The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23
RELIEF COMMITTEE
rorAn AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES
Hr r" FAR DISTRIBUTED.
...a received from the
Los - Department mt
washington.

,,,,orlps is the total amount t,,o ., sup sup
=. ~. ,.n, out by the Houston rsne' s'
li'iee )" ears cotton seed, II sacks kat
Ee'e N barrels rolled oats. 500 pounds
'O,', seed, 500 pounds assorted garden
!. .a s7,sss pounds seed corn 24'ooo POUNDS
- s.,oss, 20, 2S5 pounds -four So'sSo pounds
P'n0s ..oo nounds soap, 5000 pounds salt,
zeal, oovS baking powder, 55S9 pounds
3 pouhu sseS 1924 pounds seed peas,
brgnum ads millet, 1886 gallons molas-
1924 pou ,rortb medicines, besides large
., sii hats and clothing
!. ,.terence to the securing OF seed
.ror savers wired the committee yes
~, that 8. NJ. Quattlebaum OF Full
- mad advised him that he could Sc
peai .a ua s,shels of June corn at 20 cents
~ s Nv and asked the committee to
uusn nd with him upon the subject,
elcn w anyernor also wires: "$1.10 for
ING so seed ia extravagantly high aud
prglsm ~ he maid. am paying SO cents
pouu sos orrbnm seed. e. &. Gillette of
sooI offers me sorghum seed at 10
uase nsr hushel in unlimited quantities.
~ Nm ~, and am quite sure you can get
He 49, N 70 cents II not 90 cents per
su Gillette says that peas and sor-
usne' ,oed can be furnished in unlimited
sn,,t,es. He asks too much LOT ooth
= and sorghum, but you can make a
asaI with him. Give this matter your
nmedlate attention.
Mr. Gillette was wired IN reference 10
be- above - r,+, wiz. .h,+
Asre is no sorghum or COW peas N Nan
ID city. Can offer German mliiet at
mar 100 and turnip seed at 10 cents:
Il. Barteldes & Co. oil Lawrence, ran,
r., ina, there is no sorghum or COW peas
~, hut that millet can be furnished
n cents per hundred sacked on track at
lawrence.
4 communication was received yester-
y from l.. Gus Mueller. secretary OF the
,eneerbund, notifying the committee that
"a saengerbund had decided to give a
pncert on August II for the benefit of the
bod sufferers
The committee yesterday received from
Ia agricultural department at Washing
bn, D. c., eighteen sacks of wax beans,
twenty. seven sacks of early beets and one
hex OF seed not marked
The committee sent out a carload Of
bru to be divided among the different
oints In the district, also 100 sacks of
billet.
They also sent to Sandy Point II sacks
corn, SO OF millet, OF sorghum and 10
potatoes.
The employees of the Texas Yellow Pine
lumber company at Warren, through their
resident, Mr. ]. I. Campbell, yesterday
ent The Post a check for S146.75, the
honey to be used for the benefit of the
bod sufferers. This liberal donation will
b handed to the relief committee Monday.
Chairman Taliaferro was notified yes
efday that the chairmen OF the various
lief committees along the line of the
rasorla Tap had met Friday at Chenango
per his request, all except those at
rasoria, Velasco and Columbia, who were
reyented on account of the high water.
be result of the meeting was that they
tcided to have only three distributing
clnts in Brazoria county. Sandy Point,
nenango and Angleton. They discovered
at there had been some duplicate draw
70 OF rations, but this will be prevented
the future.