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THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, lN. U, MONDAY, JANTJARY-;24; 1921. FOUK WIXUTON JSTAlt COMFANTT, in-. itrt, Wilmington Kortk Carol! Entered at tb Postoffice at Wilmington, H. C. Second uiaas juauer. :.; orelepaoaess Editorial -...... ......... ' Business Office ... j ... ,..NO. .ruunliuirTniU ItATtt tlY CARRIEft One Tear i...;'....-i-.lj.W ft Mentha i lnfee aiontna Uns Month . . i.. ...... ,4. 4.. fctJitSCRlPTlON BATES BY SiAII Dally and Sunday $7.00 . 1.7S .$0 : . FoaUgc PrcpaMI - Daily - " '- - oniy . . One Tear .....-.... Bix Month ............. 2.60 l'nree Months ................. 1.2 One Month .i.. . , ; ' ' , ' . r " i Hubscriptlons Not Accepted for Sunday Only . Edition r v 1 n . . . - ' ir i " 'i " '' ii i- MEMBER OV AS S O C1ATEJJ PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled .to the use for publication of all news credited to It or not otherwise credited tn this paper and also the local news published, herein All rights of re-publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. , e s - " FOREIGN ADVERTISING OFFICES I Atlanta: Candler Building. J. B. KTEOUOH New York Boston-.. - Chicago . 125 Fifth Ave. 21 Devonshire Peoples' Gas Bid. . BRYANT. GRIFFITH ' BRUNSOK. MONDAY, JANUARY 2 4, 1921. Jury Service For Women Jury service for , women-is to be placed upon fthe 'statutes, If the bill .introduced by Senator - Paul Jones of Edgecombe passes. .Iiuaccordance with certain judicial pronouncements elsewhere, , the bill provides that- women are eligible, but cannot be compelled to serve over their own ob jections The latter provision is probably made the families of women impaneled for jury service. "We Ivave.not the details of the law at hapd, but it is to be hoped that, Its provisions will not make the evasion of jury duty too easily accomplished, though release - from : service be possible to the woman whose children's needs prevent her serving. This responsibility is not one which necessarily comes with the right to vote, though one would expect that all those who make laws should have the duty and privilege of seeing that they are enforced. Each state has its own laws governing jury service, and even those in which equal suf frage has been in force for some timehave not always provided for women jurors." In some of those states they have served, in spite of no legis lation to that effect; in some, they have been de nied the right or duty; in many they are, as seems to be-provided by our own proposed, statute, per mitted but not: compelled to serve. The securing of the right of jury duty, usually we must confess, ; considered, a distasteful task to be evaded by any means possible, is therefore another step to. be made before women become, citizens to the full extent. If this comes about, we may, hope to have mor painstakng jury service. - The charges that women unjust to their own sex, are fairly well exploded. Moreover, it is extremely probable that after the provision is made, most of those caring" to se it -'Win ih i i h wiimpn fir ktttithf' nixrim catioa nrtiA win brag to the task a fresher sense of responsibility,: limited only to the continuance of the emergency a Keener attenton to detail, stronger belief in the lieed of maintaining the law. Movie directors to the contrary, women are not lawless creatures.. No one knows definitely just what women will do, any more than' he knows what men will do, but i the chances are at least even that women, faced , with the responsibility of upholding the law, will , attempt to . enforce it, whether it, be popular or not Their record in other states, , where they have served, tends to prove this. Aside from the general grist of the court of justice, there are certain cases for which women should be im paneled, and in which they '-will 'act with greater TV PjiWer Bill - - l.year was much larger than the previous year. At .The' Calder bill to regulate the coal industry ; Wilson in 1919 there were sold 42,330,596 pounds has drawn the fire of the Interests whose illicitly- and the growers tjreceived $22,72080.44; " or an used power to nold up the country t proposes to ; average of $53.37. Up to date the Wilson market curb: The Coal Trade Journal, an, organ Of , the has handled 45,418,551 pounds,- arid the growers operators, Is circulating, an editorial. in which it;, have been paid. only $10,258,920.55, of an average calls upon industry : to "wake up . . before it of only $22.58 -the. hundred, pounds. . ; - Is too late!", upon the theory that the Cajder