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THURSDAY/JUNE 15, 1933
THE CLINTON CHRI^NICLE, CLINTON, s! C.
PAGE SEVEN
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£UNOBt BARPtVi
$130,000 Decrease i Laurens Negro
In County Tax' To Die In Chair
Chamber Adds
' / a 'x
New Members
Ta!tpayers of I^iirens County To i Militiamen Guard Smith Duriu" Thirty Additions Spmir<»d Tn
Get Bifir Relief From-Tax CoT-' Av^ault Trial. First To Chair ChLber of Cdmmerce Br
1 lector Nex. Fan. n./. Mills; Fn a, Cent, lo .8 Year.s. , Memtrshio ComXe
Reduction In Siijht.
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Lauren?, June IH,—South raro!in.a
Membership Committee. Sen
atcr Nance Heard.
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FOUUTEFNTH INSTALLMENT
The story so far: Joyce Ashton,
poo:' .stenographer, in a skidding taxi-
j Laurens, June 10.—About i^L^O.ooO
jOr approximately one-fourth of the
fyrope rty taxes
Laurens countv will be shaved from
s tax hill <i.s a result of log-
law was upheld ’ today, when in tht"
ov-,io ly proce.sses of court. Barney,
Smith, Negro, -was tr:e<l and convict-'^’’' . ^
^xd-uf-Wmirtiar^aTilr^and l^VuWv:'^i of the ChaThh^Tof Com-
Thirty new members were received
most cordially welcomed into
merce at i.s regular monthly meefimf
habit, and ate a hurried ^reakfast. I I know, and that would be ac
She pretended to herself that she wa.s Mng to Paul,” she said finally,
simply going for a long ride. She told i Xcil did not urge her
i.'y-
'to be put to death in the elcctru- chair.-t- , . , -
.next fall's tax hill <is a result of log- ' ‘‘ precautionary measure, the TH”
'• 1 Vi 1 ^ Vo'Ui h(m.se at Laurens, for the fii presided over by the
.islation enacted during the recent sos-,, generation ,was surr. and- president. E. D. Traig,
Sion of the general assembly, accord-: by .state tro<*i>^, ordered bOre by the
new mtunbers, and spoke in the high-
gvivc’-Tior to see that
red
Smith
h'.u full
est, terms of the work done by the
at the hands of those who might' committee headed by .S.
Mjmerel. in the recent drive for an
not urge her and at din- yesterday ,
cub accident in Chicago, suffered lossl herself that it wa.s too soon to make' after his first few attempts jit County Auditor S. R. Don-oh. protection tvom ^ny untoward mnve-
of memory. Two years later she woke' another call on Ainisworth and that conversation had met with vague, ab-| “That is” ^-lid Mr Hor-oh “there' » W
one mornin? after a fall from ner|she had „„ intention of doing anyth,mr „ent-minded .eidio.s he finished the will be appVoxin,atelv'that large .t re- I-";,fyn'I'athy with a court t-\ai L j . n„.„,h„,hin for the-
hor.se to find her.self. under the name, so foolish. She certainly did not want nieal in silence. iduction' in the tax bill unle.ss .school criminal. ,...1, ^ memoersnip tor tee
pursuing him! " tv... j....;— i.r-...4pij,tHer levies are increase.!. If the At KTilO o’clock this morning .Smith.,
district levies are decreased.'black, in apparently unpor.‘ . „ , .
that hideous yellow Duesenberg. I then the reduction will be still larger.” o‘bid. was brought into court.' ^ renu t ks, each express.
of F'uiob, married
rich California fruit packer. She de-
t-ermined to tell nobody of her predica
ment but set about learning what she
could of her life in the interval. From
the conversation of her friends and
letter? in her desk she gathered that
she had been a heartless, pleasure-lov-*
ing yiang woman. One letter that
trou’oed her was from a woman sign
ing ho.'-self Sophie, blaming F.rills for
not giving a home to a baby Sophie
was caving for.'Could it be her baby.
Frills wondered! She also found ner-
self involved in an affair with a m.nn
named Maitland. In .San Francisco,
whrs-e sl'.e went while her husband
Rob-
to N?tL Packard. I him to think .she was pursuing him! t,, ,
" Vet, somehow, about noon she found. , du,-,ng b,eakfa.sl
herself at the foot of the fail. ‘ ^'^kl^-hool
organi-
■ zation.
