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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1927
WANTS
FOR SALE—One house and lot on
West Main st. Irby Hipp. 3-17-4tc
WANT TO SELL YOUR HOME
SEE GEO. H. ELLIS
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
STOMPS SPRINGS WATER deliver
ed twice a week, Tuesday and Fri
day, 20c per gallon, 10(c at spring.
Apply to P. B. Ferguson, Clinton,
S. C. 3-10-4tc
FOR SALE—Pure browti leghorn
eggs, 75 cents per setting of 15, de
livered in Clinton. S. A. Pitts. l£c
FOR RENT—One five-room house, all
conveniences, on Calhoun avenue,
next to Mrs. R. H. Young’s. $15 per
month. Apply to Mrs. R. H. Young. Ip
| plain to us who knew,
ly plain! _
FOR SALE—Pecan trees; prices re
duced. Write today. Southern Nut
Tree Nurseries, Thomasville, Ga.
2-24-6tp
FOR RENT OR SALE—8 room bun
galow. Corner lot, paved street and
sidewalk, double garage. All conven-
See A. J. Milling. tf
lences.
SWEET MILK—delivered for break
fast. See me for prices. C. A. Ow
ens, one-half mile from corporate lim
its. Itp
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE:
It is 1868 and the Pacific railroad
has reached its newest “farthest west”
— Ben.on, Wyoming, a town described
as •‘'oaring,” as each new terminus,
temporarily, was.—^
Frank Beeson, a young men from
Albany, New York, comes here in his
search for health, and Benton is con
sidered “high and dry.”
Edna Montoyo, a fellow passenger
on the train from Omaha, impresses
Beeson with the beauty of her blue
eyes and the style of her apparel.
Equally she astonished Him by taking
a “smile” of brandy before breakfast.
A brakeman tells Beeson she has “fol
lowed her man” to Benton.
Jim, a typical western ruffian whom
FOR RENT—Splendid 206 acre farm, she knows apparently well insults her
partly in Mountville. Als* store, and is floored by Frank whose prow-
corner Pitts and Sloan streets, Clinton. ^ ss impresses the passengers.
O’Daniel & Reid. tf' Col. Lunders6n and “Bill” Brady
volunteer to entertain young Beeson
“O' course you have. Don’t I know
that, too? Didn’t she tell me to keep
my eyes skinned for you, and to cot
ton on to you when yen come in?
We’ll ^nd her, after we likker up.”
“She did?”
“Why not? Ain’t I a friend of hem?
You bet! Finest little woman in Ben
ton. Trail to the trough along with
me, pardner, and name your favor
ite.”
“I’d rather not drink,” I essayed.
“O’ course you’ll drink!” he said.
“Any gent I ax to drink has got to
drink!
'Name
FOR RENT—Residence on East Car
olina avenue, adjoining Dr. John W.
Young’s place, suitable far boarding
house or aparmtent house. Apply to
Dr. Jack H. Young. tf
Frank avoids being caught by any
of the numerous gambling games, but
is robbed of all his money.
CHAPTER FIVE
FOR SALE—Residence on East Car
olina avenue. Seven-room house,
all conveniences, good location, one
acre lot, in desirable section of city.
Apply to Mrs. Geo. M. Davis, Clinton,
S. C. * 3-10-3tc
PROFITS FOR THE FARMER—Get
more for your crop by growing cot
ton of full inch fibre or longer. The
mills want it. Coker’s strains of
Cleveland meet the requirement. They
won five out of six prizes in the State
wide Contest. Write for free copy of
1927 catalog describing our seeds and
greeding methods. It offers practi
cal suggestions that will help you.
make money this year. Coker’s Pedi-! ab £y e th ? open-a.r gambling games,
greed Seed Co., David R. Coker, Pres
ident. Hartsville, S. C.
your piten—make it
champagne, if that’s your brand. But
the drinks are on me.”
So willy-nilly I was brought to the
bar.
“Straight goods and the best you’ve
got,” my pilot blared. “Noht 0* your
agency^^whiskey either. What’s
I bravely
yourn?” he^asked of me.
“The same as yours, sir,
replied.
We drank. The stuff may have
been pure; at least it was stout and
cut fiery way dow’n my unwonted
ihroat; the one draught infused me
with a swagger and a sudden rosy
view of life through temporary mist
of watering eyes.
