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SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1928 THE GREENVILLE NEWS, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA' SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1028 GRDSLEY IGYBALL The Red-Headed Host OLD GREENVILLE Old Rock House Standing On Buncombe Road Few Miles North Of Greenville Built About 1816 One Of Most Unusual Structures In Section. By CHAS. A. DAVID irst comes Home Icing Machine Meeting With Favor Over The Country HARE MACHINE CHWSLEK12 i 1 1 i i i i ii I 4... 111 Let the cook stove be your iceman.

In other words cook your own ice. And how? A new refrigeration device known as the Crosley Icyball Is the answer. Icyball is a queer contrivance, yet as simple as a chum. It consists of two hollow metallic balls, a little larger than toy balloons, connected with a bent tube; a refrigerator box and a galvanized tub. One of the balls fits inside the Icebox and the other hangs outside.

One contains an ammonia solution, the other contains water. With a little cook stove, using gas or kerosene, the outside ball is heated and presto! the inside sphere becomes an Icyball. Due to its simplicity, small original cost and a maximum cost of two cents IP YOU would step out oi this into a by-gone century, all jou hr to do drive out on the Buncombe road about five milts and get off a'. Tbe Rock House." You may have some little trouble in finding It as ia almost hidden by the Tines and natural shrubbery, and the droop? lng limbs of the native trees, as veil as by the dense foliage of several splendid box-woods. And then too.

the house sets a little back from the road, and is a color that blends with the gray of weathered bark, and the bromh-red of the soil, to that it seems to melt into and become a part of the landscape. So it is quite possible to pass It a hundred times without seeing It at all. I have been passing it, going and coming from the mountains, all my hie, but it was not until a few days ago that I crossed the threshold and got my first glimpse of the big, square reception hall that for more than a hundred years had echoed to the voices of children, and the footsteps of tnose who bad called it home. A HALL SMACKING OF OTHER YEARS Of all the houses that I have seen, this one seems to nave a personality that the others lick it is so entirely different from the common run, the very plan and architecture are different. The front door opens directly into the main apartment, which extends clear through to the door in the rear, and to the dividing wall near each end.

Everything about the structure seems to accord first place to this hall of generous proportions. Hall is the only word that seems to fit a room as big as this capable as it is of accomodating the countryside when gathered for quilting bees, or for dancing the minuet. In those days they did things on a b.g scale, and a room was a real room, and a I.oum was not cut up into little cubicals hardly big enough to turn round in. I doubt, if there is another house like it anywhere in the country. The staircase leading to the second story and the attic above, is gracefully designed, easy and ample.and the space it takes up would break the heart of a modern architect.

The house was evidently built at a period when a man's house was literally his castle or forth, which he at any time might be called onto defend, just as the block-houses were besieged and defended. all others trail per dsy or less lor its operation, Icyball is expected to make a tremendous appeal everywhere, especially in territories where electricity is not available. Although Icyball has been formally on the market only a few weeks, it is reported that an almost amazing volume of business has been done and the Crosley Radio corporation, manufacturers of the device, anticipate an enormous demand for it as summer approaches. St vi ft I -4 Chrysler "7 2" performance makes all other performance in Its field seem as out-of-da as last year's license plates. All you have to do is to ride in a "72," and drive it to appreciate the difference.

Only Chrysler's great engineering staff and precision manufacturing organization could have developed 75 smooth horse power from an engine of such moderate size. You can, at will, do 72 miles aa hour and more velvety, easy miles due to this unique and vibrationles engine with counterweighted seven bearing crankshaft. It takes mountain grades at constant acceleration. In traffic, the "72" flashes to the fore with character istic Chrysler get-away. Go to any Chrysler salesroom and ask foe a "72" demonstration.

Drive the car where and as you wilL Demonstration will prove to you just how much better the "72" performs. POPULAR COUPLE WED AT EDGEFIELD Mrs. Robert H. Parks And S. Arthur Brunson Married At 'Abneywood' EDGEFIELD.

