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President.
Est. Siller at Prosperity.
The Prosperity correspondent of the
Newberry Herald and News, in writing
up the memorial exercises held in
that place says:
"The orator of the occasion, Rev.
W. H. Hiller, was introduced most
happily by Rev. Mr. Kreps. Mr.
Hiller "spo^e wittily and humorously
upon men (particularly women) and
things for a few minutes and then announced
his theme "The Battle cf
Ideas." So choice, so fitting a sub- ;
ject commanded attention and sympathy
at once. He showed how "the
conflicting ideas of Jefferson, fhe 1
Democrat, and Alexander Hamilton, <
the Imperialist, resulted. The real <
causes of the war were incidentally j
mentioned, but the past wkh its glo- ]
rious memories-and its furled banners *
and its cause which is not lost were
held up as an incentive to great ?
things. Rev. Hillermade an eloquent '
anneal for the South to take the lead
in things intellectual, artistic and aesthetic.
He recalled what the world (
owes to southern countries, Greece, (
Itally, France, et al as over against (
northern countries. He remarked T
the material prosperity of our South- ^
land and the result of a similar golden c
age during Elizabeth's reign when c
England gave her priceless legacy to
the world of letters. The future of j
America is iu our hands. It is for us 1
to produce paintings, sculpture, and g
literature that will endure with time. J
After dwelling at length upon our op- c
portunities, privileges, riches and the
full future before the South the ora- j
tion wa9 closed with reminiscences t
and expressions of good will toward (
the north and everything for God and t
native land." t
.DdatlL of 2??s. J. A. Msetzs.
Mrs. Ellen Meefze, the beloved and
faithful wife of Mr. J. Albert Meetze, s
died at her hom^, 1308 Blanding street, 1
Columbia, Saturday afternoon at half S
past three o'clock, after an illness of ^
/several weeks. I
Mrs. Meetze was a most estimable
woman, always manifesting a deep
interest in the charitable work of Columbia.
In Ebenezer Lutheran church,
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sistent member, 8he was a very use- 3
ful and consecrated worker, identi- *
fied with all the interests of the con- c
gregation.
She leaves, besides her husband, 1
one son, Mr. Augustus M. Meetze,
and the following brothers and sisters:
Messrs. John M., ajid James 0
Caughman, of Lexington, and Hon. *
B. L. Caughman, of Columbia; Mrs.
W. W. Barre and Mrs. Jas. E. Rawl, ?
of Lexington. *
The funeral services were conducted
from Ebenezer Lutheran church
on Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock by
her pastor, Rev. C. A. Freed, and the >
interment was in Elmwood. t
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First Court ia Calhoun.
The first term of court for Calhoun
county convened Monday morning ^
with judge Chas. G. Dantzler presid- ft
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Cashier. Asst. Cashier.
Two Hold-Ups ia Columbia.
The hold-up game is again prevalent
in Columbia, On Saturday night
Mr. A. M. Rogers was sand bagged
on one of the principal-thorough fares
of that city and left for dead. He
was later found, and revived, but
knows nothing of the occurrence,
save that he was held up by two men
?one a white man and the other a
mulatto.
On Sunday morning Mr. W. 0.
Sligh was held up at the point of a
pistol and relieved of $30 in cash and
a brand new hat which he had in a
box. There were two men in this instance?one
wore a mask and the
3tner was a negro. Of this Mr. Sligh
Is sure. Policeman Dreher and the
robbers exchanged several shots, but
50 far as known none took effect.
?7iua Childrsu and xTurso Sit
byJMCad JJog ia Creoaville.
A small shepherd pup bit five chilIren
of Mr. B M. Peace, two children
>f Mr. Frank Watson and two chilIren
of Mr. R. L. Chandler in Greenville
last Thursday. In addition to
he white children, the dog bit a col>red
nurse who was looking after the
kildren of Mr. Peace.
Soon after the children had been
ritten by the dog the animal began
o show sie-ns of sickness of some
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A physician was called and attended
the wounds of the nine chiliren.and
the colored girl.
The body of the dog was sent to Atanta
and a telegram on Friday 9tated
hat the dog had hydrophobia. The
hildren, nine of them, were carried
;o Atlanta for treatment at the Paseur
institute.
Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease.
A powder for swollen, tired, hot,
imarting feet. Sample sent free.
Uso free sample of the Foot-Ease
sanitary Corn-Pad, a new invention.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy,
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Lsesville Collage Closing.
The closing exercises of Leesville
College will begin on Sunday, May
;l, with the bacalaureate sermon by
lev. J. A. B. Scherer, D. D., presilent
of Newberry College.
Sunday, 8:30 p. m., sermon by Rev.
5. R. Turnipseed.
Monday, June 1st, 11:30 a. m., anlual
concert. 4:00 p. m., alumni ad[ress.
