Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

ie???? "THESE ARE MY JEWELS."' i THE HIGHEST BTAHDARDS OF EXCEL-! LENCE--THE BEST EZKTCATI0i?"TH5 I TRUEST ACCOMPLISHMENT. SNh? H?hoicoKt Programmes f!x<?cuU:fi Tn tire Most IVrftfct Manner. An Admiring Public Are Delicate**' XTlth their In*tit<itT6ni? of Lonrnins^ Erskifie College. tonnnrncempnt Dny Creditable Speeches of the ttrnduntlnf; j Music?Brilliant Armj of Beauty?Good Annual Oration. 'On Wednesday morning the young pet)lie I men atnl the Professors of Krskmc College! K?rmed Into line of pt'Occ^ion on thegrounds of the Dufc West Female College'campus, and J 'tit whose ht*ftd stood the Due West Cornet j Hand. The ladles of itie Female College also! organized a line of proc?sslou,?uid lornied. | for the young gentlemen, a prettier Guard of! 'Honor and Beauty than any which has ever slopped to martial music or uttoiKhd Kastwn Prince or Western Kuler. Column never Moved to better imuic. Gentle valor never marched with sleadler stop. Female loveliness never stepped with sweeter grace, on the arrival of the column, the gentlemen and Vlio ladies occupied the respective places in I.lndsay Hail, whh h IraA been assigned them. Ky this lime the auditorium had been well 'tilled with an asseratdageof the hest people of Ablwjville county, and distinguished vigors and f.lends from abroad, whlleon the rostrum sat the College dignitaries, the graduating iclass and guests from a distance. Wire* the President of Ersklne College rose from hiV *eat and appeared at the front, a perfect 'silenceprevailed throughout tlte building. In President CrieVii fehMHlDK he said something like the following: Thi? is our Commencement Day. It atiords us i ?i,i? morninp. I pleasure to see no ninn.v ncic Your presence, under the unpropitious eirVun Stances that surround us is Indeed gratil.vlng. Until today the weather lias been very unfavorable, and we rcg<retled our Inability last night toeven attempt to go through < the programme whi^h hud l?ecn laid out for The evening. A Dart of the e.xerclsts which I were Intended for last nijiht will be Indued ' In to-day's programme. The mornings programme, as printed, will beclo>ely followed. 1 Spit In the afternoon the "Contest In Essay 1 IceWlnir,' b.v members of the Junior C'a>s, < which wus laid down on the piosnimine for l last night, will lake pl:?ce before the pro < gnunme lor to-day Is resumed. The "Contest ' in Oratory," by members of the Sophomore I ^"lass will l>e omitted. , The flr*t thing on our programme this I morning is a Contest In Oratory By lour mt-in- I 1>ers of the gmduatlng class. Seven gentlemen present sit In the audleme asjtidce-, I ami, without conference witn each other, they ? will prepare their ballots at the conclusion of 1 \he contest. The result of the ballot will be ' announced upon the re assembling of thisau- ' dlence. The exercises will be opened with ' Grayer ky the Rev. W. P. MntthowN. 1 Almighty God, 6iA H6av6ttly Father, It l? ' In Thee that we move, live, and have our he- ' fn'S. From Thee cometh every good and rer- ( feet filt. We are dependent for Thy mcrcv, J and we wnnM VnVoHje Thy favor anu loving ' kindness In thcclo*ln? exercises of the Col- 1 leglate year of tills Institution Let Thy ' rli?h??st blessings rest upon ?.hls Institution? J blessings which may be even ncimr uum , those which have crowned It In the d'ys that are pa?t- Be with those who have t>ecn edu- | rated here, so that when they go cut Into th?world they may be shining exemplars of mo- ; V?liLy and Christian truth. , VjW o?r God, we earnestly pray Thee to 1 Jhe with "us In all the exercises of this occasion. : May they he conducted In such a w iy as to Vedound to Thy glory In Heaven, and to the J p??od of men on earth. And we win give Thee , ^reseut aud eternal praises. .4men. J rrwfrsntme. f Paor^l mu?ie. < Oration, "The Code of Honor," by P. L. ' Grler. I?ue West, 8. C. ' Moslc?'Tripping i>o\vn the Lane. < Oration,"Gladuton," by U.M.Miller, Cam-' J den, AlaMusic?The statesman's March. t Oration, "The Modern World to Francis f Bncor, Debtor!" t>y T. B. Stewart, Ander- ' son, 8. C. Music?Minnie White G.'ilop. 1 Oration, -Truth Crushed to Earth will Rise I Attain," by J. F. Pharr, Atlanta, Ga. < Oration, "True Manhood," by E. 8. Strlb 41ne, Westminster. S. C. Music?WmIz?All for Love. Oration, "Unheralded Greatness," by J". H. ' White, Chester, s. C. < Music?A Jocund Polka. Baccalaureate. ? Muhlc. J afternoon. J Contest In Essay Reading between T. J jl P.oyce of North Carolina and sc. B. Grler ol / South Carolina. '1 Anniversary Address, by Rev. A. Coke 11 Smith, Columbia, 8. C. evening. j Alumrue Essay, by Miss Gusslc L. Wood, 1 Due West, 8. O. < Music. < Alumni Address, by Rev. D. G. Caldwell, 1 Concord, X. C. ' music. I Presentation of Medals. I Chief Marshall?J. H. Pressly, Due West, 1 6. C. 1 Assistant Marshalls-T. G. Boyoe, Charlotte, ' y. V.; L. U Abercromble. Spait i, Ga.; C. A. ' "Tea* tie, I me West, S. C.; H. T. Morrison, ' ^Charleston, 8. C.; W. C. Bill, Antievllle, S. ' C.: W. 8. Castles, S. C. I t , i The young men as you win sec oy ri-n.-roin.-t; i Jo the programme, mnde >?ood elections for , their Kiibjerts and delivered them In a manly . style. Particular interest w;is manifested in 4 the first four young men engaged In the cod- . test. The honor was to l>e decided by Ave gentlemen selected anil all sitting in different i. part* or the hall." Their decision will not be ; known uutll to-nlghi wh n all the prizes will i, be delivered. We think that soiue of thej, other members of the class spoke "nigh up" , to these on the contest. Individually though, I Treitrea great admirer of the great brained . and Christian Gladstone. The speaker pre- i tented the premier handsomely. , At the conclusion of the speeches of the , young men, and when the youn^ ladies had . seen that their ' fellow" had got her flowers, the President, Dr. \V. M. Grler, presented the , <iiplomas to the young gentlemen. The pies- . identtook ns his sut.Ject, "What am I to do ! with myself?" In^afting on this queiy tills other one, 'What shall be the prevailing con- , flideralioo with me after I have chosen my . ficofessionT" The solution of these qu> stlons 5lo speaker urged in eloquent diction and , powerful argument "a Christian scholarship." . We heard a scholarly centleman say, "the . Doctor never lails t<> make a good oration . and this is one of his best efforts. , In the afternoon two of the essays that , should have come the night before were read. . 'Mr. T. J. Boyce representing the Phllomathean Society, and Mr. M. B. Gi ier the Lu- . phemian Society. Those gentlemen had good compositions and read Ihcm well. Decision reserved for to-night, ANNUAL ADDRESS, . Thm came the magnificent, broad, scholarly, Eloquent address of the Rev. A. Coke {smith of Columbia. Mr. Smith. In eloquent words that "burned In the braiu" held his , audience for just sixty minutes. Mr. Smith *J is really a powerlul. popular orator, who 1 speaks with the grcat-st ease and fluency. f ? He carries his audience ably, like the nia- j Jestlc river curries her freight. The speaker . bo^cas bis subject, ".Success." The clement of success that the speaker most enlarged upon whs, lalth. Faith is esEontlul to all success. The speaker gleaned 1 from the fields of history and presented fit nnil eloquent illustrations as proof of his posi- 1 lion. Labor was the lever that whs to lift a \ inan on and upward. The power to work is the highest of all endownments. Labor 1? ' the greatest geniu?. God has no favorite In 1 this wurkL Labor Is healthy, vigorous, ' ntpong. Capnau wealth conquered Hanlbal'.s * cohorts, when Roman Legions had failed. Mr. Smith's fund of happy ane'-dote seemed Inexhaustible and his out'lercce emphasised ' Ihelr hearty approval by spontaneous out- ( burst of applause. His allusion to and con- ! <lemnation of the principle "I am willing for the firm to make whatever useth^y can of my ' name," was applauded to the ech'o. His anecdote about the old woman fear least the Jiller iniiiht burst," was Irreslstable. He v. A. CokeSmlrb Is aa Intellectual, scholarly gentlelnnn( whose merit is recognized and'in demand by his fellow eUiaens. If the Melho iilst brethren don't hurry up an?i nonor mm, 1vc will steal their thunder by giving him the ltie first. ALUMNifc ESSAf. as was announced the Alumna; Essay, fras i-cad by one of Due Wftht's fair daughters, Miss Gussie Hood. Miss Hood's essay as a piece of composition ^'as very fine anti hand>ome1y read by her father Prof. Win. Hood. We were particularly glad to see the stand Miss Hood took In the latter part of her essay fcgaini-t intemperance. We think that If the J'oung ladles generally had the mora! cour-; age, It would perhaps be more effectual than j any ether appeal to young men. We commend Miss Hood's earnest, candid appeal. The Alumni Oration wasdellvet-ed by Rov. I>. Q. Caldwell. The speaker got control of his audience in his first sentence by a few well chosen anecdotes and held the Interest to Iheend. Mr. Caldwell Is a good writer and pave us a tine oration, being Trtqueutlj* applauded. HONORS. fth Orier now announced the distinctions find Rev. Ak Coke Smith the medals. Mr: P. H. <irler of Due West took the five aistlnctlon from the senior class, with Mr. T. H. White, and Mr. B. M. Miller being honorable mentibtied as good seconds In each case t- h. Dnk? tr-tnk flrwt honor and Mr. M.' Mr. 1. v. B. Grler second honor from the Junior clasB. Mr. M. B. Grler recelvwi the distinction for the best The medal fot tbfc best oration offered by Prof. John Miller wax awarded by the committee to Mr. B. M. Miller of Camden. Ala. The medal for creneral excellence In Mathematics from the College was a^afdefl to Mr, T . O. Boyco of North CaftillntL The medal for general excellence Jn Mr. S. P. Kennedy's departmeut whs given to Mr. E. B. Kennedy of Due West. The happy nt.vle and grand words. Interpers^d with fine vlens of humor, In *frhk:h Kev. A. Coke Bmlth delivered the medals ehehanted his audlcnoe nnd aealn and aguln.lt broke out In uproailous applause. "D. D." TO REV. ADA7IS; Dr. Grlefr announced that the Board of Ertklne Collece had conferred the title of "D -J)." upon Rev, win. Adams of Augusta, Ga.? a worthy deed, a irorthy man. The title of A. M. was also conferred upon <be following (tentlemeo. Professors McTodd, John Miller. J. J. McCain, L: P.Kenjiedyaud Profc McCasJin of.Pifckeus; C. H;, 8.C. BACCALAUREATE--iiM. toj Bct. w. HE. drier, D.D., President I of Eraklue j Young Gentlemen .-?No doubt one of Jlife Uppermost questions iu youi mind is, "What' how am I to do with mywlf?'1 The eiosine seems of yonrrolles^ lifu press upon yoiif ?(- j tenHon the nicsnity of ?.aie chaise. By nit the Imperativeness of an immediate exigency vmi are forbidden to wwver and bestftale Joiner. A matter so vitally connected with ' jixir usefulness and happiness may well re- J t *0 the moht careful consideration. TLc de- 1 tV-^'v.VVvr which you finally make Involves contequeuues to yoursetfaud others of unspeakub.e importance, Those who make mistakes here put a millstone ubouttlielr neck", uud tire doomed to very nie:<tf:e success, uot to any | complete lailire. It is not our purpose, however, to otter sui.'g'C.-tions lei" your nuld.incc In this matter. All such suggestions '."outd l?e| only of so genewri a characU-r Km to be praetiCilly ol little Vul(:e. Individual taste and upittudc, special and decisive 'importunities I constitute so large a factor In the choice of a profession ibat 110 foreign Inllue.iceean be, or ought to lie, controlling. A question of equal importance with that one now of so much interest to you, if not so immediately and pressingiy urgent in Its claims is, "What shall b'1 the prevailing considerations with me after I have chosen my vocation and entered upon it V" This question ran never be regarded a> subordinate. Its runge is wider and deeper than any occupation, however high lts?iis Unctions, however great lis repuiatn-n, how : ever rich its pecuniary rewards. It leads mt o speak to you of TIIF. MINISTRY OK CHItlSTIAN SCHOI.AK.SHH'. It is coHserv<ittvc. The destructive agencies at woik In huninn society have ever been most conspicuous In history. A nation wiihout its vViifs is a nijtf.r>fi without annals. The pi ogress of Mil ar'hry, rather than the progress of truth, has been the theme of the most pop uiarwriiers. mil amiu hii iiiv upnuutun <> amid all the desolations of "power '^tid 'cup.