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THE CAROLINA UNION FARMER
[Thursday, August 8, 1912.
DOES HEALTH AVOIIK PAY?
These are days of great “health
movements.” We hear lots about war
against the White Plague, crusades
against this disease and campaigns
against that disease. But of what
real value is all this commotion? Is
anybody being benefited? Is the av
erage lifo being lengthened? Just
how many lives are being saved an
nually in our own State, in our own
country? And after all, is it all
worth while? There is just one way
to settle such questions, and that is
by means of vital statistics. When
North Carolina registers all her births
and deaths we will be able to deter
mine the severity or fatality of each
particular disease in every county,
town and community. Then the pub
lic will have some definite check on
the work of the State Board of
Health, as well as every other health
officer in the State. Then if the State
Board of Health does not pay divi
dends in lives saved, why a State
Board of Health? Then if Health Of
ficer B can prevent more deaths than
Health Officer A according to the sta
tistics, B may expect to hold his job
and perhaps get his salary raised.
Nothing definite, therefore, can be ac
complished in health work until we
get something to work from—a basis
to start from—and that basis is State-
Wide Vital Statistics.
SICK BABIES.
The first thing to do when the
baby gets sick is to stop feeding it.
Probably the milk is bad, anyhow.
But whether it be good or bad, it will
disagree with a sick baby. In place
of milk, the baby should take clean
water from a clean botle or a clean
cup. If the trouble keeps up, there
are milk substitutes which ^ can be
given until it is safe to give milk
again. The physician or nurse will
demonstrate how these are made.
The next step, after stopping the
food, is to empty the child’s intes
tines of all fermenting, decomposing
food. The parent is justified in go
ing as far in this line as the use of
oil by the mouth and of simple
enemas by injection. If relief does
not come when these have acted, the
mother is not justified in going fur
ther. She should get help from a
physician or nurse. Caring for a sick
baby is so largely “doing and show
ing,” as contrasted with “telling,” a
nurse is needed more than would
usually be the case.—Dr. W. A.
Evans.
HEALTH OR TUBERCULOSIS!
Tuberculosis is largely a personal
matter. You can let your physical
vitality drop to such a low ebb that
the wonder Is that many more of us
do not get the disease, or we can obey
the lows of health and build up such
a vigorous constitution, with enor
mous reserve energy, that it takes
Father Time himself to bring us
down. Why tuberculosis? When a
man once gets physically “down and
out” and knows what it means to
merely drag around from morning till
night, he cannot enjoy life. He can
not do his work well, and he is a bur
den to himself, his family, and asso
ciates. He would be wise to take
a little time off and attend to him
self, to lead the simple life ,cut out
that which Is bringing him down, and
to get back his health and vitality,
and be a man again, rather than fill
an early consumptive’s grave.
“Health is wealth” is a trite max
im, the truth of which every one ap
preciates best after having suffered
from disease. Indeed, healtli is a
most priceless treasure. When de
prived of it, we are willing to ex
change for it everything else we pos
sess; yet when well, we squander it
ruthlessly, regardless of the conse
quences.
As a rule, lying on the side is the
best position for sleeping. Which
side is a matter of indifference, un
less a meal has been taken within two
or three hours, in which case the
right side is preferable.
All the medicines in creation are
not worth a farthing to a man who is
constantly and habitually violating
the laws of his own nature.
One may purify the blood more in
a single day by breathing pure air
than by taking sarsaparilla or any
other blood purifier a year.
Do you want to hold your job?
Well, look after your health. When
your health is gone your job is gone.
Got your back yard cleaned? Looks
better, don’t it?
How to Fight Flies.
Begin at their breeding places.
Cover or screen all manure or have
it removed at least once a week.
Don’t tolerate any open privy. Privy-
bred flies are by all odds the filthiest
and most dangerous.
It is next to impossible to abolish
all breeding places, and a few flies
will almost invariably remain. Screen
all doors and windows and make the
flies feed at your garbage can. Place
a trap on the lid and catch them as
they come out. You will be agree
ably surprised at the result. If any
escape the trap or break through the
screen doors, swat them or catch
them on sticky fly paper. They de
serve no better fate.
Interest Your Neighbors.
After getting your own premises in
good shape, get your neighbors inter
ested. A nice way to do this Is to
send their names and addresses to
the State Board of Health, with a
request that they be sent free fly
bulletins. Discuss fly nuisances with
your neighbors. Talk It up. Tell them
and show them how you prevent flies
at your house. Gentle suggestions
along anti-fly lines are fine to supple
ment anti-fly literature.
Poison Ivy.
