Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-03-20
wALnA.LA, CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 90 1879

in dilapidatcd condition, and tho inside
work is almost invariably broken and cracked
and tho sccp poison filters into them.
| When the people returned to this city last
| year, after tho board of health had issued
their proclamation of safety they commenced
| to use the water from these cisterns without
having thcm cleaned out or inquiring what
had been cmpticd or thrown into them
during tho prevalence of tho fever. The
result of all this carclessncss aud stupidity
has been season of unparalleled siokucss,
tho end OF which is not yet. Tho green
and purifying bodies of hundreds Of last
y,nr's yellow fever victims have been OK
humcd, removed and reinforced at other
places. If there existed no other cause for
the reappcarancc Of tho yellow fever this
year, this digging up tho bodies in tho
trenches, Potter's field and other places,
would be amply sufficient.
There are no sewers in Memphis worthy
of The name, aud tho nauscating fluid from
animals aud vaults just remains where it
eoi's or secps through tho ground to cisterns
cellars, wells and river. The streets, allies
and tack yards of tho city arc in most
deplorablo state of Gastiucss; no arrange
meut or contract for removing garbage
appears to have been in existence hero for
more than year, and tho consequence is
that at the doors aud in the rear of many
dwelling and business houses there arc
heaps of ashes, piles Of manure and other
filth and otfal. How any community eau
be at case under such n. frightful state of
affairs is to the writer most incxplcable
mystery
The ine9itable advent of another terrible
uflliction upon the people Of Memphis this
year is turcsccn by many citizens here, a
large number of whom have already re.
moved their families to places of safety
Workiugmen are struggling and denying
themselves and families many comforts and
luxurics in order to accumulate few dollars
to enable them to remove to a healthier
place. One or two very large business
houses have closed out their business
here forever, aud opened out in ST. Louis
and other cities. Others have determined
to close at an early day, and are now selling
OUT ut prices fur below actual cost, in order
to enable them to meet obligations to get
away. There arc not II dozen retail mer-
chants in tho city III any branch of trade
that oro not conducting their business with
strc; refcrcnco to an carly suspension Of
business, and it is safe to say that there is
not business firm in any limo hero who
has now or intends to bo caught with q
heavy stock of goods on hand when Mem
phis has another attack Yellow fever has
not entirely subsidcd here since last summer
There are people here now, sick in bed, with
an niirmity showing all of tho prominent
symptoms Of yellow fever, and physicians
say that if it was tho proper season they
would unhesitatingly pronounce it SUCH
The last authenticated case on record here,
which terminated fatally, was that of Mrs
Patterson, a widow, who lived on Union
street, near Dc Soto. Sho waa attended
by DR. Fourncll. The patient died about
Deccmbnr4 1t was u we'll marked cusc of
genuine yellow fever, and no physician in
the city, SO far as [ have heard, either
denies or doubts its character or identity
with the dreaded scourgc of last year.
Your correspondent was convcrsing with
a young lady lost Sunday afternoon, and as
there is no meeting Of friends in this city
unless yellow fever is one of the topics to be
discussed, Of course We had it for a while
under consideration. The young lady told
me of a friend of hers now 10 bed with q
"wintcr case" of yellow fever. She said
her friend was now oonvalcscing, but had
been only . few days before 10 a hopeless
condition. | asked my young friend if she
and her mother had not better bc making
some arrangements to leave the city in case
the fevcr should break out here again.
Ter reply was: "iYc have ulfeady antc-
patcd such an emergency, and now have
our entire household goods in such coodi.
ton that wo can in two hours get every.
thing on the cars and be en- route to Chi
cago." This family have an excellent
business here, but are anxious to sell out
and leave the city for all time to come.
There arc more groceries, stores and va
rious other kinds of business firms here
anxious to sell out than are to be found in
any other place in tho country. Even Bar.
naby, the dealer in gcutlcmcn's furnishing
goods, under tho Peabody Hotel, has given
up his stand, tho best in the city for his
limo of trade, and will remove to Minnesota
in few days. In fine, every man, woman
and child in Memphis, white or black who
are financially able to leave this place this
summer, have already fully determined to do
so, and arc now shaping all their efforts in
that drcction.-L Letter TO LoousUiIe Post