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BARNWELL S. C, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1895.
THE OOLOBED STATE COLLEGE.
DIVORCED
FROM-CLAFMN UHt-
VER8ITY.
The Courentlon Decided to Heperete
Church and Mate—The
lied in the Effort. —-
The oonstitutional iconvention took
up the subject of education, and the
pending question was upon the amend
ment to section 8 offered by Mr#
Derham as follows : “ The General
Assembly in appropriating money for
the institutions of higher education in
this State shall at no time make an
annual appropriation to exceed one-
tenth of the money actually paid to
teachers annually in the free common
scnools of this State from the funds
provided for in this article.”
Mr. Rogers moved to amend by in
serting one-sixth.
Mr. Dreher said bis object was to
limit the amount of the appropriation
Mr. B. R. Tillman - asked why not
leave it to the General Assembly ?
You wanted to leave the whole matter
to the General Assembly last night.
Mr. Derham said hlse object was to
protect the common schools ; to pre
vent the higher institutions from get
ting an undue portion of the taxes."
We wish to make the support of the
colleges dependent on the support of
the public schools.
Mr. Rogers said that be had exerted
himself to secure a most liberal provi
sion for the common schools, which
the committee’s report gives. There
can be no doubt that the higher in
stitutions have created this burning
thirst for education in every hamlet
of the State. AT the very totaute we
are about to provide this we are offered
an amendment that will make them
lose that interest in higher education
which alone is the incentive for secur
ing this education. This iron-clad
rule would give just about enough to
run two colleges, if that many. Ciem-
son alone get* 140,QUO.
Mr. Derham said most of that came
from the national government.
Mr. Rogers : Do you mean then to
blot out ail these institutions except
Clemaon.
Mr. Darham said he did not, but
wanted to protect the common s-.-hools.
Mr. Rogers went on to say that if
money was poured out upon public
schools, and they were run for twelve
months, tneir desire for knowledge
would be quenched unless there was
something higher, and in the end the
public schools would prove a farce.
Mr. W. G. Smith wanted to know
whether one-tenth would not be more
than Georgia gives?
Mr. itogers said he didn't know, but
Georgia get 440,000 a month from ;her
railroad and liquor license, but any
way Georgia conditions are hot South
Carolina conditions, and we must
look at things as we have them. If
we propose to be niggardly with these
institutions tear them down and not
go through the farce of keeping them
up. Sixty-eight thousand dollars can
not make these five institutions what
( iriation be withheld on account of aqy
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this oon-
njustic done to the negro
vemion anti uiu
would do wrong. He was opposed
‘ Kano
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the words 41 negro teacher” because
the first education the negroes got af-
Neicroes ter the War came from the white
- philanthopists of the North, who put
,1, their hands in their pockets to educate
the negro. He wanted a negro schools,
but he wffnted the best men for the
place, good educators, moral, respect
able men, whether they be white 01-
black. He wanted the college divorced
from Claflin University.
Mr. Milter withdrew the word
Southern” from his amendment.
Mr. Reed offered the following as a
substitute for the amendment; ‘‘Pro
vided, That in lieu of Claflin College
there shall be established and main:
tained a normal, Industrial, mechani
cal' and agricultural college for the
higher education of the negro race
having no connection with Claflin Uni-
tbey ought to be. Had one-sixth bepn professors and instructors therein, re
inserted by the committee — £-»K. Wo. „i„„_ •« —'
wanted, he believed the word
versity, whose professors and instruc
tors shall be of the negro race.”
He said the Miller amendment didn't
suit because the negroes would then
get only the advantage of the mechani
cal and agricultural features of Claflin.
He wanted to provide for the normal
and industrial features as well.
Mr. W. D. Evans favored Mr. Reed’s
substitute. He has realized the diffi
culty of the management of those two
institutions. He has seen the property
of the State used for the purpose of
building up the property of this churchy
He has seen brick made by the State*
used to build, up the college building
not owned by the State. The trustees
were in part to blame but things were
so mi&ed up that they did
where they were at, He favored di
vorcing the State’s interest from that
of the sectarian institution. If in es
tablishing this college we make it
strictly agricultural aud mechanical
we will lose the funds from Peabody
and Slater funds amounting to 92,000
and 95,000.
, Mr. Bowman said as to whether
there should be negro teachers alone
or not be knows nothing about that or
what the sentiments of the people are,
but he knew the white and colored
both wanted the State institution
divorced from the church. The State
only elects three professor and the
negroes have a right to see that their
money given them by the State is not
under the control of the Methodist
Episcopal Cburch. The only question
as to the separation is the question of
cost. All that is needed is to erect une
large building.'
Speaking of the-general conduct of
the institution be said by example of
social equality was taught there and
the white people objected as well as
the better class of negroes to that.
