Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* 4 l. m."geists^ 80h8, PubiiThen.] I"4???# BWW- Jfor the promotion of the jgelitirot. Social, ^gritullutal and flonmmial Jnttrwts of the $tojU. {M5molt^pi.Yn?< ??V.v,!i'r mubu8hiduu. yorkville7s. c., friday.tanuary ayiQio. ~ "isto. 6. vu 1J In "The Fourth Estate" the effectlveness of newspapers In fearlessly exposing political and judicial corruption and the safeguard they are to the public are interestingly and convincingly set forth. A young, earnest newspaper writer and editor Is the central figure, and his battles with a dishonest United States Judge against big odds and against the cunningly underhanded machinations of the lawyer lobbyist ITbpuy form one of the ^ most valuable as well as most entertaining pieces of fiction of the day. That the false judge's daughter, the reigning beauty In the fashionable life of a leading city, should play a sensaM tional part In this gripping story of strong honest men and of strong dishonest men, fighting each other In a war of dollars, evidences the romantic possibilities of the narrative. This Is a story of today's America, a fact story torn out of life's book, dealing with the most vital issues that confront every one of us. Romance and humor vie with stirring action for supremacy in this instructive and fascinating novel, which teaches that the path of duty is the path of love and happiness and that in success, nobly won, lie rewards of great and more lasting value than in a triumph Ignobly and more easily 4 gained. ! CHAPTER I. Burke said there were three estates in parliament, but in the > reporters' gallery yonder there j sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all.?Carlyle. The silence in the managing editor's room of the Daily Advance was abruptly broken by the entrance of Ross McHenry through a private door. His eighteen years of active newspaper work in a career extending' from cub reporterhood to his present Important + office had drilled into him the necessity, even the habit, of constant action, quick thought, keen and accurate perception and readiness for emergencies. He hastily threw off his coat, glanced at several papers laid on his desk while he was out at dinner and seated himself in his managerial chair. He wrote a few rapid words on a paa ui A paper at his right hand a a he pushed a button with his left to summon an office boy. "Any one here while I was gone?" McHenry queried sharply as the boy entered. "Yes, sir. Woman whose boy was pinched wants to keep it out of th' xiaan mitsiiip two hours. She's slttin* outside an' bawls an' bawls an' bawls." "Tell her we're printing a newspaper and I've left for the night." "Then there was a few phone calls. We handled 'em all 'cept th' last. He ^ was a man named Nolan, an' he wanted ter see you. McHenry immediately became Inter-! ested. "What'd you tell him?" he asked, rising. "That you was to th* theayter." The managing editor picked up a Congressional Directory and shied it forcibly at the lad. "Well, next time, young man. you tell him I've Just stepped down to thr night editor's room. Nolan; remember his name?Nolan. He's the new owner." "Cheese it, another owner. Nobody ^ keeps us long, do they?" "No," responded McHenry laconically. "Like certain other luxuries, nobody keeps us long. We're too expensive, Durkln." The boy grinned and hurried away to summon the night editor at McHenry's command and to dispose of the "bawling" woman. McHenry seated himself and turned to the ever ready telephone at the right hand corner of his desk; "Hello, Miss Stowe! Get me Mr. Nolan?Mr. Michael Nolan?on the wire * right away." AS nit* italicising cuuui nu..s ?K receiver Moore, the night editor, entered carrying a bundle of galley proofs in his left hand, a schedule In his right. "Well, Moore, what have you got for part 1?" asked McHenry. The night editor repeated rapidly in a dead flat monotonous voice: "Thirty-five columns of ads. Telegraph editor's hollering for twenty columns. He just got a couple of nice flashes?one from Pittsburg about a 4a man eloping with his daughter-in-law; very fine people. Another first class murder from St. Louis. Local has twenty-six scheduled, sports are very heavy, bowling, fights, checkers, and ^ Kentucky's shut down on racing: they want two pages. We've got a tip that ??? hou thp asthniH. Steel will iiiuisaii MW" ??v ? . . probably open soft on Monday." MeHenry took down the telephone receiver and held |t expectantly at his ear, He took the proofs from Moore's hand and began looking them over. They contained Important articles which had been set up, but which he ^ had not previously seen. ^ "Hello, there's a live one," he suddenly exclaimed, glancing over one of the sheets. "Hill. I'd like to run that >lie. Senator Deering dead yet?" "No, not yet." ^ The managing editor was disgusted. "Pshaw!" he exclaimed. "I'll het the old codger dies for the afternoon papers. We're having rotten luck lately." The telephone rang. "Hello! Who's this?" cried McHenrj Fourth Novelized by FREDERICK ! R. TOOMBS From the Great Play of the Same N:me by Joseph Medili Patterson and Har riet Ford. ?3 COPVRIGHT 1909. DY JOSEPH MEDILL PATTERSON AND HARRIET FORD. savagely. But his voice changed abruptly to Its most sugaYy tones. "Oh, Mr. Nolan, this is Mr. McHenry. Yes; why, the boy said I'd gone to the theater. He's new to newspaper offices. Yes, Indeed. He doesn't know we newspaper men have little time for theaters?no, indeed?ha, ha! I was downstairs In the press room all the time?yes, indeed; trouble with the roller on cylinder 5 of the color press, and I happen to have a bit of a mechanical turn of mind?yes, indeed. Anything I can do for you, sir? Hope we may have the pleasure of showing you over the office?your office?pretty soon. Yes, sir. Tonight? Yes, any time. We're always here. Yes, sir. Thank you." He hung up the receiver and reverted to his natural voice. "It's. the b Mcllf.nru turned U> the telephone. new boss, Moore. 