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Holden’s Speech At Watson Springs
The following is a part of an ar
e appearing in the Greensboro
Herald-Journal:
“Hon. Frank A. Holden, one of
Clarke county’s Representatives
made a speech at Watson Springs
Friday afternoon, June 20th, in the
interest of his race for Congress.
He said that someone had sug
gested that the only objection he
had to his nomination was his age,
but he considered this a great com
pliment because if this was the only
objection to his nomination then he
ought to be nominated. He stated
that when he told this party he was
thirty years of age, he replied that
he did not know he was that old and
that if he was that old he wasn’t too
young. Holden said he would be 31
years of age next February and in
his 32nd year when he took his seat
in Congress, if he was elected. He
then gave the following names of
Georgians and their ages when they
first went to Congress.
Josiah Tattnall, United States
Senate at 34; Wilson Lumpkin, Con
gress at 32; William Few, Congress
at 32; Holt Colquitt, Congress at 31;
Abraham Baldwin, Congress at 31;
Alexander H. Stephens, Congress at
31; Peter Early, Congress at 29; Carl
Vinson, Congress at 28, who is still
in Congress; Butler Young, Congress
at 28; Howell Cobb, Congress at 27;
William Bibb, Congress at 27; Al
fred Cuthbert, Congress at 27; and
Michael Troup, Congress at 26.
Mr. Holden said that he didn’t
mean to say that he was as able as
any of these and only claimed to be
a hard worker with an ambition to
accomplish something in life.
Holden said that in spite of his
age, he was willing to meet Judge
Brand in joint discussion; that he
didn’t know that any good results
would come of a joint debate, but
that he was not afraid and would
meet Judge Brand if he invited him
to do so .
He said Judge Brand first began
to hold office in 1894, thirty years
ago, the year he (Holden) was born
and that when his present term ex
pires he will have held office about
thirty years and that Judge Brand
has been greatly honored by the peo
ple and it was no injustice to him to
allow someone else to have a chance;
that it meant very little to the Judge
to be again elected and honored; but
it meant a great deal to him and
might mean a great deal for his
future, if elected.
He said that he did not want a
mudslinging contest and that up to
date he had made no comment on
Judge Brand’s record, though it was
perfectly legitimate to do so and he
might do so later, but did not know
that he would ever refer to his
record. He said Judge Brand and
he were good friends and he hoped
that no bitterness would enter into
the campaign; that he did not desire
to say anything that would hurt any
body’s feelings and would not blame
anyone for voting for voting for
Judge Brand if he thought he ought
to vote for him. He said he would
rather have a clear conscience and
go his way unheard than to win
world wide fame in an improper
way.”
The article contained references to
other parts of Mr. Holden’s speech
besides those referred to above.
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* COKESBURY •
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We are needing rain in this sec
tion. It is now conceded that the
corn and hay crop will be the
shortest that we have had for years.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Thornton re
turned from a week’s visit to Co
lumbia and Charleston, S. C., last
Saturday afternoon. They report a
fine trip.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Gaines visited
relatives in Tignall last week.
Mrs. Mary A. Smith, of Elberton,
spent last week here with her broth
er, L. M. Cunningham.
Mrs. J. W. Madden has moved to
Hartwell, occupying the Clinkscales
residence. Mr. Madden will remain
here through the fall, gathering his
crop.
The revival meeting closed here, a
few days ago, after continuing six
days. The preaching was by Rev.
J. H. Barton. Rev. E. A. Barton had
charge of the music, with Mrs. J. H.
Barton at the piano. Eight were
added to the membership of the
church, and three infants were bap
tized.
Miss Mae Shiflet and her Sunday
school class No. 9 entertained class
No. 5 at the home of R. L. Shiflet
last Friday evening. About 40 chil
dren and young people and several
older ones were present. After
passing off the time in a social way ;
for several hours, ice cream and ■
cake were served, after which all
went away feeling that they had had
a good time. Miss Mary Turner as
sisted Miss Mae in entertaining.
