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Pogi Two / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. Thuitdoy, October 17. T940 DRAFT BOARD OPENS m • r I J OFFICE IN CLINTON iHarrison .Copeland The county registration board, Dis-| trict No. 2, for the selective service j (draft) act will open offices thisi Recalls Boyhood Days . „ . „ T jf Harrison Copeland, 83, highly re- fnrmorlv i gaided citizen of this community, V born Sept. 24, 1867. In remi- hv R J Pitts *^iscing yesterday, he stated that he The board, hcad^ can r^ember when the Civil war, as chairman, sta ed yesterday ^at ^ ,36i 3bout J. Jeanos o city, has l^en ^ sele^ed as c le c . not remember its beginning, but does lor Martin, a so o remember later when a brother came ographer. T e ^ ‘ nm ^ home on crutches suffering from a dady from 8. • • gtm-shot wound. He brought a walk- Distnct No. 1, serving the Laurens,^.. . . COUNTY BAPTISTS BRING TO CLOSE ANNUAL MEETING Notes From The County Agent's Office NEWBERRY HIGH BUNKS CLINTON Officers Are Reelected For Year. Sern\on By Rev. W. N. Long of This City. By C. B. CANNON. C4Nuity Agent Fifty Per eent of Lanrene Connty Farms Grow No Wheat Th€ Laurens Baptist Association!*"'^;™;* 'S' irpns = „ - ^ munity, averaged 20 bushels per acre area is also to open an office in Lau-'*"® young Harrison which i.^eeting m annuaj session this w^k.jon 31 acres, and M. B. Henderson, ren.s with a clerk and stenographer Newberry high school football team defeated Clinton high Red Dev ils here Thursday night, 7 to 6, when Livingstone and^ Jackson ooUabor- I Clinton threatened to score with a pass in the first period, but was out played the rest of the way. New berry racked up eight first downs to Clinton’s three. Smith, King and Shaw stood out for Clinton, while Livingstone and Jackson featured for the winners. year showed 2,387 farms wheat in Laurens county. .This situ ation should not be repeated for 1941 under any condition, stated C. B. Cannon, county agent He pointed out that Mrs. Hayne B. I he has had now for 76 years. Later adjourned yesterday afternoon after. Owings, averaged 27^4 bushels per his brother lost his life and was accepting invitations to meet with'acre on ten acres. Both farms grew PI A NS PARTY cemetery near hfere. Two other. The following figures were given local Lions club auxiliary is brothers, said Mr. Copeland, stayediOctober 14 and 15, 1941. At Clm-jby ^he county agent showing the' lAiITninl a oartv in the near future ^be surrender, one then enter- ton on the first day Rev. J. Hi Ky-1conditions of various townships witt P«ach the associational ser.|reteren« to wheat harv.rt«l ttii. dies for Britain” drive being made in Mr. Copeland recalls that when the mon and Dr. A. B. Langston wasitn/acks township 54 per cent eessful season at pitdmr for Detroit’s Tigers, noeed out in the world's s^ ries by Cincinnjiti. A huge parade welcoming* cere monies, and a dinner marked by a' round of speech-making-—aQ in trib ute to Bw^—were highlights of th* event. i BUCK NEWSOM IS WELCOMED HOME riininn Thp date will soo^ be an- war ended in 1865 times were ex-! farmers harvested no wheat L union, me aaie wui soon ue an ^ ^ ^ ^ [named to preach a doctrinal sermon 68 per cent; Cross Hartsville, Oct. 15.—^Louis Norman ‘‘Buck” Newsmn was acclaimed Mon day as Hartsville’s No. 1 celebrity upon his return home from a suc- I'ommunity arc invited. noiinreri I tremely hard. Negroes were set free! . Games will be played and fun and many of them moved to other Chestnut Ridge the second day. Hill, 51 per cent; Waterloo; 62 per merriment offered. All ladies in the homes. When news of the surrenders. Officers of the association were re-.cent; Laurens, 48 per cent; Scuffle- came the Copeland lad was in school.' eected at the close of the session 39 per cent; Youngs 53 per I His first writing'pen was made from follows: Dr. A. B. Langston, ^2 per cent, and Sulli- la goose quill, and ink was madejerator; Rev. W. N. Long, vice-mod- percent, from a ball gathered from an oak! erator; W. P. Culbertson, clerk; B. Y. j farmers are allowed to plant tree. Mr. Copeland recalls when their j Culbertson, a^ssistant clerk; R. E.'