WEBVTT 00:01.933 --> 00:06.933 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% ♪ 00:08.933 --> 00:13.933 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% ♪ 00:15.933 --> 00:20.933 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% ♪ 00:22.933 --> 00:25.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% (male speaker) Welcome to Watermelon Country. 00:25.233 --> 00:28.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The counties of Allendale and Barnwell in South Carolina 00:28.600 --> 00:30.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% are almost synonymous 00:30.600 --> 00:32.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% with the juicy, mouth-watering fruit, 00:32.900 --> 00:35.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% which, though often a luxury in the North, 00:35.966 --> 00:38.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is a summertime treat in the South. 00:38.966 --> 00:41.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Watermelon is not the only thing 00:41.566 --> 00:44.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for which Allendale and Barnwell are noted. 00:44.566 --> 00:48.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% For example, Allendale County, officially created in 1919, 00:48.233 --> 00:51.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% has the largest farms and ranches per acre 00:51.233 --> 00:53.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% in the state. 00:53.200 --> 00:56.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The town of Allendale, the county seat, 00:56.200 --> 01:00.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% goes back much further in that it originated in 1850, 01:00.166 --> 01:02.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% as one historian remarked, 01:02.066 --> 01:05.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% "...in the heart of the old plantation area, 01:05.400 --> 01:08.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% approximately 50 miles from the sea." 01:08.433 --> 01:10.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Allendale County was allegedly named 01:10.433 --> 01:12.400 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% for the Allen family, 01:12.400 --> 01:15.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% who were among the first settlers of the territory. 01:15.900 --> 01:18.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Who could tell you more and better 01:18.500 --> 01:21.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% about the background of a town and a county 01:21.900 --> 01:25.266 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% than a resident who is proud of his home? 01:25.266 --> 01:27.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% A man who is vitally interested 01:27.566 --> 01:30.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% in Allendale and its historical past 01:30.000 --> 01:33.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is Allendale attorney Tom Lawton. 01:33.400 --> 01:36.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Today, while visiting the first schoolhouse 01:36.433 --> 01:38.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% in the town of Allendale, 01:38.733 --> 01:41.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I found several very interesting books, 01:41.666 --> 01:45.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% one of which is Judge Williams James 01:45.233 --> 01:49.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% "Life of Francis Marion," an extremely rare volume. 01:49.466 --> 01:53.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% This small building was constructed in 1876 01:53.200 --> 01:55.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% by Miss Augusta Arnold, 01:55.200 --> 01:57.200 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% who was the first schoolmistress 01:57.200 --> 02:00.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for the young gentry of the town of Allendale. 02:00.566 --> 02:04.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Many of the citizens who were later to become prominent 02:04.300 --> 02:06.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% in the founding of Allendale County 02:06.566 --> 02:08.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% attended school at Miss Arnold's feet. 02:08.900 --> 02:10.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Fortunately, this small building 02:10.900 --> 02:13.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was saved for posterity when, several years ago, 02:13.900 --> 02:16.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% ladies of the town reclaimed it 02:16.166 --> 02:18.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and had it moved to this spot 02:18.833 --> 02:20.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% in the schoolyard 02:20.966 --> 02:22.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% of the present elementary school 02:22.933 --> 02:24.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% of the town of Allendale. 02:28.933 --> 02:31.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The first settlement of the area 02:31.200 --> 02:36.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that is now Allendale County goes back over 200 years ago. 02:37.233 --> 02:38.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% In fact, the first settlements here 02:38.866 --> 02:42.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% were just slightly less than 100 years after the founding 02:42.666 --> 02:45.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of the first permanent settlement at Charleston. 02:47.866 --> 02:49.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% The county geographically 02:49.833 --> 02:51.866 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% straddles the line 02:51.866 --> 02:54.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that was historically the division 02:54.666 --> 02:58.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% between the colonial Lowcountry and the Upcountry backwoods. 02:58.433 --> 03:01.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% To the south of this line in Allendale County, 03:01.766 --> 03:05.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we find the area that was, in the early days, 03:05.800 --> 03:09.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was in St. Peters Parish and Prince William's Parish 03:09.166 --> 03:11.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of Beaufort District. 03:11.266 --> 03:15.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Just to the north of this area was Winton County, 03:15.133 --> 03:18.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the forerunner of the present Barnwell District. 03:18.666 --> 03:21.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Besides this uniqueness geographically, 03:21.666 --> 03:23.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% the county also is unique 03:23.700 --> 03:26.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in that the shape of the county 03:26.300 --> 03:29.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% resembles the shape of the state of South Carolina. 03:29.700 --> 03:33.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Our 35 square miles are covered with many areas 03:33.066 --> 03:35.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% of rich forest and rich farmlands. 03:35.300 --> 03:37.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% The earliest settlers here 03:37.333 --> 03:39.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% came in search of the lush canebreaks 03:39.966 --> 03:42.