The Robesonian., 1917-11-26
TO PROLONG LIFE
IN robson COUNTY
Free Physical Examination Pro-
vided for People of County
Work Begins December 1st

WORK beglnS December 1St.
Llfe-extension work which offers
free physical examination to everv
person in Robson county between the !
ages Of 20 and IS years, will be the !
first unit of the new program of
health work which DR.. ". A. Nc
Phaul. county health officer, will put
on IN the county this fall. In fully
establishing the work, he will be as
sisted by DR.. A. j. Ellington, of the
State Board of Health. Beginning
december 1st, campaign will be
launched the purpose Of which will be
to inform the people not only of the
methods but Of the necessity of these
free physical examinations for pro-
longing life and making it more use
full. This will be done mainly through
a series Of public lectures by Drs. e.
lington and McPhaul, through person
al letters, and by printed placards
| posted throughout the county.
The following schedule Of lectures
has been arranged for the first two
weeks:
Orrum high school, Monday, Dec. 5rd
p. N.
Barnesville high school, Monday, Dec.
Srd, 3 p. ~.
Fairmont, K. of P, Monday, Dec. 5rd,
p. m.
Rennert school, Tuesday, Dec. 4th, II
! a. m.
Lumber Bridge school, Tuesday, Dec.
4th, $3.50 p. m.
Rex school, Tuesday, Dec 4th, 7 p. m.
Purvis school, Wednesday, Dec. 9Th
Centenary school, Wednesday, Dec
5th, 2 p. m.
Rowland school, Wednesday, Dec 5th
St. Paul cotton mills school, Thurs
day, Dec. 9Th, II m.
St. Paul high school, Thursday, Dec
2 9th, p. m.
Philadelphus high school, Friday, Dec
7th, II m.
v Red Springs high school, Friday, Dec
a 7th, p. m.
/ Oakdale school, Saturday, Dec. sth,
n n Ten Mile school, Tuesday, Dec. It'll
IS Regan school, Tuesday, Dec. 18th,
= Tolarsville school, Tuesday, Dec. lit
lie $3.50 p m.
50 Harmony school, Wednesday, De
l. 18th, II a. m.
:e Floral College school, WEDNESDAY
in Dec. 18th 8 p. m.
y. Maxton, city hall, Wednesday, De
re 18th, 7 p. m.
1e A lecture will later be arranged f,
W Lumberton.
At these meetings no examination
S. will be made, but the doctors will e
plain the nature Of and reason for tt
e. work and tell how you may get tn
free physical examination.
of Drs. McPhaul and Ellington w
" have for their work wel1-equipped G
nd fices in Lumberton and Maxton al
on probably in other towns in the count
in Every facility for making a thorou,
in physical examination, as we'll as Ia
er oratory tests, will be provided. T
h examination given will be to disco
TT er any defect, impairment or conc
lis ton that might lead, unheeded, to
he more serious illness. Diseases th
IL may be prevented or warded off
hit this way are those that creep ms
ial iously upon a mans life, blight
nd it at his most useful age. The
at diseases may be mentioned as cane
ity tuberculosis, organic heart diseas
kidney diseases, including Bright
hardening Of the arteries, apople,
diabetes and septic conditions of
. mouth, nose and throat.
DIR. Ellington, who is director
the life-extension work Of the St;
Board of Health, has made the We
he proposes to do for the people
this county a speciality. He is gr
uate of Columbia university and
New York city hospital. He stud
life-extension work in New York c
and has successfully conducted tn
campaigns in this State, one each
Alamance, Vance and Lenoir count
DR.. McPhaul, as a practicing ph
ician in the county, is we'll known