The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, June 23, 1921, Image 3
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SOUTH CAROLINA (Continued
from preceding pege)
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tion of Indenpendcnce was signed
Sir Peter Parker, one of England's
, most distinguished' naval commanders,
attempted to enter the harbor of
Charleston (then known as Charles
Town) at the head of the warships.
He was completely routed by South
Carolinian troops under the command
of General Moultrie, who held
JFort Sullvan. now Fort Moultrie, the
fortification which defended the entrance
of the harbor. The news of
that victory sent a wave of exultation
land confidence throughout the
thirteen' colonies and it is hardly too
mutjh to say that if the battle had
gone otherwise the sieninir of the
Declaration of Independence would
at loest have been postponed and
might never taken place.
Tha whole story of the long struggle
>phich followed is studded, by the
brillant deeds of the sons and daughters
of the Palmtto State. Song and
story.have woven imperishable fume
arouDcJ. the ride of Paul Revere and,
with the injustice of which history is
so oftyp guilty, have almost ignored
thc fac. more perilous and daring ride
of two* daughters of South Carolina,
Mrs. j^ne Thomas and Mrs Dillard.
Thes/two devoted women, learning
that a "bhdy of the Revolutionists
were in danger of being cut off and
and destroyed rode at dead of night
through the almost impenetrable forest
aritT-enabled thc colonial general
to turtf the impending disaster into
a glortoiis victory. Nor should it be
forgotten that in the naval encounter
between the Bonhomme Richard and
Serapis,,.^ was n South Carolinian.
John MaVrant, who led the American
sailors to the capture of the British
ship whf>n their own Vessel was sink- 1
ing under their feet.
One of the most tructd lieutenants
of George Washington and one of the
most brilliant and accomplished men
of his age wA's another South Cnro- :
linian, Colonel John Laurens. On the
field of battle he displayed what !
Hamilton termed "unapproachable
courage," but it was in the field of
diplomacy that he made the most notable
contribution to freedom. At
the most critical time in the Revolu- 1
tionary War he wus sent to France 1
by Washington to solicit a loan of 1
money and to obtain more active co- '
operation on the part of thc French 1
naval and miltary force. The historian
Alkanan Watson, has described
what he accomplished in these
words: "Although a youth of twenty- '
six, ne acnieved by his consummate
tact and extraordinary abilities what 1
the powerful influence of Frnnklin 1
" failed to effect."
Later Laurens arranged for the 1
support of the French in the battle
of Yorktown and personally led the
charge on the most formidable of the
British redoubts, capturing the
sword of Colonel Camobell, the English
commander at that point. The 1
high honor of arranging the terms of 1
surrender was intrusted - to Colonel
Laurens by General Washington and
Lord Cornwallis was exchangd for 1
his father, Henry Laurens, a prisoner
in London Tower.
When America was forced to take i
up arms again in 1912 ni defense of '
her new found freedom fresh glory i
was shed on the name of South aCro- J
lina. Her most famous son, Andrew i
Jackson.seventh President of the Uni
ted States, was the American com- <
mander in thc memorable Battle of 1
New Orleans where Wellington's vet- <
rans were utterly routed by the half 1
- trained soldiers of the young repub- i
lie. J
With due resnect to th? feelincrs 1
of North Carolina it should be men- ?
tioned that the sister state has also
preferred c'aims to Old Hickory as '
one of her sons. The fact is that i
there is some uncertainty as to where l
General Jackson was born, the bord- <
er l;ne between the two common- i
wealths not being clearfly defined at >
that time and the general's home be- <
ing situated in what was part of de- bat
able territory. However, he al- i
ways referred himself as a South ?
Carolinian and it is noteworhty that '
the famous 30th Division, recruited <
in South Carolina, and which won un- i
dying fame for its share in the smash- <
ing of the Hindenburg line, was I
known as the "Old Hickory Division." :
With this very inadequate outlire 1
of the magnificent contribution which i
South Carolina made to the founding
of the United States we must be cor.tent,
for our main purpose here is
to describe the wonderful progress ]
which the State has made industrial- j
ly and commercially and the great
resources at her command which give 1
promise of a future yet more briltnnt
than her past.
