The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 08, 1955, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Hymn 3s Bern
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Thursday, September 8,1955
The Rock That Is Higher Than I
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A hymn is born in a panic
In 1873 the YMCA held a convention at Carlisle,
Pa. Among notables present were Philadelphia’s
Church Worker-Merchant John Wannamaker; Lin
coln, Maine's self-styled Poet Erastus Johnson and
Philadelphia's Piano Dealer-Composer William Gus-
tavus Fischer.
Fischer was leading the singing of the first ses
sion when somebody handed Wannamaker a tele
gram. He read it and turned pale. Starting as er
rand boy at 14, John Wannamaker was Philadel
phia's leading merchant at 35 and had $70,000 oper
ating cash in the bank of Jay Cooke & Co. That's
why Wannamaker turned pale ... the telegram
said Jay Cooke had closed his bank.
Financial Wizard Jay Cooke went into banking
at 17. At 40 his firm handled federal bonds for fi
nancing the Civil War to the then staggering amount
of $2,500,000,000. When America started building
transcontinental railroads Cooke & Co. went all out
behind the Northern Pacific. But in 1873 the bottom
dropped out of Northern Pacific bonds and Cooke
went bankrupt When Jay Cooke went down, scores
of Wall Steel firms went with him, the panic of
1873 was on and 23,000 businesses across the country
folded up.
While Wannamaaer was reading his telegram
similar messages came to others and the convention
took on a pall of gloom But Poet Erastus Johnson
had no fortune to lose He nor any of his 12 broth
ers and sisters ever used tobacco, alcohol, profanity
“nor got rich/* ha said. But Johnson had sympathy
for those who did face financial ruin. Taking aa a
theme a line from the 81st Ptalm, "Whan say heart
is overwhelmed, lead me to the Bock that Is Higher
than I, n he wrote a poem of encouragement $on|-
leader Fischer set the verses to music end led ike
convention delegatee in singing the new hymn.
Jay Cooke figured his way out of the panic,
off in full, with inter
est John Wannamaker kept up his YlfCA and
reopened his bank and paid off in full,
innamaker kept up hia I
served a term u postmaster general
0 sometimes the shadows ore deep,
And rough seems the path to the gool,
A no sorrows, sometimes how they sweep
Like tempests down over the soul!
O sometimes how long seems the doy.
And sometimes how weary the feet;
But tolling in life’s dusty way.
The Rock’s blessed shadow, how sweet!
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church
under President Harrison, expanded to New York
and intrenched hia name in American merchandis
ing. William Fischer wrote musk for many another
hymn, including Kate Hankey’s "I Love To Tell The
Story," and James Nicholson's “Whiter Than Snow,“
before he died in 1912. Erastua Johnson, who aa a
young man had tailed around the Horn to opeiv
ate a ranch In California, stayed in Pennsylvania
and went into the oil business. He died at 83 in
Waltham. Mass., In 1909.
Jay Cooke has gone down in history aa The Fi
nancier of tha Rebellion" and, for hia day, the moet
famous banker In America. He died In 1905 at age
84, probably never dreaming that conditions brought
about by hia greatest financial crisis inspired the
writing of a grand old hymn that has “htlped to
comfort many a sad heart”
O neor to the Rock let me keep.
If blessings or sorrows prevoll;
Or climbing the mountain way steep.
Or walking the shadowy vale.
(Refrain)
O then to the Rock let my fly, A
To the Rock that Is hlgiw than I)
0 then to the Rock let me fly,
To the Rock that la higher then If
Sy Qluttrttra Fe»ture» Syndlest*. E • »m Ala
flhe BANKER'S STORY
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'VrTHOUT CREDIT,
the American
economy of MASS
PRODUCTION AND
DISTRIBUTION COULD
NOT SURVIVE.
<THE BANKING SYSTEM
SUPPLIES BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF CREDIT TO
INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMERS,
CREDIT MAKES THE WHEELS GO 'ROUND
Consumer credit is based on the banker’s confi
dence in the character of the American peojUe.
1’se our consumer credit to meet emergencies or to
buy on time the things you need.
2 <w < INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACC<fl NTS
SEMI-ANNUALLY
m. i miiiv & m.rju*
Mrs. Horry McSween's
Music Is Published
Mrs. Harry McSween, of this
) city, has just received advance
copies of six of her musical cotn-
i positions which are being publish
ed by Belwin company of New
! York.
