Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rt jci . - — - - —— ESQ l 4 4 % St fi SMO BY BISHOP ? ♦ CUJKflFSflfTTI TUHEIHIT sim dp. VANTS IT TURNED DOWN OuumIIm- DecUres That It la Hoi a Donatkw Co Um InaUtatiofi, But aa Attempt to Deaataro It, by aciaf Dedsloa of the 8a* Coart The recently announced gift of fCMMIO to the Vanderbilt unlvpr- |Kgr, of Nashrllle. Tena., by Mr. An- Carnegle la, In the opinion of lop Candler, cot no mucr. a dona- f i ta the unlreralty aa an attempt "denature the inatitution". To a rooreeentalive of The Journal Blah- 99 Candler said Wednesday: "This loud-her&lded gift appear*, an doe* Inspection of the terms of tfce offer, to be no gift at all, but a rd attempt to get control of a of the property of Vanderbilt OOtversity in order to set up a medl- ml school fashioned according to the teenllar ideas of Mr. Carnegie and Ml educational employees. "In the first announcement of the •O-ealled gfft the essential terms of *• gift and the expressions of pur- accompanying It were held back, request of a member of the •f trust, even, who asked to Ope the papers In the case, was re- What waa contained In the ir of Mr. Carnegie was not known any one outside an Inner circle II last Monday, when the board of met. The matter was so se- thaf Major MUlaapt, a member OC the board of trust from Mlssla- Mppt. moved that the question of ao- Ofiptlng the gift be postponed until Mo members of the board could tore Urn* to consider It. This mo re Reeled, end the motion to the gift put through with . In- (derate baste. On Tuesday fhur sf Che board of trust offered a pro- %st against the acceptance of the ^kroegle propoeals. When the pub- seee Mr. Carnegie's letter the pro- MM of Umee worthy gentlemen will be geaerally approved, If I am not illy mfstakee. '•The Vanderbilt university be ta the Methodist Bplscopel ireh. South. The church’s own lip haring been denied, suit was it by order of the general con- some time ago to settle the i, sad the chancery court de pot at In favor of the the dhurob's right took aa srbleb is now ponding 1a the "Offprame court of Tonnooooo. To this rfifir. Corn agio mahee ailusloo fa his •igMsr. putting his offer tu such re la 'tinn to dangllag money before the • pvbtle with the perpoee of Influeoo- Mbg the case. He also deolee the ffMlHy of any and all churches to manage and control educational In dtttutloae—a preposterous piece of l^oraaoe sod confident aseertlou nooertlbn which the whole history of effncaMon la chiioteodom for a thou sand years contradicts His ezpree- fftoas about the churches are as dle ered i table to him aa bis conditioning a' gilt on the reeult of a pending enlt Is Indecent. "But I need not comment on the It speaks for iteeif Wlth- Edeaic Innocence Mr Carnegie Is this letter like Adam In paradise, [ed and not ashamed ’ "Now the dullest mind can see it Mr. Carnegie does not propose te give a penny to the Vanderbilt university, but to take something from it, to dismember from It one of Ms departments, which is worth •bout $600,000. "By the same process he may pro ceed to alienate all the other depart ments and put them under his little boanileta. It Is strange that more of tike members of the board of trust 4id not percHre this patent fact, and •roteat against the acceptance of his Uffer. It would be Just as appro- prlate for the Society for the Preven- tlen of Cruelty to Animals to accept fpr its uses the gate receipts of a bnH fight as for this gift to be ac cepted by a Christian institution. "ft appears also that the Episco palians see in this affttr an effort to defeat the proposed medical depart ment of the Unlreralty of the South. If they are correct In their opinion, Mr. Carnegie Is proposing at one hteur to destroy the medical school of (be Episcopalians, and denature the medical school of the Methodists, .•pd raise on the ruins of both a Car- ttegielzed establishment In his own ilmage and likeness. *‘I can not doubt that this Impu dent proposal of the aggressive and •gnostic steel-monger will provoke the Indignation of the Christian peo ple o€ all denominations In the coun try, and Incur the emphatic disap proval of all thinking men. This un disguised attempt to disintegrate a Christian university is in keeping with the well fixed purpose of an tagonism to church schools which Mr. Carnegie has pursued for a long time.