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.iOW MUCH THOUGHT DO!
YOU GIVE YOUR HEALTH?
■NVELVEQIJIPPED and balancel
CENTRAL HEALTH DEPART
MENT NEEDED.
Tifc Fund Set Aside For Protection It
Case Widespread Epldemlo
Should Come Our Way.
Wat la the most precious thing '.a
•* this 'world to your Vour life—
yom health. How much care do you
'<a)m of it? How much thought dc
*•* to It? I)o you do the things
ChU are recommended by your Plate
Board of Health? All happiness and
wealth are dependent on how well you
koetp aad how well your family la.
Throw should be n sound, well equip
pal and tmlane.ed central health de
partment aa well as a local health de
partment who la constantly on the
.Job looking after sanitary condition*,
euppllea, and taking the neces
*»ry precaution* to keep off all In
factious disease*. Thl* mean* skill,
■aqulpniont, money—especially a bud
iget that U well planned and ample to
'Take care of all the various phases
•of the work. Csmpalgna for health
'work must be planned years ahead;
“therefore, the authorities should be
“Siren sufficient money that Is stable
and not liable to be disturbed, so
that a program for evaluation of dis
ease In a given urea can he planhed.
As for Inatanco malaria control, drain
"age projects, otc. There ehould obi
provided Hufficlent money to subsidize
weak communities, for here quite OttKO
Ms the nucleus of disease. The five#
*Of our people Is the most precious'
■asset of the State, yet how llttldi il
Invented In taking caro of them. “Wady
•«mall is the amount available for.pfa-’
ventlon of disease compared with the
(good accomplished. ..ftl :>
Had you ever thought what Wotittl
'-happen If we aliould have a Wtds
■epread epidemic, Hague for tnatancs.
Did you know that there Is no, sttch
(fund to our State for emergencies 61
•this kind There should be a fond
■not aside for this purpose and In the
Stands of a special commission, say of
kha Governor, Attorney General and
Oom ml* skewer of Health. ~
“Our State Hoard of Health should
have at least It cents per emptily, for
their general (nofl for maintenance,
flt should lie a fixed sura not Habit*
'to change, and iu addition special ap
fpreqirUHons for siieclal work. The
Vresant General Assembly should give
toerloua consideration to thl* matter.
The most valuable asset in dollars
-and cents to our Btato la Its man
■power It must he conserved. U must
be kept at its best that It may ear)!
ttta maximum wage It must be better
•than that of our neighbors that ojit:
wide capital will seek entrance tnito. our
‘State It must be so productive -and
Stealthy that It will function 100 per
(cent "1
Wo repeat the most precious thin*
4s thi* world to the lit#-
life Is dependent on hoalt|.
Health is dependent on proper living
and environment, sanitation sad oth
trol of disease. ,
Ot Not Kill Mad Dok ,
a Keep In ConfinmMt
If you ehould have a mad dog Mart,
not kill the dog, If It can be cap
“lured and put In confinement. This la
'the safest Way and tha best way. tor
4| the dog Is mad it will die within
“ban days. U will then be soon onougH
•w those who were bitter or scratch
pad to take the treatment. However, in
«saeea of bites on the face or bead,
’treatment should lie begun Immediate
If without waiting for the animal to
die or Tor a laboratory report. If later
tm It la found that the animal la not
mad. treatment may be discontinued.
Os course, If the suspected animal
■•i-annot be captured or put In confine
ment. then It should bo killed and
The head sent to the State Board of
Health for examination. Do not shoot
“the animal through the head or Injnro
'the brain Preserve the head as well I
a* possible and pack In lco In a water-1
tight coutniner. so that it will reach
’the laboratory In good condition. I
SHIP BY EXPRESS ONLY—It Is con
trary to Postal Regulations to ship by
■parcel post.
'Tax Movies To Promote Health
A bill has been Introduced tn the
legislature placing a 10 per cent tax
•of moving pictures for the purpose of
•kllng the counties of the State in
%calth work. Many counties think
Xhey cannot afford to employ a health
■officer. The Income, If the bl'l be
•oomes a law, will do some health
-work In every county tn our State.
