Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- - - - • -TV- ,J, .1 ^1 J>f|P * ,i -WELCOME, VISITORS U t “ . ®hf Cltntan I SYNOD I I EDITION I : ! ***•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• VOLUME XXX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930 NUMBER 41 TWO SYNODS NOW IN SESSION HERE f f DUBOSE AND SCOTT ARE NAMED AS MODERATORS South Carolina and Georgia Synods Organized Last Night With' l.arge Enrollments. Strong Opening Sermon By Retiring Mod- I erator of Georgia Body. Double Sessions Continue Today and Through Tomorrow. Last nijrht was a red-letter nipht in • of Georgia in the Thnrtiwell Memorial this, the Mecca of South Carolina . church, and the South Carolina body Presbyterians, for clans of the Faith , in the Presbyterian collejre chapel. At, from the Synods of Georgia and South ■] 1 ;30 a joint communion and memorial Carolina had gathered here during the . service will h| held in the orphanage dav from far and near to attend the' chapel for the deceased members of , • I I opening joint session of these two dis- j the two synods. This service will be' itinguished church bodies. .More than ; over by the two newly elected 300 delegates were present for the mo<lerators. .opening, with many others expected The synods will be the guests of the ' I to.arrive early this morning. college for dinner. The a^'tornoon ses- The exercises were opened with sion will be given over to routine mat-I pl ayer by the Re^ D. .1, l^hiod.s, T).D.,|lers - and reports of committivs, fol-^ pastor bC the Ffrst ' Presbyteriah-lowt'.d by'm-eas st five b’frkifk for ah church of this city, and presided ovtr inspection of the Thornwell orphan- by the retiring moderator. Dr. John age and supper. Upon re-convening a'- Mc.Sween, also of this city. Words of! the evening hour, the synods will welcome on behalf of the college and i again meet jointly in the interest of orphanage were exjiressed by Presi- eiiucation. The address for the occas- dents McSween and Lynn. j ion will be delivere<l by Dr. W. D. The Kev. 1). P. .McGeHchy, D.l)., pas- Hooper, of .\the»s, tla. This will he I tor of the First Presbyterian ehurch I of Ik* .-atur, Ga., retiring moderator of the Georgia .synod, preached the annual sermon last night before the joint hodie.s. He u.stHl as his text Deu teronomy 10:r), “There They Me.” His sermon in full will be found on page two of this morning’s paper. I At the conclusion of the sermon the I two synods as.sembled separately, the ' South ('arolina brethren retiring to I the college chapel for their organiza- I tion and the adoption of its calendar’s _ j work. '' " ^ • . The Rev. L.'R. Scott, pastor of the Rev. L. Ro-. L nr. D.D.. fo-twe.ve Jacobs, Dr. Lynn was elected Pre«* j First Presbyterian church of Valdosta, years president of the Ihornwcll or- dent of Thoinwell orphanage and en-|(.^^ unanimously chosen as mod- phanage of this city, wa-: horn n Tie- ‘eied u; m the duties of the office on Georgia synod, and the ton couruy, »enn.,. thirty miles njr.h July Kh. , ,, , Rw. H. W. DuBose, D.U., pas-tor of of Memphis. During these years remarkable de- Presbyterian church of Spar- He .iescen-lod froui The ^ if ry-'- ■>’ rmtmts have been made in the or- ,,«„burg, was named as moderator of .Scolch-Irish s.o.-k who se.tled iir t phnnage, (’arolina body. Both of the in('henib-and Waxhaw, .S. r. 1 .-u cen;:-al Tomer kitchen-dining , inducted Dr. Lynn g'-ad-ua d from S -ith- . ha‘= Uen completed, the M. ,^0 'office at once and were in the w^sjerp at (’I,ark5v-:ilc. d--nn. Th-,-. .aL ■la.k-y laurh’rv. Jie dairy barn, the of-during the >4i^rt busim^H*: REV. L. ROSS LYNN, D.D.. President Thornwell Orpha*na^i:e lege is now- liK-ated in M‘mi>h:'=. He began h's p-i-‘ ral wc' k in !