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BRASS KNOBS TO GLEAM Doors of Stateburg©s Old Home: To Open to Public on April 8 STATEBURG. March 1"1 On Sun Oaks, home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred [day afternoon April 8. the doors C. Delorme. It was built in 1832 of Stateburg©s historic old homes, !and churches will be open to thej and has been beautifully restored. Borough House Rededicated public with their brass knobs and Six stately columns support the , knockers gleaming. portico. Double drawing rooms The tour is being sponsored hy have elaborale plaster friezes Historic Stateburg Mansion 200 Years ©the Woman©s Auxiliary of the around the ceilings. The original j Church of the Holy Cross. The chandilicrs are now electrified. proceeds will go to help pay the Old; Has Sheltered Many Notable Men Through the courtesy of Dr. J. remaining indebtedness on a parish State burg. Hooper, and vho had known him [house recently erected there. Ralph Dunn the visitors may ser during the Revolution, and] Dundell Gardens, a flower land A portrait of Captain Heron, in England. The Borough House, prc-revolu- On the 200th anniversary had been impressed with the! unmatched for natural beauty. of the opening: of Borough painted at Temple Inn, London, General Henry Lee, also en desirability of this region. In. |tinnar> residence with many inter- Acres of Japanese Iris, camellias, [estmc furnishings will be one of Houiw* recently, Mrs. Wal in 1750, and the portrait of Mary camped in Trt- High Hills of 1818 Doctor Anderson married a/alias and bulbs surround a his ter C. White, the present Heron Hooper, by Copley, re the highlights of the tour. owner, Santee, whL-h he called "Tha Mary Jane McKenzie, the netcu toric old mill pond which datrs gave a reception at main in the hands of his descen The former home of the Ander- hack to the Time of Chancellor which time Bishop Thomas Benign Hills of Santee," because of Mrs. Thomas Hooper. From sons and the birthplace of "Fight Thomas Waties. (retired) and Bishop Car- dants at Th2 Borough House. of the better climate of this old, that time on made his home at ing Dick" Anderson is now owned Moor Hill, an old home recently rut hers of the Diocese of r.RKENE ENTERTAINED old range o! hills, the lirst rise The Borough House, and in 1821 hy Mrs. South Carolina re-blessed Walter C. White of Cleve purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Shrr- the house. URING tde Revolution Gen from the coast.il plain. Geolog he rebuilt the wings of the house, land. Ohio, the former Virginia man Smith, will be open to the eral Nalhanael Greene was ists say they emerged from the which he conducted of Pise de Saundevs. public for the first time. D Terre (Now called "Rammed Visitors will see the Church of ©PHE BOROUGH House, which entertained at The Borough sea thousands of years before Cold drinks will be available for Earth"). At this time he also the Holy Cross, built in 1850 on sale during the afternoon and tea 1 dates from 1758, was built House, where he maintained the Rocky Mountains rose above by built the beautiful library, and the site of the original house of will be scrvr-d at the Parish House. William Hilton, who that year headquarters, which he callefl the waters. In the valleys of the other dependencies. They are ol \\orship. In the cemetery repose Tickets will be on sale at Chan was granted the land upon which "Camp High Hills of Santee." High Hills are to be found many the bodies nf many grrat South dlers Store at the intersection o© While there he rested and re curious fossil remains. nco-classie architecture, and the iCarolinians including Joel R. Poin- Hie house stands. Subsequently highway 2fil and 76 at $2 each. cruited his army. For the con THE REVOLUTIONARY columns which support the col Isctt. Maps and histories of places to the place had several owners, venience of the troops the nearby VILLAGE onnade of the library, and the The High Hills Baptist Church hr visifrd v,© 1 ! hr on hrind and shortly ht-fore the Revolu- porticoes of the other buildings, | where Richard Furman delivered spring was art-hod over with SMALL village developed lion it became the home of are each turned from the heart; his famous and firy Revolutionar> Thomas Hooper, ?nd his native rock-?. This arch still re before th? Revolution around wile, A of a Jongtenf pine tree. This, sermons will he an added attrac Mary Heron Hooper. mains, and tho spot has ever the foot of the hill upon which tion. Dr. John Roberts, while since been cilled "Greene©a The Borough House stands. It group ot buildings has become pastor at this church established Thomas Hooper and his bro Springs." At the time of this © was called Claronont, but seems of increasing interest to arrhir [the academy out of which ther William, came to the Car- occupation ot The Borougn to have been referred to from tects, and articles concerning it Furman University. nhnas from Boston. William