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45 NEWBERRY, S. U., TUESDAY. JUNE 8.1909 iA $150 A YEAR INOTHER SUGESS'UL YEARi DRAWS10 CLOSE t NEWBERRY COLLEGE CONTIN UBS.ITO PROSPER 4 Fifty Third. Commencement Notes Larger :Enrolment and More Graduates. With ideal weather conditions, and with large crowds in attendance from many sections of this and other States, the fifty-third annual com mencement of Newberry college be- < gan Sunday morning with the baccal aureate sermon by the Rev. William ( E. Stahler, D. D., of Lebanon, Pa. i This annual commencement brings I to a close by far the best year in the i history of the odllege. The growth E of the institution during the past sev- < eral years has been phenomenal. I Builded in the past upon broad and deep foundations, with consecrated i men at its head, it has steadily forged i forward, doing its part in meeting i the nation's need for broad, Chris- I tian culture and education. * l This 'ommencement brings to a close the first year of President J. Henry Harms' administration. Just a year ago the college sustained an I inealculable loss when Dr. James A. B. Scherer tendered his resignation as president to enter what he believed to be a wider field of labor as presi dent of Throop Institute, Pasadena, California. In President Harms, however, the board of trustees found a worthy successor to Dr. Scherer, as is evidenced by the remarkable sue cess which has attended the first year - of Dr. Harms' presidency. The enrolment during the past year was the largest in the history of the college, as follows: Postgraduates ............ 9 Seniors ... 31 Juniors ..2....----.-.-. - Sophomores ........... ..42 Fresihmen ... ..62 Preparatorians .......-....60 Total .........-.-..--..251 Ther2 were thirty students i i :ne technical department the past session. Two of the graduates are from this department. The efficiency of the de partment has been very greaty in creased during the past year and some of the people living right here in New-. berry would he surprised at the ch.ar aeter of work that is being done. The equipment for efficient work has beens material.ly inereased. About $4,000 were expended in equipment the past year and now tlais department of the college would compare favorably with similar departments in. much more pretentione~ and much more wealthy institutions. It is in charge of Prof. C. H. Kicklighter, of the Georgia School of Technology, and Prof. J. C. Goggans, of Clemson, and without any fuss and feathers they have been doing substantial work. Only- a few weeks ago the college received an additonal gift for its en dowment fund, when its generous pa tron, Dr. D. -K. Pe'arsons, of Chicago, forwarded President Harms an un conditional check for $10,000. The graduating class this year numbers 31, of w:hom 27 are young men and four young ladies. The graduates are as follows:I For the degree of Bachelor of Arts: Andrew Jackson Bedenbaugh. Mag gie Ethel Bickley, Frank Oscar Black, Ivan Samuel Bokers, John S. Ren wick Carlisle, Mary Agnes Chapman, Willie Haskell Derrick, Arthur Wil-' lianm Fisher, Percy Lee Geiger, Paul Speneer Halfaere, W~illie Darr Halti wanger, Henry Benjamin Hare, An nie Dunbar Jones, Moses Lee Kester, WiJliam Loriek Kibler, George Ed ward Lever. John Wilbar Mack, Claude Benjamin Mills, Baxter Cress Monroe, Smiley Livingston Porter, Grover Oscar Ritchie, Orin Delma Ritchie, Laura Setzler, Jacob Omerle Singley, John Peter Wagner, John Kieffer Wicker. For the degree of Bachelor of Science (Technical school): Tench Qunitman Boozer. Ernest Samuel Kohn. For eertificate: Ernest LeRoy Young. The first honor was awarded to Mr. Paul S. Halfaere of Newberry, and the second honor jointly to Misses Mary Agne Chapman and -Annie )unbar Jones both of Newberry. The exercises Sunday morning vere held in the opera house, and E vere attended by an audience which axed the capacity of the building. N[usic was furnish by a select hoir. TVhe exercises were in charge >f President Harms. Scripture lesson was read by the ac 1ev. J. E. James, pastor of Aveleigh th Presbyterian church, and prayer was h )ffered by t2e Rev. Edward Fulen- ca vider, pastor of the Luthera - Church th )f the Redeemer. I ha Dr. Stahler, who preached the bac- e. alaureate sermon Sunday morning i )ccupies one of the most riportant h )ulpits in the Nort-hern Lutheran "hurch. He is a poular speaker, and w s always in demand at large and im )ortant assemblies. He is a gentle- tv nan of scholarly attainments, and he ;tands high in the councils of the m shurch, holding positions on several cO yoards of the ehurch. Dr. Stahler's sermon Sunday morn- f .ng was eloquent and forcible, show- y .ng deep study and research, and his ,houghts being couched in beautiful .anguage. With his strong voice and P' 2is pure diction, he was distinctly la 1eard by every one in the large aud .ence. And not only was the ser- th non eloquent, but it was intensely lv ractical, and helpful. Dr. Stahler said in part: "I take it, young ladies and gen lemen, that what is chiefly desired h aere, at this time, is a messAge empha izing some phase or other of the w ife