Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, January 27, 1904, Image 2
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'I he Outlook Specially Favorable
lor the Eiiriiiiiii; Interest* ul
the South.
l>. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte,
in Atlanta Constitution.
In the early days when the in
stitntion of slavery had no more
il Ami ita t l >!. i I. tl Iiui.oo ill I ii" -Win! li
thau it hail in any other part of
the country the intercut* of the
fc'iuth were a* much ?I?v*-rnia
those of any other part of the
country. There were ample ap
preciation by our forefathers of 1
eighteenth century of the ahnnd 1
ance of the natural resources of
this section besides the fertility
of the hoi 1, and the healthfulnesH
of the climate. About the be
ginning of the nineteenth eenturj
the southern states had well de- '
veloped manufacturing interest*.
There is no doubt that at that 1
time the south led the rest of the '
union in manufactuies. '1 he cot
ton gin had been invented by '
Whitney, of Coniocti u , im
i J _ j _ i _ t
proyeti Hiici maue h practical success
by Holmes, of South Caro 1
lma and Georgia. 'l'hi? inven f
tion made cotton produce very
profitable and by indirection 1
Htimnlnted all agricultural in 1
terests. The one hindrance and 1
handicap to increaaing develop
nient in the south wan scarcity ol
labor.
Had our forefathers then abolished
slavery the dependence of
labor would have been white immigration.
What the result
would have been had that been
clone is necessarily speculative.
My opiniou is that if this had
been done the south's manufac
tures would never have been
iosr, out wt>uhi nave prospered
and always continued to lead and
that the production of cotton
would have be?n greater than it
wHfl by the system of slave labor.
There was a strong southeri
sentiment in opposition to slavery
at that time, but nothing was
done to stop it, and the dr-m.tnd
for agricultural labor was chiefly
supplied by the purchase ol
slaves from the northern states 1
and from slave traders who im- 1
norf oH ll o m I f Mrvwt A f ?. AO
put vvu iiicui viiicti 11 Will ill I lUd.
It transpired that the produc- '
tion of cotton with slave labor
was very profitable and the life 1
of the planter and slave owner 1
was a very attractive one. This '
life was in some respects semi- 1
feudal and in other respects semi
magnificent, as slavery grew in 1
magnitude, importance and in- 1
lluence ; manufactures and com
merce declined. In 1830 the in- '
stitution of slavery had become
practically dominant and manu- 1
factures had become practically (
dried up. '
l
INFLUENCE OF SLAVERY.
When slavery baeame an es- <
tablished proposition in the <
south immigration ceased. Ah ;
it grew in influence there was i
developed a tide of emmigration
from the Piedmont region of
Virginia, the Carolines and Geor- I
fe,im iu luc iuoii uuriawuit j iui
territory now largely made up
of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Many of the wall known names '
iu those states are those of men 1
who were in this tide, finch an
Lincoln, Harrison,Thurman,Cannon
and others. Thin tide of 1
emigration and the settlement of '
the southwest by those who fav
ored slavery made the main ,
movement of events in the sooth ,
from 1830 to 1860. (
PRESENT CONDITIONS. 1
(
At the present time the sonth \
is again practically in the same i
situation, on * larger scale, than
she was in 1800.
Her manufactures are re estab
lished and are well diversified.
Commerce has revived. Free
while labor is reestablished in
the high respect of everybody.
Public education is established
Slavery is destroyed.
The production of cotton is
verv profitable and the world
again demands more than we
can supply, as was the case in
1SOO
L.-tbor in scarce and cannot
attain buy slnveH to supply the
want. Land is plenty ; the price
of it is cheap , it 18 fertile anil the
climate healthy.
In this situation the conditions
which forced emigration are gone
and emigration has ceased.
In this condition the conditions
which stopped immigration are
gone, and conditions in the cotton
region are now more favorable to
immigration from the north or
(ruin Europe than they are in
any other part of the United
States or of the world.
