Onmissioners to Invcsti
Resignation.
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ACTKMI OF STATE BOARD
IS SEVERELY GRITISED
Coa&tjr : Doctors and Public
ViWEfatUpOm Radical
Change of Office.
A? surprising in its orgaDiza
tiooasa bolt from a perfectly
clear sky, the report that was
circulated throughout - ibis sec
tion of the state late yesterday
aft^nsj^ki that Dr. C P. Fryer,
director of public health work
in Pfntaraty had been request)
ed by Ifce State Board of Health
to rcrif n, was nothing more
Metrical in its suddenness,
thoroughly competent ser
aad unremitting labor that
officer has installed in
.* atttibg the people of
itory during the past few
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has made such an impression
TT. - v i .
| tout* of the Suite BotfM o*
from of i ice was preie^fetHStlhe
regular monthly session of the
County Medical Society con
ducted in this city the part
Thursday evening and while it
produced so tittle sensation
amoug the majority of the mem
In the least disturbed over the
occurence, being intelligently
informed as to the conditions of
the local health work, and the
Ijccomplishaients of the health
administration. The meeting of
feeding some of j^he most
jraaiMBt awl best informed
medical men of the county, and
alter the conditions of the
ment of the Board of Health bad
been thoroughly discussed, the
past achievements of the county
health department* while under
the direction of Dr. Frier, were
warmly commended, with the
entire representative body vot
ing a rerohition in direct con
flict with the charges preferred
against the health director, not
a dissenting voice being raised
in the, action ofthe officials.
The meeting of the physicals
was prfii^M ofer by ?>r, J. S.
Ellen, of Jhis cijy, witfe^Sp; W.
W. Dawson; of Grifton, acting'
in the capacity of secretary^
members present were: Drs.W.
W. Dawson, Griftcta; W. HJ
Dixon, Ayden; C. M. Jones,]
Grimesland; . ; T. H. Basnight, !
Stokes, J. E. Nobles, Joseph
Tfaon, JosSpfe Srfiitb, m Fbun-1
taia^L. C. Skinner, C. J Ellen,.
of Greeenyiile, with the names
of others add^d who were hot
present at &e time of this parti
cular issue.
gathered in "the charges that
bav* been preferred against Dr.
Fryer at the Board ^>1 H^althV
request for his resignation, it
seems that the only thing par
ticularly stressed was negligence
in tfef establishment of sanitary
privies in various sections of the
county last year v&ul. lajfo?
threb predecessors yithin ;?*
men well infortned and acquaint
ed with environments, and i;
was this realization on the part
of sympathetic medical men of
the county causing them to take
such direct and unreserved ac
Stale office in re movmi an of
jm i?* beginning to inspire
the confidence <tf the people
fij^i mm
Si!#*?* 8nd sacii-l
has feaiuled h??^ofte
Jbtoc behalf of incrrasingr the J
r?* situafioa in boih the rii- J
populated sec- 1
*on? of (he county, and , during
Ss ?f ,he work: he
wasiorced to overcome mifch
fWwrse seim men ( io ward $ thel
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resigned . voluntarily or have
been force^fo dp so, suggests to
us the conclusion that it Is a vefy
difficult matter to obtain a health
officer who is satisfactory both
to tie State Baard of Health fled
the cifiiens -otPiJt county ill
ft Whereat |o the of our
Iraowledge and belief, After giv
ing the matter pareful considera
tion Fryer is giving entire
satisfaction to a great majoniy
of people inlhe performance of
bis #ty ; to fact, so far as we are
a We to determine, ^ere has
Kifjf thweforeresptved that
traffic of
i G. R. Efitttwood wd
^hitelaeat>fihe
n aeetioo* was com
^ed With both dis
was brought to the
tie officer* to were
?lure yesterday follow
?ot search on ibe part
iiW di
with ?*Wence ahoiif
efrdorseDr. fryer's
missioners of Mid county be re
quested tp COTfuijjr jnveillipite
33ttf?3iSS
ibe public healttr tvoik in ibe
time has been one of the princi
pal sources for the disposition of
monkey runt of the community.
Sheriff Dudley was faccompint
ed by Deputies Corbett, Catoo
and Policeman Brewer; and very
little time was consumed in
locating the still situated in a
small tract of woodland in the
rear of the home. '/ : 5.;
ft is possible that the law will
deal severely with the two men,
as the whiskey traffic is assum
ing such an alarming scope
throughout the entire county,
that lenient action is no lcager
considered advisable, and there
fore, is giving severe terms,
; SPENCER-THOMAS.
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The following announcement
has been received by friends
here:
Mr. and - Mrs. Alexander G.
Spenccr
announce the marriage of their daughter
Betty
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Mr. Luther Phillip? Thomas
on Wednesday the eleven Jb of June
ainefeeip hundred and nineteen
Waahiugton, North Carolina
after July ftrit
Fannviile, N. C.
Immediately after the cere
mony Mr. and Mrs. Thomas left
on an extended bridal tour north*
the same tim| we
having tbe priv
i did nal go lo. our place for
ee&nfc at all because i thought
of no use. At least I venture
? assetsion, that the election
ttehave no vice
JSC.:; . . - s
u have
t? Sincerely,
V !"W.
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Resolution introduced Asks That
He Be Removed; Prohibi
tion Will be Discussed
wmm
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Atlantic City, N. J:, June 11?
Prohibition seems destined to
occupy much of the time of tho "
American Federation of Labor '
convention during the next few
days if the number of resolutions
introduced on the subject are an
indication. Several of them were
said by delegates to deal with
the proposal that light wines and
beers be retained^ and one pro
vides that the entire convention
shall co to Washington by spec
ial train Saturday to participate
in Ibe great labor demonstration
it isiftttsed to hold in front of
the Capital.
Another resolution is one re
questing President Wilson to re
move Postmaster General Bur
feson. This was introduced by
E. J. Gainer, of the National As
sociation of Letter Carriers; T.
F. Flaherty, of the National Fed
eration of Federal Employes, and
E. J. Ryan, of the Railway Mail
Association.
The Postmaster General Is ,
charged in the resolution with f
having ^ruthlessly invaded
rights of employes" and with
having "interfered in defiance
Of law with proper function?*"*' '*
of their organizations, audi
not only - refused ftcogn
i representative
w
resolution" proposes that
the Federation, "representing
four miHion organized wage
, earners and firm in the belief
that this protest reflects fhe senti
ments of the vast majority of the
American people," request the
President to remove Mr. Burle
son. ~ .
JflRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
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Services next Sunday morn
ing at 11 A. M., preaching by
Rev. C. H. Reeb, of Atlanta, Ga,
a returned Army Chaplain. The
public is very cordialty invited
to hear him.
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