The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-02-12

| 100000 in securities and $3S4,00O in
Florida bonds issued years before
were to be added to the fund.
Gov. Ansel said that the Mississippi
| and Florida bonds, which are not to
be confused with bonds issued during
| Radical administrations, were never
redeemed. Gov. Ansel then sketched
the proceedings Of the board and it's
| policy of distributing the proceeds of
| the fund. He told of the appoint
| ment of the committee referred to as
the 1906 committee which was named
at the meeting in 1905, but which re-
port was not published until 1911. He
reviewed the recommendations Of the
committee which would have distrib-
uted about 100000 provided the
States raised like amount. The re-
| port Of Wycliffe Rose, the agent of the
fund. suggested that 100000 go to
the Peabody College for Teachers, pro-
vided the institution raise $1,O0O,OOO.
| Gov. Ansel then told of the appoint
ment Of a committee of which he was
member, to consider two matte $
the first being whether or not the
board having distributed a part Of the
| fund should not now distribute all of
1t and the other as to the considera-
| ton Of the various recommendation
made as to it's disposal. The COM
mittee decided that it should dis
tribute all Of the fund and made a re-
port as to it's distribution. which is
printed above. About $35O,OOO went
to the cause Of negro education.
Il tried to get as much money as
possible for South Carolina. In fact
l asked first for. $500, 900 for Win
throp."
When the board met the items men,
toned above were considered by items
and adopted.
Mr.. Young-Why did the trustees
give Winthrop $4,000?
Gov. Ansel-I am responsible for it,
1 asked first for 100000, then for
100000.
Mr.. Young-Why did the university
get only $4,000?
Gov Ansel-When South Carolina
was reached the 100000 for the uni
versity was stricken out and given
Winthrop and $4,000 which was to
have gone to Harvard for a school
there was added. 1 might state that
/ have always believed in education,
and when it comes to education be-
tween man or woman I am going to
favor the education Of the woman.
BY Mr.. Swearingen-If you had not
been present at the meeting Harvard
would have secured that $4,000 and
only $4,000 would have come to
South Carolina?
Gov. Ansel-Yes sir.
Gov. Ansel read a part Of the re-
port in which he moved that the
$35o.000 set aside for the negroes be
divided among the several Southern
States to the amount Of $4,000 each
TO be used by the State boards Of edu-
cation, the incomes to be used for ru-
raj supervisors. This motion failed
to pass.
Gov. Ansel then moved that any un-
expended balance go to Winthrop col
lege. 1t is not known how much this
balance will be as some of the gifts
were made under certain conditions
and these conditions may not be COM
piled with. This motion is still upon
the minute books of the trustees. Gov.
Ansel said that Dr. Mitchell and Au.
gust Kohn, a trustee of the university,
came TO him and asked him to secure
some Of the unexpected balance for
the university. They said they were
not fighting Winthrop.
At the meeting last November
Messrs, Mitchell, Kohn and Swearin-
gen appeared, as did DR.. Johnson.
BY Mr.. Welsh-Didn't the large ap-
preparation given Nashville have
something to do with cutting down
Winthrop?
Gov. Ansel-I think il did.
Questions were asked by Mr. Wes-
ton and Mr.. Welsh to show that had
some of the plans of the committee
been carried out there would have
been very little left for the negroes
Replying TO questions Gov. Ansel
said that he considered the fund
trust and that he would not have vot-
ed to cut the negro out altogether as
the first letter from Mr.. Peabody to
board said for all the people.
Answering Mr.. Kohn, Gov. Ansel
said that the university representa-
tiYeS made il plain that thern Nas No