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CRIME HITS NEW DIAMOND
MINES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Darina Holdup*, Murder* and Free
Fight* Are Occurring With
Alarming Frequency.
I Cape Town.—Free fights, murders with j
'and robberies are occurring
alarming frequency on the Llchten
bnrg alluvial diamond diggings. Since j
the recent rushes thousands of diggers
have assembled in the vicinity and
among them are ex-criminals who ap¬
pear to be reaping a rich harvest.
There have been several cases of
daring holdups. The latest was named one j
Jn which a Welverdlend digger
Preller was set upon late at nigiit by
a gang of native desperadoes wiio de- j
inanded money. He refused, upon j
which they set upon him with sticks
and robbed him of £19, leaving him
seriously injured.
Information was given to the police
and a posse set out to arrest the gang.
They came upon them and the natives
put up a tight witli the result that
Hie police were compelled to fire. One
.native was killed. The others were
arrested.
Another incident occurred at a
nearby field where a native was
caught stealing a bag of "bananas”
(discarded gravel after flie first sort
lag). The owner fired and wounded
the native slightly. The lalter drew
a knife and attacked the white man,
felling him. While on the ground the
native stabbed the Injured man, who
was taken to the hospital in a critical
condition.
Hoosiers Produce Most
Honey; Eat Lots More
Indianapolis.—Despite the fact In¬
diana is one of the largest honey pro¬
ducers in the United States, its in¬
habitants consume about twice as
much honey as its apiaries produce,
according to C. O. Yost, chief apiary
Inspector for t he department of con¬
servation and secretary of the In¬
diana State Beekeepers’ association.
Problems of the industry and t lie
marketing of the honey were discussed
by the beekeepers at a recent meeting
of the state association. A larger per
cent of Indiana honey is sold direct to
retailer or consumer than prevails In
any oilier large beekeeping state.
Roadside honey markets and sales to
retailers in the communities in which
the apiaries are located result in keep¬
ing practically all of the honey pro¬
duced in the state from entering the
wholesale market.
The honey production of Indiana
tills year exceeded that of California
and was approximately the same as
that of Michigan, Yost said. Some of
the Indiana producers in good years
produce from 75,000 to 80,000 pounds
of honey.
Loses His Spouse, Gets
Another in 34 Minutes
Chicago.—Thirty-four minutes was
(lie time it took a husband to rid
himself of one wife and acquire a
new one.
He was .Tames V. Condlnella, the
atrlcai producer. On the stroke of
noon Ids divorce ca.ee against Kalb
eriue Condlnella was called before
Judge Sullivan In the Superior court.
Twenty minutes later the decree was
signed on grounds of desertion.
Tlie supporting testimony was given
by .Miss Beatrice Wilson, twenty-four,
of Evanston, And before the Ink was
dry on the decree Miss Wilson went
with Condlnella over to the marriage
license clerk. They got a license and
she became Ids bride at 12:9-1 in the j
marriage court.
Deo Weisskopf, who was attorney j
for the plaintiff In the divorce case
served as best man and witness at the i
wedding.
“Say It With Women,”
Slogan of Advertisers
London.—"Say it with pretty wom¬
en,” is one of the slogans brought out i
at tlie Olympia Advertising exhibition j
"Put a pretty woman beside your j
name in tlie newspapers—whethet
you make mils and holts, penwipers
or motor cars—ami you have every¬
body noticing you, which Is the first
step toward buying,” advertisers say.
To carry out the idea, each of tlie 1
Hi national and international adver¬
tisers who placed exhibits at the show
were represented by a pretty girl. t
"Tell the women,” tlie experts ex- !
plained, "as they are the world's
spenders and the ones to whom ad
vertislng must he directed. Women
spend SO per cent of the world's
money, directly or indirectly. Men j
make the money, but women spend it. 1
therefore talk to the women.”
808,870 Seals Counted
by U. S. on Pacific Isle
Seattle, Wash.—Uncle Sam has just i
Imlshed his annual report on the
count of fur seals spending the sum j
ti ers on tlie Pribiiof Island rookeries, i
gust A total 10 of were 808,870 counted, animals increase up to Au of j j
an
•i7.589, or 6.25 per eeut, over last year, j
This summer 209,566 pups were
born on the islands, but there was an i
unusual dentil rate among tlie young I
sters. Halrbobs were given S.OOo
Hiree-y ear-old males for future breed
itig reserve. This marking will last
Jor several years.
