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U|.^ n III A PIJI? A - trt /■ / \ ■ I THURSDAY. JUNE 30, 1932 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE •! f Reduction Made In Price of Family Tickets. Open Daily Except Sunday. The [/.*roy Springs swimming pool,| always u popular place during thej summer months, will open to the pub-» lie tomorrow. July first, it was an-' nounccji yesterday by Coach Johnson, j Daily hours will be 10 a. m. to 1 p. ni. { and 3 -p. m. to 7 p, m.,* Sundays ex cepted Application for private" parties from 8 !>. m. to 10 p. m. may be made to Harry Bolick, the pool manager. Prices will be for .ten or more, 20c per jierson; under 10, 25c per person, ('hildrer. under twelve. 1.5c; adults 25c. It is also announced by Coach John- .«on that individual tickets may be purch.use<i for $4.00 per year, family tickets for two at $7.00, for three at $10.00, and for four at $12..50, These tickets are not transferable. The iH)ol promises to be a popular gathering place this summer for rec reation. Harry Bolick .who is in charge as manager, will he assisted by V/oj lrow Tisdale. RI9SENBtR6 V WASHINCTON tY RAPtORD MQILCY chance of thirty-six states concurring even to that extent, but that anything whifh the Democratic party proposes will either be substantially the sssne thing or will alienate the entire dry vote from that party. W A'N T S STOT H-PROOF ■ BAGS for your win ter clothing, at Buchanan’s. tf ■POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS body w’as brown and muscular, but his mouth curled down and utter sor row claimed him. — His bed, among the bales of waste paper, was jerking and sw’^ying, and, as he cried, a canvas flap was lifted.. An evil face glared into the van. “What tha hell!” A thick and un friendly voice shouted at him. The face had a wicked mouth, edged with broken teeth, brown and green, John ny saw a mon.ster, a dragon, glaring and cursing him. “Git tha hell out of there! Git out, ya crummy rat!” Johnny, still crying, sat up amid the CLERK OF COURT h *i..ihy announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Clerk ;f Court of Laurens County, 8ubjei--t to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. THOS. W. BENNETT. FOR SHERIFF 1 he' .-my announce myself as a can didate for re-election as Sheriff of l>aurens county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. COLUMBUS L. OWENS. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Sheriff of Laurens County and pledge myself to abide by the re sult of the Democratic primary. C. W. WTER. 1 hereby announce myself as a can didate for Sheriff of I^urens County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Dem.KTatic primary. HICKS F. 0WINGS. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Sheriff of Laurens county and pledge myself to abide bjr the rules and regulatioins of the Demo cratic primary, DORROH I). PEDEN. FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself as a can didate for re-election as Magistrate of Hunter Township at Clinton, sub ject to the rules and regulations of the Dem.H.ratic primary. W. ROY PITTS. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Magistrate of Hunter Township, at Clinton, sihiject to the rules and regulations of the Demo- .CJAtic primary, - - 'TJOHN H. GLYNN. I hereby juinounee myself as a can didate f'»r Magistrate of Hunter Township at Clinton, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary. B. R. FpLLER. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Magistrate at Mountville, Hunter Township, and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. WALTER F. LYNCH. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Magistrate of Jacks Town ship, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. A. L DIXON. FOR CONGRESS 1 hereby announce my candidacy for re-election to Congress subject to the rules of the Democratic primary elec tion. J- J- McSWAIN. I hereiiy announce myself a candi date for Congress fronr the~fHnirth Congressional district and pledge my self to abide by the results of the Democratic primary. JAMES D. McCullough. © HACcoun me. FIRST INSTALLMENT j clothing. The fact that his laugh and Warm mist, filled with vague forms, a certain trick of pawing through hi,s hung above the lower stretches of the hair reminded her of another wild im- Hudson. , petuous boy caused Harriet BVeen to A boy, his arms folded, leaned on j flush. John’s father had been only a the cabin trunk of a barge, the Cava- few years older, when she came to the Her, of Haverstraw. Cavalier. “Gee ^!” The boy' kept repeating! “We got to put Johnny to school,” the one word—“GeeP* j Mrs. Breen remarked to Captain His arms, bare to atmve the elbow’s, | Breen, busy at the small coal^&tove, w'ere capable arms, bniw’ned by the | turning a pan of biscuits w ith the sun. His doubled fists were hard and hem of her apron, his face was freckled. ; “.All right. Mother, we’ll send hini. The barge carried way with her, as | w hen we lay up this year.” He began the water slapped her low side, fori tilling his pipe. “It's getting mighty the Cavalier was at the stern end of j thick.’’ a tow’. Far ahead a tug, a little wood-i “Where w’e noiw?” en puffer, exhausted white vapor in “Turned up of the East river, her struggle with the river. The last Them’s the Fulton F’erry bells. I’ll tow, whipping about as the course 1 call John—” was changed to av’oid the ferries. Johnny, his eves drawn into the ] seemed the tail end of a gigantic kite, deepening blur of the w'arm envelop-j smeared the drietl filth on sometimes in view' and sometimes lost ^ ing night, hearing strange sound.s. i^*^ with tears. He was a dis- to sight. i thinking huge thoughts, heard the' A large black double-decker washed ■ talk below, coming up out of the! “Out ya git!” The driver reached by, her paddles drumming? an ener-l-quare of light. How' he loved hisi f^'i' his w'hip; Johnny slipped back j over the load of paper. “Out an’ ta hell with yp!” The team, fresh, full I of fear, sensing the whip, starttsl on a j gallop with the heavy road.| The wa^fon : reeled toward the curb and Johnny, ‘.sliding from the bales of paper, drop- lied to fhe tailboard out under the end flkp. He let go and fell to the gutter, stuhned by his impact with the cob blestones. The .street was on a fringe of tene- wnents. where the Ghetto touche.s the wharves. It was a fear.some neighbor hood. High houses loomed over him, -Strange- smells ami noises confounded him as he slowly rose to his fetd, standing in the midst of a curious crowd of half-grown children who suddenly materialized, as if -sprung from the stones. It was an eager Sat urday morning crowd of waterfront boys—a gang. “Hully chee, lookit dat bum! What in 'ell’s bitin’ ’im? He’s lou.sy. Whew —what a .stink!” The crowd ruhbeil near Johnny. He, turneil a.s they mille<l about. He backml to the center of the street and ! stood defiant, U*g.s ajiart, his trousers i torn and half down, covered with dirt, j his shirt raggtnl and stwaked, his matted yellow hair over his eyes. Hos tile l>oy« closeil in and surrounndeil him. FOR RF!NT—Apartment. Close in and ' convenient. Apply to Dr. S. C. Havs. Ft Washington, D. C., June 27/^-\The Republ.can national convention per- • formed precisely as was f-irecast^u^ , i heSe— ditpatebes; it renominated i FOR SALE-VSquabs, rabbits, duck- through the s^kV eyelashes, streak-j Hoover aTid Curtis —and there wasj' lings, squirrels. Apply to J. V’. Ed- ing down his pitiful face. He had the nothing that looked like a contest wards, pho^ 365. 7-21-4tc aspect of a forlorn w’aif, only his bfire oyer anything but the lirohibition ^ Those who understand the ins and I, SALE—Nice fat Rhode Island outs of,„Mi.tk.» and havo muro than,. a auiM-rriial knowlod^o of tha atata "■ public opinion are offering bets that * ’ ' ’ w’heir the early shouting is all oiPer ry, Jr. VVAXTF!D—One second-hand portable typewriter in first class condition,^ there wi\l be so little to choose be- tweven the pronouncements of the Re-'»f bargain. Royal preferred. Call tele- publicans and Demoerjats' on the pro- Pkone No. 110. Itp, make it a sec-l ondary issue in the presidential cam paign. And that is what the state.s- manlike leader.s of both partie.s hope wiH come about. In the inieantime, however, the piesident and the Republicans who now. Buchanan’s Dry Cleaners and Laundry. It FOR RENT—Spencer home, 9 rooms and all conveniences. Also 5-poom cottage next to Spencer residence. Ap- w'baios! Hirh<.«d"bumpfd “thuTibs f'*!'"* hi* uudu,- a viu-; - f the van. He rubbed dirt iuU. hi» ‘''I'-^ M;.‘he extreme repeallsts.pOR Rh-N’T-b-room buuae on north led by Dr. Nicholas .Murray Butler,, side .Maple street in College View, president of Columbia university. Dr.' Available '•June 1. Apply to H. D. Butler and President Hoover have sel-j Henry. ^ dom seen eye to eye on anv question. 1 rrr • ~ ^ , ~7~rr- M ii . .. il I t> a, ; IT IS economy to have vour clothing Mr. Hoover regards the who e But er' ‘ Each succeeding trip found him gazing in growing fascina- 4 tion toward the piies of buildings banked upon the shore. dry cleaned and your laundry done by our improved methods. Buchanan’s Dry Cleaners and Laundry, It ichmd of thought as subver.'ive and un-.American. Dr. Butler regatxl.s Mr. Hoover’s methods and policies as in ept and un-Republican. That.’differ-1 COST—Pair of horn-rimmed glasses,- ence between two indivi<luals is unim-^, >n u leather ca.