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VOL XLVIl INo. 82 NEWBERRY S. C.- FRIDAY OCTOBER 22, 1909 TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR DRO JASO H.ICRLISLE DIED YESTERDY O11E OF THE GREATEST MEN THE STATE EVER HAD. At a Ripe Old Age and a Life of Great Usefulness He GoesHence. Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle, President of Wofford College for many years, died at his home in Spartanburg yesterday morning at seven o'clock. He was possibly the greatest man in South Carolina. We print be low a sketch of his life. James Henry Carlisle was born in Winnsboro, Fairfield county, South Carolina. May 4, 1825. His father, Dr. William Carlisle, was a native of Ireland and came to this country in 1818. settlirg at Winns,boro, where he wa:s a practicing physician for many years. Young James Henry Carlisle re teived his primary schooling in his native town. Later on his parents moved -to the historic town of Cam den. where the young man was pre pared for college, being taught by Professors McCandless. Hatfield and Major Leland. He entered the sopho more class of the South CArolina col lege February 1, 1842. During his course at the college he was under Dr. lwbert Henry, who had charge of the department of language, and Dr. Leiber, who was in charge of the departmeit of economy and civil law. Dr. Carlisle graduated in 1844: being -the second honor man in the ela.ss, the first honor man being Gen. P. H. Nelson, who was killed in the battle of the "Crater." Being the second honor man, it fell to his lot to de liver the English oration. His sub ject was "Shelley," the poet. It is said that this oration elicited much favorable comment and many predic tions were made of his futore career, but his achievements have surpassed the most sanguine hopes of his most ardent friends. The real teacher, like the poet, is born not made. Young Carlisle im mediately passed from the school room as student, to the school room as :eacher. being elected principal of the Odd Fellows' Institute in Co lumbia. which position he held for four years. In 1848 he was eleeted tu a position in the Columbia Male Academv. In December, 1850, Ben jamin Wofford died. He left by his will one hundred thousand dollars "for the purpose of esta,blishing and endowinir a college for literary, clas sical and scientific educatin, to be located in his native district, and to be under the control and management of the c.onference of the Methodis - Foiscopal church of his native state. Ac harter was duly secured and the trastees held their first meeting to rganize under it at Newberry. No \ember 24, 1833. The trustees at this2 meeting elected :he following faculty: The Rev. WV. M. Wightman. 1). D)., presidet; the Rev. Albert M. Shipp. A. M.. professor of English iterature; David Duncan, A. M., pro fessor of ancient languages; James . Carlisle, A. M., professor of math maties: and Warren DuPre, A. M., ofessor of natural soience. His Work For Wofford. Thus was established the~ institu tio:n which was destined to .be the centre of the intellectual life of South Carolina Methodism, and, which was t:o be a potent influence im the production of the highest type of citizenship for the Palmetto com monwealthi. Silice 1854 the history of Wotford colege has been largely determined bv James H. Carlisle. In 1873 he was elected president of the imsti uionl. At differen: times he has taught mathematies. astronomy. civ . ethies, and the English Bible. He s more thorougly conversant with Soutlh Carolina history than any living man. He is the author of an excellent textbook ou astronomy, en titled. "The Young Astronomer.' Time and again flatterin~g offers. from Ote nE? :itautions have been mnade, bt to all of them 2e ever gave a cour: ent~ refusal, preferring to serve :st -i:ittin ofI his cIhlureb to \Vich*~ (.M . neerate' his lofty chiar m:er aresplendent abilities. Dt.L. {'aler~ (once said that he would rather his boy would simply go into a room where Dr. Carlisle's old coat was hung up than to be un der the real tuition of many a so called great educator. As A Teacher. Since the days of the Great Teach er of Gallilee, the world has had no clearer and more convinchig illustra tion of the power of personality in t-eaching than that afforded in thei record of James H. Carlisle. The prime conception of modern educa tion is the personal power of the teacher. President Garfield's defini tion of a university-Mark Hopkins at one end of a log and a student at 'the other-may be an exaggeration, but in it lies the true philosophy of education. The true purpose