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VOL XLIV NO, 87. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY' SEP.-EMBER 27. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR OPEUNG NiWB MY wOLLEGE. More Than Two Hundred Students Enrolled-Speeches of Wel come. The formal opening exercises of Newberry college were held in Hol land Hall Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. It is a matter of sincere con gratulation to the friends of New berry college, not only in Newberry, but throughout South Carolina and North Carolina and Georgia, as well, that the college has opened under such auspicious surroundings. New-berry college, while the proper ty of the Lutheran chureh of South Carolina and under the control and direction of that denomination, is in no sense a sectarian institution. TheI people of Newberry without regard to the .denominational lines feel a just pride in the institution and take as much interest in it as if it were not a Lutheran college, and really feel and show by their actions that it -is their college. The ftieth anniversary of the col lege- was celebrated in 1906. For a few years, from 1869 to 1877, the eol lege was located at Walhalla, but ev en during these years it remained Newberry colege. In the fall of 18 it was relocated at Newberry and at that time there were no buildings on i the campus and for a few months I the exercises of the college were con .&eted over the store of Mr. J.3. < Dean in the roomy now occupied by i Mr. J. Z. Salter as his photograph i gallery. By the first of the year 1878 what is known now as Smeltzer Hall < was sufraciently completed to be oc- J cpied by the college and recitations i were taken up in that building. M that time there were bnly Dr. beorge t W. and Prof . -Arington, a eo*ge D. -Eaitiwanger and George B. Oromer -s members of the faeulty e bnd the enrollment was less than one t hundred. These men w4re faithfl F teaehers and did good work. The in- j stitution has grown in material pros- E perity and now the campus has three j: professors' houses, the Keller Memor- n ial, Holland Hall, the Teehnological building, the Gymnasium building and a modern and up-to-date board- S ing hall, which has been erected dIt- P ing the past year. The property is 0. easily worth $200,000. The enroll- si ment has also gradually grown and 0: Wednesday morning there were more el - than two hundred and twenty-five w young men and young women matri- w culated for this school year. The fa- d< eulty has also grown in number until' in now there are -twelve regular profes- thi 'sors besides ]godtors Mayer and Hou- 01 ~seal, who leture on Physiology and he Hygiene. They, however, can never,f w ercel the small faculty of 1877 in cc Sdevotion to duty and in the conscien- P1 tions work which they did. hi lIt should be mentioned that in 1877 until his death Dr. 0. B. Mayer, the .a father of the present Dr. Mayer, leet- i tired regularly to the student body. The faculty at present is composed.f of Rev. James A. B. Scherer, Ph.D., LL. D., president and professor ofe Psychology and Philosophy and P1 Ethics. Dr. Seherer is a graduate of *~ 1Roanoke college and has done post; W graduate work with Pennsylvania Jhe college and has had twelve years ex- jr perience in teaching besides experi- J ho ence in the pastoral work and for ten|Isu~ years as missionary of the Lutheran li chureh in Japan. Rev. Andrew J. Bowers, A. M., D. te D., is professer~ of Ancient Languages a and Literature and a graduate of ter Newberry college and has been con-~ dis nected with the faculty of the col- g lege for nearly twenty years.' stu Roy Z. Thomas, A. M., Ph.D., is a we: new member of the faculty and comes1 stu from Missouri. He will fill the chair the of Natural Science, which was oceu-1 try pied by Prof. Powell for fifteen j ser years.ur Otto Paz:rald, of the Leland Stan- Iiou ford University, of California, has~ woi been elected as professor of English I and Modern Languages, but was n- spe able to come at the opening of the euli session, and Dr. E. B. Setzler, a grad- and nate of Newberry college and also of the this position until the end of the present term. Sidney J. Derrick, A. M., a gradu ate of Newberry college, and who, this aummer, did post-graduate work in the Oolumbia University of New York, fills the chair of History and Civics. 