The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 14, 1917, Page TWO, Image 2
PR, JACOBS DEAD ' 0
AT CLINTON HOME e.
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Tears Of Service?Founder of College 0
and Orphanage Passes Away 0
Causing Wtdspread Grief j
a
The State. \ ,
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Clinton, Sept. 10.- -Af ter a long life
full of good works, the Rev. Wlllian ^
Pluraer Jacobs, D. D.. "Father of Clin- ^
ton." is dead. He died r ddenly this ^
morning shortly before 6 o'clock. He
was 75 years of age. His death was
a shock to the community Tor he had
r.ot been ill. Yesterday he preached
? * ? ?x + V>Thrtrn wol 1
IWJVO at Ills ciiUii.a, Hie * aj-vi
Memorial, and had not complained of (
being: ill. Early this morning he call- J
ed the young lady in the adjoining
ropm and complained of a severe head_ 1
ache. The family physician was sum- b
moned at once and upon his arrival
?
found him in an unconscious condition,
only living a few ents. The
g
members of the family were immed*ate!y
notified an-] arc expected today
and tomorrow. {
Dr. Jacobs was loved in Clinton s
f
from the ?ma'i iaa ti> ihe yray na.red
1
veteran, for he had lived here for the
r
past years. He was born March la, ^
1842, in Yorkville, nov York, tae son
of the Rey. ana Mrs. James Ferdinand
Jacobs. He as graduated at
Charleston College in 1861 and at Co- U
lximbia Theological Seminary In 1S64.
In 1864 he entered upon his urst pastorate,
three weak churches, Duncan's a
' Creek, Sandy Grove and Clinton con- v
'Tititu^ing his charge. Soon the Clinton - **
. i p
church becaMe so strong as to com-,
mand his entire time and his connec-. 1
f
tion once established, he maintained
' t
tor 47 years, until his retirement in
- - .. , c
September, 1911. Since this time nc
has given his pastoral time to the ^
Thornwell Memorial church. As pastor
he led his people along many lin- a
es of activity and was loved by all. . "
When Dr Jacobs came to Clinton C
f
fee waged a fight against open bar
rooms here and succeeded in driving
them out. He established The True
Witness, which in 1871 became Our
Monthly, and has been edited by him
continually all this time. ?For about .
2-5 years'he had served the South Carelina
Press Association as its belovp
ed chaplain. In 1872 he led in the establishment
of a hteh school association,
which in 1886 became the Clinton ^
College Association. From this beginning
grew the Presbyterian College
of -South Carolina, one of the ^
buildings "of "this institution Bearing ^
bis name as"its founder. '
In 1872 Dr. Jacobs began the successful
fight for the oundation of an
orphanage, ^fter^&re his own worGs
expressing his aims and ambitions for ,
4 the orphanage:
"We were to have a new idea for
O
the world's people to cry down. The ^
church, the dear old Presbyterian
Church (God bless her!) was to adopt ^
these orphans, they were to be her ^
own- she was to put spirit into them:
to give them a true home; to educate
tfrem well, to do the best for them is ^
that line that could be done; and hav- ,
iug so fitted them for life's worx, ^
training bead, heart and hand, to hid ^
tbem Godspeed as they took up their ^
weapons and entered into the battl*
of life. "We were to have our children
to work?yes, work is noble. Jesut *
worked. It would m*ke them feel hon- (
est, independent, self-reliant, to work. *
But there was to be no reformatory 1
discipline, no institution life, no law <
r ordinance that say own children *
could net anduro."
With such lofty ambitions, in 1873 1
a "board of visitor*" was organized 1
for the Thornwell Orphanage- A tract a
of 125 acre* of land was purchased i
ivr u. ?ay 25, i?ve. tat eornerstone fc
ef the first bufTdii? was laid. an-? T
<M B. W. Bail of Laareas, who was
the araior ef the ?e?as4oa, after wards?1
e6a$e<} that he ha4 at tie time no oth- c
er expectation tba* that the expert- 1
meat would fail, detober 1. 1875, th? *
irst inmates entered the inetitatioa. 1
From that time Dr. Jacob* has devot- c
ed hig life to "hfs institution." He has s
watched it grow fro* one little cot- 8
fctge and eifffct ehikiren until today ft
stands out a little Tillage to itself, an 0
eraamen't to the town. State and c
-r-hni^n anH A ' ' "*
v. tanuai tuv/liuuiem to HIS
"memory. He had 300 orphan children, a
nnd-^r his care and they all loved him. v
deafly. His life was one of *'ndness 11
for "little children," true in his friend-, v
shfps, sincere in his kind deeds and a
sympathy, especially for children, and e
for the hundreds of hoys and girls n
who have Wen reared under his care. s
looking to him as their earthly father, ^
he was always kind and loving. Flow* s
ers. not thorns; sunshine, not shadows.
