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TOM 8?MTJRR WA?CHMAH, Established April, 18SO, *Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims t at oe rhv Country s chy G-od s and Truth's THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 186 Cosolid&ted Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. O . WEDNESDAY. JUNE 28. 1905. New Series-Vol. XXIV. So. 49 > Cfit MatflnMH m\ 5bat|t OSTEEN PUBLISHING COttPAl SUMTER, 8. G. TCB?B: $1 50 per anona-- in advance. 1&T1BT18IIIIT: O ie Square first insertion........0.........$ E :ery subsequent insertion....... ......... Contracts for three months, cr longer b * fcade at reduced rates. AH eesmanieatioos which subserve pri' : interests will be charged for as ad vertieme Obituaries ?nd tributes of respects will sharked for. _ GUNTON VALUES COLLEGE. RESENTS BOARD'S SUGGESTS OF ITS REMOVAL. ? History of Presbyterian College a Statement of What Hais Gassed ll* Probable Removal. l~ Clinton, June 23.-The recent ? tion of the board of trustees of t Presbyterian College of South Cai lina has set the people of Clinton .. ? ? ? thinking. In 1880 the Clinton High Sehe Association decided to establish a c< iege and applied for a charter t such an institution, to be known Clinton College. It so happened th all the'members of this associ?t!c with two exceptions, were Presbyte ians. The institution was charter" as a Presbyterian institution and w conducted by the session of the Pre "byterian church of Clinton. , It was a college in hame only in i early days, the standard being vei : ^low. But a slow and sure growth ws going on which showed itself in 13 < in a' decidedly higher standard and i the need of a new charter. From its organization general pre-? liyterfan support and patronage ha been asked for it For variotss rei sons this was withheld by the churc generally. Finally to induce the d? nomination over the State to suppoi it and to increase/general interest i the college the board det?rminedd t add ten members to be elected by th board itself and two trustees froi each of the six Presbyteries in th State. A charter to this effect wa : obtained in 1891. But the controllin power was by it continued in th hands of the local members. As soo as- this was clear the Presbyterie dropped their interest, some refuse ' . to appoint trustees, others appointe* as a matter of courtesy, but with n expectation of their attending boar? meetings. At this time it is quit probable that the church would hav taken hold of the matter and worke< it up if the control had been equal! distributed among the Presbyteries But the feeling in the church wa, quite strong against countenancing Clinton's claim to control the Pres byterian College of South Carolina, aa it was for the first time styled in th? new charter. Where the Battle Raged. This was the point about which thc battle raged. The Presbyterians re? fused to sanction the school at all un? der such a name, unless it were made in reality the property of the Presby? terian church of the State. The local board refused to be convinced that their position was illogical and clung to a name to which, strictly speaking, they had no right. The Presbyteries of the State gen? erally failed to endorse the school, at? tendance fell off, money grew scarcer, the local board felt its inadequacy to cope with the situation and finally agreed to concede the controlling vote to the Presbyterial representatives. A new charter was obtained in 1900, re? ducing the local membership from 32 to 12, and increasing the Presbyterial and alumni members from 12 to 21. This was in the nature of a compro? mise, and, as was to be expected, un? satisfactory to both sides. There were various troublous passages,, and the result was another change in the charter in 1904. For some reason or other this char? ter of 1904 was unsatisfactory. Some of the Presbyteries had refused to ap? point trustees unless the local ele? ments were entirely eliminated, all obligation to locate the college per? manently at Clinton expressly dis? claimed and a charter obtained to this effect. The charter of 1904 contained a clause, inserted by the local element to the effect that the institution was never to be removed from Clinton. At the first full meeting after the charter was obtained, in June, 1904, the Presbyterial trustees voted this out as contrary to the understanding j and to the implied contract between the local board and the Presbyteries. This meeting was the first, it is said, 1 in which all the Presbyteries and t alumni were represented. Meanwh the Deacons' Court of the Clint Presbyterian church had held a me< ing and decided to accede to Prest terian demands and withdraw frc the board. But it held the titles a: trusteeship of all the property of t college except a new purchase, wor about $3?000. The Property. This represents the actual proper the college would be able to tal away with it if it were removed no Such is now the situation. All co: trol of t-ie institution is in the han or the board of trustees, appointed 1 the Presbyteries and the Alumni A sociation. All the property of the ii stitution is in the hands of the Clin tc College Association, composed of tl session of the Presbyterian church < Clinton. In January, 1905, the cha ter was amended by striking out < the "removal clause." But the a surance was given the local board thj no plans for removal had been formi lated, that the object of this agitatic was simply to define the power of tl church to remove if at any time should seem advantageous to the ii stitution. i The course of the local board wi between Scylla and Charybdis, they held the college, they lo?