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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

scraggy, faded, dry, brittle or thin. Be
sides identifying the hair. Danderine
dissolves every particle of dandruff;
cleanses, purifies and invigorates the
SCALP, forever stopping itching and fall
ing hair, but what VIII please you most
will be after a few weeks use of Dan
derine, when you win actually see new
hair-fine and downy at first-yes-but
really new hair growing all over the
scalp. If you care for pretty, soft hair.
and lots of It, surely get a 25-cent bot
tie of knowlton's Danderine from any
drug store or toilet counter and just
try 1t. (Advt)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
PREACAER,s WEE DIES.

MACON. GA, Dec. 1I.-While he was
holding a revival meeting in Newman,
Rev. J. l. Miller. a Baptist minister of
Macon, lost his wife here by death. Mrs.
Miller died very suddenly from heart
trouble, few minutes after arising from
the supper table The funeral will be
held at McRae, Ga
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
STETSON HEADS MACON
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

MACON, GA, Dec. 11--Eugene w.
Stetson. a local banker has been re-elected
president of the Macon Chamber Of Com
merce. and practically the same officials
as directed the affairs Of this body for the
past year have also been chosen. The
chamber. at its annual meeting, set plans
in motion for the renewal Of the cam
paign TO bring the state capital to Macon,
appointing w. T.. Dunwody chairman Of
the committee in charge of arrangements.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
$4,000 FOR SIGNATURES
OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11.-Signatures
Of the So signers of the Declaration of In
dependence. part of the collection Of au-
tographs of Elliott Danforth, late treas
urer of the state of New York, were sold
here for $15,1OO. The highest price paid,
$4,000, was for the signature of Button
Gwinnett Of Georgia, who was killed in
duel by General Lochlon Mcintosh.
Some of the signatures brought only a
dollar or two each
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

You will find that druggists every
where speak Well of Chamberlain's
Coueh Remedy. They know from long
experience in the sale of it that in
cases of coughs and colds it can always
be depended upon, and that it is pleas
ant and safe to take. For sale by all
dealers. (Advt)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
IMPROVES WATER SUPPLY.

WAYCROSS, GA. Dec l1.-All dan
ger Of water famine in Waycross In
case of an extended fire has been elimi-
mated By the addition Of another arte-
sian wen TO the city Wateworks plant
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

The Xmas gift for any member of the
family. Jno. L. Moore & Sons have
just what you want and at prices that
will astonish you. Call and see them.
AZ North Broad St. $50
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DEATH RATE Of THOSE
lover FORTY INCREASING

are being educated to apply this rem
edy, a sane and practical way to Sc
cure a measure of immediate relief
is to urge upon our people the prac-
tice of going to their physicians at
reasonable intervale, for health ex-
aminations to detect these prevent
able or postponable diseases in time
to check them. Many of these az
flictions develop without notice. The
cost of discovering and of overcoming
them in their incipiency would be
trifiing and would be the means OF
4prolonging thousands of lives"
Mr. Rittenhouse believes that IL the
present thirst for knowledge OF
health and life conservation contin-
ues to increase it is not only possible
but reasonably certain that during the
next 80 years the present Death rate
Of Is per thousand in the 30 states
that keep mortality statistics will be
reduced to TO- but this cannot be ac-
complished without shange from the
carelessness Of human life which he
finds characteristic of Americans end
a great extension in the public health
service. The real> race suicide, he
maintains. is not in the insuffcienoy
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
SKIN DISEASE ON FACE