0. B. Cannon, a graduate of New berry college, and who has done post graduate work in mathematics with the University of Chicago, fills the chair of Mathematics. Charles H. Kicklighter, of the Georgia School of Technology, fills the chair of Mechanical and Eleetri cal Engineering. L George B. Cromer, a graduate of Newberry college and for eight years ptsideut, fills the chair of Interna-,' tional Law. J. C. Goggans, a graduate of Clem-11 son college, is assistant in the engin eering department. a J. E. Cannon, a graduate of New- t berry college, is adjunct instructor of g History and Natural Science. M C. W. Riser, graduate of Newber- ii ry college, will have charge of the e Preparatory Department. ti As has been the custom for several a years, public exercises were held in 4: ;he chapel on the opening day, when sf ,he pastors of the town extend a word d )f welcome to the old as well as to e: ;he new students. Wednesday morning Cihief Justice T. J. Pope, who has been a member >f the Board of Trustees since the -emoval of the college to Newberry, md who has regularly attended these a pening exercises when is ofikieal P Luties permitted it, was . the fArA w peaker. He said it was a very great n pleasure to him to meet with the e tudent body and to speak a word to hem. The oceasaion w .impor. nt eveat not only to the young men h he and young women, who were- pres. nt as students, but to the people of eo iis community. and also to- the Paot le of this great state;. it was a reat thing to enjoy the privileges, ey hich these young people are now W joying; Newberry college was very th ear to the hearts of* the people of eo ewberry and inot only so, but it th -as a benediction to the people of th' outh Carolina. He said, that the by eople of N wberry and the people de Sthe community, from- which the hla udents came, expected great things th1 them, and he hoped that the stud- th4 its appreciated the opportunities, Jto hieh they were now enjoyiing; there ] ere a great many people who were in shied these opporturrities, and he Ne~ ipressed upon the young students his e importance of taking advantage col their opportunities; ,he said that eqi took interest not only in their In elfare in the college, but in their Era ntests in the athletic field, and when ..mu esiding over the court in Columbia 'he s mind frequently reverted to the pre adents of Newberry college, and he ent ways took pleasure in their success he whatever field they went into con-' we] et. of Rev. C. B. 'Miller, who was present tha >m North~ Carolina, was then ecal- any upon, and expressed his great to easure at being present at the stu ening of Newb4rry college. He ity shed that he, could express what and felt. As he looked into the bright unt ~es before him he believed that the urg pe expressed by,.Judge Pope for the this ~cess oif the students, would be rea- it ed; he said that there would be1 stai ny eyes looking upon them this was tr. Your country; calls upon you in i discharge of ghe duties, which resi y come to von during your colleges of 3 m, which wouN fit you for the!iHe charge of the "duties of life. The web ilities, which are now offered the I stud dents, are. much better than they.|loya c'e a few years ago, and if the mue dents fail to rise to the standard TI fault will be theirs. Your coun- to t: demands of you the very best .oceu v'ice, which you can -render. Heients 'ed them to take school life ser-1p sly and not be afraid that they the ild do too much or learn too much. oi )r. Cromer was then presented to dorn ak a word in behalf of the fa- iobse ;y, w'hich he did in a very forcible- be p, striking' manner. He called toi at n: Lr attention some of the remarks the I Solomon. "The student. who did ents not realize the opportunities, which ire presented to him during his col Lege life," said Dr. Cromer, "is a rocl, and the one, who does not take Advar tare of these opportunities, is a .igger fool." He referred to the -wo men, who built houses, the one uaon a foundation of stone and the .her upGu a foundatdon of sand and irzed the. students with the import ince that they were now building :haracter and the importance of lay ng the foundation good and strong. Rev. E. P. McClintock, who is the 1!dest pastor in continuous service in sewh erry, and who has probably at en(!ed more of these op)eninrs than n-.