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GIBSON RECORD
Published to Furnish the People of Glascock^County a» Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the AdvaueencntSof the Feblfc'Good
VOL. XXXII. NO. 9
U.S. JOINS STATES
TO HELP DISABLED
Thousands Injured in Indus
try Aided Each Year.
Washington. —While every one Is
familiar with the work that has been
done and Is still being done toward
rehabilitation of those disabled dur
ing the war, there are, no doubt, n
great many who do not know so much
about the rehabilitation of civilians.
It has been estimated that each vear
180,000 persons suffer permanent
physical disabilities aa the result of
public and industrial accidents. In
addition to these there are those who
are disabled from disease or congeni
tal conditions. While not all of these
suffer vocational handicaps, It Is be
lieved that about 50 per cent are vo
rationally handicapped.
In 1920 an act of congress known as
the industrial rehabilitation act was
passed. This was later amended and
Is now known as the civilian voca
tlonal rehabilitation act. Under this
law the federal board for vocational
education Is charged with "the re
sponsibillty of promoting ln the na
tion the vocational rehabilitation of
persons Injured ln Industry or other
wise."
U. S. Acta With the States.
Under the set, the federal govern
ment agrees to anter Into a partner
ship with the statea In the work of re
habilitating civilians with vocational
handicaps. For this purpose congress
annually appropriates a million dol
lars which la to be distributed among
the states upon a basis of population.
The states In turn match each drtlar
of federal money with a dollar of
theirs, and these matched funds are
expended dollar for dollar ln the
work.
The money appropriated for this
work may be used for administrative
expenditures, for costs of tultkm for
Jtsabled persons In training Aid for
Instructional supplies. Under certain
conditions It may also'be used Tor the
purchase of artificial appliances and
for the coat of physical examination.
At the present time there are 09 states
co-operating with the federal govern
ment ln this work. \
It Is easily realised what aa impor
tant thing this work of rehabfflltatlng
the vocationally handlcappsd Is. It
means that such a person, Instead of
becoming a permanent charge on the
itate la within a comparatively short
time self-supporting.
Employers Are Prejudiced.
Before the passage of the civilian
vocational rehabilitation act many
•tates had workman's compensation
icta and some had bureaus which un
Aertook to place the vocationally
handicapped. There were alse phll
uthroplc Individuals and societies:
which undertook the vocational edu
cation of these, but there was no state
responsibility for this work. Also
there was ln many cases considerable
prejudice on the part of employers
tgalnst the employment of cripples. A
man who depended upon manual labor
for a living was likely to be decidedly
out ~of luck if through an accident he
lost an arm or a hand.
In tha vocational rahabllltatlon of
men and women who have been Inca
pacitated through accident or disease
a special study Is made of the indi
vidual. What might be the proper
training for one man who had lost an:
arm would be uaeleas to another with
the same handicap. In order that a
person may be restored to maximum
usefulness It la ntceasary that the
restoration be accomplished on the
basis of what he has left, not what he
has lost Consequently, a study must
be made of fata educational attain
ments and an analysis of his working
experiences. Also his mental quail
ties, traits, ambitions, resourceful
ness, Ingenuity and adaptability to
new conditions must be taken Into ac
count
Distressing Malady
Elderly Victim (In a deck chahfl—
Ah, my young friend, you have no Mea
what seasickness Is Ilka When yea
have It If someone came along and
threatened b kill you, you would, want
to make him your heir.—Boston Tran
aertpt
AH Should Hame Library
A tittle library, (rawing larger ev«p
•ay, is aa hoaorabl* part of a maa%
history. It Is a man’s duty ta has*
books. ▲ library la not i luxury, bat
mm of tha necessaries of life.— Henry
Ward Beecher-_
666
is a prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue,
Bilious Fever and Malaria,
It kills tbs $ermi
GIBSON, QA„ WEDNESDAY, JAN 13,1926
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HEBREW RELICS
RAISE DOUBTS
^Scientists Skeptical About Dis
covery in Arizona.
Tucson, Arlz.—A disconnected story
In Latin and Hebrew inscriptions on
leaden crosses and Implements of war,
said to date back to the Eighth or
Ninth century, may tell of a discovery
of America some 700 years before Co
lumbus' renowned voyage, but many
scientists are skeptical of the find.
