The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 27, 1933, Image 7
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THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C.
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iDooi^ he know that you.are the only- A few miles farther on 6kl jf-WrIey
; means of transportation and that—do turred to the side of the road and
l^ou have 4 rejfular day for making stoi)pcd the enjrine. “Hunjrry?*' he
I this trip?” asked, facinj? around.
j “Every Saturday.” “Do you want to eat heiv?” a.-ked
“Well, then,” he continued, pleased jrlanced about wi*h
with his deductions, “Mr. Snavely
(knows that we’re cominjf on the sanje
day you brinp the mail and I’m sure
j he’ll meet us. We’re rather important
'visitors, you know,” he finished with
a half-embarrassed smile.
WANTS
PAGE SEVE2«
FOR, RENT—S-room bouae on
my street- Apply to J. A- BaileyJ
eye.« narrowed to slits ^airainst the
brilliant lijrht. “Can't we jro on until
we come to a stream or a tree- any
where out of this awful heat?”
\\ AXTED—An automobile passenger
to ChicafTo for the world’s fair, at.
reasonable part of expense of tyip.
Apply to Chronicle office.
FOR REXT-^Two or three upsiairi
adjoininir rooms, furnished or un.
furnished. Mrs. F. K. Shealy. Itc
FIRST INSTALLMENT at th.^ money order window exchani^en
Old I barley Thane snapped off the a significant glance, and an old-timer
ignition with a thick, square finger. —who never lost opportunity to la-
< aulioviily. the decrepit car roiled for- ment the passing of the good old
ward into the only vacant sjiace on times — opined to a neighbor that,
the street and .stopped, its front tires when' Charley Thane war sheriff of
.snugiy against the curb. The curb was this hero county, sheriffs had a heap
paintej a faded red; and across the more to do with posses than fore-
“But how do they get to to v.C'”
“They don’t come in so very often.
“Kenneth-—
her husband
“I’m mighty sorry *’»plied the old
man. conscious of a ct.rtain quivering
By the ^time Old Char ey had re- petti.shness of her voice,
turned with a small sl;eamor trunk . afraid this is the best we
la.^hed on the rack and three hags and <^an do. There ain’t no trees on this
a guitar ca.se on the floor of the car. «oad—’ceptin’ a me-squite or two—and
the little family wa^ waiting. ** stream s plumb impo.sslble. If we Crawford.
The family rode in the back seat. *<‘‘1’' direction the first T^-pp.vp,Trnv' 4.4-
crowded together in recognition of the be the Gulf BITER.. adding machine re-
of California.” ’ P*>*™ by traine»l expert at half us-
The girl .shi-ank back in the seat: price. Ubrk guaranteed. Bargains
FOR SALE-
two months
40 Poland China plg-s,
old. $;L00 each. Roy
Up
strangeness
'^hortlv after
of their surroundings,
the outskirt.s of th-* town
sidewalk was the entrance . of the
post office. Leaning his big forearms
on the wheel, the old man gazed dis-
interOstedly at the sidewalk glaring in
the morning light of the Arizona sun."
Behind him clattered the street traffic,
its progress occasionally interrupted
by the loose-jointed rrngtrig of the
’ The girl appealed to
with questiordng eyes. ^
For a long moment the two young had been pas.sed. Old Charley heard ber eye.; ,daitcd over the ilesolatc
people faced each other. ; the young man’s voice ' raised with land.scaiw as though imploring it to
Then with a shrug of helplessness forced cheerfulness. “Were you ever R^luce a tree, a hou.se, an animal—
( the husband turned to Old Charley, unpaved road before, Ruth? I anything Tamdiar.,She sai(| aiothin>g.
•‘We didn’t understand how it would believe I ever was.” For a long , . u ^
* * * * be, I expect we’d better do as you stag, time this scrap oT convcM-s-ition linger, marked the young man cheerfully.
When Old Charley returned to the gest. We only have a small trunk and I '*• ^be mind of the old man.
Streel,_ carrying a large government some bags they’re still at the sta-! As the miles crawTed by. Old Char
sack weighted with two letteTs' tion. • 4^t‘y'^^Oled into a physical and spirit-^^bl (barley busiyd himself with-a
Charley nodded cheerfully
in u.sed machines. Old niachint'a
btmght. any condition. Zack Thomp-
.son. care The (‘hronicle. phone 74. Ip
IIOUSF.S FOR RENT—Three bunga-
closure sales.
Well. I can ^^tand a little food.” re- lows. Coo<l locations. .Moilem con-
“and Dave. here, has already starred
on the lunch.” lie spoke to his wife.
mail
awoke. “Mornin’, Chief,” he said that of his wife. Old CKa’Dy s lower
and a post card, a young couple am,! qu
a five-year-old boy were standing un-i..i,*inp. if ^jve me the checks
ade close ' i i,^, gelling the stuff loaded while
and bew’ildei -1 folks sec about youi’ lunche.s. I’m
1 can’t take you any nearer the
I ranen house than the gate, though.
you?”
