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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 19S2
THE CLINTON CURONICLEi CUNTON. S./C.
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Wade Talks At
Indent Meet
cleared everyone out of the room and,
rhutting the door, took Pauline in her
arms. /
' “I wish you all the happiness in the j
world,” she said, and now she could 1 ^ a
not h:do the tear, >„,har eye,. “Den- |ci,„,on I.awyer Tells Y. M. C. A. hrve’ .“nlnS '
Galherinp About Choice of
hjs is a'^good boy, and he loves you,'
hut'^TfLexitr you are !rt trouble, don’t
.*‘orgpt that you have a mother, Pau
line."
Profession As Life Work.
uatcs of law school
game in ten years.
Don’t expect it to an easy course.
* FIRST INSTALLMENT
“Love doesn’t last.-. . ” —-
It was with those words ringing in
her ears that Pauline woke on hef
wedding morning toTind the s-.r-'-hine
pouring in at her wii'idow. i
doesn’t last. . .'. ”It .%eenied I
Fauline gently disengaged herself;
fiom her mother’s arms.
‘‘Do you think love Itists?” she ask-
d in a tense little voice. I
'rhere was a short silence, then her i
mother laughed. “It ail denends on!
\vh''- .VDU moan by lo.-e.” I’.v.illne's
ether stooped to pick u ' a '.illan!
‘ o\v r, perhaps because f.'.r a mo
ment she wa. not quite sure of the
either, admonished Mr. Wade. To aiic-
^^A — * Ug mixer and
apadty for hard, de
tailed work.
Tlvp road is not easy, continued Mr.
, Wade, but rlriT filled .With compenia-
“We’ll put”it in the spare room, so | a"d a bachelor uncle, and two'hlldicu
that ihe’ll be able to look at it as who were to be bridesmaid.^ -.he expressiori in her eyes. “Love ch.anges, be considered in choosing
much as she likes when she comes to'niorning seemed to fly till sudder.lylyf -ourse, but .nearly always for thei‘>Tit'’s life work.
s1 i.oppose she^will come—’ Faulino’s m(Uhe.v.|i||gid: “It’s time ^you , You ca.a’t keep up the ('<cite-i Mr.. Wade prefaced his remarks by
In the second program on vocation- interesting cress-swtions of hu-
al (rai<ian;'0 at the eo'l(-Ke Y. M. C. .y.,"’**" iituationa, and-
r, n- II' 1 , , . variety, helping those -who need
meotlnK,., R, W. Wade.local attorney,^ .j
spoke on law as a profession.. > I cinuting, worth all the hours of hard
W. M. Framnton, in introducing the work it takes. •* •'
speaker, stracd that the talk.s on vo-
v’atior.al guidance were intended to
whow how' character, capacity, and
Don’t be deterred by the prospects
rf h:’»-d v.-ork, said Mr. Wade in con-
lu.«i()n, or the probability of scanty
'omc, or the likelihood of failure. If
■n;
“Love
I i.uppose sheVill come—”
Of course she will,” Pauline .an- dressed-, d^ilir.g.”^ - {of being engaged. When
swered quickly, but she had not told , Pauline was can.<^|ouir of a little living together it’s different.”
him about Barbara’s Icttj^r; she had; bock, and for a mment a wild sen.se | “You mean they get use<l to you?”
burned it. j of panic took possession of her. It was; pauiin^ said. “You mean there isn’t
you feel the urge, go ahead.
you re I pointing out how important a factor
I time is, in addition to the, three “C’s,”
[character, capacity and capital. In
strange that the one thought in her “Love doesn’t last ” [as if someone had said: “This is the [ ;|,Vs‘ame~"sort of longing toin- with! the o^e^^'i^^o'^us^sTvelv m^ir J. Anderson, speaking
mmd on this day of all days should be Of pourse, that had been Barbara’s oegmning of the end. After today life.vou—is that what you mean?” she i , , . \ ^ , -Monday for the federal and state elec^
of those words in Barbara Stark’s let- own experience. Pauline w-as not clear-will be quite different. You will never, ^sked. i ^ advantage. , I commissioners, .said that the com-
te^w'hich had arrived late last night, as to the facts of her friend’s mar-> really belong to yourself any more or; ^j^^r little girl ” j He defined law as the accumulated! nnssioners wishes - to express their
Ear bar a w'as Pauline’s best friend, j rlagfe—sfte had never asked aT>ouF it— :Fe’Tree To"d6 as yoii lik-?. ^ PauITiie I>rok"e~"Tn ruT1iTc^?tyT"'“Did ^ human-q^ace—applied thanks to the—picctiun—tna lingers—for-
for reasons that both of them wcmldjand Barbara never spoke of her hus-i With an effort she pulled herself to- jov^ Daddy very much when you present conditions. It is not ab- ;iu lr cooperation in handling the re-
l^tract justice, but is a set of rulings, cent election. Also, he said, the com-
. .. .i . . j verv muen indeed.” ' which have been found to wot-k to the j missioners wish to thank Ralph T.