^e, on the streets portant t’lxcept as indicating a.s much i uround town. If found return to The difference of opinion inside the Re-1 f'hronicle office. Itc publican party as there is in.-^ide the DenuKTatic party. In the matter of prohibition, how ever, Mr. Hoover and his friends who forced the adoption of the party dec laration on the .subject adhertil very NOTICE — I have an electric lawn mower sharpener and am prepared to grind, repair and put your mower in first-class shape at a reasonable price. I will call for and deliver your mower without extra charge. Ju.st drop a post card in the mail with your closely indt'eil to the historical posi-j name and address and 1 will do thi* rest. VV. P. Hudgens, Laurens, S. C. 6-30-5 tc Modern Flour Mill for custom grinding:. We guarantee better flour getic tattoo on the sliyfgish river, her sharp stem carving and curling the water into an ui>en greenish scar, her bows throwing off brave, white whisk-1 ers of seething foam. Rows of light<*d mother! He was going to -school—per haps to school in the city the monu mental city shrouded iii the fog. Suddenly there was a crash! In the “Morning Advertiser” of Sat- tion of the Republican party. That position, since the time of Lincoln has been conservative. Every change that has l>een made in fundamental laws in the pas{ 60 years j has been put forward in the first im.f stance by the Democrats. The income tax, the direct election of U. S. sena-; . U 1 4- if tors, prohibition and woman suffrage, j Und auSOlUte SatlStaC- Om-.. in th.. howev.r it tion. Will SISO Day CSSh has always binm the Republican policy | v to stand liehind them, against further change. Historically, too, the Republican party ha.-* been the “di*y” party since time immemorial; its voting strength coming largely from the states which voted themselves dry long bt'fqre na tional prohibition. cabin windows marched by him, I unlay, May 12th. 1900, fourth page, .'Muare polls exuding radiance and of-(.(-olumn six, near the bottom of the fering glimijses of a Sitrange interior region of flashing light and congest- e<l, breathing crowds. A thought oi’curred to the boy— how he wanted to know those people. “Theif names must aH- W diff’rent. But is there so miany names?” He spoke aloud to himself, as he often j did. “They muit be more’n a hundred —I guess.” The boy was ^nearly sixteen. Still the great gilt letters on the sides of ferry boats were unfathomable to him. He searched his imind for a mean ing—but all letters were weird, mys terious. W-h-e-l-i-n-g, His eyes traced the similarity of form. Down in the little cabin of the Qav- page, smothered on one side by a with the heartless ethic.s of the pack, leading notice for Peruna, was a scant, kickeil and cuffed us Johnny turned news Item: THREE DROWN ON BARGE The brick barge (’avalier of Haver£tTa.w, McGurtney" Broth- ei.s Brick company, collided with an unknown craft in the East liver just south of Brooklyn bridge during the heavy fog last night and sank. Giiptuin. Breen, wife, and son are missing. At the point where In the light of this historical posi- “Doity. Where ja come, outaa de Rtspublicans, political ob- sewer? Hey stinky! Soa|; ’ini!.Lemnie I here are askfng what Doctor 'iin!” ' ' ; Butler or anybody else exp<*cte<l . , u 1 • I the Reuublican convention to do on Several bigger boys, tough, daring,', . i-:- ■ . u *. ■* j i*» * i prohibition, beyond what it <lid .' Andi at the same time they are asking whatl the DeniiKM'ats could do to come any" or exchange for wheat, corn, rye, barley, etc. Ask your grocer for fur ther particulars. EMERALD CITY MILLS Durst-Andrews Co. Greenwood, S, C. in toi iiient. Idle men in shallow derbys, ! men in black coaLs, and Inuirded men ! such as John had_ncwer' seen, pauswl j to watch the boys. j “De Grogan geng is out! Oy, what jd busine.ss, de Grogan geng!” ITie j tough boys were really the Grogan gang, dr part of them. .A boy taller I than the re.st, wearing a dented derby, came close to Johnny aiul spat in his Manhattan' face. A hard dirty brown fist shot out shovts an elbow into ^he river and | with desperate force, The taU hoy the Brooklyn- bridge swings *bigh ^ howled, his 'derby rolling at his fe<‘t | number of individual votes on a'oove the shipping, we must take upjirt the gutter. The blow wasi utterly j counted for I nearer satisfying the repealists. Ks'peal of the eightiH-nth amend- 1 ment-without any qualifying re-stric- tions woqld throw the liquor question right back where it was, open saloon and everything. Neither of the two great nartie.