>a- I’en, (la., in IS'dri. .Vfler th;ee and a half years he ai -fc?;*."l a gr >iit> 0^ home mission ch-jrvhe' in Florida th High .Springs as the rer.’er. After tw-o years the rhiirih it Pa- latka, Fla., called him. There h * la bored for six ye-ars. The nowlv or ganized church in the Springfiel 1 sc tion of Jacksonville later called him to become its pastor. Ftr nine years he labored with .success in this rapidly growing section of the city and cTiurch. For eight years ,Dr. Lynn wa.s a fl. the Mav.v Memorial baby cc.t-1 ia.£ . :h.- Hamer home for the pre.si-j ^ ^ Patterson of •ert. am.,M m .dern poultry plant have savannah. Ga., was elected permanent »-e 1 bu it clerk of the (Jeorgia synod. The .South The end< wment has increased from Pre'shyterians elected as per- f.’Oi.lMO t(, .<4 Kl.dOO a^ide from the :n I'l'ie fri m -,he Fagan e-^late and the . -.’ke end.wment. Dr. Lynn lias gotten together a fine g-rri; of. assistants and a high .stan- lai.l of w rk is being done. Dr. L;, nil married Miss Kdith De- .ve.se of Brighton, Tenn. They have '"ve ' h Iren, Mrs. Lynn and the chil li on have shared the' life of the or- anent clerg Rev. H. W. Pratt, D.D,, of (’olurnbia. The sessions will be continued this morning at nine o’clock when the two synods will meet separtely, the .Synod followed by a .sliort program pre.senicd tiy the college, orphanage, and (’oluni- hia Theological seminary. Thursday morning’s sessi^i will onen at nine o’clock. At eleven o’clock here will he a joint nieeting in the •ollege chapel to hear the represenla- ave of the "Commiltee of forty-four” .ind the official representatives of the ^ ministers’ annuity fund cause. Both | synod.s will be the orphanage’s guests for dinner, reassembling separately in t the afternoon for further delibera- j lions. It is ejcpected that the evening' .session will bring the meeting to a i close. Fntertainment for the (leorgia rep resentatives is being provided on the orphanage campus, while the South^ Carolina members are being enter- j tained at the college, assisted by- -a' number of citizens of the town. Ap-^ proximately 400 delegates are in at tendance, —The South Carolina synod met tii^ri KEV. .lOIIN MeSWEEN, D.D., I*rc ident- !*resbylerian ColleRe ' 'Pile Kev ideiit of b ill a I (’ Vei’il .•! 1." J bn Mc.S\\M‘n. D-D., pr;*.'-' fir ’1 f'byti'i-lan c ide. •, wa.c ... - mi..n. .'i Ic, S. (ov .\ ’ i_ I. do, ihe o; of .!oh 1 and it: { lifUtldjlllt, .'(Util <r.v\sloM. I "*s ( amp .‘'('\'i(“r, Ibl^. H*,- sei\ ; n n • in Hfiih .Vm. ’j,!;., .Ti.d'h i . .V. X.. ■’■tttb divis'Dii. I!»l,s. Upon h - -c- in 11»24, upon the invitation of Dr. D. M. Douglas, then president of ihe col- Jege. This is the first time the Georgia <ynod has convened in Clinton, the in- .’italion from the orphanage to meet here having been unanimously accept ed last year in ord rehtat its members may gain a more intimate knowledge! of the orphanage and college, of which! h M .'^.veen. ills ii’s!".nd.ng invr.han-. If.v \-' ;iis ',)*■ ne Pc*. Kat( .‘'.ykes Li r w.is an m* banlfi- loi .-ec* ion. j Dr. .M Sw Tininionsv’Uc then enteicd ll.ivdsc.n ec.rege ai ceived b s P. S. d gree in I'.MIH. n ;ri .i.lnalcd froi 1 h .sc ho. 1 in I!f(il 1 ■a;h- atid Doe h.' . lie- 1 l-C- ,ater .I'-n he w.is e'ecUd Ic 1*111 College pi r. he heard the all to the niini.strv and I' )s: •omnia- U .\nierica:: I 4: 01. .^.iiPh {'arolina state c-ha I'a n. ' .nc ilc-an Li gion, and llt.u. hapla ii .^votti.*h S lety of .Vm -r a 1. lie- i.s a .Mason, .'slu lner, m« nbiT of the Clinton Kiw.uil.. c-lub and the iianil er of Commc'ri-c- and has a -.va\'.s .aken an active par. in all voinn.un.ly they are part owners. eriteied -(’oluinbia 'I'heologi.-al .semi-1 i-ntei prise.s. member of the beard of trustees of phanage. The children attended the the orphanage. He was regular in his oiphanage schools and worked in the attendance upon \he board meetings vario-as departments. The youngest and faithful to his l^a.st. In June, 19IK, hild gra.iuatcd from the Thornwell eight months after the death of Dr. high .school last June. - ■■ - ' ■ ' ■ ’ ■_J!JJ!,J P.C.