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I realized the fact that we had at least three months to fight the disease, and $5,000 emergency fund to make the fight with. The executive committee of the State Board of Health, realizing the dreadful calamity that would befall the people of our State, deter- mined to make a bold fight to protect them." When it became evident that the disease would rage in epidemic form in the State, Governor Vardaman wrote a letter to each member of the legis- lature, stating the case, and in response received promises of sup- port that authorized him to borrow money for quarantine purposes. The expense incurred was about $45,000. The unprecedentedly mild winter of 1905-06 caused fear early in the latter year of a renewal of danger, and the war on the mosquito was resumed early in the spring, the whole situation being aided by the Congressional quarantine law, adopted largely through the efforts of the Missis- sippi delegation. (See Board of Health.)
Yellow Rabbit, a hamlet of Benton county, 8 miles northeast of Ashland, the county seat. The postoffice was recently discontin- ued at this' place, and it now has rural free delivery from Ashland.
Yerger, E. M. On June 8, 1869, while editor of the Jackson News, he became involved in a dispute with and killed Lieut .- Col. J. G. Crane, mayor of Jackson by military appointment. He was ar- rested by the military authority and taken before a military court presided over by Brig .- Gen. R. S. Granger. His counsel protested against the right of the military authority to try him, and, being overruled, applied to the United States court for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted. The court decided that the imprison- ment was lawful and remanded the prisoner to the custody of the military, whereupon Yerger appealed to the United States supreme court. Before that court had announced an opinion upon the legiti- macy of the exercise of military power, under the reconstruction laws, the military government ceased, and Yerger was handed over to the civil authorities for trial.
Yerger, George S., was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., about 1808, the eldest son of one of the German pioneers of that State; he was reared at Lebanon, Tenn., where he studied law, and pre- pared for the practice at Nashville, being for some years Supreme Court reporter. About 1838 he moved to Vicksburg, and thence, in 1844, to Jackson, where he confined his practice mostly to the High court. He was a very strong lawyer, not an ornate speaker, but of great power in the presentation of argument. He was a Whig in politics, and in 1840, and 1844, was active in the presidential campaigns, but otherwise did not permit himself many excursions into that domain. He died suddenly in April, 1860, from over ex- ertion while hunting in Bolivar county. Reuben Davis called him "the most gifted of a family of gifted men."
Yerger, Jacob Shall, was born in Greensburg. Pa., January 11, 1810, and from six years of age was reared and educated at Lebanon, Tenn. The family was large and resources slight, but he had the privilege of reading law in the office of his brother, George S. Yer- ger. He began the practice at Nashville, Tenn., and moved to
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Vicksburg, Miss., in 1837. He attained a high place at the eminent bar of that city, and a position of leadership in the Whig party. He was twice elected to represent the city of Vicksburg in the leg- islature, where he opposed repudiation, and in 1841 moved the re- jection of the repudiation message of Governor McNutt, a motion which was lost by only four votes. He was the author of a bill to fund the indebtedness of the State, in the same period, which was of great benefit. Removing in 1845 to Washington county, he was elec- ted to the legislature from that constituency. In 1852 he was a dele- gate to the Whig national convention and one of the candidates for presidential elector. In 1855 he was elected to the circuit bench, upon which he served with distinction during the remainder of his life. As a member of the convention of 1861 he opposed the step that was taken, but he gave four sons to the army, one of whom was killed in battle. In 1865 he was president of the first constitutional convention after the war. Judge Yerger died July 14, 1867, at Vicks- burg.
Yerger, William, was born at Lebanon, Tenn., of Pennsylvanian- German parentage, November 22, 1816; was graduated at the Uni- versity of Nashville, and then read law in that city, where he was admitted to the bar before he was twenty-one years of age. He made his home at Jackson, Miss., in 1837, and rapidly attained prominence as a lawyer. His politics, as a Whig, excluded him from honors purely political, but in 1850 he was elected to the High court of errors and appeals. "He at once made himself famous there," said Wiley P. Harris. "I will only recall to your mind his great judgment in the greatest of cases, in which the issue was the liability of the State to pay the Union Bank bonds. In the face of a popular feeling violent and proscriptive, which had carried men into office and driven men from office, he firmly and fearlessly declared that the State was legally as well as morally bound to pay these bonds. He was a member of the legislature during the war, and after the war a member of the convention of 1865, which had to deal with many grave and difficult questions. His profes- sion drew him into the discussion of the greatest questions which arise in the jurisprudence of a country, and without going into particular instances, I may sum them up by saying that he was al- ways equal to the occasion and always rose to the full height on every question, whatever it chanced to be, which was presented to him, or upon which he was called to speak or act. His percep- tions were singularly quick and clear, and the vigorous activity of his mind without any parallel in my observation of intellectual men. The resources of his mind were rich and varied, and were always under his instant and absolute control. It was said of Lord Hardwicke that he had an intuitive perception of the law; and this rare gift William Yerger possessed to a degree that was almost startling. He never hesitated, nor stumbled.
