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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (SOUTH CAROLINA.) 



tiary at the beginning of the year was 795; 243 

 were received during the year; 178 were dis- 

 charged and 20 pardoned, 16 escaped, 27 died, 

 1 was killed while trying to escape, and 2 were 

 accidentally killed, leaving 788. The receipts were 

 $74,756.61; the current expenses, $47,720.46; the 

 cost of permanent improvements, $15,243.13. 



Products and Industries. The Census Bu- 

 reau's preliminary report on the manufactures of 

 South Carolina shows 3,762 establishments with 

 products in 1900 valued at $58,748,731 and total 

 capital of $67,356,465. Other figures are: Average 

 number of wage-earners; 48,135; wages, $9,455,- 

 900; miscellaneous expenses, $3,111,587; and cost 

 of materials used, $34,027,795. The capital shows 

 an increase of 130 per cent, over 1890 and value 

 of products an increase of 84 per cent. The cost 

 of materials increased 80 per cent. The city of 

 Charleston, separately reported, has a total of 

 $12,473.187 in capital invested and $9,562,387 in 

 value of products. These are increases of 70 and 

 6 per cent, respectively. Charleston has 364 es- 

 tablishments, 5,027 wage-earners, getting $1,489,- 

 966 in wages. 



Charters were granted to 31 new cotton-mills 

 in 1900, with an aggregate capital of $4,850,000. 



During the year 14 established mills increased 

 their capital the aggregate being $2,945,000 

 making the total investment in mills that year 

 $7,795,000. 



The principal investments during the year were 

 in small industries and manufacturing enterprises, 

 new railroads and land-investment companies. 



The production of gold in 1901 was $120,900 in 

 value; of silver, 316 fine ounces. 



The records of the phosphate business for the 

 year ending Nov. 30 show that 82,656 tons were 

 mined, against 119,208 in 1900. The number of 

 tons shipped was 90,740, an increase, as but 78,692 

 tons were shipped in 1900; the royalties to the 

 State amounted in 1901 to $23,108; in 1900 to 

 $24,937.47. 



The census report credits the State with the 

 production in 1900 of 190,095 barrels of crude 

 turpentine, of $787,656 value. 



The estimated production to the acre of lint 

 cotton in 1901-1902 was 141 pounds. The total 

 cotton-crop of 1900-1901 was given as 780,782 

 bales as made up from reports to the statistician, 

 but as equalized the figures appeared 911,000. 

 The estimates for 1901-1902 vary, but 820,328 

 bales is given as the final estimate. Secretary 

 Hester places the amount of consumption in the 

 cotton-mills of the State for 1900-1901 at 510,486 

 bales, an increase of 13,340 bales. 



Militia. The share of the State in the Govern- 

 ment militia appropriation of $1,000,000 is $19,- 

 117.64. In May the State monument at Chicka- 

 mauga was unveiled. The Adjutant-General 

 formed a provisional regiment of nine companies 

 from the National Guard to attend the exercises. 



Lawlessness. In his message to the Legisla- 

 ture of 1902, the Governor says: "There have 

 been two lynchings in the State during the past 

 year, both of which are to be regretted and would 

 have been prevented if possible; but so long as 

 fiends in human form continue to commit out- 

 rages upon our women, they may expect swift 

 and summary justice, and 1 doubt if emergency 

 courts or any other remedy will stop the admin- 

 istration of such justice when it is known the 

 right fiend is found. The only way to stop the 

 punishment is to stop the crime." 



The Dispensary. The Governor says in his 

 message that the dispensary method of dealing 

 with the liquor problem is growing in favor with 

 the public; and that the management of the busi- 



ness in 1901 was businesslike and satisfactory. 

 The report of the directors shows that the cost of 

 liquors, wines, and beer, etc., purchased in the 

 year amounted to $1,617,973.42, and that the 

 gross sales amounted to $2,228,681.21, exclusive 

 of sales of fresh beer by beer dispensary. The net 

 profits (to the State) for amount of the school 

 funds is $120,962.25. The net profits that have 

 been assigned to the counties and towns, divided 

 equally, are $424,285.87. 



The Charleston Exposition. Of the exposi- 

 tion, which opened at Charleston, Dec. 1, the Gov- 

 ernor says in his message to the Legislature of 

 1902: "At your last session you wisely made an 

 appropriation of $50,000 for the erection of a 

 State building at the South Carolina Interstate 

 and West Indian Exposition. The State build- 

 ing is perhaps the handsomest on the exposition 

 grounds. The collection of the exhibits, which are 

 entirely creditable, was largely under the personal* 

 supervision of Superintendent Love, who worked 

 in conjunction with the authorities of the Exposi- 

 tion Company. The exposition is a decided suc- 

 cess, and reflects credit upon the State and upon 

 the South." 



Henry Timrod. A monument to the poet 

 Timrod was unveiled May 1 in Washington 

 Square, Charleston. It consists of a bronze bust 

 in heroic size and panels by Valentine, on a 

 granite pedestal and base. The fund was raised 

 by the sale of Timrod's poems. 



Legislative Session. The annual session of 

 the Legislature extended from Jan. 8 to Feb. 16. 

 There were no Republicans in the Senate, and 

 there was but one in the House. W. F. Stevenson 

 was Speaker of the House. Benjamin R..Tillman 

 was reelected to the United States Senate. The 

 Legislature passed 155 laws and 19 resolutions. 

 There was little opposition to the exposition bill 

 and the appropriation of $50,000 for a State build- 

 ing. 



Two important taxation bills were passed. The 

 first sends to the Board of Equalization all the 

 returns of textile, cotton-seed oil, and fertilizer 

 factories, and canals furnishing power for hire. 

 The second bill declares the stock of textile manu- 

 facturing companies to be real estate as regards 

 its legal status, and exempts the holder from taxa- 

 tion when the- corporation is taxed. This act was 

 attacked on the ground that it interferes with 

 the settled law of South Carolina declaring all 

 shares of stock personal property. Its object is 

 to induce foreign capital to invest in the State be- 

 cause such investments will not be taxable at the 

 homes of the owners. 



Several measures affecting railroad companies 

 were passed. One provides that consolidation of 

 railroads is to be subject to the limitations of 

 the Constitution as to parallel and competing 

 lines. On consolidation a charter is to be issued 

 to the new company. The Railroad Commissioners 

 are to fix rates of storage to be charged by rail- 

 road companies in the State, to prescribe regula- 

 tions for charging the same, to prescribe how* 

 suit shall be brought for overcharges, to fix the 

 measure of recovery, and to regulate the freight 

 charges on melons. 



The act relating to the running of trains on 

 Sunday was revised so as to provide for the trans- 

 portation of passengers to and from religious 

 services. Street-railway employees are to have 

 the same remedies for personal injury as em- 

 ployees of other railroads. An amendment to the 

 law on damages permits punitive or exemplary 

 damages where death has been caused by reckless- 

 ness, wilfulness, or malice. 



Other acts affecting corporations were those 



