The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, September 07, 1892, Image 1
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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
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vol.. XI.TX. SPARTANBURG, S. C, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1892. no. 3<im
Better Schoo's Seeded.
Iu these days of railroads, telegraphs
telephones and daily mails it is expected
that the schools should keep pace with
all other educational facilities. But
they are not up with the times. What is
the matter with the people?
In mauv neighborhoods the childreL
have no better opportuuity for receiving
an education than thev had ltviO to
1860. For this state of affairs no one is
to biaine except the parents. They are
too lazy and indifferent, in some neighborhoods,
to buiid comfortable school
houses. They are too mean to furnish
them when built If the.y have a comfortable
house'they will not employ a
teacher for eight or ten month*. Or if
they get one, the ps.v is so small that
the teacher could make as much in a
cotton mill.
A house 22x00 wm accouimou&tf w
pupils. There will be room for 20 dou
ble desks. The house well bu:lt and
ccilci t'? d. H it;:'.. gool heating
stove would cost about $100 The 2C
desks would cost $60 to $73 This is a
smill nvestment when one considers
the many benefits to be derived.
A good school house with a good
teacher means a great uplift in the
neighborhood. Ignorance and preju
dice will gradually give way to intelligence
and liberal opinions. The tendency
of the boys and girls will be up.
ward and not downward. Homes will
be made moreattiactive. Slcuchy, dirty
housekeeping and dressing will disappear
in fam lies where bright children
are studying and learning som-thing.
It is an easy matter to secure and
keep a good school 8 to 10 months. A
fair teacher can be secured for $200 and
board. The public school fund wfP
pay a first grade teacher about #*00.
Then the patrons will have to famish
board and another $100 in order to
keep up the school It is cheaper to
employ a $000 teacher, however, for the
advantages will mo e than compensa'e
for the increased pay.
The neighborhood, that can furnish
20 to 00 children of school age should
certainly have a good school. If thej
fail they vote for ignorance instead c?
knowledge, vice instead of virtue, degradation
of their children iustead o!
their respectability aud usefulness.
There is a po >r mvt in thi6 coun*>
who started as a reuter sevenl ya-.rs
ago and struggled, on, year after year,
but with his head up end b;s hear<
filled witfr manly aspirations. Fe is
poor to-day but he is pieparing a sod
and daughter for college and if he caD
possibly secure the money by digging
it out of the ground, or borrowing, he
will give his children a colhgiate education
He does not whine and complain
and say that the State ought to
build a school house for him, nor buybooks,
or pay his teachers Like a
true, good parent he has risen &N>ve
the State and devoted his life to the
training of his children. There are
^^hjmdreds of parents in the county
u:'ku IUJ?U
property as this man who are doing
nothing for the education of their chii
dren. As they sow they will reap.
| The Hew Eugland Magazine indicates
that its provincial name is too
narrow for the scope of its articles. It
reaches out as far as the "North Pole"
in a readable paper by Cfe&rles M.
Skinner.and then sooops in "Buzzard's
Bay" which has been the centre of at
traction for one half of the American
people for several months. "The Need
' of Good Roads" receives due consideration
and is made a leading feature
of the number. Boratio Perry tells
Al/l Vaa UamnihirA Mmur.''
While the Yankees could never equal
the Georgia "Cracker" in these displays
of the "melish," yet it will be interesting
to learn how our yankee brethren
conducted themselves on parade
day. W. L. Sheldon makes "A Plea
for the German Element iu America,"
and Nicholas Paine Oilman discusses
"Profit Shearing in the United States.1'
This is a' very important subject and is
a side issue of the great Labor question
/ that is agitating the whole country.
The New England Magazine is wn!l
worth the price $3 00 a year. The address
is Boston, 86 Federal Street.
?The September Century comes laden
with good things. The illustrations
are a studday in themselves. From the
frontispiece, "Between Two Fires."
to the last advertisement the .pictures
talk. "The Grand Fails of Labrador"
are well described by Henry G. Bryant.
Edmund Clarence 8teadman continues
his admirable papers on "The
Nsture and Elements of Poetry." This
number takes up the "Imagination."
The Chistopher Columbus series is continued.
This is especially interesting
as the World's Fair is approaching.
Theodore Roosevelt tells about an Elk
Hunt at Two Ocean Pass. Henry Van
Brunt keeps up an interest in the Arch
itecture at the World's Colu-nbian Exposition.
The illustrations show what
the statuary will be. The continued
stories keep up a lively interest. The
poetry is fair. The topics of the Time,
Open Letters ana in a mgmer vem air
very entertaining. You will find the
Century always interesting.
The graduates of the Keeley Institute,
at Columbia, met in convention
at the Institute last Friday afternoon
and formed "The South Carolina Keeley
Association!" The Messrs. Courtland
gave them a banquet at the Hotel
Jerome. The following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved, 1. That we, the patients
and graduates of Keeley Institute *of
Columbia, would tender our sincere
thanks to the manager, Mr. J. W,
Court land, and physiciaD, Dr. F. M.
Bennett, for their very gentlemanly
aod kindly treatment while with them.
2 That we note with pleasure and
great pride the very high moral plane
of, and grand principles underlying
and making the groundwork of this
institution.
8. That it is the sense of patients
and graduates that under the management
of these gentlemen, Mr. Courtland
and Da. Bennett, that patients
not only receive permanent anu lasting
benefi s, but are sent forth impressed
that sobriety and gentility go hand in
hand.
4. That we would give expression to
oorbigq appreciation of the attention
paid us by Mr. Courtland in providing
this festive board for our entertainment.
What is useful is intrinsically ornamental.
