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About The Gibson record. (Gibson, Ga.) 1891-1954 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1925)
Published to Furnuh the People of Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper and as a Medium for the Advances^*! of the Public Good VOL. XXXI. NO. 38 FOUR HUNDRED CHiLPREN WAITING The State Suffers and Pays, The problems connected with the care of the feeble-minded, Including as tt does the study of Individual cases, the training of those who present any hope of responding to an effort to make them at least partially self-sup porting and that very large proportion «>f all mental defectives who must re main permanent institutional cases (and there are many in this condition and a very large percent who must or should be forever separated from the community) are being faced and worked out at Gracewood, Ga., In the Georgia Taaining School for Mental Defectives. This Institution, which is operated by the State under the control of the Georgia Slate Board of Health, waa opened in th e middle of 1921 with fifty patients, its full capacity. On Janu arl 1, 1922, there was a waiting list of one hundred and twenty-nine appli cants; on January 1st, 1923, there was a waiting list, of two hundred and six teen; on January 1st, 1924, there was a waiting list of more than three hun dred applicants, and at the present time there 1 b a waiting list of approx imately four hundred. The housing and other facilities at the school limit its capacity to the present enrollment of aprpoximately fifty inmates; while authorities esti mate that there are over one thousand children alone in the State; some of them in insane asylums and corrective institutions, that should be receiving Institutional care and training at Gracewood AND FROM WHOM THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PRO TECTED. This means that there are hundreds of mental defectives in Geor gia who are now passing through and beyond the trainable age who must consequently always be a burden to the community because of lack oi training and, what is inflntely worse, a constant menace. The expenditure of a few thousand dollars in providing one new building and slightly Increased annual appro priation for operations would enable the school to double Its capacity and at a greatly reduced per capita cost. We should really provide at once for the 400 applicants on the waiting lisL The question is not whether or not the State will meet the cost of fee ble-mindedness, we must and are pay ing. The only choice is whether we will pay Intelligently and in a man ner to control and reduce the propor tions of the problem or will we con tinue to pay the ever increasing cost of crime, courts, prisons, poor houses and Insane asylums, ail of which are a. ready full and overflowing. Shall we pay the cost of prevention or the cust of the consequences? MOST COMMON DISEASE Recently a hookworm survey was made among the school children In three counties in our State. The In fection in all ran high. The results of the treatment wer e the same in all and were most satisfactory. One typ ical school showed that 92 out of a hundred of the children had hook- TIGHT FEELING Stomach Troubles Relieved by the Aid of Black*Dranght. Telling how he obtained relief from very disagreeable symptoms of stomach trouble, Mr. Charles T. Wlntz, of R. F. D. 4, Huntington, W. Va., made the following state ment: “I began taking Black-Draught about fifteen years ago. I would have gas on my stomach that just pressed and seemed .to shorten my breath, and I would have ail kinds of and feeling. I in My head would fix. ache was a very bad "I had tried remedies that didn’t seem to do me any good. I saw for Black-Draught it. advertised and sent it “Aftertakingafew helping doses, It seemed I knew to was me. break up the gas, and the tight, bloated like feeling disappeared, I would and 1 was a new man. not be without Black-Draught. 1 can eat anything 1 want to. If 1 get dizziness in the head, Black Draught relieves it.” Sold everywhere; 25c. C-35a 4 REC r • OIBSON, OA., WEDNESDAY, AUG, 5.1925 EXAMINATION OF PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIES Protection of private water tap plies Is of great importance in re ducing diseases spread through drink ing water. An inspection of a water supply eon very often show the means of pollu tion. To make Inspections of private water supplies would take a larger personnel than can now be employed by the State Board of Health owing to want of funds. This can be supple mented by laboratory examinations which would reveal pollution If pres ent. Those examinations should be made upon request by the State Board of Health without any charge. Due, how over, to the great increase In labora tory work In examining samples of water from municipal supplies, the State Board of Health found tt neces sary to charge five dollars for each examination of water collected from private sources. Shall the State Board of Health con tlnue to either charge this five dollars or stop examining private water sup plies entirely? One or the other must be done unless the people of this State demand that the State Board of Health be given a sufficient appropri ation under which to operate. When one Is not constantly on the watch disease will come In. Eternal vigilance Is the price of good health. In arranging and thinking of new legislation for 1925 we hope that our legislature will give to our State Board of Health most liberally. The early diagnosis of all diseases is most desirable, but this 1s especial ly so of tuberculosis. All children who are not growing, who are not develop ing, should be examined for hook worm and tuberculosis. No one should ever for a moment consider consulting an advertising