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REFORM NEEDED
The State AstIdb for the Insaae is ia
Bad Coaditioa.
SHOULD BE REMpDELED
Many Improvements Urged, and the
Sanity Arrangements Hold to be
Deplorable and the Institution
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Very Much Overcrowded?A M?v
jority and Minority Report Filed.
Last year the General Assembly
appointed a special commission to investigate
the conditions at the State
Hospital for the Insane. On this
commission were appointed Senators
Chrlstensen, Hardin and Bates, and
Representatives Carey, Harrison,
Sawyer and Dick. The committee
has been diligent in its work and research.
Days were spent in taking
testimony and studies were made of
other hospitals for Insane. Much of
the results of this inquiry is placed
before the people ip the reports released
a few days ago.
The committee is entirely at va(n
ih/? mrtei ?.aaanflo1 fno tiro
1 lailvv i u iuc uiudv i*oa^wu?i
what should be done to further alleviate
conditions? There are two
reports, one signed by Senators
Chrlstensen and Bates and Representatives
Harrison and Dick. The
other report Is signed by Senator
Hardin and Representatives Sawyer
and J. P. Carey. The reports are
so entirely at variance In point and
suggestion that there Is but one war
to get the varying views, and that Is
by reading both reports, which are
very long and volumous.
Without placing the blame on any
particular person, the majority report
states that the evlednce shows:
That fifteen patients of one ward
were bathed In the same water In
a bath tub.
That the foulest water closet, cen.
tre of wide soil pollution, without
screens is located within a few feet
of an outdoor kitchen.
That the bodies of dead patients
are burled one on top of another
In the Bame lot, with as little consideration
as If they were so many
dogs.
That cholera hogs and the dead
are kept In the same lot.
That the wards, even of the white
women, are overrun with vermin and
the patients are allowed to go unkempt
and ragged,
a The report alBO states that some
of the attendants are reported 11r
literate and brutal, many cases of
brutality being reported and that
the food served the patients +b badly
prepared by persons who never
learned to cook and Is served in
dirty, greasy tin dishes. Government
reports are quoted to show that
in the South Carolina Hospital tha
death rate Is the highest in the
United States, 21.54 per cent, as
compared with a general average of
11 per cent.
It is estimated that it will require
$350,000 to put the plant In
proper shape, and it is suggested the
present plant be sold, the land being
worth $400,000, and two plants,
to cost $500,000 each, be erected by
the State elsewhere.
The minority report, submitted
by three members of the commission,
disagree with the *maln features
of the majority report. It
holds that the lack of funds to put
the institution on a modern basis,
due to ttfe State's heavy indebtedness,
is the principal source of
trouble. It states that the patients,
as a rule, are well cared for, that
the food served is of good quality
and well cooked, and that the management
of the State's farm is systematic
and efficient.
The minority report states that it
is unnecessary to create a great debt
for the State in the purchase of new
sites, and that the expenditure of
about $50,000 annually for several
years will meet the requirements of
the situation.
They say that the superintendent
ib u?ci wuncu uuiiiK me wori ui
three men.
On December 13 last there were
in the Institution 1,533 inmates ?
520 whie women, 370 white men,
321 negro women, 322 negro men.
The board of regents is composed
of Messrs. W. J. Gooding, Hampton;
J. Perry Glenn, Anderson; W. W.
Ray, Congaree; J. H. Taylor, Columbia.
There are no better men in
the State than these. For their
work these regents receive a per
diem of not more than $250 a year,
and mileage when they attend meetings.
The superintendent, who i3
the chief physician, receives
$3,000 a year and a residence on
the grounds.
Roth reports speak well of the
farm. The reports together with
^ the mass of testimony have been
published in book form?the reports
and evidence make about a thousand
pages.
Black l>olls.
The congregation of the St. James'
A. M.'P. church, at Wilmington, Del.,
has placed the ban on white dolls.
It was decided this week that black,
mothers shall allow their offspring
to play with black dolls, as a matter
of race pride.
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HAVE LOST MOST
GULP STATES SUFFERED MOST
BY THE BAD WEATHER.
Hooter's Analysis of Movement
Shows Decrease From Last 'Year
of 1,600,402 Bales.
