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THE CHRONICLE Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, newsy and reliable. If You Don’t Read The Clinton Chronicle You Don't Get The NEWS, VOLUME XIX dHHTOH, 8. C,i TnORSPAI, SBmMMK lit!., NUMBER 25 HIKE REPORT OR THE ORPHANAGE Board ot Charities and Cor rection Finds ThornweU In Fine Shape. The Thorn well Orphanage, Clinton, S. C., was visiled August 1, 1919, by Secretary Williams, of the State Board of Charities and Corrections. This nrphangge Is supported by and is under the management of the Pres byterian Church in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The synods of these States elect the.meaibeiJ|..af ftCfiriTlTr Trustees That controls' the institution. Ex-Governor Martin F Ansel, of Greenville, S. C., is President of the Board and the Reverend L. Boss Lvnn, D. D., U President of the Thorn- well College and ThornweU Orphanage Dr. Lynn and about 40 assistants form the staff of workers at the College, High School, Industrial Department and Cottages. At the time of our visitation there were 285 inmates, 125 boys and 150 girls. , The institution originally stood by itself on the outskirts of Clinton, but it is now surrounded by the town dwell ings. The several cottages and other buildings are picturesquely set in grove, their red and gray colors blend ing most attractively with the green of the trees and lawns. The grounds are J pacious enough to afford ample room or the circulation of fresh air about the cottages and for play grounds. This orphanage has a modified cot tage unit system. The children are grouped in cottages not containing more than 30 persons eac^f where they eat sleep, study and play. The meals, how ever, are furnished from a central kitchen to the cottage dining rooms A large building is going up that cou " tains a congregate dining room large enough to accommodate all of the chil dren of the institution. When this is completed the cottage dining rooms wil be abolished. The water supply is from wells on the grounds, lighting is done by electricity from the city of Clinton. The children wear Oxford caps and a modified uniform. It has been fount more economical to have modified uni forms than to have clothes of many dif ferent patterns and fabrics. The cottages are: Home of Peace Silliman Cottage, Gordon Cottage, Me Cainuak Home, Edith Home, Harriel; Home,''Augustine Home, Anita Rome Virginia Home, Fiirohild Cottage Fowler /Home, Faith Cottage, Georgia Home, Florida Cottage. These cottages are mostly constructed of granite anc brick. All have baths with hot and cold water, and each has a sitting room dining room and sleeping quarters. Over each cottage there presides a matron who manages, the cottage and bears to it the relations of a mother to a home The Library contaiits about 10,000 volumes, these volumes are distribute! 1 in the various fields of-reference works science, religion and fiction. The col lection of religious works is -larger am more valuable by far than any other part of the Library. In this buildin there is also a large reading room furnished with chairs, tables and mod ern magazines. Here, too, is preserve! the study of William Plumer Jacobs the founder of ThornweU—a saint -of his Church and. a benefactor of his State. The Laundry is inadequately and poorly equipped. The call of 235 chil- i dren, with all of their home, accessories, # for a laundry of ample size is very in sistent. The Museum contains an interesting and unusual collection of bird skins, mounted and unmounted; a number of mounted animal skins; and an array of curios and of mineral specimens. This Museum contributes a valuable field for the students in the High School and in the College. The Lesh Infirmary is in charge of a trained nurse. Six older girls live in this Infirmary and assist in its keeping. The furniture here is of a good hospital type, the clinic being exceptionally well equipped. There is also a dental room with a chair, dental lathe, ^»d cases for instruments. The medical care of the Orphanage is excellent. Here is offered facilities for educa tion from the first grade through the collegiate department. In the collegiate department the senior class reads the Odes and Epodes of Horace, completes trigonometry and college algebra, has conversational French and reads such literature as “ Les Miserables,’’ and Moliere’s “Les Preciouses Ridicules.” In this department education is also studied in order to prepare the gradu ates for the profession of teaching.; Vocational training is given in the following branches; Stenography, Man ual Training, Shop, Printing Shop, Laundry, Dairy and Farm. The Print ing Shop is adequate for all the needs of the institution and does excellent work. Especial mention should be made of the Dairy. There are 30 cows giving milk, these amply supply.the institution with fresh milk, cream and butter. The cows are carefully attended to. The stalls are properly constructed and have concrete floors. The orphanage owns a farm of 1,200 acres situated on the Enoree River. We were informe'd that of this 1,200 acres hot over 175 are in actual cultiva tion. Much of the other is in wood Sand and many acres beside which would furnish excellent pastorage. The pres ent management is laying plans and organizing forces for the proper employ ment of this large tract of land. ThornweU Orphanage, of course, is careful in its religious training. The President says:' “Effort is made to ASSESSIHEHTS RAISED SEHTENCES FOUR BY TAA MISSION One Hundred and Sixty-Nine Merchants In Laurens County Will Be Affected by Raise. MEN TO CHAIR One hundred and sixty^niue whole sale and retail merchants of the County have been recently notified in the changes made in tt\eir Assessment of merchandise for taxable property of this County alone by several hundred thousand dollars. In some instances' the increase was slight while in others it was doubled, tripled and so on -up .to an increase of six or seven times the original Assessments.. . — ’’’’-it seetn's IhaF' the^iherease, which is now causing 'so much talk throughout the State, came about in this way: A few years agp a law was passed, creating a State;Tax-Commission with the authority to equalize assessments. The first, year the commission took up corporations and a considerable