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The Book and the Faith.
1je»son for April 8: Proverb* 2:1-9s\
II Peter 1:21; Psalm 145:10-19. j
Memory Verse: I Peter J :2S. v t
The Bible has one grand peculiar!- (
ty that distinguishes it from all oth-'
er books—it is a revelation of God.
From Genesis to Revelation, one
cannot read far without coming face
to face with God. This‘lesson be
gins the quarter’s theme, “The Un-;
folding Drama of Bible History,’* i
which suggests the unity of the Book
and its progressive teaching of di-
yine truth.
But it is truth that must be(
searched for “as for hid treasures.’*{
A son, in Proverbs, is urged to in
cline his ear to wisdom and his
heart to understanding to gain the
“knowledge of God.” Such a knowl
edge will lend to its right use, se
curity amid life’s dangers, and
righteousness, justice, equity, ana
guide into “every good path.”
The Bible is a revelation of God
because it was written by men “be
ing movvd by the Holy Spirit”. (II
Peter 1:Ji‘,. And under the guid
ance of the Spirit, Earnest seekers
will find the truth they need. And
“to him that hath shall be given”—
the mastery' of one truth lead* a
man to the mastery of larger truth.
In Psalm 145 we find the tuneful
language of ancient saints extolling
the kingdom of God—a poetic con
ception of thp divine reign among
men. It is one work of the Bible to
promote that reign. The language
of tfc*j ancient saints extolling the
kingdom majr remind us of the
teaching of Jesus concerning the
new order of things under the reign
of love among men. May every
reader find God for himself in the \
great Book, and entrance into the
kingdom of heaven!
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; AN OUNCE of prevention in your
•‘Xgayderi trill save many a ,
“pound of cure,” so, prepare now j
•for the plague of insect pests that is 1
sure to descend on your garden,
patch and neat rows of xftants come ]
June. f,
The Mexicazubean beetle is a busy j
fellow who will reduce the leaves of
all varieties of beans to mere skele- <
'tons if he’s left undisturbed. The:
(beetle itself is a bronze-winged spot-1
'ted bug, slightly larger than the
.friendly and familiar “lady bug.”
jBe careful not to confuse these two
insects because lady bugs are more
.than welcome in the garden. The
'bean beetle produces a veritable
iplague of fuzzy yellow larvae that
}eat the leaves. Dust with rotenone
i or a combination of rotenone and
sulphur. While the plants are in
{blossom magnesium arsenate can
'be used. ’ '
Cutworms come next on the list
•of common garden pests. They work
' at the surface of the ground or just
below it and chew through the stems
of tender transplants such as toma
toes. Guard against them using
cardboard collars around small
plants. If they are numerous, bait
for them by sprinkling over the
ground at night lumps of poisoned
paste made of bran or cornflakes,
molasses and paris green or arse
nate of lead. If you are afraid that
pets may find the poisonous bait,
cover it with boards weighted down
with heavy &tones. The cutworms
will rise to it under the boards.
Aphids are those pale green, soft-
bodied sucking little insects that do
so much damage to many plants.
;In the spring they are particularly
’ bothersome to green peas. If you
have enough lady-bugs in your gar
den you will have help in combatting
these pests. However, either rote
none or nicotine sulphate will con
trol them.
The flea beetle is a tiny black
creature who lives up to his name
by getting out of your way almost as
• soon as you see him. He attacks the
first potato sprouts and is so fond of
tomato seedlings that he’ll com
pletely riddle a promising row in a
day or two. Any sticky spray will
help.
The squash bug is lead-gray and
shield shaped, about half an inch
long. He sucks the juice of a num
ber of native plants but becomes a
nuisance on the melon tribe espe
cially. He’s hard to discourage with
sprays but is susceptible to rotenone
dust. Or if your garden is small, you
can knock him into a tin can con
taining two or three tablespoons of
kerosene.
The striped cucumber beetle is an
other menace to the melon family.
, Use rotenone freely after the vines '
have begun to run or dust with 9
parts fine sifted mason’s hydrate of
lime to 1 part of calcium arsenate
The St. Loaia Browaa, wbo came
within a squeak of winning the last
series, have a new center fielder—
the one-armed wonder of the South
ern association, Petey Gray. His
astonishing speed ip handling the
ball has put him in the front ranks
of lawn patrollers ... he batted
around .300 last season, too. Al
though he has not the power of a
two-armed man, he drove out a 350-
foot home run last year.