(Illy of revenue, there have been IictoIc cxatnpies of self-saeriflce, of lofty devotion 10 principle, tender homage to tree dom and truth: there have b>en scutimei.lv, high thoughts and prophecies, which deserve to live through ail ages. It is the high province and special prerogative of christian scholarship to sift the chaff from ifte w heat. It has mi i-yc for the discernment ol truth. howe\cr ob-cured l>y puerile trH.tl i'tloifiM, or distorted by piejudice. It nnds In the records of the most ancient civilizations inanj lessons for us of these last times. At an inrfilense expenditure of labor ard toll it hns pVeserved to us all that is sf?erfnHy valuable In the literature, philosophies, forms ot government, and religions ol the most distant past. This Western Continent in theXineteenth Century is almost as lamiliar with the thought, the social customs, the dress and habits ol' the great Empires of more than two thousand yiarsago as if we were the contemporaries of! the l'hanuihs, the I'a rl uses, t lie Nebuehadiiez- j zarssind Ceasars ot these aiiclei.t kingdom.' The Kyyptian, the Persian, the Assyrian and the Koman cast into our lap their most precious troasMrcs. They speak to us through t'helr hieroglyphs, and tin ir classics umarth ed, deciphered, translated and Interpieted bj those who seek for truth In all her hiding places. Thus one generation builds on another, and out of tlie wreck and chaos of ancient ruius a patient scholarship has built for us a temple whose walls and ceilings and columns are a vast mosaic. The scatteied fragments whicii the human reason and the human conscience and human endeavor have cast into the stream of time have been gathered and compacted Into form and system. We bring with ease to the solution of our ureal pjoblems in philosophy anil governmeut the wisdom of nil ages. Tlfc guiding principle ol a christian scholarship ip, 'Trove all things, hold fast that which is 'good." It Is true that you, young gentlemen, have gone but a little way towards the attainment* o: high scholarship, hut you lire 4n the ranks of the educated, am! you nret<> be a coiiservailve force in our society. There are pi Inciples which nied to be defended and propagated, principles of righteousness in our civil and social relations; there a e precious truths which demand to-day your steady and courageous support; there are precious memories r.r>i,? jinr.tio ill-mi which von are u> iruard with ceaseless vigilance; wv must lia.nU"over to you the Inheritance of our conscenitcd by tears and blood. There Is a chapter In ur history which you nre to piexerve free from ine perversions of partisanship. Hold rast tlmt w Inch 1? good amongst us in church ind State. Above all, hold fa?t our inspired Ulble. Give place, no not for an hour, to iho.se who iirtfully impugn its authority as the infallible word of Uod that livcth and abideth forever. l!ut there ate many things In our day nnd Lime that nre not worth keeping. Tliey deserve to die. You oinrbt to help to Lury them. kVe have not yet reached perfection, we are lot quite ready to be transtlgured en masse. Hence I remi.rk ngaln, that a chrlstinn echolirship is projremve. It believes in a Millen.irn. It has no vain lanu nisaboul Ihe former lifjs being better tlian these. It has Its face steadily towards the future. Men nre ptone o fall luto a rigia routin'c In thought us well is net. l'ridennd Interest often combine In )pnoKln'j Investigation nnd discussion. The >.d belief* are maintained, not for the sake ol ruih, but in many cases for some selfish advantage. So long as men can be used as tools n acct unt of :helr ignorance, so long us they iubserve ttic purposes and perpetuate the influence of the ambitiousand desigulng Just so ong will truth excite hostility. Anil hence ;very reformation in religion, every advance 11 science, every movement lor the enlight jnmeot and elevation or ttic musses has won i.s w?y only ailer a strugulc. Truth neve1 ;rows? it 1? always the same. Our apprehen iloncf ills constantly changing. It. was as roe in the days of Nuah as it was In tlie ISth ;eiitury that tin'sun is ihe center of our sohu ystem. It wastis true in (tie l'.itti as In the Clli century that God alone is Lord of the onsilence. Hut what a protracted contest lathered about (his truth of religion and that >f science. How slowly and reluctantly men ome to an acceptance of them. Yet they luallyestablished themselves by overwhelmtig proof. To-day there may be truths which either in tluir nature or their application are ustas Important and which await the paknt labor of christian scholarship. You are 0 work in this Held, if not as original iuv? sll;ators or'as co-workers with those whose iighe>t ambition is the increase and diffusion >f knowledge. The discovery of truth Is a tlgh and rare attainment, but thevarhd ap dtcallon of it lies open to every thoughtful, IlliKcnt student. You will remember that there is no Intelectual progress which is desiiablc unless it s ucrompanied by Ihe enlargement of the leart. The cultivation of the affections Is our >nly secuiity against blighting paganism. Hi ulc wc remark, again, that the ministry )f christian schnlai&hip is philfinlArojHc. Jt oves learning, but it loves It for the blessings 1 btlngs to humanity. It loves progress, but o\es it lor the great reforms It Introduce , "or the sweet charities, the multiplied bene 'actions and menus of coinfoi t which it ofIrs. It was the saying of one of the most Jrllliant orators of America that s< holurshlp tvascowardly, that f;om Erasmus down,clear through the catalogue of learned Doctors, College Faculties and University Profcssois, It has linked coldly on while others w? re battling against fearful odds In the <ause of lib;rty and practical reform. This Is another statement of the old charge that education tends to make men Impractical, meie thcorizers, and that it places them out of sympathy with the weary burden-bearers of our race. Wc believe the facts of history are nearly all Iheother way. It Is christian scholarship that has laid open lo view the ivrongs of the weak, that has discovered the jpprtsslons of the rich and powerful, and julckencd the public conscience. It has lent Its uld to those noble chai ities w hlch so mark the age In which we live, and. above ail, II has pointed out the only remedy for the 111b under which humanity groans. In Christianity It sees the only renovator of our social ?k1 political disorders. In its great princll>icoi love--love to God and love to man, there is a perfect adaptation to tlie woes of Indigence, the degrudntion of vice and the tyn.ilcs of government. The world must coine to the full recognition of this grrat fact. All christian eautauon is uaseu upon u, unu in nl< dged to its steady and earnest advocacy. Vou, my young friends, have enjoyed Ihe Inestimable benefits of such an education. You have been reared in curistlan homes, and you have been taught in an institution distinctively chrlKtlan. Whatever then the profession in life which you choose, you are to account yourselves consecrated to this ministry if christian scholarship. In Its conservatism md Its couramnis friendliness to u 11 true progress and its bioad philanthropy, you arc to work out the ureal end of your being and to bless your eeneratlon. As you go down Into Battle he assured that there are high hopes entered In yon. Warm affections gather tbout you and the richest bcnunctlons rest iipon your heads. They come perhaps from ? narrow c cl . They are not the raeans of a latlon or the huzznhsor a nominating contention, hut they are hopes and affections as i fervent and as tender as ever followed a King >r a Preslden t. Let this trust, this love, this sympathy, tlmulateyou loall things that are true, liouL-st and of good repjrt. Vnntuil Celebration of the Enphernian Society. The celebration of the Euphemlan Society Monday night. i3rd, was a most pleasant md very instructive lntertalninent. The speakers had a fine appreciative audience to iddiess. The subject placed for debate was: inonld South Carolina have a Divorce Law." i Mr. J. T. Pharr stood lor the AHlrmatlve side n an argument of some 35 minutes. Mr. T. ; R. Stewart battled successlully for tlxfucgaIvc and was awarded the rtath. I Mr. N. P. McElroy delivered In a handsome i tray the diplomas of the Societies to herdesartlng sons, and was freely complimented, i While the honor of replying In behalf of thei senior class fell to the lot of Mr. T. H. White i .vlio discharged in a worthy manner this.i rust. The distinction of presenting Ihe mtd-; lis or the Society to the successful coinpetl-1 ors was handsomely done by Mr. ('. P. Press- j i y of Augusta, (ja., In an eloquent* address of; | tbout 40 minutes. Mr. Pros sly threw a great leal of fire into parts of Ills oration which i ivas appi eclated by the large audience. Mr. Pressly iias a honored future before him. He iiandtdthe following gentlemen medals: i Preparatory departrueut ? C. A. Glegborn. Kiesliman Class?.1. It. Edwards. Honorable Mi-mlons?J. It. Miller and M. C. MaUee. I Sophomore Class?II. T. Morrison, P. G. ' Peoples and W. S. Sloan. Junior Cias?M. Ji. Uricr. Ilouoruble Mention? s. I*. McEiroy. The Phllomnthenn Literary Nodoty. When|lhe hour for opening the exercises I had arrived, we glauctd over the hall and j found It well filled by one of the most In teillgent, brilliant and attractive audiences that we had ever ?een assembled for a similar pur-! nose. Uut we could not suppress the thought | that the young men there assembled would ! least their eyes on that bright view, com bin-j lug all the pure and lovely and beautiful In i our li.llen race, and revealing It amid a tint-1 ler of Jans, on the left of the pieslaeit's' stand?would look with penetrating glance! into faces of fair ones dccKcd In uniforms of | gray?while attempting to take into the store-! house of memory the ably arranged and well i rounded sentences of rising Clccros. And we j would add that It seemR to be a part of college training to look and listen at the same i time, and why should it not be so? Wlmt more lovely than a charming hitman late, and what more pleasing than to gaze upon i such a face especially when the young man thinks the heart ol the owner beats In unison , with his own. But we are digressing, and let us return. I The president, Frank I. Osborne, E?q..opened . the exercises of evening with some appropriate and well digested remarks oti eloquence. Mr. Osborne Is tine looking, and presided with ease and "dignity?a young man of promise and a rising lawyer oi Charlotte, X. C The Phiiomatnean JS>>ciety was certainly happy in her si lection of a presiding olflcer for tnls occasion. The query: "Resolved, That the prize system In schools and colleges is in its general J results an evil," was ably and eloquently disposed bj two nu mbers of the Junior class, i Mr. T. G. Ik>j ce reurt sentlng the aftirmatlvo and Mr. R. H. Brlce the negative. The decls-1 iou was given in favor of the negative. To' one of the joung nu n we extend o.ir congratulations, to the other, our sympathies. Both . did well. Mr. W. S. Castle of the Junior class, after having spoken of good nature as an es>cntlal: element In success in life, proceed to deliver the diplomas to the graduating members or theSoclety. Mr. P. L. Gricr, on thepartof: the senior class replied in a well written and well delivered address; referring to the fact' that a liberal education requires study after, the college course, and that an advanced education does not produce skepticism Chan. A. Douglass, Esq.,ot Wlnnsboro.8. C.,' nn ulmnnus of this society, delivered the medal oration and presented the medals to! the succest-ful competitors. He took as the; subject of his address: Young msn-their; responsibilities-. Mr. Douglass Ik a young lawyer or tine parts and excellent speaker; He is a graduate of the Coluinblu Law sfchool. D. C. The awards were given as follows: Preparatory Department-general excellence, nold medal, W. A; Calvert; Freshman Clas?best declatmer, gold medal, J. B. Cochran; Sophomore Ciass?best essayist, gold medal, C. A. j league; Junior Class?best debater, gold: medal, T. G. Boyce. 1 his was the closing exercise, and thus thin Society has passed another millestone on her. road of usefulness; and may that road leudtier to feme and to reaon m The Female College. TABLEAU OF EXCEEDING BEAUTY AND UNSURPASSED LOVELINESS. Delightful Nn?ic?l'hariuliijr ?* ?}?-AccompliNlied TcaclierN? Progressive KiudeiitN?.XodulM \Voa?l(iippy Nrliolani. A nmgnlllcet nuillence greets Eve's fair daughters tins morning. 'i'he pi'ovessioh l'oriru<l lu the Pi. male campus and 10 tile strulus id the cornel and the boom of thi drain, the column of two hundred lull- youui. women, headed fur Lindsay Hull. Marshal JirtiWa Pressly, commanding the forces aim clearing the route of obstacle*. Llndsaj tlull is reached, the large stage, which hasbeen remodeled and extended for the growing numbers of the tut) Institutions?is tilled. The young ladies cf the College occupied the seats yn the stage, and none could tall to Rd-' nilre so beautiful a scene. The young ladies of no College ever looked prettier, afiYl the part which they look In the performances ol I lie day was such as to please all and to command the admiration of every one +'hv?se privilege It was to be present 011 this happy occasion. Ay! when taken all together, Grouped as one may see them there, Show me, trlend.a diamond cluster That with this one can compare. Show rue on the walls ol genius In the old world or the new, Any picture half as charming As these school-girls, sweet and trfte. They appeared and took their scats as follows: THE SENIOR CI.ASS. Miss Eunice G. IJell. Hebron, N. C. Miss Carrie F. Bradlt*y, Troy, S. C. Ml.-8 Anna M, Biice,.. Due West, S.C. Miss Jiuiie E. Bryson, Laurens, S. C. Miss Susie N. Calhoun, ...Due W'?st, S. C. MIsh Mary C. Castles, Chester, S. C. Miss Iva A. Cook, MotTaltsvllle, S. C. Miss S. Ada Cowan __.Wldeman'i), S. C. Miss Leila P. Cowan . . '.'.....Due West, S. C. Miss Theresa It. Davenport, Cross <1111, S. C. Miss Bessie L. Duttle,. ..*....Columbia, i*. C. Miss A. Lula El I loll, Wmnsboro, S. C. Miss Fannie It. Jay, Widenian's, S. C. Miss JolKF. Kennedy, Due West, S. C. Miss Annie I. Lalhan, Yorkvllle, S. C Miss Maggie J. Mellwaliv Poortlth, N. C. Miss Nannie H. Nance,-. Due West, S. C. .Miss JVnnle S. Peoples, Ulgby vllfe, Tenn. Miss Minnie II. Peoples, BlgbyvlHe, Tenn. \f icu i.min if??,.