The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-23
SEGEP RAISING.


sESEP RAIsING.
Efforts Being Made to Revive this
Neglected Industry.
The Columbia State says 1T the ap-
preaching session OF the general as
sembly reports may be made in re-
gard to the effect Of the new law
placing a capitation tax On cogs. The
law was passed in the hope that i
would give protection to those who
want to raise sheep. The payment CT
the capitation tax will be made just
as In the case with other property
tax, and as the fl cal year has not
closed, it clnnot be said whether the
law has been successful or not.
The law provides: THAT there
shall be imposed ard assessed on all
dogs in this State capitativn tax OF
so cents AMI ually on each dog, the
proceeds Of which shall be expended
for school purposes in the several coun
ties In which it Is collected.
"Sec. 2. That dogs shall be returned
IN the 81 me manner and at the same
time that other property Is returned
fer taxation.
"Sec. 3. That the capitat:on tax on
dogs provided for in this act shall be
Collected at the same time and in the
same manner that ether taxes are now
collected.
"Sec. 4. That the capitation tax
provided for in this act shall be, and
constitute, q first lien in favor OF the
State Of South Carolina on all proper
ty owed by any person who owes any
such capitation tax.
''Sec s. That the collection Of the
capitation tax provided for in this act
may be enforced against any property
owned by the debtor of such tax in
the same way and manner as If it we're
a tax assessed on that specific piece OF
property.
Sec. 6. That no dog which is not
returned for taxation as required in
this act, shall be heli to be property
in any Of the courts Of this State.
''Sec. I. That it shall be the duty
Of the county editor and township as.
SCISSORS to enforce the provisions Of
this act. so far as it relates to listing
for taxation. "
The books Of the comptroller gener.
al in 1903 showed the following re-
markable state OF affairs In the State:
Number. Value.
Dogs. .69,316 s47,366
Sheep and goats. ..46, 1872 49, ,432
These figures may not be reliable In
any degree as it is probsble that the
returns were not made with care in
the several ccuaties. But accurate or
inaccurate, the statement shows sad
lack Of interest In sheep raising.
Mr. E. J. Watson, commissi ner II
agriculture and immigration, has re.
ceived letters asking for information
as to the raising OF sheep in this State.
Thursday be wrote the following in
answer to a correspondent: Your let
Ter Of November lst, requesting our
oest estimate CT the actual figures CT
the number CT sheep on hand at the
spring shearing, the wei. ht per f zee,
and the az cunt Of the q p in pounds
in this State, has been received.
Ut is ex remely difficult to even
give you an estimate inasmuch as the
sheep growing IN this Sra:e las up to
he present. season been prsc: :ically
undeyeloped, and but few statistics
have been kept. When this dfpart.
nent was established last January, !
undertook to push the sheep growing
industry to the fullest extent. Up to
the present we have not made as much
teadWay as would like, although at
present there is considerable increase
in t! number Cf shes p being raised in
the State.
In the returns to the com ptroller
general fo1 taxation fJr the current
year sheep and goats are numbered
t getfer and the total number is set
!, wn as only 46 1872 This figure.
however, 1 consid T W irthlts IS, be-
cause so many oNn9rs cf animals fail
to make returns of such property.
In 1860 there we're in the State 234,-
900 sheep
TIE decrease in the number las
been eady down to the census Of
1900, when We find the total number
of sheep in South Carolina placed at
50 900. This d.c:eaSe has been in q
large mra,ure due t. the ravages Of
dogs, the nun b OF which, notwith-
standing tie forts OF hundreds o.!
owners to avoid taxation, was report
ed on January lst last to te 6s,3l6.
You will note. by the census report OF
1890 that the number Of feeces shorn
~ this State in the fall Of 1899 and
tie sprirg Of 1900 is given at SIS, ,233
and the weight It's, 290 pounds, the
Y lue at s3l, ,537.
II would not venture any estimate
such as is requested by you, and
could only say that I have given you
the only available figures. I would
repeat, however, that the principal
advance made by this State in sheep
growing in the last 20 years has been
within the last year and a half, and
this increase has been a very material
one. I know Of two large places that
have within the last six months been
thoroughly ST. cked with fine sheep
brought from other States.
trust that next year we will be
sble to give you complete and accurate
statistics On this lire"
Two Killed at Dillon.
Calvin McNeill and Neil Barnes,
,olored workmen engaged in feeding