of ed ucation is not to adorn the life with Athe gaudy exterilais of culture, not to render the life more valuable in ithe money market. but it is the de velopment of character. What we should seek in education is not chiefly learning on the recipient's part, nor the acceptance of a certain creed, bu:t character. And this is ito be charac ter made, not according to any par ticlar mold, but in an atmosphere of freedom and fullness. This is ac complished not in lessons, not in or ganization, but in the personal in fluence of the teacher over the pupil. Character is not a matter of sponta neous combustion. Spiritual activi ty is kindled by a spark from the burning heart of another. Mind acts upon mind and feeling upon feeling. Enthusiasm from eye to eye and courage passes from the strong to the weak. His Honors Unsought. The honors that have come to Dr. Carlisle have always been unsouglit. Being modest and unassuming, the very idea of seeking a personal honor seems utterly foreign to his noble nature. He was eiected a member of the first general conference of his church of which laymen were mem bers, and was elected to each suc ceeding one as long as he felt able to go. He was a delegate from his church to several Ecumenical confer ences. He was a member of the se eession convention, signing the fa mous ordinance. He was a represen tative in the late confederate legis ature. 1863-4. These were the first and only political otices he held. though time and again he has been urged to accept positions of honor and trust in state and nation. Dr. 'Carlisle w.as a man of deep spirituality. The secret of his great strength of character was in his real ization of eternal verities. Spiritual itv is the consciousness of the Divine presence. The spiritual man is the man filled with a sense of the pres ence of God and of the force of spiritual laws, here and now, eon vinced of an immediate and conscious reat ion between himself and God. Dr. Carlisle is a living exponent of spiritual truth. No mani can come in personal touch with him without ac knowledging the reality of the Chris tin religion. It is said of Fenelon that .he had such communion with God his very face shone. Lord Pe terborough, a sceptie. was obliged to spend the night with him at an inn. In the morning he rushed away, sav ing. "'If I stay another night with that man I shall be a Christian in s)ite of myself.'' Woffordl's adored president has ever been a spiritual magnet. draw ing out the highest and noblest in the young men who have come under his influence. His stately form, his graceful movement, his loving yet firm voice, and his benign face *have bleaded in an imperative call to young manhood that has found a re spose in every heart that has known himii. D)r. Carlisle 1has ever p)ointed to tle hlighiest. Oui the lill overlooking 'the placid bay. i which the "'May flower"' fir'st cast her anchor there stands an eloquent tnonument, which some one hlas said1 is at once a mir' ace, a p)arable, and a prophecy-a miracle of artistie skill. a parable of hristian civilization. and( a prophecy of our. coming nlationial g.lory. It is our famous monument. Seated on te ciersCl~ of the pedestal1 are four ('n a lofty shaft of graite1 is the ig' e rpresenungfl Falh, withI the JI)1) Bible in one hand and1( the in1 dex finger pointing away to the throne of God. So upon the lofty shaft of his granite character, James H. Carlisle has ever stood, pointing young men to the heavenlies and commending the Bible as the chief text-book and the inspiration for the highest achievement. If you seek the monument of Dr.!, Carlisle look about you in church and state and see the mighty host of Wofford 's men of sterling worth, whose lives are a benediction to the nation, and you will find his endur ing memorial. Last Appearance. The last time that Dr. Carlisle ap peared in public was during the sum mer school for teachers at Wofford college, when it was the pleasure of the teachers to hear an interesting address on school life of long ago, *and on Washington's visit to South Carolina. after he had been elected president of the United States. Prior to this time he had not made an ad dress in public for many months. The commencement at Wofford last June was the first commencement missed by Dr. Carlisle for more than two score of years. When he was a member of the faculty he always oc cupied a seat on the rostrum during the commencement season, and after he retired from the active presidency. of 1the college, he never missed an ex ercise. Last June, however, he was indisposed and it was impossible for