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FIRST BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

FIRST BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DR.. E. E. Pressly,
Rev. J. N. Young,
Rev. w. r. Hemphill,
Rev. ]. I. Bonner,
Prof. J. F. Lee.
r. G.. Sharp,
DO. Hawthorne,
DR.. J. P. Pressly,
John CoWan,
A. C. Hawthorn, ...
J. r. Wilson,
Rev.J. Galloway,
DR.. ]. L. Miller,
DR.. r. G. Grier,
Prof. ]. P. Kennedy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-03

Below is given the names Of some Of the
teachers who have been associated with Tue
Faculty OF the Institution, In the Collegeate.
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poRMIToRlEs AND mrsIC ROOMS.
It being necessary to make provision fo1I
larger number OF pupils In the College, y
Hoard during the summer Of 1883. purely
il and had It moved to It's present pt1
and had It fitted up for dormltoriesa anG
rooms.
DEATH OF MISS McQUERNS
In 1856 the College and It's frlend1
ed to mourn the loss OF Miss FL
Ouerns who died on the 26th OF
the very first, she was come
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-03
THE FIRST DEATH AMONG THE TRUSTEES.

In July, 1861, the College sent out It's first
graduating class. The graduates were Misses
Louisa ]. Galloway, Mary f. Galloway, DO n
ME Jones, Evelyn .P. Jones and Lizzie j.
Young. This, the first Commen ccm ent, was
held In the Church. While there were hve
graduu tes yet there were only two present on
their graduating day, the other three neVihg
returned to their homes on account OF the
war.
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NO SUSPENSION ON ACCOUNT OF THE WAR

During the following summer Miss McBride
rosirned her posi tion as teacher Of music and
Miss \. Lila Morse, now Mrs. DR.. Bonner. was
elected to take her place as teacher OF music
in the College. Mrs. Bonner began her con-
nection with the College the first OF October, ,
1851, and she has been connected with 1T every
year since, making twenty. eight years that
She has been engaged in its service. THESE
Everybody was In state OF excitement, for the
war was upon them. Everything ielt IT
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-03
FRIENDS BRINGING GOOD GIFTS.

Some OF the friends of the College have
made gifts to it which were greatly appre-
ciated, and were put to good use. In 1858 Col.
D. O.. Hawthorn, of Due West, member Of
the Board OF Trustees gave to the College
81 900. In 1875, Mrs. Ann Wallace, OF Ken.
Erskine's best friends, gave to the Female
College 5000. In 1877 Prof. Frederick Schmidt
one OF the teachers In the music department
OF the College died and left In his will SOME
course at the organization OF the College
many handsome sums were given. but the
record of these are beyond the reach Of the
writer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-03

IDEST.
After the death OF DR.. Bonner the eyes oil
the Board and of the friends of the College
were turned upon Prof ]. p. Kennedy az the
one in their Judgment best suited 10 occupy
the place made vacant. On the 18th OF June,
1881, the presidency OF the BOARD WAS tenaed
to Prof. Kennedy, and Oh the 18th. OF the
same month he Signited his acceptance OF
the honor con ferred aud announced that ne
would associate with himself Mrs. Kennedy
and Mrs. Bonner as Nice-Principals. Ihe
new administration at once received tue
cordial support of the Board and the patron.
age of the public, and. from the nrst ineir
management was prosperous. Irol, hehheuy
was successful nv teheher: lie
was even more successful as President. -,
The associate Reforned Presbyterian IN
1855 speaking OF the new management
SAYS: THE fears which some en-.
tertuined of the decline of the college, NJ
the death OF DIR. Bonner were natural. his
qualifications for his p sltlon were 80 mark-
ed and decided. his success SO conspicuous
that It was not strange many should ieel ap-
prehensive OF the effect Of his removal OF
the College. Prof Kennedy and Ills assist
ants have shown that they fully appreciate
their responsibility and that the high rep
utation OF the college Is perfectly sale III thelr
hands,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-01-10
Five Gents.
No Convict Camps for Missouri.


