Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-06-25
URGES CITY ID
 FIGHT VENEREAL
 DISEASE SPREAD
Maj Garrison Tells Rotarians Clinic Here Sanitary
 Necessity.

Mai. c. W. Garrison of the United States public health service and health officer, addressed the Pine Bluff Rotary club yesterday or the plans of his department for combating vener- cal diseases and the need for a clinic and isolation hospital in Pine Bluff. Major Garrison, who spoke by invita- tion, had previously conferred with Mayor Mack Hollis regarding the establishment of clinic here.
 "We are attacking the problem from sanitary and economic viewpoint as we'll as for sociological and humane reasons" said Major Garrison, after he had been presented by D. E. C. Me Mullen, county physician, who with Dr. Fred Powell, city physician, has led the movement for clinic in the city.
 Major Garrison pointed out that one tune II per cent of the draftees were found to have venereal diseases, and that Arkansas stood 45 from the top of the list of states. He assured his hearers that the large number of colored people in the population did not account for the ugly facts, be- cause there were quite as many white boys as negroes found to be infected. Cause Insanity and Blindness. "Twenty-eight per cent of the two thousand inmates of the State Hospi- tai for Nervous Diseases are there because of syphilis, and forty Hive per- cent of blindness is due to gonorrhea," :" Dr. Garrison declared, and showed how many innocent children, girls and women become victims-sufferin for the sins of others. Major Garrison urged the establishment of clinic and an isolation hospital here, admit ting his department did not hope to prevent immortality altogether but did hope to check the spread of venereal disease.
 lie explained that the government will contribute $100 a month toward the cline and pay Dr. G. w. Pittman small fee for handling the clinic, providing the city will cooperate. He thanked the Rotary club for the aid already given, and related compli- ment paid Rotary by the third assis- tant-surgeon-general who had found "that the best people to get to do anything are the Rotarians"
 D. B. c. McMullen, H. Kemp Toney and Thos. J. Collier were appointed by Chas. w. Holmes, president of the Rotary club to invite the Chamber Of Commerce and other organizations here to act jointly with the Rotary club in seeking the cooperation of che mayor and city council in this im- portant matter. 7'F \
 Rev. Wood Makes Address.
 Rev. Carroll Wood, formerly pastor of the First Baptist church here, now located at Monticello, accepted an in vitation to make a short talk and also to sing solo. He expressed, the opinion that America will find it ad- visabie to send big, broad men to other countries to interpret the spirit of America to the different nations. ;.
 MT. Holmes, who returned yester- day from a trip including visits to Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis, spoke on business conditions, which he found very good, and quote excerpts from speeches by ex-President Taft and other noted men he had heard
 The weekly "business talk" Twas made by c. A. Cunning. who related how he came to take charge of the Pine Bluff Spoke company, which is now providing spokes and rims for several automobile manufacturers. He said he came here to sell the plant, but found Pine Bluff people unwilling to purchase closed mill. He started operations, achieved success and has never cared to leave Pine Bluff, tho frequently in receipt of proposals from business associates in other manufacturing centers.
 Other guests at the luncheon were A. s. Richardson, formerly of Pine Bluff, but now residing at Houston, Texas; Earl Smith, recently returned from 16 months with the A. E. F.
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