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anil outljron. SUlfTEK WATCHMAN, EMtabllsIted April, 1850. "IV Just and Tear nut?Let all ?ie ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Hit God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, tat?. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 46. GLEMSOM S INCOME SHORT. , 10LJLK4.F: is SCR IU'ltl>E\i:i> WITH MONEY. Revenue) I>???? II?Supt, swear luge*!. .\n?i)xiiuc K?'|Hii't. sm>s sueaa Pttpalar Impressions nr?> Incorrect. "Tha statistical report of Clemson college for the schohistlc year July 1, 1911. to June 30, 1913. is a thought ? impelling paper," said J. K. Swear Ingen, State superint? ndent, In dis cusaing educational matters of state? wide interest. "The figures." he said, "have an industrial and agricultural significance in addition to their edu? cational value." "Tas papular Impression that the oltog i is burdened with too muco money ia not borne out by the fs.-ts," amid Mr. Swearingen "Expenditures for college work proper?In the class rooms and on the college property? amounted to 9171.393.47. Of this ?urn, 9147.fS3.12 was sued for operat? ing expenses, and $23,71 1.25 wus ex? pended for buildings and equipment. "The grow \g demands on the col saga for pi.(die service and extension work required . an expenditure of $134.489.96. Part of this money comes to the college under the Morrill. Hatch. Nelson and Adams acts of congress. Receipts from the t'nited States government must be expanded on the agricultural experiment station at the college. The work on this sta? tiner N>?t during the year $33.599.01, while the branch stations at Summer VfHe and Florence, together with the pubtle aervlee work carried on throughout the State at large, cost $199,999.94. "The college can not maintain a mauds.id of working etlletenev on this baagjT The plant 1. valued at $1,361, 49tflr, and necessary repairs and im provwmenis call for an expenditure of at bnest $26,000 a year. Thin is less than I per cent of the value of the college property. I do not believe the fanners and taxpayers will con? sent* to th< slightest deterioration in the buildings ami equipment, hut will Continue to demand adequate, up-to 4M* afJptiancea and Instruction. ?W the 97 nflk-ers and tea. hers. 99 art men and eight are women. Flfty 91i of the men constitute the actual teaching corps of the institution, und have charge of the class room work for the 834 cadets and other students. The report hows that each instructor tffM charge of an average of 15 stu m?ft- though this average seemg mjL it 94 mparas favorably with other 'om leges in the State. Some mem? bers on the staff of the experiment atatlon also do a little teaching, while anveral of the professors are likewise ige.I in valuable research work fplemental to their class room du ?/Of the total enrollment of 834 stu ititn. ?.7s were in college classes; 70 la preparatory classes, 59 in the one year agricultural course, 12 in the work-boy courae and 15 in the four weeks' course. By dividing the total enrollment into the actuul operating expenses of the college plant, any one ran readily see that the per capita expenditure for the session was $177.0? for each student. "This preparatory class represents almost lo per cent o< the student body. The subjects taught in this class correspond to neventh and eighth grade work of the public school This same giound shm pf be OOVOred In every rural high school as well as In every rural gra led whool employ? ing three tea. lo r- In la< t, thin grade of work < ;?n be dana in man) Bchoola ha\ing only tw.. laaeheti The rulee of the college discourage t be attend an.f these unprep.it. ,| l...ys l>\ re? fusing to admit students who | an be f iv? n preparatory training in their home school. The enforcement of this rule at tTcmson, h..we\ei, as in all other . olleges in the State. Is extreme? ly lax. sire?? freshman requirements at (MenoMtn an? hased on the completion mi ninth grade work, I heltew it would better for the college and for the public schools of the State If this prepHtat -i i . i were discontinued l,eH? than l?? per cent of our boys SVSI enter SeSSSgjS With State Inatltu tlons doing high aehool work, and even elementary h< hool work. Is It poaathl* for public m< hool officer* to build up adequate i ..mmunlty achoula for the large majority of boys whose tialning ends with tin home BChool? "On the other hand, the one-year agri-ulturai .is., offered only ??> students abo\e 1 h \. iiis of nge. h is al? ready Pfwead Us uscfulm s. i?\,r .