^ could well afford to pro pose that, even if its leadership were unanimous in wanting the saloon back, which is far from the case. 1 There is no way under the Constitu-" tion for a referendum whereby the I or he story of Johnny Breen. His - unexpected. It caught him in the | the proposal. The* fedc'ral gov- stomach, and he doubled up. The ^.mment kno-ws the 'individual voter diearning kept him on deck. The con- aiid then came at alier, the boy, John Bre«*n, often lay | veisation below, the warm mystery crowd backed in his bunk, behind the dresser, list-1 above, the river moaning and whis- Johnny. ening to Mother Breen reading aloud, j peiing, held him in a spell. Then a j “He hit ’im below de belt. He or half aloud, her lips moving, “Speak-1 terrific bla.4 was followed in.stantly fouled ’im.” The crowd l(K)ked ugly, NEW 8U1LD1NG& LOAN SERIES I We Will Open Series “I” On July 10th. ing out of the paper.” Captain Breen, who held all book learning in eon- tempt, li.stened on such occasions, and smoked his pipe, shifting his short legs about in uneasy fashion, his eyes peeking from under shaggy eyebrows. “Mother kin read!” Johnny Breen al-, ways said this to himself whenever he thought of reading. Johnny Breen had been around the city many times, but each succeeding trip around the Battery found him 4 gazing in growing fascinatimi toward the piles of buildings banked upon the b ya crash of rending wood, the snarl of rushing water, the panic cry of and missiles gathered from the gutter : began to flv. “Kil ’im!” Suddenly Mother Breen—“Johnny!” It was the | then* wa.s a hush. Down by the river last word he heard; he was toss**d ^ a blue coat moved toward them, over the tide by the sudden impact “Cheeze it, de cops! J'heeze it, beat and sank beneath the surface. The jit! Cops!” weight of wat»r drummed in his ears t,, run, J(»hnny only as a source of taxes or as a vio lator of a federal statute. In all other aspects the contact of Washington with the people of the United States is through the 3tate.s of whicb- we are citizens. And any change in the Con- stitiJtion must be made by the states as such, three-quarters of them being Hoiok.s for Stock Suhscriptioiii^ Now 0|>en At THE (OMMERCTAI. BANK A!* h« went —r. - I'^e struck out boldly. He guine<I the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hereby announce myself as a can-jihore. He noted^ and remembered diJate for the House of Representa-! many things about the city. The sharp line of piers, his hands slipped from the slimy cluster piles, he washed up- .tieam, swimming bravely. At the next pierhead he made a despt'rate ef fort, lifted himself on a cleat rough- required to make a change regardless of whether they are the largest or the smallest states. Breen ~at their head, havings dashed r■ through the circle of boys under a Th’e Rqiiublican plunk on prohibi tion adopted at <’hica^* Conforms pre rain of tin cans and refuse. By a sUprieme effort he distanced cisely to the party’s^k>.'’t<»r'^’**^* the mob and the Grogans, long lost in | tion and pre^ient pohticAl neces.^jties. the rear and off for other exciternent.s, j |t promises a submi.-»..sion to Ule^states 'out the wave continued, Johnny, run- of a new’ constitutional amendment, ly nailed to the piling. It was the jning into newer and stranger crowds, vvhich would, if ratified by ooriven- bottom of one of those rude ladders i su-'i Jenly was greeted by a terrific] tions called for the purpo.se in 36 UBERTY BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION tives from Laurens County and pledge j metallic clang df fire-engines, the i yometiimes found on pier ends; de-1 crash of noi.se a-s he dodged under the myself to abide by the rules of the j clatter of horses, iron-shod hoofs on 1 vices nailed by the river hats — the|.hadow of<a cross street. The maw of Democratic primary. 'Till JOHN BOLT CULBERTSON. I here’jy announce myself as a can didate for re-election to the House of Represenitatives from Laurens Coun ty, and promise to abide by the result of the Democratic primary. ^ PHIL D. HUFF. « I hereby announce myself as a can didate for re-electiqn to the House of Representatives from Laurens Coun ty, subject to the result of the Demo cratic primary. R- A. BABB. states, permit each .'•tate to decide for , lt.