Uncovered recently under a lime
kiln near here, Or. 0. L. Sarle, for
mer professor of geology at the Uni
versity of Arizona and director of the
excavation work, asserts that the rel
ics may shed light on the early his
tory of America.
Doctor Sarle has constructed a
theory that a group of Roman dews
landed In America about 775 A. 1 ).,
joined with natives of the southwest
either by alliance or by conquest, and
established a kingdom that lasted ap
proximately 100 years, when the na
tives revolted and overthrew the
“nation."
With the announcement of the dis
covery, however, from various sections
of the nation came dubious opinions
from archeologists and scientists as to
the validity of the find.
Two University of Arizona profes
sors Indicated concurrence with Doc
tor Sarle’s views as to the antiquity
of the relics. Dr. Byron Cummings,
head of the archeology department of
the university, declared his belief that
the Latin Inscriptions "closely resem
bled that In use about 775 A. D."
Prof. Frank Fowler, head of the uni
versity's department of classical Ian
guages, is reported to have translated
the Inscriptions on the crosses and
other relics, which tell of being car
ried out to sea and of discovering a
new land. A dynasty of kings is re
ferred to, beginning with Theodoras
and Including seven Israels. A num
ber of the relics were said to have
borne Inscriptions dealing principally
with war and battles.
Hindenburg Addressed
by Variety of Titles
Berlin.—President Von Hindenburg
Is the recipient of numerous letters
from children and young people in
every part of Germany and even for
eign countries, including the United
States, who address him variously as
: Your Majesty,” "Your Grace,” or
a Dear Mr. Hindenburg.”
A note recently received from two
Bavarian country girls read: “As you
are the country's father, you are also
onr father. Therefore we Implore
your majesty to help us learn a trade.
I would like to become a bookseller
and my friend would like to be a
modiste.
"Graciously excuse the poor writ
ing and the use of a lead pencil, for
we wrote this tending geese on a pas
ture.”
An American girl applied to “Mr.
President Hindenburg” for a position
as a scrub girl.
‘I am an expert scrubber. Please
answer,” was the burden of her let
ter.
$350,000 His Reward
for Aid to Stranger
Jacksonville, Fla.—How an offer of
assistance ln the writing of a letter
led to an inheritance of $350,000 was
told here as relatives attempted to
break the will of Archibald McArthur,
the late Wisconsin attorney and pub
Usher.
According to the story told by
George E. Rafferty, McArthur’s heir,
the former found the aged man in a
park attempting to write a letter. ,
Rafferty offered help, and from that
moment pn the two became fast
friends.
McArthur made a previous will in
which he bequeathed eight-year-old
Levitt Rafferty $5/X)0 for educational
purposes. Another will was made a
few days before death lb which Raf
ferty Is the sole heir.
May Wed at Twelve
New York.—Children of twelve years
v-an be married legally in this state If
their parents consent. Miss Mary E.
Richmond has informed a conference
•on charities and corrections that this
its possible under the common law dat
ing back to Rome's marital code, 2,000
.years ago, because no statute for
bids It.
Parcel-Post System
The Post-0 nee depaitment says that
it wss during President William H.
Taft’s administration that the parcSl
post law wa« passed. This was d
lug the incumbency of Postmaster Gaa
•«ral Hitchcock. The 'aw was passad
August 2-1. 1! 12, and the parcel-post
sys'em placed In operation January 1,
J.913.
i To Prevent the Unbalanced Reformer From
: Running Counter-Clockwise
By RAY P. HOLLAND, Editor Field and Stream
t V superabundance before reformers ERY often the people in inclined a of good that enthusiasm, they cause are some accepted so unbalanced vigorously as facts fanatic, brings by many. his due views Most to a
are to overstep. It behooves the sportsman
conservationist to watch carefully that his enthusiasm does not carry
, him ■ , beyond , reason.'
a
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Unnecessary restrictions or misrepresentation due to ignorance of
existing conditions will cause the pendulum to swing back and much
harm will be done to the cause of conservation, regardless of how sincere
those responsible may have been. A new law for the protection of wild
life should be proposed only after careful and thorough investigation.
n Our views or your views alone , mean nothing. ...
