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g^Rollege, but why or wherefore is a
Br matter for your own speculation.
| President Craighead comments upon
W the fact that one-half of bis students
-? ? ? /^AY\nwfmon+ onH
rare 111 me prep&'-?i.uijr utpai .,uivu,?u?
assigns as his reasons that boys can
not obtain at home a good preparatory
education. If this cannot be done,
each county or each congressional district
should have at least one school
where boys and girls could be fitted
for college at a cost not exceeding that
at Clemson. The facts will not bear
out the president in this, for there is
not a county in the State that has not a
high school that could not prepare
boys to enter the junior class at Clemson
and upon terms equally as reasonable
as that afforded at the college.
' ' -'a:. fnnt
Tne Dest evidence 01 uu* is iuc n?/>
that the South Carolina college has a
higher standard than Clemson with no
fitting school and its enrollment of
students equals Clemson should be
abolished instead of coming in competition
with the high schools of the
State. The State supports the free
common schools, and there is no reason
why the people should be taxed to
support a high schjol at this college.
Make the college what it ought to be
?a high institution of learning?and
do not fill it up with boys anxious to
don a uniform and be placed upon a
footing with college students, and I
believe the college will be more prosperous.
The buildings and equipment
of this institution are the equal of any
in the south and the State has spared
no expense in making it a success.
In fact, it has been the idol of the Re*
A 1 '1- - u
lorm movement ana iue (jku^ic uavo
dealt with it with a lavish hand and if
there is any failure to fullfill the expectations
of the people, the blame
must rest where it belongs?upon the
shoulders of those charged with its
management. The income of the college
for the past year is as follows:
the past year was $94,924.55, made up
as follows:
Privilege tax........ $51,273.37
Land scrip fund.. 5,754.00
Olemson bequest 3,512 3(5
Balance on hand 4,291.78
Morrill fund 10,821.04
Hatch U. S. appropriation... 15,000 00
Convict labor value......... 4,272.00
Total $94,924.55
No account is given of the value of
products from the farms and dairies
and no account given for tuition fees
from students. It is unfair to the
other institutions of the State to compel
students to pay tuition and make
no effot to enforce the same rule at
this institution. Something is wrong
somewhere, as with all these advantages
the enrollment of students is
growing less every year. .The whys
and wherefores you must discover.
OTHER MATTERS. *
The total taxable property in the
State is shown to be $170,755,474?an
increase, in one year, of $1,306,533,
The total tax for the past year has
t9. 317 ftftQ 4ft
The phosphate royalty has decreased
from $87,220.13 in 1895 to $60,853.76
j in 1896?a loss of $26,346.37.
The income of all the railroads in
the State was $8,303,487.57?an increase
of $667,925.89. There is only
one railroad now in the hands of a receiver.
The State Hospital for the Insane is
in first-class condition. The cost of
maintenance has been reduced from
$131.05 per patient in 1890 to $107.80
in 1896. The appropriation asked for
this year is $116,350.
The county chain gangs have work
ed satisfactorily. The Governor recommends
that the law be changed so
I . that convicts whose terms do not exceed
ten years may work in the chaiagangs.
The present limit is two years.
The State militia is in excellent condition
and the Governor recommends
its continued support.
The penitentiary is reported to be
4lin a healthy ana sound condition."
The disbursements for the year have
been $83,318.70, for everything, and
the receipts, from every source, $62,125.17?deficit
$22,191.53. This is
covered by cotton and provisions on
hand. The Governor "is satisfied
that the institution is in a better condition
than it has ever been."
The public schools and the colleges
also make a better showing than e\rer
before. In 1890 the total enrollment
in the schools was 201,260?89,372
whites and 111,888 colored. In 18?6
it was 232,337?109,159 whites and
128,178 colored. The length of the
school term has been gradually increased
and it is confidently believed
that it will this year reach six months,
the minimum set in the Constitution.
The South Carolina College has 161
students?157 being from 29 counties
in this State, the rest from othei States.
The Governor recommends the usual
appropriations.
The total enrollment at the Citadel
Academy has been 127, against 146
the year previous. The appropriation
desired is $20,000 for the support o! 08
beneficiaries and $3,000 for equipment
and repairs. The Governor commends
the institution to the "tender care and
? consideration" of the general assembly.
The institution for the deaf and
dumb and the blind is in excellent
shape. The money needed there is
$19,000 for support, $900 for repairs,
$8,000 fcr buildings for colored pupils
and $4,620 for electric lights and laundry
plant?total $32,520.
At Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College there are 335 college students,
with 72 children in the practice
school. Eight hundred young women
applied for admission last summer.
