The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-01
Each college is to invest the amount

ing the principles of free government.
Mr.. Bryan had already established
similar prizes In nineteen states and
the twenty. five colleges selected ter
the Bennett prize were selected from
other states so that every state but
one now contains a college giving SUCH
q prize.
MIR, BRYAN's FUND FOR BOYS.
The fund for the aid OF poor boys
desiring q college education was dis
tributeI by Mr.. Bryan as follows:
One Thousand dollars to Illinois
College, Jacksonville, ILL.,, and $3.50
each to Park College, ParkvIlle, MO-,
and College OF William & Mary, Will
liamsburg, Va. Also $500 to each
of the following colleges:
Doane College, Crete, Neb.
Howard College, East Lake, (Near
Birmingham, Ala
Hendrix College, Conway, Ark
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
Kenyon College, Gambler, o.
Muskingun College, New Concord,
Ohio.
St. Olaf College, Mortified, Mimi.
Hillsdale College, Conway, Ark.
University of the South, Sewanee
Tenn.
Trinity University, Waxahachie,
Texas.
Rlpon College, Ripon, Wis.
Nazareth College, Muskogee, l. L.
Hope College, Holland, Mich.
Butler College, Indianapolis, Ind.
Sutherland College, Sutherland, Fla
MRS -BRYAN's FUND FOB GIRLS
The fund for the aid Of poor girls
desiring to obtain a college education
was distributed by Mrs. Bryan as fol-
lows: $500 to each Of the following
colleges:
Georgia Normal and Industrial Col
leqe, Milledgeyille, Ga.
Eureka College, Eureka, Ill.
Hastings College, Hastings, Neb.
Wesleyan University, Buchannon,
w. Va.
Henry Kendall College, Muskogee,
I. T..
Williamsburg Institute, Williams.
burg, KY. >.
wesleyan University, University
Place, Neb.
Baylor University, Waco, Tex.
Iowa College, Grinnell, Ia.
Tulane University Of Louisiana,
New Orleans, La.
State Normal and Industrial Col
lege, Greensboro, N. O.
Hiram College, Hiram, O.
Kingasher College King6sher, o. T.
Academy Of the Visitation, Dubu-
que. Ia.
williams Industrial College, Little
Rock, Ark.
Ewing College, Ewing, III.
Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
University CT Arizona, Tucson, Ariz'
University of New Mexico, Albu-
querque, N. M.
The Mississippi Industrial Institute
and College, Columbus, Miss.
As the boys who are helped by the
fund are to return the money to the
college as soon after leaving college
as they can conviently do 30 and a
the money when 80 returned Is to be
advanced to others the aid extended
will constantly increase. The girls
aided are asked to do the same, but II
not required of them.
In distributing the prize fund pre-
ference was given to state universities
except where the state contained some
college OF greater Importance.
In distributing the funds Tor the
aid Of poor boys and girls preference
was generally given to the smaller
| colleges-the same amount OF money
going father among these colleges.
All the principal denominations
were recognized in the distribution
q little partiality being shown the
Congregational colleges because Mr.
Bennett attended the Congregations
church.
Two colored schools were included
and one of the other colleges has
| considerable number Of Indians en-
rolled among its students. The var
ious funds were 60 distributed that II
at least one college in every state and
territory between the two oceans a
permanent Bennett fund will perpet'
uate the name and recall the gene
rosity Of Philo Sherman Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Of course re-
! ceived no compensation for distr1bu
ting these funds but they are. richly
rewarded for the little they have
been able to do by the consciousness
that they have aided friend to make
a valuable contribution to his own
and subsequent generations. The
Bennett case has given Mr.. Bryan
great deal of annoyance and some o1
the republican papers have malicious
ly misrepresented the facts but It Ii
over and the money secured for educa'
tional purposes will prove a continu-
ing blessing to Thousands OF boys ano
girls, while the annoyance will soor
be forgotten.
Fireman Killed.
Seeking to escape death from scald
ing steam pouring from a bursteo
arch pipe, Frank Dix, a negro fire
man on engine No. ZIP, jumped or fell
from the cab Thursday morning al