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- September 29, 1911
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AVWVEC B D EIE
" (SUCCESSORS TO J. J. HARDAGE!
Staple and FancyGro
.. ceries & Feed Stuft
‘} We have purchased the stock of goods of Mr.J. J,
Hardage. and will continue the business in the old
tand. We expect to run a live, progressive grocery,
atering strictly to.the wants of the people, We will
bppreciate your trade, and promise the same fair
idreatment vou received with the old firm.
We expect to carry a first-class line of goods and
iWe are going to meet the other fellows prices. Call
i and see us or tslephone your wants.
i~ Mayes Brothers
>hone 118 MARIETTA, GA.
HONE 49 286 NORTH SIDE PARK SQUARE
W. M. BELISLE
JEWELER
An Up-To-Date Place to Buy Silverware (Best Quality), Cut
F Glass, Jewelry of All Kinds, Watches, Clocks, Etc.
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Months that Quality Will Permit. One Debt I
OWE to My Many Customers is a Continuance
of Good, Honest Work and Reasonable Charges.
Call at my Store—l am in at Afl Hours,
——Courteous Treatment to All.———
W. M. BELISLE
THE JEWELER
PHONE 49 26 NORTH SIE SQUARE
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UNDERTAKER EMALMER ond FUNERAL DIRECTOR
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THE MARIETTA JOURNAL AND COURYER
SCOURGE OF PELLAGRA
ALARMS THE WHOLE SOUTH
Mm*e'fhmfifiaseske- The MostTm;—nant Health
ported Since Discase Problem Today, Says
First Appeared. Medical Journal.
HE increasing prevalence of pel
lagra in different sections of
the country is responsible for
the editorial assertion in the
Journal of the American Medical Asso
ciation that “it becomes one of the
most important public health problems
of the present, if not the most impor
tant problem, and as such adequate
provision should be made for its thor
ough investigation by federal and state
health authorities.”
Colncident with the expression of
this serious view of the situation
comes the announcement from Lexing
ton, Ky, that Henry Garman, a gov
ernment bacteriologist and entomolo
gist, believes the buffalo gnat to be
responsible for the disease. Just how
the insect communicates the disease
has not yet been explained, but Mr.
Garman thinks he is on the right
track and hopes that his investigations
will lead to the discovery of a cure
for it.
“From Kentucky, Tennessee, North
and South Carolina and Georgla,”
writes the editor of the Journal of
the American Medical Association,
“come reports of increasingly numbers
of cases, some of them in localities
swhere the disease had not previously
been detected. These reports in all
probability mark the annual recru
descence of the disease and indicate
that it is increasing from year to
Yyear, at least in some localities, and at
a rate that demands serious consid
eration.
“The evident increase in the number
of cases, the high mortality attending
the disease, and the lack of knowl
edge regarding its etiology and preven
tion, have created some feeling of
alarm among the people of infected
localities Jest the disease might become
widely epidemic.
Reliable Data Scarce.
“Judging from the experience of It
aly, such an event is not impossible,
since in that country the disease, soon
after its appearance, became wide
spread and was attended by a high
rate of mortality.
““Accurate data regarding the preva
lence of the disease in this country
would at the present time be of the
greatest value, but unfortunately these
are not available since in only four
states 18 pellagra required to be re
ported and in only one of these are
such reports required by law.
“Were these data available for the
period since pellagra was first report
ed in the United States it is probable
that some idea would be gained as to
the extension of the disease and some
light might also be thrown on the eti
ology and other phases of the problem.
“No appreciable advances haves been
made in our knowledge of etiology and
prevention in the recent past. The
maize theory of the origin of the dis
ease appears to be nttracting less at
tention on the part of students of the
disease. Bambon’'s hypothesis regard
ing the agency of flies of the genus
slmullum appears as yet to have few
supportess in this country, although
Roberts of Atlanta in a recent paper
states thet from observations made in
his section conditions are very similar
there to those described by Sambon in
Italy whepe the disease prevails.
“Alessandrini of Rome, on the other
hand, attributes pellagra to a water
borne trematude of the genus filaria.
“Neither of these interesting «views
as to the pqasltlc origin of the dis
ease has been confirmed. In fact, defi
mte knowledge regarding the etiology
of pellagra is utterly lacking, and the
problem lis one therefore that calis for
urgent study and early solution.
Probably Not Contagious.
“Any true estimate of the signifi
cance of pellagra in the United States
and its importance in future must be
based largely on knowledge of fits
cause., The adoption of adequate preé
ventive measures also depends on this
factor.
“The practically universal view of
Stingy Steps.
An old man was passing our house
one afteenoon, taking exceedingly
short steps. My little cousin watched
him for several minutes and then said,
“Mamma, doean't he walk stingy?'—
Exchange.
Attacks School Principal.
A severe attack on school principal,
Chas. B. Allen, of Sylvania, Ga., is thug
told by him, ‘“For more than three
years,"” he writes, ‘‘l suffered indescri
bable torture from rheumatism, liver
and stomach trouble and diseased kid
neys. All remedies failed till I uged
Electric Bitters, but four bottles of this
wonderfnl remedy cured me complete
ly.” ‘Such resulte are common; Thous
ands blegs them for curing stomach
trouble, female complaints, kidney dis
orders, biliowsness aud for new health
and vigor, Try them. Only soeat W.
