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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-06

lass. one of the two opponents Of Bankhead. has spent s2.11s.92. tAf
 Henry P. Merritt, memper of the cour of appeals, and cannidate for the full unl expired term, has spent s997.72. A L.. Marlborough. who seeks to become state commissioner of conservation, has ex- pended S659.6S. NJ. B. Grace. candidate for Congressman from the Ninth district as the successor of George Huddleston, has paid out $6196O.
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MORE CANDIDATES
 FILE EXPENSES
Grace, in Ninth District Congressional Race, Has Spent S659.63 Dur
 ing Campaign

Montgomery. May 5.-(Speciall-In tf
 Tenth district, where a warm contest has been waged for congressman, William B. Bankhead. incumbent, has spent s1.50) in his campaign for another term, accord ing to sworn statement filed with the secretary of state today. Mason Doug
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-06
CALOMEL IS NOW
 DELIGHTFUL
No Danger, No Nausea, No Griping, No Salts-Nausea- less Tablet Called "Calo- tabs"

One Calotab on the tongue at bedtime, with swallow of water-thats all. No taste. no nausea, no griping. no saltp You wake up in the morning feeling z5ae, your Eat what you please. danger. You feel bright, cheerful. clear-headed, energetic and strong.
 Calotabs retain all of the liver cleansing and system purifying qualities of the old style calomel without the objectionable quail ities. Sold only in original. sealed pack ages. price thirty-five cents. Your drug gist has authority to refund the price as a guarantee of your perfect satisfastisa.- Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-06
Library Helps Farmers

Few city libraries have as many coun- try book borrows as they should. but the free public library at Stockton. Cal, is a pleasant exception to the rule. Not only does it send out travelling libraris, to communities and schooi districts. but it also encourages the country people to make direct use of the nam library
 Aside from the liberal policy Of the trus- tees of tn. Stockton library. its centran location and the good roads leading to the city have been big assets in the build-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-06
25 MILLIONS! "Cascarets" is biggest seMng Laxative -Cathartic for
 Liver and Bowels

Twenty-Five million boxes of Cas- carets were sold last year to folks who wanted relief without injury, from Constipation, Biliousness, Indigestion. Gases Colds and Sick Headache. Cas- carets work while you sleep, remov- ing the toxins, poisons and sour, in- digestible waste without griping or in- convenience. Cascarets regulate by strengthening the bowel muscles. They never weaken or shock the liver like calomel or harsh pills. Cascarets cost so little, too.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-06

livery of at least 50 per cent stand ard grades of cotton sold on the ex- changes. He said ne secured the amendment to the Clayton antitrust bili which exempts farmers and labor CTS from the provisions of that bill, voted for the farm loan bank, the mercantile shipping bill and advocated the removal of convicts from the mines. federal aid for highway con struction and the common schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-06
School Improvement
 Annual Convention

The annual convention of the Jeff ferson County School Improvement Associations will be held Saturday, May 15. in the rooms of the Civic As sociation in the Jefferson County Bank building. The meetirg will open at 10 o'clock and will be followed by a luncheon.
 Addresses will be delivered by Miss Sarah Luther of Montgomery who Is connected with the state department Of education. Mrs. H. H. She'll also will deliver an addr, ss. her subject being. "A Course in Citizenship"
 There will be several matters of business to be considered at the ses- sion. which is the last one for the present school year. Mrs. c. l. Moss, chairman of the Jefferson County School Improvement Associations. will preside over the meeting.
 An attractive programme has been arr anged for the luncheon There will he several light features for the en- tertainment of the guests Mrs. Mary Gillen. who will render several read ings. and Miss Mildred Crabbe, who will give a musical programme, will have the principal part of the pro- gramme.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30

desertion of his family He may have
1ad an accident on the road which
sent him to a hospital He was last
heard of in Los Angeles, Cal, where he
visited relatives during the early sum
mer.
Such cases as the three listed above
with the solutions of the problems they
present, fill long rows of files in the
Gulf Division office and are to be
found in the office of every executive
secretary of the Red Cross all over
he United States. Gail it home serv.
ce, civilian relief, social service case
work, or what you will, it is one phase
of the peace-time activity Of the Amer
lean Red Cross. 1t is one reason out
# seven or eight others, based on the
;arlous activities Of the Words Great.
3st Mother" why the American peo.
pie are backing this organization.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
LEGION SUPPORTS RED CROSS

