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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 3 1921.
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IN HIS “CURE"
Only Patient Who Tried Snake DM
for Leprosy -Died, but Doctor
Holds to His Theory.
In practicing medicine for the bene
nt of the natives I worked out one
theory in regard to leprosy, which Is
* fairly common ailment" in the Arch¬
ipelago. I asked myself why, since a
snake sheds Its skin, a man who is
afflicted with disease should not be
able to do the same thing.
In Singapore there was a rich Chi¬
nese leper, known as Ong Si Chew,
who asked me repeatedly why I did
not bring him some new remedy for
his disease. Since he had a large
household of servants who took care
-of him, and his own carriages and
rlchshas when he traveled, he waaL
allowed to live untroubled by the au
thorltles; but he was very unhappy,
because he had tried all the remedies
of the native doctors and was stead¬
ily growing worse.
At last I told him that I had some
thing that might help. He-asked me
what it was, but I would not tell him.
When he Insisted, I answered,
“Snakes.”
“Ul-lal” he exclaimed, waving his
arms in the air.
Then I explained my theory; The
ability of a snake to shed his skin
might be transferred to a human be¬
ing If he ate snakes; and if so, the
person would be able to shed his lep¬
rosy. Ong SI Chew did not care for
the Idea at all, but I told him It was
worth trying and I argued that a snake
is much cleaner than an eel.
At last he consented, and I furnished
him with a number of small pythons,
with the Instructions that they were
to be killed and cleaned immediately
before they were eaten. He was to
eat them raw with his rice. *
I left Singapore soon after that, and
when I returned I found that Ong Si
Chew had died. People thought it was
a great joke on me because my patient
had not survived the treatment, but I
am far from being convinced that the
cure will not work—or, at least, help
to throw off leprosy. Ong SI Chew
was in the last stages of the disease,
and his case was not a fair test.—
Charles Mayer, in Asia Magazine.
Polly Remembered Cyclone.
A parrot, named Polly Langston,
A native of Missouri, Polly was a
feathered prodigy wh« remarkable
talents included many vocal and lin¬
guistic accomplishments. She could
sing and talk ln English as' well as
Spanish, her mother tongue; pray and
sing several of the old familiar'
hymns, which she had picked up at
church and social gatherings, besides
having a wide repertory of conversa¬
tional “small talk.” At one time,
when the circus came to her local
town, and Polly had poured forth her
sage salutations to the passing para
ders, the attention of the late P. T.
Barnum was attracted to her and a
large cash offer was made for her,
but her owner could net be induced
to part with her. She remembered, to
her passing hour an event of her early
life when a cyclone wrecked ot the town
and brought death to scores the in¬
habitants. Polly survived by a mir¬
acle, but for more than 40 years aft¬
erwards whenever the dark clouds
gathered she became so frantic with
fear that it was necessary to put her
where she would escape the
lightping’s flash and the roar of thun¬
der.
To Weigh and Measure Children.
To establish a standard table of the
heights and weights of children a con¬
ference of representatives of the
United States children’s bureau, the
United States bureau of education, the
United States public health service
and various educational and private
organizations working for the bet¬
terment of children has just been
held in New York city. At the pres¬
ent time various tables of measure¬
ment are ln use by the different or¬
ganizations engaged ln weighing and
measuring children. The results of
the tests are not comparable; also
considerable confusion has arisen be¬
cause of apparent differences ln the
standards of normal development as
given out by the various organize
tlons.
A complete standard table will be
prepared by a committee, and all fu¬
ture weighing and measuring of chil¬
dren can then be in accordance with
their uniform table. The findings
of the tests will be comparable and
much greater use can be- made of the
facts revealed.
Falling Manna.
Nobody had ever seen the laziest
man in the Texas oil fields do a stroke
of work, yet he already had a few
deep holes bored in his laud and was
confidently predicting that some day
he would strike oil.
