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S.NTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE, GA., FRIDAY
-I7 R 1920.
WHAT WO JLD YOU
DO IF DISASTER
HIT YOUR TOWN?
30,000 Victims of Sudden Disasters
Helped Last Year by
Red Cross
,.i i-KENCH PEASANTS
Atlanta, Ga., Nov.—What would
your town do tomorrow, were it sud
denly Btricken by disaster?
The question is not as foolish as
it may sound to people who are living
today in safety and happiness and
who no more anticipate disaster to
morrow than they do the end of the
world.
For no one knows when or where
disaster will strike.
There was no warning of the Sau
Francisco earthquake and fire. One
moment the people of that mighty city
were bustling about their business,
utterly devoid of fear or premonition;
the next their entire world was tum
bling about tlielr ears.
One morning two miles of the city
of Atlanta, Ga.. were swept by fire
in less than four hours.
Wall street never expected a bomb
explosion until it came and killed
more than thirty people and maimed
tcores of others in less time than it
lakes to read this paragraph.
Even gathering storms and rising
floods, such as the south has known
on its coasts and at river cities like
West Point, Ga., give scant warning
before homes are inundated and people
forced to flee for their lives.
To any one at any time, tornado,
fire and storm may bring peril and suf
fering. So the question is asked
again:
"What would your town do tomor
row if disaster struck?”
It is to provide an answer to that
question that the American lted Cross
has been in existence for years and
M*ars. It is the recognized official
agency for disaster relief, and it has
lived up to its responsibilities in
wonderful way.
That is one reason why the lied
i'iom. deserves the support of every
one on its Fourth Roll Ca.l—to main
tain it so that, when disaster strikes,
the stricken will always have u help
ing hand to turn to, the American lied
Cross.
The disaster relief part of the Red
Cross organization bus been so thor
oughly perfected that it can answer
calls for help in the briefest possible
time.
People of the south well remember
how promptly tin* Red Cross respond
ed to the need during the West Point
flood lust, year, the ‘Corpus Christ!
storm and several other southern dis j
asters, while fresh in the memory of j
the entire country is the fact that;
Red Cross doctors and nurses were j
"first on the scene” at the Wall street
explosion.
In addition to furnishing such
prompt relief as this, practically ev-
ery Red Cross chapter has a per
manent disaster relief committee,
which has made a survey of resources
in their respective communities and
is prepared to act promptly with the
means at hand when ditmster occurs.
Illustrative of the genuine need for
just such preparedness as this in the
United States is the fact that, last
year alone, the Red Cross aided 30.-
(K>0 persons in 164 communities, all
victims of 73 separate and distinct dis
asters.
In the accomplishment of this re
lief work 140 Red Cross chapters were
called upon to assist, the sum of $900,-
000 in cash and supplies was expend
ed. Thirty temporary hospitals were
called into existence, twenty-odd mo
tor corps were organized, seven spe
cial relief trains were sent out and
110 special representatives and nurses
were furnished in addition to the aid
given by the local Red Cross workers
in the community visited by disaster.
In these 73 disasters, including 19
tornadoes and cyclones, 2 hurricanes,
2 cloud bursts, 1 hail storm, 2 earth
quakes, 1 landslide, 15 fires. 1 explo
sion, 9 floods, 10 shipwrecks. 1 train
wreck, 4 riots, l motor accident and
2 droughts—850 persons were killed,
1.500 were injured, 13.000 (approxi
mately) were rendered homeless
while property valued at $5,000,000 was
destroyed.
The largest and most destructive
disaster of the year was at Corpus
Christi, Texas, in September. 1919.
Approximately 400 were killed and 4,-
000 made homeless. The Red Cross
division director with a staff of 3;:
assistants administered a fund of $100.
n00, giving aid to 3.600 families and
four towns and rural districts and suf*
ficieqt supplies to each family to en
able If to stand on its feet.
