The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 08, 1932, Image 7
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THirRSPAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1932
THB CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C.
/New Membws
Control House
Survey Shows Newly-Elected
Solons Will Outnumber Old In
State Legislature.
Columbia, Sept. 3. — New members
of .the South Carolina house of repre
sentatives will have control of the
body “in the 1933 se.ssion, on fhe basis
of a -uney made here today of 4he-i
results of the leprislative races in!
Tl’e-dav s Democratic prima” es. f
Thi.i means they will havt a major
ity when a new speaker is elected the;
second week in January to succeedj ELEVENTH INSI^ALLMENT
John K. Hamblin, of Union, who did Synopsis: Johnny Breen, 16 years
not offer for re-election to the house, old, who has spent all his life aboard
A check-up made show's 19 old niem- a Hudson river tugboat plying near
aABOOUCT
tBACltC*
Thompson Rites [Clinton Water It ^
Held Monday Of Good Quality
i Revered Confederate Soldier andi
County Official Laid to Rest.
Funeral at New Prospect. i
Laurens, Sept. 5. — .Attended by a
'arge gathering of fihevds and rcda-
tives from the surrounding country,
funeral services for Judge (I.
Thiimpsnn, v’'Yi'i‘i'ubln L.uiVVn’
Accord.a recent analyti* made
by the State Board rof Health, water
furnished the people of Clinton con
tinues to .be of good qpality.
Following is the analysis, signed by
l>r. F. L. Parker, chemist and bacte-
riologi.st:
part per
million
ind retired county office
TTtlTJFF-
holder. who
t?!or
IM.
died Sunday, were held at .\'ow
bers offering for re-election were suc
cessful. Twenty-six other bid members
are in second races. This gtves, all
told, 45 old members, prodded, all the
26 in second races are re-eleuted —
which is unlikely.
Thirty-five old member.' did not run
for re-election and a like number
but w'ere defeated.
Eight house members ran for the
senate, owe being successful and one
being n a second race. One
member was defeated for a seat
eongri-is and one died. ,
There are 124 members of the;
htuse, and more than 79 of them, the 1
exact I l umber depending on second
race re-ults, will be new numbers at
l\e next legislative session.
It w-t' explained that tabulations ^
were vado from telegraphic (li.spatch-
cs and from county papers and that
seme ir.indr changeJ! may have resuU-
td froi". official counts by the county
executive committees this week.
New York city, is made motherless
by an explosion which sinks the tug
and tosses h.m into the river. He
swims and crawls ashore where he
••tarts a new and strange life. He is
ignorant, cannot read, and knows , phine laughingly told this to Rantoul,.
nothing of life in a great cit^’. Beaten' When they dined that night at the
ran j and chase<l hy toughs he is rescued i We?t-Hambletom’. Rantoul wore a
I by a Jewish family living' off the yellow and red sash across his breast
Bowery in the rear of their
hand clothing store. Here he
courted by the young daughter. 1 by a purple ribbon. On the brea/;+ of
him. Charming women, Jo.^ejihine j ed befof4?. His life at the university,!
knew, would take him in an instant,'’’n the atmosphere of recognized ideas,]
and he loved her. She was certain of had broadened him. He unburdened
that, loved her intensely, with pas- great anihitions ripe for expression in
sii.n held in masterly reserve. He-was that undersUnding night. His suTer
a compelling figure. She often thought outlook and his burning belief in the
of him as a Richard Harding Davis great dignity of the ^ career ahead,
hero, as an engineer of great renown, glorified him. He would he a builder,
decorated by foreign potentates. Jose-; “like Rantoul. Yes, like Rantoul,” a
Pros-
.'outh
at i
hou.'e j ly
.s<*cond-1 with,-a brilliant ten-pointed star. .A
is open-j-'parj^ling order hung about his neck
in j Breen
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HOl'SF. <)K ItEl’KESK.NTATIVES
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the Hou.se of Representa
tives friin I.aurens County and pledge
myself trr abide by the rules of the
Democratic primary.