|.t,,r,l Yorkvllle. S. C. Miss Mattie L. Strong, Atoka, Tenn. Miss Leila M. Ward law,... Wldeman's, S. C. Miss Minnie C. Wharton,...Mott'atUvllle, 8. (!. Miss Sailie J. White, .v Chester, 8. C. Miss Kuphenila P. \\ o odson,..Cameron,'! exas. Miss LmUu Yougue Fori Lawn, 8. C. THE JCNIOll CLASS. MUb Jessie II. Bell, Hebron. X. C. Miss 8. Leona Blake Greenwood, S. C. Miss Masgie A. Boyce, Gastonla, X. C. Miss Fannie A. Ilrawner, Kiberton, Ga. Miss EHcti S. Brooks Due West, 8. C. Miss I>aura J. Brownlee Knoxvilie, Tenn. Miss Addle Caldwell Newberry, S. C. Miss Mngcle C. Caldwell Newberry, 8. C. Miss Carrie K. Calhoun, Due West. S. C. Miss M. Janie Castle* Chester, 8. C. MIssS. Kiln Cat heart Wlnnsboro, 8. C. Miss Mary A Cathcart Wlnnsboro, S. C. Miss Lizzie M. Chalmers, Newberry, 8. C. Miss liesBie Z. Cox Due West. S. C. Miss Mollie E. billing King's Mr., N. C. Miss Sallie L. Dominlck, Prosperity, 8. C. Miss Eugenia N. Douglass, Albion, 8. C. Miss Claudia E. Ellis Due West, 8. C. Miss Lucy G. Glbert, -Abbeville, 8. C. Mis* Alice D. Grier. Plneville, N. C. Miss Eula-Lee lladdon, Due West, 8. C. Miss Liliie Hearst Bradley's, 8. C. Miss Mary (J. Jeler Fish Dain, 8. C'. Miss Lilla ICeichln Wlnnsboro, 8. C. Miss Ina J. Kirton *.... ..Georgetown, 8. C. Miss Mell LnthaW, ......v. .Ywkvillc, 8. C. Miss Berta II. Little, Iyoulsvllle, Ga. Miss Mamie E. Lomax, Vordery.S. C. Miss Zula B. Mack Bl;;byvllle, Tenn. Miss M. IiOls Martin Snapping 8hoals, (la. Miss Elen I. McDonald,...Snapping Shonls.Ga. Miss M. Omclla McCain, Idavilie, Tenn. Miss Lizzie B. Miller Due West,8. C. Miss LI 111 e P. Milford Storevllie, 8. C. Miss Macule Jj. MofTatt, Itlchbnrg, S. C. Miss Lucia P. Norrls Anlrevllie, 8. C. Mis> Lila A. Penlck, Mcxiresvllle, N. C. Ml.-s A. Janle Peoples,...^ Plneville,N. C. Miss Allie L. Prult Due West, 8. C. Miss Iioula A. Slins :. Newberry, 8. C. Miss Julia F. 8;rother, Coleman's, 8. C. Miss Lola A. Teague Due West, 8. C. Miss 8. Gertrude Thompson, Borky Plains. (>a Miss Nannie W. Todd Due West, 8. C. Miss Jennie Townsend Ilodges. S C. Miss Mattie M. White, King s Mt., N. C. THE SOPHOMOKE CLASS. Miss Jessie E. Bethen, Louisville, Ga. Miss Carrie L. Brewion Sculttetown.S. C. Miss Mary E. Cochran, Due West, 8. C. MlAnna J.Cofleld Gashen Hill,8. C. Miss Mary A. Coleman,...Hlggln's Fori}*, 8. C. Miss Lllla I,. Cowan ...Due West, S, C. Miss II. Ellen Edwards Due West. S. C. Miss M. Alice Ellis, Hodges, 8. C. Miss Drudle D. Ellis Hodt:es, 8. C. Ml ss Jennie Erwln, Honoa Path, S. C. Miss Mary J. M. Erwln ilonea Path, 8. C. Miss Mollie M. Hoke, Hock Hill, 8. C. Miss Nannie J. Hoke, Hock Hill, 8. ('. Miss Anna A. Hood, Torblt's. H, C. MI.-b Hallle E. Kennedy, Due West. S. C. Miss Susie M. Leo, Due West, S. C. Miss Kittle H. Link, Wllllngton.S. C. Miss Mory J. Madden, WlnnBhuio, 8. C. Miss Ltia A. McDill Donaldsvillo, S. C. Miss Mary Azile Mills, Fort Mills, S. C. MlssSallie E. Patrick, While Oak,S. C. Miss Mary White Pearson, Due West, S. (\ M!ss Iva J. Provence Ridgeway, 8. C. Mips Sallle A. Reld Donalds, 8. CMiss Llla V. Sharp,.......^ Donalds, 8. C. Miss Clara L. Sharp. Donalds, 8. C. Miss Emma J.Smith, .Litw-rty,8. C. Miss Lucy E. Tongue, Due West, S. C. Miss May L. Teattue Monntville, 8. C. Miss M Brownie WhiU,sides,...Yorkville, 8. C. M.ss Jaule M. Wldeman Due West, S. C. THE FIRST CXAS8. M'ns Minnie L. Austin, Donalds, S. C. M i? Ida E. Devlin Due West, 8. C. Mlvfi Mary P. Donnald Due West, 8. C. Miss Fannie L. Gcrk Due West, 8. C. Miss Cora-Bee Haddon Due West, S. C. Miss FawnieC. Hoke Rock Hill, 8. C. Miss Nannie L Hood Due West, 8. C. Miss Emma J. Kay, Honea Path, 8. C. Miss Cattle L. Provence, Rldgewny, 8. C. Mlas Mai ie B. Power, Due West, 8. C. Miss Lena I. Roland, Goodglon's Factory,8. C. Miss Nannie Roland,Goodglon's Factory,8.C. Mifis Fannie N. Townsend Hodge*, 8. C. TIIE IRREGULAR PUril-S. Miss Lutle J. Brico Due West, S. C. Miss Ida E. Kennedy Yorkvillt*. S. C. Miss Maggie B. Lowry, Due West, 8. C. Miss It-la A. Parks Pinevllle. N. C. Miss E. Ellen Patman Lcxlncton, Ga. Miss Hose Prcsfdy, Due West, 8. C. Mi.-s Madge W. Pressly, Due West, 8. C. THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. mips Zula Brock Due West, 8. C. I Miss l<ln Calhoun, Due West, s. C I Miss Iiaura Orler Due West, 8. C. I Miss Mamie Hawthorn, Due West,.S. (J. Miss Kate Q. Henderson, Coronacn, S. C. Miss Melielu^a McAdams,.. Due Vest, 8. C. Miss Lillian McDuvld Duo Wist., 8. Cf the primary department. Miss Etla Bell Due Went, S. C. | Miss Mamie Bell. Due West, P. C. I Miss Laura Blackshcur, Savannah, Oh. I Miss Alma Brock, Due West, S. C. Miss D<wia Brock, Due West, S. 0. Miss Willie Biooks Due West, 8. C. Miss Rebecca Calhoun Due West, 8. C. Miss Julia Cowar., Due West, 8. C. Miss Eddie Cox, Due W?st, H. C. Mltf Minnie Devlin Due West, 8. C. Miss Ola Devlin Due West, 8. C. Miss Ersic Ellis, Due West, 8 C. Miss Helen Orler, ?....?..Due West, 8. C. Miss Lera Hawthorn, Due West, 8. C. Miss Susie Hood, Due West, S. C. , M<ss Vlo a Hughes Due West, 8. C. i Miss Ida Johnson Due West. 8. C. Miss Nellie Kennedy Due West, 8. C. Miss Lula Power Due West, S. ('. Miss Mamie l'ressly, Due West, S. C. Miss Kittle Prult Due West, 8. C. Miss Eunice Todd Due West, 8. 0. Miss Maggie Todd, Due West, 8. C. ( Miss Nan.ile Todd, Due West, 8. C. Miss 8tatia Wideman, Due West, 8. C. Miss Carrie Wldeman, Due West, 8. C. ' MlssJanle Young Due West, S. C. When all that happy and Joyous company were seated on the rostrum they presented a ' tableau which was Indeed lovely and beautl- : ful to behold. Viewing this array of beauty 1 and animat ion?the very embodlmentof hope ?our thoughts?even amid these scenes of pleasure?were such as to cast a shadow over tho heart or the writer and to bring i to the eve thn unbidden tear. While i thoughts of unalloyed pleasure, and happl ties*, and usefulness, no doubt filled the heart i and mind of each of these sweet glrl?, now at I the threshold of womanhood, our own ' thoughts turned to the memory of a 1 dearly beloved little woman, who sat on i this same stage only a few years ago, possess- i Ingas much of hope, ns much of sweetness, ll and as much of life, as the happiest of thlsj say tlirong. But the heart of that sweet girl < Ik sillied now, und the eye which Imparted so much of pleasure to others, has been closed forever. "If there Is on earth anything purer than an angel's tear. It Is u loving father s o er a dullouB daughter shed."' Rev. A. Coke Smith Is presented by Presl- i dent Kennedy, and asks at the Throne of Grace. In a few choice words for Gods blessing. The opening anthem, "Oh praise the mighty God," swells out over the multitudes and Is lead on the solo parts by that superb and accomplished lady singer?Miss J. V. LcGal. Programme. Prayer.?Anlhem?O, praise the mighty G?d.?L. O. Emerson. Salutatory.?Miss Bessie L. I>nffie, Columbia, 8. C. Overture?Poet and Peasant?;3 ! Pianos and 2 Organs)?Suppe. Misses Penlck, Blake, Edwards, Yottgue, Moffatt, LeGol, and i Mrs. Bonner. < Essay?For the Sluggard's Brow the Laurels never Grew.?Miss Euulce G. Bell, Ilebron, X. Essay?The Wind.?Miss Anna M. Brlce, Due West, S. C. Come I.lke a Beautiful , Drcatn.?I)anks. Misses Miller, Caldwell, Lit-1 tie, Cowan, Messrs. Edwards and Maglll. Mr. Smith lakes Leave. At this point President Grler, camc tolhe front of the rostrum, and In 6omc choice of words of appreciation and aflcctlon for the Bev. A. Coke Smith, expressed regret. In which he knew the audience shared, that the anniversary orator who had made us such an entertaining address yetterday would now take his leave. Hit. SMITH RF.PLIEE : I regret mywelf that, circumstances compcl me to leave at thl6 ilme. Especially am I sorry to leave now, as the young ladies are to 1J appear. I Raid Inst night that I hnd heard! less hlialutln and less of Greece and Rome,1 than 1 had ever heard on an occasion like!, this. I am glad to know that the young gen- *, tlenieu of this college have sufficient learning j to avoid the necessity lor resort to the reclta- i tlon of oft-repcated farts, or to the uw of,' high-sounding and meaningless words. I am glad to note another hopeful sign: The peo- ] pie of Abbeville county appear to have the ', highest appreciation for the education of their noble sons, but their love for the educa* , tlon of their beautiful daughters Is boundless. Although the audience yesterday, as I thouuht. Dald the vounir gentlemen tlir> hlirli. . est honor possible, yet the greatly Increased numbers in nttendance upon the exercises today, show thut the lower floor pays a mUch greater homage to the stage to-day than it did to the stage of yesterday. , By their kindness Iain laid under obligation to Dr. Orier, President Kennedy, the Faculties, and the community. This kindness and the excecdlng'y Interesting nature of the exercises make me greatly regret the necessity for my departure. Uod bless you. j Programme Betmmwi. Essay?Saul of Tarsus,?Miss Janle E. Bry- ] son, Laurensf S. C. Old Oakeu Bucket-(3 i Pianos, 2 Organs and l^rtiel)?Blake. Misses, < Ketchin, McDavld; Erwln( WoodBout Penlckt 11 and Mrs. Bonner, and Mr; Maglll. Essay? Edgar A. Poe.?Miss 8. Ada Cowan, 11 Wideman's, 8. C. i1 Essay?The Voice.?Miss Leila P. (owan, 11 Due West, B.C. Trio?Vocal?'' Memory."? i Leslie. Misses Penlck and LeOal, and Mr. 11 Wldeman. 11 Eway-Sweet Are the Uses ef Adversity? j t "l M!*s Theresa R. Dnvcnport, Crow Hill, P. C Sounds from the Ohio?Piano*)?Mens. i Misses MuDavld, Peoples, Peulcit, Wharton unci Pell. fcssay?The Touch of Time.?Miss Annie I. Lathun, Yorkville, H. C. Recitation?By the Junior CHass. Good. Essay?WhUpyiliigs of hope.?>llns Nannie B. Nuncc,.Due West. S. C. l,u Hnrpe Eolleiine ?(3fMan<>s and Comet)?S. Smith. Miss-en l<. 1'eulCf, Itoyce, Lathun, DUllng, Little, uud Mr. Mu^lll. ANnetnbiy of Flowers. F.s?ny.i.?The Rose.?Miss Currle F. Bradl?v Trn'v. S. C. The Magnolia.?Miss Leila M. Wardlaw, Wldeman's, s. C. The Vliriet.?Miss Euphemla P. Woodson, Cameron, Texos. The Lily.?Mica Julia F. Kennedy, Dm* Went. 8. C. Angel of the flowers.?Miss Susie N. Calhoun. Due West, S. U. Chorus?Come Where the LI Hex Bloom- Thompson. Essay?Ruins of Pompeii.?Miss Jennie P. Peoples, Hlgbyvllle, Tenn. Solo,? Vocal-St;*ccalo Polka. MIks I,ella Cowan. Es^ay?Old Folks at Home.?Miss IVa A. Cook, Motfatavllle, S. C. Old Folks at Home. Full Chorus. Here at l'i4.r> P. M. Preeldent Kennedy nnnounced a recess for two hours, at the expiration of which time he would be pleased to see the audience re-assemble, when the excrclscs of the day would be concluded. Afternoon*. O, Hall tTs Ye Free. Full ChAriffi. E?sny?Pictures Hung on Memory's Walls. ?Miss Minnie H. Peoples, Rlub.vvllie, Tenn. Music Among the Pines?(3 Plano?, 2 Organs, and Cornet)?Wyman. Misses Rwali.v, Kennedy, Brlce, Davenport. LeGal, Mrs. IJonner, ami Mr. Maglll. Essay?David's I.anient.?Miss Llllle Ratchford,\orkvllle, S. C. Essay/-Our Southern Lafid.-Miss Mattle L. .Strong, Atoka. Tenn. Miserere?Verdi. Miss Jennie Edwards and Dr. Edwards, Essay? Earth's Benefactors.?Miss Minnie C. Wharton, MotrattftvHIe.8. 0. Essay?No One Lives to Himself.?Miss Sallle .1. White. Chester, S. C. Lustsplel Over ture?(3 Pianos)?Brl:?. Misses Galloway, Lee, Brown Ice. Pcples and Biyson. Essay?'The Beautiful.?Miss I^thn Yowsue, fort Lawti, H. O. Call John. Missus McDavid, Grfer, Edwards, and Mr. Wldeman. Distribution of Prl*? and .VcdnlK. R?w Us .Swiftly -Campann. Mioses Mc David, Kennedy and Drown lee. Valedictory.?MI&h A. Lulu Elliott, Winnfiboro, s. (', Degrees Conferred.?Carnival de Venice? Bordese. Misses Davcuport, Ellis, Cutlicait, Cook and Martin. The audience was now dismissed, with the thanks of President Kennedy for their kind attention and Rood order which prevailed during the performance of the long programme. ^ The honor of reading the salutatory of a class of '26 was conferred on Miss Bessie L. Duffle of Columbia, 8. C. Miss Duffle 1r the accomplished daughter of the worthy publisher and book seller, Mr. J. \V. Duffle,of Columbia. 8. C. Prof. Win. Hood read this charming emny in a strong, clear cut voice, it would give us great pleasure to lay a wreath of (lowers upon theinanuscrlpt'ot each of these young ladles, with the compliments of the Press and Banner, but when the cenIle reader remembers the size of the present Senior class, and the good Ihlhgs thai we wish to say to each fair essayist, for the waWt of space, we shall have to foreee this pleasure. We fay thouzh, each one richly deserve It Weave -consoled, however, by the reflection that the ortrti x)T ejich young lady will Bend up his votive ottering. To-nluht at the reception he will tell her all these deserving things and add a little speech that he bos been longInir to tell in her ear. We can only touch upon some of the salient points of tills Iodr, varied and attractive programme. The cornet nccompanyment by Prof. J. W. Maglll of the beautiful Instrumen tm 5'iprc, i_unif utiu ii ucuuiMui ..... fine. The cornct was heard on several pieces with fine efTcct. To the vocal trio, by Misses Penick, LeGal and Wideman?we write poor/. 