The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-06

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fers when the impression was rife
that the agitation was for the sole
purpose of getting more money out
of Columbia.
| But how insignificant were the
bids for the colleges removal. Take
| Greenwood's bid, the Insignificant
sum Of $50, and that in SUBJ
scriptions subject to death and to
withdrawal! 1t was proposed to
give up a building worth $50, 900,
desirable lot in the centre of Que
of the most progressive cities in all
the South, and to be sidetracked in
the little town of Greenwood for
the Insignificant little sum Of
$4,000!
Mr.. Daniel spoke of the moral
side of the question, of the compact
made between the fathers and the
people of Columbia, and the first,
as he said, that this compact would
be broken by the removal. The
| Conference had been discriminating
against the girls college, even in
its Twentieth century movement,
and yet they expected 1t to grow
and flourish in equal degree with
Woford, and now it was proposed
| to continue this discrimination by
removing the college at a sacrifice.
| He did not know what the Rishop
was going to say about it, but he
believed that some of the greatest
safeguards of governments and in
Gividuals were enshrined in par
liamentary law. Here was move
ment proposing to change by its re-
moval, the very name of this his
torical institution. He believed in
accordance with parliamentary law
two-thirds vote would be neces
sary.
Finally, in the name of common
sense and in the name of the women
of South Carolina, he plead that the
college be left in Columbia. Don't
touch that institution. Leave it
where it is. Do that and the bless
ings Of God will rest upon you.
Move it and you stab to the heart
Methodist female education in South
Carolina.
Mr.. G. G. Featherstone, of Lat
rens, spoke in favor of moving the
college. If it could not stand COM
petition in the upper part of the
State then let it die. So far as the
moral side of the question was con-
cerned the college belonged to the
Methodists of South Carolina, and
they had the right to move it if by
doing so they thought they could
advance the best interests Of educa-
ton and of Methodism. Why
does Columbia not patronize Co.
lumbia Female College? Because
it can find better institutions!
He stated the advantages offered by
Laurens including $4,000 in cash
and other offers sufficient to raise
the whole amount to $4,000.
He was asked by Mr.. Daniel if
Laurens had ever allowed a first
class college to die. He denied
that Laurens had ever had first
class college.
Mr.. J. H. Lesesne, of the COM
mittee to investigate the legal
status, explained that his commit
tee had found sufficient data to de-
eide that the college could not be
removed without one legal step, the
amendment of the charter. They
had been Informed that the deed
was in such shape that the prop
erty could be held if the college
were removed, but this they did
not know. He thought the best
plan to postpone the matter for a
year. and give the board power to
recommend.
Rev. R A. Child spoke in be-
half of Greenwood. His Bro.
Daniel had striven by insinuation
to leave the impression that there
were legal obstacles in the way.
Rev. M. L Carlisle, of the legal
committee, explained that the com
mittee from information were most
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