A New Orleans dispatch says
Secretary Hester's analysis of the
cotton movements for the four
months of the season, from Sepember
1 to December 31, inclusive,]
shows that compared with the crop
movement last year the State of
Texas has brought into sight this
season, in round figures, 714,000
bales less; other Gulf States, which
include Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Missouri and
Oklahoma, have marketed 834,000
less, and the group of Atlantic
S.ates which include North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama and Virginia, have marketed
52,000 less, making the decrease
in the amount marketed 1,600,000.
Mr. Hester shows the amount
brought into sight by groups of
States for the four months of the
season as follows;
Texas, 1,796,814 bales, a decrease
under last year of 714,312, an increase
over year before last of 719,651,
and a decrease under the same
time in 1906 of 517,254.
Other Gulf States, 1,927,172 bales
a decrease under last year of 834,284,
a decrease under year before
last of 365,689, and a decrease under
same time in 1906 of 741,781.
Atlantic States, 3,876,451 bales,
a decrease under last year of 51,806,
an Increase of year before laBt
of 45,709 and an increase of the
same time in 1906 of 378,572.
Total crop in sight at close of
December. 7,110,437 bales, a decrease
under last year of 1,600,402,
an increase over year before last of
399,671 and a decrease under the
same time in 1906 of 880,465.
The groups of States furnished in
round figures of the crops of last
year and year before last: From the
State of Texas last year 3,819,000,
and year before last 2,221,000; other
Gulf States, 4,300,000 last year,
and year before last 4,242,000; Atlantic
States, 5,666,000 last year and
5,109,000 yeare before last.
DIED AT HER POST.
Lived Sixty-Three Years in Charleston
Ornhan
The Post says Miss Catherine Arnold,
a teacher at the Charleston
Orphan House, died a few days ago
at that institution, into which she
was entered as an Infant of eighteen
months on March 25, 1847, and in
which she half lived continuously for
nearly sixty-three years.
After completing her indenture as
a charge of the institution, Miss Arnold,
In September, 1864, was appointed
a teacher on the staff of the
Orphans House, and has served in
that capacity for more than fortyfive
years. She was one of the most
capable and efficient of the teaching
force of the institution, and held
the affection of the children and th^
confidence of the authorities in a
marked degree.
From her salary as a teacher at
the Orphan House, Miss Arnold had
saved through the course of years,
a comfortable sum of money, whl-.b
by oequest is to be disposed of to
the benefit of St. Paul's church, the
Orphan House and certain graduates
of the institution for whom she had
a special aP.-ciHn.
TAGGED WILD DUCK KILLED.
8hot Bird labelled "Box 48, Kingston,
Ontario."
While hunting in the 3wamps of
Rocky River, east of Anderson Monday
afternoon, Mr. W. E. Bray killed
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? n.iu uuua nuau uttu uu UUf
of its legs an aluminum band bearing
the Inscription "Box 48, Kingston,
Ontario." Mr. Bray will at once
communicate with the address given.
A gentleman from Canada, who was
at the Hotel Chiquola a few nights
ago, said that not infrequently
sportsmen around Kingston would
capture wild ducks, and after marking
them, would turn them loose.
The duck was a good ways from
home.
Miss Ileptmn Gets Verdict.
A jury in the United States Court
at Norfolk, Va., Monday awarded
$15,000 damages to Miss Mamie
Rephan, of Charleston, S. C., against
the Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction
Company. Miss Rephan lost a
leg under the wheels of an electric
oar in 1908, and sued for $30,000.
The case will be appealed.
Trainmen Indicted.
Engineer Maddox and Engine
Foreman Leon Irving, members of
the Kansas City Southern switch
engine crew that crashed Into a
rTexas and Pacific train Sunday before
last, killing three persons, were
Indicted a few days ago by the grand
jury, charged with manslaughter.