The civil war was not the great
lisaster of the south. The establishment
of slavery was the
louth's one great disaster. No
war could have made the wreck
find ruiii that fell upon the south
and HtRiil with us fur fifteen to
twentv five years after the war.
It was the full of slavery that
brought us for no long a time no
near anarchy.
Alter the disestablishment of
slavery and the re establishment
of good government, manufactures
and commerce revived, the
south has attain reached a gener- i
al development similar to what
existed in 11)00.
Immediately after the civil I
war agricultural conditions still
prevailed. As long as thin aituation
held, much improvement
was out of the questlou. Ah booii
as manufactures and commerce
are re established the agricultural
interest# are at once immensely
benefited. The following
figures as to cotton, mule in
round numbers as to bales and
price, will in a measure show
this. In the first decade after the
civil war there was a production
of 2,500,000 bales, at 24 cents,
which yielded $300,000,000. In the
second decade 5,000,000 bales at
12 cents, which yielded $300,000,[)00.
In the third decade 10,000.rwui
k. i... a _u_l. _:.u
kj\/\j i/mrn ci t u i;riUB^ TYIIIdl J 1C1Usd
$300,000,000. Up to this time
Agriculture was practically the
main oocupation. After this
manufactures became important,
absorbing much farm labor and
made markets for perishable
farm products.
Under these influences the
south made of cotton in the 4th
decide, 10,000,000 bales at 12
cents, yielding $600,000,000. For
the first time t^e tide turns.
Formerly when in ten years the
crop was doubled the price was
cut in half. Now when in ten
fears the crop is not increased at
all the price is doubled.
Are these new conditions stable ?
[ think they are good for some
time to come.
PROM PIKLD TO FACTORY.
In the state which I live we*
bave about fifty thousand people
working in cotton mills. There
AVest-Pocket Doctor.
Never iu the way, no trouble to
;arry, easy to take, pleasant and
never-failing in results are DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. A
rial of these little pills in the
rest-pocket is a certain guarantee
against headache, bilionsness,
torpid liver and all of the ills retulting
from constipation. They
tonic and strengthen the liver,
told by Crawford Bros.
/
are probably fifty thousand more I
working in cotton oil mills, ferti- <
lizev factories, furniture factor r
ies, trouser and other factories I
and on the railroad?. This i
makes one hundred thousand c
most of whom have left farms (
inside of twenty years. Assum- i
iug as many others in each ot the
cotton growing states we have \
about one million working people <
in factories, on railroads and in t
commercial life. This change is, i
in my opinion, the cause of the 1
present shortage in the cotton I
crop c
1 is not alone that this mini \
her of people have Leen taken t.
out of tlie cotton fields, but their t
support niHacH cash markets for (
perishable farm products. This y
has turned many farmers to the i
production of fruit, truck, milk, t
butter and such like farm pro- ?
ducts in prelerence to cotton.
THE REMEDY?IMMIGRATION.
What of the remedy ?
Some immediate help could be
gained if the idle negroes in cities
and towns should be driven out. 1
This could he r tidily done under {
existing vagrancy and criminal
laws. The influence of idle negroes
in town is very nad. If
driven out they could not live in J
the country without work. The ^
parasitic opportunity that the |
city furnishes does not exist in i
the country. i
Coming from Charlotte to At '
lama, I hrw many field* of cotton r
where there was good picking,
but nobody doing it I hrw a b<? I
group* of idle, loafing negroea j
practically in every town on the 1
way. I saw no such group* of (
idle white people. ,
If loafer*, white and black, ?
could be forced to work on their
own account or on the public
highway* for the county's ac
count, kitchens would be more
economically operated by the 1
cooks, we would g<*? more cotton '
and the public highway* would 1
he much benefitted for one in '
I hauling cotton and other goodn. I
'I he remedy that will give per i
manent relief is white immigra- |
tion. It was useless to discuss
w hite immigration to the cotton .
country aa long as slavery existed.
