The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 21, 1902, Image 1
KIM DAY MARCH 21, 1U02
CAM I) KM, S. (
PROGRESS G!: TRIAL.
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WilcoVs 1 rial Ciru\v> in Interest
lay by Day.
DEAD GIRL'S SLUR ON HIE STAND
Miss Olive Cropscy Tolls of the \ Isit
of James \\ ilcox on <he N >;hl oi
the (Jir!\s Dlsappenrur.ee.
The now famous tiial of James Wil
cox for the murder of Miss Nellie
Cropsey is in full swing and the at
teution of a largo number. of people
is centered toward Elizabeth ( ity,
4 The special coi respondent of the
Charlotte OLsurwr wires Monday
night aa follows:
Stoviny, windy weather kept ma ay
people fjoin the court house Monday
and the crowd was not as large as
usual. Heretofore the seals, aisles and
the bar have been packed. A hundred
or more woiut :i wore present durin:;
the liist two days of the trial. Misses
Sadie and Annie Wilcox, sisters of
thes pi i.soner. have been at his side
every da v. They don't 'make any .x< n
* sationul demonstrations of affection.
Thomas Wilcox, father of the boy,
shed tears the first time the daugh
ters of his family appeared Hi court.
He seems to be devoted to the son.
though it is said they did not get on
well before thin trouble. Four Crop
sey \ girls-? three sisters ill de.-p
mourning ? attended Friday and to
. day. Judge Geo. A. Jones is a good
criminal lawyer. He is presiding hero
with marked abiMty.
DEAD lil UI.'S SI STICK ON T1IR
STAND.
M I S3 Olive Cropscy took the stand.
She s>il "Klla was my younger sis
ter. She was about live feet tall,
weighed 110 pounds and was 1!' years
old. There were six sisters of us. We
came from Brooklyn, N. V.. in 1W8. 1
first knew James Wilcox in June of 'he
year we arrived. Two weeks after that
lie callod or sent a card for Nellie lo
go riding. He started to calling on her
from the very llrst. lie came to see her
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays for
awhile and later every afternoon when
tie was not busy, lie took her to shows.
, to ride and boating. He took her sail
ing once over two years ago and did
not get in till II o'clock at night. Hp
brought her presents ? a di.;h. a piece of
silverware, a gold pen an i in July a
rinft? a birthday present. l*e gave h"V
flowers and pictures of himself. We
went to Nag's Head and Wileox came
lo see Nell. Last September tbey fell
out. I. heard theni quarreling. She said
once: 'If you are going to act like this
?you may play at home.'
"Fvangclist Stuart was hero in Sep
tember. Witc-x went with her to the
ioor of the^fchurch. During the meet
ing they had trouble? '-a disagreement.
Nell joined the church es a result of
Stuart's meeting. On the 22nd of Oc
tober Jim sent two tickets for Nell and
Carrie to go to the fair. They had made
up. 1 did not hear any fussing then.
"On Tuesday Jim and Carrie brought
Dack fruit from the skating rink. It
was offered and Neil refused to take
any. though she wanted it. Wednesday ;
nl^ht after supper the door bell rang.
We could tell Jim's ring. Carrie went
'.o the door. She let Jim in. When F !
? went Into the dining room Jim and Roy
Crawford were in there. Nell was now
i , ing on a coat che wanted to wear to
faew York. She wore en old rubber ihoo
on her right fooj, as it was sore. Noll
??> , went for the harmonica.. She and Car
rie played. Jim did not speak to Nell, j
He was very stilFand moody. Nell wan
eager for music that night. The fam
ily, ex^/pt NCll. Carrie t:n d mwictr,
went ilp stairs. Jim and Nell vrer%; ?
about a* yard apart. Jim asked if there
was any\vatcr in the pump. I went ,
and gave nJm n glass, lie said: 'I
jon't want that; I mi^ht poison it.' Jim
3id not say nYrrtdw frf\ d kept looking at
his watch. He told us of a marriage, j
Carrie started to bed several times, but (
Jim persuaded her to come back. She
finally went. Nell started to go. Hoy ;
-auglit her by the chin and sal.*: 'My \
dear, yon look sweet tonight.' Jim j
looked at his watch and said: 'Why it
Is 11 o'clock. My mother will be un- j
easy.' I said: 'Van must be getting .
good.' He rolled a cigarette, took his 4
hat and started out. He asked: 'Nell. 1
ran I see you in the hall?' They .vent .
out about 11:15 ami I shut the door. I
heaid them walk up the hall.
