The Washington times., 1936-02-06
TRIBUTES PAID
W. R. HEARST 5
MOTHER

WHITMIRE, S. c., Feb. 6.-Il
reply to the address Of DR.. Thorn
well Jacobs, president Of ogle
thorpe University, at the Found
ers' Day ceremonies yesterday
when signal honor was paid II
the memory of Mrs. Phoebe Ap
person Hearst, David Whitmirt
Hearst, her grandson. said:
81 am very much hOnOred to
be here today and have the
privilege of representing my
family at this celebration in
honor of Mrs. Phoebe AppersOn
Hearst, my grandmother. /
wish to convey the greetings Of
my father and brothers, who
would be here today, had not
urgent conditions prevented
them.
INTEREST IN WELFARE
"In referring to my grand
mother l find 1t rather diff
cult inaSmuch as she died be-
fore 1 was four years old, and
50 naturally the picture have
of her Is very indiStinct. My
memory of her is composed
more Of legend than of actual
remembrance,
81 can remember when we.
that is my brother and /, lived
at her home in California, that
she was always thinking of some
thing to make us happy. / don't
think she ever visited San Fran
cisco without returning with
gifts for us an.
WORK APPRECIATED
Undoubtedly one Of the great
est memorials which she has left
behind her is the TT. A. which
she helped to found and in which
she was active during her life
time"
DR.. Jacobs paid a tribute tx
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, whose an
ceStors founded this town, alsC
told that the ancestors of the lat'
U. S. Senator George Hearst livet
In the Abbeville district near here
DR.. Jacobs said in part:
$50 far 1 have spoken Of the
daughter Of Drucilla Whitmire,
pioneer; of the wife Of George
Hearst, pioneer; 1 speak now Of
the mother of william Randolph
Hearst, pioneer. For we are still
pioneers. The whole earth has
become a vast mountain range
In which is hidden more gold
than in a thousand EldOradOS.
MRS. HEARST'S VALOR
'sMrs. Phoebe Hearst walked
n few miles through this wilder.
ness of neObarbariSm through
which we are now flOUndering
before she departed hence. On
the day of the historic Pre-
paredneSs Parade in San Fran
cisco, after the city, not only.
but also the whole State and
nation had been startled and
Mortified by the bombing Of the
patriotic men and women who
marched on that hot and Sultry
day, a friend anxiOuSly sought
Mrs. Hearst, and, rushing to
her side said:
"'I hope you would not
march today, Mrs. Hearst. 1t is
50 hot. Do you think you can
stand it?' And the glorious
little American pioneer, then in
her 7Os, replied:
"'WelI, 1 did think it was too
hot for me to march, but this
morning at breakfast had
eight letters telling me that if
I marched / would be blown to
atOms-SO, of course there was
nothing for me to do but
march,
DOMINL .TES JOURNALISM
$50 it should surprise no one
that the son of such a mother
and the grandson of Elizabeth
Collins, pioneer from Georgia,
and Of Randolph AppersOn,
pioneer from Virginia, and Of
William G. Hearst, pioneer from
AbbeviIle, and of Drucilla Whit
mire, pioneer from Newberry,
should himself have been a
pioneer in Journalism and have
built a new kind of empire"
Mrs. Hearst, mother of William
Randolph Hearst, the publisher
was co-founder with Mrs. Alice Nc
Lellan Birney, OF Georgia, of tn
Mothers Congress-now the Ma
tional Parent-Teacher Association
The story of how the ruggeC
pioneers, the Frederick Whitmires
of Philadelphia, struggled to maxi
this place a growing community
was told in song, oratory anC
pageantry here. Educators, states
men, writer's and other prominent
people gathered to pay theil
tributes, and scores of South Caro-
lima schools sent delegations o.
students to learn of those who hac
helped to'make the history of theil
State.
AI-Day Celebration
The whole town took part IL
the all-day celebration which wa
sponsored by the Whitmire P,
T. A.
Mrs. W. w. Lewis, president o.
the Whitmire PIT. A., wa!
praised for originating and stag
ing the celebration. 1t was Mrs
Lewis who sought out the rec