It was still u-eless as long as (
the white labor of the south was
not yet wholly employed.
The sou*h was not an attractive
field for the immgirant when cot
ton was cheap, when there was '
no market for other farm pro- I
ducts, when there was no profit
able employment for those mem <
I ka?n A ftttMllvr n> V>/\
I uom V#A m 1 1111111J TTUU {JI D1UI IKU |
other occupation** than that on a
farm, and when there were no
public schools. I
TOK NEW SITUATION.
1. Slavery ii gone forever. i
2. White labor is fully employed.
'
3. Cotton is high in price and '
its production very profitable. I
4. The manufacturing popula- <
lions make fine cash markets for 1
perishable farm produces.
5. Profitable employment in
factories and on railroads is aasr
to ob tain in any part of the J
south.
8. Public education is well established
and being rapidly de- ,
eloped. i
7. While the negro is found to *
have made a good and effioient '
laborer in factories and on rail- (
roads under the direction of white :
bosses; as a farmer, he is un- (
doubtedly degenerating. i
This may change for the better '
with better training and under 11
constraining exactions of adTanc- (
ing civilization. ]
HIGH PKICK0 roa BOMB YKARS.
It looks as though the future 1
? f
leld in store for lis less and less
jotton and higher prices, until
uir farm labor in supplemented
3_V white immigration. We can
lot now, and would not if we
sould, buy slaves to make up the
leficiency as our forefathers did
n 1800.
1 do not undertake to say that
vhite immigration is to be the
inly means of increasing the cot hi
crop. The seriousness of the
>resent deficiency is the result, of
wo very poor crops in succession.
rossibly next year may be a full
:rop and the immediate scarcity
vf>11 lei in a decree disappear. The
ievelopment of a better knowl
dge of farming, better system of
ultivation, larger use of lertiit
:<->rs and many factors other than
mmigration will have influence
,o hold the present production
md increase it. *
There is no charily in making
avish mils lor the purpose ol
alving l he conscience.
The slory that should not be
old in I be presence of ladies is
n fit to be heard by gentlemen.
IIiih'i W orrjr.
This is easier said than done,
et it may be of some help to
ion1 ider the matter. If the cause
? something over which you
lave no control it is obvious that
vorrving will not he'p the matter
n the least.. On the other hand
f within vour control you have
mlv to act.. When you have a
mid and fear an attack of pnsii
lionia, buy a bottle of Chamber
itin o \ >?iiimi ivrmru v MIIU IINO 11
judiciously and all cause for
vnrry as to the outcome will
quickly disappear. There i? no
ianger of pneumonia when it is
ised. For sale by J. F. Mackey
k Co., Druggists.
>1 an j' Drum ins.
Many amusing mistakes occur
11 the house almost dai y because
?f a similarity of appearance in
members. Constituents come
here alter seeing their represen
*ii(l think that they can recognize
him
They pick 1 he wrong man about
ts often am i hey do the right one.
Judge (Jroll, 1 am so glad
to see a South Carolinian away
up herel" declared a young man
with his bride a few days ago.
Idie bride looked greatly pleased
that her husband knew so distinguished
ft lawyer of his own state.
ul'm Representative Badger of
3hio," said the supposed Judge
Jroft.
These two men look more alike
than any other two men in the
tiouse. Even some of the mem.
t>ers find it difficult to tell which
8 which.
The double of Representative
rate of Georgia, "Tom" Ball of
rexas, who served three days in
his congress, for which he revived
$3,000, has resigned and
8 going to devote himself to private
business.
Cured After Suffering 10 Years.