The compositions, which are pi-
i a no solos for students, are being
placed on sale in music stores.
They are “March of Bagpipes,”
"On the Lagoon,” •‘Swing Daffo
dils," “That Silly Clown,” “The
Mosquito” and ‘‘Whistling Boy.”
P. C. Freshmen
Arrive Monday
To Begin Year
One of the largest groups of new
students ever to enroll at Presby
terian college will assemble on the
campus Monday in preparation for
the start of PC’s 75th session.
Just under 200 students are ex
pected at this time to begin a three-
day period of orientation. Each
new student had to meet the stan
dard of tightened academic re
quirements, and dozens of appli
cants were refused for failure to
meet the standard.
Placement tests will consume
most of the orientation schedule
on Tuesday and Wednesday, and
the annual picnic for new students
is slated for next Wednesday aft
ernoon. Registration will begin
next Thursday.
Leaders among the upperclass
men also will return to the campus
on Monday to take part m the
orientation program. A program
officially to welcome the newcom
ers to fteabyterian college and to
the city of C baton is planned for
the first general assembly on Mon
day evening. Clinton Mayor Hugh
L. EicheMerger, President Mar
shal) W. Brown and Student Body
President Bill Toole will be among
the main speakers on this occa
sion.
Bell St. High
To Ploy Abbeville
Here Friday Night
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Bell Street high school football
squad will meet the Abbeville Ne
gro high team here Friday night,
school officials state.
The game will be played on
Johnson field at Presbyterian col
lege at 8:00 o’clock.
It is the first game of the seswon
for the Bell Street Wildcats, and
they will have their band on hand
to furnish music.
C. C. Giles Is
Clinic Patient
Friends of C. C. Giles will re
gret to know he is ill and a pa
tient at the Blalock clinic.
Mr. Giles was stricken while
, at home on Sunday and moved
1 to the clinic on Tuesday where
his condition was reported yes
terday as improving satisfactor-
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Sept. 8-9 Monday-Tuesday
Caine Resigns
Laurens Position
As City Clerk
Laurens, Sept. 2—City council
has been informed that Frank H.
Caine has resigned as city cleric
and treasurer. He has held the
position for 19 years.
Mr. Caine said he was leaving
because of his health. James L.
Brownlee was elected to succeed
him after the resignation was ac
cepted with “regret”.
Two From County
Named To Methodist
General Conference
Laurens county won outstand
ing recognition at the annual meet
ing of the South Caroline Meth
odist conference in florenoe re
cently when two of the 12 dele
gates to the General Methodist
conference which meets every four
yean, were' chosen from Laurena
county.
The two were Dwight F. Pat
terson, of Lfturens, and Mrs. Niles
C. Clark, of Waterloo.
Mrs. Clark will have the distinc
tion of being the first woman dele
gate from the South Carolina con
ference to the General conference.
The General conference is to be
held acme time m the spring in
Minneapolis, Mkm.
ThornweH Ploys
Belton Tonight *
ThornweH Orphanage will op
en its 1955 football season tonight
against the strong Belton high
team which ThornweH pulled a
surprise on last year and tied
6-6.
New stands have been erected
on both sides of the field and the
sod is in fine shape to start the
season off. A nice fence has been
put up around the field which
adds much to its looks.
The following boys wiU prob
ably be in the starting line-up to
night:
RE—Maxie Gray; RT—Billy
Brockington; RG—Sammy Roth;
C—Jimmy Morris; LG—Howard
Lucas; LT—Gene Lucas or Chas.
Fountain; LE—Eddie Sweat; QB
—Dennis Bennett; RH—William
Glasure; LH—Jimmy Clark; FB
—Mack Sweet.
ThornweH has the largest
squad in recent years, about
twenty-five in number, but the
majority of the boys played Mid
get ball last year, and therefore
are in the seventh, eighth, and
ninth grades. ThornweH lost
six players that are supposed to
be with the squad this year be
sides three that graduated.
1955 Schedule
Sept. 16—Ford, there.
Sept. 8—Belton, here.
Sept. 23—Gray Court-Owings,
here.
Sept. 29 — Greenwood “B",
there .
Oct. 7—Lockhart, here.
Oct. 14—Johnston, here.
Oct. 21—Westminster, there.
Oct. 28—^Prosperity, here.