A total of 27.000 seals were killed
this summer for pelts. Next year,
should market prices remain stable. It
is possible 50,000 hides could be ab¬
sorbed by the fur trade without in¬
jury to the rookery herd*.
Gems of Every Kind
Appealed to Beecher
“Sermons in stones” is not merely
a pretty phrase. More than one min¬
ister has preached from such a text.
Henry Ward Beecher seldom mounted
the pulpit without a few of these love¬
ly precious stones in his pocket, or,
indeed, went anywhere without them,
and he frequently referred to them in
his sermons.
He was trying to make a collection,
but that dear man had no more chance
of making a collection than snow has
of piling high on tlie Atlantic. Pos¬
sessions melted away in tlie fervent
glow of ids benevolence. He would
ask my opinion of a stone, become
passionately attaclsed to It, buy it.
"This,” he would say determinedly,
“is for my collection. This time I'm
really going to start.”
A few days later I would see him
showing It proudly to a friend. Tlie
friend admired It copiously.
"You Ilka it?” Beecher would ea.v.
beaming. Then lie came closer,
pressed It Into (ds friend's hand.
“Here, take It; it’s yours, perhaps
you haven’t any gems yet. I have
plenty—a whole collection.”
Then he would catch my eye and
edge away shamefacedly.
"You know that may mean Ihe be¬
ginning of a collection for that chap,”
he would say defensively.
I recall Ids telling me of the pe¬
culiar and powerful effect which gents
hud upon bitu, epitomizing as they
did for him the greatness of tlie Cre¬
ator in giving us these Utile treasures
of supreme beauty.—Dr. George F.
Kuriz in jhe Saturday Evening Post.
And It Would Always
Be u Just Like Home”
“Now, my dear," said the young
wife, "don’t let ustquarrel like so many
other couples. You know all we have
to do Is to avoid the first quarrel and
then there never can lie any.”
“Of course,” the young husband j
agreed, “but you stubbornly persist in |
hoarding at a hotel, although you
knew 1 can't endure hotel life and
want a home of my own.”
“We differ on that subject, to he
sure, but that is a small matter. Why !
not compromise?”
"Certainly, If you can suggest a !
way.’’
"Nothing Is easier. We will hoard
ut a hotel, and every evening when
you come home I'll complain about
the hotel help, Just as if they were
our own, and no doubt the proprietor
will agree to let me discharge one or
two occasionally and you cun spend
the morning at tlie intelligence offices
limiting for new ones, just as if we
were keeping house, you know.”
No More Leisure
Leisure is gone—gone .where the
spinning wheels are gone, and the
pack horses, and the slow wagons, and
tlie peddlers who brought bargains to
tlie door on sunny afternoons. Ingen¬
ious philosophers tell you, perhaps,
that tlie great work of (lie steam en¬
gine is to create leisure for mankind.
Do not believe them; it only creates
a vacuum for eager thought to rush
In. Our Idleness is eager now—eager
for amusement; prone to excursion
trains, art'museums, periodical litera¬
ture and exciting novels; prone even
to scientific theorizing and cursory
peeps through microscopes. Old Lei¬
sure was quite a different personage;
lie only read one newspaper. Innocent
of leaders, and was free from that
periodicity of sensations which we
call pastime,—George Eliot
Couldn’t Do It
Tlie purest comedy I have ever seen
occurred on an island In the Dutch
East Indies with black sandy shores
and white breakers and coconut palms
fingering a tropical sky. A little;
monkey, ids pointed forehead puck
ered into an earnest frown, was en¬
deavoring to climb a two-foot stick of
driftwood, would which he held in his hands j
He prop the stick firmly before
him, lift one leg carefully and clutch
tlie pole with his toes, test It can
tlonsly once or twice, then lift the
other foot confidently off the ground
and Immediately go tumbling head¬
long, stick and ail, down the hot
beach toward the sea.—Corey Ford I
Vanity Fair Magazine.
Far-Fetched Reminder
Brother and sister were sitting on
tlie creek hank, fishing. Sister threw
out her line with a new halt and it
became entangled in some brush. She
at once appealed for aid in recover¬
ing it. Brother drew It In, dragging
some debris witli it.
"Where's tlie jigger?” stie asked.
"The what?” from lie, who had not
noticed the floater was gone.
"Tlie—er—what you-tnay-call it. the
—oli. you know, the Irish county.”
“Ob, the cork!"
"Yes, yes," she replied, "that's It." !
Ability
A farmer called ou the notary In
tlie village and hail a deed made au j
Tlie took charges for few this service which j
a very minutes seemed
and the farmer expressed
"Well it's like this," said the notary,
professional men have to charge
for our ability.”
