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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1953
Bible Stolen in Civil War
Returned Over 60 Years Later
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Established in 1767, Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church, a gracious,
ante-bellum structure in the vil
lage of Grahamville, near Ridge-
land, is a landmark familiar to
most residents of the low country.
Its history begins far back in
the past, and its records bear
names prominent in the annals
of the state.
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?he church, used as Federal
headquarters during the Civil
War, escaped destruction but its
handsome appointments were des
ecrated and looted. Its Holy Bible
was carried away as a souvenir by
a Federal officer.
After the war, impoverished
communicants were unable to pay
for a rector’s services, or even to
rebuild the rectory. For many
years, activities of the church re
mained at low ebb, but the^ "Ad
vancement Society” of the diocese
kept it alive as a mission church.
During the trying decades until
the l&30's, one reads upon the
official rolls these names, many of
them descendants of the original
communicants: Heyward, Dewees,
Gregorie, DuPont, Lynah, Bell,
Glover, Howard, Seabrook, Col-
cock, Wall, Horry and Tison.
In the late 1920’s, there came a
letter from New York. It bore the
address: "Wardens of Holy Trini
ty Church, Grahamville, S.C.”
Within was the signature of one
Jean Paul Kursteiner, of a music
publishing firm. The letter brought
the surprising news that the Holy
Bible, carried away in that long-
ago debacle, had been discovered
in the attic of the writer’s New
York residence, and would be re
turned immediately. "How it
came into possession of my family,
I do not know,” Mr. Kursteiner
wrote, perhaps defensively. Upon
the flyleaf of the Bible today can
be seen the name of that souvenir-
snatching Federal officer.
Under the sheltering moss-
draped arms of live oaks, the old
church stands, a monument to the
past, an inspiration for the future.
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2. The weight of the crown Queen Elizabeth will wear in her
coronation ceremony weighs: (a) 10 pounds; (b) 8 pounds; (c)
5 pounds?
3. A blockade of the China coast has been much in the news.
How long is the coast of China? (a) 5,000 miles; (b) 4,000;
(c) 3,000.
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CHARLESTON IS NOW ENTERING HER LOVELIEST SEASON;
the famous gardens, Magnolia, Middleton and Cypress are in gorge
ous bloom, and the handsomest historic private homes in the city are
open on tour by Historic Charleston Foundation. On the left, visi
tors pause in the Gardens to admire their reflection and that of the
flame azaleas in the dark waters of a cypress lagoon. On the right
is the William Roper house, one <of the twenty homes open on tour
from Sunday, March 15 through Sunday April 12. Now the residence
of Mrs. C. Norwood Hastie, it is considered the outstanding classic
revival mansion in the city, with its magniflcant portico and sweep
ing view of the harbor and Fort Sumter. The gardens will be at
their loveliest from now into April.
Charleston, S. C.‘ (Special) —
Charleston is now entering her
loveliest season, when there is
more to see and enjoy than at any
other time of year. From now
into April the famous gardens,
Magnolia, Middleton and Cypress,
will be resplendent with bloom,
and from Sunday March 15
through Sunday April 12, twenty
of the city’s handsomest private
homes will be open in a series of
staggefed tours. In Charleston
this has been one of the mildest
winters on record as far as freez
es are concerned, and consequent
ly the gardens are expecting an
unusually fine bloom. The last of
March should see them more
beautiful than in many a year, and
from now into April they will be
full of color. Magnolia Gardens
has been owned by the Drayton
family continuously since 1671.
There, moss-draped live oaks
spread their branches over banks
of colorful bloom, cypresses bor
der the lakes, supporting masses
of wisteria and cherokee rose.
Cypress Gardens since 1750 was
a reservior for rice fields on Dean
Hall Plantation. It is now a water
forest transformed into a weird
and colorful garden. A boat trip,
guided by paddlers, takes you
silently through the heart of the
mysterious fairyland, with banks
of azaleas on every side reflected
in the depths of the water. Mid
dleton Gardens is the oldest land
scaped garden in America, with
terraced lawns, butterfly lakes,
tunnelled walks of camellia ja-
ponicas. But here, too, nature
runs riot, and on wooded banks
azaleas • flaunt their flamboyant
colors, and again wisteria, roses
and dogwood add to the spectacle. 5
For the sixth successive year
Historic Charleston Foundation is
conducting its tours. They are
held each year the'last two weeks
in March and the first two weeks
in April. The homes which are
open span the golden century of
American architecture, the earliest
having been built about 1740 and
the latest about 1840. A visit to
the tours is not a graphic lesson
In architecture, but as the homes
are also chosen for the distinc
tion of their beautiful furnishings,
it is a rare privilege. The homes
open are located within a ten
block ^rea in the heart of Historic
Charleston, the most unique resi
dential section in America. A citi
zenry proud of its history and of
its buildings has preserved so
much of its eighteenth century
architecture that it is almost a
documentary part of American his
tory. The Foundation conducts
the tours to raise funds to pre
serve others of these buildings
which would be destroyed, and it
is for this reason that the owners
lend their homes to the Founda
tion for this short period. It is
the only time of year they may
be visited.
