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BALKS AT NEGRO Yoong Girl Model Draws Color Line io Chicago Art School SHE WINS MUCH PRAISE v Refuses to Pose Before Class iu , Which Negro Man is Included? | Hereafter Negroes to be Barred? Makes ICpoch in Practices of Art Schools in Chicago. Horpaftor nncrncH will hfl barred admission to the art classes in Chicago. The climax to the question was brought about last week in Chicago through the following incident related by the Chicago Tribune: ki A beautiful girl model standing on a raised dais before Boutwood's life class of men students raised her hands to her throat and was about to fling away the long kimono that draped her figure from the nape of her softly curved neck to her bare feet. As she did so her eyes took in tho men of the class, one by one. At last they rested on Thomas Downs, a negro. Then suddenly the hands which had been fumbling with the cords at her throat paused. A deep flush spread over tho face of the girl. Turning to one of the men students in the Jflrst room she said in a half whisi>er: "Til not pose so long as that? that?black man is in the room. You must get him to leave if I stay." Downs was on his feet in an inr? i h A ilftot H m A 1 n t hn ZSLilllL. X 111D W an lliu UIDt tnuu III I MV< history of the life classes at the Art Institute that the color line had ever .been drawn. A half dozen other students stood up when Down did. They looked at Downs and Downs looked at them expectantly. Then with a muttered protest Downs walked slowly to and out of the door. An instant later the kimono had been tossed away and the work of the life class was on. That was all there was to it extent the congratulations and applause that came to Miss Blanha? that Is the name of the model?after the class was over; but it marks the - - -- -i s 11. 1 'beginning or a new oraer or uhii^h in tho life classes at the Art Institute. From now on no negroes will be admitted to the classes in which girls pose. There has for a long time been an undercurrent of protest both among the students and tho models against compelling beautiful young girls to pose before negroes. This feeling mover found voice until yesterday. The models were afraid to speak for fear of losing their positions, the gin students remained silent in dread of being ridiculed for prudery, and trie | men said nothing because it did not seem a thing for a man to talk about. Miss Blanha's action solved the sitI nation. She did what every one > seemed to want to have done ana 1 what no one seemed willing to do. Miss Blanha?her first name is (Mamie?lives at 812 Southwestern [ avenue. She had been chosen to pose [ for the class because of the exrjuis Itonoss or nor figure, wnicn is said to be nlmost Grecian in its classicalness. Yesterday was her first appearance before Boutwell's class. "The other girls had told me what > I was to expect when I posed before r " this class," said Miss Blanha, "and how they dreaded to do it. I made up my mind that some one would have to take a decisive stand in the matter, and as I have personally such a great aversion to colored men that it would have been almost impossible , for me to force myself to pose before one of them, I determined to bring ^ Oil a crisis ui huiiiu huil. x u,m giau ' that matters have turned out as they have. With the exception of the nei pro student I guess every one is sat] Ssiied." * GETS LARGE GIFT. ? . ? t Carnegie Gives Wofford College Twenty Thousand. 4 A special dispatch from Spartanburg to The State safe Wofford College received Saturday a contribui tion of $20,000 to its endowment rfund from Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist and forn\er steel magnate. The gift came in the form of a check to Henry Nelson Synder, president of the college, which arrived in the morning mail. Mr. Carnegie sent no message with tho check. As Dr. Snyder said this evening, he treated the matter purely as a business transaction. Dr. Snyder had written Mr. Carnegie, asking him to help the college, and the check was the answer. This gift brings the -permanent endowmen fund of Wofford College I close $200,000. Tho money is invest; ed and the income used for the sup( port of the institution. The principal is held intact. Of the present fund $100,000 has hen raised in the last five years. Dr. Snyder seeks to create a permanent endowment fund of $300,000, and hopes that other gifts will follow * Mr. Carnegie's. He is also trying to raise funds with which to build a large dormitory. ADVISES FARMERS TO WATCH THEIR CONGRESSMEN ANI> THE!It SENATORS. Says They Must Not Allow TheniNelve? Fooled by a Few Bulletins and Garden Seed. Having failed to secure a bill to ( prohibit cotton speculation, to get parcels post, tariff legislation benellcial to the farmer and other laws through a Republican congress, Pres idont Charlos S. Barrett, of the National Farmers' Union, is going to Washington at the opening of the extra session to see if the farmer can expect anything more at the hands of the Democrats. The national legislative bureau of | the union will bo maintained throughout the session, and Prrsi- ' dent Barrett will personally spend ' as much time there as possible. 