Because of tornadoes, the Gulf and
Lake Divisions were called upon to
send emergency relief with trained
workers to nearly 80 communities. The
two droughts in Montana and North
Dakota gave abundant opportunity for
1 rained workers from the Northern Di
- vision to help the Red Cross chapters
demonstrate their usefulness, while a
number of shipwrecks proved the read
iness of the Atlantic Division and the
New York Metropolitan Area Commit
tee to assist in that line of work.
The record of last year emphasizes
the need of abundant preparedness
.along the line of disaster relief,
;)as resulted in the organization ol
Disaster Preparedness Committees b>
about 400 chapters and the setting
aside of a sper’" 1 e—.ergemey fund j))
the National organization of $5,000.
mOO in addition to the regular annua
appropriation for this purpose mad*
in its budget.
American Tourists Expected to Pour
Golden Flood Throwgn the War-
Devastated Regions.
Conmumting on the American sum
mer rush to Europe, especially to the
French battlefields, Customs Inspector
Henri Duvul said In New Orleans:
“I am reminded of a tourist anec
dote.
“In many French provinces every
peasant raises each year for his fam
ily’s use one or two enormous pigs.
Nothing of the pig is discarded—the
fat is boiled down for lard; the blood
is made into blood puddings; the hams
are cured; the chops are suited; the
feet are dried; the meat in the head
is chopped into sausage meat; even
the ears are preserved; an occasional
slice of ear being used to enrich the
soup. And the tail? Oh, yes, they
use the tail, too. It is stewed with
vegetables and contains, they suy,
tiny morsel of delicious meat.
“But to return to the anecdote. .
American touring the north of France
one summer before the war, asked
peasant what the people .thereabouts
lived on.
“ ‘Pigs, monsieur, in the winter,’ re
plied the peasant, ‘und tourists lu the
slimmer/
Customs Inspector Duval laughed.
“Well,” he said, “the tales of extor
tion I hear from people now return
ing from France make me think that
few peasant^ will be eating pigs’ ears
or pigs’ tails this winter—they’ll he
eating tmilled chicken and drinking
champagne.”
MIXED HUMOR AND TRAGEDY
Writer Tells of Relieving Touch in the
Midst of Scenes of Revolt in
Ireland.
There is no country in the world like
Ireland. Even its serious attempts at
revolution lmve u humorous aide, .lust
us there Is a touch of sadness in the
wildest Irish merriment, there is a hit
of good humor in tlie midst of its most
tragic earnestness. Miss Dorothea
Conyers, in her Sporting Reminiscences,
tells an incident of one of the Sinn
Fein uprisings:
The harrier on the Wellesly bridge
was most imposing, and I remember
rushing down to sec il and upsetting a
urn 1 si nek of bayonets, but no one
minded. An Irule old lady in no ass
curl was trying to puss out just ns I
got there. Wheeled Irallle lmd to go
round In- nnolher bridge.
"Young
she liiilii
mm, let
pluze!'
The
1 the sen-
mss, if ye j
xpliilned nmlters pious- j
round he Tlioinond |
<*
Young mnn, let me
puss. Young mini, 1 have three young
pigs hungry ul home, und the mule in
the cur. Will ye cull mi ofllcer?"
. After u prolonged wait she tost her
temper, hacked tile curt into u senlry
box and drove nlT, declaring "slic’d
lmve the law on the military.”—
Youth's Companion.
Historic Estate on Market.
The Stoke Park estate, once the
home of the Penns, lias been placed
on the market. On this property Is u
monument put up by John Penn la
me of the poet, Gray. On three
sides me quotations from the IOlegy,
on the fourth Is an inscription saying
that the stone was erected In 179!)
“among the scenery celebrated by the
great Lyric anil Elegiac l'oet," and that
lie "lies unnoticed in the adjoining
churchyard under tile tombstone on
which lie piously and pathetically re-
(■oril(.(l liie interment of ills mint and
lamented mother.” The hope Is ex
pressed Itml the property will not full
into hands (hut will permil this monu
ment, “which In u sense bus become
historic, to fall into ruin.”—London
Times.
