17 50 1058 https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/cb925236be428e6ab158866e055550d4.jpg 9bac0818b9bb439765251d7f413ae6e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Subject The topic of the resource The ancestors who called this part of the Pee Dee home. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pike and Thetis Prosser Eaddy https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/c32c98192a0dc2db14e8dea885cdae4d.pdf 26e540405bfa1692551f68768abd24d7 PDF Text Text Vol.4,No.4 Thursday, September 23, 1976 Hemingway, S. C., 29554 • '''"'' ( ~ t • • • 4 • I J • l • or1eso • ' Some local men made an afternoon excusion to Pine Bluff a once thriving community on the Great Pee Dee River. some 11 miles N. E. of 1-leming.way. Standing on the site of a major . Ul ........ r.. nnt ,., .......hn11~A ...... r..n.111 loft Rnn w~tlA.. d R~nn~t.t. Baxley, Henry Cox, W.J. ''Dub'' Lowrimore, and M.K. Lowrimore. The community which was once a river port is now part of the property belonging to M.K. Lowrimore, and has � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pine Bluff WO 9-23-76 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/f4935e11c2c963404dac2105150b8f09.pdf fc4f7e7e013d4cdc2b25df92d0373594 PDF Text Text I • 1oneer 11ed froJll page 1 boUse • 1oneer • Olll s By E. Y. EADDY l • •• •• l I r l •, •, l r > > ) t e By the 1820's the population of lower Lynches River or Creek, as it was called , was growing rapidly . In his journal of 1823, William Bartell mentions the following family names : Altma n, Ard, Belin, Bartell, Brown , Burkette , .Coleman, Cox, Eaddy, Godda rd , Hanna, Harrell, Johnson, McDaniel , Parsons, Poston, Powell, P rosser, Singletary, Smith, Stone, and others , such as Knox , for instance, no longer familiar in the area . Westward migrations , separating families or removing entire families, were not infrequent. Most of the families named above were related by marriage. Visiting , quilting parties, log rollings, deer drives, house a nd barn raisings drew families together. ''Frolics' ' at which dancing and drinking were the main entertainment relieved the tedium a nd auster ity of pioneer life. By the early 1830's Methodism had become a n active influence - and both dancing and drinking were discouraged by community religious leaders . and condemned by the circuit riders who traveled through holding meetings, usually at Dottson Stone's. Bar tell mentions attending religious services at Muddy Creek, probably a t the Haselden plantation , and other meetings at Dottson Stone's. The rise of Methodism in the area has not been fully explored and needs further research. Indiantown Presbyterian Church held a few families . The Presbyterian Church at Aimwell closed its doors about 1822, but the cemetery continued in use. Bartell writes on Jan. 15, 1823, that he ''went to Pee Dee River to burial of Captain Daniel Stone at Aim well meeting house." The life style of the planters were oriented toward river, swamp and the forested land. The river were the arteries that permitted contact with the n1arket and port at Georgetown, Continued to Page 9 1 e t e e I) i 1 ) Ox Cart And Team: The cart as shown above witn a team .of oxen was the only mode of transportation except the river until the coming of the automobile in the late ,19th century. Before that time ther,e were very few rough roadways. s at Marion and . creek was the bounes Williamsburg and een ce county was til Floren , ~ . raised cattle in anter~ odically the cows . per1and branded. The . e~pdeer drives , shot zd cks squirrels, and ys, u , d the land of its e clear t trees , rol l'1ng aw ay the logs not .needed for gey planted rice , wh~at , toes peanuts, turnips , . n'e and cotton . In the area ,n was spun in . to ~ecotto di ven into cloth. 1n go ~. w:ted and . fro~ it the derived their main source Hogs ran wild in the swamps , but were penned and fattened before butchering . The men fished every day possible. The catches were cleaned and preserved in brine. Bartell, who had mar ried Senea, daughter of Austin and E lizabeth Stone , had r emarkable ingenuity and industriousness attributable perhaps to his German ancestry . He does all the things that other fa rmers do in order to survive. But he has other skills. He makes fiddles . Music was essentia l to existence. He r ep a irs clocks, watches , guns, and farm bells. He tailors coats for the m en a nd older boys. When summ oned, he goes to bleed sick relatives and neighbors , and when he falls ill of an ague , he doses himself with quantities of castor oil Doctors Come To Town cOntinued. from page 1 bis residency at -Medical Association , and the University of South South Carolina Obstetric and lie is a Fellow of the Bynecological Association . Dr. James B. Edwards, Ill, is College of Obstetrics ~ogy and a a graduate of Millsaps College of the American in Mississippi. He attended Obstetrics and medical school at Tulane ,Dr. Lumpkin is a University, served his inthe South Carolina ternship at the United States Association the Naval Hospital at San Diego, edical Association, California , and his residency at tic Obstrics and the United States Naval .Association, and Hospital, Oakland , California . ina Obstetric He is a Fellow of the American 'cal Association. College of Obstetrics and A. Sowell is a Gynecology, and a membe~ of 1be Citadel. He the South Carolina Medical school at the Association, the American If Maryland and Medical Association, and the Internship and South Carolina Obstetric and the Medical Gynecological Association. ·The doetors will be assisted South Carolina. of the American by nurses Carrie Elliott and J oye, both of Obstebics and Cathy deplomate of the Hemingway . As their local practice gro~s, of Obstetrics , and a member they plan to increase office Carolina Medical hours at their Hemingway and c a lomel . He tans leather and makes shoes. He does skilled metal work and makes canoes . He makes looms and weaves cloth . A r oad commissioner, he is responsible for keeping the Creek channel open , supervising t he r oad and b r idge building . He is fa ithful in visiting his m other and attending to her farm chores. In his journal he records the marria ges, births and dea ths of his community. He goes to weddings , makes coffins and a ttends "burials." Buria ls of young women and children are especially frequent . Just where and how Willia m Bartell received sufficient education to support his skills is not known . The legend that the populace of the back woods were in most part illiterate is not borne out by their records . Tutors were employed when families could • afford their services. Bartell Indiantown. Born about 1756 and mentions building a school in 1823. died' Aug. 30, 1834, he married This was possibly at Deep Creek . Barbara Smith, daughter of There was also a school a t Red Hill William Smith who died in 1810. in the neighborhood , of Johnson's Barbara Smith was born June 18, 1772, and died October, 1833. F erry. Their three known children A num ber of rural comm unities then without names were were William S. Hanna, born Jan, developing very early in the 7, 1807, and died between 1878-1880. ninet~enth century. Some-- Hugh Hanna, born March 17, 1809; Prospect, Brown Town, Leo, Vox-- and John B. Hanna, born Oct. 12, have been m entioned previously in 1813, and died July 8, 1895. this series. Another was Hannah. William S . Hanna married Now in Florence County , Hannah Nancy Ard , born 1801 and died Feb . was, until the creation of Florence 22, 1862. William Bartell says he County, in Ma rion. A study as yet attended their wedding on Feb. 24, . incom plete shows the name James 1825, at James Ard's so she was Hanner on Mouzon's Map of 1775, pr~~ably James Ard's daughter. approxima tely half was between William S. Hanna married a the junction of Lynches Lake and second time Teresa ( ''Thirsey'') Lynches Creek to the west and <Thomas ) Stone Gaskins, widow of Witherspoon (later Johnsonville ) Madison R. Gaskins. to the east . Richa r d Hanna was one A son of William S. Hanna , of 43 heads-of-families who in 1778 Irvin, born March 15, 1843, married signed a confession of F a ith and Eleanor Poston. The records inPetition for incor pora tion of the dicate that the Hannah (a variant Presbyterian Congrega tion of spelling of Hanna > community . ,I owes much of its origin and ' .' development to the Hanna and P oston families . R e erendu Continued from pag Red Hill School This ea rly one-room school pictured with a desk in front was located at Red Hill on the outskirts of J ohnsonville in the 1820's. The site of this building and the 'ole swimming hole' by tha t name is the present location of the Laurel Shores " Division. .. . The last form, referred to a~ fifth form '' is most like the for county government which Williams County now operates under. The c board of commissioners form d i from the other four forms in th · county is governed not so much li co~nty ·. commissioners as by legislative delegation and the legislat~re . T~e county legisl delegation appoints the various c commissions and must approv an~ual supply bill, which the · -leg1sla:utre · must pass. \!lie stitutionality of this forni is now tested in the courts, since many t the workings of this form. lnclu supply bill, constitute ••s lee:islat.inn'' ---------1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pioneer Life Meant Doing All Things, 5-20-1976 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5-20-1976 News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/5f48b09958f251a84a3d0ac08d9a8791.pdf e93834bf54045631bf2269a66c53a916 PDF Text Text • ' ..-.·:-:-:::::;:::::. . . ·:·.·.·.····:·.·-·-·.·.·.. ·.·-·-·-:··-:·:-.·.·-·-:-:-:.·:· :-::-: -::::-.·:;............ :-:.:-:·:.::;....::-:-:·: ........ .... ·...·.· .. :-:-:-:-:-::-:-:-:-:-:-:-: -:· :-:-:···:•.· .·.......·....·.·.......:-.. ... ·-·..•·. ·. :-::::::::-:-:-:-:-::::-:::::::-:-:·:::·· . .·-:·.·-·.·-·-·.·.·.:-:·.·.·.·.·-· . ·.·.·...·.·. .. .......-. • - ·::::::::::::::::::::::;::·· ·-:-:-:-:-:-.·.·-·.· --:-:-:-·-· . • ' I ' , , • { ,.,! ' •. '· ·. ,' .. - '• • • • - Hollar1d Tyler. left; and Gerald Player invite you to visit Player Furniture Company for all your l1orne fur·nishing needs. Playe1· Fu1·nitur·e Cornpany is a homeowner's par·1adise 14,00 .square feet of everything you need to set up house~eeping. Arid Gerald Player· will be happy to show you his full ' line of furnitw·e fo1· every room in the house and every applia11ce a housewife can drearn of to make her work easie1·. He also carries Mot:o1·ola TV's a11d stereo equip1ne11t. . Beside the furniture depa1·tment is the carpet depa1·tme11t where you can look through stacks of carpet sa1nples a11d 1·ools u11til you find exactly what you need fo1· your J101ne. Player 11ot only sells carpet and vinyl floor covering <A1·mstro11g and Gaf) but t.hey install it loo. The1·e are also books of wallpaper samples frorn which you can 01·der wallpaper. Ge1·ald's father, Wilson Player, started the family business with a cou1itry store in 1954 which was in the sarne location as the present business. He gradually added applia11ces to the groceries and later went into the furniture business in Johnsonville. About 10 years ago he built the present building on Highway 41 between Joh11so11ville arid Hernir1gway with plenty ot· r·oo1n to expa11d as the business g1·ew. . . . . Wilso11 11ow far·ms full tirne arid Gerald r·uns the business. However·, these a1·e still seve1·al Players a1·our1d sir1ce Ge1·ald's rnother· a11d his wife Brenda run a fab1·ic sl1op 11ext to the furniture department. They have all kinds of fab1·ics arid sewing rlotior1s, as well as Mores sewing 1nachines. So, while Gerald helps you furnish your· house, .the ladies can help you furnish youri wa 1·dr·obe. - Besides all the Player·s, the1·e's someone else there wl10 kr1ows a lot about furnitur·e and appliances and is a lot of fu11 to k11ow. Hollar1d Tyler, formerly of Jowers Fur·r1itw·e Cornpar1y, r-ecently joined the staff as assista11t 1nar1age1·. Holland will be happy to help you with sorne fur·11itu1·e a11d invites all his friends to come see l1im at his r1ew location. Ger·ald a11d Holland invite you to compare prices and to visit Player Furniture Compa11y for the largest selectior1 of mediu1n priced furniture in the area and so1ne of the lowest prices to-be found anywhere. • • • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Player Furniture WO 4-11-74 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/2716a967bd36473d60389c91402a18e6.jpg dba17821e879072b2811d2bdbc3326e0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maisie Poston Ballou Collection Description An account of the resource Photos and documents belonging to Maisie Ballou Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Police Chief Lurie Poston, Sr. with police car on Broadway Street Description An account of the resource Chief of Police Lurie P. Poston stands with his police car on Broadway. <br />Visible in the background is a liquor store that later became a garden shop and now Health Care Partners (right), as well as a small white building removed when the parking lot was added for Turner's IGA. To the right - Johnsonville Pharmacy and Venters' Department Store. <br /><br />Mr. Lurie Poston (1900-1973) was the son of Preston Poston and Julia Miles. He was born in Hannah and moved to Johnsonville in 1934, where he was both a merchant and a farmer. He served as Chief of Police for 14 years and Magistrate for 16 years. <br /><br />He married first to <a href="http://www.johnsonvilleschistory.org/admin/items/show/id/103">Christine H. Hatchell Poston</a> (1904 - 1956) and at her death married Alphia McKenzie Stroud (1911 - 2004) <br /><br />His children with Christine were: <br />Uldine Poston Cooper (1926 - 2002) <br />Lurie Preston Poston Jr. (1928 - 1991) <br />Maisie Poston Ballou (1931 - 2012) <br />Jean Poston McDaniel (1932 - 1979) <br />Algie Ray Poston Cox (1936 - 2012) https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/6a799d47d9ee91611ed7502602ae728c.jpg f592b2d73c20235f52f7874b8f04ee45 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poole's 5 and 10 on Broadway Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1950s https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/feb4d1e3115448654e88240b3777360d.jpg 8c45981e5dd3e131253b00da94595716 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mildred Browder Hughes Collection Description An account of the resource The photographs and documents in this collection were created or collected by Mrs. Mildred Browder Hughes. Mrs. Hughes was a fixture of Johnsonville journalism for decades, working extensively with The Weekly Observer from its inception in 1974. She continued to write through the 2010s and was the author of several books, including "Life In The Past Lane." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1950s-2020s Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mildred Browder Hughes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of unknown couple https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/6561209245ff5e978cb4227c8c19c9f9.pdf 659b5cb23ff1c7c13d44a23b4682a6a6 PDF Text Text . , ... . .... -·--·., -, --~ ..... , .... .. -- .,_.. _ .. ._. - r- ·- -·-- --- •• ., - --- -- ..-- ... .-- ,..._. - ---o·- .._,..~ ,.# • ........ ..., ........ ·---._. --- --·- .. ~~~- .~--·~ - - - -- -- - • J e l • e • 3rd IN A SERIES By James Allen two states. The town takes its name from a Poston Family Poston that migrated from PennThe Place gave first its name sylvania to Virginia and later to the Poston Family and then thru Ohio on to the midwest. the Family gave its n.a me to a Poston One and Poston Two, number of places. In last weeks . Arizona are towns, located article, the surname Poston was within the Colorado River Indiscussed and it was pointed dian Reservation on the Neveda that the name was derived from border. These towns are named a location in Shropshire County, for Charles Debrille Poston, England, dating back to the Father of Arizona Territory year 1086. Looking now at the (more to come about this present day Ordnance Survey famous Poston in next weeks Map of England, Sheet No. 129, article). we note the places named Poston, South Carolina is a Greater Poston, Lesser Poston, well kept secret. Like a good and Poston Coppice (Grove). trout stream or a good bottle of Here, in South Shropshire, a wine, some things are best kept number of Poston are listed in to oneself. This small village on the telephone directory for the the banks of the Great Pee Dee area. River, safe by 2 miles from the Here, in the States, we _fine: beach traffic and filling stations Poston, Ohio; Poston One a11d of nearby Kingsburg on U.S. Poston Two, Arizona; and our Highway 378, rests gently own local village near John- tucked a way. sonville ~ow11 as Poston, South Until the railroad came Carolina. These places derive through Poston in 1914, the Pee their place names from the Dee River remained the main family known as Poston. Wow! route of industry and commerce Let us not fail to note Poston through the area. Steam Corner situated on Lynches powered river boats such as the River, right off Highway 378, ''Merchant'', ''Utah'', and the . near Salem X-roads and Big ''Ethel'' carried both freight Swamp Bridge. and passengers connecting with Poston, Ohio is located bet- Georgetown, Wilmington, ween Athens, Ohio and Charleston, and Savannah. The Parkersburg, West Virginia old Pee Dee landings included near the border between these Savage, Ellison, Godfrey and out • • Potato Bed. With the coming of the railway, Poston became an important junction for the Sea board and Atlantic Coastline railways connecting Florence with the Charleston to Hamlet North Carolina route. At one time, Poston had six tracks passing through the busy little · village. A single track now ren1ains and those big fast trains pass right on thru headed for Charleston with a trainload of coal from the West Virginia hills. One can hardly tell where the rail way station once stood as it has been dismantl-ed. The old hotel and cafe was almost torn down but some attempt at restoration was once undertaken; now remains uncompleted. Miss Minnie's house still stands in good repair. The Post Office stays open some hours of the day but the General Store is closed and the gasoline pumps remain idle. • Going towards the river, we pass the fallen timbers of what was once the Ferry Keeper's cottage. This Great River is full, running over, untamed. A couple, perhaps lovers, stand looking into the water watching the swift swirls. The photographer lady looks for a perch, finds it, and puts the river scene on filln. Driving along the better-than-usual dirt road, we head back in; passing and observing Cµsin' Sue's Daylily Garden. Then we think: this Village needs some new blood ....to tame this River ...to enjoy this view of fields, river, and woods ...to carve, mold, and transfor111...to enjoy this daylily garden ...to perserve these essential qualities of this place called POSTON---named after a family of the same. 1 ) The Poston Entry • It \\·as d•,\\·11 tl1e Pee Dee River and around the bend in the background that the fit"St 1~t,slo1i settle1·s la11ded at Ellison Ferry and the little village of Ellison \\·as l"'\'(\11tuall)' give11 tl1e 11a111e, Poston. Most of the Postons \\'ho li,·e in this area are <li1·ect dt•sce11da11ts of those 1ne11 \\'ho·ca1ne here by way of the Pee Dee. • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston Also A Place WO 4-7-77 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/6bacd6552f2a69396736b3e7ee723041.pdf 8cb55427cf57f154ef9309e99c0e7bb3 PDF Text Text • • l • Bl • BY JAMES ALLEN POSTON ' England . This craftsman has made gold and silver items for Queen Elizabeth II. ELIZABETH POSTON---Composer, pianist, and writer. This famous musican directed music for the British Broadcasting Company's European Services during 1942-45. She has performed as concert pianist for the B.B.C. Symphony . She is authoress of the Penguin Book of American Folk Songs, the Penguin Book of Christmas Carols, and the New Cambridge Hymnal (currently in use within he Church of England(. SIDNEY C. POSTON---General Contractor specializing in Restoration· <Recent work includes restoration of Robert Mills Fireproof Building in Charleston>. Sidney says he is not directly related to the Postons of the Pee Dee area as 'his family is a recent immigration from England to Charleston. Anyway, he's a good fellow to know. So you've been reading this column for the past three weeks and you are either of the following : ( 1> Poston is or was your surname. ( 2 ) Poston was your Mother's maiden surname. (3 ) You have Postons as relatives. ( 4) . You know some Postons . ( 5 ) Some or none of the above and perhaps even all of the above. Now what, you say, I know just about as much about these POSTONS as I would care to know and not one of them . has ever done anything that we could write any notes about. But, there may be some Poston that you don't yet know whom you would like to claim as your kin. Here follows a listing of a few that we have discovered and you may feel free to claim them as your kin at any of' the following occasions: Family Reunions, Garden Club Meetings, Historical Society, Poetry Club. Conversation with Charleston relative, at ERMA POSTON LANDERS---Born wakes before Funerals, after church, and raised in the Poston-Johnsonville during interviews with newspaper area: presently residing in the Atlanta reporters, and when you have run out of area. Erma has compiled a Poston things to say. Family Genealogy entitled ''A POSTON EUGENIA· C. MURRELL POSTON--FAMILY OF SOUTH CAROLINA'' Born in Charleston in 1827, moved to published in 1965 and presently unCalifornia and established the Poston dergoing revision. Some of her brothers School for Girls in San Francisco, died in San Francisco i.n 1907. \ reside in Lake City, South Carolina and A.E. POSTON---6 Lonsdale House, one sister is in Tucson, Arizona. She's London . England ; Goldsmith, Silverour inspiration and our reason to seek smith, Cutler, and Medallist; Office in out Poston information. Londor:i . with ·r actory in Sheffield, CHARLES DEBRILLE POSTON-r- r f ·~ Father of Arizona Territory'' ; his portrait by Mathew Brady hangs in the Na tional Archives Washington, D.C.; in 1863, President Lincoln appointed him as first Superintendent of Indian Affairs in "vthe Territory of Arizona ; Silver inkstand fashioned by Tiffany was given to Poston by President Lincoln in March · 1865 and is now on display in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. In 1864, Poston was elected Arizona's first delegate to Congress. ROGER POSTON--.. Chief of Police, City of Florence; South Carolina Chief Poston's father moved to Florence from the Johnsonville area where his Uncle Dallas Gregory Poston still resides. Prior to his return to the Florence City Police, where he had once served as a patrolman , he served as Chief in North Charleston and Orangeburg. MENDEL L . POSTON-..-Ass't Principal of Johnsonville High School. - Poston Kin J>ea·c)' ll. P()Sto11. Jol111so11ville reside11t, 't )ttts tl1e fi11al toucl1es to a pictu1·e of his ra ,. ,,1·it~ subject. a l101·se, in his outdoor st11dit), a secluded 11ook i11 his back yard. J>c•sl()ll sa)·s l1e-l1as bee11 painting hot"ses si11ct' 11(' \\as just a till)' tyke. a11d as a )'C>U11gste1· l1(',al\\·ays e11te1·ed the1n i11 the fai1· at Kingst1·e~. a11d l1e 111odestly £1<l111its tl1at lie al\\'a)'S \\'<>11 fi1"st place \\itl1 liis l1c)1·se d1·a\\· i11~s. Mendel has taught Chemistry, Physics, and other Sciences in the Hannah, Hannah-Pamplico, and Johnsonville Schools. We could safely say that he introduced Chemistry as a subject into our area . Also, he's an expert with the rifle, winning many awards during national competition on the firing range. PERCY D. POSTON--Active in his studio in Johnsonville he is: A painter and sculpturer-''The Gra ndfather Moses of Johnsonville Art'' , a solution to (,ontinl1ed to J•age ltt � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston Family and Kin, Featuring Percy Poston, 4-7-1977 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4-7-1977 News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/d2f208a916b56e3a9c33a227144be5b0.jpg fa79b1491df992dce157bf2d5013860d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Delance Poston Collection Description An account of the resource Photos in this collection were scanned at the home of Delance Poston and include photos of his childhood and family life in Johnsonville. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston family at a picket hut, possibly camp meeting. Description An account of the resource L to R: Ellerbe Poston, Minnie Turner Poston, Mrs Kelly, Jack Sawyer, Mr Boyd, Mr Kelly, cutout, Percy Poston Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1913 https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/915392a3e5283b2e14e9d5d44784a3c3.jpg 6568679a71795bd4afa700cbc3585632 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston from the railroad WO 4-7-1977.jpg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/5088fe97cea79210f282faa74925693f.jpg 993039acec132ac0cacb7d0560af9b2e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Delance Poston Collection Description An account of the resource Photos in this collection were scanned at the home of Delance Poston and include photos of his childhood and family life in Johnsonville. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston Grocery, Broadway and Railroad Avenue, 1941 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Delance Poston Description An account of the resource Percy Poston middle, possibly Ellerbe Poston sitting with cane, 1941 https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/69845fefd2a9c50792d896f863efe611.jpg e2c391dc27c8c3aa764397527939fa27 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maisie Poston Ballou Collection Description An account of the resource Photos and documents belonging to Maisie Ballou Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston Lunch on Broadway Street https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/5b116bc904aa1938fedd6b5f25c4d3f0.jpg f43d5e04aeecbca7260238fa24d0ede4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston Post Office https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/6e14d0e275f37d0867537b0ea50e6835.jpg dad467f6493d17edb43cded3e962fd73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper and magazine articles. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston Post Office On Borrowed Time Description An account of the resource Images of Poston train depot and post office, 1968. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Florence Morning News Post Office poston Train https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/a59c4fc17995c49daaafc243feb67972.pdf 91483fe4529e069512cacc5ec16e3aab PDF Text Text • • • ' ·. • •• • and pun~llusc uu item ur two ut the stiH'c uU in one ston• . And Lhey cun t·utch up em th~ latest community n(!ws while they arc at H.. Hurming ~he pnsl ofW.·c is u five-huur-u-tluy jolJ for Mr:-~. Perr\•. 1'hc numbeL' of llniii'S • • sh<~ spends on lhc joh is base.d on po:-;ta! fll{:C~pl s. :she ex- ta llroad the l)ostQn deJ)ot.. Tt'ains origlnat(!d In Poston and it was a switching poin1 for trains running from J+~lorence 1n. U1e aHcrnoon, she comes back about 2: :iot handH out U1e (!Vening mn U, and duUfuUy )owers the nag before ]eavlng at 5. Down th~ strcQt from the P. 0. and CJ(:r~ss the J'ailroau tJ'rttks, the Seuboanl Coast J.. inc d(!pot which was once a "pretty busy place', has gone Oil ~W Jc. 1t was ci{)St.!d Ja t.e in 1967 aftel' the merger of the Allantic CGast Line an J Smlboal'd Ail'!inc railroads. 