The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

miles long. md the other stretching in length
to siXty-fire miles-proceedS to MAKE Circles oiS
and marcn.iOnS, while proclaiining the lack
of educational facilities, and consequent eA,
cess Of iliteracy In his own dearly beloved
area.
presen ted in seriousness to II reasonable peo-
pie? We think not, and are now forced to ask
if Mr.. Chalmers is not proposing joke
Where il suits him he makes prominent,
where ii doesn't suit. he says nothing.
He throws ont entirely the local work Of
Ersk inc Cnllese, and commits literally from his
favorite radius He forgot To stale, however,
that he and The man With large adVertlsef. :.
ment aud a small college, furnish from his
pet radius perhaps ten times ms many nene
ficiaries in the college as does Due West:
The facL,is kept in the back ground thai tne
sum in the hands of the Faculty with which
TO aid In the education of impecunious young
men is spent almost exclusively within MS
radius.
Mr.. Chalmers says that the college Is for
the whole church." But he talks only tor
Rock IlllI. Every uttcrance is for Rock Hill
and his radius. He never once tells us how
much more con venent the Rock Hill College
would be TO the people tieogin OF Mss'SSpp'' Ar
Mr.. Chalmers has not brought forWaru a
single argument which Is worthy OF q mo
ment's consideration.
He belittlcs our SUBSCRIPTIONS oy say 'IE,
twenty per cent. of them will not be pald: II
he has no better authority for other Things
which he has said, than he has for saying
this, all his statements, as to incts, may pe
received with few grains OF salt ana ms SUE aeI
ductions from his own reasoning mlght well
be thrown into salt barrel.
If destltution Of colleges Is to be consideI-
ed Mexico or Alaska would get II. III IL Is u
be built for any other purpose than To- bene.
ft Rock Hill aud the pet radius. then II
would not 10 to Rock Hill, place where
there is not even church organization.
In another article Mr.. Chalmers makes q
contemptuous fling at the very people "ho
have so lately compromised themselves by
honoring him.
When that people saw that he was
making strenuous efforts 10 take their college
from them, they with oInmendable llberali'
ty. increased their subscriptions. Here Is the
way he speaks of them and their act which
It is hoped, may help defend us, and them
from the aggressive policy which Is oeine
urged against US:
"Was it pure love of the college, or Is 1t pos
sible that the limp" of a purely mercenary
motive stole into the quiet village and tht
people suddenly become possessed OF tne
evil spirit?" Can 1t he true that the people
put up their money at the last nour Sas [r1i H'ji
tust as they would bid for u cotton factory
Was 1t simply business? .,,
IOr, was il the startling intelligence that oiG
Ersk Inc had friends In other places VINO SUI
believed that she aus ,Oorthy Of the cordtdt op
preciqtioa, rigorous effort and liberal faa'leta
support Of aa eoan ana and pfSpGS1S5 fSsI tSest
friends proposed TO make friends for the
movement, not 10y columns of pathetic mem ,h
cries, etc.. but by u strict compliance WIFI
the injunction OF Holy Writ, Make to your
selves friends of (or by means oD the unrisht
eous rnamoin"?"
Such ungenerous slurs at Christian com
munlty was unexpected. 1t seems pity
that Mr.. Chalmers in this instance shouit
have referred to "unrighteous mammon.'
Is he not leading, or trying to lead, peo
pie to sell their moral obligations for gold
Does he not seek to accomplish an acl
which would, in the eyes OF the world, lower
the Christian integrity OF the church {?
We will likely sec If Rock Hill is any net
ter, or offers her gifts with any purer or moro
Christian spirit than docs Due West