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ITE RELATION EDUCATIO Dr. J. Wm. Flinn, Chaplain i Views History of Instit Creed and Devoutne rext-Proverbs xxiv, 5: A wise man is strong: Yea. a man of knowledge in crerseth might. We 'begin our centennial celebratior today with an aft of worship-with ar uplift of the heart to God in song and prayer, reading and meditation. The speaker would wish to be impersonal, a mere voice, speaking the sentimentF and heart of the 6.000 men, the 6.00( tlunni of the college, living and dead: a voice sp,eaking the sentiments of th( 1.400,O00 living citizens of South Caro lina. and of the dead of three genera tions gone. The speaker would sink his own per sonality. and let his voice be the chan nel through which are proclaimed the religious faiths and hopes, the ideals and aspirations of a people. In a pro found sense our worship today is the official act of a people, a State, stand ing with uncovered head, uplifted hands and reverent heart before Al mighty God and pouring out to Him petition. thanksgiving ar.d praise. WE thank God for Elis mercies past. We invoke His conti,ued help and guid ance, as we sit at tno feet of our hun dred years or history to learn the les sons it may teach. It is a day of review and memory-a day of hope and anticipation. We loolk back in order that we may see forward, and above all that we. may strive on, wiser. better and mightier. We recall the past and link it with the present .in order that our future may excel the glory of the past. Century of Stewardship. The college gives account today oi its century of stewardship. It calls the long roll of its alumni professors and trustees. six thousand istrong! Thein spirits hover over us as we stand to day reviewing our work for them, and their work for the' world. From all parts of the earth, from the tombs in many lands, they gather in spectral forms; yet visible and glorious to 'the eye of imagination and faith, to pass in review before the great Master of ySouls, the Lord of Truth, and through us.. the living who represent them, tell what they have been, and what they have done to make the world better. We call the roll of the dead to glory in them, and thank God for them, and to live worthily of them, by com pleting their work. The only true appreciation of the dead is the catch ing from them inspiration and high re solve. They tried to make the world better, wiser and stronger. One aim of their work was to enable us, their successors, to exceia them. We may not surpass their faithfulness. We may silrpa-ss their achievements. Truly the works of past generations "do follow them" when they spur their descendants to higher living. The joy and business of life are not to get ahead of other people but to gel ahfa.d of ourselves, to break our own --"record in well doing, that our todays may outstrip our yesterdays and our tomorrows our todays. Bear trial more bravely, resist temptations more completely, put a nobler spirit in duty, and a finer touch on work. Only such living helps the world's work and light ens 'the world's burdens. "Every noble life leaves its fibre in terwoven forever in the work of thE world-thus addirig its strength to the power of the race." The history of the world is a vast fabric, an ever-weavmna net-work .whose strands are humar lives, good or bad, weak or strong rough or smooth. A true man, thougl his individuality may be obscurE amo.ng the myriad fibres of the finishec fabric, adds to the beauty and strength of this web, endlessly woven on thE loom of time. -We stand aside to behold for a mo ment the woven web of a century's work. It gives heart and cheer to see the whole of what was done in parts Here the- work of one man, there thE work of another. da.y by day. year by year, little by little has the wondrous pattern grown. Thank God the wonl of each and all does make a pattern! A -master mind' coordinates and a master hand fits into His own might) plan each man's work, "like the cathe dral of Milan, each stone a separatE work of art, and yet the whole a unit.' May we not idealize our hundred years old college as a great temple of char acters, radiant in marble of manhood and glorious in stone of virtue? "From each day's work and each man's deed An unseen whole at last doth grow; Qur lives are little, but our times ar4 \ great. We come, we see, we ,linger and wt pass: We weave but a single thread in wel of state, Or give the field a single spear of grass We sound one note in the world's re frain, We lay one stone on the growing pile The mass seems planless, huge an< vast; But lo! when all is done, through a] an Iliad rings. In all a temple shines, o'er all an an them sings." The State's Conception. Beginning the celebration of the centennial of a State institution wit] religious worship, ,our minds naturall: turn to the relations between religiol and education. Reviewing the histor: of the State and the -college in thei: relation p to one another, the views o our forefathers on this subject stant out full and clear. The fathers of ou: State had very decided opinions as ti the relations between education an< religion. In 1810 the generad assembl: passed an act to found a free schoc "to teach grammar, other arts an< sciences and useful learning and th Christian religion." In 1812 an ac was passed (to complete the act 0 1310) establishing a free school i1 Charleston "to teach the classics and the principles of the Christian religion. In Gov. Bull's day, John Rut ledge framed a bill for the College_ South Carolina. "to teach the classics Hebrew and divinity." In 1801, when the leading men of th State began formulating the plans fo a State college, a controlling mtotiv that influenced their conduct was thu fact that our young men had to lear the borders of South Carolina for college education, and they though that it was the duty of the State t prov ide for all the educational want -o our. pecple w'thin our border's. an finally. n 1S05. after the college ha been1 chartered in 1801. the' doors of tb r he Rev. J,rath-an Maxc wh,o h.i beern mad.