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c-DNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1923
RED CROSS HELPS
WAR’S SUFFERERS
Aids 200,000 Veterans and
, Their Families—27,ooo Dis-
B abled Still in Hospitals.
SPENDS $5,866,255 IN YEAR
Individual Attention Assured to
. All Physically Ailing or
in Distress.
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Washington. War service five
years after the armistice, which on
November 11 the American Red Cross
pi arks with the opening of the annual
membership canvass, shows that dur
ing the past year assistance was ex
tended by the Red Cross to some 200.-
000 ex-service men or their fami
lies. To 130 hospitals throughout the
country approximately 75,000 ex-serv
ice men were admitted for treatment,
and to 63,296 of these men definite and
specialized service was extended, the
Red Cross annual report discloses. In
all hospitals under government opera
tion a total of nearly 27,000 disabled
veterans were reported by the Sur
geon General of the Army.
These facts of the aftermath of
physical and metal disability five years
after the World War, and the burden
resting upon the relatives and de
pendents of the ex-service men, show
conclusively the great need of the
Red Cross to act as a supplementary
arm of the government in service to
these many thousands of men who
wore the uniform of the United States.
It should be emphasized that govern
ment assistance is necessarily stand
ardized along specified lines affecting
them as a whole. The Red Cross serv
ice is to the individual man and the
solution of his problems. This the
Red Cross designates “home service”
for its aims to give the loving care
and interest ofthe home to these men
undergoing physical reconstitution
far from their actual home influences.
Year's Expenditures $5,866,255
In the year ended last June 30 the
Red Cross reports $3,920,000 spent by
its Chapters in extending individual
attention to the ex-service men and
$1,946,255 spent by National Head
quarters of the Red Cross, a total of
$5,866,25'1 In behalf of the men called
to duty in the World War the Red
Cross since July I,< 1917, has spent
nearly $164,000,000. Today there are.
2,608 Chapters in as many localities
carrying on this work, aiding the in
dividual veteran. assisting his family,
furnishing creature comforts and
funds to tide over troublesome periods
The strong connecting link between
the Red Cross and the United States
Veterans’ Bureau takes the complica
tions out of difficult cases of claims.
The Red Cross in this work requiring
personal representation of the ex-serv
ice man has acted in appeal cases, in
surance matters, persona! and family
problems, camp and hospital activi
ties, and in cases of death. This serv
ice handled nearly 12.000 compensa
tion ami insurance claims, and 2,225
allotment and other claims.
Solves Serious Problem
The financial problem of the ex-serv
ice man when traveling to and from
hospitals is a serious one. and in meet
ing this constant demand the Red
Cross expended $138,334.17 during the
year. For extra recreational equip
ment In Veterans' Bureau training
centers $14,306 was spent, and for the
blinded veterans in the government
school funds were supplied to enable
some of tliese unfortunate men to en
ter business as storekeepers and poul
try raisers.
In Veterans' Bureau hospitals the
record of a single month illustrates
the large service rendered by the Red
Cross. For example, 15,504 new' cases
required attention, and a tdtal of 26,-
007 cases were acted upon; 49.368 let
ters and 1,863 telegraph messages
written, and more than 1,600 enter
tainments given in recreation houses
for the benefit of the patients.
Authorities declare that the pres
ent. is a critical time in the lives of
many of the disabled ex-service men
who during the five years since the
armistice have developed misgivings
of recovery.
Work Among the "Regulars”
Service to the enlisted men of the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps is a
charter obligation of the Red Cross,
which in the last year recorded over
200190 cases of assistance extended
and 834.420 visits to the sick and dis
abled. Inquiries by the Red Cross at
the request of Government authori
ties into the home conditions of sol
diers, sailors and marines aggregated
17,714, and there were nearly 6.000
instances where the Red Cross locat
ed men for their families.
All these activities constituting a
single responsibility of the American
Red . Cross demonstrated during the
year that its "war service” in behalf
of the veteran and the man enlisted
, tin the nation’s defensive arms must
go forward unfalteringly and with
out stint of funds. The work of the
last five years a has welded a close
bond of regard between the men who
sacrificed and the Red Cross, whose
efforts are praised and indorsed by
the veterans’ organizations. To do
all that can be done to soften the con
sequences of the hard blows of war
is the supreme duty of the Red Cross,
to which it is giving its best work an#
most liberal service.
