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w* le ! SCORED BY BISHOP ? ? , CARNEGIE'S GIFT TO VANDERB1LT SHOWN UP. *? 1 WANTS IT TURNED DOWN ? i Bitlhop Chandler Declares That It Is ] i I Not a Donation to the Institution, lint an Attempt to Denature It, by Influencing Decision of the Supreme Court The recently announced Rift of $1,000,000 to the Vanderbilt university, of Nashville, Ten 11., by Mr. An- 1 drew Carnegie is, in the opinion of Bishop Candler, not so mucn a dona- ' 1 tion to the university as an attempt to "denature the institution". To a representative of The Journal Bishop Candler said Wednesday: "This loud-heralded gift appears, on <Jose inspection of the terms of the offer, to be no gift at all, but a shrewd attempt to get control of a part of the property of Vanderbilt university in order to set up a medical school fashioned according to the peculiar ideas of iMtr. Carnegie and bis educational employees. "In the first announcement of the so-called gift the essential terms of \ the gift and the expressions of purpose accompanying it were held back. Tire request of a member of the board of trust, even, who asked to see the papers in the case,, was refused. What was contained in the letter of Mr. Carnegie was not known to any 0110 outside an inner circle until last Monday, when the hoard of trust met. Tlio matter was so serious that Major Millsaps, a member of the board of trust from Mississippi, moved that tlie question of accepting the gift ho postponed until the members of the hoard could have time to consider it. This 1110 Hon was rejected, and the motion to accept the gift put through with inconsiderate haste. On Tuesday four of tho board of trust offered a protest against the acceptance of the ( Carnegie proposals. When the pubj lie sees Mr. Carnegie's letter the pro( test of these worthy gentlemen will t be generally approved, if I am not ' greatly mistaken. "The ^anderbilt university belongs to the Methodist Episcopal c Church, South. The church's ownership having been denied, suit was] r brought by order of the general conferonce some time ago to settle tho question, and the chancery court de? elded evory point in favor of the ehurch. From that decision those P "who deny tho church's right took an ap-peal, which is now pending in the supremo court of Tennessee. To this ? 'Mr. Carnegie makes allusion in his '.letter, putting his offer in such rela-! ^ tiloju to dangling money before the public with the purposo of influencing tho case. Me also denies the ' ability of any and all churches to . -manage and control educational instltutions?a preposterous piece of Ignorance and confident assertion !"C assertion which the whole history of ^ education in Christendom for a thousand years contradicts. His expres 6.1 ons about the churches are as dis^ creditable to him as bis conditioning ? . a gift on the result of a ponding cult is indecent. "Rut I need not comment on the proposal. It speaks for itself. Without Edenic innocence ?Mr. Carnegie is In this letter like Adam in paradise, no 'naked and not ashamed.' *? "Now the dullest mind can see *)U that Mr. Carnegie does not propose ua; to give a penny to the Vanderbllt 1101 university, but to take something from it, to dismember from it one of ten its departments, which is worth in about $500,000. "fty the same process he may proren ceed to alienate all the other departments and put them under his little boarulets. It is strange that more of as tbe members of the board of trust I*01 did not perceive this patent fact, and am* protest against the acceptance of his offer. It would be just as appro?* ( priate for the Society for the Prevencon tion of Cruelty to Animals to accept r>re for its uses the gate receipts of a T bull fight as for this gift to be acno cepted by a Christian institution, and "ft appears also that the Episcothei palians see in this affair an effort to aB * defeat the proposed medical department of the University o?f the South e^aa If they are correct in their opinion, flnai jKr Carnegie is proposing at one fere blow to destroy the medical school ol rOVl A * m --- > . . ,C,IV> me Episcopalians, and denature the cone medical school of the Methodists A and raise on the ruins of both a Carth? negleized establishment in his own mem. image and likeness, Mon "I can not doubt that this impu Whit clont proposal of the aggressive ant 'a,1> agnostic steel-monger will provoke mem the indignation of the Christian peo pie of all denominations in the coun they try, and incur the emphatic disap with proval of all thinking men. This un rencj disguised attempt to disintegrate s were. Christian university is in koepinj them with the- well fixed purpose of an party tagoilism to church schools whicl Sp? Mr. Carnegie has pursued for a lonj curre time." Hous< to the question what will th< arran bishops of the Methodist church d< in the case? Bishop Candler replied "The bishops are common-law visi tors to the university, and citation o M MS. THAT CARNEGIE GIFT 1 ? 