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DEPOSIT IN U. S. VAULTS
TO CREDIT OF GEORGIA
SUM IS SET ASIDE TO BE SPENT
ON MATERNITY WORK AND
INFANT HYGIENE
Appropriation of Like Amount by Leg
islature Is Necessary to Obtain
Federal Aid.
There is deposited annually In one
of Uncle Sam’s strong vaults in Wash
ington City $24,530.55 to the credit
of Georgia. It has been there now for
about three years. It was placed there
to be spent by our State on Maternity
Work and Infant Hygiene. It has not
been called for by our people and it
is there now at your bidding. Be
sides this amount there has been paid
our State for several years a gift of
$5,000.00 for this particular work. This
has been used to the best advantage.
This money is appropriated to the
State under what is known as the
Sheppard-Towner BUI. The only re
quirement necessary for us to get this
money is to form a co-partnership
with Uncle Sam and put up dollar for
dollar with him. The work is so
much needed in our State. The
infant and maternity mortality is fear
fully high. We ought to save our
mothers and babies. All men are
taught “women and children first,”
yet 4,366 babies under one year old
died in the year. We have the sad
record—we might say truthfully the
convicting damning record —of 3,151
babies born dead. We know that one
third of all our deaths are among chil
dren. The death certificates of 637
mothers dying in childbirth are on
file in the Vital Statistics Department
of the State Board of Health. We
Jiave locked in the fire-proof vault In
our Capitol the birth certificates of
69,615 babies born in a year and that
this written evidence shows that 22,
709 of them were not attended by a
physician.
Do we need this $24,530.55 gift of
our government? Do these 8,160
tombstones call out to you? Do they?
The deaths of innocent babies and
mothers who paid the supreme sacri
fice that another soul might be born
surely appeal to you.
You naturally ask why Georgia has
not been getting this money. Tb«
answer is that our legislature has
never met the requirements of ths
federal law, which is that we must
show the same interest in our moth
ers and babies as the Congress that
has put up an equal amount of money.
The Congress has already put up
their money—the cold cash is there
ready to match yours dollar for dollar
Your law makers have never said
•‘Yes, Uncle Sam, we are as much in
terested as you in our children.” Your
State Board of Health stands eagerly
waiting to administer this money to
the very best advantage. They would
tike so much to give all that expert
ance and earnest desire can put into
the work. They would especially like
to be of service to the 22,709 babies
and their mothers who came into this
world without the care of a physician.
The midwife problem is a big one
and should have attention. It is per-'
haps one of the greatest problems in
our State. It should be given atten
tion, and we sincerely hope before the
present General Assembly adjourns
we will have complied with the fed
eral law.
HEALTHMOBILE
COMPLETES CANVASS
The Healthmobile has just complet
ed a thorough canvass of the Eleventh
Congressional District, remaining in
this district for six months. It is
hoped that much good was accom
pllshed. In addition to this unit the
work has been followed by three
purses, who have visited the homes
of the children found defective. This
follow-up work should prove of great
value. It will take time to tell just
how much good was accomplished and
possibly a resurvey. Nothing can
count, of course, unless permanent
work can be instituted.
HEALTH WORK IS
FUNDAMENTAL WORK
Without a healthy population no I
community can expect happiness or
prosperity. The full time health offi
cer is a good investment
The measure of prosperity of a com
munity, county or state is dependent
upon the earning capacity of its peo ;
Pie. If they have hookworm, malaria,
syphilis or, in fact, disease of any
kind, they are not in condition to pros- !
per. The State Board of Health is
always glad to advise with its people
what to do to stay well.
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One who is sick needs the very best
attention. You cannot afford to delay
by self medication, taking so-called
patent remedies. The human mach
inery needs an expert, so do the right ’
thing and send for your physician, or :
still better, have a regular examina-;
tion before you get sick in order to
receive the proper advice to avoid ill- ■
ness.
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Exterminate the fly. Screen out the ,
mosquito. Do everything you can to i
keep well.