Senator U. R. Tillman said that there
was no doubt as to what the convea-
tion wanted to do and intoduced the
following substitute : “ Provided,
That the General Assembly shall, as
soon as practicable, divorce entirely
Claflin College from Claflin University,
and. pro vide fora separate corps of
as he’
‘shall
would be in thin section now.
Mr. Meares read from the report of
the Superintendent of Education,
which showed that 9470,UU0 had been
E id teachers last year, and accord-
J to this amendment there would be
only about 947.000 to be divided be
tween five institutions.
Mr. Austin thought the matter gover
should fie -heft to-the Legislature, and poses,
he moved to lay .on the table, which funds
was agreed to. .
Mr. Miller of Beaufort offered the
following :
“Provided, That Claflin College is
hereby divorced and separated from
the management, control or anv con
nection whatever with Claflin Univer
sity, and tnat professors and instruc
tors of Claflin College be men or women
of the negro race. * -, , ■»
He said that he wished to change
the wording so as to say that Claflin
College should never be, directly or
indirectly, under the control of Claflin
University, and that the teachers and
professors should be Southern men
and women of the colored race.
Senator Tillman : In Florida there
is a great deal of talk about not allow
ing white teachers to teach the colored
people, and I have received letters
from the North asking did we propose
any such thing. Now what sort of
answer can we give when you, a
colored man, advocate such a proposi
tion ?
Mr. Miller said the question applied
to denominational and private institu
tions, but he was arguing for a State
institution.^ He said he simply asked
what the ’white people wanted for
themselves. The negroes of the State
wanted an institution for negroes, of
ficered and managed by negroes.
Florida's matter is a law that strikes
at the root of philanthropy, but
Georgia has given ihe negroes a col
lege and the president and all the pro
fessors are Southern negroes. Under
his amendment every dollar of the
925,000 from the government will go to
his school. Claflin College may be
legallydivorced from Claflin Univer
sity, but it is not morally so separated.
We ask a constitutional guarantee
that the two shall be divorcei
directed in the acts
‘the
appropriating
same: provided, that the General As
sembly shall as soon as practicable Purchasing books for iibra-
dlvorce entirely Claflin College from ry 85 07
Claflin University and provide for a
separate oorps^ of professors^ and 1m
given to men and women of the negro
race, and it shall be the colored nor
mal, agricultural and mechanical col
lege of the State.”
THE SCHOOLS OF THE ST ATE-
annual REPORT OF SUPERIN
TENDENT MAYFIELD.
Purchasing school appara
tus : 3,208 08
Purchasing school house
sites 3,130 65
Building school bouses...^. 11*408 72
School commissioner’s Sal
aries: .* 20,120 33
County treasurer’s commis
sions .7.., * 7,443 64
School Commissioner’s tra
veling expenses 2,376 35
Expenses of County Board
of Examiners 1,41185
Teachers’ institutes 2,351 15
All other expenses: 6,456 16
Fifteen Thousand More Negroes Than
Whites Enrolled id the Hchools—
_ ions and Recommendations
to the Legislature. - ’
Superintendent of Education May-
field has just completed bis annual re
port to the Legislature, Mr. Mayfield
has taken a deep tnler^t tn lhe edu-
there pould be a corps of negro pro-,
feasors obtained to officers such an in
stitution Y
Mr. Miller replied that there were
hundreds of them. Go to the Atlanta
Exposition and see whether they are
not prepared to conduct such an insti
tution. Go in every walk of life and
you find the'negro keeping up with
the progress of the age. It then is a
disgrace to the South to insinuate that
negroes could not fill these positions.
Go to Alabama and see the school pre
sided over by Booker T. Washington—
a school which he hoped Clemaon in
time would equal. .
He did not ask for a negro board of
directors. As to property the State
has 16C acres of land. Five buildings
have been erected ; machinery worth
99,000; a brick machine which can
make all the brick necessary to build
a school which would accommodate
GOO students and he would enter into a
bond to see that the buildings were all
erected in five years.
Mr. Smalls moved to strike out the
words “Southern men and women of
the negro race.” He thought the
State ought to support a colored school.
He did not want any excuse to go to
Washington and ask that the appro-
presentation to be given to men and
woman ot tbe negro race and it shall,
be the colored agricultural and me
chanical college of tbisState.”
Mr. Reed and Mr Miller bAth with
drew their substitutes.
Mr. Tillman's amendment wasadopt-
ed.
Mr. B. R. Tillman moved to insert
on line 6 the words “ by the national
government” after tbe word “ pur-
" He said it HtigptyUpffreffwPgt
are meant and that they shall be
applied just as Congress meant.
Mr. G. D. Tillman said that the
amendment was a little foggy, but, he
would like to put the convention in
possession of a few facts. When the
Hatch and Morrell funds were passed
he voted for them and beard the de
bates. He was struck by Mr. Mitchell’s
attempt to stampede the 'convention
by stating that we might lose the 1’ea-
body fund and tbe national appropria
tion. The i’eabody fund is to be dis
tributed in a few years. Rock Hill
anu Nashville are both striving for it.