'fhough the Morsq telcgrapil sand~r lm~l rQet.! ivE-lr has long e!icked silent at Poston, a sig11 ove1· one door at the depot says. They can pick tip stmnps. buy a molll'Y onlcr office. And the way Mrs. Mary · : Dell PeL'ry. poslmisLress for· Uw past 14 ye<rrs. figurm:: it. .. . • corner of th~ slore~ just ·CJS. it has for as Iong as mosl peopie In Poston cao rclllemh~l'. fleople like the post office rlght where it js,. Mr3. Pcrl'y By DEW JAMES MltrnJng New!! Sunday FAIUot· POStl'ON' - Whenever lhc · · top brass in Lhe Pu~l Offlc~ : . Department in • W&l;hlnglon :;taL'l talking aboul clusing .. . smaH post offices as <Ill . , economy. m(!a~urc, it sets t>ff a ~ <!Uiver in Poston. • . Po!;ton. Zip <AKIC 295fl8 a(:' <:ordlng to a hand·writt~n . . notice posle;:d by the single · service window, is J~'lnrencc County's only fourth class post •, • • • •• t"Gmmunity. LOuis Poston says the railroad co~· and north to Marion on the p<my wanted to buHd Us shops al Poston, but his grandfather, Andrew Poston for wtwm Lhc community is named, and the railroad eumpany co u I d n 't Seaooa•·d system. agree on a price for a tt·act of The depot was open around the clock, Mrs. Hearn r.ecaH~. ul workt~ an eight hour shift, land on which the shops were and conne<!Ung wW1 trains tunning sough to Charleston my husband worked another eight hour shift and our s~m workL~ the third slliiL We kept the rumdng oi the depot in the famjl}·,, she says. Passenger service w a :; ~isr:ontinued in the late 1940s here, . o • paddled _upstream .. • . •J • ... . ..'-..' .•... ..~. . ' ~ ...,. .,. ' • . • .. .. #' ; ~ • • -•. ... .. .. ••• • • • • ~ . " • 0 • • • o . ( • I . • • 0 .... • I . 1 ~ •• . .• . .. •0 • 0 • , ' • . ,. .. • • 0 • • 0 ·\ • " • •J • • t • _. ,"t I ~..1 •• • • • • ·•, . ... ., • ... .. J • ' • • 0 • , ' t . ; • - I • 0 • 0 :t: • ~ ~ • . 0. '• • .... . --~. ~ - • .IC t I • •~ ' •• .,.. ,< o t " • • ' • ~, • .. ..· '.a, . • • .,:.'I, :·, '• .•• t · ·.;_(• 1 ·• • • • •• . ... • • • .. .. .• .. t' . -:• •• . . • . .. "" ~· • . .. • 0 • r ~ • • • • •• , I ' Ia • ' , . 0 •• • ; - · • • • 0 ... • · . I <&. , . I " 0 .. • · • ' ,r o ,., • , ' ·'. • . . • .. • .. • • f • · •• • • o I' I t • . , :. .. • t ·. t ,$· 0 ,. 0 • 0 ~• • ~ .. .. · · {~ c .. . ! - .-.• •~ ... )' . •• '~~"" • ••"'" ~r •• '~ ~" • , • •'· ~ ·.r ~ I • ""·•:: !' · , ... . ._ . . • • .. •. . .... . j ' · -~ "· ' .;•.. , •: •• • • ;115: t..: ~- 0 . ~-~ •• ~ •~· •• 0 • • - ... • . ~ • ~ ~ • ' ,. ... ... - 0 • • • 0 • ' • ,· I .. • · · . ,• • ... .. 0 .,. o - • ,.. , • • • .:. ._.. ~ .. . • • •' * l • • • • . . . : ., : _ . . . • 0 • .. .. • • •'b • • • • o - . .. • · ~ :""· o • ••• o •• ' ,; • • • "! • . . .. , , 0 0 • ~ • 0 · - • ' " • .,. • • •• 0 -- - ·.. "' / ,! J O ' • 0 • "''" .. • - 0 •• I . . .. .·• .. .- .. - . f\• + o • • .t ..' • ••. . .. .1\: . • -:;.-. • •. ... . . . . .. ~·· • • 0 • 00 - .. • • • . . .. • ( • • t; • : • t ' •• 0 . . . .\ ... . •• 00 . ) '· •. ' , •.., . • ··~ • • • . . : ..·~ • • • <I • • - • •• ..,...jl,.,·,~":il~· .-' · It- o- · .1 -·- ~ : . . ( ' "::,...• • ~ •• : ..... o o,. " . _. • • :.·. •• : 0 - •J:o,'---.._x.c" .:.... - • ••· . ... . . . . . . ... ' # .·o. ...•·'i 0 MRS. M·ARY DELL PERRY RUNS UP FLAG AT POSTON P. 0 . She Has Been Po~tmis tress for Past 14 Ye<~rs. (Staff Photo) he\•(hJ\' was t.~round World \V ill' . I \\•hen thet•e were as many• as four general stores operating at once. There was a villag:; doctor, a drug store and a liverv- stable . The LL·ain station brought in business enough to ~ • .. ..·. -·. .. .. :,·:~:: :...! . . : .. . ... 0 ' : .;::0. .. ...,, ·~ · . . ., • ~ ,.,: : . ~·. t • . . . 0:; 0 .... 0 Furches figures ., Post_on~~ . • . .. • 7 . • ...i,. . •; ~ . .. .. . -~ quite \vere never :reC!overed. ' . . ; cars and one pick-up rolled ofl' the ferry during crm;sings . and ' ' '• ' POST,ON DEPOT, uo~CE A BUSY PLACE/' ~AS USED UNTIL LATE IN 1967 Building at left Was Once o Cafe and Contained Jrgin Dispatcher's Offices ... . ... - . .. ' •• • •.._. . , I; • remcm}:lcn that at least two j' '. • 0 ' ' L, ·ru:!o:J.' 'i"'·t.; ·"· ~"'r · •t .. • -· t \' ' • • : • • . . . ... . ·-·~ • : '":" • .~. "1, ·~ ~' I · :"1.. ' " . ... •' . -:._1_' . • j ' ' ,• Of1 •.• ·' ,.-.•~ · • ~ • ~· . ,' '-'' • ,\ .• "'!'_,-.J:' ;. V'i- '!. !s.~· l ~- •. ~ ~ ~· 1 • ' ' ; ' , · / ''1. ' .o"\l , ••:r '; ·.:~ · ~.~ ·,'.'', •• "" tJ -~· .,,! ~~ ·.(' ~'>~:~ '"1,--:. • • • ~ • • • , • J • : • , • .- .· ; .-! ,~-· . .. . '(.., , .., • • - - ·- . . •• • :;_:: "' " .. • ..,.......... .... . the proper point ou the oppositt~ !-ihore. '·1,he fiver l'an venr swifUv .. and they hull to be careful nol to gel swept downstream, :' he szid . Somel.imcs the.re were a c c i d e n t s . ·F· u r c h e s .... .~ ~·. 1.. , I- n distance before swrling across so. a landing c:ould be made :rt • . o IV I .. : was high, the fl.!rr~· had Lo be .f _' . ~ • . ~.:¥...........,.----- " . ., .. . .. was high bC!cau:::e rnrc;..; w~rc ..• about doubl(;!. When the '\~·ater .· - ~.. ~~·- .• .. ... . . •• <I""""'•-- - .. , o Poston • '.• 'f't~ I • ' •• ';'I. 0 ~ f .... ... D l'fll . . . . . . .. ,J • • • H rope system .- F.'ares were .50 eents for a horse .and buggy: . ' fjve t.-enls ))Cr ltJcrson.' 75 een~~'· -~ . :(' for a hnr.se ~md wagon ancl Sl. . I .,... . ' for a hvo-horsEl- w;1gon. h~ _..I said. ~ 'Most people tti~d tu ~H'Oid using the ferry when the w~tcr • . ... .•..'-~·:·:··:.=·~-~· . ··~"·~·=·-~~~.~~;= I railroad shops had been buia • • ' . ones were puHed act·oss with a • . • to be built. So the shop;:; were buill in.. st~ad at Andrews. '• If the might have become a good si?.ed town; Poston said .. Bdorc Ihe railro~•d era, Po~ton Wf\!.i on the mCJin 1·oad and the telegraph $ervlcc was behveen :Georgetown a n d pro~·l11ims : :·,w~slcrn Union Telegraph (tnd Cabh~ Office.'· continued until a year or ~o Marion and a ferry \\·as ago, she says, though the old · operated acros~ t~ Pee Dee Mr~. Nell Hearn who worked at the depot fur 48 years Morse sender was not used River at Elfi!;<m's Landing n beroL'e retiring five years ag(> anymore lor tapping our few. mii<!S e.ast of Poston. .. Dou~la·s Furc-hes. ~v h () s ~ l'cmcmbers that during World me:;sages. l'ost<m, like many Pee Dee· grandlathcr operated the fer· War fi and for some years lmfore things buz~ed around tnwns got its start as a . ry, recalls thal older ferries . were paddle4 across. hut Jale1· suoncr . ot' Inter when the JJ,)ains. l·~Heh rnrwuiug ilb~}Ul 9. she go\'el'nt~lcnl stm·Ls t a I k i n :~ cconotmcs. lhe Po:; ton P. 0. <•omos duwn and runs up lhc flag on a poJc on I he norlh side will hu\'e to go. 'fhc Poston P. 0 . ~erve3 of lhP. gcuer·al store land posl UbJ>Ut 60 rnmiJics \o\'ho COOl(! h• ufftc('}. SIH! stieks around unm James Haselden's g ~! ncr a I ahout IL ::IO handing oul the sloL'C daily Lo rolleel 1heir morning mail brought in from mail. '!'he P. 0. ocl'upies on\! .Jolmson\'il)(!. SUNDAY1 AUGUST 25, 1961 SECTtON D, PAGE 1 0 •• • • • 0 : • . ·• • ·=-···· - • . - . ... . .... •• • ..,., _ ·_: ... 0 • ... • 0 • • • .. . wnrrant a couple of cafes anl a hotel . he said. 1\\:o ·~n tf~rpris~s ·· - the railroad nnd the B r o w n Englimri L:lmlwr Co. on the Pee Dee Ri\•er - accounted for Poston's commercial bus~ .. •• • • • 0 t O O .... ~ tie in the po:~t Worid War f perjod. according to Furches. The bustle has gone from Poston. but H remains n picturesque community where old .~u~Idings are reminders of a lively past. ." ......... ·~ ·--. ~·· ... ~ !\-:::::· ~.... 0. • • • • .. o I 0 .. ... :;o ~ • o o • • ~~· • ,, ' . .. 00 I • • . . . . ... . . . -- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper and magazine articles. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston Post Office on Borrowed Time - 1968 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8-25-1968 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Florence Morning News https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/b9be62d473f7d2c51789a1e59508240b.jpg e49d044a36d12909e83ce69dde4f0458 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston Train Depot, 1956 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8 May 1956 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photo by Eugene Cain, via the Digital Public Library of America https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/250f52e1043cb33634467e4248a2b206.pdf 3cec72f88739c338b94956a787471bc6 PDF Text Text • • • • I - • • Tl1e littl e VI llage of Poston was first known as Ellison , the 11ame Poston because of the ·but \\'3S r an. 1ng ' f)tl the Pee Dee Rive1· • It is one of a number of towns and t • • • • • • \'illages bea1·i11g the 11ame •'Poston'' both in the United ' States a11d t:11gland • • • • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston Village WO 4-7-77 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/b6209b04fe20b1ae75f1cb94c792da0b.pdf 727aa29ee1b94db79af2027119ab0fe5 PDF Text Text • ' • • • ' • • • • • •• • By Mildred B. Hughes • , .,. • •• • ' Post Office' . \ Poston, a name deeply ingrained in the area as a family name, is also the name of a community that once was a bustling railroad town boasting of three stores, a Post Off ice, a railroad depot with around the clock attendants, a hotel, and we are told at one time a doctor and drug store. Today, very little of the Poston of the bygone era remians, with the only business there now being only a third ielass Post Of.. fice , and a cross the stree t a nursery known as ''The Daylily Garden and Much Mor e,", operated by a Poston native) Sue Rawlings, unique in itself. Long since gone are the doctor and drug store, the hotel, the railroad depot, and the stores. The only store building left has been emptied of its merchandise. In the front corner stands a small room which houses the Post Office, recently renovated with new panelling and complete with colorful sheer curtain panels at the windows. The United States flag flys above the flag pole all day, but the Post Office is only open three hours a day, from 8 to 10 a.m. and from 3:30 to 4:36 in the afternoon. There are no boxes for rent, since the building is only open during these hours and customers would not have access to their boxes, but all other services are available that can be had at the most . sophisticated Post Office. The Post Mistr.ess, Ida Ruth Huggins, is a lifetime resident of the area, as was the ' 6 • J one before her, Mary Dell Perry; paid thusly instead of witb money, until Others who have served in the past he had reached a cutting off point. This, were Lawrence Creel, Mrs. Creel, he pointed out, was dutjng the Charlie Poston and Bernie Poston. depression and times, as most people The main activity that pumped life know, were hard. Somehow, the men into the town of Poston in its heydey got together and got the money to pay was the Seaboard Airline Railroad. off the chips, and ~is ended the trading Mrs. Nelle Hearn, a long time agent at at the Creel store with the lumber Poston for the railroad company, and company chips. ·her son, Bernard Hearn of Savannah, The late Mrs. Dora Altman operated Georgia, reminisced Monday about the the hotel at Poston for a time, and it has times when the railroad was more been said that she prepared some of the active. best meals to be had anywhere. On the Of particular significance was the first floor of the two-story building was branch line which ran from McBee to a wood burning chimney, to provide the Posto11 and tied up there over night. heat. There was a kitchen and large But, Mrs. Hearn recalled, passenger dining room and one bedroom on one trains were just as active in those days Continued to Page 8 as were the freight trains. The engines from McBee had to be ''coaled'' and one man shoveled 20 tons of coal each Poston night. Bernard recalled that the coal Continued from Page 1 was located so that the coal had to be shoveled ''up'' to the engine. One day side and a small store on the other. According to Bernard, the way the his father, the late L. Hearn, who upstairs was heated was rather unique. worked the second ''trick'' (shift) under his mother, talked to the railroad · A circular hole was cut in the floor of each room with a piece of terra-cotta men and told them how heartless they pipe inserted to allow the heat to rise to were, and explained how much of the the top floor . hard work could be eliminated by lifBernard recalled that during World ting the coal higher so that the attendant, Johnny Ellison, could then War II the troop trains came through shovel the coal down: With in a week he about every ten minutes with troops said the matter was taken care of and moving northward . He said the soldiers,' ma~y enroute to Norfolk, the work load greatly decreased. During the heydey of Poston, Ber- Virginia; would holler to the attendant nard said Lawrence Creel had taken as they passed, and quite of,ten, would ''chips'' from employees of Brown throw letters out to be mailed to of their families or Ingram Lumber Company, who were members . I • I • l I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston: A Look At The Past, 1-24-1980 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource Poston: A Look At The Past - from The Weekly Observer, Jan 24, 1980 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1-24-1980 News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/31e84d04de1a885915aafb31eef7a58e.jpg e2c391dc27c8c3aa764397527939fa27 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maisie Poston Ballou Collection Description An account of the resource Photos and documents belonging to Maisie Ballou Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poston's Lunch Diner and Sinclair Station, Broadway Street Description An account of the resource This station and diner was run by Lurie and Christine Poston. It was located on Broadway Street in Johnsonville beside the railroad tracks. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940s https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/36df8e5c53f3d4ca7f9ffb20b246f5d8.pdf e3f7c903ee18463fbe696b7a437bc9fd PDF Text Text ./ 'HE ~EORGF./rOWN 'llMES. OEOUGETOWN. S. V .. ."ATURDAY. FEBHUAHY :l:l.lH!a. \'OLU ~J E 48 NU)lllEH 102 A STORY· OP PROGRESS ~, FROM THE PINE LANDS -- ~~----------.w· ~~-----------­ lfemlnJ{"·ay. they carry at.tractive lines or mer Schools and Churchel!. chandtse. The principal merchant A town that has had remarkable The tobacco Industry has grown up are W. C. Hemingway & Co .. Eadd Educational and religious esta.l>~rowth Is Hemingway, some twenty- fn this section In the last ten years. & Creel Bros., F. E. Huggins, J. 11lshments are tn evidence. In town five mil es from Georgetown. In two This year 3.000 acr<>s will be cult!