> preside:nt C -n university at theC age C and at the time of his elec was~ president of Union collegi amaepresident of the new institu noflg the entrance requirements fc emlbershlip in the freshman class wa e ability to read St. John's Gospeli reek, and- the Greek New Testamerj aone of the text books of the fresh as class- and so remained for er ieas From the beginnin al nhilosophy. Christian evident -biblical literature formed a pai he colege teaching. and religiot ip from the earliest days wr rated in the college chapel. T'r dof tractees, v-oicing thie sent of the legislature and the Stat i ~a' te ee,rgreservls as important. "ThE ETWEEN I AND RELIGION. > South Carolina College, Re ation from Standpoint of eSz-An Able Sermon. hought no system of education com lete which neglected the great con eern of religion." and in the college ;ecords from time to time we find ap propriations of money for the purchase 3f psalm books for chapel use. The 1ld college diploma breathes a solemn :and lofty religious spirit in the sonor bus words: "Omnibus has literas per Jecturis salutem in Domino sempeiter Mm." Chapel worship was abolished Pnore than once in the history of the Rliege and afterwards restored. A arge proportion of the college profes _ors. both in the early and in the later Oays, have been ministers belonging to some one, of the evangelical churches. Both in the presidency and in the pro 'fessorships the four leading denomina tions of the State. the Baptist, the Episcopal, the AIethodist and the Pres byterian. have been well represented. A remarkable episode in the religious life of the college is found in connec tion with the presidency of Dr. Thomas (.vper. who served as president from S1 until 1S34. How a man holding the unfriendly belihfs which he cherished with regard to the Bible and Christian ity could have been made president of the college of a State whose citizen ship was. Christian will ever remain a mystery. This is no time or place to discuss Dr. Cooper's character or to weigh his learning and his intellectual power. On these subjects men differed. But the end came at last. His cause was fully heard before the legislature. The final result of the hearing was that he was removed from the presidency and from the college. The whole State was aroused. The rejection of Dr. Cooper meant that South Carolina can trust no man to be a guide and edu cator of youth who is a foe to the Christian religion. They affirmed their faith that religious belief is one of the necessary qualifications for a teacher's office. I The vital connection between relig ion and education in the conduct of the college was further emphasized by cre ating the chair of sacred literature and Christian evidences and making the in cumbent of this chair the chaplain of the college, charged with the duty of giving religious instruction to the stud ents. The first man thl. filled this chair 'was the gifted and saintly Stephen Elliott. who served from 1S35 to 1840 and then was made bishop of Georgia. Dr. James H. Thornwell, the match less teacher nd president, the remark able genius, scholar and orator, was the next incumbent of this office. Through these men and their succes sors in later years pure and undefiled religion has been preached to the youth of the State. Through them and their colleagues and the influence of the board, and the Young Men's Christian association (organized in 1883) Chris tian influences have pervaded the col lege, and in the words of Dr. LaBorde, "a noble literary institution has em blazoned upon its portals the signifi cant inscription, 'the Christian's God isi alone to be worshipped in these walls.'" The Honor System. In the very beginning of the history of the college the honor system of stud ent control was established. This sys tem makes its appeal to the sense of honor band duty implanted in the breast of every young man. It appeals to hi.s pride and self respect to be brave and true. Supreme regard is paid to the honor of the student, and of the college, whose reputation is put in the keeping o~f the student body. The con trol of the student body is sought. not~ by inquisitorial proceedings, not by a system of espionage, not by the testi mony and stories of others, hut by the promptings of honor, leading every' student to tell the truth about any charge brought against him. He stands or falls by his own testimony. In the wlords of the by-laws: "The rewards1 and punishments of this institution. shall be addressed to the sense of duty and the principles of honor and s hame" However proud and grateful South Carolina college may be of theI name and fame, the scholars hip and achievemients of its alumni and profes-, sors, it cherishes as its most precious' jewel the spirit of honor that has ever characterized the institution. The fruit of this- spirit is a profound respect for the rights and the personal dignity of one's fellow students. The logical out come of the principle is not only de -fense of one's own dignity and honor, but indignation for another's wrong as d9p and sincere as if inflicted on the ian -himself. Naturally, cherishing' this spirit of personal honor, the stud ents of South Carolina college lead the institutions of the world in a formal condemnation of hazing by resolution adopted 'in 1893, in these words: "Re solved, That the members of the senior, junior and- sophomore classes do most emphatically condemn the practice of -hazing, and are determined to do all in their power to prevent the practice in the future." Truly, this attitude is and texepi ainof the golden rule adtegreat ethical maxim of Hegel, "Be a person and respect others e.s persons." A Venerably By-Law. Outside of Holy Writ I know of noth ing in the literature of ethics or religion that bre-tl.as a loftier spirit than the following 'soiemn and stately by-law published from year to year in the Scollege catalogue: "Offences are any acts, omissions or habits unfavorable to the peculiar du ties of a student, or incompatible with the obligatiois of morality and relig Sion, and . Inconsistent with the pro ~priety, decorum. or courtesy which should always characterize a gentle )man. As the end of the college is to train a body of gentlemen in knowl edge, virtue, -religion and refinement. whatever has a tendency to defeat this end, or is inconsistent with it. Sshall be treated and