The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-19

! Gi~cliar3lng The Sl!:al! QutlcS pl ne OK
| hearing the hoMorS OF All eluY!re.
Tie strain Oh character Is greater
when on the throne Of prosperity
! t!lan when Surrouuded by adverSity.
1t is a great blessing that some men
are kept from aUthOrity-;l blessing 10
the men themselves.
There is 40 such tiiin- aS !juilooning
in character. There car be no !,'al',.
| it is growth. The character must he
there, or if promotions are thrust upon
! YOU, YOU Will find yourself Unreaiy.
The speaker said We should beware Of
! men who were constantly seeking the
! DOpular favor, and seek true men.
! The man can rule who learned to
obey and he is worthy Of 1 crown who
has learned to serve. The address "c-
rupled one hour III its delivery, anu
! while there was some Repetition, as Is
generally the case with those who
speak without writing, yet it sp:':kled
with many gems Of truth we'll ana
| forcibly put.
JUNIOR CONTEST IN OEATORN.
On Monday evening was held the
! Junior contest in OratOry. This Is one
Of the interesting features OF the whole
! commencement 1t is mad. part OF
the duty Of every member OF the Junior
class to enter the arena and contend
/ for the prize. The class this Year
numbers six, and the speeches on MOn-
lav were all good. The medal is the
! "ilt Of MessrS. 0. l.. Schumpcrt and
y. J. Pope. The committee TO award
The prize consisted Of Revs. r. E. Hoi-
laud, l.. \. Fox, J. w. Wilson, and
G. NJ. kfird, ESD, and Hon. Geo. :.
Mower.
The first speaker was Mr.. Y. y.
Boozer, Of Prosperity. His subject
WAS "JGivcrsal Education" His was
4 strong plea for the education of the
masses as the strongest bulWark this
country could erect for the safety and
perpetuation Of Republican institu-
tons. Mr.. Boozer is good speaker
and bids fair to become all orator.
Mr.. .. H. Duncan, of NeWberry,
next spoke, taking as his theme "John
Belton O'Neall." He paid u beautiful
tribute to this worthy son Of Newber-
rv. He spoke of his sympathy for the
Young and his devotion 10 his State
and his deep interest i'll her welfare
and thought there should be erected to
his memory i monument in keeping
with the greatness of the man. Mr.
Duncan speaks distinctly and clearly.
Mr.. c. \. Fellcrs, of Newberry,
spoke of the ''Triumphs OF the Age
in 4 we'll prepared and Il Well delivered
speech This was an age OF mighty
achievements in every department of
llie-in science and art-and every
thing that makes \ nation great. There
are still before us possibly still greater
things. His speech was well received.
Mr. A. w. Fogle, Of OranSeburS,
told Of "Common Sense" and that OF
all the wonderful faculties OF the mlnd,
none was of greater Importance than
that called Judgment, or in plain IAN
~ua@e common sense. He, too, had a
good speech and spoke it we'll.
Mr.. II. +. Rust, Of OfanyeHar%,
spoke of 'The South" He thought
the greatest problem the South had to
solve was one that had never before
been presented to any people and that
was the presence here Of two races;
The great need was more capital and
less legislation. He is a graceful
speaker and presented his views in
clear and forcible style.
Mr.. \. w. Shealy, of Newberrv
County, closed the speaking. His
subject was "Political Corruption"
He thought the time had come when
it was necessary for the people to eN-
anime the body polite. lie thought
there was something wrong. He said
even our judges are not above suSpi-
| tl tnti ~ REQ
was an evil. The man who advocates
it is not a patriot. He thought civil
service reform was needed. Men who
are brave and true should be elected;
men whose brains outweigh their
brass. The people should not be led
astray by the demagogue and the pol
itician.. His speech was we'll delivered.
In fact all the young men did well.
The committee to award the prize
decided in favor of Mr.. Fellers, and
Rev. r. G.. Holland in an appropriate
speech made the presentation Of the
beautiful gold medal.
lion. 5. DIBBLE'S ADDRESS.
On Tuesday morning the address be-
| fore the literary societies Of the college
was delivered by Congressman Dibble,
of Orangcburg. He Was introduced by
Col. J. B. Wingard.
He said he took it for granted that by
extending the invitation to 4 public
man, or man in public life, that they
did not expect a purely literary address
but that they would expect him 10
talk about the questions Of the day. He
| felt that if he attempted to speak on
the lines of purely literary or scientific
discussion, his effort would be failure.
It would afford him great pleasure to
90 back and review classic and scienti-
fic fields with the young men had he
time, for earths greatest enjoyment IS
found in aspiration and anticipation.
He proposed to direct his remarks in
the line of the practical rather than the
theoretical; he deemed it Of consequence
that those who are so soon to take their
places in different spheres of action
should be directed to the phases OF
our social and political system which
are now developing and are giving tone
and color to our form Of government.
He thought we were in Il critical
period of our national existence. The
issues to-day are rs moment0us as those
which were contended for seventy
years in the halls of legislation, and
then We're decided on the fields Of cOn-
t1ict. They involve fundamental prin-
ciples, and they threaten to revolution
ize our country more than all the
amendments to the Federal Constitu'
ton before or since the days of recon.
structiOn. Thinking men OF every part
of our union are giving serious and
careful thought to the signs of tho
times, and only 4th Of July class OF
statesmen find anything very gratify'
ing or glorious in the situation.
\ government by unrestrained ma
iorities is government by force as
much so as a government by the mob
and the sacrifice of Il minority by votes
is as complete slaughter as that by
lnt of arms. No class in any locality
or neighborhood, nor 4 class scattered
through the entire body polite has any
right to demand laws to be passed fol
its own benefit, regardless Of the rights
Of others to the equal and exact protec
ton of the laws. These are the funda'