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I Time to clean rugs, hangings, ma
trasses and oil HOUSEHOLD effects viii
will be simple matter II you rent Il
vacuum cleaner from
Mrs. j. A. Prudhomme an
daughters, Miss Julia and Mr.
Cock6eld Of Bermuda notored u
for the day with Mrs. S. j. Hill
Thursday.
Sc Send d yon1 y shoes to be mended I
DIPAOLA'S.
Miss Julia Chopin came u
from Derry to attend the sprin'
session of the Nstchitoches Ar
Colony when she was the guest 0
Miss Dorothy Lawton.
Our two-toned happer oxford q
1886 is . summer beauty.
-Eto0e94
Mrs. Esther Hart reached home
Monday night from . visit t
friends in Missouri stopping ovel
in Alexandria to visit her grand
mother and other relatives er
route back,
The best and cheapest service eve,
afforded housewives il offered by PEO.
PIES H. 4 F. Co. from whom they can
rent vacuum cleaner I'll day for 81. %
Mr.. w. w. Tison was called
back from New Orleans while at
tending the State Teachers, Con
vention last Thursday by the SER
ious illness of his little baby who
is now better.
If you cannot call or send just phone
293 and messenger will 70 for your
old shoes and you can have them half
soled, reheeied or other w * done to
make them like new.
Spring cleaning made easy by the
Vacuum Cleaner 1t the
PEOPLES H. L F. Co.
Miss Roselyn Kahn back of
Shreveport who came down to at.
Tend the spring term Of the Art
Colony, Vas tho guess of Miss
Gladys Brea3exie.
Rosaries to suit The needs and desires
# young and old, 1t -
-R! Dt VARGAS ,
Mrs.J. o. Montegut of Reserve
lrriyed with her little son THURS
lay morning for an unexpected
'isit to, her mother, Mrs. s. j.
henry. and will remain until Sat-
lrday. z.
With the latest model in electrical
and IN expert experienced
to do the work, old shoes
IN be repaired TO look like new at
'IPAOLA'S.
Messrs. V. L. Roy and L. i. |
Alleman went to New Orleans
'uesday night remaining over for |
1e State Teachers Association,
'hich met in that sity lase week. |
Easter cards Of III siseo, shapes and
at
R. DE- VARGAS |
Mrs. J. B. Wemple Of Mems |
aid has been The guest of her |
ster and brother. Mr.. and Mrs. |
. B. SWEET, the past week, while
cooperating from : recent illness.
Nov !. q: the ss.a.. Ant Poison
-PHofLEs'H. AF. O..
Mines. Violet sWiuslow and +. |
hillips left last night for New
rleans where they joined. Mis-
lizabeth Winslow, who teachssl
/ South Louisiana. 70 enjoy tho
aster holidays ID that city.
Our Easter frocks, made up Of ta6s-
. canton and efspe knit, ere individ.
'htiss for style and price
Mrs. s b. Thossas With her
tile daughter and sister. Miss
Of Bsstrop motor
down from Coushatts Friday, !.
ith her husband, on = shopping
IL, to Natohitoches. Il
The snt season b here, wsleome I'll
th Argentine Ant Poison from
-PH0PLD9 q. o. =. CO. |,
Dr. EllsverGh Mse1vard Of ,
w Orleans. tho distinguished sr-l
L who If AZ the h6nr3 of thn NAv.
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Mrs. N. Taylor. who has beer
spending the winter in New Mex
leo, reached here last week anc
will remain until the close oi
school, IN May, when to the re.
gret of all, her husband. Mr.. Tsy.
lor, principal Of the High School,
who has resigned. will return to
the West with his wife, where
they will make their home until
Mrs. Taylor is restored to good
health.
The Normal Glee Club has
postponed the recital announced
for tonight until a later date by
special request of q number who
would not attend because of its
being very solemn day of Holy
Week and were anxious to enjoy
the program which will be given
on May 3rd.
The bunch Of Jspanesy looking
Weigelia exquisite in shape and
eoloring that has adorned the desk
of the editor since Monday and
called forth 80 many admiring re-
marks, was sent by Mrs. E. e.
Lawton whose pretty garden is
full of rare and unusual plants in
full flower.
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BENEFIT

