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TILLMAN ANO CLI MSOK. Senator is Blamed With the Insti? tution's Troubles. , The correspondent of the Charlotte V Observer at Ycrkviile gives the follow? ing interview with a prominent South Carolinian : : "There are some good men on the Clemson board of trustees, and they have been able to do a little some ithihg, but nothing like what they fought to have done, considering the '?- fact that they have behind .them all the wealth and power there is in the - . State of South Carolina. The main X. trouble, however, has been due to r Senator Tillman. While he has allow t^ed his colleagues on the board to elect jfv certain members of the faculty, he has . ; xeserved to himself the right to name -;" and control the executive power. The r trustees in|making their selection had ; an eye single- to competency and efli- j |?:Jc??ncy, but Tillman, as in all things else, was looking to what he conceiv ?&e?- tb be the' best interests of Tillman; He has chosen presidents not because - he thought them the best fitted men : . for the place, but because he knew . that he could rely upon them to serve ?Mm faithfully as suppliant tools. This was why praighead^got the job and it ^?-i?ccounts for the selection of Hartzog. "Know Hartzog? Why certainly^ know all about him, not as a . l?atter of hearsay, but from actual JzuSserva tion and experience. He is.-'u bright ; '. young man, you knowp-2ot more than 35. He is a graduate of the South: Sr C?aro??na Military Academy,, but got through that institution at the foot of -, his cilass and only by the skin of his i||eeth. -The question of withholding -p::Ms diploma for deficiency^ of mathe? matics was 'seriously considered, but . : - finally he was allowed to pass. At the ^^?^e* &e "was an energetic sort of a fi .fellow. For one thing he imagined he ^^a?going to be a great lawyer,' and . go into his room at almost anytime . you would find the . table and floor cov? ered with detached sheets of a treatise sp&j?la^ intended to Improve on Black p^stbne. After he left the Citadel, he felt called upon to preach, but failing ^t&gpt a charge he. gave this up and took charge of a private school in $Eogefieid county. He could not have K gotten a place in the average South Carolina graded school because he :^ would have been unable to pass the ^necessary examination. It was while ^ he? was teaching at this private school v. that Tillman discovered him and made %?m president of Clemson. V*lOf course, if Hartzog has been ? found incompetent, it is not fair, to ^r iiim. He had absolutely nothing to do ^.w?th his own elevation-and tho high Cf position he holds. Senator Tillman is ^entirely responsible. And how many { young men are there who would not V ?eel ompetent to hold down such a job , at sneh.a, salary when assured of their ; . iditness by such a great man as Sena? tor. Ben Kilman? c.-' ''Maybe the trustees will turn Saxfczog down. If they do not, then it will be a bad day for Clemson, t?3?t still, there is no use in turning . Hartzog down unless they turn Till : >man down also. If they allow Till l^nan to select another president l^through the same motives as influ -eneedr his selection of Craighead and' t'\-'T[art!zog9'there ^"mJ?l^ no reform in the :aiamedmte future. However, the peo S "pie of South Carolina have already learned that it takes something else - ? besides unlimited money to make a successful high grade college. ' ' Price of Potash Will Fall. Berlin, May 13.-The Cologne Ga? zette says that owing to contracts J; : which have been made between the ^Hohenfels potash works and the Vir ; ginia-Carolina Chemical Company at " prices much below those of the syndi- j v acate, a potash price war will be initi-1 ated in Germany, which will result in greatly reducing the . price of this article The Cologne Gazette says further : that it has reason to believe the Amer? icans were unable to secure much of a foothold in the German potash indus? try. The Truth of History. The truth of history seems, at times, very hard to determine. Recently, Senator Ullman asserted, in the Sen? ate, that Mr. Lincoln, at the Fortress Monroe conference, offered any terms the Confederates might, through their authorities ask, if the Union were restored and hostilities cease. Sena? tor Vest denied this, on information, as he recollected from the commission? ers, Messrs., Stephens and Hunter, themselves. This would appear to be conclusive? but Henry Watterson, who thinks he has the truth of history on his side, says: "Mr. Vest chatters like a very old man. Mr. Stepehns told a dozen living witnesses that Mr. Lincoln did j say 'Let me write Union at the top of this page, and you may write beneath it whatever you please.' Mr. Lincoln did intimate that payment for the slaves was possible toan agree? ment of peace and reunion, afterward committing himself to this by the