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iDe HcralD anD Jews. f) VOL XLV NO, 47 NEWBERRY, S. O.. FRIDAY, JUNE 12 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR ||l h ? Commencemt ' At New t GLASS OF THIRTY-ONE I RECEIVES DIPLOMAT I MEDALS, HONORS AND DE A GREES AWARDED. K Literary Address by Hon. Juo. Bel M Keeble?Dr. Schercr's Eloquent H Farewell to Graduates. Wednesday witnessed Ihe close o1 HQ one <>l (lie most successful commence intuits in (ho history of Newborn QB< college. One of 11n* largest classe: ever soul oul from (In* institution re HI eoivod diplomas. Thirty young met B and one young ladv received theii diplomns and 111? (o>d-spood of In tni'ully mm! llu friends i i New H Considering this is ;i denomination al institution, and that the Lnthenu population in this State, undei Eft whose fostering en re is the college is only about nine thousand, tin |H record of the past year is remarkably HB fine. Tt is true, however, that whih SH it is denominational it is not see tarian and students come from othei MB denominations, and from North Car ny olina, (Jeorgia and other Stales. ' ilwr There are no changes In the faculty |fw( for next year and the greatest liar mony and co-operation is maintain iSm ed among the faculty, student, body a|& and the friends of the institution anc 8?? every one rejoices nr the prosperity r' H "l0 iU1(l I'10 ?<>od work i NUi?? doing. President Scherer left yesterda1 for a trip to the west and while away uill call upon Dr. I). K. Pearsons, o (uiicngo, w!io lias already been a 1 i 1 > e.Vd bcnelactor of the college, am w N probably interest him in furthe dotations to this institution. Vlie valedictory on Wednesday morning- was delivered by Mr 1*\ Wm Cappolinnnn. who was awarded lirs honor in a remarkably strong anr large class. Mr. Cappelmann is : Charleston boy. The following are the young mei chosen to represent it In the delivery [ . of commencement p-roches: Virgil B. Sense?Salutatory. J. M. Bcdenbaugb?Our Flag. A. .7. Bowers, Jr.?Political Popu laril.y. i Tabor L. ITill?Toe Corner Stoiv of our Nation. J. Irby Koon?The Tragedy of tin Race. | .T. B. Moose?Kdu-afion the llopi of Democracy. B. K. Petrca?The Modern Novel. I'\ W. Cappelmann?Valedictory. At the conclusion of the VaIodic tory President Scherer announce) that the faculty had decided that th awarding of certificates would b more rigidly guarded in the futun than in tlio past, the purpose beini to raise the standard of scholarship He saiil the faculty congratulate* themselves along with the citizens o Newberry on the successful closing of another commencement of the col lege. He realized that the eollogi could not lie what they wanted it ti bo without the co-operation of th people ol Newberry and I lie officer |( (>f the institution. Tie realized Ilia f tlio college owed much to the pen pie of Newberry. Dr. Scherer staled tint! the facnlt; had decided that instead of selectim some one lo present each of the sov oral medals, I hat they should be pre son led by the president of the col logo. This saves time and the pre sent a lion was well done by Di Scliorer. The I nivorsily of Virginia Inn been so pleased with the standari of scholarship at Tsowborry that i decided to award n scholarship ii the university to some member o (lie senior class who would pass ex atninal ion entitling him to lha II 'holarship. The scholarship i t *i*t h $12").0d. 11 was awarded t I. John Hnxlor .Moose, of Nortl Phronakosminn and Excel ?r literary societies award a mod t $nt Closes berry College | :il t<> that member of the Sophomore (class who delivers the lust deelama v (ion. This contest was held in llol/ land hall on Monday and the medai was awarded to Mr. II. |{. SchaelVer . with honorable menrfon to Mr. A1 tin Johnstone. ( liiel Justice \. ,1. Pope and Co I 1 ()- Sehumpert have for several years furnished a medal to that mem ber ot the junior class who wouh deliver the best oration. This eonp lest was held on Monday night am .'the medal was awarded to Mr. () . j B. Ritchie, of North Carolina. , Rev. <'. P. Bon/.er ami Mr. W. A _ Moselev provide a medal for thai i member ot the junior class who wil r pass the best examination in flreek , The medal was awarded to Mr. () B. Ritchie, o| North Carolina, wit! honorable mention to Mr. 15. C. Mon _ I roe, of Xort h Carolina. 