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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, MARCH S, 1938
Dr. Padgett's Address On
Nourishment Of The Child
The following address wasle
livered by Dr. P. G. Padgett, pub
lic, health physician of Macon and
Swain counties, to the last meeting
of the Franklin Parent-Teachers
Association on February 22:
The conducting of a school lunch
room is a complex problehi and is
not, as is commonly and' erron
eously thought, a simple matter of
supplying abundant "quantities of
hot food. The error so many school
lunch rooms make is in-emphasizing
the "hot", lunch rather than the
"well-balanced" lunch. By well-
a lunch which contains all of the
essential dietary elements, namely :
fats, carbohydrates, proteins, min
erals, and all of the necessary vit
amins! In visiting a number of the
school lunch rooms over Macon
and Swain counties, ,1 have dis
covered that the children were re
ceiving bountiful plates of piping
hot food for their . lunch. These
plates contained the same ill bal
. anced diet so prevalent in their
homes. Day in and day out,' these
poor unsuspecting children were
receiving a diet too high in carbo
hydrates such as potatoes, sweet
and Irish ; rice ; corn ; cornbread ;
wheat biscuits; stewed apples and
other, carbohydrates, with no sign
of turnip tops, mustard, spinach,
kale or any other of the nourishing
greens. Most deplorable, of all
these poof children never received
milk or milk products such as hot
chocolate or custard.
On a diet such as the one out
lined above, an underweight child
might gain up to or above its
normal weight and still be. weakly
and unhealthy. This sort of diet
do.es not promote firm flesh and
muscle and strong bones. A child
maintained on this one sided diet
is unable to build up his powers
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measles or any other common in
fection. An ill fed child will usu
ally require several days more bed
rest or hospitalization to recover
from the same condition from which
a well and properly nourished child
will recover in a relatively short
time. !
Th .HQ-Fed Child U Dull
An ill-fed child ' is not as alert
mentally or physically as" a healthy
and property nourished child.
Teachers in the class' room have
undoubtedly .noticed that the pre
ponderance of so .called "bright"
ciiildien come from the better
homes where economic conditions
which favor nourishing food and
medical' attention is on the above
average level. An ill-fed child.
; o'f ten appears to be ; dull. Actually
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sues have not h.l the advantage
of the strengthening food elements
found in a well balanced diet. This
"dull" child might, with proper
v diet become a star pupil. A person
with pellagra, which results from
improper diet and is cured by a
proper diet, often demonstrates
mental changes. In fact, one of
the cardinal symptoms, although a
relatively late one, is dementia or
mental disturbance. Many of our
young, children in our county
schools are now being recognized
as pellagrous. Heretofore, we rec
ognized the decaying of childhood
teeth as inevitable and something
which might as well be early as
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late, inow we are uegminng iu iuuk.
upon the early decay and crumbling
of children's teeth and the spongy,
bleeding sore gums as something,
along with underweight to De re
garded as insipieht ,or early pel
lagra., Pellagra is no longer looked
upon, except by the uninformed, as
a disease of .adulthood. In fact, to
day many are beginning td wonder
if a great, "portion of the pellagra
cases discovered in adulthood did
Mot have their onset in childhood.
I firmly believe that there are
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many ennaren in our scnoois mai
are doomed to a pellagrous life if
their dietary habits are not alter
ed to conform with those conduc
ive to a strong, well nourished body.
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A sick, dog' gropes around with a
sad and lifeless expression, his
head hung low, his tail between his
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natural curve. Likewise an under
nourished, pellagrous child has poor
posture and a dull expression.
Could you expect a sick child to
walk about briskly in an upright
position with alert expression? No!
Nor can we expect many of our
undernourished children to be other
than dull students for .in reality
they are sick sick' with the pre
ventable disease malnutrition due
to, improper nourishment. Many
parents wonder at the doctors
statement that their child is under
nourished for they have provided
large bountiful tables for their
children to eat from. We do not
mean undernourishment in the sense
of insufficient quantity for this is
a rarity in our communities. Rath
er, we mean undernourishment in
the sense, of insufficient quality or
variety. .
boor Diet Causes Many Diseases
Dietary diseases such as pellagra,
rickets and scurvey are not entire
ly confined to families in the lower
income brackets for often these dis
eases may be present by stubborn
choice. They will eat corn bread
three times each day at the expense
of eating some of the other essen
tial food elements just because they
like bread best of all foods. They
liket bread best of all most probably
because their parents knew no bet
ter than to allow them to eat so
much, bread. Now, in later years
bread eating has become a strong
habit with them. Tell, one of these
persons he or she should eat very
little bread and his defense might
be, "The .bible says 'Bread is the
Staff of Life'." I am not doubting
the truth of that statement but, 1
am saying we shoulcl not eat bread
alone. Also in .the bible are refer
ences to the eating of fish, wild
berries and wild 'honey and. the
drinking of milk from goats and
camels. .
