The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-12-17
RESULTS OF CENSUS.
Increase in Population is Likely to
Give South Carolina Another
Congressman.

Sarg will be shown by the census Of
1910 to have doubled since 1900, and
that the population Of the county
will be shown to have increased by
fifty per cent, is the opinion ex-
pressed by a South Carolinian who
has been in Washington the past
few days.
'EThe cotton mills have added
greatly to the population Of the
county, outside Of the city" he con-
tinued. "The growth of the city has
been simply the result Of the growth
Of the county, which is already one
Of the richest in the section. There
have been no mills erected within the
city limits since 1900, but outside Of
Spartanburg there have been sever
al large mills added to the already
long list Of those situated in Spar
tanburg county, including Woodruff,
Drayton, Arcadia, Inman, Appalachia
and others. Besides, the farming
population has increased perceptibly,
50 that while the mills may have ta-
ken some people from the farms, yet
there has been substantial IN
crease Of the farming population
which almost equals in proportion
tAe rapid growth Of the towns in the
county. Several of the cotton mills
have doubled their capacity since
1900.
"Greenville will probably show
almost as great an increase as Spar
hamburg, both in city and in county.
In fact, the whole Piedmont section
Of the State has made such indus
nial progress and has so increased in
wealth and population that most Of
us are going to be surprised at the
igures Of the census reports. Other
portions of the State have also
grown rapidly, but my opinion is
that the Piedmont section is far IN
the lead, and that Spartanburg coun-
B is in the lead in the Piedmont
ssction.''
Much Interest in Census.
There is much interest all over
the country in the figures to be made
by the census Office as soon as they
can be tabulated after the enumera-
tion work is completed next sum
naer. Ambitious towns are anxious
to know just what they have accom-
plished in the way of growth, as in
dicated by population, since 1900.
There are few towns or communities
in the United States in which there
is not more or less oG friendly rival
ry in this respect, and the outcome Of
the work of the census enumerators
is looked upon as the only reliable
test Of actual growth Of a communl-
ty. Of course, each town has its po-
lice census, or census taken In con-
nection with the compiling Of its d.
rectory, and that sort Of thing, but
these figures are not accepted as
strictly reliable anywhere outside Of
that particular town, while those
Of the United States census officials
are taken everywhere as reliable.
Every town is proud Of a favorable
showing in the census figures, and
every town that has not a. favorable
showing is more or less Inundated,
though it is likely to claim that it
makes up in quality what it lacks in
quantity, and all that sort Of thing.
The census of 1900 showed pop
ulation in Spartanburg Of 1885. A
population of $4,000 shown in 1910
will justify the prediction Of the
&orecaster above quoted, so far as
the city Of Spartanburg is concerned.
The population of the county in
1900, was in round numbers, $4,000.
If the census of 1910 shows 100000,
the prediction above quoted will be
justified to the effect that the eoun-
ty will be shown to have increased
ia population by fifty per cent.
May Alter Congressional Districts.
Another interesting possibility in
connection with the approaching Gen.
sus is that the Congressional dis
tricts Of the State may be altered.
1t will be remembered that a ere
districting Aet'' was passed by the
State Legislature shortly after the
census Of 1900, dividing the Con-
gressional districts so as to change
sheir respective territory to a con-
siderable extent. Prior to that Act
the districts had been so arranged as
50 have number Of the counties
split up, part Of them being in one
Congressional district, and part in