Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-03
RBMANS At CLINTON.
Presbyterian College Will
Not Be Moved.
HOME TOWN COMES TO TERMS.
interesting Campaign to Secure For
the College Title to Its Own pomi.
eiIe Ends In sueeess-Proeeedings Of
the Trustees Last Friday Night.

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News and Courier Saturday.
COLUMBIA. Sept 28.-Special: The
board Of trustees Of the Presbyterian
college were in session all Of last
night, all Of today. and at this writ
| ing are still in session. The ministe-
rial members, no doubt, were exercis-
ing their ministerial privilege Of talk
ing rather than voting. The entire
discussion was on the location Of the
College for the Presbyterian Young
Men of the State. This college is now
located at Clinton, but several Of the
cities Of the state, learning that the
board would entertain propositions
for it's removal, made offers. York
Vile was the first to make an offer to
the board and when the entries clos
ed there were offers in from Ben
nettsville, Chester, Sumter, Yorkyille
and Clinton.
| There was no marked difference In
the monetary value Of the offers and
they were pretty much all in line,
running from $4,000 to $65,000 in
cash and site. Bennettsville made the
largest cash offer. which included
$4,000 offered by Mrs. Beckwith, a
former citizen Of that place.
Today the board discussed for
hours and hours what was best to
be done. Each of the nineteen men,
bers of the board participated. 1t was
soon found from the drift Of the dis
cussion that Clinton would retain the
present college under the offer that
1t had made. There was a sentiment
back Of this and a recognition Of the
right OF Clinton to enjoy its heritage.
The question soon devolved into one
of sections with a strong under cur
rent, that one Presbyterian college
should be located in the Piedmont
section and the other in the Pee-Dee
section.
With this division of the subject
matter into sections. the contest to-
lay really was between Chester and
Clinton, rather than between the Sc
ries Of contestants. The idea was to
undertake to utilize the splendid Of
fer made by Bennettsville and utilize
1t for Presbyterian higher education
IL that be possible, but also to have
Presbyterian college in the Pied
mont section and on this the question
was whether it should be at Chester
or Clinton.
In the final vote Clinton received
twice the vote Of Chester and Ben
nettsville received one vote. The
other points were eliminated because
Of the geographical considerations.
The matter of Jurisdiction, which ap-
pears to have been Of impoi lance, has
been finally settled and under the
today. the board Of trustees Of the
Presbyterian College Is to receive in
fee simple all the property of the col
lege. 1t Is also to receive the 18-room
The board has an offer of $1,000 for
this building, which cannot be legally
transferred in fee to the college, but
the board now has the ia acres that
has been owned independently Of the
college apd the or acres hereto
fore owned by the college. together
with all the buildings.
The college Is also to receive $20,-
900 In cash. under the very generous
and liberal offer of the people of
Clinton and this, with the $4,000 of
endowment fund that has been col
lected, will be utilized for the erection
Of new buildings and the installation
of first-class equipment. The college
Is prospering under the administra-
ton Of President Neville. There Is
now an attendance Of 110 against 70
for last year.
There were the kindest and most
eulogistic statements made at the
board meeting today concerning DR..
Jacobs, who has been the father and
backbone OF the present Presbyterian
college, and who nursed 1t until II
was turned over to other hands. The
Rev. Mr. Holiday offered a resolu-
ton, which was adopted without dis
sent, that the board undertake to Sc
cure for an eastern branch Of the
Presbyterian college the splendid Of
fer made by Bennettsville. The idea
appears to have a committee try and
bring about some plan by which there
lan be another Presbyterian college
at Bennettsville for the Pee-Dee Sec
ton of the state in particular and for
this college to be under the auspices
of the Presbyterian synod and the
board Of trustees Of the present col
lege. A committee will probably take
this matter up at once with the Ben
nettsville committee.
The board of trustees tonight gave
out the following as its official state
ment Of its work:
THE action Of the board in locat-
ing the Presbyterian College Of South
Carolina. The committee appointed
to bring in a paper expressing the
sentiments of the board in relation
to the propositions submitted by the
communities Of Bennettsville, Ches-
ter, Clinton, Sumter and Yorkville,
for the locating of the Presbyterian
College of South Carolina, beg leave
to submit the following as their re-
port, viz:
1st. Resolved: That this board has
been profoundly impressed by the in
telligent enthusiasm and enlightened
liberality displayed by the citizens of
these several communities in their ef
forts to secure for their people the
benefits of an institution Of higher
learning within their respective gates.
To see the most prominent business
men of five of our most progressing
cities turn aside for a time from the
claims and duties Of their individual
callings and with one heart and one
mind seek to promote the common
good; to see them express by actions
and gifts that speak louder than
words, the high value that they set
upon the blessings of a Christian ed
ucation for their young men Is, in
deed, a most inspiring and most
hopeful sign.
"2d. Resolved: That the board
would have felt safe in committing
the interests of the college, under
God, in the keeping Of people OF
any of these five communities and
wish that 1t had been in their power
hn l.