A, Sams’ Drug Store.
the mnoncontagiousness of pellagra
renders quarantine inadvisable and
unnecessary, and so far as known this
measure has not been adopted Ly ex
perienced authorities in their strug
gles against the disease. That health
authorities and physicians generally
are alive to the necessity of vigorous
action, however, is shown by the in
terest taken by them in the sabject.
*“On the other hand, press reports
and editorial comments indicate that
the public is becoming much exercised
over the situation. In an editorial in
one of the southern papers the situa
tion in North Carolina is referred to
as alarming, and the medical profes
sion is called on to devote more of its
time and thought to the problems in
volved.
"On the whole, the pellagra situa
tion must be viewed with serious con
cern. The disedse has been reported
from' more than thirty states, its area
is extending, and its presence is a
menace to the physical and mental in
tegrity of a large number of people.”
Reports just received from Augusta,
Ga., indicate that in that city at least
the disease is almost entirely confined
to women. Although the disease is
reported to thié board of health there,
there is no record of a child having
had it. One man was stricken with it
and died, but there is no other in
stance of a male having been afflicted
with pellagra in Augusta.
On the other hand, some fifty wom
en have been stricken there, Strange
ly enough, nearly all of these women
lived in one ward. Treatment seems
to be of little avall, and but few re
coveries are reported. Twin sisters
dled in the Fifth ward of pellagra
within a few days of each other.
The board of health of Augusta has
taken no steps to fight the disease, the
authorities being at an utter loss as
to the best course to pursue. Loca!l
physicians eagerly take up every new
remedy suggested by any medical au
thority whose name carries weight,
but the results so far have been dis
couraging.
Pellagra In the Country.
In the rural districts of Georgla con
ditions are similar to those in Au
gusta. The physicians of the Eighth
congressional district met recently to
discuss the situation. Those present
reported that they were attending
more than fifty patients suffering from
the disease, all of whom, with two ex
ceptions, were women.
Dr. Roy Harris, secretary of the
state board of health of Georgla, who
is one of the best known physicians in
the south, 18 reported to have declared
that pellagra is not a contaglous dis
ease and results solely from eating
poisonous foods. He says it is a va
riety of ptomaine poisoning arising
from the indigestion of corn products
prepared from diseased grain. This is
the view most popular in Italy, where
the disease has flourished for centuries.
It ils the simple ignorance of the
people,” according to Dr. Harris, “who
should be better informed, that is caus
ing the present agitation and fear of
pellagra.”
Dr. Harris declares that, although
the disease appeared in the south only
a few years ago, there are now at least
50,000 cases in the southern states
alone. The disease i 3 a most distress
ing one, causing visible physlcal symp
toms which the layman cannot con
template with equanimity, while the
mental symptoms are such as to re
quire the detention of the majority of
the victims in the state asylums. The
three state institutions in SBouth Car
oline are now crowded with them.
Dr. Harris maintains that the state
of Georgia could arrest the progress
of pellagra and wipe it out in five
years by prohibiting the importation
of western corn, which, he says, lis
badly damaged in the winter and then
shipped to the south. He asserts that
uniess southers physicians can obtain
legislative assistance the fight against
the disease will be practically hope
less.
And Gas, Sourness, Dizziness,
Headaches and Bad Dreams
Will Go.
If you really want a clean, sweet,
pure stomach, free from gas, sourness
and distress, go to Wikle-Hodges Drug
Co. today and get a 50 cent box of
MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets,
Take these little tablets according to
directions, aad if at the end of a week
you are not brighter, etronger and more
vigorous, just say so and get yourmoney
back
For heaviness after eating, eructation,
heartburn and that distressed feeling,
MI-O-NA Stomach Tablets will give
relief in five minutes.
Large box of MI-O-NA STOMACH
TABLETS, 5o cents at Wikle-Hodges
Drug Co, and druggists everywhere.
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i~ 2 link ‘in the' Chain of
(\ . Life. A chain'is no
; stronger. than its
: weakest link, the body
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weakest organ. If there is weakness of stomach, liver or lungs, there 1s &
weak link in the chain of life which may snap at any timeé. Often this so-valled
‘‘ weakness '’ is caused by lack of nutrition, the result of weakness or disease
of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. Disesses and
weaknesses of the stomach and its allied organs' are cured by the use of Dr,
Pierce's Golden Medicdl Discovery, When the weak or diseased stomach is
cured, diseases of other organs which seem remote from the stomach but whicly
have their origin in a diseased condition of the stomach and ¥
other organs of digestion and nutrition, are cured also.
The strong¢ man has a stroag stomach.
Take the above recommended *‘Discove U A
ery'’ and you may have a sirong stoilie« ¢ ‘
ach and a strong body. ! S
Given Away.—Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, i
new revised Edition, is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the T i
book n paper covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth-bound vol- — oo eBB
ume. Address Dr, R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. P G
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HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
In anoier fimes the wise men of the East bzsed all their
business &fl; rs and calculations on the positions and move
ments of th. stars. And now in 1911 the wise men here pat
roni%e the STAR PRESSING CLUB and TRIO LAUNDE‘Y.
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