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THURSDAY. MAY 18. 1933
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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P. C. Loses Final
Contest
Holcomb led for the Blue Hose with
two safe blows out of four trips to
the plate. , V
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McCutchen allowed the visitors seY*-
i. * I before he. was relieved in the
The PresbyWnan college baseball j ^^venth innin^r by Nettles, who^ K*''®.
team lost its final grame Of the ^eason^ up j,its during: his on^he
1 mound. The Gamecocks jfot onlv one!
The game Tuesday was rained Out, until the ?i?cth innin?.
in the first half of the second inning, |
are Bissett, left fiel<l6r; Odiome, third
base; Ferguson, shortstop;- Adams,,
secortd base; Nettles, pitcher; and Mc
Cutchen,. pitcher.
Score by] innings:
Carolina .. .... .. 000 014*20^—9 8 2
P. C,^. 000 120 000^ 3 3
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‘ NINTH INSTALLMENT
The stoiy so far: Joyce Ashton,
poor stenographer, in a skidding taxi-
,Y,ith'P..C. leading, 1-0. - < . /our runs in the
In Monday’s game,..Robbin’s of Car-j'''''^*'’ and three hil.^ and two runs in
olina. led at bat for l^oth teams withljj^ J^eventh put the game on ice for
two hits oGt of three times at bat. , v ''
- i_ f , The game was the final -.contest to
of a ^iotehtial playmate. He began now ‘ players,i St'BSCRIB
a little eager whining interspersed,^'**” graduate this spring. They! “The Pa|
with short barks.
.\insworth, whom, he said, he “re-. Lyman-Warde firm of .advc-ti^’ng
vered above all othfr modems.” He’agents. Mr. John K. Lyman was an
praised Ainsworth so lavishly, in fact, j elderly, imper.^pnal, gentleman who
cab accident in Chicago, suffe‘r^ loss'that Joyce had a sudden sense that he j had never appeared to recognize the
of memory. 'I'wo years later she woke was making fun of her, and for the j fact; that she might have a life out-
one morning after a fall from her first time she felt a slight hostility i side of the office. At the end of three j with.”
horse to find herself, under the mime Uowafd him. , yeai:.s of this sort of existence Joyce Hec
“That means he wants you to throw',
a stick for him,” she e.Xplained. “He
has one great passion in life, and'
that’s to be given something ^to" wor
ry and run away and play tug-of-war
of Frills, married to
rich California fruit
she
Neil 'Pickard,
packer/ From
letters in her desk she learned some
thing about her life in the two-year
interval,^ and realized that she had
been a heartless, reckless young wo-;
^ man and that she is sei:iousl>’involved great fun talking with you. I’m only
in an affair with a man named Mail-' sorry you don’t—quite—feel as 1 do
land. She decided, that. at all costs fabout Robert Ainsworth. Under the
she would end it, but she found Mait- circumstances, J shall have no coin-
land hard to manage. Her troubles punctions qjbout claiming my book!”
were further complicated when' she ’ “Oh. but 1 do share youf enthusi-
was deathly sick of the city
Hastily gritting her bearings,
discovered that they had gone in a monotonous routine'of her days, fro.-n
circle and were again near the Y. W. i the early morning scramble for her
C. and she therefore led their steps' turn in the bathroom to th> evening
in that direction.
\‘*^od-bye,” she said, “and it’s been
voice faltered a little at the
and the * end when she looked .up and met the
puzzled expression on Packard’s face.
‘^Dinner’s almost ready.”, she went
on ha^rilj',’ abandoning Dickie as a
‘‘you/ haven’t
crush in the crowded, stuffy' trolley topio of conversation,
cars. - /jhad any, have you?”
