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4 Page Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, September 24. 1953 Matches And Cigarettes Account For Almost Halt of Forest Fires In County H. E. Martin, Laurens f county ranger, has issued a precaution warning against the spread of forest fires. According to Mr. Martin matches and cigaret’tes accounted for nearly half of the 32 forest fires in the county last year, and every one of them could have been pre vented, had a little thought and cau tion been used. His statement was as follows: • “Nearly half the 32 forest fires recorded in Laurens county last fiscal year were results of people being careless or indifferent in disposing of cigarettes oj matches in or near our woodlands. Thirteen fires, or 40.6 per cent of the total, were proved to be caused by smok ers in one of several different ways. "Eleven fires, or 34.4 per cent, were caused by people burning brush or trash. From the two men tioned causes, 1.080.6 acres were burned over ' killing thousands and thousands of little trees or seedlings that would have in a few years meant thousands of cords of pulp- wood for our children and grand children to have harvested. VARNISH STAINS Varnish can be removed from fab rics by saturating with turpentine, rubbing between the hands, and sponging with alcohol or chloro form. OVERSHOES Dingy looking rubber overshoes can be made presentable by washing with water containing a few drops of ammonia, and then giving a thin coat of liquid shoe dressing. “In the past year Laurens coun ty, who rated seventh high coun ty in the state in the production of pulpwood, producing more than 48,- 000 cords, not to mention the mil lions of feet of saw timber, poles, piling, fence posts, and other forest porducts. Yet there are peopJe who will be careless with fire ana allow it to spread to lands of ther neigh bors or even on their own lands and make no attempt to stop it. “Ten people were prosecuted and convicted last year for violating l-state fire law section 16-318, which' i makes it an offense to be careless | with fire, allowing lit to spread to ! lands of another Mfrson. "The ever-increasing demand and higher prices for pulpwood and oth er forest products have caused many more landowners to think more and } more of preventing fires in their woods and growing more trees and thinking more of trees as a crop rather than just to be cut down for fuel wood in winter time. "More landowners are taking ad vantage of the free advice they can get for the asking from pulp and lumber companies. The Clemson college extension service and the ’ South Carolina State Commission of Forestry on planting and growing more trees as a cash crop and pro tecting them from wild fires. Big trees grow from tiny seedlings be fore they can be harvested. And even little fires kill little trees. “Of the 32 fires in Laurens coun ty last year everyone could have been prevented had a little thought and caution been used.” Birth Announcements AVERY Mr. and Mrs. Gene Avery of Rock Hill, announce the birth of a daugh ter, Agnes Caroline, on Sept!.~l9 at the York county hospital. Mrs. Av ery is the former Miss Caroline Hipp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irby Hipp of this city. FORSYTH Dr. and Mrs. John W. Forsyth of Fort Worth, Texas, announce the ar rival o fa son, John Dillard, on Sept. 16. Mrs. Forsyth is the former Miss Mary Howze Dillard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Dillard of this city. SINEATH Mr. and Mrs. George Sineath, Jr., announce the birth of a son, Michael Ray, on Sept. 5 at Hays hospital. Mrs. Sineath is the former Miss Sy bil Johnson. LANEY Mr. and Mrs. Roy Britton Laney.l Jr., announce the birth of a son, Charles Eugene, on September 22 at' Hays hosptal. Mrs. Laney is the former Miss Sara Lowe of Green-' wood . | WOOTEN Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Wooten an nounce the birth of a daughter, Deborah Jean, on September 18 at Hays hospital. Mrs. Wooten was j before marriage MisS Patsy Godfrey: of Laurens. [ MAMRi OltcoAhe L Where It’s So C-O-O-L! Thursday and Friday, Sept. 24-25 THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE ACTUALLY FILMED IN COLOR IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK! y FILMEb IN VIVID . ■<<*■&'■ -i Saturday, Sept. 26 (One Day) Raiders of The Seven Seas (Technicolor Sea Story) With John Payne, Donna Reed and Gerald Mohr Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 28-29 Stalagl? Will make you LAUGH CIY and CHEER! Sialag t7 * starring RUl MEN • DON TM • OTTO PME# Produced and Directed by BILLY WILDER • Written for the screen by BILLY WILDER and EDWIN BLUM. Based on the play br DONALD BfVAN This Is One of the Finest Pictures Ever Shown In Clinton. We Assure You That a Treat Is In Store for All Who See It. —The Management. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (ONE DAY) SLIGHT CASE OF LARCENY _ (A Slapstick Comedy) With Mickey Rooney Elaine Stewart, and Eddie Bracken 35-Minute Cartoon Show FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25-26 TEXAS STAMPEDE (Western) With CHARLES STARRETT “JUNGLE DRUMS OF AFRICA”—Chap. 4 CRIMINAL LAWYER (Action) With WILLARD PARKER 9c and 30c WITH THE SICK Mrs. Ozier Cantrell is convalesc ing at the Blalock clinic following an operation. Friends of Mrs. Henry Neighbors will regret to know she is ill and a patient at the Blalock clinic. Patiens at Hays hospital include Mrs. Nell Sligh, B. F. Childress, Mrs. Odis Parrish. Sara Sadler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Sadler, is convalescing following a tonsilectomy at th£ Blalock clinic, y Miss Pat Dixon returned home yesterday after a few days stay at the Blalock clinic. Mrs. W. E. Falls has returned