The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1906-04-25
ENORMOUS FUND
FOR HOMELESS.
Civilized World Responds
to Call OF Destitute.
OVER TEN MILLION.
Contributions From Every Quarter Pour.
ing into the Stricken City---Tiis
States Part i'm Raising Funds.

New York, April %. The voiceless
appeal Of San Francisco has been heard
throughout the civilized world. From
every city and town in this country,
from European capitals and from far
Eastern communities comes news that
all humanity, in expressing its syn1pa-
thy, is also offering every material as
sistance.
From the incomplete figures of the
contributions which have been made, it
is estimated that the San Francisco
fund now exceeds the total of $40, ,OOO,-
600. In the burst of generous contri-
butors, New York city ranks next to
the Government itself and bids fair to
far exceed the Federal contribution,
which has been fixed by Congress at
81, 100000
Tonight the New York fund amounted
to appropriximately 100000 with
contributions coming in fast.
The State of Massachusetts has un-
dertaken to raise So, 600, 900 and with
Boston's generous help is we'll on the
way to the goal
Chcago's fund, spontaneously sub
scrlbed, is approaching 81, coo, 600, and
promises to go beyond that sum. Phila-
delphia will send $500, 900. These are but
few of the larger sums. A score of
more cities are contributing 500, 600
and more, while hundreds of municipai-
ties are sending all their means will al
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wherever Americans are congregated
generous inflow of gold is reported.
Wholly foreign contributors, while
deeply appreciated, are not to be ac
cepted, according TO the precedent cs-
tablished by the President yesterday in
declining q gift of S25, coo from, Ger
man steamship line. America, though
touched by the evidences of foreign
generosity, feels able to care for its
own.
Uncounted thousands are sending
their contributions and the grand total
of the relief fund will probably never
be known. The New York Chamber of
Commerce to-day forwarded to San
Francisco $300,0OO. Chief among thc
individual contributions have been
those of Il. ii. Hartman, $500. 600 and
Andrew Carnegie, VIM. Waldorf Astor,
John ID. Rockefeller and the Standard
Oll Company, all of whom gave $lOO.-
600 each. a meeting of Americans in
London was called and large fund i'm
mediately subscribed Among the
other notable contributions have been
Ladenberg, Thalman & Co., S75, O00
M. Guggenheimer Sons, $4,000; j. p.
Morgan & Co., Speyer & Co.. Khun.
Loeb & Co., and w. X. Vanderbilt,
each $25,0O0. 1t is estimated that the
contributions of the New York Stock
Exchange will aggregate $3.50, 600.
But most remarkable is the way in
which small contributions have poured
INTO the treasury of the organizations
formed to send aid to the stricken city.
Nor is the work of raising relief
funds confined to the large cities.
From every section, every State,
comes news of contributions made by
small towns. Not large in themselves,
their aggregate will be enormous.
Pittsburg has given 500, 900, com
mercial men of Cleveland 500, ,OOD. ST
Louis 5000, 200, Sacramento SlOO. 900
and Seattle 500, 600.
Atlanta has given about go, 200, Nor
folk So, 600, jacksonville, Fla. $40, 200.
SOUTH CAROLINA CONTRIBUTES.
Charleston will send $4,000 Ander
son $3.50. Some of the other South Car
olina towns making appropriations are:
Aiken $365, Conway $50 Florc 0.
Greenville, City council $500,
subscriptions, $500; Orangebmp
Spartanburg $270, Union sos.
THIS CITY's PART
Laurens City Councilha appropriated
$50 to the relief fund and $50 additional
has been raised by the citizens.