Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-09
THE TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT.
Call for Help In H.ttling Against
LOatilsOme Disease.

uO"n the disease.
You know 1t was said Of Timothy
that his goodness began in his grand
mother. This fight must begin with
the mothers, and now Is the time to
save the next generation. Our grand
fathers fought for liberty and our
fathers for Southern rights. Let us
band together and fight to make our
race strong, physically. morally,
mentally and spiritually. TO do this
we must be Of a strong body. A
strong mind seldom Is found In a
weak body.
You farmers know that poor
mother In animals makes poor Off
spring. The mother should keep her
body clean and healthy and morals
pure. Many a poor child inherits
immortality from his parents. Think
Of this-a child being doomed to
carry a burden all his life that his
| mother placed on him. But, on the
other hand. happy is the man who
has good mother. If the mother
IS hgh-toned and loving the children
will be.
Next TO the mother comes the
home. 1t does not take a palace to
make a happy and idea! home. The
home should be kept clean, the fur
niture and other things should be for
comfort rather than appearance.
The child's bed should be SO the sun
shine can be on it; each piece Of
linen aired daily; the mother should
study how TO feed the child to de-
velop him carefully; he should be
required to sleep plenty, stay in
fresh air and battle in fresh water
freely; his temper controlled; his
play things selected with view of
teaching him to make his play in
structive; his Bible must be his first
book, and give him plenty Of books
his nails, teeth and hair; teach him
to eat plenty Of vegetables.
Often children catch disease in the
school room. Here is work for
the teachers. Require the children
to come with clean hands, nails and
teeth; teach them not to bring mud
in the school room; the lunch bas-
kct and water bucket should never
be in the room with the children; a
water cooler should be in place Of the
buckets. Every dollar we spend on
our school will be we'll spent. Now,
before fall, | want to see the follow
ing things done in the schools: The
we'll cleaned out and covered so
nothing can get in it: If you cannot
get the cooler and cup for each
child, get big dipper to lift up the
water and have Il cup to pour it in to
drink, and require the children to
wash it out before using. Before
starting your child to school get him
cup OF some kind and put it in his
lunch basket.
II the school cannot have jani-
tor the children should be taught to
keep it clean. Don't let old papers
be on the ground; plant flowers
where the water is thrown out to ab-
sorb the germs in the place. Don't
let the children exchange gum; |
have seen this done often. In one
school | visited | saw row of gum
on the wall. | asked the children
how they knew each others gum?
Have a closet and have a box Of lime
in 1T. and require the children to use
1t freely. At recess make all the
children 90 out in the fresh air;
air into the school room. Invite your
doctors to lecture to the children on
the care Of the body.
| have roughly sketched off this as
outline, and hope the teachers will
fill out and start this work in Oco-
nee. | want every mother, teacher
and landowner to write me a card
plcdging to help keep our country
clean.
We suggest that the first OF April
be set apart as Oconee cleaning-up
day. The men should clean out the
wells and stables and lots; they
should require every tenant to keep
clean hog pen and have a closet,
ana keep II clean. Put all the old
tin cans in gully; burn the rags
and papers on the yards Let the
mothers kill the bed-bugs and air all
the old trunks, quilts; scour, clean
up everywhere. Air daily every
piece OF bed linen; let plenty of
fresh air in the rooms. Clean up the
hen houses. for hens kept in nasty
house make sickness. Keep all the
manure from the hen house swcp.
up and put on your flowers Don't
pour out the water from the wash
tubs at the wash place. but put ii on
your flowers.
Kill all poor dogs and cats. A
woman died some years ago on nv
fathers farm with consumption, and
she sat by The fire and spat on the
hearth. and her ca. ate it. and she
gave us some kittens. and soon they
began to cough and show symptoms
Of the disease, and father had them
killed at once.
Nov. how TO care for the people
who have this awful disease, and
how 10 care for the rest Of us. | am
not able to tell, but if YOU are willing
to join in the army to fight for
health | shall secure articles on this
subject. The whole state is at work.
Will we lag behind?
| want the name OF every man and
woman who will help. Send it at
once. All 1t will cost YOU is to do
as suggested, and card to write