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Carolinians Praise
Georgia Progress
In Building Roads
West Point, Ga., April 27. Two
announcement* of interest and im
portance to Georgians generally were
made here Monday at the luncheon
at which the chamber of commerce
entertained the route designating
committee of the Applachian Senic
Highway associating. The first was
an announcement by Roscoe A Mar
vel, of Asheville, N. C., president of
the Appalachian Scenic Highway as
sociate, who stated that both he and
Chairman James G. Stikeleather, of
the route designating committee, who
is also a state highway commission
er for North Carolina, had recently
traveled from one end of Georgia to.
the other and were amazed at the
progress which the state is making
in highway improvement, particu
larly in paving its main highways.
He said they are agreed that Geor-j
gia had received more for the limit
ed amount of money expended on its
highways than any other southern
state and, as far as they knew, than
any other state in the union.
This statement by Mr. Marvel co
incided with a statement made a few
days ago by W. C. Lassiter, of Bir
mingham, Ala., editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer, who travels ex
tensively in Georgia. Mr. Lassiter
declared that the improvement in
highways in Georgia during the past
two years has been nothing short of
marvelous, and that while he re
gretted to adimt it, Georgia is far
ahead of Alabama, and many other
southern states, for that matter, in
its highway program. Editor Lassi
ter was particularly impressed with
the great amount of paving which
is being done, and especially with
the progress the state highway de- 1
partment is making in connecting
up stretches of paving on important
highways.
Scenic Highway Paving
The second important and inter
esting statement made at the lunch
eon here was the announcement by
Chairman John N. Holder, of the
state highway board, who escorted
the route designating committee as
far as West Point, that during the
present year all three of the primary
highways forming links of the Ap
palachian Scenic highway in Geor
gia would be either paved, under
construction or under contract.
These links are from Atlanta to the
North Carolina line near Murphy;
from Atlanta to the Florida line near
Quitman, and from Atlanta to the
Alabama line near West Point. Of
the 90-odd miles in t'he latter high
way, all is paved except about 24
miles, of which half is under con
tract and the other half will be let
to contract in July after a relocation
of the right of way near Grantville
is decided. Between 60 and 75 per
cent of the highway from Atlanta to
Florida is paved, and four-fifths of
the highway from Atlanta to the
North Carolina line is hard surfaced
or paved or under contract.
In connection with his statement
concerning the Appalachian scenic
highway, Chairman Holder pointed
out that during the present year and
early next year, the coastal highway,
from the South Carolina line near
Savannah, to the Florida line, near
• Brunswick; the highway from the
South Carolina line near Augusta,
to the Florida line below’ Folkston;
the highway from Macon to the
Florida line below Valdosta; the
highway from Atlanta to the Ten
nessee line near Chattanooga, and
other important highways would be
either paved for their entire length,
under construction or under con
tract. The highway from Marietta
to Perry via Macon, will be com
pletely paved by the middle of May.
And he added:
Statement by Holder
"Georgia is accomplishing these
things without assuming any bond
ed indebtedness; when our roads are
completed, they will be paid for.”
“There are some people in Geor
gia,” said Chairman Holder, “who ]
are so bent upon bringing about a
change in the state's policy of high
way construction that they are con
stantly attacking the members of
the highway board', even to the ex
tent of impunging their integrity.
It is obvious that what these people
seek to do is to discredit me and
other members of the board and thus
destroy the public confidence in us.
In this way, they hope to create a
public sentiment for their proposed
policy of highway construction which
has been rejected by the legislature
and which is opposed by a large ma
jority of the people of the state.
“The board is working: diligently
and earnestly to give Georgia a sys
tem .of fine highways and to pro
vide these with the greatest possible
economy. Since the board is succeed
ing in its efforts, its opponents will,
•as the date for the legislature to
| convene draws near, intensify their
i attacks and multiply their charges.