punished as an t offense, whether expressly m'entioned in f the laws or not. The sense of decency. propriety and right, which every hon 1oraple young man carries in his own bosom, shall be taken as a sufficient -means of knowing these things, and he f who pleads ignorance in such matters 4is unfit to be a member of the college. The board expects and reqluires the estudents to maintain the character of r refined and elevated Christian gentle e men. It would be ashamed of any man. e who would excuse breaches of moral e ity, propriety, and decorum, on the a plea that th adts in question are not t specifically~ condemned in the college ocode. It. :enstly~ desires that the sstudents :may be ~influenced to good d conduct d diligence in study by high er ntt than the coercion of law; el nd'.it- *n relies for the S ct'ipon a.wad reli~giolis prini yile.S ahisen.. and the;gergerous eelins whch .to young men en fgaged in honorable pursuits"' This by-law, written nearly a cen tury ago. is the heart and soul of the college code: it sets-forth the character - and life which a student should main tam: it plro ims that the end of the! r -ollege iw to train a body of gentlemen s in knowledge, virtue, religion and re nl finemenlt: it places as the ideal of t student life the maintaining the "char - aeter of a refined and elevated Christ a i:in' gertktlemen." It holds for:h as the gcrown and completion of the schiolar, e the faith and life of the Christian.! t~ Scholarship is the ornament of the s Christ:an. and religio is the crownl .s and comnletion of the scholar. e Fro the histori of the college it i -evident that its literary and its relig 3.in cro'd are closely linken Through e the ecc!"to the State has cherished Sand taudt lofty re:ieinus a sc.olas. tic ideals. One hundred years ago the State gave the college a literary char ter and a literary commission. It es tablished the college :ts its agent to train its sons in scietitic. lite.rary, his toric and philosoph' culture. and to base this .culture upWn and to crown it with the loftiest religious faith. So the ideal of the college from the beginning has boen to furnish the State with high souled mcn. It has exalted schola ship: it has sought men through schol arship and ni,-al training: it values scholarship as a test of charaIter, and as a sign of power. The sons cf the colleg have been kept in ptrpwetual contact with the great ideals. tne great religious forces of history: the-i broth er and coin>anions have bteen the great of all ages and e1lines. If we can draw any inference from the f-tiths of our forefathers and of our people to day we must conclude that the rela tions and analogies between religion and education art intimate a.nd far reaching. The Biblical Conception. Through the warp and woof of Bible doctrine and history runs the thought of manifold and 4ntimate relations be tween religion and education. No book on earth has so exalted knowledge and wisdom as this great book. Learning. culture. the seeking and the right use of knowledge are set forth in a variety of ways, not only as the privilege but as the duiy of man, not merely as the ornament but the very soul of the highest life. The Bible coming from God and addressed to man, made in God's image, has for its fundamental purpose the culture of man. Its great fundamental teachings are what man is to believe concerning God and what duty God requires of man. Coming as a revelation from mind to mind it is a challenge, a command, to the finite mind to train and equip itself to hold converse with the infinite Maker and Ruler of the world. The Bible first proclaimed the great principle, which educators the world over now sde with increasing fullness, that -Truth is in order to godliness:" i. e.. truth is given in order to make men godlike in char acter and conduct. 'The truth shall make you free" is the noble declaration of our Lord, the principle of which is embodied in the familiar phrases "lib eral arts." "liberal culture." "liberali educatiozi," because truth frees men from fear, friom weakness, from error, from wrong. It gives freedom by il luminating life and nature and duty. The Bible is the perfect religious book, the guide to life. the guide to heaven, because it is also the perfect educational book. Its very structure and framework from Genesis to Reve lations illustrate this statement. It is God's book to teach man, to teach him to know, to enable him to be and to do. Knowing. being and doing are never separated in the thought of this great volume. Keynote to Bible Teaching. The first chapter of Genesis sounds the key note that rings through all the Bible music. It puts in our hand the golden thread that runs through its whole fabric. It begins with the dec laration that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and in the sublime account of the creation which follows these words we are presented with God's relation to the world and to man. The history is giv- i en, not to satisfy scientific curiosity, but to form and guide moral life. First, God is represented as a worker, active ly employing His powers in the pro duction of the universe. The account of the six days' creation is a dramati zation of God at work on the world, showing man by the object lesson method how he must work. Work fol lows work: each part connected with what went before and wvith what fol lows, representing God as wise, order ly and systematic in His work. Again six times are we told. "And God saw that it was good." And finally God saw everything that He had made "and behold, it was very good." This ex pression repeated at each forth putting1 of creative power is the sublime and simple Hebrew wvay of saying that God enjoyed His work, and like an artist, threw his heart into it. for the uni verse is the art af God. When the six days' work was done God is repre sented as resting from His labors: that is. He is pictured to t.s as enjoying the repose, the satisfa'tix: that comes from completed wo: k responsive to his thought and will. Now, gather up the features of this sublime dramatization of God as a worker. First as God works on tasks worthy of Himself, so man must be like Him in the worthy employment of his powers: second, as God