The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 10, 1914, Image 1

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?II VOL. 9, NO. 38, SEMI-WEEE WHICH SHALL I BE, l? CIEMSON OR CALHOUN? ?: cour I eithe vour liovernor Sends Sensational Message to Legislature. ( Cc CALHOUN IN COLUMBIA. p(Ja ______ the \ C. Ci Declares Col. John C. Calhoun Has a Proposal to Endow State's Ijead- | Hill. Inx Industrial School. j hour ; the i State-wide agiatlon seeking to this change the name of Clemson College I ^ K? to Calhoun university was given re- [J,6 iterated endorsement by Governor Blease Friday in a message trans- direr mitted to the senate and House or hour representatives, in which were con-; by N tained letters from Hon. John. C. Cal- not I houn of New York and Mrs. Florida "S Lee Calhoun of Greenville, S. C. stan< Col. Calhoun is now in Columbia, the i and has expressed to Governor Rlease tereil a desire to appear before the general son assembly or a Joint committee to dis- it wc cuss with them his proposal, which is on tl in substance; to sufficiently endow houn the proposed university to make it manj self-supporting. trait Upon motion of Representative C. the 1 C. Whyche of Spartanburg the lower Calh house determined to refer the mes- part, sage and letters to a joint committee Mi of the legislature composed of the man; senate committee on finance and the Calh house ways and means committee and this to invite Col. Calhoun to appear be-j "I fore them. state That part of the message. No. 19, agen which contains the recommendations an ir and statements of Governor Rlease in niovt full, is as follows: of th Stiltp of Rnutli PnrnHno 11 W ?V/UIVIIMII, (llHl'li j " Executive Chamber. phila MESSAGE 11). state Gentlemen of the General Assembly: largf In my annual message of 1913 aged (House Journal, 1913, page 36; who 8ennte Journal. 1913, page 31), eies < under the head of "Clemson College," "I I Xflfcgmmended that you change the coulc name bf-Clemson college to Calhoun chan university, giving therein. In particu- was lar, my rensons therefor. I now beg ment ? leave to ^iterate thnt recommenda-1 "T f tlon, and herewith transmit to you a ed m I letter from Hon. John C. Calhoun, tion I and also, letter from Mrs. Floride propi Lee Calhoun who was Miss Floride unde Lee, both of which letters are at- In-la y tached to and make, a part of this Mi B message, and which speak for them- lettei selves. rated Col. Calhoun, the writer of one of the f V thjeee letters, is a very prominent in hi B ?cH?ei\ of the city of New York, and She w 'vlf n w ealthy man. He Is in close stant pinch with the wealthy people of that Una city, and Is a next-door neighbor and flecti personal friend of Mr. Andrew Car- Mr. ( nelge. Therefore, he Is in position to by n 'carry Into efTect such matters as are home ' mentioned In his letter. In addition inhei to this. Col. Calhoun is now in the moth city, passing through and will be very whirl much pleased to meet you personally Sh or to meet your committee at any be a time or place that you may suggest, not p and go into details with you in refer- Mr. 1 ence to this matter. gton. I am very much pleased that these ' relatives of South Carolina's most dis- -pyr tingulshed man should have their at- *5-1 tention called to my recommendation , In reference to this fnstttutlon, and am very much pleased with the In- . tereat wheh they are now taking In onici the matter. It certainly gives the j people of this state a grand opportunity to honor the memory of Sena- ' tor John C. Calhoun, and to relieve this state of the burden of supporting wun nunnreas or mousanna or dollars an institution over which she had ab- Inter soultely no control because owing the h( fact that the majority of the board of 14 trustees were named by Mr. Clemson; they are live members, and when one new of their number dies the remaining tive members fill the vacancy, and thus when the state can never hope to gain con- '8 ex trol the institution as it stands now. form In addition to this, the constitution P?igi of this state prohibits life tenure in Presl office. Ix>ng ago the law of primo- Amei geniture has been abolished; yet re- oxpe< cently when a