The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-19
TOWNS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Eow They Stand Relatively as to
Population.

Population.
At last we have the census figures for
,he Incorporated places in South Caro-
Ina having population Of moro than
2 900 !.u. ls,s thaa Is 900 people, and
,hey present sone surprises, both pleas
ant and unpleasant.
There are % such towns and cities
bit from the list are excluded al ucin-
ca.porsted mill towns like Peer,
p4colet, G-an!tcv;lle, Cliftoa and Pied
nort. places which have sAown, reE-
hsps. the most rcmsrksole percentages
Of growth cf cry communities IN the
STATE. We're these nil tosns included
in TIE ,ouat South Carolina you'd bare
az uany towzs Of 2, 00n people and u2-
aa,d as her much lager and more
populous sister, North Csroli1s, WATCH
has 90 There is no reason that We caa
see Why :h.so nill connuzitios, 81
though nos Incorporated, should nos
have ueea separately enumerated and
reIuracd with she csher towns CT South
Carolina Their absence fcon she list
unfairly o;nimizes the urban growth ef
thi. State ip sha last ten yeals
Charleston, Of course, stacds at The
head OF the list Of South Carolina cities,
its ropulseion, previously reported,
beiDg 55 807 against 81 955 in 1890; a
gain Of $50 or u pei cent.
Columbia is the second citv. With az
accredited population Of 81, l08 against
Is 353 in 1890; gain Of $3.50, Or 37s
per cent.
Greenville comcs third. with II, ,4e0
pco,,'e against s 6r7 in 1890; gain Of
2,S53, or 80. l per cent.
Sp.rtar burg IS claee fourth, with
II 395 peonle against 5 544 in 1890; a
saia CT 1851, CT 1888 per cent,
S1mter-aod this will be surprise
to our friends in the Pisdnont-is fifth,
Sish population Of 5 673 against 8 s65
in 1890; gain Of 1,Svs, or 4s ] per
ceut.
Anderson is sixth, having 5 1913
against 8, 01s in 1890; gain OF z. 2.zse,
or 81 2 per Gems.
Rock !illl is seventh; with 5 4s5
aga nst 2 IA in 1890; q gain Of 2.74l,
or 100 per cent.
Uoioc-and here is smother surprise
is eighth, With 5,400 pforle against
l,609 in 1899; gain Of 3,79l, or 1906
per cent.
Greenwood takes ninth place over
many older competitors, It has 4,S24
peop|c against 326 in 1890; q gain Of
8 495, or 1853 S per cent.
Florence follows as No. 10 with a
population Of 4,647 agains. Z, ,395 IN
1890; gain Of 252, or 36 9 per cent.
Ns~berr7 is eleventh, with 4,6"7
aga;ust 3 020 in 1890, gain Of l. 5S7,
or 50 5 per cent.
Orapgehu7g has twelfth place, With
I 455 iuhsb;tan,s agsinst2 964 in 1890;
a gain Of l, 491, or 80 per cent.
Georgetown has passed Beaufort and
taken tie thirteenth place, but the
number in this case is not uniucky.
Georgeto~n has 4,139 people against
2 S95 lr 1890; gain Of /, ,243, OF a per
cent.
Bss1fors is fourteenth, with 4, 120 in
hahtsnts against 3, 5S7 in 1890; gain
Of 523, or Is per cent.
Chester is fifteenth, with 4f75
agsins. 2,703 in 1890; gain Of 1879,
or so 5 per cent.
The sixteenth rlaes is held BY
Lsurens. with 4 029 people against g.
2l5 in 1890; a gain of 1854, or 70 per
cert.
Gsfcey follows in seventeenth place,
ei'h 1887 people against ! 631 in
1890; a gam Of 2 3O6, or III pr cent.
Aboev,lle is No IS, with 1896 IN
hahi'ants aga;n.t 1896 in 1890; gain
Of 2 O7O, or l22 per cent.
A ken is rlne!eepth. with 3, 414 in
hsotsrts against 1882 IN 1890; a gain
Of 1902, or 43 per cent.
DA.l.rg; on Is tSentieth with 8 208
people apsiust $50 in 1890; gain Of
Sl9, or 81 per Cent.
Csnd, is erty.6rst. with z, AL
people sssios' 3 533 in 1890; an appsr
en-, loss Of l 092, uE 81 per cent.
Summs1vlli.. g t8cptr-seeond. with
2,420 sgaius, 2 2l9 IN 1890; gain Of
2Ol, or 9 l per cent.
Mt. 7 ca*ant holds twenty third
place, with 2 252 people against l, 1873
IL 1890; a gain Of l Ia, or SO per cent.
ToIkvl!le ctnc udes the liss pumerl-
cally aud alphabetically with 2 OH in
habi,ants against l 553 in 1S9u; gain
of 459, or 29 per cent Tho State,