The Forrest City times., 1896-01-24
The Red st.


 I,.ly. aud it IS Hut likely that there wilt
 single case. thnua' ts!eir ale sev- ,.asss in thp county At The time e,g,,in., to gress last week. there lad
 -,, on., death ju tite cnHHty resultant .r,,n tlir pest. Tins was the negro ,raj5,s whn first ini reduced the Scourge mn. confines of St. Francis county. .5 crcurre,I at his home about nint 'n,Iss frn,a this city. Besides this case ,,,,r. were only twu other cases known ,"syi,t in the county. OIe was the ,,,r, rnend at tl3r curner of tle cem- "ts,y fencr. who was promptly isolated .",t ,snnw imuroviug. and the others .ras Doctor !. N. faves. a practicing ,,bysiciaii of Widener. wtIo contracted The disease from the first mentioned ,,.,rn nr. Raves WAS taken sick raduesdav of last week and rapidly ,,rsw worse. Untll Sunday afternoon ',h,i, o'clack his sEi.it took it's flight. H.. MAS sick only five TVS. and his da.th k 4 sad bereavement to his l J,ar,g \ fife and only child, as well as tbs community in which he lived ,rlprp G. was held in high esteem. ghe next development in tue small Il nev situation was rumored here sat 5r,lay night. and was to the effect that ,uo negroes living 0D the Fucsell ulaca about three miles from town had the dreaded disease, Up0u learning of tlpir sickness, Si!as Campbell. who has the place in charge, set about tu ,,seprtain what the matter WAS. and hpcnn1in4 convinced they had small noX. ne ordered them to return to the hefIaus whence they came One of fhp<s individuals is related to the npgro Tubbs who died two weeks ago. and t is said nurSea him during his last illness, and hrnce of course took ;hp disease Mr. Campbell is not to be blamed for srHdinE them back whence they cane. He acted just as any Sei- sIbip man should have done. what he did being for the best interest of tue community, his idea being to get them hack into ths house where small poX had already baen. and thus prevent it's snrpad Ike negroes. under his orders embarked i'll a wagon and set out Gn their return journey. but when they reached the ferry al Madison the news uf their coming had preceded them and they We;e met 6v a shot gun quar- antiRe. which demanded that they i'm mpGiately leave that sectluu. and stay nut op the order Of their going upon penalty of their lives. The negroes were thus turned back and were so frightened they became lost m the woods and were compelled to leave their wagon and exist as best they could with no other shelter than the blue canopy of heaven. Early sunday mor.iug Judge Cowan sent d courier after them to lead them ont of the wilderness and into tGe pest house, :" where they are now confined. The people of Madison and the bottoms were indignant that these people should have been headed for that sec tiou. but when it was explained to them the reason for sending them. as stated above. the rUfiied waters were caImed, though the shot gun quaran- tine las not as yet been raised at Mad ison.
 Dr. H. C. Dunavunt, President of the State Board 0f Health. was in this county q couple of days last week tn investigate the small puX situation. He made no new discoveries, which veri- titS our claim here III de. that our news of the pest is authentic and com plete and to lee relied upon.
 Dr. C. C. White. under contract with the county, now has entire medical supervision over those affected and suspected, aud has been actively en- gagged all of this week in locating. is0- lating and!adminiStering to all patients. weIl defined or otherwise On We'd nSsday morning We received from him the following exact statement. which VIII be ot interest:
 EDITOR TINES:- For the benefit of tG0se readers deprived of reliable lntormation beg to make public the ioliowlhg statement Ill reference to the small pOX ont break.
 ind east of the river 9 well deveI- opet cases distributed as follows:
 One at (arIe5' on k Ronner'S place. TOUT at Fosters on Baugh & Bran don's place
 Three at Tubbs' on Baugh S Bran don's place
 One at Wiley's on Lum James place
 m these four families there are t"eiVe unprotected persons, all of ""om Will most likely have the dis ease.
 From what I conld learn only a very It" more were exposed io the infection gnu we nope to be able tn contine the "'SeaSe t0 those families. But 1 must "SN tlle people tO aid me in every way possible and to throw no obstacles in ny path for need assistance aud co- operation Tn this arduous work.
 tt IS a diSagreeable and dangerous uN'y' ont It must b. done by s0me one, VI tlie combined advances Of the dis e"se VIII ruin the county and town, no' to mention the human lives sacri need in its uch.
 nope to be able by energetic means |" iilGit the ca Ses tO 25 new ones.
 At the house there are five cases