Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Citadel Moves to Nevr Plant. Charleston, Sept. 16.-The Citadel will open at its splendid new plant at Hampton Park September 20, when the older cadets will report fo duty. This opening marks a new era in the ?history of this famous institu tion. Founded in 1842, and modelled upon the military system in vogue at West Point, the institution has ::ound through all its fruitful years, a high utility in its discipline as a training for citizenship no less than as a school of the soldier. The first period of its history was brought to a close in 1865, when the Federal forces occupied Charleston and the Confederate state fell. Of the grad uates of this first period, the records . show that 86 per cent were in the service of the Confederacy, and 43 gave their liv?s for the cause. The buildings were occupied by United States troops from 1865 until 1S82, when Congress ordered the return of the property to the state, and it was reopened as a military colleg?. The 40 years from 1842 to 1882 marks the first period of Citadel his tory. Covers Equal Period. By a striking coincidence, the sec ond period covers exactly the same number of years-40-1882-1922. Durnig this second period, the insti tution has grown in usefulness, in fluence and in numbers. It enlarged its borders at Marion square until fi nally it covered all the available property of the state-taking over ? the city guard house property in I 1908, adding a fourth story to the j main building in 1910 and building the Meeting street extension the next year. When the World War began, even these large facilities were en tirely inadequate to accommodate the students who desired to combine military training with their academic studies. In these years 100 per cent of the graduates went into the armed forces of the United States and the first South Carolinian to fall in France was Lieut. John H. David, a graduate of the Citadel in thea class of 1914. Of the 20 classes graduated in the years preceding the World War, 53 per cent were in the United States service. The actual number 1 was about 325, of whom about 130 were in the American Expeditionary 1 Force. Of these latter, six were kill ed in action and 16 others wounded. . The second 40 year period of the occupation of its new plant at Hampton Park September 20. Visi tors to Charleston who have inspec ted the plant, have expressed not only admiration but wonder at the size and equipment of the buildings and the beauty of the grounds, and spy without hesitation that it is one of the most complete and attractive college plants in the South. About three years ago, the move ment for a greater Citadel was inau gurated by alumni and friends of the Citadel who approached the City Council of Charleston on the project, with the result that the City of Charlest?n offered the State of South Carolina the beautiful tract of land adjacent to Hampton Park, and lying on the banks pf the Ashley river. This tract contains over 75 acres of highland and includes also a wide stretch of marshland of a hundred acres out to the river. There is a natural growth of fine old live oaks on the edge of the highland, and an avenue of well grown sycamore trees wheh were planted a number of years ago as a part of the park system. When it is considered that this tract is not remote from the city, nor even in the suburbs, but well within the corporate limits, it can readily be ap preciated that its value may well ap proximate half a million dollars. The legislature of 1920 accepted the offer of the City of Charleston and in thai year and the following appropriated $300,000 and authoriz ed a further loan of $500,000 for the purpose of erecting the necessary buildings. The Board of Visitors promptly took measure to carry out the pro ject. They engaged the firm of Lockwood, Greene & Company of Boston as engineers and architects, with whom was associated the emi nent firm of Shattuck & Cooledge as consulting architects. The chairman of the board appointed a building committee consisting of three mem bers, John P. Thomas of Charleston, chairman; Col. James G. Padgett of Walterboro and Col. James H. Ham mond of Columbia. The firm of con tractors was the Charleston Engi neering and Contracting Company. The corner stone of the Greater Ctadel was laid with Masonic cere monies on Thanksgiving di;y, 1920, since which time the work of con struction ha sgone forward continu ously to the present time. Monday, September 18, the public will be in vited to visit the plant and make an insp?ction of all the buildings and join in the house warming of the military college as it enters its new home. Furman Has an Auspicious Opening. Greenville, Sept. 16.-With an en rollment fully up to expectations, the 1922-23 session of Furman Univer sity got under way Thursday morn ing. With several students yet to be matriculated, it is believed that the attendance will finally come up to last year's figures, which were 416, the largest in the history of the in stitution. One gratifying feature of the enrollment is that a wider distri bution of students over the state is shown. Every county except two Beaufort and Lexington-is repre sented in the student body. Several states and one foreign country are also represented. The enrollment from. North Carolina alone is more than a dozen. Important announcements made at the opening exercises were that the James C. Furman Hall of Science, which was badly damaged by fire last July, will be ready for use by Christ mas and that a portion of it will be in use within two weeks; that the new |80,000 gymnasium will be com pleted before Christmas; that the college opens for the first time this fall a modern, steam laundry for the use cf the student body; a change in the management of the library: the addition of three new professors to the faculty; and the creating of two new courses and addition of other features in the college curriculum. The new professors are: A. M. Ar nett, Ph. D., Columbia University, head of the department of history; R. I. Allen, M. A., of the University D? Georgia, assistant professor of physics; and John