“Oh, yes. We wrote Mr. Snavely
some time ago that we intended to ar-
certainly in the strip of shade
semaph'IV suspended above the inter-l his car. Discomfort
.section half a block away. nient enveloped the three as one per-1 j,y
A pa;*- of legs clad in khaki serge son. The little boy wms tightly ••imiied [ house than
trousers wandered casually to the: to his mother’s Torefinger and ’ j Are they expecting
front of the car. Old Charley’s gaze hand of the husband was very near
moodily, lifting his eyes to the other’s lip_liuuciuid.aUghtlywitE-lus—tbaughv
fare. ” 1 of “I'shaw, now'.” us he notet. the face
“ How iy,. Chet,” replied the pql |ce- j of the '-lender young man; ho had seen j
man in a -oft drawl. He glanced specrj mahy .«if(:h_fa('e^” new lu Arizona.
ulatively at the car and inquired,] "Are you 01 — .Mr.— .Mr.—” the/
“How’s coughin’ Lvna a-feelin’ her young man {jaustnl and looked toward
Old Charley
ual eomfort. .Although he never pae’kage of sandwiches. “We’re fiiid-
thoiight about it he always felt so. things a deal different than wv
after the tow'n had ebbed away and t we. Ruth'* There,
the (1 "-'ert flowed in. something about all this I like though
By now all trace of man-made 1— be swept his arm toward the sky-
things had \anished. Only the road bne; then opening the door. .stepi>ed
He faced
behind
itive-
though they had been re-Uy wonderful 1” .He tried Ui take a deep
v-niences. One ?i-room honse. two (5-
room hou-'Cs. Rental $15.00 a month
for each. .1. F. Jacobs, Jacobs & Com-
V»arty. telephone 23> and 134. 27-4c
.things had \anishetl. Only the road ‘oen opening me u«H>r. sie
j w’us left, lying straight to the south- **^<1 stm>d beside, the car He f
I west like a thin wedge, its point in (be di.stant butte, now slightly be
the range of distant mountains which (bem. “\ou know, this air is posi
rangt'
bMiked as
I live today. It can’t be so very fa»'.cently thix)wn along the horizon by a bre^ith into his ruined lungs, but chok.
tiom the gate to the house, can it?” ' sort la>* a **^'1 minute before he
- About ! ive mitt-sj-I ^Inudd judge.” sky-bourn! ocean of gray-grOen andspeak again. “.Anyway. Tie grin-
“(looil Lord!” Tbe young oianTweathered brown. Far to the right j weakly, this air was certainly
glanced curiously at the peo|)le on the'jutted a single, butte—craggy, barren, | niade tc» breathe.
PHILCO
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Smth’s Pharnacy
oats'these days
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the girl at his .side.
“Thane,” she supplied,
‘are you Mi'.
Old Cliarley sighed. I>eaving the car
in gear, for the emergency brake bad'•>
long ago retired from active service., ('barley smiled, his eyes on the
he ea-el his unwieldy body to a
girl. He observed to himself that she
standing position on the pavement and I pre\ty, high toned, and m^hty
vindictively .slammed the door. i vvj^rm. “Acs.” he said aloud. “1
~ , Old Charley Thane.”
am
! ,A tcn.,ion relaxed. ‘‘We were tuUi
! liy u police officer,” said the young
man hesitantly, as though exiiecling
liis words to Ih* cut short at any mo
ment by a cough, “that you were go
ing to a place called San Jorge, car-
j ‘'ying (be mail. We were told that you
; occasionally carry passengers.’
Old Charley nodded. "Yes, 1 can
' tako ytni tmt that way.-W lie re ouu..,
'are yoM goirg? .'-^an .loige is a pi.L.y
hig valley.”
Tilt* hu.shand laughed shortly. ‘‘vNe
are tr.Niiig to g't to a farm and 'he
po.-t office addle.-; is San Jorgi*.”
‘‘.A ranch, de'ir, not a farm.” .-'ai l
, the girl, “a eow'iaiitdi the i lead l.i.n-
lern rancli.”
1 I'lic eye- of Old Charley nairov.i .i
I incredulously. He hesitated for a mo-
iineiit. “Are you real certain it’s the
sidewalk “Well, then, 1 suppose we’d utterly alone. The air, thin, unlieliev-i
helter telephone Mr. Snavely and «bly clear, was a thing of blinding
make sure that he will meet us. W'e’veili^ht and tiuivering heat—a parched!
already tridd'to find his name in the'thing which drew moisture from the j
directory ” hips and ma<ie the sjiin like dry paper.
I 01(1, Charley shook his head. ‘‘The' A fence of three strands of barbed'
line stops about two miles after you [wire joined the road from the direc
leave town,” 'tion of butte and followed mile after
‘No t 'h jihene?” Thi yiumg man’sl|uik*. Then canje a gate, and fastened
1 brows puckered. ‘.N'o Icleiihonw -” he to a post near-hy, a wooden box with a
spiike clowly: the idoa was quite new . tin can on top. Old Charley turned
to him. "Btit how do people ” he' fr*»m thi road and stojiped within easjf
paused and became niori* thoughtful, reaching distance, and reaching into
|“Wel!. hilt .say, Shavi'ly knows all thi.s. the .•^ek fie tiVinsferred the post card.;
(Continued Next Week!