He thought it would be prudent to put
Winthrop in tbe constitution, and in
fact, all institutions if the maximum
amount to be appropriated was stated.
Tbe chairman was mistaken in think
ing that the national appropriation
would ever stop. We got that amount
through the selfishness of the original
thirteen States, which had never got
any benefit from public lands for
schools like tbe Western States got.
Michigan University was founded by
the beneficence of the national govern
ment in giving the land.
The old States thought they ought to
have something and these lunds
amounting to 93,000,600 were appro
priated and they won't give it up if
they can help it. The Morrill fund
expenditure has to be passed upon by
the Secretary of Interior, who may
withhold a State appropi iation when
the negroes are not liberal'y provided
for. This donation of 951,000, which
it will be after 1900, will come to us
in perpetuity’,.as long as public lands
are sold to amount to 92,000,0o0. When
the lands give out he believed the
Stages would vote to take it out oftbe
general treasury. That $51,000 ought
to run Ciemson, Claflin and Winthrop.
The money which we got now ought to
Suppdrt theise institutions, which would
leave us nothing but the South Caro
lina College and the Citadel, and the
privilege tax ought to run both of
them. He would like to speak of the
monstrous injustice of giving Ciemson
ail the privilege tax and the govern
ment appropriation, except what goes
to Claflin. If all this money goes to
Ciemson, how many students could go
there and have free tuition, board,
clothes and uniforms? Let Ciemson
revel in wealth and let the other col
leges starve.
Senator Tillman’s amendment went
through, and then the entire section
was adopted in the following words :
“ The General- Assembly may pro
vide for the maintenance of Ciemson
Agricultural College and the Univer
sity of South Carolina as now estab
lished by law, also for the establish-'
ment and maintenance of a normal and
Industrial college for tbe colored race
and may create scholarships therein.
The proceeds realized from the land
scrip given by the act of Congess pass
ed July 2, 1862, for the support of an
agricultural college* and any lands or
funds which have heretofore been or
may hereafter be given or appropriated
for educational purposes by the nation
al government, shall be applied as
cational institutions of the State, and
recommends several improvements
which, if adopted, will prove a great
help to education in South Caro
lina The report in full is a lengthy
one, but the following introduction
will be rqad with interest:
To th» Honorable the Senate and
House of Representatives of South
Carolina:
Gentlemen : I have the honor to sub
mit the twenty-seventh annual report
of tbe department of education. In
view of the fact that the constitu
tional convention is now in session
and may make changes affecting the
educational interest of the State, 1
not'if now deem it inexpedient to make some sug
gestions 1 otherwise would.
There were enrolled in tbe free pub
lic schools of the State for the year
beginning November 1, 1894, and end
ing October 31, 1895, 103,729 white and
119,292 colored pupils, aggregating
223,021.
The enrollment of the colored for
this year exceeds that of the whites by
15,563. Last year it exceeded tbe
whites by 14,414.
ijast year the white enrollment was
106,176, this year 103,729, making a loss
of 2,447 white pupils. ^
Last year the Colored enrollment
was 120,oOO, this year 119,292, maxing
a loss of 1,298 colored pupils.
Last year the total enrollment was
226,766, this year 223,021, making a
total loss of 3,745 pupils.
It should be remembered, however,
that the enrollment last year was in
excess of that for any previous year
by 3,616. This year it has dropped
back, it is, perhaps, but fair to at
tribute tbe loss this year to the extra
demand of parents for the services of
their children on account of the finan
cial stringency of the year.
1 beg to again call your attention to
the fact that undet the special acts
passed by your body for tbe formation
of special school districts you put all
such schools in a large measure from
under tbe control of the State and
county school autnoritles and thereby
render U very difficult for these offi
cers to get Information concerning
these schools. Tbe failure this year
of many of these schools to report to
either the county authorities or to this
office accounts*in part foi tbe falling
off in the enrollment herewith reported
for the year.
Under the rule for ascertaining tbe
average time tbe schools of a county
have been in session during the year
the long term schools, which are in
-thauitius- aud tow as and special -dis
tricts, are placed with the short term
country schools, and the general aver
age for the county doesjnQt do justice
to the long term schodls/vftile it in
dicates to the casual thinker that the
short term schools ran longer than
they really did. It would be well for
these schools to be reported in sepa
rate classes and the law should be
amended for this puVposei
The special schools should "be put
under the school authorities at least
to the extent of accounting for the
public money received and expended
and reporting such other matters as
will enable the school authorities to
make complete reports of tbe condi
tions of the schools of the State.
I am forced again to complain of the
negligence of many of the county school
commissioners and some of the treas
urers in making up and sending in
their annual reports. This is a great
annoyance and hindrance to this office.
