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DR. WALLACE AM) (iOV. BLEASE.! Dr. D. D. Wallace Refers to Rumor as j to His Appointment on Industrial School Board and Cites Correspondence. 'To the Editor of the News and Courier: It recently came to my attention that a report was circulating to the effect that I had applied to Governor Blease for reappointment on the board of trustees of the South Carolina Industrial School and that I had asked that he would not allow the opposition j of mv father to him to have any influence in the matter. This rumor is false and groundless, utterly without basis of truth in any aspect, degree or particular. Since, however, it will continue to circulate unless corrected and might find credence with some persons, I would thank you for placing the following correspondence before your readers: Spartanburg, S. C., May 16, 1912. j Governor (Jcie. l. uiease, uoiuniDia, S. C.?Dear Sir: A few weeks ago there came through the mail in an official envelope of your office to my father, the editor of the Newberry Observer, a copy of a letter which I had ! written to ycu, March 18 last, on business connected with the South Carolina Industrial School. At the bottom of this copy, put there, I presume by you or some assistant at your dictation, was the following unsigned note: "(At the date of this letter. Dr. Wallace's term on the reformatory board had expired. Shortly after he was recommissioned by the governor to serve for the period of six years.)" My father forwarded the letter to me with the comment that the sending of it was evidently intended either as a compliment or as a hint to him that he was under somesort of political obli gation to you in consequence. I chose j not to construe it in the offensive sense j as the bare face of the words made ! possible a harmless or even kindly in- j tention, however inapt they might be considered, and so let it pass. But it' has just come to my knowledge that a I political friend of yours in Newberry has remently made the statement that I made application- to you for reappointment on the Industrial School . board, and that in making such al- < leged application I asked you not to j i let the political opposition of my fath- 1 I er to you have any influence in the matter. You know, of course, that I made no j application for reappointment, to say; * nothing of the contemptible and cringing terms which I am alleged to have < employed. I even hesitated to write suggesting a board meeting, thinking i that any request from me would have j i email weight; but after asking several it other gentlemen to write, I decided j that a letter from me eould at leasti, do no harm and might serve, so far as j ( minded co-operation could do so, to ( lTi/iivifhiare assurance' of fair- U VUC w prevent the deliberations of our board, composed of men from opposite political factions, from being influenced by partisan feeling. You no doubt recall the fact that at the first meeting of the board which you attended you vol-1 unteered in open meeting the statement. that you intended to reappoint me and | two others whose commissions were i expired or soon to expire, nad that at'. the next meeting you assigned to me as 11 : { chairman important committee work ; j to extend beyond the term I was then 1j serving. Thus there was no occasion | j for me to ask for reappointment, hadj-, I desired- it ever so much, as your i} statement, which I saw no reason to | ( doubt, had already settled the matter i j in everything except form. I judged ' j " ' J/v/3 i ri Q-ailArollv f .Vl O l_. inai you vXUttfllUCU, IS fecuwau; luv, | practice regarding such institutions as the Industrial School, to selefct or [ reappoint the trustees without any! reference-to their political views. I do not attempt to say how the re- j 5 port I have referred to originated, but! the fact that it exists admonishes me j of what I had not anticipated when I j J accepted your reappointment, uitmeu, | that my continuance on the board un-! der the personal and political circum- j stances now existing renders me lia- j ble to misconstructions not only un- j i pleasant, but injurious to either my j s public br private usefulness. j ] Although I aip. deeply interested in 1 the work of the Industrial School, I ] feel it my duty to myself and all con- < cerned to hand you herewith my res- 1 ignation from the board. In severing official connection with an institution 1 / founded for the noble purpose of re- j f claiming boys