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Page Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, Febr 24,1955 JOHN WESLEY'S HOME BOUGHT BY METHODISTS OF ENGLAND (Epworth. England. Dispatch) Epworth rectory, the 245-year- old childhood home of John Wes ley, in Epworth, England, will within the next few days become property of the British Metho dist church. The 17-room house on the edge of this Lincolnshire village, has been vacant since June when the last of a long line of Anglican church rectors moved out, saying the house was too big for modem families. The house just fitted the Wesleys, who had 19 children, John being the 15th and his hymn writing brother, Charles, the last. The house is being bought from the Church of England. The price | is said to be about $10,000. Meth-. odists here say the price is double the property’s physical value and I contend the Anglicans are "charging us for our sentiments.” British Methodists have raised a special fund to buy the house, to remodel the house into three The church property board plans or four apartments that will be turned over to retired Methodist ministers. A church official said that Brit ish Methodist ministers still fol low their founder in being mobile selves, at retirement, with neith er a house nor money. The Ep worth rectory will, he said, help and thus frequently fincL them- fill a need. John Wesley traveled 250,000 miles on horsebaqk. He usually i set off at 4 in the morning, was preaching by 5, and on his travels probably paid more highway tolls than any other Briton of all time, i A few rooms, such as the low timbered garret named Jeffrey’s' room for the Wesley family ghost, i may be furnished with Wesley ; relics and opened as a shrine. The large gardens, lawns and orch-' ards, now overgrown, will be cleared and add grace to thei house and food to the retired ministers’ tables. Epworth village is difficult to reach, but several score of Meth odists come here each year. Hie number is expected to increase now that the rectory is to be cared for and is in Methodist hands. The house stands on the site of an earlier rectory in which John Wesley was bom and which was burned on Feb. 9, 1T09. Vil lagers say the fire was started by people who didn’t like the preaching of John’s father, Sam uel Wesley, but historians say the fire probably began from an over-heated chimney. John Wes ley, then 5, was, as he put it lat ter, "a snatched rfom the burning.” The house was rebuilt the fol lowing year at a cost of 400 pounds, a tenth of its selling price now. The rectory, in best Queen Anne style, is two stories tall, square, built of brick, with a steep, tiled roof. The small-paned windows are regularly placed. In 1883 the house wasremodeled, fireplaces were added and a lean- to was built at the rear. During John’s childhood, his father recorded several instances starring the Ghqst Jeffrey, nam- e dby the children for an earlier rector. The Rev. J. H. Martin, Metho dist historian, said the ghost was a gentlemanly, though noisy, fel low who walked in the attic, ran up and down stairs. "There is some evidence that John's sister, Hetty, was respon sible for the noies,” Rev. Mr. Mar tin said. “But Jeffrey must have had considerable influence on the child John. Oddly enough, stor ies about Jeffrey continued long after the Wesleys. In 1865 the rec tor then living at Epworth took his family to the continent. All The Little Things Needed For The Office CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. WASHINGTON AND SMALL BUSINESS” Set Your Sights on the FUTURE with flSBSSS®^ Alas how sad his earthly lot, Who scorns the simple truth. And when he's old— But dreams of gold— He wasted in his youth. 2 r i 1NTLRLST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SOn-ANNUALLY m. s. mu,tv k ESTABLISHED IN' 1886 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS S600 000 00 MEMIER - FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Reeders esk, “Just how reel is international conspiracy threat? la situation over-magnified?’’ e a e Unfortunately, situation la ex tremely critical. • • • Kremlin is considered head quarters of international con spiracy against U.S.: however Kremlin is butfT ^ headquarters of known ene my. e e e Equally dan-' gerous is un seen enemy headquartered In all world’s! capitols inrlud-l inf Washing-| ton. Like com- c. W. Harder munist ambition, this conspir acy aims at destruction of U.S. • * * Over 20 years ago Douglas MacArthur stated U.S. is a vast storehouse any nation would like to plunder. Many feel it tragic talents of this outstanding pa triot-realist are now unused. * * a As previously reported, uatiou- wide membership of National Federation of Independent Busi ness recently voted S te 1 favor ing law requiring al treaties and foreign agreements be approved by both Senate and House. aao This sentiment even exceeds that incorporated in Bricker Amendment before Congress again. Last year, despite fact S5 Senators co-sponsored Bricker Amendment, it was defeated by White House pressure via under ground strategy of parliamen tary procedure. • * * Few people realise Article VI ■f U.S. Constitution provides any treaty becomes law of the land, superceding even state or local law. • * In April, 1952 John Foster Dulles warned, "Congressional © National rotation af ladepaniltr.t Bm'.:. • Bv C WILSON HARDER laws are invalid if they do not conform to' the Constitution, whereas treaty law can override the Constitution. Treaties, for ex ample, can take powers away from Congress and give them to the President; they can take powers from the States and give them to the Federal government or to some international body; and they ran cut across the rights given the pcrnle by the Constitutional Bill of Rights.” • * • a Since then Dulles became Sec retary of State and has failed to further sound tocr’n. • * • It is also significant courts have held secret agreements such as Yalta and Potsdam have full effect of treaties, even though not ratified by Senate. * * * Yet in March of laat year United Nations Human Rights Convention voted not to recog nise as a fundamental human right the right to own property. Various divisions of UN, such as International Labor Organisa tion have drafted some 2M trea ties which would rob U.S. citi- tena of freedom of speech, press, education, of private enterprise, other Constttntional guarantees. • 00 > Thus socialistic schemers par ading under banners of World Federalist, Atlantic Unionists, One Worlders, other titles, pose threat more insidious to U.S. than Kremlin, whose intentions are known. This other group of international conspirators can win without firing a shot • • o This explains forthcoming Con gressional battle to pass Bricker amendment or legislation along lines voted by nation’s indepen dent businessmen. The objective will bo to insure that never again enn a small group In the execu tive branch of government sign away nation’s hard won free doms. The outcome of this battle will he every bit as decisive as was the battle of Yorktown. Rev. J. B. Abercrombie Ordained As Pastor ? Welcome Baptist Church On Sunday, February 6, 1955, a Presbytery was organized at Lydia Baptist church for the purpose of questioning J. B Abercrombie for the Gospel ministry. Prayer was led by Rev. Wingard Berry, after which the following officers were elected: Rev. Stanley Hardee, pas tor of Lydia Baptist church, mod erator; Rev J W. Spillers, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, secre tary; Rev. J. E. Rouse, pastor of Laurens First Baptist church, to lead the questioning about Con version and Call to the Ministry, and Rev W. E Brant, of Simpson- ville, to lead the question concern ing doctrine. Mr. Abercrombie was question ed concerning his Conversion, Call to the Ministry, Creation, Inspira tion of the Bible, the virgin birth, hell, heaven, how to present Christ to a lost person, eternal life, church membership, church ordinance, church promotion, loyalty to Chris tian obligations and relationship of pastor to church. After Mr. Abercrombie had an swered all questions to the satis faction of the Presbytery, it voted unanimously to recommend to Ly dia church to proceed with the or dination. The Presbytery consists of the following members: Rev. Stanley Hardee, Rev. J. E Rouse, Rev. J. W. Spillers, Rev. W. E. Brant, Rev. ] Wingard Berry, Rev. Kenneth Word, Rev. Hugh Hazel, Rev. Carl Bishop, A. H. Ellis, L O. Williams, Charles Patterson, Leo Spencer, Howard Norwood, J. D. King, Joe jGambrell, Lee Staton, Charles Knight, J. E. Campbell, James Put nam, W C. Owens, L. L. Leach, A M Shumate, M. G. Roberts John T. Gallman, Rev. Olin F. Hutchinson, J. A. Hughey, J. A. Orr, L. E Cason, Jr., R. S. Tru- luck, Sr., W. R. Anderson, Van S. Jones, Len Weathers and J. B. Linford. On Sunday, February 13, 1955, Rev. Abercrombie was ordained to the Gospel Ministry at the Lydia Baptist church. Rev. Stanley har- dee, pastor of church, preached the sermon, Rev. J. H. Walker, pastor of Grove Station Baptist church, delivered the charge, and Rev. W. E. Brant, Simpsorwille, presented the Bible. Mr. J. B. Abercrombie has been called to the Welcome Baptist church in the Laurens association and the church requested his home church to ordain him. He is a stu dent at Presbyterian college and is living in the now parsohage of Welcome church. I Rev. J. W. Spillers, pastor of i Calvary Baptist church, served as secretary for the ordination ser