Jeanes TeachersJeanes Teachers encouraged self-sufficiency. They taught students and their families to sew, bake, and do carpentry.
Jefferies, Richard ManningIn the S.C. Senate, Jefferies quickly attained power and influence. He became part of the loose coalition of fiscally conservative lowcountry legislators known as the “Barnwell Ring.”
Jenkins Orphanage BandsAs many as five Jenkins Orphanage bands were on tour during the summers of the 1920s.
Jenkins, Daniel JosephJenkins’s greatest contribution to Charleston, however, was the founding of the Jenkins Orphanage.
Jenkins, DeWittJenkins’s work as a bluegrass banjo pioneer became better known after Mike Seeger placed four of his numbers on the Folkways album American Banjo Scruggs Style.
Jenkins, Edmund ThorntonJenkins took advantage of the growing popularity of jazz in London and played clarinet in dance orchestras to support himself while he continued his classical music studies.
Jenkins, EsauWhen Jenkins saw the injustices that affected black children on Johns Island, he bused his children and others to public schools in Charleston.
Johns Island Presbyterian ChurchThe present church was built in 1822–1823 under the leadership of Pastor Elipha White. It bears many similarities to Episcopal churches, including clear glass windows with semicircular windows above.
Johnson, Harriet Catherine FrazierJohnson served only one term in the legislature. Subsequently she was a Methodist missionary for three years, teaching home economics to women in India.
Johnson, John CarrollIn 1944 Johnson became the University of South Carolina’s resident architect, a position he held through 1956 that involved planning campus expansion and designing.
Johnson, William HenryOnce in New York, Johnson took odd jobs before enrolling in 1921 at the National Academy of Design, where fees were modest and tuition was free.
Johnston, Olin DeWitt TalmadgeDefeating his one-time hero Cole Blease, Johnston was elected governor in 1934. “This marks the end of ring rule,” Johnston declared at his January 1935 inauguration.
Judson, Mary CamillaJudson taught nearly every subject in the college curriculum, including English, French, art, astronomy, botany, and elocution (a subject she introduced).
Just, Ernest EverettDespite his teaching and administrative commitments, Just found time to pursue scientific research. In 1909 he was invited to the prestigious Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where he served as a research assistant.
Kellogg, Clara LouiseKellogg sought to familiarize American audiences with the European opera repertoire. Consequently, her company’s performances were sung in English, rather than Italian, German, or French. The troupe disbanded in 1876 after enjoying only moderate success.
King, Joseph HillerySensing a call to ministry, he applied in May 1886 to the MECS for an exhorter’s license but was denied. He felt there was prejudice against his Holiness views.
Lafaye and LafayeThe firm operated under the name Lafaye and Lafaye until 1937–1938, when Herndon M. Fair and George E. Lafaye, Jr., were made partners.
Lathan, RobertAn ardent Democrat, Lathan was also an active affiliate in many professional associations, including the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the advisory board to the University of South Carolina School of Journalism.
Laurens GlassWhen deposits of the mineral silica, important for glassmaking, were found a few miles north of Laurens, a group of local businessmen organized Laurens Glass Works in 1910.
Lee, Robert GreeneLee’s ideas would eventually return home to South Carolina in the form of the fundamentalist movement that controlled the South Carolina Baptist Convention by the 1990s.