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Fresh air, pure water, plain food. (
proper play, abundant sleep are the
producers of good health. ! I
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Sanitation is as old as the world. |
Moses gave the first law. ft is good
today, _ _ i
Drawback to Affection 4
Inspired by a Horse
I am not, as I say, sentimental about
horses; I have never yet seen a man a
horse liked as well as a nice bundle of
hay, writes Guy Struthers Burt in the
Saturday Evening Post. But on the
other hand. If you have ridden one
horse a lot and know all his little ways
and he knows all yours, and if you
have ridden many lonely and some
times dark miles with him, after a
while you begin to cherish an affection
for him against your better sense.
There’s a sweet, warm, companion
able feeling to the rippling muscles of
his neck when you put your bare Ijand
against them on a pitch-black deserted
trail, almost, although not quite so
much company as you get out of a dog
In camp. And as for Joe, If you miss
the trail in the dark and try to turn
off it he will do his best to buck with
you. *
There’s one thing about being with
such short-lived things as horses and
dogs that Isn't pleasant. You under
stand what age Is too soon. Here is
Joe getting old —and he’s sixteen. You
get too much an impression of the
flight of time. A wise man should
keep an elephant and always feel
young.
Timidity Has No Place
Among Arabs of Desert
Bravery Is the great outstanding
characteristic of thfe Arab. His judg
ment of what constitutes cowardice is
relentless and terrible. As soon as a
man is proved a coward the tribal
poet laureate makes a song about him
magnifying his fault and ridiculing
him. If the victim is unmarried no
woman will consider him, as the song
of his cowardice endures forever in
the tribe. If he is already married his
wife or wives are permitted by tribal
law (not by Mohammedanism) to re
turn to their fathers. The men, too,
cease to associate with the coward
and he becomes an outcast and a
pariah. To no other tribe can he turn
for shelter, and almost Invariably sui
cide Is his lot.
Above everything the Arab must
prove bravery in the eyes of his wom
en folk. An Arab man’s arms are in
variably covered with circular scars.
These are relics of his childhood and
are the result of his proving his worthi
ness to some childhood sweetheart, his
method being to stand in front of the
object of his adoration and smile, the
while he allows pieces of red-hot char
coal to burn him.
The Homing Instinct
Do you know those distressing peo
ple who, as soon as they start on a
holiday, begin to worry about coming
home?
I met one in the train the other day.
She was being “seen off" by a friend,
and this was the burden of her con
versation.
“I suppose I can’t reserve my seat
for coming home? What a bother!
But 4 shall send my luggage In ad
vance.
“I shall wear my blue serge costume
for coming home in. I hope it will be
a fine day; I hate coming home in the
! rain.
I “I mustn’t lose the return half of
my ticket; and I’ll ask about the time
of the train for coming back as soon
as I arrive, to make sure.”
“Well, goodby for the present, dear.
I’m quite looking forward to coming
back."—Windsor Magazine.
Saved by Mother’s Spirit
One evening, a short time after my
mother died, I was walking along a
lonely road near our home when a
young man approached and asked the
way to a certain street. As we were
both going the same way we walked
along together until we came to the
crossroads. I stopped to give him
further directions. Suddenly he seized
me and tried to force me into the tall
bushes which bordered the road. I
struggled frantically, but he pulled me
to the ground and was dragging me
backward. Suddenly I felt my moth
er’s presence beside me, although I
saw nothing. Just then my assailant
looked up. Without a word he dropped
me and ran down the road and out of
sight as fast as he could go.—Chicago
Journal.
Right and Left Hands
It is a fact not generally known that
the fingers of the right hand move
much more quickly than those of the
left. They are also much more ac
curate, says London Tit-Bits.
Recent experiments have also proved
that the ring finger of the left hand
can work more quickly if it is moving
in conjunction with the right-hand
forefinger. Any two fingers working
together, Indeed, move considerably
faster than one finger working by it
self.
