The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-28
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
WILL NOT BE VACCINATED.
COMPLAINT is MADE OF A POPULAR
PREJUDICE.

Or. Harris of the state Board of
Health Found Smallpox Prevalent
in Certain COunties-One of the
DiGicuIties in Fighting 1t Is the
Prejudice of Many People Against
Vaccination - Capt. Pearce OF
HawI<insviIIe Has His Commission
Cancelled.
Atlanta Jan. 27.-Secretary H. F.
Harris of the State Board of Health
has recently been making a general
tour of the state particularly of those
counties where smallpox exists. He
saws the disease is quite prevalent over
The state. He has just returned from
a trip to HARRISON, Carroll and Heard
counties, where he found considerable
of it.
The greatest difficulty met WITH DR..
Harris says, is in getting the people,
particularly in the country districts,
to submit to vaccination. They pro-
test against it, seemingly because of
rumors and reports that sometimes
people have died of vaccination. DR..
Harris is trying to conduct cam
paign of education along this line, and
to show the people that there is no
case on record of a death having oc-
cured as the result of vaccination.
The death rate in Georgia from
smallpox now is comparatively small,
but DR.. Harris says the disease is
as it is now in certain parts of Penn
% per cent.
His Commission Cancelled.
Adjutant General S. w. Harris to-day
cancelled the commission of Capt. D.
K. Pearce of Company f, Second
Infantry, Georgia State Troops, at
Hawkinsville. This action was taken
because of Capt. Pearce's failure to
comply with section 81 of the military
Code, which requires commanding Of
ficers to give bond for the preserva-
ton in good order of the arms and
equipment entrusted to them. Capt.
Pearce was repeatedly notified that he
must give this bond. and on his failure
10 do so his commission was cancelled
to-day. He has been in commission
since last February.
Suits Against Railways.
Because the Southern Railway fail
ed to comply with an order of the
Railroad Commission to construct a
depot at Musela, between Atlanta and
Fort Valley, and because the Seaboard
Air Line refused to comply with a
similar order to build a depot on it's
line at Weston Attorney General John
Z. Hart has been requested to bring
SUIT against these companies for fines
OF $4,000 EACH which they are required
to pay for such failure or refusal.
The roads can still escape the fines by
building the depots, and as depots are
somewhat cheaper than this, they will
doubtless be built before the suits are
ended.
Pool Concern still Runs.
In spite of the conviction of Charles
Jones' proprietor of the Ponce De
Leon Commission Company, of the
charge of keeping a gaming house and
fine of $500 imposed, the company
mas kept its place open every day, and
is stlH taking orders for pools on
morse races. The company contends
It is not violating the law, and has
appealed the matter to the Supreme
Court 1t is stated an indictment will
De found against Jones for every day
the place is kept open.
For Stealing Mileage Books.
Samuel McClurkin. one of the best
known railroad men in Atlanta, who is
NHPlOyeu as a clerk III the Office Oh IllS
auditor of the Atlanta and West Point
railroad. was arrested last night on
warrant charging him with the theft
Oh thirty 1,000-mile interchangeable
tickets valued at $3.50.
II Is alleged that McClurkin took the
tickets from large supply of thou
SAND mile books, which are kept in the
auditors office. where he has been
trusted employee for a number of years.
1hese tickets are interchangeable on a |
number of railroad lines. They are
valued at s25 each. 1t is alleged that
lhe tickets We're sold by McClurkin to
another young man, who is employed |
~ the office of a we'll known ticket |
broker on Pryor street. Other arrests
are expected to follow. The prelim-
mary hearing was begun before Justice
alter Ormond to-day. but was con-
uhued until Friday.
Killed ~ Wolf.
- J. DAILY of Campbell county killed |
iull grown wolf in his back yard the |
"lher night and brought the pelt to the |
capitol for the purpose of obtaining
reward. He had been told that the |
state offered a reward of $25 for each |
Wolf hide brought to the Governors
once. He was disappointed, however !
DIS there was no such reward