JOHN BOLT CULBERTSON.
I hereby announce my.self as a can
didate for re-election to the House of
Represerriatiyes from I,aurens Coun
ty, and promise to abide by the result
o&kthe Democratic primary.
PHIL 1). HUFF.
1 hereby announce myself a.< a can
didate for the House of Representa
tives fr >m l.aurens county, .^luhjtH-t to
the result of the Democratic primary.
J. I). WITHERSPOON.
fights bullies in self-defen.se
and is picked up by an unscrupalous
manager who cheats him—until “Pug”
.Malone, at the saloon-fight duo, at
tracted to the hoy, takes him under
his wing. On the other side 6f the
pictur^ are the wealthy Van Horns
of Fiuh avenue. There is a Gilherl
\'an Horn, la.st of the great family, a
bachelor, in whose/ life is a hidden
chapter with his inntht*r’s maid who
leaves the ,Jhoine to Ik* lost in the
city life - when Gilbert is accused-. It
Has reported the maiil inarri**d an old
captain of a river tug lather than re
turn home -and vyas soon a mother.
Under Malone’s guardianship young
Breen develops fast. “Pug” discovers
the bdj’ cannot read - starts him to
night school and the world commences
to open for Johnny Brt*en. .Malone, an
^ I old-timer, is hacked in a health-farm
iTrenture" — talcing Kreen with” hftn.
j There they meet and come to know
I Gilbert Van Horn. John attracts Van
Horn, who learns of Breen’s mother,
named Harriet. I/earning John’s de
sire for an engineering cou'*.se at (b>-
lutnbia university—^ he advances the
money. John comes to know Jo.sephine,
Van Horn’s ward, and during his
.'.chool years falls in love with her.
Graduating as a civil engineer he get.-
a job with a great .construction com-
pai y. Winking in .New A'ork.
.Now Go (In With the Story.
his evening coat, over his heart, s a
low of overlapping medals. It was the
night he propo.sed.
John had never proposed to her,
probably never would, or perhaps had
never had the chance.
Van Horn was dining at the club. It
was Fiday night, a beastly night, by
the way, with so many people always
eating fish, and .Aunt AVen was in the
midst of a book.
John had called up only an hour ht*-
fore. It was .«ix o’clock. Perhaps he
wa.s s^ll at his new quarters. She
builder in the greatest city of the'
world! j
Something from within smote Jo.se-1
phine; it came, a cold breath of doubt, f
She was losing ground, slipping in a{
mental panic as she compared her;
lovers. She missed the tight, high-col-1
ored skin of the older man. youthfully
pect Baptist church, four mil-*-
of the city, Monday afternoon
o’clock. ^ ^ ”
The rites were conducted hv ♦ir.
Rev. Ezra D. Patton, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church,of I,aurens,-|j
and the Rev. Graves L. Knight, D. D.,
Baptist minister and life-long frH'nd
of the Thompson family. The church
service w’as concluded by the reading
of a sketch of Judge Thompson by
.A. Power, who is now probate judge,
having succeeded Juilge Thompson in
the office after serving as deputy
clerk for some time. Interment fol
lowed in the church cemetery. /*Th(*
grave Has mantled with wreath.s; the
collection including pieces from D.
•’hloride
Free ammonia
.Albuminoid ammonia
Nitrogen as nitrites .
Nitrogen as nitrates
Total solids
Bacterial analysi.s, B. cofi: negative.
Remarks: Analyses_indicate water
o be of good quality and free from
.•ontamination.
Respectfully submitted,
F. L. Parker, M. D.
- FROM .MR. WHARTON
1 . i.- u I ■ n-u' (..-chapters aiu from courthouse of-
llushed at times, perhaps by Wine. The e ..I
u:*. L..;-. .1- !)(.., ...1 ... 1 ...fuaals. .A ( onteilerate cro-s fr )in the'
Oliver Thitmp.-on chapter, U. D. U.,
of Tountain Inn, \vas also placed at
the new tomb; U. A. Power officiat
ing in this brief ceremony.
