/ r ♦ THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable $11? QUintan (Clirnnirl? If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE ■ You Don't Get the Newj Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, December 15, 1949 Number 50 DR. B. H. HENRY DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME HERF Well Known Physician and Native Clinton Son Passes. Rites Held Here Monday. Dr. B. H. Henry, well know phy sician of the city, died suddenly Saturday night at his home on Mus- grove street, his unexpected passing coming as a great shock to his fam ily and friends. He had been in his office during the day and had re turned to his home from a call about 8:30 that night. Two hours later he passed away, death coming on the day of his 63rd birthday. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the resi dence with his pastor. Rev. P. L. Bauknight, and Dr. W. R. Turner as the officiating ministers. Inter ment followed in Rosemont ceme tery. At the home and grave a large gathering of friends and relatives assembled to pay a last tribute. The floral tributes were many and beau tiful. indicating the high regard in which he was held. Active pallbearers were. Lt. Col. Tom Howell, S. Y. Adair, Hal Bald win, Jr., R F. Henry, Jr., Joe F. Mc Millan. George A. Henry, William McKinnon and Steve Truhella. The physicians and pharmacists of the city composed the honorary escort. Dr. Henry was born in Clinton, Parents Urged To Guard Against Fire Tragedy At Christmas In just ten days, Christmas, the | must, joyful time of the year, will 1 arrive but wi.h it, too, will arrive j tragedy . . . tragedy in the form of j fire. j Each year fire turns Christmas 1 into tragic memory in many Amer ican homes but only because some one neglected to guard against the hazards accompanying the Christ mas tree. How can you prevent accidents from ruining your holiday: All you have to do is to follow a few simple safety rules. Few people realize that the ordi nary Christmas tree can be one of! the most flammable objects known.” i “It is filled with pitc and resin, j Once ignited it is very difficult to i extinguish.” An average-size Christmas tree takes less than, two minutes to bum up. This means the tree can easily start a roaring blaze in your home! before the fire department arrives to combat the fire. To cut down on the fire damage, you should choose a small tree and keep it< outdoors until a few days before Christmas. Set it up in the coolest part of the house, and .f necessary, shut off the radiator closest to the tree. Do not use cotton or paper for! decoration. “Fireproor’ decorations are now available, and add much to Christmas safety. Dangerous Christmas tree fires can also be set off by tiny sparks. Therefore, it is important to avoid placing electric trains around tree. where most of his busy life was and to check w j r i ng carefully. Wir- spent. He was a son of Mrs. Ada H. Henry and the late William J. Henry, a widely connected family of this section of the county. He was a graduate of Presbyterian col lege and Emory University. In 1913 he began the practice of medicine in Whitmire and in 191ft married Miss Annie Lou McMillan, daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. C McMillan of this city. He moved to Lockhart in 1917 here he prac ticed until he returned here in 1919 where he had practiced until his unexpected death. Dr. Henry was a kind, unassuming gentleman, pos sessing many affable qualities that made and held for him many friends among his patients and those who knew and admired him. He was a member of North Broad Street suggestions: es bearing the U. L. label of Un derwriters’ Laboratories have been carefully tested for fire safety. Nev er use frayed or worn wires. As a further guard against sparks, provide a switch some distance from the tree for turning the electric tights off and on. and avoid plug ging or unplugging lights beneath the tree As the tree becomes drier it be comes more hazardous. When the needles st«ui falling, take the tree down and discard it. Inspect it from time to time to see whether any of the needles near the lights have started to turn brown. If they have, move the lights so they do not come in contact with the tree. Here are some other life-saving Be Wise— Don’t • Delay Your % Christmas Shopping AND SHOP IN CLINTON “A Good Place To Trade” Ed King Winner In Treasure Hunt; Correct Items Listed Joanna To Have New Buildings, Another Physician Mrs. Adair Passes At Laurens Hospital; Burial Held Here COUNTY FARMERS VOTE TODAY IN REFERENDUM Will Cast Ballots For Or Against Cotton Marketing Quotas for .1950 Crop. Every 1SM8 cotton grower in the- United States—owner. tenant or I rharecropper—-will have an oppor tunity today (Thursday) to cast h:- ballot either for or against marke’- ing quotas for the 1950 crop. The Laurens county Production and Marketing Administration ha> set up polling places for all town ships in the county, Grover C. Ro per. administrative officer ,has an nounced. Voting precincts in thi; section follow: Hunter township: Wadsworth clu > house: J. Roy Crawford's place in this city, and Watts store in Mount- ville. Jacks: Nabors store at Bonn Cross Road, Lee Willard’s Service Station, and J*e Bonds lumbe yard. Scuffletown Sam Bvrd’s and Ea Patterson’s siore> Polls will open at 8 a m and close at 5 p m The referendum notices aiave bee y mailed to all cetton farmers from Mr Roper’s office together with j leaflet that answers many question about the cotton situation and how the marketing qu ta program woull operate. Prospective supplies of cotton fo the 1949-50 season are I? per cen 1 larger than the normal supply. Leg islative directs the Secretjry of Ag riculture to proclaim cotton marke*- •ng quotas when the total supply of cotton exceeds the no ma! sup ply. Marketing quotas be m effect only if approved by at leas, two-thirds of the cottor producer- voting in today’s referet 'urh If cotton marketing * quotas arc | approved for 1950 the foil wing pro gram will be in effect Mr- Annie Mae Copeland Adair, | 1 Price-support loans -n rot to' wife of Joe R Adair, died last Wed- J* the rate <>f 90 per ren: of parity will be available to cooper > Methodist church and the Masonic order. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Lou McMillan Henry, one son and one daughter. Roger M. Henry and Mrs Elliott Law. his mother. Mrs. Ada H. Hen ry. one grandchild, three brothers. 1— Never use real candles. Use electric candles instead. 2— Choose “fireproor decorations. 3— After opening Christmas pres ents, remove all the gift wrappings: and packing materials from your living room and dispose of them 4— To protect your children take Ed King, of 503 Elizabeth street. President Waltir Regnery of Jo was announced yesterday as the! anna Co .. on Mills Joann . ^ j ycs winner of the $25 cash prize in the . . ... . . . , , , ... .... .... . .. , Treasure Hunt sponsored by the! terday that work 18 bemg pushed on ni * ht at , lh * Lauren * hospital. Chamber of Commerce tw ° non-residential projects in that following an illness of several . I ...... ... , months. Funeral services were held Ed named correctly all 26 itemJcommum.y with the expectation of Fnday afternoon at the Adair home displayed in store windows by the J completing same before dead winter on the Princeton road. Laurens, con- participating merchants in the con-| sa j^ a ^ expansion program may oucted by her pastor. Dr W B Gar-'* for support t<8t . VV* nUmb< V f * ntries w ;oe completed on schedule rett of the F;rsl Methodist church of > i * rrn marl “ ,t » n * « made, but Eds was the only correct j p c.cu u »<. ju «. Laurens ' r.on-cooperators will be one submitted. His entry was mailed! announcement was made at ‘ _ la penalty of 50 per cent of the Jur. December 11 at 1:30 p.m. ’he recent^ Joanna Foundation meet- as , ?!.n"! J°JS I ,5 - 1S * 0 ' Parity price of Cuoperators may market wtthou* penalty all the cotton produced oq the farm in 1950 3 Cotton produc ed by non-coope«rators will not tv* 4 Th»* rett of the First Methodist church of I ^ arrn m arketing excess produced b ? I ron-coonerntor* «tM «irbiect ' » W. R. J. Henry and Alex Henry, and special precautions with holidays F. Henry of Leesville. Joanna To Place Strong Team In Cental Carolina A meeting held in the Moose hall at Joanna last night saw the for mation of the new Joanna athletic association with 256 charter mem bers present. Election of officers was held and the following were I and toys requiring alcohol, kerosene, costumes. The safest idea is to dis courage the wearing of flammable, flimsy costumes and dresses of net or gauze-like fabrics. If they are worn, they should be suitably flame proofed; a solution consisting of nine ounces of borax, four ounces of boric acid, and one gallon of water is known to be ef fective. The fabrics must be flame- proofed with this solutions after each washing. 