The gardens are open seven
days a week, from eight in the
morning until sundown, through
May 1. The homes are open
morning and afternoon, Monday
through Friday, and on Sunday
afternoon with the exception of
Easter Sunday. There is also a
home open each Thursday even
ing. For further information
write the joint office of Charles
ton’s famous gardens and His
toric Charleston Foundation at 94
Church street.
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These Red Cross volunteer Gray Ladies are having as much fun as
the patiento of this YA hospital, where they assist with the sports
program for mentally ill veterans.
Somebody Was Careless
One burning match or discarded cigarette can
start a fire sweeping over hundreds of acres of
green forest, destroying all living things in its
path. Be alert. Prevent Woods Fires!
KEEP OUR STATE GREEN
Fairfield Forest Products Co.
Home Gardeners
Should Get Busy
Work in home gardens should
start in earnest during late March
or early April.
Many gardeners have already
planted some of their early veg
etables and others should make
plantings or transplantings just
as soon as soil conditions permit.
As soon as the ground is work
able gardeners should plant Irish
Cobbler or Bliss Triumph Irish
potatoes. Long Standing Blooms-
dale spinach, Laxton’s Progress
English peas for market or Thomas
Laxton or Laxton’s Progress peas
for home use. Moss Curled pars
ley, Curled Siberian kale, or Giant
Southern mustard.
Other vegetables which should
be planted just as soon as the soil
will permit include lettuce, radish,
parsnips, carrots, turnips, onions,
and cauiflower. Tomatoes, pep
pers, and eggplant should be
planted in hotbeds. Good var
ieties of tomatoes are Rutgers and
Marglobe, both of which are wilt-
resistant. Good varieties of pepper
are — Sweet California Wonder
and World Beater; pimiento, Per
fection and Truheart; and hot,
Long Cayenne and Tabasco. Black
Beauty is suggested as a good var
iety of eggplant.
All gardeners, especially those
who are growing vegetables on the
same land year after year, should
fumigate their soils to control
root knot. Detailed information
on the control of root knot and
other kinds of mematodes will be
found in piemson College Exten
sion Circular 382, which is avail
able at offices of county exten
sion workers.
S. C. Employment
Up In February
During February, 9,487 jobs were
filled through local offices of the
Employment Service Division of
the South Carolina Employment
Security Commission, Melford A.
Wilson, Executive Director, an
nounced this week. Of this num
ber 4,980 were non-agricultural
jobs and 4,507 were in agricultural
work.
Mr. Wilson stated that this was
an increase of more than 1,800
over the placements in January
1953. Agricultural placements
showed the greatest increase for
the month.
Of all insured workers in the
state 2.9 percent were filing claims
for unemployment compensation
during February. This is a slight
decrease from the same month one
year ago. Payments amounted to
$619,905 during the month which
was $186,000 less than February
1952.
High School Juniors
Sponsor ‘Stunt Night’
The Junior class of Newberry
High School will sponsor its an
nual Stunt Night, Friday, March
20 at 8 p.m. in the high school
auditorium. This program, put on
in order to obtain money for the
Junior-Senior Dance, will feature
many humorous, as well as in
teresting stunts.
Taking part in stunt night will
be both the high school band and
Glee Club. The Junior class will
present a humorous skit entitled
“Burying the Seniors.” Sponsor
ing a black-face skit will be the
Junior Debating Club. One of the
highlights of the program will be
several children from Junior High
and the Grammer Schools, who
will sing and dance. Another is a
skit presented toy the Practice
Teachers, now teaching in the
high school, from Newberry col
lege.
Admission tickets to this presen
tation may be bought in advance
or purchased at the door.
Appointed by the Junior class
officers and the sponsors, to aid in
the planning of Stunt Night, are
the following committees:
Publicity: Frances Hayes, chair
man; Gloria Hawkins, Betty Cous
ins, Betty Hoover, Joyce Queens.
Tickets: Louise Sessions, chair
man; Doris Ann Parks, Patricia
Shealy, Emma Minick, George Lip
scomb, Ithama Brooks, Micky Rab
in, and Mary Ann Connelly.
