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THE MAGAZINE OF SOUTH CAROLINA san JANUARY• 1970 One Dollar For some time we have been concerned that the editorial • The Georgetown Rice Planters on the Eve of the Civil War by Dr. format of Sandlapper-The Magazine of South Carolina George C. Rogers Jr. of the University of South Carolina. would not permit us to present extensive historical mate • Waddel Academy-Frontier Outpost of Scholarship by Dr. Robert rial. S. McCully of Charleston. Thus, we conceived the idea of a companion publication • The Best Friend of Charleston by H. Carter Siegling of to Sandlapper; that is, South Carolina History Illustrated, a Charleston. quarterly publication devoted exclusively to in-depth, pro • Henry Timrod: Poet Laureate of the Confederacy by Burrell M. fusely illustrated historical articles (each written for the E Iii son Jr. of Lancaster. popular audience by an authority in his field). and hard • Florence Harllee-First Lady of Florence by Virginia Ravenel of bound to provide a permanent reference for future genera Florence. tions. • South Carolina Expatriates in Brazil by Prof. Tom Crowson of Whether you are well versed in the historical legacy of Winthrop College. South Carolina, whether you are seeking a verbal and visual • South Carolina's Forty-Day State Capital by Evelyn McD. Frazier introduction to those forebears (the famous, the infamous of Walterboro. and the plain folk) who shaped the state's history, or Other writers scheduled to appear in coming issues include: whether you are interested in understanding the momen Charles E. Lee, director ·of the S.C. Department of Archives and tous decisions that made our past and influenced our History; Dr. Daniel W. Hollis of the University of South Carolina; future, South Carolina History Illustrated is a must. W.D. Workman, editor of The State newspaper; Prof. M. Foster Farley of Newberry College; Dr. Lewis P. Jones of Wofford College; The exciting format will make use of abundant illustra and many other well-known South Carolina historians. tions: little-known photographs, fine old paintings, wood cuts, engravings, posters and political cartoons, many in South Carolina History Illustrated Subscription lifelike color. Enclosed is a check for $12.00. (S.C. residents add 4% sales tax.) 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Gives the impression we're a the lowest possible rates because As a private enterprise, we have branch of the State Government. we have to remain competitive in to satisfy our customers' needs, We're not. order to remain successful. Many meet our payroll, improve our We're a company. A company aren't aware that superior service facilities and manage our stock owned by thousands of individ is the result of a sound business holders' monies without help from uals. A company which has to philosophy-not government pres any government - local, state, or answer to these individuals who sure. federal. Yet our tax dollars go to invest their money, and their Many have the notion that we help them. faith, in our ability to run a busi get by without paying taxes. Not We wouldn't have it any other ness. so. We pay taxes like any other way. THE MAGAZINE OF SOUTH CAROLINA @,ufruu's san-- apper. Antique ~allerien READERS COMMENTS 4 NEXT MONTH 6 A MANSION IN THE CLASSICAL MANNER 7 Jennie C. Dreher EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION 12 Henry J. Cauthen A BARREL OF FLOUR 15 Patricia G. McNeely LAKE MURRAY 17 Larry Cribb TRINITY CHURCH 20 Augustus T. Graydon One of many genuine POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE CAPITAL CITY 25 Handmade Oriental Rugs SOJOURN OF A in our showrooms. FUTURE PRESIDENT IN COLUMBIA 27 Albert Davis Chances are we have FORT JACKSON 30 Larry Cribb your favorite rug in stock THE COLUMBIA LYRIC THEATRE 33 Helen B. King 926-930 GERVAIS ST. COLUMBIA-THE OLD AND THE NEW 36 PHONE 252°7927 SANDLAPPER BOOKSHELF 46 COLUMBIA, 5. C. COLUMBIA LANDMARKS 48 Marie Fenner SOUTH CAROLINA: A SYNOPTIC HISTORY FOR LAYMEN 51 Lewis P. Jones COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART 57 Marian S. Marsh THE DOLL LADY 60 Patricia G. McNeely SANDLAPPER BOOKSTORE 64 COLUMBIA'S CHANGING SKYLINE 66 Russell Maxey PALMETTO QUIZ 72 EVENTS 74 INTERESTING, UNUSUAL ITEMS AND SERVICES 78 RESIDENTIAL PUBLISHER Robert Pearce Wilkins EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Delmar L. Roberts SALES AND RENTALS EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Albert Davis EVENTS EDITOR Beth Littlejohn STAFF ARTIST Michael F. Schumpert ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Heyward Fort COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES CIRCULATION MANAGER Rose T. Wilkins CIRCULATION ASSISTANTS Harry D. Hull, Kathryn F. Little Celia S. Truesdale, Anne Watson Member of STAFF ASSISTANT Mona Simpson Multiple SANDLAPPER is published monthly by Sandlapper Press, Inc., Robert Pearce Wilkins, president; Listing Dan K. Dukes Jr., vice president and general manager; Edward T. O'Cain, vice president printing; Delmar L. Roberts, vice president editorial; Rose T. Wilkins, vice president and secretary. Service SANDLAPPER-THE MAGAZINE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, January 1970, Volume 3, Number 1. Published monthly by Sandlapper Press, Inc. Offices and printing plant located on U.S. 378, West Columbia, S.C. MAILING ADDRESS: All correspondence and manuscripts should be addressed to 1400 Laurens Road P.O. Box 1668, Columbia, S.C. 29202. Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings and photographs submitted if they are to be returned. Query before submitting material. No Box 8244 - Station A responsibility assumed for unsolicited materials. Second-class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. Sub scription rates: $9 a year in the United States and possessions; foreign countries, $12. Add 4% sales Phone 803 - 239-1346 tax for South Carolina subscriptions. © 1970 by Sandlapper Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission. Sandlapper is a registered Greenville, South Carolina 29607 trademark. January 1970 3 Remember the old days READERS when telephones looked like this? COMMENTS Sandlapper welcomes letters to the editor on matters of general in terest. We ask that the letters be held to 150 words or less. Excerpts Telephones and from this month's letters are pre telephone services have sented below. come a long way since. So have Columbia and The article in the November issue South Carolina. We're proud about the Belton Standpipe was to be a part of and share well written and I, as a native of in furthering this growth. Belton, greatly appreciate it. My We look forward to our brother, George W. Cox, did fall 100 feet to the ground level when mutual progress together. the standpipe was being built in 1909, and he was only slightly in jured because the fall was broken @ Southern Bell by inside scaffolding. However, he was never (as stated) a member of the Baptist General Board in Nash ville. For many years he was man ager of the College and Specialist Bureau of the Southern Teachers' Agency in Memphis, where he died in 1958. Another slight error in the last paragraph. There are still a few old timers in Belton who remember when the standpipe was built in 1909. That was only 60 years ago. Luther B. Cox Belton, South Carolina The article on the Belton Stand pipe by John Bigham was very authentic and interesting. I saw this standpipe being built during the first decade of the pres ent century. The standpipe is built of reinforced concrete, and as I re call was built by a Mr. King of Greenville. J. Roy Pennell Spartanburg, South Carolina I would like to add my words of 4 Sandlapper praise to those given Miss Florence I hope that we may see more aid what the soldier is firing, and from Epps in the November "Sand given to expand speech therapy a rather exposed position, I might lapper"-("Them 'Purty' Words," services in the public schools.