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THE LONELINESS CAUSED BY
BAD ROADS.
It may be said that bad roads mean the non de
velopment to the fullest extent of religious and edu
cational activities; they mean loneliness on the farm,
and loneliness is one of the impelling forces driving
people from country to city life. It is not possible to
retain upon the farm either the young people or more
active laborers so much needed in farm work, so long
as bad roads make easy transportation back and forth
an impossibility. While I cannot vouch for its ac
curacy, it has often been claimed that the loneliness
of the country results in more insanityamong farm
ers' wives in proportion to the total number than is to
be found in any other class of people. Whether this
after repeated statement is correct or not, I can readily
imagine that there may be some truth in it. The men
are free to move around, and meet each other at coun
try stores or engage in outside pursuits which furnish
some diversions. The farmer's wife in a country of
bad roads has little or no diversion; it is almost impos
sible during a large part of the year for her to visit
friends or attend church, and no wonder the monot
ony of a life where bad roads produce these results
hangs like a pall over her.—From Address of R. H.
Edmonds, Editor of the Manufacturers' Record.
TYPHOID FEVER—A PREVENT
ABLE DISEASE.
A Typhoid Epidemic is a Disgrace to
the Community in Which It Occurs
—Why Not Clean Up the Country ;
and Get Rid of This Deadly
Disease?
Louis Pasteur, a French Chem-1
ist, is the man of all others to
whom the civilized world owes
its health and its absolute cer
tainty that the great epidemic
diseases of the past can noti
recur. It was Pasteur who dis
covered the bacterial origin of
disease, or the "germ theory,"!
as it is popularly called. But for;
him, typhoid fever would in all
probability still be looked upon
as a scourge of God instead of,
as now, a disgrace to the com
munity which harbors it.
Since the establishment of the 1
germ theory of disease the sub
ject has been investigated by!
scientists, has been carefully
studied by physicians, has been
considered and acted upon by
State and municipal boards of
health. The conservation of the
health of the towns and cities by
stamping out disease has been
the topic of discussion of busi
ness men's leagues, civic im
provement societies, women's
clubs, public schools, not forget
ting the splendid campaign for
health that has been carried on
by the ministers of the Gospel
all over the land.
WHERE THE COUNTRY IS BEHIND
THE TOWNS.
But what of the country? All
this organized and individual
effort has spent itself upon the
city or town and today we still i
witness the spectacle of a rural 
population, in the main unorgan-':
ized, unprotected and in many i
instances uninformed, an easy j:
mark to epidemics of disease.
In these organized, well regu- ]
lated cities and towns we find a !
protected water supply, and!
sanitary disposal of sewerage.
We observe barns and stables
carefully guarded to insure ;
against breeding places for flies.
We note that the garbage is
carefully and effectively disposed
of, that the swamps and other
breeding places of the mosquito
are effectively drained. All this
1 precaution, the result of organ- j
ized effort for better health con- j
ditions.
; How is it in the country? There
; we frequently find the open well,!
i located in many instances with- j
out regard to drainage, surface
1 water or filth contamination. We!
observe open privy vaults, pos
sibly containing disease germs,
systematically neglected, offering
a loathsome rendezvous for flies,
as well as a source of filth in the
food supply of many of the farm
animals. Or we some times find
even worse conditions; a farm
house unprovided with any sort
, of out-house. Statistics more or
less reliable, have been collected
which give us the startling in
formation that fully 40 per cent
of our Southern farmhouses have
no provision for the disposal of
human excreta.
We observe further that iq this
THE DANBURY REPORTER
rural community there is no ar
rangement for the systematic
disposal of garbage; that masses
of waste and debris remain'
month in and month out, offering
a harbor as well as a source of
food supply to insects and other
household pests. About the
premises are marshy places,
stagnant pools, undrained ditches
which offer breeding spots for
the fateful mosquito.
This is not the picture the poets
and novelists have given us of
the country, am well aware. They
have given us an ideal, and it is
the work of the intelligent farm
man and woman to make the
ideal a reality.
TWO COUNTRY DISEASES WE
MUST STAMP OUT.
For the country to iid itself of
two of its most deadly foes, ty
phoid fever and malaria, will re
, quire years of steady determined
effort. It will require a "long
pull, a strong pull and a pull al
together. " It is practically pos
sible to stamp out these two dis
eases commonly known as "coun
try diseases," within a few years,
j but it will mean a steady, patient,
intelligent campaign for clean,
i wholesome, sanitary surround
ings about every farm house.
Typhoid fever is a disease o:
; the intestines. The germs fron
; a typhoid-infected person, unless
promptly treated with a disin
. | fectant, are a source of immed
[ i iate and certain danger to everi
•! member of the family. Typhoi
!is one of the most loathsome o:
i j diseases. It is essentially a filtl
(disease. The untreated excreta
from a typhoid patient, if thrown
into an open vault or upon the
ground, may be carried by flies
[to the food, thus promptly
spreading contagion to the in
! mates of the home, or the germs
may be washed by the summer
rains to the well, where they
may live for years, causing a
| constant menace to the health of
| the family. Flies are the recogn
ized carriers, because of their
habits and beause of their pres
ence in the homes. Typhoid is
one of the recognized prevent
able diseases. Destroy or abolish
the source of infection and the
spread of the disease is stopped
at once. This means that milk,
water, food, must be kept un
tainted and the dangerous house
fly must be kept out of all the
places of human habitation.
THE TYPHOID PATIENT'S DIET.
