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^ VOLUME L, HUKBEB stU NEWBEBBY, SOUTH CABOLCfA, TUESDAY, OCTOBEE 29, 1912. TWICE X WEEK, (lit A HAS.
LUTHERAN SYNOD ON
SUHHERLAND COLLEGE
SPIRITED DEBATE ON NEW GIRLS
INSTITUTION.
Action of Synod?Other Matters of Ira^
portance Before Lutheran Body.
s-^-/ Adjourned Friday Night.
* Summerland College for women
which is now in its first session, occupied
most of the time of the South
Carolina Lutheran Synod on Friday
Synod adjourned on Friday night.
The question before Synod was first
raised upon the request of the college
for an appropriation by Synod
to insure the buildings and for an ap^
propriation for a new building
Throughout the discussion the senti^
ment of Synod in favor of educationa'
facilities for the young women of th*
Lutheran Church of the State was ir
evidence, but the matter upon which
Synod hesitated was the extent tc
which it should pledge itself in a financial
way. The resolution under whict
Synod accepted the property providec
that the Synod accept the Summerlanc
property for the establishment of ?
school for the higher education of wo'
men, "and that the Synod give its moral
support and develop the propertj
as it shall be able." After a numbei
of able arguments, the Synod Fridaj
finally adopted the following:
"Resolved, That as soon as the Hon
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C. M. Efird. attorney cor tne ooaru u;
trustees of the Summerland college
shall have filed with the officers of this
Synod a certificate that the unencum
. bered title to the property of said college
has been conveyed to this Synot
5n fee simple; 1. That the Synod paj
the insurance on said college proper
erty; 2. That, whereas the Synod has
not now resources with which to paj
the indebtedness of the institution, thai
it be referred to the board of trustees
PLMth nnwpr to act."
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The following endorsement was als<
made a part of the resolution:
"That we recommend the college t(
the attention and favorable consideration
of all our people, as offering excellent
educational advantages for th<
young women of our church."
The resolutions which were adoptee
were substitutes for a resolutior
* * pledging the Synod to the financia
r support of the institution. As soon a*
the Synod took its action Dr. E. J
r
t * Etheridge arose to a question of personal
privilege and said he was glac
that Batesburg and Leesville had no'
killed the college, and that he regard
ed the action of Synod as a death blov
to the institution. The Rev. S. P. Koon
president of the institution, also ex
pressed dissatisfaction with the action
of Synod. Dr. George B. Cromer
in one of the strongest addresses mad(
on the floor of Synod during it<j con
T-ocantad thp imputation tha^
r vcmifu, v? ,
Synod was not doing what it ought foi
the new girls' college. He said that ii
was a generation before as much hac
been done for Newberry college. Synod,
he said, was being criticized be
cause it had not gone ahead and madt
a full-grown college out of Summerland
at the beginning, when Synod hac
not the means to do so. He said h(
0 was tired of being put in the positior
ftf erinoation because o
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^ Ihis position upon the matter. The Sy
rnod had now, he said, done more foi
Summeriand than it had done for New
berry college in the first thirty years
of Xev berry's existence. Dr. Cromei
moved that the board of trustees o
the cc^ege, if it be deemed advisable
be authorized to mortgage the proper
tv to provide for a building fund
This motion by Dr. Cromer was car
ried. The action of Synod in regard tc
the college was generally regarded a#
giving the college all the suppor
?i-?....a ?..oo ral-klo tn'crivp at nrfs
WHICH O/UVOl ?at! cw*%. - ~ ~ I
ent.
Report on \ewherry College.
A fine report on Newberry eolleg<
was made by President J. Henri
Harms. President Harms very strong
ly urged the need of an adequate li
brary and of additional dormitor:
equipment. Dr. Harms also nrsred th<
advisability of securing for the col
tlege the tract of iand lying betweei
the college property and Rosemen
cemetery. P^esir'ent S. P. Koon, o
th.^ Summer!;)rd r-nllesre. man- ;i snlen
did pi--m f ?r !?is college.