him to attend any of the exercises at the college. Dr. Carlisle was president of Wof ford College from 1875 to 1902, when he resigned, and became president emeritius. Following. his resignation Dr. H. N. Snyder was elected. Although he resigned the presi dency of Wofford, he did not give up active work. for he continued to lec ture on astronomy and the Bible. His Bible lectures continued until last winter, when he was forced to give up class-room work on account of the severe cold. * * THE IDLER. * * * * * * * * * * * * * 9 '* * * "If the doctors could only agree on some kind of ati operation for pellagra people would not have such an aversion to it. But they will probably soon .devise a knife cure, as ithey have done for almost all oth The knife cure hsbeen the t'hing for some time. When I was young~ you never heard of appendicitis and now it is the thing to* have your ap pend(ix removed. Fact is *a good case of old time colic is now diagnosed a~s appendicitis. Speaking of pellagra tha.t is a big thing the doctors are going to have in Columbia during Fair week. Every doctor who can, it seems to me, ought to be t:here. Pellagra is :to be discussed from all view-points and something ought to be learned. abonit it. Maybe we can find out tihe prop er' pronunciation of the word. It seeins to me, though. that there are some orther diseases the study of which would thave more p)ractical benefits to suffering humanity. Near Lv every case of pellagra gets into the newspapers whereas, hundreds of people are dying every day from pneumonia, typhoid fever, consump tion, scarlet fever and 0;ther every day diseases. Would it not be well to have a conference on some of these. Mayb)e th ey are too common. Mrs. John A. Logan says: ''Seience has appar'entiy discovered a remedy for. tihe cure of every disease wi-th which the human family is afflicted except the fatal malady. egotism. There is no danger of physical death to the persons afflieted. but one wouldl like to think the dlisease was curable."' The disease is easily di agnosed and the symptoms are a.p parent, but when the disease oncei lays its elaws on the victim the case I is almost hopeless. Mrs. Log~anl says le victim generally has a 2rievance that the viIalut ion placed 4on his mer ts by othier*s is always an untderval nation. There is oine .:hling~ that may b. saidu to his credQ4it. ,owever. he is geordlya harm less being~ anid the 1 W . _.r el t1__ e. -1. l . s.*- i.).*.I. . te might be well for -the doctors to call a .conference and discuss this malady. I Wasn't it one of the Apostles who - said something about "Professing f themselves to be wise, they became i fools," and isn't that about tibe true e situation of the genuine egotist. Now I like to see a fellow think well of himself and have confidence in his I ability to do things for wilthout it < he will not accomplish much bat I t do not like to see one who impresses upon you all the time thait in his es- I timation all wisdom is centered in I him and that whenl he passes away c all wisdom will depart from the < eaith. But this is* none of my busi- I iess and I guess I had better get on 9 another subject for I may get lost. 1 Still one of the most lovable -traits r in any human being is genuine hu mility wthich begets a willi-ngness to c learn and a desire to be helpful. f I noticed the other day -that Mon.- 4 roe Wicker was getting ready to fix I that sidewalk from Mayes drug store i to Friend street. That is right and < city council ought to take my advice ] and keep him on permanent work of ] this kind. There is plenty of it to do. A-nd he knows how to do it and i can do it for less .cost to the town I than it has been done by contract. Tha,t is my opinion, though I may be mistaken for I know very little about ! business. ] I passed down on the public square I the oither day and I noticed one of t the columns to the old conrt house I portico had tumbled down. This j does not look nice and I ]hope Super- j visor eFagle will give it his atten- t tion before ithe other one falls. The a fact is something ought to be done I with this building. I wonder if the t county could sell it. If it could then it would be better to sell it and I realize something from it than to leave it standing like it is. It could be made a very attractive place and could be used for a gTeat many purposes -:o the advantage of the t people of the town and county, but as it is now it were better it were not there. It is a pity our public square cannot .be made more attractive and kept in better condition and if the old court house and tihe grounds