So long as the state leases to contractors
a large army of convicts together with
costly manufacturing plants owned and
maintained by the state, there will be ground
for the complaint that private business
enterprises suffer from unfair competition
with the state, and that free labor is exposed
to cruel competition with convict labor
backed by the superior resources and power
of the state.
The problem of employing convict labor
in such a way as to accomplish the penal
and reformatOry objects of a cOnvlct-labor
ss stem, with due regard for economy and
with the least possible injury to free labor
and TO individual enterprise, still remains
unsolved. But of all proposed solutions
that VIII CHI would establish convict labor
camps all over the state and faml ;ariZe the
people of every township with the brutal
spectacle OF chain gangs working on the
highways under the guns of armed guards
Is the worst.
When the state undertakes To make i'm
proved roads for the counties. the plan
would have to be such as would preclude
all log rolling or fayOritism and secure to
each locality its proper proportion OF state
aid. Or the attempt would do more harm
than good. The appOrtOnment of convict
labor among the counties in pursuance OF
such plan would be impracticabie and the
reverse Of economical. -4s'
Improved highways are certainly desir
able in every county, but the SureSt and
most economical way of getting them is by
paying for them with the money of the To-
cal population using them--cOunty money
paid to free labor for honest work.
Every movement to import the horrors of
the southern convict camps into Missouri
should be nipped in the bud. No worse
convict system is conceivable, for the con-
.victs themselves, and there is no surer way
of subjecting free labor to degrading and
injurious competition with convict labor.
1t is Russian, not an American idea.-
Post Dispatch.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-01-10

delaware, for which the fignres are not
at hand, rates about the same as Virginia
and Maryland.)
The criminal classes seem to favor the
western states above all others. Why this
is SO. is probably from the fact that new
countries as rule are more profitable mot
alone SO in the eyes of the criminaD than
older settled territory. But there is yet
another cause: These are flooded with i'm
migrants, who arrive in their strange home
with but few, il any. dollars in their
to be the case eight times in ten, the en-
tirely fundless ones are reduced to one of
two things-tO beg. or to steal. 1t is only
reasonable to suppose that at least fifty per
cent. choose the latter.
The southern states come next. But
among these we find exceptions. Alabama.
though surrounded by heavy criminal states,
we find ranks many per cent. purer than
any of her neighbOrs. The same might be
said of West Virginia. The middle states
average fairly we'll with each other. One
notable exception. however, is Iowa. which
has the great honor of being. next to Yer
mont. the purest state in the Union. OF
the eastern states Pennsylvania is the vir-
gin.
The criminality in the New England states
averages pretty well between them with tue
exception of Massachusetts,. The larger per-
centage credited to this state is due. very
likely, to the city of Boston being within
her borders. Of our northern states. it must
be said that Minnesota does not lead in
purity-Michgan and Wisconsin both being
in advance; but Minnesota being. so to
speak. a new country as yet. the same rule
and cause applied to the Pacific and western
States hold good in this state.
In closing. l will vote three cheers to
Iowa. which has reduced her criminal pop
ulatiOn over fifty per cent. in the last three
years. II other states could say the same,
then it could be truly said that prohibition
Is a success. G. Nj. M.
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Saltwater, Mimi, Thursday Jan. 10, 1889.

