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CHURCHES TO AID
1 VICTORY LOAN BY
1 SERMONS ON MAY 4
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jit Will Bea "Thanksgiving Loan,” In
Recognition Of This Country's
Hapiness And The Re
turn Of Peace
Sunday, May 4, has been designated
all over the United States as Victory
Loan Sunday, when every pastor of
! (every denomination is asked to dis
cuss from the pulpit the Victory Loan
•campaign and urge upon their hearers
such investments in the Victory Loan
as they can undertake.
It has been the observation of those
■prominent in former Liberty Loan
campaigns that the churches have had
enormous influence in furthering sub
scriptions. And there is every reason
why this should be so. Lending to
one’s country is something more than
a business investment. It is a patri
otic obligation and surely patriotism—
a deep regard for one’s homeland—ls
a form of religion.
The Victory Loan is also being call
ed the "Thanksgiving Loan,’’ and sure
ty it is a fitting designation. Think
of the boys who have come back home,
alive and well, with the enemy van
quished, the battles over! Think of
peaceful America, its people prosper
ous, its children happy and well nour
ished, its lands safe from the inva
sion of a foe; and compare our situa
tion with that of starving Russia and
Poland, with Germany torn by Red
revolution; with victorious France still
bleeding from the scars of horrible
war. Think of the heavy taxation
which must for years burden the peo
ple of Europe, victors and vanquished
alike. And then compare our situation
here —with our government asking
only that we lend what we can spare,
with gilt-edged security and liberal in
terest. Certainly, we can afford to
call this a “Thanksgiving Loan, and
prove our thankfulness by liberal in
vestments. There is not a father who
has seen his boy come home, or who
has learned that he is safe overseas,
w 7 ho can afford to cheat himself of his
share in this —the last of the govern
ment loans —which will pay the war
bill and ‘‘finish the job.”
Let’s Get Aboard!
The Venereal *,
jsv. Disease Menace
Thanks to the activity of the War
Department the menace of venereal
diseases is being more understood
than ever before. The policy of silence
which prevailed heretofore is respon
sible for the constant increase in these
diseases and the existing danger to the
public health and efficiency.
That the campaign for the preven
tion of venereal diseases should be
vigorously presented may be gathered
from the fact that of 200,000 men in
the army infected with venereal dis
ease, 170,000 brought the infection
with them from civil life. In other
words, of every six men venereally in
fected, five of them contracted the dis
ease before joining the colors.
Few of these men, comparatively,
knew the dangers or the effects of ve
nereal diseases; just as a small per
centage of the public realizes the ex
tent of these diseases. It is estimated
that 80 per cent of all men have had
gonorrhoea at one time or other. This
disease is not cured as readily as most
people imagine. A good, reliable doc
tor is the only one that should be
trusted in the treatment of venereal
diseases and the advertising physician
should never be consulted. Usually
he is a quack, depending on the fears
and the finances of the unsuspecting
patient.
Gonorrhoea has often led to serious
results, terminating in a painful form
of rheumatism, in chronic invalidism
and in serious surgical cases, some
times ending in death. It also fre
quently results in sterility and in blind
ness. Eighty per cent of all blindness
in new-born babes is directly trace
able to gonorrhoea. These children
doomed to go through a life of dark
ness are in most cases an economic
loss to the state because of their han-
diejip.
Venereal disease is infectious. That
is,, it can be transmitted from one per
son to another. The chief method of
transmission is by means of the prosti
tute. Of these women actual figures
show that fully 85 per cent have gon
orrhoea, syphilis, or both. Venereal
diseases may also be contracted
through the use of common property,
such as the public towel, or the use
of another’s toothbrush, pipe, etc. But
the safest way to avoid venereal dis
ease is to avoid the use of common
property and most important, to keep
aj-ay from the prostitute. This ai>-
plies even to the prostitute who Is
“frequently examined,” for this exam
ination is no guarantee, as the woman
may have become infected five minutes
after examination.
Syphilis, another form of venereal
disease, is more prevalent than is gen
erally known. About 20 per cent of
all prostitutes have it in an infectious
form. Syphilis is a treacherous dis
ease, In that when it appears cured,
it may be most harmful. The first and
second stages of syphilis are easily de
tected, and therefore attention is usu
ally given the disease at this time.
During the third stage, however, when
the lesions are healed, pain is gone,
and all outward appearance of the dis
ease is passed, the syphilitic is in
clined to neglect himself, by failing
to take the continuous treatment out
lined by a reputable physician. Here
is where the little spirochete, as the
germ is called, does its most work.
It will travel through the body, some
times attacking the heart, but more
frequently attacking the brain and
often the victim will develop paresis
or "softening of the brain,” or locomo
tor ataxia, long years after he had
forgotten that he ever had syphilis,
and many years after he thought he
was entirely cured. Every case of pa
resis is due to syphilis; about 99 per
cent of locomotor ataxia is due to
syphilis; and every case of apoplexy
under forty is due to syphilis. This is
part of the toll. All the distress, all
the heart suffering, and all the misery
caused by venereal disease will never
be known.
Syphilis and gonorrhoea are both
curable, but only after long treatment,
continued until discharged by a physi
cian of good standing.
Be kind to your feet.
