The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-04
:: r.-Di: that The total ap-
ptvi" viii aggregate ii ,GUU,-
W".. = should it will take Il

Will Jc al Increase Of one and one
, t"lf nj :, in the present levy. Tie
appropriations last year amounted to
81 ,432 2,37l.D, exclusive Of the lcYiS-
lativc appropriation which was So,
600 and the report Of the comptrol!c.
general shows deficit Of $GS,DjJ
or course it is impossible to say what
will be the Disposition Of the ho,,sa
and the senate us to extraordinary
appropriations and some Of us who
have opposed the large Increases of
the ways and means committee have
always rou:ld ourselves in very
HOPELESS minority. the situation,
however, may be different when the
facts are presented to the house and
senate. Judging by the action Of last
year, hnWrNrr, =" "uull be forced TO
the conclusion that he amounts il the
appropriation bill ana to be request
cd will be- granted. As evidence Of
that fact il might be mentioned that
the appropriation bill last year w;ls
%l6U.00D. above H., one the year be-
fore. II included an appropriation
Of %50O0O for high schools which
WAS authorized by an act Of ihr leg
| iSlai,ur at the same session, as was
an increase in pensions Of $4,000.
| Another item was - 800. one pay
| by act nf the legislature ur 1906. an
other OF $4,000 for Improvement to
| the State house grounds authorized
by an act Of the legislature Of 1907
and another was $4,000, first pay
mcmi ON lhr practice school at Win
tIrnp college, authorized by act Of
the legislature Of 1907. There was
also IN increase in The amount for
maintenance at Winthrop and at the
S"ulh Carolina University and this
year The increase at Winthrop college
Tor "rimarN expenses md improve
meats ;moumtS to- $500.
This being election year ncccSSi-
iairS I'M increase for election en-
prnsIS Of about $4,000 and for pay
Of supervisors ct registration %G.ljO.
/ There is also IN increase necessary
Tins year in runnin" expenses Of
the State Hospital for the InSar" and
for additional building "r -" 900.
When The members are brought
face I" face with the fact Of the
.ai"r amounts necessary. in ordrr 10
Dt,r H., ,In l.. .,i
ti"n, it may be tnat some Of the en-
| tra"rdmary expresses asked for ut this
session will not bs granted. SO far
as we are concerned we believe that
Winthrop college could 90 without Il
new d"rmitnry ANA that the Citadel
could 20 for Il while without the im-
provrmrntS at the police station and
that the South Carolina University
could do without tnr new building.
! or course all of these are needed but
many OF the fax payers of the State
need Il great many things which they
: Ilav" To do without because they have
moi the means with which to secure
! IN ami with the appropriations
running up aS they do. The members
! should govern themselves in $prnd-
IN The people : money something af-
ter the manner in which they would
! us" il If they were spending their
own. and whca thy ralizc these ad-
Iiilnnal expenditures will nrcrSSitate
material increase in fine tax levy
they may hesitate.
II IS Il little remarkable that en-
,prnSr$ Should increase in even greater
| proportion than the Increase in taxa
! bic values, in fact The deficit last
year would have been considerably
more but for the fact that the laXa-
bic property Of the railroads WAS in
I creased something over fl 600 900
! nnd the general Ad valorcm increase
! OF other property was about %G.000.-
! 600. In 1897 the total receipts Of
! the State government were $S70,-
! 30Hr.G1 and there WAS an excess of
revenue over expenditures of *10l,-
009.S4: in 1907. inchdin" the fran
chise tax and insurance licnsc tax the
total rercip ipts were 1892. .l92.03 and
the total expenditures were 81 ,4GO,-
2o3.l5. leaving deficit of $GS, l03. II,
so II will be seen that as the income
! increased and taxable values increaS-
cd expenditures increase in greater
proportion and in fact almost double
IN ten years.