SOME HOT STUFF
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Democratic Congressman Files Sensational
Charges Ahoot
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USE OF PUB L MONEY
Hitchcock Declares to House Comc
mittee That Funds of the Interior f
Department Were Improperly Used 1
e
In Paying Private Travelling Ex- ^
penses of Bollinger's Nephew. a
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Somewhat waning Interest in the *
investigation of the so-called Bal- '
linger-Pinchot controversy was ^
quickly revived in congress Monday v
by sensational charges against Sec- c
reiary Halllnger, of the interior de- I
partment, and other officials, filed i
by Representative Hitchcock, (Dem- c
ocrat), of Nebraska, with the com- c
mittee on expenditures in the interi- 1
or department, and incidentally by e
the senate's adoption of the investi- I
gation resolution agreed upon in con- s
ference. The house will adopt the
resolution later. I
The most important allegation of 1
Mr. Hitchcock is that funds of the t
interior department were improper- f
ly used in paying private traveling f
expenses of Secretary Ballinger's ?
nephew. The secretary and other !
officials of the interior department 1
will be subpoenaed before the house i
committee on expenditures to which t
Mr. Hitchcock's charges were ad- t
dressed.
The statement assertB that when c
Mr. Halllnger became commissioner s
of the general land office, the po- e
sltlon he held before entering the I
cabinet, he reduced the salary of 1
Law Clerk Wright bo that Judge
Wright's $2,000 salary "could be (
given to Jack Halllnger, his nephew, s
not under the title of law clerk, but a
under the title, created by Mr. Hal- t
llnger's order, of confidential clerk, v
I have been told Wright died of dis- d
appointment and humiliation soon
thereafter." r
Jack Balllnger remained a year I
In the service, the statement says, 1
his manner of living, about the tim? r
his uncle resigned, in March, 1908, C
being alleged to illustrate "the reck- q
less expenditures of the land of- g
flee." r
"It was announced," the statement t
goes on to say. "that young Jack
Halllnger was leaving the land of- t
flee to resume law practice in Se f
attle. In order that he might re- i
I reive a final rake-off he was deBig- f
nated as special temporary inspec- r
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lui vjl uuicKs, an evident outrage r
on the treasury. This enabled hlra s
to draw traveling expenses from
Washington to Seattle and a per
diem also. Within two weeks after
he reached Seattle, he resigned, as 1
understood in advance, and resumed
law practice, including, of course,
practice before the land office out
there and also in Washington.
Mr. Hitchcock declared this to be
only one of many outrages on the
treasury which can be found. The
statement was presented by Mr.
Hitchcock at a meeting of the committee
called to permit him to substantiate
his charges of extravagance
in the interior department.
The committee decided to issue
BUbpoenas on Secretary Balllngor.
Commissioner Dennett, of the genearl
land office, and all others interested
in the charges to appear as
witnesses before the committee next
Wednesday morning. The affidavits
alleges improper use of the million
dollar appropriation "for the protection
of the public domain, mounting
into the tens of thousands of
dollars," the erection of a "certain (
large brick chimney for a land of- ,
flee at considerable expense," "the (
empolyment of some eighty ad- ,
ditional clerks," "salaries increased,
and In one case at least doubled,"
out of this million dollar fund (citing
the case of Chief of the Field ]
Service Schwartz as this instance),
long expense bills, which "cover
long extracts from the newspaper
sent in by traveling representatives
of the general land office, selection
of special agents not at all qualified,
etc.
Mr. Hitchcock suggests to the
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yi T vunv I.CI .?1U KillJllUytfeS OI
the general land office be called to (
furnish specific information, explaining
that he was "persona non-grata ' 1
with the Interior department, and
that the committee was in a better 1
position to obtain the facts concern (
ing odd clerks performing ordinary
clerical duties, not connected in any 1
way with the protection of the public
domain, though so protected.
Concerning the office of chief of
the field service, occupied by H. H.
Schwartz, the affidavit alleges that
position was created for Mr. 1
Schwarts without warrant of law, his
salary being raised from $2,000 as
special agent to $4,200 as chief of
field service, or $700 more than his
immediate superior, tho assistant
commissioner. His messenger's salary
was raised from $720 a year to i
$900, It Is alleged, although all other
land office cessengers receive the low- (
er rate out of the regular fund.
Mr. Hitchcock recommended inves- 1
tigaiion of statements made in an <
anonymous letter to him that declared
Mr. Dallinger's system of files i
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DEMOCRATIC HOUSE
4R. CLARK RETURNS FROM
WEST IN HIGH FEATHER.