“How d’ye do Jt, Bill?” asked a
neighbor. “Ye sit around yer pi-azzy
all day nnd next mornlu’ ye got a new
hole as deep as any of us?
“It’s by the grace of God and the
Wright brothers,” the laziest man con¬
fided. “The air passenger route to
Mexico passes right over my place and
pretty near every day they throw a
bum off the aerial express.”—Ameri¬
can Legion Weekly.
Egg Mads Monster Omelet
An ostrich's egg from the New York
zoological garden has sufficed for an
omelet for 30 people. The food value
and flavor are about the same as
those of the egg of the domestic hen.
The ostrich egg has less protein and
more fat thnn meat, nnd its useful
constituents Include Iron and phos
phorus.
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When Cleaning Leather.
Don't use gasoline tg clean leather
mips* you want to crack IL Plain
■mrer with e f e w drops of ammonia
rill remove the dirt, after which the
ipholstery should be rubbed briskly
rlth a soft cloth. An excellent leather
tresslng Is made by combining twe
forts of linseed oil te one of turpen
Lltas a Naughty Child.
When a Tartar Invites an honored
meet to set and drink he will take him
by tbe ear and lead him up to the
table.
TRAGEDY IN STRIKE’S WAKE
Brooklyn Man’s Sortls on Roller
Skates Came to End In Sudden
and Dire Disaster.
This is another of those stories in
which the hero has to go by a “nom de
modesty.” So he will be known as
John K, Bings—J. K, for short He
is one of the several people, aside
from Mayor Hylan, who live In
Brooklyn, and one of those, includ¬
ing Hlzzoner, who do not ride on
the B. R. X
J. K.’s boss was one of those un¬
reasonable people who did not con¬
sider the strike a good and sufficient
reason for being absent or even un¬
usually late for work. So it was up
to him to get to the office in some
manner. The first and second days
of the tleup he managed to get
Jammed on a truek. It would have
been all right if he hadn’t seen on the
third day that three girls/had roller
skated across the bridge..
J. K. remembered his youth dis¬
tinctly and he was pretty sute that
roller skating was easy. Certainly he
'should be able to manipulate the sim¬
ple straight-forward steps after the
complex patterns of his youth. And
so it was that he borrowed his small
daughter’s skates, pulled them out to
the limit of extension and set forth
across the bridge of many sighs.
J. K. found that he managed pret¬
ty well until he got to the bridge.
When the pavement was level It was
quite easy and despite his modesty
he found that the surprised and ap¬
preciative glances of the less fortun¬
ate Brooklynites were very pleasant.
It gave him a fine feeling of returned
youth to be roller skating along with
the brat of the youngsters.
But he had reckoned without the
slope at the New York end of the
bridge. Here the structure begins to
descend slightly to meet the roadway.
And Jj K. lost control of his pedal
traction arrangements. He grew
pale as he saw a great mass of peo
pie ahead of kirn Yelling did no
g°°d, for the traffic was too great
So he hit he mass of human ty with
a thud which jolted the chewing gum
clear down the throats of two ste
nographers. J. K. found himself seat
ed on the pavement. His straw hat
was gone and there « as a bad rip in ,
Jzed^DrofusJlv a nd lwk cd P for P °hte
Sting n™ Bu^lt toS quite* us^esl- useless.
wa *nn
Refused to “Slide.”
She was one of these fussy little
old women, all primped and with her
hair ln a curl.
When she got aboard the street
car several men—yes, there are some
who still respect gray hairs on a
street car—gOt up and offered a seat.
She accepted one gentlemanly prof¬
fer, but didn’t keep the seat long.
When she had finally found repose,
a woman next to her said:
“Would you mind sliding over just
a bit, please? Then another lady can
have a seat.”
Tier graytoaired majesty arose to
lofty heights.
“Slide? Slide?” she sputtered. "I
will not slide. I will arise and take
my body elsewhere. ■ •
And, suiting her .actions to fier
words, she arose and took her body up
to the front of the car, where her
dignity would not be assaulted by a
request to slide.—Indianapolis Star.