pro- " Of. course, over-production was only one factor posal places American business enterprise and in-. Prices were due: to fall Vny way, but the great 'itiative -on trials Wause while "ostensibly this! crop was. the biggest factor" in. the. situation. In measure is framed for the regulation -of the coal1 v order to prevent anotheY such experience, this business; actually, if successful, it pives Jhe way r week a whirlwind campaign will he made thrpugh- for governmental meddling with'and control of all , out the eastern-belt, to secure, pledges from grow- industry ... If Intimate bontrol pf the coal: iri-;5 ers that they will reduce the -1921 crop one-third, dustry is upheld on any ground, what businesses, 'Every farmer in every, county fi-to be visited, it safe from political spleen and the dead-hands of is saW, . during three .days beginning Wednesday, the peeping Toms and Polly Prys'" of such gov- : If the growers knowjtheir own interest they most, ernmental I agencies as the Federat Trade CJom-. -assuredly" will agree-to cu) thev acreage, and not mission ':' ' . - ; """ - ' i01 to cut It, but reaily cut it, and see that It is amusing to see "political spleen designated, .their neighbors -do so. This three-day campaigu as the motive behind rltepublicari Senator's l -is of sreat, Importance, not only to -the growers,. measure, 'A" vast dsillusionment must haye Im- 'but to the entire business .structure East car- pressed itself upon the financial and commercial' l-oliqa, . and should j have' the tsupport of every groups which permitted themselves to :ta;e sen- i. interest.. - . - A ously the campaign slogan, of"Moe business, in . i government and less government .. in i business.... The Finai6ial Chronicleof New "York, denounces the Calder attempt as reactionary, because.it ig-, noresthe teaching of 'theVNavember,' election.. vIt rebels against putting more government; In busi ness, as though it i,e'ally. had come to believe that a campaign pledge is something whjch politicians expect to observe. ' I ' . -T -: - .V; But, with, all its features of drastic regulation, the Calder . bill has undeniable merit :' It la the first piece of legislation yet- presented ' which is H likely to reach the evil against which; it Is di rected. -Profiteering has been too universal to, be regarded as the special lot of any single business. But it has been peculiarly conscienceless, brutal, and subterranean as the coal industry practiced It The Calder bill seeks to make permanent some of "the important provisions of Lever- food and fuel control act It strikes at one of the devices by which the operators have been enabled to hide their abuses by its publicity, clauses touching the collection of statistics-of coal production, distri bution and costs, to be made available to con sumers as a protection against profiteering. '., The bill, In addition, provides for federal licensing, of coal operators and dealers, for the prohibition of .tnterlockng directorates, and for taxation to pre; vent pyramiding sales It contains the following on public emergencies, included in the war pCbvers of the Lever act, but now extended into, the tinfre of peace: ' ."'Xr That whenever the federal trade commission shall determine that an emergency exists or threatens in the coal industry and supply, whch Seems likely to produce a shortage or . bring about unusual or unwarranted or 1m- - reasonable prices-. . . and when such find ings shall be confirmed by the president, the president is hereby authorized to declare the -existence of an emergency .( . . and he is nereby empowered, thereupon, to fix maxi mum coal prices and dealers' commissions and ' margins . . . which prices, commissons and margins so fixed shall continue only, until he shall declare the emergency to have passed. i The president is hereby authorized in any such emergency to deal in coal at reasonable prices arid to control the production, move ment and distribution of coal in suclj manner and to such extent as he shall deem neces- 'sary, etc - What is meant by public emergency is not made as specific as might be desired. The bll contains the explanation that the "President would - take over tie Industry "to put the government, and not those 'self-Interested, in control in an emergency when the usual laws of trade are in suspense, but . Harding's house-boat got."stuck in the mud" right : away, but'came clear-without mishap. We "trust -It' doesn't presage ?any running aground for the Presidentelect after he takes the helm of the ship of state. But - from what the boys are writing about the temper of the senate, he may have a rather obstreperous crew to deal with ! when he sets sail March 4. . ( "List of Cabinet Prospect ' As Long As Ever," we learn -from, a headline. It seems that the twenty-some-odd degrees which the President-elect took recently were degrees. 