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t Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 31, 1950 ^ INTERESTING TOWN NAMES FOUND IN S. C. By OTIS BRABHAM i Allendale. Aug. 12—Special Names Charleston and Augusta, Ga., on the| of South Carolina cities and towns old South Carolina railroad. It once 1 can make an interesting armchair was larger than Bamberg. Near here was the home of the author, William: Gilmore Sims. — i tour. Some of the names recall famous historical events. Others received their names in curious ways. Not a few stir up whimiscal thoughts. Here’s how the tour goes: At Garnett, the great race horse,' Man of War, was foaled. Branchville is one of the oldest railroad junctions in the world. Mount Pleasant is a pleasant vil- ’ Charleston, oldest of them all. was lage, but there are no mounts or hills named for King Charles of England, for many miles, site of the first museum, first ags- You might expect to find Level ricultural society in America, and Land in the Lowcountry, but it is in terminal of the first railroad of any the Piedmont. length in the world, the South Caro- Port Royal, first called Stuart town, lina railroad running frum .Charles-. has one of. the finest harbors on the- ton to Hamberg. Atlantic coast, but is not now used. I Georgetown, named for King Sleightown in Barnwell county is George II, of England, was the site at one time of the largest saw mill! In Jhe world. * CoiuiVi^ii. hamecJ for Christophfei Columbus (whose name all Ameri ca should have had), was laid off to be the capital of the state, burned by Sherman's troops in ISC'S. not a town at all, but a community where the natives once made sleighs I for looms. j Barnwell was dubbed ••burnwell” by the vandals of General Sherman’s army, because i; did. PocfttSligo Was 111# $c#ne df several Revolutionary and Confederate War batiles. General Robert E. Lee was Granby, the spot now occupie > s t a jj onef j there for a short while. P c c j'V* 3 *;,/‘ r :! Granoj, 'a$j pm-ys^urg, On the north side of the . isted by President George . a?, .rip,- g avanna ^ river, was once thought of ton on n:> tnp.romW asn.n 3 .on.o the site the city Savannah. Georgetown. Charleston. Savannah H now is only a commun i t y. kind Augusta.^^^ _ Fairfax was first called Campbell- ton. Bamberg was Lowry’s Turnout, i Denmark was Grahams Turnut. capital site. i Millett is the village and Millette- Beaufort is the namesake o. H en-. v .jj e 0 flfi ce Here once was ry. Duke of Beau.ort. It is one .°.' | the largest asparagus farm in the country. Stateburg, a few miles east of Co-' lumbia. was a competitor for the] the oldest towns in America_with churches dating back to 1712-1746. Parris Island is a marine train ing base. Governor Benjamin Tillman made it a navy base about 1894 (the old war vessel Amphritite was dry- docked there) but as such, it was not popular and was abandoned for Charleston. An historical marker tells of one of the oldest forts in the Yenome, a small station between Barnwell and Kline, stands for “easy ] money” spelled backward. Beach Island should be spelled j Beach Hiland. The dark (but not gloomy) towns in the state are Blacksburg, Black- stock and Blackville. Brunson is unique in having its country. Huguenot in 1562 and Span- town ^all on stilts in the middle of ish in 1586. t v, e ma in street. It is the first place Aiken, popular winter resort, was w ^ ere burglars used nitroglycerine named for William Aiken, first pres-, an j ron sa f e j n a bank, irient of the South Carolina railroad. < Q ne p ar tj c ip an t s afterwards Camden, another popular winter town, was named for a British states man. Lord Camden. Eutawville. site of the Revolution- ary battle of Eutaw, was near the home of "The Swamp Fox', Francis Marion. Sumter, where there was once a telephone factory .was named for General Thomas Sumter, Revolution ary W’ar hero. Laurens was named for Henry Lau rens, Revolutionary War statesman. retormed and wrote a magazine ar ticle about the stunt. Caesar's Head is the northernmost mountain resort in South Carolina. Us name came from the profile of Caesar on the face of the rock. In the Horse Creek Valley, if the water is not right at Bath, right down in the road is Clearwater. Places with irritable sounding names are Cross, Cross An Hill and Cross Keys. Due West is west, imd Eastover is Anchor, Cross Pickens for General