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Show County Commissioner and Pnu-flM per Clerk Resent Smoot w "Mouth's" Attitude. RECENT CHARGES HIT i 1 COUNTY OFPICIALSlH Attempt to Involve City Health 9sf Board in Druee Case Turns flP Out Badly. lg Tn its frantic desire lo discredit thajRp1 city board of health, the SmootlS? "Mouth" has got in wrong with itsjBNS own crowd. "wSfcf The. "Mouth7' Friday morning print-jS" cd a lurid slory to tho effect that C.jKtSJ F. Drucc's homo at 665 North SixthjHjjSii: West street had been quarantined lor'jPp smallpox and that Drucc and his f am. JP&K ily had boen left to starve, and thatjtjll Druce, to keep himself and his familv.MW from, starving, had brohen quarantine. The story, besides ln-5ng wide of tho'mW.' Irulh, showed a woeful lack of knowl-lM$1 edge ns lo the law. Forgetting that tho Hfo'1 eily is not in tho business of taking 'Af;1 care of paupers or other needy persona and is not required under tho law taEIk furnish medical attention to ill personiifBtt without funds to secure such assist-ij ance, the "Mouth" made tho absurd charge that Druce had been quaran-l 5iii ti nod by the cily health oflieials, and, tfii being unable to pay a physician, had i A' been left without medical attention and ; Am groceries and other necessaries of life S for a whole week. 5 j Tho county and not tho citv. ng the J STi "Mouth" ought to know, takes care i IS of poor persons in ueed of assistance, J 5 medical or otherwise, and the story in! yl reality was a criticism of tho pauper1' department of tho counlv. At least 1 5i persons cognizant of tho law considered 2 K? it such, and Pauper Commissioner James 5p Sabino and ('ounly Commissioner "Wnl-JW1 tor J. Burton, smarting under the nn-' intentional criticism of their offices, Si? indignantly marched upon the ! 5?' "Mouth" office and gave that organ a calling down. J1 Mr.' Burton and Mr. Sabine cited tho I law providing for the rendering of as-1 a sistance to needy persons by the couuty S and also pointed out that the "Mouth's" lurid story was in rcality,i n a criticism upon the pauper commia- j f sioner and the county commissioners. In addition, they pointed out that the? story in the "Mouth" did not stick- S to facts. gtf Mr. Druce and his family havo not M been neglected, .-is the " Mouth ,J would 5 t have pooplo believe, Mr. Burton and ? Mr. Sabine say, but. on the contrary, J i& nave been pretty woll cared for, eo far S as tho county is concerned. Although '! Kl thoy have not been provided with a I W physician, they havo been furnished Hf with provisions by Iho county and aro Sr hardly starving to death. Only a fetv Mf days ago Mr. Sabine left $6 worth of jSP provisions with them, and will probably leave moro if they need it. !jW Mi Dnico also informed Mr. Sabinn 3Bt that he has obtained, and can obtain. 3Kf' credit trom a nearby corner grocorv-'lEi and it is further understood that Mr.SME Druco not only owns property himself, IjE but 'that ho has relatives who, whilo IEs not; wealthy, aro comfortably situatcd'BS and aro in a position to render him as--Ma? sistance if: necessary. ifEr" |