The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-09-24
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

At a meeting Of the citizens oil Pas
cagoula, held Saturday evening at I
o'clock, ii. +. Krcbs chairman and w.
o. Clark secretary, the following reso-
luton was adopted:
Resolved, That we, the assembled
citizens Of P~ascagoula, deem the ac-
tim of our Mayor in calling Tor aid U
the outside world is premature, as
there is no yellow fever IN our town,
and to the best Of our knowledge no
absolute want among our poor, and
we have not been called upon for as
sistance, and therefore have not ex-
hausted our town resources, and do
not require outside assistance, and do
not ask for any at this time"
A CARD FROM ACTING MAYOR CLARK.
MAYORS OFFICE,
Scranton, Miss, Sept. 10, 1897.
"A meeting of some OF the phiian-
thrOpie citizens OF Pascagoula, none Of
whom have taken any part whatever
in protecting the town from cOntagiOn
or contributing Il cent toward those In
distress, was held yesterday at Boster'S
barrOom and adopted resolutions con-
demning the action OF the Hon. VOl-
ney Brown, mayor Of the town, for
Joining in an appeal to the public for
help, and which resolutions were tele-
graphed to the TimcS-DemOcrat for
publication. This action is based On
the ground that there is no yellow
fever in Pascagoula.
ut is, useless to undertake to con-
| vince this Howard Society, which as
sembles at Boster's daily, that there
Is yellow fever. in the town, but the
balance oetle world will act upon the
diagnosis Of DIR. John GuiteraS on the
case Of Mrs. Ferris, which lie unhesi.
tatingly pronounced yellow fever, and
another case similar In its every SYM
tom which has in the past two days
developed there, and which the at
tending physician pr0nounces the
same dreaded, disease. ! do not know
how absolute want has to be In order
To meet the views of these gentlemen,
but if their meaning of the term Is To
be determined by their actions in the
past, | venture the assertion that NJ
case of want has yet been proved alb
sOlute' enough to cover their idea Of
the case.
capt. Brown was not put on this
committee for PascagOula alone, but
for the county at large, and whether
these gentlemen know il or not, 1t Is ;
fact that almost the entire laborink
population is thrown out OF employ
ment, and not only the relief commit
tee, but citizens of Scranton and Pas
cagoula, are being hourly impOrtunet
by people who are unable to procur,
employment Of any kind, and WHIT
] have neither money 0 credit, and /
is certain that long before the qnaran
tine restrictions are removed tina
!, there will be d large number Of pe0pl,
in abject want. Capt. Brown, wilt
has done more for the upbuilding q
. PascagOula than any other citizen o
, the town, and who unselfshly ant
faithfully served the town in his ca
pacity as mayor without asking ur re
{ ceiving any pay whatever, Is SO stun
by these unjust criticisms that he ha
rendered his resignation as Mayor an
Sanitary Officer of Pascagoula, aud
is to be hoped that Messrs. w. {
Clark, II. +. Krebs & Co., who hav
constituted themselves as guardian
of the poor. will now take hold of ma,
tors and relieve all cases AS COn a
= distress and want become absolut
+ enough to meet their generous an
q enlightened views
y GAS Acting Mayor Of Scranton,
y. am in a position to know better tina
- any other citizen Of the town the Jc
rible condition in which our laborin
l. people are now placed. There al
It hundreds of h0nest labnring men hcI
whose daily earnings at best arc bar
!, ly sufficient to provide the neceSSari,
" Of life for themselves and familie
lie pay rent, doctors bills, etc, to wh0l
Is il st0ppage of work for n week Is
n. serious matter. These people ha'
been out OF employment now for Sc
Pral weeks, aud there is no prospect
T. relief until frost, which is at least tv
ID months of yet. They are willing
work. but there is none to be had, ar
when they attempt to leave the tow
IT. to seek employment elsewhere TIT
d have loaded shotguns, In the hands
70 excited and paniCky quarantine guar
10 thrust In their faces on every sid
is and thus they are shut In here
y. starve like rats in a trap. We ha'
l., very little yellow fever here, and 1t is
!" so mild a type that many refuse tn b
re lieve 1t is the dreaded scOurge, but
le account of the fever prevailing at OF
n er points on the coast and In MObi
and New Orleans there is little doul
but that we will be quarantined t
=, frost. Very respectfully,
j. D. CLARK.
acting Mayor of Scranton, Miss, and Mel
=, Der Of the JACKSON County Relief Com"
m P~AsCAdoULA, Miss, Sept. 81. 1907
q. In the Times democrats edition
y the 18th inst. appeared an artiC
u headed IAN Appeal for Help" issu'
q. by tho officials Of Scranton and Pa
~ cagoula, in which il, states that ''dai
n appeals are being made to us for he
=, from worthy people, and we have
"! ready exhausted our meagre resOurc
st in relieving their distress, and we nc
Il. ask the public to come to our assis
in ance. Funds may be sent to j.
II. Clark, Acting Mayor Scranton, Mis-
Rev. CT. BrOders, Scranton, Mis-
n. Volney Brown, Mayer Of Pascagoul
u. Relief Committee, Scranton, Mis-
Sept. 1s, 1897" :,
Owing to the quarantine regul
:. tions, we, the citizens OF PascagOul
~. do not get QUE New Orleans pape
is till the day after publication, and
he the 18th inst. we called a mass met
#. ing and elected II. f. Krebs as cha
-. man and w. O. Clark a. secretar
''' and pronounced Sthe action of 0
or mayor as premature, stating that
&c, the present time we were not in ne
i'll OF assistance, az no o present b
been asked to contribute To the reli