The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 25, 1930, Image 6
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ASSESSOR'S NOTICE
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■ \f; Tl» County Anditor*! offke 4t Lau-
15" iiSKt, S. C., will b« open from the lit
diy 'hC January to the 20th day of
S’^abeuary, 19»l, for the purpose of
taldnc tax return for the ensuing
year; and for the transaction of aU
buiiness pertaining to the offke. For
the convenience of taxpayers returns
can be made at the following appoint-
ments throughout the county on dates
named below for the purpose of tak-
_ ing tax returns for the year 1981:
Lanford Station—Monday, Jan. 12,
from 10 a. m. to 12 m.
Robert Harris’ Store—Monday, Jan.
12. from 2 to 4 p. m.
Stephen’s Store—Tuesday, Jan. 13,
from 10 a. m. to 12 m.
Tollie Garrett’s Store — Tuesday,
Jan. 13, from 1 to 2:30 p. m.
John Jones’ Store — Tueiiday, Jan.
13, from ^8 to 5 p. m.
Owing!—Wednesday, Jan. IJ, 8 a.
tn. to 12 m.
Gray Court — Wednc.sday, Jan. 14,
1 to 0 p. m.
Reeve’s Store — Thursday, Jan. 15,
9:80 to 11 a. m.
Wood’s Store — Thursday, Jan. 1.5.
'^11:30 a. m. to 2:30 p- m.
Ben Tumlblin’s Store — Thursday,
Jan. 15, 3 tx> 4:30 p. m.
Hickory Tavern — Friday, Jan. 16,
9 to 11 a. m.
Wnceton — Friday, Jan. 16, 11:80
a. m. to 2:30 p. m.
Taylor’s Store—Friday, Jan. 16, 8
to 6 p. m.
Poplar Springs — Monday, Jan. 19,
9 a. m. to 12 m.
Jtrry Martin’s Store—Monday, Jan.
Dr. W. Ci Thompson’s — Tuesday,
Jan. 20, 9 a. m. to 12 m. r
Waterloo Town—Tuesday, Jan. 20,
1 to 4:30 p. m. ■*
Cross Hill — Wednesday, - Jan. 21,
9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Mountville — Thur.s<lay, Jan. 22,
9:30 a. in. to 4 p. m.
"Lydia .Mill—IViday, Jan. 23, 9:30
a. m, to 4 p. m.
Clinton City — .Monday, Jan, 26,
9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m., at City Hall.
Clinton City — Tuesday, Jan. 27,
9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m.. Chronicle Bldg.
Clinton Mill — Wednesday, Jan. 28,
9:30 a. m. to 4 p.m.
Goldville--Thursday, Jan. 29, 10 a.
b to 4 p. m.
S. W. Dean’s, Jacks Town.ship —
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 10 a. m. to 12 m.
Renno — Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1 to 4
p. m.
Watts Mills — WiMlnesday, Feb. 4,
9:30 a. m. to 5 p. ni.
Laurens Mills — Thursday, Feb. 5,
9:30 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Only Personal Property has to be
returned this year, but it is absolute
ly necessary for you to make a re* urn.
If not convenient to come to Audi
tor’s office in Court House, please
meet me at once of the above places.
S. R. DORROH,
tf Auditor, Laurens County.
WA N T S
ONK larye double room for rent. Ap
ply to Mrs. A. O’Uaniel. tf
NICKI/Y furnisheti bed rooms, close
in, with or without meals. Phone
103. tf
FOR SALK—King.sbury (Cable Co.)
upright piano for $200. C. P. Robin
son, 27 .\vademy street, Clinton,
S. C. Itc
TRKSPASS NOTICK—No hunting of
any kind or trespassing allowed on
any of my land. Public please take
notice. John H. Young. Itp
apartment of
FOR RKNT
residence now occupied by L. S.
Henderson, on enterprise street. Ap
ply to M. S, Bailey Son, Rankers.
12-25-.3tc
SOME AlTRACrnE OFFERS
('ountry Centloman, 3 years $1.00.
