North Carolina Newspapers

i ' Sgturfiay, July 21, 1923. " artir^ CJwhl > Her# Ilea Salyino deglj Amatl, Inventor of spectacle#; May Clod pardon hie etna. (Epitaph Florence, 'oALVINO DEGLI AMATI, Flor- entlne monk and inventor of (spectacles, discovered U»e freedom of the see. The t writer of his epitaph considered that he had much to an swer for. ■ • But there is little- doubt that the freedom pf the see is more impor tant to the peace of the world thin the freedom of the seen Old Sal vino put a burden on the nose of humanity, but liberated Its eyes. • When he studied the lsws of re fraction and ground bis lenses, be little Imagined that he was affect ing the styles of women's dresses in 1923. But he was. “What shall I wear with my glasses?” is a live question of the hour. The style producers have discov ered that glasses tend to give to the wearer an appearance of dignity. Per haps it is the association of the Idea with many generations of spectacled school ma’ams and masters. At any rate, eye glasses are tied up with the Idea of dignity. And a gen eral appearance of dignity calls far dignified clothing. Outfitting the Eyes * "Oh, hut no, Madame!” Mademol eelle Modiste exclaims, as her pro spective patron casts a speculative eye on a Unify ruffled garment. “It is not suitable. It does not express the poise, the personality of Madame. Now something like this —” And she skillfully directs the spjfctacletl atten tion of Madame towxtO# a costume of simple, flowing is well. Salvino dcgll Amatl, a monk in old _ Florence, started it all in the year J 1285. May God pardon his sins! We have glasses for formal dinners, afternoon tea glasses, business and shopping glasses, and heavy-duty glasses for rough sport wear. Imagine the faux pas of father, who isn’t hep to these things, forgetting to change ont of his sports glasses When he fats on -Ms dimrer*'tont. v . STORY OF OOfcVKRNION 18 TOLD BY McLENDON Relates in Detail How He Went to Tent Meeting aqd.What the Preacher Said. ' Greensboro News. The largest crowd that has yet at tended a mid-week service, except ]k>s sibly one. heard Rev. R. V. McLendon tell last night the story of bis conver sion. The tent and choir were com pletely filled and many stood outside. The total must have been around 8,000. A revival bad started in Rennettsville. S. C., Mr. McLendon said, but “1 wasn't interested: I cared nothing about the preacher nor the it never entered my head to have anything to do with it.” One night he couldn't find any of his companions. "I closed my shop at 8 o'clock and none of the local talent was on hand for the game. 1 went over to the hotel to see if there were any travel ing men that I could corral, but, they were conspicuous by their absence. This was the first night in a long time the devotees of the spots weren’t on the job. 1 waited awhile hut they didn’t show up. I suid, ‘Well. I'll go over to the meeting and round them up.' “I went over to the tent and took a seat way back iu the rear. I don't think I heard a word the preacher said. I was so busy taking an inventory of the congregation to see if there- were enough of my kind to have a game after, the service. "After the sermon they made the altar call, and Rod Robinson, the cowboy jfreacher. who didn't know a letter in the book when he. was convert*#! at 111 years, stepped off the rostrum and pushed, liis way through the crowd, walking over benches until he reached me. He stood there and gazed at me and I stared at him. He had the gentlest, kindest, sweetest countenance that was ever placed on a human being. "He said. ‘Young man. a man that looses Hke you and has the appearance you haye. the devil is doing dirt with him in this country.’ He turned an(J walked back to the rostrum without an other word. "Thg benediction was pronounced and the service was over. I forgot about, my anticipated poker game and I opened up on high gear for home, i retired for the night but not for sleep. The pil low was hard, the bed • was uncomfort able, the cover was too short. I rolled and , tumbled, wip* nervous upd restless, and ail I could thing about was -Young pian, a man that looks like you and has the apiM-nrnnee yon have, the devil is doing dipt with him in this country.' “I would close my eyes and his face would stand out there before me. I would try to see something else and liis voire would ring through my ears. I would say to myself. 