"Roy and myself stood by the stove |
(ill 11:30 o'clock. I told him it was tiul^'l
to go. He said: 'You need not get so '
pnappy; Nell and Jim are out there." ;
V I put up the dishes and went into the j
'? hall. Both doors of the vestibule Jiad
^ blown open. I looked out but saw no j
one. Roy left and I went up stairs. Nell
and myself roomed together. I unlaced j
my shoes In the hall. I went to' bed i
and heard the clock strike 12. Nell was ;
not tlurc. I dozed off bnt was nwak- :
eneo ny tlie noes barking, Some one j
- called out and told father that some- j
body was afetr the pigs. Nell was Jot j
there. I gave tho alarm. She ?
dressed in a brown skirt, a rc.1 waist
and wore a leather belt. J
^ Chief of Police W. C. Dawson was
put on the witness stand, lie said:
V'Thcre were trees along the shore of
the river In front of the Cropsey
house. The summer and tho flsh
house stood as obstructions. No one
In the road could see a person In 'hid
ing there. I examined closely .the
front lawn and measured all tho ?ls
tanccs about there. No tracks eould
be made off that lawn. It is In grass, j
- The ground there was frozen, on thei
20th of November. .The water In the [
y river In front of the Cropcey; house
ranges from one foot to four feet \
went to Mr. Wilcox's house about
3:15 o'clock. MrTomWllcoi c?me,
- told Mm that 1 1rm*te<S hlm .
Mr. Cropwy'*
? Ms pocket. He tried to blow oat the
-mhtw. ??'?f _"***? !"m
asked about her corns. She spoke of
suicide (hat night, and hail dfrclarod
that sho would rather freeze. Ono
lime, however, she had said that she
: would dr<>wn herself if she ever d?v
cided to hill herself. Wilcox was
quiet. Ilo did i\ot talk except when 1
asked III in questions. The statements
as quoted above were made on the
way to the Cropsey home. Mra. Crop
Bey n.^kod him whoro Nell was. He
said: "l don't know, Mrs. Cropsey. II
; wo u id swear I don't.' " During the
cross examination which followed '
Pawson tai.l: 'On the way to thv
Cropsoy hous? that morning Wihox
told me that he had met Leopard
Owvus at n
A V G T A\ 1: N T BEGIN.
iivlUence In Wilcox Case All In ?
Defense Introduced No Witnes^o*.
Elizabeth t'lty, Special.? As the Wil
cox trial progresses the mystery that
surrounds the ease instead of clearing
thickens. The question Ik: Did tln> de
fendant or some one close kill the girl
by striking her 011 the left temple or
did she commit suicide? The testimony
of Miss Ollie C'ropsey yesterday /ould
have a double meaning. Was Nellie
tired of Wilcox as a beau or was she
acting? Met while mosi of the evidence
has lacked posltivc.ncss and force pub
lic sentiment has grown stronger and
more bitter against the prisoner. I here
are very few men <?r women in this or
any of the adjoining counties who do
not believe that he is guilty.
Harry (ireenloaf. the first witness 10
day, -made statements about .<0:110
measurements he had made In connec
tion with t ho case. Hurley Meades, who
was lu>arding at ex-Sheriff Wilcox's at
the Imie Miss Cropspy dlsappearod, tes
tified that ho slept in Hie bed with
.lames 011 the night of the 20th of No
vember. He went to bed- at 10 o'clock
and did not know anything till morn
ing. He beard nothing of Wilcox wiicn
became in or when he left with Offi
cer Haw 3011. Hp s t w Wilcox's clothes
hanging behind tho door the next
morning. They won* the same thai he
wore on the night before and had on
in court.
DKFJvNSK OFFRltS NO TESTIMONY.
When the defense was asked to call a
witness, W. M. Pond, of Kdcnton, who
is appearing with 10. F. Aydlett and
others, stated that the case was with
the State. The argument began nt
once. Judge Jones announced that be
wanted tho people to hear the speeches
but that ho would not tolerate any kind
of demonstration. He declared that he
would fine flip guilty one for con
tem pt.
Young Percy W. McMullen opened
for the* defense. He urged the jury to
consider the importance of the case be
fore tliein and render a verdict accord-*,
ing to the evidence. He said: "The de
fense will contend that the State has
not. produced one scintilla of evidence
to show that the defendant was guilty
of any wrong. The testimony hangs 011
three points: The defendant was the
last, person seen with the girl. We ad
mit that. They- say that his conduct is
a gal net him. We deny it. The expert
doctors testified that the girl was killed
but they contradicted themselves. What
thpV said cannot be true for the very
authors they claim to have gotten their
knowledge from disagree with them.
