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PACE SIX SAYS DOCTORS [ WERE MISTAKEN! Physicians Claim the President Did Not Die From Causes As Originally Announced. President Harding's physicians! were mistaken. The President did j not die "from apoplexy or a rupture! of <; h ood vessel in the axis of the ; brum near a respiratory center" as i his physicians announced. He died from a blood dot from & diseased heart, knewu technically as an am- I holism, >uys the Kansas I' ty Star. Th.s is the pr? vailing medical op- ! in;on in Kansas City. The subject is'i on" ?>f general discussion in everyj: part cf the country among physic ian>. Information n. re i.- that everywhere the same vie?v i5 held. i, Phy .a::.- r--"i<e<i m o?- quoted' on the subject. It is contrary to m edical etht publicly to criticise I felio*v practitioners, bat they have, decided \ ie\v: privately *>n the way' the President's case was diagnosed! and handled. The statement that] follows is based on interviews with j six medica; men, including leaders, of the profession in Kansas City: "How can you be certain the pres uient's death was not caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain?** i these men were asked. '"There was no autopsy How can you know it was a blood clot? "President Handing died without a moment's warning" was the reply. "He had spoken to Mrs. Harding. Then he sank down and was dead. A cerebral hemmorhage. a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, never causes instant death. The patient immediately becomes unconscious but usual!?. he lives several hours." One physician did not want to say ilVat death from .1 ruptured .( - .. .1 ?vo. ivnn...^i!ilo Kilt o\-4.r h? ha?: .wer heard ? f such a ca.he sh? rti-.-t time between the stroke . a death was coca by any j the -rx vVas tnirty-fivv minute-.' t -nc may. of wide experience could I ecali one dea-h that took piace an hour after the strike. Another re-, ported two hours :i- the shortest inn that h*. had known. The phy-iein, - agreed t hat tbi ai l. - invaria' caaof sudden death ;s i blood e'ot from the heart l! it i.- a small edoi it may lodge m an artery in the .leu and cause car-; _ < it my ?* * . aiva ami be m&talr.en foi pneumonia. 1 If it ii a iaric- clot it nv.y block a main a:?ei> The? tile eiivulath i t Stopped ami the patient simply winka! out. Another possibility is the sudden stopping of an overtaxed heart muscle. *1 ii: a physician who ha.- .-oe>. several death* from this cause .-aid that i;- no case did the end ?. niv.-ixho'i: distinct warning iastii seme little time. "Was an ihcorrect diagnosis respur.-ii?ie for the Pesiuent'.-. death?" wa- .1 que-tion asked > ? ea n ... t ? phys.ciai:-. Coiild have la be on jffflWfig rhe ?>** i>aa uiuwrStood . . r; i v . .' < o?;id any *!... m? :. have i bed him?'* "N. and yes." was the ,v-w.-r. *A. San Erancisco i1 probably waLoo late t i -.iv.' him. Tiro i? no j mon In p for an than There is for a cerebral hemorrhage IVheiVi you are dealing with a had ht a : the only way T<- help it is By iv?: :?vag _ before it gets into the filial stages in' the Pin sid-mi* s ondition a.- revealed i by the bulletins, in* ought never to j have heeit allowed to go on the trip. Certainly hiss illness in Kansas City; should nave beer, a warring to cail the trip on. That \va> the time to save his life." "liere is tm. general picture." a composite statement of these men won hi say "hated on the official bulThe Prsuint. u ar told had a touch of kidney trouble a blood pressure of 180, and hardening of the ar:< rivs. He was considerably over the normal weight. All these conditions put an abnormal strain on the hear, rid we should expect to rind his heart itigned and eh 1 urged. In fact a bultin after his oeath mentioned heart, ymptoir.s that had been evident since his attack of influenza last spring. "Perhaps it is being wise after the event, but the condition was such that the President was taking a serious risk in undertaking so strenuous a trip. It would have been hard on a *eil man and Mr. Harding was not well. Any ordinary patient with these symptoms would have been cautioned by his physician to take care of himself and avoid strain. Certainly the situation called for a close watch on the President and for the abandonment of the trip as soon as the heart showed itseif laboring under the strain. "That there was such evidence is indicated by informal reports that Mr. Harding complained of fatigue and of his failure to recuperate. "On the return voyage from Alaska he had an attack which was reported as 'ptomaine poisoning. We were less concerned in the symptoms of a touch of intestinal indigestion than we were in the unmistakable heart symptoms that were reported. 