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PAGE TWO 2 rr ■;^- THE CLINTON CHRONICLE/CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. 1932 HURRICANE CHURCH REACHES CENTENNIAL ed and was succeeded by the recaJl of Holder Harrison Fowler m 1874, former ‘member of the ehurch, has noted '«ome interesting facts about j who served for four years j About this time t^ colored people I The letter" “N” leads with 63 i withdrew from the church and mem-'names, followed by “S” with 60 jbership dropped to sixty-five. Elder! names. “D.” “J,” and “Y” with 58 “N'’ and 32 of them are named Neigh-1 list fllowing the colored members af- bprs. The name Young is found 55Iter the war two males, 20 females. .again, j the old roll, a few of which t quotei* times—28 males and 27 females. Thej /Reverently-we lift our.hearts to Al- name Simpson 35 times—16 male? and j mighty God for his .goodness and mer- ro fe^dTes. The name Johnson is | cy bestow^ed upon us during the past ^ ^ found 34 times—13 males and 21 te-jQj,p hundred years ^ and with faith HUtoriral Sketch of the First One Hundred Years^of mostleach, and with 57 comTli^t.: males. You will find on another page ^ the next one Hun lyOndensed nisioricai oKeicn Oi me rirsi une tiunareu lea modest but most saintly men that has Turn to the old roll and you will find the names of the slave.? who are mem- —^ Historij? Church Near Here. Delivered Sunday By the Pa.stor, ever graced the pulpit of old Hurri- that in the letter “N” every male | bers of the church Rev. Edward'l.«ng, at “Home-Coming:” Exercises’ i^ane church. member is named Neighbor^—28 of j In 1878 Elder J. I). Pitts, a man of fh^m remarkable personality and individ- Constitution j tho^e days, as now, not only did thc,^a]j^y^ became pastor of the church, a; There are 35 female.? under -males and females —and whose property they were—10 males and 37 females. There is al.o a dred years confident of God’s richest ble. -sings provided we w-alk humbly and reverently before Him. “South t.nrolina, ^ “I^iurens District. “We the Baptist tliurvh of Christ at the Hurricane, having been regu-i i&rly bapt’z^'d on a verbal profession ' of our faith in Christ and being de-■ sirous «)f maintaining a n-ciprocal un ion; we therefore piopo^e to maintain! the order and rules of a ihur:h and were accordingly constituted on the 2Sth of Augu-?t, 1.H32. by a pre.shy- tery compo.sed of E!der.?_^ Daniels Manguni. dame.? Harland and E’hort Lindsey upon a profe.ssion of tin- fol lowing ah^t^a?t of principles (omitted C It is n'asonable to suppose that this ccmmunitv had become thickly set tled and that Baptist.s, or St least Baptist sentiment, had centered ,here to the extent that active j enny make its way into the colleK tion: j,, ^he much-loved Elder Har- -hat, but one-half cent and one-qinrfer Prison Fowler was called* for the third cent pieces also were con.spicuous, as time ar d served for about seven years.' in almost every church report one-hiaf Succeeding Elder Fowler came Elder and one-quarter, and three-fourth cent nieres were reported. The church was either constituted with a - om- paia'ively large numlier of memliers for a country' church at that time or glow very, rapidly cl^ng the first fourteen year.?, a.? the church meni- bi r.-ihip was “about a? large a fev' \eais after the organization as now. In those good old days di.seipliiie was frectuent. They might nut diic'i- jilire a.member for imbibing too fi-ee- ly hut if he ab.sented himself from the -Stated services of the church or took J, A. Martin, who put new energy and new zeal into the work and there were large ingathering.? durin.g his mini-?try. He was succeeded by Elder J. S. Wc-?t, nad he in turn w’as suc-| ceededJjy Eider Harrison Fowler, who served his fourth and last pastorate. Brother Harri.?on Copeland has . al-1 it IS ,-pady .spoken of rnany of the pastors} that I have spoken of and has fol- i lowed the list of pastor.? on down to the present—:o I shall leave that partj of the record to him. j Some facts gleaned from old pa-, pers copied from old church records: July 31, 1852, paid $1.0(1 for pro-1 hating the de<*(l for the lot for Hur- the name of the l/ord in vain, he 'va. leaders .'