Minority Leader Think* Dissatisfaction
With Republican Policies Will
Cause Reaction.
Freeh from a speech-making tour
f the West, where he made a careul
study of the political situation.
teDresentatlve Chamn oinrir <~>f mid.
louri, the minority leader of the
louse, who returned to Washington
t few days ago, grew enthusiastic
n relating to his political associates
n congress the prospects for Dem>cratic
control of the next house of
epresentatlves. He brings back
vith him a roseate picture of the
>utlook and predicts a sweeping
democratic victory in the congresBonal
election this fall and a Demo:ratic
house of representatives. His
iheerlng story brought renewed
lopes for the Democrats. Mr. Clark
laid he found a thriving spirit of
democracy in Ohio and Missouri,
ind other places where he visited.
Mr. Clark brought with him from
diBsouri the interesting story which
le learned at Kansas City of the
leparture of a certain gentleman
rom the latter place a few days ago
or Africa, representing practically
til of the commercial bodies of the
.Vest and Middle West, to invite Col.
iloosevelt to land at San Francisco
ipon his return to the United States
ind cross the continent from West
o Bast.
"Such a procession across the
ountry would be the greatest show
leen on this earth since the morning
itars first sang together," said the
democratic leader in characteristic
anguage.
Mr. Clark recalled fhat President
Irant had done much the same thing
ind said that if Grant had landed
it San Francisco at a more opporune
time no power could have pre
ented his nomination for the presilency
for a third term.
"In Missouri the party is unanlnous
once more as a result of the
Cansas City meeting and we are gong
to wipe the Republicans off the
nap there," said Mr. Clark. "In
)hio I attended a Democratic ban
luet of 1,200 plates which was the
rreatest banquet I ever saw. The
democrats are wideawake all along
he line.
"The papers of the country have
teen full of the 'insurgent' news
rom Washington and the fight hero
irovoked much comment. Dlssatlsaction
with Republican rule was
lever so wide Bpread as now and th?
lext house will be Democratic at
mre as anything In the world."
KILLED OVER HORSE TRADE.
rhird Killing In locality In Short
Time Arouse Citizens.
A dispatch from Angulla, Miss.,
lays the third killing in three day3
in that neighborhood took place
Wednesday of last week on the Sun I
[lower river near there. The frequency
of such event* of late b<u
jrouaed many of the eltlzens who
have telegraphed the governor asking
that soldiers be sent there to
restore order
The last tragedy was the klllinz
af Noah Borodarfsky. merchant of
Silver City by Jesse Martin, a planter.
The trouble arose over a horeo
trade. Martin swapped Borodarfsky
i horse which he said would worn
to a buggy. The dead man, It is
stated, claimed the animal would
not do as represented and wanted to
call the trade off. which Martin r'Tused
to do until Borodarfsky covered
him with a pistol. Martin at one-*
went to his home, procured his Bhot5un
and meeting Borodarfsky in tha
road shot him.
JAIL. DELIVERY AT CAMDEN.
PI?o ( the Thirteen Prisoners In
County Prison Escape.
At Camden Tuesday afternoon
leveral of the prisoners In Jail overbowered
the jailer, John Boone, and
nade their escape. Five of the
hirteen prisoners escaped. They
vere Elerbe Thomas, with a number
>f aliases, charged with fraud in
aking orders for a Chicago house
which he claimed to represent; Mllon
Banks, convicted of larceny and
iwaitlng the action of the supreme
:ourt in an appeal; Sam Green,
louse-breaking. and another negro
lamed Truesdel, charged with housebreaking.
Truesdel was recaptured
in hour later by Mr. John L? .Team,
fields and Banks are white. Jailer
Roone was pretty badly used up.
Be is an old Confederate Veteran
ind stood to his post of duty faithTully.
A blanket was thrown over
Him and after beating him the keys j
were taken from him.
Teduy for Congress.
That Theodore Roosevelt has
agreed to run for congress In the
First district of New York State,
embracing Nassau and Suffolk counties
and Oyster Hay, with the understanding
that he will be supported
for the speakership, is the report
that spread Thursday among the
members of the bouse and senate.
