Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-12-05

Pritchard, of Wilmington, n. c.,
who delivered very sound and To-
gical address, in which plea was
made for general education. He re-
gardcd ignorance as waste and weak
ness, pauperism and crime, causing
also political corruption. He said
when community increased in in
tcllgcncc it also increased in mate
rial prosperity.
During his talk he referred to our
necessary habit of procuring nearly
everything from the North, and to
prove this, he cmptied his pockets of
their contents, which, by the way,
would compare favorably with the
contents of the pocket of II ten
year-old boy, and showed that all
were made in the North, the reason
for which he claimed was that the
mechanics and artists in the North
were, as a rule, better educated than
those in the South. Closing, he paid
a deserved tribute to South Carolina
for the high rank she holds in regard
to the work she is doing in the line
of cducatio.s of the ministry.
Dir. E. @. Dargan, of Charleston,
and G. Is. Henderson, Of Aiken,
were elected members of the board
of trustees, to fill two vacancies
which had occurred thereon.
DR.. Dargan, in his address in be-
half Of the University, said that the
education of the youth was one of
the highest and first duties we owe,
and is the noblcst act of patriotism.
Col. lIoyt then called Vice Prcsi-
dent II. w. Sanders to the chair,
while he made some remarks about
the University, during which he ap-
pcalcd to the Baptists Of the State
to raise the balance Of the $4,000
which is necessary before the board
could receive the $500 from the
Education Society of New York,
this amount being a portion of the
endowment Of 100000 from the
millionaire Rockefeller for the Baptist
colleges in the United States.
1t was moved that the report sub
mittcd by the committee be printed
III the minutes. Adopted.
Col. Zimmerman Davis, of Charles
ton, on behalf of the committee ap-
pointed at the last Convention to re
port on the advisabiIity of establish
ing a Baptist orphanagc, read the re-
port, in which the committee strongly
endorsed the plan. The report
stated that several associations have
passed resolutions in favor Of il and
several tracts Of land have been
offered for that purpose.
The Rev. B. &. Covinyton an
nounccd that he was in receipt of Il
communication from publishers of
the Baltimore manufacturers Re
cord, in which they offered to do all
in their power to aid the plan and
would advertise free if located in
Florence.
DIR. Pritchard also made few re-
marks on this sub icct and described
the working Of the ordnance IN
North Carolina.
a committee of seven was ap.
pointed to ascertain the facts in re-
gard to the proposed locations to be
received and held in trust, and to re-
port to the next Convention. The
, report was adopted, and the follow
ing committee was appointed j. T.
Nass, G. Il. Henderson, n. n. Bur
ton, j. w. Poor, r. n. Pratt, w. H.
Smith, II. ~. Mockbcc.
The committee on the nomination
of the nine delegates to the Amcri-
can Baptist Education Society then
made its report. They recommended
the following gentlemen as delegates,
who were elected by the Convention
James a. lIoyt, $. Towncs, G. c.
Brown, G. l.. Hunt, a. j. S. Thomas,
w. G. Cocker, John III. Montgomery,
w. G. Lindsey, T.. j. Forester, with
r. j.. G. Dargan and G. A. Norwood
as altcrnates.
. Prof. a. S. Towncs, President OF
the Grccnvillc Female College, then
read the report of the committee on
the "highcr education of women"
DR.. James Furman and the Rev. A.
\. Marshall discussed this question
very ably and in a favorable manner,
after which the report was adopted
and ordered TO bc Published in the
minutes
The standing committees, which
are to report next year, wore then
announced, they being rs follows:
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