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. LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC TUESDAY, NOV. 2, 1920 LENOIR, N. C v THE LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC . laaued ToAay and Friday by CALDWELL PUBUSH1NG CO. L' WESTERN MAN JOINS PURE BREED RANKS FRED H. MAY, , Editor and Manager Entered at tha Postoffice at Lenoir, N. C, as second-class mail matter. Subscription Rates One year J3.00 Eght months - 2.00 Four months 1-00 Page Four AKOTHER BIRTHDAY . . . , v A Advertising rates on application Telephone No. 54 TUESDAY NOV. 2, 1920 AMERICA'S WASTE OF BABIES (Literary Digest) Speaking of machine-gun squads being suicide clubs "the only really eligible person to join a suicide club is the American baby. It is more dangerous and daring for a baby to be bom in America than it was for our boys in France to enter the firts line trenches." Thus forcibly Frank C. Lockwood. dean of the University of Arizona, brings home to us in the Pittsburgh Christian Advocate la Methodist publication I .America's aeglect of her children. In the busi ness of growing babies he finds that other civilized country has such a bad record. Statistics show that in tfce United States fourteen babies at of every hundred die in their frst year. "The younger the infant she higher the death rate." grimly omments the writer. But this waste f our most important product can be prevented, as was proved by a baby-welfare carried on last year at Clifton, Arizona, by the university heme demonstration agent. Results were successful and permanent In his communitv, from 1916 to 191S, there were, during the four hot! months, an average of fifteen deaths I a year among infants under six years j from digestive diseases alone. In j 1919, during the four hot months. as a result of the campaign, only one child under six years died of a di- gestive ailment. Other communities have followed the baby-welfare pro-j gram with excellent results, w. are: told; "but, at best, this heavy death rate among our babies is a disgrace to the American public." Boys and girls of school am says the writer, are treated not much better than the bobies. Tens of thousands of ,-h..-dren arc suffering from serious phys ical defects that might easily be remedied if the particular States and communities were as careful and hu mane as they should be in provid.ng medical inspection for all children, establishing community clinics, and installing school and connnun ty arses. This is offered as a !'ip!f, and approved program: 'Long hours f sleep, with open windows; daily , 'use of the toothbrush; one full bath, a week; plenty of outdoor play ev -; ery day; plenty of fruit and voce- ! tables in the .Lot; a bowel movement every day." If the-e rales were I obeyed "our American h;! Iron j would be healthy little an; rials, ; whatever else they miirht be." If I we really have the welfare of our young at heart here are are a few j ether things we might do: j "We ought to teach our chi dren health 'in terms of strength, and beauty and joy, rather than of weak ness and disease. We should tell a boy that if he keeps clean and sleeps king hours and takes plenty of out door exercise he will feel well, and will grow up a good athlete and hunter and tighter for the weak and for good causes, like Theodore Roose relt. The girls should be tolfl that by keeping clean and well they will have a sense of bodily comfort, and will grow up fresh, pretty and at tractive, like the girls in the adver tisements of the high-grade magazines- or at least as near like them as an actual human being could ever become. In teaching very young children the necessary rules of health it is enough to tell them what to do, lather than why it should be done. The all-important thing at this age i to install right physical habits. Children of grammar school age should be given the why, so that they may have their reason satisfied, and -operate more cheerfully and wise ly in the health program laid out for them. At the high school age 3cien tific knowledge concerning health and personal welfare should be im parted to the child, and he should be actively interested in community iealth programs. By that time he will have reached a point where