The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 11, 1919, Image 9
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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. C., has been dissolved by
mutual consent, and the said business
is now owned and will ,be conducted in
the future.by Dr. R. E.'-^wRYor. Thank
ing our friends for their patronage in
the past and soliciting a continuation
of the same for the future with
R. E. Sadler.
RUFUS E. SADLER,
WM. BAILEY OWENS,'
2t. as Sadler-Owens Pharmacy.
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