Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

j?m HLJ.L THE STA.\:> I Hiversit> President Arraigns J>r. Johnson for Latter's AII??etJ Tart in rontrtn rrsv. Colunbia, Fvb. 13.?"l)r. Johnson - ? K.-v has seized on a smgie ciause ui mr etition of IMK*. that with reference to the education of negroes, and wa\<.d that as a red flag before a buH. tliiU his own nstitutis/n m'uat ?.i : in material wealth at the expense of the University of South Carolina," ^vas the statement of Dr. S. C. Mitchell during the course of his testimony this afternoon tx-fore the committee appointed to investigate the charge made by Governor Blease, that the president of th^ State University .iad conspired to defraud Wiuthrop College of her rightful share of certain funds from the Peabody board. 'Vet." said Dr. Mitchell. "Dr. .John son waited until political conditions in this State were such that he might arouse the prejudice of high officials, before he u>ok any action in blaming the action o!' myself and a body of educational patriots for injuring Winthrop with the Pea body board. The whole trend of the testimony bv Dr. Mitchell was that educational conditions in the South were such tliat two separate committees of the Peabody hoard had recommended that the fund would be to aid the struggling educational departments of the arious State universities in producing teachers and superintendents for The high schools. "The University of South Carolina was included in both these recommendations. and Winthrop College was never mentioned,said Dr. Mitchell. "This committee could have rightly held me guiltv of inaction, if, after two representatives of committees, each recommending $40,000 for the University of South Carolina, and after the subsequent action of the board i|) slighting the University without a dollar, I had done nothing to secure it," he continued. Mr. F. H. McMaster, insurance commissioner. an alumnus of the Uni versity of South Carolina, testified briefly as to the correspondence. He stated that he had written Dr. Johnson about his action in securing, through Governor Ansel, the $40,000 appropriation intended for the University, after Prof. Tate, rural school supervisor, had told him of it. He had written Dr. Johnson another letter, asking for the names of al] parties to whom he had forwarded copies of j his lettsr, which he considered private correspondence, anu i.nai mis request had never been heeded. Dr. Mitchell, in beginning his testimony, said that the- personal elem-ent would have been left out of the matter, but for the action of Dr. Johnson in stressing before the governor the clause with ref rence to the -education of negroes, which appears in the petition drawn up by the presidents of eight of the State universities of th-^ South. "1 am convinced of this," he said "for long before this matter was brough* out one of the trustees cf the 1'niversity had told me that Dr. Johnson had said that the distribution of the fund did not matter to the University, since I was in favor of giving it all to the negroes." Dr. Mitchell then sketched the work of the Pea-body board and showed what had already been brought out That the board always Singles out some task to which to address its benefits: that its policy was first to aid the city school system, then the State systems then the normal schools and, lastlv the educational departments of the State universities. Dr. Mitchell shewed from reports of the meetings of the board that the policy of aiding The State universities had been adopted long before he was elected to the pres'dency of the University of South Carolina. Dr. Mitchell said the first connection in an official way which he had ?