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SOME HAPPENINGS IN BLAKELY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO Clippings from the Early County News of June 13th, 1912 MESSRS. Lee and Eugene Strick land have opened a meat market in the Underwood block. THE large saw mill of the Arling ton Lumber Co. was destroyed by fire last Friday night. MAJOR W. L. GLESSNER, of Au gusta, is the guest of Col. C. L. Glessner. COL. A. H. GRAY has announced for Judge of The City Court of Blakely. THE REVIVAL SERVICES at the Baptist church began last Sunday. Rev. 0. L. Jones is being assisted by Rev. W. P. Price, of Waycross. MRS. J. D. ABERNATHY visited in Columbia Sunday. MR. F. S. JONES was up from Bainbridge Sunday. MISS EMMIE STRONG visited Cuthbert last week. MR. ROSS E. HAMMACK was over from Dothan Saturday. MRS. GRADY SMITH has return ed from a visit to Macon. QUITE A CROWD of young peo ple enjoyed a surprise party at the home of Miss Claude George last Friday night. MRS. H. H. HOBBS has returned to her home in Hartford, Ala. MISS IRENE SKIPPER returned to her home in Columbia last Tues day. She was accompanied home by Miss Ethel Brown and Messrs. Wal lace James and Jesse Bowman. "WHAT A JUST A FEW ~ DOLLARS MAKE r «»l extra dollars I mobile, but ■ ° * Wat i I KNEE V si R Wl ™ I t^ £ ~ Act ION I w* T °p' B CENTER CON- r’l FROL STEERfNr 'RAKES AND ALL M W FEATURES!" jfilj PRICED BUT A LITTLE ABOVE THE LOWEST McKinney Chevrolet Co. South Main Street Blakely, Ga. THE DEATH of Mrs. C. H. Tar ver, of Opelika, Ala., is chronicled in The News this week. MRS. J. S. MIMS entertained at a Hearts Dice party last Saturday in honor of Mrs. J. T. Stewart, of Macon. Those present: Mrs. Stew art, Mrs. R. C. Singletary, Mrs. E. R. Shaw, Mrs. C. E. Boyett, Mrs. B. R. Collins, Mrs. E. L. Fryer, Jr., Mrs. H. C. Fryer, Mrs. R. M. Under wood, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. J. B. Jones, Mrs. W. J. Jennings, Mrs. W. G. Park, Mrs. F. A. Barham, Mrs. J. E. , Freeman, Mrs. R. M. Smith, Mrs. C. C. Tarver, Mrs. J. W. Vinson, Mrs. Walter Thomas, Mrs. W. A. Hall, Mrs. J. H. Hand, Mrs. D. W. James, Sr., Mrs. D. W. James, Jr., Mrs. J. . H. Butler, Mrs. A. D. Harriss, Mrs. C. L. Glessner, Mrs. Strong, Mrs. L. M. Rambo, Mrs. W. H. Alexander, i Mrs. C. T. Alexander, Mrs. W. H. Powell, Mrs. R. 0. Waters, Mrs. C. M. Baggs, Mrs. Grady Smith, Mrs. 1 T. S. Toole, Mrs. W. J. Grist, Misses Agnes Smith, Elizabeth Spier, Ethel Jones. MRS. J. T. FREEMAN entertain ed Friday. Those present: Mrs. M. N. Gilmer, Mrs. E. R. Shaw, Mrs. C. T. Alexander, Mrs. C. M. Baggs, . Mrs. Walter Thomas, Mrs. Grady > Smith, Mrs. R. M. Smith, Mrs. W. ; A. Hall, Misses Ethel Jones, Elizabeth Spier and Agnes Smith. I MRS. W. G. PARK entertained last Wednesday in honor of Mrs. J. T. Stewart, of Macon. Those pres -1 ent: Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. J. S. Mims, - Mrs. C. M. Baggs, Mrs. Grady Smith, i Mrs. R. 0. Waters, Mrs. Strong, - Mrs. C. L. Glessner, Mrs. J. L. Un derwood, Mrs. C. T. Alexander, Mrs. EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA D. W. James, Jr., Mrs. R. M. Under wood, Mrs. J. B. Jones, Mrs. C. E. Boyett, Mrs. H. C. Fryer, Mrs. J. V. Kelly, Mrs. R. C. Singletary, Mrs. E. R. Shaw, Mrs. Walter Thomas, Mrs. M. N. Gilmer, Mrs. J. H. Hand, Mrs. J. H. Butler, Mrs. J. W. Vin son, Mrs. R. M. Smith, Mrs. J. E. Freeman, Mrs. J. C. Bryan, Mrs. D. W. James, Sr., Mrs. W. J. Grist and Miss Elizabeth Spier. RGCK HILL NEWS: “Messrs. Cliff Hubbard and Ashley Temples, of Zion, were here Sunday.” “ Mr. Coy Clark was over from Alabama this week.” “Mrs. W. A. Harper and family visited Ashford, Ala., this week.” “Mr. Joe Lasseter, of Zion, was over our way Sunday.” “Messrs. Coy Clark and Duncan Hall went to Long Branch last Sunday.” “Messrs. Marshall Hall and Nick Hatcher went to Freeman Saturday.” “Misses Arrie and Nettie Grimsley visited Hilton Sunday.” THE STATEMENT of the con dition of the Bank of Blakely, pub lished in this issue of The News, lists deposits of $39,073.34. It was signed by W. W. Brunson, cashier. Stop! Look! Listen! MALARIA SEASON IS HERE AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE FIVE-TO-ONE (5 TO 1) Will Positively Prevent Malaria, Chills and Fever Thi» new short treatment for malaria is similar in no way to the ordinary Chill and Fever Tonics and contains no harsh laxative. Try a bottle for ; that tired run-down feeling. A trial bottle positively guaranteed by all dealers. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS I Washington, D. C.