The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-05-17
More OF n Good ThIng Than
Was Anticipated. and WHY
Some oIher Thoughts.

| ~ "eR VhA "a INNNSAAVh ~ OhN NathN
TO sum up the names of places and
individuals contributing to the storm
sufferers, giving amounts and where
disbnrse,t; but the money has pour
ed in with such unstInted hand from
so many sources, and the extent of
he suffering has been 80 great and
the demand for relief so wide spread,
we have long since concluded that
the columns of The LEADER are
wholly inadequate to the undertake
ing. Butsuch a pre- sentation would
speak with eloquent tongue indeed
of the tribute paid by human love to
human suffering. Not only has
money cpme from the people, secret
societies and towns of Mississippi,
many of whom have distinguished
themselves by their generous aid
but from neighsoring States, from
New York, from tie great Northwest,
and, in fact, from almost every quar-
ter of this great country where the
story of the bleeding ana mangled
bodies of the storm victims and their
desolatea homes has been told
there has been a prompt and hearty
response. Once more, even after the
manner of the days of the dread yell
lew fever epidemic of rs, the cleo
trio chord of fraternal love has thrill
ed in the hearts of thousands, the
common brotherhood of man has
been indicated anew, and the
scourge of sore misfortune robbed
of its sharpcst pangs.
But while we cannot mention the
many separately, who have contribut-
ed their money to the relief of the
sufferers, we will at least be permit
ted to pay 3 deserved tribute to the
few who have distinguished tkem-t
selves in collecting and distributing
the charity of others-something
which has not only required time
and trouble and patient effort, as
we'll as sympathetic love,-but also
business talents Of no mean
order. Among these stand the Edi-
tors Of the Clarion, whose efforts
have only been exceeded by their
services during the memorable cpl
demlc already alluded to, when the
suffering was more continuous and
widespread; Messrs. Bridewell, Rea
and Cotton, the faithful trio who
have stood at the distributing depot
at Beauregard day after day supply
ing every call; Messrs. Oliver, Man,
gum, Lyell, Southmayd and others
of the Red-Cross Society at Wesson,
with a like duty to perform. The
able and faithful services these men
have rendered can never be forgot
ten by the people of the storm dis
tricts, or those who sympathized in
their distress.
Last, but by no means least, comes
the glorious old Times-Democrat.
This paper, under the management
of Maj. f. A. Burke, the present
Treasurer of Louisiana, was the first
outside of the State to publish
an account of the storm; and its
daily reports since of everything of
public interest in connection there,
with, even to the minutest details,
show that its attentions in this par
ticular have never Jagged. No soon
or did Maj. Burke, who was at the
time in New York, hear of the disas
ter at Wesson and Beauregard, than
he sent a special car, with two ply
sicians, medicines, ice, wines, and
other accessories for the wounded,
directly to the scene. In addition
to this, the Times-Democrat opened
subscription list for the sufferers,
lcading off itself with $500; in re-
sponse to it's appeals and efforts,
this list was increased to largely
over $4,000, all of which was held
subject to the draft of Gov. Lowry
or the Red Cross Society, being ex-
pended BY them in relief of the SUI
ferers. The whole people of Missis-
sippi will remember with the warm
est gratitude the New Orleans
Times Democrat.
PhiIOIma tile ;ku Anniversary.