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THE COVINGTON tfEWS, COVINGTON, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 1, WO.
Bangalore. India, January 3rd, 1919.
To The Ford Auto Company,
Detroit, Michigan,
Dear Sirs:
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I was reading a few advertisements of different papers on autos, pertaining
to what they have done in he war. But nothing about our little FORD, So I’m
writing you a few facts, which are as follows:
In France 700 cars out of 1000 were FORDS.
In Italy 850 cars out of 1,000 were FORDS.
In Egypt 906 cars out of 1,000 were FORDS.
In Mesco 999 cars out of 1,000 were FORDS.
Under British capture, the first car in Bagdad was a FORD.
The first ear to cross the Persian Mountains was a FORD.
The first car in the genuine Garden of Eden was a FORD.
The first car in the Holyland was a FORD.
Lines of communication contained FORDS by the hundrede from Bagdad to
the Black Sea. x-,
I have seen the FORDS used as tanks, armoured moving forts, electric
light plants, water pumps, ambulances, supply cars, and a lot of other things, and
they were always ready for anything at any time. r ^
These statements are facts as 1 have served in action all through the
countries named. And I name the FORD the best auto in the world— The Iron-Mule
-With-A Kick. I remain, Your friend.
BUSTON GILBERT, 313331-W. R. I. W. T. R. E.
A British-American, Bungalore, India
P. S.—Also when we recaptured Kut, the first thing we landed on was
FORD, with nothing left on it but its under frame, bare wheels and engine. For
live minutes afterwards, Mr. Ford was manned by a Machine Gun, and was on
chase of the retreating Turks and Cobra Hun.
Some Record
The above tells its own story. We have not added to,
or detracted from it, one word or syllable, and it is doubtful
if a higher tribute could be paid to the sterling merits and •all¬
round dependability of a motor car than that coming to the
I*(3RD car if he had not seen it deliver a service unequaled;
not only in the history of war, but m the history of peace.
all orders taken on priority
BASIS
A FAMILY
MEDICINE
!n Her Mother's Home, Says Thu
Georgia Draught. Lady, Regarding Black
Relief From Head¬
ache, Malaria, Chills, Etc.
of Ringgold, Gi.*— Mrs. Chas. Gaston,
this place, writes: “I am a user
of Thedford’a Black-Draught; In fact,
it was on© of our family medicines.
Also in my mother’s home, when I
was a child. When, any of us child¬
ren complained of headache, usually
caused by constipation, she gave us
a dose of Black-Draught, which would
rectify the trouble. Often in the
Spring, we would have malaria and
chills, or troubles of this kind, we
would take Black-Draught pretty reg¬
ular until the liver acted well, and
we would soon be up and around
again. We would not be without it,
for it certainly has saved us lots of
doctor bills. Just a dose of Black
Draught when not so well saves a
lot of days in bed.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught has been
in U36 for many years In the treat¬
ment of stomach, liver and bowel
troubles, and the popularity which it
now enjoys Is proof of its merit
If your liver is not doing Its duty,
you will suffer from such disagree¬
able symptoms as headache, bilious¬
ness, constipation, indigestion, etc.,
and unless something is done, serious
trouble may result.
Thedford’s Black-Draught, has been
found a valuable remedy for these
troubles. It is purely vegetable, and
acts in a prompt and natural way,
regulating the liver to its proper
functions and cleansing the bowels of
impurities. Try it. Insist on Thed
ford’s, the original and genuine, E 7%
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“How many times has Jones pro¬
posed to Miss Stern?"
“That’s more than I can tell; I only
know that he has had to have the in¬
terrogation point type bar replaced on
his typewriter a couple of times.”
Crazy.
Daub* has such funny notions.
"We artists can't,” said hs,
“In oils paint stormy oceans.
Because oil calms the sea.”
What One is.
Snnnnie—Say, paw, what la a notion
•tore?
Paw—Oh, it’s a place where women
go occasionally when they have no no¬
tion what to buy.
Yea, Hew?
“Love is blind, they say,” began tho
chronic quoter.
"Well, that being the case,” return¬
ed the other guy, “please explain why
they apeak of love at first sight,”
•ure Proof.
Mrs. De Nagg—l had a dozen pro¬
posals before yours and all from smart¬
er men than you.
Mr. De Nagg—I’m sure they were,
for they all managed to get out of it.
Tough Time.
“My wife has a tough time of It.”
“How’s that?”
“If a thing is expensive she feels
she can’t afford it, and if it isn’t ex¬
pensive she doesu’t want it.”
Camouflaged Altrutam.
“Are the convicts in this prison in¬
terested in any brotherhood move
mentT”
"Yes; they all favor the open-door
system.”
AFTER ILLNESS i
ZIRON IRON TONIC
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When Your System Needs Strength, After I
Sick Spell, Try Zlron
Tour blood must have iron to five
your body strength. Lack of Iron
make* many people pale, weak and
languid. To put iron into your blood,
take Ziron Iron Tonic. Especially af¬
ter a severe illness do you need Ziron
te bring back appetite and build up
weakened vitality.
