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The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1933-10-27

THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS
HAVE BEEN SENT IN FOR RENE
WAL IN THE ii. B. A. THESE PER-
SONS WERE AT ONE TIME MEM
BERS IN GOOD STANDING.
NONE OF THESE APPLICANTS ARE
REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN SIS
YEARS OF AGE.
Bonnie King, No 267, C. D. Cotton,
President. West Enterprise, Miss.
Ollie Brown and Lonnie Brown, No rs,
Laurel, Mrs Ella Morrel, President
John Brook, No, 270. A. J. Barnett,
Presidents. Hattiesburg
Ada McGilburg, No. IS. Willie Strick-
land, President. Ellisville.
Pearley Jones and Charity Brown. No.
1876, r. Mccormick, President Heidel-
berg.
Charley Johnson, No. 453. Mrs. Mrs.
Libbia Copper, President Leaf.
THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS
HAVE BEEN SENT IN FOR NEW
MEMBERSHIP IN THE II. B. A. THEY
REPORT THAT THEY HAVE NEVER
BEEN MEMBERS OF THE II. b. A.
AGE
NONE OF THESE APPLICANTS ARE
REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN So
YEARS OF AGE.
Nose McNease No. 1893. John Cotton,
President Macon
Pinkey Firaman and Isiah Firaman, No.
1853 Rev. W. S. Price, President Brook
haven
General Smith, No. 344. w. II. j. Wea-
yer, President Leaksville, Miss.
Cora Taylor, Ola Mae Darden, Y E.
= Palmer, Valley Mingo, Charlie Nc
Donald No. 1913. Aaron Trotter, Presi-
dent. Picayune.
George Geyph No. 444 Rev. Lewis
jenkins, President. Collins
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veloped homecraft," he said, land yet
there Is a keen appreciation on the part

OF millions OF citizens in regard to
fredericksburg W n.sI1n This IS Vide heid for r
the subsistence homesteads industries,
which may give employment to thous-
ands of people once the project is under
way"
It is proposed to keep the people
on these subsistence homeSteadS III
touch with Government experts in all
economic fields. The success of any
such movement would depend largely
on intelligent merchandising of the
products and the maintenance of high
degree of craftsmanship. On this point,
the official above quoted gave 1t as his
opinion that there Is always a mar
ket for a product which is better made.
and the subsistence homesteads work
must naturally seek this field. We
are going back to the idea of the guild
system, which has been forced into
the discard with the advent of mass
production. There is place for handi-
craft in the market. not as a substi-
tute Of mass production, but supple
menting it,
Private ventures into subsistence
homes and gardens during the last
few years have been more or less sue
cessful, particularly since the depres-
sion began. Subsistence gardens are
under cultivation or management by
State Unemployment Relief Committees,
county and municipal associations,
railroads, welfare associations and
clubs, Citizens Committees and private
industry. The new departure on the
part of the Federal Government in
the subsistence homesteads movement
will make the appeal more general
and bring to the support of the move
ment not only Federal funds, but the
expert knowledge Of specialists in the
National Government at Washintzon.
(Copyright, 1881
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Health officers are alarmed at the