im mediately surrounding it were put in t better condition the spirit of im provement might spread. Let .those i athority think about doing some thing with this building besides rent ing it. I -happenied on :he streit the other evenug and it was early but it was so dark I. t;hought an eclipse of some kind was ona or the electric plant was roken and I came near falling in some of the holes in the sidewalk and then I there sure would have been a dam age sui;t against the city, but on in quiry from some passer-by I was in formed that the mooni was supposed to b)e furnishing light for the streets 1 and thein I understood that 'Uir 1 town is runf on the moon schedule and so long as the moon peeps above the horizon the electric lights are not exe:ed to be burning. It is very well to observe the moon schedule but when it is cloudy and the moon is hid by tPbe clouds and when the j moon is young and its light does not i reach over the top of Newberry 's sksrapers and <the electric plant is in order we should have lights. Don't you .think so'? We have a splendid systems of lights and the young men ini charge are competent and obliging and I am sure it is not their purpose tha;t the city shall at any time be shrouded in darkness. I nioticedl fromn the last issue of the. Observer--I read it sometimes-that t the t.hirteen::h atemp to run a laundry , in Newberry has resulted in the thir- 2 teentilb laundry kicking the bucket. Now that is 'too bad. Can't support a S laundry and all this talk I hear all i the time about the trouble of getting 't a washer woman. Why not have a t laundry that will wash clothes as well as laundry shirts and collars and I uffs. Then it would pay. I believe a laundry will pay in Newberry. Any1 t towni wit-h eight thouasnd p)eople I u2th1 to be able to support a laun- T dv. That's why I say I believe New berry will support one. Maybe I amd ikakeai. I reckou I am. But New- a' )erry on.ght to support a laundry. C n,t ten- Nembhr noght to sti.ek to 6 ,ether for Newberry enterprises. But ometimes she does not do it. The ight man did not finance it. That's vhat the matter. I knew I would ind t1he cause if I kept on. Well, let's ry again and make ithe fourteenth ffort. By the way that paved boulevard tas not yet been made between the ourt house lot and ithe Crotwell 'ho el. And the wagons just keep on m.tking a wagon road out of it. Vhy not have it fixed as it ought to >e. I believe Mr. Mann mows the rass but the walks that were laid mut under the supervision of the adies of the'eivic association are rown up with grass and the walks eading up to the court house have ever been fixed and some of the ewberry lawyers really walk on.the rass in going to tihe court house for ear of getting sand in their shoes, he sand on the walk leading up from Jollege street entrance being so deep. Vell, I guess it is better than red aud and these lawyers will find that >ut when ithe rainy season sets in. 3ut then the walks ought to be fixed. t is a pity to start ouit to do a nice ob and hen quit it before the job s done. Don't you think so? Well, do. 0 I :have not yet heard any noise that ounded li,ke a park for Newberry. lave you? I am a little deaf but I hink I could hear a sound like that. )on't youl The city folks ought to >e ashamed ito monopolize Willow >rook and not make a noise like a bark on this side so that they might nvite Willowbrook over to see what hey had done. Great movemenits lays have a hard time of it at the >eginning but they will move. when hey are right, and this is a righ:t aovement and there will be a rum diing noise before long. -0 It seems to me there was some tatement made somewhere ;that the nayor had fixed up a wagon yard in he rear of the market and that we vere to have the lower or the upper )ublie square' parked. Well, I reckon it has been decided to wait until pring to have this done. And maybe t . is just as well. In the meantime ve may be able to do something with he old court house. The Idler. THE NEWS or PEOSPERITY. :nteresting Missionary Service at Grace Chiurch.-Purely Per sonal Mention. Prosperity, Oct. 21.