The more a person uses bis or her
fingers, the more adept they become. A
pianist or typist will find that, in time,
the left hand becomes almost as skill
ful as the right.
Use of Canvas Modern
It was not until 1520 that artists be
gan to use canvas. The masters pre
vious to that time worked in ceramics |
or painted on wood and walls, then on I
canvas stretched to a frame.
Many of the great painters ground '
the pigments and mixed their own col
ors. says the Detroit News.
American supplies of art and Indus
trial paint are dependent on a large va
riety of foreign raw materials. We im- '
port Windsor and Newton, and still In
the opinion of artists do not make
colors that give the appearance of aga.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., AUGUST 15, 1924
HOW MUCH THOUGHT DO
YOU GIVE YOUR HEALTH?
WELL-EQUIPPED AND BALANCED
CENTRAL HEALTH DEPART
MENT NEEDED.
No Fund Set Aside For Protection In
Case Widespread Epidemic
Should Come Our Way.
What Is the most precious thing in
all this world to you? Your life—
your health. How much care do you
take of it? How much thought do
you give to it? Do you do the things
that are recommended by your State
Board of Health? All happiness and
wealth are dependent on how well you
keep and how well your family is.
There should be a sound, well equip
ped and balanced central health de
partment as well as a local health de
partment who is constantly on the
job looking after sanitary conditions,
water supplies, and taking the neces
sary precautions to keep off all in
fectious diseases. This means skill,
equipment, money—especially a bud
get that is well planned and ample to
take care of all the various phases
of the work. Campaigns for health
work must be planned years ahead;
therefore, the authorities should be
given sufficient money that is stable
and not liable to be disturbed, so
that a program for evaluation of dis
ease in a given area can be planned
As for instance malaria control, drain
age projects, etc. There should b«
provided sufficient money to subsidize
weak communities, for here quite often
Is the nucleus of disease. The lives
of our people is the most precious
asset of the State, yet how little is
Invested in taking care of them. How
pmall is the amount available for pre
vention of disease compared with the
good accomplished.
Had you ever thought what would
happen if we should have a wide
spread epidemic, Plague for Instance.
Did you know that there is no such
fund in our State for emergencies oi
this kind. There should be a fund
set aside for this purpose and in the
hands of a special commission, say of
the Governor, Attorney General and
Commissioner of Health.
Our State Board of Health should
have at least 12 cents per capita for
their general fund for maintenance.
It should be a fixed sum not liable
to change, and in addition special ap
propriations for special work. The
present General Assembly should give
serious consideration to this matter.
The most valuable asset in dollars
and cents to our State ij its man
power. It must be conserved. It must
be kept at Its best that it may earn
Its maximum wage. It must be better
than that of our neighbors that out
side capital will seek entrance into our
State. It must be so productive and
healthy that it will function 100 per
cent.
We repeat the most precious thing
is this world to the individual is life.
Long life is dependent on health
Health Is dependent on proper living
and environment, sanitation and con
trol of disease.
Do Not Kill Mad Dog;
Keep in Confinement
If you should have a mad dog scare
do not kill the dog, if it can be cap
tured and put in confinement. This le
the safest way and the best way, for
If the dog is mad it will die within
ten days. It will then be soon enough
for those who were bitter or scratch
ed to take the treatment. However, in
cases of bites on the face or head
treatment should be begun immediate
ly without waiting for the animal to
die or for a laboratory report. If later
on it is found that the animal is not
mad, treatment may be discontinued
Os course, if the suspected animal
cannot be captured or put in confine
ment, then it should be killed and
the head sent to the State Board oi
Health for examination. Do not shoot
the animal through the head or injure
the brain. Preserve the head as well
as possible and pack in ice in a water
tight container, so that it will reach
the laboratory in good condition
SHIP BY EXPRESS ONLY—it is con
trary to Postal Regulations to ship by
parcel post.