A new dormitory is needed, to
cost $30,000. The trustees ask for
$59,716?$30,103 for maintenance and
$29,613 for the dormitory. The col_
lege has proven a great success.
The colored Normal and Industrial
College at Orangeburg is doin<: excellent
work. There were 960 students
enrolled in October, though the accommodations
can comfortably take
only about 600. Other buildings are
necessary.
The law as to the formation of new
counties needs amendment, and the
Governor commends the subject to the
attention of the Legislature.
i CONCLUSiON.
I The new year finds our State and
| her people and her institutions in a
prosperous and happy condition, and
I cannot help but feel a just pride in
the showing made for the past two
years."Our farmers have been blessed
with aDundant crops of all kinds; our
industries nave nearly doubled and
have paid handsome dividends to investors;
our credit at home and abroad
ranks with that of much richer States;
our people are becoming more economical
and adding materially to our
wealth and comforts. We have no
riots or uprisings of a serious nature,
and education, Christianity, temper
ance and devotion to religious principles
characterize our citizenship. In
conclusion, permit me to say that I
have endeavored to present to you the
condition of the State and the several'
departments without any high sounding
praise of officials or attempt to
conceal ihe true status of affairs.
Facts are stubborn things sometimes,
but you are entitled to have facts, and
not opinions. As chief executive, I
have endeavored to be charitable in
dealing with some phases of humanity,
and possibly I have been too much so.
I have the satisfaction of knowing,
however, that the interests of the
State have not suffered. In surrendering
ray commission to the peoDle
who gave it to me, I do sd with the
consciousness of having done my duty
as best I saw it. The burdens resting
upon the chief executive are by no
means light, and his path is by no
moans an pmv nnfl. Make enemies he
must, and friends are sometimes enemies
in disguise. There are some
whom I am proud to call my enimies;
there are none whom I fear to meet.
To my political enemies, let me say
that Icherisn no malice towards those
who have fought me fairly, and in the
mutations of politics we may yet be
friends fighting side by side against
those whose hands I have stayed from
the public till. L9t me thank those
of my colleagues who have rendered
me much valuable assistance in conducting
the affairs of the State, and
without whose advice I could hardly
VIOTTO ciirv?AArlnr?
I invoke the blessings of God upon
you and your jeliberations, and wish
my successor a happy and prosperous
administration.
John Gary Evans,
Governor.
Hicks Trying to Explain.
The St. Louis Republican says
Weather Prophet Irl R. Hicks is being
kept in a cold state of perspiration
trying to explain how it was that his
predictions of one of the most severe
Decembers ever known fell so
utterly short of the mark. The
public was promised all the oldfashioned
blizzards it wanted anil
more, between the 12th and 30th of
the month. The evil inlluences of
Mars was to be added to other influences
producing a commotion in the
atmosphere that would be felt to a
tremendous extent. But the bliz
zards did not come. Old Mars' evil
influence did not commote the earth
worth a cent. Instead there came a
season of mild temperature and citizens
who laid in arctic shoes, overcoats
and other healthy apparel have
been pouring maledictions upon Mr.
Hicks' cranium, while they wiped the
perspiration from their brows. Prof.
Hicks explains his bad shot by intimating
that the forces he relied upon
to produce a good old style Christmas
got waylaid. When they ran across
Mars they not only failed to materialize
into the blizzards down in the pro
gramme, but went otr ceieoraung on
an entirely different plan, actually resolving
themselves into seismic shocks
or earthquakes. It is true these seismics
were not felt anywhere except
in Great Britain and in a few villages
on the eastern coast of America, but
Mr. Hicks considers the excuse a perfectly
valid one. Then, too, he calls
attention to the fact that the high barometer
on the Gulf Coast was alone
a powerful factor in heading off his
blizzards. So tickled is he with (his
latter discovery that he distinctly congratulates
himself on his foresight.
He predicted a month of frosts and
wintry storms, instead of which there
came a spring temperature here and a
seismic shock about 7,777 miles away.
And he thinks that was near enough.
w?"- MaaaanpA/1.
London, Jan. 12.?Dispatches received
at the foreign office this morning,
confirm the previous reports of
the massacre by wild tribesmen, in the
territory of the King of Bsnin, of the
members of the British expedition
which left the coast of Upper Guinea
on January 1, intending to proceed to
Benin in the Niger coast protectorate.
The confirmatory report? say that all
of the whiles comprisedjn the expedition,
together with 243 native carriers,
were killed, and, that only, seven
Kroomen escaped. The expedition
consisted of A.ctin? Consul Genera^
Phillips, Major Copeland Crawford,'
Captain Boisragon, who was the commandant
of the force of the Niger
coast protectorate; Captain Maling,
belonging tp-the same force; Messrs.