March 17 'Special) Stately "Abneywood" opened its doors Wednesday evening once If this was not the case, why were the walls so thick, and the timbers so massive? The outside walls are about a yard tlirough, and are riot constructed of irregular shaped stone, but are built like the Pyramids of Egypt of solid blocks of granite about twenty Inches square, and so carefully dressed and fitted that the joints are hardly visible. It Is said that the stone work was cone by the same marons who Illustrious New Chrysler "72" Two-pajwnger Coupe (with rumble teat). $1M5j Royal Sedan, 1 595j Sport Roadster (with rumble seat), 1 595; Four-paMenger Coupe, 1 S95 Town Sedan, $1695j Convertible Coupe (with rumble scat), 11745) Crown Sedan, $1795. All price f. o.

b. Detroit, subject to current Federal excite tax. Chrytler dealert art In position to extend the convenience of time payments New Chrysler "Red-Head" Engine designed to take full advantaf, of hi'K-rom. pmsUm gas, giving 12 greater torque with greater tpeed, power and K'iilltmbin( ability! standard equipment on ail body models of the 1 12 p. Imperial "80," alto standard on nadsten, and available at slight extra cost for other body the "62" and "72." The "red beads' are getting ready for the Carolina's Clara Bow Party.

On MVnday afternoon the theatre is having a big party for all red-haired girls in Greenville who are 15 or older. All of these who meet at the Cbomber of Commerce, in the directors' room, between 2:43 and 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon will be taken to the Carolina for the first performance of Clara Bow's newest comedy-romance, "Red The only requirements are that yon most have red hair, be IS years old or older, come bareheaded, and arrive at the Chamber of Commerce between 2:15 and 3:30 Monday afternoon. Eugene Pairs Smith has asked for the privilege of conveying the titan-haired beauties to the theatre in Bulcks. The Carolina management Is anticipating the pleasure of having the group of girls come in a party to see Clara's latest production. And Miss Bow is being advised that Greenville's "red-heads" are going in a group to see her newest production.

In which, incidentally, the leading man, Lane Chandler, has red hair. So get ready for a red-letter afternoon, reds! build Pol.isett's bridge, the most beautiful piece of stone work in this part of the country, and one that should be preserved for all time isr.ore in hospitable welcome to a score of relatives and mends wno assembled to witness the marriase of Mrs. Robert H. Parks to Mr Arthur Brunson. which took place at 7 o'clock, the officiating minister being the Rev.

Walter Lee Coker of the Edgefield Baptist church. The spacious rooms of the home were beautifully adorned for this event with spring flowers. Quan CAROLINA MOTORS, Inc. Buncombe and Rutherford Sts. Phone 2266 tities of fragrant yellow daffodils from the home garden were gracefully arranged with artistic touch in the wide hallway.

In the drawing room where the ceremony took place, white narcissi and green fern were banked upon a handsome colonial table to form a background for the wedding scene, and the the courtesy of Miss Louisa Bacot. Besides the ordinary black silhouette, the collection will include hollow-cuts and painted specimens the art. In addition to the portraits, there will be shown also landscapes and groups. QUAINT EXHIBITS TO BE ON D-SPLAY Silhouettes Of Ye Olden Days To Be Shown At Charleston Museum CHARLESTON. March 17 fAP) same flowers were used upon the Jtr economical Tronsporlstion mantel and elsewhere in the room.

The scene was brilliantly lighted by the radiance from electroliers. After the guests had assembled and the officiating minister had taken his place. Mrs. Parks and 1 An exhibit of silhouettes, those ---TL I It- nrr as it is a gem in its way; and those who cut and fitted the stones were no mean artists. To give some idea of the thickness of the walls of the rock house, and the size of blocks that went in them, it might be mentioned that in making the spacious window-seats on each side of the main door, all they had to do was to leave out a stone or two and there were the seats.