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THE LAZY BUG
SAID TO BE MOST SERIOUS INFECTIOUS
DISEASE. ^
The Doctors Discuss It, and Dr.
Stiles Says It Threatens the South
as None Other.
"The most serious infectious tils- (
ease in the South today is .hat of
the hookworm," declared Dr. Charles
Wardell Stiles of the United State?
Dublic health service In
the first national conference called
| of this disease at Atlanta Tuesday
morning. While specimens of the
hookworm, have been found in the
New England States, the Middle
West and in the Northern Pacific
States, the disease primarily is one
of warm climates and is generallv
prevalent in the South Atlantic and
Gulf States. On the negro is placed
the responsibility for the presenc?
of the disease in the United States.
Dr. Stiles said that the hookworm
found here has been trnced to th?>
west coast of Africa, "and it un
doubtedly was brought here by the
negro."
In this connection Dr. Stiles
called attention to the fact that
while the negro had given to the
whites the hookworm, tuberculosis
had been presented to the negro by
the whites and today the death rate
from consumption among the negres
of the South is three times th?
toll of the disease among the whites.
Twenty-five per cent of the cot
ton mill employes of the South are
infected with the hookworm, said
Dr. Stiles, who based the statement
on personal visits made to 28 mills
in North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
The mills in the sand sections
of these States show much higher
percentage of infection than do tnose
of the Piedmont or clay sections. In
1 the mills of Atlanta the Infection
was found to be less than five per
cent.
In some of the rural communities
of the South, where there is an
absolute lack of sanitary conditions,
90 per cent of the inhabitants are
infected.
Dr. H. F. Harris, of Atlanta, to
whom Dr. Stiles referred as the first
man to recognize the hookworm in
the United States, was chosen chairman
of the conference. At the afternoon
session Dr. Harris discussed
the treatment of the disease. Hi
declared It to be most susceptible
to treatment.
Dr. George Dock of Tulane university
described the symptomology
of the disease and a paper on "The
Pathology of Uncinariasis" was read
f by Dr. Newton Evans of Nashville,
Tenn. "Excessive Waste of AmeriI
can Life," was tho subject of an
Interesting address by F. F. Kitten- [
house of New York, president of the I
Provident Savings Life Assurance so c
ciety. At night Dr. Stiles delivered 1
a stereoptican lecture, depicting the
sanitary conditions at the cotton 1
mills and other places visited by hira. <
More than 2 00 physicians and rep '
resentatlves of life insurance com- I
panies and commercial organizations 1
from all sections of the United States 1
are in attendance. '
WOMAN'S SLAYER CONFESSES. '
Murderer of Governess Xrar I'oughkeepsle
Owns Up.
In the presence of his mother,
Frank Schermerhorn, lying on his
cot at Vassar Hospital Monday night,
confessed to Under Sheriff Fred
Hornbeck that he alone was responsible
for the death of Sarah Krymlar,
the governess who was found
strangled to death at the Compton
home at Mlllbrook last Thurrday
morning. Sehermorhorn says he was
drunk at the time and did not know
what be was doing.
Just as Schermerhorn finished his
cuuicamuu, uis iuomer rainieu.
Schermerhorn says he was very
drunk the night of the crime; remembers
being In the room with
Sarah Brymer, but does not remember
what he did.
"I did not Intend to commit murder,"
said Schermerhorn, according
to the officials, "but I only Intended
Mt' for a scare. O alone am responsible
and no one else Is concerned
in it."
Confesses to Two Murders.
R. H. Owens, white was hanged
in Gainesville, Fla., for the murder
of R. L. Smith in Jonesville several
months ago. Just before being taken
to the gallows, he made a partial
confession of this crime and of kill
ing a 17-year-old girl In Louisiana,
but would give no particulars. Luke
Thomas, a negro, was hanged at
Fernandina, Fla., a few days ago
also for the murder of Mack Austin,
a man of his own race.
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Get ready to plow, yo of the center
belt. i
has "so mixed, confused, befogged, I
the clerks, flies and records that i
there is now absolutely no one who <
knows anything about anything that <
appertains to the ofllce," requiring <
over 100 clerks, against 15 under
the old system.
