The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 15, 1910, Image 4
PiflFUL story"
Told by a Young Girl of How She Wa>
Lured Erom Hi me
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
6^nsitlioinil Testimony . So no
Traveling Show men, Who i?
, 'Charged * With Ieducing Vomit
.( 'iris to l.cnvo Their hiiii
?,*?, _i . i ?
' ' Then I ill roth ire "Tlu'in to Lives *?t
Shame. . i ?
A most sensational case Is hmtu
1 ... tried, at tJnrn.olioKi, X.. C., in wlnei
.. ?f. serious charges tire made again,*
Some show-men. A dispatch frtui
Greensboro, in speaking of t he c.a-?t*
says:
in Lite United States Court Thtit*
day afternoon, District Attorney Hoi
ton called the case against Charlu*
Quaster and Joseph Napier, proprie
tors of traveling shows, w hp are no
der indictment charged with engiiK
ine in the white-slave tratlic, t?y in
* O
during young girls from their homf
under promise of lucrathe and gdi
teel employment and afterwards In'
in? them into repreiteti8il>ie occupations.
In default of bond, the pris
oners have been in jail two month*
The governm?nt has a soore ol wm
qesses here for the trial, twelve o'
whom are young women, who are a'
leged to have been enticed away frou
their homes, and who have been 'i
. custody of the Oovernnient as pro*
ecuting witnesses for over a week
The majority of these girls are * >
ceedJngly pretty, and are all d^ess.*'
with taste.
The defendants are charged it
some counts with a conspiracy v.?
bring certain young girls from tn?
city of Dclpville. Va.. Into North Car
ollna. with the purpose and Inteu
to induce them into prostitution
Other counts charge that two girl#
were enticed from Baltimore lnt<
?a-i_ ... ...... I ,1 ? ml ..i.i ? ,
lillM Ol nit?! vt uric, ifraiure iuiiuvmi'
them to expose their person* lu idj
moral shows, they were det>auch?c
and ruined.
The first witness examined was 1h
year-old Mary Von Newendorf, o*
Baltimore, who told of being .nouced
hy the defendants to leave her mo'.b
er, under promise of twenty-five do
tars a week, to take part in girl*
dancing and choni6 shows at fairs
She left Baltimore with another glr.
. friend, Maude McClelland.
The evidence of the girl allegac
Imtttoraf conduct on the part of Quarter,
itlfmedlately after taking hei
from her home. She wa? reacted b?
a relative in Charlotte, who founr.
her, after a week's search, In a rooa
; with Quaster, the couple being reg
Istered as man and wife gt a loidliu
hotel. She declared this wan don?
tinder her protest, after Quaster ha?
promised to marry her. The can.
will likely consume several days.
i? -> > ?
John Cutlie, a Greenville negro
who is sentenced to he hanged on the
first. Friday in January for killing
his wife, Is a good subject for executive
clemency. He went home one
night unexpectedly and caught a
white man in a compromising position
with his wife, and in attempting
ko kill the unprincipled white man,
he killed his wife. Ileing a stroll?
' believer in the unwritten law, we
'* think that CulJie should be pardoned
by Gov. Ansel.
n ? '
Whether at sea or on shore the
demands of the worker for better
I:vlng conditions are usually reuse ably,
however intemperate ma/
tometimes be the expression of thes
Cemanas. * i no vasi oiricrence ??etween
the dally wage of the laborer
end the untold milions of profit reaped
by a few corporations Is not just
and therefore is prejudicial to the
tent interests of the state.
An eye witness to the brutal murder
of Mr. Pa'.i A. Williams on the
c'rcuB train swore that Wilson, the
New York ne/ro who did the shooting,
replied to Mr. Williams' plea
for mercy by saying, '-you white people
down her i are too mean to tie?;ioes
anvway,*' and then shot him
In the eye. instead of this thug beItip
hup? he \ip for life.
The man who says that this conr.
try and tno wnoie world are gom?
fast to ruin because extravagenei
reigns supremo Is no doubt the pro;
of bis fearu. Yet It is well to havi
iucb a warnlne; for waste and extr.u
Agance are altogether too cotninon
and there Is nothing truer than th
old proverb that "wilful waste make
Woeful want."