Powis and Gordon, civilians, and a
large number of Kroomen and native
carriers.
Unpretentious Inauguration. .
Denver, Col. Jan. 13.?The most
simple and unpretentious inauguration
ceremony in the history of Colorado
marked the inauguration of Governor
Adams at noon today. Mr.
Adams walked over from his residence
to the capital, took the oath of
hfifnre Chief Justice Havt. then
read his address before the assembled
legislators, and, returning to his office
began the duties of his new position.
There was no parade and the total
cost of the celebration was $3.50 for
the printing of tickets of admission to
the capitol building. The governor in
his inaugural demands the most rigid
economy in the conduct of state affairs
.
A Fickle Woman.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 13.?A special
from Yazoo City to the Clarion-Ledger
says a Miss Vaughn, of Greenwood,
and Mr. Russell, of Hollendale were
to have been married today, 150 invitations
having been sent out, one of
which reached Mr. Berry, a former
sweetheart, at the A. and M. college.
He threw aside his books and took the
first train to Greenwood, repairing to
the home of the young lady. IShe
agreed to marry him and he got the
preacher at once. The happy couple
went for their future home at Yazoo
City, leaving Russell dazed. The
parties stand high socially.
Believed In Silver.
Cynthiana, Ky., Jan. 13.?Major
Jacob Crostwaith died at his home at
Connersville yesterday. An ardent
free silver Democrat in* life. Maj.
Crosthwait left a will in which he directed
that the base of this monument
be of silver, on which to be the inscription
: "Free silver at the ratio of
16 to 1." The will will probably be
contested by the relatives of Crosthwait
on the grounds of insanity.
It iH.Sald
That of all the diseases that affect
manland, diseases of the kidneys are
the most dangerous and fatal. If this
be so, how important it is that the
kidneys be kept in a healthy condition.
The use of Hilton's Life for the
Livei' and Kidneys will do this. It is
the "ounce of prevention" in these
'roubles,
THE GIRL'S COLLEGE.
ROCK HILL'S CROWNING GLORY AND
ORNAMENT.
First Annual Report of Preaident 1). It.
Johnson of the Wlnthrop Normal and
Industrial College for Young Womeu.
The Record of a Successful Year.
Rock Hill, Jan. 8.?Some persons
who have not been thrown into a
state of ecstasy at the growth of Rock
Hill have been heard to make remarks
about the impropriety of "blowing
one's own horn." On this point Rock
Hill has clearly defined views: First,
if you have a horn and blow it yourself,
some one will probably hear it;
jf you don't use your breath, however
fine your instrument, it may never be
heard; then it is absolutely necessary
that your horn be heard; lastly, celebrated
performers on musical instruments
are lareelv indifferent to the
feelings of the audience at largo;
their endeavor is to satisfy themselves
and the chosen few whose approval is
valued; in this last respect Rock Hill
differs from the musician; she hopes
to give forth a note that will please
the entire world.
For some years the talk of Reek
Hill was about factories and other
business enterprises. In the last two
years a different note has been heard
in the strain; this last is the song of
jov over Winthrop.
When it was decided that the College
should be located here there was
great joy; a torchlight procession with
bass and kettle drum accompaniment
was needed to show our feelings; when
the time came to deliver sixty thousand
dollars' worth of bonds, and as
yet the College was in the future, the
pleasure was not so pronounced; but
there was never a liincn or aouDt. before
the building was near completion
all doubt was at an end, and from the
day the doors of the institution were
opened all have felt that, for some
years at least, Winthrop College was
the most attractive of all our attractions.
A visit there is a source of inspiration
; the building, with a larger population
than that of many towns, seems
alive with people moving hither and
thither until the visitor ceases to try
to watch all who come and go, and
contines his attention to what is most
interesting to him. It does not make
any difference to what department he
goes he finds it busy; everyone has
something to do and no one is idling.
It is this' incessant work and admirable
order that made possible the results
which have been obtained.
The report of President Johnson on
the work of the last year has been
submitted to the board of trustees and
has been adopted by them and will be
presented to the Legislature. There
are several reasons why it ought to be
a full report. It is the first annual report
of an institution of which much
is expected and for which, according to
our means, much has been done; then,
too, the Legislature soon to meet is to
decide whether additional buildings
are to be built. To enable one to form
a *incf rtninirm nhnut this thfl verv
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fullest report of work and prospects
ought to be submitted and considered
carefully. We will riot attempt any
discussion of this report; it consists almost
entirely of facts which stand for
themselves. We will give extracts
from it that will be of interest to the
public.
