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VOL XLIV. NO 47. NEWBER3RY. S. 0. TUESDAY JUNE 10, 1907. .TWIOE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR 0OMMUNONMPNT ATNEWBERRY Exercises Begun Sunday-Prosperous Year-Sermons by Drs. Miller and CornIelson-,Nineteen Griaduates. With beautiful weather and with large crowds - in attendance from throughout South Carolina and from many other States, the fifty-first an nual commencement of Newberry College, bringing to a close by far the most successful year in the his tory of this honored institution, be gan Sunday with the baccalaureate sermon in the Opera House by the Rev. C. Armand Miller, D. D., of New York. It is a -matter of general regret; that President James A. B. Scherer is not here for this commencement, having been detained abroad on his visit to Rome. Dr. A. J. Bowers, of the faculty, is acting- president in Dr. Scherer's ab sence, and the exercises are under his direction. Since the semi-centennial, which was celebrated during the commence ment exercises for 1906, the gymnas ium has been completed, and the Carnegie building for the technologi cal departmonit has been erected. The fifty thousand dollars necessary to be raised to secure the twenty-five thousand dollars offered by Dr. G. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, has been rais ed, making the total endowment in the neighborhood of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The engineering building, donated by Andrew Canviegie, is a splendid edifice of three stories, comprising fifteen thousand square feet of floor space. A foundry and smith-shop, with wood-working and electrical machinery, and a large well-lighted drafting room, constitute an ade quate and high-class equipmen.t. The completion of these buildings make the College plant one of which any institutip'n, might well be proud, and is the result of the self-sacri fice and earnest work of men who have devoted their lives to Newberry College. Sermon in Opera House. The Opera House was crowded to its capacity Sunday mnorning when the baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Dr. Miller. Dr. Miller is pastor of the leading Lutheran Church of New York city. He is a native of Virgin ia, a graduate of Roanoke College, and, a classmate of President Scher er. He is a son of the Rev. J. I. Miller, who was for many years one of the editors of the Lutheran Visit or, and who was president of Staun ton Female College. His address Sun day morning was an cannest and able effort, showing careful-study and pre parabion, and a deep grasp of his theme. Dr. Miller is a pleasant talker and he held the close attention of his large audience. Thme exercises were conducted by Dr. A. J. Bowers. Prayer was offer ed by the Rev. J. H. Harms, of Penn syl vania.i. Working Out One's Salvation. Dr. Miller chose for his text the 12th and 13th verses of the second chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians: ''Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is (God that workelh in you.' He said that the members of the . graduating class had no thought of standing idle in the market place. 'You have chsn' lie said, ''and you expect, ,not the work of selfish gaini, but the work of unselfish ser vice.' To worIk out wa's not the same thing as to work for. Salvation was a force, a living, vital power already implarted and in the present poss sioni of the Christian man, and wvas to be worked and wrought to its com pleteness in God's plan. Here was no message of bow one must get salva tion, but here was a message of what one must (10 with salvation. The text emphasized and confirmed the old pure Gospel teaching, that the gift of eternal life was God 's free grace, for it is God that worketh in you. A Lesson from the flowers. In these golden days the flower re ceived from the, sun all its powers of life, and those rays energizing it are worknd out in bud and blossom and Cruitage. That was the meaning of he text and how full it was of ap )ropriate suggestion I The all-inclusive definition of a Dlristian life was this: It consisted through out of human activity which was -a manifestation of Divine ener y. Tie outreaching of your life, the touching of the lives of others mder this category you may include the utmost round of human activity -and in them we find the inwo'rking >f our God worked out in these mul liform modes of expression. There ivere two thio.gs in which men failed, n their willing and in the working mt of their will. The same Apostle