A physician told me some time
ago that when treating a case of
typhoid fever the problem of
the fever itself was not nearly
so serious as the contro of the
diet of the convalescing patient;
that he lost more cases of typ
hoid after the fever was broken,
from unwise feeding on the part
of the caretaker than from the
disease in itself. Absolute ob
edience to the prescribed diet
as given by the physician is the
only safe rule for the home nurse
to follow. When the care-taker
understands fully the nature
of the disease, the irritate, in- j
flamed condition of the lining ofj
the intestine, she will readily re-'
cognize the value of the doctor's :
injuction to feed only liquid food, j
The presence of a bit of biscuit,
cracker, a grain of rice, has
more than once been followed by
a relapse oftentimes fatal to a typ-;
hoid patient.
The daily bath should be a!
part of the nursing regime in all j
'illness, and most especially!
should this be observed in typhoid
fever. The human skin is ai
complicated net, whose meshes
must be kept open and unclogged
lin order that through them the
body may throw off its impure
secretion. The cold sponge bath
also to reduce the temperature
of the typhoid patient, is the most
frequent means employed, and
may be successfully performed
!by the intelligent, moves and
| avoids everything that irriate the
! patient.
In this day, when it is possible
to prevent absolutely the spread
of this disease, the constant re
currence of an epidemic of typ
hoid fever in our homes and
communities indicate gross
neglect on the part of some
one.
Miss Mary Taylor spent Thurs
day night with friends at Pied
mont.
gflk TRIED REMEDY
BjSI FOR the grip.
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THIS LADY'S
GOjM APPETITE
Mrs. Hansen, In a Letter From
Mobile, Tells How She Gained It
Mobile, Ala.—"l suffered for «eren
years, with womanly trouble," writes
Mrs. Sigurd Hansen in a letter from
this city. "I felt weak and always had
a headache and was always going to
the doctor. At last I was operated on,
and felt better, but soon I had the
same trouble.
My husband asked me to try Cardui.
I felt better after the first bottle, and
now, I have a good appetite and sleep
well. I feel fine, and the doctor tells
me I am looking better than he ever
saw me."
If you are sick and miserable, and
suffer from any of the pains due to
womanly trouble —try Cardui.
Cardui Is successful because it Is
composed of ingredients that have been
found to act curatlvely on the woman
ly constitution.
For more than fifty years. It has been
used by women of all ages, with great
success. Try it Your druggist sells it.
N. B -Write to: Udln 1 Advlwry D«*..
nooca MadlclnaCo.. Chattanooga.
Instructions, and 64 pat® book. Horn* Truuanl
or Women," Mot In pUtn wrapper, on requttt.
MADISON ROUTE THREE.
News and Personals From the
Eastern Section of the County,
Madison Route 3, June 13.
Miss Susie Johnson, of Madison,
is visiting relatives on Route 3
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wall and
son, Master Jesse, are at home
after a stay of two years in
Idaho.
Master Nicholas Wall is on the
sick list this week.
Misses Susie Johnson, Ida Lee,
Ruth and Bertie Wall spent the
day with Miss Mary Joyce Mon
day.
Misses Virginia Smith, of Mad
ison; Nona Hamlin, of Leaksville;
Messrs. Robert Chambers and
Arthur Nickols, of Madison, visit
led Miss Effie Black well Saturday.
Mr. Walter Blackwell, of Pine
| Hall, is indisposed this week.
Misses Mary Joyce, Ruth Wall,
and Annie McAnally visited Miss
Lillie Sharp Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr. Joe Blackwell, of Pine
Hall, visited relatives on Wall's
street Saturday and Sunday.
We think wedding bells will
soon ring on Wall's street.
Rev. A. R. Berkley has chang
ed his appointment at Knoll
Hurst from 2:15 to 1:30.
Mr. and Mrs. Pleasent Cox
spent Saturday with loved ones
on Wall's street.
There will be Children's Day
services at the Methodist church
at Pine Hall Sunday night.
Mrs. G. F. Daniel has been
suffering with neuralgia very
much, we are very sorry to note.
Miss Mae Wall, who has been
clerking at Wall & Cardwell's at
Live and
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Madison, will return home Fri- ,
day to spend her vacation.
Miss Hester Wall has been
visiting Mrs. A. W. Webster, of
Madison, the past week.
Mr. G. F. Dapiel paid Mr. and
Mrs. R. N. Wall a visit Sunday
afternoon.
There was a flinch party given
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
R. N. Wall Saturday night
Master Malcolm Wall and
Arthur Sharp gave an icecream
supper Saturday night at the .
home of Mr. Jeff Sharp.
Mrs. J. M. Reynolds was in
Madison Tuesday shopping.
We are glad to note that Mrs.
Sam Wall is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wall visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Wall,.
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Lucy Southern is on the
sick list.
The farmers are about half
through planting tobacco in this
section.
Wheat harvest will soon be
here.
A crowd gathered at Mr. June
Yates' Sunday to eat cherries.
We hear no sign of the locust
in this country these days.
CHUMS.
Messrs. Joseph Martin and
Wm. Martin, two Meadows farm
ers, spent a short while in town
Friday.
HOW'S THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars *
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have'"
known F. J. Cheney for the last
15 years, and believe him perfect
ly honorable in all business tran
sactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING. K INN AN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75 cents per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for
constipation.
Mr. J. A. Whitten, of Walnut
Cove, has assumed charge of the
R. P. Joyce Piedmont Transfer
line at the Piedmont end. i
R. DAV I S
Selling Out At Cost
DRY OOODS, NOTIONS,
BOOTS, SHOES AND
LADIES' MILLINERY,
AND FURNISHING
GOODS.
Great Bargains.
R. D~A VI S
411 LIBERTY ST.
WINSTON - SALEM.