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/■ ■ / '" Q / Poge Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Thursckfy, July 3,1941 UNIT ORGANIZED OF AIRCRAFT SERVIOE Volunteer CivlUans To Be Given Opportunity To Register In County Jilly 8th. / History of Copeland Family By NELLE MITCHELL McWILUAMS. of Traveler* Reet. GranddaufflitM’ of Slrena CopeUad Vnui^ of Greer. , Fourteen chief observers for as many Laurens county communities It would be impossible for me to moW living. There have been to the have been named and a ch^l for a {give the history of the Copeland general registration of vol^mteer spotters on Tuesday, July 8, hasSJ^n issued following the organization a Laurens County Aircraft Wami service at a meeting in the Laureni' high school ^building Tuesday eve ning. The purpose of the service, in which volunteer civilians will be j used, was described as the spotting | family today, just as it is impossible to give a complete history of any family. So far we have only a small portion of the information concem- the Copeland .family, which in- ludes descendants of mai^y different n^es, that we believe might be ob- , and which we hope may be m the near future. A feV years ago several members present date around 250 descendants of Henry Copeland, most of whom and reporting of airplanes in ma-1 of the fdmily became interested in neuvers, emergencies and actual having an ^nual reunion, and it was warfare. While no immediate ma- through the\fforts of these that the neuvers are anticipated, it was stat-1 reunion becaim a reality, having' met ed, the service is being organized so j successively eaHh year since then live in this vicinity. James Copeland, a brother of Henry Copeland, who married Eliza beth Dalrymple, was the father of Harrison Copeland, anc^ it is from this James Copeland and Polly Cope land, who married Joe Nabors, that State Ends Y^r With Big Deficit New Fiscol Year Finds South Cdrolino Owing $2,100,000. Columbia, July 2.^The state of South Carolina began a 'new year July 1 with the necessity once again of patching a hole in its podcetbocdc. Competent sources estimated that when the last bill was in, the state came most of the descendants vrhom j would owe 82.100,000. we know, living in and near Clinton, j The last gmeral assemblj^ fumish- Most of Harrison Copeland’s broth-|ed patching material by authorizing ers and sisters moved to Arkansas!^* use of more than $200,000 de- __j _.u.. v-,. motoi. vehicle license in- the various observers can learn their respective duties and be ready in case they are needed. The Laurens county organization will be one of either at Fairvii near Greer, church near Greer, cane Baptist church and settled there where a number of descendants now reside. Offier than these we do not know spection fees to retire the deficit over a l(»g period. HUs money luM bem Baptist church! ® great deal about Just where the going to the highway department. appropriation fbr schools became necessary. The deficit bugaboo—^wfaose end was suggested in a wide amortment of new revenue proposals at ffie last session of the general amonbly— reared its head several years ago' aftr a surplus of almost $3,000,000 was erased by increased qpending and elimizuition of the statewide five- mill property tax. The public welfare department was created with ah initial $1,520,000 appibprlaticm out of the surplus In 1937. The next year the depart ment’s mon^ again cam* out of file general treasury with no new reve nue to meet this big added expense. Last June 30 the deficit was $1,- 856,000. A miUion-dollar deficit at the end of the 1938-89 fiscal year was fund ed over a five-year period by pledg ing part of the income tax revenue. State officials are empowered to Issue short-term notes to retire defi cits. The last note of $1,000,000 paid off two wedcs ago. Now- notis 'wiU be issued to bftwt money problem. the RADIO REPAIR M. BOYD OWINGS CUar Salsa'Oew TYPEWRlTEatS caeenfng repairing all Komefli N. Baker ? Grove Baptist * other children of John Copeland II nl a nation-wide net being formed in j few years later, the the interest of national