Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ey jjmberr) er aiba ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY. S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1901. nl fITMTT ff An AT jjV a in r:, Aisirvv A REVIEW OF TilE STATE'S EDUCA TIONAL,,dANUFAOTUtitIN(I,AUlI UIULTURAL AND FEICTI,I ZEIL INDUSrIiI1S. some Interesting Facts and Figuros Care fully Prepared by Col. TIhornas W. Holloway, secretary South Carolina Agricultural society for t1o Ilu revnt of Publiety of the Ptn. Amerlean Exposition. Pan-American Exposition, 1000, Buffalo, N. Y., U. S. A., August 25th, 1000. Hon. T. W. Holloway, Secretary of State Agricultural Society, Po maria, S. C. Dear Sir:-Can you favor us with any of the late publications of your department that will give a compie hensive idea of the natural resources, manufactures and industries of your State? We wish to use matter of this kind in connection with the pub lications of this bureau and I have thought that perhaps you would be able to assist mo very materially in the vork. If you are unable to sup ply me with such matter as I require, can you refer me to some other per son who is in position to render such assistance? Thanking you in advance for the favor, Yours truly, Mark Bennett, Editorial Staff, Publicity Bureau. Secretary's Office, The State Agricultural and Mechani cal Society of. S C. P?omaria, Nowborry Co., S. C., September Gth, 1900. Mr. Mark Bennett, Editorial Staff Pan Amorioan Expobition, Buffalo. Dear Sir:-Yonr letter of inquiry of August 25th reached here during my sojourn in the mountrains of North Carolina for my health. In reply to your inquiry I bug to say that in 1890 the reform move ment swept over this State and among the retrenchments made looking to reform was the abolishment of the bureau of agriculture. When it was in existence the information you seek could have been furnished in detail. The abolition of the bureau of agricul ture I regard as a great mistake, and fbousands of our most progressive nen are of the same opinion. But presume all is fair and right in poli ics! You are aware, no doubt, that our State, small as it is, manufactured the past year 466,181 bales of cot ton of a crop of 1,035,414 bales, while North Carolina, the next South ern State in the consumption of cot ton, amounted to 374,891 bales of a crop of 629,620. You will observe that South Car-olina loads in the manufacture of cotton, and with the mills completed last year, and now under way of construction, will show within a year the consumptonq of 600,000 bales or more! I n phosphate deposite and the manufacture of commercial manures, our State is far in advance of all ra. The rivers in the coast re rich deposits of phosphate is is mined by corpora ich the State receives a ich amounted some years ' 40,000 and lessened the xes to that extent. 'tion to the crops of cotton ad - to 1,000,000 bales, the om 750, * 'ated extensively and cerials are cult~ in years when the osarfar y far toward :ble the crop goes ton Th upplying home consum .. .ni *crops are extensiv.ely g coast region and is quite reu. un-. rative, besides, it is regarded as .. very superior quality. he lumber industry in the lower art of the State of pine and cypress s a very lucrative business, besides be shingles from the latter is an important industry. The Atlantic Coast Lumber company established at Georgetown, S. CI., with a capital of $20,000,000, with ta daily output ' of 450,000 feet, is no doubt the most extensive in the world. Besides this mammoth mill, there are several contiguons to it reaching from 50, 000 to 150,000 feet daily. In addi tion to the'aibove, mills are situated in various sections of the country in the pine belt region. The mill of the Atlaatic Coast company on .the ater'a edge with extensive wharves, wuoro ves8s load tno tlmbor for all parts of the world. There are quito a number of furni turo, shuttle and coffin factori's in the State, and are important factors in manufactures. The mood for thoso is found in. great abundance. Manufactured ice produced in large quantities necessary for homo consumption. There are fifty live cotton seed oil mills in dilferont parts of the State, supplying oil for shipment, the meal and hulls is feed for