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ELBERT HI AULL, EDITorr ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSEAL NEWBERRY. S. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 191. I -- -- w Newberry now has a savings bank W ready for business. Interest paid on deposits, and deposits received as low iQ as one dollar. Something we ought to 9 01 have had long ago. They are good in- h stitutions. Every man who desires to si put by a small amount each week and . t a yet have it in reach when the demand a may come, can now do so and receive interest on it. This ought to be the s poor man's institution, and it ought to foster and encourage economy and the putting up of something. President McIntosh and Cashier Wr -ght are both good business men and the bank will succeed. 1 Do not forget the meeting called for --to-morrow by the Survivors' Associa tions of Newberry County. Mr. R. L. McCaughrin has de nlined to accept the offer of the presi dency of the Piedmont Mills. It would have necessitated his removal to Green vine and his interests and associations - in Newberry would hardly admit of that. His removal would have been a loss to Newberry, and it is gratifying news that he has determined to remain with us and has declined the tempting offer, There is no better financier in the State than Mr. McCaughrin, and withal a pleasant gentleman to deal with. The Herald and News has been giv ing for some years a column to the use of the teachers in the county, and at present it is conducted by School Con _pisient Kibler. Why not let the ~e board of examiners or re on the county treasurel ,r the money. Of course the idea is absurd, but there isabout as much reason in it as in the crculars issued by the editor and pro prietor of the Palmetto School Journal ordering the school trustees to sub scribe for that paper and make order on the county treasurer for the pay. If the State and the Register would take up less of their editorial space in discussing the "leased wire'? and the Associated Press and the United Press service, the people up this way who take the papers would be better pleased with both. The subscription lists of the two papers is the best way to judge of their respective merits as newspa -pers. The Herald and News, in all sincerity begs, to suggest to its cotemi poraries that the great majority of the readers care nothing about these dis eussions. - They- are going to take the -; paper that suits them and that they want. Give us the news; that is what we want. It seems a little queer 'to The Herald and News-th~e utter ignorance of the existence of that circular about the Palmetto School Journal, displayed by Superintendent of Education Mayfield. Hesy eknew nothing of the matter until.he saw the circulars as published in the State. That hardly seems pos sible, but this is a strange year. Mr. Thackston is chief clerk for Mr. May field. WVhat action did the State Board of Education take in the matter? Mr. * Thackston's reply is awaited with in terest. Let us have all the .light on this subject possible, and not sit in judgment until all the evidence is in. The Herald and News presents its congratulations to Capt. V. E. McBee on his promotion. It is. an honor worthily bestowed. Capt. McBee has risen by virtue of hard effort and in -trinsic worth to his present position. His headquarters will be in Savannah. JAMES N. LIPsCOMB DEAD. He Ends His Life in a North Carolina Town. IThe State, 16th.] Col. T. J. Lipscomb, the ex-superin tendent of the penitentiary, yesterday received a dispatch from Mr. E. C. Simpkins, of Bryson City, N. C., stat ing that his brother, ex-Secretary of State, James N. Lipscomb, was lying at the point of death there, being not expected to live but a few hours. Col. Lipscomib will leave on the ear-: ly train this morning to attend his. brother's bedside if he be not too late. All- South Carolinians vill regret to learn of the illness of the ex-Secretar'y of State. [The State, 17th.] The information of the critical illness of Col. James N. L ipscomb, the former Secretary of State and master of thei State Grange of South Carolina, at Bry-i son City, 3. C., was mentioned yester day. His brother, Col. Thonmas J. Lips comb, was to have gone to his bedside: on the early train yesterday, but a dis- r patch arrived in the meantime an nouncing Col. Lipscomb's demise at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Upon receipt of this his young son,t Milledge Lipscomb, who is residing in ( Columbia, left for North Carolina. Thet remains will. no doubt, be brought I back to this State, b,ut the arrange-r ments have not been announced. Col. Lipscomib was a native of New berry, and graduated from the South ( Carolina College. His first appearancea into public life was in the South Caro-t lina Legislature several years before the war. In the war he became a colonel I of cavalry and proved himself to be a gallant soL-lier and true Southern gen- d tieman. After the war he was active in his t efforts against the Radicals, and took i deep interest in tax unions. Is in '76 he was recognized as one of the most ardent leaders.a He was untiring in his efforts to do n his State service during that noted t campaign. n 'rhe next'year he was sent from New-1 ni herry as a representative ini the Senate, ce where he at onee rose to promninence. st He was elected Secretary of State in rn 1882, under Governor Th~ompson, and ai was re-elected in 'S4 and served two 3 years under Governor Richards~on. a During Cleveland's administration at he held a responsible p)osition i tize je: Department of the interior at Wash- e ington. Later, he was chosen master t of the State Grange, and, by virtue of jn his office, w as a member of' thbe State t board of agriculture. In both of these ti< stations he served his people weli, as in in all other positions. He also took a mi deep interest in the State Agricultural so and Mechanical Society. I2 Col Lipscomb was a~pleasant, genial,; w, large-hearted man, and possessed de-:p cidedabihty. He had friends all over g the State, who will be grieved to hear.u ofhsdah of is deth -o-~~ %V1-L1:1V COLLEGE COM1iiN1 i h MAENT. th - . 