The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-13

was hCralded around the State by MY
@. pC..y.... ,4a, ii Blease Was elected
even the insurance companies would
Withdraw the;. investments from
Sout4 Carolina, and that they would
leave the State In 1910 the total
investments in State, county ana
municipal bonds, first mortgage bonds
estate and first mortgage
Cf domestic ..;>--..2Hs whose
property is situate tn,.... within the
State, by life, fire and miscellaneous
companies, Of other St"'es no, Mciud-
ing investments made y ~oHth Car
ouna companies, were s. 70 ,OS@. That
was the year preceo.na Tie first year
or my administration. n 1911, the
first year | was go,c he total
investments of this character on
December 81 were $4,630,669, an in
crease of more taan $2,000,000, and
almost 100 per cent, On December
81, 1852, these investments amounted
to S8 95,561, and on June 80, 1913, to
$9,S45,963. A conservative estimate
Of increase in investments Of this
haracter between June 80 and Dec
ember 81 would be 100000 to $1,000
600, increasing the total to nearly
i$11 100000, an Increase Of more than
SIS, 100000 during the three years OF
my administration. the increase dur
ing the three years beino more than
three times the entire ~,aouut invest
ed in 1910, The premium income of
life, fire and miscellaneous compan-
les, exclusive of tae premium receipts
OF South Carolina companies, in 1910,
was $6,5S5, ,263; in 1911, $7,19S,-
514; in 1912, $11,591 al. At
tie time this message is written
the figures for 1913 are ret available
The corporation license fees in
1913 were $l33,SI6, as compared with
SO 6l3 the preced---1 yea.
The assessment Of railroad proper
" for taxation was increased by the
State board of assessors, in 1913, by
$799,S23, and the increase in assess
ment OF express, Pu..!..ii. palace car,
telegraph and telephone companies,
amounted to ,S533,3&2, total increase
of $1,333,1
les compiled by the State de-
partment of agriculture. and furnish
ed me at my request, show t2at no
ot.,,u III tie Cn!on perhaps, has even
approached SouSh Carolina in de-
TelopmeAt during tnu lasL y&ai along
agricultural and iluU U,,....- mos. me
value of all agricultLIa, PRODUCTS OF
J the STATE jumped IN he tesJ census
uecade from 5l,32 coo 70 So ,9S3,
ESQ DUrin3 lie yo@I ,J-s the TaIue
! Of the corn, cotton, toDac@y, wheat,
oats, hay and p0-@lo vlots alone
lust seven, witaol. c~inS rice
truck, fruits, or aay hing else en-
braced in the above decade totals,
aggregates $154.5I6,II9, as against
1928, ,219,043 for the same crop dur
ing 1912, and Sill, g., .oensus)
in 1910 The increase in 1913 over
1872, in these seven crops alone
measured in dollars, was $31 ,2%9, ,07t
"a sum only $20,000,O0e less than
the total valuation of al farm pro-
Iiucts in 1900. The corn crop for 1913
! as 4,566,000 bushels greater than in
1872, the average yield per acre al
! 9st having reached 20 bushels, o.
within two bushels OF the average fol
! the United States, representing an
increase in dollars of S1O,4S4,&S0
I During 1913 8,962,000 more pounds ot
itobacco we're produced than in 39I2
for which the growers received S4,-
i584,3333S- -S1,93O,896 more than in 1912
1.-THE growing tendency to raise food
supplies at home is shown by the fact
that in 1913 .245, 900 more bushels Of
wheat we're produced in 1912, re-
presenting an increase Of S1O1, ZOE
Ipver the 1912 wheat crop. The cot
ton crop of 1913 was perhaps the
second largest the State mas ever
raised, and was the best ever market
ri in quality, bringing TO the farmers
about S9S,500,000. The gross income
to the people from agriculture dur
ing 1913, may be conseTvatiVely es-
timated, according TO the department
Of agriculture, at approximately $780,
/ 100000, or more than three times
what it was in 1900 This is without
regard to live stock industry, Wlich
| is also increasing and rapidly. And
leven yet, according to those who have
] studied the possibilities and cOndi-
1tions, the agricultural opportunities in
South Carolina have yet only been
barely touched
In the decade from 1900 to 1910 the
value Of manufactured pordncts IN
South Carolina jumped from $685.
900 Exceeding agriculture at that
time) to $113,236,000 In 1912 the
manufactured products amounted to
! $12A544,08O. The figures for all
manufacturing are not available for
913 at the time this message is writ
en- but the increase was almost as
substantial as was shown for agricul-
ture-
The figures, however, for the prin-
nipal item in our manufacturing in
dustry-the textiles-are available.
The textile plants in money value dur
ing the year 1913 turned out goods
almost to the value Of the cotton crop
of the State and nearly to the amount
of the capital employed. There was
fncrease of $4,9O5 092 IN capital
linvor+ad ovor 1919 The increase in