The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-14

this was that they did not have conndenc,
In the president and did not believe he won,c
The o he SoaS as have
direct 10 the trustees II they had known nov y.
70 90 shout Il, as they had confidence u
them. He said the sopbs did not Intend
Time they len and that this determinatio!
was not reached until they came back 70 at
tend the trustees meeting. President haIi
zog asked. "Snppose man 10 whom you ny
confidence had been the president, woult
you have adhered to your agreement 10 leay.
after you had agreed 10 do 10 p The repl!
| was, "Thers would have been NO such agree
ment, because there would have been N
need OF any,"
COULD NOT LONGER TOLERATE EXISTING
| CONDITIONS.
Csdet 3. n. Ward, Jr., next took the stand
He told Of talking with members OF th'
sophomore class, who said they nad agnee
and because they felt they could not ionge
tolerate existing conditions,
Just here occurred an incident that wonit
not have happened anywhere but 10 soatt soatt
Carolina. Cadet Ward, In his talk. asket
that the students be considered as havini
seeded and not as having rebelled. Senate
Tillman. pre,iousiy. had charscler,se1 To-
The boys did not like this and Ward pro
"southsrners do not like the term rebel
lIon." he said; THE south seeded once sh'
did not rebel"
.AIi right" replied Senator TiIlman. "But
secession was shot To death. and accession is
no longer permissible or admissible remedy
mixed. The south seeded from the union
because she was part and parcel OF II, bad
com mon and equal Interest, 30 70 speak the
students have rebelled against the properly
beIIion. II II succeeds. 10 patriotism and glory
Il is only when II fails that u becomes odions.
And" he continued. with . voice ike The
dare Of trumpet. II want 70 tsi, y,.! yST .nst ~
this college, you are In rebellion and you Will
fall"
WILLING TO ABIDE THE AcrIoS or THE
TRUSTEES.
Senator TiIlman asked Ward u hs thought
action OF the trustees. "speskinC for myself.
I am,v vas the reply. "As for the others. you
had better take . vote on H."
"We'li Just do that very thing" was the
repiy. Turning TO the boys he said, NOW.
eli OF you who are willing 10 abide the action
Of the Trustees In this matter after We hear
all the evidence. who believe We Will be fair
TO All Sides nna VINO are n,,s 20 psIesS.r p 70
obey us and our representatives here NJ tne
college, and will pledge yourselves that II
soy trouble ever occurs again between your
selves and the faculty or the I'd president. en- 10 np
and secession and robeliiOn-sll OF you VINO
believe this and will pledge this, stand up"
Every boy In the college, except possibly
half d zsn In lhs extreme M rear: was on ms ms
out 0f his mouth"
.Weii, that is comforting" said Senator
Tiilman. Now let's 60 on"
HARTzoG's FAIRNESS.
Profs. Riggs, Brodie. Lewis, Hardin and
Beattie, members OF the faculty, testified AZ
10 President Hartxoy's absolute fairness and
impartiality 10 ali cases where discipline
was inflicted on o cadet. In such cases, they
said. he Simply brought the facts To the at.
tepiion OF The faculty, presided over the
meeting and not only did not vote but did
not express an opinion. Their testimony on
thia point was as strong a. IL cnuld be. Some
OF them said they did not know then. and do
not know now. whether President tiarizog
regarded the suspension OF Thornwell a. Jos,
In any way. resident Hartzog offered In
have every member of the faculty called To
testify along this line. but the trustees said
| they had enough.
URGED PLAN BY WHICH THE BOYS NAY CONE
BACK.
| Mr.. Walter Mclver Of Charleston, who Inn
| son In the sophomore class and whO wh'
sen 1 here by committee representing iht
parents of number Of the boys. was caIlee
| on by the trustees and made plain, eafnes
talk. He said the people Of the state are very
much wrought up over this matter aud wan
some plan devised by which the boys car
come back. He summed no The eviderc'
that had been brought out. dwelt on the or
dery manner In which the boys had LEI: IN,
college and told how. ns they bad Inarcese
away, Soms OF them had shed tears AT TIT
thought that they were giving up tpei
chance OF an education. They bad beef
driven 10 this because they felt conditions
the college were intolerable. IL was clea
that the cause OF the trouble was that IN
boys had lost confidence In the head OF ih'
college. Whether there was good ground 10
this he could not say, but that me ieeiini
ex listed was unmistak able. The boys ma!
have acted uuwisrly In the eyes OF ore
heads. hut they were doing tho best the!
knew how and he honored them for &C.. The!
/. were sincere and hOnest and were showin'
the true South Carolina spirit. IL They mad
a mistake II was an boneSt one. They wer
sincere.
NO MORE EVIDENCE.
At this point II was announced that ther
WAN no more evidence Ia be offered In Tegar'
! to the reinstatement OF The sophonores. In
trustees stated that they would reserve thei
! drcision and would proceed with the trial q
the chI rges against President liartzog.
Mr.. Wannamaksr moved. that the hearin
be had behind closed doors and not open u
the public. He said this was n grave matte
and IL would be more In keeping with TN
importance OF the matter and the dignity q
the board 10 have the hearing In secret.
col. SIMPSON on HIS FEET.
This brought Col. Simpson 10 his feet In
vigorous protest. Tho people OF the State pa!
, In xes 10 support this college, he said, ant
/ they have a right to now evsrythlu tina
1 coca on here. We announced nj the begin
nj ny that this Investigation would be public
4 and are we going To funk now: The penpl
! OF the state have right To know all abou
= this matter and we have n newspaper maj
. hero who IL sending out full and accurate ant
i'm partial reports. He protested agains
|. having the balance OF the testimony given II
. secret
\ Mr. Garris suggested thut the wishes Il