1 In a statement just sent out to the organization he is frankly skeptical of results, unless the farmer wakes up to his opportunity and forces ac- 1 tion. He declares he would not be 1 surprised to "see a semblance Oi 1 tariff reform," or "no tariff reform at all." He makes it rather plain that he hasn't much more confidence in the Democratic organization than the Republican, unless pressure is 1 brought to bear. in innnv wiiv? PrAftldpnt's Barrett's ' In Lest communication is his most interesting, because he speaks out frankly and unafraid about things. Here is what he says: To the Officers and Members of tho Farmers' Union: At a moment when politics is in a rarely formative condition, congress meets in extra session. I am aware that at the present time the plans of the leaders who will control the majority in the next house aro as yet uncertain. The platform and the immemorial precedents of their party pledge them to a tariff reform. At the same time the past attitude and performances ot the "insurgent" contingent in the Republican party commit them in the same general direction. Meanwhile, the so-called "standpat" Republicans are to be remembered. They have seen the drift ol the country and with characteristic political astuteness may be expected to keep reasonably near tho band wagon. Rack of these varied elements, each of them striving to promote their little individual cause, lies the , presidential election in 1912?and , you can rest assured none of them j are loosing sight of this great event. In fact, much of what is done in | the extra session and in the next reg- ular session will be largely directed toward gaining good strategic posi- ( tion for the presidential election. If you want tariff reform, now or < in the regular session, it is up to you to watch each individual mem- ( l>er of congress, especially the new { member who went to congress on a ] tidal wave of promise, not forgetting ( either the senators, since it is only a question of time before we elect sen- , ators directly by the people. I would not be surprised to see a semblance of tariff reform enacted at , the approaching session, nor would I be surprised to see no tariff reform enacted. We can tell more, and I , can more accurately advise members , how to bring pressure on their individual representatives, when con- j gress meets and we get a look at the , line-up. You will be kept posted from time 1 to time. ( In the meantime, remember that unselfishness is not the predominating note of politics, and that to get results we must follow closely the records of all lawmakers, not excepting those we know are our friends. Remember that they, too, are only human. This is as good a moment as any other to tell you what the average, not the exceptional, politician thinks of the farmers. < lie regards the American farmer as a sleeping elephant?with the politician as his official keeper, who must exercise carefully the sacred function of his office. He knows that may happen again in the past the elephant has awakened and writes his impress on national legislation. Ho knows that my happen again any time! But he also knows how to keep the elephant quiet with a few furious speeches about nothing, by playing r>n Vila ?pnliwlli>r>a hv ffnH Intr f hn mini WH HIP |il VJUUIVVU) "J VI.V ( with a little "fluenco" in the "dis- ( trict" a little job that will keep votes . corralled. Ho also handshakes, asks i after the wife and children, sends j government bulletins (for which there is scarce room at Washington) ] and garden seed (which occasionally will sprout). i He seems to be "raising dust"' < for the farmers. In reality, the av- ] erage member is bending every en- i ergy to get re-elected. 