life member of the con ft board of trustees died, his son was Jo elected to take his place, and more recently when one of the elective Sevei trustees died, you gentlemen elected, the f his son to take the deceased father's of pi place. Individually and personally, I erica have absoultely no obejctlon to these whe*mer. being elected to fill their fath- clubfl er's places but the precedent, in view const of the provision of the constitution owne and the fact that the law of primo- Fede geniture has been abolished, will not burst have a wholesome effect, and It shows this f beyond the shadows of a doubt that "I the lire trustees or the institution are manr bent upon perpetuating themselves groin and the sons of their deceased mem- built bers In office, thereby forever de- this 3 prlving the state of getting new brain St. L new blood and new material on this to an life board. they In addition to that, I have been reliably Informed?and people now living will swear to the fact?that Mr. Mr Clemson was an atheist?that is that and 1 he did not believe there wa.i any God; ant I he did not believe that there was any Philll hereafter,* either n heaven or a hell; Fran! and yet this grand state of South Plain Carolina, for a few acres of land and Febri a few paltry dollars, with all her perfo boasted Christianity, raised a monu- Kstrii ment to a mnn who neither believed Th In the religion of the Lord Jeusu Pleas Christ, or in the existence of our God. the t This of itself, I think should be suf- schoo . flcient reason to change the name of warm 4 this institution. contr V 1 'WtrTww . , i. i.i | JLY. THE LANCASr www ? Hd<w ? i i it t Is unnecessary for me to repeat PrilATT HA POP reasons which I gave you in my \r|y/\|r Ki\\\r lal message referred to. 1 direct ULIllilL I flUUL ? reasons, however to your se- rfin rintfl i consideration, and hope that LI|U LAUIwl will at least do Col. Calhoun the I II|\ | H[\l|| tesy of inviting him to appear rr uBiurs you or oeiore one or committees. "Very respectfully, Lever Extension IS Signed "CoieJ.Blean.; Through Uppe tlumbla, S. C., Feb. 6, 1914. le letter from Mr. Calhoun Incor- . v,,_,0 ted In the message states that """ ' MAIN l* tin . v:lter Is a grandson of Hon. John alhoun and that his descendants that the college founded at Rock Secretary of Agricul S. C., should be named for Cal- Important Part In i, Instead of Clemson. He asks 0f Help lid of Governor Blease to bring change about. Washington Feb.7.~ >gardlng the maner in which Mr. ricultural extension b ison secured the property which | senate with amendmei iter donated to the college. Mr. .out a dissenting vote, oun states that it was inherited | The bill provides for :tly from the heirs of Senator Cal on farms of approvec i, and would have been inherited ' scientific discoveries i Irs. Floride Lee Calhoun, had it and home economics, >een willed away from her. | agricultural colleges, Ihe (Mrs. Floride Lee Calhoun) I stations and in the 1 is ready to deed the property to . ment of agriculture. T Rtate. should the argeement en-1 agriculture and land I into by the state under the Clem tural colleges are to o> will be abrogated, in which case carrying out demonst >vld revert to her as the sole heir As agreed to in the te condition that it be called "Cal would appropriate i College" and will endow it with $10,000 annually to f legacies, including the great por addition, a sum of $(1 of Mr. Calhoun by DeTlloch with coming year, with a ye rlew of establishing there the $000,000 for the next oun Museum." says the letter, in would be provided fr among the States on r r. Calhoun savs he will donate population, conditionei v of the valuable heirlooms of the appropriating a sum e oun family in his possession to tion of the federal fun museum. years the bill would pi $y the change of name, and the nent appropriation of taking direct control and man- nually. lent of the property and college An amendment rem isuperablo difficulty would be ro- ro colleges be permlti id which now stands In the way the fund was defeatei ie college being endowed. I have 32 to 23. The bill was issed this with some of the great ever, as a result of a fi inthropists of tho country, who question by placing t they would be willing to place of the fund In the han s sums where it would be man- tary of agriculture an by the trustees of an individual. State governors in S are self-appointed when vacan- more than one agricu occur and have to be filled. also specifying agalns am confident large endowments ination in the demons! 