J. 1. Clifton, of R. F. D. 8, Lyons,
Qa., writes: “Last summer I bad ty¬
phoid fever and had hemorrhages of
the bowels aBd ray health was wretch¬
ed. I seemed te be unable to get ray
strength back. I had no appbtite, I
had no energy, I didn’t think I waa
over going to get well. My knees were
weak, my flesh felt clammy, I waa in
a pretty bad condition. I heard of
Ziron and what a good tonie and
strengthener it was, and I aent for It
at once, it helped me. I began to
Improve and soon felt much better and
stronger. ”
All druggists sell or ean get Ziron
for you. Get a bottle today. It is
guaranteed. n .
\bur Blood Needs*
Feeblemindedness
Reliable statistics show that at
least four out of every thou¬
sand of the population of the United
States are feeble-minded persons. This
is a condition not due to the lack of
opportunity for proper training and
i education, but is the result of abnor¬
mal brain changes, which are either
congenital in origin or due to injury
and disease, at birth or in early in¬
fancy.
In at least two-thirds of Instances,
feeble mindedness is due to bad her¬
edity, poor family stock, defective
gem plasm that carries on the taint
from generation to generation. As an
illustration of this hereditary condi¬
tion, the famous Kalflkok family is
typical.
Martin Kallikok, a soldier of the
American Revolution, was father to an
illegitimate child, bom to a feeble¬
minded girl. The descendants of this
feeble-minded girl, traced to the sixth
generation, number nearly 500 pau¬
pers, prostitutes, criminals and degen¬
erates, who have cost their state al¬
ready one and one-half million dollars,
and the end is not yet in sight.
Among this class of people, the birth
and death rate is found to be several
times as high as among persons of
normal development. The offspring
of this group complicate the problems
of the Juvenile Courts—the child-plac¬
ing agencies—and children’s institu¬
tions and later become Inmates of
almshouses, jailg, reformatories and
prisons.
The cost to the state for caring
for this class of people, and protecting
society frqm their delinquencies, Is
enormous.
Foeble-Mindodnese as Seen in the
Court.
Twenty-five per cent to forty per cent
of ail repeated offenders in courts and
prisons are feeble-minded persons. In
order to see Just how difficult a prob¬
lem these individuals presented to the
courts, an investigation was made of
10 feeble-minded parsons by Dr. V. V.
Anderson, in the Municipal Courts of
Boston.
The majority of these individuals
began school at the usual age, had am¬
ple opportunities for common school ed¬
ucation, and left school at the age of 14,
15 and 16 years, but 73 per cent never
got further than the fifth grade and
showed, by the poor character of
their school work, their inability to
profit by the training society required
for ita future citizens.
Recognized as failures in school,
these unfortunates were set adrift in
early adolescence to earn a livelihood,
but careful investigation showed that
75 per cent had never in their live6
been self-supporting. Now, that same
lack of capacity to learn, that same
inability to profit by mistakes—demon¬
strated so forcibly in their failure to
advance in school, and later to earn
a livelihood—again crops out in their
inability to measure up to the moral
standard of the community.
This particular group of 100 feeble¬
minded persons were arrested 1,826
times. The futility of employing
measures intended for those capable
of profiting by experience, is shown by
the apparent inability of these persons
to profit by what is done for them,
and by the unfailing certainty with
which they return to the courts to be
handled over again.
The court placed these persons on
probation 432 times, but they had
to be surrendered to the courts or
placed within institutions, non-penal in
character, in almost every instance.
The actual statistical results show¬
ed that the chances were better than
four to one against any one of these
Individuals being able to complete his
probationary period without being re¬
arrested. The court in addition gave
735 sentences, in fixed time, 106 years
imprisonment, and in indeterminate
sentences 250 years, but none of these
measures have sufficed or will ever
suffice to permanently change the
course of their careers.
Finally as an explanation of all this
social maladjustment, failure in
school, Inability to earn a living, and
failure to conform to the standards
of conduct of the community, or profit
by the usual court and several meas¬
ures given, we find that all of these
individuals were mental children, and
had the mental level of the average
American child of eleven years or
under.
Seventy-five per cent had the mental¬
ity of the average American child of
ten years or under.
It ie plain from the above, that we
have been considering the conduct of
a group of mental children, who in at¬
tempting to compete on equal terms
with adults, were held to the respon¬
sibility for behavior and were dealt
with by measures, designed for per¬
sons able to profit by experience.
Think of the economic waste that
could have been saved, had society
properly recognized, at a time when
prevention was possible, the real prob¬
lem presented by these individuals.
Relationship of Feeble-Mindedness to
Other Conditions In Court.
