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* If Too Dos t Read The Chronicle You Don't Get the News ®bf (Elintmt (Eljnmirlf The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVI Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, August 11,1955 Number 32 Inquest Pat Off in 2-Car Fatal Wreck Laurens, Aug. S — Laurens county Coroner Joe P. Smith has poetponed indefinitely any in quest into the two-car collision near Clinton July 30 which claimed the lives of all six per sons in the vehicles. The accident occurred seven miles east of Clinton on the Whitmire highway about 7:15 p. m. A 1850 Plymouth driven by Ted M. Ellison, 28, of Whitmire, and headed east on Highway 72, collided almost head-on with an other vehicle of the same make and model. Ellison’s two chil dren, Jerry 4, and Deborah 3, also were killed in the crash. Occupants of the other car, ap parently killed instantly, were Olin DeWitt Johnson, 19, of Whitmire, and Ale Beaman Pin ner Graham, 19, of Whitmire, on leave from Craig Air Force Base, Ala. A third passenger in the latter vehicle died the next evening; Charles F. Lunsford, 20, also of Whitmire. Laurens county Sheriff W. A. Lowery said that it has not been established how the accident oc curred. Couiriy Farmers Make Tour Of Pickens Watershed The Laurens Soil Conservation District Supervisors along with fifteen other Laurens county farmers made a tour of the Twelve Mile Creek Pilot Water shed in Pickens county recently. Following an interesting dis cussion of the watershed pro gram led by Brice Lathan and F. y .G. Lindsey of the Soil Conserva tion Service, dinner was served the group at the new Pickens county country club. During the afternoon tour the group was shown all phases of the work being carried out on the watershed program, including retarding structures, stream treatment of farm lands, flood channel improvement, road bank stabilization, establishment of grasses and legumes, and refor estation. “The group was impressed with what they saw and learned about the watershed program,” said Ryan F. Lawson, chairman of the board of district supervis ors. “We are anxious to get work started in Laurens county on the Bush River watershed which has been approved for planning work,” Mr. Lawson stated. The board of district supervis ors is composed of Chairman Lawson and W. P. Dickson of Rt. 3, Clinton; J. W .Tinsley and James D.Wasson of Rt 3, Lau rens; and Sam B. Fleming of Ora. All members were on the tour. Also along were the local per sonnel of the Soil Conservation Service, J. B O’Dell. W. H. Flem ing. If. Y. Blakely and S. C. Gambrel), Jr. Youth Activities Week At Broad Street Church • « August 14-19 has been set aside as Youth Activities week for the Methodist Youth Fellowship at Broad Street church. Each evening from 7-10 ttie youth in age groups 12-03 will gather for a fellowship supper, discussion groups, recreation and worship services. The theme of the week’s discussions will be “We Believe.” On Tuesday evening Marion Way, of Charleston, a young missionary who has just re turned from three years in Africa will speak. Adults helping will be Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Merchant, Rev. Thom as Jones, Mss. Lewis Pitts, J. L. Sharpe, Mrs. Ruby Rey and D. B. Smith. PC Men At Fort Benning ■■ G. Edward Campbell, registrar of Presbyierain College, along with representatives of other colleges, recently visited Port Ben ning. Ga« where HOTC units of the various schools were undergo ing summer training. Mr. Campbell is shown above with several of the Presbyterian College cadets and officers of the corps. Left to right, they are: Edward L. Hay, Johns Island; Ray Lord. Dublin, Ga.; Capi. J. H. Rutledge, assistant professor of military science and tactics; Campbell; Li. CoL Francis V. Smith, commandant of the unit and professor of military scienco and tactics; James P. Flem ing. Charlotte, If. C.: end Victor 8. Vierra, Mi. Pleasant. Solons Pledge Aid In City's Requests Is Improving State Highways in City The city of Clinton has re ceived pledges of aid from the county delegation to the general assembly in seeking to get im provements made on state high ways leading into and through the town. A meeting was held here Mon day night attended by Senator Ralph Wilson and Representa tives C. L. Milam and Robert Wasson during which the various projects were presented by May or Hugh Eichelberger. Repre sentative King Dixon was the on ly member of the delegation not present. Eichelberger was joined by R. M. Vahce, representing the Ki- wanls club; B. O. Whitten, the Lions club; Van Jones, the Ex change dirt); J. J. Cornwall and J. W. Curtis, the Chamber of