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A DISSERTATION ON CLEMSON. Life Trustees mid Nepotism Menace the College's Best Interest?. Editor Keowee Courier: Capt. s. ?Ki Dendy's entertaining and amusing reminiscences, published in a recent issue of your paper, would have been considered a gem by Dickens, and would no doubt have supplied him with the foundation for another great story rivalling In ils raiv characters and scenes "Bleak House" or "Hick Wick." lt is '.lively that the Cap tain's range of acquaintance, in those days of mirth and joy unrestrained. Included Tenneydrops, Jelinbys, Jin gles and Wardells, li not fat boys and oki maids. That "cyclone of music and danc ing*' is without a parallel, und the singleness of purpose and vim with Which they devoted themselves to the mazes of the dance were amply proven by the number and character of the ?(dies found on the door of the old mill after the performance shoe strings, shoe heels, grapevine koop skirts and false teeth, and possi bly others, which after this lapse of lime, have escaped his memory. Hut while amused at the Captain's quaint humor in his reminiscences, one cannot help dwelling seriously upon one of his passing remarks in enumerating the places and things that did not exist at the time of which he was writing. Ile says, among other things. "There was no John C. Calhoun College, then and there is none now." 1 suppose there ls scarcely one thoughtful person who will not. add In his own mind "as lhere ought to be. instead of a private institution ushered Into ex istence and still controlled by the will of Thomas Cl. Clemson, and bear ing tin? name of this exotic, who hap pened to be John C. Calhoun's son in-law." Hoing ambitious to perpetuate his name by hn\ing ll conferred upon an agricultural college, Mr. Clemson, (being in possession of the old Cal houn home,) saw lils opportunity j when one of tho ablest political ad venturers of tliis or any other time came on the scene and secured, by various means, such control of tho masses that he could dictate not only on lines of "xecutive policy, but legislative and judicial also. Ile was able to say who should be sent to the Legislature, and then indicating Ids own preferences for tho Hench, the election followed as a natural consequent for the creatures did not dare to do anything contrary to the master's wishes. This state of affairs favored a pro ceeding that Mr. Clemson and his at torney must have known was con Irary to the rights of the people, viz., the devise of the Calhoun estate for the establishment of an Institution (hat should be governed by a board of trustees, of whom the majority tdiould be appointed by tho testator this majority to he self-perpeuatlng - and the remainder by the State. The State was to support this school, bul not to control it. As Insulting and humiliating as was this proposi tion, it was accepted under the com pulsion of the man whose will at that lime was, with lils followers, higher (ban law or any other consideration. IC ver since its establishment the school has been lavishly supported by the State, but many thoughtful and liberal-minded men regard the results as Inadequate. During the last session of the Leg islature there was a so-called legis lative visit of inspection lo Clemson, which all good citizens regarded with favor and hope until a candidly writ ten account by the present Senator from this county disclosed, that the visitors consisted in large part of young people out for a frolic, while a large proportion of the law-makers availed themselves of the legislative recess to visit theil' homes. Tin? leg Islalivo inspection, therefore, seems to have resolved Itself imo a mere sight-seeing junket a: the public ex pense. Tills was ?ill that was done to clear up in the minds of the peo ple's representatives the misty con ditions in Clemson's affairs. The only otlleial incident of any note was the. address of the chairman of the board of trustees, in which ne co vertly resented the recent criticisms of a liberal and friendly press upon the trustees for their very obvious short-comings.. Among other things he said, "The man who seeks to tear down a school or tries to create dis cord in that school is an enemy lo the true interests of youth and to progress." lt ls strange thal a man of Mr. Johnstone's position, ability and associations should have made the mistake of assuming that tho press and its contributors luid been actuated by unfriendly motives in discussing tho unfortunate conditions that have long prevailed at Clemson. 