he ii not only able to care for himself intelligently, but also to be willing: to help promote and conserve civic conditions that make for good health and clean, safe community life." 900R KEYS MEAN LITTLE IN LIFE OF BOLSHEVIK London, Oct. 15. Door keys are considered unnecessary in the bol aflievik schemee of life in Russia. Only privileged persons are supposed to possess them. " When The Associated Press cor tespondent who recently crossed Russia asked for a door key in one vt the nationalized hotels at Omsk he was informed by the hotel "com missar," formerly the owner, that tinder the red regime doors are not supposed to be bolted. ; An appeal to the. Omsk bolshevik eommandant resulted in the Amer ican correspondent obtaining an of ftcal document granting him a key and the privilege of locking the dooT of his room. AMERICA IS WAITING BEFORE RECOGNIZING MEXICO Recognition of the new govern ment of Mexico awaits more, com plete demonstration of its character and purposes, it was said at an in formal discussion at the State De partment in Washington. The de partment, it was added, would be ready to recommend such recogni tion as soon as Mexico had given proper assurances that the rights and property of Americans in Mexico would he protected; shown willing -tiess and ability to meet the out standing . international obligations and enact laws, to provide that for eigners in Mexico have rights as well js, duties.' " " ' Prof. Karl B. Musser. formerly With Waahlnrtn Sta n has been appointed representa tive of the extension service of toe American Guernsey Cattia club in uteeajt of Chicaxa TEACHING THRIFT IN SCHOOLS (Raleigh News and Observer The National Educational Associa tion announces that a committee of seven State supf rintendents will meet in Washington Nov. 12. for the purpose of devising plans to place thrift in the school curriculum. This will mean not simply a study of the practice of thrift as manifested by the purchase of war stamps and sim ilar savings securities, but the prop osition is one that has to do with making the real study of thrift a fea ture in school work. In conference with the educators will be represent atives from the savings division of the treasury department. One of the weak spots of this country is the indifference we give to actual thrift. This is so pro nounced that until the great war many people looked on economies of i any sort as a moderate form of ; crime, and stinginess and parsimony : were words more common than j thrift. It has been the b.g corpora- , tions that have paid more attention ! to thrift and economy than the peo- J pic of moderate or small means, and the mam instigation of thrift with these latter has been a necessity. It has never been regarded as a piece of littleness for the Pennsylvania railroad to keep track of the coal each engine uses each day, and I to try to encourage the fireman to lessen the consumption of find. But! the hous.'iio.iier se,.rns to use t me and effort sn av:ng fuel. The L-ar-haiic can has dumped r.w.iy fortunes, but the big pack, i, or the Standard O.l Company, or the I'mt.-d States Steel ("omp.i: y are not a-hamed to ' use the utmo.-t s.tv;!:g about all their factories. Thrift has made France a country ; that is able after suffering the worst ! from the war to pay the I'nited States a sum of many millions re- I cently on account. Individual thrift! makes prosperous individuals and j prosperous nations, but if we can in- j troduce in schools an intelligent! course that will educate the people along the lines of thrift probably we will have done more for human com fort than by any other possible ad dition to the school work. Thrift brings so many other things worth having that it cannot be overrated. Thrift is no more or less than the best use of the money we get, and of every cent of it. It is the science of making every dollar bring us the most it is capable of, and we can all profit by learning mor eof thrift, in school or out. "PRESENT FOR GIRL" WAS HEAVY ARTILLERY, GIRL MAY GET KLOVES Ney York, Oct. 15. Aroused by 52 burgarlies in the Forest Hills sec tion of Queens, the police today ar rested on the street two dapper young men, one of whom was carry ing a neat package tied up with