B. P. Hare, Supt. Miami Cycle &
Mfg. Go. Middletown, ()., suffered
or ten years with dyspepsia. He
ipent hundreds of dollars for
nedicine and ? thout receiving
my permanent benefit. He says
'One night while feehog excep
tonally bad 1 was about to throw
lown the evening paper when I
law an item in the paper regardng
the merits of Kodol Dyspep
lia Cure. I concluded to try it
ind while I had no faith in it I
relt better after the second dose.
After using two bottles I am
itronger and better then 1 have
seen in years, and I recommend
Kodol Dyspepsia Our* to my
rriends and acquaintances sulFerng
from stomaoh trouble." Sold
>y Crawford Bros.
#
%
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths. *
There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so deecp?
[j| |1 I'll tive. Many sudden
^ *< [ vA ^ liU-'ir ~~ deaths are caused
by it?heart disease,
pneumonia,
mJiA ^Kc, * heart failure or
J lr*\K ^ f~ apoplexy are often
'A) \ the result of kid(
A ney disease. II
^rsW=Sm. kidney trouble is
t^sT""V Id W _I allowed toadvance
y\$>. ' JjMl ' t lie knl tiey-poisoned
blood will (ittick
the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from a derangement of the kidneys and
a cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feeling
badly you can make no mistake by
taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
It corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, and overcomes
that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the .
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon rcalizetu
It stands the highest for jts wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and "W
one-dollar size bottles. You nun' have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new discovery
and a book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, SwampRoot,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghamton, N. Y., 011 every
Inrttle.
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LHnuH^itn ob uritoicn
RAILWAY COMPANY
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CONNECTION'S
('HESTER-Nouihern, ^ealioard. anil ( aro
11ii:i & North-Western Railways.
LAN''ASTER?southern Railway.
A. I* MoEURK. Superintendent.
LKROY St'RINUS, Pre-ddont.
Auditor's Notice.
Notice is hereby Riven that this office
will he open from the 1st dav of
January to the 20th day of February,
19(4, for the purpose of receiving the
returns of the taxpayers of Lancaster
county.
All persons having property in
their possession or control, as managers,
holders or as husband, parent,
guardian, trustee, executor, administrator,
receiver, accounting officer,
agent, attorney, or factor, on the First
day of January 11)04, are required to
list the same for taxation within rim
time required by law or incur the
penalty or Fifty per cent, which attaches
in cases of failure to do so.
The full tax of One Dollar is laid
upon all male persons between the
ages of 21 and 60 years, except persons
who are maimed and unable to
earn a support, and Confederate soldiers.
For the convenience of the publio
the Auditor or an assistant will attend
the following places in the
county on the days named : J
Osceola?Tuesday Jan. Rth, 12 to 3
o'clock.
Pleasant Valley?Wed Jan. 6.
Belair?Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Van Wyck--Friday, Jan. 8, 0 to 12
o'clock. w
Dixie a. in., Dwight, p. m., Monday,
Jan. 11th.
Tradesville?Tuesday, Jan. 12th.
Taxahaw?Wedneadsy, Jan. lath.
Flat. Creek church?Thursday, January
14th.
Dr. C.C. Welsh's?Friday, Jan. 1ft.
I'rlmns?.Saturday, January 16th, to
12 o'clock.
Haile Gold Mine?Monday, Jan. 18.
Kershaw?Tuesday and Wednesday
Jan. 19th and 20th.
Heath Springs?Tuesday, Jan. 81st.
II **-t-a_
I irnniiiit Hill?rnuay, Jan. 22, to
a p. m.
1 >ry Creels?Monday, Jan. 25th.
Under an dot of the legislature, all
peraona having a groaa income of
$2,500 or more, are required to make a
return of the name to the Auditor at
the time of making their other
returna.
It will be to the intereat of every
taxpaper to make hia return promptly r;
of all peraonal property; alao of all
tranafera or improvementa on real
eatate, and aave the penalty of 50 per
cent which attachea after the 20th of
February 1904. Keapt.,
JNO. A. COOK, m
County Auditor. *
Deo. 9, 03-tld