Barthell, KY had skin disease
on my face, neck and hands that tor
mented me all the time and when
would get hot the places would burn
SO that had to keep my face wet in
cold water 1t began as pimples and
indeed it was disfguring, for it would
get in spots on my face and hands as
large as quarter of dollar. 1t would
get into blisters sometimes and | sure
did suffer My face burned all the
time. 1t was this way SO bad for
about six years and tried everything
that could hear of, but nothing did
any good.
Zone day found the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment advertised and ordered
some at once. would wash my face
good with the Cuticura Soap and then
apply the Cuticura Ointment and they
have cured me- 1t would take half a.
tablet to tell all I suffered in those six
years. (Signed) Mrs. Della Hill.
Jan. 8, 1912
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cutlcura. Dept. L. Boston"
Adv.
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tally of persons of forty years and
over.
1.-THE average length of an Ameri-
about fifteen years during the past
century and yet the span of life is
being shortened. During the last 30
years the general death rate has de-
creased approximately rs per cent,
and yet the chances Of early death
after passing the age of forty have
steadily increased"
This, Mr.. Rittenhouse finds, is due
to the fact that while great progress
has been made in checking communi-
cable diseases, other diseases, which
afflict middle age and later life, have
gone on almost unheeded in this coun-
try Among them are apoplexy,
Brights disease, heart disease, and
arteriosclerosis. The intense life Of
Americans and intemperance in eat
ing, drinking, and working have con-
tributed to their prevalence. Above
all, our carelessness in regard to life
is blamed, and from this cause come
increases in deaths from accident, sui
eide, and homicide.
while we have every reason"
says Mr. Rittenhouse, ito felicitate
ourselves upon the wonderful result
of the spread of life-saving intelli-
gence, we must not overlook the fact
that we have increased the average
length of human life only by increas-
ing the proportion of people living in
the younger age periods, while the av-
erage duration of life Of those who
pass into middle and old age has been
constantly shortened.
with all its blessings modern civil
ization has introduced hazards, hab-
it's, and conditions of life which not
only invite but which have increased
In many ways physical, mental, and
moral degeneracy. Insanity and
idiocy are increasing Diseases of
vice, the most insidious enemy of this
! and future generations, are spreading
rapidly, according to medical men.
So far we have lacked the moral
courage to openly recognize and fight
this scourge The alcohol and drug
habits are constantly adding new vic
Tins to the degenerate list and to the
death roll. Suicides are increasing,
and now reach the enormous total of
$4,000 annually, Lynchings and burn
ings at the stake continue, and are
common only to our country At.
tempts upon human life by individu-
ais and mobs under triiing provoca.
ton, or none at all, are obviously in.
creasing.
in the United States the death
rate above the age of forty has stead
lily increased, while it has remained
stationary in England and Wales. The
important organs of the body are
wearing out too soon. The diseases
of old age are reaching down into the
younger age periods. The death rate
from the degenerative diseases of the
heart, blood vessels. and kidneys, in
GLIDING apoplexy, have increased more
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than 100 per cent. since 1880 In
New Jersey the increase is lie per
cent, in Chicago 159 per cent. in
New Orleans 1863 per cent. These
diseases claim over 100000 lives an
nually. The doctors tell us that fully
so per cent. of these deaths are pre-
ventable or postponable if the dis
ease is discovered in time.
"All of our money, all Of our en-
ergy, seem to be directed against dis
eases that can be communicated. Is
not life lost from Bright's disease
as valuable as one lost by typhoid
fever? The annual loss from pneu-
monia aggregates $4,000 lives, a
large portion of which is due to
weakened bodily resistance resulting
from these degenerative affections
Cancer, battling disease of the de-
generatiye class, to which our people
in their present physical condition are
highly susceptible, claims $4,000 lives
annually and is increasing very fast
Deaths from external cancer alone
have increased 50 per cent in ten
years"
This table shows the decrease in
the death rate per thousand brought
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
quite the Thina.