Commerce; W. L. Corbett, the Merchants Association; James P. Sloan, chairman of the finance committee of city council; H. R. Jones, superintendent of the city’s department of streets; R. L. Plaxico, S. Gary Dillard and Geo. R. Blalock, who are intreested in several phases of the proposed improvements, and Harry C. Layton, city councilman and newspaper representatvie. Streets and highways on which improvements were requested in cluded South Broad street (high ways 72 and 56) at a point from Walnut street to the city limits; North Broad street from intersec tion of highways 72 and 308 to Musgrove street; highway 306 from Buice street to city limits; West Main street from CNIcL rail road crossing at Yarborou^i’s Ser vice station to city limits; East Carolina avenue near chy limits; Laboratory School On At College Approximately 80 Presbyte rian women leaders and children are meeting on the Presbyterian College campus this week for the first annual Area Laboratory School for the Synods of Georgia and South Carolina. The school, which will extend through Saturday, is planned to provide laboratory experinecet for teachers and leaders of nurs ery, kindergarten, primary and junior children in the two sy nods. It is sponsored jointly by the Christian education commit tee of the two synods nad the departments of leadership educa tion and children’s work of the General Assembly’s Board of Christian Education. Persons attending have been meeting daily this week for lab oratory sessions with the chil- dme, followed by periods of evaluation and planning. Each laboratory course includes: char acteristics of a given age group, ways of guiding children as they learn, use of the Bible and other materials, suitable organization and program, and guidance to the teacher iVi evaluating her work. The school opened last Sunday under the direction of the Rev. Ted Jones,' director of religious education for the Synod of South Carolina. Miss Sallie Thrower director; Miss Elise Merriam.as registrar for Gerogia;' and Miss Jessie Hodges, as registrar for South Carolina. Elizabeth street from West PPts to city limits; East Maple street; serves as educational South Holland street from Maple to East Carolina avenue; North Adair street from Phillips street to intersection with highway 72; Gary street from Thornwell street to point south of Lydia Mills toj connect with highway 25 running from John T. Young’s store. The presentation was made with the aid of maps of the c^y which had been marked with the pro posed improvements, consisting of widening, curbs and gutters, side walks, etc. Included in the discussion were proposed by-passes for traffic from Atlanta to Charlotte and from Greenville to Columbia. Senator Wilson stated that the Greenville-Columbia highway was Hay Joins PC Faculty Next Term The Rev. Lewis Scott Hay of Charleston has joined the Pres byterian College faculty as as sociate professor of Bible and Greek, President Marshall W. Brown has announced. Dr. Brown said the appoint ment represents another step in the over-all expansion and strengthening of the faculty. Hay, an alumnus of PC in the class of 1949, returns to the cam pus directlv from Princeton The ological Seminary where he re cently received his Master of Theology degree. He received Theological Seminary in 1954, finishing magna cum laude. Hay was also president of the stu- seminary. Hay was ordained by Charles ton Presbytery last spring. President Sown, in making the announcement of the new ap pointment, said he was pleased to welcome back to the campus a young man who had compiled an outstanding record as a stu dent. A Who’s Who student while at PC, Hay was graduated mag na cum laude in 1949. The new Presbyterian College professor is married to the for mer Miss Carol Jones of Colum bia. 24 County Departments Show Deficits of $173,461 To Lead Baptist Revival Reedy River Baptists Plan Two Leadership Training Schools Two Training Union leadership schools for Reedy River Associa tion are planned the week of September 5-9. One school will be held at the First Baptist church in Newberry for church es in that area. Another will be held at the First Baptist church, Whitmire, for churches in that area. Both schools will begin Shealy-Sheely Reunion Aug. 21 The annual Shealy-Sheely re union will be held on Sunday, August 21, at the old Daniel Shealy homestead, five miles south of Chapin, S. C., with the program beginning at 12:00 noon. The public is invited. Come and bring a well filled basket. REV. L. B. MARION. JR. REV. M. R. OSBORNE. JR. Plan Special Services For Week in September — i——— A special series of evangelistic Baptist Theological Seminary. services will begin at