Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-30

To all intents and purposes, Pine
uff is today quarantined against the
brld.
The lid is down tight, the city is
tiled up. and so far as practical re-
It's are concerned the town has turn
the marble heart to the entire
brld.
Not a single man, woman or child
n hereafter be permitted to enter
city limits of Pine Bluff without a
pcial permit from DR.. H. E. Will
ms, president of the city board Of
altk.
Health certificates are no longer
nth anything here; regardless OF
(ether one has a certificate or not,
must have DR.. Williams permis-
before he can enter the city.
Not only are the infected points af-
ted by this very stringent regula-
n, but the whole world is included
whole world is barred from Pine
hff unless DR.. Williams says nay.
at gentleman is now the autocrat
rules the city. More power and
ater responsibility rests upon his
|ulders than any other single man
combination of men in Jefferson
nty Perhaps this remark even
6lies to the entire state For be it
bwn that the president of the state
I'd of health has no greater power
Responsibility than that which has
n conferred upon the shoulders of
H. E. Williams, president of the
Bluff board of health
reights will no longer be permitted
inter this city from infected points,
matter whether accompanied by
certificates of the United States
inc corps or not. Everything is
red The embargo applies to all
ses.
nst the entire state of MISSISSIPPI
strict quarantine is in force
hst the city of Memphis, Tenn.
sum it all up, Pine Bluff is bot
up tight against the world.
this wonderful change in affairs
about at special meeting of
Pine Bluff board Of health, which
ened at the city hall Wednesday
ing at 10:30 o'clock. President
Williams called the meeting to
!, and presided. Those present
ded Drs. H. F. Williams, A. w.
pc, O. c. Hankison, C. X. Caruth.
B. H. Gallagher, w. H. Blanken-
Messrs. VIM. Burke, A. S. Hon
II. c. Bluthenthal, U. w. Poss,
Currie. Gabe Meyer and S. NJ.
r.
Williams at once announced
ne object of the meeting was to
IS the matter of tightening the
ntine regulations of the city. He
that the yellow fever was
ling rapidly over the entire state
slssippi. especially the southern
q, and the present excited con-
OF affairs, he believed, would
the city board of health in
ng more stringent rules govern
e local quarantine. He advised :
ne board tighten the quarantine.
Burke expressed the view that !
resident of the board of health
orrect in his views, and he, for t
elleved that the board would fail
duty 1t it refused longer to take !
toward tightening the quaran-
He declared that unless some
was done at once Pine Bluff
certainly get the fever.
vor H. King White read a tele.
Il from General Superintendent
Of the Iron Mountain asking
ehe city modify It's quarantine
I1tions. The telegram stated that
Se quarantine were to be maintain
E&o at present it would be better for
srailroad company to lock. up its
S6hes upon entering the city limits
V &have the quarantine officers meet
ktrain at the station and examine
the certificates of those passen.
bound for Pine Bluff.
the following resolution was sub
Med, fathered, it is supposed, by
=. white:
~ it resolved, by the board of
<h of the city Of Pine Bluff, to
Sseffect on the 30th day of August,
that quarantine is hereby es-