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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, January 26, 1950
In 50 Years
S. C. Churches Show
Remarkable Growth
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$6,347 budget with practically
endowment funds 50 years ago. Now
far and fast in many fields during|4t has 565 students, the current year’s
'■Columbia, Jan. 7. — Organized re
ligion in South Carolina expanded
the 20th century's first 50 years.
Gains in membership, scope of ac-
tivities, and contributions reflect
church progress. * ^
Membership in seven major Chris
tian churches, for example, has in
creased proportionately much more I
^than the state's population.
Crrurches counted about 252,000
members in 1900 and more than
655,000 last year. The state’s popu
lation, meanwhile climbed from
1.340.316 in 1900 to an estimated
2.200,000 this year.
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pr9ximately $645,000. '
Erskine has 35~feeulty members,
442 students.-Smd a graduating class
of 79 this year. This compares with,
’a faculty of seven, an enrollment of
104 and 22 graduating
1900. „ —
The 19D0 endowment was $86,768,
college income and "receipts $8,480.
Last year income and receipts toial-
ed $314,075.
The Episcopal Diocese of South
Carolina included the entire state in
1900. It, then had 93 parishes and
baptized members
tration was , proposed in the General
Assembly the past week.
Reps. Vickery of Pickens and Ag-
new of Anderson offered three pieces
amendment to the Constitution—one
that would eliminate poll tax pay
ment as a voting requirement.
’ A resolution calling a general
of legislation in the House designed j election referendum on a proposed
to accomplish this. ^ | constitutional amendment to elim-
Two are- resolutions proposing! inate the poll tax payment prereq-
general election
uisite was approved by the 1949 Leg
islative. The proposal will be voted
on in November.
Registration certificates now are
good for ten year!, the periods be
ing from 1928 to Hj)38, 1938 to 1948,
and so on. f
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referendums to a-
mend the Constitution. If adopted,
these amendments would pace the
way for a Vickery-Agnew bill set
ting up permanent registration.
fThe amendments would eliminate
constitutional sections directing that
registration for municipal elections
be separate frdm all other election j-j
, 1 registration, and requiring periodic : ft
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expenses are $293,927, and the col
lege has a $250,000 endowment. Val-; missions'^ 11,195
ue of the plant is more than $500,000. 1 a nd 6,6m communicants.
The college was maintained solely Now tm?re are the Diocese of r0(J j strat j on
by the state synod in 1900. Now it, Sou t h Carolina with headquarters at The bill nrovides for registration 8
sets support from the Georgia-Ala- Charleston and the Diocese o'UPP« wim §
bama and Floncia synods also. ,South Carolina, centered at Co um- regist^''" ^
rp. ^ , « , / ♦ v» a • bia. Together they have 127 parishes I Doa ^ as o. 1 re « lsl
The General Synod of the Associ- 1 , . OA n ao isuch registration
, r, * , , and missions, 24,389 baptized m#m- .
ate Reformed Presbyterian church ^ 1fla , 4 imanent.
The bill notes that its effective-
had the same number of ministers—
109—in 1900 and 1949. But in the
same period membership more than
doubled, from 11,344 to 25,799. Pas-
‘ 6rs „ iuraped lr ° m J3, ’ 7 ' n ihMs' scifooi'and"Junfor"*eonege'Ifor
AH but one of the denominations |fo 5240,^. * . ^'Negroes) at Denmark.
checked had se^n their membership! The synods 143 congregations last The two diocese also are part own-
t least double during the 50 years, year represented jan increase of 1 ! ers of ^ he Uni#rsity of the South
missions, 24,389 baptized m^m-' 014 '’ 1 * cer.i ica es
bers and 18,834 communicants.
The chureh supports Porter Mili-, . . .. . . ,
tary acidemy at Chraleston, homes' ness al ” 15 c ° ntm8ent u P° n « thlrd
for women at Charleston, orphanag- j
!es at Charleston and York, and Voor- ;
Baptists led numerically in 1900, fo y. the 4 , S y nd , a y s 5 hool 0 ^: at Sewanee. Tenn.
as in 1949. The State Baptist conven- rollment climbed steadily from 9,0591 The Roman catholic Dfocese of
tion had 122,471 church members en- to 17.831. Womens Missionary s0_ !Charleston, taking in the entire state,
rolled in 1900 and 352.003 last .year. ' gai !?5 d in rn€ ^ , ip r0Tn has nearly doubled its membership
young peoples socie-| since 1900 Then there were 8 50 5
members attending 29 chinches.
Now there are 15,165 members and
70 churches in this state.
