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DR. D. B. JOHNSON TESTIFIES CHAR4.KS \S TO PKAHODY FIN I) HKF1 >III: 1NY KSTIt. ATI \ (. < I >M MITT UK iT' H.il.-ni of \N Inthrop I , lls About Amount Retvlwd b> W on lo op ami K4'*M?t r.ipi-i on Southern liilver Oolumh I.? TlM tlrst session of the legislative Sommtttes appoint? ed to investigate ? i rtain statements made by the governor in his inaugural address concerning the Cnlverslty of South Carolina and Winthrop college waa held yesterday afternoon in the supreme court room. President John? son of Winthroup occupied the stand practically all of the time and after making his statement he was exam? ined by members of the committee to make clear certain section of this statement The testimony was most Interesting and threw considerable light on the distribution of the Pea body fund to the various educational Institutions In the 8outh. The fund amounted to about $3.000,000. The members of the Investigating committee are Senators Weston, chair? man. Young and Goodwin and Rep? resentative Nicholson, secretary; Ashley and Welsh. The room was crowded during the session which ad? journed at 6 o'clock to meet again to? day at 4 o'clock. It was decided to hold a session of two hours each day but the examination will be pushed as rapidly as possible. Among some >f the witnesses who are present and may testify aro Martin F. Ansel, for? mer governor; President Mitchell of the I'nlverslty of South Carolian; Au? gust Kohn. a member of the board of trustees of that institution, and oth? ers. The committee was cslled to order by Senator Weston and Mr. Nichol? son read the resolution Introduced by Representative Ashley, calling for the investigation. The resolution referred to remarks made by the governor In his Inaugural address In which he charged that the president of the I'nlverslty of South Carolina went North and agreed that if the Pea body board gave the university a cer? tain amount of money he (President Mitchell) would agree to let the re? mainder go to the education of the nagro, and that this action cut Win? throp out of a considerable amount of money. Senator Weston asked the governor, who was present. If he had any state? ment to make. The governor said that his first Information did not come I from President Johnson but from D. W. McLaurin. a member of the Win? throp board, who showed him a let? ter from F H. McMaster. an alum? nus of the institution, addressed to President Johnson and a copy of a re? ply. This was In September, 1911. Later Dr. Johnson was In the city and lie had a talk with htm In the execu? tive's office. His object In making this statement, he said, was to show that Dr. Johnson was not a talebearer. Dr. Jonson was then sworn. In his statement he said that he had no fight to make on any other educa? tional institution but his duty was to look after the Interests of Winthrop college. He supposed that an alum? nus of th?? university was acting for the university, referring to the lettOf from Mr McMaster to himself. He then read the letter, which was dated June 27, 1911. and which states that the writer had learned that the Pea body board had decided to give $40, 000 to the university but later, at the suggestion of President Johnson, had decided to give the entire $90,000 al loted this State t-> Winthrop college. President Johnson's reply, dated July 15, 1911. says that It was at his suggestion that Winthrop received the $90.000 and he would like to know the name of the laformsati He had been working for 20 years for Win? throp college and it was understood that when the ;\ ihody fund was final? ly distributed Winthrop college wo.ii i g?t a large si tee Dr. J. L at Curry and Melville W Fuller, chief Justice of the supreme court, and both member* of the board, had so In? formed him. It was tbe understanding that after the iVahody Inntluttn at NasbMlle had l ??? n pro ided for Win? throp college wo il l cine in fur per? haps ss much as $'?00.000. The pea hod y alumni in l'.?03, after Indorsing that Institution as the one to be fa? vored, urged that the board distribute the balance among State normal col? leges. Tho Valve fatty of Tennessee d?d not take any such action as the University of South Carolina. This University. he said, had Indorsed a plan a? hereby th*> Poaeody fund be ftatflfcafled among the Southern uni? versities* and not a dollar ge? to the ajufsaal a t.I*. As a result tht Aale lest snywhere between 1100.? ooo ami neeethty 1100,001 The uni? versity, koowlag. the Influence thai Winthrop had With the- p. tbod] board, might have kept nut of this. Only In ret eat ycai i p ,>,,. the nor? mal s? hoell fi State aid ami it was a long t phill fh-ht 111 p . i th. document* t<? prove that i* v ? the <p sire of the board to favrr Wie hrop next to I'. ib??dy. < ?im way from tin late Chief Justier Kuller, who said that he favortd giving Winthrop $."