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HOW ARE THE CHILDREN?
They are things over in Ala
bama!
They have recently had an educa
tional survey of the state at a cost
of nearly twenty-five thousand dol
lars. All this just to find out defi
nitely what their needs were! The
way it was brought about, the Leg
islature appropriated ten thousand
iollarvi, and the United States Bureau
of Education did the rest. Tiie Bu
reau of Education made the survey,
at was done by specialists. There was
a specialist in rural education, and
a specialj ,t in higher education, and
OMi in administration, and one in
home economics, and one in agricul
ture. and one in child health, and
so on some twenty or more all to
g ther. Their r port is published by
ihe- Bureau of Education, Washington,
and can be had for the asking.
In that survey Chambers county was
selected lor health studies, if you
were to take tie states of Georgia and
Alabama and put them together,
Cham iters county would he almost in
the middle. So that for all practical
purposes it represents Georgia about
ns well as does Alabama. The find
ings in Chambers county ought to in
terest Georgians.
Studies were made in the schools
of Chambers county of eyes, lids,
teeth, height, weight, nutrition, ad
vancement. and retardation. This i3
ju. t to tell you about the eyes. The
rest will be saved for another story —
for several other stories.
'I he best general eye test at our
disposal is known as the “Snellen”
test.
The Snellen test consists of a chart
of letters. The top row is of very
large letters. The next row is not
quite so large. The third row still
less large, and then they get smaller
and smaller to tiie bottom.
And each row of letters is labelled,
showing how tar away it can be read
by the normal eye. The top row can
be read at a distance of two hundred
l’eet, the next row one hundred, then
eighty feet, fifty feet, twenty feet, and
ten feet.
io. use the chart it is hung up on
the wall, and the child placed back
twenty feet from it. cine eye is test
ed at a time, the other being covered
but not closed. If be can read the let
ters that should bo read at twenty
feet, be has 20/20 vision in
or normal vision. But if ho enn-oniy*
read those that should be read at
forty feet, he has 20/40, or half vis
ion. and so on.
Now here is what was found:
One child in jjvery four had 20/20
vision in both eyes. Three out of
lour children had less than cu/20 vis
ion in at least one eye! *
But a vision that is just a little
sub normal in one or both eyes may
not be serious. Say a vision of 10/2*o
r. ith no otr.er sifins of eye-strain, would
not be taken seriously, but should be
kept under surveillance. About :>0 out
of a hundred children were just a
little below 20/20. In these cases
the teachers were advised to keep
on the lookout for evidences of eye
strain, and that was all. If eye strain
should develop in one of these chil
dren, he should see an oculist at once.
Then comes the serious group—
those in which one or both eyes had
a vision of 12/20 or less. There were
about twenty out of a hundred that
showed a vision that defective.
In many cases it was only one eye
defective, while tin other checked up
to 20/20. When one eye is all right
and the other a little off this is what
happens: The good eye does most of
the work, while the other loiters on
job. Now the eye that is not
working sutlers from disuse, and ac
tually gets worse and worse. Chil
dren even go blind in one eye with
out the parents ever discovering it.
Once in a group of 100 children, the
writer found six that had practically
the vision in one eye through disuse.
(Sometimes when one eye falls into
disuse, it goes cr - sed. This will very
readily nappea if the muscles that
aohl it straight are a little out of
balance. Did you ever hear of a dec
or putting glasses on a child to cor
net cross-eyes? All he does is to
correct the error or retraction and put
the eye to work, and it straightens it
self out.)
In Chambers county. Alabama, it
was found that s mo three out of a
hundred children had almost lost the j
vision of one eye through disuse. And 1
there is no reason to assume that |
Chambers county, Alabama, is essen
tially different from Troup county,
Georgia, or any other county in Geor
gia or Alabama, for that matter. The
essential difference is that Cham
bers county has found out about it,
and has taken steps to have it eor
rccted. That is the difference note.
When you read this if it makes you
want to start something in your coun
ty. just see your County Health 'Of
ficer and Superintend*.;: of Schools
„.ud the president of your Woman's
(Tub. and then one of yen write to
the State Boatd of Health. Division
cl Child Welfare. Atlanta, for in for
te, at ioa and help in tattiag started.
If you really mean aua.uesn s.-e tk e.<
| mid you wih get
i .. re looking for! And not just for
e-os either, but for whatever ails
them— whatever is necessary to pre
vent one-third of them growing up
physical unfits.
Purity and Virtue
your son who is choosing his life
time partner looks for purity and vir
and thank God has a broad field
;or his choosing, but, my dear parent,
vvaut about your daughter? Have
,ou taught her and dees she know
±e truth?
