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??? ' ???????^ ?? ?? ? , , , ??????????i???_ # VOLUME LI., XUMBER 19. tfEWBERRT, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1918. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A TEAR. r > - "** 1 Governor Ble Mitchell QUOTES AN EDITORIAL j OF HERALD AND NEWS SAYS DR. MITCHELL'S SIGNATURE * SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. e With Payer Before It, ( an Not See How Committee Can Say He Was 'Misinformed." i I Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, March 6.?When the general assembly r-econver^d at 2 o'clock this afternoon Governor Blease sent ^ in the following message in regard to the report of the majority of the joint committee whiou was appointed by the legislature to investigate the action of Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the South Carolina university, in connection with the distribution of the Peabody fund. Governor Blease says, ] "the committee says that something j isn't, and then presents it. ine iarfamed magicians of old have been outclassed, and the days of miracles are again at hand. . . Chameleonlike the agreement of Dr. Mitchell runs through the report. Now you see it and now you flon t.' i ne governor quotes in full an editorial which appeared in the last issue of The Herald and News in regard to the report. The message created quite a discussion in both houses after it was read. In the house Representative Miller, of Richland county, raised the question of no quoi\ m, and it was found that there was no quorum present, and the house adjourned until tomor- j row. I The message follows: \ ! .Ifessasre of tl)c Governor. The State of South Carolina-*-Executive Department. Gentlemen of the General Assembly: The majority of your joint commitormmntpri tn investigate the- con > ICt U p vvv. vw w duct of Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of v the South Carolina university, in conjr nectioji. with the distribution of the Feabody fund, has, submitted a report to your body in which it is stated that 1 was "misinformed." t in mv inflnpniral address I I ^laitu in ixij "I am told that Mr. Ansel has in his possession a statement signed My the president of the South Carolina college that if the Peabody fund trustees would give to the South Carolina college a certain amount of that money, that he, as president of the South Carolina college, would agree and * ' " :- J - - fhot consent tor me rtumiuuci money to go to the education of free negroes." Upon the hearing by the committee, this statement was produced by former Governor Ansel, and the committee incorporates it in its report. The whole issue, and the sole issue, was r?r Mitchell had siened such nn agreement, and the agreement speaks for itself. In ail seriousness, I would like to know how the committee has reached the conclusion that I was "misinformed," wh-en in the com? vopv Qorpompnt SUiLLCC I CJ-'Ul I luc ? w j U?)> which I stated 1 had information of: Is set out. In a message to our body on Feb-j ruary 6, I said: "There may be a paint j ? brush used, and it may have white I paint on it; there may be all kinds; of quibbling explanations and refer- j ences to Mr. Peabody's will, but the j words "FOR THE TRAINING OF NE- j ?'? ^ mil 1 rtrmnn r\? n ? OT'". I liKU liiiAUHUittJ) iSA.UEJ okudu will never die." I had no idea, then, however, that it would be possible for a committee to go to the extent of saying that I was "'misinformed," and, in almost the ^ 1 same breath, set out the very thing, speaking for itself, which I said I had information of. Lightning-like is the rapidity of the strokes of this paint brush. In half a stroke, or less, it; paints it out and then paints it back j again. Kaleidoscopic are the changes. The committee says that something! isn't, and then presents it. The farfamed magicians of old have been out-! classed, and the days of miracles are j ngain at hand. I _ I ase on the \ ' Investigation ' 1: T ^nll . in mis coiintcuuu i uwut iu van your attention to an expression from a newspaper which, while it has sup- i ported me, has frequently disagreed j with me upon matters?a newspaper : which has been conservative and fair | and which, I believe, always tries to j be honest in the expression of its opinions, and which has always stood for the educational advancement of the State. In n recent issue The Herald and News, ol Newberry, after stating that thp committee has "filed a I report exonerating Dr. Mitcnen, j says: j "This was to have been expected j from the trend of the testimony and \ the color give 1 t<- th-e testimony by j l the press. Wo haw never said PresI- ) dent Mitc:ieli was guilty of any of-. T 4- 4? Vt I fense, a:id <li) not now say so, uui iuc j whole testimony and the entire inves-1 tigation wen based on a wrong premise. Whether intentional or not we do not protend to say, but