1 He would as soon work, for the \ farmers as for himself, if the latter < woke up and made him do it, and i let him understand that he would not be paid off in "jollies." In hand- i shakes, and in "hot air." 1 In other words it is a game of < political poker, and you have got to i keep calling! ( Their stock-in-trade is In know-11 FATAL JOY RIDE ? Tie Chaoffeor Was Killed aod Several Others Severely Hart. , THE AUTO WAS BURNED Car Becomes I'mnunugcuble and < Strikes Tree?Steering Post Torn Away and Driver's Neek Broken? One Young Woman Thought to he Dying and Another Fatally Hurt. Felix Faust, a chauffeur of New York, was killed, Misses Bessie Mc- , Donald and Gertrude Pfeiger, of Boston, badly injured, and Miss Emma Lucid, of Boston, hurt internally In an automobile "joy ride" accident Dn the Port Orange road, near Day- 1 ton, Fla., early Sunday. The car was the property of R. A. Warner, of New York, who left for his home last Friday, after spending the winter season here. He left instructions with Faust, his chaugcur, to ship the car to New York Sunday. Saturday nieht Faust invited a party of his friends to take a farewell "joy ride," and they were 011 their way home when the accident occurred. While the car was proceding at a high rate of speed, it is said, it became unmanageable, and left the road, ploughing through a ditch and grazing a tree. The tree tore away the steering post, broke Faust's neck and crushed his skull. The car ran a hundred yards and collided with an other tree, throwiny the occupants in every direction. Miss McDonald suffered a broken jaw, broken shoulder and concussion of the brain and is said to be dyinp. Miss Pfeiffer's injuries nlsn are ex pected to prove fatal. Wm. Thompson, of cXw York, and Clyde Spring, of Dayton, who were also i nthe ear, were thrown out, but their injuries are slight The car took fire after the accident and burned up. Miss Ilessie McDonald has no known relatives, but was to have been married next month, it is said, boats running out of Savannah, to an ofllcer of one of the steam ? I)K. SHAMAN A. KNAPP DKAD. Well-Known Agricultural Expert Expires at Washington Home, Dr. Seaman Asahel Knapp, one of the foremost experts of the department of agriculture, who has made investigations in many parts of the world, died at his home in Washington Saturday. He was 7 8 years old. The news of the death of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp was receiped in official circles in Columbia with sorrow. Col. E. J. Watson left for WaWshington Sunday afternoon. Dr. Knapp first fislted South Carolina with a view of putting into oporation the farm demonstration work here in the summer of 19 7. He went over the rice fields of the State with Ex-Governor DuDncan Clinch Hoyward and Commissioner E. J. Wat sn n In the fall of 1 907, at Commissioner Watson's urgent request, Dr. Knapp put United States farm demonstration work in South Carolina and sent Prof. D. N. Harrow here as first State agent. Last fall, when Dr. Knapp was here, he said that "he hoped to live Lo make South Carolina the object lesson State in up-to-date agricultural methods among all the States of the Union." d)r. Knapp was a speaker at the University of Columbia on Founders' Day, January 12, 1911. RAT KNJOVS MATCH FEAST. + However, Mischievous Rodent Starts Fire in Show Case. TJjitc nml mntcliea rnmp vnrv nont causing a fire in Aiken the other night. On Wednesday night the cigar case in Hall's drug store was not well closed and during the night a rat entered the same and seemed to like the flavor of a certain kind of match. Just before he had satisfied his appetite the box caught on fire and the blaze caught a box of cigars. After burning for a short time the blaze went out, possibly because here was not sufficient air for circulation. This prevented what might liave been a serious fire. No par- ' icular damage was done, except that ' he heat cracked the top of the showcase. * ng how susceptible the average voter s to these little counterfeit favors. Demand work, and they will quickly give it! There are many studious, hard- : tvorking members, who keep abreast 1 if public questions, and really try to legislate for the general good. I give ' them the credit. 