Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A MANUFACTI Some Hard Facts Fi Newe and A business man from "up the J State," who said he had both made and lost some money in Manufacturing enterprises in South Carolina, was interviewed by a reporter a few days ago and despite his protests that he knew "nothing worth dividing," what follows was extracted. The News and Courier man happened to know h:s life-story and the fact is he has made much more than he has ever loBt. < Its also related of him that when his i fi good Presbyterian mother presented 1 the embryonic citizen for the ritual of infant baptism the little drops of 1 water didn't run off fast. I "Mr. A. what is the best invest- i H ment you know of at present?" i "Buy land anywhere in South Caro- i lina and you won't go wrong That in the more populous counties-those i M with the best railroad, school and i other facilities-is to be preferred, of i 1 course, for increase of values will bc most rapid but real estate anywhere ? in the State is bound to show a steady i gain from now on. The waste places i I will be reclaimed and in demand. ] Why? Because the Southern States ( i have had granted them in perpetuity, i the contract for clothing the world, i and we have the people, the parapher B nalia and the experience tb do it-the 1 fi negro, the mules and a knowledge of < fi the ootton plant 1 Buy dirt. Nomat M ter if it is high. Its going to be i higher. Buy on a rising market. I i O firmly believe that ours is the best < g H country in the world-natural adv an- < fl tages only considered. We are not ? fl the most prosperous commercially, i ? not the most intelligent at present, < * 1 and we will never be the most pros- i 1 perous of, all sections until we im 1 prove our opportunities. We are be- < I hind in the race for several reasons. < Some we oan remedy and others with- i I out remedy should be without regret. Warm climates conduce to indolence, < cold and rugged surroundings to ac- < tivity. Events in the past which we I ~ failed in controlling may have con- < spired to retard our progress, but a t generation has passed since then and- J we should be up and doing all over < South Carolina. ] "Nature's legacies arc not all suffi- i oient. Listen to this clipping from ; the Manufacturers' Record of a reoent 3 date : 'The six little New England i States have developed an industrial \ life and a general wealth which should 1 be a tremendous inspiration to the < South. With an area of only 66,000 i square miles anda population of five i and onb-half million against an area of < 830,000 square miles and a population ] of 23,000,000 in the South, New Eng- i land on its barren, rock-bound soil, 1 has created industrial interests pro- t j duoing. annually six hundred mil- < lion dollars, more than the entire i - South. j "Massachusetts alone, with an area c of only 8,000 square miles (about one- i fourth the size of South Carolina, one I of the smallest Southern States), y has an industrial development which c until a few yearn ago equalled that of c the entire South, and even today, 1 with, all the advance whioh the South . ^ ias made in ootton mill interests, , kf the Massachusetts still has more cotton - rreys, ipindles than the fourteen Southern { in the States. j "These facts are not presented as a ( ritioiem of the South, but they are f ?;iveu ?ts a suggestion of the illimi- ] fabio possibilities of the future. With , kore iron than all Europe possesses, j rith one-half of the standing timber ( f the United States, with^coal cati- j lated at 40 times as ? much as Great ( ritain ever had before it mined a Ik '?gle ton, with 80 per cent of the i ? ga orld's ootton production, with prac* iSfn Ca^y unlimited stores.of oil, with a i NU a ;rtile B0'* ?*PaD'e ?' yielding almost ] rery variety of agricultural products, i . id with a uniform rainfall, the South i SliaOttl ji?g possibilities for manufacturing i ich as has been vouchsafed by na- < Bridges ir0 t0 00 otoer 0OUDlry on earth. i done in "Pennsylvania has developed its 1 ld Fill- l0*?otii wealth cut cf ito coal and i ie after lon and oil in treats; Now England ] ?theSes the fonndat?o? fer maob of its i af teeth* st wealth, in the manufacture of cot- J Idnear- D?j goods,, .an? Great Britain has i lotion.of iated ita wealth on coal and iron 3 oomne- j t-jjpin^ 0nr cotton into finished 1 . ? >dsots. The Northwest grew rioh ; ... timber. The South combines-- t d the South alone of all countries in ? world has thia combination-all 1 7 materials possessed in part only i all these seoti?ns. It has possi Ifiee for industrial development I :h au no other iect?on or no other, i