When ft n*rtv nf 15Ven/?h Hiionionn^ii
South Carolina's first colonics, landed
on her shores in 1562 they facd
a country almost completely covered
by primeval forests of unr.urnasscd
grandeur and teeming with wild life
of almost every description. It war
not, however, until more than a century
later that a permanent settlement
war effected by the Englsh ar.d
that trade begun. That early commerce
was confined exclusvely to
traffic with the Indians and over an
other century?in fact?the only industry
was hunting and trapping and
the exchange of beads, trinkets, blar.kts,
etc., with the Indians for furs
and skinj. As the forest slowlv gsvc
way before the axes of the eolon:sts
ap.iculture began to grow nnd riie
nnd corn were cultivated in rapidly
increasing extent. For many years
these two stap.es were produced
in abundance, out to-vard the
close of >he eighteenth century t'oey
began to gtre ground before the ki"g
of all staples?cbtton. I
From that time up to recent years!
South Carolina has been ore of the
world's greatest suppliers of cotton,
but with the grov.ing realization
of the 'dangers of relying upon a
single crap, the theory of diversification
has rapidly gained ground nnd
today she is again to the front as a
great producer in practically all varieties
of farm products. The weaHli
poured out into the World's market
from her farms reached last year the
enormous total -Qf $520,000,000. She
led every state in> the Union in the
/alue per acre of her twelve leading
field crops.
Rapidly, however, as the idea of diversification
has spread throughout
the state. South Carolina naturally
remains primarily a great cotton
state, ranking third in production of
the staple and second in tV.c ex lent
and importance of her textile manufacture.
The total value of the
products of her cotton1 mills lest veer
was $202,830,000 or nioi> than 1
three-fifths of the totul value* of all
her manufactures, which wis base'l 1
at $330,300,000? The number of
spindles increased from 4,620,865 in 1
1914 to 4,997,406 in 1920 or a net 1
{Tain of 376,641, while during the
same period there was a net :ncr?r.sc
of 5150 in looms and 12-P'?r cent, in
horse power. '
One of the most important factors
in the development of the state's v.-.st '
and rapidly developing textile industry
is her magnificent resources
water power. Nature h$s endowed her
with splendid' facilities in this direction
and they have been rapidly de- 1
veloped by the enterprise and energy
of her citizens. It is stated! that the
commonwealth could do without coal
entirely and supply all her needed
power and heat from her rivers.
Second only in importance to her
cotton production come corn and tobacco
and with the efforts now he- i
ing made to reduce the cotton acreage
it is probable that the two form- i
cr staples will take first rank in a 1
short time. At present South Caro- 1
lina ranl<s fourth as a tobacco state. <
Teh crop last year being valued at 1
?25,000,000 as compared with less i
than $4,000,000 in 1914. She has <
learly 2,500,000 acres devoted to corn
raising and in quality her corn admits l
no rival. A few years ago one of i
her farmers, J. J. Findal, carried off 1
the world's championship prize for '
the best ear of corn.
The great importance of her three 1
leadfng products should not allowed, i
lowcver, to overshadow the wonderful 1
fecundity the state's farms enjoy in |
every direction. Favored by nature ]
with one of the most delightful cli- t
mates in the world South Carolina
proudly boasts that she can grow al- ,
most anything that is grown else- j
where and grow it p. little bit better. ,
Her truck farming industry is rapid- ?
ly assuming a most important place ;
in the state's activities which can ,
easily be understood when it is realiz- j
ed crops of any kind can grow all the j
year round unprotected and that her (
farms have broken the world's record ,
on money crops per acre. I
Even greater things are in store |
for the South Carolina farmers for i
it has been definitely established that )
she has a climate and soil admirably 8
adapted for the growing of 3ilk and (
lcm, two commoaiues in inexhaustible
demand which can be grown in
few other places on this continent. ,
Extensive sections of the state, "now
practically worthless, have been discovered
to be peculiarly fitted for
the cultivation of mulberry trees and .
it is probable that within a few years
mother tremendously valuable industry
will have been added to the
date's resources.
Pre-eminently an agricultural
itate. South Carolinian cities naturally
do not. compare in* size with the
?reat municipalities of the industrial
commonwealths, but her cities have 1
a charm and distinction which mere
jize could never give. Charleston is
>ne of the most picturesque towns in *
\merica and it is rapidly growing in
importance as a seaport. It has one
of the finest harbors on the AtlanticCoast
and one of the most imporanl
developments in recent yars has been
its trade with South and Central Amsrica.