'1 told you that if you came tomor
row morning l would give you the
money for my wash. Why did you
come tonight?" said Miss Philis to the
daughter of her laundress.
Il know you said tomorrow morn
in" responded the girl, "but me moth
err she told me to come tonight, cause
she was afraid you might be gone
away by tomorrow mornin.'
II certainly should not go without
paying my laundry bill" said Miss
Philis sharply. mo respectable wom-
an would do such thing"
"Oh. yes, maam, they would re-
piled the child knowingly. There's
lots of respectable ladies does"
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AsE AND INCREASE IN DEATHS UNDER AND OVER FORTY.

of births, but in the needless loss OF
life through preventable diseases.
Speaking of the decrease in the birth
rate, he says:
I'VE are not only reducing the fer
tility of our race and also shortening
the span of life, but we are permitting
at least $4,000 lives to be destroyed
annually which we could save by the
application Of simple and well-known
precautions If we would save these
lives, they, together with their natu-
raj offspring. would solve the prob
lem of maintaining an adequate sur
plus of births over deaths. What we
need is not necessarily larger fami-
lies, but more families. larger
number Of small families is surely
preferable to smaller number Of
large families"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
PAID Minister In rinfoil.

The meanest man in the world has
been found. He is the man who gave
the Rev Thilo Gore, pastor of the
German Lutheran church, an envelope
filled with tinfoil for marrying him.
The bride and groom rang DR..
Cores doorbell late one night and
asked him to marry them AS they
had license, he did so. After the
ceremony was performed the man
handed the minister an envelope
which was supposed to contain the
fee. He found it contained nothing
but several pieces of tinfoil.- Chicago
Tribune.
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The Crooked WAY.

District Attorney Whitman OF New
York, according to. the Washington
Star, was talking about the sad case
of western banker who had stolen
great sum from the depositors
'The man." said Mr.. Whitman,
lived beyond his means-motor cars,
a house with eleven baths, son at col
lege, daughter coming out, wife hun
cry for diamonds. The inevitable re
suit followed"
Mr., Whitman smiled and ended:
THE unfortunate fellow got strait
ened, SO he became crooked"
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Was Fun to Choose.

A number of drivers Of racing cars
who were in Louisville to participate
I'm the motor races were present at
luncheon in honor of one of the
leading contestants, who told several
automobile stories.
But my best story" said the racer,
lis about taxicab chauffeur This
man was discharged for reckless
driving and SO became motorman on
trolley car.
sAs he was grumbling over his fall
en- fortunes friend said:
"'Oh, what's the matter with you?
Can't you run over people just as
much as ever?'
YES the ex-chauffeur replied, but
formerly l could pick, and choose. !"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
Dickens and Defoe as Editors

himself to brief units, would in
American journalism today be indeed
mighty power to reach and move
the hearts of men, The same genius
that went into his fiction has over
flowed into some of his critical work
and always there is the great ability
to entertain, mixed with a need OF
using that power for the betterment
of life, which is exactly the comDina-
ton that the ideal editor ought to
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
NO MEDICINE
sut Change of Food Gave Final Relief.

Most diseases start in the alimen-
tary canal-stomach and bowels.
A great deal of our stomach and
bowel troubles come from eating too
much starchy and greasy food.
The stomach does not digest any
OF the starchy food we eat-white
bread, pastry, potatoes, oats. etc
these things are digested in the small
intcstines, and If we eat too much, as
most OF us do, the organs that should
digest this kind Of food are overcome
by excess Of work, SO that fermenta-
ton, indigestion, and long train Of
ails result.
Too much fat also Is hard to digest
and this is changed into acids. sour
stomach, belching gas. and a bloated,
heavy feeling.
In these conditions change from
indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts VIII
work wonders in not only relieving
the distress but in building up a
strong digestion. clear brain and
steady nerves. A Wash. woman
writes:
About five years ago | suffered
with bad acknowledgements indiges-
ton. constipation-ca caused, know
now, from overeating starchy and
greasy food
II doctored for two years without
any benefit. The doctor told me there
was no cure for me, l could not eat
anything without suffering severe
pain in my back and sides, and I be-
came discouraged
"A friend recommended Grape-Nuts
and / began to use it. In less than
two weeks began to feel better and
inside of two months l was a we'll
woman and have been ever since.
II can eat anything / wish with
pleasure. We eat Grape-Nuts and
cream for breakfast and are very
fond of It," Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road
to Wellvilie," in pkgs. There's a
reason"
Ever rend the above letters new
one appears FROM time to time. They
are genuine true, and full OF human
tntercat. ADV.
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Princess, Books.