cattle, and the former an important ingredient in fortilizers. For the past few years our farmers are sowing wheat more extensively than for a decade, and to secure the bost results in flour, ruller mills are being built in various parts of the State. Game and fish in the coast region abound in groat quantities, and is a source of revenue and enjoyment as well. There has boon a decided depart ure in the field crops for tho past few years as a money crop in the grow ing of tobacco in the eastern part of the State, known as the Poe Dee section, and in Orangeburg County, and in most casos success has been in evidence in the counties of Dar lington, Marion, Williamsburg, Flor once, Marlboro, Horry, Clarendon, Sumter, Chesterfield and Orange burg, where the lands are well adapt od to the growing of tobacco. The raising of tobacco, coming into market during the months of July and August, and bringing into cir culation Qf money at a season of the year when money Is scarce, thus stimulating trade ana fuinishing money to the producers and labor ers at a time when there was a scar city, awaiting the opening of cotton in September and October. Under favorable conditions $200 per acre has been realized at a cost >f $40 to $50. por acre, leaving a net profit of about $150 per acre, realiz ing good returns to the producer. Warehouses are established in each >f the counties named, where buyers come from a distance to buy tobacco to be manufactured in North Caro lina and elsewhere. Darlington coun ty alone sold last year 5,000,000 pounds, and it is presumed other nounties each sold nearly as much. The tobacco crops proved quite bene ficial when cotton was solling at from i to 6 cents per pound it is probable that, if cotton remains at present prices-10c. the area heretofore planted in tobacco will be decreased, as the labor of the country-negroes mostly-are more accustomed to the cultivation and harvesting of cotton than tabacco. The concensus of opinion is, that tobacco planting, where the lands suit and weed is in telligently housed, pays well in the ections where it is grown. The lands in the sections named are sandy and easily cultivated. The right leaf is mostly grown and is generally used for smoking, although there are some fine wrappers for plug tobacco which brings fancy prices-40c. and even 50c. per pound. It is estimated that the value of the crop sold last year inDarlingtonCoun ty alone amounbed to $300,000, and equal amount will be realized the present year, 1900, and for the en tire tobacco helt the sales reached $1,000,000. Corn broom manufactories are es tablished in the Piedmont section of South Carolina which stimulates the growing of broom corn, from which uperior brooms are made, and to can extent that travelling men re empt.. ved to dispose of the brooms a the v*iou.. parts of the country. ~his and other j' dwstries, however mall they may app i r, augers much n the line of diversifyru g industries dvantageous to the fina e al growth )f the St ate. OAnPET MANUFACTORY. The new manufacturing pla% of .he Gaffaey Carpet Manufacturigg company of Gaffney, S. C., has becd' in full operation for two years. Th~ main mill is 128x71 feet, two stories high, with a three story buildin, 71x43 feet, office 41x22 feet, engi43 room 42x20 feet, boiler house 42x4) feet, dye house 60x42 feet. In add tion to those -billdings tho company has erected dwellings for the opera tivoF. Have their own waterworks and electric lights and firo protoc tion plant. Both malo and female operatives aro employed; the malo element predominating. The ma chino used is of the most modern character and tho equipment genor ally is of the most complete and latest pattern. The plant is finely situated on its thirty and 49-100 acres of land with a fine natural sup ply of water. It manufactures all classes of ing-ain carpets and art squares in twelvo different grades, ranging in prices from 25c. per yard to 55c. It sells its output in all soc tions of the country, valued at about $200,000 annually. EDUCATIONAL. John J. McMahan, State Supt. of Education, W. Zack McGhee, As sistant. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 28, 1900. Col. Thos. V. Holloway, Pomaria, S. C. Dear Sir:-I send you a statement of facts asked for. I hope it will be of servico to you. Very truly yours. W. Zack McGhee, Asst. State Supt. of Education. FIVE STATE cOLLEGEs. Appropriation for South Carolina college, $25,000, students, 194. Appropriation for South Carolina Military academy, $21,350, students, 111. Appropriation for Winthrop Nor mal and Industrial college, $30,598, students, 346. Appropriation for college for no groes, $15,000, students, 007. Appropriation fcr Clemson, (re ceipts from all sources) $75,013.08, Students, 475. Note:-Clemson gets from con gressional appropriation $27,000, a Small amount from the Clemson be quest, and the rest from taxes on fertilizers and so forth. Note:-Clemson College and the South Carolina Military Academy are for white men, Winthrop for white women, South Carolina College for white men and women, college for negroes, for negro men and women. Besides these there are 13 private and denominational colleges for white reported in the last annual re port of this office, aggregating in attendance 853. There is a constitutional levy of the three mill tax on all taxable property for the support of the pub lic schools. In addition to this, the poll tax of $1, and the State profits from the sale of liquor in the dispen sary go to the support of the schools. There are 181 districts in the State making extra levies. The total number of children en rolled in the public schools is: Whites, 128,898; negroes, 140,477. Total, 209.875. Expenditures for whites, $570, 853.20; for negroes, $193,401.89. Total, $709,814.05. President's Office, Winthrop Normal and Industrial Collegg of South Carolina, Rock Hill. October 10, 1900. Hon. Thos. WV. Holloway. Dear Sir :-Your let,ter came dur ing the pressure of our opening days .iere and could not receive the con sideration due it then. Our enrollment last year was college classes...... ........58 Miodel school and kindergarden. 505 Total 508 We could have enrolled 200 more if we had had the room. Qur en rollment thus far this year is: College classes...............55 Model school and kindergarden. .150 Total ..................50f This number is greater than for the same time last year by some forty or fifty. We have 82 teachers and instruct ors, and departments for teaching, cooking, dress-making, millinery, stenography, typewriting, floricul ture, dairying, kindergarten, and music in addition to the regular Nor mal, Literary and Scientific depart ments found in all large colleges. Very truly yours, D. B. JoHNsoN. CLEMSON COLLEGE. Clemson College is the agricultu ral, mechanical and textilo collego of South Carolina. It is located at the old homestead of John C. Calhoun, amid the foot hills of the Blue Ridge mountains. Clemson College was chartered by the Logislaturo of South Carolina in 1889, and was opened to students in 1890. There aro now in attendance 470Students. Three hun dred were rojected at the opening of the session this year for lack of room. This remarkablo popularity is owing largely to th3 fact that the line of education given at the collego is adapted to the need and spirit of the people. There are throo main courses of study, all leading to the degroo of Bachelor of Scionce, the Agricultural course, the Mechanical courso and the Textile course. Each course re quires four years for completion. Clemson is supported by a tax upon fertilizers which yield a revenue of about $00,000 per anaum. In addi tion to this income from the State, the college gets the Morrill and Script funds from the Federal gov. ernment. The plant and equipment is now worth about $500,000. There are thirty-one professors in the Fac ulty. Clemson College is rapidly taking a foremost rank among the agricio. tural and mechanical colleges of the United States. The State Agricultural and Me chanical Society has been in active operation since 1808, beingre-organ ized in that year, and its results have been wonderfal, especi4lly in the on couragemeb of oo,r ople to improvo their stoe,. and ias fine cattle and obhew stook a*t be seen at our annual fairs fs In any other State, perhaps not on as Oxtensive scale. Crops have suftered from a drought and excessive heat of two months July and August-and at this date it continues. The crops of all kinds are very poor, but hope