The new members wore called upon
Sud-
hehind
was awhy on business, she met
_crt Ainswmth, a poet whose work .she
had a! '’ayit^ admired. When Joyce re-
turnt'd home, she decided to be ple.is-
iiiiter to Neil than Frills had been. But
this lino was dangerous, too, for Neil
\va« pli'thotically anxious to win back
her lo\e. At his request they call upon
denly she hoard horse’s hoofs
her.
“Ilullo,” exclaimed Robert .Ains
worth, coming up at a gallop. “I was
just thinking a.s I rode along that to
have to eat lunch alone on such a day
was enough to mSke the angels
weep!”
Joyce’.s heart lightened at a bound.
lX*ep gratitude flooded her at this
casual but warm inception. She smiled
happily, all her tlouhts dispelled. She
was glad. glad, glail that she had
come! And during the three hours sire
stayed with RobiM-t .Ainsworth, eating
lunch With him, helping him wash the
dishes, and listening to his nonsense,
jihe continued to he glad.
of
wish I could turn it in and get a
ferent one. Wouhl you mipd
Neil grinncil. “Well, I nev
much for it myself. Sure
V hatever you like about it.
xiil
Tl,., .oducion. will con,„ uh,.u., ai-' 1C: 1.1 hr wa, an'-ai,.nr,l an.l pU...i; i"!;::!;”:
'-^cuiding to Mr. Ib>rroh. by the f'epeal “A'^Uruilty.” in a low Loneof voice,, fV , V V ,
hva'5,lilca,-e'''f tho d-mili .,alo.v;i,le'school |'vy,' "'he, cou. L had appointud R. E. Babb "“ft""'
, you can do ' !Lmi!l county high schoo' ^,^.y ' and O. L. l.ong. of the I.aurens bar, > '
i ated with the club and ple<iging their
ation in helping
and a rcflUciion of .k 1-2 mills in the »vpre.scnt the dcfenilant. At lOi.'lH R- W’. Wade was called upon by the
“If ... if I drove the Due.senbei g | bny for the county supply bill. nvak-A^*’ was/completed, after each for a short talk. He spoke
uj) to the city today, do you thunk I big a total tax reduction in the coun-, had been sworn on his voir the impoi tance of a commercial or-
could make the exchange right off,‘.v. <Hj^reg:vnMng siiecial .school district ^ - •'^bcll, laaufens merchant, advancement of a
witliout too much red tape?” . levies, of 14 1-2 mills. That much mill- nanuu. as foreman.
.“Oh, yes, I don’t believe you’d havej^'^^' the county’s approximately | Two deputy sheriffs of Greenwood
an.V trouble. How about Vunning up | vP.bOO.OOO of real and personal p 'op-' county and two dotectiv.es from the
and taking in a .sho^v ' tonight aVid K*rty assessed f<)r taxation will amount, govt'rnor's (rffice testified as to how
driving back tomorrow? I’ve got a [ti> around $i:U),00'', he said^ Vmith had voluntarily confessed the
JiTTTe busThess to see aboutTn the cityT Mr. Dorroh oxhibitid-” a Tiible shnu'-
you.
crime to them wTfhout 'duress of any
community’s intere.sts, and termed the
t'bamber oL Commerce a.s a body
through which the spirit of the city
moves and may effectively be ex-
pie.ssed.
Senator C. I>. Nanw of Fross^ HfH,
and I’d like to drive up witF you,ing the gross tax levies in the various 1 kind; to the deputies on the way from i''**^ a guest of the club and was asked
sugge^sted -Neil.
.Joyce sighed inwardly, .'she (lid not
w.ant to go to a show. She had looked
foi'ward to the drive alone, a chance
. But af-
debt that
The conveisation was kept, as if ’oy
mutual <;on.sent, light 'ami bantering, to dream untintonupted .
impei-sonal. ter all, she owed Neil a
' “I '** finished ‘Glittering Pav^ seemed to grow greater in piroportion
Neil s mother, whom Joyce finds ador-1 remarked in a pause, to her regard for Robert .Ain.sworth. i
able. While out riding one day she j*,,, saving ‘The Rose Adobe’ a “All right.” she said. 1
Again met Robert .Ainswoith, who haSjjj^^^j^, longer. It’s such I'iches to have To her disappointment .Joyce found,
two books by Robert .Ainsworth
a
shack nearby.
