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A ■ 4 THE CHRONICLE . .. .. . Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete,, newsy and reliable. VOLUME XIX CLINTON. S. C.. THCRSDAT, NOVEMBER Uth, 1919 Sy«0D CM mumi CHARIER Local Board Trustees continued and Management Placed With the Synodical Board. AVOTHBR STITT -X 4 A matter of local interest and of vital concern to the Thorn/well Orphanage was the action of the South Carolina Synod in session last week in Anderson when resolu- ^ tions wer* adopted by which the ^..charter institution: jwas changed, the present local board trustees tDoiisfie tire management of the Orphan age placed in the hapds of a synod- ica- committee of 13 members elect ed by the Synod. The sulbject brought forth considerable discus sion and was later passed by a substantial vote. When reports of committees were called for Thursday after noon the order of business was the matter of changing, the charter, and Dr. E. E. Gillespie, chairman of the committee at large, offered the following resolutions: Your committee appointed to suggest any changes that may be deemed advisable in the charter of Thomwell Orphanage would recommend the following: 1. That the necessary ^teps be taken by the Synod of South Caro lina to place the election of the Board of Trustees in the hands of the three controlling Synods. 2. That the Trustees of the sev eral Synods of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida be elected for , a term of , That the representation of the Synod of South Carolina on the Board of Trustees be fixed at thirteen (13) members, and that a resolution be adopted suggesting to the Synods of Georgia and Florida the election of seven and five members respectively. Respectfully submitted, E. E. Gillespie, Ch. When these resolutions were read to the -body ex-Gov. Martin F. Ansel, eahirman of the board of trustees of the Orphanage, made a speech in favor of retaining the ar rangement as at present, that the Synods appoint 15 members and have a local board of 12 members appointed by the Synodical mem bers. He stated that the institution had been splendidly managed in the past under this arrangement by the founder, the late Dr. W. P. Jacobs, and he saw no need of a change at this late hour. A deep appreciatipn of the faithfulness and efficiency of tKe local board. Gov. Ansel said, made him an op ponent of the proposed ‘Change in the charter. Dr. Ross Lynij, president of the Orphanage, explained the by-laws and duties of the local board and expressed his approval of the pro posed change." ’ The debate was entered into by many members of the body. Messrs. A. G. Todd of Laurens and Henry E. Davis of Florence, both lawyers, spoke of the legal principles in volved and stated that some of the ablest lawyers in the State had said that the charter of the. Or phanage was unconstitutional. Both recommended that the charter be changed and then the (Synod would be in a position to own it find elect- trustees. * Mr. J. F. Jacobs of this city, then discussed the proposed char ter changes and said that the local Judge Gary’s Home in Young’s Town ship the Scene of Distilling Opera tions. (Laurens, S. C., Nov. 12, (Special)— Judge Gary, colored, was arrested Dte- I at his home Friday morning by Rural ! Policemen Columbus Owings and An- J dy I. Boyd following the discovery on , his premises of a rude still and about fifty gallons of mash. Judge Gary, who It will be observed bears a dis tinguished name, admitted hat the still had been in operation, but spurned the charge that he had stooped to such employment. The liquor making had been done by “other parties”, he said. Saturday morning he was released up on bond. board should be retained. He [and Florida to request their con r spoke of the faithful service the memiblers bad rendered and the principles! upon which the inetitu- haiybeen conducted %y his tiOn currence. With the change in charter per fected. five members of the present local board are elected as members iather^, Hfc.gaye A &keteh oL.wlitai. had been accomplished by the the most beautiful thing of the in stitution would be destroyed when it was run like a machine instead of fatherly love. He stated that the local board had acted for 46 years and had never met without a quorum" and .never lost $1.00 of the endowment fund, and if the change were made it would be a terrible mistake. At the conclusion of his address the matter was put before the body and passed. This resolution was also put before the body and car ried: “Resolved by the Synod of South Carolina, duly assembled that a committee consisting of Henry Buck, Henry E. Davis, A. C. Todd and Dr. L. Ross Lynn be and it is hereby appointed to pro cure an amendment to the present charter of, or