Judge Thompson’s wife, who was
before marriage Miss Harriett How
ard, died only a few years ago. They
reared a family of 12 children, sev
eral pf whom survive: J. Waddy
Thump, on of Laurens, Dr. W. U.
Thompson of Mt. Olive and ('. Todd
Thompson and Mrs. .lames .M. Dean
of Apopka, Fla., Mrs, -1. Uhester Pin^
crisp white hair of Rantoul was less ^
silky, and less thick, than the yoi^h-[
ful crop of Brien, and she missed that!
! careful, guarded manner, the habit of|
an older man, hut which she then set'
I down to cunning. .John swept her j
along on a flood of emotion. His hun-!
ger demanded her; it was a terrible
mniition. She dared not try to fasci
nate or charm. Love stahbe4 her with
delirious pain. Doubt drojiped away
l and, in , her instant of surreiuier, her
To the voters of Laurens county:
I wish to take this Opportunity t»
thank you good people for the Hand
some vote given me in the recent
for State Senator. I a.ssure
pieciate it from the very
my soul. I fought an honorable, fear
less fight, stood for tho.-e things that
I still believe to be the best for the
common good of all the jwople. I bow
in humble submission t.) the' vote of
the voters of l.aurens county,. My
father was a Democrat, niy grand
father was one and thank' (lod I an.
one. I wish to say, here and now, that
I will he in^hc race for ('on 're s two
years from now. .Again thankiiig yoJ
for this vote, I am
Heartily vours,
W. ( ARL WH \RTON.
1 hereby announce myself as a
-ilidato fotL-the-
can-
RepreseiTt a -
tives from Laurens Gounty, subject
to the result of the DemiMiatic pri
mary. ' RE-X LANFORD.
j the
Dammit, Breen, it's all hell to get
;e rodmen to use their head.s.” The
experienced engineer was
jqieaking ,
FOR MAGISTRATE
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for re-election as Magistrate
of Hunter Township at Clinton, sub-'
with authority, .“ W*. engineers got
hold ’em down,” he added w'ith convic^
tion. John was leaving. “See you lat-''|'
er,” .Mulling called, and John left the j
exciting scene. “We engineer.s!’ He
felt a f(K)t taller, and .Monday morning
seiined a year away. John was very
young.
He went to hi.-^ new room, unpacked would
the photograph of Josephine, and
son and Mrs., Lewis ('aUlwell of Mad
den, and
Fountain
.Mrs. Luther U.
Inn. There are 27
.(Kvens of
grandchil-
Women
were attraoied hy Rantoul,
attracted to hi
al w a^
ject to the rules and regulations of| ijg to hi.-^ new room, unpacked would call, and would leave word for I hold on
the Democratic primary. [the photograph of Josephine, apd Rantoul, at hi.s rooms, that she could! Jiower.
W. ROY PITTS, j looked at her image long and though- not .see him. After all, Josephine could j R ,mIouI
I hereby announce mystelf as a can- lully. He called up V’an Horn and had' see Rantoul often, hut that night -she ' Joj,,,
.John
of ttansceiuleiit
didate for Magistrate of Hunter
also talked with Josephine for a rno- wanted to see John Breen
Township at Clinton,.-.aubject._to—the.ijuent atver- the telejphune, IShe aeenied . They me_L, air hour .later, at t he Sa-'
rules a'mfr^lations of the Demo- glad to hear from him. Her laugh was [ v'oy, and wanTeTeust, through Fifty-
cratic primary. B. R. FULLER. | familiar. John remembered nothing ninth street to the Third avenue L. It
hut the laugh. Her very reticence con-1 was a familiar station to John, in a
veyed thing.s that seemed bound to lemini. cent way, as indeed the entire
bring them close together again. The! city was reminiscent and crowded with
warmth of young summer wa.s in the j sui prises. The same old platform.s and
air; lovers were walking in the ^!)«4k rails, but an electrified train carried
across the way. j them down through the close reveal-
, Van Horn remained in the city* He | nient of the East .Side. Jacob Rii.s had
ju t refused to leave, and Josephine, j written about slums, disturbingly, and
in the dark cool house in the middle Theodore Roo.-evelt had errdor.sed his
Fiftie.s, agreed with tho.se millions' words; this gave the steaming tene-
who have said, “New York is a splen- j ments a sentimental and a literary
vanished
Breen, .so
I dren and 12 great-grandchildren.