"me Wintnrop isoxmai ana muustrial
college at Rock Hill closed its
first session successfully last June,
notwithstanding the difficulties attending
the organization and equipment,
ab initio, of every department
and the classification and instruction
of three hundred and thirty-five College
students, all new, except twentyseven,
who came from the junior
class of the school, as conducted at
Columbia, and seventy two children
in the practice school.
"We kept within all of the financial
estimates as to expenses of students
made in our prospectus before the opening
of the College and also within
the appropriations for the maintenance
of the College made by the
General Assembly, as will be seen
from the financial statement accomsbanying
this report.
"Good board, -including furnished
room, light, heat and washing, was
given for $8.50 a month, and the average
cost of the uniform dress was only
$22.97, when it was estimated that it
would be $30.
"As one result the satisfactory work
of the first session there has been a
most auspicious beginning of the second.
"The attendance ia already greater
than that of the whole of last session
and would have been still larger if
there had been ^dormitory accommodations
for all those making applica
tion lor admission.
"Of tlie 800 who applied for admission
to the College last summer, 403
have been enrolled, but only 2-40 of
them could be accommodated in the
present dormitory. The others are
boarding in town at increased expense
and at much inconvenience to themselves,
and away from the||wholesome
restraint of College discipline, in
great measure. Very many of the
800 who failed to enter college could
and would have attended at the small
cost of living in the dormitory , but
could not meet the greater expense of
boarding in private families, and others
were not permitted to come by
their parents when it was ascertained
that they could not be in the College,
directly under the supervision of the
College authorities.
"Students were admitted to the dormitories
strictly in the order of their
applications, after the State's students,
appointed from each county upon
competitive examination were provided
for, but it required half of the
dormitory space for these State students."
SECOND DORMITORY.
"In our last report to the General
Assembly we called attention to the
pressing need that existed then of
more room to board the great number
of students applying for admission at
that time, but we thought it best to
await developments before recommending
that additional dormitory accommodation
bs provided. Since that
time the pressure for admission to the
College has not only continued, but
has increased, and there is every reason
to believe, from the experience of
similar institutions in sister Southern
States, that it will continue to increase.
Being the only State College for women
in South Carolina, and there being
more women than men in the
State, it is safe and reasonable to estimate
that the legitimate attendance at
this institution in the future, if room
is furnished to accommodate the stu-1
dents, will be equal to the combined
attendance of men, something like 500
or 000, at the three State colleges for
men The fact is a greater percentage
of women than of men attend high
school and colleges, because the.y have
more leisure for it, and then it has
ever been the boast of South Carolinians
that they always have given their
daughters the best advantages for
education and culture obtainable.
Young men are compelled, generally,
to go into business before completing
their education.
"The main building ha3 been built
large enough to furnish sufficient
room for the instruction of 500 or 600
students, but the one dormitory accommodates
only 240.
''With a comparatively small expenditure
for additional dormitory accommodation,
this great plant, established
by the State lor the best, broadest
and fullest education of her womanhood,could
be made doubly effective
and could reach and benefit almost
twice as many girls as at present.
The foundations of another dormitory
of the same size as the one already
built have been laid, and some brick
and a large amount of stone are on the
grounds, left over from the other
buildings. By working convicts, as
upon the other buildings, the new dor
mitory could be built and furnished
complete at a comparatively small
cost?less than $30,000."
ENROLMENT.
"There are 403 students in the College
classes, and of these 86 are in the
practice school.
"The States of South Carolina,
North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and
Virginia and all the counties of South
Corolina are represented in the student
body.
"The number of students, by counties,
is as fallows,
"Abbeville 14, Aiken 6, Anderson
23, Barnwell 13, Beaufort 7, Berkeley
4, Charleston 12, Chester 17, Chesterfield
10. Clarendon 7, Colleton 6,
Darlington 10, Edgefield 12, Fairfield
8, Florence 8, Georgetown 2, Greenville
12, Hampton 7, Horry 2. Kershaw
5, Lancaster 4, Laurens 9, Lexington
9, Marlboro 11, Marion 8, Newberry
10, Oconee 7, Orangeburg 17, Pickens
5, Kicniand iu, as.iuaa z, aunuer j.o,
Spartanbrg 13, Union 7, Williamsburg
6, York 74.
"By States?South Carolina, 393;
North Carolina, 6; Georgia, 2; Florida,
1; Virginia, 1.
"It is interesting to note from the
registration cards, filled in by the
students themselvfis, that, from 306 definite
answers to the question concerning
the occupation of fathers, there
are in the College the daughters of
151 farmers, 38 merchants, 17 physicians,
14 minister?, 4 clerks, 13 lawyers,
14 United State and county officers,
19 railroad, insurance, machine
and other agents, 2 cashiers, 4 mill
manufacturers, 1 mill superintendent,
1 editor, 5 teacners, 4 engineers, a contractors,
1 lumber and turpentine dealer,
4 dentists, 1 surveyor, 5, druggists,
4 mechanics, 1 shoemaker, 1 liveryman.