he scattered all along life's path- T-'
way. He loved his children. Clinton, 5
its people and its institutions, and v
the people of Clinton loved him. He ^
loved his church and throughout the ventire
country he was known. His y
works stand today as a monument and >"'
vill live on and on. though he is gone, ti
His mr-mory will not fade from tiia s;
recollections of those ^bo knew and tl
loved him. i ic
He is survived by the followers: chil
v
rem One uau-ghti r. M;>\ W. .i Dati-'
y of Clinton, the Rev. J. D. Jacobs
f Clinton, the Rev J. DiJ1ard Jaobs
and the Rev. Thorn well Jacobs
l" Atlanta, Ca., and the Rev. ~\Y\ S.
acobs of Houston, Texas, as well as
In vera ft r? 11 f} pll : 1 li J'fMl ft LI (]
1CU JUIUU; \sL
ther relatives.
Funeral services will be held Wecilesdav
morning at 11 o'clock at
'hornwell Memorial church conducted
iy the Rev. I). M. Douglass, D. 1). '
I)K. WILLI A Ai PLUMEK JACOBS j
Jreenville News.
/">??? /-,? flio (rraiit? nlr? inpn of fiOUtll
UUC l/l lUb Qluiiu ...
Carolina, the Rev. Dr. William Plumer
acobs, is no more. The "good gray
lead which all men knew" they shall
lot see again. The hearts of thou,ands
in this and other State? are
lowed down in sorrow at the death
>f one whose life was so eiTectivel/
[edicated t) he uplift ol liuiuanit '
;nd to the glory of God. The vast
omjiany of the fatherless and mothfnr
whnsp welfare lie laborci
X iVOO IV4 VT _
o splendidly will mourn him as a
ather. Tested by "the values that are
iternal. Dr. Jacobs was one of the
eallv very great South Carolinians or
tis time. He will be a gentle and
>lessed memory when the fame or
nany of his contemporaries has faded
tterly.
Here was one who lived in his
louse by the side of the road and was
friend to man. Generations unborn
rill exalt his goodness and mercy.1
"he two institutions which he foundd,
the Thornwell Orphanage and
he Presbyterian College of Soutli|
'arolina, are enduring monuments to
he great heart of this noble man. No
ither man in all the annals of South
:aroTina has more genuinely served
iumanity than he did. With courage
nd with far vision, he builded for
he betterment of the world. When
.thers were downcast and of little
aith, he forged onward, resolute,
auntless. of good hope. He ig
mown as "The Father of Clinton,"
>aving had a potent influence in it3
naterial and moral growth. Nowhere
?as his nobility better displayed than
n the Thornwell Orphanage where
ie laid down the Golden Rule as the
lolicy of the institution, regarding it
s ? home, not as a reformatory or a
old. cheerless, forbidding domicile of
he unfortunate.
The constructive deeds of Dr. Jacbs
stamp him as one of 'choic?
,nd master spirits of "this a^." He
ias gone, full of years, nil of honor,ull
of the tender love of his fellowTf
)mc hopn fifiv said that an
nstitution is the lengthened shadow
f one man. In the two institutions
hat he founded the spirit of Dr. Jas'bs
lives on. From generation to
feneration he will endure in the lives
>f m?n and women made better by
he good he brought to pass. "The
teht he leaves behind him lies upon
be paths of men."
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ti*vern?r Addresses Seldiers *
, <$
Before leaving for Washington, in
he interest of partly military matters
Jovernor Manning issued the followng
address and weicome to the Naio?t
1 Army as represented by the
:-onUngeat which arrived at Camp
rackaon:
"The brief address o! ike preside! t
o the siei ia the first draft ii
to comprehensive that little need t?
idded. My deeo interest and pride
n your irelfare and the task ?rou art
mdertakiac iaa^ds me to say a few
vords to ycu.
