The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-15
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Attest -, City Clerk.
EARNED with this certificate" Continued
the drummer, ~ arrived at Birmingham
yesterday morning, and when the quaran.
tine inspector came in he examined the
paper carefully. lie then said: This is very
good as far as it goes, but it does not go far
enough. Thcrcupon he drewa card from his
pocket from which he read series of ques-
tons, all OF which answered satisfactorily.
Then he said 4 will have to swear YOU to
the truth of these questions, and accord.
ingly administered nm oath in due form
That's what call business. The inspector
was not policeman. but an intelligent
young man."
Now tell us something about the Mem.
phis quarantine" said the reporter.
THE Memphis quarantine for heavens
sake, man, don profanc the name" replied
the drummer laughing. "Why its q howl
ing farce. Some miles out a policeman
came aboard Next to me sat a man from
Columbus, Miss, who had no certificate at
all The policeman asked him for his GER
uiicate. He replied that he had none. The
policeman then asked him where lac came
FROM and the man replied Columbus, Miss.
And that was all the inspection he got, and
he came In with the rest of us
A worse case happened on the Memphis &
Charleston train which arrived here about
o'clock pm. yesterday A man and wife
got aboard somewhere up the road. They
acted very mysteriously rs they approached
Memphis, and were constantly whispering
10 each other. They had through tickets 10
Fort Worth, Tex. When the alleged quar-
antine inspector came along the whispering
couple produced certificate from hotel
keeper at Tulahoma. IL was accepted as
conclusive evidence that they had a clean bill
of health.
No official certificate seems TO he required
In Memphis, the mere naked statement Of
country hotel keeper, anxious Ia obligc a
customer is accepted as evidence OF non
exposure 10 infection.
What followed
The mysterious couple with tickets TO Fort
Worth, instead Of taking a bus for a hotel
or connecting train, jumped of at Vance
street They are doubtless In the city now
and NAV have come straight from Decatur,
Tor all We know, or from Jacksonville, for
that matter.
In our tclcgraphic columns today will be
found AN account OF how Decatur refugee
arrived there IN a buggy. Now all that
man has got 20 do II lac wants TO come
20 Memphis Is 10 go 10 a hotel, get a
piece OF paper and sign IL, with the name Of
q hotel keeper. and lac can come right In.
lie will find thick headed policeman wait
ing at the door 10 admit him. And this Is
Memphis, the metropolis uf the south aud
the center Of its enterprise aud brains.
Every little cross road town In Georgia
makes us feel ashamed Of our grossly made.
quatc quafan tine system.
= There Is nothing simpler IN the world than
the system advocated by THE ArTEAL. Make
every man who enters the city from any di-
rection show clean bill Of health, cert.
fled 90 by the authorities of the place he last
visited and attsstod by the Cortorntc seal
This should be backed up by AN affidavit
sworn ~ by the holder OF the certificate,
showing where he has been since June last,
where lac last came from, and whether he
has been In Contact with persons from the
infected places. That Is business. and moth.
ing else should be accepted as satisfactory.
The absence Of further news from Decatur
yesterday Of an alarming nature has caused
the excitement here 10 subsidc, although
there are still anxious inquiries for news
from the infected districts. The nows from
there continues 90 be conflicting n to the
gcnuincness oi the Spencer case. but those
who went through the epidemic here smile
90 nilidnyts OF the country doctors at De.
catur and pin their faith 10 Dr. Cochran.
now WE ARR GUARANTEED.
IT, III. Porter, recently sick NJ Galloway
Tenn, with swamp fever arrived IN Mem
phis some time during the third week IN
August aud remained here all Jay In charge
u an officer who allowed him 10 walk about
the streets, yalisc in hand although became
direct from Tampa Fla. lie oven got shaved
at local barber shop. Fortunately hc had
no yellow fever, but u would have been nll
the same II be had. The people of Galloway
are justly indignant at the looscncss Of
quarantine system upon which they rely for
protection.
oUR AUTHORITIES WAXING Ur. r.
Tho following questions have been prl
pared by Dr. Thornton, aud hereafter an
persons coming into Memphis will be no.
quircd b. answer the same under oath.
What h your uumc' Residence Where
fromi Destination Have you or your bag.
gage been IN any infected yellow fever IN.
cality for the past thirty dnysl The answers
10 above questions are true.
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