5—Choose safe toys. Chemical sets •lamed to head this new community enterprise, whose sole purpose is to have a representative baseball team, at Joanna for the coming year. Plans to enter the Central Carolina 'eague and to have representatives at the next meeting of the * league were also discussed. The following officers were elect ed: President—Carl Franzen. Vice-President—Guy Clarke. Secretary-Treasuer—J. L. Abrams. Business Manager—Elvin Abrams. Scorekeeper—D. Buzhardt. Board of Directors—W. D. Beck- Publicity DirectoN^Jim Winsper. om, Bill Dees, Joe Delaney. gasoline, and carbide lamps may be hazardous for children. Look for the “U. L.” label on electric toys. Al ways supervise children playing with electric toys. ONLY 9 Shopping Days Until Christmas Let THE CHRONICLE advertisements h«ip you each week. They are filled with interesting, helpful suggestions and “store news” that will save you time and money while stocks are fresh, full, and thrilling. BE WISE— READ THE ADVS. Farmers Receive Cotton Acreage Allotment for 1950 Laurens county farmers have re ceived through the mail their cotton acreage allotment from the P. M. A. office for 1950. Many farmers are wondering how they can hold their tenants with such allotments. Some are satisfied, while others are dis pleased, to say the least, County Agent Cannon said. The allotment was based on the history of the cropland during the years 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1948. This year will not be used in any base period in determining the present or future cotton allotment. The pe cent for the county as a basis for allotment is 22.14 per cent of crop land. No farmer will get more allot ment than this per cent, although he may have been planting a large acreage to cotton on his farm, Mr Cannon said. If a farmer has only 100 acres of cropland and planted the 100 acres to cotton each year, his allotment for 1950 cotton will be 22.J acres, or approximately that figure. Christmas Music Sunday At Training School The State Training School choir will present a Christmas program of music Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the school auditorium. The public is cordially invited for the special program. With the enlargement of medical S‘*’i^tf''*^1.°' N C .i man’s belt; Clinton Flower Shop, I facilities at Joanna it was found nec- p '. .’ , ' . u *’ an clock; Clinton Music Supply Co . aah esrary. Mr. Keener, said, to prov.de ^ . 0nta ' tray; Clinton Textile Shop, Christ.;more adequate medical office space v,lle ' an^flvejrandchildren. mas ribbon; Copeland's Hardware land a modern and up-to-date build- * Supply Co'., boot sox; Blakely-Bur-1 ing is nearing completion. It is ad- GhflStmaS ContatQ At ton’s Hardware & Seeds, phonograph t jacent to the recently completed Me- . - , record; Geo. A. Copeland & Son, box morial hospital and faces southeast JOGflfia jUfldoy on Ellis street. Work has also been started, it is mg by Mr. Regnery that anothei ^ ^ da,r ’ Jon . nny Ada } r ' Km4 ; hnterest at the rate of 6 per ce : i physician would be located in the . W. K Copeland, Ralph Dula and i ^ year from th< . date ^ ,. v community in the near future. Mr George n. Young becomes due until paid 5 ' UnT by picture; Gene Anderson’s, box Re 2 ner y s «‘ d yesterday that he is Interm * n | was in Rosemont cem-| |he penalty on the farm marketing face jowder; Earline Shop. Santa 1 not ready to announce the name me union. excess produced on the farms of non- Claus; Burts Ready-to-Wear. sta- of the physician who is expected Mr s Ada:r was a daughter of the' cooper;ltors u paid all cot , on tionary; Adair’s Men’s Shop. 3-cent ; soon. The approximate population of if* L and and Selena , duced on thc farm Wll , bt? , jb e . : stamp; Sumerel’s Dept. Store, bill the immediate area which will be Holhngsworth Copeland of Renno. to the and a Iien m fav r fold; Be Ik’s Dept. Store. Sergeant’s *«rved by the two physicians i* Survivors besides her husband are of the Umted State , WlU t*. . n e . skin balm; Hamilton’s, Inc., framed j atound 5 000. he said. ou: sons ‘ Thomas Cecil of Co.um- : e ct on the entire cotton crop pr - picture; J. C. Thomas, Jeweler,j With the enlargement of medical c**’\i^». ’aj-’:. 0 j duced on the farm Payments .r other assistance under the agricul tural conservation program will n it be available to non-cooperators. If cotton marketing quotas are not j approved for 1950. the follow ing pro- I gram will be in effect: 1 Price-support loans at only 50 . per cent of par ty will be available On Sunday. December 18. at 7 301 to cooperators 2 Cotton produced stated, on a new building to house o clock, the combined choirs of the " non-cooperators will not be el:- s quarters for the Southern Bell Tele- Joanna Baptist church will present! 2>b'e for price support. 