Joyce had made a sudden dc-?perptej ’ “No. and I’m‘'hungry as a bear.'
decision to get out oi it all and try. Hope Marcia’s got something good for
some other pai*^ of the country. Reck- us. Wtio's h^'re tonight?”
les.sly she gave up her po.sition. sold, \ (Continued Next \Vet‘k)
her few Liberty bonds, bought a ticket —H =—
lor San Francisco with stop-over priv-'
H. D. HBNRT
H. p. Henry &. Company
INStRANCE
WHAT
J ^ Pi S. Jeanes
TO THE CHRONICLE
n Everyiiody Rcada”
STOCKS - BONDS
REAL ESTATE
LOANS NEGOTIATED
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read a letter referring to a baby— asml”t^e bowed sonieW-hat mocking-j ileges at Chicago and I>enver, said
was" If hers?:-ithaf the vC rit^r,: SbphT«:rTY7 ftht! held Tip the .bbbk. '“But' you ?egood-^hye to her friends, and ^^arred:
thought Frills ought to have-with her.; will let me sign the little sketch?” He .out for the West of which she had. to
Much^o the surprise of Sam, in her] propped the book.^p on hi.s knee, and lie frank, • pnly the vaguest general
husiband’.s employ, she asked for a wrote in it, slowly, meticulously; kno'^eJg?.
dog and he her one. waved it about with maddening de- As she lay in h^r bed in the Y. W.,,
(Now Go On With the Story)' 'liberation to blot the. ink; -then hand-:_C. A., Joyce smiled and frownA^l al-
^— ~ ed it to her, clo.sed. - - ■ j ternately at the thought of how herj'
“Good-bye, Miss—?” i plan had turned out.
Joyce A.shton, she said without} ‘Thirteen .days after she had left
Sam i
Shortly after ten^ o’clock
brought the car to the frbhT door and
stowed away her two suitcases. j
The teller at the bank greeted her^
with a friendly smile. “Good morning.;
Mrs. Packard. Say, .that was some lit-
t bought,.
He raised his hat and was gone.
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Joyce was frankly disappointed.
“He might have skid he’d like
to
I Manzanita, Joyce i-eceived the word
i that ended her solitary-campaign to
fit herself for taking the position of
Fritts Packard again. The morning
tie tumble you took. How do you feel see me agaip,” she thought, then add-1 mail enclo.sed a laconic telegram from ,
4ed, “But, oh dear, I’ve no right to go, Neil: “Arrive Manzanita Monday eYe-!^
about being charmed by strange men!
Why, oh why, did I have to. meet
a
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after it?
“Oh, I’m all right,” replied Joyce
hastily. She pushed her check in at
him and stood on tiptoe with.breath
less impatience while he deliberately,
counted-out the money. Then she seiz
ed it, thanked him abruptly and al-|
most ran out to the car again. |
When they were well out of the;
town, humming swiftly along the
smooth roads, Joyce felt her nervous’
fear evaporate under the stimulus of
ira^^tfresistibly mountii^ of ad-:
venture. This was going to be fun, she^
reflected happily.
They reached San Franci.sco about
noon ami Joyce parted from Sam with
mingled, feelings of relief and regi'et. j
As .soon a.s she was. installed in her
clean littie room at the big Y. W. C.-A.
building ■‘’he proceeded immediately to
carry out her plan of action.
The Jays pa.st?ed rapidU'. In the
mornings Joyce went odt for her- in-
atruction.s in driving a cai^ In these
drives, much- to her surpri.se, she had
little trouble in learning to handle a
machine.
Sne .^pent* the afternoons ri<ling in
beautiful Golden Gate park. Her first
timidity vanishing very quickly, .she-
made gratifying progicss and every*
day looked forward tocher ride with^
greater^ pleasure. , vital ai^ intelligent a
One day she overheard some, girls, make life haider for
in the Y. W. cafeteria talking about
the Chinese restaurants, and, her in-
tere.st arou.sed, she set out to explore
the.se exotic^ places. '
One evening she went there for din
ner, pleasantly weary after a day of
riding an i driving the car.
Dreamy and contented, she present
ly wandered out of the restaurant, to
realize a moment later that she had
left her book on the table. She retrac
ed her .steps.
