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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1922)
TYPHOID FEVER ON INCREASE State Board of Health Issues Warning and Directs Care. During the year of 1921 deaths from typhoid fever increased 33 per cent over the previous year. This is.not altogether surprising since the State Board of Health sent out numerous warnings that an increase in the prevalence of this disease was to be expected unless preventative measures were instituted. These measures are as follows: First; the instalation of sanitary apparatus for the disposal of hu man filth, which filth is respon sible for the spread of typhoid fever, as well as other disorders of the intestinal tract. Second; the administration of ant.i-ty phoid vaccine. Every individual who reads these lines is urged to co-operate with the health workers, both lo cal, State and Federal in institut ing both of these measures this year. If your home is equipped with neither sanitary plumbing or san itary privy, you should get busy before another sunset and secure the protection of such sanitary apparatus. Either your County Board of Health or the State Board of Health will be glad to give you any assistance possible, and if you and your household did not receive anti-typhoid in oculations last year you should see to it that each one takes the vaccine at once, and not wait un til the supply which the State Board of health now has on hand is exhausted. Order your vaccine to-day and have your Health Officer or your family physician administer it. To delay is to take a dangerous and unnecessary chance. Georgia State Board of Health. Device foo Measuring Extreme Ocean Depths. Washington, Feb. 28. —A new device by the Navy which makes it possible to measure ocean depths hitherto unknown and for navigators to take soundings as easily and as frequently as they wish has proved effective in re cent tests on the radio and sound experimental ship Ohio, Secre tary Denby announced today. The device, which is described as simple, employs sound £appa ratus similar to that developed for submarine detection during the war, the principle being the creation of a sound on shipboard and measuring the time between the sound and the return of its echo from the bottom of the sea. The time interval, it was said, can be obtained within one one one-thousandth of a second. The device also makes impos sible, it was added, to settle the question of the exact velocity of sound in the water over known ranges of considerable distance under varying conditions of tem perature, depth and degrees of salinity. The Ohio, Secretary Denby announced, already has been ordered to make such meas urements. It will be possible, the Secre tary said, after a little more in vestigation, to construct the de vice as cheaply for installation on merchant ships. Second llound of Tax Receiver. I will be at the following points on the dates named for the pur pose of receiving state and coun ty taxes for the year 1922: Charlotte, Mar. 13, 9 to 12 m, Uvalda, Mar. 13, 1 to 4 p. m. Sharpe Spur, Mar. 14, 9 to 12 m. Alston, Mar. 14, 1 to 4 p. m. Higgston, Mar. 15, 9 to 12 m. F. B. Mcßride, Mar. 151t04p. m. Tiger Bridge, Mar. 16, 9 to 12. m. Kibbee, Mar. 16, 1 to 4 p. m.. Ailey, Mar. 17, 9 a. m. to 4p. m. Mt. Vernon, Mar. 18, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Tarrytown, Mar 25, 9 a. m. to 4. p. m. Please meet me promptly. G. W. Coleman, T. R. j QUAKES A BURDEN ON ITALY Government in Fifteen Years Has Ex pended More Than $44,600,000 in Work of Relief. 1 1 In the last 15 years, during which period Italy has been stricken by earthquakes 13 times, the Italian government has spent $44,600,000 | in repairs in the 25 provinces, in- I eluding more than 1,000 towns and | villages, which have suffered from the disasters. This sum, says the | San Francisco Chronicle, is exelu sive of the amounts spent for the re : construction of public buildings de | stroyed. In view of the grave condition of '.he public finances and of the pres ent high cost of materials, the gov ernment considers it the part of prudence to limit the budget re quests for the continuation of the reconstruction work to a sum esti mated necessary for the building to be accomplished in one year. About one-fifth of this sum will be used for the building of barracks and cottages to rehouse the popula tion made homeless by earthquakes. Five million dollars is considered necessary for the construction of these dwellings, and the sum of $17,520,000 is the estimation for the continuation of other works of reconstruction. EXPLAINED ]•:"*- Ij Miss Jazz bo—l’ve wanted to know you ever since you moved into the building. I wanted to ask who it is that plays the saxophone so lovely in your flat. Miss Littieflat—We’ve got no saxophone there, but pa snores some thing awful. STUDYING WIND POWER. Years ago wind power was com mercially popular. It simply had to be since there were few other sources of power. Today we get most of our power from coal and a great amount from water. Pales tine is not favored with either coal or water power, and Dr. I. M. May ersohn is now studying the problem of wind power to determine whether it would be possible to run the in dustries of Palestine with wind-mo tors. He has collected interesting data on wind motors in Europe. Ex amination of 477 installations was made. Eighty-seven per cent of these worked satisfactorily for per iods up to 1,800 years. Wind-power installations are now made in Den mark for the generation of electric power in small communities. PROTECTING THE SEAL. All told, America expended £l,- 500,000 on her efforts to protect the seal, but it has been money well spent. Last year’s census revealed the existence of 550,000 seals, and this year's count is expected to show at least 600,000. As the pelt of this particular seal fetches £3O in the open market, the herd may be said to represent a value of £18,000,000. About 25,000 young male seals are now' being taken annually, which means a yearly revenue to the gov ernment of £750,000, of which 15 per cent goes to Great Britain and another 15 per cent to Japan.—Lon don Tit-Bits. FORBIDDING PROSPECT. “I am afraid,” said the woman who had moved into a new flat, “that we’re going to have a cold, hard winter?” “Judging by those nature-faking signs?” sneered her husband. “No. By the expression on the janitor’s face.” JAPAN LIKES SMALL CARS. American automobiles constitute about 70 per cent of the 9,000 mo torcars in Japan, according to the government commerce report. The j small car is the popular size. It can | be handled with greater ease and speed on the narrow roads and city streets than can a car with a long wheelbase and heavy body. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—-THURSDAY MARCH 2, 1922 Post Your Lands. Open your woodland to the pub- 1 lie and soon there will not be a stick of wood or timber on it I Put the public on notice by post ing up printed notiees. Get the printed notices at The Monitor office. 10 cents each. Million Packets Os Flower Seeds Free We believe in flowers around the homes of the South. Flowers brighten up the home surroundings and give pleasure and satisfaction to those who have them. We have filled more than a million packets of seeds, of beautiful yet easily grown flowers to be given to our customers this spring. Wouldn't you like to have five packets of beautiful flowers free? YOU CAN GET THEM! Hastings 1922 catalog is a 100-page handsomely illustrated seed book full from cover to cover of truthful descriptions and Illustrations of vegetables, flowers and farm crops. It is full of helpful gar den, flower and farm information that is needed in every Southern home, and, too, the catalog tells you how to get these flower seeds absolutely free. Write for our 1922 catalog now. It is the finest, most valuable and beau tiful seed book ever published, and you will be mighty glad you’ve got it. There is no obligation to buy any thing. Just ask for the catalog, and it will come by return mail. H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN, ATLANTA, GA. THIRD SHIPMENT OF TENNESSEE MULES. 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Vernon 1 Ilf in need of Money j Come to See me at Once, i Either Short or Long Term Loans. 1 MONEY IN BANK FOR SHORT TERM LOANS g and can secure money on either Farm or City Bj I Property within Ten Days or Less S IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY | See me at once, as I have clients now for both |j farm and city property in this section. Come to see me, or phone and I will call on you. | IJ. Wade Johnson I MT. VERNON |