Boom in Spanish Capital.
An effort to solve the housing prob¬
lem of the Spanish capital^ caused by
the Inrush of thousands of country
folk to Madrid, Is in progress in the
northern section adjacent to the su¬
burb of Cuatro Camlnos. A private
concern has acquired an enormous
tract of land, and has begun building
what for Madrid are skyscrapers of
ten, stories. Each of these buildings
Is to contain 400 flats and 40 stores.
The new model suburb is to be in all
respects modern. Engineers are now
engaged in laying out a boulevard run¬
ning through its center, more than
half a mile long and 130 feet hi width,
with two carriage ways and a central
promenade lined with trees.
Ingenious "Hatroom Pirates.”
Two hatroom pirates in a Broad¬
way dansant had a battle over a
spool of thread the other night. When,
they were pulled npart it was lenrned
that they use white thread to loosen
change from tightwads. They cut the
thread in little strips. When a per¬
son refuses to tip for being brushed
off, the boys wait until he reaches the
front door, then rush after him and
begin apparently to pull a number of
white ravelings off his back. Then
they show them to the tightwad. It Is
always good for a dime.—New York
Times.
America’s Gift to Europe.
As a gift from the American peo¬
ple, the American Forestry associa¬
tion the other day started a shipment
of 12,000,000 tree seeds to Europe to
reforest the war-devastated areas.
The seeds were shipped through the
embassies of Great Britain, France
and Belgium. For this shipment the
association collected Douglas fir from
tbe west coast, a species which grows
rapidly ln those three countries, and
Is ln much demand by foresters there.
Limitations.
’Cooper—It took Blobson five hours
to drive three pigs out of his front
garden last night.
Davies—Surely even Blobson could
move quicker than the pigs?
Cooper—Oh, he found he could move
faster than three pigs all right, but
not ln as maDy directions.—London
Answers.
Foselle.
Though historical geology and the
study of ancient life depend chiefly
on foestle, the term has been vary
vaguely and loosely applied. As a pre¬
cise definition, a writer to Science pro¬
poses: “A fossil l* an object wWeh
Indicates former exigence of an or¬
ganism which haa been bnried end pre¬
served by geological causes, previous
to historic time." The mestedon pre
served In the arctic Ice Is a foeeA, a
leaf buried In tbe gutter la not; and
a truly petrified organism may not be
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GR1PPW DAILY NEWS ANP ^PN
ON GUARD AGAINST FORGERS
Men of Money Device Secret Signs
Which Inform Bank Cashiers That
Checks Are Genuine. ,
So clever Is the modern forger that
man who relies on a signature
is hard to copy is liable at any
moment to find himself victimized and
In account deplete*}. successful
order to prevent the
uttering of a forged check, several
men have hit upon devices which ;even
the smartest criminal could hardly de¬
tect.
For Instance, there is an American
millionaire who makes a tiny blot on
some part of the check as a sign to
the bank cashier that it Is genuine. Not
one forger in a thousand would at¬
tribute a blot to anything but care¬
lessness, and quite a number of would
be swindlers have found themselves
pulled up sharply on presenting an
unblotted check over the counter.
Another man has hit upon the Idea
of apparently making a mistake In
the date In the right-hand top cor¬
ner of the check, which mistake Is
rectified by the crossing out of the
wrong numeral and the substitution
of the correct one. The check forger
would hardly regard such an appar¬
ent blunder as the result of deliberate
Intention.
A Frenchman with whom this sub¬
ject was discussed stated that his tfwn
method Is an almost infallible one.
Whenever he writes a check, he takes
the precaution of tearing it out of his
cheek book in such a manner that a
tiny shred of the counterfoil remains
attached to the dfaft. This Is an In¬
timation to the bank that the check
Is genuine.