Now Be Honest
Laugh at the hoary old custom if
will, but probably even now your
mind Is toying with a
resolution or two,—Woman's
Companion.
THIS CLEVELAND COURIER, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA.
Tells How Girls Can
Get “Line” on Fiance
Two angles of the prenuptial state
which women should give careful con¬
sideration, so that they may be able
to avoid the pitfalls of marriage, are
pointed out by Doris Webster and
Alary Alden Hopkins in an article in
Liberty.
“First,” warn tlie authors, “study
his faults; second, observe him when
he is angry. Under tlie first head list
ids failings and decide whether or tint
you can endure them; for, while his
charm may disappear, his imperfec¬
tions will remain. Decide whether or
not you can live with him for fifty
years. Do not make tlie common mis¬
take of thinking that you can reform
him, even in tiny matters like flicking
cigarette ashes? on the best china.
“Taking up tlie second point, we
advise careful study of his emotional
reactions. What does lie get mad at?
Get a line on him when lie is twisting
Ids mouth into a sneer or booming
through iiis whiskers. How are you
going to handle him when tie is raging
or sulking? One final piece of infor¬
mation we bestow upon questing dam¬
sels, and It will not do married wom¬
en any harm to mull It over, too: No
human being can change another in
dividual’s personality.”
Electric Chair Death
Denounced as Brutal
When the governor of New York
in 1888 signed the bill that abolished
hangings in tlie state and provided
dentil by electric shock for certain
classes of criminals, the people ot
New York arose and denounced It a?
a brutal measure.
It Is hard for the present genera¬
tion to understand tlie agitations and
uproars caused by tills step. M our
day electricity Is a household drudge,
um| electrocution lias been established
ill 1!) slates.
But In tlie eighties electrical devel¬
opment was just beginning. T’u tlie
average citizen there was something/
diabolical in the proposal to InfHe'
death by such a terrible and unseen
power. Preachers thundered against
the chair from their pulpits. News¬
papers condemned it In blistering edi¬
torials. Doctors and scientists were
pof even sure that electric current
would kill.—Frederick Tisdale, in
Liberty Magazine.
Hats Resemble Houses
In the Hawaiian islands, long he
loro the inhabitants took the (rouble
to clothe themselves, tiiey built grass ;
houses, and ut the present time tlie
characteristic Hawaiian hat Is remark
ably like the hut.
The turbans of the dignitaries of
Ids tenantry. He was Surprised in
catching a man in one of bis corn!
bins putting corn into a sack. Draw
lug up, lie said:
“Say, what air you doin’ there in :
my cornerib?”
answered, "Why, can’t “I'm you taking see?” the fellow yo'ur! j
some of
corn.”
Astounded at his boldness, tin
landlord was at first speechless
Finally, he managed to say:
“Well, te.cli as light on't as you can
Giddap.”
Asbestos as Insulator
According to the R. M. F. Electrical !
Year Book, asbestos in its pure state ;
free from metallic oxides, is a good j
electrical insulator, it is very difficult !
to find asbestos free from iron oi
other impurities and for this reason it !
is a better thermal insulator than elec j
trical. Frequently it is mixed with
oilier fibers or binding materials to in i
crease its mechanical strength and to j
improve the insulation properties, and <
it is then fabricated into paper or!
sheets, boards, tape, cloth, etc. It is ;
used as an insulation for wires and !
cables exposed to high temperatures. ;
Sum Days
Arithmetic is now being taught in 1
some kindergartens; so it seems than
even the tiny tots have their days of
reckoning.—Farm and Fireside.
DREAD ‘NORTHER’
OF SEA TRACED
Starts Damaging Career as
Dakota Cold Wave,
Scientists Say.
M nsiilngton. — “Northers,” severe
storms of the Guff of Mexico and tiie
Caribbean sea, which are most nu¬
merous in tlie winter months, start
as cold waves in the Dakotas and
wreak their havoc in tlie Middle West
before going to sea. This is the state¬
ment of Willis Edwin Hurd of the
United States weather bureau here,
who has been studying these storm#
and t|jeir origin.
“From the very nature of the
norther,” says Mr. Hurd, “one recog¬
nizes tiie fact that it is dependent for
1 its strength and maintenance upon the
magnitude, movement, and relative
positions of the high and low pressure
areas crossing Hie United States and
tiie waters to the southward.”