or blundered. . . 'He had a flowing courtesy towards all men.' Poverty was no check to this spirit in him, and it was in his house that one learned that hospitality was not made of bread and
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meat alone. He was the most useful person I ever knew. No man, burdened as he was, ever did as much hard work gratuitously for other people as he. How he contrived to do so much is to me a real mystery ; and besides, I am convinced that he went about this work with a positive relish. . He busied himself night and day with the troubles of his neighbors, as though he had no cares of his own. He seldom, if ever, spoke of these. His firmness and unconquerable spirit, coupled with his high character and repu- tation, secured the respect of the military men in command here, and gave him a certain influence which he employed for the noblest purposes. In those days people flocked about him as though there was healing in his touch." He and Judge Sharkey were the lead- ers in the movement in 1863 to return the State to the Union with- out further bloodshed, considering the fall of Vicksburg as suffi- ciently indicating the verdict of war. A different policy prevailed, and there was a finish fight, after the conclusion of which, about two years later, Sharkey and Yerger were sent to Washington by Governor Clark to ascertain the demands that would be made upon the State as a condition of restitution to the Union. Judge Yerger presented the results of his visit to the constitutional convention of 1865, making the ablest speech before that body, in opposition to resolutions that proposed to continue the struggle in behalf of the slavery that had been destroyed. "As men of sense, let us endeavor," he said, "to remedy what we cannot alter, and gather together whatever may tend to palliate our misfortunes. Of all the industrial systems, that of slavery was probably the most expen- sive." The tolerance of his attitude, 1863-65, is one of the most remarkable testimonials to the great esteem in which he was held. Judge Yerger died at Jackson June 7, 1872.
Yocony, a postoffice in the northeastern part of Itawamba county, on Chubby creek, 15 miles from Fulton, the county seat.
Yokena, a post-hamlet and station of Warren county, on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R., 15 miles south of Vicksburg. It has a money order postoffice, a store, a fine church, good school and a cotton gin. Population in 1900, 52.
Yorka, a post-hamlet in the extreme northeastern part of Leake county, about 16 miles from Carthage, the county seat. Popula- tion in 1900, 28.
Youngs, a post-hamlet in the northeastern part of Grenada county, 18 miles from Grenada, the county seat. Population in 1900, 21.
Youngton, a postoffice in the northeastern part of Warren county, on the Big Black river, about 18 miles from Vicksburg.
Zada, a postoffice in the southern part of Kemper county, situ- ated on Blackwater creek, 10 miles south of Dekalb, the county seat.
Zebulon, a post-hamlet of Attala county, 8 miles due north of Kosciusko, the county seat, and nearest railroad and banking town. Population in 1900, 36.
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Zeiglerville, a village in the northeastern part of Yazoo county, on Teshecah creek, about 16 miles distant from Yazoo City, the county seat, and nearest banking town. It has a money order postoffice. Population in 1900, 91; which has increased to about 150 in 1906.
Zemuly, a postoffice of Attala county.
Zero, a hamlet of Lauderdale county, 5 miles southeast of dian. The postoffice at this place was discontinued in 1900, and mail now goes to Eastville. Population in 1900, 50.
Zetus, a hamlet of Lincoln county, on the Bogue Chitto, 5 miles southwest of Brookhaven, the county seat, and nearest railroad and banking town. It has rural free delivery from Brookhaven.
Zilpha, a post-hamlet in the northwestern part of Attala county, situated on the creek of the same name, 6 miles east of Beatty station on the Illinois Central Railroad, and 14 miles north of Kosciusko, the county seat. Population in 1900, 70.
Zion, a post-village in the southeastern part of Leake county, 12 miles distant from Carthage, the county seat. Forest is the nearest railroad and banking town. Population in 1900, 100.
Zionhill, a village in the northern part of Amite county, 12 miles north of Liberty, the county seat, and nearest railroad and bank- ing town. It has a money order postoffice. Population in 1900, 77.
Zula, a postoffice in the northeastern part of Smith county, situ- ated on Hatchushe creek, about 13 miles from Raleigh, the county seat.
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