Perhaps, however, the most extraor¬
dinary device is that adopted by a
wary Hebrew. He makes a point of
curefully perfuming every check bear¬
ing his signature with a certain scent
which Is very difficult to obtain.
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Johnsoll s .- Swlng ^quently Yound toe Circle”
was an expression ^ to be met
wt|h ln fall of 18 6 6 , and was ap
lled t0 a speech . ma king tour made
by Presldent Johnson about tbat U me.
President Johnson left Washington
Auguet 28> :S06 , in compliance with
a reques t that he would lay the corner
srone of 8 monumpnt t0 be erected
^ eptember 6 - He was ^tended b Y *
digtlngulshe d party, including several
members of his cabinet. General Grant
and Admiral Farragut also were In
the party. The route was by way of’
Philadelphia, New York and Albany,
In one of his speeches the president
referred to himself as one having
it swung around the entire circle” of
public service, from alderman to presi
dent. The phrase “took” with news
paper reporters, and so came to be
generally applied to his tour. John
son’s welcome was mixed, for .pas
sions ran high In those times. The
general attitude was, however, cour
teous, and even cordial., In this re
spect St. Louis contrasted vqgy favor
ably with some other large cities.
Oltteeland, Chicago and Springfield
had extended to him* no official recog
nition, while at Indianapolis he was
hooted. On the whole, Johnson’s todr
did not strengthen Ids position In toe
country, serving, as it did, but to in¬
tensify the fury of the opposition.—
Kansas City Star.
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Tasmania’s Artesian Water.
The dry season experienced in Tas¬
mania last summer caused the state
government to examine toe county
known as the Midlands for artesian
water. The area surveyed was ap¬
proximately 500 square miles. The
Investigation has shown that there is
no artesian water in toe Midlands,
but that there exist definite sub-ar¬
tesian basins from which appreciable
quantities of water of very fair qual¬
ity may be drawn. The Investigation,
the first of-Its kind in Tasmania, will
make a valuable asset of the Midlands,
and will furnish data from which val¬
uable conclusions can be drawn as to
the conditions nffecting irrigation.
Soldiers Make Money on Rats.
Inducements in the way of bounties
are offered to the French soldiers to
induce them to hunt the rats which In¬
fest the barracks. The bounty takes
the form of money considerations and
an Increased allowance of wine. One
man obtained a release from duty for
a few days and spent the nights in
hunting the rodents, and his success
was so great that one man from each
company was assigned to toe same
duty and the results of these assaults
was astonishing.
Students Compete With Profiteers.
Charcoal, salmon, codfish and other
commodities will be sold at several
points ln Tokio by students of W a soda
university who have organized to
raise funds for their studies on social
problems and at the same time to cut
Into the trade of retail shops which
ask unreasonable prices. The goods
are to be sold at a 40 per cent dis¬
count from the ordinary price.—Japan
Advertiser.
Dominant Policy.
“1 can’t quite decide whether our
distinguished colleague Is for protec¬
tion or free trade. »•
“He is still sounding out his con¬
stituency,” replied Senator Sorghum.
“The only policy on which he Is ab¬
solutely consistent Is self-preserva¬
tion. ■
No Women In U. 8. Mines.
There is one industry which women
have not attempted to Invade, It is
that of coal mining, in which not a
Single female person in this country
Is employed.
Horsepower.
The nominal horsepower of an en
floe la determined by an approximate
formula of which that of tbe National
automobile chamber of commerce la
the moat common. According to thla
the horsepower la equal to the square
*f the diameter of the cylinder time#
the number of cylinders divided by
*wff and on°-helf '
Our First Assurance Soolety.
Tbe first assurance society te the
United States In 1759 was designed
tor tbe relief of the widows and or
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NO SECOND PUCE FOR HIM
Corny Huek’e Ambition Certainly Was
Not Noble, but It Wao Hie
Ruling Passion.
Senator Sinus Johnson said In an
after-dinner speech:
"The radical movements of the day
have achieved at least one good thing.