^
From all accounts the murde
near Brunson. an account of whiel
we publish o i the first page, is ai
fxcecdlni.v ugly tragedy. The gii
tinder arrest .s said to have admlttei
that sho and Mr. La-nglord were to
tether In sotnr wools near her home
'
The Columbia Record says: "Lou
lslana Democrats have elected an
1<h' ?? Other Republican to Congress. 111
name Is J. K. Thornton, formerly .
Judge." We did not know that Lou
lslana had a Republican in Congress
Will the Record please explain.
FIGHT BULL WtLVll
TIIK 80l'TII|{l(N HAIL WAY W2I L
IflKIJ* DOWX TIIK PKST.
Which In a Few Yearn Will <nvu<U*
TIiIh Section of the Southern <X>t- j
ton lk?U. -j
The cotton boll weevil Is steadily
marchjng in this direction, and, ra
a few yo'trs at best the pest w .? .be-*;
girl to Invade our cotton fields ' The'
experience of Hi * farmers Texas
where the weevil lias been for some
years, demonstrates the fact that, by;
the adoption of proper methods imtc
rieally as larje yields of cotton can
be obtained as before the. app;y:i - I
' nice of tlit^ we'evil. * j
Wo therefore :innounce with pleas-'
"ure thai practical steps are I)311)g ta!<en
by the Southern Kailway anJ j
others to co-operate with oiitcials o;'
the United States agricultural do- I
uartment and the state com/nission'
i
ers of ngrieult.ilre in advising tho^e
farmers living within the territory
that may eventually be readied by
the boll weevil as to the best methods
of growing cotton in spite of
the presence of this pest.
These railroad companies tire tiding
with the view of adopting tho
most improved methods in aivance
of the appearance of the weevil,
which will have the effect, it is believed,
of maintaining the normal
production of cotton, and the farmers
of this and other sections that
will soon be invaded by the boll
weevil, should mtike .use of the liberal
offer of the Southern and other
railroads to help them tight the
cotton's worst enemy.
Practical farmers, who have had
I experience In dealing with the weei
vil. will devote their entire time to
J visiting any farmers along the lines
of these railroads in localities which
i may eventually be reached by the
weevil and giving them practical advice
as hew best to grow cotton under
boll weevil conditions.
~ V* ~ 't r. * 1 ^
vi laiiirirt ttiiu uimub iu muau i>/calities
who are desirous of availing
themselves of the practical advice
and assistance of these men employed
by the railroads are Invited to
correspond with T. O. Plunkett, general
agent of the cotton culture department,
Southern Railway, Chattanooga,
Tenn. There is no cost whatever
connected with this.
To familiarize the farmers with
the work that is being carried on, the
railroads have appealed to the banks
of the south. In assisting them to
distribute their pamphlets. The following
letter hag been sent to the
bankers in this and other States that
have not yet been Invaded by the
boll weevil:
' Gentlemen:?I enclose a copy of a
circular letter addressed "to the
farmers of the south" announcing
the organization of the cotton cuiiture
department of the Southern
Railway, the Alabama Great Southern
Railroad and the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad, and incorporating the ad-,
vice of Dr. S. A. Knapp of the United
States agricultural department as to
the best methods of growing cotton.
While the advice is intended pri
t \ i < I ! i * f #\?* r? ?? /\ it i a / r* f f / \ ? ? 11 n /I A t? 1, A ) I
111 <i i i i > i u i gi un 1115 i iiy 11 uiiuci ijuii
weevil conditlona, the methods of soil
preparation and cultivation are those
that are recommended by I)r. Ivnapp
for increasing the yield of cotton per
icre, whether the weevil is present or
not. They are, therefore, methods
which I believe maj advantageously
Pe adopted by cotton growers
throughout the south.