threat Of an epidemic Of amebic dys-
EMERY which got its impetus from two
hotels in Chicago during the progress
Of the Worlds Fair.
ductlon into the human system of food
which is unclean, due to careless
handling. 1t Is an insidious disease in
that Its diagnosis often is mistaken.
Texas Guinan, the night club queen,
who recently died at Vancouver, fol-
lowing an operation, now is believed to
have succumbed to this new enemy, the
operation having been performed be-
cause Of failure to recognize this hos
tile new visitant.
Amebic dysentery has not been I'M
known to medical practitioners of the
United States, but has been regarded
as so rare as to constitute no general
menace. 1t has been regarded as
purely tropical malady.
Last May physicians first began to
realize that new turn had been taken
in the history Of the disease A case
was reported in Chicago, then a sec
ond, then a third, fourth and fifth in
rapid succession. BY early Autumn
there had been 1875 cases, IS Of which
proved fatal
Like typhoid fever, amebic dysentery
may be disseminated by carriers-per-
sons who, for some reason, are immune
themselves but who transmit active
germs to others. Nearly every one re-
members the story of Typhoid Mary,
the unfortunate woman. who, some
years ago, was found to have physio-
logical makeup which enabled her to
carry typhoid germs and spread them
widely while remaining wholly safe from
attack herself. She, as well as others
of the carrier type, are entirely limo
cent. They are unaware that they are
carriers.
Tracing Chicago Visitors.
Because the appearance of the dread
ed tropical amebfc dsyentery occurred
at Chicago when the Century Of Prog
ress Fair was in full swing especial Diff
fculties were presented, particularly in
view of the circumstance that carriers,
themselves unconscious Of their act,
were known to exist. 1t Is an interest
ing example Of what modern civic or
ganization can accomplish to cite that
the names Of $4,000 individuals from
distant places who had registered at
Chicago hotels and sent them question
health after departure from the EXPOSE
ton city.
The incubation period OF amebic
dysentery varies from to 95 days, so
that it would not only be possible but
probable that the visitor to Chicago
would depart long before becoming
aware that he had been stricken. Up
to the middle Of last month replies to
the QUESTIONABLE had been received
from 3 400 persons. The replies showed
1870 illnesses, Of which SO were definitely
established as amebic dysentery and %
as suspects.
1t will be noted that Of those who
responded to the questionable about
one in SO had been stricken. If this
ratio applies to the entire $4,000, 1t
would suggest 440 cases. The ratio
probably does not apply, however. be-
cause there would be a greater tendency
in all probability. on the part of per-
sons who had fallen III to answer the
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Prohibition Repeal Leads to Further
Agitation Over Liquor Regulation

In any particular, or II directly or by
ambiguity, omission. or inference it
f e create at the dndr in
package form must conform to such
requirements as the F. A. G. A. may
prescribe.
future, If these requirements are en-
forced, can learn exactly what he is
getting. This industry may supply the
experiment in strictly honest advertis-
ing and labelling that other industries
are fighting bitterly through opposition
to the Copeland bill.
1t also is to provide an experiment
in Government control. Sitting over
the, industry and making the rules is
to be the Federal Alcohol Control Ad-
ministration. This administration, the
code says, Shall prescribe such regu-
lations as may be provided for in this
code or as may be reasonably necessary
to carry out the provisions of this code
which it is authorized to administer
and may make such interpretations of
such provisions and regulations as it
deems necessary. Such regulations and
interpretations shall have the same
force and effect as the provisions of
this code"
The same powers are written into
the code from the brewing industry
much to the chagrin of members of
that group. Both brewers and distillers
must obtain Federal permits In order
to continue in business. and through
its power to revoke or suspend those
permits, without court review. lies the
real authority Of the Government.
RI no 1od
through provisions for full publicity on
sales of goods. And Furthermore. the
codes say, mo member of the industry
shall post or keep posted any price or
term which (A) will constitute destruc-
tive price cutting. or OBJ be so high as
to encourage. directly or indirectly. the
sale of distilled spirits in violation of
law. or Co be oppressive to the con-
sumner"
Both distillers and brewers let it be
known that they will battle in Congress
to have these requirements softened
when a final plan of liquor control is
determined.
But President Roosevelt has shown
seen how Congress will react to the
new industries which are to receive
their first legislative baptism since re-
vival. The codes indicate that the
Federal Government intends to keep
more of hold on the liquor business
than counted on by the members Of
the brewing and liquor industries.
(CopyriRht 1881
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the United States itself on occasion
has had recourse to the same general
idea, using Niagara Falls, the Golden
Gate, the Statue of Liberty, the White
House and the Capitol as integrals OF
stamp designs.
What is requested now is an expan-
sion Of the existing precedent. The
Grand Canyon of the Colorado is one
of the suggested themes and the
Yosemite Valley another. Old Faithful
Geyser in Yellowstone National Park
likewise has been cited as a proper
subject. Bear Mountain, rising above
the glorious Hudson, or the long stretch
Of the Palisades, now an interstate park
reservation. might BE selected. Mount
Washington or Mount Katahdin would
be suitable, also, and the Great Smoky
Mountains ought not to be neglected.
The list of possibilities is endless.
Perhaps the slogan, "See America
First" could have no better or more
comprehensive application. One of the
of an intelligent patriot
ism, surely, would be served by the de-
vice-it would add to the peoples
knowledge Of their domain.
And somewhere in the series there
might be room for a stamp in tribute
to Stephen T. Mather, first director of
the National Park Service. To him the
Nation owes a vast debt of gratitude.
With a genius all his own, he organ
lied public sentiment In behalf Of
conservation, the influence of which
it may be hoped never will fade. Ad-
vertising the natural beauties Of the
land. it would be fitting If the pro-
posed stamps included a philatelic
memorial to one who had much to do
with saving those beauties for posterity.
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LOOKING AHEAD
BY RIGHT JAMES E. FREEMAN d. LII. D.
Bishop of " ashington