They have taught our boys that there
are nobler ambitions than the one
to become a millionaire.
“When I was a boy the millionaire
ambition was drilled Into all of us,
but today such an ambition seems as
wrong-headed ah Cornelius Husk.
“A traveler stopped his auto in front
of old Corn Husk’s place and said:
“ ‘How far is It to Quag, stranger?’
"Com took his pipe out of his mouth.
M 4 Asked anybody else that there
question?’ he inquired.
Yes; I asked the blacksmith down
the road.
“ ‘Huh I Ye asked Jinks Hobson, did
ye? Wall, how fur did Jinks say it
was?
il i He said It was two miles.’
‘“Five miles la the correct Agger,
stranger.’
“With a disappointed oath the
stranger pushed on again. To his as¬
tonishment he reached Quag ln a tew
minutes. Instead of being flie miles
away, It was hardly a mile.
“The next week he happened on
Com Husk a second time.
it t Look here,’ he said. ‘Why did
you tell me it was five miles from
your place to Quag? It's only about
a mile.’
“‘Jinks Hobson told ye it was two
miles, didn’t he?* said Corn calmly.
‘Wall, Jinks thinks he’s the biggest
liar round these parts. 1 told ye it
was five miles, stranger, go’s to Show
the gol-dum cuss he’s got a hard inan
to beat, by crlmns, when he tries to
git the best of Corny Husk. * **
The Collegiate Handicap.
Side by side in a commuters’ train
sat a horny-handed son of toll and an
office man five years out of college.
The H. H. S. of T. turned out to be
a painter by trade.
‘You fellows make pretty good
wages now,” remarked the office man.
“About $7 a day?”
“Ten," replied the painter lacon¬
ically.
“But It doesn’t average that much
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“Bad weather must hold up outside
work.’’
“No outside work In New York,”
said the painter. “All brick buildings,
We work the year round eight hours a
day, five days a week. Some want to
work a half day on Saturday to make
it a $55 pay envelope. I’m satisfied,
though. Pm managing to put my two
boys through college. The educated
fellows get toe real money. How
much do you make? M
The office man hesitated in some
confusion. “Of course, two years ln
the service held me back some,” he ad
mitted, "but in any case I doubt I
would be making as much as you do
now.”
«jg that so?” exclaimed the painter
in great concern: “Maybe I made a
mistake at that with my boys. I
should have learned ’em the trade.”—
Wall Street Journal,
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Money *>*ck without question
if treatment HUNT’S Salve fail* la the
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GRIFFIN PHARMACY.
LODGE NOTICES:
MASTER MASONS.
Regular communication of Merid¬
ian Sun Lodge No. 26, F. & A. M.,
Tuesday night, Feb. 1, 7
I’eloek. Past Master P.
iY. Luther will confer the
-ntered apprentice degree
lpon a class of seven.
Visiting brothers fratern¬
ally and cordially invited. By order of
F. S. PITTMAN; W. M.,
W. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORS
DR. M, J. WARE
DENTIST
Over Jones Shoe Co.
Phone 903.
—DR. F. H. WILSON—
Dentist
110H N. Hill St, Phone 898
DR. W. C. MILES
has returned to the cjty and resumed
his practice. Office phone, 32; resi¬
dence phone, 511-J. lm d&w
FRANK S. PITTMAN.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
133 West Taylor Street, Griffin. Ga
Office Phone 822.
Residence Phones 682 end 532.
HAISTEN BROS. CO
Funeral Directors.
J. P. WILBORN, Manager.
114 North Hill Street
PHONES:
OFFICE 575
Night and Sunday 163-J and 43.
j. p. McPherson
CIVIL ENGINEER
and
SURVEYOR/' .
Sewerage systems-*-Water systems
Topographical surveys—Mapping
Accurate land surrey#—Paring
Office: Masonic t Phono 675.
