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< , /' CUaton, 8. C n Thursday, Fsbraary 28, 1968 TUB CLINTON CHRONICLE 11 **r -H I* “O Reader Dear, I give you here A book to look upon, That you may pray, both night and day Nor go where Ned has gone.” This little verse is the introduc tion to a most sensational book. Parson Weem’s “God’s Revenge Against Murder of The Drowned Wife” (1818). It is indicative of the seriousness with which people in Edgefield County have through the years taken their religious WE REDEEM faiths. Let’s visit the Edgefield of 1963 in this Palmetto Pathway and attempt to envision some of the religious outlook which re mains as a heritage for this area. We may do this by walking through the hallowed halls of Trinity Episcopal Church; or kneeling at the altar of St. Mary’s Catholic Church; or lis tening to the soft music emitting from the organ of the First Meth odist Church; or by pausing to pray in the Baptist Prayer Chap el; or gazing at the tall spiraling tower of the Edgefield Presbyte- Han Church. The beginning of denomina- ohal Worship In Edgefield is re mote enough not to be definitely established in some instances, but old church records reveal that visiting evangelists were al ways welcomed and their coming announced from the Court House steps by the town crier. Services were conducted in the court room and old lists of Methodist Circuit Riders, dated as early as 1820, show Edgefield Court House, S. C., as a preaching point. The oldest church building in Edgefield still in use is Trinity Episcopal. It was erected in 1836 services in private homes and afterward in the Methodist Church. The present edifice is the original church building and was consecrated by Bishop Nathaniel Bowen, of the Diocese of South Carolina, in 1836. Memorial tab lets and the baptistry reflect the early history of the church. Trinity’s baptistry was placed in memory of two infant daugh ters of James Parsons Carroll, signer of the Ordinance of Seces sion whose residence was ‘'Car- roll Hill.” Near the organ in Trinity is a beautiful memorial window, “The Good Samaritan” to the memory of Col. James T. Bacon. . The church yard at St. Mary’s Catholic Church is entered through the original hand- wrought iron gateway, hung from hand-hewn granite shafts. The church itself was designed by Niernse—graduate of Vienna Polytechnic Institute—who also designed the State House in Co lumbia. It is constructed along gothic lines of granite quarried from a nearby site, craftsmen being brought from Europe for this purpose. Front, doors are made of wide-hand-planed boards put together with wooden pegs and original lock of dimensions 5 by 9 inches. Hand-made iron supports un derpin the choir loft in the rear in which the original organ, made by a craftsman in Charles ton whose signature, John Bak er, is recessed in the wood. A small altar and the main altar in the sanctuary are made of sev en kinds of Carrara marble, con structed to order in Italy and im ported especially for St. Mary’s. Bacon to the Wardens and Ves trymen on September 5, 1835. The Episcopalians first held their B The chureh was consecrated Oc tober 21, 1860 About 1841, Rev. Joseph Moore, retired Methodist minister, deed- i. GUARANTEED MEATS Delmonico, Sirloin & T-Bone STEAK - - - - u> 69t FRESH Ground Beef . 3 lbs. $1.00 PORK STEAK, lb .39c SMOKED CURED PICNIC HAMS* lb. .. 33c 1 9 ' U. S. GOVERNMENT INSPECTED CENTER CUT CURED HAM, lb PURE PORK ^ SAUSAGE, lb. LEAN BONELESS BEEF STEW, lb. WHOLE FRYERS - - - - u> 29< PURE LARD, 8-lb. pail..... 99c -KING BEE SYRUP, 1/2 Gal 39c PINTO BEANS, lb. .. 10c JERGENS BATH SOAP.. 6 bars 36c WHITE . ^ POTATOES . 10 lbs. 29c \ ■ - NO. 800 CAN PORK & BEANS , i. 10c TOMATOES, lb. . . . 10c WHITE KING FLOUR . 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THE HEART FUND FIGHTS THEM ALL/ ed lands to nine trustees and thus provided the present site of the FirJt Methodist Church and a tract of considerable acreage. A portrait of Rev. Moore hangs in the educational annex of the pres ent church; and he is buried in Willowbrook cemetery, having died in 1861 At the age of 81. For 65 years he was a Missionary Circuit Rider in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The Prayer Chapel of the First Baptist Church is perhaps the latest significant addition to the after the first church was organ- religiosity of Edgefield. It was dedicated In 1952, some 130 years — ized. The pulpit in this handsome edifice is the original pulpit in the old frame building where the first pastor, Dr. Basil Manly, preached. And, although the structure of its meeting place is unique, the Presbyterian Church is the infant organization of older denomina tions in Edgefield. Tils 86 years old. The church was organized in the Court House in 1877 with four members enrolled. So, why not drive over to Edge- field along this Palmetto Path way and see the beautiful histori cal homes, churches and other buildings. NOT ANOTHER [COMMERCIAL GOOD HEALTH needs no selling^, . . we all konw its value. We do advise ‘preventive medi cine*, such as reliable vitamins, tonics, and de ficiency drugs—to retain good health and vig or. IF YOU DON’T BEAD THE CHBONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS PHONE 83S4M1 *1 » 1962 TAXES DUE AND PAYABLE biiMkttuI fpCRu M Ordinary County Bond* 4-- County Deficit ... County Wide Levy Total Laurens County GENERAL LEVY .% ! ' ’ * - ■ County . Wide Special School School Laurena No. 56 86 ' S5 Laurens No. 56 J6 30 4 Cross Hill No. 56 ■: 86 . 36 4 Ware Shoals No. 51 . 86 • 48 GreeaviOs No. X50 „ *4 4X 4X 1 1 Op’n TOTAL 89 4 14 tt % Laurens No. 56 made up and composed of the following old school and tax Districts: Laurens No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 11; Youngs i, 4, 7, I and 14; Dials 1, X and 5; Snllivan l and 17; ScafQetown No. 4 and IX; Waterloo X, 4, « and 14. Laaruui No. 54, made up and composed of the ffMowtef oM^school and tax Districts: Ctoss Hill No. 11; Hunter 4, 5, 6, K-9, 4X and 16; Jacks No. L X, 3, L 6, 7 and 16; Hiafflutew No. 1, X and S. Ware Shoals No. H is mate ap and composed of tea tetewing aid school and tax Districts: SalBvaa No. X, S and 1; Waterloo No. 1 aad 1, :' V* ~ Greenville No. 5X8 Is made up and compoeod of the following old school and tax Districts: Yew Clinton Hospital District Is composed of all Distrtet 68 except Cress HtU No. IS. No. 4 Dials S-B. ALLEN D. 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