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van ■ ’ , —^ — • . —— Our County—Its Progress and Prosperit^Hke First Duty of a Local Paper, .. . . (?. //- J. J. MIInTER, Manager. BEEVAED, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY,'if. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 3.1908. TOl. Iin-NO. 1 TRANSYLVANIA LODGE . o. 143,K.ofP. Meets Tuesday ev^enings 8.30., Castle Hall, Fra ternity building. A hearty welcome for visitors at all times. R. L. GASH, C. C. Brevard Telephone Exctianie. hours: Daily—7 a. m. to 10 p. m. Sunday—8 to 10 a. m., 4 to 6 p. m. Central Office—McMinn Block. jProfessionol Cards. W. B. DUCKWORTH. Al’TO R N EY-AT-L A W. RoOms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building. GASH (8b GALLOWAY LAWYERS. Will practice in all the courts. Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block. D. L. ENGLISH LAWYER i Rooms 11 and 12 McMinn Block, BREVARD. N. C THOMAS A. ALLEN, Jr DENTIST. N. C. (B?j,iley Bloc'<.) HENDERSONVILLE, A beautiful gold crown for $4.00 and up. - of all kliid at r^asonahlf prices. I All work jguaranteed; satisfaction or ao pay. 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I” wncv f>° ■ *- • good board Pt-'’ week. ICo •i-i by raaii ii j yu asl. for It. Quarantine Laws Of Nortii tiaroiina. HOW DISEASES ARE SPREAD AND INNOCENT LIVES SA68IFICED BY VIOLATIONS OF THESE VERY NECESSARY LAVITS. In“Tho Land of the fciy » Hear the S«. Couatr> AsnnviLi:', " There appears to be some mis understanding in this county as to the quarantine laws which af fect the human family. Every body knows there is a cattle quarantine, and that its bounda ries must be observed by all, but the quarantine of one’s home is a proposition which our healthy, mountain people do not under stand. In order that none may hereafter plead ignorance, we refer below to those laws now in force in this state. In order to protect the people from the ravages of catching or •‘contagious” diseases, certain laws have been enacted by the legislature and written upon our statute books, and it is the duty of all to understand and obey them. In section 4435 of vol. 2 of the Rwvisal, and the seven sections following it, we tind a law creat ing the North Carolina Board of Health and setting out the duties thereof. In section 444^ auxilia ry boards are created, one for each county. Section 4444 is the law creating the Sanitary Com mittee of each county, and sec tion 4445 detines the duties of Ttie County Superintendent of Health. The attention of physicians in the county is especially called to section 4508 of vol. 2, which reads is follows: “When a physician k lows that a person whom he is called to visit is infected with ■smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fe ver. typhus fever, yellow fever or cholera, he shall immediately give notice thereof, to the health officer or mayor if the sick per son be in a city or incorporated town, otherwise to the county superintendent of health,” and in sec. 3448 of vol. 1 It is provid ed that if the visiting physician fails to report any such conta gious disease he is guilty of a crime and shall be fined not less than $10. In sec. 4452 of vol. 2 we tind: “when a householder knows that a person within his family is sick with any of the diseases enumer' ated in sec. 4448 he shtill ininn diately give notice thereof to the health officer or mayor if he resides in an incorporated town or city, otherwise to the county superintendent of health, and upon the death, or removal, or recovery of such person the rooms occupied and articles used by him shall be disinfected by such householder in the manner indicated in sec. 4508;” and if any person violates this section it is provided in sec. 3443 of vol. 1 that he shall be guilty of a mis demeanor and fined from one to tifty dollars. Sec. 4453 provides that no child shall be allowed to go to school if any member of its family has any of the diseases mentioned, and sec. 3441 of vol. 2 makes the violation of this law a misdemean or, and not only is the household er guilty, but also the school com- mitte and teacher are guilty if they aHow such child to come to school. In addition to the dis eases mentioned. thij< section ap plies to all caserj^ ,measles, mumps, whoopi^iv and itch, so it will bt well for our school committee?' and teachers to be careful and see that no child from any famjly having any of said diseases in it is allowed in school. In order that the various dis eases shall be quarantined may be known we will cite Section 4508, it being the section re ferred to above, and it reads as follows: “Inland quarantine shall be under the control of the Coun ty Superint3ndentV)f Health, who shall see that diseases specially dangerous to the|public health, viz.: small pox, ^dip’rttheria, scarlet fever, yellow typhus fever and cholera are .properly quaran tlned andasolated within twenty four hours after the case is brought to his knowledge; and that after the death or reccwery (M- removal of a person sick of either oj the diseases mentioned, the rooms occupied and the arti cles used by the p^itient aae thor onghly disinfectedj, n the manner set forth in the ( |i’>ied instruc tions, both as to quarrntine and disinfectants 'which shall be fur nished to him by the secretary of the State Board of Health. The expense of the quarantine and of the disinfectien shall be borne by the householder in whose family the case occurs, if (hp) Is able, otherwise by the city, county or town of which ho is a resident.” Sec. 3449 of vol. 1 reads as fol lows: “If any person ??hall neg lect or refuse to comply with, or in any way violate the rules pro mulgated by the county super intendent of health on the sub jects of quarantine and disinfec tion, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic tion shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court not less than $5 nor more, than $50. or imDrisoned not less than ten or more than thirty days. The quarantine rules as (^srab lished by the state board of health are, in case of a farmer that he shall not go off his farm, and not over It if other families live there on, neither shall he allow any person