Stage:. Nancy Stone, chairman;
Bobby Naip, Herbert Lee Gilliam,
Harold Folk, Ann Campbell.
Program: Ann Clark, chairman;
Helen Stutts, Gene Griffith, and
Kay Dominick.
MISS MERCHANT RETURNS
HOME FROM LOCAL HOSPITAL
Miss Lois Merchant returned to
her home in the Hartford Com
munity last Saturday from the
Newberry Memorial H o s p I tal,
where she was a patient about two
weeks after undergoing a major
operation.
Miss Juliet Kibler
Prepares Latin Quiz
For Winthrop Forum
ROCK HILL, March 16 — The
fourth annual Latin Forum for
high school students and teachers
will be at Winthrop College Satur
day.
Dr. Donnis Martin, head of the
Classics Department at Winthrop
and sponsor of the Forum, has re
ported that this is the largest
classical gathering of its kind in
the United States.”
Featured on the one-day session
of Latin students will be a panel
of Quiz Kids and the presentation
of a Roman comedy, “The Twins
from Syracuse.”
The Quiz Kids, who will answer
questions dealing with Roman
history, life, and mythology, are
Jimmy Beckman, Aiken; Dorothy
Jean Gunter, Batesburg-Leesville;
Louise Jackson, Clover; A. V.
Ruff, Columbia High; Suzanne
Mims, Edgefield; Ben Morgan III,
Rock Hill; Wade E. Marlette Jr.,
Summerville; and John Cummisky,
Ursuline High, Columbia.
Miss Julia Kibler, teacher at
Newberry, has prepared the ques
tions for the quiz. George Willis
of Newberry will be the quiz mast
er.
Field Meeting
Set Thursday
At Smith Farm
A state forage crop tour and
achievement program will be held
on Clifford T. Smith’s farm in the
Bush River Community on Thurs
day, March 26, beginning at 10:30
A.M.
The noon program consists of
presenting state and district
awards for state and district for
age crop achievement and discus
sions by Dr. R. -F. Poole, President
of Clemson College, D. W. Wat
kins, Director of Clemson. College
Extension Service, A. H. Ward, J.
T. Lazar, and L. B. Massey, Dis
trict Extension Service, A. H.
Ward, J. T. Lazar, and L. B. Mass
ey, District Extension Agents.
Another interesting feature will be
a' turkey stew, cooked by Herman
Wise and served by the Bush
River Home Demonstration Club.
A very nominal charge will be
made for the stew.
County Agent P. B. Ezell and
other agricultural workers join Mr.
Smith in cordially inviting New
berry County Farmers and Busi
nessmen to attend this field meet
ing and observe farms that have
worked out complete year round
grazing and forage crop programs.
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The dairy farm of T r P. and D.
Eugene Brown, Route 2, Laurens,
located halt way between Laurens
and Clinton, will be visited after
the noon program.
Other pasture tours during this
same week are Tuesday, March
24 in Saluda and Wednesday,
March 25 in Union. The tour will
start each day at 9:30 a.m. from
the County Agents Office in the
county concerned.
‘Calif. Conquesf
Plays At WELLS
Cornel Wilde, co-starring with
Teresa Wright in “California Con
quest,” Columbia Pictures’ stir
ring adventure of the brawling
birth of the Golden State at a Late
Show Saturday Nite and Monday
and Tuesday at the Wells Theatre,
originally sacrificed athletic fame
to become an actor. Wilde, pros
pective member of the 1936 U. S.
Olympic fencing team, as intercol
legiate American champion with
the foils, never got to Europe to
match steel, with the world’s top
champions. Instead he put up his
swords to play the Jead in “Moon
Over Mulberry Street.”
Since then, however, Wilde has
never ventured far from his prime
diversion of swordsmanship, for
his ability with the foils has won
him many slashing derring-do
screen roles. His latest is the
Technicolor story of California’s
glory as told in “California Con
quest.” Wijde first demonstrated
his swordsmanship on the screen
when he slashed his way through
all enemies as Robin Hood’s son
in Columbia’s “The Bandit of Ser-
wood Forest” and as Aladdin in “A
Thousand and One Nights.”
Wilde, who was one of the stars
of “The Greatest Show on Earth,”
first appeared on Broadway, and
an engagement of Romeo and
Juliet” brought him to the notice
of Hollywood, where he went to
work for Warner Bros., after
which he was signed by 20th Cen
tury Fox. It was at Columbia,
though, that he found fame wait
ing in the role of Chopin in “A
Song to Remember.” After its re
lease Wilde found himself a star.
