The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 18, 1914, Image 6
UHIVEBSITY PRESIDENT CHOSEN
WILLIAM HVKSi I II CURRELL,
LKITI KKR AM> SCHOLAR, IS
chosen nuMMPtr.
Ifcatrd ol Trustees i:\prcv?? its Appre?
ciation of Work of Dean Who Ha*
Brm Acting l?rc*klont for Months?
New President Born In Charles
ColmbU. July 15.?William Spencer
Currell. a South Carolinian, who has
been at the head of the department
of English of Washington and Lee
university at I<exlngton, Va., for the
last SO years, was yesterday elected
president of the university to succeed
Dr. 8. C. Mitchell, who resigned sev?
eral months ago and has since been
elected president o* the University of
Delaware.
After the meeting of the board of
trustees of the university yesterday
the following statement was issued In
regard to the nlectlon of Dr. Curroll
as the president of the university.
"The board of trustees of the Uni?
versity of South Carolina today elect?
ed Dr. William Spencer Crrell as
president. This action was taken
after mature and careful consideration
and after many names had been con?
sidered. Dr Currell was most highly
recommended by personal friends and
acquaintances?the first suggestion of
hie name coming to a member of the
board in personal conversation with
Cot. Anbury Coward, who bad known
Dr. Currell ae a lad in Yorkvllle,
/ where the elder Currell had been a
successful teacher. This suggestion
wee followed, as Dr. Currell was In no
way a candidate for the place and
overtures wsre made him. Later on
a special committee of four members
of the board went to Richmond,
where for an entire day the represen?
tatives of the board and Dr. Currell
weal over the matter and at today's
meeting Dr. Currell's name was for?
mally preeented by a special commit?
tee of six, known as the 'president's
committee.' i
"The board was anxious to secure
ae the head of the university a South
Carolinian of the highest character, of
culture and who at the same time
could and would continue the excel?
lent, outside work Inaugurated by Dr.
S. c. Mitchell while he was president,
of the university. The purpose of the
board la for the prealdent of the- in?
stitution, wherever he can, to spread
the evangel of education and for this
Dr. Currell is especially suited, long
having been recognised as a public
speaker of rare attractiveness.
"Dr. Currell was born 56 years ago
In Charleston and as a boy lived in
thle State, and his connections and
f people are still essentially South Car?
oline. He was calied out of the
State to occupy chairs In the depart?
ment of Kngllsh. first at Hampden
Sldney, then at Davidson and for 10
years has been at the head of the de?
partment Of Kngllsh at Washington
and Lee.
'The board.found from Its Inquiries
that Dr. Currell was a man of the
highest character, of lovable disposi?
tion, a tine speaker and that he had
the utmost confidence and admira?
tion of all who have ever been asso?
ciated with him and his 'boys' were
enthusiastic about him.
'The board at its meeting today
took occasion to unanimously adopt
reeeltulona thanking Dr. A. C. Moore,
who haa been acting prcsldon* of the
university for some time, and to record
Its highest appreciation of his excel?
lent administration and the patriotic
and sealous spirit that he has thrown
Into the work.
"Go\. Blease sent a letter to the
hoard, stating that he could not be
present on account of tho campaign
meeting, hut aai'ed that he bo record?
ed as voting for Dr. Moore as presi?
dent. Ilia letter waa recorded In the
minutes.
'The board scted upon n number
administrative matters thut had to
t>f> considered and adjourned for two
weeks "
William Spencer Currell was born
la Charleston on May 13, US*. He
was thr son of William and Agnes
Wltkle Currell. He received the de
greee of bachelor of arts and bachelor
of pedagogy from WashlnKton and
l.ff university In 1H7H, the degress of
master of arts In H7U and the decree
of doctor of philosophy In Ihhj
from the same Institution.
