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GRADY COUNTY PROgRESS-PACE - .
son. pUrposu nro either it two per cent. pTo-
The red cotton spider Is exceedingly pnrcd lllll0 -sulphur solution, or a two
sninlf and its prevailing color is red ,)cl ' co,,t ’ ScaIoclde solution, used as
a Hpray. /The state department ot en
tomology will be glad to furnish at
any time, Information upon this and
kindred subjects.
Where the red cotton spider Is prev
alent Mr. Worsham calls uttentton to
It feeds on tho tinder side of the cot
ton leaf, The felnale lays anywhere
from 50 to.SO oggs, which hatch In
about four days, and there may bo
at.t. o* 1 UB ™ an J r as 16 or 17 generations dur-
e Entomologist Worsham Receives Ing one year. Tho nplders suck the
| -Many Complaints and'Gives Juice from, tho leaves, causing red-
Remedies. j disl) spots' to appear, later turning to
•Atlanta. da.-Just as Georgia is ThB leilVes dr ° P one
about to make one of the large ? am J ^ the pla,lt d,e9 ’
best cotton erdna In the nwl,, The pest increases most rapidly during J
the state nnmhfmh. , t y of hot dry weather until, toward the end and Cnltlyatod violets near
the state, numerous complaints of the ot August severnl norm, nf n mht cotton ,lellia rtpuld either be spray-
ravages of the red cotton spider and L v Wn„v t , ° f a “ d «d or destroyed. Trap borders, or
the. cotton boll worm are reaching the’ J , * d 2? damBB8d ’ sown cotton, along tho border
state department of ontomoTogy and ™ 8 '^ r0u . Bh Wi "‘ er ' ? -* ' - mtty * CUt off Ulld
in many Instances these pests Uirbuf ' h " 1 “ U % r f d "# r otten Hurvlvos
eu serious daniuge. tlle wln ter, F ho cah find green food..
WARNED Si BOARD AND ITS CAUSES
the necessity for the exercise of care
to prevent Its recurrence next year.
Clean culture Is Important; all woods
and underbrush, especially pokeweed
and goldenrod on ditch bunks and
Held borders, should be grubbed -out
und burned.
Aplnst Dangers of Entrusting Babies
to Nurses Who are Diseased,
Dirty or Incompetent.
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The cotton bill WonA has beeH: s&^. V ’ “ ,e CBlt,vnted
in from a number of . South Georgia co *“l»o“ BoMenTod Qr the poke-
Counttes, while reports of tjte ^ attack .other plants if
der come from various sections'of tlie ! * ! ' U °, f0l !” d ' ' , '
State, both northern and southern, i . Y hGre - tl G fed cotton spider is now
Of course the best remedy in b'otli' - 1 *,V flelds ’ thd on 'y
Instances is Prevention, 'say's State ! ^ ^ep At. ravages, Entomologist
Entomologist E. Lee Worsflaln; but' “ ° “!? the
where-the pest is nlready on ttie cet- - ?.°1 S<!Ct "
ton Plant just .approaching maturity, k " 11, 8 parUcu,ar post '
'there is’ but one thing to do and that 3™ ‘ T T ? '
kill It with some effective pel- 1 moat efCoctIve Insecticides, for this
Have a. Full Stock of
= Fancy Groceries =
To Supply the needs of
the Most Fastidious
A Few Specials
White Crest Flour, Cudahy’s Diamond C, Hams, Ar
mour’s Star Hams. White Provision Co. Grocers Bacon,
Diamond U. Mince Meat. For anything else ask us.
We wish to call the attention of Farmers to our stock of
SEED OATS and RYE. We have. TEXAS RUST
PROOF OATS. BANCROFT OATS and SELECT
” OEORGIA SEED RYE. Our prices on these are inter
esting..
‘For Cotton Seed Mulls, Meal, Feed Oats, Hay, Horse
Mule Feed, Chicken Feed, we are prepared to supply
you.
We also sell hot bread from City
' Bakery every day.
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burned, Is a good preventative. ‘A
careful watch should, bo kept for all
first attacks and Infested plants should
bo removed and lyirnod.
Work of the Boll Worm.
The- motli of the., boll worm, Mr.
