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4A4V VOL XLV NO, 90 NEWBERRY, S. C.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1908. TWJOE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR CITIZENS' MEETING. Primary Fixed and Rules Ad.pted Assessment of Can didates. The adjourned meeting of the De mocratic party of the town of New berry was called to order in the coun cil chamber at 8 p. m., Thursday evening, by Dr. 0. B. IMayer, chair man. Senator Blease moved that the pri mary system be adopted and that the same rules, as last year, with the nee essary changes as to dates and offices, be adopted. The motion was carried. The following were elected to serve on the executive committee for the en suing year: From the town at large: Dr. 0. B. Mayer, Dr. George B. Cromer. Ward 1-J. W. Earhardt. Ward 2-I. H. Hunt. Ward 3-Dr. P. G. Ellesor. Ward 4-John C. Goggans, Jr. Ward 5-W. H. Hardeman. Senator Blease made the following motion which was adopted: '"That it is the sense of the Democracy of the town of Newberry, that the city coun cil take such steps as may be neces sary to establish the office of record er.'' Mr. J. W. Earhardt moved: 'That the city council be requested to an nounce through the newspapers where the survey for the proposed sewerage extension may be found and inspected." The motion was adopt ed. The meeting adjourned. Rules. Section 1. An election within the Democratic party shall be held in the Town of Newberry on Tuesday, No vember 24th, 1908, to select candi dates for mayor and aldermen to serve for one year; trustees of the graded schools for ward 1, ward 2 and ward 3 to serve for two years, and one commissio'ner of public works to serve for six years; the polls to be opened at 8 o'clock a. m.. and to be closed at 4 o'clock p. m.; one voting precinct to be in each ward. and the executive committee shall have charge 'of locating same. Section 2. All Democrats who have duly registered for the munici pal election of 1908 shall be allowed to vote. In case the right to vote is challenged, the person chaltenged shall be required to establish his right to vote before the manage*s by the vouching of three Democrats, provided, that in the nomination of aldermen and trustees of the graded school, from the respective wards, on ly qualified electors from each warsi shall be permitted to' vote for alder men and trustees of the graded school, from that ward. Section 3. The candidates receiv ing the majority of 'all votes cast for the said offees of mayor. .aldermen, and trustees of the graded school, and commissioner of public works, re spectively, at said election. shall be declared the nominees of the Demo e ratie party of said town: provided that on or before twelve o'clock noon, on Friday, November 2Ofh, each of such candidates shall h'ave left a written statement with the chairman of the execntive committee that he is a e,andidate and that he will a%ide the result of such election. No vote shall be counted for any candidate who has not so pledged himself; and p)rovided, further, that if no candidate either for the offie of mayor or for alder man or for trustee of the graided school in a ward, or for commnission er of publie works, shall have receiv ed a majority of votes at such elee tion, a second eleetion for the nomi nation of mayor and for aldermen and for a trustee of the graded school and for commissioner of linblie works, as the case may be. shall he held on Friday. November 27th, under these rules, at which second election only the two candidates, who received the highest vote at the former election for the respective offices. shall be voted for: and provided, further, in the event there should be a tie at the second primary for mayor and alder men and trustee of the graded school or commissioner of public wvorks.' then a third primary shall be held on Mondar. November 30th, 1908. Section 4. 'When the votes shall have been dulyconted, the managers shall immediately certify the same t< the executive committee, which com mit.tee shall constitute a board of can vassers, declaring the result of thi election and hearing all contests ani protests that may arise, whose actioi in canvassing shall be final, provid ed. that no member of the executiv( committee shall be a candidate al such lection, and provided, further that the. said executive committeo shall meet in the mayor's office at ter o'clock a. m., on Wedneday, Novem ber 25th; and in the event of a seconi election, at ten o'clock a. m., Satur day. Nov. 28th; and in the event of third election, at ten o'clock a. m. Tuesday, December 1st, to declare th( said election and to hear any contesi or protest in regard to same. Section 5. The citizens' meetins that shall adopt rules for hfie prsimarN election shall elect an executive com mittee of seven members, two frorr the town at large and one from eael ward, and this committee shall havE the po.wer to fill vacancies in its mem bership. Assessments. The executive committee of thE town of Newberry iet and organized by electiig Dr. 0. B. Mayer, chair man; and I. H. Hunt, Esq., secretary and treasurer. It was moved and carried that tne candidates be assessed as follows: Mayor.............j.. ..