'S coming down tonight." "I wonder if that means more changes?" observed the night editor as he filled his pipe. McHenry sighed. "Ain't a man who gets into this business a sucker?" The night editor smiled grimly. "Wonder what kind of a Joke is this Nolan anyway?" he asked. The night editor's brow wrinkled. "All I know is that he's a Colorado miner witn a nui 01 ore an ni? own. He glanced over the night editor's schedule. "What is this T?T?golf or politics?" "Taft?both; golf 2 down?conference with Aldrich." McHenry snorted. "Gosh, the White House Is dead since Teddy left!" He pointed to the schedule. "What's this? 'Baltimore, one column.'" "Double divorce. They exchanged partners." "Good people?" "Not much." "Fifty words 'II be enough. Dead heavy?stupid paper." grunted the managing editor. McHenry rang for the boy, Durkin, and on his belated arrival sent him to summon the city editor. "What you got?" saluted McHenry as the editor arrived. "Are you going to use that follow up story about Judge Bartelmy throwing the Lansing Iron company into a receivership?" he queried. "I dunno. Any kicks on this morning's story?" "I should say yes?telephone going all day." McHenry turned and pounded the desk with his fist. "If they kicked on that they'd get our lobs on this." He pointed at the ( proof of the new Bartelmy story which he had taken from Moore. "All the same, the judicial ermine is getting rather soiled these days. It makes me sore to think of what they're pulling off on the Federal bench. He's bad all through, that Bartelmy. Whose story is it?Brand's?" "Yep." responded the city editor. "By heaven, he is a newspaper man." "That's why he won't last in this office," put in Moore sarcastically. "Yep," supplemented the city editor. McHenry's face took on a resigned expression as he said: "Well, we'll nave 10 pass 11 up. m* imuscu. n likely to be libelous." i He laid aside the proof sheet and resumed his perusal of the schedule of I articles intended to be used in the next morning's paper. How about divorces?" McHenry asked suddenly, raising his head to the city editor. "The Sarrup divorce is up again. I Two new corespondents named." He i pointed them out among the photos. McHenry drew a few lines on one i of the photos and rang for the boy. ! "Bring me an artist. Durkin." he ordered. The artist soon appeared. "Mere," spoive up uic nmMnM..8 CU1 itor. "take these corespondents and run 'em with the two you had yesterday, but fix those up different. Put a hat on one and the other jn low neck, and put Sarrup himself in the middle i with a dado of hearts around." McHenry changed his mind. "No: make it a bi? question mark of cupids and the caption 'Which of These Women Does This Man Love?' Yes, and frame ' in his wife too. Three columns." Estate .ilHrflfJI II WhlllL,, "Yea, sir," responded the artist, 1 starting away with the photos. But McHenry called him back. "Hey!" he cried. "Make that "Which of These Beautiful Women Does This Man Love?"" The artist bowed in acquiescence and escaped. McHenry took up another photograph. "Ha, what a beauty!" he said enthusiastically. "What's she been doing?." "She is Judith Bartelmy, the Judge's daughter. She gave a reception today," answered Downs, the city editor. "High society all there as usual, I suppose?" mused McHenry. "The * Bartelmys are an old family, and they've held on to some of their money. * Here. Downs," he went on, "play her up for two?no, three columns. May- ( be it will square it with the Judge r for what we did to him in the paper ' this morning. You explain to an artist." "All right." . j "The new boss, Nolan, is coming down to look us over tonight," added McHenry. "Wonder where we'll all be working next week?" was the city editor's re- , ply over his shoulder as he quickly made his exit. ' . The boy came in and laid a card on , the managing editor's desk. "Miss Judith Bartelmy!" exclaimed McHenry as he glanced at it. "Well, , what do you think of that, Moore?" "It's a kick sure, and"? "By the way," "Interjected McHenry deliberately, "this girl. Judith Bartelmy. Isn't she engaged to Wheeler , Brand?" "Seems to me I've heard something of< the sort," assented Moore vaguely. , "Well; same here, and Brand wrote , that story this morning showing up her father, the judge, as a- trickster of the worst most danjrerous sort. Now , the girl comes to this office?probably ( to defend her dad. Say. Moore"?the , managing editor was becoming excited ?"things are getting warm around here. Brand certainly had his nerve with htm to hand such a roast to his prospective father-In-law." McHenry turned abruptly to one side and reached for his coat, which he quickly donned. "Show her In," he called to the boy. Moore hastily retreated from the room as Judith Bartelmy entered, leaving the judge's daughter alone with the managing editor. McHenry had long flattered himself that he