The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 26, 1934, Image 7
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trKe Clinton Chronicle. Cirnton^ S.'C.
Thursday, April 26, 1934
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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. Roberts, of'Epworth, Methodist or-:
phanage, Columbia, the finest spirit
of fellowship in service .for the church
and state through our institutions.
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