Hut few of »be school commissioners
sent jincomplelo reports. Tne incom
plete reports had to be returned for
correction, and in many instances all
the corrections were not made. Three
of the county commissioners have not
yet Veported.. This necessarily has
tnrowu my report behind, and to the
extent of these failures it is incomp
lete. There should be Wome legisla
tion on this subject. If tne school
year began July 1, and closed June 30
of each year, more time would be
given before the meeting of your wdy
in which to perfect the rep^tys ,and
tbe-sch'iol year as it wyuld then be
defined by law would "be in accord
with the bcIroI session as the schools
are now run, and there would be no
lapping of the scDool sessions.. So far
as the money is concerned there could
be no trouble in that respect. We are
now using the taxes of one fiscal year
Orangeburg.... 22,403 03
I’iekens....' 3,637 04
Total 1563,743 66
Tbe total expenditures of each coun
ty for the year was as follows :
Teacher’s All Other
Counties Salaries
Abbeville .......9 18,704 37
Aiken 7. 15,976 84
Expenses.
9 2,016 00
Anderson 16,045 61
Barnwell 12,525 39
Bpaufort ...
Berkeley—
Charleston .
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon ..
Colleton —
7,274 27
13,545 00
60,021 25
10,476 95
7,163 6«
7,117 30
11,381 96
Darlington...... 9,793 46
Edgefield..
Fairfield
Florence..
Georgetown
Greenville
Hampton
Horry
■f h n nr
Lancaster
Laurens
Lexington!
Marion ..........
Marlboro
Newberry
Oconee
15,842-89
10,94J 95
8,33;> 70
3,735 00
20,893 65
6,233 00
4,35*41
ft *>4‘i 72
8.300 79
13,023 89
7,56(5 42
13,010 41
6,196 73
15,150 04
6,844 64
Richland
Spartanburg....
Sumter
Union
Williamsburg...
York
21,154 95
29,136 36
15,996 81
7,244 00
7,4015 70
23,414 (58
£,457 02
2,826 74
2,3(50 39
• 2,045 86
1,618 88
25,803 28
1,645 10
-il,193 96
1.614 86
1,586 81
6,458 00
970 00
1,902 9(5
1,302 14
1,718 43
”236 99
-Jlflt 11
1,073 56
1,990 1(4
1,011 73
2 107 61
2,651 42
1,147 92
1,946 89
2 404 54
‘ 1,412 16
‘ 2,988 46
2,771 52
1,307 <53
3,616 <53
2,435 17
1,094 92
2,127 58
1,166 19
county Bchool-fund to be collected, dis
tributed and expended in such manner
•s the General Assembly by Act shall
declare. I would recommend that all
qualifying and limiting words as to the
manner of levying, uclWting, distrib
uting and expending be omitted from
the constitution, <hr that the Above
general provisions be used. The Gen
eral Assembly would then be at liberty
to pass on the subject and establish
such rules as may lj>e thought best and
to change them from time to time as
the public good may require. The rea
son for having the fund a county
school fund is that by this course none
of the well-equipped splendid schools
of the State, which are the . results of
years of most earnest -effect and pati
ence on the part of those who have
struggled so manfully and so long
against old/customs and great opposi
tion to establish them, would not be in
the slightest degree injured or crippled,
but would on the other hand he helped
in common with all the other schools
Total ..9470,083 67 993,659 99
By dividing the amount spent for
teacher s salaries by the Lumber of
pupils enrolled we have the amount
spent as tuition per pupil enrolled as
follows
Teachers’
'Salaries
No of
Fupils
Abbeville
.. 9 18,704 37
9,183
Aiken.
.... 15,976 84
6,843
Anderson
.... 16,045 61
8,445
7,966
Barnwell
.... 12.525 39
Beaufort
.... 7,274 27
3,416
—1,274
Berkeley
.... 13,540 w
Charleston
... 60,021 25
5,934
Chibs ter
.... 10,476 95
5,940
Chesterfield ...
.... 7,16366
3,298
Clarendon
.... 7,117 50
3,358
Colleton........
.... 11,381 96
6,147
Darlington
.... 9,793 46
5,422
Edgefield
.... 15,842 89
10,615
Fairfield .. ,,
.... 10^4146
6 t 3U8
Florence
.... 8,335 70
5,494
. 3 582
Georgetown....
.... 3,735 00
Greenville.-....
.... 20,883 00
10,180
Hampton
.... 6,233 00
2,870
Horry
.... 4,35441
5,130
Kershaw
.... 8 243 72
3,842
Lancaster 7....
.. 8,300 79
4.876
Laurens
.... 13,023 89
6,077
Lexington.....
.... 7.566 42
5.444
Marion
.... 13,010 41
6,336
Martborrr.: r.T
:TTT~*«,’tPrt 73
3! 819
Newberry
.... 15,150 04
6,182
Oconee.^
6,844 64
4,283
Orangeburg ...
.... 22,403 03
12.014
Fickens
3,637 64
3,968
Richland
.... 21,154 95
6,951
Spartanburg...