that the farmers will resort to the sowing of small grain to moot their wants, to a very great extent, for another year. I trust that the foregoing will meet the requirements of your re quest, and begging your indulgence for this lengthy letter, I am Yours very truly, Tnos. W. HOLLOwAY. Bears the The Kind You Have Always Boughl Bignatue of To Ived or Not to Wed, To wed, or not to wed that .is the question! Whether 'tis cheaper for mankind to suffer The thousand Ills of single blessed ness, Or take to arms an cager, charming For better or for worse, and thus to end them To court--to wed-no more, and with a word, A simple word to cast off boarding houses, Hash and cod forever. 'Tis a consum mation Devoutly to be wished. Toe court, to wed: To wed! and foot the dry goods bills? Ay there's the rub; For in that state of bliss, what bills may come For swItches, p)lumpers, Grecian bends and paint I guess I'll pause. That's the reason, We bachelors are se afraid to marry: For who would bear the bills of wash er- woman Or darn the gaping sock at heel or toe, Or wis'h a needle (difficult to thread ). Minus a thimble, sew a button on, Or tio a necktie in a double knot, When just by saying, "Yes" when par son asks us "Will you have her?" We needn't do it? Who'd grunt and groan'aloud with rag -ing tooth, Or ar$006i.04I without a wife to throw his hoots at, From 4ii4le(nless lhe's left a widower Or quickly gets divorced or runs away) No fellow o'er returns? Th'lis holds us back And makes us rdther bear the ills we have Than fly to those we knew not of. Thus having donned a wIg and dyed our beard, We're made the prey of shrewd and crafty widows, The dupe of maidens of uncertain age, The game of unsophisticated girls, A nd dre not flee these Illsab eddinAg. oeffcts of reconotruction with all its horrors and crimes, and should turn our faceH to tho front aid contributo to tho Stato and National power on all logitimato liloH. "I bolievo McLaurin and many othor young mon of the South aro in harmony with this course, ind thoro foro his courso his my approval. Tho Domocracy, ill imly judgmlieint, mado i fatal blundor when it per mittod the lopublicami to appropri ato to their own utio tho questions growig out of t,io Spanish war. 'lie Donocrats did as much to briig about that war s th ie Hopublician, aid sliould have claimed their shre of its results and consequenevs.- For myself, I am rejoiced that the crust of our natioial isolation has boen brokon, and that. wo caln tako our propor placo among tho nations of tho eartLh. "I favor retainiig posseioio of the I'Iii)piies awid ot1or iisutir pos1 ons011H. Wo C11111o into poseti sion of this now torritory in tho proH ecution of a just, war. Wo oxpendod vaist amounts of monoy and lost many viluablo lives inl the Spanish war, and by all tho rules goveriilg such questions wo ar ent itlt'd to m1doi nity for th mxpondituro. This in. dominity i usually paid inl monoy or torritory. Inasmuch am Spain had 110 m1on1ey wo took Puerto Rico ill part paymnit, and for th Philippilis wo paid cash. The titlu eloods woro signed, sealed, and dolivered. Why should wo give up 1land Wo liivo paid for with the *ons(%iib of i owner Spain Y" "1)o you approliond that, tho gov orinent of fiew islanids is gping to )o vory oin4de g to Qnr govorn miont Y"' "Not necessarjJy, * conmnon sonso and good juidgnient alr0 canployed in dealing with thiemn. Of course the problomi is a serious o11, but not in RuriountalJe. I do iot believo in a protectorato or colonial government. Thoro is no placo ill our system for dopendoncies. Tho niow posstionsm of the United States boiong to all tho people of the Ulnited Statos, aind should be governod under C1h0 uper vision of Congross as our othor terri torios aro governed, giving to tho in habitants of thom just 8o much powvor of solf-governmont and sovereignty as they are capablo of exorcising. This 1asi boon the rule for Alaska for thirty-odd years, aid may bo safoly applied elsewher. I cannot soo whero thoro is such an overpowering difficulty in our way. "INo, sir; if the Amnericani peopl)( wvill put1 their heads(1 together in a patriotic spirit we will solve the problem jnstly and antisfaictorily. The possession of those islands will redoiund with