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that were so ideal for their cattle. 03:42.666 --> 03:47.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Today, the farms and ranches in Allendale County, 03:47.633 --> 03:52.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% which are the largest of any county in the state, 03:52.300 --> 03:54.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% are among our biggest assets. 03:54.500 --> 03:58.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The county itself was formed in 1920 03:58.266 --> 04:02.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% from portions of Hampton County and of Barnwell County. 04:02.133 --> 04:06.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I believe that the legislative act setting up the county 04:06.133 --> 04:10.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was actually passed in 1919, and construction 04:10.433 --> 04:13.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of our handsome courthouse was begun in 1920. 04:13.466 --> 04:16.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% (Grosboll) A remnant of Allendale's past 04:16.500 --> 04:19.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is the Gravel Hill home built about 1857. 04:19.500 --> 04:22.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The man who would be most familiar 04:22.133 --> 04:25.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with the inner and financial workings of a town 04:25.533 --> 04:27.566 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% would be its leading citizen. 04:27.566 --> 04:30.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% This is Allendale's mayor, Dr. Richard Boyles. 04:30.233 --> 04:34.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We're just as proud of this town of Allendale 04:34.700 --> 04:36.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% as we can be. 04:36.700 --> 04:38.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I believe the old saying goes 04:38.966 --> 04:42.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that a town is just as good as the citizens 04:42.733 --> 04:45.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% that live within its city limits. 04:45.000 --> 04:48.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And we are proud to say that we have 04:48.333 --> 04:51.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% some of the finest white and Negro citizens 04:51.333 --> 04:55.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that could live any place, not only this great state, 04:55.133 --> 04:57.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% but this great country. 04:57.133 --> 04:59.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We are indeed proud of the fact 04:59.766 --> 05:03.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that our present governor, Bob McNair, 05:03.166 --> 05:06.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was once a citizen of Allendale. 05:06.333 --> 05:09.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% This town hall in the background 05:09.066 --> 05:14.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was once used by an old Allendale theatrical group. 05:15.033 --> 05:18.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Our main source of income here 05:18.300 --> 05:20.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% is the tourist industry, 05:20.333 --> 05:25.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but this has really changed in the last two decades. 05:26.766 --> 05:30.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% As a practicing optometrist, I remember, 17 years ago, 05:31.566 --> 05:34.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that our main source of business or income 05:34.433 --> 05:36.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% was during the fall months, 05:36.833 --> 05:39.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the time the farmer was gathering his crops. 05:39.866 --> 05:43.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Now we have here in Allendale, I believe, 05:43.066 --> 05:46.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% about $10 million worth of motels 05:46.900 --> 05:48.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and modern restaurants. 05:48.900 --> 05:52.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We also have about 20 modern service stations. 05:52.966 --> 05:56.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We feel that we have a very good town. 05:56.300 --> 05:58.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We work in harmony with each other. 05:58.966 --> 06:01.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I wish the outsiders could come visit us 06:01.933 --> 06:03.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and see the homes, 06:03.933 --> 06:08.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% not only in the white area but also in the Negro. 06:08.233 --> 06:10.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We're very proud of the prosperity 06:10.800 --> 06:14.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% that we've all accomplished here. 06:14.500 --> 06:19.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Our future regarding Allendale we think is very good. 06:20.700 --> 06:23.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have two of the most important railway lines 06:23.333 --> 06:25.333 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% running through the city. 06:25.333 --> 06:29.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% As far as the city government make-up, 06:29.166 --> 06:33.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% we have six councilmen, we have four policemen, 06:33.133 --> 06:36.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% we have modern police patrol cars-- 06:36.166 --> 06:38.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% we just purchased a new one-- 06:38.400 --> 06:40.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and this nice, beautiful fire truck 06:40.966 --> 06:43.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% in back of us isn't too old. 06:43.633 --> 06:45.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We also have another one. 06:45.633 --> 06:49.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have a fire chief who lives over the city hall. 06:49.766 --> 06:53.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% At present we have a very enthused 06:53.200 --> 06:56.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% beautification program started. 06:56.233 --> 06:58.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% We have county directors 06:58.233 --> 07:02.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as well as working through the federal programs, 07:02.266 --> 07:04.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and it's amazing how citizens, 07:04.466 --> 07:06.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you mention the word beautifications, 07:06.533 --> 07:08.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% how citizens take hold of this. 07:08.833 --> 07:11.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Even the business districts paint the stores 07:11.433 --> 07:14.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and clean the sidewalks. 07:14.366 --> 07:17.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have neighbors all over. 07:17.600 --> 07:20.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It's really an inspiration to see how people 07:20.566 --> 07:22.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% are interested in beautifying the town. 07:22.833 --> 07:26.