1*1'ifti'rV&riifihii ? ...... . ^ 1? i At Seattle the President was barely ible to finish his address because of wart fatigue. Mr. Hardin? is taken to San r>aa?5eo. It is announced that he s recovering from his intestinal at- , :ack when a slight pneumonia sets ( -.. Possibly this was a correct diag-1 osis It cannot be disputed at long distance. But in view of the heart1 -iruation and of what happened later' lure is a strong chance thai the j pneumonia symptoms were rvalr. ! those of a blood clot in the lungs. ;i led technically an 'infare: "Next it is announced that the' t ?.e>?uvu'. vi? ??/ temperature but ht still ha- a rapid' hea". In combination with hi- history and what had gone before that should have been a danger ..-n.nl. But ;t seems to have been ign red. Then death comes without waning, ar.d the bulletin sa/:t co h?*n rhe President was rvcov.-nn; t.oni his acute iilaes.-; that it was <1 to 'apoplexy or rupture of a blood v<?s- j .? * i in * h axis of *he brain n ur the! resj irat try i ter,' and that it might 'have oc' irrr-.-d at any time* infer- * ring" that i: had no connection with his illness The illness on the return from Maspea was heart trouble. It was the be- ! grinning of the end. The Prevalent was rot 'in the process of recovery" from an acute illness when he dietT^j His heart was showing symptoms of its dangerous condition. He did not di from apoplexy or a cerebral hemorrhage. He died from a blood clot from the heart that stopped th- circulation if was not something that might occurred al any time It was something directly brought on \ by the strain of the trip on a man j in his weakened condition/" Not a'.'. >1 them would express j f.emse'ves - ;> vigorously iir.pi&d criticism ?f thy-- i:. : r.arge * he ca-- a- th'.s >:i indie.;: - hut 'he;, wor? it .-.l" i ni- t on * hWa-l: !K hat causes a Mood c!ot bpit. as v ' i th? Pre -i.k r.t- lit". ne pny>.c:an was a>kc i. He exp'ain-. >i I hat a dilated and feebly ar'.uc heart with - de wails , !\ ughen-d by disease was a favor-1 rode puwe fi)t' the Meed to c.-agu-j late. ' are apt to form av.uust Me side < f ih?- nails of tile chamber: --the left ventricle. Then a fragment ?>f the coagulated hh.'oa breaks off and is expelled from she heart' into the blood stream. If it is large i nough to block an artery it ath is itr.mediate H.?w did u happen that -cmpt -ms I I nLarded by physicians as ot?V; as ^ -hoitld have escaped the atTtntior. : j the men called in to attend the piv>ier.t" On this subject there was general reluctance to speak. Mr. Harding's personal physician' one or the medical men said **vv; u warm personal friend of long star lit- \va - 'K'MUr'l .?> tP.0 f\ uent. but is not a man whose train<!iiT ami i. xpori'-iua would be thoup ' .pm.ifv him to *ako 'wjiree of ; important c;?m The naval doctor atit-mlariCf. ha had a limited evp The two preside r.s oi the A v'luar Medic--.! \.--?o< ...: on who >ye< ailed in as i a:..: :- ire dist. gulc-hed . bid <Uive bt-cq out .._'tiVv pra rice for years. l? . Work fiizridoi a >ar.i'ariuni for nn- ATHi uiscCiSi'S ill the 'A"t has been so busy .n polities ths.: h? ha- l'vt-f. hainrar of his Sta Committee, : aucnai committeeman, and a cab met oti.cer. IV. Wilbur lias Peen a uni\er.-.l> president tor tht past seven years swampw with adnuTiistraii"\ details I know little about the tilth consultant. Dr. Cooper, hut I believe he is a man of excellent standing. 1 do r.?.t know how much j he had to say ..'-out the Fresident's ca a-. ; However, n >body could have saved his life :r. San Francisico. The charee :?.> save it was in Washington. That chance was overlooked." Fourth Class Postmaster Examination. The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an examination to be held at West Jefferson X. C. on October 5, 1923 as a result of which it is expected to make cerfTleation to till a contemplated vacj ancy v* the position a^ fourth class : postmaster at Brownwood. ; and other vacancies as they may oci cur at that othce unless it shall be , decided in the interests of the ser: vice to fill any vacancy by reinstate The compensation of the postmas| ter at this office was $536 for the last liscs^ year. SJBO.C AOJtqi ysvd otp JOJ sopuno^ j .Uoay put? n**Pl!TC U1 d*H J' 'oopsnf SB pOAJOS SuiABq JO uorpuu ; -sip otp s?q uo2ino pa8t? oqx 'qoa v. ! -sup ouoog ;n oran -auck ^utpuods ] uooq snq puepw^x i? AGID auoofl punoaB puts ut puauj put? sj|[Oj -nuoq ipt.vi jsnd eip 3u<pua<is u-wo ?ABq OV*?I-*?qf) jo Xjiujbj pue sluox ^ub-ij p *ij( FIVE ACRE TRACT NEAR HIGHWAY AND TRAINING