Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-09-06

Black Diamond road, w. A. Whiting,
chief, passed through our town on
Monday P. NJ. Wesay passed through
but in point Of fact the line is just out
side the corporate limits, the nearest
point being where the old Charles City
road is crossed by the old Three C's
survey; the distance from the court
house square being about one mile IN
a northeasterly direction. The l1he
thus makes an elbow to keep ont OF the
corporate limits and after passing the
town, was crooked back to make Aiken
We speak of this road as the Black
Diamond, but we notice the address of
the engineer in charge is 0. R. A. I.
w. Co., which translated means Ohio
River and Taylor (sam) Wideopen
Railroad Company.
A Distinguished Educator.
The pulpit of our Baptist church
was filled on last Sunday morning
and evening by Rev James Bal.
four, NJ. A., of Jamaica, W. /. His
subject on Sunday morning, "The
wasted home," was clear and
mighty portrayal of the JOY and
comfort of a true home and the
despair of a blighted one. he also
lectured i'll the Baptist church on
Tuesday evening of this week to
the teachers in attendance at the
Summer School on "The Island of
Jamaica, it's people ard schools"
The following in this connection,
copied from the Baptist Courier,
will be of interest to those who had
the pleasure of hearing Mr. Bal
four.
"Rev. James Balfour. M. A., late
of Calabar College, Jamaica, hav-
ing spent some time in Greenvilles,
has secured the position as princi-
nal of the Montmorenci school in
Aiken county.
Mr.. Balfour has been in Jamaica
sixteen years, and has been IN
strumental in much good in mis-.
sion and educational work in that
island. For reasons of health,
particularly the health of his
children, be has decided to make
his home in this country, end is
now open to calls, either for the
pastorate, or school work, or both.
The Daily Cleaner, published at
Kingston, Jamaica, says: Gall
over the island will be general
regret in educational circles when
it becomes known that Rev.
James Balfour, NJ. A., one of the
tutors of Calabar College, is to
leave Jamaica and to settle in the
United States. The work Mr.. Bal
four has done in the college for the
last 16 years in the instruction
both of the normal and theological
students has been of a kind and
quality that have won for him
the confidence and the high esteem
of him colleagues in the work, the
managing committee of the college
and all the students who have
pas ,ed through the college during
all these years. Himself an
earnest, alert and successful stud
ent when at Edinburgh University,
Mr.. Balfour has known how to
carry the spirit of his Edinburgh
studies into the work of the
Jamaica College. The young men
who have profited by his instruc-
ton are at work in oil parts of the
island, grateful for what they got
from him in intellact ctna
stimulus and guidance : ~, 3
In his early prime and rich in the
qualities that 60 to make an ac-
complished instructor, we haveno|
donbt that he will soon be IN
harness again at some important
educational center and giving his
well-ripened best to new circles of
Students"
Mr.. Balfour is a great friend of
Dr.. T. M. Bailey, father of our F.
N. K, Bailey.