Worsham points out, generally bus a
whig expanse of about one . and one-
half inches, and may ho easily distin
guished from tho. cotton leaf worm
or caterpillar moth by the fact that,
when at rest, It holds Its wings slight
ly raised and parted, while the cottoTi
caterpillar moth always rests with
the wings tightly closed.
; In Georgia there nro at least four
and possibly five generations -of the
• boll worm each season. Fortunately
for cotton, the female moth prefers
to deposit her eggs on young corn,
the oggs being laid on all parts qf the
plant, but preference 1b sliown for the
silk. If It ts present. Each female de
posits on un nverage of 1,100 eggs.
These hatch In from throe to ten days,
depending on the season. It is usually
tho third brood that Injures cotton
most severely, along In August, when
the corn begins ito mature.
torn planted as a trap in rows from
200 to 300 feet through the entire
field, so as to be In prime silking con
dition about August-1, will attract the
pest away, from cotton. The eggs are
deposited on the corn which can be
cut and fed to stock when the worms
are partly" grown.
Since the worm, when fully grown,
descends Into the ground where It
passes the pupal stage, a splendid
preventative' Is winter plowing of the
ground, which exposes the pupa and
kills it.
When the worm is on tho plant the
only thing to dd, of course, is to kill
It by poison. Paris green may be
used In the proportion of one pound of
Paris green to rivo pounds of flour,
and at the rnte*of three pounds of
Paris green to the acre; but the most
effective method has been found to
he dusting with arsenate of lead. In
the case of this poison no dilution 13
necessary, and it shout'd- be used at
the rate of about three pounds per
acre. The duster Is made of .a one-
inch board one and onelmlf feet iong-
er than the width of tho rows and
three Inches wide, • with a one arid
one-half inch auger hole bored five
Inches from each end, and under each
, hole is attached a sack made of un
starched sheeting about fifteen Inches
long. The arsenate of lead Is placed
In these sacks and one person can
dust fifteen to twenty acres per day
by riding on horseback arid dusting
as lie passes between the rows.
Wherever the cotton boll worm Is
found tills remedy Bliould be applied'
at once.
i For Clean-Towels And 1
| Sharp-Razors Go To
I W. H. P. Oneal’s
| Barber Shop
I South Broad Street,
1 Cairo. - Ga.
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; If all opening
3' of Millinery and Coat
Suits and Wraps
Oct. 7th and 8th
We cordially invite the
Ladies to attend our
Opening. Ladies i n
Charge,
Mrs. A. R Oliver,
Miss Kathryn Brown,
v Miss Gradclick.
Atlanta, Ga.—That Goorgla mothers,
as a. rule, do not exercise sufficient
care in selecting nurses for their ba
bies, Is declared by tl\o State lionrd
of Health, In rip article describing
some of tho dangers to which helpless
infants are exposed because of .this
.negligence.
Too often, says tho Board, the
thoughtless mother employs the first
negro- girl who happens to he availa
ble, without inquiring at all as to
her health, mornl character mid Intelli
gence. Such mothers forget that .the
baby is left for hours at a time in
the solo care of this nurse, and that
It may suffer permanent harm If im
properly handled, neglected or exposed
to disease.
Four rules are laid down by. the
Georgia Board of Health, by which
a girl or woman must he judged before
she should be employed to taka enro
of a baby. They nre as follows:
The nurse must be healthy. '
The nurse must be neat and clean
about her owu person.
The nurse mUBt be of good moral
character.
The nurse must have Intelligence.
Don’t employ anybody to take caro
of your lmby unless that.person comes
up to these four requirements, suys the
State Board.
Consider to begin with the Import
ance of the first qualification—health.'
Suppose a nurse girl, who'may deem
to he in good health, comes from a
home In which there ts tuberculosis or
some other contagious disease? Sup
pose the nurse has been exposed to
smallpox or is tainted with some dan
gerous contagious disense? A very
great many negroes are. Suppose that
through your thoughtlessness you have
employed as a nurse, a woman suffer
ing from any of these diseases? Think
what a terlble rstk your baby Is run
ning. Assure yourself first of all that
the nurse you employ’is healthy.
Should Be Personally Clean.
