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kdern Babies Prove Hardier
]han Pastern Infants Says Report;
Seek Lower Death Rate Nationally
PAGE FIVE
NOTE: This i* the final of
g art'cles written b/
"° Curb
f\rO r
Market,
has done here, Its or-
nd function.
/>/. FIRORf County Agent.
Function
o! Public Markets,
is Cu«
Ial application to Ath-
Mar|y|f.ffJ>cm tbo *taq<V-
iio the. function,
: iUic rreiriat'Js to rJv<?
.■ 1 y ncressiblo place where
, : :iny consumers will come
,v and where he can conduct
,'i - with vet? itttlo cash out-
F*rnm the,.standpoint of the
in!, r. the fuhepon of a pub-
market la to felve him or her
'- •tur.ity to select fresh
inti vegetables and poultry
,fs from numerous offer
er.) that these thines he nvp.il-
at nr'cea averafftnz lens than
. t-i'-ir Ptores. Othtjr function**
.. ; ,*it:l!c market ere of preat- j
. rtar.ee than these two, hut j
••v<>n very Ifttle attention by
r producer or consumer. j
v are: 1. To furnish a c-han-
nel for selling small quantities of
produce, thereby enabling produc
ers to start producing in a small,
conservative way. 2. To furnish a
place where producer can gain ex
perience ami education In the
handling of products, thereby de
veloping Into larger producers and
growing Into business of greater
■ importance. This means that from
tin* experience and practice gain
ed nt u curb market, In time pro
duee.; graduates from the curb
market and use other channels for
setting rid of their products. 3.
To supplement the regular chan
nels of trade. If merchants and
middlemen are awake to their op
portunities they will use the pub
lic market as a means of lining
up producers of quantity aud qual
ity and develop worth-while trad
ing relations. To illustrate, a farm
er starts selling peaches at a curb
inrkft. lie demonstrates his ablli-
*y to produce peaches of quantity.
He finds that the curb market will
take small quantities readily. Ho
would like to plant a sufficient
acreage to produce in car lofa but
D£. DAVK5
op ms prize Mansfield
BABIES <§) M/vt&nzLi*
//eALTU on tJON5Tr* ATT a ft.
icifie Coast babies have proved
hale and hearty than their
rs and sisters living in other
iom of the country. No longer
the tenderfoot East set the pace
a example of how to live the
ect ljfe. This is the view of Dr.
Palmer, director of re-
1, American Child Health Asso-
ion, who is shown in the inset,
says
ioraco Greeley was right. 'Go
it, young man, go West,' he said,
young man went and found it an
nt place tobripfr up his family.
io.;t attractive spots for babies
just been revealed by the pub-
n of the infagt .mortality sta-
for 1522 in G3o cities of over
population, as compiled by the
Child Health Association,
fcgon, represented by four cities
ur IP,COD population, is the win-
State with a rate of 6S.6. This
that durtri£?lho year out of
thousand babies born 58.6
Fifty-eight and six-tenths
» let but it is the best record
by any state in the Union.
Vs rate may be compared with
see where 103 out of every
sand babies born failed to reach
first birthday.
aking the figures for each state
averaging them for sections of
ountry, the Pacifiq Coast trio—
‘mgton, Oregon and California
first honors with a rate of C0.7.
vent-north central section, rep
lied by Minnesota, Nebraska,
and Missouri is second with
of GD.8. The best showing
the Mississippi is that of the
north cent* al section renre-1
sented by Wisconsin, Illinois, Michi
gan, Indiana and Ohio. The rate was 1
77.8. Other rates in order were
west-south central 79.8: mountain,
80.8: middle Atlantic, 81.4; New Eng
land, 90.7; South Atlantic, 92.4, and
east-south central, 92.6.
“Returns were secured from 32
of the 48 statei. With the excep
tion of five states, all are In tho
U. S. Birth Registration Area,
tho accuiacy of whose records are
accepted by the U. S. Census Bureau.
In tho states not heard from tho
machinery lor securing records is
incomplete South Dakota, Nevada
and Arizona have no satisfactory
law's retiring complete reporting of
births and deaths. Massachusetts Is
missing in the New England states.
