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CUT r U, KNOW ABOUT R 100: STATE? .i . ow about your :() oursa, you are b .v4 ..t reasons could tfe - 1 yalty? Do you ; ing in commerce, lt - .-Aproving the wel Y, citi .c', in maintainnig nt tw vanguard of progress? an should Le just as familiar h o r i his state as with r h :ountry. thn11 ,ast Merchant, a of New York, has - hs in painstaking -mation regarding progress of each 'territory. Stata' thered from state :ial organizations deral bureaus for enting as thorough a picture of the each of the South n commonwealths ble to obtain. We -r the fifth st-dry. AROLINA. :OM LAST WEEK) ;erful source of - as scarcely been the state'smagnifi mber. In spite of made on her for pment of her agri aiain vast wooded virtuatiy untouched ,1 that t: a state has ; timber 'o supply the new epuers o. for an finite s of develo : r " f :es is far I , ",i 0 un ned t ) - a's h, her soil lie ::u " includinc :JHs of Y the worla. Large have beet loca' . ickens, partan Sn counties and in e ero are immense beds ?lain clay. The most L-.- of recent years d ' one phosphate marl ands near Charles ud >ther districts. This es one of the best agricultural state, cities naturally do -ize with the great the industrial com }her cities have a iction which mare ~ive. Charleston is 4. icturesque towns in rapidly growing in eaport. It has one ors on the Atlantie -the most important recent years has th South and Cen xports to the ports neighbors totaled 00 last year, almost ii for 1917. Regu senger lines run to idelphia and other nd her ocean going otton, rice, naval and lumber shows Isistent growth. en Charleston in ~resqueness is Co cap)ital, onelI of the s in the Uitiedl thie worl over for and c'tton b~'-pro county, of which chief city. is the :tctn manuf' uu.t itry and in ol'on *ustr'ies the capi 1: ri'ie fretilner " )the seat of dv H.education, includ n of South Carolina h Ie of cities comes of the most ent.'r * 'ssive cities of the Srg standls On soil STHE PRIN7 6 MOW WWI~ A'IO' 8Q GK (90M A CU-- F 'H CAR forever sacred to every American, for it was in this county at Kings Mountain that the tide of the Ameri. can Revolution was definitely turn ed in favor of independence. HerE also is the famous Cowpens battle, ground. The main industrial enterprise of Spartanburg is the manufacture of cotton cloth in which the county lead: the South in the number of spindles and looms. Its twenty-seven cottor mills with their 860,460 spindles and 20,660 looms represent an invested capital of $17,650,000, an annual payroll of $6,691,000 and an outpui of almost $35,000,000. Only one other city in the United States sur passes Spartanburg as a buying cen ter in proportion to its size. It: verage monthly purchas.es in March 1:20, were given as $20,800,000. No mention of Spartanburg woulc be complete without some tribute t, the Textile Industrial Institute, one )f the most remarkable and admir. able enterprises in the world. Thy purpose of the institute is to offer an opportunity for ,education and technical training to the young men and women who work in the cotton mills and who suffer from lack of schooling. It was established nine years ago by Rev. D. E. Camak, a young Methodist preacher without funds or influence, but fired with the zeal of a great idea. With a borrow ed $100 Mr. Camak set out on his great mission and in less than ten years has created an institution valued in money at $25,000 and be yorid all pecuniary value in what it has accomplished for thousands of young men and women in arousing their ambition, developing their char acters, training their minds and set ting their feet on the path to pros perity and achievement. Mr. Camak proposes to expand iis *'quipment so that he will be able to train '1,000 mill boys and girls at a t nie. As a means to this end he has raised the funds for and completed The building of a model mill which is declared to be the best built and besi equipped cotton mill in the world This mill will make about 1,50( yards a day of "Character Cloth," s< named because the manufacture o: character is primarily the purpose o1 the mill rather than the manufactur< of goods. Here is what Mr. Carnal himself has to say about this mill: "Every one of the forty odd pro cesses necessary to produce the bes cotton cloth that it is possible t, make will be done in our mill, fron the opening of the bale to the card ing, combing, spinning, twisting singeing, dyeing, bleaching, warping weaving, finishing, stanmping witi trade mark in-selvage and selling b: parcel post to the home. "We