that is truest, strongest and no lest. ....For the sha.ping of your W uture and the issues of the coming w ears, in character and conduct, in W echievement and destiny, will be in- tv Iluepeed not a little by the ideals you t ift to the throne in these crisis days g -by- the spirit to which you w aow give dominant place-by T the conrtolling and moulding ife-purpose of whieh you here and Si aow make choice-by the 'final and v( supreme goal toward which, at this o ime, you set your expectant faces and tb -urn your eager, young hearts." se Continuing these introductory re- s marks, Dr. Staher led up to three 0 words of St. Paul, as. "Watchwords Cor the noble life:'" 1. Cor. 6:19 and W 20; 10:31; Coll. 3:17. "To seek first cE nd chiefly the glory of God, in the se aame and for the sake of Jesus et Christ, and that because, purchased se with his own priceless blood, we belong to God and are not our own-could mn any man excel that, as a plan for L ight and noble living'? No, as man m lid not conceive it, so no human mind el ould surpass it. It stands peerless ti and alone, a matchless rule for guid ing us into likeness to the matchless ss ife." As essentia.l to the realization of B such a life, Dr. Stahler then laid down these two principles: 1. The supremacy of Christ in the tI ife-plan. I 2. The supremacy of service in the life-work. . fin The argument and illustration of I these two points constituted the body i1 of the sermon. And the whole devel- ti opment, after the well-known max- U ner of this preacher. avoided the ab trat and the so-called "scholarly'" and was continuously and intensely e( practical, designed at every point to I be stimulating and helpful to the D young men and women to whom it w was addressed. . 0] "The college presidents and other b.ecalaureate , orators.'' said the 'S preaeher. "tea ah nonsense when they c bid young ien and women to look with indifference on wvealth. Instead of belittling the pursuit of it, they should encourag,e it--always init ing, of course, that the Lordship of Christ be kept in view in all their a making of money: and the Service of 0 Mani in all their handling and spelnd ing of the money made. To be rich involves no shadow of reproach, if the money be made by hands of unsoiled n honor and dispeiwed *by hands of ~ Christian love. In such hands, the more money a man has, the more and better serviee he '1. a: be able to render-not only e to his own generation. but t o those that follow. And just sot with education. office. influence, fame" and power-with any and all such tiln . Service doesn 't. necessarily ~ mean the rigid thrusting of all these [EWBERRY GRADED SCHOOL. o Xeellent Address by Prof. D. W. a Daniel-The Fair Young Girls u Who Received Diplomas. a On Friday night the opera housa is packed to its utmost capacity on count of the annual exercises of a e Newberry graded school. This t s been the case on all former oc- a sions of a similar nature, but it is ii e general opinion among those who t ve been accustomed to attend these 'n ercises that the one held Friday e nht was the best that the school t( s ever had. iE The night itself was ideal as there is a full golden moon brightening d the Southern skies and the beau-* a of the scene gave an additional asure to the balmy, delicious sum -r night that seemed just to have g me- in celebration of the graduation 0 ercises of eleven of Newberry's riest, sweetest, and most lovable ung girls. The exercises. were opened with ayer by Rev. J. E. James, which : is followed by a song by the young dy graduates. There were four C ngs by these young ladies during t. e eveneing, and all were beautiful rendered and greatly enjoyed by ose present. r The salutatory was given by Miss ary Frances Pool, and she seemed to Le remembered everyone ifn her ,nsome happy manner of welcoming ; e friends present, even The Idler is remembered and given a special elome and made to feel that a arm friendship existed between the I o. While it has not been reported this office, yet, it is felt that the aduating class of '09 has made a irm friend of this unknown person, ie Idler. The class history was read by Miss idie Dennis and she rehearsed in al ry fascinating manner the history the class from the first days, when ey as little tots were brought to the hool, up to now when they repre nted the most captivating creature t earth, the sweet girl graduate. Miss Marion Higgins' recitation v as gracefully rendered and well re- v ived and in addition to being pre- c nted with her diploma, she was giv L a first grade certificate to teach N hool. The claas prophecy was a paper 1 ost ingenuously prepared by Miss < aola Bedenrbaugh, and provoked uch laughter and amusement as she I Larmingly prophaesied what would be ' e future of each of her comrades. I The class poem which was very reet in its sentiments and well I ritten was t>he production of Missi i arnice Slight and was read by her. The class will was composed by iss Sue Porter and* showed much p ought and ability, and was read by t iss Etta Shelley. I The valedictory was read by the -st honor graduate, and was replete ith beautiful sentiments