espoouiail and immons011 urable bonflit to the cotton States, furnmshing, as they wdl1, a most val unlol market for mnanufactured cot ton goods, andi give us a status in the orinnt fronm which we can defy Com] petition in that vast 1fi1ld. We should insist upon the dloor being kept open to China. We should hold on to tihe islanrds arnd govern thomn as we cani, honertly, justly, fairly. When the inhabitantsa realize that our constitu tion al govern mont wvith representai tive responsibility moans for themn freedom and enli gh tenod pregress, they will son ait the jueomaids of thoso wvho have trred to convinco thomn that we have tried to destroy their liberties and rob t-homn of their country." In regard ho the appointment of John (1. Capers as United States dis trict attorney for South Carolina, (Gen. Bntkor mid,h: "W/hat I wanted in Mbnth Caro lina abovo all things is a greater tol eration for theuo h.orestly diflering with us mn ' liions-.-groater Ipolitical s ollion. I find( we have pasu e 1int where the -white people hmn nleeesity wore ar rayed 0on one Rido tro protect their civilization, with the negro race on - the other, nd can now afford to di s vido on paramount political issues as in othier States. If Mr. Capers 5 chooses to ailly himself 'i the Reo -publicain party boci1se lie conscion I tiouslygapproves of its principles he s has a lerfect right to do so, and i should not be denoncnedr on tha . EX-SENATOR BUTLER'S VIEWS NEIED OF MOIU TOLIANCI SAYS EX SENATORi BUTICM. Tho Genorat siumits to wks intervlow About luc,tturin'a Uoutrse, whichs 110 Endornes Partlaly. The following interviow with lon. Ml. C. Butler wis printed in the Washington Times on Monday: Gon. Mt. C. Butler of South Caro lina, who was succOOd in the Xon ato six years ago by Sonator Tillnan, is inclined to rogard McLaurin's at titude with approval. "What, in your opinion, will be the effect in South Carolina of Sona tor McLatirin's attit,udo toward the Democratic party Y" was asked of Gou. Butler yesterday. "Thero is no tolling what twolvo months will bring forth im the poli tics of this country," Io repliod. "If I had been in, the Sonato I would have votod just as McLaurin did, with the exception,, perhaps, of his voto for the ship subsidy bill. And yet there are plenty of procedonts in Democratic history to justify a vote for that bill. South Carolina subsi dized every railroadbill in the Sonato by subscribing to the capital stock of the companies up to thobreaking out of the war. If I am not mistaken, this courso wias pursuod in bohalf of every railroad without exception. I am quite sure it was true of the South Carolina railroad, the Bluo Ridge road. and the Northeastern. "It will bo insisted, perhalp, that there is a differenco of principlo bo tween such action by a Stato and by the Federal government. The Fed oral government certainly subsidized to the extent of millions and hun dreds of millions tho Union Pacific railroad, undoubtedly by tho vote and help of good Democrats. How ever that may be, it does not como very gracefully fron somo Demo crats and some so-called Democrats to question McLaurin's Democracy and undertako to road him out of the party for voting as he did when they within two weeks thereafter wheeled around and voted with apparent gusto for a railroad subsidy which was not wanted by the postmaster general and was theroforo said, at the time, by the consistent Demo crats, to be a simplo gratuity from the treasury." "You do not, then, apprehend that imperialism or militarism will take the place of popular government if the policy of the present administra tion is carried out ?" wvas asked. "No, sir; if the president had done less than he has in dealing with the questions involvedi lie would have made himself liable to impeachment and disgrace. Hoe could not have done less and maintained the dignity, honor and good faith of the govern ment of which he was and us the head. Trhat is my candid opinion, speaking as a citizen. "Imperialism and militarism do not grow out of such questions, and cannot as long as the press is freo and uncorrupted and citizenship is permitted to cast a ballot for the preservation of popular government. WVe are in much more danger (pop ular constitutional