'tel e Speechen and the Ser:ous-The 1'rizes and the Snccessfol Contestants-The 1 Young Men and their Speeches Oi -A Flow of Learning. of What a relief from the everlasting ti und and treadmill of politics, isa col- w e commenc,elent! And that, too, s( hen it is our own college. What ti uld Newberry do without Newberry ti )lege? There is much cameness in report- e g college commencements, but it % yes us pleasure to see the bouyancy a young manhood and young woman- r ood on these commencement occa- s ons, and the labor of the writing f 1 iem has its solace and joy in the . nd the enthusiasm and the hope in I oung men and maidens as they step Pon the threshold of real life. It is a tep that is fraught with momentous isues to them, but we would not mar heir pleasure by its contemplation. Z,ather would we enter with them into he joys and festivities of the present, mnd with them build hopes and plans or the future. The past session of Newberry College aas been in an eminent degree, a suc sessful one. The young men have made a good record and the college elasses have been full and the outlook for the future is bright and encourag The commencement exercises have all been up to the standard, and the friends of the college should be inspired with new zeal to begin their work anew, for the further adv ucement of the institution. It has now passed the period of experiment, and is no less a necessity than an assured success. This is a college issue of The Herald and News. We make no apologies for it. Newberry College is a home insti tution. The Herald and News is a home paper. All our home people this week have been intereste in our home college, then let us put on re cord its commencement exercises, that our friends abroad may know what we are doing for the education of our sons. On the first page may be .on sketch of the college, together with a cut ot the buildings and also a portrait of the honored president, the Rev. Dr Holland. BACCAI,SroPe ! ?ibhe sermon to the grad auiba class by the Rev. Dr. hS. W. Owen, of.lagerstown, Md. The exercises were held in the Opera House, and the large ball was filled to overflowing by the citizens of the com munity and their visiting friends. All the churches were closed,and the mem bers and ministers of all denominations participated in these exercises. The weather was hot, but the rain had set tled the dust and it was not disagree able. Elegant music was furnished for the occasion by a special choir under the direction of Mrs. Peter Robertson. The opening anthem, "They that trust in the Lord," was beautifully rendered. On the rostrum were seated the Rev. Dr. Owen, orator of the day, Rev. Dr. Cozby, of the Presbyterian church, Rev. Geo. A. Wright, of the Baptist church, Rev. WV. W. Daniel, of the Methodist church, Rev. H. P. Counts, of Georgia, Revs. J. H. Wyse, Z. W., Bedenbaugh, WV. A. Julian, M. J. Ep ting and T. 0. Keister, of the county, President Holland and Revs. Dr. Fox and A. J. Bowers. of the college and Rev. W. C. Sebaeffer, of the Lutheran church. The devotional exercises were con ducted by Rev. XW. C. Schaeffer, with prayer by Rev. T. 0. Keister. The preacher selected as his text, Luke 19: 26. "For I say unto you that unto every one which hath shall- be given, and from him that bath, not, eden that he bath shall be taken t'way from him." Dr. sOwen presents a striking and rather fine appearance. His manner is easy and graceful, and for forty-five minutes he neld the undivided atten tion of his large audience. His word painting was beautiful and his manner impressive, and at times he was touch igly eloquent. No synopsis of the sermon can do the preacher justice, but the main points may be given to outline the trend of the discourse. He said in substance that every reader of the New Testa ment was familiar with the parable of the text. .The faithful servants in creased in proportion to what they had received, while the unfaithful one gained nothing and consequently lost that which he had. This is constantly occurring. Every one who faithfully and diligently cultivntes his powers inds them becoming e ven more active, and finds himself growing richer in ca pacity to know, to do and to enjoy. While he who does not, finds himself ever less able to do anything useful, honorable, good. Taking it for granted that it would be desirable to better our future greatness and usefulness, the under stand the things wvhch make for preacher annonneed his theme to be "self culture." Stelf is the culminating point where manifold paradoxies mee-. Nothing is more esteemed and despised, fastened and forgottmn, guarded and neglected than our ow'n wondrous se(f. No where are the i ajority of men reatr strangers than t home. They visit and view the orchards of their neighbors, but (do not care to visit and view, to plant and to prune their own. There are worlds and fields within ne's self that need to be conquered md cultivated, but to do so one must e