the First Baptist church Monday, Sep tember 12, and continue through Sunday, the 18th. Services will be held each evening at 8 o’clock He served as pastor of the Char leston Heights Baptist church in Charleston before going to Ala bama. During his pastorate at Charleston there was a marked and announcement will be made increase in the membership of later as to the time for the morn- the church and the Sunday ing services. school and Training Union were Rev. Lucius B. Marion. Jr, a among the largest in the state. native of Clinton, pastor of the First Baptist church of Tusca loosa, Ala., will be the guest evangelist for these services. Mr. Marion is a graduate of Furman University and the Southern already receiving attention from each evening at 7:30 o’clock. rtf Nabors Reunion Aug. 2T MAt Hurricane Church The Nabors reunion will be held at the Hurricane Baptist church Auggst 21. All friends and ncrigh- bors are invited to attend and bring picnic lunch and tea. Plates and cups will be furnished. Officers are John Henry Nabors, of Laurens, president; Frank Na bors, of Union, vice president; Mrs. Vida Mae Barnette, of Char lotte, N. C., secretary, and Whit Neal, of Charlotte, historian. the highway department and a Clinton by-pass is included to run north of town. He stated that for the Allanta-Charlotte route to get the attention of the highway de partment it would be necessary for the group to pass a resolution re questing surveys be made of the proposed route and present it through the delegation. Such a resolution was passed, as was a resolution requesting the other improvements. Senator Wilson and Representa tives Wasson and Milam expressed themselves as being ready at all times to aid the people of Clinton in any way they could be of ser vice and would lend their efforts in behalf of the requests made through them to the highway de partment Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lee and sons are spending this week at Myr tle Beach. Conferencse for all age groups will-be held. State workers will assist in both schools. Local teachers for the younger groups will assist. The following courses will be offered: Adult Training Union Manual, Young People’s Union Manual, Junior - Intermediate Leadership Manual, Junior Man ual, Intermediate Manual, Nurs ery, Beginner, and Primary Leadership Manual. Programs of teaching are plan ned for the nursery, beginner and primary children. BLAKELY REUNION j The descendants of Ludy Blake ly and Milton Blakely, brothers, will have theijr annual reunion at the Ora Community center Wed nesday, August 17. Picnic dinner will be served on the grounds at 12:30 o'clock. All are cordially in vited to be present. Clinton Merchants Offer Three Big Dollar Days Today, Friday, Saturday That’s what the merchants of the city are'offering the buying- public today, Friday and Sautrday. They are joining in the city-wide event — which is staged in February and August each year—to give the buying public an opportunity to take advantage of the many bargains to be offered this week-end. Stores in the city have been preparing for these Dol lar Days for many weeks and the public can expect to be well rewarded for their participation in this value-giving festival. The red carpet will be rolled out for three days with hundreds of special values offered the public. The American Dollar will be King today, Friday and Satur day. You, your family, neighbors and friends are invited to supply your needs in merchandise priced in many in stances below the actual wholesale cost of replacement on today’s market. You are invited to Clinton to take advantage of the special values you can’t afford to pass by. Don’t miss $*$$$$ Days. The WMU membership doubled at this time and a new educa tional building was completed. Since moving to Alabama, Mr. Marion has served as a member of the executive committee of the Alabama Baptist state conven tion; chairman of the state evan gelistic committee; president of the Tuscaloosa Baptist Pastor's conference; chairman of the As sociation Missions committee; and chairman of the budget com mittee of the student center of the University of Alabama. Rev. Mark R. Osborne, Jr will conduct the congregational singing during the meeting. He is pastor of the Olanta Baptist church, but will move shortly to the Wannamaker Baptist church of Nichols. He is a graduate of Campbell Junior College, Wake Forest College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Immediately following his col lege days, Mr. Osborne taught in strumental music and directed the band in the school system at Wendell, N. C. Since then he has frequently participated in evan gelistic meetings, either