The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-10
fc Be Divided Between Clemson
and Winthrop Colleges.
HOW MEMBERS VOTED.
How Much Winthrop Will Get Is a Mat.
ter for.coulecture as the Tax
is Coming in Com.
paratively Slow
this Year.
this Year.

After one ofEthe hardest fights in
the last dozen years in the general as.
semblY the house Tuesday passed the
bill TO let Winthrop participate Ia the
privilege tax on fertilizers, all OF
which revenue now is paid to Glenn
son. The opposition to the bill
gained considerable strength Tuesday,
and the bill was passed by but i've
msjDrity On test vote.
1t was an issue in which the align.
ments were not we'll defined and every
member appeared to be voting just as
bis convictions dictated. Leaders Of
the house divided and many forcsful
arguments we're advanced by both
sideS, all the speakers seeming TO be
anxious to vote intelligently and hon.
estly. There was less small practice
In the fight than any other which has
beer made in a long time.
Following Is the way the house di.
vided on Mr.. Lyons motion to strike
out the enacting clause-or to kill the
bill
Ayes Speaker Smith and Repre-.
sentatives Ashley, Baker, Banks,
Bass, Boyd, Brant. Bruce, Calllson,
Clifton, Colcock, Cothran, Cutler, Des
Champs, Doar, Dukes, Edwards,
Faust, Fishburne, Ford, Graham, u.
L. Green, Haskell, j. E. Herbert,
Hayward, Irby, Kirven, Lester, Lit.
tie, Lomax, McColl, McFaddin, Nc
Master. 4. J. Mauldln, Miller, Moses
Nance, Nicholson, Prince, P,ast,
Rawlinson, Richards, Riley, Sea.
brook, Sheldon, Stoll, Tribble, Nj. w.
Walker, j. M. Walker, J. B. Watson.
Total, so.
Nays--Messrs. Audrey, Arnold, Bal.
lentine, Beamguard, Bradham, Brant.
ley, Brlce, Browning, Cloy, DeVore,
Earhardt, Eptirg, e. J. Ethcre6ge,
L. B. Etheredge, Foster, Fraser
Ffcst, CASTOR, Cause, J. P. Gibson
Gray, w. Med. Green, Gyles, Hall,
Harrison, Harley, Hemphill, D. o.
Herbert, Higgins, keenan,, Kirby
LaFitte, Laney. Lawson, McCants,
Massey, Laban Mluldin, Otis, Par.
ker, Patterson, Fittman, Pollock.
Oston, Raves, Sanders, Saye, Sell.
rs, Sinkler, Spivcy, Strong, Taylor,
foole, Turner, Werner, Wimberly
Total, So.
After the house had decided to kill
the bill 1t accepted Mr.. Hemphill's
amendment, which modified the ef.
fect Of the bill very much. The orig
inal bill In section provided that
$50, 900 should be given to Winthrop.
ks amended at the suggestion OF the
committee, this definite amount was
changed to 40 per cent. Subsequent.
j. the entire section was knocked out
q nd tile following was inserted In lieu
thereof:
Section 3. That from and after
the approval of this act the treasurer
Of this State shall first pay from the
find arising from the privilege tax on
fertilizers sixteen Thousand six hun
cred and seventy-one and Ga 100
(I6, ,671.6D dollars On the order of
the board Of trustees Of Clemson Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College of
South Carolina, and sh;,rsir,,sf5 sh;T, Nh, f-5-v' f,5v
annual y upon - der Of said board
Q! trusCeeSSSSa6 or said fund the sum
CT slxis5ySs>fve xi5Ss>fve Thousand (s65. 900 oOO)
st''sSSnfars, and shall pay out annually
any balance remaining In his hands
en- The order of the ard OF trustees
oi Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College Of South Carolina"
On motion or Mr.. Price this was
further amended so that the SG5 900
for operating expenses was increased
to S75, coo.
The bill was taken up first thing
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business. The motion made by MIR.
Lyon Monday was to strike OUT the
enacting words.
Nlr. Lyon explained his opposition
to thc privilege tax being divided In
the ratio OF = to between Clemson
anc. Winthrop. & He showed that the
pri 7ilege tax collected in January,
1904, was $35, 900 and but SIG 900 ia
January, 1905. II 40 per cent. OF
this be paid to Winthrop, Clemson
would get but $4,000 this month. Fur
thermore. the constitutionality Of the
whole tax would be jeopardizad by
this diversion.
DIr. Laban Mauloid favored the bill.
lie Is farmer and helps to pay the
tax, but Winthrop Is also a farmers'
college and the farmers will agree to
give Winthrop part OF that privilege
tax. Ii 1t hurts Clemson financially,
the money can be returned By appro.
priation next year.
MIR. Werner declared this to be all
old hobby OF his to place some limit on
Clemson's expenditures and Clemson
is IN his county. He arg gued In favor
or the bill Even If the privilege tax
be decreased this year, there viii be
no s42, 900 buildidg to pay for. He de.
clarcd that prudence, economy and
toll should be taught, and not ex.
travagance. He had always taken this
stand, and would continue to do so,
although his personal interests lie
otherwise. He thinks it is a shan for
one college to get unlimited income
and another but mserly $4,000. He
had been opposed 10y Clemson college
in his race because he had always ar
gued thus.
Mr.. Epting Of Lexington declared
that the people OF his county think
there Is fxtravagar &C at Clemson. He
spoke OF the cla ms the common
schools lave on the State and the
claims that other colleges have. Ey.
cry college cries that it Is getting too
little. The people Of his county can't
understand why it Is necessary to
spend $500 on every boy at Clemson.
Mr. Gibson OF Marlboro also spoke