Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-02-16

crop next year IL bnd. If any o
either hereabouts escaped il will b.
IA miracle. The ground and all veg
citation outdoors was covered witt
"A heavy sIeet at the bottom of tn,
heavy snow. There was nothing t.
eat accessible to either the rabbit,
or the birds, and the latter cspcci
ally were extremely liable to freez,
to death.
ToBACco GROWERS LEAGUE Oh
Observation-Disclosures, Ky, Feb
l3, lS99.-Tobacco Grower, Dear
Sir: There will be a meeting OF
kthe State League of Tobacco Grow
ers in Lexington Tuesday, Feb. 81
y Trusts are being formed daily in
every kind of business, and the only
hope for the grower is the perfect
ing of our League for self-protec-
tion. We are securing new mem bers
every day, and We want you to
take IA deeper interest in this move
ment,-a movement on which your
future so largely depends. If we
succeed, and we will with your help,
We can demand and obtain good
prices for your tobacco; if we fail,
and We will without the help of the
growers, then there is no hope for
you, and our tobacco will have to
go for whatever price the Trust is
willing to place on it, which you
may be sure will be a small one.
The only way to make a success
of this League is for each and ev-
cry grower to take an interest in
ii. If you are not already mem
ber you should join at once, and 60
to work to induce your friends to
join. 1t is Il duty you owe to your
self, your family and friends. When
you become member of this
League you have as much power
over it's actions as any other man
in it, and any suggestion you might
make will be passed on by a vote
of the League. Don't let the old
thought "there will be enough with
out me" hold you back. There will
not be enough until every grower
is a member. And regarding our
meeting on the 2lst, don't think
you will not be needed. You might
have some suggestion to make that
would be very valuable to the
League, which would probably not
be thought of were you not present.
Our last State meeting was not
AS largely attended as it should
have been. The weather is likely
to be such than you can be doing
nothing at home, hut no matter
what kind of weather we are having
about the 2lst, you will do more
good here than you possibly could
by staying at home.
Trusting you will ste that it is
your interest to be here on the 2ie,,
and that you will do all you can to
influence others to attend, { am
Iours very truly,
j. y. LIsIE, Sec.
PRECAUTIONS Against SMALL
Pox.-OFFICE OF STATE BoARp OF
HEALTH, Bowling Green; Ky, Feb
ruary 6, IS93.-To the Officials, Ply
sicians and People of Kentucky:
has been epidemic in the
mining regions of Alabama fer tile
past two years, and from this center
of infection. directly or indirectly,
serious and expensive out
breaks have occurred in Kentucky.
Recently about forty eases have
developed in Louisville, one at Cow
ington, one at Nicholasville, and
several suspicious cases are reported
in a mining section in Ohio county.
The disease also exists i'm Cincinnati,
Indianapolis and st. Louis, which
have constant railroad connection |
with many Kentucky towns. So far
the disease has been almost exclu-
sively confined to negroes, a large |
part of this race being unprotected
by vaccination, but this exemption
Of whites cannot long be hoped for if
it continues to spread, as nearly a
third of the white people of this State
are also unprotected.
Under these circumstances it is the |
duty of this Board to warn our Of
ficials and people of the necessity of
prompt action to prevent serious 10.
cal outbreaks. Fortunately the pre-
vention of this disease is as certain
and safe as it is cheap and easy.
and re-vacci n tion,
done with reliable virus, is
a sure preventive, and is entirely free
from danger. 1t should always be
done by competent physician, with
clean hands and instruments, at
three points, an inch apart, on well
cleaned arm; should be allowed to
dry thoroughly before the sleeve is
drawn down, and should be carefully
protected from rubbing or other in
jury until the sore has entirely
healed.
The Board advises that each city
and town at once pass and enforce a
compulsory vaccination ordinance,
beginning with the colored race, but
reaching everybody; that an isola-
ton hospital, and suitable grounds
for its location be secured in advance;
that visiting and strange negroes be
hunted out, vaccinated and kept un-
der observation and especially that
physicians practising among negroes
be advised as to the difficulty of rec
ognizing mild cases of smallpox i'm
this race, and of the Importance of
calling experienced counsel in every
doubtful or suspicious case.
Had Madison, Bell, Knox, Whit
ley, Laurel and Jackson counties
taken these precautions when ad-
vised to do SO last year, thousands of
dollars would have been saved in
actual outlay, to say nothing of the
far greater loss from interference
with traffic and travel. Under our
laws this expense must be met by
the counties and cities affected, and
it can only be avoided or made light