The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-08-19

TIE McHENRY GUARANTEE

liattiesburg Progress.
Some newspapers which do M,
any better are inclined to defend y.
action OF the Board Of Health in ,%s
Mclienry quarantine regulations :" @s
forced this summer and which
raised only u few weeks ayo.~ Va
they know no better for the fact ,sa
have never made the least inyes,in,
tion or even inquired Of those II
position to know the facts. One
within a mile and and a hal, =.
McHenry and who remained tho''
throughout the "epidemic" tells :
very straight story about this ouar,.
tine fraud and says others win nj,
the same story. He bears the renn,"
ton OF being strictly truthful, W.
have known him for years and b,vs
never yet caught him in~tention,,,s
making q misstatement. Wilhnn,
going into the details of his sta,o
ments, as the quarantine has ho0,
raised aud perhaps will not he Sim,
down any more this year, we will DIV.
a few of the Incidents that occur,,S
and OF which he has a Derson,,
knowledge.
In the first place business If nh
kinds was suspended at McIIenry. tLo
mills shut down and the mill mon
thrown out OF employment. Thov
were not allowed to go elsewhere h
secure work and, indeed. they had no
desire to -. The mills had been DIV.
ing them 4 dollar a day, but the GOV.
ernment, through the Board Of Health
offered them Il dollar and a half A dav
to burn "a little brush and chips LYING
around IN the streets and guard the
town. This was better than they had
been used to and hence there was no
kicking. They were satisfied with
the job and it seems that the Board
OF Health was satisfied with the cor.
dition Of things.
But this state of affairs would NOT,
last. Those few persons who had
been sick with fever were recoyerjuu
too rapidly. In fact some VI them did
not go to bed and the whole shooting
match was about well when necessity
forced other means to be adopted.
Some one interested in keeping upthe
quarantine went TO a negro woman
and offered her money to take her bed
and complain Of being sick, stating
that the government would feed her
during the time. She refused. An.
other negro woman. ran away. She
was caught and returned. Placing
her back in her cabin the house was
well guarded, but the woman refused
TO get sick. In another case a boy
was offered twenty-five cents If he
would go hume and retire to his bed.
IL. did 50 when the bribcr went
around the town reporting 'anotheI
new case" which was at once reported
to headquarters. But before the
guards and others DESTROYS of Il ''neS
case" could call around the buy cot
tired Of his confinement and walked
out on the street. But the next day
the continued the s%t0ry--"thc case is
Isolated and under good treatment
Other similar cases our informant
says, occurred nearly every day or as
often as the board Thought it neccs-
sary to report a new case.
The mill men were jubilant over tn,
picnic they were having, and nnc ply
stefan was honest enough to say that
he did not believe it was yellow fcveI
and that II IL was he had been treat
ing it for months without knowing /
and perhaps is treating the same few
or yet.
1t is said to h4-common talk in Nc
Henry that the appropriation Of thu
$4,000 for fever purposes brought m
the yellow fever at McHenry and that
those interested in wages from Sl.5
to $40 per day to be paid out Of TIN
appropriation hawkcd and talked
it around in their daily conversations
laughing and joking about a good tint
they were having at the expense o
the government.
The Progress does not make thes
charges on lis own responsibility. l
tells tn story as the story has ofteI
been told it. When men will laugh
ingly and jokingly and lightly speal
Of such things-the good time the!
had at the expense Of the State
there Is foundation for investigation