wno nave maae a oaa start, and which has been so dear to ] me, allow me to express my gratifica- ] tion at having seen your excellency ( converted by personal observation of 1 its actual work from an opponent to < an appreciative friend of its aims and j methods. I am, yours very respectful- 1 """" T^v I ^ 117 A/\ 1 iy, XJ. ?J. ?vanav,c. i My letter of March 18, to which reference is made above, was as follows: ? . Spartanburg, S. C., March IS, 1912. Governor Cole L. Blease, etc.?Dear Sir: I have been corresponding with ; Mr. Ragsdale and Mr. Utsey 011 the committee business placed in our charge at the last meeting of the In ? -~ 1 Vvao -r/? orirl n 1QO With ! ausiriai ouiiwi uuaiu, u^iu Mr. Emmons to get his views and experience on the matters involved, (grading, paroles and release.) I hope we shall be able to have a meeting of the board very soon, as we ought to get our quarters and equip ment enlarged as soon as possiDie. I noticed your objection to the bill placing the support of the school on the State treasury instead of the counties. I understand your position; but does it not come to the same thing anyhow? Putting the appropriation on the State treasury is a good safeguard against extravagance, as one "* ftw/vA n o Y"V I lump sum iooks very uig. wucicao ay- I portionments among the counties i would never be discussed publicly or even be known to the public in one lump sum andNmight crawl up to a very large amount without general attention bing called to the fact. I feel a very deep interest in the j work, and in every phase of improving j our methods of dealing with delinquents, adults as well as juvenile. Although we have never discussed politics, you probably take for granted that you and I do not think together on nolitical lines. I wish to say, how ever, that any differences in this re-1 gard have absolutely nothing to do with the heartiness with which I will co-operate in the duties we have in common touching the Industrial School. In most States the existence of two regular parties throws men who do not agree on the same boards, etc. So far as I have seen, you have a ;-r. wnrv nf the Indus CU-opei ctLtru iu .. w trial School board as free from bias as any member, and I see no reason why all of us can not unite in the en- j larged opportunities of benefiting un-; fortunate boys, many of when?, have never had a fair chance, with absolute disregard of every other matter. You can depend upon me for that. I hope I have not trespas-sed upon | your time and patience. Let me suggest that it would be a good idea for us to meet' in Florence, as the matters of buildings, location, character of the actual administration, and ail those matters, can be better judged on * the ground. Yours very respectfully, D. D. Wallace. The governor's reply, dated March 20, was as follows: "Your letter of March 18 just received this morning. j "The board has been called to meet n Florence tonight, and I presume I ; vill see you there and we can discuss < .he matter to which you refer." ] To prevent misunderstanding, by < myone not acquainted with the cir-! jumstances, I make the following! 1 jomment on Governor Blease's state- j1 nent written upon the copy of my let-j < ;er of the 18th March, which he sent I :o my father, that "at the date of this etter, Dr. Wallace's term on the Reformatory board had expired." The 3 governor had, before my letter was aven written, directed the summoning )f the trustees, which summons I duly -eceived on the 19th. This act alone ' *ecognized me as already in office for > i second term (whatever the legal ;echnicalities of the case, might he,) j' ny first term having expired some | ;ime before. It is. strictly accurate, ' lowever, to say that "shortly after he >vas recommissioned;" for the com- ] nission bore later date, as was the 1 ?ase, by the way, with my commission irom Governor Heyward six years be-!1 'ore, which was dated some time after |1 :he appointment. Very respectfully, D. D. Wallace. I. Spartanburg, S. C. >OniERLA>D GETS LUTHERAN COLLEGE ( ?outh Carolina Synod makes Decision on Location?Some Opposition Shown. Lexington, May 28.?By a vote of 29 to 20 the South Carolina Lutheran ' >vnod in extra session at Summer land today accepted the Batesburg- ;' Leesville offer of "the Summerland property and 40 acres of land for the establishment of a Lutheran college for women, thus settling the proposi:ion which has been the agitation of Lutherans throughout the State for :he past year. The proposition