The three treasurers of flie riom
,
funds of Synod were re-elected and
Henry C. Holloway, of Newberry, was
1 elected treasurer of the general en- 1
' dowment fund of Newberry college.
f Reports from missions were received
on Friday afternoon. Gratifying
progress was shown.
The Orphan Home.
At the afternoon session on Thurs- ,
i i
day afternoon Superintendent J. T. j ?
j Crabtree, of the Orphan Home, at j J
t J Salem, Va., reviewed the work of the j
i home and its fine growth. He said the j
institution now needs another building,
so as to> give separate buildings
for boys and girls. Whenever the needs j
of the home were called to the atten- (
- tion of the church, he said, there was j
always generous response. He said j
11 that out of thirty names of those sent!
j out by the home which he recalled one J
hundred per cent, had made good. j
Rev. W. P. Cline, superintendent of:
1 ] the Lowman Home for the aged and j
infirm at White Rock, reviewed the i
1 first year of the home, the only one of,
1 its kind in the country. The Home;
, . !
' has one thousand acres of land, ana is i j
doing a great work. j <
1 Trustees for Colleges. ji
^ ' The following trustees of the Suir- j 1
L merland College for Women were
elected: Dr. E. J. Etheridge, Rev. P. 1
E. Monroe, J. Q. Wheeler, J. W. Boukr
night, Rev. C. P. Boozer, Dr. W. P. '<
m; TM-k A /vrv+ Otfn/Vfl ! !
, | i inuircrinau. inc pi coiucm w
j! iras authorized to appoint a sufficient <
j number to complete the board. i
. J C. L. Kibier, of Columbia, was eleotf'ed
trustee of Newberry college to fill
, "the vacancy caused by the death of 3
j Capt. J. C. Seegers. The other trus- '
- tees were re-elected.
Rev. E. C- Cronk, secretary of the j'
I Laymen's Missionary Movement, deliv-;'
r ered a splendid illustrated lecture be- [
- "fore Synod on Thursday night. Devo
5 tional exercises were conducted by the
r Rev. J. W. Oxner.
t Sermon by Rev. E. W. Leslie.
5 I
The following in regard to the ser- i (
mon of the Rev. E. W. Leslie on Fri-;,
J i day morning is from the Columbia I.
I QtutA
)! One of the features 01 synod is the !.
high order of sermons delivered before .
the body. Every one has been strong ,
^ I
' j and to the point. The Synod has be
I gun its work every day by listening to ;
1! a 20-minute sermon. This morning the
11 sermon was preached by Rev. E. W.!
*' Leslie, pastor of Grace church, Pros
* | perity. His subject was "The Grow- (
ing Christian," based on I Cor. 13:11: ' 1
" j "When I became a man I put away. ,
5! childish things." He made the point ,
^ I XT-? X ? ? ? J 'r* Af o mon r* TY1Q n ?
| tlldC ctS H Uiiuu IS uvi a. man, a uiuu | ;
" | ought not to be a child. As one grows j
71 in years of Christian service, he (
j should put away childish things. Some ,
childish things to be put away are: ,
Not taking a serious view of life and ;
its duties; not taking a broad view
i of the world and its needs; to want (
I another to perform any good and dif^;
ficult task. He cited Jonah as one.
| who was a childish man, who wanted (
^ - 1 1- ?? J UJn mnmv Tn rtA?Alll_
: sonic otner to uu mo wui rv. m
I
j sion he told Synod how the Christian
"; is to grow. He said that the body
I ]
' | grows by feeding, and that the mind
j and soul must be fed and exercised.
": The spiritual fcod is the word of God '
*1 and the Lord's Supper. The exercises "
I should be taking pare in all the causes
II of the ciiurch of Christ.
f
! STRIKE AT (OLIJTBI.V SETTLED.1?
