Kings Mountain Social
And Personal News
KINGS MOUNTAIN, Nov. 3. —
The Ameican Lesion Auxiliary held
Its regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. J. N. Gamble.
Lovely Fall flowers and Hallo
ween decorations were used through
the house.
The meeting came to order with
the reading of the preamble in uni
son and was presided over by the
newly elected president Mrs. J. N.
Gamble. After the business session
an interesting program of Hal
lowe'en stunts and games was en
joyed under the supervision of
Mrs. Paul Mauney and Mrs. W. W.
Southers.
The hostess served delicious re
freshments to fifteen members of
the Auxiliary.
Misses Martha and Rachael Mc
Lean and Louise Wright were
hostesses at a Halloween party at
the home of the former.
The McLean home was artisti
cally decorated with black cats,
goblins, witches and autumn flow
ers.
Games and contests suggestive of
the occasion were enjoyed by more
than twenty guests.
The hostesses were assisted in
serving refreshments by Mr. and
Mrs. Carl McLean.
Ben Goforth, Jr. entertained at
an outdoor Helowwe'en party at his
home Saturday night.
Games consisting of a "Treasure
Hunt," bobbing for apples and con
tests were enjoyed.
Those present were: Misses Fan
; ny Littlejohn. Joe Keeter, Louise
! Wright, Martha and Rachael Mc
Lean. Chas. A. Goforth, Jackie
, Oamble, Garrison Goforth, Oeorge
Lattimore, Jr., R. G. Plonk. Billie
| Rhodes, Eugene Mathis, Jr.
j Mr. and Mrs. J. Byron Keeter
and Misses Eollne and Joe Keeter
I spent Sunday In Grover with the
' former's parents Mr. and Mrs. J.
; D. Keeter, who were celebrating
| their fifty-fourth wedding anniver
sary.
! Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Campbell had
as dinner guests Sunday their chil
dren Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbell
and family of Archdale and Mr.
and Mrs. Banks Campbell of Gas
tonia. The ocasion being Mrs.
Campbell's birthday anniversary.
Rufus McGill of Greenville, S. C.
spent the week end here.
Mrs. Womack of Crouse spent the
week end with her daughter, Miss
Mary McCaslln.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Yarboro of
Grover road are announcing the
birth of a son on Saturday at the
City Hospital, Gastonia. The ooy
nas been named Alvin Edward Jr
Mrs. Yarboro was before marriage
Miss Ethel Barber.
] Mrs. R. E. Kerr is able to sit up
after having been confined to her
bed for three weeks,
j Ben P. Beamln the City Hos
pital In Gastonia having undergone
an appendix operation on Satur
i day.
Miss Faye Moss, daughter of N.
W. Moss Is ill at her home on Gold
i street.
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To Gargle Or Not To Gargle
There is much controversy in
medical circles on the value of
gargles. This procedure, calculated |
to reach the back of the throat with
medicated or non-medicated solu
tions, has been an ancient and
honorable practice, followed by the
public and strongly recommended
by the medical profession.
Recently, however, some doubt
ing Thomases subjected gargling to
a critical study. Barium-containing
gargles were given to individuals
and they were instructed to do
their best, while acute visioned sci
entists studied the reach of the
gargles by means of a fluroscope.
Some of the researchers arrived at
the conclusion that gargles do not
reach beyond the front part of the
mouth cavity; that they do not af
fect the tonsils or the back of the
throat.
Hence, as one mecucai journal
phrases it, "each night the sound
of churning rises from a million
throats, and their possessors go to
bed conscious of a good deed well
done,” but alas, it is all an illusion.
However, the attempt to discredit
the ancient practice of gargling has
not gone unchallenged. Some phy
sicians criticize these X-ray studies
and offer their own experimental
evidence to show that gargles do
indeed reach all portions of the
throat.
Those of us who are on the
sidelines watching this play of wit
and science are convinced that the
personal element deeply affects the
results. Some individuals gag at the
very suggestion of gargling, while
others have remarkable control, or
throat insensitiveness.
But there is still a way out of the
seeming dilemma. There are fre
quent ocasions in which it is de
sirable to “wash out” the throat.
This is notably the case when the
individual suffers from a head cold,
from tonsillitis or pharyngitis.
Gargling with a warm saline solu
tion made by the addition of a
teaspoonful of salt to a glass of
water may with some individuals
prove effective in relieving pain and
in washing away the accumulated
products of the inflammatory pro
cess.
But an even more effective meth
od may be employed. This consists
in the use of a medium sized soft
rubber ear syringe. The syringe can
be filled with a saline solution and
its content squirted into the throat,
the stream being directed toward
the tonsils, soft palate and pharynx.
This treatment may be self-ad
ministered, but it is better when
given by another with the patient
lying on his side, preferably at the
edge of the bed, so that there is a
free return flow of the injected fluid
fro mthe mouth.
As far as the demand for studio
tickets is concerned, the Major
Bowes amateurs’ broadcast still
leads.
