Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-11
The Newberry College.
There is perhups moro =; ..,s.,

a G,.,rl o.-..ux safe what we have acquired, !
than in hazarding its loss in uncertain efforts
to secure some future good. THIS is no less
true Of communities than of individuals, and
our people should not forget the wants of tho
Ncwbcrry College, while striking for the Air
Line Road, the Agricuturaf College, and
other imaginary possibilities This institu-
ton is living benefit among US. 1t is feo'
bic, laboring under tho common adversi,es
which have impoverished the South It's la
bors are virtuous and laudable. Its Profes-
sors arc able men, amply qualified to teach
every branch usually studied in tho college
ccursc-thcy are religious men, whose efforts
will tend to the development Of tho moral
faculties Of the young men under their charge.
The institution is located in a section rcnar-
kable for its healthincss and fine scenery, aud
enjoying the benefit of organized churches of
all the principal Protestant denominations
It is great benefit and convenience to the
citizens Of the County, bringing money, popu
lation and market, diifusing intclli gcncc,
morality and vrtuous power among the pco
pie. It needs help, until tho country has
rccupcratcd aud tho reputation Of it's gradu
atcs has given it life and power. Will YOU
suffer it to fail, and then believe you can sue
ceed with an agricultural college? Secure
what you see and know you have, and then
strike for the other We say let us have
both, but let US got this we'll anchored in a
safe harbor, lest We lose both. We know
that the soil beneath and around us will yield
untold wealth, in minerals, cereals and fruits,
if properly cultivated. We know, too, that
clucat,on in the South has been too theoreti,
cal in the past. We are also sure that
thousand agricultural colleges, in the days of
slavery, in South Carolina, would have had
little effect in bcttering our condition, for it
never was the want of knowledge SO much as
the want of will and energy to apply that
knowledge to agriculture md the mechanic
arts-that caused the exist;.g evils. The
educated men left these avocations to the
slaves, under the direction of an oversccr, and
the result WIS the cutting down and wearing
out system. This evil has now BEEN removed
and great revolution in agriculture is begin
ning,h ounded OH by that mother Of inynn
tions, reccssity Practical instruction, we
believe, will spring up rapidly enough with
out much s,imulant The great danger is
that we will rush to the other extreme to the
injury Of the true interest of the mind and
the real dignity Of man. In our Judgment,
we will need the bit more than the spur in
the present tendency of the South to practical
instruction to the exclusion of intellectual
our temporal comfort and enjoyment, but it
is no less the origin Of our intellectual and
moral greatness When eyer pgssjpd}o sSd its
the basis, tho ground work, the foundation
on which to build up practical instruction,
without degrading its powers by improper
confinement Let us keep the great good
which looks to the whole mind aud truly emo
blcs man, and then We can talk about these
compressed utilitarian ideas. We favor the
Agricultural College, and say let us build it,
but we also favor the literary institution, and
say let us help and retain it,
ALBANY, GA, November 5.--A fatal af
fray occurred at circus exhibition in Daw.
son, Ga, on the I'd inst, by which two men
were killed and lady hady badly wounded.
y man, named II. r. Russell, in an in,oyica.
ted condition. asked the door keeper Of n side.
show the price of admission, and passed hi,
family in. He then asked the door kecper,
GLOW many?" lie replied, "Ninc;" Rus
sell said four. The door keeper said he would
call the family back, to prove Russell mista
ken. Russell got angry and struck the door
keeper, nearly knocking him down; he then
drew pistol and threatened to blow the door
keepers brains out The latter said he meant
no offence. Russell still threatened and
cooked his pistol, when the dnor kccpcr ran
inside the canvass. Col Amcs. being near
approached Russell and remarked TO him
'Tlis is not the place to get up a difficulty"
Russell then responded, OH kill yyu, to-"
and shot at Col. Ames. Another circus man
demonstrated with Russell. The Kelly broth.
ers, known as desperate characters, appeared
and commenced firing. Col Ames vas shot
twice while endeavoring to escape. A spcc
tator, named Oxford, holding a child in his
arms, was instantly killed. The child was
tnkcn from under the dead body. A lndv
was severely wounded in the side Col. Amcs
died on the afternoon Of the third. His body
vas escorted to Macon by the City Council of
Dawson. The men have been removed to
Cutlibert, Ga, and contiucd in secure iail
SELMA, November 5..-This cyc,iuo
quarrel, pending all day between Jack Baxter
(white and Alf Granocr (norro\ L. |