Alt’. Hurd describes the formation
of tlie norther;
“A blizzard sweeps down from Hie
Northwest, the high wind blowing
along the eastern wall of tlie anticy¬
clone. The air is idling with Intense
cold and blinding with tine snow par¬
ticles so thick that they obliterate
all objects more limn a few feet from
the eye.
Takes Lick at Texas.
"Meanwhile; as Hie storm descends
from the Dakotas, the air over the
Texas plains is warm and humid, with
n springlike halmlness characteristic
of many of the winter low-pressure
ureas of this region. Suddenly dark
clouds, advancing slowly or with a
tumultuous rapidity from the north¬
ward, make the southern stundl line of
the storm wave. Here comes the
blizzard; hut now. If we wish, we
may call It a Texas norther.'
"The first blast of tlie squall Is cold,
if rain has been falling. Hie precipita¬
tion may quickly change to sleet <>r
snow. Tills, with the sharp fail in
tempera!tire, is highly disagreeable tq
all living beings, even deadly if accom¬
panied by too long exposure, while It
Is disastrous to tender vegetation, if
there Inis been no precipitation pre¬
ceding the burst, and none should
happen to follow it, the norther may
he classed as dry instead of wet.
“The anticyclone continues to ad¬
vance southward, meanwhile spread¬
ing to thp East. It reaches the const
and enters upon the waters of the
Gulf of Mexico. There great veloci¬
ties may be developed, and squalls of
even greater Intensity may occur
along-particularly exposed , Hons of
[the coast.
Brings Frost to South.
"flfwimvlille the line of frost also
advances into Hie southland. A freeze
threatens the orange groves. The In¬
habitants of eastern Mexico, even of
Honduras, tlit< Florida keys, and of
i 'Him. perhaps, shiver under tlie in¬
fluence :it the unwonted chill.
■‘Small streams of the norther flow
[over Lliiierns the Mexican passes of the t'or
into the I’licltic, hut the great
main current presses on to Hie soutii
kvurd and eastward, into tlie Carib¬
bean and toward the open Atlantic,
hoi only cooling end disturbing Ihe
I’nsierli |\aa littoral <> Ihe upper Celtlial
rieati Hines and adjacent waters
o the West Indies, lull tinall.v per
mps. venting tlie last feeble puffs of
Is energy up the harbors of 1‘aiiamn
Hid oven the more distant coasts of
’oloui'da.'
..... .
-L.'r of G!ack M.'ce
Wh.tcns Under X Ray
Binshm-. Ii I',-I Dr. Hubert T. \
lance, head ot llie zoology depart- -
• lent id tlie I niver-diy of Pittsburgh
nd *■ i!11■ . !.-,| v. Hi Hie Hockeftdler
le titute lot Medi'-at Koseareh, lias
Ten studying tile Idologieai effect of |
J.' Jlmi ray - Hie with \ a view do to discovering j
r. ! <-,-;a to benefit man ;
id wherein Ii does him only harm.
Among Ids expo'dments was one
hieh showed flint llit- longer a potato -
exposed to X-rava, the blacker it i
‘Is. bill that when a mouse is ex- j
«setl to tin* rays longer than a cer
|^iin period its hair heroines white, a
result, incidentally, which Doctor !
I lance believes is due to tlie destrue- ;
lion of the organ which produces the
pigment.
When mice with dark hair had been ;
exposed to X-rays up to a certain j
point, did they the turned darker Doctor and darker ) !
as potato. fiance dis
covered: hut after a few weeks. Hie 1 '
mice and became white. replaced The by dark hair fell J
out was the white.
Doctor (lance also states that it i
rook a longer exposure to X-rays to
turn to white the hair of pure agouti j
mice that is. mice whose parents were j
both pure black.
Youth Halts Yale Dean
as Bootlegger at Bowl
New Haven. Conn.—The sermons of i
I Van Charles Keyimhls Brown, of Hie
\ ale Divinity school, are more fa¬
miliar to Hie student body than is his ■
face, so when he attempted to carry j j
a traveling hag into the Yale bowl he
was halted by a student ticket taker I
who remarked that lie “looked tike a
bootlegger.”
In vain Hie dean tried to convince j
the lad that lie was hut a poor divine i
with a bagful of sermons which he j
was taking to Cambridge. Before he
could enter the gates the dear, was
forced to make the rounds until he !
found a ticket taker who recognized I |
him and was willing to take a < mince
lluit his bag was not full of ''bouch.” ‘
Ancients Knew Value
of Ultra-Violet
I While we attribute the discovery
tiie ultra-violet ray to a Nineteenth
century scientist, tlie use of it in tlie
treatment of disease is of ancient
origin. Sun treatments are known to
have been given about 2,000 year#
ago, arid probably date hack much far¬
ther, because iIre practice of sun wor¬
ship is very old. For various reasons
sun treatments became a lost art until
the Eighteenth century. Since that
time they have enjoyed an increasing
popularity.
