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Jjoe White, the lD-yearol'd
spp, 9^, ljpryey White, was accidentally
killed by Pinkney Tobias,
13 years oTdT"on ^ Saturday afternoon.
WjfaPf/ad been hunting
Aid stopped, i<Or 1 a short while at i
a! neighbor'* h&utfe. o"When they decided
tor: stent) again yonng Tobias i
tfesMdwhfe gltnpoiL')lk?shmilder, when i
It went off, the entire load tearing ]
through young White's neck. He 1
died in a few minutes. t
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rapid progross of our County for |
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Vice President. vCashieb
GLENN SPRINGS WATER
ADOPTED OFFICIALLY BY THE
HOUSE FOB D1UNKIXG.
Turned Down the Excellent Drinking
Water of Columbia at Considerable
Expense to tho State.
A large majority of the house representatives
must have dytspepsla
if we judge by tho way they vote
on the water question. Despite the
efforts of the Richland delegation,
the house passed on Wednesday the
resolution offered by Representative
Sawyer that Glenn Springs water
be used this year. It will be recalled
that at the last session the delegation
put up a convincing argument
for the use of Columbia water and
defeated the proposition.
This year, however, the house reversed
itself and by a vote of 71
to 2 6 refused to adopt Mr. McMaban's
motion to strike out the enacting
words and passed it, afterwards
putting on the clincher. Here is tho
vote on the proposition to buy Glenn
Springs water instead of using the
water from the $ 100,000 plant owned
by the city of Columbia and
guaranteed by the State board of
health to be pure.
Those who voted for the Columbia
water were Amtck, Ayer, Bowers,
Bunch, Carter, Coker, Daniel,
Dixon, Duvall, Graham, GrifTin, HarTBOn
AT O T? o nb Ttf
Mvua^iioiu, iYiuiutiua.il, Mann,
Mobloy, Nicholson, Robertson, Sanders,
Seibels, Simkins Chas. A.
Smith, Spears, Suydam, Vand3r
Horst, Williams?26.
Those who voted for Glenn Springs
water were Speaker Whnley and
Joshua W. Ashley, Melvin J. Ashley,
Berg, Bosie, Bowman, Boyd, Brice
T. P. Brown, Browning, P. M. Bryan,
W. D. Bryan, Cantrell, Car:v,
Carwile, Coley, Clary, Cosgrove,
Dick, Dingle, Dear, E. C. Edwards.
Isaac Edwards, Foster, Fraser, Fults,
Garris, Gasque, W. J. Gifson, Glasscock,
Green, Hall, Harris, J. R.
Harrison, Wade C. Harrison, Hlnes,
Horger, Hughes, Jackson, Kipler,
Lane, Lawson, League, Leland, Lenguick,
McKeown, Mars, Mauldin,
Moseloy, Nesbit, Niver, Nunnery,
Patterson, Paulllng, Richards, Ridgell,
G. M. Riley, W. L. Riley, Roessler,
Rucker, Sawyer, Scarborough.
B. A. Shuler, Singleton, D. L. Smith,
K. P. Smith, M. L. Smith, Stanley,
Stubbs, .Tared D. Sullivan, P. P. Sullivan,
Tobias, Todd, Utsey, Wells,
Whaley, Wiggins, O. D. A. Wilson,
W. B. Wilson, Jr., Wingo, Wright
?71.
YKCJGMEN STRIKE EFFINGHAM.
Postofflce, Freight IJepot and Express
Office Robbed.
News was received from Effingham,
in the lower part of Florence
county, to the effect that the postoffice
at that place, as well as the
Coast Line's freight station and the
Southern Express office, had been
broken into Monday night and robbed.
The burglars, it is stated, secured
about $25 in cash and some
stamps from the postoffice and opened
a number of letters and packages
in the office. They secured
some money from the freight depot
md express office and several gallons
of liquor, which was in the 1
building on consignment. At yet <
he robbers have not been caught. 1
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WHAT MELL SAYS
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f Abeot the CuditifBS at Clensno aod
f Why He^Qait Presidency
| BLAMES THE TRUSTEES
* llut Kays Nothing About His Own
Ijuek of Administrative Ability and
L Attempts to I toss the CommandV
ant ami Other Memltors of tlie
^ Faculty and the Trustees.
f Senator T. I. Rogers and Ropreson
tat Ives L. M. Lawson and 10. W.