"From 401 definite answers to the
question, 'Of what church are you a
member?' we find that there are in the
school: 113 Baptists, 122 Presbyterians,
105 Methodists, 39 Episcopalians,
9 Lutherans, 5 A. R. Presbyterians, 4
Catholics, 2 Jews, 1, Universalist, 1
Christian.
"The average age of the students is
18 years and three months.
"This fact alone, indicating maturity
of mind, is assurance of earnestness
on the part of the student bedy
and ol a purpose to make the most ol
the opportunities offered by the College.1'
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.
"The College is open to girls whe
are not less than 15 years of age and
are of sound physical health. A good
knowledge of the ordinary branches
of an English education is required foi
admission.
"The work of the College, which is
a pari, of the public school system of
the State, has been so arranged thai thos
girls who have properly utilized tl.
opportunities offered by the best common
uchools may avail themselves ol
the advantages provided by the Stat!
at thin institution. One year of pre
paratory work has been provided for
the present,"
COURSES OF STUDY.
"The courses of study are arranjje^
in conformity with the purposes of ine
establishment of the College, to secure
to its pupils, besides tho opportunities
of high culture and l\ broad and liberal
education, also training in the science
and art of teaching and in those ps.rctical
studies pertaining to the various
departments of domestic, artistic, or
commercial industry by which women
may be qualified to becume homemakers
orTttead-winners. While emphasizing;
the practical' and useful in
education, it is not the design or intention
to neglect the aesthetic side."
TKACHER TRAINING .
"One of the gratest needs of the
State is more well educated and
thoroughly trained teachers?teacher3
of broad scholarship and culture and
with thorough professional training.
'Asisthe teacher, so is the school.'
If the State maintains public schools
for her children, she must of necessity
see to it that they are properly tjught.
A poor teacher is worse than none.
Teacher training therefor* should receive
special consideration in any
scheme for the education of woman
both for her own sake and for the
common schools of the State. In the
work of this department it is recognized
that nothing can take the place
of generous scholarship in a teacher?
that one cannot teach nhat which she
does not know."
"For observation and practice in
teaching on the part of the studentteachers,
a practice school of eightysix
children, in the first six years of
school life, is conducted in connection
with the college. The board of trustees
of the Rock Hill Graded School
contribute annually to the maintenance
of this department, inasmuch as
children are instructed in it who
would otherwise attend the Graded
School."
COST OF ATTENDANCE.
"It hajj been the aim of the board,
in the organization and management
of the college, to bring the best education
easily within the reach of people
of limited means, and they believe
this has been attained. Board, including
furnished room, light, heat and
washing, is furnisned at eight and a
half dollars a month; $76.50 for the
entire session. With the matriculation
and medical fees and cost of
books, and forty dollars l'or tuition,
added to this cost, the regular expenses
of a session of nine months amount
to only one hundred and thirty-one
and a half dollars. Music, elocution
and art are optional and extra studies,
and a small fee isi charged those who
take either of them.
"Under the Act establishing the b
college pupils unable to pay are ad- e
mitted free of tuition. But free tui- s
tion is given only upon a written a
statement by the parent or guardian I
of inability to pay, certified to as cor* e
rect by the county auditor, except in t
the case of the State's scholarship stu- t
dents and daughters of ministers, p
This rule is rigidly enforced. c
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free tuition student last session was e
$111.42 for the full nine months, and o
if one spends more than this amount "V
it will be for extras, entirely optional,
or ior personal expenses, for which
the college cannot be held responsible, t
We feel that we are justified in claim- s
ing that very few institutions offer as 1
many advantages at so small a cost as 3
Winthrop College." e
uniform dress. t
"The richest girl in our school cannot
be distinguished from the poorest
by her dress. All students, without t
exception, whether regular or special, 1
are required to wear a uniform dress s
to secure economy and to promote t
equality of opportunity." t
scholarships. *
"The scholarships in Winthrop Col- ?
lege were increased in number by the
last General Assembly to 124. Each
county was given as many as it has
Representatives in the House of Rep- ,
resentatives. These scholarships are _
An/tlt (PAA in mAnon ovi/1 /xan f 11.
yvis1l11. cauu aix uiuugjr auu jivu vu
ition, and are awarded upon competitive
examinations held by competent
hoards, appointed for the purpose, in
the court houses of each county on
the same day, the same lists of ques- .
tions be:ng used. This comparative *
examination is open to all girls of the
county who are at least 15 years of ?
age, of sound physical health and in- a
tend to teach
INFIRMARY.