-* ? church support; if they gave it I,, tl church on her conditions they ran tl risk of losing it in toto. But, as th risk seemed tthe lesser of their e vil they took it. ' The Local Feeling. The local feeling in regard to th action of the board is one of resenl ment. The feeling is that the boar did not give Clinton a fair showini This correspondent hears of few, i any, who sanction the extreme view and intemperate expressions of th Clinton Chronicle, when it says tha the local board was taken in by a: "ecclesiastical bunco game/' or word to that effect. The community a large feels that the demand from th Presbyteries for entire control wa entirely just, but that their acceptanc of the college here places on them ; moral obligation td retain the loca ,tion at least until a fair trial ha been made under the new conditions The prosperity of the institution seem assured now, no matter where it ma; be located. All it has needed has beei the firm support of the church. Clinton has not done perhaps ; great deal for the college, but she ha done much more than any other towi and is doubtless willing to do a gr ea deal more, under the same condition; that other towns will be placed under It is improbable that any town will d< very much for the college unless as sured, as to the permancy of its loca tion. Would Convey the Property. The Rev. Dr. Jacpbs states that th< Clinton College Association stand! ready to deed over to the coIleg< board of trustees all the property hen as soon as that body will agree to set tie the location here. But in case ol removal the plant here remains undei local control, and the town of Clintor will continue to have a college. Mr. A. E. Spencer expresses his conviction that the board will nevei hamper itself by any pledge as to a permanent location. He thinks thal an agreement as to a period of time might be reached. Mr. M. S. Bailey is perhaps controll? er of more capital than any other man in Clinton, and he declares that a strong effort will be made to keep the college here if later developments show the possibility of it. Mr. Bailey is a very cautious man, however, and is of the opinion that if the college is to be given to the town that can raise the most money there will be no use to agitate the matter in Clinton. The Presbyterians on whom the brunt would fall are not yet through paying for a $20,000 church, and a large sum of money from them is not to be ex? pected now. Furthermore, those able to give would give only on condition that the college be located here per? manently. There is the gist of the whole matter to any town Interested. - One Indifferent, j Your correspondent has discussed the matter with a large number of the representative men of Clinton. Only one expressed indifference as to the result. He took the view that he was not interested at all, that the col? lege did hot add to his income in any way, that of course he supposed it was a good thing for the town social? ly, and for those whose children at? tended it educationally also. This man was a marked exception. There is no doubt that Clinton as a community is anxious to keep the col? lege. Another gentleman, one of the sanest and most influential men in town, puts it In this way: "If the college board had said to us, 'We want to enlarge and build up the college, and make it worthy of Its name. It is worth a great.deal to any community to have such an institu? tion. You have never spent very much on this college. Now we need money to improve it. If you want to keep the college here do your duty by it. If you do not value it enough to invest in it we wi?l move it to a town that does. Let us know what you will do before we open the matter.' If the board had taken this attitude Clin? ton would have risen to the occasion. But as it is, as soon as the days of struggle seem ended they'astonish us by throwing the college' open to bids for removal and our first definite in? formation about the move is gotten from the newspapers." -This gentle? man voices a sentiment prevalent in Clinton. - What Clinton will do remains to be determined. It is for the future and its developments to decide. There ia a feeling that when the matter goes to the Presbyteries for decision Clin? ton's moral claims will count for something. If not the college will be likely to go. Manning's Rival Is Summerton. A gentleman from Summerton, who takes an active interest in all things looking to general development, was in Manning last Monday, and in the course of a conversation with a