1 Mi. (). B. Mayer |>ro vitN's ;i meda (, hir that member ol the senior clas> who will pass the best examimitioi s in history, the subject to be assigne< . by the faculty. The subject this yeai was "American History." ami tin _ medal was awarded to Mr. Holly [( Lee Harmon, of South Carolina with honorable mention to Mr. .1 B. Moose, of North Carolina, am , I*\ W. Cappelmann, of South Caro linn. Mr. John M. Kinard provides ; , medal for that member of the fresh 1 class who will stand the best ex amination for enl--:iee into tin I Sophomore class. The medal was awarded to Mr. CSrady Hipp, wit! ; honorable mention or Miss Kllcn R \\ heeler, of Newberrv. p Rev. ('. K. \\ elf n.*>r, of Columbia _ provides a medal for the best ex 1 amination in l!erina>;, covering a lw? years course. The medal was awardei to Mr. l'\ \V. Cappelmann, of Char k, lesion. Hon. A. F. Levei' and Mr. C. .1 ( Ramage have provided the (ieo. \V j Holland Philosophy medal, whiel ^ covers a course of two years, beini awarded at the colse of the sonioi x year. The medal was won by Mr. F W. Cappelmann, of Charleston, wit I honorable mention of Jacob Mood1 Bedenbaugh, of Newberry, and Join Baxter Moose. A scholarship covering; tuition fo one year has been provided by Mr Q T. II. Hunt, of Newberry, to tha student who will prepare the bes B article for publication in the Stylus and is known as the magazine scho larship. This scholarship was 'wc.tj by Mr. Percy L. (lei-or, and the sub ject of the article which won tin scholarship was "Sydney Lanier." The essay medal Ich is awardei j to that member of the senior das p who produces the best original cssa; on a subject lo be assigned by th< faculty was awarded to Mr. Virgil 1! y Sense, of Little Mountain It is a requirement of gradual ioi j that each member of the senior elas j. prepare an essay. The faculty ex y amined the essays and selected llv " which were placed in the Innds o a commit tee composed of Hon. Join } Bell Keeble, Rev. J. I). Kinard am lion. A. K. Tjcver, who made th -ward as stated. The subject thi * year was "The Greatest Living Am erican and \\ liy." The \oiiiig mm who won the medal answered III question "'Robert F.. Lee*' and rea< K an essay upon that basis. I he honorary degree of doctor o divinity was conferred upon Rev Walton 11. fireever, of Colmnhiii The degree of doctor of humanitie was conferred upon Col J no. I* llohbs, of New ^ orl\.- The degi'ee < doctor of lifr.iture was confenvi (1 upon Mr. I). B. Musbv, of Saluda rl The honorary degree of master o t arts was conferred upon Rev. V. Y u Boozer and Mr. (J. 1<\ McAllister, o f North Carolina, and Ro?*. T. ' SIk elev, of (Seorgia. The degree o t master ot arts was conferred upoi s Rev. Iv. L. Livingstone ami Rev. W o 11. Miller, tliev having-1alien (lie post h !?radmite course prescribed for tha degree. Dr. Schcrcr's Address. I- President Scherer's address to thi graduating class, in nwnnlttijf the <li- 1 plomas, \v?s one of (li?> most elo- 1 i i ?|lient ('Hurls ever heard in Newber-ji I j rv. ('ontaininy sound advice and! J delivered with an earnestness which ji ' is chaructcristi,. u| ,\lr. Scjici'cr, ami , pure ami beautiful in diction, it was , .jan oratorical <jeni. j i . ( I 'resident Seiu-rcr said: j: I ^ iv a hand ol' youny Knights. ' > j ^ on have won your spurs. Von i.iv ' ,| taring torth with hi? *!i ideals, about |: | "In ride abr > id re^t'o^iny hiKuan ! . j wTonys. Do vn'i remember the|: | > beaut i I'nl creed o| | he K iiiI!l> <>i' i ; . ! I he Konnd Table I i I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the ki~- as if he were I'lieir conscience, and their conscience as iheir kiny; I I'o break the heathen and uphold the j j ('hrist, . J 1 o ride abroad rcdre>siny hnnian wr??nys, i ! lo speak no slander, no. nor listen to it. To honor his own -'ord as if his ^ | (Sod's, t lo lead sweet live> in purest ehastitv, lo learn hiyli tiioicjlit, and amiable 1 words , And courtliness and the desire1 of . i fame. . And love of truth, and all that makes a man.'' 1 i j, II was easy lor tnem to yive this ' glorious pledye., standing brave at I I he commencement of things, clad I "in silver-shininti r.rnior, starry' J clear. " Hut how faed the pledye with > | usage. Mod red fell foul of a false "j heart, (lawain's envious pride over* bore him, and even Sir Lancelot's j noble spirit could i-.r be plucked [ asunder from his flesh. Today is heyi day; it is easy (or you to pledye in ' i your noble commencement speeches, , to redress human Wionys, and tight | ; evil wherever you limt it. and resist popularity when the price is surren" j der of principle, and serve the one flay. lint how will it fare with yo,i 'land your pledyes when yen meet the foe 1 l | , ; ' bere are at least three Knaves * that lie in ambush for each forthfaring young Knight. I put you on j your guard