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USES AUTO IN ROAD MAKING Ingenious Farmer Has Simple Scheme Which It Seems Might Be Well Worth Copying. A friend who has spent the entire summer and some of the fall In u se cluded rural dls — ■ ■■ trict was telling a city man the other day about Ar how tiie fanners ftM keep their road’s In good shape In the section In which t w&TY' he was sojourning. “There aren’t any TSlfci state roads In that I' art °* the eoun ' *■/+■ | try,” he says, “and no brick or macnd am. But the farmers keep the gravel and dirt roads in excellent shape. Whenever my landlord took a trip to town, or anywhere, he used to hitch a road drag to his automobile. Then the car would pull the drug along the mile or two that he was Interested In keeping up. He would unhitch the drag and leave It by the wayside. On the way home he would pick up the drag where he left It and drag the other side of the road going back. And he’d make a round like that al most every time he took the car out.” Automobiles demanded good roads, and now automobiles are making them. But It took a farmer to think up a simple trick like the one our 'friend relates. Automatic. The youngster was trying to tell * story, and he was making a sad mess of It. He lost the thread of his ■discourse becnuse he was looking out of the window at a couple of kids on the other side of the street. His another called him to attention. “Look here, Walter,” she command ed. “You must keep your mind on what you are talking about If you expect anybody to listen to you. It Is Impossible to talk about one thing and think about something else.” "No It Isn’t,” contradicted Walter. “When I’m Bayin' my prayers, I c'n ■think about anything I want to, an' 'never stop prayin’.” A lot of prayers are put up that Tray. GOOD IMITATION ■**v k . jit „ :, '.'ij; •* 1 * O Maggie Lady-Bug— l hear you were •on a regular toot last night I Willie Love-Bug—Yes, I was. I *lept In a garage on an automobile horn. Lines to Be Remembered. The atrocious crime of being a young man which the honorable gen tleman has with such spirit and de cency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but con tent myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are Ignorant in spite of their experience.—William Pitt, Earl ,of Chatham. Land Built by Rivers. ' The geologists sh.vs that the Gulf of Mexico once extended northward ito the the land between uiiu point and New Orleans has been built up by the earth ■washings brought down the river, Even cow the stream carries on the average something like 400.000,000 tons every year. From the Missouri alone comes 120 tons every second, or more than 10.000,000 cubic yards every day. Iren Stemmed Carnations. t*.JPr|nch horticulturists by selective breeding have succeeded In producing carnations with great, heavy heads end stems so thick and strong that they support the weight of the blos soms unassisted. The great dlffl culty with big carnations hitherto has been that the stems were too weak. Strength. Wife —Are you sure you caught tht* fish? / Mr. Gayfell* —Of course. / Wife —It smells very strong. Mr. Gayfello—Strong? I shroud say tt wast It nearly pulled me over board. War Talk, “Did you see Myrtle this morning? Her make-up was splendid." “Yes; I thought her camouflage wai .perfectly beeutlful," - * / May Not Be Dull. ! jftver set a person down as dull un* tU you have tried him alone, and, It the duolog falls, do not b too awe which Is ii>e dull one. Always ths Llttls Man. Qra&t men do not play stage tricks wttfe the doctrines of Ufe and death; poly little AMO do tbnt A REVELATION AND AN AWAKENING To the people of the earth the war has brought suffering, anxiety, priva tion, desolation, and destruction. But as in the case of all wars some ulti mate good must come. To America it has brought a revelation and an awakening. It has laid before our 4. n. *•: *' “*•* w -■ —• w -+ - m **m eyes, and especially before us Geor gians, a startling fact—one that we must face in the eyes of our sißter states and the nations of the world. The army reports based on the first million men drafted into military ser vice, show that out of every 100 whites there were 11 infected with one or more of the Venereal diseases. The negroes show an even higher Infec tion, 16 out of every 100. Georgia rank* fourth to the bottom among the states of the union in the existence of these diseases. Now whence did these men come? Out of Georgia homes_ .they /came, being called according to their selec tion