*,a per crnt of the student bod) <?! ?'l< m aafl take agrnulture Tie < lass ol IS it had 71 graduates, am) ... of tb< mt> pursued the four-year agricultural ssssfM The geaJseMy of ihoes grad Uaten do not return to tin farm be cause they are in demand eg leafh WOMAN LEAPS 10 DEATH. DRAMATIC faring OF MRS. maky rorfhtson at lamm). Tics Kock in Apron ami Throws Her? self Into Mill Stream?Body Ke tutored i^ter by BapoH River, Fred Holiey. Chester. July 28.?With the strings of a gingham apron tied around her neck and a seven pound rock secured In the body of her apron, Mrs. Mary Robertson, wife of Sam Robertson, leaped to her death from the bank to 15 feet of water in the mill race at the Manetta mill. After much diving by Fred HchVy the body was recovered 35 feet down stream. The village of Land-., in Chester county, was stirred by the affair. Mrs. Robertson loft Wylie Camp? bell's house at Lando about I o'clock, apparently in a state of great nervous? ness. She borowed an apron from Mrs. Campbell, which was afterward found tied around her neck at the bottom of the stream. Mrs. Robertson is said to have made threats recently to kill herself but the villagers paid little heed to her. On yesterday her husband left for Columbia to stay some time and this seems to have precipitated the deed. She Is said to have claimed that she had no friends and that the only and dearest friend in the world was going and she thought the suicidal course the speediest way to end her suffer? ing. She removed her shoes and had she not left thi* clew it might have been a week bfore her body would have been found. When she leaped into the streum the noise attracted considerable attention from some boys that were tlshing further down t ie stream. They Immediately made an investigation, which led to the dis? covery of the shoes on the bank. The alarm was spread and an im? mediate search instituted. Mr. Hetley. an expert diver, was near, and he be? gun diving and soon brought the body to the aurface. This made the 11th person that he had pulled from the water. It was at first thought that the drowning had been the result of vio? lence on the part of some outsider, and Sheriff I). F. Colvin and Coro? ner J. Henry Gladden, along With Deputy C. Y. Young, were rushed to the scene in an automobile, Coro? ner Gladden made a careful Investi? gation of the body after empaneling a jury, with g. n. Heath as foreman. He could tlnd no murks of Violence save a contusion on the nose which was attributed to its striking a root or rock at the bottom of the race. ers, scientists, ami agricultural ex? perts. Their work will tell hereafter in mofi nee irate facts, better methods and broader standards in industry, education and farming. The short course student leaves the college to take back to his home the lessons he has harried. A number of these boys are mature and 1 look to wee one or more of them appointed farm demon? stration agents for their counties in the near future. This type of agricul? tural education not only reaches the mature youth, unwilling to attend his home school, but it stimulates the stu? dent to Show what training and intel? ligence can do when applied to farm problems. "The University of Wisconsin an I the University Of Missouri have done more for the farmers of these States in their short courses than any other institutions of the Country ? This be? ginning at Clcmsoii emphasizes the purpose of the trustees and the pres? ident to relate the college more close? ly to the fundamental needs of our people. Any farm lad, unable to spend a year OS the campus but desiring to Improve his knowledge of live stork, dairying, fertilizers, farm Implement! and related subjects, is here given a chance, not only to go to college him? self but to take his father with him. "The fertilizer tax for the year yielded $2P 50?. Though this |fl $1?, 000 above < Y<-tions for last year, it shows a falllns oil of nearly 135,000 from the high water mark reached in 1 ilS-'l 1. While the college is crow? ing on the campus and increasing Its hues of public service ofl the cum? pus, Its chlel source nf revenue ap? pears to be dlmlniahlng. The total i< celpts from all sources aggregated I s. 1.17, ami the total exp< ndl lures, |S#ft,ltS.4Si leaving a balance of |1S,C11 TS, This narrow margin ot civil uiii hardly permit the au? thorities tu carry on their field work during Ihe summer, and to make n. ? arj repairs ami additions without eiuba r rwsamant "ttlSJCg Ihe operating, expenses lot Instruction and administration in tin collegiate department amounted loj MINORITY SENATORS DISAGREE CONCERNING TARIFF RE? VISION. Progressive Republicans Oppoee Smoot Substitute and Favor I,a FoUcttc Substitut?'?Progress on Tariff hill Slow. Washington, July 28.?A division in the ranks of Republican senators over the tariff revision light became ap? parent today, when nearly a dozen progressive Republicans began a series Of conferences to perfect substitute schedules that will be offered to the tariff bill under the leadership of Senators La Follette and Cummins. The progressive Republican mojt'e has grown out of the belief of lead? ing senators identified with that fac? tion that they would be unable to support Senator Smoot's substitute for the woolen tariff. The Smoot sub? stitute was prepared some time ago and Introduced at the time the Democratic bill came back from the finance committee* The progressive Republicans have practically agreed to centre their tight about the La Toilette substitute in the hope that they can carry the rest of the Republican party with them and possibly win some Demo? crats away from President Wilson's "free wool plan." Progress on the tariff bill was slow in the senate today. Prepared speeches were made by Senators Townsend and Warren (Republicans) and short