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Letter From The
State Board of
Polio-myelitis is a disease prin
cipally ’occurring in children of
from one to five years of age, hence
the synonym, infantile paralysis.
The cause of the disease is probab
ly a microscopical germ. The dis
ease occurs ns isolated cases or
sometimes as widespread epidemic
There seems to have been ah in
crease in the prevalence of the di
sease during the last few years. It
is estimated that from 1907 to 1910
• there were at least 20,000 cases in
the United States. It is an estab
lished fact that it is a contagious
disense, the contagion being trans
mitted by direct contact, by a third
person, by cats and dogs, and f>os-
sibly by flies and other insects.
The incubation period—that is, the
time elapsing between the tiino of
exposure and time of development
of symptoms—is probably from one
to fourteen days.
While adults may be attacked
the greatest incidence is among
very young children, so the course
of the disense will be described from
tlint standpoint.
Symptoms—The attack usually
comes on suddenly. A child which
lias been previously well and health-
ly suddenly is taken with fever,
complains of headache, aching in
the limbs and back, becomes dull
and somnolent or restless and de
lirious. There may also be vomit
ing and diarrhoea, twitching of mus
cles or convulsions. Occasionally
there is stiffness of the muscles in
the neck and limbs, and frequently
there is pain and tenderness in the
back and lower extremities. The
duration nnd intensity of these
symptoms arc variable, lasting from
one or two days to as long as a
week or more. After the above
symptoms have subsided the par
ents notice that the child is more
or less extensively paralyzed. The
muscles of the trunk are sometimes
involved, but usually the paralysis
of the extremities is more notice
able. Either one or both legs, both
legs and an arm, both arms, or all
extremities may be paralyzed.
The child is unable to move the
one affected, and the part feels cold
and elamy, looks somewhut blue,
and in time, unless recovery takes
place, becomes much smalle r and
shorter than the extremities not
involved. The reflexes in the di
seased limbs aro lost but sensibility
is retained. After a time, unless
the disease has proved fatal during
the acute stage, the child’s general
condition improves and sometimes
the paralysis entirely disappears,
and the child is again restored to
perfect health. Unfortunately,
however, not infrequently the para
lysis persists to the same degree as
in the beginning, or only partially
dears up. Various deformities may
take place as a result of the con
traction of the healthy muscles be
Willi a Hll'tilifc disinfectant More
they arc thl'own out. Strong fresh
ly made whitewash is a good dis
infectant, ns are nlso formalin, our-
bolic acid and chlorinated lime.
Cats and dogs may carry the di
sease; therefore they should be kept
out of the room.
The fact that flies may carry the
disease should not be forgotten.
The sick room should be well
screened, and any flies gaining en
trance into the room should be
promptly killed. For further di
rections as to the care of the sick
room, write to the State Board of
Health for Bulletin, Vol. 11, Scries
3, 1913.
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ing unopposed by the paralyzed
muscles. In this way curvature of
the spine, club feet and the like are
brought about.
The above symptomsand changes
occur as a result of the poisons
thrown off by the germs causing
the disease first attacking the en
tire body and later becoming lo
calized in part of the gray matter
of the spinal cord. The extent of
the paralysis which results depends
bn the extent of the destruction of
this gray matter; and the parts
paralyzed depend on the level of
the cord attacked.
Prevention—As the disease is
contagious, its spread is to be guard
ed against in the same manner as
in the case of other contagious di
seases, such as scarlet fever, mea
sles, diphtheria, and so on. The
patient should be promptly isolat
ed, and a physician put in charge
of the case as early as possible.
No more people than absolutely
necessary should be exposed, and
children should bo especially ex
cluded from the room.
Sputum and mucous from the
nose and throat should be cnu’ght
on rags or paper and burned at
once. The urine nnd bowel move
ments should be thoroughly mixed
Thirty per cent, of those who
fail in business do so because they
lack capital. No business can suc
ceed unless it has backbone, and
this back bone is the invested cap
ital of the proprietor. Whether it
is a million dollar corporation or a
corner grocer, there must be, as a
foundation, the investment of the
proprietor.
Just how much capital a concern
requires is a matter of individual
requirements. The larger the bus
iness the larger the capital. If, for
instance, a man were to engage in
mercantile < line, he should have
enough money saved by thrift to
buy his fixtures, and part of his
stock, and a balance for working
capital to keep in the bank. He
should not put all his money in
fixtures bo that he has none for
stock, and vice versa. Neither
should he forget that his best cre
dential with his banker is a good
working balance.
