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( VOLCKK LI., JiTMBEE 10. . SEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY T, 1918. TWICE A WEEK, $U? A YEAR. LEGISLATIVE SESSION I MORE THAN HALF OVER * I THE STATE WAREHOUSE ^ILL UNDER DISCUSSION. Harmony So Far in Official Circles in | Columbia?I. W. Bowman is Elected Judge. Special to The Herald and News. A TX7"U^? ^ o 1 Columbia, reo. t>.? wucu a apcv/ifti | message from Governor Blease was i received in the house of representatives on Tuesday night, Mr. Rembert, of Columbia, moved that it be referred to a certain committee. Another member suggested that it be referred to the attorney general, and Mr. Stevenson, of Chesterfield, said he thought it should be referred to the attorney general with the request that th-e attorney general investigate he matter which the governor had directed at tention, and make report to the genera! assembly. This was entirely satisfactory to Mr. Rembert, who said 1 that he would draw the resolution or that Mr. Stevenson could draw it. Mr. Stevenson drew the resolution, and it was adopted. This incident tends to show the harmony which has so far prevailed during the present session of the legislav ture. During the last session Mr. Rembert was looked upon as the floor leader of the administration, and Mr. Stevenson as the floor leader 01 ukanti-administration forces, or "antiBlsase" forces, as they were termed. "The message asked an invstigation of the status of the contract between the -city of Columbia and the State for furnishing water and lights to the State's puSiic institutions^ and called attention to the governor's message of 1912, as to the water and lighting plant being on State property, and asking for an investigation of this matter. Over in the senate the mes sage was referred to the finance committee. A commission, of which Senator Alan Johnstone is chairman, aprecummended that the State pay eight cents per thousand gallons for water. Last year the State paid aOout 4.60 rents per thousand. The increase, taking t-he amount of water used last year as a basis, would be from $7,500 to over $13,000. Gov. Blease protests against this increase. In line with suggestions in his annual message, he takes the position that, as the State able attention during the remainder cf j This wfek and thf next two weeks, j Charleston License Bill. The Charleston license bill, which has passed the house, will come up in the senate, and there is considerable fTuiAiilih'/Ml O o tn vvh'Jf the. will W.O WW ?i 4*v*v V do with it. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier has prophesied that it is likely to pass the senate, "if other communities do not make the effort to tie on to the proposition." The situation with regard to whiskey in Charleston has been rmi^h dismiss#*} in the general assem bly ever since the disp-ensary law went into operation. and th^re are almost as many vi^Ws with regard to it ther<> are people to express them. Statf Warehouse Bill. Senator .Jno L. McLaurin spoke at length in tho s?\*iate c:; Tuesday night irA advocacy of the Stat ! warehouse ? J ^ owns ICH? Sireuuia <tuu navci-i/unv-io, .1. | ought to protect its interests by taxing the companies using the water powers, and that the State is now paying enough for the delivery of its own water. 4adge of First Circait. In joint assembly on Wednesday Mr. I. W. Bowman, of Orangeburg, was elected judge of the First circuit, succeeding Judge R. E. Copes, resigned. Mr. W. L. Glaze, of Orangeburg, who was elected to the position sevral days ago, declined, on the ground that his physician advised against his acceptance on account of his health. Mr. Bowman was elected by a majority of one vote?Senator E. .J. Dennis, of Berkeley, received 73 votes, and Mr. .J. Otey Reed, of Dorchester, received ~j. Mr. Bowman's vote was 82.' Necessary to a choice, 81. Many Local Bills. Both houses of the general assembly have, as usual, been flooded with local measures, and a !arg< number of these have been passed. There are several measures of State-wide importance which are likely to receive consider bill. This bill attempts to meet the constitutional objections held by the supreme court to the bill which passed last year. The bill provides: "For the ^establishment and maintenance of this system an inspection fee of 25 cents shall be paid fir inspecting, grading and weighing each bale of 1 short. staDle cotton and oO cents for j each bale of extra staple cotton or sea island cotton, grown or offered for sale in the State." It is estimated that something like $300,000 would be raised. In his- address on Tuesday night, Senator Mcl-aurin said: "This schem3 of warehousing can be started without a very great outlay of money. We must have a warehouse in Columbia, one in the up country, and one in Charleston to Degin wun. T have thought tha+ possibly with suitable freight arrangements the compress should be in Florence, a central point, so far as railroads are concerned. The scheme can be made seifsustaining, and when other States se^ us operating successfully, they will readily fall in line. I look for great results' from the next meeting of the OUU LUCi II unvicii V.