baby blue, ribbon. "What have you got there, sport?" asked one policeman. "A present for my girl." "Open it." The package contained two loaded revolvers, extra ammunition, 15 skeleton keys, a piece of pipe, a searchlight, a glass cutter and two pairs of gloves. "Well, the girl may able to use the gloves," was the policeman's comment. CATCHES A "TATTOOED" FISH NEAR WILMINGTON Something new in freaks, a "tat tooed" fish, was caught below old his toric Fort Fisher by John C. Sandin of Wilmington, when he drew a blue fish bearing the initials "C. I. H." plainly imprinted on its side, says a dispatch from Wilmington. Mr. andlin took the first home, had it scaled, scrubbed and soaked in salt, which treatment only brought out the letters more plainly. Old fisher men contend 'the monogram is only a birthmark, but Mr. Sandlin says he will preserve the fish in alcohol if he can get the alcohol. N. Y. TRAIN HAS CARRIED 3 TIMES WORLD POPULATION (By The Associated Press) fflNey York, Oct. 27. Since New York's first subway train was run, 16 years ago today, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company has carried 4,301,000,000 passengers, approxi mately three times the total popula tion of the world Frank Hedley, president and general manager, an nounced today. During that time only seven pas sengers have been killed by accident, according to Mr. Hedley's report which said "this is the highest safety record in the world." Several of the States penalize pau wrirni by taking away the voting privilege. ' ' In 1796 John Adams defeated Thomas Jefferson for the presidency by .two electoral tvtaa. :..?:. r MFJt CH WHAT IS A LEAGUE OF NATIONS? The League is compromised of na tions which have agreed to settle their differences by arbitration and to do all they can to prevent war and i promote justice in the world. The following thirty-seven na tions are now members of the League because they have both sigtv ed and ratified the- Treaty of Ver saille (Treaty with Germany) or the Treaty of St. Germain (Treaty with Austria), or else tin the case1 of the thirteen neutral nations in- i v.ted to jionl by adhesion: British Umpire, h.na, France, Italy, Japan, Poland, Spam, Belgium, Brazil, t'ze-cho-Slovakia, Netherlands (Hol land), Koumania, Sweden, Switzer land. Penmark, Norway, Portugal,1 Serb-t'roat-( 'lovene-State, Argent me Republic, Chili, Colombia, Greece, Peru, Boliva, Guatemala, Haiti, Pan- i r.itia, Paraguay, Persia, Salvador, Siam, I'rguay, Venezuela, Liberia, and Hedjaz. Cuba and Nicaragua have actually ratified but have not, as this is written, deposited ratifi cation. The principal nations now Outside The League, besides the former en emy powers and the United States, are Russia, Turkey and Mexico. A GOOD REPORT ON THE CADE MACHINE (Statesville Sentinel) According to reports which have been received in Statesville, the Cade typesetting machine, which has been under construction in northern cities for a number of years, is about to be completed. A letter received recent ly from a representative of the com pany who is witnessing the work says "It appears that if we can attain the progress we are making we ought to get the machine completed within the next thirty days." There has never been a hitch in the machine, but It requires fine workmanship, and this necessarily takes time. We have had a number of mechanical experts to examine the machine and every one who has seen it is enthusiastic about it. Among them have been men who have been experts on the line-casting machines for years. It does not take an expert to see that we have a great machine, however. Any one who knows anything about line-casting machines can see at a glance that we have the greatest machine in the world." From the above report it would seem that the success of the Cade machine is about to be realized and this will no doubt be pleasant news to the gentlemen of Statesville and other places in the State who have stood by the inventor, the late Rev. Baylus Cade, in his efforts to perfect this machine. NEW HUDSON SUPER-SIX FOR SALE I have just received a new Hudson 7-passenger automobile which was ordered last year, and I will sell it at a bargain. My reason for selling is that I have purchased a Buick since ordering and have no use for both cars. Would sell the Buick, which is practically new, having been run l&sfl than 1,000 miles, but prefer to sell the Hudson. E. F, ALLEN. 