs.
Domestic
William Jennings Bryan, wiring
President Wilson from Tallahassee,
Fla., where he delivered a prohibition
speech, tenders his services as a pri
vate in the army or in another capac
ity the president may wish to use him
in the impending conflict.
The seizure of German ships in New
York harbor is fraught with many
problems, among which is what shall
be done with the hundred or more
women, wives and daughters of the of
ficers, found aboard the seized ships.
The men and officers were transfer
red under military guard to the im
migration station on Ellis island.
The German ships seized in Ameri
can harbors adds six hundred thou
sand to the tonnage available for the
transportation of supplies and muni
tions to the allies, and provides a mer
chant marine that could not have been
duplicated in several years.
All amateur wireless stations for
which the government can find no use
will be destroyed in the next few clays.
The president, as commander-in-chief
of the army, has approved the basis
adopted for the war army. It was
placed in his hands by Secretary Ba
ker and the general officers who are
his military advisers.
Henry Grady Webb, convicted in
West Virginia a few days for train rob
bery and sentenced to penal servitude
in the Atlanta, Ga., penitentiary, es
caped from three deputy United States
marshals at Charlotte, N. C., while en
route to Webb’s point of incarceration.
Count Michael Borzatovsky, commer
cial attache of the Russian embassy
at Washington who arrived from Petro
grad a few’ days ago, was shot in the
Baltimore Country club. He is now
in a Baltimore hospital, and will prob
ably recover.
Every effort is being taken in all
parts of the country to guard military
and naval secrets, and any found
guilty of trading same will be sum
marily dealt with.
According to information received in
New York City on the French steam
persons, including twm women and one
baby, are missing from two British
steamships torpedoed without warning
by German submarines. There were
no Americans on either vessel.
Twenty-four survivors arrived in
New York City on the rFench steam
ship Venezia of the Fabre line, which
rescued them at sea after they had
been adrift four days and four nights,
during which five men died from ex
posure.
Washington, D. C., resembles the
.days of Lincoln and Stanton. There
is a suppressed excitement, surcharg
ed w’ith enthusiasm and loyalty not
seen or felt in many a day.
A new wage scale which increased
the pay of 25,000 bituminous coal
miners from approximately 13 to 17 1-2
cents over the old agreement, w r ent
into effect April 2.
Washington
The house passed the state of war
resolution by a vote of 378 to 50.
The United States, by proclamation
of President Woodrow Wilson, has ac
cepted Germany’s challenge to war,
and formally abandoned its place as
the greatest neutral of the world in
arms.
Good Friday, the day on which the
Savior of the world gave his life that
man might know the truth, goes down
in American history as the day on
which this country enters the world
war in the interest of humanity and
the destruction of all forms of mili
tarism.
Word has been flashed to all United
States vessels at sea, to the army
and to the naval stations that the
government has declared a state of
war to actually exist between the
United States and Germany.
Complete mobilization of the navy,
calling all reserves and militia to the
colors was ordered by Secretary Dan
iels as soon as the war resolution was
signed by the president and vice pres
ident.
A resolution declaring that a “state
of war” exists between the United
States and Germany was passed by
the senate April 4 by a vote of 82
to 6.
The “state of war” resolution passed
by the senate had already been accept
ed by the house committee, and was
drafted by the state department.
All the closely guarded secrets of
submarine catching now in possession
of the entente allies are expected to
come into possession of the United
States navy within a short time.
News of the impending intervention
of the United States was first received
at Tauride palace, says a Petrograd
dispatch, where a council of soldiers
and workingmen’s deputies was in ses
sion. The announcement evoked a
storm of applause.
A Honolulu, Hawaii, dispatch, says
that for the first time the United
States flag flies over the home of ex-
Queen Liliuokalani. She has been bit
ter towards the United States gov
ernment so long that this is taken a«
a token of her loyalty and allegiance
to the government in these times of
trial..
Plans for co-operation with the en
tente allies in the war againest Ger
many have taken definite shape, but
no announcement of what they are
is permitted in the press.
