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PAGE EIGHT THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 19S0 PUSH DRIVE TO CLEAR DEBT Pimident McSw«rn and AKSOcUtefi Now Active In CamiMiicn To Re tire Preabyterian Debt. Aided by individual chairmen in every Presbyterian, church in South Cairolina, in the various districts into A History of the Synod of South Carolina By Bothwell Graham, Jr. Professor of I^tin and German, Presbyterian Colle$re A6gtr shows the Synod’s re-action to \ Board of Columbia Theoibgical semi- the Spring Resolutions: j nary dealing with evolxstion. This “Ouf own impressions were, at first, {controversy excited "^de interest as ! favorable to no immediate action to-j evidenced by the large attehdance at wards formal separation. We pre-j this Session and continued to hold the to 52 in favof of removal but legal entanglements prevented the removal at that time. In 1924 Synod met in Clinton in the Presbyterian College auditorium. The removal of the seminary was again 'ferred to hv^e the Presbyteries tpke; attention of the Synod till 1888. jthe needful action at their regular j quarter of question before Synod. After the . o ^ , .u ♦ • i, / K ^ <^o"'lthe twentieth century the Synod of i ^ynod of Presbytenanism in South Carolina, among them, to perish for bread o' vinced that the general and clamorous' Carolina consisted of 171 minis-'heard, a full discus- began in 1502, forty-five years beforejlife. From the very nature of theiri p^n from so many pajts of the south, 292 churches with 37 527 corn-!*’®” whole proposition was en- which the slate has been divided, the settlement of Virginia and fifty- position, they are dependent on us.lfo,. g convention to assemble, without municants It gave to benevolences president John McSween and general j eight years before the landing of the They must be supplied with Cod’s I unnecessary delay, and take the neces- ^j^g $323 233 in 1925 and spent chairma.n Wm. P. Jacobs are pushing| Pilgrim Fathers, A band, of colonists | word as they aj-e supplied with their „g,.y gteps for organizing a separate current account $773 006 a per forward in a renewed drive to remove was sent out under Jean Ribault who^daily bread—by the hands of their mas-, youlhern church, is the voice of God capita expenditure of $29'’l' There the buidcn of debt from the Presbyte- planted a colony on a deep and spa- lers. rian college. Practically the same or-lcious bay which he called Port Royal, given to Dr, J, B, Adger who was the earn- “One of the fairest and greatest ha-, warmly supported in this by tered into and the Synod by vote ac cepted the proposal which difini^ly removed the seminary to .Atlanta. The Synod of South Carolina is now Credit for thie work i, larKolyl,,,, the subject." „.e,e ,82 ,-Dun* people’, «„tietie, with >oM;t.p a joint meeting with the .Synod After the various presbyteries had a membership of 4Ji09, TTie'Sunday i of Georgia to discuss the educational gan.zaiion that was used in the earn- “One of the fairest and greatest ha-j warmly supported in this by and dissolved the relations exist- School numbered 29.494 The Synod P*oblems in which they have a com- paign lael fall wil.conUnue the work, ven, in the worl.l” as he says. between them and the northern had 21,8 orgapiiations with 9.30S mem- mon interest. Dr. W. D. Hooper of s The lYesbyterian college was found-! he built a fort and left a garrison of loied congregation., in the basement of Woman’s .Synodical Aux-1 Athens. Ga,. will address the two • I .a 1. *«**•*• r%1 A __A .... iMlUlfi Ik** IT! * * 1 ed by the late Rev. William Plumer twenty-six men while he returned to his own church and in 1849 Dr. J. ^ southern General Assembly, iliarv with Jacobs, D.D., for more than fifty years i< ort to