8-3 UNIVERSAL THEATRE PROGRAM WEDNESDAY "5 reel drama" 5 reel drama Felix OJay H. B. Warner THURSDAY "Pirate Cold,, No. 2.. Geo Seitz 2 reel Sennett Comedy Pate New3 No. 75 Matinee i P. M i FRIDAY "All Of A Sudden Peggy" - -i lUrguriU iClattt V 'MJ?. & ANT a im Im. ml rtn kainea me of i ban iro-d . i TRADE AT - HOME W I potnotn community pnde, pp aid GROWTH. k onK jwnj l aan aipooit a pannl Jwiyi "dlint to (mor ( cUd. Tha aid BMHtwhood gl gun tht OULO. Wg.lUctonkW PARENTS TU btdom and induatna af tha community art tU TRAITS of the child. The ahould be wpporttd They Jwild be DEVELOPED to the utmiat And, ToSicbiU- mart ttUna oWiopcd, thf grwtet rtw man, r OUR TOWN. ft, Wb-tnwdy - BUYERS IN THE HOME MAR KET. TKn iraW tkal ii thf mmUnu aid pubtcHCWited men ho DO THINGS m kwn And tkat Ineie men cannot do BK nVrtgs i.clrv the home businesi paooniied THIS NEWSPAPER on- J ihe BUSINESS mtuoon of oui town. It needs to be jupportfd the ame a any tne of met cndriEuag Cotvbhon uhTibmf lot this paper a one way of aup. port Anothet wav B lot the MERCHANTS d FARM BUSI NESS MEN to bin h-ertn$ space i the cokjmm of tha paper. Newpap" dvr,n,.ng the FOUNDATION STONES wccoaful leliaij. Buvwij of expensive equipment, to be operatea by irwjpetienced help ai the attempt to get "evkiMve" and "di rect" lien, nrculan and pamphleo, has nem impressed tha BUYER u bemj enact co-operatKin m the "BUY -AT-HOME" idea. TEAMWORK nn, (or all ol us to PULL TOGETHER. V . A; BKiiiiLKo TRAINING TO MJFETJN BATTLE Great Interest Is belnj? taken In the Yale-Princeton game to bes staged at Princeton. Nov 13. owing to the fact tbat their re spective captains are brothers; "Tim" Callahan (above) the older, center of Yale, - while "Mike," his brother (Inset) plays the same Doaltlon with Priuceiun- M'SWINEY'S HUNGER STRIKE IS DISCUSSED (Correspondence of The Associated Press) Paris, Oct. 1. The long hunger ft.rike of. Mayor Macswiney of Cork has caused much discussion here as to how long it is possible for a man to fast. Dr. bocquet has told the Paris Madi that the record is 63 days without food set by william Granier in 1831. "Granier had been sentenced to death and was confined in the pris on of Toulouse," said Dr. Socquet "He had a horror af the Guillotine and to save himself from death by that instrument determined to starve which he did after 63 days. Many hunger strikers have lived longe er than could have been expect ed, he went on. "There are the cases of Tanner, Succi and Merlatti the latter of whom starved for 48 days while he lost one-quarter of his weight Toylar tells of the case of a worker who was imprisoned in a mine for 60 days without food. He lived three days after his rescue and died as a result of being excessively fed. Many lunatics have refused to take food for 20, 30, or even 40 Hi s. 'No rule caa be established as to length of time man can fast. His endurance will depend upon his pre vious health, his constitution and also upon his spiritual condition which is very important. It is well ,-known that a starving man may in crease nis endurance a great deal by drinking water." MAN WHO MADE f ' TOMATOES FOOD DEAD ; Hillingdon, En., Se''X Ad am Duncan, fellow' of the Roval Horticultural society, who ' has : just died hers at the , age of 8Q, is sa,)d to fcave been largely responsible fOT the introductio no fthe tomatS as an edibl' fruit.':1"The:vtoniato 'had Jong been grown jfodwrative pur- Eosesr bBt-Mr.- Dunanr by means of ybridreation, .evolved- it from At orhiklad.rwoor staiterto tha .smooth. iakinned fruit U Want Ads. Help Build Business ir r su. Through the Bank your eral prosperity. It is safe, readily available, builds for you a credit Cj and standing in the community, is an asset and works 3 ior the community good. Funds that lie idle, that are not put to work through Bank or in some helpful way are a discredit to the owner. Start your account with us. iMi 1 NATIONAL w.j tfNOia.aireiiocNT CHMOPHiNSyrrmi XW4t t"- F.r.ALLEM, CASHIER L AOVSAffT, ASSt CASH. 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