We wended a leisurely way among
games of infinite variety and had by
the tour when
IN THE BIG TENT
There was no trace of the round
faced man and a short converastion
with the clerk convinced me of the
slimness of the chance to recover my no means completed
property. So I borrowed $20 from him 1 we met My Lady. She detached her^
with my trunk as security until I could self, as if cognizant of our approach,
hear from home. 1 from a little group of four or five.
When I stepped outside twilight had and turned for me with hand out-
deepened into dusk, the air was al-; stretched; a gratifying flush upon her
most frosty, and this main street had
been made garish by the nightly il-
pocket. “Allow me. I will furnish
the funds if you will do the playing.”
“Well,” she consented, “if you say
so. Partners it is.” ■—
We won a dollar and moved off.
I was conscious that the youth’s
brown eyes briefly flicked after us
with’a peculiar glint.
We found Jim, a winner at another
monte game.
“The queen is your card,” cried the
spieler. “My hand against your eyes.
You are set? There you arev Don’t
be pikers. Let us have a little sport.
It was absurd-
Jim, a teamster standing by and I
I urged by the Lady, down $2 each.
“Give me a chance, gentlemen,” said
_the spieler. “I shall not proceed with
for that picayune sum be-
You wouldn’t bet unless you
feh cock-sure of winning. I’ll give
you one minute, gentlemen, before
calling all bets off unless you make
the pot worth while.”
Tike ^threat had effect. Nobody
wished to let the marked card get
away. That was not human nature.
Bets rained upon the table—bank
notes, silver half dollars, the farer
dollar coins, and the common green
backs.
“This is the last round, gentlemen,”
the spieler reminded. “Are gou all
in? You^ he said, direct to me. “Are
you in such short circumstances that
you have no spunk? Why, the stakes
you play would not buy refreshments
for the lady.”
That was too much! I extracted
my twenty-dollar note, and deaf to a
quickly breathed “Wait” from My La
dy I planked it down before him. She
should know me for a man of decision!
“There, sir,” said I, “I am betting
twenty-two dollars in all, which is
my limit tonight.”
“You sir,” and he addressed Jim.
“They are backing you. Which do
Card of Thanks
lar down your throat—you’d lay t dol
lar on a cockroach race.”
With a muttered “I’ll go you an
other turn. Mister,” Jim pranked down
a dollar and faced up the queen of
hearts.
^ It is almost impossible to find words
to express our heartfelt thanks^to our
friends and neighbors for the acts and
deeds of love and kindiyess shown ua
and our loved one in his long illness
and death. Also for the beautiful
floral offerings.
Mrs. Corrie Adair and Children.
I HAVE A REAL BARGAIN IN A
BEATRICE HOME.
GEO. H. ELLIS
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
SOME ATTRACTIVE OFFERS
American Boy $2.00, two years
$3.00.
American Boy and McCall’s Maga
zine $2.50.
American Boy and Pictorial Review
$2.60 (good only to Dec. 31, 1926.)
Send for catalogue of'bargains or
call 243 at 12:30 p. m.
JAS. W. CALDWELL
A ay th tag In Magazines
Stake a dollar. ^Why,^eu’d toss a doL you say is the queen? Lay your fin-
Winter
Sports call
for this
refreshment
ger on her.’
Jim did so.
“You sir, then.” And he addressed
me. “You are the heaviest better.
Suppose you turn the card for your-
|self and those other gentlemen.”
I
“The money’s yours. You never j My hand trembled. There were
earned a ‘dollar quicker. I’ll wager, sj^ty or seventy dollars upon the ta-
friend,” the dealer acknowledged, im-jble. and my own contribution was my
perturbable. -‘last cent!
From behind the dealer a man ^ ^ turned the card the card with
touched him upon the shoulder. He ,l ‘ b f bent corner, of which I was cer-
tumed ear; while he inclined farther,|°' vn narne » I fenced it
they whispered together, and I wit- 1 confidently, my capital already
nessed an arm steal sjviftly forward at
lumination.
All up and down the street coal-oil
my side, and a thumb and finger
slightly bend up the extreme corner
of the queen.
