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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 TRY AN AD IN THE NEWS