Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-16

company into this city from New Or
leans.
J. B. Talbot took issue with the
mayor on this statement, saying that
the board had not met to discuss the
Hammett company's two cars of sugar
at all. This was a broad subject, he
said, and one that should be handled
in careful manner. It had for it's
outcome the general welfare. of Pine
Bluff and its citizens. and not the well
fare Of any particular set of men.
He offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That shipments original
ing in the city Of New Orleans other
than household goods and tropical
fruits, be permitted to enter this city
when same bears the certificate of the
United States marine hospital, rela-
tive to it's having been fumigated and
disinfected.'
President Taylor of the Pine Bluff
school board was invited to address
the meeting relative to the question
before the house Mr. Taylor was en-
phatically opposed to permitting New
Orleans freight coming into the city,
and referred to the danger to the cit
liens that would follow as a result
OF the passage of the resolution.
Capt. letter of the Southern Grocery
company was also invited to address
the meeting, and followed with some
strong arguments against raising the
embargo on New Orleans freights. He
said he was in the wholesale and Job
bling business, and had perhaps as
much interest in the matter as any
one: but he would forego the profit
he might make out of New Orleans
sugar rather than endanger the life
Of single Pine Bluff citizen. He be-
lieved the quarantine should be tight
ened rather than loosened He even
advised that the quarantine be extend
ed so as to include Little Rock
| freights
The board called upon Chas. We'll
to make talk, but he declined.
A. S. Honnet said the picture that
some of the speakers had painted of
the conditions We're probably over
drawn, but he was opposed to the res
olution.
Mr.. Talbot spoke to his resolution
again. briefly. and the vote was called
for. The resolution was lost by 2
tie vote. Ayes-Troupe. Caruthers
Gallagher. Talbot, Blankenship: nays
Williams. Burke, Honnet. Bluthen
thai. Barrow.
Mayor White then offered the fol
! lowing resolution:
"Resolved. That quarantine be es
tablished against all New Orleans
freights entering this city from Lit
tie Rock or any other city permitting
such freights.'
This resolution, too, was lost. witt
four nays and three ayes.
Mr.. Mum of the Hammett Grocer
company here arose and stated thai
it appearing that the two cars of SUI
gar shipped to the Hammett Groce
company on July 81 were proving the
bone of contention for the board o.
health, he wanted to ease the minds
of certain individuals by stating tina
these cars had never been brought in
to the city, and were not less thar
200 miles away from the city at thic
particular time. He wanted to stat,
on behalf Of the Hammett Groce
company that his house had never en-
| tertained the slightest inclination tt
disobey the law and had no intentict
OF antagOnizing in any way the reeula
tons of the Pine Bluff board of health
These statements were called forth
he said, by certain remarks of tn;
citys mayor, Gen. H. King White
who had stated to several parties OF
the streets that the company was en-
deavoring to- get these cars into thu
city contrary to the quarantine regu
lations.
Gen. White quickly denied thai h
had made the statements accredite,
to him.
Il know of several parties in town.
replied Mr.. Mum, "who have state,
positively that you did say thes
things, and these parties have told m
that they would come up at any tim
and face you and say that you did tel
them So"
A. S. Honnet interfered with thi