-H1GH POINT GAME HERE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON nary from which he graduated in In he wa.s cde. teil |)residi*nt of Greetings From Thornwell’s Head Greetings From President MeSween The Thornwell orphanage family of To ‘.he Synods of Georgia and South | workers and children extencis", to the Carolina: synod of Soutji C^.rolina a most cor- On the historic occasion which dial welcome to our beautiful city...,It th'*se two great bodies of is an occasion of regret that we can- Southern PresbyCerianism together, ^ „oij./i.i.c not have you at“our house,” due to Presbyterian college joins most hear-j * the fac-t that we will have a hundred -p the city-wide and warm-hearted i ♦u, or more gucst-s from., the synQd__.ef. aii:elc<.me. of pur fair xity to you our The I’resbyterian College Blue Stockings play their first home game of the season Thursday afternoon on Johnson'field against High Point. The game is called for 3 o’clock. With the visiting synods of South Carolina and Georgia in Clinton for their annual meetings, there will he ao. extra large crowd to witness the contest, which is expected to be a close and hard game. Only once in the past have these two j schools nfiet and the result was an 18-15 win for the Presbyterians. The game was at Charlotte twa years ago, a victory by a narrow margin in the last two mo- 191.). T-atei- later doing spevial work at I C'OyU'r an l ollege, ami unde - h:.^ the Univei-si;y off .Kouth Carolina. Mis first pa.*-toTale wa.s .1'. Pliiailrcv, N. ('., where he was engaged in home niissdjii ,v ,ik and wa* a tea -her in the Lees-McKae institute. Later he aiaepl- ed a call to the i’resbyteiian ehurch of Dillon and from there he ai-veiiled similar woik at Rowland. .N. (k In he bec-anie pastor of Clemson eol-j lege Presbyterian ehurch where hej served until when he aveepted ‘ the pastorate of the (’ent.al Preshy- erian church of Anderson, .S. C. | He enlisted for service on the .Mexi-! can border in I'.ID!, served as chaplain,! an instrument by which our church may “visit the widow and the father- Georgia. But we want to bring up ou.- chil dren as in the good old days, so we will have them wait and we shall ex pect all members of your synotl to join with our Oorgia syned friends as our guests for dinner Thursday, less in their affliction, and the college We welcome the synod of South Caro- by which the church may train and lina to our dining hall and to our cam- prepare leaders who ^hall “go into all 1 pus. * 'the world and teach men W observe' the things Christ has commanded urfi” Welcome to (ieorgla The tug of the fatherless ones and ’The interest of the synod of Georgia the appeal of Christian education for in the orphanage and its loyalty has; .he youth of our land has brought you been an unfailing source of envour- to sit together in a history-making agemer.l to us at Thornwell. event, and we sincerely trust that your It ha.'s long been our desire to have gathering here may he richly blessed you vi.sit us in “our home,” lo meet by the Great Head of the church our workers and look inter the faces of “Whose we are and Whom we .serve,” our happy children. We are pleased to Jbe rea.sen for ihe being of the col- have the sjned w .h iis as oar guests, jeog tf, serve the church and if in It shall be our endeavor to make you any way we can contribute to the com- comfortahle and «upp!y your needs as foit and convenience of the synods as be.st we can. It is our desire that you ^ ^ body, or any individual member of feel at home and become well ac- either, during this meeting, il will be quainted wij^- the workings and life counted a happy privilege. * at Thornwell. You are welcome, thrice JOHN MeSWEEN, j welcome. LYNN ! President Presbyterian College. President Thom\yell Orphanage. Naull is rated among the best centers menu of the game Via th^pass rouligi honored guests. - | Wefford and..High Point, In the hospitable and friendly soil of | played a close game and the