Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE COASTAL REGION OFFERS OPPORTUN Should Attain Much Greater Imp ance in The Cattle and Live Stock Induatry "Inereasing the Taxable We of South Carolina," was the suh of an address by George R Whe manager of the South Carolina 1 Owner's Association, at the mee of the Agricultural Society of Si Carolina on the plantation of H tk> Bigelow, Jr., Charleston cou >?. 1 n mr. rresiuent <mu vycuviciucu In taking as my subject, "Inci ing the Taxable Wealth of S Carolina," I had several object view, the foremost that of havi broad subject and one that woulc ford me the opportunity of brin, op matters of vital important the actual work of converting State's greatest liability into an tive asset Before going further into the jert, please allow me to say thi is my intention to be very plain frank in all my statements- and \ 1 would like to have this addres.< elude many flattering pictures Bowery remarks, yet I feel it duty to paint conditions as they sally exist in order that we get right down to the discussioi righting conditions and cleaning itousr to the extent that South olina and its cities and towns enjoy a safe and sane contii prosperity. I have carefully read the his of your time-honored and most ful organization and all through recital it is plainly shown that have had in your platform since yea? 1785 a number of identical tivifces now being carried on by er similar organizations in the g work: of furthering agriculture the live stock industry in both S Carolina and her Southern s States. The newspapers have been la gref t stress on Charleston's ha imp 'ovements and terminals, an the activities ' towards certain i*n;rements for a number of ve to use Charleston as their home and ply between Charleston ports beyond the sea, but very 1 has been said regarding the pr tier of activities towards incres production within the State of mottfties with which to load vessels. Do the business men of this I i 1 I 251 I board;; land op numbei I Good ? I THI w . n | Date i i 3 s 2E I I SALE CON iCO] 8-14-5' ' y ~ '.'-v ' " ft. . k , consider Charleston a distributing1 de ITY point, pure and simple ? Do they con- j ac sider Charleston an industrial city or [ mi l0rt* an agricultural city? Take for ex- pr ample the vessels that call at this ta: port for cargoes of coal. The coal is, an hauled in here by the railroads and | th alth hauled out by vessels, leaving in ourjcit >ject pocketbooks nothing but the fees for j e^er? the handling of the coal. jsh .and Several days ago a member of ,ai tin? your society asked me concerning re out^ the start of some activity towards ???' ora" future utilization of the great Port ea nty: Xer-mina.1 buildings as warehouses, tri and I said to him, and for your in-j "eas" formation, would say that it is up t'< uu"* to all of us to further sucn activities ?? S m tending towards increasing the pro- sh * duction of commodities which would of . " require the utilization of the termi- j nal buildings for storing such com- of modities. " 'nc the " Do the business men of Charleston W acpossessing one of the best harbors sub- *n Atlantic States and d? lt ^ needing onlj' cargoes for export to in an(j bring ship and money to them from th ihile P?rts ?f the world, realize the ci , . potential wealth in live stock and le > in* M{j agricultural production at thefrback b? mv door awaiting developments to per- in act" nianently supply such cargoes? of maj. | Do they realize what this great Si n Qf j empire of wonderful lands at their j st our I verV doors means to them or have J th Car_ they tried to so organize their har- j sa may hor facilities as to impress on the j S< nued j f*rmei s and landowners in South ! m Carolina the possibilities of higher tory prices and better markets, which the th use-' wonderful opportunities in near wa- pi ter transportation afford? tu you Do they realize that Charleston's th the water transportation facilities bring ar I ac- the South Carolina farmer nearer si oth- the markets of the world than the a Teat1 farmers of Ohio and Indiana or in and ; Iowa, and that it is their duty to see ai outh 1 to it that the South Carolina farm- cc ister er accordingly receives a higher of market price for his hogs and cattle in ying and hay and potatoes than the Chi- fa rbor cago market offers ? m d in South Carolina has 11,00,000 acres ev ar- of rich, fertile, idle lands, 9,500,000 58 ssels acres of which are cut-over lands port'and 1,500,000 acres of land that need ;p? and | drainage. She is producing less than t> little j one-quarter of the live stock and di omo-1 about the same proportion of farm pi tsing products that Iowa is producing. hi com- If you would bring to South Car- C such i olina, whose soil and climate are bet- pi iter adapted than Iowa's to livestock ir city I and agricultural production, Iowa's in I / S .. A T ri m y )0 Acres Williamsbi ^ands of the estate of ^ and the McKNIGHT t i . 