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I
Cholera. * it
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The medical books give us about a j
half dozen varieties of cholera, besides
the Asiatic cholera whichisthe dreaded ^
sc )urs:e of the East. It is characterized
bv profuse discharges from the stomach
and bowels, severe cramps and at sence 0
of the pulse, blueness of the skin and U(
suppr ssion of the urine. Many persons
mccumb in a few hours after the attack c,
\s ? geueral thing5 to 20per cent. 01
the persons attacked with the disease
wiil recover with ordinary treatment. _(
oriin livfl in fifth and poverty a.
suffer most. 0j
Hippocrate400 years before Christ, ^
make6,menti n of the disease and des
cribes it in si.ch a way as to show that ^
he was acqua'uted with the true cholera. ^
Aretseus, of Cappadocia, in Asia Minor,
described the disease with great accu- ^
racy 50 years after Chris*. Other writers.
after that date, mention the dis- ^
ease, showing ay acquaintance with its ^
symptom*. The epidemics of 1756. 1708 (
Hndl.sl have been wiii described'oy
several writers. This is what is known a(
as twelfth-year cholera, because in ^
HindostaD, the home of this disease,
they have a great festival every twelve Q|
y ar:. Thousands of people from all ^
sections spend some time together aud |
when the caravans start homeward
they scatter cholera on the line of
march. The epidemic of 1817 was one fe
the most noted of modern times. The ^
Marquis of Hastings was then carrying lj(
ou war against the Mahrattas with an c
army of 90,000 men Ten thousand of ,
the native soldiers had died at Allaba- (J|
bid. Huudreds of soldiers dropped
out from the line of march and died by w
the wayside, lu two weeks 9,000 mm sue ^
cumbed to the disease. The epidemic of v'
thai year spread Northward aod Westwa?-d
reached the Mediterranean coast
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where it died away m iou. m io.? .
pj
the disease originated at Hurdwar,
near the source of the Gauges where ^
three million pilgrims assembled for a
great fen ival. From that pl=<.ce it-was llJ
carried in all directions and passed M
rhrough Kuss'a to Moscow. F om that l>
>'l>?ce it was c irried to England Ireland r*
Scotland and Germany and in th-- '
Spring of 1833 it reiclitd Canada and *
the United S*ates. Tiiat was perhaps
the first general introduction of he
in
disease to our country. It moved
westward aud d??w ? the Mississippi to
New Orleans by October of 1832 Six
thousand died out of a population of
55.000. Iq'841 another great epidemi-'
began iu lower Bengal end spread b>
degrees until it reached New Orleans
iu 1848. Iu 1885 ludia was the smarting ^
place of the disease. The increased facilities
for transportation crried the
epidemic to the Mediterranean and P1
Atlantic coe.st. In 1888 it (track New tl
York and was distributed iu every di n(
rection by railroads aud steamboats 8,:
even as far as the Sm ky Fork iu Kan
aas. Fort Ellsworth, a town only six *
weeks old, suffered with the disease, tl
That year ft extended to rural districts d<
V Jtwj?v fro n f-bo.">tng|tfares tJ travel.
rhe first death in Norfh America from ^
Cholera was lu Quebec, June 1832. tl
From 1883 to 1885 Egypt, Italy, France 0<
and Spain suffered mocn. in i?m lucre
were 8,000 to 12,000 deaths in French ^
towns. Ten thousand were reported u
in Italy. In 1885 it broke oat in most P
virulent form in Spain and raged for *
months About one third of the cases &
were fatal. The reports were carefnlly u
made up showing tbat there were 250,- c<
000 cases with 92,000 deaths. About ^
thib time the subject of inoculation was C1
discussed and it was tried by the Span c?
ish government. They were very hope- Ii
ful as to the results. But after trial p
and the careful investigation of experts f(
it is considered a doubtful expedient. n
The specific cause of the disease is a n
living organism. The famous Koch p
claims that: he has discovered it and II
says that it is capable of multiplication d
and propagation. v.
This disease has always had its origin p
in the ovev crowded districts of middle ti
and Southern Asia. Poverty, poor food n
aud filth are most favorable conditions b
for its spread. In countries where ii is d
not epidemic, it attacks those who are a
crowded in tenement houses or who 13
live in.mean and filthy homes Driok- a
ing water, when infected with the r<
germs spieads the disease rapidly. The h
clothing of cholera patients is a prime g
cause of the spread of the disease. Such d
is a short sketch of the terrible disease i(
which has been gradually spreading in I
the East for a year or more. fi
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Capital Punishment. j
WILL THK COMING CIVILIZATION A BOL- 0
ISH IT ? r
There is an increasing demand for v
doing away with capital punishment, i
The question certainly has two sides i
and is entitled to fair and full discus- r
sion ja
The barbaric idea of punishment for !;
vengeance doe6 not fiud place with en- c
lightened and humane people. The i
ouly objects in punishing one who vio- t
lates law, is to reform him and to deter i
others from erime. There can be no t
other reason in minds moulded and t
influenced by the benign teachings of <
an advancing civilization. i
It is usual for men who know little of t
the general trend of Bible teaching i
and who practice less of it, to quote i
glibly certain texts that apply, as they J
think, to their side of the question.
These men who are anxious to 6ee m^n i
suffer the extreme penalty of violated t
law will refer you to the old Mosaic
statute, "eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
hand for hand, foot for foot, burning <
for burning, wound for wound, stripe
for stripe." They never turn to the
New Testament for the interpretation
of the rigorous laws of the old. The only
instance where a c-se was submitted to
the Savior where the criminal was
charged with a crime that carried death
with the conviction, he convicted the
witnesses and said gently to the criminal,
"Go and sin no more." When people
refer to the Bible for texts to
strengthen arguments, they should
have the fairness to take its teachings
as a whole and not to use special texts
in a distorted way.
The object in punishing a man i6 to
reform him and make a better citizen
of him. If that cannot be done, then
let him be separated from society and
placed where he can do no harm,
i Hanging, one or killing him by electric
y, dots not reform a criminal. If 'b<
one man is placed in a life departmem
f the penitentiary he has an opportu
ity for repentance and reformation
man may lead an upright Christiai
fe in a prison.