a new charter for, the Thomwell Orphanage, which ever in their judgment, in view of the legal requirements be proper, to carry out the purpose ^of the re- thecommittee appointed by the Synod to suggest-changes in the chapter of said institution, and to take Such other necessary .steps as may be necessary to perfect the title of the Synod to the property. “Be it resolved by the Synod of South Carolina duly assembled fhat in the event the Synods of Georgia and Florida concur in the action of this Synod adopting the report of the committee to suggest charter changes in the charter of Thom well Orphanage by which it was suggested- that said charter be amended or a new charter be pro cured by the Board of Trustees of said institution as constituted at the time of the convening of this Synod or a majority thereof be and they are hereby instructed and re quired to execute and deliver to the Board of Trustees of said trus tees under the new or amended charter of said Thomwell Orphan age all necessary transfers, deeds qr conveyance or other instruments that may be necessary in the opin ion of a majority of the committee appointed by this Synod to pro cure a new or amended charter as may be necessary to place the legal title to all of the property of both real' and personal, of said Thorn- well Orphanage to place the legal title to said property in the said Board of Trustees for the use and benefit of the Synods , of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Following this action, Dr. Dud ley Jones of this city, nominated as trustees under the new charter as follows: John MoS^een, M. F. Ansel, Amos B. Morse, Henry Buck, Alexander Sprunt, F. W. Gregg, G. M. Wilcox, M. S. Bailey, Wm. P: Jacobs, W. J. Bailey, J. I. Copeland. A. C. Todd and L. Ross Lynn. Dr. Dudley Jones and Dr. Ross Lynn were appointed as commis- sionehs to the Synods of Georgia $40.00 In Cash To Be Given Away By The Clinton Chronicle On December 24th. HERE’S WHAT YOU DO TO WIN IT Subscribe to The Chronicie or if you are already a subscriber come now and pay your subscription. With every $1.50 paid us we will issue a duplicate number ticket. On December 24th, 1919 a number will be drawn from a sealeif box antf thie silb- -^Gcriber holdingahe^ lucky. numlierjKUL awarded the $40.00 Absolutely FREE. Subscribe-Renew Get busy today. Come to The Chronicle office and subscribe or move up your label. If you live out of town mail your subscription and we will forward your number. Here’s a chance to get your Christmas money FREE. Two Year Subscriptions or renewals will be accepted during this period at $2.50 instead of $3.00, the regular rate. SUBSCRIBE-RENEW-SAVE AND WIN. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Over King & Little’s Grocery Store ■BAP'HHTS OF OPEN CONVENTION SHARE OF PROFITS | INCREASE IN CAPITAL. GO TO OPERATIVES — * . Laurens Trust Company to Enlarge Darlington Cotton Mills Take Advanc-! It* Business, ed Step. Plan Now in Force. Laurens, S. C„ Nov. 12, (Special)— Darlington, Nov. 7.—A -plan has . It was announced Friday that the been worked out and adopted by the Laurens Trust company had decided management of the (Darlington Manu- to increase its capital stock from $75,- facturing company «whereby every 000 to $200,000, this decision having man, wommt-and child on the payrolls haaa saached at a meeting of the board of the company becomes entitled to^of directors and stockholders of the his or her share in a 50 per cent divi-. Institution. Wheti carried into effect sion of the net profits of the concern. I this ’will give this company the larg- In addition to this, the operatives < I est capitalization of any corporation the mill have organized and elected a in Laurens, with the exception of the cotton mills. The Laurens Trust company was or ganized by Governor Cooper and asso ciates several years ago with a cap ital stock of $46,000 and it has been board of operatives and a board of managers for the operatives, and it is proposed to admit one or more of such managers to the meeting of the board of directors of the company. The net earnings of the business are to be de- ; successfully conducted from the first, termined by a disinterested auditor, 1 When -Mr. Cooper became governor he and the reports of this auditor are to resigned as president and was suc ceeded by AL J. Owings, president of the Farmers’ National bank. Recently the capital stock of the company was increased to $7r>,000. And now comes the statement that a further increase has been planned, . ,—u be available to the operatives through their proper constituted officials. Each operaive is then to share ‘in the 50 per cent of the net earnings in pro portion to his or her wage, for the year. Thus an equitable plan of dis tribution