The second thing to consider is the
nurse's personal cleanliness. Get a
nurse who. is neat and clean, says the
State Board, or for the baby’s sake,
don’t get a nurse at all. To begin
with, disease germs always flourish in
a.body which>.fanot kept clean, par
ticularly in the summer time, and in
addition a tiny, baby Is exceedingly
susceptible to unhealthy nnd impious-
ant. Odors. If the nurso is so dirty
that you notice It yourself, 'though
only coming in close'contact with hor
occasionally, think how horrible It
must he to your poor huby whom, sho
handles dally, und - who on account of
its helplessness and Inability to pro
test, is realiy the victirfi of your care
lessness. If your nurse' has an odor
about her, says the State Board, toll
her how to got rid'-of It, and if she
does not do It, then get rid of her.
The third thing- to consider is the
nurse's moral character. Tills is Im
portant not only because un honest,
respectable girl Is always . tho' most
faithful, trustworthy and reliable; but
also because by the time the baby 1ms
become two.or three years of age it’s
Httle mind Is like a highly sensitized
photographic plate powerfully Influenc
ed by everything it sees and hears.
A nurse of vile language and loose
moral habits may, without oven mean
ing to do so, teach a child evil expres
sions and*. Immodest actions which' it
will take years of later training to
counteract.
The fourth consideration ts the
nurse’s intelligence. Tills doos not
mean that the,girl who has had the
most schooling necessarily makes the
best nurse, but it does mean that a
good nurse must have practical com
mon sense. If it Is Important to have
an Intelligent gardener to bring your
plants and flowers to perfection, how
much more Important It ts to have an
intellgent nurse to rear your baby.
Watch Your Nurse Closely.
Maybe you can't find out all these
things to a certainty when you em
ploy a nurse. In that event, It is nb-
lutely essential that you watch the
nurse closely until you do assure your
self about them all. Find out where
the' nurse goes with your baby when
she takes It out for a Walk', Make Bure
that it Isn't lying neglected in Its car
riage with the sun boating into- Its
eyes, while the nurse is idly gossiping.
Make sure that your baby Is not play
ing on the floor of some dirty negro
cabin,’ when you think It is in the
park. Make sure that your nurse Is
not allowing strangers or sick persons
to fondle your baby.
If you find out that the nurso is not
properly caring for the child, dis
charge her. It may moan life or death,
for a human baby Is one of the most
fragile and delicate of all God’s crea
tures. The propor nursing of a baby
requires constant thought and- atten
tion. It means more than rocking the
baby to sleep (which Is not necessary),
and it means more than changing the
baby's soiled clothes, which Is seldom
done as often as it should be. If you
must have a nurse, select her careful
ly and then watch, her cpnstanly.
Never allow the mirao or anybody'
else to chew up food arid'give’It to
the baby. Tho habit is clangorous nnd
disgusting- The mouth' of tho average
person ts a breeding place for all sorts
of dangerous gerriis. It inay be all
right for the older birds’to carry food in
their mouths to t|ie Httle ones In the
nest, but it won’t (lo for humans ,to
follow tho same procedure. For hu
man babies, it is sickening gnd deadly,
Malarial Parasites Often Remain lit
the Body When Patient Is
Apparently Cured.
Atlanta, Ga.—There ure persons In
Georgia walking around with malaria,
who do not know they linve It. They
have hud all the symptoms of miliaria
one or more times, nnd when the symp
toms are eliminated they think ’them-
soIvob cured. They attribute the-re
curring-attacks to n fresh Infection,'
whorens .the cause is really ■ within
themselves.
This Is known -as chronic malurln,
In which the patient retains within 1i1b
body dormant elements of the dis
ease; ■ when these become active; as
they may do at any time, air the symp
toms of tho disease' again appear, and
the patient lias an acuta uttnek.
The causes of, and the methods of
treating, chronic thalaria are now woll
understood. The discovery of. the mn-
lai-Iul parasite has resulted In the
clearing up of practically everything
that was formerly obscure ,ln connec
tion with malaria. Not only did tills
discovery bring knowledge ot the.
moans of transmission of the disease,
•but . further Investigation Ims clearly
shown how chronic malarla-is produc
ed and why it Is that quinine fails to
relieve It..
A fqw days, after a man becomes
Inoculated (vitli malaria, through the
Irito of an Infected anopheleB mosquito
twn vnulnlliu. «f „
. DISEASES
Slum CHILDREN
Georgia Health Board Describee Ttr>
rible Results of Disease if Net
Properly Treated.
