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Miscellaneous
THE WHITE VS. THE BLACK
PLAGUE.
For the Presbyterian of the South.
I saw iii the columns of a daily paper
an announcement of a proposed special
day?the 24th of April?as given out by
the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association,
as the time for informing the people
of this country in regard "to the
methods to be used in preventing the
spread of the great white plague.." Also
that "Governor Brown would shortly
issue a proclamation, or request, to all
the ministers of Georgia to set apart
this 24th of April as Tuberculosis Day,
and to preach on the proper methods
to be used, etc." This movement is most
certainly a new one to the most of us.
It would assuredly be a proper thing,
and no doubt of much benefit, if the
ministers of Georgia would preach on
that day concerning the causes of the
white plague. In this wonderful progressive
age the medical profession
should be well up on the causes of this
disease. Ana certainly, witnout the aid
of a united ministerial work, should
know and publish to the world the best
methods to be used in Stamping out this
terrible disease. We would like to ask
what causes now prevail that have not
prevailed for hundreds of years? Ordinary
causes, such as are said to contribute
to the spread of the disease, have
always in past centuries been the same.
The truth is, the real cause is not allowed
to be brought to the light. We
are impressed with the idea that if the
association of Christian laymen would
request, and the governors of all the
States in the union would issue their
proclamation calling upon all the ministers
to preach on a certain Sahhntli
upon the best methods to be used in
preventing the spread of the black
plague of sLn, worlds of good might be
accomplished thereby. While thousands
are dying with the white plague?tuberculosis?hundreds
of thousands are dying
the death that never dies, and going
down to endless woe. It is evidently
right and proper to guard the welfare
of the body, to shun the causes that
bring disease and suffering to the body
as far as we are able to do so. But let
us examine for a moment the prevailing
causes of tuberculosis and other maladies.
Fifty years ago this disease was
almost unknown except in certain sections.
People then lived in plain style;
even the rich were simple in their habits.
Bate hours were the exception,
seasonable clothing was worn, card
parties among ladies were unknown, riding
with bare head and arms could not
pnon TT1 ort??i/> *? ?
uc d?v... uiovun, iiienieii) ima no existence
for the betterment of the people
then, and.?or the worsement of the people
now. Coming out of the crowded
house Into the frosty air of the night,
and possibly thinly clad, and that, too,
night after night, Is simply a challenge
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to the floating germs of tuberculosis.
And. unfortunately, we find the devotees
of these worldly pleasures both in and
outside of the visible kingdom of our
Lord. Then go back to the tap-root of
this floodtide of lung disease, and you
will find that it is sin. Then let all
these ministers, on the appointed day,
tell the people the proper method to use
to prevent the spread of the black
plague of sin. Tell them to honor
God and keep His commandments;
to love money less and God more;
to trampel under foot temptation's
power; to search the Scriptures and
turn their leaves instead of the spotted
deck; to absent themselves from
the pleasure halls of amusement and
surround the family altar, crying unto
God to stay the tide of sin, the plague
of the soul, and then may we, as a people,
use the proper method to arrest the
tide of tuberculosis, the plague of the
body. G. A. Hough.
Columbus, Ga.
DURANT COLLEGE FUND MARCH 14
TO 22.
Mrs. M. P. Armstrong, Odessa, Mo.,
$1; Mrs. R. H. Pearce, Tr. Hopewell-M.
S., Florence, S. C., $5; Mrs. W. M. Patton,
Tr. L. A. S., Sweetwater, Tenn., $10;
E. M. Vance, Tr. M. and A. S., Buford,
Ga., $5; A Friend, Texas, $5; Mrs. R. I.
Munn, Tr. L. M. S., Marion, Ky., $10;
Miss Cochran, Tr. L. A. S., Buffalo Ch.,
Roanoke Pres., Va., $10.50; Mother and
Daughters, Charlottesville, Va., $3; Mrs.
J. L. Frazier, Pres. for L. A. S., $5; Self,
Union, Ky., $1; Miss E. P. W., Lexington,
Va., $1; Mrs. Evatte, Tr. L. A. S.,
Palmer Cr., Greenville, S. C., $5; Miss
Staltworth, Tr. W. M. S.. 84: .Tuvpnllo
Soc., $2.87, Woodruff, S. C.; Mrs. F. F.