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We have parks in the process of being dug up, 07:26.666 --> 07:30.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and new shrubbery and grass is being planted. 07:30.633 --> 07:32.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% (Grosboll) Allendale's population is about 3,200, 07:32.900 --> 07:35.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% so it could certainly fall into the category 07:35.866 --> 07:38.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% of a small town. 07:38.466 --> 07:40.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Perhaps, though, instead of small, 07:40.500 --> 07:43.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% in this case the adjective should be comfortable. 07:43.566 --> 07:46.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Mr. Lawton, why did you choose to return here 07:46.966 --> 07:49.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to set up your law practice? 07:49.300 --> 07:54.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% When I came back from service, I was not sure what to do. 07:55.533 --> 07:58.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% That was one of the reasons I went to Duke 07:58.300 --> 08:00.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% rather than to South Carolina. 08:00.333 --> 08:02.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I felt that that would prepare me 08:02.933 --> 08:06.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to go out of state if I wanted to. 08:06.300 --> 08:08.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% But after graduating there, 08:08.266 --> 08:11.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the call of South Carolina was very strong. 08:11.733 --> 08:14.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And at first I went to Georgetown, 08:14.700 --> 08:17.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% where I briefly practiced law, 08:17.833 --> 08:21.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but about the time that the bomb plant was announced 08:21.700 --> 08:24.600 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% in early-- 08:24.600 --> 08:29.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% it was announced, I think, in the fall of 1950, 08:31.100 --> 08:34.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but really, construction work began in the winter of '51-- 08:35.833 --> 08:37.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I realized that Allendale, especially, 08:37.433 --> 08:40.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% had a great deal to offer for the future. 08:40.800 --> 08:44.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% For that reason I was happy to come back home, 08:44.566 --> 08:48.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I have always been happy that I did come back. 08:48.700 --> 08:51.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% (Grosboll) Allendale and the neighboring town of Fairfax 08:51.700 --> 08:55.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% share a high school, halfway between the two towns. 08:55.166 --> 08:57.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% They also combine their facilities 08:57.100 --> 08:59.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in the Allendale-Fairfax Hospital and Nursing Home. 08:59.766 --> 09:02.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Ladies come from all over South Carolina 09:02.400 --> 09:04.400 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% to purchase millinery 09:04.400 --> 09:07.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% at the Winnette Hat Shoppe in Fairfax. 09:07.466 --> 09:10.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Farming, however, represents the main source of income 09:10.466 --> 09:12.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to Allendale County residents. 09:12.466 --> 09:15.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We talked with the owner of Roselawn Plantation, 09:15.500 --> 09:17.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% farmer Don Sharpe. 09:17.500 --> 09:20.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Allendale County is probably the county 09:20.166 --> 09:23.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that has the largest farms of any county 09:23.133 --> 09:25.166 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% in South Carolina. 09:25.166 --> 09:29.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You will find a number of large farms in this county. 09:29.333 --> 09:34.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We farm a lot of small grain, rye. 09:35.833 --> 09:38.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We farm soybeans, cotton. 09:38.966 --> 09:41.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We have a herd of beef cattle. 09:41.933 --> 09:46.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And we do specialize in that we grow a lot of certified seed. 09:46.833 --> 09:51.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And this county has a number of good watermelon farmers, 09:53.033 --> 09:56.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and I expect that we are considered a county 09:56.466 --> 09:59.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% that grows high-quality melons. 09:59.033 --> 10:01.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% A thousand-acre farm in Allendale County 10:01.933 --> 10:05.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is maybe considered not too large a farm. 10:05.933 --> 10:09.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% They have numbers of farms in Allendale County 10:09.133 --> 10:11.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% over 1,000 acres. 10:11.366 --> 10:15.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Some 15 to, years... some 15 years ago, 10:15.500 --> 10:18.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% we might say, um...well, in my particular instance, 10:18.866 --> 10:23.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% cotton would be bringing 80% of your income 10:25.700 --> 10:27.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% where some 15 years later, 10:27.733 --> 10:32.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I'd say that cotton was less than 10% of my income. 10:32.433 --> 10:35.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So, uh, we've gone to other things. 10:35.333 --> 10:38.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Soybeans has been the tremendous boost 10:38.300 --> 10:40.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to the economics of agriculture 10:40.833 --> 10:43.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% in our county and in our state. 10:43.466 --> 10:46.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% A lot of people are on a "cow-calf" basis; 10:46.933 --> 10:49.600 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% that is, they grow the calves out 10:49.600 --> 10:51.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% until they get feeder size 10:51.633 --> 10:54.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and then sell them in the feeder market. 10:54.633 --> 10:59.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% However, this--we have a number of farmers in the county now 11:00.966 --> 11:03.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that are beginning to "feed out" their feeders 11:03.333 --> 11:07.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and in this way, realize more income. 11:07.033 --> 11:10.