The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 20, 1933, Image 7
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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1933
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S, C,
PAGE ySE YEN
The Mcxlem Miracle
By Albert TRM
K\
SIXTH INSTALLMENT
Synopsis; One ble^lk November
Joyce A'hton, poor stenographer,
had large pale blue eyes, a straight
little nose, and a thin-lipped mouth
\vhosa corners dropped with a petu-
foolish to put any trust in a n’who
is so lacking in principle that h-* can
deliberately compromise a married
fh a skidding taxicab in Chicago. Xext-fiaht, complaining expression. Her feet | woman. Nine limes out of ten,
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I
It
thing she remembered was two year.^
later w'hen she woke one morning tc
find herself in a luxurious house in of
were shod in beautifully fitting white | won’t be faithful to her. and when j
kid walking slippers. From~the ^ top | she’s been made a fool of she’ll find i
her head to her feet. Mrs. Paul
California, with a wedding ring on het
hand, and a pleasant young man, ad
dressing her, as Frills, telling her to
be careful after her fall from her
that she was only one of a number of j
other silly women. .Arthur Maitland:
is no different from the rest. Well, 1'
must run along now. And do come j
Packafd was immaculately well dress-7,
ed and groomed.
“If she affected Frills one-half as
unpleasantl.v a.s she does me ’’ thought j|Ovcr soon, my dear. Paul and I are al-'
horse of the day before. Her husband Joyce, “she wouldn’t be on ;y)eaUing j v. ays glad to welcome you, and no |
Neil Packard, rich fruit packer, j tenns with me. now. or else at Uva.-c 1 matter what hapiicns. you must feel!
:e a refuge in our simple'
was
Confu.sed and troubled, she tried tojFriils wouli^ have put the fear of God ; you ' havt
find out more about herself and fiH>m into her.” f ■ -r'<ij'home.’’
letters in her.desk found that she ha<i
been a heartless, frivolous j’oung wo-
“You escaped a very
hirv,” went on the visitor
serious .n-
"Ilave you
Joyce was left a'hme again, p’ungevl|
into another wliirl of e.motions. “I'm'
man and had become involved in a se- had Dr. F.llison make a thoroug’r. ‘ x-■ getting so manv new things to think'
rious affair with a man named Mait-^ amination? j about, so many angles all at once to i
land. I.,ater, when he came to see her.' “No, I haven’t,” replied Joyce. Her | this business ,if beings Frills Pack-
he was hurt and surprised, when she welcoming smile faded out, an<l sit- 'a,d, that it makes me dizzy trying to
him, but finally left' ting down again, she puffe»l at her
‘ cigaiette, waiting in defensive silence.
(Now Go t)n With the Story) ; If thiswa-i Lauuine, deliver me from
tried to" repulse
h.er.
fit them togJthor.
I’aid Packard is
.fid female: I’ll
Whew, but Mrs.
Before the stranger
_S^he had time to .si
thin, unimpressive type
reachetl
with re«ldi
V fearful and wonder-‘j
I ...... bjjkt all i have thatl
j any more in-laws'. | she’s telling every • one she knows |
her, “Well, I shouKl certainly thin!i he i al out .Arthur .Maitland’s otht*r apart-
5]l|_would
face and tiny sandy mustache, neatly v\ould
clipped. Hi.s features w’ere small and
his blue eyes twinkled. His plain gray
business suit, which lacked all trace
of style,' was in need of pre.ssing and
his wide commonsense shoes
diLsty and scratched.
Well, F'rills, how’s the beautiful
be^n feeling today? Golly, you women particular su’oject.
are lucky, the way you can get thrown
around and not get hurt! Now a man,
who has to use his heail, would have
been j-% t the fellow to get a crack
that would put him out of busines.s
completely.”
Joyce -smiied up at him easily. This,|
man was not in love with her, she
kne\' instinctively. He was friendly
enough,.- 1-Ut impei'sonal.
cQii?-Ult him. 1 feel aectam,. he4XiadA>ut niore T,sbo«td-4
think a thorough internal ex- j have been bored to death by Lau-
amihation the only safe thing to dojrene.”
alter such an acci*lent as yours. • • A picked uj) the letters again and
stitch in tinte saves nine.” j re-i'ead the ones from “.Sophie” with
Joyce wanted to add, ‘‘.And an ap-;a growing longing to see the baby.
feeling, she went into
hunt for Sophie’s ad-
longer Uiurine wouhj stick to this j dress. But there was no Soi)hie in the
little pigskin hook.
were' ^ keeps the doctor away,” but j Fired by this
she kept quiet, wondering how much the house t()
Lynn Announces
Y. M. C. A. Cabinet
bruins more impoi tant than t
he protected t^em s«» much
won. n
nu n >, i
belt* -
“Ha! 'Well, I haven’t time for' any
argum -i^t-; on the equality of the sexe.s
now, iu'l dropped in to see what you
Iooke*l like so I can send Neil a wire
th.', tveiything is O. K ”
Of couiv,eI This wa.s tha doctor!
