The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-05
TURNER OPPOSED
 AFTER HOT FIGHT All Vestige of Fever Gone
 from Pensacola NEW BUILDING PROPOSED Structure Will Occupy Place of Build- lnss Recently Burned-other
 News of the Deep
 Harbor City.

Pensacola, December 4.-(Special.) )-The last vestige of yellow fever was obliter- ated on the 20th ult, when the quaran- tine restrictions around the naval and military reservations were removed, and the hundreds of navy yard employees, so long shut out, were permitted to return to work The fever Is gone, but not by the frost route. No frost has so far visited our sunny land of flowers. In spite of the freezing weather little north of us, this section So far has only experienced the slight chill of north er."
 Although tho fever is gone, many things continually come up to remind us that 1t was. Among these was the very de- termined effort made by the former street superintendent to oust his suc- cessor. In this he was foiled by the watchful vigilance of Mayor Bliss, and the mayors quick wits brought another member of the city board to grief. But thereby hangs tale. Charles H. Turner was chairman of the board Of public works prior to the outbreak of yellow fever. Incidentally he is nephew or Charles H. Gingles. former street super intendent. When it was announced that yellow fever existed in the city they both ''took to the woods" literally, the latter without asking permission. This placed the whole work of the board on tho shoulders of two men. Mayor Bliss, ex- officio member, and MT. zelins. They were always at the front and Pensacola owes them a debt of gratitude that she can never repay. The city council later, to use the language of MT. Zelins, but ted in,' with the result that Gingles was removed and his billet given to J. 10. Lacy, who has since filled the office &C., ceptably. When the last infected mos quito had been laid low the two Char leses bobbed up serenely and proceeded to make things lively. At recent meet ing of the board enter MT. dingles, and through his attorney demands to be re- instated.
 Mayor Bliss, acting as chairman of the board, rules the motion out of order. as there is no vacancy. Gingles forces re- tire to devise another plan, which was soon formulated. At the next meeting of the board, on December l. after a lot of routine business, Charles H. Turner in- troduced resolution to the effect that the chairman preside at all meetings. This of course was the custom, but when the chairman deserted his post Mayor Bliss had been asked to preside.
 The resolution passed, and soon after taking his seat Chairman Turner asked MT. Zelins to take the chair while he offered resolution. His resolution, in substance, was that the removal of Charles H. Glngles was Illegal and that he be reinstated. This brought on dis cussion in which w. A. Blount, Jr., Gin gles' attorney, took an active part. But the resolution was defeated. Then Turner offered another resolution to the effect that any authority vested in J. E. Lacy as street superintendent be vacated, and that Gingles be instructed by his nephew, Turner, to report for duty the following day. It was not very cold in Pensacola that night but the resolution was "snowed under" Then Mayor Bliss, the strenuous, the resource ful, sprung a surprise on the body by in- troducing resolution with several "whereases.Y of which only the sub stance is given: At a meeting of the board on June 15, 1905, Charles H. Turner was