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SHOULD RESIGN That Is What President Mill Should Do SAYS TRUSTEE MANN lie iHtii'cK si<i(iim'iit.s of tlu? I'nvsj. tlrul t?l (Tt'msuii and Olijt't-t.s (<> Hit* I *?*?'? ? of I f i I kt'spoiisi l>i I if y of (lit' (\>iiiina?i(Iiint's llr(ircmt'iit <111 the nonet! ??|* Trustees, The following letter from Kcv. C. I). Mini, one of 1 1h? Trustees of CIoiiihiim College, will b> road with interest bjr those who ha\e been keeping up with (he oont loversy between ('apt. M??ss nnd l'r sident Moll, of Cloinson Mr. Mann says: (Jnpf. Minus made charges against Dr. MHI, president of Clemson College, for interfering with the discipline of 'he institution, which caused lii 111 to resign his position as com mamlant of CI inson College. Now. are these charges true or false? Pr ; Moll in his reply did not deny the al legations, and why not? He says: "i decline le enter into a it wspaper controversy with the retiring rommandnnt. on the administration >) n flair* of Clomson College for the following reasons: First, the issues lie raises belong entirely to the hoard of trustees. The body has recently considered these affairs, and have announced their decision." I do not think Dr. Moll can establish this fact or prove this statement. The hoard only considered Cap! Minus's resignation and not the charges, as Dr. Moll would have the public believe. And we accept it with the understanding that on account of the continued Interfereiic ' of Dr. Moll with the discipline of the college that Capt. Minus could not (ind would not s n 11 m i t to such treatment longer by Dr. Moll. This was not the lirst time ('apt. Minus had complained to the hoard of trustees. As many as throe times ('apt. Minus had stated to the hoard that Dr. Moll was Interferring with the discipline of the noil-ego, and if he did not stop meddling where he had no business he would have to resign through selfrespect . Dr. Melt promised twice to quit meddling with Capt. Minus's department, and if he had kept his promise we would have had none of this trouble and unpleasantness which is now threatening to tear up the College. Capt.. Minus has made the same charge all the time, interference on l)r. Mali's part with the military doliartmeut of the College. As I remember the interview with Dr. Moll in regard.to his meddling with the military part of the College, ho did not deny any of Capt. Minus' charges but simply tried to justify his course meddling with Capt. Minus's de- , liai'tment on the ground that he was head of the institution. That is to say, there was no appeal from his decision or action. In a word, he was supreme, and that no man could act contrary (o his notion of things without his changing the order, although 1hc commandant had made it. Dr. Mell is very much mistaken, if he declines to answer Capt Minus's charges and tries to dodge the Issue by trying to lay it on the hoard of trustees. This is simply begging tin1 question; say the charges are all * - . - - ? ? - - ii in- ur iujm?. 11 laihi1, say so; ana let the b union of proof rest on Minus. As Dr. Moll is trying to make it appear to the general public, 1 for one will resent it, and say Dr. Moll's ! explanation does not explain. 1 believe in fairness, equal rights to all men and special privileges to none. Some of us wanted an investigation, but from what I could see when the | charges were made Dr. Moll did not I want an investigation, and in my Judgment he is not anxious for it 1oday. No man who is innocent is afraid of an investigation. Had I been in Dr. Moll's place all the board could not have prevented it, on the condition if it was not granted, they would have to accept my resignation, and not tried to dodge the issue by laying the blame on the board of trustees, by saying they had investigated the administration when they bad not. And no one knew this better than Dr. Moll, and Capt. Minus lots done the only thing a gentleman could do under existing conditions. 