are not a manufacturing con cern. We are a character factory W e make human character and dis tribute it. Six states from Virginit to Texas are represented in our pres ent enrollment of two hunfred an< sixteen grown,' hungry, 4ager, cap able, clean, ignorant young Southern era. They are working their was through the character factory b3 making character cloth." It is impossible for us .to giv< speci:al notice to each one of the scores of hustling, progressive litti' towns which stud the fertile plaim an~d nestle in the beautiful valleys of South Carolina, but we cannot leave the subijee': without somei miientioni Ol r~enville, one of the most delight f.:lly. situated anid enuterprising cot tomill towns of the South. LIn ti, <narini spot. lying~ in the sh:adoiw ol the glor:ious Elue Rid.ge M.'unainis thavisitor may see in the courso el a brief stroll the whole fa.scinating i: ee f cotton godsmaufctr -1 t* wn of the '1ty,~ t'ow. -- * 2 iinishe i fabrie. G ren. - hom)Ife of the largest cottop' wol i, an immense inusti *u& 'A shelters under it24 roof L . :>. '.n that' thc Tc:stIi :'r iu -:Sih->w. I2th most elabhorate expoV.f : and c'ottn cI loth ER'S DEVIL AS6.OE F A ; W: O LA' ww og o ?w 'wit p K 40.;~ u O Om LINA and things made therefrom which has ever been offered in this country, will be held next October. The headquarters for the show will be the splendid Textile Hall, which was built in ,Greenville by the Southern Textile Association and which is the most extensive and handsomest building of its kind in the South. Such in brief is South Carolina, a state favored by nature with every thing that can delight the eye and imspire the spirit of man-a state great in notable traditions and in habited by a people whose warmth of heart, boundless hospitality and exalted patriotism are a national pro verb. Glorious as has been its past, far more glorious is the promise of its future as the ingenuity and energy of its sons and daughters de velop the vast and as yet scarcely touched sources of wealth which are :heir heritage. There is no greater test of the per manent and staple prosperity of any state or community than in the num berl of home owners and in this re spect South Carolina presents a won derful record. Out of 315,204 fam ilies in the commonwealth no fewer than 93,757 own their own homes and these figures are the more note worthy in view of the large proportion of colored labor included in the state's population. Other and very substantial proof of the high character of South Caro lina citizenship, is afforded by her bank and insurance records. Ac cording to the latest available statis tics there are 185,032 accounts in her national banks and deposits to taling $66,863,000. The figures re specting life insurance are even more striking for policies are in force for not far from a third of her entire population or 442,352 individuals and these policies represent an aggregate sum of $262,096,766. Another sure barometer of success exists in the extent to which automo biles are owned and in this direction also South Carolina makes an amaz ing showing. There are 35,496 au tomobiles registered in the state or an average of something less than thirty persons to a car. What this .0ieans can be very readily grasped when it is noted that the average population per car for the entire United Statse is sixteen and in con sidering the figures, for South Caro lina allowance must again be made t for her large colored population. The great change which has pass ed over the Palmetto state in recent years could not be illustrated better than by the story of Horry County. This county, the largest in the state, 1had an unenviable reputation up to twenty years ago of being the most backward in the South. In more than ten squaire miles of area it could only boast of one brick building, one drug store. twelve buggies, one strug gling bank, one (dead county news paper and one mixed freight and pas senger train daily. Then the new spirit which was moving over the en. tire South invaded Horry county. Within five years the trade volume rose from $700,000 to $8,000,000 and before the twenty-year period had expired it was well over $12, 000,000. NJew schools sprang up everywvh-ere, splendid roads were built, barren waste; became fertile. flourishing farms, live, pr-ogressive little tovwns were bor-n andl blossomed :and six years after th> gr&'at reviva l the county took~t dre pr-i e at the state fair for- th~ b sc agriculkural eyl.hit. Toda.y, ~is~ad 'f iblushing for C'r) cuntv. Son K italinai p)oitLs to it with pride. Moy the county seat;, ha rAt~ - from a crosjioads settlemrent of fouri1 !