L. Plyler, alumnus of Furman and graduate of the Har vard Law School, who will be assist ant in the department of law. Succeeding Miss Alberta Malone as librarian is Miss Eva Wrigley, for merly librarian at Emory Univer sity. She will be assisted by Miss Lottie Clossland, of Lake City, a graduate of Coker College. A new course in biology is to be auueu a director ol music. Mr. Jud son Te?gue, an alumnus of- Furmaan and a professional musician, will have charge if the training of the college glee club, band, orchestra and will give instruction in piano. The freshman class is particularly pleasing to the uinversity authorities, it being readily admitted that this is, on the whole, the finest set of men that has ever been matriculated at Furman. They are more mature than previous first year men, and the great majority of them are graduates of 11th grade and recognized prepar atory schools. "There is every indication," stated President McGlothlin, "that we are going to have a remarkably fine ses sion at Furman this year." Georgia's New Governor. Cliff Walker, who last week de feated Hardwick in the race for Gov ernor of Georgia, has ailready had quite an active career in public life, and his experience should be of great aid to him in administering the af fairs of the Cracker State. His first public office was in 1902, when he was elected mayor of his home town, Monroe. After serving in this office for three years, he was named solicitor general of the west ern circuit of the state, remaining three years in this capacity. In 1924, he was elected attorney general with a popular majority ,of 65,606 votes. He was defeated fdr governor in 1920 by Mr. Hardwick in the run-off primary between himself and the present governor. We are told that Mr. Walker has not only taken an active part in po litical and civic activities of his state,, but is a-prominent Baptist lay m?n and ardent religious worker. He has also been interested in a number of educational activities, having been named a trustee of Mercer univer sity and of Shorter college, and has taker, part in many educational movements. * During his career at the university Mr. Walker distinguished himself for his scholarship and for his literary and oratorical accomplishments. He won five medals through his ability as a writer, speaker and student. Greenville News. Sculptor Ready to Cut Into Stone Mountain, Ga* Decatur, Ga., Gutzon Borglum, the American sculptor, soon will be gin cutting a stupendous memorial to the Southern Confederacy in the solid granite side of Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Ga. The work, costing about 2 million dollars, will s!iow the Confederate armies moving across the face of the mountain. Nearly a thousand figures will be cut into the stone, those of Lee, Jackson and other leading offi cers being more than fifty feet in height and in full relief. It will re quire about eight years to complete the work. Pneumatic chisels will be used ex clusivelv for carving the figures into the stone. An air compressor will be located on the summit of the moun tain. The carving will be done from a car suspended from a steel cable and moved from place to place a?ong the face of the mountain as the work progresses. Cliff is 787 Feet High. The perpendicular cliff upon which the figures will be cut is 787 feet in height. There is only one work of man higher than this, the Eiffel tow er of France, which is 985 feefflfcgh, but compared with Stone Mountain is a mere needle, lacking both beauty and endurance. The largest of ^the pyramids is 451 feet in height and the Sphinx only sixty-five feet. The height of the Washington is 555 feet. The frieze containing the figures will be nearly half a mile long and three hundred to four hundred feet above the ground. The larger figures will be in full relief-at places the stone will be cut to a depth of eight feet-and some of them more than fifty feet in height. Infantry, caval ry and artillery will be represented. In preparation of this work all the available pictures of Confederate leaders were studied and no pains were spared in the effort to make the figures as true to life as possible. The features of Lee, Jackson, John son and some others may be recog nized for a distance of two or three miles from the mountain, it is said. An Army on the March. The figures, when completed, will appear to be moving across the sur face of the mountain rather than resting against its side. The effect under proper light and at the correct distance will be that of a great, gray ene uiuieu jL>au?,ntcia ui LIIK uonieci eracy for the storage of their doc uments and mementoes of the Civil War and as a meeting place. Confederate Park is at the foot of the mountain, and will serve as an entrance to the memorial hall. Sev eral hundred acres, most of them densely wooded have been set aside and are being parked for walks, drives, a small lake and other em bellishments appropriate to the memorial. An Addition to Southern ' Literature. The literature of the South has had a valuable and intersting addi tion in the publication of "The Black Border," by Ambrose E. Gonzales, of Columbia. The book is a collection of gullah stories, which delineate ad mirably and truthfully ,the coast country negro, his dialect, his char acter and the rich humor of hi? leg ends and beliefs. A number of these stories were published by Mr. Gonzales in The (Columbia) Sta'-e, of which news paper he is the head; others were added in the volume which has just appeared. The title of the column is made clear by an outline map of South Carolina, showing a heavy black border running from the Sa vannah river past Beaufort and Charleston to Georgetown, the home of the "gullah" negro. The book we believe, will be found to have a value beyond its literary and historical interest. Those who are interested in tracing the relation ship of the human races back beyond the period where written history be gins, will doubtless find in these leg ends and beliefs of the coast negro, a common ground of connection with the ancient history of other tribes of the world, as was the case in that other celebrated Southern book, "Uncle Remus," by Joel Chandler Harris. The origin of the negro race is shrouded in mystery, and their traditions of the present day in many cases, have been found to date back many centuries to the childhood days of the race.