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r ■ 1 . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1925 THR CLINTON CHRONICLE, QLINTON, S. C. PAGE SEVEN *lhe BULUS EYE Editor mud Qonira/Monaqtr 1 WILL ROOERI ^ , Another *Bair Dariiam »dver- tiiement by Will Rogers, Zieg> feld Follies and screen star, and leading Amlerican humorist. More coming. Watch for them. I WANT it distinctly under stood that this is an ad. What’s rpofre, it’s one of my first attempts. Of course, the logical question is what does Will Rogers know about writing air ad ? My answer is simple—everything! The first thing any ad writer has got to know is how to get paid. I f6und that out. Tne first letters of the alphabet I learned were P. I. A.—that means Pay in Advance. The real truth about why I started writing/ads for these people is mat I got a family kicking the toes out of lots of shoes daily arjd I read where my employers sold enough of their stuff so that if the bags were laid end to end they would stretch further than from Oklahoma to Yokohama— and that’s some stretch. So I think this looks good to me. That’s why I signed up. I hope it turns into a steady job. At any rate. I’ll have another piece here two weeks from now. happened L JOHNNY GERALDS, FRIEND OF COLLINS, DENIES PLOT CHARGES P. S. I like to forgot to tell you what I forgot to tell yo was advertising, ft’s ’Bull* Durham. I j ^ n don’t smoke it myself. I don’t smoke lyselt anything, but somebody does or else what to all those bags? IT’S MORE ECONOMICAL of course, but the real reason thousands of he-men swear by good of ‘Bull* Durnam is because for sheer good* • ness of flavor, you just can t tie it Louisville, Feb. 9.—Johnny Geralds, one of the most active of the Collins’ neighbors in the early efforts to res cue Floyd Collins and the latter’s chum, came to Louisville today to give his story and refute “lies that have been told about me, either directly or in veiled terms.” Geralds returned to Cave. City to night to attend the military inquiry there tomorrow. “I am not a cave explorer or guide,” Geralds said in his statement, (copy righted by The Courier Journal.) “I never was in Mammoth cave except aa a boy many years ago. I am a tobacco buyer. “My story of my work for Floyd Collins is below: Saturday afternoon, January 31, I went to Cave City from Horse cave and oir my way passed Wood Forb, a neighbor. He asked me if 1 had heard about Floyd Collins’ being in the cave. “When I got to Cave City I learned that they thought they would have him out by Saturday night, so I thought nothing more -about it until Sunday afternoon when I found they had not got him out, and I said I would go to the cave, taking Earl Amers, Jimmy Burke, and Paul Bur nett in my car. “When we got to the cave I went down into it to find out what the sit uation was. That was Sunday night. They told me there was not any pos sible chance of getting to him. They told me Burnett could go in and feed him but he would not go in. Hears of Rescue Party* “While I was there I heard there was a rescue party coming from Louisville and I came back to Cave City to take the rescue pitrty up to the cave. Only one man got off. He was a newspaper reporter. “I went home to bed and Monday morning went over to Horse cave to get an air drill as they told me. I would have to drill my way into this rock. I also bought 300 feet of hose in order to make the connections reach down to Collins. I hired a man to take his gasoline engine and drilling equipment over and when we reached Cave City, Lieutenant Burden of the Louisville fire department was there. When we reached Sand cave they 'to get him something to eat. You and Oscar Logsdon can take me out and take me to Cave City. Victim Breaks Down “Floyd thought we could lift him, saying his feet were loose. He asked why I did not come’ right now and I told him something had dropped down and we would have to get it out. He began crying. I backed’ out and left him crying. The breakdown was about four tyishels of dirt and muck and rock, about four feet long and I told them I thought 1 could get to him in qn hotfr. “I organized a party and went down to the breakdown. “I put in one timber to keep rock from falling in on me and worked for about an hour getting the stuff out, leaving a small part of it for some one else to finish. “I came out and Mr. Carmichael got a party of five men to go down deed dated the 3rd day of December, 1919.” (8). “All those lots, pieces, or par cels of land, commonly known as num bers 137, 136, 133, 162, 161, 160, 149, 148, 160, 169, and portions of 168, and 161, with the following boundar ies: On the north by lots of W. E. Owens and C. B. Adair, on