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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1932
Senas D—8 notes (Int. Jan.-Julj ) 77, 7-1-42 8,000.00
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTOV. c r.
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Total Lydia Cott9n Mills Notes
^ W. E, Owens property' oo North Broad Street:
i\ Vacant lot—50 ft. front, 100 ft. deep.
Coit $4,000.00 March 18, 1022—no income
ThoTnwell Orphanage:
Note dated Madch 3, 1931 69f Demand
Commeicial-Bank—balance subject to check—no income
8,500.00;
5,000.00
6,000.001
807.04 ^
Total Sinking: Fund Investment.s
REX^ONCILIATION
Sinking Fund Investments Aug. 31,1930 ,
Sinking Fund Investment.s Income—tw’o years
$i7,251.52
$27,510.2i>
$1,741.32
Total
Loss: Amt. used to pay bonds maturing Aug. 15, ’32
$‘29,251.52
2,000.00
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Balance—investment reflected above
$27,251.52
Note:—The average earning on the $27,251.52, as pow invested is 4.3674.
PERMANENT 1.MPKOVEMF.NTS. PUBLIC UTILITIES and EQUIPMENT
August 31, 1932
Copeland Park ' _ $ 800.89
New City Hall Lot
' Rosemont Cemetery
—tdght and Water Plant:" —— .——
assembly room made free to eveiy
and clique that cared for the privU f"
lege, was the acene of a meeting aM
I catholic discussion on the evils of the
time. It seemed that “'Hje Lemma,** a
society of eager intellectuals, was aa-
^ iembled there for no other purpose
I then to talk. Professpr Audrey J*es-
j aenden of the Bouge school was ex-
^pccted to speak on “Trtends”! The
I room was crowded.
Harboard pullpd John by the amt
I into an alcove offering an exit toward
1 the doer while groups continually
i blocked the way.
I "for the love of Mike, Harboard,
let u-s g3t some air." John was fum
ing—the women-put him out of tune;
, , . 1 u *11 snatches of this and that roiled
-.'yndicate of the indignant correspond-(John was jtill an athlete, in far camps -_j i j
If joscptrtne was, guilty „f any-i he had often amuaed himaelf by 0^^,^ *
old, who had spent all pf his life ^ thing, it was not stupidity. She was [ ing. He had read, as men read who are hp • - .
aboard a tugboat, plying around New, clever enough not to let Rantoul know free.
York
PI&SENB&P6
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SEVENTEENTH INSTALL.MEXT
Synopsis: Johnny Breen, 16 years;
(Continued Next Week)
City, was made motherles: fmore than an ineffective husband.
the "Western World" neared i
when an explosion sank the boat oni'should know. She may have been as Sandy Hook, John noted the increas-'
which he, his. mother and the man he’spotless as New ^York snow, on the ing filth afloat the slow outpush of'
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to Decree of the Court
- nn father, were living. He is the; hour of its fall, or she may have been accumulated sewage, soiling the blue • the above case of William
‘."OOOO only survivor, struggling through theja wicked woman. Millions of readersea. Why had he come back? They\.obs^7jIml3 Ferdi^^^^^^
•Light Plant
•Whiteway Ext^n.sion
•'WatervWant
$79,184.94
.15,723.12
190.346.5L
* t n-K. Qo T,U..O UL ea. « n.v naa ne come oacK . iney cobs and James FarHinanH laffvha i-r
^•0*5.BJ ^darkness to shore. . At dawn, aniid: debated the subject endle.ssly and took had called 'him in Iondon^..-Jtlmon Itidividuallv and a.; Exeoutoia ihZ
jsurroundngs ^fntiref.v IHI&wn -his,! sides. Strauss had written him from Paris. Kstate of James Ferdinand Jacobs, de-
* I life in New i ork begins. Unable to . After a long trial a verdict w'as ren- He could have started for China, »>n ' -ea.sed. Plaintiff vs Mrs Elliott Duck-
roarl U-nriTvinor inyf Viifior rtf Ufa V*rt ic .4 1 £ .. e r» .• ■ iu.. _ _ ‘ ' * > * . IjJllUtl. L/UCK-
Sewer System ^
Street Department Lot. Barns and Cavins:
Lot
Barn . .