'What is the mat • ter with you?' but down in my fleart I knew. I said. 'lf God igill forgive me for going to that meeting, I'll never go to another’ .. ; ,i. - - "About 1 o'clock! I g?t aipt-weut t*r the closet’ and'took a good strong bracer, but it didn't touchy he' spot. 1 roljwl -andvgrpaned ancryilwued and rritsi, O.'God.'* will, day tiever cotne?”' Rena * (his’’ wife) would say, .‘Baxter. I what's, the matter with you?*- I would saV' nothing but I would see Bud’s face I end hear his voice. | rV ly the next ° wrn!a « l tme * nd , The Glass of fashion What a humiliation to mommer and the girls 1 The Glass of Fashion must now wear the glasses of fashion. Moreover, a careless blond can easi ly wreck his social future by allowing an unscrupulous salesman to unload a pair of brunette glasses on him. The sight of glasses is now no less important the sight through them. Spectacular Reducing If you are one of those chubby, round faced persons, don’t, in a fit of stubbornness or mental aberration, have yourself fltfed with a pair of rim less glasses, or glasses with light rims. They widen the appearance of the face. They are just the ticket for the long, lean, lantern-jawed boys. An underweight stripling can easily put on tfn pounds by removing his rims. Inversely, one of the mbst convenient methods for a—ah—pluinp lady to re duce, Is to have herself outfitted with apairof heavy horn~rttns.- No- diet,. ■ ■ ■ I ■' * —v*" - ; —- went to my shop to join a man with whom I took a drink every morning. When the shops hoys came in, I began swearing at them and cursing them and acted as a man crazy and damned every thing in wight. Every one wapdered wlmt had come over me. "The night before 1 had heard them j announce a song service for 10:00 that 1 morning and I could uot keep my eyes off i the clock. 1 swore I would not go hack to that tent. 1 was restless and finally | I said. 'I am going to see what those guys are doing.* I tried to seem off--! hand, for I did not wuut them to sus pect what had come over me. I stood I outside the tent at the back and every one looked at me in surprise and no mat ter which way I turned it seemed the preacher's eyes would cut down on me. 'The' preacher, looking right at me, said; ‘Home is a hell, father aud mother ■ broken-hearted; wife neglected, you are making vagabonds of mothers’ sons and i ruining husbands and I said to myself, j •Who has been talking about me to that preacher?’ ' “He stopped und then said. 'lf there is a poor, broken-hearted fellow here, eome und kneel at the altar,' and I for got everything and fell like a sack of sand at his feet." Mr. McLendon told of giving up liis chickens, his bull dogs, all his old com panions, . "I thought I had met all conditions, - but Go*J said, 'Wjll you preach’?” He told of a long struggle before he sett'ed that matter. . The Efird Case. Albemarle Press. —: The case of State against .T. ,T. Efird resulted in a verdict of guilty of simple assault upon ,a female which carries as a maximum penalty u sentence of two years at hard labor. The sentence was given by Judge Stuck. Attorneys for the defense filed notice of appeal, aud Mr. Efird is out on bail, under bou4 fix ed at 81,000. pending the decision from the Supreme Court. The ruse witj ably fought by counsel on both sides. But for the fact that the defendant is a man over sixty years of age. and the offense for which he was . tried \yas alleged to have been, commit ted nine years ago, the state would have hat) u stronger hold n|>on the jury. The jury evidently wanted to see fair play. If society wuh outraged as alleg ed and a parent's indiscretion towards' ills daughter was of so flagrant a nature us charged, the jury thought the matter should have come up for hearing at an earlier date. The motive seems to have fastened itself around the desire on the part Os the aggrieved daughter aud a more or less indigent husband to extort 1 money from the defendant in the ease, using the old criminal charge aS wea pon for bringing it about. Efird confessed to certain indiscre ‘ tions and his own evidence would seem 1 to justify the verdict of the jury. How eyef, tjie law Says that misdemeanor of} -the -uature charged must be tried within : ,two\ years after the offense is commit ted, and' if the charge is gigen this ! minor classification, it would seem that " there Is good ground for throwing the ease out of court, since it has more than i run the statute of limitations, - Whales measuring j. 05 feet in length have been caught in the Antarctic. 