Ladies' Home Journal. $1.00 per
year; 2 years, $1..50; .1 years, $2.00.
CoKmopoiitan $2.50; Good Housekeep
ing 82..50; both one year for $4.00.
JAS. W. CAI.DWEI.L
666
/ is a doctor’s Prescription for
COLDS and HEADACHES
It is (he mi.st spe<Kl\ remedy known.
66 also in Tablet.s
ASK
Your Grocer
About
ClhiiSfcifS
Specisb
Bverj Widawdsy
Friday
^;^;Dtlicious, Appetidlnf
for the Menu.
SPECIALS May
Only on
;^|aRiouDC«d.
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• i;UA RRALKIN halted In al
most superstitious amusM*
ment.
“Bertlia!” she paspeil
•Come here! It’s—bap
pened—again!"
Berths dropi>ed the lelters
she was sortiug ami hiir
Tied to the door.
‘iaiura!” her tone expressed awed
unliellef. “Are you sure—?’’
“Perfectly. Aren’t you?’’
Itertlia's eyes narrowed renei-tively
•‘Yes!’’
For a oiomeot the two stared si
eacli other in tight-lipped silence.
“Did you see anyone when you came
to work?"
Bertha shook her head. “Not n
sunt. The building was hK'keil.’’
“If It weren't so near Clirlstmns nm
the whole force worklruc overlime, ic'
From h,er brown curls and sparUlin.
eyes to fier atfni ankles LmirH wiu
heantifiil and genuine. Ih>ciiuse she
never (Miaed she wasn’t Nelf-conscioiix
That may have been her charm, am'
why—in spite of her youth—('iilvei
had elected her poHlmlstress.
“Imagine a young girl running a
post ottice!’’ some said. But ImiiiedI
Htely they added, “laturn can ilo It II
anybody cun!"
And Laura had been doing It. Sin
had to. Aunt Juley hud left her oiii<
a small annuity and the use of lie
old residence for live years, at which
time It went to some «-horlty TJia
wua all.
No, It wasn’t quite all. And strange
ly this tusk, this legacy to another
was apparently causing all the troidde
Kven the office ni.vstery had begun ai
about the time of the dlsap|»earunci
of the grandfatlier clock. I.aitra loved
that clock. It re^'alled childhood as
siM'latlons. .Maybe ihai was why pet
verse old Aunt Juley. d.ving. had uiadi
her promise to repair It for an Kmesi
liamilton, the son of Aunt Juley’s girl
hood chum.
“The hoy was always good to me
when I visited his mother,’* .\unt Juho
explained.
Restoring If would co.tt unbellev
iihly. Aunt .luley hiidii't provided fur
that, ami I.nurn was saving ever-
penny toward It.
Bill by riu'isiuuts slic'd have eonuu;!:-
to send to K:‘ne.-<l Mamllluii, « tota
stninuMT. I he most expensive preven
she had ever bought.
"Willi my Hrst of I»ecemher chec'
I’m goitig to semi It to lh«< ehick
makers,*' she told Iterilia ntid lli<h
her iwu hesi friends.
Bid one morning lust h'dure that
l.uuia had missed llie old cluck* It
was an awful f«‘ellng. She euiildn't
believe It. Neither cuuhl .Mrs. .\daniK.
the caretaker’s wife.
"It’s spirits. Miss Bradun!" .Mrs
Adams gasped. “Your deml hIii'I
‘It's Spirits, Miaa Bradonl’
Adams Gasped.
Mrs
guiiiia see Ihul cliwU leave the family!
Past week Pve had a feelin--’’
Laura didn’t listen to .Mrs. Ad.ims*
sincere but terrifying tIuHiries.
It must have been atulen. But. hv
wliom? A stranger couldn't slip uu
noticed Into Culver wher« everybody
knows everybody else.
“.And." Bob reasoned as he and
Laura talked It over the next day.
“Culver people don’t go in for an-
thiues."
“Then, too," Idiurs added, “there
arasn’t a sign of breaking in. In tlie
winter Mrs. Adams locks everything.