Lumber Mill Mauds Strike.
Roanoke, Va., Special. ? A special
from Bristol, Tenn., says the mill hands
of the Tpnnesee Lumber and Manu
facturing Company, at Sontherlan.l,
Tenn.. about 100 in number, are out on
a strike, and demandlng^higher wages.
The demand has been denied anil most
of tliq men have left the place. The
management has sent to Pennsylvania
for men and hopes to start tho mill !n
two weeks. Three hundred men em
ployed in the woods did not join the
mill men.
The Norfolk Strike landed.
Norfolk. Special. ? The strike of the
streft car men has about died a na
tural death. There has been a cessa
tion of demonstrations on the part of
the strikers and their sympathizers. It
is tho general opinion that this was
brought about by the sentence of J.
\V. Jenkins to two years In the peni
tentiary on the charge of nttemptlng
to wreck a car. A trolley pole was cut
and several cars stoned, but this wa.s
outside the city limLtSf where pollee
protection is slight. * Fifty special offi
cers have been sworn In, but have not
arrested any on# yet.
Private Pensions.
Washington, Special.? Senators and
- members of ihe House are very much
interested I a the fact that the pen
?Ion bill will become a law. because
they hope to obtain from It some re
lief from the pressure on tljem to
^ure private pension legislation, as
IT contains a provision making it
criminal offcast for attorneys, claim
agents or other persons to receive
compensation for service rebderod In
accordance with tho ffMsage through
COaaresS of private pension bUls.*
^ Bvasf to Enter U?e Cabinet. ?
The Age-Herald from Chattanooga
.says: "Clone personal Jrfends of Pen
sion Commissioner ttvans bave Infor
mation that Pntaideut Roosevelt will*
is said that Secretary fjltebock will
resign soon sb4 Evan%4rlll be offered
+ ,.K. ?23Ss? . 1. " . '?
A MARCH BLIZZARD
Sweeps Down On the Western State.
Bringing Deep Snow
RAILROAD BUSINtSS PARVLYZtD.
Telegraph Wires Down ami Trains
I'nrhlc to Plough Through Dilfts
of Snow.
! St. Paul. Special. ? North Dakota
and the Canadian Northwest have ox
| porloncotl the worst snow storm in
uany years and railroad traffic Is
| radically paralyzed. Tho Northern
! *aciflc and Great Northern havo not
: noved a wheel for nearly 36 hours in
tho blizzard-stricken district, and
have abandoned all efforts to do so
until the fury of the storm .shall
I abate. The high winds has piled the
j snow in the mountains, and packed It
in Solid masse.?, many deep cuts being
I entirely filled. The temperature has
j been gradually falling and is now at
. or below the zero mark. Not a trans
continental train has arrived at St.
I a til since Friday, and none is ox
j pocted for several days. Tho North
ern Pacific reports Its westbound coast
tialns which left St. Paul Saturday
I morning, tied tip at Fargo, the road
beyond there being blocked. |
ft very effort is being made by tho
road to keep its passengers who are
snow-bound warm and well fed. and
for this reason trains are being held
at stations where the accommodations
are good, rather than attempt to got
them through with a possibility of be
ing tied up between stations. The
lalley division of the Northern Pa
cific between Frankfort and Winni- ,
| peg is entirely abandoned. No trains
have attempted to run since Friday
night and exact conditions on this di
vision are not known by the general
officers hero, as tho telegraph wlr^T*
have been carried down by the bur
den of sleet that preceded the heavy
snowfall.
The situation on the Great North*
ern is equally .-us bad. The lino is tied
up entirely between Grand Forks and
Willlston, N. .1), a distance of about
35 miles, and all wires have been lost
beyond l-argo. All communication
with western Dakota and Montana
points has boon lost. So fierce baa
bevn tho storm that it has been inad
visable to attempt to reopen the road
until It abates. Reports received at
the' general offices indicate that the
gale has somewhat subsided, but that
the snow still continues to fall. The
branch of the Great Northern runn
ing to Winnipeg is also tied tip. No
trains have been started northward
slnro Friday night, and thoso that
were caught out on the road by the
storm have been held at the stations
noar the' border.
Winnipeg is reported to be entirely
cut off from rhilroad communication
with the outside world. The Canadian
Pacific trans-continental trains are
snow-bound somewhere west of there,
and no prospect of relief is yet in
sight.