1 ask the public to hear what Commandant Sirmyer and Clay have said or have to say, on this point. Did they not have the same charges, and make them to Dr. Moll? and was not this interference on Dr. Moll's part the cause of hoth of them leaving Clcmson College? What further evl deuce, gentlemen, will the public do; mand? We have the combined ovi Id on co or throe men from the war department, all testifying on the saim point. Are they not sufficient, tc convince the most incredulous. Now oh f see it, the host thing for Dr. Moll to do Is to resign as president of Clemson College, for the criticisms one! charges that are against him will t>e too much for the president of any groat institution to carry. In my judgment, Dr. Moll is overloaded and cannot measure up to the responsibilities that has been laid upon him, and I am not quite sure if one or two of tho faculty ought not FLOUR IS HIGH llAKIUtS WILL IIWi: TO MAKI1 SMALLKK liOAVKS. At IVchciit Prin' ?>f Hour Tlioy Ait' losing Money, and W ill Have to lh> Something. Oil account of the continued climb in prices of Hour, with no prospects of material reli f with the advent of the new crop of wheat, t he bakers over the country are reducing the size of the loaf as a choice between that and raising the price of a loaf to six cents. "ltakcru who are so) 1 ink <?ltl piic?\s from Hour bought at present prices are losing moDcy at ? vary clip," said an ollieer of a 1 >ik Haitimore roller mill who was in Columbia on Saturday. "In other parts of the country they are meeting the situation by reducing the size of the loaf, 'lhey simply got to do this or go out of business. "Hut present juices are not due to speculation, as many think. There s pract ie . 1 !y no wheat going abroad and the mills are shipping practically no Hour abroad. Kurope is fifty million bushels behind now. The coming on of the new croji will possibly make a slight reduction from present prices, but very little. Th ' I mills in this country are short on I wheat. Our concern, which puts out about f>,001),i)00 barrels a year, has shipped abroad only two or three thousand barrels abroad this season, and as for the local market, it would not accept an order for as much as 20.000 barrels to one concern. "My advice to the bakers is simp)y to buy in small quantities as tin ir needs demand until there Is some change in the situation. The most serious phase of the situation Is that the juice of wheat is called down here half-patents is even higher in proportion than that of the higher grades, for the reason that the j?rices generally are creating a demand for low grades." I The price of flour is already causing the housewives to sit uj> and take notice. It is nearly a fourth higher in all grades. The Columbia Record says local bakers arc almost unanimously of the opinion that speculation more than supply is affecting prices, and thev are hoping to see the new crop change matters materially. At present flour is selling for $G.G0 to approximately $7 a barrel as against former prices of $5.4 0 to $5.GO, and within three months some grades have advanced over $1.1!:> a barrel. The advance of the last few weeks has alarmed the bakers and housekeepers even more thoroughly than before. There seems to be no doubt that speculation Is the cause of the high uice of wheat and flour. The farmer who makes the w cat. is not being benefitted one particle by the high prices. It is reported from Chicago that one speculator had cleared four million dollars by forcing the price of wheat up. Market experts estimate that the broker and his coterie have sold to the public 20,000,000 i - Ids of May wheat at an average profit of 20 cents, giving them a profit of $4,000,000. There's the whole trouble, and we suppose the people have to grin and bear it. DAYLIGHT ALL THE TIME. Inventor to Erect Powerful Ileuses in the Air. According to n special from Petersburg, Ind., to the Baltimore American, after 1 years of persistent ef- i fort, David It. Nicely has perfected an arrangement by which he believes the day can be made 2 4 hours long, and he has applied for patents, llo has made concave and convex lenses of enormous size, which he will place on towers 1.000 feet high, at a distance of 100 miles apart, and with these he expects to supply daylight many hours after night has fallen. In order to keep the lenses at a proper angle a clock work apparatus is to be provided, and, with the lenses so focused as to let the light in concentrated rays pass