The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-22
THE YOUNG MOTHER AND
THE FAT HOG.

Not Fable; Simply Straight
Goods.
q State Board of Health's Weekly Ar
ticle9
One a time little mother, who
was only twenty-five years old,
began to feel tired all the time.
Her appetite had failed her for
weeks before the tired feeling
game. Her three little girls. once
a icy in her life, now became a
burden to her. 1t was, Mama, /"
Mama. P" all day long. She never
had noticed these appeals until
the tired feeling came. The little
mother also had red spots on her
cheeks and a slight dry cough.
One day, when dragging herself
around, forcing her weary body
to work, she felt a sharp but
slight pain in her chest, her head
grew dizzy and suddenly her
mouth filled With blood. The
shemorrhage was not severe, but
it left her very weak. The doctor
she had consulted for her coue h
and her tired feeling prescribed
ibitters made of alcohol, water
and gentian. This gave her false
strength fora while, for it check
ed out her little reserve. When
the hemorrhage occurred she and
all her neighbors knew she had
consumption, and the doctor
should have known it and told
her months before.
Now she wrote to the State
Board of Health and said: Il am
told that consumption in it's early
stages can be cured by outdoor
life, continued rest, and plenty
of plain. good food. l do not
want to die, | want to live and
raise my children to make them
good citizens. Where can | go to
get well?" The reply was
The great Christian State. OF
Indiana had not yet risen to the
mighty economy of saving the
lives of little mothers from con.
sumption. At present, the only
place where you can go is a grave
However, the State will care fol
your children in an orphan asylum
after you are dead, and then in &
few years special officer will
be paid to find a home for then
But save your life Never. Tha
is cranky idea" for membe
on the floor of the Sixty-fiftl
Assembly said so. Besides.
said he. 1T isn't business; tn
State can't afford it," So tn
little mother died of the prevent
able and durable disease, tn
home was broken up and tn
children were taken to the or
phan asylum.
A big fat hog one mornin
found he had pain in his belly
He squealed loudly and the farm
er came out of his house to Sc
what was the matter. "He'
got the hog cholery," said tn
hired man. So the farmer tele
graphed Secretary Wilson of tt
u. S. Agricultural Departmel
SWho said the other day he ha
5000 experts in animal and pla:
diseases), and the reply wa
Cert. III send you a man rigl
away" Sure enough. the m;
came. He said he was a D.
IS, and he was, too. He had
Government syringe and bot
of Government medicine in
handbag, and he went for t
hog 1t got we'll. 1t wasn't Gran
for the Government to do tn
and it could afford the expen.
for the hog could be turned ii
nam, sausage. lard and bacon.
Anybody, even a fool, can s
it would be cranky for the St,
to save the life Of little moth
and it could not afford it, eth
MORAL: Be hog and be wo
saving.
THE background of this St
rs laid in Indiana, but it's tr,
applies with equal force to
own State. For while Indian;
spending SAB, 500 annually on
public health, North Carolina
spending the extravagant s
OF $12,O 900 annually on our pu
health.