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COMMEN
Dr. John G. CUnl\
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Address to the
tBy Roy Webster.)
The 1921 commencement exercises I
of Carlisle school came to a close on j
Monday evening with the speeches j
of the members of the senior class,
the delivery of an address by Dr. Jno.
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and the presentation of diplomas to
the graduates. Invocation was delivered
by the Rev. P. B. Ingraham,
of Cope, following which Douglas Ingraham,
of the senior class, gave the
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salutatory. The class history was ?
read by Everett Arant, the prophecy i j
by Oscar William Lever, and the will (
by LeRoy Dantzler. Felder Wolfe 11
was the valedictorian. All members
of the class acquitted themselves with 1
much credit, showing that they had i
devoted much time and attention to 3
their graduating programme. 11
Dr. Clinkscales began his address ^
with several witty remarks, Which put 1
liis hearers in a happy frame of mind, i
He gave many reminiscences of his
?arly days/in educational work, and z
-stressed the fact that a child's educa- t
tion is begun on the day of its birth.: ;
Children observe things very closely
and often propound questions which ,1
we cannot answer. The speaker used (
.to plead for mere education, but nowi]
such is not enough, it must be Chris- t
tian education. The times demand an 1
education which will help solve our r
problems. Man is an animal, some j
animals plus, other animals minus. !
Besides the physical self there must <
be a soul. Dr. Clinkscales paid an ;
eloquent tribute to the memory of]
Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle, whose influence I
in Christian education goes on for 1
*11 time. He closed his address with
an earnest plea for the students to
mnrtpi their lives after Christ.
J. Carl Kearse delivered the medals
at the conclusion of Dr. Clinkscales's
speech. The scholarship medal, given
to the student making the highest j
average throughout the year, was I
awarded to Olin F. Wolfe, of the j
graduating class, whose average for j
the year was 95.6. This was a high j
compliment to Mr. Wolfe, whose excellent
work won for him this covet- j
ed prize. Second place in scholarship !
went to E. D. Law, of the junior j
class, who had an average of 93. i
The winners of both first and second j
places are Latin students, thereby j
giving the Latin scholars an enviable j
record for scholarship.
The best effort medal, awarded by j
votes of the faculty, went to Archie
Gibert, of the freshman class. This
* medal is supposed to 20 to the man
who makes the best effort during the
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year. This was a hard decision for I
the faculty to make, several names be-!
ing considered and voted upon. T. '
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W. Goodwin of the junior class, was j
a close competitor for this medal.
To Jas. Sanders was awarded the
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medal offered dv ttev. w. .t. onvufri
to that Carlisle -student who best
represents the ideals of the school.
This is decided by the ballots of the
students themselves, and is very highly
prized by the dinner.
CEMENT
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Graduating Class
Company "A " Wins
Annuul Prize Drill
PY?r hpino- t}1fi hftst drilled company
in the battalion company "A," commanded
by Capt. E. K. Goethe, was
awarded the beautiful sabre which
goes every year to the most excellent
company at Carlisle school. The drill
was held on Rhoad field at ten o'clock
i "A," WINNER OF ANNUAL PR
Monday morning, and all the com>anies
performed in such a way as to
leserve the highest praise from both
he judges and the spectators. The
judges were E. H. Henderson.
i\r. M. Brabham, and Paul Zeigler, all
'ormer members of the army. The
grandstand was comfortably filled and
the edges of the drill field were lined;
vith machines containing those who !
lad come to witness this contest in
nilitary skill. j
The individual competitive drill;
ilso excited much interest and en- |
thusiasm. Fifteen cadets had been i
selected from each company to com-!
pete for this prize, and the contest,
asted for many minutes. Some
iropped out every few minutes, this
process of elimination proceeding un-i
;il only two - contestants remained, 1
Ralph Durham and Cadet Solomons.