The discovery that, tlie ultra-violet
Fn the sun’s rays was’ largely respon¬
sible for many of the beneficial ef
i feds probably was one of tlie great
j ! est heliotherapy. single advancements made in
Immediately new fields
were opened and much more careful
scientific studies were made. Helio¬
therapy, tlie art, began to take on
Hie aspects of a science.
It is not a full-grown science yet,
however, for much remains to be
learned, and until there is closer co¬
operation between physicians ami
physicists there is little hope that it
will become full grown. Neither the
Physician nor the physicist is suffi¬
ciently well Informed in tlie other s
field to permit him to undertake in¬
telligent Investigations in ultra-violet
therapy. Probably in uany instances
om* Is tin willing to call upon the oth¬
er for aid lest he lose credit to him
*®lf thereby. Fortunately, however,
• lie need for united effort is being
recognized to a greater and greater
extent, so that within the next few
years many facts concerning tlie use
of ultra-violet In therapy should tie
brought to light.—Donald C. Srock
barger in the North American Review.
Food for Birds Kept
in Natural Storage
An English ornithologist found his
"ay into the heart of the Ural moun¬
tains in the valley of the Petehoru
river, a writer in the Chicago Journal
relates. Along the lower part of the
river stretched Hie tundra, a dreary,
ttninhiihited treeless swamp, covered
with Ice and snow. Nevertheless, tie
found that this unattractive spot was
the summer home of almost half the
bird population of the Old world.
The traveler reached the region In
early April. Forests and tundra were
as devoid of life as tlie desert of
Sahara.; hut a change was near. Sad
denly summer broke over tlie scene,
innumerable birds of ail sizes ami
colors appeared within 48 hours.
The birds would starve if It were
not for one tiling. The perpetual sun
of the Arctic summers causes plants
to hear in wonderful profusion. Each
year, when Ihe berries are ripe and
before the birds can gather many of
them, the snow descends upon the
tundra; It cavers the crop Mini pre
’■erves It in perfect condition. Then
comes the spring sun to melt Ihe snow
and uncover the hushes, loaded with
ripened fruit, and the ground beneath
covered with the fallen provender.
The berries never decay beneath the
snow.
Happier
Every year strips us of at least one
vain expectation, and teaches us to
reckon some solid good in its steiid. 1
never will believe that our youngest
days are ottr happiest. What miser
aide augury for the progress of tlie
race and tlie destination of tlie indi¬
vidual, if tlie more matured and en¬
lightened state Is the less happy one!
. . . All this to prove that we are
happier than when we were seven
years old. and Hint we shall be hap¬
pier when we are forty than we are
now, which I call a comfortable doc¬
trine. and one worth trying to be¬
lieve!—From “The Letters of George
Eliot,” Selected by Ft. Briiuley John¬
son.
No Use for Soft Couches
It was natural, on account of the
rigors of climate, that Interest in
sleeping arrangements should be pro-,
nounced In northern countries. Sure¬
ly no southern race evolved the feath¬
er lied. Among the humble Saxon
folk, writes Estelle H. Ries, in the
Mentor Magazine beds were simple
sacks filled with straw and laid on
benches or chests. This use of straw
continued for centuries, even on the
beds of kings. The covers were usu¬
ally the skins of wild beasts. It must
he said, however, that these robust
people had a certain contempt for a
soft couch, so that often their choice
of a hard one was voluntary.
Still in the Making
It takes patience and wise forecast
to make one satisfied witli the slow
development of things In tlie woild.
So much is in the making. Tlie pres
ent output may seem imperfect and
uncouth, but wait; after a while tlie
finished product, and it will please us
much. It was on this account that a
Scottish artist once said: “} never
let bairns or fools see tu.v pictures
till they are done.” it takes a ma¬
ture mind to get along with imma¬
ture things.