<urely dealt with by the [['hunh thought it expc'dient to estahlich a Df the nineteen charter male me*iT.her.? 1 ricane church. This was douhtlc.ss an mi.?sionarv Baptist church to .servethe. church, .six, or nearly one-j addition to the original lot. . .‘spiritual need.? of the community I excluded. Either the *e-1 May 5, 1855, paid for tablecloth, Lang.'ton Baptist church, which is also known as Upper Duncan’s, ( reek Bapt: t church, ten or more mile.'* northwe-*!. was at this time nearly a walkcMl more circurn- male member.? dealt more charitably, for not $1.00. August 1, 1857, the pulpit Bible was ^ bought at a cost of $4.50. This Bible, or-! ganizs'd in lUl?. Bu<h Bi er, ten milesi or more to thi- southea-'t. was at this time an ol<i chtirch, having- been or- In the minutes of the twenty-re-ond gani'/.ed in 1772 or <•(' years jirior." anniversary of the Reedy River asso- B?*averduin church, about 14 mile.? to' eiation which met at Bush’ River the southi'a t. was organized in. ^808,j church, a reituest was .sent to the as- or 24 years jirior to this. Lower Dun- sociation in a Hurricane church letter male member? sj>e tly or the wi'h them one of the charter memlM-rs was ex-j i.s in a fair state of preservation andj lu<led. They either died in the faith I re.st*? on the pulpit .stand today. Some fact.? from minutes of Hurri-i cane Baptist church, beginning Octo-, hundred vears ohk having U-en , , m we e dism’,-' ed to unite with some | other church. ! her y, 1875: OctolkM- 1875, Elder Silas Knight .''upfilied for the church. February 6, 1876, usual busiruos transacted, occas ional ca.se.s of di.scipline. During this can s ('ie<*k. which was organized in nquc-sting that .H^'parate columns bei-lf^*^*' W'iHiam Dillard and John Itich 1787. and which was in 18H7 merged l>! inq-d in the minute? of each church into tile Whitmire Baptist church, was, for the white and colored member.?. l<x‘ated {.') or 16 miles to the north- '1 he number of c«dored people in each ea.st. Huntsville Baptist church, which j‘'huieh to Im* ascertained and placed was in 1882 merged into First Bap- in columns provided for .such puj*- tist ehuryh of ('linton. was bn-ated six or seven miles southwest of Hurricane and two miles .southw’cst of (’Irnton. This church was at this time a very small church ayd the members had at this time drifted away from tbi« com munity. There wa.?, therefore, a radius of ten or more miles in each direction poses. The Rei'dy River assiu-iation met in the twenty-seventh annual session with the Hurricane church on Septem ber 17th, 1852. The introduct jry ser mon wa.s preached by Elder Silas Knight, and Elder D. Mangon was el< ted m )derator. The pastor of the from* the Hurricane community with(/^"''ricane church, Elder,Elbert Lind- no Baptist church. Roads were few j alternate, was to have preached and bad and methods of travel w’ore! charity sermon but was unable to j/oor and slow. The logical sequence/b* *^''d Elder,!. C’uliiepper, general was that tho.se of Baptist faith should' Furniun university, preach- organi'/e in this community a Baptistbis stead. The iiu.siness on Sat- church. In respon,«e to this need thi* Hurricane Bapti.'-t cliur h wii- organ ized Augu.<t 28th, 18'{2. I have not Ikhmi able to fi I a-cp ('opeland were elected deacons. ' On September 2, a committee con- .si.sting of W’illiam Dillard, W. R. Jones, T. .1. Duckett, D. A. Hipp and B. .M, Copeland, was appointed to re pair the church. September 36, this committee made a r<‘port that sounds thoroughly mod-! ern—namely, “No money on hand.” So the matter “was laid on the table.” j December 2, 1876, a cord wa.? re-1 ceived from Dr. A. VV.