'Recitation" by the Junior class f numberIng about 40) we cannot omit to highly commend. The house beiatne hushed rind an to the moral, it was simply fine. May others linmltate the good old l>eacon. The Assembly of Flowers?five young ladles repeesentlng n?. many flowers, with on essay on each was now uiitl much enjoyed. These five compositions were beautiful and well read, mostly by young men. A beautifully sweet song by these five ladles usslsted by Dr. J \V. Wideman and W. P. Wideman, closed this attractive part. The vocal soln.?taccatto polka, by Miss Leila Cowan, one of the finest singers In the College received most hear y applause. AFTERNOON. We will be unable lo give our readers anything like n connected account of the evening exercises as the crowd bad Increased to such an extent that every available seat had been taken up ere the exercises comineneed and therfc was not much room left for a reporter, A number of the essays we did not hear at all. From glimpses we got, we think 'Ctill John" was heartily appreciated and especially applauded. It was amusingly rendered by Misses McDavid, Grier, EUwarda and Mr. Wideman. The next thing was the distribution of prizes and medals by President Kennedy. The speaker announced that the school had been very largely governed by the prize system. From the handsome number a character awarded we concluded the President must be right us to their munnei of government. A great interest was manifested as each young lady came forward to receive her award of merit hardly won. Below we give the long list of name: Writing.?A prize offered by Mr. H. E. Bonner to the young lady who should make mosl improvement In writing was won by Miss A1111 id Hood. Mr. A. Selden Kennedy ofTercd a medal f< r the best rending, Miss Annie Lathan was the happy recipient of this. Mrs. Kennedy gave a mediil to the best mathematician in school. Miss Susie Calhoun received the medal. Mrs. Bonner gave thre< ?Miss Julia Kennedy for scales; Miss Susie Lee for exorcises and Miss Ida Devlin for exercises. MIkh LeGal two?For French first lo Miss Lela Penlck, second Miss l.ula Elliott, most piogress In vocal music Miss LpIIii Cowan. Miss Penlck two medals?To Mi.ss Tiana Blake and Miss Llllle Ketchln. Miss Molllc McDavid one?To Miss Mary Teague. Miss Jennie Grler a medal for Latin?Miss Allle Pruet, hi&dmurks in grammar Miss Nannie Iiood. Miss Iva Cook received a medal for general excellence during Lite three years she attended the Due West Female College. Miss Lola Galloway gave a medal to Miss Iva Provence for most improvement In music. Mrs. Kennedy gave two prizes In mental arithmetic?Cue to Junior clnss Miss Lula Teague took this?Sophomore chiss Miss Jennie Erwln. First class mental arilhmetic? Miss Mary Power and Miss Nannie Ilood. The following took prizes in punctuality: Miss Bessie Duflle. Miss Llllle Hachford, Miss Leilha Yongue, Miss Sallie White, Miss Miiggie Caldw ell, Miss Moliie Hoke, Miss NunHie iioke, MissTcana Roland, Miss Ellen Edwards, Miss Susie Lee, Miss Annie Copeld, Miss Gertrude Thompson, Miss Ixla Parks, Miss Eunhemla Woodson, Mis? Leila \Vurd law and'MIss Brownie Whlt?sld?'?. For keeping mien and punctually: Miss Llllle Kochford, Miss Krnirm Smith, Miss Laura Brown Ice, Miss MnryTcague, Miss Annie Copeld, Miss Ina Klrton, Miss Minnie Wharton. Miss Lrltna Yongue, Miss Minnie Peoples, Miss Theresa Davenpoit. M1ss Fanner Brawnes, Miss Mattle White, Miss Jennie Peoples, Miss Janle Bryson. Mlsb Galloway gnve first medal In painting lo Miss Aunle La than, second to Miss Iva Cook. Also one In drawing to Miss Berta Little. The distinguished honor of reading the Valadlctory of this large class was awarded lo Miss A. Lula Elliott, of Wltmsboro, t$. I'., it was a beautiful essay, abounding in rich thought, exqulsltly expressed and rend u ith much ferverund power by Rev. 11. T. Moan, D. D. Now enme the time for the worthy President to hand to this noble clnss?as to numbers, looks, and merit?the Inst murk ot their esteem. The President, in amofttfuHhi rly way, presented in tender, pathetic words the Diplomas to the fair graduates and the Twenty-third Celebration of the Due NVe^t Female Coll?-gc came to a happy close with the benedictions of every one resting on the college that can present to the public such a programme and then carry itjout so successfully. Remark*. Visitors universally seemplcascd. We heard nn editor say this was the most attractive programme of any commencement in his rccnlictlon. Though the crowd was rather small yesterday owing to the weather, and bridges gone, yet it made up for It to-day. l'here was spleudid order throughout the enLire exerclsc-8. One feature of the commencement we cannot omit to mention Is the great number of handsome silk dresses Here, 11 Lhe year Is himl there must be money somewhere. The remark is common, "I have nev?r seen so many haniltome silks." THE CANDIDATES. The ubiqultious candidate?he Is here with & smile and a good word for every one he meets. It is a pity that human nature docs notassert ItseJt In all persons as ngreeubly as It does in the candidate. What a paradise ihis would bo liy the way we will here say that as the dull days will soon be on, and as we must get lip something for the Prett and Banner to till our part of the trade, we hereby cay to all the candidates perambulating in tills section hereafter, to give us a call and show your manhood and we will tell the publlcjust how worthy you are. THE DUE WEST HAND. Prof. J. W. MagiII has only organized the present band a few months ago, but it was really refreshing to hear with whnt prompness and harmony the.se cords were made. Prof. Maglll will leave Due West In a few weeks to take chaigc of a bund in Greenville county Just organized. He is one of the finest comet players In the Hlate. TIIK CHIEF MARSHALL. Mr. J. H. Pressly, acqulled himself well as chief inarshall on tills occasion. He was a*sidiouB in seating and making comtortahle Btrangers. We sincerely regret his fair goddess was absent. Though this notice is nothing but deserving, on her account, he was particularly anxioos it should not beomllted. Remarks on the music department and art department we leave to the editor of this paper* it The Art Department. The decorations this year were the prettiest and most tasteful we huve ever seen. Oil paintings and crayons figured largely in these decorations. The display or pictures was of a higher, order more varied, and fuller than any previous one. Three sides of this large hall were lined with pictures. We were particularly pleased wlih the portraits. Again and again we found ourselves turning to study them still a little more closely. The making of not trails is something rather new in our southern schools, and we ure glad to see the Introduction of lhls> the highest reach of the painter's brush. We are sure the lady who has charge of this department. Miss Lou J. Galloway, may well be pleased with the work which her class has accomplished this year. This lady of talonti we understand, spent her last vacation In New York City, studying under a master of the brush: There were on exhibition about one hundred pictures of all sizes. Besides a KOod many which could not be exhibited. It is I truly surprising that so much could be accomplished ih one year, especially when tho large size of sotae of the pictures is taken I mo consideration?for they are really much i larger than they appear to be. A picture which is large for a parlor; seems much rmailer when bung on the walls of Lindsay Hall. We would like to notice some Of these pieces of art. We were particularly struck with two life siee portraits done In oil of Kev. John Griffin afid of Ills wife; Mrs. Mary Galloway Grlflln, and a llie size crayon portrait of President Kennedy. Ihese pictures would well grace any picture | jCallery, and we pronoBnce them master pieces. There were other figure pieces both I In crayon and oil which were as correctly exBcuted. A number of largo oil landscapes, representing scenes on the Uhlne, the Danube, among the Alps, on the Hudson, in CalIforla and among tne Itocky Mountains, were line, doing Justice to their sut\)ccts, Flower pieces In oil and glazed ebony wood were pretty and natural. No one could fall to bo pleased with the small iyul delicate pieces? minting on pottery,. piques, shells, satin; illk, &c. The work hi crayon ran through f from landscapes and fancy figure pieces to portraits of living anddtcrascd persons. Our opinion coincides with that expressed by numbers of other spectators. It, was Indeed a pretty collection. One lady went ho far as to say that she suw uo such display at the Louisville Exposition. Music. The College Is now better prepared for teaching music titan ever before. Since the addition of Kennedy Hull, they have ample room. The luuslc class ik unusually full this year?",0 or more pupils requiring the attention of five teachers. Kor the flr.-t time, medals have been otteivd, and the system works most beautifully. There has never been so much enthusiasm manifested In tills sweet art of the muses. Not a half dozen 'medal gills" worked well, but the whole class practiced faithfully. Girls who admit ihijttney never tried before have "done their , beat this year," and have often exclaimed "I would (jive almost anything to lutce a medal In music or palmitic." Some of there young ladles Were In the habit of going down to the I music hall at daylight in order to get extra ] practice. With such persistant eltbit we are I I.nl iitriiriiinil lo h?.|> fine TtsUltS. The week previous to Commencement there was heard swcot sounds floating nil around. Wo were preputed to hear something g<Wd. Wc have attended a number of commencements, but the music tliIt year was in some inspect*, at Ica^t, better tlmn heretofore, whl'th Is saying a great deal. The number of instruments used made the Instrumental music full and round, making almost a coiniprete orches'rti. ThrtfC pianos and two organs foriik;11 a hoi row square, the Inside whs inmost filled with fair musicians, above their j heads was suspended fio'ii the celling a chandelier gracefully festooned. From each of j those Instruments on.- or more performers I svoked melodious strains. I'rof. Will MaI gill's cor net with Its clear, pure t mcs added ] not a little. It Is difficult to discriminate where all Is bo food. The opening anthem, wuh grand. Miss -etinl, the vocal teacher, sang the 60I0. lleri superb voice rove full and clear above the ! chorus of 130 voices. It was the greatest anthem we ever heard onl the audience was held almost spell bound to the end. The vocal trlosting by Mlses l'enlck and Le(fal and .Mr. Wldemuu could not be but tine, given by throesuch singers. Miss Penlck'ssoprano was singularly sweet and bird-like. Staccato Polka sung by Miss Leila Cowan.! the "voeal medal girl," showed she deserved the honor. She has an exquisite voice. Mlseiere was rendered with fine effect by Miss Jennie Edwards and Dr. Edwards. Row Us .SWIftly, was line. Call John, was bright and sprightly, being both well sung and acted. It was appreciated by some who perhnps are not lovers of operntlc gems. It brought down the house. Carnival de Venice, Old Fo'.ks at Home and Come where the Lilies iiloom, were much appreciated. A' *-" U.i.n.MAnt.il mnuln WH unPPlnllV liked: Pocs and Pleasant,OI<l Oaken Bucket and Lustplel. We congratulate iLie iiiuhIc teachers on their high success. - ? . The Town of Due West. ITS BELOVED PEOPLE-ITS SPLENDID COLLEGES?ITS PROSPEROUS CHURCHES-ITS EXCELLENT PAPERSITS SAINTED DEAD-ITS TREASURED MEMORIES. The Town I'nder Vnrion* Acts of Incorporation nnd Different Name*. The town of Due West was Incorporated l>y the J^ulslalure of South Carolina in the year 1810, underthe name of "Selmu." This mime was adopted by a meeting of citizen*, who thought It would be more uihoiilous than Its name at that time, "Due West Corner." It was notpopular however, und In the course of ten years was changed back to Its "tlrst love." Through the klndne-s of Dr. J. L. Miller, who was one of the town Council In 18 9, we have been able to get hold of r little pamphlet published by the Council, >tontalnlnK the Charter, and Ordinances of the town from 1810 (date on wlilch legislature granted charter.) to 1S')0, the year or their administration. Tills pamphlet whs printed at "The Tclcxcopr office?!?.>!)." Here Is the 1st and '2d sections of the Charter; Charter?by Act of 1810. I. Thnl all free white persons, citizen*of the United States, who have res ded >ix months at and near Due West Corner, In ASbevillc District, and within the limits hereinafter set forth, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, and shaH be called and known by the name of Sclmn; and its corporate limits shall extend over a space Included by the sides of a rectungnhir parellelogram, having its greater fides as ntaily as convenient equI-distant from, nnd parallel to, a lload leading through i-nid Village, from Knight's Rridge on Saluda Hiver, to Martin's Mills, and having Its centre near Jacob Painter's store. Said parallelogram to have it* greater sides three thousand and eighty yards long, und its sma'ler sides fifteen hundred and forty yards long. Provided, That tills Act shall not be construed to render the landsaud buildings taken in by an extension of the limits of said Village any more liable to be ranked as Village property, and subject to the collection of public Taxes, than if this Act had not been passed. II. The said village shall b? governed by an Intendant and four Wardens, who shall be elected on the second Monday in January every year, ten days notice being previously given; except that the first election under this Act. shall be held after a notice of five doys. to be conducted by A. C. Hawthorn, Jus. Lindsay, and James Ilrownlee.or u majority of them, and the said Intendant nnd Wardens shall be known by the name of "The Town Council of Selma," and the said Corporation is hereby invested with ail the powers and privileges, and subject to the same testi Ictions ns are conferred and enjoined on the Corporation of the village of Xewbcrrj. The 11th section Is In these words: XI. This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act, and shall continue of foice for len years.and until theend of the session of the Legislature then next following. A?t of the Nonth Carolina Leg 8 it are for 1S57. The Act of the South Cam Una L-gislature f:>r 1857, (No. J..TG7) is nH follows: That the charter of the (own of Pel inn, In the District of Abbeville, tie and the same Is hereby ren"wed nnd extendid. with nil the light*, powers and prlvl egesheret lore k ranted, and that said town shull hereafter be know n and cal'.cd by the nainc of Due West." Squire James Lindsay was Its first Intend ant. We are also able to name 3 of the wardens: I)r. Enoch Agnew, Rev. J. N. Young and Jan'es Krownke. The latter was secretary ot the council. There are a number of theories as to the origin of the name Due We*t Corner. Tlie most | probable >eems to l?e that