EXHIBIT 1

Joint Filing Agreement

      In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the persons named below agrees to the joint filing of a Statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the common stock, no par value, of The Liberty Corporation, a South Carolina corporation, and further agrees that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an exhibit to such filings provided that, as contemplated by Section 13d-1(k)(l)(ii), no person shall be responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the information concerning the other persons making the filing, unless such person knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate. This Joint Filing may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     Date: August 30, 2005

W. HAYNE HIPP 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

ANNA H. HIPP SMALL 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

ANNA KATE HIPP 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

DOROTHY G. LELAND 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

F. REID HIPP 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

FRANCES M. McCREERY 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

CECIL GUY GUNTER, JR. 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

JOHN B. HIPP 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

MARY H. HIPP 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

MARY JANE HIPP BROCK 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

MASON A. GOLDSMITH 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact 

ROBERT E. HUGHES, JR. 

/s/  Martha Williams 

By:  Martha Williams as Attorney-in-fact