Hanging criminals does not detei
hers from committing crime. It is i
oticeable fact that some of our most
locking homicides iu Spartanburg
>unty are committed near the sitting
' the courts. When a man is enragec
rough to kill his fellow man he doei
ot stop to consider the probabilities o)
q acquittal by tne courts, in# icnun
' the law do not frighten him. A
a.n^ing once a month at every couri
rtuse in the State ^ouldi Dot preveni
Dmieides. A dummy *wuug^ up per
stualiy in front of the jail yard woulc
) about as much good as a real hang
iff
The followiug statement from tin
hicago Inter-Ocean will throw con
derable light on the subject. It will
sar careful leading.
"It is impossible to compile statistic!
;all reliable on the queotion of capi
d punishment since the factB upoi
hich such statistics can be based hav<
3t been collected. There are fiv<
tates in the Union which have finallj
trolished the death penalty, but ever
oin their experience , which has beer
rort and which concerns perhaps dif
rent social states from those in othei
tate6 where the death penalty hai
een retained, no positive assertior
jucerning ^ie advisability or inadvis
jility of the retention of that mode ol
itnishment can be made. Michigar
as the first State to abolish the death
nalty for murder. This was in tin
>ar lt>46. A number of attempts have
?en made to revive it in that State ou
ie plea that without it there has beer
i increase of crime, but thus far these
i?"o not succeeded. This State usuallj
an orderly one, and was settled from
le first with an industrious, law abid
ig people, and has beeh ppculiarly
icce?MnniJ gemug uu muiuui vnpim
tiuishmeut. It. has, been therefore,
,'ferred to frequently by the advocatet
f the total abolition of the death pen
ties as a very strong argument or
ieir side It is asserted that in eight
jarg Michigan ha> not had anv nio?t
mrders tha occnr in the city of New
ork ina single ye''r. Manifestly thif
not a fair comparison. The State ol
iehigau ha6 uo' more than one and 8
alf times as much population as th<
ty of New York and of the brutal elc
lent among which almost all of th<
iiirders of New York City occur,
ichigan has a very slight represeuta
on. The Mich'gau State prison re
ort cf 1874 asserted that in the first
lirteen years and a half under th<
?w law there were thirty-seven per
>ns convic+ed of murder in the first
agree, and the neit thirteen years anc
half the number was but thirty-one
lough the population had more thar
onbled. The next State to abolish
lirty-nine yean after the abolishiheni
I the law there were thirty four con
ietioDB of ruurder in the first degre<
i the State. It is stated that the pop
iation of Rhode Island increased 7,'
er cent from 1860 to 1870,' yet then
as a faliiDg off of nearly 20 per ceni
i convictions for murder. From 1871
?1880 the population increased 27 pei
snt and the convictions 14 per cent
rom 1880 to 1890 the population in
reased 25 per cent and the record o
onvictions increased in the same ratio
q 1853 Wisconsin substituted life im
risonment for death as a punishmen
>r mnrder. From 1853 to 1870 thi
umber of convictions in the State fo
lurder was 51. Iowa abolished capita
nnishment in 1872, and restored it ii
378 by giving to juries the power t<
ecide whether the punishment fo
rilliul murder should be dealth or im
risonment. The plea for this restora
ion was that mur lers had becomt
lore frequent, a statement which ha
een denied. Maine abolished tfc>
eath penalty for a number of year
nd then restored it, and later, in 1887
itally abolished it. Minnesota als<
bolished the death p -natty and agaii
einstated it. Illinois and Minnesot
lave lessened capital conviction b;
lying to the jury power to adjudge
eath or imprisonment for life as pun
dirnent for murder in the first degree
n Kansas a man guilty of a capital oi
ense must be sent to the penitentiar
or one year. At the end of that tim
t is optional with the government t
rder the sentence of death to be cai
ied out, or having the criminal irnprh
n d for life, and the latter course is ir
ariably adopted. As we have statec
t is impossible to give full statistic
ipon this point. The general goverr
nent has never made any attempt t
father the criminal statistics ot th
ttates, nor has any " tate except Masss
diusetts made any comparison of criu
ual records for a sufficient length c
ime to render them of auy value. Eve
n those States where abolition of cap
al punishment has been tried there
i wide difference of opinion as to ii
;ffect. Mr. Andrew J. Palm who ht
written a book upon this questioi
itrongly condemning the death penalt
wrote, beTore he prepared his book, 1
ill the State executives and prominei
louvers for their opinions on the snl
ject, alBO to other persons of note. 1
reply from those who had opportunil
to frame opinions on the subject, tl
State Governors and lawyers, the
were quite as many who advocated tl
death penalty as a necessity for tl
preservation of social order as of thoi
who condemned it.
It may be safe to hurl the lie at
man from a high stump, or throuf
some anonymous communication, b
it does not always do to c-stit into
man's teeth. Last week, George A
Allison and Ira Jones, both of Lanct
ter, had a little scrimmage becau
Jones stated that Allison had report
a lie. This, caused Allison to 6tri
him. A son of Jones then took up t
matter and Allison was about to ti
him out when they were separated,
few old fashioned fights would do
harm, if it woulk stop people from tt
ing lies and giving the lie. We ha
certainly sunk to a low level in polit
and our friends, the enemy are
blame for it*
? A Calf Story.
t
- AND THK GOOD DKACON THAT SOLD A
MATCH FOR A DOLLAR.
BY KX-GOY. JOHN P. ST. JOHN.
r You might as well come over on th<
1 Lord's side at once in this business
1 and quit trying to carry the saloon 01
' one shoulder and the church on tin
? other, my friends. Thev wont ride to
' gether longer.