1 be obtained If the name was The bill probably wll ged to Calhoun College' and it soon in conference he under the control and manage- houses. of the state." I "he family and many distinguish- mrnnxTti rvc en in America feel it is a reflec- X>A-L>i!vUUJN iLi Ur that Mr. Calhoun's old borne and i FAR FROM r>rtv should be used by the state r the name of 'Clemson.' his son- , Weather !?re?ll w Instead of his own. J s. Ploride Lee Calhoun In her Pew Days of r to Governor Hlease, incorpo- Throughout tin I in the message, corroborates Washington, Feb. tatements made by Mr. Calhoun backbone is still a Ion Is letter to the chief executive, broken, according to says, in part: "T cannot undo- Bureau experts. "The 1 how the state or South Caro- tribution of atmosplu can be a party to casting a re- ovpr the North Amer on upon my great-grandfather, an(] the adjacent oce Calhoun, her most illustrious son weekly bulletin today, anting a college rounded on his ,,pratures considerably > plantation 'Clemson," and who HOnaj average until tin ited the property from my Weok past of the Rock or and grandmother and for nm) temperatures neat It he never paid a dollar." average on the Pacific e says that there would hardly "The weather will hi ny lengths to which she would for tl,P nrat half of tl 0 toward making Fort Mill what j>iajns states, the Grei Vernon is to the home of Washin- |pys an(j the North A In the Gulf nnd Sc States, the weather w 1 MAGNETS MEET TO PLAN CAMPAIGN dtet?rba ance will appear on th nl<s of American, National Coast Tuesday, atteni n l t t Al :i 1 rains. It will prevail ....... ...^. n.n.nni r*r*r ^je tyest Thursday ai Aggressive. States Friday or Sa w York. Feb. 9 ? Owners and of- ^neraYrelcUon to h s of the National. American and Lahi LLa, national league who are gather- ., southern State ?re this week to make up the J 9- .... ... b follow* rhodtiles are Informally to u??=- " 7. D 1 ways and means of fighting me ' _________ Federal league in their reaper- TjunoTTtPXTT1 T>' conference so that on Thursday PIvJiiSlDJljrl 1 * a joint session is to be held, it FOR C pected that plans will have been ulated for an aggressive cam- WII(mn Kw,.M Th?t r l against the so-called outlaws. ^ dent Chlvlngton and some of the ministration Will I rican association club owners are in New York ted to take part in Thursday's Waph|ngton. Feb. 9. 'r.enof' ... , .. . ... . c'ements in the New Y t?Vlne oftact,?" ,1lkely ocracv are to bo assem i decided upon Is not yet clear organl7.atlon wIth pro, al plans have been suggested but , the problPIT icheme proposed some time ago d vvl,BOni Governor itting the Internatianl and Am- Y . w P Mcf n association teams in the cities Jn conferen* e the Federals.proposed to locate rr(.Hldent recently ha i seems to be the least favorably (?, consideration t, dered. Some of the baseball faftrpalgu whon he rea rs are inclined to think that the * admlnistration ral menace is a bubble that will w|I, be before thp 0< before long, anyway, so far as , or dlHapproval | reason is concerned. }or members of the ho cannot see." said August Herr- Chairman McCombs i, of Cincinnati, "how new tie nutianl stitution ids can be procured and stands the Dresident. but the in time ror the playing Reason admittedly. Is the stal fear by the Federals In Chicago. state Democracy ouls. Pittsburg. Buffalo, Toron- ited city where a fusloi d other cities where It Is claimed tied successfully agal are going to place teams. many organization ant ? In various parts of the Phi I llps-Ou ten. Tammany and anti-' . O. Edward Outen, son of Mr ments and other facth Vlrs. A. Jackson Outen of Pleas- Ington administration 'lalns section, and Miss Minnie must aid In building Ips, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. C. Democracy for next kiln Phillips, also of Pleasant tlonal campaign, s section, were married