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Public Health Campaign Suggestions Dr. J. A. Hayne, our very efficient and clever State health officer, exhib its a very liberal attitude towards Sumtey county in renewing the offer to have appropriated two dollars for every dollar this county puts up for a twelve months public health coun ty campaign o'f education and health survey by trained experts. During the present county public health campaign being conducted in practically every community of this county, among our white rural peo ple, and while the same kind of a campaign of education and organiza tion is going on among our colored rural population this month, by re quest of the national government, un der the auspices of the State Council of Defense, and the State board of health, would it not be a good idea for the speakers to explain to the peo ple something about what a county health survey and twelve months health campaign of education by ' trained experts would do for our county ? While it is true that this much to be desired health survey was splend idly and scientifically illustrated by Dr. L. A. Riser, director of rural san itation, of the Rockefeller Founda tion about two years ago to thousands Of white rural citizens, and over whelmingly endorsed by these rural citizens, yet it will not be amiss, now that the present public health cam paign is arousing much interest in improvement of public health condi tions, to again try to arouse our peo ple to the importance of taking nec essary steps to accept the second ex ceptional offer of the State Board of Health, and the Rockefeller Founda tion. \ ? To the patriotic women of our coun ty who are so generously devoting much^of their time to baby welfare work, the idea of a campaign of edu cation which wouldv last twelve months ?nd would teach thousands of mothers how to protect the health and Save the lives of their helpless babies, it seems that a county health i survey should peculiarly appeal. It will be just in line with the great i work of these ladies. By the way, many people will re- j call that many who favored the whis- j ke3r dispensaries argued that it was! a fine business proposition to sell li quor to the "poor buckra and the nig- j gers" because neither paid much, and ; many paid no taxes, except poll taxes, j In this way they argued we get a lot: of money out of the niggers especial- i ly through the profits onNthe whiskey: they drink, and this kept down ourj taxes, or rather we imagine it did' any how^ and just so long as we| imagine our taxes ^.re kept down, why we are happy. Neyer mind how much the poor whiskey ?Irinking, bessotted, film fiammed White i fools family or the nigger's family suffer just so long as otir taxes are kept down as much as possible. X few dollars, per capita, taxfe's saved are worth more to usj than saving thousands of women and; children from suffering. No matter j about the killings and the brutality, j Save, oh save us a few cents or a few dollars, per capita in taxes, and we Christian hearted people will arise and say blessed be he who saves us a; few cents or a few dollars in taxes, j And many of these tight wads were; big church members too, though be! it said to the credit of the churches, i but few of this class belonged to the; chitrches, and the churches kickedj the dispensaries out of Sumter coun-j ty and out of South Carolina. If the I preachers and the church mem-\ hers took charge of this health prob-! lern it would be all over but the hol-j lering. Pity they don't take the lead ii> this a moral question, too. Now you win find a few. comparatively speaking who are willing to allow thousands of human beings to dies from ^unnecessary and jpreventable; ,J diseases, ana to die prematurely tor j lack of information about how to j protect individual and public health. 11 only we can save a few cents or a few dollars, per capita, taxes, for say : one year. These same kind of men could keep j from drinking whiskey and induce ' (thousands of ignorai t negroes and many intelligent while men to con j sume whiskey in order to make mon ; cy for the county treasury. But these cheap skates can't keep Hies iron swarming over typhoid contaminatee . filth and entering their homes and bringing communicable diseases *?c them and their loved ones. Or pre I vent communicable diseases other ' wise infecting the rich man's family, j Communicable diseases among the i poor means disease and death, to the j rich as well, sooner or later. Dis j eases and .death are no respecters o! ! persons or conditions of worldl\ wealth, color or social standing, f A few cents, per capita, taxes saved . may mean much suffering, much ! ag ? :iy, much loss to the well to do as j i well as to the poor, i Some few men say that this is nov j the logical time "to put on a county ' health survey and campaign of edu ; cation." Some men said that same j thing two years ago. Hundreds of taxpayers and voters said the sam< I thing about prohibition, many sa; I : that the time "was not ripe" to vote] out the liquor dispensary, but noi one man in one hundred would votf to have the dispensary back again The dispensary advocates meant by the statement that "this is not th< logical time" or "the time is not ripe" to vote out whiskey and vote] in law and order, and prosperity, and! vote out crime and poverty, that they thought the voting out of the dispen sary and its