The dream of Rev. J.A. Marler, pastor, was to have a church bell, but the members were too poor to buy one, so several men made plans to raise money through pledges. Mr. George Lollis, chairman of Chiquola Manufacturing Company, approached Carolina Textile Company, a supplier to Chiquola, to obtain a bell, and Carolina Textile Company donated it. The community surprised Rev. Marler with the bell while he was living out of town, and it rang for the first time before his 11:00 AM service, causing him to jump up and shout and cry. It was rung every Sunday at 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM, and at 10:30 AM and 11:00 AM, to announce church services, and it was also rung at funerals. Mr. Ben "Uncle Ben" David rang the bell until he retired in 1958, and after serving faithfully for twenty-seven years as church custodian, he died on March 13, 1959. After his retirement, Harold and Delane Fisher rang the bell until 1959. The bell rang again in August 1980 at the 75th anniversary of Chiquola Baptist Church, and it can now be rung again after being installed in 2007.