$10.00 Aldermen ..... ... ... ..... 3.00 School Trustee ............3.00 Commissioner of Public Works 3.00 TYPHOID AT WINTHROP. Three Cases Well Advanced and Sev en Other Sick Students Under Suspervision. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 5.-The au thorities of iWnthrop college, where 500 girls from all parts of the St.te are at school, are much %vorried orei an outbreak of typhoir fever. i le contaminating source of which they, have after several days of painstak ing investigation been unable t, 1: cate. There are three well-advanced1 cases in the college hospital with' anl extra trained nurse on duty and sev en other suspected eases whibc have not yet been finally diagnosed as typhoid. In -addition to these one patient went home bofer the disease was too far advanced on her to pre vent travel. State Health Officer, Dr. C. Frea Williams, of Columbia. is on hand making a thorough investigation with the local health board -and the locai members of the board of trustees, and will not leave until he gets sat isfying results. Not only is all the food .supply being scientifically look. ed into but every servant that comes on the premises is being investigated. Sample water from every spigo,t On the premises in additi-on to the prin ipal source of drinking water and the water supply at the college dairy were sent on to Ch'arleston today foi analysis. Even the boxes of food sent to girls from home are being in vestigated. A sample of the main drnking water was sent on to Balti more some days ago, and the authori ties there have just telegraphed that it is pure and contains positively no traces of infection of any kind.. There is no typhoid, it is said, in the eity of Rock Hill, and -it is probable that the college will get its watei fromv the city water works until the troub)le is over, if any reason is founa fori sulspecting the p)resenlt supply. A perplexing feature of the situa tion. is that the cases on hand repre* sont all the different dormitories anti denairments of the college, and froa different rooms in these dormitories. %o f'ir the auithorities ha:ve nt been able to uncover a suspicious citrcum stanc-e that lerads to a discovery 0t th!e cause. The college ha.s been open now two months and it is thought un likelv that :any of the eases startea f,ire the naltienlts left home. President Johhnson has been absent everal weeks on his Europe.an trip, and is to remain till Christmas. As soon as more definite informa tion can be olbtai ned. probably ina dayv or so. a statemnent will be givet ont from the co'llegeC f r publicati'on fully and fr-ankly set t in1 forth the true facts. This is the first tronble of the kina Beautiful anc Ceremonie. PRESIDENT J. H. HARMS FORMALLY INAUGURATED REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER COLLEGES TAKE PART. South Carolina Synod Present in Body -A. R. P. Synod Has Represen tatives-The Speeches. Under most favorable and auspici ous surroundings and conditions Rev John Henry Harms. was on last Fri day morning formally inaugurated as head of Newberry college. The cere monies being conducted in Holland hall at ten thirty o'clock in the pres ence of a large assemblage of visi tors and friends of the college, in cluding the South Carolina Synod of the Lutheran church and a delegation fiom the A. R. P. Synod. Everything seemed to favor the oc casion and it was indeed a very pleas ant one, and marks an epoch in .the history of that institution. Promptly at the hour set the students marched into the hall to the strains of splendid music furnished by the college orches tra under the leadership of Prof. Roy Z. Thomas. Indeed the music was among one of the many enjoyable features of the morning's exercise. Hon. Geo. S. Mower, the genial vice-president of the board of tru. tees of the college, presided over the e%ercises, which were opened with prayer by Rev. Geo. A. Wright. Rev. Edwin Fulenwider then gave out the opening hymn, "Come thou almighty king." Dr. A. J. Bowers' Address. The first speaker was Dr. A. J. Bowers, of the faculty and chairman of that body. In substance Dr. Bow ers said: "It may not be the fourth of March, nor is his name Bryan, but he is a democratic president. A stud ent. I understand, asked President Harms when he was to be 'dedicated. and a gentleman on the street a little while ago asked me 'Will the presi dent be installed or inaugurated?' Tnstall has a mighty good sound. We speak of stall-fed cat-tie. It is the purpose of this board of trustees, and this faculty, and this audience, and this town to put Mr. Harms into a stall. It is a good idea. A place for good things, a place for high things, a place to feed well, to en.jor your self, and to grow large and fat, and fine looking. We will install him1. For myself I nrefer the other word 'to inaugurate.' The ancient augu1i was a man to foretell the future and to see what a gentle providence had in store for -those who waited upon him. The gods, the minds of the gods, were revealed by ancient augurs. "Today is an opportunity and a chance for us to express to one an other wha: the future holds now for him and for us, for this school, for this town, for -the Synod of South Carolina, for the State of South Car olina. What is the augury this morn ing? The answer, the omen, the sin? In the name of the faculty I am glad to be able to say to this audienee on this auspicious occasion they are on this day quite fine. And excellent things they prediet for him and for us. Tt may not be told by the examination of the entrails of vic tims on the :altar, or by the examina tion of the flight of birds in the air, but it is told by the call, the signifi eanen' of th eenll, of the board ot trustees of this Senod represented by them, and the call of the .hurch and 'f Glod to this von man. That is the war i-t is deeinhered. Nlot -in ancient Hebrew signs but hr this wood tw'en tieth century movement, the call of the man, the high call of the man to be president of young men. aInd to lead them. "'Fi:st he is a young man. Look how votnne he is. or at least how voune he looks. Tt takes a young 'Vt'n~ to sho'ler thne icre in-aihilities of thci- work w-ho - willing- to herme .o t-ireet and i< v:il!!n-r to he shot at. W\ho is willing to take a' high place andl carry the hurtlen. It takes a Touching at Newberry young man. In 1893 he went away much younger than he is and he comes back now still a young man, but broader and wider and ready to hear this call, the call of his brethren, as well as his alma. mater. While a young man we congratulate him more. "Second, he is an alumnus of this school. Some of us tried to teach him in the years that are gone, and he sat at the feet of that good man, Dr. Holland, in whose footsteps he is pri vileged to walk in -these latter years, and I doubt not he will be able to follow in the footsteps of this good man. He is a good man. He has got the spirit of Newberry college, and the spirit of the Lutheran church, and when the opportunity came this was recognized. We will not forget the boys who go out from here, who spent four years with us, and on good opportunity we will use them again and call them back, and train them for. position in this very place in which they were born to high impulse and endeavor. I was once on the streets of Atlanta and a fellow ran out of a place and zrabbed me by the arm and held me up. I did not know what had happened for sometimes men are held up in the streets of Atlanta, but I recognized him quickly for he was a man that went through Newberry college and I had lost sight of him. He had got ten to be at the head of the advertis ing department of one of the big daily papers in Atlanta. He said he would introduce me to John Temple Graves. who is my boss, and he show ed me one of the ugliest men I ever saw. In speaking of the young man Graves said: 'He is from Newberry and a gradua-te of Newberry college. He tells me he spent four years in Newberry college. I tell you one thing about him that young man is a glutton for work.' And the young man said to me as I came down: 'Professor, I do not know whether you will believe me or not. You did not always believe me, I am sure. but I want you to believe this-what I am or expect to be I owe to Newberry college.' ''In the third place he is a Chris tian gentleman. There is .an old pro verb that says, ''The ,teacher is born~ not made,'' and I have tried to im prove on -that proverb. ''The teach er must be born again.'' The teach er must be born but he must be born again. The successful teacher novw must be a Christian man. It takes grace. How could he otherwise? How could he take hold of young men for four years and not have the grace, the high grace. to shape the destiny of young men. 