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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1825
♦HE CLINTON CHROW1CLE, CUWTQN, S. C.
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Monument Unveiled
L to Cornwell’s Founder
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ideals to make those life-tasks worthy
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< Ideals at Thorn well OrphanagsJ
Lots of them! High ideals? Ox
course! Christian ideals ? Every one
of them! '■ Upward? Certainly!
Pointing upward? Always! Many a
hoy and girl “hitched his wagon to a
star” because of* Dr. Jacobs^ ideals
that he held up before them. And
but for him thatsboy or girl might
never have'known’that there was a
star to which he <?ould hitch his wa-
.gon. Only eternity can ever measure
his influence here. His ideals and his
courage were alwpys high. His flag then that one of his favorite hymns
never trailed. His faith in “his boys
and girls” never wavered. And, oh,
may we be truly thanlcful for that, ber
cause it bften kept our own courage
up to the sticking point.. And after
all, no matter what efee great he did
in his great life, when he helped us
to know Him; and taught us to put
our trust in Him; and thereby gave
the hope of eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord, he gave us the very
best, that he had. So that it was a
joyous reality, and not merely a good
tune and pious poetry, that made him
teach us to sing:—
“My hope is built on nothing less,
Than Jesus blood and righteous
ness.
Seventh — “Enduring - Qualities.”
And finally, this stone, to me, is a
symbol of the ideals of Dr. Jacobs inr
the building of this great home, by
its very qualities: of endurance. The
very hardest of granite. As long as
the ages may last the elements will
beat upon this stone, but the they will
have no permanent effect upon it. The
burning suns apd the drenching rains
ox summer; the freezing cold, with the
biting frost and melting inows of
winter, may come and may go, but
this granite that has already lasted
for all the ages since the eternal God
spake and by the word of his power
brought order out of disorder} and cos
mos out of chaos; Will continue to last
for all the ages to come without
material change' until the elements
themselves shall roll up as a scroll,
and melt with a fervent heat, and pass
away agairTat the fiat of Almighty
God. So, to, as long as the years may
roll the ideals of Dr. Jacobs as wrou
ght out here in Thornwell Orphanage
must lasLior they are durable ideals,
since they in turn wtere founded upon
“The Rock of Ages.” There may be
changes here in the personnel of those
who manage “Thornwell,” but those
who come, and those who go, can
never get very far from those original
ideals, because the church of Christ,
hit own heart or the wilful blindness
of his own ey^s. But after all these
buildings shall have rotted into decay
and fallen apart; after this granite
shaft shall have crumbled into dust;
and after the material earth itself
shill have passed away again into the
nothingness from which God called it;
and after the elements sh^jl have dis
solved with the melting fervency of an
awful heat, those who have learned to
love Jesus Christ our Savior, because
of Dr. Jacobs and his ideals in Thorn
well Orphanage, shall have just begun
to live; and all eternity shall see them
in the presence of Jesus Christ,'be
cause they “shall be like him,” when
they “shall see him as he is” and “face
to face.” These lives cannot fail be
cause God cannot fail. Is it Surprising
seemed to be that great, outburst of
confession by Toplady:—
“Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.”
And having hidden his life in the
cleft of that "Rock,” he will most
surely be there to welcome us, when
we, too, shall “go over on the other
side.” And there, we, “his children
shall rise up to call him blessed,”
“while the years of eternity roll.*
And thus Thornwell Orphanage is
what it is.
Now, if what I think I see ih this
stone is truly there; no matter what
its artistic value may be to the coldly
aesthetic eye; it is, to me, the most
beautiful momument in all this beau
tiful world. And thus, for these very
few, and very simple, and perhaps
very trite reasons, it does seem to me,
then, that it is appropriate for this
memorial to Dr. William Plumer
Jacobs to be erected here; since it
should symbolize for \is his ideal' of
what he thought this place ought to be,
and to do. And if that is true, it is
also more than fitting to place this
memorial oh this spot; and within
sight of his own home; in order to
hallow the approach to this ground
that he loved so well, and that he lym-
self first dedicated to its high and
holy purpose by his own life of great
service for orphan children. However
for that matter ther^ is no place within
the limits of this city that he loved,
where s6me such stone could be placed
inappropriately.
