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T trKe Clinton Chronicle. Cirnton^ S.'C. Thursday, April 26, 1934 / HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THORNWELL ORPHANAGE hame. Some of the first eigh to enter representa- jin 1875 were present and tives on down the line. They came from Florida^N^^Texas, ' : f T^messe^r lUkiois, Michigan, 'Pehn- Radio Address Deliver^ By Dr. L. Ross Lynn At Charlotte, N. C.. ^ylvania, Virginia, and the - nearby March 16th. lender Auspice's of South Carolina sta^. — ^ V ^ . r. • * • A cablegram of greeting came from, * - Economic Association. a Thornwell son in Japan. I ^ When the will of the late William: the Edith, in 1899 the \ irginia, in semi-centennial meeting in Plumer Jacobs. D,D., LL.D., was read 1899 the Anita, in 1901 the Mary Ja- 1925 seven Presbyterian ministerV a^*d it was found to contain this state-school building, in 1903 the Gor- p^onunent business men and teachers ment: . ' jdon cottage, and in 1905 the Fowler reared in the orphanago>ad a.place “I have jived for three great insti-' on the program, tutionsr the First Presbyterian church. The Augustine home was from Au- This sugge.sts the fruits of the or- the Presbyterian college, and Thorn-, g^stine T. Smythe of Charleston. phanage. Aorrtwell orphanage rs will- well orphanage.” 1 The^Silliman Cottage was the gift to have this acid test applied: “By These are all located in Clinton, John C. Siliiman and mother of their fruits ye shall know tlu n;.” South Carolina. ' (California. It has been said that an institution] library was the gift of Judge Ts the lengthened shadow of some Archibald Phlegar of Virginia. The in great personality. Dr. Jacobs’ person- ^'rmary was the gift of Mrs. Mary ality overshadowed the First Presby- Lesh of Massachusetts. Epworth President terian church of which he was pastor The Hollingsworth home'was given for 47 years, the Presbytenan college by Mrs. .M. A. Hollingsworth of Pick- which he founded and of whose board ens, S. C. he wa.^ chaiman many years, and the | The Georgia and Florida cottages Thornwell orphanage which he found-, were built With funds raised in these ed and over which he presided as ptes-'twm states. ident and fatheY for 43 years,» until his translation in 1917. In the small inconsequential village of Clinton just after the war between the states this young Presbyterian minister saw there was a great nged f<+r a home for fatherless child’*eh. ' The purpose began to crystalize in his mind. It became the subject of many prayers and oft repeated con versations. On one occasion he was speaking AvTTh evident interest” and concern about his desire to found the orphan age. A ten-year-old fatherless boy, Willie .\nderson, slipped out of the room and back in a moment and hand ed Mr, Jacobs fifty cents and told him to take it and build the home for chil- dren. This wa^ the first gift. 1 he officers of the Clinton Presby terian church approved the plan of an orphanage and each pledged $10.00 for the year toward the enterprise. .\s a theological stmlent Dr. Jacobs came under the spell of his great teacher. Dr. James Henley Thornwell, at Columbia seminary. He decided to give the institution to be founded the name of Thornwell orphanage. Funds were gathered. tract of one hundred and twenty acres of land was The women of the Synodicals of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida gave $70,000 as a semi-centennial gift for the erection of the F*. Louise Mayes^Iemoi'ial Baby cottage,. ^ The office building was largely pro-, wided for by the Grahams of Green ville. The President’s home came from the T. J. Harper estate in Columbia. The high, school building was pur-1 chased from the Presbyterian college , wtih funds from C. S. McColl of Ben- nettsville, S. C. , The church and other buildings were from more or less general funds. Most of- the buildings are of granite. The campus, buildings, and equip ment have a value of .-some SSOO.OOO. Through wills and by direct gifts an endowment pf__sonie $dOU,UDtI-on the basis of present value.** has been built The social, economic, intellectual and spiritual level has been lifted for hundreds of boys and girls, now men and women. Many Christian homes have their background of ideals and training in this institution. .\n unusual number of men and women have taken places far above the average in various walks of life; The nursing profession has been largely, recruited from the ranks of Thornwell girls. F'or about twenty-five years Miss Bessie Feebeck has been superintend ent of nur.«*e,s at Grady hospiati. Ac- Governor Signs Liquor Measure ! . State To Vote In Primary burg, and F, B. Hines of DariingtoO;. The result of the election wiB iio|^ be . mandatory \ but will be merely a ‘‘re<rommen3ation’’ t6 the .legislatom yj^^next^X^eHJoe^lealing witb/the liqaor * officially” On Sale of Liquor In South Carolina. Columbia, .\pril 24. — A vote by South Carolinian.s on the liquor ques-| tion ir\ the Denwcratic primary .Aag-i ust 2^. was made a certainty today. .