intry can duplicate. Even if New 1 gland had had great natura! re- ; roes, what it, as one of the leaders 1 . American industrial development, j been able to accomplishshould 1 an inspiration to thc South* but 1 it Nsw England has accomplish- ? without having natural resources t tf uld be a still greater inspiration." j JRER TALKS. *om a Clear-Headed in. Courier. "You believe then that as we arc outclassed by others in energy we will have to continue an agricultural peo ph only?" "Not at all-the change has already hegun. Wo aro even now iu r, tran sition stage and the change viii work some hardships to both classes for a time. Farmers are complaining of the scarcity of labor-our cotton mills can't find help enough io run every machine. What we want is a uni form, symmetrical development. We need people, perseverance and pluck. Thc old adage that 'all things come to those who wait* should ho amend ed by adding, 'but tho heat thing that can come to them is a good, strong push." "The State of New York is the best illustration of a well-developed com monwealth I know of. Every natural advantage has been fully utilized. Fier farmers, the most prosperous and progressive-her manufactures the nost varied and manufacturers the Boat alert, her cities the largest tier country districts the most habi table, chowing the interdependence of igricultural pursuits upon manufac ture and vice versa." "What manufacturing enterprises resides cotton mills can be profitably jonductedin South Carolina?" "That question is hard to answer specifically. Local conditions and nany other things have to be taken into consideration. Communities are fre quently advised to foster and encour age the smaller industries-diversify is the watohword-don't put all your ?ggs in one manufacturing basket and so on, and the advice is sound. I en dorse it, but for them to succeed some caution is necessary. Every proposed enterprise should bc maturely con sidered from all points of view. Where is the supply of raw material io oome from? It is not enough that ?.his exists in forest or field scattered aere and there over the State. Can i steady supply in requisite mercan tile quantities be oounted upon? Then ind out if you can get it to the door )f your plant as cheaply as somercorn - Petitor in that particular line is al ready doing. After the product is made what rates can be secured'from roar railroads to help you in market ing it? Unless these ai*e on a parity with what other, perhaps more dis tant, manufacturers already haye in mr field, natural advantages may bet nore than offset by artificial trade re itrictions. What capital will be need id? Like building a house allow 50 per cent more than promoters and well meaning enthusiasts say will do. I enow a town in South Carolina that mme years ago decided to establish a canning faotory and they did so, for ?ny corporation with the necessary 'ands oan go out and buy the ma ibiney needed to make anything in Sooth Carolina. They ran a while, mt failure seen overtook; them. Pro fisi?n had not been made for a suffi dent supply of vegetables, .tin oans md other things needed had tD be mughtin Baltimore. After bis goods vere put up the small Sooth Carolina nanufaoturer found himself competing vi th the productive fields of New Jer ley and Maryland. Where a cannery s located in the middle of broad acres j >f tomatoes, with a spur track from I tome trunk line railway system at the jack door to transport the finished product to the great distributing neu tres of this oountry at a tithe only >f the rate South Carolinians would lave to pay to reach these same cen tres." "What do yon think of creameries ind cheese making?" "This industry is all right-we need them and they can be made to pay here, but those will do best where the firat step takeo is to secure a mffioient herd of milkers and the food ind pasturage for them. Don't build i factory first and think all the far mers in ?be neighborhood who have been planting cotton year after year ire going to stop this in order to sup ply your faotqjy with milk. They won't do so-not all at once. On)r by degrees* do people change, thoir ways of earning a livelihood. Be pre pared to take care of your own needs antil eera? cns else offert io do it for pou cheaper than yon* can-then close i trade with bim." "What abont the South's great ad vantage in uer cheap labor for manu* factoring enterprises?" "Ita largely a myth. Cheap labor is poor labor for these. Negro labor is not to be considered at all as a source of supply for manufacturing purposes. Negroes ard drudges, not artisans. Bat we need them for other purposes. They are h?re, likely to itay and best for us that they should 3tay. 