The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-09
Textile School to be Established.

Senator Tillman, looking unusually
we'll and full of talk as usual, says the
Columbia state, came down with Gov
ernor Ellerbe from Clemson College
yesterday afternoon, and riding up
with the Governor, he went to the
residence Of his kinsman, Mr.. j. w.
Bunch, where he spent the night He
will run over to Trenton to-day and
then hasten back to Washington.
Senator Tillman war views are indi-
Gated elsewhere. He is not talking
much about South Carolina politics,
but does not think much will come
from the prohibition movement.
He says the Clemson board is very
much pleased with the management Of
the new president, Mr.. Hartzog: the
administration of the new head of the
college is considered businesslike and
satisfactory to the board.
Senator Tillnan gave the following
information as to the results of the
two nights and one day sessions Of the
board. !
1t was found that after paying all
the running expenses of the school
that q neat little surplus was on hand
and the board decided to appropriate
s12, 800 for the purpose Of inaugural
ing textile school to be opened in
September, if possible.
On the recommendation Of the presi
dent, the matter Of recognizing the
fitting school was discussed and the
president was instructed to prepare
scheme of studies looking to that end
and to report to the board in June.
Nothing has been heard from the
expert sent to inspect the sanitary ar
r. .ements Of the institution, and, Of
course, nothing could be done along
this line. The health Of the students
is very good indeed.
The board was reorganized. Mr..
Simpson vas rejected president and
the new trustees drew their terms by
lot. Messrs. Stackhouse, Ellerbe and
Mauldin will serve four years and the
others two each.
Mr.. Jamison' proposition in regard
to the Calhoun letters was accepted
under certain conditions and Senator
Tillman was instructed to confer with
him. Mr.. Jamison desires to get.ac-
cess to the letters on behalf Of the
National Historical Association.
MIR. Tillman has some very interest
ing information regarding the "Stark
Manuscript Mr.. Clemson, Mr.. Cal
houn's son-in-law, had employed Mr..
Stark. gentleman Of high attain
ments, to prepare history of the life
of Calhoun. While engaged in this
work at Mr.. Clemson's home Mr..
Starke died, leaving his work un6n-
ished and his manuscript in SYSTEM
Of cipher or shorthand. Thisw was SUBJ
mitted recently to q number of ste
nographers in this State, but none Of
ther, could deeipher it. Mr.. Tillman
asked permission 20 take the manu-
script to Washington and to get some
of the experts there to work on it.
The papers were recently submitted to
Mr.. Thos. F. Shuey, official stenogra-
pher of the Senate, and he had little
trouble in translating it. He says
that the manuscript contains history
of Calhoun s early life. and sketch
Of bis ancestry. This information
will be very valuable, for none of the
biographers have yet told us of Cal
houn's early life. Senator Tillman
has ordered the manuscript to be
transcribed, and typewriter copy
made. Mr.. Shueys letter to Mr.. Till
man is as follows:
Hon. B. r. Tillman, U. S. Senator:
DEAR SIR: AS you requested, /
have examined the Stark manuscript
with care. I find in it full sketch
of the ancestry and early life Of John
C. Calhoun, beginning with the High
land Colquhouns and Lowland Cald
wells, covering the first settlement in
the upper country Of South Carolina,
the period of the Revolutionary war,
the boyhood and education of Mr..
Calhoun and extending to his electior
to Congress in November, 1910, and
his marriage in January. 1911. This
matter, which | have transcribed as
you directed, will embrace probably
$50 pages of duodecimo long primer
type.
Upon reaching Mr.. Calhoun s clcc-
tion to Congress. the writer said that
he would interrupt the course of the
narrative by examining the history of
our constitution and tracing the eyO-