The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-12-19
The Towns of South Carolina,


than 1000 but less than $4,000 peo
pie. aud they present come surprises,
both pleasant and unpleasant
There are % such towns and cities
but from the list are excluded all uu
Incorporated mill towns like Pelzer,
Paoolet, Graniteville. Clifton and
Piedmont. places which have shown,
perhaps, the most remarkable per
centages OF growth Of any communi
ties in the state Were these mill
towns included in the count South
Carolina would have as many towns
Of 1000 people aud upward as her
much larger aud more populous
sister, North Carolina. which has 80
There is no reason that we can see
why these mill communities. although
not incorporated, should not have
been separately enumerated and
returned with the other towns of
South Carolina Their absence from
the Iist unfairly minimizes the urban
growth Of this State in the last ten
years
Charleston, of course, stands at the
head of the list Of South Carolina
cities. its population previously
reported, being 5o.SO7 against 81,
955 in 1890 ; q gain of 852, or II
per cent
CoIumbia is the second city, with
On accredited population of 2l ,lO8
against 1888 10 1890 ; q gain of
5.755. or 37a per cent
GreenvilIe comes third, with IL,
460 people against 9.6O7 in 1890 q
gain Of 1858. or 3S l per cent
Spsrtsnburg is a close fourth, with
IL 1895 people sgaiDs, 5,544 in 1890 ;
. gain Of 1851, or 1855 per cent.
Sumter-and this will be surprise
to our friends 10 the Piedmont-is
6fth, with population Of 5,673
against 1865 in 1890 ; q gain of
1908, or 46 Z per cent
Anderson is sixth, having 4,49S
against 3 0lS in 1890 q gain OF
2.4SO. or 80 2 per cent
Rock Hill ia seventh, with 5,4e5
against 2.744 in 1890 /; a gain of
2.741, or 100 per cent
Union--snd here is another sur
prise--is eighth. with 5.4OO people
sgaiost 1909 in 1890 ; a gain of
3.79l, or 2S5 6 per cent
Greenwood takes ninth place over
many older competitors 1t has
4,S24 people against l 326 in 1890 :;
a gam Of 3,49S, or 263 8 per cent
: Florence follows ss No 10. with
population Of 4 CAT against 3 395
10 1890; gain Of 1882, or Sc 9
per cent
Newberry is eleventh. with 4.607
against 5000 in 1890; a gain OF
l 587, or S: S per cent
O'angeourg has twelfth place. with
4 455 inhabitants against 2 964 in
1890; gain Of l.49l. or 30 psY
cent
Georgetown has passed Beaufort
and taken the thirteenth place. bu,
the number in ,his case 10 not un
lucky Georgetown has 4. 1873 PEG
pie against 1896 in 1890; u gain OF
l,243. or AZ per cent
Beaufort is fourteenth. with 4.ll0'
Inhabitants against 8. .587 in 1890 q
gain Of 523 or Is per ceut
Chester is fifteenth, with ,0754
against 2703 10 1890; a gain Of
1872, or so s per cent
The sixteenth place is held by
Laurens. with. 4.029 psople against
2,245 10 1890 ; . gain of 1884 OF 70
per cent.
Gaffacy follows in seventeenth
place, with 1887 people agains,
1854 in 1890 gain of 2. 3O6. o,
l4l per cent.
Abbeville is No. Is, with 3 1866
inhabitants against l ,696 in 1890: a
gain Of 2.07o. or l22 per cent.
Aiken ia nineteenth. with 3,4l4
iShabiiants against 1852 in 1890 O
gain Of l ,052. or 43 per cent
Darlington is twentieth. with
3,208 people against $3.50 10 1890;
a gain ofSl9. or 81 8 per cent
Camden ia twenty first. with 2,44l
people against 3. 533 in 1890; an
apparent loss Of 1902. or 81 per
cent
Summerville is twenty second with
z 40 against against 2,2l9 in 1890;
gain of POI, or o l per cent
Nj Peasant holds twenty ,hid
place. with 2 252 peopIe sga,ns,
| l3s in 1890; gain Of lila. or
80 per cent
foIkvi'le concludes The lst uumeI
ca'lS aud alphabetically with 2Ol2
inhabitants against ,553 in 1890 u
gain Of 4Se, or 20 per cent The
state