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caped damage, and half the whole
number were entirely obliterated.
There is immediate need for food,
clothing and household goods of
all kinds. If nearby cities will
open asylums for women and chil
dren the situation will be greatly
relieved. Upwards of 10,000 pri
vate messages have been handled
out of Galveston by boat to Hous
ton thence to relatives and friends
of Galveston people notifying
them of their safety, and so great
has been the strain of business
that all telegraph companies have
been using their full forces all the
»twenty-four hours without reliev
ing the rush. Hundreds of mes
sages pour In here to-day, bringing
joy to some and sad news to others.
OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE,
Governor Sayers received up
ward of 1,000 telegrams during the
day from parties in the East and
West offering assistance to the
flood sufferers at Galveston, and
from various portions of the state
reporting the collection of money
and supplies.
During the day Governor Say
ers estimated that the receipts in
money fsom collections in this
state would amount to $15,000,
though from reports a great deal
of money has been sent direct to
Galveston instead of coming
through the governor, and the
amount may be much larger than
that stated. Governor Sayers will
not make known the total amount
Quite a number
THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST,
alveston, Texas, Visited By Fearful Storm And Tidal Wave
Last Saturday Morning.
In order toreduc- my stock, and get ready for my fall buying, I wil l
offer for the next thirty days some of the greatest bargains ever
shown iu Gainesville. Cost an article will have nothing to do
with the selling price. I need the cash to buy my fall stock,
and the goods must gi. Remember
■A train | these institutions were generally
crowded, and as they were sub
stantial buildings the chances 8re
that manv had taken refuge in
them.
; Memphis, Tenn.., Sept> 9L—A
special to The Commercial-Appeal
from New Orleans says: Advices
regarding the awful effects of the
storm which has been raging along
the Gulf coast of Texas are just
beginning to arrive, and the story
they tell is fraught with horror.
First in importance is the news
that Galveston was struck by a
tidal wave and that the loss of life
there was between 2,500 and 8,000.
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The water is 15 feet deep over
Virginia Point. Every effort is
being made out of New Orleans to
get telegraphic or cable communi
cation with the wrecked city but
to no avail. One message was re
ceived this evening fixing the loss
of life at 2,600. It came by cable
from Vera Cruz and was later con
firmed in a general way.
Great damage and considerable
loss of life is reported along the
line of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad.
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DESCRIPTION OF GALVESTON.
Indianapolis, Sept, 9.—D. B.
Clarkson, of Galveston, whose
family is probably swept away,
was an anxious enquirer at Asso
ciated Press headquarters here to
night.
Speaking of the sunken city, its
location, population, business in
terests and former floods that
have swept over the city, he said:
“Galveston is situated on an is
land extending east and west for
27 miles, and is seven miles in its
greatest width north and south.
No city coulfi be in greater dan
ger with such a horrible visitation
as has now come to Galveston. In
no part of the city with its >88,
000 population is it’ more than six
feet above the sea level. The flat
condition not only points to the
desperate situation of the people
at such a time as this, but their
danger may be consider^ empha
sized when it is known that ex
actly where the city is built the
island is only one and a quarter
miles wide.
AN APPEAL FOR Am
Galveston, Tex., Sept. 11.—The
following statement of conditions
llfl
issued by the local relief commit-
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“A* conservative estimate of the
loss of life is that it will reach
3,000; at least 5;000’families are
shelterless and wholly destitute.
The entire remainder of the popu
lation is suffering in greater or
less degree. Not a single church,
school or charitable institution,
of which Galveston' had so many,'
is left intact. Not a building es-
MONEY SAVED
IS MONEY MADE
and this is an opportunity to
Factory Checks, 5 cents
quality at 4
Athens Checks at • 4
5,000 yards Calico, 5c and
6c quality, at 4
1,000 yards Dress lawns, all
the* latest styles and col
orings, the kind that
sell at 6c per yard, will
now go at 4
Nice lot late style Dimities,
all pretty bright colors,
and worth-in any store 6
to 7 cents per yard, will
sell now at .4
One lot best yard-wide Per
cales, 10 and 12£c quality,
Big lot Ladies’ Belts • to
closeout. Belts of every
description, lot of factory
Sample belts, worth from
15c to 25c. to close out in
tbissa-eat. 10
Another lot of Belts worth
from* 25c to 50c, at 19
Ladies’ parasols offered at
greatly reduced prices, 35
50 and 75c, all great
values.
Men’s and Boys’ -negligee
shirts, 50c quality at 35
CLOTHING!
CLOTHING!
blown dowh. .Three fatalities are
[known to have occurred at Angle-
|ton, but the train stopped there
[only a few minutes and the num
ber killed or their names could
not be learned.
At Aogleton the conductor de
cided to return to Houston, so
that the extent of damage beyond
Angleton is not known. On the
[return trip the crew saw the de-
The best Toilet soap in town ah
the price, 10 cakes for 25 cent®,
and with every ten cakes we givt*
one oil painted picture. Thi*
picture itself is worth what yon-
pay for the Soap. The factory
gives the picture in order to in
troduce the soap. Don’t fail to
get one of these pictures.
until to mqrrow,
of Eastern newspapers are wiring
the governor offering to establish
themselves as bureaus for relief
funds if desired and asking what
they can do to relievo the situa
tion, A telegram from New York
informed the governor that two
relief trairfs of supplies have left
New York for Galveston.
merce wires that it will send any
relief desired that it can give.
Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis
and several other pdints did like-
wise.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW*
. *
From reports reaching the gov
ernor this morning, it was neces
sary to co-operate with the federal
troops to place all the mainland
opposite Galveston as well as the
island under martial law. If re
ports reaching here are true, thieves
have begun tq enter the city for
the purpose of pilfering the bodies
of the dead. The governor has
been informed that the command
er of the Texas troops has been
ordered to Galveston by the feder
al authorities and the governor
will lend him every assistance pos
sible with state militia to keep
vandalism down.
There is only one road operating
to the coast from Houston and
that will be placed under military
supervision temporarily.
Governor Sayers was to-day in
receipt of a telegram from Miss
Barton of the Red Cross society ,
offering the assistance of that as
sociation, if necessary, and he re
plied that he would call on the so
ciety if he found that its help was
needed.
10 lbs. good Green Coffee $1.00 | Early Bird tobacco, per lb 30c.
“Cock Spur” and “Uwanta Chew” Tobaccos are the best valuer
we ever sold at 30 cents per pound. Respectfully,
Brookshire, which had a popula-
of 600 persons. The names
S of the dead at Brookshire cannot
be learned tonight.
Later reports received from Al-
r In state that many persons were
filled there. Eleven bodies have
been recovered.
At Seabrook Mrs. Jane Wood-
stock was killed by a falling house y
Mrs. Nicholson and Louis Broquet | afc (j a i ve Iton and appeal for aid
"■ere drowned; S. K. Mclnhenny,
CANE MILLS, CIDER MILLS and EVAPORATORS.
Clark’s Cutaway Harrows
ENGINES AND BOILERS.
McCormick Mowers and Rakes,
BELTING AND MILL SUPPLIES.
was
Just received new
crop turnip seed-now
is thetimeto buy. M.C.
Brown & Co. *
inesville, Ga