It was the extreme west corner of some settlement. Its name dutes back as far as "Chickasaw," "Long Cane" and "Hog Skin," and was probably given by tho nativ< s In Just the same way. As the town bewail to crow In size and intelligence the "Coiner" was dropped. Another theory i.dvani ed by some. Among whom we may mention Judge McGowan, as shown In an annual address heie, Is this: East of this place was 90 District. In this extreme western corner there lived a man named Derrlt, who kept a kind of trading post. This man's est ibllslimeni wascalled "Devon's Corner" and wi.s changed In time into "Due West Corner, Hpuire James Lindsay was Its first postmaster as well as its first Inicndant. The little bul'dlng Is still standing Just. In front of Captain sharp's residence, with the hole through the door. FIRST ErTLEHS AND FIRST DWELLINGS. We give below some of the names of tbe first houses built In this place as near as In chroiiuloslcal order, as our information warrants. Many of them are still standing on the same site with some changes and improvements w here they did long ago. We mention a few: Hie first dwelllns was Mr. John Lindsay's, - U'tia-n Mri fir. .Tumps PrGst.lv now lives. Then comes Squire James Lindsay's, situated whero L)r. J. O. Ltndsny now lives. Mr. James Murtyn's, Mr. George Browniee's, Mrs. Miiry Drennon's ("The Lonu' Boarding House,") ('apt. It. C. Sharp's, Dr. E. E. Pressly's. Jacob Painter's, Dr. Agnew's and Ilev. \V. R. Hemphill's. The first school house was located back of the present church building. Mr. Harry Brownlee taught here during the years 18.'i.'JIH-35. This school was merged into the academy, called Mount Vernon, In honor of Washington's home. Mr. John 8. Pressly was at the head of this academy hy appointment from presbytery during the y?ar 1n)8-37-;w-:)9. The academy wnB located oil the lot now oc-, cuplcd by Mr. B. B. Orler. In the Kail of 18& Mr. John S. Pressly tendered Ills resignation and It was then organized by the action of Synod Into the collegiate form. This Introduces us to Erskinc, a history of which you will find elsewhere. In 1839 a female school was taught by a Miss Gordon. The school was followed by the erection of a nice commodious school build-j ingon the lot Just in front of Dr. J. L. Miller's present residence, taught by Miss Eliza-1 beth McQuerns, (the present, veteran ieuiale tcacher in the Female College.) In this building the Commencement of Ersklne College were held for a number of years. It was h(re that Judge O'Neal, Gov. B. F. Perry, Judge Oir and Dr. Win. F. Hamilton of Mobile, Ala., delivered the anniversary orations. The subject of Dr. Hamilton's oration was: H.Veryini?k nilN 118 usu. evcil i?j ii.tr uillu Meed around the thorn." This gentleman i tiled but a few days ago, at the advanced age ol 90 years. In the academy behind the church Dr. Hon-' ner. Miss McQuerns, and Miss .Sallle McBrldo ; taught a flourishing lilgh school for a number i of years. Thin was merged Into the Female ! College, whose history we have given. Fifty years ago Due West hud only three or j four houses. To-day she has nittety-fl ve In the I incorporate limits, with a number of new i buildings In contemplation. THE TWO LIVING LANDMARKS. Capt. R. C. Bharp and Rev. J. N. YoUng are tho two.oldest citizens now living. They ! have grown up with Its prowth?snared Its reversesand Its successes, hach Is about seventy years old. Capt. R. O .Sharp whs married I forty-flve years ago. Several years later he began keeping house. Ho now has on flic thirty-nine almanacs, one representing each I year since he began housekeeping. On the margin of these you find notes of the principal evenls that transpired during the year.; The Captain still letalns In his possession : the pair of store scissors that cut tho first, cloth that was told In Duo West. This leads us to speak of i The Bmlncm Ilonses of the Place, j We havo endeavored to obtain as full and accurate a list to date of these as our limited i time would allow, and will try and give them i las near In chronological order as possible.: " t r iiuLnu hn/l thA Kfurn nf inquire jiwm-n ui. , .. | the place. Captain Sharp had charge of this i I i-torc, was a young n an. unmarried and he In-! : forms us that he and Squire Lindsay in per-; 'sou bought in the year 18.16 the first stock of' goods, in the city of Charleston, that came to | tills place. The second firm In order of time, i was made up of the partners, Squire Lindsay i I and ( apt,Sharp. Then follows E. & J. W. Ag-' new, Sir. Wilson AgneU", Dr. Enoch Agnew & Wlli-on Agnew. (In the old stand Just in front ! of Mrs. B. B. Grler's on the corner at "the big gate.'') Messrs. R. C. Sharp <C* Ellis, Jacob I Painter. Messrs. James Lyon <Jt Sharp, Messrs; Hubert Ellis A Latimer, Squire Lindsay <fc A. C. Howthorn, (location prcftent hotel.) Dr. | J Pleasant's Drug Store, Mr. Hannahand, Moses I Winstock, Mr. Perlstlne, Mr. I^avlne, Mrs. Darlington, Messrs. Bonner <fc Lindsay, (pres5nt post bfilco building,) Df. Isaac Branch & lien, (residence at Abbeville C. H.,) Dr. Donald & Clarkson, Mathow Hall, Dr. Bonner tfc Prof. Kennedy, (drugs,I Dr. J.L. Miller, (drugs) Afldlsfcn Cllnk*cales, Kennedy, Miller, Crawford ti Co.; Cbchran, Vbung & Bourifer, Galloway & Son, II. M. Johnson, Mc(r Bios, W. ,1S. Agnew, Kdwards it Nance, A ews <fc Bonner; H. P. McOee, Dr. E. II. Kdwards, Samuel Agnew, J. E.Todd a Co.. Kennedy, I'ressly A Co., J: L. Miller A Co., A. 8. Kennedy, J. T. McDill tfr Co; . i This list ffoots tip nbont forty buslnes houses ' nbt including slight changes In the same * firm. In the early history of the place the 1 business houses ifrere principally In the upper 1 or North-Eastern part ol the towh. Sow, 1 however. Just the reverse is trtte. On the lbw- ' er end we now have the of Me*?r.?. Ellis ' Bros, and tho handsome donhle riorc of Mr. 1 II. P. McGee. The oilier business huti-os are < bunched together near the post office and hotel. Nine stores sum up ihc business houses 1 of the plucc at presenL, Messrs. J. i L, Miller a Co., B.C. BrownjCea^tr&^i^Ho-^ 1 wav <fc Sun, Dr. E. II. Edwards, Samuel Agnew, J. t. MuDl.l A Co., A.S. Kennedy. H. P. McGee li and Ellin Bros. o o HOTELS. t. In speaking of the business houses of the t pfcace we omitted to mention our hotel accom- 'J niiNjatlon*. The Phoenix Hotel, kept by Mrs. t Josephine PolhIII, Is a nice lurge building, In \ the centra of town and racing Main street. It has liecu renovated and Improved dtirlns tin last year and presents to tho eye a neat appearance. It h.is fifteen or twenty rooms ond , was well tilled during commencement. Mrs. i Polhlll's management is Improving Its trade. r This lady speaks of moving toGeorgln, pre- , vldcd she cun rent the hwtel toUOme good re- ( liable party at moderate figures. < The private boarding house of Mrs. Eb Ken- j ncdv does a pood business and Is open at all ( times to the accommodation of visitors. Mrs-, j Kennedy immoderate in charges und Is located on President street, Mr. A. D. Kennedy keeps , a line of hacks between his mother's hoarding house and tho depot for the accommoda- ( th>n of the public. I THE DIFFERENT CHUBCHE8. The AnAoclnte Koformrd tnurcn. The church building or thin congregation husnlwHjhoccupied Its present si to. The first old building In which "tho father's worstilpEcd'' who built before the present road was lazed out. Hence It In not strango that it Kit , diagonally to this road, which was n thine of ; the future. Thin building was pre-emlneully u "church of tho woods." In the year InW It was was torn down and , the building which has Ju?t been removed to the Female campus, was built. This house was dedicated on June 2t)th I85'2, by Rev. Ebe-1J necrer K. Preisly, im pastor. Cost of bul.dlng$-'50<>. Thanks to Oapt. H. C. Sharps almanac of is.>2 we not only get the dale hut the text: "Old meu wept and young men re- 1 Jolced." l)r lObeneezer Pressly wns the flrst pastor of 1 this congregation. Ho served It most faith fully for years. He was born Decern her 'Z&, ls<M ; and died July 26th IKtiO. Dr. Pressly was 52 years old. At his death Dr. It. C. (Jrlor wan elected pastor. He was an able divine and : ills people were thoroughly devoted to him. i We remember at Ills death what a void was created In chinch and collece. This look ' place on March 80th, 1871. Dr. Orler was fifty and four years of axe. Itev. W. Ij. Pressly, the present pastor was now unanimously chosen hts successor. He fills this position with marked ability and Is held In universal eoteem by all who come un| der his Influence. | This congregation Is In a flourishing condl- ' lion under the present padoiate. The number of families reach 6J. Communicants 212 i The congregation Is making &u earnest effort to build a new church which is now In pro! Kress of erection. The architect Is Mr. ^'afford of Boston the design coBt 5'JO. Mr, jonn i Wren Ik the collimator. The building will i reach from the extremes lOoxfiO feet. The oiHcerf o( iho present church arc:! Pastor IU.-V. W. L. l'rc-HHly: Members of Session Capt. It. C. Hhaip, lir. J. L. Miller; President. J. 1'. Kennedy: Mr. R. W. Haddon;l Profs. Wm. Hood; w. S. Dowry; and J J.\ McCain and It. 8. Galloway. Deacons; Messrs. Brlce Kills. H. M. Young, Ben. Neul, J. L. I'ressly and A. 8. Kennedy. Piof. Hood, Secretary Session. The Daptlftt Church. The Bnpt 1st Church at Due West, S. C.. wns oryaifUeJ on Sabbath, 2Uth February, 18S2, at McGee's Hal . Hev. it. N. Brat', Missionary, Pastor. On motion by Hev. It. Is. I'r.>tt, Rev. H. 0. Smart of Greenwood was elecfed Moderutor. Dr. J. A. itoblnson was appointed llerk. The Church was organized by enrollIng ir> members. Elder H. C. Hmartdelivered | the charge to the Missionary Pastor, Iter. II. N. Pratt. Dr. Charles Manly of Greenville,. I delivered the charge to the members. This Church Mas now becu successfully run- I nlng for two years. Rev. ft. II. Pratt was) formally cal cd on 1st November, 1883,and uccepted the call shortly thereafter. 'J he elec-t Hon of two Deacon*, Messrs. J. Y. Sltton and ' H. P. McGee, took place on the 10th of Feb-' rnary, 1P84, and ordained on the 2d .Sabbath In March, lfc81. Mr. J. W. Ellis Is iho present Secretary. j This church has a neat,substantial building, I 60x32 feet, and nicely located. The prospect I of this congregation is very good, as the town i Is growing and new Baptist families moving in. Kev. Mr. I'ratt is doing a good work here, and is highly esteemed by his people. The Colored Associate Reformed Prew? bylerlun Chnrch. Due West has had the only Colored Associate Itelorincd Church that ever existed, so foir us we know. This congregation was organized shortly after the war. ltev. T. L. 'i nun;, n< luiA Wfsi. a most wortJ.v colored man was chosen pastor. He was under direction of the sccond Asoelote Reformed Presbytery. Rev. T. L. Young succeeded In building up a large congregation und served IiIb people well for u number of yeurs. Lust year however the congiegatlon determined to go over to the Northern wing of the Presbyteilan church. Rev. Davis, colored, was elected pastor. Rev. T. L. Young thought himself compelled by circumstances, to go with his church. We suppose this Is the tlr.st and Ia>t Colored Asso-1 date Reformed Presbyterian Church of which | hlttory shall ha\ e occasion to tuake meutlou. ^ THE COLLEGES AND THEIR ENDOWMENT. I Er.sk 1 lie College. This Institution Is the property of the As.so-: elate Reformed Synod of the South. It Is situated ot Due West, In tlie upper part of Abbeville Count}*, four miles west uf Don*, aid's Depot, on the Columbia und Greenville Hallroau. and on the line of the Atlantic and French Proud Valley Railroad, now being constructed. I For some years previous to 1836, the Institution, which afterwards developed Into a College. had been open as a Classical .School. In [the Fallot 183.?. steps were taken to <nlargo the course of instruction, which was carried, Into etlect in 1830. The first name of the Col-j lcjc was CLARIC ASD EIWKIM3 SEMINARY. It was organized as Ersklne College In 1S39, an i the coiirsc of Instruction extended so as loavrchend all the studies appropriately be-: longing to Colleges. The first President was Rev. K. K. Pressly, D.D., with the following corps of Professors: Mr. N. M. Gordon. Lev. J. N. Young and Rev. J. P. Pressly. D.D. As : 'the patronage and means of the College iu< I cie.ised, additional Piofessors were employed! until the plans of 1819 were fully met. Ithasj had the following distinguished gentlemen as I Presidents: Rev. K. E. Pies*ly, D.D., Rev.1 R. C. Grler, D.D., (two terms. lHlfJ to 1S58. and IMS to 1.-71.) Rev. E. L. Pat ton. LL. D., Itev.; W. M. Grler. D.D., son of the former Dr. Grler. The following gentlemen have been; connected at different times with the College; as Professors: Rev. D. McCaw. Rev. wllllain McWhorter, Rev. W. R. Hemphill, D.D., i Professors J. F. Lee, J. P. Kennedy, William ' Hood, W. S. Dowry, J. II. Miller, L. P. Ken-; nedy and J. J. Mcl'aln. The last five named, | together with Dr. W. M Grler, as President,! compose the Faculty at this time. There J I gentlemen represent, as alumni qulie a larjje I number of Colleges and Universities. The: lirst Faculties were drawn mo.