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LOlUIllUlii, Wi'l. ? >.? 1 lit" sn live: ui i?'c
51 motormen and conductors of the Co- 1
r I luinbia Street Railway was ended here 1
f j this afternoon, when representatives ^
, ' of the striking carmen and the c-ffi- <
- j cials of the street railway signed an '
. agreement satisfactory to both sides i
-1 and the strike was declared off. The <
;
) i street cars wiil resume their regular 1
> t schedules in the morning. <
i
t j It was largely the work of W. C. !
- Howard, of Cleveland, Ohio, represent- <
1 ative of the. Peerless Automobile com- <
! pany, of that city, that the initial steps!1
> were taken which brought the warring
*
;' factions together and elided the strike.!
i ; ,
- Mr. Howard used his good offices, j
-j brought the two sides togeth r and j1
rjwith ihe result that an amicable ar-! <
5 rangement was entered into and the}
f
-1 troubles ended. No official statement!
i j has been made as to the terms of the i
t. j agreement .except in the statement of i
f Mr H. J. Hardy, who had charge of the i <
I 1
- strike, that the agreement runs to Jan-1 ;
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PROPOSED BOSD ISSUE.
To Develop New Hospital for Insane.
History of Legislation?tSatement
of Facts.
At the session of the legislature of
L910 a joint rdsolution to create a
icmmission to purchase lands for the
lse of the State Hospital for the Insane
and erect buildings thereon and
provide the meao.s therefor was passid
and approved by the governor. The
esolution provided for the appointment
Df a commission of five members, two
)f whom should be the superintendent
)f the State Hospital tor the Insane
md the chairman of the State board of
lealth. Governor Ansel appointed as
:he other three members George B.
Dromer, of Newberry; Leroy Springs,
}f Lancaster, and R. 0. Purdy, of Sum:er.
The term of office was one year,
jnless sconer removed by the goverlor.
The commission was authorized
:o purchase for the State suitable
lands for the use of the State Hospital
'or the Insane, and to have plans, specifications
and estimates made for
said hospital, and to erect such buildings
on isaid lands as it may decide to
relieve the congested condition which
was then existing at the State Hospital
for tne insane.
The legislature at the same session
authorized the commission to borrow
5100,000.00 from the State sinking fund
commission, or elsewhere, at the rate of
interest not to exceed five per cent.
Under this resolution the commission
proceeded to purchase lands suitable
for the purpose, and decided to locate
on the Southern railway, six miles
north of Columbia. A more desirable
location could not have been secured
in South Carolina, and the commission
Is to be commended for the selection
made. That commission purchased
1,935.41 acres at $53,290.15.
At the session of -the legislature of
1911 another joint resolution was
adopted, continuing the State Hospital
cornmision for one year, the members
to be appointed by the governor upon
the expiration of the term of office of
the then members. In pursuance to
that resolution Governor Blease appointed
the superintendent of the
State Hospital for the Insane, Dr. J.
W. Babccck; the chairman of the State
board of health, Dr. Robert Wilson,
Jr.; John F. Floyd, of Spartanburg;
James M. Payne, of Anderson, and E.
H. Anil, of Newberry. This commisaion
was authorized to borrow from
the State sinking fund commission
$200,000.00 in addition to the $46,709.85,
unexpended balance from the
$100,000.00 authorized to be borrowed
in the joint resolution of 1910. The
commission under this resolution was
also authorized to adopt sucli plans
and specifications and erect such buildings
on the land purchased ns it may
decide to be necessary to relieve the
congested condition at the State Hospital
for the Insane.
The commission of 1911 purchased
226.005 additional acres of land at $7,737.78.
This makes the total land
purchased for the State Hospital for
the Insane 2,161.415 acres at a cost to
the State of $61,027.93. The commission
proceeded at once to have plans
and specifications made and to arrange
for the erection of buildings. The com
mission during 1911 spent $2'<,t>o3.z'i.