Miss May Chapman has returned
from - a several weeks’ visit to
Clarkesville.
Miss Reba Haley spent several
days with relatives in Elberton last
week.
Mrs. Annie Lizzie Eberhardt has
returned to her home in Atlanta af
ter spending several days with rela
tives here. She will be remembered
as Miss Annie Lizzie Carter before
her marriage. Her sister, Miss Ed
na Carter, went home with her for
a few days’ visit.
Mrs. Marion Daniel.died last Sun- i
day night at the home of her son,
Mr. F. U. Daniel, who lives just over
the line in Elbert county.
T. J. Cleveland has been elected
principal of the school at Montevideo
for next year. Mr. Cleveland taught
for many years at this place and it
goes without saying that Montevideo
will have a good school. The trus
tees are taking hold with renewed
energy, have torn down the Odd
Fellows hall and are adding several
rooms to the school building.
C. M. L.
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All gall is divided into three parts,
as J. Caesar told us, but with the
enormous supply on hand the division
won’t seriously inconvenience the
average man.—Little Rock (Ark.)
Democrat. . ....
P. T. A. Announces Standing
Committees Year 1924-25
Program—Mrs. McAlpin Thorn
ton, Mrs. B. C. Teasley, Mrs. T. L.
Matheson, Mrs. J. I. Allman, Mrs.
McL. Brown, Mrs. A. M. Teasley,
Mrs. Guy Norris, Mrs. Will Page.
Education—Mrs. J. I. Allman,
Miss Ida McGukin, Mr. J. I. Allman,
Mrs. W. L. Hodges, Mrs. Butler
Morris.
Entertainment—Mrs. J. L. Teas
ley, Mrs. McL. Brown, Mrs. S. W.
Thornton, Mrs. W. I. Hailey, Mrs. J.
E. Cobb.
Pre-School Circle—Mrs. T. L.
Matheson.
Mygiene—Mrs. Fred Wilson, Mrs.
B. C. Teasley, Mrs. Chas. Nelms, Mrs.
A. N. Page, Mrs. Furman O’Barr.
Grounds—Mrs. A. S. Skelton, Mrs.
R. E. Matheson, Mrs. Jas. A. Thorn
ton, Mrs. Jesse Massey, Mrs. J. W.
Morris.
Enrollment and Attendance—Mrs.
J. C. Jenkins, Mrs. R. E. Holland,
Mrs. Montine Skelton, Mrs. Claud
Leard, Mrs. Fred Wilson, Mrs. Claud
Sorrells, Mrs. Epp Vickery, Mrs. J. D.
Rucker, Mrs. Carey Kidd, Mrs. P. P.
Harrison, Mrs. J. H. Baker, Mrs.
Woodfin Carter, Mrs. A. N. Page,
Mrs. Joe Thornton.
Family Service—Mrs. Guy Nor
ris, Mrs. W. I. Hailey, Mrs. J. W.
Temples, Mrs. John Carlton, Mrs.
Woodfin Carter.
* MT. HEBRON *
Sunday school at this place is
progressing nicely with Mr. John
Brown as superintendent.
The farmers would appreciate a
fine shower of rain as it is mighty
hot and dry in this section.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wilborn and
Mr. Sloan Wilborn visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Cleveland Sunday.
Misses Nellie and Kate McLane
attended preaching at Mt. Olivet one
day last week and dined with their
cousins, Misses Sliza and Lois Mc-
Lane.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ethridge
spent one night last week with the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Ethridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morris and chil
dren visited relatives in Mt. Olivet
section last week and attended
preaching there.
Misses Effie G. Banister, Laura
Madden and Pearl McLane were the
guests of Miss Mary McLane, of Mt.
Olivet, Wednesday and Wednesday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Bailey, of
Kings Bench, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jud
Motes.
Several from this place are at
tending the singing school at Reed
Creek this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt McLane and
daughter, Miss Kate, and son, Hugh
Dorsey, visited Mr. and Mrs. Will
McLane, of Mt. /Olivet, Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Banister spent Wed
nesday night with Miss Velma Cleve
land.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat O’Barr, of Rock
Springs, visited Mr. and Mrs. Fret
well O’Barr last week.
