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Are You Interested?
In the protection of your family?
In the preservation of your own
health?
In the health and prosperity of your
community?
Did any of your family, neighbors
or friends have typhoid fever or dys
entery during the year 1918? Did any
one in whom you were especially in
terested lose their life on account
of some preventable condition?
Do you think your community is
doing what it should in the way of
preventing disease for the upbuilding
of the physical strength of those who
reside in your neighborhood?
Do you know that more than 50%
of all sickness is preventable and
that on the average, death comes 15
to 20 year earlier than it is due?
Did you ever stop to think and
pray over this most serious affair?
An individual who happens to be a
business man, will adopt all kinde of
preventive measures when it comes
to preserving the life or health of
a herd of bogs or cattle. Does anti
cholera serum really prevent hog chol
era? Does “dipping” really and truly
prevent tick fever? These questions
are scarcely being • asked by even
those who are most ignorant upon the
subject, and yet when it comee to a
proposition of Investing a few pennies
in the protection of the health and
Jives of those whom we should pro
tect with every drop of red American
blood in us, we are inclined to do one
of three things: Say we doubt wheth
er these so-called measures of pre
vention really prevent, or that we
jthink sickness is a result of or pun
ishment for sin, or that disease is a
[matter of “happen so.”
The answer to the doubting
Thomas was given above, and the
same Thomas who does not believe
In protecting his baby, who has no
tone except its parents to look to for
protection, will certainly dip his ticky
(bull yearling because it makes him
[grow.
The man who thinks that sickness
pomes as a result of sin is almost
porrect, and it’s a great pity he does
not go a step further and learn what
this sin is. If we should go into his
kitchen, his back yard or to his old
surface closet, I don’t think there
would be any question about the na
ture of the sin. It’s simply a result
of the sin of living in and actually
(eating filth. Venereal diseases are
the result of filth and social sins.
“Happen so.” ..Nothing ever does
this. There is always a cause for
every effect. If you have typhoid
(fever this summer, it certainly will
pot be a “hapen so.” It will be due
to the fact that you have actually eat
jen some filth—human filth. You have
[failed to build you a sanitary closet,
or you have failed to be vaccinated
against this dreadful malady or you
have failed in both.
By all means take advantage of
these various protective measures.
The Georgia State Board of Health
iwill furnish you the vaccine and the
plan for your closet free of charge,
and it also stands ready to help you
put into operation of the "Ellis
Health Law” in your county if it is
not already in operation there.
Each individual in your county needs
to be awakened to the great import
ance of protecting their physical
strength. Every precaution should
be taken to prevent she spread of
disease. Real systematic health
work is a real asset to any commun
ity. It pays handsome dividends in
dollars. ($) Every family and each
member of the family, however, must
jinveet if each expect to be a stock
holder in this corporation. Each
must give a little time and thought
to the proposition of health preser
vation. It is necessary to comply
with the advice of the directors
l(Board of Health) and support the
president of this Corporation (the
Health Officer).
Think it over earefuly and pray
erfully and let the State Board of
Health know what you expect to do
in and for your community.—Georgia
State Board of Health.
Your Two Hundred
And Fifty Thousand
The institutional care of those in
fected with venereal disease in Geor
gia i 6 costing the taxpayers of our
state over a quarter of a million dol
lars per year for the institutional
maintenance alone, not counting the
loss of man power and the investment
that we have in the plant.
How is that, Mr. Honest Home
Owner?
You are now paying for the sow
ing of wild oats of the poor unfor
tunate*.
No Worms In a Healthy Child
All children troubled with worms have an un
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
L throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle.
Many Prey to Hookwonti
A certain writer in the Northwest
has recently published a textbook en
titled Animal Parasite* and Human
Disease. His chapter on Hookworm
[opens as follows:
“For many years it was customary
in the United States to look upon
;fhiftlesß people to be found in our
South as the product of wanton lazi
] ness and an inborn lack of ambition.
