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PAGE SIX THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. - i 9^.4^ * THUR8DkY, JANUARY 27, 1927 Sheriff’s Sales FRED HILL Hunter Township '1 Lot and 1 Building “All that piece, parcel or lot of land, lying, being and situate in or near the town of Clinton and State of South Carolina, and beinng lots No. 9 and 10 as shown on a plat of the Bailey prop erty recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens county in Book 17, page 435; said lots front 42 feet each on a new street opened by the Anderson Real Estate and Trust Co., and run back in parallel lines a distance of 94 feet; this is a part jaf the land bought of the said company from Mrs. Fannie Bailey. The above described lots contain thereon dwell ing and improvements.” , Notej—Mortgage held by the Liber- A PAIR OF BLLE EYES ty Bdflding and Loan Association of 1° estimate of the affable Clinton. brakeman we were making a fair av erage of twenty miles an hour across REV. NOAH MeCLINTOCK Hunter Township 1 Lot the greatest country on earth. It was the flat country of far hori- and for vast stretches peopled A Z1I s. “All that certain piece, parcel or lot nly, “ one might judge from the of land situate in the town of Clinton,; c *' r windows, by aqtelope and prairie South Carolina, Laurens county, con-• ^ob taining one (1) acre more or less and known as lot No. 2, bought from D. E. Tribble and W. M. Finney, and bound ed by lots Nos. 1, 3 and 13 and the public rbad. _ A. E. Spencer and A. V. Martin were the surveyors of this property. This being the home where I now reside and having thereon my one-story frame shingle-roof dwelling located in the northwestern section of the town of Clinton, S. C., and all buildings thereon, if any there be.” ARTHUR HILL Hunter Township 2 Lota “All that lot or parcel of land lying, being and situate in the town of Clin ton, Laurens county, State of South Carolina, and containing a fraction of an acre. Said lots known as lots Nos. 7 an 8, as shown on a plat recorded in office of the Clerk of Court for said county and state in plat bookl? at page 435. Said lots fronting 42 tYet despite the novelty of such a ride behold me, surfeited with already five days’ steady travel, engrossed chiefly in observing a clear, dainty profile and waiting for the glimpses, time to time, of a pair of exquisite blue tffea. Merely to indulge myself -in femi nine beauty, however, I need not have undertaken the expense and fatigue of journeying from Albany on the Hud son out to Omaha on the plains side iof the Missouri River; thence by the Union Pacific Railroad of the new transcontinental line into the Indian country. There were handsome women aplen ty in the East! and of access, also, to a youth of family and parts! Butjhere I was, advised by the phy sicians to “go West,” meaning by this not simply the one-time West of Ohio, or Illinois, or even Iowa, but the remote and genuine West lying beyond the Missouri. The Union Pacific announcements feet each on a new street and run , . , back in parallel lines of a distance of, acd *imed that this summer of 1868 94 feet. This is k part of the property ! the rails should cross the Black Hills conveyed to the Anderson Real Estate i Mountains of Wyoming to another and Trust Co., by Mrs. Fannie Bailey; of th e Rock MounUms, in Utah; and all buildings, if any there be, j and t h at hy the end of the year one thereon ” ' * might nde comfortably clear to Salt Mortgage held by Commercial Bank Lahe City. And somewhere in the ex panse of brand new Western country, the plains and mountains, I would find at least the breath of life. When I arrived in Omaha the tick- of Clinton. accused. • - t “I am seeking health in the West,” I said, “where the climate is high an^ dry.” “My Gawd!” she blurfed, “High and dry! You’re goin’ to the right place. For all I hear tell, Benton is high enough and dry enough. But laws sakes, you don’t need to go that fur. You can as well stop off at North Platte, or Sidney or Cheyenne. They’ll sculp you sure at Benton—unless you watch out mighty sharp.” “How so, may I ask?” “You’re certainly green,” she ap praised. “Benton’s -roarin’—and I know what that means. Didn’t North Platte roar? I seen it at its begin- nin’s. My old mat) and me, we were there from the fust, when it started in as the railroad terminal. My sakes, but them were times! Gamblin’, sbootin’, drinkin’ and high-cockalo rums night and day! Twasn’t no place for innocence. Easy come, easy go, that was the word. I don’t say but what times were good, though. My old man contracted government freight, and I run a little eatin’ house for the railroaders, so we made money. Then when the railroad moved termi nus, the rest of the crowd moved, too. You stop off at North Platte, Nebras- ky. It’s hedlthy and it’s moral.” But since I had crossed the Missouri something had entered into my blood which rendered me obstinate against such allurements. For. her North Platte, “strictly moral,” I had no ar dent feeling. I was set upon Benton.