works wisely, orderly, all parts of His work correllated together. eack day leading to tomorrow, each lower pre paring for the higher, so man's work must imitate God's in method, system and order: third, as God, like an artist. throws His heart into the work, so man must be godlike in his enthusiasm in his art and work; fourth, the climax of these dramatized truths is the fact that rest, repose comes as the crown of well done work. But note the deeper thiought. Man's rest is to be like God'sI on condition that his work be like God's, perfect. But there can be no perfect work without a perfect work man. Hence, to enjoy God's repose and peace we must do God's work in God's way, and to do this we must be like God. So the purpose of this sub lime drama of creation is to portray God to man in such a way as to help man to be like God. And this great principle runs as a golden thread through all the Bible It is, indeed, a complete educational sys tem and in proportion as other educa tional systems approach it, their meth ods are analogous and their goals are similar. This book sets forth God's likeness in character and life as the great end and the highest achievement of all education. God is the great edu cator. and the schools that approach His methods and His aims are the no blest in their elevating influence upon man. Sphere of Rleliglon. Religion and education are analo gous in that they both work on the soul of man. His material environment or welfare is a secondary consideration. Both assume that if the mind and heart of man are regene'rated the world around him will become new. and the?y seek to make a new heaven and a new earth by making a new soul within. Their purpose and aim are'to develop, to educate--that is, to draw' out' harmor.iously all man's powers. In the religious sphere we call this work "edification," a building up. From the educational point of view we call it "training." culture. Religion and education furnish a field for the exercise of kindred vir tuces. The same fundamental spirit animates the scholar and the Christian. In the life of both there is a constant call for the practice of self sacrifice and courage, faith and hope. The scholar ani the christian alike affirm:I "God's in heaven, All's right with the world." They are ready to endure sacrifice and loss in the search and in defense of truth. As lovers of truth they are ready to brave the dangers of land and sea to find and bring it bem -n dreams rhay fade for a'ieD b work of education. as a di~ .- :he nobility o~ faithfulness thimes as well as in great is '.o inually il lustrated. ''ith the s'1b.:e -t-: is the same Noth in cha~ r -r anld in merit, in the 4tudy of atom or of the star. in the im\estigation of an insect's wing or a moupta1in chnin. The great virtue in the sc;holar and the Christian is fidelity to tr(uth and fidelity to men whom the truti) makes free and strong. TheOer'ite teils\ the s:or'y of an angel sent dow.n to erp rth to take a poor boy's placa and daJ 1is work. "Then to his Ipoor trade he tturned. By which th daily bread was e'arned, A~nd ever o'er the trade he bent. .And ever livc d on earth conw'nt He did God's ~vill: to him allon If on the eart .h ord in the sun." . The scholar' -id the Christian live to cerve. They give themselves and lose in,>mselves5 in ~he lives of others. Re ligion and education are alike social. The brotherhood of man and the fath erhood of God are the inspiration and the watchword of both. The ideal scholar, like .he ideal Christian. is a man with broad human sympathies who thrills in responsive outgo to ever.y human call and need. The scholar is interested in the lif*t and history of the race because it is the enicans of culti vating and elevating the men of today. Life educates life. Colleges and uni versities are agencies for gathering. garnering. preserving and appropriat ing the w% hole life of the past through libraries. museums and Inanuscripts. c-eds and codes. The experience of the r is thus brought in contact vith the minds of the men of today: and frm this race experienceN w learn to guide life more wisely and increase its power. Lofty Aspiratloun. The work of education and religion is inspired by noble ambitions. far reaching and beneficent: they yearn for the completest culture of the in dividual and for the improvement of the nation. the race: they desire to bless l; they seek to elevate all. Let us make a parable of their work based upon the land reclamation ser vice of the United States, by which thousands of acres have already been reclaimed: fields. gardens, groves, and homes now flourish where once stretched wastes of arid sand and rock. Rivers rising in tlh- snowy heights of the Rocky mountains are made to flow through the deserts and convert them into fertile lands. This is a parabie of the work of education. Streams or learning and culture are borne through the minds and hearts of men, convert ing them from the barren wastes of ignorance and vice into the fruitful fields of wisdom and virtue. The be ginning of this irrigation work was in the trained minds of the few men cultured in the universities of the land. The source of the desert's new found fruitfulness and beauty is in the far off mountain heights where the irre gating rivers were born. The mind and the hand of trained men brought the rivers and deserts together, so from the muntain peaks of truth through the minds of men formed in the uni versities to be their channels they flow down and spread through the race, the life and the enrichment that make the desert of humanity blossom as a rose. This is the scholar's and the Christian's goal, to gladden and make fruitful the whole earth. "- A Future Golden Age. Religion and education alike look to the future for the golden age and to this great consummation they press constantly and surely through much resistance, and impeiled by unseen forces. Their progress sometimes seems slow and their ."orces small when compared with the noisy opposi tion which they must overcome. Their journey onward is like the steady drift of the iceberg sailing on the sea withi two-thirds of its heigh'. submerged be neath the waves. it travels against winds and surface tides, because im pelled