The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-09-06
MISSISSIPPI. SEPTEMBER 8. 1917.

)mmorWeattn calls upon us u
perform certain duties. we owe i
to our State and ourselves and +
our families to come up like pa
triotic men and obey it to the last
letter, regardless of whether We
.hink it good law or not. .as,
i In this connection we bee h,
i make another observance Ther,4
has recently been started in this
county a movement for the better.
.nent of public health conditions,
In some of our neighboring eoun
ties such diseases astypl1Did fevers
tuberculosis and other preventive
diseases have been reduced t,
practically, 20 0aper eenhof their for
ner death rate tbMsls have been
sut down 80 per cent, and what
can be done elsewhere can be done
IA id-ought to be done here. But
|no public officer can do this work
aloas. He. mist have the sup-
port and cooperation Of, the peo
l'ple themselves, many of whom
will have, to make sacrifices and
undergo ipconveniances in order
that the work aanay be properly
carried on ~l.Na elai 4ea
These preventive measures jim
:'ude such things as screening
| houses, removing impurities and
lecaying matters, draining old
ponds, abandoning and filling up
|such wells as have impure water
nuzzfing dogs, cleaning up barn
land outhousss and j dys numerous other
Things, Theseithings do not cure
a sick man.v but ethey go to the
fountain head of diseases and. pre- )
yent t.scm. If itibe true that. the
death rate of f'oiir people can be cur
down materially d. practical ssni-
tary measures aud observations.
lthen we insist that a human life
is. Morthsa great ldealsmore. to the
county than ponds and w ellis and
dogs and, barns and itshe various
other Sources from which these
mafadies stltft; and since the law
says that these things must be
regulated. we earnestly insist that
every loyal. patriotic citizen of
Tishomingo County stand by the
public officers and uphold their
hands in the enforcement of the
public health laws. Let us recog-
nize and cultivate the idea that the
law in its majesty is supreme, and
that to obey it is the part of pa
triotism, to ignore it is the part of
/
anarchy and crime.
We observe that more concern
has been given the public road
question by the people generally
at this term of court than perhaps
ever before. Petitions have come
to us by the scores and names
signed to some of them by the
hundreds asking that some steps
be taken to secure better high.
ways. This demand is but in
keeping with the spirit of the
times. We are living in pro-
gressive age and must move for
ward, and the people are simply
awakening to a realization of
what other people are doing and
enjoying and of what they may
likewise do and enjoy. We state
these things because we feel that
it should be publicly known that
these demands have come to us
from every nook und corner and
from practically every neighbor-
hood in Tishomingo county. In
response to this demand and in
the light of our duty as we saw
and believed it we have taken GER
tain steps, but we make this re-
port that we may let the people
know how widespread is the de.
mand for better highways and
: may also lend our moral support
and endorsement to the movement
. for better things.
Il With this report we now beg t.
: be discharged.
Il J. D. MCDONALD, Foreman,