* And in after days—soon to arrive —I bitterly regretted that I ha/1 not yielded to her counsel. Nevertheless this was true, at pres ent: “But I have already purchased my ticket to Benton,” I objected. “If I {The lamps had been extinguished- the coach atmosphere was heavy with ci! smell and the exhalations of human beings 4n all stages of deshabille. But the golden head was there, about as wh$n last sighted. Now It stirred, and erected a little, know. And in high and—dry Benton, RENA SUBER Hunter Township ; et agent was enabled to sell me trans- : don’t like it I can move elsewhere. 1 Lot and 1 Boilding ' away to the present western Possibly to Salt Lake City, or Denver.” All that piece, parcel or lot of land terminus, Benton, Wyoming Territory She snorted, lying, being and sutuate in the cor- ^ ^ hundred ^ ninety mile!| porate limits of the city of Clinton,' . f .. Missouri’ S. C., containing two awd one-half j g en t on j never heard. But acres more or less, and bounded j n fi^ ure8) seven hundred miles! by the lands of Dave Vance, deceased, PracticalIy the di8tance from Albany ibma Owens, Jake Ferguson, Lydia ^ ci„ C ; nna ti j and itself distant from Pmson and others; known as part °f (Albany over two thousand miles! All the Hilda McCoy place, and this came , rail me - Rf na Su ! >er ’ f ™T. ray * Unt ’ The lady of the blue eyes was bound Hilda McCoy; and all buildings, if any f or game point. Ye gods, but she there be, thereon.” I felt the unseemliness of sitting and v aiting for her to make her toilet, so I hastily staggered to achieve my own by the aid of the water tank, tin ba sin, roller towel and small looking- glass at the rear. The coach was the last in thl train. I stepped out upon the back platform for fresh air. A bevy of antelope flashed white tails at us as they scudded away. Two motionless figures, horseback, whom I took to be wild Indians, surveyed us from a distant sandhill. Across the river there appeared a fungus of low buildings, almost indis tinguishable, with a glimmer of can vas-topped wagons fringing it. That was the old emigrant road. While I was thus orienting myself the car door opened and closed. I turned my head. The Lady of the Blue Eyes Had joined me. As fresh as the morning she was! “Oh! You? I beg your pardon, sir,” I felt the diffidence was more polite than sincere. “You are heartily welcome,” I as sured. “There is air enough for us both.” We tore by another freight waiting upon a siding located amidst* a wide debris of tin cans and barren spots, resembling the ruins from fife and quake. “There is Juleberg.” “A town?” I gasped.' “The end!” She smiled. “The only inhabitants now are in the station- house and the graveyard.” “And the others? Where are they?” “Farther west. Many of them in Benton.” “Indeed? Or in North Platte!” I bantered. “North Platte!” She laughed mer rily. "Dear me, don’t mention North Platte—not in the same breath with Benton, or even Cheyenne. A town of hayseeds and dollar-a-day clerks whoso height of sport is to go fishing in the Platte! A young piah like you would die of fnnui in Norih Platte.” Her free speech accorded ill with what I had been accustomed to in wo mankind; and yet became her spark ling eyes and general dash. “Will you,” she asked, “join me in a'little appetizer? You will find it a superior cognac—and we breakfast shortly, at Sidney.” From a pocket of her skirt she had extracted a small silver flask, stopper ed. with a tiny screw cup. Her face swam before me, in my as tonishment. * “I rarely drink liquor, madam,” I stammered. “Nor I. But when traveling—you liquor is quite a necessity! You will not decline to taste with a lady? .Let us drink to better acquaintance, in Benton!” “With all my heart, maejam,” f blurted. We consummated our pledges just in time. The brakenian issued, bring ing discord into my heaven of blue and gold and comfortable warmth. With a darting glance at him and a parting smile for me she passed in side. The brakeman lingered. “Friend of yours, is she?” “I met her at Omaha, is all,” I stiff ly informed. “You are acquainted with the lady, yourself?” “Her? Sure. I know-about every body along the line between Platte and Cheyenne.” .