stir was made by corporations over the State, many of whom claimed that their as sessments had been unjustly raised. The next year they took up real estate and ordered that the valuation be ma terially raised. Thih year the commis sion seems to be studying the mercantile and automobile lines and the increases mentioned above are due to this fact. The study began when merchants were furnished blanks just after they had made their assessments. Numbers of questions were asked to find out the amount of merchandise pn hand and the amount of business done last year. It was on the basis of these reports that the new assessments were made by the State Commission. It is not known whether the business houses will submit to this increase with out a protest or not. It is understood that they have ten days in which to appeal to the State Tax Board of Re views, which consists of one member from each Congressional district. Of the 169 who have been notified of an increase they are located through out the County as follows: Laurens 68, Clinton 45, Gray Court 14, Cross Hill 10, Waterloo 7, Mountville 6, Owings 3, tw r o each at Lanford, <Va and Prince ton, and one each at Barksdale, Chap pells, Eden, Ekom* Goldville, Kinards, Madden, Mt. Gallagher, Tylersville and Ware Shoals. about a month ago; Henry Leaks, who killed Herbert Smith, a negro, in the city on June 28, and Tobe Abercrombie, who killed his son, David, at Simpson- ville, on August 10. Melvin Farr, 18-year-old negro youth, who was found, guilty with recommenda tion to mercy, was sentenced to life im prisonment, for the killing of Arthur Crouch on February 20. The case of Hugh T. Bramlett, who is on trial on the charge of murdering his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lou C. McHugh, on June 10, concluded its fourth day yes terday and will be continued Monday morning. The defense has made a spe cial plea of insanity, and a great quan tity of testimony toward that end has been brought, out. Bramlett was on the stand all day Thursday, and narrated a series of conflicts between himself and his wife’s relative, who, he-declared, GREENVILLE, ‘ Sept. fl.-^-Special— An impressive scene was enacted in the Greenville County courthouse here this afternoon in the presence of a crowd of spectators when four negroes were sentenced by Judge James H. Peurifoy to die in the electric chair on October 10, ahd another was sentenced to life imprisonment, all having been convicted of murder during the present term of the court of general sessions. The negroes sentenced to pay the ex treme penalty are Will Lomax, who killed hia wife * npist TDrirli rlTIlTn hdme/ YKe case has at- throughout this RESOLUTIONS OF CLINTON LODGE No. 84 K. of P. Whereas, our brother Knight, Fred erick R. ‘Miller, has been taken from us hy>_death-«a-August 3id, 1919, be IT resolved: I. That we bow in submission to the will of -the all-wise and powerful God, who has seen fit to summon our brother knight to the rest of the Heavenly Kingdom; II. That we, as a Lodge, would ex press our sense of loss in the decease of a sincere and warm-hearted Pythian Knight. Though he was not permitted to meet with us very often, he ever showed true manliness, his gentle na : ture, his cheerful and friendly disposi tion. III. That we hereby express to his widow and surviving children, otrr synT- middle life. May the God and Father of the widow and the orphan sustain and comfort them in their affliction and supply all their need. — iv. That these Resolutions be enter ed on our Records, and also published in the Clinton Chronicle, and that a copy be sent to the family of our deceased brother. W. 8. BEAN, F. M. BOLAND, Clinton, 8. C., Sept. 2, 1919. . Com. Xrthur Coleman, who killed Will Henderson, another negro, in the city tracted great interest section. rfpathy with them in the loss of a hus band and a father, a loss aggravated by his having beeh so long time a suf ferer and being taken from them give to all the children religions instruc tion in such a way as to commend the Christian life. We try to maintain an ideal Christian - home with a religious atmosphere. The children attend and take a part in the chapel exercises daily, participate in the work of the Sunday School and attend preaching services twice each Sabbath and also Wednes day evening prayer meeting, the first Sabbath night of 'each month and at other times if special occasion should seem to call for it. Jt is our purpose to try to arrange for a special evangel istic service for the Institution this fall.” We are satisfied that this is an accurate statement of the methods and purposes of the religious instruction. fn the office we investigated the rec ords of the children.- . These records were in many ways incomplete, not con taining essential data about .the individ ual child’s social background and ment al and physical characteristics, nor was there any system of follow-up records. The office also lacked proper index canl systems whereby the records of the children, both of the past and of the present, might be readily found. The-physical appearance of the chil dren show health, which in an institu tion like this-is the result of medical and dental supervision, proper living condi tions, and an adequate dietary. The. manners flie children-were good and showed freedom. In no institution have we seen children with an easier or more natural bearing, and seldom have we seen a group of children that bore so high a mark of cultural training grafted on the bounding spirit of youth. If “Manners maketh the man,” as an aged proverb hath it, then the boys and girls that go out from ThornweU will be persons of mark. We do not know of any better argument for the principle of liberty and development in child training at the ThornweU Orphanage. We commend the splendid plans and spirit of the new President, Dr. Lynn, and we believe that with the intro duction of some modern methods of systemization the already splendid in stitution could be ‘ carrieu Jo untold lengths of efficiency. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF! PARTNERSHIP. Take notice that the fiartnershijf’liere- tofore existing between R. E.. Sadler and William Bailey Owens under the name of Sadler-Owens Pharmacy at Clinton, S. 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