For decades the more fortunate North
erners considered the “Poor whites”
iof the South a good-for-nothing, irre
j sponsible people, worthy only of scorn
j and of the sordid poverty and igno
! ranee which they brought upon them
selves as the fruits of their own shift-
I lessness. When it became known,
i largely as the result of investigations
by Dr. C. W. Stiles, of the United
States Public Health Service, that
[these hopelessly incapable and pitiful
'ly emaciated and stunted people were
[the victims, not of their own unwill
j tngness to work or learn, but of the
| attacks of intestinal worms which
'sapped their vitality, poisoned their
[ systems, and stunted both their men
tal and physical growth, and that over
two million people in our own Southern
States were_the victims of these para
sites, the "poor whites” and “lazy nig
gers” of the South became objects of
; pity and help rather than of scorn.”
Here we stop and throw aside the
book In disgust. “Just another fling
at the South,” says the average South
ern citizen. 6ut those who have had
an opportunity to study the subject
find that our Northwestern friend is
right after all.
The Rockefeller Foundation haß
studied the hookworm conditions in
Georgia and in the Southeastern
States for many years and over one
million dollars have been spent by
this school of research in the South,
In the study and treatment of Hook
work alone and over 700,000 hook
worm patients have been treated. In
a recent report the following concise
description of the disease is given:
“Hookworm disease is communica
ble. It is caused by a small parasitic
worm (Uncinaria), about as thick as
an ordinary pin and about half as long.
Thousands of them may live In the in
testine of a single person: in one case
more than 6,000 hookworms were pass
ed by a patient as a result of treat
ment. While the female produces Im
mense numbers of eggs, these never
mature within the host, but must leave
the body with the feces before they
can hatch. Under proper conditions
of air, heat and moisture, they hatch
within the brief space of from 24 to
40 hours. When once hatched, the lar
vae, pr young hookworms, too small to
be seen with the naked eye, may live
on and near the surface of the ground
for many months, and so long as they
stay in the soil they remain micro
scopic In size. They get back into
the body by boring through the skin
of the bare feet and hands or other
portions of the body -which come in
contact with soil in which they ex
ist, and thus pass into the circulating
blood of the human host. Their en
trance through the skin causes an itch
which has come to be known as
ground itch. After boring through the
skin they enter the lymphatics, are
carried through the heart, penetrate
the lungs, make their way to the
throat and are swallowed, after which
they ultimately reach the small intes
tine. Here they grow to maturity and
remain for seven years, or more, if
not disturbed by treatment.’’
The hookworm lives upon the blood
of the patient, thereby lowering the
vitality and subjecting him to other
diseases, such as typhoid, malaria,
pneumonia and tuberculosis. This is
largely responsible for the greater
number of cases of pneumonia and
other infectious diseases among
Southern recruits in our recent mili
tary mobilization camps. One regi
ment recruited from two Southern
gtates showed hookworm infection of
64 per cent, while another showed an
Infection of 32 per cent. In both of
these regiments an unusually high
mortality of measles and pneumonia
resulted.
Location of the Infection.
The hookworm infection in Georgia
is most severe in the small towns and
rural districts where no adequate sew
erage disposal is practiced. The dis
ease is usualy spread by fecal matter.
The home or school which has no prop
erly constructed privy is very liable in
deed to infection.
Treatment.
The treatment of hookworm is a
very simple matter. Your State Board
of Health furnishes a specimen con
tainer, furnished to any one upon re
quest. In this container a bit of fecal
matter is sent to the laboratory and
the exact extent of the infection de
termined. Then you are told how to
take the treatment. Later another ex
amination will determine the success
of the treatment, but the improvement
In the patient is usualy sufficient evi
dence. No charge is made for the
examination and prescription.
Prevention.
The Sanitary Privy: This sounds
simple and Indeed is very simple. The
State of Epidemiology
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
i will furnisTi free of charge tKfT plan |
' of a privy, which can be installed for |
less than five dollars. Schools and in
stitutions should install septic tanks.
We have borne the brunt of the joke
long enough. The eradication of hook
worm disease is relatively a simple
matter. The war has demonstrated i
what can be done with a much more j
complicated problem, namely the ve- j
nereal diseases among our troops. The
people of our nation are rapidly awak
ening to a state of intolerance toward
the pre-war conditions. Then, igno
rance of the masses rendered the con
trol of venereal diseases almost im
possible. Now, with four million of
our young men of all types and classes
[thoroughly wide awake to the situa
tion, the impossibility is rapidly being
'Changed to a probability that the pres
ent rapid decline of venereal diseases
; will continue to a minimum.
