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rrr ^7 1 f i pv ! B v Ik ‘ ^ f ► ' W’i W"*' ’TT— —T- * i-|r— - PAGE ^IX COUNTY TREASURER’S NOTICE - 1926 *3» The books of the County Treasurer v'ill be open for the collection of Tax es for the fiscal year, 1926, at the Treasurer’s office from October 15th to December 31, 1926. After Decem ber 31 one per cent will be added. After January 31. two per cent will be added, and after Feb. 28th, seven per cent will be added until the 15th day of March, 1927, when t^e books I will be closed. All persons owning property in more thar one township are requested to call for receipts in each of the sev eral townships in which the property is located. This is important, as ad ditional cost and penalty may be at tached. All able-badied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) .and fiftv-five (55) years of age are liable ... U, p„v a poll tax of $1.00. except old ^ r. t ned its newest farthest west soldiers, who are exempt at fifty (50) j - Be- c a. « yommg. a town describe years of age. Commutation Road Tax;* 8 '"''""g. as each fneW $1.50 in lieu of road duty. All able THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. i ■ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1927 through groups of idlers and among busily stepping people that every other shop was a saloon with door widely open and bar and gambling tables well attended. M> guides nodded right and left with “Hello, Frank,*’ “How are you, Dan?” “Evening, Charley,” and so on. Occasionally the Colonel swept off his hat, with elaborate deference, to a woman, but I looked in vain for My Lady of the Blue Eyes. I did not see her—nor did I see her peer, despite the fact that now and then I observed a face and figure of appar ent attractiveness. Continued Next Week. ASSESSOR'S NOTICE The County Auditor’s office at Lau- j rens, S. C., will be open from the 1st WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE: It is 1868 and the Pacific railroad bodied men between the ages of 21 — B‘>" cn, as each fneW tenninus, tcn\j rarily, was. F’c.nk Beeson, a young men from you, suh, to our West, as a fellow-cit izen.” “You are from Albany?” I exclaim ed. “Bohn and raised right near there; been there many a time. Yes, suh. From the grand old Empire State, like a r- UoKio fex rmH .1 .tv nv.-nt AH iv, New York, comes here id his yourself, suh, and without apologies, and 5o are liable to road dJt> except ‘ $ t * „.uu „ nt Y 6rk on those in military service, school trus- ?”. h '» lth : *»<| B<, " lon is *•»- tees, school teachers, ministers, and xic;:ed hl K h an(1 dr > students. Dog Tax $1.25, which must be paid not later than January 31, 1927. Proper attention will be given those who wish to pay their taxes through the mail by check, money order, etc. The tax levy is as follows: State Tax .... 5ki Ordinary County Tax 5V6 Road and Bridge 5 1 * Railroad Bond 1 Jail Bonds Road Bonds 10% Whenever I meet with a New State man 1 cotton to him. “Have I your name, sir?” I inquir ed. “You know of my family, per- Past Indebtedness Statewide School (6-0-1) Weak and^High Schools Constitutional School .... ... 4 Vi ... 3 mills mills mills mill mill mills! mills mills mill mills K<lna Montoyo, a fellow passenger the train fron. Omaha, impresses Beeson with the beauty of her blue haps.” eyes and the style" of >her apparel.' “Colonel Jacob R. Sunderson, suh. Equally she astonished him by taking! at your service. Your family name is a “smile” of brandy before breakfast, i familiar to me. suh. fol-jii and to the grand i I hark back to A brakeman tells Beeson she has “fol-!u and to the grand old State with lowed her man” to Bent«n. | pleasure. Doubtless I have seen you Jim, a typical western ruffian whom J befoh. suh. Doubtless in the City— she knows apparently well insults her! at Johnny Chamberlain’s? Yes?” and is floored by Frank whose prow-1 His fishy eyes beamed upon me, and ess impresses the passengers. Total 38 mills Laurens School Districts ; 16Vfe mills 16 mills 16V4 mills 7 7 mills - 8 mills ’ 6 mills 8 mills 3 4 5 6 7 No. 1 No. 2 No. N6. No. No. No. No. 11 22 mills No. 12 11 Vi mills Youngs School Districts No. 2 - •• 8 mills No. 4 16 mills No. 5 •• 17 mills No. 6 10 Vi mills No. 7 - 17 Vi mills No. 8 - 15 mills No. 10 ! 