Copeland’s Health Talk
Health’s Blessings
BY ROYAL 8. COPELAND. M. D.
(United Stale* Senator And Former Health Commissioner of New for It.
i Life IS a battle. But It is a battle half won if the child la well born
Don’t misunderstand:: When I speak of betng well bom f do not
m»ac being born with a silver spoon In the mouth Neither do T regait
U as necessary to be born Into the home of royalty or high position o'
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any degree.
The desirable birth I have in mind if to conn
Into the world with a periert body, pure blood
and normal function. To be without taint 01
blemish ts the greatest blessing that ran lie giver
the Infant.
What can lie finer than the mating of twe
young persons and their gift, to society of well
born children?
If by any chance these words are read by
the parent of a baby not so favored, I shall be
. distressed If they are disturbing or the cause ot
unhappiness It must be admitted at once that
we have not progressed to the point where, we
may hope for a perfect race. Several generations
w»li come and go before that golden age arrives.
• uprursunawiy ror us, mere are aououui enecis oi wnai nappenea
before we were bom.
But even If we cannot avoid beginning life with certain defects,
we can hope to overcome them, or, at. least, to check their evil effects.
That is-0ur duty so far os our troubles are concerned. It is doubly
our duty to do everything possible
to wipe out the blemishes discovered
la our children.
This is a long introduction to
What I started to say about, anemia.
You know what 1 mean by ‘'anemia.”
Ik seems to be without blood. There
Is no' color in the lips and cheeks.
The skin is almost like wax.
This type is due to the illness ot
the mother. She has not had blood
sufficient for her own needs, per
haps,.and certainly not enough for
her baby. In consequence it has
anemia at birth.
The, mother of such a baby is very
likely to be pale and flabby, or else
very thin and anemic herself. Per
haps the mother’s condition is the
result of chronic disease of some
jart.
THere Is another form of anemia
which Is the result of wrong feeding
of the Infant. In consequence the
child develops rickets or hidden
scurvy. The anemic condition is
one of the symptoms.
Postponing the weaning until the
milk has decreased too much Is one
cause. Feeding the wrong bottle
mixture Is another.
Space permits little discussion of
the treatment. Needless to say,
proper diet and strict attention to
fresh air, sunlight and cleanliness
are essential to the cure.
Answers To Health Queries.
B.. N. Q —What do you advise for
falling hair?
A—Brushing the hair frequently
and the use of a good tonic should
prove helpful. Send self-addressed,
stamped envelope for further par
ticulars and repeat your question
B. C. P. Q —If I ride 'in a train
nutomoblle or boat I become sick tc
my stomach. What can I do foi
this condition?
A.—Your diet should be changed
Avoid sweets, excessive starches
Record Cotton Yield Made
By A Farmer Of Rutherford
jkg State m
®eury. I*. Moore of forest City in Rutherford county made practically
the eatne yield of cotton lut year as did the state champion J W. Alex
ander of Mecklenburg county. In this picture he is seen talking the
Ratter over with hig county agent. F. E. Pattern. Mr. Moore produced
4057 pounds.of lint cotton on 4" acres* in a demonstration conducted
wtth Mr. Patton last year.
MVJtonry L. Moore, who farm*
near Forest City In Rutherford
county, had produced 45 more
pounds of lint cottch on the 4 6
•ere* of land which he -had under
demonstration last year, he would
have tied the cotton champion of
the state, J. W. Alexander of Meck
lenburg county, reports County
Agent F. E. Patton in announcing
♦ho result* cf this demonstration.
Mr? Alexander, the champion, pro
duced' 4,082 pounds of lint on his
t^WWnstration area. while Mr.
Moore produced 4,037 pounds on his,
•pys Mr. l>tton. This fine yield by
Mr. Moore was grown in one cf the
■ttre^acre cotton demonstrations con
ducted by the. extension service of
B*at« college in cooperation with the
OhUesnNitrate of Soda Educe He nal
bureau lest year. Part of .the five
acres was used ae a check plot.