Inc following resolution was adopt
"a by the Louisiana Dept. American
legion, in convention assembled New
'0eria' La, Aug. 2O-21-22, 1920,
WHEREAS, in the great world wa,
she American Red Cross rendered
such service to the military and naval
forces OF the United States that if will
always be held in reverence hv al
men n. who served their country in that
:onflict, and 40 III"
- WHEREAS, the American Red
Cross' since the Armistice has devoted
Us great organization to the aid of tho
. eA use men and especially the dis
''Dleu among our numbers, and.
-, WHEREAS, we are of the opinion
mat the organization made so effectiUa
u ' tne war and which has been
hept intact to this date, can render
lnsolu service to humanity during the
coming years of Peace, and
WHEREAS, the principles of the
american Red Cross inculcate prin.
,iples OF work and a sense Of indi.
, ., obligation to the Community.
state and Nation, therefore
Be 1T RESOLVED, by the Louisi.
ia department of the American
legion in Convention assembled at
NeW Iberia, this 21st day of August
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
THE RED CROSS OF PEACE >

AM the Red Cross Of Peace; the ougrowth Of wars travail
reaWakenng to the interests of nation Consecrated 70 +b
nedS OF humanity and inspired by the love of man for his fellow
90 n 10 nep the unfortunate to make strong the weak To
'eacn the gospel of clean living and well being
ala 10 the needy and help them lift themselves up out
OF adversely welcome into my house those who ora h
and give them rest lave the wounds to mems sonIs
AM refuge from fire. and flood and pestience shoot
ncnor against the tempest Of calamity The love of little cbron
Is mne that they may grow to the full fruit Of manhood
My interest is in the welfare of the community T
ease ne way OF the cripple compassionate of the AGED Nv
III Tile strength OF mankind teach lead serve
AM the Greatest Mother brooding over the sons and d
@ OF men, that they go forward strong and we'll and ban
o the upbuilding of the Nation. "Hu Happy
AN the Red Cross Of Peace
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
FOURTH RED CROSS ROLL CALL
NOVEMBER 11-25, 1920
MEMBERSHIP FEES;
JUNIOR RED CROSS
DOING FINE WORK

what is the Junior Red Cross, witt
It's 100000 school children enrolled
really doing to justify its continues
existence after the war? The answe
is found in Civic Training Through
Service" by Arthur William Dunn
Just issued as Teachers LeafIet," be
cause it will give parents the best DOS
5lble idea Of some of the things It
ook for in a modern school.
Doing things, and doing them witt
he inspiration of service-that's III
Junior Red Cross way. It's the best
answer yet found to the mere three
r stuff of the old-fashioned sort mos,
american schools still try to get away
with. Lots of schools will put in sew
.ng for girls and handwork of various
kinds for boys in the name of Junior
Red Cross when they wouldn't dare
spoil the fair tradition of the school b
putting these things in with the Reg,
llar subjects.
Here are some of the activities O..
he school children under the Junior
8ed Cross; making garments fol
needy children at home and abroad
toys for the children of devastated
regions Of Europe; equipment for Fel
9ral Public Health Service hospitals;
gardening; providing comforts for the
sick; making simple playground equip
ment, etc.
Note that they actually do these
.hlngs instead of talking about them.
me Junior Red Cross has the concep,
non America needs SO badly today
mat the way to be a citizen is &c
work and do your share, not talk abou
low the other fellow doesn't do his
oart. The Junior Red Cross holds tina
he only right method of training cit
zens is to train them while they're
,l'lzens in school through Service. =
rom The Evening Post, New York
Iitv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30

NV that we record our appreciation
OF the services rendered to the mill
tary and naval forces of the United
states during the world war and tC
the eX-service man since the signing
OF the armistice, by the American Red
| Cross.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED, that
the Louisiana Department of the
american Legion in convention as,
sembled at New Iberia, on this 21st
DAY of August, 1920, endorses the
peace time programme adopted by the
American Red Cross.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED, that
the Louisiana Department of the
american Legion pledges itself and
urges every ex-service man in The
State OF Louisiana to cooperate with
the American Red Cross in the carry,
ing out of its activities.
Be IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
POSTS of the American Legion in this
department be urged to assist and co,
operate with the American Red Cross
IN their respective communities in the
fed Cross Roll Call of 1920.
THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN
FOLLOWED OR PRECEDED BY LIKE
ACTION ON THE PART OF VA
RloUs LEGION POSTS IN ALABAMA
AND MISSISSIPPI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
Disaster Relief Fund ORGANIZED.