Everybody come to the Lawn Fetl
Convent Grounds
WEDNESDAY APRIL 10, 1922
7P. NJ. to $50 P. n.
Help Seniors raise money on new
| Auditorium
Amusement and Refreshments.
| Holy week, as usual, is being
solemnIy observed in Natchitoches
with tri-daily services at Cathe
dral. and according to the regular
routine the last week of Lent be-
fore Easter is ushered in, Sunday.
The journey of the BELL. to Rome
where according to tradition they
90 each year at this time to be
blest by the Pope, is one of the
old customs always reIixiously
observed here, and their sweet
Naturalization is missed BY all
who listen to the siIvery message
of hope aud cheer that they never
fail to give the faithful. who will
welcome them when they return
at q certain part of the service on
Holy Saturday.
Instead of tagging towards the
end, as Is generally the case with
rehearsals. interest and enthusiasm
wax greater in 1.-The Drum Ma
Jor" which will be given 90 April
26th. The dancing, singing, COS
tuning and stage setting are un-
usually chic and attractive and
whoever :.enjoys q good musical
comedy will see and hear the best
of everything in that line when
The Drum Major" is given,
In response to the appeal for
the cyclone sufferers at Hyams.
and the Smith plantation near
Campti the citizens of Natchito-
shes, Campti aud Powhatan gave
50 generously that enough cloth
ing. furniture and bedding, crock.
cry, cooking utensils were con-
tributed to supply al the needy
ones. Cash subscriptions IN Nat
chitoches amounted to nearly
t125. 90. the three banks, Csmels,
Eiks, Masons and K. of G. and
citizens contributing very gladly
for the unfortunate sufferers.
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corpusclys, Il Is to This substance. haemo-
gobin, that the blood owes its color and
it's power to carry oxygen"
In other words, it was discovered that
germanium dioxide, instead OF being pol
son to kill rats, was a boon to humanity
"A remarkable remedy to save the lives
OF sufferers from anaemia!
You have heard it said that pale people
were "anaemic"-that is, suffering from
lack of red corpuscles in the blood, You
have probably also heard of "pernicious
anaemia," an advanced stage OF this con-
dition for which there is-Or has 0een-no
known cure.
DR.. Muller and his associates and the
specialists at Wiatar Institute, like all
scientists, are cautious about making
claims for the new discovery. They do
not vet aver that il is a cure" but
actual experiments have already proven
that it seems to correct the disease
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the discovery. The failures will decrease
with the perfecting OF the solution. Any
how, there is no other known remedy and
hence it's vast importance to mankind
The best results so far are from the solu
ton comprising re Of hydrogen with ger
nahum dioXide.
1--WE dissolve the dioxide in water, to
which a little normal sodium hydrate Il
added To get rid of the small alkalinity
we acidify it with little hydrochloric
acid. We find that any failure of the
solution is due to lack of the right degree
Of acidity which is determined by del
cate color test.
The solution is administered eithci
through the mouth or by hypodermjc
needle. 1t is used in very small dose.
but at that it is very expensive becaus"
of the difficulty in refining the doxide.
This difficulty is caused by the affinity Of
arsenic for germanium. which is hard to
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-18