revenues would increase taxes a few cents to a few dollars j per capita, but they didn't have grit to say that they put/ dollars above morals and above sobriety and above decency. The time is "never ripe" to him I who opposes reforms, which migh" cost a few dollars extra taxes, or con tributions whether the ^proposed re- J form means better schools, bettei public highways, better public health better churches, or any thing eist that will cost a litttle. The time is J always "ripe" and well seasonet j which brings about better health | better moral, and better mental con ditions. Organization and leadership wil. I yet secure the necessary two thous and and five hundred dollars needec. I for the county health survey. The white citizens of Sumter coun ty could raise that sum in a two-day popular subscription campaign, oi see .at fifteen hundred dollars o that sum is subscribed, and surely the Sumter Legislative delegation will se? that the balance?one thousand do! lars-?is taken care of in the county supply bill. The tax money belong to the people, not to the county com' j missioners or to any one of them. J The State Board of Health must know by October 1st what Sumter county j is going to do, as the annual appro- j piratlons by the Rockefeller Founda I tion are made up at the fourth quar- j terly meetir cf this association even J October i county health surveys j and or ..^ree surveys are allotted each yc-c .' for each state. vVho will volunteer as leaders oi the "white folks" side of this bU proposition to do so much for thous ands of innocent helpless, and worth? little babies and other children anc other human beings? Surely there are. a few big hearted 'Broad minded, progressive, and pos j sibly a few philanthropic men and women among the "white folks" who will locsen up with liberal contribu tions "as a starter," and who ar= progressive enough to serve as lead ers and put "over the top" this much desired county health survey.^ The leaders who got knocked ou' of the ring twir inside of sixty days by two different boards of count} commissioners, about the first two thousand dollars .are j^ujfj^y^fej^ We Subdivide and Sell at Auction City Suburban and Farm Property Read the Following Endorsement: /' / Bank^Trust Company CAPITAL $ 1,250,000.00 Wi?csTo?r-SAunyi,X.C. ??Vrttary 9th. 1917. ML tttiR .WlBOK IT SLAY COBCSRH: '?e take pleasure in saying that we have"known, 'Avorably, for a number of years, the Messrs. Ferrell and some of their associates in the Atlantic Coaat Realty Co* ft?y are met? of integrity, agreeable and accommodating in their business delaings. 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C j and too nervous to tackle this proj^ sition again inside of two years. ;it requires much longer time than tiiat for recovering from such shocks, j That the leaders of the negro nice in Sumter County are wide awake to the in portance of education of tjhe masses in the elementary principles of public hygiene, and improvement of sanitary conditions in the rural districts is evidenced by the determin I ation of ten well known and pubilrc I spirited colored citizens forming ! themselves into a committee to raise by popular subscription among the colored citizens, a sum of money to help this county pay two thousand and five hundred dollars for a county health survey and twelve months' public health campaign of education next year. Dr. C. W. Maxwell started the ball to rolling by subscribing twenty-five dollars. The leaders in this commendable movement are as follows: Rev. R. B. Curry, of Stateburg Township, Vice President Colored County Council of Defense, Chairman of the Committee; Dr. C. W. Maxwell, Sumter, of the Colored Council of Defense; Dr. Lv Bragg Anthony, Sumter, Secretary Colored County Council of Defense; Rev. A. J. Andrews, Chairman Sum ter Township Colored Council of De fense; P. B. Brunner, Chairman Os wego Township Committee of the Colored Council of Defense; John R. Mitchell, Chairman Manchester5 Township Committee Colored Council of Defense; E. W. Gregg, Chairman, Concord Township Committee Coun cil of Defense; Rev. J. P. Garrick, of Morris College faculty; R. W. Westberry, Chairman S. C. State Col ored Council of Defense; T. B. Wright, Chairman of Rafting Creek Committee Colored Council of De fense. Dr. J. A. Hayne, State Health Offi cer, stated last week during the pub lic health institute in Columbia that the Rockefeller Foundation and the South Carolina State Board of Health would- appropriate five thous and dollars if the County of Sumter will furnish two thousand and five hundred dollars, making $7,500.00 for the county health survey' and twelve months campaign of educa tion, with inspection of premises and instruction to the people, illustrated -health lectures among the white and colored citizens, at churches and chools, and otherwise instructing the people how to avoid communicable diseases and the spread of the same. Sumter negro population was rep resented at the Colunmia health in stitute by R. W. Westberry, Dr. J: J. Stark and wife, of Morris College; Dr. C. W. Maxwell and Rev. J. P. Jarrick, of Morris College. Dr. J. J. Stark is out of the city, but he joined in with the other ne sro leaders before leaving in thit movement. These colored leaders at their con ference, held last Saturday, called in Messrs. P. G. Bowman and E. I Reardon, two of the delegates rep resenting the white county council^ defense in Columbia last week, and jutlined the plans for reviving interest n the county health survey which was )ffered by the same parties or or ganization to this county nearly tw( .