us
preparedness for possible disaste,
has been emphasized throughout thu
year, and a wall.Outlined general pro
gram has been furnished to chapter.
and division offices of the country. A
special bureau at national headuuar
terS is working on an extensive prop
uganda for disaster preparedness. Ad
vance plans which may be quickly put
into action have been made so that
when disaster comes there will be a
body Of trained Red Cross personnel
in every community to which the pub.
lie officials and the people may turn
with confidence" Mr.. Hopkins said.
When the influenza gathered its
heavy toll the country awakened to
its unpreparedness for meeting nation
wide epidemics, and health programs
Sprang into being in almost every com.
munity," said Mr.. Hopkins. "Workers
were sent into the public health field
thousands of pupils enrolled in classes
in home hygiene and care of the sick.
the value OF first aid was demonstrat,
ed IN the school, the factory and the
mind, and know-your-COmmunity.
better spirit was born in districts
which before the war and its enlight-
enlng figures on the health, or lack of
1t, OF the nation, had been indifferent
to the community's social and econom
iC prOblems.'
Public Health Nurse.
AT this time the public health
nurse became what she is now the
health adviser of thousands Of com.
munitieS scattered all over the coun.
try, according to Mr.. Hopkins. He
sad there now are three or four thou,
sand OF these nurses working in both
country and city districts and that
the demand for their services is so
great there are two thousand REQUESTS
II is impossible to fill at present
Schools Of training are being set IN
IN many cities by the Red Cross for
the purpose Of training graduate
nurses for duties of public health di.
rectors, but as soon as a class is grad. .
uated from one of these schools all its
members are sent straight to work in
places that already have been waiting
months for them.
The public health nurse" continued
Mr. Hopkins, may be used to typifv
our whole program, which at the base,
Is health. She is the watcher and the
caretaker of the public health of a
community. One of her first duties is
inspection of the school children.
Other duties are teaching local mem
o9rs Of the Red Cross how to do the
simple nursing often required in the
nome. A nurse does a lot of family
work also, visiting places and homes
Where persons are ill and instructing
IN the care which should be given.
Social Service Developed.
During the time since the ending
u the war the whole aim of the Red
cross endeagor has been to get back
TO a peacetime basis" said Mr.. Hon.
hlns, and | believe that this has been
accomplished in a manner and TO an {
extent which has not been equaled by 6
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
Red Cross Courses Popular

Manufacturing the year from
June, 1919, to July, 1920, in the South
9rn Division of the American RED
cross. 5,0O5 women and girls com
lleted courses in Home Hygi.ne and
ARE of the Sick given by the Red
Crcss' North Carolina led with 1,73C
students taking the full course and 5S1
aklng the modified course. TenDes
see was next with 1867 taking com.
pIete course and 500 the modified
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
An Army of Veterans Aided,

Observation-Disclosures in obtain.
n5 265,539 a!lotments and allowances
Tue sold ers and sailors and their fam.
lies were adjusted during the fiscal
ear ending June, 1920, through eff.
orts OF the American Red Cross, fig
lres Just compiled here show. During
nc same period, the personal contact
u the Red Cross was instrumental in
obtaining reports on $4,000 compensa.
ION and insurance claims of former
service men.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
PEACE PROGRAM IN FULL SWING
RED CROSS
EXPENDITURES

Since April, 1917, the American PEG.
pie have given to the Red Cross $780,
100000 for its work at home ana
abroad.
OF this vast amount every dollar
has been used for the purpose for
which it was given.
BY virtue of careful business man.
agement $1.G1 has been available for
every dollar contributed.
The expense of operating the Amer
lean Red Cross has all been provided
from membership fees.
Red Cross Chapters have state
mcnts showing in detail how all
money has been expended.
These expenditures are all audited
and approved by the War Department.
Ask your Chapter to let you see
these statements.
They will be instructive and illu-
minating.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30