7 H ! It jiSpHk! j&J Ik H 111 The dainty “quiz glass,’ 'f'W/f wSfjU) I intimately associated with jBWL ,1W 1 the fopperies of 200 years ' W j yMI!’ 1 JF i * BO - V 4 m, \ IJ\ 1 \ no exercise, no sweltering in Turkish baths. Little helps to the hefty! Spectacles with heavy shell framos are the thing for sports wear—that Is, active, vigorous sports such as bowl ing, golf, tennis, riding, or motoring. Something lighter will do for bridge and crochetting. Semi-dress and business wear allow more latitude. Either spectacles or eye glasses may be worn—spectacles are the ones with hooks. Rimless eye glasses with yellow gold mounting, eye glasses with a very thin shell frame, rimless spectacles with yellow gold mounting or thin shell frame— all are recommended by the sight ar . tH(ej3 as being decidedly chic. -- * - -1... j jgSgSaSgS2SZSBSZSiISZSHSgSHSESHSSSSSZSHSHS?SSSHSZSSSESZSrSSgS2SESSSSSSSHSe When the Timber Supply of This Country Is j Gone Where Will We Turn?, I ! By-COL. W. B. GREELEY, U. S. Forester. f Starting with the great forests of New Englan.d, we have seen the j lumber industry. pushed westward and southward as the forests of the I East were exhausted of merchantable saw timber. Pennsylvania, which ! but a generation ago, wad one of the large timber-exporting states in . the union, now pays a freight’ bill of $20,000,000 on the forest products needed to snpply the demands of its people. When the' merchantable timber supply of this country is gone, where ; wilf we turn? To Europe? Most emphatically no! Europe has no more than she herself needs. Her forests were exhausted generations ago. Shall j we turn to Siberia? Yes, but in a very limited degree, since most of the Siberian softwood forests are inaccessible. Shall we turn to the tropics? . Yes, for hardwood, which cannot be classed as structural and all-purpose . woods; first, because of high costs, and second, because of the nature. of the wood. ~ ' I Then where will the XJnited States get its timber when its own. forests are no longer able to supply the demands? The answer is— j nowhere! Nowhere in the world are there enough softwood forests to ( supply the needs of the United States and the other countries with which j we will. come in contact as active competitors bidding for the 'world’s j tjmber supply. v , ' j No, the importing bubble has been burst by a careful analysis of the 1 facts. The practical thing to do is to use' wisely the remaining forests ; of the United States, and to grow a new timber crop, so that we shall not j be forced to seek beyond our shores the timber we need to carry on our agriculture, to build our homes, to print our newspapers and periodicals,j to run our factories, and to give employment to more than 1,000,000 of t our citizens. .•itannnnncannnnn«nnnnc9«7C7«MaviHißßiimm"n i fE!rilsS7ies Great Lakes-St.- Lawrence Canal, the South and the Cotton 801 l Weevil By Joseph O. THOMPSON, American Cotton Association- In Chicago some day will be tremendous terminal warehouses for the Storage of our cotton whqre it will .he assembled for export byway of the Qyeat Lakes-St. Lawrence ship canal. The boll weevil is destroying in one year enough wealth to build this canal three or fonr times, the estimated oast of which is $240,000,000. The South is tremendously interested in this project as there are parts of the world which would be reached at A cheaper freight rate by this rpute than by any other, and our interest is that it will afford another means of competition which is the life of the cotton as wall as other trade. There are 900,000,000 people in the world, some only partially clothed, who are depending uposj the South to supply them. There is enpther group of 700,000,000, about 3 per centof whom are'cbnpng into civilization annually bVthe wearing of clothes. Senator Morgan said, in his speech, advocating the Isthmian canal, that one inch added to the shirt-tail of every Ghinaman would make it pre£!