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BELIEFS DON'T
Facts Are Stern—Why Not Know The
Truth—Seek That Which Is Above
Price
.You may believe that the millen-
Dium will or will not begin in the year
2000, but you must remember that
your belief will have no bearing on
the events that are in store for that
year.
You may believe that the sun will
rise tomorrow morning, but its rising
will be governed by the laws regulat
?ng the movement of the heavenly bod
les and not by your opinion. Itg ris
ing and your belief are merely daily
coincidents. You may not Dbelieve
that it will rain today, but you may
have to borrow your neighbor’s um
brella before night to get home with:
out getting wet.
You may not believe that there is
in the state of Georgia an organiza
tion that is vitally concerned in your
health and physical well-being. But
the fact stands that there is such a
body. The offices and laboratories of
this organization, the State Board of
Health, are doing daily what is in
their power to keep away from your
home that dreaded enemy, disease,
They are vitally interested in the pub
lic health of the citizens of this state.
You may not believe that for the
first six months of this year that the
State Board of Health furnished free
of cost to the people of Georgia more
than 48,000 doses of typhoid wvaccine,
but their records show that they did.
You may not believe that they treated
without charge more than one thous
and patients bitten by rabid animals,
a large percentage of which would
have developed rabies had such treat
ment not been administered, but such
is their record. You may not believe
that this institution is looking after
the purity of your water supply, but
the fact remains that they are ana
lyzing daily numbers of samples of
drinking water for the towns and cit.
ies of this state, in order to insure
their people against epidemics of ty.
phoid and like diseases.
You may not believe that the State
Board of Health is daily making ex.
aminations of all kinds of specimens,
with a view to diagnosis for the physi
cian so that they can administer the
proper treatment for your sickness, in
order that you can soon take your
place again at the wheel, or in that
capacity which is your vocation. But
that is indeed a very large part of
their work.
Your belief will probably be most
upset when they tell you that, based
upon the second million men drafted
into the army, only one other state of
all the states of the union showed a
larger per cent of venereal infections
than did your state, but as has been
said, your belief does not reduce even
by one the number so afflicted.
You ask what steps has your State
Board of Health taken to remedy
"this condition. Representatives have
made lectures, have shown moving
pietures at various places in the state
and have established clinics for the
ireatment of syphilis and gonorhea in
the larger cities of the state. They
have instituted another phase of work
in their laboratories whereby examin
ations are made free of cost for syph
ilis or gonorrhea.
If there is the least suspicion of the
existence of either disease in your
body, go immediately and advise with
your family physician. Rememobper,
80 long as the germs causing these
diseases are in your system, you are
sick and are not well.
Whatever your belief about other
things may be, you must believe the
universally known thing, and that is:
the building of a house, the gathering
of a crop, the security of the family,
the pursuit of happiness, liberty and
tife itself depend upon health.
STATE BUREAU
OF VITAL STATISTICS
Death Records for the Month of
July, 1920.
Dzaths by Causes:
shvbhold fever ..ol sa 64
RENEEIE e e e s 8
BEEMEIOE - 2
BERVIRE SRYON |ks 1
WHROODING cough ... . 4B
BENOEI o i
BRIRNORIR il i XS
TMROTONIOBIS . chiiciiiiiiiiiniss SlO
REROEE i ity et N
SERNIs mengits 00, 10
BRODIORY .. i U 0
Organic heart disease ............ 133
e DYORCDINIR i i T
EENGHIC DrOBONIIS s Y
SENRE DROUMONIA. .. ... B 0
QOther diseases of respiratory tract 63
JNsEeaAsel of stomach .. ... .43
Diarrhoea under 2 years ............... 192
RSN e e
DR i i e s 5
RENOeIE Of Mver s T
TRIRNLE QlBOO6 .. i 1Y
Diseases of female genital organs S
Puerperal septicemia ................... 15
Accidents of pregnancy and labor 31
Diseases early infancy .................... 54
BORBIIEY i i O
RS sl 13
PRI et T
BRI . i B
WY BIBOCROR ... ik TBO
CaNnbs not stated .l 20
RORAL i i i il ST
*lncluding 13 not classified as t¢ sex
Or race, ‘
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- SCHOOL CHILD
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| FRete
| If Your Child Is Restless and irritable
' It Needs Something — Possibly
! Change Of Food
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A healthy, normal, properly trained
child will eat heartily of plain food
‘set before him three times a day. If
‘the right kind of food is prepared
propertly and served regularly and he
is not permitted to eat between meals,
the average child will remain well, he
will have a happy, cheerfui disposi
tion, and will develop normally, phy
sically and mentally.