home from the Blalock clinic where she was a patient several days. ‘ Mrs. C. A. Morgan underwent an eperartion at Hays hospital on Tues day. Cecil Glenn is a patient at the Blalock clinic. Lee Add Tucker was a patient at the Blalock clinic several days last week. Thomas Knox, who has been a pa tient at Hays hospital, returned home Tuesday. Lions To Meet Early The Lions club will meet a half- hour early Friday evening, it is an nounced by club officials. The meeting wil be held at 7:001 o’clock at Hotel Mary Musgrove. The earlier hour is set in order to give members who wish to attend the Presbyterian - Alabama State football game an opportunity to be out of the meeting in time for the kickoff. Memberships In Churches On Increase » New York — Membership in American churches has swelled to a new high of about 91 million, a compilation of statistics indicated today. Sticking to a contemporary trend, church growth in the last year has been faster proportionately than the growth of the population as a whole. The new figures would put the percentage of the people belonging to churches at around 58 per cent —nearly 6 out of every 10 Ameri cans. This is the biggest share of the citizenry listed on church rolls in United States history. Theoretically, if the trend con tinued, every American eventually would belong to a church. However the tempo of church increase, ahead of the population, wasn’t as great in 1952 as it has been in some rec ord'past years. Some Slowed Up Some denominations didn’t add as many new members during the year as they did in 1951. Figures gathered by The Asso ciated Press from 11 major de nominations and several smaller ones—constituting more than 80 per cent of the nation’s entire church membership show a 2.3 per cent increase during 1952. Applying this to an over-all 1951 church count of 88,673,005, the gain would boost the total to 90,- 712,484, an increase of 2,039,479. During the same period as es timated by the Federal Bureau of Census, the population increased only 1.6 per cent to 157 million. 'Hiis would leave about 66 mil lion people still unchurched. Official church totals, as com piled by the National Council of Churches are not yet complete. However, Dr. Benson Y. Landis, of the council’s research depart ment, said the gain will run “well ahead of the population.” A year ago, the percentage of the people belonging to churches was 5T.3 per cent, almost 1 per cent less than is now indicated. At the end of 1950, it was 55.9 per cent. At the start of World War II, it was just 49 per cent And back at the turn of the century, 34.7 per cent. CHILDRENS’ GROI PS TO MEET Leaders of Kodoka, Petaga and Lewa, the three Camp Fire and Blue Bird districts in Clinton, will meet this evening, September 24, at 7:30 at the Clinton Mills 4 Community house. ANNOUNCEMENT \ . ** t ■ , . ’ -'-L ■ The following five service stations have agreed to close each Sunday, with only one staying open all day for service. This is being done to give our personnel more time off. The schedule will be as follows: a CAROLINA SERVICE STATION SEPT. 27 JOE’S ESSO ' , | . OCT. 4 CLINTON PURE OIL STATION . OCT. 11 CLINTON SERVICE STATION r ... . OCT. 18 CENTER SERVICE STATION' i • 1 • . * 1 . OCT. 25 i j 1 - IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DO NTT GET THE NEWS ■ CLEAR irs TOO NICE A DAY TO PAY BILLS IN PERSON! In fact, it’s never a good day to stand in line to pay a bill with cash you might lose. With a checking ac count, you can pay any bill, anywhere, by mail — quickly and safely. Open your checking account at our bank —this week! PAY BY CHECK-IT PAYS! 2% INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEMI-ANNUALLY M. S. Bailey & Son BANKERS Established 1886 Capital and Surplus $600,000.09 Member F.D.I.C. — Our 67th Year McCall Named State Hotel Group A. A. McCall, Jr., manager of Hotel Mary Musgrove of this city, and Mrs. McCall attended the meet ing of the South Carolina Hotel Association held Saturday at Clem son. Glenn Isom of Florence, was elected president for the coming year, and Mr. McCall, vice-presi dent. Other officers and directors were also named. The directors voted to entertain the Southern Hotel Association next June with a cruise leaving from Charleton. rrri »■»»*»»»«»»»» »»»»»»» Ok in h it Over! T HE RESULTS of a single decision can be appalling. A young iqan, returning by ship from a successful fortune hunt, stood on deck, and tossed into the air a large diamond, into which he had converted the fruits of his labor. Fellow pas sengers, sensing the risk he was taking, cautioned him against it. Self-confidence caused him to laugh away this friendly cau tion, as he said: "Oh no, I never miss.” Then one day he tossed it near the rail of the ship, just as the ocean gave a lusty swell, the deck rolled him back too far to catch it, and it went to the bottom of the sea. How foolish to toy with anything so precious I You alto have a gem or two. Your soul, your health, your family or friends, your reputa tion, or even personal property. We cannot insure all of these. But we can protect you against embarrassing losses in event of sickness, accident or death. Aak the Capital Life Man to ozplain. FR9DCISC9R fflffRe 20th Anniversary Sale! Sept. 21—Thru Oct. IO J PRESIDE! CAPITAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY "reunited o» Feith—Dedirtifd h> Swire’' COLUMBIA, S.C. APPLE PATTERN—LARGE PLATTER, $3.40; SALAD BOWL, $3.80; FRUIT, $.72) CUP & SAUCER, $1.56; B/B PLATE, $.84; SALAD, $1.04; DINNER, $1.56. / features 20% OFF. REGULAR PRICES (ON OPEN STOCK) I ... Apple, Ivy, and Desert Rose Patterns Special prices made possible by manufacturer for this sale. Quantities limited. J. C THOMAS, CLINTON "It’s Time That Counts” JOANNA