1 lYllICll THE METHODIST CHURCH WILD DECLINE. \ ? If Accepted, Would Rob That Croat Church of Its Largest Educational f Institution. Wo publish below Mr. Carnegie's proposal in reference to Vanderbilt ( University: Carnegie Corporation of New York, f>7f> Fifth Avenue, 'New York. r\ ? t ir i ~ 1 _ i .1 r% a l.. *-* lit. ?j . ri. iviiKiiuiu, nocreuiry rjxecutivo Committeo Trustees Van(lerbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. My Dear Sir:?I have given carerul consideration to your letter of May 1, written on behalf the trustees of Vanderbilt university, inviting me t Lo contribute a million dollars for the j establishment upon a sound founda- ( tion of a medical school of modern | type In the south. After consults- i 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 i medical school in Nashville. I up- . prove thoroughly your suggestion i that this gift bo conditioned on the j appointment of a small board of sov- , en persons to govern the medical < school, who shall be chosen absolute- ] lv without reference to denominational considerations and purely up- , on the ground of fitness for their du- , ties. ( There is, however, one factor in your university situation which leaves the policy for the future in doubt. A suif is now before the courts to test tho question whether tlio university shall be governed by an independent self-perpetuating board as at present, or whether the trustees shall he chosen by the representatives of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, with which denomination the university has been since its beginnng in sympathetic relations. j at a a n n t ouuuiu im; irusiees uiiaiiy receive an adverse verdict, I understand that the university will then be under distinctive denominational control. Tliis result would seem to bo unfortunate for the future progress and well-being of the institution. I do not believe that it is wise for any sect to control educational institutions such as universities, whether the organization be a Methodist conference, or a Presbyterian assembly, or a Catholic order. For this reason, therefore, while t am anxious to make this gift, which would be of high value to the whole south, I hesitate to do so until the question of denominational control has been settled by the courts. I make the following proposition for your consideration: I will furnish the $200,000 cash now needed for the lalioratories, and the remaining $800,000 shall remain in the custody of the Carnegie corporation in New York?interest at 4 per cent, to bo paid to the university for the use of the medical school until such time as the question of denominational control has been settled by the court of last resort, its final disposition to be then determined. Should this proposition be satisfactory to your board of trustees, I understand that the conditions agreed to in your letter of May 1, as to the size and constitution of the governing board of tho medical school and the character of the 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 tho fact that such control by a single denomination rarely means religious development, but nearly always means that both education and religion are subordinated to the interests of the particular organization which is in control. I welcome, rather, all Christian sects, believing with Matthew Arnold, whom I am proud to recall as my friend: "^Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eyo 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 on the dry heart like rain? Which has not cried to a sunk, selfweary man, 'Thou must be born again!' " As a true friend of the south. Sincerely yours, (Signed) Andrew Carnegie. f the trustees to a meeting of the visi5 tors at tho bishops' room in Nashvillo , next Friday has been issued. I havo no right to anticipate their decision, i and I have as little doubt about what it will bo. The attempt to make it - appear by a telegram sent from 1 Nashvillo that Bishop Hoss only is j concerning nimseir about the matter - is as unjust to his colleagues as it is - unfair to him. Bishop Iloss has dono - his duty, and ho has had opportunl ties beyond most of the other bishops a for rendering good service to the y church In the case. But the attempt - to make it appear that ho is standti ing alone is utterly without founda5 tlon in fact. This effort to isolate Bishop Iloss from his colleagues beo fore the public eye is siniptor and o unworthy. It lacks even the virtue : of Carnegie's candour." [. ? ? fl Old newspapers for sale. IAKE EXTRA CARE TILL SHUT OIF BOOZE WHEN EDTORS MEET )N THE ISLE OF PALMS ?.? i Governor Blense Says tlic Newspaper Men Have Been (!alliiiK for the "Lid On," and lie is Going to Test the Sincerity of Their Bequest by Butting it 011. Tho Columbia correspondent of Phe News and Courier says cold wat?r and mayhap grape juice for any special occasion is all that the South Carolina Press Asociation can look 'or when they meet on the Isle of Palms at Charleston on tho 2Gth of his month fo their annual Convention, for Governor Please declared Monday morning that he was going lo 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 literally," he declared. "I am going to instruct these oflicials," 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 peremptory orders to arrest the person selling tho liquor and bind over the one buying it as a witness in a bond not less than $500." Tho Governor declared that so many of the editors had been calling on him "to put on tho lid," that he is going to put it on and wants to see how patriotic they are. "I am going to se if they are patriotic enough not to buy from blind tigers, and they will have an opportunity of demonstrating by personal conduct some of the precepts they are so constantly preaching," he said. Just how many of the sleuths will ho assigned to "shadow" the newspaper men to see that none of them wander into a place where they should