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THE UNIVERSITY HEAD ? Dr. Douglas Still Undecided as To His Acceptance of Presidency. . t (By Jno. K. Aull) Columbia, Oct. 4.*?The trustees of the University.of South Carolina have been extremely reticent lately. They haven't had- much to say. In fact, they have been very much like the little boy the calf ran over. They haven't had anything ty sey, and they haven't said it. 'They don't even say this, but the presumption is that, with regard to> the presidency of the university, as yet unfilled, they feel that Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the Presbyterian college, who has been offered the position?months ago? 'and who has hot yefr made up his mind, has been doing fully enough talking to cover the entire situation. Following the death of the late lamented Preside?)^ 'Melton, .the board of trustees sought earnestly for a man to fill the place. Finally their decision^ rested upon Dr.Douglas. It was SESQUI-CBtfTENNIAL . IN TERN ATIONAtTTSXPOSITtON PHILADELPHIA. PA. June 1, to Dec.' 1,, 1926 Attractive excursion fares how on ^ale daily. < Good returning 16 days. \/ Apply to Ticket Agents hoped that he would be able to give a final answer at * an early date, possibly in time, if he accepted, to assume the duties at the university with the opening of the session last month. Pending the receipt of ad"vices by him, the trustees made no statement. Not even did they announce the .offer. But dispatches poured into Columbia from Clinton to the effect that Dr. Douglas had been tendered the position, and that he had it under consideration. A meeting of the board of the Presbyterian college was held, and the matter was discussed with them. Still no definite announcement was made of Dr. Douglas' intentions. Resolutions from the alumni, the faculty and the students of P.X., and from the people of Clinton, piled up, asking him to remain there. Still there, was no decision. Div Douglas desired a meeting of the board of trustees of the university, to which the matter might be discussed with that board. The meeting was called by the governor, who is chairman of the board, and it was held* last week. Still there is no deand will not be until the middle of this month, according lo?juiother .Clinton dispatch. % . Those who have^Iwatehed develop H1 menU and kept in clone touch with the situation, however, are convinced that Dr, Douglas wiIncome to Colurabia. They are now ^pore firmly convinced lh*n ever?fur how, they point out, could Dr. Douglas get his. consent to give an interview stating what 1 he would do, in caee he should accept, ' unless he did propose to accept. Dr. 1 Douglas is quoted in the latest inter- } view from Clinton?latest at this M writing?that he had a "very pleasant * and satisfactory meeting with the 1 university trustees/' and that he 1 "told therh that should I accept their ? offer, I would continue to be, as I am noiy, a minister of the Gospel, and J that I would stand for religious train- ^ ing and principles." But Dr. Douglas '* goes further: "I told them," he is * quoted as saying, "I would not try to ,J make a Presbjft.erian out of a single 1 student, but that it would be my de- ' sire to see every one a Christian. 1 ' would like very much to have a chapel ' at the head of the campus, so that ' all who saw it would know that the * university stood for religious train- 1 ing." 1 Dr. Douglas has been so intimately / connected with, and ha$ rendered such * splendid service to, a denominational ' college, that it muat be, say some of ' those around here, that he has some- ' how overlooked the fact that the unl- * versity is supported by the state, and 1 that,kwhile religious training is al- 1 ways a thing mightily to be desired 1 anywhere and everywhere, there are 1 other knds of religious training than ! in the Christian church, and that un- 1 til a few years ago one of the most \ loyal members* of the board of trus- tees which the university has ever had ' was of the Jewish faith, and. that j there are niany^others of that faith 1 who have received'their educationat Carolina?an institution supported by 1 thestate, and that the constitution of i the state prohibits any Jaw "respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," . and that a state institution- would probably have to continue, as it' has been for something over a century*. ' non-sectarian as well as non-denoml- ' national. The middle of October is expected to tell the tale as to Dr. Douglas' acceptance or rejection, of the university presidency?a big job and a man's job?and, having outlined the policy which he would pursue if he accepts, ? it is expected that the conclusion of j the story will be acceptance and not I rejection. For, "Dr.. Douglas discussed the matter of scholarship at the university," a Clinton dispatch says. "He said he believed the university should stand for the highest scholarship, and if he took the offer it would vNbe his desire to see thq . scholarship standard raised to as high a level as possible, even if It,meant weeding out of some of the low-grade students. He stated that he was not as yet wholly familiar with the status of things at the university," etc.