The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-27
The Disease Causing Great
Loss in South Carolina.
A QUARANTINE IS ASKED
People of Mecklenburg Fear Disease
Nay Cross the Border:
STATE VETERINARIANS SERVICE NEEDED
Cattle Dying With Texas Fever and Hogs Dying
With Cholera in Several Sections Of
The State. Randolph Office
Holding Cases.

Holding Cases.
The Commissioner of Agriculture yes
terday received from Mr.. John B. Ross,
chairman of the board of commissioners
for Mecklenburg county, letter inform
ing him that CHAMBERS is raging among
the horses in York county, S. c., and a
number of mules and horses have been
slaughtered and barns and stables burned
in an attempt to prevent further spread
of the disease. AS York borders on
Mecklenburg county, Mr.. Ross said the
Mecklcnburg people would like to be pro-
tected by quarantine against York coun-
ty until the disease there abates
Commissioner Patterson replied in let
ter empowering Mr. Ross to declare quar-
antine against all horses and mules COM
ing into this State from the infected dis
trict, and to take proper precautions to
prevent the spread of the disease. The
department is very anxious to prevent the
disease obtaining an entrance into this
State.
Chambers is a contagious and very fatal
disease among horses and may be COM
municated to human beings Its spread
can only be stopped by skilled treatment
and a strict quarantine. In CASTOR coun-
ty recently, several horses had to be
killed to prevent CHAMBERS spreading.
Agricultural Department officials are
looking with longing eyes for the coming
of Dr. Butler, the new State veterinarian.
Il have never known so many demands
for the services of veterinarian" said
Do VIC
Texas fever is killing cattle in Onslow.
Halifax, Cumberland and perhaps other
counties; hog cholera is reported from
two or three sections, and the CHAMBERS
has made it's appearance among horses in
CASTOR county and along the South Caro-
lira line. These are the more imme-
date and urgent demands we have re-
Gently had for veterinarian. Then there
is the work of maintaining and extending
the quarantine line
Mr.. James H. Pou yesterday returned
from Randolph county where he went as
one of counsel to represent the Demo-
cratic defendants in three office holding
cases that were on the docket for trial
at this term of court. The cases were
not tried however, being compromised in
stead. The Democrats retain the offices
of Treasurer and Register; the Republi-
cans get the office of Sheriff
THE first of these cases that involving
the office of Sheriff, was set for trial
Friday morning." said Mr. Pou. about
five hundred witnesses had been sum
moDed by the plaintiff; the defendant
knowing it would take a week or ten
days to examine this number of men, had
summoned no witnesses From this it
became evident to all that the costs of
the trial would be something enormous,
and would break up whoever lost the
suit. All parties, therefore, desired to
settle the matter out of court, but found
it hard to get together. But Mr.. j. r. Blair
Of Montgomery county, came in as inter-
mediator and through his good offices
terms were agreed upon, whereby the
Democratic incumbents kept the offices of
Treasurer and Register, while Sheriff
Lassiter Oem), retired from his office
and Mr. Redding, (Rep.), went in. Lassiter
does not have to pay to his successor any
of the emoluments he has received, he
simply surrcnders the office. This he
expressed a perfect willingness to do, in
order to settle the matter, and rather
than assume the risk of a trial when
there were only five votes difference be-
tween him and his opponent. Besides, Mr..
Lassiter is interested in lumber bust
ness in Florida and he has an offer of a
good salary from that.
Each party to the suits paid his own
costs, the cases were stricken from the
court calendar and the large number Of
witnesses returned to their homes"
Governor Aycock yesterday received a
letter addressed: "Mr. Excellent Cover
nor Aycock." There now said the Gov
ernor laughing as he held the envelope
up before his newspaper friends, I've
been telling you fellows that for some
time, but you wouldn't believe me-"
The movement of negroes northward
continues, Cough they are not going in
such numbers as they went earlier in
the season A negro who, as agent has
encouraged this movement and made quite
a bit of money by it. says that several
hundred both men and women, have left
this city since Christmas. He adds that
they were the younger class of negroes,
and in every instance either good cooks,
house servants or good laborers He says
the negroes are steadily leaving the coun-
try for the towns and as steadily going
North, ana ne d0uS that the ldTiucTS VIII
next year feel this even more than they
now do Already the house keepers in
the city are complaining Of the scarcity
Of servants. The negroes are told they
can make in the north $3.50 day for un-
skilled men, while house servants get SIS
to 500 month. There was also consid-
cradle movement of this kind last spring
and summer and though, during the win
or h.,a hoy,
turned again in the spring and took 9TH
crs with them.
Rev DR.. Bratton, rector of st. Mary
School, this city. lectured this week before
the Teachers Institute now in session at
Winterville, Pitt county. The Greenville
Reflector, giving report OF the lee
ture, says Dr.. Brattcn is zone of the
G!ACTORIA For Infants and Children.