The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-10-17
A Mobile Paper
Makes a Fool of Itself.

The Mobile Item is either very ig-
norant OF very malicious in its dis
eussion Of subjects pertaining 10 Pen
sacola and the official actions CT the
Florida state health authorities. In
its issue Of Sunday the Item makes
a fool OF Itself as follows:
The limit in the ridiculous has
been reached.
Pensacola. Fla. a fever stricken
city, has Quarantined the counties Of
EEcambia and COnecuh, IN Alabama.
There IS one case Of yellow fever 81
Castleberry. a small town In COneUuh.
There were two other cases there,
but the patients have passed to tne
other world.
But even with three or four OF a
dozen cases at Castleberry. why the
idiOtic action OF the Pensacola author
ities2
Does DR.. Porter or any other wise"
man OF the Pensacola brand imagine
FOR moment that the good people of
Conecuh and Escambia have gone
crazy?
Does he think the people Of Castle
berry are going 70 arm themselves
and break through the lines in a mad
effort TO reach a known hOtbed Of
infectiOn2
Pensacola Is known to be infected.
and badly infected az that Yellow
Jack Is running wild and their own
people are running away from the
monster.
The cases at Castleberry originat-
ed from a Pensacola foci and now DR..
Porter OF some OF his hired men nave
the audacity TO announce 90 the world
that they have closed their doors to
the little tank town on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad.
Ii is more than foolish.
X is brute Ignorance and unheard-
Of audacity.
But In the same breath we are in
clined TO laugh.
Il is the old story Of locking the
stable after the horse is gone or try
ing TO obtain Insurance on the chin
neys after the house burns down.
Pensacola need not be alarmed
The people OF the counties cuaran-
tined have no desire TO pay a visit %
PalafOX street at the present moment +
What Pensacola needs TO do is 10
get together. clean mp their dirty
town and stamp out the yellow fever. +
~ they do their duty TO themselves
they have theiI hands full
Castleberry win be taken good care /
of BY the Alabama aut hOrities.
We said tina, the Item was either
ignorant or malicious. We are in
clined after a second reading Of the
above TO believe that it is both.
In the first place, Pensacola has
not guaranteed against Escambia
and Conecuh counties. Alabama The
Pensacola health authorities have
taken no action in the matter; they
could not. In fact, have taken any
action if they had wanted 10. It isl
contrary to the law.
In the second place. the cases Of
yellow fever at Casleberry did not
originate at Pensacola least there +
has been no evidence whatever 60 F
show thar they did No one knows
where they originated. They may
have originated from the same source
from which the reported fever cases
on ships clearing from Noble origin
ated. There Is nor however. looking
at the situation from this distance. F.
any evidence t1 show that ever this .
is so.
So FAR a- she quarantine IS concern
ed. D-. Jos. s.. Porter. state health 4
officer of Florida, has for the whole
state 90 Florida Guaranteed against
Escambia and Couecuh counties. Ala
hama. he has put those two counties
on the same basis as Escambia coun-|
by, Florida. and they occupy the same
relation Io the balance OF the state
OF Florida as the county in which
Pensacola is located does. II the bal