The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-09
The HookWorrn
Deserves Death.


The following is taken from the
columns Of the FlOrala Democrat:
twenty-five per cent Of the cotton
mill employees of the south are af-
fected with the hookworm, said DR..
Stiles, who based the statement on
personal visits to 128 mills In North
and South Carolina, Florida, Alabama
and Mississippi. The mills in the
sandy sections of these states showed
a much higher percentage of infection
than did those Of the piedmont or clay
sections. In the mills of Atlanta the
infection was found to be less than
per cent. In some Of the rural COM
munities of the south where there is
an absolute lack Of sanitary arrange
ment, 80 per cent Of the inhabitants
are infected"
While a great majority of the south
ern press have regarded the hook
worm pest in a spirit Of more or less
levity, and some have grown wroth in
their skepticism, it must be admitted
that where there is so much smoke
there must be little fire.
The physicians say we have had
hookwornn for years In the south and
that we still have it. The doctors are
in position to know what they are talk.
ing about and we should lend them
our cooperation in the eradication OF
! the evil.
Many of them claim that the hook
worm comes second only to tubercu
losis in prevalence. To be sure the
disease is not so fatal as tuberculosis
but it is known fact that many die
| from its effects each year, although ii
| is comparatively easy to cure, if dis.
covered before it has made too serious
inroads on the human system.
The Macon Telegraph and New Or
leans Picayune have been particularly
denuncfatory in their comments on
what they term an effort on the part
of northern capitalists to stifie South
| ern immigration. II hardly seems
| creditable that John D. Rockefeller
would find it to his interest to expend
million dollars just to spite and re
fleet on the south.
The Journal regrets the unpleasant
filings that have been made at the
hookworm "adherents,' for there car
be no doubt of its telling existence in
this section. The evidence is decided
! " against the sl-eptics.
They even had a right interesting
Mardi GIas at Mobile.
HeadIine-"Pat Calhoun will be
tried again" Q, pifle!
Headline-'Iove makes the world
90 round" The head, too.
Say, haven't we newspaper folks
about worked that Return from Elba'
gag enough?
Tired feet and a few wrenchec
shoulders make two relics of the re
cent hilarity.
A St. Louis man was knocked dow1
and run over by a wagon. his face
beine badly mashed and cat up. Ht
was hurried to = hospital and tn,
press dispatches state that when h,
comes out his best girl won't know
him. so completely remsasled will hi:
front be. 1t Is claime8sY hat the doc
tors are fixing The man up with an en-
tfrelv new face which will look smootl
and pretty enough for the most crit
cal. If that be true We may expect
revolution in facial appearances here
after. The doctor who can take oil,
and nl-shaped faces and make then
pretty and attractive will have hi
hands full, but he won't have an,
feminine customers from Pensacola
| Our faces don't have to be remodeIet
down here in civilization.
The Ocela Banner says the Ne7
Work World printed recently the oIdes
story in the world-a sort of literar
Mathus alah, says the Banner. 1t tell
/ of some kind Of an enchantment i.
| which q gtlded serpent took a leadin;
part. We fear the New York paper
nature-faking. The first story Dut
/ Hshed. as we understand the situation
dealt with an incident of creation
when our foreparents got into troubI
and Adam laid it all off on Eve. VIII
subsequently lugged in a helpless SCI
! pent and made him sponsor for tn
whole thing. There may have been