to come into his house or yard. If he lives in a town or city he‘shall not go out of his house, if he does, he has violated the law and is liable. The law also provides that if the house holder is not able to pay the ex pense of the quarantine and in spection. the county will pay the cost; but he must be unable to pay, and must so notify the su perintendent of health. We understand that a certain magistrate said that he could not find any law in regard to quaran tine; also a great many of our good people did not know the law, so we have taken the pains to gite those parts of the law pertaining to this subject. The people of Transylvania are too law-abiding to willfully vio late any law. No county has a prouder record for a peaceful and j law-abiding citizenship, too good a citizenship for the quar antine laws to be broken after they are known, and we hope that this will disseminate the law ov’’er the entire county. When we cooi« to think over it the quarantine laws are so very essential—they touch our lives and the lives of our loved ones— that they would be obeyed with' out the severe penalties attached to them if people would only stop and think. We hope that there is no man so dastardly in Tran- sylvarfia county who would will ingly Und knowingly threaten and jeopardize the' lives of his neighbor and his neighbor’s fam ily. Wo hope there is no man so cowardly that he would go abroad' reeking with the germs of a fatal disease and spread it among the good people of his county and thereby be the cause of many an innocent person's death. That is what a man does every time he breaks quarantine, he endangers the lives of all he comes in contact with—that is how diseases are sfjread. If a rigid quarantine could be main tained there would be mu(;n le^s sickness. So we want our peo pie to see they they are mor^ culpable by breaking quarantitin than if they were to shoot a gat ling gun up and down the pubiii- roads, Then a man) could pro tect himself, but you cannot look at a man and tell that he has just left a house wherein there are cases of scarlet fever^ or di[)h theria or some other contagious disease. •Our county superintendent. Dr. Cheatham, is faithful in the performance of his duty, and we ask the good people of the counts to sustain him in his action and to report any violations of the quarantine. It is a vital ques lion to each and eyery one of us and selfishness should play no part in it. There have been some viola tions of the law recently, largely due to the ignorance of the law, but in the future that will be ho excuse, and those who willfully violate the orders of the County Superintendent of Health should ! be dealt with immediately and punished to the full extent of the law. No man should be allowed to threaten the live3 of his neigh bors and his fellow citizens and not be punished. When a coun try is sparsely settled,.there is not so much need for^ a strict quarantine, but as we are now, with people living close together, it does not take a disease long to spread, and one case of a malig nant. cv^niagious diseases may staiL an epidemic tLat will kill hundreds Oar quarantine laws were framed by the best doctors in the state and are based on sound medical knowledge and experi ence, and are not based on guess work, and if they are carried out in full we will see a wonderful falling off in diseases that are contagious. The News should be in every home in the county. Buck Forest Items. Left over from last week. Edit<ir Sylvan Valiev News: W. V. Bryson visited his brother L. L. Bryson of Brevard Sunday. Mrs. J. B. Rogers of Cedar Mo^- tain was in this section one day last week. W. C. Bay spent one evening last week at ^the home of F. Ij. D. Thomas of this village. Rev. M. A. Matherson preached a very interesting sermon at Lau rel Creek on first Sunday. Miss Myrtle Clayton’s school at Laurel Creek will close Tuesday. Miss Myrtle is an excellent teacher. Mrs. D, A. Cooper ot Henderson ville has recently been spending a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ray of this burg. Rev. A. O. Allison of Boilston was among the visitors to the Buck Forest section last week. We were glad tcf have him with us again. Miss Effie Anderson, who has been spending a few months with her nncle Rev. Rufus Ray at James town, Va., has returned to her liome at this place. We gladly welcome her back. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Peach Blossom. Glade Greek Iteiiis. Per Lejt over from last week. •Tun' V.v Born to Xv. arid !y rs Townsend a son. ■ Bascoiii Allison and wi.o lui vJ moved to Ecnsta. Wiley Townsend ].>ah'-sed throng’ii otu* section la,st Sunday. The Davidson Riv^r boys were in this section last Sunday. Wade Garwood has been on the sick list but is imj roving. Miss Ethel Fowler has been very ill but is slowly recovering. Monroe Ownbey and wife spent last Sunday on Glade creek. Mrs, David Sims spent a few days t last wVek with Mrs. P. C. Towns end. George and Sheldon Sims were welcome visitors among us -last Sunday. Miss Olivia Allison has been quite . busy lately sewing for Mrs. E. B. Clayton. Cleveland Morgan, ot Greenville, S. O., has been visiting friends and relatives here^ Rev. T. C. Holtzclaw, M. E. Fowler and Butler Brown dined at the home of M. H. Fowler Dec. 1. Miss Mand Fowler frorr Birming ham, Ala., has returned to her old home on Glade Creek and is vrel- comed by all. Mrs. I. T. Cairnes, daughter Hes- sie and son Oscar have gone to Ar kansas to make their home. We wish them mnch success. Papa’s Baby. L>oii’t Take the Risk. When you have a bad cough or cold do not let it drag along until it becomes chronic bronchitis or de velops into ah attack of pneumo nia, but give it the attention it de serves and get rid of it. Take Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy and you are sure of prompt relief, i’rom a small beginning the sale and use of this preparation has extended to all parts of the United States and to many foreign countries. Its many remarkable cures of coughs ai^d colds have won for it tliis wide rep utation and extensive use. Sold by O. L. Erwin, Rosman.
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