- other person in Newberry, was >resented and expressed his appre ia.: ion and pleasure of being present. le was pastor here when the college ame from Walhalla and only put own the work about a year ago on ecount of failing health. He stated 2at Newberry college hadrbeen of reat benefit to him as a pastor. It ,as a stimulus to the pastor in hav ig a college in the community and very preacher needs a stimulus of is character. He told the story of a Indian maiden, who had adopted her motto to make all out of her ,If that can be made out of an In an woman. He said that it was an reellent creed for the young men id young women' of Newberry col ge to miake all out of themselves ,At they possibly could, and in this Ly of great development in the south id the forming of a new social order, it were, was very important that the iung men and young wour n, whok m at college, should realize the eessity of making all out of them. Ives that it was.possible to make. Rev. G. A. -Wright, of the ftptist ureh, was then presented and saiO at there was jUst one thought,.which wanted to lay upon the hearts and useiences of the student bWdy, and at was, that the eyes of the eom mnity, the eyes of the teachers, the es of the home communities, from dch the students came, were upon d .m while they were engaged in their i lege work, and he wanted them to nk of the homes they had left and 9 : sacrifices that were being made a devoted mother or father in or i that they .might be at college and e ye the advantages thus offered, and' ~n he asked them to take with them l question, "what are you going do with your opportunities?''" lev. D. G. Phillips, who has with the past year become pastor in wherry, said that while, of course, 1 first allegiance 'was to his own lege, yet, he felt now that he owed ial allegiance to Newberry collegoe.0 fact, the purposes and ideals of ;kine and Newberry were very eh the same. Dr. Phillips said that felt very much at home and ap-a ciated the inviitation to be pres and in behalf of his own churefu, "' desired to extend a very eordial U come to the student body to all ui the services of his church and a t if at any time he could serve of the students, he would be glad i do so. He impressed upon the tu lents that the angel of opportun-- 1 had been brought to their hands t that it was for them to hold fast "1 il the blessing was' assured. He tl ad them to wrestle manfully with. angel of opportunity. He said it nade little difference where the bi ting point 'was. The main thigg ot ,the purpose to be accomplished. da r. V. B. ease, of the senior class, onded to the several addresses relcomne in behalf of the students. sti said that they felt that they were ome and he believed that the ' ent body would be faithful and me I to those who have taken so . 5 interest in them. uis closed the erexcises ineoident se de opening, and Wednesday was kn pied in the examination of' stud- we and their classification, he -esident Scherer announced that coi ~tudents, both those in the dormi- the s and those who live out of the to iitories, would be expected to po< eve study hours and would not jfac ermitted to be out of their rooms Jtio> *ght. It was also announced that mo: ~aculty had decided that the stud- ond THE NEWS OF PROSPEBITY. Farmers Trying to Hold Cotton for Thirteen cents-Meeting of Conference. Prosperity, Sept. 26.-The cotton cr.op will be unusually short our farmers say. There were 150 bales of cotton sold here on last Saturday. There have been very few bales' here this week. 3ar farmers art trying to help to get the price up to 13 cents. Our barber, Geo.. Lyles, has treated his patrons to new-butfits in his shop. Prosperity can now boast of as nice and up-to-date shop as can be found in much larger towns. Come in and try a shave with George when in town. You ask, Mr..Editor, what has be come of the English sparrows. They are on their summer vacation and have gone to the country. We are sorry to say that they are with us here. We venture the assertion that they Wii bi with you again in the sweet by.Wd by. Messr. J. D. Quattlebaum and E. C. Mathis made a flying trip to Batesburg Sunday and were caught in the storm and had to stay over till Kfonday. Thetr must be some strong attractions in that neek of the woods fo'r these young men. Misses Maude and Christine. Wyse, D,f Salda, were in town Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. 0rosson have returned from Jamestown, Norfolk inc Washington. Mr. Crosson is again itis post-t the S. S.Br.ige Co., apd a -reeeiving the congratuations of his nany friends. Mr. 0. L\ Stok, of Colnbia, made 1ying'trip tolour town on Sunday. 3. ai1t Mrs. Griffith Pugh have i *etied to Columbia after a week's. riiito ;his, parentn and brother, Mr.' L T. Pgh of Prosperity. Dr. Pugh. s professor.. of mathematies in the- C )olumbia college. Miss Annie Moseley left Wednes- t 'y for the College for Women, Co- b ambia. 