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I- v^ f»>r,E EIGHT THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTON, S. C, THU^AY> JANUARY 17, IW y ■ ASSESSOR’S NOTICE The Couhty Auditor’s office at Lau rens, S. C., will be open from the 1st day of January to the 20th day of Februa^, 1929, for the purpose of talcing 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: Young’s Township*' Robert Harris Store, Monday, Jan. 7th, 9 to 12 M. ( Pleasant Mound, Monday, Jan. 7tli, 12:30 to 2 P. M. Lanford, Monday, Jan. 7th, 2:30 to 4:30 P. M. Gray’s School House, Tuesday, Jan. 8th, 9 to 11 A. M. Stephen’s Store, Tuesday, Jan. Sth, 11:30 A. M. to 2 P. M. Tollie Garret’s Store, Tuesday, Jan. Sth, 2:30 to 4 P. M. Dials Township I John Jones’ Store, Wednesday, Jan. i 9th, 9 to 11* A. M. Owings, Wednesday, Jan, 9th, 11 A. M. to 1 P. M. NOT4CE OF SALE OF REAL • ESTATE State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Flemma L. Yai”borough, Plaintiff, , vs Dr. John D. Yarborough and James Edwin Yarborough, r4)||fendants. Pursuant to ordeY of Court in the above entitled matter I will sell to the highest bidder for cash at Laurens, S. C., on Salesday in February next, the same being Monday, Febi*uary 4th, 1929, the following real estate to wit: Paixel No. 1. All that parcel or lot of. land, lying, situate/ and being in' the Town of Clinton, County of Lau rens, State of S. C., bounded on the In 1841 ex-President Martin Van- Buren visited Joel R. Poinsette, who had bwn secretary of war in his cabi net, at his rice plantation, “White House,” near Georgetown. In the course of- his visit the former preai- quet in his honor to which the mem- Pee Dee club. The club gave a ban quet in his honor to which hte mem bers contributed (as was their custom at festive dinners) not only their rare wines, the antiquity and vintage of which they proudly heralded, but also venison, wild ducks and turkeys, and even New York beef and English Southdown mutton. In serving the north by lands of the estate of, M. S. j prij^cipal dish, a rare saddle of mut Bailey, deceased, on the east by Parcel ‘ No. 2, below described, on the South uy West Main Street, and on the west I by lands of the estate of T. C. Sumer- Gray Court, Wednesday, Jan. 9Tb. j ('I, deceased. The said lot facing on he north side of West Main street, ,nd mea.suring on West Main street, 71 feet, meiU^ed from the east line T. C. Sumereiwprqperty and run- ' ning back from West Main street, in 2 to 4 P M parallel lines for a distance of 210 Reeves’ Store, Thursday, Jan. 10th,|^^®J* ton, the colored steward, over-excited by the momentousness of the occasion (for colored servants of that kind shared the pride of their masters), while reaching over the shoulder of Mr. Tucker, the president, presiding with his usual dignity, tipped the platter, filled with rich gravy, just enough to pour nearly a pint of it be tween Mr. Tucker’s shirt collar and his neck. The old Chesterfield did not ; change his countenance fpr-a moment, soon learnt iq.deep disgust the race is td the swift in the case of this mar velous hog, “With his long gallop which can tire The houid’s deep hate, the hunter’s Epise<^>al churdt, South, Nashville, Tenn.; |60,000 to the North Carolina (Conference of the Methodist Epitco- pal Church, South, Wilson, N. C-; $5^ 000 to the Western North Carolina ire.’ 9 to 11 A. M. Parcel No. 2. All.that lot or parcel | continued’ his conversation with Bolt’s Store, Thunsday, Jan. lOth, land, Ijnng, situate and bring in the , right-hand neighbor, Mr. Van Bu Thursday, 11:30 A. M. to 2 P. M. - Ben Tumblin’s Store, Jan. 10th, 2:30 to 4 P. M. SaJiiv.an Township Taverii^^TfiPiday', 9 to 11 A. M. Princeton, Friday, Jan. 11th, 11:30 A. M. to 2 P. M. Town of Clinton County of Laurens, happened. Mr. State of South Carolina, bounded on | Buren said afterwards it was the thenorthby lands of the estate of M. I example of ?ood breeding he S. Bailey, deceased, on the east by had ever witnessed. oH Witf ^jU4MB33.4h^Mrle„d , X' a u j u j cf 1 .t l»urg railroad Was fini^eJ. The rail- . Pareel No. I, atovy descnM. Said lot jhe longest :measuring on West Main strret 69 feet ,hj Taylor's Store, Friday, Jan. Uth. aM^tanre 72^0 t^rror^e,/"’’ ^ 2:30 to 4 P. M. Poplar Springs, Watkins’ Store, Monday, Jan. 14th, 9 to 12 A. M. Waterloo Township Ekom, Monday, Jan. 14th, 2 to 4 P. M. rr o t g. L TS u in the United States. Branchville was Terms of Sale: Cash. Purehaser to junction in the pay for all records, papers and stamps j jhe first United States The successful bid ler will be required^r^^j, ^ was to deposit with the Clerk of (-ouitjni-: ,ra„,p„rted on it. Some villages re- mediately upon the property being ,^0 railroad track pass Dr. W. C. Thompson’s. Tuesday, ® through their limits because of the I our chiefest honor to stand by her in Jan 15th 9 to 12 A. M. } dollars either in cash or by certified smoke from the engines, and 'evil report as well,.aa in good report, ' or cashier s check as evidence of goed . Cokesbqrv, it is sai J, honor alike to live wftK'her andTo die faith in the bidding The successful, Greenville and Co- > for her.” bHlder will be required to comply with ; ^^rough its boun- “For bis owner he is light, it is true, but then he is sure meat. The fat hog, on the contrary is a perpetual hazard and a constant provocative of larceny. He is unable io deal with the only recognized, race iaeue in this state, of which he is the frequent, because the easy, victim. Oil the other hand, the native, self-preserving hog appreci ates the situation, and is the law unto himself, relying not upon statutes but upon speed for protection. It is true, therefore, that we should return to the original principles on which the fathers founded our smoke houses.” One of the best anecdotes illustrat ing the brazen corruption characteris tic of the Reconstruction era is told by former (Jovernor John C. Sheppard, of Edgefield. A prominent negro member of the South Carolina legislature spoke against an important bill one day, but next day spoke as vigorously in favor of the bill. Another member interrupt ed and asked for what reason he had changed his position so suddenly and sharply. The prominent negro legisla tor answered, “I’ve got my reason in my pocket.” rart"^)^ihe en^ M aU oTuirbhght Conference of the Methodist Epiacopal Church, South, Charlotte, N. C.; $50,- 000 to the children’s home at Winston- Salem, N. (3«; $15,000 to the colored orphanage at Oxford, N. C. WHAT DO P. S. JEANES r-».N DO? H. D. HENRY F. M. BOLAND H. D. Henry & Company INSURANCE STOCKS . BONDS - ,BEAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED \ to be that exprsesed by the venerable Alfred Huger in the Constitutional convention of 1865: “South Carolina is my mother. If I am wrong in everything else, 1 know I am right in loving South Carolina. No matter what there is to endure and to forget, let us all do our duty as becomes her children, counting it Jerry Martin’.s StoreTuesday, Jan 15th, 2 to 4 P. M. ]r Waterloo Town, Wtoh 16th, 9 to 12 A. M Unesday, Jan. the terms of the bid within ten days: j^at it would ex- after sale. In the event the successful Mountville, Wednesday, Jan. 16th,I,.,. , '/ , p bidder fails to comply with bid, land ercise an immoral influence on the to 4 P. M; Cross Hill Township Cross Hill, Thursday, Jan. 17th, 10 j, A. .M. to 4 P. M. Hunter Township will be sold on the same or some sub- I youth of the community. CHARITY GIVEN OVER MILLION South Carolina must indeed have • sequent sdesday on the same ^ to Institulion.s. Mostly In North Carolina, at the risk of the former purchaser-^^^ ^ legislator in Reconstruction Benefit From Bequests of and the deposit made will be forfeited; ^ate B. N. Duke. Clinton Town, Friday, Jan. 18th, 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Clinton Mill, Monday, Jan. 2 to 8 P. M. upon compliance the (ieposit will be credited as part of the purchase price. 21st, The land will be sold in two separate parcels as listed above. Purchaser will be let into possession upon production Lydia Mill. Tuesday, Jan. 22ml, 2 to ^ .T THOMAS W. BENNETT, ' C. C. C. P., l.aurens County, S. C. Dated January 14, 1929. 