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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C.
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1925 > . (
Citizens Hold
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Road Meeting
A-number of good roads enthusiasts
from Clinton, Milton and Long
Branch communities; Went' to the
Myrna section in the upper.-part of
the county on Tuesday afternoon to
attend a goqd roads meeting. Sev
eral enthusiastic, speeches were made
and unusual interest -manifested .in the
meeting which was well attended by
citizens of that locality. The meet
ing went on record as favoring‘the.
county-wide program of good roads
and pledged its support to. the new'
projects now under way or being con
sidered. In turn the gentlembn >froih
this section assured the Woodville
people that they were perfectly will
ing that their roa^-should be built.
A spirit ^jjedfn^wide vcw>pera
tc the mutual benefit* of.all, permeatef
the meeting.
See our Men’s Oxfords before
you buy. Prices $3.00 to $12.00.
L. B. DILLARD.
STUDENT .HELD
ON THEFT AIM
BULLS EYE
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“Editor and Qeneral^Manager
' WILL ROGERS
Unknown
Historical Fact
D ID y o u k n o w that
George* Washingjoh,
The adopted Father of our
Country, just before he got
on the Ferry to cross, the
Delaware for the Photo
graphing of that now fa-
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mous Picture, Did you know
A. H. Caldwell In Dorchester Jail
As Man Who Attempted Rob-
. 1»ery In Ranker’s Home*.
St, George, May 177—Confessing, it
is alleged, that he entered the home-of
Q. D. Qukes, cashier of the First' Na
tional Bank, for thp purpose- of rob
bery, «e^.. M. Caldwell, a student in
the law department of the University
of South Carolina and giving Florida
as his Hftme originalljf, is in the coun
ty jail charged with the act. < .
Attracted,by a'noise*which she be
lieved was due to the, falling'of some
object in the home, Mfs. C. D. Dukes
arose shortly after midnight this
morning to ? determine the cause of the
sound and Was confronted by a masked
man at bhe of the rear windows flour-
ishing a revolver,*. The map ordered
her to keep quiet* she said." Mrs.
Dukes had not awakened Mr. Dukes
when sbe got up, as she did not feel
that, the‘^noise indicated anything
serious. Failing to heed the warning
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GET Rlfo of THAT QACKACHE ►
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Thinning Ranks
. Dugan: “Well, guess I will go down
and get my hair cut.” '
Whalean: “B’gosh, it is singular,
isn’t it?” ^
Cynic Wants to Know
'Dibble: “I see some'college profes
sor has perfected a machine that will
register the heat of a maiden’s blush.”
Babble: “That’ll»do to tell—but
where in this day and age will they
find any bluskes to try it on?”
of the intruder, her. cry brought the
banker to the^assistance of his wife.
Mr. Dukes, after seizing his revol
ver, started In pursuit, of the masked
man, who by that time had left the
window where he was first seen by
Dukes and was attempting to
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enter the front door. There he was
confronted by Mr. Dukes and a pis
tol duel ensued-. Mr. Dukes fired
twice, his assailant firing three.,or
four times. The front of the house
bears testimony to the exchange of
shots, the glass front of the door
being completely shattered and the
ipark of * a . bullet being in evidence
just above it, . * •
. As soon as the alarm was given a
number of citizens under .the direction
of Deputy Sheriff J: L. Platt institu
ted a search for the intruding party.
George W. Linstedt, license inspector
of the State 'Highway bepartment,
was one ql^/fhe first to reach the
scene and rendered great assistance
in apprehending the man charged with
the c/ime. Sheriff Limohouse, al
though confined to his'bed on account
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Wise Youth
Old Doctor: “Understand-—after you
have graduated, the real fight is Only
starting. . You have to settle down,
hang out your shingle and build up a
practiced - • *
, Graduate: “I expect %good practice
right from the start,—I’m going to
put my office right next to a grade
crossing.” ‘
Still a Question
“Is my face flushed—or is it my
imagination?”
“Well—I don’t knoy^—but your face
is not flushed.”
... You Knoif What He Means
^ “Did you get those knocks out of
your car?” >
“Yep—all but the one in the back
^seat “
How the F^ght Started
Sists“What are you writing?”'
Brother: “Some jokes.”
Sis: “Well, give my regards to all
of them.”
Sounds Logical '
Little U^ild: “Daddy, why do they
call the English language ’The Moth
er Tongue’?”
t Wise Dad: “Because father never
gets a chance to use it.” * - A
Yes, Indeed
Child: “Father,,what is a Brussels
ULness. got in tottch with the sTtiia- 'sprout7” v .. '
tion from his home at Summerville! Father: “It’s a cabbage gone wrong,
and immediately sent Special Officers m y son - , * ’
Clinton People Point the Way.
