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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. Go to= W. T. ROBINSON =For= Furniture of Every Kind, House Furnishings, Bed Room Suites, Par lor Suites, Davenports, Dining Room Suites, Kitchen Suites, Kitchen Cab inets - The Famous Hoosier -, Iron and Wood Beds, Odd Pieces of Ev ery Kind, Art Squares, Rugs, Con goleum -, Both in Yardage and in Squares; Also, THE BEST TALK ING MACHINE ON EARTH - The Great Sonora C lear as a Bell. The One and Only Machine that took the Blue Ribbon as to QUALITY AND TONE at The World’s Fair. This Machine Plays Any Records, and Plays Them Correctly. We al so Carry the Famous Columbia Grafonola The best needle machine on the market, and a complete selection of Columbia Records and Needles. i ' In fact, we carry most anything that it takes to furnish the home -, from basement to garret at this store. The Store of Quality Headquarters for the Latest .Styles, More Goods For Less Money Than Any Store In North Georgia. “The Home of Satisfied Customers.” * “Sell-a-heap-sell-eheap-keep-everlastingly-at-it,” Is Our Motto. We are glad to have you call. Yours to SERVE and PLEASE, W. T. ROBINSON 12 years in one business, in one place under one management. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2