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j WHERE GEORGIA STANDS
The Illumination of Comparison
Common sense and patriotism arc
nasenlial to good citizenship. llnfor-
Cuaately common settae la the most
uncommon kind ot sense. Likewise
Judgment, which Is a correct
as to the future baHed on com
**»a sense, Is also very uncommon. It
*waW seem good judgment If sickness
t * the chlof cause of ignorance, pover
ty and crime, as mon with common
*■"« agree that the chief function
; t# government, and the chief purpose
*f statesmen would be to prevent slck
*«ss, but many people do not believe
atal ignorance and poverty are the
•rtricf causes of crime and that slcknoss
h de principal cause of ignorance and
poverty so mucli money is spent in
taxing for the finished product, the
•’Criminal, the insane, the blind, the
#mf and dumb, and little money Is
spent to stop the manufacturing of
soch by preventable disease.
The law makers in some stales and
wxies have shown good Judgment in
lie appropriation of liberal sums for
Ifr* protection of the people's health
•ml the results have been most satis
. factory.
Florida places a tax of 1/2 of 1 mill
•** all property and is providing very
*nple protection for the people against
<wmmunlcable diseases. This tax
18.2 cents per person, while
Georgia appropriates only 1/6 that
Hurt per person.
The life of a citizen in Georgia is
APPROPRIATION PER CAPITA
BY STATES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE
JEORGIA 3.1 c
ALABAMA 6.3 c
VIRGINIA 6.7 c
NORTH CAROLINA 7.9 c j
SOUTH CAROLINA S 2c
FLORIDA 18.2 c
Jut as valuable as In Florida, a moth
• to Georgia thinks just as much of
*■» child as the mother In South Car
«*l*», and It costs Just as much for
flfc* cities and cou#ties in Georgia to
o«*e> for the widows and orphans as it
4tttm in North Carolina or Alabama.
Mde In one's state Is the basis of
VatrfaySm, patriotism is essential to
llhiljfcmhlp. and the citizen who
dnsss net believe any of the above
aUM&eflts must feel some embarrass
■umt when he realizes that statesmen
wribe have had control In the past
> ■emitted Georgia to lag behind Its
Mtighbors In placing a money value on
' *m» Uses ot Its people.
Georgia la the largest state east of
A* Mississippi. It covers an area of
■M" square miles, about twice the
else ot South Carolina with 30,495
■mmr* miles.
AREA IN SQUARE MILES
ICORG'A, 59,475. ’
WITH CAROLINA, 52,426.
ALABAMA, 52,278. .
, W6INIA, 42,779.
WITH CAROLINA, 30,495.
in crop production alone, not in
<dkdinK any other dement of com
merce, Georgia Is u close second to
Sorth Carolina, which leads tho group.
The total crop value In 1930 was 412
million In North Carolina, 323 million
m Qeorgin, while South Carolina pro
duced 282 million, Alabama 240 mil-
DEAD AND CRAZY. *
Fifty six thousand six hundred and
Airly • eight visits were made by
lAwrity patients to the seven
wsacroal disease clinics In Georgia
wChln the past twelve months. How
■any do you suppose were made to
.Ae 1400 physicians of the State?
!The clinics also administered 15.15 S
dosue of 606 for syphilis. Don’t you
Alnk the venereal diseases are some
groblem? There U nothing to com
fare wtth it so far as infectious aud
auttagloua diseases are concerned.
K allowed to continue it means the
setting off of the race, and those who
amain will be craiy.
Os the children that die under ten
gears of age, 6 out of 10 die during
gke first year. During the second year
Acre are 16%, so that durlug (he first
two years of life 3/4 of the child deaths
occur. High birth ratea mean nothing
* repopulnting the country if the chit
4 ron die before reaching the reproduc
> «ve age.
i You vaccinate against smallpox In
■ ; B]o there were 414 times as many
| deaths from diarrhoea In children un
| dor two years of age aa from smallpox
I Every town and school should hurt
F is well-constructed play ground wltl
Che proper equipment; it pays to play
1 . These hots days do not forget to givt
die baby plenty of pure water. Set
, mat Its food Is of the best and acroon
t*l from files.
