Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ORPHANAGE CHIARTER WILL BE CHANGED Question Is Brought Up and Debated in Presbyterian Synod. . Anderson, Nov. 0.-Following a heated debate, resolutions were adopt ed here today in the meeting of the synod of South 'Carolina providing for a change in the present charter of Thornwell Orphanage, at Clinton. The resolution providing for the change -consisted of three articles which read: (1) That the necessary steps be taken by the synod of South Carolina to place the election of the board of trus tees in the hands of three controlling synods; (2) that the trustees of the several - synods of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida be elected for a term of years, (3) that the repreself tation of the synod of South Carolina on the board be fixed at thirteen members and that a resolution be adopted suggesting to the synod of Georgia and Florida the election of seven and five members, respectively. A subsequent resolution which was proposed to the synod and adopted, made provision for the taking of oth er steps as may be necessary to per feet the, title of the synod to the prop erty of the orphanage. A committee consisting of Hlenry Jiuck, Henry E. Davis, A. C. Todd and Dr. L. Ross Lynn was appointed to procure the new charter, or an amendment to the old charter, whichever in the judg ment of the committee the rsolutiona may demand. The resolution advocat ing the change in the present charter was ordered by Dr. E'. E. Gillespie chairman of the committee at large. F olllwing the request before the synod by W. E. Davis to indorse the work being done at Clemson college by assistong in paying off the debt or the church there, it was voted that the synod would pay the' debt and contribute $1,000 additional for im provements. Dr. Tucker Graham was electe< delegate from the synod to presen the matter at closer relations o northern and southern Presbyterians. The morning session of the synoi was featured by a discussion of inter church relations. The interchurcih movement was heartily endorsed b; all speakers who participated in th discussion. Perhaps Carpenters Struck. The Victoria tower of the houses o parliament, at Westminster, took somc twenty years to build. From base tc summit the tower contains 140 spa cious rooms-each fireproof ahd pack ed with state papers, the records o centuries of English history. A gooc Plenty ( all BAPTISTS OF S. C. - OPEN CONVENTION ieports and Sermon by Dr. White Fea tures of First Session Yesterday. 'Columbia, Nov. 10.-Tho ninety ninth session of the Baptist state con vention met in Columbia tonight for a three day gathering. The enrollment of delegates shows the largest attend ance ever had at a state convention and more representatives are expecte.d early tomorrow. Tonight the convention heard the annual sermon which was preached by the Rev. John E.. 'White, D. D., of An derson, president of Anderson College. After his splendid message the presi dent of the convention, C. B. Bobo, of Laurens, made a fow remarks and re ports were received from the several boards and the executive committee. These reports including reports of Furntan University, Greenville Wo man's College and Connie .3Maxwell Or phanage. .Dr. 'White announced his subject a, "A Plea for Jeasonable Christianity.' based upon the text, "I 'beseech you therefore, .brethren, by the mercies o1 od that you present your bodies y living sacrifice; holy acceptable unt( God, 'which is your reasonable serv eice." 'Romans 12: 1-1. "This text," )r White said, "makes us at once awar( of the distance and difficulty that sep arate the Christkin experience of to (lay from Christian experience of th Apostolic day." This afternoon, prior to the open ing of the convention, there 'were . number of committee meetings, an a big gathering when organizers an publicity men in the 'Seventy-flve alit lion campaign met at the First Bap tist church for a conference. Di White also spoke at this meeting, urg Ing the Baptists to realize the import ance of the campaign and the grea good to be done with the mone raised. 'I-Ie said that the 3,000,00 Southern Baptists must stand togetl or and put this drive over with grey success and that South Carolina mug do its share in the movement. Tomorrow will be a busy day. Ti meeting will start at 10 o'clock in Ii morning and will continue until fat tomorrow night. Important reporI will be heard, this being the principi business of the (lay. It is thougl that some interesting recommendi tions will be made by some of ti committees. I Much stress is being laid on tI ) Seventy+flve 'Million campaign in th convention and Wednesday has bec set aside as campaign day. Columb has opened its homes generously f< FR ever ship i any h )f Cows or Fe, 'eCS H.C4.O1 the 'visitors, although each member a pays his own expenses at the conven- Al tion, according to the Baptist rule. w The -Rev. C. E. 'Burts, 'who was in d charge of the room situation, said this I afternoon that every delegate had so- s cured fine accommodations. 1 - . f SU(AAlt RELIEI? IS EXPE'1EI) SOON b One 3illion 'I'ons Will lie placed on Market in New Orleans. New Orleans, Nov. 6.-The price for this season's yellow clarified sugar t was fixed at 17 cents a pound at a meeting here late today of Louisiana planters, the 'price subject to the ap proval of Attorney General Palmer. An additional cent' a pound for choice plantation granulatod was set and the scales of prices arranged. The sugar shortage which has been acute since the strike of the long shoremen here is beginning to break. The release of 500 tons, or 1,000,000 pounds of the British royal commis sion huge supply held up In storage here because the strike has begun. Already one refinery had begun the distribution of 500 barrels a day for a period of five days, the 2,500 bar . rels being taken as a loan from the British stock to be replaced later. A shipment of 5,627 bags of sugar . from Honduras reached here on the - steamshi-p ITegucigalpa and, according to steamship agents, will be unloaded. The first large shipment of Louisiana . sugar arrived today on the steamboat John I). Grace from Plaquemine. It consisted of 250 barrels and will be unloaded, it was announced. - Rail shipments of the 4,000,000 . pounds of Cuban raw via Mobile from the steamship Santurace which had - been diverted from this port because of the strike, have begun to arrive ,t and part of this is in the process of refining. 0 "The Shepherd of the hills." The homely story of "Little Pete" t "Old Matt" and "Young Matt", "Sam my 'Lane" and the gentle >Shepherd of the Hills and all the big-hearted moun tain folks who were so realistically e portrayed in Harold Bell Wright's fa mous novel, "Tihe Shepherd of the I Hills," will come to life on the screen of the Opera House Tuesday, Nov. 18. when a film version of the famous 1 story will be shown here for the first time. In filming his book, Mr. Wright has is had a wealth of material from which to make his picture, and the result. has become a work of art in the world of motion pitcures. A simple love story, typically American, the 'scenes ESH A1 y two cars ped to Laui gh-class H. i hand soor & good sec unty LNTS.,l re laid In the Ozark mountains of issouri, to which region comes a orld-weary man who finds there a ecI) sorrow left by his long lost son. n his endeavor to atone fo rhis son's is, he becomes "The Shepherd of the [ills," and endeavors to instill love r mankind in the hearts of the rug ed mountain folks. The scenic back round for this simple story Presents series of pictures dazzling in their randeur, and depicts faithfully the iarvelous beauty of the Ozark hills. 'ie characters of the story are in erp)reted by a cast that reincarnates in the screen the sturdy mountain ers rather than modifying the prin iples to up-to-date standards, as nost cinema creations are prone to to. The production is in ten redls and orms an evening's entertttinment of xceptional interest. Matinee 3:00 P. d.; night 7:00 P. M. and 9:00 P. Ml. 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