-W 1 * ^^, ?.... recommendations will be made as to a uniform system of agricultural I>anks. They will find South Carolina already operating a warehouse system, which will enable us to use our cotton as a basis for money, without having to depend on New York." The discussion of this bill promises to be one of the mcx=t interesting of the session. Inberitaece Tax Kill Killed. The house on Wednesday killed> Mr. Rembert's inheritance tax bin. rne bill created a lengthy debate. Other Matters of Importanee. Action 011 tM compulsory education measures, the effort to abolish the hosiery mill the State penitentiary, the two-cent mileage bill and other measures of importance is yet to be | taken up. j Many ?wberrr Yisitors. The coi n snow has attracted a! great number of Newberry people to Columbia this week. SEVEN HOURS' SLEEP; \0 MOBE, >0 LESS Cincinnati, Feb. 4.?"Seven hours' sleep is all that is necessary for any human being, and if obtained regularly in certain hours nightly ,will keep tbe body and mind in a healthy state,' said Dr. Foertmeyer, coroner of Cincinnati, regarded as an authority on criminology. "Much of the disease of today is due to too much or too little sleep. A person who sleeps over seven hours had too much rest, which makes the mind siuggish and th^ muscles lazy. On the other hand, the person who has not had sufficient sleep is mentally and physically unfit to perform tint cnon anri Uis wr UCl UUtlTSO " UHtL ?." vim found in persons who have had the required rest. "Men and women who commit any crime, as a rule, are long sleepers. Their minds grow weak from too much sleep and then they acquire the 'don't care* habit, which often results in crime. ^ | 'Make it a rule to sleep sev^n hours | and you will be better for it, mentally, j physically and financially." ? ?. ??.w. . ,? ! BOTH I 1 I Off 151 IKA13. White >fau Probably Fatally Hurt by Seaboard Freight. Greenwood Fob. 4.?A white man named Yarborough had both legs cut off by a through freight on the Seaboard. at Lota, sev^n miles east of h-ere this afternoon. From the reports J ~ ?"-v I* <-? n.r ^ f V receiveu utrx c, it iij/i/; <11 & iuu<. 1 uv^j. ough and bis wife had just come to Lota to begin work on a farm. His household effects w-:re expected on a local freight today, and he and his wife wer^ at the station. In some way Yarborough got under th?T- train and was run ov-er, losing -both logs below the knees and receiving lbad gash on the head. He was brought hvre late this evening a.:d hurried tc th - hospital. Reports from there ir.ci- J r:i ; hope for his recovery. I COLLEGE MATTER IS BEING INVESTIGATED! i CHARGES AS TO FEABODY FUND BEFORE COMMITTEE. Dr. D. B. Johnson Testifies to Amount Received by Winthrop and Reads Paper. Columbia, Feb. 6.?The first session of the legislative committee appointed to investigate certain statements made by he governor in his inaugural address concerning the University of South Carolina and Winthrop college oftornnnn in flip Wets -1CIU JCOlKlUttJ j supreme court room. President John- ) son, of Winthrop, occupied the stand j practically all of the time, and after j making his statement he was examin-1 eti by members of the committee to j make clear certain sections of this | 'statement. The testimony was most i interesting and threw considerable 1 ? | light on the ditsributioa of the Peaj body fund to the various educational ' - Tha fnnH ! j lilbUlUUUUS 1X1 LIUC owutn. i iic lunu | j amoynted to about $3,000,000. Members of Committee. The members of the investigating committee are Senators Weston, chairman; Young and Goodwin, and Representatives Nicholson, secretary; Ashley and Welsh. The room was crowded during the session which ad- j journed at 6 o'clock to meet again today at 4 o'clock. It was decided to hold a session of two hours each day but the examination will be pushed aa> rapidly as possible. Among some of the witnesses wiio are present and may testify are Martin F. Ansel, former governor; President Mitchell, ofj the University of South Carolina Au-j gust Kohn, a member of the board of j trustees of that institution, and oth-1 ers. The committee was called to order by Senator Weston, and Mr. Nicholson read the resolution introduced by Representative Ashley, calling for the | investigation. The resolution referred | to remarks