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J ■/ I ■- li. (' '• r^f 9^" u t > > 4 EQUWUlHOn ummii&fsf NIIITH DIVISION Inter-City Event Held In New'Community House. McLourine fs Heard By Group.' The Kiwanis dubs of ninth division Joined Thursday evening In ^ an inter>club meeting held in the j. Army corps. He stated that the com attractive new recreation building ofjmanding officer was deeply chagrined Joanna Textile Mills, Goldville, to [over the affair and sent his sincere enjoy a bolmtiful dinner served by! apologies to the Clinton people, the Woman’s club of the community,! churches and organizations. A mis take was made, Col. McWilliams said, for which we are sorry. It was due to a misunderstanding, a lack of ARMY OFFERS APOLOGIES IN SOLDIER AFFAIR . " Col. McWilliams, chaplain of the First Army corps at Chester, was in the city Friday afternoon for a con ference with the city pastors and Chamber t>f Commerce officials rela tive to the recent failure of the army to send 250 soldiers here for the week-end after arrangements had I been provided for their entertain-1 ment. j Col. McWilliams came as the official; representative of Maj. Gen. ^Charles j F. Thompson, commaiider of the Ffrst j IProminent Business Man Passes and to hear a timely address by an outstanding textile executive. Arrangements for the meeting had been made by the Clinton Kiwanis proper organization and incompleted club. The program was presided ov«r by W. A. Moorhead, prudent of the jclnb, and local nutnager of the Jo anna mills. Seated at the head table were the guest speaker, the retiring and newly elected lieutoiant gover nors, and‘the presidents of the clubs ' of ^ division. Bruce Galloway led the group singing and sang several songs. Heard also in an entertaining musical pro gram were: The Girls’ Glee club of Joanna school, composed of Juanita Rowland, Mary Kate Carr, Louise Ridings, Sybil Farmer, iselen Clark, Mildred Thomas, Cleo Starnes, Na omi Sample, Inez Tinsley, Mela Ray Tucker, Mary Jo Fulmer, Barbara Dickey, Jeanette Bassett, Iris Sim mons and Louise Bridges, with'Cleo Starnes as soloist. The Junior Boys’ Glee club, com posed of Tommy Rowe, Phillips Dud ley, Bobby Thomas, Ahra Davenport, Ted Ellison, Wallace ' Osborne and Gerald Humphrey, with Luther Black vas soloist. Miss Charlotte E. Odell di rected the program. G. N. Foy, su- . plerintendent of the school, had fharge. A. The speaker of the evening was *W. M. McLaurlne, Charlptte, secre- t^-treasurer of the American Cot- ttm Manufacturers association. 'After ' expressing his pleasvire in being present, he spoke In ttie highest praise of the Jeuflia Mill community jpB one of the mpi$ modem and pco- ^pessive in ^e Souffi, and of its hib- py and industrious pMple. A survival of Democracy in AsMBStea, Mr. Mo* Laurine said, depends in a large measure upon the attitude and policy of “big business.” He urged better imderstanding and cot^mtion be tween large business and industrial interests, the people they employ and die communities where they do bus iness. He recommended for all busi- lines of' communication between the different units. “We ask that you forgive and forget the mistake” he said, and this the committee voted unanimously to do. TRAFFIC DEATHS SHOW DECREASE Traffic accidents claimed the lives of 42 people in South CaroUna dur ing the month of August, a nine per cent decrease over the total of 46 deaths reported in August, 1940. This is the first month in 1941 in which fatalities from traffic mishaps have been less numerous than in the corresponding period in 1940, accord ing to C. R. McMillan, state highway engineer. The reduction in fatalities is noted even though there was a 10 per cent increase in-the number of accidents reported, as compared with Axigusi, 1940, and also an increase in the number of fatal accidents from 37 in August last year to 40 in the past August Fatal accidents te August 1940, were more severe. FOr instance, 11 collisions of two or more vehicles killed lit es compardeed witti 14 dctths from IS sinMlar accidents in August 1*41. Violations in fatal accidents to talled 42 M August last year, 91 in August 1*41. Total violations in all inonMaed 30 nee over Fatalitln for ttie|flrst eight months of l*4t kbow an increase of 30 per cent over the same period in 1940. MAYES MODERATOR PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD 'HEARINGS ENDED ON PROPOSAL TO ARM' U. S. SHIPS Favorable Report Expected From House Committee. Secrecy Causes Uproar. Florence, Oct. 14.