J have had a large supply of these
drcular letters printed for distribu-'
tlon to farmers along our lines. I
shall be glad to have your co-operation
in this distribution, and if you
would like to have a supply of the
drculars to hand out to farmers who
may visit your bank or with whom
you may otherwise be in touch, 1
shall be glad to have as many copies
as you may desire sent to you.
Yours truly
W. W. I'Mn lev,
President.
Kohltcry at Denmark.
' The store of Mr. S. S. Ray, a:
Denmark, was entered by burglar*
tnd robbed one nijht this week. The
-ntrance was made by breaking f.
plate glass window and from gener?
Hi appearance there were more than
one concerned In the robbery. Mr.
Ray's store is one of the most prominently
located business places in
- town and citizens are astonished at
' the boldness of the thieves. Denmark
s ?.rn ploys only one oilicer, but the cite
f icnf will ask council to put oo
- a night man.
This has been an epoch-making
'* week in the Southland. The Corn
H Exposition held in Columbia was an
t?vent of great importance. It means
rhe independence of the South in tin
r matter of her bread and meat. SIu
h j will no longer have her corn cril
a j and her smoke house in tJiu West,
I j which means plenty and prosperity
1 ; within her borders greater than evei
' known before in her history.
Our relations with Japan are bad
ly strained again. Several young la
dies of Pasadena, Cal.t have recently
s refused to accept invitations to a bail
a given in honor of Japanese naval of
fleers of high rank, because they did
> j not wish to meet them in a sor'-tl
way.
PASS I'XDUU THE KOD.
I saw a young bride in her beauty
and pride,
Bedecked in her snowy array;
And the bright flush of joy mantled
high on her cheek,
And the future looked blooming
and gay.
And with woman's devotion she laid
.her fond heart
At the shrine of Idolatrous love,
And sho anchored her hopes to this
perishing earth
. By the chain which her tenderness
wove.
But I saw when those heartstrings
were bleeding and .tpf-xi.
And the chain had been seuered
in two;
S.io Vad changed her white, robes for
the sables of irief,
And her b-oom for the, palenes-r
of w oc.
Hut'.the Hbalor was there, pouring
'balm '611 her hearty
Aijd wiping the tears from her
I e'yts;
lie strengthened the chain Jle lrul
broken in t\yain
And fastened it firm to the skies, j
There whispered a voice?'twas the
voice of her Cod?
"I love thee, 1 love thee! Pass under
the ro i."
I saw a young mother in tenderness
bend
O'er the couch of her clear slumbering
boy;
And she kissed the soft lips as they
murmured her name,
While the dreamer law smiling i
with Joy.
O, sweet rs the rosebud encircled
with dew,
When its fragrance ks Hung on the
ail*.
So fresh and so bright to that mother
he seemed
As he lay in his innocence there,
n.it r c!>w whnn slip irazfid on that!
same lovely form,
Pale as marble and silent and col 1,
But paler and colder her beautiful
boy,
And the tale of her sorrow was
told.
But the Healer was there who had
stricken her heart,
And taken her treasure away;
To allure her to heaven he had
p aced it on hi?h,
And the mourner will sweetly
obey.
There had whispered a voice?'twas
the voice of God?
'I love thee, I love thee! Pass under
the rod!"
I saw a fond father and mother who
leaned
On the arm of a dear gifted son.
And the star, of the future grew
bright to their gaze
As they saw the proud place he
had won.
And the fast-coming evening of life *
..-..promised fair, ,v
And its pathway grew smooth to |
th?eJr f.eet;
And the starlight of love glimmered
bright at the end,
And the whispers of fancy were
syveet.
Then I saw them again bending low
o'er tho grave '
Where their hearts' dearest hope
had been laid; {
And the star had gone down in the
darkness of night,
And the Joy from their bosoms j
had tied.
But the Healer was there, and His
arirs were around,
And He led them with tenderest
ca re,
And ohowed them a star in the bright
upper worl !?
'Jwas their star shining brilliantly
tnore. |
They had each heard a voice?'twas
I the voice of their Cod?
"I love thee, 1 love thee! Pass under
the rod!"
? Mildred L. Perry.
(iil'ls ( ? I"'I\V Colli.