A man wa.-. aittin^ at tha taWa .tha i „on har
had occupied, and she w'a.s disconcert-;
ed to find that he had picked up her
book.
ning.” This w'as .Monday morning.
Joyce immediately got Sam on the
NATIONAL
COTTON
'Mdir’id,
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Everybody
uses
Cotton
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man—it’ll only long distance and asked him to drive <
ne!” j to the city for her.
She opened, the book, too upset in j On the way home she questioned
hei thoughts at first to gra.sp what him with forced interest about all that
she saw. ,, ' had happened in her absence. Siam
Beneath th^ sketch was written, in I obligingly imparted what news he
an exceedingly^beautiful handwriting, could think up: Dickie had won the
“Robert .\inj|worth”! * j love of both Roxie and Marcia; Ro.<ita
* « * * ' i Yvas jn fine condition; Sam had exer-
It was inevitable that Joyce should - ^er a little every day ;but she
think a great deal about Robert Aina-i!Va» J-arinK to ro and Mrt..
tK .laat riov- that fnllnwed She!wouid find her full of |>ep;.^lmre had
•been a small fire at the puckihg plant
jbut almost no damage had been-^done;
and .so on, a list.of trivial items to
worth in the days that followed. She
emotional girl,’ of warm,,
enthusiasms, and Robert
unbounded - admir-
was an
.^Launch
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his feet
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say, IS . y • j,it fact, had she been introduced to him,|
j v/hich Joyce listened with an interest
.. 1 u * u- fbbt grcYv in spite of herself. k
That she should ever meet him had' ,
wilde.st dreams; In | 'vas at the, gate to m*^
'them and his joyous welcome fihed
u I To t?irto vou"a^t Tt'14e '»ould have been tonKue.tiod.cov-.-Joyce ''ith a quite d«pro,H.rt,.rate
down. 1 wantJpJaJk to you atxmt ■ -.l thr-confusion^f-awe of-the pleasure oyLqmjnil-
„ -Thb. Jj.conv 4But when-she-entere^^-the- big luxw-
vaoiOwK. Sh*_fJ){« We- wUi^ |,y the drtmayinK realiia-
,f n.« At ^ t-'" oho’-rlowo- “ithl^on that noon she would be unable t.
■ ■ wu u a'the realization that she (tad been ab-i flee toil for ref UKC and eacape.
ing. Why should *he , u,.,.dfutely herself, and that he had re-' She unpacked hurriedly and had a
man shed never s^n be ’ ^rded her as at least intelligent bath, .careful to take a negligee in
pinned at her wUh such to Ul^to. with 'her and to lock the h.tl«u..m
friendline-ss that Joyce thotqf . . i . ,1 relief to shed theit^oor. It was horrible to feel' that at
surely be a friend of FrOIs.^—h had he^naucha relief to shed the,
And yet-rand yet—he wa.s-i mantle of Frills Packard and discu.s8
Manzanita men! .She. with frankness the things that she,!
I Joyce Ashton, was interested
Is Winning Nation-Wide Support
Because 122,775.046
People Use Cotton.
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man, as
enough to be
This is a movement that .should appeal to the grower, the'.shipjYer. the
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merchant, the manufacturer and most important of all. the consumer.
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Clinton is urged to join in the celebration of ‘‘National ('otton Week.”
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All merchants are ^^ed to co-operate through their new.'^paper adverti.s-
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ing, through their window di.«plays, and through .s|K*cial eTnphxsis in the
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arrangement of their stores. Everyone" who sells cotton in any form, such
as tires, rope, hfiopis, furniture, house furnishiiig.s, home nece.ssities, or any
commodity using cotton^ m is urged to call attention to
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these facts, and emphasize the imporance of increased cotton con-sumption.
'»ly
He'
garded ber as
hi* i enough to talk to.
