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t -•'•’ ■ > w .1 h- L THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1932 d. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. / PAGE S^VEN MERCER SWAMPS BLUE HOSE IN MACON SATURDAY, 524) k ^ and Centre stand in their ara;*. huTtl^ Maconians have the ittiff to beat a’l ; opposition. We think they will. . / The line-up: / P. C. FIFTEENTH INSTALLMENT Synopsis: Johnny Breen, 16 years old, who had spent all of his aboard a tugboat, plying around Georgia Baptists Run Wild Before Home Croivd To Pile Up Eight 1« Sperry ^ TouchdoM’ns, Achieving One of Most Decisive Victories Ever - ^It Made Against Men From Presbyterian College. liarvin ^ ...7 t. ......... Smith A Mercer eleven, superior in weight, j tra point. Likewise, in three ability and strength to the Presbyte-j after a pas.s by Sims had l>een inter-j pj^son re Harriaoa rian Blue Stockings, Saturday ran!copied by Walden, Jasonis and Lee .Adams qb..Trommerhaoaer wild to score a victory by 52-0. Every yards, respeetiv^ely, Bolick Ih Zinkowsky pipy wiisi n?rf0ctlv oxodiitCvl sn 1 ttihs* j ulniost to jroiil lino* und *13“ ■ Perrin .......—rh Popdeo tcrfullv porfornicd hs the Bchta rAn^l pushed it oxur for Hiiothcr touch-' Sims fb O«icp0rniAii dtove and passed their way down the“ I’m down far enough as it is-The fact Bureau of City Plan. The city enfold- field and across the goal line. ! It seemed as though each time Mer- that he will never be here again is all ed him, enthralled him. He seemed toi Prp«hvt*»r;nns fmiaKt vaPantlv!‘’cr cros ed the goal line would be the The Presbyterians fought val’antlvj > life* the trouble I can stand. What a hero .l>e playirtg with a set of blocks, power that 'ought to^^^^ Stockings. eAen though i IXew —•’ John s^tood and looked through, scheming, planning, and soon i facing an ever-in. rea.'^ing margin • cries:, the window;1he park was blu.red be- would build. nXkr alainst IL terrific!aj^^inst them, continued to fight, try-i their might against the terrific i ", * i- ’ thru'ts of Mercer but th''v were un l \ailj to stave polls 01 a fieM survey accounting for^"^“ Jicrcti. out in-j, were Bears York City, was made moth when an explosion sank theAbout on lote his eyes. One day, John had checked over re-i which he. his mother and theVian he “The estate’s left to Josephine.” polls of a fieM survey accounting for called father^ were living. *1^ is the “Well.' I’ll marry it then,” John piany acres of land safefy under water ^-*'**’*^ ^ higger and Ix'tter team, only survivor, struggling th^.ngh the ^ looked at.jJudge Kelly, a smile flick-, and purchased by a commission spend-j Zmkowsky, Cimperman, Poiieku, WaV darkness to .shore. . . . .At>na\vn, amidjeri^g on Ifis face^ ' j_t j Ihg.. Jithet: p;aople’s. niuney., • c'nifax'i'.dcii».-Jamimer.h&usair.—.and—Jasottia surrntrndhvgsr^ ifntlTelv^ uh1tho>viC HTs “She’s diffierJt,-lohn. I’d have lieeu, smoked interminably, cigar after ci-j marched behind great interference to life in New A’ork begins. Unable to!better pleased if the thing had been gar, his teeth champing at the roll.s score one of the most decisive victor- read, knowing nothing of life, he is divided.” -of weed, tossing the butt:^when burn- evyr scored against the Blue Stock taken in by a Jewish famliy, living! “Forget that, Judge. I appreciate ed to the iqiddle. ■ ings. and doing a second-hand clothing bus-}your feeling. Who else knows about; “Do you sense this thing?” he ask-i p iu,,nrhnrt nm* utinek in the ine.ss on the Bowery. . . . From the this—this—relationship?” ! waving his hand in a general hour he set foot in the city he had to “Not a soul, .'o far as I know'. Ma-^ ^weep. “I mean the thing that has us fight his way through against bullies , lone has a theory — only Harboard* all—thit. lighting of a brand?” John and toughs . . . and soon became so' might know. Gilbert confided in me, as hesitated in his reply. Colfax seemed prof.cient that he attracted the atten- his father did. God. what a city! The unnerved, the night was insufferably tion of a would-be manager of fight- old nann*, the oid tradition gone.” hot and he, too, came to the office with ers who entersf him in many boxing “Come, .fudge, you take thing.- too the din of war added to another clam-1 row. Then Adams passed to Pinson, tournaments.'.,.. It Was here that Pug seriously. I’ll change my name, same, or coming to a surge within him. Col-1 who made a beautiful catch, barely SPECIAL Good Until Nov. 10. IMJ IGM Hook-^—S2..50 per year. Mc( alls Magazine—SLCO per year. Red Book and .McCall’s—-S2.7.5. JAMES \V. CALDWELL . off the ripping^ drive.' the Bears made. The Mircerl ; ' backs followed close behind their in- ~ ' 1 * rt '• t|:*rfer.emx',_a!jxd.,tlus.same interfere;iee|[V|0W !>• ^UflCl La« S^TICS left nothing in the way. With two' - - ^ - — men hitting every man there was lit-;iN|0« 30 v/DCllS Oci^« IS one second period, that seemed to be a touchdown march. Bolick began “by dashing off 10 yards a/ right tackle. Perrin broke away for eight and Bo lick added the secnod first down in a tie alternative to riding back. .As the grand finale, alter ekeing > We wish to announce that Se oul two gains of two yards each. Wal- j pies No. 30 will open on this date, den broke loose for the longest run of | the day; outspt^nting three Blue; Make your reservation for Hosemen, to cro.ss the goal line 40! stock early—bccks now open, yards from the line of scrimmage. lune came into —an old fighter who was siiuare and honc.st. ... He took Breen under his wing—-ent him to night school and eventually took him to a health farm he had acquired. . . . The scene shifts and the family o,f Van Homs of F.fth avenue is introduced. Gilbert Van Hor:*, last of the old family, is a man about-town, who meets Malone and Brten at one of the boxing .shows. Van Horn has a hidden chapter in his life, which had to do with his mother’s maid, years ago. who left the family when about to become a mother. It was reported that she mairied an old captain of a river craft. . . . Van Horn has a ward, Jo.-ephine, about Breen’s age. . . . Van Horn, now interested in John, prevails upon him to let him fi nance a course in civil engineering at Columbia university. . . . John and Jo- i sephine' meet — become attached to each other, love grows and they be come engaged shortly after Bre§n graduates from college lost*phine has another suitor, a man of the world, named Rantoul losephine becomes* restless as John gives full attention to his job and sail.s for Paris to select^ her trousseau, . . . At the la:t moment Rantoul sails on the same boat. Al| sea the great ocean liner crashes intoj an iceberg and sinks—all passengers i taking to the lifeboats,' Van Horn perishes hut Rantoul sa^ hitrmelf— with Josephine. Breen that Gib twrt Van Horn was hii father. * Now Go On JU^ith the Stor).. “Then you w ui’t do anything?” “What can I do?” “Majry Jo-^t-phine, John, and tell her afterward.” fax, thin, but of fiery energy, ??eined i missing a first down. Bolick failedT to to radiate a restless, gnawing soriovv. gain, and the attack stopped when It was with some interest that the crowd watched throe Pi'esbytcrian men filter through the line onfthe try point, and the duiiinutive for' I “What I have said about about the we’ll i city bears out the rottenne.ss abroad. I Everything is wrong. It will drag us intercepted Trommerhaiiser pass! I The Mercer scoring began in the fir.'t quarter. -A.