by dr ep undercurrentM that drive it on to the southern seas. They appear to the world's eye only in part; so a great cause, and men of strong great character appear to the world's eye only in part. The forces by which they overcome are unseen. They are the deep undercurrents of truth and faith far beneath the surface of opinion and custom. In majestic strength they move against popular clamor and creed toward the boundless sea of Godi's truth and right. They are driven by the deep hiden undertow of divine force and law ever at work in the deeps of life and the heart of the world. They are controlled, not by the cry of the crowd, not by the fad of the day or the fashion of the age, but by the mighty moral drift of God's will that bears on, resistless and unchanging. against the' surface winds and waves of the mul titude's thought and life. A solemn question rises in our minds today as we stand in the shadows of the century that is gone. Have we kept faith with the past? Have we been true to our covenant? While we may make no parade, yet standing at the century's end we may grow remi niscent, and in the holy confidence of friendship tell to sympathetic hearts some secrets veiled from the world. The college has passed thrrugh dark' days and bright. In times when clouds hung low the college faculty stood to their posts,- buoyed by the confidence of alumni, and in'spired by the death less ideals the college represented. in those days of gloom many of the fac ulty refused flattering invitations to more lucrative and apparently safer positions in the form of professorshipe in other institutions and pastorates in churches. They heard the trumpet callj that sounds in the ears of true men dedicated to high service: "Stand fast; :iuit you like men; be strong." "They never turned their backs, but I marched breast forward; N'ever doubted clouds would break. Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph; Held as creed, we fall to rise, are baf fled to fight better, Sleep to wake. A~t night time in the roar of raring storm, They stood with faces fixed and radi ant With the light of dawn breaking from the skies of hope, I'hey stood with voices firm and vision clear, To greet the unseen with a cheer." Let us hallow a centennial of service by making the centennial~ day reen istment day. We reenlist in the ser v'ice of the good. Let us solemnly re dedicate ourselves.'to the ideals of truth and honor, Christian manhood and vir tue with vision clearer-with hearts more tender--with larger means let us hope, but with the same great work: 'The making of Christian gentlemen." Shall we train scholars? Yes. 2.>n af science? Yes. Successful men? Yc 1. Train them, too, under a university flag. We shall strive to go on making the world a better world by helping to make men who shall do God's wvork. in God's way. "nd for God's glory. Men wvho know the right, love the right, and do the right. Aye, men who will be lieve that every blow struck for the right is success: that victory is not m.'ore winning, but that to be on the rnght side is victory. Men who believ'e that victory is not a thing that comes hereafter as rest from war, and repose in peace. But that victory is ever more fighting on the right side with God! CHESTER FARMERS MEET. Discuss PIans for Reducing Cotton Aereage--Delegates to New Orleans. Special to The State. Chester. Jan. .-A special meeting of Chester County Cotton Growers' as sociation was held at the court house here yesterday. On account of severe weather the attendance was small, but an earnest and enthusiastic spirit ma"kd the proceedings. A resolution was unanimously adopted to make a r.duc2ton this year of 20 per cent. in or :er'tlizer ,cmaewih1.904. A' comnmittee wa~ ahpointed to issue an 1 addir"ss to the farmers of the county-. askmng their cooperation in carryingI ihe~ rusolution into effect. The fol lowing wvere elected delegates to the Newv Orleans convention. January : and 25:' J. L. Glenn, T. J. Cunninghmn. A. G. B3rice; alternates: J. M. Wise, J. G. L. White, Jos. B. Wylie. The p)roposition to burn a portion of the~ surplus cotton was suggested b)ut met with little encouragement. New York JapM Celebrate New York, Jan. .-The fall of Port Arthur was celebrated here today at a mass meeting of ,Japanese re-idents of the city, held in Carnegie hall. The affair was intended to be solely for the Japanese re2sdenlts, 500 of whom attended, and the only invited guests were Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, for mer' minister to Spain. and Alexander Tin both of whom spoke. PEABODY TO CONTEST ELECTION OF ADAIS. An Exciting Fight Expected in Colorado Senate Today. DIO1RITS HOLD A CIUCUS Decide to Oppose the ('onfirnation of the Judges Nomination by Gov. Peabody on Saturday. Denver, Col.. Jan. 8.-An exciting contest is expected in the senate tomor row when the nomination for judges of the supreme court made yesterday by Gov. Peabody come up for confirmation. The Democrats held a caucus tonight and declared they would fight the nom inations to the supreme bench of Bailey and Goddard with all their power. They claim, moreover, that with the Republican Senators Campbell and De Long voting with them they will be able to prevent the confirmation. The Republican leacLers declared this afternoon that they had received per sonal pledges from enough Republi ,an senators to ensure the confirmation :f the two men. They were not over confident of the issue, however, and ad mitted that there would be something of a struggle before confirmation. It is Gov. Peabody's present inten tion to contest the ele6tion of Gov. lect Adams. Under the law he cannot file notice of contest before the fifth day of the session, which will be to morrow. He has several days in which to file his notice of contest, however, and he may not do so until after the inauguration of Gov.