SOUTH CAROLINA

Ss. BE. state, United States (34° N., 81° W.), bounded N. and N, E. by N. Carolina, 8. E. by Atlantic, W. by Georgia. Surface is level in E., where a low-lying plain extends a considerable distance inland from the coast; undulating in center, and mountainous in W., reaching an extreme height of c. 3,550 ft. in Mt. Sa afras, on boundary between N. and 8. Carolina; drained by Great Peedee (with Little (with Saluda, Broad, Wateree), and Edisto rivers. The climate is healthy and temperate, but the coast regions suffer from cyclones. Chief towns are Columbia (cap.), Charleston (chief port), Greenville, and Spartan burg. Principal industry is agriculture; produces wheat, corn, oats, rice. Livestock is extensively raised; cotton and tobacco are grown in large quantities. Minerals include phosphate rock, clay products, granite, gold, silver. There are excellent fisheries, and lumbering is carried on. Manufactures include ° cottons, timber and lumber products, fertilizers, cotton-seed oil, etc. Educae tion is free but not obligatory; Columbia is the seat of the state univ. Chief religious denominations are Methodist Pop. 1920, 1,683,724. Administration is carried out by 2 governor, a isted by a lieut-governor and 6 ministers; legislative power is vested in a Senate of 44 members (elected for 4 years by popular vote), and a House of Representatives of 124 members (elected for 2 years in same way). State sends 2 senators and 7 poe ently es to Congre . See Map