The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16
SIORAGEC CAP ACL1Y
INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS OF
COTTON WAREHOUSES;
ALL over THE STATE

ALL over THE STATE
Report Made From Each County
Shows Number of Bales Can be
Stored in This State-Private
Warehouses Are Included in the
Reports.
In 25 countie in the State. exclu.
sive Of cotton mills, $4,000 bales of
cotton can be cared for in warehouses
at the present time, according to re-
ports from special sources ard coun-
ty chairmen of the South Caroalina
division Of the Southern Cotton con-
gress. This compilation was made
yesterday by E. J. Watson, president
of the Southern Cotton congress, and
Wade Stackhouse, president of the
South Carolina division, after care
full study of the reports received from
many of the counties. These figures
allow only $4,000 bales to be cared
for in Charleston, but it is said that
with special effort in Charleston to-
tai of about 10000 bales might be
cared for.
The warehouse facilities in South
Carolina from the counties that have
been heard from are given below in
brief outline:
Abbeville- warehouse;
capacity, 5000 bales; charge, 25
cents per month; insurance, Is cents
per hundred: two sources Of water.
Two cotton mills can store 1000
bales; total storage capacity, $4,000
bales.
Aiken-In Standard warehouses T.
600 bales can be stored; average rate
80 cents per month for storage and
insurance Augusta, Ca, can take
10,G0O more bales from Aiken at
about same rate. Warehouses,
Farmers Storage and Fertilizer COM
pany at Aiken; North Augusta Ware
house company, North Augusta;
Graniteville Manufacturing company
Graniteville; Langley Manufacturing
company, Langley. Total storage
capacity, 1900 bales.
Bamberg-Only one warehouse in
county owned by Bamberg cotton
mill; capacity. 1000 bales. lmme,
/ diate construction Of warehuse al
denmark contemplated. Total ca.
pacity of county, 1000 bales.
Barnwell-Farmers union ware
thouse at Barnwell, capacity 1,50C
bales; rate 25 cents per month. An
other warehouse can be made avail
able carrying 1000 bales. Total ca
pacity for county $500 bales.
! Berkeley-No warehouse facilities
whatever.
Calhoun-Two warehouses at st
| Matthew'S; capacity, $500 bales;
prospective capacity, 5000 bales.
| Charleston-Present cap a e1 t
tabout $4,000 bales at average rate o.
25 cents per month per bale. Fol
lowing warehouses available: Soutt
Carolina Warehouse corporation
| Southeastern warehouse company
Charleston Terminal company; W. c
McMurphy company; Southern Rail
way company; West Shore Termina
company; Planters Fertilizer ant
Phosphate company; Ettawan FertiH
zer company and the Wulbern Ferti
Hzer company. Total present avail
able capacity, $4,000 bales.
! Chesterfeld-Chesterfeld Ware
| house company at Chesterfield ha'
capacity to hold about 5000 or TO-,
] 900 bales double decked and ]. A
! Watson Of Cheraw owns a ware house
! for private use. Total available fol
county. 100000 bales.
| Chester-Warehou facilities fol
1l5,GO0.
! Chester-Warehouse facilities fol
i15,O00 bales, one half of the crol
produced in the county.
Observation-Disclosures facilities a
! Manning; City of Manning Cottor
warehouse, with capacity of about q,
900 bales. By using tobacco ware
houses Manning can take care Of 10.
900 bales. Summerton warehouse a.
Summerton can care for 1000 bales
Storage charges, 25 cents per month
| insurance rate s1.75 per hundred
Total for county, $4,000 bales.
Colleton-No storage warehouse:
| in county. Outlook is that one viii
be constructed in next 20 days. Cot
ton mill at Walterboro can be used II
Emergency.
Observation-Disclosures capacity
5000 bales; rate, 25 cents.
Dillion-Dillion Storage company
I2,5OO bales; Dillon Tobacco ware
house, 1900 bales; Palmetto tobacco
warehouse, $500 bales; Dillon cot
| ton mills, 5000 bales; Little Rock
$4,000 bales: two tobacco warehouses
at Latta, 1000 bales; two tobacco
warehouses at Pages Mill, 1000
bales; Hamer, 1000 bales. Tota
! for county, 1850 bales.
| Dorchester-No warehouse faclll'
ties whatever. Nearest warehouses
at Charleston.
Edgefeld-Total warehouse facill'
ties in county,, 900 bales.
| Fairfeld-Bank of Fairfield Ware
I. nm ho1oc. UJinnShorO Bank