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% (Grosboll) Barnwell County was formed in 1785 11:10.333 --> 11:13.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and was named for General John Barnwell 11:13.166 --> 11:15.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% of the Revolutionary War. 11:15.166 --> 11:18.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The town of Barnwell, also the county seat, 11:18.166 --> 11:22.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% was in the line of General Sherman's march 11:22.166 --> 11:24.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to Columbia during the Civil War 11:24.400 --> 11:26.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and was burned in 1865. 11:26.433 --> 11:29.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% However, some things remain of the antebellum period. 11:29.433 --> 11:32.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% This sundial was given to the town 11:32.066 --> 11:34.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% by Captain Joseph Allen in 1858. 11:34.633 --> 11:36.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Both Allendale and Barnwell counties 11:36.533 --> 11:38.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% are readying themselves 11:38.133 --> 11:40.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for South Carolina's upcoming tricentennial. 11:40.666 --> 11:43.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% One project of the Barnwell Historical Commission 11:43.533 --> 11:46.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is the rebuilding of the Presbyterian Church, 11:46.166 --> 11:48.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% which was erected in 1832. 11:48.966 --> 11:52.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Joe Wilder, owner and manager of radio station WBAW, 11:52.866 --> 11:55.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% speaks of industry in Barnwell County. 11:55.300 --> 11:59.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Imagine, if you will, in 1951, a community of 2,000-- 11:59.300 --> 12:01.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% a rather sleepy community, 12:01.300 --> 12:04.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% like most Lowcountry communities in South Carolina-- 12:04.666 --> 12:07.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and an influx of 10,000 to 12,000 people 12:07.666 --> 12:09.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% practically overnight 12:09.666 --> 12:13.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as the result of the Savannah River Plant construction. 12:13.033 --> 12:15.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% This lasted 18 months to two years; 12:15.700 --> 12:18.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% they said it would last three or four. 12:18.700 --> 12:21.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Then, all of a sudden, these people leave. 12:21.666 --> 12:23.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% These big cities-- 12:23.700 --> 12:25.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% we called 'em cities, trailer cities-- 12:25.933 --> 12:27.966 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% gone practically overnight. 12:27.966 --> 12:31.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% A traumatic experience for a community of this size, 12:31.300 --> 12:35.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and also losing a third of the agricultural part of the county. 12:35.833 --> 12:37.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I arrived on the scene 12:37.833 --> 12:40.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% just at the height of the construction 12:40.466 --> 12:43.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and experienced this great drop-off of population 12:43.100 --> 12:46.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% from 13,000 back to about 5,000. 12:46.833 --> 12:49.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The people in the community were stunned somewhat. 12:49.900 --> 12:53.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We were all stunned... what to do in the future? 12:53.666 --> 12:55.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We couldn't stay an agricultural county. 12:55.933 --> 12:58.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We were too small for that. 12:58.200 --> 13:01.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The future definitely lay in the growth of industry, 13:01.500 --> 13:03.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and that's the direction we took. 13:03.766 --> 13:05.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% The new people-- 13:05.800 --> 13:09.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we did have a great influx of new people that remained-- 13:09.933 --> 13:12.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% as well as the older citizens 13:12.300 --> 13:14.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% worked together to land new industry. 13:14.566 --> 13:16.833 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% It took two or three years 13:16.833 --> 13:20.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% after the Savannah River Plant construction phase died out 13:20.200 --> 13:24.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% before the coming of the Amerotron plant. 13:24.033 --> 13:26.066 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% This was a Textron plant. 13:26.066 --> 13:29.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Textron was a huge industrial empire in this country, 13:29.433 --> 13:32.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and landing that type of industry for Barnwell 13:32.433 --> 13:34.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was quite a feat. 13:34.800 --> 13:36.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Then five years later, 13:36.433 --> 13:38.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% the coming of Shuron Continental-- 13:38.400 --> 13:42.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it was known as Shuron then--also a Textron industry. 13:42.166 --> 13:44.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% That means a great deal 13:44.200 --> 13:46.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% when a company as large as Textron 13:46.833 --> 13:51.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% builds two plants in five or six years. 13:51.066 --> 13:53.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We did have National Fastener, 13:53.366 --> 13:56.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the mainstay of Barnwell industry all these years. 13:56.433 --> 13:59.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It was here before the Savannah River Plant. 13:59.433 --> 14:02.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Then, the coming of Chill-Chest to Williston 14:02.000 --> 14:04.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and two or three other plants 14:04.333 --> 14:07.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% has made Barnwell County more of an industrial county, 14:07.933 --> 14:12.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as far as the size of the county is concerned, 14:12.000 --> 14:14.266 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% than many in our state. 14:14.266 --> 14:16.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We've seen the new air-conditioned hospital, 14:16.533 --> 14:18.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% a new nursing home-- 14:18.500 --> 14:21.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% an ultramodern nursing home built-- 14:21.200 --> 14:23.