Studies in the same court of chronic
alcoholics <the so-called old rounders)
show that 37 per cent were found fee¬
ble-minded—7 per cent insane—and 7
per cent epileptic.
Studies among drug-users showed
2SH per cent were feeble-minded.
A group of 100 immoral girls were
taken and examined just as they came
into court. They belonged to the mild¬
er type, rather than the old offender,
for 81 per cent were either first or sec¬
ond arrests.
Of these 100 girls, 49 per cent had
the mental level of the average Amer¬
ican child of 12 rears «r r. For¬
ty- fli tie per cent, or dearly every othefi
girl, was suffering from a serious ab*
normal mental condition; foeble-mind
edness ranking highest, 30 per cent.
Syphilis and gonorrhoea were found
present in 61 per cent of these case*,
It was found that there waa a high
correlation between the frequency of
offense, and the mental condition of
these girls, for 39 per cent of first of¬
fenders, 47.2 per cent of second of¬
fenders and 84.2 per cent of recidivist
(repeated offenders) were suffering
from serious abnormal mental condi¬
tions.
The Commission for the Feeble
Minded has the following articles tot
distribution:
"Facts About Feeble-Minde,dness.”
“The Burden of Feeble-Mindedness"
“What Is Practicable in the Way of
Prevention of Mental Defect.”
“Feeble-Mindedness and the Law;
from the Medical Viewpoint.”
When They Come Home
Your whole community will be at
the station “when the boys come
marching home,” You are planning to
honor these men with parades and
celebrations of all kinds. Are you mak¬
ing sure that the profiteers of vice are
not planning to take advantage of the
days of festivity to dishonor them be¬
fore they get settled again in the nor¬
ways of life?
When men and girls are changing
their occupations and ways of life, saya
a pamphlet issued by the Treasury
Department, when war disciplines are
being removed and when spirts are
buoyant, the greatest temptations to
self-indulgence and dangerous pleas¬
ures occur. Cities and towns through¬
out the country face now the most
important crisis—the biggest emerg¬
ency yet encountered in the fight
against venereal diseases.
What the War Has Taught Us
“Our ignorance and failure in hand¬
ling the problems of veneral diseases
constitute the greatest crime of Ameri¬
can civilization. This is the clearest
lesson of the war.” This was the con¬
clusion of a medical officer in charge
of the physical examinations of drafted
men as they were admitted to one of
our great army camps. He had been
a physician in civil life, but not until
he had seen with his own eyes the
hundreds of diseased young soldiers
as they filed by his examining table
did he realize the extreme seriousness
of the venereal problem.
Before tbe war, physicians and pub¬
lic health officers knew that gonorrhea
was every year causing thousands of
cases of blindness among infants,
countless surgical operations on wo¬
men, and sterility in both men and
women; that syphilis was being trans¬
mitted to offspring, causing physical
and mental defectives, that it was a
prolific cause of locomotor ataxia,
paralysis, paresis or softening of the
brain, insanity, miscarriages, diseases
of the heart, blood vessels and other
vital organs. But people generally
did not know these things and few
medical measures were taken. The
war opened our eyes.
Venereal Diseases a Peace Problem
The examinations of drafted men
showed that five men came into the
army with venereal disease for every
one who contracted it after he was
in the army. And the one who con¬
tracted it in the army, probably, was
infected in a civil community outside
of military control. Venereal disease
is, therefore, not a military problem or
war epidemic; it is a civilian problem
and a peace problem, taken over by
military authorities for the period of
the war only where civil communities
had failed in their duty. The draft
and physical examinations of men
merely resulted in digging underneath
the sod of our civil life and showing
that out of sight in every man’s town,
in every man’s state there has been
going on yearly a waste of manhood,
womanhood and childhood by the rav¬
ages of these preventable diseases;
diseases whose causes we know, whose
germs we can see and identify through
the microscope: diseases which we
can locate in an individual; diseases
which are transmitted in the course
of a business which has no possible
constructive use or value, by carriers
who have to advertise and can be
easily detected.
Your Responsibility
Now the returning soldiers, who
have been given Intelligent protection
and wholesome recreation, are to be
turned back to the civil communities.
The federal government must, of ne¬
cessity, in the next few months, give
up its wartime control. These men are
your responsibility now.
gome of these men are In your lodge,
your employ, your union, your church,
your neighborhood, some are your
own sons. To protect these men from
vice means also the protection of the
girls of your community from tempta¬
tion and disgrace and the saving of
future wives from disease and suffer¬
ing Your community must organize
as the military authorities did to make
and keep your home town as easy a
place in which to live clean as the
army.
Is your community accepting its re¬
construction task ?
The Georgia State Board of Health
is ready to assist all who make applica¬
tion in this great work by supplying
pamphlets and delivering lectures.
They are making all laboratory tests
for the physicians of the state when
requested and furnish free of charge
the expensive drug arspbenamiva lor
the treatment of syphilis.
STATS board of health.