i preparation of two documents which stand in his own handwriting, which may be seen by anybody who cares to them. The Confederate Commis? sioners were limited to treating only on the basis of the recognition of the independence of the Confederacy, ?and the conference came to an end without accomplishing anything at all" And there you are. As the Com? missioners could only treat on the basis of Confederate independence, any offer of Mr. Lincoln's, if he made any, as Mr. Watterson suggests, must have been purely sentimental. At the time of the conference, the Confederacy was near to physical col apse, and the Federal authorities new it So under those circum? stances, any offer from them short of unconditional surrender, must have n mere vaporing. Still, Mr. Vest and Mr. Watterson will probably go to their graves each insisting on his view of the truth of history.-Augusta Chronicle. Louisville, May 13.-Walter N. Haldeman, president of the Louisville Courier-Journal Company and one of the oldest active newspaper men in the country, died suddenly at 5 o'clock from the effects of injuries received i>y being struck by a trolley car Satur? day merging. He was 81 years old. ! THE CLEMSON COLLEGE MAI j ^ - Senator Tillman Expresses self In Reference to Recent itorial in the State. Special to The State.' Washington, May 15.-In The of Tuesady appears an editorial o recent trouble at Clemson, whici served to arouse more than inter? the mind of Senator i.Tillman. senator has just returned from ( son -where he went to attend the ] ing of the board of trustees whicl called in the hope that the trout the institution might be satisfact settled. As Senator Tillman decided exception to the editoric The State he has determined to J a statement bearing on the Clej trouble and the action of the boa: trustees. "When seen this after Senator Tillman said in referenc ? the condition of affairs now exii l at Clemson : ! "Matters have been very sati torily adjusted for the present, the trustees are fully alive to situation, but intermeddling from side, which has already begun, easily result in." .harm and poss thwart the psrpioses of the boar< adjusijBia^te'rs in the wisest and way^possible.'' When asked what meant by this, he said : "I am allu< to the editorial in the State of T day, which I have just read. In editorial are several misstatements mistakes and many mischievous ii "and it will do great harm unless real facts are laid before. the pee and the students at Clemson wai against being mislead by it. "I Clik^,'* said he, "for obvious rea? to discuss the affairs of the colleg this juncture, but a sense pf jus as well as duty compels me to cor many wrong impressions that will made by The State's editorial, name and my-actions are called i this discussion by The State, s< speak put. T?e trustees did not : that they "must win the sophom class back to the institution. ' allowed them to return as a mai of grace only, and when The Ste for a sinister purpose tries to ra; the students feel that they have s ceeded in their-rebellion' it o sows the seed of future trouble, reinstated young Thornwell beca he had been unjustly suspended, 2 as* set forth in. the findings of : board, we. permitted the sophomo to ; return because their action, wh not excusable was the natural result the injustice done their classma We did not want to have the edm tion of these young men broken upi cause of the faculty's unfortum blunder, with which Dr. Ha?tzog h absolutely nothing to do. We; belii he should have vetoed it, that is a "President Hartzog's resignati was tendered .to CoL Simpson five ds before the board met, and before a charges were made or intimati thait they would be made was give because he desired to leave the boa free and untrammelled. Therefoi the statement that President Harto "resigned with no accusation agair him, " is untrue. He resigned befo he knew any accusations would made, and I do not hesitate to s now, that there never would have be? any charges made against him, at ti late meeting of the board, but for tl encouragement and advice of some those connected with the college. Tl attempt to make a scape-goat of D Hartzog, and hold him solely respo: sable for the recent outbreak does th; gentleman great injustice. The ev dence before the board showed, that was an afterthought on the part of tl students, and. they weakened the case'very much by listening to bi advice. I believe the board of truste? are as blameworthy as Dr. Hartzo? for any lack of discipline that hs existed since Capt. Fuller left tl college. Dr.. Hartzog's unpopularil with the student body is in my jud? ment, attributable to some unfortui ate Mannerisms, and to a pre jud i( which\arose against him shortly aft? he went to the collgee. He had ha no experience in college work, an made some blunders as might ha\ been expected, and the discontent the produced has been fomented and