Exports to the ports of our
Southern neighbors totaled well over
$5,000,000 last year, almost five
times the total for 1917. Regular
steamship passenger lines run to New
York, Philadelphia and other Northern
ports and her ocean going commerce
in cotton, rice, naval stores,
phosphate and lumber shows a steady
and consistent growth.
Surpassing even Charleston in
charm and picturcsqueness is Columbia,
the state captal, otne of the
handsomest cities in the United
States and known over the world for
its cotton goods and cotton by-products.
Richland county, of which
Columbia is the chief city, is the second
largest cotton manufacturing
county in the country and in addi- '
uon to its cotton industries the oapi- 1
.al has important foundries and machine
shops and two large fertilizer <
factories. It is also the seat of five
schools of higher education, includ- |
:ng the University of South Carolina \
and the College for Women.
Such n brief is South Carolina, n ;
state favored by nature with everything
that can delight the eye and <
inspire tl\p spirit of man?a state
Treat in notable traditions and inhabited
by a people whose warmth of
heart, boundless hospitality and exalted
patriotism art a national provreb.
Glorious as has been its past,
far more glorious is the promise of
its future as the nnganuity and energy
of it? sons and daughters develop
the vast and as yet scarcely touched
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sources of wealth which are their
heritage.
There is no greater tost of the permament
and staple prosperity of any
state or community than in the number
of home owenrs and in this respect
South Carolina presents a wonderful
record. Out of 315,201 families
in the commonwealth no fewer than
93,757 own their own homes and
these figures are the more noteworthy
in view of the large proporton
of colored labor included in the
state'3 population.
Other and very substantial proof
of the high character of South Carolina
citi/.cnhsip, is nfforded by her
bank and insurance records. According
to the latest available statistics
there are 185,032 accounts in her
national banks and deposits totaling
86.1,000. The figures respecting
life insurance are even more striking
for policies are in force for not
far from a third of her entire nnnn.
lation or 442,252 individuals and
these policies represent an aggregate
sum of 1262,096,766.
Another sure barometer of success
exists in the extent to which automobiles
are owned and in this direction
also South Carolina maks an amazIrg
showing. There are 35,492 automobiles
registered in the state or an
average of something less thar tl.irty
persons to a car. What this means
c n be readily grasped when it is notcd
that the average population per
c r for the entire United States is
s"::lecn and in considcrong the figures
f r South Carolina allowance must
p ain be made for her large colored
I >pulation.
'I he great change which has passed
ever the Palmetto state in recent
^ avs could not be illustrated better
t' an by th story of Horry County,
i his county, the- largest in the state,
1 ad an unenviable reputation of beirg
the most backward! in the South,
la more than ten square miles of
a.ea it could only *boast of one brick
building, one drug store, twelve buggies,
one struggling bunk, one dead
:ounty nwspaper and one mixed
f. eight train daily. Then the new
Epirit which was moving over the en
tire South invaded ITorry County.
Within live years the trade volume
rose from $700,090 to $8,000,000
ind before the twenty-year period
bad expired it was well over $12,000,390.
New schools sprang up every-*
where, splendid roads were built,
barren wastes became fertile, flourshing
iittle towns were born and
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jnt.-ssuim.-u hiiu six yars am-r ?ne
freat revival the county took first
prize at the state fair for the best
igricultural exhibit.
Today, nslead of blushing for Ho.*ry
county, South Carolina points to
t with pride. Conway, the county
?eat, has grown from a crossroads
lettlemnt of four hundred struggling
;nd well nigh hopeless people, into
i modern town witii ^lectric lights,
javed streets, modern waterworks
ind every public utility and convenience.
The population at present is
veil over 5000 and grvwing rapidly. It
las one of the finest public achoo'
buildings in the South, a number of
janks, two progressive newspapers,
landsome new public buildings and
icores of beautiful modern resi;nces.
What has happened, to Horry county
is merely an example of a hat hr.s
lappened elsewhre in the state, noably
in Williamsburg, Marion. Dillon
md Florence counties and the good
vork is going on. Five years ago
here was scarcely a mile of what
s'ojild truthfully be called improved
lighway in the state. Today splendid
oads lead in all directions and the
natchless beauty of South Carolina's
ng an irmy of automobilists from all
>arts of the Union who leave behind
i substan.nl financial tribute and
:arrying away with them the news
>f the wonderful progress the obi
.tate is making, each tourist a misiior.ary
to spread the gospel of the
sli-w South in evorv nart of the
Jnion. Road surveys completed in
rorty counties up to last November
otaled about G35 milfe and th?* mileage
covered is approximately only
>ne-fifth of the amount planned by
he State Highway Commission. The
oads already surveyed are scattered
from the coast to th-? mountains of
['ickens and Oconee counties and include
highways of the finest construction
of asphaltic concrete and
sridges of reinforced concrete.