The storm started on Friday, being
preceded by a light rainfall and ac
companied by high winds. The rain
soon turned to Rleet and theiAto snow
and this has fallen without cessation
for more than 36 hours. Tho terrific
gale drifted the snow badly and It is
next to impossible to wade through
the streets. P.usiness of all kinds has
been at a standstill since Friday
night. So far as known there has j
been no loss of life, but owing to the
demoralized condition of the wires
lato news has not been received from
tho remote districts. The farmers ha{l
tho advent of the snow with delight,
3s tho ground has been very drv, and
this abundance of moisture will put
it in excellent shape for tho spring
seed.
A Georgia CyVlonc.
Ma^on, Ga.f Special. ? A cyclone
swept across tho corner of Monroo,
Upson and Crawford counties Sunday
and a messenger who came from
there reports that Cicero Tharpe's
handsome residence was blowm down
and scattered about tho olantatlon
and one of tho negro tenanta was
killed outright and a numb6r of negro
families rendered homelctyS. The track
of the storm was by Mofan's Mill to
Montpeller Springs, and/the same re
port is to the effect that- Monl|>ell*r
Springs, an old college settlement,
was destroyed, two blx brick houses
and a fram/ d welllngtieirvg demolish
ed and the families occupying them
rendered homeless.
1
> A Sunday Bull Fight,
El Paso, Tex., Special. ? Ten thou
sand people, most of them Americans,
witnessed a bloody hull fight at
Juarez. Mex., just across tho river
from this city, Sunday, in whlph two
of Spain's most noted matadors ?
Fuentes and Maxxantint ? took a lead
ing part. Six balls were dispatched
by the sword and five horses were
Sored to death. Fuentes and Maxsan
ni, who hav? been touring Mexico,
go from here to Spain, for a series of
70 Bkhts.
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? KaoxtUle; ? Tea?., Spedrt^Flodt
wajmlaga leaned here predict a Use
M? , % Teaai? ts rlrer of from
& W W Xoadar. Tho Warnlags w ^
of the Twfciii rlrer. wkjchJa-o.
w? ears tfcooaaada of Mara to
[southern industrial
New I:nterprlsea That Arc liurlclilng
Our l'avo-ed Section.
'I lie South' s I ro 'i Interest.
Manufactrer's Record.
Tho consumption of iron, which l?
now running itt about tho rale of is,
000.000 ions a year, is so staggering
(hat i( ia dllllcult to fully grasp the
fact that this growth is permanent.
It Is altogether probable that we sluill
again see much lower prices in Iron
than at present, as it would not be
natural to expect an unbroken record
of the phenomenal activity which
now pervades the iron and steel in j
ilustrv; but we have probably reached 1
a period where the consumption ol
lron'and steel will expand as rapidly
as the productive capacity of the
country. Wo may havo temporary
dullness, as in the past, but the in
creasing uses of Iron in fireproof con
struetion. which must come about in
the better class of dwellings, as in
o lllco buildings: the wist extension
- now a necessity- In the terminal
facilities of the railroads of the conn
try, and in the improvement of road
bed and rolling stock to meet the
heavier tratlle, are all factors in nug
mcnting 1 1 i *.? consumption of iron even
beyond the 18.000.00u tons which we
have reached. In the light of ilm
growing power of iron and steel, it
is of more than sectional interest
that the South h.Vs passed the specu
lative period in this industry, and Is
now in position, by virttfo of the tin
provomonts which have been made
and tho new capital which las been
secured during the last few years, to
reap the benefit of a very active ami
sound extension of its iron interests.
I The experimental, and to a large ex
tout speculative, condition which so
long prevailed in the Southern iron
trade, to tho great detriment of its
legitimate advancement, has passed
away. 01)110 by one tho leading Iron
companies of tho South have been
putting their plants in a high state of
eflleleney, enlarging their furnaces,
improving their facilities for mining
ore and coal and making coke, and
thus getting on a basis for lower cost
of production, which, when lower
prices come, will enable them to con
tinue in profitable operation without
the troubles which hampered so many
of them in times past. With all of its
advantages for Iron-making, the South
made comparatively little progress In
that, industry between JS'JO and 1900/
j This was due in part to lack of ado
quale capital and experience, and in
part to many cases of thoroughly bad.
even if not knowingly corrupt, mis
j management, the evil influence of
j which directly and indirectly injured
| the iron trade of tho whole South. It
! is since about 1900 that the South's
i iron interests have been getting into
! better shape, and henceforth the de
| velopmont of this Industry promises
' to bo more' nearly commensurate with
I the advantages of this section than
1 has been tho case in tho past. The
outlook is altogether cheering.
A $300,000 Additional Mill.
