Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-14


Stood With Els Eack to the Door
and Would Allow None to Leave.
Vaccfnated ut Stables.
Ladies al gentlemen said a tall,
brown h we'll dressed and dis
tir~' le ig man backing up to
r" our street Car in Brook
= other lay, there is a case of
smallpox or CHS car. The person who
has the disease viii please say So"
The car was filled with mel n wo-
men, who looked up in amazement at
the extraordinary announcement, says
the New York Journal. One smart citi-
zen made a facetious response.
NO." said the man at the door quiet
~, 81 am neither a drunken man nor a
crank. I am a physician who has had
a great deal of experience with small
pox, and I recognize the odor hat is
inseparable from the disease at a GER
tain stage. There is no possibility Of
a mistake, and again l call on whoever
has the disease to make it known"
Two men and a made a rush
for the front door of the car. They
found it locked. Against the other
door was the broad back Of the doctor.
There was no exit.
Nobody may leave the car" said the
calm man of medicine, until the case
of smallpox is located. If the person
who has it does not reveal himself, I
will be obliged to examine everybody
on the car"
He waited several minutes, but there
was no response. The passengers
glanced at each other %fearfully, and
each tried to shrink from his neighbor.
Nobody doubted now. Meanwhile the
a vent on.
every WE'LL" said the doctor, 81 will
have to examine everybody in the car.
Let me have your pulse, sir"
The doctor had gone the whole length
OF the car without finding anything and
stood opposite a stout negress whose
veil was down.
"Raise your veil, madam"
"I won't"
"Then I'll have to raise it for you"
The doctor aid his hand on the veil.
The woman grabbed it. There was a
brief struggle, and the veil was torn
off. It did not take an expert to tell
where the disease was then. Her face
was covered with the dread pustules.
81 amt got no smallpox. That's
only a RASH" protested the woman
There was a stampede to the other
end OF the car and almost a panic, but
the indicated doctor quoted the pas
sengers. He told them, however, that
the car would go to the car stables
without a stop.
The man who had detected the dis
ease was DR.. E.. D. Johnson of Will
liamSburg, who was with b army in
Cuba and who is an authority on yell
low fever, smallpox and other conta-
gious diseases. He had detected the
telltale Odor as soon as he got on the
car and had notified the conductor that
he had smallpox aboard and must let
nobody on or off the car. He also told
him he must be allowed to examine the
| passengers. The conductor at first de-
INJURED. but the doctor had his way.
The gripman was directed to go right
to the car barns and to keep the door
at his end of the car shut. These in
structions were all carried out, and the
identity of the suferer was discovered,
as told.
| rTOi1 Tile cdT Stables Tie OOdFu Ol
health was notified, and a vaccinator
was sent there, and the health authori-
| ties took charge Of matters. The col
( ored woman was taken to North Broth
er island. The people were not allow
ed to leave the car until all had been
fumigated. and the cal was disinfected
and withdrawn from traffic.
All submitted with a good grace ex-
cept the gripman. who said a VAGINA
ton might prevent him working his
car and that he could not afford to lay
off. He was told no exception could
be made, and he was scratched with
the rest.
Then the passengers began to thank
DR.. Johnson, who had barred his scalpel
and taken part in b general %vaccina-
ton. They wanted to pay him for his
services, to raise a purse for him and
that sort of thing, but he would not
have it and, as usual, had his way.