The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-04
GET RID OF THE DISEASE THAT
THREATENS THE NATIONS HEALTH

The in adjoining column is mental picture OF
DEATH in the tuberculosis lowering every city, every
village and every country wayside in this nation,
Other plaques afflicted the world in ancient and modern
they swept the country and struck down thousands
OF victims in the OF few weeks months and were gone
tuberculosis has kept up its ravages for 1900 years
Every family every individual in the nation exposed
daily to with tuberculosis In its rtheness has
regard for race condition There scarcely family
that has not felt the death grip of its ruthlessness
There are 100000 active tuberculosis the
United States.
Here in the United tuberculosis kills 10000 every
year.
One person dies from every three minutes 20 every hour
and 4so every day.
There are probably 100000 Of inactive tuberculosis in
the United States These may be any transformed
into active by weakness exhaustion unusual
physical strain.
No disease nsidious than tuberculosis 1t strikes
silently and without warning Often has made nroads upon
the system long before it discovered large percentage of
the those persons who do know they have it,
The draft boards and army doctors rejected than 00
600 young who thought they fit fight because they
afflicted with tuberculosis and did not know they had it,
tuberculosis is the greatest single OF death in the
United States
The Of preventable
and durable disease IT, by cooperation by donation of money
time any human possession the present and future genera
paid by generations in the the toll that is being paid now
in suffering agony poverty and in the weakening OF
human resourceshe only real vital and indispensable
there nothing great be asked nothing great give
On Monday Dec g. Memphis and Shelby county will begin
campaign for $4,000 to be used in fighting tuberculosis
1t is part of great national campaign for cure and
eradication of the disease,
What the people of Memphis and Shelby county asked
to give is nfntcsma compared with what will be
complished
The economic loss each year from tuberculosis amounts to
half a billion dollars
What in loss Of life loss OF loved loss of labor
heartbreaks and despair is ncalculabe
We know that tuberculosis spread largely through gnor
That deadly disease sufficient importance
has not been given the necessity for scientific treatment
Recently there have been number of campaigns this
and county for money They have been for worthy causes
recently and perhaps the notable Of any the Bapts put
campaign for 100000 The was sum total of CON
trbuons the ncgborhood of 100000 The response was
splendid The excellent
Other denominations have had their campaigns each has
filled its quota, should have done
Now getting ready to campaign, spread
the any denomination cult creed spread the
religion OF health 1t is We person
TO Join in the fight against the common enemy,
IT the security OF the nation threatened without if
foreign Zoe should threaten to nocuae 100000 OF
people with dreaded disease kill 10000 our people men
and Children and levy annual indemnity
there ISM citizen who would sacrifice and
risk his Lie to such a calamity
The enemy propose light IS dong the VERY thing we
would not contemplate without rising nation combat
physical foe should threaten this country with such toll
We not only want to the suffering, those who
not Ear advanced the stages that arc dpareC
OF, but prevent its recurrence
W. must stop this that sapping the life blood Of
the nation and robbIng OF our proudest possession
This campaign go over The $4,000 must be raised
The people must give without stint and without reservation