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VOL XLIV. NO 48. NEWBERRY. S. 0. FRIDAT.'TJNE 14, 1907TIEAWE. 150AYA OMMENOEMENT OLOSES. Graduates Receive Their Deplomas Address Before Literary Societies -Board Trustees Meet. The close of the Newberry com mencement on Wednesday brough the usual large crowds to the oper house. The threatening appearane of the- elements Wednesday mornini did not dampen the ardor and the en thusiasm of those who were bent oi attending the closing exercises, ani long before the hour to begin, th large opera house was almost uncom fortably seated by the friends o Newberry college. The graduating class this yea numbers nineteen, six young ladie and thirteen young men. Of thes nineteen six were selected who mad graduating speeches. Th following is the program o these speeches and the subjects, ani also the class roll: Edgar L. Halfacre, Newberry, E C.,--'The Debt of this Generation t America. W. Frank Hipp, Newberry, S. C. -From Clod to Conscience. Odus C. Kibler, Newberry, S. C., The Hague Conference. I. E. Long, Prosperity, S. C.,-Th Substance of Things Hoped For. W. Edw. Monts, Prosperity, S. C. -Transition of the South. P. E. Shealy, Prosperity, S. C., Rail Roads at Bay. Class Roll-Arthur Wellingto: Ballentine, Miss Mary Ethyl Bowers Jacob Forest Crouch, Miss Lucil Dickert, John- Oliver Havird, Odu Clyde Kibler, Wilbur Edwar( Monts, Perry Edgar Shealy, Rober Lee Swittenberg, Miss Nora Le Bickley, John Dedrick Cappelmar Jr., Miss Myrtle Roberta Dennis Edgar Lee Halfacre, William Frank lin Hipp, Irving Ernest Long, Gedni Willis Nichols, Miss Mary Alic Swittenberg, Miss Mabel Bates Tai rant, Thomas Paysinger Wicker. At the conclusion of the speeche the medals, which are given, wer presented as follows: W. F. Hipp, philosophy meda presented by Col. John F. Hobbs, ami history medal, presented by Rev. J J. Long. Miss Mary Alice Swittenberg, 0er man medal, presented by Rev. V. Y Boozer. 'A. W. Ballentine, best examinatioz in three years course in Science, pres ented by Col. W. H. Hunt. I. E. Long, English essay medal presented by Rev. Henry Harmes. B. T. Mills, Sophomore Greek med al, presented -by Rev. W. P. Cline. -Best contribution in Stylus, J. B Moose, presented by Prof. W. A Stuckey. Ala,n Johnstone, best Frcshmai examination, presented by Rev. J. T Kinard. The diplomas to the gradnatin, class were delivered by Dr. A. . Bowers, of tihe faculty, who is actinj as president' in. the absence of Presi dent Scherer. Dr. Bowers, in present ing the diplomas, delivered an earn est and toucohing addreds in partin with the class of 1907. There was. no reception at tile col lege this year and the exercises in th opera hiouse. brought to a close th commencement of 1907. Mlumni Address. The address before the Alumni as sociation was delivered Tuesda morning by the Rev. V. Y. Boozer, o Concord, N. C., and a member of th class of 1891. Mr. Boozer is a nativ of this county and has many friend here. His address was a most thought ful and eloquent presentati-on of th value and importance, and, in fael the crying need of 'Christian educe tion. He also laid very much stres upon the eobligations which rest upo those who lzave had the advantage of a christian training. HIe said thno higher eduention had ever been th potent factor in the development o nations, and the neetds of these time were men who had received sue training; there wvas demand fo broad-minded intellectual men, whuos hearts as wvell as minds have bee trained in Christian colleges. 'lie d< plored the tendency which measure snecess by t he commercial yard stic and said that it seemed as if th whole nation was intoxicated wit 'this commercial idea and emphasize the -fact that this mad rush for ma terial things must be checked or th - nation would suffer; and that it wa the duty of the men and women o this day, who had been so fortunat . as to receive a Christian training, t t throw themselves into the breach 'an( t to use their influence to check thi 3 tendency; from the-Christian college 5,14of this land .must come those influ - ences that will stem the tide of im morality and the world spirit *that i I prevalent in the - land today. H 3 quoted from Presid'ent Roosevelt th'a - we could get along without men o E enormous wealth, but we could no get along without college-bred mer r and said that the president had lef 3 off the most important need of thi 3 day, which is not only college-bre 3 men, but men who have been bred un der christian 'influences, and wh have built for themselves christiai character, for, after all, everythinf that is good in man and that tend for bhe uplifting of the race