liADlLOU COUNTY'
MARSHALL, N, C'DC. 12, 1924
1000
VOL. XXI
THE OliLY liEWLi'Al Eit FULL!
V.
PROPOSED NATIONAL PARK
SHOULD BE IN
Washington, D. C, Dec; 12.--
Senatora and Representatives
In Congress from North Caro
lina are taking a great interest
in the proposal to establish in
that State a new National Park
probably in the Blowing Rock
and Linville Falls section of the
Blue Ridge Mountains. But
they believe that every organ
ised activity in the State should
get to work, and that every in
dividual of forward-looking
mind should do all that can be
done at once, and quickly, to
see to it that the new National
Park is established in . North
Carolina and not aome other
State. ; - , . ,
" The recent visit to Washing
ton of the committee created
by the legislature has had a
good effect in Washington and
is apparently bearing fruit, to
judge from the remarks being
made. But Virginia Tennes
see, and other States are ac
tive organizing their cam
paigns to obtain the National
Park for their States, and Sen
ators and Representatives of
North Carolina believe that the
whole population of the State
should get behind the efforts
of the committe appointed by
the legislature, and that North
Carolinians , irrespective of
section or community, should
lend their heartiest support to
" the cqmmitte"e?nd 'otherwise
interest themselves, in accord
ance with whatever opportun
ity they have or can create, to
see that thePark is created in
- Nprth Carolina. ; - '
The announcement made by
Senator Simmon3 of North
Carolina a few days ago, to the
effect that North Carolina
should have the park because
the State , is already equipped
with ,tj magnificent ; concrete
highway system, because there
is no other section of the coun
try east of the Rockies "which
can compare in natural scenic
with that of North
Carolina, and because of ac
cessibility, has created interest
among "Senators and Repre
a number of
them are inquiring as to the
prospect suggested by Senator
Simmons that he will aid in or
ganizing a large group of Sen
ators and - Representatives to
visit the State, to view the pro
posed Bites for the park.
Preliminary drafting of the
report of the committee, dead
ed by "Congressman . H. ,W.
Temple ' of Pennsylvania, to
recommend to the Secretary of
the Interior a suitable site has
begun, and it is certain at this
writing that the claims of
North Carolina are to be very
carefully considered and fully
reported on. , '
7. R. Smith Diss at
Hems in Mars Hill
. -i
Death of W. R. Smith, age 68, oc
cured Tuesday at 9:30 o'clock at his
mnidenco at 11 art Hill.
Funeral service was conducted on
Wednesday, afternoon at 8:30 o'
clock at th Man Hill Baptist
Church..
NORTH CAROLINA
DENTAL X RAYS
X-Rays were first discovered
by Prof. Wilhelm ' Konrad
Roentgen of the University of
Wurzburg, in 1895. . -
They were first called Roent
gen Rays but the name X-Ray
is the name given by Prof.
Roentgen to signify that the
ultimate nature of the radia
tion was unknown "X", being
a letter that is commonly used
in algebraic operations an, un
known quantity. . , .
One . would have to be an
electrician to "understand Tthe
intricate electrical mechanism
that produces the X-Ray, r'
The X-Rays are propogated
in straight lines and are capa
ble of affecting the sensitive
plates that are employed in
photography so that when they
are developed will cause por
tions of (he plate to blacken as
though the plate had been sub
jected to daylight.
When a portion of the hu-
man body is placed between
the X-Ray and the plate, or
film, the bones having a great
er density than the flesh that
surrounds them, cast Bhadows
upon the plate, or film, so that
their images san be seen dark
against a much lighter back
ground. In comparatively thin
parts of the anatomy, such" as
the hand or the jaw bone, the
bones of the hand or the
teeth in the jaw, very good
shadowgraphs can be obtained.
In making X-Rays of the
teetK, it is in the surrounding
bone structures of the teeth
that the dentist Iooks lor ens
eased : conditions. In other
words, shadows in the bone.