'of latitude and longi tude. --..- 'i . r - - ' r .The only thing definitely) ascertained - concern ing the Shipping Board's money so7,tar is that the Shipping" Board no longer has W j They say Henry Ford is In-New York trying to negotiate a loan of seventy-five millions. There is nothing fliyverish about Hank's financial dealings. " . . ' , Isiyt a house-boat a rather frail craft for the uses of a man who Is in such deep water? It is said that pistol-toting permits have been taken out Jby a number of Charlotte women. They must not fqrget, now, to show, the permit before using the gun. . ' and the protection of the public health." ,A gen eral strike of miners would therefore bring about government control. Abroad predatory movement on the part of the operators would 'clearly make for the same result This is rather a threat of nationalization than a, step Ui that direction. The fear of government ' intervention in an Industry which has been mis- used by einployers'attd workers for the oppression of the public will have a most wholesome effect It may be taken for granted that when a conserva tive like Senator Calder offers such an advanced remedy, It is because he has come to . the con- lympathy and understanding, and at the same elusion that no other method will bring that per- time with greater firmness and wisdom. Cases' nianent relief to which the long-suffering people involvng women and .children will almost cer- the United States are 'entitled. If the coal tainly receive more understanding, from a iurv' tirade will accept this legislation in an accom- partly or entirely made up of women than they moding spirit, It will help to undo the ill-favor would from an entirely male group. It is there fore to be hoped that the Nineteenth Amendment will be made more effective through'the granting vi jury amy to the women citizens of the state. 0 -r ''. . ." which; its brigandage and heartlessness has de servedly brought it. - " - : 0 ' . . - Mr. Harding. A-Pishine . RecoUection of the vicissitudes which well-nieh ftnsde mess of Mr. Harding's outlngv at Point Isabel will increase the popular enthusiasm for any good times which the President-elect may ex perience during the present junket The corres pondents say he was beginning to show sijms r considerable irritablenes just before he left Ma-H xion, but his southbound train had not nrnoeeA fi great distance before he was observed disport Jrig himself much after the -manner of a fifteen-year-old. Dull care vanished in the orosDect of a : , few; rounds, with the tribes that a mnr . : V- " W. II II II J uou uu 100 jt-resment-eiect was a boy again. Here's hoping that the Florida sun will wUym 6DUiiijr u VUai me nstt will be obllffinir . v Consdering what the distinguished ; ceen tnrougn recently and is likeiv n , J It. . ...11. M . ... W C. in m quiue near future, we should not think him . The CasTOf "Old Kinc' Those ; who love dogs have ? been interested in the case of "Old King," the- Kentucky fox - hound recently judged guilty of having killed sheep and sentenced to banishment from the state as pun ishment. . , The account of the case recalls the story "Bob Son of Battle, in which, the dog hero is saved I yerses "O Captain! My Captain!" In the soft radiance of the moonlight the geni ally fresh breezes that" drift up from the direction of the river, the distant thrumming of piano keys, It. . J .' . 1 T A . ' . . . Liiv buuuu ui lauguMjr near open winuowa mere is something sort of ;lazy. and sweetheart. ?We wonder if Spring ; Is not somewhere about? Contemporary Views - ROBEBRT E. pLEB -KNew York jHeroM: ' On- January 19, 1807,-the eyes of Robert Edward Lee opened upon a world In which he was to leave a name of undying re- " v ,To one who not only studies the causes of civ ilization and its decay but also seeks to know what is the:, salt preservative there comes cheer. The perspective that holds the image of such a character in our national history gives . also . a promise . of the permanences of American demo- .cracy,, This Is as surely the case as that the shadows cast by the. sunset point toward the morning. :No greater proof of the continuance of our national . commonwealth can bs given than this, namely, that Robert E. Lee is today thought rof, not as a Virginian or a Confederate, but as an erlcan, - .. In