Sunday, Some of the presider unry 8th. The ceremony was think he will make s< rmed by Notary Public W. F. on national questions i dge. pie to keep both hranc e groom Is a teacher In the In the Democratic rani ant Plains Sunday school and president's guiding hi irlde Is a pupil of the same seen In the plan for cl< d. The entire school extends a between the Democrat! i hand of congratulation to the mlttee and the Demo acting parties. campaign committee. TER NEWS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, rSflHEKF THKFJTF1R i? > HI i.1 IV l*'Il ( TEACHING SUPT. BABCOCK | had 8'"OI leasure Goes Governor Hurls Deadly Warning out r House. to Asylum Superintendent. met ARE MADE. SEN. TILLMAN TESTIFIES. p of t Iture to Have Got Infoniation For Ills Charges Plln tors Distribution From I)r. Hahcoek Hint- (>rn( self. the Ictti -The house ag- Columbia, Feb. 7.?An angry out- a(,tf ill passed the burst by Gov. Cole L. Mease, con- ^-na( nts today with- tainlng threats of personal violence ^ directed at a witness, and testimony tem demonstration by the governor to the effect that he 1 methods and expected to clear the South Carolina |^r ts to farming penitentiary of some 4 00 prisoners by r f'( made in State next August, were the features of an 0'f , experimental j inquiry into the condition at the to . federal depart- I state hospital for the Insane, which (rio he secretary of j today was instituted before a special ;JSV, -grant agricul- j legislative committee here. gov utline plans fori nr. J. W. Habcock, superintendent \ rations. of the hospital tinder Investigation,'^ senate, the bill aroused the ire of Governor Mease 't unconditionally when he testified that lie had learned (M1j< each State. In on good authority that certain ' 100,000 for the charges affecting the conduct of the tor arlv increase of hospital had been overheard hv Gov- }] L seven years, ernor Mease in a conversation at the r distribution home of the governor's sister. anvl i basis of rural Advnncing to the front of the room, ( (( il on each State Governor Mease exclaimed: qual to its por- "That's false! If you try to drag " /. ds. After seven my sister's name into this I will put *S|J ovide a perina- you under the clods!" , $4,800,000 an- INQUIRY IS SHIFTED. sayi .Irlng that neg- C?"V r"I<' .??, io snare in -----? ?; ? ??> me in- orm ,1 by a vote of I"1? to other matters an<l the inrt- for _' , . . dent was closed, rtt Un"?d Senator B R. Till- snn r ji?tPn,..?iAn man also was a witness today. He larg ds nf the cerrp. lo,d tl,e committee that his assertion of i ,ri rpsnprtive l',at an rffort would be made to dis- devi t t ha vine rrcdlt and dismiss Dr. Babcork were und ltnrnl enlleee LaKP(1 uP?n statements of the asylum any ? r-Vo ,n-pHml superintendent himself. Senator said , . " Tillman admitted that be had "guess- alio 11 be considered 0(1" the hos??ttal property might be i S tween the two so,(1 for pr,vat0 *aln 1 e"" meen me mo T)r Babcockf one of tho central atte figures in the inquiry, followed Sen- hob ator Tillman in the witness stand, for WINTER Ho stated that the board of regents ter. . u-Df-vT/-TPKT t',e hospital had 'n a way inter- sent . oKUJtviltJN f? red with his work and the hnrmon- he ious operation of the asylum by pro- that icte<l For First mulgating a rule by which they could mer the Week elect his subordinates. In speaking ern< i South ?' Saunders, a woman S ' , physician, whose resignation was at bla Winter s one time asked for by the regents and g way from pr Babcock declared he regarded W. the weather bor ^bo best ofllcer of the institu- seni general dis- tjon an,^ jast yoar personally urged ing ?r!c pressure Governor Blease to reappoint her. noo ican ,Continent j)r Hal.cock then related in detail ans. said the tbo incidents which led up to the de- "tyri "Indicates tern- nian,i 0t Governor Blease In N'ovembelow the sea- ner that Dr. Saunders he re? middle of the ,noVod. It was a recital of conflicty Mountains jntr intpences and alleged indis- I'rei the seasonal creot acts of certain physicians at the Goast. hospital ;,?'S In 'thn T" p REE AI-E CONVICTS. | , [it Central Val- The governor, while on the witness reef llantic States. stand