Franklin Springs was the site of the first building owned by The Pentecostal Holiness Church to house Advocate Press, built at a cost of $3,085.44 and dedicated by J. H. King on Aug. 2, 1919. At the cornerstone were placed a list of donors, a Discipline of the Church, a copy of the Aug. 7, 1919 Advocate, a few grains of wheat, a vial of oil, and a vial of grape juice, and in the dedication King explained the significance of each. G. F. Taylor, founder of the Advocate and Life Literature, served as editor from its origin until 1934, and circulation of this literature became worldwide. Near here, in one of two hotels, the Franklin Springs Orphanage operated from 1919 to 1921 as a home for thirty orphans until they were transferred to Falcon Orphanage in Falcon, N.C. J. H. King, the orphanage's founder and superintendent, was born in Anderson County, S.C., on Aug. 11, 1869, was licensed to preach in 1891 by the Methodist Church, and served as a leader from 1900 to 1946 in Fire-Baptized and P. H. churches. Rev. G. F. Taylor, born in Duplin County, N.C., on Aug. 10, 1881, was co-founder and first president of Emmanuel College on January 1, 1919.