Neel Wins 3rd
100 Bushel Com
Club Certificate
With an official yield of 106
bushels of corn produced on one
acre, R. C. Neel, Silverstreet, was
awarded a State 100 Bushel Corn
Club Membershty) Certificate for
the third year in succession. This
award was made at a luncheon at
the Jefferson Hotel in Columbia,
March 12. A corn contest and
luncheon was sponsored by the
South Carolina Plant Food Edu
cation Society and was conducted
by the Clemson College Extension
Service. Hubert B. Davis, Colum
bia, president of the Society pre
sided.
Progress Good
In Cripple Care
More progress in the care and
treatment of the crippled has been
made in the past quarter (jpntury
than during the whole previous
history of mankind, James Con
nelly, president, Newberry County
Crippled Children’s Society said
this week.
Speaking at a rally meeting of
Easter Seal committee chairmen
and volunteers who are participat
ing in the 1953 Easter Seal ap
peal for the Crippled Children,
Mr. Connelly said:
“Progress made in the care and
treatment of the handicapped is
more spectacular than in any
other field of activity. It has
been accohiplished by a revolu
tionary change in the attitude of
the people toward the crippled and
has created a new atmosphere of
acceptance for the person who
must walk with braces or crutch
es.”
The 1953 Easter Seal campaign
nationwide is scheduled March 5
to Easter Sunday, April 5.
MRS. GARDENHIRE
UNDERGOES SURGERY
IN ATLANTA
Mrs. Mary Gardenhire entered
the Georgia Baptist Hospital in
Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday where
she underwent surgery Thursday
morning.
Mrs. Gardenhire, manager of
Sears Roebuck and Company here,
expects to be hospitalizzed about
ten days or two weeks.
Wallen Returns
From Korean Action
WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY
DIV. IN KOREA—Cpl E. B. Wall
en, son of Mr. Evan Wallen of 202
Duckett St., Whitmire, is return
ing to the U. S. from Korea under
the Army’s rotation program.
He served in the 25th Infantry
Division, now the senior Ameri
can division on the peninsula. It
landed in July 1950, shortly after
the Communists attacked the Re
public of South Korea.
Two Universities Launch
New Journalism Courses
Two Eastern universities—Syra
cuse and the Hartford Seminary
Foundation—have announced a joint
program to train men and women
to write simple leaflets and articles
for the millions of adults who are
learning to read in underdeveloped
countries around the world.
The announcement was made by
Dr. Wesley C. Clark, dean of the
Syracuse University School of Jour
nalism, and Dr. J. Maurice Hohl-
feld, acting dean of the Kennedy
School of Missions of the Hartford
Seminary Foundation, "a univer
sity of religion” at Hartford, Conn.
The need for workers trained in
"literacy journalism” or "simply
journalism” has been pointed up
recently, because technical pro
grams to develop the so-called
backward countries rely on the
printed word for long-term success.
Deans Clark and Hohlfeld said.
The step is also a reaction to the
expansion of Communism.
"Hie Communists have wprked
diligently to spread their cheap,
propaganda materials among the
masses of Asia as they learn to
read,” the announcement added.
"By contrast, our side has been
pretty slow in getting out news
papers and magazines for the new
readers in their own languages.”
"But now we’re going to do iL
Both thoughtful leaders in the West
and ef national
ments in the East are coming to
see that we have to produce sim
ple, helpful literature to educate
and inspire new literates. This
agreement is one of the first big
steps to that goaL”
The plan provides that qualified
college graduates shall spend a
year at the Foundation in Hartford
to study such courses as adult lit*
eracy education, linguistics and
anthropology. Then each student
will spend a year at Syracuse in
writing, editing and graphic arts
classes. Upon completion of the
program, he will receive a master
of science degree from Syracuse
University. Robert Laubach, who
has been on literacy teams in Af
rica and Southeast Asia, Professor
Root, acting director of religious
journalism, and Dr. George Bird,
chairman of the Graduate Division
will cooperate in the program at
the Syracuse School of Journalism.
"Because of the need for* fids
kind of journalism, we believe grad
uates win find opportunities to go
abroad and enter fids new writing
and editing field,” Dean Clark
said. "The United Status govern
ment, the various governments of
Asia, and private organizations,
such as church mission boards,
have expressed a desire for quali
fied persons who eea put out at
tractive publications for the mass
es of Africa, the Wear East and
Asia.”
BOOKMOBILE
SCHEDULE
The Bookmobile schedule for
Newberry County is as follows:
Thursday, March 26
Silverstreet Community (Shep
pard’s Store)
Silverstreet School
Cfyappells Community (Wert’s
Store)
Chappells School
Smyrna Community (Mrs. Frank
Senn)
Friday, March 27
Prosperity School