numbers, Now bear in mind the examination of these men were made at the time of their entrance Into the army service. What do such facte prove other than that these diseases were prevalent among those, and some times unknowingly, who form an In tegral part of our society, and their widespread existence was brought to light to the people as a whole by the thorough medical examination of the army. In the face of such what shall be our course? Since we have been start led by such a revelation shall we just accept such facts as statistics or shall we arise with the aimilar awaken ing of the other states of our country and do what we can to combat these enemies which are preying upon the health of our citizens? The Federal government has lead the way in this direction by its mil lion dollar appropriation fer such work. Last May the U. S. Public Health Service furnished to the State Board of Health the full time services of a (echnician to do the Wassermann work for the diagnosis of syphilis, free of charge to any physician In the state. On Feb. Ist of this year this work was taken over by the State Board of Health. They are equipped and ready to be of service to the suffererß of this dis ease, through their family physician or -'pecialist. For such ones we feel that it is not only their duty to themselves but also to their family, community, md state to go to a reputable physician, ind lay the situation before him. He n turn will give you sane advice as to the prevention of further spread of the disease which is often con traded by those who are altogether innocent. Likewise he will treat you and ad vise you if suffering from gonorrhea. The State Board of Health also makes examinations of smears for the pres ence of this disease. The duty o£ the State Board of Health is to conserve the health of the people of the state. Toward thh; conservation they will gladly serve them through their physi cian. Later they will tall you some thing about their work in the labors tory PTATE BOARD OF HEALTH. Report All Infectious Diseases Apply For Bulletins And Blanks Physicians are urged not to allow their supply of blanks for making re ports to the State Board of Health to run out or get too low. Infectious and contagious diseases, should be promptly reported as by so< iolng a beginning epidemic might be •nipped in the bud." This is true of' many of the diseases that ire not. wide spread. Aj< an Ulustratioß of this we l might mention two cases of Typhus ;; Fever that we had to develop in >ne of j rnr counties recently. Tbs caser were , immediately reported by wire to the. State Board of Health. A physician* *as immediately sent, and all exonnina ions made. The netes.-ary precau ions were taken and noe a single cast' developed—the disease was properly* nandled and many lives as welU as doi-j ars saved. Sines this case i has been mentioned! ’or the purpose of Impressing the *- ■essity of reporting, it might be of general interest To si*e that this Sr> icular case was brought to ovrr state by i sohfier It * only transmitted by he trfte of anMnsect. and is generally Drought into this country m cUrtitiiwc >r baggagtv The returning soldiers are ill carefulty watched for car riers/of Typhus, but some may etude close f 'watch that la being kept, might be well for alt to have an tfe out for any unusual •§* and mmsdiately notify tho authorities. Many of the infection and contugl jus diseases are so common that lit .le attention la paid them. This is true of such diseases as whooping cough, measles, mumps and the llktL general ly known as diseases of childhood Why have them when by isolation they caa be pro rented? One of tha most prevalent of the ommuulcabl* diaeasas, and the most Prions of any above mentioned are the Venereal Diseases. About tO per cent >f our entire population is supposed to e infected. The State Board of Health issues • rom lira* to time bulletins on different ilseassa and sanitation that are free far the ashing They also issue s monthly macsr.tne on health, sallsd ■HIUieTHOUOOY." Mr Ray Warner lB a,* editor. This Is free for Us asking. —Gsotcia Stole Boesd of HeaiUi. \ Many Prey to Hookworm A certain writer in the Northwest has recently published a textbook en titled Animal Parasites and Human Bise&se. His chapter on Hookworm opens as follows: tor many years it was customary in the I.nited States to look upon shiftless people to be found in om Soutlj as the product oFlvanton lazi ness and an inborn lack of ambition. For decades Hie rnopp fortunate North erners considered