The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
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largest actual and relative gain Is made
By the county of Anderson, the PIP
ulation of which has increased l2,O32
or q 5 per cent. Always progressive
and substantial county, Anderson $
growth at this time is easily traceab!e
20 TIE development Of the cotton mil
Industry. Within the townl:self there
are three cotton mills al built, we be-
lieve, in the past ten years, while the
county contains the large mill town of
PsIzer With perhaps 1000 people, aud
there is also new mill at Bslton
Next to Anderson in relative gain
CONES Il N and with an increase Of
S 76S or % IS per cent. Practically.
we might Say actually, the total gain
of Richland is in the city of Colu nbia
and its suburbs: 10 1890 Columbia
township had 49, inhabitants, and
allowing seventh eighths Of Richlsnd's
increase to this city and suburbs the
present population Will not be much
less than 2S,080 The population OF
the city itself will probably be % 600.
The causes of Columbia's growth are
too familiar to iced repetition at this
tine. We believe that when the sta
tist;cs are seen il will b, proved that
Columbia has made larger gain act
ually and relatively than any other
town in the State.
Following Richland is her neighbor,
Lexington, which has gained 81 OS3, or
% 9 per cent. The population Of Lex
ington in 1890 was %. lSl. Lexington
is very large county, with its re-
sources as yet practically undevelopsd,
snd while there has been an unusual
amount Of railroad building within its
borders in the past is months, 1t IS
sonewha: surprising to learn that this
county has made such large gains,
though it is none the less gratifying.
Aiken is next in order with an In
crease of 7,2l0, or % 6 per cent. This
is also surprising although there have
been not few signs Of advancement
in Aiken. Horny aud Clarendon tie
with a gain of p 3 per cent-another
surprise. These two couoties have
made some encouraging agricultural
advances but it was rot thought they
would show such large gains, which
are presum ably due rather to natural
Increase in population. O;onee is
close to these two counties with gain
of gill Per cent. Ooonee- has not
been making large boasts, but there
have been several cotton mills erected
in that county which have perhaps
drawn from North Carolina consider
BILE number of people. Ocangeburg
shows, next to Anderson, the largest
actual increase, except Charleston.
The percentage of O,aDgeburgs in
crease is 20 IS. This is one Of the
best agricultural couaties in the State,
in which the negro population IS not
ipconsiderable. GreenvilIes increase
ranks next to O:snge5urg in percentage
and follows Spartanburg in actual gain,
This county has been among the lead
ers in the cotton mill development, to
which this increase Of populstion is no
doubt largely due. Sparsanbu.g has
an actual increase Of 10, Us, or Is per
cent, making it next to Charleston
the most popu!ous county IN the State.
Here again it is case Of cotton mills
Ia actual increase. therefore, the first
Eve counties ranks: Anderson, Vi
apgsburg, Spartan5u-g, Greenv!lle and
R;chland. In relative increase they
rank: Anderson, Riekland, Lexlng-
ton, Aiken, Horrv snd Clarendon.
Altogether, the percentages OF IN
crease sboR that the gain IN the up
country has not been SIS large as was
expected in comparison with the low,
csuatry. In the lower section OF the
S ate, where there is a large negro
population, the increases are such as
| to justify tie expectation that the
6gures Will show that the negro race Is
decreasing more rapidly than the white
race, while in the up country the IN
crosse in population is due in large
measure to the development Of manuFac-
turing industries. But until the com
plete statistics are obtainable there can
be only suppositions in respect to this
| question.
1t will be seen that no county except
those which have given up territory to
the new counties has suffered loss lo
population. The smallest gain IS made
| by Union, from which territory was
taken in the formation of Cherokee.
Fairfield makes actually the smallest
increase, amounting to not quite 3 per
cents ; but the average Of all is just
about the percentage Of gain shown BY
the figures for the whole State, tina. Is,
Is per cent.
Through the kindness Of Mr.. Fred H.
Doniniek of Newberry we have the
liable below, wich will show the
changes brought about in the appor-
tionmen5 Of representatives, the lower
house Of the Legislature. According to
the constitution, the house Of rep-esan-
ta.iyes consists Of l24 members, appor-
toned among the GifereEt counties &C
cording to population, and If there be
still q, ,f,iency in the number Of rep.
resentatives required by section third
of this article such deficiency shall be
supplied by assigning representatives
to those counties having the largest
surplus fractions. Under the present
superintendent in a total population of
!, ISL 149 there is one representative
for every 9,299 citizens. According to
this years ceusus in total population
Of l $40. 316 there will be one member
for every l0,809 citizens. Taking the
population of each county as the dlvl-
aend and 10, 800 as the divisor, the
quotient will represent the number OF
members to which the county is entltl-
ed, the remaiaders indicating to which
counties the extra representatives are
allotted 1t will be seen that Aiken,