These two waged a strenuous engagement
for several minutes, then
Solomons made a momentary error
on "Rifle salute," leaving Durham
as the only one who had stood the
test, and entitling him to the medal
for being the best drilled cadet in
the school. Durham, affectionately
known as "Fatty," is a veteran of
the world war, and his winning
this highly coveted prize is a cause
of much gratification to all members
of the faculty who also saw* service
in the war. The winner is a member
of the junior class and lives at
Smoaks, S. C. He belongs to "B"
company.
Aside from the drills, another feature
was the announcement that
Captain E. K. Goethe, of company
"A," had been appointed Cadet Major
in recognition of his long and
honorable career at Carlisle school.
The order read on the field stated
that Capt. Goethe had done more for
the promotion of military affairs at
Carlisle than had any other man,
and this honor was given him as a
partial reward for his untiring devotion
to duty. Major Goethe comes
from a line of ancestry long distinguished
in military affairs, several of
his uncles having graduated at West
Point and having held high positions
in the United States army. The students
were exceptionally glad that
Goethe had received such an honor,
for they recognized his outstanding
ability, and knew he was without a
peer as a leader of his men.
After the medals had been deliverd,
diplomas were presented to the
| graduates, some announcements were
imade, and the benediction pronounced
' by the Rev. Mr. Ingraham.
EXERCISi
CARLISLE
Dr. Watson Pleac
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Spirituality i
Bennie Rhodes Won
Medal for Oratory
In the best oratorical contest ever
held at Carlisle, according to competent
critics, Bennie Rhodes, of Estill,
S. C., a member of the junior class,
on last Saturday evening was awarded
the medal for being the best declaimer
at Carlisle school. Mr.
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Rhodes's subject was ''The New
South," which he handled in such a
manner as to evoke the highest
praise from the judges and the audience.
He made an excellent appearance
upon the floor, his method of
delivery was smooth, his gestures
graceful, and his voice well modulated
during the entire speech. The seven
other contestants acquitted themselves
in a way which reflected
great credit upon their efforts.
The contest was very close and
the judges had difficulty in
choosing the winner. * All of
the speakers, who were trained .by
Capt. Roy Webster, showed the
beneficial results of such training,
and gave an exhibition in which they
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Sunday evening before the Carlisle
Young Men's Christian association,
preached on the importance of putting
first things first, taking as his
text the twelfth chapter of Romans,
the eleventh verse: "Not slothful in
business; fervent in spirit; serving
the Lord." As he had stated in his
morning sermon, America is the hope
! of the world, which she can fulfill
j only as she recognizes the realities of
j values. Recently the minister has
jhad the opportunity of hearing Roger
jW. Babson, the noted statistician,
?speak in Washington. Mr. Babson
had been taught in his college course
that the only realities were land and
labor, but he soon found in actual
life that these two things were only
[small factors, that the things of greatest
and most lasting value were things
| spiritual. The things of God are the
[things that count. The difference
, between North and South America,
!according to the president of Argentina,
is that South America was settled
by men who were seeking gold,
j while North America was settled by
i those who had come here to seek
God. The first immigrants and set"
tiers of our country worshipped God,
thereby making land and labor valu
able.
Should the United States turn awaj
from the church of God and close the
( Bible, ruin will stare us in the face
^ The country can be saved by a realization
of true spiritual values. God
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n Annual Sermon
(By Roy Webster.)
Before an audience which packed
Trinity Methodist church to its cacapacity
last Sunday morning Rev. E.
|o. Watson, D. D., of Washington,
preached the commencement sermon
to the graduates of Carlisle school.
The speaker delivered a most earnest
plea for less materialism and more
spirituality, stating that only through
a knowledge of God as revealed by
Jesus Christ can there be a solution
of the tremendous problems now confronting
our country.
In beginning his sermon Dr. Watson
expressed his pleasure at being
:in Bamberg on this occasion, and stat|
ed that it meant more to him to be
ihere than to fill his other commenceiinent
appointments at'Virginia State
Normal, Randolph Macon college, and
the United States Naval Academy, at
each of which institutions he is scheduled
to preach the commencemnt sermon.
His text was taken from
Ephesians, first chapter, part of the
|eighteenth verse: "The eyes of your
understanding being -enlightened."
