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1 U U 11 - " V-:-' "-w - v - . . -vi -' : s't :; . . 5 LOOK FORWARD AND NOT BACK" , v. "fe'ii Vol. 6. No. 43, EDENTOK, NORTH CAIIO I JN A; FRWT Ml 1915. Subscription: $1.0l)-'a Year - - -T. v: --. ; t : - ':y- . - i ' - -s.. ; V-. .,:.- -"!-".-',f' ' ' ' . ... . - " ' " . it ' ... j I if -n '":'! ji 1 ' i.'.11', i .."- 1 -'J DpTpKEI C o vern the ht Engineer to Visit Edenton At "Washington,. N. C. Oct. '15, 1915. Mr; W. J. Leary, Sr., P. M., 8 Edenton, N. C, Dear Mr. Leary: I have been try ing for several months to expedite the action by the Treasury t)e partment in the acquisition of a site for your Postoffice Building, and am glad to report- that a representative of the Department will visit Edenton sometime this month to make another inve'sti gation. I was in Washington, D. C, last Tuesday and made this arrangement. Not only as'Post master, but as a citizen you are interested in this matter, and I hope a satisfactory site may soon be secured. Yours very truly, JNO. H. SMALL. To the Citizens of Edenton, N. C: - The above letter has been received by me, and it shows that mr. iman is more active in our interest than We are ourselves. We have been sadly remiss and careless in this matter, for we have shown very little spirit of enterprise or progress or interest "in the advancement of our town or community. I am afraid we are asleep at the switch, and We will not realize it until it is too tate to mend matters. Can't we get. enough public spirit tp securej a site for this federal Building, without any further delay? The good of our community demands it, and the welfare of our people is at stake. We can get a good site in the town somewhere and we should do it. Don't let the present opportunity pass. Respectfully, Wm. J. LEARY, Sr. AN APPEAL FOR THE ORPHANS. To the Press of North Carolina: s Relying on the generosity and public spirit of the Press of the State the undersigned are em boldened to ask of our news papers such timely and telling help as they are able to give us in impressing upon every man, woman and child in the State of North Carolina the importance of contributing one day's income to the orphanage work of the State as a Thanksgiving offering. The orphanges of the State are contributing largely to the en richment of the life of North Carolina. They are gathering up the waste material and trans forming it into valuable citizen ship. They,-more than any oth er institutions of, whatever kind, are beginning at the beginning of things. They are molding in digent childhood Into useful man hood and womanhood exactly at the nointwhere the process of training is vital; and they are do ing this work for the most part without the cost of a copper to the State. , ' Tho movement to secure a. con tribution of one day's labor from everv citizen was beeun last j . spring. At a meeting held in Raleigh Sept.. 28, the - Executive Committee met and formally launched the campaign. The editors of North Carolina were (he then toward whom the mem ,bersofthe Committee first tu irn ed their eyes. We are counting on these. men Who, more than any , others, shape and control our public sentiment to stand by US in this 'movement and make the next Thanksgiving 'notable in the annals of the State's his tory. " We are often called on to do honor, to the dead and this is a sentiment that is , creditable and worthy, but in this movement we are called Upon to perform a service for the living at a time and place where that service will telLmost mightly on coming ages. Thousands of children are safely sheltered in our Orphans Homes, but four times as many are as yet uncaied for and left to shift for themselves in a world of tempta tion and peril without a father's counsel or a mother's care 'with out a home, a penny or a friend! It is primarily in behalt of these homeless ones that this movement is launched. We must enlarge our orphanages and ad- mit more ot tne little ones on the outside, who are .clamoring to come in. Each institution in the State is crowded to its ut most capacity, with a stream of children standing at the gates and crying for admission. If a tithe of the citizens of North Carolina will give the price of one day's labor to the orphanage work it will mean the salvation of thousand.North Carolina cjiildren no wttelriwySb: tHe .do&and the devil.- Is this work not worthy of th best efforts of every good citizen? It is our hope that every North Carolina pastor will freely and gladly give his best efforts to the advancement of this movement. We hope and believe that they will urge those of their congrega tions who , have an income to sacredly set apart one day's work to this great cause, and send it forward to the orphanage of his choice on or near Thanksgiving Day. JFellow citizens, this is no child's play.. It is a man's job. Th pennies of the children are not to be despised. Every gift, how ever little, helps the object to which it is given, and helps the giver more ; but we are not ap pealing especially to children in this movement, but to men and women who are busy in the world's work. And knowing the spirit and temper of our North Carolina people, we do not be lieve that we will' appeal in vain. M. L. SJIIPHAN, HIGHT C. MOORE, C. B. McNAIRY, -ARCHIBALD JOHNSON, . Committee. Two country darkies listened, awe-struck, while some planters discussed the tremendous range of the new German guns. "Dar now," exclaimed one negro, when his master had fin ished expatiating on the hideous havoc wrought by a forty two centimeter shell, "jes'lak I bin' tellin' yo niggehs all. de time! Don' les' have no guns lak dem roun' heah! Why, us niggehs could start runnin erway run all day. git almos' home, free, an' den git kilt jus befo' suppeh." "Dat's de truife," assented his companion, "an' lemme tell yo' sumpin else, Bo! All dem suns needs is jus' vo' address, dat's '"- ; all ; jesV giv'em de ad-dress, an they'll gityo'." ' EDENTO? GRADED TO VOTE ON BUILDING ON At a called meeting of the Town -Councilman October 19, 1915, for the purpose of discussing a bbnd issue; and' -ah election for same, for the -p'iltjpOseof thd tOirstruction of a Graded School Building forj thdento" Graded School " District, present: E. R.