The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-25

motives slandered. Being unable to
longer serve you, with "fervency and
zeal' because Of these influences, and
being unwilling to further subject
ourselves to the damnable slanders
of every poltroon's tongue and pen,
we in order that there may be no mis-
understanding, hereby officially hand
you a series OF specific resolutions con-
tanning specific charges, and with thess
resolutions, we also tender 10 you, this,
our resignation, in a body, from the
Union Board of Health, to take effect aJ
once. Before retiring, however, we. in
dividually and collectively beg to express
to you our sincerest thanks and highest
appreciation for your uniform support
in all OF cur official labOrs.
:. !. LINDER, M. D.,
Chairman,
CROWN TORRENCE, NJ. u,
j. G.. GOING, NJ. ID,
M. II. SMITH, M. ID.
CROWN TORRENCE,
Secretory B. of II.
Here is the preamble and resolu. ion:
OFFICE UNION BOARD OF HEALTH,
Union, 5. c., May %, 1900.
HON. JAS. III. RoDGER, Mayor, of the
City of Union, s. e.:
WHEREAS, The character of each
member of the Union Board OF Health
was asSailed on May 9Th, 1900, by au
open circular issued and signed by Il. q.
Duncan, in which he published rs to tie
world as 'rutiians", we hereby denounce
the author of said circular, SO far as re-
ference is made to the Union Board of
Health, ,as a cowardly and slanderous liar.
Cowardly, in that he afterwards confesstd Il
to each of us, that his circular was bluff,
aud slanderous in that he stopped to falls
ly injure us for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of
his own interest, and
Whereas, This circular had the effect
of 80 intiaming the people, to whom it
was addressed by II. T.. Duncan, against
the Union Board of Health, that the con-
unuance OF vaccination was impossible
by our physician in charge, and
Whereas, committee was sent to
Governo OF McSweeney by the UnionBoard
OF Health, stating truthfully and frankly
to his Excellency, the exact situation
confronting our board, and
Whereas, The governor, who is expect
cd to execute the laws of the State tailed
to cooperate with us in meeting the is
sue brayely and in manly way, but
further leSSened our dignity and the
majesty Of the law by directing us To COLI
fer with Il. y. Duncan, private indivld-
ual, the author Of the said slanderoui
circular, and
Whereas, Later, after urgent and
earliest appeals, the Governor did send
TO Union, for the purpose Of inveStigat-
ing the smallpox situation, DIR. james
Evans, Secretary OF the State Board of
Ii ,alth, and
Whereas, This DR.. james Evans, the
.ecretary OF the State Board Cf Health,
aud the representative OF the Cover nor
OF South Carolina, did Oh his arrival Ill
Union, proceed tO consult II. &. duncan,
private cit zen, aud the author of the
aforesaid slanderous circular, III prece-
dcnce OF and in preference. to the otfi :ial
Board of leIlth of Union, by whose re-
quest he was sel.t to Union, and =
Whereas, Df. James Evans confeS sed
to the local board Of health his lack OF
Jurisdiction and authority TO act within
Incorporated towns, yet he practically
Turned over the vaccination ot the peo.
pie of one section of the city OF Union to
L. 4. Duncan, Il private individual, and
the author Of the atoremenll Jned SLAM
derous circular, in that he shipped 10 him
l 900 vaccine tubes, and
Whereas, The Union Board of Health
being acquainted with the wholesale, un-
Unsuitable eXcuSalS, and of sham vaccina-
lions without the use OF virus, 50 in
formed DR.. Jas. Evans the said repre-
sentative Of the Governor; and
Whel els, III the presence of Dr., James
Evans, because Ot these cXcusals and
sham vaccinations, this board adop pted a
resolution asking the town council to re-
quest the Governor to send, through the
Secretary of the Stats Board VI Health,
Il disintere sted physician to take charge
of the small pox situation il tile city Of
Union, and
Whereas, All tie aldermen of the city
OF Union as constituted, being directly
connected with the Union Cotton Mills
OF which II. =. Duncan private indi-
vidual, and the author of the atoremell-
toned slanlerous circular is preSiden',
our resolution for disinterested physl-
clan to give us talr and thorough vac :
cination, was misconstrued and unani-
mously defeated, and
Whereas, Two new cases of small pox
have developed in the Factory Hill Sec
ton since the departure Ut the said DIR.
Evans thereby accentuatiEg his own as
serton that vaccination Was imperative,
and
Whereas, Thirteen days have elapsed
| since DR.. Jas Evans practically placed
T. c. Duncan, private individual, and
the author OF the aforesaid slanderous
circular, in charge of the vaccination OF
the operatives of the Union Cotton Mills
estimated as numbering between g. U and
1000, by the said II. &. Duncan to DIR.
James Evans; only five vaccinations have