defense. at the Hurri- Clinton. A ird family. that is connected with. Following the registration on July i became a part of 8 the warning service will operate I reunion, and we have a Copeland annual repre- lived. It is probable that the other Copeland in this section of the East are related through these children. This has not been traced. A booklet was published in 1932 giving the family history and names under instructions from the war de partment, it was stated. Eligible to register for tlie program are both men and women from whom will be selected a minimum of 20 observers for each post. C. K. Wright and C. F. Fleming of Laurens, both of whom were given re- instructions at a meeting in Spar tanburg last Thursday, conducted the organizational meeting in Laurens Tuesday. The observation points in thfe county, together with the chief ob servers and the places where volun teers will be registered on July 8, were announced as follows: « sentation of this family at union today. Montaigne, the writer, said that “Friendship is the highest degree perfection in society,” and we are happy to be assembled today in kin dred friendship along with those who, although not directly connected with either of t^ families, are friends. V The legislation turned to the oth er side of the ledger, however, sxid approved additional expeilditurw for the 1940-41 year, inclulding $100,000 for a new Winthrop college dorihi- tory, $140,000 for the defense pro gram, $30,000 for the penitoitiary of all descendants. A second brok and Edisto State park. Liquor reve- dropped off and a hi^er direct giving this information up to the present, June, 1941, is just off the press for distribution. Most families are partial to cer- lin names. On looking through the that we have, we find the «s of John, Leonard, Henry and Aam^ to be the favorites for mas- culine\ames in the Copeland family. wins, NEWBBiliV TOP OPPONENTS We h^oe that later information of The three old«t .living dwcendants, CojSkpds in Pennsylvania may that we know about, of this particu lar Copeland family, are Harrison Copeland, who is now 83 years of age, lives near Clinton, S. C., and Is' present today; also Sirena Adeline Copeland Vaughn, 78 years of age. be traced \m<^ we may be able to submit a loiWr and more informa tive history ^the family. Laurens, C. K. Wright, Laurent Of Greer, wife of the Rev. R. B. high school building; Cross Hill, Sam {Vaughn, who is also present; and an- Leaman, Leaman Bros, store; Prince-1 other first cousin of these two: Mrs. ton, W. A. Babb, Babb Bros, store* Millie Cleveland Jackson, a resident Mountville, C. L. Milam, Pascal B. of Georgia, and is the daughter of Watts store; near Ware Shoals, Wal-'the former Peggy Copeland, sister of ter L. Martin, Jerry Martin store;'the fathers of Harrison Copeland and Clinton, R. L. Plaxico, Clinton high! Sirena Copeland Vaughn, school building; Hickory Tavern, G. One of the mbst interesting bits of LYDIA MILL FOR THE WE Miss Doris Jseksen, ident C. Abercrombie, Wasson Bros, store; Goldville, Rion Lawson, community information that has been gotten re cently was discovered by Harrison building; Gray Court, Leon Yeargin, j Copeland several years ago, vdien post office; Waterloo, Niles C. Clark, I he, along with his son, Clarence post office; Youngs, Gray Harris, j Copeland, of Clinton, found the Robert Harris store; Maddens, Mar-, tombstone of John Copeland, his vin Franks, Stoddard’s store; Renno,, great-grandfather, who was also the David Copeland, The Bell Co. store;;great-grandfather of the other two Hall Fleming store, Jake League. i cousins stiU Uving. As yet this is the The registraties centers will be [farthest back that this branch of the Miss Nellie Jackson and>Mrs. Rosa i *1... Cote are aiKndini the weXta >he ateedy flv^ open from 8 a.m. to 4 pm., announced. it was Birth Announcements ANDERSON Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Anderson of near Clinton, announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Louise, on Sunday, June 29. ARNOLD Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Arnold, of Woodruff and Clinton, announce