- I.,amar, gen-1 eial .?tH'.relai;y ,of state and domestic ini.?sioTi.? of the Baptist State conven tion of S. C., requesting that five sis ter. be appointed to ai<l five brethren to raise 3()e from each member of the church for mi.ssions. February 3, 1877. “Brother Blank” for drunkenness and coll«*cted $3.60 fori cb^. riH’ord.s i.s that revival ineetjngs were held in this community by int4-restod Hapti.sl minister.? and that as a re.sult th“re wri' a group of converts. ’rhi.“ group (rf converts must have lH*<-n or ganized into a Bajttist church by the pre.sbytery mentioned above. In the urday was of a routine nature, and on was excludvd the “Lord’s day,” the rword reads,!'^wearing. “preaching wa.s kept up at the stand.”; June 2. ^1877 William B. Johnson, D.I)., Elders VV'.i stoves. arate li.'>t of the charier memner? ofj*b>hnson. W. B. Boyd, D. M. .Mangon, September 1, 1877, Elder J. D. Bitta the Hurricane i hurch, but the infer-jund J. Culpepper, labored with much j was calletl for the second .time to be- 4'nee from a stmly of the ohl cJiiii. hi ^■‘‘•*1 before an upu.?ually large assem-U’ome pastor. jl. .. — blage and the (.;lo.'e of the day was i October 5, 1878, Dr. laiinar Sent characterized by great .sobunnity of letter urging the church to help him fe<*Iing. raise the 30e per member and anoth- At this session of the associut ion j cr committee w'as appointed to help foieign and domesTic missions were I him with the work. ^ str(*.s.“C(l. Furman university was as-1 October 4, 1876, Elder J. t). Pitts ■si.'-ted and the fifth Sunday union declined to .s<‘rvt* us pastor ami Elder | Id minutiv" of 183.'» a brief historical | ^ueeting reestablished according to a| Harrison Fowler was called on No-: sketch was inclmled of eai h Hapti.^t former plan. i vember 1, 1876. On (k-tober 2. 1880,; Hurricane church had at that time Elder Fowler’s >alary was fixed atl \ Advertising.... Is The “Public’s Screen” Advertising today, e.specially in new.spaper.'^, i.-'^ the greatest bu.sines.^- getter there is. This Is acknowledged by men who know. People read aii- vertisements in newspapers. They have been educated to do so. Every merchant in our town ought to advertise. You remember the story about John Wannamaker? The first day he was in business his receipts were $24.64. He kept the 64 cents and .spent the $24 the next day in-advertising. We all can’t duplicate this feat, but according to the best statistics avail able THREE PER CENT OP" THE GROSS SALES SHOULD BE PUT ASIDE FOR ADVERTISING. ' * Possibly you will saj', “I don’t need to advertise. Pve been in this town thirty years and everyl)p(ly knows me.” Probably they do, but did you ever stop to think of the sales you lose because your fellow competitor adverti.ses? He may adverti.se the same goods you have in stock, but the people don’t know you have them. The other fellow gets the sales because he advertises. And, then,, how much more business you would do if you did adverti.se! ^ . j We know of blie merchant'who advertised a lot of goods at '19 cents a yard. They cost him 27 cents. He took a clean loss, but while the sale was going on he could buy new goods at 12 cents. He put them in with the other goods and the result was that he cleaned his shelves of the old goods and he broke even on the deal. Advertising and good buying liquidated his stock without a loss. 1 » VVe can’t all be John Wannamakers, but we all can advertise in pro portion to our business. Results will lie sure if you adverti.se honestly and give .service. A ne.wspaper can bring people to your store, but it can’t make people buy your goods. Your clerks must do that, and it depends on the service you givji^ as to how successful your busin^.s will be. MAKE BUSINESS GOOD — YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH The Chronide; “The Paper Everybody Reads” 41 1 > churvh ill tht* association. In the min- uti's of this y«*ar there was a brief •skt'tch of th«‘Hurricane Bajitisl churclr which ix’ads as follows: $165 per yi-ar. In Fehriiary 1881, the second com- mitteK* was appointed to repair the made a iH'putation for friendliness and ho.>^pitality, for th<* closing resolution in the minutes reads: “ResolvtMl unan- ---■In Augtn*!