But more enduring than any granite
more precious than any stone could
ever be, is the memory, of Dr. .Jacobs
as enshrined in our own hearts. And
we have honored ourselves today, far
more than we ever could haVe honored
him, in erecting this shaft;''and Tn
unveiling it to celebrate fifty years
of service for orphan children on the
part of this home. And we have shown
our appreciation of him antf of his
ideals when we have set up this stone-
according to his own ideas and wishes.
tinned prosperity, and for its present
ndki management. We pray that
which supports and controls this home, And may it ever stand to all genera
can- neveT get very far from Jesus tipns to symbolize what he was; and
Chrtstrthg Savior, tryjong as she loves what he wanted to do; and what he so
orphan children. The permanence of signally did. And as it stands for
those ideals is assured by the very those coming generations, may it also
permanence of thp church, and of her symbolize for them, by imperishable
Christ. And the durability of those granite, the ideals of the noble foun
der of this school; and may it show
forth, too, the lift of that marvelous
man • of God, who wrought so. nobly
two can never be questioned.
And just as truly as this granite is
impervious to the elements about it,
so truly will those who come here,
and catch the vision of the life in
Christ that Dr. Jacobs lived; and learn
the source of his wisdom and strength;
and who will put their own confidence
in that same source; and who will rest
their lives upon that same “Rock of
Ages,” be able to meet the storms of | phanage which /Has
life, and face the fires of teqtftation; memorial, it . gives
and they will come forth unscathed
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If ever there came^^onp^iepe during
the life of the “Good Doctor”' who
went away before hq had made Jqsus
Christ the center and circumference
as well as the base and foundation
his own life, it was not because
was no precept or example a#'such
here; but because of thq harness of
splendid management. We pray tha
it may ever remain^ “home” as well
as a “school.” And we bespeak the
continued mercy and grad of our lov
ing, heavenly father to rest upon it;
and may the all-wise guidance of the
Holy Spirit be with those who manage
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• The Monument Accepted
The speech of acceptance on' the
part of the board of trustees, was de
livered by its secretary,,W. W. Harris.
It follows:
Mr. Chairman, Members of the
Alumni Association and Friends:
This is a happy occasion that brings
us together. We have talked about it
for a long time and now tne dream is
realized. World-Wide interest is cen
tered in this event, for hundreds of
Thofnwell men and women, ooys and
girls, scattered throughout this coun
try and in afar off China, Japan, Af
rica, Korea, Brazil and South Ameri
ca, are today turning their thoughts
to this scene, and though absent in
body, they are truly with us in spirit.
The action of the Thornwell Orphan
age Alumni in erecting this magnifi
cent monument on the grounds of the
orphanage that Dr. Jacobs built, is to
be commended in the highest terms.
Especially is this trixe since it comes as
a voluntary, whole-hearted expression
of your love for this institution; and
its Founder and first President. No
outside influence suggested • the idea,
no resolutions or requests were made
that you erect it, but the action came
spontaneously from within your or
ganization as an evidence of devotion
to Dr. Jacobs and this home with its
fifty years of noble history. You
have done well, you are to be congra
tulated.
Many of us fathered here today, in
a large measure, owe whatever of suc
cess we may have attained in life to
the love* and fatherly care manifested
towards us by the late William Plum
er Jacobs and the influences that were
brought to bear upon our lives while
we resided within these walls. Like
wise these four hundred bright an£
happjT'and promising boys and girfs
now assembled here, are indebted 10
this man, more than to any one else,
for this Christian home with the fin*
opportunities it affords and the whole
some influences and protection it
throws about them.
We have listened with interest, min
gled with a feeling of sadness, to this
beautiful address on the “Ideal Or
phanage” from one of our own boys,
touching upon the life of this great
man—a leader and a benefactor to
the people amongst whom his gracious
life was lived. We will always cherish
his memory and love the home he
founded for the orphaned child where
he laid down the Golden Rule as the
policy of the institution, regarding it
as a home, not a reformatory or a cold,
cheerless, forbidding domicile of the
unfortunate.