“W ll, I’m all right,- she ri^ilied,
and t:ien it occuiTed to her that she
had'better not lie too well if she wish
ed to stavA off the hordes of friends
who were trying to draw her back i
into their activities. But it shook me |
up and I’m going to cut out^some ofj
the jazz for this week anyhow. . (
You might tell i)eople it’.s by your
orders.”
“Ha! A'ou don’t expect anybody
would bel ieyt that j:qu. WfiXS-Obey»n*
orders of mine, do yoU ?
The new college Y. M. C. A. cabinet
has been announced by the president,
Uobert I). Lynn, as follows;
*■“ Officers
President, Robert Lynn. ^0
''iv; h;,
Fortified to meet another visitor, she rose to her feet and smiled
greeting at the newcomer.
V’ice-piesident, W. H. t'ranfqrd.
Secretary-ti'easurer. Gecil LaWter,
.Assistant .secretJiry-treasurer, V’an
Ainol.L ,
r'ia.1^
Goldville
.-Aoril l."». K. L. Stewar
and Warien Clement spent the week
end in Spartanburg.
Mr. and -Mrs. “Pete” Bennett of,
( Irnton, were the guests of honor at
a dinner party given We<lnes(lay ,
night by Mrs. .1. R. .SU»an at her home '
on .Milton rua i.
.Mrs. Hatliv* shook <><’
R/enew Your Health
By Purification
tell you that
of tho Systen
Any physician will
“Perfect Purification
kS Nature's roumkition of Perfeit
Hvaltli.’’ V.'liy i t rid yourself of
ehmiitf. ailiiuiit.-. ftrnt Ufe under-
iuiii\ig your vit.ilitv.' Purify yOur
entire^ system, l»v t-iuing .a .thorough
»oiirse\itf Cali>!;itis, ouC* or twic)
a \veek\for .sev< r.xl \vi*el' :—and sen
ik^tl
»1 0-.
Program lommittee
ment!
Colin
Walker Combs,
Hudson, assistant
o! Clyde. N. j
is .spending Uvo wm'ks with .Mr.s. Anna j
1 ohTTTs \ y ' atixf Al rk.’'E."T..
L. A. Me-
Dunlap, as-
' ehairman;
I chairman.
heputailon committee
Call, ehaiiman; George
j.sistant ehairman.
! Religious activities committee:
Powell Freeman, ebainnan; Clrilmers^
, .Met, utchen, a.s.'-istant ehairman. j
Puhlieity committee: ,). 11. Viser, 1
d homas.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. R. Seigler of .Abbe
ville. spent the w\ik-einl with .Mr. and
Mrs. G. M. Fra ly.
.Mr. and M s. A. B. I.'Kiuire and
son and Mrs. al. P. Whitt of Green
wood, spent the week-eml with Mr.
and Mrs. tleorge <’raft.
how .Nhkiure r. .vards you witii
health.
l^luv-ldpod
vatiug tho Wer, kidneys, stomach
and bowels, ui cts. and 35 cts.
packages. All ^‘alers. (Adv.)
.1. I.
(’OPKL V t BRO.
— HARDV ^ —
I. H. ('. Repair: * Binders,
.Mowers, Trucks ; tractors.
Mrs. Laprelya Dudley of Laurens,
R. R. Potter, assistant
Shi had wandered out onto the .sun
ny sleeping porch still pondering
any oraers 01 mine, ao you: When
have you ever taken my advice,^ young
lady?”
He stared at her with such a sud-
chairman;
chairman.
Hi-Y woi ku:.ommilt»*e: Charles (’ar-
s<tn, chairman: Donald DuBois, assist
ant chairman.
Social committee: Mart Odom,
chairman; Ernest -Arnold, assistant
chairman.
Music committee: Junius Montgom
ery, (.hairn.an; Henry Calvert, assist
ant chairman.
Frank Hers, Cliff Johnsrm-and
Boggs
week-end With .Mr.s. T. L.
