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FACTS VIUHT DISTHIIUTI? >\
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J. f. Swwu Ingen ami August Kuhn
<.l*o Testimony?Statement by Dr.
l>. ii. JoluiMin.
Columbia. Feb. 12.?A ?h?rt sua?
sion of the legislative committee in?
vestigating the charges made concern?
ing the president of the Unlverslty
of South Carolina, was held yes?
terday afternoon. The witnesses
examined brought out few new facts,
although the testimony was Interest?
ing and gave some additional evi?
dence as to the distribution of the
Peabody fund. J. E. 8wearingen,
State superintenden of education, told
of the visit of the committee from
the board of trustees of the. University
of South Carolina to New York as
did August Kohn. also a member of
the board. Their testimony was to
the effect that the representatives of
the university did not desire to take
away from Winthrop anything to
which that Institution \\ m entitled.
A letter was read from Dr. Mitchell
president of the university, stating
that It would be Impossible for him
to attend on account of Illness. This
letter was accompanied by a physi?
cian's certificate. Dr. Mitchell wrote
In part:
"I deeply regret that owing to sick?
ness I shall be unable to be present at
the hearing of the Investigating com
mltee this afternoon. It Is perhaps
unnecessary for me to add a word
to what has already been said. I am
perfectly willing to rest the case upon
the statements of Qov. Ansel. South
Carolina's representative on the Pea
body board, and of Dr. Wlckllffe Hose,
the general agent of the Peabody
board?both of them Impartial and
fully Informed as to the facts
"The decision In this matter I gladly
leave to the Judgment of your com?
mittee and to the love of fair play
which la an Instinct with the people of
South Carolina."
Dr. Johnson then read a statement
signed by the governor. Attorney Qea>
era! Peoples and E. H. Aull, relating
to the conversation In the office of
the executive.
I?r. Johnson submitted the follow?
ing to the committee:
"sir. Chairman. 1 feel that in Jus?
tice to this committee and myself I
should say that I spoke under strain
the other day when I said two mem?
bers of this committee were hoet?e
to me.
"I wish It Bnf now that I feel that
I waj? mistaken and I wish to make
ti'fes public correction as due all con?
cerned.
"L think I should repeat here that
I thought the university was fighting
Winthrop when the university signed
the petition for Peabody mom v.
which If granted would have left
Winthrop without a dollar, knowing
Wlnthrop's expectations and good
prospects. Also that It was acting in
an unfriendly way In sending a com?
mittee to New York to appear before
the Peabody board In opposition to
the resolution on the minutes of that
hoard In favor of Winthrop.
"However, that matter has been
amicably adjusted, although I feel
that the divided rank? in our educa?
tional froees ahown before the Pea?
body board Jeopardised the chances of
both institutions.
"But I have no wish, and have had
no wish, to harm the university or any
one connected with it. We have had
some differences, and may have
others, but that should noi cause a
fight on tho part of either to injure
the other.
"sir. Chairman, let me explain that
when I said I confirmed the letter
of 1*11 I did net mean to say that
I repeated all of the items of that
letter, or that X made uso of the lan?
guage of that leter.
"Now. Mr Chairman. I wish |q gtfu
my reason4 for believing that Win?
throp loat heavily by reason of the ac?
tivities of the friends and representa?
tives of the Statt? universales in the
matter of the distribution of he Pea*
body fund tn view of l?r. Pose's testi?
mony at the last meeting fli ?hl* i OHI
mitt'*. We will all ssPree from the
testimny given h?r and papers sub
mitt. I I am eur': that Winthrop stood
high In trie estimation of the FstV
body board, ami that I had reason |fl
hope that tt would ?>?? harulsomeU re?
membered a hen the finul dUatftbttUoS
of tin* fund was made
"I did not know of the rep..it of
ltot signed by two in. meets af tie
board unth 1911. 1 b |Vg a tel. i Ujfl
from ib?v. Ansel, in which he says;
?Your wli i ? I The (Iret I km w
of second I art of rep .r i .f npeclal
committee of I90| a is in May, lilt.'
And he aas a m< ml..?r of the board,
and he an i I land asmstautly talked
about it I J.:st Iras* le !??!? that In to
?how iahst I dd not snow, iurml ?
sml Insinuation to th.ntmy not?
withstanding, nut eves if i in i
known of It f wo dd not AS I ? ?!??
sd it as th" sattes of the board ?-??
cause no committee report or g< m i
agent's ref.ort I hfl fix thfl policy Of
board. That policy must be fixed by
vote of the board itself.