the birth of a daughter on June 28 at Woodruff. family has been traced. This one John Copeland was buried at Dun can’s Creek church, about six miles north of Clinton. The white marble tombstone gives the information that he was bom in 1748 and came from Pennsylvania to this section when he was about twelve years of age. He Watts Mill nosed out Clinton mills here Saturday by the coimt of 2 to 1 in the sdtieduled Mid-Carolina game. The visitors rallied in the ninth to push across two runs. Dar nell, on the mound for Watts, and Webb, local pitcher, gave up only ' two hits each but two errors in the ninth cost Webb and his team the game. Webb fanned three- and walked four. Newberry Sinks Joenns Newberry defeated Joanna at New- Mwaret. Jn, d fought in the l§ou^ Craiolina, &n< Revolutionary war. It is most prob able that this John Copeland’s father or grandfather was the first settler of this particular family in the Unit ed States, because his birth was only 128 years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620. We believe that this history can be ob- BETENBAUGH x Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Betenbaugh announce the birth of a son, Gordon Murray, 'Monday, June 30, at Hays hospital. Orleans. Vtb- C. M. Broome spent the end in Greenville with her Mrs. Harry Chaplin, who is serio ill. Miss Nell Ellisor of Fountain Inn, was the guest Saturday of Miss Inez McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. James and family, Mrs. C. S. James and son Charles, spent Sunday in Greer with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. James. Hazel Sherron of Clinton, spent the past week-end with Miss Evelyn Mosely. Mrs. Ernest Kellett and Virginia Blackwell spmt Monday in Goldville with Mr. and Mrs. Lem Francis. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Duckett and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mv*- hiiiD* Mrs. Nellfi* Kelly and son, Pete, spent the week in Enoree wito Mrs. Margie Dunaway. Mrs. Katherine Reid of near Clin ton, is spending the week with Mrs. Margaret Threatt. Luther Carson spent last week in South Georgia on a fishing trip. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Mills, C. S. hit pitching of Mills. Newberry took the lead in the second inning with two runs after Joanna had scored its only tally in the first; The home club added four more in the seventh on a bunt, a sacrifice three les. Garnet fer Saturday Clinton at Newberry. Watts at Joanna. Haw They Stand W L Watts ....• 7 Joanna 6 Newberry 6 Clinton-Lydia 1 8 4 4 9 visiting DAUGHTER Mrs. W. S. Miller of Sarasota, Fla., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Archie Clark, and Mr. Clark. SPECIAL NOTICE TO HOUSEWIVES We, the undenigrned, will remain o|ien aB day fmr biud- ness FRTOAY, JULY 4TH. ? We Will Close AH Day Monday, July 7 WE WILL REMAIN OPEN ALL PAY WEDNESDAY, JULY WTH. We will appreciate ymu arraBfiBf ynw ahoppiiif tn enable ns to obMnre this special dofinf sehednle. A & P. FOOD STORE DAILEY’S CASH GROCERY • • ROGERS ” HOME STORES a t -i' WEBB Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Webb of Greenville, announce the birth of a daughter,. Mabel Elizabeth, on Fri day, June 27. Mrs. Webb is the for mer Miss Mary Louise Baker of Greenville, and Mr. Webb is the son of Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Webb of this city. tained from the Copeland family of; James and Mrs. J. A. Mills spent Pennsylvania. j Sunday in Shelby, N. C. Mrs. Mills' Jolin Oopclsncl snd 1M[ s r ^ s. r 61 ^ rcmsincd for a week* ' Blakely were the parents of seven. Miss Almena Broome has return- children, among them being a daugh-1 ^ jjgj- home in Great Falls, after tef, Rachel, who married Jesse John-i g weeks’ visit in the community, son, a colonel in the Revolutionary} r. g. Whitmire spent a few days war, and also a son bearing hisijast week in Greenville, name, John. This sMond John Cope- j Graimy Cole is spending the week land married Jennie Mills and was ju Cross Hill with relatives.