The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-03
PLANNING PRoMPr RELIEF.
Gov. TiIlrnan Giving All His Atten
ton to the Crisis.

Columbia, S. O., Sept. at is fast de-
veloping that the loss of life and destruc-
tlon of all kinds of property on the sea
islands that skirt the southeastern coast
of Carolina by the recent tornado has
never been paralleled in this country
To-day the governor gave his entire
time and attention to the matter of
plans for the immediate relief of the
stricken thousands. He has thrown all
other public business to the winds for the
present. This afternoon he appointed
DIR. j, w. Babcock, superintendent of the
state lunatic asylum, special agent to go
to the scene and prepare a report of the
actual condition OF affairs, as the returns
therefrom have been so indefinite
WHAT THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO KNOW.
Said the governor: II want first an
absolutely correct accounting of the
losses on these islands and in this terri
tory. | want TO know exactly what
houses are gone and what houses are
standing / want to know what has been
done with the dead that have been there
on the sands for a whole week.
want to know if tents are
needed to house the women and
children who survived. l want to
know if there is not danger of some cpl
demic breaking out and wiping out all the
people there who have survived the war
of the elements. | want to know what
sanitary arrangements l can have made
to avert any threatened epidemic am
terribly worried about the condition of
things, and want some informa-
tion on these lines as soon as I
can get It, am very anx-
ious to know, too, if in this
calamity it will be Of any use to get the
Red Cross Society to send its representa-
tives there. We want to guard, too,
against those people who, seeing that aid
is coming might do nothing to try and re-
build their homes and start out in life
afresh. 1 do not want any abuse of
charity. We want to look after the
women and children, but the men must be
made to rebuild their homes first of all
If it is necessary we must house the
women and children Immediately.
CHEAPER TO REMAIN THERE.
The people have the fish of the sea
there to prevent them from starving,
provided they can get little bread from
other sources. They can live where they
are cheaper and better for the present
than if we tried to transport them into
some other section of the state. Clothing
and food of all kinds should be sent them
there They doubtless have ther potatoes
left in the ground. l hope, too, that some
one will make them go to work at once
and plant turnips on the islands. They
can get them ready for winter,
and it is the only crop
that they can now raise.
The stock of provisions at Beaufort and
other points down there will run out, very
likely, in day or two; therefore l would
suggest to the people that instead of
sending money altogether, they should
purchase provisions and meats and send
them to the relief committee which /
have just appointed, with Mayor George
Holmes of Beaufort as chairman. I
should think that some Of this money
should be telegraphed to Charleston with
instruction that provisions be bought and
forwarded from that point, as it is near
and the goods could be sent around by
boats
Upon the receipt Of a dispatch from
Phosphate Inspector Jones to-day saying
that everyone Of the mining companies
had been destroyed and that everything