Ihat wrote the text wrote also the ,vords: What I would do, that I do iot; and the words: With my mind' [ love the will of God, but how to per Eerm that I find not. But later on he round it, and what 'he found was a nanifestation of this truth. The tiing ror you and me to do is to let God lo the working within us for His rood pleasure. Hhere was one gleam of ight i.ii- the matter of reconciling the iovereignty of God and the freedom ,ind resposibility of man. Waste of Energy Forbidden. All the glory of every good act miust be God's alone, for it is only Jod who can work in you, you must work out, for God permits no waste -f energy. The power was in main him ;elf from the Sun of Righteousness, )r, .having received grace, to die, hav ing brought forth no fruit. In closing Dr. Miller said to the radu1ati,ng class: The golden ligit of this day befits these golden days of the recrowning r)f your youth. A thousand hearts throb today quickly keeping time with our hearts. The very air you breathe is tense and quivering with tender love. Teachers, fathers. and mothers, brot.hers, sisters, even those looking perhaps for the first time in your faces all are yearning over you with the very affection of hopefulness. Your alma mater lays in your hands as a sacred trust the honor of her lamue, which, bearing it as her ae knowledged children, you are to keep inviolate. For you the cloister life is passed. Out in the dust and turmoil [if the world soon you must toil. ,%ore than to most has Gad come to vou in His working. Tro the influence If Christian homes, for you He has added a sound Christian culture in a rollege that lives to work out His will. As we pray for you today He has answered and is answering be fore we ask, and unceasing streams If His grace flow into your souls. Give yourselves unresistingly that vour lives may be the working out of fod's own life within you, and we Also entreat you that you receive not the grace of God in vain. The benediction was pronounced by tle Rev. 0. B. Shearouse. Sunday Night Address. The address to the student body f the college Sunday Iight was de livered bly the Reverend George H. Cornelson, formerly of Concord, N. C., bunt at present pastor of Moore Mfemorial Church, at Nashville, Ten nessee. The wveather was inclement aind at times the rain wvas pouring lowin, but in spite of this a large aud.. ience braved the elements and filled the opera house, to hear the eloquent young divine. Mr. Cor.nelson took as his text the words of Matt-hewv, ''Whosoever will bie chief among you, let him be your servant.'' H-e treated his text wvell, his development of the subject beinig perfect, andl his handling of tile sill jeet proclaiming him to lie miaster of t. His illustrations were aptly chos Below is given a brief summary of his sermonl: God 's call to man is to lok up and not down. Man's aspira tions must be the inspirations of iis fellow men. Man is not content wit.h his condition, hut 'a de.sire born with in him expresses itself: ''My reach extends beyond my grasp; else what's a heaven forl" This desire to rise is what gives man the ruleriship of the earth, and should not be called amblition. This dlesire must be limited, and Jesus in this text wishes to give the limita-. tions. It is too often the case that mcen seek mistaken ends in the spir1 it not of men, but of demorns. Their ansire- is not to seve ther time, but to make their fellow-men serve them. Their law is '"Might makes right" and their Golden Rule 'I physically, financially and mentally can, there fore I morally may." But Jesus sets up the kinglon of self-sacrificing service, on which the seats on his right ain.d left hands are reserved for t' AV!wo folh wv in his )lotd -stained featsIlep as He toils upward tuider His cross to His crown. Our cathusiasm for ediention is soiled by selfishness, and it is con sidered as a means to save us hard work; but education should be the discipline to train the whole mai for the best work he can do. Jesus clearly revealed this priuci ple in the parable of the sheep and the goats. Our salvation depends on the response we give to our God-giv ea call to service. Jesus illustrated this principle in washing the disciples' feet, showing that true exaltation comes only through humbling oneself. Aspire not to shine, but to serve. Think on this paradox: The best thing you can do for yourself is to strive to do something for others. Al though we may not be rewarded here, yet in the last day, our glory shall be complete; for we shall be like the King, the King who amono men was as one that serveth. Commencement Day. There are in the graduating class at Newberry eollege t1hirteen young mienl aind six young ladies, making a class of nineteen in all. A prelim inary contest was held in Hollaqd Hall on Friday evening for the pur pose of selecting ix of the young men to represent the class at the com mencement exercises oi Wednesday morimng. The following are the six who were chosen, wit-h their subjects: E. H. Halfacre, Newberry, S. C. The Debt of this Generatioi to America. W. F. Hip.p, Newberry, S. C. From Clod to Conscience. 