The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, February 05, 1904, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C, FEBRUARY 5, 100-4.
CEEMSON COLLEGE.
The history of this college is doubtless
known to many of our readers,
that in 18S9 the State of South Carolina
under and by virtue of an Act of
the General Asseinhly accepted the bequest
of Thomas G. Clemson. The
terms and conditions of the will were
that the Fort Hill plantation in Oconee
county be devoted t.< the erection
and maintaining of an agricultural
and mechanical college. Before
the bequest was finally accepted
there was much discussion among
the politicians, for just about that
time tlie organization of the ' Farmer's
Alliance" and the "Reform
Movement" was rife over the S^ite.
and the name of B. R. Tillman was
most conspicuous as tlie leader ar.d
inaugurator of this movement, so the
pulse of the dear people mir-t be felt
before going into so new and gigantic
a scheme as an agricultural college.
The prevailing idea and argument
used was that it would afTord a grand
and heretofore unprecedented oppor
tunity for the poor farmers sons to
be educated in scientific, theoretic
and practical farming and mechanical
arts free or at a mere nom'nal
cost. That upon the broad fertile
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expenses of the institution and thus
make it in a great measure, if not
wholly, self sustaining; this proved
to be impracticable, therefore the
college has been supported by a handsome
annual appropriation by tlse
State. We have written the ubovo
as a mere preliminary leading up to
what the college now is, and has been
for several years past. The changes
that the college has undergone since
its establishment as an agricultural
and mechanical institution have been
varied.
The introduction of a military feature
was an innovation and departure
from its original design and contrary
to the terms and conditions of the
will?higher education, classical,
civil engineering, electrical engineering,
militar}' tactics?thus making
almost and entire change in the curriculum,
the agricultural and mechanical
art almost eliminated. The work
of the farm is done by convicts and
hired labor. The committee from
the legislature that visited the college
a few days ngo make this finnntial
statement. Total receipts and
disbursements to Dec. I, IWUJI: Receipts,
$l;i3,8ir,.0S; disbursements,
$111 ,222 lt>; leaving a balance on
hjmri, JOoo. J, ltKM, of $3,010.02.
It has been contended for some
years that the fertilizer or tag tax,
all of which goes to this college, is
far in excess of the needs of this institution
; some years this tax is
more than in others. Statistics of
the college show that not lo per cent,
of the students pay even the forty
dollars, and less than 10 per cent, of
the students aro graduated, expert,
scientific farmers, and do not pursue
farming as an occupation after leaving
the college. It was also shown
by the report of the committee that
a number of applicants for admission
to the college had to bo turned away ,
for want of room and other accommodations.
In the face of this fact '
a bill is before the legislature provid- '
ing for 120 scholarships valued at \
$100, when it is known that there is .
now not sufficient accommodation in
the institution. In addition to free
tuition, the State would offer scholar- *
ships to bo paid out of the regular f
appropriation. We glory in tho v
grand and noble work tho State is
doing for her sons and daughters,
but do not lose sight of tho fact that *
there are thousands who fill the pub- 1
lie schools who must be content with o
three or four months attendance out (j
of twelve, at the expense of handsome ^
and more than ample appropriations '
for the support of colleges of higher v
education, t
W. D. OKI E'S CASS.
If Senator Tillman fails in his ef- J
'arts to defeat the confirmation by si
;')< Senate of W. D. Grum's appoint* g
ru nt as collector of tho. port of Char- , a
j-ton, it will be quite interesting to i tl
<now how persistently he has op-ja
posed this appointment and thereby S
lelayed confirmation. Senator Till- ii
inan scored one victory when he had n
the Senate to agree to his resolution jo
to have Secretary Shaw to furnish j e
the Senate with the information as I
t) whether or not "Crura is now hold- y
ing commission as collector of the s
port of Charleston. If so give date, i
and sei.d the Senate a verbatim copy r
thereof. Was his appointment tnado 1
in accordance with law, and if so c
what law? Is there any law or pre- I
cedent for the holding of an office of \
this kind by a do facto official? Is c
the contention or intention to claim e
and exercise the authority to make i
such appointments during a construe- 1
tive recess as this appears to be?" c
Secretary Shaw In his answer evaded r
the real point in issue, another reso- t
lution was uttempted by the Senutor, c
but Senators Aldrieh and Spooner t
objected to an immediate consider- c
ation of the matter and the resolu- i
tiou went over. The (piestion raised [
by Senator Tillman was a technical 1
one as to a constructive recess, in j
view of tlie fact that the extra ses- *
sion of Congress adjourned and with- r
in the hour the regular ses- t
sion convened, contending that the n
President could not possibly have t
made any appointments in the interium.
