The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1919 Page: 5 of 10
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T. W. Foster, age 72, a resident of
Iredell, is very sick at this time with
but little hope of recovery. He has
been in bad health a long time and is
not able to throw off much of the
preying of disease.
This has been a week of hog killing
and people are now feasting on fresh
meats at a lower rate than they have
been paying the market.
John Myers is still confined to his
room, could perhaps get out a little if
the weather was pleasant. He does
not seem to be any better than he was
weeks ago, and does not seem to be
any worse. But he is in very low
health and it is a little wonder to the
people that he remains in that state
at what seems to be a stand-still.
John is one of the old settlers and has
a host of friends that would rejoice
if they could see him getting out in
town as they use to see him.
Charley Nichols, a brother of Rev.
H. A. Nichols, entered school here last
week. He is less than 20 years old
and seems to have an ambition to se-
cure an education and his father lived
too far from the school building for
him to go from home and he came here
and will stay with his brother and
attend school here.
B. F. Golden, of near Meridian, was
mixing with his friends here Saturday
and first of the week.
The first quarterly meeting for the
present conference year was held here
Saturday and Sunday. Presiding El-
der E. P. Williams preached two good
sermons. The financial report was
very good, but not what it would have
been had not the conference been held
so soon after the adjournment of the
annual Conference.
Tom Spencer, who was raised near
Help, died at El Paso the early part
of last week and was buried at Help
Saturday. He saw service in France
where he contracted tuberculosis and
after coming home he went to El
Paso in search of health, but only
lived a few weeks and was brought
home a corpse and was interred Sat-
urday. He was about 27 years old
and was a member of the Baptist
Church, having been converted and
united with the church two years ago.
E. W. Thomas and wife, who have
been visiting here for a few days,
returned to their home at Glen Rose
first of the - week. They were- ac-
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RURALITES HAVE BIG
HEALTH ADVANTAGE
Abundance of Fresh Air and
Sunlight Do Much to Check
Ravages of Tuberculosis.
DANGER IN CLOSED WINDOWS.
National Tuberculosis Association,
Which Sponsors the Annual Sale
of Red Cross Christmas Seals,
Reports 150,000 Deaths
Each Year From the
Disease.
People who live in the smaller towns
and on farms have a great health ad-
vantage over the city dwellers in that
they have ever an abundant supply of
fresh air and sunl ight. 1
These two gifts of nature, so lavish-
ly bestowed, are not always appreciat-
ed to their fullest extent. They are
two of the strongest weapons against
the menace of tuberculosis, or con-
sumption, as it is sometimes called.
But consumption is not unknown in
the rural districts. The death rate is
sometimes as great in these sections as
in the more crowded localities, chiefly
because of carelessness or indifference
to laws of health.
Few, indeed, are the farm houses
or the homes in the smaller cities and
villages that cannot have an outdoor
sleeping porch. On the contrary, we
often find that the windows of sleep-
ing rooms in the home are shut tight
in the mistaken belief that night air
is harmful.
This paves the way for disease, espe-
cially tuberculosis, which generally at-
tacks the lungs.
White Plague Kills 150,000 a Year. '
The white plague claimed 150,000
lives last year in the United States.
More than 1,000,000 Americans are suf-
fering from it today. These figures
are compiled from reports of experts
all over the country and sent toothe
National Tuberculosis Association, the
leading agency in the country to com-
bat this disease. This organization is
sponsor for the Red Cross Christmas
Seal sale, from which its financial sup-
■port is chiefly derived.
As medical science has proved con-
sumption is both preventable and cura-
ble, the suffering caused by this dis-
ease is largely unnecessary. Most tu-
berculosis victims are between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five.
Causes Half Billion Loss Annually,
These are the years when people
are most active, the years of their
greatest production. The snuffing out
of these lives just when they are al
the height of their usefulness means
an annual loss to the country of near-
ly half a billion dollars.
Fresh air is the cheapest of medi-
cines. Outdoor sleeping porches are
not only for the sick. They help well
folks to keep well, and the country
dweller can have this aid to healthy
living at far less inconvenience than
his city neighbor.
You can help directly by seeing that
you and your family are living under
the most healthful conditions possible.
companied by Mrs. Thomas’ parents,
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Stovall. Rev.
Stovall will go on further where he
will preach Sunday.
D. E. Cavness is in Dallas his week
buying goods for the Iredell Drug
Company.
Rev. L. W. Dean, of Fort Worth,
spent a few days here recently, leav-
ing for home Tuesday.
Mrs F. D. Bowen and little daugh-
ter after spending about a week here
visiting relatives returned to their
home at Grand Prairie Tuesday.
Grandpa C. N. Owen, who for a
number of years resided about five
miles west of Iredell, but since he be-
came too feeble by reason of age to
work has kept his farm rented and
lived with his children, died at his
son’s near Turnersville on the 30th
of November, 1919, or must have on
that date, as he was buried on the 1st
day of December. He was about 86
years old at the time of his death and
was very well known in this commu-
nity, and was a good old man. He
was a member of the Masonic Lodge
at this place, but having died at such
a distance from here that the lodge
could not take charge of the burial
ceremony. He was buried with
Masonic ceremony conducted by the
Turnersville Lodge.
Raise More and Bigger Hogs.
Maj. Wan, raised in Michigan, an
800-pound registered Poland-China
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Warning! The public is hereby
notified that I will not permit any
hunting or trespassing on my ranch
about three-fourths mile east of Me-
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notice do so at their own risk. T. J.
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Any one desiring my services will
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Dunlap, Levi A. The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1919, newspaper, December 12, 1919; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1630701/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Meridian Public Library.