Nov. 4—Open
Nov. 11—Whitmire, there.
Two Class "C” schools, five
Class “B" schools, one Class “A”
school and one Class “AA-B”
team. We are Class “C”, less
than 100 students in high school.
Revival Services
Pentecostal Holiness
Revival services are now in
progress at the First Pentecos
tal Holiness church on Jackson
street and will continue through
Sunday, Sept. 18.
The Rev. S. J. Williams, evan
gelist of Greenville, N. C., is the
guest minister. Rev. J. A. Wil
liams, church pastor, has extend
ed a welcome to the public to
attend the services.
County Cancer
Ends Year With
$6,500 Goal Reached
The Laurens county unit of the
American Cancer Society closed
its fiscal year August 31 with its
goal of $6,500 reached, according to
Mrs. Sarah D. OefLoach, comman
der.
The financial goal was accom
plished under the dkecikm of Dr.
Charles Barnes and Mrs. Barnes,
who paid special tribute to Pete
Mitchell, of Laurens, chairman of
special gifts, who raised a total of
approximately $2,000.
Mrs. DeLoach reports aid given
this last year* to 66 cancer patients
in Laurens county. Help consisted
of drugs, hnene, night clothing,
milk, groceries, dressings and
nursing and transportation for
cancer^ jiatierits to and from the
various clinics in the state.
Mrs. DeLoach expressed her ap
preciation to each person who
helped make the crusade a success,
and especially the industrial plants
who contributed so freely, and the
physicians tor their cooperation.
Mrs. Patterson
Rites Sunday
Mrs. Myrtle S. Patterson, 41,
wife of J. B. Patterson, died Fri
day morning at her home, 624
Elizabeth St., following several
months.of declining health.
Mrs. Patterson was a native of
Georgia, but had made her home
here for 25 years. She was a
daughter of Amon and Jessie
Phillips Shumate of Camden.
Surviving besides her husband
and parents are one son, William
L. Patterson of Clinton; two
daughters. Misses Carol Patter
son and Dickie Patterson of Clin
ton; one brother, A. M. Shumate,
Jr., of Clinton; four sisters, Mrs.
Howard Barnes of Camden; Mrs.
Orin Davis of Greenville; and
Mrs. Louis Brown and Mrs. Wil
liam Fennell of Clinton; her
grandmothers, Mrs. Dora Phil
lips and Mrs. Emma Shumate of
Jefferson, Ga.
Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday afternoon at Ly
dia MU1 Baptist church by the
Rev. Stanley Hardee and the
Rev. R. S. Barnes. Burial was
in Rosemont cemetery.
Pallbearers were Houston El
lis, LJEI. Williams, Charles Pat
terson, John Gallman, L. L.
Leach and Frank Goss.
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Spartanburg Fair
To Feature Hereford
Cattle Show And Sale
Of special interest in the Clin
ton area and other sections lead
ing in this state’s fast growing
purebred livestock industry was
announcement today that tha
South Carolina Hereford Breed
ers Association again will return
its annual show and sale to Spar
tanburg.
Both events will be features of
the Piedmont Interstate Fair at
Spartanburg Oct. 10-15.
Only selected purebred Here
ford* will be shown, officials
stated.
This is one of the largest an
nual purebred livestock shows
and sales held in the Carolina!.
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Women Golfers
Prepare For
Club Championship
Members of the Women's Golf
Association of Lakeside Country
club are asked by officers to play
their match of 18 holes within
the next ten days, in order to
qualify for the club champion
ship. Scores should be posted
in the pro shop. Players will be
classified at the next meeting on
Sept. 20, it was announced.
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SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
(Complaint Not Served)
Court of Domestic Relations,
The State of South C&foUna,
County of Laurens.
Margaret Richey Brown, Plain
tiff,
against
Olease Brown, Defendant.
TO THE DEFENDANT
ABOVE NAMED, Olease Brown,
filed in the office of the Clerk of
Court for Laurens County, S. C.
YOU ARE HEREBY SUM
MONED and required to answer
the Complaint and to serve a
copy of your answer to the said
Complaint on the subscribers at
their office. Farmers National
Bank Building, Laurens, S. C.,
within twenty days after the ser
vice hereot exclusive of the day
of such service; and if you fail
to answer the Complaint within
the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff
in this action wiU apply to the
Court for relief demanded in the
Complaint
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Plaintiff Attorneys
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