House, one ol General Greene©s very early days as "The Bor have appeared in Architectural Hooper settled in North Caro slaff officers amused himself by ough." The communion service Engineering, November 1326, sind TOMB OF SirMTKR lina, and was one of the signers branding the doors of the sitting of the Church which preceeded a Report of the United Stairs The Tomb of General Thomas of the Declaration of Indepen- room with a r^d-hot poker, the the present Church of The Holy Department of Agriculture, by |Sumter. Gamecock of the Revolu- Thomas A. H. Miller, drnce from U-at State. Thomas letters C. A., which stand tor Cross, which was built on the December ,tion who founded Stateburg with 1926, and also etner ^nd his wife came to Charleston, Continental Army. A letter from same site in 1850, is marked publications. the hope that it might be the from whence they eventually re j capital of his beloved state, will General Greene, written from "Claremont Episcopal Church." Colonel Richard Anderson | hold peculiar interest for the \-isi- moved to The High Hills of Camp High Hills of Santee, is The little borough continued to lived for some years with his lors. Here also is to be seen the S-intec. dated Aug. 6lh, 1781. be called CUremont until 3783, son at The Foiough House, ana I burial ground of the Sumter family Mary Heron was the daughter The map engraved for John when General Thomas Sumter, a in 1825, at the time of the rein land (he chapel of his daughter-in- nf Captain Benjamin son©s Sketches of the Life and resident of the neighborhood, terment at Camden of Baron De- ©law, the Countess Natalie de Lagc. Heron, R. i! , who was for twenty years in Correspondence of General and a member of the LegisJa- Kalb, Colonel Anderson acted Al Brookland. where Chancellor along with General Lafayette as I James wrote the Life of Brigidaicr he Colonial service in North Greene, shows the line of march ture, conceived the idea of pro General Francis Marion, guests 1 \ rol ina, where he became of the Armies of Lord Cornwal- posing it as a site for the capital honorary pallbearer. Colonel will he greeted hy the present I .r-utenant General of Militia, lis, Colonel Her.ry Lee, and Gen of South Carolina. With this in Richard Anderson was a charter (owners, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wil id Chairman of the Royat eral Greene, all passing through view a plan wss laid out lor a member of The Society of the son. ( ounril. He married in North The High Hills of Santee on the an extensive town. When the site Cincinnati, in which mcmbev Marston with its oaks and pictur- Carolina Mary Hcwe, sister ol old King©s Highway, which leads for the capital was voted upon ship has bevn continued among lesque grounds where Col. John J. General Robert Howe of the from Charleston through Cam- however, Stateburg received but his descendants. Dargan noted educator lived and I.evolution. Captain Heron re- den, up into North Carolina. It one vote, General Sumfer©s own, THREE DISIINGIISHKD SONS ©wrote his history of South Caro rimed to England in 1769, and runs directly in front of The and the site of Columbia was R. WILLIAM Wallace Ander lina will beckon. The present [owners are Mr. and Mrs. S. O there at Islington he died in 1770, Borough House. overwhelmingly selected and D son gav-2 three sons to the Plowden. ;ind was accorded the unusual In August JYSO, Lord Corn- the capital was established there Confederate A.my. Lieutenint Needwood, the home of Mr. am 1 l-cnor of burial beneath the pave wallis was on his way to Cam- in 1786. General Riohanl Heron Ander Mrs. J. F. Williams, Sr. will \n ment of St. George©s, the Royal den, where -n the 16th a fierce In 1810 Dr. William Wallace son, (See Note 1.) the ranking approached through arching Cam Chapel at Windsor. Mrs. Heron battle was fought. He made The Anderson, of Montgomery Coun officer from South Carolina, Ma lina Laurel. It is distinguished b\ icturned to Wilrnington after her Borough House nifl headquarters ty Maryland, settled in State- jor William Wallace Anderson of a wide portico, old fashioner! husband©s dealn, for a short time. This may havw burg. He camr: to South double parlors and hand carved and here her Caro the medical Corps, who held the mantels, daughter, Mary, married Thom been a visit to an old acquain lina through the advice of his rank of Medical Inspector, and as Hooper. They are buried in a tance, as well as a military oc father. Colon1?! Richard Ander Superintendent of Vaccination ol THK OAKS tomb in the lower garden of The cupation, for he was godfather son, of the Maryland Line, who the Armies, Hospitals and Camps Annlher home being shown i* "-< Borough House, their home in to a first cousin ot Mary Heron had fought through the Caro ol Instruction of the Confederate States" He stood in rank next tu On M;-ty 10.ii, isiil. hr- Hirrl ;md Major .Sainvl©^s trainrd, fnm- Siimlff. 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