Except in most extreme cases, conservation should never mean pro
hibition. The wild life of this country must be perpetuated for the good
of the greatest number. The sentimentalist considers wild life sacred and
believes that nothing should be killed. The fish hog and game butcher
recognize only their capacity to destroy. The real sportsman is the happy
medium and on his efforts sane conservation must depend.
Many times in the past, organizations sincerely working ”, for the
conservation „ ... of , have diametrically ,. ,. „ opposed , each . other. Their .
game pro
grams have been so far apart as to border on the ridiculous. To the out
eider their claims and counter-claims must have appeared humorous.
m. lhe t, rresident -j j. s conference <• on outdoor recreation .. was called „ , to . pro
mote effective co-operation and to act. as a clearing house for all move
inents having to do with the outdoors. This organization is composed
of the many associations over the cOutltty working for the betterment of
outdoor sports. Each unit in joining Automatically obligated itself to,
abide by the decision ot the majority when questions of policy * arise.
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11ns . conference , should , ,, do , much , *to . , leaven the „ . loaf , and , to , prevent , the „
superenthusiatic unbalanced reformer or organization from running
counter-clockwise. ■■ "
The Point of Equilibrium Between the Country
and City and Town
By PROF. EDWARD M. EAST, Harvard University.
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A became to-the-soil” by QUEER the very idea propaganda. much not rural excited at all " o over W omratiiblo few the from years congestion with ago the President of facts the He is cities appointed the Roosevelt caused ‘Tacit
trek of manhood the farm. a
commission which was expected to devise some method of enticing the
migrants to reverse their steps. But things do not work this way. One
cannot repeal natural laws by a statutory enactment.
Agricultural efficiency is increasing, thanks partly to the advance of
scientific method applied to the art of farming, thanks partly to industrial
development in other lines which has lia– an indirect effect. In the early
part of the last century four out of five of our people were farmers. The
ratio has gradually gone down. Yet tlje people have been fed, and we
have exported food in quantities.
Today only 30 per cent of the total population are to be classed as
farmers. Every three farmers support ten people; and a» the days go
by, bringing production to a still higher state of efficiency, this ratio will
further decrease. I do not know where the shift will end, but I have not
the slightest hesitation in predicting' that within twenty years 80 per
cent of the population will be boused in cities, towns and villages, leaving
only 20 per cent to produce the food of the nation—and still the nation
will be well fed.
One fanner can and will support, five persons; perhaps he may even
support six persons. Whatever the linlitt is, this limit will measure the
point of equilibrium between the country and the town and city. Until
that point of stability is reached, the farms will contisu* to feed the
cities and the cities will increase in numbers.
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England Raising Race of
Combative , , vxiantesses -.
London.—England is raising a race
of combative giantesses, Dr. Leonard
"Williams, an internationally known
medical specialist, asserted recently.
He said It has become the fashion to
teach t induce and even compel girls
to play games which were originally
invented for big hqys and young men.
‘‘In teaching and making girls play
these games,” he claimed, “you devel
op the combative instinct and the com
batlve muscles. In this way you are
raising a race of giantesses who are
going to have the combative disposl
tlon. Another effect of this ultra
athleticism among girls of today Is to
produce 9 creature who has the male
rather than the female character*
I.stics."
Ration for Fattening
Many mixtures of grains gr.e uRed
satisfactorily for fattening fowls. The
best rations are composed of eofh
meal and low-grade flour. The pro-;
portions are usually about 00 pei
cent of the former and 40 per cent of
the latter. Ground oats are sometimes
substituted for the low-grade flour,
However, the hull la objected to by
the majority of feeders. Corn metff
and low-grade flour Is usually mixed
with buttermilk or skim milk to the
consistency of a thin batter. With
crate fattening some form of milk It
essential.
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Must Talk Turk
Angora. —Any Turk who speaks any
thing but Turkish would be fined from
$2 to $20 under a bill before the as
sembly. Also bachelors would be taxed
flv# tiroes as mnch as husbands.
Helium in Monazite,
Say German Savants
\ Berlin. — German scientists
claim to have discovered a new
source of helium, the nonln
flammable gas, ln monazite,
I from which gas mantles are
made. Experiments show, the
r scientists claim, that helium can
be produced from the mineral ln
paying quantities.