3 Let us see. I heard of a fellow ou
^ West who owned a calf. That is noth
8 ing new, because I knew a man on
^ tiiora whn nwnpd two. and the niai
t had a ten year-old boy, and the boj
^ carelessly let the bars down and let th<
" calf-out of the lot?I did th it once my
1 self ever in Indiana when I was a boy
and I have not forgottsn it yet. M]
father did not grow in grace at tha
? time. I can feel it to this day. Auc
the calf strayed on the railroad trseV
' and an engine came along and struck
liim and doubled him nil up, and '<
J was not worth anything as a calf aftej
- that, and the owner of the calf wat
1 somewhat vexed. He was not verj
5 particular whether the "sun went dowr
i on his wrath" or not and he sued tin
r railroad company, and after lawini
1 away the price of a hundred calves, th<
1 company beat him?a6 the companj
" always beats a man who sues for th<
r price of a calf?and the fellow got mad
5 J der and coming home from the trial h<
1 said to the old church deacon: "Dea
" con, I am going to get even with thai
railroad company."
1 "How?" said the deacon,
i "1 am going to burn the bridge acrosi
> the chasm ju6t outside of town."
i "Why," said the deacon, "you would
i never do that, would you?"
i "Yes," he said, "I don't propose to hi
( any rich corporation run roughshod
' over me." r
i And the next night, the deacon ir
telling his wife about it said the o'c
' fellow intended to burn the bridge thai
i at o nVlnck. and the time cam*
, around, and the wife, who was a mem
i ber of the Woman's Christian Temper
anee Union, said they had better g<
i down and see about it, but the old dea
1 con said he would not burn it, he wai
! j 'ist in a passion when he said be would
' "Well," she said, "let us go down an.1
? see about it anyway." So they startu
f down towards the bridge, and sun
i enough the fellow was there and hac
> jnsr finished saturatinga portion of tlx
bridge with kerosene oil, and just ai
> th*y reached him he felt in his pocket
, and found that he had forgotton to
- bring matches He turned to the den
con and asked him for a match arc
^ tbe deacon said:
, "What are you going to do with tlx
. match?"
^ "Going to burn tbe bridge," said th<
I man, "as I told you last night 1
would."
"Well," said the deacon, "now I pro
k pose to show you the difference betweei
? a man who has made his peace wit!
. loan you a match fo burn the bridge,
. said the deacon, "I would be as guilt]
; as you are "
Well," said the fellow, "deacon yot
; need not get on your ear about it
. There are plenty of matches. I wll
- * A II x-?..
? I have them 11 i want mew. iuu nui><i
) | there is no doubtabout that. Why dea
r con, I know where I can buy matehei
at different places, right here in th<
. village. You can't suppress the sale o
f matches, deacon, and we must bavi
the matches, and we want them now
' New,"said he, "deacon, I want one bat
and I want it just now. I will tell yoi
5 what I will do, deacon, I will give yoi
a dollar for a match."
j "Well," said the deacon, "are you go
' ing to burn the bridge anyway?"
5 "Why, yes," said the fellow, "I tol<
r you last night I would burn it and yo;
might just as well have a little revenni
as anybody out of this transaction
3 don't you see? Exactly so; I am goinj
g to burn it anyway."
"Well," said the old deacon, if yoi
8V are going to burn it anyway, that put
, au entirely different light upon th<
^ whole question."
And he reached in his pocket for i
match and hie wife caught him by th
coat tail, and said, "Here, husband
you would not sell the man a match
wauld you, to be used in burning th
| bridge?"
And that broke the deacon all ui
_ and he said, "Nancy, that is just th
e way with you Christian Temperarc
Union women. You are a lot of crank
? and fanatics and always going to ei
*? t* {a tt/viii* Knoi
tremee m everyn 10 jvm
ness to attend to household affairs an
l* it is my business to provide for th
'' faiuilv, aud when I have an opporti
8 nity to make an honest dollar, I dow'
l" want you to come around and put you
? oar in." And he hands over the mate
e to the man. and the man passes hii
l~ back a big wagon wheel silver dolla;
l* and as the deacon shoves it way dow
in his pocket at a point where he ai
n solntely knows that it can't get awa
j' when his wife is mending his panl
19 pocket, he then turns to the man an
t8 says:
18 "Are you going to burn the bridge'
a' "Why, of course I am," said the mai
V imi.? * V,? + T Kmiohf. fhAmatch for
" JL HA t lO Tf U HI A WU||M V ??? 0
""Well," said the deacon, "may Gc
lt have mercy on your soul. I wash m
^ hauds of the whole business.1'
n And the match was lighted and G
y bridge is ablaze and the cars come aloi
ie at the rate of forty miles an hour at
re dashed into the cavern and one hu
10 dred lives were lost!
ie Who is guilty when lt comes to tl
se judgment bar of God? The man wl
sold the mrtch is just as guilty as tl
man who lighted and fired the bridg
a ?The Statesman.
?h
ut The switchmen on roads traversit
a New York State have been enjoying
V. grand strike recently. For a whi
IS traffic was hindered. Troops were se
se in and order will be restored with t!
ed bayonet. It will require the slaught
ke of about 3,000 men one of these days
he teach the people, that while any coi
an bination of workmen has a perfect rig
A. to strike, they have no right to preve
other persons from taking their placi
ill
ve A man's friends do him more inju
jC8 than his enemies.
to When a man's word is not as good
1 his bond, keep watch on his bond.