conduct in^the music or preaching The public is invited by the pastor, Rev. J. H. Darr, and the entire church membership to at tend these services. DAWKINS RETURNS FROM KOREA SERVICE Marine Sgt. Scott D. Dawkins, Jr , is scheduled to return Friday from Korea with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. He will land at San Francisco aboard a transport. The Tragedy Rosemont' A Laurens County Landmark Surpluses Ir Some Accounts To Reduce Total Twenty-four expense accounts in county departments showed i deficit of approx imetely $173,- 461.01 at the end of this year’s fiscal period June 30, according to a report made to the delegation by the supervisor and board of county commissioners and re leased for publication by King Dixon, a member of the delega tion. . + Offsetting the deficits in part were surpluses aggregating W-l,- 025.44 in about a dozen or more accounts, leaving a net deficit of $142,456.17. The major portion of the deficits was contained in two items for roads and bridges, one for $48,- 000.00 and the other for $67,364.94, which were marked with aste risks. Supervisor Bennie B Blake ly explained that these were largely provided for in the $150,- 000 note authorized last Monday by the delegation and which ulti mately will be included in a $290,- 000 bond issue proposed by the delegation. He explained that expenditures I represented money spent this year and deficits, if any, brought over from last year. Receipts, he said, represented the amounts appro priated for each item in the supply bill plus any balance brought over from last year. In the “Balances and Overdrafts" column the items were indicated as such. The supervisor said that the ac counting in this manner was on instructions from the delegation with the idea that the status of each office will be noted and car ried forward each year. Accounts showing overdrafts as of the reporting date were listed as follows: Court house upkeep $4,682 66; county’s part of Trav elers Ins., $222.87; insurance on buildings, $2,304.40; roads and bridges (maintenance), $46,000.00; road program, $87,564.90; county home upkeep, $5,063.30; county's part of retirement, $2,898.91; S. C. Industrial Commission, $2,363.06; circuit court, $11,752.77; extra help, auditor, $53.80; aid to needy children, $3.35; deputy sheriffs, $500.32, $900 for deputy travel omitted from supply bill); sheriffs office. $82 67; jail, $2,767.03; ex tra help, probate judge, $44.00; office expense, probate judge, $67 04; health department office expense, $1,629 31; magistrate’s of fice supplies. $87 52; agriculture building, $196.33; agriculture building repair, $10.62; curb mar ket (water and lights), 60; tax collector's office, $2,407 40; N. Y. A. office rent, $152.54; (check now due for $130.00). Major items showing surpluses included court house repairs, $1,- 287.28; clerk of court office sup plies, $1,303.18; auditor’s office supplies, $164.96; board of asses sors, $955 47; mill deputies, $1,- 172.50; radio maintenance, $233.- 53; health department, salaries and travel, $3,646.50; steno. (coro ner-magistrate), $2,316.60; magis trate’s court, $891.00; welfkre de partment, emergency relief, $400.- 51; county physician, medical si*>- plies, 9600 00; county audit, $650 - 54, Red Cross office rent, $400.00; premiums on bonds, $449 60; birth certificate fees, $1,556.56; health center construction, $5,541.06; hos pital building, $1,313.36; hospital, $7,015.22 NEW SUBSCRIBERS T. L JOHNSON, Ctty CLYDE ATKINS, MRS. PARKS BOOZER, M-SGT. LACEY WHITLEY, Now York By PIERRE BURDETTE The accompanying photos were made some years ago of one of the most outstanding land marks in the state, in Laurens county. For, if this rare old home on a lonely hill above the Saluda, near Waterloo, could have been preserved it would have been a rare gem of pre-Revolutionary inter est, quite as much so as some of the original home steads of old Charleston. This was the ancestral home of the ' saintly Pamela Cunningham who lived there many years. She it was who founded my ye by most South Carolinians, the national associa tion of fine, patriotic women which renovated and perpetuated the wonderful old home of the belov ed father of his country, Mount Vernon in Vir ginia. “Rosemont” was an outstanding location for generations in the Piedmont section of the state, in old Ninety-Six district, which was later divided into several counties. This dated from several years before the American Revolution, since the original builder of the large pioneer hofne was one Patrick Cunningham who was appointed by the British crown to be deputy surveyor-general of IV „ „ and kept alive for many years, as is well