%ble-tp grqw 20,000,000 bales of cotton. The field' for eottojx produc tion at a profitable prfce is without limit. Pifgt of all we tuust gist rid of the boll, weevil. • . y ' . . THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE Spectacles from the collection of Thomas VV. Cooper, Brooklyn, N. Y- ’■Sn 4 wv- • 1 * Good usage has prescribed rimless I as the only correct outfit with the soup eye glasses with white gold mountings | and fish, or its feminine equivalent. jCOKN OCCUPIES LARGEST ACREAGE OF STATE CROPS | But Soy Beans and Peanuts Put Us on I the Map in No Small Sense. )' Raleigh. X. UN July 10.—“ When I North Carolina gained fourth rank [among the United States in total value I of improved crops." says a statement is ' sued -by. the United States and North Carolina Departments of Agriculture Co : operative Crop reporting service, “the ijniddle western states refused to believe jit. saying that we were not diversified ! and did not have the acreage. They j thought that our crop was almost en tirely cotton. “The report of Frank Parker. Agricul tural Statistician for the State and | Federal Departments of Agriculture, issued recently, showed that corn occu pied decidedly the largest acreage of any crop and that here was quite a large ! diversification among which are cow 1 peas, soy beans, peanuts, velvet beans, I small grain and otlftr crpps especially for hays. * I 9 “Soy beans and peanuts have put I North Carolina on the map in no small j sense. Only a short time ago we pro -1 duhed more soy bean seed than nil other . states combined and even now have a 1 distinct lead in these. The July re | port of this year shows that of our j acreage, there is ■ planting the follow* iug: 47 per cent, for seed: 31 per cent, for hay ami IT-! per cent, for grazing and i turning under. . j “The same information showed that 43 j per cent, is planned alone as solid acre age while .17 per cent, is planted with scorn and other crops. The practice in I the eastern counties is to plant a row [of soy beaus in the middle between wide ! planted corn. This permits of a har- J vesting machine passing through for I threshing out the’seed. The July crop report indicates two per cent, increase (compared with last year and the pres jeut crop condition is 81! per cent, of uor . mal. ' j “Cow peas at one time made North Carolina famous, but due to the low ' yields and high costs of harvesting, they are gradually Hujiug replacqtr by soy beans, which are' more productive and easier to handle both for seed and hay. It is found that the cow lien acreage is intended principally as follows: 30 per I cent, for ]>eas, 52 per cent, for hay. and , IK per cent, for grgziug and turning un : der. * 1 I' "Current information indicates that [ (he eow pea acreage is reduced some I three to six per cent, as compared with last year and five to eight per cent, com il pared with the usual. The present con dition of the crop is 84 per cent, gs com rfl*ared with what it should be if comli . tions had beeu altogether favorable. "There is a reduction of about three ■ I per cent, as compared with last year in r ' thy acreage of peanuts. Seventy-seveu I per cent, of the acreage in -North Caro 1, lina is t found iu a few northeastern ►jwbnntles’ of the state. 'The condition of ■jthe crop is estimated at 80 per cent. of a full crop prospect. About 80 per • cent, of the cron was planted uloue aud Jl4 per cent, with pthef trops. twenty ’two per cent, of the- is egti ■ [mated to be P,h inted iu Spanish or small i [peanuts. FobtyHte' per cent, in \’ir- Iginia 'or types and 45 per.cent, in [the middle size peanuts.’’ Lp Iron-bound lenseo of William Penn’e iron-bound viewpoint. « I • _ •’* \ f "i When brass bound the glass of fashion. In the days of Ben Franklin. This applies for all select entertain ments where food is the compelling motive, and for the dance and opera. Lorgnettes are also very good for listening to the opera. A Backward Glance None of this Is remarkably new. . Styles have changed, but since the time of Salvino himself, there have always been styles. Two hundred years ago the nobles of France and England Indulged their eyesight with an exceedingly dainty little lens, which they called a quiz glass. The name is pertinent The little glass Itself, mounted tn Its beautifully chased gold frame, something like a watch. Indeed hath a quizzical look. One can picture flounced, brocaded, and