\ joint resolution ^f the legislature to provide^ for the primary referendum was signet! by the governor and made effective. The re.solotion was passed ’ in the closii.j days of the legislnti-'e'' session and since then the governor had been considering whether he would sign it. ^ The mea.sure specifies simpiy that City Announcemmts FOR .MAYOR I herdby announce myself as a can- didate for Mayor of Clinton, subject to the rules and 'regulations qf Democratic prmary. W. M. McMILLAN. , ff (i. W. I). ROBERTS Superintendent Epworth Orphan age. Columbia. S. C\. and Secretary Tri-.>tate Conference, the voters shall ballot "yes or "no !on whether the sale and manufacture of liquor should be .legalizesl in South Carolina. It was introduced by Rep-1 resentatives C.*^ A. Taylor of Spartan- CHICKS LIVE when fed FREISH ‘^par- tan” Mashes. dead chick is expensive, no matter how cheap the feed. Clinton Cotton Oil Co. nur.«*es at lanta. She has a place in a volume- up. Thornwell orphanage is owned.and controlled by the Presbyterian Synoils Georgia’s Distinguished Women., A con.stant stream of men and wo men have flowed into the schoolrooms as teachers. Coming ,’ through the orphanage printing shop there are editors, pub- i.-^hers, printers, engravers, linotyp'e .operators. Thornwell daughter is . the nedrioriat staff of -ihp-ttFTTrral Assembly’s Committee of Religious Education in Richmond, Va. Four orphanage boys who have g;uie out "in recent years hold positions in the government printing office in ^ Washington,:_.Tj\_a_Ql_these-^ha ve-^t«d- ied law in night schools. One has pass- led the bar examinations. The other hopes to finish law school thi After teaching for two \ MASONS MEET FRIDAY Gampbetl Lodge N(l 44. A, F. M.. ”wnr TiThf a regular c >mmunication F-iday night, .\pril 27. a* S o’clock. .All r.'.embers are urged to be present. By orvler of W. M. V. P. .Adair, Secretary. ♦ t W AN T S t : V.’AXTED TO seed cotton. Bailev. BUV — 400 pounds white and clean. J. of A. Ic HUGH tTEICHELBERGER NEW YORK LIFE MAN I 13 Years Experience ^ Professional Insurance Information Fumidied Free Office: Room 209 Jacobs & Co. Buildinj; FOR S.ALE-:xFLveAtuws, mtHt; t). E. Tribble Co. 5-2c G.ARDEN TIME—Let us do your gar- spring. plowing. Prompt attention all years a <*aHs. Reasonable prices. W. J. Henry, slof South Carolina, Georgia, and Flor- Thornwey boy graduated in ( olumbia tiida. It has provided for an average of Tork. p'OR S.ALE—2 22-2c provided lor an average or run s.ali.—L'O head belted Hamp- 310 children for 1933. Upward of 2000 Gie office of Sea- shire pigs, at $2.00 Vach, 7 weeks children have found a Christian home' while the fight was being made old. G. C. Watts, Mountville. * Ip jon .Mayor Jimmy Walker which result-. —— ; ed in his vacating this office. E .ARE authorized dealers for Cole i The first woman admitted to prac- Corn Planters. See us for 'tice law in Tennessee is a daughter of planters and/repairs. J. 1. Cope- Thprnwell, jind Bro.^ tf The recent president of the South FOR S.ALK -/Tomato and lettuce .Carolina Ba-nkers’ as>^ociation was plants, 5c dbzen, 2.5c per ICO, .Apply reared in Thornwell, and others have to S. T. .Mat;4jn at Oriihanage Phi Vote For Your Favorite Baby This coupon when neatly clipped and in and returned to The Clinton Chronicle “Shower of Gold” |•^^re Baby , I anpaign will count for— ■, and education in Thornwell. From the first it w'as operated on the cottage plan. The cottages are ar ranged as much like a normal home purchased and ihe first building to be as possible. calltMl the Home of Peace was soon be- The idea ths^t this was to b^a home gun. This was coh^trucifid of granUe- ha;i ralways^-Jw*en that which was ipiarrie.l on the farm of spirit has always been enfihasized. the late G. Young, jus: beyond the Children born out of wedlock have not present city limits. ibeen^ admitted. Tl'.e oiphanage was opened for the! It was not to be a clearing house, of chikiren on Ocotber 1st, but a home where children would .stay , . children entered the first and be trained, educated and fitted for He is now ilifewith the imppss-of time it became evi- home in their hearts. j . . . home for children Children have never been legally' J should be erected as the one building bound to the orphanage. The institd- was not sufficient.