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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-
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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
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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*
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ODOM IN TRAINING
Pvt. Albert L. Odom, of th.s eitj
has started basic training \v:'h
Company A. 1st Ordnance Framing
battalion, Ordnance Replacem c
Training center at Aberdeen Prov
ing Ground, Md.
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