brave a'd courageous. The first aim that should influence ne in the pursuit of . elevated and ~nlightned self culture, because pre aratory and auxiliary to all others, .s self dominion. The preacher here resented a beautiful word picture of low man was lord of creation and had >rought all nature to his subjection, tuid how the greatness of the past in naterial things had grown and crunm led to ruin. These things in ruin pre ent a sad picture to contemplate. But sadder sight still is the debasement of lie nature that once bore the image of .od. Now it is in view of this condi ion of mian's nature that w~e should ow that true manhood not to say al dignity consists in the attainment .nd exercise of self dominion. Unless. ce reach and occupy the high summnit 'f a proper and perfect self-control we re impotent and insig~nitcn,untu red and undignitied. "Unless above himself he can erect imself how mean a thing is man." Our second aim should be self epedence. YIou conquer the territory< f self not to place it under tthe inspec ion and direction of a foreign prince, < ut to exercise over it personal king. hip. Your mind is your kingdom.i ou are an autocrat. Now that books id periodicals on all subjects of hu an thought are multiplied with elec -ic swiftness and extraordinary cheap e, self dependence is a rare and re-i arkable virtue. Men are lost in men, irried away as the barge of a ilowving t ream. Our intellectual, political and t -ligious notions arc bequeathed by, c id built upon, a few master mindsv ost men are willing captives of I stronger noture. Great minds o e for our inspiration, not for our n titctioH. Their tuoughts and dis- v >eries are not as costly furniture ft bedeck and beautify, but as useful j p atriment to strengthen and to ma- c. ire the mind, must, by hard applica- p :ni and much exertion be transmnitted s to widioml cre it supplies mnital and iih oral force, must not lose your per-| t< nality in another. In climnbing ahill may be greatly aided by a giant, but If e unto me if for this service .1 am to isl :y the price of mastigation by his:" inders. Struggle to be men, and get ti >on the terra firma of a mighty and a hi THE INEWBERR~ \ third aim) should he self-consecra- 1 ai to a governing purpose in life. 1a ben a man sends a vessel out to sea places a master in conmand'l, a pilot the helmn, who will know how rough opposing curreuts and con iding winds to make the destimed S rt. Shall a young man, thus fur- 1i shed with all the high endowments a a rational and moral nature commit t tmself and the precious interests a his existence to mere con- i ngies, to drift at the mercy of both ti itd and billow? Shall he place him- n it at the mercy of time and chance c xat happen unto all, with no end dis uctively set before him, no thoughtful joice of means, no adopted plan of yort? Every young man should start t -ith a proper theory of life. Heshould bake himself loose from the blandish .ents of ease and pleasure and climb me lofty mount of vision, some isgah from whose summit the whole and that remains t) be possessed shall e clearly visible to his earnest, honest ;ae. Scorning to be hoodwinked and heated by mere illusions he will pene rate into the heart and reality of his lestiny doing impartial justice to the laims of the distant and the future, no ess than to the near and the present. Having settled the purpose of life, he will come down from the mount and step grandly forth to the accomplish ment of that purpose, making whatever saerfices are necessary in --der that success may cr.wn his eflort. The man who goes to the pulpit or the bar or the senate and fancies that without hard study and solid acquisi tions that he shall be able to act effec tively and permanently on the minds of men is doomed to failure. He may figure for a little while with flashing words and airs and be able to captivate the superficial, but his eniptiness ere long reveals itself, and "going ap like a rocket he comes down like a stick" a hopeless failure. The preacher gave numerous exam pies and illustrations to make plain his argument, which were apt and tellin in their effect. It is said that upon the plain o Warerloo) there stands a great bronzi lion, forged from the captured guns the French in 1815. The beast's mout is open and seems to snare through hi teeth over the battlefield. When las seen by a certain traveler on one sprin noon-day, a bird had built its nest rigl in the lion's mouth t the twig of the dew ...ere fledg a,a nes ote de ie very teeth of the brutal tledr and from the very jaws of the LiAfze beast, the chirps of the swallow seemed to twitter forth timidly the tocsin of peace. It was the audacity of hope. So when you hear the cry, "There are lions in the way," move on ward with hope and courage and you will often find that instead of the roar ing monarch of the forest, some who have gone in advance of you have taken the weapons on the field of strife and forged them into a monument designed to inspire courage and not to produce dismay. By way of application the preacher said that self-culture was a duty the coilegel graduate owed his alma mater, a duty imperatively due to God. Ad dressing the graduates he said, be faith ful to yourself, be faithful to your God and be faithful until death. At the morning service President Hoiland announed that Dr. Holland, of Charleston bad been expected to de liver the address to the students at night but he had been unavoidably de tained at home and that Rev. Dr. Owen bad kindly consented to fill the place and would preach at night