his chief Coligny what he Girardeau was cajled to the Ansonj.. Svnod of South rarolina met in XOi the pastor of the First P.e byterian h id accompli.shed and to bring other Street colored church. These efforts' church in ('linton and the founder of (ulonists to this fair and fertile land, were successful and Thornwell orphanage for chil lien. Th<‘ i hus did the Huguenots plant on our , but the approach of contributions totalling! bodies Wednesday evening. The Synod j of Georgia has accepted part owner- college has a history full of exam hoie.s the first Presbyterian lolony. pies of service. It has turned ou in ICHt! the Huguenot church in many successful an<l emineni |)ri‘aih t'hurleston had been establi.shed. An- ers of the gosfxd, doi tors lawyers it,n ! other was establishefi on the eastern teachers as well as a nuinbi r of mk , brunt h of t'ooper River and ajsorone, who have maile themselves ii eful citi- on the .Santee and on Goose ('reek, zens among the business men of the . Theie wits a mixed Presb.^. terian ami count rv nromised much The Synml is now composed of eight' Presbyterian college and the the civil war ^'"''* P'’‘‘P®''«‘^ Thornwell which p,.,ehvteries: Bethel. 7,607 communi-1 “P "^embers broutrht them to an end The atti- approval of the cants; Gharleston. 2.538; Congaree,! This meeting is, . ^ , 1 ’ 1 ’U 1 of the several presbyteries and j jji. Knoree 6 280- Harmonv 3 839* *' ^ * tude of the colored |)eople IS (lescnbeft < .u * ■ • ^r-noree, •.xii'u, narmun>, j , ,, ... , I then sets forth two reasons m just:- r>ee Dee 4 4(;'f P’ednnrt ^niifh as follows: “VNe deejdy deprecate the',; ,, ec i tt, *1,^ , r .eamori, .s,.,oi, .>outh ) , ... . , ification: r irst, that the old assembly f'arulina 5110 cru.sade aga n.st the inst tut on of s a- , , ...... . ^ arunna. .),i i.f. against very and the hindrance thrown in our way in the proper religious in.«tructi ;n of our negroes by fanatical and ig- tlie Thc’U’ wiis a Columbia Theelogical sem-[ imle|)emlent church in ('harleston com- oorant intermeddlers has transcended its jurisdiction bv -p. ^ . . .. , . .... . * I he Synod gives es support to au'.lj^ciritatively settling a political '.uestion; “ei ond, that it is wise an' proper for chuirh organizations to le* (I of Presbyterians chiefly from contented, very happy in their po^i- imiry reicivc-s moic- stude-pts fnini P. j posec (’. than any other institution. .At Sc’oilii.nd and Ireland, and <ongre-ga- tion and rejoic’e in the religiou.s in- this time a numbc*r of the recent grad- tioriali.sts from old anci new Kngland. . -truc tion the.v receive. Indeed the.v uates are attending profc*ssional Pre-sbyteo ians were therefiore the! joyfully aid in forwarding ,he benc-vc.- schools and taking post graduate work earlie t settlers in South Carolina andjlcnt operations of the day, l)r. Adger’s in the larger universitie.s of the coun- were rclways strong and vigorous with ccmgregatioi of negroes having givc-n try. It has spent half a century in “ virile arid eclucatc'd ministry. It wasi8ti8,00 for foreign missions.” ju.stifying its position. this .Scotc h-Irish Presby'teiian stock 1'his was a period of great agitation From very humble* beginnings the* which first lift<*d its vctice aga^■nst 'the and the ciuesticui of s-luvery wa.s ably college has grown to an institution -thc’ mother couri'Vy. In disc ussed for the synod by suc h dis- witKa good faculty and a vc*i’y be au--'b'* conveiitioii |ii<‘c*ting at Abingdon^ f ingiiishc'd nu n as Dr. J. H.'|'liorruvc*JI. tiful ph.,\Csic jH plant,. The* investment j l'<7*>. thc*se pioneers declarecJ;,; ''“\Ve Df.dlow^e an:iLi>C.X in buildings ;rnd grounds rc-presents ure deliberately and^rc-solulely deter- abctve intc-resting <*xtieiirnent in evari- more tfiaii three-ipiarteis of a million mined never to suireiider any of our :;<*li/.ation is suflicu nt to .show the (!'