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CLEMSON PRESIDENT RESIGNS. Action is Said to Have Been Partly Due to his Clash With Com mandant Minus. Charlotte, N. C., July 8.-Dr. P. H. Mell. for seven years president of Clemson college, South Carolina's ag ricultural institution. tendered his resination today. Dr. Mell's action is .'e result of a clash between the president and the military comman dant, which assumed disturbing pro portions. Prof. Riggs, of the faculty, is spoken of as his probable succes sor, though the trustees have taken no act:on. Dr. Mell was born in Penfield, Greene county, Georgia. on May 24, 185'). His father was a Baptist min ister and a teacher of wide reputation. In 1871 he was graduated from the Uni-ersity of Georgia, and in 1873 he received from that institution the degrees of C. E. and M. E. The de gree of Ph.D. was later conferred on him by his alma mater, while the Un iversitv of South Carolina has confer red >n him the degree of Doctor of Laws. In 1873 Dr. Mell became mining en gineer for a. copper mine in Georgia, and from 1874 to 1877 he was State chemist. From 1878 to 1902 he was professor-of natural history and geol ozV in the Alabama. Polytechnic Insti tute. In addition to these duties he was -rom 1884 to 1893 director of the Alabama weatiher service. In 1902 he became president of Clemson college. Dr. Mell Denies Report. Clemson College, July 9.-The re ports in today's papers that. Dr. P. H. Mell had resigned the presidency of Clemson college at the meeting of the board of trustees last night were brought to Mr. Mell's attention today, and he asserted early this morning and again late this evening that he had not resigned. No statement that his resignation would or would not be presented before the adjournment of the board could be had here up to a late hour. The board is in executive session late tonight and there will be another session tomorrow morning. Until the final adjournment is reached there is little or no chance to get any authori tati-;e report of the proceedings. Whether or not the resignation will be presented tonight or tomorrow no body knows. The members of the board and Dr. Mell will not talk for publication. The session last night and t.he ses sion .todav have been taken up in a careful consideration of the presi dent's annual report, and recommen dations eenee rning the various phases of college work and progress so that up to this time there has been no chance for the presentation or consid eration of President Mell 's resigna tion if he ilatends to resign. Only he knows that so far as -can be learned. and be has been interviewed several times duzring the day with the above results. Prof. William Riggs, when shown the state:nent in the Charlotte dis patch that he was spoken of as Dr. Mell's probable successor, if Dr. Mell WEN JTHE EAGLE SCREAMS GlOrious Fourth Every good American gets out and makes a ncise-but not with his Clothes We have those cool FEA T HIER-WElf HT SUITS the "Real Things"- with plenty of "Cinger' but not that flashi ness that fairly screams-in all wool, silk and wcol, and fast color fabrics. You can dress well and eco nomically with our correct Clothing for men. Suits $10.00 to $30.00 EwartPerry Co shihl .resi;n. made the fol2Uwlg statement "I am not now and never have been an applicant for the presidency of Clemson college. I would not be ai3l ing to forsake my profession for the calling of a college president here or elsewhere. Prof. Riggs is the efficient director of the engineering department of the college. He is a mechanical and elec trical engineer of marked ability and is widely known and recognized as such. He is yet a young man and is wedded to his profession. RESIGNATION NOT ACTED ON.. Clemson Board Adjourns Without Reaching Decision-Will Meet Again August 12. Clemson College, July 10.-It was stated here this morning on the au Thority 'of Dr. P. H. Mell that his resignation as president of the col lege was placed in the hands of the board of trustees at the evening ses sion of the board yesterday. The res ignation is to become effective Sep tember 1. 1909, subject to the action of the trustees. No reasons for the regisnation are stated. The board has taken no action upon the resignation, but has adjourned to Imeet August 12, when it will proceed to consider Dr. Mell's resignation and to take up various other matters of business not finished at this session. Among the matters of interest dis posed of at the session just adjourned were the resignations of several mem bers of the faculty. The resignation of Dr. C. H. Shattuck, who has ac eepted a better position at the Idaho university, was accepted, and also that of Mr. J. H. Hook, who has ac cepted a place with Architect C. C. -Wilson, of Columbia. The following elections and pro motions on the faculty weer announc *ed: Dr. D. C. Mooring, of the Mississ ippi M. and M. college, was elected associate professor of horticulture, which position has been vacant for a year. Mr. A. B. Gardner was pro moted t othe positon of assistant pro fessor in the woodwork division, and Mr. J. C. Littlejohn, a member of the class of 1908, was elected to fill Mr. Gardner's former place. Mr. F. R. Sweeney, of the class of 1906, wj elected instructor in civil engineering. It is understood that Prof. ]p. N. Bar row, for the last year director of the agricultural department, will resign, t take effect September 1. So there will be three important vacancies to be considered at the August meeting, the president, the directorship of ag rriulture and the chair of botany and forestry. WHY HE RESIGNED. Commandants and Trustees, He Claims, Interferred With His I / Duties. Anderson, July 10.