1 do not believe the college has any enemies among the papers composing tue press of the State; and I am pretty well satisfied In my own mind that had lt not been for the light turned on by the press from lime to time, the institution would long ago have gone to the bad. The office of president, from the beginning up to and through the last administration, has been filled by one unfortunate selection after an other, though the last seems to have been the most glaringly unfortunate. According to the disclosures of the late president, the late commandant, and the admissions of the board It I self, a condition approaching chaos I characterized this administration a I great part of the time, due to viola j tion by thc president and by tho board of all rules of organization- - the president meddling with the de partment of the commandant, and the board meddling with and invad ing the department of the president. Mr. Johnstone, in the address al ready quoted from, pleads for len iency of judgment on the ground that the board had no "chart" to go by, tints throwing all ol their work into th,, field Of experimentation. They had the chart of common sense to guide them, and this would have shown them that a board of trustees is not to be governed by one mem ber, and that competent mon - not in competents or unknown quantities are to be chosen to fill responsible positions, and that when n head Is once selected, all departments and persons made subordinate to him must be rt ached only through him. This chart would have shown hem also that nepotism is not only con demned by the rules of propriety, but that it ls a source of positive danger. Seo the working of it in the case of President Moll's private secre. tary, who, being a niece of one of the Ufo trustees, and having been placed in her position regardless of the president's wishes, seems to have assumed a position of independence (Dr. Mell characterized lt (insubordi nation), and to have attempted tc manage the office to suit herself 01 her relative. This stale of affair* becoming intolerable, Dr. Mell did the only thing he could do-called for her resignation. Instead of hand ing in her resignation, off she goe> to the trustees, who grant her ii leave of absence until another presi dent can be found for her to presid? over. The trustees undertake to justifj their interference with the details o management by saying that the pres! dent was lacking in administrativ? ability. This was no just iliad ion their proper course being to ask fo his resignation at once, and, a penna nen! head not being immedlntel; available, to select a temporary head as they at last did, instead of givlni instructions directly to subordinate and assuming other duties that db not belong to them. That President Mell was sadl hu king tn the qualifications requirei by his position seems to have beei pretty clearly established, but tbi furnished no Justification for sheai lng him of all his prerogatives whll he was retained in his position. I he had been ever so competent h could not, under such conditions have done justice to himself or t the Interests entrusted to him. Why President Mell was retalne so long nfter his unfitness became s well known to the trustees and t the public has called forth many ii quirles. Was he retained is a seap< goat? There ls no intention of eas lng reflections upon the board as whole, for on it there are some in?' of sound discretion and dlslntereste motives. Th?? system of providing for reit lives seems ot be practiced to greater extent by the irresponslb life trustees than the others. I ca them irresponsible be ause they ai not accountable to the State, whit provides the means for maintenant1 and operation, and, being in the in; Jo ri ty, a private institution support* by public money ls the result. Tl legislative committee appointed i investigate the affairs of the scho railed attention to this anomaly, ht very properly recommended th lhere be no radical legislation thal session. The matter should 1 settled, however, later on III a hm ness like way. The people slum Insist thal the piece of folly, perpet ated by the men who accepted tl terms of the Clemson will, should 1 undone as soon as possible after ll college gets to work on some ratio al lines; bul let there be no feolll in the matter. There ls an adoqun remedy somewhere in law and cqi ly. and let tho people reti?ir? th?, representatives to seek till they Iii this remedy. When Ihe State severs all count lion with the Clemson will, nels r of the self-perpetuating life truste and becomes the source of control well as of support, confusion in a minist ral ion. nepotism and other I at Clemson can be ended, hui not 1 fore. The faculty of Clemson seems be the best part of lt, though, s cording to Dr. Mell, at least t\ positions hav?> been filled within t past year or two by men whose <] torminlng qualifications were rel llonshlp to life trustees. Citizen. . .-??.? [Hessings brighten as they ta I heir Hight. F HOM A 12~YEAR-OLI> TEXAN. Fohl Weather and Lato Crops-Kains Frogs und Fishes. Coi'slcana, Texas, April 26.