The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-03-12
HEALTH TALKS.
BY the County Health Officer.


during the past few decades is fully
demonstrated by the following ex-
tract: In 1928. long after the days
of George Washington. the school
board of Lancaster, Ohio. refused
to allow the school house to be
used for the purpose of discussing
the question as to whether the rail-
roads were practicable or not. The
matter was called to mind by an
old document which reads as fol-
lows: You are welcome to use the
i school house for the purpose Of dis
cussing proper questions. but such
things as telephones and telegraphs
are rank impossibilities. There is
/ nothing i'm the word of God about
/ them. If God had intended that
His intelligent creatures should
| travel at the rate of fifteen miles an
hour by steam he would have clear
ly foretold it through His Holy
Prophets. 1t is a device of steam
to lead immortal souls down to
hell"
/ II that old school trustee were
living today and could board No. 6
at Amory at o'clock, have a good
supper on the diner and be enjoying
a good show in Memphis at $50
the same evening; if Eddie or Katie
Stinson could take him for ride
among the clouds and do a few
fancy loops and spins, he would
probably change his mind. Mod
ern times demand modern methods.
Some of our own folks have failed
thus far to learn that the best way
to keep the boy or girl on the farm
is to build good. smooth roads, con-
solidate our schools and give them
the conveniences and projections
about the home that they would
have in the towns. Better lighting
system, running water and sewer
age, home screened from flies and
lmosauitOes, which not only annoy
us during the summer months, but
are dangerous to good health. Bro
ken bottles. tin cans and sagging
cutters should be carefully and sys-
! tematically looked after. Pools
and ponds near the home should be
drained, or at least oiled. Fly
proof closets are necessary to break
the typhoid, dysentery and intesti-
nal parasite chain. Country schools
must have medical and dental in
speciton the same as the schools in
the cities. Better health, better
schools and better roads will keep
the country boys and girls at home
for they will have the social condi'
tions needed for contentment and
happiness. When. people do no
desire medical and dental inspec'
ton of their children. when they
fail to see the importance of takins
typhoid vaccine and insist that 6
hy-proof closet is unnecessary be
cause they can. like the primitiv
man, use the woods. or answer tn
calls of nature ouly at night, the
are Just about as far behind tn
times as that old Ohio school trus
tee, and the pathetic part of it /
that they think they are right an
the health workers are wrong.
Never a brave reformer, whethe
he be legislator, supervisor or healt
official, tries to build up some nez
and needed progress. taking on him
self the responsibilities which tru
man ought to take, as stock laws
tick eradication. good roads or i'm
portance OF public health. but thes
self-satisfied critics gather aroun
him to criticise his methods and
ridicule him. but never lift han
to help him. These reformers. a
down the pages OF history have strul
gled ION with the beacon light I
duty and hope to lead. and when
great good is accomplished thos
who failed him in his time of grea
est need usually come around at II
end of the struggle. when success
assured, and say; We have VIC
the fight"
Let's pull together for good healtl
good schools and good roads, ar
have no critics. There is small hoI