The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-09

viz: In conversation with these tramps !
they expressed Il Willingness and desire t"
I've de aine,! and fol until the IA days were
up We asked them If thcy thoaght that
others woul.l he aS willing a1nlsubnissive
to tho isolation. Tiscig answer was prompt |
in tho Affirmative and expressed their
willingness to communicate wath hun
tred moro who were on the way behind |
them and they would all gladly submit to
the detention. We, of conrse were forced
to do tho snauman ~ act Of refusing their
kiad offer. and they were disposed Of IS
stated.
For fear that the article OF the Herald |
may have created q wrong Impression IN
East Feliciaaa and among onr own peo>
pie. We have gone into alengthy statement
of our actions, and to show that We are
pursuing tho Same plan as our neighbors.
This report shows that We have taken
caro- Of all persons coming under our
right.
To illustrate that we arc no worse than
Others, We will cite the case Of u lady who
was returned to this parish by the an-
thorities of Jackson. The lady in question
came FROM Pinovillc, La. aud boroa clean
health certificate, and she was not placed
in detention camp, but wac commanded
~ )oovn o,,d fJ,o I1r; ,or ,r.u %hro,<aunfl nv
rest etc. when lie had violated 10 quarau-
tine law.
Now 10 to tho commercial part of our
work.: You arc all familiar with the work
do"e up to the last meeting. The train
for short time discontinued q service to
us due to tho stringent regulations adopt
ed by Woodvillo, Miss. and Slaughter, LII.
Tho prcss Of business feeling the discon-
tinuance Of the train,a committee, COM
posed of Aivss,s. LUX and Kilbournc, was
sent to Slaughter to meet committee
from East Fcliciana. to modify the existing
regulations and make mutual agreement
80 as to allow trains. Those committees
arrived alta satisfactory agreement based
upon the circular iss'c'l by tho CONNER
cial Exchanges of New Orleans on Sept.
18th. This circular enumerated articles
allowed and prescribed method of funi-
CATION and guaranteed by tho U. S. Ma
rinc Hospital. Under these arrangements
We continued to operate until tho mer-
chants Of New Orleans, showed at various
points, a disposition to deceive tho U. =.
M.officials and ship forbidden goods under
assumed names.
A case in Wow happened in Point Cou-
pee parish, when some very dangerous
articles were shipped as canned shrimp.
A case in our own town, without name,
q certain merchant wrote for an article in
New Orleans to be shipped if allowed. The
reply to his order was to the effect that
hey could not ship under tho proper name,
but, if lie wished, they would ship under
another name. After becoming appraised
of these facts wo issued the following or
der: From this date all Boats, Railroads
Carrier Companies and Persons are mott
fed to bring no freight, express or Other
matter into this parish FROM any Infected
point.
This order is issued from tho fact that
We have been apprised Of the violation of
the past regulation in accordance with
Giro lar of Sept. 18th, issued by the Com
mercial Exchanges of N. O. Said circular
onumeratedarticlos allowed and provided
for manner of fnmigation etc. This
agreement has been violated at other
points as we'll az this; whether tile vic
lation has been through negligence Of
those in charge, is more than we can say,
but we are not willing to further joop-
ardize the health Of our parish by further
commercial traffic with iufectel points,
when the possible repetition Of these vio-
lations may happen in the future. This
order is not to apply to U. S. mails in
present prescribed method of:ser@1ce.
A fin" Of 500 OF 20 days Imprisonment
will bo imposed for each and every viola
ton of this order.
"a. F. Barrow, II. D.
Health Officer.
Along with this report We attach orr
expense acct. for your approval.
Before closing we would state that the
order for al! public gatherings to be stop
ped has not been observed as it shoxla lie,
those ignoring 1t being in most part white
people. We would suggest that you take
stepsto infurco this order.
A. +. BARROW, MD.
L. p. kilbourne, Rh. G. Health Officer.
Asst. Health Officer.
Resolved that bid of q. Weylert;
amount &l1500 for repairing Jail,
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