The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, February 07, 1925, Page THREE, Image 3
Saturday, February 7, 1925.
HEALTH AND WEL-Je
FARE. "7,
National Medical Association
(For' The Associated ?Negro?Pressor~
,/ > |d<
The MeedicaL Hepartment of-ft
The North Cirnlinn fnfiry
Insurance Company through its jr
Welfare Division and Life Exyjj
tension Bureau, correlated with G(
"the General Health Committee^
of the National Medical Associ- CJ
yr-aUenanchthe ^National Associa- ^
yi nnnf Lifo u i mee Medical ^
iottsly "this^ear a program of ;-p.
study, and research, health edu- u
cation And service,_ by the cu-U
/rypllAtiyp results nf fc-g
hopes to demonstrate not only
that the prophecy of David, the t
oldest recorded-standard formor- j
tality statistics, that the years p
of man shall be "three ~score 1 \\
and ten," is even now about to ^
. be realizedyhpt the iifp span nf C(
an hundred^ and twenty years, _h
aAJrix^n-T^-<w^i^TyrrTtTrTnTHy^
attainable. This statement is /
. _ --supplemented-bv the rejoinder \
that it is no categorical nrppp/y
" tance of ancient prophecy, ur/- tj
supported-by screrfTfc^frsowfcyfl
edge and accomplishment, but ^
rather the_nrnier?tinrL_*vr?H4vroon t
i ^ ? y
iife to ahypothe'tical span?of^c
"' gevity, on the basis of scientifi-(R
?-"?2 Catty phenomenal and popularly ;c
?"""marvelous achievements _ from i]
1880 to 1924, during which per-[?
iod_the average age at death q
i??? was rai^d_fnjin .S3^years-4e-^&4%
years,_adding 21 years to the 12
"productive years of man's-life
_ in, the_earlier part of the_nine--tc
-j teenth century, and" making a ,
J?- - - working j?eriod of 88 years, in^
. 1024, after reaching 21 years ofTe
TfBrn ornio 1 tn 1C -P-.
tuc w nuic me span f
of man in 1880. _"L
Based on this phenomenal d
progress,' admittedly almost;
wHoiryHthe^relsb^ of the twen-;
- tieth^centnry/ of-meffieal, sani-l ^ary
and social service, a period
of a quarter of a century* -the^
-North Carolina Mutual Life ln-;c
surance Company and the, Na-'}
1?^ ~tional Medical Association fore-' j
cast "an hundred and twenty ^
years"'life as wot as. arbitrary s
prophecy, but indeed a challenge r
Of reasonable poss[hility^-wkigh-^
' " the current rate of improvementi v
f . -inhabitsref -hym g and^ensdrgg^
mental influences of the-human v
jrficc and ttre-control of health' g
state and international intelligence
and practice, bv loirieal l
deduction and vital appraisal, C
project through the ensuing de- \,
???- cades ttrir~three^flgnre "life span v
of a century and more as a not l
unusual attainment, .subject to. ..' j;
the wonder and the comment of i
the 'phenomenal. Supporting-; V
>? thf? with n nnnijuil ?nl t.
Life Extension staff and
= TrrjTTrpTTTgfftrnnfl^"nvpaTniM.il now ir>. ~
to a whole floor of activities for I
? l
? 1-2
eiiecuiytj operation, tnese agen- "
; cies are already, adding perform,
ance to prophecy and hypothesis.
[ ... _TiialJtheseJi6?4ffi- protection ~
and promdtion agencies of the,
Negro race are not given to mad-f
ness and unreason in their hy-lo
> pothesis is supported by^fhe de- f
than the group of master hygi-J.