stated that he hoped to have 0f t >uth Atlantic rll "oinicts freed from the state pen- tuti 511 be overcast, itentiary here by August 1, 1 14 and tion ilong the Gulf he urged that the prison be convert- was ists until Wed- ed into a tuberculosis hospital for h>g< negroes. $75 nee of import- He stated flatly that he would veto den e North Pacific any appropriation for the futher de- Ii led by general veiopment of the "sandy bottom ly r over the Mid- lands" at State Park id the Eastern proposed to establish the new hospital It h turday. This for the insane. He regarded the ef- syst ireeeded by a fort to enact legislation authorizing ty t Igher tempera- the sale of the hospital property in dec ed by general Columbia as a "steal." his |8- I "I came into the office of governor ?f sd by colder three years ago determined to oust sPp< , Babcock," he said, "because he was Hah ???* a traitor to James H. Tillman dur- tely LANS jing his trial at Lexington for the *d8 A TVTT> A TP "KT border of Gonzales ten years ago. Jan nfflralvll | "Dr. E. B. Saunders is unnecessarl- $2.' ly interfering with the work of the Pos! emocrntic Ad- other officials of the asylum, and is *34 be on Trial today the bone of contention between han State. 1 Hr. Babcock, the board of regents has and the governor, and should be re- J ?How various nioved," he asserted. hte i n,nS WOMEN LEAVE ROOM ?>? tresslve leader- He told the women to leave the anK l before Presi- room at the opening of his address, trai Glynn of Nev* because he was going to "use some am( tombs, national - Plain language." They left. the ee today. The He reviewed in detail the turbu- i is been giving lent stitution surrounding the hospi- rov< the autumn tal officials for the Dast several v?ir? ? Ilzes the P'-':io- nnd made many caustic comments. WftR to some ext?nt Considerable politics was injected in- Met iuntr.' for aj>- to his remarks. qUe In the elections The investigation today was order- por1 use nr. ' senate, ed by the legislature as a result of a for has ta.kei <..er special message from the governor. rep< In de'-ii1 with who enclosed a letter from United whi most important States Senator Tillman containing man :us of the Em- charges of improper official inter- ban . With a spir- ference with the hospital administra- toln n of parties bat tion. II Inst the Tarn- who 1 with contests Tillman Is Not liitter in Charges. solv i state between Columbia, Feb. 7.?A United States ?f 1 Tammany ele- ,, _ ^ lege ans the Wash- tne governor of South Caro- p(,ni feels that it Una and the superintendent of the 000 up a united state hospital for the Insane engaged autumn's na- In a three-corned controversy todav Tea before the special legislative commitit's close friend tee appointed to investigate the T iveral speeches charges in connection with the insti- will taking the peo- tutlon. bull hes of congress Senator Tillman was on the stand add ts. Already the 14 minutes and in that time explain- ing ind his been ed the -ritting cf the letter which ucal >se cooperation brought about the investigation. He TMai Ic national com said that his information as to the "Fie cratlc national charges that Hlease and his heneh- gan men were trying to sell the asylum men # 1914. $1.50 PER YEAR. ?erty and that they were trying to I It mirrrnrtinr lft e I>r. J. W. Babcock, the superin- I Il\lI ||I-I-|-|JI-|\lI L |\ lent, from office, was obtained | IhUII I LIvLmUL 10 n Dr. Babcock, while he was in i th Carolina early this year. Sena- j OnrATrOT [~It J [~IV il\/ Tillman was not bitter in his j 1-inrLJ I f \ I fill" lw| T rges, but merely stated that he j UllU ?I L.V/I LML-IIII a right to express an opinion. He ed the unknown man who gave the letter that he had written. Greatest Foe of the Church in futher stated that he intended vend one of the letters to every the World, nber of the senate and house. ? GOVERNOR S LETTERS ^ 4 . r. J.W. Uabcock gave an aceount SAYS SECRETARY OF NAVY. he entire wrangle at the state hos 1 for the insane and read two let- . . ........ that he received from the gov- "<wel"1uN Daniels Speaks in (Jreen3r relative to Dr. E. B. Saunders, ville to the Interstate Y. M. C. young woman physician. These A. Convention of Citrollnaa. ers apparently attacked the char>r of Dr. Saunders and demanded Greenville, S. C., Feb. 8.?The t she be made to resign. Church of the world has its greatest 'aking the stand, the governor at- enemy jn the indifference of man, peted to show that he meant no *be iaost successful foe of ChristianKction on the moral character of hy, Secretary of the Navy Daniels Saunders. He charged her with declared here *oday in an address at Idling with the other departments an interstate Y. M. C. A. convention die institution. He read records ?' 'be Carolinas. rtve that his henchmen had not 'be Secretary commended John R. d to manipulate the sale of the Mott, to China because he felt he lum property for private gain. The ??hld serve God and his fellowmen ernor in his remarks stated that better as a leader in the Y. M. C. A. war. opposed to the development "In the strenuous Mfe of the prestate I'ark. He satd th.it he fa- e?t day," Mr. Daniels said, "men's ""1 using the property for a tuber- time is absorbed by things which seem sis hospital, lie advocated the lm- | big and of vast importance, because ' ' ment of the old asylum property they are so near at hand and bethe use of white patients. Tie cause they concern providing the necmtscd the use of the state peni- ! essaries of life, or success in chosen tarv building for negro patients, | careers in competition with men who ng that by August there would he are impelled by similar motives These '< nvicts left, because they would tilings loom up big because they are tent to the county ehaingangs. in tli foreground of our lives and onierning the letters which asked they nhitrud their vision of things Dr. Saunders he removed. Dr. and of greater tilings but which reck refused to give them out. seem to lir in the distance. It Is ng that they would have to bo i the old story of the cares of tt,is life rsed by the governor. The gov- and the dret itfulness of riches chokir tlien stated that he was willing ing the higher and better things such mem to bo road. Ins our pc rsonal accountability to God ho hearing today was held in the for every deed and art; such at our rente court room, there being a duty to perform the things of a day ;e crowd present. A great system in it i tint : such as the immortality of nsubordination at the asylum was the soul, the giving of the correct aneloped. Dr. Babeock stated that swer to Jtb't great question; 'If a or the new rules he did not have man die shall he live again?" power over the under officers. He j Urging that the church must wage I that he was never consulted war against the prevailing indiffer111 any matter. once, the secretary said: enator Tillman sat facing the gov- "It must, of course, extend its helper. The governor in a period of ful privileges to all classes but it is mpted eloquence said be would particularly important for the future 1 nothing against Senator Tillman of our country for it to reach the the charges contained in the let- voting men and it must, therefore. He intimated that the mind of the make use of every possible agency for itor was growing weak and that this purpose and amongst the most was not the great leader now important of these are those agencies ; lie once was. Senator Tillman in the Protestant and Catholic ely alleged eloquence of the gov- Churches which aim to enlist the ir. young man under the banner of the enator Tillman arrived in Colum- cross." this morning from Washington The Secretary referred to the work went to the residence of Dr. J. of the Y. M. C. A., speaking of what Babcock, his life-long friend. The it had done amongst the soldiers, the or senator said that he was feel- sailors, the railroad men and the infit and fine. He left this after- dustrial workers in mills and facn for his home at Trenton. tortes. SRCANTTLE BANK OF WILSON SAYS FREE MEMPHIS CLOSED T0LL PLANK UNWISE tident Itaine Charged With Mis appropriation of Over President Declares Party Platform S7.