New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-30
NEED IN BEAUFORT.
.r,,rr WORK IL TIE RICE swAMPs OF NORTH
CAROLINA.

pr-1rF WORK ~ TIE RICE SWAMPS OF NORTH
CAROLINA
~ .hs Editor Of The Tribune.
S,. The low shores Of South Carolina between
CHARLESTON ana savannah suffered no less from
,hn Great tidal wave than the Sea Islands. In re-
snonse 10 most pathetic appeals from the preach
AVE- and their people on the Combahee and Ashepoo.
80 have heen sending supplies almost daily to some
ana ~ more Of the very destitute plantations there
delegation from ColletOn County has come TO me
tbis week with the following appeal: We the
naonle in meeting assembled. do petition You III
the name Of God to help us to something To eat
and wear We are in worse condition thah any
psople in this country. have more old people ana
me Younger can find no work TO do. s.ll we are
,y,rr 70 farm. We lost all we had in the late
s,o-r We will thank YOU for such assistance
az We can get ami viii share u with business to
all. We pray your aid. as no pen can tell our con-
dujon. knowing your feelings toward us we arr
satisfied you vii help
This was signed by ninety men. each one the
head OF a family.
The same day came also another thrilling mes
sare The bearer was sent by the church OF whlch
hs g deacon: I'VE are starving. missis there IS
ma, = plnt Of food on our plantation Yves perish
ing rnissls For Gods sake help us The people
are so weak from fasting they cannot work
When he told me he had walked thirty-two miles
10 solicit my aid and l saw he was exhausted
gave him lunch and askei him TO stop over uh''
morning He replied: "Oh. no. missis no tarry to-
night turn back quick to comfort my poor
neshbors and tell them help is coming To-day
we send a toatload OF supplies to that anic'eu
plantation.
On toward Savannah the distress is equally Sc
we're. as will be seen from the following written
on his last tour by a. S. Bascomb Ior many !'"''
school Commissioner of Beaufort County: ,
y have Just returned 10 TINS piaVe a. s,orn9
Sufferers efII from this point Ferebyyiile about
twenty miles distant h hayf ns'T pe6 S in ali my
life In some Of the houses or nut ,Hi,, - nat
tered there was not spoonful OF any ..''s 6irnrr
In one cabin found family oil eir"' a. ,ras
They Rad nothing save 4 squirrel when Va va
caught IN a trap the previous cEr;llns., ,,ter I'm
indeed to see the children drihhihs Wv ,norsel nf
which the souirr,i was boiled without "A Hioi9'' va
bread or homny. visited several n.y. C,mr Jevs
men had been away two. ;nree am ta ~ W.
iook,ng for food leaving nothing IN thelT Hut' -,
had not gone far before had given d%aa . -,
sufferers every cent YOU had gwen III, , ~, in
ling exnenses These people are starving; sun
they are hard az work Nearly ever, o On Ill
obtair which was very little The ground III so'is
places is prepared but the people nav r H. no y,i,l
a. ~ y,or, v,henryeT and wherever there j. OPP
Iortunity ! see they also need farming '''P'
Tomorrow. saturday VIII give PROVISIONS MIL. a.
this point 90 thOs- WITHIN a rduu9 "a crehamvIlie
from surnli.s furnished by YOU 'lihHN'l' ~
vii be nv next point Of distribution FROM ,hcr'
to tn savannah tiYeI s scc siorm The
people on many OF the low rice planiau9ns haDg
received no aid since the cyclone hp'!l, ~ ,,,st
June the months within WhlCn tnT ~ nom.
10 york II holp docs not come. ana "'hIr -
cnce. nothing will b. made for them 10 ~ ",t a.
other year Niy present supply ~ll glve our a.
Grahamye about one-nfth Of [ taT;d d tbat such
condition Of affairs should ever eElst .Ea; Hi
MTse or any o,heF d Lef XIX section having their
last ye,r's crop wil not plant extensively, ai,l
10 bui it,le work can BE- obtained by me S'...
s. home Those who are einp.oE'u ~ w, ION
/ am sorry 10 say are often paid only StdI.a t,
stores. whore provisions are sou 1ao-,lnD, must
Prices Hence wrctched poverty anu s"i1io'' 'rl
prevail another wear along the coast me 49,, u
Struggling 10 work the land, but caIl'D' 60
crop Irl.Ss sustained with nOurshing iood 9Il.'
neither the State nor Congress mas Ha'e "'.s ~,
tgOprati0n fOr these 1000 SuHe'SiS ,brnris :
appeal Christians, patrols anu me a. lac Too
ke Ice, H.. Xa,lon should incur the judgments oI
lust Heaven by allowing thousahus 10 ppLcir an
the very rice swamps Wnfre my am ...ro1.,i, -,
Ssiors have passed 50 many 9'"'' ~ w
Having laborcl here as missionary ana teacher ior
ne last twcnty-seven years am am ~ nSeeds
,lan,e1 with The people ana Know l .sin,, thair
,atlen. en.lnranoc Of suffering and h"reaVenen n l.
They are INDUSTRIOUS hard-workng peopl'', WI"
have seen ,her homes with all tn"ir hon9hV.u ~
eInuatlons DESTROYED and their PROMISING a",.
gardens .iso hl,ph,.d bv the late severe fIost l"'
val after trial has not dishfarlentl , ~,
ay eager 10 raise crop n ScD,, "'' '"'"
hores and become independen, OF cnd' a-l
J. Dale & Co verify the above statements. an
ny Tho Institution depicted Is not only <rue OF
.se special locations but eNlsts throus .o"I 30 al
81 County Whatever relief is sent 10 my az,
ta~niiy saitrf,lly and as judciously as possible
- MRS. X. G. MATHER.
PRINCIPAL OF Mather Industrial SCHOOL
BEAUFORT, : c.. April . 1894