The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-12-02

must be added $40 s17.64 due by con=
tractors, making S76,449.SO as the
total income for the year. The dis
bursements to October 81 were S6T,-
63l.55. TO this sum should be added
$4,000 due in bank, which will be paid
from the amounts to be collected from
the contractors, making the aisburse-
ments for the year S62 ,53l.56.
The income of the pcnitentiary has
been diminished by the inability of the
directors to hire out convicts nnder
the restrictions contained in the late
Act on the subject.
The Governor suggests that the
directors be authorized to take con-
tracts tor specific ork 70 be done un-
der the supervision Of the penitentiary
officers. and that the State buy land to
be cultivated by the convicts on a
large scale. He also urges the estao-
lishment of a reformatory school. Con-
corning the Canal, the manager states
in his report that, in his opinion, more
than half of the work necessary for the
completion Of the same is already I'm
ished.
THE LUNATIC ASYLUM
has $50 patients, Of whom PIG were
admitted during the last fiscal year.
The whole appropriation now asked
for is $4,000 less than for the year
just closed.
In the matter of reforming our sys-
tenn of
CRIMINAL COURTS
the Governor prefers an increase OF the
number of Circuit Judges, rather than
the establishment of County Courts.
If the trial justices are to be retained,
he thinks they should receive stated
salaries, and be appointed on the re-
Communications of the Circuit SolicI-
tors.
The message recommends the early
taking of 8 census of the State.
TIE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
The annual report of the department
of agriculture for 1885 includes tho re-
ports of the commissioner, the chemist,
the special assistant in the phosphate
department and the superintendent o:
fisheries. These reports furnish de-
tailed statements of the operations for
the year, showing the varied and i'm
portant duties with which the de.
partnent is charged.
The regular work of the department
has been fully equal to that of previous
years, and much of the time of the
commissioner and his assistants has
been given to the States exhibit at the
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centen.
NAL Exposition. This exhibit was
made by direction of the Legislature,
and represented the natural resources
and manufactured products of the
State. The commissioner makes e
full report, showing the extent and
character of the exhibition, and the
results likely to follow from it. He
thinks there is a strong probability OF
the establishment of direct trade rela-
tions with Japan, in exchange of phos-
phate rock for alnmoniat!ng sub
stances, so extensively used by South
Carolina manufacturers of fertiliz-
ers; that the sales of fertilizers manu-
factured here will BE- largely IN
creased; that the agricultural ad7an-
tages of the State, as shown by the
products displayed, will attract the
better class Of farmers and laborers
that the mineral resources, as shown
by the specimens exhibited, will re-
ceive the attention Of investors and
practical miners: that the splendid
water power and forestry of South
Carolina, so thoroughly advertised at
the Exposition, and now better known
than ever before, will interest capital
lists, and that the trade Of our cotton
manufactures will be extended. The
Japanese commissioner and experts In
wine growing and other industries
have already visited the State, and the
favorable impressions formed justify
the expectation Of good results from
their Investigations.
The statistics compiled by the de-
partment show the steady agricultural
progress of the State. In the staple
crops there is gradual increase in
production, and each year shows great
er increase in the use of labor-aaVing
machinery, and in the number and
value of improved breeds oflive stock.
The board of agriculture has en-
couraged experiments in tobacco cul-
ture, and will take such steps as are
necessary to establish regular expert
ment stations as soon as the funds OF
the department will permit.
The department has well-equipped
chemical laboratory, and is prepared
to undertake analysis of fertilizers,
minerals, &C., for farmers and others.
The building contains the offices, the
laboratory and large hall for agricul-
tural conventions. The specimens ex-
hibited at the Cotton Exposition were
lent 20 the Agricultural Society OF
South Carolina for the Charleston Ex.
position; they will be returned to the
department building in Columbia, and
will form the nucleus for a permanent
museum.
CONCLUSION.
In closing his message the Governor
says: SIN conclusion, l invoke yonr
attention to the responsible duties for
which YOU are now assembled, with
the sincere wish and the confident hope
that your labors may be wisely direct
ed TO the advancement Of the best in
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