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. : ',v- ' A' h ,. L. , * :% / s , * v ' ? *' * -' [ . ? " , ,, - ?g^ VOLXLIV NO78T. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY1 .SEP ? EMBER 27. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. SI.50 A YEAR j?T OPENING NEWBERRY COLLEGE. 1|'" More Than Two Hundred Students Enrolled?Speeches of Welcome. The formal opening exercises of Newberry college were held in Holland Hall Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. It is a matter of sincere conhR'' 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 sneh auspicious surroundings. Newberry college, while the property of the Lutheran church of South Ir- Carolina and under the control and K, direction of that denomination, is in no sense a sectarian institution. The 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 fiftieth anniversary of the college was celebrated in 1906. For a few years, from 1869 to 1877, the colilege was located at Walhalla, but even during these years it remained j Newberry college. In the fall of 1877 it was relocated at Newberry and at that- time there were no buildings oni the campus and for a few months' 1 the exercises of the college were conduotcd over the store of Mr. J. J. Dean in the rooms now occupied by Mr. J. Z. Salter as his photograph gallery. By the first of the year 1878 , what is known now as Smeltzer Hall y was sufficiently completed to be oc4 cupied by the college and recitations were taken up in that building. A't that time there we're only Dr. George W. Holland, Prof D. Arlington, ^ George D. Haltiwanger and George B. Cromer as members of the faculty and the enrollment was less than one hundred. These men wcjre faithful teachers and did good work. The institution lias grown in material prosperity and now the campus has three 1 professors' houses, the Keller Memorial, Holland Hall, the Technological building, the Gymnasium building and a modern and up-to-date boarding hall, which has been erected during the past year. The property is easily worth $200,000. The enrollment has also gradually grown and Wednesday morning there were more than two hundred and twenty-five young men and young women matriculated for this school year. The faculty has also grown in number until now there are twelve regular professors besides l^otftors Mayer and Houseal, who lecture on Physiology and Hygiene. They, however, can never oxcel the small faculty of 1877 in devotion to duty and in the conscientious work which they did. It should be mentioned that in 1877 until iiis death Dr. O. B. Mayer, the father of the present Dr. Mayor, lectured regularly to the student body. The faculty at present is composed of Rev. James A. B. Schercr, Ph.D., LL. T)., president and professor of Psychology and Philosophy and Ethics. Dr. Scherer is a graduate of Roanoke college and has done post; graduate work with Pennsylvania college and has had twelve years experience in teaching besides experience in the pastoral work and for ten years as missionary of the Lutheran church in Japan. Rev. Andrew J. Bowers, A. M., D. D., is professor of Ancient Languages and Literature and a graduate of Newberry college and has been connected with the faculty of the college for nearly twenty years. Roy Z. Thomas, A. M., Ph.D., is a new member of the faculty and comas from Missouri. He will fill the chair of Natural Science, which was occupied by Prof. Powell for fifteen j Otto Pntawald, ot the Leland StanFord University, of California, has been elected as professor of English and Modern Languages, but was unaole to come at the opening of the sossion, and Dr. E. B. Set/.ler, a graduate of Newberry college and also of the University of Virginia, will fill J h this position until the end of the i present term. t Sidney J. Derrick, A. M., a gradu- 1 ale of Newberry college, and who, f this cummer, did post-graduate "work in the Columbia University of New i York, fills the chair of History and ' Civics. . 0. B. Cannon, a graduate of New- < berry college, and who has done post- i graduate work in mathematics with t tin; University of Chicago, fills the ( chair of Mathematics. i Charles H. Kicklighter, of the Georgia School of Technology, fills < the chair of Mechanical and Electri- ' cal Engineering. t George B. Cromer, a graduate of Newberry col lego and for eight years pesident, fills the chair of Interna tional Law. ! J. C. Goggans, a graduate of Clem- < son college, is assistant in the engin eering department. i J. E. Cannon, a graduate of New- t berry college, is adjunct instructor of f History and Natural Science. > C. W. Riser, graduate of Newber- i ry college, will have charge of the < Preparatory Department. 