Cabins
1,200.00
1,092.6‘2
450.00
read, knowing nothing of life, he is dcred in favor of Rantoul granting a w'ork as great as that of the ancient' Jacobs et ul defendants I will
285,254.57 taken in by a Jewish famliy, living him a divorce, on statutory grounds, wall. He wanted to see Pug, to again sellatpubl'icout-Tvtothehichestbid-
! and doing a second-hand clothing bus- hV was a vindictive, nasty old man/talk, with Harboard, to shake hands! ca.sh, either in or in front of
96,627.27 ■Bo\yery. . . . From the without much money. Josephine’.s at-lina look into the knowing eyes of ‘he Court Hou.=e at Laurens S C on
; hoiir he set foot in the city he had to taiuey a.ked the jury, twelve diS- Judge Kelly, to walk, once more. <>n , ales day in November next,’the same
j fight his way through against bullies gruntlcd married men, the historic Washington Heights. It w’a-s the vity, h^Tig Monday, Nov. 7th 193'^ durii>j^
Streets and Sidewalks:
Curbing and Gutters
Siewalk Paving
Street Paving
Street Construction-not paved
77.695.39
49,604.59
495,697.30
47,070.49
‘ . , ..p pra'sed Gerrit Rantoul. ‘‘He is a very glimp.'es of the Rantoul diy’orce news
iiiio >oung t reen s le man," she added. During the \-ame to him. One of his associates hail
ter Wi.o wa.> Mjuare am he was gilded with the aiemdry, ri-ceived a paper, seni out by obliging
will be oftered iir lots/if 1 share,
4 sharo'^, 6 share.,,/5 share.s and
1 shares. ,/
Equipment;
Conciete Mixer
Fire Departnu-r.i
Live-tock
Office
Plant .Auto and Truck
Plant Tools
Police Department
■ Street Department
100.00
15,024.00
750.00
1,027.08
- 900.00
500.00
319.00
813.00
tournaments. ... It was here that Pug
Malone came
, —an old fight
honest. . . • Bieen of vani. bed millions, and his honors relatives, containing testimony bear-. Ter ns of SaieC t’a h. Delivcrv of
,6i0,061.17 (O’'‘lip and decorations were paradtd by Jo-' ing on his own misdeeds. Was Jose- ^aid stock w'ly^ made upon compli-
«ephine’a counsel. "1 don’t want people | phine half as bad as Rantoul contend-j ance with the sale. In the event the
— 1 j successful b'iddei does not comply with
19,133.08
ToUl
N')te:j—•No provision has ever been made for depreciation or obsoles
cence of the light and water plant/, sewer system, or streets and side-
w::^ks. “Equipment" was inventoried, and is reflected at the values
submitted by tho^se in charge of the several departments.
BONDS PAYABLE
August 31, 1932
(Unpaid lialance Not Due)
Interest Payable
Description
I
t
Date Issued
July 1, 19U6—
Water Works and Electric Light, 5%
Bonds mature July 1, 1946
Optional maturity, July 1, 1926, etc.
Principal and interest payable at
National Park Bank, New York.
Annual Sinking Fund, $625.00.
-Oetv L mi)—
Refunding G. C. 4 N. Railway, 6%
Bonds mature October 1, 1950
Optional maturity Oct. 1, 1930, etc.
” Principal and interest payable at
National Park Bank, New York.
Annual Sinking Fund, $250.00.
Julyl, 1911—
Sewer System, 5'f ,
Bonds mature Juily 1, 1951,
Optional maturity July 1, 1931, etc.
Principal and interest payable at
National Park Bank, New York.
Annual Sinking Fund, $1,125.00.
July I, 1911—
Water Works Extension, o'ii
Bunds mature July 1, 1951
Optional maturity July 1, 1931, etc.
Principal and interest payable at
National Park Bank, New York.
Annual Sinking Fund, $500.00.
Jan. 1, 1920—
Street -Improvement, 5S
(Or'giral issue $100,000.00)
Principal and interest payable at
Hanover National Bank, New \ ork
Bonds manure as follows:
Jan. I, 1933 to 1940, $4,000 annually
Jan. 1, 1941 to’ 1950, $5,000 annually
Aug. 15, 1924—
VUater Works Improvement, o'h
(Original issue $70,000.00)
Principal and interest payable at
National BaiLlU_9L![A£i'^A®^^
Bonds mature $2,000.00 annually
from Aug. 15, 1933 to Aug. 15, 1964.
Aug. 15, 1924—
^ewer System Extension, 57c
(Original issue $30,000.00)
Principal and interest payable at
Date Amt. Unpd. Blnce.