’ . uiunijuuu,
two varieties of parasites are found In
the blood. One of these Is .the ordi
nary chill-producing parasite, which Is
effectually killed by quinine; the oth
er Is the sexual form of the-parasite
and Is in no way affected by that drug.
May Carry Them for Years.
These sexual forms of the parasite,
mule und female, circulate In tho blood
for months nnd, possibly, years, simply
waiting for the anopheles mosquito to
suck thorn out; then, within tho body
of the mosquito, the union Is formed
between the male'and female para
sites, and the production of the many
young chill-cauBing malarial parasites
follows; then these-yhung .parasites
are injected Into the blood of n man
when the mosquito bites, and an acute
attack of malaria follows.
. The anopheles mosquito which Is
the sole conveyor of the malarial par-
dsitt?, Jiay been* described in a former
article'. Resting with Its body almost
at right angles to the surface to which
It attaches Itself, it is easily, distin
guishable from the common form of
raosQulto, whose bent body, in rest, Is
almost parallel to the. surface on
which It alights. When It bites it
Injects the chill-producing parasite
into the blood. Each of these para-
siths attacks a- red blood corpuscle
and soon divides Into from seven to
twenty-five chill-producing parasites,
and each of these, Iri turn, attacks an
other red blood cell. This process goes
on until, within a comparatively short
time, a sufficient number of parnsitos
has been produced to cause the symp
toms of liiplurla.
How It Becomes Chronic.
After a person has had malaria for
n short while, there are millions of
these sexual parasites In the blood
The chill-producing parasites may liuve
all beon killed' by quinine, and the
patient may feel restored In health.
But tt has been shown that occasional
ly a female scxunl parasite remaining
In the blood, will, for some Inexplica
ble reason, suddenly breed or give oft
tho chill-producing parasites, and these
latter thou begin to multiply rnpidly.
In a week or so they will cause the
mulurial chills just ns though tho pa
tient had been inoculated by a mos
quito.
The foregoing explains tho well-
known’ fact' that patients with chronic
malaria have from time to time, re
currences of tile disease after having
beon apparently cured by quinine. It
also shows how and why a patient ap
parently cured, yot harboring the sex
ual forms of tho parasite, is just as
dangerous In causing tho spread of tilt-
disease as is one suffering from an
acute attack.
Cure of Chronic Malaria.
It follows from the foregoing, says
the Georgia State Board of Health,
that the first step necessary Is to kil
the chill-producing parasite with qni
nine, and tlion begin the administra
tion of arsenic in as largo doses as
possible, for It has been found that
this drug kills the'sexual form ot the
parusite, though It is usually neces
sary, to administer it for several
months before the object is attained.
While giving the arsenic the patient
should have a full dose of quinine ev
ery few days, as otherwise some of
tho female sexual form^ might sporu-
late and give rise to some of tho chill-
producing forms which are not affect
ed to any extent by arsenic.
Arsenic, as Is well known. Is a poi
sonous drug; and it is likewise dan
gerous for persons unfamiliar with
quinine to administer tliut drug. }t
Is essential! therefore,- that ih the
proper treatment of malaria, a com
petent physician be called, and that
tho patierit follow explicitly Ills direc
tions Until he is pronounced cured.
The State Board of Health is pro-
pared to make examinations of blood
lor malnrial parasites free of cost,
and will glqdly make .such tests and
report the results to any one desiring
them. Specimens should be address
ed to Dr. H. F. Harris, Secretary State
Board of Health, State Capitol, At
lanta, Ga.
It there is any doubt about It, the
safest method is to have your physi
cian send a specimen of your blood to
the State Bow'd,
Atlanta, Ga,—It one of your chil*
dren Is backward In Its studies or
sickly looking, get a physician to look
at Its tonsils ut once, Is the advice
given .by the Georgia State Board of
Health. The whole trouble may be
there. A chronic or acute disease of
the tonsils Is a serious and dangerous
thing.
Tho enlarged tonsils may permanent
ly stunt the child’s physicul growth
and retard Its mental development.