Cornelius Warmerdam, the
pole vaulter, holds one of the
most unusual records In sports
... he is the only man ever to
clear the bar at 15 feet, and he -
made 42 such leaps in meets
held in the 44 months between
April 13, 1940, and July 17, 1943.
Billiards were introduced into the
JUni'od States in 1565 by a Spanish
family who settled at St. Augustine,
Fla., oldest town in the country . . .
a century later English colonists
brought the game with them, and it
has been rolling along, with ups and
downs in popularity ever since.
There are three golf grips that
have won championships, according
to Frank True. They are the two-
handed or baseball grip, in which
the hands are neither overlapping
nor interlocked; the overlapping or
Vardon grip, made famous by Har
ry Vardon; the interlocking grip,
with the little finger of the right
hand locked with the index finger
of the left hand. The baseball grip
is the most popular with profession
als.
Since horse racing is now banned,
this year’s two-year-olds may not
get a chance at real competitive run
ning until they become three-year-
olds . . . whether this slowed devel
opment will do them any good is a
matter of controversy among train
ers. A new world record for chess
playing was set by Miguel Najdorf
on October 10, 1943, at Rosario, Ar
gentina. Playing 80 games simul
taneously, the Polish champion won
36 of the 40 games . . . there were
two experts at each board, working
together . . . and to top it all, Naj
dorf was blindfolded! The play re
quired 17 hours and 35 minutes.
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Meet Clarinda Cow, pin-up girl of
Uncle Sam’s dairy farmers!
This soulful-eyed source of health
and wealth, along with some 26 million
of her bovine sisters, will produce over
120% billion pounds of milk this year
—if the hopes of the WarFood Admin*,
istration are realized. .
Milk gets top billing from millions of .
Americans. Since whole milk contains
more of the food elements essential to
a balanced diet than any other single
, food, says WFA, it plays a big role in
meeting wartime nutritional problems.
Last year U. S. civilians had increased
their per capita milk drinking 20 per*
cent over the pre-war average, and 194S
demands are continuing large. Big in*
creases are seen in requirements for
dairy products for the armed forces.
Military and allied utilization of milk
and milk products is now at the rate of
20 billion pounds a year.
Ample feed is available for an all-out
milk production job in 1945, according
to TV FA. Plans have been announced
also for continuation of production pay
ments through the Agricultural Adjust
ment Agency in 1945. Farmers* main
handicaps will be manpower deficien
cies and a higher than normal percent
age of heifers in milking herds, reports
show. Dairy production has been main
tained at about 13 percent above the
pre-war level for the past three years.
An increase in average production
per cow of about 40 pounds of milk is
sought, in anticipation of only a small
expansion in the cow population dur*. 1
ing 1945. ;
Consumers Quality
Baby Chicks
Barred and White Rocks,
Rhode Island and New
Hampshire Reds. Hatches
off each Tuesday and Friday.
100 __ $14.75
50 __ 7.50
25 __ 3.95
Add 5Cc for postage on 100,
40c on 50, and 30c on 25.
All flock blood tested. Con
sumers chicks are U. 3. Pul-
lorum controlled.
Place orders in advance.
CONSUMERS
HATCHERY
Augusta, Ga.
Owned and operated by Con
sumers Seed Co., Augusta’s
Leading Seed Store.
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“Seriously, Chuck, we may
not get new cars until 2 or 3
years after V-Day!”
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“It’s had me worried. After •
all, I need my car and have
to make it last! So here’s
what I did ..."
“I called my Gulf man. He
advised Gulfpridfe* and
Gulflex** treatments regu
larly. Said they’d give my
car a darn swell chance of
holding out!’’
“Man, was that a relief! To
know that you’re getting the
world’s finest lubrication . ..
and that your car’s getting
the best possible chance to
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“GULFPRIDE
FOR YOUR MOTOR
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capital letters ... protects
against carbon and sludge!
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FOR YOUR CHASSIS
Knocks out friction at up
to 39 vital chassis points!
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ASK PUBLIC TO BACK FIGHT MMKF CANCER
Funds Needed to Combat
Killer of 150,000 Yearly
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By AL JEDLICKA
Having already backed the fights against tuberculosis
and infantile paralysis, the American public now is being
asked to get behind the assault on one of the most dreadful
of all diseases—cancer—which annually claims the lives of
150,000 of our people and knows no age limit.
With April having been designated as cancel control
month by congress, the American Cancer society will seek
to raise $5,000,000 under the leadership of Eric Johnston,
president of the U. S. chamber of commerce, for continua
tion of its research work and its. < 3> ‘
field army’s educational program.