\ Duvall, committee of tho general
assembly.
Sirs: In accordance with your roi
quest, I furnish you with the following
Information concerning the conditions
which have prevailed at Clemson
Agricultural College for some
years, resulting in serious opposition
to good government and the
proper management of the affairs of
i tho institution.
i 1. The board of trustees have in
i the past interfered too much with
the duties of administration, which
belong in all well regulated institutions
to the president of the college
and his colleagues. The committees
of trustees have been accustomed
to meet frequently at the college
for the purpose of enforcing
the orders of the board, instead of
leaving to tho president of the college
this responsibility, whjcjh by
right belongs to his office. For illustration
I cite the following instance:
The farmer directed by a committee
of trustees without consultation
with the president of the college.
A committee of trustees taking
minute charge of all details of work
and construction and cultivation of
crops on the coast experiment station,
near Summervillo, when all
such matters should be under the
president of the college and In direct
charge of the director of the
experiment station.
Prior to April, 11)08, interference
with the discipline of the corps of
cadets by setting the action of the
faculty aside in more than ono instance.
A resolution passed in
March, 1908, however, corrected this
evil for the present and enabled the
discipline committee to control the
situation when the cadets left the
college April, 1908.
The budget taken out of the hands
of the president of the college and
placed in charge of committee of
trustees, who have, prior to December,
1909, consulted directly with
the officials who are under the president.
At the last meeting of the
board an effort was made to correct
this practice.
Tl^e Una nee committee of the
board assuming by board order, and,
by the authority of the by-laws, full
charge of the (college library, in
all of its interests, ordering the
books and making rules and regulations
for the proper conduct of the
parties who frequent the library.
This duty of purchasing books and
making rules for order should
belong to a committee of tho faculty,
assisted by the librarian. Under
the faculty management the library
has grown into one of the most
valuable collection of books to be
found in South Carolina. This new
action of the lioard has been made
part of the by-laws where it will require
nine votes of the trustees to
correct.
The repair of buildings placed in
the charge of a committee of trustees
when more effectivo work can
be accomplished and the buildings
kept in much better condition if the
president was charged with this duty.
This is customary in most colleges.
The orders r?f Hm *
^ w ?. v?* v %j\j iv i ii UI C il l
times promulgated by committees
directly to sub-officials and tho president
often is embarrassed by not
boln,g informed concerning these or- ,
ders until he hears of them through
the subordinates. This practice de- 1
stroys the president's authority with
the officials.
Tho walks, roads and management
of tho campus are now in charge of
a committee of trustees, who direct
all matters regarding tho improvement
of tho grounds, even to tho
details. The president of the collego
has been added to this committee,
but his influence is made small
by tho requirements imposed.
On January 28, 1909, a committee
from tho State Farmers' Union
visited tho college to examine into
its working. My plans were made
to entertain those gentlemen, but
these plans were frustrated by the
appearance of Mr. R. W. Simpson, a
member of the board, who took
these farmers in charge, and I did
not have th? nr>n/\rfnnl*" *
_ ?. _ ,?v/ tnuiijr ui yrusont* I
ing the college work to these visl- I
tors. Mr. Simpson gave instructions
to the farmer in charge of the car- c
riages and ordered other officials in t
regard to the care of theso visitors, 0
and in all other repects assumed the t
prerogatives and duties of the presi- a
dent of the college in the entertain- 11
ment of and the direction of these t!
farmers through the college. t
Serious interference with the pre*- o
Ident'a secretary, who is a relative tl
[>f a member of the board, and caus- o
ing an unfortunate condition In my ^
office which I have found it impossible
to overcome so that a competent
secretary could be secured to
do the work of the office. My appeal
to the board to allow me to
have absolute control of the secretary
in my office because of the oon
tldential n at a re af the work, has
been unavailing. I found it was
necessary to call for the secretary's
resignation for the accomplishment
of gx)od service for the college. The
board of trustees have set my action
uside and the young lady has
been given leave of absence until
"the new president is elected."
(See board of trustees' minutes,
1 )(?cpni hor i a n a t
The committee of trustees insisting
that the arrangement of the subjects
into courses shall first receive
the approval of the board of trustees
before they can l>e placed in
the catalogue is bad legislation. This
duty belongs alone to tlio faculty.
(See by-laws.)