had met many attractive women In his time, but as he rose to meet Judith Bartelmy and surveyed this fashionably gowned young woman he made a mental note that she surpassed them all. Her blond features were of distinctly patrician cast. Her blue eyes had the macnptic ouallties so envied by the many less fortunate women, and the pure whiteness of her finely curved chin and neck was advantageously revealed by the low cut collar of her princess gown of wine colored silk which clung to a figure that celebrated artists had pronounced unusual In Its symmetry. "I desire to complain about the article attacking my father this morning," the girl began. "Yes?" answered McHenry. "1 wisn an apoiugy mr iu "Is this a message from your father?" "That's not the point. This is the first time in his life that any one has ] ventured to question his honor. The s article is false, and I think your pa- | per should apologize for it immedl- , ately." "Before saying as to that," returned ( the managing editor, "I should have to refer the matter to the new pro- | prietor, Mr. Nolan, You know it Is not customary for a newspaper to take back what it says," The judge's daughter raised her eye brows In surprise as she drew close to McHenry's desk, where he had resumed his seat. "I should think you'd have a good many lawsuits," she suggested, "Oh. no! not many. We go up to the line, but we try not to step over it." He picked up several newspapers from h|s desk, "For instance"?scanning the papers?"I don't think your father will feel inclined to sue us," He rose as if to end the Interview, Judith, however, was not to be thus disposed of. "I don't want to detain you," she remarked, "but I should like to ask you who was responsible fop that article," She seated herself in a chair which McHenry indicated. "We never tell the name of our writers," answered the managing editor. Her father had diplomatically suggested to her that Wheeler Brand might have written the story. This she found difficult to believe. Hut dhe must be convinced, and one of her motives jn visiting the newspaper had been to gsk him?to ask him to tell her that he was not the author of the new attack on her father. She must see hjm and learn the truth from his |ips alone. "Is Mr. Brand in the office now?" she asked. "Yes. I think so." I "Would it be possible for me to see him?" "Why. yes, if you wish. I'll send for him." McHenry summoned the boy and told him to "ask Mr. Brand to com? in." "We've noticed"?she hesitated?"all his friends have noticed that he's be- I coming very radical k'tei.v." Judith I rose from the chair and stepped nervously toward the editor's desk. "Oh," he laughed, "they all get that e when they're young, like the measle.v" "And that's something they all gtl over. Isn't It?" she asked eagerly. "Yes," responded McHenry, stirring as though to leave the room. Judith stepped squarely In front ct his desk. "But I don't want to disturb you. I^tui I Ji tu mo lillivc i I I "He hasn't got any office, and they're j all bunched In the local room In their shirt sleeves smoking. You wouldn't j like it. We haven't a reception room." ^ McHenry laughed as he spoke. In his shirt sleeves, rolled to his el- a bows, with quick steps and squared j shoulders, Wheeler Brand, one of the E ablest men of the city staff of the Ad-' r vance, strode into the office of the managing editor through the door lead- e Ing from the city and telegraph rooms. ? "Yes, sir," he greeted McHenry. ^ Then he stopped short both In his ^ steps and in his speech. He htul :aught sight of the managing edltoPfl visitor. "Why, Judith!" he gasped. 'What In heaven's name are you doing sere? I"? At this point words failed r tiim, and he stood staring- at her, with 1I3 breast heaving violently as the re- 8 suit of hifi surprise. The girl was also deeply disturbed ^ n spite of her previous knowledge thgt ihe was to be confronted by the mdn *he loved. ^ McHenry thought that the moment lad arrived when his presence was no onger necessary. i "Miss Bartelmy has asked to see you* 'or a few minutes," he said, rising and tarting toward a door. "You may talk lere." A handful of proof sheets rus:led in his grasp as he disappeared. Wheeler Brand started toward the rlr! ' C "Is there anything the matter?" he n lueried anxiously. She hesitated before answering. Then she spoke determinedly. "Yes; two things. First you did not :ome to my reception this, afternoon; secondly, there is that article about 8 'ather this morning." "I couldn't get off from the office to b ittend the reception, and I am awfuly sorry," he protested. VBut as for the b story about your father?well, did he n send you here?" 1 "No, he didn't send me. But 1 v wouldn't help seeing how disturbed he c ivas, and"? h "Then he knew you were coming?" n "Why, yes." Judith was trying hard b :o understand what he meant by seek- 1 ng out her father's knowledge of her g present mission, one which was to her a iecidedly unpleasant d Wheeler was plainly impressed, and v jnfavorably so, at the girl's reply. "Oh!" he ejaculated disappointedly. b The quickly thinking girl detected v tne signincant lone 01 ine newspaper ivrlter's reply and hastened to ex- 11 plain. J "I heard my father say at dinner that he feared there would be another v ittack tomorrow," she said, "and \ ,e Poped through you to prevent Its pub- 8 "/ wrote it, Judithhe announced, 8 lication and to make the Advance ' apologize for what it said this morn- 15 Ing. I don't see how your paper dares to publish Huch things," a "But, Judith," he answered, "we couldn't dodge a story as big as that, a We had to print It. That's what we're here for." * But she was still Insistent, "Oh, of course, print the story, but I mean the Insinuation all through. r Why, by1 using such unfair means s newspapers can bring discredit on any one. *Mr. McHenry refused to apolo. s gize. He wouldn't even tell me who wrote it, Do you know?" f Brand gave a violent start. At first v in her present mood, he hardly dared b answer the girl. With a determined d off,.k? h.. miliar) hlmsaif tmrether and V answered her question. 