The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-12
Russell \. CONwEll TO
LECTURE HERE JAN. rs
WILL DELIVER HIS FAMOUS
LECTURE "ACRES OF
DIAMONDS"
A T c OIL E c E
He is One OF Inc Foremost Lee
turers of the Countrywide.
graphical Sketch.

| Announcement was made Yesterday
that Russell II. Conwell, one OF the
| most brilliant and eloquent lecturers
In the United States, will deliver his
| famous lecture, Acres OF Diamonds, :"
ut the Anderson College on Tuesday
evening. January &c.
Those who have never enjoyed the
privilege of listening to one OF Con-
wells lectures should make every
possible sacrifice to hear him on the
evening he speaks in Anderson. with
| reference to the brilliant lecturer, tine
following sketch will be or interest:
Russell II. Conwell was born In the
town OF Worthington, hampshire
County. Massachusetts, February Is,
1913. and spent his early days upon
n small farm. known az 1.-THE Eagles
Nest" situated in the most sterile
and mountainous portion of that re-
glon. Very early I'm his boyhood he
was compelled to earn his own living,
! and. unassisted, secured the position
he now holds as ''self-madc man."
| lie kept along with his classes In the
district school by studying eyi,nings.
while working at manual labor during
school hours. and earned by daily la
! hnr his meeger snnp!y c. :ooi. and
clothing while Mt the Academy in Will
| braham, Mass. In 1860 he entered
| upon the law and academic courses
| together at Yale College. the latter
| under tutor. 80 as to economize his
| time and reduce his expenses. But
l'the war interrupted his studies in
1862 and took him to the field as a
captain OF infantry. He afterward
served in the artillery branch OF the
service and as staff officer.
At the close OF the war he gradu-
ated in the law department OF the AL
bany University and went to Minneso-
ia, where he began the practice OF
law. In 1867 he represented the State
of Minnesota as its emigration to
Germany. and became the foreign cor
| respondent Of his own newspaper. In
| 1868 lie. was engaged as the corres-
pondent of the New York Tribune. and
in the year following as the travelling
| correspondent Of the Boston Travel
Ter. In 1870 he was' sent to. the diff
ferent countries In Asia, by the New
York Tribune. and Boston Traveller
anu made the entire circuit of the
globe. filling at that time many i'm
portant lecture engagements In India
and England. He afterwards visited
England exclusively on a lecture sour
through the important cities of that
country. In 1870 lie published his
first book. "Why and How the Chinese
Emigrate." It has been followed by
many others Of q historical and bio
graphical character! He was friend
| and travelling companion OF Bayord
Taylor. and his biography OF that poet
and traveller had very extended sale.
His biography OF Sturgeon reached a
cale OF 125,000 copies in four months.
For eight years he practiced Inv In
; Boston and gained Z great popularity
rs lecturer and writer. In 1879 he
was ordained to the ministry. In 1882
he accepted call from Grace Bap-
tist church in Philadelphia. and re-
moved 10 that city, The church OF
which he assumed charge at once en-
tered uDon career or extraordinary
prosnerity and has become the larg-
cat Protestant church in America.
They built temple In 1891 on Broad
atreet. Philadelphia. which will seat
comfortably over 1000 reople and has
n capacity OF 4.200. MIR. Conwe'l's
preaching draws such crowds Of lis
| teners that for ten years admission
has been obtained iiby tickets and
thousands are often turned away.
Mr.. Conwell has been In the lecture
field 81 years. during which period he
has delivered here and abroad nearly
5000 lectures. He9 was the intimate
associate with Cough. Beecher.
Holmes. Lengfellow, Motley. Emer-
eon Everett. Whittier, Wendell Phil
lips. Grant. Garfield, and others OF
! lmerica's great men,. He is today one
OF Americas most popular speakers
| and among the lastaof the stars who
made the platform brilliant In the
| days OF Cough" Beecher and Chaplin.