1 As has been the custom for several J years, public exercises were held in t the chapel on the opening day, when * t'he pastors of the town extend a word < of welcome to the old as well as to < the new students. i Wednesday morning Chief Justico 1 Y. J. Pope, who has been a member ' of the Board of Trustees since the ( removal of the college to Newberry, 1 and who has regularly attended these a opening exercises when his official : duties permitted it, wa3 the fliyt 1 speaker. He said it was a very great 1 pleasure to him to meet with the * student body and to speak a word to them. The occasion was. an import- ( ant event not only to the young men ' and young women, who were pres- ' cnt as students, but to the people of ' this community and also to the pao- 1 pie of this groat state; it was a 1 great thing to enjoy the privileges, ( which tnese young people are now 1 enjoj"ing; Newberry college was very ' near to the hearts of? the people of ( Newberry and not only so, but it 1 was a benediction to the people of 1 South Carolina. He said that the 1 people of Newberry and the people J of the community, from which the 1 students came, expected great things 1 of them, and he hoped that the stud- 1 ents appreciated the opportunities, 1 which they were now enjoying; there were a great many people who were i defied these opportunities, and he 1 impressed upon the young students I the importance of taking advantage < of their opportunities; he said that < lie took interest not only in their welfare in the college, but in t'heir contests in the athletic field and when ' presiding over the court in Columbia 1 his mind frequently reverted to tho 1 students of Newberry college, and he < [ always took pleasure in their success ' in whatever field they went into conflict. ( Rev. C. B. Miller, who was present from North Carolina, was then call- 1 ed upon, and expressed his great pleasure at being present at the ; opening of Newberry college. ITe : wished that lie, could express what 1 j he felt. As he looked into the bright faces before him he believed that the hope expressed by Judge Pope for tho success of the students, would be realized; he said that there would be many eyes looking upon them this year. Your country calls upon you in the discharge of 7the duties, which I may come to you during your college I' term, which would fit you for the1 j discharge of tho duties of life. The j : facilities, which are now offered tho I! students, are. much better than they j were a few yenrs ago, and if thej' | students fail to rise to the standard I the fault will be theirs. Your conn-^ 1 I try demands of you the very best1 < j service, which you can render. He i i urged them to take school Life scr-1 iously and not be afraid that tlrey! would do too much or learn too much.' Dr. Cromer was then presented to] speak a word in behalf of the fa- {culty,\<whieh he did in a very forcible 11 and striking manner. He called to I then attention some of the remarks j of Solomon. "The student, who did s i . V . lot reaLize the opportunities, which ire presented to him (11111118: his colore life," said Dr. Cromer, "is a 'onl, a:ul the one, who does not take idvanlatre of these opportunities, is a igger tool.*' lie referred to the wo men, who built houses, the one ipon a foundation of stone and tho nher upc.n a foundation of sand and irved the. students with the importnice that they were now building hnrncter and the importance of layng tho foundation good and strong. Rev. E. P. McClintock, who is the >!dest pastor in continuous service in sow-berry, and who has probably atended more of these openings than nr.* oilier person in Newberry, was ^resented and expressed his appre hviion and pleasure of being present, te was pastor here when the college :inie from Walhalla and only put '.own the work about a year ago on iccount of failing health. He slated hat Newberry college had been of rreat benefit to him as a pastor. It vas a stimulus to the pastor iu havng a college in the community and ' jvery preacher needs a stimulus of ;his character. He told the story of m Indian maiden, who had adopted is her motto to make all out of herself that can be made out of an Inlian woman. He said that it was an excellent creed for the young men md young women of Newberry colege to make all out of themselves hat they possibly could, and in this lay of great