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VESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1918.
THE MILLEDQEVILLE NEWS.
An International Service Built
on Tiny Profits Per Pound
Some industries have been able to get in
step with war demands more quickly than
others.
In many cases mighty plants have sprung
up—but at a prodigious cost
The packing industry was able to adapt
itself to unheard of demands more quickly,
perhaps, than any other industry. And this
was because the vast equipment of packing
plants, refrigerator cars, branch houses, etc.,
had been gradually developed to its present
state of efficiency, so that in the crucial hour
it became a mighty international system for
war service.
And how had this development taken place?
Not by making vast inroads into the capi
tal wealth of the country, but largely by using,
from year to year, a portion of the profits, to
provide for expansion.
Swift ft Company’s profits have always been so
tiny, compared with sales, that they have had practic
ally no effect on the price of meat (amounting to only
a fraction of a cent per pound).
And yet the owners of the business have been
content with,reasonable returns on their capital, and
have been able, year after year, to put part of the
profits back into the business to provide for its/
expansion.
These fractions of tiny profits have been repaid to
to the puhlic many fold in the form of better service,
and better and cheaper meat, and made it possible for
Swift & Company to meet, undaunted, the sudden
cry for meat for overseas.
Could any other method of financing a vital
industry involve less hardship to the people of the
country? Could there be a better instance of true
"profit-sharing” than this return in added usefulness
and in national preparedness ?
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
MILLEDQEVILLE, GEORGIA.
ADVICE TO “Fill"
CONVALESCENTS
SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT
INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS
AFTER INFLUENZA
EPIDEMIC.
U. S. Public Health Service Warns
Public Against Tuberculosis.
One Million Cases Tubercu
losis in United States—Each a
Source of Danger.
PRISONERS ARE
RADIY TREATED
British Corporal Tells of
Months’ Experience in
Germany.
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Influenza Convalescents Should Hava
Lungs Examined—Colds Which Hang
On Often Beginning of Tuberculosis.
No Cause for Alarm if Tuberculosis
I* Recognized Early—Patent Medi
cines Not to Be Trusted.
SHOT FOR PICKING UP FOOD
Sentries Fire on Starved Prisoners
Who Pick Up Food Thrown to
Them by French Women—
Forced to Work.
TOOTHLESS MAN BITES SELF
8eemlngly Impossible Feat Performed
by Y. M. C. A. Worker.
How a man without a tooth bit him
self In an unusual mnnnor during the
excitement following the torpedoing of
the steamship Oronsa was related by a
report Just received from London con
cerning the conduct of 579 Y. M. C. A.
workers who were on board. The Or
onsa was sunk while approaching tho
British Isles. A Y. M. C. A. secretary
was washing his full set of ‘‘store
.teeth" when the torpedo lilt. TTe w«nt
to his room for his grip, stepped Into
n Ilfebont, manned nu oar and, nfter
rowing a few minutes, felt that Ills
hand was hurting. He opened Ids
hand, something dropped, and he real-
, Ized only then that through all the
crowded minutes he had carried those
. "store teeth" which had bitten the hand
that saved them. _ _
HOW MRS. BOYD i
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION
Canton, Ohio.—“I suffered from a
female trouble which caused me much
suffering, and two
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* *
* Beware tuhereidosls nfter In- *
* fluenza. No need to worry If *
* you take precautions In time. *
* Don’t diagnose your own con- *
* dltlon. Have your doctor exam- *
* lne your lungs several times at *
* monthly intervals. Build up your *
* strength with right living, good *
* food and plenty of fresh air. *
* Don't waste money on patent *
* medicines ndvertlsed to cure tu- *
* berculnsis. *
* Become a fresh-uir crank und *
* enjoy life. *
* *
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Washington, D. C.—(Special.)—Ac
cording to a report made to the United
States 1‘ubllc Health Service, the epi
demic of influenza In Spain 1ms nl-
reudy caused an Increase In the preva
lence nnd deaths from pulmonary tu
berculosis. A similar association be
tween Influenza and tuberculosis was
recently made by Sir Arthur News-
holme, the chief medical officer of the
English public health service, In Ids
analysis of the tuberculosis death rate
Id England.
In order that the people of the Unit
ed States may profit by the experience
of other countries Surgeon General
Rupert Blue of the United States I'ub-
11c Health Service bus Just Issued a
warning emphasizing the need of spe
cial precautions at the present time.