All people Interested In the public
wraiCarc should report any unusual out
break of disease to the local Health
•Officer. If none to the State Board
<of Health.
•fa some departments of the Georgia
’fixate Board of Heulth the demands
have tn created over 400 per cent. , Yet
there ha» been no Increase In the ap
®coprl.it lon.
Free pamphlets are sent from the
rotate Board of Health on many sub
3*cts Write them about any health
jproblem.
The older physicians knew typhoid
Iftrer »• antumnr! fever as It was
tsost cotnm'ii In late summer and
wmrly fail- Vaccinate now.
isa frout In Shetland Labes,
Lerwick Is almost the only town of
any size, on almost the only Island of
any size (called mainland because It Is
the largest) of the hundred and more
Islands of the Shetland group. Lerwick
Is tlie capital and the center of the
herring fishing trade, says the Detroit
News. Owing to trawlers of many na
tionalities putting Into the harbor,
there are even more than the usual
number of places of worship, and there
la a cinema. Shetland Is riddled with J
lochs (lakes). There Is a score within
easy reneh of Lerwick. Os these lochs |
some are preserved and others half
preserved, but most are free. Ses
trout Come Into every voe, or fiord, and (
nowhere In the Shetlands is one more
than three miles from the sea.
Nstars’* Laboratory.
Localities where nature plays qneer
tricks are not wanting, but one of the
most Interesting Is the “gulf ioßstfil
plane," or the gulf coast of Texas.
Down In Brazorlu county they get
pure sulphur, oil, salt and gypsum j
out of one hole. Within a 100-foot;
radius there have been drilled a dry
hole, n small oil well that had to be ,
pumped out, and one which gushed
10,000 barrels a day. Recently, how-!
ever, Mils territory added a new freak
of nature —an oil well owned by one
company at West Columbia, which
had been pumping 100 bnrrels a day
for the past couple of years, suddenly
turned, without warning or any work
being done. Into u gushes making 2,000
barrels a day.
OliVe Trees.
The olive Is “beyond all others the
tree of 'civilization. From the day you
plant the- tree, about sixteen to eigh
teen years must puss before It begins
ter • produce uny return —seventeen
yea fit bf care, work and unremunera-]
tfvtt -preparation. In southern France, j
In thb 'Arrondlsseinent Grasse, one- 1
third of the country Is planted With
olives, and supported a population of
on,OOO id the year 1680; the other two
tbirds, which grew no olives, contained
a population of 10,000. In the olive- j
growing district of Tunlslu, 150,000
people live In an area of GOO square I
kilometers; hut close by are districts
Inhabited by five or six people to the
square kilometer.''
Carpets in Homer's Time.
IWhdreds of years ago, when Eu
ropeans were living In houses with !
bare floors or floors strewn with
rushes or twigs, carpets were being
used In China, India und Egypt. The ,
first carpets were rugs to sit upon,
taking the place of chulrs, says the
Detroit News. In Homer's time, either ;
plain or embroidered carpets were 1
spread before the couches of the guests
In Greek houses. Later on rich and j
gay carpets were Imported to Greece
from Babylon. These carpets bad
raised figures of men and nnlmuls and
were made in gorgeous colors. In
Inter Roman times carpets were im
ported from the Orient.
Ths House of Commons.
The British house of commons had
Its origin In the reign of Henry 111
In 12. r >H, when Simon de Montfort, earl
of Leicester, ordered two knights from
each shire, and deputies from certain
boroughs to meet such of the barons
and clergy as were favorable to his
cause, with the view lo strengthening
Ills own power ugnlnst that of the king.
Triennial parliaments were instituted
by the law of 1641. On the accession
of George lln 1714 tho Septennial act
fixed the duration of purliumunt at
seven year*.
Sponges.