Tax Movies To Promote Health
A bill has been Introduced in the
Legislature placing a 10 per cent tax
of moving pictures for the purpose oi
aiding the counties of the State in
health work. Many counties think
they cannot afford to employ a health
officer. The income, if the bill be
comes a law, will do some health
work in every county in our State.
All people interested in the public
welfare should report any unusual out
break of disease to the local HeaJth
Officer. If none to the State Board
of Health.
In some departments of the Georgia
State Board of Health the demand:
have increased over 490 per cent. Yot
there has been no Increase in the ap
propriatlon.
Free pamphlets are sent from the
State Board of Health on many sub
jects. Write them about any health
problem.
The older physicians knew typhoid
fever as autumnal fever as It wai
most common in late summer and
early fall. Vaccinate now.
lei
Balloon
Tires .
that fit present rims
■■anti can now enjoy the epoch*
Y making advantages of balloon
tires "without changing rims or
wheels. Michelin Comfort
Cords, unlike ordinary balloon tires, fit
your present rims without any zhange
whatsoever. «•
They are twice as big as oversize cords *but are
inflated to less than half the pressure. This com
bination of large site and low pressure gives a de
gree of riding comfort such as you never thought
possible. Every road becomes a boulevard; and
• the car is so completely protected from jolts that
its life will be increased as much as 50%.
Michelin Comfort Cords last longer than ordinary
cord tires and cost hardly any more. The sooner
you change to them the more you will profit.
Seo us about them now.
MICHELIN
ComfoitCords
AUTO TIRE CO.
PHONE 202 HARTWELL, GA.
THE HOME
DEPARTMENT
MISS FRANCIS A M’LANAHAN
Camp Nancy Hart.
A few good people have asked,
“What can we do to help with the
County Camp this year?” The girls
have felt that Camp Nancy Hart
was and is great and will enjoy ev
erything that is done for them—
and so much ha sbeen done for their
welfare. EVERY REAL CLUB
GIRL REALIZES AND APPRE
CIATES THIS.
Before many days the girls will
come together, play and work to
gether and they are looking forward
to it.
The camp will be held, as usual,
on Mr. C. W. Rice’s place.
Who said, “Let’s load our shelves
with preserved sunshine?”
Our grandma’s “pound-for-pound”
rule in making jams and preserves
in the days before glass jars re
placed stone crocks, and sterilization
was not a matter of common prac
tice. Now to preserve the fruit
flavor the amount of sugar should
be only from one-half to three
fourths the weight of the fruit. In
the case of berries, three-fourths to
one cup of sugar to one quart of
fruit may be used if the filled jars
are sterilized for five minutes. If
the containers do not permit such
sterilization, use two-thirds as much
sugar as fruit, as the sugar becomes
the preservative.
Apple and Plum Conierve.
2c. tar apples diced.
Ic. plums stoned and cut.
l-4c. grated cocoanut may be
added in place of l-4c. sugar.
3-4 c. sugar. (Add nuts just be
fore removing from fire if cocoanut
is not used.)
Small amount water.
Cook the fruit in water until ten
der, add sugar and finish like any
conserve.
Damion Plum Conserve.
(Jame plus raisins and nut meats
become conserve.)
A conserve De Luxe is achieved
when scalded nuts are added at the
last five minutes of cooking.
1 pound plums, stoned and cut.
1-2 to 3-4 pounds sugar.
1-2 lemon —juice and grated rind.
1-2 orange—juice and grated rind.
1 cup seeded raisins.
1-2 cup nut meats.
Cook fruit until tender. Add re
maining ingredients except nut meats
and cook until thick and clear
(about 218 degrees F.) Add nut
meats.
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• NEW HARMONY *
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Services closed at this place Fri
day night. No additions to the
church. Many thanks to Miss Parks
for kindness rendered at the organ.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Fleming and
son, Woodrow, visited near Canon
Saturday.
Miss Mavis Morris, of Cross Roads/
spent last week with Miss Eloise
Isom.
Misses Dollye Isom and Mattie ,
Cole were the guests of Miss Lallie
Isom Friday.