separate from it. 1t is when the arsenic
is completely freed that the dioXide is not
poisonous, as it was at first supposed to
be by its discoverer. In the process OF
eliminating arsenic the germanium dioxide
is redistiled in the presence of chlorine
yapor. Arsenic has a stronger affinity for
chlorine and goes off with the yapor in
the form of arsenic chloride. We will
continue experimenting to devise some
easier method of getting rid OF the arsenic,
ard must do so to reduce the nr;ce sufi-
GENTLY to bring the t~sS7;*.>s ee1hin the
rgach of poor people"
DR., w, T. Taggard, of the Towne Scien-
tiic School OF the University of Pennsyl-
yania, has computed the cost CT german
ium doxide mot the quality originally ex-
perimented with for rat poison. but the
ultra refined product for medicinal uses)
at S. per gram. A pound, comprising $50
grams, would cost $3.50.
Although this makes the treatment cost
ly now, scientists are confident that some
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in to arsenic, zine and TN, lie had
very reason TO believe it would be
kreat raj killer. Chemical and medical
Aiogies all pointed that way
sut DR.. Muller was in for the surprise
mis- life He turned some OF the sub
snce over to the Wistar Institute OF
Philadelphia, where they breed and rear
Thousands of white rats annually for ex-
detrimental uses, He asked the biochem
FISTS OK the institute TO try the stuff on the
|lttls animals and report il it was quick
] easy remedy 10 rid the world OF
dents. The biochemists promptly Gagged
Iome rats and administered the poison"
To their astonisLmelt--aNd the subse-
|euent delight OF Dr. Muller-the rats, in
stead OF giving a few agonized sQueals
ana turning UP their toes, waxed healthy
| bel.iserent and large.
81 the time The poison had been adj
uninsured regularly for period of days
they became world champion rats-the
huskiest. peppiest specimens ever seen In
Pptiyity,
A council OF surprised chemists was i'm.
knediately called. Here was a mystery
that had TO be soIved-for the sake Of
science. The rats were killed and autop-
sizes we're performed
The startling result was announced by
Dr. Frederick S Hammett, of the insti-
tute:
"Upon dissection 1t was found that the
bones and liyers OF the rats were abnor-
mslly red. TIE blood contained an aD-
normal number Of red corpuscles, which
constitute the haemoglobin, so vital to
life. It is the chief component OF red
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slow growth Of the disease Calisthentcs,
WHICH experts say will surely Increase the
height, weight and appetite if followed
Systematically, are made compulsory for
the children. Yet ever so many of them
grow up into pale and sickly youngsters,
called delicate" by their people, but in
reality suffering from the lack of red
corpuscles
Sometimes the true nature of their all.
ment is not discovered until 1t is too late,
Older anaemics among the poor have sps-
cial quarters and special food in all mu.
nicipal hospitals, institutions and poor
farms. From the public funds set apart
for this purpose some part will be diverted
for the carrying out of further public ex.
periments with germanium doxide. II
even portion of the poorer classes OF
anaemics can be finally cured by this
treatment, cities will be ultimately re-
Iieyed of expenses amounting to millions
Of dollars.
And so 1t is that the latest discovery OF
-rience, originally heralded as new and
potent poison, may turn out TO be bless.
ing-a recognized cure fer common mai
ady for which no effective medical treat.
ment had heretofore been known.
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and increase the lacking red corpuscles.
The first thing the biochemists did was
to continue their experiments on rats.
We took a litter of eight white rats
from the same mother and put four of
Them in bell jar containing some of the
dioIido. Later we ctherized and killed
them We found that their blood con-
tanned 10 ner cent more red corpuscles
than the blood Of the four brother rats
which had not been treated. We next
tried the dioXide on other species of mann
ais, which showed equally marked i'm
proyement in the quality of the blood.
Finally we asked the director Of the in
sttute. DR.. Milton j. Greenman, to adj
minister the substance to anaemic patients
in the hospital. He made the experiment
and reported astonishing improvements.
Small quantities were distributed to out.
side physicians, who were delighted with
the resulting conditions in their patients"
Says DR.. Greenman:
"Physlcians are very enthusiastic about
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method will be discovered by which the
treatment can be put into general use.
The expense to all large cities for taxi
ing care Of anaemic people, particularly
anaemic children-even in the old way-is
enormous. AS no medical remedy was be-
fore known, cures could be hoped for only
through giving the patient better food
better air, general tones and more health,
full surroundings. In larger cities, like
New York, anaemic children are cared for
in special hospitals, old ferryboats fitted
Up for the purpose, and outdoor schools.
So prevalent is anaemia among children
that most public schools throughout the
country have inaugurated daily exercises
as the only means known to combat tbs
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BY DR.. w. II. BALLOU.

HR. JOHN II. MULLER, professor OF
chemistry at the University of Penn
sylvania, believed he had discov.
cred new poison to kill rats.
He thought 1t might be the greatest rat
poison ever invented
The supposed poison" was germanium
dloxide. a mineral substance chemically
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
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Chile IS
MODELLING
RELIEF FORCES
Extent Of Fart tho quake
Disaster Not +:
r u | | y Known as
Communication i s.
Cut Off

Santiago, Nov. 13.-Relief forces
to aid the thousands made home
less by the earthquake throughout
Chile, were being. modified today.
The death toll viii probably be at
least one thousand. The property
loss runs into millions. Several
towns were almost entirely wiped
out. - =
The extent Of the casualties and
damage and distress was known
only in general way; as many
munication lines are broken FIVE
hundred are reported killed in and
about Vannar. There are one hun
dsed known dead at CaauiHlb0.
Along the seaceast ships were
swept ashore. many being left high
and dry. The tidal waves follow
ing the earthquakes indicated gi-
gantic disturbance beneath the Pa
,cifc Ocean Some observers sesti-
mated the tidal wave at fifty met
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
cH1LDRENs BOOK WEEK