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% municipal facilities, schools, and new churches, 14:23.666 --> 14:26.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and so many things that are important 14:26.700 --> 14:30.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to the growth and livability of a community this size. 14:30.500 --> 14:33.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I think Barnwell has a great future. 14:33.333 --> 14:35.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% We're particularly proud 14:35.366 --> 14:38.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of the new educational television station. 14:38.233 --> 14:40.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We're proud of our recreation facilities. 14:40.700 --> 14:44.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have a large lake in the middle of town 14:44.466 --> 14:46.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% being built for recreational purposes. 14:46.500 --> 14:50.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Here in Barnwell County we have three country clubs. 14:50.500 --> 14:53.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% That's unusual for, uh, a county of this size. 14:53.900 --> 14:55.900 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% We are 18,000 people. 14:55.900 --> 14:58.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have eight fields that are lighted 14:58.800 --> 15:01.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for day and night recreational activities. 15:01.033 --> 15:03.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% That again, I think, 15:03.100 --> 15:05.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% indicates that here in Barnwell County, 15:05.333 --> 15:07.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% we've grown, 15:07.200 --> 15:09.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and I expect we'll continue to grow. 15:09.866 --> 15:12.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Our industrial development will not stop 15:12.066 --> 15:14.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because we're headed in that direction. 15:14.333 --> 15:16.433 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% We have to be. 15:16.433 --> 15:19.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'd like to point to the Barnwell County Airport. 15:19.800 --> 15:24.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The Barnwell County Airport is situated on a 1,000-acre area 15:24.266 --> 15:26.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% on the outskirts of the community, 15:26.700 --> 15:31.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% actually a mile and a half from the center of town. 15:31.233 --> 15:34.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We have three 5,000-foot paved runways, 15:34.666 --> 15:36.833 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and other facilities. 15:36.833 --> 15:39.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It's beautifully located, and right now, for example, 15:39.866 --> 15:43.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we have some 15 airplanes that are based here. 15:43.200 --> 15:47.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% For a community this size, that's good aviation activity. 15:47.700 --> 15:49.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% The airport, the water situation-- 15:49.666 --> 15:52.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that fact that we have two streams 15:52.333 --> 15:54.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% practically running through our community-- 15:54.933 --> 15:58.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the housing situation is improving all the time. 15:58.400 --> 16:00.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% New homes are going up. 16:00.600 --> 16:04.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have industrial sites on rail facilities, 16:04.466 --> 16:06.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% near rail facilities, 16:06.466 --> 16:09.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% so Barnwell has a combination of factors 16:09.533 --> 16:12.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that makes it possible for it to grow. 16:12.533 --> 16:15.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We don't have problems that some communities have. 16:15.533 --> 16:17.533 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% I think the potential there-- 16:17.533 --> 16:19.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and it may come slow 16:19.566 --> 16:23.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% because we give industries four years at least to grow 16:23.300 --> 16:27.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and get on a paying basis and to assimilate the labor 16:27.766 --> 16:30.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and get through with their training program 16:30.400 --> 16:32.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% before we actively seek new industry. 16:32.666 --> 16:35.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We're not seeking new industry every day. 16:35.566 --> 16:39.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% (Grosboll) It takes all kinds to make a town. 16:39.833 --> 16:42.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Barnwell boasts two of South Carolina's 16:42.066 --> 16:44.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% most prominent political figures: 16:44.133 --> 16:47.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Solomon Blatt, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 16:47.100 --> 16:49.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and Senator Edgar Brown, 16:49.100 --> 16:51.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% who became the leader for educational television 16:51.700 --> 16:53.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in the General Assembly. 16:53.733 --> 16:57.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Rodman Lemon is a long-time resident of Barnwell. 16:57.933 --> 16:59.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He sometimes enjoys reminiscing. 16:59.866 --> 17:04.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% For the first 50 years of this century, 17:04.333 --> 17:06.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Barnwell was a small country town, 17:06.566 --> 17:11.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% not unlike other country towns of this community. 17:11.100 --> 17:14.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% It was noted for and proud of its churches 17:14.900 --> 17:17.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and particularly noted for its politicians. 17:17.300 --> 17:22.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% In that first 50 years, the population averaged 1,800. 17:23.500 --> 17:27.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We thought approximately 900 white and 900 Negro. 17:27.466 --> 17:30.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Now, our town is built on a circle. 17:30.733 --> 17:34.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Many country towns of the South are on a square, 17:34.666 --> 17:37.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but our courthouse and famous sundial 17:37.033 --> 17:40.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% faces the circle or park in the center of town. 17:40.800 --> 17:43.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% In the late '20s, that park-- 17:43.133 --> 17:47.