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sum-pox CASES
SHOULD KBDUTEB
While Net Dangerous, It Is High
ly Contagious Sometimes
Complications F o 1 low,
Says State health
Hoard.
Atlanta, Ga.—Although chicken-pox
1b regarded ca cae of the natural ail
ments incident to childhood, there
are several important reasons, says
the Georgia State Board of Health,
ally parents should exercise all the
care that would be taken with a more
dangerous epidemic disease.
In the first place, while chicken
pox. when properly treated, leaves
no permanent disfigurement of the
skin, if neglected or permitted to be
otne severe, it may leave scars or
pock marks similar to the pits that
-come from small-pox. All that is
usually necessary to prevent the
•.cars Is proper medical attention and
the exercise of care to prevent the
patient from scratching the eruptions.
If small children persist In scratching,
it is a good idea to put mittens on
their hands. Itching may be alleviat
ed by carbollzed and warm baths, and
the application of oil may be used to
hasten the separation of the crusts.
Another reason why chicken-pox
cases should be given careful atten
tion is the fact that while severe Ill
ness or death seldom, If ever, occurs
ju uncomplicated cases, there Is al
■ways a possibility of complications
-that might lead to serious results.
Complications are rare, but when they
do occur they consist usually of pneu
monia, erysipelas and inflammation of
the kidneys (nephritis). Not infre
quently chicken-pox Is complicated by
jsome other infectious disease, but
kills, however, is more of a coincid
ence than a true complication.
Another reason for exercising
-special care in chicken-pox cases, —■
and this is the most important reason
of all from the standpoint of com
munity welfare, —Is the fact that the
-diaeasc is highly contageous, and
when the children of a family, or a
school or a neighborhood have been
once exposed to it, scarcely any child
-who has not had the disease escapes
contagion.
Usually Confined to Children.
The disease Is usually communlcat
d la the ordinary Intercourse of
children in the family, the school or
the playgrounds. While grown peo
ple are not entirely immune, it is
usually confined to children. The
poison Is eliminated not only through
aurface of the body and the crusts
broken from the eruption, but even
in the air which the person breathes.
3t Is believed by physicians that it
can enter the body by way of the
respiratory passages. Direct con
tact, therefore, is not necessary, the
Infection being communicated to some
little distance by the air; it can also
be carried more remotely by persons
who do not contract the disease
themselves, but who transmit it to
.persons who are more susceptible.
The importance of isolation and
auinllary precautions, In the light of
the disease’s highly contageous na
tnre, becomes immediately manifest,
faolattou should he practiced, and the
quarantine should be prolonged until
the last crusts are thrown off. Dis
infection of the person, clothing and
iapart tiuent is desirable to minimize
the danger of spreading the disease.
These measures, and the treatment
of the disease, should be carried out
under the Uitection of a physician.
Chicken-Pox Symptons.
Chicken-pox is ordinary, an easy
disease to diagnose, it develops iu
from ten to sixteen days after ex
posure. The first indication is usually
the apparanee of small, bright red
spots, which rapidly develop into
-water blisters called vesicles. They
-vary in sue,( the largest being about
The diameter of a split pea. There
-vesicles are on the surface of the skin
*ud do not go deep. Usually there is
tio suppuration or pus. The disease is
<iften accompanied by slight fever.
Sorronutiing each vesicle is a narrow
right red ring called an aerolla. They
<ome out in crops on the body; some
.-lime* on the face and scalp; and oc
casionally even in the mucous mem
brane of the mouth. The blisters
Hsekiom go on to pustuiation, but
rapidly dry up arter the fluid in them
becomes opaque. In addition to slight
-feverishness there may be loss of ap
petite, aching feeling, and catarrhal
inflammation. The duration of the
attack is variable. Three or four
-weeks is usually the extreme limit
"t>efore the separation of the last
oirsts. Relapses do not occur. x Im
munity from future attacks is prac
tically permanent.