3-31-3tc DRS. S.MITH & SMITH Optometrists Goldville, Wednesday, Jan. 23rd, to 8 P. M. Jacks Township S. W. Dean’s, Thursday, Jan. 21th, 10 to 12 A. M. Renno, Thursday, Jan. 21th, 2 to 4 P. M. Laurens Township Watts Mills, Bishop’^ .Store, Jan. .2rtth, 4 to 8 P. M. I.aurens Mill, Putnam’s Store, Jan. 29th. 4 to 8 P. .M. jEyes Examined Glasses P£|U‘pibed The law requires you to make re- 15 West Main Street Phone 101 SPECIALISTS petbaggers and scalawags controlled New York, Jan. 14.—Benjamin N. the state government. During that or- Duke, retired tobacco manufacturer, gy of good stealing, the negro Icgis-Nand philanthropist, who died January lator set his gold waUh, supplied free 8, lefF more than 81,000,000 to chari- hy the state, by a $600 clock, admirej ; table organizations, most of which ar^ 'himself in a S600 mirror, looked out, in North Carolina, his native state, upon the world from the shadow of a i The bulk of .the estkte, the.value of $1.509'window curtain, leclined on a which once was estimated at from $200 sofa, sat in a $60 chair, made his $.")0,000,000 to $200,000,000, goes to mark at a $175 desk lighted by a Mrs. A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., of New $2,500 chandelier and ejected tobacco York, a daughter. The Angler B. Duke I juice into a $14 cuspidor. For his use Memorial, Inc., at Durham, N. C., an •was provided a bar and restaurant in educational corporation founded in the State House, where he drank the memory of the capitalist’s son who 'best wines and liquors, procuml the irowned in 192.3, receives $.580,000, .finest cigars and ate the best foods in while $.585,000 is divided among the market, all charge<4 tg the state. .Southern religious and charitable or- Not content with this the state gov- ganizations, chiefly Methodist insti- ' ernment supplied him without cost i lUtions. turns on all your personal property 'Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service this year and also reciuires the .Audi- . ' Clinton S C tor to bring up y'our last return with j * * * a penalty of 50 per cent in case you do not make a return. Real Estate j will not have to be returned this year ex<fept in case of a transfer since your ‘last return. lavishly fprnished bedrooms, expen sive clothing, women’s apparel, jewel ry, furniture, and even metallic cof- fins. Most negroes in the Reconstruction Florida Oranges 15c dOZa 50c Peckl*^*’^ were utterly incapable of under- 4/^ 'standing the duties of -citizenship. .Pecans .40c lb. , Mr. Duke and his father and broth er were credited with having given I $90,000,000 in philanthropies during ' :heir lifetime. f Mrs. Sarah P. Duke of New- York, the widow, receives the life use of two homes, one on Fifth avenue here J.C.PENNEY C©. 7-9 Musgrove Street Clinton, S. C. Introdticing u the smart new color m Frocks for « Juniors •24 .75 It’s a shade flattering to youth . . . vivid, yet with the restraint necet- sary to all true chic. Sizes 13,15,17,19 And the frocks themself are fascinating versions nf the Spring mode. When registration for voting was or-, and another at Durham. After her If it does mrt suit you to-e^mic to Laurens to make your return for 1929 please meet me at one of the above appointments. Respectfully. tf .S. K. DOR^OH, .Auditor, Laurens County. 35c Eskimo Pies at the BLUE BIRD Oimrt ICC^ 'CrCftnfL Brickniany colorel PVbP.l'? . had d the properly goes to Mrs. Bid- ” ' idea what registration wa.s. Some die. Duke .sahFTn hTs“ wiir Dial Tils brought bags and baskets to put it in, wife’.s bequest was no larger because ' There was a great rush for fear there of the “ample manner’’ in which he, would not be registration enough to had provide! for her previously. , go around. Some thought it was .some- •phe dccument'^provided for the. dis- ' thing to cat, others thought it was inheritance of any beneficiary who at- something to wear. Several, when ask- tempted to break the will, and 'rever- j ed what was done when they were person’s bequest to the ^registered, said that “De gemblin wid ' h. Duke Memorial, he Wb white whisker maile we swar $10(1,000 each are es- .to deporl lie laws of United houf Ca-^grandsons, Anitier _ B. Duke. Jr., and