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t THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Wat ffllintnn If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIII Clinton, S. C, Thursdoy, April 22, 1943 Number 16 1943 THEN WERE THE /DISCIPLES GLAD There never had been gladness quite Like Christ’s disciples knew that day: It was like clear dawn after night, It was lost joy returned to stay, It was faith shining through despair, It was the silver faith that glows 'In trusting hearts . . . These all were there That Easter day when Christ arose. t And like the ever widening rings Of water where a bird has sped After a quick bright dip of wings, That morning’s happiness has spread Encircling earth in its wide scope, Encircling you, encircling me, To touch at last with light and hope The far shores of eternity. By Grace Noll Crowell Clinton-Goldville Buys $223,000 War Bonds <5r.\y.v v duction Credit association, and M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers. L. E. Bishop is local chairman, and R. L. Plaxico chairman of the so licitation committee. In the drive the latter was assisted by seven team The Clinton-Goldville area, with a quota of $200,000 in the Second War Loan campaign, had gone “over the top” yesterday with sales aggregat ing $223,020.00. The drive is not yet ^ completed and before it closes on the captains and a large group of solici- 30th is expected to show a still fur- {ton, who have worked hard and done | ther increase. ' Residents of Clinton, the Lydia and i Clinton Mills communities had pur- i chased through yesterday $152,982.50. The City of Clinton purchased $10,000 land tl>e Joanna Textile Mills com- i pany and employes of Goldville, $60,- |000. The sales were made largely through the post office, Commercial Depository, Citizens Federal Savings! Laurens county ot $616,000 against a and Loan association, Clinton Pro-1 quota of $410,000. ; an excellent job. The $223,020.00 in bonds was pur-j chased by individuals and business concerns of the, Qlinton-Goldville ; area. It was learned late yesterday thatl in the city of Laurens and upper part of the county, bond sales have totaled $393,000, making a total for Presbyterian Choir To Present Easter Cantata Sunday The choir of the First Presbyterian church, under the direction of Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, will present the cantata, I'The Redeemer,” by Clarence Dick- | inson, Sunday evening at 8 o’clock, i The public is cordially invited. The program follows: W. M. Page Passes Suddenly At Home William M. Page, 63, died suddenly last Wednesday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. C. Goff, on Woodrow street. He had been in de clining health for some time. The funeral services were held Friday morning at 11 o’clock at the North Pacolet Baptist church near 'Campobello, in Spartanburg county, ‘Meditation on ‘Ah! Dearest Je-1 and attended by a large concourse sus’ ”—organ (Johann Gruger). of friends. Interment followed in the LIEUT. PUNCAN WORKMAN MILITARY FUNERAL FOR CRASH VICTIM Popular Clinton .Youth Killed In Boise, Idaho, Laid To Rest At Rose- mont. Large Crowd Attends Last Rites. The body of Lieut. Duncan Work- TWO NATIONS FIGHTING FOR SAME CAUSE President Roosevelt and Mexican President Af firm Their Faith In Pol- / icy of 'Good Neighbors.' Monterey, Mexico, April 20.—Pres ident Roosevelt and .President Avila Comacho of Mexico proclaimed the brotherhood in arms of their two na tions and their mutual desire, for a peace wherein no group in one coun try may exploit the resources and people of another. It was an historic meeting — the first in which a United States presi- ; dent has traveled deep into Mexico, i and the first meeting of Mexican and American chief executives in 34 years. The two presidents spoke at a ban quet in this northern Mexican indus trial center. Their words were spread throughout the world by radio. Mr. Roosevelt said: “The twenty-one free republics of the Americas during the past ten years have devised a system of in ternational cooperation which has be come a great bulwark in the defense of our heritage and our future . . . "In the forging of that new inter national policy the role of