the east by Shands Street, on the south by Cope land Stredi, and a straight line on the north side of Copeland Street to G. H. Davidson estate lands across lot 168; on the west by real estatq^of G. H. Davidson, deceased, as will more fully me and finish cleaning out the break down. “They came out later and reported they had it cleaned up so we could go down to Floyd. “We went back down and 1 found that stuff had dropped down again, a little worse than before. “I ventured down the breakdown a little and a rock fell and hit me in the head. Another rock,' weighing about 40 pounds, fell and hit me in the back right on my spine. As soon as I could recover I called to Mr. Wells and told him to back out, and then I went out. Wells Declines Part “I told him to go down and take a look and see what he thought of it. He stuck his head around the cork screw and came back and shook his head.- He said to me: T would not go down there again if I were you.’ “He told me to come out on top and see a man there that Governor Fields had sent there to investigate. I went out to the head of the cave and made a remark to Carmichael that I was done and was not going back any more. “I then got in my car and came into Cave City. The last word that Floyd said to me was, ‘I’m done, go home and go to bed.’ I never could hear any more sound from him. “I went home Thursday night. Fri- would not let us go in. Lee Collins, 1 day morning I met Lee Collins and Floyd’s father, said he wanted to give Lieutenarit Burdon a chance to work. 1 stayed there all day waiting to give assistance if necessary. I noticed Mr. •Burdon said , I was in charge down there, but I was not. “I stayed there till some time Mon day night and Mr. Burdon and the - others tried to pull Floyd out with a rope and harness. “Mr. Hornung of Glasgow, went down with a second party to pull on tye rope lifter the first party report ed they, had pulled him about six inches. When I got below the cork screw turn I told Ben Wells, president of Ogdeb* college at Bowling Green, to come back and let me in front. Floyd heard me and hollored back, ‘That’s Johnny Geralds; he’s my friend. Let him down here; he’ll get me out.’ “I went down about six feet from Floyd as close as I could get to him. He told me what to do. We moved loose rock and passed it out and work- TWO BANS hr 15 ceats 100 rifiiretfcs for 15 carts Guaranteed by IN CO A FORAYS 9 WHOOPING COUGH PROBLEM SOLVED BY TAKING “WHOOP-NOT” DR. TURNER’S WHOOPING Gough Remedy. “WHOOP-NOT” is a prescription that was used successfully for years by a noted English Physician. It con tains no Alcohol, Narcotics nor injur ious drugs. Very pleasant to take and sold on n positive gnarantee to give relief or your money cheerfully refunded. FOR SALE BY YOUR DRUGGIST PRICE $1.00 ed where I could wrap Floyd in a quilt. “I went back out of the cave for about an hour; and begged for a smal man to go in with me and hand me two rocks so I could clear the pas- I told him he would not have to stay five minutes. “Two women from Munfordville small women, wanted to'go down but I would not let them, thinking it did not look right, with a bunch of men hanging around. “I went back down with Mr. Wells and my party and nearly stood on my head to pull those rocks out. Mr. Wells held my feet. “After I got the rocks out' I went down to Floyd with a bottle of milk and fed it to him. Then I went to work moving loose rock and sand from against his back. I asked Floyd all about how he got in and he told me he went in the same way we came down. Tells How Caught his son, Marshall, and they rode out to the cave with me. v Mr. Collins and Marshall insisted on my going down into the cave. I promised them I would go if they would let me. Sheriff Reed of Ed monson county, told me he would find out if they would let me go down Ben Kell* asked m« if I wa* going down to please Mr. Collins and his son or to satisfy myself. “I told them I was going down to please myselfjand them, too. “I met Mr. Carmichael down at the cave and talked to him about it. He told me he could not see it that way. Then I begged him to let me go into the cave. Later in the day, Homer Collins slipped into the cave and went down below the squeeze, which had been reported by sonfe one to have closed up.” appear on plat of survey made by Paul H. Nash, Surveyor, on Novem ber 23, 1905. Said lots containing about 3 acres of land, more or less. “Also, two lots or pieces or parcels and oh the west by lot of Colie B. Adah* containing one-half acre, more or less.” Terms of Salo: Cash. Purchaser to pay for all stamps and papers. Pur- Of land, or tract, situated in the Town chaser or purchasers to comply with of Clinton,. County of Laurens, State j the terms of sale forthwith. If the of South Carolina, commonly known;terms of sale are not complied with, as numbers 139 and 138, on plat of' the land to be re-sold on the same or survey made by Paul H. Nash, Sur-1 some subsequent salesday on the same v veyor, on Novembef 23, 1906, at the request of Mary G. Owens, and bound ed on the north by Nash Street, on the east by Shands .Street, on the south by lot of Mrs. Mary G. Owens, terms, at the risk of the former pur chaser. C. A. POWER, C. C. C. P. & G. S. Dated this 10th day of February, A. D., 1925.