- the first few mmutes * of play passed it vvhs clear that the .Mercer eleven was the betteF. Trom- mevhauser pas.-ed 40 kow. ky, who ran tlO extra Reeder reach up and block an other- Adams’l'vise perfet^t placeme’it. It came a.' an anti-climax and it demoaitrated that the Presbyterians were fighting one The men looked tiriHl. They were l>eaten with a sco»'e of 52 points against them. But they vards to would fight to deny Mercer an- moro for the' pnint. It was a wonderful dem-' We also wish to announce that Series “Q” will mature on Oct. 15. 1932, without farther pay- ments on stack. touchdown, and the stampede was on. Fiarly in the second quarter Mercer again crosied the Presbyterian goal onstration. It is hard to watch a team of the “He opened the little packet — it was the engagement ring— Josephine’s ring.” Citizens B. and L. Association B. H. Boyd, Secty.-Tretts. Phone No. 6 Ui'oni No. 6, Second Floor Naticnal Ikink Bld^;. calibre of the Mercer Bears, without' Rent that room bv line on straight football, using wide! coming to some .sort of opinion almut , ^ A J off-tackle play for most of the gain-’their future. We think they ai-e head-1 using a Want Ad m ing. Cimperman pushed the final j<?d for the S. 1. A. .A. championship, inches. Sperry missed the extra point. ^Such teams us Furman. Chattanooga The score was 12-0 in Mercer’s favor. Following .Adams’ intercepted pa.ss the Bears gained slowly. Taking to the air again, Mercer completed a 23- yard pas!^, from Trommerhau'cr to Walden. Walden in the next three The Chronicle. BANK STATEMENTS Statement of the Condition of The Commercial Bank plays put the ball over the ; Located at Clinton. S. C., at the Close .separating them from the goal line. s^^pl. 30. I»32. Sperry booted his second extra point, leaving the score at the end of the half, .Mercer 20, P. C. 0. The half end ed just ns Sims completed a f3*y*ird^Liberty Bonds Ovviwal by RESOURCES Loans and Discounts . ,Oveed+a?ts !* “ $20.5,226.28 NOK«^ Statemen* of the Condition of M. S. BAILEY & SON, Bankers Located at Clinton, S. C., at the Closa of Businesa SepL 30, 1932. RESOURCF.S I As Judge Marvin Kelly rode down i back in the washNif war. The reform- Uown he shook his head, his head frost-'ers will fail, the people will fail, and pass to Waldrep. Two punts by each team followed the kickoff at the beginning of the second half, one of P. C.’s punts go ing but of bbunds on her own 8-yard line. Zinkowsky rounded end on the next play for the fourth touchdown. , , , The Mercer team was playing a “1 kept after Gilbert for years to \^ wisdom and filled with doubt, the grab and gouge and hell of game of football. Everything Bank Bonds and Stocks Owned by Bank Furniture and Fixtures Otb^ Rb*l Estate-Owned— Cash on hand and due from Banks Checks and Ca.'h Items Other Resources 20,000.00 I10,660.0ol I.A>ans and Discounts Overdrafts ' and Stocks by Bank $861,492.81 49.988.40 tell you he was your father. He kept vVhat a mixtpre life is! ‘ John slept fitfully tl next day he would insist on seeing Jo- -.F — ^ * - ——- putting it off, kept stalling, torturing, joi,n fitfully that night The himself. At heart, John, he was sound,' - »— 'J i.,. and hate will swing around the world, i . .. . , j « . .... killing everything w, do. Thi, .tuff.” i yt-i-lt*-! -OT.U. Owned 3,000.00 L, . — ... I r urniture and Fixtures anking House Real Estate Owned Cash on hand and due from Banks Checks and Cash Item.s Other Resources 27,757.84 58,5.64 725.00 NONE ■ NQNK NONE 10,567.49 Adain.4 attempted to pa.ss on the sec- LIABILITIES and Colfax brought his fist down with , o -.u i r* •*'i c* i, u va • but impractical. 