*' To th? Question what will the ' '"' of the Methodist church do m the case? Bishop Candler replied: Vffhs htohsps are oomm on-law visi tors to the nnlverMty. and citation of THAT CARNEGIE GIFT WmOH TIOI MMTHODDT CHURCH WILL DBOLCfB. TAKE EM CARE fill SIOT Ilf IMZE VIED El- Ell MEET SUN KILLS PEOPLE ORKAT HEAT WAV* 8WKKP8 OVER THE OOUNfRY. LYNCBIIi AVEBTEB « JAILEI, SDifiLE HANDED, FOILS PUNS Of MOO classified column and m FARMERS EXCHANGE W If Accepted, Would Rob The* Greet Cbarch of Its We publish below Mr. Carnegie's proposal In reference to Vanderbilt University: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 676 Fifth Avenue. New York. Dr. J. H. Kirkland, Secretary Exe cutive Committee Trustees Van derbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. •My Dear Sir:—I have given care ful consideration to your letter of May 1, written on behalf the trustees of Vanderbilt university, Inviting me to contribute a million dollars for the establishment upon a sound founda tion of a medical school of modern type In the south. After consulta tion with those familiar with medical education of this country I am con vinced that the sum of money you mention could be wisely devoted to a medical school In Nashville. I ap prove thoroughly your suggestion that this gift be conditioned on the appointment of a small board of sev en persons to govern the medical school, who shall be chosen absolute ly without reference to denomina tional considerations and purely up on the ground of fitness for their du- tlee. There Is, however, one factor In your university situation which leaves the policy for the future in doubt. A suit is now before the courts to test the question whether the university shall be governed by an Independent self-perpetuating board as at present, or whether the trustees shall be chosen by the repre sentatives of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, with which denom ination the unlveralty has been since Its beglnnng In sympathetic relations. Should the trustees finally receive an adverse verdict. I understand that the university will then be under dis tinctive, denominational control. This reeuk would seem to be unfor tunate for the future progress and well-being of the Institution. I do not believe that It la wise for any sect to control educational Institu tions such as universities, whether the organisation be a Methodist con ference. or a Presbyterian assembly, or a Catholic order. For this reason, therefore, while I am anxious to make this gift, which would be of high value to the whole south. I hesitate to do so until the quentlon of denominational control has been settled by the courts. I make the following proposition for your consideration: I will fur nish the 1100.000 cash now needed for Ibe laboratories, and the remain ing $600,000 shall remain In the custody of the Carnegie corporation tn New York—Interest at 4 per cent, to be paid to the university for the nee of the medical school until such time as the question of denomina tional control has been art tied by the court of last resort. Its final disposi tion to be then determined. Should this proposition be satisfactory to yonr board of trustees. I understand that the conditions agreed to In your letter of May 1. as to the else and constitution of the governing board of the medical school and the char acter of tbs school Itself are also conditions of this gift. The objection to denominational control of colleges and universities Is not due to lack of sympathy with religion It lies In the fact that such control by a single denomination rarely means religious development, but nearly always means that both education and religion are subordin ated to the Interests of the particu lar organisation which Is In control. I welcome, rather, all Christian sects, believing with Matthew Ar nold, whom I am proud to recall as my friend: ‘^Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind, Hath looked on no religion scornfully That man did ever find. “Which has not taught weak wills how much they can? Which has not fallen oa the dry heart like rain? Which has not cried to a sunk, self- weary man, ‘Thou must be born again!’ ’’ As a true friend of the south. Sincerely yours, (Signed) Andrew Carnegie. ON THE ISLE OF PALMS - Governor Bleaae' Bays the Newspaper Men Have Been Calling for the "Lid On," and He is Going to Test the Sincerity of Their Request by Putting it on. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says cold wat er and mayhap grape Jui& for any special occasion Is all that the South Carolina Press Asociation can look for when they meet on the Isle of Palms at Charleston on the 2 6th of this month fo their annual Conven tlon, for Governor Blease declared Monday morning that he was going to clamp on the lid and sit on it while the editors were meeting on the Isle of Palms. “I am going to put on an extra force of constabulary and have Sheriff Martin and Chief Stothart carry out the orders literal ly,” he declared. “I am going to instruct these offl cials,” said the Governor, “to keep a close eye on every editor, and if any of them buy refreshments from a blind tiger, either In Charleston or on the Isle of Palms, they have peremp tory orders to arrest the person sell ing the liquor and bind over the one buying It as a witness in a bond not less than $500.” The Governor declared that so many of the editors had been calling on him "to put on the Hd.” that he la going to put it on and wanta to see how patriotic they are. "I am going to ae If they are patriotic enough not to buy from blind tigers, and they will have an opportunity of demonstrating by personal con duct some of the precepts they are so constantly preaching,” he said. Just how many of the sleuths will be assigned to “shadow" the news paper men to see that none of them wander Into a place where they should not go is not known It la preaumed that such details will be left to Sheriff 'Martin and Chief Con stable Stothart. but the orders and instruction! will come from Gover nor Please For the pant several year* the edi tors have been meeting In the up- country and having cold water and grape juice for refreshments, will undoubtedly be to tbs taste of the vast majority of the Association, for they are known to be a very temper ate crowd tn fact many of them be ing tetotalere and intoxicating re fresh men te have been noticeable by their absence et the yearly gather ings for the past several seasons So to gather In Charleston this year with the expectation of quaffing abundance’of Ocoee Creek water will undoubtedly have a tendency to In crease rather than diminish the at tendance on the meeting. The Governor said that if any ed itor or newspaper man is caught In the act of buying liquor he will be bound over as e witness and that he was going to have the name publish ed. He said that If the newspapers would not print it he would have It put out In a pamphlet and sent the Blease leader In the home '-ounty of such editor and have him to distrib ute it. It la presumed that some of the sleuths will be assigned to "ov er” such possible happenings for the pamphlet and "write It up.” The State Press Asociation is to gather in Charleston on Thursday and Friday June 26 to 27. for their annual meeting, and the outlook Is for • fine attendance. On the eve ning of June 28. Norman Hapgood, editor of Harper’s Weekly will de liver the annual address. At a ban quet, if one is held, It is supposed nothing stronger than grape Jplce will be aerved. Many Saccwnb to the Extreme Heat in the large Cities of the North and West. One death occurred from heat at Detroit on Tuesday. The govern- mpnt thermometer at the street level registered 104 degrees at 2 o’clock. Sweet Potato Plante—Early Tri umphs. Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Nor ton, and Providence, $1.75 per 1.- 000. H. H. Thomas, Earleton, Fla. JAILED SHOWED PLUCK‘o^ thousand. Missionary and Eceleior Strawberry Plants $2 per thousand. Write or wire. Southern Plant Company., W. J. Hawkins, Mgr., Plant City, Fla. Crowd of Fifty Attempts to Take a Negro Prisoner from the Walter- Six deaths and numerous prostra tions occurred at Philadelphia Tue day as the result of the excessive heat. The temperature reached within a fraction of 96 degrees, the highest point In two years. the trustees to a meeting of the visi tors at the bishops' room in Nashville next Friday has been Issued. I have no right to anticipate their decision, and I have as little doubt about what It will be. The attempt to make It appear by a telegram sent from Nashville that Bishop Hoss only is concerning himself about the matter Is as unjust to his colleagues as It is unfair to him. Bishop Hoss has done his duty, and he has had opportuni ties beyond most of the other bishops for rendering good service to the church in the case. But the attempt to make it