Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1911 — DROUGHT CLOSES MILLS. [ARTICLE]

DROUGHT CLOSES MILLS.

One Hundred and Fifty-two Cotton Plants are Affected in the South. Charlotte, N. G, Aug. I.—One hundred and fifty-two cotton mills in North and South Carolina have shut down because of the drought. There is not a particle of water to be obtained from the regular sources here, and the only relief afforded is !*' hauling from the Catawba river, ten miles away. The drought has effected practically every town near here.