ayainst tliom. ' j I he first wears a leer. Von have i written on the sleeve about your helmet, "lie conquers who eonquers self." Spell self backwards. . and you can guess the name of the j Knave with the leer. K-l-e-s and an ( ill spells self in its naked tleshiness. ,f Shall your flesh-self'* conquer you, or _ shall your motto hold? Sometimes he | lights in company with a fair but . slranye woman, and you mistake him [i for a Kniyht; but his visor hides a leer unless your love be pure. Some| times he dazzles you with the glitter s ot gold, or the ylil'fering banner of fame, and you cannot see his leer. p But he is warring ayainst your 1 spirit and will entrap it in a roseflesh net, and bind you hard and i fast upon the dirty ground unless s yon remember Sir fialahad, whose . strength was as the strength of ten, p because his heart was pure. 1 Then there is the Knave who jeers, r. J There is more than one. lie hides I behind the bush on every highway e of the world, and you will hear him 5 before the month is out. ITe does not - .believe in your patriotism, or in anyi|bodv's patriotism, lie says t hat purj i'V in politics is an irridescent dream, il j ITe lauyhs boisterously a' what lie j calls Sunday school statesmanship, f | lie says that your vision s ;i mirage, | and your task in vain. He calls you i. j a yoiiny fool and :i fanatic, and pro ; mises you will i?row worhllv-wise as . j you grow older, (rod forbid! Your f ' most priceless possession is von" rl ! yon I h I ul ideals. Fight for them' to i. [the last ditch. Hut you will feel no f j sharper or more rankling weapons . j than the shafts of a gross and ca'rP j nal ridicule. You may expect many . ;i poisoned thrust from the javelin j I of the jeer. 1 Hnf the most dangerous Knave of} tin in all, for college men especially,! is the little demon of the nicer, who i will fight you not from without, but j will try to steal info your bosom like a malignant worm and disease ' you into a cynic. College men acquire il 1 lieorios; an unused tlieorv makes tho | useless doctrinaire wno sits in the <j idieap seat (if the scornful and sneers | :il the I hi tins (lull arc wrong". Doc- I Irinc must be turned into deed if I your cidlego learning' is in menu ] I might to you or In (lie world? you | v must nut be critics, out creators, re- s >pon>ihlc to (intl as stewards for the leu talents lie lias given to vour ; keeping. Scorn only the liase; dc- I *pise only the fool; Contemn nothing i hut l In* mi wort liy; and sneer never i ;it all. Above all. lorefeud your- l selves against tlie possible day wlier. I I lie cut lirmied demon of supercilious > ['outeinpt may lead ;vou to sneer at I ' he ideals of your youth. Ii is llie I ideals lluil are right and line; it is ; the cynicism thai *s wrong ami a > lie. , I'.e on your guard for (hem- these : Knaves of the leer, the jeer, ami llie : <iieer. Cling to your youthful ideals: ' Ii ? 111 11 r lliein to ITu last ditch ? 'Mind's in his heaven. .ill's right ' with lli<> World." Iii'Heve that Cod I is in his heaven, and make il vmir i busines to see that all's right with 1 the world, rare you forth! Farewell! 1 Cod bless von! i PURITY IN POLITICS. Eloquent and Earnest Pica for Pur- : ity in Politics and Intellectual Honesty. I he address before l lie literarv , societies nf Newberry cot lege was delivered mi Tuesday evening- by the Hon. John Hell Keeblo, nf Nasiiville, I enn. I he opera house, when* the exercises were held, was crowded l?v ' an audience which listened with undivided attention to the burning Words o| llie cloq;.<?:ir speaker, a i , lie pleaded for purity in the politics , ai,d in llie government of t It is country. Mr. Keeble is a Tirillianl oralnr. iill I he message which he brnuglit to the students of Newberry col lege , and lo the people of South Carolina , was timely and forceful. an his i thought was driven home with powerful effe?t. I he exercises were opened with l prayer by i he Kev. \Y. ||. (ireever. of Columbia. Music was furnisued bv the New- I berry college orchestra. I llie speaker of the evening was ir> 1 troduced by the Hon. F.lberl II ' Anil, of the class of 18-SO. 1 Mr. Aull said that on tlie occasion | ol his tirst visit to Tcnucsfee one of Tennessee's triumvirate ; orators, composed of Carmaek, Taylor, and Keeble, was then governor, and his principal business seemed to be ih?li\erinsr addresses of welcome. Another of that triumvirate who was to address a Newberry audience tnnight. was unique in that he had never sought nor held political ollice, but he had done a great deal more for the betterment of humanity and the cause of education than he could have done by seeking political preferment?that he was not only a: leading attorney of Tennessee, hut also a member of the faculty of the law department of Yandcrhilt university. Mr. Aull said that Mr. Keeble s ancestors came of good < endina slock, hi.