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PEABODY FUND INVESTIGATION THO WITNESSES IiEPOKE COM MITTI I N I STEKDAY, Dr. Johnson ?>r Winthrop and Eormer 4."?,. Aiwl, Member of Hoard. Talk of Work. Columbia, February ?Two wit? nesses were iauMl*f] yesterday by the legislative committee investigating the charges made con cernlng the work of l?r I, c Mitchell, president i?f the I'ntverslty of South Carolina, to secure an appropriation for that institution TP.-*,- witnesses were Dr. I>. It Johnson. who made some additional statements following his testimony of the day before, ami Martin F. Ansel, former governor and member of the Peubody board of trus? tees. The supreme court room was crowded, and testimony of both was followed with close attention. Oov. Ansel gave some interesting history of the proceedings of the board since Its establishment in 1867, and Dr. Johnson again stressed the fact that he had no enmity toward other insti? tutions, but that he was working solely for Winthrop and thought that the University of 8outh Carolina should know that Winthrop stood very close to the 1ViIm.,i> board, and that as a result of the Interference of the Southern universities much money was kept out of the state of South Carolina. When the committee was called to order Sen tor Weston asked Dr. John? son a few questions concerning the life of Oeo. W. Peabody. It was brought out that the fund could have been distributed In 1S97, that being the expiration of the 30 years named in the donation by Mr. Peabody. Mr. Weston?Who Is responsible for the university not securing the $40,000? Dr. Johnson?I am responsible for Winthrop getting $90.000?that is. to1 a lar?e extent. 1 The appropriations for the various colleges and universities were take* up according to the records and pro? ceedings of the Peabody board. As previously published, the Universities of North Carolina. Georgia. Louisiana, Arkansas. Virginia, Mississippi, Flor? ida and Kentucky received $10.000 each, under certain conditions, and th?- T*r' ? r ,f S t'i * Texas unc' MtSSQSfl and lehn Hop-j ki ts unJvsi?itv rvcerted $6,ovo | public Schoo? vuik Th'3 was on be 1 rscomt'i ? Ion >t a committee oi five, of which Oov. Ansel was a mem? ber. Senstor Wants! read from the pro geedlngs the motion made by Qov. Ans I that the part of the fund going to the negroes be divided among the several Southern States, under direc? tion of the State boards Of education. As was brought out later, this resolu? tion waa defeated, and the sum of $350.000 was given Is a fund for negro education. Dr. Johnson, questioned by Mr. Weston. repeated his statement that had the Atlanta proposition been adopted Winthrop would not have celved s dollar. Mr. Weston?Would you say that the uni\-r-:'v trueteei were op peeing your efforts ?o secure money for Win? throp. Dr. Johnson?It seems to m?* that you are pr??e?-? ulng under a mistaken Idea This hearing Is the result of a letter written In 1911 by an alumnus of the university and my reply. 1 had nothing whatever to do with the hear? ing, and yet you put me In the posi? tion of a prosecuting witness. I re? gret the whole matter, but I resent being put In that attitude you are trying to put me in. Mr Weston?I merely asked you t for information and wished to kno.v if the cause of the trouble might not have been caused over the resolution by Oov. Ansel. Dr. Johnson?Those dtnTeffSJMSI are past. You can easily .-?ee regarding the message of Gov. Please that we did get our $?#.##! ami we-e not cut out of that as it would appear. That was a mistake. Senator WeStS* Did the action at Dr. Mitchell interfere with the chances for Winthrop securing more money? Pi Jefcaeoa?i sshwri the action oi the Atlanta conference and the rep f ;.?i committee f the p? ?h<"i\ board did seriously n terf. re with the securing ol between $200.oou und t .""' by Winthrop m? Wessen We are lavestlgs ins Dr. Mit?beiis net Ion In securing the lust ? o.,." l?r Johnson- We ?"t the f )? ? 0 Th- . nsA< d to , st at oir s Ithoul m> SSKd hut Mr W?loa Thai l?r Mitchell U i Inte l, i ? in Jonasos No f*ir I kie-w ot the Atla? a petite.Ii md I klc a th.it Wintbn.p sad otaef aorasal who?hi could not >?> ' ?lollal it that . b ? Went through I rSSt Sjted M then and I sasssst M sws i st seeatt d ? agst Mod have kept the peace The lovor nor iislsfilssj to the present sas i? |lv.u pioposed a bitter tight but I replied to MM pbasantly and I \* .^h to state again that I hive been fot> I into this fight. II I had been ...II I on at a conference I would not ha.e voted to cut off the University of South Caroline Without a dollar. I have prevented a tight but it in not appreciated, I have had to face a ho? tde committee and a hostile audience, but I wish to state that I am here to tell the facts and propose to tell Un? truth. Mr. Weston?It seems to me that tho committee has the right to ask any questions. l>r Johnson- You could get those facts from the other side. Why put me in the position of a prosecuting witness I am lo re to state the facts? Mr. Weston?You asked for the money because you believed it to be your duty to do so? Dr. Johnson?Tee. Mr. Weston?Then what is wrong in the university here and other uni? versities asking for a part of the fund? Dr. Johnson?As I have said before, all knew the close relation between