The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-09-07
A new LABOR WAR ATLANTA IMMUNE
Presence of Refugee With
Yellow Fever Brings Test,
GATES TO REMAIN OPEN
State Board cen5ures City Board OF
Health and Demands Quarantine,
But Orders Are Not obeyed.
Situation is Serene.

A case CT yellow fever, brought
from Pcnsacnia, F:a., was discovered
in Atlanta 4 few days ago, and the
uatienl, Joan c. Caruthers, is now d.
the detention camp, three miles olt
from the city.
Carl;ne:s reached Atlanta Thurs
DAY night and stopped at one OF the
ona!ler ho,eis of the city. FRIDAY
morning he was taken i'll and during
the day repaired to the Offices Of the
CITY board of health, asking that his
condition ue locked into. DR.. J. ?.
Kennedy, city health officer, exam
med the man and detected symptoms
OF yellow fever.
While the news of the case of vel
lew fever was the topic OF much dis
trssion. there was no alarm Manifest
ed by anyone. At the Office OF the
hoard Of health it was stated THAI
there was absolutely no ground for
worry on tie part Of a single res
ide1t of Atlanta
The Satiert is a carpenter and his
residence IN Pensacola was only
short distsn:e from that of the Greeks
who are now down with the diseIse
ir that city. 1t is regarded by tue
local authorities as fortunate for Ca
rrthers that he reached Atlatna be.
fore being taken i'll.
Atlanta's health board was made
the subject IF severe censure by the
state board Of health, which met AZ
the state capitol in called session sa..-
urday for It's failure to promptly no-
t;fy the state board Of the existence
of the Caruthers o-se.
In connection with the resolution
cersuring Atranta's board of health,
the state board also adopted reso-
LUTON advising that Atlanta should
at once institute and declare quaran-
tine against all yellow fever infected
points.
Many other cities in the state, par
ticularly the railroad centers, were
advised to institute quarantine against
infected points without delay.
Strongly asserting their belief u
the cst-p7o7en contention that yellow
fever caal1. gain 4 foothold in AL
lanta and 1nat the fever cannot spread
from any imported case, the city
board cs health Sunday morning de-
clined to accede to the request OF the
state board Of health and will not
quarantine against the fever infected
districts.
When the question of quarantine
had been fully discussed motion was
made that action upon the matter be
deferred until some future date. This
mean. there is no probability that the
city board Of health will institute a
quarantine.
Marine Service Confident.
A Washington special says: Allan
ia is not regarded as infectible ter
ritory fer yellow fever by the pub
lie health and mariIe hospital serv-
ice, and no spread Of the disease
there is anticipated. This view is bas-
ed on the experience of the past, as
cases Of the fever have several times
appeared in Atlanta, but have never
produced a new case. Surgeon General
Wyman said he had received a report
of the case developed there from Sur
geon Wertemberger Of the marine
hospital service stationed there. The
infected person has been removed
several miles Cut Of town and
screened. Dr. Wyu,an said, however,
that the yellow fever Mosquito does
not breed in Atlanta, and for that
reason no spread OF the disease may
he feared.