The princess royal of England, the
only daughter of George v. is said to
be the object of the same maternal
solicitude as her brother, the prince
of Wales. The princess. it is said,
shows no interest in art as do most of
the family cares nothing for needle
work, as do her cousins and her aunts,
but she is fond of books and knows all
the good authors. English and French.
But her prudent mother only permits
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
Truth About Old AGE.

George F. Baer, the famous Phila-
delphia railroad man, said on his
SEVENTEEN birthday:
Il agree with Professor Metchnikoff
about the wisdom of the old. Profess
sor Osler made it fashionable to de-
cry gray hairs, but my experience has
been that the old not only possess
wisdom, but they seek it also"
With a smile Mr.. Baer added:
THE only people who think they
are too old to learn are those who
really are too young"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

Writing about the kind of literary
talent that would be most valuable
in editorial work today, we mention
ed Voltaire, Macaulay and Swift
Among the suggestions that the mail
has brought in, the most interesting
are Dickens and Defoe. Defoe. hew-
ever, with his marvellous impression
of actually, would be greater as
special writer than as an editorial
.ritjc. Dickens. ii he could adapt
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
Probably Prize Crouch.

A grouchy butcher, who had watch
ed the price of porterhouse steak
climb the ladder of fame, was deep
in the throes of an unusually bad
crouch when a would-be customer. s
years DID, approached him and handed
him a penny.
Please, mister, want cents
worth of sausage
Turning on the youngster with q
growl, he let forth this burst Of good
craftsmanship:
go smell O. the hook New Or
leans Daily States.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
Hard to See Under Water.

There is no scientific instrument of
the scope character which enables
one to see down to so or so feet under
water. When the sun shines vertical
ly over water, box or bucket with a
glass bottom is often used to look
into the water. A cloth covering to
exclude light from the box or bucket
is sometimes employed. But without
electric or some other light in the wa
ter these devices are not very salts
factory.
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her to read those books after careful
scrutiny
1.-The library of the princess" says
a Paris paper, unique of its kind. con-
tains only masterpieces, but in these
masterpieces certain pages have been
carefully blackened with ink following
the fashion OF the Russian censorship.
The queen is not of the opinion of Rus
kin; she does not believe that it is nee
Iessary to tell youngs girls everything
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
EpoIlsh STUMP speech.

A correspondent, "Old Briney,"
sends us the following specimen Of
frenzied stump oratory: "Feller
blokes! Thanks ter tn guvment, yer
got yer d'minishin' wage, and yer lit
tie loaf, an all that Voucher got
ter do now is ter go fer deyil-ootion
and local anatomy, an go it blind!"
cloud cheers london Globe
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

and Incorporate habits generally, the
important fact is that the excessive
waste of human life from degenera-
tive causes continues and no general
campaign of education or other or
ganized effort has been made to
check it.
"The remedy appears to be tenn
perate. healthful habits Of life, the
upbuilding of bodily resistance to dis
ease. But in the meantime, while we
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
Warnlnn to Dreamers.

John D. Rockefeller. Jr., in a re-
cent address in New York, couched
in a neat aphorism a warning that
dreamers would do well to heed.
1--WE judge ourselves" said Mr..
Rockefeller, "by the deeds which we
dream we are capable of doing; but
the world judges us only by the
deeds we have already done"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
manx cb,,aren Are sick,y,

Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds in "a hours, relieve teyerishness.
ders move and regulate the bowels, and Destroy
Worms. They are so pleasant to take children
like them. Used by mothers for u years. At all
druggists Csc. Sample mailed FREE. Address.
A. S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y. Adv.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

If newly welded man has no Sc
crets from his wife 1t Is rather hard
on the other women he might have
married, but didn't
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
Really a Small Matter.