Pickens and but Central is far from central. Marion for General Francis Marion, t c onrac i Ehrhardt and his wife came Orangeburg (originaLy Orange- direct from Germany and served the burgh) was named for ^ dham. COTnmun j t y s0 we jj t ^ at t ^e Atlantic prince of Orange The site of sunken c oast Line railroad ran a spur track Edisto Azalea Gardens on the north t jj em an( j ca ii e d the terminus af-' Edisto river, it is the county seat of ter them Ehrhardt. one of the best agricultural counties Garden’s Corner was named for in the nation. At one time only one fli or iculturist who brought over county in Texas surpassed it in cot- j rom Europe the first gardenia ton production. bushes. Ninety Six was so named by In-j Jacksonboro, on the Edisto, was dian traders because they figured it w here the South Carolina legislature 96 miles from Keowee and .rom ITiel w b en the British ran them out Granby. of Charleston. McClellanville was named .or an j ne pabnetto State has no sun or moon, but it does have a Starr. Its relative brightness has not been measured. Perhaps Lone Star is a greater luminary. Bufords Bridge, first in Orngeburg district, then in Barnwell county, was a Revolutionary village before either Bamberg or Allendale was started. Two of the Secession Ordinance sign ers lived there. There is plenty of tar at Tarboro, but no caves at Cave. BlufTton is named for a high blufT on the May river. Winton county antedated Barnwell IADY for any EMERGENCY if-S was named for an old family of that name. Then there are the towns named for girl': Florence. Olar. Hattieville, El'.enton, Mari>n. Hilda. Iva. Ona. Salley, Lena. Lyd.a. Pauline and Raoy Some of the names are suggest!ves. If you want "to live in clover,’ there is a town with that name in York county, if "in prosperity," try New berry county. At Denmark one will find no Danes, nor are there any Norwegians at Norway At a crossroads near the two towns someone erected a sign- post saying "Sweden, unincorporate. coun ^y anc j the county seat was near At Holly Hill^ there is neitner roll Lyndhurst, home of the Revolution- nor holly, and North is south of most ary ^ ar hero Colonel Tarlton Brown, of the United States. At Appleton ^ Summerville, Flower Town, there are no native grown app.es and p^opjg ij V e the year around and tt Honey Hill there is little honey. many of them commute to Charles- South Carolina is ridgey in spots; t on. A person buying a lot there finds witness Ridgeland. Ridgeway and a clause in the title that no pine trees Ridgeville. may be cut down. Kline is true to its name. German, With all the forts, the state should for “small.’' But some big folk live be well protected: Fort Jackson, Fort there. Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Fort Mill, Midway is half way between port Lawn and Fort Motte. - i The forestry service admonished “keep Couth Carolina green” so we have Greenville, Greenwood, Green Sea, Green Pond and Bowling Green. Old geographies listed Long Island instead of the present Isle of Palms. In 1918 there was a “herd of wild i billy goats” on the island, the “gen-1 tlemen having exterminated all the ladies.’ Jamison, in Orangeburg county, was the home of David Jamison, president of the Secession conven tion. Lobeco, on the Seaboard Air Line railroad, a few miles east of Beau fort, is a manufactured name from the firm of Long Bellamy company. Allendale, first established four miles south of the present town, calls itself “the biggest little town on earth,” but still there are Little Rock, Little Mountain and Little River, i Could Patrick Henry have been! thinking of Liberty Hill or Liberty when he made his famous statement? i Hampton was named for the hero of Reconstruction days, General Wade Hampton, and is the site of the largest plywood factory in the nation. Moncks Corner, after many years, has now had a trappist monastery established nearby and has its monks. | In some places the names belie the I age, as Newberry, New Zion, New Hope, Newport, New Prospect and Newry. To round out our tour we might take a look at some of our Biblical towns: Smyrn^, Samaria, Salem, Sar- denia, Sharon, Shjloh, Tirzah and Zion. Added by Publisher CLINTON is named for Clinton Young, Laurens attorney, who served as chairman of the committee that laid oft the streets of the village about 1850. 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