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PROTECTION OF PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIES - lly GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH Due to the unprecedented water famine many people have been forced to obtain drinking water from shallow wells and springs, In adarge num-. ber of examinations of well and spring waters over a period of six years, we have found that water obtained from the large majority of these types •fif supplies is polluted and dangerous to use for drinking purposes, The following recommendations are given so that any person drinking water j ^the from questionable sources can protect themselves against pollution that water may contain. .First Method: Boiling all water used for drinking and washing raw vegetables five minutes. (This does not mean that the water is to be simply heated, but means it must actually boil.> The flat taste resulting may be partially removed by pouring the water from one vessel into another several times, or by adding a pinch of salt. I Second Method: A larger body of water may be sterilized, as the entire well, by the use of Calcium Hypochlorite, commonly known as chloride of lime, chlorinated lime, or bleaching powder. (Builders lime has no effect on sterilizing water.) Purchase this chemical at any drug store in sniafl tin cans. A fresh supply should be obtained because the chemical deteriorates somewhat upon standing. ' Add one ounce of chloride of lime for each 1,000 gallons of water to be treated. If scales are not available take a moderately heaping table gaoonful of chloride of lime, which weighs approximately one ounce. The amount of water present in a circular well or cistern can be determined from the following table: j Diameter of well Gallons for each foot in feet. of water in well 1 6 2 24 * 3 53 _ 4 04 5 147 6 . 212 7 . 288 s 376 Rub up the dry powder with a small amount of water to make a ifhin paste, taking care to break up all lumps, and stir this paste into a bucket of water This had best be done out-of-doors to avoid the chlorine fumes which evolved. Pour the contents of the bucket into the well and f are oossible agitate the water with a clean board to insure thorough mixing, This should be done in the evening so the water can stand over night, j The water next morning may have a taste of chlorine which is not in any -»«-**«• ™,« -t -«*». Z i. pre-t f In .< This -elhed >ho«ld be ..pealed „ often „ „ quantity of ..ter equ.l U, the e.p.eity of the well b« bee. pumped out. Any process of sterilization is- at best only a temporary and immediate steps should be taken to reconstruct the well so measure, that it will be protected against further contamination. Third Method: For sterilizing small quantities of water with chloride A of lime, rub up a moderately heaping teaspoonful of the chemical with a ( small amount of water in the manner indicated above and add sufficient water to make a pint. Of this solution use one tablespoonful for each ■ ten gallons of water to be treater, or 36 drops to the gallon. i Fourth Method: The U. S. Army Corps has found that two drops of ordinary tincture of iodine (7',) added to a quart of water will destroy all disease germs and render the water safe for drinking purposes in one half hour. This method has proved very effective in experimental work done by the Georgia State Board of Health. .V Smiling Through" We love an optimist. Don’t you? Mention has been made in these columns, as in all daily papers, of the distressing effects of withering drought in much of the Southeast. It has been particularly bad in the vi cinity of Greenwood, S. C., where farmers find that their year’s work has come to naught and they face a hard winter. But the Greenwood Index-Journal finds no occasion for the sheding of vain tears. Conditions are bad, but they could be worse, and something can yet be done to retrieve disaster. The Greenwood paper says: “When it rains, and undoubtedly it •will rain some day—it should be re membered that the most important thing before the farmer is to do some thing to provide feed for his farm 1 AAimals. “The outlook now is most gloomy. No feed has been made nor can it he made now in time to support stock through the winter—unless some of the cane crops come in for those who have put in cane. <* Feed will have to be bought for next year’s crop and that is very dis¬ tressing. But the handicap may in part be offset by sowing oats now. We may have a hard winter, and some of the weather men are predict¬ ing a hard winter. Grain is likely to SOUTHERN WILL RUN LAST FLORIDA EXCURSION SEPT. 5 •f The last excursion