Mrs. W. H. Cleveland and children,
Mrs. Dennis Ethridge and daughter,
Hazel, visited Mrs. Ervin Jones re
cently.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Brown spent
a while Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Pierce Brown.
Messrs. Dan, Timothy Powell and
sister, Miss Gertrude, spent Satur
day night with their aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Powell, of
Campground.
Miss Eutha Vickery is on the sick
list, we are sorry to state. We
hope for her a speedy recovery.
Misses Burlee and Era McCollum,
Mr. Thomas White, of Campground,
and Mr. Timothy Powell visited the
Misses McLane Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Reed and
children, o fNew Harmony, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Dickerson.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Fleming, of
Reed Creek, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Chage Stones Sunday afternoon.
Misses Exie and Ruby Adams were
the guests of Misses Lattie and Willie
Sue Dickerson Sunday.
Several from this place attended
revival services at Mt. Olivet last
week.
Misses Pearl, Nellie, Kate and
Grace McLane spent Friday with
Miss Eva Morris, of Mt. Olivet.
Rev. A. J. Cleveland has been on
the sick list but is some better, we
are glad to state.
Miss Pearl McLane visited her
cousin, Mrs. Johnnie Byrum, one day
last week.
Mrs. J. B. Bailey visited her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Cleveland,
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cleveland vis
ited relatives in Mt. Vernon section
Sunday.
Mr. Windell McLane, of Mt. Oli
vet, visited Mr. Arnold Bailey Sun
day. „ ,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brown, of
Mt. Olivet section, visited the lat
ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Crump, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cleveland
and little daughter, Myrtice Day, vis
ited the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wofford Dickerson, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Snow Brown and ;
children and Mrs. Dig Morris, of near
Hartwell, spent Friday night with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morris.
Mr. and Mrs. Denver Nation vis
ited the latter’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Cleveland, Sunday.
We had several visitors last Sun
day in Sunday school. We welcome
them. Come again.
Sunday school at the usual hour
next Sunday afternoon. Several ab- :
sent from our Sunday school last
Sunday. We hope to have them all j
back next Sunday.
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Many are called, but few choose j
to get up when the alarm clock
rings.
Never marry a girl who is not
afraid of a mouse unless you want
to play second fiddle.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., AUGUST 29, 1924
Scotland Made Game of
Golf National Pastime
Three months before the Pilgrim Fa
thers left Deftshaven James VI ap
proved the contract for the first mu
nicipal golf links at St. Andrews, Scot
land. Golf may have started IM Hol
land, where a game called "kolf," a
cross between golf, hockey and bowl
ing, was playeg on the ice, within cov
ered courts and even in churchyards.
If the Scotch did import the sport they
changed it greatly. “Links" for exam
ple is the Scotch term referring to
rolling close-cropped shore fields which
have become the model for all golf
courses. “Bunkers" are really cut
banks such as are found along a
graded country road. Such banks with
sand pits are natural to the Scotch
shore. St. Andrew’s cut banks are now
artificially created on golf links wher
ever golf is played. For many years
the original Scotch course consisted of
11 holes, a match being two rounds, or
22 holes, but In 1764 it was decided to
eliminate two holes, so today the
standard course is in multiples of nine.
—National Geographic Society.
Early Navigators Dared
Perils of Every Sort
It is a little more than 400 years ago
since man made his first-known trip
around the globe. The first voyage
took three years, and they were years
of great privation and discomfort. The
early successful navigator was J. S.
del Cano, a Spaniard. He returned to
port on September 6, 1522. The expe
dition numbered five vessels, and of
the 280 pioneers who set sail only 31
returned —ragged and broken. One of
the objects of the adventure was to
test the theory that the earth was
round, and the ships took a westward
course to discover a passage to the In
dies. Ferdinando Magellan, a Portu
guese, after whom the straits are
named, was n leading spirit in the ex
pedition. When the task was almost
accomplished he and 40 others were
killed by natives in the Philippine is
lands. Only one ship, the Vittoria,
dnder del Cano, completed the Journey.