?on,ooo, and another was from the lato William A. Courtenay, a mem? ber of the board, along the same line and stating further that hi- would do sverythtng possible for the Institution, t'apt. Courtenay was succeeded by m irtiu f. Ansel Letters from other members of the l" abody board and others testifying as to friendship for the institution were also readi Dr. Johnson stating that h?> wanted to bring out that his institution stoo.i high??practically nest to the Peabody institute. He SiSO referred to the reports of the meetings of the board. After the death of IV. Curry, ac? cording to Dr. Johnson, certain in? fluences were brought to bear on the board by the Southern universities which would have eliminated the normal schools in the distribution of the fund. In 19 09 at a meeting in Atlanta resolutions were adopted urg? ing that 1100,000 be given them and the balance to go to negro education. The policy of the University of South Carolina, represented at the meet? ing, should have been to help Win? throp. In New York a committee from the university wanted to secure $40,000 of the $90,000 given. He believes this effort hurt Winthrop and It certainly did not help the university. Through questions by Mr. Nichol? son it was brought out that In 1906 a subcommittee was appointed from the board to consider the board tak? ing the step which was afterwards urged by the Southern universities in 1909. The committee consisted of three and two of them favored such action. The other member did not sign It. Their report was not printed until several years later. Mr. Nicholson?The University of South Carolina did not get the $40, 000 asked for, did it? President Johnson?No sir. Mr. Nicholson?Did not some of the other Southern universities get theirs? President Johnson?The University of Georgia, University of Alabama, University of North Carolina, Uni? versity of Florida and possibly others. The following is a copy of the pro? ceedings at the conference in Atlanta In 1909, which was furnished by Gov. Ansel and read by Dr. Johnson: "To the Trustees Peabiody Education Fund: "At a meeting held in Atlanta, Ga., on the 16th of April, 1909, there Were present representatives of eight Southern Stated. At the meeting I there were six presidents and four heads of schools of education. "It wai the unanimous belief of those present that there is no greater want in the field of Southern educa 1 tlon than the need for high school teachers. We could produce statistics and no other evidence to establieh this proposition but we believe the facts are already w.dl known to you. "It is quite true, anc*. wt believe that It is quite evldect that this will continue though we ti i.st that ade? quate provision will be made to sup? ply the demand after some years. "In every one of the universities represented a beginning had been made to supply this need. Theso be? ginnings, in spite of the very meagre support which the universities had 1 sea Sola to supply, are full of prom? ise. It was apparent from the Inter? change of opinions that the specific conditions and needs of the several universities varied, and on this ac? count we do not present in detail a plan for expenditure. "It is our opinion that the widest and most permanent good will be ac? complished by encouraging the SOhOOh of education in the several States. We belieVS that the school of sdu I ation In the State university is the natural medium through which this need of high s< hool teachers should be supplied, nnd WS feel assured that It la the most economical method of meeting the demand. Separat.' teach ers' colleges wo consider entirely be? yond the ability of the States. The excellent normal schools supply a training Insufficient In extent, and in some eases do not admit male Stu? ll* i\\h to registration. "We believe that the young man trained IB the State universities and having taken the course in its school of education is best prepared to serve his BtatS SS high School teacher. "If as WS Confidently believe, the need <?f blub school teachers is ur? gent, and a School of education in the state university is the best and most feasible method of supplying this need, ws roost earnestly request your honorable body to donate |100,000 to each (Mate university In those states participating in this fund, for the training of white teachers and the remaining for the training of negro teachers >ri same Plates, "The ui ? of the Peabody fund up to this time leavei n record of benefi? cence In lh< well established systems of normal schools throughout tie South, and thifl proposition, if :?