The discovery was made by
research workers studying the
extraction of thorium nitrate
; : from monazite sand. They state
I that one gram of the sand
[ heated to 900 degrees centigrade
e yields from % to U4 cubic
[ centimeters of helium.
FOR OVER 40 YEARS
HALT/ 9 CATARRH MWDICINE hat
been used successfully In the treatment
of catarrh. CATARRH MEDICINE
HAl.L'B Quickly con
ts nf an Ointment which and th<
T*Jj* teves by local awdlc-xtlon, Tent-, which
MUefnal Medicine, a »*)« Mucous 9ur act
through that Wood on tnflatnmatitx.
(aces, thus reducing tlse
PohxJo. OMo.
Valuable Filly
Killed by Worm?
Compelled to Drink Stag
nant Water Infested With
Little Parasites.
* fanner of »ny acquaintance lost a
splendidly bred three-year-old filly late
lust September and was at a loss to
account for her death. He had let
,ler run Hl1 • SI)rinu ' liml summer on
a.s'he^'said'^Riit 'the^iilly
had been obliged throughout the sen
* on to <Jrinlc stagnant watei ’ from a
atnall pond In the field. The conse
quence was that she became Infested
with Hood worms, also known as
I ’ allsa(,e " orms ' Sehlerostoma equi
*^-ery 'drop* of ''blood ,nlhul hPr of
Gradually Became Weak
The owner had notlced that the mij ,
was gradually becoming weak and that
® ,10 ' ve<J 11 I ,ot bt ' l,v anf1 that the
membrane lining the eyelids was pale
01 . blanched instead nr rosy pink as
they should be in health. He had
henrd of swamp fever and imagined
that tlmt might he the disease present,
p ut w j ien a postmortem examination
was made immediately after death,
tlie „! H rKe ll ' b ‘ s,lm ‘ K " ,|>re found simply
.
strange to say, myriads of thread
like worms were also found present
the stomach, liver and blood ves
•ols. It did not seem possible that the
puy could have lived so long in that
condition. Possibly, she might have
fceen by Pi'ompt administration
of oil of chenopodium in a gelatin
capsule after withholding feed for 3(1
hours, and Immediately followed by
a full dose of raw linseed oil. But
prevention is far more important than
administration of drugs In such cases
and generous feeding Is also impera
tive.
Source of Worms.
The stagnant drinking gtygjpr was
the source of the worms. No question
about that, Such water should be
fenced off or drained away so that it
cannot he taken by live stock. Young
growing animals are also less likely
to become infested with worms
grazed on new seeding each season.
It is also advisable to feed growing
colts oats, bran and when grass Is
dry some green-cut feed during sum
mer and autumn. When kept steadily
growing, the colts are not so readily
Infested with worms and if some gain
entrance, they will do little harm.-—A
8. Alexander, Wisconsin.
Pasture Will Cut Down
Protein Bill for Pigs
The kind of pasture used for pigs
Is of secondary Importance. Any kind
Is better than none. Protein is n
growth producer and absolutely essen
tial for the proper development of the
young pig. While suckling, the pigs
get lhe best balanced ration known
After weaning they often are put on a
fattening ration and severely stunted
Pasture will cut down the protein,
bill 50 per cent, and at the same time
eliminate all worry regarding whethei
the ration contains ample vltamines
and minerals. At present tankage As
an economical protein supplement
Ten pounds of tankage to- DO pounds
of shell corn Is being fed with good
results.
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BADLY RUN-DOWN
Lady Was Very Depressed on
Account of Poor Health.
Mrs. H. S. Miller, of Spindale.
N. C., says: “Five years ago I
was very much run-down in
health. 1 would give out with the
least exertion. At times I would
have to go to bed.
“1 read of Cardui. . . My hus
band got me a bottle and en
couraged me to take it. I was
almost a skeleton, i was so thin, i
was run-down and my general
health was very poor. This was
very spirits. depressing My husband and 1 had was to in help low
mearound. He did all he could for
me and had me keep up Cardui.