~0.0tl0. | Should Vnl ttnnl. .. iemphi*. Tenn., Fob. 9.?Ten ?1 i- Dcclnrntinji. ors of the Mercantile bank, one he most important financial insti- Washington, Feb. 0.?President oiis in the city, todav tiled a peti- Wilson let it he known today that in court charging that the bank from the first he regarded as an unin sol vent as the result of the al- policy the insertion in the Demo>d misappropriation of more than eratic national platform of the plank 0,000 by f\ Hunter Raine, presi- favoring the exemption of American t of the institution, coastwise ships from payment of a the petition Raine was held sole- Panama Canal tolls, esponsible for the apparent short- The President feels that a platform , approximately $788,805, which declaration on such a subject is re? charged he obtained "by a lated to circumstances that arise all em of handling Its drafts, proper- over the world and that only the eleind exchange in such a way as to "lent which the United States can con ?ive the directors and to conceal ir?' In the stitution ought to be bii.dmanipulations," the total amount ing. He feels that a change of cirwhich it was alleged he lost in cum stances has arisen in the interrelations. The petition places the national aspect of the stitution, which ilitles of the hank at approxima- necessarily would change the attitude $2,196,894, with assets of $1,- of the government and the country on , 089. In a published statement the subject. uary 9, liabilities were given as Mr. Wilson told callers today that 136,197. At that time the total do- the whole international situation and Its were $1,361,109, of which the viewpoint of foreigon govern4,233 were savings accounts. The ments was to some extent involved in k is capitalized at $200,000 and the settlement of the controversy, a surplus of $100,000. It was mnde clear, however, that Resources, loans and discounts nt only England had protested. The pres time of the statement amounted to ident told callers that Great Britain, 130,496; actual cash on hand was through her representatives, had not 4,784; sums due from other hanks approached the American government >unted to $489,165; cash items In on the question in any way since Vislsit amounted to $137,778. These count Bryce left here a year ago. >unts with other items balanced The president told callers he did amount given as liabilities. not intend to send a message to con'he alleged discrepancy was dis- gress on the subject of Panama tolls, ered by a representative of a New that he felt his attitude had been sufk correspondent or the hank, who ficiently made clear In a recent letter sent to Memphis to audit the to Wm. L. Marbury of Baltimore. He cantile's books when loans re- expects congress to repeal the tolls sted were found to he out of pro- provision at this session. tion to the amounts usually asked ? at this season of the year. Ills EQl'AL SUFFRAGE IN SENATE. jrt to the directors yesterday, cli brought the Stituation to a cli- Resolution Proposes Amendment to :, was the first intimation that the Give Votes to Women, k was not In a prosperous condl- Washington. Feb. 9.?The equal , according to the directors. suffrage question confronted the sent is stated that President Raine, ate today in the shape of a resolution ' attended yesterday's meeting, ah- proposing a constitutional amended all of the officers and directors ment to give votes to women, he bank of implication in the al-, The resolution was first on the cald shortage and tendered his per- endar and as there was no unfinished tl estate, which he valued at $3 5.- business It was called up immediately to the bank. after the routine m r>m i n ...vuuip, uuonicnft had been disposed of. fliers' Association to Meet Satiir- Prospects for a vote on the resoluday Week. Hon today however were not Rood behe County Teachers' Association cause several senators had previously meet In tiie Central graded school given notice that when the question ding Saturday, February 21 An was reached they wanted to discuss ress will be delivered at the meet- It Senator Ashurst was confident by County Superintendent of Ed- that if a vote was not reached today tlon V. A. Dingle end Miss Eunice the senate would act during the prenicico will rend a paper on the ent session. nefits to be Derived from the Or- The resolution was favorably reIzation of a Local School Improve- ported by the senate woman's suffit Association." rage committee last June.