The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-22

they don't mind riding in the heretofore
rough numbering vehicle, for all is smocthe
and unjoItyl now; and then you exclaim
/ to the good woman, as you ride, wife,
why didn't we pray for such roads be-
fore ?"
Mrs Luther Singletary took business
trip to Jackson Monday.
Mr. R. A. Whitfield paid a few hours
visit in Jackson Monday.
| Our handsome young men and winsom
girls took leave Of friends this week and
hied themselves to colleges in the state,
as follows: ]. D. Martin, Walter Dear
and Luther Sandifer, Monday, for Missis-
sippi college; Ernest Laird and Claud
Holcomb, Monday for University. Misses
Maggie Berry, Aileen Rogers, Kate Their
rel left Wednesday, and, Misses Henry
Sue Evans, Ailsie Walker, Drucile Gravity,
and Sallie South, Tuesday, for |. |. and
c. These were all bright, healthy, happy
and intelligent young people; and we can
safely look forward to each making marks
of credit to themselves and honor to their
home county.
We notice Hen. R. G. Berry has pre-
pared two of the incest poultry cages we
have ever seen anywhere, to be used to
enclose and expose his exhibit of fowls
at our 'No. I" fair.
/ DR.. w. S. Leathers, State Director of
Public Health and Sanitation, lectured last
Monday at p. m. to an auditorium full
/ of men, women, boys and girls. We were
| glad TO see so many young persons were
present to hear the good doctors clearly
and plainly uttered words of wisdom
which, it is hoped and believed, will have
lasting effect for good to come so far
as sanitation is concerned. There was
good attention given. all the way through
his lecture, and he made matters very plain
so that the children fully understood him.
The doctor confined his talk to only
two subjects, viz: Consumption and hook
worm disease. He explained fully and
clearly how these diseases are caused,
and he urged upon all to bend their en-
I ergies towards prevention of them. But
as to the cure he would have them to apply
TO their home physicians for. treatment.
! He saws it was better and easier to use
facilities and means to prevent lie dis
eases than to try to cure them after they
are contracted We have space to men
ton only few Of the methods to be ap-
| piled to prevent the inroads of the dis
eases. For consumption. Don't spit on
| the floor If a consumptive sPits on the
floor anywhere the spittle dries, and par
| ticles float upwards and others breathe
| the germ of consumption and in time con.
tract consumption. Closed rooms must be
avoided. Let in plenty CT fresh air into
the room, night as well as day. The
night air is healthier than day air in
both winter and summer. Eat thoroughly
cooked food, bread or biscuits especially,
/ indigestion, as we'll as some other agencies
weaken the system and lays 1t liable to
contract consumption. The excrescences
should be removed and buried This pre-
vents flies propagating and conveying the
disease to humans. The habits should
be regular, SO that the system can be
kept in healthy. condition. Children fed
with milk from, tuberculosis COW will
take consumption unless the milk is pas
teurized first, and the same can be said
. Of a consumptive mothers milk. The child
of such a diseased mother would do better
to be fed otherwise. Worry is another
i fruitful source of consumntion. One hon;
! Of worry is equal to enc days hare
work. Two hundred thousand die II
the United States annually Of consump-
ton. Two hundred and ten thousand were
| killed in battle during the four years Of
the war, while two hundred thousand die
of consumption in one year. Three negroe
to one white die of consumption. Hence
| it is proper to urge sanitation araeng ths