The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 22, 1909, Image 1
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.
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THE IDLER. *
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"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