A dispatch from Spartanburg. S. C.,
announces an extensive addition to bo
made by the 1). 10. Con verse Co. of
Ciendalc, S. C. It states that tho direc
tors definitely decided at a meeting in
Spartanburg On March 1 to erect a No.
2 mill, which will have an equipment
of 15,232 spindles and -i*>4 looms. Tho
production will be high-grade cloths.
Structure to accommodate tho ma
chinery .will be 100x1?0 feet In si/.o.
The capitalization of tho No. 2 plant
will be $300,000. A. H. Twlchell Is pres- |
dent and treasurer.
I;rcctlng Weaving Addition.
Mention was made recently of an in
crease of capital stock from $50,000 to |
$200,000 by tho Anchor MIDs of Hun
teraville, N. C. It has been ascertained !
now that extensive Improvements h ive I
been commenced by the company pre
paratory to adding weaving to Its op
erations. An addition two stories high
75x200 feet, Is being ejected, and in it
will be installed tho looms neeessiry
(probably 140) to consume the product
of the company's 4100 spindles. Possi
bly olher oettorments will also be
mado
Textile Note.*.
.lonrsvlllo (S. C.) Cotton Mills has in- i
crcascd capital stock from $2.r>,000 to
$.r>0,000. v
Tucapan (S. C.) Mills Co. baa added j
seventy-four looms. increasing Its total
to 839; plnnt has 28,000 spindles.
J. F. Williams of Shelby, N. C.. has
admitted 15. A. Welman to a hair-lntAr
est in his hosiery mill, and the plmt
will be enlarged.
l.onzalos (Texas) Cotton Mills win
Increase capital from $125,000 to $150.
000. Tho company's 600-splndle and
100-loom mill waa completc<l recently.
W. M. Hagood of Eaaley, S. C., Is or
ganizing a company, with capital
stock of 1200,000. to build cotton fac
tory. About $60,000 has been subscrib
ed. < U ,
It Is reported that Sumpter Cogswell
of Pell City, Ala., has completed ar
rangements for the erection of a $1,
000.000 cotton mill by New England
and local capitalists.
Messrs. W. It. Lloyd, T. J. Hogan,
John Llprd and W. E. Lindsay of
Chapel Hill. N. C.. have Incorporated
Blanche Hosiery Mills Co., with capi
tal stock' of $6500, and privilege of in
crease to $15^000.
Tenniile (Ga.) Cotton Mills' stockhol
ders win mwvMnrttk 10 to consider
plans for pnttlng the plant la. opera
tion. It. Is a new still of. 400 spindles
completed recently, "but capital for op
eration Is lacking. Possibly the bond
holders will taks charge.
It la reported at. Undale, Oa,, that
^ttie Massachusetts Mills In Qaorfla
its >ian* or mm
*nd l?4 looms. Ao ?nlar?ssse?t of |W?
ntcat would probably rmirs the ta
REMARKABLE ADVANCE Mb NT
Shown lly South Carolina'!} Indus*
<rle.i As in Ceusu* Report.
(Kfoin An Kditorlal 1a Columbia State, )
Wo have at last received census bnl
lot in No. 110 oontalninK statistical
i summaries of 1 1? o manufacturing and
I mechanical Industries lu South Caroli
na for (ho (-(Minus year 1900. It.H fell
! of Interest for those who have followed
the rapid development of our mechani
cal industries. Nine tables of stall*
l les aro presented. Tin* tirst show.?
comparative (inures for the State at the
several rensniw. The second shows all
the industries of the State divide*! be
tween hand trades and the manufac
tures, proper, and also the statistics of
the governmental establishments edu
cational and eleinosynary Institutions.
| and establishments with a product of
l? ss than $500. which three latter^lass
es were not reported at previous
Buses. The third shows statistics of the
: eight lead! UK Industries of the fr'ato
for 1 SIM) and 1900. The fourth show*
; the totals for the city of Charleston at
the censuses of 1880, ISilO and I!' "'
The llfth shows the urban manufr
i lures of tho State in comparison with
the totals for the entire Statn an.l the
i State exolusive of die 13 cities <i n < i
towns withdrawn from the enumera
tors. The sixth shows the manufac
tures of the Stale by counties. The
seventh shows (ho industries of the
State by specified industries. ? .:o
eighth shows the statistics for the
; cities of Charleston and Columbia by
specified industries. TheNjInth show?
the totals for all industries In each of
i the cities and towns withdrawn from
the enumerators, except of those shown
in the eighth table.