bank official said he noticed the efforts of the Times to arouse the people of this town to get together to devise means to bringing the contemplated new railroad to Manning, but, said he: "We Summerton people are not going to let Manning have a competing rail? road connection without a struggle, as we realize the advantage of competi? tion and we propose to exert our best efforts toward securing the railroad for Summerton." The Times in a former issue surmised as much. We did not expect to see the Rogans, Davis, Rhames, the Searboroughs, and the Smythes drowsily basking in the* sunshine of contentment and let a prospective railroad which promises^ so much go by without throwing out tempting baits to land it, and from what we understand, Manning might as well realize that In entering^ com? petition with the above named busi? ness men, we have foemen worthy of | our steel, and there is no use to rely upon any trust-to-luck methods. We must make up our minds to put our- , selves in position to offer tempting in? ducements to bring the railroad here. There ars some who are unwilling to vote bonds for a railroad; these are simply attempting to cross the bridge before they reach it They are scaring at shadows; if it should be required, and, in the judgment of men of brain and patriotism it is necessary to issue bonds to get a railroad, it will be time enough when ?we are brought face to face with the proposition, to gulp, gag, and kick, but for the present let us all make up our minds whether or not a competing railroad here will be of advantage. Then let us ascertain if sane people realizing the advantage of a competing railroad line are will? ing for the sake of a few dollars to let this advantage slip by, and go to a ri? val town that is not doing business on the watch-the-spigot-while-the-waste flows-out-of-the-bung-policy. There is absolutely no need to do any croaking about bonds or other re? quirements, if we can get additional railroad facilities let us have them re- ? gardless of cost, and let us all go into i i the scheme with the spirit of our friends in Summerton, determined to win; then it will be "a survival of the i longest pole will trash de cimmon." If Summerton can win the railroad, it will mean a great deal to that en? terprising town and we will lift our hat to her, and if Manning wins it, it will not only help Manning, but as Manning is the hub, the entire coun? ty will feel the beneficial influence. Manning Times. ROOSEVELT "DOCTORED" AGAIN. Williamstown, Mass., June 22. Roosevelt received the degree of L. H. D. from Williams College this morning and made an address to the gradmi'M of thac ar*..?par in?tit;it?on L. H. L?. literallyy mea .7 3 d'ct?r o* human letters. This degree is seldom conferred by colleges. Joseph Choate and Elihu Root also received L L. D honors from Williams this morning. After making a brief address to the townspeople Presi? dent Roosevelt left at 1:30 p. m. for Washington. This is the first trip Pres? ident Roosevelt ever took without "Bill" Dulaney, his personal messen? ger. Dulaney dying at his home in Alexandria, Va., from consumption which attacked him less than two years ago. A TERRIBLE WRECK. MORE THAN A SCORE OF PASS? ENGERS KILLED. Twentieth Century Limited From Chi? cago to New York Ran Dito an Open Switch at a Speed of Sixty Miles an Hour. Cleveland, Ohio, June 22.-Accord? ing to reports given out by railroad officials and at the hospitals this morning seventeen lives were lost in a wreck of the Twentieth Century Lim? ited at Mentor, at 9:20 last night. The Lake Shore record breaking train bound for New York hit an open switch and in an instant the monster locomotive and all but one of the cars behind it were piled in a great heap at the crossing. More than a score of persons were injured. j The dead are: Thomas R. Morgan, Cleveland: Jas. H. Gibson, New York; H. H. "Wright, Chicago; E. Arbaugh, Milwaukee, identification not positive; J. R. Bennett, New York; M. Walters, Hamburg, N. Y.; W. D. Mickey, port? er; Henry Trintz, barber; also three unidentified bodies of males at the morgue; F. J. Brant, Toledo; Ray. I* Rogers, New York; J. A. Bradley, Ak? ron, Ohio; Archibald P. Head, Lon? don, England; Chas. S. Wallan and Engineer Allen Tyler. Superintedent Moon gave out thia statement this morning: "It looks like malicious interference. Three-quar? ters of an hour before the limited was due a fast passenger went through here. The switches were all right then and the train went through with* out stopping. At 9:20 the wrecked train struck the open switch in from of the depot. Conductor Campbell rushed back and found that the switch was open and locked open. I have not theory a; to hew the switch became open, but the wrecked train showed that some one tampered with the switch." Conductor Campbell of the train made a statement which completely \ bore out that of Superintendent Moon, The train consisted of four Pullman cars and one combination car. But one, the observation car, remained on the track. According to the re? ports the fire, which added horror to the wreck, was due to the explosion of the boiler of the locomotive. ' Two more bodies of victims were recovered from the ruins this morn? ing, but they have not yet been iden? tified. Cleveland, Ohio, June 22.