'He must be borni again. There is another~ proverb that says: 'The teacher must show the young idea how to shoot,' and T have also tried to improve on that ''He must show the ynne~ idea ho"' to shoot straight.'' He will shoot all right. Whether he will shoot straight or not that is his busines-- now anid ours, -a every teachers' bulsinese who raises his hand with kindly keeping unfOnl thec hearts of von men and shows them to shoat straiwht and high for humanity and fe. 'ed." Mr. Mower then said: ''We are very hanpy this morning that the Sy nod under whose auspices this eollege is conducted has accepted the inwita tion to be uresent at this time. We are glad so many of yon were able to come and we feel sure that von will he renaid for vour trouble. On this or-reasion there will he an address also on behalf of the Synod by the presi (lent of the South Carolina Synod, TN M. Cr. Cr. Scherer. whom I now take pleasure in introducine.' Dr. Scherer's Address. Rev. M. CT. CG. Seherer, nresideit of the South Carolina Synod, said: ''IT has been the custom of men of all ages, as has been said to Von,~ to bein importoni enternPrise sneh' for iiiInce a- the frmndation of "ities Or of temn ien or to indn* ~et men in a , always considered a most n hs3y iing to have the an1eur pres ent and after they had consulted, the answer, if they deemed the signs fav orable, they so announced, and this declaration comoleted the ceremonies of inauguration. The augur has spoken. These ceremonies,- however, are not yet over. We are here this morning, the synod of South Caro lina. the board of trustees of New berry college, the faculty, the stud ents, and the citizens of this dear old town to inaugurate the newly elected president of Newberry college. Not with such ceremonies as those which have been referred to but with cere monies more in keeping with our Christian ideas and with our advanc ed stage of civilization. "My part in these exercises is to speak not in an individual capacity but as the mouthpiece of the synod of South Carolina, expressing an in dividual interest and personal inter est, and endeavoring also with a fee ble voice, not nearly so strong as oth ers of those in the South Carolina Synod and with a tongue not nearly so eloquent as others of those in the South Carolina Synod. the interest of our church of South Carolina in the prosperity and progress of Newberry college. "Our presence here, Mr. Harms, must impress at least one or two thoughts deeply upon your mind. Thoughts to which I shall endeavor briefly to give expression in words, and one of these thoughts is on the surface to be seen at once. by any and everyone with one eye. The great im portance which the synod of South Carolina attaches to your office and the work to which you have been called. It is not necessary that I speak of the great importance of Christian education. It ic not neces sarv 'that I remind you of the respon sible duties which shall be laid upon vou. Our very presence implies the importance which we attach to these things. We came many of us many miles to attend the session of the South Carolina synod, great and im portant questions are before us awaiting our deliberations and our conclusion. We laid them aside and we rose early in the morning and took the train and came from the neighboring town of Prosperity, to show yon as one man we are interest ed in this work, and we realize the great importance of it. If it were not that .the synod of South Carolina rea lizes this great work of yourself as one of first importance we would not have done this. Great work and, sir, we desire that you should have a sim ilar view of your- officee and of your work as that which the South Car olina synod has. We do not desire1 that you should feel that this is a lit tIe work. We want .you to feel that it is a great position, one of great dig nity, one of high .honor, one, of tre mendous responsibilty, one of im mense opportunity. We want you to feel that. Anud we want you to feel that in order to fill this position'you have got to be a mighty big man, and 4 we have confidence as our presence here indic"tes, that yo will fill the I position. Another thing whieh out presence signifies is this that you shall have the assurance of the loy altv' a- I-earty m:t or it of th: Souith j Carolina synod in this great work to which you have been called. It is noi: necessary that I should on.ioin upmi] you how the South Carolina synod regards this matter. Other men have gon-e before you. Other men have had ii office which vou take up to day. They, were made great in the] insitiont which you occupy today. Made great. And for their greatness and for their success they' are not in