22 Vi m'lls No. 3B 24 mills Dials School Districts CHAPTER THREE DESERT DUST No. 1 .... 8 mills No. 2 12V* mills No. 3 12 mills Sr-- No. 5 20 mills No. L-3 mills No. 8 : 12 mills No. 3B . 24 mills I ~ his breath smelled strongly of liquor. > [“Or the Astor? I shall remember. Meanwhile, suh. permit me to do the . honors. First, will you have a drink ? | This way, suh. I am partial to a What shall I say of a young man brand particularly to be recommended like myself, fresh from the green for clearing this damnable^ dust from East of New York nad the Hudson-ore’s throat.” river, landed expectant as just aroused i “Thank you, sir. but I prefer to tidy from a dream of rare beauty, at this my person, first,” I suggested. Benton City, Wyoming Territory? j “Number six for the gentleman,” The dust, as fine as powder and as announced the clerk, returning to me white, but shot through with the crim-' my change from the bill. I stuffed son of sunset, hung like a fog? famidst ‘ it into my pocket—the Colonel’s sin- which swelled a deafening clamor gular eyes followed it with uncom- from figures rushing hither and fortable interest. The runner picked thither about the platform like half-; up my bag, but was interrupted by world shades. Two score hands my new friend. grabbed at my valise and shoved me j “The privilege of showing the gen- and dragged me. 1 tleman to his quarters shall be mine.” “The Desert Hotel. Best in the I “All right. Colonel.” the clerk care- West. This way, sir.” • lessly consented. “Number six.” “Buffalo Hump Corral! Free drinks “And my bath?” I pursued, at the Buffalo Hump.” “You will be notified, sir. There A deep voice boomed, stunning me. are only five ahead of you, and one “The Queen, the Queen! Bath for gentleman now in. Your tqrn will every room. Individual towels. The come in about two hours.” Queen, the Queen, she’s clean, she’s f In No. 6. there were three double clean.” ' jbeds: one weM rumpled as if just va- of individual towels. cated; one (the middle) tenanted by a frowsy headed, whiskered man The Sullivan School Districts No. 1 18 mills No. 2 8 mills | No. 3 .... 20 mills | No. 7 ‘. 16 mills No. 8 12 mills No. 17 ...^6 mills Railroad Taj*<*?!?^T7 Waterloo School Districts No. 1 .... 12 mills No. 2 9 mills No. 3 7.. .... 20 mills No. 4 14 mills No. 5 8 mills mills < mills mills Cross Hill School Districts promise won me over. We left the station platform and went ploughing up a street over shoe- tops with the impalpable dust. The noises as from a great city swelled strident. But although, pedestrians streamed to and fro, the men in mot ley of complexions and costumes, the women, some of them fashionably dressed, with skirts eddying furiously; and wagons rolled, horses cantered. ' and from right and left merchants ' and diawksters seemed to be calling their war^s, of city itself I could see only the verriest husk. The majority of the buildings were ; mere canvas—faced up for a few feet, perhaps, with sheet iron or flimsy ino. o o mu No. 6 • <. mil No. 7 .... 16 mil No. 14 «. .... $ mil asleep in shirt-sleeves and revolver and boots; the third, at the other end, recently made up by having its blan ket covering hastily thrown against a distinctly dirty pillow. “Your bed yonduh, suh, I reckon.” prompted the Colonel (whose accents did not smack of New York at all.) I gazed about, sickened. “There are no private rooms?” I asked. “You are perfectly private right here, suh,” assured the Colonel. “You may strip to the hide or you may sleep with your boots on, annd no questions asked. Gener’ly speaking, gentlemen prefer to retain a layer of artificial boards; interspersed there were a few covering—but you ain’t troubled much wooden structures, rough and unpaint-1 with the bugs, are you, Bill?” ed. I He leveled this query at the frowsy, I was ushered into a widely-open whiskered man, who had awakened. No. 13 214 li.’lls J No. lo .... 16 mills Hunter School Districts No. 3 6 mills No. 4 8 mills No. 5 22 mills No. 6 .... 4 mills No. 7 No. K-9 8 mills! No. R-42 13 mills No. 16 16 mills Jacks School Districts No. 1 4 mills No. 2 No. 3 * 16 mills No, 4 No. 6 8 mills No. 7 3 mills No. 15 *.... 15 mills Scuffletown School Districts No. 1 No. 2 ... .... .. 