CHAPTER VI. 



OCCUPATIONS. 



The population of South Carohna, according to the late census, may 

 be accounted for as follows : 



Under the working age, that is under 10 years 332,121 



Over the working age, that is over 80 years 4,887 



Children over 10 years attending school . . 129,075 



Defective and Dependent Classes — Idiots 1,588 



Defective and Dependent Classes — Insane 1,112 



Defective and Dependent Classes — Blind 1,100 



Defective and Dependent Classes — Deaf Mutes 564 



Defective and Dependent Classes — Paupers 720 



Delinquents in all the prisons 042 



Engaged in all classes of respectable and gainful occupation . . 392,102 

 Unaccounted for 120,700 



Total 995,577 



In considering those not accounted for, it must be borne in mind that 

 there are in the State over 185,000 married women, who have their time, 

 more or less, occupied with the care of families and children, especialh^ 

 with the 67,023 of the population, one year or under in age. There are 

 also more than 30,000 unmarried females, between 18 and 25 years of age, 

 most of whom remaining with their parents and assisting their mothers 

 in household duties, are not yet listed in any regular employment. 

 Allowance, too, is to be made for a certain number of young men of the 

 working age engaged in preparation for professional careers, or in ac- 

 quiring some trade or art. No allowance, however, is to be made for 

 those who are unoccupied, simply because their wealth enables them to 

 be so ; their numbers are altogether insignificant, the more wealthy class 

 being usually those most fully occupied. After reasonable deductions on 

 these accounts, the remainder are vagabonds or persons engaged in dis- 

 reputable occupations. Their numbers cannot be very large, but it must 

 give cause for serious consideration, that not more than thirty-nine per 

 cent, of the population can be classed as bread-winners. 



For the United States at large the percentage of the population engaged 

 in gainful occupations is still less, being only thirty -four per cent, accord- 