~ tbeted L sug gling and w v: :! h hiopeless people, int a tIrn lei '>veithi elct: lig.hb.4, paved .<r ets, mo'dern wat': wo'*; ari arypd)lic utility and pr vet is Ielo 'r 5,000 andgrw ing ra:pidfy. le h a >nl of the fin ast public r'ha yi nad-h:;e. in the South, a numberI~t of bani , r'wo progressive neCwspape.rS. handIson) new.' publh: By Charles Sughroui " NW~emn Ne vnp,rUnju, PSAwounO WMO'(Q WhoQ ubEO Au. ''W WOS o ME - o o 6 0 auildings nau dcores of beautifuI modern residences. What has happened in Horry coun ty is merely an example of what has happened elsewhere in, the state, no. tably in Williamsburg, Marion, Dil lon and Florence counties and the t good work is going on. Five years I ago there was scarcely a mile of what could truthfully be called im proved highway in the state. Today i splendid roads lead in all directions I and the matchless beauty of South Carolina's famous mountain district is attracting an army of automobilists t from all parts of the Union who leavei behind a substantial financial tribute j and carry away with them the news I of the wonderful progress the old l state is making, each tourist a mis- I sionary to spread the gospel of the l New South in every part of the I Union. Roaf surveys completed in 1 forty counties up .to last November i totaled about 635 miles and the mile- I age covered is approximately only i one-fifth of the amount planned by i the State Highway Commission. The I roads already surveyed are scattered t from the coast to the niountains of Pickens and Oconee counties and in elude highways of the finest construe tion of asphaltic concrete and bridges of reinforced concrete. In addition to her highways the' commonwealth is well provided with railroad transportation facilities, be ing trvaersed by a perfect network of steam roads and served by sev eral of the most important of the north crn and southern railroad systems. It has also the advantage of water transportation and possesses four tine ports, Charleston, Georg town, Beaufort and Port Royal. We canndt conclude this review better than by quoting B. Harris, Commissioner of Agriculture, Com merce and Industries, who said re cently: "This is the second reconstruction period in the South which I have passed. How vastly unlike. I do not like to think of those times, gone and gone forever, but I would like for the youth of today to get A)me conception of the absolute poverty of the South in 1866. Once the fairest republic that the sun had ever shone upon, she was in ashes. Her wealth was gone, het credit was gone-friends she had none. Those, were terrible days and nothing but the pride, courage and hope of a brave Anglo-Saxon people could have saved this South of ours from degra dation, and the horrors of miscegena tion. France in 1870 had a nation, South Carolina' 1571 ACRES OF LAND. VAL OPERAl DEGREEi COURSES. .Agriculture. (Seven Majors). Architecture. Chemistry. Chemical Engineering. Civil Engineering. Electrical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Textlie Industry. Industrial Education. General Science. SHORT COURSES. Agricultural. Textile Industry. Pre -Medical. SUMMER SCHOOL. June t3-July 23, A gricu11tu ralI Teac hers;. Cotton Graders. College Make-u p. Remlovaj of Entrance ConJ! tionsr. Agricultural Club B y.:. R. 0. T. C.-Clemp..m a n Al R ?. 0. r. C. stude'nn n~-: i FOR TEREGIS APPLICATIONS1 & N 010 ASWun GtL $99 AW'&8S 'AV 2~u WGRE NO OWOR M OAA ,hougth conquereu. Germany ha" a cation today. She can speak. .She an send ambassadors. In 1866 the 3outJ was without entity and adrift ipon a sea of chaos. "In this new reconstruction period he rest of the world seems writhing n the birth pangs of evolution, but town here in this South of ours there s serenity, prosperity, and a larger neasure of ease and contentment han I have ever known. The South had no money after the Var of Secession. H er currency heft did-not even have the value of nteresting souvenirs. Today the outh's wealth is not in gold alone, >ut in the success of every industry. "It was a long, tedious, back >reaking climb from the depths of ioverty into which we had been' hrust. Can it be that this is the ame South? It seems po improb ble 1 Many and many is the cabin ome I have seen, the 'poor whites f the South.' No comforts of liv ng, no 'ornaments on the mantel oard, no pictures on the walls. Only he most primitive cooking utensils, to furniture that could be callled such mnd the snow drifting through the !racks of the puncheon walls in win "But things