The Stuto Board of Health urges pa
rents whose children are so suffering,
to have, them examined and operated
on, if necessary, by a skilled physl- .
clan or surgeon. Operations In near
ly all cases result In complete cures,
while failure to operate may leave am
otherwise normal child stupid and
sickly through life.
Many a hoy or girl has been put
down us lazy and "good-for-nothing" i
and 1ms beon unjustly punished at
homo and ut school, when the real
trouble was nothing but enlarged ton
sils.
Other children suffering In the same
way have sometimes been considered
hnlf-wltted hocuuse of the open-hang-
tug mouth und silly expression, which
often results from the obstructed pass
ages In the throat and nose—their
wliolo life marred for the lack of a
comparatively simple operation. The
parent who fallH to Inquire Into such
symptoms and to have the child prop
erly treated, is guilty of neglect that
Is almost criminal.
Is a Contagious Disease.
The second most important thing
for tho public to realize about tonsill-
tls, Bays the Board, is the fact that
acute tonsilltls is contagious, and that
patients suffering’ ■ from It should be
-Isolated and some precautions taken
to provont Its spread, as are done la
case of other contagious diseases. One
case of acuta tonsilltls may not justi
fy an operation, It is in chronic cases
or in cases where the acute form re
curs frequently,- that operations are
absolutely necessary.
In addition to the acute and chronic,
there is also a third common form ot
the disease, culled suppurative toast-
litis or quinsy.
Acuta tonsilltls frequently comes on
ruther suddenly. Children and young
adults arc most susceptible. The pa
tient may first complain of sors throat
with a feeUng of swelling In the throat,
or may first feel chilly or even hava
a .decided chill, soon followed by ach
ing of the limbs and back and violent
headache. These symptoms may bs so
severe that the patient may feel lHta
.lio'is going to have a very serious Ill
ness. Tho temperature rapidly rises
and limy reach 103 degrees to 105 de
grees within a very few hours. The
odor of the patient’s breath is very
foul, and unless the room-le well ven
tilated the odor may fill the room. An
examination of the throat shows tbe
tonsils and neighboring tissues to be
swollen and congested. The tonsils
may be so greatly swollen as to touch
each other, and they may be covered
by a grayish substance that may re
semble the membrane which is pres
ent in cases of diphtheria. The glands
in the neck .usually become swollen
and painful, nnd the neck muscles feel
sore und stiff.
Symptoms of Quinsy.
In suppurative tonsllitis, or guirisy,
tlie local symptoms in the throat causa
the greatest umoiint of distress, al
though the general symptoms samed
above may also he present. In quinsy,
pus forms In - and around' the tonsil.
Usually only one tonsil Is affected. H
may become greatly swollen and seri
ously interfere with the patient’s
breathing und his ability to swallow.
Tho patlcnt.opens Ills mouth with con
siderable difficulty as every movement
of the jaw causes great pain. In quin
sy the tonsil. Is seldom covered by tbe
membrane as in the follicular form
or as in diphtheria. Instead the tonstl
is usually smooth and shining In ap-
penranco.
In acute tonsllitis and In quinsy n
bacteriological examination should bs
made of the throat and the patient
kept In Isolation, until It Is determin
ed whether or not the Inflammation Is
caused by the germ of diphtheria. The
State Board ot Health’s laboratories
will make these examinations free of
charge upon request.
In the chronic form of tonsllitis,
there is no danger of spreading the
disease, but it is this form which per
manently injures the health and mind
of the patient. Children are the most
frequent sufferers. The tonsils some
times become so large that they touch
each other; there Is usually nasal ca
tarrh, sometimes earache and deaf
ness; the child usually breathes with
Its mouth open. This not only gives
the child a silly expression, but. ts
harmful because air taken through the
mouth Instead of the nose 1b not prop
erly sifted of dust and germs. Tlis
nose falls to develop and its small
ness adds to the stupid expression of
the unfortunate child. As the result
of the difficulty In breathing, tha
child's growth Is stunted and the chest
often becomes deformed. Such un
fortunates nre apt to catch any other
contagious diseases which are about.
They are especially liable to tubercu
losis and diphtheria. There.ls no po*
stble excuse for letting a child con
tinue to sufier such dreadful results,
for an operation Is usually attended
with no danger and children Improve
rapidly to an absolutely surprising de,
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