any other organization or in any Otha
phase of American life. An organiza
ion which reached its growth hayins
Oeen built for war service. which
worked under patriot pressure during
he need, ana which existed then only
o supply the war needs of tle COun
try, now has been successfully turned
10 peaceful social service. And this
social service is being carried on a
! scale hitherto undreamed of by social
workers.
The experience of the past two
years has brought about a new social
order.
There is now a nationwide recog
milton of many of the issues that be-
fore were clearly seen only by on
most advanced thinkers in social sci
ence and social service.
"All over the United States there is
keener appreciation OF organized
community life, a deeper sense Of so.
clal responsibility, and a demand for
efficient, trained community leader
ship. Before the war social service
was largely limited to the CITY and
was conducted on a philanthropic
basis. Now it bids fair to become an
asset Of the smaller communities. viii
lagos and countrysides, and to be look
ed at from a public not so much a
phllanthropic point Of view. 1t is to
be more public service for all the
people, rather than for just the sub
merged tenth It's emphasis is more
on prevention CT social problems and
On development of community and
family resources, instead of curative
measures.
Even in family work, it is building
up a new approach to the family, ad,
uniting a normal neighborly develop
ment Of family life, and meeting
needs before they become dangerous
and disastrous.
WI WV ENkSVNSu.
Three thousand six hundred and
eighteen Red Cross chapters are now
organized for social service. The ac-
uYlty is carried on in all of the 1888
places in the United States of 5000
Or more population, and the 2.S45 chan.
ter towns having a population of less
imam 5000. More than 100000 soldiers
and sailors families have come to the
Red Cross for information, counsel or
Approximately 10000 men
and women have served as members
u home service stations.
Home service, then, war-born, bred
Is an emergency measure, favored by
spread to all parts Of the
United States. 1t has extended, as
las no other social movement, into the
small towns and open country, it has
erVed constituency larger and more
democratic than was ever served be-
ore by a volunteer agency. 1t has op-
rated on the principle of local re, l
and local control. It has (
rought to communities previously
Navarro OF them dawning of social f
eeds, and social obligations. It has {
eYeloped an appreciation of training S
Or service and a demand for trained
arVice." c
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
1921 FOURTH ROLL CALL 192|
RELIEF Am,
ABROI0'I.

Of Ss closing its seli,,. =,
1a' B Belgium and rSi
ing the greatest Boz.
living in the d,r ,,s
american Red ca,
e el;1n June 50, M
plies to 1856 r; ~
cSdD 3,oso,5S |
L l@Gts are revealed led !,
f ceiyed at NatiOp,.l !.
, Early in July m
Red Red. Cross turned Il t D,
psop,s, representa- !
i ga3lzatiOns, the NJ
, aaa been b: ,oatroIlt +
o the district nallgss
C SI in the seven d Il
devastated region ID,
lDsse French Orgals
course Sc was adop.sl !
supplies from the.e
issued upon reqqa
american Red Cros /
were sent by caaa
houses, under The \,
local French commits
were given away o. Nj
year Of 1911 carlos.. 4
distributed by local n
at prices so much n,
price as to make d,
Of a gift.
Inc manner Of hi
price to be asked mi
well as the way in Vi
be given away. II, N
hands of the Frsn.i N
gional and local a
plan generally folors
returning families ,lg
without cost until th
measure re-estabish
some sort Of a Ert,
prices asked for all h.
ginning was very snil
to enable the people b
were not objects d d.
enabled the Red Ga
much larger nunbg Ii
prices were fixed sce;a.
gree to- which norma d
resumed in the sQzs
The people were sEA b
prOximate market vain
keeper, the sales Een 4
he community.
The funds received hI
;ale Of goods were Hi
icles the Red Gross nj
provide, of which an
)e in especial need, atl
rOuSehOld cOmmoiifa !
nentS. In many casa
yas made, but in all ag
emaining after the hsa
or permanent menaIAl
rate the cO-operatlul ID
)aop.e with the Fela
american Red Cross MI
What sort Of memoFa q
vas made by the ltl
they varied from tAs %
ars, in which as Md
rancS was invested, "
physical mark Of apr
S a bronze plaque ;etE
Here the American Is
operated and brought ~
ort to the people Z
money involved eysHt
or the community 0rig
The American Red %
distributed thrOughouI 2
lraa 1877 Americans
steel barracks. Nam aa
AVE been continued 2 Z
1alls, churches, schoa
Jaths, dispanSaries ani
Many local induslIls
making and silk nai
yeen re.established laI' !.
}ed Cross assistance Y
tally has been elCo.'
racts of land, which : !
till remained batsIsllse
nee, are now being g
.ered as grain fields. +
eeding in all locall'lt'
evival stands as :
-rench courage, patlelaa y,
nee. There were pfas
Inhabitants in this aN
,ar. They were dnIs
lred but only a es
and are now still aSss 7.
Much relief work e, =
one among the cllai,.
le giving Of al u Il
bolesome food. Th''s ~. I.
rough the year. .s.s
,19, was properly es' +,
Ye first Christmas ~ \.
zen by thousands q {
,r.ostated regions. ~
, To o' handle request! ..l = Il !.
ed Cross for ass iia. y
d. duals and institution. 8
sigiun a special {. |, ,'I T
a ATTAINED tail until The ~. e
r rough which d, doal W
ere rem made to 1875 s o,s
stitutions and q aaa',I,
2cks we're sold 70 -.
pubIic Health Nu,', "
Nashville, Tenf.. !,
Health Nursing s,, !.
no peabody CONss9' J.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
THREE REASONS FOR
RED CROSS WORK