"An infirmary, connected with the \
dormitory by a covered way,has been v,
built since the close of the last session, f
It is modelled after the most approved g
modern hospitals and contains wards, o
physicians' sleeping and consultation a
rooms, nurse's room, drug room, bath f
room, dining room, diet kitchen and i
every other convenience necessary for a
1? v..:u:? a_?:?i
5UUU a uuuuiug. ouctjiai ueuc jiaa uccu
1 taken to secure for it the best kind of
plumbing and to provide the most tf C
fective system of heating and ventila* s
tion. i
"We have secured a skillful, expe- t
rienced female physician to take t
i charge of the infirmary. She resides s
at the college and is constantly on v
hand, day and night, to look after the t
i health of the students. She is also to u
teach physiology and hygiene and s
instruct the students in the care of
their health and thus do more, proba- {
bly, in preventing disease than in. r
i curing it. 1
"With the pure water and fine cli g
mats of Rock Hill, the perfect ventilation
and complete severage of the col- t
lege, and the healthful exercises and s
regular habits of the students, it is not t
expected that there will be much sick- f
ms3, but it is the purposa of the col- a
lege authorities to be thoroughly pre
j i- 1-1 1 t ?l? :
, pareu iu iaa.e uuie ui tacicw wuu majr i
i be sick. s
"The health of the students was t
very good, indeed, last session, apart c
from the measles, which was epidem- c
. ic throusrhout the State." c
FARM AND GARDEN.
' "The college farm of 144 acres, '
within less than a mile of the college, 1
is used to supply vegetables, fruit and
milk, and thas cheapen the cost of J
board to the pupils and add to their
comfort and health. Cattle are fat- (
tened on the farm and good beef is e
lino seniiMul of mnoh loco than mnrlr
et prices. At the farm also hogs are
? being raised and fattened at little or
i no expense upon the refuse from the
1 college kitchen."
"During the last summer a large
' barn was built on the farm and a
herd of cows bought to start a dairy,
i All of the sweet milk used at the college
this session, from forty to fifty
> gallons a day, has been furnished
) from the farm at a cost not exceeding
nine cents a gallon. The college had
to pay fifteen cents a gallon for milk
> last year. All the beef has been furnished,
of the best quality, at a cost
' not exceeding four and a half cents a
pound.
"Much valuable work has been done
1 on the farm during the past year, and
i it has been much improved by terraci
ing, ditching and drain-tiling. An
: orchard of more than eight hundred
trees, early and late varieties, has
i been planted and preparation made
for raising many of the smaller fruits,
i The crop3 were good this year. A
large quantity of oats and 1,200 bush
els of corn were harvested.
"The college grounds have been 0
greatly improved during the year. 0
Walks and drives have been laid out,
gravelled and macadamized and put
in condition to last for years. A neat f
iron and wire fence has been built g
around the grounds, adding much to ^
appearance and security of the prop- r
erty." b
LIBRARY AND READING ROOMS. y
"The library is an invaluable and in- n
dispensable adjunct to the College. v
It now contains over eighteen hun- ?
dred columns of well selected books, *
dictionaries, reference books, works on u
education and standard works on art, 0
science and literature. Many valumes o
were added to it during the past session
with the appropriation of $1,700 c
for this purpose from the Legislature, v
and it is the intention to add to it P
every year." "
LECTURES AND CONCERTS.
"The College management provides 9
good lectures, concerts and other en- *
tertainments for the students on suit- a
able occasions during the session. p
The large and well appointed audito- 15
rium of the College is well adopted to a
this purpose. It is believed that in c
this way students may get needed rec- c
reation and much profit, and may enjoy
advantages for general culture
unsurpassed at any institution*"
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION.
"A large and active Alumnae Asso- ?
ciation of the graduates of the Win- a
throp College, at Columbia transfers
its allegiance to the enlarged institu- jj
lion at Rock Hill. It has been, and ^
continues to be, most helpful in ad- ^
vancing the interests of the institu- tion.
An interesting meeting of this j
association was held at the College ^
during commencement week and its ^
membership was increased by the g
twenty-two graduates of 189G, making ?
in all two hundred and eighteen alum- ?
nae, earnest, devoted women, trained a
teachers, most of whom are teaching ^
in this State and by their work and ^
example elevating the tone and standard
of the common schools."
RELIGIOUS LIFE. f
"The religious life of the institution i:
is carefully guarded. Attendance up- i
en their own churches or the church- s
(s to which their parents or guardians
elong is required of the students evry
Sunday morning except in case of
ickness or other good excuse. They
re accompanied by members of the
acuity belonging to the same churchs.