-, +H32rTrViTai ■ nmebrng-f' ‘^45 that ■ the -wesUa-t—thank-W'-srf s4C~JT---R-:--4^q>ekHid. weie hsdd in the Hurricam' commu-! (his hody ht* given to the memhers'of j VN. R. .Jones, .1. H. Neighhors, and W’. i nity. A a result of the meetings' Hu* Hurricane church and the citizens! .A. Young. .And on .luly 1. 1882, the | th^^re Were ten coins-rts —these ten | of this vicinity generally for the ho»-j committee appointed seemed not to; converts together with ten others.. I^tidile manner in w hich they have re-' have proceeded with the work, and in | gath(*red in from unknown sources. and entertained it? delegates | this confei ence there wa? much talk-1 wen on -.Aug. 28th organized into the Huiricane Baptist church.” The nanu' Hurricane: There is a well-loiiridod tr:uli;ion that \'hen the inUoa-.'te I, perhaps pi'ior to 18.32, w«‘re eons! riK ting the original house, before k was completed a stonn like unto the .-t.orm> upon the .'sea of Galilee swept down upon it and levehnl it with the ground, and the peon'e, because of the i>c<‘uret'ce. hi'gan lo .'all the church during the present .ses- and friend^ sion,” The First Pastor: The first.jiastor was Ehler Elbert landsay. He must have hten a man who ki'pt favor with God and man, for diir ng the first twenty years of the church h<* was continuously pastor. 'Fhis is a remark able leurd due to the fact that he was instrumental in the organization of ih«‘ chiiiTh. In 1866 .Mavfield se« ms to havt* ing—and the third committee of seven i was appointed to decide what repairs | should he made on the chuijgh. The j committes* consisted of E. P. Jones, | .Ambrose Neighbor.-, William Dillard,, H. Fowler. J. 11. Neighhors, J. R. ('opeland, ami ('alvern ('. Young. In 1887, Elder .1. .A. Martin was called as nustur. During this year the deacons seemed to feel the need of Elder W. l).|hel|) in the work committed to them, in some way j so a commiUee consisting of IL Fow ler. Harrison ('opeland, Edgar E. “TV e 11 111 I ii ane." , Mcnilic!-hip in ti'e Reedy River a?- <'nteie<l into the life of the church, .s<«-,;it :on 1 lie new Hurricane organi-'f*"' li'^ name wa.-- placed in the sta-' Young, Jaine.s M.“Neighbor? and D. A. zalion (til Sep‘.. 1.5. 1S32, asked for tahh's as pastor along beside Hipp, wa.* appointed to assist them, roeml ( ! .-lup in the Beed> River ass«v the nam«‘ of the faithful old pastor, This new committee, with the dea- eiat on uh;< )i is composed of chu*'ch. i' I'Hhei t Lindsay, who ha?! served ; cons, seemed to have put new life in *■< in i.aiiieri.s, Newberry, and Green- (u'fbHiH.v fur nearly two diHuules, and; the business of the ehurch, for in services were conducted on the first .A|xril of that year $5.06 was collected Hiid^ fourth .''Sundays of each month.! for hymn hooks, and the expen.?os of We can hut conclude that there mu.sl have lieen some emrftision in iKi* church that brought uhout thi.? arrangement. the church were apportioned amon-g! the memlKMs. The big meeting th-nt year was - held begiimiag,.Jwlyv 20tlH=» ville di.stricts. The Reedy River a. ?o- fiation was yet a young hiHly having been organized only si*ven years prioi. In the minutes of the 1846 session of the Reeiiy River association we nu- tie<* that Hiram .Johnson of the Hur-1 But in Uie minutes of 18!51 .the rift I and running through the 28th, Dinner ricane church was appointed as a i uit-} •''<^*<‘ni.? to have lieen healed ami EKkw’was served on the ground each day. able jMM'son to collect nfoney for mis-1 F.’hert Lindsay is l eeorded as pastor,, Elder W. B. Elkin a.- sisted the pastor, sitm pui poses. jwith service? only once a month,“on' In March 1888 the record .says. In looking through the minute.?’of the second Sunday. I did not have ao- “Member.? getting behind in their pay-' this .session of the assiKuation, 1 note |ces.s tex the minutes of 1862, but the ments.” .At this sanw' meeting’the the folhxwing resolution, which isjie.ord of 1861 ^'ives the faithful old strictly up-t(x-date and modern in view ! pastor that organized the church a of the assault being made on the IHth. record of twenty yejftrs of unbroken: window.