-Cogger, Mayor; W. H. Clark, H. B. Chappell, J . L. WigginS tTf R. Wheeler, -E. C. Rea, and W. O. Elliott. ' ffk 'r ' '"'-. '' - " . A resolution was offered-by-iJ. R. Wheeler as follows: "RESOLVED, that in accordance with the request of the Board of Trustees of the-Edenton Graded School, and" also in accordance with the priyate laws of the .General Assembly of 1915, Chapter 3f8,;that .an election be called for the purpose of issuing bonds ; to construct, and equip, a public school building in the Edenfo'n Graded School Dis trict, and the Clerk of said loafd be directed to give notice of said election (as required -by-law,) to 6e held on the 23rd day of November, 1915." v? r V . 1 ' - '.jr ' - This resolution was seconded.by WH. Clark and, carried. j . R:, McMULLAN, Clerk. , HIOH PRAISE FOR SOAP AND WATER Best Means of Efficient Dis- infection. Soap, water, sunlight and fresh; air are far more favorable in pre-; venting the spread of infectious diseases than is disinfection by. f amigation. This was the opinion . . ..' k v of the American Public Health Association at Rochester, N. Y. by most of the health experts who took part in the discussion of the control of infectious di , seases. It was declared that thorough cleaning with soap audj water, fresh air and sunlight, and i particularly renovation - repaint- i ing repapering - wherever needed were more efhcicient methods of disinfection than is fumigation. As a matter of fact disinfection by fumigation ' has been discon tinued by the department of health in New York City. Investiga tions were made as the results of the discontinuance of fumigation, and it was found that absolutely no increase in the number of sec ondary infections followed; in fact, in the boroughs where fumigation was retained as the only means of disinfecting, more numerous were found to be the infections. It is evident that soap and wa ter, sunshine and .fresh air are indispensable as real disinfectants whether fumigation is used or not. But as to the real value .of either process the . results depend upon the daily care and cleanli ness exercised during the entire, period of infection. Soap and water, as valuable as they are as disinfectants, will not be sufficient in one splash or application to re move all means of further infect tion where there is. carelessness with an infectious case. On the other' hand, a "little incense burnt to the gods of contagions diseases" at the end of the illness will not atone for all the careless coughing aud, spitting and care less handling of iifecjtio us. mater- lal during tiie illness, it is a mistaken idea that fumigation, the burning of sulphur or any thing else, or that soap, water -end sunshine will take the "place of diligent,- personal care in keeping down infection. .. Daily care and cleanlinees are the. best all round . preventives of SCHOOL DISTRICT NEW SCHOOL MEMBER 23. infectious diseases known. ?- Fut migation may help somebut;with put the real ditt chasers, it-serves, much the same purpose as doe perfume, wliere-a bath is needed .ii ; An old man, over seventy re-; cently walked ten miles from his home to Norwich, Connecticut When he reached His destination he tfas greeted withdhie aston-i ishment'bV an acquaintance " j -t claimed the latter. Hbw did you get along?'1 "Fine," said the old gentleman;. "that is,- until I came to that sign out, there, 'blow. down, to fifteen miles an.ito.ur,' that kept me back some." The High Cost of laying Eighty-eight million gallons of whisky were made in the. United States last year. Who drank it all? Fifteen billion cigarettas were manufactured in the United States last year. Who smoked them all? Thirty-two million pouncis of snuff were manufactured in the United States last year. Who did all the sneezing? Two hundred aud twenty mil lion pounds of smoking tobacco were made in the United States last year. Who had all the pipe dreams ? Eight and a half billion of ci- frara tirara rviorle in f Vi r TTia1 noio uiuuv. Ait uuo Lmvou States last year. Who made all the smoke? Half a billion packages of chewing gum were manufactured last year in the United States. Who worked their jaws? Twenty thousand moving pic ture theaters paid $25,000,000 for films last year and 11,000,000 persons saw the moving pictures. Where did they. get all ihe dimes and nickels? Ten billion copies . of newspa pers were printed in this country last year. Who -took tjme to read them? One hundred and seventy thous and clergymen preached in 220,- 000 churches last year, and the congregations of all denomina tions numbered 40,000,000. Who went to church? It is interesting to know what is going on in this, country the things that people are doing and who are doing them and why. ExohangeT ' Feel