The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-03-16
WHAT ABOUT
YOUR RECORD?
is IT WRITTEN THERE? SMILE
AT DEATH.


guarded by steel door, are the rec
ords of more than 10000 citizens OF
Georgia. In this vault, side by side.
with the birth records, are death rec.
ords OF more than 10000 individuals,
who died since the Bureau Of Vital
Statistics was organized in 1919, and
many are the tragedies to be found
in these records, while few comedies
are also recorded there.
Many records are not complete. The
record of the little family, on the way
10 an adjoining state, whom fate leads
TO hotel, which was destroyed by
fire cannot be completed for none
were left to furnish the necessary in
formation. The death record of the
recluse of noble family, known onlv
as John in the community, caused much
trouble or no one knew his parentage
or birthplace and his relatives were
put to much expense in completing the
record.
Little was known of Bukumba Ka.
LAMBDA Wakanauga, but the rec.5rd of
Tiney Bugg was complete. She was
near one hundred years of age and
mad resided in Georgia all her life.
Many peculiar names appear ON
the records. Combinations which oc.
cur by accident when looked at care
Iully, although the record is one of
death, causes a smile. There was one
whose name was Polly Pod another
ivory Hooks, another Rosie Posie.
WIN very common names the colors
or fruits were mixed. There were
PINK Brown, Green Yates. Green
Berry, Henseta Blue, Little Bit White
and Loved Cherry Other combina.
tlons appear on the records as Cry.
stal Music, Early Guest, Noble Shay.
er' Morning Mayes and among the sur.
names are to he found Eyestone, Bean.
row, Colddough, Pickles, Eeasterbug,
Hogtimihon and Handalong.
The ultimate aim and final purpose
OF all public health work is the Iimita.
Ilon of preVentable diseases. Com.
Dlete death records are necessary to
the checking of such work, for with.
out such records properly tabuIated
II rs impossible to tell whether the
number Of such deaths are on the &c.
cline or the increase and likewise
whether the appropriation for such
work has been judiciously expended
or not.
IN the enforcement of the Compul.
sorry School Attendance Act and the
Child's Labor Law, the officials will
lind the birth records an unerring
basis for its administration. It is be-
loved that by such records the
scholastic census may be purged of
thousands of names of those who are
lot within the scholastic age to the
detriment of those children who are
justly entitled to participate in the
division of the school funds, The
legitimacy, the age and the parentage
OF each child SO recorded is establish
ed and many questions as to its right
may in the future, be settled hv
simple reference to the birth record.
The Federal Government, in the issu-
ance of passports, is now demanding
the establishment of citizenship.
which can be most easily done by a
certified lirth certificate and in the
settlement OF the Veterans claims
or additional compensation birth
.ecord is required in such cases.
The solution of many social prob
ems now confronting the State NAV
re found in these records. The linn
tation of the family to one or two
children among the better class with
IN average of six children among the
luneducated negro race means that
hit State must double her educational
fund or that the voter will, in the next
generation, be more easily controlled
INSCRIPTIONS politicians. With
ne emigration of the negro to the
northern states, the foreign born ele-
Nent becomes a problem and a close
'ld accurate record Of such must be
Kept III order to protect the native
Lorn citizen. Rather than relax the
:ccords of such immigrants as to
lame, age, birthplace or parentage,
1t would be better to take the finger
prints of each child born of foreign
Harentage in Georgia so that the race
OF anarchists and bolshevists might be
Identified regardless of such changes
they might make.
In the past the Importance of keep
ag the birth record of a child has
aeen compared by unthinking people
with The keeping of the pedigree OF
standard bred hogs and dogs, the COM
carlson is not fair, especially when
applied to human being, for none
are TO be compared in any way with
hogs and dogs. With the modern
legislation to protect, develop and edu.
cate the child at the expense of the
tax payer, the tax payer has the right
demand complete record of all
children, so that he may not be i'm. |
rosed on by INSCRIPTIONS parents.
The State has the right to a complete
record of all citizens since it places
certain age qualifications as to the
enforcement of its laws. And certain.
y the child is entitled to a. complete
nd perpetual record of its birth for