.Mrr Moore grew the Rucker va
riety. The seed was planted on April
34 and the crop, was cultivated sev
en times and chopped with a hoe
three times. Ten days before the rot
ton vraa planted, Mr. Moore applied
A fertilized compound cf 625 pounds
Of superphosphate, 50 pounds of
tnurtete of potash and 50 pounds of
hitajiie'of soda foer acre, ptrectjy
following the first chopping, he top
' the crop with 360 peunds of
acre. As a result,, he
10,201 pounds ot seed cotton
er ifivt pounds of lint from the 4.6
tens eojprtilieed. This was at the
fate of tSU pounds of seed cotton
«ir W» pounds c* lint per acre.
On the check plot where he used
*35 pounds of superphosnhate and
50 pounds Of muriate with no ni
he harvested at the
» of seed jetton
_ . . __ Mnfc per mert^
JR» art value per acre train the
4.6 acres under demonstration was
$193,78 including returns from lint
rnd seed. From the check plot, the
| returns per acre was $29.17 including
lint and seed. In determining tho
| value from this cotton. Mr. Patton
saVs that Mr. Moore added in every
: expense. A careful record was kept
| of all time spent in man and horse
labor, mixing and applying fertilizer
I cultivrting the crop, harvesting,
I hauling and other items. Charge
was also made for rent of land, de
preciation of implements, ginning
and managerial charge.
Mr. Patton reports that the cot
ton was plrnted in rows three feet
apart end the stalks were left from
3 to 4 inches apart in the drill. Five
bushels of seed was used in plant
ing
While. Mr. Moore did not win a
nrtre fer his excellent yield he does
have the satisfaction of knowing
that his returns were greatly above
the strte average and that with
only a slight Increase, he would have
passed the champion
FIND MORE THAN $S,000
UNDER BED MATTRESS
New Bern—Bills and currency
amounting to $3,390 were fSund in
an old piece ot flannel cloth under
the mattress of the bed in which
Mrs Catherine Swindell, 65, died
early Thursday morning at her
home at Stonewall, it has been
learned here.
Not even close relatives had any
idea that the woman had so much
money. She was known to be a |
thrifty, hard-working person but it
was thought that sire was very poor
She was the widow of George H
Swindell, who committed suicide a,
year ago in Jail \
SENTIMENT MIXED
OVER XING CASE
IN YORK SECTION
There Are Many, Paper Says, Who
Believe Faye Kin* Killed
Herself.
Yorkville Enquirer.
As time for the convention of the
spring term of the York county court
of general sessions April 15, ap
proaches, It Is more and more evi
dent that, the people of York coun
ty are divided somewhat on the
question as to how Pave King,
Sharon French teacher, came to
her death on January 25.
There are those who hold to the
bellefjhat the pretty young wife did
take hpKown life because as she
told her friend, Miss Pearl Fulton,
society leader of Kings Mountain,
N. C , “My whole life is ruined,
Pear Don't ever throw your life
away as I did mine." On February
7, Miss Fulton, beautiful social
leader of Kings Mountain and bosom
friend of the late Mrs. King told a
newspaper man:
One afternoon while we were mo
toring, Just the two of us. Faye
suddenly broke down and began
crying. She said to me, 'My Whole 1
life s ruined, Pearl! Don’t ever
throw your life away as I did mine!
Nothing more was said then and
I thought she was merely blue or
despondent or had had a quarrel
with her husband. I knew of a pre
vious love affair she had and
thought possibly she still loved this
boy and was anguished because she
had married another.
“Months later when her trouble
became known, I first realized what
she meant t.h£t afternoon in the
car. 1 didn’t dream at the time
that Faye had such a burden on
her. To one who knew Faye, it
would seem Impossible that she
would ever have thought of end
ing her own life.”