bowl; and he soon became lower than a
brute: having for his companion an aban
dUned femair. But one day mission
worker found them. and got them to attend
the mission meetings. Both again accepted
Christ as their Saviour; and the struggles
they passed Through during the next two
years will draw to them the sympathy of
the StnnieSt heart. Finally Jerry married
the woman who had been the partner of his
sin. and God fulfilled his promise to them.
that. ''Gudln-S> is profitable unto all things.
having promise of the life that now is -
Among the substantial friends that God
raised up for them viii be- found the name
OF Gen. Esk the late Prohib, ton candidate
for President. But it was thrnugh the
kindness and monetary Influence of Mr..
Hatch that Jerry was enabled To commence
the work he felt called upon by God to per-
FORM which was to open a mission oii
Water street. surrounded by the scenes of
his former rmpS ana the hr! holes
and dives that dtcked that thornughia ARE, 1t
was right here among these surround ngs
that Jerry commenced. and carried ON the
work OF hs life. II ], wife always by his
side and their object j twain tn bring
souls to CHRIST The work of Jerry and II :
transformed Water street INTO Il ie
specialize liloruughfare. but not without
TRIALS that would have overcome anything
but the supernatural. Thousands of souls
Were saved in this mission. Employment
and meals furnished and meetings were
held daily. Thousands of discharged prSs
oaeis stood up in that building. and ae-
cepted Jesus as their Savior. and went forth
from there to honest lives. and became re-
spected citizens.
For sixteen years Jerry carried on his
mission work. and during the last two
years of his life he opened a mission on
West 22nd street. a locality honey combed
with the homes of disreputable women.
Here his work was successfully crowned by
God. who then called his spirit home that
it might receive the rest it had so molly
earned. When Jerry died. DR.. Prime was
requested to conduct the funeral services.
and he says, that when he drew near the
tabernacle on Saith street. he was aStOunded
at the vast multitude that packed the build
ing. the square in front. and the adjoining
streets. No Christian worker was ever 80
honOred before in this country. Although
theoretically all Christians believe that the
vilest sinner may be- saved. yetthere is much
practical unbelief and skepticism on the
subject. when they are brought face to face
with some of the forms of human de-
pravity, and the wretchedness wrought by
sin. and are called upon to believe and to
act as if they believed in reality. that in
dividual wrecks are worth trying to save"
L. M
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-01-10

The average person on seeing notice in
the newspapers of a pardon having been
granted. gives it no further thought than:
Another soul made happy" or perchance,
knowing something of the matter, expresses
approval or disapproval. They think of the
pardoned one alone as having been benefited
and made happy. and give no thought to
the parents. wives, children, brothers and
sisters who have suffered, begged, and
prayed to God for the deiverance of their
dear ones. 1t is they who are relieved,
benefited and made happy.
God pity the innocent who suffer with the
guilty! 1t is they who bear the burdens
and suffer the disgrace. 1t is they to whom
mercy is shown, and it is they who go down
on their knees to thank God for having put
mercy into the heart Of the ruler.
To the life man, pardon is deliverance
from death. but to his wife it is the JOY OF
finding one that was dead and is alive
again. To the boy. pardon is freedom. but
to his mother, it is the joy of finding her
child that was lost. Thousands of the good
and true all over this land, are to- day, and
every day. suffering greater punishment by
the imprisonment of those near and dear to
them. than do the imprisoned themselves.
Sad tits it's true. ALEXIS.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-01-10

Deterioration of the moral obligation is,
asserts DR.. w. c. Towers, among the ear
lier phenomena of alcoholism. 1t is perver-
ted and enfeebled, and sentiments of honor.
of reputation and of decency are no longer
cherished or regarded. The responsibilities
of social life and the propreties of personal
conduct are no longer considered. He who
was thoughtful now becomes negligent,
selfish and Indifferent; gives himself up to
indulgences and cares not for his reputa-
ton or that of his family. The conceptions
of honor, of duty. of justice are lost.
These changes are gradual and progressive,
their evolutions being largely Influenced by
the hereditary traits and previous moral
culture of the individual. The sense of OBJ
legation to his family is forgotten. and the
responsibility Of providing for and caring
for others is unfelt. The affections are not
only enfeebled, but perverted, and not rare
ly are they displaced by hatred and aver
sion. He who was calm. reasonable and
patient. becomes excitable, perverse. and
ntOlerable of opposition after while; the
character being more changed. joys and
sorrows fail to provoke real feeling At
last the confirmed sot manifests moral
traits that are simply infantile.-North-
western Presbyterian.
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An Interesting Table.