Mrs. Lee Robertson dined with
Mrs. M. J. Isom Wednesday.
Health of this community is very
good at present.
Miss Vernelle Parker spent last
week with homefolks.
Mr. Purcell Isom had the misfor- :
tune of getting his barn burned Sat-1
Senator Harria Stands On His Record As \
A Working Senator And Friend Os Farmer
To the People of Georgia:
Six years ago you did me the honor
of electing me to the United States Sen
ate Tn announcing as a candidate for
re-election to thia high office It seems
appropriate that I should call attention
briefly to some of the things I have been
able to do in spite of the fact that the
Republicans have had substantial ma
jorities In both tbe Senate and House
My candidacy la baaed solely on my
record of accomplishments, which I hope
has merited your approval.
Realizing that qur farmera, laborers,
manufacturers and merchants were In
heed of substantial assistance. I have
spent my time laboring for them In a
constructive way. rather than making
partisan political speeches. '
It Is well known that nearly all legls-
IgUofi Isl framed In committees, and I
»m forfunaU In being next to the rank
ing Democrat 'on the •"ommlttee on Ap
propriations. the moat important of all
Conunltteeq, J am algo the
fntmW from the Southlflit on
Jhe sub - committees of eight members
agch that handle all appropriations for
agriculture, commerce, good roads, post
offices, rural routes, rivers and harbors,
military posts, hospitals. Labor and In
terior Departments. In which the people
of Georgia are vitally Interested.
At the time of my nomination and elec
tion In I#lU. our brave boys were fight
ing In the greatest and most destructive
war of all history I promised
you then that I would do every
thing In my power to help win the war
and get our boys back home I went to
France when the war closed, at my own
expense, to see about the health and
comfort of the Georgia soldiers, and there
arranged for many of them to comei
home before the soldiers of other states
I was the only Senator to do this It
has been my privilege to render asslst
anoe to thousands of veterans during and
elnce demobilization. I also helped to
amend a bill so that one of the five big l
hospitals could ba located In Augusta, i
Georgia
I have supported woman suffrage and
prohibition, and have at all times been
on the moral side of every public ques-1
tion.
No Senator has taken deeper Interest
In the matter of Immigration During
my first year In the Senate. I Introduced
a bill prohibiting all Immigration for at
least five years, and have consistently
urged the passage of such a measure,
both In the Committee on Immigration,
of which I am a member, and on the
floor of the Senate While I failed In
my efforts to stop altogether the flow
of foreigners to our shores. I was honored
by being designated as one of the five
conferees from the Senate to meet with
the five Hous* members and took an act
ive part In framing the new Immigration
law, which Is by far the best the Con
gress has ever passed.
After the war came reconstruction with
the terrible financial crisis to the farm
ers. upon whom all our people must de
pend for prosperity lam a member of
the Farm Bloc, and am comfldent the
Record will show that no Senator has
worked harder or accomplished more for
the farmer than I have during the last
five years.
Among the measures for the benefit
of the farmer that I originated or active
ly supported, and have been largely In
strumental in passing, may be mentioned
the following
Stopping the discrimination against I
Georgia hog raisers by the meat packers
trust, which controls the price of hogs
Amending ths law so that farm prod
ucts could be stored in Federal licensed
warehouses, of which there are over two
hundred In Georgia, and thus secure
cheaper Interest and insurance rates
Changing government reports of esti
mates of cotton acreage, amount ginned,
etc, to prevent Wall Street gamblers
speculating In cotton.
persuading President Wilson not to fix
the price of cotton, which later sold as
high as forty-five cents Northern and
Western Senators urged him to fix the
price at fifteen cents a pound, which
would have meant a loss of millions to
Georgia farmer*.
urday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Ayers and two
children spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Fleming, of Reed
Creek.
* Mrs. Crate O’Barr ts spending this
week with her father and relatives
at Mcßae.