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% well, around the park was the only paved area in town, 17:47.266 --> 17:50.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and a portion of it in the summer afternoons 17:50.666 --> 17:53.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% would be roped off for children for skating. 17:53.700 --> 17:56.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Often at the time of a celebration, 17:56.266 --> 17:59.266 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% they would use that roped-off area at night 17:59.266 --> 18:01.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% for what we call street dances, 18:01.533 --> 18:05.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with an orchestra on a porch of a neighboring building. 18:05.333 --> 18:08.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Later on in the '30s, Mr. C.G. Fuller was-- 18:08.700 --> 18:10.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% he now is retired 18:10.700 --> 18:14.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and spends part-time here and part in Miami Beach. 18:14.033 --> 18:16.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% He was mayor of the town, 18:16.300 --> 18:18.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and with WPA funds 18:18.333 --> 18:21.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and the local county delegation, 18:21.233 --> 18:26.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% he constructed a recreation park on the edge of town, 18:27.333 --> 18:28.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% part of which is still being used. 18:28.933 --> 18:30.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% But those Depression years, 18:30.900 --> 18:34.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it was pretty good for members of the town 18:34.233 --> 18:36.266 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to be able to use 18:36.266 --> 18:38.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% tennis courts and a baseball-football diamond. 18:38.866 --> 18:40.900 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% We had good baseball teams. 18:40.900 --> 18:44.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We had a little league team at one time; 18:44.266 --> 18:46.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% actually, nearly a big league team. 18:46.533 --> 18:50.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% A swimming pool was built there and a recreational hall. 18:50.333 --> 18:53.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Part of that park is still in use. 18:53.300 --> 18:55.333 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% Later on in the '40s, 18:55.333 --> 18:59.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% World War II took the news spotlight, 18:59.966 --> 19:04.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I, being out of the town for much of the time myself, 19:06.033 --> 19:09.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% saw not too much change when I got back. 19:09.033 --> 19:12.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% However, in the late '40s, after World War II, 19:12.733 --> 19:14.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the changes began to come about. 19:14.966 --> 19:18.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But the men of this town are primarily interested 19:18.833 --> 19:21.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in politics, hunting, and fishing. 19:21.100 --> 19:24.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have been, we think, famous for politicians 19:24.433 --> 19:29.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% from the time of the Hagoods and the Allens and the Aldriches 19:29.000 --> 19:31.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% down to our present politicians. 19:31.200 --> 19:34.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Along about the early '30s, I believe it was, 19:34.700 --> 19:37.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% at one time this little country town 19:37.300 --> 19:40.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% had Speaker of the House Solomon Blatt, 19:40.066 --> 19:42.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% who is still Speaker; 19:42.066 --> 19:44.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% President Pro Tem of the Senate, 19:44.300 --> 19:46.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% who is still President Pro Tem; 19:46.600 --> 19:49.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the late Emile Harley as governor. 19:49.200 --> 19:51.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Those three, all from this little town, 19:51.833 --> 19:53.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% so we're noted for politicians. 19:53.833 --> 19:56.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% (Grosboll) And how does Allendale's Mayor Boyles 19:56.500 --> 19:59.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% feel about people in a small town? 19:59.233 --> 20:03.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I believe, sir, that you should love people. 20:03.166 --> 20:07.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And loving people, as the old saying goes, 20:07.466 --> 20:09.866 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% is to know them. 20:09.866 --> 20:14.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And in small towns we certainly get to know each other. 20:16.233 --> 20:20.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'm just three minutes at the most from my office. 20:20.233 --> 20:22.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I usually stop at the post office, 20:22.866 --> 20:25.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% and I can walk in, 20:25.233 --> 20:28.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and I know 97% of the people in there. 20:28.966 --> 20:31.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% When you're that close to people, 20:31.266 --> 20:33.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% you get to know them, 20:33.266 --> 20:37.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and you usually can work together with them real well. 20:37.066 --> 20:39.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% So my idea is, 20:39.100 --> 20:42.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% when we love people, we usually know them, 20:42.133 --> 20:44.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and we can all cooperate real well 20:44.933 --> 20:48.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% when this situation does exist. 20:48.433 --> 20:50.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% (Grosboll) In Williston in Barnwell County 20:50.700 --> 20:52.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% is the Edisto Experiment Station, 20:52.666 --> 20:54.700 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% established in 1937. 20:54.700 --> 20:56.833 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% Here, men worked to improve 20:56.833 --> 21:00.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the growth and development of farm produce. 21:00.133 --> 21:03.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% In nearby Blackville, produce auctions are held. 21:03.033 --> 21:05.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Farmers bring their cucumbers, watermelons, 21:05.033 --> 21:07.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% cantaloupes to these auctions, 21:07.033 --> 21:10.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and they are sold very much the same way 21:10.433 --> 21:13.