There is much of varied and human
interest in the everyday work of the
American Red Cross. Three cases of
aid to individuals or families in dis
tress, which are cited below, illustrate
this statement. These three cases are
recent ones taken from the files of the
Gulf Division office, New Orleans, La.
One story is that of a mother with
four children, the youngest baby only
two weeks old, the mother insane,
without any means OF support except
begging for aims, found sleeping in a
railway station, She had no home.
The little family wandered into a
small town in Mississippi the other
day. A Salvation Army man found
them and took up a collection for them
on street corner. The mother nameo
town where she said she liy, d and
she was given a ticket to that place
and $500. But three days later she
returned to the town where she was
flrst found, with only $500 left. Sh
fed herself and the children on canned
'oods which she purchased with none,
gained by begging. The baby was !
nearly dead, the other children and the
moth-r partially starved Their filt |
and dirt was unspeakable.
Inc Salvation Army man sent the
family to the Red Cross. This organi
cation found the mother work sen,
the three older children to a home an
.he baby was placed in a private fam
lily. 'N-'A
All went we'll for about a week hn,
then the mother took her baby from
the home in which it had been plac {
ana went to the other institution de
handing her three other children, sh
exposed the baby on this trim 50 tba,
I mad to be sent to a child hospita
or three weeks. The mother was then
committed to an insane asylum, whnr.
'he IS being detained until a home oar
'e round which will take her in. The
'hlldren are all being properly cared
Or now, and the begging career of tb,
mother is ended.
FOR an unknown length of time this
mall family wandered over the conn
rN a burden on whatever communit
ney happened to be in. Now thew
ave been placed in state institutions
mere the children have a chance r. I
We happy lives, well-fed and we'll
lothed at last.
The story of the location of the par. y
uts OF a man who committed suicide ?,
New Orleans, although they lived in a
foreign country, is taken from an ~
.ner 1lle' Through the Red Cross the ;,
liner and mother were located in
zeko'Slovakia, and advised Of tho r
'ath OF their son. They appointed tn +
cd Cross executor of their sons es. q,
IT, ana his property, which he willed al
members of his family living in va
'us parts Of the world, has been sent III
his heirs. ~ ~
"A Canadian ex-aviator who recently kf
'appeared is now being searched for ur
'ne Gulf Division. Relatives living co
Louisiana originated the request for
l. rms man was on a motor tour of A,
United States, which was to end ri,
winnipeg. It is thought that an vi
injury to his head, received in a St
from an airplane, may have affect.
MS mind, and insane hospitals are an
ng serched for him. 10
u again, 1t may be a plain case ~ Nc
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30

Public Health N.Y. !,
Nashville, Tenn - Z 81
tic Health Nursing as., \ i
George Peabody ,g,IaH
here. Three months J. Y y
work. aIl i; on the camps as,,sI
economic subjects "a
a 1(or~'I management.
field work in the els
for ri public worker, !,
will be followed .l y (
rural n s communitie'
he state.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-10-30
Legion Remembers Nurse

Medina, O.-The Medina post of the
american Legion has given an auto
mobile to the American Red Gross
puohc Health Nurse, This rractica
tribute to the nurse is a health git Il
inc entire countryside for it means
more visits to the sick, more clinics
ana the promotion of additional pub
lie health projects.