0. C. Kibler, Newberry, S. C. The Hague Conference. . E. Long, Properity, S. C. The Substance of Things Hoped For. W. E. Monts, Prosperity, S. C. The Transition of the South. P. E. Shealy, Prosperity, S. C. The Railroad at Bay. ' The other members of the graduat ing class are A. W. Ballentine, Miss 1Othel Bowers, Mliss Nora Bickley, J. 1). Cappelmain, Jr., J. F. Crouch, Miss Myrtle Detonis, 'Miss Lucile Dickert, J. 0. Havird, 0. W. Nichols, Miss Mayme Swittenberg, R. L. Swittenberg, Miss Mabel Tarrant and T. P. Wicker. V Col. Jno. F. Hobbs. Col. John F. Hobbs, who is attend ing the commencement of Newberry college from which institution he graduated, is president of the Thir teeni Club, of New York, one of the most exclusive clubs of the metro piolis. The membership is limited to 513, and1 there are now on the waiting list about 200 app1licanJfts. Col. Hobbs is also identified with t.he press of Newv York and other wvise prmominenit in social and business circles. He takes great interest in his alma mater, and wheniever lie can arrange his business, attends the commencement. Some years ago lhe madle a dlonation to the museum of the college, which is probalbly the most v'aluable as well as the most iui quie collect ion 1:11 t.he posessioni of any college in this section. The many friends of Col. Hobbs are always glad to see him. lie is ac comp)anie'd by his daught er, Miss Ethel, and it was his puirpose to have with him Mrs. Hobbs, but her physi eiani adlvised aAainist her comning southI at this time. Refunding Bonds. The commission to refund the rail roadl bonds, as stated in The 1Herald and( News of Friday, met ini the ofiee )y4 the counity supervisor on last Friday and began the preliminaries necesary to the refunding of this in debt edness. Another meetinog will be held ini a few days aand( it is hoped to have everything liut in shape for the puIrp)ose of refuinig the debt of the thre tonsniMn. GRADED SOHOOL OLOSES. Thoughtful Address of President J B. Moffatt--The Graduates Re ceive Deplomas. Newberry' graded schools close another suevessful year last week The einrollment tlie past Year hus bee about 1200 and - the teacihing tore 11um1bersniee. The Iristees held a meeting las Thursday for the purpose ot elect ing tenchers for the next year. bu nothing bult rountine matters was at tended to and the election of teach ers for the next year will Coie up1) a a sub1sequent meeting. Under the direction of, Superin tendent Stuekey tad his faithfu teachers tile school has moved ver;, smiootlly dur6ing the past year am tle work has been elliciently done. The closing exercises were held ii thie opera house oin Friday night whei ceitifieates (if graduation froim th school were awarded to fourteei young ladies and riwo young met making a class of sixteen to finis! the school course for this year a follows: Missee Sallie Bell Buford, Sara Caldwell, Elizabeth Copelaid Eai hardt, Lucile Fellers, Irene jGriei Daisy Harp, Rebecca Mahon, Matti Perry, Annie Moore Ray, Lillia Smith, Verna Summer, Carrie Bel West; lMessrs. Jlohn Henry Baxtei and Vernon FvIlers. The annual address was delivere by President J. S. Moffatt, of Er. kine College, and he spoke of ti awakening among our people in tli cause of education, which was mani fested in tile building of seho< houses and the raising of more mone and the eleNating of the teachin profession, iand conchuded that. i meant the making of better citizen who would be better prepared for d< in- the work wlhich lay before thei in life. le showed that educatio wa,s not intended to make idlers an simply to permit those who are edt eated to stand better in society, h that education should be the agene for the making of a higher and a bei ter manhood and womanhood. Ti address was able and thoughtful an eontained many good suggestions an was listened to attentively by tl lar,e audionce that. greeted the di, inuisled president of Erskine eo l ewe. I'le