doctor; good, reliable physicians do not advertise. Consult In Illness your family doctor; he Is your friend, and if need be he will refer you to a spe cialist. The privilege of living in a com mu nlty where the public health, safety and comfort are properly looked after and safeguarded, carries with It also the responsibility of doing your full hare towards maintaining such con ditions. worm—that is, the eggs of the hook worm were found in the stools of 92 out of the 100 pupils. The other 8 might have had hookworm and on that particular day and that particle of fecal matter might not have shown the egg. Carbon Tetrachloride, which to furnished by the State Board of Health free, was administered to these 92 children, and after the lapse of sufficient time repeated examinations of the stools were made and only two showed positive. Wonderful results. Carbon Tetrachloride 1s a newly dis covered remedy. It does not require any special preparation of the patient before It Is administered. It to not nearly so dangerous as the Thymol that was formerly used. It can be given without any starving of the pa tient or any restriction; not even a purgative Is deemed necessary, but might be advisable. It to free. Thou sands upon thousands of our people have millions of hookworms; no one with hookworm can be efficient; the two do not go together. The admintetratioh of hookworm treatment is not the remedy par ex cellence; it is not a preventive. Our State Board of Health believes in pre vention; they try to get us to prevent and not have to treat, so they have prepared plans and designs for sani tary closets for the prevention of all fecal borne diseases like worms of all kinds, dysentery, diarrhoea, typhoid fever, etc. It costs only a few dollars to Install a sanitary privy, yet so few of our people do it that It becomes a wonder to those who are familiar with sanitation. Hookworm la In a measure a summer-time disease; that Is, it is contracted more in summer than winter, as it gains entrance to the system through the skin and gen erally the skin of the feet. Write our State Board of Health about hook worm treatment and prevention. Many years ago the celebrated Bar Bum said that people enjoyed being fooled. Human nature has not changed; it was never more clearly demonstrated than In the use of pat ent medicines, the quack doctors and the various cults. Beware of those who promise you much or the Im possible. ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK THE EDITOR -.'w 1 <?OOD MoRWING-.MlSTER JONES - I HAVE A LITTLE NEWS ITEM HERE THAT I'M Gio\TE sure you will be g-lad to print— IT'S And has SHORT, am NOT OVER. A COLUMN AN'A HALF f electro to go with it — IT'S A PIPPIN And TOuR READERS WILL EAT IT OP j the WHITE its president Au. HOUSE About AND the WE east WERE portico GOING TO of HAME the Ti I pose for us, but he had just LEFT FOR SWAMPSCOTT, SO WE HAD ONE OF OUR. men Substitute for him to demonstrate ouft ■? WEW,REVERSIBLE, SELF-CLEANING- door-mats I ] You'll ffivt it Good Position, won't you *? - mi V HAVIB a oig-ar — K J A iki ^ m i p 'HbtfzOr M%k 90 V-—La_ \ '// N wm J ] [ t V ft. ] C J m ■ JU -o L .> 'rn„m @ Ml 1*1 jojl, 4j |3 i it '/A a i o ] ! - o; 1 O □ ij m > §f Oj 1 I jS ml m \ =33 1 /< I A PhaPw / J \ N AO TOCASTef«-» [ Where Great Goov». . ~t aa .m i rf. ■ YY X >:• to ■ IP v % i armS 1 - m V Y I, . m in y m Above is pictured the plot in Arlington National Cemete-y where the body of Wm. Jennings Bryan is laid at test. The mausoleum shown is where the body of Admiral Dewey rested foi years but re cently transferred to a crypt in National Cathedral This site is the highest point overlooking the l’blomuc and Washington. DYNAMITE ON THE HOOF lllPppif ' lilfe I i SL. m JS wC ,,;jif .V Y | '' A — 1 -r# . fk If Wm4m H dh!\. : Mr u ; :' m *• •-' pk* *ISP oJ{3 m pf r X .%'n w m r* -1. x,-: ‘ ■ V" /. ■' _______i s !r‘ 4 * , » ’w... MMl MM (Cnpyrlffht by R. R. Doubleday.) Riding n wild steer Is anything hut a “pink tea’’ sport and if you don’t believe It, ask any of the niuiiy cowboys who will try to stay on these chunks of living dynamite during the Chicago Roundup and World’s Championship Rodeo, beginning August 15. The Brahma steer, a cross between the Mexican longhorn and the Brahma, or sacred cattle of India, Is a fighter from the word "go,' 1 according to the boys who have tackled them, ail’d after throwing a rider they’ll frequently try to muss him up. Steer riding, calling for an excess of skill and daring. Is one of the feat"res of the Chicago Roundup, which will be held under the auspices of the Chicago Association of Commerce for nine days. The competitions ore under the direction of Tex Austin, who has managed the largest and most successful of rodeos. More than $.‘{0,000 In cash prizes will go to the winners of the events, together with the world’s championship titles. Send Us Your Job Printing By A. B. CHARM THE HEALTHMOBILE. The State Board of Health, Mrougb the co-operation of the Phi Mu Soror ity and the various communities, has been enabled to put the Healthmoblle hack In service. The pity la that we cannot havo several of them in the field all the time. There Is plenty of work for It to do; the need Is In all parts of Georgia. The unit consists of a truck fitted up as a complete physician’s office; it has electric lights, fans, AerUlzers, moving picture machine, running water and a complete set of diagnos tic Instruments. It Is In charge ol Dr. Alice Moses, of Columbus, Ga., a nurse, Miss Boulah Fort, of Dublin, and a chauffeur, of Adairsvllle. They are now In the territory between Ma con and Albany. They "work" the counties as they come to them; each community Is "worked” by a nurse as advance agent. When all contacts are made the local community takes the responsibility of arranging the pub