again. ADDRESS OF THE STUDENTS. * At the night service the large opera house was again filled. Dr. Owen an nouced his text to be from Lamenta tions 3: 27, "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." This theme was chosen as having special reference . to the young, but was applicable as well to the older and more advanced in life. Youth is the promise period of human character; the time when impulse and restraint; when check and spur, when indolence and effort are most largely influential for good or evil over our future condi tion and destiny. There is no more interesting object of contemplation than a young man whben he is about entering active responsible life. The world is generally favorably disposed toward young men. The preacher spoke of the importance of the young building up for them selves the proper characters in their re spective communities. He said there was a principle underlying the disci pline of the mrilitary life and school that was broader and deeper than the mechanical part of the drill and the march, and that was the idea and principle of duty. Every young man should take that for his watchword. The subject was treated under three divisions. We should bear the yoke of industry, of temperance and sobriety and the yoke of Christ. The different ideas,.were enlarged and illustrated by word painting in a very interesting and instructive man ner. Both the morning and night sermons were very favorably received. JUNIOR 3MEDAL CONTEST. In no exercise of the commencement is there more interest manifested than in tat of the annual contest for the beautiful gold medal offered to that member of the junior class who shall produce the best oration, regard being had to composition and delivery. This contest was had on Monday night and seven young men entered for the prize. The large hall was of course filled to its utmost capacity. The young gentle men all did well. In fact it was one of the best average exbibitions ever held in New berry. The medal is the gift of a torney General Pope and Solicitor Schumpert. The following gentlemen were ap pointed to decide who was the success ful contestant: Rev. S. W. Owen, Rev. J. W. Daniel, Hon. Geo. S. Mower, J. F. .J. Cald well, Esq., and Hon. Geo. Johnstone. Mr Caldwell was absent ud did not serve. The following are the names of the ontestants and their sujjects. Prayer was ofered by Rev. E. A. Wingard, d( the speakers were presented by President Holland: S. J. Derrick,4 Lexington,-Young Men: Their Intiuence and Responsi . L. Gunter, Aiken,-Power of En ~ironent. S. A. Merchant, Newberry,-Supply td Demand. 1. P. Neel, Newberry,-"It Might da:ve Been." E. B. Setzler, Pomaria,-"Dixie.'' J. . Wells, New berry,-Humzan In genuity. J. W. Wessinger, Lexington,-Glory >f the Stars and Stripes. There was but one medal and of course >nly one could receive this prize. At he cse of the speaking the committee etired and reached a decision. Mr. 3. 0. Wells was awarded the prize, honorable mention being made f Mr. E. B. Setzler. The presentation as made by D)r. Owen. In present og it he said that he did not want to pear for a p)rize, and little did he biink when he came bere that he would e called upon to perform so onerous d (iicult a duty. Would that there rere a prize for all, for all deserve one. Vith four or six contestants and only ne prize, there must be disappoint xent, for only one could receive it, but -en he looked out upon the smiling Lees of the ladies he felt there was a rize for all, and when the young mien >me to claim this prize, if the good istors of the town happened to be ab t and lhe should be here he would 8Ip them, with a great deal of pleasure, claim their prize. But there are prizes ich we niay all attain if we run and it not, and if we are faithful we xall all obtain the prize. The medal as then presented to Mr. Wells, with ie hope that he might wear it with Thenounr.tee alrcie HERALD AND11 ofusin i of floral tributes fromi their ly friends. TIlE ALUMN'- olIoN I Wras delivered on Tuesday torning it -er. J1. Walter Daniel, of 'hester, I e was fittingly introduced by z r. W. G. Ilouseal, president of the p sociation. Mr. Daniel spoke on the t Ibject "A Ramble among Surnames," rat for nearly an hour interested and o istrueted his hearers. lie spoke of t 1 origin or surnamnes and gave defi- i itions of various names and how they n ame to be in use. His address showed vast amount of study and research t .nd a perfect familiarity with his sub- r ec. Any synonsis of the speech would e utterly impossible. The Herr!d and \ews will, very probably, in a short ime, publish the address. Mr. Daniel ias been a very close student since his raduation, and now stands among the ront ranks of the miuisters of the Methodist Conference in South Caro lina as a preacher and a scholar. He is the author of several books and will very probably issue a v lume in the line of the address on Tuesday. ANNUAL. .EETING ASSOCIATION. Immediately after the address the annual meeting of the association was held. It was one of the largest and best attended meetings the association has ever held. The following oflicers were elected for the ensuimg year: President, Dr. V. D. Sena, Newber berry. Vice President, Robt. L. Tarrant, Newberry. Secretary, Dr. J. M. Kibier, New berry. Treasurer, Z. F. Wright, Newberry. Annual orator for 1St:, W. J. Cherry, Esq., Rock Hill, S. C., with Rev. M. J. Epting, Newberry, alternate. The committee oi the Alumni House submitted a report. Provision for the payment for the building of thi house was made except