*termined by i,..i . nal li me.-:. The organizutif n ol the Pre.sbyte-' I ian c’hur h in the ( onf- lei ate states of America was effected in .Augu.sfa, Ga., in Dc-cember, 18i51, Dr. Benjamin .M. Palmer preac hing the sermon and Dr. James H. Thornwell being chair man of the committee on rescdutioTis. He drew up the re.scdutions and justi- well orphanage; to two cedieges and to one seminary. This is the fourth meeting? that the Synod has held in Clinton, the pre vious meetings being in 1893, 1904, 1924. At each of the^e meetings some (luestioii of wide popular interest and concern to the church ha.s rikme up for di.s(’Ussiori. In I '93 the .‘synod met in the old oi^ihana |e chaijel .and devoted it.s at thei^efofe, full of interest for the friends of the college who believe that khe present administration with the cordial support of the two Synods will make for the college an ever widening circle cf influence in Chri.stian Edu cation, ~ STURGEON IS NOW IMPROVING fu’cl the* organ,zalion for the two rea? Reports yesterday on the condition [jiof Prof. H. E. Sturgeon, head of the .4chemistry department at Presbyterian tention laigelx tci the* ciaestiod of Sub- were to the, effect that much '■dlls fiuoted in "uhsta.i^e above which he ."hud prevbm?«ly ,;.i>i-c:.senh'cP tjj "ipd of .8”t)ulh Carniiha.'' bath observance. The disc’u.ssion niade in the great ihtere,.st throughtout, 9“^^' week. Prof. Sturgeon ^has been ■ -n-Cttii* *tfrh7r“' ^-^bsrtirfrr'm’’fft*Hfwt sTtice"thr ffneniri^r;" ciollai '. ' This is c’vident by tlic* good 'H* doi iiiitoi ies, l.’duiratorics. at lilet i(’ fiedd and one of the fine st gymnasiums an I live s .swimming pools of the state. In ad- timable pricileges to any powei eai h but at the expc’ii-c* Df our rish of I'he Scott h Irish of .Mecklen- biinr (iiiinty took eve'-M .stronger ground and the Presbyterian church furnislu’il one signer of tlw l/c'ciaia- tioii of Indc’pendenc’c* in the pc’isou the Pek. .lidia Witherspoon. In vie w of Ihc’ c*a,ily settlement in util C.’irolina, it is latliei iirpris- •pirit of the .Synod at that time aiid the* c*;u ric'.n'Christian e.fort t!i;i( w.’i.s ni.’ide to help the c’olorc'd peojile in a n.il and symialhetic’ way. The first action whii li fme hadowei till* (’oniing sep.’cration (d' the N'.irliiern and Sou'hern ( hiin hes w;i< «i re di lution presented at the meeting of S., nod in Chariest en i^^ .Novemln’r, I8il(l. AftcT the usu.i.l preamble it ’llu’ meeiirTg.S' (ikf Synod dtir'ng tW* Me iocl, uf ic'canstruc tion indic ate th’c* ! hc’ .Syr?<id sufferj-d the poverty and dc’i rc's-i,mi wh.ch was universal in the •u'tli .luring that eia. .Minislc'i's were d lion the i’oI!e';e ha.s funds invc'sfcMl fo. an endowinc*;it for the institution amounting to moi<’ than three hundred and liitv ihoii^and dollais. I'espite this woiierful growth the e< llegc’ finds it a'lf Inn'lc ned vcith a laig'e debt of ajipidximatc'ly three* that tin* synod of South ( arolina lolhiws: “Resolved, f.ist, tlia buiiilrc d a.nd t w'c*nty-(ive thousand ded- *"'* reach its pic*sc*nt form till period has ai rivc’d when it Is* lais. This is due to a eomliination of The* first Prc*shyt«*i’:an Synod c.’iiises; buildings were c*rc*.’tc*d on thc* oi'C^mizcd in this country in 1717. was strc'iiglh of ytle(lgc*s made in Ihc* Mil- •‘synod of .