'But they need to 1 be increased, by the farmer showing :liat he will give his vote only in i ixchange for servioe, not pretty 1 words. All of this is said in the best of humor, but the sooner you know how the congressman regards you, the ; quicker you'll get the results you are now surprised at not getting from i :his most pleasant and smiling gen- < lleman. Chas. S. Barrett. * WINS THE FIGHT THERE WILE HE NO NEfiHO ORI)RR OF THE PYTHIANS. They Will Call Their Order the Knights of Hannibal in This State Hereafter. The troubles between the Knights ^ af Pythias and the three Charleston negroes who wished to establish a lodge in this State and give to it the same name as that of the white lodge, have been brought to an one, says the Columbia Record. Mr. .1. waiter uoar 01 ueorgeiown, wnu i? grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in this State, announced Friday that a settlement satisfactory to a both sides has been had. The negro s lodge will be designated "The * Knights of Hannibal" and according- a ly will the charter be issued to the * organization. ^ This interesting fight as to the re- c t'ention of the name of an order ex- * clusively dates in this State to the * passage of an act at the session of * the general assembly two years ago. In this act an order is given the right c to keep other proposed organizations * from taking a like or very similar 1 name. * Several weeke ago three Charles- 1 ton negroes sought a charter for the f negro kniehts from the secretary of * ?- * * ? ii ? it t state. The grand cnanceuur ui uie Knights of Pythias protested, under the terms of the act passed by the I legislature. The secretary of state ? refused to grant the charter upon ' the showing made by Mr. Poar. T When the charter was refused 1111- ' der the name "Knights of Pythias," c the negro organization sought to se- 1 cure a charter under the name * "Knights." This, Mr. Poar also op- * posed, on the ground that it appeared 1 that the negroes were still not with- * in the law because the Knights of c Pythias are called "Knights" geh- * erally and this would Still make a { conflict in the names of the two or- r ders. It appeared that the case would got * into the courts and the secretary of * state so wrote the Charleston law * firm representing the negro organiza- f tion. ' J A '.Mr. Doar and the negro organlza- 1 tion finally agreed that if another word other than Pythias were added c to "Knights," the change would be satisfactory. So the negro lodge will he called the "Knights of Hannibal of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres." * t m 9 r WANTS HIS FRIEN1>S. 1 c * g Reasons FoFr Not Reappointing All 0 c of Asylum Hoard. v Gof. Please has refused to appoint I three members of the commission 1 named to relieve the congested con- h dition at the State Hospital for the I Insane. t He said Saturday that ho would C commission Dr. J. W. Habcock, su- I perintendent of the asylum, and Dr. o Robert WiWlson, Jr., of Charleston, h He said that he would not commis- d sion George P. Cromer of Newberry, Leroy Springs Springs of Lancaster and R. O. Purdy of Sumter. "The other three members of tht> commission will be Please men," said i the governor. g He said that the personel of tru i commission would be announced to- i morrow, and that he would sign the c measure of the last general assembly s providing for further work of improving the asylum and erecting the c buildings on the new site acquired by i h a g\ 1 rl OAnvnu'actr\n \ tliu V/Ul LUIll IUIOOIUII, "In making these appointments," r said Gov. Blease, "I believe in (ho t. slogan, 'To the victor belongs the j spoils.' " * r TWO NKGRORS BURN HI) t 4 * Beyoiul Recognition in Their Home ^ at Blackville. 1 r At Blackville Oscar Greene and his t wife, two respectable old colored poo- ( pie, were burned to death Friday r morning in their home. The fire oc- ^ curred about 1 o'clock Friday morn- a ing, and the wind was blowing at a t rapid rate, but, fortunately, only one (] other residence was burned. Oscar c Greene was a good old darky, and f his death and that if his wife aro deplored. These old people had acquired a right nice property, and, while having no children of their (\ own, had adopted several, and edu- c cated them, among them being Albert s Davidson, the mulatto who served as s postmaster there for several yeais, a until his sudden death in the postof- r flee. * g ? ? g Won't Oppose Tillman, g In addition to reiterating his former declaration that he will run for the Senate, Governor Blease Friday verified The News and Courier's sur- fi mise that ho will not run against c Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman. "I J am already in the race, but I won't f run against B. R. Tillman," said the f Governor. r . ? ? Shot Himself at Sea. Dr. Carl Buck, ship surgeon of the North German Lloyd liner Koelin, \ which arrived here today, committed \ suicide March 29th for no known e cause. He shot himself through thel( heart. Dr. Buck was buried at sea. i GIVE HIS SIDE Governor Blease