The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-04-05
THE SOUTH MISSISSIPPI COAsT...TmE
FUTURE SANITARUH Of AMERICA.
A berdeen Examiner.

n Aberdeen Examiner.
We never rejoice in the misfortune
and mishaVs that fate sends 10 other,
: bu' if il happens that The tempest I
? our n%eighburs proves a balny brcez
, 10 rs, we cannot but experience a feel
: Ing OF qualification aud lhankfuInes
for so much Of The result rs benefit
, our own pcop'c.
The yellow fever epidemic in Flor
ida last year was hardly Il piunple o.
{ the beautiful body OF that vast com
mnnwealth. Twenty-Five miles o
territory out OF an area of 5i,2H
square miles, would probably cover
the region dominated by the pcSti.
lcnce, and that region was away m
in HE northeastern portion of the STATE
and within twenty-five or thirty miles
OF tho Atlantic ocean and not much
farther from the Georgia line, and tho
epidemic was not nearly as fatal in II,
percentage of victims as The dvpthe.
ria has been this season in seyernl
pennsylvania townships, and vet the
alarm vas widespread throuohnut
the North and deferred thousands Of
luValids who are in the habit of win
tering in Florida from making the,r
annual pilgrimage. But the peoDle
whose fears denied them their usual
saIitarium were forced, nevertheless
TO e a temperate winter home, and
WINE many OF them Went to the West
Indies, South California aud The shores
OF the Mediterranean, hundreds of ollI-
ers drifted down to New Orleans. and
more III a spirit of exploration and
adventure than because informed and
advised, found their way ta the lovely
seaside villages on our South Missis-
sippi coast, and those who came tn MS.
were not only surprised but delighted.
and have all through the winter filled
the hotels and boarding houses at Pass
Christian, Biloxi. Bay st. Louis. Mis-
sissippi City, Ocean Springs, Pasca-
goula, etc. In fact the crowd was
only limited by the power of the no.
tels to accommodate them, for this
coast has heretofore been chiefly a
summer resort for Southern pleasure
seekers, and its people arc not vet ed
ucated to the methods incident TO the
care of inyalids from the North. Tie
uaWhlng OF Il new era of prosperity
is, however, apparent TO our enterpri-
sing people OF the coast and they will
nc be slow III preparing to take adj
vantage of the new Cunning of the
tide" They will prepare for the en-
tertainmeni of thousands of guests !
next winter, and there is little doubt
but that additional hotels will be erect
ed by some of the many recent guests
nNs ihpip utnn,lS ot1 "a ,.S1I -. l. 49,
ere the South Coast Of Mississippi be-
comes the most popular all-thc-vear-
round as We'll as winter resort, on the
continent.
But we would warn our friends of
the coast towns that they have an i'm.
poriant duty 10 perform in this con-
ncction if they would secure the frli-
ton of their hopes and our predic-
They must insist upon The en-
OF the most rigid local san
ItarE aud quarantine regulations, and
at costs prevent the importation of
fever iuto their beautiful villa
5es; and 10 this end they should be
prepared to submit to any sacrifice
within the bounds of reason. They
should begin early IN the adoption of
precautionary measures, and should
invoke the aid of the Stale and FEEDER
Boards of Health to the fullest ex-
ent, in this behalf.
We have always regarded our South
cast as The most attractive of winter /
anitariums as well as a summer par {
disc, and were the first TO protest ,
gainsI The establishment of 4 nest :
ousc quarantine m a neighboring :
aud battied from first to last ,
nil the end was attained, for lis re- !
loval and now we are as anxious as
ny dweller at the sea side can posi-
ly be that every peril shall be pro- {
erly and efiectually guarded against, y
nd that the South coast of Mississip-
/ shall become the winter home of !,
lousands who are yet ignorant of its :
and charms, and even of is =
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