-tly from! Northern Colleges, Ruch as .Jefferson, Pa., and Miami University. Ohio, In later years, they have been taken from graduates of r'oUeces In the $outli?such as the University of Georgia, South Carolina College, and Ersklne College. Several of thein have taken courses of special study In Yale, Johns Hopklus' University, Amherst, Ac. All of theso gentlemen have been noted for their devotion to education, anil have stood hlyh In their respective depart meiUs The course of Instruction is believed to he as thorough and full as the ordinary purposes of an education cun require, or as students are able to accomplish In the time usually devoted ton college course. While It Is true that, although like most, denominational colleges, Ersklne is the child of hard sirueg'es, she has now attained such ago and growth as to place her future beyoud the dangeis of ordinary contingencies. THE FIRST CHARTERED DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGE IN THE STATE. From Judge McGownn's Anniversary Address, delivered before the Literary Societies of Ersklne College, August 8th, 1855, we make the following extrnct: ' The public Is indebted to theSfateof South Carolina, Iho common mother of us all, for the encouraging sanctions given by law to this institution In every phase of Its progress, from a common schi>ol to Its present high rank, under the liberal charter of PW. which was the first ever granted by the State to a denominational college. "Tho public Is largely Indebted to those 111k eral citizen?, of whatever society ordenomlhation they inny be, who have voluntarily contributed their own means to rear this college and place it In our midst, where, like a great Irrigating fountain. It pours forth over the country mingled streams of Intelligence, morality and religion." Ite was serving his first term as I.e glslator in 1850, and fought the opposition which then existed to the chartering of denominational < colleges. It was feared at that time that denominational colleges would seek to supplant the State college. SCENE OF LITEIIARY F.XEltTION, AND THE THEATRE FOR LITE It A KY DISPLAY. From the same speech, we quote the follow-1 I up: "If the (lend ftre permitted to visit again the J ( scenes of their earthly labors, the spirit of James Lindsay is with us this day. Before he left us his long and fnlthful services to Ihe , college were recognized by his associates in toll: and when this building wns erected, the spacious room which we now occupy, In compliment to him, wns named Lindsay Hall. Appropriate honor! May this edifice?a no- . ble monument lo Ills memory?long stand, Ihe dally scene of literary exertion, and the annual theatre tor literary display; and , when It shall have crumbled Into dust, may ' another, of still more magnificent proportions, rise In Its stead, to which Increasing thousands of Afttmni may come up lo celebraie. with grcatful hearts, the festival of ; their beloved Alma Sfatcr." KNDOWMESTS. ( Previous to 1R.V1, the College relied on tuition fees and the interest of a few donations and bequests to defray expenses. In that yeur "the plan of endowing the College by the sale of scholarships was adopted, and u < vigorous attempt made to carry out the sciiemo * * Money was scnrce, and crops not abundant, but by making liberal \ offers in the way of tuition, more than S.V),C(J0 was raised towards the endowment of the I College." This, In connection with funds pre- I vlously received from Cnpf. Hlalrand others, I and more recently from Christopher Strong, 2 Ksq.. of Tennessee, and Col. Win. Wright, of Yorkvllle. South Carolina, raised tne endowment to about *70,000. The results of the late war swept away all of this endowment, excepting about 813,MR J Having tried some temporary expedients, the ! 2 Synod, In 1871, entered on a second effort to a secure a peimanent endowment. The plan was similar to the one of lJvtt, except that tho ^ price of scholarships wjih raised to $J0 each, j and the term of the College obligation limited t to I >85. Until that time, caich sharo or scrip c for SHO^ntitles the holder to one year's tui-|c tlon. Though the irienus 01 ine uouirgo ??.-iu K Impoverished and discouraged, by the fllsas- s lorn of the war, this effort met a liberal re-|..J spouse, and the sale of scholarships, together < i with a few additional donations and bequests, 11 raised the endowment to about $80,000. The i y largest donation was gl.i.OOO, b? Mrs. Ann J Wallace, of Kentucky, and the largest be-; r quest tho College has received, was by the I will of the lato Dr. Hearst, of Abbeville, S. s Hp left two-thirds ol his estate to.the College. 0 Abotit $11,000 has been realized on It. e Bt'ILDINGS. The first permanent building was erected In 1M2, and Is a large 11 no Lrlck structure of three stories ; affording ample rooms lor reel- P tatlonn, library and other puposes. A second i! building was erected In IHoO?'51. It. IS also of { brick, and has two stories. The first floor is D ilvlded Icto chapel, school and reading 11 rooms. Tho second floor with a seating t'fl- P paclty Of 1.200 to l,.r?00,Is Commencement Hall J. ;>r "Lindsay Hall," named after James I.lnd- ' iny. Ksq., In consequence of his liberality as1,, aullder. Here all exhibitions and commence-111 Dents, not only of Ersklne College, but also jf the Duo West Female College, are held. | Attached to this building Is an observatory, i J* ibout one hundred feet high, on which is M nounted a large and valuable telescope under tl( Devolving cupola. ,n *"a <.ubsequent years, two olher brick b:.i'd-, 1 igs of two BtoricK each Mere erected in the uinpnrt. These are appropriated to the uhm I the two Literary Societies connected with lie .College. Each contains a general hall Tor uretislc practice, a library and other looms. 1 :hey were built l>y contributions of the mem-1 lera, their alumni, and other friends. One ' vas built In 1868, the other u year or two later, j BENEFICIARY SCHOLARSHIPS. j I Provision Iros always been made In one j vny or another for aid of deserving students ( n straitened circumstances, nitd ninny young , ncn have been enabled to graduate In this ( vny. Until recently, however, there husbecn 1 ( io regular benellelaiy luud. la the last year . | >r two the "Dunne Mower Scholarship." has : | >eon founded, the annual Interest of which Is ( jfleri d by the Faculty to worthy, but Indi-1 ( jent younir men. The hulldhiftiand other property are valued 11 it abouHMO.'CW. The foreg/iln? Is a brlcfskotrh of t'>e history j, lud purpose* <7f Krskinc C .l ege. During the , orty-odd years oif its exl-fence, It has mi nit- ( illy, (except durlutj t he war period) sent out,, i considerable number of alumni. It has | jiaduated more than four hundred young!, ? l.~...II 11,n !! nen, most ui wiiuiii ?*i c *. 1 earned professions In many States of the Union. l?iocl?tc Reformed Thcoioslcnl Seminary. .Since the origin of Kr-iklnc Ci?llei.?e. n Theological Seminary hat been connected with It, j Lhouph !n no sense a part of It. Its fundi aredl-ttnc-t from the fund* of the) Col log-. The o-iiy e innectlon is, thai, the tw liiftItutlons belong to the same body of peop'e. and some of tne room*, not needed by J the College, answer the purposes of the Hennnary. No endowment Im* yet been undertaken lor It. Ii Ih supported by an annual as essment of the Churches comprising the Synod. The only funds It. hns reived for permanent Investment are donation*and beqiiPMs. The largest of the e was by the will of ti e late I)r. MoMlllen. of Han Friuxlsco, Cut. I'hls sum, amounting to 811.001 haw been paid over to the IHrictor* of tne Seminary. TIiih. added to other*, similar, the more n cent t.f which In from Mr*. Ann Wallace of Ken turky, Hnd Mr. Thomus Tortdt, of Chester, H. C.. raise the amount to about S20/)j0. Two njjentH. Revs. John T. Chalmers nnd James A. Lowry were appointed i t the last meeting of Synod In October, 1W1, to rnlse an additional endowment or sn.uon for the Hi mlnary. They have b'-en ( ucccs-fnl e onil expectation, and thin amount Is b >ut now rnlscd, making the total endowment about &30.0 Ki. ,> At present, the Seminary has three prnOoKorn, with Ivev. Jnmea, Bov???, r.~.. an the i President of (he Fiuu'v- The course of instruction is two rears of nine months each. tuition In free. Intimately connected wltli the Seminary, nml therefore more? or less Interesting to the friends of the College, Is a Board.of Foreign Missions, nil of whose officers reside In Due West. The Hoard was organized In lh75, at which tlmo the first missionary was sent out Ml"# Mary K. Gullowiiy. The Hoard chose Kgypt as the field of her liibor. She was afterwards married to Rev. John Gltflti, also n missionary. She In hurled In the American Cemetery at (,'alro, E*ypt. The second missionary sent out was Rev. N. E. I'ressly. Mr. Pressly Is doing a most successful work In Mexico. As the Hoard Is quite younsryet, It* funds are also quite small, not amounting to mueli over 53,000. The Dae Went Female College. In connection with the commencement exercises, It miiv b?* Inter, sting to give a short history of the llteiary Institutions ot Due West. Prior to the year 1857 there had only been an Academy at Due West for girls, nf1 hough the male college had heen In existence since lt-36. At this date Fema'e Seminaries were very scarce In the country. There wi.s a felt need for one In the upper part of South Carolina. In 1838 thcsubjcct began to be agitated. TUB FATIlElt'.S OF THE DUE WEST FEMALE COLLEGE. Ahont the yenr 1S57. the Associate Reformed Presbytery met nt Newberry. S. C., In the charge ot Rev. Jonathan Galloway. It was during this meeting that the movement Mint culminated In the building of the Due West Female College originated. A few months later the friends of this cnteiprise met In Due West. The meeting was organized by the election to the chair of Rev. Jonathan Galloway. Speeches In behalf of llio enterprise were made and a subscription list put out. Dr. Bonner, Col. D. O. Hawthorn, l(ev. J. Galloway and o h is bending the list with S'-OO each. This gave the movement practical shape. It was vigorously pushed by Its Irlends every where. P of. J. I'. Kennedy fnow^President of the Institution.) took his saddle and thoroughly canvassed tang Cane and Cedar ouruii;* jii liii? mum,}. i iiry nuu:> rfujjuiioed, by giving SI,-I(X?. The good work went on with varied experience, until the present magnificent. building of some 75 rocni*. ollicered with twelve flue teacher*, now fills un honored and useful place In the Ktite. This colleue whs organized by the election of Itev. J. I. lionner as President, ltev. J. fJiillowuy, -Professor Latin mid Mathematics: Miss 15. McQueerns, Belle Letters; Miss M?lllc McBrlile, Music; Ml is Kate Ransom, Preparatory Depaitment.. Tills College was opened ns an Institution of learning In 1SOO, under the above management. During the many "dark days of gloom"' that Immediate y followed that period Its dnoi'swere kept open. Only one half of the building Inside was completed when the war cuttfh-Tt farther progress. Contractor John Maxwell of Laurens, held papers over the building at the close of the war, and It seemed at one lime that it would he sold nnder the hammer. Though the property of Its friend* had been swept away by the war, yet, throuuh the supienie efforts of Its Indefatigable President, Dr. Bonner, Its friend.* cams to ihn res cue and saved It a legacy to their children* children. After this debt was cancelled, there remained some SJ.-'iOO to be raised before the coI1ck? could he completed. A part of the Hoard raised the funds and took stock to this amount In the building, si curing the yearly rent for 14 years to these Individuals This collrge is 'a plant" that has made Its own way. It has no endowment. By the will of Mis. Anna Walluee of Kentucky, It received a donation of 31,'XI'). Prof. "Smith nlM>, who died while In lt? t>ervlceas Professor of music, adopted it as his child, and lelt it the bulk or his little estate, amounting to about 31,200. It contlnueil under one management up to the death of Dr. J. I. Bonner, which occurred In 18:1. president kennedy. The death of Dr. Bonner was a staecerlmi blow to this Institution?its friends fi-ared a fatal one. But (he foundations of his noble woik were too broad and deep, and the atrectlons of the people of this State had become too flimly rhlted to her. The Uoaid met. the grimmer ii 1 owing, and unanimously elected Prof. J. P. Kennedy (who had been appointed In nil IW U....nur'u I , ..n f..? t h o h..1nn?n r. I the term.) President, and Mrs. Kale P. Kennedy and Mr#. L. M. Bonner, Viee-Prlnclpals. The wisdom of this election Is now fuliy manifest. These individuals had made teaching their llle-work; were In the collrge and acquainted with Its needs. They have no! spared either brain, energy or money. As n consequence, the collcgo has powerfully advanced. Its old boundaries were found too small. A handsome building of some twenty rooms was tidded the past year at an expense of 82 500. Hn 1 f of this amount was advanced out ot funds of the B >ard. The balance earne from the private purse of the President and his vice-Principals. This certainly shows their talth in the college, not only by their works but by tnelr purse string*. This enterprise and superior management shows list 11 upon the College. The p^-si year has been decidedly the most successful one of Its history. Notwithstanding the fchilully ba year, 1ST pupils have been enrolled. The prospect /or next year Is for over 200. Catalogne of Dnc West Female College for I8S3--'84. A glance at this year's oatalougue shows these Interesting Items: Senior classs 26 Junior class -W Vocal and Piano pupils 81 French pupils 17 Drawing and Painting pupils 21 We select the following quotations as to location : "The Due West FemnleCol! ge Is sltrafed In the pleasant village of Due We-t, Abbivllle County, S. C, one hundred miles above Columbia and forty miles bolow Greenville, and within four miles of Donald's Station on the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. The climate Is one of the most delightful in the word. The atmosphere is pure and bracing In winter and not oppressively warm in summer. The water Is pure fr?estone. nnd lemarknbly fine, . In point of healthfulness, therefore, Due West yields to no other place In America." THE COLLEGE BCILDINO. "The Due West Female Coll fee was hullt- In 1FG0. It In a large three-story brick building 31 (ret square, with two wings two-btorles high and 44x32 feel-." t1ie annex. The catalogue says this of the annex, which has Just been flhlshed : We have Just completed, at very considerable expense, a two-story annex to the college building, ?