Legal steps will be taken by the county welfare officer today to force the parents of Dolly Owenby, aged 16, of Azalea, who is believed to be suffering from fatal burns, to send their daughter to a hospital for medical treatment. According to information gathered by the welfare officer, the girl was burned about a week ago and for several days the parents kept the accident a secret. Later it was learned in the neighborhood, and the residents of the community attempted without avail to persuade the parents to send the girl to the hospital.
It was reported the parents said they did not think it was necessary, that the only thing they had to do was pray. The matter was reported to the county commissioners yesterday, and the welfare officer was placed on the case. Officials of the lumber plant at Azalea notified the commissioners.
The girl is subject to attacks which render her unconscious, it is said, and about a week ago some time during the night was seized with this malady and fell in the fire. Amos Owenby, father of the girl, is quoted as saying that the girl may have lain in the fire for a half hour. It was reported that the girl’s feet and legs were burned when the attack occurred, and that when she regained consciousness she screamed for help.
From the front page of the Asheville Citizen, December 1, 1922
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