(Now Go On With the Story).
.Gre. nwood to the state prison the ' make a statemrfit pertaining to the
nipht Smith was arrested at Warei^""*'^ highway improvements ex-
Shoals after the attack at 11 a m ! ‘^is county under
March 7. and to the detectives vester-!^^' public works bill
day. Smith was pointed out by the' congress. He stated that
victim after she had 'briefly relatedexpecting to receive its
for railroad bonds in .Sullivan lown-.io the cviurt how the Negro had from this act in the near future,
ship or for half mills, the half mills .ed himself into her house, and after planned that it he spent
being eliminated for convenience, 1 refusing i t quested bread, had attack-i
The following is a copy of Hr. Dcir-jed her while she was alone with her'"^^’
schodT districts of the county la.sl year
and an estimate of the levie.s for the
coming year. B>;^gvoss levies, he pbint-
eil out. he meant the sum of the state,
coun.y and school district levies. No
account. He said, is taken of the levy
all alone and
“And you live here
write?” asked Joyce.
“You forget Claud Alfred,’^ replied
Ain.^vv eth with a smile.
Joyc.* giggled at the fiction of Claud
.\lfre i. Why had she krt-'wn from ‘he
Irst t^ar th(u-tL_waj<.-4^F-^'4a4*d--Alfrt»-4-r
at I that she would have to w ait a couple, roh’s table, the first column being the
total slate, county and school district: At 11:10 .Smith went on the stand to:
tax levy for each -school district inidenv tJiat he wr« in I !.nr«n< get every dollar possiblr
.sTi.- found out, among^othe^' scu. *'*'i -
ed it. 101^ of information, that this
.shack was his real head<iuarters, from
which h * went away every few months
and stayeil in San Francisco, .Ntw
York. New Orleans, .St. .Augustine,
Boston or various middle West cities. |
He had now been at the .shack for;
thre<* months and exin-cted to slay (in-1
til .he filliped his present book, which
wouhl probably bo about two ^ohe
inon^h,-.. ' 1
When she reluctantly decided she
inust^sta:*! back to Manzanita, Ains-1
worthXsuggested riding part of the i
way with her, to the point'where he'
would !.ranch off onto The road to
.Manana. He .saddled Rosita and his|
own, a strong-looking dapjile gray,
who came to his call from the fur end
of the corral.
Drawing lein at the parting jilace,
-\inswor‘h gave her an inijuiring look,
and Joyce knew that he was about to
ask if he might not go to see her.
“ril—I’ll come out again soon,” she
said quickly and spurred her horse to
a galoping start. She waved her hand
witho’it looking back.
Joyce rode home in a daze. Mechan
ically' 'he undressed, bathed, dressed
again, and ate her dinner. After din-
“Jwyre Imdxcd silently up into his face’
small child.
At 11:10 .Smith went on the
Laurens School Districts
once! You can’t think how I ad(»reL>f days in order to obtain the car she
your writing. I w’i.sh I Could express i wanted. And when they ran into Ross
my.self better,” hoping he would not and Clarice Emery, .Neil sugge.sted
think her stupid; “of course, you don’t their staying up in San l•’rancisco a
nee<l any prui.se from me, but I do second night and mak'..g a party to
want you to know how' much; I enjoy ’ go to the theatie togeti.er, ***
your book.s. Everything you write is Tm> following day they started back
80 satisfactory . . it has such strength^ about noon and drove to Manzanita
. . there always seems to be som^alil>#r in the new roadster, a t>eautiful car,
School District
1 ():',•
Trinity-Ridge
.7.7
Prospect
.7.7
fit^rkKdah'-Nwmie ^ '
Bailev ,
40
Copeland-Fleining '
V
()ak Grove
1.7
Watts Mills
17
liiuirens
<'V
Ora
.70
Youngs SctHwl
Dwtrict*
Fi iendship^
o:(
jl^ethany
.‘>1
Grays
.70
Central
4't
A'oungs
.70
Warrior Creek
.71
Lanford
08
Fountain Inn (8-B)
0.8
Dials .School
Districts
* Greenpond
t'.»