The seizure of German ships laid up
in American harbors is the subject of
interested comment.
The United States’ entry into the
war has evidently had an immediate
and strong effect upon the reform
movement —which demands the in
stant modernization of the Prussian
constitution and the proclamation of
a more democratic basis of govern
ment and diplomacy in the empire—in
Germany, according to dispatches from
various points in Denmark.
The arrest of sixty alleged ringlead
ers in German plots, conspiracies and
machinations in the United States is
ordered by Attorney General Gregory.
Seizure of all radio stations in the
United States and its possessions, op
erations of those needed for naval com
munications and closing of others, is
authorized by President Wilson.
The Brazilian government, says a Rio
Janeiro dispatch, has received official
confirmation of the press reports of
the sinking by a German submarine of
the Brazilian steamship Parana, with
the loss of three lives.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro, Brazil,
says that a rupture of diplomatic re
lations with Germany is inevitable,
and it is probable that Brazil will
follow the lead of the United States
and declare a state of war.
Patriotic speeches were made in the
senate before the “state of war” res
olution was passed, and all - extended
support to the president and foreshad
owed a determination to press the war
with all vigor. Both Democrats and
Republicans were profuse in their sup
port of the measure.
Under the “state of war” resolution,
the president is directed to employ the
entire military and naval forces and the
resources of the government to carry
on the war and bring it to a success
ful termination.
A Vienna dispatch says it
certain that Austria-Hungary will sever
diplomatic relations with the United
States.
Detailed plans of the war (lepart
ment for raising an army numbering
millions to bring the government of
the German empire to terms have been
placed in President Wilson’s hands.
A London dispatch brings the news
that British aviators have dropped
President Wilson f s message in the Ger
man lines* JThe message was translat
ed into the German tongue by expert
linguists, and the German people will
get the full text of President Wilson’s
speech in their own tongue.
President Wilson’s message having
reached Berlin at ten o’clock on the
morning of April 3, it is declared in
that capital that there will be no
change in the German attitude —Ger-
many will not declare war nor take
any steps to wage war against the
United States; but the unrestricted
submarine campaign will be continued
as if nothing had happened.
Berlin declares that there will be
no change in the treatment of Amer
ican citizens in Germany, and the im
perial government expects recipro
cation anent German citizens now in
the United States.
It is reported that the German gov
ernment contemplates sending to all
neutrals a firm protest against the
expected American declaration that a
state of war with Germany exists.
President Wilson wants to be len
ie> with all German citizens in this
country, but the law compels the gov
ernment, it has been pointed out, just
as soon as a state of war is declared,
to confine or remove all male alien or
unnaturalized Germans 14 or over 14
years of age.
European War
The sinking of a German submarine
near Queenstown, Ireland, which at
tacked a British steamer, is reported.
In a running fight the merchantman
scored a direct hit, and down went
the submarine to the bottom of the
sea.
The entente allies, acting on advices
from their ambassadors at Washington
are preparing to deluge the armies of
the central powers with copies of
Wilson’s war message, in their own
language.
The Austrian government has placed
a special car at the disposal of United
States Ambassador Penfield, who will
probably leave Vienna in a few days.
The ambassador will travel by way of
Switzerland and the Swiss government
has arranged for a special car to meet
him on the frontier.
It is definitely stated that 2,000,000
men will be trained for the army, and
that it is the purpose to build this enor
mous fighting machine of men in their
twenties.
The men who are to be trained for
the army will be disciplined in mimic
trench fighting, as this is the predomi
nating feature of warfare of the twen
tieth century.
President Wilson's message aligning
the United Statese with the nations
fighting against Germany was warmly
welcomed and unanimously acclaimed
by the British people. No news has
stirrred the entente capitals so deep
ly, save only the Russian political rev
olution.
The boys who join the army will
be drilled in hard marching and vigor
ous exercise to harden them as rap
idly as possible. They will be trained
on a basis never before attempted in
the United States.
It is stated authoritatively that the
German navy yards are now turning
out two submarines a week.
