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The South Must Teach the Negro how
to Protect and Preserve health
It is undeniably true that tuber
culosis, syphilis, typhoid fever,
smallpox, and other contagious
diseases are much more prevalent,
among the negroes than among'
the whites. That these diseases
are often transmitted to the whites
by negroes is well known to all
physicians. If for no other reason
than self-protection, It is high
time that the whites of the South,
upon whom must fall all (he cares
iijiu responsibilities of managing
the affairs of state for tlie public
good, should take steps to prevent
the continued spread of tubercu
losis and other diseases among
the negroes. If the cooks, chil
ttren's nurses, laundresses, and men
servants have contagious diseases,
there is danger of the families be
coming infected.
Much may be accomplished in pr
enting disease by educating the m
roes along the right lines. The Sou*
The Only Exclusive Furniture Store in Augusta, Operated by Colored Men
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1017 Campbell, Cor. Dugas Sts. BtIUIISTA, OCORCiIA PHONE 2E66
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RELIABLE GOODS AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT.
B. J. Dent, Mgr.
Phone 2004
Graining
Enameling and
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a Specialty
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Paper Hanging
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Promptly Executed
has done nobly in educating the ne
groes, and, added to the public schools
supported by the states, Northern and
Eastern philanthropists have endowed
the negro schools and colleges to an
extent that negro children have us
good, and perhaps better, opportuni
ties for obtaining both a common
school and collegiate education than
have white children; but the moral,
physical and hygienic education of the
race is almost wholly neglected.
More Education Needed.
The whites should sec to it that the
negroes are properly educated. They
should bo taught, that health anil hap
| piness I'otne from regularity in habits
lof work, diet, recreation dml sleep,
‘and that a liberal amount of each is
paired to keep in perfect health.
>*>ve all, they should he taught the
inor and manliness of physical labor;
iid that an education fits them for
their life’s work, and not for a life
| of idleness and luxury; and that there
' is as much honor, ami better health.
FURNITURE AND STOVES
“Everything for the Home”
COME AND SEE US.
WM. WAITERS
« tfc* '
CONTRACTOR AND PAINTER
in farming than in teaching and
preaching.
Industrial education properly car
ried out, is a movement capable of
doing great good for the race. The
negroes should be taught to save their
money and put it in homes and farms;
thta for their race the dangers of So
dom lie in the towns and cities; that
there lurk disease and death. This
statement is proved by the enormous
mortality rate of the negroes in the
cities. These things and much more
should be taught (he negroes, not only
to make them good citizens and for
the s ke of right, but to make them
stilinger physically, so that they may
resist the infection o' tuberculosis
anil other discus's.
Most Important Question.
.The problems mentioned are among
the most important questions facing
(lie Mouth. Indeed, the' future of the
Souh depends largely upon their solu
tion. If the Southern states can be
freed from the diseases mentioned; if
the poor whites and the negroes of
the South can bo made stronger physi
cally and morally and become effi
cient laborers, capital and capitalists
will pmir into this section to develop
th*> magnificent resources.
The cotton mills will come to the
Credit if You Want It
John Fields, Asst. Mgr.
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The Above Illustrates Some of the Homes Painted by Me
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
cotton fields, iron and other mineral
resources will be developed to an ex
tent hitherto nos dreamed of and all
Gulf and Atlantic coast cities will be
come shipping and manufacturing
cities of the greatest importance.
Prove that yellow fever and malaria
are forever stamped from the South,
and the resulting prosperity will
amaze the world.
Dr. Gorgas, in a recent address be
fore the New York Academy of Medi
cine, said that “With the removal of
yellow lever and malaria, the tropics
will become the centers of civilization
of the world.” Before this becomes
true of the torpics the centers of in
dustry and progress must first come
of the South, and the recent progress
and prosperity of this esetion would
indicate that tile day is not far dis
tant when this hope will be realized.
TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES
Army and Navy Journal.)
Because of the fact that many for
est fires are set through the careless
ness of hunters, campers and others
who go into the woods for recreation,
the United States foreist service has
taken up with manufacturers of fire
arms and ammunition the question of
a co-operative arrangement through
which purchasers and users of guns
and cartridges shall be reminded of
the fire danger. Many forest fires
are started by he carelessness of hunt
ers, who drop burning matches, cigar
or cigarette stumps; or pipe coals in
the woods, or build a fire carelessly.
Forest fires greatly injure the inter
ests of sportsmen by robbing both
birds and big game of their cover anj
food supply.
It is suggested that the manufac
turers ought to be sufficiently inter
ested in the matter of perpetuation of
game to be willing to help by printing
some brief fire warning on cartridge
boxes or some slip to go with any
hunting or camping supplies. Several
manufacturers have already expressed
their interest in the matter.
, the HELL GATE BRIDGE i
(Engineering Record.)
The most important structure of the
New York Connecting Railroad is the
Hell Gate bridge now under construc
tion. It will he the largest span of
its type in the world—l,ol7 feet—and
will he of imposing appearance and
monumental character, designed with
regard to architectural and artistic
efeet and efficiency of construction.
I The span will have a total weight
l of over 26,000 tons, equal to 53,000
pounds per linear foot, including about
10,000 tons of high barbon structural
steel, equivalent to 38,000 pounds per
linear foot. The great weight is due
; to the heavy loading specified.