appear that he le stand ing alone la utterly without founda tion In fact. This effort to isolate Bishop Hose from his colleagues be fore the public eye Is sinister and unworthy. It lacks even the virtue of Carnegie's candour. LIGHTS A CIGARETTE. His Shirt Soaked In Gasoline Catches on Fire Same Instant. At Greenwood Averette Arrington, a young man employed In the Green wood garage, was severely burned Monday afternoon by having his shirt catch fire, the garment being saturated with gasoline. Mr. Arring ton had soaked the greasy shirt in gssoHne to dean it and thought the gasoline had evavorated. On strik ing a match to light a cigarette the shirt blazed up and he was severe ly burned about the body and arms. Though suffering great pain, his con dition is not serious. He was hur ried to the Greenwood Hospital for treatment. Gasoline is a dangerous thing to handle and people should be careful how they handle It. Going to Make Mistake. A Washington dispatch says that developments of the last week at both ends of the Capitol have Indi cated a growing determination on the part of Democratic leaders of congress to pass a tariff bill and wind up the work of the extra session with out action upon currency reform, or aby other Important subject. This will be a mistake. Three men were killed and 25 prostrated, one seriously, by the keat at Cincinnati Tuesday. The maxi mum on the government thermome ter was 95 degrees in the afternoon. The government kiosh on the street level showed 104. One death and three prostrations traceable to the extreme heat were reported Tuesday In Columbus. The mercury in the government ther mometer af the street level reached 100 degrees at 2 o’clock Tuesday af ternoon. In full view of hundreds of tour ists and visitors. Frederick H. Her mann of Buffalo. 35 years old, leap ed into Niagra river from Luna is land bridge late Tuesday and was swept over the cataract. His body has ndt yet been recovered. Tuesday was the hottest day of the year in New York city. There were a large number of heat prostrations but no fatalities. The mercury reach ed a maximum of 91 degrees at the top of the skyscraper, where the of ficial weather bureau Is located. The thermometer at the street level re corded as high as 102. The tem perature had dropped 11 degrees by nlghtfal. All of Indlanna sweltered from the hotoot weather of the year on Tuesday In Indianapolis the mer cury reached 103 on the street level and 96 on the government thermom leer It was the hoteot day since 21 years ago At Ixjgansport. a rite of 28 degree to 100 caused much suffer ing "The Ice there was exhausted early in the day At Marion it was the hottest day In three years, the mercury reaching 100 At Terre Haute it wsa the hoteot June day since the government bureou was es tablished there, the thermomeler reg istering 88 degrees Two deaths are reported from beat prostration In the Buts. At Chicago a drop of 2 8 degress In temperature brought relief to ttMU city after what was. with oue excep tion. the hotteet June day on tecord there The maximum temperature of the day was 98 4 st 3 p m The hottest June day recorded by the lo cal weather bureau was June 9. 1911. when 98 5 was recorded The wind shifted short after three o'clock and by 4 the temperature had dropped to 84 Within half an hour, the wind shifted again, however, and by seven o’clock 99 degrees again was record ed At eight o'clock the wild shifted Into the north and the mercury drop ped to 70 degrees. The Scholar la Politics. Prof John G Cllnkscsles. of Wof ford College, is being urged by hun dreds of men from all over the State to make the race for Governor, and he has concluded to do so. Now comes a call for another member of the faculty of Wofford College to en ter politics and serve his city as Mayor. The Spartanburg Journal saya Dr. D. D. Wallace, professor of history and economics in Wofford College, is one of the moot likely men to be called by a mass meeting of citizens to select a man to offer himself for the position. The Journal quotes a Spartanburg citizen, who is interested In the pro posed mass meeting, as saying of Dr. Wallace that he Is peculiarly fitted for the office In that he is a student of politics and one who is not entan gled in affiliations with concerns which are a prey upon a city govern ment. "Dr. Wallace,” the citizen continued, "is a man who has the backbone to stand for that which is