kei alive. - "The State, with its usual malevc lenee and unfairness has dragged Di McBryde into the Clemson discussior for the purpose of criticizing an abusing me. As to the relative 'sue cess'of the two men,-I will remar that Clemson under Dr. Hartzog's ad ministration bas shown a greater ad vance in five years, than has Blacks burg under Dr. McBryde in ten. Th number of our students has doubled and the high quality of the work don is known of all men of intelligence, have no criticism to make of Di McBryde, but I denounce as a false hood the gratuitous statement of Th State "that Senator Tillman was no large minded enongh to consent to.th choice of a man he had wronged in th '80s. ' I opposed his election as presi dent of Clemson, but I never ' wrong ed' him at any rime or in any way If there is any wrong between Dr McBryde and myself, I am the om who was * wronged' and not he. When asked as to what trouble h< was referring, Senator Tillman said "I do not care to go into particular* in regard to that matter but there an many people in South Carolina, whe are familiar with all the facts, anc the particular incident to which 1 allude. Perhaps the editor of Th? State considers the establishment ol Clemson a * wrong' to Dr. McBryde. It is well known that they were both bitterly opposed to it, and if Mr. Gon? zales is now the friend of Celmson col? lege, it is because he dare not longei oppose either it or Winthrop. We built the college and have run it suc? cessfully in spite of bis opposition, and without his advice or help, and his attempt, to dictate in its affairs now will not be permitted to succeed if I can help it. His editorial of Tues? day can only mislead the people and incite the boys to continued efforts to run off Dr. Hartzog, and every other .man they do not like. No real friends of the college will want the trustees to yield to such clamor unless there is a good and sufficient reason, and no such reason has yet been shown. We may arrive at the conclusion that Dr. Hartzog's usefulness is destroyed, but it is indecent to prejudge the case and condemn him without a trial. I will say further that the idea which is soughtyto be given currency that the board ofVrustees of Clemson are puppets who op "Tillman's will' can only excite a smile of pity, in any one who really knows the members of the board and are familiar with the facts connected with the board's work. My advice and wishes in regard to college matters have been overridden time and again. Dr. Hartzog was selected by a committee of which I j was not a member, and at the time of his election was not a friend or even a political supporter of mine. I urged him for the presidency because I be .lieved him the best man who was available." As to whether the trustees intend to accept President Hartzog's resigna? tion, the senator said: "That I do not know. The board will very carefully sift the whole matt er to the bottom at the June meeting and act for the best interest of the college, I am sure. There will probably be some changes made in the faculty, but we will not consent to dictation from any source. Stonewall Jackson was a most unpopu? lar professor at the V. M. L, and per? sonal popularity is not the only criter? ion by which to judge a man's fitness. When those who have axes to grind or other candidates to press rush to the conclusion that Dr. Hartzog must go because they want to put somebody else in his place, I think fair minded men everywhere will expect the board to do what I am sure it intends to do, exercise its own best judgment and make ali busy-bodies understand that we will punish those over whom we have control, and pay no heed to oth? ers." THE SOUTH's"w?YS. Although the Southern Conference for Education, recently held at Athens, Ga., was largely attended, and although the Northern men who are engaged in this movement were met most cordially by the Southern people in attendance, and although mainly Southern men are working harmoniously with Mr. Ogden and his associates, it is needless to deny that this movement is hot as yet * popular and is watched with more or less sus? picion, not to say apprehension, ;by tnhe Southen people at large. In one sense it seems strange that men of large means and of great gener? osity who are honestly endeavoring to confer a benefit upon the Southern people, who are willing to give millions pf dollars in aid of the public-school system of the South, should not be received with open arms, so to speak, by the South at large. But those who understand the South? erner thoroughly there is no mystery. We have a peculiar condition in the South. We have the negro as a race I to deal with and we know that our views and the views of some of the Northern people on this question are utterly and irreconcilably at variance. When the Northern man speaks to the Southern man about negro equal? ity and mixed schools