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Education. The achool enrollment in 180? was 

 MM8S.< f a* m i ::.. i.v. vtrc ool red Ph< t- tal 

 shows an increase of 23.846 over thnt <>f the preeed- 

 ing year. The expenditures won- $97.068.0, an 

 increase of $184.48081 1 

 bouses wan built, at a cost of $$2.728.93. 

 standard of eiamina i 



positions has bean raised, and the incrva* -d number 

 ,r 5ml aoldtef UN :..-: .. i : : 



..s J. , S .... i . . . .' .' . .- 1 



There are 4 State colleges for th n <>f 



1 for the colored, and th*- Institution 



< U-af and the I'.liml. with M-jwirate buildings 



. race*. ; N-ges show an eiiroll- 



1.1 r. |.in rs, si bin! 



.: ued at $f>'.' 



aiding and grounds), 5 libraries, 



. 40.500 volumes, valued at $00,750, and 



an average session of i' I months, th.- Institute for 



e*f and the Blind hided in 



figures. The colored college shows an enrollment 

 rs, 10 buildings (buildings 

 and grounds valued at $84,000). and .n 



reports 01 uieee snow an sum 

 1W teachers,** 1 ml 



v .. .- :.> 3fcs:;i;.:,iNii. hir-eand 

 raire session of nine m< 



There are 20 private colleges for whites. Th* 

 report* of these show an enrollment ..f -J.Tii;! pupils, 

 (building and grounds 

 valuable HI varies, and 

 average session of nin*- m.-nth-. 

 There are 8 private colored colleges. The reports 

 of these are not full, but they show an enrollment 

 . .>* bonding* val.e .'1,000, 



and libraries containing 4,300 volumes, vain 

 MAM 



The School for the Deaf and Dumb had an n- 

 mlltnent of 179, with an average att* -mlam * of 142. 

 The cost of support, which includes all running ex- 

 ,.-*:.. o;;. 



Til* tUry. The number <>f convicts at 



9ft during the year. Tin- institution has not only 

 been self-supporting, but has paid $9,649 on one of 

 the farms, and turned $10,000 into the State treas- 

 ury. The report say* the sanitary condition of the 

 ing is bad. During the vear 20 have died ; the 

 death rate, it i explained, is increased yearly from 

 disabled and sick prisoners sent to the institution 

 from the county chain gangs, some of whom live 

 onlv a few days. 



The Hospital for the Insane. The receipts of 

 year were $106,066.39, of 



which $100.000 was from the : :! 



were $102.290.49. The whole number 



under treatment during the year w;t d the 



dailj average 875 ; the numfx-r .,f d.-ath- wa- 

 A new building for colored mm. for whi< h the 

 Lagblatura appropriated $7.500, is in process of 



A fire occurred, June 2, destroying the laundry, 



cplanl,' > .p'""l'milK"ndin; 



the boilers and engin. . Th- 

 built >:h insurance money. 



Militia. There are five regiments of infantry, 

 three of cavalry, th- Fourth IJattalic.n. and some 



...: - 



A court was ordered to investigate the 



conduct of the Adjutant (i.-n, -ml in a difficult?, 

 M;i% -.-. between .:-. f th.- 



South Carolina Colic*,. 



had permission to une th. college grounds for 

 parade on the 26th, but t.r some mistake 

 on the 28th. A game of ball was in progress. 

 The acting president told the Adjutant General 

 that the students had permission to use the grounds, 



but there was room for all if the troops n n 



during sonic part ..f the 



. ihe >tudeiit- awav. and directed the 



6 to move them l-a<-|\. They resisted, and t he 



:-wereord* Mnponthem. Then-Milt 



was a ' cniirt of inquiry found that the 



ord*-t -\a>- an a-Miniption 



thorit\ *.nt he part of the ..llin-r t hat \\a- "ui 

 tmnecessary, and unwarranted." and re-..mmi-nded 



that he be reprimanded iy \< \- th- 



Adjir ostitutionsJ oil": 



be reniiived only on imp* aehment l.y t 

 Assembly. 



i:,iilrua<l. I ;. ; ; .;'' U.uln.ad ('..minis- 



ml of th. that, with Inil 



few ex i he ph\Mea! eondition ( .f the rail- 



n inipr.--. 



Una. Knoxville and \\.-teni I; Mill in the 



. and i- n real a^> t In ' 



lina Midland had I.* -en <-. .us,,] j dated with I he ' 

 wood, Anderson and \\ I :lr..ail. and ten 



miles of i lilt, tint x.ine linancial trouble 



with t he edit racior arising, a receiver was aiipoint*-d. 

 IinproNcnients have been made in the Cnarleston 

 and \Ve.t-rii ( 'amlina. the I'lanl -y-t .-m. t he Liin- 



ami ('holer, the South Car*. lina and (i. 

 t he Atlant ic ( '*.a-t Line, t In- Ohio IIj\er and < harles- 

 toii. ami the Cohimbia. N*- \\berry and Lauren-. 



I'n.diicN. The p|io>pliate mi'ne,> have paid only 

 25 cent> a t.n n.yalty t.. the State linct April 1; 

 the l.-rmer rate was 50 cents. The State has re- 



- '.;(>( this \car from that 

 that failed in" October .still <.w<- the 

 $10,384. A large company, the Co. .saw. went out 

 of business June 1. h mined durin.u' the 



7'J.::io tons, and the ainount 

 shinpcd at !i.').'j:{7 tons. 



Tin- value ,,f th<- -.'old product of this SUit*- in 

 1896 was given as $6:; 



The number of spindles in operation in 1897 was 

 1. 1.11. 17-1. and ..f 1.- 8, of which 1.'" 



>pindles and :!<.7:5(> looms are on the Si. ut hern 

 Railway. 



There are more than MO lumber milk in the - 

 with a combined capital of about $4,000,000. 



(rime. The annual report of the Attnrney- 

 :.d > a y> there has been a gradual increase ..f 

 homicide cases disposed ..) in the State cad 



l**s. The year 1888 bej:Mii with 107 cases, 

 and th.- year l*l7 ends with 'J25 cases. There were 

 M85 criminal oases disposed of in isj>7. The per 



f convictions in all the cases disposed ol 

 and of the cases actually tried about (M. The per 



.f convictions in homicide cases is aboni 

 There w.-re two lynching in January, one near 

 Sumter and one near Orangeburg. The Kj.i opal 

 . under iit ructions from th-bisho| 

 '. '.. on the increase of crime in t he State. 

 Attack on 'Mormons. -About three 

 some Mormon missionaries cam*- to tin 

 made 50 or more converts in Ken-haw and 

 field Counties. No opposition appea 

 made at that time, but in July of this year their 



-.f w..r-liip was burned by so-called re-n'. 

 and visit* were mad. t<. houses of members of the, 

 Church, who were warned not to harbor any of the 

 elders, most of whom an- fn-m Utah. Two of 

 were taken out and whipped. Other demon-t ra- 

 tions appear to have been confined to threats and 

 the flourishing of guns and pistols. On complaint 

 of the persons were arrested and tried 



and acquit 



< h irleston. A law of 1894 gave power to the 

 .and the Comptrol- 

 ler General to appoint a Board of Police Commi- 

 sioners for any city or incorporated town, when 

 they should deem it advisable and for the interest 