I ”
lion and Virginia 239 million dollars
worth of stuff.
VALUE OF CROPS
GEORGIA, 5323,290,000.
H.JRTH CAROLINA, $412,374,P00500TH
SOOTH CAROLINA, $282,613,000.
ALABAMA, $240,001,000,
VIRGINIA. 5239.792.000.
In 1920, this crop if divided evenly
between all the people would have
given each one $111.63 apiece, while
in Alabama the same division wotfld
have given each person $102.24 and in
Virginia $103.84.
Os this group Georgia is the richest
state per person. The assessed realty
valuation was $1,145,817,052 while
Virginia shows $823,534,703 and South
Carolina $208,139,650. These values
are the basis of taxation from which
source the state revenue is in the main
is secured. While corporations and
capitalists pay the tax, the amount
of that tax is added to the cost of
operation; and the man who buys the
ticket pays the tax; the corporation
or capitalist pays no tax, he acts as a
middle man and collects it from the
consumer. This total tax valuation
when prorated among the people is an
Index of what each individual con
tributes to the maintenance of the
government. In Georgia the assessed
realty valuation per capita is $395.67
as compared with $123,63 In South Car-
ollna. This group of states Is as fol
lows:
GEORGIA, $395,67.
VIRGINIA, $356,63.
ALABAMA, $306,73.
NORTH CARuLtNA, $193,35.
SOUTH CAROLINA, $123,63.
Assuming that the tax rates are
about the same or at least high enough
to afford the people a good and effi
cient government, it stands to reason
that a man in Georgia paying on $395
should receive approximately three
times the protection that one in South
Carolina paying on only $123 receives,
yet the opposite is true for the tax
payer in South Carolina receives Just
three times the protection afforded
the tax payer in Georgia.
The per capita crop value for I9if
was $207.33 In Georgia and $169.80 in
Alabama. The assessed realty valu
ation per capita in Georgia was
$395.67, in Alabama $306.73. A human
life in Georgia is of no less value than
in Alabama, yet although the Georgia
citizen produced $37.53 more und paid
taxes on $58.74 more than the Alabama
citizen, Georgia invested only 3.1 cents
to protect that citizen’s health, while
Alabama invested 6.7 cents, more than
twice tlie amount for the same pur
pose. This Is the reputation that
Georgia statesmen cannot brag of. It
Is not a good advertisement to scatter
broadcast. It is no condition that
any good citizen can boast of.
The Atlunta Journal, of Thursday
evening, June 16, in closing its leading
editorial, "Education and Health,"
pays:
"If the public health officials of Geor
gia were given funds sufficient to in
struct and aid the rank and file of the
people in even the rudiments of hygi-
I ene and health, the mortality rate in
fhls Commonwealth could be reduced
i extent of saving millions of dol
lars and thousand of lives a year. The
J Statistics concerning college women
lllur'.rate by only one province, and
that not an extensive one, what can be
achieved for human welfare under the
vast empire ot education. The oppor
tune ies lie thick and unending. We
need milv to use them.”
To all of which this paper wishes to
*«>. Amen, SO MOTE IT BE.
559 people died In Georgia last year
from malaria. In some particular lo
calities this is a considerable problem,
i Theie Is no necessity for the infec
tion. as we have a specific remedy.
We udvise all those who live in dis
tricts where mosquitoes are hatch.
I lo consult their physician and get his
advise about taking the prophylactic
treatment. He can give you the neces
aary directions.
j The babies during the hot summer
weather are very liable to have bowel
disorders. Site that they are kept away
| from files, that they have plenty of
fresh air. good clean water and proper
food. See that no contact is had be
i tween the sick and the well
W WALDS COUNTY MESSENGEB, JULY 8, 1921.
Where $300,000 Goes
Harvesting Wild Oat Crop
The penal Institutions of our State
will run a very high rate of infection
in the venereal diseases. The State
Board of Health has the opinion that
at least one-fifth of the prisoners have
syphilis. The very fact that they have
this disease may account for their in
fraction of the law, and it surely does
account for their inability to perform a
a day's work.