Beware of ivy poisoning when you
flee to the woods these days. For
many people there is little else so
discomforting as a bad case of ivy
poisoning. The poison is caused by
coming into contact with a peculiar
kind of gum or oil secreted by the
poison ivy plant. To avoid ivy pois
oning,, never touch the ivy plant,
leaves, stem or root, of anything that
may have been in contact with such a
plant. If one has accidentaly come
into contact with poison ivy, the best
thing to do Is to thoroughly wash the
place touched by the ivy. Cool wa
ter alpne will not always remove the
poisonous oil or gum. Use soap and
warm water whenever possible. When
out in the woods, hasten to the near
est stream of water and wash, using
fine sand and mud for soap. A vigor
ous washing of the bare skin with
fine, sharp sand, mud and water may
be a bit strenuous, but It usually ac
complishes the results.
Poison ivy may be easily recog
nized because it has only three leaves,
while the harmless forms havp five
leaves.
Outdoor Life.
The out-of-doors season is here.
Make the most of it. The State
Board of Health believes in the out
door life, and urges every one who
can, to get as much of it as possible.
Houses are artificial devices in
tended for cold or rainy weather.
Since we have to make houses our
basis of supplies, it behooves us to
make them as comfortable and
healthful as possible during the hot
weather. To do this, open every door
and window in the house. To exclude
the pestiferous flies and mosquitoes,
screen all these exterior openings. If
you are so unfortunate as to have to
live in houses this summer, arrange
to eat, work and sleep outside and
on porches as much as possible. If
you have no open, unsanitary privies
or horse stables nearby, and if you
have a fly-trap on your garbage can,
you will not be bothered with many
flies when you eat on an unscreened
porch.
Investigation shows that as the
temperature rises, the flies become
more active, and intestinal diseases
becaome more prevalent with a corre
sponding increase in mortality. It is
a mistake to think that these diseases
are due to hot weather.
* * *
How doth the busy little fly
Improve each shining minute.
And where he finds an apple pie
Plant micro-millions in it.
* * *
Two things of which there is
enough for all: Fresh air and sun
shine. Get yours!
* * *
Baby-bye, here’s a fly.
Let us swat him, you and I.
* * *
Don’t buy any food from a dirty
place. If flies “beat you to it,” let
them have it.
REUNION AUGUST 7 AND 8.
The annual reunion of the North
Carolina Division of the United Con
federate Veterans will be held at
Winston-Salem on the 7th and 8th of
August, 1912, those dates having
been designated by our hosts for their
convenience, and a cordial invitation
is extended by them to all Confeder
ate veterans in this State to attend.
All '‘%ho were so fortunate as to be
present at the Reunion held four
jears ago in the Twin City will no
doubt be pleased to enjoy that pleas
ure again. Reduced rates on the
railroads have been applied for, as
heretofore at our previous reunions,
and the exact fare can be learned
from any station by inquiring of the
local agent.
According to the rules of the or
ganization no camp can have a vote
or voice in the business meetings
that is in arrears for its annual dues,
and therefore every camp that m^y
be in arrears should at once pay its
dues to General W. E. Mickle, 824
Common Street, New Orleans, La.
Dues for division headquarters (only
five cents per capita), should be paid
to the Adjutant-General of this di
vision.
WEEK END AND SUNDAY EXCUBSlO>
FAKES TO NORFOI.K AND
BEACH VI.V NORFOLK SOUTHBK*'
RAILROAD.
Round Trip to Norfolk.
From— Week Sunday'
End.
Raleigh $4.75 $2.50
Zebulon 4.76 2.5#
Wendell 4.75 2.50
Middlesex 4.25 2.50
Bailey 4.25 2.50
Wilson 3.75 2.50
Farmvllle 3.75 2.50
Greenville 3.76 2.25
Washington 3.76 2.26
Rates to Virginia Beach 25 cents hlga*’’
than fares to Norfolk. j
Week-ond ticket sold for Friday night a^^
Saturday morning trains good to return 1®^ ,
Ing Norfolk Monday following date of sai^^’
Sunday tickets sold for trains Nos. C
Saturday night good to return on train
5 levalng Norfolk at 9:00 p. m. Sunday ‘
lowing date of sale.
For partleulars, ask any ticket agent.
W. W. CROXTON.
General Passenger Agent.
Norfolk. Va., June 28, 1912. ^
WEEK END AND SUNDAY EXCUBSidj',
F.4RES TO BEAUFORT AND
HEAD BY THE SEA.
Bound Trip to Morebead City.
From— Week Sand*’''
End.
Goldsboro $2.26
LaGrange 2.00
Kinston 1.75
Dover 1.66 I-*!
New Bern 1.25 •*,
Oriental 1.75
Bayboro 1.60 J'-o
Vanceboro 1.60
Washington 2.26 j,
Rates to Beaufort 20 cents higher t
fares to Morehead City.
Week End Tickets sold on all trains ^
day and Satrday and Sunday morning ” qI
to return until Tuesday following dat
sale. 4 to
Sunday tickets sold each Sunday,
return on date of sale only.
For particulars ask any ticket agent.
W. W. CROXTO^> j
General Passenger Ag®
Norfolk, Va.. June 28. 1912. ^
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