" The child who is underweight and
poorly nourished is not getting enough
food material or it is not properly pre
pared; or the diet does not contain
sufficient body building materials,
such as milk, meat, and green vegeta
bles. Perhaps there is too much of
starch and sweets. In occasional in
stances the underweight child is over
fed.
The child who is overveight (10
per cent or more) is getting too much
food, especially of the sugars and
starches and perhaps too little exer
cise. If in addition to the overweight,
he is soft and white, there is also a
deficiency of the bone and muscle
building material in his diet. This
child needs an abundance of green
vegetables, fresh fruit, lean meat, with
a very small quantity of bread, pota
toes and other starchy foods, and lit
tle or no sugar or fat.
The child who has poor teeth needs
foods strong ia mineral salts, spinach
and other green vegetables, milk and
oranges,
The child who refuses plain, sub.
stantial food and demands sweets and
fancy food is the ‘victim of improper
habits of feeding him. Such child
should be refused all sweets, given nag
food of any sort between meals and
only plain food given him at meal
time. It he refuses let him go hun
ry until the next meal time.
The child wha demands food be.
tween meals may be suffering from in
digestion, from too much food, or he
may be actually needing food. In
either event a slice of plain dry bread
or toast will relieve the discomfort
and will not encourage the habit of
piecing. A glass of milk may be
given with the bread to the child whe
s underweight.
The child who is restless at night,
who grinds his teeth in his sleep, or
who is peevish as a result of the loss
of sleep is sufrering from intestinal
Indigestion due to improper food and
bad habits of eating. This child
should be put on a severely plain diet
restricted to the simplest and most
easily digested foods; the evening
meal limited to semi-liquid foods, cus
tards, bread and milk, and the bowels
given special attention. If the diffi
culty is not overcome this child
should be taken to a physician, as he
may have an ailment needing medical
attention.
The child who is cross and irrita.
ble, lazy, listless, nervous or hateful,
needs a change of diet, or he is sick
and needs the attention of a physi
cian. Instead of punishing this child
find out what it is that is wrong with
him. The proper food and regula:
habits will work wonders with a
child’s tendency to bad temper. Not
only the health, the weight, the physi
cal and mental development of chil
dren (and adults), but their disposi
tion depends greatly on how and what
they are fed.
A great responsibility rests upon
the parents of our country in the prop
er rearing of their children. Under
present conditions especially is this
responsibility great so far as the girl
is concerned. The prevailing fashion
of dress, of dancing, of automobile
parties and other things of like char
acter have indeed a bad tendency.
Our mothgrs and fathers surely are
face to face with a responsibility nev
er before existing, partly due to the
results of war, but more especially to
our few years of affluence—money
to burn and we fear souls 1o lose,
It seems to us that it is time our
ordinaries, ministers and others who
have authority to perform the mar
riage ceremony should know rmore
about the fitness of the contracting
parties for the duties of married life,
No one should be joined in wedlock
who has an infectious or contagious
disease; it is not fair to the other
party to the contract; it is not fair to
the coming generation; every child
hasthe right to be born healthy. It
is not right to the taxpayer, who_has
to support the blind, the cripple, the
insane and the law breakers who
crowd our prisons.
Let's do something about it,
When Columbus discovered Ameri
ca, he found our Indians. It is also
sald he found syphilis, corn, potatoes,
Boston baked beans and tobacco, and
introduced them into Europe. Much
has been done to improve the corn,
beans, potatoes and tobacco. Mceney
is available for that laudable purpose,
They represent money. Not much for
syphilis; it represents ill health, mis
ery, insanity, loss of man-power and
death, <1
wWHAT WOULD YOU
HIT YOUR TOWN?
30,000 Victims of Sudden Disasters
Helped Last Year by
Red Cross
Atlanta, Ga., Nov.—What would
your town do tomorrow, were it sud
denly stricken by disaster?