assaults occurred through? out the afternoon upon special items which the Republicans held to be too radical reductions from existing laws. The progressive Republican forces so far have shown no disposition on the floor of the senate to break with their Republican assoc iates, except in a few Votes when' they joined the Democrats, in spite of lower duties. The conferences which began to? day, however, are expected to solidify the progressive, ?dement and bring about a new alignment of the Re j publican forces. Senator La F*\k leite s cotton and wool substitutes and Senator Cummins' metal substi? tute wre under consideration In the conference today and probably will be supported by the progressives. It is expected that a substitute sugar tariff, similar to that which Senator Brielow succeeded in getting through the senate in the last session of con? gress, will have the progressive strength behind it. The senate had completed the con? sideration of rates on chemicals, I drugs, oils and like producta today and had gotten Started in the earth? enware and glassware schedule when adjournment came tonight. Set speeches nre to be made during the week by Senators Gronna and Thorn? ton and Others, but it Is expected that the detailed consideration of the bill will be before the senate almost con? tinuously from now on. TO STUDY PELLAGRA. K. Frances u> visit Several southern Cities. Washington, July 28.?Surgeon K. Francis of the public health service has boon directed to proceed to Sa? vannah and ??ber localities In Geor? gia and South Carolina on special duty in connection with the investi? gation of pellagra. He will shortly visit Spartanburg. . $147,C82.22 .the collegiate training per student costing $1 77.07, represents less than one-half of the actual out? lay required of the college. The va? ried activities of the institution arc so broad and its public service so ramified us to render the calculation of actual expenditures per student somewhat; difficult, Hut. if the total enrollment of 834 cadets be divided into the total annual outlay of $301?, vsl' iL*, the per capita cost will he .<:;?;?;. 7H. This calculation, however, leaves out of the reckoning the nu? merous lines of public service under? taken by the college and requiring over one-half ol its annual income. "Only $5,050 was collected from i tuition lees. This means $6 per stu? dent. This trilling sum suggests the advisability ol abolishing tuition charges in all state colleges. Though this figure for ciemson is the lowest reported foi any State college, it calls iitti ittion to an evil common In them all. This situation |fl in part a< counted for by the 219 tree scholar ships rquired In the college. "Fine results may lie anticipated from ihe three ai re demonstration fit ins suggested lij the college and the state demonstration agent 'or live Hchools In each < ount.v This plan will ultimately had to a special course in pedagogy tot teachers of agriculture I at t he < ollege." RESIGNATION OF AMBASSADOR WILSON MAY ltl .Sl I/r. Views of President and Diplomat Differ Widely ? President is Con? cerned Over Morality of Policy and I IVroi on Latin-American Coun? tries?Embassy in Mexico city to Continue in Charge of Secretary O'ShaUghnensj ? Huerta May lie Asked by Mexicans to Abdicate. Henry Lane Wilson, summoned from Mexico City to inform the Washington administration of conditions in the re? bellion-torn Republic, talked for an . , retary Bryan today, submitting chief? ly a recommendation that the United States use its Influence to stabiliez the Herta regime. No policy was evolved?at least none was announced?hut it became known that the President's ideas and those , of Ambassador Wilson's as to the course to he pursued are so radically different that Administration official! interpreted the day's developments as i forecasting the acceptance of Ambas? sador Wilson's resignation. President Wilson and the ambassa? dor regard the feature of the Mexican 'situation, it was learned, from opposite 1 viewpoints. The President is concern ? ed over the morality of any policy adopted by the United States and its ?ffeCt on other Latin-American coun? tries, and it disinclined to strengthen a government that came into power through the questionable events in? cident to Madero's assassination. Ambassador Wilson, on the other hand, is disposed to lock at the situa i tion, not from past events, hut with the practical idea of the future. He , believes it is the business of govern? ments to look to the future and his suggestions have been in the direction of extending recognition to the Huerta j government if it did certain things to conserve American interests. The InadvlsabiHty from a diplomatic standpoint of maintaining in Mexico City a representative who wou4d not be sympathetic with the purpose of the Wilson administration In Wash? ington is said to have practically con? vinced the president that the embassy In Mexico City had better be conduct? ed for present by Nelson O'Shaugh nessy, its lir.st secretary, reputed here as efficient and experienced. The ap? pointment of a n< w ambasndor would be contingent upon the establishment of a satisfactory government