The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-11-17

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forth in South Carolina an organization
for the protection and advancement o
OH agricultural interests.
In furtheraGce of tins purpose and a
embodying the present views of til,
State, we respectfully urge upon on
General Assembly the necessity and nd
visibility Of the following measures:
/. The establishment OF a real agricul
tural college, separate and distinct from
the South Carolina College, and modelled
after those OF Mississippi and Michigan
We believe that the necessary funds tc
build and equip this institution can be
secured by looping off needless cxpendi'
trres, and abolishing or dating
useless Offices without increased taxation.
We further recommend. as g means to
assist in building the institution, that
the different counties Of the State be EN-,
powered to bid for it by Offering bonds
or land
>. That an experimental station should
be established nj or in connection with
said Agricultural! and Mechanical Col
lege, Tie same to be under the charge OF
its faculty, and that we memorabilia Con
gress to pass the bill introduced by Mr..
Hatch and now pending, which appro-
PIRATES ;s!j.000 annually to each State
for the paIpcse, and that We ask our
Senator'S and Congressmen to use all
Legitimate means to secure its passage.
3. i hat in order that our agricultural
administration may be divorced as far as
possible from politics and politicians,
and the men best qualified to perform
these important duties be selected by
those r,ost competent to Judge, in order
that We may secure a board of agricul-
ture a. cncc efficient, jealous and repre-
sentatir@, wi:o know cur needs and will
try to supply them, we urge that instead
of being chosen by the Legislature they
be elected by this Farmers Association.
The board Of agriculture should consist
OF ten members, five elected annually.
They should have the power 10 elect
their OWE secretary, whose duties would
correspond with those of the present
commissioner. Their duties would be
the same as the law imposes on our pres
ent board, except as the collection Of the
phosphate royalty, which should be
,i;t;on n II tbev .honj1 lave control Of the
y anT;cnlt1Irsl cojleac and governmental
station, and should by means Of farmers
institutes build up and keep alive coming
agricultural associations.
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Funisnesu' Ws ,,.o.. a., Ton;.1.+,r. not -
=. w. ti,S 49, sts+ sHC ,,,ona~tr ". al allow.
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,I .lie ~ "n n'osaIv U ndn,iool tIOn ,r;cas and
4hat 1n'i' With % r;cw Of Iessanina tie 9,llrdens
" 49, +,yat;on tbcv take into Consideration
tbn aGvisal;]itv Of incrcasinn tha phos-
,,bota ro~.a,fv
e We recommend the passage of such
LEGISLATION os will protect the farmers Of
the State nnainst imposition and fraud
in the WEIGHING of cotton
We resrnc.f7lIv urcr sucb leoisla.
ton &c viii protect ;,s oGoinst forcst fires
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FL o,,,a;izsf;,, of +,xo. ,?.,,onds
c,,noe+ a coniiG iiGrration aftbc hands Of the
r ao;,is $50 o,,d W.. ,,,.an c,,cb oction os
co,, best secure II.
9. We uroe such alterations OF the fec
bill as will guard the estates of dead per-
sons against abuses and provide protcc-
ton for widows and orphans.
10. In order to secure the needed re.
forms in our county governments and to
reduce the burden { of taxation, as well as
to secure such changes in tile judicial
system as NAV be needed, we earnestly
renuest orr LEGISLATORS to consider the
advisabilitv OF cling a constitutional
convention unless in thcir Judgment.
th,. necessary changes may be better OBJ
taincd bv amendment.
After the reading of the platform a
motion was made to take it up by Sec
tions, This excited some discussion,
and division was demanded on the
ouestion. resulting yeas 80. nays %.
The platform was then read by sec
tons, and was adopted. During the
progress Of the reading there were one
or two short discussions.
The platform was then adopted as a
whole.
AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The following resolutions, adopted by
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