not go is not known. It is presumed that such details will he left to Sheriff (Martin and Chief Constable Stothart, but the orders and instructions will come from Governor Blease. For the past several years the editors have been meeting in the upcountry and having cold water and grape juice for refreshments, will undoubtedly ho to the taste of the vast majority of the Association, for they are known to be a very temperate crowd in fact many of them being tetotalers and intoxicating refreshments have been noticeable by their absence at the yearly gatherings for the past several seasons. So to gather in Charleston this year with the expectation of quaffing abundance of Goose Cretk water will undoubtedly have a tendency to increase rather than diminish the attendance on the meeting. The Governor said that if any editor or newspaper man is caught in the act of buying liquor he will bo bound over as a witness and that he was going to have the name published. He said that if the newspapers would not print it he would have it put out in a pamphlet and sent the Illease leader in the homo '-ounty ol siich editor and have him to distribute it. It is presumed that some of the sleuths will be assigned to "cover" such possible happenings for the pamphlet and "write it up." The State Press Asociation is tc gather in Charleston on Thursda> and Friday June 26 to 27, for theii annual meeting, and the outlook it for a fine attendance. On the evening 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 supposoc nothing stronger than grape jpic< will be servod. LIGHTS A CIGARETTE. ? His Shirt Soaked in Gasoline Catche* on Fire Same Instant. At Greenwood Averette Arrlngton a young man employed in the Green wood garage, was severely burne< Monday afternoon by having hi shirt catch fire, the garment beini saturated with gasoline. Mr. Arrlng ton had soaked the greasy shirt ii gasoline to clean it and thought th gasoline had evavorated. On strik ing a match to light a cigarette th shirt blazed up and he was severe ly burned about the body and armt Though suffering great pain, his cor dition is not serious. lie was hui rled to tho Greenwood Hospital fo treatment. Gasoline is a dangerou thing to handle and people should b careful how they handle it. Going to Mnko Mistake. A Washington dispatch says thr developments of the last week t both ends of the capitol have ind cated a growing determination o the part of Democratic leaders c congress to pass a tariff bill and win up the work of the extra session witl out action upon currency reform, c any other important subject. Thl will bo a mistake. SUN KILLS PEOPLE I - CHEAT HKAT WAV K SWEEPS OVER THE COUNTRY. ? Many Succumb to the Extreme Heat in the large Cities of the North And West. One death occurred from heat at Detroit on Tuesday. The government thermometer at tho street level registered 104 degrees at 2 o'clock. Six deaths and numerous prostra tions occurred at Philadelphia Tuesday as the result of the excessive heat. The temperature reached within a fraction of 96 degrees, tlie highest point in two years. Three men were killed and 25 prostrated, one seriously, by the heat at Cincinnati Tuesday. The maximum on the government thermometer was 95 degrees in the afternoon. The government kiosh on the stroet level allowed 10 1. One death and three prostrations traceable to the extreme heat were reported Tuesday in Columbus. The mercury in the government thermometer at the street level reached 100 degrees at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. In full view of hundreds of tourists and visitors, Frederick H. Hermann of Buffalo, 25 years old, leaped into Xiagra river from Luna island bridge late Tuesday and was j swept over the cataract. His body has not yet been recovered. Tuesday was the hottest day of the year in New York city. There worn a large number of heat prostrations but no fatalities. The mercury reached a maximum of 91 degrees at the top of the skyscraper, where the official weather bureau is locatod. The thermometer at the street level recorded as high as 102. The temperature had dropped 11 degrees by nightfal. All of Indianna sweltered from the hotest weather of the year oil Tuesday. In Indianapolis the morcury reached 103 on the street level and 96 on the government thermom teer. It was the hotest (lay since 21 years ago. At Gogansport, a rise of 2 8 degres to 100 caused much suffering. The ice there was exhausted early in the day. At .Marion it was the hottest day in three yearn, the mercury reaching 100. At ' Terro Haute it was the hotest June day since the government bureau was established there, the thermometer registering 8 8 degrees. Two deaths are reported from heat prostration in the State. At Chicago a drop of 2 8 degrees in temperature brought relief to that city after what was, with one exception, the hottest June day on record there. The maximum temporaiuro of the day was 98.4 at 3 p. m. The hottest June day recorded by the local weather bureau was June 9, 191 1, when 98.5 was recorded. The wind shifted short after three o'clock and by 4 the temperature had dropped to 8 4. Within half an hour, the wind shifted again, however, and by seven o'clock 9 0 degrees again was record1 ed. At eight o'clock the wind shifted into the north and the mercury drop1 ped to 70 degrees. The Scholar in Politics. Prof. John G. Clinkscales, of Wofford College, is being urged by hundreds of men from all over the State to make the race for Governor, and ? ho has concluded to do so. Now ' on m n cull fnr- arIfttlioi. I. I ?