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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, S. C„ Thursday, October 27, 1966 Cross Keys Area Is Hisitorical To salute the neighboring communities to the north of Clinton — Enoree, Cross An chor, and Cross Keys — and to tell of their present ac- compliiAiments seemed only minor compared to their his tory and background. Each was once a thriving town that has given way to modern transportation^ and larger neighboring towns, and citi zens, even though proud of progress they have made, seemed more concernea with the legend and history of their communities. A story written by A. C. (Zan ) Hayward in October 1961 can easily answer why. Following is portions of his article. In lower Union County, on a commanding site overlook ing the town of Cross Keys, there stands a house of wea ther-beaten brick. Buffeted by the winds and rains for more than 150 years, its tall end chimneys, set in pairs, still tower toward the sky Looking upward, high be tween each pair of chimneys, you see plaques of stone upon which are carved the em blem of two crossed keys, and the dates, 1812-1814. The reason for the dates is that construction began on the house in 1812 and was com pleted in 1814. Five miles to the west, in Spartanburg County, on an other commanding site, once Your ! yMMrtWiVX Program Last Day Today — October 27 THAT MAN FROM ISTANBUL Color "He’s No Secret Agent . . . He’s A Crook” Horst Bucholz and Sylvia Koscina 3:27, 5:51 and 8:15 Friday-Saturday, October 28-29 To Finish. $4 Tlic Outlaws IS COMING! MIHE STU m IBt M MB bhawmuuM fe.i'MM-hiMrttattbaM Friday—3:25, 5:25, 7:25, 9:25 Saturday—1:27, 3:20, 5:20, 9:20 Mon.-Tues., Oct. 31-Nov. 2 ROD MDR IRHOR HOMO JIH St JOHN' * THE LIQUIDATOR IN PAMAVISIOM ANOMCTROCOLOit (Not recommended for young people) 3:25, 5:21, 7:17, 9:13 stood anothtr house—a house of tall chimneys, deep wide verandas and a steeply slop ing roof. Destroyed by that ravager of landmarks, fire, it went upin flames in 1932 after looking down upon the town of Cross Anchor for years. But the people of Cross Anchor still talk of the slabs of stone mounted under eacb of its gables, that bore the salty symbol of the sea — two anchors crossed. Memory of man is a fick le thing, and now only legend can tell us the story of the two small towns and the houses with the emblems of the sea beneath their gables and between their chimney ends. The legend of Cross Anchor and Cross Keys is really a legend with a legend, a fable interwoven with fact and fic tion. Some to whom you talk will tell you the facts are thus and thus. Others will tell you the truth is so and so. Reconciling a “thus” here and a "so” there, we get a story which should start as all fairy tales and fables start: That once upon a time, many years ago, two British seamen, captain and purser of the sailing vessel Sally, outward bound from Liver pool, dropped anchor in the port of Charleston. Being filled with the spir it of adventure, these s e a- men from the British Isles, decided upon a journey to South Carolina’s hinterland, lying somewhere to the north - northwest, at the foot hills of the Blue Ridge Moun tains. Making their way through the swamps and forests of the Low-country; over and across the sandhills of the Mid lands, and on into the Pied mont. at last they came to the territory over which the feet of other British subjects once had trod. To Musgrove’s’ Mill, where King George’s regiment of Tories had been soundly whipped, and to nearby Blackstock, where Tarleton had finally caught up with General Sumter, 3. C.’ Gamecock, and licking his wounds, had left on the field of battle, 92 dead and 100 wounded. On this journey from the 5 sea, the stops they made and the camps they pitched, were many. Then one day, com ing upon a cross-roads, the captain found the country side fair, and to his liking. At the spot where the roads crossed, he stopped, lowered his anchors and made camp. The pursuer, the custodian of the ship’s keys, traveled onward five miles to the east, and pitched his camp upon the knoll where now stands the house which bears the emlem of two crossed keys. Each, the c a pt a i n and the purser, swore an oath that, once their seafaring days were behind them—their journeys ended—they would some day return and build homes in which to spend the balance of their days in peace. True to their vow, return they did, as old men. But not, as in fairy tale to live hap pily ever after, in the houses of which they had dreamed. They had one more journey to make and, before the hous es they had planned were fin ished, they embarked upon that journey from which no man returneth. Now. in lonely graves by the bank of the Tyger river, they sleep their eternal sleep. But, the spirit of the captain still hovers over the ashes of the house in which he never lived /md still looks down up on the cross roads where, many, many years ago, he dropped his anchor. At Cross Keys House, in the darkness of the night, the jangle of the keys are heard as the purser, in spirit, climbs the graceful stairway of the house he planned, long, long ago. McNinch to Run By Petition Route William H. McNinch, vet eran political campaigner, will run for one of Laurens County’s two seats in the House of Representativts by petition. McNinch will oppose Demo crat and Republican candi dates in the general election November 8. The Laurens insurance agent has had a strong fol lowing in several previous Democratic primary races for the House. He issued the following statement as to his candidacy: Thanks to those who signed my petition. My name will appear on the general elec tion ballot in November 1966 as an independent. My motives for running as an independent can best be explained by letting the peo ple know the following: Thomas Jefferson’s theory has been termed by both Republican and Democratic, yet today neither party is practicing his true theory. I am running on a principle to help arouse in the minds of our citizens that we need a reform, in government. That the government and those elected or appointed are our servants and not our die- interpreted In a stricter man- For .without Individual ro tators. ner, thereby reducing the sponsibllity we become de- That the power to govern strong central government pendent on other sources of must always be left to the leaving many of the decisions control, then we finally lose people. to local government and also the will to resist and become The Constitution should be to the individual. hopelessly enslaved. , AUTO INSURANCE W. S. Hatton INSURANCE AGENCY ( Our Drive-up Tellers are still in the same place, but the rest of us: have moved into the new “Main Office” at 211 North Broad Street. • • ■ r _ '. r' 4 * You*!l find convenient parking reserved at the rear of the new building for you to use while 4 you’re inside transacting your banking business. .. I M. S. 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