The weekly Corinthian., 1905-09-13
LOCAL QUARAN ZINES.
Strong Card From DIR. Ward to State Of
Mississippi

Winona, Miss, Sept. 2 DIR B F.
! Ward, Presidert If the State Board
of Health. TODAY gave out the fol
loving signed address relative TO
local quarantines:
The people of mississippi have
yet four or six weeks OF yellow fever
weather ahead OF them. Tue dan.
ger has not yet reached its climax.
Vigilance should not be abated nor
energy relaxed.
The state quarantine is only the
front line OF battle. TIE localqu
autines are the reserve forces, TO be
called into action whenever the en-
emy has broken or siipptd through
the main line
''The battlei fairly on Every
health officer in the state, co~oper-
ating with the county and munici
pal organ zations, should build and
man his own Notifications. 1t is such
cris,s as this that tests the eXecu-
tive capacity, as well as the proIes-
sional attainments, OF county health
officers. Their conduct, 10 the face
of present conditions. must vindi-
cate the wisdom or exhibit the folly
of the law creating the Office aud
defining its functions, as weA as the
discretion of the State Board of
Health in making its selections or
local health officers.
The Executive Committee of the
State Board of Health, sustained at
every step oy the quick inteliigences
vigorous action and courageous
methods of Gov Varddman has
omitted no effort nor opportunity in
the discharge of it's duty, but it
needs tie support of every munich
pality and every citizen in the state.
I'VE hear great oeal in times,
like these about reasonable quaran>
tines, Reasonable quarautines'
are generally so constructed as to
guard the highways ana permit the
fever to enter through the oyways.
They are dress parade quarantines,
without vidette or picket lue.
''At the bpgioning OF this contest
many able, honest and scientific
ply siciansl were williog 10 truss the
lives aud health Of the people TO the
swing grace of screens, mosquito
bars, coai oil and sulphur, but the
peope demanded a shotgun.
The people nave a great deal of
common stnse, They have seized
The vital aud practic Al fact that, no
matter how toe disease is transmit
ted from one party TO another, you
will not have yellow fever ia your
county or town unless soma person
brings it to you. To keep that per
son out OF your community is the
one and only certain measure Of pro
tectlon. Absolute quarantine will
keep them out, and every absolute
quarantine is practically a shotgun
quarantine, which seems to be RE
garded as a relic of baroarisn
The mosquito will assuredly in
oculate you With yellow fever poison,
but she must b first infected by a
yellow fever prlient. We have mills
lions of stegomyio in Mississippi 1t
is Impossible to to txterminate them
this season, but we can see TO it that
our home mosquitoes are not con.
terminated by unhealthy association.
'One fact of history should oe
bornt 10 mind. From the land ny Of
Columbus to the building of the
first railroad, yellow fever never
found its way into the interior of
North Am 4rica, If every railroad
were halted at the state line todoy
and every water craft tied up, the
people of Mississippi could pull down
their local quaraotines and go about
theta busidesS with sense of un-
qualified security. This not being
practicable, the nearest approach
TO such condition IS the lronclad
quarantine.
''If the people of Mississippi are
wife and pruuent they willlock their
gates agalnst everp man aud woman
who travels in quest OF bus' ness or
pleasure. Bring fverything to
staudstul for lhirtv days. The bus
mess will not be lost, it will ony BE-
susnet ded, and will flow back nto its
natural channels as SION as restric
ito are removed. A little ehforc