Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-03-14
Celebration Ct t.,a Carolina ,Eisos
rary Society OF Adgcr college,.

The anniversary celebration of tho Carolina
Literary Society of Adger College came off as:
was announced on Friday evening last The
Baptist Church was filcd to it's full capacity
by our own people togothor withaqpite,@
crowd Of Visitors from abroad. IIttaSasSK
beautiful evening and everything conspired tb
mako tho . frat public exhibition Of Adger
College q SUCCESS: The .Ghsreh swas beaati-,
fully doootated With seyergr seps,s md Eogersthe
platform hung tho life 10 .pista atbss atbo
immortal Lee and Cow besides
other pictures which gaYel' ehohA9 SIC andI
variety to tho sccne. Ahthe appointed5 hour
tho members Of tho. society with the faculty;
formed in limo outside Of tho church and
marched in two by two. Tho speakers with:
tho Professors took their allotted places on the
stago. Tho exercises of the ovonipg was
opened by On appropriato and boa ~
prayet:by Prof. j. T. Riley; at the conclusion
of Which Nr. Pedea PRESIDENT b y iNae fltlAggspelasy,
oame forward and announced the programme
of tho exercises for tho eveningrand:.intro
daeed to- the audience Mr.. JohnA. McLecs,
| of Groom wood,AH Abbovillo iaGouutSs Tho
Esabjact Of hisaessay was "Firh,ne,s." In an
easy and impressive mannbrMr. McLues read
from mahuseript his sproauctfon'I tfafl of
beautiful thoughts aud Sentiments ,tinip pscssing
aif@itlr The lin bortaht 'tflths.'it contained.
The essay yiwas we'll Written aand pfo1ouinced
q fn& pfodnctiona anaWc Eish'we ibid tic time
and spaco to giyd tho 1tadiugS points @ ~ the
cssay, but VIC A&iast bo contopted with tho fact
that Mr.. MoLoos'. .ea5tt. Vas !!iirly. a auccess
n.4Aftsr music by:,hoo styiPg ,bapd, the debate
was announced, the spbjesth beiqg, ,10nght
thcro to be q union bctweonr church and
Statc?" Mr.. j. Walter Daniel led OF on tho
affirmative siderin speech of oycr;2S minutcs
in length. lie laborcd earnesht tSs',g ,gonidusly
and faithfully toprovo his side of The question.
lie discussed tho subject in oil its bearings,
gathering here and thorc important historical
facts bearing directly upon the point at issue
When hc had finished a general acclamation
of well l'dono" was heard Through tho large
audience. MI. Danielis a young man ofrare
talent and, gtnidsi and viii no doubt do
honor to hi%sgsf is and AS4 the M ipsitai0p ta which
he bolongs.;' a, ~, 49," M :, >o.r,i ~,
Mr.. Jauss r. Cary. was announced qs 1.-The
next speakprs who had ,.the negative sido of
this suIjcot.ii For oyer 80 minutes this young
,gentlomahinterestod hisnnaience Id unfold
ing his views to them ON his ysldos.o :.the
question:. Hcjshowed. eonclusivcly by facts
that 'the State onand iollurbli should be kept
sop}aratd and! 1dibtinet Mr.. C.'s effort was
| ];eonsidcroI uvc4y d6e,,sdtliyercd, in an easy
unanhcf pahd 2ei6thta ih rchoito ana elegant
flaagGaS SolS We shall''n6t ,pfetcnd to. say
between these t%o Young g!mehsw1Gi 'wqni the
1,bat,le!. They Both aidssG Veil That 10 would
notlke k, to pass jaagm'yfR3t, ppoa lhefr respect
The orator Of tlo, OCCASION YEA Was as Mr., Nm
ff. Neville. whose, sabiestpwas & NJ a,ylui
morfalid"s esfn;MthcFre :ispotling too, difficult
.f3r men. Tbss,way in; which, he handled
J th!i9 subject wqs unique, and quite original
Twas. full Of sonna logic and practical sense
showing thorough preparation and, deep
resfeareht $50 ehhtt, II5g showed thatth
tSoo, ,ditReplt fqE man. I'd nccqutplsh if.heawoud
J only YoperlY,nsps 0 sAo meal,s.aai, gists,that
the. Creator; has endowed Aiml@ith. ,,Ile gave
4 q fsw.timsly wordsipf fstdvice' aud encourage.
|smentto tho sdcfotS o6;whicr rhobia,scif was n
Neutrality-suspicious. iwish oollsd tho timo and
pspacc rtoSgiSo an o&tohdcQ rofiow of, this
excellent address, SO full and complete in all
Iits plrts. - H'g n''' ,''""p"iu{.'s u@':
lsa'The eexe eroisos Of tho evcning were Drought
ton close by ashdtt address from ,iI5n," III.
Mackey. AS he arose and appeared in front
of'tho stage lie was received with 4 hearty
cheer from our citizens The Judges remarks
were to. tho point and iull Of encouragement
to the young students. lie paid high COM
plmcnt to the young men who had partioi-,
patcd in the exercises for their advancement
ip knowledge and for the excellent addresses
no had. with. goat pleasure listened to. a,
h., After the bonodiction by Roy. Dr. Smeltzer,
tho large audichoo }dispcrsed to their respect
i've places - abaae fsuling 'tlsat they. had
enjoyed real intellectual tseaty = eaoH
| 1t would not DO out of placeito say that the
young men, as they concluded their addresses,
wore she recipents' of'bcantifdI boIauotsH ut
tho'hands ofithe llear young ladies, as II token
of their "csteeft and good wishes for their
su6c6ssful" efforts t." entertain and 'plcaso
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Hpoy 9'' soc ~ -. iJ:: !
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~ EDIT2Rs OF TIE CouRIER--GENrs: Please
allow me q wcc corner in your paper in which
to ,notica:a paragraph which appeared in tho
'locdl column oflyour last weeks Issue. 1
rallhde to tho statement in reference to tho
Hostility Of the Democrats of Pulaski Town.
ship said to have grown out Of the appoint
ment Of James b. Phillips MS one of tho
School Trustees for that Township; and from
4 my knowledge Of tho feeling existing in the
minds Of some Of tho good Democrats above
mentioned, think your local or his inform