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The Easley Messenger, gfrnifi, like a torrh, the more it's shooh, iI shines. VOL. 1.] EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1883. (NO.2. ghe $nsleg Messenger. H UDGENS, H AGOOD& CO., Prop'rs. A. W. H UDGETNS, Editors. J. R. _IAGOOD, Eios TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year, strictly in dvance...... $1.00 Six months " " ...... 65 RATES OF ADVERTISIING. One square (1 inch) 1 insertion......75c Each subsequent insertion............40c Liberal discouit oil contracts or y1)3 the column, half or quarter column. Marriage notices free and solicited. Obituaries over 12 lines charged for. Correspondents, to insuire attention, must give their full address. We are not responsible for the opin Ions of our cor'responidenlts. All commtitu Inicittions for the paper must be addressed to the Editor-; Illsiniess lthters to the Publisher of the MESSENG4En, Easley, S. C. AN ADDRESS, Delivered To The Patrons and Pnpils of The Easley High School, August 24, 1883, by Prof. C. W. Moore. In Grecian mythology we are tohl of a hero who slew a dra.gon, the eustodi an of a certain fountain inl Bootin. We are t old also that. he sowe t he teeth of that draigoi, and from t Ilem there sprutng up a band of (ri'eciant sO(hlieIrs clad in full armour. Thiis looks like sOme )(mmaniniig Story, bit in ancient times it was tle Custom of eastern na tions to illustrate important lessons by beaut ifuil an d impressive pict ure's ca lle'l aIlegorv. Thotuh.1 these fables, at- first Sight. appear so MU1reaoab1e, when properly imitderstood, thley often Con tain rich t reasures of t ruth and knowl edge. Cadmus, who is represented as being the slayer of this frightful miloin ster; is the same name -I. that of tlIhe persol who tilst. int roduct' letters into Greece. and they, don'htles, are ow' onl( tl(: saelit la. 'le dragon rep resents the ignorance., crutielty, ald brttality of the first inhabitants of that country; the aimled Sohliersi o dete t he de-sCcendlalts of the same p.)eople, inl tiheit strength and glory, after thbey had been elevated throogh the belnigin in finnice of learing, to a higher plain of muoral and social staidino. Our' own native hul1 all'ords uis a stri. king example of the reumarkable Clan. ges that may be wrt'outglt upomn a coltn ( r-y through the ageney of letters. A little Iiore th!nt a eeituI.r1y ago the hlmd with~l tribe~s of be(in~gs seaCt t eredl here and1( ther'e who weret but lit tle mor'e re fluted and intelligent thant the wild beasts wvhih they hunted. But now, wher'e degira(Iatlon 0once r'eignted, we see fruit ful fle' ! of wa vinig grain. comuifortable( d., .g, splendid towns and1( cities, railroadis with their trains 11 ving fronm eity to eity, over' plains, atcros5 riverls and)( through mnotuntaiis; and1( the te'legraphI wires that enlale Its to talk, as if face to face with the na tiois that (1 well beyond tihe might y wa t'rs ; suchl blessing's are th e frits of ('dutcated inids ; to enulinerate themtf all would be to counit thet stars in the h1': eaves anth le le vs upon01 the trees. You, seliolar's, are h er'e t o re(ceive the b)lessingos of edtent ion, which you1 mayt mi turn tranusitnit to muanukindo. 'Yotu ar'e pr('par'ing fotr ie ard'tent tiis of mn hood( amtl womantihood. By mankinig the pr'operm use of youri t imte you wvill be come)L thle stonm ~litof, both Chu...h and State, the ornaments of your homes, the delight of your friends. The knowledge to be gained at school i4 more precious to yout than gold and silver. If your parents were to send you here to gather gold and yon could find little nuggets of it all over the ground; you would not, be idle ; you would come early and work late, in or der to see how much of the precious metal you could carry home. Bolt If you conld get gold in that way you do not know how long you could keep it. What you would buy with it might be drowned by floods, swept away by storms, or burned up by tire, but the learning that you get caninot be taken away. It Is said that gold will etlier aiy gate but heaven's-knowledge will eliter eveni there. You hear tell of your soul that mu uist Jive forever; this soul that you ilhear of is nothing but your minld. Education then isithe im proveni(it of the mind or soul, and God who gave you yotwl mnind will cer tainly iot destroy any woik that you may do for its improvement. What may be the scope and power of the miid in the next existence we know iot, but many of its achievements in this life we do1 know, and of these nn1i der the proper fnfluence of education, and ouilr1 duties iii regIrd to