will be worked out for each man, - _ At a meeting of the operatives the president of the company, C. C. TwiU ty, spoke at length and outlined the ideas of the company. A full state ment was given of the plans of opera tion henceforth and all of the oper-- atives taken into full confidence and made real partners in the conduct of their large business. It is proposed that the net earnings be fixed and de termined by deducting from the gross earnings all expenses, taxes, deprecia tion and other charges, together with the legal rate of interest of the capi tal invested and deduction of 20 per cent of the remainder for a sinking fund. Thus, a plan for industrial democ racy in one of the largest cotton mills in the state has been Inaugurated in Darlington and both mill owners and operatives are very sanguine over the prospects. For many years this com pany has built up and enjoyed an un usually high reputation for fair deal ings with its operatives and this, the most radical step taken thus far, is but another evidence of the interest the mill owners have in the welfare of those who’ are by their labor con tributing to the successful conduct of its affairs. Not only will profit sharing on a most liberal basis be granted employ ees, buKthe mill management during the past tear has spent thousands of 2 of the new Synodical board. By the Synod’s action the following menvbers of the local board are re tired: Dr. Dudley Jones, J. A. Bailey, J. F. Jacolbs, C. M. Bailey, W. H. Shands, Dr. A. E. Spencer, and Dr. John W. Young. / V A RED CROSS ROLL CALL. AH of the committees have not reported at this writing. The la dies who undertook the canvas have ‘been doing enthusiastic and diligent work. Final report of re sults can not be made till next week. Some who have been ap-: preached have shown indifference, but many families have enrolled 100 per cent strong. Those who are indifferent evidently do not grasp th£ full significance for our country and its every community of the fine constructive peace pro gram of the Red Cross. We are sure that if they could realize this, together with all the great work of ministry undertaken by this Good Samaritan organization among dis tressed peoples throughout the world they would fall over one an other to enroll themselves and all their families. „ Reports and Sermon by Dr. White Fea tures of First Session Yesterday. Columbia, Nov. 10.—The ninety- ninth session <yf the Baptist state con vention met in Columbia tonight for a threq day gathering. The enrollment of delegates shows the largest attend ance ever had at a state convention and more representatives are expected early tomorrow. Tonight the convention/heard the annual sermon which was preached by the Rev. John E. White, D. D., of An derson, president of Anderson College. After his splendid message the presi dent of the convention, C. B, Bobo, of Laurens, made a few remarks and re ports were received from the several boards and the executive committee. ROr- Furman University, Greenville Wi rnanAr^oTfege and Connie Maxwel phanage.^ Dr. White announced his subject as “A Plea for Reasonable'Christianity.” based upon the textA“I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable serv- ice.A Romans 12:11. “This text,” Dr. White said, “makes us at once aware of the distance and difficulty that sep arate the Christian experience of to day from Christian experience of the Apostolic day.” This afternoon, prior to the open ing of the convention, there were a number of committee meetings, and a big gathering when organizers and publicity men in the Seventy-five Mil lion campaign met at the First Bap tist church for a conference. Dr. White also spoke at this meeting, urg ing the Baptists to realize the import ance of the campaign and the great good to be done with the money raised. He said that the 3,000,000 Southern Baptists must stand togeth er and put this drive over with great success and that ‘South Carolina must do its share in the movement. Tomorrow will be a busy day. The meeting wili start at 10 o’clock in the moraing WiG^ilFwtatlTitie until late tomorrow night. Important reports wifi be hearC tbls beihglbe prlnclpal business of the day. It is thought that some interesting recommenda tions will be made by some of the committees. Much stress is being laid on the Seventy-five Million campaign in this convention and Wednesday has been set aside' as campaign day. Columbia has opened its homes generously for the visitors, although each member pays his own expenses a£ the conven tion, according to the Baptist rule. The Rev. C. E. Burts, (who was in charge of the room situation, said this afternoon that every delegate had se cured fine accommodations. If You Don’t Read The" Clinton Chronicle You Don’t Get The NEWS NUMBER 44 sttwitfttns HPECIEO M One Million Tons Will Be Placed on Market in New Orleans. New Orleans, Nov. 6.