"Experience seems to Indicate.” snys
the Surgeon General, “that persons
whose resistance has been weakened
by nn attack of influenza are peculttir-
ly susceptible to tuberculosis. With
millions of its people recently nffected
with Influenza tills country now of
fers conditions favoring the spread of
tuberculosis.”
One Million Consumptives In the
United States.
"Then you consider this n serious
menace?” was asked. “In my opinion
It is, though I hasten to add It Is dis
tinctly one against which the people
can guard. So far as one can estimate
there are at present about one million
cases of tuberculosis in the United
States. There Is unfortunately no
complete census available to show ex
actly the number of tuberculosis per
sons In eneh state despite the fact that
PREPAREDNESS.
This Is the slogan of I he wise m-t
Stock are cout'nually exposed to c :'r
wounds, set. ' hes, etc The man wh
prepared lias his healing remedy ot
ill chan
leafing
ly Antiseptic. It ‘s economic:.I. On •
50c h-ttle makes $2.00 worth of
healing oil or ointment. Money re
funded if you are not satisfied.
BRISCOE WALL.
Sow Woods Hiffh-GHp
Seed Wheal
For Best and Most
Productive Crops.
Our Virginia-Grown Sect
Wheats are superior fi r i
South -make I- y r >
and better quality ci r,:\. .
Write for “WOOD'S CROP •
CIAL” giving prices and infon-ra
about SEED WHEAT, S' D t ",
8EED RYE, BARLEY and ull o:li
Seeds for F^I! Sowing
T. W. Weed c - Sen-
Seedsmen. Ric' L - ci. v
Plant. WHITE P " > 8"
T..JDA ». !YtOiV "< <1
ble t • ■ o: a.
London.—A corporal In the Llncoln-
sblres, who was taken prisoner In
April, 1017, and who succeeded in es
caping from the Huns’ clutches In
June, 1018. 1ms given a very interesting
account of Ills experiences. H« Is a
nmn of the highest churneter anil his
storj is, therefore, worthy of credence, j hand to stop all chances of blood p
lie was captured April 11, 1917, near | gnn Farris’ Healing Remedy Is Hi
Alglcourt, nnd was at first taken to
the German headquarters, behind the
fine, lie was questioned, but refused
to give any Information. He was
then sent to ;t working party behind
the German lines at u place called
Mnretz, and was employed on a ration
dump. The party was about 10 kilo
meters from the line; they could see
the British shells bursting a mile or so
away, but the corporal never heard of
any casualties uniting the prisoners.
There was n commandant In charge
of the camp, and the second In com
mand was a feldwebel. Both these of
ficials treated tic prisoners very badly.
The first day that they were In camp
the commandant came, and the feld-
webel shouted "Achtung.” The men
did not know what he meant nnd did
not therefore spring to attention, ns
they should have done. The feld-
webel thereupon struck them with a
Whip. The sentries ulso treated them
very badly.
Picks Up Food—Shot.
When the prisoners were returning
from work the Frenchwomen used to
throw them food and other things. The
men knew tlmt It was forbidden to
step out of the ranks to p'ck these
things up, but they were so hungry
that they often broke the rules. The
corporal saw a man shot by u sentry
for stepping out of the ranks in this
way. He was killed instnntly, the bul
let passed right through him, went
through another man’s pocket and
blew the finger, or two fingers, off a
third man. There wore two other men
shot in the same way; the corporal
saw them both brought into the lager.
The prisoners got no food from Eng- I
land while they were on tills working |
party, and they were not allowed to
write home.
Toward the end of May, 1017, the i
corporal was transferred to Minster i
11, in Germany, and a week later be I
was sent on to Mlnden, -where he re- , g the , n In(]iann to tnke
doctors decided
that I would have
to go through an
operation before I
could get well.
“My mother, who-
had been helped by
I.ydiu E. I’inkham’n
Vegetable Com
pound, advised tno
to try i t before sub-
mi t tin g to an opera
tion. It relieved me
from try troubles
so I can do my house work without any
difficulty. I advise any woman who f>.
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound n trial nnd it will do as much for
them.”—Mrs. Marie Boyd, 1421 6th
St, N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes ti.ore are serious condi
tions where a hospitul operation is the
only alternative, but on (lie other hand
so many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that nn operation was
necessary — every woman who wants
to avoid in operation should give it a
fail trial b-.foro submitting to such a
trying ordeal.