Fisheries experts and scientists havs
been unable to ascertain accurately
how sponges feed. An ordinary sponge
will grow from one to one and one
hnlf inches or more a year. The por
tion of the sponge with which we art
familiar Is the skeleton or framework
of the sen product as it exists In ths
briny deep. The slimy, gelatinous sub
stances Is decomposed by wind,
weather and sunshine and subsequent
soaking In sea water euros out any
gelatinous materials which still ad
here to the sponges.
In the Old Steamboat Days.
Nobody dared ship bacon on n fnst
packet In old steamboat days on the
Mississippi, because, If the craft were,
challenged to a race, the loyal crew
would seize the freight and throw It
Into the furnace to make more steam
In the boilers. The engineer was famed
afar for his skill anil nerve. Ills re
ligion was never to he.passed on the,
river, says the Detroit News. In times
of stress be would send u negro up to
sit oh the safety valve, that the pre
cious elrtnent of speed might not be
sacrificed "fb mere safety.
Alaskan Natives Disappearing.
With In n few decades full-blooded
natives along the southwestern coast
of Alaska will be scarce, according to
Charles Coach, who has spent much
time In the lower Cook Inlet country.
The squaws refuse to marry full-blood- 1
ed men because the white men are bet
ter providers and offer better oppor
tunities for social advancement. Mr.
Coarh explained. t|Only the educated
native who has some regular mode of
earning n living has a chance to win
, a young squaw.
The Sea Distress Call.
The call SOS. used by ships at sea
j as a distress call, is purely arbitrary
j In its grouping of letters and was
chosen because of the unusual cora-
I bins tier, of dots and dashes which
make it distinctive above all ether
calls. It consists of three dots, space,
three dashes, space, and throe more
dots.
Walker County Messenger, August 1, 1924.
DEPOSIT IN U. $. VAULTS
TO CREDIT OF GEORGIA
SUM 18 BET ABIOE TO BE SPENT
ON MATERNITY WORK AND
INFANT HYGIENE
1 Appropriation of Lika Amount by L«(y
lalatura la Naceaaary to Obtain
Federal Aid.
There In deposited annually in one
of Uncle Sam 1 * strong raulta In Wash
, Ington City *24,630 65 to the credit
of Georgia. It hae been there now for'
about three years. It was placed there
to be spent by our State on Maternity
; Work and Infant Hygiene. It has not j
been called for by our people and it
is there now at your bidding. Be
sides this amount there has been paid
our State for several years a gift of
*6,000.00 for this particular work. This
has been used to the best advantage.
This money Is appropriated to the
State under what la known as the
j Sheppard-Towner PHI. The only re
quirement necessary for us to get this !
money Is to form a co partnership
with Uncle Sam and put up dollar for
dollar with him. The work Is ac !
much needed In our State. The
Infant and maternity mortality Is fear
fully high. We ought to save out
mothers and babies. All men ait
taught "women and children first/
j yet 4,366 babies under one year old
i died In the year. We have the sad
record—we might say truthfully the
convicting damning record —of 3,157 |
babies born dead. We know that one
third of all our deaths are among chil
dren. The death certificates of 6371
mothers dying In childbirth are os
file In the Vital Statistics Department
jof the State Board of Health. Wo
have locked In the fire-proof vault In
! our Capitol the birth certificates o 4
60,616 babies born in a year and thaU
this written evidence shows that 22,-'
709 of them were not attended by •
■ physician.
Do we need this *24,530.55 gift of
our government? Do these 8,160 i
tombstones call out to you? Do they ?
The deaths of Innocent babies and,
mothers who paid the supreme sacrfr
flee that another soul might be born
surely appeal to you.
You naturally ask why Georgia has
not been getting this money. Tbs
answer Is that our legislature has
never met the requirements of the
1 federal law, which Is that we must
show the same Interest in our moth
ers and babies as the Congress that
has put up an equal amount of money;
The Congress has already put u|
their money—the cold cash Is ther« j
ready to match yours dollar for dollar.