from one to the other, he expects to give daylight all the time. RISK 101) THEIR LIVES To Save That of a Little Ciirl Who Was in Path. Rather than run down a little girl who was in their path James L. j Dinsmore and F. O. Probasco, at . Dayton, Ohio, turned their automo. ! bile down a thirty-foot embankment . ! and 1)1 Uneed into the waters of Mdtinil . I rivor. The men wore driving the . I oar along the top of the lovee only ? eight feet wide, when the child was ' \ seen a fow feet ahead or the car. j Probasco, who was driving, said: j "Is it tiio child or the river, Jim?" i | Dinsmore replied: "The rivor for ours." Although the river was at i a high stage and the current swift, | both men escaped injuries." to do the same thing, for the sake of peace and prosperity in Clemson College. Coke 13. Mann. West Union. April 23. WILL BE PAID ! The Pension Board Has Completed Its Work VOUCHERS SENT OUT Ami Pensioners Will Sunn (Jet Their } .Money?There Ane Nine Hundred and Fifty on the hist, the l'en- ! I si oils Amounting to $1! 17,7<>?j | Spartanburg Leads as I'sunl. The Slate pension board has com- j f pleted its work and the vouchers are < being sent out to the various clerks of Courts for sett lenient in the conn- < ties. This year there are 9,50 I pensioners. an increase over 190S of l INS. The total amount to he paid out this year is $ 2 I 7,7 02.">0. out of ' an appropriation of $250,000. It ' will he recalled that at the last ses-| i sion of the Legislature there were a ' numb- r of resolutions relative to ar- ' tilicial limbs, these being paid out ' of the limb fund, which is turned | l back to the pension fund when not < used up. I In the list of pensioners there are ! t 1 f> 1 in Class A. each r reiving $!?0; i in Class B, there are 171, each re- ( ci iving $7'2; in No. 1 of Class C. < there* are C.ou, each receiving $!S; ( in No. 2 of Class C. there are 1.04 1. i each receiving $19.75; in Class (', | 1 No. 2, there are 7 1!', each reo'iy- ' ( ing $ 4 S; in Class C. No. 1. there are ::,7.1 n, each receiving $19.75. t I 'elisions by Counties. > The following is a list of the mini- j. b* r and amount of tin4 pensions In | the counties, Spartanburg leading, ( as usual: County. Number. Amount. , Abbeville l'ol $ 4.424.00 , Aiken 308 9,218.50 , Anderson 59 1 1 5,002.50 j Bamberg 81 2,282.25 ( Barnwell 171 4.199.25 Beaufort 50 1,015.75 ^ Berkeley 187 3,221.50 ] Calhoun 30 890.00 ^ v iiai n'tsiiMi . . . . .:.><? ii.U I l.-f Cluster 153 4.596.50 (( Chesterfield .. . 25 7 6.630.75 Clarendon 122 3,3 16.25 Colleton 359 9.5G4.50 ' Darlington .. .. 2 1 S 5,712.25 ' Dorchester .. .. 121 2,33 6.00 ' Edgefield 129 3.607.00 ! Fairfield 12S 3,543.50 1 Florence 207 4,804.25 \ Georgetown ... 57 1,399.75 Greenville 559 1 1,3 1 4.25 Greenwood .. .. 1 31 3,676.25 Hampton 2 13 5,105.00 Horry 277 5,881.75 ' Kershaw 113 3,781.75 Lancaster 24 8 6,381.00 ' La n reus 27 4 7,897.25 1 Leo 1 27 3,402.25 Lexington .. . . 2 82 7.918.25 ! Marion 2 60 6,565.75 Marlboro 151 3.723.75 ' Newberry 1 48 4,58 1.75 Oconee 272 7,339.50 Orangeburg .. . 199 4,643.50 ' Pickens 249 6,313.25 ' Richland 369 9,94 5.75 ' Saluda 1 58 4,5 4 4 2 5 1 Spartanburg .. . 774 20,287 75 1 Sumter 1 56 4.073.75 1 Fn ion 238 6,495.59 Williamsburg ... 1 84 4,898.00 1 York 31 6 8.482.50 ! Cherokee 217 6,064.00 ' Total 9.504 $247,702.50 Pension Requirements. The requirements in order to ob- ! tain a pension are as follows: (A) If a man: '< 1st. That ho was a bona Ode sol- 1 (li? r or sailor In the service of the < State or in the Confederate States 1 in the War Between the States; 2d. Either (a) that while in such service lie lost a leg or arm, of sight, or received other bodily injury whereby ho litis become disabled, or that he is totally disabled by paralysis, and, neither himself nor his wife has an neither himself nor liis wife has an income exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, nor property sufficient to produce such an income; or (b) that ho has reached the age of sixty years, and that neither ho nor his wife is receiving an annual income of seventy-five dollars from any source, nor possessed of property sufficient to produce such an income. (It) If a woman: 1st. That she is the widow of a man who was