TYPHOID FEVER ON
- DECREASE IN SEOROSA
From January Ist to September Ist
! 810. there were reported to the State
E ,-ard of Health by the County Health
Officers, City Health Officers, the
various private practitioners of the
State Seven Hundred and Sixty-nine
.. >cs of typhoid fever.
It is qu if e true that all cases of
this disease are not reported by the
physicians, but the vase majority ot
ill cm are.
Possibly an annual average tor the
last ten years would have showed
more than four times the number re
ported this year. There is no way
of ascertaining the exact number for
any previous year, as the Georgia
State Board of Healta did not be
gin a systematic collection of these
reports of contagious and infectious
diseases until January, 1919.
Several factors have been respon
sible for the decline in prevalence of
typhoid fever. Ist, a large number
■ f sanitary privies have been install
ed in the sections where this dis
ease had been quite a problem in the
past. 2nd, a large quantity of vac
cine, both plain and mixed, nus been
administered this year by the family
physicians and the health officers, up
to September 23rd, the State Board
of Health has seat out more than
ioO,OOO doses. This, by far, exceeds
the records far any other one year.
The largest number of closes distrib
uted during any previous year was
about 120,000 during the year 1913.
3rd, the 1 ivisioa of Epidemiology of
the State Board of Health has a sys
tem of educr where
cases of typhoid and where
Gu* family piiysieraMßepcrts it to
! a bulletin on typhoid
which treats briefiy of its "Frequeii
ey and Fatalitjr,” "Cause,” ‘‘How to
Avoid Typhojfi Fever,” “Sanitary
Privies," "Flips,” “Good Water Sup
plies,” “Typhoid Carriers,” “Value of
Vaccination," “Precautions During
Course of the Disease,” and “Precau
tions cn Termination of the Disease.”
Tiie department does not mail these
bulletins to counties or cities having
active health organization, but allow
these departments to handle these
diseases a, they see best.
The disease is on the decrease in
the state even now. The largest
number of cases reported during any
one week was for week ending June
23th, with 75 cases, while for week
ending August 30th, there were only
40 cases reported.
This, is the time of year typhoid is
usualy most prevalent, but with the
proper precautions from now until Oc
tober 15th, we can bring about even a
greater decrease.
Typhoid, fever in Georgia is soon
to be a thing of history. It will, in
the near future, be driven completely
from our midst.
All other contagious and infectious
diseases can be handled in the same
manner when we wish to endure them
no longer. Diphtheria. -Whooping
Cough, Scarlet Fever, Venereal Dis
. uses. Dysentery and many others will
allow typhoid fever and Kaiser Bill
v, hen they are fought with the same
determined efforts.
Gsvernmeni Seizes Remedies
In the fight against nostrums recom
mended for Venereal Disease, the Gov
crr.mut has seized over four hundred
different preparation;. A great many
( t the remedies formerly advertised
~s cures for those diseases have
changed their ads to avoid seizure.
The stcoks on the shelves of the drug
pis; are liable to seizure, and. in the
on e of wholesale firms, they are re
turning all these goods to the nxanu
f a purer, and they are relabeling and
putting them in new cartons. This to
avoid seizure, but the public should
beware. They very fact that this is
being none is an acknowledgment on
the pert of the manufacturers that
their goods are net what they claim
ed for them, and that they are mis
branded.
A Test.
When boiled and unboiled eggs get
nixed, spin them and t’ae boiled ones
will plu around quit** fust, while
those which have not beeu cooked
will hardly spin around oau*.
PANIELSViHnE MO Ni 10
HOWPOWERFULISTRUTH
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Ycu Are Needed Now —One-Eighih of
All Illness Calls You To Battle
The most competent of our Medical
Authorities tell us that l-Bth of all hu
man illness is da ,0 Venereal Dis
eases. These are preventable diseas
es. We have over 390,090 of our citi
zens suffering from these diseases. We
have been placed by the government,
by actual figures, with 13.00% ol
Venereal Diseases in the second mil
lion men examined.
The cities in Georgia are in an aw
ful condition, Savannah leads all the
cities of the United Spates in infec
tions of Syphilis and Gonorrhea with
27.45%. Atlanta has 11.93%. Augusta
1C.91%. Macon 18.43': , and so it, goes.
The awful consequences of these
diseases are not realized by the peo
ule. 60% of the sterility is due to
Gonorrhea, 40% cf the blindness is
chargeable to this cause. Here you
are up against race suicide. About
30% of insanity is due to Syphilis.
The “engagement chancre” and the
“honeymoon appendicitis” are familiar
to all physicians. 9074- of stillbirths
are due to Syphilis, haring accidents.