—The Presbyte rian synod of South Carolina Tues day night elected Dr. George G. Mayes of Winnsboro, who has been in the ministry for 80 years, its mod erator to succeed Rev. L. O. Mc- Cutcheon of Bishopville. Dr. Mayes, a native of Mayesville, began in the ministry in Florence. He was moderator of this s3mod 30 years ago. Rev. H. P. J. L’Heureux of Green ville, was elected assistant clerk. j Washington, Oct. 14. — The house } In his sermon, Mr. McCutcheon foreign affairs committee concluded [spoke on “God’s Program for the hearings late today on legislation to i Church.” I permit the arming of merchant ships I A candlelight communion service' after opponents had denounced it as j was led by Dr. H. T. Graham of Flor- “pus.syfooting” into the war. I ehce, and Rev. C. B. Coble of Effing- , Chairman Bloom, Democrat, of ^.1 New York, told newsmen he hoped In a very impressive ceremony ^e'the committee would act on the syndg paid its respect to the following ^ measure tomorrow so it could be pastors who died within th^ last i brought up for house consideration Reverends A. G. Buckner, J. N. For-! following day. Republican mem- bis, C. W. McCully, L. C. N. Smythe, conceded the committee would J. A. Flanagan, and M. G. Woodworth' undoubtedly approve it. Clinton. _ | At the opening of the session, Re- [ publicans and Dmocrats engag^ in , a heated altercation over what the This Year's Cotton Crop Is Failure printed record of the proceedings should contain. The Democratic ma- . „ ~ ^ .. finally forced a brief secret continue the discussion, 400,000 bales of 500 poun^ *^0“! despite protests of Representative Republican, of Ohio, against of October 1. This is only 41 per centj^g^g^ chamber” MR. COPELAND County Formers To Get $217,137.27 Laurens county farmers will re- DM. m«> .“irISIter f™‘'“‘Y. cation of both employers and em ployes to community service. i So far as welding together in a solid patriotic citizenship the people of the United States ia concerned, he said, greatest productive and far- reaching usefulness of business men and industrialists lies not in accumu lation of vast wealth and resohiees but in development and propagation of “social intelligence — a policy of Uvc and let live, wherein, if you please, humanity counts.” Stressing the value of continuous good will and friendly relations between em ployers and employes, he urged that men who own and control the vast biisiness and industries pt the*^ coun try se^ to devek^ and luactice “divic consciousness” and service to huanity. As examples he mentkxied ttie Duke Foundation with “its vast contributions to medicine, religion and education in the Carciinas and elsewhere M the South, the late An drew Carnegie’s establishment of a fund for libraries scattered abroad in Anwrica, the use of Rockefeller money 'in many ways dedicated to tile public good. He endorsed the pol icies of President I^ooeevelt in inau gurating varkws **hr reaching and necessary” social reforms. C<mtinu- gog, he said ^Woodrow Wilson was another great social-minded presin dent” Discuseipg the World war preaklent, be exjuassed eenfidmee in nounced a few days ago from Wash ington by the agriculture department The payments are made to adjust the difference between actual and parity prices as in past years. The total al location for the state by coimties is $6,224,299.97. Atlonto Friends Visit Thomwell I ILLNESS FATAL TO WILLIAM D. COPELAND Funeral Services l^esterdoy For One Of City's Most ?opulor and Useful Citizens. of the 966,000-bale crop of lasst yearj and the smallest crop