Ihit it must be understood that
<ohl cken-pox has no relation whatever
lio smallpox, and the fact that a pa
tient has had one of them before, nev
er protects from the other.
The medical name of chicken-pox
is varicella. It was once regarded as
a greatly modified and mild form of
vmall-pox, but it is now known as
wn entirely distinct disease. One of
these diseases never gives rise to
lb* other. The attack of one con-
Jem no immunity against the other;
vaccination affords no protection
against chicken-pox, and children who
■have recently suffered from chicken
j*ox re-act to vaccination in the op.
binary manner.
FUGITIVE FOR TWO YEARS
* RETURNS TO ATLANTA
Broken in Health, .L Wylie Smith’s
Return is a Verification of the
Truth That “The Way of the
Transgressor is Hard.”
(SPECIAL TO THE ARGUS.)
Atlanta, Ga., May 22.
Thoughtless people who make a
joke of the solemn warning that
“the way of the transgressor is
hard” will never hear from any
pulpit a more striking illustration
of that truth than is presented to
the world by the person of J. Wylie
Smith, who has come back to At
lanta a living skeleton after hav
ing suffered terrible hardships a
fugitive from justice for more than
two years.
Two years ago Wylie Smith was
a prosperous and respected Atlanta
business man. lie bad a happy
family and was prosperous among
his friends. But he yielded to the
temptation to get money faster
than it could be made honestly,
and wrecked the Commercial Loan
and Discount Company, of which
he was President. Ilis thefts were
immediately discovered, and he
fled to Mexico. Since that mo
ment to this his life has been a hell
on earth. For awhile lie rotted in
a Mexican jail. Later he was im
pressed into the army of Orosco.
Broken in body and spirit by pri
vations and disease, with the shad
ow of death hovering over him, he
finally crawled back to American
territory and surrendered, Today
lie occupies a cell in the hospital
ward in the Fulton county jail,
a mental and physical wreck.
His wife, a broken-hearted wo
man, unable to live in this city
where her husband is accused of
betraying the trust of some of his
best friends, has disappeared from
Atlanta to live with relatives in
another part of the country.
THE PASTOR’S RELATION
TO THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sardis Church Sunday School Su
perintendent Says Pastor Should
Use Members of School to
Assist Him in His Work.
We have a profound respect for
tliose of God’s anointed who break
to us the bread life; therefore,
the pastor’s relation to the Sunday
school is second to none. The
pastor holds the divinely-appointed
office for inspiring and guiding the
thought and activities of the Sun
day school. He is the general of
the young army of boys and girls
about to be Christian soldiers. The
workings of the Sunday school is
to make Jesus Christ known and
obeyed and loved throughout the
whole world. The Sunday school
is the great feeder of the church;
from it come our educated, trained
spiritual workers. The pastor
should use as many of the Sunday
school members as possible to as
sist him in church work. There
is a bond of union thus formed
between pastor and pupil that will
bring forth precious fruit.
We opened Sunday school last
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
nightv-eight teachers and pupils
and a large number of spectators
being present. Folks will come to
old Sardis. After the Sunday
school we had about one hour of
song service, led by Tom Rosser
andj. M. Wilson. Remember the
singing next Sunday afternoon
promptly at 3 o’clock. All leaders
and singers are respectfully invited
to come and take part with us.
Superintendent.
Wanted
To rent for several weeks a
Lady’s Bicycle in good condi
tion. Apply at Argus Office.
Famous Rome Bread.
R. A. Franklin & Cos.
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
TO BE ON AN EQUAL BASIS
Only Qualifications Required That
Company Shall Be Joint Stock
Company, Solvent and in a
Prosperous Condition
(SPECIAL TO THE ARGUS.)
Atlanta, Ga., May 22. —Chas.
A. Bickerstaff, Secretary and Treas
urer of the Association of Southern
Fire Insurance Companies, has re
ceived the absolute assurance that
the Southern companies will not
be discriminated against by the big
Eastern companies which loan large
sums of money for building and
other purposes.
