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rate of interest, liberel terms and
with the least possible delay. Be
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WHEN IS TOWN
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and Ladies’ Coat Suits.
Also a fresh shipment of
Dress Goods, Shoes and Flats for Misses and Ladies
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PEARSON TRIBUNE, DECEMBER 7,1917
MAIMED SOLDIERS
WILL BETRAINED
Uncle Sam Plans to Build Large
Number of “Reconstruction”
Hospitals.
EQUIP MEN FOR NEW WORK
Surgical Experts Will Endeavor to Re
turn Wounded Fighters to Civil
Life as Self-Supporting
Citizens.
The whole conception of govern
ment and national responsibility for
caring for the wounded has undergone
radical change during the months of
study given the subject by experts
serving with the Medical Officers’ Re
serve corps and others consulting with
them. Instead of the old idea that
responsibility ended with the return
of the soldier to private life with his
wounds healed and such pension as
he might be given, it is now considered
that it is the duty of the government
to equip and re-educate the wounded
man, after healing his wounds, and to
return him to civil life ready to be as
useful to himself and his country as
possible.
To carry out this Idea Uncle Sam’s
plans are well under way for building
"reconstruction hospitals” in large cen
ters of population. Sites have been
chosen, In the following cities: Bos
ton, New York, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Washington, Buffalo, Cincinnati,
Chicago, St. Paul, Seattle, San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Khnsas
City, St. Louis, Memphis, Richmond,
Atlanta, and New Orleans. Those In
Boston, New York, Washington, and
Chicago will probably he constructed
first. Each will be built as a 500-bed
hospital, but with provision for en
largement to 1,000 beds if needed.
Training to Be Given.
These hospitals will not be the last
step In the return of the wounded sol
diers to civil life. When the soldiers
are able to take up industrial train
ing, further provision will be ready.
The Injured man may be retrained to
his previous occupation to conform
with his handicapped condition or
retrained for a new industry com
patible with that condition. Addition
al education will be given to those fit
ted for it, and men may In some cases
be returned to more valuable work
than that from which they were called
to war. Workshops will be provided
at the hospitals, but arrangements will
(dso be made with outside industries
whereby more elaborate methods of
training may be carried on. An em
ployment bureau will be established
to place men so trained in different
parts of the United States.
This whole matter comes under the
department of military orthopedic
surgery recently organized In the
medical department of the urmy.
Arrangements have been made by
the department of military orthopedics
to care for soldiers, so far as ortho
pedics (the prevention of deformity)
is concerned, continuously until they
are returned either to active service or
civil life. Orthopedic surgeons will be
attached to the medical force near
the firing line and to the different hos
pitals back to the base orthopedic hos
pital, which will be established within
100 miles of the firing line. In this
hospital, In addition to orthopedic sur
gical care, there will bo equipment for
surgical reconstruction work and “cur
ative workshops" in which men will
acquire ability to use injured members
while doing work Interesting and use
ful in itself. This method has sup
planted the old and tiresome one of
prescribing a set of motions for a
man to go through with no purpose
than to reacquire use of his injured
part.
It Is not the tutentlon that men able
to go back to the firing line shall be
•returned to this country unless their
convalescence will extend over a period
of a considerable number of months.
Soldiers unable to return to duty will
be sent to the reconstruction hospitals
iu the United States.
Instructors and Examiners.
Instructors and examiners for all the
camps are also being furnished by the
■department of military orthopedic sur
gery. A number of older and more ex
perienced surgeons will act as instruc
tors and supervisors for each of the
groups into which the camps will be
divided; a number of orthopedic sur
geons will be detailed as attending
surgeons at each camp to act as ex
aminers and as consultants to the
camp’s other surgeons; directions are
being provided for instruction of med
ical officers In military orthopedic sur
gery, emphasis being made on foot,
back, and joint conditions as effecting
'the acceptance or rejection of re
cruits; and careful instruction is
planned for line officers so that they
will recognize the simpler orthopedic
conditions and refer to the camp sur
geon any men who develop them.
Semimonthly inspection will be made
of all soldiers’ feet and camp surgeons
and men detailed for the purpose will
be given special Instruction in care of
the feet. Courses of intensive train
ing in military orthopedic surgery are
being arranged for different universi
ties so that the younger surgeons tak
ing up the work may enter upon their
duties with some special preparation.
The course will occupy six weeks.
An Italian university professor says
he has found radium in ordinary dew.
RICH SOIL FOR CAULIFLOWER
Plant Will Not Thrive in Poor, Barren
Earth and Does Best in Slightly
Cool Weather.
Many persons who have attempted
to grow cauliflower are doubtless
wondering why they met with more
or less failure.
Cauliflower requires a rich soil to
produce satisfactory development It
simply will not grow to do any good
in poor, barren earth, and it Is use
less to try to grow It unless the soil
Is or can be made very rich.