-There is some circumstantial evidence that a boy was the cause of the wreck of the Lake Shore Twentieth Century limit? ed train. Two men, William Usher and James Barnes claim to have met a boy soon after the wreck with a lan? tern and who said to them he ha'*, shut the switch.- It is reported that a boy in Mentor had recently been boasting of the fact that he carried a switch key and of how easy it was to open a switch. It is supposed he is one and the same. The inquest will begin Monday at Painesville, Ohio, conducted by Coroner. York, of Lake county. State Railroad Commissioner Morris and the coroners of Cuyahoga and Lake counties will also try to fix the blame and find cause for the ac? cident. Citadel Commencement. The following is the programme of the annual commencement of the South Carolina Military Academy: Sunday, June 25, ll A. M.-Bac? calaureate sermon by Rev. A. N. Brunson, class 1S88, in Washington Street Methodist Church. Tuesday, June 27, 5 P. M.-Com? petitive Drills at Baseball Park. 5 P. M.-Company Drill. Wednesday, June 28, 5 P. M.-In? dividual Drill. Thursday, June 29, 6 P. M-Review and inspection by Board of Visitors and final dress parade. Friday June 30th-Commencement Day. ll A. M.-Opera House, Chaplain for the day, Rev. W. P. Witsell, class 1894. Invocation. Annual address by Professor W. Spenser Currell, M. A., Ph. D., of Washington and Lee University, Vir? ginia. Addresses By Cadets. Subject, Cromwell, the Hero-Cadet R. F. Willingham, Macon, Ga. Subject, Japan as a Faction in Civ? ilization-Cadet Thos. H. Moffatt, Chester, S. C. Award of diplomas by chairman of the board of visitors. Benediction. The Yorkville Enquirer has in? stalled a second linotyype machine in its office. The Enquirer is the only weekly or semi-weekly newspaper in the South with two linotype machines. PROHIBITIONISTS APPEAL. Ali Address From the Recent Colum? bia Conference. Marion, June 23-Mr. Louis J.. Bris? tow, who was secretary of the recent Prohibition Conference held in Co? lumbia, today gave to the press of the State the address of the conference, which he was commissioned to write. The delay in issuing the address was occasioned by illness in Mr. Bristow's family, and his unavoidable absence from his home. The paper follows: To the people of South Carolina: The prevailing * condition brought about by the sale of intoxicating li? quors through the State agencies and otherwise is such as to deman the at? tention of even the most thoughtless, and we have endured the evils rising out of the liquor traffic until we feel the necessity for determined effort to I remove the entire liquor business: We therefore, appeal to all good citizens of the State to join us upon the fol? lowing grounds: The sale of liquors for beverage purposes is not a function of govern? ment. The State cannot enter into any competing business with her citi? zens. The State has no better right to engage in the sale of liquors for profit than she has to engage in cock? fighting, in horse racing, in gambling, or in the setting up of dens of in? famy. The evils arising out of the liquor business of the State are literally hor? rible. It is generally admitted that three-fourths of the crimes commit? ted by our people are directly due to the drinking of liquor. The homicides have increased in the State since the enactment of the dispensary law more than one hundred per cent, while crimes of all kinds have kept pace in proportion. The dispensary system ha* in? creased its sales of intoxicating li? quors enormously every year, and last year it consumed. $3,500,000-the equal of one hundred thousand bales of cotton-of the common stock of the State, and put back in its stead a mere pittance in education while it poured into the State millions upon millions of its own evil products. The men employed to conduct the liquor business of the State must nee-, essarily be of low moral conceptions. Before a man can get his own con? sent to serve in the business he must put the money he is to receive for such service into one side of the scales and into the other he must put the sorrow and shame, the poverty and crime, disease and death he is to be instrumental in bringing into the homes of the people. If with him the money outweighs and he strikes the bargain it is because of his moral ob? liquity. Hence the dispensary can be conducted only by the weaker mem? bers of the human family, and is open to all kinds of crimes, as is evidenced by the large number of dispensers who have come short in their ac? counts, and the general charges of corruption, from top to bottom, which have become the common talk of the whole State. The interest and excitement rrfani fested when it comes to the election of a member of the liquor board by the legislature indicates that the free distribution of "samples" has had the usual effect, and it is commonly ac? cepted as