right, regardless of who it hurts.' Such a man any city would be fortu nate in having at its head, says The Journal. There is no question about the ability and fitness of Dr. Wallace for the position. Spartanburg would have In him a Mayor she could be proud of. But, as The Greenville Piedmont says, we fear no such good luck can come to the city, as It is almost impossible to get men like Dr. Wallace to mix up In ward poll tics. Dr. Wallace, like Woodrow Wilson, understands thoroughly our theory of government, and he would make and admirable administrator of any office that he could be induced to accept, but he Is engaged in a grander and nobler work than hold ing office, and we do not believe he would lay It down. The schoolmaster in politics Is making good. boro Jail, Threateneing to Blow It Up, But Would-be Lynchers Re treated When Resisted. A special dispatch from Waiter- boro to the News and Courier says what came near .being a lynching at the county jail there on Friday night just came to light Moadny morning On account of the taciturnity of the officers of the law, the attempt, to take Obbie Boges, colored, from ih jail and lynch him, was not made public until Monday morning, after the prisoner had been transferred to the Penitentiary, in Columbia for safe keeping v Lucas Padgett, deputy sheriff of Colleton county and keeper of the jail, had quite a stirring time with the would-be lynchers, when, in the early hours of Saturday morlnng a crowd of about fifty strong came to the jail and, by sending forward one of their number who was well known received admission into the Jailer’s quarters of the prison Threatening to enter the room, where the wife of the Jailer was sleeping in order to secure the keys to the cell the crowd was held back by the deputy sheriff at the point of the gun and seeing the determination of Mr. Padgett, they finally desisted In their efforts and left the Jail, but threatened to return lAter. The trouble was started by the ne gro, Obbie Boges, beating hla wife severely, for which he was placed In Jail. The warrant, however, was withdrawn and Boges returned to his home, near Stokes, in Colleton coun ty. to find that his wife’s father. It is said, bad carried bis wife away by force and with her had taken nearly all of Boges’s worldly goods Becoming enraged the negro went Immediately to the house of ht« »lfe’ father, and ahot the old man inflicting painful but light wound* He then went to the town of Stokes, ehcre. acting on the advice of the magistrate, who had ben notified of the occurrence. Mr J M Bennet. i prominent eltlxeu of that town, at tempted to arrest him The negro reslated, and attempted to ahoot Mr Bennet. After e strug gU Mr Bennet secured the gun of the negro, ea old-fashioned muaxle load er. and held Bogee while the wife of another well known ettisen made him fast with ropee After being se curely tied the negro msde threats against the entire settlement, atatlng that he would kill the entire crowd as soon as he could get out of Jail, and It was these threats which later led to the attempted lynching I deputy Sheriff Padgett, being not ified of the arreet of the negro, went early Friday nernlng to Stokes, bu' on arriving there the person who had the negro refused at first to turn him over to the officer, but after much discussion decided to He was brought to Walterboro and lodged In jail and it seemed that nothing more would be said or done about the affair At 1 o’clock Saturday morning. Officer Padgett opened the Jail door leading into his living apartments, after someone bad knocked loudly thereon. With a rush, more than ten men entered the apartment. Threatening to hold the officer while others entered the room where the Jailer’s wife was asleep, the crowd was about to put such a pUui into ef fect when Mr. Padgett hastily regain ed the entrance to the room, and held the crowd back. Through their spokesman the crowd then threatened to blow up the back of the Jail and secure their man by that method, but Mr. Padgett urged them to go away. Seeing the grim determination of the officer, the crowd left the Jail after holding a conference returned and notified the officer that no further atempts would be made that night Latef on Saturday meesagee were received by the officers, In which it waa stated that the crowd would try again on Saturday night. This led to a heavy guard being stationed In the Jail all