-That military commandants assigned to college duty by the war department consider them selves equal to the college president in authority, or above him, was one of Ithe reasons given today by Dr. P. H. Mell for his resignation yesterday from Clemson Agricultural college. Dr. Mell issued a stateemnt in which rhe said that lack of clearness in the college rules prevented the military commandants from realizing that they weentthe college president 's equal in authority. Other reasons for his resigntion were frequent interference by the trustees with the administra tion of teh president 's duties and their selection of faculty members witout sufficiently regarding tlie president's wishes. The board refused to accept Dr. Mell 's resigaation and called a meet ing for August 12 to consider the sit uation. RED BUCK JOINS THE BUGS. He Witnesses the Aviators Aviate ay1d Is Satisfied That They Gan Fly Just Like Birds. "Red Buck,'' the Washington cor respondent of the Charlotte Observ er, writing to this paper, says: I have joined " Tie Bugs.'' The IWright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, of Dayton, 0., have converted me. Take it from me that they -ean fly and fly well, without the aid of a bal loon attachment to their machine. I have seen Orville fly round and round a dozen times with the ease and grace of a bird. I wish that ev ery man, woman and child in Nortih and South Carolina could see him perform. When I say that the Wright's air ship flies like a bird I am not far from the truth. The principle is about the same. Since the days of Washington balloons have been sail ing about t,his country, but not until the Wrig'hts came with their aero plane did any one rise and fly as do a fwl ot the air. It is recorded here that the Father of is ou.trv witnessed a balloon aseension on hi" farm at Mount Vernon. The airship now cooped at Fort Meyer, just out of Washington, looks something like a large white crane, such as frequent tihe swampy places along the streams of the piedmont region of the Carolinas during wet seasons, or a big beetle, or fly, called by Southern youngsters, snake-wdit er. It is long and lithe and thin In its parts. I imagine if Col. A. L. Smith, of Charlotte, or Senator Bristow, of Kansas. were to come forth clad in nothing but pajamas and sail away, with arms outstretched to the finger tips. feet drawn close together at the heels and toes, and legs extended straight bhind, and face adorned with a pair of heavy, zine-colored eye glasses, lie would resemble very much an aeroplane-in action. The Fort Meyer Trials. The Wrights are here to convince the government that they can fly. The tests are being made at Fort Meyer, where Uncle Sam's army and navy officers can watch them. Eery afternoon, at half-past five, the fields about Arlington, and Fort Meyer, are alive with people to see the avi ators aviate. I had no idea the masses would take so much interest in the flights as they do. The first afternoon the crowd was so great that the electric railways could not take* care of it. The seramble for point of vantage was so desperate that a weakling was in danger of being trampled upon. All. kinds of citizens went out. The United States Senate ad journed for the occasion.' That day, however, one and all were disappointed; there was no flight. The machine had not been put in perfect condition and the wind was wrong. That night, after returning to their several homes, removed great quanti ties of Virginia dust from their per sons, had dinner, and lighted their cigars, the bugs began to crDak. 'It's a fake," said a big Kentucky bug. "I do not believe he can fly." "The whole affair was poorly managed," declared a wilted bug. "I am from Missouri. They must show me.'" "If the Wrights fly," said a red headed bug from Colorado, "I will see the crowd up.'' "Don't knock so'hard and so read ily,'' said a Tennessee bug. "We must give them 'a fair trial. Of course I do not think I would vote for any appropriation just this min ute, not for several days, at least, until the skin th\ hot sun burned away from my nose grows back, but am willing to wait.'' "Well, if they get me out there any more they will have to haul me in a refrigerator car,'' said an Ar kansas bug. These were big bugs, congression al beetles, who had gone out to get courage to base a vote on. All were pessimistic. Harvey Helm, of tihe Blue Grass Sta-te, had lost all hope of ever seeing anybody fly this side of the river Jordan. But. his friend. George R.auch, of Indiana, was opti mistie. He saw no reason for com plaint. "'Unfortunately.'' said he. ''we all got hot and dirty this afternoon, and mad. We will feel better in the morning.'' "That is the brght side of the picture'' said Edward Taylor, of Colorado. "'I shall wait until the thing flies before I go again,'' said Judge De Armond. "I tihink I ean see the per formance from my room window.'' The entire city was disappointed that the Wrights did not fly the first day. Hundreds of persons who could not go nearer sat on house tops in the city and waited patiently. Four, five. six and seven o'clock passed, and there w.as no sign of the airship. Many a f tee had been blistered in the boiling sun. The Second Day Was the same. The second day of the tri.als was very little better but tbhe crowd was not so great. The ship sailed off that