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sensations IOU.ovt in v?aki: or rosirNFK bill (COXTiXTED FROM PAGE 1.) fort is located in consists of two white trustees and one negro; Charles E. Danner (white), chairman: C. K, Bachelder (white), native State Vermont; Jackie "White (negro). "Eacb of the seven white lady teachers in Beaufort graded school Mas to receive their salary with a check or voucher signed bya negro. "Chas. E. Danner is trustee oi Mathers School that you spoke of in message Xo. 23. Also the county board consists of Superintendent ol Education B. H. Boyd. Hardeeville, S C.; Col. W. J. Thomas, Beaufort, S. C.; Prof. J. M. Moore, Beaufort, S. C. These are the people that have elected this board and re-elected again this combination board of township school trustees with their pet negrc trustee. This is the school board that also elected Miss Rossa B. Coolie township school trustee of St. Helena's township. This Miss Coolie recommended to the other two members ol the board of township trustees that owing to the small number of white children in that township, that they send them all to Iier school, Penn School, which is a negro school. (What else will happen in the dear old Palmetto State?) "AH of these facts are as an open book here. I do not know what power i6 vested in your office relative to county school boards. But if it is in your power to remove from office this entire school board you certainly will make a hit with the masses. Some of these men are my friends, or one of them is, but I have told 'him that he should be removed from office." Beaufort, S. C., Feb. 12th, 1914 "After closing my letter there are some little things that I have overlooked. "T am in prrnr about f!has_ E. Dan ner being trustee of Mathers School, but he does handle their funds. This man Bachelder has two daughters that are teachers in this townshipone in Beaafort Graded school and one at Seabrook. The law says that a school trustee cannot elect one of their family to a teacher's place, so they must have been elected by Chas. E. Danner and the negro Jackie Wright or J. C. Wright. Each and every white lady teacher or male teacher teaching in this township has to be approved by this negro before they can get the place to start with. "This man, Prof. J. M. Moore, is on the county school board, and he is also superintendent of Beaufort Graded School at a handsome salary. He elects the township school trustees. I do not accuse him of being crooked, but it is not reasonable to suppose that he will help elect men that would put him out of his. place. And as a - * ? x i? 1 x. J 4.U A inauer 01 iaci lie re-eiecteu uuc uuai u with the negro on it that automat# ically re-elected him." Message No. 30. Gentlemen of the Senate: I might have expected it, knowing conditions in Beaufort as I do, but, honestly, I never thought it had al ready nappenea. Listen. Beaufort, S. C., Feb. 14th, 1914. "His Excellency, Cole. L. Blease, Governor, Columbia, S. C. "Dear Sir: I omitted telling you that Beaufort Graded School children were not permitted to celebrate General Robert E. Lee's birthday. "I know there was a great deal oi discussion and a newspaper article over it last year. "But the Yankee from Vermont and the negro makes a majority of school trustees. "Chas E. Danner has no children; C. K. Bachelder has no small children (Vermont) and the negro J. C. Wright has his daughter teaching in the colored school. "So you can readily see that the memory of our great chieftain is a matter of no concern to them." What do you, as senators, think of Robert E. Lee? What do you, as senat?t?c fMnlr r\? fh<a r'nr?fortpratp caT^iptss and their record? We will accept your vote on the Fortner bill as your reply. /Very respectfuly, Cole. L. Blease, Governor. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16, 1914. The correspondence \ between Messrs. Brown and Lyles, and the governor, which was sent to the senate on Wednesday night, is as follows: Trustees Write- Governor. February, 14, 1914. To His Excellency, Cole. L. Blease, Governor of South Carolina. Dear Sir: The undersigned are mpmhpr? nf t"hp hrvarrJ nf trustees Of Benedict college, having been elected at the instance and request of the American Baptist Home Mission society, which is one of the leading societies of the Baptist church of America. It is solely missionary in its \ I 'bj'vts and pur-nits. It maintains in j whole' or in part a number of educational institutions in the South foi the negro race, because and only be' cause they have the conviction as 1 j Christians that the principles ol j Christ's teaching are good for the ad' j van cement a::d welfare of the ne?:ro as well as of the white man, and that the teaching of the negro under propei religious influences can result only ir jgood to him and to the white mar ; with whom he comes in contact. We I have for years watched the operation? '; of Benedict college and are satisfiec : | that the statements made by the Rev _ i Mr. Valentine, president of the col; lege, in his letter of the 11th instant ' j to JMr. William H. Lyles, which we ; herewith enclose, are correct. We be" i lipvp that, thpv will he corroborated by respectabl-e white people residing in the immediate neighborhood of the t college. Mr. Valentine has neld the office ol president of the college for two 01 i more years past. His predecessors lr i office for many years were known bv J the Baptist preachers and laymen ol \ the State of South Carolina to be gentlemen of high Christian character a.:d of high denominational standing in their respective states. ;Mr. Valentine, while not so well known to the | denomination in South Carolina at large, is known by us to be altogether worthy of succeeding such men. | i We believe that we are doing God's service in giving aid to the propei ! management of Benedict college, anci ' j can but believe that the information ' -upon which your message to the sen[1 ate of South Carolina of the 10th instant was