1 donH seem to startle j he was eager for her. Three I a bang on bundles of reports, “thislond plaV aft**’ the kickoff, and . mit ,, ®P’ “ you with this news.” -days had passed since her return. The I might a.s welT beliurned, for the good I Mercer’s star tackle, intercepted it on P ^ ^ “Judge. I’ve been aware of it for'papers were still full ol-the disaster, lit will do while I am here, or you too. j Presbyterian’s 36-yard line. The fly- some time.” John turned. He was cry-1 Perhaps «he wis foolish enough to, have worked years, given all that j ing feet of Zinkow.sky sped for anoth- ing He dashed away the tears. “I en-'want to look her best when meeting'll ^le, to set a standard. I seek a er touchdown around right end. With joyed uoing around with my dad. But him. Women are queer. He slept city to set up as an ideal habitation 400,161.19 I 50,000.00 >5.000.00 TOTAL 20.1.58.?> 568.79 /' 351.20 $943,427.41 these two touchdowns the Bears were -well, I said something once I would j dreaming of his father, a poignant of men. You know my theories about held i ave given my right hand to recall. I clutching at his heart. He dreamed ofl^he heating and feeding and sanitation I Hose held on fairly even ground, the Blue a Undivided Profits, less cur rent Expenses and Tax es Paid Due to Banks and Bankers Dividends Unpaid , - Individual Deposits Subject to Check . .Savings Deposits have given my rignt nano to rec*Mi. », iiui.-mnK •••» — ■me neating anu leeuing anu sanuaiiuii, Hose battling every minute for knew the thing was working out. Now the sinking ship, of Van Horn, a hero j of gioups, you know the Colfax form-j break which they might convert into it’s loo late.” i ^ of Josephine. They would ; for the regeneration of waste ma- ^ touchdown. The break ilid not come, i Time Certificaie.> of l)e- “Of course you have rights-in the often talk about his dad in after years, j Aerials and the return of nitrogen to!.j,j^^. carter opened with thei posit ^ John stepped out of his shower. |>he soil in an endlerS cycle. We must ^have not thought of rights. Breakfast ha»| been sent up. Then the < strive, Mr. Breen, to the time when . . mail came. He would be at the shaft t the terriVde waste will be overcome '*“But vou haven’t a leg to stand on. at nine,/ the privilege of easier times I and men may |ive for something other ■ • ■’* . * • j»han their appetites and greed. When .'plenty will h<* common and the poor 7,617.35 NONE John. Gilheit never changed his will, and of his step I’m one of the truHees. There’s not a letter, Mr. Breen. Special, r«g iCashier’.s ( hecks Rt-dis- score, Mercer 32, P. C. 0. ^ ^ Walden and Jasonis cooperated in Notes and Hills first two minutes of counted Hills Paj^able, including (’ertificates for Money scoring in the the last period. Sperry kicked the ex- Hlack Torn,-freighted with T.N.T.. had lower Sleet ions of the Borrowed TOTAL 4(i0.161.!9 crimson auroia of thei^t-bte of South ( arolina. /ss. scrap, not an atom of legal evidence, i.t^.ed.” He signed the receipt. It was; vill only be the poor in spmt, or in to support you. The best evidence you I. heavy envelope. John laughed, heinimd. You know* this you have ^ disorder X^s-iiltering have John is your appearance. feeling better, something from I the plans and the fitting of thun to. * ' . . i ffood* bov, vou ace tbe image of Gil-j jorephine. He was awkward, he tore meet the transition from industrial bert Van Horn as a young man. TheUhe thing open, a heavy nub fell out,! truce to industrial peace and freedom. portrait in the library, the one on the wrapped in tissue paper. He opened' Gclfax suddenly stood upright and i UMill, U--yau. ^ut you^haye_no^h- j thc4ittle parket^ii^wy-the engage-! :a,aIke4-.t4> th^ wimlow-Jaoldng ay: Ofrices“wcre deserted. Gn-!