development in the south md the forming of a new social order, s it were, was very important that the /oung men and young worn- n, who ivere at college, should realize the leccssity of making all out of tliemtelves that it was possible to make. Rev. G. A. Wright, of the Baptist diurcli, w<i8 then presented and said -hat tnere was just one thought, which le wanted to lay upon the hearts and consciences of the student body, and hat was, that the eyes of tho comliunity, the eyes of the teachers, the }yes of the home communities, from vhich tiie students came, were upon ;hem while they were engaged in their jollege work, and lie wanted them to liink of the homes they had left and the sacrifices that were being made >>' ? devoted mother or father in oiler that they might be at college and lave the advantages thus offered, and hen he asked them to take with them the question, "what are you goinoj io do with your opportunities?" Rev. D. G. Phillips, who has within the past year become pastor in Newberry, said that while, of course, liis first allegiance 'was to his own college, yet, he felt now that he owed equal allegiance to Newberry college, [n fact, the purposes and ideals of Riskino and Newberry were very much the same. Dr. Phillips said that lie felt very much at home and appreciated the invitation to be present and in behalf of his own church, he desired to extend a very cordial welcome to the student body to all of the services of his church and that if at any time he could serve tiny of the students, he would be glad to do so. He impressed upon the students that the angel of opportunity had been brought to thoir hands and that it was for them to hold fast until the blessing was assured. He urged their to wrestle manfully with this angel of opportunity. He said it made little difference where th^ starting point was. The main thing was the purpose to be accomplished. Mr. V. B. ease, of the senior class, responded to the several addresses r>f welcome in behalf of the students. Me said that they felt that they were welcome and he believed that tho student body would be faithful and loyal to those who have taken so much interest in them. This closed the erexcises incident to the opening, and Wednesday was occupied in the examination of students and their classification. President Scherer announced that tho students, bofh those in the dormitories and those who live out of the dormitories, would be expected to observe study hours and would not !/e permitted to be out of their rooms at night. It was also announced that tho faculty had decided that the students.would not be permitted lo visit 0 .... f IMM ;:v,. .... tHE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Farmers Trying to Hold Cotton foi Thirteen cents?Meeting of Conference. Prosperity, Sept. 2G.?The cottor cop will l)o unusually short oui farmers say. There were 150 bales of cotton sold here on last Saturday. There hav< been very few bales here this week OUI' farmers art trying; to help tc Ret the price up to 13 cents. Our barber, Geo. Lylcs, has treatec his patrons to new Outfit's in his shop Prosperity can now boast of as nic<! and up-to-date shop as can be found in much larger towns. Come in anc try a shave with George when ii town. \ on ask, Mr.. Editor, what has become of the English sparrows. Thej are on their summer vacation anc have gone to the country. We an sorry to say that they are with iu here. Wo venture the assertion thai they will be with you again in the sweet by and by. Messrs. J. U. Quattlebaum and E C. Mat his made a flying trip t( Ratesburg Sunday and wero caught ir the storm and had to stay ovor til Monday. There must be some strong attractions in that neck of the woods for these young men. Misses Maude and Christine Wysc of Saluda, were in town Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. A. N. 0 rosson hav< returned from Jamestown, Norfolk and Washington. Mr. Crosson is agair at his j)ost at the S. S. Brige Co., anc is receiving the congratuations of hi: many friends. Mr. 0. L. Stuck, of Columbia, made a flying trip to our town on Sunday I>r. and Mrs. Griffith Pugh liavi returned to Columbia after a week': visit to his parents and brother, Mr R. T. Pugh of Prosperity. Dr. Pugl is professor of mathematics in tin Columbia college. Miss Annie Moseley left Wednes day for the College for Women, Co lumbia. Among some of the boys who have gone to Newberry college we note Clifton Kreps, Lindsey Fellers, Lil litis Simpson and Miss Rosalie Wheel or. Messrs. A u merle Singiley and Marks Simpson have returned to col le?o also. We are glad to know tha the college had such a very finv> open ing. Mr. Win. Cappellman. of Charles ton, stopped over for a day on hi way to college with his former col leu'e male, Jno. Pat Wise. 1 am requested to announce tha owing to the meeting of confercnci there will be no preaching servici with Grace congregation on Sunday morning Sunday school will be hel< at 0.45 a. m. in the city hall. Mrs. M. 0. J. Kreps will attend tin convention c>f mission officers of tin United Synod at Charlotte on Sat urday. At this meeting there will hi a farewell meeting with Dr. Browi and Rev. Miller .