government is from demagogism, Socialism, Popu lism, Anarchism, and such horosies and fallacies. Tlhe supremacy and control of such doectrines mn the af fairs of the government may necessi tate the employment of forces to pre serve public order-, the rights of prop erty and the enforcement, of the law, so th-at those who are crying loudost againab imperialism may make it no cessary and become its authors. Po. hitical agitation which dieals with the intelligence and patriotism of the people is always healthful, but nc republic has survivedl or can survivt the domination and control in itt governmental administration of reck less time- serving demagogues. "What the South needs now muor< than ever in its history is broad, lib oral statesmanship wvhich suggesti more than mere obstruction and op position, conforming in all respecti to constitutional limitations, but get ting into line with the progress an< development of the age. We ar inst emerging from thm pa..lim,: count. Nothing could be of more advanltago to the Stato politically and colIloreiilly than th organization of inl activo, rospectablo opposition to tle presunt political organizations of the Stato. It would insuro bottor mon for ollico and bettor administra. tion of tie laws." 'ho looton Womani Antride. (Chicago Recorld-1--erald.) 'I'ley are gossiping in Cothm'.1 And tihe Quaker City, too: All the ladics arc exclaiming: 'llere's i pretty hlow-de-do!" Therm is horrow ill Chicago, They are shocked inl Baltimore, A nd declaring that they never Hleard of such a thing before But, the men are busy rushing To the famed Back 3ay ly brave- ride ladies their Iostonl steeds t.he this Since way. 11, we might have heard serenely Of the overthrow of kings, Of tihe flight, of mighty comets. Or tile fall of Satkurns rings; We could still remain colilposed if All the stars passed ofT in dust; Or if Morgan had decided Not to form another trust, ulit the world soeelms sadly muddled, Things have surely gono almiss ly bold- ride womien their lostion naigs the like Since tilts. \entj Ite crowdilng ol the sidewalks lp aloig old ieacon 11111: h'livy te watching, they are walting \s the sto ers always will, And the sacred codfish slyly 'eeps oit, ever now anld thell To discover what, is holding Thle at,t,en tion of tho menl T'iere is winking, there is blinking, There is manly a leer anld smile, matrons and ride maids inl lostGl thlis th e here Sinee style. Lot Us Smile. The thing that goes the farthest toward nimking life worth while, That costs the least amd does the most is just a pleasant smile, Tihe smile that bubbles from a heart that loves its fellow-nmenl Will drive away tihe clouds of gloom and coax thie sti again, Is full of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness blent. - It's worth a million doars and it doesn't cost. a cent. There is no room for sadness when wo see a cheery smile- - It always lhas the sainie good hook--it's never omit of style - It nierves us onl to try uagain, wihen faiil utres miake uls hhue; The dliples of encouiragemenit are goodl for ine and1( you. it pays a higher interest, for its merely lent It's wvorthm a million dollars amid doesnm't cost a cenit. A smiile coimes very easdy-you cani wrinkle ump with cheer A huntdred tiimes before you cani SquIcze. nut a soggy tear. It ripples out, moieover, to thme heart strings that will tug, And always leaves anm echo that is very like a hug. So, smiile away. Folks undm(erst.and what biy a smilie is meanit. It's worth a million dlollars and doesn't cost a cent. ---Hlarriet S. IDaimn ini Iomie and Farm. Boars the y 1h0 Kind You Have AlwayS Bought Signaturo Farmer Oatcake was a witness in a case ini Circuit Court. HeI had givenl nis testimhonly and was about to step dlowni whien the lawyer who was cross-examliing himt asked as a matter of form: '"Tis took place, dlid it, in the village of Bunkertown?" "Yes, sir," repliedl Farmer Oat cake, ''in the city of Bunkertown." ''You call it a city, do you?" said the lawyer. "What is your ideca of the difference between a village and a city?" "'Well,'" rejoined the farier, on reflecting a moimenit, "a village is a place where you can take a drove of cattle through the main street, and a city is a place where you can't."