stbl« to be, for while Pauline was. that he was somewhere abroad was a; whole heart and was going to a hap-; disannointed after-! best advantage in a majority of in-; Wil.son, who assisted them in hand-
COM.MISSIONERS THANK
election managers
t.iai, WV.IU V.I mirni n uutu Miiu Darvuru nevtjr spoKe oi ner nus-; IV un aa eiiurt sne puiieu nerseii lu- love Daddi
have, found difficult to explain. The'hand. That he had made good provis- gethtr. What non. ense! When she w-as j him?”
'two girls were as unlike as it is pos-1 ion for her w-as common knowledge, 1 niarrying a man she loved with her| “Verv much
ling
oral
m
the boxes and returns. 'The fed-
election commissioners were Dr.
i W. T. Pace, James L. Browning, and
‘ Mr. Anderson. The state commission-
. . . . - . ‘.Ynd were you disappointed after I best advantage in a majority
young, unspoiled, and full of the joy j vaguely accepted fact, and that the-piness far greater than any she had >^^^,.^^0?” I stances.
of life, with a touching belief in hap-; divorce had actually been nobody’s I ever known. ‘“Things are always different from I Law is not an easy profes; ion, nor
pine sand the theory that love never fault hut one of those “arranged” af-' She hummed a snatch of a song asexpects.” la highlv paid one Mr Wade said
dies. Barbara, at seven-and-twenty, I fairs was agreed by the charltble. ?he ran upstairs to her room. She was, “And do you love him still ?” i Most lawyers earn not’over $”00 a
seemed to have run through more ex-- Paujine thought it was all very pa- rt the door when someone came.up! Pauline’s mother looked away. “Yes|.,„„. thp throo E. E. Simpson,
penences and emotions than many a; thetic. Sometimes the far-away lonely th^ stairs behind her two at a time.!_bu*. it’s different” she said, and| . . " and W. J. Henr>'.
woman double her age. She had been j look in Barbara’s eyes made her heart and Peter Johnson—a very favorite j t^on as if regretting the adnvssion, i makes.
nmrried, had had a baby, which mer-1 ache, and yet Barbara always .seemed cousin, who would have liked to bejgj^p hastened to add: "But no two'^*^ more than the average doctor,;
cifully, so people said, had died soon i happy enough. She laughed a great something nearer and dearer — . marriages are alike. We must all ^
after birth; she had been divorced, and j deal, she went everywhere, she dress-, her name.
at the moment was getting herself
talked about everjrwhere by her wild
extravagance and because of a new
and violent friendship w-ith a married
man.
But in spite of all the.-e things Pau
line adored her.
The chief trouble was that Dennis
did not approve of Barbara, and many
times during her engagement Pau
line’s heart had lieen torn because of
her love for her friend, and her love
for the man she was to marry, and
her desire to do a.s she wished.
Many time.s .she had tried to explain
to Den*""! her friendship for Barbara,
and had always been conscious of her
failiiie.
ed beautifully,aand yet the strange]
quality of mother love In Pauline's af-^
“Pauline!”
“Hullo, Peterkin.’
“1 know people
defe -ded Barbara
ohI^ I
undA;j
don’t Ike her,” she
loyally, “hut that’s
e--au'e they don’t know her and
I ajuLheii y.s .
own
but
fault,” Dennis broke
this Pauline would not
■r really kmw whether
Dennis or di.slikcd him.
“Hir
gruff i.v
allow
Ib; iline n< V
Eat' 11 a liked
Bhe was alwoy.^ charmiivr to him when
ho w »uld allow her to be, and yet last
night, in the letter tha»t acoempanied ]
a mj.-^t beautiful gift, she had said
things about marriage which had so
impr-L’ssed Pauline that she w’oke on
her wedding morning with some of
the words ringing in her ears.
, . don’t expect too much from
yotir husband as 1 did! Any woman of
experience will tell you that love
doesn’t lait. Romance will wear thin.
It’s traditional that men get tired of
the same woman. When you’ve been
married a few years you’ll be lucky if
you’re Ptill good fpiends. Don’t think
1 am saying these thing.s to hurt you.
I’m saying them because I want you
shape our own destinies
put for yourself.” _
There was a little silence, then Pau
lino drew a hard breath like a sigh,
and for a moment her pretty face
looked sad.
“I wonder w-hy,” she said flowly.
You wi'l findproblems and the strain are so
acute that fifty per cent of the grad-'
year.
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In clubs for $1.75.
