The actions of the animal during Friday were sufficient to convince residents of the Mallard Creek section of Mecklenburg county, where More lives, that the dog was mad.
Four dogs have been killed here in two months because of hydrophobia. Each one that has been killed had bitten someone, a death resulting in one case.
Moore, who is engaged as a farm hand, was passing the dog at the time it attacked him. He sustained a slight infection on the hand. The negro killed the animal.
This dog is the second that has been killed because of hydrophobia in the Mallard Creek section. White Raiburn, the 11-year-old boy who died here vently as a result of the bite of a mad dog, was a resident of Mallard Creek.
Two negroes were bitten by a dog Wednesday afternoon in Greenville, a negro suburb. The head of the dog was sent to Raleigh and evidences of hydrophobia were found upon examination.
About a month ago Miss Atha Long, telephone operator at the Selwyn hotel, was bitten by a mad dog. She began treatment immediately and has fully recovered from the effects of the bite.
The prevalence of mad dogs hereabouts caused the police to warn citizens to be on the look-out. The belief was expressed that there are others.
The police were telephoned Saturday night to call at a house on Seigle avenue and kill a dog which was believed to be mad. Reports of persons bitten by dogs caused their owner to lock the animal in the wood-house. He reported to the police Saturday night that the dog had been acting strangely.
The securing of immediate treatment after being bitten is necessary to insure recovery from the effects of a bite. In many cases considerable delay is caused in sending a dog’s head to Raleigh for an examination. Dr. McPhaul said that, with the arrival here of the city’s new bacteriologist March 1, examination can be made locally to determine if a dog is mad.
From the Charlotte News and Evening Chronicle, Sunday morning, Feb. 13, 1921
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