In addition to her highways the
common wealth is well provided with
railroad transportation facilities, being
traversed by a perfect network
>f steam roads and ser\ed by nevcrnl
>f the most important of the north?rn
and southern railroad systems. It
nas also the advantages of water
.ransportation and possesses four
fine ports, Charleston, Gorgetown,
Beaufort and Port Royal.
We cannot conclude this review
better than by quoting B. Harris,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce
and Industries, who said recently:
"This is tha second reconstruction
period in the South which I have
passed, llow vastly unlike. I do not
like to think of those times, gone and
gone forever, bu- I would lik: for the
youth of 'oday to get some conception
of the absolute poverty of th<> South
in 186rt. Once the fairest republic
the sun had ever shone upon, she was
in ashes. Her wealth was gone; her
credit was gone?friends she had
none. Those were terrible days and
nothing but the pride, courage and
hope of a bruve Anglo-Saxon people
could have saved this South of
ours from degradation, and th? horrors
of miscegenation. France in 1870
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had a nation, though conquered. Germany
has a nation today. She can
speak. She can send ambassadors. In
18GG the South was without entity
and adrift upon a sea of chaos.
"In th;.a new reconstruction period
th rest of the world seems writhing
in the birth pangs of evolution, but
down here in this South of ours there i
is serenity, prosperity, and a larger j
measure of ease and contentment
than I have ever known. The South |
had no money after th War of Secession.
Her currency then did not
even have the value of interesting
souvenirs. Today th South's wealth
is not in'gold alone, but in the success
of every industry.
"It was a leng, tedious, backbreaking
climb from the depths of
poverty into which we had been
thrust. Can it be improvable! Many
and many is the cabin home I have
seen, the 'poor white of the South.'
No comforts of living, no ornaments
on the mantel board, no pictures on
the walls. Only the most primitive
cooking utensils, no furniture that
could be called such ar.d the snow
drifting brought the puncheon walls
in winter.
"But things are different all through
the South t' day. Even the generation
that is today taking hold of things
with such vigor and enthusiasm has
felt the pinch of hardships. I have
watched young men in whom I had
the highest hoper for leadership. I
knew that they were well prepared in
lineage and in education. Yet it seemed
too hard for them to get a start.
I have seen the ciscouragment cloud
their faces. They met with re* erses
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 under care and their ejos to
lose their tire. But in the last four
years there has come a change over
their dreams. Ai last they have actually
begun to make a little profit
on their '-otlon, to get rid of some
of their debts, to buy some furniture
and pretty things for tlje heme,
to be able to afford travel ar.d relaxation
for the tired loved ones at home.
"This is no overdrawn picture. I
am stating solemn facts. The South
has been kept down for thirty
years?by cotton! But our younger
farmers are gaing confidence a" they
are acquiring cash balance:??and
their future Is in thiv own hands. If
they will exercise common sense in
1!)20 they will never again be beholden
to any man. Large production of
cotton in South Carolina in 1920
would be the worst thing tihs State
could do?but it will not be done."
R. L. McMANUS
Dentist
Cheraw, S. C.
Beginning June 1st, 1921, 1 will
practice at Chesterfield Mondays and
on Wednesday evorrings; at Pageland
Tuesday, at Mt. Cvoghan, Wednesday
morning of each week. At Cheraw
1 hur.-d.iy, Friday and Saturday.
CARDUI HELPED
REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Lady Was Sick Far Three
Years, Suffering Pain, Nervosa
and Depressed?Read Her
Own Story of Recovery.
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Paint Rock, Ala.?Mrs. C. M. Stefan,
Of near here, recently related the Col
lowing Interesting account of her recovery:
"I was In a weakened condition.
I was sick three years In bed.
offering a great deal of pain, weak,
perrons, depressed. I was so weak,
t couldn't walk across the floor; Just
1 had to lay and my little ones do the
work. I was almost dead. I tried
every thing I heard of, and a number of
doctors. Still 1 didn't get any relief.