Mexico COUNTY KEERIN6 UP ITS BUYING OF WAR BONDS The purchasing of war bonds con tinues in Laurens county at a good rate, figures made public this week by the county war savings commit tee for the first three months of the year disclose. These figures show that purchases Copeland Rites Are Held Here Former Clintonian Passes In Columbia After Brief Illness. Commitment rites for John Cal houn Copeland, 60, well known Co lumbia business man, were held at the Presbyterian cemetery here late in the county in t^ke months of Janu- Saturday afternoon. The funeral ser- ary, February and March amounted vices were toftducted from the Shan te $269,887.50. From Columbia comes word that the continued response of the people of the county to the war bond call is highly gratifying to W. P. Bowqrs. state bond administrator, and James H. Hammond, chairman of the state war savings committee. The aggregate purchases of bonds in the entire state of South Carolina for the first three months of the year amounted to $13,672,000, or $772,000 in excess of the combined monthly* quotas of $12,900,000 for the year’s first quarter. Purchases in this county in the first three months of the year were divided as follows: January, $90,- 206.25, February, $93,506.!25; March, $86,175.00. don Presbyterian churqh, Columbia, at 3 o’clock by his pastor, Rev. F. Ray Riddle. Mr. Copeland died at the Columbia hospital late Friday night has been outstanding.’ “In Joseph’s Lovely Garden”—cho-! church cemetery. The services were man, who lost his life on April 13 in President Avila Camacho said: rus; obligate^— Miss Effie McCown j i n charge of Rev. Walter N. Long, 1 a four-motored bomber crash at “j n order to contribute to the work (traditional Spanish). pastor of the First Baptist church of Gowan field, Boise, Idaho, arrived of the post-war period the United “This Glad Easter Day”—chorus; this city, assisted by Rev. J. W.’Sunday afternoon on the vestibule states and Mexico are placed in a solos—Miss McCown, J. Isaac Cope-! Sprinkle of Chesnee, and Dr. D. J. and was at the home of his mother,! situation of undeniable possibilities land (traditional Norwegian) “When the Dawn Was Breaking”— chorus (traditional Polish). “My Peace I Leave With You”— chorus (Frank Schubert). “Christ'Is Arisen” — chorus (Paul Fehrman). “Joy Fills the Morning” — chorus (Antonio Lotti). “The Soul At Heaven’s Gate”— male chorus (traditional 17th cen tury). “An Easter Litany*'—chorus; solo— Miss Effie McCown. Those taking part in the cantata will be: Peggy Johnson, Robbie King, Carolyn Murphy, Amelia Payne, Ed- ria Earle' Ifoilfrhan, Dorts Baldwin, Julia Taylor, Effie McCown, Eleanor] ers, AUender Page of Boding Springs, Powell, Byrd McMillian, Miss- Sybil Burdette, Mrs. Marshall Brown, Mrs. Tom Milam, Mrs. Henderson Pitts, Woods of this city. ^rs. Nene Duncan Workman, until and obligations. Mr. Page was a native of Spartan- the funeral service. The body wasj “Geography has made us a natural burg county, where he was a highly shipped Thursday morning under the bridge of conciliation between the regarded citizen, and had spent his escort of Lieut. Cliff M. Dekle, an of- life until five years ago when he fleer of the 52nd bombadier squad- moved here to make his home with^on of which Lieut. Workman was his daughter. He weas a devoted mem- ’ also an officer. Lieut. Dekle, a native her of the Baptist church, a man of|Of Orlando, Fla., was a co-officer and Christian qualities who possessed friend of Lieut. Workman and re mained here at the Duncan home until after the funeral service. The impressive miliUry funeral Latin and Saxon cultures of the con tinent. "Good neighbors, good friends. iThat is what we have always wished many friends who are saddened by his passing. In -addiUen to his daughter, Mrs. Goff, the deceased is survived by'service was held Monday afternoon four sister, Mrs. Dovie Christopher of' a t four o’clock from Broad Street Campobello, Mrs. Della Fagan of | Methodist church of which the young Green Creek, N. C., Mrs. Pate Ow» ns officer was a member. The services of Boiling Springs, and Mrs. Nannie j were in charge of the pastor, Rev. J. Wright of Landrum; and two_ broth-|h. Kohler, assisted by » former pas