I 1 1 is Impract icable, of course, to sum
' marl/e In a form suited to popular di
| pest ion tho mass of information con
tained In these tables; but we shall
present some salient figures which may
be readily grasped and which It, Is do
j slrable that the public should assimi
j late.
I''or the entire Suite the following
figures of 50 years' manufacturing de
velopment are presented: The number
of establishments increased from 1,'i.T?
? in 1850 to 2,382 In 1890 and in
, I fMX?. The capital Increased from
! 0.T.V2G5 In 1850 to $29,270,201 in ISO)
i and $07,356,105 in 1 1*00. Tho average
j number of wage-earners Increase!
from 7,0(>G In IK 50 to 22.748 In IM>0 an I
i 48,135 In 1900. The total wanes In
j creased from $1,127,712 in 1850 to S5..
I 471,739 In 1890 and $9,455,900 in ?900
j The employed men of 10 years anil
over increased from 5,992 In 1850 tc
I 6.(5(5 1 In 1890 and 29.823 iii 1900. The
employed women of IG years and ovej
Increased from 1,074 In 1850 to 3.77J
In 1890 and 9,752 In 1900. The em
ployed children under 10 years were
not separately reported In 1850. Thev
, were reported as numbering 101 in
1870. 2.309 In 1890 and 8.500 In \J90C
i Tho cost of materials used was $2,787,
j 534 in 1850. $18,873,000 In 1890 and $34. ?
j 027,795 In 1900. The value of products,
I including custom work and repairing,
' Increased from $7,045,477 In .1850 t.c
! $31,920,081 in 1890 and $58,748,731 in
moo '
Tho bulletin shows that during the
? half century tho population Increased
I 100. f> per rent, while t li c average mini
bor of wage-earners employed in mnn
| u fact tiring establishments Increased
681.2 per cent., embracing In 1000 H.O
per cent, of the entire population, mm
i pared with 1.1 per cent In 1860. Vl'rol)
! ably tho best Indication of the Impor
' tance of the Wage-earning claps, " it
says, "Is afforded by the greatest num
ber employed at any one time during
| tho year. In 1900 this was G2.90S, oi
4.7 per cent, of the population of the
I entire State." That Is to say. In 1 00C
| nearly one-twentieth of the inhabitant t
of the State wore employed In manwt
faeturlng. This percentage, of course,
has been greatly Increased since thai
I time by reason of the Increase In tlU
manufacture of cotton, and In the lujn
I her, cotton seed oil and fertilizer, 'In
dustries. At this time tho percentuKt
of tho whole population so employed
should be 7.5. During the decade from
1890 to 1900 the value of lands an1
building Invented In manufacturing m
| creased from $8,573 or 9.5 per cent, of
the total value of real estate to $!"?,?
316,413, or'15 per cent, of such assessed
value. Because of tho largo addlticnt
to our manufactures since the census
year and the reassessment of manufao.
turlng properties It Is probable that
the figure Is now 20 per rfcnt. ,
A significant fact which will hav?
Its effect upon the public mind and
should be freoly circulated In next
snmmer's campaign. Is that during t lie
dorado 1890-1900 the number of child
ren employed in manufacturing In
creased 270.7 per cent, while the num
ber of men (1? years and over) In
creased only 79 per cent. The nujpbor
of women (16 years and over) in
creased 168.3 per cent. 'i bis shows the
growing tendency of our cotton manu
facturers to employ cheaper classes ?f
lahor. In the very cheapest class,
children, Jhe increase Is mtore than
double that fn the next cheapest, wo
men; and the employment of women
has increased almost twice aa fast as
that of men.
The "hand trades" ? including such
occupations aa bicycle repairing, black
smithing, plumbing, watch repairing,
etc., etc., do not make a large showing.
There wwO* establlsbmeata of this
sort, employing 1140.607 capital and
1.597 wage-earners. The ratae of pro*,
ducts wes 92.t2S.S74.
The manufacturing prosperity .of the
State In 1900 la shown by th9 tmk that .
while there were 7.10 aetlye estaMIsM
meeta with a capital at 970.0S9.tM |
there were H^4I? ones, with a -rttil
of II IS. 119.
Tli# eight leading In4?stri? ef the
?tafs wtrw cotton ? ?