The table below presented, showing the
number of cOnvictS and the ratio of the
criminal to the whole population of the
various states. may be of some interest to
the public. in that it enables the reader
at glance to ascertain the difference in
criminalty between his own and other
states. California is given the honor(?) of
first place on the table as being the Banner
cr:minal state. having one convict to every
Alb people "f her population. The Oher
states follow i'm the sIulllercal order shown
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-01-10
Life In Russia.

First Russian subject: lin recent rail-
road accident the Cars dog was killed
but the Gar escaped. Shall we look
glad or sorry in public.'
Second subject: If we look glad the
police will say it is because the Cars favor
lite dog was killed; if we look sorry they
will say it is because it was the dog and not
the Car that was killed. Either way we.
are lost. See you later in Siberia. "-Phila-
delphia Record.
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Comment Ois tkse 3444e 90 3 eGGy IEeAUley.
Some lady possessing a true and pracii-
cal Christian spirit remembered one of our
number Christmas by sending him a copy
of the life and work of Jerry McAuIey.
The inscription on the fly eaf was simply
From one who wears White Ribbon"
Beautiful emblem OF purity. never ceasing
in bringing good offerings to fallen souls
What new reward shall be thine for this
remembrance? For by the kindness OF the
recipient many of our number Will read
the book. and may. perhaps, catch some of
the inspiration with which it is laden. Ny
self and half dozen Others have already
read it, and that it has been productive of
good these columns in the future may tes-
tify. In myself it has encouraged to action
resolutions that have awaited opportunity.
Let me briefly paint pen picture of my
subject: Jerry McAuley was born of GRIM
inal parents, and by them deserted; and
when he had reached his nineteenth year,
he had become the terror of the Fourth
ward in New York City. He had become
so hardened in crime that he was hated by
the thieves, thugs. and rum sellers of Water
street; at that time the wickedest. vilest,
most licentious and hell-polluting spot in
America. 1t was at this age that he was
sentenced to Sing Sing prison for fifteen
years-innOcent of the specific charge upon
which he was convicted. The prison doors
closed upon him; his heart filled with hate
and vengeance against the laws and the
people who had condemned him for all act
that was not numbered on the long list of
his crimes committed. For five years his
heart was filled with lnurderous revenge.
and his mind planning escape. During this
time he was frequently punished. and made
one unsuccessful attempt to escape. One
Sunday man who had been one of his con-
federates in crime came up on the platform
with the chaplain, and told the boys that
he had been converted: and that God had
made man of him. Before he finished
talking nearly the whole audience were in
tears; and Jerry went back to his cell. took
the Bible from the ventiIatOr where he had
laid it five years before and commenced to
read and study it. After many weeks of
struggle with satan. Divine peace and light
were impaired to him; and the following
years of his Imprisonment he afterward des-
ignated as the happiest of his life. After
serving seven years and six months he was
pardoned by Governor Dix; but for want of
employment. and the guiding interest of
some Christian friend-after bitter struggle
he again Joined his old companions and
became desperate and daring river thief.
Possessing. as he did, an overpowering APP
petite for liquor he would, when remorse
seized him, for the promises he had broken
with God. craze himself from the poisonous
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-01-10
THE COMMON FATE.

The roses of Junetime decay!
In a night they wither away;
The winds Of the morn.
With half tender scorn,
Bear on their pinons the ashes forlorn.
The sweet fores songsers grow still;
In an hour they forget their glad trill.
The bleak winter breath
In the woods wandereth
And 10! the birdlings chilled unto death.
The glad. babbing brouklets run dry!
They faint in the glare of july.
The suns burning heat
With a ptiless beat,
Checks their unsteady moving feet.
Passionate hearts grow cold,
With the passing ut youth they grow old;
The swift fading ears
Drench their fire tn tears:
Their wine tuins to water. their aptures to fear
Susie ~ Best.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-03-01
WOMEN OF THE WORLD.