-elect Adams. The latter said today: "I do not know whether Gov. Peabody will make a contest or not, but I ex pect that he will. I am in a much better position for such a proceeding now than I was two days ago. At that time the investigation. was confined by the court to the city and county of Denver. Now it includes the whole State, and I feel confident that the Democrats can show as many or more rraudulent Republican votes in the out lying counties that the Republicans claim were cast by the Democrats in Denver. I am certain of the result if the entire State is brought into the .ontest, as it must be if Gov. Peabody ecides on such a course." WORK BEFORE CONGRESS FOR THE PRESENT WEEK rhe Joint Statehood Bill Will be the Principal Topic for Discussion In the Senate. Washington, Jan. 8.-The joint state iood bill will continue to be the princi al topic of discussion in the senate luring the present week, but other mieasures will receive attention each lay during the morning hour, includ ng the omnibus bill for which Sena :or Warren stands sponsor. The bill -omprises 200 paiges, but the senator liready has put a large and important part of the work of consideration to :he r'ear. There will be an effort ma~de ;o get through the bill providing for ~he compensation of American fisher n~en whose vessels were seized previous to the arbitrn tion of 1893. The pure food bill will remain in :he background for the present, as its :riends considler that its chances will >e improved by not pressing for im nediate consideration. They have been issured by the Republican leaders that :he bill shall have first place on the yalendar. aside from appropriation ills, after the statehood bill is dis 3osed of. and therefore they will not mntagonize the statehood bill for the >resent, if at all. Discussion of the statehood question will begin on Mon lay with a speech by Senator Morgan, ind he will be followed by opposing ;enators. The present plan of the op >osition is to keep the discussion go ng until some of the appropriation >i1ls are reported and it becomes neces ~ary to take them up; or, if this is postponed too long, to displace the bil ith the pure food bill. Failing in a.! :hese expedients, they probably will ;eek a compromise. The only real fight s against the uniting of Arizona and >ew Mexico, and there is talk or ~liminating those territories entirely rom the statehood proposition. It is >elieved if this were done the bill for :he consolidation of Oklahoma and Tn lian territory would pass. Thus far .here has been no conference of op osing factions on the subject and >robably there will be little done to ~hange the present status so long as he leaders are anxious to keep other nlatters in the background, as appears :o be the case at present. Mratters~ In the House. Washington. Jan. 8.--It is the inten ion of the house to begin active con ~ideration of the appropriation hills luring the present week. Monday is District of Columbia day and the 'esolution providing for the inaugura .ion of President Roosevelt and decid ng where the inaugural ball shall be tld will be considered. Another ineas 2se of more than local importance to >e called up is a bill granting the ~merican Railway Appliance exposi ion authority to use the monument ~rounds for an exhibition. The pen-' ion appropriation bill will be reported Ionday and possibly taken up for con ~ideration Tuesday. It will be fol owed by the army, the Indian and the District of Columbia appropriation >ills. While they inay not all be con idered during the week, they will be 'edy for action. The HS1 currency yill remains the unfinished b,isiness nC' Friday will be devoted to pension >ill.. RETURNED NAMES OF DOGS. En Returning Dogs for Taxation a List of Their Names Was Made. Special to The State. Pickens, Jan. S.-Auditor Keith has -eceived instructions to return all dogs or a capitation t?tx. Lag year as soon ts the bill was passed a number of the rustees of school districts made a list >f tihe dogs in their respective dis riets. MIr. Keith has in his posses ~ion an altogether unique return from me district. The trustees were under he impression that the name of every log must be specified, so they thor ughly canvassed their district and ;ent the county auditor a poll list as on a Mancter Cloth Market. Manche'st.r, in. .-Dullness was tle arevailing feni fre of the wveek. Loon-.s 'Ir' rmimng t' th' full extent for' crr 'tnt an near( 1'1 doivr or1ders', but br.y rs ne not inclinedp~ to op~remrte furtner lhendl. in vies of'~ the ensi'r pr'ices' 4ten fering is '4't large, it is sumPcient to rive conftidenc'e tha t ma nufnetur'2s will min:itin their margins for' some time 8o come. In<iiry for piece goods for [dia resultedl in little business as buy srs :1re required to give very. long time [r the completion of new contracts. The China busiitess was represen:ed by small snles of shirtings. Yarns r'tienlly are unchanged and there is scarcely sufficient business to test prices. American crops are in rather btte?r supply, and the tendency is in AS. H1. CARLISLE The Most Beloved Alumnus o Contributes to The f Graduating i The State with itS usual libocrality, here the groat interest of education i involved. directly or indirectly. has cbnsented to publish a few short ad d esses. spoken in the old coll-tge chap e by a boy 1- yars of age. t. y ars ago, Dec. 2. 1S44. An im1pinse, which I will not resist, though I can nbt explain or excuse it to other, moves me to send them. It is possible tijey may have a little interest as his tric fssils. They will show to young e graduates some features in the com Mencement programme of thar date. which have been changed in later-days. I They will convey brotherly greetings to suirvivors in the classes of 1844 and neighboring years, and then to those of earlier and later years, especiallY including the undergraduates on whom will rest the high honor and respon sibility of forming the character and reputation of the venerable historic college of today. A brilliant young orator -in the class of 1843 (honor and peace to the mem ory of a gallant soldier) when describ ing the great French Revolution, said: -Days were seen reeling beneath events which had made centuries to tremble." These words are scarcely too large to describe great changes which have tak an place around us since they were spoken, bringing with them gravest problems. There was a time when edu cation was looked upon by some in or State as a luxury for the few. It is now known and felt to be a neces-; sity, not only for the many, but for I the all. And it