the west, which as a civic entity is the off spring of the Civl .war, Lea-is honored with the great." In the , north his , military genius yand ' achievements are most clearly recognized bjr the very men, veterans now, who once met him on the field of trial. As for European critical opinion, 'it is unanimous in -awarding Lee a place on the roll of the greatest soldiers. , si Now the wonder is that the further we go back in the study of Lee's life the .more the patriot heart throbs and thrills. . One might tell here of the naval battery at Vera Cruz in 1847. Its heavy . guns- from the ships were Jbe first to breach the city walls, thus virtually deciding the campaign, Captan Robert E.? Lee not only built this battery--unharmed by the big guns of the Mexicans,: which " were served by the German Lieutenant Holzinger -but" its builder sstt in It "during the bombard- ,ment. Not for him to shirk the risks he asked others to runl . .. It was of course glorious in 1913 to" see, again at Gettysburg the remnants of the mighty hosts that fifty years before had faced each, other in fire and flame, amid iron ani death. They 'charged again, but 'this time with' laughter and in brotherhood. But then- a half century had mellowed their souls, while throwing into oblivion the : passions of the past, and men saw mord clearly what, independent of individuals," had been the causes Of the war. But what1 today -seems even more one of the splendors of democracy and an augury of "the Mjnion forever" is discerned in Walt Whitman's Wool Industry , By Fr&eric JHaskiri QUESTIONS , AND ANSWERS v from the death penalty! for. killing sheep by the dscovefy that "Red Wull" ia the guilty dog. . There is no mawkish sentimentality in the book, but there is hardly a more -moving scene in all the literature of dog and man friendship, or even of man and man devotion,: than the farewell of Red Wull and the dour little old man 'who had 'love for no one except the great dog. Yet the dog must die. The sheep killing dog the dog who ', betrays 'his trust as' guardian of the flock, is the lowest among;dog; - criminals. Wherever (the sheep is- tne, means or. suosistence oi man; ine oog is 'either I'prdtector or' destroyer, - so jthe Kentucky court is more lenient than old custom. ' In spite, of overborn fien sated in fha io,u . pf whales or alligators ora casket of :te tact that dogs can destroy potential wealth, . . -r C20t sPantsh gold, one under8tand the pleas that came to Judge The Nation's Fire Record , From 1915 td19l9Uhe fire bill nf th. QVlA .reached the staggering ; total of $1,416,375,000 Bquai .w,o new nouses, at ?5,000 each, or . more than enough to,she:Tr the population of a tate as. large; as Connecticut ' The national fire . nlAMff.4I.M m n A A O C AA An A j ....vv.- . -,ry,vvv aujUBuuenu. Matcnes Evans, Who conducted the trial with all the so lemnity of a. case against human beings, that, the, dog bf not killed, but ' Committed to any one of those appearing In his behalf.: ; : . Surely art Is eternal. All the. world recognizes Whitman as a great poet t American democracy. 'Yet remember that his throbbing numbers were penned In the fiery days of 1865. Then the north thought that grief over. Lincoln's fall was wholly" her own, and hers alone; whereas the nation and the. world will hot let Lincoln's name be forgotten. Nay, more; it Is seen that this martyr died mot for a section, nor even for one nation, but for humanity.- - r -. . ' ... Not one word of rancor in Whitman's' lines! It seems as if . Lincoln's own spirit;' having left its earthly , tenement, descended for the, hour on Whitman while he wrote Indeathless rhythm. Surely it must be that he who vamid the fiery pas sions of .the moment could : echd in sboth spirit ana rorm- tne prayer,. "Father, forgive," utteredv on tne cross oi agony, is a poet for vail time and that his lines are deathless.-;' . "VV-,V ' v For those who know the living' power of Lin coln's name beyond : both oceans- and Who have sat' as teachers before lads?or evfen of pagan cul ture in Asia realize by experience how. hard it is for them to receive the . idea of 'forrfymfiss nt enemies.- Rather was it taught for ages "Thou . v .-:,.- : 1 DUUb llwx. llva : uiiuPF ina soma, haovA-n nrUliNto Kuinous Tooacco mosses f thfirr-rrj-tyt TheVtremendous: losses sustained, during the . present tobacco-season, oy me growers or juastern .its, august victim! Her in ninnato, nntrV l and smoking caused the destruction of property Carolina are-vividly illustrated by the record's .of record, like that of those evangelists who nar- worth over $73,000,000; defecUve chimneys caused the Wilson tobacco market, and since the farmers destruction of over. $56,000,000 of property:', stoares ; have'hadHo lose millions' of, dollars, the, expert turnacei "etc., over .