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Show HUNTSVILLE SCHOOLS CLOSED Half a dozen or moro cases of measles of rather an aggravated form and the fear that many of the children of tho town havo been exposed, ex-posed, have caused the health officers offi-cers to order tho Huntsvllle schools closed for one week, boginnlng this morning. Np meetings were held yesterday yes-terday and no public gatherings of any kind will be permitted -until after aft-er the quarantine has been lifted. Dr. T. R. Beatty, president of the state board of health, has been advised ad-vised of the situation, and he has sent word to the Wobor county health officers that he will visit Huntsvllle this afternoon, or Tuesday morning. It is said that one child has a malignant malig-nant form of disease, but the doctors who have examined the case are not agreed as to what It Is. Some of the physicians pronounce It dlphthorja, while othors say it is measles. Dr Beatty will undertake to solve the problem. It is said by the health officers that conditions in Huntsvllle are not such as to cause alarm, but it is de-slrod de-slrod to get control of the contagion at Its Inception and avoid closing tho schools longor than one week. During the quarantine, the schools will be carefully disinfected and every ev-ery precaution taken against the spread of the disease The cases so far known are thought to have been brought to Huntsvllle from other sections of the country. . OO-" |