—About once a ‘ year somebody starts a rumor that the President’s health is failing. The latest report of this sort has stirred up a lot of gossip in Washington, and started newspaper men and others to make the most searching in- ( quiries. The net result has been to prove, once more, that there is noth ing to the report. The President’s health, according to everyone who has facilities for finding out the ( facts, has never been better since he has been in the White House. Except for a slight head cold, which was cured by his recent so journ at his mother’s home at Hyde Park, there seems to have been no foundation for the rumor of his ill ness. A member of the National ' Press Club who circulated the re port in the first place has been dis missed from membership in that . .. i organization. The President’s recent utterances and acts certainly suggest that his vigor is in no way impaired. His denunciation of the Supreme Court for taking a long vacation, from June to October, when there are im portant cases pending, is taken as an indication that Mr. Roosevelt has in no way abandoned his purpose of “reforming” the high court. Indeed he repeated only a few days ago his belief that his proposal to increase the Court by the addition of six justices will be adopted at this ses sion of Congress. Impartial observers do not believe that is probable, but the President’s statement amounted to serving no tice on Congress that he has not abandoned his puropse and is not willing to compromise. The best informed opinion here is that the court-packing plan will not come to a vote on the floor of either house at this session. By deferring action, the President’s friends in Congress, many of whom are bitterly opposed to his Court plan, will enable him to “save his face” instead of expos ing it to the chance of getting slapped. Revision of Tax Laws The President’s action in pointing out ways which some wealthy men have used to avoid payment of in come taxes has opened up the ques tion of revision of the tax laws, which leaders in both houses of Congress have hoped to postpone until next session. Once the subject is taken up for consideration in any phase, the door is opened for almost unlimited discussion. There are scores of “pet” tax measures which individual Senators and Representa tives want to bring forward, but the plan of the leaders it to postpone all of them for consideration by the ap propriate committees and to try to work out a complete revision of the whole system of the Federal taxation next year. Another reason why Congress does not want to open the tax sub ject now is the belief that, given a chance, Senator LaFollette of Wis consin is prepared to demand the broadening of the income tax base to include everyone earning sls a week or more, and to arouse enough popular pressure behind that idea to force its serious consideration. The President’s proposal for Fed eral regulation of hours and wages, which has been embodied in bills by Senator Black and Representative Connery, marks another step toward the piecemeal restoration of parts of the old NRA. It attempts to do for industries whose products are part of the stream of interstate com merce, what the NRA codes tried to do for practically all industry in the matter of wages and hours. Unlike NRA this is not an emer gency measure and its main pur-1 pose is not to promote re-employ-1 ment. Fundamentally, the Adminis tration hopes by this means to abolish child labor and to put a per manent floor under industrial wages and a permanent ceiling on indus trial hours. Government Control of Power The expectation here is that the wage-and-hour legislation will be enacted at this session. There will be material modifications of the bills 1 as introduced, but it is quite likely j that a minimum wage of around sls a week and a maximum working week of 40 hours may be imposed upon all industries whose products enter into the stream of interstate commerce. Much authority will probably be given the administrative board to authorize deviations from whatever standards are set up in the law, to meet special regional or other con ditions. This is of particular interest to Southern members, who feel that the problem of Negro labor is one “For Health’s Sake” By GEORGIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION COMMUNICABLE DISEASES All infectious diseases are caused by germs which are specific for each disease, and are capable of being transmitted from one individual to another. Some infectious diseases, such as measles, German measles, small pox, chicken pox, whooping cough, diphtheria, mumps, etc., are highly communicable and may be transmitted often by the slightest or by early indirect contact. They are frequently spoken of as contagious diseases. In all of the contagious diseases the infectious agent has a constant and easy exit from the body of the infected person. In the most highly contagious diseases this exit as well as the portal of entry is the respira tory tract. The infection takes place by the inhalation of droplets of secretion coughed, sneezed or otherwise expelled from the respira tory tract of the diseased person. Direct contact of the afflicted with the susceptible individual is the most common means of transmission, how ever the human “carrier” may be re sponsible for the spread of many of the communicable diseases. A “carrier” is one who, having had the disease or having been exposed to the infectious agent continues to harbor the agent in an infectious. The “carrier” is frequently immune to the germ which he harbors or has the disease in such a mild form that it is not recognized. The carrier state has been recognized in the case of diphtheria, epidemic