'There ?B a destiny that shapes [>nr endo; rough hew them as,sro will/ ind this race problem will work out its own solution Here in the South. ;Vv i,.. ; ?, ... ? ,. ... . -"j1' 'lt ? ' '.i ''.'.*' '?, ,' V..Vi; ,* t Vv:'. ?.' ? '.,?..;.'..' 7 There is no more danger of a conflict between an Anglo-Saxon worthy of the name and an African than there is of a collision between a passenger and a freight train running in thc same direction on parallel tracks. One was born master-the other servant. God made them so, and centuries are needed to change racial characleristis. It's the negro who is trying lo bc a bad white man, and the white man without ambition who make trouble. Theee are but eddies on the stream of time. The proportion of white illiter acy among us is one of the weights that besets us. We need all the schools wc have and more, too. An inundation of intelligence would be welcome, whether it came as white immigration or compulsory education for the native population. The argu ment that compulsory education is paternalism is meeting a condition with a moss-backed theory of Govern ment. "That manufacturing piantis worth most to any town which employs the largest number of skilled laborers. "Skilled labor is high priced labor. This class is already employed some where else and it is hard to move them. Many of the smaller indus tries need chiefly this kind. It is better to bear this fact in mind than to ignore it, and trust to luck. There is today a small manufactory in South Carolina that is struggling for an exis tence and while not their only handi cap their greatest difficulty is that of securing enough competent workmen and keeping them satisfied. They have some, but their output could be doubled on the same administrative expense if they could get the kind of labor they need. Hence my admoni tion as to ample capital. Tho man who has to meet the pay rolls must know where the money is to come from until be can make a repu tation for his product, establish trade relations and influence workmen to como South." "You are pessimistic I fear," said the reporter, s 1 No, I am not-haven't I express' ed my confidence in ?be future foi the South as a manufacturing people' I want to see us build only on solic foundations. Ono ill-advised venturi in a manufacturing way will operan as a brake on the wheels of progresi in that vicinity for many moons, am only locking at present condition through common sense spectacles that's all. There is no exous fo communities or individuals makin, the same mistake twice. Success i true eooncmy, practically applied. 1 mistake common with us for Bmall in dustries is organizing with onl, enough capital to ereot the oheapee of buildings. That's false eoonomj "Standard brick construction i best for a large or a small industry Good buildings mean lower insurant rates. Brick buildings are cooler i our hot summers and moro oheapl heated-fuel will be saved in the wir ter months. "Then the question of fnel an water for engines and boilers shoul be studied. Up my way wood is tc scarce to be counted on. When I wi a young man with my aesthetic idei in the ascendant, perhaps, I asked shrewd old individual one day why I had located his little plant down in flat, close beside a mi lerable litt stream, when just above was a beaut fully wooded knoll. This was his r ply: 'It's easier to go to the wat than to bring the water to yoi Many have found this out after it w; too late. The soft water of rnnnii streams is better for boilers than w< water. "No up-to-date cotton mill is nc built with the pioker room in the ma building. It is the most hazardo part of the risk, and is detached fro the factory proper so that a fire the can, at the worst, be confined to i point of origin and not endanger t entire plant. "In wood-working plants it's mon (and sometimes factories) saved bear this in mind. The boiler, t dry kiln and the finishing rooms-t most dangerous parts of these risks should be detached from eaoh otb or where space will not permit of th separated by firewalls. "What do you think of furnitt factories for South Carolina?" "Not much. Beoall the catechi of general questions I propounded few minutes ago, and if all or a o jority of them can be answered in < affirmative, then it may do to consh this line of activity. High Point, C., was the pioneer in farniture-mi iog in this seotioa. Beirg the fi to utilise the abundant raw mate! then dose to their doors, those ea manufacturera made money and mi it fast. "Attracted by their success oth followed In the wake. Faotories m tiplied-timber disappeared. To? in the territory covered by the Son ero Railway atone there are 252 f niture factories in operation and read now and then of sema vente some spirits planning another up ? Vay. Yearby year profits have creased until the proposition is i so attractive as it once was. H Point now has about 270. 