The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05

the resolution OF the BOARD OF aSflclu-
ture, authorizing the employment of
counsel-llnder which Senator \. I.
Smythe, Of Charleston, had been retain
ed. Mr.. Smythe was authorized to re-
tain assistants.
The entire cost of the phosphate iti-
cation, extending from 1881 to Novem-
ber, 1885, which has been described
above, has been S7,61S.42, divided as
follows:
Fees of Messrs. Smythe, Yer
der and Lee, from Hpril,
1881, to November, 1885, -S5, $50 90
Costs, surveys, etc., l,96S 42
Fee of Mr. Samuel Lord, in
Coosaw case, 100 90
S7,S1S 42
On motion of Mr.. Talbert, of Edge
field, the explanation was accepted by
the Convention as satisfactory, and the
thanks of the body were returned to
Colonel Butler and Mr. Ransom for the
information.
The committee was then discharged
from the f1lrthcir consideration of the
subject.
The committee reported favorably the
resolutions offered by Mr.. Prince, sub
stantially as follows:
l. That the farmers be urged to plant
less cotton and more of tobacco, fruits,
melons, grains and grasses.
2. That farmers take more active inte-
rest in the State Department of Agriclll-
ture.
3. That the Legislature take measures
to encourage manufactures.
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted by rising vote.
Governor Thompson, at this stage, ar
rived and made an address to the Con-
vention, which was frequently applauded.
When the Governor took his seat, Mr..
Tllman rose to make a disclaimer. He
had been credited with charging ''robbe-
~ and misrule." He had used these
terms but applied them not to these Off
GERS but to ring of politicians which
nearly everybody believed to exist. As
to the robbery he said he referred to
the lien lava system of as damnable
robbery as was ever fastened on peo-
pie"
The committee reported favorably the
resolutions offered by Mr.. Tillman,
which are in substance as follows:
l. That the Legislature establish "a
real Agricultural College, separate from
the South Carolina College, and modelled
on the Agricultural College of Missis-
sippi.
2. That the institution be under the
control of the State Board Of Agricul-
ture, who shall receive bids for its loca-
ton from the several counties.
8. That experimental stations be es-
tabished in connection with the Ag1icul-
tural College.
4. That Congress be memorialized to
pass the bill introduced by Mr.. Hatch,
and now pending, which appropriates
S15, 900 annually to each State for this
purpose, and that we ask our Senators
and Congressmen to use all legitimate
means to secure its passage.
5. That we protest against the money
for the Agricultural College being under
the management of the present Board Of
Trustees.
6. That the Trustees of the Agricul-
tural College be chosen, not by the Leg
islatue, but by State Convention Of
farmers, to be composed of representa-
tives from each County Agricultural
Society.
7. That the privilege tax on fertilizers
be doubled to raise funds for the pro-
posed Agricultural College.
s. That the inspection of fertilizers be
made more thorough and effective.
9. That the Citadel Academy be abol-
ished, and the money now appropriated
to it be devoted to raising the standard
and improving the equipment of the
South Carolina College.
10. That the State establish an Indus
trial College for Females, similar to that
of Mississippi.
II. That a committee Of one from
each Congressional District be appointed
to present the matters in these resolrl-
tons to the General Assembly.
Resolutions l, 2, and were adopted
without debate. No. was discussed,
but finally adopted. No. passed with
out debate. No. caused some debate,
but was finally adopted. No. s passed
without debate. No. 8 created some
confusion, but was adopted by a vote Of
140 to 26. No. 10 was adopteti-Mr. Till
man first expunging the words "dude
factory" applied to the Citadel, and
''moral graveyards'' as applied to cotton
factories. No. II caused no debate. The
resolutions were then adopted as whole.
AFTERNOON SESSION. 1.
The resolution to appoint committee
to investigate the fiscal Offices Of the
State was reported, with the suggestion
that no committee be appointed-none
being deemed necessary,
Resolutions to call a Constitutional
Convention, to repeal the Lien Law, to
make Judges hold Office for life, and to
abolish useless offices, were adopted.
The committee on permanent organi-
zation recommended the formation Of