It is explained that the Bay State
has a system by which records are
deposited with town clerks, tho
health departments having no con
trol over their collection.
“Adequate methods for registra
tion of births in every state in the
Union is one of the primary object
ives of the American Child Health
Association, a national organization
working to advance child health enro
throughout tho coutnry. By develop
ing better methods of health educa
tion for cnildrcn in the schools and
stimulating the interests of parents,
teachers, and workers with children
everywhere in the observance of
fundamental health# practices, tho
association is centering its effort on
the building of a future citizenshm
in the nation whose improved stand
ard* of ’health will insure a pro
gressively decreasing infant death
rate m the community."
Is Inexperienced in car lot mar—vide* the - __
ketlng. Local distributor. If they! purchase of
have been studying the curb mar- paper: -
ket find this man, knowing fiat; 1. Station No. 1.
he is a good producer. This station supplies the West-
The next step is for the produce/ | env- Normal School pcction.
and distributor to get together on 1 Located" In the store of Mr. Flor-
marketing, which leads to the • cr.ee; jnat across the street from
producer becoming a large peach ' old station. Station No. 1 does not
grower, giving his time to tkc pro- ; deliver,mail. A permanent carr''
duction of this product in largV,ha? been granted that section,
quantities. Numerous illustrations mall delivery. Station No, t sells
along this line are apparent. Tim stamps, registers letters, injures
curb market for hundreds of yearn parcels, sells money orders,
has been a stepping stone to the i “2. The registry windor handle*
development of production and!ell printed envelopes, tho hoavies
equally to the development of df - jelngle item of stamp sales,
tribiition—meaning the developing ; “3. The regular stamp window at
of wholesale and retail traders as j the main office,
well as first hand distributors. j “4. The genera! delivery window
Therefore, one of the functions ’ helps out the stamp sales when the
of a curb market I.t to develop j regular stamp window become* too
’v—.i ---• rowd’ed.
production, distribution and
merce generally. 4. To eliminate
waste and unnecessary service, in
a broad market, tho total amount
left over each market day will br>
less than In numerous restricted
markets. This appllqs- ts perisha
bles particularly. The shaping on
of products which can be produced
locally to advantage means unnec
essary Rervico and with it un
necessary cost. 6. To give a free
and open competitive market ’ through,
where the presentation of the sup- “This
ply will come in direct -intact
with the demand to buy. thereby
determining an equitable market
price.
“In the best regulated public ea-
tablfshment. now and then, through
the day, a momentary congestion
may occur. It is but just to say,
that many times it is the poorly
prepared package that causes the
delay. Time yourself by the watch
and you will find that your wants
arc attended to Just ns rapidly at
tho postoffice, as other public in
stitutions, taking the average all
administration, from
Washington down, welcomes con
structive criticism (and no one has
offered" ony other) so far as wo
know*. But it'seems—to the writer
-—that the greatest need of the
■gostoffice ••‘screen’*, Is a parcel
post window.
•‘After more than a year’s effort
on the part of the postmaster, the
treasury department forwarded
plans for this window and also a
package “chute.” but these plans
were inseparably linked with the
alteration in rear of tho building
—which changes failed to provido
Improved Service
At Postoffice Seen
Proposed Change
Criticism of “One Stamp
Windw” Office Brings
Forth Announcement the very necessary "mall vestibule'
That Improvements Are "o ZX, “Ye",?."
Being Planned. trance of maljs, Instead of one
small door as \now provided.
“Therefore tho postmaster re
jected tho whole blue print, be
cause he failed to receive the
greatest essential asked for.
of Commerce, and Judge Brand.
“With the help of the Chamber
tho treasury was Induced to send
another architect, who approved
plans for a new and useful vestl-
bu!e; thus delaying the parcel
window, but realizing greater good
in the end.
“A letter was recently received
by Judge Brand to the effect that
the treasury had approved these
changes and the work would be
let at an early date.
“Which means that the new
Improvements in tho Alliens
postoffice which will insure hotter
service to tho public are being
worked out now by government
architects. Postmaster P. L. Smith
stated Thursday.