While 'he press and public an
making much of the yields of cori.
by South Carolina boys, little is r?e
ing said about the gtrl corn farmers
A Marlboro county girl producer
over 100 bushels to an acre, but Tlu
Chester Lantern tells about one 01
Its girl subscribers who raised T.1-5
bushels. Her name Is /,ols M^
A (Tee and she worked the land *nt
tended the corn herself.
Those people who think that the
itentitudo of our natural resources
ustifles the extravagance practiced
n our national government should
omcnihrtr i I'i :< i iii I hn of
oaves ami fishes the command was
;lven to "feather up Mi# fragments
hat nothing be Ijost." There was a
esson in domestic and business econiiny
that many might take to heart
vtth advantage.
The song says. "Homo, Sweet
! iome." Ilut the sinn>le fact Is that
! nany homes are anything bnt sweet.
. nstead of peace, and contentment
here is nothing but discord and dla.
onfent, and tlie only peace one gets
( * when he Is away from home. Yet
Jod meant that the home should be
ho nearest approach to heaven that
nrth can present.
One way by which a lot of people
may ohow compassionate thought'ulness
of the Christ is by do'ng
their Christmas trading early. To
wait to almost the last moment and
Oien wear oijjt a whole army of
Jerks by undue demands upon their
ime and strength, reflects lling
but tho Christmas spirit.
VfcKV 5MALL tKUF
_
WILL NOT GO MUCH OVKK TISN
AM) A HALF MILLION.
Tlio Southern Mills 1Im<I lletter Wttke
t'p to ? Keuli/jitton of the True
SitiiMtion.
There fs no doubt but that the
cotton crop*of* the present year iq
*i' r*
short one. tiven shorter than wis
. . , tt... - }
thought a few weeks a?o. In a. letter
to the Augusta" Chronicle Mr. T.
III. Massensale, of Nor-woucL, (la., fives'
-rood reasons to bear oat the ahbve !
statement.. Here is wli>t he says;
,Coti vinoe.;a ni-im against hU wijl,
1-1?? is of <Jie,-8iune opinion still/'- Some.
timc.bick I- wr<pt,e an article
or your paper, .on the cotton crop,'
pi at jug . that tlio spinnahle crop. or |
(iop,from first ginuin.! would net !?
over the.amount stated above. And
l.ow even with linters and city crop
it will not.,reach more than 11,000 '<00
hales. Cjty crop should novr j
be counted. Neither should linters. \
I he city crop is nothing but samples
having been pulled from bales nl-.
eady weighed and which are sold
and In warehouses?in transit or in i
(he hands of spinners. And die;
weights of these hales will show in ;
the average weight of bales by Mr. I
Hester. And to count them again in
which they again appear is a prop- j
nsition that seems tlshy. Linters aie
lit for nothing that cotton is or can
be used for, and .should not be
counted.
Hut the bears are hard to pon-|
vince. They had set their.hearts and
hands on robbing tlie Southern
planter by announcing ;a bumper
crop from the opening of the sea- j
son. And there has not been a
oay since September 1st, that would
have warranted a large yield. The
lears. however. are beginning to
uome down from 13 1-2 millions to
12 1-2 and 11 1-2 million?quite a
fall. ... I
The last census bureau report
^hows bales cotton ginned 3,764,153.
Now last year the same date cotton
pinned 8.112,199, or 80 per cent of
the crop that year, which was 10,072,731
bales. If the .sain? ratio
appertains again this season, of 80
rer cent ginned, we have a crop of
.0,51 7,063 bales, first ginning of
rotton, and I can Bee no.reason why
'hese figures should not prevail as
rvery sensible person knows that a
more propitious fall for gathering
vne never known, and the ginning
facilities never better, and the price
at tractive.
Hut suppose we go back to tho
ginning of 1 908. When . 9,595.809
was ginned, leaving 27 per cent (o
be ginned (apd this was a qad fall
lor gathering.) .The crop that year
was 1 3,0.86,005. So if we take tills
' s. f '
year's ginning for this crop yet to
be ginned at 27 per cent we only
got a crop of 1 1,100,000 bales of
cotton ,but I say that is preposterous.