??n June 2*. lHHs, Dr. Currell mar?
ried Mlas Sarah Scott of Currlngton,
Va. He was professor of Kngllsh of
Hampdcn-sidney college, Va.. from
1311 N 1**6. In 1**6 he was elected
to the chilr of Kngllsh at Davidson
college, X. C. He severed his con?
nection with Da\hl*on |n 1 H!?5 to be?
come professor of Knglish ami modern
languages at Washington and l*ee uni?
versity at l.exlngton, Va , where be
hss held his chair of Knglish since
l*9t. Dr. Currell's popularity as a
lecturer la ?lteste J by tho fuel that
h#? hss frequently appeared no the
more prominent chautauejssj circuits.
He contributed to the "Library oT
Southern Literature" ati edotlfahts
sketch of Dr. Kdward So'llher Joynes,
professor emeri'us of modern lan
gusges at the University of South
MB SUCCEEDS UTE.
?WiUfyn selects hiral
school si PEIl visoh.
New Official of State l>e|Mirtment of
Education Is Well Kimwu School
Mau.
Columbia, July 15.?Lueco
Gunter, superintendent of the Hock
Hill schools, was yesterday appointed
State supervisor of rural schools to
succeed W. K. T?te, who resigned
some time ago to accept the chair of
rural life in George Peabody College
lor Teachers, Nashville, Tenn.
?The acceptance of Mr. Gunter
means much to the country schools of
the State," said J. E. Swearingen,
State 8perintendcnt of education, in
discussing the appointment.
a native of Aikcn county, Mr. Gun?
ter received his early education in a
country school. He was graduated
from the University of South Caro?
lina in the class of 1900. After one
year's successful teaching in the
school at Waverley. he was elected to
teach in the Presbyterian high school
at Columbia.
In 1903 he removed to Beaufort and
remained there at the head of the
school system for seven years. In Sep?
tember, 1910, he returned to Columbia
as assistant to the State superintend?
ent of education. The following sum?
mer he was asked to accept the su
perintendency of the public schools
of Hock Hill, where he has done three
years of eminently constructive work.
At the Spartanburg meeting of the
State Teachers' association last March,
he was elected president of the de?
partment of city and town superin?
tendents. He Is also a member of the
general commission on education
created last year by the State Bap?
tist convention.
"The new supervisor," said Mr.
Swearingen, "is emphatically a school
builder. While In Beaufort ho led tho
movement that resulted in tho modern
$20,000 school building of that city.
His first movement on entering upon
his duties at Rock Hill was tho erec?
tion of two new school houses in the
Mane bester-Aragon suburb and in the
Highland park suburb. Later, he led
the campaign for a $75,000 bond Issue
for school purposes. The Central
school was thoroughly remodeled at
a cost of $22,000, and last Juno tho
new high school building was com?
pleted at a cost of $32,000. This last
building has been pronounced the best
adapted high school structure in the
State. This varied building experience
thoroughly qualifies Mr. Gunter to co?
operate in the movement for better
school houses in the rural districts.
"He has always stood for thorough?
ness and efficiency in the class room.
Special attention to the elementary
grades and to the problems of school
attedance has always characterized
his 14 years of school work. As an
educator ho is thoroughly In sympa?
thy with every effort to improve and
strengthen the public school system."
He will enter actively upon the
duties of his position as soon as he
can remove from Hock Hill to Co?
lumbia.
GOV, BLEASE ASKS AID.
Issues Proclamations Calling for Con?
tributions for Lauren* and York
Storm Sufferers.
Columbia, July 13.?Gov. Blease has
issued proclamations asking aid for
the sufferers from the recent wind,
rain and hail storms In York and
I .aureus counties. Tho citizens of the
State arc called upon to contribute ac?
cording to their means. In ordor that
the funds may be properly distributed
< ontrfbutions should be sent to the
following men whose names are giv?
en In the proclamation:
For York county?W. I). Grist,
Yorkvllle; l>r. T. N. Dulin, Bethel,
Yorkvillc. ? F. I).; John T. Hoddy.
