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PEARLINGTON RECEIVES YELLOW FEVER RELIEF AID OF $71.78 FROM
— LOGTOWN HAS 5 DEATHS — SAWMILLS RESUKEJalQBK November 1, 1878
Daily Picayune - Sunday, November 3? 1878
FROM PEARLINGTON ON PEARL RIVER
Pearlington, Miss., Nov. 1, 1878
"We acknowledge receipt of another kind donation of $5.00 for yellow fever sufferers from F. H. Chase,
Treasurer of Lowell, Mass., Sunday School.
"Total amount received from Lowell through Dr. J.A.Mead $71.78 for which accept thanks.
John Poitevent President Relief Committee"
We are glad to learn that there are no new cases of fever at Pearlington or Logtown.
The sawmills on the Pearl River have resumed work, and nearly all the refugees have returned to their homes.
Five Deaths at Logtown
The fever at the little village of Logtown, 3 miles above Pearlington, was of a most malignant type. The first victim was Mr.	Carrie.,	a	man	honored	and	loved	by the whole community.
The next to follow him was Kimball Roberts, son of our old friend, Mr. .^^Robexts, and one of^t'fre most promising young men on Pearl River.
Brave Forrest Leopard, who had helped to nurse the sick and bury the dead, was the next to go, and he was soon followed by his two brothers, William and Tom, leaving a heart broken widowed mother behind to mourn their death.
Our young friends, Randall and Willie Stocker, are undoubtedly the heroes of the Logtown epidemic. Quiet and unassuming, these kind-hearted brothers bravely volunteered as nurses, and were untiring in their attentions to the sick and dying. All honor to them !
Mr. Johnnie Miller and several other young men whose names are unknown to us, also did good service.
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