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1C lorcrur Morning News lorent' A Legislators Wrote History In our ields in Session By AL LANIER con Retired Dillon Soldier Gives Lie To Old Saw: Old Soldiers Just ade' too Sm The Chevy Show In color Suntteyt N9C TVfhe PM Boone Chevy Showroom weekly ABC TV NOW LOOK WHAT 'A CORVAIR'S GONE AND DONE! lA corvair MONTHLY IN TIMMONSVILLE IN LORENCE BANK REERENCE: Lw" Zone S'ote ULTON MOWER ARM HOME Equipment Co 1 members and facing rcclec money piling pay something aimed al unin Governors Island irst Army headquarters in New York harbor was known to pioneer Dutch set tlers as because of tbe ninny chestnut hisekory and other nutbearing trees that grew there We wanted to show you wKat Mbe fwbvlow traction of Corvair' rear engine design and the eure footedneee of four wheel independ ent sue pension really mean So the identical Economy Run ear went right on to lAJlO foot Pikes Peak and right up to the top of that savage mountain on April 15 still deep in snow and ice No other even specially equipped had ever been able to conquer that nightmare alpine road so ear ly in the spring But Corvair (with United States Auto Club officials aboard to certi fy that not one nut or bolt was changed) purred right to the summit without chains or even enow tirewf That ht underecoree the fact that Corvair ie totally unique But youH find that out the first five minutes at the wheel I and sailed across seas for the best land of all and disap peared down the musty corridors of time Curiosity and pride cause a retired soldier to trace their footsteps they Hanagans? we all soldiers in an unending stile? ORDER 1 BY MAIL rom one of Americas largest distributers A those who OPPOSED the strategy said it waters down South previously announced decision to close outright the schools to and from which pupils are transferred by court order They fear the eventual result will be a form of local option in which a local school board could permit integration rather than close The legislation repealing the seg regation requirements has not yet been signed into law by Gov Bollings He will do it when the need arises probably for use in a pending case which seeks in tegralion of Clarendon County schools A proposal io reorganize thetate insurance department was viewed as major ivgislativu issue even before the session be a chief commissioner of the commission are hy the governor for terms for a $15 an nexl fall WIND TUNNEL DESIGN" True circle for self cleaning ogo Dixie Cup moved into its giant the finished product is stored until (Mor nt ng News photo) nance additional liability coverage that allows the insured driver to collect from his insurance com pany for court judgments against uninsured drivers Roth houses on the final day of statewide legislative business agreed to a compromise plan de signed to eliminate any payments by the insured Il allows up to $20 payments by the nninsured dm er and revises the formula under which th money will be distributed to In surance companies Uninsured drivers will begin pay ing into the fund when they ap ply for 1961 license tags this fall The added coverage to the insured will become effective Jan 1 Compressed yeast cakes are perishable and must be kept in the refrigerator it's ties! to lisp them the same week you buy them If you brown meats slowly before braising some chance that the brown color wash away when the liquid is added IN of the Kershaw is mentioned one Col John Henagan who w'as a brother to Mr and who was wound ed and captured near Winchester Va) in the fall of 1864 was sent to ederal prisoner of war camp on Island Ohio in Lake Erie where he died on April 22 1865 So John Calhoun Henagan was not the first of his clan to win bars and fame as a soldier Mr Henagan is the only male in his immediate family No brothers and only two sisters Mrs Elizabeth Henagan Hamer of Dil lon County and Mrs Annie Hena gan Boykin of Camden (S C) In 1923 the general married Helen Muse Kerr of Greenwood There are no children It is an easier billet today for a soldier John Henagan sits in one of his brand new upholstered chairs in Dillon these days and remembers the pomp and ceremony the flash ing guns and the men struggling in mud and blood across two con tinents The sun is as warm as and free to all comers The ranks which concern him now have long filed across Ire land and Scotland and England WE PAY REIGHT ANrwnfKt in US Akka Kuwait a 1959 law drivers law called levy beginning HENAGAN COMMANDS TIME as he commanded troops He drives himself sternly toward ob jective His research hobby has led him far from Dillon to Louisiana to Mississippi to Ala bama to Georgia and to every corner of both Carolinas The vol uminous records kept at the Li brary of Congress in Washington have been closely scanned What has he found? relatives living and he says I never suspected and who have