Answers Representative Smith's Charges. HE OBEYED THE COURT riiere Was Nothing Dishonorable in Change Made ill Hecord in llis Office?Merely a Fight in the CJreenville County Legislative Delegation ?Mr. Hlease Statement. Concerning the Greenville County ippointments for township commisioners that have created such a stir n the upcountry, to the extent that lii affidavit was made and published >y a member of the Greenville delegation, charging the governor with hanging names, a statement was Friday given out by the governor, lero is the statement about the mater given out by the governor: "On February 13th, 1911, the recmimendations were handed in for Jreenville county, accompanied by a lote signed by \V. L. Mauldin, senaor. Later, Mr. C. I). Smith came in ind asked to be allowed to make mm n nhnncpR i ti the recommonda ions. The governor requested him o take the matter up with Miss s'ewnham, who was then a stenogra>hor in the office, Miss Newnham havng charge of this part of the work, ["he governor, going into the front ooni, with Mr. Smith, and instructng Miss Newnham to make such hange-s as Mr. Smith suggested, diss Newnham says a large, stout gentleman came to her and stated hat he wanted to make the changes, jut did not have the names with him, >ut that he would get them. lie later ame back and suggested that Miss s'ewnham insert the names in the ownships in her own handwriting, Tossing out the names sent in on he original list. After Miss Newiliam made the changes, she asked he governor it ne wanted to iook at hem, and the governor said, "No, go ihead and make the appointments ust like he gave them to you" and lie appointments were made. "The following letter explains the hanging of the names: " 'Greenville, S. C., Mch. 11, 1911. 'His Excellency, Cole L. Hlease, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. " 'Dear Governor: In re appoint-! nent hoard of assessors Cleveland ownship, Greenville county: Your xcellency has appointed Hen Ha:ood, W. L. Morgan and J. D. Drake ?n the recommendation of Mr. C. D. Smith and myself. I find that we yere mistaken in the initials of Irake, and same should bo C. G. )rake instead of J. D. Drake. There s no J. D. Drake in this township, suggest that you have an oath sont ^ olo??lr aP a ah vf i?ao n or 1 a P W Witt tin i\ WL vuiu i i t (\\uu^ iv J. Drake, recalling the one to J. D. )rake. There is a small kick going >n from friends of Senator Mauldin, >ut they amount to nothing, and lidn't support either you or myself. " 'With best wishes, I am, " 'Yours very truly, " 'Wilton H. Earle.' "After the appointments were nade, Senator Mauldin came to the governor and stated that the orignal list contained the names of the mrties recommended by a majority >f the Greenville delegation and inisted upon their being commissioned. "The governor, in view of the re:ent decision of Judge Ernest Gary n regard to such appointments, re'oked the commissions of those ap>ointed, and commissioned the paries who were recommended by a ma- j ority of the Greenville delegation. "The governor says that there was lothing dishonorable in the transac ion on me pun 01 any one, so lar is he can see; that. Mr. Smith wished he changes; that they were made for lim, and Senator Mauldin insisted ipon the appointment of the original lamed parties; and, in obedience to lie decision of Judge Gary, these paries were appointed. That it was nerely a delegation fight and that he loes not see that anything dishonorible has been done by anybody, and hat ho is surprised at Mr. Smith enleavoring to place the blame for the hanges on a secretary in tlie ofice" * Shock Was Too Great. At Spartan burg when Nathan Anlerson, a negro about fifty years old, aught-four aces in a poker game laturday afternoon he dropped dead. i 1 ? ^ 1 vveriti ucftruw wwrw puiying uurua iii , barn and the cards must have been mining "cold" when four of the big;est ones fell to Anderson and he azed upon them. The shock was too reat, and ho died of heart failure. ? Died at liis Desk. While seated at his desk in his ofice on the first floor of the county ourt house in Columbia Probate udgo John T. Gaston was stricken atally ill Saturday morning just beore noon. He died at 12:10 surounded by a few friends. Electric Cars Collide. Rural Policeman Knox, whose leg vas amputated, and Conductor Kolb, vhose skull was fractured in a bad dectrlc car smash in the suburbs of Charleston on Saturday night, were eported to be doing nicely. Hi i - 1 1 1 DARK HORSE WINS DEMOCRATS ELECT JUSTICE O'GORMA.V, TO THE SENATE. j His