The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29
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|. [. OF LIQUOR. |. ! D BUSINESS
State Dispensary Served as !
Terrible & Warning
5s Of Evil.

COLUMBIAN S. c., September as
The State of South Carolina is finally
#o, out s the liquor business On the Ii st
( OF last February there wns III the
ware var house in this city about s7oo,Ooo
q WORT, Or liquor belonging to the State.
When al that time the Legislature de-
termined to abolish the system, a COM
mission was created to close up the
business, 4 and the last has lust been
sold So Al ter fourte en- years, one
month and fifteen days, the palmetto
brand is known no more. III ~
4s4a5,T his was the first experiment Of gov
eminent ownership. II, South Caro-
lima, and the fruits have Been such
that Nit is likely to- be last for
many a.year. Neither municipality nor
State Is likely to embark .upon that
sea while memory t7of the State dis
pensary.li Ives as a terri BILE warning
Advocates Of the system promised that
the dispensary profits would eliminate
State taxes. That was an unrealized
dream The thing got into politics and
stayed there: and the corruptionawas
SO appalling that the strenuous per-
alEeff orts Of Senator II llman could
not stem the tide OF repolt sSe&
stnte in Fine Condition.:
According to q predictions OF the
friends that stuck to the sinking ship,
South Carolina. 81 X8snlonths after the,
revenue from the viii sl<eya monopoly
was cut off. should be- financially cm-
barrassed. The actual condition is
confusing to the friends Of State cons
troll. The indicated cotton yield IS
1900, 900 bales. and this. together with
the seed for which oil mills are clalnor-5
ing, will fetch the producers sonle-s
thing like $4,000 900. or about s14.-
900, 900 more than the value Of any
previous cotton crop produced in this
State The year will also be remark
able for the corn production. The par
tial adoption Of q new method Of Germ
cultivation developed BY a scientific
south Carolina farmer, has resulted In
a great increase inayield. twill be
bad news to tho w es that South Caro-
lima has ceased to bea corn customer.
| The value Of this years crop}is esti-
mated at s22,5o0.ooO The total value
Of these two crops is about S1O0,00O,0OO,
more than s3o,o0O,00o5 being net profit.
! And only [. 1000 900 OF South Cardinals
! 2O,000,O0O acres are planted in cotton
! and corn. VI. 9s}E
/ South Carolina's cotton mills VIII
4 consume, at present prices, somewhere
between forty five and fifty million
/ dollars worth Of raw cotton this year,
or exceeding 100000 bales, for while
4 producing a very large quantity OF
| cotton i n proportion to area and popu-
i lation, this is the largest cotton manu- i
j featuring State in the South, and Is
i only second to Mas achuse it's.
4 The&development of water powers IS
Il going forward at an unprecedented
Il rate, that developed and in process OF
of development aggregating about 800,
! 1000. One result is a large increase
= in the use Of electrical p o er III mills
4 No Trace Of Socialism.
The change In industrial conditions
since 1890 lis no less remarkable than
s. the political transformation. The tenn
: per Of the people is not the same
4 There Is no trace Of populismsA or so
Y cialism. Those elements, then con
i spicuous, have disappeared There !:
not a newspaper In the State inclined
+ to socialism, nor is there a Scomnlunit,
Z in which municipal or government
I ownership is. advocated or agitated
: South Carolina and Tennessee are thu
Z only States touched by the Southern
= Railway system that have mot at
!, tempted the regulation Of railroad
! rates W. 1558
While sensational lecturers In dis
: tantj States may give the impression
IA that5athe races here are on the verg'
: Of war, no til Ing Is more n CHROME Gus
y Nowhere Is there less evidence OF un
& rest. &nowh ere less .likelihoodsof trou
!, BILE or conflict Influential whites ar,
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