So I still Insist that I am eminently
correct, not only my premises,
but in my conclusions. If I ha 1
one million dollars today 1 would
invest in spot cotton so quick,
" 'twould make your head swim."
qu.o lowest estimate of the Augusta
cotton exchany? this season wa3
10,650,000, identical with my figures.
Two short, crops coming on
the heeki the other means 2 0
cents cctton by March 1st, and that
Mill be cheap. The total consumpj
\ on of all kinds cotton .during tiie
12 months ending August 3 1st. was
j 17,03 0,31 f bales, over 1 1,200,000
bales of American was spun, and as
illiat spun in It)'00 over 12,000,000
or American. Where will the cotton
come from ' to supply the demand?
As there are 135,000,000 spindles
row humming sweet music to ears
of the world,' where,' oh' where, is
he cotton coming from to keep the
music going*?
The Southern mills had better
? ake up to'a realization of the fact
'hat there is* no more cation in the
folds to pick. They aro as bare as
they will he March 1st. Ginning all
o"er our country ? having had ginning
days since November 1st, and
the cotton being gathered up by the
European spinners, the smartest
mill men on earth. They call great
meetings (always In our cotton
country) and pass resolutions that
they will shut down before they will
pay the price, and while the English
j spinner is hollering "sick him, Tige,
j and our mill hoys drawing thQlr
Inhes to assassinate the farmer and
factor, the European spinner is
! c.uletly buying through his a Ten t?
'the cream of the cotton?leaving
cur mill men to run around and got
the tail end of the crop, and pay like
Hades for that. Tliia reminds mo
. rt the story of the outlaws thai
called a mooting for p**ay^r, and
1 while the devout ones worn down 'r
the temple on their knees praying
': for the brethren, tiro outlaws had
1 obhcd them of their earthly possessions
and ran away.
Now Hulls, give tht Hears vts. Tom
Harret* can tell you how to do it.
Yours truly,
i T. O. Massengale.
y lo uncomfortable *?s man>
people can testify. Hut nine times
out of ten the very best thing for a
<*oimik man Ms to begin life without
five dollars in bis pocket, but with n
good character und undaunted
spirit*
Xi|> It In tlio Hud.
General Frederick D. Qrant. commander
of the Department of the
lOast la the lateat advocate of compulsory
military service In the
United States, but the Idea Is not and
never will bo a welcome one in this
country, where' the volunteer plan
haa served well enough. Moreover,
there has been a larie increase of
our standing army, the ntftnber-of
regultfrly' enlisted Soldiers having
been augmented 'from 25,000, some
fifteen; years ago to about 7C.000 at
present. The Secretary of the Treasury,'
In liltf ''annual report,- shows that
during the fiscal year ending June
;iu; -ru i n, me riiKDursumenrs u?r me
Wrw-Department amounted to $1G5,-000.000.-::.
" m ... r*
This enormous - gum.; however,
i would look like a bunch. of small
J pocket* change cop.) pa red;-to what the
erst would bo il''-every ahie-bodje 1
i-.mn In this .country should be Inquired
to got "the necessary niilit'qry
training by three years of service in
.the army." "Just how much." says
the Houston Post, ."measured in
terms of .money., the drain upon the
productive resource's of the country
in crdor to suppou s ) stupendous a
military system would be, would re
<iijiro some expert figuring to ascertain
with exactness but the volume
wouWl be something enormous."
j There is no doubt about it and
the cost of maintaining our present
/I i it ^ < ? ??! (r lo n hou I o u (rrou f <i
& I <1 I) H ill ill i 11 ?> 10 n i/ui. i cio f-) i v c* ? u
burden as the taxpayers care to bear.
'Ibis army is quite large enough to
meet the needs of tbe country in
time of peace, and in war it would
have a reserve force in tbe State
National Guard. The policy of universal
military service which lias
been adopted by , some of the great
European powers will, never command
tbe favor of the American peo.ple,
for the reason that.it clashed
harshly with our democratic ideals.