-ver had with the Peabody board had been when he received a letter from Dr. Johnson, while he was still at Richmond College, just after his elec 7 ion to the presidency here, informing him that a vacancy had occurred on the Peabody board which was to be filled from this State. Dr. Johnson asked his co-operation in getting Governor Ansel elected to fill the vacancy. So he had lent his influence to getting Governor Ansel elected to the board. The last change of the policy of tbe board with reference to the distribu tion of the fund occurred in 1903, at which time it -was decided to aid from that time forward the educational departments of the State universities, the board being actuated by the necessity of providing men superintendents, principals and teachers for the higher schools. At the same time, it was decided to give part of the fund foi iho establishing of rural school supervision for the negro schools. As showing how nnmy iixed were the plans oi" the committee oi tlie board regarding the universities, Dr. j Mitchell showed tliat the University ; of T-tnnesee was awarded its $40,000 along with the remainder of the Southern universities dispite the fact that the board had already -endowed ' the Peabody Normal School, situated at Nashville with $1,500,000. "The prime need of the South," read the renort. "is educational leadership and the need must be supplied with men teachers." "After establishing the Peabody Normal School for Teachers, the gretest need is to help the universities" , read the report of the committee. . i Dr. Mitchell said that Dr. Johnson j had repeatedly made the claim that Winthrop was next in the affections i of the committees to the Peabody, I ! yet this report does not mention the - "ltr;? ? ? - ''i J %> rx wAnnrfc" name ui winuuop, ct$ uiu uu lcrj^ito until 1911, when the fund was divid! ed and Winthrop received $40,000 inI Tended for the University at the insti; gat ion of Governor Ansel. "It is my belief," said Dr. Mitchell, "that half of the institutions of the i South had some reason to hope for i a large share of the fund." As to the i charge with reference to the educaj tion of negroes. Dr. Mitchell showed ' that every Southern member of the Peabody board had voted for the motion by Governor Ansel to appropriate $25,000 for the salaries of rural ' school supervisors for the negro schools. At the meeting: held in May, 1911, . when Governor Ansel was present, i $350,000 had been given to the negro schools without protest from the govj ernor. In all of the other Southern ; States there has been no protest from the normal schools because the State I universities received $40,000, and yet : when the University of South Caroli; na raises her hand to secure the ! funds which rightfully belong to her, the president of Winthrop College has | protested vigorously, said Dr. Mitj chell. Dr. Mitchell asserted with emphasis i that he was before the committee solely to answer charges which a j statement or statements made by Dr. j Johnson had. caused the mind of GovI prnor RIaasa tr> avoIvp Wp snolr*1 scathingly of Dr. Johnson's conduct. TWO BABIES AND A WOODEN LEG. \ | Barnwell, Feb. 6.--The story of an exciting trip with the mail is told I by Edgar F. Phillips, mail carrirr on j Timer Route, Xo. Phillips, in an 1 interview here today, says last Sat; urdav, among his parcel post packages were two babies and a wooden ; leg. and that before the completion : of his trip he was attacked by a wild cat. finding it neccssary to employ j the use of the wooden leg to protect I his live mail. The babies gave him no trouble, he said, being well supplied with j nourishment before being consigned i to the mails. Postage on one infant : was 16 cents, while the other required 17 cents. Let's Have It. Clinton Chronicle. i The announcement made last Thurs j day that there is a strong possibility of the construction of an interurban railway between Greenville and Columbia by way of Laurens and Clin| ton, will doubtless be received along the proposed line as good news. That j there is a pressing need for a trolley . line through this section at present is an undisputable fact. While the ; plans of those behind the movement -x-Mi i A ao oHuonPOf?. are sim id eurui ju, mc juca auitwiwu j so far has been that the townships along the proposed road hold elections to float bonds to subscribe to the cap: ital stock of the railway, a plan by ; which the people of the intire area i will be asked to assist the burden therefore resting upon the entire people and not on a few individuals. Clinton has dreamed of a trolley line through this section. The proposi! tion