‘ elf whether it want.s .state-wide pro- Belgian blocks; the harsh rattle of | thieves, Johnny Breen dragged his | the city seemed about to gra.sp and' hibition or not. eleveted trains—how fast they went! aching body above the water, climlied ■ g^rind him, body and so6l. In a final' What the outright repealists idiject to the stringpiece and rolled exhaust-] effort to e.scape annihilation, he clos-* to, however, is the declaration t^at cd in the mud. . ed his eye.s and plunged headlong into, amendment to be propo.sed, in close on sixty, a squat, incapable man,j For a tirne Johnny Breen lay there U hole; a human rat seeking oblivion, j-ase the Republican party is able to seeing but a short distance through a! tunned. His muscles were sore, his He jumped into an open ba.sement F^^t it adopted by congress, must con- veil of red. Harriet Breen, the woman ' * ^ who imarried him, managed him. Six Would he ever ride in one? Captain Breen was a dogmatic man, head throbbed, he was sick, nauseated, doorway—an elevated train thundered' tain a provision enabling the federal from vile water he had swallowed, j overhead and behind him. [government to protect the dry states teen years before, when the barge was j The world spun about him in a mael-i. For a long while he lay in t’ne hole, j against illicit liquor distribution and new, he accepted a responsibility. The i-trom of disaster. He stood, then j his head doubled under his arms, in a that states which want to go wet owners preferred a married man. Har riet came on board the Cavalier. She was an upstate girl. Breen rubbed his NOTICE CANDIDATES You will need Candidate Cards or other advertising material. We are prepared to execute your order im mediately. • Let us do your campaign Printing. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Publishers — |*rinter8 eyes, but be was ready to accept any- between two j^les^the sounds of the thing, even a wife, for she demanded her papers. Pour months later Breen 4)ecam€ the father of a son. He ac cepted this gift without undue com plaint. If he drank to excess, Mrs. Breen was not the one to complain. The detachment and Strangeness of the broad river suited Harriet Breen. Sh. sang to her baby boy. A calm insen sibility possessed her. She was still a walked unsteadily in the dark. He saw j dark, damp corner among rubbish. All I must adopt measures to prevent the the dim shadow of a covered van. It, was dark; many trains passed by, and return of the saloon, offered shelter, he climbed in. H^ sank { he began to regain his breath andj other words, the Republican river were stilled. The water was blot ted from his clothing, a warm glow crept over him; strong arms seemed to enfold him. The terror arid turmoil of the night melted away. THE GHETTO Johnny was awakened by the mov<g*- ment of the wag(Mt. “Mama!” he cried with a start of terror. The horror of the night burst sense. At last he determined to crawl I party again put itself on record as toward the light, when the trap door to the walk flopped down. He heard the snap of a padlock. (To Be Continued Next Week) Babb Stands For Re-election handsome woman, twenty years [upon him anew. A torturing thirst younger than the captain, when the j cIoscmI his throat. His torn shirt was Cavalier rounded the Battery on that j streaked with mud and grease. His announces his candidacy in today’s pa misty evening i i spring. i hair was matted with dried slime. His, p«r for re-election. Mr. Babb is wel R. A. Babb of Laurens, a member of the bouse for the past two years, The years go fast on the river. John I eye-lids stuck together, his swollen Breen became a strong and capable Mips were'dry and hot and his pants barge hand, at^ expert swimmer, a were hanging by half their buttbns great hejp and comfort to his moth er. Suddmly he had grown, grown al- moft over night, buntinil: put of his and caked with dry mud, and manure. He began 'to cry, tears forcing known throughout the county as a man cf sound judgment and has a host of frieqds who will be glad to His bare feet and leg« were bruised [jearn that he is sUnding for re-eJec- tion and will be glad to support him for the office which he seeks. the dry party, which it indubitably is, and hopes to retain the votes of the dry element by its platfopm promise “to preserve the gains alrea(^ made in dealing with the evils inherent in the liquor traffic.” , The Republican plank pleases neith- ch that element of the dry wing which regards prohibition as something holy and the use of alcohol as sinful', nor that section of the wet wing, which would throw alvay all restrictions on the liquor traffic. > Mr. Hoover’s advisers believe that •neither of th * elememts ie as numer ous as it is noisy, and that the level headed average citizen will accept the prohibition plank in the assurance, not ' Schaeffet* Life Time Pens The makers of Schaeffer Pens are precise In every detail. 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