* The question is not as foolish as
it may sound to people who are living
today in safety and happiness and
who no more anticipate disaster to
morrow than they do the end of the
world.
For no one knows when or where
disaster will strike.
There was no warning of the San
Francisco earthquake and fire. One
moment the people of that mighty city
were bustling about their business,
utterly devoid of fear or premonition;
.he next their entire world was tum
oling about their ears.
One morning two miles of the city
of Atlanta, Ga. were swept by fire
in less than four hours.
Wall street never expected a bomb
:xplosion until it came and killed
more than thirty people and maimed
scores of others in less time than it
akes to read this paragraph.
Even gathering storms and rising
toods, such as the south has known
m its coasts and at river cities like
West Point, Ga., give scaat warning
vefore homes are inundated and people
‘orcad to flee for their lives.
To any one at any time, tornado,
ire and storm may bring peril and suf
‘oring. So the question is asked
\gain:
“What would your town do tomor
ow if disaster struck?”
It i 3 to provide an answer to that
juestion that the American Red Cross
22s been in existence for years and
vears. It is the recognized official
agency for disaster relief, and it has
ived up to its responsibilities in a
vonrderful way.
TLoat is one reason wuay the Red
tos:. deserves the supnort of every
yne own its Fourth Roll Ca.'—to main
ain it so that, when disaster strikes,
he stricken will always have a help
ng hand to turn to, the American Red
>ress,
The disaster relief part of the Red
‘ross organization has been so thor
oughly perfected that it can answer
alls for help in the briefest possible
cime.
People of the south well remember
iow promptly the Red Cross respond
«d to the need .during the West Point
tlood last year, the Corpus Christi
storm and several other southern dis
asters, while fresk in the memory of
he entire country is the fact that
Red Cross doctors and nurses were
first on the scene” at the Wall street
xplosion, |
In addition to furnishing such
wrompt relief as this, practically ev
:ry Red Cross chapter has a per
aanent disaster rellef committes,
vhich has made a survey of resources
in their respective communities and
‘8 prepared to act promptly with the
aezns at hand when disaster occurs.
Illustrative of the genuine need for
ust such preparedness as this in the
Jnited States is the fact that, Ilast
sear alone, the Red Cross aided 30,
00 persons in 164 communities, all
sictims of 73 separate and distinct dis
-laters.
In the accomplishment of this re
ief work 140 Red Cross chapters were
-alled upon to assist, the sum of $9OO,
00 in cash and supplies was expend
d. Thirty temporary hospitals were
;:alled into existence, twenty-odd mo
.or corps were organized, seven spe
fal relief trains were sent out and
110 special representatives and nurses
were furnished in addition to the aid
siven by the local Red Cross workers
n the community visited by disaster.
In these 73 disasters, includinz 19
ornadoes and cyclones, 2 hurricanes,
2 cloud bursts, 1 hail storm, 2 earth
juakes, 1 landslide, 15 fires, 1 explo
sion, 9 floods, 10 shipwrecks, 1 train
wreck, 4 riots, 1 motor accident and
2 droughts—Bso persons were killed,
1,500 were injured, 13,000 (approxi
imately) were rendered homeless
while property valued at $5,000,000 was
destroyed.
The largest and most destractive
'isaster of the year was at Corpus
Christi, Texas, in September, 1919,
Approximately 400 were killed and 4,
000 made homeless. The Red Cross
division director with a staff of 25
assistants administered a fund of $4OO,
000, giving aid to 3,600 families and
four towns and rural districts and suf
ficient supplies to each family to en
able it to stand on its feet,
Because of tornadoes, the Guif and
[.ake Divisions were called upon to
send emergency reliel with trained
workers to nearly 80 communities. The
two droughts in Montana and North
Dzkota gave ahundant opportunity for
trained workers from the Northern Di
vision to help the Red Cross chapters
demonstrate their usefulness, while 2
number of shipwrecks proved the read
iness of the Atlantic Division and the
New York Metropolitan Area Commit
tee to assist in that line of work:
The record of last year emphasizes
the need of abundant preparedness
along the line of disaster relief, and
has resulted in the organization of
Disaster Preparedness Committees by
about 400 chapters and the setting
aside of a special emergency fund by
the National organization of $5,000,
000 in addition to the regular annual
appropriation for this purpose made
‘hhm_! Sk ol oO SR DOy Gl s
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
NEW SALEM.
