The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-12-02
TIE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
SYNOPSIS OF TEE SUGGESTIONS OF
OUR CHEF MAGISTRATE.

SYNOPSIS OF TEE SUGGESTIONS OK
QUE CHIEF MAGISTRATE.
An Exhaustive Review of the Financial,
Edueatieaal and Industrial Conditi n Of
the Seate--An Able and Interesting Paper.
On the first day Of the present ses-
sion Of the Legislature Governor
Thompson submitted the customary
message to the General Assembly.
The frat matter considered is
THE PUBLIC DEBT,
which il now $6,522, ,lSS.54, consisting
Of Brown consols, valid Green consols,
deficiency bonds. and agricultural land
scrip.
TIE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
The fetal revenues of the State snd
counties for the fiscal year commenc-
ing November J, 1888, vas about S2,-
0SS, 900, of which about 1856, 900 was
raised by taxation, and $15S,000 from
phosphate royalty. The collection Of
the taxes was unusually full and salts
factory, nearly SS per cent. of the
assessed State tax having been collect
ed, and nearly S6 per cent. having been
paid into the treasury. The net re-
ceipt for each mill levied was sl45, 900.
being an Increase of $4,000 over the
preceding year, and S25, 900 over the
wear TS78s79. The taxes for the fiscal
year lSS4-S5 are now being collected,
snd the result cannot, therefore, be
reported. The levy amounts to ST.
SSl, ,494, divided as follows: For State,
SS4i ,s26; for counties, S6T7, Jas, and
for schools, SS12,S20, not including
polls.
1t is estimated that it will require
$4GS, 900 to meet the ordinary e1-
penses of the Government for the fiscal
year 1SsS5-S0, and 1891 900 TO pay tie
interest on the public debt. These
amounts will be increased by such
additional appropriations as may be
required by legislation, snd will be
decreased by the phosphate royalty
and any surplus that may remain III
the treasury. As these amounts are
contingent, and consequently unknown
he necessary levy can only be deter
mined when the General Assembly
prepares the annual supply bill.
TIE PHOSPHATE ROYALTY.
The phosphate royalty for the year
ending 80 September, 1885, amount
ing to Sl76, ,s44.41, has been collected
in full-being the largest sum yet Gov
cred into the treasury from this source
The yield for the year ending 50 Sep.
tsmber, 1886, will probably not exceed
$l50,000.
DISABLED SOLDIERS.
Commenting upon the recommends
ton ofthe Comptroller, that $50, 900 an
nually be appropriated for pension
Of $50 each to disabled soldiers, the
Governor says: 'sThe Stste can never
fully discharge her obligations to the
brave men who, in obedience to her
csll, have suffered permanent injury in
health or in limb; but she should con-
tribute, if possible, to the alleviation
Of the wants Of such of them as are
without the means of support, and are
incspacitsted for manual labor by
reason Of disabilities incurred in the
discharge Of duty. While those who
can claim this recognition Of services
to the State diminish in number each
year, the infrmities Of the survivors,
and their need for help, constantly in.
crease."
TIE TAX LAWS.
The Governor recommends careful
revision Of the tax laws, with view
TO greater simplicity and efficiency.
PIE PUBLIc SCHOOLS
continue TO improve The number OF
pupils enrolled in the public schools
during the year just closed was 49,.
OPS, Of which 7S,45S were white and
1855 vere colored; the average at
tendance was 122, ,0sS, of which 55,664
were white, and Sc, ,429 were colored.
The number of teachers employed was
SITS, being an increase OF eighty-nine
over the number employed during the
preceding year; and the number OF
schools was 1852, being an increase OF
eightyo over the number in operation
during the year lssS-s44. The length
of the school term was three and 8
half months, . decrease of half q
month. The total amount Of funds
avsilable tor school purposes during
the year lSSS-S4, the latest period for
which, reports are attsiaable, was
$515, ,5S0.Ss, Of which $441, ,5s9.S7 was
collected during the year, and S73,-
9sl.0 consisted Of unexpended bal
snces brought forward from previous
years. The total amount expended
was $42S, ,4I9.3l.
The Governor urges the adoption OF
some measure by which the school
fund may "catch up" for tie ''lost
year" and teachers be paid.
The various educational institutions
of the State are in q fourishing con-
ton.
The State Military Academy now
has four classes, the full number pro-
vided for in the course of instruction,
end during the coming year it will
send forth its first class Of graduates
since its reorganization in October,
1882. There are now 206 students at
the South Carolina College, and it is
likely that the number will reach 230
shortly. The presena attendance is the
largest since the war. In concluding
his remarks on the College, the Gov.
ernor says: "The leading States of
the Northwest and our sister Common
wealths Of the South are rapidly build
ing up their institutions Of higher