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I ■ Thursday, January 24, 1957 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE -T Pasre Seven Ok Humn 3s ^ BY CLINT ^ BONNER On Jordan’s Stormy Banks Age-old hymn brings comfort at gallows The hangman fumbled the rope. He stalled for time. He had be'eto detailed to spring the trap but he didn’t want the Job. Like other Union soldiers at Pulaski, Tenn., he had 'come to like the youth' ful prisoner. Turning to the thousand soldiers with bared heads, he offered all the money he had to any who would take his place. There were no takers. Horsehoofs echoed in the distance. Everybody US' tened, waited.' A courier hit the ground running. The hangman rushed down to meet him. Feverishly, he read the message from Gen. Grenville Dodge. "Your horse and side arms,” it said, "and an escort safely to Confederate lines for information of who Sam Davis sang on the gallows was then nearly a century old. It had been written in 1787 by Bap tist Minister Samuel Stennett who wrote also, among other notable hymns, "Majestic Sweetness Sits En throned,” during his lifelong pastorate at Little Wild Street in London. After the execution the soldiers went silently to their posts. With other prisoners of war, the Cole man Scouts were loaded on a train and transferred to a prison in Illinois. But, somewhere along the route, the tall, bearded former cellmate of Sam Davis had escaped and gone back to fight for his cause. He was a medical doctor named H. B. 'Shaw and, at the trial in Pulaski, he had proved bis iden- gave you those papers.” At the court-martial the tlty. But the Coleman Scouts knew him as Captain general had explained to Sam Davis that the Fed- E. Coleman. erals didn’t want him nor the other captured scouts. The object of their combing the hills of Tennessee was the eluSive leader of the spies. Confederate Capt. E. Coleman. “Had I a thousand lives.'’ Sam Davis told the hangman, “I would lose them all here before 1 would betray a friend." His only request was that he be given time to write a note home, and to sing his favorite hymn. The note began, "Dear Mother and Father,” and ended, “Love to all.’’ The hymn began, “On Jordan's stormy banks-1 stand," and .coded, “I am bound for the promised land.” That was Nov. 27, 1863. The hymn 21-year-old On Jordon’s stormy bonks I stood. And cost o wishful eye To Conoon’s foir ond hoppy lond. Where my possessions lie. # All o’er those wide extended ploin*" Shines one eternal day; . There God the Son forever reigns, \ And KOtters night away. No chilling winds, nor poisonous breath, Con reach that healthful shore; At Nashville there is a monument to Sam Davis, at Smyrna, Tenn., the old colonial Davis home is kept as a shrine to the mentory of Sam Davis. There are big trees on the bill at Pulaski, where Sam Davis was hanged and a marker shows where the gallows stood. Not far away, In the middle of town, there is another monument to Sam Davis and on it they put “Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for a friend." On a day when the wind blows through the trees, and you listen real close while an old-timer tells the story of Sam Davis, you can almost hear a young Confederate soldier singing: . ’ Sickness ond sorrow, poin ond deoth. Are felt ond feored no more. When shall I reach that hoppy place, And be forever blest? When shall I see my Father’s face. And in His bosom rest? (Refrain) I am bound for the promised lond, I om bound for the promised lond; O who will come ond go with me? t I om bound for the promised land. Named Telephone Commercial Manager Renting Land— And Social Security Will you get social security credit for 1&56 on land you rent to another fanner? Under a recent change in the social security law, you may receive credit depending | ment betweqh you and the renter on the rental agreement and on that you will -take .part in the how much you participate in the management or production. This iinent, then the cash or crop share ; you receive is rental income and ! does not count toward social se curity. Here is how you may meet the requirements of the new provi sion. First, there must be an arrange- crop production or hvanagement of the farm, Miss Martha Pressly, District Manager of the Green wood social security office, said today. K you simply rent the land in return for cash or a share of Jhe crop or livestock, and you take no part in the production or manage- arrangement may be either writ ten or oral. Second, you must take part to a material degree in the production or management. If (you do no physical work, you may take a material part in the production or managomnt by ad vising regularly with* the person when rents the land, by inspect- Our Final Clearance On Shoes 'k This is it! Out they go—every last pair of ladies’ fall and winter shoes. Prices now reduced even further on famous brand shoes from our / regular stock. Last Call