there can be no possible agreement, there can be no discussion between these two on that subject, for, as Hoke Smith, of Geor-' gia, said in his speceh before the con? ference, there are some questions which we of the South will not even discuss with our Northern brethren, however sincere and honest they may be. There is a suspicion among some of the Southern people that these Northern philanthropists are endeav? oring to. elevate the negro and so bring him into a closer social realtionship with the Southern people. For our part, we are convinced from our knowledge of the movement that such a thought is utterly foreign tor Mr. Ogden and his friends, although there may be some few fanatics indirectly associated who entertain that view. But we say that it is not surprising that Southern men who have seen so much of Northern fanaticism should wish to be convinced on this point, as The Times is convinced, before they give the movement their hearty approval and support. Another thing: The Southern peo? ple are very jealous of their tradi? tions, of their manners and cutsoms and morals. They like their own ways and they do not like all the ways of the folks at the north. We want our boys and girls to be educated by Southern teachers ac? cording to Southern usages, accord? ing to the Southern code of morals and chivalry and politeness, and when there is any talk of importing teachers from the North to train our children we are all up in arms. We make no apologies for this. But The Times is convinced that the ? Southern Education Board has no such idea as this in mind. We do not be? lieve that these men are thinking of working a revolution in the South. We do not believe that they have any j intention or desire to give the children of the South a different sort of train? ing. If so, they have kept their secret I well guarded. We believe that they are desirous simply and solely of help? ing the Southern people to educate their children in their own way and that the money which they propose to give will be simply and solely a sup? plemental fund. We are not authorized to speak for the Southern Education Board. We have no sort of connection or indirect association with it. What we say is purely the view of an outsider and. is said in the interest of truth.-Rich? mond Times. A Lake of Liquid Asphalt. Austin, Tex., May 14.-In the oil fields near here today the drill in the number six well at a depth of 142 feet dropped into a lake of liquid asphalt which is so thick and heavy that further drilling is almost impossible. The heavy black matter oozed up into the well for quite a distance. An expert pronounces it the finest kind of liquid asphalt. There is but one oth? er place that it is found and'that is in Trinidad. How it is Done. The first object in life with the Ameri? can people is to uget rich ;" the second, how to regain good health. The first can be obtained by energy, honesty and sav? ing ; the second, (good health) by using Green's August Flower. Should you be a despondent sufferer from any of the ef? fects of dyspepsia, liver complaint, ap? pendicitis, indigestion, etc. such as sick headache, palpitation of the heart, sour stomach, habitual costiveness, dizziness of the head, nervous prostration, low spirits, etc, you need not suffer another day. Two doses of the well known August Flower will relieve you at once. Go to Dr De Lorme's Pharmacy or the Sumter Phar? macy and get a sample bottle free. Reg? ular size, 75c. Get Green's Special Alma? nac. April 21 1 NO FIREMENS' TOURNAMENT. The Charleston Management Ex? plains Why it is Called Off. The firemen's tournament which was to have been held at the exposition on May 27 and 28 has been called off by the exposition directors, as it was found impossible to bring a sufficient number of. teams to Charleston to make the event a success. When the tourna? ment was first spoken of, May 14 and 15 was fixed as the days for the cele? bration, but it was found that the time would be too short to work up in? terest in the event, and the date was postponed until later in the month, ? Chief Marjenhoff went to work and sent out letters to fire teams in 600 cities, inviting the teams to visit the exposition and take part in the tourna? ment, but no reply was received. He followed up the invitations with postal cards, asking for, an early reply to the invitations, so that the local commit? tee colud make preparations for the teams that expected to take part in the contests. Letters were received from seven teams, and this was not consid? ered a sufficient number to make the occasion a success, and the tourna? ment was called off. Steps Taken Against The Beef Trust. 3 Indianapolis, Ind., May 14.