The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-19


Hesitation in reducing the States high
e. educational sEst=m to tae bssls IN
dicated by tie peoples actual needs,
present and prospective Lower edu-
cation should press ahead OF popular
Gema0d AID seek to draw the people
on to q full realization OF their neces'
sites IN this line OF education and cul-
ture. Bat the higher educat:sn may,
fer he present q: least, be content TO
meet effectively the immediate de
mard. From what has been said above
ycu may easily infer that the prime
necessity fcr the higher educatica IN
South Carolina is that all the S-ate
colleges be brought under the control
OF single board OF trustees, who shall
see that eacb is supported and expand
ed according as the needs OF the peo,
pie sh&ll indicate No one Of these
should be allowed t. trench upon the
province OF thA others, or to t&ke from
the necessary financial support CT tbs
others. At present each State college
has its own independent board wEo
consider themselves responsible only
Tor lis support and for its SUCCESS; and
vito are naturally not concerned. save
II a sen.imental way, with the pros
ncrity or interests Of tee other STATE
institutions. The control Ct tAe Sla.e' S
sducaioral institutions is now IN the
charge q separate boards ct trustees
FOR each college. divided IS folio rs
S3uth Carolina C5!lege, II; Gleason
College, -; South Carolina Military
Academy, II; Winthrop College, "A;
South Carclins Sta.e Colored Normal
ard Industrial College, I.
The work Of tbs several boards
could b. better done and a. consldera
blg less expense to the State by g
board CT seven competent members
Tee trustees Of the various initit1tlo4s
axe. st present, r;acad IL al attitude
of partisa. .shio 0 their own Interests
and OF indifference, amounting alnos:
to hostility, TO the other State cole
ees. Thus, each struggling to take
care itself slo22, is BY that effort
brought into com petition wi:h the oth.
ers instead Of working with them and
dividiog with them. This breeds selfish,
ness, Gis.sust anG auta3oalsm smong
institutions that c9D flourish only hg
working in harmony. Ny belief IN
the necessity OF Sjats higher education
IS my warrant Tor candlly pointing
out what seems to me the onl y ration
81 and economical! arrangement OF its
efficient administration.
He then 6evo:es SONS attention to
the State colleges, the penal and
charitable institutions, oui SIS we have
a!ready published full reports CT these
institutions We omit that part OF the
message.
PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY.
Ooly SO, 7C0 25 have been paid dur
iag the year into the Safe treasury
f,on tae phosphate mining industry.
This amount under the law must bs
devoted to the sinking fund for the re-
Gemption OF State b3nds. You may
excect still smaller revenue from
this source rext year. Competition
win Aleiers and Floeida has SO re-
duced the price of phosphate rock
that some Of our miners have been
forced to suspend operations. Those
who are engaged in the business are
mining al loss, Notwithstanding the
fact thai the board Of phosphate com
missioners reduced the royalty from
fifty to tweoty. five cents per ton. On
the first Gsy OF April, 1897, the phos
chale com nissioners met a. Beaufort
to inspect the phosphate territory
The phosphate miners were invited to
be present ana they we're all represent
e3 at the meeting. After thorough
investigation the board adopted tbs
following resolution:
Resolved. That on and after April
l, 1897, the royalty 10 be paid to the
Stale o. South Carolina oy all persons,
c0rp5!ations Cr companies mining
phosphate rock or phosphate deposits
from tue b3Gs of naviga5le streams
and waters O the State and marshes
thereof, shall be, ana the same is
here by fixed, at the rate OF twenty i've
cen S per ton Of dried r3ck, So long as
the price 0; said phGse ehate rock, free
on board to the ssid miners a. their
several mines shall be three dollars per
Lon or under; but in case there shall
be any increaseia such price over and
above three dollars per toa, ihen and
in every such case, there shall be paid
to the State an additional royalsy per
ton equal to one hall Of such increas,
ed price over and above turee dollars
pc. ton, tree on board. Provided,
that all phosphate rock dug, mined
and unshipped on hand on the frs;
day OF April, A D. 1897, shall first oa
accounted for At the royalty fixed oY
the Act of the General Assembly, enti.
tied An Ac! relating to the 2aosph a:r
industry Of the S.ate," approved De
cember %, 4. D. 1898. Provided,
further, tas: all companies shall pay
into the State treasury the royalty
upon all s1iDnents made pr.or to the
tifst day OF April, \ D 1897 y
Soon after the adoption o. this reso
luton citizens Of Beaufort filed with
the board o. phosphate commissioners
Z petition praying t6at the royalty
on rock already mined bealso reduced
10 twenty FIVE cents per ton. On tn
Is! OF January, 1897, the phosphate
miners had On hand ab1U. As, 900 tcuS
OF rock, which was subject 10 royal, ,
and on the Is. OF April, 1897, aoou;
49, ,00O toDs Afler due consideration,
pstltion referred to was ref fused. Tbs
board held :hat the royalty OF fifty
cenis per loa fx:d by the ACT OF 1898
should be paid ca all rock ON hand on
me tirst day OF April, 1897.
The board took the view that the
phosphate miners were bouad, oy ths
contract contained IN tie Ac. Of 1898,
10 pay thero5ai.y fixed by the said Ac
untiiit WAS Charged b. authority OF the
General Assembly. They further held
taat they had 40 authority, nor die
tney deem il right to make the miners
g present of 81, coo ttea due the
State.