Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-09-01
HUNGER ANDFEVER
Yellow Jack and Starvation
Threaten BrunSWiCk'S Poor.
ANOTHER SUFFERER FOUND.
Business Houses Looked and Barred
and the Streets Deserted -Four
Thousand People Hungry An
Appeal to Georgia Con-
gresSmen and Senators.

Brunswick. Ga, truly presents the appear
ance Of city stricken with the yellow fever
scourge. Out Of 1900 people there are
scarce 1000 left in their homes, and these
are there only because they cannot get away.
Every factory in the place is closed, and the
wholesale cotton ware houses, which gave
employment to hundreds, ara barred.
The stores have shut their doors, and half
Of the residences are also locked up. The
streets are deserted. Every person who
could get out OF the city left some time ago,
and now none but the poor are left.
These families are already suffering for
the common necessities Of life, and will be
Tithout food in few days If nothing is done
to relieve them.
The citizens met and appointed commit
tee of relief, and the committee Immediately
appealed to near by cities for help. Later
they formulated the following, which was at
once forwarded to Washington to Senator
Colquitt and Gordon, Speaker Crisp and the
menbers OF the Georgia delegation.
shut off from the entire outside world.
Starvation stares the poor people in the face.
The refugees, the ordinarily bread winners,
with their families, have lett the city without
means. About 1900 people left in the city
unable to procure supplies. Immediate
need, provisions and money Time is an
important element. We appeal in behalf OF
q stricken people for immediate aid and con-
fldentIy rely upon the heart OF great
American people and the government to
respond.
The document is signed by Charles W.
Lam, Mayor G. P. Goodyear, Jacob E. Dart,
Rev. Edward 7. Cook, Rev. J. H. Thompson,
Rev. Father Hennessy.
| The belief that the fever is in the atmos-
phere was substantiated by the discovery OF
another case in locality far removed from
where the other cases were found. The suf-
ferer is the fve-year-old child of Mrs. Bertha
Cox. The child has not been out Of the
yard of her mothers house since the fever
was first discovered. She has not come in
contact with any one who has been near the
fever sufferers. Where she caught the dis
ease is a mystery, unless it is becoming
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epidemic. The clerk, Harris, who was
taken down several days ago, is worse and
can hardly recover.
FLORIDA PUTS UP A BAR.
At the request of the State health office
of Florida, the Marine Hospital Service
stationed inspectors at Way Cross and
Jessup Ga, to prevent pass ngers from
entering Florida unless they have certia
cate of immunity signed by the proper
Marine Hospital officer at Brunswick
Advices received from DR.. Porter at
Tampa state that are no new developments
of yellow fever In that vicinity.
DR.. Wyman has established a~bureau oil
information in the Marine Hospital for the
purpose of furnishing information to all
health officers.
COLUMBUS, GA.-Two days ago the board
of health recommended a quarantine against
Brunswick. The city council ignored the
recommendation. They stated that such an
action was not necessary. Four OF the six
members OF the board resigned.
The city is crowded with refugees from
Brunswick.