"In lsll Dr. Curry, in a letter to
the Peabody trustees, urged that
after endowing the Peabody college
the remainder of the fund be de?
voted to teacher's institutes and to
State Normal Colleges.' That position
**t the veteran general agent did not
fix the policy of the Peabody board as
subsequent events have shown. l>r.
ROM has been general agent of the
I'. abody board only since about 1907,
a short time.
"The board did not adopt the report
of 1906, and my opinion has been,
since learning of it, that it might have,
died but for the petition of the pres?
idents of the State universltes and
the action of the general agent, in?
fluenced, as I thought, by the State
universities. 1 did not know the gen?
eral agent's Interest in the report of
190H until his testimony here the
other day. (I will say here paren?
thetically tha?. I have not discussed
the distribution of the Peabody fund
with the general agent since 1909);
and, Mr. Chairman, I have Dr. Rose's
telegram here, dated February 11,
1913, in which he says. 'I have no
recollection of discussing distribution
of Peabody fund with you since
1909.' And I wish that to be filed,
Mr. Chairman. And 1 did not know
of the influences which governed him
in making his report in 1911 until he
told about them here the other i ly.
"A letter herewith submitted from
Dr. Rose, written in 1909, v ill show
that the whole Question seemed to be
open at that time. 1 have here Dr.
Rose's autograph letter, dated March
27. 1909. He says:
" 'President D. B. Johnson, Winthrop
Normal and Industrial College,
Rock Hill, S. C.
" 'Dear President Johnson: T> g an?
nouncement that th* Pebaody board
will probably distribute the remainder
of the Peabody fund on May 14 is not
correct. This question will not be
considered at that time. The board
will probably appoint at that time or
at some later day during the summer
a committee to take up the consid?
eration of this question. I take it
that this committee will then bo glad
to receive all suggestions and propo?
sitions that the people interested may
desire to make. You Wl] be advised
when his committee is appointed.
" 'Very truly yours,
i signed) " 'Wickliffe Rose.'
"The point is, Mr. Chairman, this
report has been spoken of as of 1906.
Here is the letter of 1909 which opens
up the whole proposition. That is the
question.
"I believed the final policy of the
Peabody board, as shown by the re?
port of the special committee of 1911
and the action of the board In 1911,
was determined In great measure by
the friends and representatives of the
State universities and by the petition
signed by them. I believe the peti?
tion of university presidents revived
that report gave it new life and as a
reeult the Peabody money was di ?
\ verted from Winthrop and the State
normal schools to the universities and
Winthrop lost heavily.
"Oov. Ansel said that he could not
tell what influence the action of the
i university presidents had upon the
votes of the members of the Peabody
board. Dr. Rose said the ?ame thing,
as I remember his testimony, al?
though insisting that he thought It did
not havo much.
"Now, if the fund had not been
dWerted from the State normal
boois, mainly by the action by the
State universities as I thought until
I heard Dr. Rose here the other day,
is it reasonable to suppose that Win?
throp college might have received a
large approbation, between $290.000
and $490,000, as I have said. There
is no quegtlOM about the reasonable?
ness of such a supposition with Win?
throp prestige and close relation to
the Peabody board, notwithstanding
its additional appropriation of $600,
000 to the Peabody college.
I "As It Is, under the present ar
rangsmsnt, Winthrop eolege got
! $101,000, Ninety thousand dollars
has already been appropriated, ami
there is a resolution on the minutes
of tho Peabody board providing for
Winthrop te get the n malnder it the
fund, amounting le about 176,000, As
Illustration of the effect of the pol'cy
adepts I i?y the board at its last meet?
ing* Upon Winthrop, it is proposed to
CUf down the amount of balance that
WOttld thereupon go to Winthrop by
giving tie- South Carolina university
$40,000 of It. and 1 am Willing for this
la be dons so far as l am conoerneo,
"in the first place the Peabody
board did not have to give Ihe same
amot$n( of mono) lo each state, -is
shown m the distribution already
made, and for a long time i have
been urging upon tie peabody board
a concentration of the Peabody fund
upon ihe Peabody college and Wi i
throp college; and i |K ve if the old
pel Icy had obtained and the money
had been gft?? n to norm 11 ' oil- i ?
oncentratlon would have been made
upon Winthrop college to make ul U J
'.?n inspiration and model' for other I
m .i normal schools.