Kock Hill; W. B. Bycrs, Hock 11111;
H. M. Barnctt, Yorkvllle, H. F. D. Xo.
tf; W. W. Stanton. Clover, ft, F. l>.;
C, 1* Col.b. Hock Hill.
For laturens county?G. A. Brown?
ing. Jr.. Goldville. May Off Clarence M.
Ilabh, I ?aureus; Mayor John It. Cope
land, Clinton.
TWO AVIATOHS MEET DEATH.
Aeroplane of Ku?Ian OUlcer* Col?
lapse.
O* hakov, Kussia. July 15. Two
more Kussian army a\lators, Capt.
Jcsslpow and his mcchanh lan, wen?
killed today when their aeroplane col
lapsd during a flight
llanacd for Murder of His Sweetheart.
Paris. Ark.. July 15.?Arthur Til I -
man. 11 years of age. WSJ hanged h?
d iv for the murdei of bis sweetheart.
Amanda Stephens, last March. Both
families urc prominently connected,
He protested his InnoceiKC.to the last.
i'arolina. l>r. Currell is eredely known
for his contrlbtlons to various mag?
azines and reviews as well ;is for bis
interesting and scholarly lectures
Dr, Currell is now in New York de?
I!Verlag a series of lertureH at the Cnl
VtfsJty of, the City of New York.
FOLK DENOUNCES BLE?SE.
BAMBERG CHAIRMAN SCORES
GOVERNOR'S CONDUCT
TI1KHE.
Candidates Show Considerable Fire
Hut Crowd .Listens Bopertf ally
Wtlh Little Heckling.
Bamberg, July 15.?The meeting of
eundidntcs for State olllees here to?
day furnished an attack on the gov?
ernor for his behavior at the sena?
torial campaign meeting in Bamberg
by H. C. Folk, county chairman and
presiding officer at the meeting. Mr.
Folk did not mince his words and
there was but one attempt, which
failed, to interrupt him in his bitter
attack on the action and character of
the governor.
All candidates for State offices were
given a courteous reception and re?
spectful attention. The few attempts at
heckling were quieted down and the
meeting was in sharp contrast to the
factional feeling displayed at the
meeting in Aikcn yesterday. The
crowd was in a good humor and ap?
peared to be for the most part in op?
position to the policies of the admin
i istration.
The bitterness among the candidates
for minor offices Is increasing and
many of them today indulged them?
selves in rather violent attacks on the
public records .of their opponents.
Sarcaslc allusions to the platforms
of fellow candidates and a defense of
the newspapers and their work fca-J
turcd the speeches of tho aspirants
for the office of the chief executive.
The meeting was called to ordor at
10.30 o'clock by H. C. Folk, county
chairman ,in a shady hollow near the
Southern railway tracks. The Rev. W.
II. Hodges offered the invocation.
Chairman Folk in opening the
meeting read a satemcnt in regard
to tho senatorial campaign meeting
hold in Bamberg. He made a vitriolic
attack on the action of the governor
at that meeting, when he tore up a
telegram and spat upon it. Mr. Folk
said In part:
"I want to thunk those of this au?
dience who were present at the sena?
torial campaign meeting for the
splendid order that, under the cir?
cumstances, was maintained and for
giving each speaker an attentive
hearing.
"I commend you especially because
had I realized, as many of you did,
what happened I would not have re?
mained silent as you did, and tho
governor, notwithstanding tho pres?
ence of his armed bodyguard, would
have apologized then and there or he
would not have spoken from our plat?
form that day.
"My unfortunate physical disabil?
ity?blindness in one eye?prevented,
or rather spared me, from witnessing
the disgraceful spectacle of the gov?
ernor of our proud old State, tearing
up and, as an insult to the Demo?
cratic party of which I am the head
in thls\ county, spitting upon a paper
containing pertinent and legitimate
questions propounded in the name of
tho Democracy of Bamberg couty by
the chairman of this meeting.