are different all hrough the South today. Even the teneration that is today taking hold >f things with such vigor and en .husiasm has felt the pinch of hard hips. I have watched young men n whom I had the highest hopes for eadership. I knew that they were vell prepared in lineage and in edu ration. Yet it seemed so hard for them to get a start. I have seen the discouragement cloud their faces. They met with reverses when the cotton gamblers fixed a miserable price upon the staple which they had worked so hard to produce. I have seen their shoulders begin to stoop umiier care and their eyes to lose their fire. But in the last four years there has come a change over their dreams. At last they have actually beun to make a little profit on their cotton, to get rid of some of their debts, to buy some furniture and )retty things for the home, to be able r> atford travel and relaxation for .he tired, loved ones at home. "This is no overdrawn picture. I am stating .solemn facts. The South has been kept down for fifty years by cotton! But our younger farm ers are gaining confidence as they are acquiring cash balances-and their future is in their own hands. If they will exercise common sense in SON CO] College of Engineering W. M. RIGGS, Presideni UiE PLANT OVER $2,300,000.00. 'ED UNDER STRICT MILITARY DIf VALUE OF A TECHNICAL ! EDUCATION. A technical education is the best insurance against hard times. In earning capacity, it may equal an ' estate of $50,000. For the un trained are the positions of pov-s erty and obscurity. Times are hard in South Caro lina, but the cost of an education at Clemson College is compara-t tively low,--sufficiently low to bet within the reach of any ambitious young man in South Carolina. Scholarships, free tuition andI the~ paymnent by the United States Goenmn to R. 0. T. C. stu d 'tts, still further reduce the cost DoK :Ill)w the finlancial d iin (Ab -> kop you from enterin coilege this fall to prepare your *ih'a.i. FULL INFORMAT9ON WARmTE 02 TR AR, CLEMSON COI VILL BIE CONSID EREDh IN THE 0! 20 they w. w nev a 5ain a bo, holden to any man. Large prodrc. tion of cotton. in South Carolina i3 1920- would be the worst thing thia state could do---but it will not ba done." MDA'ERSON FARMERS TO GET NEARLY $1,000,000. Anderson, June 25.-The Daily Mail says: Appraisers of the federal land bank are expected in Anderson by J. R. C. C:-",: wi;:ha the next few days, and then, according to. Mr. 'Griffin, as applications for loans are approved, money should be available to those pe:sons who have made ap plications for loans from the' Federal Land Bank through the Anderson Farm Loan association. Just now, according to Mr. Grif fin, treasurer of the association, the local association has applications on file for betweeh $800,000 and $11, 000,000. These applications for the most part, are already as good as approved, he said, for the committee has advised with those persons re quiring loans, and has had them make the proper applications for loans which conform t) the required standards. FOR SALE-At this office, Tres pass Notices, printed on cloth. WINTHROP COLLEGE SCHOLAR SHIP AND ENTRANCE EX AMINATION. The examination for the award of vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col lege and for admission of new stu dents will be held at the county court house on Friday, July 1, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not b. less than six teen years of age. When scholar ship< are vacant after July 1 they will he awarded to those making the hi'ghest average at this examination, provided th y meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for sc"holarships should write to Presi i:t J >h' :,n before the exanina ti )m f ir scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 14th, 1921. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johoson, Rock Hill, S. C. p-47-38-5 t-s6-?.9 LLEKGE and Agriculture. t. NROLLMENT 1919-'20, 1,01.4, iCIPLINE. ~CHOLARSi[PS AND- EXAM>.. N ATEONS The college maintains one hun lred1 and seventy four-year schol irships in the Agricultural and ['extile Courses. Each scholar hip meians $400 to help pay ex... >enses9 and $1.60 for tuition appor ionted equally over the four years. Also fifty-two scholarships in he One Year Agricultural Course, hise sholarships are worth $100) mid tuition of $40. The scholar hips must be won by competitive xainaintions which are held by Lh Coumnty Superintendent of C.euatn,, on July 4th. It is worth utr whi N to try for one of these b e r'. u.s will ha .ivegn to ~LEGE, S. C. DZR RECEAVEO. aw in a Waggish Mood