\’c*w’ York and IMiihulel- lion Dollar campaign ((inducted by whose jurisdiction extended over the Pre-b.N lerians of ihe state .several ‘ hutc hes from .New York to Gc been paid in full', This and the fail- •‘^"idh ur«* ot synod to raise thc* funds bu 1- geted for the support of the college* '‘hdiMH*- H had applied for admission .S.NHocI to take* steps to di.ssolve their eac’h year and the grow ing iiderest Tork and Philadelphia Synod,"ith thc* General Assembly hut for some reason the a|)plic’«tion' R'‘'“‘lved, fourth, that a committee be was not acted on till after the war. appointed to (’orre^poml with Sync.Is The ciuestdm ctf attendance on th<* Presbyteries, South, W'ith the view Synod of New York and Phila lelidra forming a Son!he rn Ass,mhly. R,.. presented a real difficulty in vic*w of •‘‘olveci, fifth, that we still cherish I [ < (»rl.\ pail, (()!!»*< tions were years ago, pledges wliich have never Dc*orgia, though the Ih’eshytery of Carolina formed in 173(1 re mained independent till after the Itev- ( oiiies t he dul.v elder, south, t< known. Resolved, s(*,’ond, that fi(lc*li ty fo thc* south r(*(iuirc‘.s us to sc*\'c*r istc’r> all conn«*c’ti<m with thc* northc'in pci - from other dc*nominations and by rc- lion of the General Assembly, Re-jp(rLei.« repiesenting the leucling daily solv(*(|, third, that w^* reci mmend to Jiewspaper.s of the state Presbyteries coiinectc I with this of every minister an.! devoted to iriutine matters but the 1 let his position be .'synod of IsSj, nu’eting in Grc'envilU*, WU' hugely attended not only Ity min- of the Synod hut by clergymen all t.on of a rou.sed ^riiy-yt^ nritbe “ .v-"---^b!}Ffir'frrTfprt*H(^ o'penihg' In 1901 the remova.1 M Columbia Sept.* 10. He is in Walter Reed ■seminary was up for di.se ussion*^This hospital ifi Washington, receiving was not n new idea. The seminary l^‘‘K‘Oient for b;s eyes, was origi'nally established in Georgia Prof. Sturgeon, while niaKing rapid I 1828 and removed the following improvement, will not be back in Clin- year to Columbia. The matter also *f>n f *r a* least tw’i) weeks yet. Ad ame before .Syned at its meeting in ditional time will be taken if hi.s'con- DarRngton in 1887. The Synod of dition does not show the improvement Georgia passed a resolution proposing ‘*xp‘'c‘ted. the removal of the seminary to At- F.ir a number of years Pr.',fes.sor lanta, .'south Carolina went so far .'sturgeon has be'*n tr'iuhled with his as to appoint a committee which'eyes. He ha* received treatment at Wenis however to have held no meet-' several ho- pitals in this se. tion and ng. In l!»l)3 .Synod appointed a com- temporary redief ha.s been gotten, hut mittc’c* to confer with Georgia Synod he has never been able to completely and report at its meeting in Clinton recover. he following year. Dr.*J. W. Walden R is hoped that the trearment now came bef irt Synod representing the being received will result in a marked Synod of Georgia and outlined the improvement. The best wishes and IMopo.sal, making a strong plea in its. hopes of quick and complete recovery in ( xpec’ta fov,.! . This matter was discussed with! of the student body and faculty are h(>aring the .report of the great interest ajid the votes stood 961 with F^refessor Sturgeon. small, a III cliur -hi ' <li*plet(‘(l, (hie Pre-by- tcry reports tlmt one thousand dollar^ a vear i.s received by one jiastor. an- ( thei r« ((‘i\es twe lve hundred dollan but the e, appt ar to be thc* bc*st sala- lic’c paid. .'Vlany of the ur e.in.gs of .Synod vveue the debt to charge's have brought the figure it is today. Part nf this debt was wiped out by thc’ eveiy member canvass (onduct- ed by the c bun h iii South C.'irolin.’i h’l.kt tall. The (cdlege is now asking for two hundred and fildy Jjiousand. clollurs to completelv wioe .ml Ih.. TndTt the long distances to he travelled by Hm^delegates arid tlu* slow and un- c eitaiii means of transpoi ndUav ttt and set it In inly in it-c feet. Already more than sixty thousand dcdlars of thc* indeh'edne^s has been a.ssumed. nor is there any indication (hat there will be* any need to a,s- sume further obligations, and the in leiest has been paid to elate. The out- (hose days of stage coarc hes and poor roads. 