"Such an act can not be justitlcd
or approved of by oven his most
blinded and partisan followers and
was but a spontaneous portrayal, by
himself, of his ill-breeding and the
lowness and dirtiness of his charac?
ter. It would be ugly in the extrcmo
coming from the ignorant lackey boy
around a third class livery stable,
where the governor probably learned
his code of manners, but utterly un?
pardonable coming as it did from the
governor of a proud State.
"This insult was primarily aimed at
me, no doubt, but it waa no less an
insult to every Democrat of the coun?
ty, for, by virtud of your votes, 1 am
the head and spokesman of our palry
and an insult to me as your county
chairman Is an insult to every Demo?
crat In tho county and should be re?
sented as such.
"But why ?1 it! not the governor an
SWer tho QuestionsT They were sim?
ple, pertinent and legitimate and
read as follows:
"Telegram. 'In the primary you
swore to support the nominees of the
party. I spported you as the nomi?
nee for governor. Are you support?
ing me us the nominee for master?
If not, why not? Answer.
(Signed) " 'H. C. Folk..'
"Question. 'Is a man who violates
his oath at the ballot box a fit person
to semi to the United States senate .*"
"These were the questions. Why
did he not answer them? Surely he
did not lind himself in a holo from
which he could not extricate himself
by foul if not by fair means.
"Hul it is a fact thai he did nol
answer, and by his failure to do so
has he no| admitted that he perjured
himself at the ballot box? lias he nol
admitted that one who perjured him?
self at the bullol box Is unlit to bo
sent to the United States senate?
These are legitimate conclusions t<? be
draw from Ids actions and by them
he stands self-convicted of the
charges preferred,
' Why, then, docs he not retire
from the race?
I "< Mi, he sayi he stands as the friend
AFTER HUERTA, WHAT ?
MEXICO CITO DOE8 NOT KNOW
WHAT TO EXPECT.
Tin? Ex-Dlctator sahl to Be Fleeing
to Um) Coast and Ills Successor is
Waiting to Learn What Policy Car
ran/.u Will Pursue.
Mexico City, July 1(5.?With Gen.
Hucrta fleeing to the coast, Carbajal
installed as provisional president and
heavy forces ??f troops and police
ready to prevent disorder, tho tension
here is acute today. A large body of
soldiers kept a sharp vigil all night,
hut the city remained quiet.
Tho resignation of Huerta was
brought about by many months of pa?
tient work by the diplomatic corps.
The next step will be the endeavor
to induce Gen. Curranza to deal
amicably with Carbajal for the es?
tablishment of an ad interim govern?
ment to hold authority until an elec?
tion can be held. Foreigners have
been assembled in concentrated zones,
I and arc strongly udvised to keep off
I the streets. The resignation of Hu
crta was not generally known in tho
I city until this morning.
NEW HOPE DAY.
Large Number of Former Members
und Friends Attend.
Well, the congregation pulled off
that affair known 'is New Hope Day,
as stated in your paper, and it was
quite a success. Among the visitors
from a distance, as friends or former
members, we mention Mr. Joe tlui
ileld, his wife, and Miss Eva, Mr.
Frank liaker and family, Miss Addle
Cato of your city. Among our neigh?
bors were Judge Gillis, Willie Vtnsou.
Mrs. Jenkins, Miss Carrie Jones, Mr*:.
Charlie Baker and son. Loin, Davis G.
j Brown and son, Author, and othes.
Mr. J. Frank Williams delighted us
vith a plain, practical address. Ever.\
cne seemed so pleased with the occa?
sion that they have expressed a dt -
sirs for its repetition ii> tho years to
come.
Ono of the pleasant features of the
occasion was the meeting of Mr. H.
C. Bethen With a number of his old
fupils, for ho taught a number of
years in this and adjoining commu?
nity.
