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THURSDAY, DECEMBiBR 11, 1930
THE aJNTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C.
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to his-wife and children by pulling a|
new liouse and lot out from under
his overcoat. , i
And congress has already renovat-j
od the navy so that wi» cafi park it ,in i
a telephone booth. I
The stop-and sock industry, only a
few years old, is said to employ 160,-
000 persons, representing an invest
ment of $150,000,000 and an annual
income of $255,000,0(^0.
evCRNCST OkMPja
Now York.—This frantic island
In numerous apartments you will
find divorced or separateijl husbands
! returning to have dates with the ex
ist wife.
suffering from a bad case of wander-[ I knoCone such hubby wKo bnngs
ing husbands and dislocated wives. j his new girl friend along. It’s always |
You’re not really up in society un-ia congenial part^especially if the
less you have Mexican, Parisian, and j ex-wife’s new boyfriend is on hand.
I Reno divorces, eight-cylinder alimony,!
and circulating boy friends. j The children have been in court so
It’s becoming difficult for the Man- much they talk like Philadelphia law-
hattan girl to keep count of her ex- yers.
husbands. ,You can imagine her, ex- And a bride\ trosseau is new
claiming, “Oh, yes, I remember you. enough six weeks after the honey-
Weren’t we married a couple of years j moon for the trip to Paris to get the
ago
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' final decree.
You don’t
know whether you’re
I This midget erase has got to stop i mairied or not until you read the tab-
somewhere. First midget golf. Theni^®'^ newspapers. Mrs. Peter Arno
.midget autos. Then midget radios. jsays she has to ’phone Walter Win-
j The next thing we now a college | find out whether she arid .Mr.
’student wHI reach into his watch-jman^and wife.
^ pocket, pull out a law book, and settle j
down to an evening of study. The only thing small t’oout ininia-
Many observers have commented
upon the incredibly tiny holes-in-the
wall that do business on New York’s
busy thorpughfares as candy stores,
drink stands, lunch counters, and jew
elry stores.
But few realize what amazing
wealth is often piled up by opeiwtors
of such pigeon holes. Fire tegulations
forced the removal recently of a tiny
lunch counter that ha^ done business
for years in a 4-by-12-foot comer of
a building entrance on 39th street. It
was disclosed that the old man who
operated the place had been earning
$10,000 a year.
Z'* *
I know of one tlvrivnig candy and
tobacco stand.that is jammed between
two adjacent columns of a building
front. The proprietor has barely room
inside to make change and turn tha
pages of his morning paper. Yet he
works there all day-^-and probably
has a tidy pile laid up iij some sav
ings bank.
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H. D. ^BNRT
The Spangled Tree
ly FOLGEI NcKINSEY
Flappers can already carry around ture gelf is the name,
a week-end wardrobe in a vanity case, i The first national' miniature
Before long father will come home show was held here the other
golf
day.
F. M. BOLAND
H. D. Henry & Company
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Snowbound
N
Chtrr^nMn.
I CESS we’re snowlKuiud here
for the rest of the day I’’
announced the crusty old
man as he wnlke<l down
the aisle of the day coach.
"Conductor says the.x're
sending the snowplow (uit
from Jackson, but we’ll be
hours getting out, in tliis
terrible blizzard.’’
A chorus of groans went up from
the weary passengers, and some of
the children begun to cry.
"What a Christmas!’’ some one ex
claimed. ‘ It’ll be morning before we
get to Grand Rapld-s!"
At this one ott^'the dozing College
boys at the end of the cur raised his
head.
“Who says it’ll be morning? We’ve
got to get there to Join the G1«‘e club
for a show at eight o’clock. Gee, it’s
fire o’clock now! He.v, there, Hoz**!’’
kicking at his companion. *T^<*k here;
we’ve g<*t a killing on hand.’’
"What’s that, Ollm? What do we
kill? Not mosquitoes, ehT’
“No—time! And blue devils!” Then
whispering. ’’LMaJif Jddajdong wlm’il-
be hungry pretty soon. Let’s throw a
^T'HERE nevej' v. as a forest that bore !
a spangled tree, |
But every time that Qiristnuui comes
they’re eyery^herp to sei’4
And what has 8«i tliem glowing, or in ,
I wbet-land thcy’i>egrowin&‘>*'«*-^r
I kxkow not and I ntsver knew—nut I
am very glad it’s true I f
Oh, first thc5V' have groen branches
llk«
lust
Beside the
Ee the pines that dwell
ie noble for<^ of chestnuts by
the dell;
And over all tliat beauty a gradual
beauty seems
To dwell among their swaying boughs
In immemorial gleams.
And now that I remember an old tale
told to me—
It is the lend ol fairies where grows
tlie spaiwled troe.
And softly In u«?reniber the loving
fairies cmwl
Along the hard and snowy miles—
Why have hundreds and hundreds of people come to this DEFIANCE SALE? They came because
they knew that when we said we are offering BIG BARGAINS throughout the entire, store that we
meant just exactly what we said. They came, they bought, they went home happy. Now, folks! this
sale is running right on; thousands of Bargains await you here in Shoes, Hats, Shirts, Underwear,
Socks, Caps, Work and Dress Pants, Pajamas, Overalls, Ties, Towels, etc., etc. When you buy at
these Low Sale Prices you save on every purchase.
Ail laughter nnd all nongs and crailea—
To set uiem in our hall.
^There never was a forest except a (ialry
one
Tliat grew a tree of greenwood all
docked with moon and sun, |
And little stars and candles
oranges and cake, i
And trumpets of tlia Chrlstmastlde
for little chiUlbood’s sake.