^bis y^ar 10 acres of wheat per farm, wagon came home from Augusta, Thompson, treasurer. their usual wheat acreage, pro- Ga., where it had gone to haul cot-; The executive committee was nam-1their usual wheat acreage does ton. When^ the wagon stopped he‘ed in the following personnel: Dr. exceed 50 per cent of their total jumped in it immediately and it was!A. B. Langston, chairman; W. A.^®39 acreage of wheat /All 'V j ij T * followed by two young bloodhounds,Moore, secretary; C. B. Bobo, Rev.iP^'^^* o*’- farms are allowed All This And Heaven, loo who, going through the swamps, be-'j. H. Byrd, B. Y. Culbertson, Rev.'^bree acres of wheat per farm fam- With BETTE DAVIS CHARLES 8*'^" chasing deer and never came^w. N. Long, Rev. J. H. Kyzar, Rev. ' BCWER. JEFFREY LYNN, BAR- back. The railroad from Laurens to|j. a. Martin, ly. L. Taylor, the last BARA O'NEIL ijnd VIRGINIA Newberry at that time was not Tuti^jnamed being selected to succeed the MONDAY AND Tt'ESDAY. October 21 and 22 W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Standard Products Cam Washed aad Greasag Your Budneaa Appradstad WE DG ALL KINDS OP PRIN'TING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBUSHING 00. BLAKELY'S SPECIALS School Tablet and Pencil Sc U). picgis. Soda Cradeers, 3 for 25c Break 0* Mom Coffee, Lb 17c Pure Lard, 4 lb. 8^ Pkg. Soda, Box Matches, and Pkg. Sait, for .... lOc Vesper Tea, large sixe 23c Guaranteed Eggs, dox. 25c For right prices on all articles in stock, come and see— GROCERY New Location, Spratt Grocery Building — Opposite Chronicle. ily which includes croppers and wage | hands. All fanners have been noti-j fied whose usual wheat acreages arej above ten acres. As an example, sup-l WEIDLER trains. With stock running“wild,! late J. D. W. Watts. , _ . _ Out ui thp n iL'os of Richcl Field's across the track The association met Tuesday withiP”*® ® bad as its usual wheat ere it novel siens the immortal "Hen- which the train would stap and Durbin, one of the oldest churches in acreage ten acres, but on that farm facing the strange destinv ^ben close. jthe county, having been organized iD iJbere are four tenants and l^e land- th it -iwaifs her’ Copeland says he remembers 1791. Wednesday’s session was held'^®*"^' iriaking five families. This farm l.iitest News ‘ seeing smoke when the Yankees I at Harmony, the plan of meeting at be allowed to p^nt 15 acres to 1(1 A. M. Show—MONDAY. Columbia, and saw Negroes twa churches being observed for the '^bwt without any pefialty under the 10c and 28c ^ "sold at public auction like livestock.! first time thiis year. Both sessions " ■ "> They were driven. along the road 1 were well attended and all the 33' Wheat should be planted when it through Clinton to be sold or ex-'churches were represented. will come up after killing frost in WEDNESDAY and THERSDAY. October 23 and 24 changed for other property on the} Written reports on the various ac- order not to be damaged by insects '"Rangers Of Fortune it day of sale. They would beg some: tiv’ities of religious work were pre- ^be Hession fly. Wheat may kind white man to buy them. Food [pared and presented for discussionjb® broadcast or drilled With TRICIA PA-1 was very scarce and limited. Fami-jand besides the local ministers and; FRED MacMURRAY, i ^ , i_ * * # t—fwiivAVAji MORISON AIBERT DEK- ^'^^ parched rye or wheat for cof-1 laymen who took part in the dis- oeilvered kV^ GIT BERT ROLAND and JOS-, ^®®- ^ *1*®" came to the Copeland I cussions the following were among',. week 465 tons of agricultural FPh'SCHIDKRAUT home and made a mill to grind cane}the v^isitors who spoke about the va- bmestone were deli^red to Laurens Sam Wood who gave vou “Good-' syrup. About that time several j rious departments or institutions they. county farmere who bought lime bvrMr C^Ds^' Lw gi/es you^-isquads of Yankees came through this represent: Dr. W. M. Vines, Fur-!through the AAA as a grant of aid. oUier glorious group of real-life I f®®tiou and when they saw a good} man university; Rev. W. M. White-!^®ther order of 200 tons will be year’s grandest I burse they would take^it and leave sides, Baptist hospital; L. L. Riley, 1 forwarded to the state office thisj } behind the plug they ^ere riding, j church insurance; *John C. Murdoch^ ‘tate 2,008 tons bf limestone: characters in the ^"^^noon.s^ ’To^ye'^Mrets William Copeland recalls that a meet-j Connie Maxwell orphanage; Rev.