The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-08

supplies to Eu1shcnr ....,,,. III ~
Supplies to white switch :. 10 81
Supplies to stafford .... 80 :D.,
Supplies to CIodine ...., ~ OO
Medicine Ia FuIshcnr .... IL ~
supplies to JuIin ... 90 II
supplies to Sunnysidc ....... 10 81
TotnI Observation-Disclosures. $3.50 OF
Among the supplies received yesterday
by The Post were the following:
w. l.. Macatee clothing.
o. d. Caldwell. clothing.
a. H. Smith. children's clothing.
Mrs. Hardcastle, clothing.
Miss Mary Staples, clothing.
r, NJ. Elgn. old clothes.
Mrs. Il. c. Burns. old mattresses.
Robert Tips, old clothes.
Mrs. 5. Geiselman old clothes.
A. Stude, $500 worth Of bread
Or. u, S. Iesg and wife. clothing
Mr. and Mrs. August Boring. clothing.
Master Percy Booth. clothing.
Mrs. Vernon Lemon. clothing.
Mrs. John Il. Carey, clothing.
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Among the liberal donations for tina
Hrookshire sufferers not heretofore re-
ported were 1000 pounds of bacon sent INV
the Houston Packing company, ten sacks OF
meal and ten sacks of -four from Theodore
Keller, and five sacks of bacon from w
H. Morris Lumber company and Trinity
hlVer Lumber company of this city.
These supplies were sent on Wednesday
and Thursday
a wagon load OF clothing sent to The Post
was sent on to Brookshire yesterday morn
Ing and as fast as received the clothing
and supplies will be forwarded to the dir
feront points where distress exists.
The following letter from Alvin ac-
companied the contribution included in the
above list:
Houston Post, Houston, Texas.
Alvin, Texas, July 6.--Gentlemen:
Please find herein Houston exchange
for the sum of S33.S0 which rs a con-
trlbution from the citizens and mer-
chants nf Alvin to be used fo. the BEN
eft of those who have suffered by the
recent Brazos river food. The ladies'
of our town are making up colIec-
ton of clothing, hcdding etc, for the
same purpose and tho goods will be
forwarded at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
r. H. King.
d. Lee Statapon,
II. ". Wood
Relief Committee.
Nj, Ferguson, chairman OF the relief
committee Mt Brookshire sent The Post
yesterday authority to draw on II. $. Elig-
man of Seguin for Ss7 and on Price. Booker,
of our town are making up collec-
which was done, and the equivalent of
these amounts Will be forwarded to Brook
shire in bread and meat.
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Mr.. G. j. Palmer. a member of the COM
mittee who visited Brookshire Thursday
makes tho following additional report of
the situation there:
Mr.. Ferguson. chairman of the local
relief committee. assisted by practically
all of the business men of Brookshlre. are
deyoting their entire time to the relief
work. All supplies are given out sys-
tematioally and on the basis of half gov
eminent rations. Mr. Ferguson gave ont
his entire stock of provisions before out
side aid was received.
There is now no suffering at Brook
shire and the people will not suffer for
eatables for Mt least ten days. by which
time the suffering districts will doubtless
be aided systematically through the money
that VIII be sent to the governor for that
purpose.
"Ehc thing now absolutely neces-
.npy Is 10 get these people 10 work.
30 that they viii not be n charge
xn charity indefinitely, otherwise as
the supplies naturally dwindIe, dep
violations will begin
"Ihc younger men ind women
should hnd work outside of these
districts aud the people who need
labor nj snwmilts, On farms, or any
rnskillrd labor, including cooks,
houscEtris, washer women. etc,
should notify the chairman OF the
local committees MT the different
concentrating points "a TINT their
charge could he distributed nv fast
as possible.
"Thosc that have homes and es-
peciaIiy the women and older men
should plant at once quick food
crops. such a- peas, vegetables,
pumpkins, sHunshes. June corn, etc,
and donations of seed of this kind
should he sent freely by those who
hnye IL. Clothing also VIII he need
ed and this can he gotten nt no cx-
pense. as nearly every family has
cast on clothing that would he very
acceptable To these poor negroes
Mr.. Palmer made talk TO the negroes
congregated at the commissary at Brook
shire and the men seemed anxious to go
anywhere that work was offered, so as to