Eden
.70
Shiloh (.Sul. 17)
01
Gray Cour't-Owings
0.8
P.arksdale-Narnie
•77
Merna (.Sul. 17)
01
Fountain Inn (8-B)
08
the direction of the state high-
department. He further stated
[that he would keep in close touch w.ith
'.the |)r(»ject and use his influence to
tor road im-
in the county
ince also'went into a dis-
of Work on the bridge. He also rejuidi- t'ussion of the school situation and ex-
lated the alleged confession to the of- t.eachers of the .state
BKi:) ficers. .saying that he told them the'^'‘'' lieeii able to receive their pay.
trict in [deny that he was in Laurens county
V.Ki2 and the second tmlumn being the [ at the time of th^‘ crime; that he could ‘
estimated t(»tal millage for with i not get across Saluda river because Senator Nn
I half mills disregarded: L
41 story becau.se of threats and rough "'aid.that as long as South.Caro-
HV ^ haiulliiiig_ b^y them/ No othetv-dElTendent OP mromT the
1
testimony wu.s oifered. No^rgunionta X
s teachers’
:to
:{2
4«
:u>
4H
:io
41
:)r>
12
j'j
4!»
18
:!4
42
41)
48
l.T
4;’.
18
I were niade by attorneys on either
|,sidc. )
.At 11 ;2lJ a. m. .Judge Featherstone
jConcIuded his charge and the Jury re
tired. Within eight minutes a verdict
of “guilty” wa.s returneij.
j Asked if he had anything to say or
I any reas<.n to give why sentence
.should not .be [lassed s^mding H'm to
the electric chair. Smith remained
j .stolid and unmoved. His attorneys an-
isw:ered for him, saying “There is noth
ing else.”
\N hen sentence had bf(*ri pronounced
.‘smith was ushered from 'the court
room 'by "^hc same officers who. had
brought him in and who had stooil at
tUf prisoniTs’ dock throughout the
trial, and soon was on tho way to Co-
lumhia, whero he is to remain until
July 21 when the death sentence will
be cariied out.
ooligations they will go unpaid since
this source of income has broken
down. He cited a general sales tax a.s
he advocated in the general as.sem-
hly, us the solution to the problem,
and predicted that this state, follow
ing the recent action of scores of oth
er states, would in the near future
adopt a .sales tax*- When such a law
is passed, the teachers of the state
will be able to get their pay i)rom|)tly,
he declared.
to bite on.” She paused, smidenly
overcome by the futility of her grop-
jng for words and looked at him, ap-
Sulli>an School Districts
J’linceton 81
Mt. Bethel '>4
Poplar Springs 04
Hiewerton T).")
Hickory Tavern . 01
WaterliM) School Districts
40
Tl)
41>
40
10
How She Lost 18
Pounds Of Fat
For Les.s Than $1.00
‘‘Will say in regards to Kru.schen:
I look it to reduce. 1 lost 18 pounds
afi'.r using one bottle and feel fine,
lust bought one mo.e bottle ♦oday and
(apt. (fetides West, in command of 18 mere pounds. I novr
ner sue retreated to her'room and set ,
tied irs^f luxuriously on the couch.:
Sh.. lay in her hliaaful trance, .svl"*"'''"*
held both of R(>l)ert Ainsworth’.s «miie(i ai ner and in
book.', fingering them, stroking them there was no trace of conuescension
with Vbi shiping fingers, opening the
nor mockery nor Imred di.sgast. l! was
covers, glancing at the first .sentences, j8 cheerful, completely undeistanciing,
tasting, ami then putting off the de-X‘ven a grateful smile. It warmed
lights of reading. - ,Joyie to the tips of her toes, made
Slic wondered how the shack looked her feel a.s if he had accepted h(>r as
at night, what Robert Ainsworth was a friend, an equal, not ju.st a gi*I who
doing at that moment w'hile she layjniight be flirted with,
and tl'iought about him. i
Did he ,sleep on that wide couch un-j “Strength . . . something to bite on.