1 "Yes, I know who wrote it." c "Who?" Judith leaned toward him, Ii gazing Intently into his eyes. i "I wrote it," he announced. J Judith started back aghast. t "You, Wheeler? Why?" she cried J hysterically, "I had no choice." He struggled to t maintain his grip on himself. "You had no choice?" "Judith, when this Langs|ng Iron case first broke loose," Brand respond- r ed firmly, "I saw straight off that it was one of the slickest?well, that there c was a big story in it. I didn't know your father was involved ip this at first. I just followed the path, and i when I saw where it was leading me I wanted to turn back because of you, j but I couldn't." He stopped for a mo- t inent, then went on: "No, no. I could a not stop?not?even?for?you!" r "But it isn't loyal of you," was her \ response. "It wasn't like you?to at* tack hint suddenly in this way. It's j almost as if you struck him front be- ? hind. And do you not see. Wheeler, s that you are hurting me as much as t you Injure him? I am his daughter, Wheeler, and if you ruin my father f you will ruin me." t She covered her face with her hands, s and her bosom heaved convulsively in i her anguish. CHAPTER II. t Wheeler Brand gazed at the girl, and 11 ibove his own misery rose his sympahy and thought for her whom he Q onged to comfort, for the girl of Ms :holce, whom duty said he must cause o suffer. He yearned to take her In 11 lis arms and wipe away the tears, but le knew that she would repulse htm. 0 ie throbbed with the desire to prove 1 o her his love by assuring her that he attack on her father was ended? a >ut his dutv whlsoered. "No." And to himself he repeated the "No." h i'or he must go on, and she must en- ^ lure, and the judge must pay the price. 1 The voice of an outraged people had v poken through the pen of Wheeler ^ Brand, anfl he was one of those men 11 trong enough, to refuse to take the n irlce of silenced *He led the girl he loved to a chair, v Q ven as she sobbed and whispered, Wheeler. Wheeler, Wheeler," endearngly from her heart's depths. Brand ooked down on her with a world of adness In his eyes. He well knew, nd the world would soon know, that hose who sit in the high places must ay the penalty for sin, even as the swllest among us who more blindly o astray. + h Dortolmv hoH hoon Innc nough In society to learn the art of he control and the concealment of motions under many trying clrcumtances. Probably In any other situalon than In one where her father nd the man she loved were so deeply oncemed, as in the present, she rt>uld have been able to retain a larger egree of self composure. Several ilnutes passed befo? 2 she was ab'e to peak In evenly balanced tones. "Wheeler," she Anally said, "If any ne had told me that you would or ould do what you have done against ly father, against my family"?her olce began to break again?"against le, I would not have believed it And ou have not told me that you will ease your attack." Brand thought to palliate her. He eated himself on a corner of the manging editor's desk and bent toward er as she sat in a chair near him. "Now, Judith, let me try to explain," e said entreatlngly. "I think I can mice you unaersiana. iuu see, me <ansing Iron company owned a lot of aluable properties?ore ranges, mahlnery, railroad trackage, etc. If It b ad been managed halfway It would tl ow be a wealth producing business, v\ ut some of our speculators down- g own were trying to get hold cf It to If amble with. They wanted to milk It, 8 the saying Is, by watering it. They t! id have a stock market battle or two, s rhlch profited nobody but the lawyers c n both sides. But they finally got it h >y Juggling It into a receivership, w fhlch they never could have done if a ?: Jnlted States judge had not been will- s< ng to exceed his functions. That n udge was your father. t< "Since the works shut down," he n yent on strongly, "the men are out of h mployment, and the gamblers have :ot rich because the company's gone v roke. That's Just what happened, b nd that's all I said." \ "But it wasn't your facts, I tell you. n t was your insinuation that was ? alse." c "Not insinuation?interpretation." d "But it wasn't true?It wasn't true." o "Oh, yes, it was true, and more." Judith verged on the hysterical ? gain. "If you loved me as you pretend to, tl o matter If you thought it true or not, ou could not have written that artl- g le." "Can't you see that I wasn't writing " bout your father, but about a United n late., judge who"? She moved farther away from him. d "That's splitting hairs, Wheeler." n He walked to her side. w "Judith, please?please don't let's 11 uarrel about this." t( The girl turned to him impulsively. t( "Oh, Wheeler, we were on the verge ei f it weren't we?" He cast his arms ^ round her. "You're sorry, aren't you?" E1 !he looked fondly Into his face. "And ,r ou will take back that article, won't ou?" a "You mustn't ask me to do that; I d an't," looking at her earnestly. "You can't?" d "No." w Judith drew away from him a step S r two. She surveyed him coldly. P "Wheeler, I came here thinking only f my father, but I suddenly find myelf facing a much more serious queuion?not what kind of a man he is, Ci ut what kind of u man are you." v Rrnmi wns deenlv cut by her manner d nd her intonation, w "Judith, if you only knew the truth, u 11 of It, things I can't tell you, you'd ie with me heart and soul In what I'm rylng to do." ? He caught her In his arms again. 