Behold, the days come, saith the
given to an ancient nation that new
era was about to dawn, that new ruler
should come who should reign and
prosper and execute justice and judg-
ment in the earth" 1t is note OF
hopefulness, the promise of the re-
Mobilization and the reassembling OF q
people who had been subjected to trying
and severe experiences. With the re-
covery Of their former estate, which was
to follow upon their determination to
mend their ways, these ancient people
were to have renewed assurances of
Gods favor, and judgment and justice
were once again to guarantee to them
peace and happiness. Whether 1t be
the individual or the body corporate,
life is largely affected by the lights and
shadows that fall upon its pathway. 1t
is not given to the lot of any man to
live perpetually on the mountain top.
freed from care and adversely. Were
this so, he would grow morally soft and
flabby. 1t is the part Of every life plan
that now and again there shall be
descent into the valley and then the
hard upward climb to once again at
tain the mount Of vision.
What Is true Of the individual Is true
Of nations and peoples. Were we TO
live forever free from reverses and hard
ships we should have no occasion for
the exercise Of those stronger and finer
qualities that only disclose themselves
In times Of stress and strain. We should
also be living always in the past, salts
fed with things as they were or are.
We should cease to be hopeful and
expectant, life would grow stale and
stagnant. AS a matter Of fact, every
advance we make grows out of our de-
termination to better conditions. 1t is
universally true that, necessity is the
mother OF invention" and that it Is
dissatisfaction with our present estate
that spurs us on to new endeavors.
The people who survive misfortunes are
ever the hopeful ones; the people who
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The Spread of Amebic Dysentery
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN,

