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GENERAL
NEWS
VOLUME XIX. No. 46.
Augusta Medical College is Owner
of 1-16,000,000,000 of An Ounce of
Radium; a Very Queer Substance
Professor Dow Exhibits Its Interestinq Effects to Herald
Representative. Quantity Too Small For Any Purpose
Other Than to Show Its Emination. A Few Facts About
the Expensive Mineral. What Noted Scientist Says Re
aardinq Its Curative Power in Cases of Cancer
At the present time, when there Is
a nation-wide dispute over the use of
nullum us a cure for earner. It Is In
teresting to know that the Msdleal
College here Is the proud possessor of
one slxteen-bllllonth <l-160000000001
part of an ounce of It, valued, It Is
wild. Including a small inexpensive
case In which it was purchased, at
f 9.00. It Is a part of the laboratory
equipment and Is of no practical use,
other than furnishing a very Inter
esting sight to those who wish to "see”
some of the most expensive substance
In the world.
On Zino Sulphide.
The quantity the college owns is in
visible to the naked eye, and when one
visits the laboratory and requests to
be shown some radium, he never sees
"It." Instead, he 19 shown Its effects
on zinc sulphide—the emlnatlon.
A representative of The Herald was
last week permitted to "take a look.
A little cylindrical case with a mag
nifying glass at the top was procured
by Prof. John W. Dow, in charge of
the laboratory, and at the bottom of
the case resting over a piece of zinc
sulphide was a small brass pointer
on the under side of which was fast
ened, they say, the almost infinitely
small quantity of radium. Zino sul
phide is one of several substances
which has the power of making the
emlnatlon from radium visible under
a. lens magnifying about twenty times.
The room wns darkened and the glass
was properly adjusted. Then a look
Into the tube revealed the queer ef
fects of the radium, the very thing
over which there Is so much discus
sion now.
Like Phosphorus.
The zinc sulphide Is what Is seen
and it is eminating under the effects
of th radium like a piece of phosphor
us. From the tiny little bright spots
seen here and there It looks much
like a cluster of glimmering stars in
the sky on a dark night. This action
Is going on constantly.
By this action a gas. known as
helium, one of the small component
parts of the atmosphere, is formed
from the particles of radium thrown
Ass, and, according to Prof. Dow, this
radio-active substance is continually
losing. He says that in a few thous
and years the piece the college owns
would be gone.
It is estimated that the total world's
supply of radium today docs not ex
ceed a quarter of an ounce, and that
the entire stock In all of the stores
In the world is not more than a tenth
of an ounce.
Many Interesting Properties.
The name, radium, comes from the
Batin, ''radius,” ray, and was first, ob
tained in 1998 by M. and Mine. Curie
and M. Remont. It Is considered to
he an element and has many inter
esting properties. It maintains Its
own temperature of about one degree
above its surroundings and, according
to scientists, emits heat radiations
without combustion or chemical change
and without any appreciable decrease
in Its energy. Its spectrum has been
examined by Demarcay and new and
characteristic Hues obtained which ap
parently demonstrate that it Is an ele
ment. Its discovery and characteris
tics have given rise to many Inter
esting physical speculations.
Radium is found in pitch blende,
which is mined in this country and In
Hungary. In this country the mines
are located in Colorado and are pri
vately owned. In Hungary the Aus
trian government has seized the mines
and control them. According to Frot
Dow', pitch blende is a very rare min
eral, there being only two or three
deposits in the world. It is difficult
to get radium from the pitch blende,
as a ton of pitch blende, says Prof.
Dow, yields only about one-sixteen
thousandth (l-1600fl> part of an ounce.
Heat of Earth.
The heat of the earth from radio
active energy is said to be consider
able. It is further declared that the
heat generated by the radium in the
earth will compensate for the heat lost
from the earth by radiation. A con
sideration of this souree of internal
heat for the earth, it is said, aJlows
us to estimate the time during which
the earth has not been too hot for tho
existence of vegetable and animal life
on It.
In regard to radium’s curative pow
ers, medical experts on one hand
speak affirmatively In this respect,
while others, equally as distinguished
In the profession, deny it.
What Dr. Christian Says.
A statement recently made by Dr.
Eugene Christian, the prominent New
York food scientist, has caused con
siderable discussion. Dr. Christian as
Veterans Meet Just Before the
16th Anniversary Sinking of Maine
On February 16, 1898, Battleship Was Sunk in Havana
Harbor. Veterans of Archie Butt Camp Meet Today in K.
pf P. Hall.
At the regular monthly meeting of
Archie Butt Camp of United Spanish
War Veterans to be held at Knights
of Pythias Hall this afternoon Past
Commander Chas. Sanchen will be
presented with a past commander's
jewel by the camp.
Col. Claude E. Sawyer, of Aiken S.
C., who is the present commander,
will make the presentation speech.
THE AUGUSTA SUNDAY HERALD
pulls the curative power* of radium
in cancer cuses ami states that the
use of the costly mineral I* merely
un endeavor to cure un existing dis
ease without eliminating the cause.