The constant aching of a bad back. ! ’
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The weariness, the tired feeling;
EZine
Headaches, dizziness, nervousness,
Distressing urinary disorders—
* Are often signs of failing kidneys ^
And"too serious to be neglected. ,
Get rid of them troubles!
Use Doan’s Pills—a stimulant diure
tic to the kidney
Hosts of people recommend Doan’s.
This is a Clinton case.
You can verjty iL
W. J. Duncan, \E. Carolina Ave.,
says: “Every time d stooped, a sharp <
catch took me in \my kidneys. AU*
night I couldn’t rest well on account <
of the pains through'hiy kidneys and^
when I got up mornings, my back, was ! <
stiff and sore,* I was finally con-' < >
.vinced.it. was ^my kidney» that caused **
the trouble. They, acted too freely J
A friend advised me to try Doan’s'
Pills, so I used them. In a snort time
they rid me of the trouble
Price 60c, at all dealers.
E ly ask for a kidney remedy
•oan’s Pills—the same that Mr. Dun-t
can had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mirs.,
Buffalo. N. Y. * ;
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FOR YOUNG MEN—
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Something in Red and Colored Neck-,
medy-^t'i: and Colored Belts, Shirts,, Sox, ~
Handkerchiefs, Collars, Suit of Clothes,
Hat or Shoes would make a nice gift.
: BILIOUS SPELLS ;
’• Kentucky Man Finds Relief * 1 o
from Dizzy Attacks. —
Clayton Pqintel and J. W. Meyservey
to the assistance of JDeputy Platt.
Bloodhounds, in charge ,of Officers
Forbes and Chandler of Sumter reach
ed the scene shortly after the .crime
4.
His Hour
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“I’m boss in my home—
“Yes?” '
“—when the wife and b<5th children
had be£n committed. Caldwell, how-| Rre awa J'
ever, had been apprehended before
their arrival.
They were, however, put on the
, , j i -i trail, which led through different
that.He sm,QKetl , the
of ‘Bull’ Durham while he
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was waiting for the Ferry?
(things were just as late in
his War, as they \yere in our
last one). Now I have never
heard of this ‘Bull’ Durham
episode before, neither have
I evef heard.it denied.- So if
it’s never either been affirm
ed or denied, there is no rea
son to disbelieve that it’s,
not true. ‘Bull’ Durham
originated in Virginia, and
-Washington lived in Vir
ginia, and he was a great
man to patronize home in
dustries. And as Washing
ton was the best man of his
day, and Durham the best
tbbacco of its day, there is
no plausible reason to doubt
that these two most excel
lent Institutions didn’t read-.
; ily recognize the good in
each other and get together.
Ed Purdy’^PhiJqs .
“One thing certain is that few
clothes lines are breaking these days
from the weight of women’s clothes
First National Bank, where Caldwell y‘ nne< ^ t ^ ereon ' .
had parked his car. The starting of
the car at the rear-of the bank at
tracted the attention vwhich resulted
in the capture of Caldwell. * He was
overtaken on Main street and when
first questioned denied any connection
with the crime. Later, however, he
A Rare Bird
Whiskers: “I’m proud to say that I
am an old fashipned. doctor.”
I Patient: “What does that mean,
Doc?”
Whiskers: “J try my best to find
, ... . . „ , out what is the matter with you with-
made a full confess.on -.t 1S alleged out c>m jn a , ot of ^ di8cus . s
in the presence of Deputy Sheriff i
Platt and the officers from . Sumter.
the matter with me.
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sumr-nvE tears ago:
In 1860 a blend of to- .,
bacco w^s born - ‘Bull’
Durham. On quality
alone it has won recog
nition wherever tobac
co is known. It still.
offers the public this—
more flavor, more en
joyment and a lotznore,
money left at the end
of a week’s smoking.
He stated, it is said, that he was per
suaded to. commit the deed by an ac
complice whose name he claimed he
did not know and that.the shooting
was done by the other man.
When apprehended he had a red
handkerchief ned about his wrist: At
that time it was not thought that he
had been wounded, l>ut an examina
tion by physicians, after he had been
placed in jail, showed that he had
received a slight wound on the arm.
In addition to the revolver and hand
kerchief he had a pair of scissors, a
mirror, a ball of stout cord and about
twenty-five'bullets. There were sev
eral . pieces of the cord of different
lengths which bad been looped in such
a way as to indicate that it was in
tended to be used very quickly. Early
this mormhg.a set of false moustacheli
was found in the Dukes yar4. When
seen by Mr. and Mrs. Dukes, Caldwell
wore a moustache and had a handker
chief tied about his face.
Caldwell was apprehended on the
road leading, in the direction of Co- 1
lumbia. Mr. Linstedt of the highw.ay
departement communicated with the
.authorities in Columbia to determine
the ownership of the car. The person
to whom it belonged stated that Cald
well had borrowed it from him to take
a trip to. Laurens.^ Mr. Linstedt will
return the automobile to the owner in
Columbia this evening.
