There is an incident that occurred during the period of four or five years that we lived in Oxford that I recall my father's telling me about. He had been made President of the Board of Health. A very severe epidemic of Yellow Fever had broken out in New Orleans and hundreds of people had died. In desperation, thousands of people who had the means were getting out of New Orleans, and trainloads of them were coming into Mississippi seeking refuge. At that time it was not known how Yellow Fever was transmitted. Father felt that, irrespective of how the fever was transmitted, it was reasonable to assume that persons who had been exposed to it in New Orleans would probably constitute a source of danger to others who had not been so exposed. So he recommended to the city authorities that no one from New Orleans be allowed to come to Oxford while the epidemic was under way. This was strenuously opposed by many of the people of Oxford. The newspapers in the neighboring city of Water Valley bitterly attacked the people of Oxford for considering such a heartless plan, and large notices were prominently displayed in the papers inviting refugees from New Orleans to avail themselves of the hospitality of Water Valley, and several trainloads of people came to that city. In spite of the mounting criticism of many of the people of Oxford, father stuck to his guns, and finally placed armed guards at every entrance to the city to enforce the quarantine. Within a few days the worst Yellow Fever epidemic in the history of Water Valley broke out and hundreds died. There was no case of Yellow Fever in Oxford. I have no doubt but that this was a great relief to the President of the Board.