“She lives in Benton, though, I .un derstand,” I proffered. “Yep. Followed her man. A heap of people moved from Cheyenne to Benton, by wdy. of Larrnie.” “She is married, then?” “Far as I know. Anyway, she’s not single by a long shot.” And he laugh ed. Continued Next Week. ASSESSOR’S NOTICE The County Auditor’s office at Lau rens, S. C., will be open from the 1st day of January to the 20th day of February, 1927, for the purpose of taking tax returns for the ensuing year; and for the transaction of all busines^pertaining to the office. For the convenience of taxpayers returns c*n be made at the following appoint ments throughout the county on dates specified below. Please take advantage of these oc casions to make your returns and save a trip to Laurens in the cold and rain. Youngs Township, Lanford, Mon day, Jan 17th. . Youngs Township, Youngs, Tuesday, Jan. 18th. . * / • Youngs Township, Pleasant ^found, Wednesday, J^n. 19th. Youngs ToWnship, Stewart’s Store, Thursday, Jan. 20th. Youngs Township, Cook’s Store, Friday, Jan. 21st. Dial’s Township, Thompson’s Store, Saturday, Jan. 22nd. Dials Township, .Owings, Monday, Jan. 24th. Dial’s Township, Gray Court, Tuos- day, Jah. 25th. Dial’s Township, W. H. Bolt’s store, Wednesday, Jan. 26th. Dials Township, Reeve’s Store, Thursday, Jan. 27th. Sullivan Township, Hickory Tavern, Friday, Jan! 28th. Sullivan Township, Princeton, Sat urday, Jan. 29th. ’ Sullivan Township, T. T. Wood’s, Monday, Jan. 81st. v Waterloo Township, Jerry C. Mar tin’s, Tuesday, Feb. 1st. Waterloo Township, W. C. Thomp son’s, Wednesday, Feb. 2nd. Waterloo Township, Waterloo town, Thursday, Feb. 2rd. Cross Hill Township, Cross Hill, Friday, Feb. 4th. Hunter Township, Mountville, Tues day, Feb. 8th. « Hunter Township, Clinton, Wednes day, Feb. 9th. ' Hunter Township, Clinton Mill, Thursday, Feb.* 10th. Hunter Township, Lydia Mill, Fri-' day, Feb; 11th. Hunter Township, Goldville, Mon day, Feb. 14th. Jacks Township, Renno, Tuesday, Feb. 15th. Jacks Township, S. W. Dean’s, Wed nesday, Feb. 16th. All items of personal property, poll and road taxes must be returned on or by the 20th day of February, 1927; so please get busy and make your re turns in January and avoi dthe rushes it will be impossible to take all the turns in January and avoid the rush as wait until the last day, but make your returns early in January. Only personal property to be, re turned this year, as return of all real estate this year stands for four years, unless the assessment laws are changed. J. WADDY THOMPSON, tf County Auditor. “In among them Mormons? My Gawd, young man. Where they live in conkibinage—several women to one man, like a huffier herd or other beasts of the field? Denver—well, Denver mightn’t be bad, but ain’t no railroad, either. If you want health, and to grow up with a strictly moral community, you throw in with North Platte.” ESTHER CAMPBELL WATTS Cross Hill Township 187 Acres Farm Land “All that tract and plantation of land, situate, lying and being near Waterloo, Laurens County, State of South Carolina, containing one hun dred and eighty-seven (187) acres,' more or less, and bounded on the north by lands known as the Pitts place; on t 'the east by lands of S. L. Moore’s, Wells place; on the south by S. L. j Moore’s Winn place; on the west by land of Daniel JL Madden’s Fuller place.” . Note—Mortgage held by Fuller Gro cery Company. * 2-3-3tc “North Platte!” She laughed merrily. “Dear me, don’t men tion North Platte not in the same breath with Benton, or even Cheyenne. A town of hayseeds and dollor- a-day clerks whose height of sports is to go fishing .. in the Platte! A young man CITATION FOR LETTERS ADMIN- like you would die of ISTRATION ennui in North The State of South Carolina, Platte.” County of Laurens. By O. G. Thompson, Probate Judge: •WHEREAS Mrs. Nannie Ray Bell, Miss Minnie Ray and Mrs. Sallie R. Pitts made suit to me to grant them Letters of Administration of the Es tate and effects of Mrs. Louvenia Ray. THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the was a little beauty; a perfect blonde, Kindred and Creditors of