-ears ago, but which the county board of commissioners refused to iccept. At that time the survey could have been secured for two housand dollars from the county, and lour thousand dollars from the out side sources above mentioned, but il vvill cost fifteen hundred dollars no re, now, owing to the great iri jrease in wages of sanitary experts ised in these health surveys. Messrs. Bowman and Reardon were of the opinion that any move ment to educate the masses along any legitimate line, and along the lines-oi improving the public health particu arly, is a very commendable move nent. These colored leaders believe that the results in lives saved, in prevent ?ng suffering, sickness, loss of earn ing power by defective physical am" mental humans, and the moral les iOn taught by such a campaign o education will result morally, physi "ally and financially in great sav mges to the county at large. The\ hope to raise at least one-half oi j the amount required by the Rocke feller Foundation and the State Board of Health, and believe that if any sub stantial sum of money is subscribed by the colored people, even though this sum does not exceed one-fourth >r about six hundred dollars, that the white people and the Sumter county legislative delegation will subply the balance of the money required for this great educational campaign. This public spirited movement comes largely among our patriotic col ored fellow citizens as a result, first of having representatives of this coun ty's colored citizenship, and from ev ery other county in this State attend an educational public health institute last week in Columbia, and secondly to the splendid cooperation between the white and colored citizens of this county in war work. The conference of colored leaders last Saturday brought out the line of argument that our government through the State Council of Defense having appealed for a State-wide cam paign of education through a pnblic health campaign in each county, and having called upon the white and the negro races to do everything in their power to increase the physical, mor al, and m-ntal efficiency of the peo ple in order to increase t~~ produc tive ability of the people .. oack up the men who are fighting for our lib erties, that this makes the movement for conservation of the public health a patriotic movement as well as an economic proposition, and a humane i ideal. Of course these intelligent and pa i tnotic colored citizens can not very ; well, and in fact do not wish to "put i over the top" by themselves or with j out white citizenship cooperation this t very important proposition. This is a movement on their part I for which tln-y unquestionably de | serve great credit and commenda ; tion. and it is a tribute to the intel I Ifgenee of the negroes of this county that they have at least taken the lead j to do what their country wants them 1 to do and desire the white people to do so also, that is to equip them I selves physicially and mentally to 1 ?1 render more efficient civilian aid in winning the war. The best way ;o do this is to know how or to learn the best way to to do these things. There are thousands who are willing to do if they are instructed. . Such a campaign of education as is] offered this county and was once be-j i fore offered and refused', should -not] be permitted to go by again. The! j lirst refusal was a very poor adver i tisement for the sanitary intelligence 1 ot the people of Sumter county, al i though the people were not so much J to blame, except perhaps in so tame j ly submitting to the reflection on their ! intelligence, culture, and progressive hess. Now is another opportunity pre sented to "put over the top" some thing we didn't have enough grit to do two years ago. In passing it should be stated thati the Sumter legislative delegation stood unanimously in favor of the two thou sand dollars opropriation, which, had this sur been appropriated, would by ills time have caus ed the heahV survey to have been long since completed, with appre ciable results, and would have fur nished for Sumter county enviable ad vertising which could not have been purchased for one hundred thousand dollars, not to mention the saving in ?mnecessary and preventible ^Ickness of a comunicable nature and avoid bale premature deaths. RED CROSS XOTES. I Srjfrgfeai dressings Room Again Empty of Workers. On Saturday morning the supervis or and the officer of the day were the only workers at the surgical dress ! -ngs workroom. On Saturday after noon when Mrs. Boykin came to the workroom, the door was closed. How long is this going to keep up? Would you make it necessary for your sur gical dressings work room to be clos ed? And this will have to be done if no workers can be found. Some ladies make excuses by say ing that they come every time 'here is a special call in the paper. There mould have to be NO special calls. Must you have a special call to do what is always your duty? Surgical dressings are among the greatest fac tors in the war work of today?do not withhold your support. XtfM?ER FrtlSOXERS INCREASE. Thirty-six Thousand Captured in Pi? ardy Offensive. Paris, Atig. 11.?The number of prisoners taken so far in the Allied offensive in Picardy is now estimated