Germany is hopeful that no Central
or South American country will fol
low the lead of the United States in
declaring a “state of war” against her,
and to that end her next note to the
neutrals will convey a message.
Memoional
SUNMTSQHE
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS. Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR APRIL 15
JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
LESSON TEXT-John 10:7-17.
GOLDEN TEXT—I am the good Shep
herd: the good Shepherd giveth His life
for the sheep.—John 10:11.
This lesson probably occurred at
the Feast of the Tabernacle in Octo
ber, A. D. 29. The place was Jeru
salem, perhaps in or near the temple.
Facts, pictures and illustrations re
garding eastern shepherd life can be
used effectively in teaching the lesson.
The true teacher must impart, develop
and protect. Jesus does all of these
things.
I. Jesus, the Door (vv. 1-9).. Any
one who tries to get access to the
sheep any other way than through
Jesus the door is a thief and a rob
ber (v. 1). A door is an invitation to
enter, to investigate, to purchase, to
learn, to meet others. It is the proper
entrance. To go in through any other
w r ay arouses suspicion. It is also a
means of safety to control those who
enter; it can be closed in case of dan
ger, and is strong to protect against
storms and thieves. It is a means of
separation, to insure privacy, and to
furnish a moans of egress. Jesus says
we are to “go in” for communion with
God, and to “go out” for service, to
“go in” for strength and to “go out”
for conflict. Verse nine is a wonder
ful verse. In it we have the simplic
ity of the Gospel, “I am the door;”
the exclusiveness of the Gospel, “By
me,” the conditions of the Gospel. “En
ter inthe certainty, “Be savedthe
liberty, “Go in and out;” the provis
ion, “Find pasture.”
The trye acceptance of .Testis leads
not to a life of fear and constraint
but to the perfect liberty of a chil,d,
satisfaction in green pastures (Ps. 23;
2) that never fail (Rev. 7 :16-17). The
world’s richest pasture lands are bleak
and barren wildernesses in comparison
with this. Christ is the door to other
things not mentioned in this lesson
(See John 14:6; Eph. 2:18; Rom. 5:1-
>2; Heb. 10:19-22). By him we enter
the room of the knowledge of God.
The Christian’s business is to know
God and to make him known.
11. Jesus, the Good Shepherd (w.
10-1 S). It is not enough to be a door.
A door has no volition. It cannot leave
its place. A shepherd can go in and
out. A false Christ and false shep
herd are really thieves and rohbers
who come to “Steal and kill and de
stroy.” On the other hand, Jesus’
mission was a glorious one, “I came
that they might have life, and that
they might have it more abundantly.”
As a good Shepherd (1) he has cour
age (v. 12). Jesus was not only will
ing, but actually did give his life for
the sheep. He had love for all of the
sheep, and was willing to seek the lost
(Matt. 18:12). He also had confi
dence, due to his knowledge of God (v.
14). This is not audacity but quiet
confidence due to experience. He
knows the proper pastures. He knows
where to find water for the sheep. He
knows the dangers and pitfalls along
the pathway. He knows how 7 to di
rect our efforts. Sunday school teach
ers who are following in the steps of
the master, and who perform the acts
of a good shepherd, must pay the
price of knowledge. (2) Jesus had
character (v. 15). He was right in
the sight of God, but in order to be
right in the sight of God he must also
be right in the sight of men. God ex
pects results. The church expects re
sults from us. The parents who trust
their children to our teaching expect
results. A sheep does not live for it
self. It lives for others. Uniess it
produces w r ool, and is good for meat,
it has existed in vain; so God, man
and the church expect of us, as under
shepherds, that we shall produce re
sults. This we do not have to do in
our own strength for any of us may
have the life which is “abundant” and
“exceeding” and “beyond measure.”
The question is, have we this super
abundant life? (See I Pet. 1:8; John
1:15; Col. 1:19; Eph. 3:16-19).
Doctor Torrev has called our atten
tion to ten points about the good Shep
herd. (1) He knows the sheep. (2)
lie is known by his sheep. (3) He has
a personal interest in his sheep, calls
each by name (v. 3). (4) He leadeth
them on. (5) He thrusts forth the
laggard sheep (v. 4). (6) He over
looks none; all are his own (v. 4 R.
