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14 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.