The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-31
CAROLINE ISLAyDr~'
Forty Thousand Pean,.
a PrecariOUs Exiz-s-' Z
Domieiled Upon I-ands H..
pear Above Tids.-M M st.- :.
Swept 10y the Fur, q, :, ~
Elements.

ny % Ii.
Elements.
Along the southeas,.-
coast. from Savannah =. ~
and from Charleston north
town the shore line * r---.
perhaps more 80 than ,l~.ef
Atlantic seabuard- So.
fort and Charleston. rynrr.
49, with their large ~iIfr.u-r-
are IN a sense. inland -.--
are reached through river.
hays. and the open ocean
- elilnp~es. If al all H.
and sounds cut IN, >..-,I
coast into points T.--ifB>r...
lands varying ia size. ..-..
sometimes ia general ..f.-.-...
nation II one Rocks Il. ~
hart. says Harper W--.--'
wonder how the pilots ,t..-r
channels. and huW ha.lg..-
them IL II pu>~ihl, 4. 81
changes all the tins, fa r-,--
mainland runs im.s tI...-. RI
.rrrS ON one s hand. ars .H-
turn crosses the fingers and .,.-
them like the veins IA
sften fresh ur salt ae...-..f-.-,
sr the How - the tsG,. and d
have two currents. sn,- -.-.-s
ocean and the other f-.n=-
There are sem, ufHrtr -.
lands, a. they arr rr,-.-rfz.-. r..
lumber II doubled .s t.--
Ih,--,- islands are sys..s.g II. 4
and oaks. and lh,. sand. sail 81 Il
when fertiliz-l ami ar-..----..
vated- abundant crops ~ ..,.- !
corn wat~rm-luu~ and q -..-
vegetables Au iuEu~--r -...
arc"me profitable during -i..-..
wear, II taking from ta.. rf..l. -.
.n tine land ami Ia thr rr.- +.
torres "f phosphate. r,-k. iii. n
Ges,s gives employment 90 -t.-.
~ ia the imm,,liaty- ylrlaf,. ..sl
.nrt one hundred anu -lz,E ,..
un~ uf this r,.-k .rr- taken L..
washed preparatory t. t--a-r.
ear lhr nee pLaurslrl. ..1., claim
{ the tillaisl- soil ami -s..---
may l,,- called uuy 81 ra, -.
talle>- Ih,- other l~ .---r..
#snmoa upland kind e t-..-
Iis-is-iPpi- hur rAr more ~
"a island cotton. nur.r.- -..
{ ISL the crop ~ The l-..-
lrvcn Thousand five hura--s
.aleS- The past ~ra~l r.
bout twenty hundred t.... u
su~ Jhv Loss Sustained 51 This .--
.n acsaut Of rhr ~tarm. Thr~-
are mentioned ra ~lu1y -la-
.-lander~ iu fair times are IT,,
port Themselves
The population - these
forty Thousand .r more. .-.--
rnmeNliat un ll,. ~,-a~.s1 aud III
.vith which ia, phosphate
rpcrared LIrnrg g-nTr r-- n
h,s-e people ara ca..-rl- rar q.
ny fifteen per cent. iurIu., -1-
r., and their agents. The >-.-.a-
Icoyvuer> uf hu~iuy-~~ plants z--
altered crackers. A~aa.
asuiatiou II f-rtg ID u-4l4 !
-sll-to-ln- II avyll> u ll--
- rather than iu hau~e> d
pntentvdly ou humiuE aid fa.-
s,il,-d nice Tor yiri-rl. and >s-.
-eS ami chickens for llzur- i
Majority of the alar+- lau.- ..--
,,-,-uu-e their vrug> are .-r-l /
aged when They ..r, PLANTED
The awful tidal ss..y-.t Al--sI
l>aa. coulI hardly have t.ll.
uit,I State a ~,--ri.rl .,t.--- 4
phy was murr Inviting g. -- I
The surface II tA,~, lands .> >--l
most part q. ~caur ryr -ee- a...-
water. Almost everything E
tops II the piuy~ sa- ~ut-ls--
-yaEe which al lis l--lr-- Is
nave. reached Ifrrru te--
fences. bridges. lsaar~. and -Ee-
not securely anchored gyrr- e--
To SEA the growing crops a.l--
lnr th,. harvest were MASHED .--
rraund ur kiIlvi hy rhr --- 4
le-olatiun spread aErr r.. -----,
Prompt m,a~urr~ Were ---
relief. hut the extent 81 ra-
lncre4.ed a. the truth ',y-eal- 81
At Charleston aul al iie4ut. --
tees were organized. and e..l--
.-ame Ia them from tly -el.rr --
though business legrs~-
.-haIawed the country. Ma
been done. there Wa vast. "a
lo. when. un the I+-a Ht
Miss Clara Eartau- Hre~las--
American National Ert fr->
-i-tant>. arrived Ms l.4rt.- I'd
the united requests af tlr -.sr-
South Carolina ami the t'"
States senators. Arealls.-
GOV Tnlmau. Senator h-.r-
officers ami prominent
an investigation wa~ made
was thoroughly au1 r'a~-
IL done even ta the taking
IF the destitute The l~.---'
di-trictei. distributing cru,r-'
trained nurses ami p-iE>l.l---
perienced helpcr~ were
Very soon the bed Jr.f~~ h4- d.
zation nearly perf,t-- aul ''-- ~
with every part "f Ills, i~--l
cations uf sufferers called b.
present their needs. 4ua -a.r.
what they could Ert along
The impression al the ''r-
that the Red Cro~~ i~ 81 ~ee-
Of the old Freedmen hlT,-
trihuting agency d rvlu.r-.-.-
II explain the ciaraeieF .- ---
To be given. to imprv~~ d D.
ferers.
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