.... 29,136 36
14,875
Sumter
.... 15,996 81
8,377
Union 1...
.... 7,244 00
4,724
Williamsburg .
7,406 70
5,058
York
23,414 «8
9,600
Total
....9470,083 67
223,021
this being made necessary by post
poniug several years ago tbe collection
of taxes for one year. ■* s
1 am pleased to report that there
has been a general improvement in
the teachers of the public schools,
which is evidenced by the greater in
terest they take in the work. This of
course must be necessarily gradual.
To 'the school authorities and the
voluntary efforts on the part of the
teachers themselves this improvement
is due.
In many counties summer schools
ana teachers’ institutes were held with
satisfactory • Work on the part of the
instructors and good attendance on the
part of the teachers. This work should
meet with your approval and encour-
agfement. r
EXPENDITURES.
According to the reports of the coun
ty school commissioners to this office
the expenditures for tbe fiscal year for
all public school purposes wete as
follows:
Teachers’ salaries 9470,083 67
3,356 55
21,721 42
1,665 80
The above tables showing the money
spent in each county for teachers'
salaries aud the amount per pupil in
cludes all schools, the ungraded and
the graded. The length of the ses
sions do not depend entirely on the
amount of money spent. There are
many reasons why this is true. The
number of pupils in a county has much
to do with it, but even that does not
wholly regulate the length of the ses
sions. Tiie fact is it is very much
more expensive to run the schools in
some counties than it is iq other coun
ties. It is more expensive to run the
schools of some districts in a county
than it is to rup the schools of other
districts in tinYitiaue county. Those
things are governed and regulated by
local existing necessities and circum
stances, and affect the length of the
sessions. . __
The law has been strictly followed in
expending the public funds and the
expenditures have beqn economically
made.. Notwithstanding taese facts
the school sessions are entirely too
short, aud the people can never become
educated unless longer sessions are
provided. Tbe sessions in the cities,
towns and special districts levying a
special tax are as a rule long enough,
and these schools are sufficient for the
needs of the people. These schools
. Are secured by supplementing the gen
eral school fund by an extra tax df
from two to five mills levied by tbe
citizens of these rcities, towns and dis
tricts. Fortunately for all such they
are able to bear these heavy taxes.
But tbe great majority of tbe school
districts of most of the counties
of the county by increasing their funds
and leaving their special school funds
undisturbed. By this course the basis
on which these excellent schdols have
been founded would remain untouched
except to give it strength, and there
would be no tearing down of one school
for anatber’s gain, but would broaden
the basis on which to build other good
schools.
On account of the inability of the
K rer school districts to levy a sutti-
it extra tax to make for themselves
good schools as I have already explain-,
ed, I would recommend to the conven
tion, in addition to increasing tbe
county school levy 6ne mill, to provide
for tbe levy and collection of an addl-
tion&l tax of one mill on tbe dollar
on all of tbe taxable property of the
-State as an equalization fund, to be
levied and collected as other State
taxes, and to be expended through the
State Hoard of Education, under such
regulations as the General Assembly
may prescribe, leaving much to tbe
discretion of that board, bringing up
the poorer schools of tbe several coun
ties of the State to a plane now occu
pied by the good and well established
schools. In other words, tear down
none, but build up all and make it pos
sible to bring all up to a given standard.
Such a provision would easily operated
and could be made to produce nhoet sat
isfactory results. Until something of
this kind is done we can never hope to
have the schools of the State upon an
equal footing. The wealthy and well-
to-do counties will gradually improve
their schools while tbe less fortunate
counties continue to fail-to provide suf
ficient schools fuf their people. Tb3
same is true of school districts The
strong counties and the strong districts
will continue to sap the weaker coun
ties and weaker districts by drawing
from them many of their citizens be
cause of their schools. It is childish
and foolish to expect good schools while
the money necessary to run them is
withheld.
Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, Id his
message just sent to the General As
sembly of that State, shows tha.t the
school fund of that State U over 91,-
150,000. Of this $15,000 was net earn
ings of the penitentiary, 9102,000 from
licenaes for the sale of liquors, 9204.-
000 the State’s one-half of the inoomc
from tfie Georgia Railroad, wnile the,,
residue was from other incomes and a
large direct State appropriation of
9600,000.
; If a sufficient equalization fund can
iin Lit Lm a** in jaau stLliaix* iar
i c» 1 ottvi i u w u try in tali j v/wtjr?f tay
than by a direct tax of 1 mill on prop
erty tbe same general good results to
the schaols would follow, and that
course should be taken. Georgia gives
the profits of tbe penitentiary ana the
income of the sale of liquors to bet
schools. Why should South (.’-atoliaa
not do likewise?