meningitis, typhoid fever and infantile paralysis and without doubt the same condi tion exists in other diseases, the causative agent of which to the pres ent remains unknown and therefore unidentifiable. It was formerly believed that cer tain diseases were air borne, but this is true in only a limited sense. Some of the diseases in which the causative agent is harbored in the nose and throat are accompanied by coughing and sneezing so that droplets of secretions are expelled a number of feet, and a favorable air current may carry them further. Such drop lets are not carried around corners or out of one room into another ex cept under most unusual conditions. The stirring up of the contaminat ed dust and fine dirt by improper sweeping or otherwise is another means of air transmission more im portant in certain diseases than drop- which should be approached with great caution and in which much leeway should be given to local ad ministrators. The administration’s latest plan for the establishment of seven “re gional TVA’s” would, in effect make every great river valley into an ad ministrative unit, in which the production and distribution of elec tric power would be intergrated and supervised by a Federal commis sion, superseding state authorities and effectively putting control of all electric generation and use, and its price to consumers, into the hands of the Federal Government. The chance of getting this measure adopted is regarded as very good. The “March on Washington” of WPA workers as a protest against the cutting of relief appropriations, is beginning to look like a reality. The word has gone out from Relief Administrator Hopkins’ office that millions will have to be dropped from WPA rolls if the relief appro priations are cut. The resulting pres sure on Congress to abondon its economy idea and give Mr. Hop kins what he wants is proving irre sistible. Royal Crown Cola ... PRESENTS ... JACK DEMPSEY IN HIS FAMOUS FIGHTS Hear Him Each Week Over Your Favorite Station WSB—Monday 8:30-9:00 C. S. T. WSM —Thursday 6:30-7:00 C« S. T. WLW —Friday 8:00-8:30 E. S. T. lets because of the greater distance to which the dust may be carried. Any disease transmitted by con tact can, under favorable circumstan ces, be carried to a susceptible in dividual by a third person or by con taminated articles such as dishes, clothing and toys, and the shorter the time occupied by the journey the more likely the successful transmis sion. The causative agent of some diseases, such as measles, German measles, etc., is short lived and brief exposure to sunlight causes its death, while that of diphtheria and scarlet fever is tenacious and long lived, and these diseases are more likely to be transmitted by a third person under suitable conditions. Since it is impossible to prevent the exposure of susceptible individu als to communicable diseases, it is desirable to immunize against as many of them as possible. Every child should be immunized against diphtheria, typhoid fever and small pox in infancy, and older individuals, if they have not been in infancy, should likewise be immunized. The immunizations for whooping cough and scarlet fever are still in the ex perimental stage, but they may be worth trying. As yet no suitable immunization for infantile paralysis has been devised. Until such time as other immuniz ing agents are devised the only meth od of protecting susceptible indivi duals against communicable diseases is to keep them away from individuals who have them. Unfortunately many parents believe, that since children will acquire the more common of the contagious diseases sooner or later, no special effort need be made to prevent exposure. In this connection it is well to know that about 85 per cent of the deaths from measles and whooping cough occur under three years of age. Obviously it is de sirable to protect children at least past this age period against those diseases which affect the young so seriously. When there is a contagious dis ease in a home it is customary to require the other children of the household to remain home from school, and to prevent their asso ciation at play with other children of the neighborhood for the entire period of the illness of the patient, and for an additional time equal to the incubation period of the disease. If it is desirable not to interfere with the well child’s school attend ance and other associations he can temporarily change his residence to the home of a relative where he need be isolated only for the period of incubation of the disease. If such a course is impossible then the sick child can be removed to a hospital and after a period equal to the in cubation of the disease the other children may return to school and resume their association with other children. , Used Cave for Glass Work The first glass maker in Scotland was George Hay (1566-1625). He took advantage of a peculiarly formed cave at Wemyss, on the Fife coast, and set up his furnace there in. Time I* Money “Dey tells me dat time is money,” said Uncle Eben, “and maybe dat ex plains why one man has to look at de town clerk while another wears a dia mond wrist watch.”