"fT-epts-aher ;? will hereafter be a
o^ble day. U marks the beginning
>f th* *iui o? German raiiitar;??tt. Aafi
bis new National Arm v. which is com>osed
of mea carefully selected by a
mitbrm ma.<hiuerr tli-rou^"-' ou.r
ountry, will be the aew and ftfBcient
afeguard for tfee liberty and freedom
?f our people.
"" A$r the protectors o? our homes,'
iiir- Hvos anH rwir Hnnnr xrnti m a-v tut
ertain that our hearts go out to yoa
dtb a profound sense of affection
nd pride. There are many or us
/ho can not be with you on the fir tig
line but you may rest assured that
re will gladly give you our support
nd do ?'l in our power to see that
vervthing that medical skill and
lonev can do .to mitigate the hard
hips of. war will be earnestfy crone,
'our loved or?e3 at hoinp will have our
ympathy and our help.
"You are a picked army, called to
lie colors by the most democratic
ystem yet evolved for military serice.
After training you will be the
nest and most effective army the
orld has ever seen. It is true that
ou prefer civil to military life, but
on are resolved to Protect our coun v
and our people without regard to
acrifice, and T know that through you
n's war will be brought to a vfctor>us
end for our country and for ox-*
ll>es." " j
T\X KILL ^
IN HISTOilY IMSSEP g
SesjaJe Adopts Measure Levying Ov<*r p$
Two Billions |||
Washington. Sept. 1U.? me war ia.\ ?|
bill?the largest single tax measure in Si
American history?was passed to |(J
night by the senate. It provides by a
levy somewhat under ?2,400.000,000, as
compared with the $1 .SG7.S70,000 pro- ?1
posed in the bill as it passed the house II
Thf vote was 09 to 4. Senators Bor- SSj
Jih. Gronna. l.a Follette and Xorrls
having recorded in opposition.
The great bill, nearly four montns a
in the making, will be returned to the 9
house tomorrow and thin goes to conference.
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Senators Simmons. Stone and TvVi!- :jjjg
linians, Democrats and Penrose and m
Lodge, Republicans, of the finance fi
committee, were appointed the senate Sg
conferees. g
Awaiting the senate in the final 5
struggl- over war financial politics P|
is the $1 l-500.000.00o credits h!T'. B
which passed the h)us unanimo'ielx H
and upon whic.i work will be begun |
tomorrow by the senate finance com- |
mittee.
How Tax in Distributed
Of the $2,400,000.000 new taxes pro- ffi
vided in the \\\ bill for .luraiion S
of the war. S482.200.000 is to be taken ?
from income, corporate and individual, ag
and $1,060,000.00 from war profits.'a
most of the remainder is levied on 5
liquor, tobacco and public utilities, g
In tonight's cleanup the principal, j|
last hour actions of the senate w->r;?'gs
elimination of all provisions for taxing JJ
publishers -and increasing second clas? p
postage rates and all consumption p
taxes on sugar, tea, coffee and cocoa, g
the latter reducing th ; $86,000,000. K
Thf senate also struck out the clause i
proposing repeal of the "drawDacfc" I
re-export allowance tax on sugar re- $
finers and defeated proposals to add g|
inheritance t taxes.
As the last effort of the high tax Q
group to increase taxes, the senate rejected
the LaFollette substitute bill to ^
raise $4,500,000,00 more taxes.
LA parliamentary snarl and a deter- ^
mined tight on the second class post- .
age provision furnished the most
citement. After the McKellar zone .
it
postage increase amendment had been , .
disposed of Senator Hardwick's suostitute
plan applicauTe to advertising 4>
portions only was beaten 48 to
Senator McKellar attempted to offer v
01
another substitute but Senator <Sauis'
bury, presiding, held that the house
zone provisions had never been formally
eliminated. Then the senate
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made sure to eliminate all postage m- p
creases and special levies on publish'
ers by adopting Senator Quick's mo- (
tion to strike out the entire house .
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clause 59 to 9. i
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Postage Features .
The only postage feature lift in the ^
: bill are provisions for free transportation
of letters from American sol- ^
diers abroad and for a pne cent stemp
! nn warts*! nost Dackages, raising
about $4,000,000. *
The consumption taxes of half cent o
j a pound on sugar, two cens on coffee, ^
' five cents on tea, three cents on cceoa,
and from one to two cent3 a gal- _
I
Ion on molasses went out by overwhelming
majorities. A final vote on
Senator Broussard's motion to elimlwon
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PIUTER COACMES a
AT CAMr JACJLSOS
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Tombs lteTel<>4?ed at IF0; ??? ?&/ ?|
Seatk Carolina ami Y&wkerrj Ctl- j
teg* JMIrerei ?? ? ! N
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; Tkt State. IQtfe. b
James G. Driver, who is t? be tfc<? di
goTernm-nt's director of aports at G
r>^rv^n r-jk,A:er.x\ arrived in OolambiA f!
v a m{j now**, - -v. ? w
yesterday from his home in Virginia. t?