Life insurance companies, and
some financial organizations which
make large building loans, custom
arily have the right to specify
where the fire insurance on the
building shall be placed.
After writing to some three score
of the big life insurance companies
Mr. Bickerstaff has received the
assurance that Southern fire insur
ance companies are to be consid
ered on exactly the same basis as
the Eastern ones. The only quali
fications required of a company are
that it shall be a joint stock com
pany, solvent and in a prosperous
condition. Writing to Mr. Bick
erstaff, the heads of the big life in
surance companies said: “We wish
you to place us on record in the
most unqualified manner as being
willing to accept the policies of
your companies composinng the
association.”
This means, of course, that
Southern fire insurance companies
have won exadly the same high
standing in the financial world as
the old Eastern companies. It
means that when a million-dollar
sky-scraper is put up in Atlanta
or any other Sonthern city, the fire
insurance caii be carried with a
Southern company, no matter how
much of the money to build the
structure has been borrowed from
the North
The Association of Southern Fire
Insurance Companies was organ
ized iu 1910 by several of the lead
ing companies of this section, its
object being to promote and en
courage wise building and tax laws
and the reduction of fire waste and
other matters of vital interest. It
was influential in securing the en
actment of the new Georgia insur
ance law, which is conceded to be
the best that has been put cn the
statute books of any State in many
years.
$25 Reward!
I offer a reward of $25-00
for evidence to convict any
person found dynamiting the
river, creeks or ponds in Butts
county in order to catch fish.
J. G. MADDOX,
Game Warden Butts County.
CARD OF THANKS.
We take this method of express
ing our profound aud sincere
thanks for the tribute of respect
shown to our son, James W. Mad
dox, how deceased, both here and
at Tallulah Lodge, where lie met
his tragic death: also, lor the many
kindnesses extended to his family
in liis sad hour of bereavement.
May the providence of our Heav
enly Father deal gently with each
and all that ministered in the least.
We sincerely trust that God in his
infinite mercy will deal gently w ith
you and reward your every act of
kindness shown him and out im
mediate fami’y. Sincerely,
Chas. L. Maddux
and Family.
Famous Rome Bread.
R. A. Franklin & Cos.
Warning.
All parties are warned not
to employ one Jaee Blessett,
who is under contract with me
for 7 months.
J. H. Patrick.
Dr. Westmoreland Tells Flood
Sufferers How to Prevent Disease,
Distinguished Georgia Physician Gives Timely Advice and Valuably
Suggestions to Ward Sff Malaria, Typhoid, Dysentery
and Other Malignant Diseases
"The various Boards of Health in the
flooded area are amply equipped to pre
vent epidemics,” said Dr. Westmoreland,
"but the great problem this year, as it
has been as long as I can remember, is to
educate the masses of the people in the
simple rules of household sanitation and
bodily hygiene. I would say that the very
first thing to do is to give the household
free ventilation on sunshine days. At
the same time all sleeping rooms should
be thoroughly and persistently fumi
gated. Don’t wait for the health officer.
Do it yourself.”
To Fumigate Rooms.
"The simplest and cheapest fumigation
is to put two teaspoonfuls each of oxalic
acid and permanganate of potash well
mixed and slightly dampened in a saucer
and left in the sleeping room all night.
This is a very efficient ozone generator.
The more fortunate will do well to supply
their poorer fellow citizens with this
simple preventive and thus ward off an
immense amount of sickness.”
The Sinks and Toilets.
“The free spreading of quick lime and
powdered copperas (iron sulphate) in
sinks and toilets and sprinkling the prem
ises with a strong solution of perman
ganate of potash will arrest the forma
tion of poisonous gases. And most im
portant of all precautions is to avoid as
far as you can the outside atmosphere
after sundown.”
Protect Your Chest.
"I have found the simple practice of
bathing the chest, back and front with
spirits of turpentine a very effective rem
edy in times of threatened epidemics.