DR. S. F. STAPLETON
VETERINARIAN
Office in Chamber of Commerce
Phone 8
Residence Phone 171
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PRESIDENT INVITED TO
GEORGIA FORESTRY MEET
SAVANNAH, Oct . 24.—Presi
dent Coolidge’ was invited person
ally to visit Savannah and attend
the southern forestry congress tobe
held in Savannah January 28 tn
30. Invitation was extended by
Col J_ H. Fratt, of Chapel H'.Ll,
N. C., who is in Washington for
the week. Secretary Work is ex
pected to be present and the the
head of the forestry bureau of the
United States will be upon the
program. Local committees this
afternoon began plans for the
meeting.
SEVERAL CRAFT REPORTED
IN DANGER OFF COAST
NEW YORK, Oct 24.—A fifty
mile northeaster, reported to be rag
ing along the coast ,rom Newfound-
EVERY STREET
IN AMERICUS
Has Its Share of the Proof That
Kidney Sufferers Seek
Backache? Kidneys weak?
Distressed with urinary ills?
Want a reliable kidney remedy?
Don’t have to look far. Use what
Americus people recommend. Ev
ery street in Americus has its cases.
Here’s one Americus man’s expe
rience.
Let J. E. Oliver, prop, auto paint
shop, 303 Cotton Ave., tell it. He
says: "The turpentine fumes weak
ened my kidneys and caused lame
back. If I stooped, severe pains
caught me in the small of my back
and 1 could hardly move. The kid
ney secretions passed often and
I had dizzy spells. I bought Dean s
Kidney Pills- at the Carswell Drug
Co., and they relieved me of the
complaint.’'
Price 60c at all uealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan’s Kidney pills—the same
that Mr. Oliver had. Foster-Mil
burn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
adv
STOP RHEUMATISM
WITH RED PEPPER
When you are suffering with rheu
matism so you can hardly get around
just try Red Pepper Rub and you will
have the quickest relief known.
Nothing has such concentrated, pene
trating heat as red peppers. Instant
relief. Just as soon as you apply Red
Pepper Rub you feel the tingling heat.
In three minutes it warms the sore spot
through and through. Frees the blood
circulation, breaks up the congestion—
and the old rheumatism torture is gone.
Rowles Red Pepper Rub, made from
red peppers, costs little at any drug
store. Get a jar at once. Use it for
lumbago, neuritis, backache, stiff neck,
sore muscles, colds in chest. Almost
instant relief awaits you. Be sure tc
get the genitive, with the name Rowles
vn each package.
land to Cape Hatteras, hit this sec
tion hard Tuesday, endangering
several craft and leading indirectly
to the injury of more than half a
dozen persons.
A three-masted British schoon
er called for help thirty miles off
Fire Island and the coast guard
cutter Seminole was racing to her
assistance. At * s e same time the
gale sweeping across Long Island
sound caught the 45-foot Ketch
Harpoon, owned by William Wash
burn Nutting, which was to have
raced a boat of equal size belong
ing to the Duke of Leinster
across the Atlantic next spring,
and cast it on the rocks off Fort
Totten, near White Stone , Long
Island.
CHOICE OF FINE OR
PRISON FOR P. O. CLERK
MACON,, Oct. 24.—A fine of
$864 or a short penitentiary sen
tence was imposed upon W. B. F.
Anderson, former postoffice em-
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For Cash and Carry Trade Only
ployee, in United States district
court Tuesday by Judge William IL
i Barrett following a plea of guilty to
the charge or rifling the,mails. An
j derson wlil be given time to decide
• between the fine and the jail sen
| tence. He was arrested in March
I when, it is said he took four dollars
| from an envelope.
THEIR LUCKY STRIKE.
LONDON, October 24.—Two
small boys in a Welsh vdllage er
-1 cently unearthed a find of what ex
perts consider some of the rarest
Roman coins extant, when they
knockel their cricket ball into a
■depression in the field which had
formed after a heavy rain. The
coins were covered with an earth
■ cnlike vessel fairly intact.
VI ith-good teachers, they can pick
|up unthrifty habits while they’re
mastering their alphabets. So say
London police who raided a gam
bing house where bets were being
1 accepted from children as young
las 7. In five days, one constable
(declares he saw 172 girls and 199
1 boys, still in grammar schools,
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Ford Four-Door Sedan. In all parts of the country its stylish
appearance and inviting interior have brought the car instantly into
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Now, at its reduced price, it presents a more compelling value than
ever. Although better looking, roomier, easier riding, it is listed at
forty dollars less.
$685*00 f. o. b. Detroit
This good-looking, comfortable, and dependable Ford selling at this
low price oSers an agreeable solution to your closed car problems.
„ These cars can be obtained through
the Ford Weekly ‘Purchase Plan,
AMERICUS AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
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