8ome running because they are pay im others because they can't quit.. ( lesson to be learned from the s tor j High Point emphasizes what I said about good buildings. Those peoplo at first put up cheap, wooden struc tures. lu timo they crowded each oth^r and in thc pa*t few months six factories there have been destroyed by fire. Ono company, whoso loss was about $30,000, had eight or nino thousand dollars only of insuranco and had paid a rate of $9 per $100 to get that, it's surprising they had this much with suoh a rato. Those who rebuilt, you may have noticed if you have passed there lately, did so out of brick. There will always bo a demand for furniture and some profit in mak ing it to the most favorably situated and best managed plants. North Carolina has some advantages over us for this business. With nearly twico the area of South Carolina and a great deal more hardwood ?timber of better quality than wo possess, when her mountains are stripped she is nearer to those of Tennessee and Wost Vir ginia, from where it will bc brought. Thc marketing of this timber is an in dustry in itself. In North Carolina the industry is well organized, whilo with us undeveloped, and the South Carolina manufacturer may have to buy his lumber io North Carolina or Tennessee. In tho extremo northwes tern corner of South Carolina there is some good hardwood but no railroad as yet to bring it out. Furniture factor ies as small industries I do not believe will pay in South Carolina. Competi tion betweon Southern factories for local trade, I am told, is fierce and when they reach out beyond their log ioal field they meet the older manu facturers of the East and Northwest, who have studied thc economics of production for ye?rs. This is hard competition for amateurs to meet. If we build furniture factories they should be capitalized on a scale simi. lar to our cotton mills-only such can stand the strains long enough to ulti mately succeed. "But I have talked too long al ready. Let me repeat justi this much. The teat we should apply to all manu facturing propositions ia not, 'Can we start it?' but 'Can we make and sell our product at a profit?' Test it by calm, judicial investigation before, and not after investing in buildings and expensive apparatus. Experience is a fine school, but tho tuition comes high. Can't stay here longer or I will miss my train." A Half Southerner. Washington, Nov. 18.-Col. John S. Mosby received a few months ago, a letter from Judge Roulhac of Birm ingham, Ala., commenting on the at titude of the Southern people toward the President personally. Col. Mos by sent tho letter to Oyster Bay as he thought tho sentiments expr jssed in it by a Confederate veteran would be gratifying to the President. He re ceived a reply which he did not pub lish during thc campaign as he felt that thc President's motives in writ ing the letter would be misconstrued. The letter is as follows: "Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1904. "My Dear Col. Mosby : That is a fine letter of Boulhao's and I appre ciate it. I have always been saddened rather than angered by the attacks made upon mo in the South. I am half a Southerner myself; and I can say with all possible sincerity that the interests of the South are exactly as dear to me as the interests of the North. "Sincerely yours, (Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt." Abandoned by Their Father. Charleston, Nov. 18.-Three chil dren, Hattie, Anna, and Irene Benton, abandoned by their father, or grand father in Savannah, will arrive here in a day or two to become charges of the Episcopal Ch uro h Home on James Island. Aooording to the story, some weeks ago the children wore taken to Savannah by William Benton, a Con federate soldier, formerly of Walter boro. Shortly after arrival Benton and ohildren became ill and wore sent to the St. Joseph's hospital where they wore oared for and nursed. Ben ton recovered before the children and was discharged from the hospital, when he left the city and has not since been seen or heard from. The ohildren recovered and tho Sisters of Mercy were then forced to plaoe the ohildren, for a hospita! was not. ihe home for them. A number of chari table women cared for the little ones and arranged for their roturn to Char leston upon Eev. A. E. Cornish con senting to receive the children at his institute on the island." Benton is said to have gone to Florida. When the ohildren entered the Si. Joseph's hospital they had not heard of God and knew nothing about Christmas or Thanksgiving, their early Christian eduoation having been muoh negleoted. --Special to the State. - A man coming home at 3 o'clock in the morning oan be as quiet sneak ing np stairs as he can be noisy with his growls the next morning. - The Grand Lodge, of Masons, of Georgia, at its recent session io Ma con, decided, that no man can be a dis pensary commissioner or dispenser, and remain a Mason in good stand i?