Calvin- jof the state and the entire team has Clinton is rooted two vital institutions j Jatg are not expected to have an easy : been playing inspired ball which, if from Chattanooga in good condition with few minor injuries resulting, Ritchie pulled a muscle in his hack hut should be in shape by Thursday, and the remainder of the team are in top form. Itis the hope of Johnson to take this game with as little trouble as possible, j as P. C. is pointing to one of the hard-! est contests of the season next week j against Wofford, which, incidentally.,,., is to be the home-coming contest. i With the. stellar work of Copeland,! Green, Blakely and Cheatham, to say nothing of the excellent showing of the rest of the team, P. C, has some I Siessiqn ()penin>{ Herie^Ust Night To Consider Several Imporliint t e a -state e even t is season. ^ .Matters. Institutions Up for Consideration and Reiiort To He Il add .--.hip tlii.-i institution has made 1 eniaikal)!:* progres.-. Me was c,e -l.'d Idalor of i’icdmonl jiresltyLery in i'.tllT, ai.ii la.*', year wa- made ni'ltM- itor of the .South .('ar.dina .syn i. In •line pa.st the degice of doitor f ;1 - vi:iity was worthily l>e.«towed -port him liy the University of .South 1 aro lina. Dr. .MeSween i.s marrfed an i has four children. His family re.siiie* in he beautiful president’s home on the V ollege campus, a recent gift t . ihe inslitution frijm Mr, John H. Y .ung, • f this city. BUSY SESSION AHEAD FOR SOUTH CAROLINA SYNOD of the two synods, the orphanage as time of it Thursday. i continued, will lead the garnet and Heard From the l^ermanent Committee On Education Cover ing the Synod’s Work. All of the Blue Hose team returned j blue to a championship. Headquarters for Joint Sessions of Synods of South Carolina and Georgia Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Neighbors spent ’Miss Verna Hill spent the week-end Tuesday in Newberry attending thej wRh her parents in Orangeburg. | Reedy River association meeting. | THORNWELL MEMORIAL CHURCH The meeting of the Synod of South I Dr. .MeSween and it behooves e. t y (’arolina in Clinton prqmi.ses to be of prcibyterian in South Carolina and far-rcHchipg imnortande. Quite a num- t 1 u- . u- 1 . \ , .. (leorgia to get behind him and pul tho her ot matler.s must w decided. i . I campaign across. The t\vo .synenJ-! are Of fir.w-t importanje is the c.arrying I abundantly able to support 'a great on to a .successful conrlu.sion of the j (•(,]](.gt*. and this synod can do it,* pu t campaign lo ftee Prc.sjyterian college jf ^ill, “ ’ from dehl and e.stahii. h it in the place \ .. . .. 1 r ~ . . 1 , . . .\nolher impoi'tunt milter la-fore of .service ;n which it should stand. 1 ■ . r •. • • T.. ,, , . .synrd i.s to realize on its eqjuv :n the coHe.ge ha.s an id al pre.'-'.i cni in , . . . 1 i- <• .n ■' ; the real estate holding* of ( h:'ora liege. The financial affairs of the col!eg<' v t-re taken out of the ban is of the hoard of tru.*tee> at the call-d mict;n'4: in .March and pti; in the ha - !.s vh-ch w. ;. • owns in the ilhgc .* lie If properly ’-.amiled ny -yiind, a \i.-y handsome -J 11 would come to the sym d as the .esui, of its li(jui<l-ition. To aceomplish this, however, it will be necessary that .he *\ IK d put forth great exertions and adopt some practical plan th.st will enable its agents to realize on the equity in the property. S'ince the syn od has guaranteed all the creditors of (Continued on page four) Cpenir.jar S21 mon Last Niarht T’rc opening serm-n bef re the joint Synods of Son.h '':iro- ’i.n?. and (o- u-pia, wa.* deli-.-ercd la.-'- i.i.gh ’ IT! the Thornwell .Me in rial church by the Kev.‘D. I’. ‘M Cea.-h} D.D., past, r of the Fir t P.-esbyter' .n church of i)e alar, (ta., and the retiring mcdcrat(/r of the Georgia body. The sermon in full vwill be found on page two. >f a committee ef five (Mi'oy i.*- < haii nian. .Syni < .'•eal estnU* of Chi-ora MV valuable projicity. ■il ih 1