8 mills No. 3 No. 4 4 mills No. 10 .... 224 mills 1 No. 12 . 114 mills] Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off are requested to send ( tent-building whose canvas sign de- ■ pending above a narrow veranda de clared: “The Queen Hotel. Meals $1 each.” “I’m too tesponded. alkalied, I “Varmints reckon,” Bill will leave me Beds $3. any time when there’s fresh bait ■ handy. That’s why I likes to double whatever you think W’orth while in the city, so far as I have the leisure.” “That’s it, that’s it, suh.” The Col onel appeared delighted. “Let us li- bate to the gods of chance, gentlemen; and then take a stroll.” After a round of drinks—I took lemonade—we issued into the street. Surely such an hotch-potch never before populated an American town: Men flannel shirted, high boots, beard ed. with formidable revolvers, balanc ed, not infrequently, by sheathed butcher-knives—men whom I took to be teamsters, miners, railroad graders and the like. Of the women I saw several in amazing costumes of tightly fitting black like ballet girls, low necked, short skirted, around the smooth waists snake-skin belts supporting handsome little pistols and dainty poignards. Contrasted, there were women in gowns and bonnets that would do them credit anywhere in New York, and some, of course, more commonly attired in calico and ging ham as proper to the humbler station of^ laundresses, cooks, and so forth. “How are you on the goose, sir?” Bill demanded of me. “The goose?” I uttered. “Yes. Keno.” “I ap a stranger to the goose,” said I. He grunted, “It gives a quick turn for a small stake. So do the three-card and ron do.” Of the passageway there was not much choice between the middle of the street and the borders. Seemed to me as we weaved along day of January to the 20th day of February, 1927, for the purpose of 1 taking tax returns for the ensuing year; and for the transaction of all business pertaining to the office. For the convenience of taxpayers returns can 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 id the cold and rain. Youngs Township, Lanford, Mon day, Jan 17th. Youngs Township, Youngs, Tuesday, Jan. 18th. Youngs Township, Pleasant Mound, Wednesday, Jan. 19th. ^ H- Youngs Township, Stewart’k Store, Thursday, Jan. 20th. Youngs Township, Cook’s Store, Friday, Jan. 21st. Dial’s Township, Thompson’s Store, Saturday, Jan. 22nd. Dials Township, 0wings, Morday, Jan. 24th. Dial’s Township, dray Court, Tues day, Jan. 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. 31st. , * 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. 3rd. Cross Hill Township, Cross Hill, Friday, Feb. 4th. Hunter Township, Mountville, Tues day, Feb. 8th. Hunter-Township, Clinton, W’ednes- day, Feb. 9th. Hunter Township, Clinton Mill, Thursday, Feb. 10th. Hunter Township, ^ydia Mill, Fri day, Feb. 11th. Hunter Township, Goldville, Mon day, Feb. 14 th. , Jacks Township, Renno, Tuesday, Feb. 15th. Jacks Township, S>. W. Dean’s, Wed nesday, Feb. 16th. AH items of personal property, poll and road taxes must be returned on or by the 26th day of February, 1927; so please get busy and make your re turns in January and avoi dthe rush as 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. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 12th day of March next, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Ad ministrator of the estate of Fannie B. Copeland, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens coun ty, at 11 o’clock, a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as Administra tor. Any person maeoted to said estate is notified and required to make pay- men on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said es tate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. • R. Y. COPELAND, Feb. 4th, 1927-3-3-4tc Administrator. NOTICE The Annual Meeting of the Joanna Cotton Mills will be held pursuant to law, on March 1, 1927, at the Offices of the Company in Goldville. Such business as may regularly come be fore such meeting will be transacted at that time. E. L. DURGIN, 2-17-4tc Secretary. them early and give the township of each, as the Treasurer is very busy during the month of December. ROSS D. YOUNG, Now as whitely powdered as any of jup.” the natives I stumbled across a single! The