-Spe cial: Just a line or so to the dear old Courier to say that we are having the most extreme weather We have over had in the ten winters we have lived in Texas. To-day at sunrise ( tl o'clock) the temperature was 36 degrees in the sun. We have a 'Worther," and have had all but one day Tor over a week-Just pleasant weather, (hough, mostly-cool enough at night to sleep well and enjoy a (Illili or two. Crops are late. Usually we have ?.oin aboui three or four f"et high at this time ol the year. Here corn is laid by in May, and in South Car olina lt ls laid by in June or July. We raise principally cotton In this coun try and some corn in our gardens. Nearly ten years ago we came (o Texas my mother, father and my two sisters. My father works at the refinery. He watches the gates, at tends to the horses and a tow other things. When we came to Texas I was nearly three years old, and 1 am now twelve. 1 have b<>ou going to the public schools and I am in the high seventh grade. Our school will close Hie last Friday in May. I have heard that it sometimes rains pitchforks, but if lt ever has here I have never heard of it: but it does rain frogs and tishes. Alter a big rain here and when the water has dried nearly up. the boys go to a ditch au?! g<>( some fish. Yen can o.g a lank and in a few years it will !)?' ? hug full ol' tishes. We have no creeks here for the boys to play in like you have in Ocon?>e. George Cowan. John I). Rockefeller would go broke If he should spend his entire Income trying to prepare a better medicine than Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea, dysentery or bowel complaints, lt is simply impossible, and so says every one that has used lt. Sold by Seneca Pharmacy; I.. C. Martin. Clemson College. V?t?rans' Officers Elected, Mobile. Ala.. April 27.-All ol the old officers for the United Confede rate Veterans were re-elected. Com mander-in-Chief, Clarence J. Owens, Abbeville, La., was re-elected by a unanimous vote. The other officers ar??: Adjutant General, Nathan Red ford Forrest, Memphis; Inspector General, Gordon s. Levy, New Or leans; Commissary General, Walter H. McAdams, Dallas, Texas; Judge Advocate, Jared Y. Sanders, Baton Itouge, La.; Surgeon General, Dr. Floyd Stewart, St. Louis: Chaplain General, Dr. Matthew Brewster, Mo bile; Historian General, Dr. Thos. M. Owen, Montgomery. Never can tell when you'll mash a (inger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or scald. He prepared. Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil instantly relieves the pain-??uickiy cures the wound. It may not be generally known that child suicides, so numerous in Ger many, are nearly as common In Rus sia. During 1907, some 400 children under lt! years of age, are said to have taken their lives in Russia. DOCTOR ADVISED OPERATION CuredbyLydiaE.Pinkhan?s Vegetable Compound Galena, Kans. - "A year ago last March I fell, and a few days after there was soreness in my right side. In a short time a bunch cain*; and it botliered mc so much at night 1 could "ot sleep. It kept growing1 larger ami by fall it was as large as rt hen's egg. I could not, go to bed without a lint water bottle upp icd to that side. 1 had oin; of the best doc tors in Kansas ami lie t?)ld my husband that 1 would have to be operated on as it was something like a tumor caused by iv rupture. I wrote to you for advice and you told me not to "get discouraged but to take Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1 did take it and soon the. lump in my side broke and passed away." -Mrs. lt. lt. IltTKY, 713 Mineral Ave., Galena, Kans. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, made from roots and herbs, lias proved to be the most successful remedy for curing tho worst forms ?>f female ills, including displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu larities, periodic pains, backache, bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion, and nervous prostration. It costs hut a trille to try it, and tho result has been worth millions to many suffering women. If you want special advice write for it to M rs. 1*1 ii lc h a III, Ly mi,MUSH, It is freo and always helpful. SPRVKYIN? ON K KOW KW RIVER. Difficult to Locate Linos Where Old Tracts Have Been Divided. Salem, April 25.