11 "Whatever I've done or whatever I ^ nay do I love you," he Insisted pas- tl innately, * Judith showed equal fervor as she P aid: "And you're more to me than my ather, but for my sake you mustn't * rork against iilm. How could we ever ie happy together if you did? You'll lo this for me, Wheeler, Just this? I e' ? Irloo 1 a u nrl rani vou 10 cany uui j-u. .v.?... ...... ive up to your high purposes in every '' ither way, but you must not attack a i!m. Promise me that you'll never do g t again. Won't you promise me that? h ind you'll retract that article you had n his morning. You'll do this for me, ust this?" "Judith?It's the truth?and, knowing hat, would you have me retract it?" n Yes." 1 "I can't." " Judith began to take off the engnge- " nent ring Rrand had given her. n "You don't mean to do that!" he 8 ried in amazement. v "I most certainly do!" * He was almost frantic. He grasped 11 let* hand. * ' I won't let you mean it. I can't let . ? v.?, k 'ou go witnoui your mi*, x<>u >e Judge Bartelmy'x daughter, but you d ire going to be my wife. You've worn e ny ring for a month, and you must war It forever!" ^ The girl passed his passionate ap- ^ leal by without heeding It. She toss- K id back her pretty head defiantly, & matched the ring from her finger and 1 hrew It on the managing editor's desk. a "I'll not wear It again." she exclaim- C d resolutely, "unless?until you come 8 o your senses." So expressing herself, ihe stalked majestically across the oom. "Judith!" called Brand In desperu- (] ion, fearing that she was about to eave him. "Will you do what I asked?" she lueried Imperiously. "I cannot," he answered simply. The judge's daughter tossed her lead independently, caught her skirt n her hand, turned her back swiftly n Brand and walked indignantly from he room. Wheeler Brand, dazed, heartsick nd discourage and torn by the emoions that welled within him, leaned lelplessly against the desk. After all, e reasoned, what did it all matter? 'here were lots of evil men In the irorld, always had been, always would ?. What harm would it do if one dlslonest Judge were allowed to go unnolested, even if he happened to be a Jnlted States judge? Surely there ^ere other dishonest Judges, and he ould not drive all of them off the taj ill Mr. Dupiiy wn? downstair*. encn?no, indeed. Ana, moreover, tils thankless task he had shouldered muld If he succeeded rob him of the Irl he loved. It would rob him of the >ve of the girl who loved him. Then tne thought of the enthusiasm liat had buoyed him as he wrote the tory that had exposed Judge Bartelmy ame to him and clung to him. The isplratlon In doing a strong man's rork for the public good enthused the r?lrlt nf Whnslnr RrnnH r>nnfiin?ri his oul. The steady light burned once lore In hl3 eyes. He shook himself sgether?fastened his old time grip on Imself. As for Judith, he would do Is duty, and he would win her yet When the managing editor of the Adance re-entered his office and walked rl3kly toward his desk he found Vheeler Brand looking eagerly over a otebook which, quite unknown to Mclenry, contained the data for an artlle on the Lansing Iron case even more amaglng to Judge Bartelmy than the ne already printed. "Well, did you settle It?" asked Mclenry. Brand looked up and started toward tie door. "Yes, sir," he answered, and he was one. At this juncture Downs, the city ed:or, came Into the managing editor's Dom. H>e addressed McHenry rapidly. "Water main burst on Morton street; rowned seven dago kids In the baselent of a tenement; mothers, scrub- \ romen, gone out to work and locked lem In; water rising." He drew close ) the desk. "Children, climbing stairs j > escape, found huddled In each othr's arms on the top step, drowned! All ut the youngest hanging on to a tring of beads; must have died praylg!" The managing editor's face immedltely lightened, and he pounded his esk enthusiastically. "Good! Good! By glory, that'3 a andy! That saves our lives! Now re'll have a paper tomorrow! We'll 0 the limit on this. Did you send a hotographer?" "Yes, sir, I did." McHenry seized the office telephone. "Night editor! Oh, hello! Cut three olumns more out of those shavings. Ve've got a live one. Seven dago kids rowned. First time they ever saw ater In their lives. Run three colmns!" He hung up the receiver and iirned to the city editor. "Put In three leads and make It stick ut like a sore thumb. And, say, put 1 a black faced bulletin saying the i .dvance will receive subscriptions for iielr families." Durkin entered with a bundle of i roofs. "And, say, Downs," added McHenry, print 1ft bold faced type that the Adance will start the subscription with 100." "Mr. Dupuy Is downstairs," announcd Durkln. The managing editor could not supress a sour expression which crept cross his face. "Dupuy, eh?" he runted half audibly. "Wonder what 1 e wants around here now? He's a eguiar buttinski." To be Continued. The Chinese Way.?Chinamen have lore castes even than the East Indians. ; 'hey say you never find one China lan in a low condition of life but you 111 find him employing another Chiaman In a still lower condition. The mall Chinese farmer employs a serant, to whom he Is lord and master, 'his menial Is compelled to serve him - "... ....that ma v hp rpouired. I C\UJ vo|/c? - , 'or Instance, when the small Chinese urmer takes a pig to market he first ills the pig or makes his "hired man" o It. Then the pig Is carefully packd on one side of a single wheeled veilcle something like a v heelbarrow. 