SCHOOL FOR SALE. H. W. HORTOxV. . ? } THE WATMJ FARMER GOT NEWS BEFORE CITY FOLK THIS TIME, BY RADIO Bine* radio started to squalls* thiols in the matter of keeping folks posted as to what's going on. tanners hare not only been placed on the same tooting with city dwellers, but on occasion thoy bare eren "beat em to it." Ooe? such cnae occurred oo the ereniog of July 4. when a party of city men, returning from an automobile trip iu the Adirondack*, began to speculate on how the Dempsey- ! GibboQs prise fight resulted. Passing a farm and noticing that there was a radio antenna otrotcbed between the house and the barn, the* stooDed to inquire it any news had been recelred. Ths farmer was found just coming In ! from tho barn He listened to their Question calmly, and irnrn^ j dlately answered. "Deropsey won on points." He had beard the report of tho fight aa broadcast by WGY, the General Electric Company's station at Schenectady. N. Y.?and he bad got the news as quickly as anyone in the United 3tate9. E^en the metropolitan newspaper offices lid not hare it any sooner. BEST ENERGY IS POWER LINE KIND j Agricultural Engineer Says This Sort Gives Farms Volume of Power Needed. IS FLEXIBLE SERVICE, TOO Steadily the trend of electrical deTelopm.st in the United States Is reaching out to embrace the aneleetnv d rural sections and the great farming ar as. according to C. A Atherton. chairman of the power lines committee of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Mr. Atherton, who is in *l e engineering department of the Oen. . al Electric Company's National Lamp Work?, is positive that the various difficulties new retarding the extension of electric transmission line. istdgSfa.rating districts by eiectri light trad power companies! will be successfully met. "American farms." he sail, following the recent annual convention cf the National Electric Light Associa11 gg jOH LA I MOUNTAlf an. 1 Kg Larger Premiums horse and cattle s gj and all to gain. W Kg a rjP big carniva: FREE ATTRAC BATS; BALLOC || FAIL TO SEE " WAGON ENTEI essfj rj Continuous Ba Kg Band. BASE BA L^ ' . St ' Great interest ball that will be ] tvveen the countic the question of tl I ~ REMEMBER the War?$1.00 i UP 25 cents. SEPT G X DEMOCRAT 1 1 W lion, "to low using three buadr.Mi thousand isolated aloe trie 'ight aorl power plants. Such plants will probably always be used la the more remote districts. But It Is ouly natural that what the farmer realty wants Is ! the convenient, flexible and less limit ed service from the big city power houses. Farming a Big Industry The electrical Interests kemselve* want to know how far electricity can be economically carried Into the rural districts. Farming is the biggest and most important industry In every country. Not only does it employ more people, but It use* more power than any other. It Is coainarable In size with general manufacturing of all commodities "Undoubtedly the chief factors In creating the present strong demand for electricity on the farm are the g-.>wing realization of the labor savins which may be effected for the farmer's wife and a newly awakened p-ide in having the moat up-to-date living conditions. Vet the part of electricity In the industry of agriculture la by no mean* sinal-. only there must be adequate farm machinery for electrical application. Electrified farm machinery must b? quite different from the heavy farm machinery of the past, intended f ir use a few hours each year, and then allowed to stand without atten tlon until the next season. It must be made small, efficient, probably operating at i higher speed, and must be automatic. v Division of the Energy "It must be arranged so that each morning the raw material may be ted In. a switch turned aDd without mors attention the finished material piled or stored automatically. An entire process with such a machine 'might consume several weeks, demanding a quarter horsepower to do what formerly took four or fire men and as'.xtr horsepower steam engine two days to do. "But sixty horsepower, two days a yvax. Is very Impractical and unprintable on an electrical line, whereas e cht weeks of a quarter horsepower is quite practical tnd may be made a profitable part of the producing equipment of the farm." Better Than the Mine Mule In a Wyom ng coal mine there is an electrical mine locomotive that Is still g. '.ng strong after 27 years. It was built bv the Thomson-Houston Elec trie Company, predecessors of the General Electric Comprny, and lias ha--lied 2.712.500 ton3 of coal an average of 1.6 miles. Many a mule has go;e to a quiet grave in that period, fc? aules may come and mules may g<\ but in electric locomotive goes all the time. TWELFTH A? NSON RGER THAN EVER B! i oitu Trim i uiii, i tun, in all Departments. No talis and all livestock. Brii rite for Catalogue L?NO IMMORAL SHC IONS IN FRONT OF Tf )N ASCENSION WITH 1 TRICK HOUSE" WOR! TTAINERS tnd Concerts in front of t LL. is being manifested by t i . 