The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-09-16
LIfit IN TJIE GAMES.
TrrrIhIc Day for the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES oI
H!CkErSs.

The plight Of the public people wnn oc
cupy The tents and temporary building, ON
Marion SVuHrC WAS sad enough after the
heavy rain yesterday aItrrNrGE. The tents.
Il few Of which sill remain ON In, S.Marv,
are very tt!m$y structures ard th,. top coy
crinmS are almost useless rs against rain
from the fact that they have not been
stretched with sufficient tension TO tolm a
Scrvi,, ,HNir roof.
When the iUiH came down yesterday this
WAS found to he thr iGr: aud numbers OF
the dNcllcrs in The tents hastily .@rat~l and
sought shelter under the wooden ;:nrdG ON
the east and west fronts of The square. it
Was Dund that the condition OF things was
anylhing but satisfactory. The rain came
thr,tigii ihc roofs in torrents and inundated
every compartment soaking the occupants
and thcir hOddinS Uud rlu'hing. The con
struv,i0n of these roofs Was n2 tbc princi-
pie Of board shingling, but il was so;5G lis.
covered yesterday that the pitch of the roof
WAS - slight that it failed to- carry of the
w0tcr which accumulated ON the roof and
founG It's way uniGr lhc "shinglcs' to the
people beneath. Immediately after the
rain The occupants OF The building, Wnnt to
work and succeeded in patching the roofs
very effectively with old tin, extra boards,
ans 81 manner Of material.
at NObb'& lot on which there are per-
haps more C0,DrGQ people to The square
foot than Oh any QF tx 0lhnr camps Of
refuge in the city, there ms 4cry Great
deal OF distress and discomfort caused by
the rain. The people in the tents, most OF
which arc OVcrcrowdCd, were huddlCd to-
gcthcr like nj.imGle in n pcting shower,
and were without e. Cac~Ei0N drcnchcd with
the pitilCss torrents Of raiH. Ih" serious
effect Of such misfortune falls heavily on
these poor people, n large number Of whom
arr without change of clothing. About
halrIwst j o'clock, however, the sun came
out again and they made haste to utilize
the grateful boon to dry their clothing. At
night the drying process WnG continued at
the camp fires, around which tho Hcn,
wOTaH and children sat in that UNEXPECTED
misery which loves company.
- Washington square the situation was
describe tic sitnaiio2a, ffha %tnHts" are
packed u3 closely as it is possible 10 pgck
lhcm. For the last two or three days their
occupants haEc been busy "skrmishing"
around picking up Old tin, old boards, and
anything that they could find to tighten
their Cents. Nothing, hoWcYc,, CoVld be
done TO protect them from 1.-THE dc3oiUtG
ram that came down yesterday. There
are II" sanitary arrangements on the square,
and nNDOdy seems to have taken the trOu-
| bic to regulate the cncampmrni. As n
consequence IbOut five hundred men,
women and children are packed in the
place. living us best they rln, and doing
the best they may under such terribly dis
trcs9iNg circumstances
Without any desire to create IN alarm, it
may be stated that the situation at this place
is truly appalling. 1t threatens disease,
which may become general and IL Is difll-
cult 70 imagine why the committee have
not given it their attention. There arc
other places where the situation Is bad
enough, but none which seem TO require