A part of the Christian statement Is
as follows:
"Here is the true cause of enneer.
and the thinking person must admit
that It is so deep-seated In the very
vitals of the human organism that no
external force or agency can hope to
cope effectually with Its dread re
sults. When either anlntalg or vege
tables are deprived of pure food, pure
air and sunlight they each tend to
revert back to nature—that Is, to die.
The vegetable becomes fungus and
diseased, and the animal becomes tu
morous, fungus, cancerous and tuber
culous.
"Cancer Is a malignant tumorous
growth which becomes a pseudo para
site and which preys upon the animal
tissue. It Is produced by lowly organ
ized nitrogenous matter. Just as the
vegetable fungus (mushroom) comes
from the decaying body of the tree.
Cancer In Its final analysis is merely
one of nature’s methods of disposing
of effete, decaying matter that cannot
be passed through the anabolic or
constructive process. In one person
nature may create a tumor, cyst or
cesspool, as it were. Into which 'a
emptied all foreign, useless and poi
sonous matter, while In another case
it may dispose of this matter in ma
lignant tumorous form called carci
noma (cancer).
“The local inquiry now Is: What
causes the blood to become so charged
with poisons that nature takes these
desperate steps to eliminate them?
Named in the order of their importance
they are as follows: (1) Overeating;
(2) flesh eating: (3) thp consumption
of alcoholic stimulants, tobacco, tea
and coffee; (4) the overconsumption
of sweets; (5) the overconsumption
of salt; (6) inactivity and lack of
fresh air. The avoidance of the evils
named and the consumption of foods
having the proper qualities and com
binations of the necessary elements
thoroughly well-known to science will
not only render Impossible the form
ation of cancer, but wyl absolutely
cure it after Its growth begins by re
moving the cause.”
Dr. Howard A. Kelly, of Baltimore,
a noted surgeon and radium expert, is
one of the leading men who assert
that radium will cure cancer, and he
is urging congress to take control of
ml lands containing deposits of the
mineral from which it Is extracted.
ST. LUKE BARACAS TO
BUILD UP BIG CLASS
Want a Full Attendance This
Afternoon at 3:30 O’Clock at
Sunday School Rooms.
Our attendance last Sunday wag
pleasing to see.
When counted we numbered just
forty and three.
—St. Luke Baracas.
Thp regular Sunday afternoon ses
sion of the St. Duke Baraca Class will
be held this afternoon at 3:30 p. m.,
at the regular place of meeting.
The subject of the lesson: "Christ’s
Hatred of Shams."
Golden Text: “Be Not Deceived;
God is Not Mocked.”
All members are urged to attend
today's session, for under the leader
ship of Miss Flewellyn Goodrich, the
lesson is sure to prove very interest
ing, as well as benficial.
The regular monthly meeting ip
February will be held on Tuesday
evening.
The class has as a goal in the near
future one hundred members—and
then on and on. Church workers
may get hints and a forward move
ment gait in visiting such a class.
The class slogan is "A stranger is
a stranger here only once.”
On last Sunday the Sunday school
had an attendance of 300, which was
a fine showing considering the cold
spell.
The Philatheas had a fine attend
ance of 53 young ladles.
Both morning and evening services
will be conducted by Rev. .1. F.
Roberts; morning at 11 a. m.; even
ing at 8 p. m., promptly. Regular
mid-week grayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 8 p. m.
The above camp wag the firgt to
select the name of Archie Butt after
the sinking of the Titanic. Their
charter is dated May 17, 1912,. Just
one month and three days after Major
Butt was lost at sea.
Monday will be the sixteenth anni
versary of the sinking of the Maine
in Havana Harbor.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15. 1914.
ANDREWS BROS. CO.
870 BROAD STREET
Double Purple Stamps Given Before Noon
Our Dining Room Sec
tion Was Never More
Complete Than Just
at This Time.
You can find here the simple
unpretentious Oak Suites as
well as the handsomer suites in
Solid Mahogany and Massive
Mission styles.
We Are Offering for This
Week a 42-inch Solid Oak
Buffet , with a 10x32 $ i 0,50
inch Mirror for | 0=
This Buffet is handsomely finished, all exterior
is rubbed and polished. The drawers are fin
ished inside with two coats of varnish, the spa
cious cupboard which has double doors is also
stained inside. Regular $22.50 Buffet
for $16.50
$18.50 China Closet with bent glass ends and
mirror top, solid quartered oak,, to go at $15.00
.L
42 inch round top, pedestal base Dinner Table, 0
feet long when extended, made of solid oak,
nicely finished. Regular SIO.OO value at $8.50
$13.50 Solid Oak Serving Table to go at $10.98
This serving table is 36 inches long, has two
drawers equipped with brass locks, and has a
spacious shelf underneath. A bargain for the
price. Only $10.98
Substantial, well finished, full sized Dining
Chairs, made of solid oak. $2.50 values at $1.74
$7.50 Mahogany Finished
Telephone Stands $6.49
These arc the best and most convenient tele
phone stands that we have ever brought out.
