The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-02

tionsl Bower, and In discharge Of, your
duty to the Citizens Of South Carolina,
declare that. the .sThird Congressional
District" of the State is not entitled to
representation until it is duly constituted
according to the requirements of the act
Of Congress above recited. 49,, .ss5 3.
|, 81. .;sIre ..l.!g- .t.-,!i na!:. 80 'Y''.
- The Governors Message.
I'VE publish in this issue the Governors
message in full, except SO far as it relates
to. the reports ;of other State, ofRcers-
1t is arwell prepared, and, in many re-
spscts, an excellent paper, showing much
good sense on the part Of the Governor.
and containing more of the fine assuran-
ces. .of the integrity Of his purpose Of
reform to which he Is SO fond of giving
utterance. There. aye many things in it
to commend, but at the same time there.
is much in it which We condemn. His
communications on the failure Of Solo
mons bank are quite Unsatisfactory. .He.
was one iof the board who made these
deposits, and shsre is no. satisfactory rca-
SON for making them. =. He knew the
bank to'be in d critical condition IRON
the statements made by Treasurer Oar
dozo. last winter, and ought to have In.
formed the people why he risked their
money in this bank, when it was COM
monty talked upon the, streets Of Colnm-
bia that, its condition, was not sound.
Some people have not forgotten the
Governors opportuns absence ut the
time of the collapse Of this institution,
and if he has any facts in his possession.
in reference thereto, it is due. to himself
as well as to the people that he should
make them public, BE has chosen.
however, to remain silent, saying he
might communicate further information
regarding it hereafter.
The message speaks thus of the Secre-
tary Of States report: etl III
Icall attention, with approval, to the
remarks .of;.the Secretary of State, re-
specting the recent State census. It is a
matter of. deep regret that any results of
this census should appear, untrustworthy.
But the total population of the State, ac-
cording to- the censts, isput at 92S, Al, a
reported increase over the result of the
United States census of, 1870 of 216
result which will not bear examination.
The Secretary of State having discussed
this subject with so much candor and
justice, L ferbear to do more than TO call
attention to- his remarks. +, a'sua .,
The industrial statistics furnished by
this census may; 80 far as am informed,
be regarded as reasonably accurate; and
these statistics will be found to be most
interesting and valuable. I note afew
of these statistics here, promising that,
in giving the crops produced by the col,
ored population; only the crops owned
and produced by the colored population,
independently and, of their own right,
are included ;-au crops or parts of crops
produced by colored 1aborers working for
share of the crops being credited en-
t;relyto the employer. ,Wholenumberof of
acres under cultivation. 2,070, Al; by.
colored, 459, 1885, by white, 1886, ,546.
Whole number of acres of cotton PLAN
ted, Sac, ,191; by colored, 196, ,7S4 ;i4by
white, :. 621, ,41S. ..9 Whole number of
pounds of long staple cotton produced,
] ,821, ,989 81 by colored, LIT, 1882; by
white 664, ,257. Whole number of pounds
Of short staple cotton produced, 139, $780,
459; by edored, "a ,15S, ,81'; by white5
112,885,5G. Whole number, Of acres of
rice planted, 42,0l3; !; by colored 10, 459 !;
by white, S0,554 Whole number. of
bushels: Of rice produced, 897, ,146;; by
colored, 1854; by white, 720, ,952.
Whole number Of horses; rs, ,069 by
coloIed, 10, ,431 by white, 1888. Whole
number, of mules, j50, ,013; by colored,
1924; by white, .39,769. Whole num-
Der of barrels of rosin produced, 343, ,146 !;
by eolored, ..N, 1857 by white, 3l5, ,789.
Whole number Of gallons Of turpentine
produced, a, Al ,262; by colored, I'll, 100 |;
by, Yhite, 3,N9972. Il .''..a:a+ ~ !
We are surprised to hear Governor
Chamberlain complaining Of An 'insccn-
rate census return; fol; he is certainly re-
sponsible for any defects ia it. The
census was tafenaby his appointees, and
ifhe had selected proper persons through
out the State he would no doubt have
secured q correct census, If anything is
wrong theipeople must hold him chiefly
responsible for it. We do not see how
any more confidence can be put in the
report of products than in the census
itself, for if one is proven to be wrong it
is probable the other is likewise wrong.
The message presents the following
summary from the report of the Super
intendent of Education: 80
The seventh annual report Of the Su-
perintendent of Education will be found
to convey important information con-
cerning the common schools of the State.
The school. population OF the State,
consisting of youths from 6 to '16 years
of age, amounts to $780, of which
81, ,5G6 are white, and 163,698 colored,
showing an increase since 1873 of 9,f62.
The present number of free common
schools is $3.50, an increase since the last
year Of 227. The present actual school
attendance of both sexes is ITO, ,4l6, of
which 47,001 are white, and 63, ,415 col
ored, an increase since the last year of
6,678. -. -.
The whole number of teachers en-
ployed is 1856, Of whom ], 1876 are white,
and fs colored, an increase since the
last year of 288. The average monthly
wages of teachers is $31.64 for males, and
$2S.21 for females. The average length
of the Last school year was Al months.
The number of common school houses
in the State is 2,347, an increase during
the last year of 119. - :, 80
The Superintendent Of Education es-
Inmates the amount Of money necessary
to keep our free common schools open
for d period Of six months each at $780,