^ grandfather having fought in the battle of King's Mountain, and that it was with greal pleasure that he presented one who was so close to South Carolina, and who had a message for South Cam. linians. Mr. Keeble began by cniigratulaling Newberry college mil only upon what lie had seen since coming here and what he knew of it before, hut especially upon having a presiden* of such ability and of sr.*., 'ireadlh of grasp and of such purity nf char acler. man, he said, had made morf , friemls in Tennessee in so limited a lime than had Dr. Scherer. ami he , Was especially glad In be in Newberry upon the invitation of such a i man. lie wanted to say something lo the < young people that was part of him- i sell. lie had no! mine to indulge 1 in platitudes, lie had come to bring : a message, whether it was good, bad i oi indifferent. He believed we were < face to face in this country with a >eriod that demanded a greater | renins, :i "renter counter, ;i greater < at riot ism, than any other period ii, ? hi> country lent ever demanded, and i ie believed I lie results ol' (lie la- J lors of this period Would determine vlictlier or not this nmntn was to I tand or Call, lie was not unmindful < >1 I lie glories of the past, lint the I ichievernenls of the pasl were liol > a rue enough in honor drafts |?> be ? nade ii poll them for all time to jl oine. lid (here \v;is no heller way i t ii show i?ur appreciation ol the la- > >ors of our forefathers lliau by II .olviny the problems which conrouted us. Our forefathers had i irsi solved I lie problem of liberty, i iltd ncxi of government ami the pre-j , er\atioii ol the union. When llieyj, uul settled those mooted questions , 11?d il was no longer a question that , i free government could stand, then L hey were c??nfronted by another | liiesl ion that of developing t In* { . nalerial wealth of the country, and h hey achieved such splendid .success h n i11 111-11~:11 ami coinniercrjl ami maerial progress as in im-sent a serious . i |iu>stiou whether I he success had not j clipped that which they had achieved in solving the problems ol liberty ! Mid yovcrumcul. lie nelieved il was i p:<rl of the plan of (Sod llial men ?l ii hi li 1 develop llicir material re-J sources as much so us It was a plan ! if humanity thai man should develop I liis moral nature. The development of (he material | esource.s of the country had brought is face to face with a new problem, uul one greater unit stronger than my we have met before. That was the . irohlem of preserving the proper halince between all classes of Society ind pre-erviny the riylits ol the weak | uul the riylit s of the strong. Ahmy 1 kvilli lliis problem liad come a de, i 1 in :i in I lor a ureal moral awakening. Sever before had 11-.ere been such a lemaiul in this country for the en- j1 I'orceineiit of law. rf we were stn ere in eur detnaml I hat oilier people niisl obey llie law. w ourselves nuisl | learn that we must obey the law. Ilej { leaded for the fairness of the bal- 1 loi box. Kvcrv section of (be conn- I Iry violated (lie law in reference to the ballot. We had courts of justice, and mile--. we were willing to abide hy the law in the punishment of crime, no 1 matter how keenly ft cuts, or in).ke i law we can abide by, we can not ( idaiin to he true priests :.,mj woe-1 shipper- at the shrine of obedience < lo law. And in disobedience to law were whirlwinds sown If a man ilisregarded the law in humble places when lie go I into high 4>1 a CPS j would disregard the law (here. The next phase of that reform was n demand for purity in politics. The man who in public oilier used the patronage of his olliee to build up a political machine was as trinity of bribery ami corruption as if he had used money. And he went further, be believed the olliee- holder who used political patronage to coerce congress and legislatures into passing favorite measures was just as yuilty nf bribery and corruption as I lie man who used money for the purpose. The president of the I'niled Stales or the governor of a Stale who used lliel ureal lash of patronage nver I e ?