The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-13
The City Of Brunswick, Ca, Sends
Out An ImplOrlnS Appeal
STRICKEN WITH YELLOW FEVER
Her People Have Neither Food, Cloth
ing or acknowledgements Needing
Ala OF Every Dsscription-Their Con-
dition 10 Ind escribably Pathetic.
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS.

~ SPECIAL TO THE NEWS.
ATLANTA. Ga, Oct. l3-Gov. W. J..
Northern has issued another app al for
aid In behalf OF the people Of Brunswick,
Ga. He saws that stricken Brunswick is
in sore need Of aid. He has received a
number OF letters from the infected city
telling sad stories of dire distress. but the
mosl convincing communication on this
line he has yet received IL the letter from
Mayor Lamb.
Il served in the legislature with Tom
Lamb" said the governor. and know
him TO be a thoroughly reliable man. he
would not exaggerate or overdraw me
suffering for worlds. He speaks only be-
cause his city IL now In great suffering.
aud / do earnestly hope that other sec
tions and other cities will respond as
nobIy AZ Georgia and Atlanta have done.
"brunswick has been peculiarly unfor-
tunate this year. Three of her banks
went to the wall, one OF the bank presi-
dents shot himself. the city was
damaged by the coast storm that
swept over Beaufort and Savannah.
Great loss was entailed in this
way. Many t%urpentiue industries In the
vicinity OF Brunswick were snut down In
idle negroes drifted to that city az the
nearest point. This idle element WIS
thrown upon the afi cted town and Is
still there.
'sThs eliminating horrors OF the series
Of misfortunes was the coming Of the yell
low fever. 1t climaxed the gloomy situa-
tion. Business 10 paraiyzed Only six
stores are running the factories are all
closed and even the street car line was
shut down. The people must be helped.
They stand In desperate need Of IL. and /
believe that other cities will come to her
rellef.r
conditions are daily growing worse. 1t
now looks as IL every man. wo-
mau and child In the city. ex-
cept those who have immunity from
the disease, will take the fever.
"A great many negroes are sick. many
more than we had In 1870, and I am under
the Impression that it IL for want OF the
white race to feed upon, although there
are many white people yet who may
have the fever.
II am praying for frost and aid. With
cut the former, we must AVE the latter.
or starvation In inevitable. The outside
world does not understand thorough y our
situation. In . few words it 10 this:
No business; no money; city
trsasury depleted; sickness and
suffering everywhere. We are, therefore,
compelled TO ask for aid from q generous
public. which up to this time has been
kind; but with the fever on the increase
and both mcpey and provisions coming
In slowly. ! am compelled to appeal
II am trusting in akind Providence &c
guide me In these trials, and-please
unders, and mel hnv not n word of ex-
cuse to make for myself, but have feel
ings Of sympathy. for a few men
w s,ss,,.I left -. srun :.,d 10 in her ,s dire
table people abroad. .The people Of
Brunswick are not IN distress. II they
were In the city today and understood
tho situation, and should be struck with
rsmorse, they would feel like praying to
. merciful father for forgiveness"
Rev. Ed. +. Cook. pastor Of the Nc
s1anta Constitution: 1.-THE real situation
il hard to imagine. A person in the city
could hardly realize the degree of want to
which our people are brought unless he
could mingie with them 10 their homes
and see the empty pantries. the hun
are in great distress. The sick need
nourishmeut, the well need food. The
relief association, the ministers OF
the gospel and other noble citi-
xens are doing all in their power to sup
ply the needy aud to relieve the suffering;
but the demands for help surpass our
means and more than once We have been
compelled to look upon tho tears of
women and children when they found
that we were powerless to help them.
We bave done all in our power
TO relieve the needs of the people. but our
purse IL depleted and the treasury of a
generous church Is exhausted, and
several times the commissary. the pantry
OF the multitude. has been compelled to
close because the provisions were out.n
Rcvs. j. j. Perry and ID. Watson Winn
wire the Constitution M fellows: "The
relief COMMITTEES has, for reasons Of deli
cacy, tried to weather the storm with
means within its reach. These
and an appeal is made for help TO
your generous readers with the feeling
that a. they could not read OF foreigners
without relieving their wants, ne ither
will they suffer us who are citi.
Gems, TO want for the bare necessities ~
life and comforts IN sickness when they
know Of our needs In this time Of great
afaIction."
Rev. Fr. Hennesey. rector OF the st.
Frsncis-X svier church, says: 'God alone
knows what work 10 day and night.
~ We 60 around among these poor people
adding the little OF the charity we receive
from private sources.
''T5c plague 10 spreading and IL IL ap-
pears unlike that OF '76 In its operation,
IL 10 due to the tender. watchful skill o.
u physicians. who are at hand
Z nip the evil In the bud. But now
the sneaky pest is showing its tru
color, and we are all prepared for the
worst-the very worst. Famine stares us
In the face"