Daily Republican., 1880-08-19
RFPUBLICAN TICKET.
South CaroI1na Census.


south Carolina Census.
II has been very accurately ascer-
tanned that the census Of South Caro-
lima, as it has been taken,is as grand .
farce as are the elections held in that
state of late years. A correspondent Of
the New York Times has been down IN
that state and made thorough inves-
tigation of tie matter. Returns have
been received from % Of the 81 coun-
ties of the state which show an increase
of IS per cent. since 1870, although in
ahe preceding decade the increase had
been a little more than 7 per cent. ard
from 1850 to 1860 1t had only been =
little less than II per cent. To
make the comparison more complete
and the truth more convincing, the
Times correspondent has taken 10 ag-
ricultural counties which have shown
no signs of vigorous growth having but
q few small struggling villages I'M
them. These 10 districts from 1850 to
1860 showed an advance Of less than
three per cent. From 1860 to 1870 they
showed an actual loss, but from 1870
to 1880, they are reported with the re-
markable increase Of 1929 per cent.
Kershaw county which is quiet agri-
cultural district with only one small
village in It and with scarcely any
manufacturing industry and which
steadily lost in population from 1850 to
1870, a period of 20 years, but for the
last decade Of 10 years the amazing in
crease of so per cent is reported. This
is close on to doubling the population
in 10 years, and yet there is no percep-
tible growth in the district.
There are no more manufactures than
there ever we're; the villages are no
larger, the negro exodus struck this
district, and bull-dozing was practiced
to such an extent that all immigration
into the district was checked, and yet
we have the wonderful unnatural phe-
nomenon Of 100 people, men, women
and children increasing by the natural
laws to $50 Of 1000 increasing to 1900;
and Of 10, 900 increasing to $4,000 in 10
years. Kershaw, it is true, is the ex-
treme district, but every one Of the 10
from which these comparisons are made
show as unnatural an increase. Taking
the two last decades, one during and
one after the war, the following are
the comparisons OF the increase Of the
10 districts alluded to: Abbeville, 1st
3, 8 loss: I'd 80, 9 gain; Anderson, Isl
s, / gain I'd 20, A gain; Chester, Isl
3, 9; I'd %, 2 gain Edgefeld, LIST 6, 5
I'd 81, 4 gain; Fairfield, lat 10, loss
I'd 80, 9 gain; Greenville, LIST l, 7; x
81, 9 gain Kershaw, LIST 10 loss; 2nt
80, l gain Lancaster, lst 2, a; "a 80
7gain; Laurens, LIST s. s loss; I'd 81
gain; Marlborough, LIST loss; ID IA,
gain.
Barnwell and Darlington countie
appear 70 be the only two of the 2
counties reported in which there is 1
gradual and natural increase. Ii
Barnwell the percentage Of increas
from 1850 to 1860 was 1876, and from
1860 to 1870 it was 1873, ard from 1871
to 1880 it is reported at lib. In Da.
lington, from 1850 to 1860 the percent
age of increase was 20 per cent; from
1860 to 1870 it was %, 5 and from 1877
to 1880 it is reported at 80 per cent
This however is too large percentag
unless there are large manufacturing
towns in those counties.
As nearly all the increase has bee
in the large cities and towns of the oil
States let US see how it is with Sout
Cardinals two large cities, Charlssto
and Columbia. The first is in III
county Of that name and the latter is i
Richland county. Notwithstanding th
remarkable increase Of population r,
ported in the outlying agricultural Dill
tricts, in Charleston county in whic
the city Of Charleston is located an &C
nal loss in population has teen repor
ed during the last three decades, ar
during the last, from 1870 to 1880, Il
loss was 1914 per cent. Richlar
county ia which Columbia is locat'
also reports loss from 1870 to 1850
6.5 per cent. Owing to the fact that
large number of United States office
live at Columbia and Charleston VI
watched the enumerators, somethil
approximatipg an honest census "
taken. OF Kershaw which shows 4
largest increase in population gent
man who is thoroughly acquainted wi
every part Of the county makes the fl
lowing statement
SONY one railroad touches tn
county, and that, until lately, ran OF
passenger coach every other day; the
Is no factory or mine in the county;
is purely agricultural in its industrie
aud its largest town Camden, a plA
of about 1000 inhabitants, half of the