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The I If story of Converse. i i
If ? i;
[ a,sv spartakbuko cams to havk a 1
! fink fkmalk college- '
T i
News and Courier. C
2 About the year 1851 the Re*. John D. 8
, JTcColleugh, a young clergyman of the
l Vuscopal Church, having moved from *
a ;,!o Hantee country to this place, enter
.td the idea of budding a college for 8
c
| jP./s. Being well educated and having
t|leye for the beautiful, the locatiou 8
'4j Bib the first thing to which he gave
t I mention. In those days there was no c
i (Kjrcity of lots and tracts of land for 8
j t*? and one could have his choice in 1
j a* quarter of the town After care- c
- yexamiiiatioa he selected a high ridge 8
, ^Tost level, on the north side of Main *
7 eyict. just one mile from tho Court 8
t I|[use. That was the beginning of the ,
1 ti'John's College, which was kept up 1
i jAil the war came on. The property
l rss* d from Mr. McCollough's hands to 1
,^^iiu~fh. From 1805 to 1*89 little at- *
r teniion was paid to the incomplete 1
i buildingr
About that time many of our citizens t
i became interested in an effort to estab- J
; lish a school for girls. A few meetings
r were held and the m tter began to as- 1
5 some shape. A committee correspon- 1
7 ded with the trustees of the St John's I
i property and linaly it was purchased. c
- A joint stock company was formed and 1
? a building committee appointed. Suit- i
- able plans were submitted by architects
t and the old building was utilized in the
construction of the new. It was ready
for the opening in the fall of 1890. The j
s Rev. E F. Wilson, then pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, was selected to
(
1 take charge of the institution. His two
years ?f service indicate very clearly
t that t ie trustees made a wise choice in
I the eliction of a president.
WHY NAMED CONVERSE. I
1 i
I Mr D E. Converse was the largest
I subseiber to the company and took the '
* gre itest interest in the enterprise, and 1
the trustees and stockholders united in 1
. calling the institution "Converse Col- '
> lege." This was a worthy honor to a
. worthy man. For a single hour he has (
j never relaxed his interest in the College 1
or withheld money when it was needed. *
i The location is all that can be desir1
e 1 The surface drainage is perfect and
* a large underground sewer conveys all '
] w^ste water far from the College '
? groti ads. The e'evation is 1021 feet ]
. and Tryon and other peaks of the
t S ilnia range look as if they were only
> a few miles from the campus. While on
. Main street, it is a secluded place and '
I the pupils hRve the privilege of roam 1
ingover a fifty acre camp s without
> any fear of auno\ a nee or molestation.
Garrett's famoas chalybeate siring is '
? only a few minutes walk from the Col- 1
i lece and the eirls have the privilege of 1
driukiug ail of that healthful water 1
. they desire. I
, 1 he tirs? building was one of the most
beautiful in the State. The plans were
P*..': >'* r?.rtrsrtiv?^ It
.js situated in a grove of native forest
f trees with blue grass well set, and
walks and drives artistically laid out. 1
, T> e inside arrangement was admirably
adapted to the comfort, health and con1
venience of pupils and teachers. The
r lighting and ventilation were good. It '
. was considered by all visitors the very {
B ideal of a female college. The rooms,
? however, were not sufficient to acorn
f modate the large number of pupils that
s came the first year. An annex was
built in the spring of 18111, which ad]
mittey an increase of boarding pupils
x and gave more room for recitations and
! societies. This annei was occupied at 1
the opening of the fall session of 1891.
. Everything was moving on well and
ihe increasing success of the College
j was assured.
| THlt QRKAT FIRE
8 On Saturday night, January 2, 1892,
4 the uiaiu building of this college was
v burned. When Sunday morning came
the walls were nearly all down, the pu
l- uls were scattered and a weak-hearted
s nan would have despaired. The in6
.-.urance was not enough to replace the
building and "hard times'' was the cry
1 of the day. But before the fire had
e died out in the smoking ruins the work
? of restoration began. Certain citizens
? issued a call for a public meeting in the
e Court House on Monday night. There
vas no arranged programme, no orators
??-Ar,o?a/i onflonhoi Ttiahon T)nn
' W1U1 JllCJ/ai VU 0|^VVUVW.
e can presided. With one accord the
e t rowded house determined that the ex8
(Vcises of the college should continue
: ivd that a new and better building
s.iould he erected. A saeisfactory subd
scription was taken up aad work was
e commenced in earnest. New plans
were secured, which did not ha* e to be
1 hampered by the old building Nooi.e
r was sanguine enough, however, to be
^ lieve that this main building could be
u fl lished by the opening, September 28,
r: 1892. But all doubts have been reinovn
ed. A visit to the College shows that
about ouo hundred workmen are busy
? from morning until night. They move
ts forward, each in his place, without
d losing any time. Miuy of the rooms
,?.re now ready for the furniture and all
'1 will be in readiness when the new pu11!
^ils arrive.
" THK NEW BUILDING.
i This main building is a great im
tlrnvpment in the internal arrangement
%
?r>-er the old one. For instance, the
ie Jhapel has a slanting floor and will con,ain
650 opera chairs. There is a large
1 gallery well arranged for seeing and
L" bearing. The seating capacity of the
chapel is about 1,000 without crowding
16 Then the art rooms are admirably ar10
.ranged so far as comfort and lighting
are concerned. There are several come"
modious rooms with old-fashioned fireplaces.
These are for sick pupils, if
'they ever get sick there. The finishing
of the chambers, recitation rooms and
jl j palls is plain and beautiful. The chapel
| will be a very h indsome auditorium.
(j0 j*TlTe dining room is 60. by 45 and will
l.seat two hundred persons without
to crow^'nP* There are eighteen music
I rooms in one wing of the College with
"dead walls" separating them. A
magnificent new pipe organ will be in
place in the chapel.
INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS.
TJ All the details of the building and
its furnishings would occupy too much
as 8pa?e,Jiui- It may be well to outline
' -some"of the more important. The dorA.