at Mex? ico City. Meanwhile, the president ad? vised Ambasador Wilson to take a rest for a few days, a si he has been laboring under a nervous strain. While the chief officers of the American government s/ere debating the facts of the situatb n today it be? came known that a movement was on foot which might eventually spar?' them the necessity of offering media tion or other kind of interference in ''Mexican affairs, upon which the na? tional pride of Mexico is sensitive. The plan contemplates a> repetition ( of the process by which Diaz abdi? cated in favor of a provisional presi? dent acceptable to both factions in (the revolt against him. Prominent Mexicans of Influence are Interested In the idea, and have Informed Sec? retary Bryan that If the American government would refrain from any policy of mediation, at least for the present, they felt confident of bring? ing about an understanding between t I the warring forces looking toward a peaceful solution id' political diffi? culties. Provisional President Huerta, it is suggested, in the peace plan might be persuaded by his friends that, with the desperate financial condition of Mexico, his resignation would he an act of patriotism and self-denial. He would be asked to name a minister of foreign relations, a post now va? cant, so that through the constitu? tional process of succession the min? ister would succeed him as provision? al president. That Carransa has informally been sounded on ti?e proposition has be? come known, as well as the fact that i certain men already have been men tloned for the provisional presidency who would lie uceeptuble not only to tin- Huerta administration, but to the Constitutionalists as well, The nam? ing of a cabinet b> the new provisional president and the convoking of a gen eral election would follow, and it is hoped by those who are already work? ing i'ii the plan that tin* Putted States would recognise Ihe new government, so that Mexico's credit abroad would rise and make possible the negotia? tions of a loan to rehabilitate the finances of the Itepublle, Washington ofllclals have expressed lio opinion as to the merits of the plan for la nming about peace in Mexico through the mediation of Mexican) Washington, July 2S.?Ambassador hour with President Wilson KEGRO ARRESTED AT BRIGHTS VILLE AND PLACED IN JAIL. Wilson Rogers, Sixteen-yesr-old Boy, i Said to Have Entered House to Attempt Assault?Tmlled by Hlood. hotmdsj Bennettsville, July 28.?A man en? tered the home of a citizen of Brlghts Ville Sunday night and attempted an assault upon his daughter as she slept in her room. She was awakened by the man and jumped from the bed and called her lather. The man ran from the back Uoor of the house through which be had entered by breaking the lock. This occurred about 2 a. m. Henry Hubbard. deputy sheriff, re? ceived a telephone message at the jail about 2 a. m. He immediately tel? ephoned to the penitentiary in Co? lumbia lor bloodhounds am1 < MhVer Robblns left with the dogs on an early train. They arrived here about 10 o'clock and left immediately for Hrightsville. Sheriff Patterson, Deputy Hubbaro, T. C. Chavis, rural policeman and a large number of citizens from Hrights? ville, Bennettsville ami other parts of the county joined in the hunt. The dogs were but on the track and followed it for over a mile eastward, towards Hubbard's creek. They lost the trail where the man had appar? ently entered a buggy. Suspicion had pointed to Wilson Rogers, a 10-year old negro, son of Jake Rogers, who lived on K. W. Riles' place about two miles from the scene of the attempted assault. Deputy Hubbard went to the house and as be approached Wilson asked, "Are you looking for no4." Wilson and two or three other negroes were told to go to the creek. The do-^s crossed the trails of the negroes and followed Wilson until they caught hin?. He was then arre.-aed a-id brought in an automobile to Bennetts? ville and put in jail about 2 o'clock. The negn denied all knowledge of the crime. There is no excitement her.? and the accused will be given a fair trial. ORANGEBVRG CO. will. ENCAMP. Governor Issued Order for Co. I, 3rd, Regt, to Join 2nd. Regt. Columbia, July 28.?The Orange burg company of the Srd, regiment will encamp lore with the 2d, regi? ment at Tamp Wilie Join s, beginning tomorrow. A telegram from ("apt. j Claffy, of that company, late this afternoon reached Governor Rlease and he replied immediately that he would issue the necessary orders. "Issue order for Company I, 2d South Carolina Infantry, to attend encampment July 2'.