is equally a necessity:< that the word education should take its highest, deepest, w idest, purest meaning. One hundred years ago. the State w,s rather unhappily divided into up-i pe:, middle and lower parts. It was th)ught that "the establishment of' a college in a central part of the State, where all its youth may be educated, will highly promote the instruction, the good order and the harmony of the whole community." (Preamble of an ac, to establish a college at Columbia, Dt. 18 1801.) IGeologicany and geographically, it may be still convenient to speak of up)er, middle and lower Carolina. But these three are one. There is but one Softh Carolina. Unseen lines of lati tuce cannot divide her soul, or her: peiple. A retiring teacher, whose plant lot has been cast in sight of th mountains, for a half century, ven tu s to pledge that all the institutions wi in our bounds will join the oldest co ege in the central part of the State in 'the great work, to "pror.ote the inAruction, the good order, and the hafmony of the whole community." Jas. H. Carlisle. Vofford College. t "aledictory Addresses, Dec. 2, 1S44. To.the Governor, Hon. Jas. H; Ham- f rrond:I Sr: It is not intended on this oc- c cagon by encomiums, idle and insi- t cer':, by adulation, fulsome and un- I Sme-ning. to attempt to add anything t to he dignity of the office which your Ifill.. Our State repays those who ti ser-e her faithfully with honors moret endirig,rewards more substantial 1' thaa any we can offer you here amid the. pomp and circumstance of corn meicement day. She has, however. exhbited the high regard which she bea-s for the cause of learning by proiding that the highest officer ree ogized by her laws should preside ove- the board to w.hich is committedI the care of this institution. And it 13i bui~eet that a faithful discharge of. 1 thedutiles attendant upon that office H shotld not pass without a fecble tribute on in occasion 1'.:" this. We are proLd, not only as students under your , car' but as citizens, to bear testimony I tote hnrbe zeal which has ever beet mnfesre by your excellency. t not nlyforthis institution, but for r1 the cause of teaching in general. In t you, late message,' while recommend-:f ing to the legislature a subject which lies near your heart, you remark that "ignorance a.nd free institutionS cannot ,t long coexist." It would seem, sir, that I oup 2ad taken this for your motto thraghout your whole official career. r Ycu will soon resign your seat as the! chie' director of the affairs of this 1 institution; this you may do leavingic beh-d you an example which it will hov- wisdom in your successor to i imitate. You will also then resign the' enai- of state to him whom the voi, e!r of the people may call to isucceed you. This you may do with the reflectiont (tha i which I can conceive none more gratfymig) that you have received and receving have not betrayed the con-r fider ce of your noble and generous S~tate. To Hon. Angus Patterson. president I f the senate, Hon. WV. F. Colcock,. speaker of the house of representa- 1 tived, and gentlemen of the general ns~ semn ly, members of the body which for mor~ than 40 years has watched overi' tis' institution with parental fond W~ have no long catalogue of alumni. reacing through several successive gene'ations, to produce and display in triui ph before you. But if called on to p{oduce proof that the care of the State had not been here,- bestowed wholy in vain, we could most readily do tp~is by a reference to your own body4 In your midst, among those who [make as well as those who ad minister the laws of the State, are manf to whom she now exultingly points as her jewels who first here re- I ceiveki that strength which they aret now jexpending in her service. Many years have passed since you have been callej on to legislate for war. This 1 seasdn of peace and quiet (may it long conti ue) has been spent by you inI addi. g to the wealth and dignity of the ate, in developing her resources t of ind and making her rich in all C that "constitutes a State." If Eng land' patriot bard was not mistaken. if it 'be true that "peace has its tri ump s as well as war." surely to scat ter -ith a lavish hand the fruitful LL KINDS OF WEATHER. I Geor etown Has a Slight Snowfall111th Freezlig Weather. Speci I to The State. Ge rgetown. Jan. .-The 'weather condi ions have within the past 4S hour undergone every conceiv able chan e possible. Be inning with sunshine and atmos pher eas mild as spring, then lowxerin coud - and rain, followed by March like -inds until y-:sterday miorning, wh snow clouds gathered andi fh'kes erature h:.s fallen rapi n it is freezing ('o! with astr ong ster blowing. j.'n preliminary wwa : oc::1id .2 hle 1 erecti'n of George:r w's public bud-I ing is now under way and it wxill not Ie many months before the structure, which is to be used for the custom house, Un'ted States assistant en gineers office and] omlce of the U nited 5tates ma:'ine su:rgeon will occupy~ and beautify the 'onmi'nidin.g !w.-tro e cure'd for it nc-ar the "BlurV" on Frontc street. Mr. C. G. B3rait of the contract ing firm of Miles & Br'adt of Atlanta, ;a and Mir. J. H. Devereux. supermn tenent oft a nstr'uctioni of puh'ic b uild i's xre in tho city superintenomn. d. .. .g done. he * hank and the Baink of :;-r .. - nhan issued-' their quarter x matenwhich showv both to be *.ig a r'i\'n'i business. The B'ank of * e~o-mt n\ a wh:ch has been in opera-1 zion 14 eairs irts made a remarkable t 'SVALEDICTORY. f the South Carolina College tate a Copy of His Address. ee(ds of education. to irradiate with the lamp of knowledge even the lower walks of life and throw its cheeiing ray into every cottage door. this must be the noblIst ot all the triumphs of peace. Having just enjoyed the means education which are here so abund t, we are prepared to appreciate and feel grateful for the liberality which as furnished them. We are prepared to wish you abundant success in your noble endeavor to render this institu tion an ornament and blessing to the State. May peace and harmony pie Fide over your deliberations dur.ng this seemingly eventful period of our coun try's history. May the session upon he important duties of which you have just entered produce results of lasting benefit to the State. Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees: To none of her citizens has our State ommitted a more important trust than to you. *f there is one S.ate in the union which more than others should guard with care the d'scipline nd training of her sons this is that State. For the hearts and minds of -r people have made South Carolina S..3tever she Is today. If she has beeii enabled to discharge her share )f duties in the family of States to %hich she belongs with any degree >f credit to herself; if In every noble nterprise the part which she claims s no dishonorable one, not far be iina the foremost; if throughout the inion her character Is such that no me, highminded and honorable as he nay be, need blush to claim citizen hip here, Lor this character she is mtitled not to wealth or extent of :erritory, but to the intelligence, the )atriotism of her sons. These have ways been her wealth and her de ense, and she asks no other now. From the post assigned you it would eem that the State expected you to ecome leaders and guides in the great ork of reforming the intellectual con lition of her people. This expectation as not been disappointed. The past ,onduct of the board gives the best tssurance that no means will be spar d to disseminate intelligence, patriot sm and virtue through our beloved tate. ro the Faculty President, Robert Henry, D. D., Respected Sir: The exercises of this day close the elation which has so long existed be ween us as teacher and pupils. Oth rs have already taken our places in rour lecture room. The time has come vhen we must go forth and try what ;uccess we may meet with in endeav )ring to put into practice those rules or the conduct of life which it has )een your constant endeavor to impress ipon our minds. Allow us to return o you and through you to' those who re associated with you in the gov rnment of this institution our thanks or the interest you have manifested n our behalf for the pupils, In public tnd in private, in the study and in he lecture room, for the manner in vhich you have endeavored to be uile us on to the task of mental and noral discipline, of mingling instruc ion with pleasure. We are called on o leave but not forget those with vhom we have been associated here tnd from whom we have received aithful counsel. These, gentlemen, are io unmeaning words. It is no feign d emotion we exhibit on being called n to dissolve a relation which for nore than three years has bound us :ogether, a relation which while it ius been profitable to one party has, ye hope, been pleasant and interesting .o both. With their best wishes for rur peace and prosperity, indiv'idual y and as a uody. Mr. President and ~entemen of the faculty, the members f the graduating class bid you fare yell. Classmates, I shall not attempt o detain you long by any un neaning phrases cong ured up to meet his occasion. It is true we have met or the last time as a class; this might uggest many reflections which it ould be pleasant for us to indulge mn ogether but the lingering miom'r.ts ;eem to warn us that our parting enedictions must be brief. This is lot the time nor this the manner in vhich 'those feelings are a ttendan t ion the separation and dispersion of a lass are to be exhibited by us or I fear ppreciated by others. It is only meant hat here we snatch a hurried fare vel. cast a lingering glance on fa niliar scenes and familiar faces and hen each must nerve himself for the ask allotted him in life. It seems >ut yesterday since we met. formned - ach other's acquaintances and comn nenced to run our race together. ;inc'e that time, we together have' assed through the labors, together hared the pleasures of a college life. ['he graduation day, so long looked 'or, with mingled emotions by us all, as at length approached, has almost assed. WVe are prolonging It but for moment to pronounce,. the w.ord, vhich, once spoken, -severs us 'from hach other forever. He wh~o has been nade the organ of the class on this >ccason, instead of detaining you with ls reflections, would prefer leaving rou to, your own. A few of us may after a lapse of ears meet and (as I can conceive ome around me are doing now) re 'iew college associations, incidents tnd friendships, but as sa class we vill never all meet again. And this neeting then, of those few who are rivileged to meet, will be under cir umstances very different from the )arting today. I feel that the separa ion, now to take place, will, between nany of us be final and forever. I can only. classm4tes, with my ueartfelt wishes to each of you, for rour success In life, bid you a long 'arewell! (Dr. Carlisle states thK three of the rustees were graduates of the . class f 1808. Judge J. J. Evans, Chancellor m. Harper and Col. Jas. N. Gregg. [he members of the faculty were Rev. Y. Hooper, D. D., Dr. W. H. Ellet, Dr. 'rancis Lieber, Rev. J. H. Thornwell, )r. M. LaBorde, F. S. Tivis.) 'ecord and stands today as one of the trongest financial institutions in the ~tate. The Peoples' bank, which open d up for business last March, is fast cehieving prestige and popularity and s now well on in the race toward qual success. The Armour Packing company has >pened up a branch house here with d!r. C. C. Scurry of this city as man Deputy Grand Chancellor-,T.. Wata 30na", by the-requlest '~the grand annerltierjM, installed the officers elect u torgetown lodge, No. 26, and Win .h M age. No. 118, K. of P., in the th'..m :astle hall Friday night. Af er the installation, the knight's re aired to a restaurant and were ele antly feasted by the new officers. peeches, anecdote and song were the n'der of the evening and all had a nost enjoyable time. Mr. H. C. Smith. 3. H. Read and H. ). Lubs will be in Columb.ia this week n attendance on the United States :our t. Senator LeGrand 0. Walker and~ tepresentatives M. W. Pyatt ani . alter Doar leave here on Tua 'or Columbia to take their p'aces i:: the egislative body. Mr. J. H-. Donaldson leaves for Ce umbia tomorrow to attond the South arolina college centennial. Dr. Olin Sawyer also n ill go to ('o imia on Monday as onre of ?1,- tPes dential electors to tabulate hei elCc ion returns. m%')