never suspected this South Carolinian it is a fascinating pursuit Can you imagine finding you had an ancestor who had more money than he knew what to do The Henagans probably originat ed in Ireland but judging by the given names must have tarried long in Scotland and England be fore coming to America There were Angus Barnabas Henagans for example as well as James (Sweeny) Henagans The early American Henagan family is believed to have come to the Welch Neck settlement at Society Hill Mr Henagan was born in Marlboro County as was his father the fate John Cal COLUMBIA W) South Caro I960 General Assembly wrote legislative history in four major fields tax relief segregation and the administrative reorganiza tion of two major state agencies Hundreds of other hills got ac tion from the lawmakers during the 54 month session But legis lation in those four areas was the most far reaching With all House half the senators lion and surplus up in the State treasury tax re lief found a fertile field in contrast to the 1959 session when tax increases were popular Right at the outset of the ses sion the lawmakers restored de duction of up to $500 allowed on state income tax for federal in come tax payments The General Assembly had eliminated that ex emption last year Next the lawmakers approved a flat $800 state income tax ex emption for both taxpayers and their dependents That replaces a $1000 exemption for each taxpay er (a total of $2000 for man and wife and $400 for each dependent The flat $800 exemption will figure out io a sizeable saving for couples with large families but will bring a slight increase to single taxpayers and childless couples The 10 per cent admis sions tax was riddled with exemp tions which virtually eliminated application of the levy to anything but professional performances or recreational activities staged for private profit The segregation legislation turn ed up unexpectedly near the end of the session in the general ap propriations bill which underwrites state spending for the next fiscal year The budget bill Itself as el cilifiet About two weeks new warehouse which shipment to points over the country gan Il lived tip In expectations The reorganization meant that members of the General Assem bly had to give up their authority to elect a chief state insurance commissioner The fact that two legislators were announced candi dates for the insurance job helped fan the opposition As finally approved a five mem ber stale insurance commission was created and given authority to select Members appointed staggered MNMHHtD ONI wil ful leaf MULCKRS ti aircraft within the ifth and Seventh Armies during World War II he came through un scratched Stukas made a lot of noise over says Mr Henagan made a bit of a racket shooting them down Desks too are a part of life And when the axis fell apart and wagon roll ed to a halt they sent him to the War Department's General Staff quartered in the Penta gon Across the Potomac the olden heroes perpetuated in mar ble were secure Another test had proved the temper of Ameri can steel Major General Hena gan remained at the Pentagon for 16 months At the present time the retired soldier operates the Carmichael Henagan urniture Co of Dillon And for the first time in almost 40 years he is enabled to probe in a field which has always in trigued him the field of gen ealogical research A thick manu script has already been compiled by thick enough to resemble a book in preparation But Mr Henagan disclaims such it a hobby" he said is purely for my own information and DIXIE CUP EXPANSION This is a view ot tfruction work going on to trie rear of the main The same Corvair that tallied a thumping 27OS miles per gal lon in the Mobllgas Economy Run went right on to climb Pikes Peak earlier in the spring than any car hac ever tried! 5 Sun Mny 29 TAXES RACIAL REORGANIZATION NO OPPOSITION was thrown up to the crcalion of State De partment of Corri'dions Io admin ister prison affairs Along with the Department of Corrections the lawmakers voted for a number of prison improve ments These included a state use law which takes prison made prod ucts off the open market $1'4 mil lion for a convicl opcratcd laun dry Io serve stale institutions and an appropriation to Isdsler pay of prison personnel and hire addi tional help Attention had been focused on prison conditions by charges of corruption at the stale peniten tiary Tiie charges were denied The corruption issue is still sim mering and no legislation direct ly concerning it was suggested by a special Investigating com mittee which had recommended the prison improvements Loud protests were raised In both houses at the outset of the session when it became generally known that insured motorists like ly would have to under sured The nual against the uninsured The money goes to insurance companies to fi LONG BEORE PEARL HAR BOR was turned into a