The end chimneys do not show as most old-time chimneys do, as the flues go up through the wall itself, and only show above the roof. The fireplace in the main room Is fifty inchei high, and wide in proportion. The mantel measures seven and a half feet in length, and is cut from a single piece of stone; and as one gazes Into the big fireplace, one can only wonder at the acres and acres of forest, that In all the years have turned to ashes on the hearth and gone up the chimney in smoke. AN INEXPLORED ATTIC IN OLD 1101 SE Heavy beams extend across the ceiling at intervals; and roomy presses, or clcsets as they are called now, are built In the solid walls, with no projections to break the symmetry of the room. The upstairs arrangement follows pretty closely that of the first floor, only the central hall is not so large.

I did not see the attic except as my imagination pictured it I think of an attic that has been gathering its treasures for more than a hundred years! Think of the hair trunks; the hoopskirts! stove-pipe hats; the candle-sticks and snulfers; the old tin-types and family albums; baby's first shoes, and the bundles of letters tliat time has yellowed! A rainy day spent in such a place would be far more interesting than a day in the Metropolitan Museum at least it would be to me. One of the most thrilling things about the old Rock House is a little pane of glass in the side-lights of the tront door, on which is scratched, probably with a diamond ring, a name, and a gisl's name at that. It has been there as far back as the memory of any livm; person goes but who Addie B. Glover was, when she lived, and what she was doing five miles out on the Buncombe road, are secrets that the old Rock House has never divulged. But that name on the glass set one to wondering if Addie had a sweetheart, and if he was looking over her shoulder when she wrote the name? I am quite sure there is a romance about it somewhere as girls are not in the habit of writing their names on window-panes, unless they know some one is interested in the name.

As near as can be ascertaiied at this late day. without any records to go by. the Rock House was built about the year 1816, or rather, it was started at that time, but was not finished until four years later. But it is known that Captain Billy" Young, who built it, lived four years after its completion, and. as the stone that marks his grave gives the date of his death as 1826, for all practical purposes that fixes the near enough Mighty few, if any other house in this part of the country was four years in building; but one hundred years ago, people had all the time there was and they did not hurry as they do now, and when they built a house, a fence, or anything else, you could count on its being quaint predecessors of the familiar kodak picture of today and of more ancient history than the primitive daguerrotype.

has been announced by the Charleston museum to begin Sunday. The museum owns an interesting collection of silhouettes, some dating back to colonial days, but the exhibit has been augmented by the loan of some rare specimen; citizens of Charleston. Among the earliest to be shown are two likenesses of Mr. and Mrs. John Moultrie, lent by Nathaniel I.

Ball. Belonging to the period about 1790. they are regarded as in all probability betrothal portraits. A silhouette executed by Charles Fraser, the miniaturist, and representing the Rev. Millard Pogson, of Goose Creek church, has been lent for the exhibition by Capt.

H. Alson Deas, of the Citadel. Likenesses of Thomas Wright Bacot, who served as postmaster of Charleston durine President Mr. Brunson entered together and wer united in marriage. A charming simplicity characterized the ceremony, and at its close Mr.

and Mrs. Brunson received the cordial good wishes which were showered upon them. During the Informal reception which followed. Miss Marie Abney served delightful cream and individual white fronted cakes, being assisted by Miss Kellah Fair and Miss Hortense Woodson. Mrs.

Brunson is a splendid type of womanhood and is well known throughout the county, being widely connected with prominent county families. She was before her first marriage Miss Elizabeth Corley. Mr. Brunson holds a place of esteem among his fellow-townsmen, who respect his worth as a citizen and gentleman. He is successfully engaged in farming on his suburban estate, and is Identified with community and church activities.

He and Mrs. Brunson will reside at their lovely country home. Washington's administration, and of his brother, Henry Harriman Bacot, will be displayed through 1 Overwhelming Endorsement" S4 a Quarter JVIilliom New Chevrolet on the Road since Jan. The COACH 585 TVToortaf $AQC orRoadrter. f7J built to last.

