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baknesville news-qazette B. H. HARDY, Editor Subscription, $1.60 Year BARNESVILLE. GA. MARCH 26, 1925. WHAT ABOUT YOUR CHILD? Tuberculosis Is A Disease Of f v Elarly Childhood. W? progreso; arc thankful that wn do. W*> have added 10 years to human life within the last few yearn, and ten years more should be added very shortly. While we do progress, occa sionally we are ahockcd to find what we had been doing was possibly all right and had been of great value, yet we had been dervotlng our money, time and labor at the wrong end; that we were trimming off the top when we should have been at the trunk or roots. We can cut off blackberry vines, but if we wish to be rid of tie pest we must pull up the root We have been doing much for tuberculosis; we have accomplished wonders, but most of our effort has been with the adult; most of our effort has been with the case that has already advanced to the state of lung destruction; we have neglected the early diagnosis and con sequently have been watching and giv ing all of our attention or nearly all to the older people. The child—the infant. In fact, Is the logical place of attack. Why allow the baby to contract the disease? Why submit It to the Infected atmosphere of the tubercular home? Why Hit Idly by and let the germs be sown In its body to later In life progress gradually, slowly to the place that we ordinarily call tuberculosis. The baby does not have consumption of the lungs as we ordinarily visualise It, hut It begins in the glandular system and for yearn may give very little trouble. It will not be a strong child, hut will be un der weight, will not grow off ns It. should, Is susceptible to colds and oth er diseases. It goes on and Is doctor ed and teaod until It finally either recovers or later In life comes down with spine or hip Joint disease, or pos sibly some discharge from bone or gland, inter developing our socalled tyjdcal consumption. Georgia tio£ on? open air school that we know of for the potentially tu bex£til§r child They are taken care f the entire year nnd now after three worjt much good has been ac complished. v-4leorfdfi also has the only open air gcliofll to the world where underprivi leged negro children are cared for. This is_ advance work' lj pioneer wofjt of the highest character. Every baby horn into a tubercular home Is potentially tubercular; It does not Inherit tuberculosis, but Its envi ronment Is tubercular and It Is almost Sure to contract the disease. Tul>er culobls is n very common disease, pos atbly ranking next to syphilis and gon orrhoea. It Is a safe estimate In the opinion of our best thinkers that we have at least 60.090 school children who are quite likely tubercular. It Is also thought that at least 80 per cent of our tul>erculosls Is contracted prior to ten years of age. and the vast nut lorlty of It prior to school age. Do you think we should sit idly by with folded hands and wait for this army of innocents to develop this dread white plague? Do you, Mr Tax payer, think it Is good businivss to wait for this army to be Indefinitely let alone until they get the rattle In the chest and the flush on the cheek to furnish them a place In Alto, our Tu- bcrculoslK Smyitorlujn. or do you think It would b<> more economical to take this little, innocent, sweet child Mid Rive it the attention it should hare to make It a well, strong citizen? There is no place in Georgia where you can eend a little child with tuber culosis. There should be provided a place of restoration —a proventato rlum, If you please If we know of n wrong and know how to correct it and make it right, then do not do so. we are guilty If we know that a child Is going to be klled by an enemy, we know that enemy and know how to prevent this death, then do not do so, are we guilty of the death of that child? What do you think about it? Tuberculosis kills children. we ktnw the cause and most likely the place of attack: we know It can be averted, and now do you mt think we shculd do our best to prevent this? The State Board of Health is interested in the children of Georgia They can tell of eo many things to do to save life; don't you think it would be a good idea to write them about your problems? They would be glad to hear from you. UPSET STOMACH. GAS, INDIGESTION, TAKE “DIAPEPSIN” The moment you eat a tablet of “Pape’s Diapepsin” your indigestion is gone. No more distress from a sour, acid, upset stomach. No flatu lence, heartburn, palpitation or mis ery-making gases. Correct your di tion that revives, renews and regen- guaranteed by druggist to over- Bteme stomach trouble. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-NEW YORK Biggest in the World —More Assets, More Policyholders, More Insurance in Force, More New Insurance Each Year A Mutual Company—lncorporated by the State of New York Control Of The Midwife. Georgia now has rules and regula tions for the control of the midwife. Those were passed by the State Board of Health at their meeting in January after they had been proposed and pass ed upon by the State Medical Associ ation. Every expectant mother is entitled to the very best of care She should be under the care of a physician for several months and have the best that is possible In professional care when she is to become a mother, yet many babids are born in our State without a physician being present. The mid wife Is a necessity; we should see to it that she is properly instructed and knows especially what NOT to do We congratulate the Medical Association and the State Board of Health in tak ing up this task, and we sincerely hope our county will be one of the first t< get the advantage of it. Colds Cause drip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablet* rvmov* the cause. There is only one "Brumo Quimue- E. W. GROVE'S signature on boi. Hearts and Dollars V WE are indebted to Mr. S. for his suggestion. It is an excellent one. We publish an annual Business Statement of the Metropolitan, not because we think that the figures will he remembered, hut because they offer conclusive evidence of unusual growth and strength to its 22,000,000 policyholders. And it is this extraordinary financial strength that makes it possible for the Metropolitan to carry on a nation-wide campaign for better health and