sounds good to Clinton. What it would mean for our town and the ad1 jacent territory is hard to estimate. | We know of no 1 actor tnai win en! hanc-e the value ol' farming lands so i rapidly as an interurban line. Better roads will then come because there will be more residents in the country and rural life will be made more attractive!; better schools will come, our people will become educated, and ; in scores of other ways will we be j immensely benefitted. Progress will ' be in evidence on ail sides just as is j the case in the upper part of the Pied| mont section where similar lines have recently been constructed. Clinton , would be delighted to see this new . railroad and will undoubtedly do its part towards its construction. And what is true of us is equally true ol i our nearby sister towns. All together ; for the interurban, and let's not be - satisfied until the road is built anc our long felt need fulfilled. j t' ?' & ^ VS^ '* * * <8* & <4' */ <& V "i | ^ * i ! LODGE DIKECTOKY. $> | j ^ <& ! ! ^ <^ <?> <^ <$> <j> 3> <$ <S> <i> <j> <$> 1 ! Newbery Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W.,, j meets every second and fourth Wed- j j nesday night in Klettner's TXall, at 8 | i ? I Amity Lod^e, >o. 87, A. F. M. ; Amity Lodge, No. S7, A. F. M., meeie I every first Monday night at 7.30 o'clock i I ijj Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren j cordially invited. T. P. Johnson, i, W. Earhardt, W. M. j Secretary. i Wodmen of the World Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., meets every first and third Wednesday evening at 7.45 o'clock. Visiting hrethren are coriallv welcome. D. D. Darby, . I .T. A. Derrick, Clerk, i C. C. Beri?cll Tribe, >'o. 24, I. 0. R* 51. liergell Tribe, No. 24, Improved Order Red Men, meets every Thursday night at S o'clock in Klettner's Hall. .1. 0. Havird, j O. Klettr yr, Sachem. Chief of Records. I Omaha Tribe, I. 0. R. M. Omaha Tribe, No. 75, I. 0. R. M.. Prosperilty, S. C., meets every first and third Friday night at So'clock in Masonic hall Visiting brethren are weloome. G. H. Dominick, Prof. J. S. Wheeler, Sachem. Chief of Records. 6-11-12-1 yr. I Caoteechee Council, >,?. 4, P. of P. 1 j 0. K. M. 1 Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P.. i j meets every other Tuesday night at 8 j I o'clock p. in Klettner's Hall. I Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M. j ! Signet Chapter, No. 18. R. A. M.,! ; .... i meets vwy second Moaday night at i ? 8 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Van Smith, j T. P. Johnson, E. H. P. Laeota Tribe, I. 0. R. 5f. i Lacota tribe, No. 79, I. 0. R. M.t Jalapa, S. C., meeting every other Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in Summer hall. Visiting brethren are welcome, i J. Wm. Folk, Sachem. Keeper of Records. I Newberry Commandery, No. 6, K. T. j Newberry Commandery, No. 6, K. T., i ! meets every third Monday night at 8! I I o'clock in Masonic Hall. : i Fred. H. Dominick, ( T. P. Johnson, E. C. > !Ue?rier. . 1 Eureka Violin Agency Spartanburg, S. C. Violins Repaired All kinds of violin repair j work done with neatness and j I skill. | i High-class violins made on ' order. j j The best materials used! | and the most loving care be| stowed on all work. Ship violin in strong packing box, wrapped carefully1 with soft material, express | prepaid. Address: S. T. HALLMAN ;270 S. Converse St., Spartanburg, S. C : u-5-tf | ADTEKTISE. IF YOU Want a Cook Wont a Clerk Want a Partner Want a Situation Want a \Servant Girl Want to sen a nana Want to Sell a Carriage Want to Sell Town Property Want to Sell Your Hardware ' Want Customers for Anything Advertise Weekly in This Paper. Advertising Is the Way to Success Advertising Brings Customers I Advertising Keeps Customers : j Advertising Insures Success i Advertising Shows Energy Advertising shows' Pluck ; Advertising Is "Biz" Advertise or Bust C Advertise Long Advertise Well ; ADVERTISE I At Once IN THIS PAPER I I I The Newbei Capital Stock, I Cupyneht 15HK I I MORey 1 1 grows I I up one one I I and the hal I I quired so e I I ly stimulate I I creasing ef I "The Bank That iFoor Per Cent Intel