Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-06-13
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Cleanville, June 7, 1917

staying in the sticks instead of in
your big city? cannot explain un-
less 1T is because | like 1t. like the
small town and country people. Most
OF them are so nice; and our town is
not such "baby" except in age
either, and it is growing. You would
not recognize it now
Last spring the U. S. p. II. S. sent
some of their men here to this coun-
ty to make sanitary survey. You
may not know just what that is, so |
Will try to tell you. They went to
every home in the county and told
the people how to prevent diseases
and how to put their houses in a SAN
itary condition; and the informa-
ton did not cost one cent. These
people were very appreciative and re-
sponded beautifully to the advice.
They seemed to realize fully that it
was from authority that was really
,capable Of advising.
Did you know that typhoid fever,
hookworm, dysentery, malaria and
tuberculosis can all be prevented?
Well 1T is a simple thing to do.
believe the time will come when
those diseases will be controlled
There was almost no typhoid or dys-
entery In our county last summer,
and we are expecting less this year.
Their slogan is Build sanitary
nripieS and conitnto tbo D;oc Mat
OF US know flies carry germs and all
kinds Of filth. They say typhoid and
dysentery can be contracted only by
taking into the mouth the waste
thrown off from some other persons S
body who is infected with these
germs; and when we build the sani-
tary privy, we prevent flies carrying
filth from there to our table and con-
taminating our food. If we build
our wells as Uncle Sam teaches us
our water Is protected. or course we
all like our windows screened for
what is more disagreeable than to
have flies buzzing in the house on a
hot day? But If the privies and
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tically saved from typhoid, dysentery
and hookworm; and by writing to
the United States Public Health Ser
vice any farmer may get all the in
formation concerning rural sanitation
free. 1t costs only a few dollars
to fix a privy. and in many cases this
saves lives and enormous doctors
bills. 1t seems to me that everybody
would do that much for his family.
Our greatest fault Is procrastina-
ton. What would the Martins give
to have little "Billy" back? You
remember the little two-year-old boy
with the curls who was so cute? He
lived out there where we had the
',"nic. He died with dysentery,
There was so much Of it here that
. summer, and a great many children
died with it. Or do you suppose the
Bryants would have considered work
or cost in saving Lucille when she had
typhoid? She had such a dreadful
case and suffered so much before
she died. Yet-if they had only
known-she might have been here
with us to-day. The Bryants have an
ideal home now; 1t Is just outside
OF the city. But they have closed
those cesspools and put In sanitary
privies out in that suburb. There
was no typhoid there last summer.
The people are praising DR.. Lums-
den all over this county. But think
the boys who did the real work, and
almost had to fight ror a chance to
tell them, and show them what to
DO, deserve part Of the credit. Any
way, our hats are Off to Dr.. L. L.
Lumsden. and the boys of the U. S.
p. H. S. Rural Sanitary Department.
They helped to make our county one
Of the best in the good old u. S. A.
And | sincerely hope that every far
mer will try to protect his commit
nifty; and that in few years there
will be no such things to mar our
glorious South as typhoid, hookworm
ana dysentery; and I am sure that
1t will decrease tuberculosis, too.
! trust | have not tired you with
my enthusiastic letter on sanitation
nut 1t is such great work and means
so much to our people that lust had
to tell you about it.
Next time you visit me T will show
you some model country homes.
AS ever, your country girl