The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-31
SMALL POX AGAIN.
a COLLEGE srUDENr THE VICTIM
THIS TIME.
Supposed TO Have Come From His Waehcr-
woman--The Young Man Isolated aud
Well Cared for-Compulsory Vaccl.
nation Ordered,

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wei Cared for-Compulsory Yaccl.
nation Ordered,
Wc had been congratulating our
selves that the small pox had not spread
in Newberry. The Board of Health
had been vigilant and prompt in deal
ing with the few cases we had and they
had been confined to the negroes. Blu,
with their vigilance and the mild type
! OF tho disease prevalent now there
s,cms to HAY Q been cases that escaped
tho health. officers and negroes went on
| about their work with the diseuse on
! them at least one did, and as result
| 1T has broken out in q new and uneX-
| pectcd place. Harriet McMorries
washed for u number of the college
boys and several families besides. On
Friday night DR.. w. G.. Houseal who
had been attending Mr.. Ernest Brim, a
college boy from Georgia, pronounced
tho disease small poX. In investigating
and trying TO find out where he got the
disease it was found that Harriet Nc
that she had had the small pox.
Tho Board of Health was at once
called together and after consultation
with the president and faculty of the
college it was decided as the best thing
for the college and the young man that
he be moved out of the college. He had
only been rooming in the college about
week, having before that had Il room
at Mr.. Mike Mayors.
Arrangements were accordingly made
to put up q tent in the woods on Mr.. Os
Wells place and good tent was Sc
cured, floor put down and q bed put
| up in the tent, and Mr. Joc Wood Sc
cured rs nurse and Saturday afternoon
he was moved out. He"will- he given
every attention and fare Just as we'll or
better than if he had remained in the
college.
The room that he occupied and the
clothing in it and of the others who
had come in contact with him were
thoroughly fnmigatcd and there is little
danger of it spreading in the college.
His room mate, Mr.. Rast, had been
vsccinatcd.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE VACCINATED
When the disease first appeared in
Newberry several months age the town
opened an otlico for FREQ vaccination
and the Board Of Health urged tho pco-
pie to be vaccinated. We urged it on
several occasions in The Herald and
News. President Cromcr: wo under
| stand, urged the young men at tho col
lege to be vaccinated, and he should
have made his request mandatory. But
as is always the case there we're those
who believed and followed the teach
ings Of DR.. Lowman, Of Orangeburg,
and pretended to make sport of the
idea Of the prevalent eruptivc disease
being small poX and claimed it was
nothing but chicken poX and refused
themselves to be vaccinatcd and laughed
at others who were. A great many of
these doubling Thomascs lost no time
in being vaccinatcd when this case
broke "ut at the college. Pity it's that
this was not done BEFORE and We might
not have had even this one case in the
college family. We have takcL the
position even if it were only chicken
pox and vaccination would make you
an immune, better be vaccinatcd.
Mr.. Prather who is on guard at the
pest house writes DR.. Kiblcr az to one
of the subjects: For twenty steps he
is the worst looking sight l ever saw.
You ought to bring son of the doctor!
that doubts it being small pox out to
sec it," and some that are not doctors
ought to go ont and take Il look.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION.
The Boaad of Health at its meeting
on Saturday ordered compulsory vacci-
nation after tho 9th Of June. They give
every one an opportunity to be volun-
tarlly vaccinated up to that time by
any physician they may select at the
expense of the town, but after that they
will be forced to be vaccinated. Any
physician is authorized to vaccinate
and report to the Board of Health.
Every citizen can now have his family
physician vaccinate him.
ANOTHER CASE.
Saturday afternoon DR.. Houscal
stated that the two-year-old child of
Mr.. Robt. ID. Wright had n mild case
OF small poX. Tho child was at once
isolated and the house quaransincd.
STILL ANOTHER.
At Helena u negro man is said to
have small pox. And ho has been
turned over to the town authorities OF
Helena.
The three cases here reported are all
that are known to exist in or near the
| town. We are not concealing any OF
| the facts in regard to the disease for We
think it best That the people should
know tho exact situation. There is nc
need for alarm or panic because there
are two cases Of small pox in the town
COLLEGE WILL GO ON.
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