The divine stated that the eyes are
the windows to our souls, that the importance
of seeing can not be overestimated.
With our eyes we are enabled
to view the heavenly bodies
and to see the beauties therein; we
can also feast upon the printed page
and mingle with the great sages and
prophets and teachers of all time,
whose works have been preserved to
us through printing. Some have eyes,
but cannot see, because seeing means
to mentally understand. A defect in
vision, whether physical, mental or
moral, is a calamity; and the tragedy
of all tragedies is to stand in the
presence of a moral degenerate, no
matter how brilliant his mind may be.
,The real difference between men is
;in their powers to see. Two men
!may start in business as clerks; one
sees himself as the owner of the
''concern in later years and actually
'attains his vision; the other does not
!see beyond his clerkship, and remains
in the position. We usually see those
'things for which w? are looking, and
.the things we see are revelations of
our own selves.
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God has given every man peculiar
endowments, but many people have
jnot developed these endowments. God
| is not stingy, as is proven by the
abundance of light, air, water, to alf
mortals. He has given big mental
endowments, sufficiently large to
work out any problems. The endowments
are plenty, but our minds are
| not enlightened to life's realities.
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our nation needs qualified leaders
such as are being equipped in the rer
ligious schools. Education must con>
sist of more than a trained brain anc
a trained hand; there must also be i
. trained heart. We need the conse
[ crated leadership of men who have
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Held Last
I A. C. L. Passenger Kan Into Open j
Switch Near Florence.
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Florence, May 8.?Train wreckers
j are believed to have been responsible
1 for the wreck of Seaboard Air Line
passenger train No. 23 at Scott's sidl
ing, near Florence, Wednesday night.
I The train ran into an open switch
and the engine plowed through the
earth at the dead end of the switch
: for a distance of 150 feet. Ivey Har
! mon leaped from his cab as the engine
left the rails and struck the
i ground with much force, His right
! shoulder was dislocated and he suffered
an ugly gash in his forehead.
| Joe Jenkins, the colored fireman,
I also jumped and his entire right side
! is today a mass of bruises but he is
not seriously hurt. Both the engineec
! and the fireman were rushed to the
! Florence infirmary and their injuries
; attended to. None of the passengers
| on the train were injured although
I badly shaken up.
I The wreck occurred about 8 o'clock
| last night. Engineer Harmon stated
! that he was running a few minutes
i late and was maintaining a schedule
' of thirty-five miles an hour.
"Since reading in the papers d-urI
ing the past several days of attempts
I to wreck trains in various parts of
the country I have been keeping a
: close lookout on my line," said EnTT
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gineer narmon at me xiuspiLcii iuua>,
"but this is a clear piece of track
with only one switch and I did not
anticipate any trouble here.
"The sign board on the switch
showed white and it was afterward
discovered that white paper had been
paster over the red ftoard to indicate
a plear track. As I approached the
switch, I noticed that the board vras
clear and did not slacken speed. I
was dumbfounded, therefore, when
the engine jumped into the open
switch and had no time to slow down
before it left the ends of the rails
and plowed into the earth.
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PERJUIfr CHARGED TO MAN.
Who Claimed He Was Flogged By
Jacksonville Party.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 27.?F. E. j
Chambers, telegraph operator em-1
ployed by the Florida East Coast Railroad
at South Jacksonville, was ar-|
rested and released on $1,000 bond
today on a warrant sworn out by Dr.
P. E. Watts charging perjury.
* Dr. Watts with four other promi'
nent residents of that place were arrested
several days ago on charges
that they severely flogged Chambers.
Chambers claimed he had been enticed
ixxto lonely sections on two occasions,
beaten and ordered to leave
town. Warrants were issued for six
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teen residents or souin jacKsuuvme,
but so far as known only five were
served.
Preliminary hearings of the five
men arrested were concluded today
'and the case taken under advisement
| by Justice of the Peace Greenburg.
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I; caught the spirit of service to God
,;and to their fellowmen.
The musical programme was as
- follows:
11 Anthem: Seek ye the Lord (J. V.
i Roberts), Trinity choir.