-A fed? eral grand jury in charge of District Attorney KeaUng . began an investiga? tion today of the methods of the so called beef trust in Indianapolis. Representatives of the Chicago pack? ing houses and local concerns were summoned. It is undertsood;that the investigation is the result of a sugges? tion from Attorney General Knox that all evidence possible be obtained for use in the pending federal suit. The Boer Peace Congress. New York, May 14.-Lord Kitchener has notified the war office that repre? sentatives of all the bodies of Boers throughout the Transvaal and Orange River colonies are gathering at Ve reeninging for the conference which begins tomorrow, and he has arranged that the delegates shall not be impeded in reaching the rendezvous. Conse? quently the assemblage is expected to large. The decision reached regarding the peace terms will later b? submit? ted to the British. A delegation, con? sisting probably of the same Boer leaders who went to Victoria recently, will be deputized to convey the decis? ion to Lord Kitchener. Baltimore, May 16.-A syndicate of which Ladenburg, Thalman & Co., of New York are the managers, hfes bought".the East and West railroad of Alabama from the Kelly estate of New York. The purchase is in the inter? est of the Seaboard Air Line to take that system to Birmingham, Ala. The terminals at Birmingham are to be secured by purchase of the Bir? mingham* Belt railroad. H. M. At? kinson of Atlanta bought the Bett line last year for the Old Colony Trust company of Boston, and as a part of the Seaboard plans. Short connecting lines to be built to unite the Seaboard with the East and West railroad with the reconstruction of the ' latter will bring the total cost up to $4,000,000. A peculiarly sad burial took place on last Thursday in a neighboring community. Mrs. Steen, widow of the late Wilson Steen, and who was a very old lady, fell out of the door last Wednesday morning at her home near Union Church, just over the line in Chesterfield County. Her daughter Bettie, seeing her mother's accident, ran out and very excitedly called for assistance, then fell across her moth? er's . prostrate form and in a few moments expired. The mother lived about three hours, when she too, died. This was a very extraordinary occur? rence, and especially since, the young? er of the two women was said to have been about fifty years old. Both were buried on Thursday in the same gave. How uncertain is life !-Lee County j Leader.. Whooping Cough. A woman who has had experience with this disease, tells how to prevent any dangerous consequences from it. She says: Our three children took whooping cough last summer, our baby boy being only three months old, and owing to our giving them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, they lost none of their plumpness and came out in much better health than other children whose parents did not use this remedy. Our oldest little girl wonld call lustily for cough syrup between whoops.-JESSIE PINKXXY HAIL, Springville, Ala. This Remedy is for sale by Dr. A. J.China. The Department of Agriculture- is preparing to fight the ravages of the San Jose scale throughout the coun? try with its natural enemy, the lady bug, brought from the interior of China. Assistant Botanist Marlatt has-just returned from the orient, where he ?ought the original home of the dreaded scale. Far in the in? terior of the latter country, where European plants had not penetrated, he found the scale and also the lady bugs which kept the scales In subjec? tion and permitted the native plants to flourish. Mr. Marlatt started home with a good supply of these lady bugs, but only sixteen survived on arrival in this country and fourteen of these sub? sequently died. The two remaining are nursed carefully by the govern? ment with a view to fighting the scale in the same manner as in China. There are now fifty of them, requiring the constant gathering of scales from the department grounds for food. While not expecting the scales to be exterminated from this country, ex? perts are planning to attack them with the increasing breed of their natural enemies. Don't Start Wrong. Don't start the summer with a lingering cough or cold. We all know what a "sum? mer cold" is. It's the hardest kind to cure. Often it "hangs on" through the entire season. Take it in hand right now. A few doses of One Minute Cough Cure will set you right. Sure cure for coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis, all throat and lung troubles. Absolutely safe. Acts at once. Children like it. "One Minute Cough Cure is the best cough medicine 1 ever used," says J. H. Bowles, Groveton, N. H. "I never found anything else that acted so feaf ely and quickly." J. S. Hughson & Co. f MONUMENT TO GENERAL SUMTES, To be Erected by U. S. Govern? ment in the Game Cock City. Special to The State, j Washington, May 14--Bepresenta tive Lever today received assurances from the house committee on library that his .bill appropriating $25,000 for the erection of a monument to the memoryof Gen. Thomas Sumter, the Revolutionary hero, would be favor? ably reported this session. The bill provides that the monument shall be erected in the town of Sumter, upon a suitable location. Col. A. P. Butler Dead. Special to The State. Augusta, Ga, May 14.