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PROPER PLOWING
IS BEST WAY TO
MAINTAIN LANDS
Engineer Gives Ways
To Plow Land For
Best Results
COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
Nov. 4.—Proper fall plowing is the
meet important phase of terrace
maintenance, aooording to J. A.
Muncey, agricultural engineer of
the Soil Conservation Service.
The following procedure in the
plowing of terraces Is recommended
by the State College Extension Ser
vice and the Soil Conservation Ser
vice:
First—Plowing should start with
the back furrow at the terrace
ridge, with all furrows thrown to
ward the ridge from both sides.
Continue until the bottom of the
channel is reached.
Second—The back furrow should
be started 6 to 10 feet above the
channel, throwing all furrows to it
until flowline Is reached. This will
leave a dead furrow in the flow
line. In order to prevent the build
ing of a ridge above the channel,
this land should be varied from
year to year.
Third—The remaining land may
be plowed as a separate land.
Whether or not the fields are to
be plowed this year, in all cases it
is advisable to throw loose dirt and
silt out of the terrace channel, said
: Muncey.
Maintenance of terrace outlets
are Just as Important as the main
tenance of terraces, and where
! meadow strips have been establish
j ed, these strips should be mowed
, to prevent excessive silting and to
i enable the grasses to spread and
| obtain a thicker stand.
Brush should be placed on spot>
! where soil washing has set in, 30
as to catch soil and seed and thus
permit vegetation to get started
more firmly, he said.
On fields where the contour of
the land is such that meadow strip
outlets are not practicable, the Soil
Conservation Service has con
structed terrace outlet ditches,
which cooperators are advised to
inspect from time to time and
make sure no danger spots develop.
The small ribbons of cement
across the ditch—called baffles —
have two danger spots that should
be watched: First is the hole that
will always appear Just under each
baffle: second is the baffle end.
j Rock and sod should be placed in
these washes to stop the cutting.
Muncey warned.
Plans for a simple, inexpensive,
; home-made V-drag may be obtain
ed upon request from the Soil Con
servation Service at High Point or
the State College Extension Serv
ice at Raleigh.
NEGRO 4-H CLUBS GET
RECOGNITION IN N. C.
ENFIELD, Nov. 4. — The first
1 achievement day lor Negro 4-H
I clubs in Halifax county was held
recently in connection with the
i county training school, with seven
I clubs participating.
The large crowd in attendance
gave its greatest applause to the
' demonstration on packing string
beans for exhibition, said E>. J.
Knight, Negro farm agent of the
State College extension sendee.
Sidewalk cafes, similar to those in
Paris, are favorite gathering places
of New Yorkers.
Hunter Rescued
r
Daring rescuers saved the life of Lloyd Rawson, 21year
old Utah deer hunter, after he had perched on the hazard
ous ledge on a cliff in the Wasatch mountains near Salt Lake
City many hours with a broken leg. He was hurled there
by a loose boulder tumbling down the mountainside. The res
cuers are shown lowering him 1,000 feet to the canyon floor
by means of ropes.— (Associated Press Photo.)
AL SMITH VOTES SILENTLY
Refuting to make any comment whatever, Al Smith, once the close
friend of President Roosevelt who became one of the New Deal’s most
levere critics, is shown voting at his home precinct on Madison avenue,
Mew York. Note the famous brown derby and cigar held in one hand
while he signs the enrollment blank. (Associated Press Ph-'-'
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
By ROBIN COONS
HOLLYWOOD. — ZaSu Pitts of
the mounful, quavery voice and
fluttery hands was geting ready to
do a scene, and she warned us be
forehand that she was “terrible
copy.”
She couldn't set any styles in
dress, she couldn't offer any advice
on dieting, and she couldn't show
anybody how to exercise for beauty.
She wasn't glamorous. As a come
dienne—which was what they call
ed her—she didn't have to be.
"And think goodness for that.”
she said, delicate fingers tracing
their weaving pattern of surprise
and dismay through the air.
| "I just go home and 1 eat and '
j sleep and that’s all,” she said. “I
can t tell you what's going to be
worn this fall- because I haven't the
slightest idea. I just congratulated
Ellssa Landi on a new dress she
was wearing and she told me she
bought it eight years ago.
"I’m supposed to be a comedienne”
the quavery voice was mournfully
apologetic now, “but I don't know
about that. Before the talkies, I was
always the terribly tragic figure
who was dying in childbirth or be
ing beaten up the villain. Now. if
I wring my hands and hits my
handkerchief, thev think it's hin
ny "
And she did the scene. In "The
White Dagon" she was playing the
i slightly tipsy passenger who rap
ped on the captain's door to tell
I him there had been murder on the
; deck below. The film crew, watch
ing, suppressed its hysteria until
the camera stopped, then gave way.
"You see what I mean?” mourn
ed ZaSu as she returned to the
sidelines. "Now there's a very tra
gic scene. A man has just been kill
ed and I'm running to get help.
And they laugh! Honestly, I dont
do a thing.”
j The voice quavered again, as
: though its owner might weep. But
| ZaZu, after all didn’t feel so terri
| ble about it.