And everything was still locked this
Bomiog."
Bob whistled. “Looks like Inside
wtkrk."
But Laura had known the Adamsee
too long not to be certain they were
guiltless.
Bob’s eyes held more concern for
the slim wonderful girl than for the
clock. “Ikmt you worry," he admon-
iHlied. “I’m going to trace this. PleMae."
lie Idea deft, “don’t worry."
Because Laura didn1 want Bob to
think Iter foollah. she hadiit eisikeii
about tite mystery in the oAcn But
for days she’d bod • feeling that
atmuge hands And nmnged things a*
her desk. 81m> wasn’t lUtsiiive at (Ira*
Tliere was stHnetblng no atnugi
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THE CUNTON CHRUNICLB. CUNTON. 8. C.
THnaaoAY. iwcEiiBn a, itso
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A
seasaio
a*»r(N
about It that Laura’s nerves tightened
'Tm going to And out sbont this," she
determined.
* When Bob waited as he always did
to stroll the seven blocks to ber cor
ner, he exclaimed: “Laura, you’re
pate! You ought to get more hMp
during Chri.Hfmns week. I’d help free
of charge—"
“It’s ’a’gin the law,* Bob. Thanks
anyway.’’ Laura smiled Into bis seri
ous eyes.
Bub wua tall and straight and good
looking. He’d been practicing law In
So, Robert Howard! You!
Common Thief I"
Culver for utmost a year and Piilver
people were saying, ‘‘-^t lust there’s
a ftdiow good enough for Laiiru—^ail.v
It's funny he’d settle here. All uur
Imys with any git, go to the city."
“A lawyer’s got to start In a amah
plnre," Bob explained to Laura.
But Bob never Inti muted that she
was more to him than a very good
friend. And Laura tried to make her
self regard him In us culm a light.
Three nights, wilhoul telling eithei
Koh or RertliH, Laura had hidden In
her office.
Then II had hap|H*np<l. The llghi
hurnlng over ihe safe hmt thrown
everything Into grotesque shadow
Dreul lieaps o( (IliriMtmns packages be
came viiuiie kIiosIs. lain that silence,
a sound! Lnnrn drew h:ii k. The d<ior
had opened!
Slowly a clrele of light ailvanced
Bfdilml It a shudow If reached her
desk. Laura svifipnaiseiJ lii screaai
She switched oa a light.
In horror nad Hmazemeal. the two
facvMl each other—spev*chless. He
drop|M‘)l Ills ffiishllght.
I.nara's lips treailded fruai a smidea
deep hurt.
“So. Rolierl llovviird! You! ... A
cotamun thief!"
“Liiara—I"
"Till me. now. about my rha-k
You’re the only person—"
"All right." The man before ber
tightened his Jaw.
“How did yon get In?"
“That night you left your purse In
my car. I had keys copied after
yours. . . . 1—I’m really Earnest
HaroiUon.’’
Laura gasped. “Then why steal
It—?’’
“After you’d tnld me how-i
saving, and I saw how determined you
were to keep .v«>ur promise. I thought
I’d get It restored, pay the bill, and
return It without .votir ever knowing
who’d done It, I cottldn’l hear to have
you spend your money that way. .
“But—!’’
“You said, once, the old description
of the clock was In your desk It's
all done now. hut one detail. I was
trying to find It for the man."
rnboricf and relieved hope played
over Latira’s face. "If .you’re Enie-st
Hamilton, wliy come to f'ulver as—"
Resolutely the .voting man reached
Into his pocket. "You never saw .your
aunt’s will."
"No. The Invv.ver said she asked
that It he shown to no one for a
year or—’’
He nodded. "Here’s why—a” cop.r
of It. She said you were stubborn,"
Laura read, . . . If Ernest
Hamilton will marry my tflece before
the year Is out. my entir* estate will
go to them Instead of f charities."
“I w.'tnted to see yon. And after I
had, and knew you for yourself. I
couldn't," tendemesa moved In his
eyes, "I couldn’t even ask you until
that, year waa up. I waited you fo
know that I didn’t—"
Agaiu I,aura’s heart sang. The radi
ance which retiinv.* to jituth «o enslly
retlected In her e.ves.
“Bob!” her heart aioike the name.
Til he busy Christnins. but what ftlaiis
have you for thw Sunday before New
Tear’ar •
"Why. none. . . . I—"
She llvrew Ifcek her .head knd smiled
ft haiqiy iftger smBe "Neither
have I!"
Rroest Hamlltou atuod bewildered
for a moment. Tlien over hla serhuia,
handsome face moved the emmprehan-
aloft of a gr^t happinetBL He oiMefied
his arms. **T4tara! Igiiira, denr!"
And It was hla hetit, tea which spoke
. iCv IS'.S Wmiviw Nswaestisr C(itoe.l
ALL IN THE FAMILY
Christmas Pageant
Thursday Night
/
A ChristmM pageant entitled "At
the Mangier," will be presented Thurs
day nifht (CSiristmas) in the Thom>
well Memorial ehurch at 8 o'clock. It
had been planned to give the pageant
last night but eit ehan^ oi time was
made to afford the community an op
portunity to be present. The entertains
ro^ will be presented by the chil
dren of the orphanage Sunda)r school
and promises to be one of the enjoy
able programs of the Christmas sea
son. At Its conclusion, white gifts will
be presented to the Christ Chil<f
whose birthday the world noyr . cele
brates, the offering to be used for the
relief of the poor of the eommKOkhy,
The eq^re community k wmat esr-
(Ually invited to attend this Christ
mas aeorviee Thuraday evening.
Banks To Close
For Two Bays
The three banlu of the city wul be
closed today and Friday, ini obssrv-
ancce of Christmas and will re-epen
for business at the uaoal time SatKC-
day moitiipir-'Yba pidblic is asked to
make a note of the closinf dates.'
SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONIGLB
She—But we muKt remember moth
ar at Christmas.
He—I woulduT mind reroembeting
her Christmas if she’d let ms forget
her the rest of the year.
The twelve Days* Madaeos**
The Christmas season pnii>er laale
for twelve da.vs-December SSth Ir
January ffth. Tha Puritans tenaai tt
•Th# Twelve Days’ Madnssn"
B. D. HENRY
r. Me ROLAND '
H. D. Henry & Company
INSURANCE
STOCKS . BONDS • REAL ESTATE
LOANS NEGOTIATED
Pre-
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Everything At New Low Prices. Stocks Must Be Reduced
Before Jan. 1st. The Money We WouW Have To Pay the State
in Taxes, We Pass On To You In Savings.
BABY RUTHS, 3 for
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-5 B- -
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More women use it than any
other. -
6 for
23c
BALENTINE’S
Lii^ Sausage, lb.
30c
Oniems, lb.
Bananas, lb.
7c
Caraja Coffee, lb.
.35c
Claussen's and Clinton ftread
_ At All Q. S. S. Stormi
SUGAR, 10 lbs. for
WHITE'S SOUTHERN
Strip Bacon,, lb. 34c
BEE BRAND
Prepared Mustard 13c
Cleen-Made Macaroni, pkg. .. 8c
CLINCH glVER
Tomatoes, No. 2 can, 3 for ... 27c
Borden’s Evap. Milk, small ... 5c
Save the Coupons for Valuable
l^remiums
PORK BEANS, 3 for 25c
Roll
Jumbo Peanut Buttm*, jar ... 23c
B<»den^ Evap. Milk, taO; 10c
RedBaiid Flour, 24 lbs. S. R. $1.18
Red Band Flour, 24 lbs. plain $1.14
Grits, 5 U»8. 19c
Chewing Gum, 3 for
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Milky Way, 3 for
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10c
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Peacock SYRUP, 511^ 43c
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CLINTON. 8. C !^:#umi]|tl|f £ CL
BiMwiii’s GtacMT. 'l. ML PiUlL-Mftiil^
Grocery, L C. Bokuid, L. V. PIImmm, CPr-'
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