If complications exist, write to Lydia
E. PinkliamMedicine Co., Lynn, Mass.,
for advice. The result of mu: y ycurs
experience is at your oorvice.
Cf‘*
PE HNG
! ' r iS
CiVO v,:
tratuu.,
’e-
..ua’a
So do those rheumatic twinges and
the loin-aelies of le • iugo, tho nerve-
inflammation of nctn h is, the wry neck,
the joint wrench, the ligament sprain,
the muscle strain, and the throbbing
bruise.
The case cf applying, the cuicknesn
of relief, the positive results, the clean
liness, and the economy of Sloan’s
Liniment maku it universally preferred.
DiliLiCO " iLiV-aft A Ji
The comp to Elect,re Light and
Power Plant
Bright, safe electric light means
iture protection for y ur premises.
h
— ‘ .. .. r;-i>
home electric light &
POWER COMPANY
514 Third St., Macon, Sa.
College Bans German.
Germnn will not he taught as a lan
guage at. Union Christian college ot
Merom, Ind., until “Germany recog
nizes Ihe rules of civilization,” It bus
been decided by the board of trustees
of the Institution. A resolution to thnt
effect has been adopted. The local
Don’t let all this talk about
l §h prices scare you. I can
We you a suit made to order
win the Genuine Bruner
Rolens, guaranteed all wool
ff°m $25 to $40. Overcoat
same price, at George W.
Bair’s, the Popular Price
Tailor. Phone 451-J.
No Worms In a Healthy Child
. jlchiidrrn troubled with worms hsve anuo
tul, o, Cl,l0r ' whic1 ' indicates poor blood, and as a
QtOVr'cVf more or <«»■ stomach disturbance,
lot u! S T , ASTf 1LESS chill TONIC given regularly
>»oor three weeks will enrich the hlood, tm-
tolnjT . d ‘ Seslion ‘ * nd * ct ns a General Suenjtti-
ttn.w,'(r' C Ji ,he whol « system. Nature wlllthen
to Deri.,. ''He*! the worms, and the Child wtU be
■g ’ 1 “flth. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle
CLOSE HOLES IN MACARONI
Uncle Sam Must Save Cargo Space
and That’s Reason for
Innovation.
New York.—They’ve gone nnd abol
ished the hole in macaroni In order to
save cargo space. They’ve gone and
done it: This stnrtling report has
just leaked back from France, nnd it
explains the recent strained ways of
the great city’s macaroni, vermicelli
nnd spaghetti makers. Holeless ninCh-
roni? Most unnatural 1
However, Uncle Snm must save
cubic miles of room on his stupendous
transportation undertaking. Spaghetti,
without the vent, the hole, is just as
good, tastes even more solid nud saves,
the diameters of its former air spacing
reckoned in great hulk, many cubic |
blocks of room. In the A. E. F. K j
goes under the name of “wiggles. |
What will New York’s hard-pressed,
unconventional nnd temperamental
element do if veteran doughboys lm-
voguo on their triumphant re
mained six weeks. I
The treatment at Mlnden was not
bad, and In this respect It differed
from the food, which was very bad
indeed. A five-pound loaf of black
bread was divided among 13 men; this
was their bread ration for the day.
They had coffee in the morning and a
• .i .ii u i tliln, watery kind of soup at noon,
most of the states lime min e ie once a week they had fish and n small
ease reportable. Im New York city, | Quantlty of potutoes> Al 6 :30 in u le
j evening they
It was just like eating
Sometimes they hail ground
i this action, the ban on the language
; heretofore having been limited to
grade mid preparatory schools. German
will be offered la no form, beginning
; with tho next term.
many years, over 35,000 cases of tu
berculosls ure registered with the Do- j sandstone,
nnrtnient of Health. Those fntnlllnr ; Sana. Son
with the situation believe that the ad- j maize, nnd one night out of three they
ditlon of unrecognized nnd unreported h»d coffee.
eases would make the number nearer
60,000. The very careful health sur-
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Bitters
In t * etJ V '* ,en everything else falls.
vous prostration and female
rtm.? esse * ,he y “re the supreme
r b •• thousarde have testified.
st£!P NEY tUVER AND
stomach TROUBLE
the be*t medicine ever sold
^^^^tadruegiHt’e counter.
“LUXURY TAX” IN LONDON
Hits Purees of Shoppers Who Dote on
Buying, Returning and
Exchanging.