Congrcssmon C. H. Brand has
received a letter stating that plans
for tho improvement, which call
for a new parcel post window,
have been approved.
Postmaster Smith’s letter, which
is taken as an answer to recent
criticisms of the service at tho
postoffice follows:
LETTER FROM
POSTMASTER
“Tho postoffire at Athens, pro-
Thomas Malghan The Pataca Special Today.
Its an all Joy, sunshine and glad
ness program at tho I’.ilnoe treatrr
today when Thomas Moighon will
be seen In his latest and best pic
ture “The Ne'er Do Well”. On the
same program is Bull Montana in
his newest comedy. For real hon
est-to-goodnens entertainment the
Palace is there with the goods to
day and tomorrow.
Miss Bluma Funkenateln who hai
Just returned from a year in the
New York dancing studios will bt
seen at the Palace Theatre at the
9 P. M. performance tonight and
present her latest sensation “The
Dance Varieties”. This attraction
1m extra to the two big special pic
tures and is presented at the f
o'clock performance only for to*
night.
“chute.” Also s' special delivery
drop, a “city” letter drop, and a
“circular” and “paper” drop, as
well aa the new mail vestibule.
“PAUL L. SMITH, P. M.”
Athens’ Neighbors
FRANKLIN COUNTV
HOUSTON.—The Franklin cmin-
ty S. S. convention will m«*t at
Hoyston August 16th.
There will be only one day's
session of the August term «r the
superior court at Carneavlllo.
Miss Joan Ruelcer and It. c.
Haygood were married at Kan on.
C. ~W. Hendricks, aged 9I» years,
died at his home yiear Wild Cat
bridge.
L. D. Baker of South Royston,
made this year 432 bushels of
wheat on eighteen acres.
* Mr. Chapman Tyner, near pones
Chapel, a substantial Citizen .died
in his 75th year.
Sheriff Moss cut down a large
still In Flfntvllle district and des
troyed 1000 gallons of beer and
10 gallons of whiskey. The owner
got away.
Pension money to the amount of
$10,496 is being paid to Franklin
veterans.
Sheriff Mosa has landed In jail
Fontlnue Brown who escaped last
February from the county chain
gang.
DAN’IhJLSVlLLE.—Great crowds
from MajdJson/Fra\ikllilfand,othe^
counties attended* The TCumbn at'''[^
Fort Lantar on July 28th, and which
was held at Liberty church.
The Masons of the 8th Congres
sional district will hold their an
nual barbecue nt Danielsville on
August Sth. E. ;C. Payne, of Ath
ens, Robert Ashford of Watkins-
ville, Arthur Moseley of Dnnfols-
vllle and W. A. Capps, of Athens,
officers In the lodge, are working
out the program. Grand Master J.
P. Bowdoin and Past Grand Master
N. E. Ballard will be among the
distinguished speakers.
Those interested in growing the
same variety of cotton in Madison
ounty will attend the Georgia
Breeders’ Association, to be held
In Athens on Wednesday, August
1st.
The 'Madison county singing con
vention will meet nt Providence
etyirch the first Sunday in Au
gust.
Another poultry sale will be held
in Comer on Thursday, August
2nd.
Free State farmers are comnlain-
Ing of watermelon thieves. He that
is without sin cast the first stone.
Aged Whitehall Man
Dies There Wednesday
What’s Fare to Halford? '■ i / *
Halford, Has., is a ftmall town, but has ambition. 1 A sigh Invjttag
tourists to speed 75 miles an hour may be seen at city limits. Fords
are urged to do their best. And plenty of near-beer’s on ice.
In Whitehall following III
ness. Funeral and Interment will
occur at WatkJnsvllle Thursday,
Kev. Trammell of that city con
ducting the services at the grave
side. Dunaway & Sons, funeral
directors, in charge.
Mr. Hill was one of the oldest
citizens of Whitehall, and is sur
vived by his widow, three non*
and two daughters: Mr. Otis Hill
of Princeton; Messrs. Robert nn<*
Leo Hill, Whitehall; MnoW.jHi *
Little and Miss Corine Hill, l M <th
of Whitehall. uxd* 1
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