Contribute only a spark of interest
and your State Board of Health will
show you how to eventually eliminate
[hookworm infection.
“Every Mother’s Son,” a colossal
drama of human hearts, with special
orchestra music, will be shown at
the Cozy Monday night. Two shows,
8:00 and 9:30. Admission, including
war tax, 15c and 25c.
GEORGIA MAN i
HAD QUITE A SIEGE
____ i
Id Hospital, M Improved Greatly After
Taking Zlron Iron Tonic.
In a recent statement, J. H. Martin
of Mount Vernon, Ga., Bays:
"I was in the hospital with stomach
trouble and had quite a siege. It
seemed I would never get my strength
back after I came out, I had been so
ill. I ached all over. I was nervous;
restless and yet did not feel like get
ting around. My Bkin was yellow. My
appetite poor. I was in pretty bad
shape and began to look around for a
tonic. I felt like part of the trouble
was lack of Iron in my blood. I was
so easily worried, so easily upset. I
heard of Zlron and knew it would help
me. I began to take it and the im
provement was great It strength
ened me, renewed my nerves and
toned up my system."
When you feel that you need
strength, remember that Zlron is a
perfected preparation of Iron salts,
combined with other strength-giving
Ingredients. Try Zlron.
ZN 3
Your Blood Needs
CITATION. -
GEORGIA—EarIy County:
To all whom it may concern:
Mrs. W. C. Allen having in proper
form applied to me for Permanent
Letters of Administration on the
estate or W. C. Allen, late of said
county, this is to cite all and singu
lar the creditors and next of kin of
W. C. Allen to be and appear at my
office within the time allowed by
law, and show cause, if any they can,
why permanent administration should
not be granted to Mrs. W. G. Allen
on W. C 4 Allen’s estate.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this sth day of June, 1919.
C. C. LANE, Ordinary.
I COZY MONDAY NIGHT
WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS
“EVERY MOTHER'S SON”
A COLOSSAL DRAMA OF
HUMAN HEARTS
Not a war picture, but a story of the late war with the lust and rapine
omitted—a picture that will play on the emotions. Don’t miss it.
Presented with Special Orchestra Music
A COMEDY, TOO.
Shows at 8:00 and 9:30 Price of admission, 15c and 25c
GOMIENTLOANS Ci™
ON FARM LANDS U 2™
The Blakely National Farm Loan Association has closed out all of
its first batch of loans, and is now taking applications for its second
batch.
Interest rate only 5 1-2 percent. If you wish to borrow money on
your land through the Federal Land Bank for thi s district, put in
your application at once.
C. C. LANE, President LOWREY STONE, Sec.-Treas.
| STOMACH TROUBLE I
fl Mr. Marion Holcomb, of Nancy, Ky., says: “For quite ■
a long while I suffered with stomach trouble. I would B
fl have pains and a heavy feeling after my meals, a most fl
fl disagreeable taste in my mouth. If I ate anything with fl
fl butter, oil or grease, I would spit it up. I began to have |
■ regular s'ck headache. I had used pi’ls and tablets, but ■
■ after a ( ->urse of these, I would be constipated. It just ■
fl seemed .o tear my stomach all up. I found they were fl
fl no good at all for my trouble. I heard §
I THEDFORD’S ■
buck-draught
fl recommended very highly, so began to use it. It cured ■
If me. I keep it in the house all the time. It is the best i
,fl liver medicine made. Ido not have sick headache or fl
fl stomach trouble any more.” Black-Draught acts on fl
■ the jaded liver and helps it to do its important work of fl
fl throwing out waste materials and poisons from the sys- B
fl tem. This medicine should be in every household for fl
fl use in time of need. Get a package today. If you feel fl
fl sluggish, take a dose tonight You will feel fresh to- ■
fl morrow. Price 25c a package. All druggists. 1
fl ONE CENT A DOSE gm fl
C=o=A=L
I take this method of notifying the peo
ple of Blakely that 1 will handle COAL in fu
ture. Only the best grade will be handled.
It will be to your advantage to place
your order now for your winter supply, as
you can get a better price at present.
W. J. GRIST
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