The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-12

ssulendaie mills and warehouses 350,0O(
4 Whitney mills and warehouse 10 ON
ArhwI'ghC f,, mils 1,00(
wn,ee mill and Ice plant $4,000
' neii ihlils 5000
Thirteen railroad bridges,
track and rolling stock. 10000
Seventeen farm houses 125, ,OM
losses to crop cotton and in
other ways -. $4,000
AoIal So, 1866, ,000
Operatives and employees out
OF work 1900
The death list now numbers 81
About 4,5O0 bales of cotton we're lost,
but probably half of this will be re-
covered, and about 5000 bales of
goods of which perhaps 1900 will be
recovered.
Spartanburg, June 9.-Five funer-
ais IN Clifton, the finding of three
more dead bodies in the sea of the
facolet sands, the discovery that
Clifton mills No. l and we're almost
as badly wrecked as if they had been
swept away, the bursting of the re-
servoir at Paoolet and the indefinable
rumor of an earthquake-these we're
some Of the incidents in another red
letter day in the stricken Pacolet
valley All of these, however, sink
lnslgnificance when the suffering of
the operatives at Clifton is consid
cred. That has been bitterly intense
in the past few hov~s. From the
moment that the burning sun rose
over the Clifton hill tops until it
sank into thunder cloud the day
was one of agony for the mill opera.
tlves at mill No. 2, and operatives at
the other mills had their pains
to bear. The night and the cool
winds brought some relief and it
was we'll, for many were spent and
we'll nigh stricken down. The relief
committee that has in charge the
subscription fund are acting with de.
liberation.
Many of the operatives are not
only without shelter or clothing, but
they went to bed supperless and they
have been without bread for the
major part of the time since the dis.
aster
Judge j. II. Williams, who has
been working 30 hard to stay off the
suffering that has been staring the
operatives in the face ever since the
flood, Prof. w. =. Hogan, chairman
OF th" school board Of Clifton, and
the other members Of the COMMITTEES
draw an ugly picture of the condi-
tions that exist.
Judge Williams and Mr.. Morrison
personally went through thn three
mi Districts Of Clifton No. |, 9 and
. today aud tho, simply confirm the
information contnined in these dis
patches yesterday tha. ,hera arc
many operatives not only on the
verge of starvation, but absolutely
without shelter or homes.
CONDITIONS GETTING WORSE
"After this great trouble on Satur
day" said Judge Williams, call of
us got together and pereonal can
vass was made of the sufferers around
us here at mill No. 3. We divided
our food and made every arrange
ment that we could for the sufferers
temporarily, thinking that something
would be done fer their comfort by
null owners in day or two. Moth
ing has been done, however, and the
conditions are getting very bad with
ns here. But they are nothing com.
pared to what they are at Mile No
l and 2. At the latter place the
suffering is terrible, and why the
committee in Spartanburg does not
loosen up is more than | can under
stand. These people need food and
money. They are not being treated
right at all. Something should be
done and done at once II it isn't
we will have lot of starving people