Doyle
have been chosen to
Ijaurine changed the suliject. “Del-
phine sent her love to you and hopes
you're' feettTig' <pi1t fatrilne’s •’TOhrewatTon, when she
the accident; and Paul said to Aeh | the rattle of a machine which
you he’d probably run in .sometime i soumled like a Ford driving into the
today. He’s having lunch at the club i grounds. .She ran downstairs, out I
with Otis dark and a business friend ' across the terrace and around to the
den keen searching look in his ^^e city, and they’re going to garage. Yes^, there was Kain just get-
eyes that Joyce blushed deeper than' aftp, j,oon, with .Art Bel- ting down from Jhe machine, and in
. . 'main to make up iA foursome.” , his ai ms wa.s a little black and w-hite I The cabinet will lie c<HiqH^se4 sd^Ahe! dmoatHdisi Ind.,
I4’ MI comes na ura o a ‘ ^vas nearly an hour later when'“Here you are, Mrs. Packard, i t»xecutive committee and the assist-1 Ellison .Vloiulay
n .H, e wen Mi*s. Paul Packard rose from the mar-I^^‘‘ Marches were glad to get a home -chairmen of various committees.
^uke .dv,ce. I w«h you d takf som.. ^ , ^ J s,.l the wriKylintt, ^
ranging from the i down on the gnuind, ami laugh-
newest cold cream anti its wonderful jstrained at its leash.
spent the
Ellison. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Drake of Bates-
!)uig, and .Mr. ami Mrs. W. S. Goff
of .Newberry, were .Sunday guests t>f
.Mrs. Dolly Pialer.
.lames .Adilison spent the week-end
in Rock Hill. [-
Mr. and Mrs. J. Abrams had as their
week-end guests, Mrs. Carrie Abrams i
and Mrss Mildred .Abrams, of Simj)-4 -PAliMU..tu.’uLtka
-sonville. “ ~ ' |
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Templeton andj
Most for Your Mone
In & Good Laxati
Thedft.rdV P.LACK DRAUGHT
litfii hik'lily renarJed for a lung,
long liiuf. but it is better appro-
'•iated now than ever before. Peo-
lU- aitr l.uyliiti fVk*ryUtliiK mort- x-are-
fvi!l> itHl.iy In iMiyliiS HlacW-UrauKtit,
tin V Kni tin- riuist fiti inoiifV,
to it KtKHl, cfr«t llv** Irix.itlvn. dfltenU-
altlf for the r. llef of orxllnary coiiatl
.serve on the cabinet and work will be Cli.sby Templeton spent the week-end
as.signed“to them soon. [in Rock Hill with Mr. and .Mrs. John
The executive committee will be j Templeton,
compo.sed of the chairmen of each! Roy Entrekin, Harold Gains, .Mick-
committee and the officers of tHe a.s-1 ler WTiiten and Jame.s Whiten, all of
25 or more doses of ^
Thedlorfl’s*. Black-Draught
In a 25-ocnt' package
For Clitldrenr grt plea9ant-ta»tin0
tYltUF ut TKedford’9 Blaok-Draugki.
sociation. {.Norris, and Dwight Whitmire, of In-
Mr; amf Mrs. - T. L
Notice To Farmers
I’ve given you long ago. Quit this cx-
ces.sive smoking! Ixjok at the way you,.^V^‘ sujjec s,
- , newest cold cream
' * T L »* II I.,..! effects, to the details of the vecenti "Oh, thank you. Sam, he’s a darl-
‘But Ii haven t . smoked since day! , ’ , ,,r ,, -to ^ i .
before yesterday." retorted .loyre tri-1"f “ ' "’f ',/"‘t'"'"’''" '’’'"fl'U.tt I"
umphantly, “.so it can’t be that.” ,1 The effect of Ihi.s tali on .lov. c Was l'“l tl"’ chunky little .s.|uaif head
“It can’t? Whew! No wonder you’re' a wearily annoyed fe.Iiug that she I Dickie wiigg]e<l as ;',am ,‘.l
nervous! Don't you know you can’t j had suffered ni9i:e than the net l e- him frpm the K a.sh ami re-munie l
nlightering facts amiably to hcKjtatling but after a
can’t be that.”
Whew! No wonder you’re
ni9i:e
cut it but all at once? Not a girl with;way of
yonr highly strung nervous sy.sUm, ]worth.
who’s lieen* smoking at the terrific “By the way, Delphine told me that
rate you have! Use a little common-
sense. Here, take this. If you wanl to
gradually.
Jit
j moment he lookoL about t xciU-illy,
dashing aw^ from h^ a few feet and
.she saw Arthur .Maitland one night barking sharply, then returning again,
having dinner at the Palace with | “What does he want, do you suppe.se,
! what she called a ‘jazz bahy’ in a ver-!SarH?”