Modest Maiden
“John, I want to say, something to
youI”
“Say on, my dear,” replied John, as
he looked fondly at the golden head
that was pillowed on his manly bosom.
“This is the year when proposing is
done by the women."
“Yes.”
“I hope you don't expect me to pro
pose to you?”
“Well, Mary, I have never given the
matter a thought. To tell the truth,
I've only know you so is to
say—”
“I am glad you don’t exj>ect me to
propose. I'm not that kind, I hope.
No, John, I couldn’t be so Immodest. I
am going to let you do the proposing
yourself in the old-fashioned way. The
old-fashioned way is good enough for
me.”
The girl gave her lover a beaming
smile, and the youth rejoiced that he
had found such a treasure of modesty.
Poisonous Flower Bulbs
Daffodil bulbs, which superficially
resemble onions, have sometimes been
eaten for them by mistake and have
caused serious poisoning. A case was
reported not long ago in Edinburgh,
where a cook took a daffodil bulb for
an onion and used it to flavor a stew
subsequently eaten by five persons.
All were made acutely sick before the
end of the meal. All recovered In a
few’ hours and apparently suffered no
after effects of the dose. The poison
ing is supposed to be due to a prin
ciple known as "narclssine,” found in
the bulbs of daffodils and Jonquils.
Persons keeping daffodil bulbs in the
house should take care that they are
not confused with onions.
Beginnings of Music
The beginnings of music-making, as
it is practiced by uncivilized people,
offer curious reading. Among savage
tribes, it is said, the earliest acquired
musical phrase is derived quire dis
tinctly from a simple howl, the notes
gliding down or up a scale by semi
tones. And savages repeat over and
over again one phrase, their satisfac
tion in having mastered which is child
like, As the people rise in the scale
of intelligence, their favorite musical
phrases grow larger and become more
elaborate until a systematized making
of music can be clearly discerned.
Famous London House
Carlton house was a famous man
sion in London, which formerly stood
In Waterloo place, near Pall Mall. It
was erected in 1709 by Lord Carlton,
and was afterward the residence suc
cessively of Frederick, prince of Wales
(father of George III) and of George
IV when prince of Wales. The build
ing was removed in 1826. Carlton club,
the famous Conservative club, was
founded by the duke of Wellington, in
1831. It occupies a position near the
site of Carlton house, whence the
name.
All That Survives One
To be rich to be famous? Do these
profit a year hence, when other names
seem louder than yours, when you lie
hidden away under ground along with
the idle titles engraven on your coffin?
But only true love lives after you, fol
lows your memory with secret bless
ings or defends you and intercedes
for you. Non omnis mortar, if dying,
I yet live in a tender heart or two;
nor am lost and hopeless, living, if a
sainted departed soul still loves and
prays for me.—Thackeray. •
WILL FURNISH PLANS
FOR SANITARY CLOSETS
The State Board of Health will be
glad to furnish you with complete
plans and specifications for sanitary
privies. Every home and public build
ing should be equipped with such a
closet. The Board also furnishes the
Typhoid vaccine free of charge. It is
not possible to say how long vaccina
tion protects one, but it Is thought for
about three years. Vaccination for the
prevention of this disease does not
make a sore and gives very little dis
comfort if properly administered. It
is a little better to take the injection
late in the afternoon, so if any reac
tion should result it will occur while
you are asleep and give you less dis
comfort. Even if you do react to the
vaccination, it is not to be considered
as against the long illness of an at
tack of the fever. Get vaccinated to
day. See that all your friends are
vaccinated, especially those between
7 and 40 years. It might be too late
to watt for the disease to develop in
your family or neighborhood.
VITAL AND CURRENT
HISTORY CONCERNING
GEORGIA’S WELFARE
The following is an editorial from
The Atlanta Journal of June 11th.