In his alleged upnfession the man
tated that his father had recently
killed his soh-in-iaw and seriously j
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“I suffered with severe bilious
attacks that came on two or three
time* each month,” says Mr. J. P.
Nevins, of JLawrenceburg, Ky.
”1 would have dizziness and
couldn’t work.
“I would take pillsj until I was
worn-out with them. I didn’t seem
to get relief. After, taking the pills 1
my bowels Would act a couple or ''
» three times, then 1 would be very
constipated.
“A neighbor told me of Black-
Draught and I began its use. 1
never have found so much relief as
it gave me. 1 would not be with
out it for anything.
“It seemed to cleanse my whole
system and made me feel like new.
i would take Vfew doses—get rid
of the bile and have my usual dear
head, feel full of ’pep’ and could do *
twice the work.”
and'
Made from pure, medicinal roots
id herbs, Black-Draught is na-
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ture*s Own remedy for such symp
toms as the above, when due to a
torpid liver.
Sold everywhere; 25c.
C-32a
mack-draught
1IVER MFDIfllir
LIVER MEDICINE
Men’^ Panama and Straw Hals
$1.25 to $5.00. / • ^ ,
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Something in Silk Hose, Belts, Handker-
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chiefs, Burses, Undergarments, Dress
Goods, Ready-Made Presses or Spring
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CLINTON, S. C.
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Remove the Cause
’ “Is your boss a crank?” ^
“No indeed.. Everybody in our firm
is a self-starter.” /'
Some Shiek
There is a man in our town,
And he is wondrous wise,
He always picks his girl friends
-With “Yes—Yes” in their eyes.
Title, At Last ,
Diggens: “Well, Bill, L hear that
you have a white-collar job.”
Billikens: “Yep. I went to work
at the laundry Monday/’
Truth of It
Roth: “I hear Sam Heath wrecked
his auto down the Mill road last night.
What was the cause of ikt acci
dent?”, j
. Graham: “Chickens ?”
_ Roth: “B’gosh there should be a law
against letting chickens run in the
road.’ ^
Graham:
the car.”
“These chickens were in
TWO BAG$ for 15 cents
100 cigarettes for 15 cents
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1X1 Fifth A*
Nor York Cby
Blonde Bess Opines
, “Oh, I can’t drive out Tuesday even
ing. That is the one night in the
week we children have agreed to let-
Dad use his car.”
GOLDVILLE WINNER
OVER BATESBURG, 4-0
Goldville defeated Batesburg on
wounded his daughter in Florida, and j Saturday, May 9th, at Batesburg, by
newspaper ''clipping in the man’s the score of 4 to 0. The features of
grip, which was found near the inter-' ^ie game were the pitching of Flow,
section of the Walterbo/o and Orange-! allowing only two hits, and the
jurg roads about six miles from St. | smooth work of the Goldville team,
George, bears out this statement. The playing errorless ball,
handbag was found after he had told
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I have tried a number of different plans of .saving,
and I have found that there is only one that wiU as
sure my having a certain amount of money saved at
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officers where he had concealed it.
end of the year and that is to put a predeter mined-
amount of my pay in my Savings Account the first.
thing I do each pay day. If you’ll try this plan I know
you will like it. «
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played statement on its front paTe
He stated that he was without funds j that he was the thousandth student to j ss
and was trying to get money with . enter the university. He is about 26
which to get to his home in Florida,! years old and of rather pleasing ad
dress.
I am glad to recommend this strong banking institu
tion to others. -
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on account of the tragedy referred to
m the newspaper clipping.. He hLd
$2 when apprehended.
Caldwell gave evidence of being ill
in the jail early this morning. Physi
cians wete summoned, but there is no
indication that his condition is serious.
‘He refused to recognize anyone, but
whether his condition . is feigned has
not been determined.
Caldwell came to St. George about
a year ago/giving his home as Flori
da. After staying here several months
and creating the impression that he
was well supplied with money he en
tered the University^of South Cfire-
lina as a law student. One of the
Columbia newspapers a few months
ince his car was parked at the rear
of 1 the bank, it is supposed that the
purpose of the intruder was to force
Mr. Dukes to accompany him to the
bank and turn over, to him available
money. Even thqDgh Mr. Duke* had
gone, Caldwell could not have accom
plished such a purpose,* as all the cash
was'In the vault whidh is .provided
with a time lock.
OUR SERVICE MAKES FRIENDS”
One lot of Ford Springe, $2 each
delivered, or a guaranteed one for $5.
Try. our Transmission Linings, Con-
necting~Rods, Timers, Tope, and many
other parta tor that Ford. Have them
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