The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 20, 1913, Image 5

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? / s ^ SOME CENSUS FACTS SHOW WHITES TO BE GAINING IN THIS STATE THEY SHOW GOOD GAINS ; ? t'The Illiteracy Hate ill South Carolina In High, Percentage Ileing Over Twenty-live Per Cent. According to Advance Jiullctiii of the Census liureau. The composition and characteristics of tlie population of South Carolina, as reported at the Thirteenth Decennial Census are given in an advance bulletin soon to be issued by Director Durand, of the bureau of census, department of commerce and labor. It was prepared under the supervision of Win. C. Hunt, chief statistician for population. Statistics of color, nativity, parentage, sex, state of birth, citizenship, age, illiteracy, school attendance, marital condition, and dwellings and families are presented. They are grouped as follows: For the State and counties; for the two cities of more than 25,000 inhab itants; for the two cities of 10,000 to 25,000; for place of 2,500 to 10,00 0; and for wards of Charleston, the only city of more than 50,000 inhabitants. A previous population bulletin for South Carolina gave the number of inhabitants by counties and minor civil divisions, decennial increase and density of population, and the proportions urban and rural. That and the forthcoming bulletin cover all the principal topics of the! population census except occupations and ownership of homes. The white population is divided into four groups: (1) Native, native parentage?that is, having both parents born in the United States; (2) native, foreign parentage?having both parents born abroad; (3) native, mixed parentage?having one parent native and the other foreign born; (4) foreign born. Of the total population of South Carolina, 679,1 61, or 44.8 per cent., are whites, and 835,843, or 55.2 per cent., negroes. The corresponding percentages in 1 900 were 41.6 and r Q a rr.cno^Hvnlv urnimrtinn of U O . T , 1 UOI/VV/VI T VIJ v** vy v.w.. w. r ? 1 whites having increased during the decade. In four of the forty-three counties the proportion of negroes exceeds, three-fourths, and in twenty-nine other counties it exceeds onehalf, the maximum percentage of negroes .being that for Beaufort County (86.9). Native whites of native parentage constitute 4.1.7 per cent, of the total population of the State, and 9 7.5 per cent, of the white population. NaI tive whites of foreign or mixed parentage constitute only 0.8 per cent. Iof the total population, and foreign born whites only 0.4 per cent. Of the urban population, 4 9.6 per f ~ent. are native whites of native parl outage; of the rural, 4 2.7 per cent. Tho corresponding proportions for native whites of foreign or mixed I parentage are 3.4 and 0.3 per cent., respectively; for foreign-born whites, 1.8 and 0.2 per cent. The percentage of negroes is 4 5.2 in the urban population and 56.9 in the rural. Sex. In the total population of the State there are 751,812 males and 1 7f>filr,t>58 females, or 9 8.5 males to 100 females. In 1900 the ratio was 98.4 to 100. Among the whites th?~e are 102.4 males to 100 females; among the negroes, 3 5.1 to 1 U\ Among the native whites the ratic \ is 102 to 100, as compared wuh : 159.3 to 100 for the foreign-born whites. In the urban population there are 90.2 males to 100 females, but in the rural sexes are nearly equal in number. State of llirtli. Of the total native population ? that is, population born in the United States?94.8 per cent, were born in South Carolina and 5.2 per cent, outside the State; of the native white population, 9.4 per cent, were born outside the State, and the native negro, 1.8 per cent. Persons born outside the State constitute a larger I proportion of the native population in urban than in rural communities. Foreign Nationalities. Of the foreign-born white population of South Carolina, persons born in Germany represent 28.8 per cent.; Russia, 13; Ireland, 11.1; England, i 8.3; Italy, 5; Greece, 4.7; Canada, 4.5; all other countries, 19.4 per cent. Of the total white stock of , frji*eign origin, which includes per- j sons ,born abroad and also natives | f having one or both parents born i abroad, Germany contributed 33.2 > per cent.; Ireland, 19.3; England, , 8.9; Italy, 3.2; Turkey, 2.5; Austria, ? 