The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 04, 1912, Image 1

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VOLUME L, ITUMBEB 45. JTEWBEBRY, SOUTH CABOLDTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1912,. TWICE A WEEK, ILM A YEAS. I . *$50,000 Raise Carnegie Oi i 575,000 ADDED TO THE COLLEGE ENDOWMENT I PRESIDENT HARMS CARRIES MOVEMENT TO FINE SUCCESS. f !Fhe Biggest Victory in a Year of Many i Big "Victories for Newberry ColI?jg N^wberrv college, champion in every ] inter-collegiate contest in South Caro- 1 lina during the past scholastic year, has won again, and the last victory is ithe greatest. President J. Henry Harms has an-i * nounced that he has succeeded in raising the fifty thousand dollars neces 1 fe sary to secure the conaraonai ouer 01 K. twenty-five thousand dollars of Mr. rv Carnegie, thus increasing the endowment of the college seventy-five thouI sand dollars. Thic is n^ws which1 will cause re Voicing among the alumni, former students and friends of the institution ^throughout the country, and 3mong -tke friends of Christian education. The condition of Mr. Carnegie's offer ' of twenty-five thousand dollars was fiftv thousand Hid C tUC VV44VQ V * ? ? -w dollars in bona fide subscriptions by .June 1. This is the result which has 'i>een accomplished. * The fifty-sixth annual commencement of the college begins on next Sunday, bringing a fine session to a .close, and the success of the movennent substantially to increase the en 'dowment, added to tne otner successes of the year, will make this commencement the greatest in the history of the ^.college. * * ev";t f "j* President Harms has been steadily v at work in the effort to raise this money, and it has taken hard work, money, and it has taken hard work. He has secured subscriptions in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida; ias far west as California; as far north aft Wisconsin; as far east as Massa-J chusetts; as far southwest as Texas, and as far south as Florida. The alumni showed their loyalty to the rcollege from the beginning of the j ? movement to the end, both in contributions and in co-operation and encouragement. The people of Xewber- I rv helped substantially. The students > themselves were liberal in their gifts to the endowment. The first contribution was a twentydollar gold piece around which there is woven a human interest story of Christian faith, evidenced by its fruits, which makes This coin dear to President Harms and to the college. It was given by a widow. Some twenty years ago her husband had given it to ? iier, and she had kept it for the memories of the dear departed which clustered round about ii. She told j President Harms she could not spend it for her own use; she told him that :she was not able to contribute in any other way to the endowment, and that she would like to give this coin. President Harms has kept it with him throughout his trying labors in raising the fifty thousand dollars, and the z^Safowledge of the spirit in which it was given has been a constant source of encouragement to him. President Harms, who has raised this money, has been doing a fine work for the college since he succeed ed Dr. James A. B. Scherer as president. He is a native of Savannah, and -a graduate of the college in the class of 1893. He came to the college from "Harrisburg, Pa., where he was serving -as pastor. Of fine executive ability, his energy has been consecrated to the great work in which he is engaged, | and the college has been constantly pushing forward into a broader field of activity and usefulness. President Harms, of course, is deeply gratified that he has been able to oarry the movement to a success. But he says the endowment is not yet sufficient to place the college on that certain footing which it should have in L order to take its place in the perma ? nent roll of "'the leading educational ^ institutions of the country. He is looking forward to further work and cf, Securing cfer of $25,000 a great deal of it. He wants to put Newberry college on a financial foundation upon which there can be no onviotv in the matter of Income and of current expenses. "The friends of the college," he said, "should not be content until the endowment is at least three hundred thousand dollars." COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT. Program Which Will Bring to Close Biggest Year in Institution's His tory?The Monster Parade. The Newberry college commencement begins next Sunday, June 9. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached next Sunday morning at the opera house, the exercises beginning promptly at 11 o'clock. Rev. Robert Ti- Patterson. D. D.. of Charlotte. N. C., will deliver the sermon to the class of 1912. The services Sunday evening will be under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian association of the college. Rev. H. A. McCullough, class of '93, of Columbia, will make the address. The hour is 8.30 promptly. Monday morning the Sophomores will engage in the annual declamation contest, in Holland hall at the college, promptly at 10.30. A medal given toy the literary societies will be presented to the winner. Several young men have entered the contest. Monday afternoo^ the standing committee will meet at 2.30, and the board of trustees at 3 o'clock, in the president's offices in Holland hall. Baseball games are also being arranged for Monday and Tuesday afternoon. Monday night, promptly at 8.30 o'clock, the annual junior contest in oratory will be held at the opera house. Tuesday mwfr'miig fit 10.30 o'clock the annual addresS to the alumni association will be delivered by C. J. Ramage, class of '95, of Saluda. The annual meeting of the Alumni asso ciation will follow tne aaaress. Tuesday night at S.30 the address to the three literary societies of the ""-11 K-rr XJrtV. CUiiege Will Uf uciivcicu uj ljli-c liuu. M. L. Smith, of Camden. Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock the graduating exercises will be held at the opera house. Indications are that an unusual crowd of visitors will attend com?nencement this year. Citizens are earnestly requested to help entertain the guests, and those who will open their homes to the visitors will send word at once either to Prof. S. J. Derrick or President J. Henry Harms. Friends of the college, students and alumni are organizing a monster parade for Tuesday night, to celebrate the biggest year in the history of Newberry college. The Newberry concert band will 'be in line, and a bon-fire j will be lighted to warm up the occasion. Public Sales. There were two legal sales on Monday, one by .T. E. Crymes, trustee in bankruptcy, in the case of Miss Bertha Wadslev, petitioner, in the matter of \Tisc Yarmio T Simnson one lot or I I ~ " ?1 I parcel of land, with building, in the town of Prosperity, containing one acre, more or less, was bought by W. H. Nicholson, attorney, for $2,900. The other sale was by H. H. Rikard, master, in the case of Milling-Moore company against Tom Kinner, lot in the town of Whitmire, bought by the plantiff for $200. I Comes to Prosperity and Cannon Creek. The Due West correspondent of the Charlotte Observer, in shaking of the addresses of the graduates of the Erskine Theological seminary, says: Oma G. Davis, of Monticello, Ark., had for his subject, "The Unchanging Gospel for a Changing Order." Mr. rx - A J n c n otn_ uavis emereu me ocsumai j a.o a, i dent under the care of the Arkansas j presbytery, 'but he has been transferred to the second presbytery in order that he might be able to accept the pastorate of the two A. R. P. churches at Prosperity and Cannon's Creek, in Newberry county. WILBUR WRIGHT DEAD. Aviator Succumbs After (xrim tfatue With Death?Ever Devoted to His Work. Dayton, Ohio, May 30.?After a grim battle against hopeless odds. Wilbur Wright, Dayton's noted birdman, died <> + 9 9 ~ fhic mfmninc nf tVT>hoid I a?C U . OfJ \s v/ivvn. liiVi v. x fever. Death came after the distinguished patient had lingered for days and nights in the throes of a burning fever. Taken ill with typhoid fever several weeks ago, Mr. Wright had been lingering on the border for many days, and though his condition from time to time gave some hopes to members of his family, the attending physicians maintained throughout the latter part of his illness that he could no recover. As death approached all members of his family gathered at the bedside, including his aged father, Bishop Milton Wright, Miss Catherine Wright, Orville Wright, the co-inventor of the aeroplane; Reuchlin Wright and Lorin Wright. Seized With Chills, The most alarming symptoms in Mr. "Vright's sickness developed yesterday shortly before noon when his fever suddenly mounted from 104 up to 106 and then quickly subsided to its former stage. At this juncture of the crisis the patient was seized with chills and the attending physicians v;ere baffled by the turn of events. The condition of the aviator remained unchanged throughout the rest of the day and there was no material change until last midnight. Then Mr. Wright began to show some improvement and the watchers at his bedside were encouraged. Shortly af-| terwards, however, the patient took a sudden turn for the worse and his principal physician, Dr. D. B. Conklin. was called. The doctor arived at 3:25 and learned that Mr. Wright had breathed his last a few minutes ^ ' V If ' T > UClUiC. ? ?%. . Taken 111 in jfciasti Mr. Wright was taken ill May 4 while on a business trip to the East. On that day he returned to Dayton' from Boston and consulted Dr. Conk-1 in, the family physician. He. went to bed immediately, but it was several days before his case was definitely diagnosed as typhoid. Throughout the early part of his illness, Mr. Wright believed he was suffering as a result of some fish he had eaten at a Boston hotel. "While definite arrangements for the funeral of Mr. Wright have not been made, it is probable it will take place Saturday afternoon with interment here. Followed the Light. A narrative of Wilbur Wright's career is the story of a man who followed the light of his dreams and contrived a machine for aerial navigation that stands out spectacularly among the wonders of a century of inventions. rrK ? V?ie hroffior I ?