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MANNH1TS
BACK
Certain Charges Made By Dr. Mefl He
Charges as False.
ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE
? A.
? th? Term Used by Members of
Olemson Board of Trustees in
Discussing Complaint Piled With
Legislative Committee, Relative
to Affairs of Cleinson College.
Replying to Dr. Mell, whose leter
as to Clemson codnitions was
>ublished a few days ago. Dr. Coke
). Mann has issued a statement, in
vhich he characterized certain charges
as "absolutely false and without
oundatiou." In general the statenent
carries quite a criticism of Dr.
Cell's actions as president of the
:ollege.
Dr. Mann, who is a member of
he Clemson board of trustees, says
n his statement:
"I had thought that the controversy
between Dr. Mell and myself
lad ended, but I saw in the Charleson
News and Courier of the 17th
instant that I was mistaken. He
has a number of charges against
ne, all of which are absolutely un'.rue.
As his first charge he says:
While 1 was in controversy with
:he last commandant in the matter
>f who should discharge the duties
)f the president's office, the R<ev. C.
D. Mann, a member of the board of
rustees, published an article in the
lewspapers condemning me in my
ifTorts to control the officers of the
:ollege, and yet he had not availid
himself of the opportunity to inorm
himself concerning my side of
he matter under consideration.'
iHe says further down that I had
lisqualified myself from sitting at
k subsequent meeting of the board
>f trustees. He calls it a jury. The
lublic knows what he raea is. Again
le says: 'He took part in the disussion,
which occurred in the board,
ind cast his vote against m<e in
ho final action of the trustees."
Vhat disqualified me with the Docor?
Specify. Was it for stating
acts which I tried to get him or
ome one else to come and deny?
made the broad challenge that if
.ny man would deny it I would prove
t, and he did not see his way elear
o dispute it. Then why did he
lot come out like a man and not
vait like a dirty cur until he had
eft the State? I call the attention
if the public to this fact.
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tfinus had already resigned as comnandant
and Dr. Mell was trying to
>ut the whole blame on him, and
knew it was untrue. Therefore I
:nme to hiB rescue and have nothng
to regret or take back."
"Let me say right here that Dr.
Well has his first time ever to deny
>ne of Capt. Minus' charges before
.he board of trustees. He gave us
to understand that he was supreme.
Porgetting that the other man was
In authority in his department and
had rights to be observed and re?
3pected, not by the students in barracks,
but by the president of the
college as well. Capt. Minus was
and is a gentleman of the highest
type notwithstanding what Dr. Mell
may write or say. My Interference
In the Mell-Minu8 controversy was
not to interfere with Dr. Meil's duties
as president of Clemson College,
as he would have the putll'2
believe, but to show to the public
that Dr. Mell was trying to run the
commandant, trustees and everything
In sight. When we had Dr. Mell
and Capt. Minus before us at an
informal meeting, when about onehalf
of the board was present, Capt.
Minus making his charges and Dr.
Well hearing them, and after hearIng
both of these gentlemen, we
went over the situation, and we
igreed that a committee should be
ippolnted to go next morning and
?ee if Dr. Mell would let the Minus
lepartment alone, and Dr. Mell promBed
he would. Then the coinmit:ee
went to Capt. Minus and he
iromlsed the same thing. This
>romise was not kept by Dr. Mell,
ind Capt. Minus' resignation was
endered during the seesion of the
eigislature in 1908.
"I am not at all surprised at Dr.
Moll's criticism of nie for I believe
lad it not been for my article to
he press Dr. Mell would be at Clemion
college today. I knew a great
leal more about his side of the
natter under consideration than he
.bought 1 did. I had not been on ,
he board of triistooo 11
- inu IIIUUIQB
jefore it was very elear to my mind
hat he was too small a man for
the place and with the criticisms
tnd charges against him. They
were too much for the president of
iny great institution to carry.
"Now, I hope this will be sufficient.
I have not tried to hurt Dr.
Mell and would not fo- anything in
the world. Now, Doctor, believe
me. Stop Dr. Mell, or 1 will take
lellberate aim next time and if I
lon't get you I will take the consequences.
(Signed) "Coke D. Mann,
"L. M. Q."
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