Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ Thursday, November 23, 1961 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By Spectator The pursuit of happiness is a long chase even perhaps unattain able. Our Constitution guarantees to every man the right to pursue happiness, but happiness can be elusive and it can’t be reckoned in goJd alone. has Uftd a space vehicle free of the earth’s gravitational pull and then drive the craft through outer space, where there’s-nothing to retard it and little power is need ed. On such outer-space assign- i ments, many scientists believe, electric rockets will be able to carry big pay-loads longer dis tances than other types of rock ets. With many problems remaining to be solved, electric propulsion authorities say projects as am bitious as orbital flights to Mars As we have on the highest au-! or Jupiter are far in ^ future thority, man cannot live on bread« Ru , (hey make clear electric etiy has come a long way in the four years scientists and engln- alone. i South ( i, mi slo; points on Jefferson Davis’ flight from Richmond are shown on this map by John Holland Hunter. Where Jefferson Davis Slept Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, Passed This Way This is thought to be the bed that Da vis slept in on the night of April 30, 1865, when he spent the night at the home of Lafayette Young near Clinton. Tht bed is still in the room that Davis occupied. The home is now owned and occupied by Mrs. Luther Young.—Photo by Dan Yar borough. By Jamrs P. Sloan In Joanna Way The party arrived at Union short- with a graceful bow and wave!2-3 at the Burt house, where he Au’ 1 and Hr. Nora Marshall Da- 'a^t Confederate Cabinet meet- j ly before noon on April 29 and of the hand, followed sadly by his | was hospitably entertained. Ac companied by a small escort, he left Abbeville about 10:00 P M., vis. ot Trov Also. A J. Hanna, mg. was not a Cabinet session dinner was provided at the home Cab net and state officers, (ien- In victory or in defeat, South- in his Flight Into Oblivion,” actually, but was rather, as of Brigadier General William H. eral Bragg foUowed a few min- ern hospitality offers its best to travelers through our fair state. So it was in 1865 From the North Carolina boundary to the Georgia line, the welcome mat was rolled leader's route. All are in agreement that Jef ferson Davis and part of his Cab- out for a defeated hero as thejinet and staff spent the night of last chicken, overlooked by Van- April 26 27. 1865. at the home of armies, was chased down |Colonel A. B. Springs, three and and served in all its glory, as the one-half miles north of Fort Mill, best bed—even a borrowed night- George A. Trenholm, Secretary shirt—was proffered a valiant!of the Treasury of the Confeder- but sore-pressed leader. acy, and the remainder of the Jefferson Davis, president of Cabinet and staff were accommo- the Confederate States of Ameri-1 dated at the home of Colonel Wil es. spent seven nights in South jliam E. White, in Fort Mill. It Carolina during his flight from was at Fort Mill that Secretary Richmond His exact itinerary Trenholm found himself too ill to and the dates of his stop-overs continue the journey and resign- deals at length with the South’President Davis called it, a.WaUace. an officer in the Confed^ute* wlfe River 3 ' eTrlv Tn" the^morning"* 1 ! Carolina phase ol the Confederate “council of war. ’ since it consist- He , too ; ave us words of comfort 4 Now observe another field for electricity: "Electricity, which powers such earthly .vehicles as trolley cars and coif carts, may take on a new [role in space propulsion. Now under development are j electric rocket motors that differ radically fr o m present rocket plants. In contrast to roaring, flame-spurting chemical engines, electrically powered space vehicle i iotors make little or no noise and will emit only a steady bluish- purple stream of gas. Perhaps more surprising, electric rocket motors are expected to produce no more than 10 pounds or so of thrust^-less than the shove re quired to turn a revolving door— compared with 1.5 million pounds of thrust generated by the giant Saturn chemical rocket, now be ing readied for it’s first flight tests. The electric rocket motor's gentle push, however, will be all that’s required for the mission " laid out for it. The function of the • electric engine will be to take over ■ after a mighty chemical rock*-' ■ ed of a conference with the com manders of the five brigades). Davis, along with Secretary of War John C. Breckinridge. Sec retary of State Judah P Benja min, a Mr. Melton, and