< ccptcd hv you, will widen and per pet unto tins beneficent Influence. (Signed) "Francis l*. Venable, Pres ld< nt University of S irth Carolina; i s. C. Mitchell, President, Univer? sity of South Carolina; Patterson Wardlaw, Dean. Department of Ed? ucation, Unlveristy of South Caro lina; Brown Ayres, Presidlent, Uni? versity of Tennessee; John W. Abercrombie, President, University of Alabama; A. Casewell Ellis, Pro? fessor of Education, University of Texas; Andrew A. Klncannon, Chancellor, University of Missis? sippi; Alex B. Coffey, Dean, Teach? ers' College, Louisiana state Uni? versity; David C. Barrow, Chancel? lor, University of Georgia." Mr. Nicholson But the University of South Carolina received nothing? Dr. Johnson?No. Winthrop re? ceived $90,000, but, as l stated before, this State would have received much more had not the university inter? fered. In his address to the general as? sembly the governor had the follow? ing to say: "That is a matter for you to in? vestigate, and it hi a serious matter. If they had let Winthrop alone, T am informed she would have got $90,000 and possibly considerably more, but by this underhanded tight she was cut down very considerably in that appro? priation, and you will he called upon this year, as a result, to make a larger appropriation than you would have had to make If Winthrop had received that money." Mr. Nicholson?Did the Peabody w ill contain any provision as to the education of the negro. l>r. Johnson?I do not know. The resolutions of the Atlanta meeting were passed in 1909, but the issue as to Winthrop college was drawn in 1911. Questioned by Mr. Young and Mr. Welch, Dr. Johnson told of the es? tablishment of a training school in Columbia years before the establish? ment of Winthrop college and the aid received from the Peabody fund at that time. At tlrst it was $1,500 a year and later increased. A few years ago a lump sum of $12,000 was ac? cepted in lieu of this annunity for a new dormitory and later $5,000 was obtained. After the Atlanta paper was read, Mr. Young asked if Dr. Johnson knew 1 how many states participated in the | distribution of the interest on the fund at any time. Dr. Johnson said ! there might be a dozen. One State, Mississippi, he said, did not get any1 on account of the repudiation of some bonds. The amount of the fund was ( about $3,000,000 and of this Peabody institute was to receive $1,500,000 j Mr. Young brought out that if a dozen States each received $100,000 and With the amount of the repudiated bonds there would be very little left j for the negro fund. In his inaugural address, the gov? ernor said: "If I am correctly Informed, the Peabody fund being distributed throughout these United States has as one of the members of its trus? tees the Hon. Martin P. Ansel of South Carolina. If I am correctly In? formed, the trustees of this fund had agreed to give Winthrop college about $90,000. The president of the South Carolina college went North, and I am told that Mr. Ansel has in his possession a statement signed by the president of the South Carolina college that if the Peabody fund trus? tees would give to the South Carolina college a certain amount of that money, that he, as president of the South Carolina college, would agree and consent for tho remainder of j that money to go to the education of free negroes. I have tried to get a ; copy of that report, and have r.ot sue- ? Oeeded; but I have the wcri of Frof. j I?. B. Johnson, the able and ?lstin- j guished president of Winthrop, that J that is true." j President Johnson thought that about $350,000 had been the cause Of negro education in the South. He did not know as to the amount that might have been given In this State. Questioned by Mr. Weston, he said that he knew that Mr. McMaster was a devoted alumnus of the university and thought that he must have had some communication with the board of trustees before writing tho letter. He said that he knew Mr. McMaster was not a member of the board of trustees Of the University. He be? lieved, as he- had stated before, that the- university bad made- a mistake. Mr, McMaster, who was present, aske d that he be> given an opportunity to make a statement if he deemed It necessary and he will probably ap? pear later. Dr. Mitt he ll re ad extracts from Ihe Inaugural address e.f the govei nor just before a recess was taken. Sil IM \TS INHOUSl. Hit. MIK II III, Columbia, Feb. 8. ?Yesterday morn? ing at a meeting e?f the- student body of ihe University ?