_r i s 1 a - I live bodies lo coerce favorite measures was set tiny an example of corruption. and the lime was going lo come when the American people would demand that olliccs be not yiv-J i 11 out as bribes lo men who would I scorn to lake money or to make an ! intrigue of ;i meaner kind. Hidden I vice was far worse than open vice. There was one fiirtlic:* stride lot make, and llial was the step ol iulcl- ' Iceiual lionesly. Il .is hard lo be in j ' lelledually honest, and lliis did noi t1 apply only to politician:-. Il was liard for one lo express his honest ' . I I onvicl Ions, al the i \peuse of popu- j larily. lie did not believe a man | ' oiild hold olliee in this country ten : v'ears and tell I lie people the truth!' in regard lo what lie Ihouuhl upon I very question. If all I lie members j >f congress should <jet rp and say ipon some im)Mirl.ant question exact-I Iv what lie thouiiht, there would be i remarkable rearrangement. and|, many who had been liieli in 11 i; Ictnocralic councils would be found ' i in the republican side, and many re- ! mblieans would In* found embracing Icmocrals as lniiit-liisl brothers. Hi> poke of how delight fill i| would be I there wcri' intellectual honesty in ublic and in private life.. We have ;ol in have intellectual honesty, wo lave got lo have moral responsihilit \, ?r (his country was no( goiuir to as I. 11 meant sacrifice, hut wh\ diould we not he willing to sacrifice Mice and position lor truth, when if lie summons to arms should come oinorrow l lie youth of the country vould respond almost unanimously"? '.ill how hard it was to yet men to serve in times of peace, and fo sac ifice in times of peace. I here was lordly a man or wo. mm in the audience before him that ould not look back and see some M"'f i'i this land of ours that bad lot been baptise.! with the blood Hiat Mowed in their veins. Then talk to liiiu about the sacrifice of giving up i political oflice when our iinceslnis luid shed lb eir blood on t he tiehl of battle lor their convfdions! "Talk to me." lie said. "about a imiu sacrificing his fcf ions in order In uo io | lie State legislature, when his urami I at her or father nave up his tortuue or every! hing lie had lor the sake o| political conviction. I idU to me about men being worthy to be sons of men that followed the immortal 1.00 ami .lacksou on the Held of battle and nave up their lives and limbs in order to defend what 1 hey I bought -r--.is right -talk lo me about men being worthy of beiuu sons of such men and then sacrificing I heir convictions In order In be elected to congress or to the Pnilrd Stales senate." lb- wanted to imprest the glorious inoiio of Browning. "A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or what i-; heaven fur.'" " <iod grant.'' he said. '' I hat I lie day may come when every man in the South may be willing to stand lor such principles of morality in public life as will startle the world with their purity and beauty, foul -tanI that the day may come when we will despise political preferment ami power if il conies al (lie cost of poliiieal purity, .jus* as we would despise the memory of our fathers if they bad not sacrticed for their great cause. "oh. South < 'arolina. he concluded, "yon who have given so much of bcanlilul sacritice. you who have done so much for liberty, you who have done so much for government, you who have achieved so much glory, is it |no much lo ask of von Ihal yiiii, who have led in so many filings, should also lead in this'?'' WATTERSON VISITS BRYAN. The Kentucky Editor Says Nebraskan's Nomination is Sure. Lincoln, Neb., .Time 10.?Col. Henry Watterson. of Louisville, arrived today as (he guest of W. J. Bryan, at Kairview. Pol. Watterson admitted 1'ial various mailers of Democratic interests would be discussed. ('oncoming Mr. Bryan's candidacy, lie said: "I have accepted Mr. Bryan as the inevitable candidate for the Demo cratic parly. lie will be nominated on the lir>l ballot. I think Mr. Bryan is stronger than ever and has a much beiler chance to win." <ol. Brvan ami Wat 1 er-ou tonight held an ihlnrmal reception in the Lincoln Motel lobby, al whic 1 nearly Iuo business men were iutroducI - Later the crowd went to the hotel din in1.' room, where shorl addresses were made by both gentleinen. Mr. Watterson enngrat ulatcd Mr. Bryan on having the good will if his m-ielib ?rs regardless of political allilialii.ii. and al 111" same time l?redicfed Mr. Bryan's nomination at I he |)enver con vent ion. Mr. Bryan's remarks were brief and non-polifical. Married. At the residence of Mr. P. O. Set 7,Icr. the bride's father, near Lit I lo Mounlain, S. (dune 7, 1008, Mr. James M. Kempson, of Slighs. S. ( iml Miss ]\f. Blanche Sel/ler were united in marriage, (be |{ev. H. J. So.v, officiating.