The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 08, 1926, Image 7
THE UNIVERSITY HEAD
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Dr. Douglas Still Undecided as To His
Acceptance of Presidency.
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(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
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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.
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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.
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There is hardly a relation of life,
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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
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Z As evidence in the enforcement of
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As proof of ^citizenship in ordd^o
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As evidence in the claim /or exemption
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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 $500 withou
insurance.?^Kershaw Era.
11 Negroes Attempt to Kill
11 On last Sunday afternoon as Lues
EintPP jsc*****c*r
1
ing from his home through the two.
rows of houses, known as the colored
quarters, on the road from Kershaw
to the railroad crossing on the Hang- i
Ing Rock churyfr road; he was Signed
down by three strange negroes, who
asked for.a ride into Kershaw. When
told 'by Mr. Williams that he was not
going as far as Kershaw, one of the
ft3gr6?s~Birffteh6d Mr, WUttains^i>ttt5r j
frpm where 1t was lying on the seat
and fired at 1>im, the bullet going
through the car behind Mr. Williams.
Another one 'of the negroes snatched
the piatol from the hands of the first'
and fired three more shots as Mr.
Williams waS driving off. Mr. Williams
came on to toWn and got Magistrates
W. It. Taylor and M. T. Crawford,
and they made a search for the
negroes, who, took < flight. They
learned,* however, that they belonged
to the road gang, working on- the
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highway near the Catoe place in Flat *
Rock township/and en going to the
camp, found that the^ .were missing
from there. They reported the ocpurrence
to the one in charg$; 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*
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