TIIE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1920.
FIRST PATIENTS AT THE EMERGENCY
HOSPITAL TAKEN IN LAST NIGHT
Order Given at 3 O'clock Yesterday for Opening and at 9
O'clock First Patients Arrived Fifty Beds With
Equipment Brought From Oteen.
Exactly three hour after u final
decision had been reached yesterday
afternoon regarding the emergency
hospital for Influenza victim. Vice
chairman M. A. Erskine, of the lied
Cross committee, announced ;hu
Mom ford avenue school building, In
which the hospital li located, wan
ready for patients. At 9 o'clock the
first patient, a Mlsi McDowell, of At-
klnson street, suffering with , infra-
enza. was admitted to the liodpitul.
Shortly afterwards live others were
taken in and later In the ni.ih: feix
mote, making 12 patients there by
. midnight.
The Increase in the number of new
ruses continued yesterday when 136
wore reported, this being the largest
number since the middle of lust
cik. No deaths have been oftlelul -
ly reported to the city he-1th depart-
tucnt since the last nolle:;. Twenty
three doctors made the reports yes
terday. At the hospital yesterday afternoon
electric wires were strung and the
school building for the first time was
completely lighted up lad night.
Fifty beds, with full equipment were
rushed to the building from Oteen'
hospital shortly after Mr. Krskine
flashed tho news to Col; Lyster that
the city was finally ready tor tho
emergency hospital. Five wards were
opened yesterday, ouo for white
males; one for white females; one
for colored males; one for colored fe
males and one for white children. Ar
rangements will bo made today to
open a ward for colored children.
Mrs. Wilson Siipt.
Miss Hose Batlerhijm was In charge
of the hospital last night, although
Mrs. K. F. Wilson, who was superin
tendent of the emergency hospital
last year, will bo in charge, begln-
nlng today. Ten nurses will bo on ! request of Dr. Reynolds. It will bo
duty during the day and eight ut ! in charge of Mrs. E. F. Wilson, as
night. The meals for the patients j superintendent. Dr. Reynolds will be
will be served from the diet kitchen ! chief of stall and name the doctors
in the basement of the school, to be ,' composing the staff,
prepared by volunteers and the j The committee has received a num
nurses will be fed at the Masonic , ber of contributions, perhaps $1,000
temple emergency kitchen for the in all, but has refrained from any in
present, being taken to and from the'sistent appeal until the emergency re
temple in automobiles, quired. The emergency does now re
People who have no business nt tho quire, It is stated, and the public is
nospitai are urged to remain away.
and in order to see that those with
out business do not go there, a city
policeman will bo on duty, one for
day and one for night.
It was stated that only patients who
cannot be taken care of at home in
the proper manner will be accepted
for treatment at the emergency hos
pital and the health officials hope that
persons who can get good attention ;
ana iooa at nomo will remain mere,
as the hospital is only for those who
actually need to be taken care of, or j
by reason of the. crowded condition i
of the cases in their home, being un-to the very poor. On the contrary, it
able to get in the other hospitals, will ' is stated, the service is for all who
be forced to come to this hospital. ! need it. And the same may be said
Dr.' Reynolds was not present at I of tjie public health nurse, these ba
the Red Cross meeting yesterday, us ' ing ready to help" in emergency, re
at former meetings, it being stated gardless of financial circumstances of
that he was attending a life and I the applicants, although It is expect-
death case. Those present expressed ,
the opinion that the situation seemed
to warrant the opening of the iioi- :
pital, especially after hearing reports Mrs. William 1L Redwood ex
f rem Miss Weaver, Mrs. Rollins and i presses the thanks of the chapter to
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Miss Miller, who are intimately fa
miliar with conditions. The general
feeling, us voiced by Mr. Erskine and
Mr. Lipinsky waa, however, that op
ening should como only as a last re
sort, since more than the cloning of
the school building for weeks and
large expense was involved. It was
expressed that the news of the open
ing would have a bad phyacologlcal
effect, creating general depression and
thereby an unwholesome utmoaphere.