expressed .well chosen langdage. Miss Ernes-|1 ne Wicker is the -happy -winner of ( e first honor. The exercises by the young ladies ere highly enjoyed but it must be ifessed the feature of the evening I as the address delivered by Prof. I .W. Daniel, of Clemson college. It as pronounced by all who heard it ie of the best addresses ever deliv. t -ed in this city. It was a most holarly address and showed in what ose touch t.he speaker was with the oicest of English classics, and the hl stand *of living to which his eals and heart and mind were train . "'The- Poetry of Life" might ell be the subjeet of Prof. Daniel 'st idress on Friday ev.ening. He sp)okei the ehivalry of the South, the def -enece of Southjern mnen to the women 'their country. and told in glowing :1 rms how these women had always ost heartily deserved the love and. ~verence shown them by the men of e South. He urged the young la-) .es of the graduating class as well. all the girls and ladies present to -er keep in mind the high inheri ne left them of the lovely lives of, e women of the past generations as~ ll as of the present, that the honori ,juItly due the unerowned queens r Dixie might still be lavished upon im with such love and reverence at it wrould coutinue to go down rugh tile ages as proverbial among outhrn people. He ured the youth f the community to cultivate a love E the beautiful, a -love for the high nd noble in life, a desire to trample nderfoot all tihat did not pertain to deeper. stronger, and more steadfdst >Ve for the pure and good. Prof. Daniel's address was one that ill have an abiding influence over 11 who -heard it and especially on lose of tender years. It was a pity 11 the men and women, boys and girls i this city could not have been at ie opera house on Friday evening, ot only for the excelle-nt graduating cercises, but to have heard this mas rpiece of an address by Prof. Dan 4. Prof. W. A. Stuckey delivered the iplomas to the eleven young ladies nd the certificate to teach to Miss [iggins. The last session of the Newberry raded schools has been a suecessful ne. The teaehrs have all been faith4 al from the superintendent down hrough the first grade, and it ic meh to their credit that such has een the case under the trying cir umstances under which they have sc 'ell performed their duties, and thE itizens have reason to expect that e coming sessions will be crowned ith even greater success in view ol he great improvements whieb will b dded and which have been so muel .eeded for so long. Diplomas were presented to the fol owing young ladies who composec he graduating class: Misses Mary rances Pool, Etta Shelley, Mabe: Villiamson, Marion Higgins, Bernici ligh, Leola Bedenbaugh, Sue Porter udie Dennis, Anna Dickert, Ernes ine Wicker, and Lizzie Neel. The music on this occasion- consist d of five class songs by the elever roung ladies nientioned above, ac ompanied by Miss Jeanne Pelham or he piano. SUMTER CITIZEN A SUICIDEI Er. J. H. Witherspoon Kills Him self ,by Drinking Carbolic Acid. Sumter, June 4.-This communit3 ras shocked this morning when ii 7as learned that another of Sumter' itizens had committed suicide. ' Mr ". H. Witherspoon, manager of th( Vitherspoon Brothers' Furnitur( ompany, deliberately took his owr i.fe, about 8 o'clock this morning, by rinking carbolic acid. Last night Mr. Witherspoon boughi our .ounces of carbolic acid, suppos dly toj treat his little son's foot, thi ioy having stuck a nail in his foot yesterday he seemed to be in thae est of spirits, and no one had any dea that he contemplated such a ras] et. T:his morning he was missei rom his home, and wihen search was ade, his lifeless body was found it he toilet with an empty four-ounef ttle marked carbolie, acid lyina tearby. No cause has been assigned t< how why Mr. Witherspoon shouk4 ake his own life. He has been con eeted with the Witherspoon Broth rs' Furniture company-former: Mailden Furniture company-foi bout nine years, and has alway >roven efficient and satisfactory. Hi s survived by his wife, who was Mrs 1ila Strange, and one son, besides flu aerous relatives here and in Darling on county. ROCKEFELLER A GOLF-FIEND ;tandard Oil Magnate Thinks Gamn' Far More Interesting Than Fi nancial Situation. New York, JunIe 4.-Saying tha he financial situation is not half at nteresting as golf, John D. Rocke teller returned here today from Ho: Spins Va.. where he took Vrs ockeeller fiva months ago for he) iealth. "We have had a splendid time,' aid Mr. Rockefeller, "and Mrs okefeller is mue'h better.'' Mr. Rockefeller was asked if ha ~ared to say anything regarding th inancial situation. "What do I know about the finan -al situation?'' he replied. "'Why inance can't he compared with golf hope some day to be able to pla: riood golf. I have played a good dea > it in my life.'" He spoke feeliugly of the recen Iat.h of HI. HI. Rogers. '"it is sad avr sad," he said. F A DANCE V By Col. D. Written for The Herald & In The Herald and News of lac Dickert's account of his trip wil Dance With Death." We have received the followik on, which we take pleasure in pr the brave Confederate boy and Diokert