"Now, Mr. Chairman, Just ? word
ind i am through with m> sxplana-I
Hon of my position In oonnectlon with j
this publicity that haa been given.
"If the final policy adopted by the
Peabody board was not influenced by
tho friends and representatives of the
State universities .including the peti?
tion of which I have spoken, then I
am wrong in my surmise that Win?
throp lost out because of the'activi?
ties of the State universities, includ?
ing our own; but 1 firmly believed that
it was so Influenced until hearing Dr.
Rose'a testimony us to the inner facts
and Influences.
"Dr, Rossi testimony teems to in?
dicate, athough he does not say posi?
tively, that the universities did not
exercise Influeftce in determining the
final policy. If he should say posi?
tively that the universities and. the
petition referred to did not have any
Influence with the Peabody board, I
would accept his statement as final.
I have not talked with Dr. Rose about
the distribution of the Peabody fund
since 1909, as I have already said, and
did not know all of the inside facts
about the attitude of the board and
the Influences moving him, which he
gave at this hearing the other day.
"And as you know I have not talked
with Dr. Rose since 1909 about the
distribution and here is his telegram
testifying to that. I have not t iked
with Dr. Rose about the distribution
since 1909."
Se nator P. H. Weston, tho chair?
man, said: "I want to say this in
reply to Dr. Johnson, th\t I appreciate
very much his manliness in coming
forward and making this statement;
that my only interest was to bring
out the facts and I trust that any one
can see that was my only motive."
W. H. Nicholson said: "I want to
say in that connection that I am glad
that Dr. Johnson made the statement
for the reason that the questions that
1 asked were only asked to elicit the
truth and 1 think Aere entirely per?
tinent to the record; and I must tay
that I was very much surprised at
Dr. Johnson's taking the position that
he did, and I am glad that he has
seen fit to make the statement that he
has."
J. B, Swearingen, State superintend?
ent of education, was the next wit?
ness. Mr. Swearingen reviewed the
work of the Peabody board and the
corespondence he had with Dr.
Rose along with the work connected
with improving rural schools. Much
of this work is now carried on by
Prof. W. K. T?te.
"1 am a member of the board of
trustees of the University of South
Carolina and of the board of trustees
of Winthrop and when the appropria?
tions came up at the meeting I was
in favor of giving the university as
mucn as any other Southern univer?
sity." This was the statement made
by Mr. Swearingen. The State super?
intendent called attention to the need
for an educational building at the uni?
versity and stressed the fact that Oov.
Ansel, a member of the Peabody
board, said that he fought for the ed?
ucation of women and that he was re?
sponsible for the introduction of the
resolution providing for $40,000 for
Winthrop college.
"On the board of trustees of the
university we were almost a unit
but on the board of Winthrop I was in
the minority," said Mr. Swearingen.
"I wanted the additional $34,000 for
the university. The university was
given $6.000. By this I do not mean
that there was any fight on WinthroD.
The Peabody fund has been a bless?
ing on tho Southern States as pointed
out by Dr. Rose. In May the uni?
versities of North Carolina and Geor?
gia dedicated their buildings as a re?
sult of this fund. There is no dedi?
cation in South Carolina, There is no
memorial to Peabody at Winthrop un?
less the gymnasium is named after
the benefaetor. There should be no
conflict of interests but I believe that
the board should have recognized the
need for an educational building."
Mr. BWCI ringen referred to the tes?
timony of Mr. Rose and the letter in
which it was stated that on March 10,
1911. it had been suggested that $ioo,
000 be provided from the fund for
each Southern university. it was
finally Suggested that $50,000 go to
Wirithtop and that $50,000 go to the
university as an endowment for a
school for teachers. Both of the above
failed. Mr. Swearingen expressed a
willingness to go to New York, ac?
companied by President Mitchell and
August Kohn, when the meeting of
the board of trustees of the Peabody
fund was caled. The winde dlscus
n emphasised the definite sphere of
colU ge work nd he did not consider
the unlversltj was trenching on the
rights of any one and that any Insti?
tution had the right to ask for a part
of the fund.
Questioned by Mr. Nicholson, Mr.
Swearingen said thai there was no
secrecy at to the petitions for portions
of the funds
Aug'tsl i ohn, member of the board
of trustee*, of the university, after be?
ing worn ii l that the hoard of trua
lo .! of the institution took no action
until after II was announced that iho
fand would be distributed. After the
fund hod been apportioned he had
written Dr. Wlckllffe Ro ?, agent for
tho Peabody fund, that he would be
glad in have the final dlstrlbutton
kepi open and the university C ?n
?Idered. "We did nothing until we j
talked with Guv. Ansel, member of
the Peabody board," said Mr. Kohn. !