A committee of trustees taking
charge of farmers' institutes and
directing all the details of the work
of sending to the farmers the instruction
the college has to offer.
This work belongs to the salaried
officers of the institution under the.
general direction of the president.
Petitions and papers of every
kind intended for the board of trustees
have in many Instances reached
the board direct and not through the
president's oflice. This practice has
been sanctioned by the trustees as
individuals. The president should
be the officer to bring everything
from the officials to the board, so
that he may be well-informed concerning
all matters in and about the
college.
Trustees Meet too Often.
The board of trustees are meeting
too often, and I think the State
law is being violated in these frequent
meetings. There would b<
less chance for interruption as above
given if the meetings were only two
each year. The code says on this
subject:
"For tlie purpose of carrying out
the duties hereby devolved upon
them the said board of trustees shall
meet at the call of the governor,
and at such time and place as he
may designate. They shall receive
no compensation, but shall be allowed
their actual expenses for not exceeding
two meetings in one year
while engaged in the duties of the
board imposed upon them by this
article." (See Code of 1902, Section
1,312.)
In 19 08 the board of trustees met
on:
July 1 4, 1908.
September 1, 1 908.
December 9, 1908.
March, 1 908.
In 1 909-191 0 the board of trns
tecs mot on.
March, 1909.
July 8, 1909.
August 1 2, 1909.
September 1 5, 1909.
December 2, 1909.
Special attention is called to the
clause in the above extract from the
code In regard to the expenses of
the trustees while engaged in transacting
the business of the college.
And the committee of the general
assembly is directed to tho vouchers
turned in by the member from Pen
dleton for his expenses, who comes
to the college in his buggy and has
his horse fed by the college, and
te expenses of the members from
Greenville and from Walhalla. The
expenses of the last two are reason
able. The comparison is interesting
on the question of expenses, i
(See pages 131, 133, 134, 135 of ?
annual report of the college trus- ?
tees, a copy of which accompanies
this paper.) i
Nepotism Charged. 1
Nepotism is a serious drawback i
to good and efficient growth in the 1
college, and there should be some i
remedy for this evil. The following i
trustees have relatives on the of- '
flclal force of Clemson Agricultural .
College: <
R. W. Simpson-?Three sons-inlaw
on the faculty. '
W. W. Bradley?A brother on tho 1
faculty. (
J. E. Wannamaker?A brother-inlaw
on the faculty; a nephew on the '
station saff; a niece in the office of
the president; a relative in tho ireas- 5
urer's oftice. *
W. D. Evans?A son in the erea?- (
uror's office; a son holding fhs po- *
sition of fertilizer inspector.
Alan Johnstone?A nephew on the 1
faculty.
Three other members of th? col- '
lege force are supposed to be related f
to trustees by marriage, but I am 1
not in possession of accurate infor- (
mation on this scopo. '
Since the college was opened for (
students, in 1893, tho board of truR- f
:oes have appointed twenty-one of T
Jieir relatives to important post- f
ions in the college. Thore are now (
deven relatives on the present force. 1
The board have also appointed two 1
>f their members to good salaried
daces in the institution within the
mat eight years. 1
Tho nrnnHoo of nnnAHom v
w v?. uvjmtioill uai *
a used much of the trouble and dls- r
urbances during the administration
f my predecessors and during my t
erm of service as president. As f
n evidence of the wilting influence
lepotism has on ofllcial action of
ho board of trustees, I will cite d
hree instances which came in my *
wn experience In my effort to equip
he college with strong and capable
Ulcers: March, 1908, I recommend- ?
d to the board of trustees a list W
of mathematical experts for the chair
which had been vacated by the death
of Prof. P. T. Brodio several months
before. I headed this list with the
name of Br. Otto Dunkel, who was
then associate professor of mathematics
in the University of Missouri.
(Bee attached letter from Dr. Dunkel.)
Dr. Dunksl was a native of
Virginia, a graduate of the University
of Virginia with the degree of
master of arts; a graduate of Harvard
University with the degree of
doctor of philosophy, and also a
graduate in mnthamftHna in
gen University of Germ any. He
spoke German and French fluently
and a reading knowledge of Spanish
and Italian. While abroad ho studied
mathematics under some of the
best mathematicians both in Germany
and in France. There were
two other strong men on my list,
hut I endorsed as my first choice Dr.