Anthem: Sweet Sabbath Eve (Ira
i B. Wilson), Trinity choir.
School Finals
Thursday Evening
Thursday evening at the graded
school auditorium the graduating ex- y
ercises of the school took place, and
state high school diplomas were awarded
to a class of thirteen. Of these
seven were girls and six were hoys.
The personnel of the class was: Misses
Pauline Dixie Faust, Thelma Theresa
Fowler, Sara Lena Herrington,
Amanda Eileen Hunter, Olive lone
Kinsey, Frances Marie Phillips, Mil
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dred Kenyon Rice; and Walter Decania
Hutto, George Elvin Price, Shannon
Ray, Jr., James Owen Rhoad,
">^derick Sanders and Charles ;Murr
' Tatum. This was the largest
class of recent years.
A short play, "The Sweet Girl
Graduate,'" was presented by the
class. Miss:Ione Kinsey took the leading
part as the "girl graduate," and
did her part well. A synopsis of the
play is: King Solomon, Confucius,
the Three Wise Men, astrologer, mu-1 .
ses, Father Time and Cupid all came
in to give the girl graduate advice,
but she was wiser than all but Cupid..
Different members of the class
represented the various characters.
Little Margaret Allen was
dressed as Cupid and she was beauti- r '
ful and sweet. There were four litVinttorflioc
that, flitted a
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the scene, and they were as
graceful as wood sprites. They were .
little Misses Elizabeth Jones, Dorothv
Brabham, Clarice Brabham, and
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Louise Copeland.
| Between the scenes Miss Louise
Free, a pupil of the sixth grade, gave
a dialect reading, and some little
first grade children sang a playlet *
that produced much comment and
laughter.
Class exercises were then held. ? , v*
Miss Theresa Fowler read the class
history. A class will was delivered
by Murray Tatilm, and the class propheey
w as read by Miss lone Kinsey.
Fred Sanders delivered the valedictorv
address. .
Supt. E. P. Allen delivered the diplomas.
In making his address to
the class. Prof. Allen called the attention
of the audience to the needs
of a high school building.
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Several medals were awarded for
various standards. The exercises were
concluded by the class singing "Hail
to Commencement Day."
JURY CONVICTS ASHLEY.
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New Trial Sought.
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Anderson, May 26.?'Ernest Ashley,
found guilty of manslaughter for
killing Policeman and Deputy Sheriff
Arthur T. Hughes at the close of a
political meeting held in Honea Path
August 24 of last year, was this afternoon
sentenced to serve ten years
in the state penitentiary or on the
county chaingang. The sentence of
the court was at first 11 years, but
an appeal was made to Judge George
E. Prince, presiding, to reduce the
sentence to ten years so that hail
could be .granted by the presiding''
judge, pending an appeal. After >
listening to F. B. Grier, of Greenwood,
associate counsel for Ashley, and who
had previously implored Judge Prince
to temper justice with mercy, the presiding
judge fixed the sentence at ten
years. Bond was fixed at $10,000, to
be signed by two or more reliable
sureties and approved by the clerk of
the court. Judge Prince said:
"I have listened to the appeals of
counsel for the defendant and have
heard them plead for mercy for this
defendant because of his wifej and
four children. This is one of the sad
duties of a judicial officer, for every
time some violator of the law is punished,
an innocent woman and some
innocent children suffer. But then
I must also remember the children
of the man who was killed."
PRISONER SAVES OFFICER.
Alleged Burglar Attacks Deputy in
York County Jail.
York, May 25.?Alex Childers,
serving a jail sentence following conviction
in the United States court for
distilling, probably saved the life of
Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn at the
county jail today when the officer was
attacked by John Houston, alleged
; burglar, while he was feeding the
prisoners. The deputy sheriff was
shot in the stomach and left thigh in
the scuffie over his 3wn pistol. The
bullet, however, barely grazed 'the
flesh. Childers, seeing the officer
about overpowered, knocked Hudson
down and helped hold him until another
officer arrived.