Schools and libraries and book
concerns will make the most Of
children's Book Week-November
-i2 to Is. Home interest should
not be lacking.
The world is full of good things.
old and new, for children to read.
A very little study OF the subject
will put elders in a position to di-
rect the reading wisely Some of the
stuff written expressly for children
is poor judged by the standards Of
literature. interest and suitability.
Some OF it is good. Some of the
books written for adults are below
ed by young readers. The business
Of selection will help to establish
good reading standards among eld-
ers as well as among the children.
Children's Book Week can be of
great value in stimulating general
interest in reading in the home. 1t
would be good time to start read
aloud as part of the family life for
the winter evenings.
Children never forget such even
ing. A love of good books. the
memory Of the ones read and the
happy, harmonious atmosphere in
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
AN ALASKAN FISH RESERVE

A government fisheries reserva-
ton has been set aside in Alaska
by executive order. The action was
necessary to prevent the destruc-
ton of the salmon fisheries. The
reservation will be continued, with
its wholesome check upon fishing
in the areas covered, until perma-
nent legislation can be secured to
control the situation.
Tn these rich salmon fields food
supply valued at ss5. 100000 a year
is produced. Properly safeguard
ed, it will hold its own indefinite
". With the indiscriminate fishing
now practised it night be wiped out
in a. few years.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
BOOZE In WASHINGTON

From circumstantia.. evidence,
the national capital must be almost
swimming in booze. In two days
recently the District OF Columbia
had 1O1 arrests for intoxicatIon.
five for drunken driving and Is for
other miscellaneous violations of
the liquor laws.
A New York paper suggests, not
altogether fairly. that before the
government undertakes to dry up
foreign shipping it might try dry
ing up the District of Columbia.
The figures given above really
seem to indicate an effort in that
direction. If there were no arrests
se:ng made. there would be good
ground for criticism. But it may
be that there is ample room for
more drastic enforcement Of the
laws
From all accounts, Washington
is one of the wettest spots IN the
gnsted States. For moral effect on
the nation and on foreign nations,
it should be the driest. How can
foreign governments be expected
&c take American prohibition sefl-
.ously, at sea or anywhere else, If
their representatives at Washing
ton see proof all around them that
our seat of government does not
take it seriously?
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his children good education, and
IN order to accomplish this he
ought to have wage Of not less
than IS day. The city of Detroit
seems to agree. On November I a
minimum wage Of SIS Cor an eight
hour day went into effect on one
OF the municipal street railway
lines. with view to extending it
to all the other lines If it succeeds.
Most people, whether theoretical
experts or actual employers, will
hardly put the minimum so high
as this. Yet it is surprising how
many people not on the Railway
Labor Board believe that it is pos
sible to fix a wage minimum to in
sure decent living according to
American standards. and that en-
ployers should recognize such a
minimum when it is established
and would profit by doing SO in the
end.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
HOT AR eoUGHs

The hot air coughs with US
again. according 10 prominent
physician who conducts news
paper health column This is the
cough which attacks those persons
who cling to register or radiator or
stove from thesearliest signs of win
ter to its final departure: They not
only keep their rooms or houses
TOO warm, but they keep themselves
continually in an atmosphere too
dry and devoid of good oxygen. An
ohseryant person might notice for
himself that he is chillier in an
artificial dry heat of Is degrees
than a moist heat of 65 or IS de-
grees..
The mucus mernbrance of the
breathing passages is irritated by
the dry heat and Bronchitis and
winter coughs result.
The best medicine for this condi-
non, says the doctor. is two miles
OF oxygen OIL the hoof three times
a day. regardless Of weather. A
person wholly unaccustomed to
much walking would have to work
up to that six-mile dose by easy
stages. But for the sedentary
worker or the house-bound it is
well worth the effort.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
BUSES TO BE USED