made by the governor in his inaugural address in which he charged that the president of the University of South Carolina went Xorth and agreed that if the Peabody board gave the university a certain amount of money he (President Mitchell) would agree to let the Vemainder go to the education, of the negro, and that this action cut Winthrop out "of a considerable amount of money. Senator Weston askfd the governor, who was present, if he had any statement to make. The governor said that his first information did not come 'from President Johnson, but from D. W. McLaurin, a member of the Win'throp board, -who showed him a letter from F. H. McMaster, an alumnus of the institution, addressed to President Johnson, and a copy of a reply. This was in September, 1911. Later Dr. Johnson was in the city and he had a talk with him in the executive's office. His object in. making this statement, he said, was to show ' that Dr. Johnson was not a talebearer. TSr_ Tl. R- Jnlmsnn. Dr. Johnson was then sworn. In "his statement he said that he had no fight to make on any other educational institution but his duty was to look after the interests of Winthrop 'college. He supposed that an alumnus of the university was acting for 'the university, referring to the letter .from Mr. ilcMaster to himself. He then read the letter, which was dated June 27, 1911, and which states that the writer had learned that the Pea- j body board had decided to give $40,- j 000 to the university but later, at the "suggestion of Jresident Johnson, had decided to give the entire $90,000 alloted this Stat;- to Winthrop college. President Johnson's reply, dated July 15. 1911, says that it was at his "suggestion that Winthrop received the $90,000 and he would like to know the- nam>e of the informant. He had been working for 20 years for Winthron coileee. and it waa understood 1 that when the Peobody fund was final| ly distributed Winthrop college would j'get a large slice. Dr. J. L. M. Curry f and Melville W. Fuller, chief justice | ,\f < U a t?i rt r> r\ Knf I Ui * ILK CMi pi. I'UUi iLiiU UUia ai'. Uibor3 of the -board, had so informed him. It was tho understanding that aftt r the Peabody institute at Nashville had b-ren provided for Winhrop J college would coir.e in for perhaps as j : as Th Peabody aiuin-j ni in 1903, after indorsing that institution as the one to be favored, urged that the board distribute the balance among State normal colleges. The University of Tennessee did not take any such action as the University of South Carolina. This university, he said, had indorsed a plan whereby the Peabody fund be distributed among the Ct i.L > , 1< j oouuiem universiues ana noi a aonar go to the normal schools. As a result this State lost anywhere between $200,000 and possibly $500,000. The university, knowing the influence that Winthrop had with the Peabody board, j might have kept out of this. State Aid, Only in recent years have the nor "mal schools received State aid and it j was a long uphill fight. He had the i documents to prove tljat it was the de- | sire of the board to favor Winthrop I next to Peabody. One was from the; lfltP Phipf Tiiotion Tull^r. ?.U ^ -? ' J I u uowk.^> 1' unci, WIIU teciiu j that h? favored giving Winthrop $500.- j 000, and another was from the late | William A. Courtenay, a member of j -the board, along the same line and i stating further that he would do every- J thing possible for the institution. | Capt. Courtenay was succeeded by j Martin F. Ansel. Letters frcm other members of the! Peabody board and others testifying j as to friendship for the institution j were also read, Dr. Johnson stating j that he wanted to bring out that his institution stood high?practically nexi 10 tne fea&ody instituted. He also referred to the reports of the meetings of the board. IiifitaeBees oh Board. After the death of Dr. Curry, according to Dr. Johnson, certain influences were brought to bear on the v.--, *u _ c??v. uuai a uj tut; ouutuciu um *<ci SILICB which would have eliminated the normal schools in the distribution- of the fund. In 1909 at a meeting in Atlanta resolutions were adopted urging that $100,000 be given them and the balance to go to negro education. The policy of the University of South Carolina, represented at the meeting, should have been to help Winthrop. In New York a committee from the university wanted to secure $40,000 of the $90,000 given. He believes this effort hurt Winthrop and it certainly did not help the university. Through questions by Mr. Nicholson it was brought out that in 1906 a subcommittee was appointed from the board to consider the board taking the step which was afterwards urged by the Southern universities in 1909. The committee consisted of thr-e and two