must b -based upon christian character. He told the Alumni that this wa the kind of education which they hai received from Newberry college, an< impressed upon them the enormou responsibility, which such a training carried with it. Immediately after the address b; Mr. Bo9zer the annual meeting o the association was held, and the fol lowing officers were elected for th ensuing year: John F. Hobbs, of New York, pres ident; Robert Norris, of Newberry vice-president; 0. B. Cannon, o 3 Newberry, secretary; A. J. Bowers, o 3 Newberry, treasurer. t Routine matters were then attend ed to. Two deaths among the members o the sasociation have occurred sine the last annual ineeting-Mr. J. E Hipp, of the elaas of 1905, and Mi J. M. Epting, of the class of 1898. . J. B. boozer, 0. B. Cannon an( H. M. Henry were appointed a com mittee to prepare suitable resolution 3 upon the death of their class-mate Mr. J. M. Epting, which are to b 1 printed in the Stylus.A similar com I mittee was appointed 'upon the deatl of Mr. J. E. Hipp, c5mposed of W. E Derrick, R. W. Frick and E. H. 01 ney. Mr. Arthur Kibler, of Newberr was elected to deliver the annnal ora tion at the commencement of 1908. Medal Contest. The annual contest for the meda in oratory by the junior class wa held in the opera house Tuesda; - night. As usual more interest ccn tered around this event than any oth or connected with the college. Out of the preliminary contest which was held some weeks ag< eight members of the class were sel ected to contest for this medal at th commencement. . The speeches Tues y day night were considerably abov the ordinary and much interest wa e manifested in the result by the larg - audience which was present. Th - committee, which was appointed t . pass upon01 the merits of the speeches y taking into consideration both th composition and the delivery, wa - composed of Col. John F. Hobbs 3 Revs. John Henry Harms, W. H. Hi] 3 ler and V. Y. Boozer and Mr. C. I Trabert. They had much difficulty i reaching a decision, but the success - ful contestant was decided to be M1 ,F. W. Cappelmann, of Charlestor 2 with Mr. B. E. Petrea, of Concori 3 N. C., receving honorable mention. 3 The presentation of the medal i 3 behalf of the committee was made b: - Col. John F. HIobbs. The followin a young gentlemen took part in th , contest: - J. Moody Bedenbaugh, Prosperity a S. C .-The Ideal of Humanity. 1~ F. Willie Cappelmnan, Cha.rlestor s: s. C.-Is Money Our Glod? t Rufus B. Geiger, St. Matthems, E e C.--The South 's' Industrial Awaker f ing. sTabor II. Hill, Jr., Newberry, S. ( Ii --Comipon 5'lhool Educat(ion, th r Hope of Our Nation. 0 J. lIlby Koon~, Prosperity, S. C. .i Th Foundation of America's Tru - Glreatness. r1 John B. Moose, MI. Pleasant, N. ( c -The Hland of Destiny in Our Nt 0 tional Development. SB. E. Jetrea, Concord, N. C. -I its way.'' 3 Virgil B. Sease, Little Mountail 3 S. C.-The Grilling of Grafters. f . Annual Literary Address. 3 Tuesday night the annual addrei > before the literary societies was di i livered by the Hon. J. D. Cappe 3 ma-nn, of Charleston. Public opinioi 3 its influence and the manner in whie - it is itself influenced, its ficklenesi - its power, its relation to law, ti1 31 manner in which it is moulded, it 3 eieei upon the press and the peopl( t upon men aInd upon women, upo Fspeakers and upon hearers, in sea t s(,ns of distress and in seasons c ,1prosperity, the sources from whic t1it spriligs and the lessons which ar 41to be drawn from its study-forme I the sUtbject of Mr. Cappelmann's a< - dess. The speaker traced the, growt ) of an idea from its inception in b 1.mind of some leader tintil it had d< veloped into some gigantic mov< ment affecting a whole people. Tb 3 operation of public opinion was ii dicated, the illustrations employe being drawn from the pages of bot i1sacred and profane history. Its fiel I leness in strikingly exemplified in th clamor for the blood of Christ raiE ed by that same populace who ha but a few days before, on Palm Stir day, shouted hosannas upotn His tr umphal entry to Jerusalem. Marti Luther furnished, as none other eve has, an example of the power of on man to mould the minds of a mult tide. The War of the Revolutio and the W-Nrar Between the Stat< shows beyond question how resistles is an idea once it has fastened itsel upon the minds of a whole people. N efforts at reconciliation coild ava to prevent these great conflicts. Pub li r pinion is tle backbone of the lav As all law is made to regulate man conduet, the strength of the law measured by man's respect for an obedience in that law, but the la ai never be stronger than the pul lie