the S6H) paid by synod. The house is a nice one and cost $1,600. The commlitee was con tinued. Co mittee to prepare suitable reso lutions on the death of Rev. J. E. Berl: F a member of the association La died since last meeting w appointed: C. W. Welch, Geo. - 'romner and J, t Wilson. T It was decided thatceveral reunions t be held during te urmer in the in s terest of the 1ege. The whole matter of.afging these reunions was left tc the orficers of the association. ADDRESS BEFOIl.E THE LITERARY So CIETIES. On Tuesday night one of the largest audiences of the week greeted Senator M. C. Butler. who was to deliver the address before the literary societies. Upon the rostrum sat a number of distinguished gentlemen. Senator Butler was introduced by J. Y. Cuibreath, Esq., of the Newberry Bar, who in presenting him spoke an follows: Ladies and Gentlemen: The pleas ant duty has been assigned to me on the part of the faculty and students of the Newberry College to introduce tc this audience one to address the litera r? societies of Newberry College that needs no introduction, or rather no in troductory remarks on my part. -His distinguished services just as he en tered upon the stage of manhood in our recent late unfortunate war, the eminent ability displayed by him in shaping Federal legislation since he has -been a member of the United States Senate, and above all the mas terly manner in which he has vindi cated the rights of his constituents on the floor of the United States Senate where they needed vindication (ap plause') are facts that are known to the people of South Carolina and belong to the history of this government. (ap plause) Sprung from an illustrious line of an cestors whose p)ublic eminent services date back to the commencement of the revolutionary war in 1776, it has been the remark of the people of South Carolina that each generation of his family since that time has furnished the htate a distinguished leader of the people; and- my distinguished friend will pardon me in saying that none of his distinguished predecessors has ex celled him in ability and true devotion to the interests of his people (applause). I now take great pleasure in intro ducing to this audience the Hon. M. C. Butler. (applause) As Senator Butler stepped to the front of the rostrum he was greeted with applause. As introductory to his address proper and as somewhat ex planatory he said : Young Gemilemen of the Literary Societies: When you did me the honor to invite me some months ago to de liver the address to night to the two societies of Newberry College I prom ised myself that I would select a sub ject different from the one upon whbich I now propose to speak. I mean to be perfectly frank with you and do not propose to appear under false colors. I am afraid that the subject I have selected will not be interesting to tile ladies, for upon occasions li ae these the speaker is expected to select .some subject of a purely literary character. I must, however, ask the ladies of New berry to bear with mec and 'euember that the last six months of my time up to the 4th March-i might say r the last twvelve months-has been so engrossed by questions relating to my onlicial duties that 1 really have not had the time to prepare myself on the subject I had chosen. I am also afraid that I am in the position 'that Gov. Vance found him self in one occasion in North Carolina. He had prepared a speech for one of his brilliant campaigns that he in tended to deliver to every audience, but some enterprising gentleman of the newspaper fraternity got the "drop on him," took his speech down in full and it was puolished before he met his appointment and he found himself confronted by Is speech in the news paper. Now I delivered this same speech last night at Greenville and although it has not appeared in full I am some what in the position of (;ov. Vance, but I make this statement ill deference to you gentlemen wvho have done mie the honor to invite Ine to address you. His speech wa forcibly spokenl from man uscript and wvas nmainiily directed in presenting the rights of the ruinor ity in a popular governmlent like ours. He said that some of the fallacies lately p)romuLlgaLted by public meni ought to be exposed. TIhe doctrine of the governr nt of thc United States is that the maiority ought to rule. He spoke of the indlependence of convic tions in the time past and ot the brill iant andi commanding talents in those days. In these days of push there is too little time to devote to study of public matters. The result is that mnen of high attainments and intellectual abilities seek high salaries, and popu lar governmient is endangered. Men absorbed in business are prone to be led by audacious charlatans and yield their better impulses and judgment to the opinions of those wn~o have time to spend in politics. There are many men in public life who do not believe in the popular government esta blished by our forefathers. "The next conflict," said the orator, "will be between this class and the a(d berents of popular sovereignlty. T1his phrase k, little udderstood. We bear o much of it many of us do not stop to ~onsider what it means. Jt means the rule of the people." "You may ask," hle said, "why I re 'er to such a common truism. I do it ecause I believe it shlould be under tood by all." T1hme speaker then pro eded to speaiK of the way popular gov ~rnment is and should be managed, vy absolute power would crush liber .y and said that he wanted to combat he idea that a mere numerical major ty should control. He said he did