The German peasant may be willing
to carry a soldier on bis back, but
the American farmer will never accept
such a burden and to discuss
the Idea is a mere waste of time and
breath on the part of General Grant
aril other army officers.
The New New Orleans States,
from which paper we take the above,
says it heartily agrees with the view
expressed by tbe Post that what this
country needs to make it invulnerable
is not universal military service
but the organization of more boys'
corn clubs. That is true, as true can
be, but at the same time this talk
about universal military service on
the part of our bovs should be nipped
In the bud, and those military men
who are talking it should be made
to understand that America is not
Germany or Russia.
The Boy of the Hour.
While the baseball and foot bail
champions, along with the great boy
orators and essayists of the college
wprld, are receiving their chaplets
of honor for one ach/eveinent or another,
we wtsh fo call attention to
Master Jerry Moore, of Florence
county, who may or may not be an
athleto or a scholar., but who has
done something to put his State in
the limelight of publicity and that
makes him truly the hoy of the hour. |
rin ie lose ihnn flftoen vears of aire
and weighs less than one hundred!
pounds, but he has produced a little!
more than two hundred and twentyeight
bushels of corn on a single
aero at a price that made his crop a
very profitable one. He won several
prizes in his county and at the Corn
Exposition in Columbia. Resides
these prizes Jerry wins a trip to the
nation's capital at the expense of
the government. His name and his
achievement will go into the history
of South Carolina, and lie will He
pointed to as a hoy whose achievements
are worthy of emulation.
South Carolina lias thousands of
hoys like Jerry Moore. Many of them
participated in the corn contests in
their respective counties and made
records as producers of corn. While
they did not raise as much on their
'acres as Jerry did, still they are entitled
to, and will receive, I ho welldone
of tiie State for the part they
played so well in the pioneer movement
of teaching the farmers of the
South that the* place for their corn
crib and smoke house are at home
and not in the West. Jerry Moore
and all the boys who joined with
him in the ?reat corn revival in South
Carolina, are entitled to our warmest
commendation for the wonderful
lessons they have taught and the
benefit they have been to the State in
k]iov."i n g her wonder! a! adaptability
to the raining of corn of the very
best variety.
11 The Republicans on the Ralllnger
| '
investigating committee has done exactly
what they were appointed to
, 'do. and what everybody expected
, them to do, whitewash Rallinger. If
. J they think the people of the country
i i will accept their vindication of Ral,
linger, they are mistaken. lie is the
,' tool of the interests, and his parti|
sans on the committee can't conceal
that fact with all the whitewash
that they can smear over him.
In replying to an abusive article
from the pen of Thos. IS. Watson,
Mr. Soely, editor of the Georgian,
concludes that Watson, his former
friend, rillu r "a pitiable lunatic or
\ t scoundrel who is attempting to live
L by blackma'l and depraved lying.
Personally, Mr. Secly says he Is int
elined to "believe that the latter can
[ not he true." He thinks Watson is
oiuay.
I
WOKSUHAimVt TALES I
I'ltlNKKH (illCLS SMr<.'(il.Kh INTO "
TIIK I'MTKU HTATKS.
>ImiU? JoufiH'y lik t'nlM'Mlltiy. Ltickar,
Willi No l<iK;lit? Mule T'mnI atnl
I.osh Air r Alton lc<l Tliciii.
\ ,
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Seven Chinese girls, captured on
Sunday when an attenipt.'.Svus u?i?ug
made to smuggle* them a?[n)rti~fi
j the steamer Manchuria, at' ?wan KraAelsco.
fell a story that i*?r. brutality
( onci'dcH nothing to the workings of
the earlier African slave i-rkIc. hniiiigt'ation
ofllcinls say there is no
donht the girls were brought, here to
he sold into slavery. Their ages
ran e from I I to ID years,, AJ1 but
one-el" them (let I tre ihit th< \ were
kidnapped in Honk Kong. This ono
ha I previously heen in America and
had been dep; rted.