2.4 per cent. Voting and Militia Ages. f The total number of males 21 1 years of ago and over is 335,046, rep- { resenting 22.1 per cent, of the popu- * lation. Of such males, 4 9.5 per cent. 1 I are whites and 50.5 per cent are ne- ( groes. Native whites represent 4 8.5 1 per cent, of the toial number and #f forfeign-born whites 1 per cent. Of 1 the 3,355 foreign-born white males 1 of voting age, 1,602, or 47.7 per cent., are naturalized. Males of militia aga?18 to 44?number 276,788. g - - v ; Age. Of the total population, 15.1 per cent, are under 5 years of age, 26.5 per cent from 5 to 14 years, inclusive, 21.4 per cent, from 15 to 24, 23.5 per cent, from 25 to 44, and 13.5 per cent. 45 years of age and over. The foreign-born white population comprises comparatively few children, only 4.8 per cent, of this class being under 15 years of age and over. Of the native white population of native parentage, 39.9 per cent, are 25 and over; of the native whites of foreign or mixed parentage 55.2 per cent., and of the negroes, 33.9 per cent. The urban population shows a smaller proportion of children of persons in the prime of life. Migration to the city explains this at least in part. Of the urban population, 30.5 per cent, are from 25 to 4 4 years of age, inclusive, and of the rural population, 22.3 per cent. The census inquiry as to school attendance was marely as to whether the person enumerated had attended any kind of school at any time between September 1, 1909, and the date of enumeration, April 15, 1910. School Attendance. The total number of persons of, school age?that is, 6 to 20 years, inclusive?is 564,200, of whom 291,307, or 51.6 per cent., attended school. In addition to these, 4,566 children under 6 and 4,486 persons 21 and over attended school. For boys from 6 to 20 years, inclusive, the parentage attending school was 50.7; for girls, 52.6. For children from 6 to 14 years, inclusive, the percentage attending school was 62,6. The percentage for children of this age among native whites of native parentage was 72.1; among native whites of foreign or mixed parentage, 81.4; among foreign-born whites, 72.2; and among negroes, ^ e t T? 1 ? Ji it. ^ do. I. J11 uriiuii cuiumuiiiutjs uiu purcentage of children of that age attending school was 71.4, and in rural CI.5. Illiteracy. The census bureau classifies as illiterate any persons 1 0 years of age or over who is unable to write, regardless of ability to read. There are 276,980 illiterates in the States, rcpresentaing 25.7 per cent, of the total population 10 years of ago and over, as compared with 35.9 per cent, in 1900. The percentage of illiteracy is 3 8.7 among negroes, 10.3 among native whites, and 6.8 among foreign-born whites. It is 10.5 for native whites of native parenage and 1.4 for native whites of foreign or mixed parentage. Illiterates are relatively fewer in urban than in rural communities, the percentages being 15.6 and 27.7, respectively. The rural percentage exceeds the urban for each class of the population except the foreign-born whites, most of whom arrive in this country when past the school age. Among them the percentage of illiteracy is slightly higher in the urban population than in the rural. For persons from 10 to 20 years of age, inclusive, whose literacy depends largely upon present school facilities and school -attendance, the percentage of illiteracy is 19.1. Marital Condition. In the population 15 years of age and over, 3 5.5 per cent, of the males are single and 29 per cent, of the females. The percentage married is 59.7 for males and 58.4 for females, and the percentage widowed 4.4 and 12.1, respectively. Although the law granting divorces in .South Carolina was repealed in 1878, the number reported in 1910 as divorced is believed to be too small, because of the probability that a number of divorced persons class themselves as single or widowed. That the percentage is smaller for women than for men is due largely to the fact that women marry younger. Thus 17.4 per cent, of the females from 15 to 19 years of age are married, as compared with 3.1 per cent, of the males, and (5 0.5 per cent, of the females from 2 0 to 2 4 years are married, as