members of the graduatinl els -, !'who read essays are as rollow, liss Sallie Bell Buford, ''Amer van Girl of Tomorrow;'' Miss Anni Moore Ray, ''Garlands of Fortune; Miss Rebecca Mahon, ''Begun Bi Not Finished;'' Miss Verna Summei ''Literature of All Ages;'" Miss Cai rie Bell West, ''Woman's Minid.' Mr. W. A. Stuckey in a few we cbosen and helpful words of instrm tion delivered tle dil)loilas to ti 'raduates and thaiI.ked the audienr for their .attention. Advertised Letters. L,etters remaining in the P. 0. Newberry for the week ending Jun S. A-Clarence Anderson. li-Mrs. Carrie Barber, R1ev. WV.E lbales, Henry .J. Bartlett, Mr. .. ll~oi ter, Miss t alit io Buriton, Mri CilyButlerm, .Jas. Bryers. )--Mliss Ellen D)ouglass. F'-Mrs. M. B. Fowler*, Mrs. Cai lisle Fair, Mr'. Si,ng 0. GraIl. Il-Mrs. Ada Illentz, Miss Clar lI anibile. l. MrIi. Perryv 1 ,ake, M~r. Davi Lehtinmen, Mr. Tlom A. Lyon. Al-Mr. Frank 11. Moltz,, Mrs. El zahi Mae'kerson, Miss C'arr'ie Mill: Miss Maggie Metts, Mir. E. Mathew: N-Mrs. Mary Naxson. P'--Mr. Fred Porte'r. Mr'. Sherr Parker. R -Lilla Reader. S---Laura Sand(ers, Miss (hia ni Shell, Miss Lucy Smith, Mr. Momo Subher. Tl--Mr. Jas Todd. W-Mrs. Bessie Wokes Persons calling for these will pleas say that they were advertised. C. .J. Purcell, P. M. M'iss Annie Sinir.ley, Rlo.rtali Whmeeler', of Prosperity, and A lv Waters, of Jalapa, are visiting Mi'. W. '0. Pererson 's. WORDS FROM 00-WORKERS. Estimate of the Co-Laborers Wil Mr. Williamson of His Life and Work. I The Herald and News yestert . secutred a statemtent from those i I the pastors of' t'he city who colild I e seen giving briefly their estimate I the life and character of the Re t Mr. Williamson. . There are now only two pasto t in Newberry, who have served the . churches longer than the service . Mr. Williamson and who were he t whenl lie cale an(] one of these, 1] MeClintock, is not inow in thlie regr ar pastorate nor engaged in the a tive miniistry. Dr. E. P. MeClintoek said: ''Through the courtesy of tile coi mission sent here by his Presbyte: to install Mr. Williamson pastor Avelei.-h Preshyteian thurch, I to( part in- that sodlmi seiOce. Fro that veiiiiii I was intimatlv ass eiated with hii. L knew his sorroN a and his crosses as well as his plea ures. He was a close and uniwearil s student an(] had become a profou Scho'lar inl his particular departiel If his life had beell prolonged to ti natural limits and11 his merit had bel riglilly rew.arded, lie would have o C tailled the .postioi in some Thleolo i cal seminary of his dell-omlilnatio . ' The Rev. Oeo. A. Wrilit, past * of the First Baptist chi1reb, said: "It was mly wpivile.- to have be d intimately associated with the I -J. L. Williamson durig the ten yea e of his pastorate here, and in all e our intercourse was revealed te r i- Cirisfian getileman. le was one ol the best mien I ever kinew. IIe was y Imlost insdifisil 1111n, (arrying o g that Scriptulre, "inl honlor preferri t one another.'' le took for his lilm, S, the Christ man, and followed in I footsteps. He was great berause n services reiidered to others. He w n a strong, th-ough-tf1u,l preacher. I d work was never superficial, but I- went to the hottom of thinlo-s, a At bYrough( ouit refined gOld. iIe W y faithful in the discharge (if all I - dulies, as pastor and .as citizen. e ''Happy tle town blessed with d few great liil(s anld hearts like I d One such eitizen would civilize e entire eonininn-ity. No man (or - have been missed more thani lie. 1 I- stood forth vlotli(1 witi real weil of goodness, and therefore wIs r feble iin life, norl nlie he forgot deaith.' j. Rev. H. A. erier says: ''I 'll e knew J. L. Williamson whenl 1 (-It ' here as pastor of the Central Metlh it ist chureh in December, 190(i. 1 r, rrew on mie as at man11, a preaecher it a christian gen-tliema:1. Ie was tri fraternal and fait.hfil in every re l tion. A friend who col( be reli piton on all occasions. I loved Iiim e I did few men. He shall be ilissed ie us aill, prneachers and1(1 citizens. Dr. Phillips, pastor of the A. R. Church, has thle following to sa ''During myl~ short stay ini Newber t with Brot hei Williamson as col-past e lie has grtowni onl me ver'y muchu'. Ot his itima-te friends knewv his irt worthI; as a schiolaor antd a Thieol ogi .in N'ewb'erry. hlis hiumaniity wa~s 3. nriofomal as his schlalrshiip. IIis hiet wais futll oif thle miilk ot hinmani kit ness'5. 