In existence since 1935, the field
army, up to this year a women’s or
ganization, has sought to bring
home to the public the all-
important but scarcely appre
ciated fact that cancer can be
cured if caught when certain symp
toms first appear.
In so‘doing, the field army gradu
ally has been breaking down such
traditional barriers which impeded
treatment of the disease as the
victim’s shame arising from an ig
norance of the fa*'* that career is
not hereditary and that it strikes in
discriminately, and the patient’s
terror of the malady, almost pre
cluding a doctor’s discussion of it.
It was this need to dispel popular
superstitions and acquaint the pub
lic of the real nature of the disease
which led the American Cancer so
ciety, originally known as the
American Society for the Control
of Cancer, to organize the field
army to institute a broad educa
tional program under sponsorship
of the General Federation of Wom
en’s clubs and approval of the
American Medical association.
Heavy Toll.
Every year, 80,000 women and
70,000 men die of cancer in the U.S.,
and though the disease commonly
is believed to chiefly strike those in
the higher age bracket, it also
claims younger people pnd even
children among its victimls.
Now under command of Mrs. H.
V. Milligan, the field army repeat
edly has stressed that though the
early stages of cancer are pain
less they do furnish definite symp
toms, and that, if caught in time,
the disease can be cured by sur
gery, x-ray and radium. No case
of internal cancer has ever been
cured by salve, ointment, diet, min
eral water, liquid medicine, pill or
needle injection, authorities say.
Two symptoms of particular im
portance in women are a lump in
the breast or a bleeding, scaling
nipple, and irregular bleeding or
discharge from the uterus, the field
army has pointed out. Seventy-five
per cent of the women who die of
cancer in these areas could have
been cured with proper treat
ment.
Because cancer is believed to be
preceded in many instances by
chronic irritation and inflamma
tion, the field army, transmitting
the advice of medical authorities,
suggests some of this trouble could
be avoided after childbirth by nurs
ing the babv unless the attending
physician orders otherwise,-and vis
iting the doctor six weeks after de
livery to make certain any injuries
to the uterus are repaired.
In men, cancer of the stomach
and intestines, prostrate and rec
tum caused the greatest amount
of deaths from the disease in a re
cent year. \
In the case of cancer of the stom
ach or intestine, the field army
points out, men of middle-age who
previously had suffered no distress
after eating should investigate such
persistent discomfort or sudden loss
of weight. Bleeding of the rectum
should be reported immediately
and all cases of hemorrhoids
corrected by proper surgical
methods. Although enlargement of
prostate gland is common in men
of middle-age, it can be relatively
harmless or it may be a symptom
of cancer.
Other Danger Signs.
In general, the field army lists
these other early signs of cancer,
danger signals which should lead to
quick diagnosis for treatment, if
needed:
Any sore that does not heal, par
ticularly about the tongue, mouth
or lips.
Sudden changes in the form or
rate of growth of a mole or a wart.
Persistant hoarsepess that lasts
longer than two weeks.
Although education is the field
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army’s primary activity, it per
forms other valuable services. Vol
unteer workers prepare bandages
and provide transportation for poor
patients, and, in New York, Phila
delphia and Chicago, special
examination clinics have been set
up with the approval of the state
medical associations.
Demand has f?r out-taxed clini
cal facilities, however. In Chicago, ■
Mr, Arthur I. Edison, commander
of the Illinois field army, reports ’
that over 1,200 women have been
processed since the inception of
the examination center, with 96 of
them, or 8 per cent of the total,,
found to have cancer without their
knowing it- Only a $5 fee to cover
laboratory expenses is charged.
Besides the sterling work of its
field army, the Amc-ic^n Can
cer Society, under Dr. C. C. Little,
has devoted itself to the develop
ment of research. Although operat
ing no laboratories, the society al
locates its funds among outstand
ing scientific centers for continued
study of the dreaded malady.
Because of the great complexity
of the human body, medical re
search necessarily is slow, with one
discovery leading to another in a
gradual chain. So far, symptoms of
cancer have been recognized and
treatment prescribed. And scien
tists have learned that the dis
ease itself is not caused by a germ
or bacteria but an unnatural
growth of bedv which can
only be controlled bv k filing the
affected matter or r<'mw : ng it.
In this respect, Mr .To’ iston, in
striking the keynote for the great
fund drive, declared: “Medical
men believe that with adequate
funds for research, cancer might be
made a minor cause of death . . .
The cause of cancer may well be
discovered in a few years.”
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