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./ / ■e • \ Thursday, November 22, 1956 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 3s Born } BY fcLINT * '' Close To Thee A hat maker writes a tune Sfla> Tall mad* hata (or a living but hla real love was music. Aa a young man, Vail left hla home In Brooklyn, where he waa born In ISIS, went to Danbury, Conn, learned how to make hata and came back to New York City and opened hla own hat bualneaa. While SUaa Vail waa operating hla hat enter- prises and writing music on the side, a man named Horace Waters was operating one of the largest music stores and publishing houses on Broadway. At the same time a mild-mannered Pennsylvanian, named Stephen Foster, was writing lyrics about Southern plantations and Negro slaves, as well as S ngs for Sunday Schools for publisher Horace ators, or anybody else who would buy them. When H came to secular songs, Hatter Silas Vail couldn’t hold a candle to the author of "Old Blade Joe," but when It came to church musk, Vail had It over Foster. While Stephen Foster had the nation singing about an old home In Kentucky and a cabin on Florida’s Suwannee River, church congregations I Fhou, my everlasting portion, 1 More than friend or life to me; All along my pilgrim journey. Saviour, let me walk with Thee. Not for ease or worldly pleasure. Nor for fame my prayer shall bet Gladly will I toil and suffer. Only let me walk with Thee. from one end of the country to the other were singing Silas Vail's music to "Scatter Seeds of Kindness,” "Nothing But Leaves” and "Gates Ajar.” In 180, Hatmaker Vail and Publisher Waters bought 10 songs tram Troubadour Foster, added a sizable selection of others, and came out with a book called "The Anthenaeum Collection,” which has preserved for posterity many a song that would have otherwise been forgotten. While all that waa going on, a blind little woman In Brooklyn waa putting aside the writing of secular songs and turn ing her prolific pen to tee writing of church hymns. One day In 1874, Hatter Vail wrote a piece of musk that sounded as though It would fit words of a religious hymn. So Vail left his hat plant called a cabby and had tee driver take him over to tee home of Fanny Crosby In Brooklyn. Sll«« Jones Vail played his tune while blind "Aunt Fanny" Crosby listened. When tee composer came to tee refrain, the poetess stopped him and "Close tor week and next at the Church of God. Anyone interested is in vited to join the group for these prayer meetings. Rev. Alfred Miles is church pastor. A Thanksgiving program will be presented by the Willing Workers Band Wednesday eve ning at 7:00 p. m. at the Church of God. The public is invited With The Sick Darleene Templeton has flu. Mrs. Kenneth Pollock was a patient at the Joanna hospital last week. W P Terrell is ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Dick erson said, "Your music ' Thee .. Close to t says Thee." Then tee little woman asked her hat-maker guest to take down these words while she dictated Leod me thro* the vole of ihodows. Bear me O'er life's fitful sea; Then the goto of Ilfs stomal May I enter. Lord, with Thee. Refrain: Close to Thee, dees to Thee, . Close to Thee, close to Thee; All elong my pilgrim journey. Saviour, let-me walk with Thee. LYDIA MILLS MRS. CLYDE TRAMMELL. Correspondent, Represenlativ* TELEPHONE 1888 H.jO. Smith is a patient at Bla lock cj|inic where he underwent surgery the past week. R G. Johnson. John Motte; and Mrs. Alice Grace remain on the sick list. Danny Whitmore was ill' last week. , 1 Friends are sorry to know Mrs. L. L Leach is a patient in the Spartanburg General hospital. Birthdays and Anniversaries Frank Gaskin will * be seven years old Nov. 26. and Priscilla Gaskin will be id years old No vember 28. -■ — Jerry Goss will be two years old November 26. Mrs. Chestley King-will ob serve her birthday November 27. Bud Fuller will celebrate his birthday November 28 H N Hughey will observe a birthday November 27. Paffe Eleven Comments On Men and Things By SPECTATOR Rev. and Mrs. Edward Terrell and children visited Mrs. Fred Dickerson and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Terrell during the week end. Mrs. Mary Patterson, of Spar tanburg, spent the past week with her brother-in-law and sis ter, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hairs ton. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Patter son, of Spartanburg, spent Sun day with the Hairstons and ac companied Mrs. Patterson home. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Trammell ‘visited Mr. and Mrs. Royce Smith near Laurens last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Parrish, Sr , were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Parrsh, Jr., in Aiken. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Berry and ^Mike, of Laurens, Mr. and Mrs. * Charles Patterson of Clinton, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bodie. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Temple ton and family were visitors of his aunt, Mrs. Janie Powell on Saturday. Mr. ’and Mrs. David Word at tended the Shriners’ ceremonial in Columbia on last Thursday. On Saturday Mr. Word and Sue attended the Carolina-Maryland game. - MrTarid Mrs. C. S. Ruffstetler and family, of Newberry, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Huffstetler. Mr. and Mrs. Owens Eargle and son, also of Newberry, visited the Huffstetlers Sunday. Rev. Hobert Sellers and chil dren, Tony, Roger, Judith and Stanley, of Orangeburg, and Mrs. Bessie Bishop were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Smith. Mrs. Bishop returned home with her son-in-law, Mr. Sellers, and from there went to Newbern, N. C., where she is visiting her daugh- fer, Mrs. Clarence Eubanks. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Shumate, Jr., and children, Harvey and Denise, spent Sunday with the former’s sister, Mrs. Orin Davis and Mr. Davis in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Torr# and children, of Lancaster, spent the weekend with Mrs. Torre’s sister, Mrs. David Robert sand Mr. Rob erts. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Glenn and Deidri, and Mrs. James Seay, of Greenville, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Trammell Sat urday. Mr and Mrs. J. B. Neal and Jimmy, Mrs. Nell \^ills and Mrs. Noland McCravy attended the funeral services of J.‘ J. Snider in Belton on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snider and Donald were already in Belton. The Sniders and Mrs. Mills also visited Mr. Snider's mother, Mrs. J. J. Snider, on Sunday. Mrs. Effie Vaughn and Mr. and Mrs. Troy McCoy, of Greenville, visited Mrs. H. O. Smith and Mrs. Vaughn’s brother Mr. Smith, a patient at Blalock clinic Friday. Philip Cockfield, of Heming way, was the week-end guest of Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Miles. Sympathy. Extended The community extends sym pathy to Roy Snider and his fam ily in the death of his father. J i. Snider, who died in Belton on Tuesday of last week. v Birthday Party Enjoyed Miss Sandra Culbertson was honored with a party Saturday afternoon in celebration of her 12th birthday. The young folk enjoyed an af ternoon of games and contests, after which party refreshments were served. Miss Culbertson was remem bered with gifts from each guest. Seventeen young people of the Lydia Baptist church attended the Laurens Associational Young People’s meeting and banquet held in the Presbyterian college dining hall Friday evening. The Lydia group with several of the other church groups par ticipated in the entertainment. . Revival Throughout Week Revival services will continue through Sunday evening at the Lydia Baptist church with Dr; C. Frank Pittman, pastor, of the Central Baptist church, of Green ville, bringing the messages. Rev. Kenneth Joner, pasotr of Mt. Pleasant Baptist church, Lau rens, will direct the music." The public is cordially invited to at tend. Today’s active people want Light, dry (not too sweet) f , ^ reduced in calories, adk/flei Today’s Pepsi refreshes J' ^ p without 4^ JSJr^ T i Pepsi - Cola Bottling Company Woman’s Club Banquet Enjoyed The Lydia Woman’s club en joyed a banquet in the lunch room of Providence school on last Thursday evening. - Thiryt-four members and guests were present. A Thanksgiving motif was car ried oqt in the table decorations of fall flowers, beautifully col ored leaves and huge pine cones. Following the banquet a short business session was held with Mrs. Horace Smith presiding.' The nominating committee re ported on the officers and the following were elected for the coming year: President—Mrs. Horace Smith. Vice-President—Mrs. J. T. Lan- ford. Sech;tary-*-Miiv, Melvin Sat- tbrfield. Treasurer—Muss Mary John son Program Chairman — Mrs. Clyde Trammell. Following the election of offi cers plans for the Christmas party were announced. This will be held on the third Thursday of December. The program chairman had charge of the program and di rected several musical games. Group singing around the piano was also enjoyed, with Miss Ruth Trammell as pianist. Church of God News The Willing Worker Band of the Lydia Church of God will meet Tuesday evening at 7:00 o'clock at the church. All mem bers are invited to be present Prayer services are being held ‘each morning at 10:00 a. m. this The proposed Hartwell dam- what will it do Uy Clemson col lege? I recall vividly the earnest plea of Christie Benet to bring before the public the grave loss to Clem- son college that would inevitably result from the proposed Hartwell dam. I used over many radio sta tions the letter of Mr Benet, who was then chairman of the board of Clemson. As a courtesy to Mr Wilton Hall of Anderson. I later read his let ter in support of the proposed construction. I find in The News & Courier an illuminating article on the 'damage which Clemson will suf fer from the proposed Hartwell dam. I am quotirug that article, in part: - ‘The Clemson college board of trustees has released the contents of a letter to Colonel T. Ed F Rogers, district engineer, TL S Army Corps of Engineers, Savan nah, declaring that the damage to Clemson, if its agricultural dem onstration and experimental areas are flooded as proposed by Hart well dam reservoir would be ‘enormous and irreparable.’ The letter was written in re sponse to a request made by Col onel Rogers that the , board of trustees advise (him)' its plan and proposals for readjustment of the facilities to ibe affected by the project. . ‘Months of detailed study of all Clemson college areas to -be af fected, iby the neseriw point in escapably to the fact that if the Clemson, college bottom lands are permanently flooded, the college will suffer tremendously as an educational center and that South Carolina’s agricultural research will be dealt a blow from which it may never recover,’ said R. M Cooper, president of the institu tion’s* board of trustees. As currently planned, Hartwell dam. is to be built to a height of 660 feet above mean sea level. The result wifi be flooding of approxi mately 9,000 acres of Clemson*col- lege land, including acreage of outstanding research lands that have been under scientific devel- opmfcnt during the 63 years exis tence of Clemson college. The letter concludes with a list- ing of 17 items to be provided ‘be fore the college can surrender pos session of all its lands below ele vation 663.' The letter was signed by Sen. Edgar A. Brown, chairman of th^ board’s sub-committee on Hartwell dam. Full text of Sen. Brown's letter follows: To compensate the collOge for the damages it would so Suffer and to make the college whole would, in the first place, run into a tremendous sum of money and, on the other hand, the expenditure of no amount of money would re place in kind and character some of the properties which would be lost The situation' here is entirely different from that which would 1 be presented by the taking under eminent domain of the property of a private corporation organized and existing only for the making of money. This institution is whoL * ly devoted to the public service of j the state and nation. It 1 was con ceived and dedicated and is sup* ported and sustained primarily to promotel the education of youth in the science'of agriculture and thej development of the agricultural in- j teresb* of the state , and county at large,. " : To achieve this paramount punpose, the college has been giv en and has acquired and develop-1 ed unequalled demonstration and experimental farms, .plots and fa cilities on lands which are among the best in the nation. It has been the constant endeavor of the board of trustees for two-thirds of a century to develop such lands and equipment as will inspire and educate the thousands of students .in the most approved methods of scientific agronomy, to provide and exhibit the best example of scientific^, farming Jor alf who are interested in this fundamental need of our country so that, with its extension »srevice, it may be of the greatest possible benefit. The effects of what is seen and learned and taught here have gone out to most of the American states and to foreign countries as well. • It is submitted that these his toric acres with a-record of scien tific cultivation for a century are, as a matter of fact, irreplaceable in any location accessible to Clemson and to deprive the col lege of them would so cripple its usefulness that it could not, in the future, adequately continue to .per form its trust. The board of trustees feel that their duty to protect the college and all its properties requires them to demand also the follow ing: 1. The fair value of aJl its lands to be inundated or subject to flood. 2. Separately, or as a part of the above item (a) The value of tim ber; (lb) the value of fencing, ex cept that covered by the schedules attached; c) the value of ditches, canals, dikes and other land im provements. 3. The cost of obtaining water for irrigation and for watering livestock on any lands now pro vided such water by riparian rights if such rights are to be im paired on account of the talking of land for the Hartwell dam pro ject 4 A sum to represent the in creased cost to the college in per petuity for the operation of fa cilities not now required, and for conducting its iptogram of activi ties in more remote areas. An example of the former is the cost of operating the sewage disposal CHEfcRY WARM-AS-TOAST ^INTERS plant. An example of the latter is j cal; since then, however, vast Im. the fact that the dairy barns will proverments in production have have been removed some five virtually out-dated water power as miles away from the milk process-. ■ ing facility, resulting in increase* in the daily cost of transportation. 5. A sum sufficient to enable the; departments of the college to es- i tablish on other lands long range experimental work now (conducted on lands to be inoindated. In many land use experiments , many years of control of £he land is necessary before dependable results can be determined. Many such projects will be interferred with, and the sums, already spent on them will be lost to the college This matter was considered and the report adopted by the board of trustees at its regular meeting on June 11, 1956, and is transmitted to you by authority of the board’ ' Just why the proponents are so wedded to the proposed plan is a bit bewildering to me Since the Hartwell dam was proposed steam plants have produced most of the electric power. Even our own San tee-Coo per now produces most of its power by steam, notwithstand ing the enormous outlay for the power by wafer I am not reviving the Santee-Cooipgj^case, but using p^>wer is no T V A has ’m informed. ’n T. V. 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