By arrangement with the Miniserial
Union of Rock Hill the minisers
of the different denominations 0
1*1 wannlow Awrlow ln tVlQ HAIIAIVA ETI
'1 (JOV/U 1U IV^UKHA WlUVi *U HUV *1 t
hapel on Sunday nights. Preaching k
s thus provided' for every Sunday <3.
light in the month. Attendance upn
Sunday-school is encouraged."
rOUNG WOMEN'S CHR18TIAN ASSOCIATION.
"This association was organized in
lis College last session. It exerts a
trong influence upon its religious ~
ife. There are nearly one hundred ?
roung women belonging to it, bandd
together for Christian work and
Dutual help ill Christian living.
DISCIPLINE.
"There has been no friction or trou?Ie
in the discipline of the school. 1
Che whole government is conceived -
ind executed with a view of making
he College a pleasant, busy and,
herefore, happy and well- rdered
tome. Its object is to develop self:ontrol,
high character and a desire
0 do the right.
"Self-government is fostered as far .
,s possible. (
"A fine spirit of earnestness and
oyaity pervades me siuaeni oouy,
md the girls, as a rule, are pain9takng
and conscientious in the performance
of all their duties."
faculty.
"The board have spared no pains in
ecuring for the College the best
eachers obtainable?men and women
if high Christian character and purtose
and of the best professional trainDg,
and they are working together
ibiy and harmoniously for the comaon
good.
"To meet the needs of the enlarged
?ork of the present session of the fac
ilty was increased by the addition of
our inctructors to teach modern lan- ?
;uages, reading and elocution, physiilogy
and hygiene and mathematics yy
,na English. There are now twentyive
teachers in all in the institution,
lot including the postgraduates, who Si
,re doing some work as tutorj." B
christmas nOLTDAY. <j
"There was but one day holiday for
Christmas given by the College this
ession and the experiment seems to li
lave been a success. This arrange li
nent was made to save the parents exra
railroad fare, and to prevent the
erious demoralization of the College 11
7ork, always consequent upon the &
ireakingup of school within three D
aonths after the opening of the sesion.
"It is the common experience that
>rotracted holidays are a serious interuption
to school work when students
ive some distance from College and
ro home to spend the time. 11
"As a result students almost inevi- 11
ably lose interest in their studies and
ifter their return to school are often
in fit for school duties for some time 5i
rom the effects of dissipation while 2<
it home. K
"In compensation for the shorten- {
ng of the Christmas holidays the ses- <
ion will close earlier in June, and
he students will thus escape some hot
lays at school so enervating to stu 5(
lents, coming, as they do, at the end
>f a session of hard work.
"We will omit the details in the es- 1(
imate of expenses for the coming '
7ear. The total amount asked is: J
?or current expenses, $80,103; for the Q
r>nmnl#fA in ft verv liar- _
icular and furni3hed ready for use,
sstimated by a careful and experiencid
builder, $29,613. P
"The amount of appropriation
herefore needed to carry out the mod
irate plans of the board and provide a c
warding place for the large number of c
jirls of limited means, who are now g
iebarred the great privileges of the B
College for the lack of the dormitory p
iccommodations, is $59,716. _
"In closing this report the board *
lesires to extend to you a cordial in- *
Station to visit Winthrop College in E
k body, to see for yourselves what
jreat things have been accomplished 0
vith the money appropriated by the
state to make a tardy provision for
he normal, industrial and liberal ed
ication of her daughters, and to con- 31
ider the wisdom and necessity of
completing the plant as originally de
igned, in order that it may answer
he full purpose ol its esiaonsnmeni.
"In conformity with the borad and &
[enerous scope of the College as out
ined in the Act creating it, the **>ard
lave planned to build up an mstituion
the equal of any of its kind iD
he country, and they feel sure thai u
heir work will meet with your un[ualified
approval and with that of all .
ther broadminded. patriotic citizens
if the State."
A Convenient Invention.
An Orangeburg farmer comes to the
ront with a new invention in the
liape of a Lubricator for oiling vetide
wheels without taking them off
be axle. It is inserted in the hub
etween two of the spokes. When
ou want to grease your wheel all you
lave to do is to withdraw a plunger,
rhich operates with a spring, and pul
s much oil as is needed on the axle.
Jpon being released the spring closes
** U/\1a nwii'l if ia Annn4fw
,p I Lie Uli UUIO UUUl lb 10 iVJ
iling up again. It is a very ingeni
us and clever device, and is bound to
e used generally. With these lubriators
a vehicle can be oiled up anywhere
along the road in less than one
linute. The patent for this valuable
nvention is owned by the National
iubricator Company of Orangeburg,
?. C. Mr. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and
'roprietor of the Orangeburg Times
ncf Democrat, is the manager of the
ompany, which is a guarantee that it
sail right. The com puny wants an
gent in this county to at 11 the Lubriators.