Cauliflower does best in a cool soil
and still better If the weather Is
slightly cooler than Is required to
produce some other vegetable crops.
Feed the plants. Apply manure
that has strength in it, but avoid any
munure that has heating properties.
Well-decayed , horse manure well mixed
with cow manure, will produce the
desired results. Apply to the bed
where the plants are to be set, spade
or plow under, and then during the
growing season, apply it to the sur
face and especially along the rows
pretty close up to the plants, but keep
from touching them If possible.
Liquid fertilizer from such manure
will give satisfactory results if ap
plied during the growing season. A
little wood ashes added to the manure
from which the liquor is made and
applied at the time the heads are
forming will Increase their size and
weight.
Bend over the longer leaves to pro
tect heads from sun, and finer white
heads will be grown.
SALE OF STRAWBERRY CROP
Every Producing Section Has One or
More Marketing Associations—
Scarcity of Labor.
A report of the detailed study of
the marketing and distribution of
strawberries made by the United
States department of agriculture con
tains much Interesting Information.
The Investigators found that with
the increase of the Importance of the
Industry more elaborate methods for
the disposal of the crop have become
necessary. Practically every Impor
tant producing section has one or
more Important marketing associn
clatlons. These organizations relieve
the grower of many of the dotnlls
connected with the disposal of his
crop, and in some cases even main
tain a labor bureau for securing the
much needed help during the picking
Strawberry Basket.
season. In certain cases, too, a num
ber of local organizations by concert
ed action have secured u high degree
of uniformity in the grade and pack
of the berries, which Is reflected In
the better price obtulned on the mar
kets.
A difficulty that has Increased with
the development of the Industry and
the growing practice of shipping
strawberries over long distances is the
scarcity of labor at picking time. In
order that the berries shnll reach a
distant market in good condition. It
is necessary to pick them regularly
and at the proper time. The demand
for pickers Is, therefore, very great.
On the other hand, idleness, due to a
few rainy days, may cause the pickers
to migrate to another section, caus
ing considerable loss to the growers
they leave. To offset this tendency,
the report suggests that pickers
should be guaranteed a minimum
number of working days within the
limits of the normal harvesting sea
son.
AXLE GREASE IS NEGLECTED
One of Greatest Sins Against Farm
Equipment Is to Overlook
Proper Lubrication.
Of all the sins of neglect committed
against farm equipment that of fall
ing to “grease” the farm wagon is per
haps the worst. The farm manager
gets in a hurry, hitches up the team
and drives off to haul a heavy load
when the “spindles” of the wagon may
be so “dry” as to be bright from the
friction of the wheels.
Such use means heavy wear and
rapid deterioration. It takes but a
very few minutes to "grease" the wag
on when everything needed is handy.
When axle grease is used often the
load draws easier and the wear is re
duced considerably.
Keep your wrench, axle grease and
axle rest handy so you will not forget
to lubricate the wagon.
YOUNG FARMERS CAN ASSIST
Greatest Service They Can Render in
Winning War Is to Help Produce
Large Food Crops.
Every effort should be made to have
the young men on the farms realize
that the greatest service they can ren
der the country at this moment is to
give their best efforts to the produc
tion of as large crops as possible, es
pecially of the staple foods that will
be needed for men and animals.
THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE
“THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE SOUTH”
« For Fares, Schedules,
Pullman Reservations
etc., call on or wit*.
A. R. HOUSE. Ticket Agent PEARSON, GA.
GEORGIA & FLORIDA RY.
Schedule Effective August 26th, 1617 &&&
Trains leave Willacoochee for Douglas,
Ifazlehurst, Vidalla. still mo re, <lar
fic-M. Milieu. Swainsboro. Millville,
Keysvllle, Augusta and intermediate
points.
Trains leave Willacoochee for Nash
ville, Adel. Sparks. Moultrie. Val
dosta. Madison, Fla., and interme
diate points.
T. E. HARRIS, L. J. PARKS,
General Passenger Agent Traveling Passenger Agent,
Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga
ATTENTION PUBLIC!
I have just received a full line of
Fall Goods at which I bought be
fore the prices advanced. I am
going to give my customers the
benefit of the Bargains. Call
around and let us show you our
stock before you buy.
PEARSON BARGAIN HOUSE
I. PASSON, Prop.
PEARSON, - - - GEORGIA
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PEARSON PHARMACY
WE CARRY a full line of PHARMACEUT
ICALS fresh to fill all Doctors Prescrip
tions and have a licensed pharmacist in charge of
our store.
Wo also carry a full line of Cigars, Cigarettes,
Perfumery. Toilet Articles, in fact everything us
ually kept in a first-class Drug Store will be found
here.
Your patronage will be appreciated.
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Dr. E. S. BOLTON, Manager
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