If the bone; is thin or broken
down, these spots will show
dark, jf the bone is thick there
will be less penetration of the
X-Ray and those places will
show light. It is therefore
most necessary in making in
terpretation of radiographs for
one to be familiar with the an
atomy of the structures exam
ined. The application of the
X-Ray as a means of diagnosis
of pathologic conditions about
the teeth and jaws is a method
that has a position of much im
portance in recent years.' Its
value has long been recognized
by surge'ons in the diagnosis of
fractures, , tumors, and V im
pacted teeth. Until . recently,
however, the dentist in general
practice rarely found it heces
sary to resort to investigation
by means of X-Ray."
At the prlesent time, those
who are familiar with its ad
vantages as a means' of ..diag
nosis and as an aid to proper
treatment, in daily practice,
find it has become. almost in-
dispensible. The X-Ray is
used today to not ;only locate
foci of infection, but if the
radiograph-is properly made,
It will reveal obscure cavities
in the teeth. It is also used to
determine whether the bone is
rich in lime salts, and therefore
strong and healthful, or if it
is , lacking in lime Baits and
therefore of a cancellous na
ture.
, Jf the bone is lacking in lime
salts it is cancellous or spongy,
that means that the teeth will
not stand up well under the
stress of mastication, also that
in such cases mouth infection
spreads more rapidly, owing to
lack of resistance. This con
dition of the bone tissue also
accounts for some patients not
being able to wear an artificial
set of teeth with the comfort
that others have. It also ac
counts- for many failures in
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bridges and partial plates. . J
It must be remembered that
the X-Ray only to aid in ar
riving at 'a diagnosis, and it
cannot be too strongly empha
sized that a proper interpre
tation can only be given after
one has a general knowledge
of the pathology he. is looking
for and special data concerning
the individual case in question.
Therefore, it is necessary that
there be cooperation between
the physician and the dentist
to eliminate a possible foci of
infection within the mouth.
This can only be accomplished
through an ability on the part
of each to correctly interpret
the X-Ray findings.
,Th4 lack ' of dental knowl
edge on the' part of the physi
cian may lead to an unneces
sary sacrifice of teeth. While
the ignorance of proper X-Ray
ultra-conservatism and danger
to the health of the patient. "
There is no intention to in
timate that every dentist
should have an X-Ray machine
aor, that he should make his
own radiographs. Most dent
ists have not the time to devote
in which he can acquire a
mastery of the subject. At
the sairie time dentistry can
not be intelligently practiced,
without convenient access
to this method of diagnosis.
Where the dentist does not
make the radiographs himself,
the burden of interpretation
should not fall upon the
radiologist, who ' is usually
without knowledge of the
clinical conditions "of the in
dividual case or of dental
pathology in general.
It should probably have
been stated at the beginning of
this article that an "X-Ray
picture and a "radiograph" is
the 'same thing. A "radiolo
gist'.' . is a man who makes a
profession of taking X-Ray
pictures, whether of the. teeth
or other parts of the anatomy.
SHORT COURSES BE
GIN AT STATE IN
JANUARY
' Practical short' courses in
various agricultural, subjects
will be given by the School of
Agriculture at State College
during the week;, beginning
January 12 and ending Jan
uary. 17 according to an. an
nouncement by Z. P. Metcalf ,
director of teaching - in the
School of Agriculture.
One of the most popular of
these courses is the practical
instruction of poultrymen giv
n by Dr. B. F. Kaupp and his
associates in the poultry de
partment Dr. "Kaupp states
that there was a one hundred
percent increase in attend-
lance at the courses last winter
over the previous year and in
dications are that the attend
ance will again double itself
this winter. .
The entire Btaff of the poul
try department will take part
in teaching this course. . In ad
dition, one or two experts of
national reputation from out
side the State have been se
cured. The course deals with
packing and grading eggs for
market, caponizing poultry,
poultry house construction,
the' control of poultry diseases
with familiar household reme
dies and the keeping of poultry
records.
