The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-19
SMALLPOX IN TWO COUNTIES.
GOVERNOR GAMBLER CALLED ON
FOR STATE ASSISTANCE.

Has Taken Up the Matter with the
OrdinarieS of Jones and Jasper.
Macon officials We're Anxious
That Disease BE stamped out.
Teachers and Confederate Veter-
ans Being Paid-shortage in the
sales of Fertilizers.
Atlanta. Jan. 1S.-There seems to be dan
ger Of serious epidemic OF smallpox i'm
Jones and Jasper counties, and the Sec
ton OF country lying between l~lddock's
station and Round Oak 40 Monticello.
Gov. Gambler has been applied 10 for
assistance in suppressing the disease and
preventing its further spread. The situa-
ton was brought 40 his attention through
a lengthy communication from DR.. Bar
ron city physician of Macon. acting Of
fcially. DIT. Barron states that informa-
ton as 70 the alarming condition was con-
veyed to him by DR. G. Z. Worteubecker,
a surgeon Of the United States marine
hospital service, who was sent there to
investigate.
After receiving this information, DR..
Barron held a conference with Mayor
Price of Macon, and they decided that
some steps should be taken without
further delay 10 allay the spread of the
disease, and to thus protect the citizens Of
Macon, which city is the market place OF
the infected territory
In response to this communication, Gov.
Gambler this afternoon sent letters out to
the ordinaries of the counties affected. and
also TO the boards of county commission
ers, advising them to institute a systematic
vaccination and also TO quarantine cases
whenever found. lie said the state would
furnish all the virus necessary for the
vaccination
The Macon officials suggested that I'M
less the state authorities can successfully
cope with the disease, the federal govern
ment be called upon. Gov. Gambler said
this afternoon that he would not take any
such action as this however, until the local
authorities confess they are powerless to
fight tho disease.
There is no detailed information as TO
the number of cases. The Governor says
IT is evidently confined to the negroes and
is of a mild form. He has sent a copy of
the communication from Macon to the
county authorities mentioned
Money for the Teachers.
Checks for the payment of The last quar-
ters salaries of the common school teach
ers of the state We're mailed by School
Commissioner Glenn to-day. The aggre-
gate amount of this payment is some
thing over 100000.
The school commissioner for Chatham
county will receive a check for $1O474.9 IS
and Glynn county will get $2.479l6 The
disbursement of this money among the
teachers will be felt considerably in the
business circles
The disbursement of INDECENT pensions
has also commenced, and within the next
week there viii be distributed over a quar-
ter of a million dollars throughout the
state. Many pensions were paid in per
son by Commissioner johnson to-day from
his office in the capitol.
The bulk of the payments will be paid
by mail pensioners sending their claims
10 Secretary of State Phil Cook. or Con-
troller General Wright for collection, these
officials performing the work as an act
of courtesy to the old veterans who can
not come TO Atlanta to make collection,
IS it is necessary for some one with au-
thority to receipt for the warrants.
short Sales of Fertilizers.
Attention was recently called in these
dispatches to the fact that the sales of
fertilizers in this state are greatly be-
hind, as compared with former years Fol-
lowing up the subject, Commissioner of
Agriculture Stevens has made some accu-
rate figures showing just how far behind
fertilizer sales are UP TO to-day Jan. 49,
as compared with the same date last year
These figures show only 60,597 tons for
this season, as against 900 last season.
or less than half. The bulk of the fertil-
izer tonnage is moved during the months
of January, February and March 1t is
expected that there will be unusually heavy
shipments from now on, but the estimate
of the department is that the total for the
season viii not be more than two-thirds
as great as last year.
Fertilizer shipments for the season of
1878, up to Jan. 49, 1898, were 100. 500 tons.
while the total for the season of 1889. I'M
to Jan. IS, 1899 is 1874
Cotton seed meal tags are also off as
compared with last year. This falling off
is directly attributed to the low price e.
ceived for the cotton crop of the past
season, and indicates a shorter crop next
season for the lack of fertilization, if not
q smaller acreage.