?
uitories are 17 by 14, well ventilated
ind lighted. In the large recitaion
rooms slate black boards wilj
ae used and the marking will be done 1
vith talc. That prevents dust and in
>ther annoyances A fireproof wall atn
eparates the kitchen from the main goi
ruilding. There are five stairways for stil
gress from the building. A large as- soc
ronomical observatory has been con wit
tructed on top of the building. The ab<
:alisthenic hall is 45 by 45, and is an Cit
idmirable room for the purpose. The int
arge halls give ample room for exercise ner
>n rainy days. The heating is by bin
team, and the temperature is kept spo
iniform during the winter. The bail hea
ling will be lighted by gas, but wires not
ire put in for electric lighting. The 'I
mrest water is furnished for drinking aft<
ind bathing purposes. ted
The chemical and physical laboratory Ba;
s furnished better than will generally an(
>e found in the State. All the irietru- vot
nents and appliances have been selec- Coi
ed with great care and everything is trie
lew. Beside the m-.:v hry'ding, ih,. poi
mnez and the ohemical laboratory as,
here are four cottages on the campus wei
;o be used by trachert, or families. Br<
These are desirable places for persons spe
vho do not wish to go into the main for
luilding. Fully two hundred boarding C
lupils, bfsides teachers o;n be most rej
iomfortably cared for in this iuBtitu- the
Jon. The recitation room* are large ab<
inough for three hundred girls. sul
cut
WHAT THE GIRLS STUDY. p
The curriculum of the college pro- we
rides for a liberal education. The rea
arge (;orp^ of trained teachers warrant Stj
is in stating that every pupil will re- Da
:eive specia attention, Besides the mo
egular collegiate course there are sev- F( j.
iral specialties. Physical culture, in J.
duding elocution, voioe training and goi
irticulation will receive special atten- apt
don. The teacher in this department th?
ias had tine training and she is thor- Abj
mghly interested in her work. Type- Wa
writing, stenography, telegraphy and wo
x>ok keeping are taught, thus prepar- vol
og girls to become bread winners. an<
The musical department is in charge sul
>f trained teaohers. Special attention on
s given to vocal music and a distin Ca
juished teacher has been secured. po:
The boarding department will be Br
inder the management of J. Watkins Ba
Lee, famous as a hotel keeper. This me
(uminer he is at Rawley Springs, Va , vei
cut will return in time for the school. th<
That appointment insures a good table. Wo
The discipline of the school is strict rec
withot a spying surveillance, allowing of
ibji^Jant liberty without any license, tin
treating all pupils as they were ladies, Ce
showing them that it is better to con go,
trol themselves than to be controlled an
by others. All the work in the class ar;
rooms and in the social circle tends to q.
the development of the individual so Wa
that each one may feel that she is res- "fj
ponsible for her own conduct. R
MAINSPRING OF THK MACHINE. au
ini
Of course the governing spirit of gt;j
tnis college is rue~'Kev. B. F.' VV ilnou. ,
the president./Since the day he took jes
charge no man has been busier. He an
has superintended the building and fur de
uishing of two colleges besides superin- '
tending the teaching and training in lai
all its departments. Well has he ac- T1
quitted himself. He will begin the ac
third year with the increased esteem ra
and confidence of his friends and pat- tei
rons. While his duties and responsi- T1
-J
bllities are very aruuuua, wuno nuu gr
know him best believe that he will tei
meet them all like a true, humble grow- el<
ing man ought to do- Spartanburg has
abundant reason to be proud of Con- in
verse Collerge and its management, and be
the peopple unite in a hearty endorse- th
ment of the institution. T1
of
?Ei-Minister John Bigelow pub- pr
lishes in the September Scribner under
the title "The Tilden Trust Liorary; ^
li^hat Shall it Be?1' the facts concern- aE
ing Mr. Tildeu's wishes as to the de- in
tails of the plan, and also a most im- ctl
portant proposal for still carrying out th
a large part of it by the erection of a 8a
great library building in the very centreof
New York. The scheme, with its B
elaborate illustrations, is one of the T.
most interesting ever laid before the
public. W
"The Last of the Buffalo" Mr. George PJ
Bird Grinnell's article in this number di
of the Magazine, is full of true sports- CI
man's feeling.
Mifs Isibel F. Hapgood writes of the JNevsky
Prospekt in the sixth article on C
"The Great Streets of the "World," and L
gives a very clear impression of its char- hi
acteristic aspects, and the historical ^
and personal associations of Russia's w
chief city. ai
Mr. W. C. Brownell, whose book. A
"French Traits," was received with so c<
much favor, contributes the first of ct
three articles on French Art, all to be a>
illustrated.
Mr. Charles Lummis, who has lived a w
number of years at the Pueblo of Isleta fc
writes with sympathy and enthusiasm
of these Indians in an article on "The u;
Indian who is not poor."
Iu close relation with other articles ^
on practical forms of philanthropy, *
which have appeared in the Magazine w
is Mrs Frederick R. Jones's paper on ^
"The Education of the Blind." She
traces the history of the various methods
that have been devised tor helping
the b'ind to understand and know of
the outside world, and with the aid of
novel illustrations shows the wonderful
progess that has been made in this
direction.
The "Historic Moment"this month is a
"The Attainment of the Highest 8
North," by Sergeant, now Lieutenant,
D. L. Brainard. of the Greely Expedi (
tiou, who with Lieutenant Lockwood a
and the Eskimo Thorlip, reached the a
most northern point ever touched by '
man.
a
The spread of cholera in the Rus- ^
sian districts is fearful. Last Wednesday
4,679 new cases and 2,743 deaths
were reported. The Hamburg authorities
admit that cholera has been in thai 8
city since the 18th instant. There (
seems to be no doubt as to its reaching
this country before the 10th day of Sep- 1
tember.
i
?A safe was blown open at Williamston,
S. CM one night last week and
$60.00 and some valuable papers stolne (
Broad River Association.
