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YOU AND YOUR CHILD ARE IN DANGER BE ADVISED KNOW THE TRUTH. You often wonder if such and suoh statement you read in the paper is true. If it is possible for things to happen. If they are as bad as they are said to be. This may he. and is likely so in some instances, but yes terday we had two cases reported to us are true, and woefully pitiful. A family of father, wife and four children. The oldest child had a small sore to develop on his lip. He was 11 years old, and a fine fellow. He was given treatment for several days, but the sore did not heal, and the family physician was not satisfied. He called for one of our experts who examined the child, and without hes itation diagnosed the disease as Syph ilis. A specimen of his blood was taken and examined for the germs, and they were found, as the Labora tory says. 4 plus. This father was called to the office and he was ques tioned, fiis blood was examined and found negative. He was questioned about hie wife. He had no reason to think she could have the disease. She came down the npxt day and gave a B|>ecimen of blood for examination, and it was found negative also. The remaining children were also exam ined, and each one was found with Syphilis. This was awful —terrible, yet here was the fact. The cases were only found because the family physi cian had the liberality necessary to |his having the good sense to call an expert. In time the sore would have gotten well, and the child would have more thaa likely had the smoldering fires of Syphilitic infection for years to come. Later the germs would have en trenched themselves in one or more of the vital organs and the fire that was hidden would have burst forth with no power on earth to quench it. That is the way with this enemy after the first symptoms subside and you think you are well. You go crazy, be come a paralytic, you have chronic liver trouble or your kidneys are in volved and you die. While all this is true, It is easy to cure if taken in time. It can be cured for we have authentic cases that have contracted it for the third time. We have gotten away from out story. How did these four innocent children get this disease? We do not know. There are many ways they may have picked it up. Kissing, eat ing and drinking after someone who has it, using the same things that have been handled by one who is what doctors term in the “active stage." We have a case that occurred in -school children reported by reliable men, in which the infection was traced to a fruit dealer. It was his habit to spit on his apples to polish them, afterwards rubbing them with a cloth He was an active Syphilitic, and the germs were carried in the sputum. It pays to be advised. It pays tc know the truth. We are ready to help you by advice and making labo ratory tests for you. • ‘Another sad case has just been re ported to us. A sweet, beautiful well nourished fine baby developed sore eyes. They grew worse and worse A fight was on for the eyesight, night and day. every hour, every moment the baby was in the hands of the nurse and doctor. It was hard to tell whether it could ever see again. It was gonorheal sore eyes. Where did it get the germ? The family was nbove suspicion, the mother and fa ther had nothing. They, however, trusted their baby to a negro girl as nurse. She had gonorrhoea and with her finger, accidentally conveyed the germs too her charge. It pays to be advised. It payJ to know the truth. It pays. It pays. St. John says: “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." JUST A FEW LEFT. The campaign for the suppression of prostitution, which is essential to the eradication of venereal disease, has been so successful that only five seg regated districts have been left in the United States Public Health Service. Twenty-nine States in which red light districts flourished have perma nently closed houses of prostitution in over 130 cities. In most of the States not included in this list tbeie were no houses of prostitution or "official" red light districts. To reopen these or any red light district should be classed as a disloyal act. In fact it is disloyal to the govern ment and the innocent women and children of our country. "They snail not open,” should be the slogan. The States which have practically suppressed open prostitution are: Alabama. Arizona. Arkansas, Califor nia, Colorado. Florida. Georgia. Ken tucky. Louisiana. Massachusetts. Mich igan. Mississippi. Montana. Nevada. New Jersey, New North Car olina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. South Carolina. South Dakota. Tennessee. Texas, Virginia, .Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming. SHOWS THE NEED. The need of free clinics for treat ment of venereal diseases in the smaller citiee was conclusively dem one* rated with the opening of the one 1b Virginia, this month. Following a brief educational cam paign of lectures and the distribution of pamphlets 82 person* made applica tion for treatment. ANOTHER WEAK LINK DYSENTERY The alarmingly high percentage of unfitness among young men of mili !ary age in the South Atlantic and Cult States may serve as u n index to the same relatively high percentage of t nfitness of the population as a whol . The South is keenly embarrassed over this situation and rightly so. A great slice of this unfitness is due to the venereal or '‘social’’ disease. At first this was thought to lie due to the ne gro element of our population. Later figures, however, revealed the fact that the same high percentage of un fitness exists among the white popu lation. The Southern States are not alto gether to blame for this embarrassing state of affairs. Ignorance plays a large part, but the distribution of ignorance is fairly uniform over the ountry at large. Probably the most specific cause is climate. Our states tre rated in the temperate zone, but from the standpoint of health they are ilmost semi-tropical. Hence we have to contend with a great many factors from which our sister states north of us enjoy natural immunity. The great scourges of hookworm and mal aria are already familiar to us. Hoth are tropical diseases and each has played a large part in lowering the physical fitness of our people. I’ella ;ra is also peculiar to the South and has contributed its share. There is one other important dis ease which though not confined to the South yet takes advantage of the fa vorable climate, and not only causes thousands of deaths annually, but stunts and cripples the vitality of nany other thousands, ‘Hus render ing them susceptible to other dis eases. This disease is called dysen tery- ♦ tim lHnrio—amoebic Dysentery is of two kinds amoebic ind bacillary. Amoebic dysentery, though not as contagious as the bac illary form, is of much longer dura tion and may last for years as chron ic dysentery. It is also not as prev ilent nor as fatal, but it incapacitates the victim for a much longer time and renders life a burden indeed. It is rather difficult to cure, although treat ment with emetin may arrest and ■iometimes effect a cure after long treatment. Bacillary dysentery is related to ty phoid fever in many ways. It is a food and water bourne disease. An nfected water supply or dairy may result in an epidemic particularly imong children. The death rate is highest among children under five years of age. The so-called “summer liarrhoea" of babies is often in real ity bacillary dysentery originating from carelessly handled dairy prod ucts. Flies also play an important part in spreadin dysentery. The fe . . ■ c infnofnH irwti- parl In aprenum * al discharge from the infected indi vidual is teeming with the germs. >ven after the patient lias recovered. If flies have access to this material by means of the surface closet the •erms may be distributed to many triads of food. In this way trie sur ace closet and the common house fly ire responsible more than any other factors for the spread of both ty phoid and dysentery. Unfortunately, medical science ha not yet discovered a vaccine which will immunize against dysentery. In the end. however, this may not he ho unfortunate. Far the most euc essful way to combat disease is to remove the original cause. Hence. ,f we can be sufficiently impressed with the importance of sanitary sew lge disposal and safs water supply vaccination will become unnecessary. report contagious diseases. It is verv important that all conta gious diseases be reported by the phy sician to the board of health, for only !)V so doing can the source of the in action be placed so that those who ire well may avoid the contact, and that knowing ire well ma> also for the reason that knowing where the disease is, the Board of Health can take steps to eradicate it. This ie particularly true of the \ e nefoal Diseases. If we can find the airier, the discriminator of Syphilis and Gonorrhea, we can then take ueps to compel them to be treated. These are two of the contagious dia bases that the law is particularly Ur ong on. It is a misdemeanor in Georgia to subject another to either it these diseases. FREE FOR THE ASKING Write for the following pam phlets according to your need. They explain the government's campaign against venereal dis uses and present the true faets of tex: Set A. For young men. Set B. For the general public. Set C. For boys. Set D. For parents of children. Set E. For girls and young Aomea. , Set F. For educators. Issued by the GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH JOE P BOWDOIN, Division Venereal Diseases Control Atlanta, Ga. More Prevalent Than Tuberculosis Syphilis is more prevalent than tu berculosis and is rapidly being rec ognised as the greatest killing dis ease. It is the real cause in many nasjs of pareats. locomotor ataxia and aortic aneurism; in many cases of cerebral hemorrhage and apoplexy in the young uud of the organic dis eases of the heart, liver and kid neys. It is curable if taken iu time. THE COUNTRY SUNDAY SCHOOL. If the Sunday school has been allowed to die down, there should he no further delay in reorganiz ing it. In our concern for the mental develoyment of our children, we should not forget the need for moral training also. In the writ er’s neighborhood a boy who was to have graduated at the high school last month—a bright boy in iiis hooks—spent the commence ment period in