a bona fide soldier or sailor in the service of the States or of the Confederate States in the War lletween the States; and 2d. That she has never remarried, or, having remarried, is again a widow. Tragedy in Virginia. A special from Gate City, Va., savs: Isaac Fulk. 22 vears old. was I shot and killed early Monday by Garland Compton, near Owens Chapel. The shooting followed a tight between the men. Senator Tillman on Guard. Senator Tillman has returned to Washington and was in his seat in the Senate Monday morning. No j Senator paid closer attention to the statement delivered by Senator Aldrich than the South Carolina Senator. , THE OLD WAYS so.mi: or Tin: tiiinos that havk lHs.irri: Wo Would liikc to (io ltuck and Spoilt] u Woow or Two in tho Old Days of I ho I*>ni? A150. This departinont has received an interesting letter from a friend in Louisville, Ky., says \\\ M. Manpin, who edits "Whether Common or Not" in the Commoner. The name is hlurr d ,but appears to he Mrs. lohn H. Render. Rut no matter The letter refers to a recent article in this department under the head if "Things That Have Disappeared." The Louisville correspondent writes is follows: "I suppose 1 should legin by snyng that I am *a constant reader' of The Commoner, but that is not true, ?s i am not so fortunate. Hut my mother sent me a copy of The Commoner containing your article, "Idlings That Have Disappeared," .s it h th> article mas ked, and I much >njoyed reading it. It started mo to ooking backward. Although not so ild, 1 can look back quite a ways. >0 you remember the big glass Jar hat always stood on the mantel shelf n the parlor and always full of :andy, apples nnd pears? And enn1 j hearts, all religiously kept from >pe Christmas to the next? And be tail glass jar of peach preserves <ept on the highest shelf in the doset t), so high! "And there was the horsehair iota, so slipperv and so springy. A In.11 I no i.i- 1 In'.. tl".' ...... I .. W w ? ?14I- WI l II*-" \ 1 1 J I 1 1 I I ;at on it. during prayers, when the .readier came. if one moved down he whole uunch would slide. "The silver easier. Do you renemher it? With its vinegar cruet, he salt shaker, the mustard pot and ho pepper box. It always had the dace of honor in the center of the lining table. "And the glass pitcher! What a hin.g it was to own a glass pitcher. Especially well-to-do folks owned wo. Then titer > was the crocheted hair tidy, and the 'air castle,' and he 'memory box.' Remember the nottoes? You have seen them?till narked in bright colored zephyr on perforated carboanl. Remember the )hl side-saddle, with Its red carpet mats? And the tlybrush made of peacock feathers and only used when onipanv came. Remember the bluehacked spelling book? 1 used to wonder if any one ever lived long pnough to spell through it. "Who ever sees a bootjack these lays? Or a pair of 'side lace' shoes? And last but not least, the accord?on. It was kept on the center table in the parlor. When company came we took it. out and played 'I have some friends in glory,' 'Sweet by and by,' and 'Home over tle re.' It was considered a great accomplishment to be able to play on the aecordeon. Yes, of course new things have takmj the place of the old things?new things better adapted to us, and us to them. Rut what can take the place of the old aecordeon? Surely nothing, unless it is the automatic piano. That does?In sound." Sp aking of the accordian reminds Hio nrnhitnnt r\f tVilc W * v i* ? * ? ? C*. V. \ J L lino Wt-J/Cil lllll'll t IJ I something. Years ago?years on ?nd?he was a printer on the old Atchison County Mail at Hock Port, Mo. A jolly bunch of young folks we had in the old town those days. Seven miles away from a railroad, we just had to frame up our own amusements, and the club dance was the favorite. We would meet about every Friday evening, five or six congenial couples, and proceed to the home of some member. Then we would spend the evening dancing in the biggest room of the house We didn't have any renowned orchestra. No, we just danced to the music of an accordeon. That instrument was played by a fellow whc couldn't do ,hnthing else?but he heat the world playing the accordeon Honestly, he would start to pla\ and go sound asleep, never missinc