of them favored such action. The other member did not sign it. Their report was not printed until several years later. vfr Nicholson?The University of South Carolini did not get the- $40,000 asked for, did it? President Johnson?No, sir. Mr. Nicholson?Did not some of the other Southern universities get theirs? President Johnson?The University of Georgia, University of Alabama, . University of North Carolina, University of Florida and possibly others, i Proceedings in Atlanta. The following is a copy of the proceedings at the conference in Atlanta [ in 1909, which was furnished by Gov. I Ansel and read by Dr. Johnson: ! (Printed elsewhere). University Received Nothing. Mr. Nicholson?Rut the University ; of South Carolina received nothing?) Dr. Johnson?No, Winthrop receiv- I ed $90,000, but, as I stated before, this j State would havf- received much more j had not the university interfered. in nis address iu cut- ^n'.'hu c-?o-; sembly the governor had the follow-1 ins to say: ! "That is a matter for you to investigate and it is a serious matter. If! they had let Winthrop alone, I am in- i fnnnpri chp would haV-< ?TOt S90.000. ! and possibly considerably more, but; by this underhanded fight she was cut, down very considerably in that appro-1 priation, and you will be called upon ! this year, as a result, to make a larger j appropriation than you would have j had to make if Winthrop had received; that money." Education of ?*?ro. i Mr. Xicholson?Did the Peabody j will contain any provision as to the t education of the negro. Dr. .Johnson?I do rot know. The resolutions of the Atlanta meeting, were passed in 1909, but the issue a? to Winthrop college was drawn in GOV. BLEASt SENDS | SPECIAL MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE AS TO PEABODY FUND AND UNIVERSITY. j The Petition Signed by President S. C. | Mchell Asking Aid Training Ne^ro Teachers, Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Feb. 6.?The committee appointed by the legislature to look into the charges or the statement of Governor Blease in his inaugural, with reference to President Mitchell and the Peabody fund, began its investigation Wednesday afternoon. Most of the afternoon was taken up with the testimony of President Johnson, of Winthrop college. During the progress of his testimony, the petition or agreement to which Governor Blease referred as having been signed by President Mitchell and others requesting a portion of the Peabody fund to be used for the education of the negroes, was read. Governor Blease this -morning sent the following: message to the legislature, which message embodies the petl- j tion and agreement referred to: Message >"o. 17. , Gentlemen of me General Assembly: 11911. I Questioned by Mr. Young and Mr. r>r Johnson told of the <es I "cmw-' ~ t tabliBhment of a training school in j Columbia years before the establish| ment of Winthrop college and the aid j received from the Pea body fund at ; that time. At first it was $1,500 a year and later increa&rd. A few years ago a lump sum of $12,000 was ac| cepted in lieu of this annuity for a new dormitory and later $5,000 was obtained. After the Atlanta paper was r^ad, Mr. Young asked if Dr. Johnson knew how many States participated in th>? j distribution of the interest on the j fund at any time. Dr. Johnson said there might be a dozen* One $tate. Mississippi, he said, did not get any. on account of the repudiation of some bonds. The amount of th-e- fund \vaabout $3,000,000 and of this Peabody institute was to receive $1,500,000. Mr. Young brought out that if a doze.. States each received $100,000 and with the- amount of the repudiated bonds there would be very little left for the negro fund. T- urJHrfkss. the 20V Ill ins niciuguiui , ^ ernor said: "If I am correctly informed, tb-: Pen body fund being distributed throughout these United States ha9 as one of the members of its trustees the Hon. Martin F. Anefcl, ol Souh Carolina. If 1 am correctly informed, the trustees of this fund had agreed to give Winthrop college about $90,000. The president 01 iue ovum Carolina college went North, and I am told that Mr. Ansel has in his possession a statement signed by president of the South Carolina college that if the Peabody fund trustees wnnlrt sive to the South Carolina col lege a certain amount of that morvey, that he, as president of th South Carolina college, would agree and consent far the remainder of that money to go to the- education -of free negroes. I have tried to get a copy of that report, and have not succeeded; but I have the word of Prof. I). B. Johnson, the able and distinguished president of j Winthrop, that that is true." President Johnson thought that about $350,000 had been the causae of negro education in