$55,000,000:, licrhtnimr over ence this season ought to sear into their memory $39,006,000 j sparks on shingle roofs, over; $29,- .000,000. t incendiaries .Durned .over $21,000,000. , . During a-perlod of inactivity in construclion, such ; loss weighs doublylpn the country. ' '' . such a' lesson that' never again will overrproduc tion appear in a tobacco crop. rate the facts but call no vlle names to. the men .wmj pyt meir Dest Triend tp. death. " " - "a over he erave and name of Robert E. Lee, American, democracy may take augury ,ofperma-wt-Vf? Mn forgive. With characters f :T,SL? Lincoln and Lee the govern The 1920 crop. hasn't brought one-nan tne moneyt 7 j;;;7r "Vr" pniposinon mat ail men, that the:1919 crop brought yet the.crop of last, tb, earth; W1U noleris wro WASHINGTON, " yS an. . 23.' What threatens this country today, as 4. re sult of the low- price for . wool,: and few- buyers at any, price,' Is - damage to the -wtjol-grdwihri: ; Industry in the United States a which-' it;, would,' take many year'o-TepairSl,- 'J-'iS.' This point'was'f.Tbroushtrbut .by-D. A. Spenoer. -of- the-: bureau - of animal industry hefetj'Whohascharffe- of the government work'' in -Improving breeds of sheep "Jr- : ' - ' ' : Wool prices have" been 'inordinately high' "for several "years.;, -.''Now at ' last they have come down, forcing' the price or clothing down,:' withr.' them. . "Let them stay dowtt,"' yon are in clined to say." Tbe wool-growers have had ' several good years. " They should now be able to . weather - a v little ad versity.'. , - . '' : The answer to this seems to be that they are not able- to : weather i the period of . adversity which they- noH must face without substantial help or some Kina. The wool-grower, according to gov ernment men, did not make large prof its during the war. ; In fact, the grower or any commodity m mis country sej dom makes large ; profits,'-unless he is also a broker or dealer of some kind. Itds the nature of the Industrial sys tem" that the largest profits are made by distributors, not producers.- v Thus wool before the war was bring ing the .producer- about SO cents a pound. During the war it brought him about 65. cents for the- same 'grade. But at the same .time the wages he had to pay toy herders, : the ; price of .feeds. and another expenses doubled -Or morb 'than doubled. Most of the .growers . were fadrly. prosperous for . two or three years. A few of the large oper a tors perhaps made big money; Some growers, i by reason or .amfavorable weather conditions, lost money. -'. But whatever . may. have happened to for tunate or . unfortunate individuals, the ronnl.yrntepr, sa a fiasin did not make more than a fair percentage on their investments. . - . A Dead Market Then came the drop in the price of wool. . Wool -..is now hard to - sell at any price," and -25 ''cents a poundis t considered a good price. But the wool grower can scarcely produce wool at that figure.- All last winter ms ex penses of production were at a war time level. : In addition to that, in many- sections he . faced unfavorable weather -conditions. Now his wool 'clip for the year, cannot be sold at- anywhere near what tt cost, him to produce It, U It can be sold at all. At the same time, he 'has not enough money to ' stay out of the market1 until conditions improve, Especially . is this true when .you - consider r4 how uncertain' it is when conditions Tyill improve. It is said that there is enough wool " in - this country ito supply, all of our needs for nearly' two Vears.v And. with w601 on the free list more wool is pouring into the country all the time. In Aus tralia, in the Argentine, In South1 Af rica, there are enormous quantities of wool which seek a .market: in this country because Europe has not money 'enough 'to buy it. Wool can perhaps be produced somewhat more cheaply in those . countries than; in this. bui primarily tbe flow,-bf .foreign wool to this country isdue to conditions create ed by. the .war-tO the Impoverishment of Europe and Ito the rate1 of .exchange. -For example,' Amerfcan buyers can now buy wool in New . Zealand for 28 cents ' a pound: But. the rat$-. of exchange is such that about 20 cents In "American ' money will buy a pound of wool in New Zealand. Hence Amer ican buyers are buying the New Zea land wool and storing It against the. rise in price which must eventually