others spent the night of April 27 28 at Their next stop was for the home of Dr. Rufus Bratton. ’^ c niidday meal on April 30 at in York. A reception was held the home of Mrs Warren Davis, that night to which the townsfolk ( r,,ss K evs of York went. They called upon Ueaving the ( ross Keys house, famous “Wallace House, 1878 Leaving the Wallace house and rode off with my rose in his in the afternoon, Davis and his party spent the night of April 29-30 at the home of Mrs. J. R R. Giles, seven miles southwest of President Davis for a speech, but he declined However, before leaving the next morning, Secre tary Breckinridge did make a the Confederate President and his party are known to have watered hand as gallantly as if he were only twenty instead of a gray, old man.” Cross Hill was the next point on the itinerary of the Southern leaders as they proceeded through South Carolina The party stopped and watered their horses at John Carter’s well about a mile west of Cross Hill. Here General Martin Witherspoon their horses at the old Riser house Gary invited President Davis, be mow owned by N. A Shouse) l-ause of ,he lon « distance to Ab- He was captured near Irwinville, Georgia in the early morning of May 10 by members of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry. Parent Education Classes At Joanna During Eight Weeks Parent education classes have been in progress at the First Bap tist Church in Joanna for the past 8 weeks, sponsored by the kindergarten directors in coope- rat* n with the South Carolina brief talk from the norch of the on ^ present Joanna-Whitmire 1 beville, to stop that night at Board ot Health in Columbia and , 'tirZZS road Proceeding south, the presi- T’okcshury at the home of his the Laurens County Health De al various points in the state have ed / Cablet meeting was held '•7’; .. uflrtv j dential group reached Martin’s, «nother. Mrs Thomas Gary. This partment concerned historians for years, on Colonel Whites lawn on April 1 he I resident and 11. pajD ( )( m)W , oanna some , lm( .!invitation was accepted and Da-; Miss Mary Louise Free, pedi- Interesting and informaUve pa- 27 to elect his successor This ^ , ^ “ during the late afternoon of Apiil! v ‘s mossed the Saluda River at atric consultant nurse with the pers on this subject have bean was the last meeting ^f the ^n-1 somewhere between \ ork ( and | ^ nm) wpn( from thm . south . | Puckett’s Ferry at noon May 1, r,. w <'st t« the home of Lafavette nroceeding to Simms’ Cross prepared by the late A S. Salley, federate Cabinet (The subse- Union, about 59 miles from state historian of South Carolina quent Burt House meeting, in Ab lotte, and within a few hours ride |<oa<| (now Coronaca) The parly for many years, the late John K beville, often referred to as the}of Union (then called Unionv.lle). wherf ^ 8 ^ n "XMlghl <t,en took the road on the right. Replica Of Submarine This is a replica of the Southern sub marine Hunley which was on display at unveiling ceremonies on Highway 56 near Clinton of a historical marker calling at tention to the stop of Jefferson Davis nearby while on his flight from Rich mond. The submarine, made at Clemson College, recalls the real Hunley whose crew sank a Northern ship at Charles ton, being the first such incident in his tory.—Photo by Dan Yartiorough. WPCC RADIO WILL ORIGINATE THE C Hi- North Augusta CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THANKSGIVING NIGHT AT 7:45 P. M. DIAL 98.9 m.c. F. M. WSPA RADIO —Sponsored By— • BISHOP S TIRE AND RECAPPING • CITIZENS FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN • LYNN COOPER, INC. • HOWARDS PHARMACY • JOHNSON BROS. SUPER MKT. Classes At College Elect New Officers New slates of officers have as sumed the leadership of the four classes at Presbyterian College after their election in recent cam pus balloting. Iceland Vaughan of Greenville, serves as president of the senior class at PC The newly elected presidents of the other classes are: Gary Brown of St. Peters burg, Fla., junior class: Tommy Williams of Pensacola, Fla soph omore class; and Danny Charles ofr Spartanburg, freshman class. Hal Jordan of Rock Hill, and I Jere Ard of Atlanta, were chosen for the ireshman positions of the student council. And these other class officers were named by the Presbyterian College students; Senior Class—Jerry Chitty of lOIar, vice-president; Billy Ray Ladd of Junction City, Ky., sec- jretary; and Heyward Nettles of Clinton, treasurer. Junior Class—Grif Helwig of Tampa, Fla, vice-president; Harold Hope of Union, secretary; and Bill Bryan of Bainbridge, Ga., treasurer. Sophomore