Despite the fact that clothing. In
cluding a coat bearing the Initials
"R. F. K.” said to be correct initials
of Rate King, were found In the
attic of the King home by Chief of
Police Frank Faulkner on Febru
ary 30. 'there are people who say
that the clothes could have been
planted there. Of course nobody
who knows Frank • Faulkner would
believe or Intimate for a- moment
that he planted the clothes there.
Still people are people and peo
ple are human and the human
mind the mind sharps know, in
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Formerly
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On
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Road | j
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WEAK AND THIN
Virginia Lady Was Just Drag
ging Around. Health Ink
proved Steadily After
She Took Cardoi.
Bristol. Vs.—"I na just sbout
down In bed and to weak I was past
going,” writes Mrs. Jennie Goodman,
of 718 Portsmouth Avenue, this city.
Mrs Goodmen says her family was
vwy uneasy about her condition, as
she seemed so weak and thin.
"I ached all over.” she explains,
"and my back and sides hurt most
of the time.
”1 dragged around, and did not
see a day of good health.
”1 went to call on one of my
neighbors, and she remarked about
my looking so bad. She told me to
get a bottle of Csrdul and take It.
Next Saturday night, my husband
brought It home to me.
‘Before I had taken Catdul a
week, I was feeling much better. X
continued taking It for awhile, as
my health kept cm Improving.
"I gained In weight, and soon was
feeling like a new person. Since
then I have taken Cerdul several
times, and it has always done me
good. I can rsoommand it to others.'*
Cerdul has been In use so long
that Its merit has been proved by
the experience of several genera
tions of woman.
A purely vegetable, msdtdnal tonic.
Bar sale by ell dryp***
eludes many angles and crooks and
curls, and there are those In York
county and In Charlotte and Shel
by and Columbia and New York and
everywhere over the country where
people have been startled by the
tragic death of Faye King, who
say she killed herself; and there
are many who argue that Rafe
King, her husband, who at present
Is the only person who formally
stands accused of her alleged mur
der had no possible motive for kill
ing the popular Sharon lady.
Bears Good Character.
They argue that the accused hus
band loved his wife, that testimony
is that he allowed her to check on
his account at the First National
Bank of Sharon without stint or
complaint. The character of King
is good they say. King never drank
liquor He told newspaper men at
the county Jail on February 5, that
he never drank liquor He was a
quiet., hard working, unassuming
chap they argue, who allowed his
wife who loved society and who was
a, scintillating light in Sharon and
beloved by everybody, to entertain
as much as she pleased and regard
less of expense. It was natural that
King himself never cared for those
things—men as a rule don't, they
say. That is—he-men!
Becaus* his car refused to run in
cold weather, John Hanson of Ash
land, Wls.. completely wrecked it
in a fit of anger, then offered it
for sale ar Junk.
"Religion by mail" is offered. How
much of It will go to the dead
letter office—Tampa Tribune
Now That’* Exactly
What Wc Wonder
Monroe Journal.
Any one will tell you that times
are not so good. And every other
man will tell you that some parti
cular thing Is wrong in Union coun
ty. If we could make a bale ol
cotton to the acre, we would be
happy. Taxes are too high, and if
they were lower we would be happy.
We don't have enough industry. Too
much property sold for taxes. Too
bad this and too bad that. Would
we be any happier if we had what
we say we want? About everything
we say we need they seem to have
In C level a ml county. Are t hey all
satisfied up there? Here Is what
the Cleveland Star says:
The valued output of Cleveland
county industry is more than 15
million dollars a year. The farmers
of Cleveland county last year aver
aged almost a bale of cotton to the
acre on more than 60,000 acres. The
county-wide tax rate in Cleveland
county is lower than in any county
in the state except four. The co6t of
collecting these taxes is far below
that of the average county, and far
less property is advertised for un
paid taxes than in the average
county. By actual statistics Cleve
land county is the second wealth
iest and perhaps the most pros
perous-of the 21 counties in the
section known as Western North
Carolina. Still we hear quite a bit
of complaining here and there.
Why is it?
With no Intention of even bor
dering on being sacrilegious we are
inclined to use ti street expression
and wonder If some people will not
be Inclined to find fault with
Heaven?