The reason why banks are so
particular that borrowers keep a
balance is not that the banks wants
excessive profits—lending, say a
thousand nnd asking that one-
quarter of it be kept on deposit,
but that the borrower may have
free working capital at his com
mand all the time.
The position that if I borrow
thousand and am asked to keep
$250 on deposit, I might as well
borrow $760, is not well taken; for
even though the bank balance is
borrowed money, and costs the
interest, it is a cheap price to pay
for the banker’s good will. In'fact
a business man could well afford to
pay six per cent, for money and
leave it with his banker, for the
good it would do his credit.
In the granting of . credit, busi
ness men as well ns bankers, give
due heed to the ratio between quick
assets and quick liabilities. The
banker likes to see two to one—
two dollars of quick assets to one
dollar of quick debts. The quick
assets are: Cosh, bills receivable,
accounts receivable and merchan-
nndisc. Quick liabilities are:
Debts due for borrowed money and
debts due for stock. The differ
ence is the working capital, the
amount in excess of the debts. This
means to say that if the quick as
sets were all turned into cash aiid
the debts paid, without disturbing
the other assets, such as real estate,
machinery, etc., there would be
cash balance left over.
One of the great weaknesses of
American business life is the start
ing of a business on too little cap
ital. Two carpenters and builders
who have saved a few hundred
dollars decide t/) be their own
bosses and by scheming get a piece
of land. They persuade somebody
or some institution to agree to loan j
them a certain amount on the
property when complete nnd lay
their plans carefully and figure
closely. Something goes wrong,
the weather is bad, the work is de
layed, strikes, and liens not reck
oned with, interfere, and the re
sult-failure. They lack capital;
and lacking it, lose out. They
cannot carry their load.
Clerks with a little money and
colossal nerve begin business for
themselves, only to find bankrupt
cy stare them in the face in a short
time, due to lack of capital. A
good year makes the proprietor
jubilant and willing to gamble that
the next will be better. He moves
GRADY flJjLMv CA/Itp, Gkoitti
Into linger quurtcrs, lives more ex
pensively, buys a car and hires his
servants, only to find depression
Sitting in, unsettlid business con
ditions, competition, mishaps, and
no wuy of retrenching. Happy the
man who can' plod along on the
safe truck, satisfied to be sure
rather than sorry. Money is power
and impotent is the man or the
business that lacks it.
Be ns honest as you expect the
other fellow to bo. Get all the
ability you can acquire and all you
can ufford to buy, but do not ovci-
^ook the important fuet thut back
bone is necessnry in every business
just as it is in every body, and
without it in sufficient meusuie
success is impossible and failure
sure to come, He is a wise man
who knows his own strength and
doesn’t hitch up to more than he
«an pull.
Rural Health
America’s First Duty.
Washington, D. C., July 14th.-
“Tho estimated economic loss which
our nation suffers each year from
typhoid fever and malaria alone
aggregates $928,234,880, leaving!
out of entire account the sorrow,
the unhappiness, tbe misery, and I
the inefficiency which follow
their train.” Senator Joseph E.
Ransdell of Louisiana today ad-1
dressed the Senate on the subject
of ‘‘Rural Health—America’s First
Duty.” “The greatest asset which
our country can have” said Senator
Ransdell, ‘‘is the healthy American |
citizen, and valuable as it may be
to increase the health of livestock
nnd vegetation, it is of far greater
importance that we throw every
possible safeguard about the health
of the man who is responsible for
that livestock and vegetation.
Over 900 million dollars lost every
year! A sum which is sufficient to
put our country into a state of pre
paredness equal to that of any na
tion in the world, enough money to
give us the largest navy afloat and
the most efficient army which the
world has never seen, is annually
offered up as a sacrifice to two dis
eases which are entirely prevent
able. Enough money to pay the
annual expenses of every college
student in the United States is ab
solutely thrown nway every year.”
Senator Ransdell estimates the
grand total loss from tyhoid fever
at $271,932,880 per annum, and
the loss froqj malaria at $694,904,-
750 per year: the total per capital
loss from these two diseases being
$9.46. By comparative estimates
it was shown that the United States
Government appropriated $5,016,-
175 for the investigation and pre
vention of the diseases of animal
and plant life nnd only $1,917,566
for the investigation and proven-1
tion of the diseases of man.
To The People Of
The Albany Circuit!
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for Judge of the Superior
Court of the Albany Circuit, sub
ject to such action as the Demo
cratic party may see fit to take in
reference thereto.