Teach them that c-o-m
--f-o-r-t spells good walking.
And give your pocket
book a chance at the same
time.
We cannot give our shoes
away. But we are satisfied
with a moderate, decent
living profit.
If you want better shoes,
sold to you on that basis,
let’s say “hello.”
THE WIINDER DRY GOODS
STORE.
-V.
SHOES
About Advice.
The worst thing about advice, ob
serves a writer, is that those who are
qualified to give it never do, and those
who Insist upon serving you with a
full, seven-course table d’hote meal of
it, always prove to be the worst of
chefs.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
It’s no longer necessary to go in
to the details describing the practi
cal merits of the Ford car —every-
body knows all about “The Uni
versal Car.” How it goes and
comes day after day and year after
year at an operating expense so
small that it’s wonderful. This
adverisement is to urge prospective
buyers to ptace orders without de
lay. Buy a Ford car when you can
get one. We’ll take good care of
your order—get your Ford to you
as soon as possible —and give the
best in “after-service” when re
quired.
FLANIGAN & FLANIGAN
WINDER, GEORGIA.
Easter, the seaso n of joy,
Hope and Better Light!
Bring brightness to your
home, store or factory by
putting
STERLING
MAZDA lamps in every
socket. They are econo
mical and preserve sight.
Come to our shop or
’phone 364, or 40.
P. C. GREGORY
Winder, Ga'
Australia’s Artesian Basin.
The artesian basin of Australia
measures 5(19,000 square miles In ex
tent, and is said to be the largest
known in the world, comprising 876,-
900 square miles in Queensland, 90,000
!n South Australia, 83,000 in New South
Wales and 20,000 in the northern ter
ritory.
Eiectr'ced Cropr.
Experiments carried out in 1916 on
a farm in Dumfries to demonstrate the
effect of overhead discharge of elec
tricity <“-> plant growth gave some re
markable results. The tests vVere car
ried out on a field of oats, and the elec
trified area of one acre gave an in
creased yield of 873 pounds of grain,
or 49 per cent, over the two half acres
unelectrified, while the straw yielded
an Increase of 88 per cent.
f-i*per Clothing.
Paper clothing has long been known,
sometimes for its cusssedness, but re
cently there was discovered a method
of waterproofing cloth made from
wood pulp which greatly Increases the
life of the garment. Some paper cloth
is brittle, but there is one variety
known to the Japanese which will
withstand 37,500 foldings without
breaking.
Grarv'mothsr in Eighteen Days.
A lady green bug become* a grand
mother in 18 days. One m imagine,
then, notes a naturalist, the rrultltud
inous arui.es of these insects that may
develop in the course of a season.
Their worst foe Is a tiny black four
winged fly that deposits an egg in each
bug it c< ts across, its larva consum
ing the bug’s inside works and using
its shell for a house.
His Headquarters.
A small feather pillow which nestled
In a glass case in the historical mu
seum created especial interest among
the visitor*. “I don’t see anything un
usual about that pillow,” remarked a
girl, turning to the guide. “It’s a very
valuable pillow,” replied the guide.
“That is Washington’s original head
quarters.”—The Girls’ Circle.
Why He Hadn't Slumbered.
“I’m surprised at you, Mr. Twobble.
You fell asleep right in the middle of
Professor Diggs’ lecture.” “Don’t
blame me for that, my dear.” “Why
not, sir?” “I would have fallen asleep
sooner, but the person seated Imme
diately behind me kept coughing on the
back of my neck.”- -Birmingham Age-
Herald.
You are tired of the same old style
We don’t blame you—
MARTIN BROS.
Buy your Easter Slipper that is different. We show you what’s
new, brand new stock, the kind they wear in Atlanta, Chicago, New
York and Paris. The large factories we deal with keep us posted; they
ship by express as soon as they make them. We don’t wait for freight
to deliver; takes too long. That is the old way.
We don’t buy last year styles. Come see these totally Different
Colonials with the newest Buckles on them---not like the ones you see in
just ordinary stores. The ones we show look like the Big City Stores
show you.
Oxfords that are smart and don’t slip at the heels. Our prices are
different.
$3, $4, $5, $6, $7, SB, $9, $lO, sll, sl2
So different that it makes a difference of $1 to $4 saved.
Come, of course we say come look at our Easter styles. They are
as smart as a whip, and you’ll say so. You be the judge—we are fair
we leave it to you; we don’t nag after you to buy when you see them.
AAA to EE
We fit you, that's sure
MARTIN BROTHERS
NEW SHOE STORE
ACROSS STREET FROM HOLMAN BUILDING
125 Clayton Street Athens, Ga.
LADIES’ SHOES SHINED 10c
MONEY TO LOAN
Money to loan on FARM or CITY PROPER
TY at low rate of interest.
Applicants wanted for BONDS, LIFE, ACCI
DENT, HEALTH, AUTOMOBILE, LIABILITY.
TORNADO and OTHER LINES of INSUR
ANCE.
We represent only HIGH-CLASS OLD LINE
LEGAL RESERVE and TARIFF COMPANIES.
For further particulars call on
I. E. JACKSON
Manager Insurance and Trust Department
North Georgia Trust and
Banking Company
WINDER, Phone 82 GEORGIA