a note. We'd have to go and kicV him on the shins to wake him ui so wo could dance something else. How we would like to call the rol of that bunch of jolly young folk! and have every one answer "Hero!' Hut that can never be. Rome o them long since answered "present" to a heavenly roll call. Others an scattered to the four points of th< compass. Nearly all of those win aro still In the flesh are fathers am mothers of boys and girls as old a wo wore in those good old Rock Por days. Yes, some of them are grand fathers and grandmothers?younj ones, to be sure. And the old side-saddle! Many' the time we've seen the little mot he put the old side-saddle on "Hill" am prepare to ride to the little countr; church. She'd mount little sister it front, and the writer would clambe on behind. Old "Bill" was a vor: sedate animal, and his back win about as wide as a city residence lot The writer's then short and chubbj legs would stick out at right angles to his body, and when old "Hill' trotted a small boy would bounce up and down like a rubber ball. The "copper-toed shoes" aro wed remembered. Hut the Joy of beini tho possessor of a pair of "copper IF ITS gibbe Watch this sp; Southern States ^SpsiFp r.le tPy I u m h> ? n <j tA/J <'M&.i. .<-?-"L~.'-i!. -'iv-* OOLIJ M E _ toes" wasn't in it with tho joy felt) when tho writer donned his first, pair I of "box-toed shoes." This was al- ! most equal to the joy experienced wh n he was privileged /to wear the first collar that wasn't' atnehed to the shirt as a constituent, part there, of. Then there was the huge woo'u a "comforter" or "nubia" or whatever : they were. What has beeome of them? And the "hat marks" worked in silk floss on ribbon by the fairest , of fair hands! And the old autograph album, and the "spice apple." and "Fox Hook of Martyrs." Say, j didn't some member of the family : plav the flute? We'd give a lot to see the father pick up that old yel, low flute and play "The old musician I and his harp," or "Wearing of the green." Maybe we have more enjoyable things at hand these days, but we'd J like mighty well to drop about thirl ty or forty-five years and spend a ] week or two in the old days and among the old friends and the old 1 ways. * 1HSPKXSAUV COMMISSION. I Tlit? Vacancies on l( Filled by the (Jovornor. Coventor Ansel Friday appointed Mr. .1. S. Brice, formerly senator j from York county, and author of the I Brice act, and Mr. A. N. Wood, a rnilf j man and hanker of Caffnev, members of the dispensary winding up com! mission to take the places of Messrs. I C. K. Henderson and B. F. Arthur ( of Union, who resigned to accept receivership positions by Judge I'ritchard's appointment. There were a number of applications for the positions, and quite a lot of writing to the governor from different parts of the State in the interest of the candidates. Messrs. Brice and Wood ditl not apply for the position. * Hanging at Chester. Negro F.xecuted for Killing Two Negro Women. l.awson Addison, colored, was hanged Friday at Chester for the murder of two negro women at a church, near Lowryville, this county, in August, 1008. The killing for which Addison was hanged today * was one of the most brutal crimes ever committed in this county. It took place near a church while services were in progress. Addison met the two women on the highway while they were going to the church, which ( I Auoison uiui arimraniy lorbhlilen. On sik 111 of them he immediately opened lire and the women fell on the public road within a few feet of each other. * ll\\(.i;i> AT HAMPTON". Negro Man Swung for Murdering Negro Woman. Dan Robertson, colored, was hang, ed at Hampton Friday for the ninr? der of Rli/.a Hunter, colored, at the depot there last February at exactly 7 12:54 and in 22 minutes the man r was pronounced dead by Dr. C. A. c Rush, county physician, the fall ) breaking his neck. While the negro was being led to the scaffold he seemI ed to be perfectly willing to die and s did not show any fear or excitement ? at all, claiming that he killed the wof man in self-defence. * a (iood Morning. g A cheery "Good morning" oft^u ^ sends a ray of sunshine streaming 1 through the innermost recesses of s a household, resting there all the t livelong day, and