July 1 $1,250.00 $ ‘25,000.00
300.00
300.00
eventually took him to a health farm
he had acquired. . . . The scene shift-s
and the family of Van Horns of Fifth
avenue i.s introduced, (lillvert Van
Horn, la.<t of the old family, is a man
about-tow'n, who meets Malone and
Breen 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 married an old
$1,088,502.991 eaptain of a river craft. . . . Van Horn
has a ward, Josephine, about Breen’s
age. . . . V’an Horn, now interested in;
John, prevails upon him to let him fi-‘
nance a course in civil engineering at
Columbia university John and Jo
sephine meet — become attached to
each other, love grows and they be
come engaged shortly after Breen
graduates from college. . . . Josephine
has another suitor, a man of the world
named Rantoul.. . . Josephine becomes
restless as John gives full attention
to his job and sails for Paris to .select
her trousseau. ... At the last moment
Rantoul sails on the .same boat. .At!
sea the great ocean liner crashes into j
an iceberg and sinks—all passengers [
taking to the lifeboats. V’an Horn
perishes but Rantoul saves himself—*
with Josephine. Breen learns that Gil-,
bert Van Horn Wti lit* father. Jose- ‘
phine breaks the engagement and
marrie
ies himself
the World war.
Now (To On W’ith the Story.
10.000.00
‘the terms of the ^id. the property
I tni
I! will l>e resold on the saiw some
11‘Ub/^sjuent sales d ly on the same
j;t>'i‘ms at they-risk of the former pur
chaser. The purchaser to pay cost of
Ij transfer including stamps.
' JAMF..'^ FERDl.N A.N'l) J.AUOBS. J-.
ll-3-2tc Special Master.
Lost 20 Lbs. of Fat
In Just 4 Weeks
"Err nine years John Breen, C. E..had worked in the Argentine; rail
roads, brid,;es. dams."
Jan. 1 2.250.00 45,000.00
.Mr.s. Mae West of St. Louis, Mo.,
writes; “I’m only 28 yrs. old and
weigiied 170 lbs. until taking one box
i nf your Kruschen Salts just 4 weeks
ago. 1 now weigh 150 lbs. I also have
j more andjbwlligi^^
i never had a hungry moment.”
{ Fat folks should take on-half tea-
Lspoonfttl of Kruschen Salts in a glass
; of hot water in the morning before
■ breakfast—it’s the SAFE, harmless
way to reduce as tens of thousands
of men and women know.
For your health’s sake ask for and
get_ Kruschen at Young’s Pharmacy
or any drug store—^the cost for a bot
tle that lasts 4 weeLs is but a trifle
k.. R.nt.,ul. For yrars John bur- >“ think ' ™«'‘i'd » >lud," she |ed7 So far aa he was concerned he. j ^
imself in work. Ttie U. S. enters^ Jlf'Phine came^out of the ftn"' k“»;, >hc Jaa blameksa. What waa joyfully satiafied with reaulta-
. man in her own right. Her Rolls, her
Rantoul'tore the letter in rage chauffeur and footman, her
muttered vehement uncouth oaths in friends, her views, her
smelling slightly of adventurous dis-, she like, after nine years? He remem-, back
infectant. It also became evident thatjbered her in Paris, rather attractive, ^ '
she wua a_ very wealthy young w«^-! ho thought, although he was fed up on j' . ~ ——— -
L II - I. II- *- -i^niforms, and her air was too self- ET|^ Jk T’"* d
conscious. But he would probably see ▼▼ aTL i w JL
nothing of her; he cared very little if
E.
foreign words. The letter was almost shapely ankles, and her he did or not. He would take an SALK — G’po.ssum dog. W
accurate. Josephine had seen John and i-hecrful attitude, quite upset the city fice, in a high tower, for a year or I Urisp. at Seaboard depot. Up
had wondered where the war medaU country at large. She had no ^ two, and enjoy himself. Then, well—-IkOH S.ALE (.'hry.santhemums in all
were. He had worn none, and, in f»ct. intention of going into moving pic- then he could go out again, for good. I colors. Mrs. K. J. McCrary, West
John had l»een in the city all sum-1 .Main street, phone 183.
Jan. I 1,000.00 20,000.00
mer, going out to G-reenlK>ugh for
National Bank of Commerce, New York
Bonds mature $1,000.00 annually
from Aug. 15, 1933 to Aug. 15, 1959.