Well Thank You Jdeas Concerning ;; Health Rapidly Changing. , ' . .Sr.. . ... I don't believe in telling a lie, pot even a white lie, as a usual thing,'' said a good natured man the other day, "but when you can make a man take a new lease! pp life by telling him he looks well and young when he's begin ning to feel old and diseased; and 4by telling a fellow he'll yet make good when hejs down and out, and jby telling yourself 5. that you have not ah ache nor a pain and that you are as . youthful- and nealtntul as you ever were, then if ever," said he, "a white lie seems justifiable. r:l i 4The principal, you see, is this'i" he continued. "It encourages; it makes us think differently and act differently for after all, we are. only what we think we are! 1 Thank goodness We've gotten a- way from that old habit of say ing, ; ' we're poorly, thank the Lord,' and we're only common,' on being asked as to our gooti health. I've .known people to find real pleasure in recounting either perso nal ailments ithose of the Camily, as it they, were "so mav family virtues, y Thanks to the new; health movement" that has put "a new songitttothe mouth and per haps a new feeling- in the body. rNow itislnonlyrbad tasfe - fe but it reflects on your integrity, your knowledge of health and sanitation, to say nothing of per sonal hygiene, not to keep well and fit and enjoy good health. "We are not far from the time," said he "when disease will be considered a disgrace and the cause of illness will have to be personally accounted for. In other words, God is no longer bing to be blamed for sickness when, it is simply the result of our ignorance, mdiUerence wrong way of living." or HEALTH HINTS. "This is the time of year," said a prominent health worker, "to begin preparing for a healthy winter. Many people dread the winter because of the pneumonia, coughs, colds and sniffles that so many people get. Measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever, diphtheria, consumption, coughs, cold and pneumonia would be al most as rare in winter as in sum mer if people wouldn't seal them selves up in their houses, pull down the windows, shut the doors and in some instances al most stuff the key hole. It is the living and sleeping in such close, stuffy air that causes much of our sickness. Live out doors more," said he. "Get back to nature and let's not make hot house mollycoddles of ourselves and we will all be healthier and stronger for it." Jo illustrate he pointed out that statistics show that very .very Varely. is,there; re ported a case of tuberculosis in any person who habitually sleeps with, his ; windows .open , , sum m er and., winter. "Of course," he saidr. : V.warm, .blank ets are neces sary in winter, but a few. blankets are cheap compared to a case of ccujwptiqn." - 10 best in tho world Care!es.s.CpJijijaij Spitt ing. .-The.dange of carelessdgg ;g sneezing is without ' doubt ttne- most ccstly carelessness that cIVi- A! lized society indulges in. - 6 saying, "No spit, cnq cpnsunip- . tion," is literally true;.iand s ' -means that the consumption tat we Q9i" thsa "; yecVv woxmmmssw ozom ed ? a f this habit could be abolished.4. plthas heeo shQwnfeyareful scientific experiments that in the act of coughing or sneeiiner. un less a handkerchief or other ob ject is held in front otthe Jnose and mouth-, .microscopic artfcles of saliva and nasal .secretion . are discharged into the air, iq,4Which, even in a quiet room, .-my carried a distance of itcfn, ten to fifty yardslrTj re.wheie they wei e , expelted. Alany. of these droplets .can .bet ,seen if. one will cough or sneeze in Ifrortt pf a mirror or, windowpane. . JVlost of them, however, are too,;small to be: visible - to ithd naked eye. One can nowxqadjly, .under stand, how veryn impcdite is .: to a handkerchief sin- fldntii bt i tiSs face, for such a person literally g of from ten td fifty .yards . about him. The germs of tuberculosis, diphtheria and perhaps grip, colds pneumonia, . whooping cough, measles and scarlet fever, are con veyed through . expectoration Many perfectly- healthy, people not suffering f rom Jt he disease carry the germs of pneunjonia and diphtheria and other .contagious diseases in their mouths and throats. It becomes necessary that not only recognizably, sick people shall desist from .careless spitting, but that the apparently well, who may be "germ carriers," should also be careful iny expec torating. Towns and cities should make their anti spitting ordinances more than jokes. As a matter of fact they should not pass such an ordinance until,Xheare. ready to enforce it. JFromawi health point- o f view an&spitting ordi nances are no iojb&llgfcgy, J-e-gard ed . , They sJlqu Id Jbe sen o us laws, and .- theiolatioriy gfjhcm should be made more than a joke. For Health Schools Health work in schpols will be taken up this fall in a- much more thorough and extensive manner in North Carolina than ever before. Physicians special ly trained for such work will soon begin medical inspection in Ala mance, Northampton and Edge combe counties. These physi cians will spend one day with each school. They will do much more than merely make a careful examination of the physical wel fare of each child. They will give health talks and conduct a health day program to be con- eluded in the evening with an illustrated lecture on general health and sanitation to which the school and entire comrnunity will be invited. '
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