Anthony Newton Wittiest of all South Carolina jujg- t)uke, both of Old l^’estbury, Long es was-Thos. Jeffersori .Maukey, a Re- ' from your Cotton | Island. William R. Perkins, ti friend. ■publican in the Recon.struction era, upper Montclair, N. J., i.s named ; who supported Hampton in 1876 executor and be(;uoathed $30.0(19. Ah- 5000 people whose sole job'is your service .The very nature of the telephone business necessi tates a single inter-connected system. The Bell System accepts its responsibility for a nation-wide telephone sc^ice as. a public trust. It is the policy of the System to use all income, beyond that necessary to pay regular dividends and maintain a surplus for financial stability, to improve and extend the service. Because of the nature of the business, speculative profits have no place in iL The Bel|l System maintains in its research, engi- neerin'g and business staffs and in the Bell Labora- . tories 5000 workefs—in a total of 350,000 employees —whose soul occupation is to improve the telephone art and to make these improvement's instantly avail- ^^^ble throughout the nation. TTicsc workers arc a guaranty of continued progress in furnishing the public a constantly improving telephone service at ahe lowest possible cost ^ ^ of the fiery Tarleton. He is al)3olutely -•an 1 SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TEUEG^PH COMPANY (/acor|H>ro4«4), unchanged and unchangeable. He car neither be starved nor fattened and is really the only one of our domestic ehimals which has always worked for his living. For him eternal vigilance is the price of liberty) and he c^not’ be taken by surprise, while^he; preia- tory rover who essays to pursue him t In I^TS, JudifC ‘Mackey served as thony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., of New chairman of the committee on swine York, Mr, Duke’s son-in-law, is a co at the annual fair at the State .Agri- executor and the legatee of $‘.^|I^000. cultural and .Mechanical Society and Seme lelatives get bcciucsTs rang- i for that comniiitee made a character- from $.5,000 to $1(),00(> and be- ; !stic report^in which he said: "qubsts to cha'.dty range from .8.5,000 “\Vhile your committee recognizes to $100,000. I with satisfaction the commendable ef- Among the larger chartiable bg- fort displayed in the introduction and quests are $100,000 to the MothiKli.st 1 culture of thoroughbred and high- orphanage at Raleigh, N. C.; $.50,000 'giade swine h)f the most improved to the North Carolina college for Ne- 1 reeds, >del,’ing the large.st weight of . g-roes at Durham; $.50,000 to the board meat and lanl in proportion to the'’! of foreign missiojis of the .Methodist amount of food which is the true eco- —^ norfiic principle in raising edible stock,, they profoundly regret that no sped-' men of our native stock was placed nn^xhibitiop. I “We hold it important for ethno- ; logical reasons that the native hog of j South Carolina should be widely culti vated. He is to our people the monu- i mental hog, and arourgl him clusteTS i ihe traditions of two eventful centu- ; I ries. Older than the Constitution of the United States, he .aJone seems un- affected seriously by its amendments, j Roaming at will thvough our far-; 1 reaching swamps and over our home- ^ stead hills in the days of 1776, the ibold infantry of stout Oirnwallis grew ! faint W’hile following the fleet career iof this e::iiaordinary pachyderm, t which distanced w'ith triumphant grunts even the enterprising cavaVy V ; Thy net decide now to ma'ce a real V profit from your cotton cro’)? It’s not a matter of luc!:. » f Ee sure ycur cotton has Chilean Nitrate of Soda at planting time and at chopping time. You’ll make more cotton per acre and it will cost less per bale to make it. Starts cotton off w'ell. Makesstrong healthy plants. Helps to oet an early crep aiiead of the weevil. r irCVii li l: 22 Dales on 5 Acres! Peter M. Arant, Pag-land.-S. C. winner of the State Cotton Contest in 1927, 761 lb3.%ChiIean Nitrate per acre as side dressing in addition to Titl'K.T'fertilizer at planting. 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