See advertisement iii another
olumn.
I'lauoit by the Mile.
See Ludden and Bates' new :<dverisment
of one thousand MaiLushek Z
ianos. Suppose them all loaded on <
d wagons in one grand procession,
llow 15 feet for each and
sam and the line wouIJ De nearly
hree miles long. That is juit tie
rholesale way this great southern .
ouse does business. Having acquired S
n interest in the noted Mathushek k
'iano factory, they are now supply'
ag purchasers direct and saving all
atermediate profits I'nis means a
aving of from $50 i> MOO on each
iano, and the securing of one of the
Idest and most reliable instrn -nents at
remarkably low figure. !'? nr write |
hem at Savannah, &a., or iM Fifth J
Lve., New York City.
A sporting man in New York died
rom blood poisoning caus? d ov count
ng bank bills. lie put his ti:iger to 1
lis lips for moisture instead of Uaing a
ponge. Dirty bills are dangerous
vhen manipulated in that fashion.
; J|j|
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The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey,
plum, Morphine and Tobacco Habits,
or further Information address The
eeley Institute, or Drawer 27, (Jolumbla,
C.
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OPPORTUNITY !
doesn't
always mean a c&anoe
to get work. Ifa a business
opportunity to have a chance to i
save money on the necessities '
of life. You can find a chance
like that at onr store.
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re are uuw oiiering
fELCH & BASON'S PERFECTION
FLOUR
iperfine Quality at 60 barrel
est Patent Floor at 4.25 barrel
bolce Family Flour at............ 4.00 barrel
BEST GRANULATED SUGAR
1100 pound sacks at ..?5c pound ^
l smaller quantities at....M....M6^o pound .' .'$%$
GOOD GRANULATED SUGAR ;|||
l 224 pound sacks at 4%c pound
i 100 sacks at *~4%e pound
l smalller quantities at M.0o pound
RICE
At 40, 50, 64, 70 and 80 cents a peck.
GOOD TOMATOES .
12 pound cans at ...6c a can...60c a dozen
13 pound cans at ...6c a can...72c a dozen
PURE LARD-BEST QUALITY.
D pound cans per can 93.00
) pound cans per can - * ?
) pound cans per can 76
5 pound cans per can...... 40 ^
J pound cans per can....M..7.M38
COMPOUND T.ARD.
) pound cans percan,...M....M....M |2.75
) pound cans per can.. 1.15
) pound cans per can....* 70'
5 pound cans per can...... 30
3 pound cans per can...... ...... 25'
iood Bio Coffee 18c pound ^
eat Bio Coffee ....................20c pound Higher
grade Coffees at very reasonable
rices.
11VOO.
CANNED MKATd CHSAF.
lorned Beef 1 pound cans III! . # 10c
lorned Beef 2 pound cans ..2?C:
>oa8i ueei 1 pound cans ...... ...iuo:
;oast Beef 2 pound cans ?18?
otted Ham, small cans, 5c c in, 50c doxea
'otted Ham, lar ?e cans, 10c can, |1.00 doz?
'otted Tongue, small, 5c can, 60c dozem
Iried Beef, Armour's, 1 pound, 18o can,,
|2.oo dozen.
tied Beef, Armour's, % pound, 10c caov Wm
91.20 dozen.
Teas at 25* 50, 75 and f L00 pound, firry
style and variety.
We make It to your adrantag; to boy
dut Groceries of us* Try us.
Qet a copy of our Prices List, it to ?
andy and newsy little book..
WELCH & EASON,
UNIVERSAL PROVIDER*.
15 and 187 Meeting and 117 Market Sts.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
"MATHUSHEK"-The Piano for a Lifetime.
IVw
PIANOS
^ When other
LUDDEN 4. BATES, interested In
t his Factory, now oiler this great stock
at Sol) to ?1W) less than former prices. No
strictly lik-h Grade I'iano ever Noldsolow.
ONE PROFIT from Factory to Consumer. ;
Greater inducements than ever inslightly
used 1'lanos and Organs?many as i
good us new?sold under guarantee.
Latest .styles. Klegant Cases. Also
New STEiNWAY Pianos,
Mason & Hamlin Organs.
Writo fur Kaetorv l'rlces and Bargain Lists.
LUDDEN & BATES, SAYANNAH, 6A.
All Sheet Music One-Half Price.
ENGINES,
BOILERS,
SAW MILLS,
x
GRIST MILLS,
AT
FACTORY
PRICES.
2. W. SCREVEN,
COLUMBIA, S. C.