Le same we propose to t:eat. In this progressive age you see on all sids signils of improv)Vement. Inl the work-shops, on the firms, and in your hollses, may he foulnd laboring imle.. ments aln( machinerv. ''loiughollt all parts of tile land inlay be seen pow erfiul engiles exhibiting pheomena of streilgt h and velocity ; mighty s'eam ers Plowing the oceains and the rivers, bringilg the fruits of the soil and the prIodlnets of idliustry from every cline bieath the sun ; and the liglitning of heaven flying across Conitinenrt's and oceans, bearing mel(5sAges fromti oie tol anot her, all for the comfort and happi ness of inakindi. All of these inven ti(onS an1d discove4ries conliriblutilg so 11mh1111 to oir' conveliiece 111d happi - niess a re cit her directly or indirectly the resiilt s of edulcat ion. Firtherimore, by the aid of letters. you n111uy sit at your own tireside and beconle acqluainted with the variou s (ounLitrieS of the earth ; learn of the ill (lustries, productions, mnneri's, cuts toms and peculiarities of their inhabi tants ; nor is the mind coniined to this terrestrial globe; it travels ofi' into re gion1s hbeyond the( clouds, whlere othier worlds circle inl more spacious orbs; tlere it learis of those (list allt. spheres. their w-ighlts, Im iagnituides, chianiges of seasis, and I periods of revolutiol. If you are. not a friend of learning you may try to console yourself with the reflection that you do not intend to inmmortalize your name by (developing some hnpilortant truthl for the aidl of science ; as did Galileo, Newton. Franklin 01' .Morse ;. but you will not be qualified to fully comprehend and en1joy the blessings an11( beauties of na ture withlout sonme de'gree of learningr. Young personis often think that the only noble aim of life is to gain riches. This is very w ell, but wealth is not the 0only source of hlappiness. When one lis gained eniough to en1joy3 ease and1( !omifor't, lhe naturally anticipates some1T social pleasures, but how sad will be his dlisappoitmlent when lie findls that his wvant of learning unlita him for the comupany he (desires to keep. While knowledge is nio hindrance in the way of nmaking' money, it may add ten'l-fold to the pleasurI' of its enujo mienlt when onice acquliredl. Per'sonis are too apt to believe that schoolin"' particularly a high grade of it-is nec essary for none bitt professional men ; that the farmer, mechanic and commnon laborer Can sueedeel just as well with a very limited knowledge of letters; such delusions are seriously damaging to the interests of the people. Some person once dretw a picture representing the indtistries of the world ; in one place Could be seen the merchant viewing his vessels. coming and going, beari'ng their precious bir dens of commerce. and below was wri ten his motto : I conduct the Com merce of the World. Ii another part was the lawyer. sitting inl his easy chair in his ofile with his books and papers aboutt hm1 ; and his Iot-to Was: I make and interpret laws for the people ; further oil was the preacher, clad in spotless gar ments, and snugly housed in his con fortable parsonage. and his motto was : I pieach the gospel to the world ; and 0 011, all the learned professions were pictured, and some appropriate motto assigined to each. Bit soine one Com pleted the picture by drawinga$ beleathi the farier, with his stuin-browined face, his sleeves rolled up, 1a11l the perspira tion stlreamiiing down his cheeks, while lie leaied pol his spahe gailg at the digitaries above himit. Ili motto was: IPayfo?' it all. For this suibordination of the blibor ing classes parents are in a great meais lire responisible. If a boy chooses what is Called a learneul profession, every possible sacritiee is umd&e to prepare him for his so styled honorable calling. If lie is to beeomiie a physiciani, lawyer, or liniister, he mut be sent to school, and graduated at college ; but the most industrious, and often thie brightest boy inl the family, who chooses to live by the sweat of his brow, i's seilt t) the corn tie(i or workshop without any pre paration Whatever. Is it an1y wonder I hel if the laboring classes are subser vient to professional men ? Again, some parents thi.nik that their datughiters ieed hit little Schoolingo, be C:mllse in ordinary life they do not till responsible public positions. If noth ing more, they are to becoine the wives, nothe.rs, or inl some way, the ompnLl ions of edlcated men. Women exert upon the world a potent infliec Ce ; they are the power behind the thirone, and how importalnt that that power should be restrained and (directed by intellig(ence. They have legitimuate claimlis to social pleasures and advanta ges ; to deiny them the privilege of so cial and intellectual di6tinet ion is char aicterist ic of barbarim. Your d agh ters are one day t ) become the con pan ions, the solace, the joy of menx of learning ; are they to be imquialiiied t(or this imflportan it posit ion ? 