|ng duir »worn,Tior^at~tlie over dark roof tops. A strange *li,, „„ p/,rif Rnur i»n>i thorp Mciion! men I nn/i fnrptroimr statement is a true LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in $ 20,201.40 Undivided Profits, less ! Current Expenses and NONE I Taxes Paid .... 34.001 j)yp Banks and Bank- j ers 124,(»I9.98 imiividual Depo.sits Subject 2.11KL00I pheck 72.5.,54L23 Time Certificates of De- 12:’»..y.>H.3,'» 186,110.14 '*'’'1*"^ , ('ertified ('ht*cks 8.52 ! ('ashier’s < 'he<-ks 3,918.77 V- 4.000.0<». j N«>tes and Bills Re-di'- couiittd j Bills Payable, including (Vftifitates for Money Borrowed NONE 6'.t..'>.’*0.00 91.5,608.66 NONE fiery detonation had, for a few min-!County of l.auiens. TOTAL $943,427.41 lit up the quaking town. Black-’ Before me came F. M. Boland, Cash- c. . f South Carolina ss nes.s descended on Wall street and jer of the above named-bank, who, be- r^ty pf Uurenn ing Ungible to support your claim.” | ment ring — Joiephine’s ring! John “Claim?” John considered a while, gasped. In his band was a sheet of her •«That’s a new one on me. I’m notj^iue note paper, claiming anything. Great God, sur.i •• Dear John: “I am marrying Gerrit Rantoul. 1 I owe my life to him. Don’t blr.me nue, John. It is best for us both no^ that [poor dear, brave Gilbert is gon'* For- jgive me, Josephine.” I • • • NOTICE! . Vn ’TI ly on iWk Row wa*thfre action; mini,„d forigoin* statement i. a true;. Hefore me came R. ( Ada.r C.^- ..-.K cf pretltclton filled the .mall, y ofreondition of .aid hank, a. ritown by/;o' •>' '^e almve named tonk. who. vrhite painted office. John had .tep- ] nmbulance.. rush, the books of «id bank. ! ''“‘y ’»y* ’'«• ped to the "window beside his chief, P**'* * . . , , , , - ting Miecial orders and doctors to the; and also looked out, as if seeking un'‘ , 1 answer. “I have become convinced that my work is done,” Colfax continued with- tinuing, at least for me. I have writ I « ei • u a 'I # II I r - 'a *r oa * Me. a bcatcn man placed a pistol at his d Copeland, H 1 Years of dlavish toil fo«owed for un Almon Straus, a gjeat ■p"'*' a„d pulled the trigger. Colfax, :_-_4 John, He sunk himself in his work, j Breen, not afraid to remain m Paris.l^. pun . Occasionally he heard of Jo#ephine j For the next month I will set things We Have Plenty SEED OATS. WHEAT, BYE and barley Complete Line of Fancy and Heavy Groceries tVe wilL have Fresh Oysters every; young and gay America just j you can go on, or not, as you see fit. 4ay in the week during the season, before the wnr. Pull line all kinds of Crackers. Fresh Finally the acqueduct was finished. SwMt Milk ewry day. Fiw* Fisk MtiTalkii* it over .strcet.s. But the larger part of the prostrate city was asleep. A smaller detonation 'took place north of Fourteenth street. Still trem- F. M. BOLAND. Sworn to a» d subscribed before me rrullbiing with the shtatk of the explosion, I this 6th day of Octol>er. 1932. VERA P. WILSON (Seal) Notary Public, S. C. (’orrect Attest: Jack H. Y’oung, W’. 