Putting the Academy for the Blind
with its blind from birth, the Insane
Asylum and the penal institutions to
gether, venereal diseases in these in
stitutions are costing the taxpayers
of our state over $300,000 per year,
yet we hear of various methods of tax
raising schemes being discussed to in
crease revenue. We hear of reduc
tion of operations for many and varied
laudable causes, and what is being
done to reduce this particular enor
mous expenditure? What methods of
law enforcement do you know of, how
many landlords and taxicab operators
have had their property confiscated be
cause it is or has been improperly
used? Why not cut off the expense
of the taxpayer before it begins?
Those who are infected should be
treated at least until they are non-in
fectious, but why not remove the cause
of the infection? Why not invoke the
good laws on our statute books, es
peciaiy the Acts of 1917-18?
The grand juries, the solicitors gen
eral and the judges should have the
aid and assistance of all good citizens
and clean up the state. We need our
laws enforced to prevent Infection. We
need ample funds to treat those in
fected and the continuation of the free
Wassermann test for diagnosis.
WHAT GEORGIA DOCTORS THINK
The recent annual meeting of the
Georgia State Medical Association
went on record favoring our State
Board of Health and endorsing it and
its work. This Board being one of
such Importance and its work so close
ly identified with the people and oper
ation so necessary for the general wel
fare of the State as a whole, we are
reproducing the resolutions from the
Minutes of the Association for the in
formation of our readers:
Georgia Medical Association, Annual
Meeting, Rome, Ga., May, 1921, de
sires to express its appreciation to Dr.
T. F. Abercrombie, Commission of
Health and Secretary of the State
Board of Health, to the Board of
Health and to all the directors of the
different departments of the • State
Board of Health for their effective and
most efficient work during the pres
ent administration of the Commission
er of Health. Secondly, the Medical
Association ot Georgia desires to ex
press its approval of the workings of
the Ellis County Health Law. This is
illustrated by the tremendous im
provement In counties since the Ellis
law has been put into effect.
Second. The Medical Association of
Georgia wishes to call attention of the
State Board of Health, the Governor
and the State Legislature to the ef
fect that less than one per cent of
the State appropriation of the State
Legislature is for the protection of the
people's health and that the people's
health with limitations Is purchas
able.
Lastly. The Medical Association of
Georgia desires to call attention of
the Governor and the Legislature, the
State Board of Health, to the fact
that Georgia appropriates less per cap
ita tor health and to the State Board
of Health than Alabama, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Florida. Georgia appropriates only
$3.01% per capita, Alabama 6.03, Vir
ginia 6.07, North Carolina 7.09, South
Caroline 9.02 and Florida 18.02% per
capita for the protection of the people's
health.
Respectfully submitted.
STEWART R. ROBERTS. M. D.
RALSTON LATTIMORE, M. D.
R. M. HARBIN, M. D.
MARRIAGE BILL
BEFORE LEGISLATORS
Hon. J. B. Moore, of Baxley, will
Introduce and push for passage a law
for the protection of the women of our
State, known as the Marriage Law.
This requires an examination of. the
man not less than fifteen days before
the date of Issuance of a marriage li
cense. and a certificate from a reputa
ble physician that he is not Infected
with a venereal disease.
If you would like to see this law en
acted. write Mr. Moore about It.
It is perhaps hard to believe, to you
who do not know, yet it is a tact
that the physicians ot our State treated
one man out of every 57 between the
age of 20 and 25 tor a venereal dis
ease last year. We do not know how
many were not treated by reputable
physicians or how many depended on
the dangerous practice of buying pat
ent remedies and self-treatment; the
number must have been considerable.
Remember, 65 per cent of all abdom
inal operations done on women are
due to gonorrhoea and 9J per cent
of all blind babies are innocent suf
ferers from this disease.
One in every 29 deaths among white
women between 10 and 20 were due
to puerperal septicemia, or childbed
fever, in Georgia last year. The filthy
midwife or a dirty nurse is to blame
tor a majority of these deaths.
