10-Year-Old Ruth Lennon Undergoing Pasteur Treatment, May 1, 1924

Rabid Dog Bites Young Negro Girl. . . Animal Not at First Supposed to Be Mad; Girl Receiving Pasteur Treatment; Several Dogs Bitten on the Sweet Farm

Ruth Lennon, 10-years-old negro girl, is having the Pasteur treatment administered by the county health officials for bites she received on the hand Saturday from a dog owned by J.L., Ludlum and which was later discovered to be mad.

Ludlum, a colored man, lives near the Sweet Farm, three miles west of Whiteville. The Lennon girl lives on this farm and Saturday she was attacked by the dog, which bit her on the hand. Later on during the day the dog bit a number of hogs and dogs on the above farm and then killed some chickens. The colored man owning the chickens killed the dog and subsequent investigations led to the discovery that it was rabid.

From the front page of The News-Reporter, Whiteville, N.C., Thursday, May 1, 1924. “For the County of Columbus and Her People”