jail, having enter ed a store at night and killed its owner only a few' weeks before. Proper moral training had not ac companied his mental training. Every father or mother should ask himself or herself if the Sun day school is not needed to supple ment the training given in home and public school. And even if a hoy learned nothing useful in Sun day school, it might still be worth while for him to go simply because the Sunday school offers an oppor- tunity for him to meet other boys and girls in the right environment and under wholesome influences. The average hoy who has nothing to do from sunup to sundown every Sunday is pretty likely fo get into mischief. The moral and spiritual benefits, of the country Sunday school, therefore, should alone insure ef forts to utilize and strengthen it, while the social and intellectual 1 advantages which it offers may al so he not improperly considered. The Bible is one of the world’s supreme pieces of literature, and to study it Sunday after Sunday will contribute not a little to any body’s mental growth and equip ment. —The Progressive Farmer. Australia’s Artesian Basin. The artesian basin of Australia measures 569,000 square miles In ex tent, and Is said to be the largest known in the world, comprising 876,- X)0 square miles in Queensland, 90,000 in South Australia, 83,000 In New South Wales and 20,000 In the northern ter ritory. 50 Good Farms For Sale In Greene County Greene County is one of the fines agricultural sec tions in Georgia. The land is the very best; market and railroad facilities unsurpassed and a climate that makes for contentment and prosperity. A FEW OF THE ATTRACTIVE FARMS We ggive below a list of a few attractive farms we have to offer you in this noted'old county: / One tract of 1894 acres with 31 tenant houses, four 6-room dwellings, two large cow barns that will hold seventy-five cows each, one large mule barn and smaller ones,; store house at railroad station, three miles railroad front on farm, 300 acres of branch creek and river bottoms, finest of pastures and very best grade of land. This farm produced last year 350 bales cotton and 10,000 bushels of corn, and can be made produce 500 bales. There are $30,000 worth of improvements on this farm, 4 miles from Greenesboro, on public highway and adjoins lands now selling for $l5O per acre. This farm can be bought for $65.00 per acre, $25,000 cash and balance to suit purchaser. One tract of 140 acres, 12 miles from Greensboro on public road, brick dwelling, barn and outbuildings; 11 tenant houses, pasture, 4 or 5 million feet saw timber, and red clay subsoil. $35.00 per acre, ten to fifteen thousand dollars cash, balance to siyt purchaser. 312 acres 6 miles from Greenesboro on public road; good dwelling and outbuildings, pro ductive land and big bargain at $35.00 per acre. 250 acres 3 miles out; 6-room dwelling, big barn and outbuildings, 3 tenant houses, pas tures and well watered. For quick sale canbe bought for $6O per acre, adjoining lands cannot be bought for $l5O per acre. 110 acres right at the town of Veazy, 6 miles from Greenesboro. Fine schools and churches and store right at farm; one 6-room and one 3-room dwelling on place with barns and pastures. It is a productive land with red clay subsoil and is only $6O per acre. ALL OF THEM BARGAINS These farms are all great bargains and you will never find anything to equal them at the price offered. We mention a few of our farms to let you have an idea. Our prices range from $25 to $lOO per acre with one-fourth to one-third cash and balance to suit \Ol . Get in touch with us if you want good farms at prices that will enable you to pay tor them and farms on which you can double your money in a few years if you want to sell again. Write or come to see us. Toney & Spinks Realty Cos GREENESBORO, GEORGIA LIVER DIDNT ACT DIGESTION WAS BAD Sijl 65 year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved Alter a Few Doses of Black-Draught. MeadorsTllls, Ky.—Mra. Cynthia Higginbotham, of this town, says: “At my age. which la 65, the liver does not act so well as when young. A few years ago, my stomach was all out of fix. X was constipated, my liver didn’t act My digestion was bad, and It took so little to upfet me. My ap petite was gone. I was very weak... I decided I would give Black- Draught a thorough trial as I knew It was highly recommended tor this trouble. I began taking It X Celt' better after a few doses. My appetite Improved and I becamo stronger. My bowels acted naturally sad the least treublo was noon righted with a tew doses of Black-Draught" Seventy years of successful use Ca> made Thedford’s Black-Draught • standard, household remedy. Every member, of every family, at times, need the help that Black-Draught can give in cleansing the system and re* lievlng the troubles that come from constipation. Indigestion, lazy liver, etc. You cannot keep well unless your stomach, liver and bowels s.re In good working order. Keep them ihai way, Try Black-Draught It acts promptly, gently and In a natural way. If yon feel sluggish, take a doss tonight Yon will feel fresh tomorrow, Price 25c. s package—One tmt • dona All druggists. 7. M