compared with 41.6 per cent, of the males. In tire next age group, 25 to j4 years, the difference largely disappears, and among those in the next two age groups the percentage married is higher among the males. That there is a larger proportion of widows than of widowers may indicate that men more often re-marry than women, - IJUL, LI1W 11U?UUI1U? <11 IS K, tJUWI <11 lv\ older than their wives the marriage relationship is more often broken by death of the husband than by death of the wife. For the main elements of the population the percentages of married persons among those 15 years of age and over are as follows: Foreignborn whites, 58 for males and 59 for females; native whites of native parentage, 58.3 and 59.5, respectively; native whites of foreign or mixed * parentage( 51.6 and 46; negroes, ; 61.1 and 57.8. These percentages by no means in- l licate the relative tendency of the 1 several classes as regards marriage. ( ro determine that, the comparison should be made by age periods, since :he proportion married in any class s determined largely by the propor- 1 don who have reached the marrying 1 ige. Similarly, the proportion wid- t >wed depends largely on the propor- r ion past middle life. The percent- I ige married, both for males and for .. 'emales, is higher in rural than in t lrban communities. ^ Dwellings and Families. c The total number of dwellings in c South Carolina is 302,842, and the t BRINGS BIG MONEY WIDE INFLUENCE OF OUR GREAT COTTON CROP. f Its Value and Meaining to the Prosperity of Tills County as Compared With Other Crops. "Cotton: The Southern Woof in the Warp of American Agriculture, Manufacturing and Commerce," is the striking title of one of the articles in "The South: The Nation's Greatest Asset," to be issued March 2 7 by The Manufactures' Record. The article is signiiicent in reflecting the influence of cotton not only in this country, but in the world. In this comprehensive report on cotton there are many facts of world-wide interest, a few of which may be mentioned here in advanced. Produced upon 35,000,000 acres, or 11,9 per cent of the 294,343,000 acres devoted to twelve leading crops of the country in 1912, the cotton crop, including its seed, in that year had a value of $1,000,000,000, equal to 2 0.4 per cent of the aggregate value, $4,900,4 4 9,000, of those crops. Upon something more than one-eight of the land devoted to those crops in the whole country, the South produced one crop, cotton, having a value more than one-fifth of the aggregate value of the twelve crops. In the last census year, 1S09, the value of all factory products in the United States was $20,672,052,000. In that year the value of the outputs of blast furnaces and iron and steel works and rolling mills was $1,377,152,000, and the value of cotton goods, inc fading hosiery and knit goods, and of primary products of cotton seed, was $9 15,070,000. In the first-named inrustries 278,505 wageearners were employed, and in the second group 4 7 1,701. The value of merchandise exported from the United States in the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1912, was $2,204,322,409. Of the total, raw cotton represented $565,849,271, manufactures of cotton $50,769,511 and cotton seed and its products $12,142,181, and agregate of $658,760,963, representing products of the cotton plant, and 29.9 per cent of the total value of all merchandise exports from the country. Jm the thirty-three years between 1880 and 1912 there was exported from the United States merchandise to the value of $39,151,828,195, and of that total $9,685,2S2.138, or 2.47 per cent, was the value of Southern cotton exported. Southern cotton lields, now represented in 3 0 er cent, of annual export merchandise values are thus strikingly shown to be an essentially important factor not only in the agriculture of the United States, in the manufacturing industries and commerce of the world, but in the basis of exchange. Southern cotton mills alone are now consuming annually more cotton than the South produced in 1868, more than all the mills of the whole country consumed as late as 1896, and more than half the amount now consumed annually by all the mills of the country. In all the South, now embracing sixteen