The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 24, 1953, Image 2
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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-'
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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.
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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!
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FILMEb
IN VIVID
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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
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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
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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:
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CAROLINA SERVICE STATION
SEPT. 27
JOE’S ESSO ' ,
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CLINTON PURE OIL STATION
. OCT. 11
CLINTON SERVICE STATION r ...
. OCT. 18
CENTER SERVICE STATION'
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. OCT. 25
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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.
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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!
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features 20% OFF.
REGULAR PRICES
(ON OPEN STOCK)
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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