QUESTIONABLE than on the part OF those
who continued hale,
The United States Public Health
Service has regarded the matter of suf-
f1cient importance to send warnings
broadcast to its correspondents in every
city. While no epidemic outbreaks have
been reported. cases have been cited In
26 cities. The communications of the
Public Health Service particularly warn
local physicians to make certain Of their
diagnoses.
Medical science has an advantage in
combating this new cycle of disease.
The problem of isolating the germ Of
the Spanish influenza at first baffled
physicians; the problem Of definitely as
certaining the source Of the sleeping
sickness Is still a perplexing one. In
the case OF amebic dySentery the doc
tors know whence 1t comes.
The Chicago outbreak was definitely
traced to hotels and restaurants. At
one hotel 1854 persons who handled
food were examined by the authorities.
Fifteen active cases and IL carriers were
found. Subsequent examinations were
made and non-food- handling employees
were included. More cases and more
carriers were discovered. The affected
persons were excluded from hotel en-
ployment.
Protection Against the Disease.
The natives Of tropical regions are
immune for the most part. 1t has been
noted that cooks and other food
handlers Of Southern blood, including
mune. These become the most danger
GUS carriers. For example, an Assyrian
cook Is believed to have communicated
the malady, through food handling, to
many of the Chicago victims
The best protection against the
malady is absolute cleanliness. The
amoeba is singe-celled germ which,
clinging to food, finds its way into the
intestinal tract and lodges there. 1t
becomes encysted in the membranes
and is difficult to eject. meantime sap
ping the strength Of the victim, Not
only should the cook or other food
handler observe the most thorough
additions, but all vegetable food should
be thoroughly cleansed, especially that
which is eaten raw, such as salad.
Periodically the American people
have been threatened by and have
suffered severe epidemics and, as the
cycles OF disease have swung over us,
SO medical science has patiently found
way out. Smallpox. once an almost
universal plague, has been reduced to
very minor and incidental proportions.
Yellow fever has been defeated. Ty-
phoid is waning. Even tuberculosis is
under control and lessening in the face
of the efforts made to combat it
There seem. however, to appear re-
current challenges to the skill and re-
sourcefulness Of medical science. and
today leaders in that field are wonder
ing whether the American people are
not now under the shadow of new
menace.
OF utmost Importance, In case of any
illness which seems to resemble ap-
pendicitis, colitis, persistent dysentery,
or similar intestinal difficulty. is the
experiences Of diagnosis. Proper dag
nosis admits of a speedy cure and
avoidance of operations. Amebic dysen-
terry is one disease where the laboratory
! test is invaluable The germ cannot
be identified positively except by the
use Of the microscope.
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fail In emergencies when severe tests
are laid upon them are those who refuse
to contend against adverse circum-
stances or to resist with all their powers
forces that seek to stay them. Behold,
the days come" This Is the cry Of
those who refuse to be beaten and who
employ all their powers and resources
to overcome the forces that are arrayed
against them. They are those whose
confidence cannot be impaired. Life is
largely lived in anticipation OF what
is to follow. We live without satisfac-
ton when we live too much in our yes
terdays. Again, we restrict and circum-
scribe ourselves when We live only in
our todays. From youth to age we are
thumbing the pages Of our tomorrows
To look hopefully to the future is nor
NAL, to dread 1t betrays weakness of
character. Doubtless ali of us are gov
erned IN our thinking about our to-
morrows by the experiences OF our
yesterdays. There is danger in this as
1t tends to make us fearful of what lies
ahead. To say to the child or the man,
you have been a failure in the past, 4"
means to rob them of the possibilities
OF recovery. Better to say, What if
you did fail yesterday, you will do better
tomorrow" Such encouragement is the
surest guarantee OF better days ahead.
No one so stimulated life to better
things or filled it with such renewing
hope as did the great Master. No mat
ter how seemingly defeated and broken,
He sought to stir it by filling it with
hope, and in doing so He gave it assur-
ance of ultimate victory. His own life
was one of conflict and trial, and when
men crucifled Him they thought they
m af Tie H,,t
had only just begun.
There is a note of supreme confidence
in the word of the great Apostle: II
can do all things through Christ which
strengthened me-" as there Is In that
other word. If God be for US. who can
be against us?" Behold, the days
come, saith the Lord"
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Back to the Land by
Subsistence HOmesteads
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

The most promising method of
guiding the "back-to-the land" move
ment into practical channels, so Gov
eminent experts think, is that now Of
fered by the operations of the newly
organized National Subsistence Home
steads Division in the Department of
the Interior, functioning under the
national recovery act, to aid in the re-
distribution Of our congested popula-
ton.
From the $4,000 ,00O 900 public works
fund, Congress set aside S25,000000 to
provide homes in the country districts,
generally in the vicinity of cities. where
families could grow necessities for their
own living
The National Advisory Committee on
Subsistence Homesteads has recon-
mcnded that the fund be used as far
as possible for the purpose Of setting
up demonstration projects which will
permanent character that these dem
onstration projects be located with
reference to the principal problem
areas" of the United States, and that
they be organized and advertised
through local non-profit or limited
dividend CORPORATIONS 10 WHICH tne
Federal funds are are to be loaned ne i,n, The
amount Of necessary research where
such cannot be provided by other agen-
cies," and as far possible consistent
with national planning
4 X
The plan calls for the purchase OF
large areas of suitable farm land to be
divided into small subsistence farm lots
of from five to ten acres each. An
arrangement is aimed at in accordance
with which, on each lot, will be built
living quarters and farm outhouses.
The occupant will grow his own farm
products, keep COW and other neces-
Sary domestic animals. The products
of these subsistence farms will go into
consumption in the locality where they
are grown, but will not be sold on the
open market.
These farming communities will also
embrace one or more small factories
where the operators may earn sufficient
money to defray current expenses, but
these activities will be of secondary
importance to farming. The products
of these factories will be carefully Sc
lected with the idea Of utilizing, to the
greatest possible extent, locally pro-
duced raw materials. They will likely
cover the necessities of these commu-
mites, such as clothing, implements
and furnishings. They will. moreover,
supply cash to pay for certain necessi-
ties Of life which cannot be provided
on the farm
One Of the officials of the divisions.
an enthusiastic supporter of the idea,
said there is a possibility of branching
out into other lines of activity on these
subsistence homesteads. 1t is not in
tended to develop mass-production
commodities because these factories
must be self-supporting and cannot, IN
the majority of instances, compete with
a highly organized nass-production in
dustry.
1--WE have only very slightly de-
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Scenic Stamps.