-<Special: We have rain, sleet and snow here to day, but they did not last long. Janies Whit mire has been on the sick list tor some time. Mrs. Joe Vickery was buried at Fall (.'reek church on the 21st In stant. Funeral services were con ducted by Rev. ll. F. Murphree, of Picketts. The farmers ure planting in this section, but it seems like it is the wrong time ol' the year. J. ll. Wigington, surveyor; W. V. Holden. .1. W. Barnes and Robert Holden are in this section surveying | the lands bounding on Keowee river from Chapman's Ford to Holden post office. Mr. Holden says they are surveying to lind out If thc North ' Pole has changed since il was dis covered by Dr. Cook, but the sur vey ls really for the purpose of get ting the fall ol' the river and the property lines from Chapman's Bridge to the proposed dam site near Holden. E. B. Alexander has finished a plat that locates a line that had not been located in Hfty years, lt is said that many tracts along the river are described by saying, "commencing at the mouth of the branch, and up the branch lo the fork, and up the hill to a marked lille to the beginning." Mr. Wigington has had twenty or more years of experience in surveying and proposes lo give all of the farm ers who own land on the river be tween Chapman's Bridge and the proposed dam site a phil of their land, provided they assist in locating the true Unes. He surveyed several years for the timber companies in Oeonee and Bickens counties. A party of surveyors, under the direction of Mr. (?randy, of Picketts, has surveyed a dam site near the Chapman Bridge and have taken op tions on some lands. It appears that the surveying being done by Mr. Wigington will be of great help to the owners of land on the river. Many of the original tracts of land have been divided by the owners in such a way that a surveyor could never locate them if the witnesses to the original plats were dead Ol' gone away. H. Foley Ki Iney Pills contain in con centrated form ingredients of estab lished therapeutic value for the re lief and cure of all kidney and blad der ailments. J. W. Bell. Intents from Oak (?rove. Oak (Hove, April 2."?.--Special: The Ice cream supper, given by the ladies of Oak Grove, proved very suc cessful. The neat sum of $12.70 was raised toward getting an organ for the Sunday school. It will prove to he a great help to the Sunday school. Miss Barney Freeman, of West minster, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. ll. Barnett recently. Miss Carrie Lee, nf Walhalla, vis ited homefolks Saturday and Sun day. Mrs. Rose Parker, of Westminster, spent the past week-end at the home of R. F. Pelly. We are sorry to report that Mrs. K. B. Fretwell is on the sick list. J. H. Barnett made a business trip lo Anderson one day last week. lt seems that some of the corres pondents have Oak Grove and Pleas ant Hill mixed. Mrs. A. 1. Beacham and Miss Minnie Butler visited at Oak drove Instead of Pleasant Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stevens spent several days at Oakway recently vis iting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kindly. Misses Flossie and Ruth Pike, of Westminster, spent Saturday and Sunday here. Miss Selma Boll is at home after a month's treatment in the hospital at Atlanta. Miss Geraldine Hughs was the guest of Miss Bennie Dllworth Sat urday and attended the ice cream supper. Mr. and Mrs. Henley Adams, of Toxaway, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Adams Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. s. Freeman and little son. F. M., visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. White re cently. Miss Ko'/y.le Cox was among friends In Westminster Friday. William and Thomas Bibb, of Westminster. attended the Corn Growers' Association herr' Friday. X. Y .Z. Brussels Welcomes Ex-president. Brussels. April 2S. Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Brussels at noon to-day. He was received with royal honors and a vast crowd from all over Europe, as well as America, at tracted primarily because of the ex postlon now on, greeted the party. King Albeit, of Belgium, unex pectedly greeted Col. Roosevelt herr this afternoon and paid him oxtraor dinary honor by making him a guest al the royal palace. t eOKTRtt ARE FIRE I npiIEY will not burn. Will 1101 j -*? Will not crack and roll oft like i like plain tin. Neither will they They never need repairs and Inst ? of all, they make the handsomest SENECA HARDWARE (?EN. E. 1?. ALEXANDER DEAD. langst reefs Artillery Chief Passed Away Thursday I>nst in Savannah. Savannah, Ca., April 28.-Cen. 10. P. Alexander died this morning at 9.30 o'clock at his home in this city, alter an illness extending over a pe riod of a year or more. About a year ago he was stricken with paralysis at lils home at George town, S. C., and while he recovered partially, bis health never entirely returned. A week ago his condition became serious and he continued to sink until (he end. Cen. Alexander was a brother-in law of the late Alexander ('heves Haskell, the second Mrs. Haskell, who died in 1902, having been Cen. Al exander's sister. lOdward Porter Alexander ranked during his career as engineer, briga dier general of artillery, chief of ar tillery for Longstreet's Corps, pro fessor in the University of South Carolina, railroad manager and pres ident, and engineer arbitrator of boundary survey between Costa Hlca and Nicaragua. He was born at Washington, Ca., May 20, 