June 1, 1925—
Water Works Extension, 5%
Principal and interest payable at
Hanover National Bank, New York. ^
Bonds mi^ure June 1, 1955.
Annual Sinking Fund $833.33.
June 1, 1925—
Street Imp*ment and Maintenance, 5%
Principal and interest payable at
Hanover National Bank, Niew York. ,
Bonds mature June 1, 1966*
Annual Sinking Fund, $5^93.33.
June 1, 1926—
Funding, 5%
Principal and interest payable
at Hanover National Bank, New Yodk.
Bonds mature June 1, 1955.
Annual Sinking Fund, $1,166.67.
Jun# 1, 1925—
Electric light Plant, 55(»
Principal and interest payable at
. Hanover National Bank, Nevr York.
Bonds mature June 1, 1955.
•Annual Sinking Fond, $600.00.
1-1-33
2,050.p0
7-1-33
1,950.00
1-1-34
1,950.00
7-1-34
‘1,850.00
2-15-33
1,600.00
8-15-33
1,600.00
2-15-34
1,550.00
8-15-34
1,550.00
245-33
675.00
8-15-33
675.00
2-15-34
650.00
8-15-34
650.00
June 1
625.00
Dec. 1
625.00
82,000.00
64,000.00
was quite indiffereiU to her. tures, the awful purple niake-up being,
"How’s the old boy?” he had asked, .something she would never consent to
rather brutally. Josephine thought he put on. Jo.-ephine Lambert, for she at v^'eek at a time, but always hack again!
looked years older and twenty tinH's.oiue re\crted to her maiden name.. office. He had
better than when sh<‘.;aw him last in took a leading part in the final einan- hud no special bu.'iness. He
those dear sophomoric day.s of the aw- cipalion of her sex. fliyc-d at the Engineers’ club, was
ful aqueduct. might have been the second (or po nted out, at times, as "the” Jo'on
‘‘He’s the image of poor dear Gil. v^as it the third?) I’rin ess Can-san- Breen,
bert,” Josephine kept lepej^ting t«» dan, only Prince Miguel dooked better
herself, thoughtfully. “The living im- in uniform than in bathing, a.s pic-
age of Gilbert V’an Horn," lures taken at Palm Beach testifitd
• • * to interevsted millions. Josephine was
upu.nely unconcerneil.
Itc
are pretty now and I will appreciate
no sign on, „|.,h.rs and glad to have you call
to .-ee them. Mr.s. J. W. .Milam, phone'
1-26. Up
It was ill the fall that John Breen
fir-t met Josephine, quite by accident,
aa simple a meeting as life ever ar
range- for us after it.s most elaborate
maneuvi rs. John was liecoming more
CABB.AtTE PL.'vNT.S — 1 .still have
plenty Charieil-m Wakr fieb! plants
and this is a fi:‘.e time to .«el them.
ir»c per bundled. J. W. M.lam, phone
126.
Up
When Gerrit Rantoul at last began ^ ‘maneuvu s. John was becoming more BOOK l.O.n' OR 1,0.\ \'Ei>--Com-
his attack on Josephine, intending to * i opening up the* old house and more I'oncerned with the teoe-, mentai\ of Knur (jt>.sn.*l.s, by ..Adam
burn and consume her in the public ag..in, Marvin, she informed Judge ; merits, the slums, if you will. He came f'larke. Wduive No. 3. Reward if re
eye, he still believed in a philosophy Kelly,^ after the divorce^ "It’s about upon Josephine in Rivington .street. turned to .Mr.<. \V. G. .S’eville. Up
A settlement near by had enlisted
out-moded. The Rantoul divorce case t:me I settled down to life, my (k*ar
was photographed and exj^iied dur-, ^be looked anything but settled,
ing a semester of public"attention. j
•Gilbeit would have liked to hear
her enthusiasm.
"Well, John-
27.000.00
Smith's Uharmucy has a few
She held out her i.f the rejcuiation size footballs
The papers, in defense of Josephine,. that.” Judge Kelly loo!;ed at her hand, took his frankly and iniled into left that they are Jfiving—Free
her many poses supplying them with thoughtfully. ‘‘And so would John 1 his eyes. “You are a good sight, after —with each pint bottle of Mi
first-clasa circulation interestr raked, Breen. He’s Comiqg back to New*^; these years.’