longer life People now live longer Records kept by the Metropolitan show an extraor dinary decrease in the death rate among its policy holders. Compared with 1911, for example, there were nearly 62,000 fewer deaths in 1924 among its Industrial Policyholders than there would have been if the 1911 death rate had prevailed. Health and Welf are Statement DECEMBER 31, 1924 , Lives saved among Metropolitan Industrial Policyholders since 1911 in excessof mortality im- • i” n ! ~ or. P OP. U ,a! i ° .n ! n 200,000 people nß . in . d “ t . hdaim, . ,inM $40,000,000 Lives saved in 1924 as compared . . with death rate for 1911 01,958 people Decline in mortality rate among Metropolitan Industrial Pol icyholders for all causes of „ death since 1911 32.1 Jq Decline in Metropolitan Tuber culosis mortality rate since - , Decline In Metropolitan Ty phoid mortality rate since on icr ion °u.s /o f Decline in Metropolitan Diph theria mortality rate since , „ 1911 55.1 ,0 Health Information through magatine advertisements en iwn nnA 1- reached in 1924 50,000,000 people Health literature distributed free in 1924 40,474,8/8 copies • Trained nursing care for sick . .. c .... . . policyholders in 1924 2,565,2 5 MSItS Health examination film shown . ... . Total expenditures for Health and Welfare Work among . mi! 74 Policyholders in 1924 55,027,001.25 Cause for Broken tVatcn Springs. According to an Ohio scientist's ,-x --perlments. watch springs are broken ♦urine thunderstorms by the sudden changes that occur jn the moisture in the air. o Man’s Duty. The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own pow ers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.—John Ruskln. —o Individuality. We never get the best out of people as long as we treat them as a mob. ig noring the unique interest *and value of each individuals—Richard Cabot '—O' Gorilla's Wonderful Strength. A gorilla four feet six inches in height has the strength of four strong men. It can bend double a pair of 12- bore gun barrels in its paw. o - ■ - 38-Foot Tide in Korea. On the west and southwest coasts of Korea the tide rises and falls from 26 to SS feet. Two Statements—one of which has to do with Health and H r e!fare, the other with Financial Strength AN OPEN LETTER ' {Name on RequestJ Mr. HaLEY Fiske, President Metropolitan Life Insurance Cos. New York City My Dear Mr. Fiske: Why don’t ’you publish a Heart Statement along with the regular Financial Statement you put out each year? Any company can publish impressive figures of financial strength, financial growth, etc. But figures don’t stick. Ail I remember from your last year’s Statement is that the Metropolitan has several million policyholders and is the biggest life insurance company in the world. I’ve been following some of your magazine Financial Statement DECEMBER 31, 1924 Assets $1,628,174,348.20 Liabilities: Reinsurance Fund $1,451,693,897.00 Reserved for Di vidends to Policy- „, n , ... 10 holders 1925. ... 32,694,131.49 Unassigned Funds 91,088,070.71 A t L°! h " . L ". bi ! i : 52.698.24Q.00 $1,628,174,348.20 Increase in Assets during 1924 196,774,929.93 Income in 1924 457,173,167.10 Gain in Income, 1924 60,861,502.85 Paid-for Insurance Issued, Increased and . ... ... Revived in 1924 2,515,728,846.00 Gain in Insurance in Force in 1924 1,284,230,701.00 Total Bonuses and Dividends paid or u credited to policyholders 1892-1925 213,604,274.15 INSURANCE OUTSTANDING Ordinary Insurance $5,307,887,075.00 Industrial (Premiums payable weekly).... 4,352,250,399.00 Group 862,347,295.00 Total Insurance Outstanding 10,522,484,769.00 Number of Policies in Force December 31, .. 1924 32,447,644 The Unpleasant Age. I Woman throughout the ages has ar rayed, attired, clothed, vested, draped, garbed, habited and clad herself. But In that era of sartorial disgrace which marked the end of the Nineteenth cen tury she only succeeded in upholstering herself. —From “Through the Glad Eyes of a Woman," by Jane Doe. MONEY TO LOAN On choice Farm Lands. Claude Christopher Attomey-at-law BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA advertisements lately that tell of work you’re doing to help people live longer. It isn’t entirely clear in my mind just how you’re doing it or why you do it, but since you are doing it, give us the facts and figures on that. Call it a Heart State ment or a Welfare Statement, or anything you like, but—give us the facts. Perhaps other Metropolitan policyholders like myself would be interested in a Statement of that kind. Very truly yours, C. N. S . While the average life span in the United States is years greater than it was 12 years ago, the life span of the Industrial Policyholders of the Metropolitan in creased nearly years—a betterment of three years over the general average—in the same interval. These increases in longer life are due in large part to the Metropolitan’s Elealth and Welfare Work among its policyholders. You are the gainer You and all the other 22,000,000 policyholders— otie out of every six people in the United States and Canada reap the benefit through better health and decreased cost of insurance. The wealth of the Metropolitan belongs to you and to no one else. The Metropolitan has no stock and no stockholders. It is owned solely by its policyholders. You, as one of the policy holders, share in the owner ship of all its investments; in its railroad bonds, its real estate mortgages, its loans to farmers, loans to states, cities and towns for public improvements and similar enterprises. You, as a part-owner of over ,600,000,000, should read the two state ments on the left with a feeling of pride in what your company has achieved. The efforts as w ell as the assets of the Metropolitan are dedicated to protection against future want —to greater happiness, better health and longer life. /•buy Hijik*,. T President When In Need Of Garage Service or any Car, .Truck, Trac tor, Accessories, Gas, or Oil call on us as we will be glad to serve you. I have installed a running instand for Ford Motors. And also carry a full line of bolts. We do mechanical and electrical work on all kinds of cars and engines, Cail on us for anything you need. J. D. CLARK, Authorized Ford Service Meansville, Georgia For Sale—Thoroughbred S. C. R. L Rec eggs for Hatching, $1.50 for 15. j fr * * jjjPj i!H;r77p