Otis O’.Shields of liuurens, ami .lack
O’.Shiehls of Bath, visited their grand
mother, Mrs. G. -A. O’S'hitdd'^, last
week-end.
.Miss Sallie .Ma * Fiaiiklin ami .Mr.-.
I' oster k'ranklin and suie of U hitiniie.
. ; spent .Sunday with .Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
.I:ime.s*H. .Sullivan, chairman of the Franklin.
Laurens •Gounty Relii-f council, has .\ti.ss Floi ide t'roiu-h sp<-nt the we‘k
issued the following staremenl rela- end in Greenville'Sw ith her sirt'-i*.
live to the hiring of farm labor in the j Mrs. J. .A. .Addlsim sjient the W ; ek
R. F. C. Cooperates
On Farm Labor
SKK ns FOR THE.BEST 1X)W
I'UIC'ES ON FEED.
Ju.st received one car No. 2
Natural White Feed Oats. See
o
US for special low prices In lots.
I’hree tirades of Horse and
.Mu*e Feed, two kinds of Hay. .
'I'hree 'grades of .Miush.
W e rr»nk»* >{)ecia! prices on all
i\‘k’(!s.
Aianded her a xrrgarette'wit'h a deei’^ve-' milion--evening dreis,—And -I
gesture which made refusal impos-jf^'cnj, .somebody else( though I wont
' j repeat the name because i/ there’s one
Joyce ti^ok it, her hand shaking. But thing I pride myself on. it’s not
county: r'nif.in •Atlanta.''
“Wc have a list n ade up during the W. <’. Wblttnian of
winter months of lubd’i'^'rs out of em-j last week vvijiih .Mr.
asked Joyce, mystified by this pl*'> oieni. 1 he list remains intact,.^unlil i L<daml.
Bate
ami
■ill Ip
Ml
g, spent
s. C. F
Farmers Exchange
Phone 157
HnT
before she had "even raised it to her
mouth, they were interrupted by the
“He'fr fooking for a .stick,
ed Sam. “That’s what you want,
it, Dickie?”
.spreading .scandal or gossip—’hut it’.s, .Sam picked up a smooth round piece
a woman who spend.s.. a lot of her of wood, .showed it to Dickie who
arrival of Roxie.. “Dr. Ellison, the; time in the city, and you know her al-j jumped frantically for it, and then
Gates ho.spital wants to speak to you,[most as welF a^ I do—that Maitland threw it a.s far as he could. Dickie
has two separate apartments in the j tia-shed after tumultously. Then he
explain-or is aFli^o .<ecure
employment. Any farmer who wi.shes
labor may apply to us for help and
we go to our cards and secure the
number aplilied “for in the neighbor-
TTT
fined to th
— ^
week
Wofford, who 1ms b«*(‘n ciifi
New'bei i y fiO'jn.Tal foi'
hi.'^n-tiiined to
Lm“
his
hotid of the farmer making the appli
cation. We in.'iliuct these laborei-s to
report to the farmer for work and, of
course, the farmer pays the wages
hims’If.
LADIES V
“If the laborer fails ,to report to
the farmer,” continued Mr. .Sullivan,
sir.
The doctor jumped to his feet, j city, not just the one whep the men {came romping back to .Sam, who com-
“Thanks, Roxie, just tell them I’ll be have their stag parties. IXthink youjmanded, “Go take it to .Mr.s. Packard,
right there. Good-by^, Frills, I’ll drop [ought to know those things because j Dickie, that’.s your lady now. Go on,
In aff-ain later” and he was off with-1 you’re .so careles.s about appearances give it to .Mrs. Packard.” , .. . ^ ...
nut a backward glance. i and it’s a crying shame the-way youi Dickie, his wide pink-lipped mouth then we strike his nanrie fiom o«i li«t|j;pent Tuesday and W wlneMiay wit
I Arthur clamped tightly over hi.s precious:®”*^ longer eligible foi help, friend.s and relatives in I linton.
stick, rolled his expressive brown eyesThe regulai meeting of the Moth-
up at Sam in a speculative sort of case, said Mr. Sullivan,, - cJub wa.s held Ihursday night. .An
‘“are we retaining laborers on our list^'Tlntere.sting feature of themeeting w-a.s
woman'for mixing into her private 1 to Joyce. have be^n given the opportunity | the school program which was pre
past two
home here.
(’arlton Weehunt is a patient at
the Newberry hospital, where he un- BriltR’ Us your last summer’s
derwent an appendicitis operation “*1,slippers and sandals—we’ll make
them same as new, at
\ou will appreciate.