This course,- like all the oth
ers, is offered by the College
fref of all charge. Meals will
be Served at nominal cost and
rooins may be secured near the
Campus. Those who wish to
take the poultry course write
Dr.'B. F. Kaupp, State College,
at in early date.
BE CAREFUL AND
r CAUTIOUS
-t ,
We understand from one of
rJi lpaHintr nhvsicians in Mar
shall that there are many cas
es of influenza in this County
snr ne suggests . mo ycvyic
take every precaution to pre
vent the spread ot this disease.
FATHER OF PROF.
BLANKENSHIP DIES
The father of ,: Professor JC. M.
Blankenshin died unexpectedly at
U : of CovnoDvilla TllonHflV. fift
U1B II U V i ,
a consequence, Prof, and Mrs. Blank-
Ok VlIIO4UCiib)
enship did not return to their school
this week, having1 gone, to see him
last Sunday. The Marshall school
was closed Wednesday on account of
his death and six teachers and 35
pupils attended the funeral Wednes
day. A fuller account will appear
next week.
125 MILLION IS
N. CAROLINA'S
ROAD OUTLAY
The state highway commis
sion has completed the con
struction of approximately 3,
000 miles of hard-surfaced
roads at a cost of around $56,-
000,000. It is now under con
tract about $24,000,000 worth
of construction work, giving
the state, exclusive of county
expenditures, an investmtnt of
about $80,000,600 in four
years. 1 f - 1
The ? state . highway, may
show 6,200 miles of highways,
and it is estimated that 2,200
miles are yet to be hard sur
faced although a large part of
the amount of unpaved roads
is now under contracts, and ac
tual construction is taking
place on some of the highways.
In addition to $65,000,000
authorized by the legislature
of 1921 and 1923 aid of $15,
000,000 has been secured from
DUKE PROVIDES $40,000,000 FOR
EDUCATION AND BENEVOLENCE IN
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Big Fund, Embracing Large Part of Holdings in Southern
Power Company Set Aside for Duke University and for the ,
Establishment and Maintenance of Hospitals and
Other Benevolences
Establishment of a trust for
charitable and educational
purposes in North and South
Carolina embracing properties
valued at . least $40,000,000,
has been , announced by J. B.
Duke, multi-millionaire North
Carolina power magnate. A
mong the ' securities thus set
aside are about three fourths
of Mr. Duke's holdings in the
Southern Power Company, the
income of which during the
next few years will aggregate
approximately $2,000,000 a
year.
The trust will be administer
ed by 15 trustees, who will
constitute a self-perpetuating
body.
The trustees first are direct
ed and empowered to extend
not exceeding $6,000,000 in
acquiring lands and buildings
"in the State of North Carolina
to be known and operated as
Duke University," but with the
provision that if Trinity Col
lege, at Durham, N. C, sees fit
to change its name to Duke
University this sum may be
sDent in expanding and ex
tending Trinity. College.
The trust -provides that
twenty percent of the income
shall be retained each year and
added to the principal until
such funds have aggregated
$40,000,000 making the total
of the trust fund approximate
ly $80,000,000.
Mr. Duke's provision reads
as follows:
'For many years I have been
engaged, in the development of
water powers , in certain sec
tions "of", the States of North
Carolina and South Carolina.!-
- .... .
In my study of this subject I
have observed how such utili
zation of a natural resource,
which otherwise would run in
waste to the sea and not re
main and increase as a forest,
both gives impetus to industrial
life and provides a safe and
enduring investment for cap
ital my ambition is that the
revenues of such developments
shall administer to the social
welfare, as the operation of
I t J."
such developments IS aamims
i m.
tering to the economic welfare
of the communities which they
serve. With these views in
mind, I recommend the secur
ities of the Southern Dower sys
tem (The Duke Power Compa
ny and its subsidiary compa
nies) as the pnme investment
for the funds of this trust; and
I advise the trustees that they
do not change any such invest
ment except in response to the
most urgent and extraoraina
rv Tiopeaaitv: and I reauest the
trustees to see to it that at all
times these , companies be man
aged and operated by the men
best qualified for such service.