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as our famed auctioneers conduct tobacco leaf sales. 21:13.433 --> 21:16.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% How does a small town go about 21:16.033 --> 21:19.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% developing its potential and looking to the future? 21:19.066 --> 21:21.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The chairman of the Allendale Development Commission, 21:21.666 --> 21:23.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% F.E. Gibson Jr., explains. 21:23.266 --> 21:27.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Since the Civil War, we've been a farming community. 21:27.600 --> 21:29.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We're still a farming community 21:29.600 --> 21:34.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and probably will always be primarily farming. 21:34.000 --> 21:37.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% However, since the World War Number Two, 21:37.933 --> 21:41.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the farmers have gone to mechanization. 21:41.633 --> 21:43.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% By their going to mechanization, 21:43.800 --> 21:48.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it's turned the tide with our labor. 21:48.100 --> 21:52.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have lost population from 1940 until 1950, 21:52.533 --> 21:57.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and we lost population from 1950 until 1960. 21:58.566 --> 21:59.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% The people of Allendale County 21:59.733 --> 22:02.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% realized that something had to be done, 22:02.266 --> 22:04.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that we couldn't afford to lose population 22:04.966 --> 22:09.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% when we only had a little over 13,000 in 1940. 22:11.300 --> 22:15.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% In 1960, our population dropped to a little over 11,000. 22:16.700 --> 22:19.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Therefore, a group of people in Allendale banded together, 22:19.200 --> 22:21.600 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% formed a development board, 22:21.600 --> 22:25.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and we started working on industry. 22:25.733 --> 22:30.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% About 1950, we were fortunate to get a needle plant. 22:30.100 --> 22:32.766 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% This was the first break we had 22:32.766 --> 22:36.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in getting industry to put these people to work 22:36.466 --> 22:39.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that had lost their jobs on the farms. 22:39.633 --> 22:41.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I might say, at this time, 22:41.933 --> 22:44.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% our farms are the largest per acre average 22:44.900 --> 22:47.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% in South Carolina. 22:47.133 --> 22:50.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Therefore, I think you can realize 22:50.100 --> 22:54.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that the mechanization was necessary and is necessary 22:54.300 --> 22:57.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and will continue to be necessary 22:57.100 --> 23:00.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in order for our farmers to succeed. 23:00.133 --> 23:02.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Therefore, it made it doubly necessary 23:02.266 --> 23:05.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% for us to go out and look for industry. 23:05.666 --> 23:08.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% After this board was formed, 23:08.000 --> 23:10.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% we appointed an executive committee, 23:10.500 --> 23:14.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I happened to be chairman of this committee. 23:14.133 --> 23:16.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% It took us 10 years, 23:16.133 --> 23:18.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% after getting the first plant in Allendale, 23:18.766 --> 23:20.833 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% to get our second plant. 23:20.833 --> 23:24.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We were fortunate to get a plant from Philadelphia, 23:24.733 --> 23:28.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% a woolen plant, which was a scouring operation. 23:28.733 --> 23:32.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It took us four years to get another plant, 23:32.100 --> 23:34.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% and you can see 23:34.100 --> 23:36.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% this plant in the background, Kenlon Mills, 23:36.733 --> 23:39.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% which is a division of Collins Aikman. 23:39.966 --> 23:43.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We were fortunate to get our Thomas & Howard company 23:43.733 --> 23:48.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to move into the, into our industrial area. 23:48.233 --> 23:50.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% They employ about 100 people, 23:50.466 --> 23:54.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and Kenlon, they employ about 250 people. 23:54.400 --> 23:57.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% (Grosboll) How do incoming industries 23:57.700 --> 24:00.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% feel about coming into small towns? 24:00.100 --> 24:03.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% These are the words of the vice president 24:03.000 --> 24:05.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of Barnwell Woolen Mills, Marion Beacham. 24:05.533 --> 24:08.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I have been associated with this plant 24:08.166 --> 24:10.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% virtually since its start 24:10.166 --> 24:13.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and would say that in all respects, 24:13.133 --> 24:16.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% we have found the Barnwell area 24:16.433 --> 24:20.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% a very delightful place to do business. 24:22.900 --> 24:26.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% If you should ask the things that we find attractive, 24:26.666 --> 24:29.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I would first have to say the hospitality 24:29.966 --> 24:33.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and the ready welcome that was on hand for us 24:33.966 --> 24:37.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% when we first came here and continued. 24:37.333 --> 24:41.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Secondly, I think we found a ready, willing, 24:41.300 --> 24:44.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and quite able labor force, 24:44.333 --> 24:48.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and this has proven true until this day. 24:48.333 --> 24:50.333 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% While we were the first, 24:50.333 --> 24:53.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in the 10 or 11 years we've been here, 24:53.733 --> 24:58.