V.). (7) He goeth before them. He
has trodden every step of the way that
they must take. (8) He careth for
the sheep (v. 13). (9) He layeth down
his life for the sheep (vv. 11 and 15).
(10) Givetli eternal and abundant life
to the sheep (vv. 10. 28. 29).
Jesus has sheep outside of Israel (v.
16). When these are brought in they
will all become one fold (Eph. 2:14,
15; Gal. 3:25). It is through hearing
his voice that they are to be brought.
The laying down of his life was a vol
untary act on his part, but it was per
formed in obedience to the father's
will (See Chap. 6:38; 15:10). Jesus
intended that his relation to his fol
lowers should be exactly like that
which bound himself to the Father (See
Chap. 17:21-23).
This love of the Good Slupherd led
him to die*for our sins, and to be
ra.’sed for our justification.
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK IMETS”
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.
Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath —always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret to-night will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep—a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv,
Plain Words.
“I have hired a lawyer to—”
“Don’t say you have ‘hired’ a law
yer." protested the finicky person. “It
is more elegant to use the word ‘re
tained.’ ”
“Maybe so, but I told the lawyer
that if lie didn't win 1 lie case he
wouldn’t get a fee, so I guess he's
hired.”
CLEARS AWAY PIMPLES
Does Cuticura Ointment—Assisted by
Cuticura Soap—Trial Free.
On rising and retiring smear the af
fected surfaces gently with Cuticura
Ointment. Wash off in five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water.
When the skin is clear keep it so by
using Cuticura for every-day toilet and
nursery purposes.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere. —Adv.
The Real Boss.
“Say, little boy, who is the boss in
your house?”
“The boss?”
“Yes, I've got something to sell, and
I want to know whether to ask for
your father or your mother.”
"Well, mamma is the real boss, but
papa thinks lie is, so you would save
time' by asking for her in the begin
ning, and if she does not want it she
will say that she can’t do anything
without asking papa.”
FEET SWOLLEN FROM
KIDNEY TROUBLE
I want to tell you what your great kid
ney remedy, Swamp-Root, has done for
me. To be frank 1 can safely say it has
saved my life, when I was given up by
Doctors. I was troubled with distressing
Kidney trouble for eight years. I could
not sleep with pains in my back. My
feet were swollen so they felt numb. My
urine was in very bad shape. I saw your
remedy Swamp-Root advertised and
thought I would tiy it. After taking the
first bottle I experienced great relief, and
can say that I owe my life to your won
derful kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root.
MRS. DORA KRETLOW,
Box 24. Sparke, Ga.
Personally appeared before me, this 26th
day of January, 1915, Mrs. Dora Kretlow,
who on oath says the above statement is
true in substance and in fact.
J. K. SINCLAIR, Notary Public.
Berrien Co., Ga.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size bot
tle. It will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor
mation, telling about the kidneys and blad
der. When writing, be sure and mention
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dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores. —Adr.
Hardships of Oratory.
“Why do you refuse to make any
more speeches? Won’t' your people
listen to you?”
“The difficulty is,” replied Senator
Sorghum, “that they listen too closely.
When I tell ’em something now they
rush off to have it verified and hoW
me responsible for the facts.”
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTOItIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Bears the //tT
Signature of
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
Same Thing.
“VV ell, my good man. you certainly
seem to be out of luck!”
“Yes, and money.”
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed by few—a beautiful
head of hair. If yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re
store it to its former beauty and lus
ter by using “La Creole” Hair Dress
ing. Price sl.oo.—Adv.
A Mystery.
“She seems like a reserved girl.”
“I wonder whom for?”
Dr. Peery's “Dead Shot” Is powerful ar.d
prompt but safe. One dose only is enough
to expel Worms or Tapeworm. No castor
oil neceesarv. Adv.
Strike while the iron is hot —but
wait for your temper to cool.