it has seemed to us that the entire testimony and all newspaper comments were away frc.n the subject to be investigated and entirely forteign to the charges, if charges you desire to call them, or Governor Blease. We have not the speech of Governor Blease before us, but our recollection of what he said is that he understood that President Mitchell had signed a petition or an agreement that if the Peabody board would give the University $100,000, that he would agree to give the balance to negro education in the South. And that if he had signed such agree- i ment he, ^resident amcuen, nau part in the educational system under the administration of Governor Blease. The only thing to be investigated, then, as we see it, was, did President Mitchell sign such an agree- | ? - - - - * z? ( ment, and if he diet, dm it aisquamv him for a position in the educational system of South Carolina und'r the administration of Governor P,lease. That is all therex\vas to the charge, and that is all that was to b-s investigated. "What are the facts? The report of the committee says: 'We do not find 'c ? rhnf Hr ATitchfll. lrum iuc icoinuvuj v?w>. - the president of the University of j South Carolina, signed an agreement I by which any mon-?y of the Peabody fund, that had heretofore been designated to be given to Winthrop college, should be transferred from Winthrop, and be given to the University of South Carolina and negro schools. In this, therefore, the governor was misinformed. It was well, however, that the governor called the matter to the j attention of the/general assembly, and urged this investigation, for in doing so he has caused the whole matter to be fully, and, we hope, satisfactorilycleared up.' "The pettion which it was charged that President Mitchell signed, and which he did signs, says: 'If, as we confidently believe, the need of high I school teachers is urgent and a school of education in the State university is the bcst and most suitable method of supplying this need, we most earnestly r-quest, that your honorable body dcnat^ S100,000 to each State univer sitv in those States heretofore parti- j o'TiatTro: in this fund, for the t~ ^ning \ of white teachfrs, and the remainder! for the training of negro teachers in ; the same States.' 'Heretofore this State has been par- ' tioipating in this fund through Win-' throp college, an institution that has ' been training teachers. Dr. Johnson ! gave it.as his opinion that this pet:-j tion kept Wintlirop from getting the j amount she would have gotten. That1 was his opinion. He may have been j mistaken. But the question was, did j Dr. Mitchell sign an agreement that if! the university were given a certain j amount that he would agree that the | balance go to negro education in the j South. He did sign it. Was it wrong? j The committee report evades the isl sue. The issue was not, did he sign ! ! i an agreement by which the money that j j had heretofore been designated for j j Winthrop should go to the university, j : The governor never so charg-ed." This article is headed, "EVADES j THE ISSUE." The report of the com- j mittee is an evasion the like unto j I : (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4). memohhhkhBHH Inaugurated Preside United ? Jfc :j^"f ^ wc-.v.v . '' Jp:/; ^%>3s?safc Wood row Wil Nation's CI Amid Imposing Ceremonies, i Thousands, Democrac; Sixteen Years Aj of Office Washington, March 4.?Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey was inaugurated today as president of the United States. Thomas R. Marshall of In diana as its vice president: Democracy : as the vehicle Qf its destiny. Under the dome of the nation's cap-; itol, in the presence of a countless . concourse of his fellow citizens, the! new president raised a hand toward a. prophetic sun that burst dissolving j nnA nrnnnnnfioH t h o 3 tlUUUS <iUU (/I vuvuuvuu -day of dedication, not a triumph. It was an intensely human, prece-, dent freaking inauguration. With , members of his chosen cabinot sur rounding him, the justices of the supreme court before him. his wife and daughters actually dancing for joy on the platform below, and William ' Howard Taft, ex-president of the na tion, <it his side, the new pr fident ' shouted a summons to all "honst. patriotic, forward-looking men" to aid J him, extending the promise that I"1 would not fail Ukmh in the guidance; of their government. I One Gentleman to Another. ! While the president's concluding in- . augural words were tossing in tu- j multuous waves of applause, the re-. tiring president clasped his hand and j unlisted as a patriotic servant in the ranks of nrivate- citizenship. I "Mr. President." said .Mr. Taft. his | face beaming with a smile. "I wish | you a successful administration and ! the carrying out of your aims. Wei will all be behind you." "Thank you." said President Wil- i son and he turned to shake the hand " ' rtr:n T of his secretary or sraiti. \v?iuu? .j., Bryan. Thrre they stood?Tuft, standard { bearer of a vanquished party after 16 J years of power; Brvan, persistent i mt of the Jtates Last Tuesday. ^^?2cS5::SS:::vS> - i^^HN^H^^H^^^^^^HHHHiBHHB *?