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Published to Fanmti the People ol Glascock..CecaAp. • Weekly Newt$sprr and as a Medium for Dim——I »l the PiMic Good. VOL. XXX. NO. 50 RED CROSS DUTY TO AID VETERANS Spends Nearly Four Millions In Year to Lessen Burdens of Disabled Soldiers. SERVES 63,700 IN HOSPITALS s Every Case Is Given Individual Service—Assists Families of These Men Everywhere. Washington—The need of Individ ual assistance by ex-service men and their families from the Red Cross ta as pressing today aa It waa imme diately after th# end of the World War, For six years this work ha* been foremost of all Red Cross ser vices. and In emphasizing the steady public support of this m'ork the Red Cross National Headquarters urge* the largest enrollment this year dur lng the membership campaign open ing on Armistice Day. November it. Nearly four million dollars of Red Cross funds spent for disabled veter ans and their dependents during the year ended June 30 k«5t presents some Ides of the magnitude of this work. The current year, it Is estimated, will call for still further disbursements of funds tor the reason that the Red Cross, through more than 3,600 Chap ters in as many communities In th# United States, has been called npon to help the ex-service men in making out their applications for the adjusted compensation granted in th# so-called bonus law. 68.767 Soldier Cases a Month The Red Cross work_ for the dis abled soldier ts designated “home ear vice.” for It gives Individual attention to the man and his family approxi mating the interest and loving care of the home. Such service In the hos pitalB, esmp*. - Jioidters’ homes iM sanatoria, averaged 33.951 eases a month during the year. Assistance to ex-service men _and their depen dents averaged 58,767 cases s month, in addition, th# Red Cross In the last twelve months provided 33,000 recre ation and entertainment events in the hospitals and camps. Thus the Red Cross, symbolized as the ‘Greatest Mother,” still watches over these many thousands of men, comforts them, helps to lighten the te dium of their physical reconstruction, and In their homes lifts some of the burdens from their “own people.” Work In Communities Increases The home service of the Red Cross was the most pressing duty of 2,609 Chapters, an Increase of 1*2 communi ties where problems affected by th# war veteran’s condition required so lution through immediate and Intelli gent assistance The Chapters alone expended some $2,000,000 In this work The transient disabled soldier, nso al’y suffering from disability or tuber culosis, is almost everywhere a grave problem. From national funds the past year $173.076 30 was expended in helping the Chapters to care for these wandering men According to government report there are 4.800 veterans in civilian In etUuUnns, and in the national homes for soldiers the complications are in creasing The large groups of pa tients whose claims have been disal lowed. of veterans of foreign wars, and the great number of men perma nently resident In these Institutions call for Red Cross work which can not be avoided nor denied. Definite Serv'ee to 73,700 Of a total of 84.500 ex-service men in hospitals and other institutions 73,- 700 were rendered a definite and spe cialized service by the Red Cross. In a single month 4.185 new cases were presented and a total of 20.125 was acted upon—figures which serve to Illustrate the magnitude of the in formation and claims service engag ing the attention of Red Cross work ers. New veteran legislation amend ing the War Risk act which extends many additional rights to disabled ex eervlce men will reopen thousands of cases and require still greater Red Cross service. When Congress granted a charter Take II Before Going. Do you want to be that unfor tunate person whose counghing at church, concert, lectures or theatre blots out the word we most want to hear. Chamber Iain’s Cough Remedy helps these embarrassed ones, quickly puts an end to coughing, tickling throat and nervous hacking. Advertisement. * GIBSON RECORD - -<u- QIBSON, GA., W6DNt§*l)AY , NOV. 5, 19J4L KEEPING WELL SHOULD COUSINS MARRY? DR. rRKOERUK R. GREEN Editor el < HEALTH’’ TS THERE any foundation for our closet? -•sjjrajudiee related against the marriage, of persons? In more than a third of the United States marriage of -first cousins is for bidden. In Oklahoma not even second cousins are allowed to marry. Yet In England marriage between cousins is quite common and has been for generations. An Englishman can marry his father’s brother’s daughter, but until recently he was not allowed to marry *iis deceased wife’s sister, who wag no relation to him whatever. Professor Paul Popenoe, the well known authority on this subject, says that whether or not cousins should marry depends entirely on the cousins. Marriage between persons of the same ancestry and the same persona! traits tends to produce children with these traits more strongly developed. If the Inherited characteristics are good, the marriage results in better children. If the Inherited traits are had, then poorer children are the result. Professor Popenoe concludes that If both Interested parties to the marriage are strong and healthy, mentally and physically, above the average, with no bad tendencies In their common an cestors for several generations back, their children will probably be above the average. But If the cousins are mentally or physically below the average, If their ancestors had undesirable traits, or If Sny evidences of insanity, feeble