—The price for this season’s yellow clarified sugar was fixed at 17 cents a pound at a meeting here late today of Louisiana planters, the price subject to the ap proval of Attorney General Palmer. An additional cent a pound for choice plantation grantutated was set and the scales of prices arranged. The sugar shortage which has been acute since the ^strike of the long shoremen here is beginning to break. These reports including ” reports" of The* release of A00’tonsr or i.OOO'OOd pqunds of the British jxjyal commis- em up’TnsTorafe* 1 strike has begun. WOFFORD HERE FRIDAY. The last game of f<x>tball of the season on the home grounds, will he played tomorrow afternoon on the college campus when the Pres byterian will go up against the fast Methodist aggregation from Wofford College. This promises to be the best battle of the season and the young men who have the management of this popular sport in charge are hoping that the, Clinton folks will give a reqord- breaking attendance for tofinor- rW’s ganiTT sion huge su here because the Already on? refinery had begun the distribution of 500 barrels a day for a period of five days, the 2,500 bar rels being taken as a loan from the British stock to be replaced later. A shipment of 5,627 bags of sugar from Honduras reached here on the steamship Tegucigalpa and, according to steamship agents, will be unloaded. The first large shipment of Louisiana sugar arrived today on the steamboat John D. Grace from Plaquemine. It consisted of 250 barrels and Will be unloaded, it was announced. Rail shipments of the 4,000,000 pounds of Cuban raw via Mobile from the steamship Santurace which had been diverted from this port because of the strike, have begun to arrive and part of this is in the process of refining. FARMER LOSES LIFE IN MOTOR ACCIDENT dollars on the homes of the operatives, so that at present it is doubtfill if there is-a manufacturing concern in the state whose homes for employees present as attractive view as those of the Darlington Manufacturing com pany^ Un<|er the new # profit sharing plan, the operatives have elected the fol lowing board of operatives: M. H. Fleming, M. H. Truett, M. A. Croliey, A. R. Small, B. E. Parnell, R. L. Ed wards, M, H. Williams, Marion Tuns- tall and W. A. Jordan. The board of i operatives has elected the following managers: M. H. Fleming, W. H. Truett, B. E. Parnell and A. R. Small. M5s8 Frances Garvin of Honea Path is spending this week-end at home. The American Red Cross John P. Hawkins Killed and C. J. Brown Hart on Greenville Street. Greenville, Nov. 7.—John P. Haw kins, a prominent farmer who resided eight miles from Greenville, and G. J. Brown, also a well known farmer of (he upper section of the county, were struck by a seven passenger automo bile driven by W. W. Amiek, a grocer,— when Mr. Amlck lost control of the car and It mounted the sidewalk on East Washington street. Mr. Hawkins died as a result of the injuries he re ceived 45 minutes after the accident. Mr. Brown’s condition is not consid ered serious, though his injuries are painful. Mr. Hawkins was in conversation with Mr. Brown 'when the automobile ran amuck. The car dragged Mr. Haw kins down the sidewalk about 46 feet, then was turned into the street by the driver and collided with a large coupe, damaging both cars. The injured men were rushed to the city hospital and medical attention given them. Mr. Amick seemed dazed after the accident and said he could offer no ex planation for the accident other than his belief that the steering gear sud denly got out of order. He was ar rested by the city police and turned over to the sheriff, who lodged him in Jail. The coroner’s inquest will be held Saturday morning. Mr. Hawkins was 45 years of age and Mr. Amick is about 52. RETURNED TO CLINTON. R< v v. Henry Stokes, pastor of North Broad 'Street Methodist church of this city, was returned to his pastorate here by the Upper South Carolina Conference during the past week. Mr. Stokes who is one of the most beloved and popu lar pastor’s in the city, is now en tering upon his fourth and last year here and his friends among all denominations are exceedingly glad that he has been permitted U* ^tay out his alloted four years. M - ■ — BOLL WEEVIL BOOKS. * ^The First National Bank of thA city, announces in their advertise ment in today’s paper that they have received a supply of booklets entitled, “The Boll Weevfil—Its Solution”, for free distribution to the farmers. This enterprising bank has* gone to considerable ex pense to purchase these books in order to assist the farmers in get ting thoroughly acquainted on the boll weevil subject X * # * ?