- JJurnnt, S. J . Haselden, the Summer there Ia an excellent graded school years time It bas developed from a vo.ted. Among tho largest tobacco ford Hardware Co., and W. D. Jlar In a commodious, well-m>ade, well hamlet Into ll town or brick buJldings, planters are w. C. Hemingway & Co., mon. Besides these there are !ventilated and ltghtcd bullding. The plate glass rront stores, gradP.d 80 acres and the Longwood Fa.rm >Co., number or small stores and shops. raculty consists or principal an!l five streets and tho what-not that IR nec- 7 o acres. Others who > b ave large A new hotel Is In course or coo teachers and the curriculum inessary to a municipality of Its advan- tobacco acreages arc G. D. Perry, \V. structlon. It will be ready tor guest cludtos all to be round In a city school tag<>s and am blllons. H. Harman, w . D. Harman, ~lr . Out- about L\tarch 1. The house contain of the 9ame class. There are two Farms, rarms, farms everywhere land, F . E. Huggins, H . E. Eaddy, J. fHteen guest rooms. It will be man churcbee, Methodist and Baptist, bavnurround Hemingway, and they aro T. Durant and ronny more. Indeed, aged by J. 11. Eaddy, who Is a'tng bu.ildlnga tbat would do credit producing farms , too. They are being there Is probably not a Carmer Jn the ade pt at cateiing- to t.he wants ot th to larger communities. tilled by pco)l1e who know how to do section but Is doing som ething in to· traveling public. Ten new buildings bave been put 1 tt ; who are proud of their occupation bacco, running from five to twentyThe IJ.nnk of Hemingway ( $20,00 In the past nine montba, and eleven and Interested In the work. Heming- five acres. capital) hae at ita home one ot tb> others are now tn course or construeway 1s the focal point or sale and Meanwhile these farrn~rs are not nent<'Rt and most convenlf>nt smal, tlon or under contrart. Tho new shipping for a hack country ha.vlng a onll rely tobacco-wrapped . They are bank bulldlngs tbat could be foun houses are being made o! the b~;:.,t radius of fifteen miles or more, In planting cotton and corn as well, and in a day's journey. The building I material and fitted with modern con"hlch territory thE>re nro some of the ~~:lvlng attention to hogs, cattle and of r~d pressed brick, with plate glaa veniences. best farms In tho lower part or the the ll.ke. ~tore of them will cure bay windows, and the desks and furn ish H emingway has two physicians, Dr. state. th is sca!lon than ever bPfore. logs of cherry and mahogany. Un H. l... Baker and Dr. K A. Simmons. Toli •-eo and , ot ~t·r nn• l1H'l pr'ncl The to" n or Hemi ng" ay Is laid otr der foot are tiles and concret It has one drug store, that of C. 1'. pnl trO!l!-1. ll Is oxpcl'teu that uot less o n a plan and scale just as tr its pro- From the day the bank opened It McKenney. A !lecond drug store !s than l,:iOO,OOO pounds of tobacco will Jcctors n.ntl promoters uxpectPd it to doors It has done a nourishing bus! to bo opened by ~tr. Mnscldcn abC'ut be handled there this year. Two I.JCcome a city. And maybe it will. ness. The officers are: W. C. Hem :\1arch 1. There are, of cotlTse, wnn•hout=;rs. 65 by ll O tce>t, ar~ In It has got the "makin 's" In It and lngway, president ; F . S. Hugglm blacksmith shops, <'ating houses and COUrj;f' or <'Oilf>lrur.tlon and \\Ill be around it. The Htrl"t•tB nrc wJde, le v- ,·tee-president; J . A . Doyle, cashier. tho llkt". Even lhP uhlquitous "da~o·· readr nr11l o pen for business with tho el n.n perfectly gro.clt>d nnd drain\Vlthln four miles of Jlemlngwa: bas reached Hemin gway. They nrn beginning Of tho har\'t'St EP.R!IOII. od; the lots are largo and roomy, there are tou r saw mms, and tron looking for tho Chinaman on any Arran~t>tnl'nts havo been concltulod permlttln~ each householder space the amount of building going 0 ' train. for lhO attPIHIODCC of buyers, SO that Cor yards and flo\\er gardtns and lit- tbey must all be kept bustling t ,---------------.........J the n w mnrket will start rl~ht In as \ 1 kitchen gardens In the rear If supply the local demand . S. J. Hasooon ns the tobacco Is ready to be that be d esired. That part or the elden baa a saw mill Inside the cormoved and sold. town which has been built gives an porate limits. ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . idea or what bas b ~e n planned. The ~---------~------~ lcrullug stores are large, well lighted, well venti lated nnd well arranged bul tog, and wilhout f'xcoptlon, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper and magazine articles. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Progress In The Pinelands, Hemingway - 1913 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2-22-1913 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Georgetown Times https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/05ecd8898ed7a7c510739c4bf3224374.pdf 77175ae98290937553081842c44b2927 PDF Text Text .. GEORUE'l~OWN 'l'IMES. VOLUME 48 OEORGETOWN. H. U.. SATURDAY. FEI3RUAHY ::!:.!. J Ulij. NU~lBER 102 ~~~~--~----------------~==,-------------------------------~r--------------------------~ -- nriek and 1~1 ate GIMs. People In and around J ohnsonville claim that they have the best tobacco Atandtng on the blghest pine ridge Brick eonstructlon and cement land In South Car o11na and as good Two JllWoD P o rts. between the P"e I>«>e River and .ffl.d"walk laying has already been t:otton land as there Js Jn l\farlboro OeorgC'town Is Johnsonvllle. It ts In begun. The Poston IRlock Is a. "fact or anywhere else. And they seem to They are looltlng tor a: b1g tobacco Williamsburg county, but It really accomplished". It stands at the co r-· have the courage or their assertion. buslm!!llll at Jobnsou:vUle ln tbe fa.ll. ought to be In Georgetown, because ner of Broadway and Hallroad ave- TlH•Y are going Into tobacco and cot- Much rorUllzc."'S has moved out, and It ts worth bavlng.. At any r ate, lt nue, and is as substantiul a block as ton ' 'for keeps", using rertfllzers lots or tolr.tcco Is coming back from ts In the Georgetown buelneu terri- brick and mortar and money can liberally and using the best agricul- It. Two tobac-co warehouses are gotory. J ohnsonville la a lmost br and make. The corner or the block ts tural machinery. Mr. Poston's twen- Ing UP ~ They are a.raou.t iO by 100 new; j uet out of t he bandbox, a.a tt occupil'd by the Farmers and ~fer­ ty-horse rarm or 400 acres Is about feet, rubber roofed. The housoa wer e. B ut Ita n ewneee won't burt chants (branch) Dauk, the par<'n t or c\·cnly divided between tobacco and will be oomple\Pd antf turned over to your eyee to look a t lt. In faet, one which Js at Lake City. The officers or cotton. Other prominent tohncco nnd the owners In ample Ume to catch look wlll call for anothe r , tbe 8ltua- lhe bank are: J . S. McClam, pres!- cotton tllonters or the section arc: A. the mcwement at the Clpenlng of the . dt•nt; S. n. Poston, vlrP-Prcshlcnt, 1•'. Ji'Jowers, Dr. II. L. Baker, J. \\'. season. All aM"angemPnts have been tion Is so attractive. One man said and c. J. Rollins, cns hi~>r or Lhe ('ox. Gt•orge W. navis, M. V. Co~. V. perr<>cted tor t»e new- market and ltt tlH.• othPr dt\y that J ohn so nville was ,Johnson\'lllP branch. Th<> cnpltal g , Cannon, .J. D. Cox, R. B. Tann~r. wil l go Into full strldeo at once. It is becoming a habit. It n•ully seP.ms stock is $75,000 and the surplus' 1 fi,- T•'. A. •raylor, J. E. Taylor, A. T. estlma.wd that not lea tb an 2,000,thnt a right Hmarl !!Calterlng or folks 000. The branch 1s two years old, Taylor, W. G. Stone, J . D. Haselden, 000 po:unds and ma.ybe mor e of tllare g~tting the habit. und has pro~pl'red o\'ery day or Its R. E. I.... Hughes, W. H. MaM5b , J. G. bacco will be bandle4' thla year 011 To bt.• exact, Johnsonrllle Is three life. Its equlpmP.nt Is modern and J.Jnddy, S. 0. Eaddy, C': C. Richard- the floors of tae new- ' 'arebouses. A new hoteli Is neari e g completlcm, years old; that is, It gots Its I>res<mt complete. The middle wareroom ot son, etc. :\1r. Poston and ~r. Richgrowth In tbrco years. Arguing of the bu ilding Js the general store of ardson are trylng truck this year on tho south side of 1!be railroad. It the future by the pn!.'t, ten years S. B. Poston. The storo room Is 3 0 more extensively than usu~rl. ::\1 r. will be Onlshod a.ru! rurnJshed by heneo tbe town's chief stree ts wlll be reet front, 53 feet rear by 1 oo reet Poston has 50 acres or bE>ans, and !\larcl 1, and will be conducted by lined with brick buildings, and side- dt-ep, and is filled wit.h geucrnl mer- l\lr. Rlthardson is planting beans and !\frs. Chapman, wilD bas hitherto " at ked anti paved with some good c handlse and groceries. ~ext door other truck !or shipment. Stra wber- "een giving such en.~ l hmt service at her model bat modest lltlle boarding permanent material. There'll be tn the building Is the John'~onvlll c rles, too, a.re not neglected. house. Tht hotel baa fifteen guest "ater works and sewcrag;c ond elec- Harcl'ware co., s. n. Poston, prl'61tric lights on the street In ten yeal15, dent, Arthur Rogers, general maoI'OOID.iJ. 'E ducation and Religion. th e "ay tblugs aro gotng. ager. The store room Is 25 teet by The physfc:lans or the town are Dr ~ ,Johnsonville takee great pride tn 100 feet, and tbe stock Is a comC"ockftcld, Or. Pt'C)t~tle r and Dr . Crap.. plete line or hardware. The com- her graded school, and tbe lnstltt.t- man. The first is the owner or tl'11· pany bas a workJng capital of $10,- tlon re worth it. It Is run on •tll• Cockfteld Drug Co., or W.hleh M.r. 000. Stores and bank bave heavy conwlldated plan. Several schoor Cfarence Davia ta ma.nager .. plate glass windows. The walls of districts have secured a nlne-monlhs The town Ia laid otr tn streets a.nd the building are seventeen Inches school term, have raised the stand- avenu l's, nod the policy bas b.een thick; which ts in anticipation or ard or teacher• and provided all oth- adopted or gi"lng the a.ven ues the putting on another story when It Is er advantages. which are atrordcd l.lY names of ramous Confed~rate geaer c+ty ~ch•ols. The Johruonv1lle InI needed. stitution bas t •o high school grades als; thus, Hampton, Biltl~r and .tackln additl19n to the grammar school son are a lready In t.be Ktreet nomengrlidcs. Tho rad'l us or tbe consoll- clature. TO\\' n lots are all bl~ a.nd ~ dat:ed district is a.bout lbree miles, roomy. Business lots are 50 by 50 a.nd U1e ch1ldren drfv• in by buggy feet, and residence lots 50 by 100 and carry-all. Ffrteen or twenty ve- rt•et. T<>n uew residences were under hlclt>.a may be seen abCJI'Crt tbe butld- construction within sight of one ing any schtJol day, a.nd there Is not str('f'lt eorncr at the time data for this a scrub horae or mule fa the school article was gathered, and ba.mmera passenger tra:fflc. The raculty con- were ringing on several busfne• buildings. slats or principal ami sill teachers. JohnMODl'illt'. - A STORY· OF P~OORESS ~ FROM THE PINE LANDS � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper and magazine articles. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Progress In The Pinelands, Johnsonville - 1913 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2-22-1913 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Georgetown Times https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/28e23e99c1c80c414090d029b338fc52.pdf 160da8f237df86500f470c97f3f70e31 PDF Text Text Human Heritage---------------------... .......___-~---- • rea: By E. Y. EADDY Is the secon~ of a three-part 00 the history of the Prospect Nullifiers had no showing with Capt. . William Johnson, the Haseldens and the Coxes. The Lake voting precinct of large territory and population was over- · fought in the Revolution to lhe rights they had. struggled so 1nedly to gain; and having given · dren a fair and fertile place on Carolina soil, the earliest settlers t began to die out before the the century. Eaddy, Sr. died between 1790 , leaving two sons, James, Jr. Samuel, who became the 'tors of the large family of in this section. ' Parsons died about 1802. The ol hiS wife is unknown. His married among the Prospect y," his daughter Elizabeth ' g the wife of James Powell. Parsons married Celia Stone; married William Poston ; and married James McDaniel. The Parsons sons were David and ' Stone died about 1818, leaving · children, several of whom leading roles in the developing ity and church. Hanna, born 1759, lived to the age of 83. He was elected a elder of the Indiantown rian Church in 1819, and he and Uy remained active in that ation until the Nullification cf 1832. Samuel McGill describes the climate of the period. ''At Creek, the Union cause was in the ascendancy, and the BETSY BARR'S GRAVE ... Born Into Slavery whelmingly in the strength of the Nullifiers. The upper and middle portions, by far the most populous, were controlled by the leaders, A. I. Graham and Samuel E. Graham, Cockfields, McAlisters, Matthews, Rodgers and Sauls; while the lower and eastern portion was controlled by such Union men as Mr. James Graham, Singletarys and Browns; and along Lynches Creek by Stones, Eaddys and Carters." He goes on to note that the Union cause found advocates in every voting precinct in Williamsburg District and that in many of them there were divisions of sentiment within families, especially among those of Revolutionary stock. It was an era of violence, and men commonly settled their differences with their fists if not in still more violent ways . McGill describes such a battle, " ... the greatest fisticuff fight within the memory of the oldest citizens occurred at the Indiantown muster field just before the Nullification excitement ·between James Cooper and young Hugh Hanna, both residents of the Lake section. Cooper having cursed old Mr. Hugh Hanna, it was resented by his eldest son , who declared he would not , allow an old man to be cursed. These two young men were of equally large stature and proportionate limbs and strength . They met, stripped and entered the ring and soon were at their best, first one and then the other on the ground, made so by heavy blows. During this bloody fight, · Col. David D. Wilson, then captain of the Indiantown Militia , walked away several times and returned to ask the bystanders to part them. The fight still continuing, he again came up, and in piteous tones he begged, 'Do men, for eri God Sake, part them.' When last the combantants were on the ground, Hanna was alone able to crawl upon Cooper, who said, 'Take him off,' in a whisper so low that his second had to put his ear to Cooper's mouth to catch his words ." This disagreement caused part of Hugh Hanna's family to withdraw from the