*," read Capt. Claffy'a telegram to the Governor. "Your wire, go ahead, necessarv orders will be Issued," replied the Governor. There are only eleven companies in the 2d regiment and the addition of the Orangeburg company will bring the command up to the twelve standard companies. No ward has as yet been received from the Bamberg and Harnwell companies as to whether they will attend or not. themselves, but it is known that they are vitally Interested in the financial situation in Mexico, particularly as it relates to the depredation of foreign investments, and any plan looking to? ward a reconstruction of the country'a tlnancea will be welcomed. That both the president and Secre? tary Bryan are greatly concerned over the tangled financial state of Mexico was apparent from the questions which they asked of both their otllcial ami unofficial agents, in Ambassa? dor Wilson s report particular atten? tion was also given by him to the condition of banks in Mexico. Other advices had been obtained, too. as to the heavy drains by the Huerta gov? ernment on the resources of Mexlco'a big banking institutions. in this connection it became known that the diplomatic note citing finan? cial conditions in Mexico as desperate because of the failure of the United states to recognise the Huerta gov? ernment had been signed by the representatives in Mexico city of Great Britain, Prance, Italy. Spain and Belgium. Just whi<h count rief transmitted the note to the United States for in? formation has not been divulged. Some ot tin these points were touched upon in today's conference between ihe president, the Secretary of state and Ambassador Wilson The timltassndoi had previously submitted an historical statement of conditions in the turbulent Republic during the last three years TROUBLE IT SHANGHAI. FIRING RESUMED IX CHINESE CITY AIT KH TWO DAYS' CES? SATION. Heitels Relieved tO Be l>? ltherately Shelling Foreign Quarters in Re \enge for Their Activity. Shanghai, July IS, 11 P. M.?After two nights of qui-?t, firing was re? sumed here at 9 o'clock tonight. Shells burst over the band stand in the for? eign settlement. A Portuguese boy received mortal injuries and other foreigners had narrow escapes. At this hour the figthing continues U is suspected that the rebels are deliberately tra; , their guns on the foreign settler in revenge for the Shanghai vo'a ers' having disarmed v .{no soldierJI ad 12 officers at Chapel Saturday gV Pani' mm vails among the Chinese, < ro\v<'^^ whom are flocking to the ton f\ settlement from the native ci4 All the boundaries of the set ' S>* nt are constantly patrolled by Mgn detachments. Hebels to the number of 2,000 started \ fierce attack on the arsenal and ma. itained a brisk fusillade. The government warships shelled the rebel position, but many of the shells fell in the foreign settlement. The firing on both sides continued intermittently for three hours. The Northerners are holding their ground. Wu-Sung has not been bombarded, although the foreign consuls were warned that the warships would open tire against the forts tonight. The Japanese admiral, who is the ranking officer of the foreign fleet, refused to allow any bluejackets to enter Chapei to aid the volunteers, on the ground that he does not desire to mar? h troops into Chinese territory. YUAN MUST RETIRE. This is Main Object of the Rcvotu ! . - .? t iRsmP tlon. Xew York. July 28.?Dr. Sun Yat Sen, tir.-t provisional president of the Chinese -epuklic, who led the revolu? tion against Manchu rule, today cabled the following in a proclamation to the Associated Press: ? Shanghai, China, July 28.?When three months ago Yuan Shi Kai un? constitutionally concluded the loan with the bankers representing ths live powers almost immediately after the discovery of documents implicat? ing the Chinese government in the assassination of the nationalist lead? er, den. Sun Chia Jen, I appealed to the governments and peoples of Eu? rope to withhold payment of the loan temporarily, knowing that the Chinese people would denounce Yuan Shi Kai for the loan and for the murder and that Yuan Shi Kai would suppress their protest by force of arms. "My appeal fell on dear ears, and Yuan Shi Kai. supplied with fynds by the loan, poured troops into the Southern provinces to dismiss the governors and subjugate the people because they did not approve of his high handed actions and insisted on a thorough investigation of the mur? der of Gen. Sung Chia Jen. "The province of Kiung Si resisted the invasion of the Northern troops sent by. Yuan Shi Kai, and six other provinces rose and joined with Kiang to drive him away from office. "The present war would terminate as soon as Yuan Shi Kai retired from the presidency which he has dis? graced." PUTTING DOWN RISING. New Chinese Republic Making t.ood Progress. Washington. July 28. ? Reports to the stat?- department today indicated that the Chinese republic is making steads advances toward suppressing tb ? revolution there, and that the revolt is expected to collapse because it is not supported by the commercial classes in the south. itear Admiral Nicholson reported the arrival at Kin Kiang today of his flagship, the cruiser Saratoga, and the cruiser Cincinnati. Iii? dispatch indicated that Americans and other foreigners in the Chinese summer capital wer?? safe. BIG Mi l l AT LAMAR. Lamar, July 28.?Quits an unueual sight occurred lore Saturday night, when a 900-pound mule belonging to Luther Fields of Lydia was unload? ed from tbe express rar of the night (tain It was quite a problem to un load the big annual and required tbe assistance ol about 2i men. who pick? ed the eraied mule up bodily and pla.ed it on the ground. The mats was purchased h\ Mr Fields in tlreenville and the express c barge was ti c ut |I8.