the said Mrs. of the petite and fully formed type, Louvenia Ray, deceased, that they be with regular features inclined to the and appear before me, in the Court of : clean-cut Grecian, a piquant mouth Probate, to be held at Laurens Court deliciously bowed, two eyes of the House, Laurens, S. C., on Jan. 25, 1927 deepest blue veiled by long lashes, and next, after publication hereof, at 11 a mass of glinting golden hair upon o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, which perched a ravishing little bon- \ I if any they have, why the said Admin istration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand this 11 day of January, Anno Domini, 1927. O. G. THOMPSON (Seal) Jan. 20-2tp J. P. L. C. ■ ■ - - • NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons holding claims against the estate of J. S. Craig, deceased, will file them, duly proven, with Dial and Todd, attorneys, on or before the 12th day of February next, or be forever barred. • . A. C. TODD, * Jan. 20, 1927 „—. Executor. net. The natural ensemble was enhanc ed by her costume, pll of black, from the closely fitting bodice to the rustl ing crinoline beneath which there peep ed out tiny shoes. I had opportunity also to note the jet pendant in the shelly ear toward me, and the flash- jing rings upon the fingers of her hands. “I thank you,” I replied. “But since I’ve started for Benton I think I’ll go on. And if I don’t like it yop may see me in North Platte after all.” She grunted. “You can find me at the Bon Ton restaurant If you get in broke, I’ll take care of you.” In remarkably short order she was asleep.. The brakeman came in later, light ing the coal-oil lamps. Outsiide^ the twilight had deepened into dusk. Numerous passengers were making ready for bed; the men by removing their boots and shoes and coats and galluses and stretching out; the wo men by loosening their stays, with sig- Could she by any chance live in 1 nificant clicks and sighs, and laying Benton—a woman dressed as she was, j their A heads upon adjacent shoulders SHOE REPAIRING When in need of shoe re- COine to ‘ thel Btout, ^•Z*®**' woman who formed k a v ii i rr—.... , ' ' v ~ ' ’w 1 *' 4" QIwia Gtwivh mm ■ I ■ “*** °* * pyramid ©f boxes and j Fortune had favored me—across the IF onoe Oliop, nexi parcels. j aisle from my new seat only a couple as much a la mode as if she walked Broadway in New York? Omaha it self had astonished me with the dis play upon its streets; and now if Ben-* ton, far out in the wilderness, should prove another surprise—i Indeed, the Western world was not so ratr, after all. Half of my seat at the start had been effectually filled by a large, or drooping against seat ends. Ba bies cried, and were hushed. Final “nightcaps”.were taken from the prevalent bottles. The brakeman leaned to me. “You for North Platte?” “No, sir,, Benton, Wyoming Terri tory.” “Then you’d better move up to the ear ahead. This car stops at North Platte.” of the Food Value of Your ‘Bakings P LAIN flour has a large amount of food value- must be combined with good baring powder in order to be properly leav ened and easily digested. Many self-rising flours are not successful because they do not raise the bakings to the proper lightness. This means a cer tain loss of nutrition. ' Every time you eat food that does not properly digest you do not get the full nutritional . value — you are over-taxing your stomach. Nourishing and perfect bakings are what good health demands. The one sure way is—use pure flour and good*baking powder; If you want to find what thou sands of housewives have learned—make some biscuits with self-rising flour —then make some with good plain flour and Calumet Baking Pow der—notice the great difference. One trial will satisfy you. Your health demands that you the experiment Those who know—millions of ' housewives, domestic science teachers,big hotels,restaurants, ies and railroads will not bakeries use an but Cali the Bakery. 4tc She was going to North Platte, °» *« ata beyond, I glimpsed the top three hundred miles westward. I told of * »olden head, securely low and her I was going to Benton. barricaded in by luggage. She stared, round-eyed. I 1 slept until midnight. “I reckon you’re a gambler!” she The train was rumbling ss before. - 4 ••jib*: Play safe—usp Calumet and plain flour. It is the most eco* nomical and satisfactory, where light, wholesome ana x pure foods are desired. - PACKED IN TIN * —KEEPS STRENGTH IN