Parts of the Globe Where the Right OF
Women to Suffrage Is Recognized-Some
Statistics of General Interest.
The spread of woman suffrage in all
parts OF the world has never been more
strikingly shown than by a pamphlet
lately issued by Mr.. Hamilton Wilcox,
the chairman of the State Executive
Committee of the New York Woman
Suffrage party. The pamphlet is a
concise summary of the progress OF the
movement in all civilized countries.
Mr.. Hamilton Wilcox reveals facts
that will astonish both the foes and
friends of mans freedom of ballot The
general impression that her right to
vote is admitted only in a few obscure
localities is shown to be incorrect, and
the fact is revealed that she has the
right of suffrage in some form in over
IA. 600, 600 square miles of territory, the
population which amounts to nearly
500, 900, 600 people.
In the large province of Ontario.
which has 1O2, 900 square miles, or more
than double the territory of this State.
women vote, unless they are married.
on like terms with their brothers, for
all elective offices save two. In the ad-
joining province of Quebec women are
voters in the cities of Montreal and
Quebec, and various other cities by pro-
vincial law. British Columbia permits
women to vote for all elective Offices
except members of Parliament. Cross
ing the border into the United States
we find that Wyoming, with its $4,000
square miles. or greater than the whole
of New England, allows women to vote
for every Office for which their brothers
do, and on the same terms. Next
comes the startling assertion that in the
largest of all our States, Texas, women
exercise the right of suffrage, though
not at the polls. State and school Off
GERS are chosen by petitions to the
county judge for their appointment,
those with the largest petitions being
appointed Women sign these petit
tons on the same terms as the men, and
thus practically vote without leaving
home.
In England. Scotland and Wales wo-
men, unless they are married. vote for
all elective officers, except members OF
Parliament on the same terms with
men, In Ireland women vote every
1hsss for poor-law guardians. In Dun
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-03-01
DRIFT OF OPINION.

@ The killing of Clayton was as
useless to the Democracy as was the
killing of Lincoln. Rock ARK. }
Progress.
RI- No political outrage has ever
been perpetrated in the South that did
not find its apologists among the DEM
ocratic press of the North.-Pittsburgh
Commercial.
hHrIf there is any other foreign
power that wants to insult America
and her flag with impunity. it should
hurry up and do so before March A.
Boston Traveller.
kTBismarck reads the American
newspapers and he knows that Sem
alter Frye and other Republican Sem
ators voiced the spirit of the next ad-
ministration. He came down grace
fully without waiting for the formal
summons. American backbone is COM
ing into power.-Washington Press.
~One thing is evident, either we
must give up having such thing as
Congress or the Southern plan of elect
ing Congressman must cease. Mr..
Breckinridge's seat in Congress he
holds by bloody title. Not by the vote
OF honest men. but by the bullet of the
assassin. will he be member of that
body. If there is no law to Gust him
there ought to be.-Springfield Ill.)
News.
DGThe assassination of John NJ.
Clayton was a horrible crime. An
honest and energetic effort to capture
and hang the guilty person or persons
is the only way in which the State of
Arkansas can be relieved of disgrace
in connection with it. The claim Of
the white race to rule the South by
right of superior virtue and intel
ligence will not be seriously consid-
cred by the outside world if the man
who assassinated Clayton go un-
whipped ofiustice Macon Telegraph.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-03-01
Keep Up the Good Fight.

In the past there has been too little
of organization among ProtectiOnists.
Free-trade colleges have sent out thou
sands of young men, converts to- the
greatest political heresy of the time.
Taese have gone forth up and down
through the land spreading the
doctrine of unbelief in the principle Of
protection, with no organized forces
to meet them on the field and con-
tradict their arguments. That day
has gone by. The sentiment for pro-
lection has been widely aroused. The
greatest political battle ever fought in
the United States has just been waged
ard largely over this question. 1t was
settled against the doctrine Of fres
trade and in favor of protection. Keep
up the fight. Let NO backward steps
b tax sn--Albany Journal