IJaptlst Courier,
L'his is ainon? the oldest Associations
the State. It was organized in 1800 w
i though other Associations have d
le out from it, the Broad River is n
1 a large and active body. This As- a
iation met Thursday, August 25th, tl
h Mt Ararat church, Uniou county, d
)ut seven miles southeast of Gaffney ti
no is a. ii.! i- l il
y. j. ue ursi uiiug iu oruer wan wie o
roductory sermon, by Bro. A. J. Bon- h
from the teit, '"He saved others, B
aself he cannot save," Bro. Bonner ii
>ke to the point, and touched the T
irts of his hearers. His sermon was b
more than twelve minates in length, tl
'lie organization was perfected in the jy
ernoon. Hev. C. C. Coggin was elec t<
Moderator, and brethren 8. M. h
gwell and W. R. Goudelock. Clerk a
I Treasurer, respectively. While the e
es were being counted The Baptist ft
iirier was called out, and the editor c
id to enlist the sympathy and supoHV
" h\ and vieiiprs, and b
a result a good number of names ?
re added to the list of subscribers, t
). Vass was given an opportunity to r<
ak, and of course made many friends E
the orphanage. ti
)n Friday, in the absence of a regular t<
jreseutative of Furman University, I
) writer had a few things to say 1<
>ut our institutions of learning. The tl
>ject of education was further dis- fi
ised by brethren J. W. Walker, B. g<
Robertson, T. M. Bailey, 8. M. Bag- E
II and J. S. Ezell, The report was 1
.d by Bro. Bagwell. The report on b
ite Missions was read by Bro. L. D. y
.vis and discussed by brethren Am- tl
us, L. L. Sams and Dr. Bailey. The ^
>ort on Temperance was read by Bro. e
S. Ezell, and discussed by him at ti
ne length in a sensible and convincing
tech. Other brethreu spoke, and then p
i resolution, "that the Broad River g,
3ociation is in favor of Prohibition," b
s adopted by a rising vote, delegates, c
men and visitors being invited to u
te. At the request of the Association Q
d in the absence of a report on the 2
jject, the editor of The Courier spoke |,
the Home Mission work. Bro. J. E. c
rter spoke on Colportage. The re- fc
rt ou Foreign Missions was read by
o. John R. Jefferies, and Bro. J. D. j
iley spoke, giving an account of the e
feting of the Southern Baptist Con- t
ntion in Atlanta, and an outline of }
a centennial work, and the general t
rk of the Board. The Association B
juested Bro. Bailey to visit a number }
the churches in different sections of (
i Association in the interest of the c
ntennial of Missions. He will do ^
od work, as he has informed himself ]
d is full of the subject The mission- 1
p sermon was preached by Bro- \
C. Coggin on Saturday, and it (
.s an excellent sermon from the text,
le that winneth souls is wise." Dr. \
H. Griffith was present on Saturday ,
d addressed the Association in the (
terests of <*the Cooper-Limestone In- j
tote Th? women held a m?r?io*?*ry ?
- . A. J nndar tka I .
' '! ill:) MHUD uoj uuuv. >uv . |
iderahip (iJlMiss Badd, of Gtaflney,' ,
d Miss B. IMcCluney, the vioe-presl- ,
at for the Bro&d River Association. i
This session of the Broad River was j
gely attended and fall of interest,
le spirit of the meetingaras excellent, (
id the order of business was well aruged,
giving ample time to each inrest
coming before tbe Association. (
le people of the community took ,
eat interest in the meeting, and enrtained
the delegates and visitors in ,
igant style. ,
On Sunday the meeting was fall of
terest to the people of the community,
ing the occasion of the dedication of
e new house of worship of Mt. Ararat.
ie sermon was preached by thd editor (
The Courier, and the dedicatory
ayer offered by the pastor, J. D. ,
liley. The treasurer, deacon Gh W. |
cCown, reported the house completed
id paid for. It cost about $850, not
eluding work done by members of the
arch. It will seat about 450- It is
? third house of worship built on the j
me church lot. Mt. Ararat was ormized
in 1826, and admitted to the
road River Association the same year. '
be tirst deacons were Isaac Peeler,
>seph Guyton and James Dunn, and
r. Walker the first pastor. Other
istors, successively, were, J. G. Lan um,
B Hicks, George Wiikie, E. M.
baffln, T. K. Pursley, S. Morgan,
hos. Dixon, J. 8. Ezell, F. Littlejohn,
J. Jones, J. Gibbs, J. G. Carter, Wm.
urtis, John Tolleson, T. J. Taylor, W.
Brown, W. G. P. Ezell, Geo. T. Gresim,
J. D. Bailey, the present pastor,
hese facts and other items of interest
e gather from "Sketches, Historical
nd Biographical, of the Broad River
ssociation, from 1800 to 1892," by Dea>n
John R. Logan. Mt. Ararat is
imposed of good members, and it is
i active, progressive church, and in
lis new house of worship the church
ill move forward and do greater things
?r the Master.
For many kindnesses The Courier is
oder special obligations to brethren
pencer, R. B. Spears, E. P. Macomson,
fin. D. Alexander, D. W. and J. T.
homasson. The Greenville Delegation
as not large, but we fell into good
ands and were tenderly treated.
Women at the Fair.
The Beard of Lady Managers in
hicago for the World's Fair desires to
snstruct a number of dormitories f< r
lie accommodation of wage-earning
roinen who may visit the fair. They
re endeavoring to raise $150,000 capital
tock, and are selling the shares at $10
ach- A share entitles the holder to
idging for twenty-five days at 50 cents
day in any dormitory|belonging to the
ssociatiou. The shares are made traDSerrable,
so that a holder can sell her
ight to another, if she does not take
.dVantage of its privileges for the full
lumber of days. No board is included
n tin sa charges, and the adult males
viil be allowed to lodge in the dormitoies.
