The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-23
MORE MONEY NEEDED
And Gov. Rnsel Wants to Raise
The Tax Levy.
His First annual Message Will Deal
Largely With the Problem Of Taxa
ton and the Needs Of the Schools.

Largely With the Problem of Taxa.
ton and the Needs Of the Schools.
A dispatch from Columbia to The
Florence Times says in his annual
message to the legislature Governor
A2sel will recommend that the state
tax levy be increased, but just to
what figure he has not himself yet
| decided. He has been considering
the advisabiliJy Of recommending an
increase of two mills for three con-
secuetiye years. being anxious to
yank the state out Of its disastrous
floating debt policy and place it upon
firm cash basis to remain, but the
would never do anything
of the kind with al election coming
upon them next summer, and so it is
likely that a more moderate increase
will be recommended, say something
like half mill.
The present levy is four and a
half mills, having been decreased half
a mill by the present legislature and
a half mill by the preceding legis-
lature In 1905 the levy was placed
at 5 1-2 mills upon the recommends
ton OF Governor Hayward, also for
the purpose of placing the state on a
cash basis. Afterwards the legisla
ture banking on an increase in tax
values reduced the levy, although it
increased the appropriations each
year.
The reports of county auditors are
coming in rapidly now, and the comp
sroller generals Office will in few
weeks be in position to say what
the total tax values for 1907 will be.
Nearly every county so far show
decided increase over the previous
year, due principally to the increase
in railroad assessments. Some OF
the counties show increases Of over
a million dollars, while many show
additions of half million or more.
It is estimated that the total increase
will be about S20,000,000. The rail-
roads alone have been increased over
$4,000, 900.
The states total assessment for
1o06 was s94o.534. 532, the increase
being due to the Quadrennial assess
ment of real estate. The 1902 as
sessment will therefore be about
100000. Hall mill addition
al levy on this would yield S134,500
and the FIVE mills on the twenty mil
lion dollars increase would bring IN
another 100000 bringing up the to-
tai income for next year s234,e9o
above that for the present year. This
would about cure the floating debt
evil, provided the appropriations are
not Increased. The state treasurer
has already borrowed s35O,O0o this
wear for current expenses, IN spite OF
the big increase in tax values -1of
1905.
1t seems practically certain that
the appropriations of the ming reg
is,ature will reach high water marx
in spite of the warning Of next sum
mer's elections. A strong fight, leaa
hv Governor hnsel himself, will he
made to have the salaries of all stat'
officers raised, aad an equally deter
mined effort Will be made to have the
lsnpreme court and circuit cour'
, Judges, salaries raised and each cour'
stenographer provided with an as
.;stant Which will mean an addl'
,ional appropriation of about So
900 to $4,000. 50,
! Winthrop College will ask for SOW
400 for new dormitory. the elec
lions will cost $4,000 extra tn'
| state board of health will ask 1or th'
| establishment Of $4,000 tuoefculo
is hospital for the state hospieal 10
.ba insane. the reformatory at tlor
,nco wants sabout $500 to gets II
rors properly started, the new hls'
school system will need about s9e'
: ooo and the militial will ask 10
.hon1 $4,000 10 enable it TO $
aouip itself as to be able to pass IN
reouirements of the Dick law