Be on the safe side; get your physi
cian to send to the State Board of
Health and get a supply ot typhoid vac
cine. and take It
HEALTH AND WEALTH
Health and wealth are synonymous
terms In that the possessor of the for
mer Is also the possessor of the latter.
People usually look upon health as a
thing to which they are entitled, even
after violating the laws of nature.
They consider wealth as a goal to
which they can only hope to attain by
attending to their business affairs with
the utmost diligence. They realize
that negligence in their business will
mean the loss of dollars and cents to
their pockets, yet they seem to think
that negligence in the case of their
bodies will not have a similar effect
upon their health.
Consider for a moment the people of
your community. What is the en
deavor of those whom you engage in
conversation? In the great majority
of instances, is it not the desire to
accumulate material things? This is
all well and good. The ambition.of
every man should be to improve his
condition materially, at least to that
point that may be termed independent.
Cut is not health just as important,
and, upon second thought, will it not
be considered more important than
wealth of material things?
Some people are so dilegent in the
race for the accumulation of money I
that they often make of themselves i
physical wrecks by disobeying the sim
ple laws of nature relative to the up
keep of that most wonderful mechan
ism called the human body. After the
race is won and their goal is reached,
they will invariably see, probably too
late, that it would have been far bet
ter to have been less diligent in busi
ness or social activities and have giv
en more rest and care ttt-their bodies.
We would be far better off in the long
run if we would spend one-half as
much thought upon the care of our
physical selves as we do to the pur
suit of riches. The poor man with a
sound body is far more happy than
the Invalid rich.
The sick man is a liability to his
State, while the well man is an asset.
The cost for the care of one sick per
son will be more than sufifcient to
maintain the health of a score of
healthy people. So important was this
matter to the people of Georgia as
a whole that the Legislature a few
years ago created an organization
.known as the State Board of Health i
whose duty it is to advise the people !
and help them to avoid sickness and
to maintain health.
The State Board of Health will be j
glad to advise your community in re- 1
gard to remedying any unsanitary con
ditions and impure water supplies ;
which would invite the outbreak of an j
epidemic of some kind. It gives in- j
struction how to successfuly combat ;
carriers of diseases such as flies, mos
quitoes, etc. Their laboratories aid
the physician in making diagnoses of
diseases such as malaria, typhoid fe
ver, diphtheria, gonorrhoea, syphilis, l
etc., free of any cost to you. They !
manufacture and distribute to you free
of charge typhoid vaccine and tne Pas- 1
teur treatment for bites of ra !d ani- j
mala. You are supplied with diphthe
ria antitoxin and smallpox vaccine at
& cost far below market price. i
The amount of work done by the
State Board of Health and the number
of people which they are enabled to
serve is either limited or enlarged
each year by the amount of funds set l
aside by the Legislature for this work. |
It has for a long time been recognized
as a fact that the healthier the people
of a sttae are the greater are the
assets of that state and the more pros
perous, happier and more content are
its people.
FREE POST-GRADUATE COURSE
GIVEN BY EMORY UNIVERSITY.
GEORGIA PHYSICIANS INVITED
The week of July 11 to 16, inclusive,
is one of the considerable moment to
the physicians of our State. Through
the kindness of Emory University a 1
week of intensive study of the ven
ereal diseases has been arranged. Six
days with six periods each have been
agreed upon by the 'acuity. The fore
noons will be devoted to lectures by j
the professors and from two o’clock
in the afternoons until night, clinics j
will be under way at all the hospitals !
in the city, but especially at Gray *
Clinic. Invitations have been sent out
to every physician in the state, and \
when this article was written 300 had
accepted. The course is entirely free;
no charge whatever is made and the
proepect is that Atlanta will be the
Mecca for hundreds of our doctors for i
the period mentioned above. It is a '
wonderful opportunity. It is a possible
that reduced railroad rates will I
be granted, and the chairman of
the convention bureau has the matter
of hotel accommodations under his,
care. The Chamber of Commerce are
giving their attention to the matter. |
and the Fulton County Medical So
ciety will be on the job to make the !
stay of the physicians pleasant as well
as profitable.