3 All cotton Name | produced can be marketed w ithout penalty. (A non-cooperator would be considered as a farmie who plant ed in excess of his cotton allotment) A form marketing quota is con sidered to be classed as the cotton planted stays within the farm ac reage allotment. In this case the farm marketing quota :s the entire produ.lion of cotton on the farm Any carryover cotton from the 1940 or a previous crop may be marketed f ree of penalty hair pins; Cox Home and Auto Sup ply, cigarettes; Western Auto Asso ciate Store, pocketbook; Rose’s 5c, 10c & 25c Store, box of Duz; Scott 5c, 10c St 25c Store, anti-.rccze. company’s dial telephone sys-:‘ -ie Christmas Cantata. "His Na Morrisons Furniture Co., glaisware., , ern wb j c yj will give the Joanna com- ‘ C ha:l Be Called Jesus,’ by Ellen B.shop-W alkei Pharmacy, .: unmer, rn U njty its first community telephone Lorenz. The choirs will be under McGees Drug S.ore, vase, Youngs service. The building, of concrete ’he d.rection of P of. Milton Moore, Pharmacy, earbobs. Shields Studio, | v,j oc j, and hrick construction, is lo- head of the voice department of pearl necklace; J. C. Penney Co., | , vest of the intersection of Newberry college, accompanied by ^o.stume jewelry. Prat.lei-Simpson s « a te highway 76. The building will 1 Mrs. Carson Nabors, organist. Solo- Furniture Co., flashlight. be .eased by the company to the * s * s ^ or the Cantata will be Mrs. te’ephone company. Rolfe C.ark, Mri. F r a n . i s Grips, Manager W. W. Stover, of Green- Tu ™; ,r and Wallace (Bud) vile, said yesterday that dial ser- a ‘!\ -- dir »? *0 a community sur mathematics at the institution. Prof. Martin is a native o' this vcy recently made. For Cooperation Given city, a son of the late Prof, and Mrs. I >44|a Pour TT^oityc A V. Martin. He has been on the hL'"!; , 6 5 Newberry faculty several years and To HoVC Larger Is a graduate of Hampden-Sidney : B Q Se () 0 || Schedule Sheriff C. W. Wier said yesterday that he desires to publicly express his thanks and appreciation to resi- rats of the Sandy Springs com- He is now engaged in summer work, DUSCUU,, -Jtneume nunity for their full cooperation in at the University of South Carolina! — [ric.ping solve the recent slaying of working toward his M-A. degree. He South Carolina’s Little Four teams, v - M. Betsill by Larry Elmore, Ne- is also chairman of the college ath-iwill step up their baseball pace this z . ro farm * ,and of the community. He iptir rommittee | . , . u .w desires, he said, to especially thank CUC C ' .coming season by playing each oth- jL B Dillard property owner in that er four times instead of the usual community, and all of his tenants, Jwice. for their fine help. Athletic representatives Dillard Home Badly Damaged By Fire of the, .four institutions decided this when! HONOR ROLL Fire of unknown origin badly dam- tbey met here at college last SUBSCRIBERS aged the L. B. Dillard home on I an d worked out details of the Cleveland street Friday night about new competition for Little Four dia- 9:30. The fire started upstairs where mond championship, heavy damage was done before thet Athletic Director Walter A. John- flames were brought under control son said the new arrangement, which by the fire department. Water and means each team must play 12 Little smoke also badly damaged the fur- Four games, is designed to stimulate nishings on the first and second floor, j further competition among its mem- Mr. and Mrs. Dillard'are staying bers and raise the standards of South temporarily with the former’s sister. Carolina baseball. Mrs. Reese Young, until the repairs | Members of the Little Four are get far enough along to move back P. C, Newberry, Erskine and Wof- into their home ‘ford. Send THE CHRONICLE to rela tives or friends for a Christmas Gift. It will bf a 52-week reminder of your thoughtfulness. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week MRS W. DON COPELAND, Clinton. MRS. PAULINE LAWSON. Lydia Mills. 4-H Club Group Holds December Meeting Here The Clinton 4-H club held is monthly -meeting on Monday, De cember 12, at the high school. The meeting was under the direction >> Miss Susan Hall, home demonstr; - tion agent. The following program was give :: Call to order—Margaret Lawrence, president. Song, "Joy to the World”—enti o group. Devotional—Margaret Lawrence. Roll call and minutes read—Con stance Burts, secretary-treasurer. Business — Discussion of a Ne v Year’s party. After the program Miss Hall talk ed about the club’s home projects, which are due in May. A number of games were enjoyed The next meeting will be hell January 18, at 3 o’clock at the high school. The club has a new leader. Miss Dons Rhodes, and all girls ages 10 to 21 are cordially invited to attend the next meeting.