come. And the American wool-grower cannot ' produce wool at 20 cents -a pound, much less sell it for that. ... .' , . Sheep Men Quit What is the result? The result isJ - i . . i . . i , umi snecp- utisu acts evms uui ui uie Sheep business, that we are being put In the way of becoming dependent upon importations for . bur wool. Before the war, the sheep Industry in this country faced difficulties. West ern range areas were- being cut down by the taking up . of homesteads for farming. The wool industry faced a change. It was evident that sheep had to be raised on smaller areas 'of range, and had to be given more fod der. In - order to make this pay, the breeds had. to be N Improved, so that each sheep, would produce more wool, and so pay 'for his keep. This process was going forward nicely before and during the war. Sheep men. who made a little more money thatt Usual were investing it in pure blooded, .rams to improve their stock. At the-jovern-ment sheep experiment station at Du bois. Idaho, experiments were being conducted in, the production of a type of sheep which should .combine as far as . possible the hardihood of the na tive stock with the wool producing qualities of the pure-bred sheep. .Some success 'has been attained along that line, and. the more enterprising sheep men were follpwlng tne government lead. - ' Now all of this slow and careful work toward -putting the ''American woof-growing industry on a permanent and' scientific basis is . being rapidly undone. ,: Sheep men are sending their sheep, blooded and otherwise, to the slaughter house. Most of them can do nothing else. They have got to quit raising sheep and raise something else, op take jobs. One' man recently sold his herd of 2.000 sheep; He had no choice. HO could not sell his wool. Wo nnld not stav in the sheeD , busi ness and continue, to eat. So he sold his sheep for about $2.10 a head. When all expenses had been paid, he had ' about 35 centsa head for his sheep. This was not profit. It was ,: his net return on sheep which it had cost him $9 or $10 to -raise, ile was a ruined man. - ' Sheep Being Slaughtered " y And not only little' herds ..like thi one, but lare neros oi . iv ana 2u thousand sheep arer being ; wiped "but of existence. It is this. fact which con stitutes a crisis in the American ..wool industry- The wool-grower is the chief sufferer. But the whole country will utter if " such a valuable-- economic asset as its wool-growing" Industry, 1s damaged : as badly as no w seems . m avi ta ble. -' . : ' -. It is emphasized that- the " question la not . primarily a - question of tariff The wool situation is due to various "abnormal conditions which . grew out of the war. It is 4u to over-prodn-c-tlon in i this country, to the inability of Europeto' wool, to ari abnormal rate of exenange, Alter tnese aDnor mal conditions have passed, it is ad - mitted. there -will be no more need for a ,hlgh ; tariff on- woolj than there was before'1 the": war'. -" " . : The one . clear - fact is "Hhat , some thing , ought to , be done .for the wool Industry at once, wnat tne wool in dustry faces, -as Cleveland . said, is a 'condition ' and not a ' theoy. The sit nation seems to call, not for a discus sion of theories orfree trade and pro tectio'nlsm, but "for some "prompt emer gency action to keep all "-the- sheep trom going to rne siaugnter nouser- -.-Q. When was the title of "Mr..Presi dent" decided upon? F. G. N. A- This was decided at the time of the first inauguration. The matter was the cause of hot debate In congress, the senators, amonr whojai were John Adams. - and Kichard ;Henry lee, advo cating' the title of Highness. The-house refused to consent to any distinguish ing title except that of .President of the United States.:. and ordered that the Chief Executive; e addressed as Mr. President. ' ' QJ Has science proved that the moon does not influence th growth of plants? T. R. I t . -x A. The department of agriculture says that the growth of plants depends upon the amount .of- food in the soil and a the air that , Is- available for them, and upon temperatune, light and moisture. The moon obviously does not affect' the' character of the soil in any way, neither does.: it artect, tne com position iof the atmosphere The only remaining way in which it could in fluence plant growth, .therefore, is ' by Its . light. Recent experiments. how1? ever, show that full daylight is' about 600,000; times brighter than: full moon light, 'yet when" a " plant gets il00th part of normal daylight it thrives little better than in absolute darkness. If By