The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-19
Apalachicola and
the Tarpon Again.

The following from the Apalachi-
cola Times Of last week gives the
aApalachicola side Of the Tarpon af-
fair.
When 81 was learned last week
that yellow fever existed at Pensa-
cola, Apalachicola ana Carrabelle
"got busy" The steamer Tarp0n. di-
rect from Pensacola with merchan.
disc was refused admhtance at these
places A committee or representa-
tive citizens on board a tug boat, met
the Tarpon before she reached the
docks with the request that she do
not come TO the docks in the city TO
unload her cargo OF merchandise.
The steamer was headed Tor East
Pass bv Captain Barrow ana finally
came TO anchor In the bay opposite
Carrabelle. where she remains.
To seems thar the owners of the
steamer were communicated with by
Captain Barrow, and they in turn APP
pealad To the State Health Officer
Dr. Porter, at Pensacola. DR.. Porter
took the matter TO Governor Broward
by telegraph, claiming that the pe0-
pie OF this county were acting con-
Ceirod pratiQue from lim and was
entitled 10 enter Apalachicola and
Carraballe without Interference on.
tne part az our people Governor
Broward wrote 10 sheriff A. B. Glib
son, citing 10 him a certain section OF
the revised statutes for his guidance
in The case.
On saturday morning last Messrs. (
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Grady, j. T. Graves and A. b. Glib
son left for Tallahassee 10 talk over
the situation with Governor Broward 1
. Unfortunately Governor Br0ward was
absent from Tallahassee when these
gentlemen arrived. However. the
committee visited the Capital and
talked over the situation with mem
bers of the governors official family. /
The committee returned home
Sunday night Acting On conjunction 4
the city and county authorities have
placed guards az points where il was /
Thought their services would nrore
most effective. with Instructions TO /
see that no one from any infected 4
place be allowed 10 enter the county /
by boat or otherwise.
The city authorities are also using
evegy effort al hand TO place the
city I'm goOd sanitary condition andj
every citizen is urged to De active I
along this Zine. and not TO put of 4
doing things that mean SO much \
Inc merchants OF Analacbicola \
signed q document binding chem
selves 10 an agreement nor 10 re-
ceire frelghts from Pensacola for the
present either Dog the steamer Tar
pom or otherwise. The river steam
boat commanders have also been mol
tined nos to land any freight from
pensacola or New Orleans in Ana
l8chlco-a. or bring 20 this CITY anvil
person who Is not provided with q n
health certificate.
Apalachic0la stiu seems TO be "a
boring under the old idea that yellow
fever injection exists fin fr7febt
clothing, or the atmosphere. The
idea is n very natural one and an
OF us. scientists and physicians as
weI as layu5a. have at one time
or another or. ID fact until the last
two years. believed the same thing. /
Recent demonstrations. however
IN Havana. New Orleans. Pensacola.
and every place where the fever has
eyisted-have demonstrated abso-
lutely thar the only way yellow fever
can be transmitted Is by a certain
kind of mosquito which has already
kitten a person having the fever and
which must bite another one before
the latter can become infected.
A person may ser into the same
be- I'm -he same bed clothes. in
which yellow fever patient has died /
and he cannot get the fever. a
bucketfun Of black vom.t might be
poured about the room ana no one
oould Eet yellow fever from that
The mosquito, and the mosquito