Mr. Driver was oft'rrrsd either C3top tt
Lee yt Petersbnrg, Va., or Camp Jac*- ti
J
son and he chose the latter. |
Mr. Driver was one of the Univer- ]V3
sity of Virginia's star halfbacks and oi
seeond basemen as 'well as forwards A
in basketball. He also ran the guar- je
ter of a mile in record time at that fn-:
stitution. Prior to entering Virginia a
ho went to William and Mary College
at Williamsburg. Va.. wher* he distin- to
guished himself in football, baseball,
basketball and fraok and in his senior th
vear was made captain of the baseball, ot
football, basketball and track 1:eaim.;
He became athletic1 director at Caro- la
lina in 1911-12. He was assistant or
coach of the football team and head
coach of the baseball And basketball ta
teams and athletic director at Caro- s.c
lma for two years. During his stay su
in the fall of 1912 Carolina had on? th
of th^ best football aggregations in lt^ fo
hicfnrv TT<s /->n?r?hWl thp 'K^/vTr fiold Of CO
the 1912 eleven and gridiron fan* will ('f
remember the great work of Hartft,
von Kolnitz. H'ywari and Passailal- ea
gue. m;
At the conclusion of the successful to:
1912-13 season he went North, whero fr<
he entered the construction engineering
work going to many places !n <">n
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I CAS^Th
Highest materhJ
the Case Standar
The Case Tractor is b
Btandard. The result is a
you can depend u;:op.
power need of the mode
saves your mone$ and
saving mean* increased
you.
With this ft-i'S Case 1
c^n spread manure, plow,
plant, mow, raKe. load m
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anada and the United States. c
.In the fall of 1916 he returned to (
is old love?athletics, accepting en- {
re charge of athletics at Newberry ]
ollege, where he put out a strong j
>otball team and v/ ;ii the State chain-, i
* " 1 - ? L ,, 11 ? ^ ,7 'aooI. r\t ho i
onsilip Ol i>ii 5 C Uti I i U LILT uaoiittuun. I
3'Ir. Driver went from Newberry to <
lc first officers' training camp at (
ort Oglethorpe, but was phvsicai:y-i
isqualified on account cf his eyes. | c
He attended the conference at c
rinceton University on Friday of all
l'e directors of sports of the camps \
id cantonments in the United States. 4
larts were discussed in regard to] .
thlete training in the camps ' And ,
3.ntonments. .Some cf the most prom-j
lent coach-s in the United States
ere in attendance at this conference.
One of the leading boxers of the
Duntry will be stationed at each one
P comno oflf) r*a ri fnn m ar> t q n c; hnX
L iuu vaui[/c ajj.u ? ?
lg will be one of the most prominent
matures of the work,-on account of
s being similar to the bayonet ex- ;
reiaes. The foot work and arm worj
f boxing are quite similar to the ntw
>mi of bayonet drill.
It has not been decided what form
f athletics will be had at Camp JacK
JM.
John Bender, ooach of the Uairerrty
of Tennessee football team, will
e at; Camp Verier at Gr<janrlll?.
Falter Camp. Jr.. of Tale is itationed
t Camp Hancock. Augusta.
O-TCMWSIUY ftCHOOi HAT
NOTEH&ER FfcEBTl
Spartanburg, S. C., ssept. 5.?Sunday,
oreinber 4, 1$17, has beea adopted
ssoclatlon as (Statewide Go-to-Snnw
the South Carolina Sunday School
ty School Association as Slat^-wicki"1
o-to-Sanday School Day for Sout*] t
arolina. Tkis particular date, it lias,,
sen annunoced, will b? ot>*?freaj
ircwghout North America as Interna-J
onal Go-to-Suaday School Day.
In the official call for mobilliatioMs"
arion I siwr^nca, general icereiarj j
' tfcie international Sunday School
ssociation, states as some or tftt o?ctiTes
of the day:
1. To enlist recruit* for tli* Suauay
:hool. j
2. To stimulate all Sunday *ohoo'?
i greater activity.
