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VOL. 9 AHOSKIE,
TO PREVENT SPREAD
OF COITAGIOUS DISEASE
Measles,Whooping Cough and
Other Contagious Disease
Can Only Be Prevented from
Spreading by the Co-Opera
tion of Doctors end Every
LisZof Those Reporting'ca
ses to Quarantine Officer in
JoMUy.
No individual can control
. an epidemic of measles or the
whooping cough, but is an ea
sy matter for a community to
prevent such a calamity. For
instance, a few weeks ago, in
a thriving rural community, a
physician whs called to see a
sick child. He said that the
child most likely had whoop
ing cough. But for two weeks
he n4ver came nor inquired to
know for sure, and what is ev
en worse, he never reported it
to the county quarantine offi
cer. Meanwhile other cmol
dren in the same family con
tracted the disease and contin
ued to go to school. The re
sult is, there are twenty cases
of whooping cough in the same
neighborhood, one baby death
has ocured, and the school has
been closed fat a period of 4
weeks or longer.
Now this enidemic that has
caused a needless death and
?much sickpes that could have
been prevented, to say nothing
of the time ana money lost by
closing the school, probably
would not have happened had
that physician reported that
first case to the county quar
antina officer. That was the
doctor's duty as prescribed by
the State Quarantine Law. It
i"" wouM hare been the duty of
the quarantine officer to nave
had the hoase placarded and
the sick child quarantined, also
those in the house who had not
had whooping cough. This
would have prevented the in
fection spreading to the school
and through the school to the
whole community. He also
would have given the paren
the proper instruction for deal
ing with the sick child and the
other members of the family
and for keeping the disease at
this one home and from spread
ing. To have observed these
rules would have been the fam
ily's duty. The neighbors
would have been given a fair
chance, by knowing that the
disease existed in the commu
nity, to have protected them
selves an their families from
the disease. To have done
this would have been the nei
ghbor's duty.
The point to thi? story is tluIF
as important as it is for the
doctor to have done his duty
in complying with the State
Quarantine Law, just so im
portant is that every individ
ual in. any community shall do
his duty by the same law.
Parents, doctors, teachers, arid
the quarantine officer have the
same share in makin gthe quar
antine law effective. A vio
lation on the part of one de
feats the whole purpose of the
law. In other words, to con
trol the spread of whooping
cough, measles or any other
disease requires the . co-op
eration of vefybody in the com
m unity.
The first duty of every in
dividual is to report at once
any case of contagious disease
to the county quarantine officer
for in no other way is he to
know where disease exists. He
will then give you the further
nefeded instructions, which ev
ery honest, law-abiding citizen
will be glad to follow. These
instructions are the only safe
guards known for protecting
the health of your own family
and that of your neighbors'
You are fortunate that you live
in s State where the best meth
ods known have been provid
ed to protect yoar children fro
unnecesary disease.
Cases of communicable dis
eases reported to me last mont
were:
Davis Martin, Mmwjti Neck,
Dipthcria.
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RAILROAD OPERATION
MORE SATISFACTORY
Railroad Operation Under the
Government Control More
Efficient, According to Gov
ernment Reports.
Already a more efficient op
eration of the railways taken
under cantrol by the Govern
ment has ben effected. Du
plication service, especially of
passenger service, has been
eliminated. More freght traf
fie is therby made possible.
The common use of terminals
has avoided much delay and
shipment by the most direct
routes designated by shippers
or dictated by the different
railroads' interest or traffic
agreements, has saved much
time. In short, conflicting
corporate interests have all
been subordinated to the one
trains that move traffic, with
the result of a distinct speed
ing up of freight.
Government operation will
be more ecnoomieal. Much
duplication required by com
petitive operation of the rail
roads is rendered unnecessary
and other expenses, too, will
be eliminated.
Director General McAdoo
has isued an order, General Or
der No. 6, forbidding the use
of the railroad revenues for
paying agnts or other persons
employed in any way to affect
legislation or to those who are
not actualy engaged in the per
formance of necesary legal
work, the expenses of persons
or agents constituting asocia
tions of cariers, unless suchas
sociation is approved in ad
vance by tiie Director General
and payments for any political
pulp?l or to directly influence
the election of any person or
ah election affecting any pub
lic question. Free passes are
also forbidden except such as
are expressly authorized by
the interstate-commerc com
mission.
Deserter Arrested
'
Jack Bazemore, a negro, of
Union was arrested as a deser
ter and taken to Camp Jack
son, South Carolina, Tuesday
by John W. * Taylor. Baze
more, it seems, had registered
under an assumed name, or he
satted that he had registered,
but when he exhioited his re
istration crad, it did not bear
his real name. He had been
in the State of Virginia for
some time and had made no
attempt to secure his question
aire, if it was a fact that he ha
and others had been keeping
their eyes on him, and when
the proper time came, he was
arrested under the military
laws and carried to the camp
where he was presented to the
authorities. Mr. Taylor will
receive the fifty dolars reward
for the capture of a deserter.
This case should be a warn
ing to any others who are en
deavoring to evade the milita
law, for sooner or later they
will get theirs.
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Executor's Notice
Having qualHtod as executor of
n?, this to to ifttfy all phraons hav
ing claim* against said estate to ex
hibit the same to the undersigned,
duly verified according to law, on or
before the 11th day of January. 1910
or thia notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persona in-1
debted to said estato will p Issue J
make immediate payment.
This January llth, 1018.
L. B. MY RICK, Executor of Susadfl
J. Myrick, Norfolk, Va.
Winbome and Winborne, M
Attorneys and Process Agents. ?
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Meredith Jones, Wlnton, mtJ
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HermV Jenkins, Aho*ki?\ mcfl
Naomii Hill, Ahoakia, meull
John Taylor, Htmlbvill
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B. C. Bass Murfraesboro, qfl
Jane McRade Lassiter, AH
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County Quarantine OfflB
WIHTONJEI
We thank the edifl
kind invitation to coia
kie "where there is I
our lights will shin
Tuesday) and we tfl
are no lights as brfl
Winton lights.
In reply to the
last week s Herald
the County Com!
we have learned aj
from good authorn
wil be no County]
ment in Hertford I
y8Mr. H. B. KnoJ
most progressive
of Win ton, reman
workers at the &l
most pleasantly I
noon, by sendinirM
licious apples, til
much enjoyed bH
present. If al
should happenfl
tendance at
meetings woukfl
Rev. S. N. tfl
a telegram Sunfl
he had receivfl
call to the B?H
Elow, S. C. M
the call undofl
E. L. Jen]
?old the Wii
R. E. Story,
time this dm
ed hands in
Another bni
overlooked
T. Newaomi
of groceri
Co, and tUK
moved to til
ter.
Mr. C. FJ
take up hia
postoffice afl
eral month?
thews and
ing Mr. lA
A lette
son stated
made bui
have rem
have red
some kilj|
confined]
al dayg.1
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spent?
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