The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-09
A STUDENT DEMONSTRATION.
Unfortunate Occurence-What the Students
Say---Action of the University Council.


| Say---Action of the University Council.
CoLUs1B1A, S. c., March 29.-The
| following letter appears in todays
Register:
':Dr. McBryde, President of the
South Carolina University: Dear Sir
During the farmers convention
here numbers of the students of the
University were present, and during
the progress of the proceedings,
speakers who were in favor of nom
nations were hissed and treated in
a rough manner. After the proceed
ings were over a large crowd Of stu
dents was an organized mob, singing
vile songs and applying all manner
Of opprobrious epithets to the leaders
of this movement, and followed Capt
Tillman around, even to his hotel
and insulted him by applying all
manner of disgraceful terms to him,
and threatening to do personal Vio-
lence to his person.
''We desire respectfully to call your
attention to these proceedings. A
public expression of opinion from you
concerning this will oblige us. Very
respectfully.
y. H. Counts, Z. E. Parker, J. L.
NJ. Iby, ". ?. Snelgrove, A G. Lat
timer, Geo. B. Dean"
ACTION OF THE STUDENTS.
The Register Of the 30th gives the
following:
The University students held a
meeting at 2.3O o'clock yesterday af-
te1noon to consider the charges re-
Gently made as to the action of GER
tain Of their number during and af-
ter the adjournment of the Farmers
Convention. A committee of nine
was was appointed to draft resolu-
tionsin reference to the matter.
This committee made a report to q
second meeting Of the students held
at eleven o'clock last night, after the
public debate of the Euphradian So
ciety. The resolutions reported by
the committee were adopted by the
meeting with certain amendments,
and were submitted to President Nc
Bryde, who consented to their pub
ication. The resolutions are as
follows:
Whereas ithas been brought to the
notice of the students of the South
Carolina University that certain dam
aging statements have been circulated
in regard to the actions Of some Of
the students on the night Of the 9th
instant, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the following state.
ments are false: (a) that body Of
students followed Captain Tillman to
his hotel; (b) that they sang s'Vle"
songs; (c) that they threatened ITO
do personal violence to his person"
That Immediately after the conven-
ton adjourned number Of students
were IN crowd together, with dele
gates and others, andindhgea "a
demonstration more boisterous than
polite; that the students intended
no disrespect whatever to the con-
vention.
That the account published in The
News and Courier Of March 29th. Is
complete and true in every detail.
That these resolutions published
in the leading papers Of the State.
J. ". Simpson, E. E. Aycock, J.
r. Coggesall, Geo. S. Legare, Sam
uel MCGOWAN, G. NJ. Pinckney, a L.
Elliott, Jr., S. P. Werner, 0. R.
Withers, committee.
The University council met at noon
yesterday and remained IN session
two hours investigating the matter
referred to above. The council met
again at six o'clock last evening but
adjourned without taking action, its
sessions thus far having been devoted
to investigating the matter with q
view of ascertaining what portion OF
current reports were correct and what
| exaggerated OF false.
The names of a number ofstudents,
| said to be about fcrty, have been
submitted to the council as having
been participants in the demonstra-
ton. On Monday separate cases Will
be investigated, to arrive at the indl-
yidual responsibility Of the students
concerned.
President lIcBryde has never re-
| ceived any communication on the
| subject from Captain Tillman and
| those who signed the open letter,
but will communicate with them after
the council takes action.
WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE STUDENTS
After being in session three days
and hearing fifty witnesses on the
| anti-Till1nan demonstration the Uni
versity council yesterday summoned
and individually reprimanded each OF
the twenty-three students involved:
Fifteen of the twenty-three stu
dents are from the country, eleven
being sons Of farmers.
The Negro in the Church.
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