Spartanburg, Nov. 10-Following
a conference. with a committee of
officials from the South Carolina
Gas and Electric Company today a
r>aiorty. of city council announced
their willingness for the company
to secure several busses to be sub
stituted for street cars on local
traction lines. The buses viii be
used merely as an experiment, fu-
ture action of council to depend
entirely upon the success Of the
experiment. The company request
ed permission to experiment with
busses on both its city and suburb
an lines.
Street cars We're taken off lines
on which buses operate in order
to determine the comparative
character Of service 1t is under
stood that the experiment will be
made on e,eral lines, but on only
one line at a time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
THOUSAND
VICTIMS / OF
EARTHQUAKE
Catastrophe Al on g.
Western Coast O f
Chile Of Greater.
Magnitude Z b a n
First Expected

Santiago, Chile. Nov. II Gl3y the
Associated Press s3.-With partial
reestablshment OF communication
Chile's earthquake catastrophe is
revealed in even greater magnitude
than first reports indicated. 1t is
estimated that at least 1000 are
dead and many thousands are in
distress, needing food and shelter.
In addition to heavy casualties Of
dead and injured at Copiapo. and
Coquimbo, it was reported today
500 were killed at Valienar and
the surrounding district. Vallenar
was virtually destroyed and the sur
,ivors are. in a critical condition
It seems certain that there have
been casualties in other towns and
villages around Copiapo, TO the
south, concerning which no news is
yet available.
Already "A bodies have been re-
covered at Coouimbo. where it is
known there are 100 or more dead.
At Chaparal a number were killed
by falling houses. -
, 1t was earthquake and tidal wave
combined that accounted for the
vast destruction in the provinces.
of. ,Antofagasta, Atacama and Co
.auimbo. The movement Of the
ocean is described as phenomenal.
It gave evidence of a terrific dis
:turbance in the bed Of the Pacific
itself. There must have been such
a tearing at the bottom of the. sea
that. Immense quantities Of water,
were sucked through, causing a tre-
mendous recession Of the waters
along the Chilean coast.
Several times the ocean swept
outward and came back in the
shape Of a great wave flooding the
.seaports and in 5 some instances
sweeping away the waterfront. The
violent effects of the tidal waves
were felt from Antofagasta on the
north to Naidivia on the south,
covering about Is degrees of lati--
tude. or moEe than ! 200 miles.
All types of craft lying: in the
various -harbors were swept on
shore, wrecked. orsSleft high and
dry. and at scores Of small ports,
wharves and sqnays were destroyed. .
Chilean, naval vessels insthe har-
Dor at Talcahuano, about 800,
miles south of Valparaiso, when
they felt the force Of the water,
clipped their cables and proceeded
out to open sea.
President Alessandri has ordered
the various government depart.
sments 10 take steps for the relief Of
the, sufferers in the stricken dis
striets, those most sorely affected
lying between Coquimbo and Cos
piape. 1850 es..e..s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
LIVING WAGE IN DETROIT

To the majority of the Railway
Labor Board, the living wage"
idea IS an abstraction and an alb
suraaty according to recent state
nasnt. To Edsel Ford. head of the
Ford Motor Company and one of
the. b1ggsst employers of labor in
the country. it is q definite, prac-
tiea1 and conlmendable thing. And
in view of The success the Ford
family has had in a highly COM
positive business, possibly the young
man knows what he lis talking
about
Aecording to the Ford idea, every
workman ought to have his own
home and have a garden and a
LaTaa account and be able to give
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-15
TIMBER IS A CROP
Timber used to be regarded as

Timber used to he regarded as a
natural resource. Thus It was
classihed with coal, OH and ore
supplied by. nature TO be drawn
upon BY man Until exhausted That
siew was largely esponsibie for.
the rapid depletion OF forests.
NOW there IS a wholly different
view. well expressed BY Secretary
wallace Ia a recent address. TIM
Der IS sa resource. only IN the.
sense that wheat Or corn or cotton
is resource
Timber IS a crop; one Of our
most impertans crops. It grows,
ripens and becomes ready for the
nssest, just as other agricultural
cofss do. It should beharvested
isss fss season and another crop grown
fsr the use Of frtare generations.
as foF the msth0dS OF crop cli-s
fssaiien Il must be- protected
from fires, from plant diseases, from
I.seet pests, Just as other agricul
crops are protected That
requires the services of the hertz
easltnrist, Of the entonologssf OF
the plant pathologist and Of the.
forest specialist. all Of these men.
being trained IN their own Ines.
working together with the closest
es-operation. .
Let this crop idea once find
hfn Iodgement in the public mind
and there viii be no further din
caity about our timber supply.