Winthrop and the board. The college was named after the chairman and I have the records here to show that the members always believed in Win? throp and its work. They considered it a child of the Peabody board. I wish also to state that I did not know anything of the recommendations of the committee of 1905 until after the meeting in 1911. Mr Weston?Was it not provided that the fund was for 13 slave States? Dr. Johnson?In a general way for the Southern States. Replying to a question by Senator Weston as to the fact that many of the members of the board asked did Dr. Johnson think it would be good faith to leave the negro out In the distribution of the fund, Dr. John? son replied that Qov. Porter of Ten? nessee had said that in the final 6\z tri">ution the negro was contemplated. Some of the testimony of the pre? vious day was reviewed?tha. relating to the committee of 1906 and the en? gagement of Wallace Butterick as i agent to investigate conditions re I lating to the distribution. Examined by Mr. Welch, Dr. John? son said that Winthrop college vas the first of its kind in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Mr. Welch?Y'ou resented the inter? ference of the university in the ef? fort to secure a pavt of this fund for this State. Dr. Johnson?I did not resent the 'frort "f the university to secure any y 8.*ned a petition that ? j 0,000 to a certain num ties and not a dollar to a afhrop. Mr. Vveico Have you objected to a part of this fund going to negroes? Dr. Johnson?No. It was cutting out Winthrop that caused me to ob? ject. It was not the point of negro education. Ry Mr. Young?You have read that portion of the message as to a fight between the colleges. Is there any? Dr. Johnson?No. I have never put one obstacle in the way of any other institution. Mr. Young?Who got Qov. Ansel on the board Dr. Jonson?I had something to do with it. Answering further questions by Mr. Y- ung. he said that he knew Dr. Mitchell well, and had never heard of his working for negro education. Mr. Young?Why do you say the committee is hostile to you? Dr. Johnson?By the way I was ap? proached by Mr. Weston and Mr. Nicholson. It is an impression. Mr Weston?>When you say ap proached you mean In thi? examina? tion? I >r Johnson?Yes. Mr. Nicholson stated that he had nothing but kind feelings for Win? throp and its officials, and if his manner conveyed an opposite im? pression it was u mistake. Gov, Ansel was then sworn. At the outset h<> showed his familiarity with the proceedings of the Peabody board. He read the first letter from Peabody to the men the educator had selected is tue first trustees This letter was written In teil and pointed out the urgent need for doing something In tile impoverished section that had suffered so much In the war, and that he wished le give $1,090,000 to be h< Id In trust and devoted to the cause ot education, l?s purpose was that ihc proceeds be devoted to ths entire population Tins. Gov, Ansel pointed ? ?nt. was one of the points. This let? ter also stated that Planters bank hondl of Mississippi. amounting to over fl,ooo.ooo, were al*o turned over t.. tlo trustees, and although they bad not puld Interesl in years they were \ iitd The letter gave power as to the piling of vacanch . and provided j that at the end of JO years the fund ? might be distributed. The second leitet was written ? Ith lab ra in w htch MI Peabody pointed out that Ihe distribution of tin proceeds of t he t und was left I with the trustees, and thai any gift made did not necessarily hind the trustees on th.it particular commu? nity. The third arol last letter called upon the board to help those Htates j firsi that |K ed< d in lp first, and as they benefited to pie - lie proceeds clse wlore. it add. i thai another |1, ooo.ooo in securities and $38 4,000 in Florida bonds issued years before were to be added to the fund. Gov. Ansel said that the Mississippi and Florida bonds, which are not to be confused with bonds issued during Radical administrations, were never redeemed. <Jov. Ansel then sketched the proceeding*! of the board and its policy of distributing the proceeds of tin- fund. He told of the appoint? ment of the committee referred to as the 19 06 committee which was named at the meeting In 1905, but which re? port was not published until 1911. He reviewed the recommendations of the committee which would have distrib? uted about $400,000 provided the States raised a like amount. The re? port of Wycllffe Kose, the agent of the fund, suggested that $500,000 go to the Peabody College for Teachers, pro? vided the institution raise $1,000,000. Gov. Ansel then told of the appoint? ment of a committee of which he was a member, to consider two matte, s? the first being whether or not the board having distributed a part of the fund should not now distribute all of it and the other aa to the considera? tion of the various recommendations made as to its disposal. The com? mittee decided that it should dis? tribute all of the fund and made a re? port as to its distribution, which is printed above. About $350,000 went to the cause of negro education. "I tried to get as much money as possible for South Carolina. In fact 1 asked first for $200,000 for Win? throp." When the board met the items men? tioned above were considered by items and