* v??*i 1 v/1 uuv/i ilCI IllC 111 Ut71 Ul the faculty of Wofford College to en1 tor politics and servo his city af Mayor. Tho Spartanburg Journal ? says Dr. D. D. Wallace, professor o! history and economics in Wofford - College, is one of the most likel) 1 men to bo called by a mass meeting 3 of clti7/ens to select a man to offei himself for the position. The Journal quotes a Spartanburg citizen, who is interested in the pro posed mass meeting, as saying of Dr H Wallace that he is peculiarly llttec for the office in that ho is a student of politics and one who is not entail , gled in affiliations with concern) - which are a prey upon a city govern :1 ment. "Dr. Wallace," tho citlzoi s continued, "is a man who has tin g backbone to stand for that which ii right, regardless of who it hurts.' ti Such a man any city would be fortu o nate in having at its head, says Tin > Journal. e There is no question about th< ability and fitness of Dr. Wallace fo ' the position. Spartanburg wouh l" have in him a Mayor she could bi nrond nf Tin! oa Tim , v., ^uvt wo x Iiu VUUUilVllH r Piedmont says, wo fear no such gooi 8 luck can come to the city, as it i e almost impossible to get men lik Dr. Wallace to mix up in ward poli tics. I)r. Wallace, like Woodrov Wilson, understands thoroughly on ^ theory of government, and he woul ^ make and admirable administrate j_ of any oflice that he could be induce to accept, but he is engaged in - grander and nobler work than hold ing oflice, and we do not believe h would lay it down. r is The schoolmaster in politics 1 making good. N LYNCHING AVERTED JAILER, SINGLE HANDED, FOILS PLANS OF MOB JAILER SHOWED PLUCK ? Crowd of Fifty Attempts to Take a Negro Prisoner from the Walterboro Jail, Threateneimr to Blow it l*p, Hut Would-be Lynchers Retreated When Resisted. A special dispatch from Walterboro 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 ofllcers of the law, the attempt to take Obbie lloges, colored, from the 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 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 morinng 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 tho crowd was held back by tho deputy sheriff at tho 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 negro, Obbio Boges, beating his wife severely, for which he was placed in jail. The warrant, however, was withdrawn and Boges returned to his home, near Stokes, in Colleton county, to find that his wife's father, it is said, had carried his wife away by force and with her had taken nearly all of Hoges's worldly goods Becoming enraged the negro went immediately to the house of his wife' father, and shot the old man, inflicting painful but light wounds. He then went to the town of Stokes, where, acting on ihe advice of the magistrate, who had ben notified of the occurrence, Mr. J. M. Bennet, a prominent citizen of that town, attempted to arrest him. The negro resisted, and attempted to shoot Mr. Bennet. After a struggle Mr. Bennet secured the gun of the negro, an old-fashioned muzzle loader, and held Boges while the wife of another well known citizen made him fast with ropes. After being securely tied the negro made threats against the entire settlement, stating 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. Deputy Sheriff Padgett, being notified of the arrest of the negro, went early Friday morning to Stokes, but 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. lie was brought to Walterhoro 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 had 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 i jailer's wife was asleep, the crowd I wna ti Knii f nnt ounl, o I ?* (VMV/II t vv/ j;vi v OUV>ii CV j; Kill 1 11 IU Ul' I foot when Mr. Padgett hastily regain I ed the entrance to the room, and r held the crowd back, j Through their spokesman the crowd then threatened to blow ui the back of the jail and secure theii r man by that method, but Mr. Pad get I urged them to go away. Seeing th< grim determination of the officer j the crowd left the jail after holding t a conference returned and notiflei . the officer that no further atempt! 5 would be made that night Later on Saturday messages weri i received by the officers, in which i 5 was stated that the crowd would tr: 3 again on Saturday night. This le< ' to a heavy guard being stationed ii - the jail all night, but Sunday cairn a without the appearance of the lynch ing party. 0 The officors before this had gottei r in touch with Governor Blease whi j ordered the prisoner carried to th q renitenttary, which order was carri< Q out Sunday, and the entire affai I made public this morning. 8 It appears that the negro was i e desperate character and quite a ter _ ror to the community, and this wa v probably the cause of the attempted r lynching, for the crowd had learnei to take the negro at his word am r wanted to remove him before li j would have a chance to carry out hi a throats. I_ Certainly the bravery and deter e mination of Officer Padgett prevent ed the lynching. kandthp.afsaldtis etoainshrdlu eta a ) ? Old newspapers for sale. CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND FARMERS EXCHANGE PLANTS. Sweet Potato Plants?Early Triumphs, Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Norton, and Providence, $1.75 per 1,000. H. H. Thomas, Earleton, Fla. 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