>r South Carolins a set of resolutions expressing the I royalty of the student bodj to and their i onfldence In I >r, s. t J. M Itchell, I h. Ir I president, a/as adopted by a unanl i niOUS Vote. The resolut tonn were ."-tit to Dr I Mitehe II by the Bl ude n( body. They I a re as follows: I "University Campus, Feh. 5, 1913 | "Dr. 8. C. Mitchell, President Univer? sity of South Carolina: "Whereas charges intended to be serious have been preferred against you by one high in authority, and have brought upon you the unpleasant no? toriety of being summoned before a legislative Investigating committee, and "Whereas it is the unanimous and enthusiastic opinion of the students body of the University of South Caro? lina that these charged were made for the purpose of bringing about legisla? tion adverse to the university, and "Whereas we know that your eon duet throughout in reference to the Peabody fund has been open and above board, and determined by a purpose to upbuild not only the uni versity but the entire educational sys? tem of the State: "We, the students of the University of South Carolina, wish to express to you our absolute confidence in your management of the university, our loyalty to you and our unbounded ad? miration for the work which you are doing against opposition that would discourage others; firmly believing that you will be shortly and speedily vindicated before the thinking people Of the State and that your good work will continue unimpaired. "James D. Brandenburg, "John s. Hoey, "C FitsSimons, Jr., **i 'ommittee." CHARMING RECEPTION TUES? DAY. Mrs. Richard I. Manning Enertains In Honor of Mrs. Cocke of Richmond. One of the charming receptions of the season was held Tuesday evening by Mrs. Richard I. Manning at her handsome residence on North Main street in honor of her sister, Mrs. Pres? ton Cocke, of Richmond, Virginia, and Mrs. Henry Richardson, a young bride who came to this city only a couple of'weeks ago. The guests were met at the door by Misses Lissie and Caroline Richard? son and ushered into tile parlor when- they were introduced to the guests of honor. In the receiving line were Mrs. Richard I. Manning, Mrs. Pr? ston Cocke, Mrs. R. C. Richardson, Mrs. Henry Richardson, Miss Minna Richardson and Mrs. Richard D. Lee. In the drawing room the guests were met by Miss Jessie Molse. Miss Theo Lopez graciously presided at the punch bowl and served the guests as they came in. The guests were then taken into the dining room, where they were met by Miss Annio Moore and served with delightful refreshments of ice cream and cake by Miss Anne Rich? ardson. Mrs. Dozier Lee served de? lightful punch. The table was beau? tifully decorated with ferns and red carnations. The occasion was a most enjoyable one for the large number of guests who called during the evening to meet the guests of honor. WATER POWER JURISDICTION? Wann Fight Expected In Senate on Question of State or Federal Con? trol. Washington, Feb. 5.?Conflicting claims of the federal and State gov? ernments to the control over water powers marked the opening of the debate In the senate over the Con? necticut river dam bill through which is proposed to establish the princi? ple of federal control of water power. An agreement was made for a vote on the bill on the legislative day of February 11, but it is expected it will be several days later than that when the vote is taken. Senator Rurton of <?hio, leader of the faction in the sen? ate which favors control by the gov? ernment over the rates and charge of water powers, defended the measure today and will resume his speech to? morrow morning. "The time will come when there will have to be national supervision over these water power rates, just as there is over railroad rates." Senator Rur? ton said. "It will be necessary to re? gard water as well as land as an as? set <>f the nation which must be so controlled as to promote the general welfare and as far as possible offer equal opportunities." (objections to the alleged invasion Of State rights were made by several senators in the debate. Senator Works of California insisted that States alone should have the right to supervise and fix water power rates. Vegro Dies Very Suddenly. Thursday afternoon about 2.30 Lawson Addlsor, a negro hnckman, took sick on ih? street and went into Dr. Birnie/s Drug store for treat? ment. Soon after reaching the plfee he fell over dead, ocath being pro? nounced as due to a weak heart. The criminal docket is extremely light for the coming session of crim? inal court, and it is probable thai o nuntlx r of the n< w cases i n the dock . t will l"' postpone d on account of the facl that the legislature Is non In i'^ sion and some of the attorneys will therefore bo unable to attend court. BULGARS MAKE FLANK MOVE. PLAN NOW SEEMS TO BE TO GE1 BEHIND FORTS TO TCHATAL? JA LINKS. [f [nvadors Capture Defenses of straps. Constantinople Will be at Mercy of Hellenic Men-of-war? More Talk of Peace. London, Feb. ">.