Vui Work to Ont-u
The vice chairman reported that
the hospital could be opened on two
hours notice, In a practical way if h
, was notified by three o'clock In the
afternoon.
chairman Haoul. who has been
very reluctunt to open the hospital
1 untl, tho emergency required, said it
eeemed as If tho timo had about
come. It was reported that all the
hospital superintendents favored op
ening. Mayor Roberta, who had been
listening intently, statjd at this point
with much positiveness that he was
not ready to vote in the absence of
the health officer. Tho chief execu
tive eaid that the responsibility, so
far as the city in concerned, rested
with the health officer and he waa
not going to assume thin responsibil
ity of another. It being suggested
that Dr. Keynolds wanted the hos
pital opened, reply was made that
then it was for him to say so, and
that on the previous day he had said
he did not know that the emergency
then required opening of the hos
pital. The mayor's view seemed to repre
sent that of the others present. "We
will wait until he comes," said the
mayor. Then the motion of Mr. Llp
iiinky was adopted that Vice Chair
man Krskine open the hospital at tho
: asked to send contributions to -Treas
urer Chan, W. Brown at the Central
bank. Money is needed and needed
now, hospital or no hospital, but
especially with the opening of the
hospital. Nurses must be paid, other
help provided, food and medicine fur
nished and all this eats intp money.
Liberal contributions and many of
them are required by the situation, it
is stated, and that now.
Some people have the mistaken
view that, food from the emergency
Red gross kitchen in the Masonic
temple ('phone 78) is supplied only
ed, of course, that those who can, will
make their own provision, fcr help so !
far as possible.
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WATER BONDS BROUGHT
GOOD PREMIUM HERE
Bid, Received By Mall, When Sue
cmsful Bidder Wit lid re w, to Allow
City More Money.
By speoial arrangements 'with J. S.
Styles, who represented the success
ful bidder for tho $350,000 Issue of
city water bonds, bids for which were
opened by the city commissioners
Monday and continued to Tuesday, a
bid submitted by Keane, Hlgbie and
company of Detroit, was accepted and
the bonds sold yesterday. This bid
was received by registered and special
delivery mail a few minutes after the
time had lapsed, which had been set
by the commissioners for opening the
bids, although the postmark showed
that the letter had been mailed in
Detroit on January 31.
The hid of the Detroit company was
$3!i3500, for 5 1-4 per cent, bonds,
it being figured that the city would
save, by accepting this bid. nbout
$18,000 during the life of the bonds.
Mr. Styles said that he would be glad
to help save the city this sum and
agreed to allow the other company to
take the bonds.
The bond money will be used to
build tho 16 Inch pipe line from the
new Bee Tree water shed to Ashe
ville. thereby doubling the present
water supply for the city. Work on
this line has already started and it
Is expected that the line will be fin
ished by fall.
SERVICES TODAY FOB
LATE MBS. SHERLIN
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at three o'clock for Mrs.
H. B. Sherlin, who died at her home.
6 5 Robejts street, yesterday morning
at 3:30 o'clock. Interment will take
place at West Aslieville cemotery.'
The deceased waa well known hero
and Ih survived bv her husband, It.
li. Sherlin, and her father, T. F.
Moore, both of Asheville.
KILLS WIFE AND HER
SISTER; SHOOTS SELF
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 3. A
domestic quarrel following his return
from Akron, Ohio, is thought to have
been the cause of the killing of his
wife and her sister, Mrs. Ola Ben
nett, by Charley Tibbs at Water Val
ley, near Fulton, Ky., this afternoon.
Immediately after shooting thsm
Tlbbs shot himself. Physicians to
night stated there was no hope for bis
recovery.
ASSEMBLYMAN DIES
COLUMBIA, S. C Feb. 3. W. TV.