night, but Sunday came without the appearance of the lynch ing party. The officers before this had gotten in touch with Governor Blease who ordered the prisoner carried to the Penitentiary, which order was c&rrid out Sunday, and the entire affair made public this morning. It appears that the negro was a desperate character and quite a ter ror to the community, and this was probably the cause of the attempted lynching, for the crowd had learned to take the negro at his word and wanted to remove him before he would have a chance to carry out his threats. Certainly the bravery and deter mination of Officer Padgett prevent ed the lynching. kandthp.a(saidtls etoajoehrdlu etao Sweet Potato Plants, Nancy Hall and Triumph, $1.75 per 1,000. I can fill your orders In any quanlty. Give me your orders for prompt de livery and choice plants grown un der irrigation. G. D. Moore, Haw thorn. Fla. Immediate Shipment of genuine Nan cy Hall and Porto Rico sweet potato plants at $1 per M, or $1.25 deliv ered. We ship nothing but good strong fresh plants, and guarantee entire satisfaction. The Bear’s Head * Farms, Pine Castle, Fla. POULTRY AND EGGS. For Sale—Poland China pigs of fine breeding. Write for prices. S. J. Summers, Cameron, S. C. Holsteins—Pure-bred cows; heifers, open and bred; bull and heifer calves for sale. D. S. Jonee, Beacon- dale Farms, Newport News, Va. Sweet Potato Plants, express prepaid to South Carolina, 1,000 to 3.000 at $1.75 per 1.000. 4,000 to 10,000, $1.65; Nancy Hall. Triumphs, Porto Rico yams. C. F. Whitcomb, Uma tilla. Fla. White I/eghorna, Buff Orpingtons, White Plymouth Rocks. Vigorous, hardy stock. Eggs for hatching and baby chloks. Mating List Free. This ad will not appear again. S. Bacon A Haywood. 205 Springfield Ave., Guyton, Qa. < I will teach you bookkeeping and the collection buelnesa. Appoint you my apeotal repreeentatlve in yonr own town. In your spare time. And help to make you prosperous. Write to-day for this offer Brown’s ('orrenpondence School. Wilcoioa Building, Freeport. Illinois l^rlae Winning While Indian Runner duck egga M for $3; 22 for RS. Bronxe turkey egca 11 for $3; 21 for $5 6 Toulouse goose eggs. $2 50 White Orpington egge. 1 5® for IS and up Fawn and White Indian Runner duck eggs. $1 60 M. B. Grant. Darlington. S C. MIHUKLLANBOIH. Hartford's Konpe Oare—Guarantnnd 50c delivered. Poultry Usmndy Co., Eneada. Fla. I bny all kl nda of <vnpty barrel* and bags Try me Walter A Moore, 8 George Ht , Charleston 8 C. 'erwonal—Ladles, when delayed or Irregular use Triumph Pllla, al ways dependable. ’ Relief ’ end particulars free Write National Medical Institute, Dept. 6., Milwau kee. Wts Piles ran be relieved at once—Ren 1 15c for liberal sample, *TJik> Pile Remedy," end be convinced I^rge ■lie. 50c. 6 for $2 50 H M Knight and Co . Manufacturing Pharma cists. Inncaater, Penn. Marry if you are lonely The Reliable Confidential Successful Club has large number of wealthy eligible members, both sexes wishing early marriage Deecriptlona free. Mr*. Wrubel. Box 26. Oakland, Cal. Well established Job printing firm de sires earvices of experienced printer. Will pay good salary to right man. with few hundred dollars to Invest. "Manager,” 619 King Street, Char leston. S. C. Sommer in Western North Carolina —The Switzerland of America. Waynesville, the beautiful, altitude, 2,800 feet. Brannercrest, one of the best homes In the town, now open for boarders; all modern con veniences; beautlfdl location. Ad dress Mrs. Wm. Harrison, Waynes ville, N. C. The Warren Poultry Farm—The home of more than ten thousand single comb white leghorns—ac knowledged to be the most profitable fowl bred to-day. Our stock are scientifically bred from the best blood lines obtainable In this coun- , try. We need more room for our young stock and offer a big June and July reduction sale on stock and eggs. We offer hens from our breeding pens at $1.50 while they last. Eggs, $1 per 15, $5 per 100. The Warren Poultry Farm, Wise N. C., T. M. Host, proprietor. Old newspapers for sale. Ran Wild in Woods. At Lewlsburg, W. Va., DeWltt Gardner, auditor of the Sewell Rail road, at Ralnelle, Grenbrier County, disappeared Saturday and was found Sunday in a woods suffering from an attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Gardner was delirious and ran for two miles through the woods before being cap tured by his friends. His condition Is precarious.