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the rr.Ar:::Lin pxess. h:a:;i:u:i, n. c ai A:? ; Thursday, july ::, ' m SSEALTil Of DC IS HELD BE .Dr. Taylor, Extension Di rector, Spending Week at .Franklin Stresses Annual Medical Examination. We must learn to treat our bodids -with as 'much respect as we do our banks or our automobiles, both of which are examined periodically in 'Order that their good condition may "be assured, declares Dr. F. R. Taylor, director of the Life Extension unit -of the State Board of Health, who is here to give demonstrations in co-opefation with local doctors, in an effort to educate the people of the section and of the state to the im portance of having annual health ex aminations. North Carolina reports Dr. Taylor, is the first state to take up this work. Before coming, to Franklin, Dr. Taylor held clinics in Guilford, Forsyth, 'Dav- j idson, Randolph, , Alamance, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Jlurrey, Yadkin, 'Cherokee, Clay, Graham and. Jackson counties. These counties include all in the state where demonstrations '.have so far been held. A New York man, Dr. Taylor states, who is very active in health examination work, remarked when he heard ,oi the beginning of the North "Carolina, campaign: "We knew that you had good roads in North Car- olina, but we didf not know that you were so far ahead, of the rest of the country in public health work." The 'State Board of Health in co-operation with the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation "began the new health work and is I . ,V.'..W .... .1 v- 'pins, Brooches, Chains, "La Valuers, Cuff links, "XT i; . r uuniaui pens, eic. i Having a small - Over head expense enables me to sell better, goods at the price you wish to pay. Grover Jamison JEWELER THE SAFE FOUNTAIN FOR YOUR CHILDREN Everything that goes into the inanuf s.cture o? our Foun tain supplies must be whole some, pure, and clean. Every glass or spoon must be hygienically clean. DRUG STORE IkeifltxallSii (ore "WE ALWAYS SELL THE BEST" mm forming life extension units in the state. One unit has so far been established, with Dr. Taylor, of High Point, as director. "Nearly all great epidemic diseases," Dr. Taylor stated, "arc coming under control except influenza and pneu monia. These we have no means of controlling. Smallpox, diptheria, and typhoid have all been overcome, and even tuberculosis to a great extent The tuberculosis death rate dropped 50 per cent in the last SO years and 40 per cent in the last 10 years. "Another group, however, is taking the place of these epidemic diseases. These are chronic diseases of the heart and biood vessels, chronic dis ases of the kidney, and cancer. Dia betes is also killing too many. The first three groups of these show a steadily rising death rate, greater than the population increase. Chronic cir culatory diseases today show a toll in death rates almost identical with that of tuberculosis 20 years ago. Yet neither doctors or the public ,have become aroused to the seriousness of the menace in anything like the de gree they have been aroused in re gard to tuberculosis. "The purpose of the life extension unit is to arouse interest in the sit uation and to start a campaign against the' chronic degenerative diseases com parable to the campaign waged against tuberculosis. "The peculiar problem is this: these diseases, generally speaking, have no early symptoms of which their vic tims ar conscious. There are early sigr.3, but these are not evident and must be looked for. By the time anyone becomes actually sick with the chronic disease, damage has been dc-ne that cannot be repaired in most cases. Therefore, the only means at our command to partially solve the prob lem is to detect diseases before symptoms appear. That can only be done by treating our bodies with as much respect as we do our banks or autos." In sneakine of the aid the state health board is receiving from Intcr-1 national Health Board of the Rocke feller Foundation, Dr. Taylor termed the organization as the greatest health organization ever conceived by the mind of man.. The authorities of the life extension unit . are recommending that everyone be thoroughly examined by his own doctor at least once a year. This recommendation is made because of .Wmfii;()ritir,a.tHtare . available Dr. 1 aylor, can now speaK in terms, of upward of 1,000,000 health examina tions, and they say that the annual death rate in a periodically examined group varies between 18 and 20 per cent lower than the death rate of unexamined groups. Many of the large insurance com panies, the health extension director reports, belicvo in this work to the extent that they invest millions in lt'"Their work," Dr. Taylor said" "rep resents only a step in the right di rection because they cannot reach the entire population. The family