based was incorrect so fai ' as the statement referred to Benedict rtAllotyn Respectfully, Rev. C. C. Brown, Sumter, S. C. Rev. R. N. Pratt, Hendersonville, N. C. Wm. H. Lyles, Columbia, S. C. Columbia, S. C., Feb 11, 1914. Mr. William H. Lyles, Columbia, S. C My Dear Mr. Lyles: In keeping witli my conversation with you over the | phone today, I am putting into writing the facts in regard to the statements i made by the governor to the legislature in his message of yesterday. )' First, Rev. E. A. P. Cheek was a teacher in our school, in the minis' j terial department, and is the same ; man who has been under charges for | immoral conduct, etc. He was charg! ed with cartain things by certain i members of his church, and the case j was carried into the civil court, but I ! understand that Judge Prince refused ! the application for an injunction which was brought against iiim. Dr. Cheek is now in full charge of ! t } 'his work in the church. At the very beginning of the proceedings against ' j him, he resigned his position here, that the school might not in any way be brought into the controversy. He asserted most earnestly that he was innoncent of the charges, and. Judge Prince has dismissed the injunction against him. I believe he is an inno ueni, man. Second, the governor says he has been informed that one of the white men whose picture was in the catalog of last year played on the football team. One of our white men taught the football team how to play football, and played with them once or twice until I discovered it, and I forbid him f a i f r\ rro i 'PVinf TT'fl r- aTTat? ia-j uu u again. ixiat w clo vci c kj j years ago, and it has never been re! peated. , Third, the governor says he nas been informed that the boys' dormitory has a white matron. This is true, This matron has definite hours when i she inspects the rooms, but she dees not live'in the building where the boys are, and her task is simply to inspect their rooms and give direc: tions as to their care. She is a woman of about fifty years of age and of fine character, without any stain whatever. Fourth, the governor says he has been informed that the boys in the dormitory -have pictures of white girls j and white women in their rooms. I ' believe his information is absolutely incorrect. I have never seen a picture J of a white woman in any of the boys1 j rooms. I think that they themselves | would be very much opposed to putting the pictures of white persons on the walls of their rooms. I have been through the rooms re! peatedly, and I have never yet seen a picture of a white woman in any boys' room. I am satisfied that the teaching and example of the white members of the i faculty can result only in the devel. opment of the studentc of Benedict college into useful colored citizens of ! a commonwealth where the welfare of 1 both races depends upon separation in all social matters and upon the industry and respectful bearing of the cclored people. We encourage our students to seek domestic employment in the families of the citizens of Columbia, and are gratified to know that !i Goii WEBMnBK3BSE3BB2BU3nEUBMBB& March 1 i ______ We sell you Supplies, reduction. Will also do We will issue coupon -l-nn MnJ flUfl fr.V (TO supplies, diiu cuau iui i any book work to do, tbei ? I IMIB1 . i Summer * i , i many of them have found such em . ploymen't, and without exception, si . far as has come to my knowledge, the [ have made themselves useful an< j shown by their conduct the characte . of teaching which they receive at th' .' college. Fifth, the governor says that lfe ha . been informed that at a reception o "sociable" held on the campus tha white women teachers were on equa terms with negro boys' and member of the faculty and had refreshment with them at the same table. We have a regular monthly socia throughout the year, held the last Fri day evening of the month, a;id th girls sometimes serve refreshments siifh as ice cream and cakes whicl L j the boys buy from them, and I hav j | never yet seen any teacher eating a r j the same table with them, nor is ther j anything that could be construed a . "social equality.'' I have a teacher as a member o i my faculty who is a native of Vir . ginia?born and bred there. In con j versation with her today, I asked ne A c-AAn rx r* T7+Vl in or r?f thl > I li sue uau oci occu c . things charged by the governor, an< she replied. "Emphatically no." > As you well know, the teachers o this institution are elected and sup ported by the American Baptist Horn Mission society, an association o white peopte actuated only by mo > tives of religion and unselfish desir to advance the interest of their fel ; lowmen. They recognize that the negro is a human 'being, gifted with ; - soul and capable of intelligence, am , that the Master's command to go int< , all the worldand preach the gospe] ; teaching men to do all things whicl L He had commanded, applies to ne . groes as well as to any other race yet these teachers all recognize tha ? A - J x _ _ . tney are not 10 unaeruiKt} avuiai ic t form as between race and race. The; > do believe that they should inculcat [ in the minds of the negro student the highest sense of moral and busi , nes obligations. With kind regards, I am, Yours truly, i (Signed) B. W. Valentine, > I President. : The Governor's Reply. Feb. 17, 3914. ; C. C. Brown, Sumter, S. C. Wm. H Lyles, Columbia.. S. C. Your letter of February 14, inst, .! received, in which you state that yoi ; were elected trustees of a negro col t lege "at the instance and request o the American Baptist Home Missioi society, .which is one of the leading . societies of the Baptist c'hurch o i America." Unfortunately, I have nev , er heard of this association before i but I take your word for its stand t ing. snnoVinor nf tlio nrpH 1 X UU DUVLC, til -O^caivuig, v/i. wv ecessors of the present president o ' the institution, "to be gentlemen o t high Christian character." 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