adopted. Mr. Young?Why did the trustees give Winthrop $90,000? Gov. Ansel?I am responsible for it. I assed first for $200,000, then for $100.000. Mr. Y'oung?Why did the university get only $6,000? Gov. Ansel?When South Carolina was reached the $40,000 for the uni? versity was stricken out and given Winthrop and $50,000 which was to have gone to Harvard for a school there was added. I might state that I have always believed in education, and when it comes to education be? tween man or woman I am going to favor the education of the woman. By Mr. Swearingen?If you had not been present at the meeting Harvard would have secured that $50,000 and only $40,000 would have come to South Carolina? Gov. Ansel?Yes sir. Gov. Ansel read a part of the re? port in which he moved that the $350,000 set aside for the negroes be divided among the several Southern States to the amount of $25,000 each to be used by the State boards of edu? cation, the incomes to be used for ru? ral supervisors. This motion failed to pass Gov. Ansel then moved that any un? expended balance go to Winthrop col? lege. It is not known how much this balance will be a>, dome of the gifts were made under certain conditions and these conditions may not be com? plin! with. This motion is still upon tlie minute books of the trustees. Gov. Ansel said that Dr Mitchell and Au? gust Kohn, a trustee of the university, ? ante to him and asked him to secure some of the unexpected balance for the university. They said they were not lighting Winthrop. At the meeting last November Messrs, Mitchell, Kohn and Swearin? gen appeared, as did Dr. Johnson. By Mr. Welsh?Didn't the large ap? propriation given Nashville have something to do with cutting down Winthrop ? GOV, Ansel?I think it did. Questions were asked by Mr. Wes? ten and Mr. Welsh to show that had some of the plans of the committee been carried out there would have been very little left for the negroes. Replying to questions Gov. Ansel said that he considered the fund a trust and that he would not have vot? ed to cut the negro out altogether as tlte first letter from Mr. lYabody to board said for all the people. Answering Mr. Kohn, Qov. Ansel said that the university representa? tives made it plain that there was no light Questioned by Dr. Mitchell, Qov. Ansel said that under the Atlanta proposition the negro would have re? ceived less of the fund. Dr. Mitchell wished to stress the facl that the committee appointed in 1006 and the agent, Dr. Rose, did not mention Winthrop College, although the University of South Carolina was mention* d. 1 ?r Mit. bell 1 >id not most of I he Southern universities got the $40,000 with tb. exception of South Carolina? QoV, Ansel Tiere was another. led any other State normal school (Dr. Mil. lull mentioned a list) get anything ? Uov Vnsel No. but 1 mad. .1 right foi them all i >r, Mib b- il \\ lsh< d to stress tin point thai educational conditions ha< i hn rigi d bit ..Ii. r a few mot <? qu< h lions an ndjourntm nt was ordered nn til ?bis .iitei noon a' tb< sume hour, Miss Pauline CumttllngS, of Pal /.eii. was a vlsltoi to tin city Friday FOR A "GREATER OLANTA." Hoard of Trade Organized in Thriving ing Florence County Town. Olanta, Feb. 6.?Monday night Olanta took another .step forward in the line of progress by organising a board of trade and appointing various committees to put Olanta before the eyes of the world. The following of? ficers were elected: J. L. McLendon, /?resident; L. C. Elrod, vice-president; i). X. Baker, secretary and treasurer; with these, seven directors were also elected, and all pledged themselves to work for a "greater Olanta." It may not be amiss to state that Olanta has had some "wireless" in? formation of late, that with the proper encouragement the Seaboard could be induced to come through Olanta on Its way to Georgetown or Charleston, and the committee on new enterprises and railroads is getting data to put before them that will probably look interest? ing. A second tobacco warehouse is being agitated, and as a good start was made on securing the funds, it is al? most an assured thing. Another great help to this community is the putting in of a Bell telephone long-distance wire to the local exchange. This line will run through the Lake City central office and will pro j a great conveni? ence to every one here. With the coming of the Seaboard, a first-class tobacco market, a good tele? phone system, combined with the pres? ent successful business now estab? lished, Olanta may well feel that her day has truly come, and with the good backing of a thrifty country, it is safe to predict that her days will be long and prosperous. TO WARN LINERS. British Government Proposes Protec? tion Against I<-elK*rgs. London, Feb. 5.?The British gov? ernment has entered into negotiations wdth the principal North Atlantic steamship lines with a view to equip? ping a vessel with a powerful wire? less installation to patrol the ice re? gions and notify wireless stations on the American coast and liners plying the Atlantic of the location of ice? bergs and of similar dangers. The cost of the service as contemplated is to be shared by the government and the companies. F1KST PRESIDENTS GRANDNIECE Mrs. Margaret Mahaffey Washington Sloan Dead, Age<l 83. 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