The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-19
WISHES TO BROADEN
CLEMSON'S WORK
TRUSTEES HOPE TO ESTABLISH
PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
r. |. Manning and W. D. Evans Con-
fer With Attorney General Regard
ing Statutory Requirements.
The State, 18th.

Jhe State, Iotn.
Richard I. Manning and w D. Ev-
ans, members of the board Of trus-
tees of Clemson college, were here
yesterday on their return from a
meeting of the board. Both being from
the Pee Dee, they were very much
elated over the step taken by the
board to get the legislature to estah-
1ish an experiment station in the Pee
Dee section of the State.
Mr.. Manning declared that the af-
fairs of the college are in excellent
condition. The board did not enter
into an election of president, but it
seems to have been the sense Of the
meeting that W. NJ. Riggs, the acting
president, be continued in office.
The new experiment station to be
located in the Pee Dee section will
fill q long felt want. Judging from,
the past, it will represent more of the
fertilizer tax than any other section
of the State, for the farmers of the Pee
Dee use more fertilizers than any 9TH
ers in the State. Col. Evans declared
that the new station will be great
boon to a large farming section of the
State, for it will teach the farmers
what kinds of fertilizers to use on
certain soils and under certain con-
ditions.
Wants Such School.
Neither would state whether it is
the purpose of the trustees eventual
~ to establish a preparatory school
and to elevate the standing and cur
riculum at Clemson, but from their
declarations that this is the most i'm
portant action taken by the trustees
in many years it is inferred that it is
the wish. if not the intention Of the
board, to establish just such a school,
as soon as the approval of the legis-
lature may be obtained.
Messrs. Manning and Evans consult
ed with Mr.. Lyon about an effort
, which Will be made by some OF the
fertilizer manufacturers to evade the
new law requiring that bags of ferti-
lizers shall be uniform in size and in
weight The law requires that the
weight Of cottonseed meal shall be
100 pounds to the sack and shall be
marked on the sack with a penalty for
evading the law and that other COM
mercial fertilizers shall be 200 pounds
to the sack.
Object of the Law.
The object of the law is to require
manufacturers to mark the sacks
pIaihggand to come up to the require
menrs@ for weight, but the wording of
the act is so involved that the attor-
ney general fears that he may have
hard fight to uphold the evident inten-
tion of the legislature.
Mr.. Lyon, while waiting to argue
case in the United States supreme
court recently, heard a case similar to
the fertilizer case presented. In that
the United States supreme court de-
cided against the plaintiff, a manu-
featuring corporation, and Mr.. Lyon
thinks with that as a precedent he
can successfully defend the present
statute. So much nitrate of soda and
muriate Of potash is shipped in from
Chilli that it is claimed that the State
of South Carolina can not require a
foreign government to mark its ship
ments. But Mr. Lyon will contend
that the selling agent who delivers d.
rectly to the consumer must see
that packages are of proper weight
and properly labeled.