The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-06-28
THE COLLEGE IN CLINTON.

mo presbyterian C0llege OF SOutn
Carolina would now be at Clinton or
elsewhere had it not been for the en-
terprise and the devoted and self-sacri-
ficing efforts of Clinton people. No
where in South Carolina is there a bet
ter town for a Presbyterian College.
Nowhere, in our opinion, is there a town
as good for such an establishment-a
fact that the existence of the College
has proved. In the face of such diff
culties what other community of Pres
byterians in South Carolina has had the
faith to build a college?
The proposition to move the College
from Clinton seems to have no sound
reason behind it.
No other town will or can offer
enough to be a substantial inducement.
Suppose Bennettsville or Sumter should
offer $50, 000-which is far more than
either is likely to offer-that would be,
relatively, of little weight. The inter-
est on that sum is about So, 500 the
year. Such an income is a "drop in the
bucket"
The only hope for the College lies in
cordial, jealous, self-sacrificing support
of the Presbyterians in South Carolina.
1T they wish to have a college in South
Carolina they can have it in Clinton, in
Sumter or in Beaufort. They are a rich
denomination. While not so numerous,
as the Methodists or Baptists we sus-
pect they are far weather. in proper
ton; at least we think so. If they
determine to work for a college in the
State as do the Methodists for Wofford
or as the Seceders for Erskine the mat
ter of $50, 900 will be of little concern.
They will rally around the College at
Clinton, a we'll organized little College
which has a good strong faculty and a
healthy college spirit and a creditable
if brief history and a staunch, virile,
sturdy community at its back and they
will give it facilities for a wider USE
fitness.
If Sumter should give $50, 600 and
then the College should receive no more
support than it is now receiving, it
would be no larger and more influential
than it is.
Fifty thousand dollars will not estab-
lish a College anywhere.
The people of South Carolina, most
of them, thought that the Clemson be-
quest of about one hundred thousand
was munificent. A few thinking people
said it was nothing. Now the College
is receiving a hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars each year, and so far as
real College work counts, it is not yet
up to the ranks of Wofford, Erskine
and Furman. 1t is a fine school, a
valuable school and it fills a place that
no other school fills but it cannot give a
man the real College education that
Wofford or Erskine or Furman can
give.
The real question is, Do the South
Carolina Presbyterians want a College?
Heretofore they have been divided
about it. Davidson has always been
half a South Carolina institution. 1t has
hundreds of alumni and friends in the
State. Many of these prefer 10 con-
tinue supporting Davidson-a first class
Institution, as everybody knows. Many
think the effort to establish a Presby-
terrain College in competition with Da-
wilson, a few miles across the border
in North Carolina was a mistake. We
do not think so. We think the South
Carolina Presbyterians can build a good
College in South Carolina. We think
they have made a good start. We do
not think that it would be good bust
ness policy to move the College from
Clinton for a dollar less than 800, 900.
Even then it would be of doubtful wis
dom.
The Presbyterians have a great OPP
portunity to establish a great institu.
ton in Clinton. In any other town it
would be necessary to first make the
opportunity.
That the College car succeed in Gin
ton has been demonstrated. II has sue
ceeded practically without money. In
the face of such a fact, to move it
would require audacity on the part of
the College trustees.
The idea of voting the Dispensary
out of Edgefeld. To vote Edgefeld
out of the the Dispensary would seem
the natural suggestion.
The movement to vote the dispensary
out of Anderson causes no surprise.
They press the juice out of COOLERS,
sometimes called pinders, in Anderson
and it is said to be a very popular
drink, fully satisfying the demand for
beverages.
Gentlemen may cry Peace! peace!'
but Oyama seems deaf to such sounds.
c. B. Martin of Cornell University
was in the city the other day on his way
to his old home at Rapley for a brief
vacation Mr. Martin hoo nnnnnlo4al