I On May 1 about 10,000 tons of
I structural steel for the main span had
I been fabricated and it is expected that
tlie erection will be begun in July,
j Both ends of the span will he erected
I simultaneously and each of them wiil
ho assembled by a steel traveler mov
j ing on the roadway platform and an
other on the top chords. It is esti
mated that the erection will he com
pleted in 1915. The heaviest pieces
to be handled in the field will weigh
about 200 tons, and there will he about
1,000,000 1 1-4-ineh field-driven riv
ets, soem of them over 11 inches long,
| all driven by pneumatic hammers.
Substitute For a Horse
In the August Woman’s Home Com
panion appears an interesting pane
entitled “Good Times That Cost Next
to Nothing,” in which various re
sourceful persons tell how they have
enjoyed happy vacations. A Michi
gan woman contributes the follow
ing:
‘‘My husband has a motorcycle and
in the barn we had an old buggy. We
hitched the motorcycle to the buggy
and took trips in this queer vehifcle;
every week end, going to visit in an
other state, and just dawdling along
as we pleased. My husband rode the
machine, and the children and I, with
a small amount of luggage, were piled
in the buggy. We took folding can
vas cots and a hammock, and spent
cahe night in the open.”
SOUNDED SUSPICIOUS.
“You think' our confidential clerk
should he watched?” inquired Mr.
Skids. “I’ve always thought he was
above suspicion.”
“So did, J," admitted Mr. Skittles,
“hut the other day I heard him say
he could live comfortably on the sal
ary we’re paying him.”—Puck.
THE BURRUSS SANITARIUM
AUGUSTA (INCORPORATED) GEORGIA,
1201 CAMPBELL ST., COR. GWINNETT.
CAPITAL STOCK SIO,OOO
The
Largest
and Most
Complete
Sanitarium
in the
South
For
Colored
People.
The Burruss Sanitarium has enticed upon its eighth year’s work. The institution is a three-siory bu ldtng con
sisting of 1 27) twenty-seven rooms and a ward, located in the southwestern portion of the city, convenient to
(he depot and easily accessible to the Turpin Hill and Monte Snno car lines. 9he rooms are well vent.luted,
handsomely furnished anil provided with electric bells and electlic iigiitins appav. tus. The operating room is
equipped with all the remiisites of modern and aseptic surgery. This institution is owned and m paged by G.
S Burruss A.15..M.1k.1M.1X. who has been especially fortunate in securing the services and the active co-opera
tion of all the leading colored physicians of this city. The management has been of such as to establish here a
place where cooed women suffering witli abdominal tumors, pelv c abscesses, diseased ovaries, and tubes and
indeed wild any form of pelvic or abdominal trouble and diseases of rectum may come and have the best of care
during their stay. The success of the Sanitarium is assured. Our death rate from all causes has been less
than two per cent. Our oas* s h ive done uniformly wed and we solici t you to send to us any su gical wiVk
which mav come under your observation. We promise to ilo all in our power to get favorable results. A nurse
training department is connected with the institution which consists of three years' course of discipline. Nurses
who have completed the course of study will receive Diplomas and degree of G. N. Applicants must he 18 years
of age, and have a common school education and it good moral character.
GRADY’S COTTON.
What a royal plant it is! The world
waits in attendance on its growth.
The shower that falls w’hispering on
its leaves is heard around the earth.
The sun that shines upon it is tem
pered by the prayers of all people. The
frost that chills it, and the dew that
descends from the stars are noted,
and the trespass of a little worm on
its green leaf is more to England than
the advance of the Russian army on
her Asian outposts. It is gold from
the instant it puts forth its tiny shoot.
Its fiber is current in every bank; and
when loosing its fleec to the sun it
floats a sunny banner that glorifies
the field of the humble farmer. That
man is marshaled under a flag that
will compel the allegiance of the world
and wring a subsidy from every na
tion on earth! It is the heritage that
God gave to this people forever as
their own, when He arched our skies,
established our mountains, girt us
about with the ocean, loosed the breez
es, tempered the sunshine and meas
ured the rain. Ours and our children’s
forever. As princely a talent as ever
came from Hie hand to mortal stew
ardship.
yVLfliWr J, mgfn HE r- a**Ty K* cfy
1281 Augusta Avenue
I have painted such build
ings as the First Presbyte
rian Church and School
Buildings.
Judge Eve, residence,
Monte Sano.
Miss / Verderv, resi
d i , Monte Sano.
Mr. Chas. Marks’ residence,
Monte Sano.
Mrs. L. B. Bransford, resi
dence, Summerville.
Miss Annie G. Montgomery,
residence, Summerville.
Mr. C. B. Garrett, residence.
City.
Mr. Jno. P. Dill, residence,
City.
Mr. 1). F. Jack, residence,
City.
Mrs. A. ,1. Salinas, residence
City.
And many others with the
verv best eitv reference.
“AUGUSTA IN 1 914”
TEXAS
(Memphis New Scimitar.)
The eopel of Texas are proud of
the great state, and with reason, it
contains 265,700 square miles, divided
into 252 counties, of which five remain
unorganized. In population, Dallas
county leads with 135,748 persons, and
Cochran county comes last, witlrtonly
sixty-five persons. hTe port of Gal
veston handles a foreign commerce
which exceeds the combined total
foreign commeree of all the Pacific
ports. Texas has more railroad mile
age than any state in the Union, but,
territory considered, it will Sequire
four times as much as it has to equal
the mileage of the state of Illinois. In
agricultural products Texas is in a
class by itself, cultivating 30,000.009
acres of land, which is about one
fourth of the tillable part of its su
perficial area. When the Texan goes
abroad he makes a loud noise, and ac
cording to these statistics he has every
right to be heard.
Competent
Trained
Nurses
Care for
and
Handle
the
Patients.
Board
and
Treatment
of
Patients
Reason
able.