“I continued taking the medicine,
for several months and it was
wonderful the improvement I
made. I gained over twenty
pounds in weight, and 1 felt so
much better besides. This gain
was permanent, too. I have never
lost it and my general health has
been much better since I took
Cardui.’’
At all drug stores. C-34
TheWomaFsTonic CARDUI
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$1.00 PER YEAR
PRIMITIVE PEOPLE
ALMOST WIPED OUT
Epidemic Scourges Terra
del Fuego Indians.
New York,—S. R. Lothrop, a mem
ber of the field staff of the Museum of
the American Indian, Heye Founda
tlen, told the story of the sudden
passing of a race of primitive dwell
er* on the shores of the Straits of
Magellan. This people was described
once by Darwin as members of the
race nearest, genealogically, to the
ape. *
Darwin found this group at the tip
of the South American continent In
the polar cold of Terra del Fuego.
He reported them to be a hardy tribe.
Measles and tuberculosis, Mr. Loth
rop said, In the space of a few years
reduced their numbers from 20,000 to
a hare 50 survivors. A few years may
see the total extinction of this race,
which has puzzled anthropologists for
years, he prophesied.
Remain In Primitive State.
Spreading with greater rapidity
than through the Indian reservations
of the United States more than a dec
ade ago, these same ills have anni
hilated entire tribes and clans of
those South American Indians, accord
ing to Mr. Lothrop. The Indians died
like flies. The few white men,
equipped with Inadequate medicines,
struggled to save them, but the odds
were too great. Even their own lives
were threatened.
Neither the culture nor the civiliza
tion of the Indians has advanced a
step since Magellan sailed his bark
through the straits bearing his name,
600 years ago. Tucked away in the
crevices of the mountains hemming
hi the tortuous channel, the Indians
have remained aloof from all civiliza
tion.
The climate Is as frigid as that of
Alaska, but these Indians sleep with
only a single blanket, while their feet
are exposed to the snow and ice.
(Their dwellings are rude huts, bqrely
more than windbreaks.
Impoverished as the natives are,
the few white men in this region, who
rule over the vast domain, are wealthy
beyond calculation and live like landed
tines Mr T.nthrrm «aitH
So vast are the wWte „, en . g hold .
ingg / he assertedi that land is meas
ured not )n acre8( but ln gq,,,,*,
(six- and a quarter miles
squHre) , William Bridges, an English
man . alone owns 400 square leagues of
land there, according to Mr. Lothrop,
(and last year more than 90,000 of his
tremendous herds of sheep were shorn
for a profit of $500,000.
. Origin a Puzzle.
The origin of these strange people
has baffled Mr. Lothrop. It Is his
theory they descended from the Pata
gonians, a savage race dwelling on the
shores of Chile, but he admitted he
uncovered no proof to substan
tiate It. Darwin, who described the
race In his work, “The Cruise of the
Beagle,” also admitted himself puzzled
as to the ancestry of these Indians.
Mr. Lothrop returned recently after
eleven months In this Indian country.
The greater part of his explorations
were spent along the blizzard-swept
shores of the Straits of Magellan. For
nearly a year he wandered through the
barren region of Terra del Fuego,
hemmed in by the desolate stretch of
land called-Cape Horn on the south,
and on the north by Patagonia and
Chile.
Conditions there were almost beyond
description, he said. The savages ex
isted like scavengers from the wrecks
of the ships of the white men which
came to grief ln the turbulent straits.
Blizzards that hundreds of years ago
almost'brought disaster to the tntrep
Id Magellan still take their toll of
modem ships and bring supplies to the
meager cupboards of these savages, he
said.
Valuable Army Records
Are Falling to Pieces
Washington.—Invaluable records of
the War department, covering the
vital period ln American history from
the War of 1812 to the World war are .
rotting and falling to pieces as a re
suit of inefficient methods of caring
for them, Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis,
adjutant-general of the army, told
Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis
ln his annual report.
“Many ot the original muster rolls
have become almost Illegible In places
as the result of years of constant
handling and some have been patched
up with tracing cloth in order to keep
them from falling apart,” Davis said.
“Their gradual disintegration will, of
course, continue until they shall have
literally fallen to pieces, unless the
constant handling to which they have
been subjected can be obviated.”
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