Dunkel. At Prof. Martin's request
I submitted his application to the
board for the chair. I did not consider
Prof. Martin equal to I)r.
Dunkel in mathematical training.
After several ballots the board failed
to elect anyone and after transacting
other business adjourned to
meet in July, at which time Prof.
Martin was elected, although Prof.
Dunkel's nan#- wtas submitted by
me again. Prof. Martin is a sonin-law
of R. W. Simpson, the former
president of the board and a life
trustee. My work for the college
from that time became greatly hampered
and interrupted ny serious difficulties
thrown in my way by the
friends of Mr. Simpson on the board
of trustees. Prof. Martin was elected
assistant professor of mathematics
before 1 became president of the
college.
In 1(J0S I recommended to the
! board the election of a chemist for
the expert on the station staff. My
list contained a gentleman who had
received fifteen years' training in
chemical experiments and was familiar
wtih difficult station researches.
A nephew of a member of the
board was nominated by Mr. Simpson
and was elected in a few minutes
afterwards. This nephew was
but recently graduated from Clemson
and was without experience concerning
station experiments. He was u
bright young man, but could not in
any particular compare with the
gentleman whom I had nominated,
in aire. exnorionc.? nmi *?#iii/??Hr??oi
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advantages.
In my efforts to control my stenographer,
who is a niece of a trustee,
I was greatly embarrassed by
the board stepping In and siding with
her in her insubordination. I found
her in the office Ay hen 1 accepted
the presidency in 1902. She has
been given leave of absence until
the new president shall be elected,
and the inference is that she will
be returned to the president's of-; 1
flee with a salary increased from <
$6T)0 to $900. Because of this action
of the board last September 1 i
have been unable to secure a competent
assistant who will consent to
take the position with the uncer- *
taintv hanging over it. 1 have ap- '
pointed eight young men since last 1
September, but all have declined af- '
fcer looking into the situation. I 1
have called the attention of the board
to this unfortunate condition, but i
they have declined to reconsider their 1
determination to have the niece re- I
turned to the president's office after f
I retire. t
Mr. Mann's Action. *
While I was in controversy with t
the last commandant in the matter *
of who should discharge the duties f
of the president's office, the Rev. c
Coke D. Mann, a member of the i
l>oard of trustees, published an ar- 1
ticle in the newspapers condemning
me in my efforts to control the af- a
fairs of the College, and yet he had 1
not avialed himself of the opportu- t
nity to inform himself concerning I
my side of the matters under con- (
sideration. Mr. Mann was on the s
jury which was afterwards called on
to decide on the merits of the case.
By his conduct he had rendered him4Al
f olf *u -
^.' i iiimb iu oil. 1111 II1C CUSO, Dllt tlC
took part In the discussions which
>ccurred in the board and cast his j
vote against me in the final action
:>f the trustees.
The voting of $4,000 to compensate
members of the hoard of trustees
(with their law partners) for 1'
lefending the college in the dike lit- d
gation is worthy of consideration by ^
he committee of the genoral assembly.
C
In my efforts to develop the colege
into a high-grade Institution ol
jcienco, engineering and agriculture, n
[ had worked out, with the assistance n
>f my faculty, seven courses of study n
'or the students to pursue, and three a
if these were for the agricultural
students. But the trustees at their 0
noeting In December last cut out Cj
ill but one of these agricultural ^
xiurses, because they thought the a
farmers' Union demanded such to fc,
>e done.
Reasons for Resigning.
When I tendered my resignation ai
n July, 1909, the board of trustees p]
vere informed that my reasons for tt
esignlng were because: tli
1. The freouent. intArfomnA/v -
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he administration of the college af- ra
airs by the trustees. le
2. Selecting the officers of the ar
ollege without allowing the presi- fir
ent a large share in determining ro
rho shall All these positions. This of
111 avoid nepotism. pr
3. The need of a reorganization ce
f the military department so that st<
le recent attitude of the last com- do
mandant against the president may (j
not again occur. I
The board of trustees refused to n
accept my resignation and adjourned
to meet in August. Before adjourn- UE
lag, however, they passed the fol- ^
lowing resolutions: jfl
"That committee of three be ap- |fj
pointed by the ohalrnsan to take
to consideration the rerielea of the $
by-lawe, and, in ooneultatlen with tho h
president of the college, report such I
changes as in their Judgment are |
necessary to secure the following V:
results: . Define the powers and ;
duties of the president of the col- H
I logo, so that he shall he the abso
| lute head of the college, to be hald 21
responsible for its satisfactory working
and success. 2. To define the 1
relation of the trustees of the col- I
leige and their duties as inspectors g
and legislators, seeking to securo 1
the best results at a minlmu.n "of j4|
expense; the idea being that the <|
trustees shall direct and control tho jl
policy of the college under go Lent I *
rules and regulations whilo the ?i?c* I
ulty shall carry them out under the it
orders of the president of tho col- f
lege, who shall alone act as the inter- i;
mediary between the trustes and tho ?
