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Page 6 TYPHIOD FEVER AND HOW WE GET IT Every Year In Stokes County Many Lives are Lost From this Wholly Preventable Disease--The Com mon House Fly a Great Spreader of the Malady. (Continued from last week.) As flies originate in tilth, they naturally carry it wherever they go. Filth is the native element of germ life, especially of those germs that cause disease; so Hies, in going from their filthy breeding places to the habita tions of man. carry to his food the germs of disease. House flies are especially fitted for the carrying of germs, as their bodies and legs are plentifully covered with hairs and bristles. Indeed, a My carries germs as naturally as a dog carries lleas. It would be hard to find a re ceptacle better fitted for the transporting of germs. To prove that germs are carried by Hies, careful bacteriological ex aminations have been made showing that as high as 100,000 disease germs have been found on the body of a single fly. A fly so infected with germs scatters them wherever it goes and leaves a trail of disease in its wake. Think of such a fly falling into the milk pitcher, or lighting on the baby's bottle, or crawling over your meat and bread ! Is it any wonder that hot weather or fly-time is the season of the greatest preval- ! ence of germ diseases? Neither is it only the germs car ried by their hairy bodies that are a source of danger, but fly-specks frequently have the living germs of disease in them. There is not the slightest doubt that there are k-w more active sptvadei* -f disease than flies. Th ? fact that tuberculosis or consumption has become so pre valent as to he known as the (Ireat White Plague is undoubt edly due in a large measure to the active agency of flies in car rying the germs of the disease to the food of well people. The sputum (spit) of a consumptive person is simply swarming with i the germs of the dread disease., Flies pounce int» this spit, : draw it into their bodies through ' their sucking mouth parts, and speed off with it sticking to their hairy legs and bodies. Alight-' ing on food in market or store : or kitchen, they leave a trail of i these most deadly germs i wherever they touch. As flies f cannot take food in solid form. they eject a saliva from their sucking tubes to soften and j dissolve any solid food they feed upon. In this way the disease 1 germs taken in from the spit of I the consumptive are transferred ] from the body of the fly to 1 human food. Is it any wonder. ' then, that consumption is the s great scourge that carries off one-quarter of the adult popuia tion of our entire country? If ' y consumptives are cleanly in . l their habits and do not usy open spittoons, but expectorate in l Weak Throat—Weak Lungs Cold after cold; cough after cough! Troubled with this taking-cold habit? Better break it up. We have great confidence in Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for this work. No medicine like it for weak throats and weak lungs. Ask iyour doctor for his opinion. He knows all about it. UK np.n jval is valuable. Fellow Lis advice at all times. N • 'VO'-.01 in thb COUg!'. ••••». JjrrAw Co.. Lowell. A fata. . T** * ""■ ■■ ■■ ll ' • ■» immmmmmmmmrnamm m —^ ,v « ,,f %l # ... •, V •• »♦ flur bc.». .ax-.- 1 /*, i•» Ui'vY 4 V MtiLfi iiiiopiuioti. L4.Ch.fil JmUt: -• V ■ IaMB - 1 special receptacles that are dis infected or burned, there is lit tle or no danger from them and flies cannot carry the deadly germs. The disease that is more than any other is spread by flies is typhoid fever. This is owing to the fact that the infectious ma terial by which th. disease is spread is present in the excre ment of persons suffering from thi k disease. As flies are always found breeding in the deposits; of open privies, they come in contact with and carry the germs with which the stools are infect ed. It is well known that per-; sons having typhoid fever will give off the germs in evacuations of the bowels for a few weeks before they are taken down with the disease, and also for the i first few weeks of convalences. : This fact very greatly lengthens ; the period during which infec-1 tion may occur and multiplies! the danger of its being spread ' by flies. Thus typhoid fever | patients might be using open; privies and evacuating typhoid germs long before they were aware of the disease and before disinfection of the stools were ' considered necessary. After leaving their breeding places in open privies, flies go to the nearest place where they | may feed. This is usually the kitchen