Mrs. M. J. Isom and two children,
Eloise and Walker, visited Mr. and
Mrs. R. T. Morris, of Crdsi ‘Roads,
Friday. u
Several from here attended the
Including calcium arsenate In th* bill
which paused the Senate last year ap
propriating ten million dollars as a r*-
’ volvlng fund to buy nitrate of aoda to
sell to farmers at cost.
’ Appropriating >125.000 for market news
1 service so the farmers of our section
1 could find, without expense, markets for
' thetr products
Appropriating funds for and locating
In Georgia pecan and peach experiment*)
r stations, the only stations of the kind tn
5 the United States
Reducing parcel post rates on farm
■ products, such as eggs, butter, vegetable*.
1 etc. My bill has passed the Senate and
’ Is now on the House calendar
‘ Arranging with the Secretary of Agri
• culture to notify farmers daily by radio
’ °\sh£r l faling additional for
1 boll weevil work, >50.000 of which Is
for experiments In developing cheaper
! processes for the manufacture of calcium
1 arsenate and other poisons >ls 000 for
!nyegt|gat|phs by the U S Geological Sur
-1 vey (A detei'mlne the various sources of
' arsenic ores for making calcium arsenate
and >25,000 for experiments by the Chem
ical Warfare Service in P'Jeon gases to
kill the boll wAevlf. y#ar I secured
>50.000 for this purpose
1 Appropriating >5,000 additional for to
bacco investigations by the Georgia
.Coastal Plain Experiment Station at
Tifton. >IO.OOO for study of storing pecan*
1 and cane sirup In bonded Federal Ware
houses under my amendment broadening
the warehouse law. and >5.000 for study
iof more effective and profitable utlllza
-1 tlon of the rapidly Increasing production
of peaches In Georgia through packing
and canning
Appropriating >lO 000 for a new branch
1 office of the U S Foreign and Domestic
Commerce Bureau In Atlanta to find for
eign markets for otir merchandise and
agricultural products
Preventing Oriental oils from flooding
i our markets and competing with Geor
gia peanuts and cotton seed oils
I have worked and voted to place the
I burden of taxation on those moat able
to bear It.
A majority of all Georgia banks are
1 small and under the original law could
not be members and secure cheap Inter
est rates of Federal Reserve System
banks I made the fight to change the
law for these country banks and now
they can get all advantages of large
city banks
When gasoline was selling cheaper tn
Northern states than In Georgia. I Intro
duced a measure, which passed the Sen
ate, preventing discrimination In price
of gasoline
I opposed the Esch-Cummins railroad
bill which advanced freight and passen
ger fares and have worked for reduc
tion of rates 1 voted for a special re
duction on farm products.
A bill of mine recently passed the Ren
ate preventing wooden cars from being
placed between steel passenger cars It
will save the lives of many passenger*
An amendment of mine forced the Pren-
Ident to name three Democrats, one ot
whom Is Judge Crisp, a Georgian, on the
IT. S. Debt Commission to collect amounts
due us by European Governments.
The Federal Government spends more
money In Georgia than In any othe>
Southern state, which helps our people
While I believe In economy In govern
ment expenditures and In keeping down
taxes I have done all I could to securs
appropriations for worthy measure* 1*
I my state.
Respectfully yours,
WM J. HARRIS.
Former Senator Hoke Smith says,
"Everything considered, his energy
his committee assignments In the Sen
ate. end the Influence he Is capabh
of wielding, convinces me that Sen
ator Harris should be retained."
Charles 8. Barrett, national president «>
the Farmers’ Union, says: “Senate*
Harris has voted right and has workot
very hard. He should win, and
hope he will win. The farmers gre’*
ly appreciate his work In their „
h*W.«
Reed Creek baptizing at Hatton’s
Ford Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bode White and
three children, of Hickory, N. C.,
are visiting relatives in this section.
Everybody conte out to Sunday
school Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
sharp. Visitors are welcome.
BLUE EYES.
I ■♦■l 111 II
All ignorant men are superstitious,
but superstitious men are not always
ignorant, - .