1835. Foley's j Kidney Pills What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache, strengthen your kidneys, cor rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre vent Bright's Disease and Dia bates, and restore health and strength. Refuse substitutes? DR. J. W. BELL, Wallinlla. Iii Memory of Mrs. Nancy .Madden, who departed this life October 9th, 1900. Dearest mother, she has left us, Left us forevermore, Hut we hope to meet our mother On that bright and happy shore. Lonely the home and sad the hours Since our dear mother has gone, But oh a brighter life than ours In heaven ls now her own. She ls sleeping, sweetly sleeping, Hi a new made grave to-day; vVe are weeping for our mother, Now in a brighter place on high. Farewell, dear mother, but not for ever; There will be a glorious dawn, When we shall meet to part, no never, On the resurrection morn. -Children. Only about one out of every thou sand married couples live to cele brate their golden wedding. CROSSE' "MAKES LIPES C?e w# I*rrcwroi ' PROOF t split or curl like wood shingles, slate. Will not rip at the seams rattle during high wind storms. as long ns the building. And last roof and are not expensive. CO., SENECA, 8. C. GREENVILLE, 8. C.. Office of Dimity Collec tor of Internal Revenue, April 16, lulo. Notice ls hereby given tlmt the following de scribed property having been seized on Apili irv IMO, near Rattle Creek, Oeonee County, s. C., from Nathan Watkins, for violation of HOCH. 3270-3281, H. 8. tl. H.: Ono black horno mulo namod Coloy, ono black h or o mulo named l'rlnoc, ono Hickory wagon, ono sot goa is; on April 10, 11110, seized from John Willmnks. for violation ol Seo 3200. lt. S. U. S., near Mountain Kost, Oconoo County. S. C.. IO gull-ins corn whiskey. Partien claiming tho same mtlHl Uki bond in tho Collector's olllt-e within thirty days of this dato, or tho sanio will bo toi felted to tho t inted States. .INO. I'. Sl KfCiOS, HMS Dep. Collector, 3d Div., Dist. S. C. SHA NISH JACK. I am offering the services of my Spanish Jack the presest season at my stable one mlle south of Walhalla, on the. Westminster road, near Fiat Hock colored church. J le ls six y tara old, In fine condition and well de veloped. Fee $7.t">0. This Jack ls one of the best to be had, and stock rais ers should see him. CHAS. W. BURNSIDE. FOR SALE One 4-horse Eclipse Engine, one Cardwell Threshing Machine, belts complete, one Cutaway Harrow, one McCormick Mowing Machine, one Drag Harrow, one pair Good Mules, one 2-horse Wagon, one Horizontal Cane Mill, one 2-horse Cane Mill, two Evaporators, one thirteen 2 horse Oliver Chilled Plow. J. W. OLIVER, Walhalla, S. C. March 16, 1910. 11-21 NOTICE OF SPEC IA H ELECTION. Notice is hereby given that, pursu ant to an order of the County Hoard of Education of Oeonee County, South Carolina, an election will be held at Neville school house on Saturday, the 7th day or MAY, 1910, upon the question of levying an extra TWO MILL TAX for school purposes, on all the real and personal property within Neville school district, No. 2?; that said election shall be con ducted as provided for the conduct of general election; that at said elec tion each elector favoring said pro posed additional levy shall cast a bal lot containing the word "Yes" writ ten or printed thereon, and each elector opposing said levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No" written or printed thereon. J. W. A H POTT, H. P. DOUTHIT, F. W. HARBORT, Trustees of District No. 25. April 27, lilli). 17-1S CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, County of Oeonee.- (In Court of Probate.)-Ry D. A. Smith. Judge of Probate.-Whereas, E. P. Marett, has made suit to nie to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and Effects of S. M. Craw ford, deceased These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said S. M. CRAWFORD, deceased, that they be and appear before nie, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Wal halla Court House, South Carolina, on Monday, the 9th day of May, 1910, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 2 2d day of April, A. D. 1910. (Seal.) D. A. SMITH, Judge of Probate for Oeonee County, South Carolina. Published on the 27th day of April and 41 li day of May, 1910. In The Keowee Courier, and on the Court Douse door for the lime prescribed by law. 17-18 ell-that feels better". Ever say that when you t?ke off your shoes at night? It's a bad sign-means there's Something wrong with your shoes. Next time you feel like say ing that, just ask yourself "what is that shoe they say ' Make? Life's Walk Easy?'" Next morning look for the Grossett dealer. Ile will sell rr SHOE WALK EASY " you shoes you can wear all day and be sorry to part^. com pany with at night. ; $4 to $6 everywhere. LEWIS A. CROS9KTT, Ino., Maker? North Abington - Mass. in** WALKALLA*