Edgefield Advertiser

On Saturday last, a number of gentlemen, friendly to the promotion of the cause of science, met in the Court House, and organized a Society under the above title, by the adoption of a preamble, setting forth the objects of the Society, and a constitution for its government.

The leading object of the Society is to encourage the study and investigation of the great principles of physical science, and to diffuse throughout the community a general knowledge of the natural sciences, by every available means.

Surely no pursuit is more ennobling and none more conducive of good than the investigation of those relations which connect man with his Creator. The exercise of human reason, in prosecuting the study of the Book-of-Nature, on whose pages are prominently inscribed the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, seems to be in strict accordance with the intentions of the Creator, in the bestowment of this high faculty. The organization of associations for such purposes as these is calculated to effect much good, and should not be disappointed of its legitimate results from want of support. This Society, therefore, claims the attention and the fostering care of the community, and we commend it to its generous patronage and support. Let it not share the fate of similar societies throughout our State; and though a small beginning, let it not be despised, but let it be confidently looked to as the nucleus around which shall grow a continually progressive increase of knowledge, the importance of which shall be known and felt for years to come, by the vast amount of good which it shall dispense. Let its leading object, the mental improvement of all classes of society, in every department of nature, be distinctly kept in view; and let no good man withhold his support from a cause whose object is so emphatically good. Let all become members, and thus furnish encouragement to those who have already embarked in the cause, and also pecuniary aid for the procurement of those means, which will more effectually carry into execution the laudable designs of the Society. Thus will the whole community especially the youthful portion of it, be furnished with the best means for the acquirement of interesting and practical knowledge.

The Society, according to the provision of its constitution, holds its stated meetings in the Court House, on the second Monday evening in every month, at which time the attendance of the public will be particularly welcome.

The following persons were elected officers of the Society, for the term of one year.

W. B. JOHNSON, D. D. President.
H. BURT. Vice President.
R. T. MIMS, Secretary.
E. J. MIMS, Treasurer.

The next meeting of the Society, as will be seen by reference to their advertisement, will be held on Monday evening the 10th inst. in the Court House.

R. T. MIMS, Secretary.