They are equipped with the patent lift stool that
is attached to the stand proper and cannot b<-
taken away, but is always in its place and ready
when wanted. These stands were never sold for
less than $7.50, special $6.49
$4.00 Magazine Stands in fumed or Early English
oak, to go at .. .. $3.98
S7O Solid Oak Library
Tables $8.49
These tables arc 42 inches long and 26 inches
wide, ,have a large drawer and spacious shelf
underneath, finished either in Fumed or Earlv
English Oak. Special $8.49
Solid Oak Tabourdttes, with 12x12 inch top,
stands 12 inches from the floor, special .. . 49<*
SIO.OO Mahogany Music Stand, finished In ma
hogany, full size for sheet music. Special $7.49
We have just received a large shipment of straw
matting in all the leading shades, ranging from
to laid on your floor.
Also matting Art Squares in the different
grades, at $3.49 to $9.98
Heavy grade Liholeum, suitable for bath room
or kitchen, 65c quality for 49^
(One pattern Only.)
Authentic Showing of the New Styles in
Spring Suits and_ Dresses
A Most Beautiful and Interesting Array of the New Styles in Dresses and
Suits for Spring, 1914 Is Already on Hand, and Ready for Your Inspec
tion Tomorrow Morning.
Suit styles this year have undergone decided changes, and the semi
tailored and the dressy, loose-fitting effect is much in evidence.
Many of the newest ideas are show’ll, including the oddly cut jacket,
usually short, flaring to show tin* short cutaway, or hanging straight and
loose from the shoulders; also skirts distinctive through the use of the new
tier or tunic effects; these and many other new features are to be found in
our advance showing of Spring Suits.
Spring Suits at $25.00
A pleasing assortment of stylish Spring Suits, made of wool crepes and
poplins, mannish serges, black and white checks. In green, Copenhagen,
wistaria, tan, navy blue, mahogany and gray, as well as black.
A Charming New Spring
Suit in Misses' Sizes for
$19.95
In black and white waffle check, copen silk
trimmed, also brown and white, waffle check,
brown moire trimmed, each have white ratine col
lars, hand embroidered to blend with shade of suit.
The coat is yoke and kimona effects, short; the
square skirt has yoke top in front and peg top
back.
First Showing of
Wooltex Spring Suits
Far exceeding in style, quality and price attrac
tions any previous display.
ISpring serge Suits in navy and black, in regular
and outsizes, 1(> yeats to 44 bust measure,
for $22.95
New Ideas in Sport Coats
SIO.OO to $25.00
Balmacaan, Kimona Coats, Modified Balkans in
white grounds, new greens, now blues, tango and
staple colors.
New Showing of Wash
Materials
IMPORTED RATINE CREPES, sheer crepe
grounds with white or novelty colored ratine stripe!
that make the fashionable gowns that re
quire very little trimming, the yard $1 to $2.25
Burton’s New Cloth, in solids, checks and
stripes ... .... .. and 35^
White Corded Crepes for.. 28^
Swiss Corded Crepes
with black stripes and
checks 39<
Lingerie Crepes, the
yard .... and 25^
Cleopatra Crepes, in
solid colors, pink, blue,
green, flecked colors
and all white, the
yard 25^
Sheer Fleecy Crepes,
for to 85^
Nub Novelty Crepes,
for .... 50< to $1.39
Ratine striped Crepes
in white and colors, the
yard 50^*
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
Silk Htriped Crepes in
all white and white
sheer crepe ground
with satin stripes of
blue, copen, green, pink
and lavender, also solid
blue and oopon, the
yard ,^ w .so
4
Burton’s Silk and Cot
ton Woven Crepes, the
yard 85<?
47 inch Mercerized
Crepe Voile, the
yard 45^
Sheer lovely plain
Voiles, 47 inches wide,
the yard and 75*
OUB HOUSEFURNISHING
\ CLUB PLAN
Enabled you to buy the same
as for fcash, with a small fee
for carrying. This is entirely
offset by the Purple Stamps,
which we give on monthly
payments.
New Spring
Skirts
Black Taffeta Skirts
will enjoy groat pop
ularity during the
coming season and
we are showing a
number of them in
tflio prettiest models
for Spring, including
minaret, ruffle and
tunic styles. They
are made from the
very finest Chiffon-
Taffeta, and are
priced n't
SIO.OO to sl6 95
Several models in
Mannish Worsteds,
Jilack and White
< 'hecks of small and
medium size aTc on
display. These skirts
have the new two
ruffle tunic effect as
as well as peg top
lines. A special val
ue at .. .. ». $6.50
Others $5 to $8.50
Black Moire Skirts
in tunic or minaret,
effects, for .SIO.OO
White Serge Skirts
in minaret or peg top
draped effect,
$lO and sls.
The Cleverest
and Most
Varied Line of
Separate
Waists Ever
Brought Out
Crepe de Chino
Waists, in white,
flesh, gold, pink and
all black, with coni
and tassel at
neck .. .. .. $6.95
Lace Waists in many
fluffy models,
at .. $3.98 and $5.
Crepe and Voile
Waists, in kimona ef
fects, tailored and
trimmed in a variety
of lovely ways. Many
have touches of col
or. . $1.25 to $5.95
GENERAL
NEWS