TWO CURE FOR CANCER1 IN ANIMALS FOUND Russian Scientist Makes Important Discovery; Treatment Has Not Yet Been Tried on Humans Ksoton. Aug. 22?Discovery of a compound ihst di^lwps end apparently cures cancer in animals in a few days was announced at the 13th International Physiological Congress at Harvard Medical School vester day, writes Howard \V. Blaktslee, -e; ... ... . . Associated Press feature service. It is injected into the cancer, and ?iis_ejff.ect. is, quite literally, to cause the malignant cells to breathe them selves to death. Scientifically, the process is named oxidation, and it means that the abnormal cells get move oxygen than normally filters through t?> them from breathing' through the lungs. The new angle which this discovery contributes to the nght against cancer is a method or (-relief by speeding up the natural activities of body cells instead of finding some t.aiL to jiuh?oTi the cancer to. dcati The preshien't of the congress. Dr. W. H. HovyeT, of John's Hopkins University. In rt a vjii -1i<-1.. said that he considers the method important. hut thai today's announcement is r? iftiiirr. ordi* nf nfciiminavv vvirA and that zip prediction Van be wad: as to whether the compound ultimately will he useful to human m IJJgs. upon whom it has not yet been tried. The discovery is the woik of a young Russian, Boris Sokbloff, professor ?.f experimental medicine of the- Russian University of Prague, Uzecho-Slovakia. at. present working as a guest with the Institute !' Cancer Research of Columbia University. In addition to scientific work, ?ekoloff is writing a novel He told the congress his attention had been arrested by the fact that in human beings with cancer, the supra renal glands of the kidneys show effects apparently traceable to the cancer. Art extract of these glands in their healthy state is the basis >!' his compound. The extract is called coiTevro!. To it he adds iron and pyrrol blue, which is a coal tar product. He. said that when injected into the cancer, the pyrrol blue in combination with the iron produces jwi rough oxidation that the cancer cells cannot live, ami their death be ?r4?IC wJfhiM ^ The preparation has hot yet been ^.observed Kit affect normal tissues. but it spreads throughout the cancer to the very outer tips of the jgrov.Lh. It has been used on 1.000 rats and mice, having- four different types of cancer, including the malignant kind. An average of tb.out 70 'per cent of the experimental animals were to all appearances cuved. said Dr. Sokoloff. and in some experiments the apparent cures were 100 per cent. When the apparent cures did not attain 100 per cent, he found too rapid liqueftcation of the cancer a. cause of death, and that mortality from this source could be prevented by reducing the doses, so that the curative process was slower. Speed of the process was striking. He said that the smaller cancers bcIgan to liquefy in three to live days, while "larger tumors dissolved slowly. within about lb days." "Out of 200 rats," he said; "whose cancerous growth were destroyed two months ago, up to the present time only five have suffered Dr. Sokolof fs theory is that cancer grows in an area which for some reason has been deprived qiksu lP>cient oxygen and that a disturbatice in endocrine glands may be a cause: of starting the growth. The endocrines are ductless glands that produce secretions which medical r-cience recently has found of high importance in regulating health, en >eg*y1and growth. - Banner SATURD AT 2 AND 8 I ONE DAY O RAIN OR SF Ati&tl 31 I Suttitay Sri EZRA'S RETURN I BY DR. W1L1 ! Todic?Prayer am! Providence Lesson Text?Ezra 7:1-10; 8:21-23, j *i. M. <n. | Golden Text?1 he hand of our Goa l I is upon all them that seek him, for Good.?Ezra S 22; Historic Setting of the Lesson | Ezra the Scribe?Ezra was a j I 7.stdaLitn priest" and s or'bit. snreiolly j qualiried for the task which he now j I undertook by his intimate knowledge j I of the law of Moses. Indeed, the in-j : stru merit" by which he hoped to ! renovate the religious life i : his. j I countrymen in Judea was that Book; of the Law. On the death of Xeixos. i i his son Artaxerxes ascended the; i Persian throne. In the seventh year . S of his reign, another body of Jews! ! to the number of over fifteen htxn-j j died set out from Persia to retiirh | ' to tlie Holy Land. The leadership- of 'this hand was conferred upon Ezra, j a descendant of Aaron the high ' priest, a righteous and" God ?earing : v : ' ' - V <uctii. .irir;; .; a ro\;;; ne : 1 si.** out on his journey in the spring of 4f>8 R. with a caravan of over fifteen hundred men.* Including a number of priests, Levlte's and \Y:hiuim. Kzra makes his journey, alter i brief halt at the rivet Ahuva, for, > Lrie pnrpo><* n? united -astir" and . prayer. the caravan grossed the desert and arrived in Jerusalem safely : some time in the month of August. { ?aS. !v.fit brought with him rich ofJ fc rings for the temple, sent by the I leading Jews of Babylonia, and even Vrtaxerxes himself, H - avowed object was to carry nut a reform < f the temple ceremonial on the basis j of the completed lawbook, which was I substantially oin l'ehtateucb; but i-the first t;ok which cpufiv nted him1 was that of dealing; with the mixed marriages?an abuse the extent of j ich was apparently u nknown him before bis arrival in Palestine. E'/ia was shoeked and grieved i>? find ThAt~nvan\ of the heading iru j and evcin some of the priests had man led heathen wives. lb \v as de-1 iermined to cheek this sin with u:i-. sparing hand. He sumnn?r?'d the whok congregation before him and, charged them with having trans-' gresseti God's command. His emotion found utterance in a penitent in!i prayer, which evidently made a pro-j found impression on the assembled ' I profile Ezra his importunity. \ I GOMiNG T a full carload of Tuxe Mills Flour ,etc. Our Corn, Oats and other plete and we especiall; ing court to call at ou prices on these produc We make a specialty c | of Flour and to all th< lay in their fall supplj WE ARE MAKING IIJUAI PC A ft 11 v u u u n I BOONE F HnDanMBmntmaBn Elk Hones >ay Real T >. M. 25^= NLY Featuring HNE ? , 0. People, Si I^T I Hons, Tigi | | a big four Ier animal SEE BIG i THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EY EI iao! ?esson TO JERUSALEM IH BS I ? i i imposed en the congregation an! c oath that the stranare wives shonlH * u be pi?