debted solely to their native ability~ and po~wer, but they were and are in debted to the support of the South1 Carolina synod and what the South Carolina synod has done for them it comnes to vou this morning and will doI for vou. Now with these words this morning of the high importance we attack to your work, and helping you if necessary to realize the import- 1 anee and greatness of the position to wh'li(h vou have heeni called. and imn nrn voin with the great work !! &s before yon. we hI)d yo VTice-President Geo. S. Mower Speaksc Mr. Mower. acting chIairmani1 as 0l stated,. said that it was ''a matter o1lh great reret that on this accosion a i t very warm friend and tried friend of Newberry college on account of phy sical disability is unable to be pres ent with us. I refer to the Rev. J. A. Sligh, for many years president of the board of trustees. For near half a century Mr. Sligh has been on the board. I know it is a matter of great regret to him that he is unable to be present .as I know it is a matter of regret on our part. "On this occasion as vice-presi dent of the board of trustees," Mt. Mower continued, "it has fallen to my lot to preside on .this occasion. I had the confident belif .that Mr. Sligh would be able to be present. You know the wish is always the father of the thought, so I suppose that is largely the basis of my be lief. It was on the program that I would make an address. I wish to disabuse your minds of .any impris zio- that you may have received of that kind. So I will proceed with what I deem my duty on this occas ion, and will express myself as brief ly a spossible." Mr. Mower then in his characteris tic manner, full of earnestness and goodwill for his fellowman, and with the life long desire and purpose of his noble heart telling in each accent of his voice that he did wish both the college and President Harms un-' bounded success formally turned over to the new president 'he charge of Newberry college. Among the ap propriate remarks of Mr. Mower, and they were all appropriate, he said: "This work of Newberry college I f'irmly believe has had resting upon it the blessing of God. Dqiring the thirty years of which I have had op portunity on account of my close ob servation and connection with the college, I have been convinced that the blessing of God has rested upon this institution. During that period there have been many discourage ments, many disappointments, and many crises. have arisen. but as I ,aid a moment ago I believe the bless ing of God is resting upon this col lege rand is guiding and directing 'hose who have charge of the direc tion of the college." He paid a loving tribute to those nen who had stood by .the college la lays not so prosperous as these lat :er days, and in speaking to Mr. Earms he said: "The board of trus :ees of the college, the voice of the ynod have all pointed to you as the nan for this place. I have no loubt but that you will worthily and ~uccessfully fill that place. You ome into it with the assurance on lhe part of :the .trustees, and as has een before stated, of the South Car ling~ synod, that you have the pray ars and hearty support of both. I iow have the pleasure of presenting :o you the president of Newberry col ege. Rev. J. H. Harms.'' Everyone in the hall rose as a treeting to President Harms, and he tracefully and smilingly acknowi ~dged the greetings and the honorm which were his during this happy iOur. Address of President Harms. The address of President Harms vas the event of -the morning, a few ?xtraets of which .are here given: Dr. Harms said that ever since the L5th day of July, I857, when the Rev. D)r. John Bachman stood yonder, in? he name of the South Carolina sy 'iod. and laid the corner-stone of the >rigin.al building that adorned these >remises. Newberry colle<ze has not aeked for friends. Its friends have ot been limited to the people of its Eraith. *** Of the host of loyal and li.sinterested friends we have no finet ilustration than that of the presiding fficer..tihe Hon. Geo. S. Mower. New erry college has a glorious ancient md a brilliant modern history. * ** rhis morning I ask your attention to study of " The Ideal College.'' I an hope to only touch a few of the nore important and salient features f a college thlat can fairly claim to >e ideal, a place of adequate insp-a ion for our youth as they face the luties and -the difficulties of life. "Let me name but three of the >haracteristics of the ideal school. me as to its size, one as to its system, me -as to its spiri.t. This is an age of iig 'things. Bigness is the watch vord of the 1l)ur. Everywhere the net of bignnes s being pot to inetits