718 



INDEX. 



Lands on Croeks in tlie Sand Hills, 



ns; Ked Mills, 115; Piedinnnt, 126; 



Alpine Kepion, 188. See Table II. for 



areas of the regions, 3()2. 



ASBi;ST()S 137 



ASHLEY FISH BED 48 



BAGGING: Charleston Factory of. 63 



BALES: Cotton, different Presses for bal- 

 ing, Weiglit of, ()3, 91 ; Charges for 

 Transportation of, on Steamboats and 

 Railroads, 5)2 ; other Charges on, 98 ; 

 Tables Showing tlie Numbers in dif- 

 ferent Regions and Counties made in 

 1870-80 of, oG2 ; Size of, 594. 



BANANA 24,114 



BANKS, 643 ; Branch of the National Bank 

 Established in South Carolina, 044 ; 

 Bank of the State Chartered in 1812 — 

 1835, if).; re-chartered in 1830 until 

 1856,645; again in 1852 to 1871, 646; 

 Favorable Report of Joint Committee 

 of General Assembly on the Bank in 

 1871, 647 ; Closed bv Reconstruction 

 in 1870, 048 ; other Banks, 6(52. 

 BANK OF NEWBERRY, good plan for a 



Farmer's Bank, 154. 

 BAPTISTS : Institutions of Learning of 

 the, 497, 528 ; First Establishment and 

 Early History of the, 552; Churches, 

 Sittings and Pro])ertv of the, 555. 

 BARLEY : Bushels made in 1850-'60-'70- 



'80, 362. 

 BARNWELL CO., COPPER PINE BELT : 

 System of Labor in, 84; Quality and 

 Price of Lands, Marl, Swamps, Growth, 

 Products of, 99 . Towns and Trading 

 Points, 692. 



BARYTES 137, 182 



BEAUFORT CO., COAST REGION : Im- 

 mense Grape Vine in, 25 ; the First 

 Settlement in South Carolina made in; 

 Long Staple Cotton First Planted in, 

 27; Labor Contracts, 30; Marsh Grass, 

 Negro Farmers, Schools, Phosphate 

 Rock, Port Royal Harbor and Railroad, 

 31, 603 ; Towns and Stores, 663. 

 BERKELEY CO., COAST REGION : Sta- 

 tistics of, in 1880, Table V., 362 ; Towns 

 and Stores, 668. 



BERMUDA GRASS 25, 87 



BERYL 137 



BIRD'S MOUNTAIN 184 



BIRDS: Of South Carolina, 217-33; few 

 Fossil Remains of, 49. 



BIRTHS 404-7 



BIS:\IUTH 137 



BLACK.IACK: Limit of. 169 



BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB, School for, 



557. 

 BLOSSOMS. COTTON: First Appearance 

 of, 35. 90. 



BLOWING WELLS 119 



BLOWING SANDS 17 



BLUE RIDfJE MOUNTAINS, 184; height 

 of different Peaks of the, 185. 



BOUNDARIES: Of South Carolina..3, 184 

 BOYLSTON, MRS. S. A. ( WINNSBORO) : 



Fine Water Power on the Catawba of, 



205. 



BROOMSEDGE 87 



BUFFALO 147,212 



BUHR STONE: 46, 73; Mill Stones, 111, 



112. 

 BUILDING MATERIALS ,.47, 398 



CiESAR'S HEAD MT 185 



CALHOUN, JAMES E 186, 188 



CAMDEN : Jo.seph Kershaw's Flouring 



Mills, near, 9 ; Trade in 1826, (>27. 

 CANAL: Act Establishing the Catawba, 



620 ; Santee, 623 ; Saluda, 625. 

 CANE : Wild, 146, 170 ; Sugar, 25, 06, 1 14 



CATHOLICS, ROMAN 553 



CATTLE 360 



CHALYBEATE SPRING 168 



CHARGES ON COTTON 9.3-162 



CHARLESTON CO., LOWER PINE 

 BELT : Ashley and Cooper Marls, 46 ; 

 Quality. Price of Land ; St '' homas 

 and St. Denis, once wealthy and popu- 

 lous, now abandoned— Growth, Indus- 

 tries, AVando Phosphate, 66; Towns 

 and Stores of, 609. 

 CHARLESTON: Health of, 21, 23, 676; 

 First Appearance of Y'ellow Fever 

 in, 22 ; Settlement and Early His- 

 tory of, 422, 669; Schools of, '461-7 ; 

 Charitable and Literary Institutions 

 of, 469; College of, 4i)0 ; Cotton Mill, 

 582; Water Communication with the 

 Back Country, 611; Early Trade with 

 the Indians, 614 ; Receipts and Ex- 

 penditures for 1879-80-1-2 and Debt 

 of, (572 ; Water Supply, Streets of, 674 ; 

 Drainage, Board of Health of. 675; 

 Fire Department, Public Grounds, 676; 

 Charities, 677 ; Population at differ- 

 ent periods — Harbor of, 078 ; former 

 Pre-eminence among the Cities of the 

 Union of, 680; Leading Articles of 

 Trade of. 681 ; Industries of, 682. 

 CHARLESTON AND HAMBURG RAIL- 

 ROAD: History of the. 630. 

 CHESTER CO., PIEDMONT : Iron, Stea- 

 tite, Flagging and Whetstones in, 137; 

 Gold, Granite, Blackjack Lands, Lime- 

 stone Spring, Quality and Price <>f 

 Lands, Catawba Canal in, 169 ; Cotton 

 Mills, 582; Towns and Trading Points 

 in, 706. 

 CHESTERFIED CO., IN THE SAND 

 HILLS: Beds of Lijfnite in, 112; 

 Brewer Gold Mine, Bismuth, 137 ; 

 Schools of, 482; Towns and Trading 

 Posts. 702. 

 CHURCHES: The "Church Act," 1704, 

 declaring the Church of England the 

 C hurch of South Carolina, 550 ; the 

 Parochial System of Government, 551 ; 

 Early Colonial, ibirl ; Negroes first 

 Baptized, 553 ; Numbers, Sittings and 



