Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-05-16


ly dependent upon her. Her mother and eide
sister have both died during the past month, if no
from actual starvation, from great want"
The above estimates, with the exception OF ker
shaw District, have been made without referenc.
to the freedmen. In almost every District, ther
desttution equals or surpasses that OF the whites
Georgeto,on. are impressed with the belle
that it will require at least 5000 bushels Of corn
meet the necessities Of the paupers Of this Dis
trict.
The following extracts of letters are in Response
to circular sent out under direction of Gov. Orr
George5oion population Of whites is, q.
you know, small; and yet there are about fit!
widows in Georgetown, their small children :wht
are dependent, number about forty, while thost
who could work, if work was to be had, woulc
swell the number considerably. This does not BY
any means comprise all who are in actual want.
am not sure if the ones who are suffering the mos
are not those whose delicacy leads them to com
plain the least I know of many such.
AQstoa, Fairfield Dish1ct-The failure Of tth'
crops last year, following the disasters OF destruc
tive raid, leaving us comparatively nothing to iv'
on or to work with, has reduced us to that pain
full state that many of our people are dependen
we no longer being able to help one another. Th'
situation at this time is really alarming; starvation
at the door of many industrious men trying tt
make crop; will not be able to plant withou
help IF they fail to get help now they will be Ii
q worse situation next year If they live to ge
through this. -
Edgsfeld District. There are several old per
sons, both white and colored, who for some month
past have been sustained by the charity Of other
until the community is no longer able to supper
them and without aid from abroad they must per
ish. Two old negro women were found in tn
road one freezing day in January, without food O
friend and carried to the cottage of white womal
near, where they have been supported by the neigh
bors ever since, but now the provisions Of all par
ties are exhausted.
Near Green,eood, Ab5eriue District There ar
several widows, with families of little children
who have been supported by the charity of neigh
bors until they can no longer assist them, and the
are now at the door of absolute want.
Fort Mills, York Distr1ct-I am destitute, ant
have large family, and have no way to get corn
would be obliged to you, if possible, if you coult
send me some relief Immediately. l have hrg
family, ten in number, and nothing to eat. l solt
all my bacon to buy corn and am now without Ell
ther.
Lo,cer Purt of Abbertle District. Il have q wid
owed mother and two widowed sisters, who ar
much needing assistance. One of my sisters ha
two small children, the other seven, all OF. then
living with my brother-in-law who has lost theuseo
his right arm. He was farming last year and i
this, but last year he failed entirely in making
crop, and he has no money to buy corn or meat
Fairfield District. There are in my immediate
neighborhood fifty or sixty persons in great want
and who must perish unless help comes speedily
Kerala,o. crops have failed to such an ex
tent that I feel satisfied from the representation
made to me on the subject, that not more mean
of subsistence has been made than will be consu
med by the 3Oth of June next. i
Hor7H.-From the effects of the war and tht
drought of last summer, believe that it will no
require less than 10000 bushels of corn to supply
the wants of the district 5000 Of which must be TO
charitable distribution. .'..
Due West, AbbeuiMe Dtstnia.-In a Limited
neighborhood near Due West, a gentleman write
that they must have 100 bushels per month Il
keep the people from actual starvation.
Lersngton- have list of poor, consisting 0
old men unable to work, and widows with smal
children and no resources. These are now IN
state of beggary and want We are in. the raidet
region, and one person isnot able to assist another
Richland. Including the burnt City Of Colum
bia, I have on my list $50 names, representing
1910 persons, most if not all of whom must be fer
from day to day by charity or suffer. This lis
embraces both white and colered We are in grea
and immediate want.
Kersha,o. There are one thousand individua
names upon the list who received each two weeks
rations of the corn out of the shipment made II
me from the New Southern Relief Association -
That list is daily increasing and there are many il
want whoare unwilling to apply for relief In ad
dition to these supplies for the destitute, woult
suggest the appointing of a committee Of intelli
gent and reliable gentleman from each precinct o
the district to seek out meritorious objects among
the retiring, delicate, sensitive people, who neet
relief, but who would not beg n ~.
C0kesbwy, AJJeriNe dsstrict.-There are eigh
families in our immediate neighborhood who are ii
suffering condition, and who cannot live withou
assistance and have no idea that these eight ar
more than one-fourth Of the number who canno
live without assistance in this immediate neighbor
hood. Ifyou can send us any corn, in mercy do it
The months of May and June will test the power
of endurance of many delicate woman and or
phaned child in the hard scuf1e for existence.
: AbJeriUe, g. H-There is no end to. our neces
sities- We have received four hundred and sixty
eight bushels of corn, and that will not supply one
half the needy with one bushel each. [ canno
say how many families there are, but their nam
is legion.
Vsnnsboro'. The greatest want is not with tn
extremely poor, but with those who are trying II
labor without means for future support. Som
have one, some two months supply, but withou
aid may yet fail in making crop. All such nee'
assistance. - = ...--a' r..t.
Due West. Ab5erNe.-There are seventy-fv
families in this neighborhood without corn. none
or any means to obtain bread, and unless some pro
vision is made for them some Of them will certainl
perish. ~'
Channels Depot, Ne,oba7y-There are her
two old negro women, one aged seventy-tWo, tn
other ninety-one, who are totally unable to supper
themselves and have no one to whom to look 70
chester Court House.-A list Of tWenty-seye
families in want comes from Chester, certified
by Rev. s. Leard Judge Mcclure and others =
There is quite large class in this place needin
relief &c., men who have some property, but n
money. corn or credit. a--
Uester.-Of those likely to suffer for want c
food in this district, think the number reaches
least two hundred. - - ~ ~
HODGES, A6JeviRe. Mr.. G. W. Hodges report
three white families and one colored In very grea
want. -: -.
Union Court House-Judge Goudelock writes
There are in this place eleven families who
know are in great suffering.
Sumter Court House.-The destitution in Sum
ter District is very alarming. Only to-day [ hav
heard of mother and two daughters who wer
buried from want of sufficient food with which t
sustain Life. think the lowest number at whic
the families in want may be put down is one thous
and white and colored.
Bam5ag, Barm,1eN District. There are thirty
five families near me, white and colored, who ar
in extreme desttution, and fear fatal results, un
less speedily aided.
Fairfield District. The number of persons
desperate want in this neighborhood reaches fv
hundred and seven many I do think will die {