I believe in the prompt and econ
omical administration of the law to
the rich and poor alike, and in the
curtailment of dilatory tactics as
far as is consistent with the prin
ciples of justice and fair play.
Should the people sec fit to be
stow upon me this honorable trust
I pledge them faithful service,
I respectfully solicit your support
nnd influence.
Very truly yours,
A. S. JOHNSON
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Agent, Cairo, Ga.
Rate Discriminations
Do Exist in Georgia
Commi h sfion nf r.enrti? K have suggested for the consideration of the Railroad
Itev^TwffeltSA a i th ? l ! ea I l , n * 0,1 Au S us ‘ a system of rates that it is be-
Georgia “ te the discriminations now existing between the cities and towns ir.
GeorS ere Ahm,t a fiv^ X iT^ ely tho “ s an d railroad stations (cities and towns) in
Im point » wMph £ t wi, and towns are accord ed what are known as “bas-
ihf„ P m nt ,t ’ ■ ^ch , means that these comparat vely few points enjoy lower rates
than the other nineteen hundred and forty points. J y
betweIS e |n r t! t rmeSf a t te e nnin t tc e o S L C i 0mpar i tivel ? fe ,Y, basin S P oin ‘ s are lower than the rates
Deiween intermediate points and lower, than for like hauls in other directions.
The
terstate
of other States.
rii^! em !l as be ?, n condemned by the Federal Congress, the In-
mission, the Railroad Commission of Georgia and the authorities
of these Sxtv ad H vanta S e ‘hey have enjoyed, a considerable number
revision in Georgia. d g towns < bas,n S P° ints ) are opposing a freight rate
and the^nWs? 9 a tl S r n lve been J? ut °? . notice b y ‘he Supreme Court of the United States
rates!" nterstate Commer ce Commission that they must harmonize state and interstate
In the Shreveport case, the Supreme Court of the United States held:
siSS js&jss,s&sswra zzzx™ «-
ed the h eWmlMRo a n te ftf'T» m a rC - e Com . m . ission . pursuant to an Act of Congress, has order-
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to hamonKState «Sf S “" ,heast
Is a
JmtmSat Sf f«lgm ,i ^S s . tl,at the o' Oeorgia expect or require a pr„e,.„,l„ a d-
able aSmESXt'StfUUKSd me tSSSSS! rev ? on ? V
propoaed should no? be eo„dl3 <, |£p“ d b& s h '& P ,^«“dv£. i " ,,i '" Ce * “
It is not and will not be the policy of the R.ilm.a. „ir .
??' e *•*«“ ?f rate, which would discrimiSf P £‘
Georgia producer in favor of producers located at Bio
Should the principle appear to be violated bv State,
the petition we give assurance that we will not .L chnical construction of
t. ud.pt, in .«a psss ZmU tls, ~ *-•«
tem ^rate’making wh , |ch’ , works a a t hardsh?p e on S the „ R *" r<, H s ” e . “«** Any ays-
The primary obleft In themnLLTSlL™,. 1 ?; >»rdshlp on the other,
that .11 cities mJ towns ma, he put on an equal basis'and d&SSBS.'SS!"
Any sys-
ma „ - , 51 on | s to systematize GeorgiT "" *
may be put on an equal basis and discriminations removed
■S^Slnv™ °!!! ers *i» b « lowered. If, in the readjustment,
the railroads enjoy increased revenue it will not V L» imr»^ ered Ki !/’ * n ‘ be adjustment,
grant it, bc«u4 the raifro«U have here to tow SfoZ f °i lhe Commission to
cost of everything which enter, into the “ *•
tion S°the ,S 19l5 f Wtstem Rato Ad5S?Ca?3Sf C? Commission, in the investiga-
of two courses ought dehlferatelly 11 to "be "ho sen^andTlearly 6 arm Ched h P ° int where onc
creased costs not offset by increased revenue in^Lif i y annou nced. If, despite in
cept where in individual Instances gross injustice would ra es ? re *° be denied, ex-
nrL C r a if /h ° Ught to b . e a PP rised of this pSlicv. so thit the^m™"^ ! heir denial,
order, if they can, against such a situation. If on the of!*/ set their house in
edge in general, what we are perforce compelled to r? a *M are ‘° acknowl-
inr r * a a . sbo . u, d he permitted not-grudgingly but with c?,rWoi JUSt and reas °nable
as . wil > indicate that the transportation Industry Is ^nfiti!d h • fai k me , asure of a *l°w-
pubtlc t. earnings sufficient „ pr, P „ d e , s.rvRm'LSSS tV^“»
THE RAILROADS OF GEORGIA