JAMES W. CALDWELL
Successful Chain Rogers Stores Out-1
growth of Store Founded in 1892
The little grocery store opened in
1892 Pn Whitehall .«‘.’C('t in Ailanta
by L. W. Rogers has developed into a
huge chain of several hundred suc
cessful .store.s throughout the south
east principally in Sou h Carolina,
’fwMUg'a and .-Vlabania. The poll .*y of
the fuuudi'* of Rogers Stores with re
spect to service to the public and
building up coiiipoU nt cU'rks and ex-1
c-utivo.- from orgairzation hv.s -le-
-xeloped into one of the most su -.-.'ss-
fuL cLain “nrganir.atmns inHdie Snuth.
Scott W. .-Mien, president of R >gers ’
Stores, and Robert J. llml.om, ; cere-i
taiy and treasurer, applied to .Mr. _
Regers for ptisitions in the year 1990
ju-t eight year.s aft.r .Mr. Roge-rs hud
-qv.-red his store on Whitehall street
aril both men were employed anti soon I
givcii re.-iionsible po.sitions in the com-'
j pany which was progressing fa-t. J. i
1 II. Hudson, the present .-eeretar.’, and 1
fection for her told Pauline that in| He joined her rather breathlessly,
reality she wat not a happy woman. | “This h:if ju.st come. I thought:
“No heart!” So Dennis summed her you’d like to open it.” He gave her a
up. “Selfish as the devil. I know the small parcel.
type well.” ! “Thank you.” Pauline was turning;
Sometim.es Pauline was tempted to! away when he caught her hand,
think he was right. Dear Dennis, who i “I just want to wijh you the be.-t of;
was so good to everyone. I>ennis had! luck- always—and happiness- he'aps _
fallen in love, with Pauline at first] of it." She tried gently to release her
'stght,‘FO he said, and she—well, there hand, but he held k fast
had never been another man in the' “FI! always be the same, Pauline—
! w’orld for her. ' always there if you want me. If ever
“Much b^t'ter for you if there had there should be. any trouble. . . .
so Barbara declared. “First, Again Pauline was conscious of that
little shadowy premonition. What
trouble could there Ik*? Why’did ev
eryone insist that her sunshine was
bound to be cloiided?
b
She laughed in nervous exa^per-
(ietei minedly — what did it matter ation.
what one embittered outlook prophe-j “I suppose you are i»ne of ‘.ho.->c oeo-
sied? She knew she would be perfejt-,ple who believe that love ne.'er last.,”
ly happy. | *he said defiantly.
Dennis was quite well off, and he “My love for you will la t.” Peter
.small carved statuette in'had prospeett. He wa.s-thirty-two, anti answered, and then before shy could
silver of a small Cupid j he had a motor car in which they .were - top him he had taken her by the
treasurer of the company, had, just
to b<‘ happy, and you can only be hap-1
py a^ter you’re married by not expect
ing too mu«b. Let him be quite fre<*,;-h£VD,
«o.. don’t tr^ Ho chain him to you ail l»'o generally comes a cropper for
to kill i wan. of experience.
! Pauline had laughed at the time,
j but now the words returned to her
with a little .' ting. She dismissed them
the tinu- 'that s a sure way
love. . . .”
“l ove dot . n’t la; t ...”
Tho-e weu“ the words that haunted
her as she sat up in bed, her f.air hair
rumpled childishly, her blue eyes
blinking in the sun.shine. The present
Barbara had .^ent her was standing on
a nr.all tabli' by itself.
It was a .small
ivory and silver, ol a
beating his hand in vain against a
barred door, and underneath was the
one word “Denied.”
It seemed a funny sor‘ of weiJmg
present to send 'anyone, Pauline
thought, evC^b while she realiz' d its
lieauty. When ;he had shown it to
Dennis and he laughed. ^
“She’s iTmiserable ctni’c,” he saKl.
going away for a honeyitioon trip; he
had bought a house — quite a small
one, but a “darling,” ^so Pauline told
ihoulders and kissed her on the lips.
“All_the best,” he said, not very
.teadily, and before she couid move he
eveiyone, and she had been (luite sure had gone, and she heard him clatter-
that they would live happily ever af- j mg aw'ay down the stairs again,
ter, until Barbara’s letter came last! Pauline went into her room and
night. ! shut the door. She felt a little shaken
ot that she w’as really seriously ■ and almost as if she wanted to cry. .policy of Rogers stores to give
! befdre entering the employment of
Rogers, experienced some financial re
verses and was unable to buy stock at
the time he was offered^the opfiortle
nity in 1900, so Mr. Rogers gave him
a qualifying share of the ftock in or
der to make him an officer of the i
company. A number of other promo-
ons have been made from the raiiKS
vhroughout the chain and the poluy of
•the founder of Roger.s Stores, wtio |
died three years ago, is the sanm to- ]
day.