“If I am a comedienne,” she
| philosophized, “it’s a blessing in
j disguise. I can get thin, or I can
i get fat, or I can stay just as I am,
\ which I hope to do. I don’t have to
set styles, I don’t have to be seen
j places I can just go home. I never
rescued anyone from drowning or
carried anyone out of a burning
house. If I did, I suppose somebody
would think that was funny. Oh,
dear!”
Wanted Sanitation
LONDON.—(fP)—Judge Dumas to
witness at Westminster County
Court: “Why did you kiss your
! thumb instead of the book upon
| taking the oath?” Witness: “Oh
sanitation, that’s all."
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Young Scientist Aids Nature
In Fight On Germs, Diseases
NOTRE DAME. Ind—(tfV-Instead
of waiting for nature to take its
course, young University of Notre
Dame scientists are stepping on the
gas by mechanizing bacteriological
research.
It is the belief of Prof. J. A. Rey
nlers, professor of bacteriology at
Notre Dame, arid Father Francis J.
Wenninger, C.S.C., dean of the Col
lege of Science, that in mechanized
research lies the solution to many
of the technical difficulties which
prevent close approach to life and
disease. <
In the matter of diseases caused
by the attacks of bacteria, for ex
ample, they say, the traditional
method has been to wait for some
thing to happen, then try to do
something about it.
To prove his point Professor Rey
niers has become a mechanical en
gineer, draughtsman and electrical
expert and has built equipment that
does amazing things.
Germ-Free Guinea Pigs
Apple of his eye among these
“machines” is what, to the layman,
looks like a Rube Goldberg con
traption. Actually it is a device
wherein are raised germ-free guinea
pigs. Up to now no actually germ
free animals have been available
for experimentation.
Now living test tubes, in the form
of sterile guinea pigs, are available
in the fight to isolate such elusive
agents as those which cause the
common cold, influenza and infan
tile paralysis. The experiments with
guinea pigs have opened up many
fields once considered impossible of
access.
New Bacteria Counter
Among other equipment built and
being used by Reyniers and his staff
is an electric bacteria counter that
can’t make any mistakes. Instead
of placing bacteria haphazardly on
a slide and counting by hand, Prof.
Reyniers has built a machine which
puts them in formation, like sol
diers on parade, and then counts
them with an electric eye. A cam
era, run by a motor, photographs
on a shock-proof table successive
changes in the life of a bacteria
colony.
According to Prof. Reyniers, bac
teriology has been too busily engag
ed in “practical experimentation,”
since the time of Pasteur, to do
much pure research. Consequently
it has been content with following
the methods which the older scien
ces insist upon. What bacteriology
needs for further progress is a
much greater body of proved theory
and laws—which can come only
from independent research.
Convinced that research can move
forward quickly only if mechaniz
ed, Prof. Reyniers deliberately
worked out plans and then spent
the past six years evolving ma
chines and methods. The machine
for raising germ-free guinea pigs
has been one of the conspicuous
successes. In it the element of er
ror is reduced almost to nil.
The pigs are delivered by Caesar
ian operation in a germ-free oper
ating chamber. They live out their
lives in gleaming glass and steel
cages, breathing germ-free air and
eating only food which has been
thoroughly sterialized. All their
handling and all the work in the
air-conditioned cages is done with
sterilised gloves, attached to sealed
ports in the cages, through which
the research worker inserts his
hands and arms.
Swine Raising
Is Good tn N. C.
COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
Nov. 4.—In hog production, North
Carolina has many distinct advan
tages over other States, said Earl H.
Hostetler, professor of animal hus
bandry at State College.
Three of the biggest factors, he
added, are its temperate climate,
nearness to market, and abundant
supply of protein supplements.
In this climate, sows can farrow
two litters of pigs a year without
difficulty and without the owner
having to spend large sums to pro
perly house and care for them
during these critical periods.
Of course, Hostetler pointed out,
some housing should be provided
to protect the sows and their young
from cold and rain in February and
March and from the heat in Au
gust and September, the two best
farrowing periods.
From North Carolina, hogs can
be shipped to Richmond and Bal
timore markets in 36 hours or less.
This means that Tarheel farmers
have to pay less shipping charges
than those in states farther away,
and that the hogs from this state
lose less weight in transit.
HELD FOR ASSAULT
ON ELDERLY COUPLE
MT. AIRY, Nov. 4.—(JP)—Police
today held Tom Madden, 24-year
old negro suspect, in connection
with an assault early yesterday up
on a middle-aged white couple.
Police Chief R. E. Lawrence said
a cap, described by Mrs. Henry
Wood as the one worn by her as
sailant, was found at the negro’s
house between two mattresses.
French Cabinet
PARIS, Nov. 4.—(JP)—Premier
Leon Blum summoned the cabinet
today to act on a Communist at
tack against the French popular
front, dissolution of which would
topple his government.
Richmond, Va., built on seven
hills, was once called the Modern
Rome.
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TO THE DEMOCRATS OF CLEVELAND
COUNTY:
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election yesterday. And, as chairman of the
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Committee of Cleveland County.
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