states, there were 687,066 active spindles in 1880, which used 111,7 77,177 pounds of cotton, the spindles being 6.4 per cent of the total number of active ones in the United States and using 14.8 per cent of the cotton used by all the mills in the country. Last year the 1 1,858,600 active spindles in the South used 1,319,707,813 pounds of cotton, their number being 38.8 per cent of those in all the mills of the country, and the cotton consumed. Contemporaneously the active loom equipment of Southern mills increased from 14,754, of 6.6 per cent, of the total of the country, to 25 2,279, or 35.5 per cent of the total. These equipment statistics suggest not only the multiplicity, but also the multiformity of the South's textile, activities today, producing a hundred different lines of goods, spun, woven and knit. These facts clearly mark out the task of the South in this particular. It is, of its own initiative, or in cooperation with capital from other parts, to take advantage of its unsurpased opportuniitcs, to the end that Kv flirt i ivi rt flirt U'nrl H olioll lirt noil. VI J HIVs tl IlIVy tiiv M Wi IU QI1UU UC t(lU" ing for an annual world crop of 4 2,000,000 bales the South will be raisings 0,000-000 of them, and instead of sending G5 per cent of its crop to other parts of the world for manufacturing, will be consuming that much at homo in making goods for the markets of the world. ? ? Gives Up llis Place. William H. Lewis, a negro lawyer, whose appointment as an assisant attorney general raised a row n oflicial circles in Washington and i contest over Lewis' membership in lie American liar association, resigned Tuesday. ? Killed Many Turks. A detachment of three hundred rurkish infantrymen fought for six 1 lours against a body of Greek roops near Janina Tuesday and surendered only after 112 Turks had >een killed, including eight officers. 1 otal number of families 815,204, in- ] Heating that in comparatively few :ases does more than one family oc- 1 :upy a dwelling. The average num- 1 >er per family, 4.8. 1 Your I i should have the best of ati natural life. Get the full b<r make him valuable to you? keeping him in first-class co Keep him insured and pi hand for emergency a bottle Don't experiment with un dies?but use these tested an Noah's Hon contain no dope whatever. Beware of medicines nia< die from being treated with than if none had been given i heart or run-down condition When the reaction sets in tin Noah's Horse Medicines j larger public institutions, by people in the live stock and supplied regularly in quantit rians, large contractors, mir which is the best reconrmen< n?i/r ornTT nrin um obun ncLr ?. STANDARD OIL MONtY USED IN WEST VIRGINIA ELECTED KIM SENATOR Another Letter From John I). Archhold, Head of Standard Oil and a Oood Friend of Our Senator McIjuiriii, is Published in the March Number of llearst Mugazine. Further damaging letters from John n. Archbold, the Standard Oil oflicial, who kept United States Senators on his pay roll, are given in the Hearst Mairay.ine for Mnreh Hearst's Magazine has already pub-! lished letters bearing the signature ; of John D. Arch bold addressed to Senators John L. McLaurin, of South Carolina, Bailey, of Texas, and others. These letters have been hard to explain?so hard that Senator McLaurin and Senator 1/iiley have left public life because of them. These last letters deal with the activities of Standard Oil in West Virginia, with men like Elkins and Scott, both United States Senators at the time. Read the following excerpts from the article "When Standard Oil Carried West Virginia," and you will be given an instructive if not an entertaining glimpse of Mr. Archbold throwing his slimy Standard Oil net over the Senate end of West Virginia. The last published lesson-leaf in Standard Oil and its corruptions left Mr. Bailey, then Senator from Texas, on his way to Mr. Archbold and No. 2G Broadway. The New York American says a review of what letters and documents are in the hands of Hearst's Magazine does not. develop the particulars of that Bailey-Archbold conference. It is less publicly important perhaps since Mr. Bailey ( already has been driven from the Senate. Senator McLaurin, of this State, was exposed by Tillman sev- ( oral years