not leny the rule of the m3jority when it sserts its power constitutionally and rith justice. I TEWS, TflUJib1)A 1 "I am' not directing my remarks r ainst this plan of popular govern- v ent, but against that of which the g cent. legislation in this country is an a stance. What 1 say is not governed political feeling, but is said as a citi ,n for the preservation of the true riuciples of government." Senator Butler then spoke of the ae ons of the majority in the last house f congress in trampling the rights of he minority and said that the brigands nder those rules, could transact busi ess at least under the pretence of right. le .sked, "was there ever such a ravesty under constitutional govern nent.' He referred to it as one-man ule, spoke of the system of counting he opposition, making false records Lod carrying out the pr, visions of the : ew born doctrine of majority rule, which is brute force and usurpation. As some of the results of this rule rev enue measures were passed which robbed the people of $1,OSo,0c)0,000. He referred to the cloture rule in the senate and said it was wanted because power and spoil were wanted. These are matters of history, he said, and de serve criticism. He said they were violations of the letter of the constitu tion and inimical to liberty. The speaker said that he did not at first like the word "filibuster," but he found filibustering a good thing to de feat great wrongs. In that it was the proper weapon of defence. He had seen it stand like a stone wall for months against the direst conspiracies. If it was-asked how could the majority rule with these tactics as stumbling blocks he would say by not delegating the power to any one man but let the majority keep its majority present. In advancig these ideas, the speaker said, he would incur the criticism o corr'useatinig statesmen, but he askec the attention of the yot .g men of the land to them, and pointed out the dan gers of majority rule in the style spokei of. Great talents will be used to u hold these ideas. The great parliamentary body of E gland had been appealed the rules . - sustan . e and house. Tb .,axer thought it dangerous for a fre country to rely on the rulings of a par liament of a monarchial. government Even in England's parliament ther had never been such transgressions o power as in the last congress. Clotur in the house of commons was adopte after a long, heated acrimonious debat and after many misgivings. He de nounced the force bill as the direst bi) ever offered. The ru.les in congress were startlinj enough tb put the people on notice. ] the dangerous ideas of the majorit; were continued, the usurpers woulc seize upon as much powei as would h allowed and the result would be beyonc telling. The speaker closed by quoting son of his remarks in the senate in whic] he said a well defined constitutiona government was being replaced by ; parliamentary government. DR. IIOLLAND'S REPORT TO TIE SEMI% NARY BOARD. During the session which closed o1 the 10th inst., four students were er rolled-2 juniors, 1 irregular, and senior. Mr. W. K. Sligh, the senior has been reading the prescribed course and practically received no instructioi from the faculty. Mr. J. D. Shealy the irregular student, recited with the junior class, consisting of Messrs. S. I Nease and 0. B. Shearouse. As far a lay in the power of your instructors instruction was given to these you ni men in Sacred and Church History Dogmatics, Exegesis of New Testa ment in Greek, Biblical Theology Homiletics and Pastoral theology, He brew and German. It will not be possible for your in structors, in addition to their colleg< duties, to do even as much work ir your Seminary anotber session as t bej have done the past session. The laborn exacted of us in College and Seminarj have been too continuous for us to d< satisfactory work. One of two thtigs- must be done: 1. Either you must take immediat4 steps to provide a Theological Professor 2. Or you must ask your present in structors to confine themselves to the junior year's course. In the event of your being able tt secure an acceptable Seminary Pro. fessor, the session of 1891-2 would irl all probability open with 3 seniors, 2 imiddlers and 2 juniors. In case you do not provide said Pro fessor, members of the middle and the senior class must go to some othei school of theology. Two great difficulties are in the way of your securing a Seminary Professor, (a) Finding a man who will meet the wants of the meagre salary the chiurch is able to pay, and (b) the inability ol the Board of Trustees to sustain the College apart from the Seminary fund The synod has placed the Seminar3 fund at the disposal of the College Trus. ees. and any action that you take rela tive to the election of a Professor mus1 be ratified by said Board. The relation of the Synod of Souti Carolina to the United Synod of the South, in the matter of a Theologica Seminary for the Church South, als< presents a perplexing aspect to the question before you.. Praying the t you may be Divinel3 guided in the important matters before you, I am yours fraternally, G. W. HOLLAND, Chm'n Faculty. MrEETING OF TIrE BOARDS. The two boards of trustees of the theological seminary and of the col lege held meetings on Monday. Ort the first page may be found the report of Dr. Holland to the college board. In this connection we submit his re port to the seminary board. The seminary board elected Dr. Hawkins, president and Rev. E. A. Wingard secretary. It was decided to elect a professor of theology and the following committee was