from Macon to Florida this seazon has been arranged by the Southern Railway System for Saturday, September 5. Cheap rates will apply to Jacksonville, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Bradenton, Saraso ta, Fort Myers, West Palm Beach and a number of resort cities in the in terior of Florida, as well as to the West Coast. Brunswick, Ga., comes in for the lowest excursion fare of $5, while the fare to Jacksonville ^will be $7, and a blanket fare of $14 to the various other Florida resorts, except West Palm Beach, which takes a roundtrip fare of $14.50. The excursion tickets to Brunswick and Jacksonville will be good four days, and tickets to the more distant points will be good eight days in •which to make the return trip. $ THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT V ALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925. be killed unless it is put in in time to get well rooted. Grain should be sown just as soon as the rain conies. And there should be lots of it put in this year. That beats singing a dirge forty ways. It is so much better than get¬ ting up a petition for government aid, or offering to sell the farms for a song, or losing faith in the good ness of God, that even the pessimists | W ^ Q _ eac j should be heartened. 1 Really, it takes adversity to enable j us to appreciate blessings. If there. were no night, day would soon become j j r F S ome—and finally unbearable. It 1 . g the n wf)0 ha s been an invalid who apprec j ates health, and only those can truly sympathize who h J .ve had sorrows of their own. | The drought-stricken regions have j b een j lar( j hit, but the whole future j j j R t heirs in which to recuperate, and g out h Carolina farmers who Wave seen their fields parch this summer may not live to witness another great drought. It’s great to be able to smile through.—Albany Herald. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is a Combined Treatment, both local and internal, and has been success¬ ful in the treatment of Catarrh for over forty years. Sold by all druggists. F. J. CHENEY &. CO., Toledo, Ohio portionate rates will be in effect from all stations on the Southern and G. S. & F. Railways between Macon and the Florida line. No excursion rates will apply to Miami nor any other resort of the East Coast of Florida, except West Palm Beach and tickets to that resort will be routed only via Jacksonville and the Sea board Air Line. Excursion trains will leave Macon at 11 a. m., 12 noon, and 11:25 p. m. of Saturday, September 5, and will run to Jacksonville where connections will be made for all points in Florida. As this will be the last chance to visit Florida this Summer at a very low cost, it is expected that a large crowd will show up for the excur sion on Saturday the 5th of Septem her.—Advertisement. 9-3-lt Selling Georgia to It’s well to sell Georgia to world,*’ but before we can do so we must sell Georgi x to gians. Editor Allen of the Observer, is effectively doing this in his community as is witnessed by the following, There is not another section that has such climate, winter and summer. There is not another section with such evenly distributed and abundant rainfall. There is not another section where lands are so cheap and so productive, There is not another section that produces so many for the cash crops, There is opportunity in every acre in Colquitt county. It is a good place to live and work, It is the Land of Opportunity for the Man IV ho Works. s.” It really is this, The man who lives here and qjvns land should highly prize his posses sion, and he should hold to it anil work to make it more productive and more profitable. The man who does not own land here still has an opportunity to pos¬ sess a home and a farm at very rea sonable prices and on attractive terms. Florida is a good- state to visit, and for many it is a good place to live, but the man who is born for a career on the farm will find his opportunity in Colquitt county. The lands are productive, but will be more productive. They are demand. This is the commg tural section. When every man and woman, every boy and girl believes in his state as he should then we’ll witness greatest advancement of our and probity. whW. we with Reorder._ fa fo Issues - legislature has been wasting a )ot of t ; me discussing bond issues var j ous Finds since it has been sess j on The people of Georgia not g„j n g to vote any bond f or anything just now. They are on paying off their debts and getting their affairs in better shape than in loading themselves with more debts. It doesn’t make any difference us what North Carolina does or p’i or ida does, we are going to run own business in our own way, we are no t going to let the pleasure-seeking, cro wd run things in Georgia. We are going to work hard economize awhile until we catch an( j „ et j n better shape before we plunge in debt again. And, then, we are not quite fied with the way in which much our rn0 ney has been spent in the Q ur employes have not guarded interests as well as we think should. They have sepnt our too carelessly, have bought too fj ne automobiles, have allowed much for expenses and too little economy *in spending mo ney.