1 on1ce knew a man of some distinct ion wvho mlarriedi a lady dlestit ute of education ; and every time the wife opened hier mouth ini compan:liy it was the signal for her hiusbaind t~o blush, and why~ ? Blecnuse lie continually ex lpeetedl her to betray her Wigorace. T'here cani be nto 'ontgenialit y or hap. piness ini such a union. Ilow sad that woman shouSld~i be conignediC~ to a fate so htiniliating andl dhespicab1le ! T1hie miodlesty andl tend~er'ness of her nature (demanid that sihe shouild have every ad van tage of social qualificti otn. D~o you love that in nocett kind anid all'ee tionlate daxug~hter whomi you pre~ss to your bosom ?If so, atre you willing to send her out into a coldl and~ heairtless world dlestitute of tihe meaiis of self adlvancemtenit ? D)o you not, wvishi her to reign queent in that little home whuich will be to hter a kingdom, a wori: where she shall be the areolt arond which the afleetions of friends anid family may cluster? 'Ihenendow your child with the priceless boon of e(hlca ion, and its genial intluence will be seen in the flash of intelligence that beams li her eye, and the flush of mod esty that Iantles her cheek ; its soft music will be heard in the sweet souitu of her voice, nty, in the very nestling of 1her robes. You who are scholars have youi dI ties to perform in acquiring an edtuca tion. without indutstrty there is no ex cellence in learning. Earnest, cont ill ned applicatioiIs the pre-requI1isite to scholarship. It is said that Alexan der the Great, when a youth, asked his teacher if he could not complete his course of stuvdy without so much la bor. The philosopher replied, "tlhere is no royal road to learning. By 11he rich and the pool, the ol and thte young, it (aIi be attained only through the all-elicient Imeanis, work. Idleness inl this, as in all other fields, means de feat; nowhere in nature do you 1ind inactivity the means of accomplishing noble ends-everywhere stagnation means decay and ruin. Water too long stagnant exhales stench and Mi asiata; air that does not, circulate be Conmes pregilailt with poliolls gasses; so the minnd that is ever jlimetive Soon becomes more or les A sordid ald cor ript. The development of Imind is nlotp the work of a day or a ye it', but it, is the result of lotng-t rie'd and uifail ing indlistiy. The stulrdy oak that springs from a little acorn, grows through years and years until it as suies gigantic proportions. For a hundred seasons it sheds its green robes to battle with winters storms, while the cold blast of the North whils tLie through its mprotheted boughs, ill til finally it towers above its neighbors the prince of trees aid the pride of the forest. Do you have to coniteind with pover ty and obstacles thrown inl your way by your fellow 11a11? Stich has been the experience of the m)ost useful menl that ever lived. These difficulties that you have to surmno1unt only give you oppor'tluiities for showihg your man hood. Show inc the youth who has but ordiiary capacity with extraorldi niary (iligence and a good purpose in view, aid I will show you a man whose fortune is madie. The mlind that is prolne to greatness, like tihe vaters that flow from the great central plain of North America toward the oceans that wash our shores, is bound to rIeach its destination. Geologist tell us that in ages long si ince pa-ssed, vole, s heavedC~ munu~tai n masses in the pathi ways of those waters, but gradually and steadily they rose, spreadinug out, into beautiful lakes, shedding their mit igating influence on the sur'romulding country, and( inivitinig upon0 thjeir placid b)osoms the ships of commer'ce for comi ing ages, until it nally they scaled the eyelopean walls, anid, in their seawardl course, wenut bounding downi the op posite declivit ies ini beauitifl falls amd ctrcs, laughing at the thundler and~ smoke of the fiery elementi1 that dared (dispute their passage. Sauli coldC per* sue D~avid t~o thie mountain fastuiesses ar'oundI Jeruisalemi, biut this persecution only gave the youngt herio opportunui ties for exhibit ing those feats of valor and1( einduriaince which provedl himii to be a king' aml( soldier', andi which won for him a place in the hieairts of his couni trymeni and 0o) the throne of Jude~la. 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