Money remitted in any form for
hares must be mgde payable to Mr. E.
i. Keith, President of the Metropolitan
-lank of Chicago, and the application
nust pass through the hands of the
(ecretary, Mrs. Helen M. Barker, room
100, Rand, McNally Building.
We make our to-days of yesterdays
>ur to-morrows of to-days.
Spartanburg Association. 1
baptist Courier. ^9
The Spartanburg Association met
dth the New Prospect church Tues- ^
>y, August 33. This church is 15 '4
liles northwest of Spartanburg city,
rid in order to reach the meeting for
tie opening session we left home Money
afternoon. This gave us an opporanityof
spending the night in the city
f Spartanburg. We were taken in
and by pastor Derieux and his dea on
tro. J. E. Bomar, and spent the night
l the delightful home of the latter.
'hursday morning in company with
rethren Derieux and T. M. Bailey, in
ae handsome turn-out of Bro. John H.
iontgomery, we were soon on the road
a New Prospect. Before we had gone
alf the distance the rain began to fall,
Q(l before we reached the chnrch,
vcrytbing was thoroughly wet, State
[issions and the Baptist Courier inluded.
The Association was called to order
y the iormt.r Moderator, Rev L f!
izell. It is a rule of this Association
hat the Moderator is not elegible for
s election after the third year. Bro.
izell had served three years and the
ime had come to select a new Moderacr.
Brethren Covington, Hugging and
erieux received votes on the first bal>t,
and there was no election. These
bree young brethren all declined the
irther use of their names, and the Asaciation
then unanimously elected
trother John Earle Bouiar Modera'or.
'he brethren could not have made a
etter selection. The new Moderator
res at home in the chair, and pushed
he work of the Association. Brethren
l. B. Woodruff and S. B Ezell were
lected Clerk and Treasurer, respec
ively.
The introductory sermon was
reached by Bro. J. D. Hugging. The
ermon was an earnest, pointed and
rief presentation of the subject, "The
Ihurch, God's chosen instrument of
making known the manifold wisdom of
lod" Bro. Huggins preached just
0 minutes. He could have preached
anger. -He did not tell all he knew ,
n the subject, but one thing is certain J
te did not tire out the congregation. vjfl
In the afternoon Bro. Vass talked-Us- M
thanage, and being at home in the Asociation,
he made many friends for
his new work. The report on Home
iissions was read by Bro. J. E Covingon,
and brought out a lively discusion,
participated in by brethren Cov
ngton, Jj. ts. fczeii, a. f. nooiqhuii^a.
j. Watson and T. M. Bailey The dismssion
was mainly along the tine of
vork among the colored people. The
Saptist Courier was called out, and a
lumber of the brethren spoke in its
jehalf, and new names were added to
>ur list.
The second day of the meeting
Drought out a large crowd. The house
(ras filled and a large congregation v. as
icattered about on the grounds. 1 he
Irat lialf hour was given to bnsi. ess.
TVo regi^lar order.>*<??, C^Ji>nr?r
rati State Missions. After the report
iras read by Bro. W. H. Watms and
ipoken to by two members of the flt;\te
Board, brethren Derieux and So life,
followed by Dr. Bailey.
The subject of Education brought
jut the report of the trustees of Cooper
Limestone Institute. The report shows
in encouraging state of affairs. It says:
'During the currant session there have
been enrolled 119 pupils. Of these sixty
havo been in music and thirty-six in
in art. Of the entire number sevmty J
have been boarders.'1 The small in- ?
debtednees is steadily increasing. Dr.
R. H. Griffith was present and address- i
sKa a oonni at inn Thft mftDT friends
Df Bro. Griffith will be glad to learn
that he is looking well and seems 4
strong. His speech reminded us of old
times, and it was a delight to meet our
beloved brother and to bear his noble ^
address, an appeal in behalf of the eduction
of our daughters. The mission- \
ary sermon was preached by Bro. W. 4
H. Waters, on the means at hand in ?.
mission work, viz: prayer and money. \
Acts 10: 4, "Thy prayers and thine alms
are come up for a memorial before
God-" Bro. Waters preached only
twenty minutes, bat the sermon which
was earnest and practical, produced a
happy inpre8siou and was full of spirit
of the gospel. A collection followed the
sermon. ?
In the afternoon the Centennial of
Missions was discussed. A program
had been arranged by the Executive
Committee and subjects assigned to
speakers. Brethren R. H Griffith, J.
E. Covington, W. T. Derieux, L. C.
Ezell, and the writer, spoke on different
phases of the subject during the
meeting. The women held a meeting
in the school house conducted by Miss
Lila Budd. The Woman's Mission
work was discussed during the Association
by brethren Huggins and Derieux.
The next Association will ineei next
year with Philadelphia church, near
Glenn Springs.
The Association was organized just
sixteen years ago, in the church with
which we are now meeting- Bro. John
G. Landrum was the Moderator, then
pastor of New Prospect. Bro. L. C.
Ezell mentioned that of the preachers
present at the organization, he is the
only one now living and still a member
of the body. Bro. Vass was present at
the organization and is present to-day,
but not a memb'er of this body. Bro.
W. F. Sorrels is the present pastor of
New Prospect, which has a membership
of 360. Bro. 8orrels is pastor of
several other churches in this Association
and is doing fine work.
During the Association the editor of
the Courier and Dr. Bailey were entertained
by Bro. S. J. Hicks and wife,
whose home is near tLe church. We
are ^nder many obligations to these
Christian friends for their thoughtful
kindness. The Association was well attended,
nearly all the churches being
represented, and the meetings were
characterized by a spirit of harmony
and earnestness. The attention and
the order were excellent, and the beet
of feelings prevailed.
Some men can convert the "brass*'
n their systems to gold in their
pockets.
There are few people who do not at
some time shy when they run suddenly
upon the truth.