8:30 p.m., recital by elocuion
class.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 11 a. m., class
[ay exercises. 8:30 p. in., address by
Ion. C. C. Featherstone.
Thaw Seeking Release.
The attorneys for Harry Thaw, the
sew Yor&millionaire, are now seekng
his release from the Matteawan
sylum. District Attorney Jerome
3 strenuously opposing his release.
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F C. I. COMMENCEMENT.
Exercises Began Sunday Morning
With Able Sermon by Dr. Bowers,
of Newberry College?Final Exerercises
Last Night by Graduating
Class and Literary Address by Prof.
W. H. Hand, of Columbia.
The commencement exercises of
the Palmetto Collegiate Institute began
on Sunday morning with the bacalaureate
sermon by Rev. A. J. Bowers,
D. D., of Newberry College, who
delivered a fine oration to a crowded
house. His sermon was one of the
most scholarly ever heard here and
he held the undivided attention of the
immense throng from the time he began
until the last word was spoken.
We regret that our very limited space
will only permit our printing brief
sketches of the discourse:
Dr. Bowers took for his text Esther
4:16.?"Go gather together all the
Jews that are present in Shushan, and
fast ye for me, and neither eat nor
drink three days, night or day; I aiso
and n?y maidens will fast likewise;
and so will I go in unto the king
which is not according to law; and if
I perish, I perish."
Dr. Bowei*s said: 4 'The noble Esth-..
er here gives expression to the final
resolve of her generous heart and declares
her high and dauntless determination
to venture all for her people
and her duty. If it indeed be true
that "truth is stranger than fiction,"
this charming story of the captive
Jewish maiden, Esther or Hadassah
| her native name, is by all agreement
I .true ttfnd credible. In the days of
fcAbasuerus, sovereign of one hundred
and t .venty-seven provinces reaching
from India to Ethiopia, in the third
year of his reign, she came by an un!
expected and inaccountable concurrence
of events to be his queen; and
from condition of despised obscurity
and orphanhood she rose to share the
throne of Persia. On this wise, Vastiti,
the royal consort, haughtily declined
on a festal day to appear in all
her glorious beauty before her husband's
friends at banquet in the palace
and condemned the request and
its command alike of her liege lord;
and for her pride and stubbornness
was dethroned. In ail the realm in
strictest search none was found so
fair as Esther, none so fit to fill the
vacant qucenship, none so modest,
none so charming to the eye and
heart of Ahasuerus; and he bids her
share with him in all the opulence of
an empire.
4'Butlife hath many a turn, even in
a palace, and high position man}'- a
vicisitude. Hainan, a wicked favorite
of the court, deeply plans the ruin of
the captive Iseralites and ruthlessly
and relentlessly resolves that they
shall without exception die; for hate,
for bitter hate of Mordecai, the
queen'9 near relative, who refused to
bow, like slave, before the villian
courtier and make obeisance in menial
worship. Haman had won, by
vile deceit and foul flattery, the king's
ready sanction and his signet, and the
decree went forth utterly to destroy
every Jew, without respect of age or
sex, and spoil his substance, throughout
the limits of the kingdom.
111C idtai viclj V/Wiiivo \jiij aliu auvjldecai
urges Esther, now with lofty reproach
and now with despairing hope:
"Go in, go in, seek the king's presence
and his favor. Tho' the law
makes it instant death even for the
qeen to enter unbidden into his inner
court, unless he at once extend his
golden sceptre, enter nevertheless,
and plead in Jehovah's name for us
and thee; for thou, too, and Jew, and
think not in thy weak cowardice, if
thou dost fail us in this the day of our
supremest peril, think not thy now
secret nativity shall be still concealed
and thy poor life spared whilst thy
brethren die like mean cattle at the
hands of Persian butchery. This is
the bold crisis of thy life; for this
hour thou wast born; to-day for thee
all the mysteiy of life is revealed and
its meaning manifest. Courage, dear
heart; thou canst not turn deaf ear
this day to the clarion call of God and
thy countrymen."
"How wildly runs the thread of duty
and how opposite the pleadings
and the argument of the faint soul
and its frail body: "How can I, how
can I, risk so much, enough to make
the stoutest spirit quail before it, to
daunt the sternest heart. Perish I
j shall, at my lord's voice I must perish
and all my nation too." Temptation
whispers: "Thou art but a woman,
nay a girl, a timid, shrinking maiden,
albeit a queen; it is not thine to brave
the king's consuming wrath and thrust
thy queenly head into the cruel jaws
of an angry lion. Let another, - let
Mordecai, a man, not thee, poor harrassed
htart." But yet she ventures
notwithsttnding all. With high courage,
converted into dauntless daring,
even in a woman's soul and body, by
a TYiicrht.v faith in T-Tim \x.'Vir? rlnfh not
forget or fail, she ventures in; the j
king's soul is thrilled by her winsome j
beauty and lofty animation and at j
her plea for pity grants all he? pray- !
er." j
Here the speaker dwelt at some
length upon the higher law, declaring
that "there is a higher law than ,
man's."
