The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-22

oHeep raising mas Deen one OF the IN
dustrles of the State in the past, but
has declined owing to the cotton mania
and the danger from dogs. But the
climate of the State is well adapted to
this Industry. 1t may be added that
while it Is said to cost dollar a month
per head in the North to bring sheep
through the winter, this can be done
here with the use of cotton seed hulls
and meal Tor 20 cents a month. Pas
ture lands cost about One-lifth the
price here that they cost in the North,
and this gives large margin for profit.
If the industry were established the
dog nuisance would be abated.
The cotton crop of the State varies
from 100000 to 10000 bales. With
factories to put this into cloth, and
with utilization Of the good proper
ties or the seed, mine Of wealth would
be opened, and it would do much to
revive agriculture.
The manufacture Of the different
products Of cotton would diversity our
industries and open the way for still
greater prosperity.
Along with cotton culture could and
should go oil mills and facto ries, fertil-
izer mills, dairy farms, sheep raising,
etc.
PHOSPHATES.
Not less blessed than in her agricu-
tural advantages in South Carolina is
the apparently ineXhauStive stores Of
phosphate deposits, the basis of good
commercial fertilizers at a low price.
This is one of the most remarkable ma
tural boOnS VOuchSated to man. The
land deposits belong to private owners;
the river beds are the property Of the
State, and are leased by persons and
companies paying royalty of one dol
lar per ton to the State.
STATEMENT OF SHIPMENT or RIOS.
PLATES. US9l 1922
Charleston Beaufort
Foreign shipments, t0nS.. 4,3aG 100, O5S
Coastwise shipm'ts, tons. ...1I5, ,G27 30, 6O2
Interior shipments, TONS. IS, 7l3 10000
consumed. ........ ..............16j,o o0e 10000
Total ........ ................ .31l ,736 l7G,GGo
Grand total DIS, $50, of which 35G, $50
was land rock and 1872 900 river rock.
AGWCULTURALs STATISTICS.
Cotton, bis 224 500 522,34s 10000
Corn, bush 76ll ,207 II, ,7G1 OH9 o, 600, 900
Rice. lbs. $4,000, 600 1000 900 9:i 0oO Dbl
Oats, bush. fl#,Ooo 2,7l5, ,o"o 500, 900
Farms, 5l,8So Y5 Sil
pei perfarm arm 2&3 143
There Is no way OF getting at the pre-
else figures of the crops Of corn and
small grain and minor crops. But the
corn crop last year was the largest ever
made in the State, and will do much to
compensate for the low profits from
the cotton crop.
MANtFACTURES
In the census Of 1880 Sou tn Carolina
was represented in fifty three out of
lifty-seVen manufacturing occupations
mentioned in the compendium, Il proof
of the diversity of her resources. Form
eriy the production of staple crops for
export extractive industries were more
suited to our soil and our system of la
Dor, and other sections were allowed to
outstrip us III the other lines of prOduc-
tion. The composition Of the great
pralrieS and bottoms Of the West adj
monishes us of the necessity of calling
on our great reserve power, and enter
ing boldly into the new field of indus
try. The highest civilization and the
highest prosperity can be reached only
by proper combination of urban and
rural industries so that this tendency
to diversilication is very gratifying.
South Carolina has no coal In her
borders and this is a disadvantage, but
the pushing of railway lines to the
bama Is doing much to overcome this
disadvantage.
The finest magnetic iron ore of the
world is found in the upper part of the
State, but the supply OF wood became
exhausted years ago and the furnace
closed. Later, at Blacksburg iron
works have been established and prom
ise great results. The ores taken from
this part Of the country is needed to
mix in the ores Of other beds.
There are factories Of different kinds
in different parts of the State Good
wagons and buggies are made in more
than one locality at prices comparing
fayorably with those obtaining else
where.
But the chief industry is that of cot
ton spinning, and in this the increase
has been most remarkable. Years ago
there we're factories here, put they
gave way In Importance to agriculture.
At the beginning of the war only few
were of imp Irtance. In the past de.
cads this State has been pushing rapid
ly.
BOTH steam and wafer power are
used, but the latter is in excess. The
factories using steam, however though
they have to import their coal from
other States, are paying handsome
profits.
The following table gives IA compari.
son for three periods:
STATISTICS OF COTTON FACTORIES
1870. 1880. 1892.
NumDer..... 12 26 Est. ll
Capt. al......$ ,0G9, 900 $40SI 900 81, 900, 900
Splndles.'., $4,000 lSl,0oo $4,000
IoOmS... ............. 1900
Bales con
,snmed...: $500 $1,000 $4,000
Value of
prodncts.S1 ,229. 900 1895, 900 II, 600, 600
South Carolina leads The South in
this industry and the profits are very
large, being from : to % per cent. an
nnally. The mills must. Sooner or la
ter, "comr to the cotton" Those com.
ing first VIII have choice of water pow
or and location.
TIEPENTlNE AND LUMBER.
The turpentine industry still Occu-
pies many of our citizens. The pro-
duct of last year IL estimated at 1000
casks Of turprmLlne and 221,OOO barrels
of r0Sin.
AIT .Ough much of the timber has
been cut away, Il great deal remains,
end there are many saw mills. IIm-
bar 10 pomparAtlyrlV rhpan and IN OK