( Knight Thompson, a brother, of Wal-
! halla, and- .Mrs. Lillie Kellett, a si.ster,
[of Fountain Inn, also survive,
j .As a public office holder, Judge
Thompson had a unique record. Elect-•
! ed in a primary as Youngs township
I magistrate in 187K, he had an unbrok-
jen .-ervice for .52 years -10 as magis
trate, six as county auditor aiVd''36 as 1
I judge of probate. Because of impaired
condition of his health,, -ludge Thomp-,
son voluntarily' letired from office in
j 1930, decUiiing enter t^he primary
that year for renomination,/ having
completed nine terms of.Your .years
each as probate court judge, thus es
tablishing an all-time recind for ten-'
lire In this Officl*, an.v otheT art“
Laurens couithuuse.
Judge Thompson as a youth of 17
to 21 followed and fought under 1-ec
and sJTrrk'gnn, his command, Company j
G, Third .South Carolina reigment.i
taking part in many notalile battles in
Viiginia and Pennsylvaiua. The last
year of the war he was severely
wouded in the fa,ie and hariul. He car
ried the facial sear throughout life.
On one occa.sion .^ome writer leferred
to .ludge Thomp-on as a “bottle-
scared” for hattle-.scarred soldier of
the Confederacy. The humor of it
unMitli 0*«43ri
Its MllllMitk Hn
TRADE
IN
V-YOUR THIN, RISKY TIRES
.*? ■ FOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
1 hereby announce myself as a can-J
dictate for re-election as County Com
missioner of Laurens (’ounty and
pledge Jiiyself to abide by the results
of the Democratic pryhary.
LEE ADD BLAKELY
1 hereby anno'unce myself a candi
date for re-election as County Com
missioner of Laurens County and
pledge myself to abide by the results
of the Democratic primary.
W. H. BARKSDALE.
table
from her mind,
clo.-e across the I ‘ ‘’I** veteran to comment
clasjiin.!!: her hand, her pulse,, kinflly was not far
her soul, was the finer man, wealthierf*''-^****? de.scription, a.s men un-
by twenty years, rich full years she ' the eonditions in which the
was to share with him, love with him. | Confederate army ojierated can te.sti-
His grip'’tightened; he whispered,, (.V- autobiography, written in
“Darling, will you many me’/” The i 'Judge Thoinp.son enumerates the
que.stion had been in his eyes. .She j^^ogageinents in which the Third regi-
heard the words, the fei \ ent words | 'ueiit had a part, naming First Ma-
carrying her lK*yond all thought of i oassas, Savage ^Station, Maryland
'-ii
GOODYEAR
ALL-WEATHER S
J^ON’T drive on thin;i
*>»
hi.s eager
you .sweet-
J. R. Crawford
Surveying :: EnijineerinK
ContractinH:
Telephone 2604 Clinton, S, C.
did summer
resort/(-
value.
As many people were always in or j - “John, I’m so glad td see you
:;b()Ut town, and as .losephine had sev-1 ^^<,^4..’' Josephine was starting things
eral in.-:istent problems confronting | t.arlv. “There’s a lovely place, the Cafe
hei, the city, in the summer, took on | Boulevard^^8o Bohemian, John, and,
the proportions of an adventure. Jo-jvvith you, I’m not afraid.” A few
sephine was frankly in the business of 1 before Rantoul had protected
living successfully. She had no inten-j her .there.
tion of being anything but a success,: John Breen might have no meials.
and not merely a social r uccess, but ^ she mused, moving clo.ser to him, but
fascination on
I
NOW IS THE
TIME TO BUY
Several residences in town.