powdered ladies of the Court training it with telling effect The lorgnette Is its granddaughter, and the monocle, so natty with stick and spats, aw, rully—its grandson. These sporting glasses—the great, roistering fellows with heavy horn frames—are a direct importation from China, but not the China of today. The same China which supplied the world with gunpowder and the com-' pass. The creative China of the mid dle centuries. A great many schol ars credit China and not r Salvino, the Monk, with the invention of spec tacles. Suiting Sight to Circumstance The Chinese ground their first lenses out of solid blocks of topaz, and the greater the man the larger his spectacles. The Chinesfe still wear horn rimmed spectacles, but they buy them in Americi, for this far-slghtpd young country dominates the eye p glass market, as it does a number of - others. PROFESSOR SAVS INSULIN _ ONLY RELIEVES DIABETES Is Not to Be Considered in Any Sense a Cure. Says I>r. McSann. . Baltimore, July “o.—lnsulin, the new remedy for diabetes, is not to be ■con sidered in any sense as a cure for that disease, and it is not of such nature as to obviate the necessity of careful diet for all persons undergoing the so-called insulin treatment. These statements are made by Dr. William S. McSann, asso ciate professor in Johns Hopkins Aledical School and associate physician of Johns Hopkins Hospital, under whose care se vere casfbs of diabetes are being given the insulin treatment at the hospital. Dr. McCann says: "Insulin is not a cure. It is. however, in our experience a specific remedy for diabetes, which has already saved many lives and has alleviated much suffering from the disease. . Its effects are only temporary, leaving the fundumcutul con dition of the disease unchanged. The discover of insulin. Dr. Banting, has al ways been very careful not to’ make the claim that insulin cures' diabetes. The manufacturers, Eli Lily and Co., in the advertising matter on insulin, are like wise careful not to make this extrava gant claim. Never before inis a great medical discovery beeu given to the world with more unselfishness on the part of its author, or by more ethical manufac turers. The most tliut can be said for insulin is that it .is a specific remedy,for diabetes which restores the metabolism to normal as long as the treatment is continued. In some cases the beneficial effects may continue for a short period after diseontiuuiug the treatment. Soon er or later the patients always return to the condition preceding the treat ment unless it is resumed. “A great deal of harm oan arise from careless statements iu the press to the effect that diet can be neglected during insulin treatment. The publications of all the men who have subjected iusuliu to scientific study emphasize the fact that accurate control of the diet is more nec essary with insulin than without it. The reasou for this is twofold. A given dose of insulin will cause the proper utilization of a fairly definite amount of food. If more food is taken than the insulin provides for. the patient will liuve sugar in the urine again, so that sqme of the good effects of the treat ment will have beeen nullified. On the other bund, ; au overdose of insulin may kill the patient by reducing the sugar of the blood below that which is neces sary for life. This means that the diet • of the patient must be measured so us ■ to insure that there will be the right umouut of . food taken to balance the dpse of iusuliu given. The patient Who , takes insulin is given a liberal diet, but , the diet must be accurately measured, , and the patient must take all tlmt is . prescribed. i , "Estimates of the number of suffer- E ers from diabetes ..vary from half a iuil . lion Un, > Amcrica.c of • these, people ’have disease iu a Very 1 mild form', so that’' 1 it Is detected' acci - dentally in life insurance examinations, - Such people may to tor years before sc -1 rious fumsequewics of the diseti'se, btfiome - apparent. Others have ' a mild ’form, l which responds readily to very moderate reduction of the fliet. IV.se people do PAGE FIVE Horn and leather goggles were pop ular in Europe in the Seventeenth Century, the leather frame being par ticularly convenient for horseman. Aviator’s goggles are a harking hack to the general principles of Hie leather frame