My term of office expires on January
1, 1928, and until'that time I shall
give the best that is in me to build
ing Georgia a system of real high
ways. Malicious and false state
ments about me shall not deter me
from this- purpose.”
CAR OF GAME TROUT
DUMPED INTO LAKES
OF NORTHERN GEORGIA
I A solid car joad of game trout—
fifty thousand fish to be exact—were
dumped into Lakes Yonah and Na
coochee in north Georgia Wednes
day, according to advices reaching
officials of the Georgia Power com
pany in Atlanta.
The fish were hatched last Jan
uary at the government hatchery at
Erwin, Tenn., end are ‘of sufficient
size to enable them to take care of
themselves when placed in the lakes.
The fish are of the rainbow and
Lochleven trout variety, the latter
being a Scotch trout, and reputed to
be one of the gamest fish extant.
These are the first of their kind to
be placed in Georgia waters. The
rainbow is well known to all anglers.
Frank E. Shumate, general attor
ney of the company, visited the
hatchery last summer and arranged
for the fish to be kept at the spawn
ing grounds until they were several
months old, thus giving them size
and strength enough to escape the
larger fish when placed in the lakes.
Fishing still is prohibited in Lake
Burton, but the other lakes are open.
NO HOMES “NO MO.”
We have heard a great deal about
the disappearance of, the American
home. And we have heard also
much as to the caase of its disap
pearance. Various reasons have
been advanced as to why more peo
ple do not live in their own homes
in this progressive age. Maybe the
trouble is the age is too progressive,
j According to an account given in a
i Georgia paper, a realtor who had
been trying to interest a woman in
,the purchase of a home, receive.'
the following reply:
“You ask me to buy a home, but
jWhy should I buy a home? I was
.born in a hospital; amused in a kind
ergarten; educated at a boarding
school; courted in an automobile;
| married in a church; now live in an
apartment; get my mea's at a cafe
teria; go to the movies for enter
tainment; when ill I am taken to a
hospital; and when I die I will be
, buried from an undertaker’s. Real
ly, what use have I for a home?
! What I want is a garage with a bed
iroom and a bath.”
NO JOQUE
Congressman Guy Hardy of Colo.,
has a faded old clipping in his pos
session about the difficulties of a
pioneer newspaper out in his coun
try, which reads: “We begin the pub
i lication of the Roecay Mountain Cy
clone with some phew diphphiculties
in the way. The type phounder
phrom whom we bought our outphit
phor this printing ohphice phaled to
supply us with any ephs or cays, and
(t will be phour or phive weex be
bephore we can get any. The mis
taque was not phound out till a day
or two ago. We have ordered the
missing letters, and will have to get
alonge without them, till they come.
We don’t lique the loox ov this
variety ov spelling any better than
our readers, but mistax will hap
pen in the best regulated phamilies,
and iph the ph’s and c’s and x’s and
q’s hold out we will ceep (sound the
c hard) the Cyclone whirling aphter
a phosion till the sorts arrive. It
is no joque to us—it’s a serious
aphair.”—National Republican.
A MILLION MILES OR MORE
A negro employee was being ques
tioned during an investigation after
a trespasser had been killed when he
fell from a moving freight train.
“Did you see the man on the
train?”
“Yes, suh.”
“Where was he?”
“’Bout thuty cahs back from de
engine.”
“Where were you?”
"On de back end of de tendah of
dc engine.”
“What time of night was it?”
j "’Bout ’leben o’clock.”
"Do you mean to tell me that
you saw that man thirty cars length
away at eleven o’clock at night?”
| “Yes, such.”
I “How far do you think you can
see at night?”
I “’Bout a million miles. I reckon.
| How fah is it to de moon?”—Forbes
1 Magazine.
Fresh—“ Say, Prof., how long could
I live without brains?”