In 1912 the legislature passed another
joint resolution continuing the
State Hospital commission for one
; ear as then constituted. It was estimated
that the amount authorized to
be burrowed from the State sinking
fund by the resolutions
Df 1910 and 1911 would be
sufficient for all expenditures durine:
1912. Pursuant to the resolution
1912 the commission has drawn
Lrcm the sinking fund up to this time
iuring 1912 $125,000.00, which will give
sufficient money to continue the work
luri'-ig the balance of the year. The
expenditures this year have amounted
to about $8"),000.00, $17,011.31 of which
vvas paid to the regents of the State
Hospital for the Insane under a resolution
of the legislature to reimburse
the regents for the erection of barns
and ether improvements connected
with the farm.
As the sinking fund money will have
to be called in in January on refunding
the bo'ids of the State, the legislature
3f 1912 passed a joint resolution submitting
to the people i:i the election
rvi Novr e: " x:.v- of Usufra
;:ie in'I'tcii do!".vrs in t:n?s for :h?
purpose of continuing and completing
the development of the new Hospital
for the Insane. The resolution provides
that the property now owned by
the State in the city of Columbia, and
upon which the present Hospital for
the Insane is located, be pledged as security
for the payment of these bonds,
j and that the sale of this property be
left with the State sinking fund commission
to be disposed of to the best
advantage for the State. The State
owns about 360 acres of land, all pracically
in the city of Columbia, and upon
which the present Insane Asylum
is located. It is estimated that in 20
years by judicious handling the State
will realize more than one million dollars
for this property and thus be able
to retire the bonds and the interest as
they mature. It will take several
| years to complete the development of
the new Insane Asylum, and there is
no doubt, if the property in Columbia
is judiciously handled, it can be disposed
of by the time the new asylum
is completed for a sum more than suffcient
to pay the bonds proposed to
I be issued.
It is true that the people as a rule
shy, as it were, at any proposition or
'suggestion for the issuing of bonds.
The question which presents itself
'now to the people of the State Is:
" To issue these bonds and continue the
I development of this property and re*
fund the bonds out of the proceeds of
the sale of the property at present
owned by the State as proposed in the
joint resolution authorizing the issue
of the bonds, and to be voted on in
the general election as an amendment
to the constitution. '
Or, to levy an additional tax to continue
the development of the new asylum.
Gr, to discontinue work on its de
veiupuusuu
It is scarcely probable that the people
will approve discontinuing the
work on the new asylum. It would
not only be a financial loss to the State
to stop work at present, but the purpose
for which the work was begun
would not be carried out and the congested
condition at the present Insane
Asylum would continue.
It is a simple business proposition,
and if the people will stop to think of
it and consider its importance, there
"io rirmht thp- nr0D0sed bond issue
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will be carried by a practically unanimous
vote.
The purpose of the legislature, ae
expressed in the several resolutions
referred to, is evidently to transfer thi
'entire asylum plant to the property
purchased six miles north of Columbia.
This will take several years and
must be gradual, but during these
'years it will be possible for the State
(sinking fund commission, if the proposed
bonds are voted, to dispose of
! the real estate in the city of Columbia
for a sum more than sufficient to pay
the bonds and the interest when they
; mature. No possible gocxl reason can
i be advanced for not voting the proposed
'bond issue, as provided in the resolution
adopted by the legislature of 1912.
This brief history of the legislation
in connection with the development of
:,the new asylum and statement of the
; proposed bond issue is made ai me
request of the State hospital commission
and without any personal interest
| in the issue whatever.
! It has been stated in the public pre?s
f that the State hospital commission had
already expended $300,000.00. This is
a mistake. The total expenditure, inI
eluding the purchase of land and the
I erection of buildings, up to the present
is about $150,000.00.
f One building sufficient to accommodate
comfortably one hundred and
j fifty patients has been practically Oom1
pleted. A number of barns and other
['improvements in connection with liv
I farm have been erected, houses for erai
ployees ar^ also nearly ccmplet" i and
j all equipment to carry for\vard the
[ v.ork rapidly and successfullv has
j been purchased and to discontinue at
' < i
j this time would enran a iu*av> nnoutiai
j loss upon the State.
