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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1 907.
SOCIOLOGICAL
STATE SOCIETY
President -Dupont Guerry, Macon, Ga.
First V.-P.—Dr. A, B. Holderby, Atlanta.
Second V.-P*—Dr. K. C. Pee to, Macon.
Scc.'Treu*.—Dr. W. T. Jones, Atlanta.
Annual Meeting In May, 1907. at Macon.
ATLANTA 80CIETY
President E. Marrln Underwood
Vice Pres. Dr. Theo. Tnepel
Secretary Mine Hattie K. Martin
Treasurer C. E. Folsom
Regular meeting second Thursday night
of each month at the Carnegie Library.
Rev. C. B. Wilmer, J.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
D. Cleaton, E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. R. Kime.
SOUTH’S NEWEST MAGAZINE
AND THE MEN WHO MAKE IT
PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN ATLANTA
By DR. R. R. KIME.
Today every third or fourth adult
dies of tuberculosis.
Of seventy or eighty million people
In the United States ten or eleven mil
lion will die of tuberculosis unless
means are used to prevent It. One
million two hundred thousand, have It
at any ono time, 150,000 die annually at
the average of 35, with a loss of $320,-
000,000. New York has >0,000 cases,
with 10.000 deaths, loss 12J,000,000; Illi
nois, 7,000 die annually, loss $30,000,000;
Ohio, 0,000 die annually, loss $15,000,-
000; six cities In Georgia, too deaths,
loss $1,250,000; of this Atlanta has 250
deaths, loss $500,000; Savannah, 214
deaths, loss $42S,000.
So far the state has done nothing
to prevent this loss, deaths and suffer
ing.
It Is hoped there will be sufficient In
fluence to secure legislation and ap
propriation by the next legislature to
establish at least one sanatorium for
the treatment of tuberculosis by the
state. England, France. Austria, Switz
erland, Germany, Canada, etc., are all
supplied with sanatoria.
Their utility In curing many cases,
combating the disease In others and
acting as a strong factor In preventing
the disease has been well established.
Patients once treated In these sana
toria are real missionaries In their
homes nnd communities where they
reside afterward.
In cities and countries where sana
torium treatment has been properly In
stituted the death rate has been re
duced 20 to 30 per cent. Since 1886 by
the efforts used New York has reduced
the death rate 40 per cent and resulted
In saving 20,000 lives or more. Multi
plying the number of deaths from ruber-
culosls by three gives approximately
the number of cases existing at the
time, which would mean there Is be
tween 800 and 1,000 cases In Atlanta at
this time.
Just think of this number of foci of
Infection in the city and practically
nothing being done until lately to com
bat the onward march of this disease!
As the city grows older, more thickly
populated, the disease will materially
Increase.
It Is short-sighted economy, In fact,
criminal negligence In the light and
knowledge we have to sit supinely by
and allow this white-winged messenger
of death to enshroud Innocent and help
less victims, when It Is within our pow
er and knowledge to prevent It. I urge
upon this body of representative women
of Atlanta the necessity of Immediate
action on your part In developing
public sentiment In favor of taking
steps to control this disease. The city
needs your co-operation, united action
and support In this work.
It Is a work In which all are vitally
Interested because tuberculosis Is no
respector of persons and some of your
own loved ones may be the next to go.
You can aid materially In securing a
sanatorium for the treatment of. In
cipient cases, a home for the Incurable
coses, dispensaries for home treatment
of such cases ns have to support their
families or remain at home, aid the
board of health In doing more efficient
workJn controlling the disease, aid the
board of education In disseminating
such knowledge In the schools and
homes as will tend to prevent the dis
ease. also a system of lectures. If this
club desires something more definite
to do I would suggest: (a) That It
support a visiting nurse to act in con
junction with the Associated Charities
and dispensary work to visit the homes
of those afflicted with tuberculosis and
give them Instructions how to care for
themselves, secure proper diet, air, etc.
(b) That you Insist on the enforce-
C. R. CUNNINGHAM.
Subscription Manager.
ment of the antl-splttlng law. of the
city.
(c) That you adopt nnd enforce the
fashion of women wearing .shorter
skirts on the streets, so they will not
stir up the germ-laden dust and con
vey It Into the homes.
(d) That you use your Influence to
prevent the public dosing themselves
Indiscriminately with patent medicines,
many of which contain opiates, alcohol,
etc. In sufficient amount to be Inju
rious, and especially those that are
advertised os cure-alls for tuberculosis.
They nre treacherous, dangerous and
do much harm.
Another fallacy that has dono much
harm Is the popular belief that olco<
holies are a cure for consumption.
The best medical authorities now
claim such nn opinion Is not true and
that alcoholism frequently not only
produces, tuberculosis, but other dis
eases, and renders the user less able
to withstand the Invasion by disease
and more certain to die when attacked
Even the moderate drinker materially
ROOFING- ROOFING- ROOFING
The Crowning Triumph of Years of Research
THE PHILIP CAREY MFC. CO.
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
The oldest manufacturers
of Roofing in the United
States. Established 35
years and has grown from
a few hundred square feet
of floor space to a plant
now covering over 32
acres of ground.
Over forty branch houses
and wardrooms through
out the United States and
Canada thoroughly equip
ped for the purpose of
taking contracts to fur
nish or apply Carey’s
Roofing on any class of
construction.