since 1878. ^^^^lous gavel funding by Chair- The indrcated yield of 162 ^unds not before the latter had accus^ per ha^ested acre IS the second low-, chairman of making “a stump est m 48 years, the 140 pounds made in 1922 being the lowest since 1893. wnoBte'tMvir tf, i leading business man and beloved citizen of Clinton, died at his hmne early Tuesday morning after a criti cal illnefg of the pest tiu«e months. The funeral services were held yes terday afternoon (Wednesday) at 3 o’clock from Um First Presbyterian church. The services were conducted by his pastor, the Rev. J. K. Roberts, assisted by Dr. L. R. Lynn and Dr. D. J. Woods of this city, and Rev. Mar^all C. Dendy of Knoxville, Tenn. The large munber of friends wonken and children from walks of life. During his illness many Negro friends who had known him for years were frequent callers at his home to inquire of his condition, many bringing flowers as an evidence of their esteem for one they admired and vdiose friendship and helpful ness they appreciated. By his kind personality, his gentle nature and equitable dealing with the public, he made hundreds of friends who sin cerely regret his passing and feel that in his going the community has lost Acreage from which cotton will be picked is estimated at 1,185,000 acres, which compares with 1,234,000 har vested in 1940, While only slightly below the acreage of recent years this estimate is actually the' small est harvested acreage since 1878. The bureau of the censxis reports 210,000 running bales ginned in the state prior to October 1, which com pares with 403,000 ginned to this date last year and 566,000 in 1939. CANNON RETURNS HOME The many friends in this section of C. B. Cannon, Laurens county farm agent, will be 4lad to know he has returned from a aevoral wt^’ 9 the VsSmns’' 'hospititi. Cli>* lumUa, and has retiumed to his of fice. TO SPEAK SUNDAY and relatives who filled the church, one of its most valuable citizens—-a and the many beautiful floral trib-18ood man. Fifty-three members of Pryor Street and North Avenue Presbyte rian churches of Atlanta, were week-end guests on the on^anage campus, the party having come oyer on Iteti^ay. The visitoi^ worshipped with the Thomwell Memorial con gregation Sunday morning at which time br. Sidney Gates, pastor of Pryor Street church, delivered a most interesting and appropriate sermon. utes at the grave gave evidence of his general popularity and the hi^ esteem in which he was held by all who knew him. The stores and busi ness houses closed for the funeral ho\ir out of respect to Mr. Copeland, his firm being one of the four old«t in the city. Active pallbearers were: J. H. Pitts, Jr., Bluford Copeland, William B. Farr, Jr., Addison Neighbors, R. B. Vance, Jr., and L.^B. Dillard. Honorary pallbearers were the dea cons and elders of the First Presby terian church, members of the local Kiwanis club, S. G. Dillard, J. W. Dunklin of Laurens, and John New- ™w ofGreenville. , !neuvers will prevent the sending of Mr. Copeland was bom on a farm ] ^j *_ Mr. Copeland was twice married. His first marriage was to Miss Laura yance of this city. By this union one son survives, J. Isaac Copeland, li brarian at Furman university, Green ville. His second marriage was to Miss Nina Martin of Greenwood, who survives him.(He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Pitts, Sr., of Clinton, and Mrs. W. B. Farr, Sr., of Greens^ro, N. C. TH Morions Move Here From Cr<^s Hill Dr. L. B. Mari(m, Mrs. Marion and daughter, .Miss Vivian Marion of Cross Hill, are moving to the city to day and will occupy one of the Young apartments on l^th Broad street Dr. Marlon, who has maintained of fices in the city for the past two years, has been going back and forth to his home. Miss Marion is now^wa- Wilson’s sinoeriS and good mt^-i ployed in the dean’s office at Presby- pomt dedieatad to an effort to assure ^ t®rian collie. World peeee and pronen, hi liis ppU- - cits and attitiida whidk liixl to estab-* Ushment of thr Wfurld Court and the League of Nattone. ; • ”Too many printipale df ddsiooracy have been loirt,” Ifr. McLgurlhe Mid. 