This should be done Just after disrobing
and before retiring. All of the reme
Confederate Veterans Reunion
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 27=29, 1913.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOOTH.
©FFISIAL ROUTE FOR
R. A. Smith Camp U. C. V.,
Of Macon and Bibb County.
Also nineteen other camps in Middle and South Georgia and their
friends. Danuel B. Sanford Camp Sons LI. C. V., Daughters of Confed
eracy and the Dublin Concert Band.
Round Trip Fare from Jackson, Ga., $3.90.
Round Trip Fare from Macon, Ga., $4.75,
Tickets sold May 24, 5, 26, 27, 28, final limit June sth, unless extend
ed until June 25th, by depositing with special agent at Chattanooga, and
paying a fee of fifty cents.
Confederate Veteran’s Special haves Macon 11:28 A. M„ arrive
Chattanooga 6:80 P. M., Monday, May 26.
Six High Class Trains from Macon May 26.
Macon 2:55 A. M. Air ve Chattanooga 10:15 P. M.
Leave Macon 5:05 A. M. Arrive Chattanooga 10:25 A. M.
Leave Macon 4:10 A. M. Arrive Chattanooga 2:05 P. M.
Leave Macon 7:35 A. M. Arrive Chattanooga 5:15 P. M.
Leave Macon 11:28 A. M. Arrive Chattanooga 6:30 P. M.
Leave Macon 1:25 P. M. Arrive Chattanooga 9:35 P. M.
See that your ticket reads Southern Bailway, and take your choice
of six high-class trains. Extra equipment on each train. Ample
accommodation for all. Consult nearest ticket agent or write to
J. S. Bloodworth, T. P. 2L,
MACON, - - GEORGIA.
Xo. 1 —Historic counte T upon which William Mclntosh signed treaty in face of death. It is still V
preserved. *
No. 2—Mclntosh Rack and tablet placed upon it by Piedmont Continental Chapter D. A. R., Atlanta.
dies or preventatives suggested are with
in the reach of everyone and have been of
incalculable service time and again dur
ing previous floods in the South.”
Keep the Bowels Open.
"Epsom salts is the best thing you can
use, and can be found in any drug store.
Five cents worth is sufficient. This will
carry off the more threatening germs and
K '
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ROBERT W. -WESTMORELAND, M. D.
Dean of Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga.
leave the system less susceptible to ty
phoid or malaria.”
Look Out for the Water.
“If you are at all suspicious of the
drinking water, boil it; boil it anyway
to be. sure, and always squeeze a few
drops of juice from a lemon hito the
glass before you drink it.”
Be Watchful of Diet.
”1 have been present at many relief
stations during times of great
stress, and one of our chief difficulties
was to get the right kind of food.
"In their goodness of heart the public
rushes sweets and a great mass of food
stuffs that is either innutritious or quick
ly spoils, hence to properly feed the suf
ferers i§ a great problem. Eat the sim
plest form of food, keep the bowels open,
bathe the chest as suggested; sprinkle th;th
sinks, fumigate your rooms and avoid the
night air. With these few rules there
should be no danger of malaria, typhoid
or other epidemic.”
Good Tonic Will Help. /
"The Swift Specific Cos., of Atlanta,
Ga., is rushing. S. S. S. to every avail
able drug store throughout the flooded
districts. For many years all through the
Mississippi and Ohio Valleys this famous
antidote has saved a multitude from the
ravages of malignant diseases. It has a
powerful action in the cellular tissues,
stimulating each part to resist the en
trance of disease germs.
.“There are many people who in the N
present excitement are distress!, and in
the first stages of malaria.”
Look Out for Chills.
"The prompt use of S. S. S. will Quick
ly arrest the progress of malaria, and if ->
there are conditions in the blood that (
seem to threaten health I will be glad
to advise all such people freely as to the
best and quickest method of throwing
off the attack. Address me at 139 Swift
Laboratory, care Swift Specific Cos., At
lanta, Ga. State in your letter if you
were able to secure S. S. S.