mindedness. liability to disease, ec ceutrlcltles. or other undesirable pecu liarities were present, then their mar riage would be Inadvisable. Professor Popenoe’s conclusions are In line with what every live stock breeder knows from experience. The breeder kffows that when the parents are carefully selected and all animals with bad traits and,physical defect* ar* cut oot. there I* ro or surer way of building up a tf$e grade of stock than by Inbreeding. On the other hand, the breeder knows that If the parents are defec tive. low grade nr “scrub” animals, the general average of the herd Is lowered So the answer to the Question whether cousins should marty ts thai It ail depends on the cousins And the hear ad'iee to those in doubt Is that of Punch—"Don’t.” (© 1?24, Wftftttrn Newspaper Union.) ir Al#THAT FOt'D PARENTS TELL ABOUT THEIR’P'RltSHT" CHILDREN 13 truE.ToE NEXT GENERATION V/IL1 SE ViEA»lM– LAMP SHADE 5 A3 HAT5 _ rrt - r ’ J ? MB, v V J-. m AtfToetfrrijL. ••we of Omlselen, Doing Ihnthlng Is soniedmes the ffrOfPt ' r WRRxiivrlniltrt to the American Red Cross it charged the organization with the duty to act as “the medium of communication be tween the American people and their Army and Navy." This responsibility to the enlisted men and t.heir families Is met every year without restriction 6erve« Men on Active Sqr/ice The extent of this Red Cross activ It? during the last year embraced a total of 195,24B cases. There were 36.995 separate soldiers’ and sailors’ claims; 20,316 Investigations of home conditions; 11,421 cases related to dis charges, furloughs, etc. Assistance tvas given in 39.633 instances for per socah business or family problems: 744,220 visits were made to the sick or disabled, and nearly 40,000 letters and telegrams dispatched to the homes of enlisted men From June to September at the nu merous military training camps the Red Cross provided information and home service to the trainees, also in struction tn First Aid and Life Saving The entertainment and recreation events at the various Army and Navy hospitals reached nearly 9,500 during the year, and occunational therapy i: nine Naval hospitals gave construe live and beneficial results and occu pied tb# time of patients in the mak ins of useful and ornamental thiugs W, AMERICAN WAY Iplfcriirr^ SrC, Vijj: H * PS Bfc SPEE j=. £ a » 1 pa –-’T rr„—* -J.>z n - ■ v ~^S "If/ jK^rz- gjp^ r—crr~ i=5 ; i / LUTS ( 8 *r—---- ,^g(=g §Zg$H Lc VfO • t % v '/ 1 t *V it^:r jif pffia™flK’ -; —.^.v.-rr >:• A v :mari . •; "“31 r-~ i,; >: -vV i Kl f;| ; =^' ;J feg m\m\ mi nSa i apwra vSM •*! iii il–fltfl •;.;f!|s / 7 'v~2! r<A ;£** clitics, ilN^I «5fS C'AMP^S^ N, "V <*p? fTl>i (A V i’$pfr <^iij ?C Rip l ! 2T / - 1 nsn t mm 4 • • -^1^1! if' HI '! »W AYte ifltln dcaste^ .-'•” "--s. ’"fit f, m mini 1 Red Cross Figging First Ar*– Ba^pk? To Conserve Life Reliable records establish the fact that more than 75,000 accidental deaths occur every year In the United States The records show t.iat 206 \merlcan citizens are killed every day: that 38 of these deaths are due to automobiles, 35 to falls. 19 to drownIngs. 16 to burns. Facing such "distressing sacrifice ol life Is the First Aid Service of the American Red Cross, fighting through education and demonstration to Instill a conclousness of safety In the public mind and teaching approved methods which assure "that compei«nt hands will eare for Injured persons until th* arrival of doctors Trained service It) the first few minutes Is vital In .serious accidents and saves mail; precious lives One of the most encouraging signs of the past vrar Is the record of the R.ed Cross First Aid Insurance Car No 1 which traveled 9.700 miles along trunk (Ines, stopping at 137 places The car’s staff of surgeons gave 911 demonstrations to audiences compos »d of 42.150 railroad men 71 ono high school and college students 13 000 In dustrla! workers, 2,000 members of For All the Family “\kjE have used Black i* Draught ever since ily and that was shortly after 1874,” says Mr, E. A. Branstetter, of St. James, Mo. “It is my first remedy when any of us gets sick. ... We use Black-Draught for torpid liver and stomach com plaints. “When I get sluggish I and don’t feel so good, take Black-Draught—and you have to show me that there is a better medicine 4 Remember it ifs Not Thedford’s, **** BLACK-DRAUGHT Vegetable Liner Medicine dobs. and nearly 18 000 pollcemfo Stamen and other municipal em •0j>ve9. a total of 147W00 't–cifm F 4 r»t jtjrt eertlfloat»Vi VCf;!' conferred trrott 13.865 who look th‘- course last yfisr an In crease of 4,000 over 1923 Telephone, gas. and electric companies, public corporation'! and other laree employers of the country adopted the Rea Cross course, and their team contests everywhere were witnessed by huge crowds with as much Interest as develops at popnlar athletic games ' »« the Industrial field the growth ol First Alrt Practice to fight to reduce preventable accidents and unneoes sary '°ss of life has received wide recognition The promise of an tin precendented advance 1n this fine cause lies In the evidence of th <4 great strides systematic Instruction In First Aid has made throughout the country through the Red Cross Chapters and the the work of the experts In this service under direction of the nations’ organization Sign the American Red Cross rol this year for humanity’s sake. "Washigton Pie ’’ While It seems impossible to mice Washington pie (o ifs original pinker, i Is Interesting to note that recipes ’or It may he found in old English i wiU woks in Missouri. I think it is asss*^Sr“*» fine for indigestion or for UBes jt fay «ny stomach ailment, Indigestion and let biliousness. We never the house be without it if I know it. We also give it to the children for chil dren’scomplaints,cold*or fever. Keep a package of Black- , draught in the house for aU the family, ,JlC,t th/^uLr-.i*. h e ^w f".JSS p«ck* * flv . * ag«s. It’* <*Mp«r. Bibfe Thoughts fo^ the Week Sunday. FINDING THE RIGHT WAY.