the “Poor yvhites” of the South a good for-nothing, irre sponsible people, worthy only of scorn and of the sordid poverty and igno ranee which they brought upon them selves as the fruits of their own shift lessness. When it became known, 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 emaolated and stunted people were the victims, not of their own unwill ingness 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 ol pity and help rather than of scorn.” Here we atop and throw aside the boek in disgust. “Just another fling at the South,” ears the average South ern citizen. But those who have had an opportunity to study the subject find that our Northwestern friend is right after all. The Rockefeller Foundation has 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 description of the disease is given: ‘‘Hookworm disease is communica ble'. It (s caused by a small parasitic wonit (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 hated within the brief space of from 24 t* 40 hours. When once hatched, the lar vae, or 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 troll ther renaaln micro scopic In size. They get back into the body by boring through the akin of the bare feet and hands or otfher ptwtions at the body which come' in contact with sell in which they ex Ist. and thus pass Into the circulating blood of the human host. Their en trance throngh 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 Tungs, 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 1 by treatment.” The hookworm lives irpon the blood of the patient, thereby towering the vitality and subjecting him to other diseases, such as typhoid, malaria, pneumonia and tuberculosis This is largely responsible toe the greater number of cases of pneumonia and: other infectious diseases among Southern recruits in ovur recent mili tary mobilization camps. One regi ment recruited from two Southern states showed hookworm infection of 54 tier cent, while another showed an Infection of 32 per cent. In both of these regiments, an unusually high mortality of measles and pneumoniia resulted. Location of th* 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 usuaiy spread by fecal matter. The home or school which has no erly constructed privy is vury liaJWe in deed so infection. Treatment. The I reatment of hookworm is a very slmpte matter. Your State Board of Health furnishes a spaciimm con tainer, furnished to any one upon re quest. hi tkhs container aNt 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, bater another an amination will determine the success of Ihe treatment, bat the improvement in the patient is usuaiy sufficient rl denee. No charge is made for the examination and prescription Prevention. The Sanitary Privy. This sounds simple and indeed Is very simple. The State Department of Epidemiology will furnish free of charge the 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 almpto matter. The war has demonstrated what can be done with a much more complicated problem, namely the ve oereal disease* amoag our troop*. The people of our nation are rapidly awak ening to a state of latoleianoe towvrd the pre-war conditions. Then, Igno rance of the masses renderjg the con trol of venereal dfteasls 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 preß yrt rapid decline of venereal diseases will ?ontinfie to a minimum! Contribute only a spark of -interest jyjd your Board of Health will show you how to eventually eliminate hookworm Infection. True Bareasm. "I play entirely by ear,” said the imnteur musician, proudly. “Ahem! Bo I perceive,” replied the caustic per son. "Hus it ever occurred to you to tonsult an aurlst?” „ Take the Short Route. When you talk, observes an educa tor, whether in conversation or in meeting, use short words, of which there are more than there are of long ones, and ta'xe the most direct road to your meaning. Your meaning’s the same. True and False Freedom. There are two freedoms —the false, where a man Is free to do what he likes; the true, where a man is free to do what he ought.