I frofi— remains to b$ seen,”-
NOTICE
TAX RECEIVER’S FOURTH AND
EXTRA ROUND
As there are some who have not
given in their tax, I am making this
extra round to give you another
chance. Please see me and give in,
as the law requires that you be
double taxed if you do not give in.
Monday, May 9th
Arcade, 8 a. m.
Will Wages Store, 9 a. m.
Sikes Gin, 10 a. m.
Attica, 12, noon.
Archer’s Store, 2 p. ni.
•h P. Williamson’s, 3 p. m.
lied Stone, 4 p. m.
Tuesday, May 10th
Brockton, 8 a. m.
Nicholson, 9 a. m.
Center, 10 a. m.
A. C. WilFamaon’s, 12, noon.
A. O. Pittman’s, 1 p. m.
Harmony Grove Mills, 3 p. m.
Wednesday, May 11th
Dry Pond, 8 a. m.
D. J. Yarbrough’s, 9 a. m.
Maysville, 10 a. m.
Diamond Hill, 1 p. m.
Holly Springs, 2 p. m.
Miller’s Court Ground, 3 p. m.
Thursday, May 12th
Pendergrass. 8 a. m.
Talmo, 9 a. m.
Gregory & Evans, 11 a. m.
Braselton, 12 noon.
Hoschton, 3 p. m.
L. F. Sell, 5 p. m.
Friday, May 13th
Commerce, all day.
Respectfully,
EMORY S. LORD,
Tax Receiver.
THE WORRIER
Take yesterday’s worries and sort
them all out
And you’ll wonder whatever you
worried about,
Look back at the cares which once
furrowed your brow,
I fancy you’ll smile at the most of
them now,
They seemed terrible then, but they
really were not,
For once out of the woods all the
fears are forgot.
Look over the list of the blunders
you’ve made,
The debts you’ve accrued and event
ually paid,
They frightened you once, and you
thought at the time
That out of the valley you never
would climb.
But you did and you’re living and
still going strong
In spite of the troubles which hap
pened along.
ou can laugh at the journey when
you have arrived,
\ou can smile at the dangers which
you have survived,
What matter the doubts which have
fretted your soul,
Or the distance you’ve traveled,
once you’re at your goal?
So just keep on going, through thick
and through thin,
! Once you’re out of the woods you
will 'ook back and grin.
But I’m for the worrier! I’m for the
man
Who when he’s in trouble does all
that he can,
I’m for the fellow who puts up a
fight
To straighten things out and to make
them go right,
And I say for his comfort, when
matters seem bad,
Tomorrow he’ll smile at the troubles
he’s had.
—Exchange.
DO YOU KNOW
That 21,000,000 letters went to the
Dead Letter office last year?
That 803,000 percels did likewise?
That 100,000 letters go into the
mail yearly in perfectly blank enve
lopes?
That $12,000 in postage stamps is
found in similar fashion?
That $3,000,000 in checks, drafts
and money orders never reach in
tended owners?
That Uncle Sam collects $92,000
a year in postage for the return of
mail sent to the Dead Letter office?
That it costs Uncle Sam $1,740,-
000 yearly to look up addresses on
misdirected mail?
That 200,000,000 letters are given
this service, and that it costs in one
city alone SSOO daily?
And do you know that this vast
sum could be saved and the Dead
Letter office abolished if each piece
of mail carried a return address, and
if each parcel were wrapped in stout
paper and tied with strong cord?
Moral: Every man knows his
own address if not that of his cor
respondent. Put it in the upper left
hand corner.—(lnformation, P. O.
Dept.) _ j
DYSENTERY 1
- t
The Great Cot Weather;
Destroyer
Dysentery Is a form of flux, s< me
times spoken of as "bloody flux/’ It
Is usually a disease of hot wei.ther
It Is characterized by frequent passage
of blood and mucus and straining at
stool Diarrhoea of this type may be
due to several causes, and for the
purpose of prevention we may consider
all dysenteries under four heads—the
bacillary, amebic, balantidial and
symptomatic, dee to a variety of irri
tating poisons.