How many times have you had
your doctor advise you or your
friend concerning your diet ? How
many times has he advised the om
ission or reduction of bread?
Milk the Best Foiod
TJie greatest single food is milk,
yet it is completely absent from
the diets of many of . our children.
Mother's milk sustains the yourig
through the first few months of
life 'entirely. Breast milk contains
all of the , essential food elements
in addition to many anti-body con
stituents .which' protects the infant
from diseases -during the first six
months of life.-An infant 'should
never be made tj - substitute any
other food if the -mother is ' phy
sically able" to. supply a nourishing
breast milkI considering this
subject of breast feeding, -briefly I
want to remark;, that breast, feeding
can become an ;evil.if, as in many
oases, it ' is allowed,, to continue
over too long a period. After six
to eight months, the breast milk
begins to lose some of the nourish
ing' qualities with " which it -was
endowed in the first six months of
lactation.'. Consequently, substitu
tional feedings with boiled cow's
milk and, vegetable pures should
be begun after the sixth month
and by the end . of the tenth
month; breast feeding should be
completely stopped. In other words,
the infant should have completed
the "weening" proces's. -Many moth
ers continue brea&t feeding- 12 to
18 months and in ah 5 occasional
case for an even longer period of
time. After one year, the mother's
breast milk does .not contain
enough food elements to allow the
child to be properly nourished.
Some mothers continue this long
process of breast feeding' without
ever 'supplementing cow's milk and
vegetables. Needless to say, this is
nothing short' 'of slow murder for
the child is actually- being slowly
starved to death.
"Recently, a mother and father
came to my office to consult me
regarding the health of their child.
In his own 1 words, the father
said, "Doctor, we, have come to
see ' you about the poor health of
our child. We believe it has tuber
culosis. He does not gain weight,
vomits frequently, has diarrhea, and
crys and frets continually." I asked
what they had been feeding the
child and if he was getting Cod
Liver Oil and orange or, tomato
juice, if it received milk each day
and at what age the child was
weened ? To my great amazement,
the father said the. child had never
had cod liver oil, orange or to
mato juice, never had been given
solid food, and worst of all the
child "had never been , weened. The
father said, "I had been thinking
lately that I would have him ween
ed before long," just as though
the mother had nothing to do with
the matter. This child was almost
two years of age and had been on
the breast since birth. After ; hear
ing this story, 1 said, "Your child
is starving to death.'; Starving be
cause you parents have oftered him
nothing but water for the past year.
1 advised taking the child off the
mother's breast immediately furn
ishing one quart of boiled milk
daily, puree vegetables, cod liver
oil and orange or tomato juice each
day." I have not heard from them
since and have no record of the
child's death. Evidently, the child
is improving. I am sure it is if
they began feeding it properly. Th.is
is an extreme case where breast
feeding was overdone but by.no
means a rare incidence encountered
in practice. It is with this same
ignorance of child care that many
mothers, and fathers feed their chil
dren the same monotonous, ill bal
anced diet each day of their child
hood until each has become just
another 'hulk of a hurnan being
unable to do good work mentally
or physically and oftentimes to end
up in our institutions tor on our
relief roles as a burden to society.
Talk about ignorance there it is in
its most pitiful form.
- Milk Essential to Child's Health
How . cari' 'much of this be pre
vented? The answer is: by a well
balanced diet. It need not neces
sarily be an expensive one. There
is hardly a person living m this
county who hasn't a piece of land,
be it large or small," near his home
which could, with a little sweat, of
his brow, have been made into a
productive .garden for. his own fam
ily's use. Instead, many think only
of farming as the business of rais
ing something which . can be sold.
I know of a little , boy and girl in
a nearby school who are under
nourished, have bad teeth poor
posture and a record of many days
absence from school due to fre
quent colds and other illness. I
asked each of them about .their
diet, and whether or not they' had
a cow. The answer was, "Yes Sir;
we have two cows." They said they
did not drink, milk because the
father sold all of . the milk the
cows produce. This father is making
his customers' children healthy
but paying a high price to do so
by starving his own children.