London.-The vicissitudes of war
have finally reached the woman shop-
X E Mo on ImjIW. »•—"*
• - and working
2S2”S
price oi me credit account.
If the customer has a ere
. if the article Is brought back,
lax must be pam ..f„„ r th.
tlcle as well, or on
If the
the third or fourth,
E;
Works In Munition Factory.
, From Mlnden the corporal went on
vey conducted during the past two a working party to Ilattington, where
years in Framingham, Mass., revealed |, e remained three weeks. He wus
200 cases of tuberculosis In a popula- ■ working In u munition fuctory, utiload-
tlon of approximately 15,000. If these ]n „ coal, but the prisoners
proportions bold true for the United ba( j not j,[ n g jo with the machinery.
States as n whole they would Indicate jj iere were ten Englishmen in the
that about one In every hundred per- , work i n g j m rty, 44 Russians and four
sons is tuberculous. Each of thesis , p> renc j imen> The treatment was not
constitutes n source of danger o ; nn( j t j le work was very hard,
guarded against j jj le beginning the guards over
What to Do. I (b e prisoners were soldiers, hut dtirlng
In his statement to the public Stir- d,o last four months thnt the corporal
geon General Blue points out how wn8 ; n Germany they laid been re-
tliose who have had Influenza should p] nco( j by elderly civilians. The guards
protect themselves against tubereulo- lo j ( j t | K , j, r | solu >rs that there had been
sis. "All who have recovered from in- rlots j n xierlin Just after Christmas,
fluenza," says the Surgeon (.eneral, an d several people lmd been shot,
“should have their lungs carefully ex- Q-j le g U „ r ,i s Ra kl that all the best men
amitted by a competent physician, n ^ g on e and that It was shameful to j
fact, It is desirable to have several ex- tWnk of „ )e klnd of mcn tllut they
aminatlons made a month apart Such us , ng , n Ulc urniy
examinations cannot bo made through ^ ^ nlrp . b(?en pala th | 8 C or-
the clothing nor can tey e j j particularly intelligent man.
out fit two >’ e , s qul ,‘ rendy t0 admlt gooU treat-
lungs are found .. . . , ment when good treatment has been
he lias contented
giving the bare facts of
BE SURE
Put your money where you know it is sale—
You can’t find a safer place for it than in trie
Merchants & Farmers Ban 1 '
Capital, $40,000. ■ -Surplus. SS5.000.
Deposits greater than ever in its history.
{urn of "wiggles," without holes Into lungs are louunu.■«*;«- »«■“ * ment when good t
.11 #» aw " ,cd ™ Sr K, w •» wn>. »"
this slippery savor? c„,„l Moil ami Dlenty of himself with givlnf
right living, good food and plenty
fresh air.”
Danger Signs.
The Surgeon General warned espe
cially against certain danger signs, I
such ns "decline" and "colds which
hang on.”
These, he explained, were often the
beginning of tuberculosis. "If you do
not get well promptly, If your eol.l
seems to hang on or your health and
strength decline, remember that these
are often the enrly signs of tuberculo-
the cuse without comment.
SUGAR IN CASH REGISTER
You Get Your Share When You Pay
Check in Columbue
Restaurant.
Columbus, O.—Ever hear of keeping
tugar In a cash register?
That Is where It is kept In a string
)f popular Columbus restuurants. You
sis. IfiHce ^Tuber- R et y° ur sugar allowance when you
care of a competent physician
rulbsls Is curable In the early stages.
Patent Medicines Dangerous In Tuber-
culoele.
"Above all do not truet In the mis
leading atatementa of unscrupulous
pHtent medicine fakers. Them Is no
specific medicine for the cure of tuber
culosis. The money spent on such
medicines Is thrown away; It should
be spent Instead for good food and da-
cant living."
pay your check. The sweet is kept in
i glass-lined compartment between
the nickels und pennies. I
When you • pay and the cashier ,
rings up the amount of your check and
the cash drawer flies oik-d, you see
the little sugar bln.
If you happen to have oatmeal, cof
fee, grapefruit or breakfast food, the
rashier will ask you upon which of
these she shall bestow your allowance
»f sugar—and she will never wink nn
tyelash.
^SLr<N.e is* r ^ ^
corcs.p'le-fce w ri'Ko\i*t ^
• Delicious Refre-rKiiv^"*