The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-24
Gov. BIease Lnaugurated
and Begins Second Term
Says in His Inaugural Address that He Has Wiped Clean
the Slate of the Past-O:tines Position on
Several Important Questions.

udQ dSFSGO 10 give WluIufCp CO41SS0
about 100000. The president of the
South Carolina College went North,
and l am told that Mr.. Ansel has in
his possession a statement signed by
the president of the South Carolina
college that if the Peabody fund tIus-
tees would give to the South Carolina
college a certain amount of that
money, that he, as president of the
South Carolina college, would agree
and consent for the remainder of that
money to go to the education of free
negroes. l have tried to get a copy
! of that report, and have not succeed
ed; but have the word Of Prof. D. B.
Johnson, the able and distinguished
president of Winthrop, that that is
true. And, if it is true, certainly the
president of the South Carolina col
| lege has no place in the education de-
partment of South Carolina. If he
would rather take that money to. edu-
cate negroes than to give it to the
white girls of South Carolina, he GER
tainly has no place during my admin
istration in any department Of the2
government or, particularly, the edu-
cational department of the State. You
can get the information if you will
ask Mr.. August Kohn, who, I under
Island, was somewhat familiar with
the transaction; or possibly If you
will ask the State superintendent Of
education, the Hon. John E. Swear
ingen, or if you will summon before
your committee DIR. D. B. Johnson, the
president of winthrop college.
Now, gentlemen, if the two colleges
are to fight one another-if Winthrop
is to fight the University, let Winthrop
fight the University like man; or, il
the University is to fight Winthrop,
let the University fight Winthrop like
a man; but, for Gods sake, don't let
them use such methods as have re-
ceived this information Of; don't let
one of them say, after it tNhas received
! its measly pittance, that it is willing
! that the balance should go to educate
free negroes in South Carolina.
That is matter for you to investi-
gate, and it is a serious matter. II
they had let Winthrop alone, am in
formed she would have got 500, 900,
and possibly considerably more, but
by this under-handed fight she was cut
down very considerably in that appro-
priation, and you will be called upon
this year, as result, to make lar
ger appropriation than you would
have had to make if Winthrop had
received that money. l tried to get
the facts palmer to lay them before
you; l wanted to get them in writing;
but | am satisfied that if you I#ill
send for Prof Johnson he will tell
you what he told me, and when he
does tell you 1 am satisfied that you
will find iii you will excuse a COM
mon expression) pretty dirty trans
action on the part of somebody. :.
This is plain talk, but that is ex-
actly what came up here for.
Itemize College Appropriations.
Now, gentlemen Of the general as
sembly, want to call your attention
to another matter. want to ask you,
when these colleges present their es-
Inmates, and the appropriation bill Is
drawn, that you require that the items
be separated. Some of you have been
elected on platform of economy;
some of you promised On the stump
to try to help to reduce taxes. stand
here to join you in that fight, what
ever may be the consequences. And,
my friends, don't let the South Caro-
lima College come in here and say,
for the South Carolina College $21S,-
600; don't let Winthrop say, for Win
throp $11S,OO; don't let the Citadel
say, for the Citadel $93,5O0. If you
do, don't be surprised if 1 apply the
veto for, in that event, expect to do
so, even if it shuts up the colleges for
the balance of this year; am going
to do it; l am going to put the mat
ter squarely up to you, because I
promised the people, by the help of
God, that l would do what l could to