JAS. McINTOSH, President LJ , I * 1! Wood's Seeds Tor The ! Farm and Garden, i IB Our New Descriptive Catalog Mm* is fully up-to-date, giving descrip- M tions and full information about the best and most profitable \ ff|| seeds to grow. It tells all about V|vS Grasses and Clovers, Seed Potatoes, Seed O^ts, Cow Peas, Soja Beans, The Best Seed Corns Jgj|| and all other Farm and Garden Seeds. Wood's Seed Catalog has 8I tj-Fe: *?i _. Irifci long been recogmzcu as ? gw*udard authority on Seeds. Mauled on request, write for it gets^an ?????? go wro T. W. WOOD & SONS, * SLLDSMLN, RICHMOND, VA. Its rich it a del I the sen absolute S0T1CE OF FJ MI. SETTLEMENT. its use p? Sui Bond? Notice is hereby giv. u that the un- , th; dorsigned will muk~ a final settle- ! and ; mo- t as Administrator of tlie personal J mm Bbbih . the Probate Court of \*e wbe-ry ?d,hi- | ty, S. C., on Friday, Februar.. ?1, 1013, J I ^ j "at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and will! I BJ ! immediately thereafter a:-k for Letters ! ! ijisillissory a5 5U*-'Li ixuimaiacit-tui. j persons indebted to the said estate will 1 SOU' j make immediate settlement, and all ' persons holding claims against the said u , . , r ! . ... ? ?. , . Schednles I ! estate will file tile sam-e, duly attested, ... Arrivals with the undersigned. ! Geo. D. F. Lyies. (N B _T ; 1-21-41?ltaw. Administrator, i , , i shown as in CHICHESTER S PILLS! THE DIAMOMI BIIAXI). A 1 . , . A.*<1? yonr f~>r ! tUDlDla | IM'.U in I^e'3 r.n-1 0,>!,1 p.-uli:.AVV ! sleeping | y. h I'i-Kn. \ f j 3K* $C''4 % n - Tin r" ?-onr v H ;50 & ID.? I |7 - ft1 n- >-Trr? j ' x A ;.1; ? J!Vv*:Vv-^? j viile to ^?/" bl*.11 J w... s I bia 1:35 rry Savings Bai $50,000. LARS GR0\ Upon thi )THER "#HE N OUR BAN x\ _ - >, by C. E. Zitnmezaua C0.--N0. 4S in the Bai fast. Dollars pi top of the oth jit of saving, a asily, is consta d by the ever i feet of intere, Always Has The Mom est Paid on Savings Deposi J.JE. NORWOOD, C \ ?i "Trillin i iiiiiiiiMiiiiiw?ran I bmmmw?W ,mmm W Wkiif> 1,1 _1 .' _ ??. iwuici/cvi H UKt ?-uuu ?r nis?r?i- i iim i uiujuiV some time or another nearly eve attack of the *'blues/' everything se< ng, and the whole world has a drear ; the time when a little Sunny Brool >od Whiskey?will perform a magical c , fragrant bouquet, and mellow fiavoi licious beverage?every golden drop ] ises and soothes the nerves. Best of purity and highly developed, medicinal properti jrfectly safe?in fact, highly beneficial. tiny Brook?The Pure Food "W every bottle bears the Green Goven to the unqualified guarantee by the largest at its quality is unsurpassed, you nave me assu ;ry drop is pure, natural, straight whiskey. >. Standard 100% proof. 1 j j 'X-4*! (*] IB f? ? ! I Of Send your order to iUL HEYMANN / B.GIBSON HARRINGTON INT ROWN & HAGIN JEFFE Chattanooga, Tenn., DUtrit jmiw? , hi. iiii.iii?n?a??i TRERy RAILWAY. Char 2:45 p. i IffectiTe December 8, 131L bia t and Departure* New- 9:05 p. i ?- a r ^.,1 UtriJj I he<*e schedule figures are lug < formation only and are not Axrh I rive ?No. 15, daily from Co- sonv] to Greenville. Pullman Four 1 ; car between Charleston ticket ag< -No. 13, daily, from Green- & G. It!., Columbia. Arrives Colum- i A. { p. m., Augusta S:3T> p. '.2 , . .y-en*in } * L? N | J ik lie I I - CI | IC- I nt I st II I if 1 asbier ! 1 m jyflj fe| i 1 K SbwBBOCR m iLf vvnt* rr\7 / . y look. nniaiULi 1 m c-The OT.BOHl)?~ hange. ^ suw? ^ruarfc0- . 9 make m pleases ^ ^ { fl| all, its / m es make j ? hiskey?is Bottled In I iment. Stamp, so that in j fl distillers of fine whiskey in the ranee of the U. S. Government f unadulterated, fully matured ' L L. ALSOBROOK CO. 1 Jt ERST ATE LIQUOR CO. I M RSON DISTILLING CO. 1 W tutors. leston 8:15 p. m. fH n.?No. 17, dally, from Colum- Ijfl o Greenville, ajw 2i-?No. 16, daily, from Greento Columbia. Pul!mac sleeps "W jar Greenville to Cliarleeton. I res Charleston 8:15 a. m. Ar- V Savannah. 4:15 a. m. Jack- M ille 8:30 a. m. 'urther information call on ants, or E. H. Coapman, V. F? Washington, D. C.; J. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga., or F-V ld, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga. Jl I IIIBIIIlifl