# tion has never engaged in the work ' The story of the death of a child in of placing children for adoption. A the orphanage w’as read by a lady in high educational standard w’a.s set up Pennsylvania. Her heart was touched and she sent $155.43 as a memorial. While this was in no sense suffi cient, it was accepte*! as a token that reception is7r). F.ight day._„ Within a shojt dent that another entered the banking field. Dr. Herbert Brooks, after gratlu- ation, taught in the University of Tennessee Medical college for several a distinguished diag- a Chrii'tian <’aIiforma, and his jiroth- jcr, Dr. Sidney Brooks, is a succe-ssful fat in. FDR S.Al seed. Apply egar o 4-2G-2tc Coker fai ni to Jack H. I’elief cotton Davis, Sr, 4-2r,.2p Several men have moved well up in Boyd, the telephone field. One man worked his W’a|y, th University of Minnesota, FOR SALE—Farm relief cotton seed, fir.st year from Coker. .Also Coker Sa 5. re-cleaned. Apply to B. H. 4'-2fi-2c 500 Free Votes Cast Votes for No coupons will be transferred from one *'andidate to am .her after being recorded at the office of The Clinton Chixmicle. M i-*: Ih‘ deposited in this office or in the mail hy/i4;00 p. m., on ’x*- foiv date of expiration. Not gfH>d after May 42*h. VOID AFTER MAY 12Tft (Please do not roll or folJ» ♦ : ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ through won his o.v,. ... and be- a chemist in the research de- were to have a training as good as partment of the National Bi.scuit com- the best. The school holds meml)ership from the first. The Bible has always doctor’s degree in chemistry been in the curriculum.,The.sV'dhild’ren came the new cottage should be erected. Dr. in the Southern Association of Col-] 1^ is quite .significant th^ Thorn- Jac(»bx said: “Bv faith the walls of leges and Secondary Schools. well has given fifteen ministers to thu * faith the walls of A great many of our children have Presbyterian church. They have b-en It w-ent uj> gone to college.. There are at present nien of ability and outstanding Ivad- Jerico fell down. By this building must go up steadily ami with bill.** paid as tlie 27 Thornwell bq^-s and girls in college., work procteded. Thi- wa- called Faith Effort has always been exertedVto' cottage and was opened in IsM*. make the working departments con- The steady enlargement of the or- tribute to the physical, intellectual ■phanage was- ma.je po:>sib!e through and moral well-being of the children, the gene'rosity of many friends. One of the most interesting and sig- Thiough the good '.ffice** of Judge J. nificant things in. connection with the S. <‘othian, of .Abbeville, tlie Mc(’or- history of Tnornwell orphanage is the micks, of Uhicago, especially Mrs. “home-comings” of^ the sons and Nt *tie Fuwk r .McUormick, became in- daughters of the institution. These teieste !. In I''.'<.5 the Mcf’ormick home sjiecial gatherings are held every five wa- built, in l''>9 the Harriet, in isbO years. In 1925 and 1930 over 200 came FLORENCE ’ Whether **your man** means a husky growing son or his father,—aU will praise the results you'll get with this wonderful new Florence Oil Range. Its powerful wickless '‘focused heat** is dean, fast, steady, and easily controlled* The eidra»lafge built-in oven is fiilly in* suiated with rock wool snd has an atwM* ing new Fingertip Heat ControL You get good results every time. Come in and let us show you d&is beau* dfiil new model in green si^ ivory pcMrce* lain—die greatest^ value ever ofier^ ! I - PRATHER-SIMPSQN FURNITURE a)MEAW FURNITUKE. STOVES, FLOOR COVERINGS focuiod- ST! ership and influence. Rev. Samiiel F*. Fulton, D.I)., LL.D., has been a leading mis.sionary in Ja pan -for 45 years and the president and teacher in the Theological semi nary, Kobe, Japan. Rev. Darby M. Fulton, D.I)., was, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Darlington, S. C., for 30 years, his only pastorate. Rev. Dent W. Brannen, D.I)., held tw'O pastorates’, the First Presbyterian church, Milledgeville, Ga., for 25 years and died while pastor of the 'First Presbyterian church, Mtmltrie, Ga. Rev. T. Elli.son Simp.son, D.I)., suc- iCeeded Dr, Fulton as pastor of the i First Presbyterian church, Darlington, k Rev. James B. Carpenter, D.I).', is pastor of Central Presbyterian church, Mobile, Alabama.. ! Rev. J(d:n \V. (’arpenter, D.I)., is |paslorJ*l!f the United Presbytevian ! church, Harrofl.sljurg, Kentucky. I Rev. Jack H. Clarke is pastor of ithe First Presbyterian church, For syth, Ga. , • Rev. J. Bennett Branch was assist ant to the president of the orphanage eight years- and for tw’elve years su perintendent of th de* la Howe school,.. McCormick, S. C., before his recent ..death. '* ---------------—; ■— • ■ -/— ■ Re/. Cornwell Jenning.s died at the age of 28, as pastor of the Presbyte rian church, Germantow'n, Pa. Rev. Clark A. B. Jennings was (Irow’ned after a brief service to the, ; church while pastor at Reidville, S. C. Rev. Daw'son Henery wa.s pastor of the Bream'Memorial church, Charles ton, W. Va., at the time of his death. The younger ministers are: Revs. A. T. Taylor, Marston, N. C.; Louis C-r LaMdtte, Waycross, Ga.; Clarence E: Piephoff, Greenville, S. C.; and Wil liam C. Sistar, Fort V’alley, .Ga. ..Five sons and daughters have be come foreign missionaries. Thornwrell joins hands and heart with the other church orphanages of the state in an effort 19 provide a Christian home and education for the children, entrusted to us. There between the speak er and Rev. T. P. Noe of the Episcopal Church home, York; Dr. A. T. iami- .«on of tKe Connie Maxwell Baptist orphanage, Greenwood; and Supt. W. D. 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