Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-04

81 have just returned from the hail
district in York county, three weeks
after the storm. / have been In per-
son all over the district in company
with the secretary Of the state Farm
ers' Union and others, and, with a full
knowledge Of the conditions, am issu-
ing this call to the ople Of the state.
Never In my experience. even after
the famous hurricane on the coast in
the early '90s. have I witnessed such
complete destruction Of growing crops.
In an area Of IL miles wide along
| the North Carolina line and of an
average width Of five miles. extending
south below Rock Hill. a total length
Of some 90 miles, cotton, corn and
| all other crops are absolutely de-
stroyed. In long stretches the fields
are as bare as in winter and even the
| forests look as they do in the late
fall. The people are left with nothing
from their efforts for the year but
debts for fertilizers and supplies.
Some Of them are even without
| chickens. The most Of them lived too
far out to secure seed and have been
unable to replant. They have no hope
of getting anything In the soil that
will give any money return this fall
Whole families are penniless save for
| their homes and the little food and
| feed they have on hand. When strong
men sit down on the doorsteps Of the
barren home and cry, it is time to
realize the gravity of the situation
We saw many. They simply ask
| What am to do?'
"In the territory Immediately
around Rock Hill. the relief commit
| tees appointed by the governor and
| the Chamber of Commerce Of Rock
| Hill. and the banks, in a splendid
spirit Of speedy cooperation. have Sc
cured seed and there has been some
replanting in time. perhaps, to help a
| little. In the bulk Of the hail dis
| trict, however, there has been nc
such aid and II there ever were peo-
pie needing aid in an hour of ad-
| versity, these people are such and the
| hour Is now. The kind of aid needed
now is money aid, and aid in the shape
| Of late cowpea seed. burr clover seed
seed oats in large quantities, fall and
winter turnip seed. winter cabbage
seed and seed of any leguminous cror
that can be planted in the late sum.
mer. The principal need, however, |:
money, Flour, meal and other food
stuffs would not come amiss.
Data. upon which a safe ant
proper distribution can be made. has
been secured throughout the distric
by thoroughly responsible committees
| II have perhaps too conservativell
stated the situation In which more
than 2 900 small white farmers fint
themselves. by an act Of Providence
hut even so stated, they are sufficient
hope. to bring a speedy and liberia
response from the fellow citizens o.
these sufferers in the rest Of the state
| For Contributions.
| THE commissioner of agriculture
will receive any money contribution!
/ that may be made and forward then
Immediately; all checks or money or
| ders should be made payable to c. L
| Cobb, treasurer, though they be sen
to the commissioner. Those contribut
| ing seed or food should notify th'
commissioner at Columbia, and ship
| ing directions will be given.
| 1.-The bulk Of the sufferers have no
yet been reached though the loca
committees have made splendid us'
Of the funds already contributed ant
the aid that is needed should reacf
those who have sustained total losses
Immediately
IT most earnestly appeal to every
body in the state to rally to the ait
Of these people in the stricken district
even If the contribution be only ;
half a dollar in cash or flour sack o
seed oats"