Wartime Lumber Consumption.
Tlie consumption of lumber during
the war has hern approximated at 0.-
500,000,000 feel, hoard meiisurq, by
the United Slates forestry service. Of
this amount of lumber purchased di*
rectly by fhe various government de
partments, tlie iiriuy consumption was
nearly 0.500,000,000 feet, the navy con
suming more than 120,000.000. During
I91S the Emergency Fleet corporation
consumed for ship construction np-
proximntnly 800,000,000 feet. Lumber
needed for boxes and erntes alone re
quired approximately 2,000,000.000
feet. Structures for cantonments,
hospitals, wnrehouses, elc„ used up-
proxlmntely 3,000.000,000 feet.
SAMSON
It is Performance
that Counts!
—For after all,-Hie value of tlie tractor you
buy will depend not only on the price you pay
f-r it, but on the quality of the work il does
"or you—and the amount.
The Samson Model M Tractor was designed
o meet the requirements of those farmers,who
expert tlie utmost in tractor service and satis
faction.
Here is a tractor that was not built down to
a price—but rather up to a quality standard
which insures dependable efficiency and a
long life of usefulness.
If you will consider the inoriis of the Samson
Model M Tractor as you do any other invest
ment—not merely from the standpoint of ini
tial outlay, but from the actual dividends it will
yield, you will appreciate its intrinsic value as
well as the many ways it will make and save
money for you.
From the radiator to draw-bar the Samson
Model M Tractor reflects quality-workmanship
and practical consideration of actual farm
requirements.
The four-cylinder motor, with which this
tractor is equipped, furnishes positive power
for both draw^bar and belt-driven pump, in
suring a proper circulation of cool water.
Force feed lubrication is used on this tractor
giving a constant, even supply of oil which
keeps all working parts continually lubricated,
making for highest efficiency. The transmis
sion is enclosed from dust and runs in a con
stant oil bath, insuring long life. The high-
tension magneto furnishes an even, hot spark
regardless of engine speed, making it possible
to run tlie tractor at various speeds with an
even flow of power.
The perfect distribution of weight, compact
design and low center of gravity give the trac
tor great stability and insures it hugging the
ground under all conditions.
The Snmson'alsn comes equipped with a gov
ernor, 1 S-inrli pulley, platform, fenders, harck-
ets for canopy top and regular cleats. There
is no extra charge for this equipment.
If you are looking for a quality tractor for
quality work, you will want a Samson. We
have a few more in stock for immediate deliv
ery. Buy yours now. You can use il this
Fall and Winter for countless tasks. Then
you will have it all tuned for Spring work tlie
moment you need it.
Come in and talk it over with us, or if you
are too busy, write—today.
J. W. JAMES
DEALER
Novel Wireless Experiments.
J!y menus of' vibratory waves sent
out from an oscillator cut In her hull,
the bntlle cruiser Ohio lias been con-
iluetlng some remnrknhie wireless ex
periments with I lie nlmiHloneil battle-
shiji Iowa in the Delaware bay near
Philadelphia. The dot nml dash waves
are caught on tlie sensitive horns of
the Iowa's submarine listener 10 feet
below her stern. In tills manner the
Ohio is able to control the Iowa’s en
gines anil helm and direct her course
(S00 yards away. Insulated wires were
installed on the Iowa to attempt to op
erate lier at greater distances.
Shetlands Return to Ancient Industry.
A Central News correspondent re
ports that tlie whaling season off the
Shetland isles lias been most suc
cessful. Twenty-nine large nnd valu
able whales were landed iasl week at
Olnafirth station, bringing the cateh
•or the season at that station to 200
whales, while the -season's enteli at
r'nihilirth, aiiolher station in the Shet
land group, « as 130.—West minster Ga-
zette.
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CLASS JOB PRINTING, CALL
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