Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-11
The Newberry College.
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chan in huzarding 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 the
Ncwbcrry College, while striking for the Air.
Line Road, the Agriculturalt College, and
other imaginary possibilities. This institu-
ton is living benefit among ,us. 1t is Fec
Bile, laboring under tho common advcrsities
Which have impoverished the South. It's la
bors are virtuous and laudable Its Profes-
sors are able men, amply qualified to teach
every branch usually studied in tho college
coursc-thcy arc religious men, whose efforts
will tend to the development Of the moral
faculties of the young men under their charge.
The institution is located in section rcmar.
kable for its heathincss and fine scenery and
enjoying the benefit of organized churches of
all tho principal Protestant denominations.
It is a great benefit and convenience to the
citizens Of the County, bringing money popu
lation and market, diffusiug intelligence,
morality and virtuous power among the pco.
pie. 1t needs help, until tho country has
recupcratcd and 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
coed with an agricultural college Secure
what you sec and know you have, and then
strike for the other. We say let us have
both, but let us got this well anchored in
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 thcorcti
oal iu the past. We are also sure that Il
thousand agricultural colleges, in the days of
slavery in South Carolina, would have had
little effect in bcttcring 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 and the mechanic
arts--that caused the existing evils. The
educated men left these avocations to the
slaves, under the direction of an oycrsccr, and
the result WIS the cutting down and wearing.
out system This evil lnas now been removed
and great revolution in agriculture is begin
ning,h oundcd OH by that mother Of invcn.
tions, rcccssity. Practical instruction, we
believe, will spring up rapidly enough with
out much stimulant. The great danger is
that we will rush to the other extreme to the
injury of the true interest of the mind and
tho real dignity of man. In our Judgment,
the present tendency of the South to practical
instruction to the exclusion of intellectual
ucation The mind is the true source of al
our temporal comfort and enjoyment, but il
is no less the origin Of our intellectual ano
greatness When EYER ep PsssPaleh sSsia hat; i;
the basis, tho ground work, the foundation
on which to build up practical instruction
without degrading its powers by impropc,
confinement. Let us keep the great good
which looks to the whole mind and truly emo
blcs man, and then VIC can talk about these
compressed utiitaran ideas We favor tbc
Agricultural College, and say let us build it.
but We also favor the literary institution, and
say let us help and retain it.
ALBASY, GA, November 5.--A fatal af
| Tray occufrcu at circus exhibition in DaW.
son, Ga, on the 2d inst, by which two men
were killed and lady bady badly wounded.
man, named II. r. Russell in an D,oyica.
ted condition, asked the door keeper of side.
show the price of admission, and passed Li;,
family in. lie then asked the door keeper,
GLOW many?" II" 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 duor keeper ran
inside the canvass Col Amcs, being near
approached Russell and remarked to him
"Tlis is not the place to get up ditFcnty.n
Russell then responded, OH kin YOU, too ,"
and shot at Col. Amcs. Ano her circus man
demonstrated with Russell The Kelly broth
ers, known as desperate characters, appeared
and commenced firing. COL Ancs yas shot
twice while endcayoring to escape. A spcc
tator, named Oxford, holding child in his
arms, was instantly killed. The child was
tnken from under the dead body. A lndv
was severely wounded in the side Col. Amcs
died on the afternoon Of the third. His hody
was escorted to Macon by tho City Council of
Dawson. The men have been removed to
Cuthbort, GA, and confined in secure ail.
SELMA, November 5.-This eycrino y
quarrel, pending all day between Jack Baxter,
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