it 36,000, including more than l,00j) ?fficers. More than 500 guns have 'oeen captured, according to the latest .dvices. The pivot of the German resistance it this stage, it now appears, in the 'own of Noyon, about midway be tween Montdidier and Soissons. The enemy is throwing in reserves from ttiis base in an effort to prevent, re gardless of cost, the Allies from gain ing control of the, Noyon-Ham Road which is choked with material, guns ind troops. The Germans are expected to make i desperate stand on the Roye-Noyon ine to perm/ the columns which are ?etreating in the direction of Hesle. and Ham to reach safety. The re sistance of the Germans is ntiffei.ing gainst the Fourth Army. They are reacting violently in the region of Lihons which changed hands twice luring the night. All bridges across the Somme be wCen Peronne and Ham, a stretch of ibout 15 miles, have been destroyed ??y Allied aviators. The Germans have been attempting to throw temporary ^ridges across the streams and the Allied airmen are now systematically ?ombing these improvised structures. All reports show extreme confusion ?>mong enemy forces in their precipi tate retreat. Among the prisoners taken are -enerals, colonels and officers of all ?ther grades. Eleven divisions of Generals von Hutier and von Mar vitz have been identified by prisoners . aken. WIN TOOLS FLEE. Lennlno and Troi/ky Take Refuge at Kronstadt. London. Aug. 12.?Premier Lenine and War Minister Trotzky have fled to Kronstadt, the naval base near Petrograd, according to dispatches from the semi-official Wolff Bureau, of Berlin, and printed in Zurich pa pers, says the Havas report_ Women Give Out. Housework is hard enough when healthy. Every Sumter woman who is having backache, blue and ner vous spells, dizzy headaches and kidney or bladder troubles, should be glad to heed this Sumter woman's ex perience: Mrs. Alexander Xorris, 306 S. Sum ter St., Sumter, says: "About five years ago I had a bad case of kidney trouble. There were pains in the small of my back and many a time, 1 had to put my hand on my back to get relief. I tell you, there was no let-up to the pains and finally, they went up into the back of my head and X had severe headaches. If anyone had been pounding me, it couldn't have been worse. I was terribly ner vous and dizzy spells bothered me. too. My sight was blurred -and I eould hardly drag one foot after the other. My kidneys were in bad con dition and I knew T would have to do something. Finally Doan's Kid ney Pills were reeonimonded to me and I used three boxes. It wasn't long before I had splendid relief. I now feel one hundred percent, better." Priee 60c, at all dealers. T>on't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Xorris had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mf&rs., Buffalo, N. Y. (52; TOTAL CASUALTY LIST. Department Announces Loss for War. Washington. Aug. 11.?Casualties in the army and marine corps over seas made public today total 4:',2, bringing the total for the week to 4, 916 and the total since American troops landed in France to 20.112. Most of the casualties for the week represented losses in the fighting of| the Marne-Aisne front. Of the total; caasualties announced today 345 were' army men and NT marines, while of; the week's total, which included to-1 day's lists. 4,liiN were army men and1 718 marines. The week's aggregate of 4.01G compared with 1,430 the week before. In the 20,113 casualties, total deaths, including lost at sea, men kill-! ed in action, dead of wounds, disease,! accidents and other causes numbered j 7,716?army men, 6,883; marines, ' 833. The wounded aggregated 10, 874?army men 9,0-JS; marines 1,826, and the missing, including prisoners; 1,522; army men 1,431; marines 91. i Of the week's increase, deaths fromj all causes aggregated 1,572 as com pared with 651 the week before; the) wounded numbered 2.CIO compared! with 732 the previous week and the, missing and prisoners 734, compared with 740 the week before. While the proportion of the deaths for the week as compared with thej wounded was large, attention was' called today to the fact that the cas-j a I ualties being reported now by Oen j eral Pershing represent an accumu lation as the result of the lighting which began July 15 and it is not to be assumed the ratio of killed and wounded will be maintained when the final toll of the Marne-Aisne victory is complete. Because the Americans wer? brig aded in the lighting with the Brit ish and French lorces. many wound ed were taken to French and British hospitals and the task*" of collecting their names was a difficult one. The problem of securing the names of the killed and missing Was said to be much simpler and this is taken here to aecount for the relatively l?-rge number of killed and missing reported in the first lists. TWO STEAMERS' SUNK; , Submarine Continues Raid Off'New England Coast. Washington, Aug. 12.?The sinking of the British steamer Penistone and the Swedish steamer Sydland, off the New England coast, apparently by the same submarine that destroyed nine fishing vessels Saturday, was reported to the navy department today. The Pennistone was sunk yesterday and Sydland August 8th. All of the crew of ti e Sydland were rescued. If a man is inclined tb lead a' fast time he should lead it to the* neatest hitching pc >t and tie; it i ii ?-- i I n -iiiiOTfi ? 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