Crum was appointed in r
March, 190d, during the recess of f
Cjngrcss, and again December 7th, i
liKKl, and Senator Tillman is desirous a
to know under which of these ap- f
pointmcnts Crum contends for con- j
lirmation. The Philadelphia Ledger f
suggests that Crum pursue the course t
adopted bj Mrs. Cox, the colored ]
post mistress at Indianola, Miss., I
who refused reappointment and there- <
by relieve President Roosevelt and i
the people. "The obvious lesson of
this struggle in Mrs. Cox' case is of 1
somewhat similar coutest over the
appointment of another regro, \V. I).
Crum, to the eollectorship at Charleston,
S. C., is that it is neither wise
nor politic for the Federal government
to force upon a community an
iinnoint.ee. white or black, who is obtions
in the South can not be ignored,
and no more sentimental consideration
justifies a President in running
counter to their safety." Cruin's
case is very similar to Mrs. Cox'
only greater complications attend it,
in that the Senate failed to confirm
the appointment, and tho President
uin'io iiuviiiici uuriiig !l uunstruciive
recess of Congress. Senator Tillman
evidently has tho President, Secretary
Shaw and the Republican Senators
in a swing; and while we admire
and commend his course, we fear the
fight he has so valiantly made will
only tend to hasten the confirmation
of (drum's appointment by the present
Senate, since so large a majority
are Republicans and supporters of i
the President and the administration,
1 its actions and policies.
M c. Bryan now begs leave to amend
his dictum as to silver being present-1
ed us u live issue to the country by j
t he Democrats this year. He says.
that he doesn't consider imperialism,
or, 1('? to 1 the paramount issue nor yet
does he consider imperialism to be'
that, nor yet the trusts. He pre-'
sents now a composito of all theso in j
the question "Shall the money1
I
changers rule the United States?"and
this lie would submit to the
country as tho issue of 1904. But i
the Republicans will answer no as 1
quickly as the Democrats, and there
will be no point of contact for the'
battle. Mr. Bryan ought to organize
a lyceum to discuss his academic
propositions and leave the Democrat- i
ic party to capture the government 1
and save the country in its own prac- !
tieal way as of ol?l before he ran it 1
oiT the track.?Charleston Post.
Hon. J. Adam Bede, a new Repub- 1
lioan member of Congress from Min- ^
nesota, by his bright and humorous 1
sayings has been classed by his col- \
leagues of the House a wit, and they .1
night have added that he also has -1
visdom. When asked how he pro-j
josed uniting the two races, said that t
le realized that peculiar conditions i
lad brought about peculiar burdens
or the South in this matter and he .
vould not by word or deed do any- j w
hing to add one feather's weight to ?3
he burden. O! for moro Adam I J
iedes. Mr. Bede said, in speaking V
f the Monroe doctrine, that "the H
loctrine is just asjaig as ^he United V
Itates Navy, and no bigger. Do away
nth the navy and the Monroe doc-" w
rlne will go." di
RUSSIA-JAPAN WAR.
As far back as the latter half of tho
xteenth century, 1581, Russia bean
her march of conquest eastward
cross the Asiatic continent. At ^
hat time her territory was limited to
bout eight hundred miles east from
t. Petersburg. Today Russilt reaches
a an unbroken line of five thousand
niles. It is said of Russia that when
ther powers wero at war and the
yes of the world upon that conflict
tusaia moved in her conquests towards
the Pacific, thus step by step,
tud by stealth as it wero, each decade
narked her progress in that direction,
and in this way for three
mndred and twenty years she has
:rept across the continent. Tho
)ullding of tho Trans-Siberian railvuy
has brought UussiA to the outer
loor of Japan's dominion, the north
)rn boundary of Korea. Manchuria I
s no bone of contention, Japan finds a
lerself confronted with a more serihis
problem than ever before so far
is relates to Russia. A review of
he slow but sure advance by Russia
luring all these years, inake.s it ceroid
that if Japan sleeps Rusia will
iontioue to advance, ro there is nothng
but for Japan to fight, and if reinrfa
ho nnppnof nf. nct t.imn in hf?r
listory has Japan been better prewired
for the conflict, while Russia
nth a three thousand mile single track
ailway, is poorly equipped for moving
roopi and supplies from the interior,
ind if a war be precipitated it will be
he greatest war which has ever been
mown to civilization. France, Gernany
and all the eastern powers free
rotn Russian control will be drawn
nto it, and the United States cannot /
ilTord to stand off with folded arms, ?
or her trade interest and Philippine
Dossessions will call for her interfer>nce.