-Greenville News. -ITTEBto Family Medicine. Greenwood Jury Finds One Guilty. Greenwood, Sept. 17.-After de liberating 16 1-2 hours the jury in the case of R. Clayton Underwood and Berry B. Hughes, charged with the murder of Oscar Mitchell, Green wood baseball player, reported to Judge H. F. Rice this morning at 10 o'clock that they had agreed on a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, with recommendation to mercy, in the case of Underwood, but they could not agree on Hughes. Judge Rice then ordered a mis trial in Hughes' case. In imposing the life sentence car ried by the verdict, Judge Rice pro nounced a warning gaainst the influ ence of liquor. Underwood received the sentence without a tremor but his wife who had shown no emotion throughout the trial burst into tear;;. A motion for a new trial was over ruled by Judge Rice and he again re fused to direct a verdict of not guil ty for Hughes. Bail for Hughes was fixed at $5,000. The life sentence for Underwood was the first sentence ever pronounc ed in tis county on Sunday and one of the few on record in this state. The trial of the two men consumed three days, during which time hun dreds packed the court house to hear the trial of a case that had aroused intense feeling. Oscar Mitchell, Greenwood second baseman, was shot to death by Un derwood in front of Underwood's father's bearding house August 8. Underwood claimed that Mitchell had made an attack on his wife. The state introduced evidence to disprove the attack story. A GOOD FRIEND. A good friend stands by you when in need. Edgefield people tell how Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the test. T. J. Paul, of Jeter St., P. 0. Box 176 endorsed Doan's seven years ago and again confirms the story. Could you ask for more convincing testimony? "My trouble was brought on by be ing on my feet continually," says Mr, Paul. "I had a dull pain in my back and tired easily. My back was sore and stiff when I was on my feet long. My rest was often broken at night, my kidneys acted so freely. I pro cured Doan's Kidney Pills at Hol stein's Drug Store and they cured me of the trouble." ( Statement giv Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, X. Y Bible Thoughts for This Week Sunday. REVERE THE CREATOR: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to re ceive glory and honour and power-: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.-Revelation 4: ll. Monday. , LORD SEES ALL :-For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through out the whole earth to show him self strong in behalf of those whose fBhearf ls perfect toward him.-2 Chronicles 16: 9. i Tuesday. WHERE IS YOUR TREASURE? -Where your treasure ls, there will your heart be also.-Matthew 6: 21. Wednesday. SOURCE OF TRUE HELP :-My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.-Psalm 121: 2 . Thursday. LIVE RIGHT TO-DAY :-Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a dr y may bring forth.-Proverbs 27: 1. Friday. SURE' GUIDANCE:-In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.-Proverbs 3: 6. Saturday. SAFETY WHILE ASLEEP:-I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell In safety.-Psalm 4: 8. *..ai Eyes scientifically examined and glasses properly fitted. GEO. F. MIMS, Optometrist-Optician, Edgefield, S. C. The Best Hot Weather Tonic. GROVELS TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches tb? blood, builds up 'he whole system snd will won derfully strengt-?c and fortify you to withstand the depressing effect of the bot summer. 50c TkeBestFeed ^ 2% Whether you have a large commercial flock of poultry or only a few hens in your back yard for family egg production you can make them get busy at once by feeding Happy Hen Buttermilk Mash and Manna Hen Scratch Feed A month's trial of these famous poultry feeds will make you exclaim with hundreds of other poultry raisers, "They are the best feeds for my egg makers." 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DETRIOT, MICH., Sovereign Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F., Sep teber 18-23. DETRIOT, MICH., Radiological Society of North America, December 4-8. . . HOUSTON, TEXAS, Annual Convention Laundry Owners Na tional Asseciation, October 2-7. NEW ORLEANS, LA., Grain Dealers National Association, Oc tober 2-4. IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE PLAN One fare going one-half fare returning. ATLANTIC CITY", N. J., National Association Cost Account ants, September 23-28. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. National Association Stationers and Manufacturers, U. S. A., October 9-14. ATLANTIC CITY", N. J., Casket Manufacturers Association of America, October 18-20. BALTIMORE, MD., Woman's Foreign Missionary Society M. E. Church, October 24-November 1st. BOSTON, MASS., American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 26-30. BLUE RIDGE, N. C., (R. R. Sta. Black Mountain) Boys Scouts of America, September 12-19. CHICAGO, ILL., National Spiritualist Association, U. S. A. An nual Convention, October 16-21. / CINCINNATI, 0., National Council of Traveling Salesmen As sociation, October 9-11. DETRIOT, MICH., Annual Meeting Prison Association, Octo ber 12-18. LOUISVILLE, KY., The National Exchange Club, September 25-27. LOUISVILLE, KY., International Federation of Catholic Alum nae, October 26-November 2nd. v MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., National Tax Association, Septem ber 18-22. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Annual Meeting American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngelogy, September 18-25. NEW ORLEANS, LA., Southern Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers Annual Convention, December 5-7. For further information call on nearest Ticket Agent or com municate with , R. S. BROWN, District Passenger Agent, 741 Broad St., Augusta Ga. J. A. TOWNSEND, Ticket Agent, Edgefield, S. C.