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Camilla, Ga., 5-10-’04.
Editor Enterprise;
Sometime back I asked the
Commissioners Court why they
had paid a certain physician a
amount of money for med¬
service in smallpox cases,
other physicians have done
practice and have not
on tha county for pay.
I see Mr. Editor vou have come
their assistance saying, '‘The
authorities have spent a
of money and used every pre¬
except establishing a
pesthous?, in trying to
and stamp out that loath¬
some disease, smallpox, and have
been reasonably successful.”
Now, Mr. Editor, this is the base
of my inquiry. Have they used
large amount of money for
the purpose of stamping out the
disease or have they paid it to a
physician simply foi practice in
private families. Where do they
get the authority to pay any phy¬
sician for practice in private
families. A pauper can claim
medical attention free when he is
sent to the poor house, and the
physician is it under contract with
fhe county to attend them. It is
a well known fact that the county
commissioners have no authority
to pay any physician for private
practice oct the county treasury.
The county must first take charge
of the sick person and isolate
him, and then the county
bound to furnish him every nec¬
essary attention, including medi¬
cal service. Where have they
taken charge of a single one of
these cases, and isolated them,
paid for nurses, guards, quarters
and other necessary expense.
It nowhere appears where they
have paid out one cent except
to the physician, and to him they
seem to have thrown the treasury
doors wide open. The Chairman
of the Board tells this physician
to go to see these reported cases
of smal'pox miles away, he goes,
finds a case of so galled smallpox.
At the wind up he goes before the
Board with two bills amounting
to nearly $500, no names, no
items, the Chairman says we will
have it to pay and the Clerk
writes the check. I do not inti¬
mate that these gentlemen have
intentionally done wrong, but
from the lights before me I must
say they have carelessly or ig¬
norantly done the taxpayer
wrong.
I would like to give you my
knowledge of this disease. You
hear one physician say it is
smallpox, another it is not small¬
pox My position is they are both
right, and both wrong, It is
smallpox and it is not smallpox
There are two types of this dis¬
ease, differing only in degree.
Variola, or smallpox and varicella,
or chicken-pox. There is another
type, varioloids, but it is not
properly a human disease, being
dei ived from the lower animals.
Varicella or chieken-pox is very
mild, spreads slowly, seldom at¬
tacks mere than two or three in
a large family, very rarely if
ever proving fatal. Sometimes it
develops a severe case from which
it spreads more rapidly, but the
new cases most always assume
the mild type again, the severe
seldom proving fatal. With
ordinat-y care the community can
prevent its spread. There is
generally nothing the county 7 au¬
thorities can do in these mild
types.
Variola or smallpox is the se¬
vere type of the disease,
spreads rapidly, nothing but the
most active vigilance and heioic
effort can check it. Isolation
and burning every thing in its
track is the only means of stamp¬
ing it out and it nearly always
proves fatal.
These are my views, they may
or may not be correct, the sci¬
ence of medicine is not a fixed
science buta comparative science.
These are the views I have ac¬
cepted from study and experience
with the disease in the army.
I agree with you, Mr. Editor,
the commissioners have done all
they could do for in this mild
type of the disease there was
nothing they could do but advise
the people to be vaccinated.
We, the tax-payers, would not
object to any reasonable amount
of money being spent to stamp
out this disease in its severe type,
provided it was spent with wis¬
dom and common sense.
W. L, Scaife.
Union Meeting.
The Union.meeting of the Tuck¬
er Association will convene at
Harmony Chuteh Friday before
the fifth Sunday in May.
The meeting; to be opened by
prayer service by Bro. Albert
Ott at ten o’clock a. m., Alter¬
nate, Bro. David Jones.
Introductory sermon by Bro.
S. O. Thomas at 11 o’clock a. m.
Alternate Jesse Alligood.
Adjournment for dinner.
At 1:30 the brethren to meet
and organize.
Queries to be discussed:
First, “Do the churches of our
association measure up to the
example set by the Apostolic
churches in the support of the
gospel at home and in the spread
of the gospel in foreign parts?”
The discussion opened by Bro.
Jack Cone. v
Query Second, “Is not th6 in
terest in our annual protracted
meetings declining and ought the
meetings to be up?”
The discussion to be led by
Bro. J. W. Daniel.
W. E. Davis, Chr. Ex. Com.
West Mitchell Dots.
Dear Enterprise:—! have
been so very busy since my last
communication to you until I have
not had time to send you any
news. I am glad the Coon and
Jane have kept up the river news
or a part of it at least. We are
still having cool, dry weather,
but the crops do not 3eem to be
suffering on account of the drouth.
Gardens are needing rain very
baoly.
Miss Lurr.mie Mathis of Flint,
spent a few days with Mrs Join¬
er and family last week.
Dr. L. C. Ward and I. F. Cole¬
man of Kestler, Ga., visited the
Loctor’s bfother-in-law, Dr.
Webb, and Mr. Coleman visited
his aunt, Mrs. L. J. Joiner last
Friday. WhUp here they paid a
flying visit to Camilla returning
to Kestler Saturday morning.
The services at Evergreen Sun¬
day were very affly conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Mr. Bluett.
Our Sunday School is contin¬
ually improving since the mea¬
sles have been stamped out.
Who was that riding in an au¬
tomobile accompanied by Cull
Campbell last Sunday p. m.?
(C) he made an extended
to Fairview from 4 p. m. until 10
p. m.
Misses Odessa Harrison, Toy
Beck, Lautry Campbell and Mae
Gauldin, accompanied by Messrs.
Bullard, Cooper, Pope and Beck
spent Sunday p. m. very pleas¬
antly at Mrs. L. J. Joiner’s.
Mrs. W. C. Webb and sisters
spent Tuesday with Mrs. Howard
Culpepper.
We are glad to welcome to our
community Mr. Will Benton, of
Douglassville, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Culpepper
spent part of last week with Mrs.
Culpepper's father, Mr. Maples,
and while there she was sick a
few days, but we are glad to know
she is entirely convalescent.
When wanting Mr. Dave Argo
call at the residence of Dr. Pc
sey.
___
What was it, Mr. Howard Cul¬
pepper, that frightened your
mule last Sunday night?
Mrs. Lee Campbell is on the
sick list this week, but we hope
she will soon be well again.
Mr. C. Y. Stamper made a fly¬
ing visit to West Mitcnell last
week.
Mrs. L. J. loiner and little
daughter, Mae, made a business
trip to Camilla last Thursday.
I am going over soon to get
Aunt Jane to learn me how to
raise poodle ducks.
Mr. D. C. Ramsey visited reia*
tive° at Flint last Saturday.
What young man was it that
brought Mae Joiner from Flint
last Sunday? Come again R. M.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Belle are
rejoicing over the arrival of their
first baby girl.
Everything is calm and serene.
Wishing the Enterprise much
success, I am
Yours truly,
Henrietta.
On last Monday afternoon near
Montrose in Laurens county,
William Frank Pearce, constable
of Harvard district, was shot and
killed, by a negro, named A.shley
Jones. The negro had been ar¬
rested by Fearce and Constable
Raffield of Dublin. Suddenly the
negro snatched from Constable
Raffield his pistol and shot Pearce
dead.
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