ago. , The American goes on to say "the Clapp Committee, if it would, might lay bare every angle of the BaileyArch,bold story. But?apparently? it won't. The resolution which call- } ed the Clapp Committee into being commanded to go thoroughly into all of the correspondence between Mr. Archbold and members of both House 1 and Senate. Or, if you prefer the actual words, 'All financial transactions and correspondence relating there- l "unto between John D. Archbold and Colonel Roosevelt and Representa- \ tives in Congress and members of c the United States Senate from the 1 year 1900 to the date of the investigation.' " c Why, then, doesn't it call for all t the Archbold letter-books, and the c entire Archbold files? Or is it afraid t to make what sure discoveries would n thereby be uncovered? If the Clapp h Committee were in honest earnest, 1 what would it do in tlio dripping case t of .Mr. Penrose? The Baileys and ? Lorimers are gone, but Mr. Penrose p still insults mankind from his Sen- tj ate place. He confesses, Mi\.Arch:- )\ bold confesses?only, of ^ourscv whou w confronted by overpowering piuxdV- i that Mr. Penrose received $?M,OO0(.crf a, A.rch,bold-Standard Oil inonuy. c; Going back a decad^,, Standard E Oil, counting its Senate hqnchnien, tl could point to Mr. llanna .and Mr. si Poraker in Ohio, Mr.'riati '^nd \fr. O Depew in New York. 'Mr. Quay 'and w Mr. Penrose in PennsyIvanfa. 'whlie iV Mr. Aldrich and litri''westm^re' and H Vfr. Crane and Mr.' Galnnger 'and Mr. ^ Hale might be described ad'folding lc Horse tcntion and care during his ncfit of pleasure, or work, an J -as you should value him?by ndition. rotected by always having on each of Noah's Medicines, iknown and dope-made rcmed guaranteed medicines. :1c up of dope?more animals drugged and doped remedies it all. An animal with a weak cannot stand being drugged. ;y usually die. are used and endorsed by our the largest concerns and best 1 livery business. They are ics to many leading veterinaters. express companies, etc., lation. <! High Grade Se< J! MIXSON'S SEEDS GROW. TllCi | LONG AND SHORT S' O o The best Varieties. Wrii i: CORN, SORGUM, MIL O <\ Our Corn is all HIGII-13R 1* Get our Illustrated Catalogue <| W. H. Mixsor CHARLESTON o the Standard Oil fort for all N< England. And there were others. Over in West Virginia Senator 1 kins, himself a trust master ?f cc and railroad sort, was to the Stan ard Oil and every other trust as t shadow of a great rock in a wea land. And Mr. Elkins was in cc stant and effective touch with .N Arch bold. What a dark wealt h West Virginia secrets the Clapp Co mittee might unearth, if it won but act up to the design of its i volition and demand the whole Arc bold correspondence! Take the following letter from V Archbold to Mr. Elkins. Where do the inference which it sets in moth end? And inferences are the cornc posts of all discovery. One hears tl squeak behind the base-board, a: infers the mouse; one sees the bac fin cutting the surface ?f the sea, ai infers the shark. It was during tl campaign of 1900, the second M Kinley campaign, and Mr. Elkins h; written to Mr. Archbold preferrii certain requests. Thus affably d Mr. Archbold answer him: October 30, 1900.' My dear Senator: You need not offer any excuses f asking any aid that we can poSsib nt'tmwl <>n.< i ?? 171 mvi.i lit' l Atciivi j \J ii 111 v 11 i^iuwi. ill Clark has returned and I liiive jYi telegraphed him as follows: "Senator Elkins is very'anxious have John Starkey and 1). 1<\ Come foremen, work vigorously for the su cess of the Republican legislati' ticket in their districts. It is ve important. We are very anxious do everything possible to aid Sen tor Elkins. Will you please give tl matter prompt attention?" I have no doubt whatever but th Mr. Clark will give the math prompt and vigorous attention. Wii stood wishes, 1 am Very truly yours, J no. D. Archbold. [Ion. S. n. Elkins, Elkins, West Va. P. S.?Have received following r >ly from Mr. Clark: "Telegram received. Everythin vill be dono to secure the influent if the gentlemen you speak of in In lalf of Senator Elkins/' What a torch the Clapp Committr ould make of the above, to light q the finding of further letters, if ?nly would! Re 9111*0 this letter an he Elkins Jettqr is replied to wer lot the beginning and the end of an UKins-^rchbold correspondence. I 89$?np off year?a sudden tlaw i he. politic#! wind laid ,the West Vjj Wua JRqpijblipan# 011 the^* heppi nds. ,, IJL .,|oqketl,;lforM a mwpont a hpugb pM were, lpst, Mr., Florin as ^oycirpoiv A19U, Flinty W ft ,111){( ; i.Tl^f,e wdpJd be(p.,Sonntpr((eleot^ s.pqllo^g^pJWJr. Elkip9.