— Seek ye I he Lord while he may he found, call ye upon him while he Is near: let the wicked forsnk# his way, and th» unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto I he Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.— Isa. 55:0, 7. Monday. WHOM SHALL 1 FEART-The Lord is my light and m.v salvation ; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall T he afraid? Ps. 27 .1. Tuesday. NOTHING BUT GOOD.—And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.—Rom. 8:28. Wednesday. GREAT AND PRECIOUS PR03I ISES.—Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious prom ises; that by these ye might he partakers of the divine nature, hav ing escaped the corruption .that Is in the world through lust—II Pet. 14 Thursday GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM —Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as thin little child, the same Is greatest. In the kingdom of heaven.—Matt. 18:4. Friday, DELIVERANCE AMID TRIALS. ■When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through th# rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest throttgh the fire thou shalt not he burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.—Isa. 43:2, Saturday PRAY FOR REVIVAL—O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.—Hab. 8:2. T*d«>’« Wise Word. “An education for Individually •feoiild Include In a large way the «* •ential beauty of poetry of things; th« essential order of history of things, the ultimate values or the religion ot things; and. In childhood particularly the eternal vea and nay or Hie realitj of tbine«’’- r , : iis> f,orp $h*»rn 6 66 is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Dengue, Aches, Conitipaticn. B Uousr,esx Uii the moil ipeedy remedy we lin,w. $1.00 PER YEAR 50,000 IN LIFE-SAVING SERVICE OF RED CROSS Additional 50,000 Water Safety Experts Probable Gain of Summer Campaign. A boy watched an expert give a class a lesson In the way to revive • person unconscious from water im mersion. The next day the boy tried it on a bathing companion and saved his life. Such a boy justifies all the effort anti the cost of the Life-Saving Service. American Red Cross officials declare. The Red ^Cross method of restoring partly drowned persons Is so simple that the continual large sacri fice of life must decrease as an In formed public insists upon general in struction in prone pressure practice to Induce respiration. The Red Cross Life-Saving Service in every part of the country, summer and winter, is engaged it teaching this method as an integral part of swimming and life-saving. This ser vice has grown from a single expert in 1914 to a corps of almost 50.000 ac tive life-savers. In this tenth year of the work It Is predicted that fully 60,000 more experts will be eligible for membership in the corps. ThU large accession In a single year is confidently expected as the result of the campaign among 22,000 troop* of Boy Scouts under a plan to qualify at least two life-guards in each troop. During the past year 4,746 men, 3,374 women, 9,731 boys and girls suc cessfully passed the rigid tests of the Red Cross—an increase of 5,331 over 1923. Intensive Instruction Is develop ing hundreds of qualified examiners for the Red Cross Life-Saving Corps, who supplement the teaching staff maintained by the national organiza tion. The cause of water safety la therefore penetrating to new sections and eventually will cover all Ameri- can territory. Recognition of this Red Cross ser vice for humanity Is growing apace. At the reqUest of the War Department pypry military training camp had life sgving mnstruetiou last Kunmer. -M* niclpsltiies ba»e adopted the Red Cross course, public and private schools are offering It to students, business, civic and athletic organiza tions are promoting, campaigns, and police departments are making It a part of the conditioning procese for their recruits. Volunteer life savers throughout the country, the American Red Crose fe ports, are eagerly advancing the cause of water safety, 388 volunteers receiv ing medals for giving from 200 to 100 hours’ service in two or three years. In addition 36 rescue bars to medals were awarded members of the Red Cross Corps who saved one or asore lives during the year. It Is for the work and extension of life-saving that continued support through memberships is sought, and the American Red Cross urges all per sons to Join or renew membership during the enrollment campaign open ing Armistice Day, November 11. Believed Earth Round gir John Manaeville, author of one of the earliest English books of travel, trhich was published In the Fourteenth century, was one of the few men be fore Columbus’ discovery who believed ’hv earth to be round. Seems So On the very day that a man has set to Inaugurate his plan of personal Im provement something happens io fire rent it. He 1ms to herein some, other lay. WRIGLEYS After Every Meed Sl*s the longest-lasting confection you can buy —end It’s a help to di gestion and a cleanser for the mouth fo *; and teeth. Wrlgley’s means benefit as well as pleasure. Ml 'V I * W : e> Mi $if nvi, " W." 3–t ----