‘b®''® Iwught as grant of aid Tell” "The Dandv Lion.” '"I*"® Presbytery was .set to be heldij. N. Patterson, missionary; A. L.iibrough the ^A by Laurens county “THE SHADOW" Chapter 10 Clinton. Because of the terrible' Gross, minister’s retirement^ plan, ^srmers, Mr. Cannon said. Feature begins; 2:49, 4:58, 7:06 and.^^ds the dej^eptes could not get any (Albert 9,1.5. 4<:30 A M. Show—WEDNESDAY. 10c and 15c I D. Betts, temperance; Missj nearer to Clinton than Newberry. Finley Plunkett, Coker college; Dr.i Mr. Kit Young, Mr. Doc Copeland^]J, M. Burnett, Baptist Courier; Rev.! NATI IROPAXI4Y and Mr. Copeland’s brother. Bluff, W. S. Brooke, promotional work; T.X V/XXx^X A A X A // went to Newberry in wagons andiE. Jones, brotherhood. ... brought the delegates here in thej The ahnual associational sermon man being to ovCTcome that wndl- same vehicles for the meeting. His 1 was delivered by Rev. W. N. Long tion called disease, and it is this brother. Bluff, unloaded his delegates .of Clinton,.,on the theme "The Ijord-j power .that is awakened to renewed at the Finney boarding house, ship of JeaMs.” This part of the ser-ivigor and activity which restores to WALTER Though a small lad, Mr. Gopeland vice was We of the features ot the [a normal condition the afflicted bodj remembers distinctly what a good, I meetings Ihd furnished the keynote' wherever a cure is made and bj at thej for the rest of the deliberations. ! whatever means are employed. Na- One of the enjoyable features of turopathy has its effect tdWards al- FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, October 25 and 26 'The Westerner With GARY COOPER, BRENNAN. FRED STONE and DOR-. w..ai m DAVFVPORT ! lolly time everybody had A fireat story magnir.cently loldl' . . . of the bitterness of men and the beauty of women ... of fire and hatred ... of danger and revenge. Spectacular drama of an era! lAf'lL 1 T iL II Comedy. "The Spook Speaks, ” with; ff itnOUt I OOlDBlI Loyola Satisfied I the session Tuesday was the oral re- (ports of one representative from each !of the churches. As a whole these leviating suffering by bringing mind and body into harmony with the laws of being. To accomplish this Buster Keaton. News. 10c and 28c Saturday’s feature begins; 4:47. 7:00, 9:13. 2:34, President Soys Others Are Watching To See If the System Pons Out. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. October 21 and 22 01 // New Orleans, Oct. 14. —An open'dum in the recent Democratic pri acknowledgement of professional 1 mary election. football by colleges instead of, its) — presentation ‘‘under the guise of lily-! white amateurism” was advocated} tonight by the Rev. P. A. Roy, S. J., reports showed a steady growth and,object we make use of manual re proved to be one of inspiration. 'flex suggestion oral and telepathic. Among the resolutions adopted,. as well as the manual manipulation was the following: 'of the entire body, directing the con- Resolved, that the Laurens Bap- ; scious mind of the patient Into chan- 'tist Association notify the Laurens jnels of right thought activity, teach- county delegation that we expect jing him the fact that every thought I them to observe the wishes of the • entering his mind seeks expression people as expressed by a majority j For further particulars address: 'of the voters on the liquor referen-j _ Dr. L. B, Marion You're Not So Tough With THE “DEAD END” KIDS,, president of Loyola University of the' and "THE LITTLE TOUGH GUYS”,South. and NAN GREY. ^ : Loyola dropped intercollegiate Drifting . . . hungry . . . the "Dead-}football last December after 18 years' End” Kid.s and the “Little Tough of competition, but the Jesuit school’s: Guys” join forces and tell an angry enrollment increased this year in-i world. "You’re not so tough!” stead of declining as had been ex- Comedy. "Riding Into Society” pected. with Elsa Maxwell. 