Tho narrative was old lined frota
t lie gir's by Chief Assistant hninf-j^/
gration Coinmissloner Many Kdsell^
who spoko to them in their own
tongue.
Tliey said they had made the journey
from China in a locker fourteen
feet square, below decks a place
without ventilation. Not' a ray of
light, natural or artificial. Mid they
a %- ... 1. ~ I . - .. w.,,. '?* I A|.Mk4
HCt* Oil IIIC WIIDIf tU.VHKt!. " I III' ?*l KII (.
Chinese men who were captured at
tlte same time as the girls. jvycre with
them in the room, bnt no,'one else
visited them until they reached port.
Their only food and drink was some
dried fruit and cold tea, of which a
supply had been left for them before
the departure of the boat)"'
One of the girls, the youngest of
the party, says she had c.onie from
her country home on a visit to Hons
Konr. A smooth tongued countryman
told her a great pageant was being
held on the big American steamer
and Hiti(1 he thought he might be
aide to gain admission for her. She
fell into the trap. Another says she
was drugged by her kidnappers.
Kdsell B'i.vb a thorough investigation
ia to be made of the operations
of the smu'-'gllne ring that Is supposed
to be at work ant' that every
effort will be made to discover
whether any government officials are
Involved.
What the Census Shows.
Had the county of Orangeburg remained
intact, and not been cut to
form Calhoun county, she would still
rank third in point of population
among the counties of South Carolina,
being outclassed only by Charleston
and Spartanburg. She would
have held third place without the addition
of the good people that have
come to her from the county' of
Herkeley. With these added, she
would have .pushed Spartanburg
county for second place. Even as it
Ik. she ranks fifth, being outclassed
only by Anderson,.Charleston, Creenvi'le
and Spartanburg counties.
A #1 /I f h /> in 11 (\ A i h n 1 rvuf
/Mill I I1C i i),U'??u ail u ?Viif
I when Calhoun county was formed to
her present' population of nearly
56.000, Orangobairg county would
have a populatin of 7 1,000. She
rained about 5,000 population, exclusive
of what came to her from
Berkeley county, In tho last ten
years. This Is a good showing, as It
Indicates that Orangeburg county is
keeping pace with .most of the connties
of the fit a to, except tlie large
manufacturing counties of Anderson,
Greenville, Richland and. Spartanburg.
These four counties have
grown more rapidly, than any rouih ^
ties In the State; ^
Charleston remains the- banner
county, with a population of 88.594,
with Spartanburg a close second
with 89,4G5. Then follows Anderson
with 69,568, Greenville with
68.8 77, Orangeburg with .55.898 and
J Richland with 65,143. No other
I county reaches the 50,000 mark,
York county approaching that figure
nearest of any other county with
4 7,718. Pickens county bears the
1 banner for propo;4 ion ate increase,
percentages of the leaders being, approximately:
Pickens, 23.8; Chea- .
terfleld, 22.4; Greenville, 2 1.8; Spar*
tanburg, 21.5; Florence, 20.1; Anderson,
19.9; Richland, 17.3; Greenwood,
17.2.
Like the county of Orangeburg,
Marion and Sumter lost heavily *n
population by tho formation of new
counties, and therefore bad decreases
of 1 4.585 and 12,765 respectively.
Barnwell also bad a decrease of 1 .295,
Beaufort 5,140, Berkeley 6,967,
Dorchester 393, Georgetown 578 and
Hampton 3,217. IQxccpt in the case
of Berkeley, which ceded part of hep |
territory to Orangeburg, it Ms hard
to explain the decreases in these
counties. Wo do not believe that
there has been a real decrease in any
of them. The apparent decrease, we
believe, was caused by the failure to
yet all the people in these counties.
Or it may be caused by the emigration
of negroes.
They have Just caught up with a
woman in New York who made a
practice of stepping on banana peeling
and suing the railways. She got
15,000 in four years from seventeen
railway and steamship companies.
All sorts of schemes are resorted fo
ro swindle the railroads in damage
i suits.
! mm*
President Taft's message preached
Htandpatisin all the way through. At
i least that i? what the New vorlc
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