The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-25
DISCUSSES CLEMSON.
The House Considers the PriviIeSe Tia.
No Chance Maoe,

ne ftouse CONSIDERS the Privilege Tax
No Change Mace.
COLUMBIA, February 20. o.7sTho House
to-day considered and Yacted upor
several important matteEs. The reu
gistration bill was finally passed b,
the House and sent back So the Senate
to SEQ what it thought Of the amend
nse,ots,td %ents tho House had ldndly put in the
After siiyely fight the House indie
nnltely postpoNned the bill to change
the present apptfSoation of the entire
privilege tax fund to CT,iemson Collepe
The debate brought out TIL existence
of considerable interest and scru. tinv as
to the financial affairs of Clemson C1.ei
lege.
There was an unexpected contest
against the passage Of resolution
providing for the purchase of Jog acres
Of land that Is much needed by the
Hospital for the Insane.
The bill to provide for q reduction
in the scale allowed for State printing
passed by a decisive vote. The bill
proposes a general reduction of about
10 or Is per cent, and the announce
ment is that printers stand ready to
make O. sufficient bond that the print
ing can be done for the rates agreed
upon to-day.
When the registration bill came up
for third reading number of amend
ments were packed in again by Mr.
Townsend. The Senate will have a
merry time Of it recognizing the bill
when it gets back to that body.
When the bill to provide for the
distribution of the privilege tax came
up, Mr.. Rainsford said that the Glenn
son report having been received it was
time to act on his bill, which proposes
to give Clemson $4,000, and the
| balance to Winttrop College.
Mr.. Williams proposed that the
balance should go to the State treasury
| direct.
Mr.. Breazeale moved to strike out
the enacting words of the bill, saying
that as long as the implied contract
| is in force that the privilege tax should
go to Clemson it ought not be diverted.
has been broken it was by the Clemson
people. They have come here year
after year aud asked for money If
they returned what they had gotten it
would be well to talk about broken
contracts. Clemson should be given
definite amounts. Clemson, he said,
would spend every dollar given.
MIR. w. j. Johnson, of the investi-
eating committee, said that similar
tax to that of last year was recon-
mended. If $4,000 was given from
the privilege tax it would be $4,000
more than is recommended, or was
spent last year. Then there is 800, 900
received for the board and about So, 900
ought to be received from the farm.
He wanted to knew whether the sixth
of all the State taxes should 60 to
Clemson. The four denominational
colleges were being run at cost OF
$l8, 900 he understood, and that was
less than Clemson College was receiv.
ing. He favored the bill.
Mr.. Leon Williams said the law
provided for but ten professors al
Clemson, and many more were en-
ployed contrary to law. There are 15C
boys in the fitting school, and they
should be at school aud not at colleges
These professors were paid $4l 1850
Mr.. Williams then exhibited an in
teresting statement OF salaries pait
the professors.
MIR. Williams went on to say that O.
Erskine 81 boys were educated at $5,
$50, an average cost of $67.25. Now
berry College, 129 boys were educated
, ! at So, 900, or an average cost OF $42
! Wofford Id boys at $4,000, an averag,
cost OF 500, and Furman 139 boys cos
$10,500, average $75. AT Clemson 40
. boys were In attendance, and for thes
the cost for professors was SAL 1850, o
per capita Of $l66, while the averag
per capita OF the four denominations
colleges was $68.50 The only way h
could explain the difference was tina
1t was State money that was bein
spsnt. There appeared to him to be
screw loose somewhere. II Clemso
8 were given 1926, 900 of the privilege ia
that would give the institution 500, ,00C
@ which he held was sufficient for all es
penses and more than the four demo
@ minational colleges united spent III
d did not intend crippliug any of tn
IL colleges, aud said that Winthrop woul
d be we'll cared FOR. He insisted that b
l. only wanted to see things conducted
a o business.like way.
q Mr.. Tatum objected to the bill as
ii digerts the fund from the purpose Il
d which 1t was intended. A bill hs
o just been killed to repeal the tax an
d the present effort is ill-timed.
y Mr.. Watson challenged any one
IA show whore the money has been mi
l. spent. The reports show that all GO
W eral funds have gone to build up fiji
of plant. There is now a compact tn,
id this tax should go to Clemson, whiC