This is the first time that a Univer
sity has arranged an Institute-Clinic'
for venereal diseases, offering it free,
to the medical profession, and it is i
to be commended for its public spirit'
in so doing.
PREVENTS MALARIA
There is a treatment that prevents
malaria and all those who live in sec-.
tions where mosquitoes thrive should
be sure to make use of it. You should
consult your physician and gat him to
prescribe the prophylactic treatment
and see that every member es the
family takes It. Get rid of the breed
ing places of the mosquitoes and screen
your homes. I
Interesting Report
Os Teachers’ Institute
Statement of the Condi lion of
THE BANK OF CHICKAMAUGA
Located at Chiekamauya, Ga.
At close of business June 30, 1931.
RESOURCES
Time loans and discounts $198,758.98
Demand Loans 400.00
Banking House 2,932.42
Furniture and Fixtures 1,738.08
Cash in Vault and amount
deposited with approved
Reserve Agents 8,370.00
Due from other hanks in
other states 22,879.31
Other checks and cash items 39.05
Overdrafts 29.57
U. S. Liberty Bonds 5.000.00
Total $240,137.41
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in 20,000.00
Surplus Fund 15,200.00
Undivided Profits 3,902.35
Individual Deposits sub
ject to check 105,213.61
Time Certificates of Deposit 4,277.10
Savings Deposits 71,102.51
Cashier’s Checks 244.51
Certified checks 137.33
Bdls Payable to banks in
Other States 20,000.00
Total $240,137.41
State of Georgia, Walker County.
Before me came C Dunaway Cash
ier of the Bank of Chickamauga,
who being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as
shown by the books of fde in said
bank.
C. DUNAWAY
Sworn to and subscribe before me
this 6th day of July 1921.
MINNIE MORGAN, N. P.
Mr. and Mrs Oaf Ransom have
our sympathy in the loss of their
little baby girl
Miss Harvey Smith had as her
guest last week two of her cousins,
the Misses Reed of Chattanooga.
There will be an all-day working
at the Lookout cemetery at this
Saturdey July 16. All interested par
ties please take notice. The ladies
will serve dinner on the ground and
the digging of a cistern will also
be considered. '
Mr. and Mrs. W. N Meredith spent
last Sunday with friends at Sher
wood Tenn
High Point played at Flintstone
the 4th. They are getting to be the
crack team of Georgia.
There will be an all-day services
at the dedication of the Methodist
church of this place the third Sun
day. SUNSHINE.
4. ROCK SPRINGS *
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Swanson gave
a birthday dinner on the 4th in hon
or of their son, Blake’s 21st birth
day. Only a few boy friends were
present.
The farmers are about through
laying by in this part I think and
shool will start Monday July 11 in
charge of L. V. Swanson.
Rev. H S Cordell will preach at
Center Grove Sunday at 41 and 3.
Mr. and Mrs. I>awrence Swanson
were visiting at L. V. Swanson's
Sunday and Monday.
FOR SALE—A Ford chassis—P. E.
Hawkins, LaFayette, Ga.
MONEY TALKS—I have a good
Ford truck for sale cheap for
cash.—T. W. Bryan, LaFayette,
Ga .1
NOTICE—AII parties wishing to
com to Rea’s Lake at night will
find plenty of light hereafter.
7-15-2 t.
WANTED TO BUY—Logs. Post Oak,
‘ Mt. Oak and White Oak. Will
pay sl4 per thousand delivered
to my mill —Carlton Brock. La-
Fayette, Ga
LOOT Somewhere in LaFayette
Monday a black morocco bill
fold containing about $6 in bills
and several Lodge and insurance
receipts. Return to Messenger
otllce and receive reward.—O.
W. Whatley.
Outntn* That Do** Not Affect the Hoad
because of ita tonic and laxative effect. LAX A
fIVB BROMO QUININE ia better then ordinar.
Quinine acd does no' ca ne ttervou*ne»s .
