The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-26
URGE NECESSITY
OF VACCINATION
Lynchburg Physicians Seek to
Prevent Outbreak of
Smallpox.
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Southern Soon to Begin Double
Tracking Part of It's
System.
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Lynchburg, Va. January 25.--With
smallpox prevailing in Washington
Baltimore, Danville and in Halifax
County, from which railway travel
comes hence on almost every train. the
Lynchburg Board of Health is very
active in its efforts to arouse the people
of the city to the necessity of vaccina-
ton. The regulation requiring all school
children TO be vaccinated was enforced
last fall. when the city physicians spent
several days in the various public
schools for white and colored children
vaccinating those who needed the at
tention. Lynchburg has not been
bothered with the malady for eighteen
months when there were two cases mere
which came. it was thought then. from
Durham n. c. About three years ago
there was an epidemic, in which about
$50 cases were treated, of which there
was only one fatal case. the victim being
a negro woman. whose case had other
complications when taken TO the small
pox hospital This hospital is available
for use instantly, but 10 has not had a
patient since last August yaer ago
1t is learned to-day on official au-
thority that the Southern Railway will
within the next few days let the con-
tract for the double-tracking of its
line between Monroe to Tye River
and that this will be the frst work to
be undertaken by the system on the
double tracking of the system between
Monroe and Orange. which. when COM
pleted. will give the company a straight
stretch of double track from Wash
ington to Sycamore, a distance OF
about 2i0 miles. II is believed that 1t
will be the purpose of the management
to take up the work next between Tye
River and Charlottesville, and that the
route selected for this will be almost
wholly over a new right of way. which
will be as much as FIVE or SIX miles at
places from the present route 1t IL
more than probable that the engineers
of construction of this new work VIII
be located in Lynchburg.
Earlier Train Desired.
A movement has been inaugurated
by the local Retail Merchants Asso-
citation to secure, if possible. an earlier
train from Clifton Forge on the James
River Division of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway The business interests
of the city seem to demand that Clifton
Forge and Lexington and intermediate
stations should have service that
would put them into Lynchburg carrier
than l O'Clock in the afternoon.
Men and large corporations OF
Lynchburg who fought the parcels post
law when it was under consideration by
Congress are now beginning to see the
efficiency of the new system. and some
who saw failure to their business py
reason of it, now realize that II Is notn-
ing short of q boon to them Hundreds
of packages which formerly went by ex-
press are now being handled by Uncle
Sam, and several large firms here are
known to have issued orders to patronize
the parce!s post, even in cases where the
charges may be slightly in excess OF the
express rates The business on the four
rural routes centreing here has been
very slow. but gradually the country
people are making use OF the system
One of the routes here now has patron
who lives several miles in the country
who now receives fresh meat from the
CITY butcher by parcels post. The wo-
man of the house calls her butcher early.
gives the order, and in a short time the
meat. fresh from the refrlgerators OF the
CITY market has been delivered by the
carrier. delivery being made long before
time for the midday meal. and at cost
of only about a penny a pound
Rev G. A. Ashby, rector OF Ascen-
sion Episcopal Church at Amherst
Courthouse, has received a call to the
rectorship of the Church of the As
cension at Frankfort, Ky, which Is
said TO be one of the largest parishes In
the Diocese of Lexington. The minister
has not yet indicated what his action
With respect to the call will be. but il
is feared he will decide to leave Amherst
DR.. w. H Heck. of the University
of virginia. will spend three days here
next week inspecting the Lynchburg
public schools. Monday evening he
will address the teachers at a meeting
to be held at the high school auditorium
Tuesday afternoon he will make an
address to the mothers OF the children
in the schools
Alumni of the Lynchburg High
School have been invited to meeting
to be held q: the Y. M c. A, Feb
ruary II. which will be held for the pur-
pose of forming an alumni associa-
ton of the school.
AS result of tests being made OF
dairy herds under the direction OF the
Board of Health. several mich COWS
we're killed during this week because
they we're found TO be infected with
All of the herds supply
ing milk for use IN Jynchburg will be
tested.
Program Completed.
The program for the first conven-
ii n of the Lynchburg district OF the
irginis Christian Endeavor Union.
which IS to De helc mere fepruafS -
has been completed. The principal
address will be made by Rev J. J.
Fix. Of Roanoke: Rev. Ritchie. Ware
and Rev. c. NJ Compiler. of Lynch
burg. and DIT. James Lewis Howe. OF
Washington and Lee University. 4
meeting OF the State executive com
nit;ee viii be held during tho meeting.
At which time steps will be taken look
ing 20 the state convention in May.
which Will be held al stanton. as the
committee will accept the invitation
extended by the United Brethren So
ciety % that city to be entertained by
10.
DR.. r. 4. Waugh. one OF the leading
surgeons % LynchbCrg. proprietor OF
thc Lynchburg Sanatorium- has been
forced by reason OF 81 health 10 give
% his practice temporarily, and ne
has gone 20 Florida 20 rest.
The work Of razlng the old BRICK
structure - Eighth and Main
Streets has been started. and work
vii 10 started a. once on the ten
storv hreyr0of bank and Office tuiid-
iug fo be erected by the Peoples Ma
fionsl Bank The cont.S~t has been
agreed upon and vii be signed sh'dtiv.
90 which time the successful bIrder viii