1 en; large residence, out; of tenant houses on th IN THE H Roads S LAND HAS BEEN IN THE FA Terms of Sale: C i of Sale: SE DUCTED BY W J LUMBIA, t / velopment, South Carolina's idle res alone would produce approxiitely $1,500,000,000 worth of farm oducts and livestock to add to her xable wealth to build better roads d support better schools and buy e wares of the merchants of her ies and increase the bank-deposits. To haul the cattle and hogs and eep that would be raised on these nds, if Iowa's production should be ached, would require each year 100 freight trains or fourty cars ch or twenty trains a day in the ansportation of such products. The surplus created by this produc? VnnlH sunnlv in OVCr 11VIUC UVVVM " ? M-r-w rgoes for an endless chain of ips plying theoceafi to the markets the world. Charleston has every opportunity developing into just as large, if >t larger packing center, than Fort orth or Kansas City. The relation of Charleston to the ivelopment of these lands is brought to the discussion for the reason at Charleston is the chief seaport ty of South Carolina and if Charston does not see fit to stand right tck of the great work of bringing to utilization the 11,000,000 acres rich, fertile, idle lands within the ate by the introduction of the live ock industry on a broader scale, en in that event, it will be necestry to make some other seaport of >uth Carolina a great packing and eat exporting center. Charleston is surrounded with ousands upon thousands of cargo -oducing factories which are not iming out products any ways near eir capacity. There ars also thousids upon thousands of farm factory tes now lying idle. Every farm is factory and its products are ever demand and now that we have id will have for many years to me, a large portion of other parts the world to feed the need for the creased of outputs of these farm - " 'nr tnorctJiPr with the develop -V.WI IVCJ V ^ " - ent of additional factories is so 'ident that no comment is necesiry. To ifisure the success and prosirity of any agricultural communi is to introduce the live stock ,inistry, making live stock the princiil industryof the community. All istory, from the time of Jesus hrist down to this day, shows that rosperity, happiness and right livig are brought about by the raisig and by the taking of human inv wmmmmmmmm * v-. i?MM AIT Jr*.KJ > Cutlnt urg Count; William Cooper, th< ict, five miles fron buildings, store bu ie McKnight tract LAK 1 err 11. Graded Set .MILY OVER 100 YEAF >ne-third Cash an COMMENCir PTEM1 RAIN O ? rnnDr VV/V/1 JL I s'ix" : i terest in the animal? that God hai put on this earth. I want to%call your attention to i 1 most interesting statement recently i made in a report on live stock con ditions in war stricken countries. I has been stated that it will be nec , essary for the cattle men of th< ; United States to raise and expor ! within the next few years, 40,000, i 000 head of live stock to rehabilitat the herds devastated during th \vorld War. To what extent will th State of South Carolina and thepor of Charleston figure in this giganti tranaction? South Carolina has a total of 19, 832,960 acres of land within herboi ders. There are under cultivation ap r.m*im*telv 6.500.000 acres. Thi means that number of acres are o I the tax books as improved revenu producing property. Just consider adding to that nunr ber of acres within the next fe1 years, the 11,000,000 acres of rid fertile lands now lying idle, whic are now on the tax books as idl lands not producing. Do you agree in the statemei that we can almost double the tax; ble wealth of our State by bringin into utilization these 11,000,000 acrt of idle lands? We are only just tx ginning to realize the wonders thj may be worked through who! hearted cooperation. True cooperatio breeds a spirit of comradeship thi is worth while striving for and se dom comes by any other mean^ 1 we go about the work we have i hand in a spirit of true cooperatioi we can make South Carolina the m tive center of the live stock indust.' in the United States. Here the gulf stream closely skir* ing our seacoast makes the tempei ature and moisture conditions ju.