tor and intimate friend of the family. Rev. H. O. Chambers of Greenville. Six cadets from the 39th AAF after having been ill for three days. | Mrs. Reese Young, Mrs. Heath Cope A large number of friends from here and Columbia attended the last rites. Mr. Copeland was a native of this land. Also Dr. B. O. Whitten, Dr. J. Wil liam Frey, J. Isaac Copeland, J. S. and Joe Page of Green Creek. William M. Blakely Promoted To Major to be for all the people of the earth.” The meeting of the two presidents occurred at a climactic point in Pres ident Roosevelt’s second major in spection of America’s war effort. There y/as no definite hint in the addresses, which were broadcast, as to what specific matters of state the two chief executives had been dis cussing in the hours since Mr. Roose velt arrived by special train from Texas late in the day. The American president had told reporters, hou- ever, that they would consider many William training detachment at Presbyterian among them the future of |college served as active pallbearers. | an< ^ States. ! Fourteen cadets from the same de-1 Roosevelt did declare: tachment composed the honorary es-l * n t * ie shaping of a common vic- M. Blakely, of this city, cor ^ The music was furnished by a t° r y our peoples are finding that city and was known to his friends j Gray, Julian S. Bolick, Victor Moore’! has , re ^ entl y been Promoted to the cadet quartet ‘ and boyhood acquaintances as “J^C.” (pierce Timberlake, Roy Krouse, Kay , ® f T ^ ajor . u a _ t _? a J n P McICall V Hoff ;, The service, the city’s first military He was a son of the late John Cal houn and Sarah Elizabeth Young Copeland. Mr. Copeland left Clinton 39 years ago to enter the men’s furnishings business in Columbia. He and his brother, the late H. Arthur Cope land, were associated together a number of years under the firm name Kyser, Tommy Hollis, Dean Owens, [!) an ’ N : C '’ w ^ ere h® ^ a member ot Richard DeMontmollin. ; the regimental staff, 194th glider in- I fantry. ' . Major Blakely graduated from Presbytery Acts (-Presbyterian college with a commis- On Lynn Request they have common aspiration. They |can work together for a common ob- funeral since the war began, was at-, ^ ^ e '. ^ [ lever * ose ou r hold tended by one of the largest audienc-1 “ P ° n J?*‘"J 1 ' * ns within ,t es ever assembled here for such an: . .. - a n U f e • app * n ®? s an< * occasion. The church auditorium, p f p . ^ ^ ° n ° es , , j . . __,’iof our unfortified border. "Let us make sure that when our Promoted To Coptoincy ision as second lieutenant and entered ? unday school department and gal-' active service more than two years '| ery filled to over-flowing. In* victory ^ WO n, when the forces of , ago as a first lieutenant: He was sta- ! J erme ^ followed at Rosemont ceme- evil surrender _ and that surrender At the meeting of South Carolina I tioned at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, t | y ‘ I sha11 be unconditional—then we, with of Copeland company. In recent years! P^bytery on Tuesday at Little, b ^ f ore being transferred to Cam P TOerous and deaut i{ u i The casket was the same s P irit with the same he and Tom M. Watts, also a Clinton,Mountain church in Abbeville coun- McKall. Major Blakely is the son of , dra wjth „ A ^united courage, will face the task of . • _ a i s 1 i - I oc* ♦ o « i /-»*-» • 4 V* a iVIFS. R. F RlrilCPlV TYt H FI V * boy, had been associated in business ty, action was taken upon ‘ the re- ;-M rs - R- R- Blakely and has many vjr, aitiuu wad taivcn upuu uic ic-p ^ ***m**^ fnrnishpH hv thp arwprnmpnt under the same name. (quest of Dr. L. Ross Lynn asking for trends and relatives here who will, ^^‘terth/ benedirtionTnd as the I j: 1..t: 41 1 i- hp rntprfwtoH in the imnnnnr-omont nf lilt UtlltXill. UOll UI1U dS U1C a large American flag - uL., ,. „ “ . building of a better world. In his adopted city Mr. Copeland die dissolution of the pastoral rela- be interested in the announcement of took an active part in church, civic and business affairs and was one of the most popular business men in Columbia. He has a wide circle of relatives and friends here who are [accepted tions between himself and Thornwell bis promotion