>'v s& Wj- ; $ $&&: ?3flHHl??i wf?8M Sir WOOD?Oyf. r w/zjoV \ D Situ DCtsUlilUa lief Executive i i , n the Presence of Countless j y's First President in ssiimor] H arnp?? JUU1I1VM A AiAB AiVVV Tuesday. pleader for progressive democracy, thrice defeated, accepting a commission from a new chieftain; and Wilson, the man of the hour, victorious, mustering, as he exposed it, "not the forces of party but the forces of humanity." A New Note. It was a political picture rar oeyond imagination of a few years gone by, a setting that stirred the souls of the assembled hosts whose cheering at the scene seemed actually to reverberate from the distant Virginia hills. The military and civic pageant that followed this climax of the historic clay was more man nve nours passing iri review. Leaving the capital hill at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the ^ist of the marching thousands had not saluted the president until long after darkness had fallen. President Wilson stood for more) t!i.!ri nn hour under the g'are of my-j rSads of brilliant electric lights as he *? - x 1? t i ? I greeted tnousanas in uie iuug nut*, among them the hosts of Princeton students, who, as they passed before him, shouted a hearty greeting that he never can forget. Inspiration of Youth. The music of the bands, the glitter of the uniforms and ail tne entnusiasm that had gone before him, had stirred him again and again, but the sight of these chcering students was to President Wilson an inspiration that brought cherished memories and f joyous teap>. Not long after the boys ( from Old Nassau had passed he turn- j ed from the human panorama and | _ I entered th* White House to grasp toe wheel 01 the ship of state. Oere.__onirs in the senate chamber ! fr'pk'h marTv^J the dying of the Sixty/ second and the vitalizing of the new Sixty-third congress, embracing tne. inauguration of Vice President Marshall and the swearing in of the sen- j ators-elect, were never more impressive. Though delayed somewhat by i the course of legislation necessitating' turning back for half an hour the hands of the clock, the interest was ( intense. ! I The proccssion into th-e chamber of j the members of the house, ambassa- | dors and ministers of foreign coun- J tries in all their brilliant regaiia. tn-e I chief justice and the justices of the I supreme court in their sombre robes, i tne vice presiueni-eieci. rresiuem, Taft and the president-elect side by side, escorted by the members of the! congresional' inaugural committee, i was an inspiring spectacle. Marshall Sworn Id. When all had taken their places and the members of the new cabinet had ? - A _ _ at iL ? Den seaieu 111 uie rear oi me iuum Mr. Marshall took the oath of office, administered by Senator GaMinger, at exactly 12.34 o'clock. He then deIm red his inaugural address, in which : he referred to the senate as the j "blinders of the governmental har-J ness." Then began the procession from the senate, winding to the great amphitheatre at the east front of the cap itol. After Chief Justice White, followed by the other justices of the supreme court, had entered the inaugural stand, President Taft and President-elect Wilson appeared in the doorway of the capitol. Their presence was the signal for cheers from the crowd assembled in the wide fsnlnnarip nnrl th~- linae Grandstand. and perched on the roof of the capitol ! from one end to the other. Reaching the stand the president-elect stood for several moc-nents with head bared, acknowledging the plaudits of the crowd. Then with the president, the j chcsen members of his cabinet, the j vice president-el\rt. the justices and ; Speaker Clark, he seated himself' to ; nu-nit cnlpmn Cprpmonv. His Delimited Women folk. Meanwhile Mrs. Wilson, the Misses , Mrs. Marshall and the Wilson family ; Mrs. Marshall and the Wilson amily ! party reached the front of the plat- I form and took seats adjoining th-e in- j augural rostrum. As the gay cicwd j cheered, Mrs. Wilson, carried away ! v.. nnlkiininem wnnt + r\ tllQ f VCVn t T*i? ? 