'Wa need to return to* tbi Chrtitian Ideals, ttie fair play, attituda gnd: practiMs of rsal dtanocradf. IhatinaU e ld labor muet .grt toMther, 4ftax%j ust be a more united > puU-. spirit If dfnwcraer ja toi ive the vidoui, nithtaas and tcr- struggla confronting Ijt today, muet again put into fflact its basic eifdast In such a-dmocraqr sMf-^ and greed and lade m dvlO' can have no part Jf Uiie nation is to ba saved, he mM fn" conduskm, it must be Mved by tiie^ AmericaB business mm.” Hollowing Mr.McLeurine’s though- tul address he was heartOy tiianked ID’ the Kiwanians, and thanks and appreciation extended 'Mr. MOorbeed amd those aseociated with him In planning one of the moet delightful Kiwanis ffatherlngi of tiie current ^raar in the niatii diyiskn compoeed of wtot eliibi. , .' { DRIVE CAREFULLY 3AVEALIFB ■O PAR THIS TIAR THUB HAVE BRIN to FATALITIES fim AUTOmSILE ACCIDBNTS ia LAURENS COUNTY LeCh Strive To Hike lf41 i-Rile Year Ob the Hiffliwayi. This dale lael year, 13 No Soldiers Out For This Week-End The nature of Carolina army ma in historic Jacks township on July 4, 1879, a son of the late David T. and Martha Adair Copeland, beloved pio neer citizens of that community. His father was a Confederate soldier. His early education was received at the Goldville and Hurricane schools, af ter which he entered Presbyterian college, then known as Clinton col lege. Leaving college, his first job was in the hardware store of G. L. and J. I. Copeland, which opened in 1894. Two years later the name was changed to J. L Copeland, and 9oon Jthereafter became J. I. Copeland R Bro. In 1929, following the death of tiM founder, J. Isaac Cc^land, the businels was purchased by Mr. Cope land, who had continued to operate it imder the same firm name at tiM aame location. Mr^ Copeland was con sidered a lender in the hardware field, his fim ranking as one of the laili^ and most successful in the state. As a piublle-qdrited citizm, Mr. CopeSaod gave frnily 6f hh Umt to ttie .developmient ot the cominimity. He wds a member of the Cibber of C<H»merce, a charter member and past president of the Kiwanis club, and took an active part in tiM work of the Southern Hardware assod- ation. He waa an honored elder of the First Preshyterhm church and gave Ubendly of hit time and means to the supped of his dmreh. He was a life-long, devoted friend of Thom- well ori^uuiage and following the death of his brother, J. I. Copeland, was elected a member of the insti tution's board of trustees and ex? ecutive committee, where he ren dered valuable services and was aK I ways deeply IntereMed in the happi- nem md care of orphan diildren. i Mr. Copdand held Am reflect of men on leave this week-md to towns and cities in the recreational center, it is announced from maneuvers headquarters near Chester. It is expected that convtQrs will be allowed to go to inviting towns next week-end. The Ohioan.had sought to place in the record a letter he and three other Republican members wrote to Bloom protesting limiting the hearings to two days. Members said later ho decision on the disputed point was reached. John F. Finerty, New York special ist on international and transporta tion law who said he once represent ed Prime Minister Eamon De Valera of Eire, told the committee the ad- ministrattoa was “taking a leaf out of ‘Mein Kampf ” in •■king for par tial reviaion of the neutrality act— asking just as much aa your oppon ent can’t afford to fl^t over.” Finerty, representing the Keep America Out of War Congress, as serted tiM admtoletrathMui’s eetton in proposing only repeal of the ban on arming merchant ships meant that it actually intended to seek removal of the prohibition against their entry into combat zones. Some members of the committee expressed belief that the senate would add the latter provision to the measure in the hope that it could be forced through the house on a con ference report. In the senate, meanwhile, a bi partisan group of 11 men who are opposed to administration foreign policies, decided to make an organ ized attack on the legislation in their chamber. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, told reporters after a meet ing of the group, that it was evident “that from what the president and his cabinet members have said that what the administration wants is to get this country into war.” The Montanan said the group would demand that the senate for eign relations committee hold public hearings on the legislation and would .^ptend that the question of repeal *6i' the entire neutrality law was in volved. REV. W. T. THOMPSON. D. D. Dr. W. T. Thompson, head of the department of religious education of Uf^n Theological seminary; Rich mond, Va., will preach at the First PrMbyteriM church Sunday morning at 11:15 and in the evening at 7:30 Promotions Given In Notional Guord Unit Capt. Jack H. Davis, Jr., command er of Battery B, 107th Sei^rate C9ast Artillery BattaUan (AaT, now on maneuvers in the field, announced At the evening service Dr. Thompson | It is undewtood that plau wiR be speak on the topic, “The Chris-“*;!*®"‘*o*^*^ tian Home.” All Presbyterian church- * es in South Carolina presbytery have E- invite a group of soldiers the week-end of October made to hMe for 25th.' Clinton homes who desire to en tertain soldiers asked to call the Chamber of Ccunmerce office. Big Decreose In Cotton Ginnings Prior to October 1st, m' toial of 4,753 beles .of jwttim were ginned in Leioww county as ''cranpared witii 10,109 at the tune time in 1940, tt been invited to attend this service. Dr. Thompson has for many years been an outstanding leader in the re ligious education movement in the Trammell, Clinton. To be corporals: Pri'^ates Jessie L. Crawley, Goldville; William Y. Jacks, Clinton; Ralph E. Johnson, Kinards; Presbyterian church and is a nation-!”*^. W. ’^ammeU. Clmto^ Wil- ally known preaelMr. Three yeers Clmton; Ray F Can- ago he was one^ tEe Southern min-[ J®”;. A- Szym- isterf chosen to tike part in the j Baltimore^ Md. nation-wide preaching mission. I • Dr. Tbompeon is a native South! Leomo 11 Nomod As Carolinian, having been bom in ij^ . CharlertOB where his father was for!*IOUSIHg l/irOCtOr many years pastor of the First Pres- was reported yesterday by M. W. [ bytiaian diurdi. After_completing hla Sam M. Leaman, well known Cross Sanid^ qiecial agent fpr the bureau of the ceosua. * Ttie figure shows a decrease over the previous year of 5,497 bales, with indicatiohk pointing to the smallest crop in years for the county. No D/oft Coll DuHiig Novomber Local draft board 'No. 50 announc ed yesterday that it not be re quired to furnish any select^, white or colored, during the month^ot No vember for induction into araay ser vice. The quota for October, thirteen white toen, will leave this dMuming fo!r Tori Jackson, Columbia. Their names md addressee appeered in last wedi*s pkpar. seminary course, Dr. Thompson held Hill citizen, has been named execu- pasUwatea at Lexington, N. C., Knox- (director of the upper South Car- ville, Tenn., and Mobile, Ala., before' olina Rural Housing authority with accepting AM chair of religious edu-headquarters in Laurens. Mr. Leaman cation al Union seminary. assume his duties in the near ■»' , future. Chairman C. F. Fleming states. At the same meeting, held in Lau rens, the authority elected W. E. Freeman of Greenville, and John M. CHnten High . i ^'®mbert of Lancaster, as architects. Grid Games This Week' Gremwood at Hunting Seoson Laurens at Lau-'Opons November 20 Oct. 17, Friday Greenwood (night) ThemweU High Oct. 17, Friday rens (night). Preebytorian College (varsity) A. A. Richardson, chief game ward Oct. 17, Friday—Newberry at din- en of South Carolina, announced yes ton (wight). Rewrito LaM Week Clinton Hi^ 7, Laurens 12. Thomwell High .13, Greenwood 0. P. C. IS, The Citadel 21. terrday that the general hunting son in the state would open Novem** ber 30, the date set by Pieaident Roosevelt as ThanksgivU^ day. Ttie season cloaat March 1. r- n't