Memorial church of this city. I # Dr. Lynn’s resignation was recent- Revival Services At ly presented to the congregation and D n J|p V Uomnrml accepted to become effective July l,u,,c 7 *v*CBiiuriai first, at which time he will retire as president of Thornwell orphanage. Jones Resigns At Duncan's Creek saddened by the announcement of his unexpected death. Surviving are his widow, the for mer Miss Eva Coggins of Newberry; two daughters, Miss Eva Grey Cope land of Columbia, and Mrs. L. W. Gilland of Plainfield, N. J.; and the following nieces and nephews: Mrs. J. M. Dick of Raleigh, N. C., Mrs. T. F. Wallace of Columbia, Mrs. Harry Nettles of this city, and Capt. Arthur Copeland, now with the American i Presyterian church near troops in Africa. Clinton friends and relatives EASIER SUNRISE SERVICE SUNDAY casket was lowered. Taps was sounfl- ed by a cadet. Instantly five planes from the Greenville air base passed , over the cemetery flying in forma-i tion to add to the impressiveness and ( sadness of the service. In the first ♦- Community revival services will formation three one plane was! An outdoor sunrise Easter service begin Sunday evening, April 25. a t; mi T ssin * lphpnor uf L ‘ eut ' will be held at the college stadium Bailey Memorial M.E. Church, South.' Lltut -, D ^ kle A saw } he acc,dtnt at Sunday morning at 6:30. The special The preaching service will be pre-i Gowan t ‘ eld ' A ^ording to govern- service, appropriate for Easter, is ceded by a 15-minute song service. ; ment custom an eye witness always sponsored by the Young Peoples *>- The meeting will be led hv Fvan accompanies the body of one who is cieties of the churches m the city. gelist A. E. fmith of Laurens for-r kl | led V\ his h £ mc and the escort is The p “ b , Uc ^cordially invited to be merlv of Turheville Th* selected from his squadron. present for this special program. According to information received — Dr. Dudley Jones, of this city, be- nierly of Turbeville. The pastor of cause of 111 health, has recently re- church. Rev. W. R. Quinn, states signed as pastor of Duncan's Creek *l>»‘ Mr - Stmt*! is a. forceful speaker man and , w0 other n' uU , n , mts were here. His and singer, and has had long success- ^ | resignation has been accepted by the expener^e as an evangelist He ‘"dem^curre^^d‘iir^href w^re in-! Congregation. and the pastoral rela-! f^ds to the Public a cordial inyi- klUed> 0n the take _ ofT uf the botnbcT cluded among the pallbearers were: Active, H. D. Henry and John T. Young; honorary, John W. Finney, Sr., T, D. Copeland and Dr. J. Lee Young. tions dissolved by / FIRST LltfUT. JAMES F. DAVIS. C,.- • _ C Ar • _ A* son of Mrs. George M. Davis of this JUImS" JUTYICe Mi city, and the late Mr. Davis, has been LeCSVille Church promoted to the rank of captain in » the U. S. army. a There will be an Easter sunrise, Captain Davis U now stationed at at 6:30 o’clock at Leesville CnnHIfi-liaht Service CampGruber, Oklahoma At the an-1 Methodist E church, South. The*, 0 , t,,™, nual general inspection held recently j, cordially invite* to attend! At Lutheran Church he v^as commended in letters from ^ service, the commanding general and regi-j „ mental commander for his °utstand-l to* services end fin. example of IMPQUJANJ NOTICE ON THE WAR FRONTS Tunisia: Continued Concentration South Carolina ^tion to attend the services and help 'the Tik-r^arently 1 blew‘out gainst the Axis air supply line and presbytery in session Tuesday at Lit- bring about a genuine spiritual re- and the ^ lost control of the ma- evacuaUpn route brings down 12 tie Mountam church in Abbeville,' 1V ai - county. . j * Officers announced yesterday that | ||| I Cflk the Rev. J. S. Gray of the college ( - WLLLwL faculty will preach for congregation PT||f\ryTr I ri\ next Sunday morning at 11:30. The \| IJlIrFl IJ LALLlL) public is cordially invited to attend ^ wvfckwr the service. ; chine. In an attempt to avoid crash- m°re transports, eight other planes, ; ing into the barracks ahead of the t0 bring 48-hour total to 112, includ- runway, filled with officers, the pilot in -’ ‘ ' big air transport planes; Lon- turned the plane and as he did so,' don beais R a ban fleet has put to sea crashed into another