It is so good and of such vital im
port that we reproduce it in full:
How many lives a year does Geor
gia lose in automobile accidents? How
many from the careless handling of
firearms? How many from homicide
and from self-inflicted death?
Is her mortality rate increasing or
decreasing?
What diseases are most prevalent?
W’hlch are in recession? Which are
on an upward curve?
Which months have the fewest
deaths? Which the most?
To these and to scores of other
questions often asked by students of
public welfare no accurate answers
were to be found until the State Bu
reau of Vital Statistics began function
ing, a few years ago. Health cam
paigns were once like marches against
an enemy whose numbers and post
tlon were unknown; and their results
also were largely conjectural. Now
that records of birth and deaths and
the causes of deaths, together with
kindred data, are carefully made and
kept, the authorities know what dis
eases call for concentrated attack
and what regions or communities of
the State are most in need of assist
ance. They can tell what is being
accomplished by this or that health
endeavor, and what are the returns
from expenditures of health funds.
Moreover, to the investigator of sun
dry social problems these records give
invaluable aid, and tn time will serve
as a basis for effective action. Never
was a more serviceful law enacted by
the Georgia Legislature than that es
tabllshlng the Bureau of Vital Sta
tlstfcs. Yet, as many will remember,
years of argument were required to
get this good measure through, and
years more of appeal to procure the
comparatively small appropriation
needed to make it more than a letter
A glance at the Bureau’s last annua)
report shows that in 1923 Georgia had
two hundred and sixty-seven deaths
from automobile accidents, compared
with two hundred and three in the
year preceding; and that six hundred
and twenty-two deaths in this State,
in 1923, were traceable to firearms
three hundred and seventy-nine being
homicides, one hundred and three
suicides, and one hundred and forty
incident to the careless handling of
firearms. The report shows further
that Georgia's death rate for last year
was twelve and one-tenth per thou
sand, compared with ten and nine
tenths in 1922. It shows that while
there were fewer deaths from ty
phoid, malaria, diphtheria and tuber
culosis, there were more from certain
other diseases, including measles and
whooping cough, and that the largest
increase was among deaths caused by
diseases of the respiratory tract As
to the death rate by months, the low
est in 1923 was eleven per thousand
in September. February, April, June,
August, October and November of that
year ranged between eleven and
twelve. March, May, July and De
cember exceeded twelve, while Janu
ary registered sixteen and one-tenth
per thousand. In 1922, February had
a death rate of only nine and nine
tenths; January, April, May, July and
August swung between ten and eleven;
while March, June, September, Octo
ber and November were between
eleven and eleven and five-tenths;
December exceeded thirteen deathi
per thousand.
We direct attention to these few
figures from the Bureau’s extensive
report, not simply because of theli
intrinsic interest, but mainly to Bug
gest to the people of Georgia what a
valuable agency they have in this his
torian of vital facts. The courts have
found the Bureau of much service in
settling disputed matters of evidence
and in adjusting dubious claims. It
should prove Increasingly helpful, too
to local boards of health, practicing
physicians, realtors, industrial inter
ests, and, of course, to all students
of social science.
Typhoid fever comes from humar
excrement. It is controllable by vac
cination.
This is Typhoid time Have you
been vaccinated?
At times one gets the disquieting
impression that suffrage is some
thing many men will go to war and
die for and then refuse to exercise.
—Sandusky Register.
’ TUBERCULARS SHOULD
GO TO SANATORIUMS
CONDITIONS IN ORDINARY HOME!
NOT CALCULATED TO HELP
CONSUMPTIVES.
Patients Should Have at Least a Few
Months’ Rest and Treatment In
a Tubercular Institution,
Years ago it was commonly advised
by physicians that a tuberculosis vic
tim get an outside job. or go west and
“rough it." This is bad advice and
has hastened the death of more pa
tlents than it has cured.
It is not enough to live an outdooi
life. Climate does not cure tubercu
losis. But it is the proper use of out
door life and climate that is recogniz
ed as of value. Rest rather than exer
else outdoors is better advice.