The hand and arm vanished, when
the dealer fronted us again the queen
wte apparently just as before. Only
we who had seen would have marked
the bent corner.
The act had been so clever and so
spirited face. | audacious that I fairly held my breath.
“You are here, then?” shi greeted, i Put the eambler resumed his flow of
I made a leg, with my best bow, not talk, while he fingered the cards as if
omitting to remove hat and cigar.
torches or flambeaus, ruddily emboss-J while agreeably conscious of her ap
ing the heads of the p’ayers and on
lookers, flared like votive braziers
The noise of the day had redoubled.
proving gaze.
“I am here, madam, in the Big
Tent.”
Her small warm hand acted as if
totally unaware that they had been
tampered with.
His audience hesitated, as if fearful
of a trick, for the bent corner of the
queen, raising this end a little, was
doubled; and amidst a burst of aston
ished cries I stared dumbfounded.
It was the eight of clubs!
Continued Next Week.
Every bottle
sterilized
bottled in oar
spotless plan;.
Keep a few
bottles in yoor
ice chest at
home.
7 million
a day
GREENWOOD COCA-COLA
BOTTLING CO.*
Greenwood. S. C.
IT HAD
TO GET
TO BE GOOD
WHERE -IT IS
CORN MILL
We have just installed
an electric corn mill at;Refrigerators and ice
our plant and are pre- boxes at better prices
pared to grind your corn , than we have had them
any day in the week. Let fn several years. Trade
us serve you.
D. E. TRIBBLE CO.
Clinton, S. C.
in your old one.
FULLER-SIMPSON
FURNITURE CO.
3-17-5tc T 0 tbe exclamations, the riotous unreservedly mine, for the moment.
How Doctors Treat
Colds and the Flu
shouts and whoops, the harangues of J About her there was a tingling ele-
the barkers, and now and then a re-; ment of the friendly, even of the in-
volver shot, there had been added the, timate.
inciting music of stringed instruments,
cymbals, and such—some in dance
measures, some solo, while immediate
ly at hand sounded the shuffling
stamp of waltz, hoe-down and cotil-
; lion.
Night at Benton plainly had begun
with a gusto.
It stirred one’s blood. It called—
Ta break up a cold overnight or
to cut short an attack of grippe, in
fluenza, sore throat or tonsillitis, phy
sicians and druggists are now recom
mending Calotabs, the purified and
refined calomel compound tablet that .. . . , , . .
gives you the effects of calomel and lt summoned hi th such a promise of
salts* combined, without the unpleas- ^ anet y* ad\enture,j>f flotsam and
ant effects of either. jetsam and shuttlecock of chances,
One or two Calotabs at bed-time that I, a youth with twenty-one dol-
with a swallow of water.—that’s all. lars and a half at disposal, all his
No salts, no nausea nor the slightest clothes on his back, man’s weapon at
interference with your eating, work his M t, and an appointment with a
or pleasure. Next morning your cold , » • . .
has vanished, your system ie thor- , a * future, forgetful of h:s
oughly purified and you are feeling Past and courageous in present, strode malam, certainly
fine with a hearty appetite for break- '-j—*»-- -
fast. Eat what you please,—no dan
ger.
Get a family package, containing
full directions, only 35 cents.
drug store.
At any
(adv)
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confidently, even recklessly down, as
eager as one to the manners of the
country bom.
There was no need for me to in
quire my way to the trysting place.
I saw a large canvas sign—“The Big
Tent”—suspended in the full shine of
a locomotive reflector. Beneath it the
people were streaming into the wide
entrance to a great canvas hall.
Once across the threshold, I halted,
taken all aback by the hub-bub and
,the kaleidoscopic spectacle that beat
upon my ears and eyes.
The floor, of planed boards, teem
ing wnth men, women and children.
Along one side there was an ornate
bar glittering with cut glass and sil
ver and backed by a large plate mir
“You got your outfit* I see,” she
smiled.
“Yes. Am I correct?”
“You have saved yourself annoy
ance. You’ll do,” she nodded. “Have
you played yet? Win, or lose?”
“I did not come to play, madam,’
said I. “Not at table, that is.” Where
upon I must have returned her gaze
so glowingly as to embarrass her. Yet
she was not displeased; and in that
costume and with that liquor still
coursing through my veins 1 felt equal
to any retort.