Have you anything against Tim
pers?"
Nothing more than the fact that he
makes film word of two syllables.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

Mira winslewss Soothing Syrup for Children
beeshing, scsseas the gums. reduces lndamma-
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

Il see where Saith went To the
wall
'Eew did that happs2.
ICES q bill poster
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rate in the United States has been
reduced to remarkable extent, and
the knowledge has been received not
only with altruistic qualification but
with sense of personal gain by ALL
regardless of their own time of life
But now comes Elmer E. Ritten-
house with the facts and figures to
show that the reduction in the death
rate has been due chiefly to that very
cry of Save the babies." anG the
fight on communicable diseases, and
that it is confined to those in early
life. While there has been a reduc-
ton in the general death rate of Is
per cent. in the last thirty years. it
has been accompanied by steady in
crease, amounting to about u per
cent in the same period, in the NOR
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

What Is voice from the tombs
nkeT
~It must De q skeletons articula-
don.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
So Mann Ike rribbIe.

~Tribbls is . Discontinued fellow.
don't believe ne even knows what ne
wants.
''Oh, yes. He knows what he wants.
What makes him disconnected is the
fact that he also knows he can't get
It"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

Dropsy cured. Swelling quickly reduced. Shortness
of Breath relieved in few hours. Sample treatment
free COLLEM DROPST REMEDY CO.. ATLANTA, GA. Adv
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

have, particularly in America, but
more in all countries as they become
more Observation-Disclosures Weekly
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
ParadoxicaI Misfortune.

There is nothing in this place but
soft drinks
Just my hard luck"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
THE Kind.

How did they succeed in catching
that defaulting aviator?"
With fly detective"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

Unfortunately charity doesn't seem
70 possess any Of the qualities of .
boomerang,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

ITCH Relieved In 50 Minutes.
WooHord's Sanitary Lotion for all kinds a
Den4&gfous itch. at Druggists. Adv.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

Most of our so-called good inten-
tions are base limitations
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
Summer Styles.

PATIENCE see the suffragettes
have come out against the secret bal
lot
Patrice Yes. women as rule, pre-
fer open-work
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
DOES your HEAD ACHE.

Try Hicks CAPUDINE. It's liquid pleas.
ant to take-effects immediate-good TO prevent
Sick Headaches and Nervous Headaches also
Your money back If not satisfied. 10c., 25c. and
bOc. at medicine stores. Adv.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06
wo- srMMpR urADACUEy

Hicks CAElDtNE Is tbs best remedy
- matter what causes thert-whether
src-n the heat. Stirling IN 5rGrxhtS. fever
lsh ecnditica. sesa he. sc sEd 500 per
hottie at medicine scores ADV.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

about by the successful campaign
against the diseases of childhood and
early life and the increase in those of
later life:
DECREASE. Per Cent.
Under age 20 .................. 17.9
Age 20 to 80. 11.8
Age 30 to 40. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2.3
INCREASE. Per Cent.
Age 40 to so. .....~............ 1872
Age SO to 60. .29.2
60 and over Observation-Disclosures. 26.4
"The change in the age constitution
of the older groups" says Mr. Ritten-
house, has been very slight and does
not account for the increase. Nor is
it safe to say that it is due to the
early breaking down Of the weakened
lives surviving from the attacks of
communicable diseases In the younger
age periods, for in England and
Wales, where they have had virtually
the same decrease in the mortality of
the early ages as we have, there has
been little or no increase above age
forty.
zone thing is clear-the cause is
local to our country. Evidently we
have not adapted ourselves to the
sudden increase in the life-strain due
to our complex and intense modern
existence. Whether or not it is due
to the strenuous life or to excessive
working, eating. drinking. playing,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-06

It's easy to feel optimistic as long
as things are coming your way.