The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-10
Three Fever Cases are Re-
ported b. Authorities.
ALL PATIENTS REFUGEES
Governor of Mississippi is Suspicious
of Memphis and Wires for infor.
nation as to Exact Conditions
in the Tennessee City.

Based upon report that yellow fe-
yer was in Memphis, and as a matter
of expediency and to safeguard the
interests of the state Of Mississippi
against the possible outbreak of yel-
low fever in the Tennessee city, Gov
ernor James K. Vardaman, Monday
called up DR.. J. A. Crisler over the
telephone to ascertain if possible the
exact conditions existing in Memphis.
DR.. Crisler assured Governor Var
daman that he would investigate the
matter, and later, after full invss-
tigation, the following telegram,
signed by DR.. Heber Jones, president
of the board of health, and twenty
eight leading physicians of Memphis,
was sent to the governor:
Dear Sir: We, the undersigned
physicians, practicing in the city OF
Memphis, and having been Informed
by Drs Holder and Crisler that you
had communicated with them today
over the long distance telephone to
the effect that a physician had in
formed you that yellow fever was
already in Memphis, and the knowl.
edge of it's presence was being with
held by the board of health and ply
sicians generally, beg to emphatically
state to your excellency that no such
conditions obtain here to the best
of our knowledge and belief and,
moreover, solemnly pledge ourselves
to report the first suspicious case that
comes within our practice Or knowl-
edge.''
A similar telegram Of assurance
was sent by the business exchanges.
The following message in reply
was received from Governor Varda.
man:
jackson, Miss, August IL. T.
Willingham, President Business Mems
League, and Others, Memphis: I
have your message Of today and &C.
cept your assurances that there is no
yellow fever in Memphis implicitly.
Should your city be so unfortunate as
to be visited by this dread disease,
we shall rely upon you to notify US
at once. God grant that you may es.
cape the pestilence.
JAMES K. VARDAMAN."
A unique feature Of the situation
was presented when George r.
James, a we'll known Memphis citi.
zen, applied for an Injunction restrain
ing the board of health from inter-
fering with the return to the city OF
his wife and daughters who are WIS.,
iting in the state Of Illinois.
Chancellor Heiskell granted a tenn.
porary injunction, but explained that
he reserved the right to deny the pc.
titioners prayer should members OF
the board Of health come before him
and present their side of the case.
Three Cases in Shreveport.
At Shreveport, La, Monday night,
Or. Goldsberger Of the United States
marine hospital service, gave out the
following statement on conditions as
he finds them at the detention camp
,Nutside of the city:
! "(D Barney Tracey, co1valescing
! from yellow fever; (2l Ed Haslitt,
post mortem examination shows vel.
low fever. The case was not seen
by me in life; 60 Ed Jones, malarial
, fever; (4) Albert Miller. This case
vas seen by me at a stage where
+ diagnosis was impossible. IN the opln-
ion of the local authorities this was
a case of yellow fever. All the cases
were of men who tried to enter the
city from other points, but were stop
ped On the outskirts by the quarantine
inspectors and conveyed under proper
precautions to a detention camp and
there carefully screened. There ap-
pears to be no danger of spread and
no cases are known to be present IN
! the CITY,"