^ntistsnnd sanitarians wfiaxom-jr
f 4)ose the administrative and tech-jo
^nical staffs o? the Gorgas Men&o- v
rial Institute, the chairman of
f which organization has given to t
the nation's press the news of a;li
^ nnt ion-wtdtrtrarrmatgrT,^1
January 1', and.jdecficaled *to the t
prevention of disease and the h
, lengthening of the average span IF
i?? ox humaj^Ufe by 7 to,.18. yearg, ji"
~ , ' and who has-announced a finan- c
;r cial campaign to raise $5,Q0<Vt*1"
AAA - - - ? 1 * *- -
wu as aa eiiuovvmuiiL to enamefv
ZZ . the human family to more quick c
ly realize the lesser of the pro- h
* phecies, that the years of man
r shall be "three score and ten."jt
ixveisliuenl TFf" $5,000.- f
000 vividly flashes The econo- J
.? mic piotu'ro in. which this gum,'a
?Jarge-aaTi is, becomes a ^rnalliy
price to-pay for the multiple :J
i" . ?- ; z" -?. ; r
aod returns on the investment,
he account of life values m-thenited
States carries the appalng
debit of one billion and a
alf dollars ($1,500,000,000,)
lie to preventable sickness and
eath. Not only does this mean
tat we have one tin evpry 40
eople of the country sick durlg
the year and one in every
OO^pcople absent from gainfut
pupation, at an average loss
f $166 4,0 the sick mid a per
apita loss of $12 for the country
ut also that there is a loss, furter,
of over $1()0 per individal
for funcial expenses ot the
ne half of the serious illnesses
hich terminate in death, and
ttar.$5&. por month Mjeafliing
bility. *7
Of the total loss for the county
in /preventable sickness and
The agencies of welfare in the
Jegro race comprehend this
hallenge and are determined to
issume" and a full
hare of the responsibility and
ffort to secure-^or idre" "race
reedom from its greatest enenies
of progress?preventable
isease and premature death.
HEMIGAMY.
In a recent issue of a ^popular
nagazi7ie_there was' an artiele
n "Us Men and Hemigamy/'
lemigamy is a-now word rheanng
half married to a man and
ifllf married to n iob. 'Tia
aid that a woman is "half"
narried to a man 'for she. earjis
feF~owfPirreltlTaod: There are
erv few "roa1"Jligband8 now
is th^re are other "igamies"
yhlfch-onen the road tn Hpmi.
wHr" - v
The first race newspaper pubrshed
in; the South was "The
Colored -^meficarr" Tt was ppbished
in^Autrusta." Georeia. and
vas~edited by J. T. Shuften in
865.- ??~~ ~ 7
? jt 1. . ??
.,Miss- Ida Piatt, of Chicago,
yas the-first woman of the race
o?be-admilled to the bar of
my^-statc.
I WOKE FROM "DRUNK''' TO
FIND SELF MARRIED TO
COLORED WOMAN
SAYS VET - .
Washington, Jan.?Henry W.
raison, former soldier, and son
ifi4 former member of the house
rom North Carolina, asked the
upreme court of the District of
olumbia today to annul his mar
iage to >\nnie i\pisnn, .17 year
Jd Negro, a cook in a house
/here he boarded.
Faisoiv said that^for six rhos,
he woman had procured for. him
arge- quantities of intoxicating
Equors and for a wcekpriorto
he marriage had "persuaded""
iim to drink about a quart a day.
le became overcome,.January 16,
ir .said, lo&LMa faculties. and reovered
three days later to find
limself in the woman's home,
/here, ah?- e x hi_^i ted,iLlnamage.
ejtiricate and declared she was
iia "wife. J ?=?
The claim also was made that
he-woman obtained tho Tnarlflgfl
HCghse a n d represented
Prison as .'^colored." Faison
ince halrbihMi placed 111 a honlital
by the veterans bureau; ?