To this add the cripple children and
feeblemindedness. We could prolong
the truth but the necessity does not
exist.
We should cut down the appropria
tion to our asylum and our Academy
for the Blind by making adequate pro
vision for the prevention of the dis
eases that produce the causes for
which they have to seek institutional
care.
Won’t you help by your influence on
the side of right? Won’t you?
Seif-Medipalion
It is indeed poor business for one
to attempt to administer to themselves
when ill. If you are sick you need
a physician, a sure-enough physician.
Makeshifts are poor ecommiv. The
best is none too good. ■kv in get ‘
ting a diagnosis and proper treatment
i3 expensive, and Urn delay it
self has put one so with
a serious disease jjpst phy
sicians cannot dojjKMjHxl.
One of the tilings for
one to do is buy sotnerproprietary or
patent medicine, which by statements
cunningly made mislead, and much
money a3 well as time is iost even
life itself. Especially is this true with
remedies that are supposed to cure
Venereal Disease. No one should use>
a remedy put up for Venereal Dis
ease: on the contrary go to a reput
able clinic or a reliable, honest physi
cian. Beware of those who advertise
as specialist. Men who stand well with
the profession, raen who are ethical,
do not advertise; so we wish to warn
you against quacks and those who talk
j of guaranteed cures, or a cure in a
j certain time.
Avoid self-medication, avoid “pat
ent” or advertised remedies, and all
quack doctors who advertise.
Mending Uneoleum.
Did you ever try mending *iu> torn
places in linoleum? It's easy. Just
trim Urn edges of the hole with the
scissors- -kitchen scissors—then place
a linoleum patch underneath, or if you
have none of this, use oilcloth. Paint
t he edges on the wrong side. Press
down tight against the patch and al
low it to dry. Point all worn places,
using paint the same color as the oil*
r'-qp.
ENJOYS HIS
3 MEALS A BAY
Mr. Woolen Thinks Mooli cf ZIROfI Because
it Made Him His Old Selr Again.
Side people do not get much out of life.
!n order to enjoy your meals, to do your
work well, you must be strong and
healthy.
Pale, weak, nervous people frequently
need iron to enrich their blood and to re
store vitality to their system, and a good
way to'supply the iron is to follow the
example ot Mr. Clayton Wooten, of Scot
and. Ga., who used Ziron Iron Tonic and
aas this to say about it:
“I have taken Ziron according to direct
ions and i can truthfully say that it is a
one tonic. It has done me all the good.
Since 1 began taking it, I have gained eight
pounds in weight and enjoy eating three
meals a dav. 1 shall do all I can to re
commend Ziron.”
Try Ziron! Your druggist sells Ziron
an a guarantee to refund your money if
the first bottle fails to benefit. You can
not lose anything, but very likely will
gain much, by getting a bottle of Ziron,
today!
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\our Blood Needs
J.P. CARTER ( S.J. S;oss j
GARTER-MOSS LUMBER COMPANY |
BUILDING MATERIAL j
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Office and Yard • I
Spring and Fulton Streets 1
Near Broad Street
Phene 701 Athens, Georgia
Lima Cement Plaster ' 'Windows
Doors Blinds Mouldings Roll-Roofing
Metal Roofing Ridoe Paper Valley Tin
Metal Lath Hardwood Flooring and Doors
Flooring Ceiling Siding Red Cepar and
Pine Shingles Asfaltslate Shingles Fire Brick
Building Paper Beaver Board Glass Nails
Corner Bead Terra Cotta
You Are Cordially Invited
To come in and see our Fall Dis
play of Millinery ant| Ready-to
Wears.
We carry a full line of Dresses-
Coat Suits, Middy Suits and notions
We shall $1 glad to have you
viflifoisr store and see what a
£
beautiful line we carry.
We also carry an attractive line
of Peter’s shoes and our Fall stock,
is the most beautiful we have had.
This line of Diamond Brand shoes
is the best that can be bought, they
are all leather, if you don’t believe
it try a pair and you’ll be convin
ced.
W. P Carithers
Comer, Ga.
Bell Brothers Marble Company
Marble
Monuments of Quality
548 Thomas St. Phone 996 Atliens, Oa.
Estimates and Designs Furnished on Request
H. B. Nelms, Traveling Salesman, Hartvvem Ga
Too Much for Father.
A plain, blunt man has to have a
good runny daughters to got used to
calling the meet they have after get
ting married a breakfast.—Colombo**
v’Od Journal.
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Aristocratic Neighborhood-
Real Estate Agent — '
strlctlons on tbe property. T '**
keep hens nor a dog that trae-*- L ' Q rg .
vestry back for less than three i
ttoos.
Grants