?
>earest tlie H<*art.
Latin Teacher?Now you may give
me exam pi?, of the dative.
High School Girl (with her mind
elsewhere) ? I will meet you at 8
o'clock.?Puck.
"It's going to be a hard winter."
"How can you tell?"
"[>y the si7"? of ?r\-.ry I'm ge't?Fcst:n
Transcript.
Vaughn Has C
Was Sei
OFFICERS ARE CHARGED
WITH LIBERATING VAUGHN
INSPECTOR GILREATH, REUBEN
GOSXELL, EX-JAILOR PHILLIPS.
All Liberated on Bond?Deny Any
Knowledge of the Escape?Vaughn
Gives Information.
Tt u'flc stated in the Oreenville News
of Monday that Thurston U. Vaughn,
the self-confessed rapist, had given the
information that ex-Sheriff J. D. Gilreath,
inspector of police; ex-Jailor A.
A. Phillips, of the city police, and
Reuben Gosnell, a magistrate's constable.
had assisted him in his escape
from jail last June. With this information
0. K. Mauldin, of Greenville, became
prosecutor, and /the three gentlemen
named were arrested, but liberated
on $1,000 bond each. Of course, the
three men claim to be innocent of any
connection with the escape of Vaughn.
B;ing prominent citizens of Greenville,
the charge and their arrest created
something of a sensation. The speci
fic charge in the indictment is that
these men "did aid and assist one T. U.
Vaughn to escap.: from the Greenville
county jail." Mr. Mauldin, in his statement,
says that k was with great reluctance
that he permitted himself to
be connected with the case, and it was
only after he had bisen convinced of
the absolute guilt of Mr. Gilreath and
the other defendants, that he took his
stand. He says he has no interest or
. malice in the case, beyond a sincere
desire to see that justice is meted out.
HORRIBLE STORY IS TOLD
IX GREENVILLE COURT:
, Testimony is on the Whole t'nprint-1
-able and Only Characterization
of Recital is Given.
Greenville, Oct. 25.?A pretty 17-j
year-old orphan girl of Graniteville,'
I Aiken county, prosecutrix in an indictment
hand'S-d down by the grand jury 1
last Monday against Thurston U. i
Vaughn, former superintendent of the!
South Carolina Odd Fellows' orphan-'
age, assistant superintendent of the
^ 1
larga?t Sunday school in tn? city ana:
teacher of a college for girls' Bible j
class, took the witness stand in the;
court of general sessions here today
and for eight hours told a story that
. tonight is upon many tongues in
Greenville and fills twice as mamy j
ears. With one day of testifying shift- j
! ed behind the scenes of time not half
of the witnesses summoned in the case
have yet been put on the stand. Whai ;
testimony they will offer no one knows
and the people stand aghas't and won;
der what the morrow will bring.
! As a whole, the testimony offered is
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I
unprintable. A general cliaracteriza- \
tion of it is. however, permissible. The J
witness stated, beginning in June, j
i:i08. illicit relations with the defend-'
! ant extended over a period of four '
years and endni only this spring, when j
she was removed from Vaughn's pri-)
vate home in the city and sent to her!
sister's home at Graniteville. In De-<
cember. 1^08, she testified, she submit- i
j ted to an alleged criminal operation to;
| relieve her of her embarrassing condition.
Revolting stories of barbarous treat{
ment which she alleges) Vaughn showI
v.,-.,. n-fli-o nrnvon infn hpr tPStilliOllV. '
| TU liCl V> v, >? v> ? ...v^
j This treatment, she alleged, consisted
j of beatings administered with srieks.
j board, switch s, his hand and "most
anything else." The la^t beating which
she said Vaughn gave her was last
spring after Vaughn had resigned at
the orphanage and had brought her to!
live with him at his home in the city.!