—2-26-3tc. “I asked him)if he was going in or NOTICE OF SALE State of South Carolina County of Laurens. IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS W. E. Owens, Plaintiff vs Colie B. Adair and J. M. Adair, Defendants. Pursuant of Order of the Court in the above entitled-Cause of Action, I will sell at public outcry, to the high est bidder, at Laurens Courthouse, at Laurens, South Carolina, on sales day in March next, being Monday, the 2nd day of the month, during the legal hours for ’such sale, the follow ing described real estate, to wit: (1). “All that lot, piece, or parcel of land, being and situate in the Town of Clinton, county and state aforer said, known as the Owens Hill Pro perty, described as follows by map and plat made by Paul H. Nash, Sur veyor, on November 23, 1905: Bound ed on the northeast by Phillips Street, and lands of J. Rhett Copeland, W. P. Baldwin, and J. V. Edwards; on the east and southeast by lands of T. M. Adair, Shand Street, Jas. R. Cope land, and Jack W. Dillard; on the south by lands of Edgar Owens, and coming out when he got caught and on the west by lands of G. H. David- he said he was coming out. He said son estate. And being the identical he was crawling around on the edge land described in mortgage of C. B. of a pit and just as he turned off from the pit, he kicked a small rock that was in the way of his foot. That was when the other rock fell and caught. m __ “He said he thought this other rook would weigh 50 or 60 pounds but other stuff coming down on top of the rock was holding it. “He went to sleep after I wrapped him up with a quilt and washed his face. “After resting an hour or two on J. Roy Crawford SURVEYOR CUNTON, S. C. Aclair to W. E. Owens dated the 31st day of December, 1919, recorded in Mortgage Book 47, page 157, Clerk’s office for Laurens county.” (2). “All that piece or parcel or lot of land, lying, being and situate in the Town of Clinton, codnty and state aforesaid, known as a portion of the W. E. Owens Property on Owens Hill, and fronting on Shands Street, com posed of eight (8) lots, numbers 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 113, 114, 115, on plat of survey made by Paul H. Nash, top, I went back into the cave again' Surveyor, on November 23, 1906. Said with my party. I told Floyd I might*eight lots containing about two (2) not gef back down until Wednesday, acres, more or less, and bounded on That was about 5 or 6 o’clock Tues day morning. “ ‘That don’t make any difference,' Flpyd said, T can live )iere two weeks if you will just feed me.’ the north by McMillan Street; on the east by lota numbers 11Q and 111 of Colie B. Adair, numbers 112, 210 of Mrs. Corrie Adair, numbers 202, 203, 204, 206 of Mrs. S. Y. Adair; on the “Oscar Logsdon told me he did not south by Nash Street; on the west think there was a, chance to get to bv Shands Street. A more accurate Floyd because of the breakdown. So, dAcription as to the measurements, Everett Maddox and I went down to j boundaries and shape of said lots can see what had happened. When I got | be found by reference to plat of same around the corkscrew, I saw the break- i made by Paul HT'Nash on November down about 14 feet above Floyd. He 133, 1965, and recorded in the Clerk heard me talking and hollored, ’Is, of Court’s office for Laurens Coun- that you Johnny?’ r • !..... }ty T Theaaid lots having beOPl$onyey- “I answered him and he asked mc.ed to C. B. Adair by W. E. Owens by Utility Every Day in the Month Twelve Months in the Year More motorists every day come to the conclusion that for year ’round utility there is no more practical or convenient car dun a Ford. The Fordor Sedan is roomy, comiortable, and attractive in appearance—inside and out In city traffic it handles and parks so easily that thousands drive it who could readily sifiord costlier cars. On country roads it comes through where heavier can frequently cannot Such qualities as these have brought the Ford its well-deserved reputation as the “Universal Car." S880 Fordor S*dan 690 AU prtooo f.o.k. 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