Name of Sing Sing
The name of Sing Sing prison and
also the name of Hie adjacent village,
Ossining, are derived from an Indian
name meaning “place of stone.” t ilth
1901 tlie village had tiie name of sing
Sing, but the residents objected to the
association with the name of the pris¬
on and after several attempts suc¬
ceeded in changing it, Tlie village of
Sing Sing was incorporated in 1813,
12 years before the prison was estab¬
lished there.
j '
MUONIC BENEVOLENCE
The Masons of the state at this time
are busy raising a f ind for the pur¬
pose of building a cottage "or tuber¬
culous children at Alto. This move¬
ment was agitated some years ago and
the Grand Lodge by resolution under¬
took to put up the cottage: the Grand
'Chapter has already given the funds to
furnish it. The Legislature at its last
assembly agreed to accept the gift and
forever maintain it. Grand Master
Daniel has set the Masons to work to
raise the money. Tiie amount sub¬
scribed will determine the size and
beauty of the building; we feel sure
that it will be in keeping with Masonic
reputation.The cottage will reflect what
Georgia Alasons think of Georgia chil¬
dren who are sick. Mr. Duggan, Com¬
missioner of Education for the State,
now comes forward and says he will
build, equip and maintain a model:
school for tlie afflicied children who.
are sent there. He proposes to let the
children of the state build the school:
1 house for their sick schoolmates. What
a splendid idea; what a lesson it wilt
teach them! A few nickels, dimes or
an egg or two will build it if all will
e ve. Would it not be a splendid tiling
if such a school were built and main¬
tained through the hot summer months
for all the tuberculous children ot
Georgia? Think about it; a twelve¬
months school, if you please. Think
about it from all angles; think.
We believe that the Masonic cottage
will he only a starter; it will tie a
demonstration of what can he done,
what should be done, and after a trial
we predict that many cotiages of like
character will la? built at Alto or else¬
where. The germ of this idea will
grow and grow, i.a beneficence will
dawn upon the people of Geo” is some
day and ou the hills of Habersham
and ail over Georgia will he built
other : id still other cottages for our
afflict ! children, who will return to
their homes brown, strong and well.
All halt to Masons and Masonry! They
are building better than they now
know.
Georgia’s Natural Increase !n
Population in 1927
Was 28,841
The natural increase in population,,
that is, the excess of births over
deaths, was 28.841 for Georgia in 1927.
Although this is a substantial natural
increase, it is really greater than this
because the registration of deaths is.
more complete than for births, if
for every year from 1920 to J9:50 the
natural Increase was the same as for
1927, It would show a greater natural
increase in population than the total
increase between the decadal census
of 1910 to 1920, which included the
natural Increase and immigration.
During the year 1927 there were
registered 60,151 births and 31,310
deaths, or, in other words, for every
hundred deaths registered there were
one hundred ninety-two births. When
the tatio ot births per 100 deaths is
less than one hundred it indicates a
decadent population which is a grave
reflection on any State or commun¬
ity. It retards progress and develop¬
ment, for no intelligent person would
invest liis capital or live in a com¬
munity where health or other con¬
ditions prevented a natural increase
in population.
Every Georgian wants to see our
State grow in wealth and population,
then see to it that all births and all
deaths are registered so that Georgia
may have accurate Vital Statistics to
prove that she has a strong, vigorous,
healthy population.
HEALTH WORK TELLS,
Comparison of the physical exam¬
inations of school children in 1924 with
the same classes In 1927 gives the
gratifying information that 34 per cent
decrease was shown in defects in one
of the best counties in our State which
operates under a full-time commis¬
sioner of health and two nurses. It
paid this count}', don't you think? It
F Hd Georgia to have this increased
efficiency in the schools. It is an ex¬
pensive thing to try to teach children
who are not physically fit.
The lesson to be drawn from this
v onderful showing perhaps is that
pre- ehoo] work pays more in divi¬
dends than any other type of work.
This good county has had for more
than two years a nurse whose time is
devoted to mothers and babies up ta
the seventh year.
FIGHT SOCIAL DISEASES.
Tlie records of the Department of
Venereal Disease Control of the State
Board of Health show that 45,401 Was
sermann tests were made during the
year by the public health laboratory,
which does not include the countless
thousands made by private laboratories
throughout the State; 1S.0S8 doses of
arsphenamine were distributed, an in¬
crease of 10,220 doses over the previ¬
ous year: 34,570 Keidel tubes, an in¬
crease of 5,874 over the previous year,
and 3,075 pamphlets of literature
on venereal diseases. Also 26.S90 am¬
pules of silver nitrate to prevent
blindness were manufactured and dis¬
tributed to midwives and physicians.
Center your work on the pre-school
chi d if you wish to do a rea job:
on the expectant mother and her baby
if you waa; us do the best job.
