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\ V a--— *• The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ®hp Clinton If Yon Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume Lm Clinton, S. C., Thursday, February 14, 1S52 First Services Sabbath At New A. R. P. Church Third House of Worship for This Congregation Completed At Cost of $$0,000. Has History Dating Back To Revolutionary Days. Special Morning Sermon By Pastor and Program of Music In Evening By Choir of Due West A. R. P. Church. HANDSOME NEW ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The impressive new edifice of the Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, located on the corner of South Broad and East Walnut street, the' third house of worship in the 116-year history of this church, has been completed and first services will be held Sab bath morning, February 18. Dr. C. Bynum Betts, who has been pastor- of the church since September, 1925, will preach upon the subject, “The Living Church” at the 11 o’clock service. The Due West Associate Reform ed Presbyterian church choir, un der the direction of Mrs. James Strong, will render a program of Psalm anthems that night at 7:30 o’clock. Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor- emeritus of the First Presbyterian church, will bring greetings during this evening service from the local Ministerial union. The Reverend J. C. Dickert, secretary of the Minis terial union, will offer the' prayer. Many former members and friends of the local A. R. P. congregation are expected be present for these opening services. The Jiandsome new building, of brick construction, contains an au ditorium that will seat more than 270 people, five Sabbath school Tooms, a kitchen, and a Sabbath school asembly room. The new structure, which cost around $60,- 000, was erected by W. E. Baker it Son. _oi Whitmire. -Roy E. Hitch cock was architect, and T. C. John son Co., had the contract for the plumbing, heating and electrical work. ’* A movement to raise funds for a new church was begun in the late twenties under the leadership of the late E. Blakely Sloan, but, with the advent of the greet depression, building plans failed to materialize and the money raised was used to remodel the North Broad street structure. About five years ago, a series of intensive drives for funds was initiated, which resulted in the construction of the attractive new building in the College View sec tion of the city. The building committee is com posed of Jaimes P. Sloan, chairman, J. Hubert Todd, R. L. Plaxico, Ben nie B. Blakely, J. Sloart Todd, Low ry M. Wilson, and W. D. Adair. A. B. Blakely has successfully headed the campaign which has re sulted in the installation of a beau tiful Baldwin electronic organ for served as treasurer for the building committee during the various can vasses for funds in* recent years. Providence, one of the oldest churches in the Second Presbytery, was organized September 10, 1836, chiefly through the efforts of Wil liam “Honest Bill” Blakely, a Rev olutionary war soldier, who trans ferred his membership from Bethel (the Ora church) about 15 miles away, and gave seven acres of land for the first building site and cem etery. The site of the original Providence A. R. P. church is about two miles west of Clinton, about a mile to the left of the Laurens highway. The Reverend James L. Young was the officiating minister at the time of the church’s organization. The 18 charter member are as. fol lows: William Blakely, Nancy Blakely, Margaret Blakely, Eliza- betti Bryson, Maria Blakely, Jane Adair, Agnes Williamson, Jane Wil liamson, Samuel Blakely, Sr., Wil liam Bryson, Thomas R. Adair, Hiomas Blakely, Thomas Bryson, Samuel Bryson, James A. Bryson, Martha Bryson, Jane Bryson, and Margaret Bryson. The firet elders of Providence were William J Blakely, Thomas Blakely, and Thomas Bryson. The Reverend Young served the church as pastor from 1836 to 1851, at wfijch time he moved to Ponto toc county, Mississippi, taking about half of the congregation with him. The Reverend D. F. Haddon succeeded Mr. Young, being install- READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It’s thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then in the stores as prices change and new merchandise is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS ed on May 15, 1854, and served the church for 42 years. Sinte the Rev erend Haddon’s ministry, the fol lowing pastors, with dates and ap proximate dates, have