was strongly opE>osed "by Dr. George B. Cromer, of dewberry; Dr. C. Armand Miller, of ; Charleston; the Rev. W. H. Hiller and i :he Rev. C. A. Freed, and Dr. Kibler, r Df Columbia. These gentlemen based i !:heir objections on the ground that :he synod was not ready at this time : :o decide the matter. The Rev. Mr. Hiller based his ar- < ruments on th# ground that Summer- < land was not the proper and logical [ location. The school is not to be under the direction of the synod, that is, the synod is not to be financially responsible j for the school. Th& fnlinwino- trustees were elected: i The Rev. S. P. Koon. of Prosperity; j the Rev. C. P. Boozer, of Saluda; the Rev. S. C. Ballentine, of Leesville; Dr. E. J. Etheredge, of I>eesville; H. S. Black, of Saluda county, Ira Bedenbaugh, of Prosperity, the Tennessee j synod will name three trustees and the 1 George synod two. The meeting was I held in the Summerland building and (was presided over by the president, the Rev. J. D. Kinard, of Newberry. The people of the two towns royally entertained the visitors. A bountiful picnic dinner was served in the grove at the Grey Rock springs. While no definite announcement 'has been made it is expected that the new Lutheran college for girls will begin its first session this fall. mirvroAm i rAn UTTT UAV rvn TT1JUiJVil. I I i Governor Assured of That State's 24 j Delegates?Carries County Con- I yentions. Duluth, Minn., May 29.?WoodrowWilson was indorsed emphatically at; the Democratic county' conventions j held in Minnesota today, and a solid I Wilson delegation of 24 will be sent to; TlolHm/vrp Two Plnrk rlplfifirates were I chosen in the St Paul districts, but I they will be bound for Wilson by the unit rule to be adopted at the State convention. In all the other districts! the Wilson vote was overwhelming. s THE DEADLY WIRES. Deaths From Coming Into Contact With Electric Current. Marietta, Ga., May 24.?Lewis Shewmake, a lineman employed by the soutnern ?*eii leiepuune uumpauj, came in contact with an electric light wire while at work yesterday afternoon and was instantly killed. The current mas 2,200 volts. He was married and leaves his wife and one child. The body was sent to Toonigh for in- j terment. T O/l TH I U1 WillUUS, Vjrct., ivia.J ui. jjufevwc J-J. | Burrus, aged 2S, fell on a live wire j while at work on the top of a pole this j morning and is in a dying state at the | city hospital. He came to Columbus from Rome, Ga., a few days ago. Augusta Chronicle, 2oth. .Moses Tate, a negro laborer at the j power house of the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation, was | electrocuted yesterday morning shortly after 10:30 o'clock, by coming in i contact with a feed wire carrying 13,-' 200 volts of electricity. No one saw ! lira, die, but he was found in two or J three minutes after he caught hold Dr came in contact with the wire. SIX DELEGATES FOR CLARK. District of Columbia Primary Favorable to Missourian. Washington, May 27.?Champ Clark was assured the vote of the six delegates to the National Democratic con- . . n.u, ... _ i mention in caiumure m a pnuwij t3lecti0n held here today, which gave him 54 out of the 66 delegates entitled j to sit in the District of Columbia Democratic county convention "Wednesday. The delegates not pledged to Clark so far as known tonight are uninstructed, although the result in three districts will not be known un-, til tomorrow. FI B FOR DEWBERRY COLLEGE. President Harms Says That Only $1,900 Was Seeded to Complete $50,000. ] Columbia State. ] President .T. H. Harms, of Newberry , college was among the visitors in the city yesterday. He said that only $1, t 900 remained to be raised to complete \ the amount of $50,000 in order to se- ? c cure the offer of $25,000 by Andrew i Carnegie for the new endowment fund ? of $75,000 for the institution. The time limit set by Mr. Carnegie is June 1 for the raising oi tie entire amount. President Harms has prosecuted the canvass vigorously and most, successfully since December among the Lutherans of South Carolina, Georgia and Jacksonville, Fla. T. Dnff Poland. Union, May 28.?T. Duff Noland, , a.sed 62. died here yesterday and was j buried today at noon in the city ceme- ^ tery. Mr. Noland had been a resi- ^ dent of Union and Union county prac- \ tically all his life and was well and i favorably known here. He is survived jj by his widow and ten children and - Dne sister, Mrs. Maria J. 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