% ii*U U i ?>113in, r> uu liio u 1 \s uivi , Orville, dreamed of building a craft that would dart through the air with the speed of a hawk, that would defy the storm, that would transform the art of warfare and revolutionize methods of transportation. In the nine years that followed their first successful test at Kittyhawk, X. C., they have seen their aeroplane driven more than two miles up into space, have heard the purr of their machines as they whirled 011 their way across the continent and I have watched great crowds stand aghast in anticipation as a graceful biplane soared threateningly over the fighting mast of a giant warship which might have been sent careening to destruction by a bomb from the tiny ma chine hovering over it. It was while Wilbur was in high school at Richmond, Ind., and Dayton, 0., that the brothers began making definite plans for an aeroplane. A few years later they embarked in the bicycle selling and repairing business at Dayton. In their shops they found plenty of opportunity for experiments and when a gasoline engine was perfected in the automobile's rapid strides, they saw a dawning light. First Air Machine. In 1902 the brothers had built their first air machine and in 1903, they WARRANT FOR TOM WATSON. Charges Sending Obscene Matter Through U. S, Malls in His Magazine. Macon, Ga., June 1.?unuea siaies Commissioner W. E. Martin this afternoon issued a warrant for the arrest of Thomas E. Watson, of Thomson, editor of Watson's Magazine, charging him with sending obscene matter through the mails, in the May issue of his magazine. District Attorney Alexander Ackermnn annroved the warrant, which was sworn out on the accusation of Postoffice Inspector A. J. Knight, who has headquarters at Savannah. The warrant was promptly turned, over to United States Marshal George F. White, and he in turn sent it to Deputy Marshal Murray, of Augusta, with instructions to serve at once. The arrest of Mr. Watson will probably be made Monday morning, and he will be taken in custody of the marshal to Augusta, where he will foe arraigned for a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Godwin. Mr. Watson, according to Marshal White, will be shown no favors or consideration and he will be treated just as any other person ar, rested foy the United States, It will be impossible for Mr. Watson to give I bond at Thomson and It will be necessary for him to go to August, ^ The warrant says that Mr. Watson "knowingly and feloniously deposited and caused to be deposited for mailing and delivery to divers persons whose names and addresses are unknown by and through the mails of the United States divers copy of a certain obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy pulj-; lication of an indecent character, which* said publication was then and tbArn Anntained nnd in a zine entitled Watson's Magazine, in May, 1912, which publication contain ed on certain pages an article entit'ed 'The Roman Catholic Hierarchy; the Deadliest Menace to Our Liberties and Our Civilization,' which said publication is so obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy as to be offensive to the court and improper to be set forth herein." The United States marshal is directA /3 ? Ak M In n n V\ /V n 1 eu itf apyieiieiiu vvai?uii cuiu unug miu forthwith before a United States commissioner >that he may be dealt with for the offence. District Attorney Ackerman says he will be ready to give Mr. Watson a hearing whenever he wants one. Meteorological Record, May, 1912. Temperature. Mean maximum 83.7; mean minimum 61.3; mean 72.5; maximum 95, date 25th; minimum 49, date 18; greatest daily range 34. Precipitation. Total 2.36 inches. Greatest in 24 hours .59 inch, date 6th. Number of days with .01 or more precipitation 11, clear 10, fair 10, [cloudy 11. Thunderstorms 6, 15, 27, 29. Severe wind, rain and thunder storm in western part of county on the -Ttn. Rainfall five months 24. 91 inches. W. G. Peterson, Cooperative Observer. wen to a remote section near Kittyhawk, X. C., where they could try out their invention. With Orville Wright in the biplane, Wilbur and his mehanic witnessed the first successful flight of a heavier than air machine. The story reached the world, but the brothers, ohn mot P.rietiofl.ll v silpnt keDt their se c-ret until two years later, when at Dayton, O., Orville Wright made the first long distance flight. This was the beginning of the end of their struggles. The machine was patented throughout Europe and both brothers j were forced to tour the continent, hob nobbing with kings. Then the United States government bought a machine, and in the few years since then the industry has grown to such large proi portions that the federal government maintains a special birreau to gather statistics 021 manufactures and exports. Mr. Wright was born in Milville, Ind., in 1867. He was educated in high schools in that section but declined