'door. It was horrible to
any moment a strange men might en- ^
teV that bedroom, and that she couM
. I A in that Order him out! Suppose he came
,ured at him, frankly curiou*. , '^"*’4"’3 b^ ui^uLlU^^ »>'« fmiahed drcaimt: In *
He was much Uller and looked ‘H “he. knew .he had been unus^llj « , ^
most younur aa -Veil. She Kueased vac.ou. and lacking >" ’^.s. Ap
his aire a.s about thirty-one or two. .A parently, howeYer, Ainsworth had s"
apUdfd physique unlubledly. with li^n no more than casually interested., !.l« dressed in the hOge closet.
wide shoulders and strong arms. .As
Packard
so unlike
the
however, Ainsworth had
She dressed in
He had left her without prote.st. and thankful tbat its size made this p€»s-^
he had made no effort to see herKsibie, and was,completely ready before
again. He had not despised her inteili-j sever-thirty. . »
gence, but he had been indifferent to j Dickie followed her downstairs and ,
her femininity! All at once Joyce‘they went through the front door to-
found this somewhat bitter. Igether. Just as they stepped outbid® a
Days went by and Joyce drifted on big blue touring car came up
pnoiiu-h *^0 give the took to yo<: , until one day she drew her thoughts i driveway. Joyce felt a curiou-s tighten-
Iov?e “Robert Ainsworth isNm sharply. She had allowed herself!'ing in her throat as she recognized ,
^re ormy fa^'orite authors, and I’ve tTgrow forgetful of her situation, to Neil Packard
wan "ii To‘get hold of this book for I vksualUe Frills Packard as a «p.raU|JHv- -
could. It is out of i person, and to consider henelf as de-. been ? /
itached fi-om. Neil and Mail and the'the car. “I was hoping ypu’d write
Little as she {again. It was great-to get that letter
for ht.H face, .the details of it impress
ed themselves bn Joyce .<o .strongly
in the first few minUtqs of their meet
ing that she felt she never lose
the picture. .
“I’m afraid i’m not aitrqistic
year.’, hut neY’er
print, you know—•” i . . ... . <»
The little Chinese waitress, subtly, whole life in Manzanit^
'Hullo, there, darling, how’ve you
cried Packard, jumping out of
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.miling,.approache-d. “Some tea-
asked.
Joyce rose hastily
Frills was her-
her hus-
was
again.
from you.” He came up with a broad,
eager smile on his face and bent over
iier. Joyce forced herself to lift her
face obediently for his kiss, but mov
ed away hastily to prevent'a second.
“You Were lucky to get ev-en
self! Frills’ husband
No, no, I must,hand! ^ vr ••
I N’eil Packard, .her *husband. Neil,
ni go wiWyou,” he said at'whom she had no more than barely
onrp thrusting a bill in the hand of spoken to, but on whose bounty she
«»riittle Chinese girl and followingi had been so lavishly living: here was ^ she .said lightly, but her heart thump-
T • little bewildered but.prTSblem enough to occupy her. More'ed .<w hard it made her breath come.
Joyce, who ^as a little oew .y return {short. ’‘Look, who’s here! Dickie.!
walked for over an hour, and^rew on her as a formidable reality. I speak to the gent!”
They walked lor over » ^ durini^ these twoj “So that’s your new deg? HuRo.
the-lrLeads jhg.jieller-.. vou’te JL..ciite <inw>, all riidR.
Joyce discovered that her new friends Joyce,
Iniit ■ yeitd~~wimrfy u wry -book -that—hftd i« __
been written, and that his enthu-si-rh^ left
in
the~ EaiL IKd^l^y everiroSTe heTe7"l^^
asms were ”lkr«ry "hrrs. He’igreedjthink about her? She had been secre-jready to mal^ frjends, for
a ma gey Robert jtary to one of the members of the led to regard ev^ry
, eagerly jrith her opinions
man. m
quite
appear-d
the lightl
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.. Today Is lulled With Intaresting Store News
FixMn the City’s Lading Merchhhts Who URD
Feature Cotton Qoods During •*^tton Wedc”
— May 15-^.
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