(,,A.pqpiQ r VfipooraM0 -Spuiibor. ,.,,Ti^s 110 watchfuk,rArphbqld? Wjerfw piderishly ^ouUXkoui Ilia Standan i';ve^Wi,??;,W$w?,mvxIt yo' 111 re-read Mr. Roosevelt s 1904 re larkk, dclMred' kd^oss' 'Wo' Wttit 'Hittfof&itf WW Mat, 'm 111 (Vfekervo tHdt'bfe ^tfWd&d !st "papa" fS&tt'h&'d lifted cktb "I > I Noah's Colic Rcmed/ la recommended for that most dangerous dlseaso, Colic, and Is harmless In Its effect. Simple to administer?given on the tongue. Cheap In price?BOo a bottle, and worth $50 to any stock owner. Yellow box, red and blac|c printing. Xonir* Fever Itemeily Is a medicine for fever, colds, dlstempor, Influenza, lung troubles and the treatment of milk fever In cows. Given 011 the tongue. Two sizes, BOc rind 91.00. liluo box, red and black printing. Xoali'N K ura-C.fill Ointment, for fresh cuts, old sores, scratchos, collar galls, soro backs and thrush In horses' feet. 35o per can. Bronze can, red and black printing. Noah's Liniment Is tho bost'allround family and stable remedy on the market. Contains no alcohol, chloroform, ammonia, naphtha, benzine or poisonous drugs. 38c, 50o and $1.oo a bottlo. Gallon cans at 9U.OO White boxes, rod and bl&ok printing. The genuine Noah's Medicines havo Noah's Ark?registered trademark?011 every outside box and label. Word "Noah's" always In red ink. Beware of substitutes. Sold by all dealers Ln medicine or sent prepaid on receipt of pjrlofe Ma do in Richmond, Vsu. by the Noah Itemed y Co., Lno. el ed and Farm Lands | 'arc grown in the South for the South rAPLE UPLAND COTTON ;; <> te us Tor prices and information. < .LET, VELVET BEANS &c j! 10D SOUTH CAROLINA CORN. o 3 uT all Vegetable and Farm Seeds. )> < l Seed Company, ;; SOUTII CAROLINA Jt Ir* ^s^S5je5:r<5S^^5^^ * m es , ? ..., ... .. . DIl k_ Bookkeeping, Banking arid Short, hand open moire a veto ties to success 1(1 than any other training, lie Qraduates placed iu. PROOREJSe SlVte V^-COUNTHY, Educational l(j cehter. Investigate. evrnnj idTtitvii'iic rm t l^.w i(] Si''Dept. JS. Dept. Spartanburg, 8:'D. Anderson, 8. O, , . , 1111 . 11ii i . paign funds from Beef, Sugar, Tobacco and Standard Olh""> . r- hk, "'BaptV ScbfU', : was ' Nathan "Day ^ Scott, and his lVomd State; West "VHs(' gltia. He had always been a Ha una nvati. and never a Roosevelt mrtti. "Tn . a Baltimore speech in 19 04 ?this was .. just'before (lie nominations-?ltehad ' spoken of' tho"liUter as "this man ' ^ Roosevelt, Whom everybody is fb'r v and nobody wants". Btit he had been dining somewhat heavily, and MY. to ^ Roosevelt lot: this 'burst of Intttior pass without remark. Later, the hnmorons Mr. Scott assisted about the . Roosevelt headquarters, at p,. The West Virginia 189$ Legislate ture, Republican and not Democratic-,, as Mr. Archbotd had feared, elected, Mr. Scott ? Mr. Roosevelt's "papa"' Scott?to the United States Senate; There is nothing of documentary k:nd in the possession of this magazine to show how far Mr. Archbold and Standard Gil forces in th<* <3?n_ ate elevation of Mr, Scott. IU However, from Mr. Archbold's in,stant interest in the business, when he thought that the Democrats had carried the State, as evidenced In his letter to Mr. Clark directing tho !t election of Governor (Homing, one is free to assume that he had a hand in the Senate making of Mr. Scott. The two were on speaking terms sure^ ly in 1904, When Mr. Scott sent iihfs n grateful wire to^Mr. Archboldi , Wheeling, ^pt VlrglnW,'.' lf ... g .: v SPnM'vvay, N^y- XQrJt,,, ? -iinr ; g Thanks to you and other iiftMentf?, , w,e Jmvo >V?wt hMr^e^y-fivo t t|h^apd,^ta^e t,ioketi,sa,felt>t(t|>inHIf ; )|fjj 0||!(^|B| Scut,I. , * J(Hw hetidor, ^w^w/)hing,;, fcow d pwmp.tly loy.^1-WeRtj'Vlr^ia.gtw^ $ UppubAie^, *>nfL,ityr<.,.Seet* *floesn't d jrioHiLbanks ,-lAfc 11 A,rphb^W, St*n0*rd QMI( a#dVVher f$Jpn<|Sin,.. ,,,( n pnlnlmi ? /n.** J .1*VIII IIJ'.T 'IIO.'MIM! * placed his ideal to low. t ,/ /