Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-19

III JdC personal appeal 10 lie W az nc
partment for a part OF the $3.50, 900 APP
propriatcd recently FOR the cyclone sJI!-
! fcrers. tie had hoped "a secure pcsmis-
! sion to have part of the balance Of that
| approximation used To relieve the suffer-
| ing of these poor creatures. The War
Department ordered Captain Long, Of
the Coast Artillery, stationed at New Or
leans, to make Il personal investigation,
and inform the Department at once as
to the condition as he found it. Captain
ong arrived in NatcheZ on Monday
night, and Tuesday morning went to
JOneSville, and from there down the riv-
er on the mail-boat, Inspecting great
stretch of country. He made careful
list Of the number of persons in need,
badly in want of the actual necessities of
lie, and at the end OF his journey this
list showed that there are 10y actual count
,, 401 OF these poor creatures penned up
in the flooded swampS. Many Of these
people are old men and women, and
many others are ckildren, there being
scores of babies in arms. They are half
star ell, poorly clad and sick from ex-
posure and privation.
On this tour Captain Long, in addition
W i4idAAllE a Ntti>uN vi llft flN'-illilAt~ ALSO
compiled list OF tine responsible persons
ht each steamboat landing,
TO WHOM SUPPLIES COULD BE
SHIPPED
with an assurance that they would be
honestly distributed.
At Monterey Landing Captain Long
found that there were 467 people who are
suffering for the want OF food and cloth
ing. At this landing A. p. Rabb, ST.,
:. p. Crane and l.. F. Broussard have
volunteered to distribute any goods or
clothing shipped them.
At Armagh Landing there are 81 des-
titnte people. W. G. Brown, r. L.
Cambell and L.. II. Paul make up the
volunteer committee at this point.
At Eva Landing the actual count
showed that there are SI0People in actual
want. j. b. Calhoun, G. ID. Jackson
and I. ii. Foreman have expressed their
willingness 10 care for any foods shipped.
At Serena there are l05 people dcsti-
tute. n. b. Nugent, Scott Jackson and
W. A. Johnson were named the com
mittee.
LINN Landing showed that there was
an even hundred OF these poor creatures
in that locality. II. Young, ID. W.
Steele and j. d. White will constitute Il
relief committee.
At Acme Landing Captain Long found
that there were III people, mostly wo-
men and children, who are in need of
| food. Octave horace, Jack Pecanty and
and Fred David were named the Com
mittee at this point.
At Island Bayou, where the water is
six or eight feet deep, there are eighty
five poor people, who have hardly food
for five days. NJ. n. Trisler, B. ID.
Thompson and F. II Trisler are the
names of the men who would look after
the supplies at that point.
At Palmetto Landing, far down the
river, the conditions are possibly the
worst. Here there are SO women, child
rem and men, both white and black, who
are facing starvation if relief does not
come.
At Willow Grove Landing, Parkhurst
POstOiiice, there are 10 more of these
poor creatures. Sam Wiley, J. w. Adams,
Sr., and G.. b. Klink, at Palmetto, will
constitute themselves a committee, and
at Willow Grove Landing X. w. Law
renee, |. A. Clark and j. ID. Brown will
distribute the food and clothing that
might be shipped.
After Captain Long had made his in
yestigation he received Il request from the
War Department for positive infOrlna-
ton as to whether these people are suf-
ierers from the cyclones or from floods.
The cyclone of few weeks ago, which
played such havoc in Catahoula and Con-
cOrdia, did not touch these people. The
appropriation was made for cyclone sui
ferers only, and there is very grave
doubt III the minds of Mr.. Cotton and
Judge Boatner as to whether the War
Department will permit the use of this
special appropriation for any sufferers
other than those who were the victims of
the cyclone. This makes the situation de-
cldedly grave for the people on Black
River
Realizing that there was very strong
doubt as to the action of the War De-
partment, Judge Boatner and Mr.. Cot
ton appealed to Mayor Martin Behrman
and the Relief Committee in New Or
leans for help.
Judge BOatner communicated with
Mayor Behrman and Mr.. Sam. Blum,
and on Monday a meeting of the Mayor
and Mr.. Blum will be held for the pur-
pose of mapping out some system of re-
lief which can be made effective immedi-
ately.
DR.. Coney, who is thoroughly familiar
with the conditions throughout the food
ed section, while discussion the situation.
stated that the poor people did not need
anything but the actual necessities of
life. They want meal, salt meat. -four,
cornmeal, salt, lard, coffee and sugar.
They were not asking for fancy articles.
but the plainest groceries, which would
keep them from hunger until the water
had gone down, and, Judging from pres
ent prospects, it will be many weeks be-
fore this condition of affairs returns.
Mr.. Cotton explained that the
GRAVEST CONDITIONS WOULD
FOLLOW
when the water did go down. The cot |
ton and corn crops are ruined and it will |
he too late To plant cotton again. These
people will need seed for corn and COW
peas, the only crops they can hope to |
make. These viii keep them with food |
during the winter months, until it is time |
to plant again in the spring, when they
VIII lace the uncertain conditions again |
and hope for better reward
Judge BOatner stated that he would |
appeal to the National Government for
the people of Concordia for seed corn
and peas, but he could not say if his eff
forts viii be successful.
Many of the food sufferers i'm Concor-
lila were also sufferers from the cyclone,
and the Government has rendered great
deal of assistance to these people. In
Iatahoula the conditions are different
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