No one acquainted with'lhe wants ot
the people can for a moment question
the fact that tbe people want and are
expecting their schools to be improved,
aud are willing to pay an extra tax for
this-^puspose. All experience proves
that where they are able they never
hesitate to vote an exti-a tax for school
purposes. In proof of this statement
I beg to call your attention to tbe fol
lowing list levying the special tax :
Winnsboro 2 mills, Chester 2, Ker
shaw 3, Montice!lo2, Union 3, Johnston
2, Columbia 2, Ridge Spring 3, Varn-
ville 2, Leesviile 2, Sandy River 2,
Blackstock 2, Orangeburg 3, Waiter-
boro 2, Ridgeway 2, Little River 2,
Florence 2, TimmonsviUe 2, Marlon 24,
Spartanburg 2, MartinS, Blacksburg^.
Laurens 4. Seneca 5, Cberaw 3, Broad
River 3, Continental 3, Darlington 5,
Holley 3. Rutherford 3, Williston 24,
Bishopville l. Blackvilie 3, Camden 3
Edgmoor 4, Elko 5, Lancaster 5. Ora 3,
Beulah 5, Salem 3. Princeton 3, Wheet-
and 3, Denmark 3.
These are not half of tbe districts
levying tbe special tax, but they are
enough to prove tbe truth of the prop
oeitioo that where tbe people are able
they are providing- themselves with
good schools by levying an extra tax.
Then why not help out tne poorer dis
tricts that are not able to'levyiton
themselves?
The report from the State colleges,
incorporated in the body of this report,
to which reference is made, shows them
to be in good condition.- !
The Ceidar Springs Institute for the
education of the . deaf and dumb and
blind has done a most excellent work
during tbe year and deserves your fos
tering care.
The Taculty has been enlarged and
the course extended without material-
Alfred Baker, of Augusta, trustees of fore ns ti a tarbOr of love. LettlM
survivor* of the different regiments,
battalions and batteries, select their
ablest and most energetic comrade
who will go to work at once and gather
up every obtainable lacideat worthy
of note, pertaining to 1
ter
THE P.
SOLD.
ONLY A MINGLE BIDDER
THERE.
The Houthcrn Railway
the Prime—Who Will Operate
Major Theodore G. Barker,-
and Western Carolina RaiiSray, read
the advertisement of sale from tbe
depot platform in Greenwood at noon
on the 2uth inst., and called for bids
upon tbe Auguste and Knoxville Rail
road, for which be did uoi. get a bid.
He called for offers on the Fort Royal
and Western Carolina, and there was
no response. He then offered tbe
entire property, when Mr. John W.
Hutchinson, Jr., of New York City,
representing Samuel Thomas and
Thomas Ryan, of New York, deposited
the certified check necessary to bid
and offered 92,650,600 for the entire
iroperty and it was knocked down to
ilm.
The Fort Royal and Western Caro
lina Railway was a consolidation of
the Augusta and Knoxville, running
from Auguste to Greenville, the
Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg,
from Greenwood to Spartanburg ; the
Greenville and Laurens, whose ter
minals are indicated in the name, and
the Savannah Valley, running from
McCormick to Andersod, making in
all a mileage of 227 miles.
A special correspondent of tbe Au-
gurte Chroicle gives the following de-
teilaof tbe sale, with some foreoasts
as to the future policy of control:
The sale was made under a joint
foreclosure by Charles H. Fhinizy and
CON FEDERATE
An Important Ctmwlar la
A Con fed ‘
,^e»</niled Confederate V.
of South Carbltna:
Fellow Comrade*: The
■ , ,, OTdorseoient tbe convention of 1
master for the sale of the Fqrt lloyal Confederate Veterans in Coi
Has Scooped
gave the plan suggested and pabllshed
in various papers, for oollcetiag the
facts and date pertaining to fhc his
tory of the South Carolina troops dur
ing tbe war. prompts ms to explain
reason for not wishing to wait for
the Legislature to make an appropria
tion to carry on that work.
To ask the State to appropriate
money to be expended to an enterprise
In which, perhaps, many of its citizens
feel no interest, and less pride, is only
giving ground for obstrnctionists and
croakers to oppose It and pour cold
water upon It. I have no doubt (nod f
shudder at the thought) that there are
men ih this State to-day who might he
of some service in this work, who
would rather see the records that
brave men and women bare for
themselves and their State during
that eventful struggle destroyed or
hid forever from mortal sight, rather
than to have them preserved as hie-
tory to be read and revered by loyal
and patriotic generations get unborn.
Tbe men of our S’ate woo la 1961 to
1865 immortalized tbe name ot Lee,
Jackson, Beauregard, Hill L mgstreet,
Stuart, Hampton, Butler,E aa .Gary,
Jenkins and many others, are not
“deadbeats" knocking at the door of
the State treasury, claiming something
that is not due them. The work be-
most of the counties can
not afford to pay an extra tax large Hy increasing the expenses of the insti-
xeacu
Rent of school houses..
Repairs of school bouses....
