Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-02-20
INSTITUTIONS Of THE STATE.


Asylum III COlumOla.
Wo continue this wool, as q matter of
interest, q synopsis of tho reports of tho
various State colleges: Tho attendance
Of students Mt Clemson College y i8l for
tho present yoar. Many young mon
woro turned away for want of room to
accommodates tlcm. County institutes
woro hold in clovon counties during tho
year Tho income Of tho college from
all sources was $50. G.l22.20. Tho bulk of
this amount was raised by tho tag tax on
gunno. The college is III very flour
isling condition, and is accomplishing
much good.
rho students in attendance upon tho
South Carolina College number POS.
Some of these arc young ladies. Tho in
come of tho college was S33, ,0i7.52. Only
small balance was nnexpcndcd. The
State appropriation was about S25,0OW.
The Citadel Academy, in Charleston,
reports an attendance Of l27 students.
Sixty eight Of these arc bcncicaricS.
Tho entire income of tho institution il
$3G,02i.G5. Tho State appropriatcs SEQ
600 To support the bcnciicarirs aud to
assist in Keeping tho buildings in good
order The grndua'cS Of this institution
have reflected much credit on tho insti-
tuition. Mr.. w. &. llughS is the bonch-
ciary from Oconcc.
winthrop College is tho most interest
ing and important institution in the
State. There were 353 students PRESENT
all young ladies. Tho report of the
president shows that S7i 1902. 90, less
$2,700.00 balance on hand. was expended
for the year commencing July |, lSDO, to
July /, 1900. In 1900 the Legislature
appropriated $4,000 to build another
dormtury, so that moro students can be
accommodated The dormitory could
not be completed for this term. Thcap-
preparation ut the recent session of the
Legislature amounted to nearly $4,000
from which tho dormitory is to be com
plctcd, and same furnished. The bal
anco for support of the college Next
year nearly or quite 800 young women
can bc accommodated mt Winthrop.
The Colorcd Normal, Industrial, Acri-
cultural and Mechanical College of South
>NiN'''tt HN Nolti'StpulS, toI lllc Npllc-
fit of tho colorcd people, is prosperous.
Eight hundred and twcnty-thrcc stu
dents were in attendance, of these 800
were males, and i6T females Tho in
come of the institution for the year was
$3l ,oS0.77. The State contributes the
bcggarly sum Of 5000 for this purpose.
The report of the deaf and blind insti-
tuition, ut Cedar Springs, s. G., is most
interesting. Both races are nccommo-
dated in separate buildings The num-
hcr in attendance was 1862 New buid-
ings, repairs and the cost of maintaining
tho institution this year is Sii,50O. The
ordinary appropriation is S20,0O0a year.
a CHAPTER ON roliriCs.
When the House met on Friday night,
February $, it had regular surprise
party. Mr.. John McMas,cr, Of Colum-
bia, had laid on the Speakers desk
resolution which he asked to he immc.
diatcly considcrrd II was not lust the
pending order. but Mr.. McMastcr in
sisted on the reading Of the resolution:
Whereas, the Hon. John l.. Mclaurin,
Senator of this State in the United
States Senate, has manifested opinions
and belief ut variance with those OF the
Democratic party Of South Carolina, to
which he is indebted for his elevation to
tho high and honorable position he now
occupies, through his vote tavoring th,
ratification of The treaty Of Paris, where.
by the Republican administration nj
Washington was enabled to purchase an
infamous war at II first cost of S2O,GCO 600, |
to which many hundreds OF millions of
dollars have been added. together with
the loss ot thousands of precious Amcii |
can lives. all with lamcntablc failure, the
war in the Philippines being no nearer II
conclusion to-day than when the first
shot was fired through his vote favorine
an increase Of the standing army to one
hundred Thousand men in n Republic
whose strength in the past and whose
hope in The future, in times of trouble |
nave lain In hci ircc born citizens. lov- |
ing their homes and iitcsidrs. who have
never failed tn defend the same, if need |
with their blood and their lives: and
through his speech in advocacy of the
ship subsidy hill. a most gigantic and |
monStronS plan Ia permit the huge ship. |
ping interests oi the United States to
Plnudcr the public treasury, under the
guiSr nt legal authonty; n bill intro
dnccd and managed ON he floor of th, |
United States senate hy that great friend
Of monopoly and The trusts, Mark Hanna,
the rmhUuiMcnt ri piutorrary n hirh |