has written: Editor The Herald. and News: count of our trip from Gen. Har have no comment or criticism to endeavors to make too much of I only his companion; and natur tried to do our duty as we saw it ands of other Confederates won stances. Some may perhaps think the sto the rehearsal of such scenes may eration-to make it discredit thi or noble manhood of the Confede peculiar conditions-trying cire1 joint, or the people of this day, pecially through which the wome A words as to Col. Diekert. I, him for about forty-five days, bui most remarkable man in some re. able companion, always full of I stances. He was kindness itself, hand, even at thi ri-! of his owi for his open, frank, jolly, good n him for his undaunted courage. a man of judgment and sagacity When we both started out I we tie and wondered why it was ti had been selected to undertake' t ness. But the quick conception in daring to ride through the er sleeping soldiers and trust our had a man to follow and not a detect danger, and could concen showing rare judgment and coolt From a rollieksome boy~, he cound ience at the least sign of danger, guard. His thoughts were alway Sown. A stranger to fear, I soon me or leave me to my fate, as loi defense. Were these not enough were strong and steady-'ould tremor-could take the life of a: then lament over the incident as I know nothing of his life for I do know of him, I would judge Gus Dickert his friend need nev at his hands. I1 shall eveir feel proud.that I has on his trip, to share his trials an< .and a.bove all, I shall ever be pr< my friend. ~And nowr after thes eating with one another through other in the flesh and by the fire plighted our troth, reviewed thos some may present a gruesome p: back the main points of this tril the manhood in us for later ye Copeland Bros. Special attention is ralb d to the >eautiful stock of goods at Copeland -Bros. They have a very select line bmad are oft2ring goods et a big re duetion this week. Cprnencement eason isthe time they wish to make a big sale, and they have reduced their prices acent ding. Courteous, ob iging elerks will. aive their best at enti<u- to all whio call. ~RED ZE:Is WILL -AOL2 BIG REUNION :XS :Ie. S. U.-\ call has been isso 1SS ened by pomi?ent men in Abbeville. Aniderson, Greenville, reenwood. Newberry, Piekens, Oco t eie. Laurens antd Union counties for a meeting of representatives of tha survior of aed Shirt organization, 1lTH DEATH A. DickerL News. All rights reserved. ,t Tuesday was concluded Col h Mr. Sam W. Dixon,-'".A g communication from Mr. Dix inting as a deserved tribute to is confirmation of what Col. I have read Col. Dickert's ae dee's camp to that of Hood's and make other than that Col. Dickert D hero of me., He was the 1-eader, illy I obeyed his orders. We both and neither did more than thous d -ha ve done under like cireum ry had better been left untold, as have a bad tendency upon this gen high aims, the lofty aspirations, rate soldier. But still our were inistances. The times all out of should understand the ordeals, es n of the South had to pass. only had the pleasure of knowing during that time I found him the ;pects I ever knew. He was -a I V ife under the most trying circum always w-iling to yield a helping i life. I soon learned to love him ature; then to respect and admire He was eve- a -boy by nature, but by temperament and environment. s often amazed at !his boyish prat at one of his mirth-lovi'ng nature is dangerous and important busi of determined courage he showed emy 's vast camp of thousands of Cate to luck, %onvinced me that I boy. His ear was always alert to trate every faculty in an instant, ess under desperate cireumstances ehange to man of age and exper and could never be thrown off his s more about my welfare than his discovered he would never desert ' g as he cou'ld lift an arm in my to make me love him? His nerves Look death in the face without a man without the bat of an eye, if he 'had lost, a friend. the past 45 years, but from what that tihe man that once could call er fear treachery or ill-treatment a the honor of accompanying him i dangers and gain his confidence, ud to know I could truly call 'him e 45 long years of only communi our thoughts, each has found the side of 'his hospitable 'home re e harrowing experiences, which to eturebut truly to us as we look ;>were a large factor in moulding Respeetfully, Sanm W. Dixon. whieh was so effective in 1876 in as sisting Wade Hampton to rid the State of the republican administra tion. It is proposed. to have this meeting of county delegations in An derson on June 24 to arrange a big reunion of all the Red Shirts in An gust. Trble purpose is to effect a permanent organization, which will hold annual reunions. SGermany has 82 sanatoria for tuber -'ulosis, wh-ich hold over 20,000 poor consumptives; the cost of each sana torium is about $100,000. Through organized effective methods, Germany has reduced the death rate from con sumption by one-half throughout the nation. In the German army, tuber eulosis has diminished 42 per cent. during the past 20 years (from 3.3 per cent. per thousand to 1.9 per cent.