Vitamines
A Found in cod liver oil, cream,
egg yolk, and yellow plants which
contain carolene (carrots, corn,
squash), also in green plants, liver,
and whole wheat products. ,
Deficiency causes Xerophthalmia
and Nyctalopia (night blindness)
sterility, also, lowered resistance to
infettions (colds, sores, etc.), stunt
ed growth,, digestive disturbances. '
B Found in pericaps . of grain,
animal organs, egg yolk, milk and
green vegetables.'
Deficiency causes beri ben, ano-,
rexia, , digestive disturbances, atonic
constipation, enlargement of paren
chymatous organs, sterility and var
ious nervous disorders, degenerative,
changes, in heart, G. track and
nervous system producing multiple
neuritis.
C Found in citrus fruits, toma
toes, other fruits and green vege
tables, raw meat (lean).
Deficiency causes scurvey, poor
health in babies, adolescents, mental
sluggishness, tendency to hemor
rhage and general physical weak
ness, anemia, decay of teeth ,and
weakening of -bones (decalcifica
tion). , "
D -Found in cod liver oil, milk,
egg yolk, direct sunlight (not under
windows).
Deficiency causes rickets, osteo
malacia (weaklng of bones), tetany,
decaying teeth, malformations '-, and
deformities of bones, general mus
cular, nervous and body weakness.
E Found in animal food (glan
dular, organs , especially), yeast,
seeds and green leaves of plants. .
Deficiency causes sterility.
G (P-P) B2) Found in yeast,
liver, liver extract, lean. meat, milk
and eggs, and the yellow, foods.
Deficiency causes pellagra.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
.Having qualified as administrators
of L. F. Setser, deceased, late of
Macon county, N. C, this is to
notify all persons having 'claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before ;the 5th day of Feb
ruary, 1939, or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
. This 5th . day of February, 1938.
GILMER SETSER
BRYAN SETSER,
Administrators.
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LEGAL ADVERTISING
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE V
, Having qualified as. administrator
of R. B. Bradley, deceased, late of
Macon county, N. C, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 31st day of Janu
ary, 1939, or this notice 'will be plead
in bar of i their recovery." All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 31st day of January, 1938.
MARVIN HOWARD,
Administrator.
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NOTICE
The following . regulation was
adopted by the Board of Conser-
vation and' Development in regular
session at Raleigh, N. G, on Janu
ary 19, 1938, and is now in full
force and effect: .
It shall be unlawful to fish
or take fish by any means
whatever from Cliffside Lake
and Skittles Creek in Macon
County until further notice.
PAUL KELLY, Secretary
Board of Conservation and
Development.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
I Having qualified as administrator
1 of D. I. Miller, deceased, late of
! Macon county, N. C, 'this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 22nd day of Jan
uary, 1939, or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted tdsaid estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 22nd day of January, 1938.
FRANK MILLER,
Administrator.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of T. B. Higdon, deceased, late , of
Macon county, N. , C, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to, the undersigned
on or before the 8th day of Feb
ruary, 1939, or. .this notice .will be
plead in bar of ; their recovery; All
persons' indebted to said estate, will
please, make immediate settlement.
This' 8th day of February; 1938.
. -THEODORE. HIGDON,
Administrator.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of J. B. Duvall, deceased, late of
acon j county, N.. -tfcfci to
notifyfall; peronsf! havfeig"5dams
agaiirfsf the estate of said ' deceased
to r e.xhibit them to - the undersigned
onf on before tljer. jjJlst day jof Janu
ary, 1939;' 'or - this - notice wilt be
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This' 31st day hi -January; 1938. :
; B. DUVALL,
. Administrator
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of W. Julian : :Waldrobp, -deceased,
late of ' Macon county, NCi, this is
to notify all 'persons having claims
against ' the estate of said 'deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the ;9th''day-of Feb
ruary; 1939,'' or this notice 'will be
plead in bar of -their recovery. All
persons indebtfed: to said estate1 will
please make immediate i settlement.
This 9th day of February; 1938.