vice. Clinton Hi Giris In Semi-Finals At College Today The Clinton high school girls’ team will play Blue Ridge in the semi-finals of the Class A upper- state basketball tournament at 3:^0 p. m., today (Thursday) in Presbyterian College’s Leroy Springs gymnasium. The local squad, champions of District 1, advanced to the semi finals by defeating Easley high, 25-20, in the opening round of play Tuesday night. This tour nament is the annual elimination meet for Classes A and B, boys and girls, to determine which team in each bracket will repre sent the upper-state in the South Carolina high schools finals in Columbia early next month. Blue Ridge drew a first round bye and is yet to be tested in tournament play. Should the Clinton girls defeat this team Thursday afternoon they will move to the Class A girls finals scheduled for Saturday at 8 p. m. Forward Gwen Price was the big gun in the locals’ victory over Easley, collecting 20 points. De fensive play was led by Guard Nancy Pitts. A big third quarter, in which Price scored 7 points, broke the 19-19 half-time tie and secured the game for Clinton. City Sells $100,000 Refunding Bonds At 2.31% Interest The city of Clinton yesterday sold $100,000 refunding general ob ligation bonds at an interest rate of 2.31609 f and a premium of $66.00. Representatives of six financial companies were present at the opening of bids previously submit ted. Successful bidder was J. Lee Peeler & Co., Durham, N. C., af filiated with Vance Securities Corp., Greensboro, N. C. According to city records, this is the lowest-rate of interest ever of fered on city of Clinton general obligation bonds, and, according to city officials, indicates the National F. F. A. Week Being Observed Here Throughout the forty - eight states, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico some 370,000 members of the Fu ture Fanners of America in 9,000 local chapters are observing Na tional FFA Week during the pe riod of February 19-26. The President of the United States proclaims the week which in cludes George Washington’s birthday as National FFA Week. The, South Carolina state as sociation has 7,300 members in 219 local chapters. Clinton FFA chapter, with a membership of 31, is observing this week by carrying out special activities. The chapter held its regular meeting for Ferbuary on Monday night of this week; a special display publicizing the FFA organization has been placed in the show window of Belk’s Department Store. The local chapter will present a radio program over station WLBG on Friday, Feb. 25, at 12:15 p. m. John Franklin is president of the chapter. E. B. Few, local ag riculture teacher, is adviser. Road Accidents Claim 10 Lives Week Of February 6 To 12 - - Ten persons were killed and 132 injured on’ South Carolina highways last week, the State Highway Department announced today. There were 518 traffic ac- (idents throughout the state dur ing the week which began Feb. 6 and ended February 12. South Carolina’s traffic death toll for 1955 now stands at 66, toll for the same I period. ’Hio traffic death improvement rec ord for 1955, which earlier in the year held promise of a big reduc tion, continues to grow smaller with each passing week. At one time, in the early weeks of the year, the traffic death rate was cut in more than half over the previous year. The 1955 toll con tinued to climb until last week’s report found only four deaths separating it from the toll for the previous year. In this week’s re port, the reduction is down to three. Chief Highway Commisioner Claude R. McMillan said, how ever, that if every motorist would assume the personal responsibil ity for our traffic death rate, South Carolina could still set an enviable safety record for 1955. “It is still early in the year,” he said, “and if every South Caro linian who drives will take on bis own shoulders the responsi bility of not only driving with courtesy, care and caution, but of looking out for the other fellow who may not be so courteous, we could still make a safety record to be proud of.” Colleton county reported taro traffic deaths last week, the larg est number listed. Eight coun ties had one death each including Laurens. Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE Dr. Felder Smith OPTOMETRIST Laurens, S. C. 794 Bateman Music Scholarship Fund and to the National Convention of Federated Music clubs of America. It will be used to de fray some of the expenses of tha National Music dub convention to be held in Miami, Fla., in Ap ril of 1955. The above announcements are made by Mrs. W. T. Bolt, presi dent of the Cora Cox club of Lau- soundness of the city’s financial j rens and Mrs _ Sarah Dix{m De . Birth Announcement’ MAULDIN Mr. and Mrs. William C. Maul din, of Laurens, announce the birth of a daughter, Sandra Gail, on Feb. 16 at Blalock clinic. Mrs. Mauldin is the former Miss Doro thy Westmoreland. PEAVEY Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peavey an nounce the birth oif a daughter, Sharon Loretta, on Feb. 21 at Bla lock clinic. Mrs. Peavey is the former Miss Evelyn Bagwell. ^>4 OS <$£666 position. The bids were opened at noon yesterday by the newly created Bond Commission, memlbers of which are R. E. Ferguson, R. P. Hamer and R. M. Vance. The bonds were issued to re place a similar amount maturing in June, which were part of a $235,000 issue of June 1925. TTie city’s sinking fund had only $135,- 000 on hand with which to pay off the term bonds, which necessitated the re-issuance of $100,000. The city had paid an interest rate of S'r on the total issue. The rate on the $100,000 replacement issue is less than half the former rate. Immediately after the opening of bids, city council held a meet ing and approved the sale, upon recommendation of the Bond Com mission. Mayor Hugh L. Eichelberger and members of council expressed themselves as well pleased with the outcome of the sale. By the end of the fiscal year, August 31, the city will pay off a net total of ^146,000 in city bonds,! city officials state, which, from! the present total of $707,000, will reduce the city’s 'bonded indebted-, ness to $561,000. Hie maturity of the $235,000 is sue saw the last of the citys term bonds, that is, those requiring a sinking fund growth over the years for their retirement. The balance of the city’s bonds mature serially, requiring the payment of interest and part of the principal annually. Loach, South Carolina state chairman of the “Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair” contest, which is three less than the 1954 NOTICE OF LOST CASHIERS CHECK Lost cashiers check No. 18524, dated September 13, 1954, pay able tq the South Carolina State Highway Department for $10.60. M. S. BAILEY & SON, BANKERS, Clinton, S. C. 24-2c J. R. Crawford SURVEYING CLINTON, S. C. Phone $493 Joanna Bine Nile Diamonds HWcreot Watches WITH THE SICK your iim PROGRAM Today, Friday and Saturday February 24,25 and 26 Monday-Tuesday Feb. 28-Mar. 1 THOMAS B. COSTAIN S RECORD-SETTING BEST-SELLER 1 "... for this was the time of Temptation, and this was the dajrof ntsurm niovcn a YISTAVlSION MOTION MCTUM Y Mil HBMI 12 Great Song Hits i ' J S 1 ! BING DANNY ROSEMARY CROSBY • KAYE • CLOONEY VERAELLEN * ttx&or -DEAN JAGGER——wlRVING BERLIN Features 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Note: On this picture we start every day, Saturday included, at 2:00 P. M. Admission This Picture Only—Children 25c, Adults 50c SPSpaiER? Y CHALICE .VICTOR SAVUE, VlWJMA MaV! I’!!!!ANiill ’aIA\i! • IIaU NIU'I/a v Due to the Length We Start at 2 P. M. Starts Wednesday, March 2 For Three Big Days \ Patients at Blalock clinic in clude Edward (Fuller, Mrs. Nannie Knox of ThormveU orphanage and Lawrence G. Oxiver of Kinards. Friends of Mrs. Ollie Nabors will be interested to know she is a pa tient at Hays hospital. Lynn Coopar, Jr., has returned home from Hays hospital suffer ing from an auto accident. L. G. Medlock, Mrs. Addie C. Crow, Mitchell Wigley and Mrs. Johnny Mason have returned home after being ‘patients at Blalock clinic. Robert Blalock of Union, cousin of Dr. George Blalock, is a patient at Blalock clinic following treat ment in Columbia. Mrs. Cora Brewington, J. B. Patterson, little Diane Etters, Mrs. Betty Wdbb and Mrs. James Dun away have returned home after being patients at Hays hospital. Mrs. Patsy Godfrey, Harry Fos ter, Jr., Fred Wyatt, Mrs. Jewel Ballard, Mac Martin and Mrs. Janie McClain are patients at Hays hospital. Cora Cox Lucas Music Club To Present Concert A concert will be given by members of the Cora Cox Lucas Music Study club. It will be held at 8:00 p. m. in the new Lau rens high school auditorium on the Princeton road on Friday night, April 1. Featured on the program will be Miss Sheila Wolfe of Spar tanburg, soprano soloist She is the winner of the contest in South Carolina of the “Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair.” The proceeds from the concert will be contributed to the Helen SAY- T I SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE Five Men Make Five Mistakes One man struck a match to see if the gaso line tank was empty., IT WASNT! One man patted a strange bulldog on the head to see if it was affectionate. IT WASNT! One man speeded up to see if he could beat the train to the crossing. HE COULDNT! f One man touched an electric wire to see if it was charged. ITWAS! One man cut out his advertising to see if he could save money. HE COULDNT! The Chronicle “A Family Paper Everybody Reads”