der window, or out of doors in^^ou couldn't say anything to please
the hammock under the pine.s with thelw^ any bettei' than that,”
hut entirely unlike the “EusteV"egg,” Gallagher ;»1
for its mirror-like enamel surface was Ih'lbel (iro\e ^ 48
a deep blue, almost black. ' Lkom (.Sul. 17) 01
Three whole days since she had seen ^ outer J’oint
Robert .Ainswoith! That was thelG^kville 47
his smile thought which pushed all others into. Pleasant . ' '.>2
the backgriHind as they approached
Manzanita.
impatient was she to see .Ains-i
Mt. Olive 00
Waterloo 47
^ Cross Hill School Districts
:io
83
40
;)8
.12
87
4.0
82
04 men of the 10.7th Engineers, Spar
tanburg, brought Smith here from
i .Spartanburg after the .Negro had
jbeen transferred ty that city .Sunday
night from the penitentiary on the or-
jder of th(i governor and at request of
'court officials here,
i The courtroom wa.s filled during the
(two-hour trial of the Negro.
Perfect order was maintained. When
the trial jury filed in to announce its
report, Judge Feat herstone warned
thiit no deinon.slration would he al
lowed or tolerated. .And his order was
strietly observed.
weigh 148 and feel fine.” Mrs. Harry
lio))inson, .Akron, Ohio. (Jan. 0, 1933).
Once a day take Kruschen Salts—•
one-half teaspoonful in a glass of hot
water first thing every morning. Be
sides losing ugly fat SAFE1>Y you’ll
, gifin in health and physical attractive-
I ness—con.stipation, gas ami acidity
worth again that it was not yiM noon
the next day when she arnved at the
ntrance to the wood road ami guided
the new Duesenlierg cureful’y down
through the pines to the rustic gai
“Nice girl!” he commented briefly, age.
When .loy<'e arrived at the shack i
she found .Ainsworth engaged in giv- ^'^^^rd.s
irrg hi.s horse a thorough cxm’ying. He' R -'derville
Cross Hill tk)
Hunter .Sch(H>l Districts
|{i).-i< Bridge 1.7
Wudswoith 17
Cioldville . .77
( lint on 02
17
GL sCB.St RIBE to THE ( HRONICI.F
wil cease to liother you’ll feel young
er more active — full of ambition —
clear skin sparkling eyes.
•A jar that last 1 weeks costs Imt a
tiifle at Young’s Pharmacy or any
drug store in the world but demand
land get Kru.schen and if om* bottle
/loesn’t joyfully_ please you money
buck.
80
42
17
.32
82
8?
multitude of stars gravely keeping 1 When .she was leaving .Ainsworth stopped and came to welcome her and
watch overhead in the deep velvet ofl^aid, “Do you think you can find the i JJickie, displaying a most suTTsfactory
the ^ky?. "ay if you drive out sometime? I’lniamount of enthusiasm.
A.s she came to this thought some-Xort of looking forward to meeting
thing seemed to grip her heait, and j Dickie. You’ll lu ing him .sure, won’t
she clenched her hands suddenly. lyou?”
She was in love with Robert .Ains-j ”Dh yes, I can find that liack road
iMorlh! and I’ll bring Dickie. But . . . hut I
Thank God, Neil wa.s away. Joyce cjgn’t help worrying about ... about
had nt‘\er valu|i4j>the luxury of pri-j interrupting you?”
vacy and undisturbed quiet more than' “P’orget it! While Glaud '.Alfred’s
oh thi • particular night. She wantecl'away I, ilo as 1 damn’ please in^^the
to foiii'.'l everything and everybody matter of visitois. I often work at
except it'.beri Ainsworth. night too, you .see. There isn’t much
Dutsng the next day,” however, the else that’s more tempting to do out
each
I
inevitable reaction occurred. Dt>tibt.s.here so I tear off quite a bit
and* fears plunged her down disa.s-Awenty-four hours just w-henevcr
trou.s1y from the heights exaltation to feel like it. No particular
frequent moods of black uncertainty! either.”
and hoi>elessne.ss. Where could this” She dismounted from Rosita ju.st as loved him! She adoreil him! This feel-j
end, thi.s delightful, this rniraculous' Neil drove his^ca^ into tho garage.TJng
.\fler a stick had been thrown for
Dickie until the little dog wa.s weary
and panting, Robert and Joyce talked.'