V ftor an hour of socialramuse?,
? :
eatTur$i.500.000.nn^, prnorticwi
for t5i~e colored populaAn
/io
a?onn Arvn aaa ? ,?
tv?y *?-? VUVVyVVViVW a
oiiyt one-seventh\of the total
as only one tenth of -the total
opulation. "?V . /
This is the outstanding\?halipge
of the national, state Vitd
ical lieal111 departments, volunary
health and sociaL vvelfare
genciesr schools and churches,
usiness and industry for surey
and research and the applialionof
acquired Rnowledgp
nd demonstrated practices to
ountry anchfor the humairfamy
at large the fulness of living
nd service which is inherenTTii
lenufl Homo, the paragon of-all
reafion. ?' . /
, ; V ^ __
__ STRAY LEAVES
A Department of Current Poetry
By Willianv D. Robinson
This department is devoted exclu
jively to the fostering of the poetici
jtaleot _of tiWwonld he" poets of 01
- race. The tditer-mvilea?tlwr^Oepa
nil amateurs hn making' th
j-pf ynrrr tiw'ul wru-1*. thr eritielaiv*
J worthy ^nanuscripts will .be print*
hinder ynnr own hr.inn* HKrjnp nnt ?V
jbest of the art that is in you, as on
tie best can appear in this departmep
[If~you love poetry and think voyTdt
|tll'Vl'lup ltl6 tire o-i writing vers
Jwrito mo a't" cnee and let us see if V
can help each other. i? ? The
editor of this department offe
his services to Anyone desiring poen
-on any twbjectiorrHmrp^Rsion,- sm
as epitaphs, memoriakns, expressioi
of friendship or topics for progran
of all kinds.?
your-department. Get in touch wi'
me at 1501 1-2 Taylor Street, and 1
. us make Editor^ ^Frederick feel th
"Stray Leaves" are^assets to the su
cess-of the Palmetto* Leader.
. A STUDENT'S PRAYER_
"By Williahi D. Robinson.
O God beyond earth's mighty ring
\T,time, . ' ,
Bey<ind the solar circle,iieyond Tihic
Yet strangely near, unseen^ but dee
_ ly felt: " - ' ' ??
1 Often denied, yet"inwardly confesse
Great Source"-of life and order,- U
' bound Mignfe- , !
I close my book a,nd come to lea;
from Thee:- \ ,
How to remove this dimness from n
eyes: ~
How to remove this selfish crust th
binds
; Me to my narrow shell; how to be fr
Tn brotherhood on earth, and near
j Thee!
I sought it in the philosophic maze
_l sought it in the chemic mist?
in Vain:
The microscope revealed it not to m
1" V yond;" . _r- And_naked
.Nature in. her beau
I , joined
voice T ; ?1
That speaks of Thee ip gratpfnl^l
li quoricoi ?? ?
' And so I come to Thee,?unwortl
~To "ask the "key that opens'Wisdorr
_|_ halls, . .-.-.v..-.--?--Or
fropo a ooyl from Sin's dark na
row cell.
O Universal Fathef: grant the visio
TTirc bre?der=^ision tliat, can pierce tl
dark
;Andj lot uae sunlight thra: to show-!;
way
I To Brotherhood Anrl Tt?iu?yaa4-^Pann
Lie tViit: tVin lfoy liui? tonrtr~
_ magic,'* ' "
*That_has a million forms?all beau
This, smile of Thine,?this whisp
i- that, enchants
The ear,?that falls upon the emp
1 vuiil, - _ . I And
living beauty springs'in gh
reply % ... ..
r Already to' my narrow celL.it steal
And even now I see the golden glo^
I (hank Thee. What a vision mee
-j? ?my eyes! ~~ - ~
Already fl*om my limbs, the brok
j ehett~
Falls like a shattered chain and I a
"free!
&
I open now again my book to read;
: With my_enfcrrged vision-! heboid
My fellows fallen at my side, and lot
My~only feeling, makes me glad
,lift;/.:^l
And life's a glorious battle of the sov
L ' ? ?
[ Father, let Love impart the nobl
J - .vision,
7 Ami grant- IT'S freedom from the na
But be Thou ever near us lest we stra
Or grow inactive and this curs
r? crust
Again imprison. 1 thank Thee, Fat
.er.
