The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-29
local News.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 81, 1900.
Reunion of The Clinkscaies Family.


day, 21st August, at the thriving little
town of Iva. OH the Savannah Valley
Railroad. A committee of arrange
mcnts had erected a large brush arbOl
and seats and stand for the speakers
A short distance from the speakers
stand was also erected another arbOi
under which the tables for dinner had
the trenches dug in the ground over
which hung the meats being barbc-
cucd for the feast. The presiding
genius over his department was Col
Joe Is. Mct'cc. who has no superior in
this line, and ii WAS the universal YER
dict that he had surpassed himself on
this OccaSlOn
At 10 o'clock Il crowd oi probably sou
ri ,uo0 people had assembled. - l..r-.,.
fnaloIIty OF whom Wcic Climb SrIir- OF
descendants. and the social pam q! llls.
urca>lon was III full swing! Relatives
who had not met for ycll>. ;iiil n great
many who had never iri before. were
made known to each other. and Iippi-
ness Icigncl slricln,-.
AT ! O'Clock The meeting was called
20 order bN Col. John G.. Clinkscalcs.
Of Spartanbnrg, IL 'ioicSsor in WollOrd
College, who acted aS master OF ccrc-
monies and introduced HE speakers.
In his address Col. Clinkscalcs gave
his relatives some good advice as to
education. lie said among Othcrthings
hat up to q few years ago the Clink
scales family had paid more attention
to accumulating gold and lands than
To educating their children, but that a
change had recently taken place, and
found in many colleges. lie mention
cd two charming, young Misses of the
CliGkscalcs family who had recently
won gold medals Mt the Duc West
Female College, and who lived in the
immediate vicinity Of Iva.
at the conclusion of Col. tlinkscalcs'
talk Miss Nalcria Clinkscalcs was in
troduccd and made the welcoming
address. Miss Clinkscalcs acquitted
herself handsomely, speaking distinctly
and without atlrrtatiOn.
After music Hon. James l.. Orr, who
the Clinkscalcs family are proud to
number us one of their relatives, was
introduced. lie took rs his subject.
~ study Of the SOUTHEAST, Present
and Future" Our readers Will find
this address printed on the second
page OF the lNTEILIt.ENtEH, and we
would advise every one after reading
1t to file il away for future reference.
rs IT contains Il vast amount of useful
information and food for thought.
Next came Il recitation by Miss Helen
Shcrard, The l'aldhcad"d Man.
which was beautifully rendered and
mucll enjoyed, us it happened that
there were several balsllicadcd men on
the stand.
After music Miss Elma Clinkscalcs
was introduced and entertained the
audience with Il recitation. Miss Clink-
scales evidenced ciOcutiOnary powers
OF high degree and pleased the audi
cncc.
Next came Lawrence Orr Patterson,
OF Greenvillc, a grandson of Judge
James l.. Orr. After an entertaining
Hon. .!cllu Orr. of Mississippi, Il brother
OF Judge Orr, who was born and reared
III this County, and who had expected
e be present, hut was unny0iiiibiy
detained. Mr.. Patterson also exhibited
Il photograph Of Judge .Jehu Orr and
read Il letter from Mrs. Jane Calhoun,
another relative, and also of Missis-
sippi.
was n Clinkscalcs, was next intro
duced. and made an eloquent plea to
the Clinkscales family to educate their
children. They had shown great
ability in tho way Of accumulnting
lands and money, and had perhaps
done the best they could in the pnst, |
but tho time had arrived in the worlds |
history that M education was abso-
to hold their. own in the race of life
Give your children M education end |!
turn them lOosc-they will be able TO |
take care of themselves. Mr.. Prince |
made splendid talk, and we wish |
every parent in Anderson County could ]
have heard it.
This ended the speech making and |
thinner was served by committee of |
ladies'. Tho fcnst was all that could |
/. q 0p,I T. Z /
enough to eat we did not hear of it,
and every one connected with tho
committee OF arrangements deserve
thc thanks of all who were present.
nc whole occasion was very pleasant,
and all regretted that the time was so
!onS until another rcuniOn-siX years.
NOTES.
old uncle Frank Clnkscalcs, who
iivc, near I.Owndcsvillc, who was
present with his excellent wife, is now
the, oldest living Clinkscalcs. being
righty>i
Mr.. Lewis G.. Clinkscalcs who was
the originator of the reunion idea, was
appointed to write Il history of the
Clinkscnles family and have it printed
in pamphlet form.
AS near ms could be ascertained the
father of the family. Frank Clink-
scales, came to South Carolina from
Virginia, about one hundred and fifty
years ago and settled i'll Abbcville
County. His father came to America
from Scotland. just think about it.
The descendants of this one couple
now number thousands. and are scat
tered all over tho United States.
We were sorry to learn thnt while
the family had furnished the world
with lawyers, doctors, professors in
colleges, &c, only one preacher could
be found, and he now lives in Cali
fornia.
We hope these reunions will be kept |
up for all time, rs tho social feature is |
u good one, and it fosters n family |
pride. The younger members are nd
monishcd to do nothing to bring dis
honor on name hitherto nntarnished.
Another thing we would like to say is |
this: AS the two last reunions have
been conducted it entails an amount of |
work and trouble on those living in the
immediate vicinity that is unfair. |
This could be obyiated, we think, by n |
basket picnic. The majority. of the
family live well at home, and do not
rttOuN for tho noEp Of SOmathinn q fO |