licity, making plans for the various communities an places that the Doc tor visits. One day Is allowed In each county for each 8,000 population. Dr. Moses examines only children under 7 years of age, mothers and expectant mothers, the most Impor tant of all the preventive work. Soon it is hoped that every one will come to realize that physical defects can often be prevented_by proper atten tion to the Infant; at least, they should be corrected early; no child should be permitted to enter school with a physical handicap that will be a hindrance to the child and an extra oxpenae to the State. Dr. Moses is doing her best to find these defects and to encourage the parents to get them corrected. We need a dozen Dr. Moses’, one In each congressional dis trict, doing this work from day to day. The cost to our educational system in repeaters alone, due to the physi cal handicaps of tonsils, teeth, eyes and ears, is more than (100,000 per year. If this money were put In cor rective measures, how much more sensible, how muck more common sense we would show. From our ac tions we much prefer to neglect the child, let it suffer, let It stumble along through life and pay and pay and pay. A business organization would not suf fer or for a moment permit such a loss. The Healthmoblle Is a unit of edu cation. Every evening, Sunday except ed, lectures are given and moving pic tures are put on, even In the most remote districts, as the machine car ries Its own electric power. Pamphlets aro< distributed and personal advice Is given. The State Board of Health should be encouraged In every way possible by our people. The people should In terest their representatives to the Gen eral Assembly and secure sufficient funds to give constructive service to each and every community, $1.00 PER YEAR CONTROL OF ROUP BY SANITARY RULES Contagious roup Is probably caused by unsanitary conditions of the lien house and yards. It is aggravated by cold, damp weather. Correction of the causes, so far as possible, is most advisable, as remedies are slow work ing and not sure in effect. It causes a loss, not only frors a heavy death rate, but also from the Interference with egg production and weakened vitality In breeding. It is very contagious, especially in damp, cold weather, and attacks both young and old stock. Contagious roup is probably easier to identify than any other poultry dis ease. It usually starts like a simple cold, with n thin, watery discharge from the nose and eyes. This secre tion has a peculiar, offensive odor. Inllummutlon sets Into the nasal pas sages, eyes and spaces just below the eyeballs. The birds then often cough and sneeze, breathing becomes noisy, and if the air passages of the nose become entirely blocked, they breathe through their mouths. The birds soon lose their appetite and become de /irWhed, their wrings drooping and their feathers ruffled. The secretions from* the nose and eye change from fluid to a yellowish, cheese-like mass. Tills grows rupidly about the eyelids and the nostrils. One or both eyes become enlarged and swelling may ap pear on the head. The exact cause Is not known. Whatever it Is, the organism is hard ro kill, because It penetrates into the tissues. If the formations about the head are removed, the uneven bleeding surface which is left forms a new mass in 24 to 48 hours. Infected birds carry the disease from place to place and Infect others by contact. Food and water may be come contaminated by the secretions from sick birds and healthy birds be come Infected in this way. Roup Is easily controlled by proper management and housing. Damp, un sanitary, poorly ventilated, over crowded, drafty quarters are con ducive to its spread. Th« first treat ment 1s to remove the cause at once. Only valuable birds should have Indi vidual treatment. A simple cure for the sick bird is as follows: I’lace It In a dry, well-ventilated place away from the other birds, und give it plen ty of fresh water und feed. Every morning and evening remove all the matter from the eyes and nostrils of the bird and dip Its head into a solu tion of bichloride of mercury (1-1000). This Is made liy placing one 7.3 mer cury bichloride tablet in u pint of water. Hold the bird firmly and Im merse the head until the eyes are cov ered, keeping It there a few seconds or until It struggles. In most case*, the following procedure is advisable: Dispose of bud ruses by killing and burning them. Isolate birds having colds. Be sure quarters are dry and tight on all sides, with adequate opening In the front for ventilation and light to reach every part of the house. Allow at least three square feet floor space per bird. Place a little kerosene on the top of the drinking water or one 7.3-grain mercury bichloride tablet In a gallon of water In a nonmetul container. These should never be used more than ten days In succession. Place one pound epsom salts per 100 birds In the drinking water or a w*t mash. Why Not Always Feel Fit Help those gassy pains in stomach, waken sluggish liver, and slop harmful costiveness with Chamberlain’s Tablets. Good digestion, an active liver easy regular movements together with an enlivening of your men tal and physical forces follows their use. Small cost, only 25c. Advertisement. ! Where Solons Are “Docked ” ' In Australia, where members o! parliament receive about $5,000 a year, the members are lined o* "docked” for absences during a ses sion. This system differs from that In effect In the mother counrty. Eng land, or In America, where a member may take a day or so off every nov and then to attend to his private af-; fairs without worrying about It. In England the salary of u member ol . parliament Is only about $'2,000 a* year. Tuft’s Pills dyneptlc and tone and up the debilitated syatam AfiAINST MALARIA