Probably when Cupid twanged
one in the direction of Ltody he
pulled that old one about "the
higher they fly the harder they
fall.”—Indianapolis News.
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EVERY DAY
a business man—in big business or small-—
makes plans to protect and develop his
business, so that his income will increase.
But too few consider what will happen to
their families when that income stops, for
not many can accumulate
$1,000,000
Life insurance provides the way—insur
ance in a sound company, under a liberal
policy.
You will be interested in the advertise
ment of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company appearing in this paper. It
points out the many ways by which in
surance serves both home and business,
and will perhaps bring to your mind some
new ideas for yourself. The local office of
the Metropolitan will be glad to advise you.
L. R. St. Thomville Comevin,
ASSISTANT MANAGER. ,
—— LOCAL AGENTS
N. D FRANCIS — H. P. WHISNANT — G; A.
EADES — E. L. WHISNANT. *
OFFICE ADDRESS: Union Trust Building.
A Million Dollars a Day
I POLICIES
which cover
Homo Life
POLICIES
which cover
Business Life
EVERY business day in
1928, the 26 million
policyholders of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Com
pany, who are its sole owners,
added a million dollars to the
great reserve fund needed
for thfeir protection against
the hazards of life and bus
iness-present and future.
Happily, more and more
persons have a new under
standing of what life insur
ance promises, what it can
do and what it does do.
They are learning that it
does many different things
equally well.
While the original purpose
—to take care of the bread
winner’s dependents in
event of untimely death—
has never been lost sight of,
today life insurance is large
ly and directly concerned
with the business of living.
TV
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Metropolitan^
Life I
Insurance /
Company^
Financial Report to Policyholders'
for Year Ending
December 31, 1928
Assets •••••«•
Liabilities:
Statutory Reserve
Dividends to Policy
holders payable 1929
All other liabilities
Unassigned Funds
. $2,695,475,965.64
$2,346,775,847.00
77,138,725.33
111,485,393.38
160,075,999.93
$2,695,475,965.64
. Increase in Assets during 1928 . . $306,828,329.32
Income in 1928 . 743,412,385.21
Gain in income, 1928 . 92,343,796.78
Paid-for Life Insurance Issued
Increased and Revived in 1928 . 3,259,181,384.00
Total Bonuses and Dividends to
Policyholders from 1897 to and
including 1929 ....... 448,523,599.20
Life Insurance Outstanding
Ordinary Insurance.$7,825,652,878.00
Industrial Insurance (premiums
payable weekly or monthly) . . 6,297,013,786.00
Group Insurance ...... 2,249,289,338.00.
Total Insurance Outstanding . . 16,371,956,002.00
Number of Policies in Force . . 42,329,281
{lndudinf 1,304,569 Group Certificates)
ONE form of life insur
ance provides educa
tion for children at the very
time when their education
costs most... Another kind
of policy tides over enforced
idleness because of accident
or sickness. Another form of
policy, paid for in regular in
stallments, is a sound finan
cial investment, as well as a
protection.
• * •
Employers and employees
join together in buying
another kind of insurance
which provides leisure and
freedom from financial
worry in later years.
Business men build needed
credit for business with life
insurance policies... Final
payments on homes are
made certain by insurance..
About one person in every'
five in the United States -
and Canada shared in the
Metropolitan’s greatest'
year of service.
Total expenditures for Health and Welfare Work among Policyholders in 1928 . $5,953,211.12
Trained nursing care for sick Policyholders in 1928 . . « . 3,771,939 visits
Health pamphlets distributed free in 1928 .. . 48,232,101 copies
HALEY FISKE, President FREDERICK H. ECKER, Vice-President
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is a mutual organization. It has
no stock and nd stockholders. Its wealth is owned solely by its Policyholders.
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY NEW YORK
Biggest in the World,More Assets, More Policyholders, More Insurance in force, More new Insurance each year
"Not best because the biggest, but biggest because the best”