“But you should play. You are
hesled?”
“I am prepared for all emergencies.
I averred with
proper dignity. Not for the world
would I have confessed otherwise.
Sooth to say, I had the sensation of
boundless wealth!
“That is good. Shall we walk a
liftle? And when you play—come
here.” We stepped apart from the
listeners. “When you play, follow
the lead of Jim. He’ll not lose, and I
intend that you shan’t either. But
you must play, for the sport of it.
Everybody games, in Benton.”
“So I judge, madam,” I assented.
“Under your chaperonage I am ready
to take any risk, the gaming table
being among the least.”
“Prettily said, sir,” she'compliment
ed. .
Frankly to say, I strutted—as
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SEABOARD
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF
TRAINS
CLINTON, S. C.
To and from SOUTH and WEST
Arrive: Depart:
2:51a.m. Atlanta-B’ham 1:48 a.m.
5:50 p. m. B’ham-Memphis 11:30 a. m.
To and from NORTH and EAST
i 1 Arrive; Depart:
1:48 a. m. New York-Wash. 2:51 a m.
1:48 a. ra. Rich.-Norfolk 2:51 a m.
11:30 a. m. New York-Wash. 5:50 p.m.
11:30 a. m. Rich.-Norfolk .5:60 p. m.
2:00 p. m. Monroe-Hamlet 2:00 p. m.
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W. H. Shands, Agent, Clinton, S. C.
every description, surrounded by j “Indifferently, mad»m ” said I. “But
gioups looking on or playing. jj am green at all gambling devices.”
Through the atmosphere blue with j “You shall learn,” she encouraged
smoke, women, many of them lavishly lightly. “In Benton as in Rome, you
costumed as if for a ball, strolled, risk- know!” Are you disposed to win a
mg or responding to gallantries. little game and flout the danger of
Then, as I advanced resolutely losing?”
among the gaming tables, I felt a cuff i “I am in Benton to win,” I valiant
ly asserted.
She conducted me to the nearest
monte game, where" the “spieler”—
a smooth-faced lad of notTuqre. than
nineteen—sat behind his three-legged
little table. A handsome bov he was.
“How goes it tonight. Bob?”
“Slow. There’s no nerve or money
in this camp any more.”
“I’ll not have Benton slandered,”!
My Lady gaily retorted. “Well buck j
your game, Bob. But you must be
upon my shoulders and heard a bluff
voice in my ear.
“Hello, old boss! How are tricks
by this time?”
Facing about quickly I saw Jim of
the railway fracas.
He was grinning affably, apparent-
2:00 p. m. Athens-Atlanta 2:15 p. m.!^- for . woar save a
5:60 p. m. Athens-Atlanta 11:30 a. n..l’’"!** " ol ^" low "
j Shake, he proffered, extending
his hand. “No hard feelin’s here.
I’m no Injun. You knocked the red-
me.
eye out o
I
knowed Jou in that new rig,” he went
on. “Now you’re talkin'. That’s sense.
Trail along with me. Let’s likker!”
“Another time, sir," I begged off.
I have an engagement this even-
Substitutes are gener
ally more expensive in
tiie end than genuine
articles. Housewives
have learned—they
KNOW this is true
where bakings are con
cerned.
Self rising flours are
classed as substitutes
for plain flour and good
baking powder. The
use of these special
mixtures is very liable
to result in false econ
omy, failures and waste
on hake day. .
Remember there is a
big difference, in many
ways, between biscuits
and other bakings made
from these so-called
self-rising flours and
those made from good
plain flour and a de
pendable leavener. Try
the experiment-make
a baking from each—
convince yourself.
You will find the baking made
and baking powder far more attractive
in appearance. It will raise higher—
retain its full food value and tastebetter.
For best results, do not fail to use Calu*
met, the Economy Baking Powder, and a
reliable brand of plain flour.
Just think of it—the sale of Calumet 13
2% times those of any other brand. It
contains only such ingredients as have
been officially approved by the United
States Food Authorities. It* is pure
and sure.
You save when you buy it—you save
when you use it •
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“I’ll play for two bits, tonight. Any
thing to start action.” ^
She fumbled at her reticule, but I
was before-hand.
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‘No, po.J’ And I fished into my
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