Hr n9 tlail
or 43.6 percent. of the total number in
the State; urn*. I a capital of $58,538.3$.
op NO 9 j?o r cent, of the total; gaN'o
employment to 39.066 wage-earners or
81.2 per cent, of the total number; and
paid $6,905,935 or 73 7 per cent, of the
tota.l wages. The valus of their pro
ducts were S IS.04 1 ,010 or SI S per cent
of tlio total. Some details are as fol
low a:
The number of establishments |n
r roused during tin* docado 1890-1900
from 1.1 Oil, to I. fill); (lie capital Increas
ed from .$21. 771. .1 13 to $58,638,373; the
number <if wage- earner# in
mased from 15, 565 to ;pt.06<; the total
wanes paid Incn.ised from $3,008,722 to
$6.96."., 935; the miscellaneous expenses
;ncrc.:isud from *1 '}"!'< 079 t.? $2,472,263;
The cost of material used Increased
from $1 1, 301.042 to $20,272,774; and tho
value of the products increased from
{21.027.00S to $48,011,910. The porcont
!iges of Kaiu (excluding the numbers of
establishments) langod from 93.3 In
miscellaneous expenses to 16s. 9 in cap
ital.
lUirlng the decade the capital invest
ed In the manufacture of cotton goods
increased from $11,141,833 to $39,259- j
946; the average number of wage-earn- |
?us from 8.071 to 30,204; the wages I
from $1. .MO. 404 to $5.066. 840; the cost
Of materials used from $6,819,320 to
$17,203,822; aud the value of the pro- .
ducts from $9,800,798 to $20,723,919.
The fertilizer Industry showed only
h smnfrl increase except In capital, the
(mhtiKcmcnl lu?re being from $5,920,
2 1 S to $10,505,043. The number o f
wnge-oartou's Increased only from 1.102
to 1.772 and the value of products from
, $4.4 1 7.65X to $4,882,506.
I The flour tug and nrist mills showed
a contrary tendency as (o capital, the
j reduction In this direction being over
one-third and the number of wage
earners increasing nearly two-thirds,
while the value of products increased
fiom $2,083,126 to $2,217,790. . ,
The lumber and timber products
showed these increase; Number of oa- j
tabllshmcnts. from 352 to 729; capital j
from $1,348,155 to $5,187,727; wage- I
earners from 2,590 to 4.585; wage? from
$J20,r.S8 to $S97.899; coal of material*
from $996,289 to $2.692.S05; and valllo
of products from $2,146,750 to $5,207,
184. The value of planing mills pro
duels, etc., Increased from $711,838 to
$1 ,016,328.
The number of cotton seed oil mills
increased from 17 to 50; their capital
from $565,372 to $1,959,872; their wage- j
earners from 416 to 734; their wages
paid from $56,354 to $113.9:52: their j
j cost or materials from $710,605 to $2.
362,837; and their value, of products
! from $927,772 lo $3,103,425.
j There was a decrease in the naval
i stores industry; in the number of es
j tabllshments from 201 to 132; In cap]-.
: tal from $005,873 to 1 208,7 19; in vrru;e
i earners from 2,213 to 8S6; h^'wages
j paid from $378,708 to $ 1 35.n7j/*, In cost
i of materials from $077,383 to $471,261,
I and In value of products fiom $1,524,
i Ooo to $787,050. Apparently the naval
Kto.res Industry Is disappearing from
i South Carolina? and with it a good
j many negro "turpentlno bauds" who
Lean well be spared.
j ? In considering these figures one can
j not but be Impressed by the lack of
I diversification In our manufactures.
' Deduct cotton tfoods, fertilizers, lumber
I and cr>' on seed from the list and there
i Is very llttie left. The cotton mills
j alone employed In 1900 over two-thirds
j of the capital, three-foiu] hs of the
wage-earners and furnished nehrly
two-thirds of the products. Wo shouh} j
apply our energies henceforth In other
dirnrl Ions.
Tlin fifth table gives statistics of 1 ,
consolidated manufactures of tho 12
leading manufacturing cities a nl
towns: Anderson. fienufort, Camden, !
Charleston, Chester, Columbia, Green-,
villo, Newberry, Orang<!tiurg, Hor-k iHl,l, j
Spartan burp and Sumter. These 12
crjiltai. employed 33.7 per ccnt. of tin !
number of manufacturing* establish-- J
montR In t li r? State, 41.2 per rent, of th* ]
capital, employed 38.7 per rent, of the
wage earners, paid 39.8 per rent, of the
wages and 39.7 por rent, of the cost QJ i
materials used. Their establishment! ,
yielded 39.2 por cent. of tho vnlue ol '
product*, while they contained 10.2 pot
cent. of South Carolina's population. In 1
the amount of capital Invested th% [
stand as follows; Charleston $12,373,.