known as shown in the photos. the colony. (The land was granted in 1769 and held in the family 178 years.) The building was rather pretentious, espec ially for the times, though in later years it seems that one ell on the rear was eliminated. The leg end is that the timber for the house was cut from the woods of the area, floated down the Saluda river nearby, to the coast. Here it was shipped to England where it was dressed for use and return ed to this county where it was supposed to have been rafted up the river to its final destination. The arrangement of the interior was in good taste, The service Miss Pamela Cunnnigham did for her country seems to have been all the more re markable, since her work on a national scale, for the home of an American hero, was such a rebuk ing contrast to the record of her forbears, Patrick, Robert, and William. For these stout men stayed loyal to the mother country, England, when the vast majority of all their neighbors about them were going all out for the American colonies; this being caused perhaps by earlier commissions for the crown. While Patrick and Robert might not have been very active loyalists in the fighting in South Carolina, their cousin, William, was a lead er of the Tories, though in the beginning aided the American cause. Becoming offended by the turn of events he took up arms against the colonies and, leading a guerilla band of Tory partisans against the Whig outfits, made many bloody fo rays, and riding his fast steed, ‘Ring Tail”, even tually acquired the soubriquet of “Bloody Bill”. One may well picture him often charging back onto the “Rosemont” reservation for conferences with other Tory leaders, as this was in close prox imity to the British outpost, “Star Fort”, at Nin ety-Six, where General Nathaniel Greene staged such a long drawn out and costly seige. After the war “Rosemont” must have contin ued a Southern plantation of great prominence, the grounds around the home were developed into a kind of park which was said to contain an area of some seven acres of roses and other flowers. (It was listed as a show place on SAL railway folders). Its reputation patriotically must have been redeemed also, as one of the owners wnose grave was noted in the little family graveyard was one "Col. John Cunningham”, U. S. Army, war of 1812. When the place was visited in the late Ws the current occupant. Banks Cunningham, a kindly old gentleman who had studied at Cornell, very patiently gave details of the family and home, ad mitting their early adherence to the mother coun try in the War of Independence His family, he said .insisted on only one “N" in the first syllable of their name. He spoke fondly of his “Aunt Pam” (Ann Pamela Cunningham) who. more than anyone else was the inspiration in the saving of Mount Vernon. If this noted old place which had nurtured this fine South Carolina woman could for this reason have been renewed and perpetuated as a state or even a national shrine, it would have been a most noteworthy project; (somewhat in the same manner that the Gov. Gist Civil War home, “Rose Hlil”, has been made at Sedalia m Union county.) Certainly it could have been an object of veneration for all. But as so many fine things are lost, so was this. For, one morning, in the early thirties the place was discovered in ashes, burned to the ground, the owner with it, sup posedly by incendiaries who wished to plunder. Thus another fine South Carolina historical land mark was “gone with the wind”, as many did in the Civil War. Many would consider this a real tragedy. Dr. Matthew Lynn To Preach Sunday For Presbyterians Dr. Matthew Lynn, pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Mid land, Texas, will occupy the pul pit of the First IVeabyterian church Sunday morning, it is an nounced by the pulpit committee. Dr. Lynn is the second visiting preacher for the summer during the absence of the pastor, Dr. W. Redd Turner, and his lamily. Last Sunday the preacher was the Rev. George A. Anderson, of the Pres byterian college faculty. On August 21 Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor emeritus, of this city, will be, tile speaker, and on August 28 the Rev. Lewis S. Hay, newly elected member of the college fac ulty, will preach. Dr Lynn is the son of Dr. and Mrs. L. Ross Lynn, and is a form er Clintonian, having lived here while ,his father was for 25 yean president of Thomweil orphan age He is a graduate of Presby terian college and Union Theolog ical semmary. McNinch Form Place Shown Lost Week The mystery farm photo last week was the John H. Minch place which is located just below the Bennie B. Blakely farm in the Bailey school commuRRp.