The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-16
WILL PROTECT OUR
CATTLE INTERESTS
Clubs Being Organized in
Western Counties
TO STOP BL0CKADING
AND AID IN POLICING THE
QUARANTINE LINE.
Or. CURTICE'S TRIP THROUGH THE WEST
He Found Cattlemen Eager to Cooperate With
the State in Maintaining Quarantine
Regulations Against the In
fected Districts.

State Veterinarian Cooper Curtice re-
turned yesterday from a trip of several
weeks through Mitchell, Yancey, Ban
combe, Watauga and Henderson coun-
ties. whittier he went to arrange for the
more rigid enforcement of the quaran-
tine regulations against cattle from dis
tricts infected with the splenic fever
tick Dr. Curtice found the cattlemen
everywhere eager to cooperate with the
State in the enforcement of the quaran-
tine, it having become apparent to them
that the whole cattle industry OF the
section is at stake.
DIR. Curtice says that he finds that the
blockading of cattle across the line
from infected districts in Georgia mas
fallen off fully 80 per cent. in the past
year. and cattle that are now blockaded
are first cleared of ticks so that the
danger of infection is greatly lessened.
The people no longer depend on the
State authorities TO enforce the law, but
are arranging to prosecute Offenders
themselves. TO this end cattle clubs
were organized this season in Haywood,
Cherokee. Clay, Macon, Jackson, Wa
tauga and Pennsylvania counties, and
similar clubs viii shortly be organized
VI
The purpose of the clubs is to aid the
State in enforcing the quarantine; to
notice the line and guard against in
Engagements and generally to work up
sentiment against violation of the regu-
lations.
The people across the line in Georgia
have taken mp the agitation against
driving infected cattle north through
Union and Towns counties and law
will probably be passed by the Leglsla-
ture now in session at Atlanta, estaD-
fishing quarantine line in Georgia.
This will greatly simplify matters for
our own inspectors and will practically
stop blockading in the west, as cattle
would have to run the gauntlet at two
quarantine lines, one in Georgia and
one in North Carolina.
AS an illustration of the work the
cattle clubs of the west are doing, the
Clay County Cattle Club at its session
of November 9th, 1890 adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
.sWhereas. we are informed and be-
lieve that there is now quite a lot OF
Georgia cattle waiting the lifting of our
quarantine line on the 10th instant for
the free admission into our territory,
and:
sWhereas, last winter which was so
vigorous, failed to kill all the ticks;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the
Cattle Club of Clay county, that we
earnestly and respectfully ask the Board
of Agriculture of North Carolina at lis
next meeting to adopt such regulations
as will effectually prevent the bringing
into our bounds cattle at any and all
times from South Carolina and Georgia,
Provided, that the Georgia Legislature,
which is now in session in the city OF
Atlanta fails to adopt quarantine line
with regulations to enforce it, and pro-
vided further, that said line be estab-
lished not further South than the South
ern boundary line of Union and Towns
countless
The State quarantine, it will be noted,
expired yesterday.