The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 21, 1910, Image 1
VOL XLVII NO. NEWBERRY, S. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 21. 1910. TWICE AWEEX. $150A YEAR
SOLONS SPENDS LEES
BIRTHDAY AT WINTPROP
USVAL NUMBER OF NEW BILL
POURING IN.
Iureaming Scholarships. - Senate
Talks Liquor.-Government by
Injunction.
Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, Jan. 20.-The general
ssembly spen!t yet-drday, Lee's
*irthday, at Winthrop college,
leaving Columbia yesterday morn
ing and returning last night.
Both houses were in session on
Monday and on Tuesday, and the
house will meet to-day at ten o'eloek
and the senate at noon.
Both houses have been hard at
work, but, as usual, new bills are
pouring in, and there seems to be
littk doubt that the session will
continue for the usual forty days.
The Injunction Bill.
The senate has passed to third
reading Senator Graydon's bill
woviding for injunctions Vor the
enforcement of the whiskey laws.
There was a hard fight on the bill,
'out it passed up by a. safe majority.
The bill brought up a 'iscussion of
the whole whiskey question, and
there was a spicy debate. The ad
vocates of the measure contended
that it was necessary in order to en
farea the law. Its opponents urged
t14 it was taking away the 'right of
trial by jury.
- here was also a lively discussion
ii the senate on the Otts bill to de
4tre the unlawful sale or keeping
-m possession of alcoholic liquors a
A41Sa%e. The vote has not yet been
taken ona4his bill. It is contended
.y its opponests that there is al
ready a law along this line, but Sen
-ator Carlikle, of Spartanburg, who
is leading the fight for the passage of
the bill, says that there is .a neces
sity for the measure. This bill is
opposed by the author of the in
junetion bill.
Passenger Rates.
The house has passed Mr. Dixon's
bill fixing the passenger rates at not
more, than two and a half cents per
mile. This is the rate now in force
by r.greemen't of the railroads, the
piresent- legal rate being not more
hkan three ecnts.
The house has also passed the bill
rqirng the use of eleetrie head
gt "of 1,500 eandle power.I
In Aid of Firemen.
*The house, has passed Mr. Garris'
hi requiring a tax of one per cent.
t4 he paid by foreigm fire insurance
esmpanies doing business in towns
or cities having a fire department
whose equipment is of the value of
$1000 or more, the fund so derived
is* go- to the improvement of the fire
'department. This bill really aims to
make this fund a pension fund.
Increasing .Scholarships. I
Senator Graydon 's bill to increase
!'he number of scholarships at the
South Carolina university to 124,
the beneficiaries to ,be apportioned
amrong the several counties in the
same manner as members of the
house are now apportioned, has
messed the senate. There is a simi
~ar bill in the house introduced by
Mr. MeoColl.
Marriage License Bill.
Senator Earle has introduced in
the senate a bill requiring that par
rigs marrying shall secure from th6!
:ederk of the court a marriage license,
the license to be issued upon the
part,ies making oath as to their ea
aeity to marriage, and as 'to their
sames and ages, and the payment of
a fee of twenty-fiv ecents. The law
requires that the licenses be record
'd by the clerk of court.
As to Contributory Negligenice.
Senator Croft has introduced a bill.
i- the senate which provides that
contributory negligence on the parl
of employees of railroad corpora-I
zions shall not be a bar to recovery,
but that if there is negligence on the
eart of both railroads and employ
ees that the damages shall be dimin
shed in proportion to the negligence
of the employee.
To the Citadel and Clemson.
Th eeral assembly will go to
the Citadel on Wedneday, Janu
arv 26. and t, Clemson college on
Friday. January 28.
Many More Bills To Come.
i addition to the large number of
bills already introduced, the en
Prossing department is crowded with
new bills, and they will continue to
pour into both branehes of the gen
L1ral assembly for a number of days
vet.
The Prohibition Bill.
The prohibition bill has not yet
been intiroduce0d, but it may come
during this week, and the fight for
State-wide prohibition will be on.
The Asylum Matter.
It is probable that the report of..
the joint legislative committee ap
pointed at the last session of the
eneral assembly to investigate the
State hospital for the inane will be
submited to-day or to-morrow. The
consideration of this matter will in
all probability take up a coDsider
able amount of time.
The report of the asylum commit
tee was submitted at the session to
day. They recomlmend an increase
in the amount for maintenance of
$33,000. They also recommend for
improvements to the plant an appro
priationof $70,000, until a new plant
can be installed.
They recommend an issue of one
million dollars in bonds for - the
building of two separate institutions,
one for white patients and one for
colored ones. If bond issue is voted
then present fund is to be turned
over to ~sinking fund commission for
sale. An appropriation of $10,000
is made for the drawing of plans and
pecifications.
The report is sensational in that
they find that the conditions are
such that changes are needed.
Jno. K. Aull.
DYNAMITE KILLS CONVICTS.
One Negro on Chester Chain Gang
Torn to Shreds and Another
Fatally Wounded.
Chester, Jan. 18.-Biddle Gist and
David Abell, two negroes, conviets
n the Chester county chain gang,
were instantly killed this afternoon,
near the camp on the York road, five
nd one-half miles from the city, by
the explosion of a stick of dynamite.
1he two negroes in 'charge of Guard
E. Schulte were thawing out some
dynamite preparatory to sending off
a blast when a stiek of the stuff be
eame ignited. Abell attempted to
extinguish the .flames by beating the
stick against t-he ground, anid this
set off the entire 'supply o,f several
stieks.
Abell was torn to threads. His
be~ad and portions of his body were
found 125 feet distant in one direc
tion and other parts were found
equally distant in other directions.
Cst was not es badly mangled, his
body remaining more intact, but he,
too, was injured. Guard Ed Schulte
was knocked down and painfully
urt about the face, his most seri
us hurt being to one of his eyes.
Drs. McConnell and Wallace, how
ever, were rushed to the scene of
accident, and they hope to save his
eye.
Eli Gill, a convict, an.d two white
boys, the sons of Ex-Treasurer W.
D. Guy, were knocked down and
stunned, ,but received no broken
bones or bruises. No blame at
taches to Superintendent S. 0. Mc
Keown, or hig guards, as the con
iets, one and all, h:ad been instruct
ed as to what to do in case any dyn
amite ever took fire. -.
Feminine Resource.
Mr. Di- went to the club leaving
Mrs. D- with a lady friend whose
abilities as a scandalmonger and
mishief maker were pre-eminent.
When be returned he just poked his
ead into the drawing room and said
with a sigh of relief, "that old cat's
gone, I suppose?''"
For an instant there was a pro
found silence, for as he uttered the
last ward he encountered the stony
stare of the lady who had been in his
mind. Then his wife eame to the
rescue.
"O,yes, dear,'' she said. "I.
seti oteet'home in a basket
is morning. '-Tit-Bits.
THE NEWS Or PROSPERITY.
Missionary Union Holds Meeting.
U. D. C. Honors Lee's Memory.
-Personal.
Prusperity, Jan. 20.-Mr. J. L.
Wise has gone to Tennessee to buy
another carload of mules.
Mrs. Julia Quattlebaum, of Bam
berg, is the guest of her son, Mr.
Jas. Quattlebaum.
Messrs. J. S., J. A.. and M. H.
Nichols returned Monday from a
visit to their brother in Florida.
Mr. Gehrhardt Bedenbaugh has
moved into the Dennis house on Me
Nairy street.
Mr. S. J. Kohn spent several days:
of last week in Charleston.
Mrs. F. E. Schumpert visited Mrs.
Gibson in Columbia this week.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Wheeler, of
Wheeland, were in the city Tuesday..
Mr. Matthews, of Columbia, visit
ed Mr. Birge Wise this week.
Mr. John Scott, of Clinton, has
moved his family into the Simpson
house on. McNairy street. We are
glad to have them make our town
their home.
-Our two legislators, Dr. Wyche
and Mr. Godfrey Harmon, are in'Co
lumbia, working for our county.
Mrs. Pierce Wicker, who,has been
extremely ill for several weeks is
now convalescent.
'Mr. and Mrs. Kreps and little
Tracy are in Columbia attending the
Laynen's Missinary conferenee.
Mr. S. P. McCracken, of Newber
ry, visited Mrs. Kohn and Mrs.
Young last week.
Mr. N. E. Aull, of Hickory, visited
Mr. A. H. Xohn's family this week.
The social Missionary union whieh
met at the Baptist church Friday
was morpe than a success.
Mrs. E. B. Kibler presided in her
upsual happy way. Miss Kohn read
extracts from various sources on all
phases of the Chinese question, in
terspersing them with timely re
marks. "Missions in China" by
representatives of the four churches.
Mrs. Wyche, Mrs. Kibler, Miss May
Dominick and 3iiss Langford, were
interestingly written papers-sta
tistical reports and helpful com
ments. Mrs. Kreps conducted a
Round Table, which was heartily en
tered into y every womai present.
The occasion was so profitable, s->
pleasant, so social, so lacking in. de
nominational pride and spirit that
we predict even happier meetings
when the other quarters roll around
and we urge every woman- in town to
he present.
Mr. Larry Covin,-'the popular eash
ier of the Batesburg Bank, visited
Mr. A. L. Black's family last week.
Mrs. A. H. Kohn spent Monday and
Tuesday in Columbia.
The .fo]lowing of our townsnien
attended theLaymen 'smnovemeht thi's
week: Messrs. A. G. Wise, S. J.
Kohn, A. H. Kohn, Drs. Wheeler.
and Hunter.
Mrs.-Wright and son, of New
berry, made a week-end visit to!
Miss Nannie Simpson.
The hour spent with t.he U. D. C.
in houeor of Lee on Wednesday was
greatly enjoyed by a large number.
Appropriate songs were sung. .Rev.
Mr. Caldwell made a very thoughtful
talk on Lee. He quoted from nu
merous authors anid showed that no
other military chieftain, 'save Na
poleon, ever climbed to his heights.
He dwelt at length on Lee'Ls good-'
ness, his generous nature, his ex
cellenee as a sch.oaar and the honors
and riches he forewent in order to
give his service's to his beloved
Southland. He told interesting in
idents in the life and career of
Lee, and closed by relating the scene
ini the senate 'when Candler made
his speech agaivst Lee and Davis
and when Alex. H. Stephens was
wheeled in and maAe his memorable
reply.
Mr. J. J. Miller, of Columbig, vis
ited his sister, Mrs. Joe Hartman,
this week.
Mr. Vance Irby, of Laurens, was
in the city this week.
Mr. E. W. Werts and Mr. J. B.
Hartman went to Old Town to bag
game la'st week.
Mr. Willie Cannon visited his
brother, Mr. Sam Cannon, in Cohum
Mr. C. F. Saner visited friends i
Saluaa a few days ago.
Mr. a.td Mrs. Jake L,itzsey an
children visited in the city Wei
nesday.
We.are glad to be able to say the
Mrs. Fainie Bedenbaugh, c
i'Neall's is now out of all dangi
and is recovering rapidly.
Miss Y'Jenia Harmon spent tb
week-end with her sister in Scrar
ton, S. C.
DISPENSARY BOARD'S WORK
Its Final Report to Governor i
Hands of Printers.-Has Saved
State $453,464.
Columbia, January 19.-The con
mission appointed by Governor Ai
sel under an Act of the Legislatmn
to wind up the affairs of the "1
State dispensary has drafted its f
nal report to the Governor, and
now in the hands of the printer, an
will be laid on the desks of the men
bers of the Legislature in a few day
The report is an exceedingly inte
esting one, and the commission hi
appareTAly made a fine busine.
showing. The total net money r
sult is $453,464.56, of which $275
000 has been paid into- the Stai
treasury, $80,832.80 is on hand i
cash, $22,631.76 due by counties, aE
$75,000 is real estate, this being i
sumary of the business from tl
time the commission assumed charc
on February 16, 1907, up to Januai
12, of the present year. And moi
is 'to come from overjudgment
amounting to. over $200,000.
The commission has realized gra
total receipts of $974,586.55,
which $56,936.36 is interest earn<
by.deposits of funds in the ban)
-over the State at 4 per cent. T
total amount paid out was $89,
753.75; including the $275,000 turn(
over to the State Treasurer. C
merchandise acoumt a gr.ss prol
of $12,024.86 is shown, while c
capital account of $400,000 there
a net loss of only $4,189.76.
The supply account shows a ns
loss of $33,286.42, "which loss is ai
counted for in runining the dispei
sary several months, using the.
supplies in supplying the variot
dispensaries for goods sold to them.
The ''conscience money'' receive
''from old ereditors, who had to a<
eounts on the books,'' amounted I
$39,500, "the attorneys receiving 5
per cent. commission on all the
could recover on claims of thi
kind."
The .litigation in th. Feder
courts was costly, the report say
but this was charged against ti
whiskey houses and the commisio
"considdrs that this litigation he
cost the State practically nothing.'
"Exhibit 'D' shows the assets an
liabilities, part of which we consi4
er a contingent liability amountit
to $41,277.63, being amounts claime
by parties who have appealed froi
the findings of this commission
the supreme court for final. settli
ment," says the report.
"Exhi.bit 'E' gives itemized statt
ments of all extpenses per diem an
mileage ineurred by this commissin
during the entire period, which full
explains itself. We call attentic
to the total, which is $7,077.54."
"The results of the efforts"c
Anderson, Felder, Rountree & Wi
son, of Atlanta, who were paid 1
j>er cent. omn all savings from ovel
charges and 50 per cent, of the 00r
sience money "is shown in Exhibi
'G.' The amount so charged up t
creditors was $173,831.95, of whie
$20,446.08 was for expense of lit
gation.".
Good in Theory.
F. B. Sanborn after hearing Ho:
ace White and other younger e:
perts in finaxee instruct Boston thi
week at a public dinner on the me:
its of the central bank, gives it
his idea that we ought to have i
but probably never shall get it, f(<
the same reason that the ordinar
wild -duck cannot be maide as goo
e:ti:g as- the canvas back by feedin
it on wild celery. "It will do it,
said the tavern keeper of th-e Ad
rondack forest: "I know it, for I 's
iried i t--oly. .d-n 'em, they won
at it. "--Roston Record.
n CLEMSON COLLEGE
d IN THE UMEUGHT
t COMMITTEE BLAMES BOTH
METL AND TRUSTEES.
Ir
Probable Truth, Says the Report, in
e Charges that Board Interfered
too Much and Mell Showed
Little Ad ministrative
Ability.
I Columbia, January 16.-The report
- of the legislative committee charged
with the investigation of the State
educational committees has some un
usual matter in it, especially with
- regard to Clemson College. This
.. committee consists of Senator T. I
e Rogers and Representatives Divall
d and Lawson.
i- On the subject of nepotism, the
is committee says:
d We would again call your atten
1.. tion to the recommendation made by
s. your committee at the last session of
r. the General Assembly. In that re
ts port W3 recommended that the Act
3s forbidding the -employment of rela
e- tives by public school trustees as
Y telehers should be amended so as
t to include the boards of trustees of
En our State institutions. If the Gen
td eral Assembly had good and suffi
Le eient reasons for the enactment of
e this law in making it apply to the
, trustees of our public schools, the
y very same reasons exist why. the
re same should apply - to our college&,
1 In our inspection we have. inquired
as to the extent of nepotism in our
d institutions, and the effeet that
nepotism is having upon their opera
tion. We are led to believe that this
s is a very dangerous practice, and
while it iuay work a seeming hard
ship to certain individuals, yet we
should legislate for ..the whole peo
In ple and for the protection !of . odr
It colleges, and we think it should be
prohibited by the statute law of the
State. We thimk it fair to the oth
er institutions to state that this prac
tice does not prevail to any extent
except at Clemson College. We feel
3 constrained to add that peculiar cir
cumstances have partially created
;e this condition there.
Conditions at Clemson.
Coneerning conditions at Clemson
the special legislative committee has
othis to say:
In view of the fact that a great
deal has 'been said in the press of the
SState as to conditions at Clemson
college, and also in view of the fact
lthat such a large sum of money is
yearly expended there by its board
sof trustees, your committee felt it
incumbent upon them, as far as time
would allow, to make a somewhat
t.horouigh investigation.
dWe find that there has been a de
Splorable lack of co-operation be
tween the trustees and the president
Sand between the president and the
commandant to the serious detri
ment ofteinsition The re
tees {ave -usurped his powers and
by interference with the details of
athie institution, which are 'directly
athe duties of the president-such as
adiscipline of cadets, orders to his
Isubordinates, taking charge of buy
ing the books of the library, and die
-tating the curriculum-mader'a sue
esiful administtation impossele
ofor hi.
0The trustees feel thiat the presi
dent has failed to exert the authority
Sgiven him, and by his failure has
made it imperative for them to ex
.ert activities along lines they would
-have been glad to leave ta him. Re
gardless of who is right in these
claims, your committee feels .that for~
the future good of Clemson, it is~
necessary that a strong man be elect
.ed president that he be made the
Sreal head of the institution; that he
be given all the powers to enable him
Ls to thoroughly control and operate'
the entire institution. As an cvi
rdence that intention of the trustees
vto remedy the above evil, we quote
dthe following resolution, which was'
passed by a meeting in July. 1909.
"That a committee of three be ap
ipointed by the chairman to take into.
e consideration the revision of the
't by-laws, and. in consultation with
the preidet of the college, report
such changes as in tner juagmens
are necessary to secure the following
re,ults: 1. Define the powers and du
ties of the president of the eollege,
so that he shall be the absolute head
of the college, to be held responsible
for its satisfactory working and sue
ees. 2. To define the relation ol
the trustees of the college, and theiw
duties as inspectors and legislators,
seeking to secure the best rez-lts as
a minimum expense; the idea being
that the trustees shall direct and
control the policy of the college un
der general rules and . regulations,
while the faculty shall carry them
out under the orders of the presi
dent of the college, who shall alone
act as intermediary between the
trustees and the various heads of
departments, and shall: be held re
sponsible for results. - 3. To seenre
the co-ordinaon and c atica
of the various departments of the
college with 'a view to economy and
efficiency and a clear definition ol
duties of the various officers of the
college.
Under this resolution a committee
was appointed and has reported a
new set of by-laws. These have beez
adopted by the board and we hope
they will prove satisfactory.
We append to this report a coma
munication from Dr. Mell, retiring
president, furnished us upon o=s
request that he give bs his views as
to how the fu.ture welfare of the
college could be best subserved. Af
ter receiving this communicatioi
from Dr. Mell, we invited the pres1
ent, and also the former presiden4 d
the board of trustees to a confer
enee with us, and asked tfiem about
the matter referred to by Dr.- IbU5.
concerning all of which they gave us
freely and frankly. full informatie
We find that "there was' a ioWu
lack 6 appreciation between tdW
board, or some members of the
board, and the president. The
president attributing his ~ partial
tion a sieess to the interference
tration a suceess to the interference
bv certain of the trustees, and the
trustees attributing the same to the
incompetency of Di-. Mell as an ad
ministrative officer. We are not in
a position to render a decided opin
ion upon all the matters in question
but we believe there is truth in both
contentions, in some respects.
Agricultural Teature a Failure.
It seems to be conceded by all
,that on aceount of the ieasons -for
its establishment, and the manner -
of its support, Clemson should be
primarily an agricultural college
and it 'seems to.youlr committee thet
the authorities have failed to obtaia.
the desired result along these lines.3
The trustees to whom we'have talked
seem to fully realize this, and as
sure us that their plans for thre fu-.
ture embrace a. determination to
spare no effort or money in maldng '<
the agricultural department all that
could be desired.
'We recommend that Section 1,1
of- Volumne 1, Code, of 1902, in ref
erence to the meetings of-the board ~
of trustees, be repealed. The board
cannot properly perform tI(e many.
duties of directing a large institutioO
by having only two meetngs a yea.
The treasurer's report of Clemsnn
college shows that the trustees re
eive pay' for more than twa meet
ins a year, and, in -our opinion, the
section, should .be repealed and thus
make clear their right to do so.
This section was originally a part
ofa special Act for the purpose of
winding up the affairs of the old ag
rieuJ:ural department of the State,. -
whih duties were imposed upon the
trustees of Clemson college, and was
not intended to apply to the mee
ings of the .board for other purposes.
But when the Code of 1902 was adop
ted, it was incorporated in the arti
le on Clemson college, and as it
stands therein and without looking
into its history, it -would appear to
apply to any meetings of the board.
We do not believe this was ever n
tended, and therefore recompend
its repeal.
Should Be Under State cnrL.
We renew~ the following recom
mendation of the last report of this
committee:
'This committee has for several
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