187; Columbia $5,277,300; Greenvitli
$2,858,388: Spartanburg $2,351,175. New
berry $Jiyflt6,625; Anderson $1,280,111;
Hock Hill $820,941 ; Chester $480,024;!
Sumter $308,272; Camden $304,289;
Orangeburg $239,035; Beaufort $31,
331. The wage-earners in the more
considerable of these wore as fol
lows: Charleston 5,027; Columbia 3,250;
Greenville 2,153; Spartanburg 1,?
375; Rock If ill 1,050; Anderson 910;
Newberry 811. Tho wages paid show
ed these totals: Cha1%Mton $1,489,960;
Columbia $759,200; /fcfcenvllle $370,
392; Spartanburg $276,042; Hock Mil)
$197,080; Newberry $175,178; Ander- j
son $166,313. Their products were
thus valued: Charleston $9,562,387;!
Columbia $4,243,030; Greenville $2,- j
224,990; Spartanburg $1,630,275; New
berry $1,200,892; Anderson $1,127,483;
Rork Hill $1,007,210; Chester $645,444;
Sumter $590,337; Orangaburg $493,860;
Camden $211,632; Beaufort $40,981.
Charleston Is the largest city In the j
State with 4.2 per cent, of the total
population, and furnishes 16.2 per cent. J
of the manufactured products. Colum 1
bla Is th#f?econd city, with 4.6 per cent
of tho tot&i population, and furnishes
7.2 per cent, of tho manufactured pro
ducts. Greenville Ja the third city,
with .9 per cetyt. of "the total popular
tion. and furnishes 3.8 per cent, of the
manufactured- product?. Spartanburg
Is the fourth city In the State, with .9
per ceaot.^of the total population, and
furnishes 2". 8 per oent. of the total pro
ducts. Sumter la the flfth city, with
4 wr cent, of the total population, and
funiishea r par cent of the total pro
ducts. Anderson la' tho sixth city, with
.4 per cent, of the total population, and
furnishea 1.9 per eg nL-fit the total pro
duct*. Rock Hill la the seventh city,
with .4 par cent, of tho total
and furalahea 1.7 per cent. of4
products, Newberry i* the '
with per ?eat. of the tot
tion. and furnishes li per coot, of the I
total products. Omagaha
iriath aty. wlth Jt per esaL
population, and famish* J per cea L
of the total prodacts. x .
Tho table of auaaflabtnre* by eoua
5m
land bus 130 establishments with $?,? a
j 1 2 2 . <> 1 5 Invested capital ar.d $ 1.454,901 &
] products. Greenville county has 182
; establishments with $1,008,325 Invested
capital ami $l.f>59,320 products. Ander*
i son county has 107 establishments
with $3,022,004 capital and $4,005,526
products. Aiken has 85 est.-vbllah monta,
with $3,059,715 capital and $2,096,274
I products. York county has 108 estab
i lishments, with $2,120,085 capital and
$2,000,257 products. Cherokee has 48
cstnblishni out a with $2, 374.35s Invested
capital and $1,588,258 products. Union
county has M establishments with $3,?
l 287,134 capital find $1,970,307 products.
: Newberry has SO establishments with
$1,110,808 capital and $1,330,455 pro
ducts. Marlboro has 1 1 2 establishments
with $1,120,080 invested capital and $1,
| 005,285 products. Darlington has 07
i establishments with $1,471,839 capital
and $l,181.00S products. JLexlugtory has
154 establishments with $l,JL7l,40l
i capital and $923,571 products. Beau- ^
fort has 41 establishments with $1,- \
138,332 capital and $703,057 _j>rudu?*fr.
1. aureus has 00 estntyHMiihen'ts with
$>40,500 capital and $1,027,478 pro
ducts. Oconco has 133 establishments
with $902,145 capital and $775,158 pro
ducts. Orangeburg has 171 establish
ments with $405,317 invested capital
and $N3G.167 products. Sumter has
113 (>Ptablishmcnts with $502,11 1 cap
ital and $022,230 products.
Chnrgett With Heavy Theft.
New York, Special.? Max C? Mayer,
formerly a member of the brokerage j
firm of Hathbone, Mayer & llatlibono.
was arrested at Bayonne, N. J., charged
with embezzlement of funds said to
amount in all to $100,001). The charge
was made by (?. I?. Hath bone & Son,
the successors of the Arm of which
Mayer was formerly a member, lie was
taken before Judge Blair, of Jersey
City, on a warrant charging him with
embezzlement in one Instance of $4,800
and was released on $35,000 bail.- Sub
sequently a iv indictment w?s found
against him hy the grand Jury of Now
York county. ?
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