deadly rose like color on a Sunday morning in 1941 the then Brigadier Gen eral from South Carolina was back on active service England came first then North Africa Italy rance and Germany our years and three months of Hena life has been spent over seas in two wars chastening the enemies of the United States A look into his military record reads like Milton at his most melancholy and his nobtest: they are all here Meuse Argonne Verdun the Marne Belleau Woods and Oran Salerno Anzio Reach head and Cassino Not to mention the cap ture of Rome even as the ill atarrod man with the pugnacious jaw and a shamefully won African empire fled through Northern It famed Lake region in a vain attempt to find asyluni in Switzer land General Henagan seemed to bear charmed life In command of an Pfimn All thiygs arc possible to him that helieveth (Mark 9:23 PRAYER: Eternal God who art only hope help us to keep our faith shining in the midst of darkness Give us a faith which wins victories crushes doubt and sustains the light of our souls Lead ns we lieseech Thee bl the way everlasting In the Mas tor's name we ask these things Amen SECESSION TUCSON Ariz tft Cesario Es pinoza appeared before Superior Court Judge Robert 0 Roylsfon for a hearing on a minor charge Roylston asked Espinoza you go to school in this "No Espinoza replied Try fU remarkable Corvair al your local authorized Chevrolet tealef I inzm II inwii'M ways was the big hurdle which when finally made cleared the way for final adjournment It took nearly five months for the House and Senate to reach agreement The 'major differences were fi nally Ironed out with acceptance of a 12 per cent pay raise for teachers keeping the state cig arette tax at five cents per pack and fixing a $5 million state re serve fund which will still re turn an estimated $3 million to the counties for school puiMses The strategy aimed at keeping public schools segregated called for elimination of that requirement from sections of the appropriations bill dealing with stale school funds Authority to withhold state funds to segregated schools was given to the State Budget and Control Board The State Segregation Com mil tee hopes the revision will keep school integration suits in state courts by destroying the argument that federal courts should take jur isdiction because state law specif ically denies ''administrative re ths olont of Dixie Cup Co in Darlington Officials said the three story structure woud provide additional storage and warehouse fa By EUGENE ALLON DILLON General DouglasIc Arthur brought an old baited into national prominence some years ago with his rendi tion of soldiers never die they only fade away Dillon has its own retired soldier also a general who is much alive and who shows no inclination to fade His name is in entirety a peculiarly South Carolina one John Calhoun Hen agan Mr Henagan spent 37 years In the and on active duty with the Army before retiring on January 31 1957 with the rank of Major General During his illustrious military career the retired general fought two wars both over tlie bloody ground of rance The last savage go around led also through Africa and into Italy No parade ground general Mr Henagan But most veterans of com bat Henagan is a bit re luctant to discuss those desperate days Perhaps the greatest shot fired by his command during World War I and near Verdun turned out to be the last shell lob bed at the Germans After the 11th ield Artillery A sent that one screaming at the Jerries a beautiful1 silence fell across Eu rope The gunners pulled the lan yard at 11:01 am Nov 11 1918 It went down in the record books as the last shot fired in that gigan tic conflict $100 DOWN Delivers Your Mower WE PAY REIGHT NEW EASY WIND UP STARTER Wind it up trigger rngine Harn Copyright I960 NEW 1960 fPl BBADEIIEH ULTON JSIrT AVKLbKV DE LUXE 22 INCH ROTARY MOWER BM66S SHATTO 3 R4 CYCLE EN6INI not 2 yd massy mixing of gtn and oil gised CAST IKON SLEEVE IN CYLINDER BLOCK houn Henagan who married Hor tense McCormac of Marion Coun ty and moved to that section of Marion which adjoined Marlboro and is now Dillon County The earliest land grants to Hen agans which the retired genera? has uncovered all in South Caro lina were made to Jacob Hana gan'in 1775 to John Sweeny Hen agan in 1768 to Darby Henagan in 1771 ad to Barnaba Hena gan in 1774 To Darby Henagan born about 1770 in Marlboro County and a forerunner of the present Hena gan was born a son who became a doctor Barnabas Henagan also went on to become governor of in 1840 SAVE HALApproximately ROM PRICtS COMPARABLE MOWERS DIXIE CHEVROLET (0 VANS AT MeOUEN PHONE MO 2 5224 JORDAN CHEVROLET INC 107 SMITH STREET PHONE 6 720 INGER TIP CLUTCH CONTROL pnR INSTANT CHANGE ROM PUSH TYPE TO SEL PROPELLED CHOKE MATIC SPEED CONTROL Self cleaning adioa lifts grass erect for ven mowing 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