Joyce drew a breath of relief. “.An
other one killed off! That message
was sheer luck. 1 couldn’t light this
cigarette with him looking on,” she
murmui-ed.
She suocessfully lighted th^ cigar-
a
run around with a man like
Maitland.”
Tuesday.
Tol-hert Sorrow- of thi.-i,village and
Mis.s l'!ner Mell Gilbert of AVhitinire.
were married al Whitmire Saturday
night.
.Mrs. .A. Bennett of .Milton road.
h
a price
In the midst of the resentful fury
that seized foyce at the nerve of the {way. Then he turned and trotted 6ver|
Only PRl.ME'leather used.
MeINTOSH’S
SHOE SHOP
‘The Old Reliable'’
ette end puf(«l »t (t daintily. After mirntion for Laurine's cournee. She
affairs she could not help feeling ad-| “There, that’s enough to stick for
for Ciniiloynlent or who we think could rented.
a few moments, however, her atten-
.tion was suddenly distracted by the
approach of a woman. In her renewed
Illation, Joyce swa^owed a mouth
ful of smoke, which to her surprise
had thought of Frills a.s a dynamic
being who would not for a moment
have tolerated the rebuke or advice of
such a complacent upholder of middle*
a while. You’re all out of breath. Come ' employment if he trio !
W. circle
aged conventionalities. She herself perfectly sweet dog as Dickie.
I I'he Boys’ and Girls’ \V.
with me, darling, and get acquainted ible world. With Dickie she need nevei 1 Thursday afternoon,
with your new home,” said Joyce fi-| pretend to be Frills Packard. | The Girls' club presented a play,
nally, “thank you, Sam, I’m ever so. When Roxie came to find her and I 'The^ Lady Mmstrels from Dixie, .at
grateful to you for getting me such a announce that her luncheon was'Hie old school auditorium Saturda>
ready, Joyce was amused to .«ee
There was a look of puzzled sur-j distrust with which she ey<?d
the
the
night.
C. B.
Tho.se taking part were: .Mrs.
Ihckey, Mrs. Jimmy Hawkins
she found herself expelling throughjwas speechless, wholly unprepar^,! . m; ■ p.oh Tnv
her nostrils and mouth without any and no match for Laurine’s methoasjimse in .Sam’^ face .as he answered, sleeping Dickie.'^Slhe did not look sur-1 Grace lur^iei, .vIls^ ^uin 1
sensation of strangeness. Automatic-[of attack. It occurred"^to her, how- “^h, that’s all right. I’m sure glad'prised, and Joyce'knew she had prob- A^er, Miss .Mazel Tuinei, .
ally her breathing apparatus was per- , ever, that thi.s ii^omiation of the sec-1 you like him, Mrs. Packard.” ably, with Marcia, been watching the , .Miss Nellie Hamm. . i.s.s
forming a familiar operation! lond apartment might be used later j When Joyce sat down in a comfort-
Fortififed to meet another visitor,jin her handling of Maitlandf^nd she, able lounge chair on the terrace.
game of stieje oiit in the garden.
Just as Joyce left the dining room
I i'!(ina
i Miss
slie rose to her fwt and smBed greet-1 could not help being a littJe irrateful iDlckje came to her side and, - resting .she heard the whu- of a
ing at the newcomer. |to Laurine for furnishing her with
' “VYell, my dear Frills, what a for-1 any weapon
{I
tunate child you are!”
Her caller, who seated hei*self with-
. Laurine, not waiting for the scarlet-
his blunt chin with his queer, soft
drooping lips on the edge of it, look
ed up at her pleadingly. She was de
faced Joyce to renly, went on calmly, j lighted that he accepted her so
yodng
out waiting for-an invitation, was a “MTien you’re a little older, my dear,' promptly, and her spirits rose when and gi-eeted her loudly,
woman about fbrty years old wdth a;and have had as much experience as I! .^he thought of having his companion-! “Hello, Frills, how are you?”
delicate skin still* fine in texture She [have of the ivorld, you’ll realize it’s 1 ship. She felt less alone in an incied-jyou don’t look so bad!”
y ' ' / * *
%
Nellie Hamm,
Hamm, Mi-'s Jivangeline Dukes,
Sue Prater, Mis.s Nellie Roe H
.Miss R’.ilh Adams, .Miss Flora Tucket
sid^ the door, and before she could und Miss 4JBian PaimeU.^ ^ ,
decide whether to retreat thijough the : The play was directed by Mrs. J. R.
kitchen,or make a dash for the stair.s%!assisted by Miss Luna
i ‘ * L • *
two yolUng women entered the house
iHOtor out-
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