of the dwelling to which the privy belongs or near-by homes, stores or markets. Through the medium of flies the connection between the faeces of fever patients in open privies and the food supplies of well persons is a very direct and rap id route. It has been empha tically stated that the only way a second case of typhoid fever, can occur is that the germs from the intestine of the sick i>erson be carried to the intestine of a well person. The oj>en privy with its festering filth and swarming flies and the unscreen ed dwelling are the all too cer- j tain means of effecting the trans-1. fer. ' i In the history of sanitary science scores of cases are on record where outbreaks of ty phoid were directly traceable to >' flies. Indeed, it has been so' 1 conclusively proved that flies I carry and spread typhoid fever germs, that it has been suggest- ed by Dr. L. O. Howard of j ] Washington that the house-fly! be known in future as the ty- j phoid fly. The house-fly is not 1 the only one that carries typhoid l infections, however, as many authentic cases are on record i where blue-bottle, flesh or blow 11 flies have transmitted to cold 1 meat or other food the_bacilli which in turn were sources of 1 1 1 infection to whole families. (Continued on page 7.) The Great Need Is Education. Madison, July 18. * Mr. Editor: For the first time lin my thirty-nine years of experience. I had a j young man the other day to speak disrespectfully to me. " As he passed me I asked him a question and received for a re ply. "why in the d " so and , so. I simply could not believe jmy own ears. So I said : What 1 did you say ? He repeated the ' | same thing. Thereupon I said : 'Ain't you ashamed of yourself ? when he answered back. "No. I 'jam not." Of course I can't ex cuse this, as I think there is no 1 ; excuse for a man treating with ' j so little respect the opposite sex. ' j but there is a reason. What is it ? A lack of culture, educa tion and refinement. To my certain knowledge this boy was kept from school on the slightest pretext. I have been always and more ,so now an advocate of compul sory education. Some parents ;are too selfish to give their chfldren the advantage of j school within their reach, and j besides with the compulsory | educational law we should have j : higher salaries, thereby gain-, i ing better teachers, those who ; will compel children to study and learn. i The girl who teaches only for the money, doing just as little as possible, has no business in the school room. She should be there because she loves the work and because she loves the children. Parents, too. should do their duty. Some of them. I am sorry to say, are hindrances in stead of helps to the teachers of their children. I feel sure I: should not have had such a ! nerve racking experience the other day from a college-bred gentleman. W. R. C. j Democratic Convention. , A convention of the Demo- 1 cratic Party of Stokes County is i hereby called to meet in Dan-j bury on Saturday, the 27th day' of August. 1010, at 12 o'clock j' M., for the purpose of nominat-J ( ing a candidate for the House of , Representatives, Sheriff. Clerk 1 ;of the Superior Court. Register s of Deeds. Treasurer, three coun- ] ty commissioners, coroner, and to elect delegates to the Sena- . torial convention for this dis trict. and to transact such other 1 business as may properly come before it. The Dem. Ex. Com., of Stokes county, is hereby call ed to meet at said time and i place. This July 16th, 1910. J. H. ELLINGTON. Chmn. Dem. Ex. Com. Stokes Co. i . _ Protracted Meeting. A protracted meeting will be | gin the sth Sunday in the Meth ; odist new church grounds on the 1 Box Mountain road 3 miles East of Germanton and 5 miles South of Walnut Cove. Hope to see a large crowd out. M. H. LIGON. WORK 24 HOURS A DAY. The busiest little things ever made are Dr. King's New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, I languor into energy, brainfag into mental power; curing Con stipation, Headache, Chills, Dyspepsia, Malaria. 25c. at P. A. Thompson's. THE DANBURY REPORTER A Resolution. At a Precinct Republican Primary held in the town of ■ Germanton. Stokes county, N. : C„ July 16. 