Every institution is measured large
ly by its Alumni. They are its spirit
far more than the campus dr brick and
mortar. Their loyalty, their love and
devotion, are the things that count".
\^e are proud of the 1600 Thornwell
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and well, in the face of so many
discouraging problems and difficul
ties, to "put those ideals into actual
existence, and thus to shapir eternal
lives for the Kingdom of
And so, Wilson, speaking for the
Alumni Association ^ Thornwell Or-
erected this
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deal of pleasure, and a depth of real
joy, to present to you, the secretary
of the ^Board of Trustees of Thornwell
Orplxihage, but also, yourself an
nus of this great school, this
stone.
And in so doing we thank God
for his richest blessings upon this
home that we love so much; and that
we will always hold so dear. And we
praise our blessed Savior for Its boh-
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ference and Visitors
We trust while you are here every
minute will be a pleasant one.
We always welcome you back to
Clinton.
Clinton welcomes you. We welcome
boys and girls who have gone forth
from this institution, and ^herevej;
one travel*, the story is heard of their
successes and the places of trust and
honor and usefulness they are filling
in the world as their contribution to
the welfare of mankind. This does
our hearts good and serves as an in
spiration to the children now in the
home and to the thousands who are
yet to come in the future years. This
spirit of love between pupil and homte
is a beautiful picture and stands out
conspicuously as the characteristic
that makes Thornwell different from
many other similar institutions.
So, in the spirit in which it is pre
sented, we accept this monument in
behalf of the board of trustees of the
Thornwell Orphanage and it shall al
ways be our endeavor to preserve and
protect it. Our hope is that so long
43 tjiqe shall endure, it may stand
here to tell the story of Clinton’s First
Citizen who spent the greater part of
his life receiving and caring for little
children as did the Master. ’No won
der that those who knew him, loved
him, and regarded him as, a man of
God. *
“His life was gentle and the ele
ments
So mixed in him, that Nature might
' stand up
Ar.d say* to all the world, This was
a man’!”
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Let this beautiful granite stone,
bearing his honored name, stand here
forever as a testimonial and expres
sion of love to- William Plumer Jacobs,
who devoted his talents from his boy
hood to the services'of God and his
fellow men. May it always be kept
sacred and beautiful. And may it be no
more enduring than his memory in the
loyalj faithful hearts of all who knew
him and who were inspired by his pre
eminent life of loving, unselfish ser
vice for others. His examplg-rs one
Jess those whe
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At Indianapolis, May 3#
per hour—500
Setting a New World
Mark of 101.13 Miles
Miles without Tire Trouble
This gruelling tebt proves the
outstanding superiority of Fire
stone Full-Size GumrDipped Bal
loons. With practically no change
in cars and drivers from last year,
and over the same rough, uneven
brick track, laid sixteen years ago
—Firestone Balloons racing under
a blazing sun—beat last year’s
world record on thick-walled,high-
pressure tires by a wide margin.
Of the 21 cars which started,
only 10 finished M in the money”
. THE FIRST TEN
MONET WINNERS
AVERAGE ;
Driver Mile* Per Hour
1 De Paolo . . . 101.13
3 LcwU-HUl. . . 100.82
3 Shufer-Mortoo. 100.18
4 Harts .... 98.89
5 Milton .... 9707
8 Durmy .... 98.91
7 De Palma . . 98.80
8 Krrht .... 98-32
9 88attar ... 95.74
10 WnoiSae . . ." 94.70
-^Gum-Dipped by the extra Fire
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Call at our principal branches
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macadam and broken concrete. See
nearest Firestone •dealer today.
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CLINTON, S. C.
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that will always bless those who seek
to follow it, and from generation to
generation, he will endure in the lives
of thousands of men and women made
better by the good be brought to pass.
Here was one indeed who lived in his-
house by the side of the road and was
a friend to man. ’ His . life was a
blessing; his memory is*a benediction.
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