1 1 1 played during the three d ;s of Ashe and Watauga < le Championship. THE DATES?Tickets for three days ticket; 50 < EMBER 12, 13, and 14. iMBam Reginald Denny flv W Popular Reginald Denny, the "movie" star, was born in the MidSands of England 32 years ago. He stands six feet two and is a naturalborn boxer. We is married. During the war he served with the British flying corps and was champion heavyweight of his brigade. Hs has been seer. In some of the leading pictures. Kthel should wear sn agate if she wishes happiness and success. According to Its promise. It will bring her the desire of her heart, give her courage and a dauntless will. Thursday is her lucky day and 4 her lucky number. The wild rose Is her flower. <C *?r th* WhHltr Syndicate. Inn.) O A LINE 0' CHEER || By John Kendrtck Bangs. THE PLAYFUL ?KIES k, r~ry i\-"-cy clo'itfa tbat ape'.1*! ft ft [ by nl*ht ft ft -IJivo mo a loiiK-for^ol de- 8 8 l!?M 8 ; I s> For. as they sail ilon* th?? blue. K Is The in-rry stare play "peek-a- ft 8 boo* ft I ft K:*M merrily ft 8 With m?. 8 I And even though I reap but ft K'on - i l!tll? child I laugh. ft : And childish lauphter n-?** and 8 1 then 8 Is mighty good for worried men 8 i J> l.y Mi Clare N?wapnper Syr.1 IcaIa ) ft 4NUAL EVENT CO. SFORE IN ITS HISTOR' SEPTEMBER 1 entry fees charged to an\ 11 g all your exhibits; you h 3WS OR GAMBLING W! -IEGRANDSTAND; HIG DOUBLE PARACHUTE n uirtw ni\/rrR A\in ?. is 1 uvji A * *_i v i i ty he grandstand by high cl he people as to the result o: ays of the fair to settle thf Counties, North Carolina. ?Same as before the war Cents one day; Children SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 , n=ri I Sense JOHN W A KT 11 j VOIR LEISURE HOURS T" IKK N machine, you ou'.y rust *?' while you ar*? idle, ltest Is nwesairy. Idleness is not. Ideas come of'enest In your leisure hours. By making use of thes? hours, not only for rest itnd recreation, hut fcr thought, you may make them the noHt valuable part or your life This i is particularly true of men who are employed upon tasks which require more attention than Inventiveness. There Is much tedious work to be (lone In the world. Once th*? motion* are learned there Is nothing to do but follow them. Day after day It Is tin* same thing over again, till the mind becomes numb and the heart sick with sheer weariness. If you have this kind of a Job, you will have to Jo most of your think lug In your hours of leisure. It is then that your brain, relieves! of the strain of constant attention to a tin to.drum Job. will be at Its best. It Is then that you will hare t'me to read?to think, to consider the future and what you mean to do In it. Even the dultoet duties can be done better by a thoughtful man than by an unthinking one. But If you are engaged on?we will ' wy?a commonplace bookkeeping Job, | yon will have no time to figure out I better waya of working while yon are bent over your desk with your pen In your haud. Your attention will be wholly consumed by the labor. When the labor Is done for the day?when you can look at It from a distance?you will, begin to get more light on it. Lucky is the mnn whose Job Is a constant Incentive to thought. The engineer, the painter, the writer, can think us he works, and his mind grown with each day's task well done. But such places in life :ir?* few. Most of us must do the dally grind as cheerfully as we can. and when the whistle blows or Sunday morning dawns, think how we are going to get' i! better Job. Keereanon. exercise ihitn are nec-i esKury. Play is ?s* useful .t* work. Hut nowadays e.very man has more leisure than he needs f??r play, ff hei employs it intelligently it may become mere important than nil his workingj hours. Be systematic about the use of your leisure. Read !n It, study in it. thlnl: In it. And it is more than likely that' the habit of thought you thus develop' will carry you out of the tut to the 1 threshold of fortune V 1 12, 13, 14 | |bj exhibitor. Free 1 * 1 ik; ave nothing to lose s-p m ?? _ ^ LL be ALLOWED H CLASS ACRO. LEAPS; DON'T jp FAMOUS "HAY- p ass uniform Brass f the games of base sgl ; championship be- =?] these games settlin |p , during and after |Jj over six years old El , _ __ r _ Ml III '|-?i i i irtrl i i*'la r ' ~ y""**-'1 * - ..
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