>0x40 feet. The first siory contains ten mu>lc rooms, a concert and calls'hen I'hall, and a comfortnhlc room for the primary department. The recoud story Is divided Into Jomiitolles and a hall for pnlnllnz. Thc*i rooms are In every way comfortable. Our boarding capacity Is thus greatly Increased." tiie onot'Nns. The h>t embraces seven acres. A considerable portion of It lies In front of the building F\nd Is nicely laid out in walks and flowerbeds. The main walks around the ellipse is 250 yards long, and being sandy and dry, It 1 itfords at all times a good place for recreation." One hundred and seventy five dollars will jefrav the entire expenses of a pupil for one 1 II,to ?v<.<tll<.r>t l>i?t { I lit i..H Tt I u o I rule of the college to uniform their pupils. I'he authorities huve been fortunate lu their selections. TIIR FACULTY. . ' Tho following composo the present faculty ' >f this Institution ; President?J. P. Kennedy. j Vlci'-Prlnclpals? Mrs. Kate P. Kennedy nnd 1 Mrs. I,. M. Bonnet-. J Assistants?Ml*s E. McGuerns, MIps J. V. ' [,egal, MlssJ. M. Grler, M. B. Penlck, Miss < W. McDnvld, Mies L. J. Galloway, Miss j if. l.oln (iftlioway, Miss M. V. Edwards and Hiss M. II. Miller. > ( BOAItl) OF DIRECTORS. < t Rev. ,t. N. Young. Cnpt. R. C. Sharp, 'Pr. r. L. Miller, Prof. J. P. Kennedy, Rev. \V. H. Grler, D.D.. II. E. Bonner, It. S. Uallovav, J. s. Pressloy. 1 The buildings of the college and the si to Is I allied at 525,tflO. c During the twenty-four years existence of t he Female College It. 'ias sent out as many \ lasses. Its alumnro number about :}00, and J ire from all parts of the United Stale*. In f letting this Information we have been kindly ! hown a handsome book presented to the I lluinnlxl Association by Mrs. Rebecca Ag-i lew of Hue West, and kept by her. In which i ? entered the names of the alumnre. number, . ear of graduating, post office, to whom mar- c led. and number of deatlis. This Is <t book of f( nuch valu? and Information^ i0 The above Is a short history.Of ti college that taiids at the hfead of the female Institutions . >( the Htnle. and Is putting forth an earnest 1 flbrt to servo It# day and gfencratloni [ c DK. HONSHU'S MONUMENT. A history of ihfe collegfe would be Inc&m- f lete without 11 noilceof the handsome inon- ' ment the atumnfc erected to his memory. 0 he monument stands in front of the college i, ulldlng' In Ihe centre of the ellipse, and Is bout eleven feet high. It is a beautiful j ieceofart, Is from the well known marble; ard of Mr. J. 1); Chalmers, and cost about ioO. On the north face Is this Inscription : '{ "Erected by the Aluainte, and Dedicated to ? :ie Memory of Kev, J. I. Homier, D.l>." j< On the revorse hide: b "Founder of the Duo West Female College w nd Us Presldeut for near 22 yearn. l-.f>9? IttSl." 1' he thrlillng Interest that hung aroi nd its a edlcatlon two years ago Is still fresh in our ' ilnds: , rHE LITERARY SOCIETIES, THE1H HALLS AND THEIR LIBRARIES. Euphemlan Literary Society Hall. Shortly after the building of En>kl?e Colcge, there were two societies formed?the Suphemlan and (he Phllomathean. in the ibsence of separate buildings the Eaphemlans' net In a hull of tho college on the second1 loor. The Philomalheaus occupied that porHon of the wlngjnst oboveln third story. It I K'itl be reudlly perceived that this was close auartero for two rival bodies to occupy. We 10 not think that HiIh spirit of rivalry shows 11 a e I f as plainly anywhere else as among college 8tudenis. To make a long tale short, (according to one of the alumni, Who attended ihe recent commencement) the origin of the plan to build the present Enpheinlan llall originated In h. Utile piece of fun. The Information Is that the two societies took a pride In seeing which could have the longest debates it n la lit. On this particular occasion It sceihs Lliat the Euphemlnns got through their ?eajlon flrxt. A member Jocularly proposed that they "hold the fort'* and have a little speechrnnlrliti* l/> l/lll l(mA A rr-miA A ufumiig iw atu nine. M;* -TV IIKUIUCI took the floor and nt random made A speech jn the propriety of building a Society Hull. He was reen forced by another member and the motion went through Just anal) motions <othrough, on the last night of Legislative Assemblies when the members are -n&vlng their "funny session." Mr. Joslnh MbfTUtt irosc at this stage and with some earneitneBS proponed that a subscription list be started 1 there and then. Agreed. The members now proposed that the mover of the resolution be allowed to head the list. It was handed htm, md Mr. Motfatt astounded his colleagues by putting down a bonifldc subscription of $500. fhe contagion ran like wild Are and h handsome amount was raised right In that meeting utid the booin for the erection of the Eupheinlun Hall ?wept on to its completion.' We give this dimply us we have beard It. I Koine of our older citizens suy, however this may be, the two prime causcs f*r this ftep were, Hint the present accommodations | were entirely Inadequate for .the large number of mem hers. Second. That the noise each Society necessarily made greatly disturbed \ the buslne>8 of the other. The number of; students In college was largo, hence a separate hall, larger and more attractive wus a neces- J ulty. The young men subscribed, liberally, then the citizen", and the community at' Urge- Mr. Josiuh Mofluttfinally contributed! The Euphemlan Society hall was erected In ! Lheyrarl57. ttev. J.N. Young drew the design?a hexi^on. It was dedicated In.Annual. 18V. Prof. Wm. Ilood and Tie v. joscp'u' I.owry wore '?> iiie Society to make the oration* 'in her belwlf on this occastou. rb?r <escnt approximate cost of the building is about $5,000. It has a valuable library Of ulioiit 3,500 select volume*. Each year new volumes are added. The members oi each Soclcty merely wore rosettes for badge* up to the year 1851. A committee, (two members of which we can n ime,) Pior. Hood and Mr. J. P. Weed, wert chosen to g> I up a design for a gold budge, l'he prese.it diamond was selected and has been worn ever since The flrst organization nf thl* Society In the old hall In the college building, dates back to 18H>?'41. The contractor of the present Hall was Mr. Buigess. Pbllomathean Society Hall. This Society Is somewhat younger than Its sliOer. lis history Is more meagre from several cauwa. It Is younger In years, and the present building was erected about the beginning of the war, and consequently was never dedicated; therefore we cannot write about those Interesting fact". The Ph tlmuatheun Society was organized In t!ie third i-tory of the college building, about the yenrl8'2or '43. Like their Eaphemiau brethren, they "held thefort" "here for about fifteen year*. Their picrent Society hall was built a few years later than the Euphemlan? In \jt>?60. The architect of this hall was Mr. Thomas Veal of Columbia, S. C. The Phllomat hcans have had some good friends. We stated that the Hall was erected about the breaking out of the war. In order to secure its erection at the time, a committee of fifteen ?entlcmen gave their bond to the contractor or Its payment. The war broke up the Society, and the building was not paid for. After the war these gentlemen, though their fortunes were principally wrecked, fromntly paid the deficit. We think It a matter or Interest to give the names of those whom we have been able tojsicore. Of the fifteen gentlemen we l>ave learned the following names : 1 >r. J. I. Bonner, Dr. J. L. Miller, Cupt R. C. Sharp, Messrs. Robert Ellis, Robert Hoddon, S. P. Brownlee. and Rev. J. N. Young. The eight oiher names we have been unable to sccure. 'j he amount these fifteen gentlemen paid was about $1j0 each The Philomalhenn Hall is a beautiful one. Its members are proud of it. The coat of the building is something nv>r thatof the Eupbemlan hal'. This Society had for a badge, a roh.'tte up to the ye.ir iKil. Its members are now known l>y the gold "Stars" they wear, as dls.ln ;bi?lud from the "Diamonds" of the Euphemlan's. Each one of these Halls have their respective badges engravened on their handsome fronts. There is a most honorable and laudable rivalry existing between these nivrioiipu. A l ihp nucnfnr of the term arreat eflbi t is made by each to secure the mwt aew members. E;ich have a semi-annual celebration during the year, and each an annual celebiation at Commencement. Each year there l? a contest between these societies, in Lindsay Hall between members of the senior aud Junior classes. The Amelian Society. The young ladles of tLe Female College also have a society, known as the Amel'an Society. L ke the person of it? lAmbers, ft is more retinl.g in its disposition. The public rarely get a view of lis sacred precincts. Occarlonly they give an annual celebration, when the public are invited. This organization dates b:t':k to about 1865. Tlier have a beautiful badge with the letter* D. VV. F. C., engraved on it, and a beautiful wnath worked Into Hie bulge. The Ameiluns have a library of several hundred volumes. They oce ipy a hall in the college building. Tiie Kupbeminnn Society has a handsome .1 rary of eli< ice vol) mes numbering about 3..V00. The rhilon.athean'g numbers ubont 3,000 volumes. m # m ? THE DISTINGUI8HED DEAD. The Xnmwi of a Few of Those Wbo Sleep in the Dae West Cemetery. In walking through our cemetery, getting up some dates, it occurred to us that it might be of some interest to call al ten Hon to some ol our honored dead who sleep here. The first grave stone that was ever placed heiewrts i.n.nf-ed out to us by one of the elders, woo had gotten his Information from the fathers. Tbis mono seems nearly half buried, it stands in the centre of tho ground, and tinlettering on It is a little different style from t hut of the present day. This Is the Inscription: "Sacred to the memory of James Shannon, who departed this life on the 25ih ol May, 1822; aged :5 years and 5 months." This man wus an Irishman. BEV. E. X. PBESSLY, D. D. One of the father's of this town wbo sleeps here, is Dr. Et>enezer Pressly, Its flrst pasioi and father ol tho present pastor. Died July 26,1860; born Dec. 23.1SC8. Age 52 yeaia. Close by his side sleeps Mrs. Mary Pressly. "Died Aug. IW, 1860." BEV. R. C. GRIEB, D. D. We come to the grave of that honored man Dr. R. C. Grler, father of President W. M. Orler D. D. "Died March 3'J, lbVl." Age 54 years. SQUIBE JAMES LINDSAY. At this mo unenMs bu led the founder ol 1J Ut' west: ?|Ulig UUIIIDO 1854." Age 52 years. Mr. Lindsay built a number of Hie public buildings of Due West. REV. J. I. DON NEK, D. D. Wo come now to the grave of theDlvlnr, Editor and President, lie.'. J. I. Bonner, D. D "Died 18?2." Age 51). REV. JONATHAN GALLOWAY. In one portion of the cemelery standi the monument of Rev. Jonathan Galloway, "father of the first missionary ol ths Associate Kelormed Presbyterians." Died March 3. 1?70. At,e b9. MRS. MAItY GALLOWAY GIFFKN. On the other side of thle monument Is written : "To the memory of Mrs. Mary Galloway GI lien. First missionary of her cliurcb. Died October 10,18>1 Age 39 years." REV. W. R. HEMPHILL, D. D. In anolhcr spot we come to the grave of that emlnentp:eacher and w;lter, Rev. W. R. Hemphill, D. I)., "The Old War Horse of the Stcoders." Died July 28, IS78. Ago 70 years. REV. JAMES PRESSLY, D. 1). Wo now read the epitaph of the great r< hoiar and theologian, Ilev. Jarae* Presaiy, D. D. Died March 30, ls77. Age 69 years. The Improvement* in Fifty Years. A lit'le item thatoccurr d last week may tend to stiow in a measure ti e growth of the place In the last half century. On last Friday morning the agent at Donalds. Mr J. C. Caldwell, checked about two tar (< ad* of trunks for vlsltoi8 and pupils that, wer* leaving on the down train. Tlio*e wiio eft In tl.e eve nlng by the up train were atiou a* numerous. Ada these toiri ther and you have three or four car loads of trui k?, an halm g from Due West in one day. This Is a straw. It. + . THE DUE WEST NEWSPAPERS. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Due West has three papers. The Associate Reformed. Preabyttrian was established In l.v52. It succeeded the "Christum Magazine of the south." This hitler paper was h monthly edited by Dr. .Limes Boyce nnd published In ColunM-i. 8. C. The l\esbyterian has been publl.