* the "as yet" being taken by those around here to mean that he is familiarizing himself with these affairs. A supply of salve which he used on the natives saved a missionary to the South Sea Islands from being cooked and eaten^fey cannibals. HI II I) A HKPTIC TANK. h ' 'v J- ; I Typhoid Deaths Are on Farms Without Sanitary Sewerage System. I Clemson College, Oct. i*?Will rural America continue to supply'6M [M?r cent ui the nation's typhoid (ever victims ? Yes, until she removes the sources of typhoid fever infection. | An inexpensive, simple, one-chamber i septic tank for the disposal of sewagp ind garbage on the farm will assure he whole family that the greatest lealth hazard is removed. A septic tank for a family of nine requires only 18 bags of cement, 86 ;>ebbles or crushed atone of one-fourth H?bte feet of sand and 84 cubic foot of a> one and one-half inch diameter, in addition to a bit of plumbing and a traall amount of labor, according to r. K. Hooker, extension agricultural tngineer. A septic tank iji only a cedent chamber through which all eewige is passed and sterilised before it I joes into the open. For a family of line, a simple box tank, three feetl wide, eix feet long, and ftve feet deep I >n the inside, built below the surface >f the ground, is sufficient, lays Mr. Hooker. The floor and walls should je six inches thick and the top should 1 ionsist of three or four concrete slabs, I Tour inches thick, and of a width to J fecHitate moving. A 1-2-8 mix ks de-1 Arable, he explains, which means, one! lack of cement to two sacks (cubic I feet) of clean sand and three cubic feet of pebbles. In making the slabs, ire&sed lumber should be used to give! smooth edges that fit together snugly. When finished, slabs are placed over the top and covered with about one I fs il of dirt. The sewage inlet should t$. made at about the center of one J end and the outlet drain at about the 1 same position of the opposite Ond. 1 Referring to the fact that typhoid! feVer, dysentery/ diarrhea and hook-j worm organisms breecl on animal and J vegetable waste, Mr, Hooker explains | that 65 per cent of the nation's ty-j phoid deaths in i923 occurred on the ! farms due to a lack of sanitary sew-1 age systems. It is further known 1 that'many of the 36 per cent of urban victims of -typhoid derive their infections from milk and other products I of the unsanitary farm. He cites the experience of Yakima county, Wash-j ington, where the rural typhoid death I rate of 30 per 1000 population was yeduced to 6 per 1000 within a year after the U. 8. Public Health Service started a campaign for "Sanitary Farm Toilets" and now has been stopped entirely. Persons planning to build a septic tank may obtain details free by writing Mr. Hooker, -Chamber of Commerce, Columbia. - Why Births Should Be Registered There is hardly a relation of life, social, legal, or economic, In which the evidence furnishedrby an accurate registration of births may not prove to be of the greatest value, not only to the individual but also to the public at large. It is^mot onYr> ah of civilization to register birth certificates but good business; for they are frequently used in many practical some of which are as follows: Ab evidence to prove tnk age and legitimacy of heirs. v<i As proof of age to determine the Validity of a contract.,entered into by an alleged minor ' Z. Z_- ?".uL As evidence to establish age and joroof _ of _ citizenship and desoent'ln order to vote. As evidence to establish the right of admission to the professions and to many public offices. As evidence of legal age to marry. As evidence to~prove~ the claims of widows and > orphansunder the widows' and orphans' pension law. As evidence to determine the liability of parents for the debtis of a minor. As evidence in the administration of estates, the settlement- of insurance and pensions. " \ Z;-ZZ. Z* ZAs evidence to prove the irresponsibility of children under legal age for crime and misdemeanor, and various other matters in. the criminal wdfc f : T :Z";-'Z ? Z As evidence in the enforcement of bw rielsttet-ts education-and-to child labor. ' , As evidence to determine the relations of guardians and wards. As proof of ^citizenship in ordd^o obtain a pass.' As evidence in the claim /or exemption from or the right to Jury and military sejytee.. ' * Loses Tenant House P. A. McDowell, who lives in the Fist Rock section, lost a good tenant house by fire last Wednesday afternoon about 2 o'clock. The house ww occupied by.Mlssourl Duren, a colored woman, who was away at the time ami lost all her possessions. Mr. Mc* Do well's loss is about $500 withou insurance.?^Kershaw Era. 11 Negroes Attempt to Kill 11 On last Sunday afternoon as Lues EintPP jsc*****c*r 1 ing from his home through the two. rows of houses, known as the colored quarters, on the road from Kershaw to the railroad crossing on the Hang- i Ing Rock churyfr road; he was Signed down by three strange negroes, who asked for.a ride into Kershaw. When told 'by Mr. Williams that he was not going as far as Kershaw, one of the ft3gr6?s~Birffteh6d Mr, WUttains^i>ttt5r j frpm where 1t was lying on the seat and fired at 1>im, the bullet going through the car behind Mr. Williams. Another one 'of the negroes snatched the piatol from the hands of the first' and fired three more shots as Mr. Williams waS driving off. Mr. Williams came on to toWn and got Magistrates W. It. Taylor and M. T. Crawford, and they made a search for the negroes, who, took < flight. They learned,* however, that they belonged to the road gang, working on- the - . . . * V ' . * highway near the Catoe place in Flat * Rock township/and en going to the camp, found that the^ .were missing from there. They reported the ocpurrence to the one in charg$; who told them that he would endeavor to assist them in getting them when they returned to the camp,' Ofllyctwo Of them came in, and on learning that tha 'pfficers h?fF^B6p~'t3iefr' oho_or I" ithem made his get-away, - but the >: Other was arrested and placed in the Kershaw guard house/, His name is Lewis Dowell, and hq, is the one who^ got it and fired the last three shots. The one who took the pistol from the seat it named Clarence Stokes, and the third one is Sol Gaines. It is stated, that the negroes had gone into this. colored folk settlement ..for the purpose of trying to get up a "skin" game.?Kershaw Era* , mtftor car Performance 7?"". 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