doctor, moreover, is in the best po sition to render the utmost service in health extension work because he knows the stresses and strains under which his patients live and if he has a record of a health ex amination on file it may be of ben efit later during illness; whereas, if the record were filed in some distant citv it might not be available. "Other states are watching us in this work. They and we believe thai it represents the next great pro gressive step in preventive medicine and in the saving of human life wholesale. If we can get the people aroused on this subject as on the tuberculosis problem, we believe it will mean the saving of thousands of lives in the state." Miss Lucile Pegram is accompaning Dr. Taylor as nurse and laboratory technician. Dr. Taylor's family is al so with him at Franklin. It should be stressed , that free ex aminations are not being given to all persons desiring them. This would be impossible while the scope of the work remains as at present. Clinical demonstrations arc- only Riven with those ..doctors vho desire them as a means of arousing' interest in having yearly medical examinations. Appoint ment's are. mndc with the doctors in each town visited, and arrangements arc made for the examination of a limited number of individuals. THE 21 WONDERS OF THE WORLD Last Sunday Rev. 1. F. Mock, pas tor of the local Methodist church, ureachcd onr.of the erentest sermons J ever heard in in Franklin, according to Ihose who were privileged to hear Mm H( tftnV as Vik snhirct The .Twenty-One Wonders, of the World. An outline of the sermon follows; "Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, who onlv doeth wondrous things. "Psalms 72:18. . . ' : Seven Great Wonders of the Ancient I." ' World More, than 2,000 years ago the Greeks selected seven of the greatest achievements of their time and called them the "Seven Great Wonders of the World" generation after generation have accepted this list as correct, without thought of. making a revision. The seven great wonders represented the might of muscle, and the accum ulation of hard labor. 1 hey. were in dimensins, represented extreams. The seven great wonders of the an cient world are as follows: 1. The Pharos of Alexandria. "J 2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 3. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus. 4. The Statute of Jupiter. 5. The Mausoleum of Artemesia. 6. The Pyramids of Egypt. 7. The Colossus of Rhodes. These represented, skill of . hand, might of muscle, years of labor; in short the. climax -of brute strength. Only one was a practical utility, the Pharos of Alexandria. One was a garden, not for the people but for the wicked queen's sensual pleasures. Two were tombs for the dead; one was devoted to the heathen God; one was a freakish cast of metal, only half as high as the Goddess of Liber ty. Another was a statue to typify certain ideals and physical charms. Not one was created for the up lifting or advancing the well-being of the people of that age. They create no, interest now, only as they are ancient. ,. ' The Seven Greater Wonders of the Modern World After twenty centuries, ;the pdnt-up energy of civilization burst forth in the nineteenth century and filled the world with wonders. Men built tow ering houses, each holding the pop Thev oierced moun- tains with' tunnels; they connected oceans with the Panama canal, iney built great ships that carry thousands thev rise and out-distance the eagle's flight; they harness rivers, chain the lightning ana maice xnem move the wheel $i industry. Yet even tiiocu marvplnns works are not the seven greater wondrs of the modern world. ' The Editor of the "Popular Me rVinnirs Maeazine" invited 1000 scien tists of America and Europe to select by ballot the seven great wonders of . . mm . 1 the modern world, and when tne Dai lots were counted they did not in clude the sky-scraper, express train, the ocean liner, nor the Panama can al. The seven wonders selected are monuments not to muscles, but to mind, and to mind only as mans thoughts can apply to the service of mankind. The seven modern wonders selected are as follows: 1. The Wireless Telegraphy. 2. The Telephone. 3. The Aeroplane. 4 Radium. 5. Antiseptics and Antitoxins. 6. The Spectrum Analysis. 7. The X-rayN We are living in a magic age, an age of scentific mechanical and , i i i . . .... ...r c ... i. :-. .4 - nhvctctiot'kCat kiiowicuc, o.".. PUR ANT )ir rrayrr; wimizrry : t ? '? v '""tt" ; SEDAN ! mJm I 1L m lit 1 -I I Jrl Where will you gM 111 mm fi1 8reater vaIue praMl ' m lrSi ny Pnce? lglii iff $795, $1550 - - . .. b. Ug i i - i, mi ii - I JANUARY TO JcrT, 1928, SHOWED THE GREATEST SIX MONTHS CAIN IN DURANT HISTORY 49 OTK1 MIT 011 I A child's voice finds its way along a tiny wire across rivers over moun tains and plains to the desired des tination. The wise men of old would have prostrated themselves before the telephone as a supernatural, thing. They woulyd have reverenced as a God the man who could press a but ton and converse with another inx a distant city. Great as the Panama canal may be yet it was not selected as one of the seven wonders of the modern world, although it put the pyramids of Egypt to shame. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, built by slaves, were devoted to the riotous revelry of a wicked city. Its beauty was heralded over all the world. But its wonder sink into noth ing beside a drop of antitoxin, as it triumphs over disease in the pain racked body lying in a hospital. And what is a cold marble statue, how ever beautiful, to the quivering waves snatched from space jajid woven into a message that connect ' nations and unites ships with firesides. And what a difference between the Co lossus of Rhodes and the x-ray which has been such a blessing in the field of surgery. . , : ' ; The seven ancient wonders appear small indeed as we are reminded of the seven greater wonders of the mod ern world. But there are still great er wonders. The Seven Greatest Wonders of All Time 1. The Miracle of Creation 2. Man's Kinship wijh God. 3. The Fact of sin. 4. The Divine Plan of Salvation. 5. The Miracle of Regeneration. 6. The Presence of the Holy Spirit. 7. The Propagation of the Gospel. 1. The Miricle of Creation. It is at once a mystery ; and a revelation; old as time and still con tinues new. Earth, man, grass, stars, the green shoot of wheat, are more wonderful and mysterious than any of the seven wonders of the ancient" or modern world. Attempts after at tempts have been made by the scien tist to explain the star-dust, where it came from atoms, ultimate cosmos ? In the final answer we hear God's voice "In the beginning God Created." 2. Man's Kinship With God. "A little lower than the angels." Capacity to know God; to love; to learn; conscious that he is related to his Maker. The world and its wonders perish but no other self can . .a . ,rt . v No one can see and drive a1, Durant Four without real izing that it represents extraordinary value. Powerful motor, rubber mounted; four wheel Bendix brakes; beautiful bodies with all -vision corner posts; 107 inch wheel-base; long semi-elliptic springs; smooth in operation easy riding easy handling; and one of the most economically operated cars of standard size ever built. See and drive a Durant Four today tomorrow yon will own one. Mashburn-Morgan Motor Co. PALMER STREET 3. The Fact of Sin. Some have tried to explain it away. A woman tried to make the world believe there was no such a thing. So did the serpent in Eden. .But it is here, an awful . reality, an awful mystery, an awful' wdnder'. Mokes' explained it as swpent ; Jesus called its author Satan. Paul made the clear statement, "The carnal mind is enmity against God. 4. The Plan of Salvation. We read in John 3-16 and I con fess to you that nothing can be more wonderful. It lays bare the great loving, throbbing heart of God. It includes the. life and work of Tesus. No wonder our fathers sang "Amaz ing Grace." . 5. The Miracle of Regeneration. . The miracles f o the Bible are won- derful, but greater and more wonder ful is the miracle of regeneration, a changed heart. Paul. Have you ever witnessed God's surgery? Re moving the heart of stone and re placing a heart of tender'flesh. 8. The presence of the Holy Spirit. That wonder is the secret of the power in the life of the church and the ' individual Christian. It ?jcame to. the church at Pentecost; it operates in every true Christian life today, lit is the unseen force that convicts; it inspires the pages of the Bible ; it is the medium of prayer. Its power is wonderful. 7. The Propagation of the Gospel. Eleven obscure men telling , about Jesus was the beginning. It conquer ed pagan . Rome ; then heathen Europe ; Asia Minor " bowed before the word. No other movement, re ligious or otherwise, has so wonderful a history. It is going forward today. It is getting into business, and pol itics, reaching the shopand factory; setting into the crocerman's scales ; and the merchant's yard stick. It is entering the mining camp oi the North; it has made its way into the prairies of the West ; it has found its way into the mountain homes, and into the cotton belt of the South and amid the thousands of spindles in the South land it is heard and its power is felt. It is reaching out into the isles of the sea. What is the wonder about? Only this, ''it heals the sick, cleanses the leper, raises the dead and gives sight to the blind." And more, it brings comfort, hope, books, playgrounds, night-schools and brotherhood. Can any modern wonder compare with UUa ("T Jillb A w 1 OTHER MODELS 595ftf725 O V. - V o v.
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