Now-a-days it is very different, when a house is to be built, you wake up some morning and see a pile of lumber and a few brick on the lot, and for a few weeks you notice a flock of Fords parked there, and the next thing there is a house, with a "To Rent" sign nailed over the door. About the only person who doesn't rush now-a-days, is your plumber's helper who has been sent to the shop for a piece of pipe-but then, both he aid the plumber are being paid by the hour, so why should he hurry? STONE Ql'ARRiIED ON PARIS MOUNTAIN One can readily understand why the Rock House was so long in building, when one remembers that the nearest quarry was miles away, on the side of Paris mountain, and that the hauling was done by ox teams, so the mystery is how they managed it in four years? Wouldn't have been surprised if it had taken forty! The Rock House, as it has ever been called, used to be as well known in the upper part of the state, as the White House is in the District of Columbia. There have been plenty of stone houses, but ths is the only rock house I have ever heard of, and it was never called by any other name. Somehow the word rock In this connection, seems to describe the building better than the word stone, but Just why it should, I am sure I don't know. But anyhow, nobody thought of speaking of it as the Stone House.

Those who are supposed to know, say that in ante-bellum days it was a favorite stopping place for low country folks on the way to the mountains low country being just another name for Charleston. For years it was the first stop out of Greenville on the stage route from Jacksonville to Cincinnati, Ohio, where horses v. ere changed, and mail taker, on and left. In fact, the old walnut secretary in which the mail was made up and the letters assorted, is still in existence, and 'looks as shiny and smooth as ever. In those days the stage driver was a most important personage, and occupied about the same place is the popular mind as the conductor on the Crescent Limited does now.

He carried a long tin horn on which he blew taps Just before a town was reached. I do not remember anything about stages, the drivers or the horses, but somehow, I seem to have a faint memory of sweet, bugle notes coming from the direction of that long hill on the Buncombe read late in the evening, and of my old nurse telling me that it was "the stage horn." SCHOOL ONCE HELD IN THE HOLSfe At one time, long before the Civil war, a wooden addition was added to the southern end of the Rockv House, and used is a school room for young ladles, a number of them boarding' in the building. The school was taught by Mrs. A. 8.

Young, a daughter-in-law of Captain "Billy'' Young, and a highly educated woman. This Captain Young, the founder of the family of that name, was an officer in the Continental Army, and the builder and owner of the Bock House. He was the grandfather of Mrs. B. F.

Perry, and the great-grandfather of Wm. J. and Henry Y. Thackston. The historic old place is now the of Mr.

Henry Thackston and his sister, and for one hundred and eighteen years its title has been held by only two families, the Youngs and the Thackstons, and as the elder Mr. Thackston married a Miss Young, it might be counted as one family. When Stoneman's cavalry came riding down the a number of them camped on the Rock House grounds, before leaving they threatened to burn the house and all out buildings, but fortunately some officers who had eaten a meal at Mrs. Mortgage Money Our office represents MORTGAGE MONEY that is available on short notice to buy, to build, or to finance homes, apartment houses, churches, business houses, ice plant and laundries in Greenville, Anderson, Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Columbia, Clinton, Newberry, Spartanburg, Greer, Gaffney, Union, Florence, Rock Hill, Marion, Sumter and Charleston. Straight Loans 1, 3, 5 and 10 year loans with curtailment of principal as desired.

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College Street I A Phope 3145 guard around the premises. Somebody. the story goes, thought the Rock House looked too much like the old jail that used to stand on Broad street, so three coats of white-wash were applied and the cool beauty of the gray granite rvas forever destroyed but thanks to the winds and the rains, It Is gradually wearing off, but nothing short tl sand-pa par and elbow grease can make it what it once was. We invite 70a to come to tee us when contemplating, building or financing' your home. DUAL.