1). Henry, Directors. and foregoing .statement is a true con dition of said bunk, as shown bv the ’oook.s of said bunk. R. C. .ADAIR. Sw’orn to and subscribed- before me this 8th day of October, 1932. I ^ J. A. BAILEY, Notary Public, S. C .Occasionally ne neara oi ooeepn...,:^ ror me nexi. monin -ashed over on the crest of noise. He i land Rantoul, married and in the vor-; fo rights, turn oyer the “J. ,h„u^ht the city had been blown up by';; THuraday, Friday and Saturday. Farmers Exchange Phone 157 Pug Malone one night Judge Kelly ?for a moment, then found a card. “My friend. Almon Strauss, has started something interestnig. The Bureau j>f City Plan. An engineer named Colfax t gv# xjiif vrs iBvrvy •••» - But—” John stammered. It seemed so unnatural. “It is better The morning papers quite forgot thejj suicide, l “Colfax is dead.’ John Breen phoned It was dark when the two men left ^ ^ g|,iiv » "Too north of Four^nth at^. '» J^bby fashion, turned on his heel at tbe cor-1 “* not. “Good-night. Brnmi-tJohn." He' half hesitated and then did an unusual w RUBBER STAMPS A«y kin*, to fit »ny ncaa. Prompt sorylcft. Kcft- gQpiable prim. ' • * Chronicle ' PuMiahingCo. Telephone 74 is in charge. I think there’s a place j thing. “Here, shake.” He wrung the for John if I say the word. A place for hand of the younger man with a UB enthusiast endowed jirith a mo- strong cold grip—“Good-night dicum of brains. My sad ^t, gentle- Imen, leads me to the belief that the John Breen got home late that night The ride uptown in the subway wiier a man is the leas enthusiastic had been sticky, tiresome. Bits of pa he gets. Soloman was an utter pessi-lper and dust and dirt cluttered the mist. I trains. He felt tired, discouraged. The “Enthusiasm stiuts wars, and wis-! business of the Bureau, being financed dom ends them.” Harboard had lit his! by the mysterious' Almon Strauss, a pipm Malone, also smoking, thought man he had never seen, appeared fu. deeply. “John Breen was thrown into this city with nothing but enthusiasm; he may frai wisdom, and perhaps some happiness, within iU walls.” • • • For a year he had been at work with Crlfan. as cr.3lr.ccr cf th? tile, worthleae, impossible Then he was only half asleep. A deep runible tumble and heavy crash of sound nmred up the river. What had happened? After a while it was silent Apparently some colossal ex- ^’r*K';:r. H*? •valtsd r.nd vrsr.t ts sleep. That day John gathered the few be longings of the strange man. He lived I < > alone. His name had been changed, hyi’ ’ due process of law. Thumbing his nose at fact, he, who was Vladmir Kahl- fuss, beesme Victor Colfax. It explain ed much to John. The man had been swamped by bis own sincerity, a vic-|< ‘ tim of the times; of all Aime. ” As John rode home in the subway S that night, in the crush, he saw every-1 thing on end. Car after car. crowded | to suffocation, slipped by him, the up-1 lifted hands of passengers seemed a' symbol of the complete surrender of the masses, white impotent hands held up, thousands of hands, white hands. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Notice for Payment of City Taxes . Notice hereby given that Town Taxes for the Town of Clinton, will be doe and collectable between October 1st and November 15th, for the year 193^. The Tax Books will be opened for the collection of taxes at the Office of the Town Clerk on October 1st, and will remain open each day thereafter, Sunday excepted^ up to and through No vember 16th. A penalty of fifteen (15%) per cent, will aedrue on all taxes not paid on or before Tuesday, November 15th. The levy for cuirent fiscal year is thirty-seven (87) mills; twelve (12) mills for current operating expenses and twenty-five (25) mills for interest and s^ing fund on various Bond Issues outstanding. The foregoing notice is given pursuant to Ordinance passed by the Town Council, September 2l8t, 1982. D. C. HEUSTBSS. Bated Sept. 21.1982. Town Clerk. J 'V.V’Jf* . 'v\ .1 , t