The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-03-05

NA'hloNS fo" rh'ShiA'> ann
CoLOREDs MAN, .BUT NOT A CENT OF
-
iENSioNa foH THE fhLiEF of NEHoi
THEIR WID-
W AND ORPHANS. POOR WHITE
MIST STAND RACK.
The Hon. HUGH ). THOMPSON, Govor1lor OF
the Stale OF South Curullnu, in his appeal fer
Nn,ior,, aid II, ol,c,,o our co,,r.l c,t,zors
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said:
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NJ n.y. y. a.u 8 gu. ~ amE 49, W.
miH;,c' ~ P, 'sI, IEn "tT. '" " NJ ,hn
",ii", ! Nv. !" nt '''o " ''
eUn'n,ittr T. " 'm,tG in'nt> south c,ro,;,, 4,
rnrI.. ! mn ne |. ' ~ n,iIio nI ae
10" uo'ns III ~ ne' p'"ei W P"o'' eooe"'
'Iun. o.,,oh 1, h,r H.,
SecOndiS. llHhi ~ Is !HlpoSAlo'c ~ Het I'M
povcrl>hed condition lor her 10 iurhish tne
means of education 10 Inc masses OF the cnll-
dren; and
Thirdly. mat the ala VIC ask inr, u granted
at !ll, should Dc granted Immediately.
have brought mere some nIurrS rom the
sch0ol returns on SCUM aroma which L
wish 10 r.TIa, ,na as i rilIe nc Sel SpteSh 10
nuke 10 lhe ct,iih'iittt, ouali ~ sl.lu " nh-
swer my question .hat any me,,''f n rne
con'Iiiiiiee my Mtsm - ali" III ,r III ,Lo ~ H up,
tion WI. n"t .!aei1crc "' I'LL VIII ~ '''e
lnht l Snhil lhKe. a..
j ciill the aLlchtlGn OF INC coIl'ilt'ce. nisl'
tHnt III 1871, wren LOOK cilarSe Oh Tue Dc
pariiuent Ol Education IN Souln tarollha.
first thing | did was To call Tor q statement
from the different Counties 81 the amount or
pnst u. dcbtcdncSS known as the school IN
debtcdnesS. J WINS aware that IT. was large.
but | was surprised To find when the returns
came IN that We had upon us u dent oI S2lu,G0
due against me school luhu. rms debt ~
that lime OF S2la.h0 was surpassed 10 DC the
il!l litnlt, nut upon Snp'clucnL investigation
u turned out 10 he niticii iarkei. DnilhS I've
period rom liH un'll the pfescnt tIiIe, we
nave been attempting 10 pay OH tn.s depI
III some Oh INC counties INC deot mas Dech
cillircly ll~quluhleu, ANA tirfc are not more
than one or two counties now ren,nlililg III
which mere Is any col'siaelablc uent 10 nc
rmid. But that dept has Numbered uS In er,
cry move We have made 10 strengthen ana
develop our public school system. In. Rddi-
ton to that we have II debt OF SIN $50. known
as agricultural land scrip. There was not
one cent Ol that money TO DC found III tic
treasury; lhe laSt dollar OF IL hud oGen mis-
appropriated. 1lial luna, 100, has bech re-
stored.
The committee VIII observe, therefore,, mat
we nave paiu Il u'i'i OF over. NFn,hNp. money
mat ought to nave been used FOR elementary
ana lor hlgler cuuchtlor, ana Ihat we nave
mus ncen naiiPereu III our attempts 10 make
the scllool system as strong as ~ nllSht othef'
wise lave hern
The assessed value Of the property of South
Carolina to-day Is nearly ~Sl5S,MO,nOJ. We
have three sources of revenue from which
! our school tax IS derived. First, II comes
rom a constitutions tax OF Two mills on the
dollar upon AL the taxable property or the
state. The amendment 10 The ,cmi'stitutiun,
making thisa part oi thc organic lax or the
Sthte. was adopted IN January, 1911. observe.
PentiG!iich, mat tillslS part oI inc orsahlc
NV ~ ID not sunJect 10 changes d! uiilerrnt
,esis,". s,cS. MehIe Iiau 10 slttc tna. etGn
year tne income rom Tins source grows lar'
ger ana larger as The assessed value VI proper
~ Is lhlScu.
inc SECOND source from which we derive an