1010, we. the under- I signed, having been appointed » a committee to draft a suitable resolution endorsing the Re i publican State administration, I I do respectfully submit the fol [ lowing which is to appear in II both The Union Republican, of Winston-Salem, N. C\. and The • Danbury Reporter, of Danbury, N. C. Ist. Be it resolved that in the campaigns of 15)06 and 1008, under the wise and able ad ministration of our State Chair- j man. Hon. Spencer B. Adams. | together with his co-workers, we made great gains each time ! at the polls, and in 11'08 we met' with such phenomenal success, as not only to surprise and: astonish our enemy, but far 'i surpassing our own most san- 1 gtiine expectation. i 2nd. Whereas we entered that ( campaign without a single i .representative in the National i Congress, and made a gain of 1 three out of ten. all three of 1 I which were considered signal I victories, and in our own, the ( 15th District of North Carolina, i even President Taft said was ' . the greatest victory won in the 1 United States. I In addition to the above we ( cast 115 thousand votes for i President Taft. I 3rd. Wheareas that with a 1 continuation of such leadership ( it cannot be long 'till the Old | ! North State will be enrolled in | the Republican columns. I JNO. W. KURFEES. I r m ! CHAPBODENHEIMER. \ L om ( ( NAPOLEON'S GRIT j was on the unconquerable, j J 1 ncver-say-die kind, the kind that j' | you need most when you have a i bad cold, cough or lung disease. Suppose troches, cough syrups, I cod liver oil or doctors have all I failed, don't lose heart or hope. Take Dr. King's New Discovery. Satisfaction is guaranteed when used for any throat or lung trouble. It has saved thousands 1 of hopeless sufferers. It mas- J ters stubborn colds, obstinate coughs, hemorrhages, lagrippe, croup, asthma, hay fever and whooping cough and is the most safe and certain remedy for all bronch : al affections. 50c. $l.OO. Trial bottle free at P. A. Thomp son's. Fact/t YOU sts LOSE "Mr MONEY when you allow any of your S stock or poultry to remain sick ■ day. They give you less results in beef, pork, work, or eggs, when they are j not in perfect health. Take a little i interest in your own pocket book I and doctor them up with Black-Draught Stock and Poultry ; Medicine It will pay you to do this. It has paid thousands of other successful farmers and stock and poultry raisers. This famous remedy is not a food, but a genuine, scientific med icine prepared from medicinal herbs and roots, acting on the liver, kid- \ neys, bowels and digestive organs. Sold by all druggists, pric£ 25 cents, 50 cents and $l. per can. Write for vtharWe book: "&CMW ! I YOUR MONEY IS ON DEPOSIT AT BOYLES BROS. CO. Until you are satisfied, and will be paid back to you on de= mand, in case our Clothing fails to give entire satisfaction. We show all the new things in Clothing, Hats and Furnish= ' ings. BOYLES BROS. CO. j WINSTON ■ SALEM, N. C. j ' ~~ " ' j Save The Freight! j When you need Furniture why not save paying the railroads a lot of freight by buying from me. 1 keep Z on hand J. E. Shelton's make of | Up-To=Date Furniture at Factory Prices X w Anything usually kept in a General Store will £ A be found here—Men's Ready-Made Clothing, 2 2 Hats, Shoes, Dress-Goods, Notions, Sewing Z X Machines, all kinds of Groceries, Etc. Prices that will please you. # I Always Pay the Highest Market Price for Z # All Kinds of Country Produce. Z | E. C. Sheppard, | # SMITH and DAN BURY, N. C., Routes No. I. X t If You Want the Best Threshing Rig Built For the Money k* Me Make Yon Prices On the • rtk'' HUBER MACHINES The Hulx-r Boiler and Ktigiiio jfiven up to be the eHMkwt steamed, u«iug lean wnter and wood, of any boiler built, n* It hit* return tubu lar, and line a re-dr.viu« Hteani procesw that no other boiler ha*. I can iurniHii thin from oto3oh. p. Portable TrootloiH, any size you want. aelf-regulatinK, from 18 x SL» lIH 40x00. The only Sep arator built that In dniible l>elted on each HK.C\ with only two belte to the machine. Thene are fitted with adjustable l»elt tightenera. This machine it« fitted with adjiiHtiible riddlex that you raav adjimt to any kind of threshing without the machine, which It* a jfrpat sav in* of time. I have one of the email eeparatorn at I'ilot Mt. that I will lie pleaded to Hhow any one at any time. I can make terms to HUlt any one wlHhlnx a time deal. Iet me have your order for any thing you need In machinery. I will jrlveyou a aquare deal every time. atalojrn for the asking. 9 T I THHDP WESTFIBLD y 1 . «l. lIIUKC NORTH CAROLINA. WARNING TO ROOFING BUYERS - THERE ARE MANY IMITATIONS OF!', nl Vulcanite Roofing The genuine has the trade mark of Ha Vulcan Man on every wrapper. IT A»j Easy to put on. rjn I The cost is very low. Adaptable for every kind and style of gh® building. The roof that testa. For Joyce & Bowles, Walnut Cove. M ».*' • . t'
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