'.' JOHN LYLE WALDROOP, i
.'. Administrator
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NOTICE OF SUMMONS
North Carolina '' ' ,
Macon County :-
In Th Superior Court
J. J. York
Ida II. York' ' ,
The above named defendant, Ida
H. York, will take notice that an
action entitled as above-'has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Macon County, North Carolina.
That the purpose of this action is
to obtain an absolute divorce from
the bonds of matrimony 'nW t&,
isting between the plaih tiff and the
defendant, on the grounds" of two,
years separation. '.;-.-
The defendant will further take
notice that she is required to ap
pear at the Office of the. Clerk of
the Superior Court ..pf ... Macort
County, North Carolina, in Frank
lin, on the 16th day of, April, 1938,
and answer or demur to, the cpni
plaint of the plaintiff . or , the relief
LEGAL ADVERTISING
will? be ; granted as asked for. .
This the 25th day of February,
f938.. ,
HARLEY R. CABE,
Clerk Superior Court
Macon County, N. C.
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NOTICE OF SUMMONS
North Carolina,
Maoon County.
In The Superior Court
Macon County , ;
": vs. . .
Roy H. Bryson and wife, Maggie
Bryson. . 1
The Defendants, Roy H. Bryson
and wife, Maggie Bryson, will take
notice, that an action entitled as
above,, has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Macon County,
North Carolina, for the purpose of
foreclosing a tax lien on property
in MacOn County, North Carolina,
and in which the defendants have
an interest, and are proper parties
thereto.
It is further ordered by the court
that the defendants, Roy H. Bryson
and wife, Maggie Bryson, are re
quired to appear at the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Macon County, North Carolina, at.
his office .in Franklin, on the 30th
day of March, 1938, and answer or
demur to the complaint of the
plaintiff, or the relief demanded in
said complaint will be granted.
This the 8th day of February,
1938. ,
HARLEY R. CABE,
Clerk Superior Court
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NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon County.- ' .
In The Superior Court
R. S. Jones, Administrator ofr the
estate of 'J., A. Porter, deceased"5 y
vs.
Mary V. Porter, et al
Under and by virtue, of a decree
of the Superior Court of Macon
county, made in the special pro
ceeding entitled "R. S, Jones, Ad
ministrator of the estate of J. A.
Porter, deceased, vs. Mary V. Por
ter, et al," the undersigned com
missioner will, on Monday, the 7th
day of March, 4938, at 12 o'clock,
noon, at the courthouse door in
Franklin, North Carolina, offer for
sale to. the highest bidder for cash
the following land:
AH the right, title, and interest
owned by J. A. Porter at the time
of his" death in the following de
scribed tracts of land :
A tract of land consisting of ap
proximately 50 acres, being located
on the east end. of Wayah Bald,
known as the. Wayah Bald camping
ground, completely surrounded by
the lands of the United States of
America.
The following lots in a sub-division
known as Bonny Crest, as sur
veyed and mapped by D. Conger in
August, 1908, said map or plat re
corded in office of Register of
Deeds, Book B-3, page 70:
Lots Nos, 14 and 18, Block No. 2.
Lots .Nos. 11, 15, 28, 29, 30, and 31,
Block No. 3, Lot No. 3, Block No.
6. Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, , 5, and 6,
Block No. 7.
This the 1st day of February,
1938.
, R. S. JONES,
Commissioner..
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NOTICE OF SUMMONS,
North Carolina,
Macon Cdunty,
In Th Superior Court ;
Macon County ' ", ;v, S
vs. . '". ' '
Dallas Jones and wife, .Mrs. Dallas
Jones and Town of Franklin
The Defendants, Dallas Jones and
wife, Mrs. Dallas Jones, will take
notice that an action entitled as
above,' Has been 'cbftimenced in the
Superior ; Court of Macon County,
North j Carolina, for the purpose of
foreclosing a tax . lien on property
in Maoon County, North Carolina,'
and in which th? defendants have
an interest, and are proper parties;
thereto.
It is further ordered by the
court that the defendants, Dallas;
Jones and wife, Mrs. Dallas Jones,
are required to appera at the of
fice of the Clerk" of the Superior
Court -of. Macon County., North
Carolina, at his office in Franklin,
on the 30th day of March. 1938.
and answer or demur to the com
plaint, pf the plaintiff, or the relief
demanded in said complaint will be
granted.. .. A , . . '."
" This the 8th dav of February.
1938. ' ', ' . ' ;
SJ1ARLEY R. CABE,
v - .. . Clerk Superior Court
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