Colonel turned to me. “Shake large room bordered at one end by a j hands with my friend, Mr. Bill Brady.” bar and a number of small tables (all The frowsy man extended his hand. “Proud to make yore acquaintance. at the counter under the alert eyes of a clerk coatless, silk-shirted, dia mond-scarfed; pomaded and slick haired, Waiting with register turned and pen extended. Quite right, sir,” the clerk assent ed. “So there is. A bath for every room and the best bath in town. En tirely private; fresh towel supplied. Only one dollar and four bits. That, sir. “The bath-room ? Where is it, gen tlemen?” I ventured. “If you 'will Step outside the door, suh, you can hear the splashing down the hall. It is the custom, however, fob gentlemen at tub to keep the bath room door closed, in case the ladies promenading. I judge, with five 'ahead of you and one in, the clerk was with lodging, makes four dollars and mighty near right when he said about a half. If you please, sir.” (two hours. That allows twenty min- A bitter wave of homesickness well- J° each gentleman, which is the ed into my throat as, conscious of the “What enveloping dust, the utter shams, the alien unsympathetic onlookers, the sense of having been “done” and through my own fault, I peeled a greenback from the folded packet in my purse and handed it over. Rather foolishly I intended that this display of funds should rebuke this finicky clerk; but he accepted without com ment and sought for the change from the twenty CHICKS Healthy, Strong, Purebred COTTON did not pay but CHICKS will. Get our catalog* 3000 chicks a week. Clinton Hatchery Clinton, S. C. . County Treasurer.| « And how ig 0 , d jJ ew York suh? » . . . _ \ ’ ’ ;York State, grand A hearty, florid, heavy-faced man.; is Foh those „ is your line of business?” Bill invited. “I am out here for my health, at present,” said I . “I have been ad vised by my physician to seek a place in the Far West that is high and dry. Benton”—I laughed miserably, “cer tainly is dry. And high, judging by the rates.” “Healthily dry*, suh, in the matter iof water,” the Colonel approved. “We * are not cursed by th old State that she ... , , ... ^ ..... who require water, with singularly protruding fishy .yes| th , re i5 , h( . p| >tte on | y thra . miles 1 f n ^ 8 tobacco-stained yellowish goatee distant. The nearer proximity of wa- .underneath a loosely dropping lower] tor „, ns ; d( , r , detriment to the ro- lip. had stepped forward his pudgy h;lslr ,„ s of c(jn1rnu „ itv .- hand hospitably outstretched to me: a| , made a meaI , rp toilt , w 7;, . m T d “’ ,y Wack 1 h "-| “Now I am at your se- ice during d V" T ’ ? l y u * 'hott period, gentlemen, - I annonne black h r oaacloth frock coat spattered down the labels,. exceedingly soiled WHAT DO r- KittF 8. JEANS . -C ft** DO? foliar and shirt front and greasy flow ing tie, and trousers tucked into cow hide boots. ! I grasped the hand wonderinglfr. It enclosed mine with a. soft pulpy squeeze; and lingered. “As’-usual, when I last s*w it,; sir,” I repponded. . ”But I an\. from Al bany.” “Of course. Albany, the capital, a city -to be 7-ou‘d tf, suh. I welco re ~\ r ed. “Later I have an engagement, and I shall ask to be excused.” “A little liquid refreshment is in order fust, I icckon,” quoth the Colo nel. And after that—you have sport ing blood, suh? You will desire to take a turn or two foh the honqr of the Empire State?” “If you are referring to card gam bling. sir,” I ans'vered, “you have chosen a poor companion. But 1 do not intend to be a spoil sport, and I shall be glad to nave you show me Ninety Six, S. C, Sept. 6, 1926 "As a testimonial to the high standard of ’AA Quality’ Fertilizer for Cotton I wish to giv* you the following facts: Due to the extremely dry weather this spring and early summer, I planted a field of cotton June 27th, using 400 pounds of ’AA Quality’ Fertilizer for Cotton per acre without aqy nitrate of soda, and in about seven days it was up and chopped out. And now on September 6th, it is almost fi.lly matured with an abundance of fruitage. The rapid growth and ma turity of this cotton has been almost un believable. I expect to get a bale per '. A. Ethridge Society Hill, S. 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