0 Among some of the boys who have .* one to Newberry college we note: v llifton KrePs, Lindsey Fellers, Lil- c us Simpson and Miss Rosalie Wheel- nz r. Mcosrs. Aumerle Singdey and [arks Simpson have returned to eol- t~ age also. We are glad to know that 3~ de college had such a very finr@ open- E Mr. Win. Cappellman, of Charles- r n, stopped over for a day on his xx 4& to college with his form'~er col- t] nge mate, Jno. Pat Wise. .ti I am requested to announce that wing to the meeting of conference 84 1ere will be no preaching service~ p ith Grace coigregation on Sunday i orning. Sunday school will be held el :0.45 a. m. in the city hall. T Mrs. M. 0. J. Kr'eps will attend the mn invention of mission officers of the ol nited Synod at Charlotte on Sat- ai day. At this meeting there will be sa farewell meeting with Dr. IBrown to d Rev. Miller rho will leave early w October for Japan. Dr. Brown re- n< rns to the field much benefited by lit s vaeation. Rev. Miller goes out for bi e first time. Dr. Lippard who is fo w in Chicago will also return to so e mission field at an early day. s The equinox was not so severe as C O is some years. Mueh cotton was Jth own out and some little damage be berwise was done. No houses were W mnaged. 1th di~ "They say now that Fish didn't -ike Harahan.'' th "Didn't?"'' 'No; just soaked him in a friendly rei mnner." coi ol rooms, and at. the same time Dr.~ the herer stated that so far as he wo ew, the pool rooms in Newberry As re conducted as well as any that dit knew of, and his knowledge of e ie irse was not expsrimental, but .mna tt there were two evils resulting' inf the students from visiting the bet >l rooms, and for that reason, the Thi ulty had decided upon his inhibi- tha 2. The first was that it took the ero ney of the students, and the see- tha [, it occupied a great deal of their knc THE NEWS OF POMARIA. Good Order Prevails-Mistake in Fixing Minimum Price Cotton Famers Holding, However. Pomaria, September 25.-Mr. John A. Cromer, of the Reuben section, was in Pomaria last Saturday. He has been ill for some time and his friends were glad to see that he was strong enough again to drive down to Po maria. Mr. John D. Sheely, of near this place, has been quite sick for the past few days. His condition, however, has improved very much, and hq !hopes to be out again in a couple days. Mr. Sheely says that this is the first time he has been sick in bed in forty years. Mr. L. W. MeGowan, who has been the policeman here for gome months, resigned recently to accept similar work at his former home in Carlisle. Mr. E. B. Feagle was elected to sue. eeed him, and he is now efficiently performing the duties of this posi. ion. Pomaria has been very quiet this mmer. The order of the place has been excellent, and ithere seems to be irery little for our officer to do. Mrs. R. C. Ligon, of Iva, Ander ;on county, is visiting her daughter, Ifrs. B. M. Setzler. It is probable Ihat she will spend the winter here. Another visitor, who has been most Leartily welcomed to our little town, Lrrived on the 19th. She is staying Lt the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ientz, and tliey a;e so delighted with ter visit that they will insist on her taying with them permanently. The coton in this section has. pened very rapidly during .the last ouple weeks. Some of the -fields ar= ery full -indeed, and 3he cotton was orm or, liss' Admged by the stom f Sunday night. Upon an average, the yie4:f cot n in this vicinity'will probably not e more than 75 per cent if that much, f what it promised a month or six reeks ago to be. Where the earlier arieties were planted, it is not diffi Ilt to find entire fields in which al ost the whole crop is already open. Bythe way, Mr. Editor, the quota ons of the cotton market for last [onday- as they appeared in The [erald and News and in the Obser ar, were quite different., Which -was gift? Tljere is no item of news of ore interest to the farmers just at tis time than these quotations, but ' uey are worthless, unless ,reliable. Up to the close of last week, about t 0O bales of cotton had been sold at )maria. Not much has been put on e market here since that time, due tiefly to the recent decline in prices. ie farmers generaily of this eom unity sympathize with the purposes 'the Cotton Growers' Association Ld the Farmers' Union, yet it is fe to' say that not half of the cot- 2 n will be held for 15 cents. Without trehouse