sentiment in its favor. - Taking up the agencies which serv a to mould public sentimeit, the speal Y er emphasized the necessity for ti people to mingle together and toucl edt upon the respon sibilities restin 1 1,'w pr 1 1ml upon tle pla form lecturer. He painted graph cally a picture of the earthquake i Charleston as witnessed by himsel showing how in seasons of great diE - tress "poor, frail mankind come tc gether with wonderful oneness < sentiment on one thing, and that I the recognition of the fact that Go is and rules.'' Healthy public sent inent should, lie said, find expressio - at all times, and it is the duty < - those who have had advantages, sue as have been enjoyed by the student , at Newberry college, to see to it tha , it is not perverted. There are, lie di - elared in conzlusion, at the last bi 3 two sources from one or the other < - which comes all that goes to mak 3 up public opinion, nad lie closed wit I an earnest appeal to each of his heal 3 ers to seek all insp)iration from o 3 high, to see to it that the sentitine, 3 wh.ich actuated his movements wa ,Heaven born. 3 Meeting of Board of Truestees. R The regular annual meetisng of ti , board of trustees was held on Moi - day afternoon. The report of L -standing committee was submitte 1 and the action of this committee wm - endorsed by the board. This repo: -dealt largely with the matters coi neeted wit-h the raising of endowmet fund. As has already been statedi The lierald and News, a suficeiei Ssum has been, secured to meet the ri 'quirements of the bequests of Mr. ( K. Pearson, of Chicago. e The board conferred the degree< D)octor of D)ivinity upon the Rev' O . Kister, now of Pennsylvania. M Keister wil be remembered by tL p)eople of Newberry as the p)astor< Grace .ehurch at Prosperity son -years ago. -'The dIegr'ee of Master of Arts wvi confered upon Hion. ,John D. Cappc -man, of Charleston, and degrees uptC e those mnemb)ers of the senlior class wi 1had completed the course, The resignation of Dr. Hausechie e was received and accepted as was il resian ation of Mr. W. H-. Caban i. The filling of the vacancies was r - ferred1 to the standing committee. All of the present offleers of ti HEAVY HAIL STORM I k, Through State-Crops Are Badly Damaged and Property Destroy s 44-Heavy Winds and Rains - The State. - arvin, June 10.--Foi more than It one-half hour this afternoon, com , encing something after 4 o'clock, e the largest, hailstorm know to the old a est inhabitant visited this section, to , tally destroying crops in its path. Ac n companying this hailstorm was con - siderahbl -wiaid and the beaviest rain f since the big rains of 1906. The sun 1i has be-n -zhining for nearly an hour e since the hail ceased falling and there I are hailstones on the ground t wo in - ches in diameter. Your correspondent i saw hailstones that wol(d weigh over e a third of a .pound. This sectio.n was visited on July 26, .1006, by a servere wind and destriu e tivp hailstorm, which caused the pla'nters to loose heavily, from which they have never recovered, and now a to be 'visited,.again so soon after by a simi jar catastrophe makes it all the e -worse for the farmers. Many far mere had some hail insurance, but so many of them, the. poorer and more needy, are without hail insurance or anything else. f Po.ultry passing from one building r to another, a distance of pnly 20 feet, e- was instantly killed. The corn crop is in a worse fix than the cotton crop. The farmers are indeed gloomy and s the outlook is desp'erate. There is not s enough cotton seed in the county to f plant over one-twenty-fifth of the 0 area destroyed. OYCLONE AND HAILSTORM IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY. S d Orangeburg, Junie 10.--For the v first time in many years Orangeburg - county wis visited by a genuine cy clone late yesterday afternoon. The e damage so far reported was on the .. Limestone road, about three miles e north of the city, where damage was done by hail as well as wind. Jennings & Smoak of this city, who own a large plantation in this see tion, had just about completed a large t' ginnery consisting of three buildings , and also a six-room dwelling for their - overseer and a store building, all of - which were razed to the ground or f blown for long distances. Parts of s the roofing were found more than d half a mile distant. Fortunately none of the buildings were occupied and n there was no loss of life. Jennings & f Snioak estimate damage to buildings h at $1,500. s Just above Jennings & Smoak the it barns of Mr. D. J. Holloday were blown down and in one instance part of (ne building was blown into the rear of the dwelling, breaking tirough e the walls. On the plantations of I Messrs. J. W. and Hampton Culler ~ barns wvere b)lown dlown andl consider n able damage done.. srI addition to these, several neg roes lost their dwellings or outbuild ings, the area reported covering a Sstrip) about a half mile wide and ab)out two miles long. Of course, as eis usual with cyclones and tornadoes, dthe whole of tis area was not dlevas stated, the storm dippi,ng in spots and .skipping others. t Hailstorm at Camden. n Camden, June 10.