Mr. Kohn referred to the vist to New
York and said that he spoke 11
minutes and told of the work for
schools and stressed the friendship for
Winthrop. Mr. Kohn had the minutes
of the meeting of the university
which he submitted.
I >r. Johnson, as a final statement,
said the hardest light he had to bear
was that it was said that he was
lighting Dr. Mitchell. The commit?
tee then adjourned until today.
ADOPTS COMMISSION PLAN,
Spartanburg Will Have Government
Framed on Business Lines in the
Future.
Spartanburg, eb. 11.?Spartanburg
adopted the commission form of gov?
ernment in a special election held here
today, by a vote -of 496 for the
change, and 290 votes against it.
The commission form of govern?
ment will become effective next Octo?
ber upon the expiration of the pres?
ent administration's term of office.
Under the present act, the city will
elect a mayor and four commission?
ers but an amendment to the r.ct in?
troduced by Senator Carlisle, during
the present session of the legislatuer
if adopted, will reduce the number
; of commissioners to two.
BILL TO LKAI IZi: LYNCHING.
Measure of J. W. Ashley Unfavorably
Reported by Committee on Judic?
iary.
Columbia, Feb. 12.?A bill, the ef?
fect of which would be to legalize
lynching for criminal assault, has been
introduced in the house by J. W. Ash?
ley. The measure was unfavorably
reported by the commtitee on judic?
iary, but has been placed on the cal?
endar.
The full text of the bill follows:
"Section 1. That it shall be a full
and complete defense to the charge of
murder or to the charge of assault or
assault and battery %vith intent to kill,
or assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature, for the defendant
to prove by a preponderance of the
testimony that the person killed or
assaulted had been guilty of an as?
sault on a reputable woman with the
intent to commit the crime of rape or
ravishing a reputable woman.
"Sec. 2. That this act shall take ef?
fect immediately upon its approval by
the governor."
TRIBUTE TO CORN BOY.
Business Suspended in House for
Esdogy to Youth.
Washington, Feo. 11]?Business
was suspended for 15 minutes in the
house today while Representative Hef
lin of Alabama, paid a tribute to Les?
ter Bryan, a Kentucky boy, acciden?
tally asphyxiated here several weeks
ago when he came to Washington
a,-? one of the 50 winners of the Ameri?
can Boys' Corn Growers' Club.
NEGRO STILL AT LARGL*
Same Duke. Slayer of Policeman Bar
wick. Has Not Been Captured.
Sam Duke, the slayer of Policeman
Barwick at Pinewood Monday even?
ing, is at last accounts still at large,
all efforts of officers and posses in
search of him having proved fruitless.
Much excitement was at first felt
when the news of the cold-blooded
killing spread, but this excitement is
gradually dying out.
Officers here, both municipal and
county, are keeping a sharp lok-out
for the man and it is probable that
he will be arrested if he dares to
come to Sumter. Reports state that
l posses are still in search for Duke in
Clarendon county around Pinewood
and toward Summerton and even
across the Santee river in Orange
burg county, aiding the county officers
in their search for the fugitive.
It was reported here at one time
Tin sday that Duke had been captur?
ed and lynched, but there is no con?
firmation of this rumor, in fact word
has since been received here from
Pinewood that Duke has not bet n
captured.
Children to Study Papers.
The graded schools in Florence are ;
pursuing a course that is pregnant
With possibilities for good with the
younger children in making them
stnde their bone- paper for the doings
* I
of the people of the World. it is a
shame and a disgrace how many of
the people who are looked on as up
1 to date in a community have no idea
of the trend of public affairs in the
world, of the big things tb.it men
and women are thinking about and
doing. It Is a good thing for the
boys and the girls of the community
to he t tught t" Toad the home paper
and to be Interested in things be?
yond the circle of their own acquatn
tunces and thus !; y a foundation for
a broader patriotism and better citi
' zenship. FIor< nee Tim? s.
VOTE 55 TO 53 AGAINST MR,
REMBERTS MEASURE
Fiiuii Unfavorable Action Comes Af?
ter Bitter Fight?Measure Would
Have Regulated Publication or
Certain Articles in \e\\>?>upel's of
Slat*'?Both Sides of Argument
Vigorously Presented?Sow the
Members Voted.