"I have selected Duke Uni
versity as one of the principle
objects of this trust and be
cause I recognize that educa
tion," when, conducted along
sane and practical, as opposed
to dogmatic and theoretical,
lines, is, next to religion, tne
greatest civilizing influence. I
request that this institution se
cure for its officers, trustees,
and faculty, men of such out
standing character, ability and
ivision as will insure its attain
ing and that great care and
discrimination and maintaining
a place of real leadership in
the educational world, be ex
ercised in admitting as stu
dents only those whose previ
ous record shows a character,
the federal government. In
cluding what the counties have
spent on the highways, $125,
000,000 represents North Caro
lina's investment in improved
highways in the past four
years.
HendersonviHe News.
and determination and annli-
F M
cation evidencing and real am
bition for life.. And I advise
that the courses at this instruc
tion be arranged, first - with
special- reference to the train
ing of preachers, teachers, law
yers, and physicians, because
these are most in the public
eye, and by precept and exam
ple, can do most to uplift man-
i i i j a. .
in chemistry, economics, and
history, especially the lives of
the great of earth, because I
believe that some such subjects
will most help to develop our
resources, increase our wisdom
and promote human happiness. '
"l have selected hospitals as
arlother of the principal ob
jects of this trust because I
recognize that they have be
come indispensible institutions :
not only Dy way or ministering
to the comfort of the sick but
in increasing the efficiency of
mankind and prolonging hu- .'
man life. The advance in the
science of medicine CTOwinur'
out of bacteriology, chemistry,
and physics, and growing out
of inventions, such as the X-ray
apparatus, make hospital make
hospital facilities essential for
obtaining the best results in
the practice of medicine and
surgery. So worthy do I deem
the cause and so great do I
deem the need that I must hope
that the people will see to it
that adequate and convenient,
hospitals are assured in their
resnertive communities, with
especial reference to those who ;
arejunajtjle, to. dejray, such ex
"I have included orphans in
n i l 1 . A "I 1 .
penses ineir ow.
an effort to help those who are
most unable to help them
selves, a worthy cause, produc
tive of truly beneficial results
in which all good citizens
est. While in my opinion, noth
ing can take the place of home
and its influence, every effort
should be made to safeguard
and develop these wards of so
ciety. And lastly. I have made
provision for what I consider
a very fertile and much neg
lected field for useful help in
religious life, namely, assisting
by way 01 support and main
tenance in those cases where
the head of the family through
devoting his life to the religi
ous life of his fellow men has
m
been unable to accumulate ior
his declining vears and for his
widow and children, and as-
aiafi'nrr 4-V a : moinfanfinpa f)Tii4
building of churches in rural
districts where the people are
rHot able to do this properly
for themselves, believing that
such a pension system is a just
call which will secure a better
grade of service and that the
men and women 01 these rural
districts will amply respond to
such assistance to them. In-,
deed, , my observation and the
broad expanse of our territory
make me believe it is to these
rural districts that we are to
1. Jl. 1 -"U.
IOOK lu large uieisuie iui um
bone and sinew of our coun
try.
"From the foregoing, it will
be seen that I have endeavor
ed to make provisions in some
measure for the needs 01 man
Irind Alone nhvsical. mental.'
and-spiritual lines, largely, con
fining, the - benefactions to
those sections served by these
water power developments. 1
might have extended this aid
to other charitable objects and
to their sections, but my opin
ion is that so doing , would
probably be productive of less
good by reason of attempting
too much. I therefore urge the
trustees to seek to administer
well the trust hereby commit
ted to them within the limits
set, and to this end that at
least one meeting each year
this indenture be read to the
,4 trustees."