*ho will leave earl; in October for Japan. Dr. Brown re turns to the field much benefited b; his vacation. Rev. Miller goes out. fd the first time. Dr. Lippard who i now in Chicago will also return t< the mission field at an early day. The equinox was not so severe a il is some years. Much cotton wa blown out and some liltle damag otherwise was done. No hoi.srs wer da maged. "They say now that Fish didn' strike Ilarahan." "Didn't?" "No; just soaked him in a friend 1; manner." pool rooms, and at the same time l)i Sclierer stated that so far as h knew, the pool rooms in Newberr, were conducted as well as any tha he knew of, and his knowledge o course was not experimental, bu that there were two evils resulting to the students from visiting th pool rooms, and for that reason th faculty had decided upon his inhibi t'ion. The first was that it took th money of the students, and the sec ond, it occupied a great deal of tlici time. THE NEWS OF POMARIA. Good Order Prevails?Mistake in 1 Fixing Minimum Price Cotton? Farmers Holding, However. t Pomnria, September 25.?-Mr. John A. Cromer, of the Reuben section, s was in Pomnrin Inst. Saturday. lie hns } I been ill for some time nnd his friends t ) were "find to see that he was strong . enough again to drive down to Po- s > mnria. y Mr. John D. Sheely, of near this I place, hns been quite sick for the past f . few days. His condition, however, o i has improved very much, and !hqi i 1 'hopes to be out again in a couple t 1 days. Mr. Sheely snys that this is i i the lirs't time he has been sick in bed I in forty years. J Mr. L. W. McCownn, who lias been w 1 the policeman here for some months, r I resigned recently to accept similnr c ; work at his former home in Carlisle. } Mr. E. B. Fongle wns elected to sue- y t cced him, and he is now efficiently \ ; performing the duties of this posi- | tion. j Poinaria hns been very quiet this > summer. The order of the place hns c i been excellent, and there seems to bo 1 very little for our officer to do. ? Mrs. R. C. Ligon, 0f Tvn, Ander- v 5 son county, L visiting her daughter, s Mrs. R. M. Setzlcr. it is probable j, ? that she will spend the winter here. s s Another visitor, who hns been most a ; heartily welcomed to our little town, r Arrived on the 19th. She is staying J at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ,T. ,T. (] Hentz, and they are so delighted with her visit that they will insist on her j } staying with them permanently. c The co'tton iu this section has c 3 opened very rapidly during the Inst c 5 couple weeks. Some of the fields are r very full indeed, nnd the cotton wns 1 i more or less damaged by the storm i B of Sunday night. ( Upon an average, the yield of cot- 1 - ton in this vicinity will probably not 1 . be more than 75 per cent if that much, ^ of what it promised a month or six 1 3 weeks ago to be. Where the earlier : varieties were planted, it is not dilfi- 1 - cult to find entire fields in which al- J _ most the whole crop is already open. " I By the wny, Mr. Editor, the quota- ' - tions of the cotton market for last ( I Monday as they appeared in The - Ilerald and News and in the Obscr- 1 ver, were quite different. Which wns ' right ? There is no item of news of ' s more interest to the farmers just at 1 - this time than tiiesc quotations, but ' they are worthless, unless reliable. * Up to the close of last week, about I 0 800 bales of cotton had been sold at p Pomnrin. Not much lias been put on ] Y the market- here since Hint time, due 1 chiefly to the recent decline in prices. The fnrmers generally of this com- < 0 munity sympathize with the purposes c of the Cotton Growers' Association - and the Farmers' Union, vet it is b safe to say that not half of the cot- ? 