Columbia, Feb. 11.?The House to?
night after extended and heated de?
bate, killed Mr. Rembert's bill re?
stricting newspapers in the publica?
tion of certain articles. The fight
was to a large extent factional and
bitter.
Mr. Stevenson led the opposition in
a vigorous assault on the bill. The
motion to strike out the enacting
words prevailed by a vote of 55 to
53.
This bill was passed over previous?
ly in the evening during Mr. Rem
bert's absence, but on his appearance,
by unanimous consent, it was taken
up.
Mr. Rembert, the author of the bill,
took the floor in its defence. Mr.
Rembert claimed many malicious
newspapers attacks, and he said it is
impossible to fight the reports which
the press circulates. Mr. Rembert's
bill does not restrict publication, re?
quires that the person offended shall
have the right to prepare a reply
which the paper must publish. Mr.
j Rembert attacked an editorial recent?
ly appearing in a daily which criticised
his bill.
The principal duty of the press to?
day is to keep the people informed
on their public affairs and officials,
said Mr. McMillan, of Marion, who
spoke against the bill. He said that
the Courts offer recourse to anyone
whom the papers have B lied upon.
If an editor pubishes a lie upon any
person he may be prosecuted both
civilly and criminally, said Mr. Mc?
Millan. He a-sscrted that he had no
interest in any newspaper, and spoke
solely in the interest of fair play and
justice.
Mr. C. C. Wyche, of Spartanburg,
spoke in favor of the bill, saying that
the present law is inadequate. Mr.
Wyche devoted much of his time, as
did the other advocates of the bill,
to the recent primary of this State.
"I have been maligned time and
again by newspapers, but that does
not affect me here," said Mr. Stev?
enson, who spoke against the bil.
Mr. Stevenson signed the minority
favorable report on the bill, but said
that his views had changed on the
measure and he now opposed it. Be?
cause some irresponsible person sits
in a newspaper office and assails me
is no reason why I should curtail an
agency for civilization," he said.
He took some of the provisions of
the bill and showed that the article
first published may be replied to,
wbether the charge is true or false.
He read from the Constitution of the
United States and of the State, show?
ing that freedom of the press is
stoutly maintained in both. The
sneech by Mr. Stevenson wa^ one of
the ablest delivered in the House in a
number of years.
Mr. Epps, of Sumter, spoke brief?
ly in favor of the bill and said that its
constitutionality can not be question?
ed. He defended its justice.
Mr. Brice, of Chester, said that
when the feeling of men are arous?
ed they are apt to go too far in leg?
islation. "Upon the freedom of
speech, the liberty of the press, all
wise government rests," he said
"Why, if a newspaper published Mr.
Rembert's speech in full in favor of
this bill, it might, under the law, be
filled with replies to the article," said
Mr. Brice. "You couldn't publish
Court proceedings of any investiga?
tion if you were an editor without
having your columns tilled by per?
sons mentioned in the paper."
Mr. Snapp spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr. Liles said this bill is not only
unnecessary, but unw ise. Mr. Iah s
was the first speaker to give att< n
tlon to the position of the county
newspapers under the proposed law:
that they would all go into bank?
ruptcy, was bis opinion. "The time
has not arrived when truth ami
honesty need protection from the
newspapers of South Carolina,' he
said.
Mr. O'Quinn, rising to question
of personal privilege, resented what
he termed an Imputation on Mr.
Rembert's part, that Mr. O'Quinn
was representing the interests of
? tile State." Mr. Rembert said that
he had m< ml no r< flection ?oi any
member.
Mr, Llles moved the previous ques?
tion, which was the motion by Mr.
McMillan, t<> strike out the enact?
ing words of the bill, wtu- n passed
by a vote of 66 to 63.
Tin? following members vote "aye
Atkinson, Barnwcll, Belser, Bethea
Towers, Boyd, Brice, Charles, Court?
ney, Dantlzer, Del^aughter, 12van*
Friday, Fripp, Qasque, Qreer, llarvej
FTaynsworth, [Rott, Holley, \v. \:
.lame.-, Johnston, Jones, Klbler, l l< -
Lumpkin, McCravey, McDonald, Mc
M Ulan, McQui < n. M i s< j Mean
Mitchell, Sfixson, Mower, Nicholson,
O'Qutnn, Pegucs, Pyatt, .Heady, Riddle,
Riley, Robinson, W. M. Scott, Sher?
wood, Shirley, Stanley, Stevenson,
Sturkie, Thompson, Tindal, Vandeij
Horst, Warner, Warren, Whaley and
Youmans. Total, 65.