afternoon but soon fell and broke a runner. But the very fact that a flight-although it was very short had been made, revived the enthusi asm of the multitude. The next day when 'the hour for the tests arrived, all of the bugs were there, and to the surprise and delight of every one Orville rose and sailed about like a winged creature. Many times he flew in front of the reviewing stands. The interest was so great and the feeling so intense that the dumb striken crowd made no sign of its appreciation until it was all over. The Bugs Hold a Joyful Meeting. That evening, after dinner, the bugs of the House office building, met on ihe grass in fronit of the hotels on New Jersey avenue, between B and C streets. Southeast, and discussed airships. "She can fly, all right."' said Col. Adam Byrd, of Mississippi. "I wish State and scare the Iiggers. b Det they would think judgment day had come. "I' wouldn't be-surprised to see you going home in one before many years," said Bob Wickliffe, of Louis inana. "You ought to have a two-seated one, so that you and Zeke Candler can go together," suggested Helm. "Would you ride in that one we saw to-day?'' asked John Langley, of Helm. "If the Wrights said it was all right for me to do so, I would." The bugs were in fine form. They had seen something that very few of them ever dreamed of seeing. The attendance on Friday was not large but several thousand people looked on from various places. The first flight was the best of all but the second came to a sudden conclusion by a mishap to the engine and the ship dropped to the ground 75 feet below, breaking the skids and tear ing the canvas on a tree. But, withal. the Wrights have con vinced Washington that they can fly. They have conquered the air. The aeroplane used here weighs about 1,000 pounds, and is operated by a gasoline engine. In order to start it from the ground it is run on a monorail for fifty yards and then it shoots in-to the air an4 off it goes. As itePrissn etaoi netao nishrddlu As it rises one thinks of the big wild turkey gobler that runs. flopping his wings to get a start. From what I have seen within the last few days I firmly believe that before this time, 1919, I will have made a trip to Charlotte from Wash ington in an airship. The Wrights have convinced those who have seen them perform that flying is not so dangerous as it seems. I would ac company Orville on a flight if he said it would be all right, but I prefer to wait awhile until the machine is per fected. Twenty years ago the safety bicycle, following the old fellow with a big wheel and a little one, was a great curiosity. To-day we 'have the automobile. No telling what a de cade will bring. The fellow who always agrees with you will bear watching. Barbecue at St. Paul's. We, the undersigned, will give *a first class barbecue at St. Paul's church Friday, July 30, 1909. A large attendance is desired. A first class dinner guaranteed to all who attend this barbecue. Come one, come all, and enjoy tue day. George Richardson, J. Walter Riehardson. NEWBEERY UNION STATION Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains-Effective 12.01 A. M. Sunday May 30, 1909. Southern Railway: '.1. 15 for (Greenville :.. .8.57a.mL N.18 for Columbia ...1.40 p.m. No. 11 for Greenville .. ..2.43 p.m. .% 163 for Columbia .... .8.47 p.m. C., N. & L. R *No. 22 for Columbia .. . .8.47 a.m No. 52 for Greenville .. 12.56 p.m No., o3 for Columbia .. ...3.20 p.m *No. 21 for [Laurens .. .7.253 p.m *Does not run on Sunday T! ri r.i'I 5show5 :he time a' which trains may be expe'cted to de part from this station, but their de parture is not guarantee I and the time shown is subject to ci ange with out notice. G. L. Rcbinson. Station Master. CHARLBSTON & WESTEN CAE OLINA RY. Schedule in effect May 31, 1908. Lv. Newberry (C N & L) 12:56 p.m. Ar. Laur-ens 2:02 p.m. L. Lanrens (C & W C) 2:35 p.m Ar. Greenville 4:00 p.m. Lv. Laurens 2:32 p.m. Ar. Spartanburg 4:05 p.m. L. Spa rtanburg (So. Ry.) 5:00 p.m. Ar. Hendersonville 7:45 p.m. Ar. Asheville 8:50 p.m. Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:32 p.m. Ar. Greenwoo.d 3:32 p.m. Ar. McCormiek 4:33 p.m. Ar. Augusta 6:15 p.m. Tri-Weekly Pairlar Ck line be tween Augu'sta and AAheville. Trains Nos. 1 and 2, leave Augusta Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, leave Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Note: The above arrivals and de partures, as well as connections with other companies, are given as infor mtion, and are not guaranteed. Ernest Williams, Gen. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. Geo. T. Bryan, rw'-.enviine, S C.. REPORT TO THE STATE BANK EXAMINER (CONDENSED) OF THE CONDITION OF The Bank of Prosperity Prosperity, S. C. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, APRIL 28, 1909. RESOURCES: LIABILITIES. Loans ........ $ 97,213.14 Capital Stock. .... $ 25,000-00 Overdrafts. ..... 1,976.o3 Surplus and profits . . 12,4975S Building and Fixtures 4,000.00 Du s to ot s. . 2,94.o Cash in our Due to other banks. . 2,694.01 vault. . $ 6.183.57 Deposits . . . . . - 94,675.41 Cr anks. 25-494-18 Borrowed money . . . NONE 31,677-75 $134,866.92 $134,866.92 DIRECTORS: S. S. BIRGE, DR. GEO. Y. HUNTER, N. L. BLACK, W. H. HUNT. J. F. BROWNE, P. B. WARNER, DR. J. S. WHEELER. Our institution is under the supervision of and regularly examined by the State Bank Examiner. THE G;HANGE BA K Newberry, S. C. SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. 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