William Brady, M. D. ALI KINDS. OP GALL so-called "neurasthenia" in which l conducted i tha loaf .. IJ --------- yiuration an,l found that tho nAn. ttnH : nad real', -r ...ui v large gallst and diseased gallsac sail along him, I hnried my belief in nera8the? as I a disease entity, it troubles J wuouiBuuii . wueu x recau how I XT 5 ,.. . A S- BUMuw uiayuaus compiaina to General Impairment of health in Ptr sons "in the ' neighborhood of f0r, years of aea. nartini in ri v are a trifle too stout ana ,..u. i guilty, of various degrees of dysnenVl ... " o-ucii:iiihj . cttial with A sail hl.n... - j l' reports or:' unsatisfactory guesses vira juon,iuo r "o-r-iieaierg consult J Sd from time to time, warrants at Cj rignv upper quaarani;, as the Klib oXn Vo11o 1 Tk. "SUM eyH VU...O.W-. Usui, uyuer oiia,i I uv..,:in-.uBiu oi me abdom.J der the "ribs two . 'or three Inches wJ 'i viic ii uiv wisnuune. l-100th part vof normal daylight is thus doctor had my courage (I have too little to stimulate a plant, it seems certain a ., 600,000th part cannot have any effect at ''all. A1 :;''' Q,' . How did the joker happen ' to be added to a deck of playing cards. Is It ever called the devllcard? N. O. .B. A. " This card is sometimes called the devil's card, and the only reference to Its origin that we find is in the Si. James Gasette of July I?, 1S54. - It says , '.The game of poker is played With ' a pack of r53 cards, the 53rd card being the joker. American manu facturers of playing, cards are wont to include a blank card at the top of the pack; It is also -true that some thrifty persOn suggested that the card should not be wasted. This was . the origin of the - joker." . q. Does a jnan's brain and heart weigh more thai), a woman's? P. Ii.-A. A... The weight of the brain of the male averages - SO oz., of the female, 41 . oz. ... A man's heart weighs about H oa. and a woman's 9 oz. - '-,: t Q. How much have the approprlai 1 Hons for navy ordance increased since 19007 g. w. k. . weja If ever! e it on UCUAUBC "X." J1V .MUllKCI J UKNI Vf fy. ' prctlcej; "no' doubt an endless numbJ oj. Biuneu iiiisiu ue ioia aDOUt "Gall stones x wave overlooked." But m ub - uui uc. vuu. eevere wiin the dot torsr they 'are human, and who doei not ; make ' mistakes? Moreover, tin doctors at least venture an opiniooj even though it may not prove currm! wDereas. your new-fangled short-cuj master ot piausiDiuiy ventures noth ing except the cost of the come-on 1; erature .he uses to draw trade, " There are no characteristic gym toms hy which even the most skilled or pnysicians can tea positively thd a patient has gallstones. Even a seriJ of X-ray pictures (mere fluoroscowJ examination or having a look-in witi tne js.-ray is practically useless) wii: show HP . gallstones in only a smal share of casts in which they are pres ent. , Only when the stones happen t contain considerable calcium do th" throw a shadow discernible in th ray picture; many gallstones contaiJ no calcium and give no shadows at all So our friend, the quacx wtio "se,; your in'ards" with his "wonderful x A. " In 19 OQ tthe. total amount ap propnatea was j,34rf,i2v ana in xsis, f light," is merely a shrewd vulture pre r S3n2.lf55.fi84.50. . , ?'(n n tlnm Aaoiott mapl-c in tha ..! i y..- ww: much ; would it cost per capita , to pay off -our national debt? J..Pr I 4 ,- ' - . . ' J A, It would reo.nire approximately S244.65 per : capita to pay oft the na tional debt of-the United States, ex clusive of outstanding : accounts to toreigrtr countries.- "The total debt on July 1, 1920, ' was $25,952,456,406.16; the outstanding ;credlt to foreign govern ments 'was $96,465,004.33. Q: .4n what- year did Carrie . Nation come into prominence as a . saloon 1 . a t. - t t. ... ; . A, . Carrie Nation instituted her cam paign against liquor in 190Q. , - Q.. .what does sine die" , meant A. Its literal .. meaning is "without a .day" and Is used to indicate that an adjournment has been taken with out a day being fixed for convening the body. :..,. .:J-.:. : sv'"7: Q. Does . a - submarine have ' to come to th&, surface of the water for airT A- The navy , department says that it is necessary that a submarine come to the surfaces" of the water for fresh air, but it is possible for a submarine to eliminate the Impurity of the air it contains without coming torthe sur face. Therefore It is estimated that a submarine can go for .a considerable period of time without coming to - the The reputable, skilled X-ray technicia: equipped.