appointed to secure the man and make the necessary arrangements : Revs. E. A. Wingard, T. 0. Keister and .J. A. Sligb. It is understood that this professor when selected shall also be a number of the college faculty. The board of the college elected the same otticers Rev. J. A. Sligb, presi dent, and Geo. B3. Cromner secretary. The board decided to make the prin cipal of the preparatory department adjunct professor of mathematics and to elect an assistant principal for this department. Prof. W. K. .Sligh was elected t o the first position and Mr. A. W. Fogle of the present graduating class to the latter. The board also passed suitable resolu tions in regard to the bequest of the late Col. C. H. Suber and made pro vision for the establishment of the C. H. Suber scholarship. They also decided against the ad mission of girls to the college. COMM3IENCEM1EN T D AY. The sun shone out bright on Wed nsday morning and the day wvas hot a veritable commencement day-but the people were out in full force and by an early hour the buggies and carriages, bearing interested friends, began to roll in from the surrounding country, and likewise tnose from the town began to wend their way to the Opera House to wit ness the closing exercises of comnmence ment. Long before the appointed hour for the opening exercises the hall was full-aisle, pit, dress circle and gallery. A number of prominent gentlemen occupied seats upon the rostrum. The exercises wvere not simply the peeches of the graduating class, but aso included the awarding of prizes and med:Jls and the announcement of the honor roll. The exercises were pened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Hall 'an, Augusta, and the speakers were oresented by Dr. Holland. The first speaker was Mr. V. Y. Boozer, of Prosperity, who was saluta :orian of the class, having been award second honor. He spoke of the com nencernent as being the beginning of !al life, and of all the great nen of the tir rorld, as having started just as the wo raiuates of to-day. All grat results pe -ere from small beginnings. As an ex- kit iple of this was the beginiug of cei ] ew herry College and the grand w~ork L had done since and wassti.a perform- sot ug. He congratulated the people of en Sewberry in having in their midst tb uch an institution as Newberry Col ege. MNr. Boozer is a good speaker and in lelivered his address with g-(od efleet. The next speech was mate by Mr. D. H. Duncan of Newberry. His sub ject was "Literary fame." he recuunt- v ed the great achievements of the great cc authors of the past and compared a them with those who had more iilita ry fame. Literary fame will tand as an -. imperishable monument to those who attain it, and who would not prefer it - to the fame of an Alexander? 'Mr. - Duncan's speech was well spoken and prepared. The third speaker was Mr. C. A. Fel lers, of,Newberry, who spoke of "Hope; not fruition." He recounted the ex amples of many who had begun life full of hope and promise but afterwards went down in disgrace and ruin, as - Alexander for example who became a victim of drunkenness and ColeredgeV who became addicted to the opium habit. The hopes of the Confederacy had been blighted. Yet in these things' the optimist sees that to encourage. Milton wrote in darkness and Paul' preached in prison. Life is a continu ous scene of contrasted sorrow and joy, adversity and glory. Mr. Fealers spoke with good effect and in an easy and graceful manner. Mr. H. E. Rast, of Orangeburg, spoke of "The will, a factor in character. In his definition of character he spoke of its guiding influence upon the life and and its great power. Charactei depends on three things, heredity, surroundings and the will, and the speaker indicated I how these things help to build and -make character. The most important and potent factor in s K < s cne will. Witt. a will to I work a man can overcome a-most any a and all disadvantages. A good char e acter is the first thing for youth to - learn and the last for age to for . get. Mr. Rast also deliverei a good a speech, well prepared f The next speaker was Mr. W. A. 3 Shealy, of Newbery County, w ho spoke I of "Reality in fiction." Have we ever e asked ourselves what effect a rovel had - upon us. It is the reality n fiction I that gives the novelist uucz a hold upon us when we read the printed pages. The novel must show true life f and represent it if it takes tois hold; m ri,ust portray noble manhood and ele gant womanhood and the inn(.cenoe of childhood. The story that lives must I represent life as it is. We ha ce a real world around us and cannot bc pleased with anything that does not r,,present this real life. That story that is painted I unreal life cannot have a gocd infiu k enee. Mr. Shealy's speech interested his - hearers and was delivered in an easy and graceful manner. 1Mr. D. M. Varn, of Colleton County, next told us of the "College Ur.iluate." He took a retrospective view of college life and said no reflections brought so many pleasant memories. And in this backward glance we could observe no more inspiring thought and gratifying reflection than the aid received in our work from the able corps of professors under whose tuition we have had the good fortune to be. They would be an honor to any college, and it should be the aim of the graduates to bear thenf selves worthy of their preceptors. Mr. Van made a telling and efyective speech. AWARDING OF DIPLO3MAS AN D 3ME DA LS. At this juncture in the oxercises camne the awarding of prizes and medals and the reading of the honor roll. President Holland announced the degrees con ferred upon thbe grad uates which may be seen from his report submitted to the trustees, and pub lished on the first page. He also read the honor roll, those in the first honor roll having made an average of above 92 out of a possible ]100, and those in the second honor list ranging from 86 to 92. Trhe following -are the names in the two lists: 1st Honor Roll; S. J. Derrick, R. L Gunter, E. B. Setzler, Rt. L. Jones. WV E. Black, James A. Bowers, G. D) Varn, S. J. WVheaton, C. E Wheeler, J D. Wheeler, G. S. Andrews, D). D1 Wallace. 