The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-11
THE GROWTH or TI4E Sr,,,,r.


Augusta Chronicle has been pcttnr
up figures 10 show tn. progress made
III this State IN the past. three years.
The last census showed svow,h in
population which ra;hrr ;tstoundrd The
public, and 1t appears iha, The progress
OF the State i'll otUrr particulars has
been almost. as striking. The corrc-
spondent shows tho increase in pro-
ducts by tho following statement:
III 1879 the number OF bnira OF cotton
raised In the State was h22, 54R; fn 1892.
630,76s. In 1879 IL, ,7il, $40 huS,eIs OF corn
were produced; in 1882, 100, 600 bushels.
The nmountW W wheat harvested In 1879
was "62,33O kushe!s in 1882 2a7a, 800.
OatH III 1879, 2,7l5,4i5 h,,ShclS in 1890.
s,E9l,60O bushels Barley in 1879, 1G6aa.
bushels; In 1882, 423, ,OCO bushels. Rye IN
1917, 26,987 bushels; in 1882. $4,000 bush.
cls' o'rehuh,-gal!ons produced in 1874,
Zol' ios; IN 1882, 507, i17 gallons. In 1879
the farmers sold 257 1875 gallons of. mix; in
1SS2, 43o,9E'; and in 1879 made 3,l96,757
pounds OF butter on the farm, and in 1882,
4,66l ,484 pounds.
These results, however surlMisinn.
archot much more so than those of the
past ten years, which the correspond
ent states rs follows:
In 1870 the State produced 22i, 500 hales
OF cotton and 9,735, ,465 bushels of Grain.
There were SO acres Of improved lsd,d to
the square mile, and bales of cotton and
2S7 bushels of grain were made to the
square mile. In 1890 there was produced
623, ,5i8 bales Of cotton and 1000, ,503 bush
els OF grain; there were Ill acres of titled
lahd 10 the square mile and IS bales Of cot
ton and sol bushels of grain were made to
to sq"SFe mile. iii 1870 lat ponnds of
lint cotton and 13 bushels of grain, per
capita Of population, We're produced. In
1880, 245 pounds of cotton and II bushels
OF grain. The value Of the difference be-
tween the yield of corn, wheat and oats in
1881 and 1882 Is more than the value of the
whole amount of farm supplies purchased
outside of tho State.
Nor has the people Of South Carroll
na lost sight Of the great Importance
OF manufactures. AS far as their
means have permitted, they have
erected factories, and the number of
these has of late years increased in a
manner that is ut once remarkable and
encouraging, as the following statistics
will show:
IN 1870 there were 745 looms and 3,tiS3
spindles III the cotton mills iii Tie State,
and the capital invested was Sia$7 900. The
mills paid in wages, that ycrr S257 $50,
and employed /, ,123 hands. The consnm
cd 4,750,823 pounds OF cotton, a,G tn"
value OF all the products Of tnv mills was
$l,529,937. In 1880 there were ~" ,,nrl>.
s@,78S spindles, capital Invested, s.. :6S.
900; wages paid, S34O, ,lH6; hands emr!oyc,,,
2,195; pounds of cotton consumed, l4,s,;y,-
800, and the value Of all the products was
3,750,770.
All Of which leads tho Chronicle to
say,
With such rCcor, no tears ,,rcd he felt
OF the future of i great State or of the
prosperity of a mobile People rh~y have
secured a government uS honest and a;
conservative as ANY il, the Iujon, unh tr,.y
have gone 10 work themselves to prove.
that theirs is u State ,c &r sought by others
coming into this country. south Carolina
dnrlng the recent wnr Suffered heavily but
III her recureratiun Troni these wrongs she
las shown more i.cro!Sn than the con-
queror Of q l!"ntlrcd battles. Her best ppo-
pie arc In the feds at work; her mos.
Ski!ful hands arc 1t the loom and her
readieSt wits eve ns the wheels Of govern