Several farms, prices at
tractive.
Houses for rent, Broad St.,
Owens Hill and College
View. ^
Clinton Realty &
Insurant Co.
B. H. BOYD
! to achieve freedom, and expression, 1 he did have an uncanny
i arid, well, lota of otKer tfeings [ that simmering night,
j In fact she was^not^a^ne the plane of John secuied a table on.tbe Imlcony,
fold of her crepe kimono, the close-i .street, where they could dirn
[ neSH^of her firm breasts, for an in-[the awnings, in the open air, and still
I stahr pink re fl^te^, light iff a table! in sight of the entrancing things
i lamp, beneath John’s eyes, as she had I within.
'bent over him, plying a tray of toast' Josephine sank into her .-eat with a
land tea upon his bed, on the morning <ijjrh, they were very fortunate, indeed,
I of his convalescent luxury, happened^jp getting that delightful table
as she planned. She recalled his quick
time or calculation.
“Will you wait for me
tones were tender. “Will
heart?”
Their eyes met, swiminmgly. She
whi.spered, “Yes.” Rantoul was forgot
ten; her plan.s and structures tumbled
and re-formed.
They drove home in a taxi gliding
(juiekly
stieets. .jonn nei|
I Height.s, Sharpshurg, Fredericksburg,
I .Mar.ve’.s Hill, Gettysburg, (/hicamau-
ga and Spottsylvania. He received hi.s
I furlough February 17, 1K64, afMT
leaving home April 15, 1H61. It -was
I while at home that he was married
; .March 11 to Miss Harriett Howard of
Greenville county, and this union con-
tinueii 65 year.s, or until the death ot j
through dark enveloping I AL's. Thomp.son.
John helped her to the door, While at Frederick.-^huig, December,
and Van Horn, who had entered a min-1 th^* young Laurens county sol-1
ute earlier, called to him. | dier joined the Fre: hyterian church.
“Come in, John, glad to see you.' J*ater he had hi.s membership moved
Josephine!” he called, hut hi.s ward' t‘> his home church, New Harmony 1
had already disappeared in the upper' Freshyterian church, afterwards!
hall. “What’s up, John? Nothing tiansferring it to the First Preshyte-,
wrong, I hope?” He tooked at the church of I^urens. j
risky tires this Fall
and Winter. With tire
prices 80 low it doesn’t
pay to take chances.!
Gome in—get our liberal
offer for your old tires.'
We’ll do everything we
can to help you get those
thin, risky tires off your
car. We’U make a prop
osition to you on the ,
world’s greatest tire for
safety, long life and
economy—the Goodyear
All-Weather. Don’t take
chances on thin, risky
tires. Come in—see us.
Oil their ride downtown, they had
ly mounting color, her bustling of the [talked of the common-places of their
pillow*-inder his head, bending close j separation. But once at the table, and
above him, breathing the freshness of; alone, as if by magic, John and Jose-
her morning bath. It was all so inti-: phine were again on the fatal plane of
mate, and innocent. delicious intimacy.
And John had never asked anything. ^ Joaephine smiled. John notl*d
young man quizzically.
‘-koeephine has- promised-To-rn
me.” The words sounded unreal, al
most as if he were uttering something'
sacrilegious. ,
“Many you?” Gilbert Van Horn'
steadied himself at a new’TH'fiiist. “Thei
devil you say? Come here, John.” He'
gripped him by the hand. His eyes
glistened, he turned away. “Here,'
He Was the third.child of a family
El Ms Thomp.-on and
Lijetirnt
Guarantetd
Frances Garrett Thompson, of Youngs
township, and was horn Novemlrer 23,
1H43, liis school advantages were
poor,
‘Our crowd,” he wrote in his
It puzzled her. Boys proposed to her, 1 merest luggestion of a dimple. A
I almost as a matter of course. Geryit j mood of perfect understanding seemed
Capudin*
best for
HEAD^
beeause-
1
feiiaf hf
# apMt stoiaach.
tbaaplhori
iSaM St ^f**J!*
10c.30c.60c«xes.
