The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-08-13
LITTLE MOUNTAIN REUNION,
a lJEhSANr OGChSIOS-NUNIHEI or
PROMINENT SPEAKERS.
Erowd Estimated to DO ths Largest In tho
History o. these Annual Gatherings.

| history OF theSe Annual gatherings.
| Probably the largest crowd which has
ever been present at one Of these un-
| nual reunions attended the NCwbcrry
College reunion on last Friday. Two
special trains were run over the G. n.
\ l.. from Ncwbcrry and one from Pros
| pcrity, and all the cars wcro crowded
SO there Was hardly standing room
! But the people who attended, from New
berry and Prosperity made only Il very
small part OF the crowd. From far and
near the people came in buggics and
| oil kinds Of vehicles and y conservative
! estimate places the crowd at three
| thousand.
All seemed to be happy and enjoying
| themselves. Like at the State Fair, at
the Little Mountain reunion one can
meet nearly every one whom he knows,
ana there you can run upon old friends
ana acquaintanccs whom you would
probably never sec anywhere else.
| On Friday the weather was slightly
warm, even on tho highest point of
| this, tho highest mountain in all Of
| Newbcrry and Lexington Counties, but
| the day was beautiful, one and the
heat did not in the least interfere with
! the pleasure Of the crowd. The people
| went there 10 meet their friends aud to
! enjoy themselves, and tAcy did it.
, And then any kind OF meeting in the
| interest OF Newbcrry College always
draws crowd, for Nowocrry College is
the pride Of the Luthcruns of South
| Carolina and OF all the people OF all de-
| nominations in Nowbcrry and Lcxinc-
| ton Counties.
a number OF addresses were made l,y
prominent gentlemen in the intercs.
| of the college, and every one who
heafd these addresses was ot the
| opinion that they were Of high order.
1t is most difficult thiirg for a speaker
TO get attention from a large crowd in
the open air, where there is every on.
portunity for the people to move around
and to talk, yet all these addresses
were listened to with close attention and
| excellent order prevailed. This is the
| only reunion ever held ut this place
when all the speakers on tho program
were present and prepared.
TIE SPEECHES.
Mr.. j. l1. Boland called the meeting
to order, and introduced Mr.. G.. ID.
Epttng, Of the class Of 1901, who made
the welcome address.
a business meeting OF the Little
Mountain Reunion Association was then
held and the following officers of the
| association elected for the ensuing
year:
Presidcnt-Prof. w. A. Counts: vice
prcsidcnt-C. ID. Epting; sccrctory--
j. Il. Boland.
Immediately after the business OF
the association was finished Mr.. Boland
introduced Prof. w. X. Sigh as the
first speaker. Prof. SliGh discussed shc
practical value to Il man Of Il collegiate
education, and gave figures to prove
that in proportion the vast majority Of
the men who succeed in the affairs OF
life arc college men. Out of 81 men
who have reached the Office of prcsi-
dent OF the United States Is we're COL
legc men and only three without what
may be called academic training. In
the present cabinet of President Nc
klnlcy there arc eight members, six OF
whom arc college graduates, one of the
others was Il professor in n college
nd h
eighth man finished his education at
an academy. The presidents of cigh-
teen Of the largest railroads in tho
world today are college men.
Tho next speaker on the program
was }. b. Hunter ESQ. lie discussed
the greatness OF mind and the impor-
tancc OF educating and developing it,
and 1T should not only be educated and
developed, but it should be trained in
the right way. Mr.. Hunter mado q
good speech and received good attcn-
tion.
Col. e. II. Aull spoke of the rapid
progress the world il making and
amid oil this progress the demand for
nigh motives, the demand for an clc-
Il u
waited manhood, u manhood that can be
trusted, manhood that can be depcnd-
cd upon, Il manhood that is actuatcd
ny h1gh motives, q manhood that looks
beyond and out Of self, manhood that
has Il heart and is willing to help his
fcllow-man. lie spoke of the greatness
OF mind, and Of the need of an cduca-
tion both Of head and hcart.-an cduca.
tion which will enable q man clearly
to understand the great social problems
now demanding solution, land also an
education which will teach man TO
love and to honor his family. his conn
try and his God.
Col. j. Brooks Wtngard wanted to
impress the idea that this generation
owes great debt to succeeding ecncr.
ations. He said there were three
things necessary to make a good and
true citizcn--blood, environment and
education. Borrowing from DR..
| CrOmer, you can't put q 81, 600 educo