-One of the Lt heaviest hfailstorms ever seen in this - sect ion passed over Camden this af .* ternoon, beginning abont 3.30 o'clock. At first there was scat tered falling of f stones each about tile size of a mar L'. ble. r'. Thesice gradually increased in size eandl fregne tly unt il the grou,ndl was f lit t er wi II thnps of ice as l arge as each n:casu mnne fror m hree to four is inchv in diamet er, and as large as - turk -y Qeegs. A hieavy rainfall follow ni Cd tlm- remnarkable stoirm anid this ini o turn eha ngedl to a perfectI downpoiur of p i2'oni egg ;,ii I whic gu 'iickly coy d eredl the sr'tre ah li, e.arpet of ice. s. (i.:e andi cows were ro' tl t, enOver e- how::r and bellowing2. Ma~ny win1doW -ind lylight. were ru,n.d and the te roo t lie Chiero k ceele house is a ir v:wit 1:1' a a!d to p: reports from out of tow%n. but it is sa .d that very litth damage was done t. cotton. t Cloudburst In Bamberg. Bamberg, June 10.-Reports com ing in here today from the Colston < section of the county indicate that an- i other cloudburst was experienced in t that section yesterday afternoon. I This is the second within a month, f and the plinters say that there will b be a very short crop in that neigh- t borhood this yoar; this, applies to cot- c ton and cspeeIally to the corn crop. f Hail Breaks Train Windows. Orangeburg, June 10.-Passengers ( on the train from Columbia this af- t ternoon tell of a terrible hail storm I between St. Matthews a,nd Fort Mot- 1 te, the train passing through the; I storm. The hail was as large as hen .i Bggs. and many windows on the train ( were broken by the hail. No reports of the damage are available, but it is sure to he heavy. 0 WOMEN AT WAR WITH TRUSTS Advance in Price of Cotton Threa'l v Arouse their Ire. a News and Courier. Columbia, June 9.-It. would seem t to be all off with the trusts now, for i sure. And all because of their own < greed. The women are aroused, and while th.is is not a wloman's siffrage conn try still it is well known that the hand tihat sews tlie clothes and darns up the tears rules the world. ''The horrible things! . T never f heard of such an outragreois piece of husiness! T1 is,tto disgusting for any thini! Aind T don't see how we can p()ssihIe make ends neet now at. all! f Such is the lament which has be comec a familiar song. to tle ears of hard-working husbands during theI last few weeks. Not that the horrid f heef tirust has again raised the price of meat or f'hat the electrie light bill is again shoved up as dividend tinie lapproaches. No, it is something much more heinous t'han anything yet known to trust-ridden humanity. It is that tihe thread trust has raised the price of thread. Think of it ! Clark's 0. N. T. spool cotton, whie'h from time immemorial has been sold for five cents per spool is now sold for six cents per spool! Tsn't it the most out ra-eois thimz you ever dre-med of? The retailers 'llve eaiirht t-hunder sinee the raise was ordered a few weeks ago, althou-,h flie retailers are not responsible. But it is simply tooi mnch for t'he house wives, especially as 'f' fruit of the loom'' and other grades of eotton 'Xoods are also selling now for the hi'rhest prices they have ever brought. The advance of one cent on every zpool of colton means a tremendous inerease in tle income of the theai 1rust and it means also a tax oi tle consumers of this eonntry that will I amount to a heavy burden in the course of one year. 