The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-11-26

necessary Accommodations: and this has nec'
essarily Increased the cost above previous es-
tIinntes. After cnrcful and thorough can
vass of the material on hand. with TIE work
remaining to be done, 1t is found that S6?, ,O0O
more will be needed to complete the building
and partially equip the college. AS we are
building school which evidently supplies a
long felt want, and the State Is receiving lib
eral amounto OF money fl ON the United STATES
government for lis maintenance. we have
cheaply AS possible while providing all mod
ern appliances. These include heating, COOK
ing apparatus, water works. electricity Eor
lights, power and the study OF electrical engi.
neering, and everything else which Will be
necessary for the largeStand best agricultural,
mechanical and Industrial school In the
South.
The announcement has been made that the
school will open in February, but think IT
hardly possible TO open that early unless we
have an exceptionally favorable Winter for
building. Owing to the fact that we have
been unable to sell lhe Agricultural Hall. the
Trustees are now out Of money; and in order
lot to lose time or allow injury, which would
necessarily follow cessation OF work, we have
borrowe ed 500 on our individual notes with
which to prosecute the work. I Informed you
in INV inaugural address last Decem Der that
II v oilld be possible to build the school with
out taxation but 1t would take two years TO 90
1t, and it will depend upon the action OF tne
Legislature whether the school shall open In
March or not.
The estimated income which we may expect
to have for the next year Is as follows:
From Hatch Fund ...-........". $l5 oOO 90
From Morrill, loOeo 09 0
dinsSG canu ScraP Es; ;e 9soS 90
Privilege aOoUo w
Total...... ..... ......... soU,loo w
There are two unknown quantities In this
estimate, the Morrill, fund and the privilege
The gSyaIee SaI tax for ne ve
the present low prices OF cotton and the prop
able falling Off In the consumption of fertll-
izers, 1t Is not safe TO calculate on more than
$4,000 privilege tax In next year Ihe sSamhy Mo,bl
last year and equally divided between Glenn
son and Claf1n Colleges, but Secretary Noole
has refused to pay over the money on that pa
sis and the matter will have to be decided by
Conc ress, and 1t may result In refusal to ac-
cept the terms offered by the State. In this
event the income Of the College will be much
less. A careful estimate Of the amount neces, e.o
snry to run the College with upwards Of q 600
students, together with the experimental sta
tion and the necessary expenditures for the
inspection and analysis OF fertilizers and the
shows that it will take not less than s65 Wo,
Therefore, 1e say that we cannot both build
and run the school without help. 1t is Ell.
tirely practicable TO finish 1t and equip u
without O dollar of taxation II the opening 1s
deferred year; but can we afford this ?
Shall the regiment OF young men ond boys
who are waiting to enter its portals be forced
to seek schools elsewhere or lose valuable
time while waiting for the opening? l am
perfectly well aware that this Is no time TO
ask for an Increased expenditure OF public
money. The depressed condition OF our agri-
cultural interests, the hardness OF the times,
admonish me that we should practice every
possible economy 10 reduce the burden OF tax
alton to minimum. But IL would be econo'
my and wlsdom too to formulate some plum
by which the Trustees might be able TO Dor,
row this money, complete the school anu
open its doors to students In March. In few
years at mcst the surplus revenue OF Inc COL
| lege will be ample TO replace the sum now
necessary. I have laid the facts before you,
and trust 10 your enlightened wisdom TO de-
eide the question.
Before leaving the subject of the College, ]
would state that for the purpose of compiet'
Ing the building and putting the farm (Which
| Is almost wholly q forest from which me
wood has been taken to burn brick) IN con
eition for agricultural use, we Will need my
ance of the convicts will be returned To Inc
Penitentiary at an early day. And here !
may call your attention to another Important
matt r. that is, the regulation or definition OF
the conditions TO be complied with befope o
student can be admitted TO this Institution
the Citadel Academy arc awarded to boys sup
posed to be too poor to. pay. and the law re-
ouires tuition fee Of $40 at the South -aroll
ma College, and at Clemson OF all students
who do not come under this class. Complaint
has reached my ears that advantage has been
taken Of this provision, and that there nre ar
now students both In the Citadel and ut the
South Carolina College paying no tuition, oul
whose parents are able to pay. I hope inal
legislation will be had clearly defining how
the matter shall be determined so as TO pre-
vent the States generosity from being abused