the South. He did not know as to the amount that might have been given in this State. Questioned by Mr. Weston, he said thnt- Mr McMaster was l.lldL 1IC n.uv II ' - a devoted alumnus of the university j and thought that he must have had j some communication with the board of' trustees before writing the letter. He; said that he knew Mr. McMa3ter was j not a member of the board of trustees t of the university. He believed, as he had stated before, that the university had made a mistake. Mr. McMaster, who was present, that be be given an opportunity j to make a statement if he* deemed It j necessary and he will probably ap- [ ppar later. Dr. Mitchell read extracts j from the inaugural address of the! governor just b-'-fore a recess was tak-; on. j I Look and listen while your clerk reads: "To the Trustees Peabody Education Fund: "At a meeting held in Atlanta, Ga., , *on the 16th of April, 1909, there were | present representatives of eight Southern States. At the meeting there were six presidents and four heads of schools of education. "It was the unanimous' belief of those present that there is no greater want in the field of Southern education than the need for high school teachers. We could produce statistics and other evidence to establish this proposition, but we believe the facta are alreay well known to you. j "It is quite true, and we believe that it is quite evident, that this will continue though we trust that adequate provision will be made to supply tho demand after some years. "In every one of the universities represented a beginning . had been made to supply this need. These beginnings, in spite of the very meagre support which the universities had been able to supply, are full of prom' ise. It was apparent from the inter I change- of opinions that the specific, conditions and needs of the several universities varied, and on this account we do not present in detail a plan for expenditure. j "It is our opinion that the widest and most permanent good will be ac; complished by encouraging the schools j of education in the several State*. J "We believe that the school of edu cation in the State university is the natural medium through which this need of high school teachers should b& supplied, and we feel assured that it isthe most economical method of meeting the demand. Separate teachers' colleges we consider entirely beyoad the ability of the States. The- exeefrj lent normal schools supply a training.. insufficient in extent, and in some cases do n,ot admit male students to registration. "We believe that the young man trained in the State universities and having taken the course in its school | of education is best prepared to serve his Stst? as high school teaebwr. "If, as we confidently belief tha need of high school teacners is urgent, and a school of education in the State university is the best and most feasible m - thod of supplying this need, we most earnestly request your honorable body donate $100,000 to each State university in thos.?- States participating in this fund, for the training of white teachers and the remaining for the training of negro teachers in same Stat-:s. "The u?e of the Peabody fund up to UiiS UlliC ica ?co <i i ^ wi u V* in the well established systems of normal schools throughout th South, and this proposition, if acc-'pted by you, will widen, and perpetuate this beneficent influence. (Signed) "Franci; P. Venable, president of University of North Carolina; S. C. Mitchell, president of University ? n A On\XTo_ OI T30UII1 V/ai'uuua, raunov/u nmu law, dean, department of education, University of South Carolina; Brown Ayres, president, University of Tennessee; John W. Abercrombie, president, University of Alabama; A. Caswell Ellis, professor of education, University of Texas; Andrew Kincannon, Chancellor, University of Mississippi; Alex B. Coffey, dean, Teachers' college, Louisiana State university; David C. Barrow, chancellor, University of Georgia." Did you catch the words, "and the' remaining for the training of negro teachers in same States?" Did you hear the second name to the paper, "S. C. Mitchell, president, University of South Carolina ?,? Is "the training of negro teachers" "education of free negroes?" Please refer to that part of my inaugural address, published in your Journal, referring to this matter. I send you this message, incorporating the paper quoted above, because. irom wnai i nave seen, 1 L-wir yvu would never, never see it unless I should send it; and I am satisfied that a great many of the people of this State will never see it, anyway. If this agreement is carried out, where would your girls' college, the great Winthrop, come in for her share of this money? 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