Furchasing school furniture
Purchasing fuel and Inci
dental ..... /..........!.. 8,018 80
enough to properly support such
schools. In many of tbe poorer dis
tricts it would require an extra tax of
from seven to ten mills to raise a fund
sufficient to properly sustain such
schools. This the people of these dis
tricts could not stand.
The remedy, then, Is for your body
to exercise your right under the pres
ent constitution and increase the levy
for school purposes on-tne property of
the counties. By no other means under
(the present law can the poorer schools
of those poorer districts be substantial
ly improved.
Were it within my piovince to ad
vise the constitutional convention sow
in session I would recommend that the
county levy for school pui poses be
raised from 2' mills as a minimum to
3 mills as a maximum, and declare
ail male persons between 21 and 60
J 'ears-of age who are unable to per-
orm ordinary manual labor taxable
polls. This fund should remain a
tutioa.
Your special attention is directed to
the separate report made to your body
by Superintendent N. F. Walker, as to
tbe condition and needs of this insti
tution. *
Dr. E. S. Joynes spent the past sum
mer in France and Germany and made
observation of normal and industrial
work there, and 1 have the privilege of
incorporating in this report his inter
esting report to Governor Evans on
these subjects.
For full statistical information as to
the general condition and working of
the schools, the expenditure of school
money, the expenditure of tbe appro
priations fot this department, and the
expenditure of tbe Peabody Educa
tlonal fund attention is called to the
tabular statements to be found in the
back of this report.
k of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
W. D Mayeh
the bondholders of the Auguste and
Knoxville and tbe Central Trust Com
pany, of New York, trustees of the F.
R. A W. C. The order for tbe sale
was tiled October 7th, 1895.
First tbe A. A K. was offered as a
part, but there was no bidder. Then
the F. R. A W. C. exclusive of the
F. A K., was offered. After this
the entire system, Including the A. A
K. from Auguste to Greenwood, and
the line from McCormick to Ander
son ; from Laurens to Greenville, and
fro pi Greenwood to Spartanburg.
Under the terms of the sale the upset
price for the entire system was 92,650,-
.000. When Special Master Barker
Called fur a bid un tbe entire system
Mr. Hutchinson stepped forward, and
placing a certified check in tbe mas
ter's hands, made the bid at the upset
price. There war a second and third
call and then tbe road was knocked
down. The occasion of the sals was
made quite « holiday in this place and
there were many people in attendance
on the sale. Among the more promi
nent persons here to-day were Re-
oeiver John B. Cleveland of tbe F. R.
A W. C., Mr. A. A. Lawton, Jr., of
Savannrh, member of the firm of Law-
ton A Cunningham, who represented
the F. EL A W. C., the A. A K. and
the Central Railroad of Georgia; Mr.
Walter G. Ctiarlton, of Savannah, and
William K. Miller, of Auguste, repre
senting Fhinizy and Baker, trustees
of Tbe A. A K. boudholers; Henry B.
Tompkins, of Atlanta, representing
the Central Trust Co., of New York ;
Joseph Ganahi, of Auguste, attorney
for J no. B. Cleveland, receiver; S. J.
Simpson, of Spartanburg, general
counsel (or receiver; General Passen
ger Agent W. J. Craig; Superinten
dent A. W. Anderson, and Mr, William
Method, of the F. R. A W. C.
Just exactly what the sale of the
system nnw-n* for the future
to say. Of course Messn. Thomas and
Ryan are tbe prime movers in tbe re
organization of the Central and it
would seem reasonable to believe that
the future policy of tbe Fort Royal
and Western Carolina will be directed
by tbe Central, of which Mr. H. M-.
Comer will in ail probability be the
president under the permanent or
ganization. On the other hand, since
tbe interests of the Central and the
Southern are so closely allied, it is
rumored that the Fort Royal and
Western Carolina will be controlled
by the latter road, as a part of the
division which now includes tbe old
Charlotte. Columbia and Auguste.
Under alt events thp sale does not
affect the business interests of Augus
ta, for as the road will be operated in
tbe interests of its owners it can of a
certainty not be operated against the
interests of this city. Speaking with
one of the most prominent men in the
railroad business lodsy, 1 asked what
would be the probable future policy of
tbe road, and in wnose inloreals wuuld
it be operated'. With a knowing smile
the gentleman in question assured me
that it would be “ operated in the in
terests of the pocket books “of its
owners.” So there is the whole matter
in a nut shell. = .......;
Some had feared that j{ the South
ern got control of the ro^d it would
shut out the Seaboard AB- Line, which
has of late been doing a good business
by way of this line, but the interstate
commission will, of course, control to
a degree, and there can be no action
unfavorable to Auguste, even if the
Southern wished, which by all means
it does not.
When questioned by me today, Mr.
Hutchinson assured me that he was
not at liberty to make any statement
beyond tbe fact t)iat be represented
Thomas and Ryan, which of coarse
appeared at the sale. Nor would Mr.
