The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-01-20

Total. al....................$94, 924. So
No account is given of the value OF
products from the farms and dalrles
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 etfot to enforce the same rule at
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 S170, 755, ,474-an
increase, in one year, of 81, ,306, ,533.
The total lax for the past year has
been $2,3l7, ,SS9.4S.
The phosphate royalty has decreased
from Ss7, 7,220.13 in 1895 to $50, S53. 76
in 1864 loss of s26,346.37.
The income Of all the railroads In
the State was SS,303, 4S7. .57-an in
crease of s667, 925. SO. There is only
one railroad now in the hands of a re-
ceiver.
The State Hospital for the Insane is
in first. class condition. The cost of
maintenance has been reduced from
S131 05 per patient in 1890 to SlO7.SO
in 1896. The appropriation asked for
this year is $l16, $50.
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 chain-
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 healthy and sound condition. ="
The disbursements for the year have
been $s3, $3.50, for everything, and
the receipts, from every source, S62,-
125. 5.17-defcit $22,191,53. This is
coversd by cotton and provisions on
hand. The Governor ''is salts fed
that the institution is in better con-
dition than it has ever been"
The public schools and the colleges
; also make a better showing than ever
before. In 1890 the total enrolment
IL the schools was 201, ,260-S9, 372
whites and Ill, ,SSS colored. In 1895
it was 232, ,337-1O9, 159 whites and
123,17S colored. The length of the
school term has been gradually in.
creased and it is confidently believed
thai It will this year reach six months,
the minimum set in the Constitution.
Tie South Carolina College has ISL
stuoents-157 being from 29 counties
in this State. the rest from Other States.
| The Governor recommends the usual
appropriations.
| Ehe total enrolment at the Citadel
| Academy has been 1877, against 146
the year previous. The appropriation
desired is SIC. GOO for the support OF -5
benefciaries and s., 900 for equipment
and repairs. The Governor commends
the institution to the tender care and
consideration" of the general assem-
oily. The institution for the deaf and
dumb aud the blind is in excellent
shape. The money needed there IS
$40, 900 for support, 5000 for repairs,
IS, 900 fer buildings for colored pupils
and 81, $40 for electric lights and laun
dry plant-total S32, $50.
At Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College there are 335 college students,
with 70 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
$50, 1850, 103 for maintenance and
S29, els for the dormitory. The col
lege has proven 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. O!her buildings are
necessary.
The law as to the formation of new
counties neads amendment, and the
Governor commends the subject to the
attention of the Legislature.
CONCLUSION.
Tue new year finds our State and
her people and her institutions in q
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
yestors: 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 a serious nature,
and education, Christianity, temper.
ance and deyo ion to religious princi
pies characterize our citizenship. In
conclusion, permit me to say that I
have endea7ored to present to you the
| condition of the State and the several
departments without any high sound
ing praise of officials or attempt tc
conceal ghe true status Of affairs.
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