For our purpose we will eliminate
the last two forms and discuss for a
few minutes on:> the two first men
tioned, as they are the two that give
us the most anxiety. The causes are
separate and dlst.net. We will not
attempt to give you a scientific dis
tinction. They are both serious dis
eases, and the treatment Is entirely
different. The acute form Is practi
cally always bacillary; It is a self-lim
ited disease, in which the patient has
fever and suffers from toxemia; the
patient is severely poisoned by th'e
disease, and is what the doctors call
toxic. The disease is generally con
fined to the large intestine, but may
spread to the small gut. The bowels
act often and give evidence of intense
inflammation. The period from the
time of exposure to the onset of the
disease Is from Tto 7 days. This form
of infection is the chief cause of the
infantile diarrhoeas. Active carriers
of the disease account for a part of its
spread. It is indeed very similar to
typhoid fever in its method of propa
gation. Water, milk, food, flies, unclean
hands and direct contact are the
media through which it is carried. It
is a safe thing to regard all infantile
diarrhoeas as bacillary dysentery and
take such precaution as is necessary
to prevent its spread. This procedure
requires absolute cleanliness, sanitary
isolation and ceaseless and Intelligent
care. All soiled clothing should be
protected from flies and be boiled.
The stools should be disinfected and
destroyed. It is perhaps useless for
us to say that all cases of diarrhoea,
especially with bloody stools, should
hava the best care of a competent
physician from the very beginning.
The State Board of Health does not
feel Justified in recommending vac
cines for this disease, but there are
great possibilities, and, at the pres
ent time, work is being done that may
result in a vaccine to be administered
by mouth that may revolutionize the
treatment of this type of dysentery.
Amebic dysentery is a chronic dis
ease, seldom causes fever and very
slight, if any, toxemia. The seat of
the disease is in the large intestines.
The stools are scanty in exudate; in
flammation is absent. We have a
common sequela in abscess of the liver.
The time from exposure until the dis
ease comes on is prolonged and vari
able. There is no immunity offered.
It is a disease of adults, as a rule.
The disease is spread by chronic car
riers, personal contact, rats, flies and
possibly other insects, also jlrinking
water. It does not occur in epidemics
of any magnitude. This disease is
usually controlled by emetin and
stovarsol. Always call a physician in
all diseases of this character; time is
often an important factor.
VERY PREVALENT DISEASES
Social diseases, so-called, are very
prevalent. They are kept in the dark
and guarded with care that no one
will find out about them. This is
wrong; they should be looked upon
and treated in every respect as any
other of the infectious and contagious
diseases. There is no difference be
tween them and typhoid, smallpox,
etc., insofar as the health of the com
munity is concerned.
EMORY FREE INSTITUTE CLINIC.
The eighth annual Institute-Clinic of
Emory University, in co-operation with
the State Board of Health, will be
held in Atlanta, beginning June 6, and
continuing through the week. The
week’s study will be brought to a close
on Friday night with an alumni ban
quet, to which all the physicians in
attendance will be invited. Many phy
sicians from Virginia to Texas will
come for study. The clinics will cover
every phase of medicine and surgery
This Institute-Clinic is offered without
expense to the doctors.
NURSES’ OPPORTUNITY.
For the first time in history a post
graduate course is to be offered the
nurses of the Southeast by Emory
Universlety at their summer school this
year. The course will include inten
sive training in public health nursing,
and the State Board of Health is very
much interested in seeing a number of
nurses take this course. There is a
constantly increasing demand for
nurses in the South, and especially in
Georgia.
SEVENTY THOUSAND BABIES.
Think of it: "Anew baby every
seven minutes day and night In our
great state, seventy thousand a year.
New mother, new babies. Along with
this great blessing comes our respon
sibility; we must and will properly
meet it. Their health must b* safe
guarded first and most important;
they must be educated; they must
make good citizens.
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