- -The Bulgarians are devoting their chief attention to the bombardment of Adrianople and an attempt to capture the Gailipoli peninsula and so take the Turkish forts in the rear. An official dispatch issued at Con? stantinople indicates that the Bul? garians have been successful in their first operations in the latter quarter and, according to a Softs dispatch, the capture of Gallipolis is the chief ob? ject of the Bulgarians' ambition for the time being, and no serious at? tempt will be made to force the Tehatalja lines. The same dispatch says that the Bulgarian attack on Gallipolis is sup? ported by the Greek navy in the Gulf of Saroa if the Bulgarians capture the Turk? ish forts there is nothing to prevent the Greek fleet from entering the Dardanelles, where, in the opinion of naval otticers, it could easily de? feat the inferior Turkish fleet, in which case Constantinople would be at thej mercy of the allies. The Constantinople correspondent of The Standard sends a strange story reporting that the remnant of the Turkish army of Monastir, which never has been precisely accounted for, still is operating in that district and has captured the important town of Koritza, less than 50 miles from Monastir. The statement attributed to the Greek premier, M. Venezelos, that peace will speedily bo concluded, tends, to confirm the report current in European capitals in recent days to the same effect, although there has been no evidence in the shape ot fresh diplomatic movements to sup? port it. The Turkish government, however, evidently is in dire straits for money, even attempting to dispose of the crown jewels and making de? spairing attempts to place treasury bonds in Turkey, Egypt and among the Moslems in India. The Ottoman consul at Bombay claims to have applications for bonds amounting to $5,000,000. It is announced that the ambas? sador's conference at London has ar? rived at an agreement on the formula settling the plan under which the al? lies will take over a portion of the Ottoman public debt and settling also the allies' liability with regard to the Ottoman railways. NO ATTACK. ON ADRIANOPLE. Hour's Cannonading Monday Only Warlike Demonstration Since Re? sumption of the War. Constantinople, Feb. 5.?Apart from an hour's cannonading by the Bul? garians Monday evening at the expira? tion of the armistice, to which the Turks did not respond, no further ag? gressive acts of war are reported at the Tehatalja fortitications. On the other hand the retreat of the Bul? garian right wing and the burning of the town of Tehatalja are confirmed from various sources. The object of the retirement of the Bulgarians apparently is to occupy lines further to the north and west, in order to defeat any tlanking move? ment which the superior Turkish mobility, thanks to their command of the Black sea, might, permit. The Bulgarians arc reported to have de? stroyed the bridges and culverts as they retreated and otherwise have made them unserviceable. According to official information lighting has occurred at Kavalca, the engagement lasting three hours. Reports have been current for some time that the Turkish government purposes selling some of the crown jewels in order to supplement public subscription in aid of the imperial treasury. These icports have ac? quired some substantiation, owing to the presence in Constantinople of a representative of prominent French jewelers. TURKISH POSITION HELPLESS. , Dally Telegraph's Report is That Moslem Government is in Almost Desperate Straits. London, Feh. 0.?The Daily Tele? graph publishes a long nncensored dispatch from its correspondent. Bills Ashmend Hartlett, at Constantinople, in which he says the Turkish people are in suc h a. state of misery and destitution as a result of war that they are completely indifferent as to the fate of Adrianople. "The cabinet is in a quandary," says the correspondent. "it knowt