'Phue advance may be .inst ied by t'he (cost of labor0 or of' raw material. but facts are facts, and( there is no doubt that this'in crease of price on t.his small article places a heavy bulrden on the common peop)le and once more brings the trust nroblcm home to every man, woman and chilH ini the country. The trust problem, it may he rernarked, may be synonomous with the problem of living or of making a living, for as it affects the individual, the trust pro blem is the problem of the constant lv increasing prics of the necessities1 of life. Tt is a problem which affects miost. seriously thle wage earnier and( heu salary earner, who receive the1 samec pay' weeck in and1( week ont, r'e-1 gardless (of the cost oif th read. TIhie rise iln the priice of cottoni ma terialIs, such as cotton ('lothI and cot, on th read, should correspond wvi th a rise' in thle pici(e of raw cot toil. It wanbl seemQ'O ii ha thue situaiit ion is fa~lv orablep for t he i ganizal Iion of a t rust -uI n ti'i h~Ile cellen I ' ro'4wers. allthoug'h atlIemupts to do this have met -with '1ome degre of ridijeule anid di scour :4' ement1 fromi man li ource(sP. But itven iie price' of raw ci.t in should ritiuet adranl ce tifs fall, from ben'.4 4, Ioiin wroweri f.s muchel as li - b ' 11? What:i abioui the cos.t of' hdb.r. w1hiieb ('nterls 54, lairgely' into lhe east (f pr'oduct ion? With all the proposed solutions of he labor question, which have been dvanced in recent years, the labor ituation this year is perhaps more liscouraging and confused than it has ver been. The unsettled conditions re duOe partly to the nullifleflation of he farm labor contract law by Judge Irawley's decision, and the full of et of the decision may not yet have ieen felt. However, Irrespective of his phase of the situation, the labor onditions appear to be growing worse rom the absoltite indifference to -ork on the part of the negroes. During the last week, while the 'ourt of Oeneral Sessions has been rying cases in which negroes have ieen ohidfly the defendants, there Is been present each day in the Michland Court House, a large ma arity of them being able bodied men. )f course, not a few of these were itnesses present uider the order of he Court, but that does not account or the ability of so large a number f the laboring class to spend day af pr day in idleness. Ai visit to the settlements (a visit Aiicli every householder has to make t intervals in search of a cook) will how the some conditions. In 'Spring Park,'' ''LaMottes Bot oms, '' and ot'her negro settlements n and around Columbia at any time if the day, may lie seen dozens of iegro mIen, sitting each In the front loor of tlie house whie,l is paid for lerhlaps bY his wife or lady love, and im f1ppeal t o any of them to do Some rorki will meel with the unanimous 'esponse. They seem to have solved lie problem of livinz witlioi work II-y. T is the saeia way in the Oiltry. The imeniiros tishing par ies which Ino ilto lower Richland rolm Coluibia every h,%w dlays al rays have the assistance of' a half lozenl or Iorep PPOro niiv,%Ves, who ap war to have nothing to do but to Ish. This may be a long ways off from he thread trust and the price of 0. T. T. eotton, but it is not. When do nestic labor is searce and high and lie necessities of life are also going ip, it is time for the consumer to isk: Where am T at'? Will 15 cents otton this fall prove any consola iOn or give any eomlipeilationi? Per 1i1)s it will if the eolton can be pick d- J. H. How to Get Pure Milk. A very important article of the nonth is '''Roehester's Pure milk 'ampaign.'' by Saiuel Tropkins i:ii lie Juine MClire's, in which Adams leseribes Rochester's pure milk cam aign that, began ten years ago and -esulted last year, with its municipal upply of' pure milk, in the saving of lie lives of onle hundred and fifty -hildrenl 1idler five years of age, it a cost to the City of Rochester of lbou4 seven dollars and a half per m1man life. ''IT. is a cheaper priec for that (imimodity thia;n any ecuonic statin ician (since Malt,hns) has ventured o set. To p'reser've life at so insign leant an expense is perhaps the most uxpert. sp)ecifie achievement of mod. rn hygiene. Tn establishing such a, I andard Roebester has set. an exam >lc for' other commnunit ies to ponder, o take pattern by, as in time all our ities must, to improve upon as, hap )ily, some of our' cities in the full ess of time may.' ''The life saving is accomplished uy furnishing pure milk. Not st.eriliz 'd milk: not pastenrized milk ; not my kind of othedwise-ized, baked, >oiled or met.amorph)losed milk at all, mli just pure, elean milk fuirnishied .i young children in place of fonl, liseased, poisoned milk.'' And Mr'. Adams tells in his instructive article uow the Rochester system was evolv ~d, and gives figures and statements hat graphically proave how simple a )uoh)lem is purie milk-and a munici p)al supply, at that, whio' a H eal th Bureau goes at Ithe problem ini the 'ighil mannoer. That the importance of Rloehiester''s success is r'ecognized wide(ly is 1( shwn by thle factefs that echnical points are being' widely frn ished ini ri'pon< (si5o requesCts b)y the IRoebe ster i' en Ithl nreaui, whichel P'at ioiill iufi oeice, auiI at t le pr'eseiit me thle R ochec'ter' pl ani seemis likely to be followed by other cities.