111 178(i plans were formc'd to estahli.vh other synods and in 1788 four Sytiochs were oigani/.ed: the Syn od of .New York, the Synod of Pliila- delphia, the Synod of Virginia, and the .8y 110(1 of the Caredinas. Thc* f'rst General .Assembly was now organ ;,c*cl. fraternal fcH'lings toward all thosc^ bic'thren who have* (*vc‘r stood uii firiii- ly for the Hght.s of the Soti’h.” ' CATO’S MARKET 1 Telephone -No. 2S7 Wc Deliver I his, however, represeiited the* Sew timents of few of the members of Synod and on Dr. .Adger’s muCoii ti table seventy-seven voted in the uf- fiiiiiat.on and Iwenty-one in tie nega tive. ,\ s|teiial (diiimittcc* was then' appointed to give expression to the! sentiments entertaintgl by Synod as I look is bright for an early (diiiple- tum of the task of (lispe*lling this ^ *^.' ’'“‘1 "f the Carloinas was co'ii- 1*’ tlie duty of our churches ajid peoplel shadow over the college. imscd of three Presbyteries: .Ahing-jll>‘‘ ‘‘visting condition of our coun-j Clearing the institution of debt willi‘'“'’’ Grange and South Carolina. <i‘.v. On December first. Dr. .Adger,! mean that thc* college will he assured “f the Carolina.s h«*Id n’piesenting the comniittee, pre.sented i of $9N.(»U()(m additional endowment- meeting in North Candina, | the following report: “It is not fori money that has been piomised us soon bounty, at Center church in u.s to inaugurate as a Synod, any move-' Hs thc* sc hool is fide of debt. Freedom 1788. The c hurches in Geor- fioni the yearly interest charges, 9“''* Synod of come from the augmented endowment and Georgia and Caro- ment towards a sc'paration from the' northern branch of our church. Thisi is not the time for such a movement,I and the liupport of thc* synod of Geor- coiitinuc'd in one Synod till the'which would be in advance of action of the state. Nor are we the proper body to take such a. step. It can only begin in the church sessions. gia, whic h rec ently assumed joint,in what was ownershii) with the synod of South South Carolina Presbytery ("aiolina, will mean tha,t the Presby- terian college will begone of the best ('arolina; .Abingdon covering Ten-j where Presbyterian sovereignity lies, ecjuipped instituticuis of the state with (>ra,nge taking in the ter- and must issue forth through the iHluipment and funds to carry out a North ('arolina. At this time Pre.sbyteries. program of Christian education and ('arolinas had in it “With regard to the political duties the making of useful c itizens. ministers and one hundrt'd and J of our churches, as composed of citi- ('onfidence in the college is churches. j zens of this commonwealth, the Syn- quately shown by the gift of acorn-! H.v recpiest of the Synod of the Caro- South Carolina, is not called plete gymnasium with one of the mostj'ioas that body was divided by the “Pon. as a Synod, even"" in the present] modern swimming pools in this sec-*^'‘‘ner;il .Assembly and the Presby- ‘‘^Demity to give advice or instruc-l tion of the country bx ('ol, LeRoy (cries of Orange, ("uncord and FayettCT i I’‘**'(ical intermeddling by*pro-[| Springs, of I^ancaster. South Caro- ''"c were constituted as the Synod of ministers of the Gospel, and! lina, at a total cost of approximately ^7or;h Carolina, w’hile thc* Presbyteries 1 bodies of professed min- one hundred and fifty thousand dol- of •‘^outh ("arolina, Hopewell and Har-fraught with evil for lars. .Mr. John Young of Clinton, who mony became the S.virod of South '"a>RVL years to our ctnmtry and has ] has previously made many sub.Atan- (arolina and Georgia. This Synod held j Perhaps, more than any, tial gifts to the college, recently gave '(^ f'rst meeting at Upper Long ("ane 