I couldn't eat, and slept poorly. I
believe If I hadn't heard of and taken
Cardut I would have died. 1 bought
six bottles, after a neighbor told me
what It did for her.
"I began to eat and sleep, began to
gati^ my strength and am now well
and strong. I haven't had any trouble
since ... X sure can testify to the
good that Cardul did ma I don't
think there Is a better tonic made
and I believe It saved my Ufa"
For over 40 years, thousands of women
have used Oardul successfully.
In the treatment of many womanly
ailments.
If you suffer as these women did*
. take Oardul. It may help you, too.
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| DOING SPLENDID WORK
IN THRIFT CAMPAIGN
MANY SOCIETIES FORMED AND
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Teachers and children are enthusiastic
over the new thriit spirit in
the school room, which has already
r?' llltall lint nnlu In nl-l-~ ? 1 1
practical interest to time honored subjects,
but in the organization of approximately
11,000 'cnool savings
clubs in the school.* A this district.
Last year the grosB sates of Thrift and
( War Savings Stamps and Treasury
| Savings Certificates in the fifth disI
trict amounted to more than 12.315,000
' during the school section, and it is
hoped that when the figures are compiled
for the 1920-1921 session, an
even better record will be shown.
Thousands of penny and nickel savings
books, text leaflets in thrift and
wall cbc-?? 'or showing the records of
savings clubs nave been mailed out to
schools asking for them. Boys and
girls are learning to put their money
Into government savings securities instead
of wasting it, and in order that
they may not look upon savings as an
I end in itself, and gain a false conce.p|
tion of thrift as a form ol stinginess,
they are encouraged to save for some
definite, worth-while object such, for
instance, as a college education or
i business capital.
Saving is only a third of the game,
I however, for the youngsters earn much
; of the money they save and invest in
[ Thrift and Savings Stamps. Weeding
| tobacco, running errands, clerking in
stores, washing dishes, raising vegetables
and live stock are some of the
callings In whlcn school savings club
members engage during summer vacations
and after school hours, and keen
is the rivalry Among them.
Even the smallest tots are taking an
active part In the "Earn and Save"
movement, and patriotic teachers who
understand the value of thrift as an
element of good citizenship are devot1
Ing their time and thought to making
it part of their educational work, and
are also encouraging the organization
of Bavings clubs by the children themselves.
They realize that they are
rendering a real service to the country
by teaching sound^economic thought,
practical patriotism and prosperity.
GIVING SPLENDID AID
Postmasters are giving splendid
evaporation In the effort to create
new capital by increasing the number
of investors in government
savings securities. Approximately
300,000 letters have bee.n distributed
by them since the middle of February
to patrons of their offices,
through post office boxes or by
means of the regular carriers, calling
attention u> the fact that the
man who saves even a dollar out
of his income has to that extent
boeoine a capitalist, and to the ab.
solute safety of government securities
as investments for such savings.
The postmasters are to be
congratulated not only for helping
to fins DM t h* W..? ?
making their Influence felt in behalf
of the welfare of their own
communities. Distribution of these
letters mehns that the benefits of
saying and sound investment have
been brought directly to the attention
of thousands of persons in
Maryland, the District of Columbia,
West Virginia, Virginia and the two
Carolines.
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Office in Courthouse
Chesterfield, S. C.
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(Wamble Hill National F arm Loan Association
J Is authorized to take and file applications with the Federal
I Land Hank of Columbia.
! Rate of interest 6 per cent. Loans made on improved farm lands.
I The Federal Land Bank will loan 50 per cent, on land and 20
i per cent, on insurable improvements.
j Filing your application with Wamble Hill National Farm Loan
i Association is the first step taken to secure a loan through the
Federal Land Bank of Columbia(The
bank will complete all loans as fast as it can sell bonds to
make the money available.
The bank desires to meet the needs of the farmer, and an early
application will insure you to get your loan quicker.
The Wamble Hill National Farm Association is entitled to do
business in the entire county, and it charges 1 per cent for its
services if loan is made, other wise all is refunded except actual
cost. Bring your land deed for inspection when making application.
B. J. Douglass, Sec. Treas.
Wamble Hill N. F. I.. A.
Office in Rear of Bank of Chesterfield Building
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Farmers Hardware Company