The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-02-13
The GENERAL ASSEMBLY
RETURNS TO ITS WORK
WEDNESDAY WAS SPENT IN CITY
By THE SEA.
Portner Bill is Attracting Attention
in the Senate-SOme Hard Work
Ahead.
Special to The Herald and News.

Columbia, Feb. 12.-TAe general as
sembly gets back to work today, af-
Ter spending yesterday in Charleston.
a large crowd went down yesterday
morning. and returned in the small
nours of this morning.
The Fortner bill, which has passed
he house, to prohibit white people
rom teaching negroes, is attracting
attention over in the senate, and will
be threshed out The bill may come
up today. Governor Blease has sent
to the senate the following special
message in regard to the measure:
\ Gentlemen of the Senate:
In view of the Fortner bill, which is
now before you, l beg to call your
/ attention to a few facts
herewith attach photograph Of
tine faculty" of Benedict College, Co
lumbia, South Carolina taken from
the annual catalogue" of 1912-1913, ia
which photograph you will find white
and colord persons-men and women
mixed, and I would be glad if you
would pay close attention to this
photograph.
1 have been informed that one Of
the negro preachers. whose likeness
appears in this photograph as mem
Der of this faculty, is the same man
who is the pastor Of a negro church
in Columbia, who has recently been un
der charges by his church for assaul-
sulting or attempting a negro woman,
man, and that this is the case which
has recently been before Judge G. E.
= Prince, in the circuit court of Rich
land county, upon INDUCTION or similar
proceedings brought as the result of
,Ediffe-ences among negro church mem
bers caused by the charge of this as
suit or alleged assault against this man
Cheek.
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white men whose likeness appears in
the photograph has been playing on
the negro foot ball team of this col
lege.
; have been informed that the negro
boys dormitory of this institution has
a white matron, whose likeness .ap-
pears in this photograph.
! have been informed that the negro
boys in this dormitory have pictures
of white girls and of white women in
their rooms.
have been informed that at a re-
ception or "scoiable," as my infor-
mant called it, given or held on the
tcampus of this college recently, white
women teachers mingled On terms Of
equality with negro boys and negro
members of the faculty, and ate re-
treshments at the same tables.
also beg to call your attention to
extracts from letter which have
received from the town of Beaufort:
\ The President of the Board of
# Beaufort, Charles E. Danner, hand
as the funds Of the Matha School
p (negro), the white teachers of which
attend negro churches with their negro
pupils The secretary, George Water
house, is the son of woman who
came here to teach and taught in Penn
School, on st. Helena Island NEGRO
asehool, white teachers}. 1t was at
Arhouses request that Col. Thomas
hmended the appointment of
B. Cooley as a trustee in st.
ina township"
also beg to call your attention to
untation from another letter receiv-
from Beaufort, in which it is
BSstated:
zone Miss Marion Harmon, No. *
Avenue, Wollaston, Mass,
me to Beaufort to teacn in this
ha School, some week or two ago.
come understanding she was to
white school, and didn't know
it was a negro institution until
ee arrived at the school She was
Forced to stay in same house with
teachers, as there are both
FOES and white teachers in this
pl." This woman will gladly
you some valuable information
Pc conditions existing in
a.
t9ers are from different
this message is to