The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-18
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.

Mr.. Edrd offered an amendment
proposing to reduce the appropriation
from S2S, 900 to $4,000 Mr.. Efird
said that last year he had warned the
house that the appropriations would
exceed the States income. This
prediction had been fulfilled. There
are other appropriations in the bill
from which the South Carolina college
will derive benefits. He proposed no
discrimination, but would move to re-
duce proposed appropriations to all
State institutions.
Mr.. Towill, also of Lexington.
differed with Mr.. Eird. He spoke of
the good the college has done for over
one hundred years and referred with
feeling to the splendid work being
done there now. 1t would not do to
cripple the institution.
Mr.. Lyles in reply to Mr.. Efrd STA
ted that the S., 500 for sewerage is an
extraordinary expense imposed by
the city Of Columbia, and should not
come out of the fund for operating
the college.
Mr.. Cooper called attention to the
fact that the college asked for more
than the committe had recommended,
although a great many of the commit
tee favored the increase in order to
pay valuable men good salaries.
Mr.. Purifoy of Saluda supported Mr..
Ehrd's amendment. H decried the
tendency to increase appropriations.
Mr.. Moses replied that not a single
appropriation to colleges had been in
creased. Furthermore the bill this
year is s42, 900 less than the expendi-
lures OF last year. No appropriation
had been recommended unless it was
needed.
The motion to cut the appropria-
tion failed by a vote Of IS to 40. Mr..
Bennett wanted the appropriation fix
ed at S25, 1000. This, too, was voted
down, and the committees recon-
mendation, 5000, was adopted.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Mr.. Pollock offered an amendment
to appropriate to the public schools
100000. Mr. Pollock declared that
the house had refused to put aside a
little extra dispensary profits for the
benefit of the schools, and he felt it a
duty to introduce this amendment.
The State of South Carolina has never
appropriated cent for the public
schools while she has always given
literally to the colleges, but the
masses should be taken care of first.
There was no other discussion. Mr..
Dorroh moved to table the amend
ment. This was lost by vote Of 4S
to 81. MIR. Dorroh then moved to
provide that the money be applied to
the counties in which it is raised. MIR.
Pollock urged that this would reduce
it to local tax instead Of general
tax. He moved to table Mr.. Dorroh's
amendment. This Was lost by vote
of 80 to 20.
Before Mr. Dorroh's amendment
could be adopted Mr. kibler moved to
indefinitely postpone the original Pol
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55, and the motion was lost.
Mr.. Mauldin moved TO continue the
amendment. This was carried by a
vote Of 60 to 81 and the amendment
was killed. There would have been
another tie vote, but three members
who had been with Mr.. Pollock, voted
against the proposition this time.
There were three roll calls and one
poll Of the house on this amendment
so close was the vote.
The house passed an amendment
giving the governors office an addition
al So, 500 for paying judges Of special
courts-if so much be Decessary. The
governors stenogra pher is also to get
an increase Of 500.
The two tiremen in the engine room
of the State hcus. get Sl5 month ad-
ditional for the seven months they are
employed, and there is State house
janitresS at sl20 per annum provided
for.
When the house took recess, the
following items in che bill had been
approved:
EXECUTIVE OFFICES.
Governors Office Salary of COVER
nor, $1,000: private secretary Sl.350:
stenographer $500: messenger, S400;
contingent fund, $4,000; stationery
and stamps. 300: civil contingent fund
2,5C0.
Office of secretary Of state-Salary
1000: chief clerk, ! $50: extra clerk
hire, l.200: contingent fund 200; sta
tionery and stamps. 500: books and
and blanks, 300.
Secretary of state as keeper of State
house and grounds-Two watchmen,
$50: janitor 1G0: engineer, seven
months, IS. five months, 25, $50: fire
men $3.50 each), 100: contingent fund,
200: fuel for State house, 1920: jan
itress, 12o: repairs on State house,
500.
Office of comptroller general
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