SEVEN REASONS WHY CAREY’S ROOFING IS THE BEST:
Only the highest grade and most durable materials enter into its manufacture.
These first choice materials arc subjected to our own secret chemical treatment, whieh renders
the Carey roof practically indestructible.
The Carey roof is unaffected by the extremes of heat and cold, moisture, acids, gases, fumes, etc.,
and offers greater fire protection to your building than any other roofing.
Because of the peculiar construction of the roofing sheet itself and its equally peculiar applica
tion to the sheathing board, i. e., tho use of the patent Carey lap, the Carey roof is proof
against wind and in times of storm it will out-stick any roof in the world.
It is light weight, equally adupted to flat or steep surfaces and easily laid, requiring only knife
and hammer as tools.
It is sold at the lowest possible price consistent with its. quality.
It is freely used and recommended by architects, engineers, contractors and builders, and is
preferred by those who have tried it in competition with other roofing.
SOUTHERN BRANCH, 36 West Alabama Street, C. H. FRESHER, Manager
ATLANTA, GA. *
Continued from Page 8ix.
adoption, and has won a*splendid repu
tation by Ills success as general man
ager of The San Antonio (Texas) Ga
zette and The Hot Springs (Ark.)
News. Several years ago he left news
paper work to become special repre
sentative of the Nelson Chesman & Co.
advertising agency, having his head
quarters at tho Chattanooga office of
that company. The amount of adver
tising in the first Issue of the maga
zine, In the face of obvious handicaps,
Is a tribute to the energy and Intelli
gence with which he works.
Circulation Department.
The circulation department of a
magazine may be not inaptly eompared
In importance with the circulation sys
tem of the human body. Uncle Re
mus’s Magazine has secured In John
A. Charlton an expert to handle Its
product and place It before the people.
His newspaper experience was with
Tho New York Herald. The New York
Sun and The Boston Herald. He was
In charge of the Atlanta office of Hldg.
way’s and made such an exceptional
record with that ill-fated venture that,
upon Its discontinuation, he was trans
ferred to tho circulation department of
Everybody’s, which position he left to
come to Uncle Remus's Magazine.
Charles R. Cunningham, formerly cir
culation manager of The Pittsburg
(Pa.) Post, is another expert. In charge
of the subscription department. Sys
tem Is his watchword and his depart
ment Is conducted with the same care
and courtesy that obtain In the leading
magazine offices In the country.
Cecil Meyer, one of tho most effl-
clent young business men of Atlanta,
Is In charge of the accounts of the
company, with the title of cashier.
C. H. Pritchard, foreman of'the me
chanical department, is a veteran of
twenty years’ service on Tho Augusta
Chronicle and The Atlanta Constitu
tion.
C. T. McCarthy, fbrmerly of Detroit,
Is foreman of tho electrotyping room,
and Will Carmichael, an Atlantan, Is
foreman of the press room. To tho
efficient and artistic work of theso
threo men la due almost entirely tho
splendid appearance of the magazine.
lessens his chances for recovery from
a majority of the diseases which affect
the human race.
(c) That you require the school
buildings In which your children nre
educated be properly ventilated, light
ed, not overcrowded, and have a roof
garden nn each building.
(f) That you Insist on a system of
medical Inspection of school children of
the city, so as to prevent disease and
degeneration that renders many of
them lit subjects (or tuberculosis later
in life.
(g) Insist and- urge on your butlers,
cooks, nurses, wash women, etc., having
more sanitary homes, more fresh air In
their homes, so they will not contract
disease and bring It Into your homes.
The negro Is now a tit subject for and
very prone to tuberculosis. They die
ubout three times as rapidly from this
disease as the white race and will be
come worse as the city grows older, un-
less means nre used to prevent It. You
may think their death rate from tuber
culosis does not specially concern you,
but I say you are vitally concerned, so
long as they act as servants, cooks,
nurses, etc., In your homes, to say
nothing of the humanitarian domands
on you as a superior guardian race.
Bo long as the races live together
you are vitally concerned, not only on
the question of tuberculosis, but of
other diseases, and their morals as well.
Impossible for the two races to
live together and not be Inter-depend-
qnt one on the other, varying only In
tPp station each occupies.
The higher wo raise their physical
nnd moral standards the better It Is for
both of us. If wo neglect their welfare
we must suffer the consequences in
disease, inefficient service, crimes,
bloodshed and riots.
In conclusion, let me urge upon each
of you to join the Atlanta Ranltary and
Tubercular Prevention Society and con
sider yourselves a committee of one to
Invite your friends and others to join
with us In tho work.
This society Is organized for active
work and should have the co-operation
and support of every citizen in Atlanta.
Its object Is to aid the board of healtn,
help secure state and local sanatoria,
old the Associated Charities In dispen
sary work, help institute Instruction on
tuberculosis In the public schools, plan
for a system of public lectures and a
more general knowledge on the preven
tion of tuberculosis.
Any white person residing In Fulton
county Is eligible to membership; an
nual dues $1.
Wo should have 5,000 membership
from Atlanta.
Let every one Join and help make
Greater Atlanta a healthier Atlanta.
Heartache and Laughter.
Once, speaking about Yegor, Pavel said:
Tlrt mii Irnow Anifmv flirt nannlit mhiiut
, No, that’s not true. If it were,
n-n thil whole "f Ilu"nla would split Us
sides witn laughter."—Maxim Gorky, In
Appleton’s.