Presbyterian Chruch, and they later united with Prospect Methodist Church. In the years of peace after the American Revolution, the sons of the original settlers enlarged their land holdings into the thousands of acres and further secured their homesteads. The plantations were almost entirely selfsufficient. Grain- corn, wheat, oats, barley, and rice--were planted for home use. Livestock roamed the swamps. Cattle furnished leather for shoes and saddles. Sheep were raised for wool and cotton for cloth. Hogs were raised for meat and lard. Half-wild fowl were the com mon chickens, ducks, turkeys and guineas. They were plucked for feathers that went into feather beds, and their eggs were used incookery or saved for " setting. " The swamps and woods were full of deer, squirrels, rabbits and birds, and the men were excellent shots. After the introduction of cotton as a " money " crop, the farmers invested in more slaves. The original settlers had owned few, the records showing that owning more than three or four slaves marked a man of affluence. By 1850 slaves holdings had increased. Thomas Eaddy owned 77 slaves, perhaps a record for this particular place. A sufficient measure of security had been achieved by 1835 to enable the families to combine resources to organize and build a church. Although Indiantown Presbyterian Church was accessible if not convenient, Presbyterianism, already ruling elsewhere in Williamsburg, failed to appeal to the Lynches Creek populace. Bishop Francis Asbury had earlier found acceptance by Austin Stone, and circuit riders had visited the area regularly. Methodism gained a following along the lower reaches of Lynches Creek, with the first church organized and built at Muddy Creek about 1822. Prospect followed about 12 years later. Methodist churches were also organized and built at Trinity (the Johnsonville area), and Old Johnsonville. The Prospect Methodist Church, simply constructed in the typical meeting house style of the period, stood on land given by James Eaddy III and his mother, the former Elizabeth McDaniel, daughter of James McDaniel and Isabella Parsons, "to William Johnson, ·James · snow, Edeard D. Eaddy, Briley H. Stone and James H. Stone, trustees." Briley Ham Stone and James H. Stone were the grandsons of Austin and Elizabeth Stone. Edward D. Eaddy was the son of James Eaddy, Jr . and Mary Drake. Early Prospecf Methodist church records have vanished, if they ever existed at all. However, records from 1853 have been saved, listing not only membership, but reflecting the manners and morals of the times. This church was a powerful force. Members were "turned out" or warned for such a vague offense as · ''walking ungodly," while supporting or recommending a bar room at Johnsonville, stealing a plow, bastardly and drunkenness were dealt with by expulsion. The community florished and the church grew. From a meager enrollment of 29 males and 57 females in 1853, membership increased to 59 males and 68 females in 1860. The 1853 membership is of interest, indicating the close family relationships of the period. Listed as Class Leaders are Briley Ham Stone and Ai.istin Stone III. Other male members were James H. Stone, Jasper Bartell, Randall McDaniel, George W. Carter, John D. Eaddy, John Stone, Clark Eaddy, Jacob Adeison, James Ard, William J . Tilton , Isaish Prosser, Robert Eaddy, Leonard Baxley, Thomas Altman, Job Prosser, James Keightley, Thomas Stone, Morgan Carter, William J. Stone, Taylor Eaddy, Elias Mors, James Carter, Continued to Page 3 PROSPECT METHODIST CHURCH .•. Organized And Built In 1835 The Prospect Continued from Page 1 Theron Eaddy, Hugh L. Graham, Belin Ard, and Reddick Poston. In most cases, female members can be identified in their mother, daughter or wife relationship to the above. Contrary to popular belief, illiteracy was not universal, and schools, while peripatetic and of short duration, were devoted to the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic. Maps of the preCivil War period show many one-room schools. Near the southeastern ''run'' of Lynches Creek were schools at Red Hill (Johnsonville), Paisley Swamp, and Deep Creek. Lt. William Hasleden of the Civil War is known to have taught at Red Hill. John Gotea in an unpublished manuscript writes of having James Stone as his teacher on Paisley Swamp. Robert James Eaddy, son of Edward D. Eaddy and Mary Bartell, left his Deep Creek roll of 1849 on which he lists the following pupils; Abel Foxworth, William Bartell, Charlotte Cox, Peter Atkinson, W. J. Atlman, John Altman, J. 'C ollins, D. L. Powell, Andrew Poston, John Prosser, James Harrington, W. Patterson, S. Cox, Silvester Bartell, William H. Stone, and A. Powell. Robert James Eaddy was also the author of a mathematics textbook. Dr. McGill mentions a school of some distinction above the Indiantown church on the Paisley road that was taught .by John Hanna, son of Hugh Hanna. McGill adds that ''Mr. Hanna was a young man of much promise and died a short time after his engagement with the .. :sch~' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prospect Area WO 3-18-76 1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/18b1cbb9d1a4e09143e2f355b69c777f.jpg a230d8636e864554aa5d9eb628bd055c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Subject The topic of the resource The ancestors who called this part of the Pee Dee home. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prospect High School Class of 1938 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/204ddf2de28774c5312771d3d5b66860.pdf bc738e22921459133b3847d90475fbd3 PDF Text Text t.:ontmuea to Page !s t.:ontmuea to Page ~ cn1et. As· sucn sne was a oever1y "'arnpoe11 prior to going to press. Continued to Page 3 • Our··1I11man Heritage , ros 0 I • Y. EADDY as a family, the t settlers had gone ancis Marion. Their ksmen, along with stamina t1ley had }!!oneers and their the ways of forest P' enabled them to ct and to prevail ps of their early . This was--and continues to be-one of the most fertile agricultural regions in the sta te, and the fa1'1ners were doing well when, almos t 100 years after their forefathers had petitioned for grants '' on the waters of Lynches Creek,'' another threat to their way of life called them away from the land with which they had formed an almost mystic union. On the eve of the Civil War the ' ' ~nee. to their isolated continued· to clear buy more--and eir growing ted in the recorded in !Marion County ds and • their •ves as . t Church . ' jn 1835. It social, and of a ~tet it:Jrown ~.,.,, ', ,..~4; ,. ., ?i£.. (': -~ ... ;-r~,~... , ,~.: - ~r ... 1•·v>t.~.~ ~ , __ -~, Eaddy-Ford Cemetery This cemetery overlooks a swamp and creek of Lynches River. The creek was later spanned by !I pictures.qu~ wooden bridge. The poverty and suffering !Jf the post Civil War years are evident in the great number of worn mounds of unQJ.arked graves and crumbling wooden stakes. . ' church membership had grown from a handful of men, women and children to a roll of 113, still in most part, however, representing the original family names of Stone, Eaddy, Hanna and Carter. The response of these men to the call to arms was simple, direct and prompt. William Spious Eaddy wrote in his Civil War memors, "On Septembe·r 1, 1861, feeling the manifestation of that Southern pride and honor for our States Rights, which were being so unmercifUlly trampled upon by the Northern States, I enlisted with a Confederate Company at Indian Town, this being only two days after the surrender of Fort Clark and Hatteras, at the opening of Pamlico Sound, N. C., to General B. F . Butler. For to me it seemed the North not only opened the War between the States by sending armed vessels and troops into our peaceful harbor of Charleston, but was encroaching upon the rights of our sister states also." Eleven Prospect men became members of Williamsburg Riflemen which was organized that day, They were George W. Carter, age 42 ; Asbury B. Carter, 22, who died of disease in 1862 ; John B. Carter, 21 ; Trasvan Eaddy, 28 ; · and his brother John T. Eaddy, sons of John D. Eaddy and Elizabeth Singletary; the above named Spious Eaddy and his . brother Andrew, sons of Taylor Eaddy and Margaret Stone; Samuel R. Ard, age 35; John Brown, 30, son of Robert Brown and Mary Green ; Geroge W. Hanna, son of calvin Hanna; and Palvey T. Stone, son of Briley Ham Stone. Joining outfits in Marion County were Randall and Enos McDaniel, · sons of Isabella Parsons and James McDaniel; Jasper Bartell, ;son of William Bartell and Senea 1Stone; and Gr.egory Eaddy, son of Edward D. Eaddy, and Mary Bartell. Randall McDaniel was wounded at Look Out Valley Oct. 28, 1863, and died in 1868, from tile effects of his wounds. Gregory Eaddy died of disease, probably typhoid fever, in Mississippi, where he. was buried . Jasper Bartell and Enos McDaniel ' were mustered out as over age. William W. Boddie writes hi his History of Williamsburg that in September of 1862 there was a great demand for soldiers to . defend the seacoast and men genera}ly deemed unfit for duty because of age, poor health or prior service, were called into service. After two months at Fort FingtU'. on the Pee Dee River, Wi Co. D, Second Regipaent. Reserves, was assi~~~ ·around the colors lOf the; • The names of nine Prospeet Church membenl appear on this roll, including three soas rk Elizabeth Barr and Revol Soldier Hugh Hanna: J Franklin Hanna, Samuel Hanna, and Calvin ·Ha Patrick Oneal Sadcb... Taylor Eaddy Stone; John Gee, William HaQ{l(l Timothy Adelia st"" one-' THE WEEKLY OBSERV ll.J.9 __ !~~!~~~.!'!~~----------------------------• tnen who lllso War service ell, Co. I, Tenth Aug. 13, 1861; son of Lizette • Powell; and ~fCo. F, Tenth ~. . s. c. J. Stone, son one and Mary rt James Eaddy, • gaddy and Mary S'econd Regiment of Of these men and an be understood omplex historical e soldiers that eft little more than fficial records, a aIDily legends. A ~ been discovered Eaddy had be.en ~r and teacher and two sons when or sewice at age took over the the farm, as did so t women during lt is said that she by thieves who had nee in Lynches M> avoid the draft, me free of them resorted to a etter she received nd was wirtten ty, Mississippi, ~ ear Wife, I was the same evening tter to you, and 'l{er since, hut still eral days. It has two weeks since , and still have Wife, I hope to · ts a question if ur affectionate Important Pre-Civil War Landing Pitch Landing was a point at which early settlers crossed Lynches River. Before the Civil War boats took on pine timber products her e. It la ter became a favorite ••swimming hole' ' and picnic ground. written the above at the request of your husband , and add that when his brigade moved from the encampment in the neighborhood , he was left with over a hundred sick men in a school house near here, when I found him and brought him to my mother's. He is quite sick and will have a long spell of it, but he is bett~r than when he first came, and I trust and believe that he will get better through the blessing of God. , ''He tells me that he is a Methodist and has two brothers who are Methodist preachers. I myself am a Methodist preacher , and our family are all Methodists, and I trust that through your prayers and his and ours, he will soon be well. He begs me to tell you that his trust is still in the Lord, and when he does die, it will be His post. He wishes you to write to him, immediately to my care. Yours respectfull, C. G. Andr~ws." Robert J a mes Eaddy died two days later . Patrick Oneal Eaddy was a nephew of the above mentioned Robert J ames Eaddy, and one of the 11 sons of Taylor Ea ddy an.d Margaret Stone. He became a legendary m a rksman as a boy wh.o could ~ i ll r unni ng squirrels and rabbits with his 38 caliber riffled pistols. In ser vice to the Confederacy, he used this skill as a sniper and scout through enemy lines . He was wounded many times. After his knee cap and scalp were shot away, he was ordered to return home. On crutches and with a metal plate protecting his brain , he stopped off with General Johnson iu North Carolina and stayed until the final surrender. He died in 1872 of head injuries , leaving a widow and a daughter who later married Sidney A. Thompson. Patrick Eaddy's older brother, • Spious, left a hand written memior in which he describes numerous engagements with the enemy . One of these was the Battle of the Wilderness . ' 'When the Battle of the Wilderness came on, I was with Longstreet's men at Gordonsville, a few miles away . We marched day and night in order to reach Lee in the defense of Richmond. We entered the Wilderness from Old Orange Planck Road just after sunrise on the morning of May 6, 1864 . F inding that Grant had opened fi r e upon Lee earlier in the morning of this, the second day's fight than we had expected, we went into battle on the run, forming quick firi ng lines. ''This was a terri ble place for a battle . It was a wilderness in na me and a jungle in reality, for with its dense undergrowth a nd thick entwined branches, we could see but a few yards ahead of us . Death came unseen to us; regiments fought stumbling over one a nother. ''I wore into the dense thicket a pair of home spun trousers threadbare upon the knees, and in a very short time they were no more than a mass of fr inge from the pockets down. This fri nge deterred by travel and grew burdenson , so I took my pocket knife and cut it off even with the pockets. ''The war for me had nothing so terrible as this bloody contest. A fire broke out in the thicket, yet we fough t on amidst the crackling flames with no military maneuvering possible . The day ended and out Longstreet was a wounded ma n." He was with General Johnson Patrick Oneal Eaddy Patrick Oneal Eaddy, expert marksman , shows effects of Civil War wounds--facial scars and a toupee hiding scalp wounds. at the surrender April 26 at Greensboro, and he concludes, ''With very little exception, I walked all the way home, making the journey in about five days. '' Spious E addy was more for tuna te than his brothers Patrick and Andrew . The latter died in 1871 of the effects of stomach wounds. Patrick died about a year later . Spious E addy lived to become a leader in his community and church . Over 80 when he died, he was descirbed as a model of rectitude . He went hunting on the day before his death . - '\1, ,, - • A parlor was originally the reception room in a monastery where monks could see and speak to (in French, par/er) their friends. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prospect Men Go To War WO 4-22-76 A Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/73bc717d100da3e289ea572831934656.jpg 4f6aae085121df9c16ed936bb5cc7e05 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prospect School Description An account of the resource The Prospect School before consolidating with the Johnsonville School system. https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/c3ad7bcac03f1f025c01fca034010bd1.jpg 52fe26992de2055210681eb3f783c573 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prospect School - Community Center Prospect school https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/ca96c2ae7eac1b5fde23e1e0fc6781e1.pdf 9a26a44c8d30bbc654f7ff4505404d9c PDF Text Text - - ------- ----- Hu1nan Heritage ect ers ( I J • evo utionar tJllGed frNY 1 rage ! C-- .,arsons, Austin Stone, oi TiJtlrnOnS. Johldescendants of these men 'J'tl; large part responsbile for ter t Revolutionary War Hero Hugh Hanna was a Revolutionary -War Hero who fought with Marion's Brigade. He was a native of the Prospect-Vox community. Ab?ve is t~e grave of Hanna in small well-kept grave yard located off the highway 1n the Vox community. Hanna's dates read 1759-1842. Q ditor's Note: This is the seve11th a series of articles by Mrs. addy dealing with th e histor y and rita ge of some of th~ early milies of the Hem1ngwayhnsonville area . This particula r ece is the fir st of a two-pa r t ticle about the Prospec t mmunity which dates back to e-Revolutionary times.) ll By E. Y. EADDY Sugges ting hope--something d and permanent to come--what pleasan t name is Prospec t ! Just when this name was first plied to the sprawling lowland tween Lynches Creek and ynches Lake is unknown; wever , it was in use by 1835 when rospect Methodist Church was anized and built_ The deed to e land employes the qualifying New ' ' to Prospect, so it is possible at an earlier organization of that ame was in existence. · To the handful of immigrants ho had made that area their ome before the American evolution Prospect must have resented ~ broad view of richness d productivity that was aptivating. . . The swamps of v1rg1n cypress nd awesome stands of_ pine trees upplied longs for the first _ho~es, ber for household furrushings, d nurtured the abundai:it game at fed the people while they leared their land and secured eir homesteads. Royal land grants--small at first--were cherished. Yellowed by time and brittle with age but still clearly legible, many of these grants still remain , stored away in camelback trunks with other keepsakes of the past . A number of des cendents of these original set tlers still own and live on these 01·iginal grants. They were King's grants, awarded during the interim between the Lords Propritors' returning the colony to the King and the outbreak of the Revolution. They were defined in terms of their location , •·Georgetown District. . . Prince Frederick's Parish ...the waters of Lynches Creek .. .surrounded by vacant land." The grants were made on a headright basis--so much for each family member and sl~ve, a~ the amounts varied from time to time_ After the Revolution , when the State of South Carolina undertook steeling the backcountry, the amount of the grants was increased and they were paid for , except in the case of Bount~ Grants awarded for military service. Records which include the 1790 Census of South Carolina, show the following heads of families in the vaguely defined area we know as Prospect; John Brown, James Barr, William. Carter, James Snow Jr., James Eaddy, Sr., Jame's Eaddy, Jr., Ezekiel Gaskin, William Hannah, Hugh Hannah, James Hannah, William Johnson, Joseph Jolly, Archibald Jolly, Contfuued to Page 3 development of 1~ille and played a leading 0 ~ the development of iJl iJlgwaY· efll their own time, existence ln emitive, sheer survival a .,., ~e lot of woman was almost ~t. rnatic death sentence. ,o a;:e average woman mar1·ied among her very limited male ~oin intances at age 15, bore a ,c~~llevery 12 to 15 months, and CJii1 at about age 30. diedThe cemeteries spaced at two ee miles distance from each It thrare mute evidence not only to 'otb~rieflife of women , but the fate theheir children, fewer than l}alf of of I leved to reach maturity. The w~J:Wer solved his housekeeping WI · child care problem by and.... ptly marrying again, often "f , . t Pro•·· . _deceased w1 e s s is er. 5 hi Childbirth and. its_ mplications were the first great coourge, followed b~ epidemics_ of :easies, diphtheria , whooping ough and influenza . c Accidents also took a heavy toll especially those related to fire, x~ and gun. Almost every family ~d,its horror story of a child who had fallen into the open hearth or the fire at the washpot. The earliest cemeteries were no more than convenient plots on the homestead . Many of these, in which the graves are marked only with stakes or wooden slabs with a few carved words have been lost-plowed over in fields , or grown up in swamp and wood . Fishermen and hunters sometimes stumble over them. Several family cemeteries without church connections still are used and kept up and reveal in their epitaphs the early con11ec tions of the families of the men mentioned above. · Hanna Family Cemetery is the earliest of these . Its ground appears to have been broken first for the body of Hugh Hanna (or Hannah), born in 1759 in Ireland and dying 83 years later at Prospect . . An old' family cemetery is also located at Brown Town, and another at the edge of the Vox community called Eaddy-Ford for the grandson of the above named James Eaddy, Jr., and the site of a ford that must be crossed to traverse the width of the swamp. p Of the original settlers of l'ospect, and their sons, the following are known to have fought With General Francis Maron's &trny or elsewhere in the American Revolution: John Brown, James Eaddy, Sr,, James ~ddy, Jr., Samuel Eaddy, Daniel "'lYddy, William Hannah, Hugh liannah, James Hann~h. Wiiliam arsons, Austin Stone, and John rnons. Hugh Hanna married ·first tab Burrows, born about 1764, e daughter of John Burrows and Sarah Scott; second wife •mknown and third, Elizabeth Barr German descent. Unlike most of the P1 ospect settlers, ' Hugh Hanna was an active Presbyterian and an elder of Indiantown Presbyterian Church. He could wel~ h~ve been among the first of Marion s men, when that enigmatic little ''Fox'' accepted his first command at nearby Pee Dee River. According to his obituary, his memories of Marion's exploits were long a.n d detailed. William Hannah, also one of ''Marion's meri ," was born in Ireland. His wife's name is not known . His children were James, born 1763, Henry, born 1773; and Agnes Letitia, born about 1778. These three children may have had early Presbyterian indoctrination as all married Knoxes, whose work within the Presbyterian denomination is well known . Henry married Elizabeth Knox, born 1776. They moved to the Mississippi Territory where Henry Hannah was a member of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1817 and of the Mississippi Legislature for 13 years. James Hannah married Martha Knox , born 1776. Agnes Letitia Hannah married John Knox , son of Samuel Knox . John Timmons, born 1740 and also of Marion 's Army , was a neighbor of the Hannahs. He married Mary Simmons. Their son William married Lydia Morgan of the Welsh Neck Baptist group of immigrants. The two sons of William Timmons and Lydia Morgan were John Morgan Timmons who founded the town of Timmonsville and married Elizabeth McCollough Myers; and William James Timmons, born 1802 , who married Elizabeth Eaddy, a granddaughter of James Eaddy, Jr. Austin Stone, born 1748 and died 1818, served with General Marion and furnished supplies. He was a large land owner and was among the Commissioners appointed March 27, 1786, for opening the navigation of Lynches and Black Creek. It appears that Austin, Stone was early instrumental .-in the spread of Methodism in the Prospect area, as the circuit riders, who were frequently replused elsewhere, found a welcome at his home . The Eaddy family engaged actively in the Revolution, with James Eaddy, Sr., serving as a suttler (supply officer>for General Nathaniel Greene's Army, and James, Jr., Samuel and Daniel supplying Marion and fighting in the army. No doubt there was much suffering in the area during the years of the American Revolution. But 1835, however, the survivors of that was had recovered sufficiently to organize and build a church, the second Methodist Church to stand in the area. To be continued. • t I I I I •l ' ' I ' I I II - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prospect Settlers WO 2-26-76 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/c18bb8831f9e8cd1b5f5d82ea2b275dd.jpg 45ede042e28845c5952663ee174f2315 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Willia "Bongie" Altman McCutchen Collection Subject The topic of the resource Includes photos and papers for the Altman, Hanna, Prosser, and McCutchen families of Johnsonville, SC. These items were carefully preserved by Willia "Bongie" Altman McCutchen. All items curated and provided courtesy of Tom McCutchen, Jr. Description An account of the resource The items in this collection were curated and provided by Tom McCutchen, Jr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1897-2010 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tom McCutchen, Jr. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prosser Family Description An account of the resource From the album of William German and Pearline Keefe Prosser. Pictured: Front L-R: Richard "Rich" Prosser, Johnnie Matthew Wise, Linnie Elmira Hanna Belflower, William German Prosser. Behind the front L-R are: Pearline Keefe Prosser, William Albert "W.A." Lyerly, Lennie Wise Prosser, Harriet Linnie Page, Angie Keefe Wise. https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/63f002c8c3d509403842c0983e469628.jpg ca7181f27d78dae048e5e0bf0ab4cb4b https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/44d1a04a10c65617d25d7f96b3774194.jpg 15064d3e7dc70b36a1e63980981035fe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prosser Movie Theater Description An account of the resource The Johnsonville Theatre was owned by Chevis Prosser and located on Broadway. It ceased operations around 1964 and burned in May of 1977. The burnt building was torn down on May 12, 1977. Broadway Johnsonville movie theater theatre https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/b7af745f286dce4cce2347785542d7fb.pdf d253994cfb6a8677b67beb3bcd1fb6e6 PDF Text Text Theater Burns, Almost · What could have settled the argument of the old 'theater building between the owner, Chives Prosser, right foreground, and Johnsonville City Officials, would have been the destruction of the building by the fire which firemen 'are fighting. Water was shot through the windows and through the roofless top as members of the Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Department fought to distinguish the fire while Police Chief Carl Skinner, left foreground, directed traffic from around the scene. For inside view of building look elsewhere in paper. Fire ·Destroys Old Theater Buil~jpg It appeared last Friday morning that fate would settle the question of _renQvation or demolition of the old Prosser Theater building in John· sonville, a controversy which has been going on for some time between city officialS ~d the er, Chives Prosser. However, the quick action of the Johnsonville Volunteer Fire •JUeJJar·untem resulted in saving brick building and the • <tue.sticm remains. In a telephone interview from · home in Johnsonville .,.,.u,,u.,,y, Prosser told the that he had been in the building the day •t"'f'"r" the fire. He noted that roof had fallen in as a result the severe snow and ice tnr•m four years ago". He said of the roof material had between the seats and he would be much easier to burn the material inside than It Wfluld to try to take it out by hand. He said metal roof on the building, the fire was well attended at all that in two weeks he would times, and that someone was it looking quite differently. left with the fire Monday night. Questioned about the matte~· After becoming ill Monday of the building which has night, he returned to the scene an eyesore and considered on Tuesday morning, he said, safety hazard since operation but didn't feel like continuing the theatre . ended with the work, so at that time proximately 13 years the fire was put out, with water, Mayor Connie De Camps to his staisfaction. only, "The officials are Iuul\.lu.~ Prosser said he left the down into the matter in regards to town area at 11 a.m. to return to safety of our citizens." his home, and that at ap· refused further comment. proximately 11:30 he received a Delight Amusement Center, telephone call saying that the business located in f.l buiildingll front of his building was on fire. adjacent to the old He said he had no idea what building, had been happened unless the "wind the fire because it was stirred up a spark." to be unsafe due to the fact "If anyone is to blame for the fire may have wc"n.'"'~'u what happened it is me," walls of the building and Prosser said, "I was burning on might possibly collapse. my own property, and I felt I walls have been braced and was completely in my rights.". amusement center opened He said Monday afternoon he business Monday night. was on his way to Florence to Fire Ghief Irby Stone said purchase material to put a department received the call iillililiiiliiiiiliiiili.iilliliiiil-.;.;..~~~~~~~~~~~ the old theater building at 11: a.m . on Tuesday morning responded with two trucks. . to �. Demolition Stage 1 The old Johnsonville , 1 F · Theater Building a la ndmark 1· n th e t own for many years came d 0\\~1 as t nda y afternoon as a demolition crew from Charlesto d th structu•·e tn a matter of hour s. The first step pictured above was to :~a~: e back corner of the old building with cables attached to a heavy duty lo:der. wn a Demolition Stage 2 ,. effective ly razing the backwall of the old theater building the-wall facing Belview Street was d emolished when they wer e pushed- over by the hea vy equipment used by tht> demolition crew. Then the other side wall was pulled tow ard the insid(.' of the origina l building by tnea• s of heavy c lUes strung • IWQ. .