.And as usual, the world drifted for
Joyce far away from this lonely spo:.
T oward the end of the ' afternoon j
they hajipened to be inside the house
for a moment, standing in front of
the book.shelves while .Ain.sworth luinl-
ed f«P a volume of poems, whieh he
had mentioned and from which he
wanted to read to her. L ”
Joyce watched him as he/iwdit ovCr
the -bookcase, his eyes lunning swift-!
hurry, ly over the titles along the shelves. |
Her heart filled with sudden jiain. She j
;Mount ville
Jacks School
00
Districts
47
■lacLs No 1
48
28
.Shady Grove
.70
8.7
Kenno
.7.7
40
.lacks No. 1
12
27
O’Dells
^ .. .72
87
Gai lington
12
27
Hurricane 17
Scuifletown .SchcM)! Districts
80
Long Branch
47
82
Mu-grove
47 4-
82
Langston
. 52
27
Sanuv Spring.-;
48
28
I.antord
03-
-1!)
Ora
.70
.80
SENATE CONFIRMS
COOPER AND VVYCHE
^hington, June 10. The .senate
meeting
Packitid.
She was married to Neil; W'hen he joined her and they turned kind'of love she had dreamed-about, | tonight confirmed the nominations of;
Yet even as she forced this Howard the house together, he said,
'undeniable fact upon her conscious-[‘‘Been out long, Frilly?”
ness, there stole into her mind the dis-j ‘‘Why, most all day. It was so love
ly and I had my lunch so I kept going
farther and farther.”
“I was sort of hoping you’d,..feel
like a ride with me but—”
“bh, Pm sorry, Neil, ^ But I really
tired. I went pretty far.^
turbing. thought, ‘‘But that was why
I was holding Neii off all this time.
... I was waiting for Robert!” How
could -she be Neil's wife now? Every
heart beat was lifting her on an irre
sistible wave of longing and sweeping, am
her toward the other man. | “Want to go over to Paul’s to-
Joyce was in bed before Neil got night?” went on Neil, “he’s leaving in
home that night and the next mom-; a couple of weeks now, he said today,
ing. a little ashamed of her coward- iGot most of his plans all made. I'll
ice, she remained in her room until j.... I’ll miss old Paul.”
he had left for the day, pretending toj Joyce bit her lips and frowned as
he asleep w’hen he knocked gently be--.she tried to decide? what to do.
fore he finally departed. She got up' “You go on over to Paul’s, Neil.
for which she had wistfully yearned‘r, M.'Gobper of Lee county, to be col
as a young girl. Instinctively, she rec-Hector of internal revenue for South |
ognized it. Was love always partly | farolina, and ('. C. Wyche, of Spar-1
pain? Ain.sworth was speaking, but tanburg, as district attorney for the!
she hardly heard what he was .saving, j Western district. ’ |
“Oh, damn the luck! I must have^
left it in the city last time. I’ll get it, impersonal much longer, you know,”'
when I go up next week if 1 can ra-lhe continued, now very softly, “N >t.t
member to, ... I want to read you while you’re so . . . while you’re such >
the one. on the Eucalyptus Gro\e*la sweet child! I ... I can’t keep my.
You’d like it, ...” He turned. [hands off you, you lovely , , i. ador-j
Joyce looked up into his face silent- able . , . beautiful—” Very gently his'
ly. His expre.ssion changed abruptly, j one arm slid about her shoulders, and [ |
Suddenly he put his hands on her ! he drew her close to him. Then he bent
shoulders. “Why don’t you bring your | his head and laid his- cheek against
aunt along as a chaperone?” be Je-j hers as he murmured the last words.,
mended. He was smiling but to His arms tightened around Joyce’s.
ai sooTi a.s she heard his car roll out j I’m going to be so sleepy from my i Joyce’s amazement his voice shook, ^yielding form,
of the drive, di'eased in her riding |long ride that I’d, yawn my head off, “You . . . you caw’t expect me to .stay I (Continued Next Week)
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