Rantoul had proposed, and was wait
ing her reply.
Josephine still felt Rantoul stand-^and John joined her, and a bottle of
ing over her, tall and firm and charm
ing, his white hair a mark of distinc
tion rather than of age. He once told
her, half laughingly, “1 guess I was
bom that way.”
Rantoql^^s wealthy, belonged to
to permeate the
supei-b. She had
air. The dinner was
asked for a cocktail
^t. Julien addcM flavor to the dishes.
Cafe Boulevard, always famous for its
coffee, outdid itself on that Arabian
night. They ate their ices and linger
ed, while John smoked a cigar grand
ly, blowing fragrant clouds through
yutobiography, “had emuigh of scho
to enable us to pick up in after year.s ”i
And in this achievement, attained
through years of study and ruadinu ]
Ju'es!” to the butler hovering in the I he also proved him-self a man of -x-'
hall, “some Cliquot, Jule.s! We’ll ha.ve | ti aordinary native ability. He becjincj
to drink to this. By gad! By gad! Kel-+a- convincing public, speaker, partu ii-,
ly will like this, he will, I was afraid | larly in the numerous pulitical haf 'eij
Rantoul had the inner track—too old,'through which he jias.sed and swejif on,
John, too nidr” he j ta. victory. He becami; an—interest ing j
shaking his head. Qilhert Van Horn writer, e.speciaUy of contributions to
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good clubs, had offices in the rinanciaC the hedge as they leaned across the
district, and had leisure and jqstj table tete-a-tete. Blue wreaths drifted
enough contact with great affairs to j slowly b^k across her hair,
make him an entrancing companion., “I>o you'mind the smoke, Jo?8 He
He was constantly meeting important 1 used the diminutive easily. f
men. A word o> tw'o, a'mere hint, gave “No, John, T'love it.” Her face was
Josephine the. feeling of mingiing in j close to his, her hair gave back the
a consequential world. It was so dif-! fainteit perfume. She was even love-
teient from Gilbert V’an Horn’s world, j Her than he had imagined/her in his
a place utterly divorced from busi-' fondest dreams^; she was an angel,
ness and occupied with stupid sports, | As John talked Josephine was glad,
or gossip, or mooning. ' so glad, to be with him. He was finer.
Women were attracted by Rantoul, more manly, more handsome than
women always had been attracted to [ever. John talked as he had never talk-
looked old, tired, as he led the way to
the library. It had been a long pull.
“Ybfl'il need a rin^. Ring her, boy,
ring her,” he advised. Jules filled the
glasses. “Here’s good luck; Josephine
and ynu.’’ They stood and drank the
Urine in solemn silence.
“Thank you, Gil,” John said simply.
“How are you fixed? Money, I
mean,” the older man spoke with the
the newspapers on war subject.s ar.d
economic questions. His popularity j
r
Bach la 1
was sustained and his faith in his p« o
pie was abiding. /
He gave this summary of his lif**,i
in effect: Twenty-five years on thej
farm, four years in the Confederate j
service and the' balance in public life.
.as offipe holder ami servant of thej
I people.
ease of long friendship.
“I’ve enough,” John answered; II! under the stars, up through the south-
make more.” ’
-The talk of money seemed hateful
to John. He was feeling let down from
his period of exaltation; he wgnted to^
get away, wanted to think.
“Good night, John, I won’t
down.” Van Horn held out his
He too wanted to bpl alone, to
to
>out m(
COPfl-
^hapil
think.
ein part of the park where he and
Bdcka had tarried, and on, up to the
flat opposite the shaft site. The more
John walked the less certain he was
of w'hat might happen next.
(('ontinued Next Week).
“Don’t worry about hioney,” he ca'i.
“Josephine will have enough. If' a
partnership, you know” He waved
his hand as John left, to walk uptown
Why nut ke4p your money at home
by giving me AourxHubscriptions, both
new and re/iewal. Prompt
(fiven to all orders. \
JAMES W’. CALDWELL
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