The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-20

Hatch q. s. appropriation. =. Is, ,OOO. .OC
Convict labor value. 4,272.O OC
Total. 1874, 924. 55
No account is given of the value OF
products from the farms and diaries
and no account given for tuition fees
from students. It is unfair to the
other institutions of the State to com
pei students to pay tuition and make
no effot to enforce the same rule a:
this institution. Something is wrong
somewhere, as with all these advan-
tages the enrolment of students is
growing less every year. The why's
and wherefores you must discover.
OTHER MATTERS.
The total taxable property in the
State is shown to be $170, 755, 474-an
increase, in one year, of 81, ,306, 533,
The total tax for the past year has
been $2,317, ,ss9.4s.
The phosphate royalty has decreased
from $S7, 7,22O.13 in 1895 to $50, ,S53. 76
in 1861 loss of $26,346.37.
The income of all the railroads in
the State was $S,3O3, ,4S7. 57-an in
crease of 1867, 925. 80. There is only
one railroad now in the hands of re.
ceiver.
The State Hospital for the Insane is
in first class condition. The cost of
maintenance has been reduced from
$131. 05 per patient in 1890 to $107. 80
in 1895. The appropriation asked for
this year is $116,350.
The county chain gangs have work
ed satisfactorily. The Governor re.
commends that the law be changed so
that convicts whose terms do not ex-
ceed ten years may work in the chaia-
gangs. The present limit is two years.
The State militia is in excellent con-
dition and the Governor recommends
its continued support.
The penitentiary is reported to be
'.in a healthy and sound condition. p"
The disbursements for the year have
been $S3, 3,316.70, for everything, and
the receipts, from every sourcs, $62,
126.17-deficit $22, ,191. SO. This is
coversd by cotton and provisions on
hand. The Governor els salts fed
that the institution is in a better con
dition than it has ever been."
The public schools and the colleges
also make better showing than ever
before. In 1890 the total enrolment
in the schools was POI, ,260-s9, ,372
whites and Ill, 1888 colored. In 1896
1t was 232, ,337-1O9,1 159 whites and
123, ,17s colored. The length of the
school term has been gradually in
creased and it is confidently believed
that it will this year reach six months,
the minimum set in the Constitution.
The South Carolina College has 161
students-157 being from 20 counties
in this State, the rest from other States.
The Governor recommends the usual
appropriations.
The total enrolment at the Citadel
Academy has been 127, against LAG
the year previous. The appropriation
desired is $50, 900 for the support OF 6s
benefciaries and $4,000 for equipment
and repairs. The Governor commends
the institution to the "tender care and
consideration" of the general assem-
bly,. The institution for the deaf and
dumb and the blind is in excellent
shape. The money needed there is
SIS, 900 for support, 5000 for repairs,
$8, 900 fer buildings for colored pupils
and s. $50 for electric lights and laun-
dry plant-total $32, 500.
At Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College there are 1856 college students,
with 72 children in the practice
school. Eight hundred young wo.
men applied for admission last sum.
mer. A new dormitory is needed, to
cost $4,000. The trustees ask for
$59, 1880, ,103 for maintenance and
$29, ,613 for the dormitory. The col
lege has proven a great success.
The colored Normal and Industrial
College at Orangeburg is doing excel
lent work. There were $50 students
enrolled in October, though the &C,
commodations can comfortably take
only about 600. Other buildings are
necessary.
The law as to the formation of new
counties needs amendment, and the
Governor commends the subject to the
attention of the Legislature.
CONCLUSION.
The new year finds our State and
her people and her institutions in a
prosperous and happy condition, and
I cannot help but feel just pride in
the showing made for the past two
years. Our farmers have been blessed
with abundant crops of all kinds; our
industries nave nearly doubled and
have paid handsome dividends to in.
vestors; our credit at home and abroad
ranks with that of much richer States
our people are becoming more econom,
ical and adding materially to our
wealth and comforts. We have NO
riots or uprisings of 3 serious nature,