—Charles Kings ley. Daddy £roke His Face. John was an interested spec tator when his .father shaved. One morning the razor slipped and the skin was cut a trifle, and John turned and said regretfully to his mother, “Oh, see, daddy did break his nice face.” Strange Street Names. What is the quaintest street name you know of in London, past or pres ent? It would probably be hard, re lates the London Chronicle, to beat Shalligonaked street, which, according to the late Sir Laurence Gomme’s evi dence before the local records com mittee, appears as the name of a street In Wapplng in a sewers rate book for 1748. In those days the naming of a street was not in the hands of a sedate public authority, hence the oddity of some of these old names. Steam Against Sails. Modern naval development may be said to have begun with the rapid in crease in the size of ships which took place at the close of the fifteenth cen tury; and mediaeval history finally closed with the battle of Lepanto in 1571, the last great action in which rowing galleys played an important part. From this time the sail-pro pelled man-of-war was gradually Im proved until early In the nineteenth ■century, when sails began to give way to steam. Why We Handle United States Tires Because they’re good tires. Because we KNOW they’re good y tires. Because our experience has taught us that they will satisfy and gratify our customers. There are United States Tires for every need of price or use. ?. I We can provide exactly the ones for your car. x United States Tires f are Good Tires j SMITH HARDWARE COMPANY Gasified Ads. AUTOMOBILE BATTERIES to rent at Smith Hardware Cos. There is more POWER in THAT GOOD GULF GASOLINE and SUPREME AUTO OIL. Sold by At A. THOMAS, Agt. No orders too large to be filled promptly, none too smal to be ap preciated. PEOPLES FUEL CO., J. 11. House, Prop. 1 — All Casings left for vulcanizing are now ready, as I have secured the service of a first-class vulcani zer. Please call and get them as early as possible. Allen’s Garage. FOR SALE?—One Jersey cow and several high-bred pigs. See J. N. AVilliams, on farm 7 miles N.-W. of Winder or J. P. Williams Winder, Ga. A nice five year old mare for sale, or will exchange for an auto mobile. W. C. Baggett, Bethle hem, Ga., R. F. I). No. 1. 5-29 PRICES on AUTOMOBILE CASINGS and TUBES REDUC ED. See Smith Hardware Cos. FRUIT JARS, JELLY OLASS ES and BEST RED RUBBERS. Sold by Smith Hardware Cos. EXIDE, the best word in AU TOMOBILE STORAGE BAT TERIES. Sold by Smith Hard ware Cos. in-: ("REAM FREEZERS, WATER COOLERS and REFRI GERATORS at Smith Hardware Cos. ONE HUNDRED PER (’EXT PURE Lead and Oil. Sold by Smith Hardware Cos. DAYTON BICYCLES with CLINCHER TIRES. Sold by Smith Hardware Cos. One for Each Window. The worst thing about the profuse ly windowed sleeping room, observes the Kansas City Star, Is that you have to get up so many times before you Anally locate the window which Is do ing the rattling. ~ 1 fh* •* Needs Grow. Most of us who haven’t any, ,v - fc * v In our pious way that all we wrJUi -. oey for Is to be independent, but we notice, says the Ohio State Journal, that as Soon jis anyone begins to get a few dol lars ahead he discovers that ae needs lots more Independence than he thought he did. SIV -I**l Made For Each Other. “800, | fear you are not to a port* Hon to marir Just now.” "But I can't wait. We were made for each oth ir." “There will have to be a little noney made, too, ray boy.” Title of Admiral. Ttrt rank or title of admiral did not exist In the United States navy until 1866, when it was created by congress and conferred on David G. Farragut. He held It until his death, in 1870, and ms successors have been; David D. Porter, 1870 to 189i, a~"d George Dewey, from 1890 till his death, Janu ary 16, Jil7. With his death the title lapsed and has not been revived. Earning and Spending. Earning money keeps some men from their Spending n. ney drives some women farther away from their husbands, fate proper way Is for husband and wife to earn together and spend together. - v | Composition of Mica. Mica, so named from its being easily divided into glistening scales, consists of silica and alumina, associated with magnesia, soda and lime In varying proportions. Thus there are potash mica, consisting of silica, alumina and potash, and magnesia mica, in which the alumina is partially replaced by magnesia, passing—as the proportion of magnesia increases—into soft talc, which is chiefly composed of silica and magnesia. Had Not Changed Much. A negro, who was so singularly lazy as to be quite a problem, got converted In a revival. His associates in the church were extremely anxious to know whether he would not bestir him self and go to work. The negro at tended a meeting and offered a pray er, In which occurred the petition: “Use me, Lord, use me—ln an advisory capacity.” I Electrlhed Cropt. 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 were 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.