various heads of depart meets, and
shall be held responsible for results. 1
3 . To secure the co-ordinati ru and 1
co-operation of the various r.opartmonts
of the college with a vi3w to a
economy and efllcioncy and a clear K
detlnation of duties of the various IS
ofllcors of the college."
Mr. Alan Johnstone, the chairman. W
appointed on this committee ths following
trustees: Senator B. R. '
Tillman, Messrs. R. W. Simpson and
W. W. Bradley.
Copy of the by-laws accompany 3
this paper showing in red ink my 4
recommendations to the committee ?
J
when they met in August for the revislon.
These by-laws were finally 3
adopted as printed by the board of
trustees at their last meeting, December,
1 000. 3
I
Several Trustees Braised. t
I desire to say to the committee I
of the froner.-il neeo?-.Ki..
... itusvuiui jf null me lollowing
members of the board of
trustees have stood by me in my efforts
to build Clemson Agricultural ;
College into a high-grade institution 1
of agriculture, engineering and science,
viz: Senator 11. R. Tillman,
Messrs. R. E. Bowen, M. L. Donaldson,
II. II. Rawl, Jesse H. Hardin, -j
John G. Richards. Mr. R. I. Maning
has been 011 the board of trustees
so short a time 1 cannot speak /
intelligently concerning his probable .
attitude 011 the questions disturbing^"
the college. I believe, however,
that he will take a stand with tho
gentlemen mentioned above in all
those matters which are for the wellbeing
and best interests of Clemson
Agricultural College. Mr. J. E.
Wannamaker has on many occasions
supported tho president in his plans
for tho best intorest of the college;
like the other gentlemen, he is an
Independent thinker, as he should be
but I think his sympathy has been
with the president when he thought
this oilicer was right. Mr. Wannamaker,
however, has several relaLives
on tho college force, and I do
not know what would be his attiude
if the test was made.
In submitting this paper I wish
t to be distinctly understood that j
[ have endeavored to withdraw all
personality from the accounts I havo
?iven, and I would be greatly disurbed
if I thought that I had said
mything which would bring trouble
ilK>n innocent parties. I desire
ilso to say that my colleagues on tho
acuity and on the college force of
dlicers have stood by mo loyally V
n the work of the college, and \
lave no criticism to make against
my one of these gentlemen; they
ire all loyal to the college and its
nterests. If the evils I havo trun
v VI ? V^V*.
o relate in this paper are corrected
am confident Clemson Agricultural
College will grow into the finest iutltution
in the South.
Res pet fully,
P. H. Mell.
SIXTEEN GALLONS OF BOOZE.
lig Quantity of Liquor Poured Out
by Constables.
The Greenville News says "Pourtig
out day" was celebrated yesteray
by tho State constables, when
hey poured out sixteen gallons of
orn and rye whiskey in the sewergo
at the county court house.
The whiskey was captured last
vonth all whiskey captured the r
lonth prior is poured into the sewer
lonth prior is poured itno the sewer
nd the bottles broken.
The quantity of whiskey poured
ut yesterday ranged from low wines
!iptured from moonshiners to cominn
onf n
cniten irom blind tigers
bout town and on up to good whisey.
? ?
Considering the very important
ad even essential part that milk v
ays In the dietary of every family,
ie action of the great milk firms { >
lat supply New York, Chicago and
her large cities in abnormally
tising the price of milk is nothing
ss than criminal. It is another
id one of the worest instances of
lanclal greed, for it is a virtual
bblng of the poor. Already /soma
these firms have been making a
oflt of twenty and twenty-five per
nt upon what is mainly watered ^
>ck, but even that enormous profit x
es not satisfy them.