1eause to bring the country to its; one of the most bt*autiful homes in “u (^e first Thursday of Ncncmbcrj P'^****'* condition.” i Clinton to be used as a home for the In 1845 the Synod of Philadelphia the General! president.H of the college. Recent be- (^arolinas was divided into the A-ss^nibly passed the famous “Springj quests for that purpose have rai.sed >^.''nod of South ("arolina, and the Syn- R*‘''o*utioMs”, the second of which was: ^ the endowment funds to more than ‘*f "f Georgia. “That this General .Assembly, in the! three hundred and fifty thou.san dol- The Synod was beginning to face Position which ‘**‘*'' / the trying times of the civil war and ‘^^'iom and which has Dr. McSween/ancI Mr. Jacobs hope ^e ciuestion of the colored people was <'haracterized this church, do' to finish the/pre.sent campaign by to the fore. A special enterprise con- acknowledge and declare our Thanksgiving./Both are con.stantly in tcmplating the evangelization of the to promote and perpetuate. coh.rc'd people was undertaken in '‘os. the integrity of ("harle.ston by Dr. Adger who had re- States, and to strengthen, turneci from mission woik in .Armenia. Phis was thc* establishment of a sep arate c-lorcd church under a white pa.'ctor. Dr. .1. H. Thornwell ahd Dr. Choice Meats Cato’s Famous Pork Sausage, lb. 30c Fresh Country Back Bone, Ib. . 25c Fresh Spare Ribs, lb. 25c Fresh Side Pork, lb. 25c Pork Shoulder Roast, lb. . 25c Pork Ham Roast, lb . .. 30c Small Lean Pork Chops, lb. 30c Fresh Pig Brains, lb. 25c Fresh Beef Brains, lb. 25c Fresh Liver Pudding, lb... . 25c Fresh Souse Meat, lb. 25c Beef Liver, lb. 25c Mixed Sausage, lb. ... 20c Fancy Veal Chops, lb. 35c Veal Steak, lb. „.. .... 35c Veal Roast, lb. ... 30c Veal Stew, lb. 20c the field. 666 Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia in SO minutes, checks a Coldjhe first and checks Malaria in three days. 666 also in Tablets. uphold and encourage the Federal Government in the exercises of all its functions under our noble Constitu-j tion; and to this Constitution, in all Howe In submitting their report to P’’"'' BOND FLOWER SHOP piesbytery sav among other things: “This clas.s,” referring to slaves, “of the community is committed to us. and leanness and barrenness must be— tiples, we profess our unabated loyal- t.v.’ FANCY BEEF Round Steak, lb. 30c T-Bone Steak, lb. 35c Chuck Steak, lb. 25c Chuck Roast, lb. 20c Pot Roast, lb. I7V2C Prime Rib Roast, lb. 25c Brisket Roast, lb..... 15c Tender Rib Stew, lb... .... 15c Hamburger Steak, Ib. 25c Sliced Breakfast Bacon, lb. 39c FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS Grocery Specials Saur Kraut, No. 2 can 10c Lye Hominy, No. 2 can.... .. 10c 3 pkgs. Skinner’s .Macaroni 25c Dunham Shredded Cocoanut, 2 ounces 9c Dunham Shredded Cocoanut, 4 ounces 14c Dunham Moist Cocoanut, 4<mncecan., 14c Sun Maid Yellow Cling Des sert Peaches, No. 21/2 can 25c Fancy Evaporated Peaches, 2 lbs. 25c Fancy Evaporated Apples, 2 lbs. Challenge Coffee, lb. Old Mansion Coffee, lb. ... Crusader CJoffee, lb. Red Drum <A)ffee, lb... Pillsbury’s Pancake Flour,' large size 39c Pillsbury’s Pancake Flour, small size 15c Pitted Dates, pkg. 10c 35c 43c 43c 29c 19c Fruits Cranberries, qt 30c Sun Maid Figs, 2 15c pkgs. 25c Extra large Baifailas, doz. 23c Tokay Grapes, lb.'. . .. 10c Red Concord Grapes, 3 lbs. 27c Hard Head Lettuce ... 10c Celery ... lOc Fresh Cocoanuts 10c These resolutions were passed by a large majority though a protest was FIX>WBRa rOR ALL OCCASIONS U7 W. Ifsia St Phmte SH , will be—entailed as a curse upon our P^'^n^ptly offered by Dr. Hodge which' churches if they suffer^the multitudes of these poor, whom God has settled CATO’S MARKET was supported by fifty-seven others.’ The following quotation from Dr.' 1 \ J.i