The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-12-16
SOUTH OFFERS BIG
OPPORTUNITIES
GOV. MANNING OF SOUTH CARO-.
LIMA WELCOMES SOUTHERN
COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
MEETING AT CHARLESTON
In Welcome Address Manninu Enum.
crates Progress of South and
Gives Other Statistics.

Charleston, S. C.-Governor Man.
n1ng's welcome address before the
Southern Commercial Congress- was
as follows:
When l Issued my proclamation cor
daily inviting you to meet in this his
toric city as guests of South Carolina, It
was with the high hope and confidence
that this congress- would brirg together
mon representative Of the Industry and
though of the South and of the Nation
important problems that are the special
ana PATRIOTIC study OF the Southern Com
vital, not only to the South, but in n par
Icular way, are of national Importance
me need was. as it seemed to me. for
ana resources OF the South and men who
would respond readily to the stimulus
or tho foreign delegates who are good
enough TO meet with us and apply the
lessons of their experience to conditions
particularly local. This hope is realized
had first in issuing an invitation to YOU
on behalf of South CaroIrna is doubly
complstSa i now, for welcome you not only,
for myself.
TO see you here is an earnest of the
good results we hope for from your de-
NbcratiOns. TO be here TO share in these
deliberations is source OF gratflcatonl
labors. voluntarily assumed. and to supply
your comfort. 1T is my privilege now to
extend to you, without measure. the hos
pit;tity and welcome of the people OF
South Carolina.
This Congress presents 4 great oppor-
tunity for invaluable service. and must
react to give us courage. While the great
powers of the Old World are bending
every, effort of body and mind-are devot-
ing their best science to the deadly arts
OF war, we are meeting here in security
and calm to labor for the still progress
or peacc-the bettermcnt OF our Peoples.
While they struggle forward doggedly. al
most blindly, to aDeace that seems con-
stantly more and more remote and more
dubious in it ssignincance, our meeting
is. in part, q celebration Of the semi
centennial Of peace between the States.
the end Of the last armed conflict to shake
continental America.
Mere thought of what has been ac-
compshed in that fifty years should give
the standards set for us by our fathers
TO us in the South these fifty years have
meant the rebuilding Of our. political.
social, industrial and individual life lit
terally from the ground UP. For MOTH
ing that we have today was in existence
then but the ground under our feet. and
the faith and the courage that is in us.
The contemplatio Of the achievements
to our Hearts a c rus OF thanksgivinei
and we may, be p rdoned for confcssinr
has sustained us a the struggle agains,
adverse circumstances in these nifty years
will go down in history years OF hero
God. they are crowned by victory. our
| faces are turned to the future full OF
hope and determination.
You gentlemen, wiz EardOn n reference
to local matters, that you may know and
understand our local needs and help us
took Years to adapt ourselves to tho new
CONDITIONS in which we found ourselves
in 1863 but after we got our bearings and
realized what had to be done. our minds
were focused on these problems; and to-
day we are going forward in the uphnld-
tiOnal G ,,,l
people for their life work: and I'm spend
ing last year over four millions of dollars
our boys and girls better and more eff
cicnt citizens We arc developing our
water s,o p1wers saso in cot cotton mnIannfnrurinE
among our sister States. The sneakers
who have preceded me have told you
Of this city and its accomplishments In
in production, with 256 bushels of corn
to the acre. by Cantain Drake. in Marl-
Clubs, Jerry Moore. n sixteen -vcnr-old
boy of Florence County. has produced
2SSh bushels Of corn, to the acr" Two
thousand six hundred hounds OF cotton
to the acre, without artificial fertilization,
in Lancaster.
p. D. Thompson. Of York county 4
bales on one acre in 1897
The Sea Island cotton grown on Edisto
Island is the finest grade ana has the
longest staple OF any cotton in tho world
Carolina head rice is the finest guam
~ this nov onro nc -; " W." ,1 ~, ~ , 'm, H'''"
c,ho .ttnna. " f,,m,, 80 - ~; w VI ~, iu,oIu.
co,n,, orcinI fort;,;an, ~ Manufacture vi
Irifth IN can,,;mm ;a,str
irifth IN ,onmmrnSS, rS ,,,n nT EEair
Third in ,,roIuntin, of row n,,o,
rive cuttinr. or nir,,r. 80" ,n,.nts
N ono Weor In Vor,, "n,'nt ''''F'"'e"
The Scntnn,hor IoiT na,i,,,, ., ~ -
United States Depnrtmert OF Agriculture
yields of smniir,, nro,i,s o,hn ,, ,n ~ 80;
ton In Tho Snmtborn c,,,n ~, rni,n,,..
n - '''o ''o"'''''' .o''t'S ~ '"'""H'
3Iorh .............,1on ~ 600 bushels
Wnsat ''....'.'...' TX 900 huSh"lS .
S.t.S I;i ....'.. ~ nno ,'hSneiS
c coislt polatons .'... "'5d1 nno huShc,S
TJ T1Jwuel potatoes '.'nn "a oEo w. huShc!S
'r"Socc, 90 30 6oo ';on" IONS
''.'''''''' '''"@"'o'o pou!l"S
inc states in the value Of agricultural
pronucts having risen from the 2lst place