10 A. M. Show—TUESDAY. "Movietone News.” 10c and 20c WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, October 23 and 24 'Pier 13' »// Universities engage professional speakers and artists to entertain stu dents” Father Roy said. "Hence even professional football if conducted by universities on an openly professional basis for the entertainment of stu dents and aliimni may be of benefit —particularly of financial l:Ienefit. ' “But I cannot approve professional BARBECUE HASH CHICKEN STEW PIGFOOT STEW NATUROPA’TH Box 326 Cllaton. S. C. Office No. 1 Nattonol Bank Baldg. HOME STORE i MARKET SPECIALS Western Meats and Fresh Lamb : ANY CUT. : • CENTER CUT i PORK CHOPS i h.. tic PURE PORK SAUSAGE 2 lbs 3SC ii PORK HAMS ;; Half or Whole ii ib.. 200 Fresh Lean PORK SHOULDERS « Half or Whole LB. 18c ;; HOME-MADE Liver Pudding 1 2 lbs 25C FRESH OYSTERS PINT— ' QUART— 35c 65c SMALL |:: CURED HAM HALF OR WHOLE ii ib.. 22c FRESH PORK LIVER 2 lbs. 25c ii BEEF ROAST 1 Ib.. iSc SLICED BACON lb. .. 15c • i n i SATURDAY October 19 — 12 O’clock TIP-TOP SERVICE STATION J. Lee Willard, Prop. With LYNN BARI, LLOYD NO- or semi-professional football con- LAN, JOAN VALERIE, DOUGLAS ducted by universities under the FOWLEY. 'guise of lily-white amateurism. *•0’ > C A" * question of whether River s end , American .higher education could at- Wilh DENNIS MORGAN, GEORGE tract students without football was TOBIAS, VICTOR JORY, ELIZA-1 answered partially by Loyola’s cur- BETH EARL and JAMES STEPH-' rent registration ENSON. Popeye Cartoon, "Doing Impossi kible Stunts.” 9:30 A. M. Show—THURSDAY. 10c and 15c [ "Although football on an amateur' {basis is a'fine thing for universities,” 'he said, “these figurfes prove that it ! is not a necessary complement to j 'the education system.” ! Loyola’s greatest gain—18 per cent I —was in the college of arts and sci- , ■jences which Father Roy described a?’ ' being “more closely identified with the football team than any of the schools such as engin- BURNETTE, JUNE STOREY, MARY' ejering in other universities. The to-, LEE, JIMMIE LEWIS and his TEX-,|tal university registration increased AS COWBOYS. I seven per cent for an enrollment of< Gene Autry is tteadin’ south! And 1946 students. | he’s bringing six-gun law and range-j Many college administrators land melody to the old plantation., throughout the nation were watching FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, . October 25 and 26 "Carolina Moon" With GENE AUTREY, SMILEY professional ^jJ^^HEREVER you go ^ you nm the risk of accidetital injury, but the safe way poimx to Acci dent Infurance. Same old moon! Shining down on Gene Autry in his greatest action hit with,new music and new thrills. •THE DRUMS OF FU MANCHU” —Chapter 12. Musical Comedy, “Congamania. Loyola’s policy closely. Father Roy said, adding that many had confided! “they would like to take the aamej step if they dared.” j I When Loyola abandoned football it had won 68 games, lost 70 and tied! /ETNA-IZe the •y. Cartoon, kade •Billy Mouse’s ” “Screen Snapshots.” 10c and 20c E win your race For BustncM Supremacy By Advertniflf ; Akwa- i 11 during 18 years and was a claim-1 .jjpit to the 1939 Dixie conference I championship. Coach Larry (Moon)! Mullins, who played fullback for the late Knute Rockne at Notre Dame, resigned to accept a coaching job at St. Ambrose college, Davenport, Io>va. Aa AceaXeat Pelicr iwaeg by Aktae Life laeareaee Ceaiai Herfferg, Ceaa., yayi keejatef aMgicel expeatM eag ateay xker bilU. S. W. SLMERBL AeiRR'ixir Phone 80 Clinton, B. C. station Flt^di And Miusroye. Sti«^ CUTiYOUR GAS BILL BEGIN SAVING NOW BY USING McCOVS REGULAR GASOLINE 18c Gal. McCoy’s Retrahur Gas Has Same Octane Rating: As Other Regrular Gas. CHANGE TO McCOVS GASOLINE TODAY And use the savings for other expenses. McCoy’s saves you approxiiuately four cents per galon by diminating the middle man’s profits. That’s why hundreds of Ointon mo- torisU have changed to McCoy’s. Try a tank of McCoy’s Gasoline now! PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE. FREE! FREE! ONE QUART OIL McCoy’s is giving away ABSOLUTELY PRER one <iiiari.oil with each five gaHons of McCoy’s regular gaaettne pnrehased from our sUiion located in Ciintwi. TUNE IN on THE RANGRS ov«r WBT^Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 to 8:45 A. M Saturday, 7:30 to 7:45 A. M. 4 Ik ‘k 'V ^4