Skidmore, Ft. Worth, Tex., $1; A Friend,
Washington, Ky., $2; "Jo's Christmas
Present," $10; Mrs. C. S. Mays, Tr. for
nine ladies of F. and H. M. S., Springfield,
Ky., $15; from State Normal
School, Farmville, Va., as follows: Mrs.
Thackton Hampden Sidney College Ch.,
$1; Mrs. Jamison, Salem Ch., $1; Miss
v;ary, uougias *jn., $i; Mrs. S. .J. Murptiy,
Farland, Roanoke Co., Va? $2; Mrs. S.
W. Parks. Sec. H. M. S., Fort Mill. S, C.,
|10; Miss Brandon, Tr. L. M. S., Union,
S. C., $5; Miss Bearden, Sec. Helpers'
Soc., Shelbyville, Tenn., $10; Society of
Woman's Work, 1st Ch., A. Hoge, Tr.,
TH. March 30, 1910.
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in only HOPE FOR [OZl^Nfy^
satisfaction. The k
brands have to be
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ROCER.
r~Tl NEW ORLEANS,
U. S. A. !
Staunton, Va., $25; Miss Fowle. Washington,
N. C., $5; Mrs. W. A. Tanner,
Tr. L. M. S., 1st Ch., Bristol, Tenn.,
$2.75; Miss Grant, Tr. W. M. S., Mizpah
Cli., Highland Park, Richmond, Va., $15;
Miss Conner, Tr. Y. L. Aux., 1st, Richmond,
Va., $5; A Friend, Charleston, S.
v>., *u; miss uaiaweil, Tr. L. H. M. S.,
Jackson, Tenn., $10; Mrs. Stacy, Tr. VV.
H. and F. M. S., Brunswick, Ga., $4.50;
Miss Sedden, Tr. L. A. and M. S.,
Lowndesville, S. C., $5; Mrs. Grantham,
Tr. L. M. S., Pleasant Ridge, Ala., $2;
Mrs. E. H. Lang and Daughter, Sornerville,
Tex., $2.50; Mrs. F. D. Farning, Tr.
L. A. and H. M. S., Durham, N. C., $51;
Mrs. L. C. Phillips, Rockingham, N. C.,
$1; Mrs. C. A. Bates, Durant, Okla., $25;
Mrs. M. Lowrance, L. M. S., Longview.
Tex., $5; Mrs. M. A. Lankford, Cameron,
Tex., $5; Mrs. O. Hall, Tr. L. M. S.,
Mount Carmel Ch., Tenn., $18.50; Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. Burwell, Ozark, Ala., $5;
Children's Mission Band, Liberty Ch.,
Montgomery Pres., Va., $1; Mrs. R. W.
Low man, Clifton Forge, Va., $1; A
Friend, Charleston, S. C., $5; Mrs. S. M.
Pape, Tr. Edisto Island, S. C., $10; Mrs.
J. S. Westerheid, Tr. L. A. S., 1st Ch.,
Durant, Okla., $150, pledge In full; Mrs.
A. Fultz, 1st Ch., Staunton, Va., $5; Mrs.
S. Bell. Tr. Shelbyville, Ky. (ad'l), $1.20;
A Friend, Farm School, N. C., $1; Mrs.
Orr, Tr. L. H. M. S., Sugar Creek, N. C.,
$5; Miss Rader, Sec. L. A. S., Frankford,
W. Va., $5; Mrs. F. Stuart, Tr. M. S.,
Chester, Va., $5; Tr. Lebanon and
Bethesda M. S., Learned, Miss., $5; L.
M. S., Bethesda Ch., Lex. Pres., Va., $1
(correcting error in February 28th report
of $5, when it was $6).
Total $ 518.82
Previously acknowledged 2,958.26
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Mrs. A. M. Howison, Tr.
E. Main St., Staunton, Va.
The returns are increasing decidedly,
and it could not be otherwise, for almost
every gift is accompanied with an
earnestly expressed prayer for a blessing
upon this special work undertaken
by the women of the Southern church,
and we know and believe the prayer of
raitn is answered. Please note the
largest single contribution comes from
Durant women, also the generous gift
from Durham, N. C., was the result of a
week of prayer and self-denial, followed
by the decision to give this offering to
the Presbyterian College of Durant. ,