Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-01

Fruit Trade to that Port Many OF
Them Are Out of Employment.
Mississippi Towns Panic Stricken.
New Orleans, July 31.-Little
change was apparent in the fever sit
uation here today. A number of new
cases were unofficially reported to the
board of health. The campaign in
the interest of cistern sereeing CON
tinues and hundreds of gallons of oil
are being placed in cutters and water
Teceptacles. The large majority OF
new cases and deaths continue to be
in the old infected area below Canal
street, only four of yesterdays 27 new
cases being above Canal street.
The health authorities while freely
admitting the situation to be still Sc
rious, still believe that the disease
can be controlled, the opportunities
for new infection growing fewer as
the area of screened cisterns increas-
es. Adyices came from the board
of health today that Rapides parish
is disinclined to admit into her midst
persons from New Orleans, even if
they have spent the required time in
the detention camps.
Similar reports come from other
points. President SouchOn of the
state board of health will take up
this matter today with tn pParish
authorities and with the representa-
tives of the marine hospital corps.
Much distress is beginning to ap-
pear among the Italian population
growing out of the practical expulsion
of the fruit business from Louisiana
and relief work is one of the tasks
which the Italian societies and citi-
zens' committees will now have to ad-
dress themselves to. While the six
day detention order of the board of
health lasts, it is epected that all
the lines which have been operating
fruit steamers into New Orleans will
divert their ships to Mobile, and this
will have the effect of throwing a
hem Italians, out of employment
The average Italian here has half a
dozen in his family and sometimes the
children number ten or more and with
that many mouths to feed the head
of a family cannot long remain in
idleness without having to appeal to
public charity.
Under the circumstances these Ita1-
ians who are not in the fever district
are asking that they be given en-
ployment by the health authorities in
the sanitary and other work now 60
ing on in order that they may not be-
come public charges.
The health authorities are very
much encouraged by the excellent
work that is being done at the emer-
gency hospital and they believe that
when the results of treatment given
there Become known Families will
readily consent to have their patients
sent there. V. Randazzo, one of the
convalescents from an attack of yellow
fever, has related his experience in
a public card for the benefit Of his
countrymen. He says when he dis
covered he was suffering from the
disease he followed a doctors advice
and went Immediately to the hospital.
In few days he was discharged as
practically well. Half dozen others
have already been discharged from the
hospital and sent to the department
and yards of the charity hospital to
spend few days in recuperation. 1t
is generally agreed among scientists
familiar with yellow fever that on the
character of treatment depends large
ly the death rate and with the treat
ment provided in the HOSPITAL 1t is
thought that there can be great re-
duction made in the death rate among
the Italians.
While the feeling here is constantly
growing more hopeful there is appar-
emily no abatement of the excitement
and panicky feeling in the coutry dis
tricts of Louisiana and Mississippi.
Local business houses are beginning
to feel the effects of the scare. They
are receiving letters from their trav.
cling men telling of the cancellation
of orders in Mississippi and elsewhere
because of the reluctance of country
people to patronize stores which re-
ceive goods from infected districts.
In this connection there is some crit
fcism of Governor Vardaman because
OF a telegram sent by him in which
he commended the prudence of Mis-.
sissippi merchants in refusing to take
freight frmo this city