served the Providence church: The Reverends Horace Rabb (Nov. 20, 1896—Sept. 18, 1897), W. A. M. Plaxco (1899-1905), Warren Blakely (1906), J. R. Hooten (July,) 1907-Jan. 1914), Henry E. Pressly (1914-1918), W. H. Stevenson (1920- 1924), and Dr. Betts (September, 1925, to the present). About 49 years ago, under the pastorate of the Reverend Mr. Plaxco, the congregation decided to move into the town of Clinton from the locality out in the country, as practically all the membership was then living in the town. So a lot was bought and a place of worship erected, which is the building va cated this week. The old building in the country was sold to a Negro congregation who tore it down and moved it away to a site of their own. The "cemetery, originally given by “Honest Bill” Blakely, is still used occasionally by the congregation as a burial ground". He, himself, lies buried within its sacred ground. Before the War Between the States, all Negro slaves owned by mem bers of the congregation were bur ied in this cemetery. Some of the slaves became mem- beri of the churob and their names are given in the sessional record book 6f the church. A room was provided for the slaves to attend the services. It was built to the side of the church and opened into the auditorium where the masters of the sljaVes sat. In those days, there were not many song books, so the leader of the music lined the song out, two lines, at a time, and then the whole congregation, joined in by the Negroes, sang the two lines and so on until the song was finished. The congregation has approxi mately 83 active members and at present is made up of families who have lived in the town and com munity for generations, some of these' families having settled in this area over 200 years ago. A large number of the present congregation are descendants of William Blake ly, including three elders, W. Blakely Tribble, W. J. Sloan, and James P. Sloan, and three deacons. A. B. Blakely, Bennie B. Blakely, and J. Sloan Todd. Miss Mattie Blakely,—who for 1 many years was a teacher in the primary department of the Sbabath school and who is now 88 years of age, has the distinction of being a granddaughter of the Revolution ary War soldier who gave the land for the location of the first Provi dence church. (Another Clintonian, Edgar Blakely, is a grandson). This perhaps, cannot be duplicated any where in America, and it is all the more remarkable when one consid ers that the skirmish at Hayes Sta tion, of which William, Blakely was the only known American sur vivor when “Bloody Bill” Cunning ham massacred 14 American patri ots, took place in 1T82—170 years ago. Names of the present elders are Dr. J. B. Kennedy, cleric; W. J. Sloan, C. A. Dickey, W. Blakely Tribble, George Watts Copeland, George Bryson and James P. Sloan. Deacons at the present time are J. Hubert Todd, chairman; R. L. Plaxico, A. B. Blakely, Bennie B. Blakely, W. D. Adair, D. E. Trib ble, J. Sloan Todd, Lowry M. Wil son, and Marion Nabors. Rock Bridge Girls For "Bee Hive" Club, Officers Elected Girls of the Rock Bridge commu nity have organized a club to be called “The Rock Bridge Bee Hive.” The first meeting was held February 7, at which the name was chosen, age limit, dues, and other organization activities;.. decided up on. The following officers were elected: President, Peggy Mclnvaille. Vice-President, Betty Jo McDon ald. Sec.-Treas., Patsy Adams. Devotional Chairman, J udy The Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church shown above, will hold its first services Sabbath morning; and evening. McSween To Lead College Services Bids Sought For New Lydia Church New Members For Grand Jury Drawn The Student Christian association I Bids for the erection of a—new.-,— The—county grand, jury., cotnmis-. at—Presbyterian—college has an- Presbyterian church at Lydia Mills| sioners last week drew 12 men to nounced Religious Emphasis week t will be closed on February 20, it is serve with six holdovers from las. for March 4th. | Stated by Horace C. Smith, chair- year to comprise the grand jury for man of the building committee. i 1952. Dr. John* McSween, of this city, a former president of the college, will lead the group of speakers for the series of services. Other speak ers will be the Rev. N. E. Trues- dale of Newberry, Rev. Tom Cook of Laurens, and Rev. W. T. Mulcay, missionary on leave to Africa and now a student at the college. Religious Emphasis is h£ld each year for the purpose of strengthen ing students’ religious growth. Chapel programs, classroom lec tures and night services will be given throughout the week. Spring Meeting Laurens Baptist Association Feb. 19 The church is expected to cost $50,000 and will be of brick veneer $ The 12 drawn, as released by Clerk of Court Walter E. Dunlap, T-shaped. The plan will include an by precincts, were W. C. Gardner auditorium with a seating capacity j of Joanna, J. R. Coker of Ekom, of 180, six Sunday school rooms, a J- N. Floyd of Joanna, J. Roy Gas- pastor’s study and modern kitchen, i que of Clinton, John C. Davis of It will be located on the corner of:Cross Hill, James W. Culbertson of Pine street. Funds for th£ JAuIding | Mt. Olive, James Cain of Trinity will be provided by the ownership 1 Ridge,/George M. McDaniel of Lau- of the mills, members of the church ; rens, Alvin Trammell of Clinton, and the home mission committee of | Curtis B. Young of Brewerton, I. W. the presbytery. The Rev. H. C. Holt j Cosset of Grays, and Perry M. is pastor of the church. .Moore of Clinton. The holdovers from last- year are E. V. Golding. Jr., J. M. Wham, Je- | ter H. Owings, James E. Anderson, Marion Walker and R. B. Crowe. The jury commissioners also drew a venire of 36 petit jurors ’to serve during the term of .criminal court Eleven Presbyterian college S e- 1 to . c 01 ™ 606 in Laurens February 18 The spring meeting of the Lau- niors have completed requirements ^ uc 6 e .H- Grimball of rens Baptist association will- be for mid-year graduation, according Charleston, presidih^. held at the First Baptist church, | to an announcement this week Those drawn from Hunter town- Laurens, on Tuesday, February 19.; from the registrar's office. They i-^P al ' e E-‘Simmons, W. J Number 7 POLICE FINES IN RECORDER'S COURT $18,942 FOR YEAR Drunk and Disorderly Conduct Cases Lead City Docket. 3,071 Ar rested, Report Shows. A total of $18,942 66 was^ collect ed. in mayor’s court here" during,, j 1952, according to the annual re- I pv rt o*f the department filed with city council. The amount was col lected from 3,071 persons arrested during the year.' Jn addition to rt ••n re corder’s cases, violators of parking laws numben^d 2,130 for the year with their fine? amounting to $1,161 50. As was the general rule each month of the year, drunkenness headed the list of offenses, 389. with fines collected amounting to $5,528.41. Total days levied in recorder’s r court reached 4,134 The record of arrests and fines follows: Fightong, 58, -$1,343.72. buying and receiving stolen goods. 2. $34 00; carrying concealed weapons, 5, $ 106.00; violating liquor law, 32. __ $869.15; drunkenness, 389, ' $5 - 528 41; disorderly conduct. 94, $1,- 085.90; vagrancy, 2, 15 days; gam- bhhg, 39, $416.90; driving under in fluence of intoxicants, 74, $4.803 73; speeding and reckless driving, 115, $1,902.91; operating cars without license, 39, $591.00; damaging pri vate or public property, 3, $61.00; violating prostitute law, 5. SOOito: other offenses. 19, $296.00; petty larceny. 22, $593.34: investigation dr suspicion, 43. In addition to the docket, several cases were sent to higher court. Report for Jxmaxy The monthly report filed for the month of January shows 258 arrests made with fines of $765.60. Drunk enness , ed the list. 200 were charg ed with violating parking meter laws. Eleven Seniors Complete Work For Graduation beginning at 10 a.m. and continu- will n ceive their diplomas at the Bice, A. P.-Bowman, 4L ing until 1:00. : regular commencement The theme for the meeting will oil Juf.e lT exercises mey, Jeese P. Abercrombie, C. W. Johnson, B. L. Meeks, Edwin L Thomas, Murray W. Adams, Walter be “Cooperative Missions,” and the Those in the group meeting all ^urray^ Aaams, waiter program will include a presenta- requirements for degrees are: , Nelson,^J. Ray Burgess, and Hugh tion of this phase of Southern Bap-1 Bachelor of arts: Alfred Jackson Chairman, Martha Bauknight. Recreatkmal Holt. Sunshine Chairman, Betty Peavy. The sponsor is Mrs. Carter Wright, and her son, Steve Wright, is the club mascot. The object of the club is to un dertake worthwhile projects and to provide recreation and entertain ment for the tenn-age girls of the community. tist work beginning with the con vention effort in this field and in cluding the state and, finally, the associational work as planned and practiced by the Baptist churches in the association. The public is cordially invited and members of Baptist churches are urged to attend. At the conclu sion