-Col. Andrew Pickens Butler of Aiken County died at 9 o'clock this morning at the But? ler home. Col. Butler was stricken with paralysis of the heart Saturday night. He never regained conscious? ness. He was 70 years old. He leaves two daughters, who are married, a son and several grandchildren. The fun? eral will be tomorrow morning at ll o'clock from Sweetwater Church, near Aiken. Col. Andrew Pickens Butler was a j member of the famous old Edgefieid i family which came from Virginia prior \ to the Eevolution. He was distantly related to Gen. M. C. Butler. He was a man of conspicuous gallantry. When the War between the States broke out he went to the front as cap? tain of Company G, First South Caro? lina. He was promoted to major I May 12, 1864, and to lieutenant colo? nel May 23 of the same year. He was a dashing and fearless officer. CoL Butler's service to the State in the Hamburg and Ellenton riots, par ticualrly the latter, were conspicuous ? for discretion and gallantry. He was { jailed by the federal authorities, but I even from the jail managed to keep I his friends from bloodshed on his ac? count. He served his country in the State ! senate and for several years was State commissioner of agriculture, continu? ing in that office until the department was abolished in 1890. CoL Butlei did the State good service in this capa? city, but the department over which he presided bore the brunt of the Till? man reform movement fight. CoL Butler's personal remarks to the pres? ent Senator Tillman during the memo? rable '90 campaign were a feature oi , that stirring period. Since 1890 CoL Butler has been liv? ing quietly at his plantation on ihe South Carolina side of the Savannah river, not far from Augusta. The Theological Seminary. The loud talk of removing the Tneo Iogical Seminary from Columbia has been revived. It is said that the Southwestern University, of Clarks ville, Tenn., will be united with the one here and both -will be given to the town, making the .best offer. The officers here would say little about the matter, but it was certainly discussed at the last meeting and will be laid before the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, who control the institution. The Atlanta Constitution says: "A movement is on foot which may result in merging the Southwestern Presbyterian University, of Clarks ville. Tenn, and Columbia Seminary, of Columbia, S. C., into a great Presbyterian university, to be located in Atlanta. "The combined endowments of the Southwesten Presbyterian University and the Columbia Seminary amount to something over $600,000. It is thought that the schools can be induced to com? bine and come to Atlanta if as much as $250,000 can be raised with which to purchase a suitable site and erect and equip the necessary college build? ings. **A committee from the Synod of Georgia, which has the matter in charge, will immediately take the mat? ter up with the authorities of the two schools and will also confer with a number of Atlanta's prominent citi? zens as to the best method of raising the amount that the city will have to raise to get the university."-CoL Cor. News and Courier. Dangerous if Neglected. Burns, cuts and other wounds often fail to heal properly if neglected and become ! troublesome sores. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve prevents auch consequences. Even where delay has aggravated the injury Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve effects a cure. **? had a running sore on my leg thirty years," says H. C. Hartly, Yankeetown, Ind. "After using many remedies, I tried Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes healed the sore. Cures all skin diseases. Piles yield to it at once. Beware of counter? feits. J. S. Hughson <fc Co. THE BIBLE BUSINESS. From Harper's Weekly. Trade in Bibles is reported to be ac? tive and steadily increasing. Accord? ing to a writer in the Sun the Ameri? can Bible Society issued 1,500,000 I last year, and the British and Foreign Bible Society 5,000,000. Many other concerns publish Bibles and sell great numbers of them. The Philippines consumed 10,700*of the American Bi? ble Society's Bibles during our first year there", and 5,000 during the sec? ond year. Translations of the Bible are now being made into five Filipino dialects, lt has already been publish? ed in three other dialects by the Brit? ish Society, so that it will soon be out in eight varieties of Fiilpino lan? guage. Nearly half a million Bibles went into China last year in spite of tne effect of the Boxer outbreak, which, for the time being, cut down the demand about one-half. 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