-hcd under three names. Wlien Drs. Bonner uud Lindsay bought out the Christian Magazine. They named tlielr pai>er "the MiscellanyIt was published weekly In Due West. At the following meeting of Synod it was officlully endorsed as the chuich organ. After the lapse of some years Dr. J. O. Lindsay drew out from the editorial tripod and Dr. Bonner assumed control), naming his paper "The Due West Tellnscope." It continued under this banner until the blast of war struck down lta staff. After the war Dr. Bohuer began Its publication again under the heading "The Associate Reformed Presbyterian," published at Abbeville, C. H. Dr. Bonner continued Its publication with great zeal and ability until his death In 1881. Thesuccessof this paper lay close to his heart. It was a favorite child. At the meeting of Synod in Georgia in the Fall of W81 Dr. W. M. Grler was unanimously elected to the editorial chair, which he Alls with eminent ability. He has lately associated with him as co-editor, thn polished writer, Rev. J. MoTodd. Dr. James Boyce Is n staff correspondent. Mr. John B. Bonner is the efficient business manager. It should create no wonder then that such ability and talent should place this paper among the lead 3hurch Journals. The paper on which It Is printed is good, the type Is neat and the sheet s remarkably free from blot or mistake In type as any one who writes for It will imperially notice. The editors mako the polntof :orreeling the proof three times. Its aubicrlptlon list foota up about 2500. The Little Banner. This Is a chllds paper with a subscription 1st of something over LOO) and Is published n this office. It was first published some 'Ight years ago, and originated In Dr. Bonler's brain. It Is a neat eight paged paper, vith good reading matter ror cttlldern, and ios the International Sabbath school lessons or each week. It Is a monthly. The Ernkine Htndent. Ik also thrown off of tho press at this office, t Is in it? infancy?this year numbers the' hlrd volume. Is conducted by the Senior: lass of Ersklne College and is a neat little Dur paned pnper, devoted to the Interest of; ducatlon. Tho Lutheran Visitor wan also published at his office for n long time. This office Is eoulped with a Campbell cyl? j nder press, (run l>y steam) ajob press, mall-1 tie machine, paper cutters, &c? J>ue Westers can afford to be proud of their up&rs, Its editors its office and It* printer*, if the latter Mr. Ghcrk and Mr. I)urre have jng been connected with the fortunes of thOj fflce aud urc two capable geutlenieu lu their; lue. Kmklne Recorder. It would be an act of Injustice not to ttienlon In this connection the Erakine Recorder., his paper was published by the students be- j jreinewarand the different numbers were oucd in pamphlet form. A great many ex-1 silent essays and original speeches were rlnted In the liecirdcr. Its food has formrd large part of many a speech since. The col-. ge boys who have come ou since it tlourish ! J ha\c been c3p?clally foud of the Recorder'^ /N. / y Y THE OLD T*mr LOST Df THE 12V, L v The Town * U Wm Mm the Vik The T?^i M It; to T?*i*)r?A^ What Bmm? ?f Ifsw tf ita Wmrm er Cittilu. I When the 4rlter hereof was a Utile hoy h< enierwl the brlntlng office of the Attodah Reformed Pritbyierian, Uinn called the ikr HUcHlany, which vm edited and ovtaH by tlie Rev. J. 0. Lindsay about wblch tltni the Rev. J. I, Bonner withdrew from theiU flue. Ur. Lindsay then lived In the boa* now occupied by M W. Power. Th( bourders at Dr. I.l^d*a>'?, except Prof. Lee occupied the tstodent* honse" a doable ntblr In the yard.; Herry D. DrennMn and Jamei T. Clui worthy, nndem* of Ersklne College occupied oric room, ^nd Mr. \V. N tttnnm-1! and the writer, apprentice* In the prinllni ofTlcr, occupied the other. A lew years after Ward* Clntworthy died, and Dri?nnao moi followed hifn to tne grave. Slnnseii is llvlti) in MlulMlppI In comfortable cltcuimtanees 1 Hiring the wnr he'hclil a cnmmlMitm mi Colonel of d Regiment. Six or eight month; after w? entered th? printing offlcc. Dr.Jfon ner bought the office from I)r. Llndaiy. Dr Bonner llvtfd In thc^ion?e now occupied bj Dr. Orler. Henry Ur Wray who helped U print tiamdel Jordan'* book. "The Wicket One Revealed," was still ana bad been fore man of the office from the commencement n ihe publication of the "paper. When hi mttved to Georgia a year later, onr old anc tried friend Colemun C Puckett, occupied thi pface for a time. While here he developed I taste for waiting and during the last year thai he^s employed there he wv tbejpald eon trlbutor to several newspapers. When th< Independent Pre***.t Abbeville was offered foi saio. ne i>gugm n.. lie, nowever, soon lurnec hl? attention to medicine and sold tlie print. In* office K) Mr. W. I>ee and W. H. Wilson After gradbutlng In medicine exposure to th< hot 1H lils pructlce brought on fever, and hi now dlpdpl in Upper J/ongCaneCemetary. " M. P. 8Lamej. John T. Darlington, and Hen 17 Manly DurllngtoO, learned to Kt typ< there during that tlmte. Several yean lata Adntn Garvin and Frank Gerfe came from the .orphan house In Charleston. Mr. 0?r) Ja still a faithful employee in the offi<-e?1 treasure to bis employer. Gervin, IlkeSton sell, held a commission aa Colonel of a Reel ment In the war. but after tbe war, he, ilk< Purk^tt, tnroed out to be a Doctor, bat Im still lives In the "Land of Flowers and Fleas." The Ertkine MUtt'lany was a six column p., ,por. printed 00 small pica type?the adver illteuienis In brevier. Circulation then, thli ity quire*. One doty which we bad toptv 1 form was to carry the paper to the vllisr sut>?c-lhern?the population then being ! >< More than a fractional part of tbe town j .today. During oar recent visit to Doe We* our thought* turned to the days and scenes o 'long ago. Falling In company with Capt. R F. McGaalan of Nlnety-8lx, a frlind In befl {rood, a comrade In arms, and friend in lata lire, a drive around the town wna propoflM | He b-ine a student Hi .the college whsfll j were In the printing office, and both beMKfii miliar with tbe whole town at thattlmsJKcl I refreshed the memory of tbe qtber as tneVl feredt places were passed. The Tittle vlllag* of thirty years ago seemed lost la the pro gresslve und thrifty town of to-day, with Hi Increased college buildings, its line stori houses, and Its many handsome and eiegan 1 dwelling* which everywhere adorn tbe town With the reader's permission we will lak< him through the town as we went as earned of the Rrtkln* Ml*cellany In the, to ua, luni &%o. Tbe office of the MUoeUany was located nenr the prevent dwelling of Mr. J. A. Devlin Starting from the printing office, a plain, on celled, wcatherboaided bouse of one nwaji which It was difficult to keep from fiui unfai lhe winter, and In which It waa ImpossibleU do good printin?. we left tlie first paper at tbi hotel then kept by A. C. Hawthorn on tbe icy now belonging to Prof, Kennedy and oc which stance his elegant tnanalon.. Ou th< corner on the opposite aide of tbe street froti the hotel a store room stood, and eaeap^d th< lnccnrilnry Are which destroyed the hotel Mr. A. C. Hawthorn, the owner,although wel stricken In yearn, did not yield to deapoaden cy ou account of hla great loaa, but went U work with all the energy of youth, and en larg?d tbe store room, and making of it tb< prencnt Phoenix Hotel. In lb I a bouae b lived until the day of hla death. Hla gnat wife "Aunt Polly,*'survived him for aeveru year*. and kept tbe hotel until ahc, too, w* called hence. The next house was the Norton house, not owned by the Rev. W. F. Pearson. Close bj whs a small houae. which was alterwardi butlt to and greatly enlarged by Or. J. L. Mil l?r In which ne now live*. Nearly opp"slto* his I ouse was a dwelling houfe wnlrigjSB generally vacant The Incendlary'rtoWi pa It out of the way. The charch ?tood near bj on the site on which tbe new ehnreb not stands. The building wbltti stood there a the time of which we speak .waa aold to Col D. O. Hawthorn and orhera who carried It up town and made a carriage shop of it. It ait now on the brick basement of tbe sbop a erected soon after ita sale to these gentlemen A new and larger building took the nlaee c the old church, and quite recently ibatcburcl haa srlven place to a structure which ia now li process of construction. j Piiastng the church we come to the old homl of Dr. R. C. Grler. who has long elneeaooe t< his reward. His family rtill oecnpy theplana On the corner opposite to hla lot a Iff tie atari room >tood, In wmcli there-was a remognH cepi at request of a customer. pns.ilng Dr. oner'* house, Rev. Ht.Jff. 1 Hemphill's stood In the distance usj|m tSi street. Since thnt lime tbe hooxe ha* br? greatly enlarged nod Improved. Tli? DocU went lo his ton* home years ago, and othei now live In the house. Capt. R. c. Sharp house stood nest on tbe street above n Grler's. It*W<nds to-day as It did then, and U same good n>an that lived there then Is tbei today. On the opposite side of tbe nn froti bis hooae be and Mlltoa Latimer kl goods in the store room which Is now.knd b oeen for many years, closed. Tbe next bote t? Mr. 8harp'a was vacant, butsoon afierwai oc- bpled by Robert Drennan who kept boor trs, that slept In tbe ten* row of rooms In i| yard, bnt which In now gone. Dr. Agae Jived where Mr. Johnson now lives, thoo| the bouse tans Men so much remodelled lit It doe* not look as It did then. M. Winsfcx afterwards kept store In a room near the si or tli6 present Uvety stable. Tbe tp-atsd room was used as Masonic Lod^e. Dr. R.~ Archer lived In tbe next house. Wenlwa; loved to atop at tbe boose of Dr. Arch< where tbe carrier boy was sure to rentve kind word from him and lit* good wife. *Tb< old home looks much as It did then, but U oecupantsare Prol. Hood and bis fomlly. T1 Professor Is a graduate of Ersklne Collet The Authorities of the college appreoUtli his worth and acquirements, several years i ler his graduation, elected him to a Proftw Mhlp In the college from which be recelvi his diploma. Further on was a vacant hous", nearly o poMte to which tbe carriage shop was bo! The next place whs Mrs. Darlington's?m Mrs. Cohen's. This was the last house or tl side of the street. A little further tip. on ( opposite ride. Mr. J. Y. Sltton, lived win Mr. Martin now lives. About tbla timet dwelling next to the carrlace shop was bo and occupied by- Mr. Underwood, a partner the carriage shop. Thomas C. Heal, J. W Ham Robertson. Robert T. Oordan were t apprentices and Mr. gltton was in cbari These young men came to Abbeville, and t two first named have been remarkably * cessful In business. Mr. Seal la tbe owner valuable property outside of a lucrative Jbu ess. Mr. Robertaon dlrd a few yean a leaving a tine cptnte. To Mr. Sltton's was far as the carrier west on hit rounds. Dr. E. Pressly, then the beloved paster of t church, lived a half mile further up tbe ro . where Prof. Lee now live*. Returning to Hawthorn's store and ho going down the streefeta wmeta>Hpllan Categoric." where H. DrHolland,* acFM of Mr. Hawthorn lived and kept tbe flee. It Is now the residence of Mr. R. loway. Ersklne Coilene and LlndsavVW stood near by. The honae of John which was destroyed hy Are, was close to, collet e lotj Mr. Henry M. Young now H In a hew bouse OB tbe Wilson I0L4E James Pressly's honae stood on the tbe h.II. and looked then Jost as ItlOQfte d?y. Tbe old occupants bave loaf si; sought new homes or hare paid (he gr debt oi natnre. Rev. Calvin Prtufly II there now. The next and last boose wit the Incorporate limits was that of Rev. J. Young. The old frame building of thl vears ago has either been entirely torn as or so changed as not to be recognized as an me. The Professor's present house is Imposing structnre of handsomeareblteeti The Did and honored occupant of fori times Is the beloved patriarch of to-day. turning to the house where Dr. Lind lived, (where Mr. J. W. Power now liveri pass on to the old home of James Linos who was the first of the old citizens to die tes we went to Due West. The old home mains to-day as it stood then, but Dr. JA cay now ocouples it Return Ing to the Ml log office, the street then ran through Held or lots, directly towards Dr. Bonner now Dr. Crier's?barn, along tbe line the cherry trees which still stand. 3 house In front of Dr. Grler's house 1 then used sometimes as a school boose b >ys ?nrt girl*, and sometime* It was ren for sleeping apartments for boarders, I now owned and occupied by Mrs. Kenuedj a dwelling* Then there was no Female College?no clety halls?no Baptist Church?no colo people's church?no bouses on the oppo mi\Aa r\t ih? air/wt. in frnnf. nf F.rfklni Colltt no stores in the neighborhood where post office now stand*, and only two In town?no dwelling" between Dr. Oiler's Dr. J.lndsay's? no houses on the cro? stiH hy Mr. McGee's residence, to say nothing the rnnny new dwelling* scattered e? whore in fhe tow n. The roarl to Donalds for a great part or the way, throuch orlirBB forest. The town of Donald" then con*l^B of one dwelling ami one store?the rallrM had not yet been completed to that place. B m m ? H White lawns and ok. muslins at <fl for cash. Wardlaw A. Edward^H Fine dress Ginghams at cost for c? Wardlaw <? Edwar^H Good Pacific and Dunneil mnqtraH cost for cash. Wardlaw A Edward* Whito Piques at cost for cash. WtH law & Edwards. B American toile de nord ginhamsat for cash. Wardlaw A Ed war? Nuns' veiling all colors at cost, WiH law <? Edwards. fl| We offer special prices in ladies diH goods. Wardlaw A EdwardJB Dress flannel, dress flannel, w)H dress flannel at cost for cash. B| Wadlaw A Edwar^B Post colora lawns at 5c. at Wardla^l I Edward. H 1,500 bushels meal and 700 bushels cH at wholesale prices at A. E. Rogers. B| Cow peas ! cow peas ! for seed at SoH A Son. Just received. A beautiful line of w]H lawns, ail-over embroidery, lawnedgiH and insertings to match. H R. M. Haddon A cH Seersuckers for lady's dresses ln^| colon 12} and 13 cents per yard at W^h law <fc Edwards. H| India and Victoria lawns at 10, and 20 cents per yard at Wardlaw <? IH wards. H| We advertise what we have for s?le^| have for sale what we advertise( and is one of the tiuest lines of ladles misses shoes in this market. Wa?dla^| Edwards. J The great hit of the season?the cfl| hnf for mji 1 a hv Wardlaw A Kd wards. Buy your laces, ruohinga, #ash hosiery, corsets Ac., from Wardlai^H Edwards. Blj White check muslina 8, 10 and cents per yard ait Wardlaw A Edward^H If you want anything in tho tin call at the new tin shop, and geteithei^H cheapest or the best goods. |H A line assortment of beautiful la the new tin shop. * A new broom sweeps clean, arftl a VB store gives good bargains. Call at HI new tin shop. Men's Hue shoes at Wardlaw & wards. HI Just received a car of New Orl^H Molasses at Smith it Son. Smoke .lie Bull Dog cigar at Spe<^H Lowrp; HI