*. limy ruddy Shea (Jot Away. One of tho last of the old time tramp printers "blew in," as he ex pressed it last night-one of a type familiar in every newspaper office in thc country, but now fast disappear ing. This particular one is disappear ing in seotions. Two years ago he lost a leg by being run over by a freight train in a meritorious attempt to get away from Hot. Springs. Pad dy Shea is his name. Chicky ho sojourns around Chicago, but he is known to printers from Maiue to Cali fornia, and all way station?. In his variegated career Paddy has acquired much experience and many adven tures, and it is not surprising that pretty much any newspaper story re minds him of some personal experi ence to match or Burpass it. Tho cutting of Santos Dumont's balloon and his consequent failure to make an ascension, as advertised, was under discussion when I'addy "blew in." "A balloon that didn't go up took mc out of town once, all right, all right," ho chirped in. "Me and a printer pal-I won't give his namo, because he's in this burg right now was once in Duquoin, 111., broke and nothin' doin'. No way to get out of town, only by thc blind door of a ves tibule, nod grub paiufully scarce. Sauntering down toward the depot, wc struck an aeronaut, with whom wc swapped hard luck stories. Ho had been making ascensions at county fairs, but his balloon was plum busted, be yond repair. He was broke and had his wife along with him, which made matters worse. "I saw an opening, and he and my pal were on in a minute. 1 stood off a job printer for a lot of circulars an nouncing an ascension that afternoon, and wo got them in oiroulation in a hurry. We got the old balloon down to a vacant lol, borrowed a gasoline can from a printing office and bought a dime's worth of gasoline and made a great show of getting ready. Wo hung the balloon to a telegraph polo, dug a hole with a mud ohiuincy for tho inflation, and my pal crawled in side tho balloon and played fireman. Wo had a fire of sticks, and he would occasionally scatter a little gasoline in to send out a blaze, like something was doiup. "lu the meantime a crowd of fully 5,000 people had gathered. The aero naut's wife had come down from the hotel and was atad on a big dry goods box. lae aeronaut circled around and took up a collection. Ile got $48, all in small money, mostly nickles, dimes and quarters. Then he came and monkeyed around tho bal loon, and my pal, the fireman, carno out, and he and myself sneaked around to the outer circle of the orowd, sta tioned ourselves at different places, and a dozen boys were hired for the purpose placed at proper intervals. "Then the professor climbed onto thc box beside his wife and made his spiel. He was awfully sorry, but his balloon had just sprung a leak, which could not possibly be repaired, and he could not go up. In all that orowd ho could not identify the people who had contributed, and he wanted to know what to do with the money, lie had not earned it, and HO could not keep it. " Give it to your wife," oamo a voice from the outskirts. That was my pal, posing as ono of the contribu tors. "Yes, give it to her," oamefrom an other place. That was me. "That's it, give it?o your wife," came from a dozen other pinces, That was the kids. "ur oourse no one objected, and without giving them a chance to kiok the aeionaut thanked bis friends for their generosity and said ho would do as they said. "Wc three mot quietly later and di vided the swag-$10-aod we ali got out of town."