--Mr. Oliver larris. a former townsman, ho is iow living on Colonial Heights near o-lumbia, was in the city last week. Miss Mary Kinard returned to At anta on Monday. Mr. J.. L. Wise spent the week-end n Asheville with Mrs. Wise. The atter is improving daily and will re un home in a mouth entirely trong and wel'l. Miss Hattie Groseclose has gone to Dhrhardlt to spend ten days with her >arents. Mrs. J, F. Browne returned Sun [ay from the Columbia Hospital. She s improving every day. Mr. Andrew Couts is expected ome from~ the hospital Su'nday. Miss Lillie May Russell returned aturd:ay trom a visit to Greenville nd Seneca. Mr. Bryan. of Newberry college, pent Sunday with Messrs. Simpson. Messrs. Gallman. of Newberry, isited Mr. Bushnell Bowers this ;eek. Mr. Barrier has decided to study elegraphy. book-keeping. etc., in ~olumbia. He goes to begiu work in few days. Mrs. Barrier and little on will spend the while with lher ister Mri Young. at Little Moun ain. We are more than sorry .to lose hem from our midst, but we speed bem ith our best of good wishes. Miss Marie Lathan visited at Wise otel this week. Rev. W. H. Greever passed through he city on Sunday on his way to ittle Mountain, where he went to reach in the moruing. Mrs. H. P. XWker visited her auhter. Miss Mary Willis. ho is in teIl dance upon the Presbyterian oilege at Columbia. last Friday and Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Bowles retra ed to Coronaca Saturday, after a pleasant stay with Miss Nannie Sim$ son. The Palmetto club will meet with Mrs. F. E. Schumpert early next week. Mr. Olin Ientz, of Pomaria, was in the city Tuesday. The series of services in Grace Churdh are quite as enteftaining and edifying as they promised to be. The sermon on Monday evening by Rev. Mr. Fulenwider was unusual. He .did not give a statistical sermon on mis sions, but showed that the need of the world is the forgivveness of sins. This consummation, of course, to be accom plished through and by missions. The address Tuesday. evening .y Rev. J. J. Long, of Pomaria, was very able, indeed "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have I give thee," was his theme. His view of missions to, was practical and his talk held and helped his listeners. On Wednesday evening Dr. Weltner, of Columbia, wha has charge of the mission work among the mills, gave a lengthy, spicy, pugent address on home missioons. The gist of his dis course was "Down to the masses; back to Christ." He gave some very con vincing arguments for the speedy mis-, sionating of mill points an dsome live, actual illustrations of the progress that has come under his own oobser vation and care in the last three years. The talk this evening wil be given by Dr. Cromer and will be primarily addressed to laymen. This, of course, will be up to his usual high mark of excellence. On Friday and Sunday evenings Dr. Greever and -Rev. J. H. Harms will fill the pulpit. From previous hearing of these two active, scholarly men we can assure all who come a most pro fitable holr. It sems that the news. vender has not passed this way this week and we have not so much 'purely personal' to relate. Our friends and visitors must have gone In other directions, ,pole woard, or more preferably, since the weather is so crisp and frosty, they have followed the birds. At any rate they are not seemingly in quest of Prosperity. Mr. H. P. Wicker returns Friday from Little Mountain where he is at work upon the beautiful school build ing that is being erected there. Mrs. Addie Hodges has returned from a visit to Columbia. Several of our people are getting ready to attend the Woman's Conven tian at Leesville and the South Caro lina Synod at Lexington. Our graded and higgh schools are in a very flourishing, creditable condi tion. New students are coming in daily with the prospect of quite a few more. NEGRO HOUSE BURNED. One Child Knocks Over Keosene Lamp.-Two Children Arned to Deat'h. A negro house on Mr. John M. Suber's place, occ*upied by Ellan Dembo. in No. 4 Township, near Whitmire, was burned on Monday night about eight o 'clock. There were in the house at zhe.time. t-hree chil dren, one four years old, one three and one eighteen months old. The parents were up about the residence of- Mr. Suber. In some way the old est child knoeced over a kerosene lamp and the fire stait-ed from this. Two children were burned in the building, -but the oldest e~hild escaped, but was very seriously burned. During the recent Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York the sailors from the UTnitel States anid foreign fleets heard a song that pleased them mightily. It was sung at the New York Hippodrome, and the title of the song is "Every Girl Loves a Uni form." The song' made such a hit that the New York World has ar ranged to publish it, words and musie complete, next Sunday. Mrs. Boggs-I hate to have a man always complaining about some lit tle thing. Now. my husbanid is con tinually harping onf the lace crurtainis. Mirs. Woggs-Yes. and my huIshand~ has been kicking on our front doorL every morning at 3 o'cloc)k fo th