While we have never been,
uid am not now, an advocate of expansion
on the part of the United
States as a government, yet we are
constrained to believe and admit that
the occupancy of the Philippines by ~
the United States, that sleepy people
have awakened to their real position,
powers and rights of which they hud I
never dreamed, for, for centuries they 2
had luin dormant and been, the dupes
of Russian diplomacy and physical
force. Since the occapancy of the
Philippines by the United States,
this neonle have learned modern warof
conducting. Japan has her stu- "
dents in the colleges of Europe and
America, and is now wide-awake,
active and alert. The opening of the tn
closed ports on the Pacific, the trafTi j, a]
friendly intercourse and relations es- a]
tablished by the United States has
done more to educate and enlighten h
this people than a century before had
accomplished. tl
TEXAS CATTLE FEVER. ^
81
At) epidemic of plenetic or Texas h
fever is now raging among the cattle t<
of the South. Secretary of Agricul- a
t ure lias declared a quarantine against
cattlo in the South, the quarantine I
line begins at the northern boundary 0
in California and follows the border ^
lino of the State to the southern, and *
extends eastward ulong the southern 11
confines of Arizona and .New Mexico,
Northern and Southern Colorado east ^
to the Mississippi river, north to the ^
northern boundary of Tennessee; ^
then follows the northern lino of Virginia
to Maryland and the ocean. C(
After Feb. 1st no cattle will be al- ^
lowed to cross the line from the South 8I
except, under stringent conditions
laid down by tho bureau of industry,
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JONE&VIlthU JOTTINGS. tl
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Dcuth of Miss Sullie Long?Other *
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xj \jx* uo > rcu* 1.?? " JL DG Cl^y 18
quite rough and unpleasant and is c<
good weather to bring on grippe t(
und pneumonia. There is already
jome cases of these diseases in our t(
town. %>
Miss Sallie Long died last Satur~ or
lay morning at the home of her sis:er,
Mrs. Win. Smith, near Bogans- qi
/ille, and her remains were buried he
n the family plat of ground at fe
jrilead church yesterday morning.
^lif-s Long was in her seventy third ra
rear and had been in bed for over
hree years from naralysis and bad tb
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i'n nuiKCU it Bicp uuring IIJHC lime.
*he had lived with her lister, Mrs^ ha
V. T. Littlejohn, for a number of
ears. When Mrs. Littlejohn died, ofi
he first of last December, Mies Long sit
as moved to her sister's, Mrs. ha
imith. One brother, Mr. C. R.
iong, and three sisters, Mrs. Poley
ifenn, of Greenville, Mrs. Nancy
Lay, of Laurens county, and Mrs.
ifilliam Smith survive her.
The wife and child of Wm. Barnell,
a colored man of our town, both jj
ied last Saturday morning and
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ere both buried in the same coffin.
Mr. Dan Wallace with his family
loves from our town to Union today,
ad we are sorry to lose- this quiet
ad interesting family.
Mr. Jim Black moves into the
ouse vacated by Mr. Wallace and
Ir. Josiah Lawson will move into
le house vacated by Mr. Black.
The llev. W. II. White, of Lockart,
preached a very interesting
3rmon at the Presbyterian church
ero yesterday. Ilis subject was the
?mptation of Jesus Christ by Satan
t the end of his fast of forty days.'
Mr. II. W. Oos8ett, of the New
lope section, has a right bad wound
n his forehead made by the kick of
is old reliable horse. After about
wenty years faithful service the old
nitnnl turned his heels on his maser
and spoiled his good record.
Capt. R. W. Scott with his young
ride arrived at home last Saturday
here he met quite a crowd of his
cighbors who had gathered at his
ome and had quite a handsome reeption
prepared for him and his
ride which was on the order of a
irprise.
Mr. Marion McWhirter, of Union,
od Ernest McWhirter, of Spartan-*
urg, brothers, spent yesterday with
leir mother. Ilow pleasant it is to
arents to have good boys like these
ho are away At school or business
send a Sabbath with them in their
appy home.
Mr. J. 0, Spears sold 22 bales of
)tton last week at 15 cents. Fif;cn
hundred dollars for the lot.
Isaac D. Page sold a bale of cot>n
here the other day that brought
96. The bale was of course a heavy
le.
Mr. D. A. T. Farr who has been
lite sick, is much better and ho
pes to be out upon the streets in a
w days.
Mr. J. II. Littlejohn improves
ther slowly.
Dr. A. S. Foster is laid up with
e grippe.
Miss Mary Garner, of Pinckney,
8 been visiting the Misses Mobley.
Mr. Samuel Littlejohn, of Gaffney,
rcr spending several days *ith his
:k brotker, Mr. J. H. Littlejohn,
s returned to his homo.
Telephone.
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for
AIRCUTTING AND SHAVING.
Opposite Poet Offioe.
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the weeping skies
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