facilities, and with bank ~ tes and .lien obligations to be met, e is, with many of them, an imnpossi-- 1 ity to hold the bulk of their cotton jri r a price which they can not rea- 4 aably hope to obtain before next je, ring. I.t is unfortunate that the is aiventions whieh fixed 15 cents as a minimum price could not have en guided by a little saner wisdom.b ith 13 cents as the minimum price, e are would have been sufficient co eration to make the demand imme Ltely effective, -and very lit-tle cot wonld have been marketed below et priee. The spinners themselves uld doubtless have perceived the th~ Lsonableness of such a demand,t1 I would probably have met it in a -dial spirit; anyway, the claws of bear-element in the stock market CO uld have been effectively clipped. tr the matter stands, the present con- i ion is an impeachment of the effi- "s icy of the two organizations which - :le the demand, it disparages their 'tit luence and gives strength to the e o r-element in the cotton market. I13 practieal result will likely be st< t a much larger portion of the we p will be marketed at 11 cents no ni at 15. It is a consolation to fol w. however, that the South Oar- do, SILVBE STREET NEWS. New Warehouse Company Prospering -The Town Taking on New Life -Of to College. Silver Street, Sept. 26.-As there seems to be no correspondent at this place for your paper I will assume the roll of reporter. -The crop situation around this point seems somewhat better than la-t year. Quite a number of our young friends have returned to different colleges in the state. Among tiem may be mentioned, -Miss Lucy Senn, to Chieora college, Miss Maggie Liv-. ingston to Lander College, Miss Bertha Coleman to Columbia college, Messrs. Waldrop and -Shealy to Clem son, Mr. Patriek Coleman to Newber. ry and H.~ G. Coleman,to South Obar olins University. Messrs. R. M. Werts and E. H. Longshore will change their residence to Newberry soon. We are sorry to lose these substantial and enterpiis ing men. It is understood that a sehool and ehurch will be established here soo& We are 'glad toknow that the-Sil ver Street Warehouse Co. is meeting-1 with eameess from the beginning. This success of the enterprise should be assured ihen it is understopd that so. safe and conservhtive business min as Mr. B. Mayer Havird is seleetid as manager. We note with pleasure the.yrogress of other enterprises here. Special mention is due. -Mr. J.LC. [nabinet in eonducting one of he fn'. est e<quipped and most up4o4ate ma ehine:.and repir shops- to-be -see Dutsid of our largest cities. Mr., In. abinit "hax spared neither pains nor noney-~ in. supplyiig his' lhdps -wii all the improved labor/;saving as4 iunery and .with: the experienced ilp which he has is. in "powIi to repair almost :all inds of miehinery rhieles, etc. He. seourds his motive ower from one of the 4late model gasoline engines and his machine for. ipplying rubber tires to buggies is'. marvel of ingenuity. It is easily. ;een that this young man is meeting with deserved success by the alnount f work he is turning- oit dily. Well, Mr. Editor, we are expecting~ o have a nice little town here some 3me, esdca.lly if we can induce a tigh class of young men to locate hereT and too, we want to say that we n'esd nore young~ .,dies. We will let you hear more of our own again. M. [UNTER TO BE 1'IED IN GREENWOOD QOUNTY 'olicitor Cooper Succeeds in Getting Change of Venue for Slayer of Elbert Copeland. e State. Laurens, Sept. 25.--The case of ie States vs. G. Wash Hunrter, eharg I with the murder of Elbert Cope n4 in July, 1906, has been transfer ~d to Greenwood county for its next ial. The change of venue w'asgrant I today by Judge Ernest Gary who presiding over the sessions of ther mmon pleas court here this week. The removal of the case was *oug'ht up by Solicitor R. A. Coop ,who submi4tted a number of numer isly signed affidavits, to the effect at in view of the repeated mistrials, mnily cannection, whieh is large d prominent, and other conmplica >nl, a fair trial is obviously out of - e question in Laurens. The motion was opposed by Messrs. .R. Riclhey and C. L. Blease, of unsel for the defense, who also in dueed affidsvits signed by many ;izens who believe'h ease can be b~ted in Laurens with justice to all. n were not responsible for this - adition. Those clamorous for the cent minimum pice, it is under >od, were the delegates from the st and southwest-states that do have a reputation for sticking anything which their selfishness . is ntprompt. S.