again follows - hastening footsteps into the mart a; of business, lighting up and brightening "the way of the world" as it h goes. A hearty "Good night' often r soothes many a troubled mind to 1 rest, and heals the wounds which v have either come anew to a strugi gling soul, or been re-opened by the r harsh words or deeds that are spok/ en or done in season, as the daily 3 battle of our life progresses. :S IT IS GOOD I Gibbos Economist ( ^inl) H rM"l,,LAN K R matciikh MOULDHR Vflftf Designed npfcliklly for KimpUnfar .,-i$ rt iiiil u.v lulnPM. Compact. Ki-hsommM* j , price. work. Convent, nt? Ilcrt sunlit? Otf 11n -Keif oltl'i-^ tH iirinir*. l'lnne 84 Inch wil*. jy; m Fuller information on application to fl| ^Vj| r.IHHKS MACHINERY COMPANY. sf 9 / Sellers "ililitM-x C,tmruntoo<l Machinery."all kteiln V Box 1290, Columbia, S.C ace next week. I Supply C cmp*ny 1 1 LjifM AlUXV-.. 44 ^ | HKR^iZ? Sc-^fiUiiJW "%W B I A . B. C. |.jm/ii:i), ssi! : kills iiki: loyiul JackHonvillo Woman Shoots 'J.ta Al>out (?) Marry Another. Following closely on the heels of an announe inent of the approaching marriage of Karl 1'. Adams, a popular actor and stage director of lit* Mabel Paige Company, now playing in Jacksonville, Fla., to Miss Kiir. abet h P.agley, Miss Jessie Brown, ?. well-known young woman, to wliom Adams had been previously engaged, shot and killed him Tuesday afternoon at Iter home in Jacksonville, where it is alleged, Adams went to explain to h r the approaching marriage to Miss Bagloj. Adams was shot several times by Miss Brow* and he died almost instantly. Miss Brown was arrested and placed in the county jail. One peculiar feature of the case is that Miss Brown is a sister of Miss May Brown, who was killed in Jacksonville iu 1 por> by her lover, who at the same time shot her mother, Mrs. Freeman, and Detective Cahoon. missing man fol m>. Dead Body Found in a Field Near His Home. The discovery by a small boy of la human foot nrntrinliiic f,-.,,*. ? _ r . v. v. v. ^ ii win a in Mi near Walthourville, (la., Friday led i | to the finding of the body of W. M. FauHing, with two bullet holes in his head. A large sum of money he bad in his pockets when he disappeared on March 2"> was missing. Faulling had left his home on that j day to go to the postoflioe at Walthourville. lie was not seen again I and when his body was found the letter he intended mailing was found in his pocket. * ? . The Daughters of the American \ Revolution seem to have inherited all the fighting qualities of their forefathers if the reports about their scrapping over the election of their president are true. CLASSIFIFn COLUMN oniFNT.VI. Kl <; ro.MI'.ANV. 1101 Cathedral St., Baltimore, .Mil. We make you handsome and durable Rugs from your old wornout carpet, any size to tit a room or hall. Let us send you a price list; just write for one. i We sell your |?ro|MM'ty?no matter I where located. It cost you nothing if we do not make sale. P. O. Box I, Orangeburg, S. C. I Teachers nml ^i ? ?...... ... ihjvji uinuuiis can on request, our 1909 booklet explaining our methods of assisting teachers to secure positions and supplying schools with teachers. Interstate Teachers' Bureau, Atlanta, Ga. Wanted?City school principal at $75 and several grade teachers at $4 0. Other urgent calls for experienced teachers. Address South Carolina Teachers' Agency, Heath Springs, S. C. Learn to make new and to resilver old mirrors, $i> a day can be made at home or traveling. Stamp brings sample and advice. Magnatone Co., Dept. %, Buffalo, N. Y. Clay I*chs for Sale?$1.25 per hush I vi. ntifioru Hardware Co., Raeford, N. C. For Sale?One Am. 15-horsepower steam engine; practically good as new; can be seen running. Address J. E. Johnson, Supt. Neely Mfg. Co., Yorkville, S. C. 50c for a pair of self-sharpening, V 7-inch, tension steel spring shears. ' Cut anything from tissue paper to tough blanket with case. Cooper Novelty Co., Rox fi t, Orangeburg, S. C. tic Giant" Screw Plates ssortments. Each assortment is put up eat wood case, as shown in cut. Each asent has adtusUMe Up wrenches for holding all >f taps contained in assortment. Threads es rod from 7-64 in. up to 11-2 in. "BEST , BEST PBICES." Col?BUSipplyCo. Col?btojS.C. * ' % S * \ #