'he weight of the proprietor may just ialance that of the pig, but If It Is reater than that of the pig then a few owlders are added to even things up. 'he whole apparatus Is then wheeled long the road by the "hired man." the Chinese proprietor meanwhile placidly tnoking his pipe. uto*The first settlers in Brazil paid one housand five hundred dollars for a cat. nd for kittens their weight in goldlust. NEPOTISM B CHARGED. President Melt Severely Criticises The Clemson Board. A VERY BITTER FIGHT IS SCHEDULED. I c \ In a Statement Appended to the Re- ( port of the Legislative Committee, * President Mell Lays Bare the 8i*ua- c tion at Clemson Cojlsge?Declared ? That Board of Trustees Is Respon- I sible For the Years of Friction at the [ Institution?Nepotism One of the e r Sensational Charges Preferred?committee Racommends That No Radi- r I cal Action Be Taken at This Time, I Believing That Conditions In a j Short While Will be Vaetly Improved c ?Dr. Mell's Full Statement. b Observer Bureau, 1' 1320 Berkeley Building, a Columbia, S. C., Jan. 17. r To the report of the legislative com- d mfttee appointed last session to Inves- P tigate the state colleges, Is appended a rtatement from former President Mell of Clemson severely criticising the board of trustees and holding It responsible for the long years of friction at the college, and making several sensational charges against them, among others that nepotism is so prevalent In g their employment of teachers and others that friction Is inevitable. Specifying as to nepotism he makes this statement: "R. W. Simpson?three sons-in-law q on the faculty. j "W. W. Bradley?a brother on the t faculty. j "J. E. Wannamaker?a brother-ln- r law on the faculty; a nephew on the g station staff; a niece in the office of r the president; a relative In the treasurer's office. r "W. D. Evans?a son in the treas- t urer's office; a son holding the position a on fertilizer Inspector. "Alan Johnstone?a nephew on the faculty." Advises Against Radical Action. t Th<> reDort foreshadows the bitter fight that is coming In the present legislature on the management of Clemson. Already a bill has been passed by the house forbidding nepotism on the part of trustees of state colleges, and Representative Browning's bill 0 providing for a thorough legislative { investigation of the affairs of Clemson will likely be deemed necessary under j] the charges brought by Dr. Mell, al- c though the committee concludes by 0 saying: g "We do not think it advisable for the s legislature to take any radical action c at this time, as we hope, that with a r new set of by-laws and a new president, conditions will soon be vastly 1m- t proved." 8 The committee consists of Senator T. I. Rogers and Representatives E. t W. Duvall and L. M. Lawson, and the c report was laid on the desks of the 8 members today. c The committee renews the recom- j( mendatlon of Its last report that steps be taken to place the state entirely In 0 control of the institution. Commenting on the Clemson situa- t tion the committee says: c In view of the fact that a great v deal has been said In the press of the j, state as to conditions at Clemson col- r lege, and also In view of the fact that such a large sum of money Is yearly a expended there by Its board of trustees, a your committee felt It Incumbent upon 0 them, as far as time would allow to t make a somewhat thorough Investiga- r tion. c We find that there has been a de- n nlorable lack of co-oneratlon between <> the trustees and the president and the ? commandant to the serious detriment 8 of the institution. The retiring presi- u dent feels that the trustees have , usurped his powers and by Interference c with the details of the institution, g which are directly the duties of the t president?such as discipline of cadets, ^ orders to his subordinates, taking v charge of buying the books of the library, and dictating the curriculum? c made a successful administration im- n possible for him. p Strong Man Needed. b The trustees feel that the president c has failed to exert the authority given * him, and by this failure has made it Imperative for them to exert activities along lines they would have been glad P to leave to him. Regardless of who is 8 right in these claims, your committee e feels that for the future good of Clem- c son, it is necessary that a strong man ? be elected president; that he be made P the real head of the Institution; that * he be given all the powers to enable him to thoroughly control and operate b the entire institution. As an evidence c that it is the intention of the trustees n to remedy the above evil, we quote * the following resolution, which was P passed by a meeting in July, 1909. e "That a committee of three be appointed by the chairman to . take into P consideration ine revision 01 mc unlaws and, In consultation with the { president of the college, report such ? changes as In their judgment are nec- 11 essary to secure the following results: & 1. Define the powers and duties of the v president of the college, so that he shall A be the absolute head of the college, to b be held responsible for its satisfactory c working and success. 