-*. The committee was contin- amendment. The resolution is some-j service to this church and to the' ued. what ambiguous, hut I quote it as it'kingdom. Elder Lindsay not only; In .Augu.st, 1.888; Rrothem J. B. Par- ia recorded: “Resolved, that this asao- helpcnl to organize the church and'rott assisted in a big meeting, elation learn with regret, that some j served as pastor twenty years* butj In September. 1888, there was a de- of the individual menrher.- of our became a member of the church onlparture from the age-long enatom and eburclie* are^rensnnTig^eitTircEKreh ~ committee appointed raiscnl funds to fix the pulpit and put blind.? on the for.,^ pledging themselves not to u.se spirituous lUiuors, as a beverage, When we c onceive it-4»^^a nttn privilege of a member to sign a pledge, at not to sign, and w'e would therefore, earnestly recommend all the churches composing this associ. a^n, not to interfere in the private opinions of our brethren, and for the churches to take no action in any way, aa we hope it is the cause of at least philanthropy and morality.” The statistical report for the: asso- ciatbnai year ending September IK, 1841,, waa a||, follonrn: “Received by DeceTnbeY 17th, iKJiO, ftnir“so far as the annual call was sidestepped and the records go, .remained a member | Brother J. A. Martin was hailed to of the church until his death (no date | serve indefinitely at a aalary of $130 jmbsioine).^hty~6ne of 1 per year. But on July 6th, 1890, they the pastors who have served the j turned back to the old custom, namely, church during the past century has j of having serv'ices on the first Sun- been buried hard by the church, and i day morning and Saturday before, it is peculiarly fitting that this one I On Aug. 31st, 1890, a new impulse should be the much loved and revered! came to the church and they “resolved Elder , Elbert Lindsay. fto pay Rev. j. A. Martin $250 per Other Pastors; About 1865, Elder^yeai for the ftr*^t and third Sundays T. H. Pope became pastor of the Hur-land Saturday evening before.” Rev. ricane church. He taught school in the community and served as the pastor of the church until 1870. In 1868 the Reedy River association haptisni two, by letter two, reinstated j met again at the Hurricane church, none, dismissed five, excluded two,; The minutes of this session state that 1B«arred none, total membership 97, i“On Sunday at the spacious harbor contribution f 1.93%.This contribu tion donbtiess was for publishing of the mhMites, as there are lump sums Saturday evening J. A. Martin seems to have declined the call and on September 21st, 1890, Rev. J. S. West of Reuben, S. C., was called^at a salary of $125 per year. Mr. West died at Clinton on March 23, 1891, and was buried at Brushy Creek in GreenWlle countjr. On Oct. reported eliewheit in the minutes of ^ojneign and domestic missions. In Dr. J. C. Furman spoke morning and I 4th, 1891 a collection amounting to afternoon, and Elder A. C. Stepp $5.00 was taken and sent to H. E. preached at the same hour to the col- Ezell at Chick 'Springs for monument ored people-^ the church house.” In IS'O-dUjer John Gwinn was call- for Mr. W'est’s grave. The old roll: Brother B, L. Jones, a Sta or 8 *‘PUc«’'t Of tho 4 or 8 loyrrs of Supertwtoc Clord In thia Goodyoor, two do , not run from b«od to bood— they are really cord brookor otrlpo and that’a what wo call them althoush aome tiro makara call tham eitra pilea. Famous Lifetime Guaranteed GOODYEAR PATHFINDER Super twist Cord Tirce CASH PRICES 4.4S-21 *4** Bach In Paira 84.78 EMh Tuba 8t.88 4.58-28 •s" KochlaMro M.MiMh Tuba 88c 4.58-21 Badi laPalra 8e >48 Bach tuho 81.88 4.75-18 •6“ Each loPalfo 88.|»lack Tuho 8S.S7 Hmtjt Dtttsr Track TlraS^ eJ^eHirhiSM!' ***** •asf IMf •16^ •as** RMhlafWka ttah '■ •a^ McDaniel Vulcanizing Works Phone No'. 2 CUOTON, S. C. i - , ■ i J^ /' tr . ..1 • ■ . ; jLjt; iiLt ■ / • * V