THE CLIMATE-J. W. Bauer, Director of South Carolina Section AGRICULTURE-1, General; 2, Cotton; 3, Trucking; 4, Rice; 5, Rec- LIVE STOCK-1, General and Statistics; 2, Cattle and Hogs; 3, COMMERCE, TRANSPORTATION, AND IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION- 1, Trans-Atlantic Service; 2, Coastwise Service; 3, River Ser vice; 4, Railway Service; 5, Immigration, Its History and its South Carolina Pictured By The Poet ONE OF HER SONS Nor lack there pastures rich and fields all green For temperate airs and torrid sheen Weave Edens of the sod; Through lands which look one sea of billowy gold A hundred isles in their embraces fold And through yon purple haze Vast mountains lift their pluméd peaks, cloud-crowned; And, save where up their sides the plowman creeps, An unhewn forest girds them grandly round, In whose dark shades a future navy sleeps! Ye Stars, which, though unseen, yet with me gaze See nothing brighter than its humblest flowers! And tell the world that, since the world began, No fairer land hath fired a poet's lays, Or given a home to man! -Henry Timrod. FOREWORD IN ORDER that the people of the world may be advised of the matchless resources of South Carolina, may be made acquainted with the wonderful story of progress that has characterized the course of events since the scourge of civil war has passed, may know of the rare opportunities open to energetic men and women who are in search of homes and happiness and wealth, this volmme has been prepared and issued in accordance with the wishes of the General Assembly of the State. South Carolina is rapidly restoring her agricultural prestige to the imperial position it occupied a half century ago, and her record in the industrial world in the period since industrial development began, less than two decades, has perhaps never been equaled in the history of the world. In the preparation of the contents of this volume the greatest care has been taken to secure absolute accuracy of statement. The statistics have been prepared in close cooperation with the Federal statisticians. The several chapters have been designed to set forth the information that the honest seeker for facts desires. Many things that should properly be contained in a volume of such broad scope and purpose have from the necessity of the case been omitted. This is the first general handbook of South Carolina issued since 1882, and, therefore, the task of selection and condensation of valuable data has been difficult of execution. Much of greatest interest historically it has been impossible to even summarize, and the aim has been only to give enough of history to indicate the development upon the many lines of endeavor which have commanded the attention of our citizenship. With the above announcements this volume is sent forth in the expectation that it will serve its purpose and serve in some measure to acquaint the world with South Carolina's possibilities, to the end that the State may speedily become what by nature she was intended to be, the garden country of America. Jalan Commissioner. SOUTH CAROLINA LEADS THE WORLD IN THE FOLLOWING RESPECTS: Grower of cabbages-Norman H. Blitch, Meggett. One thousand acres. Began a poor man, working for small wages in 1891. It costs $110,000 to cultivate his crop. Shipper of cabbage plants-Win. C. Geraty, Yonge's Island. Ships 40,000,000, worth $35,000. Has booked 100 cars, 100,000,000 plants, for this year's delivery. Began poor. Pecan grower-John S. Horlbeck, Mount Pleasant. Main grove, 600 acres ; two smaller groves with 10,000 trees each. Annual production, ten tons. Cotton mill under one roof--Olympia Mills, Columbia. Has 11 acres of floor space, and 105,000 spindles. In the production of upland cotton per acre- -four bales. In the quality of sea island cotton. Yield of corn per acre as demonstrated in world contests. Yield of oats per acre. In the use of transmitted electric power for cotton mill drive. LEADS THE UNITED STATES In the production of tin. In the yield of corn per acre. In the yield of rice per acre. In the yield of cotton per acre. In the value of sea island cotton per pound. In the production of tea, possessing the only commercial tea gardens in America. In the use of water power, and transmitted electric power for textile plants. In the cheapness of the cost of living. In climatic conditions, which are only equaled by those of Southern France. In the production of gold (east of the Rockies). LEADS THE SOUTHERN STATES In textile manufacturing. In production of corn, oats, rice and cotton per acre. In value and yield of hay, per ton. In water power-developed and undeveloped. In cheapness of cost of living. In establishing direct export and import trade and trans-Atlantic passenger service. In harbor facilities, depth of water on bar and accessibility considered. In rapidity of development of the trucking industry. In extent of cheese manufacturing. In size of bleachery. In the strength of her granite. In the manufacture of paper pulp. In welfare work in her cotton manufacturing districts. RANK IN THE UNITED STATES South Carolina, among the States of the American Union, ranks: Second-In cotton manufacturing. Fourth-In the manufacture of commercial fertilizers. Fifth-In the canning industry. Fifth-In the manufacture of hosiery. Fifth-In production of raw cotton. CHAPTER I. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. S OUTH CAROLINA-what memories of a glorious past the name recalls, what a splendid present it signifies, and what a glorious future it portends! South Carolina has ever been a leader in all things that have served to make the nation the great world-power that it is today, and South Carolina has never ceased to be such. Today the little State that is the keystone of the South Atlantic seaboard is, while bereft of effective political power in the affairs of the nation, still a power in the shaping of the policies of the country. It is not my province to write of the glorious part that the country has played in American history, but rather to tell truthfully of the natural advantages of the State, to show why this State must become one of the greatest centers of commercial, industrial and agricultural activity on the American continent. The present situation gives ground for prophecy and fulfilment, and the plain, unvarnished truth is all-sufficient. Some one has remarked that "The State is the product of its people." If this be true, South Carolina is indeed a great State, for her people have ever been conceded to be, from the standpoint of inate ability, of bravery, of chivalry, of unselfish patriotism, and of purity of character, the equal, if not the peer, of any on the American continent. From the earliest days a just pride of origin has animated the people of the State. High ideals and ambitions have controlled their actions, and for pure Americanism none today rank higher. Enured to personal hardships, but jealous of their honor and of their State's honor at all times, the people of South Carolina have ever and always endeavored to seek the good of the American commonwealth. They have not, however, been unmindful of the bounteous gifts of the Creator, and they realize the immense value of the natural productiveness of soil, climate and mineral resources that has been showered upon them. They have attempted the development of these wonderful resources as best they could under most adverse circumstances-circumstances that tried men's souls-but to this day the surface has merely been scratched, when all the possibilities are taken into consideration. That an era of prosperity, such as the world has never seen, is opening to South Carolina, South Carolinians and those who will soon become South Carolinians is a fact that no man with a knowledge of the commercial and industrial strategic importance of the State can deny. Up to this time South Carolina,-from the Colonial period on,-has been furnishing other South Atlantic States with the backbone of their civilizationsending sturdy, honorable men to them. Note this from McCrady's History: "The extent of emigration from South Carolina is not generally realized. It is not generally known that she was one of the great emigrant States. 'Yet from 1820 to 1860,' says General Francis A. Walker, in his introduction to the United States Census of 1880, 'South Carolina was a beehive from which swarms were continually going forth to populate the newer cotton-growing States of the Southwest. The whole population of the State in 1860 amounted to 470,257. There were then living in other States 193.389 white persons born in South Carolina. That is, two-fifths of the whole native-born population had |