1 ton will be held for 15 cents. Without Y warehouse facilities, and with bnnk j - notes and lien obligations to be met, ( y it is, with many of them, an impossi- j r bility to hold the bulk of their cotton , s for a price which they can not ivn- , i) sonnbly hope to ohtnin before next ( spring. Tt is unfortunate tha>t I he j s conventions which fixed 15 cents as s the minimum price could not have j j been guided bv a little saner wisdom. . P With 13 cents as the minimum price, j there would have been sufficient co- ' operation to make the demand immediately effective, and very little cotton would have been marketed below that price. The spinners themselves ' would doubtless have perceived the reasonableness of such a demand, ' and would probably have met it in a - cordial spirit; anyway, th?> claws of \ the bear-element in the stock market. 1 e would have been effectively clipped, y As the matter stands, the present con- 1 t d it ion is an impeachment of the effi- ' f eieney of the two organizations which t .made the demand, it disparages their < ?? influence and gives strength to the i e bear-clement in the cotton market, e The practical result will likely be : - that n much larger portion of the e crop will be marketed at 11 cents - than at la. It is a consolation to r J know, however, that the South Car- L oiiun representatives in the eonven-1 SILVER STREET NEWS. 'Tow Warehouse Company Prospering ?The Town Taking on Now Life ?Off to College. Silver Street, Sept. 2G.?As there coins to be 110 correspondent at this )lncc for your paper 1 will assume he roll of reporter. The crop situation around this point corns somewhat bettor than last 'car. Quite a number of our young riends have returned to different alleges in the statu. Among thorn nay be mentioned, Miss Lucy Sonn, o Ohicorn college, Miss Maggie Livngstou to Lander College. Miss bertha Coleman to Columbia college, Icssrs. Will drop and Shealy to demon, Mr. Patrick Coleman to Newberry and H. G. Coleman to South iCar>lina University. Messrs. R. M. Werts and E. II. longshore will change their residence o Newberry soon. We are sorry to ose these substantial and enterprisng men. It is understood that, a school and 'hurch will be established here soon, We are glad to know that the Sil'cr Street Warehouse Co. is meeting nth success from the beginning. This success of the enterprise should he issured when it is understood that so nfe and conservative business man Mr. B. Mayer Havird is selected as , ira linger. We note with pleasure the progress >f other enterprises here. Special mention is due Mr. J. C. nabinet in conducting one of the fin*t equipped and most up-to-date mahme and repair shops to be seen >utside of our largest cities. Mr. Inibinet has spared neither pains nor noney in supplying his shops with ill the improved labor saving ma'hincry and with the experienced iclp which he has, is in position to cpau almost all kinds of machinery, 'Chicles, etc. He secures his motive xnver from one of the late model tasoline engines and his machine for ippJymg rubber tires |o buggies is i marvel ,,1' ingenuity. It js easily 'ccn that I his young man is meeting villi deserved success by the amount >1 work he is turning out daily. Well, Mr. Editor, we are expecting ? ,,aVe I'tlle town here someone, cs^cially if we can induce a ugh class of young men to locate here, 1,1(1 '"?? we wnnt to say that we need iioiv young ladies. Wo will lot you hear more of outown again. jyj HUNTER TO BE TRIED IN GREENWOOD COUNTY Solicitor Cooper Succceds in Getting Change of Venue for Slayer of Elbert Copeland. Tho State. Lamrens, Sept. 2r,.?The case of he States vs. O. Wash Hunter, charged with the murder of Elbert Copland in July, 1 <)<)(>, has been transferred to Greenwood county for its next rial. 1 he change of venue was grant d today by Judge Ernest Oarv who s lm'siding over the sessions of the 'ommon pleas court here this week. T,u- "''"oval of the case was nought up by Solicitor If. A. Coop. who submitted a number of numcr)us|y signed affidavits, to the effect lint in view of the; repeated mistrials, family canned ion, which is large V"1 )"omineiit, and other complication, a fair trial is obviously out of the question in Laurens. The motion was opposed by Messrs. W. R. Richey and C. L. Hlcase, of counsel for the defense, who also introduced affidavits signed by many fitizens who believe the case can be settled in Laurens with justice to all. lion were not responsible for this ['ondjtion. I hose clamorous for the l"> cent minimum jyice, it is understood, were the delegates from tho west and southwest?-states that do not have a reputation for sticking for anything which their selfishness . [Iocs not prompt. S,