2. To define the * relation of the trustees of the college, J' and their duties as inspectors and leg- 11 lslators, seeking to secure the best re- 0 suits at a minimum of expense; the A idea being that the trustees shall dl- v rect and control the policy of the col- 8 lege under general rules and regula- * tlons, while the faculty shall carry J1 them out under the orders of the presIdent of the college, who shall alone act as Intermediary between the trustees d and the various heads of departments, n and shall be held responsible for re- u suits. 3. To secure the co-ordination w - " " ,lo_ O una cu-uperaiiun ui mc ?anuui9 ?vnartments of the college with a view b to economy and efficiency and a clear o definition of duties of the various of- t< ficers of the college." ? Under this resolution a committee 0 war appointed and has reported a new h ret of by-laws. These have been adopt- n cd by the board, and we hope they will prove satisfactory. S Lack of Harmony. We append to this report a commu- a nication from Dr. Mel!, retiring presl- e dent, furnished us upon our request u that he give us his viewa as to how the future welfare of the college could tl be best subserved. After receiving this ii communication from Dr. Mell, we in- p vited the present and also the former tl president of the board of trustees to a b conference with us, and asked them a about the mattera referred to by Dr. Mell, concerning all of which they gave c us freely and frankly, full Information, r We find that there was a woeful lack s< of appreciation between the board, or tl some members of the board, and the 1< president. The president attributing s his nnrttai fnilurp to make his admin- o Juration a success to the Interference by certain of the trustees, and the trustees attributing the same to the In- li competency of Dr. Mell as an admlnis- ji tratlve officer. We are not In a posi- d tlon to render a decided opinion upon o nil the matters In question, but we be- t lleve there is truth In both contentions, 1 in some respects. b It seems to be conceded by all that t ?? nf tho W9?ifin< fur its es- f tablishment, and the manner of its a ruppnrt, Clemson should be primarily an agricultural college, and it seems to t vour committee that the authorities b have failed to obtain the desired re- ii suit along these lines. The trustees || to whom we have talked seem to fully n realize this, and assure us that their c plans for the future embrace a determination to spare no effort or money d in making the agricultural department s all that could be desired. c We recommend that section L1L2?*f a volume 1. code of 1902. in reference to a the meetings of the board of trustees, be repealed. The board cannot proper y perform the many duties of dlrectng a large Institution by having only wo meeting* a year. The treasurer's eport of Clemson college shows that he trustees receive pay for more than wo meetings a year, and, in our opinon, the section should be repealed, and hue make clear their right to do so. This section was originally a part of l epeclal act for the purpose of winding ip the affairs of the old agricultural lepartment of the state, which duties vere Imposed upon the trustees of Jlemson college, and was not intended o apply to the meetings of the board or other purposes. But when the code if 1902 was adopted, it was incorporited in the article on Clemson college, ind as It stands therein and without ooking into Its history, it would ap>ear to apply to any meetings of the >oard. We do not believe this was ver intended, and therefore recomnend lis repeal. _ Your committee refers you to the eport of the treasurer as to the exlendlture of money by this institution, t is impossible for us, in the very short ime given to this Investigation, to go nto'each expenditure, but as far as we an Judge, they are correct, and the took a are well kept. We do not think It advisable for the egirlature to take any radical action it this time, as we hope that with a iew set of by-laws and a new presilent, conditions will soon be vastly imiroved. T. L ROGERS, On the part of the Senate. E. W. DUYALU L. M. LAWSON, ' On the part of the House. Dr. Msll's Charges. Dr. Mell's charges follow: Senator T. I. Rogers and Representatives L. M. Lawson and E. W. Duvall, Committee of the General Assembly: Sirs?Hi accordance with your reluest, I furnish you with the follow ng information concerning the condllons which have prevailed at Clemson Agricultural college for some years, esulting In serious opposition to good rovemment and the proper managenent of the affairs of the institution. 