The Post ONCE Department author
tties have been asked to give their ap-
proval to a plan for a series Of postage
stamps to advertise the Nations scenic
wonders Those who are sponsoring
the proposal are philatelists who know
what other governments have done
along similar line. Austria, for ex-
ample. repeatedly has given publicity
to its old castles and churches. its
treasured national monuments in
miniature vignettes, skillfully engraved
on stamps. Belgium has brought out
a long series of issues representing its
most notable landmarks. The little
principally of Lichtenstein has had
several sets Of landscape varieties.< And
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the demand for the holding Of a primary
for the nomination. Mrs. Kemp was
selected by the District Democratic
Committee to be the party nominee,
which is tantamount to election. The
action of the committee brought i'm
mediate protests from many of the
voters in the congressional district
against the election. which has been
called by Gov. Allen, Long man, for
next Tuesday. An injunction was
sought to prevent the printing Of the
ballots. But apparently the State ad-
ministration went right ahead and
printed the ballots, bearing only the
name of Mrs. Kemp, according to the
orders of the organization.
The burning of the ballots, followed
by the destruction of handbills sent
out by the Long Allen forces, which
were taken away from the machines
workers, was t.,c latest demonstration
of the sentiment against the machine
rule. Seven of the twelve parishes in
the sixth congressional district have
declined, it is said, to be responsible
for any part Of the expense Of holding
the election which Gov. Allen has
called. In West Feliciana Parish the
police jurors, the governing body of
elections, not only declined to pay any
Of the election oficials, but they have
loaned" the ballot boxes to the editor
Of the st. Francisville weekly news
paper for an indefinite period. They
have also called on the parish super
visor OF elections. an appointee Of the
Long machine, to resign.
Apparently the people Of Louisiana,
or some of them, have come to the con-
clusion that they must tackle the Job
Of upsetting machine rule themselves,
and, If necessary, 90 to extraordinary
lengths to do so. What will happen to
the political organization Of the self
styled Louisiana Kingfish remains to be
seen. Senator Longs prestige in the
State has been under assault along
several lines during the last few months
In the first place, the Roosevelt ad-
ministration has undertaken to chastise
him because of his opposition to some
Of the Roosevelt measures at the spe-
cial session Of Congress. He has been
denied Federal patronage, and some of
the choicest of the Federal plums in
Louisiana have gone to political Op-
ponents. Long has been canny enough
not to come forward with an open at
tack on the President, whose personal
popularity in Louisiana is great.
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Political Revolt.

Rebellion against the Huey P. Long
political machine has broken out in the
sixth louisiana congressional district.
A group of citizens on Friday broke
into the West Feliciana Parish Court
House, seized the ballots which had
been prepared for an election to fill the
vacant seat of the late Representative
Boliver Edwards Kemp, with the widow
of Mr.. Kemp reported to be Senator
Longs choice for the place. Despite
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her Eastern European ally and To put
a spoke in the wheel Of Russia, with
which France is now on amiable terms
and Germany is not
Such are the antagonisms and cross
currents that bedevil the European
drama and make the League of Nations
the only vehicle by which those con-
ficts Of interest can be harmonized in
a common purpose Of reconciliation. It
Is the most disturbing fact of the situa-
ton today that that vehicle seems
more rickety and obsolescent than ever
before.
- Copyright. 1e33J IL
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Gene Tunney laughed when reminded
that his name was omitted from the
social register. This shows a keen per-
ception Of the ludicrous on his part, as
it has frequently been pointed out that
authors Of social registers are not dis
tinguished by sense of humor.