goggles. When Henry Hudson sailed past the , 1 wooded tip of Manhattan Island schol arly members of his crew looked up the Indian trail which was to become Broadway through spectacles' with crude Iron frames chiseled • from solid mgtal by hand. There was a joint In: the long ear pieces just hack of thej ears and an extension which folded! around the back of the head. This clinging type bad great favor during that hectic period In history. The kick of a blunderbuss fired at a recon noitering Indian would probably un seat the type of glasses now recom mended tor select evening wear. Freedom Restricted William Penn wore heavy Iron frames, like Hudson’s, with the ex ception -that the extension ear piece was a sliding arrangement instead of hinged. Ben Franklin’s frames were*! brass and of better workmanship ttlbn Penn’s. Incidentally the good Ben, always a scientist; double focus lenses, thereby giving him a sec ond look at his surroundings. He liked to make friends with his environ ment and even struck up a valuable acquaintance with lighthlng. Abraham Lincoln put on a pair of octagonal-framed spectacles before signing the Emancipation Proclama tion. They were better to look through than at So even the freedom of the see has always had Its restrictions If one de sired to be —end wear—the Glass of Fashion. not need insulin unless it be at times • when it is necessary to tide them over emergencies, such as surgical operations, infectious diseases, etc. From 75 to !H) per cent, of all cases of diabetes can la- * controlled satisfactorily by proper diet ing, without impairing the patients' ef ficiency and without undue suffering from restriction of food. For the ten to 20 per cent, who have the disease iu a more severe form, insulin is a God send. hut is not a cure, and accurate control of the diet must still be main tained.’’ v QM> VIEW NO LONGER TENABLE, SAY’S DR. BLAND That the Old Testament Is a Collection of Writings Dictated by God! Lake Junaluska, N. C.. July 11).—The older view that the Old Testament is a collection of writings dictated by God is no longer tenable, declared Dr. S. G. Blaqd, of Toronto, Canada, in his fourth lecture in a series on biblical criticism under the \jireetion of the Leadership Schools of the Sunday School Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, here today. Dr. Bland was discussing tlie general topic, "The Origin, Signifi cance and Abiding Worth of the Old Tes tament Scriptures,” and the subject of his lecture today was "The Greatness of the Hebrew Peopje.” “The older view of the Old Testament," said the speaker, “was that it was a col lection of writings dictated by God, with out error or disagreement, sharply to bo distinguished from all other writings of Israel aud of other peoples. This view is no louger tenable. 'We know that many Hebrew writings have perished, some of them possibly of os high value as some that have survived. We doubt whether some tlmt aye bound up iu the Old Testament Canon are strictly en titled to such a high place, as Esther and Ecclesiastes. "We do not fiud the. Old Testament Books all on thj same moral level. We do not find them free from some admix ture of the limitations aud immaturi -1 ties of this time. "Jesiis and St, Paul and the letters ' to the Hebrews have instructed us to set aside earlier teaehiugs where it coutlicts 1 with later and purer. "Iu short the Old Testament is the record of progressive evolution begin ning of comparatively low moral and re [ ligious levels and gradually* climbing to the loftiest Heights reached by the rev elation of God in Jesus Christ. “But though we see the limitations and immaturities the Divine monument * is not obscured, rather more clearly re -1 vealed. There is nothing iu the world ‘ to match the moral and religious devel ’ opment of Israel. No other race rose to ■ were all inspired people nud thut the Old ’ Testament scriptures are at once the record of this unequal Divine collec tion aud Alie .inslruhieut by , whieh the - Jaarit cos c ’%hat d fiL in f ’ i lydnig'- th*jChrist' in -)vhich_i the' Hebrew f, rfiflowefed.’the Supreme mira- Je of ■3- ’lnstead of selling the .product as “see e ondk," a bebiety: rnilUin Chattanooga has , distributed uearlv 3,00 V pair of slightly e defective hose .-a ruoag ' the. poor qf that 0 cfti. ■' - bv,e&Bi