Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26
SOUTH CAROLINA MEMS.
Cotton Mill Petitions.

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Cotton Mill Petitions.
In the house, Tuesday, Mr.. Dorroh, OF
Greenville, asked to present Is long pc
titions from the operatives of Is cotton
mills of the state, protesting against
any cotton mill legislation at this ses-
sion. The petitions are from all parts
of the state. They ask that there be
no cotton mill legislation and that they
be allowed to make their contracts as
other citizens, and say that the condi-
tions are not unsatisfactory. Letters
are presented from physicians, who GER
tify that they practice in mill commu-
mites and have general practice, and
that the health Of children and others,
so far as they can see, is fully as good
in mill communities as elsewhere, and
that they find no disadvantage to the
health of the operatives from the fact
that they work in the cotton mills. On
motion of Mr.. Dorroh all the petitions
were ordered printed in the Journal
for the use of the members.
& harleston Votes $50, 900.
News and Courier, 22d: With one
unanimous voice the city council of
Charleston, at it's meeting last night,
voted an appropriation of S5O,OOO for
the South Carolina Interstate and
West Indian exposition. The question
of an appropriation had been left TO
the ways and means committee, which
reported favorably, and presented
bill to make a special 3-mill tax levy
for that purpose. The bill was read by
title and, under q suspension of the
rules, was passed to it's second and
third reading. A meeting Of the coun-
ell has been called for January 80,
when the bill will be fully ratified.
Not a word was spoken against the
voting of the amount asked by the di-
rectors Of the exposition, and the
hearty and prompt response which was
made indicates the pulse of the city on
this great project which has been un-
dertaken.
To Improve the Wateree.
Washington correspondence Spartan
burg Journal: Senator Tillman, Of
South Carolina, has submitted to the
senate a petition from sundry citizens
of Camden, South Carolina, asking for
the improvement Of the Santee and
Wateree rivers of South Carolina. Up
on request of Senator Tillman the pc
tition was published in the Congress
sional Record, and will also be publish
ed as a document. The petition was re-
ferred to the senate committee on
commerce. It is quite lengthy and sets
out fully the need of survey Of the
river from Camden to the mouth of the
Santee, with a view to forming pro-
ject for the improvement Of the two
streams so that there may be naviga-
tion for steamboats, of six feet draft at
low water. The petition is signed by
some of the most prominent business
men of Camden. Senator Tillman will
try to secure the adoption of an amend
ment to the river and harbor bill in line
with the wishes of these petitioners.
South Carolina Tobacco.
Washington correspondence News
and Courier: Representative Norton, of
the Sixth district, went to see Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson today with
regard to having statistics prepared OF
the agricultural industries Of South
Carolina prepared, especially of the to-
bacco crops. Although South Carolina
is the youngest state in the South in
regard to growing tobacco, there were
in the last year approximately 3O,O0O,-
600 pounds of tobacco grown In the
state, of which about 80 per cent. was
grown in the Sixth district. At present
South Carolina tobacco is not recog-
niZed in the world of trade. and If a
shipper were to try to sell South Caro-
lima tobacco as such it would be i'm
possible to do SO; but were the same
tobacco sold as North Carolina or Vir-
ginia grown there would be no trouble
at all. That is because no statistics
of the tobacco crop of South Carolina
are printed by the agricultural depart
ment, which, however, sends records OF
the other states all over the world. At
present the South Carolina tobacco
growers ship their crops to some of the
other states, where it is sold. Mr.. Nor
ton thinks that were the department of
agriculture to send out record OF the
South Carolina tobacco this would be
changed, so he is pulling every wire to
have South Carolina recognized.