* The promise-however, j c was by no means easy to fulfill onj x the spur of the moment. A com-? \ mission of elders was accordingly ap- S f pointed to investigate- the matter.' ; but the number of the offenders wa>j v so large that the process of inquiry? Kciintanued rai about three months, i { Although a great many of the people - t were aroused by Ezra's zeal, and to \ have warmly supported his action, jc theie was tho first an influen-1 ? tia! party in Jerusalem which was j t hostile to these measures of reform,: c partly on religious, partly on -social! r and political grounds. For the, moment the spirit of purita!iism t/i : umphed; many strange wives with then children were expelled, doubtless Ezra's tfoiicy sowed the ' seeds of bitter resentment and ani--' mosity both within and without Jci sale in. and 'ncurred widespread tin-' A popularity oy his drastic action :n . the matter ot the mixed marriages, ii anci thai he. together with the party ij of /.ealots \vhb supported him. ij gradually lost all influence in Jer;- j saijpm. The Bible gives few further ! >:' K^:;i's work; bllt accc. ing to tradition, he first. founded j th?? 'Iito', Synagogue: second, eoj-; Jj lee ted and Arranged the hooks of j | Scripture as they now exist; third.; ! introduced the present Hebrew char- . i actors; fourth, added the vowel points which are yet in use: and fift! composed portions of the prayers., j which are even in common use in: i the praverbook of the .lews todav. j : * j HIGH SCMOOl. ENROLLMENT IN STATE EXCEEDS 100.000 Raleigh. Aug. 37?-A pproximately j 110.000 boys and girls were eroikd j in the public high schools of the: state during the session just elo?gu|fi 11 w8s lea rued --today a.fc= thiL jq?hce . ?>. r = the state snperin' ndent of public in struytioii from a summary of figures taken from the reports of these | high schools. A total of '.7 ot 88 per cent i the 1 .093) *7h; \vcr?* white hoys and c-irks. The * remaining I 3,23d were negro pupils. -i.TVu in rural schoolami b.-ioT in city schools. Mure than, (il .000 of the whiti children attended rural high schools, and over 3a.- ! HIS WEEK i it sdo Feeds, Roanoke line of Flour, Feed, grains is now comy invite those attendr store an dget our ts. >f the highest brands ose who are ready to r, THE A SPECIAL IF D B I T V u u i mvjii EED CO. j t Bill & Moon Bri I 1AI!IJ -! laiHBU WIIU HIIIII Animals, Horses, Dogs, CI ix Camel, Two Baby Cami ers. Leopards, Hyenas, Be and a half-ton Elephant foi s. Cowboys, Cowgirls an ?. FREE STREET PAR IY THURSDAY ? BOONE, N. C. 00 attended city schools. Five year? ago. 1923-24. there ere only C2,-il6 rural boys ami iris and city children, a to al of SB,754 boys and girls, seeking high school education. The larg st increase 01 59 pet cent iji uui?*- . ?er of rural boys and girls Utkr y | idvantage of the opportunity of a. tigh school education, indicates, according: to school authorities, the tolding power of the recently erect- J d rnvai "i?rh hoi os. > "; " * Former I y hey say, "more rural hoys and giris efr the elementary school provided or them without seeking the ad van t:ges of a high school education, chereas now these same rural boys tnd girls in increasing numbers go r to the high schools provided for | hem." The past year there were 35.-110 hildren in the eighth grade, n the rdnih grade. tihK5l? in the! enth grade, and 15,137 in the deventh grade?a total of or learly 7.000 more than in 1027-2S. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 27.?Sevt n ggs were left for Ralph Highb y and Ingh Dougherty, detectives, by loek of grateful hens from ; Wand of thicken thie--.es. i hnain m m I Extends ti IS r'-l make thei i ; ters while B Our New U'4 Ur course Fall and ^ B -We are r take care P Watauga Visit our M see you. m kj IJ< S CIRC towns, Wire Walker, Jugs els, Fourteen Lions from rs, Monkeys Herds of ] r the kiddies to ride, and d Indians from the West. * wvr- i nr i rvou AUL AI 1 U LLULP i pay uoll 1 | to i that WE make the very best fine screen Copper Half-tones J Newspaper Half-tones -Zinc j . T*J. t- * ^ 1 "r ' Iune aicqir^ap i, coy or wor/c CITIZEN ENGRAVING CO. Citizen Building ^Telephone 876 Asheville.N.C. j "C>? ? ? ?" i-iil -KJ=?^ *""~"|r' Ml crraii Ip3 11 hours' Slorc I a fit - p V fi j a you a most cordial invitation to yj; fj; r place your Shopping Headquar- ;i|; E3l" : attending court. ' Fall Merchandise is now ai riving. ||| HI - we are she win or the very latest m 11 winter creations. M naking elaborate preparations to . MJ of the students- Boys and girls of Fland adjoining counties. 23 B store. It is indeed a pleasure to |=jj H Your friends, Si ainhours' Inc. lj BOONE, N. C. Ui j|g p=^| ~ BHWM * HQ Boone MONDAY AT 2 AND 8 P. M. jlers, 110 ONE DAY ONLY RAIN OR SHINE rour na- _____ Elephants, | P many oth- | g| _ o : p. m. a ^ : X

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