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11. S. HEALTH SENSE
; ISSUES WAK3
Increase in All Respiratory Dis
eases After the Influenza
Epic‘em;a Probable.
fr/luenza Fvp:-..i. .:! ta Lurk for Months.
How to C-i : A ": st Pneumonia.
Common Colds H ! hly Catching—lm
portant' of Suit r e Clothing —Could
Save 100,000 Lives.
Washington, D. C. —With the subsid
ence of the epidemic of influenza the
.attention of health o: ~ers is directed
to pneumonia, bronchitis and other
diseases of ■■ <• piratory system
which regain rij <-a i.-o a large number
of deaths, espec'i!*'y during the winter
season. ' ■ " d to Rupert Blue,
gur; eon G.: ial of the United Slates
Public Hof li Service 1 , these diseases
will he es[. iiy prevalent this win
ter unless '.1.. |.eop!( are particularly
■careful to obey hce.'rh instructions.
“Tile ino n: e; emir,” said Sur
geon General iwo, .at* taught by blt
ter experience In w readily a condition
be inning a] par :itly as a slight cold
may go on to pneumonia and death.
Although the worst of the epidemic is
over, there . : !l continue to be a large
number of scattered cases, many of
them mild and tint cognized, which
will be dancer s'-its to be guarded
against." Tin .bn . on General likened
the present sltmiMon to that after a
great lire, saying, “No fire chief who
understands bis business stops playing
the hose on the charred debris as soon
s the flames and visible fire have dis
appeared. On the contrary, he con
tinues the water for hours and even
idays, for he knows that there Is dan
ger of the lire rekindling from smot
hering embers.”
“Then you fear another outbreak of
(Influenza?" he was asked. “Not neces
sarily another large epidemic,” said
the Surgeon General, “Hut unless the
people learn to realize the seriousness
•of the danger they will be compelled to
pay a heavy death toll from pneumo
nia and other respiratory diseases.
Common Colds Highly Catching.
“It is encouraging to observe that
people are beginning io learn that or
.dinary coughs and colds are highly
catching and are spread from person
ito person by means of droplets of
germ laden mucus. Such droplets are
•jspra.ved into the air when careless or
•!ignorant people cough or sneeze with
out covering their mouth and nose. It
sis also good to know that people have
ilearned something about the value of
fresh air. In summer, when people
are largely out of doors, the respira
tory diseases (coughs, colds, pneumo
nia, etc.) are infrequent; in the fall,
ns people begin to remain indoors, the
respiratory diseases Increase; In the
winter, when people nre prone to stay
tin badly ventilated, overheated rooms,
the respiratory diseases become very
'prevalent.
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Suitable Clothing Important.
“Still another factor In the produc
tion of (folds, pneumonia and other re
spiratory diseases Is carelessness or lg
’norunce of the people regarding suit
able clothing during the seasons when
the weather suddenly changes, sitting
f in warm rooms 100 heavily dressed or,
what is even more common, especially
.among women, dressing so lightly that
windows are kept closed In order to lie
comfortably warm. This Is a very in
jurious practice.
Could Save 100,000 Lives.
"I believe we could easily save one
hundred thousand lives annually in
‘the United States if all the people
would adopt the system of fresh air
living followed, for example, in tuber
culosis sanatoria. There is nothing
mysterious about it —no specific medi
cine, no vaccine. The important thing
is right living, good food and plenty of
fresh air.
Droplet Infection Explained in Pictures.
“The Bureau of Public Health,
Treasury Department, has Just issued
■a striking poster drawn by Berryman,
the well-known Washington cartoonist.
The poster exemplifies the modern
method of health education. A few
years ago, under similar circumstances,
the health authorities would have is
sued an official dry but scientifically
accurate bulletin teaching the role of
droplet infection in the spread of re
spiratory diseases. The only ones who
would have understood the bulletin
would have been those who already
inew all about the subject. The man
$n the street, the plain citizen and the
many millions who toil for their living
would have had no time and no desire
to wade through the technical phrase
ology.”
Box Supper.
Woodland school house, Friday
night, Jan. 17th.