—-Winder News, Change In Central Schedule Sept. 6th Effective next Sunday, Sept. the following changes will be made train schedules on the division, Central of Georgia No. 8 will leave Fort Valley at a. m., arriving in Macon at 10.30 a. On the Perry branch, No. 103 leave Fort Valley at 6:50 a. m., stead of 6:00 a. m., arriving at at 7:30 a. m., instead of 6:40 a. m. No. 104 will leave Perry at 8:00 m., instead of 7:00 a. m., arriving Fort Valley at 8:40 a. m., instead 7:33 a. m. A dollar in the fortune teller’s IH worth more than the prediction you get for it. Renew Your by Purlficatior. Any physician will tell you “Perfect Purification of the Sya tem is Nature’s foundation Perfect Health. 7 7 Why not yourself of chronic ailments are undermining your by Purify your entire system ing : a thorough course of _ or twice a week for weeks_and see how Nature wards you with health. Calotabs are the greatest of system purifiers, Get a package, containing full tions, price 35 cts.; trial 10 cts. At any drug store. I That “Damn Farce A member of the appropriation committee of the Georgia house of representatives at a meeting a few nights ago characterized the action of the committee in appropriating more money than the state can pos¬ sibly pay with its present income as ! a "damn farce." I Intelligent people have often won- 1 dered why the legislature persists in appropriating more money than the i state can pay. Certainly there in no I thing smart in such a procedure. It is not common sense. It is not good , business. An outsider would naturally expect the legislature to match income and : outgo. If the state hasn’t the money, and no prospect of getting it, it is j certainly childish and to appropriate embarrass vast the sums to burden state. This particular member of the ap¬ propriation committee spoke by the record when he called it a “damn farce.” A good many people have had that idea for some time.—Jackson | Progress-Argus. WHAT MY NEIGHBOR SAYS Is of Interest to Fort Valley Folks. When one has had the misfortune to suffer from backache, headaches, dizziness, urinary disorders and other kidney ills—-and has found relief from all this sickness and suffering, that person's advice is of untold val uo to friends and neighbors. The fol lowing case is only one of many thou sands, but it is that of a 1 ort V alley res.dent. Who could ask for a better example chant, ^ 111 f K^lleg Knoxville St., t C ° saya. sa ° “ M y y “zrtf 1 —.vs, l* » ””'p"n ■ p“l ”ue“' back I r„,ld hard* straighten. Friends highly recom men ded Doan’s Pills so I procured some at wrist's Drug Store - Doan’s relieved * • me. Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan’s Pills—the same that Mr. Hartley had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv. REFRESHMENTS That REFRESH and bring cool ness and delight to the summer day or evening. Wheeler’s Pharma cy Ice Cream and Cold Drinks, served at our tables or at the party or dinner in your own home, ! bring the full joy of perfect flavor. Candies, Cigars, Stationery, Toilet Articles—the REST. Telephone 393 W H E E L E R ’ S P II A R MACY The Store with a Welcome W a. and Sides ■'T Before the birth of my ^ little girl,” says Mrs. Lena Stancil, of R. F. D. 2, Mat thews, Mo., ‘‘1 was so weak in my back and sides 1 could not go about, I was too (f|i) weak to stand up or do any work. I felt like my back M was weight. coming 1 didn't in two. eat I lost ^ / any thing much and was so rest¬ less I couldn’t sleep used nights. m i • My mother to take For Female Mias g so I sent to get it. I im proved after my first bottle. ^ Cardui is certainly a greal ki 4 help for nervousness and weak back. 1 took six hot- ^ I ties of Cardui and by then I I was well and strong, Cardui just did fine from then on. helped me so much.” Thousands of weak, suf¬ fering women have taken Cardui, knowing that :t had helped their mothers or their friends, strength and and got soon rid of gamed their g] pains. Cardui should do lot (|g you a of good. EX-11 rf. Kicking One's Self to Death If the man using the hammer