~ll~an be seen falling onto a pile of · ' • . / J, .. ' ') �Demolition Stage 3 The last section of wall to be brought down in last Friday's demolition of the old theater building on the corner of Broadway and Belview Streets ill Johnsonville seems to be precariously balanced in midair before it came crashing down addi!lll to the pile of brick and rubble at the site of the old building which was dewllr'p,yed by fire the week before . Conference Chives Prosser, owner of the old Johnsonville theater building which was par• tially destroyed by £ire two weeks ago demolished last weekend is shown reading the contract allowing the demolition crew to raze the structure. Shown from left are Buddy Feagin, Johnsonville police officer, Carl Skinner. Chief of P{){ice. P rosser and l\lr . S\H•atmao, eontractor. The contract ('allt'd for the buildinJ,! to bf' razed , U1e lot to be cleaned an 1·ough g1·41ded. Tht• (; at •• ., Joun om Ill~ ent '' l into the contract for the demolition of the building when the building was found to be unsafe following the fire. \5•1 J,.. "/? � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prosser Theater In Johnsonville Burns, 1977 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 1977 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Weekly Observer Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Weekly Observer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer The Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/adb6dc9222ab2714f79e4ebddd9bed65.jpg 8451a1e3489faaa9374b231ed07a469b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper and magazine articles. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prosser Theater Torn Down Description An account of the resource Prosser Theater on Broadway is torn down, 1977 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12 May 1977 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Mace bellview Broadway demolition fire movie Prosser theater theatre https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/870dd1d4f6af803ac8ee74aa9a670d14.jpg 842f9e079d5c93c39047b5d8f5b45d8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prosser's Department Store business Prosser Prosser's https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/6734866811bdf11e990f7241bca24b08.jpg e7c4c82d1ad5ee4735333c0a5a776c8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prosser's Department Store 1973 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973 https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/bcddf19c0dab943eef5b998c30ca642e.jpg 1e0536ee1cbc9bfaf6e92f3c858e4786 https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/53339487ffada69c2219fdfcfa9d815d.jpg 31c9c3947f39abe1af24577cac7e7fbc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Willia "Bongie" Altman McCutchen Collection Subject The topic of the resource Includes photos and papers for the Altman, Hanna, Prosser, and McCutchen families of Johnsonville, SC. These items were carefully preserved by Willia "Bongie" Altman McCutchen. All items curated and provided courtesy of Tom McCutchen, Jr. Description An account of the resource The items in this collection were curated and provided by Tom McCutchen, Jr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1897-2010 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tom McCutchen, Jr. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prosser's Department Store and surrounding buildings, Broadway Street in Johnsonville SC, 1980 Description An account of the resource These photographs show the block around Prosser's Department Store on Broadway Street in Johnsonville, including the buildings that housed Friendly Dry Goods and Shop N Save. To the left in the cross-street photo is the building built as the new Johnsonville State Bank. It later became City Hall and now houses the Magistrate's Offices. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tom McCutchen, Jr. https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/4be65d61ef198d0685f99933d8abf377.pdf ba4cc2ee70161f4bdc4eebdfa0b023a7 PDF Text Text - Ready F or The Easter Parad.e f The staff of Prosser's Department Store i11 Johnsonville displays a sample of the large selection of c hildren 's clothes a\'ailable for Easter shopping. Brenda Player, left, Louise P layer and Jim Everett are eager to help you with clothing for the ent ire family as well as fabrics and household needs. n 0 son e • arriving literally every day,'' Prosser's Department Store Johnsonville. ''We felt like J ohnsonville is said Everett. ''We plan to have of Johnsonville, which has been closed for about two years, was worth investing in and we're every clothing need for the · reopened under new ownership optimistic about the growth of entire family .'.' the town.'' added Brenda. ''It's There is also a fully stocked this month. The store is now owned by worth all our time and effort.,, fabric department with ~t­ Wilson Player and Gerald The store cat r ied a complete tei 11s and notions. Another area Player of Johmonville and is line of clothing for the whole , contains hotmebold ite1ns such being managed by Jim Everett? family. A few of the brands as linens and towels. of Johnsonville. Louise and. carried are P .B.J by Jerrell, Prosser's is open 9 a. m. to 6 Brenda Player. wives of the. Jerrell of Texas, Jantzen p. m . daily and 9 to 12 Wedowners, and Pearline. Tanner! swimsuits, Lorraine Lingerie, nesdays. 'lbere is plenty of are working iD the store. Peaches 'n . Cream children's parking in the rear of the store ''We want to see Johnsonville wear, Oxford shirts, Lee jeans with a convenient rear engrow,'' said Mrs. Player. ''We and jackets, LTD and Sewell trance. Plans call for a paved suits for men. bought~ store and reopened it parking lot and landsca1D.1·at a • •• 18 ''New me• cbandize later date. to stl••aulate business in • • • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prossers Store Reopens WO 3-25-76 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/5d5f67ed6dbd458973f6c9b12a9cb05f.png 5b66ef9ce991a8cfb12891157ff754fb https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/f370ee0aa6a2aa1efc508d14bb0e880a.jpg ae3836b37fc29057c2700e2686b46602 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Province of Carolina https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/e12591364d992ec94cc760de4f44ddde.pdf 13304b1e18469ed93cddcf76a85c10cc PDF Text Text TJI E WEEKLY OBSERVER, Hemingway, South Carolina, Thursday, February 10, 1977 Page 7 . • R. M. ''Sonny Buck'' Cook of 1 ' SONNY BUCK COOK 0 • .Johnsonville was one of the more than 400 citizens from . the 6th District of South Carolina to attend the recent presidential inauguration. Cook, a staunch Democrat for all of his adult life, traveled to Washington by car with friends from Florence. In a interview after returning to his home here, he said he enjoyed the festivities very much and was ''proud to be a part of the large crowd of friends and supporters who went to Washington to see the first southerner take the office of President of the United · States in a mighty long time.' ' Not being much of a traveler, Cook said, ''1 haven't been nowhere much, and I really enjoyed my trip to Washington. I'm not use to city life like some of my friends. They kept me up 'till about 3 or 4 in the morning .. I told them I was not use to that life style, that I am usually in bed and asleep by 9 o'clock at night.'' However, he met many people there that he has become acquainted with over the years, and was tickled to death that he had made the trip. Cook and his wife, Leota, along with other members of his family , have been hosting a big political feast every two years, just prior to the primaries. for the past 16 years. Cook said, ''I have always wanted my suppers to get to be as big as Gallivants Ferry. Over there they don't serve much but a little bit of chicken and rice, and they charge you too, besides claiming that their rally is the biggest in the state. At Vox, where our suppers are held at ,,, the community center, we serve anything anybody could want to eat from barbecue, fried fish, fish stew and chicken and rice, with all the trimmings and we don't charge anybody anything, either. This part year a lot of my friends told me we had laid Gallivants Ferry in the shade. We invite everybody, Democrat and Republican alike, to come join us, eat, hear our politicians speak, then go home and vote like they please. We don't try to • at1on tell nobody how to vote.'' Cook declared he had never in his life seen so many people as there were at the activities sWTounding the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter. He expressed regret at not seeing more of some of those from his ''neck of the woods,'' but the activities were so numerous that one was hard pressed to make them all, and it was difficult to keep in close oontact with those from home. Meeting in most instances was strictly by chance, even for that staunch Vox Democrat, Sonny Buck. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource R. M. "Sonny Buck" Cook Shares Joy of Inauguration, 2-10-1977 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2-10-1977 News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/0e48a7c93a8953f4fd49955734976bf0.jpg c9cecb279aa0d1f7dab96437dac51185 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Subject The topic of the resource The ancestors who called this part of the Pee Dee home. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource R.B. Huggins in his shop Subject The topic of the resource R. B. Huggins's shop, The Johnsonville Motor Company, was located on Broadway Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rebecca Huggins Edins business Huggins https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/e5b9c9aced60e92a64e9b16a708b61ee.jpg 2d44e716bfba3b6d8e36a9d3a7b44f07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Radio Shack https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/f61a2a380e3824beaee5f5341733cdde.jpg 2e6e02d16c4a86615b49e8bd56410fa0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Radio Shack - Johnsonville Hardware Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Broadway business Johnsonville https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/2c948cf2f5bd7353a9301438f9d29eec.jpg cffbf119498394734b32b4714898f7e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Railroad crossing downtown, Johnsonville SC Description An account of the resource View of the old railroad crossing lights from Broadway looking West toward Railroad Avenue. Prosser's Department Store is visible. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970s Broadway railroad https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/dbf9f0e3e75f9746925ab35b463fa221.jpg 8455f3e8047a38f9f231e2d10214abd3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maisie Poston Ballou Collection Description An account of the resource Photos and documents belonging to Maisie Ballou Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ray and Barry Ballou at home - 2 https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/973e1a8a6c3d1991b58eaade664a6013.jpg 83de878273c155646b18882c20968455 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maisie Poston Ballou Collection Description An account of the resource Photos and documents belonging to Maisie Ballou Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ray and Barry Ballou at home 1 https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/21c04a16469f05da5f5d5c25de3bf2c9.pdf 444b6b3ef4cebc06fcfd3e52b7e0c044 PDF Text Text • .......: .......... :·, ;:•.·~· •• •••• • • • • •• • , • .r • •• • •• ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• .. -. • • • • • • • • • •• • • . ••• • • .· ••• ·.. . . .•.. ...• • ••• ' .. . . -~ ..... . ...,,.,... ..< • •••• •• .... ·'.... -·· • • • • •• ••• •• • • .. . ...... ....., ,. .... •• • , • • v ..• • • , . JI • •• • ".t.- • • ;> ,., ... . • •••••• ....·., . . ............. ...·.· ... ·. • . .. ,, .. ............... . .•...,-...,/' ..,. . • • .• . • • • • •.4!•.• • . . .....· ..·.·:-: ··"··-·-: ..... ., .. . ·.···· •. .. ...... ·. •. •• • ·.·.·~ • ••'•"• • - -- - - • • •••• • , f:·. ....... .. ~ -..•.·: ;. ·~: J ·~ • ....,,,. ••• • • • • Vacatio11 tiine, l1oweve1· e11joyable, b1·ings with it long, empty hou1·s fo1~ 1n·a11y you11g people. Ray Ballou, left, a11d Rusty Ca11tey, filled so1ne of that time last Tl1u1·sda)' with 11othi11g 11101·e than walking the 1·a.i lroad tracks i11to Jol1nso11ville , f1·0111 tl1e 1101·tl1 e11d of to\v11. Tl1e two tee11agers reside in the Pine Oaks Subdivisi Oil • S. R • Ballou a11d Mrs. Christine Ca11tey • t • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ray Ballou and Rusty Cantey Perform a Balancing Act at Johnsonville Railroad Tracks, 7-25-1974 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7-25-1974 https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/3f56c9fb2f312090ca67ede06947ced1.pdf 8b70d172e091595f69cb932933ebdb57 PDF Text Text • • ~RVER, Hemingway, South Carolina, Thursday, May 18, 1978-Page I , 'f •l l I I r ' . • • • ... ~ JOSEPH STEVENS DUKES • ' SANFORD RAY BALLOU, JR . • • • • - • OU • r Cadelts Sanford Ray Ballou, Jr., and Joseph Stevens Dukes of Johnsonville were graduated froDt The Citadel, the Military College of South ,Carolina, in a colorful ceremony. Each · received his diploma and a congratulatory handshake from Lt. Gen. George M. Seignious, II, president of The Citadel. Cadets Ballou and Dukes were awarded · a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. • • A Dean's List student at the militar,y college, Cadet Ballou • held the rank of captain within the Corps of Cadets dUring his senior year- and served as commander of his company. He · was an Air Force ROTC student and his name appeared on the Commandant's Distinguished Service List for superior milita~y performance. During Ballou's junior year, he was one of 14 students to gain coveted membership in the • • Junior Sword Drill-a precision saber unit. His parents are Mr. and Ms. Sanford R. Ballou, Sr. As a senior, Cadet Dukes was a second lieutenant within the Corps and was athletic officer of his company. Dukes, also enrolled in the Air Force ROTC program, was a member of the senior class board of directors and the elite Palmetto Company which participated in the reenactment of the firing on the Federal steamer STAR OF THE WEST . During recent awards ceremonies, Dukes was named Outstanding Athletic Officer. This presentation is given to the athletic officer who, in the opinion of his fellow athletic · officers, the regimental athletic officer, and the director of intramurals, has made the greatest contribution to the intra1nural program. Cadet Dukes is the son of Mr. and .. Mrs. Joesph P. Dukes. • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ray Ballou and Steve Dukes Are Graduated from Citadel, 5-18-1978 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5-18-1978 News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/bd0de0f8190c94918316348ffd8b0643.jpg 14e2e7302d8d445a1991330f48c8ad28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maisie Poston Ballou Collection Description An account of the resource Photos and documents belonging to Maisie Ballou Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ray, Maisie, Doc, and Barry Ballou https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/aeedad95f611e076d874472790868372.pdf f1692c57c2bdfae048d6f73f2e31da65 PDF Text Text J , -I-Tilt-: \\....: ..:Kl.