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Tire Works
Auto Accessories
Tires and Tubes
VULCANIZING
WE DO IT RIGHT
T. M. MANLEY, JR.,
NEW MASONIC BLDG.
East Solomon Street.
GRIFFIN, GA.
C. of Ga.Ry
THE RIGHT WAY*'
Arrival a ad Departure of
Trains at Griffin. Ga.
The schedules are published as in¬
formation and are not guaranteed:
From For
4:44 a.m. Macon-Savannah 9:15 ua
6:16 a.m. Cinti.—Jaxville 12:27 am.
7:01 a.m. Chicago-Jaxville 8:42 pm.
9c 16 am._____Macon—5:18 pm.
12:48 pm.___Macon----1:46 pm.
2:44 pm. Macon-Savannah 11:08 pm,
6:46 pm. Macou-Albany 12:14 am.
Chattroooga Division
2:30 p.m.__Chattanooga.. 9:55 a.m.
8:15 a.m.__Cedartown----5:25 pm.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
“The Southern Serves the South.”
.
Arrival and departure of passenger
trains at Griffin, Ga.
The schedules nre published as in¬
formation and nr# not guaranteed.
From For
Atlanta, points
6:26 pan—East and West..9:85 a-m.
9:35 a.m. Col’bus Ft. Valley 6:26 pjn.
R. B. MOWRY, D. C.,
Registered Chiropractor.
CHRONIC DISEASES.
Offices over Jones Shoe Co. Phone 279
Griffin, Ga.
Is Cotton: Cash?
Planters, bankers and business men have always referred to cot
ton as a “cash crop. >*
At the present time this term does not altogether apply.
There are many planters and cotton growers who have cotton, which tm ■
they cannot convert into cash or credit.
Besides food and clothing there are other things that the cotton
grower needs or wants, which he cannot obtain without cash or credit.
To many an Automobile is an absolute necessity.
We have on hand a good stock of “used cars” that nre good cars,
mechanically good, not as good as new, but above the average used car.
These cars arc priced to sell for cash, according to values on today’s
market.
By cash, we mean cash or bankable notes.
If you are placed in this position and need a car, we make you this I
proposition: s
We will sell you one or more of these cars for part cash and part m
cotton, or for all cotton. , av:
Our resources are such that we can hold such cotton until a 41,-1
makes it merketable for cash. 1
A. F. Gossett J
& Son . .
HUDSON AND ESSEX DISTRIBUTOR IN THIS TERRITORY.
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Sowing the seed is only one step in thi
a crop.
If the harvest is to be i mndant, favor
must be maintained.
To the business man this means favorable
The Federal Reserve System is the great stabilizer
commercial credit conditions today. It insures an t
supply of such credit at all times.
WE PAY FOUR PER CENT ON SAVINGS. %m
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MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM.
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Visit Our China and 'flfeS
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Crockery Department M.
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the time down s} . and - get tf| • those Cups I
next yon are town and
Saucers or those srrnjll plates that you need to “fill in” on, or I
I full set of China if need It.
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Our stock is complete and our prices are right. ’P
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EQUAL right was in laying fed ability. But grain the nation ben on the
a common
the other was fed Purina Chicken Chow • I
Purina Hen Chow. Grains have lots at
tor yolks, but far too Utile for whites. As they
can’t lay yolks only, grain-fed hens lay fewer eggs.
Purina Poultry Chows Feed from \
form complete radon, contain- r/iarLsr^n '“" ec ff ert>oa r er ™ I tSa i i
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log whitia material for
of and yolks. Thsy get
tha most oat of your bens, and
cut the feeding cost per dozen eggs. PURINA
More-Eggs Guarantee
You gat your money back if Putina
Chicken Chowder and Purina Hen
Chow, fed aa directed, don’t pro¬
duce more eggs than any other
a ration. trial when Why abould we take you the pat risk? off »V .v*v.Vo%y.v. v.
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119-121 W. Solomon St. •V- 1 Griffin, Gf.
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