The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-06-23
of all staples-cotton.


worlds greatest suppliers of cot.
ton, but with the growing realization
Of the dangers of relying upon a
single crop, the theory of diyersific,-
tion has rapidly gained ground and
today she is again to the front as a
great producer in practically all va
rieties of farm products. The wealtl,
poured out into the worlds market
from hec farms reached last wear the
enormous total of $520,OOO,OOO. She
led every state in the Union in TIE
value per acre of her twelve leadinc
field crops.
Rapidly, however. as the idea of di-
,versification has spread throucAuut
the state, South Carolina naturally
remains primarily a great cotton
state, ranking third in production Of
the staple and second in TIC extent
and Importance of her textile manu-
facturs. The total value of tho.
products Of her cotton mills lest ye.r
was $2G2,83O,OOO or nioro +han
three-fifths of the total value of all
her manufactures, which was based
at $335,30O,00O: The number Of
spindles increased from 4,62v,965 in
1914 to 4,997,406 in 1920 or a net
gain of 376,641, while during Ire
same period there was a net increase
or ol5O in looms and IL. per cent. in
horse power.
One of the most important factors
in the development of the states vast
and rapidly developing textile indus
try is her magnificent resources
water power. Nature has endowed he.
with splendid facilities in this dircc-
ton and they have been rapidly de-
veloped by the enterprise and energy
of her citizens. 1t is stated that the
could do without coal
entirely and supply all her needed
power and heat from her rivers.
Second only in Importance to her
cotton production come corn and to-
bacco and with the efforts now be-
ing made to reduce the cotton acre.
age 1T is probable that the two form
er staples will take first rank in n
short time. At present South Caro-
lima ranks fourth as a tobacco state.
Teh crop last year being valued at
sz1,ooo,OOO as compared with less
than S4.OOO,OOO in 1914. She has
nearly 2,500,CO0 acres devoted to corn
raising and in quality her corn admits
no rival. A few years ago one of
her farmers, j. j. Findal, carried off
the worlds championship prize for
the best ear of corn.
The great Importance of her three
leading products should not allowed.
however, to overshadow the wonderful
fecundity the states farms enjoy in
every direction. Favored by nature
with one of the most delightful cl-
mates in the world South Carolina
proudly boasts that she can grow al
most anything that is grown else
where and grow it little bit better.
Her truck farming industry is rapid
ly assuming NEST important place
IN the states activities which can
easily be understood when it is realiz-
ed crops Of any kind can grow all the
year round unprotected and that her
farms have broken the worlds record
on money crops per acre.
Even greater things are in store
for the South Carolina farmers for
it has been definitely established that
she has climate and soil admirably
adapted for the growing of silk and
tea, two commodities in inexhaust.
iole demand which can be grown in
few other places on this continent.
Extensive sections of the state, now
worthless, have been dis
covered to be peculiarly fitted for
the cultivation of mulberry trees and
it is probable that within a few years
another tremendously valuable indus
try will have been added to the
states resources.
Pre-eminently an agricultural
state. South Carolinian cities natur-
ally do not compare in size with the
great municipalities of the industrial
commonwealths, but her cities have
a charm and distinction which mere
size could never give. Charleston is
one of the most picturesque towns in
and it is rapidly growing in
Importance as a seaport. 1t has one
of the finest harbors on the Atlantic
Coast and one of the most important
developments in recent vars has been
its trade with South and Central Am
erica. Exports to the ports of our
Southern neighbors totaled we'll over
$5,OOO,000 last year, almost five
times the total for 1917. Regular
steamship passenger lines run to New
York, Philadelphia and other Nor
thern ports and her ocean going COM
merce in cotton, rice, naval stores,
phosphate and lumber shows steady