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Show MILLS IN CAR0LINAS CLOSED BY DROUGHT CHARI..OTTE. S. C. Aug. 1. An ft ell-max ell-max to thf unprrdntd drought thlt ctlor. la ipr1,nHTia;. UX cotton mill In North and South Carolina havo strut down btxtuN tho water In Catawba rtvor la ao low tha Boutharn Power company cannot aupply tha plant a with power. It la aatlmated that 7.000 operatives are thmwn out of work, but it la believed work will be resumed In two (lava. Jt has ben many weeks since rain of any consequence haa fallen and creeks which have not (ran dry In 44 years are mi'dholes. Mountain streams to the west, upon which many rloiirlns; mllla. tanneries and cotton mills are dependent for power, . nave dwindled to mere brooks and many of the manufacturing enterprises have been forced to shut down. Crops are burning up In the IVlds. while hot winds are plavln havoe with cotton. At tfreenshoro.. Salisbury. Concord, ftpencer, Monroe, Wadesboro and other places the situation la grave, and measures meas-ures of economy are being rigidly enforced. en-forced. Offers of water from Oaetonta,-Shelby and Llneolnton were a ore pled by this rlty and tank trams brought In ).-w0 ).-w0 gallons from each place tonight. This waa pumped Into the city mains by means of Are engines. Special prayer eervlces for rain were held in churches I throughout this section Sunday. There was a brief shower yesterday and a light rata fell last night. |