On Satruday, the first installment In
the persons of Genevievc Langlcy and
Dorothy Manning, of the house party
at,the home of Mrs. H. C. Bethen ar?
rived, then on Monday Carrie Mar?
guerite Lenoir of Canulcn, Emma and
Amanda McLeod of Sumtcr, and later
Elizabeth and Kate Keames of Item
bert. When last heard from they
were having a jolly good time eating
>..
melons, swimming, romping in the
' n ? <. *
barn loft where they spun many a
tale feeding the stock, bringing in the
cow, riding horseback, driving, boat?
ing, fishing, bathing and playing, he
aides pranks on Mr. Bethea, various
games. One of the funniest things
was the trot Emma took, when the
cow ran with her.
On Thursday, July 9th, the Sabbath
school of Bethesda church hold Its
annual picnic on the church grounds,
attended by the community around
and folks at Ilagood. A splendid ad?
dress was delivered by Lacy U. Wes
ton, a ministerial student of Wake
Forest, X. C.
Children's Day exercises are book?
ed ta tho afternoon of Sunday, July
12th, for this church.
Wo had almost forgotten to men?
tion tue moonlight picnic at her home
on the night of July 8th, gotten up
by Miss Courtcnay Atkinson for her
cousins, Misses Sarah and Frances
Mellette and Bessie Ivos of sunder
and attended by the young people of
the entire countryside. They report
it a most pleasurable occasion.
Mrs. W. J. Spencer, her son, Doug?
las and sister, Drusillu Amnions, are
visiting her daughter, Mrs. McClellan
of McClellanvtlle.
Miss Hood Entertains.
Miss Bessie Hood entertained her
young girl friends last Saturday af?
ternoon at her home on North Main
street. The girls were entertained with
a contest making numerous words of
"July Fourth." Miss Sara Kdmunds
succeeded in making the most, so was
the winner of a fan, which was given
as the prize. Then the rest of the
afterm on was spent in playing Book
Miss Frances Del.mine received u box
<>i candy for her success und Miss
Kdlth Williamson, for her lack of suc?
cess, received the booby, a baby rat?
tle.
Cream and cake was served by the
hostess. A pleasant afterm on was
spent by all.
of the poor man!
"He has fooled us twice, and he
thinks he can fool US again. His
record shows that he stands as the
friend nol of the poor man, but ol
the criminal three-fourths negro ami
one-fourth white?for he has par?
doned black and white in thai pro?
portion, and yet he would have you
believe he is nol the friend of the
negro."
$10 Discount
Allowed each pupil who enters oui < oi
lege within the next thirty days. If in
rcrested, write at once for full particular*.
Klectric fans installed in each depart?
ment of our (loilegc.
McFEAT-BOWEN BUSINESS COLLEGE, - Columbia, S. C.
Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co.
SuceettOfll to Booth-Harby Llvo Stock Co. und CeiitrallLumher Co.
Geo. Epperson's Old Stand Opp. Court House
The Peoples Bank
CAPITAL $100,000.00
I We pay interest in savings depart?
ment at the rate of 4 per cent from day
of deposit. We pay 5 per cent on time
certificates of deposit.
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1905 1914
The Bank of South Carolina
Sl/CCfcSSOK TO
THE FARMERS' BANK QL TRUST CO.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $350,000.00.
Our ability increases each year. In every depart?
ment of banking we are prepared to make good.
C. G. Rowland, Prest
G. L. Warren, Cashier
Our Lady Patrons ||
Will find that In the arrangement of our NK\Y HOME we have
made special provisions lor their comfort. In addition to a cozy
corner of the lobby, provided with writing fahles and comfortahle
scats, we have a special rest room for the Indies, and we cordially
Invite them to make um* of It.
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independence*
a Bank
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Bk-50
If .July 4th? Independence day marks our
Nation's fight for liberty, and should re?
mind all to strive for individual indepen?
dence by starting a bank account.
U Without elTort there is little chance
for accomplishment and none for oppor?
tunity. If you earn money, it is a duty to
save part of it and we are ready to aid
those who have the desire to become inde?
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ESTABLISHED 1889