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we have seen many good neighbors move into the area with us. 24:58.166 --> 25:00.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% From conversations with them, 25:00.266 --> 25:03.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I think we find that they find this area 25:03.566 --> 25:08.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% ideally suited for an industrial plant. 25:08.400 --> 25:11.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% (Grosboll) All told, it seems small towns 25:11.433 --> 25:13.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% can offer an enterprising person 25:13.433 --> 25:16.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% almost anything he could find in the city; 25:16.433 --> 25:18.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in some instances, perhaps more. 25:18.733 --> 25:21.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Perhaps it can all be summed up 25:21.400 --> 25:24.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in a conversation with a Barnwell resident 25:24.000 --> 25:27.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% whose forebears have lived in this part of South Carolina 25:27.766 --> 25:31.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% since antebellum days, Mr. Samuel H. Gantt. 25:31.833 --> 25:34.533 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Well, we... 25:34.533 --> 25:39.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% a right good little bit of... social life of a sort. 25:40.866 --> 25:43.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Didn't have televisions and radios and things then, 25:43.500 --> 25:46.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% but you'd have other kinds of gatherings 25:46.233 --> 25:49.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and some... 25:49.200 --> 25:53.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% music in somebody's home on pianos and so forth 25:53.200 --> 25:56.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and have social gatherings in that way. 25:56.700 --> 25:59.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We didn't have a church building always, 25:59.700 --> 26:02.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% from when I can first remember, 26:02.000 --> 26:06.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and they had the services in private homes some. 26:06.800 --> 26:09.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% This present church building 26:09.100 --> 26:12.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is about 68 years-- about 69 years old. 26:12.666 --> 26:15.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And for some years, there wasn't any. 26:15.500 --> 26:18.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% There was an old church up there, 26:18.100 --> 26:22.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% an antebellum church that was destroyed 26:22.600 --> 26:25.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and stood on the same spot 26:25.566 --> 26:28.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% apart from that present building. 26:28.600 --> 26:30.900 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% But for some years after it, 26:30.900 --> 26:33.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% there wasn't any church building. 26:33.766 --> 26:37.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% They had services in private homes. 26:37.633 --> 26:42.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Then they built this about 69 years ago. 26:42.200 --> 26:45.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I suppose you might regard me as a descendant 26:45.700 --> 26:48.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% of some of the fairly early ones. 26:48.866 --> 26:52.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% My great-grandfather on one side made a settlement here 26:52.666 --> 26:56.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% a good while before the War Between the States. 26:56.033 --> 27:00.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Of course, that was not the first occupation of this place. 27:00.300 --> 27:04.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% There were previous occupations... 27:04.600 --> 27:07.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% about the Revolution or maybe before that, 27:07.266 --> 27:10.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but that was a fairly early settlement here. 27:10.500 --> 27:13.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% (Grosboll) Does it take a special person 27:13.966 --> 27:16.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to enjoy living in a small town? 27:16.633 --> 27:20.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I think that many people are happy anywhere they go, 27:20.400 --> 27:24.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but in a town like Allendale, there are many advantages. 27:24.166 --> 27:26.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% At the same time, 27:26.133 --> 27:29.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% we are near enough to larger metropolitan areas 27:29.166 --> 27:34.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% that if we need to go out of this city, 27:35.600 --> 27:39.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we can find things that you find in cities very close. 27:40.766 --> 27:43.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I suppose some people may think that would be true. 27:43.700 --> 27:46.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I don't find it true in Barnwell 27:46.300 --> 27:48.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% because of the Savannah River Plant 27:48.600 --> 27:50.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and the Deering Milliken plant 27:50.600 --> 27:52.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and Shuron Continental and Chill-Chest. 27:52.600 --> 27:56.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We have people here from all over the United States 27:56.366 --> 27:58.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% who have lived in large cities. 27:58.633 --> 28:00.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% They find that Barnwell, 28:00.500 --> 28:04.700 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% and I'm sure this goes for other communities our size, 5,000, 6,000, 28:04.700 --> 28:07.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% they find that livability in the small town 28:07.700 --> 28:11.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% far exceeds that of some of our larger cities 28:11.233 --> 28:14.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% here in South Carolina, for example. 28:14.733 --> 28:18.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% (Grosboll) And Mr. Gantt, why do you stay? 28:18.400 --> 28:21.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Why do I? 28:21.033 --> 28:26.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Well... a little bit from sentiment, I suppose. 28:27.133 --> 28:30.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I kind of hate to leave the old place. 28:30.500 --> 28:35.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ♪ Captioned by: CompuScripts Captioning www.compuscripts.com 28:36.466 --> 28:41.466 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% ♪ 28:44.933 --> 28:49.933 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% ♪ 28:53.400 --> 28:58.400 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% ♪ 29:01.900 --> 29:06.900 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% ♪