1li had nio pr.oftessionai iije, -onsies. IIis library, hiis time, anlythli hat h.le had was at thle service o f I a friends. In ouir meet infgs oni Mood inorning~ his opinion, on aniy questi d w'so faken by uis all as finial. No chi (If peop)le in Newlierry will mi iss h Ii-fmre than htis fellow~ jastors'.'' 4, The Rev'. J. T1. Mlitller, jiasoir ,. 0O'NeallI St reef Met hod ist clhuir< saidl: '' My aetymint aiie with HiroI y er'~~jI Wijlimsoni dtIn s oly~ from I. bieginninig of this y'ear, and oeen th aicqjuainitanitce has hben liidted, to e lrge eten'ut, to ou 011 rjieachierls' mned ed mec as a mani of Glod, antd lie stea<O ly grew oni me, and( his life was 1 ginning to untfold toi me wonder'ful e I regarded him as a man of de piety, at profounitld stindenlt, a schiobl and at (Ihristlian grentleman. T prueachters ' mieeting looked uponii hi o as a k ind1 ofI f'athleri, being the oldt a Elf the paOstorls, andio thle patoryEi' se'1 ted fto turn'l to himI in t he meetinhg f coullI. Not long since lie gave an ela'borate talk on the offices of the Holy Spirit, which was very much ;h enjoyed, and a very fine talk, Indeed. Wr will certainly miss him, and no doubt his ehureth will find it hard to replaee him.'' y >f Barbecue. >e The un(dersigned will give a first f class harheue at Bethel Academy, v. nealr P11omiaria, on Saturday, July 13th. E iveryhody is invited and a first rs cliss dinner in every particular is ir g aran Ced. if J. A. Olaon and 11. M. Wicker. re r1. Notice 1- To he iu-elies of the Reedly Riv c-- er Association: It lils been decided best after con ferriniig with Oe leuricane brethren 1- 141 dispenlse with the next union meet 'y m-g and to loll instead. the S. S. In >f slittile with the Baptist CIurelhes in >k N'ewbrerI, condutcited by Rev. J. D. M Moore. StatI S. S. Secretary. We eilrIestly urge uiponl the Scliureles to send a full delegation s.- from their Sunday schools so that they d may get the heiiefit of the institute ,(I work. Entertainment will be furnish t. edi all who coeic. 1 1 hl niext Un-ionl meeting will meet m wii Iurricane church, September 28 b- anl 29, 1907. L. B. White. Dr Ira David Glymph. Ira lhavid (flyiphi departed this nil life fil Ihe 301h of May, 1907; he v. was brt Aug. -1. 18S1, mIuakinlg his rs pili miage e r i mthI 25 years, 9 months, Mf 2(6 days. lie leaves i motlier one ,e brother and two sisters and malny re f 11faives and friends Il mlloirnl their a loss. The wrile knowing tlie deelns ut eI us ie did, (a1n1 say nothing else hkit I- that le was an honlest an1d ini induis. el trnius youm miaii makiing a mark ini 1is Ile, aOl eing ai exliple thIiat of ot hir youngi miei should follow early as inl life, (lie deceased and his brother is itook a farther's place. aId by hiird lie toiling amid econloiizmixin., would have id Iiaile a success ini life. as (e deceased was a slifferer for is several weeks whichl he bore With Christian Imore. a t fw i.% ii hours before a deih ellame le 41I.fevil a priayer w.hIicl is. was al11mo4st liea1 breakig to Ilhose in tlha werie ar4mil his hed1sile. While Id it is sad to see Ilie vai'ant cahir t, le those thlt were Iear and dear to lt him, il but it shoil hbe consoil0ing to ot think thit he is restinig inl heaven. il1 Safe il (he a mms o f ,Jesis, 'st safe on his -entle breast, ne There by Ihis IOve 'er shadowed, d- swetly his sol is at rest. Id One that knew him froiml ehildhood. ly a- To Kitiyjlean: Oh, no, inl (le lies: ed "Oh, yoIun boeiblinvari has coie out as of the wesi, I)y 'Th roiuh all le wide border, his steed was lie best ,' P., Siri WalIteri Mciii Iwas iiot pirophiesy. y: ing~ the ry~ IDerby iicloiry of Riuchar d ('ioke. or__________ lys, ''iu aidtemin I eathla,'' a sui.. West(ion of' a .11am('sto(wn Ii xpeditIion is euvialint toi a priopoasal of mair riage. rt dl- Aniyhiow, I here is no donhlt. thiat il- Foiraker is (lie mnainlhat talked i p rig 1mrownisville. (osio no(wI piroposes (Ihat t}he pol ii mbinie h)0 (lie nat ina flower, but s( hat, also, is am al ter for Roosevelt, Liij al Itoston al 10 detein e 1 . Ii' It should 1be undieris(oii iiow (hat h- not a mani in SouthI 'a ri na hias any.. lie ,nn ."gan' ,Tapani. at a The Coaurt of thie (rand Jiiy of Na- axe- Meiingen has been11 orderedl to us- ( pu t on mo~ii*Iuri' ii rderiweari for li-' Prince M~or'itz, of' Altlnbar'e, and., hby 'e- neOcessary implica tion, (lie peekaboo ly. waist muist alsoi be wornf. opt ur, Th''le rendii public w(old be.'upa. lie i ed a great udeal of Iiouble if (lie imaliandals of' Sai F'ranecis('0 and New Lllt Yirk cnhiIlibe meriel or What caeJis ('raker for ciowns of uis kiiis lie weal' a ''n-rly'