Of particular interest is thi* present
I expansion program in South Carolina
' as announced by J. R. Hudson, who is
located in (Jreenvdlle and has charge
• «if 2.0 units of Rogers .Stories. Mr.
' Hudson, in speaking for the company.
I said, “We are looking to the future
with confidence and we are h;*ad2(l
, right. The direction is more important
than the speed.” Recent improvement.s
made in the Piedmont section a.s an-
pounced by Mr. Hudson, irvlude two
modern new stores in Greenville and
‘ four new meat markets, a new meat
ma ket in Arlderson and a new mar-
, ket jn the Greenwood store.
1 Rogers stores have a large ware
house in (ireenville from which .South
Carolina stores are .served. It is a
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lirf.uen ed by iWall Barbara’s ideas] She and Poterkin had been brought up
i about life were totally different from togethei, but never before had he
her ^w'n—but it wai the first small kissed her like that or looked at li'*r
i shadow ca-st over the sunshine of her'w’th such an expression in h s eyt ; .
Paulne
.happiness. j
' It was her wedding day! In the next' something
was
in
Carolina products preference and hun
dreds of carloads of canned goods.
Candles and meats and a large quan
tity of vegetables and fruits are pur
chased annually by this organization.
Not only do South Carolina ; tores u.se
fond of Peterkin, but
^ „ her heait resent'^d that
room a white frock-and veil lay on the sudden display of affection. Her lips i these products but the entire Rogers
)ed, downstairs all the wedding pres- belonged to Dennis—no other man had chain \.i supplied w;th South C-arolina
ents were set out on long tables. a right to them. She tried to feel an-^ products. All Rogers stores itir the
Ehe took up Dennis O’Hara’s photo-■ ;5ry w th him, but 't was a short-lived three states were painted with paint
'graph and kissed it. In a few hours! Poor Peterkin! It was not -u.*h m.aru/sc'.ured in Gr(*enville.
new she would be his wife—she would ^ hanpy day for him as it was gri 'g. The growth of Rogers Stores is phe-
-be Mrs O’Hara. Dennis said he was.to be for her. She pulled off the fast-. nomeral and they are among th • best
I not Irish, in suite of his name. Only ening of the.: little parcel he had in t'le commqmties they serve. John
[ye.terday she had almost covered a brought her. It was Irom Baroa:a Strange is the popular manager of
sheet of notepaper with his name and ■ Stark—a slcnded blue gsir^er fa-‘en^'U the "Rogers store in Clinton.
[her own joined togethei—Pauline with a tiny arrow.
lO’Haia. ' “JttEt for luck”—so a little written
! There was a tap at the' door, and message read — “and in case nobody
. her mother came in. has remembered to give youthe
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a lovely day—
Did you sleep
morning, darling. It’s
so warm and sunny,
well?”
“Beautifully.” But Pauline’s heart
gave a little throb of pain as she re
membered it was the last time she
would sleep here quite as herself.
“I hope the sun will thine for you
all your life,” her mother said as she
kissed her. ‘“There is an old saying:
‘Keep your face to the sunshine and
he shadows will fall behind you*. Now
drink yeur tea and get dressed.”
Then, beinlfa sensible mother, she
‘something blue’ which ia supposed to
insure happiness.’
We handle a South Carolina
Flour, made by Allen Bros. Mill-
went quickly away, before Pauline I impoiitant function of fixing the veil,
saw the tears in her eyes. ; and an excitement because the bou-
Pauline drank her tea, bathed, and < qiMta had not arrftod.
dressed. l|iere were a lot of people | She was getting a Iktle nervous and
stryirc in th? house—e?u:-ins, aunt?, j overdone, and her mother
Pauline let the little gift fall to jug of Columbia. It is the
the floor. She-did not went U ta.e ^
her luck from Barbara—for a moment ^ a ji u
she felt as if the bad fairy of the old.small amount Ol money: AdlUh
nursery story had arrived and cast a’(self-rising); Columbia Best
spell over her. Then '^»h»"tly'^pj^juj. gay-So (seif-rising);
pulled herself together. Such n®®" I a
sense! Barbara was her beat friend. (plain).
and it was charming of her to re-' gee US for the best Flour and
member the old superstition — ®^|be8t prices.
course she would wear it. » tt- i * u* i. j
1110^4110 bridesmaids came clamor-j carry a hlKh-gkade
ing at the door, and there was the all-1 Corn Meal, made by the same
company. ,
promptly
Farmers Exchange
Phone 157
dffRRerr
TACKl.e.
Pictures were not available of other seniors — Barron, Parker,
Woodside, Nettles, Howell, Rampey, Lindsay and Horton.
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