\ ' <>RS ..: Rvf<:R. llemingway, S. C., Thu1·sda y, Sept ember 211. t !li:I • • • • .. . • Editor's Note: The following story reprinted fro m t h e Chesterfield Advertiser deals w ith one membe r of t he notorious Bigham fam ily which had its roots in County and a nearby section of Mar ion County . The stor y is printed here in response to the great amount of local interest 'in the Bigham legend . t·:cl111t111d liigl1;1 111 i11 1!1:-i;'l. ,,·f1ile lit• \\-;1.s still i11 tilt' s tat <' • µt• 11i Il'll Ii<l I'\'. • :\1 111;1! lillll' . <l<'<1d in tt1c.• nl'a rbv • " '<><>ds with ;1 pistol in his hand. 1 .s! ;1tc• 11c•\\'S c.• drtor for th e 1:11>1·c·nce !\lc1rning, ~l'\\'S a nd l1c•;1rd that J<:d1n und had just l>c>trght ;1 lot ;11 <'olumbia (' l' Ill l' t l ' r •\' • snaking ;1r1·a11gc•111c•11t s for his o\\·n l>11ri<1 I. 1·11 11.•t 1'11clma take the 1·c•111i11i .sc.·l'nc•t• f rc>m Ihl•rc. ·- - . - pl'!lll1jIll'111 fil 111j)~· (II'(' 111lll'dl'l-l'CI . \\'ill1!llll ;1 t')l'<lr lllOli\'l' ;111d ;1ppill'l'lll I~· J)~· illlCllhl'I' 111c·111l)l'l' 11f tl1c• f;1 111il,·. 111l'rt• s • !)(1u11d lei Ix• lots 11f i11tC'rest. :\c.·c.·c>1·ding to the• 11c'\\'S stories :111d tl1t• c•arlier lx>ok. t-:dmund J1;1d ;1l\\'a\·s c.·lain1<.•d his in• 1111c.·e111.·e. I le• l1ad c1uot ed the l~ll> lt' l i bc.•1·a11~· during his six ~·t•;11·s of t1·i;1l l1et\\'f't'n 1921 and l\l:.!i . Ill' l1;1cf ''"11·11c•d the c.·ourt t11;11 tl1t• I .!>1·cl '' 1>uld pr·ot ect l1i111 ;11111 ll1;1t ;111 c1f th11st• \\'Ill> 11;1cl l1;111cllc•cl 111 pl'<>Sl'l'Uting l1i111 \\'c111lcl cli<.• l>t'f<11·t• ht• did . 111 !Ill' l'i.ISl' 1>f the> IJigl1a111 f;1111iJ\· c>f 1: 1c)l't'11c·l' ;111d !\la rion • (.'0UJ11il'.S. !h;1t i11t l'l'l'SI \\·as l'C\'i\'t'd .ill •\'l'il l'.S ilfl l'r !ht• 111u1·dc•1·s I) ~· !ht• pt1l1lic·a!ion of ··,.\ J>iC'c<.' of tl1e 1:11x·s ll idl' ... lhl' SC'C<>r1d l>ook 011 I he fa111il\· • in,·c>l\·c·d ir1 the• 1!1:2 1 111u1·dt•rs. l.<1!->I \\ ''<'k. 1n thl• prr><:l•ss 11f •>r(ing flUI l'>OITil' llf n1~· ptu1t1,gr<1ph1c JU11k 1 t·•1111l' at·rc.r.-;. an t'll\'(•l11p<.• <>f fc11·gc1t l<'n nc·~1ti\'C'i. that l>t•long l<> 111~ 1lc ·1·h<•lr.1:1 'l'h<•\' • '' l' tc l·:ct111und seem<.•d lo hold no 111;1lice I <l'.\':1rd any <>ne. I le s<.'l'mc•d at p<.•ac:e wit h him self. I le• said ht.• knc.·w he would be frt'l' l>t•for·l' ht• dil•d. A ."41t111 l ~/· 74 • ll\' :\111 .'I' 11i.:1.KI:\ \ \'l1l' n ri ,.l. 111c•111l>c'rs 11 f ,, Tl1c• fi rst l>1111k. ···1·hl' l,;1.s t !>f the• l{igl1;1111.s· · •dUl' to l>t' rc•puf1li.shc•d .scic1111 ,,·;1.s ,,·1·i tl C'11 shc>rll~· a ft c•r l·:cl111 t111!I l ~ig l1a111 . <tt·cu.s<•d 11f killi11g l1i s 111othc•r . l1r11thc·r. ~1slt•1·. ;111tl tl1t• l;1 !t<.·r ·s I\ (I ~ Clllll~ ~(111.S. fl11.S llC'C'll SC'Jllt•r1c·c·d 111 life• i11 µrisor1 cJ-:d1111111cl ;111cl 11 i.s '' i le• ;111d I \\'11 d;1t1g l1lt•rs \\t•r·c· till' 1111(\· • "'Lii'\ I\ 111· ... • • • 'l'l1c·~· 1111 <lid. I 111<.• 111;111 <lied <>11 1111.• ,,·it11t•s.s sta11d . S<> '''l1c•11 l l1t•;11·d the f<:drnund \\'(IS lll;1ki11g (ll'l'(llliitl'IJ i, :11.S fill' l1i.s l)\\'11 f1111l•r;1I. I ,,·e · . 111 tl1t• 1x•11itt>11ti;1r~· ;111d spt•11t ;( cl;1~· talki11j;I. 111 l1i111 ...\t tl1;1t ti1111.· 11<· ,,·;1s 7-t . <111d h<1cl llc.•t•11 i11 prison lcll' :{-t •\'{'(ll'S. • • • • • llc•ing •• r1.•pc1rte1· is 1>lten \' t•r~· p;1i11ful . I l1t1d such ;1 r1 xi et~· a l><>ut meet ing him . I ,,·;1s <l little a fra id : after all . he ,,·;1s scr\·i ng time for murder. • ,\11d th<.•rc \\'t•re so m;1n\· • c•c•rrt• <ts pc-cts. I lis fan1ily had lx•t•11 ;°1 fa 111 i l~· c1f rnc.•ans . and l1is f;1th<•r h;1d l)(•en the first St•11;1tc>r· frc>n1 1-'lc>renc<? ( 'ounlv. f':ll1111111<f's left h;1nd h<tri l>toCn st•\·c•rc•d <11 the ,,·risl . ltumc>r J1;1d it th<1t he.• had d<.•lil>t·r;1tt·I~· let ;1 t1·<1i11 1·u11 «>\'t•r it lo <:ollect insurance. I lo\\' dc1 ~·11u c1ucstion a man of 74 ;1l>1>ut su<.·h things·~ • l 11t'l'd11·1 11;1 \'t' \\'<>rried . \\'hat <1 <lt•ligl1t ful gt•nt lema11 l1e ,,·as~ llis t·l<••tr. l1l11c·. l\\'i11kling t·~· <.·s ;11111 1·11.s~· l'ill'l'kS lllllCll• mt• tl1i11k 111 ,1 .s111;1ll S;111t;1 . lit• \\'<ls :1lt•1·1 . i11tt:•lli1itc•11t . ;incl st•t•med le> Sl'llS(' 111~· l't•l11c.·ta11c.·t· IC> ;1s k 11i111 11111>l1•asa11t · ,.,,. ~,,· •1rd 11111•sti1111s. \\'<• talkt•d about relig ion a nd Ill' <tU<>tcd the IJ ible freely th1·<>ugh<>UI <>Ur conver sation I It• said hl' read the l3iblc da il y ;111d tl1at hi s wife " ·a s in the l.11rd 's l1<1nds . I ;1s ked him if 11<.• rc all v - ,,·;111tc.• d to lccl \'t' the peniten tia1·,· ;1fter so rnanv ':ears . • • • \\'l1at \\'<>uld he do'~ Where ,,·11uld he g11 ·~ lie s mil e d sea·c.·n<.•l•\' and ans\\·ercd tha I the l A11·cJ \\'11uld decide . • I It• ,,.,,s at leas t partially right . 1: i\'l' •\'t•a1·s later 1 in J!lfill 1 St•n. l{a lph (;<1s c1u1.• c>f :\larion <'<>unt~· 111;1cl<• <11·ra ngem ents l<>r 1-:cl1111111cl tc1 lie• 1·el ca scd . lie t1K>k th<.• 111.•c<.•ssar~· legal ac t i1111s and sccur·<'d a place for . l·:d111u11d le> li\'l' and a s1n<1ll job 111• <·11uld ,hanl'lle. I 111•\'t•r sa\\' J.:dmund again . lie· t11ltl Ill(.' ht• h&ld f(>SI l1is 11;111<1 i11 ;111 ;1c.·<.·itlt•11t just ;1 •\'c•ar l11·l11r<.· l11s 1<111111\· l1<1cl lit'<'n • 11111r1lc·r·l•tl. t-:cl111t1111l t'li1i1n<.•d l1i.s l11·11tl1c·1· l1;1cl sl1<>t l1is 11111llll'I'. sist<.·1·. ;111d lier (\\'Cl c·l1il<l1·1.•11. ;111<l h;1d tl1en sh11t l1i111.s1•ll till' l>rc1th<•1· \\its f<iund l·: l):\ll ':\I) lll(ill .\:\11\ l>ltlSCJ\ ... \c1tt• :\liss i11i! lla111I ~~phf ~~-'-~_ra_·p_h_h~i-I_w~h-ad~r-ak_<'_n~o-r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 111• <ii<·cl 11f a l1cart at tac·k in l!lti:.!. ,,·l1ilc• I \\'<1s li\•ing in ( 'l1i< <1gc1 0 1~111 l·:<l111und l1;1cl 1·1•ad the ~l<>r~· I \\ 1·11t1· ;1b 1111 l1i1n . and he k11<•\\' I 11;1 t I I 1c•I it•\'t•d he v•a s • 1n11c1t·c•11t . • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recalling Edmund Bigham, 9-20-1973 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9-20-1973 News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/ccc2d65d823ab626412efad4544d7d18.pdf af80a6aa84e4e3451697e39d2c2408c8 PDF Text Text I • THE WEEKLY OBSERVER, Hemingway, South Carolina, Thursday, May 31, 1979 Page 3 • s ecomm1tment Mr. and Mrs. Marion C. Todd of Route Two, Johnsonville, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a recommitment service and a reception on Sunday afternoon, May 6, at West Side Free Will Baptist Church of Johnsonville, where they both are members. For the pledge of faith and affection, they repeated their vows of recommitment before their pastor, the Rev. Merritt Floyd, in the church sanctuary before their family and a large assemblage of friends . The vestibule held an arrangement of potted gold chrysanthemums indicative of • the service which was about to • • ., take place. In the sanctuary the communion table held a striking arrangement of mixed • gold flowers and was flanked by nine-branched candelabra filled with greens and holding gold lighted tapers. The candelabra were accented with large gold mums and white and gold streamers. The central focal point was a cluster of gold and white heels accented with illusion and white streamers which were attractively placed above the choir loft. ' The family pews were • marked with gold bells and gold streamers. A prelude of anniversary music was presented by Steve Eaddy, organist . Mrs. Todd was escorted to th e Prior to the religious service, front of the sanctuary by Don the candles were lighted by Eaddy. their oldest grandchild. Paul Ward, son of Ann Todd a nd where she was met by Mr. her husband. Ashby Ward, a nd Todd . They were seated on the Gerry Eaddy, son of Dora Todd front pew for the brief program, and her husband , Regina ld which was presented by seve ral Eaddy. of their grandchildren, , • representing the family of each of their children . Debbie Eaddv• Herrmann of Conway, daughter of Dora Todd Eaddy, read scripture from Ecclesiastes, Chapter Three, after which Ronetta Todd, rant ets Dr. John T. Wynn, • (CETA ). Williamsburg TEC's The project, to beg in president, announced oper ation at Williamsburg TEC Tuesday that the grant for on Monday , June 11 , is set to $27,025, for the period May 1 job-tr ain these men and women through September 30, 1979 is who are either divorced, being funded by the U.S. separated, or wodowed. Also Government's Comprehensive eligible for this training are Employment Training Act women receiving Aid to (<'am1 lies with Dependent Children . In groups of 10, these persons, within a five-weeks period. will attend classes six hours a day Further information is available by contacting I\1s. Tompk ins at 354-7423 or 1-800922-3613. • • • -=~---- • • • • • • • •• • •• •• • • '. • • mg daughter of Ronnie and Betty Todd, offered a prayer. Mark and Andrew Hillman of Silver City, Maryland, sons of Travis Todd Hillman, presented a musical duet with Mark performing on the guitar and Andrew playing the flute. LuAnn Todd, the daughterof Marion F . Todd, read the Love Chapter from I Corinthians, Chapter 13. The climax of the program was the piano solo by Judy Ward, who played ''Tara's Song'', the theme song from '' Gone Yi ith the Wind." This selection also is known by another name , ''Going Home'' . Judy explained, before performing , how she had often wanted to see her grandparents, and nothing could satisfy her like "going home'', which was a special tribute of love to her gr andparents. As the Rev . Floyd called th e anniversary couple to the altar to reaffirm their wedding vows which they had pledged 50 years ago, he asked that the daughters come forward and stand with their mother, and the sons stood with their father . At the close of the service, Rev . and Mrs. F loyd sand, " Seal Us, O Holy Spirit''. For the special occasion , Mrs. Todd wore a formal sleeveless gown of candlelight crepe with a large round neck. Her ensemble included a hip length lace jacket with a square front yoke and self-eovered buttons closing the yoke and wedding ring col l!lr l She carried the Bible that was used in the wedding of her oldest daughter , Travis, 25 years ago, the Bible being a gift from her maternal grandmother, the late Mrs. Lizzie Altman. Immediately following the ceremony, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Todd entertained with a lovely reception in the fellowship hall of the church. After pausing to register in the vestibule, guests enjoyed a variety of party foods served en buffet from a beautifully air pointed table. The refreshment tables were laid in gold linen and overlaid with white lace cloths. The centerpiece was a handso m e arrangem ent of mixed gold flowers. Patric ia Todd and Cindy Todd poured punch . The anniversar y cake, consisting of four tiers separated with tall Roman columns, rested on a circular table with a floor length matching cover. The all-white confection was highlighted with touches of gold. At the pinnacle of the cake was an arrangement of gold wedding rings in· terspersed with lily of the valley . Dora Lean Todd Eaddy served slices of the cake to guests, using a carved ivory handle cake knife , a family heirloom brought from Alaska. Of special significance was the scrapbook displayed near the gifts, which related in picture form the 50 years of married life Mr. and Mrs. Todd 1versary have shared including their children, other members of their families, the places they have lived and traveled. Mrs. Todd is the former Flettie Altman, the daughter of the late Charlie and Mary E . Altman. Mr. Todd is the son of the late Rev . and Mrs. M.S. Todd. They were married on May 4, 1929, at the home of the late Rev. Floyd Ard at Prospect. They are the parenta of five children, Travis Todd Hillman of Silver City, Md., Dora Lean Todd Eaddy of Surfside Beach, S.C., Ann Todd Ward of Myrtle Beach, Ronnie Todd and Marion F . Todd, both of Johnsonville. No nails were used to build the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. I i....-1--1 ,. .,• ,. I 1 • • "J I , ,• CWinners . , ;' ·-J • , I J...._vllle Wom•n's Federation of Woman's Clubs Inc. In M rtle Beach •• •• , • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Recommitment Ceremony WO 5-31-79 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/a10f9b5f916085a0e6805ecba4dab113.jpg d0c7c75d05829475fc1155d2a0a69bec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Places Subject The topic of the resource Places, Buildings, and Sites in and around Johnsonville Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rehobeth Church, 1954 Description An account of the resource Photo displayed at the Centennial celebration of Rehobeth Church in 2009. A few of those pictured are Cortez, Merlyn, Gail, and Pam Cox, Ronald Cox, Cletus Cox, Sherrell Cox, and Vaughn Eaddy. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954