to attend college. He said he preferred o hurrv to ''real work." He i never married. Commencemen Newberi THE BACCALAUREATE AM eiTMlUV rvriOTNf Uii ouv\um LTLimiu A SPLENDID SERMOX DELIVERED BY REV. ED>V. FULENTVIDER. Grammar School Exercises Monday Evening?High School Commencement Tuesday Evening. There is probably no city its size in the South that has a larger or better ckrmhiTvori school system than I * Newberry. During the past year the enrolment has been large, the scholarship and deportment of the pupils 'have been above the average, and the entire session has been successful. The commencement exercises of the city school began on Sunday night with the baccalaureate sermon by the ? ~ 1 nP Kev. iiawara ruienwiuci, yaatui vi the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, of this city. The exercises were held in the opera house, and the Rev. Mr. Fulenwider's splendid address was heard with close attention by the large audience. _ ^ T YT ^ Yi I. ' J There are twenty graduates of the high school this year?two boys and eighteen girls?and there are a large number receiving certificates from the seventh grades in the Boundary street and Pope schools. The Mfh graduates are: James Carapsen Kin -v /xb -" a%.. . ' vr . m v y I REV. EDW. FULENWIDER. Who Preached the Baccalaureate Sunday Evening. ard, James Lance Swindler, Florence Morris, Mamie E. Paysinger, Clara Landen Bowers. Margaret Elizabeth McCrackin, Estelle Caldvtell, Ruth l t niiica /->!?-in Pora v. Maver. j UXOV aU V V/ * U> ViK***9 -w ? ? ? . _ . _ w J Bessie Anita Lake, Annie Kibler, Kate Xeel, Moriet Eloise Hayes, Alice Cannon, Annie Elizabeth Jacobs, Sophia Rose Herbert, Lois Lucile Hipp, Sarah j Simmons, Marion We-bster Jones and [ Xancy Werts. i James Campsen Kinard was awarded first honor and James Lance SwinHior ?ppnnH honor. | The exercises will continue through I Tuesday evening. On Monday Evening. On Monday night the closing exercises of the grammar schools took place in the opera house. The program included a play, "A Day in the | Woods" by the members of the grammar schools, followed by an address by Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, president of Limestone college. Dr. Ix>dge also Dresented the scholarship medal, given by by Trustee J. Marion Davis for the highest scholarship in the grammar schools. The certificates to the grammar school graduates were delivered by Superintendent Henry Lee Dean. The full program of these exercises appears in this issue of The Herald ana -News. High School Commencement On Tuesday evening, beginning at 8.30 o'clock, the commencement exercises of the high school will be held in the opera house, and the address of the evening will be delivered by Dr. ! Howard Lee Jones, of Charleston. The salutatory will be delivered by James * - r* rl fVi/-. volnHintnrv | l^ance onmuici, WU L"r; .uivuiviui; | wi'l be delivered by James Ca?npsen Kinard. The high school scholarship meial medal, given by Cha:rma.i Otto t Exercises ry City Schools .tliettner, 01 x.Q<e ooara ui Trustees, win be presented by Mr. E. H. Aull, and the I. H. Hunt history medal will be presented by Solicitor R. A. Cooper, of Laurens. The Baccalaureate Sermon. Notwithstanding the threatening rain, the opera house waS comfortably filled on Sunday evening, when the baccalaureate sermon was delivered by the Rev. Edw. Fulenwider. The rain of the afternoon had cooled the fcV V, 'V v^J-i >rj?^$r T^dJOH ISSSSISI * HENRY LEE Sy ) Superintendent atmosphere, and the weather was comfortable. The graduates and the trustees oc ciipied seats on the stage./- The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr, Carlisle, of Central Methodist church, and the Scripture lesson was read by the Rev. Mr. Carson, of the A. R. P. church. The strong sermon was delivered with fine force and effect. The Rev. Mr. Fulenwider said: "Phoebe, Our Sister." Text, Roman 16:1-2: "I commend unto you Phoebe, our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Genchrea. That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also." "These are the words of a Christian ADOstle. written concerning a Chris tian woman, to a * band of Christian people in the great city of Rome, We have chosen these words as our tert tonight because we believe they con e V(" _ ' fefaJ OTTO KLETTNER. Chairman Board of Trustees. tain a message for this auspicious hour. "The name Phoebe means 'bright, radiant, pure.' Phoebe was an honored and active member of the church at Cenchrea. one of the posts of the great city of Corinth. She seems to have been a woman of some means, and used what she had to the glory of God and benefit of humanity. She was orrkino- /\n o innrnPv from CC'UChrea V/Il C*, JWM* ~ ~ to the great world metropolis of Rome, for what purpose we are not told, but probably on business and also in the interest of the Christian church. It would be a long tiresome journey? many hardships and dangers would be encountered on the way, and when she should reach Rome she would be in a great world of strangers, ani being 1 * ,'i - ' "