The following Voted "nay:' Add/,
Ashley, J. W; Ashley, M. J; Blackwell,
Browning) Pusbee, Clowny, Creech,
Cross, Daniel, Dick, Fpps, Fortner,
Hunter, Halle, Hall, Hardin, Hadley,
Hunter, Hutchison, Irby, W. A. James,
Kelley, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Lee,
Maitin, Melfl, Miley, Miller, Mitchum,
Moore, Mcseley, Murray, Nelson,
?dom, Rembert, Rittenberg, Robert?
en, Rogers, W. S. Jr; Sapp, Schrod?
er, fev ott. W. W.; Senseney, Smiley,
Strickland, Walker, White, White
head, Williams, WTyche, C. C; Wyche,
C. T.; Selgler. Total, 53.
The clincher was then applied, 57
to 50, which definitely kills the bilL
The House adjourned at 10.40 p. m.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION DIS?
CI ssi:i>.
Debate on McCmvey Bill Opened in
House Today.
Columbia, Feb. 12.?The House
opened the debate on the McCravey
local option compulsory education
bill at noon. ?
ONE OPPOSES BILL.
Scorns Certain That Compulsory Edu?
cation Measure Will Pass House.
Columbia, Feb. 12.?From the ten?
or of the debate on the compulsory
education measure, it seems certain
of passage by the House. Out of a
half dozen speeches, only one was in
opposition.
FAVORS COMPULSORY EDUCA?
TION.
Bill Passed House by Majority of
Seventy-two Votes.
Columbia. Feb. 12.?Compulsory
education bill passed to third reading
by vote of 91 to 19.
MRS. ( HAS B. SMITH DEAD.
Wife of Methodist Minister Dies at
Old Home in Orangeburg.
orangeburg, Feb. 11.?Mrs. Mary
Smith, wife of the Rev. Charles B.
Smith. D. D., of the Methodist Epis?
copal Church, South, died here last
night at the home of her mother, af?
ter a few week's illness.
Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss
Copes, the daughter of the late Rob?
ert Copes, of ibis city. She was mar?
ried to Di Smith about one year ago.
She was a young woman of beau?
tiful character and had a host of
friends here, where she was reared.
Her death was a shock to the com?
munity, few being aware that she
was seriously ill.
The deceased leaves a husband,
mother and two sisters and two broth?
ers. The funeral and interment will
take place here tomorrow afternoon.
RUNAWAY" CAUSES EXCITE?
MENT.
Wagon Crashes Against Automobie,
Breaking Wheel of Latter.
In a runaway Wednesday morning
a wheel of an automobile belonging to
Mr. H. W. Harby was crushed when
a wagon drawn by a terrified mule
crashed into it. The mule continued
>n down Liberty street, but was
stopped by the driver, Abram Mc
Quillcr, before it reached Harvin
street.
There were three men in the wa?
gon when it passed the Washington
street school, where, according to the
tale of McQuiller, the owner of tho
mule, the animal was frightened by
the school children. The mule then
started on his mad career down Lib?
erty street, two of the negroes eith?
er jusiped out or were thn>wn out.
The wagon then struck the automo?
bile, breaking the wheel and barely
m'os-ed a team unloading material at.
the City National Bank Building.
Some of the boards of the wagon
were overturned, falling in between
the wheels ami acting as a kind of
brake, by whieh aid McQuiller was
enabled to stop the animal.
Y. M. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.
Young Men and Boys of City Urged
t<? Unite With Association,
it is trie that the Young Men's
Christian Ass, elation of Sumter has
i already a splendid membership?way
yonder above the average for this stae
city, yat there are ^till a good many
boy? ami men in t. wji who should be
members The dues are very reason?
able, $i0(o? ;, \,.u for men, $r?.0o a
\?ar for boys between the sges of li
J and lv, and 13.00 a year for boys be
, tween the ages of 10 and 11 These
dues can be paid annually or semi
annually. The Y m. C. A. urges every
man and bey to join. Money Invest?
ed .n a membership In the v II C
a is one i f the best Investments ?
fellow can make. There you will Und
rest, and recreation, so ial, physical
and moral uplift The m? ml ers of
i he v. If. C a have been said to be
the friendliest sol ?; fellows in town
Join and see for yoursif