A. R. ' Lawton, Jr., talk. In fact
neither of these gentlemen could know
anything of tbe future policy.
The snowing made by Receiver John
B. Cleveland,, since he uas had charge
of the road is a great one and to his
able management is due a great deal
of praise. At one time, and only a
few years ago, the bonds of the An-
gusta and Knoxville could be bought
at 65 and today you can not touch
them under 124. This is a matter of
congratulation at this end of the line,
for a good many of the 9630,000 of the
first mortgage securities are held here.
Theapstem fs now in splenlid condi
tion and the road bed vastly improved.
Tbe road was highly complimented by
Mr. Cecil Gabbett, who this week went
over it on a tour of inspection.
Today’s sale will be reported toJudge
Simonton in the next ten days and will
in all probability be confirmed. Really,
thtresale means in part but a transfer.
The Central is owner of 91,870,00 of
tbe securities and the 9630,000 first
mortgage bonds of the Auguste and
Knoxville is tbe only incumberanee.
note, pertaining to hit oommaod, or
any individual soldier (dead or alive)
connected with it, and let ft be written
down for tbe use of the State historian,
whose duty it will be to put it in book
form. If tbit work is dooe thoroughly
and promptly, the State authorities
ill see at once a bonanza in proeur
the publication of theeo
will willingly pay thota who have la
bored so faithfullv in getting them up.
I verily believe it will realise a
sufficiency from the sale of the book
(sfier paying all expenses incurred in
its publication) a sum sufficient to be
stow a bounty upon even disabled
Confederate soldier In tbe State with
out one cent of expense to the tax peg-
eis.
When the Legislature Is asked to
raise money to procure the publication
of this history, some people will begin ,
to cry : “ It’s n money machine, got
ten u p by the old soldiers and their allies
to deplete the State treasury or lies at
the expense of the taxpayers.”
Gentlemen, tbe men who eased the
State in its darkest days, are sot go
ing to do any such thing; neither do
they intend that thair
write their history for
that.
We have a perfect right to meet ia
convention, with open doors, as we
have done, and recount the deeds aad
recall the memoriae of the pate, with
out being guilty of any disloyalty to
the general government. The war to
over. The flag of the nation to oar
flag. The soldiere - of both nrmiom
North and South, can now moot aad
exchange courtesies, aad in the mote
pleasant and dispassionate msaaar.
•• recount tne iuciuoiimi oi
of the present nod
the future, without dboord or
r ass ment whatever.
Let every old soldier who fought oa
the side of tbe South remember that
his name will soon he forgotten and
bis deeds perish with tbe onae* be
held so dear unless he bestirs himself
to the duty before him. ,
If he is an uneducated maa wto
can’t write, let him call tohisanto-
tence some one who will writ* for him.
In this he will And some moa willing
and ready to give him assistance—then
the noble women of our State. Bo
there Is no reason why a-totefto Inci
dent remembered by an old soldier
should not be incorporated ia the hto-
torv If it is worth preserving at alL
There are plenty of publishing
bouses in our State, and many men
throughout our country that would be
glad to get the publication of these
records, and will pay a heodome roy
alty for that privilege. So let es ba ap
and doing; there is not n mopeat to
lose. No loyal son of South Carolina
can distrust nis mother State, aad ha
may rest assured that if he does hto
duty faithfully he will reoompease
himself for it. A history goth a up to
maintain the truth is of Inealcahly
more value than one made mainly for
the money, tbe State might agree to
pay for it. Let ui work to the hearts
of the people rather than their peek-
ets for a true hlstoty. Hoping all
papers friendly to our coarse will
copy this letter, .
I am your fraternally,
James L. Strain,
Adjt. Camp GiTas, U. a ▼.
Union, S.
Mayfield,
State Supt. of Education.
—Fut not your trust in money; but
put your money In trust.
A Prominent Minister.
Rev. T. R. Kendall, pastor Green M.
-E. Church,- Atlanta, On., sage; * 4 I
take pleasure in testifying to the great
virtue of King’s Royal Germetuer in
relieving night sweats resulting from
the debilitating Influence of malaria.
Ia a severe ordeal through which my
family passed from this oppressive
affliction, I found Germetuer to be an
immediate specific. Have also found
it a speedy tonic to the digestion, aad
a most grateful and refreshing remedy
in the bested season ’when suffering
from relaxation aad general debility.
—It is said that a Mala shoe mann-
facturer being asked to assist in pro
viding bread for the suffering poor,
said that, be would contribute to the
extent of 100 aaoks of flour aad 10#
bushels of meal to each man who
might be found . in Porthuid who
neither kept a dog, draak rum or used
tobacco, who was in need of btead—
and that person has not yet
to claim his gift.
—Tbe brimstone mines of -
County. La., are being developed flg a.
syndicate. One hundred tons of 1
•tone are being raised each day
surface through quicksand,
time the product of the mil
great enough to supply II
Stolen.
£.•52: