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beie-e they are each doing their fill duty to the State, earning every dolla they receive. But if one of them wer not, we doubt if his kinsman woull be the first to discoveir his derelictior We have assailed the motive of n, inan or set of mn. We are trying onli 'to declare good policy and sound prin ciple. Dangers of Nepotism. "This booklet impresses us mor than ever with the dangers of nepot ism. of life tenure of office, and o private control of public funds." Far From Completed. The committee comes to thie con ,clusion that Clemson presents the as pects of being far from a complete institution. The committee further says that on: can not visit Clemson without bein impressed by the apparent decadenc of agricultural activities on the farrr "'Live stock and equipment," says th commission, "present the appearano of neglect thus setting an example ii marked contrast with the precept taught. We do not here refer to th experimental station, vhich bears evi dence of careful and skillful manag ment under its efficient head." For Field Work. The committee feels very strongl: that the large expenditures for th support of Clemson college will neve 'be ful-ly juA-tified until there is 4 -greater attention. paid on the part 0 the institution to what is generall: called exteusion work among the far mers of the State. The committee be lieves that even though/it should re quire the diversion of funds from th class room work it will be necessar: in order that Clemson college ma: Teach a full degree of usefu-ness t expa nd a larger amount and devot more energy to' the purpose of in structing and encouraging farmer and their families in the practical de tails of their eviery-day life. State Rights. Under the- caption of "State right -preserved only by us," the committe says as follows with reference to th inactivity of Clemson in flied work: "It is contrary- to the fundamenta -principles of South Carolina to su' render to the federal government , 'field of pubalic service for which tb 'sovereign powers of the State are ade quate. To teach the people to loof fo~r national rather than State aid i matters that touch their home lif would gradually work a revolution i our political thought. Ift is deplorab1 that the gneatest achievemnents in ae riculitural promotion have' been undE the 'stimulus of national arid not Stat supervision. The marked tendency t -centra'lize influences in thi-s respeC can be overcome on.ly by the most ad 'vanced undertaking and achievement on the part of the State." Clemson iRevenue. A most interesting discussion by tb committee is that with refe'rence 't the revenue "of Clemson college. Tb section is as fol,lows: Give Some Praise. It is the opinion of the committe that 'the several institutions supporte by the State are fortunate in thei :resp'ective executive heads. Central ControL 'Looking to the evolution of soxm -coordinating central control of all< the educational institutions of ti 'State -the committee recommen-ds the :a commission be appointed to sers "without compensation, except as i limited t-raveling expenses, charge -with the duty of investigating ti systems of higher eduoation in othi States and to report to thle next gpl .eral assembly a plan for unificatic of the governing authority of tI 'several institutions'of the S$te. It recommended that the gournor as 'the State superintdeift of educitk ishiould be p~enbers of the boards (nysteps 'of all institutions owned 1 the, State. '~ Cost to $bfat. Asto the cost of the vArieus Sta (institutions the following table is- Oi en: State Funds for No. Tifnstitu son Current Expenses Studeni Citadel.. - . -. $ 30,000.00 233 Winthrop. .. 101,102.40 674 University.. .. ..60.439 339 2lemnson. .. 157,412.75 653 Total... .. ..$4,98.34 1,899 Pra'ise for University. i'he "Uivers ty ot South Carolina a :.ly 17:Lised in the report of i1 comumit tee and its gener"ai needs dia cussed. The committee says that it gratified at the substantial progre! that has been madie. The commit:t fully sympathizes with the request rhe board of trustees of the universi1 for an appropriation of $5fi,O00 to 1 distributed through two years for xew auditorium. The work by Tl1 Citadel is highly commenaded. An al propriation of $5,000 is recommend< to be used for a State summer scho for teachers to be located at Win thr< college. Winthrop. The committee is very much lelasI *Wth the work that has hc'n rn;e 1. ~. .: " 1 follows: "The excellence of every d S tail of this institution, the perfection e of arrangement and management, and I the spirit of cooperation and loyalty prevailing are well known and reflect >the greatest honor upon ihe priesident & who organized it and upon his assist .-.1,ts and faculty. . The appropriation for a new 10inn room and kiuchen I was expended with a result which is a all that could be desired in usefulness - and ,beauty. f "The college has had a prosperous C year during its last session and this :ssicnl is progressing auspiciously. SE -;The enrollment is at this time 702. st - The board of trustees in their report m 1 to the general assembly ask for the c enlargement of the auditorium and the at e infirmary, both of which were built for S a much smaller number of students SE e than the present enrollment; and for a an industrial arts and science building N e to be paid for by two annual appro- Jo e priations. 'The auditorium is barely Sc I large enough to seat the present stud- ex s ent body. The authorities of the col- Of a lege were compelled to send -home the - freshman class last year before com- ta - mencement to make room in the audi- si torium for the commencement visitors. fil The infirmary was built to care for the sI students of only one dormitory and in there are now three dormitories, and in the number of students thMice as large m r now as then. In case of an epidemic T it would be impossible for the authori- S1 ties to properly care for the health and al comfort of these girls with the present R small infirmary. This is an absolute a. necessity. 01 "Clemson college occupies the ano- fa e malous position of asking of the gen- b< eral assembly, not approved and funds r( for this or that line of development, J1 8 but simply -to be let alone.' This is n< e due to the system iby -which Clemson s( is lenabled to use the sovereign power tc of the State to collect its own revenue, a and merely report to the general as- w sembly as to how the same has been tc exp)ended. This fund, comparatively S small when the present law was en- 10 e acted, (has grown to such proportions e as to make this institution rich, indeed, I T with a prospect of enormous riches , with the (rapid increase in fertilizer - sales. Meantime there are other needs t, . of the State that may be more press- c< e g than such development at Clemson a -as- wou4ld follow upon the possession k of so large a revenue. ri County Farm Schools. et "The small farmers, whose fe'rtiliz i er, distributed in the fields by theirs e own sons and daughters, contribute 0 -no inconsiderable -part of the revenue t rof Clemson college,, can in few in-1 e stances hope ever to send a son toj5 that agricultural college. For them,a t in justee and in the best interest of t -the agricu-ltural development of the s State, there should be agriculturale schools in connection with model farms in the several counties, -thus e bringing a practical education to the children of the poorer farme-s. e Annual Appropriaton. d "But whatever be the policy of the State in its further educational de-0 velo'pment, any revenue raised by thiec d authority of the State shouild be at allc r tiimes administered by officers of the State u'nder the control and the direc-V tion of the general assemb'ly. It seems a - impossible that in a free country there e should 'long be toleralted ~thie presentb >f 'nI system of revenue.; Moreover, it would be for the best interest of Clemson col t c lege that its income, from y'ear to year, should be definitely determined and not u'ncertain, -as -at present, 'that for any unusual expenditure or permanent a ie mprovemnt, .it should first receive' the 'sanction of the general asemrbly, just as is necessary in the case of all It other institutions, and that thus at allI e imsit should feel the necessity for responsibility and ecofiomy aind the bligtiona of consulting the settled' 'judgment of the State rather than the temporary will of a small body of ~ trustees."~.I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I eCOUNTY OF NEWBERRY. By Frank M. Schumpert, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, M. M. Buford made suita S to me. to grant him letters of admin itrain of the es+ate of and effects of Mr. S. A. Beford THESE ARE THEREFORE to eite "and admoish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. ' S. A.uford. dec:esedl, that they- be and apeair before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., ~ eon the 6th <day of February next af- ~ ter publication thereof, at 11 o'clock CI tin the forenoon, to show cause, if any sthey have, why the said administration should not be granted. SGIVEN under my hand this 1 Sth day -~of .la nuary Anno Domini. 1911. Frank M. Schumpert, a ..P. N.C. ~ - Ends Winter's Troubles.1 d To many, winter is a season of trou- t bl,,ie. The frost-bitten toes and fingers, chapped hands and lips, chilblains,:. Pcold-sores, red and rough skins, prove this. But such troubles fiy before 1 Bucklen's A.rnica Salve. A trial con- C vinces. Greatest healer of burns, boils, t nides- -uts o, br~. s a ce ma and~ AYS LEGISLATORS ARE VIOLATING LAW OVERIN01Z BLEASE ON LEG6ISLi TOIS WHO ARxE Ti'TSTEES. lain Tiohtion of fhe 'onlstitiion Which Proifliits Holding of Two Offices. >lumbia Record. Charging that the supreme court it If is careless of obedience to the con itution, and declaring that many embers of the legislature violate the nstitution by holding their seats and the same time serving as trustees of ate institutions, Governor Blease nt to the general assembly Saturday ternoon a special message (Message . 7), suggesting appointment of a int committee to ascertain what per ins, in thie legislature or 'holding oth official positions, are also trustees State institutions. Owing to the fact that few trustees ke the trouble to take out. commis ons as such, the r'ecords in the of 4e of the secretary of State do not Low just who a.re trustees of State stitutions, and so are of little help . determining just what persons are ferred to by the governor's message. he records do show, however, that te Land Agent D. W. McLaurin is so a trustee of Winthrop. Judge obert Aldrich, commissioned in 1906 a trustee of Clemson, is still carried 1 these iecords as a trustee, but in. ct he was succeeded on the Clemson yard by Mr. Rawl, of Batesburg. Rail >ad Commissioner John G. Richards, , is also a trustee of Clemson, though yt so commissioned. Another Cle'm mn trustee not commissioned is Sena T Alan Johnstone, of Newberry. Still iother member 6f the Clemson board ho is without a commission is Sena r B. R. Tillman. The text of the smessage is as fol >ws: Message No. 7. thie Honorable the General Assem bly of the State of South Carolina. Gentlemen: We hear and read much iese days of the obedience to the >nstitution and laws of our State; lso much as to the renforcement of the sws of our State. It would seem to me eminently pro r that these doctrines should b~e rried into effect as far as it is pos 'ble by al,l the offlcers and citizens our State. Beginning, however, at e top, it would seem to me that ose who are in power and authority ould first, themselves, be obedient rd endeavor to carry into effect and y uphold the constitution and the tws of our State, in order that a prop~ example may be set' to thie others E our citizens. It is intimated by 'somp that our su reme court extends 'one of its ses ions, or terms, into or up to the very ay of the beginning of the 'next, in rder that they may 'hold their deci ions and hand them down when it is nvenient, without any interference .m a constitutional or statutory pro ison. Sitting in 'eachi of your bodies, there re those violating not only the spirit, ut the wording of .the constitution, in iy opinion, by holding two official of ces at one and the same time. I can all he ~names of each, and name the ositions -which they bold, but this iig~ht be considered a personal matter, nd I leave that entirely for yo.r inl estigation. Article 3, section 24, el the consti on of 1895, reads as follows: "No person shall 'be ieligibl-e to a eat in the general asnemby while he olds any .office or position of profit or rust under this State, the UJnited tates of America, or any of them, o1 ndr any other power, except officern athe militia, and notaries public, and any member shal.l accept ?n exercise ny of the sa.d disottalifying offices 01 ositions, he shall vaca.te his seat.". Should Resigri. Members of the board of trustees &l 11 our colleges, members of the boa,rd . control of the State reformatory, id members of all other State boards, 'a my~ opinion, are officers, and when embers are sworn infp your body, :ho are on any of these boards, in my pinion, they should resign. Clemison Trustees. The position of trustee (either life or lected) of Clemson college is declar d by our supreme court, in the case f Hopkins against Clemson. College 'rustees, 77 Sout Cai-olin-a, to be of cers and agents of the State and ives its reasons for so holding; and .mog other reasons which it gives r saying that they are agents of the Ia 1and officers. is that under the i gnal act necept ing the Clemson be nst, and creating Clemson college rovision is made that: the -trustees 0f he institutionl shall consist of life ambers and 'those elected by the leg stature, and that they shall hold the ersonal property of the State of South2 arolina and make annual reports tc he general assembly. Frther, in 1 Sf)~. the legislaturc ment of agriculture and devolving thE duties of that department on the trus tees; and, in my opinion, this makes them officers of this State. Furthermore, a municipality wa< ercat .d by the l?gizlature in 1894, tc he known as "Clmson College," anc the board of trustes of Clemson col lege, and t.heir successors in office should have provisional control and di rect the affairs of said corporation It is admitted in the Hopkins suit tha1 Clemson college is the property ol the State of South Carolina, and tha work done on account of which: th( suit was brought, was done by said State. Article 2, section 2, of the constitu tion, provides: "But no person shall hold two officec of -honor or profit at the same time; provided, that any person tholding an other office may, at the same time, b( an officer of the militia or a notar3 public." "Openly and Flagrantly Violated." Now, gentlemen, these two sections of the constitution are being openl3 and flagrantly violated day by day; and, if you permit it as the direct rep resentatives of the sovereign people and thereby show to the citizens o: your State that you yourselves are no complying with the -laws of your State how can you expect to keep the unin formed from following your exa=nple If the father does not want his boy t< have bad habits and go in the path o wrong, he should not set the exampli in the presence of the boy; and, if h4 dqes, 'he should not whip his boy, be cause it is natural that the boy shoul< want to do as the father does. If. th, ministers and the teachers set an im proper example, and those to be taugh by them shall follow in their footsteps they shauld neithir condemn nor pun ish. For a Committee. I, therefore, most earnestly beg 0 you to appoint a commttee, or to hav one of your standing committees, thor oughly investigate all of thie depart ments of your government and se who is violating these two sections o our constitution; and, let those whi are violating them resign one or th other of -thieir positions, and not b openly violating the law, under- th cloak of a technicality-a technicalit: like that which we so often hear con demned -by the press and the publi< when it is used to advantage in ou courts of justice. Equality. I feel that. I have done my duty i: calling this matter -to -your ejttentioi as I often hear it commented on b others, and not favorably, I assur you. If you shaall do nothing, I hay done my part. L (have absolutely n personal interest in the :matter an some of my very close personal an political friends' are involved; but . believe in enforcing $hie constitutio and law of our State alike to all, off cials or private citizens, rich or pool high or low, white or black. Very respectfully, Cole. L. Blesse, Governor. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Court of Common Pleas. Joseph L Crooks, Plaintiff, Against Jason Jones, Defendant. I ~ Forecldsures IBy an order-of- the Court herein, will sell at Newberry court house, e public auction, to the highest bidde theref or, during the legal hours < sale,. on Monday, the 6th day of FeL ruary, 1911, being salesday, the fo] lowing described property, to wit That lot of land lying In the tow of Newberry, In the section known a Graveltown, In the county and Stat aforesaid, containing one-fourth of a jacre, more or less, bounded on th IMis Kontestant, work while slus east by Philip street, on the south b lot of Aurelia Lomax and on the wei by lot of Carrie - .,on tb following termis to Wft One-half of the purenase nidii6Y I e p>aid in cash and the balance on credit of twelve mouths, with interes from day' c# s'ale, the credit portio to be secured by bond of the purchas er and a mortgage of the premise sold, with l.eave to the pturehaser t anticipate payment; the bond an mortgage to provide for attorney fee of ten percen'tum of the amour due in case same is collected by a attorney with or without suit. Pui chaser to pay for papers, and for re cording same. H. H. RIKARD, Master. Newberry, S. C., Jan. 16, 1911. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT, Notice is hereby given that I wi make final settlement as administre tor of the estate of J. C. Moore, d *ceased, in the probate court for Ned b-erry county, on Wednesday, Febrt ary 1, 191I, a t11 o'clock:in the forE noon, and immediately thereafter. a ply for letters dismissory as admit istrator of said estate. /M. C. Morris.. Administrator. IH ANDI 1 have just i new lo Mesh Ba Baretts a -1IWoNicest line in my,winc Mayes' Bo THE HOUSE OF A T FERTIL STOP, LOOK A To the Farmers of I and others: We want Fertilizei-s. We are mal best, and better. See i J. H. WICKEF READY. SMONEY often puts opportunity within your each. eA chance for a good invest eI-ment comes sooner or later and - if you hlave the money the pro fit'is yours; if not, the other fel ow ets ,t[ IOpena ah abeduit *ith this bank and save systeinatically, you wili theii have the READY MONEY when opportuilti comes - your way. We offer you ABSOLUTE t SAFETY for your savings, and will allow interest credited quar terly. BANK OF POMARIA, Z.T. PINNER, V. L.SMITH, President. Cashier. R. H. HIPP, Vice-President PENSION~ APPLICATION'S. - I will be in the auditor's office each 'Satrday during January for the pur- ex~ -pose of preparing pension applications. pa A1 persons interested are notified to WL attend. I she W. G. Peterson, AGS!I oeceived a t of gs and nd Pins town. See lows. okStore, 0 0, OUSAND THINGS e -Cl Zewberry County to sell you your. cing as good as the ne before buying. ~Manager. PRIZE MEDAL ArethleBcS etIPant # Your Garn it And plant NOW such as English Peas,'1Cabbage Carrots, Lettuce,Spinach, Parsley, Onions, Etc. We can tell you what to plant now for the best' results. DRUGISTORE TE SATISFACT'ORY DRUG STORE NJOTICE. ' Lll persons are hereby notified that xutions against those who have not d their town taxes by that time 1 be placed in the hands of the riff on February 1st. J. R. Scurry, C. & . T.C. N '1