2nd Honor Roll; J. ID. Kinard, J. S. Wheeler, R. M. Montz, J. H-. Harm, E. A. Carlisle, G. S. Bearden, J. 0. Wells, J. W. Wessinger, S. A. M< in chant, J. H. Frick, H. A. McCullot.gh, J. L. Caughmian, J. W. Black, J. Gi. Setzler, E. L. Luther. The medal for the best essay prepared by the seniors was presented in a happy speech by Rev. Dr. Owen. This essay is required as a requisite to graduation. The medal is the gift of Mr. Eduurd Scholtz, of New York. The subject for the essay this year was, "Why not, and Why?" The medal was won by Mr. D. M. Vain, of Colleton County, hcn orable mention being made of Mr. W. A. Shealy, of New bernry County. The medal given by the Professor of mathenmatics to that membler of the Junior Class who shall stand the best examination in mathematics was pre sented by Rev. Dr. R. C. Holland, t.o M r. E. B. Setzler, of New berry County. The medal to the best Sophomore Greek was presented by Senator Bu t ler. The Greek contest was an exceedl ingly interesting one and the faculty could not decide between Mr. E. A. Carlisle, of New berry and Mr. J. H. Harnis, of Savannah, so theyideterii: ed that they would give both the young men medals. The following paper submitted bJ the Professor of Greek was read by: Senator Butler. It shows a fine record made by the two medalists and we publish it and rmake it of record: The sophomore examinat ion for the Greel. medal was as follows: 1. To be f,i anslatedi intc English. two sectionis selected at random from fi tLy sections of Dem'>thenes' De Coro na; 2. To be analysed, derived and parsed, lilteen verbs selected fromi the two seetions given; 3. To be translated in Greek, ten English ~n tences chosen from Jones' Greek Comn o,i tion. The class has been unusually faith ful in the study of Greek, andl at the close of this termi it was found that the lowest average daily grade was as much as 90J and the three highest 97.h7, 9.47 and ie.69- IBut the medal, which is oirered by Col. Thos. w. ilolloway. of* Pomaria, araul Geo. S. MIower, Esq., of'Newberry. s. C., is awarded upon the merits of the ex amation alone. and when the exa.ninia-. tion, papers were handed in for criticism tnat of 31r. Blarnie L. .Jones. of Laurens Count, was found worthy or the highi grade 1 of lper cent. There were two othor papers, however, be tween which neither the Professot ,f Greek noer the President of the college was able to ma:ke a ditrerence in grade, and both were so nearly perfect that each one was mnarked 0'. per ce nt. It was, therefore, decided that each of these two papers deserved a medal. They were the papers of Ed win A. Carlisle of New berry. ahid J. 11enry Ilarmis of savannah. Ga, President Holland announced that the prizes given last year would be con-! tinued next year, and that J. F. J. Cadwell, Esq., would also give a medal to that memlber of the next senior class who shoultd stand the best examination on a course of historical reading to be announiced by the open ing of the next session. A prize of Webster's International Dictionary given by Revs. S. T. Hall man and J1. H-. Wilson to that member ~f the senior preparatory class who should make the best examination for admission to the Freshman class, was won by Mr. Henry C. Holloway, of Pomaria. A prize of Motley's Rise of the Dutch Repubi,was given by Dr. 0. I. Mayer, Jr., and Rev. J. H. Wilson to that member of the .Freshmnan class who should stand the best examination for adission to the Sophomiore class. This prize was awarded to Mr. D. ... Wallace, of Newbernry, honorable men tion being maoe of Mr. G. D. Vain, of Colleton. The average rnade by Mr. Walace was 97 out of a poessible ]"m, and by Mr. Vane 96.33. The valedictorian of the class, Mr. A. W. Fogle, ot Orangeburg, delivered the clsing ade.n Mr. 1ogle is t he L t honor man of the class, and his rds of adieu and appreciation to the ple of Newherry for their unifori idness were 1itly sp okei and %% :11 re ved. )r. Hollmnd gave the youna men ne words of sou1ndi adv:ic"e, an ilok ' ocuragingly of the pat se-,o;on and outlook fur the futire. l'ut lh us another college year has passed On no history. (h L ().N. ION. T'his, Wedlesday, night a rece,ptitn1 11 be held at the college, and the sitors and friends of the college are rdially invited to go ov:r a.:d sptnd 1 pleasant evening. i Rereshlents will be served byt dies of the Luthera-n church for the W auelit of the church. -ew Advertisements. th --- - - th TE NVkWBER:RY Savings Bank S NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. ~ Deposits in sums of one dollar and 2 ipwards received and interest paid on ame at the rate of four (4) per cent per innum if left e .ceeding ninety days. Money 1 o/:ned on easy terms on Per ;onal, RIeal Estate. Stocks, Bonds, Col- f aterals, etc. :C Office at Wright's Bookstore for a d few days. JAMES McINTO:H, t President. I. H. WRIG HT, Cashier. <xEn ST um&A jHAND Y"VOF SPRING ANI CLOTHINC, S AND GENTS' FUR! 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