And so Fm glad I’m living where peo
ple are so fine
That in the winter aeason the tree that
aeems a pine
CofOM from the fairy gardens all^mn-
gled as does this
Thsi gUams for little children with
the lips we love to kiss I
encore she told a droll Seitaius Mc
Manus tale which made Bozo hide
his head at memory of his vaudeville
Irisli brogue. _
“That sounds morelsh!’’ he ex
claimed when she had fluisbed, and |
I, Miss Hall responded. "If you’ll plu.v
allot her orchestra piece. I’ll try to
tliink of something.’’ They alternated
In this way, first a story, then music,
until they felt that even laughter
would not postpone hunger much long
er; so Miss Hull slipped to the boys
a box of sandwiches prepared by her
She Changed Completely Front a Lit
tle Drab Woman.
party. Get out your uke. I’ll be an
nouncer.*'
Five minutes later Glim was stand
ing at the end of tfie'long aisle an
nouncing oratorically:
“Ladles and Gentlemen: The fa
mous Bt)zo and Glim Amusement com
pany will now begin its siiow, oitenlc
with an orchestra numbt'r eiititle<^
'Santa Claus on the Way.”’
With that the boys played .on thoii
nkul^es the old “Jingle Bell’’ song
with a “Tootletoot” obligato, and, I?
lieu t>f bells, an occasional 8p<jke«
“Jingle-Jingle” which greatly ainiise<
the children. Then Glim said:
“Our next number will be by th*
great Ifiipersonator, Bozo r»*>swell.
who wUl give yon a aerlea of costunu
character aketchco, nnsnfpaaiied oi
the American stage.”
Bobo, who really had some talent
proceeded with several dialect ane<'
dote^ with his henna scarf about Id-
head for the redheaded Irishman.
' Glim’s overcoat stulTed inside hi
own for the fat Dutchman, etc., ea<U
attempt at costume snipasslnf tin
last In such absurd Inadequacy, that
even the grown-ups laughed hilari
ouUy. Then GUm tang a popular
au^ with ukul^e aeeompanlment,
quits acceptaRy, and did om or two
Maaple aleiqht-<^lHnul tiieka. While
Boso was ra<itt!ig hit brain for soore
■torlsiL a nOts waa sent op from the
taacbtflah lookliig llttlo woman threo
Its down.' It rend:
"X nm n profoastonal atory-teller. If
js« with I wtU fiTO n fairy Ule or
Ih'tndt hostess. The boys collected
fruits and nuts from their own bags
an«l tliose of willing passengers, and
then Glim announced:
“(»ur last nuiid»er will be Santa
(’laus—In person. Ills sledge Is stalled
near here, and his reindeer lump, and
he has wnlk<*<l across tlie snow pur
posely to attend tills party.”
Bozo, who hud l>een performing ndr-
aeles in tlie smotdng car, now ap
peared, wltli a bright red handker-
cliief on his head, a tissue-paper
beard, a neighbor’s fur coat, wit a
Miss Hall’s ermine collar over It, and
bits of "totton from various boxes
pinned on his sleeves. Then, willi
much Jovial banter, he passed down
the aisle carrying a pack looking
strangely like a pair of wild-color;...
Sale Continues Through Deoemher 24th.
H)jur Last Number Will •• tania
Claus III
ma was
flrom heaTeo to the
and when Mfiw
r HaB begia with *T1w DCly Dock-
riia ehaagsd eosq^letely from ai
dnh little wemaa, te a lively young
with-aNidlc is her ▼eice. Fur
pajama trousers fastened with safety
pins. Frcnn this sack he dlspeneed to
each child a parcel cootalnliv a sand
wich, some nuts, fruU and a few
candles.
Then tt was that the emiry man
appeared with a thermoe bottle, say
ing. “My daughter pat this la my bM.
though I told her I despised cocoa, so!
If the kids—”
^Glim needed no. farther suggesAon, j
and soon the children weab drinking
hot cocos from paper trsla enps; and
before the feast waa finished, the
crusty man called oat:
“Hoorayl Snow piow*a eosse! Mer
ry Chrlstmeal” Whidi wat echoed
down the car.
m, ISM. WMtwa N«VI
MEN^S and BOYS*
UNION SUITS
$1.00 values, now 85p
$1.50 values, now .... $1.15
$2.00 ^lues, now .... .... $1.65
$2.50 values, now $1.95
$3,50 values, now $2.85
MEN’S SHOES
Men’s Shoes and Oxfords, black and tan.
in the very latest styles, regular $5.00
Shoes. Only—
$3.95
MEN’S PANTS
$5.00 Pants, now $3.95
$4.00 Pants, now $3.25
$3.50 Pants, now $2.85
$3.00 Pants, now .... $2.35
$2.50 Pants, new $1.95
$2.00 Pants, now $1.66
$1.50 Pants, now .... $1.15
MEN’S and BOYS*
SWEATERS
Extra spedal value, from—
85c to $655
WORK SHOES
THE THOROUGH GOOD SHOE
$5.00 Shoes, now $3.95
$4.50 Shoes, now •. . $3.75
$3*50 Shoes, now $2.85
$3.00 Shoes, new $2.35
$2.50 Shoes, now $1.95
$2,00 Shoes, now . .. : $1.65
UNDERWEAR
All Underwear Reduced.
Shirts and Drawers, now 85c
Boys’ Union Suits 45c up
Men’s Union Suits .... 75c up
L. B. DILLARD
/•* C' t
le One-Price Store*’
Clinton, South Caroline