parked plane in Mediterranean, occupied by two officers and prepar-> , es , ter p 4 t * ur ‘ >pi ‘, ^* errnan y observes ing to take off. These two planes, in birthday, with gloomy turn, skidded into a third machine ■'E* ?ec bt‘s coming from leaders. Goeb- bels saying war in “hardest stage so far”; continental radio stations leave parked on the ramp on which men were at work. At the time of the leadership. His company, the reporta showed, exhibited standards above any others in the regiment Friends and relatives in the city of Captain Davis will be interested to learn of his promotion. Local Men Attend Presbytery Meet TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS As previously announced, the sub scription rate of THE CHRONICLE will be $2.00 a year effective May 1, an increase of less than one cent a s \ week. The only exception will be The spring meeting of South Caro- men in the service, their rate con- lina presbytery was held Tuesday at tinuing at $1.50 a year as at present FOR ARMY DUTY1PPPPW|M^^^M Fifty-three Presbyterian college crash, the Ijeutenant in charge of the a *r, indicating Allied airmen joining i students, volunteers In the Enlisted bomber was taking Lieut. Worktnan ce * e bration with daylight raids; RAF Reserve corps, have received orders and a second officer up for their final P la nes in small groups attacked cofb- from the Fourth Service Command instrument check. jmunications systems last night. The annual candle-light service iroin 010 Fourth Service Command instrument check. Little Mountain church in Abbeville county. Ministers and laymen attend ing from here were: Dr. L. R. Lynn, Dr. D! J. Woods, Dr. J. K. Roberts, Dr. M. W. Brown and C. F. Winn. tor, the Rev tends a cordial invitation to the pub lic to attend the service. SPOKE TO BANKERS \ W. P. Jacobs, of UUB tikj, wa» one of the principal speakers at the Our subscribers’ attention is directed to th* announcement pertaining to the small adjustment in rate found on page seven m today’s paper. with the administration of the Lord’s headquarters in Atlanta to report for In addition to the three officers in klnt? Supper will be held tonight (Thurs- actl ye army duty on next Tuesday, the Workman bomber, two other men davl at 815 at St John’s Lutheran A P r R 27 - who were engaged in ground crew n ? vf 3 * f r? m K yban penin- church. This impressive service is a The list is made up of members of work on a nearby, plane lost their g la tl * b V spot ‘ holding them against nart of the church’s Holv Week ob- **** freshman nnd sophomore classes, lives in the accident. All three planes a . ' »d ^mJnorate, me“-|Th«y wUl report to toeir closest re- were destroyed by tire, officers , ?■> bo«h,<Wet stftution of the Sacrament The pas-' «Ptron centers, the South Carolina and the Are department succeeding, f iow * (low n considerably. Allied stituuon Of toe sacrem^trne pas^ to Fort Ja£kson North Carolina however , ^ removing u,, 13. me „ bombers going on lone missions to ’ to Fort Bragg, Florida to Camp without being burned. Lieut. Work- bl * airdromes in New Britain and Blanding, and Georgia to Fort Me- man met instant death, as did his two Guinea - Pherson. companion officers. His death was * Students not included in the call, due to a skull fracture on the back T 0 Give Eflil Hunt* ( Dean Marshall W. Brown stated, are of the head when the crash came that _, _ Dr. W. P. Jacobs^ of this city, was, those pursuing pre-medical courses brought to a tragic end the life of a For Children and in the advanced R.O.T.C. classes, promising young man of this com- » This is the first group of reserves munity who was highly regarded by An Easter egg hunt for the chil- of Bailey Memorial M. E. 43rd annual convention of the South Carolina Bankers association held j called from the cdUege by the war many for his admirable traits of dren last night in Columbia. “What Are We Fighting For?” was the subject of his address. department for army duty. Two Clin- character, and who had made an Church, South, will be given on the ton boys are included in the list, Eu- enviable ^record since entering the church lawn Saturday afternoon be- gene C. King and Charles R. Franks, air corps. ginning at 5 o'clock.