Methodist, Pr ^ b >’ f er'• a , ns ’
O'. Associate Reformed Pre>byfe-
a . Members*' contributions totaled
nan. Episcopalian aijd Roman Cath- Sli040 375 last yeari compared with
ohes. in that order, comp.ise .. e j.^ 140 in 1900 The average contri-
other major religious groups in bution was $41i COTt1T>ar e d ^th $5.83.
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South Carolina Baptist congrega
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fions had 1,003 churches in 1900 and
1,267 in 1948.
Permanent S. C.
Value of church property increas
ed from $264,300 to $3,387,250. | Registration
The church supports Erskine D ,
„ , ^ , 4 , lege at Due West, which is valued at DlllS PrOPOSed
Sunday school growth was propor- $1{)00i000 includes
tionately larger. The 1,238 Sunday’
$400,947 in endowment funds and
Columbia, Jan. 24. — Permanent
schools of 19+8 had ^56.121 students, , he lant and equipment, worth ap- primary and general election regis-
compared with d3,146 in iJl bunoayi
school of 40 year's ago.
Indicating the rate of membership
growth is the 6.316 converts baptized
in 1908 and the 15.902 baptized in
1948. Women’s Missionary Union
membership climbed * from 7,185 to;
-69.251. Baptist Training Union mem
bership’ to 58.357.
State Baptists maintained Two se-;
nior colleges and four academies in
’908 with total enrollment of 1,175.
Now they have one senior* - college
(Furman university) and two junior
colleges with a total of 1949 students.
South Carolina Methodists divided,
into two conferences in 1914, but
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fhe<e merged again in 1948 to re
form the South Carolina Methodist
conference.
Membership climbed from 74,729'
n 1900 to 167,803 in 1948. Eighty-1
nine Ircal preachers served congre-j
gation-s of 50 years ago. Now there!
are nearly 4^00. counting several sup- j
ply preachers.
The 710 Methodist Sunday schools
represent an increase of bhly five :
over the 1900 figure. But enrollment J
has-soared from 41,996 to 107,329, the
number of officers and teachers from
4.853 to 8.949.
State Methodists contributed $17,-
000 for presiding elders. $121,000 for.
preachers’ salaries, and $1,583 for
bishops in 1900. In 1948 they gave
$66,675 for presiding elders (or dis-j
trict superintendents), $857,380 for
preacher; and $12.643-for bishops.
The 737 church buildings owned |
by the church in 1900 were valued
at $977,000, its parsonages at $247,-
000. other property at $60,000.
That’s hardly a drop in the
church's—financial bucket today. A
handsome new four-story Methodist
Center .n Columbia is valued atj
S240.000. Columbia college for wo
men n worth 5700.000, conservativt-
.y. Wofford college for men at Spar
tanburg ha^ resources of about $2,-
287.500. Tne denomination has set,
aside about $750,000 to build a newj
Epworth orphanage plant in Colum-i
bia.
T*.vo new Presbyteries—Congaree
and Piedmont—were added by the'
Synod of South Carolma, Presbyte
rian Church, U. S.. in the 50 years.
The six with which the synod began
the century were Bethel, CharlestonJ
Enoree, Harmony, Pee Dee and i
South Carolina. y
In these six there were 271 church
es, 134 ministers. 930 ruling elders, 1
835 deacons, 20.123 church commun
ingmembers, and 11,529 Sunday
school pupils.
TotaLcontribulions To - all beiievo-.
lences were $33,768, to pastors’ sal
aries S71.026.
Last year the synod had- 292
churches, 193 ministers, 1,792 ruling;
elders, 2.174 deacons, 48,589 com-!
muning members and 37,526 Sunday:
school pupils.
.In addition, the denomination
maintained 57 outposst, preaching
points • and chapels.
Gifts for benevolences amounted
to S793.818 from April 1948 to March
1949. Pastors’ salaries totaled $455,-
190.
Presbyterian college at Clinton in'
1900 had a small faculty and stu
dent body, and a graduating class of
eight. Last year it had 34 faculty
members, 508 students, 17 buildings
valued at $963,000 and an endow
ment of $473,272. The synod of Geor
gia now shares in supporting the!
school.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod
of South Carolina saw its confirmed;
membership more than triple—from j
8,712 to 28,212—in the century’s first!
half. Sunday school enrollment rose;
from 5,524 to 18,432,
Thirty-four Lutheran ministers
served 68 churches in 1900, while
104 ministers have 122 churches now.
Members contributed on benevo
lence (for the work of the church at
large, or outside the local congrega
tion) $2,922 in 1900, and $248,142 in
1949.
Value of church property was es
timated at $268,080 in 1900. Today
the estimate is $2,820,923.
Newberry college, founded in 1865
by the State Lutheran synod, had
175 students and operated on a
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