Hurry Save 50% and More Dress Shoes * Tweedie - Johansen - Airstep - Paradise - Bali Formerly to $17.99 Formerly to $14.99 Formerly to $12.99 $9.00 $7.00 $6.00 One Group Discontinued Alligator Lizard ing production regularly, furnish, ing- equipment, machinery, or livestock, or paying part of the expenses of production. Miss Pressly pointed out that each of these must be considered, together with any work you do on the farm or in the management of the enterprise. It is not necessary that you do everything listed above to qualify, it may be suf ficient if you *have an arrange ment to participate in the farm ing and you actually perform some of these activities. For further information about social security cards or social se curity benefits, residents of Lau rens County should get in touch with the Greenwood social secur ity office at 516 South Ma,in St. For information about social se curity taxes, Laurens County resi dents should get in touch with the District Director of Internal Rev enue at Spartanburg, S. C, Lee Duckett Glynn Passes In Laurens Laurens — Lee DuckeU Glynn, 75, died late Thursday night fol lowing several years of declining health. , A native of Laurens county, he was a son of the late Jack and Sally Abrams Glynn. He was a member of Lucas Avenue Baptsit church. Surviving are.his wife?, Mrs. Carrie Griffin Glynn; one son, John J. Glynn, of Laurens;- five daughters, Mrs. B. Starnes, of Clinton; Mrs. Everett A. Cox, Mrs. E. L. Madden, Miss Car rie Lee Glynn, all of Laurens; and Mrs. Charles C6x, of Lyman; one sister, Mrs. Lyda Hairston, of Clinton; one brother. John Glynn, of Fort Myers, Fla ; nine grandchildreh and four great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sat urday at 3:0 p. m. at Lucas Ave. Baptist church, conducted by the Rev Alvin Boone, the Rev. Ray Craine and the Rev. Kenneth Word. Burial was in Forest Lawn cemetqry. JOHN P, EVANS John P. Evans,* of Miami, Fla., has been named South Carolina commercial manager for South ern Bell Telephone Company, succeeding W. G. Edwards, who w(as recently appointed South Carolina General manager. Mr. Evans has been South Flor ida mnaager for the company since' 1954. . , A native of Dickson ,Tenn., Mr. Evans joined the'telephone com pany at New- Orleans in 1936 as a salesman. Since that time he has served in a variety of assign- ments in Alexandria. Shreveport^ and Sipnroe, La., Jackson, Miss., and Daytona Beach, Fla. In 1952 he was appointed district man ager at Orlando, Fla. UNFINI5UEP WJ5INE55 (Professional Evocation -MARCH OF PIME5 FELLOWSHIPS AMP SCHOLARSHIPS HELPING TO TRAIN HANPS ANP MINPS. MUTE SHORTAGE OF PROFESSIONALS IS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS FOR THE NEW VICTIMS OF POLIO. TENS OF TVOJSANPS STILL NEEP CARE. e <x,;ci The ven mem ivy bo;ird trustee Vs composed of Rev F, ! Th< A Wilkes, Pelzer Mr David R. j assets ! Coker, Hartsville: Mrs Df Fiom- I ar Ridge Spring. Mr .1 L Ben. nett, Dillon Rev Douglas M-Arm , Camden; Rev Neil. Truesde. , Newberry; J'>e A Firook-, Wi.nns- \ boro. The director. Rev Max.*.- C Collins, is ex-o‘f:<:o'.i member '-f 'J nnuai audit showed gross ujued at 1102.1 i5 -V>, and net assets of 12 Cash .V- eorr.e for va» 441 66 V* _ IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS Phone 74 tpouo Prevention -MARCH OP p/MES 4RMV OF VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING NATIONWIPE THREE-SHOT VACCINATION PROGRAM. /PSSEARCN-to perfec* the vaccine...to probe MEANS OF PROTECTION.. ^MfARCH MHMMES NUARY m-! Report Given On Fairview annual meeting of the ^Thc Board of Trustees of Fairview Center, Ridgeway was hold at Fairview January 1. ... The report of the director for ; abolished In its stead there was 1956 showed that a total of 300 <- reated an 11 member advisory male alcoholic patients had been board whlch must represent the admitted and treated during the fie -ds of finance, year. patients, including women, had lives. The advisory board wi been helped. THe average patient- elude one, rehabilitated alcohol.- load < 30 tf-hite males in resi- Election wq|Lhc for thr'ee years, derico'. 3) ^ppnoval was given to oon- The board of trustees took the structiogsA>f a 536,000 home for following action^: women alcoholics, with a capacity 1) The membership of the board twelve women patients of trustees was reduced from fif-j 4) A budget of $35,812 00 wa- teen to seven; tenure was reduced .upproved for operating expense from life to three years. i during 1957 Total oudget p- -2) The board of governers was | proved was $71,812 00. 5) Alcoholic Rehabilitation Week for South Carolina in 1957 medicine, and was set for June 16-23rd, with a goal'of $50,000 approved for the A total of 27 non-resident slx denominational representa- 1 campaign IT'S TIME TO CHECK YOUR PRINTING NEEDS About this time of the year we have many-calls for rush printing orders. 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