•turn* »n ‘"•ed. P-’nambc ft»H cit
for SALE—A lot of good home
made syrup in buckets at one
dollar per gallon. Four miles
east of LaFayette at Smith's
Cross roade — A. J. Sims. 8-5-stx.
Being in attendance at the North
west Georgia Sumer Normal at the
Martha Berry School I wish to give
the people of the county some idea
of the scope of work being done.
The Normal is held annually for
tho benelit of the teachers of ten
counties —Dade, Walker, Catoosa,
Whitfield, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd,
l’olk. Paulding and Cobb. There are
about 175 teachers in attendance, 20
being from Walker which is more
than those from any county save
Floyd who has 30.
Tho instructors are: Rural School
Agent M. L .Duggan, High School
Inspector E. A. Pound, State Super
visor Goddard, Misses Euri Belle
Bolton and Miss Myrick Als, Super
intendents Rush and Bryan. The
quality of the instruction is the very
"best and those of our teachers who
art present are applying themselves
attentively and I think are being
greatly benefitted. Stress is being
placed on primary work by all in
structors. I am sorry that more of
our county teachers are not present.
I made a special efl'ort to get. a large
number to attend. Some I know,
have a reasonable excuse for non
attendance, while others may not.
Stress is being placed on consoli
dation by our school leaders all over
the state. Consolidation is receiving
a large amount of attention at this
meeting, by those who have had
large experience in the matter and
can speak with authority. From al
most every county in 'the state there
comes reports of consolidation
where the very best work is being
done, work that is equal to that
done in our city schools or even
betted. We have a very fine exam
ple of such work in our county, at
Cedar Grove, and I hope we may
soon have other communities con
solidating and operating first class
elementary schools instead of the
little “spelling shops."
Another* feature of the present
meeting of teachers here was a gath
ering of the Boards of Education of
the 10 counties, or as many of them
as could come, one day during the
normal. The following subjects were
discussed by the Board members
and Superintendents present: Con
solidation, Transportation, County
tax levy, Teacher's salaries, School
buildings etc. This was a very help
ful meeting to all present. It was de
cided to make this part of the pro
gram an annual a|ffair and have
this meeting every year. I learned at
this meeting that some of our sister
counties intend to increase the
school term from 6 to 7 or 8 months
next year, because of county-wide
local tax. Several counties will lay
a full five mill tax this year.
At the invitation of the Superin
tendent and the Board of Education
Mr. Duggan assisted by Miss Bolton,
will come to Walker county about
the middle of August and will make
an educational survey of the county.
Mr. Duggan is employed by the
State Department to do this kind
of work and I consider our county
' rtiioate in securing this work by
him. No county in this part of the
state has ever had this work done.
This survey consists in his visiting
every school in the county, making
a picture of the house, inspecting
the building, desks, blackboards, li
brary, playground, toilets, etc., and
making a report on them. Also ex
amining tho children as to their
progress in their studies, which will
at the same time be a means of rat
ing the teacher as to her proficiency
in teaching. He may make sugges
tions and recommendations as to
the consolidation of certain schools.
There will be no expense to the
county or the Board of Education
for having this work done except
for transportation from one school
to another and some other little
matters such as report blanks show
ing children's progress in their stud
ies. All this work together with such
general observations and sugges
tions as he may make will be pub
lished in bulletin form by the State
Department of Education and about
700 copies circulated in the county.
I am gratified that we rae to have
this survey made, not because I
feel that we shall make a fine show
ing (for I am sure we shall not) but
because w eshall have a comparison
of our school with those of other
counties by an expert and will see
where we stand as compared to oth
r counties.
Mr. Duggan and Miss Bolton will
he in our county about 3 weeks mak
ing this survey. 1 hope to have him
address the patrons of the schools
in several parts of the county if
possible. If parents will take an in
terest in this survey to the extent
of learning everything
possible about our school system
whilp Mr. Duggan is here I feel that
it will be a blessing to the children
of the county. I am anxious that
every school in the county may bo
in session while this survey in be
, ing made.
J. A. SARTAIN, C. S. S.