1 I UJf enluusiaom, wcui> l\j iuv and waved to the throng. Her daughters followed. So did Mrs. Marshall. Before the ceremonies began Miss Margaret Wilson stood upon her chair to view the scene to better advantage. "Isn't it beautiful," said Mrs. Wilson i as they viewed the gay crowd, the West Point cadets, the naval cadets fmm Annanolis. drawn ud in review before her. "Isn't it?" said Miss Mar-j garet, when suddenly reminded that i she was standing on her chair. Above the heads of $11, the ifcagnet for thousands of peering eyes, she ex laimed: "Oh, I am afraid I am too conspicuous up here-. Eleanor, come up here with me." And her sister seized another chair and she too stood up anw watched the throng. Then Mrs. Marshall stood on her chair, waving to the vice president. "Come on in here," said Speaker Clark to Mrs. Marshall, "and I will give you my seat." The Solemn foment. Promptly at 1.35 o'clock, when Chief Justice White arose to administer the j oath and Woodrow Wilson stcod with right hand upraised to heaven, the most human touching picture of the day asserted itself. Mrs. Wilson could not see well from her srcat. As spryly as a little girl, she moved her chair to the side of the rostrum a.ul climbed upon it with the assistance of Lieut. i Rogers, the president's naval aid < Grasping the railing, sh-e stood there gazing at the president as he kissed the Bible and she remained standing until his address was concluded. Yhen the Misses Wilson joined her. When the new president swore to uphold and defend the constitution he stooped ana kissed the open Bible, held in the hands of James D. Maher, deputy clerk of the supreme court. His hand touched a pag , turned at random, and fell upon the 119th Psalm. The verses are these: Words of Prayer. "Let Thy mercies come unto me, 0 Lord, even Thy salvation, according to Thy word. "So shall I have wherewith to an(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5). DO OLD MAGISTRATES ! HOLD UNDER NEW BILL? i - j GOVERNOR CALLS ATTENTION OP LEGISLATURE TO QUESTION. Say8 He Doesn't Want to Take Any Advantage, Bnt Wants to Fight Fair. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, March 6.?The following special message, sent to the general assembly by Governor Blease this af \ temoon, explains itself: ' The State of South Carolina?Executive Department. Gentlemen of the General Assembly: Tn rpfarrt tn Art Nn. fHioilSO Bill No. 602, Senate No. 404), "to amend the law relating to magistrates and their constables, their powers, duties, jurisdiction, salaries, etc.," I "beg to call your attention to the fact, under the heading, "Anderson county," all the magistrates' salaries are r fixed per year, with the exception of the salary of Magistrate B. F. Wilson, ^ - i-.i l- ~ cue provision ueuig uiat uc ?uau icceive a salary of five hundred dollars, but not stating whether it is for a day, a week, a month, or a year. I also beg leave to call your attention to the fact that this Act will not go into effect until twenty days after its approval, and it might be well for those counties interested to take into consideration the question: Will the magistrates wno nave oeen appoiiuea at this session, and confirmed by the senate, in the counties where changes have been made, be legal officers, or should the governor after twenty .?ays, when this Act goes into effect, appoint the magistrates provided for in the Act? I am expressing no opinion, but I call your attention to the case of Ooree, in Greenwood county, rscently decided by the supreme court. The magistrates who have been appointed and confirmed by the senate, who are affected by this bill, were appointed under the old law. Can they hold on under this Act, or at the end twenty days do new magistrates have to fte appointed or these re-com missioned ? You might refer these matters to your respective judiciary committees, and have them answer; for, I am going to be frr/k with you, if this bill affects them, and I can make the changes, n-nv appointments will be made, under this bill. I do not want to take any advantage, gentlem-en; I want to fight fair, and that is why I am calling your attention to the matter. You wiH note Section 1: "That the law as to magistrates, their constables, jurisdiction, salaries, etc., shall be as now provided by law, except as hereinafter provided." This is the repealing clause to your other Acts. I approved this Act on the 3r<j day of March, the day I received it. You were elected by the people of your respective counties, and if there is any blame coming for any part of it they must blame you and not me. Very respectfully, Cole. L. Blease, , Governor. Columbia, S. C., March 6, .1913. A Good Citizen. Anderson Mail. It is stated in the Abbeville papers that Rev. Sanders R. Guignard Uaa-- . removed his family to that city temnnrarilv a little later he will make his home in Laurens. We wish to say is this connection that Anderson ""has lost a sterling citizen. Mr. G-uignard is a man of conscience, of patriotism and of a high conception of the duties of a man and a citizen. While J 1 we were noi pernuueu tu n.uuw mm as a preacher, yet we must give expression to the sentiment that he is a Christian gentleman, a man who loves mankind in a personal, brotherly kind of way, and Anderson has loso a good citizen in his accepting the call to a group of churches which isi in better condition financially to support a rector and his family. South. Carolina has no truer son than Sani tiers R. Guigard. J I