The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-21
PUBLIC HEALTH MEETING

The Public Health association of Mis siss1ppi will hold a meeting at the Ja,k- son Board of Trade rooms next week. October A and 25 which will be attend ed by every health officer in the state This attendance is guaranteed because
 of the fact that If the county health Of hcers do not attend this conference they might as well make up their minds to sI get out Of their present jobs before the. next annual meeting of the state board or health. Physicians and sanitary ex- I perts from all over the country are ex- pecred to be here for this meeting, as matters of deep concern to MississIppi and other malarial districts are to be I discussed For the past year two or three or these experts. representing the l state and the government at Washing f ton, have been working in Bolivar coun- ty with view to finding out how ma laria Is disseminated and how to prevent 1t. It has been traced to the mosquito, l or course, and great improvement in health conditions have been announced as the result of the Investigations Sim liar work has been done in Sunflower l county, Where the big 1e.000-acre convict farm is located, and malaria has almost ldisappeared from its confines The num- Der of cases of chills and fever have been reduced to remarkable extent, and It is believed that in another year they will have been banished for all time to l come.
 Il STATE GETS BIG CHECK
 The biggest check ever drawn for four carloads of cotton seed was received one day this week at the office of the secre- tary of the Mississippi penitent1ary board of trustees. same being for $lO 240 l The seed for which this check was paid l were sold week or more ago to Jack l son oil mill at ss0 per ton, and there were 12S tons in the four cars On Oc- %J,~% raun I cotton produced on the convict farm at {, Parchman. The cotton will be sampled and classified, and will be sold to the highest bidder. A great many of the
 cotton buyers from Memphis and Now
 Orleans always attend these cotton sales,
 as well as a large number of local buy CTS, and the bidding is very spirited. Tho state convict farm crop of cotton is perhaps 1900 bales short of what was nx-
 pected three months ago, but the price
 or both cotton and seed are so much bet
 ter than last year that the chances are
 the cash turned into the treasury VIII
 be more than ever before The shortage
 is due to the energies of the boil weeviis
 in the delta section of the state.
 1 CANNING CLUB GIRLS
 1 Mrs. J. T.. Calhoun announces a display of the work done by tn 500 mmbers of the canning clubs of Hinds county at
 the fair next week, and many valuable
 prizes will be awarded to the girls who
 make the best and largest showings In | previous years some of these club girls l have made more than $10O from the sale
 of the products of their one-tenth-acre- | all they are allowed under the rules Of competition with the club girls of other I countiesA That is at the rate Of 5000 per acre, and beats most any 10 acres on
 their fathers farms. The merchants Of
 Jackson and of other towns in the county
 always offer valuable prizes to these club | girls and competition and rivalry are always very keen among the different
 members The county pays the agent
 who has charge of this club work at the rate of $100 per month for a full year, l and she has earned her salary by enlist ing, encouraging and urging her girls to
 the very best endeavor.
 GRIDIRON SOLDIER BOYS
 1 The first day of the state fair, next l Monday. there will be spirited game of l football between the First artillery ana
 the Second infantry, and which will be i, one of the features of the first days entertainment Captain Anderson, for- i mer captain of the Mississippi college team, and Lieutenant Ellard, formerly tackle on the A. and M. college eleven, will lead the soldier boys into the grid. iron battle. They are said to have under i gone strenuous training for several
 weeks and both teams are in fine form and fettle. PROMPT ACTION AvERTs TROUBLE .---l-