- the father of Henry, James, Polly,! Mrs. Jim Mitchell and daughter. Mills and Peggy Copeland. It is here i willie Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Van Wil- that most of us who are here today' itam Gregory and Willie Sanders of become more directly connected.' union, were guests Sunday of,. Mr. JULY Clearance Sale! NOTICE! Todd Grocery Co. WUI Be Cloeed Friday, July 4 ONLY This John II lived about two miles from Clinton,-the present home site of Harrison Copeland, and died about the time of the Confederate surren der, being buried at the Hurricane Baptist church. Harrison Copeland remembers attending the funeral when about five or six years of age. The Copeland family of this com-» munity are largely descendants of and Mrs. Floyd Emery. Mrs. Norris Dennis of Chester, is spending the week with her avmt, Mrs. H. W. Alford. Betty Jean Ellis spent the past' week with Mary Sue Copeland near here. Mr. and Mrs. William Ellis and family attended the Copeland reun- „ ^ , J , here Sunday. Henry Copeland, John 11 s son, who Mr. and Mrs. H. W. WiUiams and married Lizzie Dillard about 1850, , family and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred and di^ while enlisted m the army j caldwell spent Sunday in Williams- during the Civil wan They were the parents, Mr. and Mrs. parents of Henry Gaines, Leonard, ;g yj Shirley. John M., Nancy, Eliza,I Sirena and! ♦ • Having taken mid-aeason inventory, we find that we are overatocked on Swpmer Merchandise. In order to clear oor ra^ to make room for Fall Merchandiae, wt are compelled to make these Drastic Reductions. This is not a half-price sale, but real values. If you do not need dresses now, buy anjrway, and save fmr next soaunsr. For the way merchandise is advancing ibices lyill be quite different. -SALE BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING NOTICE—Chaney’s Dress Shoppe, Clintcm and Laurens, both wUl be open on July 4th, and closed the f<dlowing Mmiday. % One Lot DRESSES, real values $2.00 One Lot DRESSES, real values $3.00 , One Lot DRESSES, Veol values $6.00 Duck Copeland, who died at an early i V j- Mrs. Hsnrey Henored ;age. Sirena Copeland Vaughn is thej Mrs. Minnie Harvey was honored .only child of this HemV Copeland»Sunday with a surprise birthday din Many local and out-of-town NOTICE Our store will be closed aU da, FRIDAY, JULY 4TH, in observance of Independence Day and to give our em ployes a holiday with their families and friends. We will open Saturday, the''5th, as usuhl. We wish for our customers and safe Fourth. everybody—-a happy D. B. SMITH, Manage^ ner. guests enjoyed the occasiem. Mrs. Harvey was remembered with a number of gifts. Those attending All Lynbrook and Geargianna DRESSES— Slightly Reduced. were: Miss Beatrice Smith, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Jrfm Medlock, and Mrs. Dora Harris, Mrs. Ella Harvey and children, Nellie and Neal, of West Clintdn, and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Harvey and family of Woodruff. All Clora Kay and Kitty Fisher Junior Dresses Reduced. All Evening Dresses reduced, now $3.0Q and $4.S^., NOTICE I jvish to adviae my cuatomen that my atore wiH he i closed FRIDAY, JULY 4TH, in obaervance of National Independence Day. I will be opin all day aa nanal on Saturday and hfoiir day. \ \ We win appreciate your placing your ordera early on ' Thuraday. LCBQLAND PbMM 169 ♦ee#ee»ee»»#»eee»e»ee»t»eeea»»»»»eeeee»e»Me»e(iMfff|; Mrs. FrankJe Blackwell remains ill at her home near here; Friends of Mrs. Homer Ridiey will be glad to know she is grest^ improved. One lot Slips, value $2.00, slightly shopwom, now $1.47. if^our Grocery Firms To All Hats reduced to 50c and $1.00. A Stay Open (Sn Fourth A commercial annauaecment In todaqr’s paper signed by four grocery •tores of the city, states fiiey wfll remain .<^)en Friday, July 4fh, and, cloae Monday, July 7th, as a holiday. Holly Vsgiie Btouses,, were $2.00, now $1;50. All SALC$ Approvob—No es. Buy whw di|i"t wpit for the rise in fMcis. •i; MAOAZlNIg eae year $&JA twa years $4A$. Oeed lUusshssptag; wmrmiUM, twe years $4Jilk " MdAL omot Readers’ DlieA 7 ImuMA $L9lC ./see JAMBS W. eALOWBIA. y Phsns 211 ^ It is a MijpAMi Wmt Mead I ■rii.nsl.iirti CUNTQN — fmUtm