Class-Frank King of Valdosta, Ga , vice-president; Bill Shearer of Macon, Ga , sec retary: and Leon Bullard of Bainbridge, Ga., treasurer. Freshman Class - Wiley Jones of LaGrange, Ga., vice-presi dent; Susanna Jeanes of Lyman, secretary; and John Smith of Lincolnton, N. C., treasurer. of April 30-May 1, and where he was overtaken by Colonel l^ovy. who had been sent by Mrs. Davis to meet the President with a let ter informing him of her plans Several writers, in their accounts of Jefferson Davis’ flight from Richmond, have made the error of routing the party direct from from Cross Keys to Cokesbury in one afternoon, omitting the stop over at the Young house. Such would have been a physical Im possibility in that it called for the movement of a body of mounted troops and men over a distance of more than 45 miles in one afternoon. There had to be a stop-over somewhere, and that Jefferson Davis spent the night of April 30, 1865, at the Lafayette Young house in Laurens County is a historical fact. The following morning, May 1, at 9 o'clock, Davis arrived by way of Milton at the home of Captain Griffin Williams, where some of his party had spent the previous night. Here Davis made a brief talk to the people, who were on hand to get a glimpse of j the Confederate President. (This house is now owned and occupied by the Roscoe Bundrick family, Mr. Bundrick being employed at Joanna). The late Mrs. Emma Watts Da vis in her diary describes the scene; "Great tears rolled down his haggard cheeks as he bade us be cheerful—trusting always in the wisdom and goodness of God who doeth all things well. He rode off going toward Greenville for Slate Board of Health, served as leader of these meetings Mrs Martha Lawson, public health nurse with the Laurens County Health Department, acted as co- about six miles, and then turned 1 ordinator tu the left toward Cokesbury.) Mrs James Mitchell is direc The Davis party stopped to get tor of the kindergarten at the water in front of the brick home of William A. Moore, and it was while here that President Davis gave a small coin to the baby boy who had been named for him, Jefferson Davis Moore Da vis spent the night of May 1-2 in the Gary home, and other mem bers of his staff were entertain ed in different homes in Cokes bury. The reported nearness of Fed eral troops (Stoneman’s men) broke up a planned council of church, and Mrs. Cyril Abrams is assistant director Mrs. J. B. Johnson serves as substitute teacher The technique for these classes consists of eight meetings The members of the group select top ics which they feel the need of discussing with the support and leadership of a qualified and well-trained person. Miss Mary Ixtuise Free served in this capac ity. The common interest which the leading Confederate officers at members of this group shared Cokesbury an May 2 and caused Davis to leave Cokesbury early in the morning of May 2 for Abbe ville. The home of Colonel Armis- tead Burt, in Abbeville was Da vis’ next and last headquarters in South Carolina. At 4:30 that afternoon at the Butr home Davis presided over a meeting of the brigade commanders, where It was decided among other things, “to abandon all hope of effecting any other purpose than President Davis' escape to the West.” Pres ent for this historic "council of war" were General Bragg, senior general of the Confederacy at that time, General Breckinridge, Brigadier General S. W. Fergu son ,(a South Carolinian), Gen eral Dibrell, Brigadier Basil W. Duke, Brigadier General J C. Vaughn, and Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge Davis spent the night of May was being the parent or guardian of a chold of four or five years of age This method aims to provide a broad approach to the parents’ problems and to give the parents discussion opportunities that will help them in supporting their children’s growth — physically, emotionally, socially, and spiri tually. Each session was one and one-half hours and was foUowed by a fellowship period. Those who enrolled for the eight meetings were Mrs. Rita Floyd, Mrs. J. B Johnson, Mrs. Ola Mae Osborne, Mrs. Myrtle Moore, Mrs. Mimi Saunders, Mrs. Billie De Weehunt, Mrs. Mi riam Neighbors, Mrs. Jewel Mor ris, Mrs. Jo Nell Honeycutt, Mrs. Joan Gilliam, Mrs. Bobbie Bridges, Mrs Ixiis Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Joy Abrams, and Mrs. Cy ril Abrams ifis Old 1ton&i “Th* pioneers wha Maxed Am trails now have daata w ho bora up the 1 JUST ARRIVED...... Gifts for All Occasions From The Latest Gift Showings! American Mach Also Imports! 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