Boys, come wi'h plenty money
—girls will have plenty to eat.
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How in God’s name can you let millions die the most hideous death
dealt to humanity—Starvation? You cannot do it! You will not do it!
America will save the orphans and babes from their hunger. Will you do
your part? You could not do otherwise and be a man, much less an
American! Every penny you give goes for food and clothing for the starv
ing, helpless people of the near East.
THE NATION’S QUOTA $30,000,000
YOUR QUOTA s—?
CAMPAIGN JANUARY 12-19-1919
AMERICAN COMMITTEE
TOR RELIEF IN THE NEAR EAST
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Dear Reader, You ’re Wanted on the Phone
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for Tax Collector of Henry
county, election to be held Febru
ary 6th, 1919. Will promise faith
ful service if elected. All favors
will be appreciated.
C. R. HAND.
lam a candid to tor Pax Collector
of Henry county in the special elec
tion Feb 6. If favored by the people
it will be deeply appreciated. On
account of recent illness it would
be imprudent for me to attempt a
personal canvas in the short time
-et. C ns< qcently I trust each
voter may take this as a personal
appeal, with the undoubted assur
ance that it means as much as may
be said in any way. Then, too,
I feel that many would gladly he
iid of personal annoyance. By
ourse of nature, in a few years I
-hall he forced from, my present
occupation, and would be glad to
; ound out my active life in this
way.
Do me the favor, please.
Sincerely, J. A. FOUCHE;
Ifej 'a©iir Living
Without Rfloney C©st
We are all at a danger point. On
the use of good common sense in our
1919 farm and garden operations, de
pends prosperity or our “going broke.”
Even at present high prices no one
can plant all or nearly all cotton, buy
food and grain at present prices from
supply merchant on credit, and make
money. Food and grain are higher in
proportion than are present cotton
prices.
It’s a time above all others to play
safe; to produce all possible food,
grain and forage supplies cn your own
acres; to cut down the store bill.
A good piece of garden ground,
rightly planted, rightly tended and
kept planted the year round, can be
made to furnish nearly half your liv
ing. It will save you more money
than you made on the best two or
three acres of cotton you ever grew!
Hastings’ 1919 Sccu Book tells all
about the right kind of a money sav
ing garden and the vegetables to put
in it. It tells about the farm crops as
well and shows you the clear road to
real and regular farm, prosperity, it’s
Free. Send for it today to H. G.
HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga. —Advt.
Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Henry County.
To w hom it may concern :
E. J. Reagan, Administrator of
E. J. Zachry, deceased, having in
due form made application for
leave to sell the real estate belong
ing to said estate, lying and being
in land lot number seventy-six in
the fourteenth district of original
ly Henry now Fulton county, Geor
gia, being part ef city lot number
ten, block three, of the city of At
lanta, more particularly described
as follows: Beginning at. a point
on the south side of East Fair
street, one hundred and tifty feet
from the southeast corner of Pul
liam and lair streets, extending
thence along the south side of East
Fair street east fifty feet and ex
tending back southerly fiom said
tront, with equal width of the said
tiont, one hundred feet more or
less, to the center of a rock wall,
dividing this lot from what is now
or formerly was the property of
Mrs. M. C. Morrison. Being the
property formerly owned by G. B.
Strickler.
Said application will be head at
the regular term of the court of
Ordinary for said county on the
first Monday in February, 1919
This January Bth, 19]9.
A. G. HARRIS, Ordinary.
Libel for Divorce.
In Henri Superior Court, April
Term, 1919. ’ p 1
Mrs. Bertha Andrews vs, H D
Andrews.
To the defendant, H. D. An
drews: You are hereby required
to he and appear at the April term
li)l9, of Henry Superior Court to
be held on the Third Monday in
April 1919 to answer the suit for
divorce filed against, you in said
Court by Mrs. Bertha Andrews as
in default thereof the Court will
proceed as to justice shall apper
tain. 1
Witness the Hon. W. E. H. Siar
cy, Jr Judge of said Court, this
the 2Hd day of December, 1918.
H. C. Hightower, Clerk.
E. M. Smith, Pltff s Attorney.