In closing his beautiful pei oration
Dr. Bowers said: ,4Young ladies of
the class of 1908: For you this mom
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ing's message is intended. To yon
the portals of the kingdom of all
promise open to-day as to none else,
in all the compass of your life, be it
small and circumscribed or large and
wide, you will make no nobler discovery
than the kingdom of God
within you. Your faithful preceptors
have but essayed to light its flame
and kindle its fires in you, steadily
and self-denyingly and faithfully and
tremblingly and always humbly to
point out the possibilities of your being.
Receive, thou, the congratulations
of them and us to-day and set
out with cheerful hearts upon the
way before you, resolved, please God,
to realize the holy promise of your
blessed youth. You are young; stay
young in spirit forever. Cheerfully
and gladly seek to run your race of
life, holding fa9t high hope and noble
aim and lotty purpose. "Hold fast
thy truth, young soldier?gentle mai
den keep your promise plight?leave
age its subtleties, and gray-haired
policy its maze of falsehood; but be
you candid as the morning sky, ere
the high sun sucks vapors up to stain
it."
On Monday morning the commencement
exercises of tne primary department
were held in Root's Hal!,
beginning at 10:30. The little folks
did themselves proud on this occasion
and they reflected much credit on
their teachers, each member performing
his or her part with all the grace
and ease of boys and girls muchoider.
The exercises of the intermediate
department began Monday evening at
8:39 o'clock with prayer by Rev. B.
W. Cronk. This department always
has a tine program and on this occasion
it was 110 exception to former
occasions, and the large audience?
fully 500 strong?was entertained for
more than two hours. Everyone connected
with the program deserves a
great deal of praise tor the excellent
manner in which they performed
their respective parts.
The commencement exercises came
to a close last evening with the exercises
b\' the graduating class and the ;
literary address by Prof. W. H. Hand, ;
of the University of South Carolina.
Misses Bessie Lown and Rearle Clark
were the graduates. Their essays
were of a high character and showed i
the careful and thorough training of
their tutors.
Col. Geo. Bell Timmerman present- j
ed the young ladies with their diplomas
in his usual happy style. His
address was very appropriate and a
masterpiece of flowery eloquence.
The literary address by Prof. W. H. i
Hand was the principal feature of the i
evening. He 9poke on "Our School j
Conditions in South Carolina," and }
for more than an hour he held the i
o + fonfmn V110 hooi'oi'ii Prrif TTonrl
atUViltiiVll W X AliO li^/Ul VlO? X 1 V'JL. JIXUUU
is a fluent speaker, and that he is j
well acquainted with the educational
system of the State no one can doubt.
We will print a synopsis of his able
address next week.
The Palmetto Collegiate Institute
has had one of the most successful
terms in the history of the institution.
Prof. W. E- Black, who was elected
principal last year, came to Lexington
a comparative stranger to most of
us; but by his manly bearing and
high traits of Christian character?
without which no school teacher can
make a success?he has endeared
himself to all, and has been the principal
factor in making the school
what it has been during the past session.
Mrs. Bessie Black, like her husband,
came to Lexington a stranger, but
her gentle nature and queenly personality
soon won for her friends by the I
score. She has made a most excellent
teacher.
Miss Ellen Hendrix's work in the
school room is too well known to the
people of Lexington to need mention
through these columns. Miss Hendrix
has taught in the schools of this |
county for several sessions and her
work has always given universal satisfaction.
Suffice it to say that she
is one of the brightest and most successful
lauy teachers in the State today.
Miss Mary Wingard has been a
teacher in the Institute for the past
several sessions, and the fact alone, j
that she has been repeatedly reelected j
by the boarcl of trustees, is ampie
proof of her faithful and efficient services.
She is a teacher that commands
the respect of both parents
and pupils.
Miss Lucile Efird, teacher of expression
in the Institute, graduated
last year from the department of expression
in the College for Women,
Columbia, and while this has been her
first year at teaching, she has displayed
her wonderful powers of expression
on more than one occasion,
and those in her charge have made
great progress during the year.
Mrs. E. B. Roof, has been at the
head of the music department of the
Institute for many consecutive terms,
and as a teacher of music she has no
superiors. The music department ;
has always been a pleasurable feature i
of the commencement exercises and
this year the music pupils played no
little part in the entertainments given.
Mrs. Roof knows music and she knows
how to impart that knowledge to
others, which is the key to her successful
career as musical instructor of
the P. C. I.
Mr. J. 0. Eargle, of the Leesville
News, spent Sunday in Lexington
with friends.
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