The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-09-11
One Vast Charnel House,
NINETY.SIX BURIED IN MEM.
PITS YESTERDAY, GO STILL
UNBURIED.
The Dead Lie Everywhere, and it is
Proposed to Burn Them--Dlficnl-
ty OF Getting the Corpses Carried
to the Potter's FicId--A Last De.
spairing Appeal for Aid.
Nc,rS and Courier,

ty OF Getting the Corpses Carried
to the Potter's FicId--A Last De-
spairing Appeal for Aid.
Ncms and Courier.
MEMPHIS, September 1.-THE city at pres
cnt is vast charncl house. The undertake.
crS report nincty-six lntermcnts for the TWEEN
ty-fOur hours ending Mt t p. IN. these
nincty-threc were caused by yellow fever !;
scvcnty-siX were whitcund twenty colOrcd.
\ visit to the county underthkcrS estib.
lishmcnt tonight discovered the fact that ut
nightfall there were about sixty more re.
ported dead, but still unburied.. The ques-
ton of diSposing of the dead is becoming Il
scrious one. The citizens relief committee
have employed n burial corps Of thirty ne
groeS to assist the county undertaken and his
men, and it has even been suggested to burn
the dead If they cannot be buried more
promptly, as cOrpses arc known to have laid
unburied for forty.elght hours, burtheninS
Voting that people ave fed the neighbour
hood, and 1t is with difficulty that men can
be hired to haul them to the Pottcr's-Field.
4. re. Cook, Hownrd visitor, has been
fever, DR.. D.. F. Goodyear. president of the
COMMON Council, is acting as mayor.
4 false report has gone forth that al the
b ban ksn nre about apo nn to ci aSG VII III r rGe epInt so. oil
In answer to many inquiries abroad as to
what kind OF provisions were needed, Maj.
Willis, of the citizens committee, states that
salt meats and -four are the most needed for
the destitute who arc being fed by the citi-
Zcns' relief committee. The drain upon the
various relief organizations Is very great, for
In addition to attending to the sick and dcSti.
tute, there have hccn several calls for relief
from adjacent towns, which were promptiy
A panic was created at Collinsvillc In this
county yesterday by the death Of two citizens
supposed to be caused by fever. The town
I,s l,nn, o1pprvt lnnnnn1nfnI
The following appeal represents somewhat
the condition Of affairs:
An Appcul To the CERTIFIED World from the FL
nance Committee Of the Citizens Relief ASso-
citation Of Memphis:
We ask your aid that VIC may be enabled to
feed and clothe our destitute, furnish neccs-
Sary material for bury1ng our dead. This APP
peal is only made at the last extremity and In
view Of the fact that another week Will cX-
hnust the means already given by u generous
pcoplc. Death has laid his heavy hand upon
us. The destitute cry for bread and the sick
for such care rs can only be given by open
handed generosity Those DESTROYS of giving
aid can address James G. Prestige. No. .
Union street; W. n. Thatcher, First National
Bank, or S. Il. Clark, Phoenix Insurance
The Relief committee Of the Independent
Order OF Odd Fellows also appenls to men,
bers Of the order.
Spread Of the Sconrge in New Or.
leans %. Fatality Among Editors-.
Large Number Of New Cases and
Deaths.
NEW ORLEANS, Scptcmbcr+-Thc weather
to-day Is u~nfavOrahle. n heavy rain prevail
inv. Two hundred md twelve new cases are
reported and scventy-two deaths. The deaths
to-day include fifteen children under Six
years.
NEW ORLEANS, September - ii P. NJ
From noon toe p. NJ. to-day sixty new cases
and twcnty-eightdcnths are reported. Among
the new cases are Maj. Nathaniel Burbank of
the Picdyunc, Julius Resch the well known
musician, Henry Hcidenhcim, ndtwo Sisters
Of Mercy Mt the st. Andrews Convent. Scye-
rnl cases are also reported at the Boys Or
phan Asylum on st. Charles nvcnuc. Mrs.
Matte Norvell. wife of the late G. p. Norvcll,
Of the Democrat, died to-day. Her husband
Dufo. the only priest In Shreveport who sur
vivcd the epidemic there, goes TO Ficksburg
this evening to assist Bishop Elder.
NEW ORLEANS: September IA diSpatcn
from Canton. Miss, says: About lW cases
are under treatment here. There were l6
new cases and 4 deaths before o o'clock this
morning. There ~ great need of money ana
colored nurses. Any one desiring to contri-
send by express to w. ]. Mosby, treasurer Of
the Howard Association, or George
as, president.
Grenada's Death Roll.
GRENADA, September 4.-Slncc last nights
reports there nave Decn twclEe new cases ana
T TrS.GG c " 81 are o rs allows: Or. Gillcspic and
mother. Mrs. Morrison, Miss Hughes. Alcck
Rafoliky, Ike Williams, D: II. Holt and one
unknown. There IS no abatement OF the fe-
rcr.
Mobile Still Safe.
MOBILE, September J.. - notwithstanding
the case of yellow fever. reported by DIR.
nf The disease, and the CITY is cnioyinr excel
innt hcnIth'
n--... e.
Dcath anu DeSpall Ill HOLY springs.
HOLLY SPRINGS. VI ISIS. Septcmbcr4,-Thcre
have been over sixty new cases OF fever and
six deaths to-day, and business is suspended.
There IS great need OF nurses ana PHYSICIANS;
mn ! eases viii die TO-DAY t;loom> dcsnair
and death rule the hour. The situation is
simply appalling, and the outside world Is
to for help. The telegraph operators
are going to leave.
Tbo Eovcr Roocbes Canton.
me ..''' N."e' -
CASroT. Miss, September There have
been twelve new cases and four deaths within
the past twenty.fonr hours. several parties
who had lett the Town dice Ill inc country.
I)cath Of the Mcmphis Postmaster.
Dv"." y" ~ "."p,. n""sh.
h,S hsnr roc"i ~, tap'I,r' nf ,LLo Jnn,I, Tir Inv = ,"i'
oeen lecIiHtu 1911! ~ rmo us,'n !" ~,
phis. His ]surctics viii tax charge Of the Of
flee until u successor Is appointed.
PHYSICIANS Cannot Keen the Count
:: v..
III fichspuIs'
NICKSBCRG, September 3.-Thc city sexton
thirty-siX deaths for the past twenty
four hours. One physician reports sixty new
1t Is thought that the number of new
eases will go far above any other day since
nv nv , turue n !, npap;n rcnorts IF now cas:s t far want want
of time and the large increasein the number.
The Howard Association Is calling in God'S
for physicians from all parts Of the
to come to the relief of the stricken
ones Of Nicksbnrg. The number OF physi-
ciai'S mere IS Small ana '''eS arc o[oNeh oo"h
N;so adIod N tho Eot,,
I;st
A
New OELEA Ms. September I.-Thc Towards
have received the following kilograms:
RG, Miss. Scptcmberi.-Scventy
eases and fourteen deaths are reported at
Miss. and thirty cases and four
at Goodrich's Landing.
"WM. LOCKWOOD,
"Prcsident Howard Association"
"GREENVILLE, MISS, September 1.-The
Is epidemic with no nnrSuS. Send six.
"a. B. TR1GG. Mayor
G~REENvILLE, Miss. September 10 j. NJ.
There were nineteen new cases and nineteen
to day.
Another Doomed Town.
NASHVILLE. September "A special from
Brownsville, Tenn, says that yesterday was q
blue one: l3 new cases and 1 deaths are re-
ported. Til fever attacks natives and visit
city authorities nave to bury the dead them
col voc ond the town IS deserted AL the