The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-08

CHESTER D1srR1or-of those likely to suffer for
want Of food in this district, think the number
| reaches at least two hundred. t
HODGES, ABBEvnnE D1sTR1cT.-Mr. G. W. Hodges
reports three white families and one colored in
very great want. .a
MONTICELLO, FAIRFIELD D1srRIoT.-There are
within IN area Of ten by fftuen miles, next to
Broad river, at least two hundred and twenty five
s1e Ts and Ghsy
being able to support themselves and children
There Is another class. in which there are males
able to work, but with large helpless families, who
are destitute of provisions and have no money.
UNION Court HoUsE.-Judge Goudeloch writes
There are. in this place eleven families who,
know, arc IN very great suffering.
Greenwood, ABBEyuLE D1sTn1cT.-I know OF
twenty-four families utterly destitute, who must
be fed or die Of starvation. .5s,
ter district is very alarming. Only to-day have
heard, Of q mother and two daughters who were
buried from want Of sufficient food With which to
sustain life. think the lowest numbers at which
the families in want may be put down, is one
Thousand, white and colored.
BAMBERa: BARNwEIh D1srRIoT--There are thir-
ty-fre families near me, white aud oolored who
are In extreme destitution and fear fatal results
unless speedily aided. H' 5 f'.s..
desperate want in this neighborhood reaches Ave
hundred and seven; many do think will die Of
want, without help is immediately afforded:
names Of thirty white and colored in this Il
cinityi in abject want, md who, to all human ap-
pearanees; must perish. without aid from some
quarter. Besides these, there are many others who
find great difculty in obtaining subsistence; some
Of our real goeSa d citizens, I might say best: !,
postmasssE at thss station Ts;tea: Il have the he
names Of fifteen white ard eight colored families
who must suffer without some help: s..-
from this station odds sir families to the 1st Of
the starving. s.s- H. W s4 s,Grf!.,5l .s7
BsHopvH1E, sumrER DurR1cr.-Rev. 4 P. F.
Kistler reports three families without means, and
subsisting on the shortest allowance of charity
from day to day; some Of these must have help
IN the family. her daughters and their children;
years e.d ssoshes years Old ana 5hd;
lie years old; another co6red, loo years Old; an,
other do, blind. Most Of these are in the track
4: RqWE's Pump, .DRANaEHuRa D1srR11.-aW. L.
Wolfe, tho railroad agent at this station, reports
j oRAHeEBuRa CouHr HOUSE. There are in my
immediate neighborhood fifteen families. white
and colored, who are in very needy condition,
and must perish without assistance.
GREENvuLE CouRT ;HousE.-There are in the
vicinity of Greenville and in the town itself at
least two hundred and fifty families who must
tr1et very many more! - y. rs ;s--t
WHI1An1sroN,. ANDERSON D1sgn1cr.-There are
who want of 5Sssd
table assistance. This list embraces old persons
children and afflicted people. !. n,
neighborhood twenty five families, white and col
orod, mostof them old persons and little children.
%no " 25s asstute without means
BARNwEL1. DBTn1cr.-There are from two to
three thousa I'd persons, hnck a1d white, in Barn
well, who must perish unless aid be afforded them.
Onr planters are drawing all their. subsistence.
from factors in Charleston, Savannah and Angus
ta. and are utterly unable to afford relief to the
suffering: Most Of hese destitute persons are old
women and children, and diseased persons. 4,
:. LYNcHBUna, SUMTER, DnsT8IoT.-There are in
this immediate vicinity at least seven families en-
s6srnEavn1E, s.: o.@Fhere are about thirty
families, with about one hundred and twenty or
& one hundledi and thirty children, whites, who
would be starving now but for rations furnished
LAgasaz g a.. s. .c.-rhe destiitution Of this
district is becoming really alarming, and if help
from our friends abroad does not soon reach us
greatly fear the consequences.' It will prevent
many from making crop this yeas:
neighborhood eight families, Whit and colored,
who must suffer without charitable aid, and there
are very few Of us able to help others: 1; ~:
in this vicinity thirteen families white and color
ed, mostly composed Of helpless women and ctrl-
dren, who must perish without assistance.
GLENN. SPRINGS, SPARTANBuRa D1srR1cT.- There
arc in my neighborhood at least twenty white and
as many colored families who are. almost entirely
%te4at M o. means OF M and there IS one
BEs.ass aan1bono' b + !:
ton threatens moro than fifty families hercabouts.
GRAHAMs BARNwEIL DIsTRIoT-I know some
this time for food 80 ~
thirty families, white and colored, are IN great
want, and as many more must be suffering in two
or three months. Many are widows with large
WArER1oo, CoILEToN D1s1R1oT.-Ik know OF more
thnn twenty families within radius OF less than
four miles who utterly destitute beg earnest-
ns 10 o. = RaGe is great des
titution and want in this place. Unless aid comes
from some quarter many VIII starve al this e mo
SANDY RUN, LEMaroN DIsrR1cT. There is
great destitution in this section, both among
white and eolored.: know Of twelve families who
at least as many more.
LEXINGTON C. sH.-I was furnishing some $50
persons from supplies Of corn which had been sent
me; since then my List has swelled to $50, with ap-
which will carry it to 1000. 4, /, N. M - -
BRADFoRD SPRINGS, Su1rER D1s1R1or:-The suf-
fering assure yous is extreme, and unless reliev-
ed by the hands OF charity many persons must die
great children are eating AZ sorts Of things they
cam get hold OF, and their: appearance betokens
great destitution: One boy eighteen years of age,
Within I've @ or SKI six mics les of me- % the ponuIa- s5n1I
tion is fully 800 AT least half are now suffer
ing severely and trom this date
GoiIEroa DrarnicrnesH BfanaREiIIeThare % Fl
-ategreat numbers in this section, 6otR v-.ise and
black who are IN O. very destitute condition, and
5howathey 'areto survive through the erinnmeE
am unsble o'see, unless some .of the relaf now
being 7sent from abroad is distributed .among
Cop11r Housin:.- cad Assure YOU
many fanlle et. this tune are suffering for bread
Ii We can pass few more weeks :. think we will
have better. Gmes, as our wheat#crops; are very
promising e ::a 4. 2: -
:, -,NEwRERRY:-Forty-1ve whites and twelve col:
be the result" *- :t;t''. II .- 7-
|s GEoRaETowN.- -seventy-ei light adults, mostly in
doors, and one hundred and fiftg-ona achildran
not including those in the town. which would make
It, about forty more widows, and sixty children
besides families that are mot ready TO- let ther
wants be known; though in need The opinion ia
that there are between four and Ave hundred per-
Gon for food. Il IL:
find twenty ti famiNea,; VIC r are
really beggars, and Of those who will not beg and
who really need help to procure the :ccmuaonesf
food, think the hst could be doubled r,i'a5I !:
| ;-.laANokETER COURT HoUEE.- nave the names
or one thousand women and children whites ahd
I'VE hundred blacks, who must perish without heIp,
Some have already starved TO- death. : ~. "a; r.
AsMIsnN!s,, ORANdERuRG DISraICT.-There nreiir
our neigh ghborhood twenty ty-aye families, white and
-co!ored, who are in e1treme destitution. 4:s AZ
t t.-0Rk1aEBuRG- CoURT HouEE--The -destitutipn
here 1s,vefr great. I: IknoR a man who, when he
had bpt twelve pushe Of c9rn 9orthis hfge family,
and no money to buy more, YVES feeding quartz d
day 20 each member Of several poor families, He
has been now without meat for eeveral Weeks, and
near neis- 3 poor wild W who has hut one neal
gay; gay; ana many who age without morsel ot