It is possible to cure a patient al
home under the outdoor rest and
dietetic method, but it requires a more
prolonged rest and is less certain than
in a Sanatorium.
The ordinary conditions of life in an
average household are not calculated
to help the consumptive to recover
The home is a place for the well—
not for the sick. Many things are
done in the home which are bad sot
the patient.
Perhaps the word rest is the most
important word in the whole sched
ule—rest is hard to get in the average
household. For these reasons and
many more all patients should have
at least a few months in a Sanatorium
especially built and operated for the
care of tuberculars—here rest and
properly regulated exercise are super
vised carefully and proper food is to
be had. No patient however intelli
gent is intelligent enough to properly
regulate his own cure taking.
Sanatoriums are not gloomy places
where every one is "coughing his head
off” and every one gloomy and cadav
erous It is the visitor who looks the
sicker —the patient the healthier.
A properly constructed Sanatorium
is a cheerful, clean, bright place
where there prevails a helpful, hopeful
and cheerful atmosphere.
Dr. Abercrombie Praises
Methods Os Europeans
An unusual honor has come to Geor
gia in the choosing of Dr. Thos. F.
Abercrombie to go to the Hague as
a delegate from the United States to
a world conference on preventive
medicine. Dr. Abercrombie has just
returned after an absence of 2 months
at the conference. He toured Den
mark, Holland and England with a
committee of physicians. It is perfect
ly natural that our Commissioner of
Health found many things worthy of
emulation, but on the whole is well
satisfied with the work done In our
country. He brings back many new
Ideas of the best minds and foremost
thought of the world, and we expect
to see him put the good into effect;
this, of course, will be dependent on
and circumscribed by the approprla
tlon given him.
Dr. Abercrombie speaks In the high
est praise of the methods of Europe
in the control of Tuberculosis, and the
Information gained will be put to good
use in our enlarged Tuberculosis San
atortum as soon as it is built.
Every one must rejoice that Geor
gia was given this splendid opportu
nity, and we are delighted to have
our Commissioner of Health back at
the Capitol.
Season For Typhoid Is Here
The season of the year for Typhoid
is here —from now on until Christmas
wo will have our share. It comes from
Improper care of human excretions,
mostly the bowel movement. Sanitary
privies would largely control this dis
ease as well as other intestinal trou
bles. It is carried by one who is
what is termed a chronic carrier. That
is, one who continuously throws off the
germ that causes the fever. Food and
water become contaminated. The fly
does its part. MilTc is one of the most
xmraon sources of contamination.
There are two measures against this
poison easy of execution and not ex
pensive—sanitary closets and vacci
nation.
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The crowded condition of the Tuber- '
culosis Sanatorium at Alto is deplor- i
able. Many patients are losing valu
able time waiting for admission. The
money for the new building Is coming
In very slowly. It will, however, be j
enough to justify work being under
taken soon. Dr. Glidden, the super- i
Intendent, is the right man In the
right place. We believe that he is
now doing the best work ever done at
this most excellent institution. We ■
sincerely hope that the new building
will be rapidly pushed to a conclusion.
The clinics held in Atlanta the past
few weeks have been largely attend
ad by the physicians of our State. Over
300 were registered. These clinics
have been an annual affair for some
years. Emory University in co-opera
tion with the State Board of Health
have done much good by arranging
them. The one just closed in many re
spects is one of the most successful
ret held.
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We were delighted to see from the '
papers that Governor Walker, tn bis
‘keynote’’ address at Athens, puts pub- j
tc health as one of the most 1
aant needs.
Contracting Intestinal g
Diseases While Campini
I
While most people seem to enjoy
summer outing it is often times no
without danger. Typhoid fever, nu
i laria and the intestinal disturbance |
■ are often contracted on camping trip I
‘ and summer outings. In chooslnj |
I your environment for your vacation ,
you should be careful in your selec
tion Water and milk are often th«
vehicles that carry germs that om ■
should avoid. Mosquitoes carry ma I
laria and flies do their part in dis :
tributing disease. It goes without say :
Ing that the food supply should be wel I
taken care of.