up the past of Gerrit RahtouT. Heliad|"Yut£!l-
.’11 Solution—“Rexalls nationally
Nice of >'wJ- ad%ertised Antiseptic Solulian
no ^ea this would he done. Josephim'.i Jo-sephine went to the piano, ran her j phine.” He returned her handclasp.’ .fm* 59^*
on the other hand, testified, under ex- i finger.- over the keys, her head thn»wn j He looked his admiration. She was 1
amination by her attorney, MaximiB^back with a'saucy tos.s. "Spring certainly a remarkable woman. How
^ian Schweitzer, that her husband had j coming to town,” she laughed. The |-unfoundedly young .'ihe looked! He
I always ])een true. Slw inaisTeifTKat he a|vaitment at the Du Barry was cozy, j was gray; not that it mattered, but
was the essence of uxuorious fidelity., “I hope he’s more civilized, now.” ditj feel old, compared to her. But
25,000.00
She even conveyed the impression that j Judge Kelly looked out of the window, j the time was late. Josephine was Icav-
I What a damnable town it was! But a • ing. Her car
June 1
Dec. 1
4,000.00
4,000.00
160,000.00
June 1
Dec. 1
875.00
876J>0
35,000.00
June 1
Dec. 1
375.00
375.M
15,000.00
Totr.l
000.00
mg. Her car awaited her at the p!ara
in Canal street. John walked as far as
the car and bade her good-bye. ‘^We
must see each other again, John.
There is so much 1 would like to talk
about. Good-bye.”
ft was fully a week before John
met her again. This time she was on
a shopping tour. He saw her on Fifth
this had been a bit boring to her.
Numerous correspondents were | woman like Josephine could always
named by Rantoul. (Jeorge St. James survive Perhaps John Breen might
had been shadowed and had been master her. And if he did ?
caught coming from her apartment, • ♦ ♦
at two A. M. She did not deny it. | For nine years John Breen, C. E ,
"Bless my eyes,” she remarked, “I{had worked in the Argentine; rail-
never knew it was so late.” As a mat- • roads, bridges, dams. He had oeen
ter of fact, after the death of Aunt called to Paraguay, he had thrown
Wentworth, Josephine lived indepen-1spans over gorges, had visiud and! avenue. Judge* Kelly had mentioned
dently. Her servants were Japanese, | reported on great works, in Chiie. His that John would be leaving the Cngin-|
little efficient men; she had three of j reconnaissance, surveys, and reports j e«rs’club at two. He passed Josephine;
them, apparently not afraid of her.; were on file in London and New York. 1 on the avenue, turned and walked 1
The butler, Taski, an adept at jiujitsu, | A dozen commissions awaited him at with her for a few blocks. ‘‘I*m goingj
could toss out an unwelcome -guest j the completion of every work. He waa to do some shopping; dreadful nui-
wHh a^nishing completeness. “I only i known in Europe and America, he; eante, John, but just have to." He left
wish what they say was true,” St. {was a member of the great American! her entering a shop displaying things
Jamea ruefully remarked, remember- Society of Civil Engineers; a corre-,in silk. She looked even more beauti-
sponding member of the Institution of ful than before. Nothing whatever had!
Civil Engineers of Great Britain. John been said except that she was baekj
Breen was becoming a distinguished, again in the old house. "It’s very com-;
was in South America and could not!engineer, still in the sunny forties; butj fortable, John.. So much better^than a
be reached. Some of the correspond-' he* was utterly unknown to the public flat.” '
enta, afflicted with wivea, found them-, at.Jarge. He was out of touch with And then one day John heard that
selves under a double fire and fought fame.
valiantly, giving Uk performance an| John was heavier than when we
exciting interest. Josephine denied saw him last, working with Colfax,
SPECIAL
(iood Until Nov. 10, 1932
-MK'allH .Magazine—$1.00 per year.
Red Rook and Mc(’all*s—$2.75.
JAMES W. CALDWELL
PHILCO RADIOS
AND TUBES
Sold At
SMITH’S PHARMACY
ing many efforts.
John Breen was named, in a long,
purchased affidavit from Paris, but he
nothing, smiled, enjoyed the fuss,
spent no money whatever on her de-
fcn:c, S l;v/^:tzcr being regain: i b
heavier, but compact. Years in the
open had tanned him, his hair and
-' r-,
Almon Strauss waa back.
"Almvn StrauSs.”
John caught the name above a Jum>
blc of vpices in one of those intermit
tent calms when earneet face-to-face
cyc- ■x?re stranTely I'crht in contrast, ta’l ers luse almost as one. The^ long
ariHw-*