-Arkansas Gazette. - Some men have such will power they can go walking with a girl with out getting engaged to her. - Tho city af Reading, England, has passed an ordinance requiring that baths shall be placed in all dwel ling house constructed within tho borpugbt in future. Your Children De Mot Hood A Coat of Arms For "BLOOD WILL TELL" It tell* of health u well ?nf n.nco*trr. QITO Ioar children h raith br cle*nlnfr ap your I ?od for ?lt disease sri ?os from venns thst feedonlyon Impurities In tho blood. Cleans? th J Wood and they die an d'sickness with Ui om. FOERG'S REMEDY wm core Quickly and safely. It contains no, mercar* or en* barmfal ingredient, bein*, made from herbs-netaresown remedy. Bren if roar trouble ls ST nhl Hu forrg'a Kerned* Bwi II eu re) you speedily and rarely. Alto caree Scrofu la.lt a rm In? 8orw, Menu rial I'olnon I ctr, Rheumatism, Kceetna, Belt Rheum and O loot. Remember we guarantee erery bottle and w| U choerf olly refund /oar money If y nu ere not perfectly satisfied. Don't delay, but KO today to th* druggist named below and get a bottle. Price. ?LOO. *m ? , ? Oweniboro. Ky., June ttrd. 190?. FORRO REMEDY CO., KraasTlllc, Iz-d. I hare used Koerg'a Remedy for a TC ry bad case of Syphilis of nix months standing, only having to take three bottles to be entirely cared. I was treated by A ?rood physician of this city without receiving any Len edt. I wish to make this statement for the benefit ef ?a rfcrlng humanity. If y address ls 903 Kim Street, Owensboro, Ky. ?j?. (Signed) Patrick H. Plekrlo. BsxaTaitirrd b, FL^T Krmtij Go., Krurrillr, r.J. Fur taU locally Iv EVA2?S PHARMACY. Wanted to Buy. Good, Flat Land, in good state of cultivation and well im proved. . Wanted to Sell l:>2 ncr?, Hall Township-40 acres in bottom lands that will yield 100D' bushels corn. Fair improvement. 148 ao.ro-, Savannah Township, known as Evergreen place. Well im proved, good orchard. 84 acres, Hopewell Township. Tenant house, barn, tte. 45 acres k. cultivation, balance woods ami old fields. 152 acree, Ruck Mills Township. Trice 81200. '.'Ci acree, Broadway Township. Well improved. Price 82500". 87* acree, V?rennos Township-improved. 200 acres, Fork Township. JOS. J. FRET WELL,. ANDERSON, S. C? & HEALTH anOTAU-TT f^^B'**S3ffiB?B Tho Rrcrxt remedy for nervous prostration ami all diseases of tho generativa IttaB'-ii?BKaBi organs of oltuer aox, such as Nervous Prostration, Failing or Lust Manhood, Bs^BaGKlWKlB Impotency, Nightly Emissions, Youthful Errors. Menial Worry, excessive nea ^m:^mmmmV?mWmmr Q. tobacco or Opium, which lead to Consumption ami Insanity. With every ACTED IICIUQ $5 order wo puarnntco to euro or refund tho money. Sold nt $1.00 por box? V RrlCnUalNDr. e bozos tor $6.00. Dit. MOTT'S t'S??iHIlCAI* CO., Cleveland* Obie** \ FOR SALE BY EVANS PHaBHArY. \ 1). S. VAN DIVER. E. P. VAN!) IV ER?. VAN DI VER BROS, Q-exie??al Mierchaixts. COMB TO SEE^US! On anything in our Hue ami we will make PRICES SPECIALLY INTEK? ESTI?Q. We have a limited amount of Sound, Cheap Flour for Hog Feed, At 83.50 per barrel. Youra for Trade, VANDIVER BROS. Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Framing, Shingles, Lime, Cement, Lathes, Brick, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mantels, Turned and Scroll Work, Devoe's Faint, Lead, Oil, Turpentine, Hard Oil, Glass, Putty, Etc. EVERYTHING THE BUILDER. IMPORTANT ! FOK THU INVESTIGATE ^hen in? need of any kind of BUILDING MATERIAL, See me. If I don't seU yon I'll make the other fellow SELL YOU RIGHT. "W. Xi- BRISSEY, ANDERSON, S. C. 0 1 H BB ? SW PF a 0 bd 25 O ?3 ? M W OD > < ? fe ? ? ^3 w H Q H OD fi O *1 ti > 4 M s - 5 a ll * H ? 3 CD . o o * m F N a OU, Big |e?j Btf This Establishment, has bees Selling IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. Daring ail that time compet? toity have oome and gone, bat we have remained right hera. We have always aoid Cheaper than any others, and during those long years we have DO! had <????& satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes occur, and if at any time w**' found that a customer was dissatisfied we did nob rest until we had made hjftc satisfied. This policy, rigidly adhered to, has mad o us friends, true and lash ing, and we ean say with pride, bat without boasting, that we have the nnajl dence of the people of this section. We have a larger S took of Goods- tita? season than we have ever had, and we pledge yon oar word that we have MW sold Furniture at as close a margin of profit as we are doing now. Thia if* proven by the faotthatwe are selling Furniture not only all over Andersen County bat ia every Town in the Piedmont section. Come and see ns. Yow parents saved money by baying from as, and yon and your children oan aava? money by baying h?re lao. We carry EVERYTHING in the Furniture lian*, CF. TOLLY & SON, Depot Stree! The 01d*Reliable>Furnitnre.DeataK? _ MOVEDI WE have moved our Shop and office below Peoples' Bank, in front ojf Mr. J. J. Fietwell'd Stables. We respectfully ask all our friends that need any Roofing done, or any kind of Repair work, Engine Stacks, Evaporators^ or any kind of Tin or Gravel Booing to cail on us, as we are prepared tod? U promptly and in best manner. Soliciting your patronage, we aro, Respectfully, BURRI S3 & DI v VER.