Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-02-09
Our Newberry College Letter.

Our Newberry College Letter.
Mr.. EDITOR: Since I wrote last,
| / have been on a visit to the well
known Little Mountain in Lexing-
ton county, South Carolina. The
joint conference WAS in session
there and, Of course, / had a plea
SAINT time. Owing to the. inclement
weather not many of the ministers
and delegates were present.
The young ladies of that section
were out in their best style, for
they are stylish and some Of them
looked just fine. From the way
the young men seem to appreciate
their company, they must be, to
use an old expression, worth their
weightin gold"
The boys of the college and girls
of the town of Newberry have GER
tainly headed off the whole Col
umbian Exposition. Last Friday
night they gave very unique little
exposition: They have the picture
of the affair, so I am told. I guess
they anticipate selling them to
those who may aim to visit the
great Worlds Exposition, SO they
will know what to expect when
they get there. To use the express
sion of one of the boys, the pleas
ure enjoyed by those who had the
privilege of seeing this exposition,
was" t"extravagant."
This evening we had q very live
lly discussion, in the Excelsior So
ciety, over the question, ''w 'uld it
be expedient for South Carolina
to abolish the lien law ?"' One of
the seniors represented the State
rs 9 great factory, run by proyis-
ions as an engine, the farmers as
1.-THE big wheel, the business world
Las. the remaining part and; the Lien
flaw 90 . band that connects them
ltogeth and keeps them running.
Since the citing link, the lien
flaw, ,is imperfect, he argues that
we ought to abolish it and connect
them by a :'cash basis" We. the
farmers of Edgefeld, have been
arguing for a long time that the
farmers constitute the N"big wheel, %
but the rest Of the world can't see
it that way.
H. Threecheers for the "dispensary
Ebill.n Although I voted for strict
prohibition, yet / am pleased to
get that much. 1t is certainly
step in the right direction, it will
place liquor outof sight, if noten-
tirely out of reach, of our boys end
that.in itself is enough to recon-
mend It to an unbiased mind. Ii
We can only keep the boys sober,
drunkenness in the near future, 3
VIII become crime,
.sEhe most notorious Of the time
When this comes, and the drift
of opinion turns against the liquor
traffic, then we can rise and unite in
one fell. stroke, obliterate thecurae
drunkenness, from the old Pal
metto State.
Il took the children of Israel
forty years to get into the Promised
Land, four thousand years to pre-
pare them for the coming Messiah
and the great church reformation
of the sixteenth century was n
course of preparation for hundreds
of years before the time of Luthe,
and his colleagues: SO prohibition
will have to be brought about by
a slow process. "The world was
not made in day." is as true to-
day as it was when uttered. "The
highest piety," says DR.. Hickock
sis the end of all moral govern
ment," but we. all know that mora
advancement.is very slow. So We
ought to be patient until these
great evils can be. rightly corrected
and not rush headlong into then
without consideration or prepara'
tion,
College work is still progressing
in the usual way. The health O.
the boys is very good. To-day We
had quite a pleasant time planting
trees on the campus. DR.. HOLLAND
had some trees brought in thil
: morning and we planted them ant
; named them after our best girls
Do you suppose they will grow?
Success to the ADVERTISER anc
its many correspondents.
B.
Newberry, S. G.