th.it it w iil he compelb d to ced< Adrianople and is only s< < king some means to save its face M is sab thai the coup de'etat was only in tended to occur after Kiamll Cash; surrendered Adrianople tut was pi e clpltated by some mistake. Hence FARMERS' UNION NEWS Practical Thoughts tor Practical iBfllMTH. (Conducted by B. W. Da bos. Pres? ident S. C. Farmers Union.) Some Random Thoughts. The meetings in Columbia last week were so numerous that 1 could not keep up with them? The only ones I was able to attend were the Plant Brooders' Association, the National Farmers' Union mooting and the Farmers' Union conference at Le Coats college. Some accounts of each one were in the daily papers. ess One of the most interesting meet? ings that I ?xUrnded was a hearing of the senate committee on corporations on a bill to allow corporations pro? posing to boost the price of cotton to organize without complying with the present law that requires all such investment companies to go before the insurance commissioner and se? cure his approval before offering their stock for sale. * * ? My good friend Col. Alfred Aldrich of Barnwell was earnestly asking for the passage of this bill in the interest of Col. Geo. Dole Wadley s Southern Cotton Corporation. I was called on by someone on the committee who knew something of my investigations of similar schemes last spring and summer. My experiences then led me to ask the committee to still further safeguard the people against wild cat concerns. While my friend Col. Al? drich took the position that I was right in protecting the uninformed, but this plan would not appeal to the or? dinary farmer but to the gambling spirit in men and would only enlist those who have the money to spare and if they lost, it is nobody's busi? ness. "Mr. Chairman, all we ask is , a gambler's chance to put up the price of cotton. If we fail it is our loss, and we can stand it, nobody else will be hurt." a ? * Knowing that the failure of the Mississippi Warehouse Company which is now in the hands of the courts is hurting the cause of organ? ized farmers, I could not subscribe to this doctrine of my friend from Barn well. Several stockholders in the broken company appealed to me for information about their chances of se? curing some return, but I could not give them any. Regretting most sin? cerely this failure, said to be due to the manager getting drunk and specu? lating in cotton on one side and by others to a fight on it because it was breaking up the "interests," I could not help feeling glad that I had re? fused to sanction it last summer un? til Mr. McMister's investigations showed it to be solvent. They refus? ed to allow him to investigate and of course we could not indorse. ass How anyone can advise going into any corporation with such glittering generalities for its prospects after the results to the one that tried to se? cure the State Union's indorsement last summer, is more than I can uu derstand unless as my friend said, it is the gambling spirit that actuates them. E. W. D. The walls of the City National Bank building have been practically com? pleted for the seven stories of the structure. Quite a fine view of the city can be obtained from the top of the new building. the difficulty the ministry now is in. Thero is not a cent in the treasury and there are no means of getting money until peace is concluded, and. meanwhile, the country is drifting to ruin and bankruptcy. "A great anti-war demonstration occurred Sunday in front of the wir Office at which the Young Turks were publicly denounced as murder? ers and thieves. Ifahmoud Jchefket Pasha appeared on the balcony and tried to make a spot ch, but was greet? ed with opprobrious epithets. "The misery in the Turkish camps is indescribable, it has been bitterly cold, with a heavy snow; the soldiers are ill ted and badly sheltered. Small? pox, enteric ft ver, dysentery and pneu? monia have replaced Asiatic cholera. ? it is understood that the forces at Tchatalja haw been reduced to l'-O. 000, which is c- nsidered ample to de? ft nd the lines. Large reinforcements have been sent to Qalllpolls, w. ?v there are now 79,966 nu n. Theer is talk of takmg a force in the neighbor? hood of Rodosto, to outflank the Bui* gar lane, but such a scheme Is imprac? ticable, In the present state of the Turkish organizat on the army would starve the moment * ttempted to b a\ e the coast. "From a military nd economic standpoint Turkey's position Is hope? less. Nothing cm prevent i \ ? ?i worse misfortunes exccpl immediate ccept* ana of the Im v l d h "