On this occasion, she alleges, the defendant
beat her until she fainted. A
i nhysician was tent for, she alleges, j
and Vaughn told him that the girl had ;
received a severe fall, from which she
fainted.
Though the cross-examination was !
I
grilling, the girl's story was unshaken ,
in the main when she was taken down
from the stand.
Two well known physicians of the
j" (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4).
onfessed;
itemed. To Die
DATE OF EXECUTION
FIXED DECEMBER 20
PLEADS IN YAIN FOR HIS LIFEPLEA
DENIED.
koonavA in Pffflrt. tn fcMnA Tip nth
Penalty, Admits Guilt in Statement
to Jury.
Greenville, Oct. 26.?T. U. Vaughn,
on trial for alleged immorality during
his term as superintendent of the Odd
Fellows' Home here, was put on tlua
stand by his lawyers today and made
a clean confession of his awful crime.
The trial was brought to a sensa
tional close when Vaughn broke dowa
and confessed all. He named two other
victimy in addition to those included
in the indictment. The jury was out
but four minutes and made no recommendation
for mercy, the verdict carrying
the death penalty.
Tears streamed aown the face of
Judge Purdy, named by Governor
Blease as special judge for this trial.
Many jurors, court officials and spectators!
alike made no pretence of hiding
their tears as Vaughn, pale and broken,
acknowledged his crime. Some jurors
wept aloud.
Sentenee Pronounced.
In the afternoon Judge Purdy, before
sentencing Vaughn, overruled a
motion for a new trial, which was argued
by one of Vaughn's lawyers, after
his client made his confession. Judge
Purdy, in sentencing Vaughn to deatk
in the electric chair, set December 20
as the date for his execution.
When court opened there was no intimation
that the accused would make
a confession. His attorney had fought
stubbornly since the beginning of the
case to break down the strong evidence
developed by the prosecution's little
girl witnesses.
Immediately after court opened today
attorneys -of both sides consulted,
roc.,'*tn<r in -on otrpacmoii# tn lot Vonhn
A All aii a^l V.U1VUV. ww iVfc I U U*AU
confess in an effort to save his own
life, and that the case would go to
the jury without argument
"I have acted devilishly, I have acted
shamelessly," began Vaughn. "The
devil tempted me and I have fallen."
He pleaded eloquently but vainly with
the jury to save his life. Vaughn begged
the jury to spare his life, not so
much for his sake as for his wife and
little daughter.
Neither Mrs. Vaughn nor her daughtop
wovfl i? /Tinrt trrvlav thmicrh thov
had teen with the accused since the
trial opened. He was formerly assistant
superintendent of the First Baptist
church Sunday school, one of the
largest and most fashionable in this
city. He was a ministerial student and
frequently occupied pulpits of churchesin
and around Greenville. He owns
considerable property.
Vaughn's Confession.
Facing the jury, Taughn made his
confession. In ail, his statement makes
three> thousand words. Briefly summarized
it is as follows:
"Gentlemen, it is useless to say that
in this instance I am greatly humili
ated, and for months and months I
have had agonizing hours over the
whole matter. I wish to say this in
the outset, that I have never wished
to conceal one whit of the truth when
the time came to make a cle^.r statement.
I have been so cautious in tlies'*
particulars that some have inferred
that I had denied my guilt. I know
that some have had that impression,
but I knew that T was guilty and would
tell it at the proper time. For that
reason I have made impression; thaL .
were unfavorable to me.
"I want to say here and now that
T am going to assume full responsibility.
I want to take it off of that girl.
I want to say that I have loved the
girl always, but that love has beeii
misdirected and misused. I don't think
the girl will deny today the reality
of my love in many . sspecti, yet my
conduct towards her would make h*r
A - > : - ~ o-k.'nh
laKe llie yusill?7ll lUHaius mc n uivu
she now talies, and justly takes.
"As superintendent of the orphanage,
I had entire control cf her. I
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