Your law makers have never sah(
“Yes, Undo Sam, we are as much In
terested as you In our children." Your
State Board of Health stands eager#
waiting to administer this money to
the very beqt advantage. They would
like so much to give all that expert ,
ence and earnest desire can put inth!
the work. They would especially liksj
to be of service to the 22,709 babies
and their mothers who came Into this
world without the care of a physician,!
The midwife problem Is .a big one
and should have attention. It is per
haps one of the greatest problems tft
our State. It should be given atten
tion, and we sincerely hope before the
present General Assembly adjourns
we will have complied with the fed
eral law.
HEALTHMOBILE
COMPLETES CANVASS
The Healthmobtle hae Just complet
ed e thorough canvas* of the Eleventh
Congressional District, remaining In
this district tor six months. It is
hoped that much good was accom-1
pushed. In addition to this unit the!
work hae been followed by three
nurses, who have visited the homes
of the children found defective. This
follow-up work should prove of great
value. It will take time to tell just,
how much good was accomplished-and
possibly a resurvey. Nothing can
, count, of course, unless permanent
work can be instituted.
HEALTH WORK IS
FUNDAMENTAL WORK
Without a healthy population no
community can expect happiness or
prosperity. Tho full time health offl- ’
cer Is a good Investment.
The measure of prosperity of a. com
munity, county or state Is dependent
upon the earning capacity of Its peo
ple. If they have hookworm, malaria,
syphilis or, in fact, disease of any
kind, they are not In Condition to pcos
per. The State Board of Health Is
always glad to advise with Its people
what to do to stay well.
One who Is sick needs the very best
attention. You cannot afford to delay
by self medication, taking so-called
patent remedies. The human mach
| lnery needs an expert, so do the right
thing and send for your physician, oi
still better, have a regular examlna
tlon before you get sick in order tc
receive the proper advice to avoid til
ness.
Exterminate the fly. Screen out the
mosquito. Do everything you can tc
keep well.
Fresh air. pure water, plain food
1 proper play, abundant sleep are the
producers of good health,
i -
Sanitation Is as old as the world
■ Moses gave the first law. It Is goof
I Announcement I
I This is to announce to the public that I
I we have bought the interest of Mr. Hin- I
I ton in the Hinton-Wilson, Inc . author- I
I ized Lincoln-Ford-Fordson dealers. I
I The personnel of our organization 1
I consists of Mr. Paul Hawkins, Sales I
I Manager and General Superintendent; I
3 Messrs. Paul Blaylock, C. 0. Wilson and I
1 Ed Lane in the Mechanical department; I
I Miss Minnie Lee Shattuck, Book-keeper I
I and Office Superintendent. I
I The Customers and friends of this I
8 company will find here the same cour- I
9 teous dealings as heretofore, and it is 8
8 our purpose to make each department 8
9 the very best in order to serve our 8
8 trade efficiently. 8
8 We are equipped to take care of your 8
9 car needs in a highly satisfactory man- E
8 ner. We appreciate your past patron- 8
8 age and solicit your future trade. r 8
In order to better serve our trade and that our cus- J
tomers may have advantage of the veryi[iowest T
prices, we’re going on the ABSOLUTE CASH BASIS I
beginning August Ist.
| D. C. Wilson, Active Mgr. I
8 LaFayette, Georgia 8
, Just £ike
you’d Make
Everybody's Drag Store Jtome
Fresh Fruit Lemonade and Orangeade made with a Sunkist Extractor,
See the fresh, pure, natural juice gush into your glass. See the syrup
and water added:
Books KODAKS
SEE IT MADE BEFORE YOUR EYES.
No doubt about that being a Real Lemonade or Orangeade—your fa
vorite drink —even before you taste it.
' Strength and vitality are stored for you in these tempting drinks.
JCoach's pharmacy
Everybody’s Drug Store.
| Just Say: “Meet Me At LOACH’S”
I Day Phone 50 Night Phone 93 or 190