O mav Thv Kinedom come in Brot
^?erhooil! Georgetown
Items
; Professor and Mrs. G. W. Ho\
ard were hosts to the Book*
! Washington Literary and So
. ial Club-last Thursday even in
Quite a few members were pfe
eiit and a -most interesting pr
gram was rendered. o^Jiier
hers and visitors follow*#-*^
tfre&t, interest the readingtjftf
| first half of "Enoch Arden."
This brought about jjuite _
'diflTOSfdhT atory^iH \
i continued at . the next hieetin
: v
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WETTO LEADER "a - ?
ments the hostess served a delicious
salad course with blaclc.
' coffee. Tutti. Frutti ice creairrr
marble cake and nuts. The:
" meeting was honored with the
al presence of Dr. Wm. S. Thomp..
|son Mr. Atkinson and Mrs. JosieTaylor-Jackson.
Theyladdre ss
is |ed the"^IiIS~iirTaudatorv' terms.
^Mr&TJackson became a mcmbcrrid;The
members present were, Mr.
w find Mrs. R. B. Anderson, MrT and
ly Mrs.eR. J. Jackson, Air. and Mrs.
it. W. H. Brown, Professor and Mrs.
g. j?L?W T11ivyuiTfrMrerr COlTslaiIUIT1
Alston, Mioses Odessa Sanders,'
? Jaiiie Ward/Janlfr Yqting, Arlinc
rs Alston, Inez Anderson and B. A.
55" Biapchi; lijl e ssrs, nfmrleg St
? Bro\Vne, aPd Jaines^ Walker.
The next meeting vyill be at Mr.
and Mrs. RA J. Jackson's, res!-'
kr-defiet^-;
et -Supda^fras; a beautiful day,
at and ^\^ry"i!tniPcTrwas well filled
c- with members and friends, R^v
J. Ti. Benbowyat Bethel At ~Mr
Z K
at l^st for Big Bethel. Every
body-iis wide-awak^-afld-ehurch ?
going now.- 1' f ?f
Mr. Charles S. Browne is glad
to know thaTt Mw-^uy O. Stlies
t his" friend of Philadelphia is
- better after~a week's illness,
p.. Trulyhope tlrairfar will continue"
= to miproveZ-Jfrr^tileF has been
d: more_than a pab the best friend?
die- had While in the Quaker etfyT
rn Masters -jQeorge W., Jr. and
B. C.-Howard are spending a few
iy nignQis_-mth-theh'^grandpareritsV
TVIW T> T UT.-11
^ iin. anu i?ax. a. i_i. vv imams ot
Elloree, S. C.
ee Mr. -Philip H. Brunson of
0j* .? r
Johnson C. Smith University,
__jGharlote, N^-G., is atr~lTome on!
: account Of the illnnss.nf his rrmth
et, Mrs. Mary E. Brunson.
e - " _ , - a s. b. ' ^"Tobacco
is one of the - Big;
= J^onr Reports from- the UnitetP
States. It is shipped to practi^--traliy""every~
important country
| in the world,^some 4tT percent
iy (going to the United Kingdom:!
,?s ancT9 per cent, or around $10,-.
000,000 worth to China^ I
^(^iCSON'S BEAUTY
parlor ^
. Hair Dressing f
nf -rtlt-TtTmTs
lt" Mme. Josephine Nelson, Mgr. ,
er 1317 Wheat St., Columbians. C.
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ts. .Has-jnoYefOrom -1010 Washrmg-l'
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cated Feb. .1, 1925 at
^ ^lOS GERVAIS STREET
~? -?In Connection?
~ BEAUTY PARLOR
-Poro System
TC Used and Taught. Visit our
to Shop. Hours: 9 A. M. to 8 F. M.
il! "r ~ " er
THE ROSE SHOP _
ir- The Rose SlR^p-re beirnrrmerated
by
iy? Mrs. Georgia Overby. ?
Cut- and Wax Flowers. Floral
^ Designs at Reasonable Prices
jMme. Ruff Poro Hair Dressing
~ -~r
Is being operated at the same
Address
Rose Shop Open on Sunday.
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