(Delayed.)
Mr. Walter Stephens of South
reorgia is vsiting Messrs Walker and
lom Ttephens, at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. George Green and
Mrs. J. D. Carnes spent Sunday with
Mrs. W. C. Adair at Pine Mountain.
Miss Adeen Byrd was the guest of
Miss Rosa Lee Kirk last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Bearden spent
sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Srasure.
Several from this section attended
the singing at Pine Mountain Sun
day afterncon.
Miss Mertie Martin of Sugar Val
ey is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Martin.
Master Worth Frasure spent Sat
irday night and Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Edmondson, at Smyrna.
Mrs. C. Burton spent Friday with
Mrs. W. P. Hardage.
Mrs. H. R. Ridgeway is some bet
ter ‘at this writing.
Mrs. Ollie Carnes and family and
Mrs. Priest motored down to Lithea
Springs Sunday afternoon.
Everybody remember, preaching at
‘his place next Sunday morning and
singing in the afternoon.—Lucy.
KENNESAW.
(Delayed.)
Miss Ethel Brinkley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Brinkley, was
rarried in Marrietta Monday to Mr.
Marvin Dodd. Congratulations and
est wishes.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boring and Mrs.
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We have the stock and presses
to give you quick SERVICIE,
whether it be a simple job of
Cards, Letter Heads, Envel
opes or more intricate work.
Wgé;—;;—;;;sider the high qual
ity of our work, you will agree that
our prices are very low.
R. A. Jackson and baby, of Adairs
ville, have been visiting Mr. W. T.
Boring and family.
Mrs. Wm. Livinggood spent Tues
day in Acworth.
Mr. James Pyron and his mother,
Mrs. S. J. Pyron, vsited Mr. and Mvs.
Lucicus Leathers in Villa Rice last
weel:,
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan of Atlanta
have been visiting their daughters,
Mrs. John Brinkley and Mrs. Dock
Chalker.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Kitchen was
quite sick Sunday, caused by ptoma
ine poisoning,
Mrs. W. D. McAfee and little son,
Jack, of Marietta, who has been visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brinkley, re
turned home Wednesday accompanied
by Mrs. Brinkley.
WINTER RESORT FARES
SEASON 1920-21
Winter excursion tickets on sale to
winter resorts in the Southeast and
to resorts in Arizona and Texas daily
October 1, 1920 to April 30, 1921,
inclusive; final return limit May 31,
1921.
Stop-overs allowed at all stations
on either going or return trip, or
both, within final limit of ticket, upon
application to Conductor.
For full information as to rates,
schedules, etc.,, apply to nearest
Agent or Passenger Representative,
Central of Georgia Railway
F. J. Robinson,
General Passenger Agent.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER, 19, 1920,
| McAFEE. ;
(Delayed.) T
Among those of cur neizhbors who
are talking of going to South Georgia
are Messrs. J. R. Raines and W. A.
Bryson. :
Mr. and Mrs. A, H. Cunningham of
Kirks spent several days the past
week visiting friends and relatives
here. -
Mr. Frank Edwards and family of
Highlands visited in our community
Sunday. ;
Mr. W. T. Guffin and family visit
ed relatives in Atlanta the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Raines have
been on the sick list the past week.
Mr. R. A. Cunningham and family
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Cunningham of Kirks, Sunday. *
—Sun Grins.
DIXON SCHOOL HOUSE. '
(Delayed.} ;
Mr. J. P. Mathis and family spent
Suncday with Mr. L. P. Mathis and
family.
The singing given by Mr. D. M.
Ruff Wednesday night was enioyed
by all present. .
Mrs. V. Barrett and children spent
a few days last week with her father,
Mr. Lewis, of Acworth.
Mr. D. M. Ruff and family spent
Sunday with, Mr. and Mrs. P. C.
Adair.—Grey Eyes.
Remember that The Marietta Jour
nal is only One Dollar per year, and
do not forget that we do all sorts of
job printing neatly and promptly.