-with the very . best apparatu at: present available, can detect pa stones in only ,45 to 50 per cent of cases Itt which they are actually pres ent, so that the best available X-raj examination offers a flfty-flfty chanci of clinching a diagnosis. Anyone vtii seeks an -X-ray examination for an; condition without, the advice of hi! physician Is just a plain spendthrlf: It is incomprehensible to me that pei pie should.be so thriftless, yet ever; little while some reader mails me bundle of X-ray . negatives of case," .evidently with the expectatloi that . the wonderful X-ray" will Illuminate the problem tnat a mer. glance at the, to me, meiningles daubs will show what is the matter v r...: Bananas Versus Bread Is it bad for me to eat six or md bananas -a das' for lunch? I do no .take' anythfnefelse at - lunch. (B. L - ANSWER Here are the comparativ nutritive values of bread, potatoes, an bananas: . Carbo- Calorifl hydrate per 53.1 20.2 22.0 TV Tiniirlihmiint in voiir lunch surface. Tests have shown that:it can rtherfore more than you would derlv protein Fat Bread .. 9.2 1.3 Potatoes '. 2.5 0.1 Bananas 1.3 -. 0.6 remain submerged for at least a period of one week by using this method'of eliminating impurities. - 8WBDE3T AI.SO TJJTDERGOIIVO A " PERIOD CF RECONSTRUCTION STOCKHOLM, Jan. 1. (Correspond ence -Associated Press). Sweden, like the United States, is undergoing a -pe riod of economic readjustment . involv ing the. closing down . of factories and reduction of wages In ,n effort to ,eut the cost of production. Swedish manufacturers declare' they are compelled: to do -this in ordr, to place their manufactories on a level' which, win ename tnem , to compete with German, American. and English production. Many of the factorlesAand mechanical lines began In December to dismiss . their workers gradually by laying off 10 to 2a. per cent of them weekly. vWhen the .employes inquired why this was done they were . inform ed that the scale of wages averaging the equivalent of $440 a. day at. the present rate of exchange .must be cut. They were . told that unless' they ac cepted such a reduction the" shop would be' closed. .--'I. : ' 'vV-.i-::-:.; In most cases the workmen 'refused and the factories were shut' down for part of thls month ; . , but -a. . reaction against this policy became noticeable before the beginning of the new year. New agreements between employers and workers usually ar,made m many lines at thte beginning - of the year. This time there .was a collision of the workmen's demands ttft higher, wages with the s " employers'! ? announcement that they would Have to be-tut?7" ', Lj Swedish employers now have, no fear Ot striJtes out, on cunirryv.y they ; would welcome them . because-' yt lack of orders and dull prospects which seem to be likely to .result -in further fteom eating sli' or seven good sized po tatoes. A-. good sized banana contain about 100 calories of nutriment. You lunch Is, -therefore, not at all heavy, fo a Heht lunch for an adult of averafci height and weight would contain abod 60Q calories. . ' - Sweating Feet Please tell me somethiisr that w cure ioui sweating oi me ieeu . ANSJWER-Avoid hot bathing, i bathe the feet with cold water as rare aa nosalble. Aonly with a brusn sponge (keeping the solution off yo flncrersV a: solution of one pan Formaldehyde Sdlutiort (U. S. P- ti: dird in six to ten parts of water, w allow this to dry on each evening ' three evenings, then discontinue peat after a week or two if necessa rnnnnnn mke piLGniMS BOSTON, Jan. 22. Governor Coo ldge has been likened to Governj Bradford, of Plymouth colony, by Rev. Edward A. Horton. Tracing ' develonment of the Pilgrim-Puru spirit from its beginning to the pr . . . "Amnne-tl ent aay,ur.,nonon saj- . " , j none Is more striking than the m larity between two governors vi sachusetts Bradford ana dlsBiigsals of thousands of workni v n9rt nf America i i nil iil uii Liin ijcw - - . i m f the var.l....i..j. .jn uD number of 'i ,in-.r,n4,n i' unnrt tn nave Influence In . nroducine a concii au r mi.j .mntiF the worKm u tnfn,, th. Swpdish worKer had Jlmerica to fall back on in cm ginning to doubt wnetner "c.."':: e, tlnue to enjoy , this opportunity to lgrate. Our, Rep utatton . " The bank that 'is' known for. the. service it gives and ; .. , v ,, - . . . '. the friends it4ceepsj for its readiness to advance the in terests of our'community ; and, above all, its strong po sition an ability at all times to care for the needs of its depositors. - ;-x "' :tlte Wilnin ' "Oldest and Largest Savings Bank In North Carolina"
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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