The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-15

being workmen in the mill at Century. is regularly coming to and fro into Alabama to their homes There is much communication between Flomaton and Century and the canp so nearby would complicate the whole quarantine system of Alabama"
 Wyman Is Retieent.
 Asked If he would honor certificates issued by the Marine Hospital authori- ties at the camp if put up three miles from the line, Dr. Sanders said he would not say just yet what he would do. He was not satisfied with the answer of Surgeon General Wyman which he read yesterday and wired a second protest in the afternoon. From this he had heard nothing at a late hour last night. While exploring the banks of the Perdido River between Baldwin County and Florida Dr. Sanders made con- siderable personal sacrifices Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. It was to be sure of an impervious line of guards along this river that the State Health officer hired a horse and buggy and plodded through the swamps over distance of some fifty miles, inspect ing the work of the men with whom the bridges and ferries have been en- trusted for the protection of Baldwin County against invasion from Florida. The excursion OEOuSHt q tdSttLB ldNlB uC on Dr. Sanders and as a result he did | without sleep during practically all of | last Tuesday and Wednesday nights The loss of sleep might have been averted, the State Health Officer said yesterday, had he not received the news that the detention camp was about | to be established within three miles of | the Alabama line.
 Hastened to Fiomnton.
 ha reached Bay Minette. He had just driven in from the Perdido River swamps and arrived at Bay Minette late | Tuesday night, being on his way to Montgomery Fearful that the near ness of the camp to Alabama would amount almost to calamity for the
 State quarantine and what 1t had labor | ed for since July, he felt 1t urgent 10 get to Flomaton with all the speed possible. So. without rest from tpe | long ride of about thirty miles in the country, he got back into his buggy and drove hurriedly to Flomaton. He reached the junction at about 8 o'clock in the morning. He sat up the reft of the night and expected in the early morning after daylight to hear somt- thing of the detention camp.
 While he was addressed by Dr. Banks who is experimenting the camp cof- EITuCIlOns hpknlH8 VA ehN men toned and as he did not receive any communication or an invitation from Drs. Porter and Banks he decidfd to catch the Louisville and Nashville | train to Mobile. This trip was co1- 'sidered at the time of more importance than the camp proposition since he hat heard a rumor that yellow fever was n Whistler. The report rather frightef- ed Dr. Sanders because with 1t cane that tlA Mississippi Health Board had put on a quarantine against the suburb pr Mobile. His suspense was quite re- lieved, however, when he arrived Wet- nesday afternoon in the Gulf City and found Supervisor Mohr in his office | few minutes later who informed hin that there was no fever in WhstleE,
 That night pr. Sanders caught the traih out to Montgomery and reached herr yesterday morning.
 The Border Situation.
 The feeling of Dr. Sanders about the situation along the Perdido river were buoyed considerably by his tour of iTl- spection. To illustrate the effectivS- l ness of his guard system at the ferries | and bridges, he related some interesf | ing experiences of people trying D cross the river from Florida since the entire sister State was put under our ban.
 "The guards we have at the ferrifs and bridges are quite reliable and seen to be impressed with the responsibility | that rests on them." said the Alaban1a health officer. one of the first men ] that I ran upon-and I took them all
 unawares--told me of a very reassuring case that had come under his Juris- diction. A woman and two children hailed the ferryman from the Florida side. They were ignorant of the luar- antine regulation. Although somewhat discounted at knowing they were pro | hibited from crossing over to visit their relatives in Baldwin County, the
 woman was not daunted and actually
 took advantage of our provision of | seven days detention. They went back home, procured blankets and cooking
 utensils for camping out and to the as- | tonIshment of the veteran guard al
 the ferry announced their intention of | staying seven days under his eyes. The guard said the week was fully spent by | the little family and on the seventh day
 he let them board his flat and they I were moored across. He said they
 were, the happiest lot he ever saw when
 they earned their passage over the
 river.
 l Duty in the Wilderness.
 | Another instance was told of a single | gentleman who wanted to get over the
 river at a lower point by ferry. The ] guard told him the only chance was
 to camp out with him the detention
 period. The man acceded to this condi-
 tion and fought hosquitoes with tho
 ferryman and guard for seven days and
 | night.
 "These men out in the wilderness
 are not out shooting squirrels and fish
 ing" said pr. Sanders They are do'
 ing their duty to the best of theil
 ability and knowledge so far as I could
 learn and I could not discover single
 leakage along the river"
 Special Inspector C. A. Oliver of the
 Alabama quarantine. came to Mont
 gomery yesterday from his four days
 assignment in Southwest Alabama
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