3. To advertise to. the community
iat the Sunday school is for personi:
all afft>s. j
4. To impress u^on the Church a:rge
sense of its responsibility and;
jportunity in the Sunday school.
5. To impress upon all the impornce
of lining uo tlie Sunday
hools to help our government ;n:
eh matters as Bible study among
e soldiers, Red Cross promotion, ana
od conservation through the joint,
mmittees of the Sunday* School
mncil and our Association.
?'?. To inaugurate plans whereby,
eh local church and Sundav school
ay he kept, in helpful, sympathetic
ueh with its members who go to the
int in this world war.
7. To imprress the great truth up-,
the young that, ^hile tbis war Is
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3!3&!mmEH?Sltoims&
IE HANDY Tf
FOR YOU
I, plus honest workmanship,
cl. This standard is known
milt on Case harvest grain
l tractor thai etc. It will th
It fills every hay, grind l"e
rn farm. It water, drive n
time. That electric light j
pr of it for other jobs. C
before they U
Fractor you are built in 5
harrow, roll, farm power }
n(I haul hay, about them.
t fvuimuc
SS H'Ll, SOUTH CAROL!
ggg-aBBaaaMHaBsiBggasEag?Bi
. hanging the map of the earth and
overturning customs and institutions
Jod and His word, Jesus Christ and
Eiis saving power, man's individual
irsponsiblitv for Christian living
?bide and ever will abide uncnanged.
Go-to-Sunday School Day was observed
lor the first time in South Carolina
last February. In order to unite
vith the other states, the South CarC..n
C/?Vi . Ar^r* fVAA* ofi AVI Q/*_
JULIO. OUULUcl v OViiUVi Aoowiaciuu, a.'^~
wording to announcement by R. I).
vVebb, general secretary has moved
ip the annual date a few months. Last
i
Fall and ft
You don't need to give y<
ors as i am here with the
[ public in. good fit and wo
best materials. I have tl
and worsted gocds on hai
have you call and leave y
winter so its. Prices leas
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v An Amhitinn an
/ f *J the Soatbera Rjulny: the rre*l
/ J riyc ajbwQ'iinr of the other. ,?
Vj < Thr Soethera Railway aifcj *o fzn
A C ? xcctwiiei to olicf*.
it Tie lafafeinw of the Southern Ralh
. V fj Baujr of isfiotax that ia born of co-open
' f C>e riiifoadj; to acepcafectoi that fair aa
) ami of railroad* vhkh iarite* the <
I agradea; to nafize that Ilbrtllcrjr of tn
\/' to obtain the additional ca$icU accdcd tot
J enlarged fadStics incident *? the dcsa
1 terrier; xsJ. '.iaamUjr?
V To take its niche la the body jolic
I other ereal indastriea. inth no a:arc. bt
I oxbo and eqsal oppoittznmca.
?Scutl^7i^^Rai
I ACIOR | 1
plus service, gives you ?
the world over.
or corn, dig potatoes,
resh, hull, fill silo,, bale S
oVi oil />nrn r.umn ffis J
VVI? V/V/4 U
lilking machine, privare I V
ilants und do a hundred j? ?
'ase Tractors are right B
jave the factory. They \ |S
sizes and to fill every
le d. Let us tell yo i '
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February the day was observed by
l
Hundreds o: sciioo.s tnroughout South
Carolina aud was a great success. A
large number of schools more than
doubled their regular attendance and
hundreds or' people were retained as
permanent members. According to a
most conservative estimate, there was
an increase of 75,000 in the attendance
on that day. iris expected'that ^
the observance of Go-to-Sunday -School U
Day in November will be more general m
+ V? 11 anf 4 It a Ofoio tlifvn if nroo in
i.in uu^uvui tilv otaic iiiau it n w-o ***
February. 4
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Inter Suits
)ur work^to outside tail- Mj
best help to serve the
rkmanship with the very
le finest line of woolen
nd and will be glad to
on* amImh fnr fill and {
enable, woik satisfactory. ?
kRLSON i
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ht?-no ?peo*I pnf&tge act , fir
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ray Company is to tet daC i m
tdoa between the public zW I
i frank poiicy ia tbc msotc- ' j
coofidcace of roveruraeaiJ S ^gfl
sMmc?t wkich will cubic k
tic acqulsidoa of bcccr as* A
ml for isoeucd aci User y J j
ic of the South aloncrite * J
it with equal liberties. egvT
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