on the other fellow*^would think twice before he delivers the blow he would realize that every knock is a boost, The fellow knocking his town and those engaged in moving it forward is hurting himself and his own busi ness far more than he is the objects of his wrath. You can’t build up by tearing down. Constructive criticism, with a heip ing hand and a willing heart, is quite another thing. Pointing out the things that hinder and, retard, with remedies that cure or suggestions that will help, is good and well, but destructive and derogatory criticism is sand in the bearings. No business institution can succeed with half the force pulling back. The same is true of a town, a county, a state, a nation. The man who is always finding fault is w-rong himself, and is ren¬ dering himself a poor service that is bound to bring him, soon or late, adrift the shoals of disaster—Dalton Citizen. Truth is constantly getting in the way of some people. That is probably why it is crushed to earth so often. WRffiLEYS AFTER A EVERY 131 I'l MEAL a afiords J-^i benefit as well as pleasure. Healthful exercise for the teeth and a spur to digestion. A Itong lasting refreshment, soothing to nerves and stomach. The Great American Sweetmeat, untouched by hands, full of , —— flavor. I Tl?l A lii/j 'f* Keeping Pace With Georgia 7 / <\ //jr' x ' I l(l , ‘/rM v 'Tran* « .LOirnffi* rSp0yefr V i' * ■ J !} ,ry III!) Hi M — HE telephone construction program now in || g. progress in the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas is the largest ever k f undertaken by the Southern Bell Company. Plans which were expected to care for the tele¬ l phone needs have been revised, because of the ^ b I growth and progress of the South anti the additions I r j 1 n V Ni and replacements this year will cost $13,320,700. B More than $2,433,000 will be expended in Geor¬ a *<, i gia this year for new telephone buildings, equip¬ ment, plant and replacements. The large, additional investment is but reflec¬ mv a tion of the demand for service in this and other Southern/States. ,ii| The enormous sums of money required to meet i§ \ this development is new capital which must be li 1 furnished by investors who have faith in the future M of this State, or must be borrowed in the money v i markets. o •• SUM AN continues While day this and work night is in at progress a higher your standard service of A •anR ,\ I •c 4' 1 k\>. V efficiency and in greater volume than before. v ^ V fe: \ ever Vi Our success depends in a large measure upon Ac & your continued co-operation, which encourages the 0 V 1V7 telephone workers to strive to serve you better. <9 / O • V C. G. BECK, Georgia Manager / Bell System" a SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE * COMPANY 4 j AND 'TELEGRAPH Policy One System Universal Service ___< Onr , , $»■ tSrSM, _5.r rsisEirrtzeiiZX s.:: .em .■Ai’szxfl \ A High-Hearted Deed I Far nobler a feat than swimming the English Channel, now the lure of ambitious sportsmen, was performed by W. C. Sparks, staff photographVr ' of The Journal, when he plunged into J the sea off St. Simons Island and, in imminent peril of drowning him-, seif, saved a little child who was j sinking, beyond her depth in the roll, of the surf. The heroic daring of the deed was in this, that Mr. Sparks ■ swim. Somehow, with cannot a strength and a resourcefulness born j of his spirit’s battle with the crisis, he managed to keep the child and j himself partly afloat until they were j rescued. Spent with thmujyuggle, he j was pulled ashore and, after being giv en first aid, \as taken to a hospital, his body aching but his soul happy W I 'Jr '$ r t // //ml? y ‘5 all r qgm Pl-h "Ml! El Id ■wj L list Ij - -sa i n IB V^ASFALTSLATE %»-^SHinaus tt The Shingle That Never Curls THE reason why so many people are demanding the Carey * Asfaltslate Shingle for their homes is because it gives them so much more for their money, It is the logical result of half a century of good roof making. Carey Asfaltslate Shingles come in three attractive colors, Blue t.lc.-k, Red and Green. Ask us for samples and further details. FORT VALLEY LUMBER COMPANY I , Fort Valley , Georgia the little stranger was safe. photographers are accustomed danger and are sworn brothers to But rarely do they en¬ just such a situation as that ? ced b >' Mr. Sparks, and never could . bi.nest 0 *■ anMUl estinys * e wlth h, * her heart or f,nar ta Journal , THE KIMBALL HOUSE Atlanta’s Best Known Hotel. 400 Rooms of Solid Comfort. The Home of Georgia People. Rooms, Running Water, $1 to $2. Rooms, with Bath, $1.50 to $5. Free Garage Service JACOBS & MAYNARD, Prop.