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TYPHOID FEVER ON
DECREASE IN GEORGIA
From January Ist to September Ist,
1919, there were reported to the State
lioard of Health by the County Health
Officers, City Health Officers, the
various private practitioners of the
State Seven Hundred and Sixty-nine
cases of typhoid fever.
It is quite true that all cases of
this disease are not reported by the
physicians, but the vast majority of
them are.
Possibly an annual average for the
last ten years would have showed
more than four times the number re
ported this year. There is no way
of ascertaining tbo exact number for
any previous year, as the Georgia
State Hoard of Health did not be
gin a systematic collection of these
reports of contagious and nilectious
diseases until January, 1919.
Several factors have been respon
sible for the decline in prevalence of
typhoid fever. Ist, a large number
of sanitary privies have been install
ed in the sections where this dis
ease had been quite a problem in the
past. 2nd, a large quantity of v.f.;-
cine, both plain and mixed, has been
administered this year by the family
physicians and the health officers, up
to September 23rd, the State Hoard
of Health has sent out more than
150,000 doses. This, by far, exceeds
the records fur any other one year.
The largest number of doses distrib
uted during any previous year was
about 120,000 during the year 1918.
3rd, the I ivision of Epidemiology of
Uie SUite Board of Health has a sys
tem of educ: ting the families where
cases of typhoid develop and where
the family physician reports it to
the Department; a bulletin on typhoid
which treats briefly of its 'Frequen-
cy and Fatality,” "Cause,” "How to
Avoid Typhoid Fever,” "Sanitary
Privies,” "Flies,” "Good Water Sup
plies,” "Typhoid Carriers,” “Value of
Vaccination,” "Precautions During
Course of the Disease,” and “Precau
tions on Termination of the Disease.”
The department does not mail these'
bulletins to counties or cities having
active health organization, but allow
these departments to handle these
diseases a they see best.
The disease is on the decrease in
the state even now. The largest
number of cases reported during any
one week was for week ending June
28th, with 75 cases, while for week
ending August 30th, there were only
40 cases reported.
This is the time of year typhoid is
usualy most prevalent, but with the
proper precautions from now until Oc
tober 15th, we can bring about even a
'fcr eater decrease.
Typhoid fever in Georgia is soon
to be a thing of histouy. It will, in
the near future, be driven completely
from our midst.
All other contagious and infectious
diseases can be handled in the same
manner when we wish to endure them
no longer. Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Scarlet Fever, Venereal Dis
eases, Dysentery and many others will
follow typhoid fever and Kaiser Bill
when they are fought with the same !
determined efforts.
Keep Weil
1. Ventilate every room you occupy
2. Wear loose, porous clothing suit
ed to season, weather and occupation.
3. It you are au Indoor worker, be
sure to get recreation outdoors.
4. Sleep in fresh air always; in the
open if you can.
5. Hold a handkerchief before your
mouth and nose when you cough or
sneeze and insist that others do so,
too.
6. Always wash your hands before
eating.
7. Do not overeat. This applies es
pecially to meats and eggs.
8. Eat some hard and some bulky
foods; some fruit.
9. Eat slowly—chew thoroughly.
10. Drink sufficient water daily.
11. Evacuate thoroughly, regularly.
12. Stand, sit and walk erect.
13. Do not allow poisons and infec
tions to enter the body.
i U. Keep the teeth, gums and tongue
clean.
15. Work, play, rest and sleep iu
moderation.
16. Keep serene. Worry is the foe
of health. Cultivate the companion
ship of your fellow-men.
17. Avoid self-drugging. lleware
the plausible humbug of the patent
medicine.
18. Have your doctor examine you
carefully once a year. Also consult
your dentist at regular intervals.
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE.
Write Georgia State Board of Health
for bulletins.
Free Pamphlets
Copies of the following pamphlets
and others explaining the Govern
ment’s campaign against venereal dis
eases and giving such facts of sex
s are essential to the welfare of young
people will be sent to any address
free.
Set A. For young men.
Set B. For the general public.
Set C. For boys.
Set D. For parent* of children.
Set E. For girls and young women.
Set F. For educators.
Write to your State hoard of health,
or Georgia State Board of Health, 131
Capitol Square, Atlanta, Ga.
J. “HAM ’ LEWIS TELLS OF
ORIGIN OF ARTICLE TEN.
Peoria, 111., September 2J.—•
That Article ten of the league of
nations covenant was not originat
ed at the Paris peace conference
was asserted by former Senator
James Hamilton Lewis, speaking
tonight under the auspices of the
American Legion of European
war veterans, in reply to state
ments by Senators Ho rah and
Johnson at Chicago, and in the
middle west.
The expression providing for
i the prevention of “external ag-
Jgression,” Mr. Lewis declared,
was written by Woodrow Wilson
years before lhe European peace
meeting to fit the needs of the
South American states, carry out
the general Monroe doctrine,
“and particularly to prevent the
invasions of certain large coun
tries in South America over cer
tain smaller ones which were then
under threat of external aggres
sion.”
