The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-11
SMALL POX SCARE
SUMTER REFUSED TO ALLOW
Two AsS WITH DISEASE
To Get on the Train There, Quaran-
tined Them iu One Day an3 Sec'
Them BACK

1tHAm l>2SA.
The Sumter wa.chmau and South
.oa ssys Tnars3av morning "hsn
ne eleven cock train ca2'n IN t"o
cases G. SINAI! poH wamld haTa D..
un!oaGej upon Sumter had ~.
Seen .or the work @. Dr.. c. " Et:n:e
OF ira: city who saTed SIm'>. from
the unwisaet-:or ard drea3e: v.s:i-
OTIS. who were two co:o-e! nen
bound t.or Marion 20 Lycca ,arg.
one OF them Jus: getting o:er the
disease aod tie other just tak:aS -.
They were not allowed 20 &c; OF Z.
the!: desired desIEat.''.
ant so were brought on 20 Sumter
where they would have been se; re:
haa s: not been that through ;',c
warning OF Dr. Bi-aie. Mayor ,'a:-
ming had had tine 70 notify ':ie
sealth oG!c. and station him With =
policeman a: the Gepo: TO keep a.,
any such undesirable visitors. TaH
Wa,chnan and Sou;hrcn says:
y: seems that me clen came from
Marion acd were bound 70. Lynch
burg o. e. any .a,e tia; was the VA;
their ticket read. Or. Bira!e 20; on
.Ae train at Florence with thecl and
when the TWO men got CT n lynch
burg and we're Immediately hustle!
back on the t.alH BY the city officials
~ that place. who had received no
t!scat!oc OF the kind OF visitors the
wee about 10 receive. D.. S!!2!e at
once made L A!s business 10 And out
what the conductor expected TO 90
with the two cases OF small po1. Vr
found that the conductor eSp"cted
20 take them on to Sumter and tIrn
them OF .he train there re did NOT
have :ine 20 get OF tie train az
Mayes:il!e sat &c get some one 30
telephone Maro. Jennings OF the two
cases o. sm III po1 and what the con-
ducto. expected to DO with theIa,
when he got 20 Sumter.
A. Sumter Mayor Jennings got in
hn-7! IS sooa as he lad received
the telephone message from Mares
:'l!e .o- AA kue what 1t would no;
take the train lo2g 20 get here and
something rlu.t De done before II ar
rived Ee ~ o.ce got the health OF
Gce- by yAcnc ard told hin what lis
daty -ss We c!so sen; policeman
along 70 See that things moved
smoothly ana to help the health o.
fce- n case OF need So when tee
train pulled in there they were both
waiting TO see TIA. no cases Of small
2o1 got OF IN the city OF SuD;cr.
This they saw 70. and when the con-
ductor Insisted. they mildly told him
hat they wcu.d tie his train down TO
:he track and KEEP 4 there all day
for him. The conductor objected TO
this even o,o.e than carrying OF the
cases OF small po1 which were in the
smoking APARTMENT Of the cotorc
coach. Tie matter was finally settled
By ;Ae coach being run outside the
city limits and LEI, OF side track
| while the rest or the train pulled ou:
:o- Columbia
Health Onicer Towles kept strict
quarantine on the coach all yes:e7-
Gay unil last night when the evening
traia pulled out. The coach with the
TWO small oo1 patients was attached
20 4 and the health officer rode rs
.ar as ;he ci;y limits 20 sse that re
train did not stop and ,h2, the two
un6es!-a Bile citizens were ,akea 10
heir home to~n. o. TO some place
where they Were wanter more than
hey were in Sumter"
Snail pox seems 20 be Set,!a; COM
Con n different parts OF the State.
aad It would be best to- TIE au-
;Ao-!.!es IN this ci:y to be OF to-.
lookout. People with the disease
should no: be allowed to be travelling
asou, -. State as the ceS-oes above
mentioned were Watch the trains.