< right for the rapid growth of nou; jshing food for all live stock. Infa< these conditions cause such rapi growth of grasses that it causes th cotton grower to keep up an acth and continuous battle with nature t keep down the grasses in his cotto fields. Likewise, the cities seem 1 lose out in their battles with natui in keeping the bricks and stones < their streets and sidewalks. While we are increasing the tax] ble wealth of our State in bringin into utilization the millions of rid fertile, idle lands within the Stat by the introduction of the live stoc I industry on a broader scaie, we wj at the same time keep at home son ; of the funds we are lending to ft iimmmwmmmmmmm '<mm CT1 k I o Small - M I y3 near iiu 2 HOME tract, five [i Cades on the A. ( ilding, tenant hous I IE TOBACCO 100I IS, BUT NOW MUST BE d balance one, tv MG TUESDAY^ BER 1( R SHINE. ;r real so / ' : L, ir ,. i distant points for meats, batter, am condensed milk, i The boll weevil has made bis ap j pearance within the State, hence, w . are brought face to face with tb t fact that the cotton industry will,fo . the next few years meet with con e siderable reduction in production. W t need to be only concerned with on . danger in this connection and tha g is what might be termed a boll wee e vil panic. The South Carolina farme e is beginning to see the handwriting t on the wall and has diversified or i c arranging to diversify his crops. I other words, he is going to cease be ing a one-crop farmer, but we shoul !. keep our eye on tbe boll weevilshe h j viki. He is the man who will cr g "Wolf! Wolf'" and do everything h q can to depress business and cause 1 -M ,.k.. TV- V?. g gc .fiiu c*. -u? -i i?wi. iki panacea for the boll weevil Ynenac ar' damage ?? turning ibo rot to GALLEY NO 13. iN fields into live stock pastures. Let th jj farmer cease to fight nature by kil ie ing out the grasses that insist upo growing in spite of his efforts t lt kill it. We all know that the safes k. foundation for egriculture is liv p stock and we are coming to it soom ,s or later. Why not hasten the day. ?_ I am going to close by quoting lt toast, which was offered by Dr. J e H. Rose in closing his addrees atth n anniversary dinner of your societ tt in 1878. i. "The State of South Carolina: Ma her sons hereafter make their ow n bread; eat their own meal; wear the . own home-made clothes; stand i m : COFFINS Al ^ A large and varied s t t Automobile Hears Horse-Dr Experienced S Day c ? Kingstree \ k Phones 35? 'e' We Lead; C [ON r rarms liantown C miles from Henry ( 1 L. About two-th ies on the home t SECTION! FYf*f>llf>nt Hn L/1VVBIVII? ww SOLD TO SETTLE THE ro and three years / >th, ESTATE ( UtH CAR< i | their own shoes aad many her own y _ daughters." And I would add to this toast: JnH e "Here's to Sooth Carolina: Hap jH e the nation look upon her as the hapr piest, healthiest, richest aad most , - progressive State in the Union, tike %l e greatest live stock center hi the ?9 e, world."?Charleston News sad Cow 19 t tier. . ? A -jfl hj o 7 ' JBp ^ r i To Stop Aasianitioa W j s Ten trunks containing arms and 0 ammunition were shipped from K York to Mexico on the stemnakip a ^ I morro Castle, which sailad.Jnst FW- 1 day for Havana, Progieso and Vera 1 y Cruz, according to information oh- 1 e tained Monday by detectives attach- I * ed to the bomb squad. The trunks I !l were shipped from a Broadway hoteL " * The department of Justice and navy JH n departments have been notified and i it is said gunboats will be seat oupv^djl to intercut the steamship. V Le j I' will * p*",r,!j.ro,<AIIW* fl ?! - - . m CASKETS I mnrtmont tft i?1n>t frnm f v I . . / e and Rubber-Tired awn Hearse. ervices Rendered >r Ni^ht ^ lard ware Co. 48. 59 or 122 Others Follow. , 1 t I T I 1 r I x i \ K "4i!^S " : ' i * * % hurch. o ' i m the Seairds of the ] ractand a ^ i I mmunity ESTATE. * J I. J CO., *ri TT? ? ?pg ,