“Later,” continued tlie speaker
“the president referred to this
very spirit of Clause X in his
speech at .Mobile, Alabama, in
l!>In, long before America was in
the war. lie there explained the
spirit of his then proposed under
taking—the enforcement of a
peaceful American union. I em
bodied part of the theme in my
address at New Orleans to the
Louisiana state bar association af
ter having consulted with the pre
sident that lie might authorize my
quotation of him. ”
The phraseology “as is now
seen.” Mr. Lewis said, was not ad
dressed at ils origin to the Irish
situation or to any country in Eu
rope, hut was applied in Europeas
fitting the new' situations.
MIDDLE GEORGIA HAS QUAN
TITY OF BAUXITE.
' -4 ir
Engineers Investigating the
Claims, Preparatory to Large
Manufacturing Industries Lo
cating in Dixie.
Macon, (la., September 26.—1f
the investigation now under way
hero by a party ol' mining engin
eers, representing one of the fo l, r
Principal mining companies in the
United States, come up to expeeta
ions bauxite mining will shortly
become one of the principal indus
tries of middle Georgia.
The engineers, who are keeping
their identity secret for business
reasons, are conducting their ne
gotiations through the chamber of
commerce. They came here autho
rized to purchase and where bau
xite ore is found in quantities
large enough to justify mining,
and with that end in view the
chamber of commerce is calling on
all persons who have land where
bauxite has been found to let the
fact be known at once..
Bauxite is now being mined in
t His portion of the state on a
small scale by three or four com
panies, but it is claimed the sur
face only is being scratched and
once the development w ork begins
in earnest the industry will mean
much to the state at large.
Bauxite is one of the chief in
gredients of aluminum. To be used
profitably the ore must contain a
minimum of silica and iron.
DRANK HAIR TONIC AND
TWO TOPERS LOSE
THEIR SIGHT.
Mobile. Ala.. September 28.
Frank ('orso, who sold hair tonic
to two men who were blinded by
drinking it. will not be hold re
sponsible to the courts, it was an
nounced today, t'orso, it was stat
ed. cannot be held responsible for
what the men did with the hair
tonic after he sold it.
Dollar* and Religion.
It Is religious to make a dollar and
then to n’nke the dollar make another.
It Is ino • religious sometimes to spend
n dollar than to save it, and at other
times more religious to save a dollar
than to spend it.
THE BARROW TIMES WINDER. GEORGIA.
A GEORGIA FARMERS EX
PERIENCE WITH OATS AND
WHEAT.
In the fall of IIH I selected for
oats a piece of land containing 10
acres that had been planted in
peas and hogged off, leaving the
stubbles S to 12 inches high. About
September 1. this land was double
cut wu' a disk harrow and fol
lowed with a turnplow from four
to six inches deep, this beinu fol-
lowed with a spike-tooth harrow
keeping right up with the plow
all the time to prevent clods.
About October 1. this land was
again double-cut with a disk la
- followed with the spike-toot 1
harrow to smoothe it down. <in
October 10, I drilled in with two
horse drill two and one-half bu
shels per acre of nice clean oats
without any fertilizer of any kind.
They came up to perfect stand,
an on the following February 20
they were fertilize with 100
pounds per acre of nitrate of
soda. From this field I gathered
HO bushels of oats per acre. This
land is now in peas for hay, and
looks as if it would make a ton
iper acre.
The same fall I selected for
wheat a piece of clean-cultivated,
well drained cotton land. I first
measured off two and one-half
acres, then cut the stalks, it being
necessary to run tfre stalk cutter
over them three times to get them
cut thoroughly. This land was
prepared the same as for oats, be
ginning about the loth of October.
On November 10, six peeks per
acre of Bluestem wheat was drill
ed in with 300 pounds of 9-3-0
guano. The following February it
was broadcasted with 100 pounds
°f nitrate of soda per acre. From
these two and onehalf acres I
threashed 98 1-2 bushels of wheat.
This land is now in corn anil vel
vet beans and I am expecting ai
good yield.
I have followed these methods
for several years, and have never
made less than 40 bushels of oats
and 18 bushels of wheat per acre.
Anyone that would succeed
with small grain should select for
oats land with a deep soil and for
wheat well drained land. Prepare
the soil well, put in good seed at
tire right time, fertilize liberally
and success is almost certain.
A. 11. JENNINGS.
Americas, (la.—ln The Progres
sive I'armei- 1 .
NOTICE.
Tax Collectors First Round.
1 will be at County Line Oct.
lotli at 11 o’clock a. m.
Cains Court oround Oct. 15th
at 12 o’clock a. m.
Auburn, Oct. 15th at 2 o’clock
p. in.
Carl. Oct. 15xh at 3 o’clock p. m
Jones Store Oct. Jiitli at 12
o’clock a. in.
Bethleheii\, Oct. 16th at 12
o’clock p. m.
Chandler's’. Oct. 17th. at 12
o'clock a. m.
Statham, Oct. 17th at 2 o’clock
p. m. for the purpose of collect
ion taxes for 1919.
A. M. Williams. T. C.
BOX SUPPER.
There will he a box supper at
~ High School Friday night
October 3rd. 11*19. for the benefit
of the school. Everybody is cor
dially invited to come.
DRESSES OF GRASS WORN
BY GIRLS OF SOUTH RUS
SIA.
Paris, September 28.—People in
some of the villages of southern
Russia are wearing dresses made
of leaves or grass, sown together
with bamboo fiber, owing to the
difficulty in obtaining cloth, says
Major G. M. Towse, who is in
charge of the Red Cross activities
along the shores of the Black sea.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2