1. The board of trustees has in the ?ast interfered too much with the dules of administration, which belong In ill well-regulated institutions to the (resident of the college and his coleagues. The Committee of trustees has ieen accustomed to meet frequently at he college for the purpose of enforcing, , he orders of the board, instead of leav ng to the president of the college this esponsibillty, which by right belongs o his office. For illustration I cite he following instances: The farmer directed by a committee f trustees without consultation with he president of the college. A committee of trustees taking minite charge of all details of work and onstructlon and cultivation of crops >n the coast experiment station, near lummerville, when all such matters hould be under the president of the ollege and in direct charge of the dlector of the experiment station. Prior to April, 1908, interfering with he discipline of the corps of cadets by etting the action of the faculty aside n more than one instance. A resoluion passed in March, 1908, however, orrected this evil for the present and nabled the discipline committee to ontrol the situation when the cadets 9ft the college April, 1908. Th? bllliwt tok?n nut nt honitj >f the president of the college and laced in charge of committees of trusees who have, prior to December, 1909, onsulted directly with the officials /ho are under the president At the ast meeting of the board an effort waa nade to correct this practice. The finance committee of the board Lssuming by board order and, by the luthorlty of the by-laws, full charge 0m if the college library, in all of Its inerests, ordering the books and making ules and regulations for the proper onduct of the parties who frequent the Ibrary. This duty of purchasing books nd making rules for order should beong to a committee of the faculty aaifted by the librarian. Under the facilty management the library has rown into one of the most valuable ollectlons of books to be found in louth Carolina. This new action of he board has been made part of the ly-laws where it will require nine ote j of the trustees to correct The re.palr buildings placed in the harge of a cc mlttee of trustees when lore effective work can be accomlished and the buildings kept in much etter condition if the president waa harged with this duty. This is cusomary in most college's. President Not Consulted. The orders of the board are at times romulgated by committees directly to ub-offlclals and the president often is mbarrassed by not being Informed oncernlng these orders until he hears f them through the subordinate. This ractice destroys the president's auhority with the officials. The walks, roads and management of tie campus are now in cnarge or a ommittee of trustees, who direct all latters regarding the improvement of * he grounds, even to the details. The resident of the college has been addd to this committee, but his influence lade small by the requirements imlosed. On January .28, 1909, a committee rom the State Farmers' Union visited he college to examine Into its workng. My plans were made to enteraln these gentlemen, but these plans .'ere frustrated by the appearance of fr. R. W. Simpson, a member of the oard, who took these farmers in harge, and I did not have the opporunlty of presenting the college work o these visitors. Mr. Simpson gave astructlons to the farmer In charge s f the carriages and ordered other ofcials in regard to the care of these isitors and In all other respects asumed the prerogatives and duties of he president of the college in the enertainment of and direction of these armers through the college. Serious Interference with the presl-. ent's secretary, who is a relative of a lember of the board, and causing an nfortunate condition in my office ihich I have found It Impossible to vercome, so that a competent secreary could be secured to do the work f the office. My appeal to the board a allow me to have absolute control f the secretary In my office because f the confidential nature or tne wont, as been unavailing. I found it was ecessary to call for the secretary's ?signatlon for the accomplishment of ood service for the college. The board f trustees has set my action aside and tie young lady has been given leave of bsence until "the new president is lected." (See board of trustees' mlntes, December, 1909.) The committee of trustees insisting (lat the arrangement of the subjects ito courses shall first receive the ap- ' roval of the board of trustees before hey can be placed in the catalogue is ad legislation. This duty, belongs lone to the faculty. (See by-laws.) A committee of trustees taking harge of farmers' institutes and diecting all the details of the work of ending to the farmers the instruction he college has to offer. This work beings to the salaried officers of the intitution under the general direction f the president. Meetings Too Frequent. Petitions and papers of every kind ntended for the board of trustees hav.e n many instances reached the board lrect and not through the president's fflce. This practice has been sancloned by the trustees as individuals, 'he president should be the officer to ring everything from the officials to he board, so that he may be well inormed concerning all matters in and bout the college. The board of trustees is meeting oo often, and T think the state law is eing violated in these frequent meetngs. There would be less chance for nterruptlon as above given if the Heelings were uiujr mu cun j n". mc ode says on this subject: ' For the purpose of carrying out the luties hereby devolved upon them the aid board of trustees shall meet at the t all of the governor, and at Buch time 4 nd place as he may designate. They hall receive no compensation, but [Continued on Fourth Page.]