The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-15

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this appropriation is that we need
more teachers, bctter teachers. The |
need of this State is not more teachers,
but more money TO pay those we have
or those who are easily available.
One word as TO these l24 girls who
receive these scholarships. | claim
that this is an unjust expenditure OF
50 456. Who gets these schO larships ?
Those girls who are able to stand u
competitive examination, without re-
gard to their financial ability. Thus
those who are SO fortunate as to be
prepared to stand an examination,
which is proof at once that they have
more education than 80 out OF 100 ever
get, receive these scholarships, while
the poor and deserving stand no
ChunCe."
MIR. Stevenson, in reply to Mr.. Smith,
said that he, too, believed in an ocOno.
mical administration OF fiscal affairs.
Ten years ago We had no Clemson, no
Winthrop, no colOred college. The tax
able properly has been incrcHs cd $50,
900 OOO and the tax levy has been re-
duced from st TO D mills. The pensions
have been increased from $50 OOO to
100000. The phosphate royalty has
been reduced from So 600 to almost
nothing, and yet the expense OF the
! governmC Mt has been reduced $47 600.
! This doesn't look like the State is gong
to the OOw-wows financially. Ten years
| ago the State was spending all OF It's
income and had no such returns As IL
| has today.
Winthrop college has esta blished it.
! self in the hearts and in the homes of
| South Carolina. BY an investment of
| $50 900 or 10 per cent. Of the cost OF the
present plant, the usefslncss of the in-
! -, h ~ nh
ship appropriation will not be doubled,
for the Peabody fund provides for the
scholarships. The children in the
practice school are paid for by Rock
| Hill and are used for the training Of
the college students being prepared
to teach. Il is appropriation will not
Increase the mill levy and the money
cannot be better expended. The girls
pay it back to the State in teaching.
The figures cited by Mr. Stevenson
w re:
Taxable property 1899. ....... .$174GOOO35
Taxable property 1889. .5,I2OOlG
Increase in ten years ....$ 20l3OU1J
Tax levy, 5 Ii mills, 1889 49,. I,l32, : 80 %
Tax levy, mills, 1899. ......... l,OS5, lSl.S3
| Decrease of State expendi-
tures.... $i7 $3.50
The phosphate royulty in 1889
brought an income of $2l2, lOl 36
against about $25 600 last year, ana
| Clemson, Winthrop and the cOiored
| colleges have been established since
then.
Mr. IL. 3. A. Robinson contended
that Winthrop asks for but $35, 900.
! Give them 100000 and 1t will come
! back hundred fold. Material is ON
the ground now for the completion OF
the building, II you educate the mo.
ther the child viii! be educated. What
the women are doing for South Caro-.
| lima, eternity alone can reveal.
Mr.. Winkler appealed for the House
TO do everything it can for the ELI
cheney OF Winthrop. 1t is doing a
great work for the womanhood OF the
at d moderate cost.
The motion to strike out the enact
ing words was then put and was lost as
| follows
| Yeas-Ashley, Bates, Black, De-
| Bruhl, Gamble, CAN'T, Graham, Hill,
! Hydrick, w. J. Johnson, Mann, Laban
Mauldin, Miley, Mobloy, Patterson, G.
E Robinson, G. p. Sanders, G. F. Smith
T.. ID. Smith, j. l. Smith, Zimmerman :,
Warn, Werner, Williams, Wimbsrly
| and WooG,.-26.
ways baCoV, pollcy, nell, Dl9ASe,
Blythe, Brantley, Browning, Caugh.
man, CosgroVe, Cross, Crum, Dargan,
Davis Dean, Dendy, DJwling, Dukes,
Epps, E.tridge, N. G. Evans, Floyd,
Cause, Henderson, H0if meyer, Hollis,
Jackson, Jenkins. II. E. Johnson, Jones,
Levcrett, Lockwood, Lotion. Lyles,
Magill, Manni.g, Marion. Mccoy, Nc
Craw, Mccullough, McDil, McDo",
McLs-.in, Means, Mehrtens, Mitchell,
Montgomery, Moses, Moss, NeLtles,
Patton, Peurifoy, Prince, Pyatt, T.. b.
| Ragsdale, j. w. Ragsdale, George w.
Richardson, Henry b. Richardson, II
b. A. Robinson, Rogers, e. l.. Sanders,
Sawyer, Ssabrook, Simkins, Sinkler,
II. Thomas, Threat, Verder, West,
Weston, Wharton, Whisonant, Wilson,
Wingo, Wlnkler, FL. III. Woodward,
Wyche and Young. 81.
Mr.. Stevenson, nay, was paired with
Mr.. sharpe, aye. When the result o.
the vote was announced there was q
slight demonstration OF applause among
the friends Of the college.
The House having refused to kill the
bill, Mr.. Prince then offered an amen1-
ment reducing the appropriation fro m
$35 900 to $50 000 People usually lsk
Tor more than tney want, and $35, ,U00
will do q lot of building, especially as
the bill gives the college the use of
hundred convicts. Give them $50, 900
and they will spend II; but they can
.gst s6Qng with $3Q, 900. This will fur
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