true that members of the liquor board wield more influence in legislative matters than any like num? ber of members of the legislature. This, in all probability, accounts for the fact that enough South Carolin? ians were found in the legislature to vote the passage of a law which al? lowed the establishment of a dispen? sary by the vote of a bare majority of those in favor of liquor selling, while it demanded, in addition to a major? ity vote of sober, God-fearing men, a tax of thousands of dollars laid upon themselves to get rid of a dispensary. The constant violations of the dis? pensary law by those whose duty it is to execute the law is rapidly carrying our people into utter disregard of all law. The restrictive features of the dispensary law have well-nigh been obliterated; so that any and every one. just when he or she pleases, buys, without signing any "request,** all the liquors desired. Instead of restrain? ing liquor drinking the dispensers are making constant effort to increase sales in order to get more profit and keep their dispensaries from being closed by the State board. Fancy brands of liquor to entice the unwary are kept In all dispensaries so that new and young customers are contin? uously being "roped in," especially from the country people, and as a re? sult there is moro drinking and drunkenness in the State today than ever before. In tho negro race, who have little moral restraint, it is diffi? cult to find, enough sober bricklayers A MATTER OF HEALTH POWDER Absolutely Pare MS MQ SUBSTITUTE and carpenters in any town or city of our State to build an ordinary dwell? ing house, while the common laborers are tending rapidly to drunkenness. We present chiefly the financial and political side in the foregoing, and en? deavor to show to the intelligent busi? ness man the importance of ridding the State of the great evil. The moral and religious side of the Question in? volves too much to be treated in this paper. That side outranks the politi? cal and financial side as immortality and eternity outrank mortality and time. We rejoice with the good people of Marlboro and Greenwood counties, who have aiways resisted the devilishv efforts of the liquor forces to foist on them the accursed institution; we lift our voices in gladness with those of the God-fearig men pf Cherokee and Pickens counties who, in their man? hood and might, have pverwhelming ?y routed the business from their bor? ders; ?.nd we commend the efforts of other counties which are now cam? paigning- against the damnable agen? cy of the devil and wicked men, and we appeal to the citizens of every county in the State for their own good and for the good of the people, to rise in their strength and join hands with us in the effort thus to sweep from our midst the most iniquitous scheme of liquor selling ever devised; the most subtle agency of evil ever presented by the devil to our people; the most hideous serpent that ever fastened fts deadly fangs in our body politic-the State rum shop. THE OGDEN WRECK. Railroad Commission Makes Public Its Report to the Legislature on the Wreck. Columbia, S. C., June 21.-The rail? road commission today finished its re? port to the legislature on the wreck of the Ogden special at Greenville, The report fully sustains the position of the railroad officials that the blame attaches, to Engineer Hunter and Con? ductor Acker of the special for failure to observe the rule which required them to come into the Greenville yards under full control. It finds this rule is "In accordance with the best practice of standard American rail? ways and that it is wise and best cal? culated to promote safety." The report lets the crew down with this finding, "It appears from the evidence that they had been furnished with the rules and had been examined on and knew them, but simply in this action, at least, misinterpreted them." The report observes that the ope? rator at Greenville should have made every effort to notify the yard crew and as to the special crew says, "Railroad companies should ?nly em p1 >y men thoroughly familiar with all orders, rules, etc., concerning their work." The report concludes with the re? commendation that the railroads pro? vide a special messenger for yards at Greenville, Spartan burg, Charleston, Columbia and like cities. Commissioner Earle filed a suple? mental report in which he differs with the other members in several im? portant particulars. He contends that regardless of the rules the Greenville yard employes should have had the tracks clear as they had ample infor? mation that the special was coming. He finds fault with the rules which do not provide for clearing a yard in such circumstances as well as requiring the special to approach under control. He dissents from the conclusion that Hunter was acquainted with the road. If the Catawba Power company de? velops the water power on the Wa teree near Camden within the next two or three years Sumter may be able to obtain cheap electric power from this source before the contract with the Sumter Ice, Light and Power company expires.