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UNITED STATES: — SOUTH CAROLINA

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SOUTH CAROLINA.

Constitution and Government. — South Carolina was one of the

thirteen original States of the Union. The General Assembly consists of a Senate of 44 members, elected for four years (half retiring biennially), and a House of Representatives of 124 members, elected for two years.

All citizens of the United States who have paid the poll tax and are registered have the right to vote. For registration, it is necessary to be able to read and write English, and to have paid the taxes, payable in the previous year, on property in the State assessed at 300 dollars or more.

South Carolina is represented in the United States Congress by two Senators and seven Representatives.

Governor.— Robert A. Cooper, 1921-23 (3,000 dollars).

Secretary of State. — W. B. Dove.

The State is divided into 42 counties. The capital is Columbia.

Area, Population, Instruction.— Area, 30,989 square miles, of

which 494 square miles is water. Census population on January 1, 1920, 1,683,724.

Years

White i

237,440 391,245 557,995 679,557

Negro

Total

Per sq. mile

1820 1880 1900 1910

265,301 604,332 782,321 835,843

502,741

995,577

1,340,316

1,515,400

16-5 326 44-4 497

i Including Asiatics and Indians. In 1910 the population by sex and birth was :—

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White Negro

Asiatic j Indian

Total

Male. Female.

343,544 335,617

408,078 427,765

220 176

751,842 763,558

Total

679,161

835,843

65 831

1,515,400

The foreign-born population in 1910 numbered 6,179, of whom 1,744 were German, 517 English, 767 Irish, and 786 Russian.

Of the total population in 1910, 148 percent, was urban. Large towns are Charleston with a population of 67,957 in 1920 ; Columbia, (Capital), 37,524 ; Spartanburg, 22,638 ; Greenville, 23,127.

The most numerous religious bodies in the State are Methodist and Baptist.