of the meeting refreshments will be served by the Laurens church. Brown To Address Guy Blakely Made Citadel Matman Guy Blakely, son of Mr. and Mrs. * /■* Lee Add Blakely of this city and a MWOHIS VarOUp student at The Citadel, has been named a member of the school’s wrestling team. In the first bout Beckam of Washington, Ga., Ben- ajmin Lee Eller, Jr., of Union, Val- dane James Cause of Clinton, Har old Nelson Miller of Holly Hill, Pierce Wrenne Timberlake of Eg- lin Air Force Base, Fla., Rudolph Deas Zobel, Jr., of Charleston. Bachelor of Science: Charles Otis Belk, Jr., of Great Falls^ Henry William Koelling, Jr., of McClel- lanville, Ralph Theodore Sasser of Brunswick, Ga., John Milton Stew art, Jr., of Rock Hill, and Donald Warthen of Asheville, N. C. J. B The Kiwanis club will have as its speager this evening at 7 o’clock in which he participated he decis- at Hotel Mary Musgrove, one of its! Scuffletown: R. L. Harris, Holland. Sam Compton. Sgt. J. F. Collawn Returns To States Tech. Sgt. James E. Collawn has returned to the States after spend ing 20 months overseas, in Korea and the Philippines. Mrs. Collawn and small son, Jim my, have beeri residing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sulli van, Sr. Before going overseas they lived in New Mexico. After a 30- day leave, which they are spending here and in Richmond, Va., at his home, they will go to San Fran cisco, Calif., where Sgt. Collawn will report March 3 to Hamilton Air Base. Due West CKoir . To Present Program At Church Opening At the opening service Sabbath evening at the new Associate Re formed Presbyterian church, a spe cial program of Psalm anthems will .be presented by the Due West As sociate Reformed Presbyterian church choir under the direction of Mrs. James Strong, to which the public is cordially invited. The program follows: Praise Ye Jehovah (Finley Ly n): Tbe Lord Is My Shepherd t Henry He Shall Come Down Like ioned Wilson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sat urday afternoon he won ih a con test over Reed of Davidson college. members. Dr. M. W. Brown, C _. the committee on public affairs in •''•IHHI JvQSOfl charge. Dr. Brown will speak on Ordered Closed "International Relations.” 4 . , j According to County Game Ward en G. B. O’Dell, the hunting season for rabbits in the county is now closed on orders from the chief game warden. The season was clos ed ahead of the set /late due to the releasing of rabbits for re-stocking purposes. The balance of the hunt* ing season will close February 15, except for fox, for which there is no closed season. Rain (Dudley Buck)—Choir Psalm 65 (arr. by J B. Herbert) —male chorus. 7- The Lord Is My Light (Oley Speaks) — Mrs. Chapman Lauder dale, contralto. By the Rivers oi I&bylon <J D M. Osborne)—choir. As the Heart Panteth After me Water Brook (J. S. Feans) — Jane Terry, sorano, Sebron Hood, bari tone. Consider and Hear Me (Alfred Wooler)—Paul Gritr,- tenor. Let Mount Zion Rejoice (J B. Herbert); Lift Up Your Heads (E. L. Ashford)—choir. Bell St Graduate Wins Football Trophy «•» William Roosevelt Long, of this rity, a graduate ' of Bell Street school, now a student at Vourh.'es college in Denmark, has been pre sented the trophy awarded to the most valuable player on the team in 1951. He was captain of the team.’ Long is the son of Tinsie Long, and a grandson of Will R. Russell, janitor for the past 11 years at ►the First Presbyterian church. Today, Friday - Saturday Three Salesdays Sponsored by Merchants Assosi- otion. Big Shopping Crowds Expected. Three more hi day, Friday and liar Bays—to- aturday — are in prospect for residents of this entire community this week-end. Big crowds are expected in the city to take advantage of the many bar gains offered by a number of par ticipating merchants in the event, as will be seen from today’s paper. The event is sponsored by the Merchants association with many members of the group offering spe cial values to the buying public. The American dollar will be King today, Friday and Saturday. All roads will lead to Clinton—an ex cellent shopping center for the big money-saving $$$ Days* NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL — ; List your subscription today TO : THE CHRONICLE and get the news of the entire community Welcome and thanks to tbose on lour Honor Roll this week: 1 MRS. LILLIAN JENKINS. GUY PRATER, Joanna. MRS NELL ELLISON. Charlotte. N. C- MRS GEORGE PRESSLEY, ' Cknton. 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