Private water supplies are not exam !
ined by the State Board of Health ai |
the appropriation is not large enougt I
to do the work. Municipal suppliei i
are examined, and when unsafe propel I
recommendations are made by th« I
State Board of Health. The mill I
supply of our State Is not in the handi I
of the State Board of Health, but b ■
recognized as a source of danger. Il |
In doubt about either the water oi |
milk it can he made safe by boiling
In fact, if you are not absolutely sure |
the proper thing to do is to boil j
“Safety first” Is a mighty’ good thing I
While taking your outing avoid the
deadly mosquito. One bite from ar ,
infected one may give you chills and I
fever. It is well to know that those
with whom you are thrown are not
carriers of the malaria parasite. The
mosquto must first be Infected by the n
blood of a carrier of the disease be I
fore it can transmit the disease to a
healthy individual.
The various forms of diarrhoea and
dysentery are usually gotten from di- -J
rect contact of flies with water and |
milk So avoid any resort that is not I
screened against the fly, and in mak
ing your camp protect your food I
against them; not only the food but
everything that might come in con
tact with the mouth and lips.
If there should arise any question h|
on which you would like information, i
write your State Board of Health, At- |
lanta.
Babies’ Stomach Troubles ;
Not Caused From Teeth'
The season of the year is here when 1
teething babies die. Teeth do not |
give Itables dysentery and diarrhoea, 11
tradition to the contrary, notwlth- ■
standing. When the flies come and j |
the baby gets sick it Is diagnosed aa
"Teething.” Who among you recall* I
such condition in the winter time? We |]
presume that babies never "cut teeth” J
In the cold weather. They just post
pone the cutting until flies come on 1 I
purpose. Get the “teething" out of I j
your mind. Usually the baby has j
diarrhoea and dysentery from want of j j
proper care. Its environment, food
and flies are the things that give ua I
these diseases.
Hot weather alters the nursery sur- I
roundings, and unless mothers are ex
ceedingly careful, disturbances of the ti,
stomach and bowels will claim many , I
victims. Milk la the natural food for
children; they need and ought to have
plenty of it. It must be clean, conse
quently pure and from tubercular test- B
ed cows Many cows have tubercu
losis and should he properly examin
ed. This service is performed by our
State Agricultural Department. Tha I
milk when clean Is the ideal food.
Os course It should be properly dilut
ed for Infants and sick children. Ths ®
State Board of Health will be glad to
advise with you about feeding, but
cannot advise you about treatment
Your family physician must do this.
When your baby Is sick call him and
do not neglect doing so too long.
Proper treatment given early will be
much the cheapest and by far the
best. Summer complaint is a very
serious thing—claims the lives of
many precious babies. It is prevent
able. Do not charge them up to teeth
ing. Teething may cause Irritation of
the mouth, restlessness and pain, but
not diarrhoea and dysentery. If you*
baby is sick call a good physician.
HYDROPHOBIA A
SERIOUS PROBLEM
The question of Hydrophobia in
Georgia is a serious one. Something
should be done by our General As
sembly about the problem. At least
the dog owner should be willing to
supply the funds for furnishing the
Pasteur treatment Don’t you think
that would be fair.
Over two thousand treatments fox
rabies were prepared and sent out by
the Georgia State Board of Health
last year. It requires 21 doses to
complete a treatment. Just think oi
it, 50,000 ‘'shots.’’ We presume that
the physicians were paid at least a
dollar for each injection >50,000.00
besides the cost of manufacturing
mailing, cases, etc., not counting time,
anxiety and mental distress. Ths
treatments are furnished free by ths
State Board of Health. Don’t you
agree with us that a dog tax should
go toward the payment of this ex
penae?
The Legislature now in session
should pass the Marriage BUI. This
Bill was Introduced by Dr Kennedy tn
the Senate at the last session and
was passed by an almost unanimous
vote. The House should act favorably
on this Bill one of the very first
things.
It t» cheaper to stay well than to
get sink. See your physician In tima