The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-30
STOKES OF TEE QUARANTINE
The Arnoyances thst Travellers Fave
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The Arnoyances that Travellers Fave
20 Put Up
a Savannah drummer ~ao las beer
E sraTellng il so1thwest Geo GA. and who's
nsalth oz--i6ea1s Is coyered with STAMP
I mars, tails some interesting s&Jries about
7 TIE GUARANTEES In sous q the sozths-n
toEnA One agent AZ a little station
+ in tae sour5 western part OF the state
IS sort q Pooh-Bsh II his way,
/ i1zs D1ca as IL m1oOpolszes shout
I al tce cEces II his village He Is
| railroad agent, telegraph operator:
express agent, pcstnaStsr, and
justice Of tbs p@acs, besides owaing the
largest store in TIE pace.
One Of lis sources Of reTenus Is
/ re lssui-g Of teelth certificates 70
, The pe1ple Of that locality. As be
hsrds out th-ir railroad ticket be re-
minds then Of tie quarantine restrictions
ever Tfsere, and sugges-s tie advlsa olaty
O. t6slr having hath ce-tlhcats- De Sc
dom falls % secure al immediate order for
certificate, for which ne charges . csuts.
Sone Of these csrtificz q are very original
4 few days ago Al I'D farmer living out
IN tie country. and wig had never been
outside Of has home csuntT, walked INTO the
station and bought q tlck=t 10 Savannah,
ire first trip be mad ever made. his ticket
was Ea1dsd cut 70 hin. ami De was advised
70 geE health certificate. ne old gentle
man said that b. never had bean sick in
his life. but If them thi1gs went vita the
ticket he reckon bed better have one.
These Is curious tiross any var, he added
The certificate he Eos rad IS follows: "This
Is u certify thai L ncle Jerry Jones, the
osArer Of these pres5lts. Is vel and sound az
tins writing, and hsS Bot ben near JACK
soav1Ie, Fla, became he has never been
our Of B18combe COUNTY bsfo -. and TO my
knowledge has ney-T been further on this
rad than Gopher station tie next 70 t1lsl.
Glvea under my hand and seal, this the -
cav Of - I5Ss
Il u hardly probable THAI ~ ucle Jerry
had any troobis IL getting through the
quarantine lines, armed with such ceEtlflc-
a,e.
Everybody who has Travelled in the south
since the fever broke out has had an expe-
renee more or less enoarra sing. l. IS no
eIsggeratioa % say that fe@ people travel
now without nece s. : compsls the trip.
In the first place health certificates are
sine qua hoH, and many people either forget
or neglect 20 provide themselves with these
very essential documents. Ofue1times there
Is no board q t health or autbOrIzsd official TO
issue health certificates 70 the traveller from
the rural districts, but Of course TINS ex-
PLANTATION is not satisfactory t. the quaraa-
tine officer who & s-countered at ths town
where cur traveler desires 70 stop. Result,
trouble.
So numerous are the quarautines, and 50
strict are the regulations and requirements
al many points, that life is almost bur3en
70 those whose business compels t1em to be
much On the road-fOr instance, the drum-
mers. The festive knights Of the grip are
generally eqGal to any emergency, and are
at home anywhere and in any position il
which they may Be placed. But the quar-
antine business has gotten the best Of them,
and has upset the calculations of even the
veterans