Johnston, member of the house of
representatives of the South Carolina
general assembly from Clarendon
county, died tonight at a local hos
pital at 11 o'clock from an attack
of influenza.
those visiting, women who have aid
ed Asheville women in the making of
pneumonia jackets under the direc
tion of Mrs. Chas. 8. Jordan. The
Modern Woodmen have proffered not
only cars but personal t services of
members, and the night transporta
! tion service furnished Vice Chairman
Mrs. T. 8. Rollins by the detail from
the Klwanis club, under H. E. Oru-
ver, is of great assistance, it is re
ported.-
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST
DOPE USERS IS ON
MAN AND WOMAN WITH MUCH
DOPE TAKEN.
General Roundup of All Who Have
Drugs Without Permission, Will
Be Made By Officers.
Tn whni fa half AVasfl In Via a nu m .
palgn for a general roundup of all!nav" t""'n forwarded to state head-
dealers In narcotics in defiance of
the Harrison national law. local fed
eral btnoers have started to work In
this city. The first arrest mndo In
tho general campaign was that of
Mr and Mrs. T. H. Coley, alias Mr.
and Mrs. Garret, who have been
boarding at No. ti Oak street. Yes
terday before Judge. Wells In police
court, they appeared on charges of
violating the national act and lar
ceny, receiving and concealing stolen
goods, and probable cause
being
found In the latter cases they were
ordered held to superior court,
while the federal authorities are also
hnMlnff thnin for violating- til 1-Tnr-
! rison act.
When their rooms were raided,
morphine sulphate, tubes, tablets
and herlon, in addition to many
syringes for giving tho dope, were
captured and are now at the mar
shal's office, being held for evidence
before the federal court. The dope
is believed to have been stolen from
Grant's pharmacy, which was broken
into Saturday night, as Mr. 8 1 oval I,
the manager, identified several of the
bottles as coming from his place.
The officers have been unable to
And out much about the Coleys. as
they appear to have been living here
without work, and the couple will
not make any statement regarding
themselves. While these are. the
first arrests of the kind In some time,
the officers say that they plan to
conduct a thorough Investigation In
the city and other arrests are expect
ed to follow at any time.
CITY TO PAVE COXE
STREET DURING YEAR
Paving of Street Would Bo Great
Help to Business Section of City,
Officials Told the Board.
Coxe street, which was recently op
ened and graded from Southslde ave
nue to Patton avenue, will be graded
this fall, or next year surely, the city
commissioners told a committee of
Board of Trade officials and other In
terested citizens, at' the meeting yes
terday. The officials pointed out the
paving of the street would make a
closer connection, with better gruda
between the depot and uptown busi
ness sections.
The commissioners told the com
mittee of business men that the matter
had been thoroughly Investigated by
tho board and the' members were in
favor of the paving, although they did
not know just when it- could be dono,
but probably In the fall. It was point
ed out that the street, when graded,
was not rolled and that it had settled
considerably, the street curbing hav
ing given away in several places al-
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PUSH CAMPAIGN FOR
RELIEF IN NEAR EAST
Over Half the Quota for Buncombe
County Has Been Forwarded State
Headquarters.
John H. Cathey, chairman of ihe
campaign In this county for relief
in the near east yesterday reported
that more than half of Buncombe
county's quota had been mlsuU nnd
that $6,083.01 of the $12,000 quota
quarters at Raleigh.
Every effort Is being expended to
put Buncombe "over the top" this
week, and If the churches and Sun
day Brhools continue to send In as
good reports as were received dur
ing laBt week tho quota will be
raisod. i
A large number of Individuals have
given Mr. I'nthey their subscriptions
and in making up the statement sent
Raleigh yesterday several hundred
dollurs were included In the person
al column.
Subscriptions from the following
churches and Sunday schools, the
most of which has been paid at the
time the pledges were received are
as follows: Ulltmore Melffodist
Episcopal Sunday school, $61.50;
Chestnut street Methodist Sunday
school, $878. being more than its
quota; Balm Grove Methodist Sun
day school. $120; Haywood street
Methodist church, $600, over the
quota: Trinity Episcopal church,
$1,020. and the First Frolbyterian
church, $1,640, or over the quota.
ready, but these conditions will be
looked after, it waa stated.
Several small building permits were
granted and J. C. McCurry of Annan
dalo avenue was granted a permit to
erect a five room residence to cost
$2,900.
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