Election Seems to Give Satisfaction to Roth Factions of the Democratic I'arty. Supreme Court Justice James Aloysius O'Gorman, Democrat, of New York city was elected United States senator Friday by the legislature after the most protracted strugcr1/\ t \\ ? o UAeli Inn 1 r\ i n f Uo V w * V I lino |/V/OlllVlt ^ ? VI 1 J v. I VI lit 1,11 V Empire State. On the final ballot? the Gitli?lie received 112 votes to SO cast for Chauncey iM. Depew, whose term expired March 4. The result was in doubt almost to the minute of recording the votes, owing to the uncertainty as to how many of the Democratic insurgents, who for over two months had pre- r vented an election because of their ; opposition to William H. Sheehan, would enter the second caucus which had been adjourned from day to day since Monday. At the close of a day of almost continuous negotiations the insurgents capitulated and Justice O'Gorman was elected. A few minutes before the ballot was cast Justice O'Gorman's resignation from tho bench was filed at the office of tho secretary of state, as a constituional provisional would have prevented liia election wnne noiuing the omee or the justice of the supreme court. Wild applause marked the end of the long contest, and the legislature, driven from the State capitol by Wednesday's fire, quickly adopted a resolution adjourning until April 17. Gov. Dix tonight expressed gratification at the result. "The State of New York," he said, "has elected for its representative in the federal senate an eminent jurist, a man of pronounced ability, of great attainments and of the highest character. "The election of Judge O'Gorman can not hut meet with the approval of the citizens of this State, regardless of party. lie will rank with the ablest statesmen the senate has known, will well represent the Empire State and bestow honor upon the party that elected him, I am gratis lied at this solution of the nroblem which has confronted the Democratic members of the legislature for the past ten weeks." Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, who for weeks has been striving to bring about the election of Mr. Sheehan, expressed himself as highly pleased at the outcome. "No better election could have been made by the party after the unfair and unmerited defeat of Gov. Sheehan, whose position before the people has been greatly strengthened," said Mr. Murphy. "Judge O'Gorman needs no commendation from any one, but the public undoubtedly will see that in the triumph of the majority rule and that in sustaining the party caucus the power of the party and its opportunities to serve the people have been greatly increased." * ? ? MOB WREAKS VENGEANCE. ? Lynched in Alabama for Assaulting White Woman. Abberdin Johnson, a young negro, was lynched on the outskirts of Union Springs, Ala., Sunday afternoon by a mob, which came from Goshen, Pike County. The lynching followed the storming of the Bullock county jail here. The sheriff of Bullock was handcuffed and tied in the jail, after which the mob disappeared with the prisoner. Johnson was charged with the assaulting of a white woman, who lived near Goshen. After being strung up to a tree his body was riddled with bullets. The crime was committed a m t B n crr\ 1 nh ncsAn woa on i\f m?n/l (I lin'lll II tl.SVN U Win 11 II UO V U }H II I Vll Sunday morning about S o'clock, near Union Springs, and placed in the bullock County jail. News of the capture quickly spread and a mob was formed early Sunday morning at Goshen. They took the Central of Georgia train to TTnion Springs, arriving there about 10 o'clock. The mob was slow in forming their plans and the sheric of bullock county called up tlio Governor at Montgomery over the long distance telephone, asking for troops. The Governor had the riot call sounded in Montgomery immediately, but while the soldiers were gathering in their armories the mob had stormed the jail and secured the prisoner. KITiliS UTS UNCLE. Young Abbeville Man Claims Shot In ' Self-Defence. Contending that he had shot In self-defence, Trunan Ashley, a young white man, living near Donalds, surrendered himself at the sheriff's office at Abbeville Friday, and is now in Jail, having killed his uncle, Ira Stone, Thursday evening. Sheriff Lyon went to the scene of the shooting Friday morning on the train, and young Ashley came to Abbeville through the country, and In this way missed each other. Little is known here of the particulars of the killing, but it is understood that the two men had a row, when the killing took place as above stated. . m '