The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-02-21
miles from Newberrv.

Keitt & Bros.-Fourteen miles.
J. Duckert-Eighteen miles from
Newberry.
w. w. Riser.-Eleven miles from
Newberry.
Graham & Thomas-Eight miles
from Newberry.
j. Glenn-Two miles from New.
berry,
Gull & Hay-Three miles from
Newberry.
A. Hawkins-Nine miles from
Newberry.
F. II. Dominick-Eleven miles
from Newberry.
Number of hands, 50. Number
horses and mules, A. Capital en-
ployed, $18,000./ Value Of annual
product, $175,00O.
Glass of machinery: Generally
of good class.
Water or steam used: Steam in
all.
Amount Of horse power used,
238 horse power or an average OF
Is horse power to mill.
Percentage of profit, 20 per cent.
Increase or decrease in business in
the last twelve months, % per cent.
increase.
6. Turpentine stills, &C., none.
Z. Other manufactures and num-
Der, 8. Capital employed, $4,000.
Number of hands employed, AZ.
Value of annual producS $29,55O.
MINES, &C.
Number Of mines, none
Number Of quarries, 8. Location
and names Of proprietors:
L. j. Jones, Jas. Crawford, New
berry c. H.
Glenn Rikard--Three miles from
C. H.
T. NJ. Lake-Three Mills from
C. H.
R. P. Clark-Seven miles from
c. II.
| D. R. Dickert-Fourteen miles
from c. H.
J. Caldwell-Ten miles from
C. H.
Glass of Machinery: The most
primitive. No other outfit but or
| dinary hand-drill and a derrick for
removing the quarried stone. Tn
rock is even with the surface, and
in a great many instances ten to
twenty feet above the earth. The
supply of granite Of fthe best quality
is simply inexhaustible in the coun-
ty, and large qualities Of it may be
obtained within three or four miles
of railroad and two or three miles
of water transportation.
Capital employed: Little or no
capital is employed, and very
little is necessary-not more than
5000.
Value of annual outturn: The
rock at mouth of quarries worth S4,
900; delivered, worth $4,000.
AGRICULTURE.
I. Number and kind of improved
implements, &C.: Sewers. of four
different kinds. y; reapers, Of six
different kinds, 70; sulkey ploughs,
of four different kinds, 4; guano
distributors, CT twelve kinds, 800;
harrows, of six kinds, 250; horse
rakes, of six kin1s, so; stump pull
lers of two kinds, ,. Total improy-
ed implements, G93.
Steam engines :sed on farms, and
horse power: Sixty engines; ag-
gregate, SAP horse power.
2. Head of improved stock, &c.
Sheep: Merino, 25; Bakewell,
8; Broad Tail, 10 grades Of all, So,
Total imported sheep, 123. Cattle :
Jersey, 20; Grade 100; Guernsey,
4; Grade, Is. Total imported cat
tie, 1919. The Merino sheep and
Jersey cow most highly thought Of.
3. Efficiency of colored labor as
compared with last year, and with
its efficiency five years ago? AS
compared with last year, little
more efficient: and with five years
ago, decidedly better. The greatest
improvement being within five
miles of towns, the better class of
negroes wishing to get near to
schools and churches. This i'm
provement, however, is not percep-
tible in the corporations.
4. The supply of colored labor
as compared with the demand, and
with the supply and demand last
year and FIVE years ago? AS COM
pared with the present demand,
it is 25 per cent. short; with demand
last year, 25 per cent. short; with the
demand FIVE years ago, 5 per cent.
short on account of increase in
acreage plantedsnot on account CT
migration.
5. Proportion of white to colored
farm labor? White, 20 per cent:
colored, S0per cent.
6. Hours of full days farm work:
Ten hours.
Z. Wages paid male and female
farm laborers? Males so cents pei
day; females, 80 cents. Or, fol
males, 100 year, and females,S60
together with a patch of one acre
the product Of which belongs exclu
sively to laborer. Firewood, house
and garden is also furnished labor
er free of charge.
| 8. Work Of women and children.
white or colored, in the fields? One
tenth of white women and children
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