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1 wish to announce to my
friends that I am now connected
with, Worltman's Dry
and Laundry.
l*HONE 77
ALGIE BOBO
SEE
Farmers Exchange
Phone 157
— For —
SEED POTATOES. FRESH
VEGETABLES ALL WEEK.
(leaners ('©mplete l.ine of Heavy Jiiid
Fanc\ Groceries.
FRESH FISH
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
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' Old t Iwirley settled into a physi-
ral and spiritual ^comfort as the
miles crawled by.
«o j,nod, Buck. Not so good. Top half
of tite windshield fell out oh the way
in.'
“A bpdy’d think,” remarked the police
man, nod<ling toward the yellowish
stencil on the side of the car, “that
so long as Uncle Sam got his IJ. S.
Mail brand on her,he could afford to
give the old girl a truss or somethin’.”
Old Charley grunted assent and
stepp*‘ ! upon the siilewalk. “Seems
lik» congr^Vs just don’t have the timej
to get ’.oi.nd to anything important.”;
The two men remained motionless
on the I'lirh. At last the officer slgiht-;
j Dead Lantern you want to go to. |
; Tlie young man glanced inquiringly, ,
at his w ife, then at Old Charley. I
I “Why, ye.s -tliere is such a ranch,!
isri’t there?” i
"Yes, there’s a Dead Lantern all ]
rigid.” I
I “The ranch we want to visit is call-1
ed the l>ead lainlern and the addres.sj
was San Jorge,” .spoke the girl;.'“it
was formerly owned by .Mr. Hanjr/-
(ifey anci a .Mr. Snavely. .VIr. (irey tlied i
recently. Do you know of the place
I and can you take u.; there?”
"I go by the front gate, ma’am.”
I “Excellent. Beihaps if we start soon
[we shall he in time for luncheon? VV »•
lean s*“nd in for our luggage later thi
, afternoon, I suppose.”
Old Charley did *n)t miss the ton.*
in which this was .spoken. .Also, he
did not miss the fact that she regunl-
ed him as a taxi driver. ‘‘If you want
to go,” he supplied, “I’d he glad to
neither strong enough, nor
safe enough, nor quiet enough
- — m
for the body of a quality car like
CHEVROLET
!y shifted his position, then ''akii you, but it’s eighty-five miles to |
‘ Anything new oyei joui wa> ? ithe Dead I.antern and the road’s noth-i
OltL. t barley, con.sidered cai efulli. j brag om You can get them toi
“Things are mighty dry,” he admitted.
Ills friend of fifty years nmlded.
“Grass got a had deal last winter-
had the year I lost out.”
“Had,” C'orrc'./orated Old Charley.
“Dry spring .so far, too. Come a dry|
ITuhTmlv^a';^ 1 “US cattlt nien'H-dm -weH 1
by the buzzards.” This hurst ot con-
versati'/ii . had apiiarently ‘exhausted j
the two of'further talk. I
to make
He’ll lie com-,
two for quite'
can maybe stay'
attic in the'
“What do you hear from the b(>y?’
a.sked the officer suddenly.
Old ‘ barley brightened, “found a
letter w hen I got in last night. U ill’s
doin’ fine, he tells me. Los Angeles
taa. estate’s as g<»od a way
mon^y as any, I reckon,
in’ home in a month or
a spell — thjrk.-; he
oven to help me w'oi k the
fall.”
“He’s goin’ ti> torg
some of the days.
Old ( bailey’s eyes shone
.said caiuiously. "Things might work
ou; that way. s-i'c enough.’
The pol '/en^an lookcl into
friend’s face. “Vhat^ sign si.11 uo
tht Dead La.ntc-’. n
“Still uj).”
The two regarded
q to go hacK
but he
Why is it that every 12-
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reinforced by hardwood? Wily is it
that every make of car selling for over
$4000 uses bodies of exactly the same
ty]^? Why? Fofthe same reason that
Chevrolet uses it exclusively. Because
every test and every experiment have
definitely proved: STEEL ALONE IS
NOT ENOUGH!
The trouble with steel alcme is that it
stands just so much shock and punish
ment. Steel alone is also inclined tl
rumble and rattle. BUT—when you
put thle two together—a heavy, staunch
steel body over tough, solid hardwood
— tH€h ^h<r hardwood” miTr6rora~THe"
steel —and vice versa! And the
vice versa! And the re
sult: the strongest, safest type of body,
such as Fisher builds for Chevrolet.
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“Ihere’.s something about ail this
like though,” said Kenneth.
each othei
"U’ell,” sai'
for
the
l»ui up a lunch for you
cream jiarlor over there.
in that
.And if
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perhaps a minute. ,
policeman This s.ngle word exin e.ssed can get your baggage on Ihas car we o |
L’ridrahly that the p*)!iceman haJ been , better do it. There’s no machine on
very mueh pleased to
friend;; also, that he had e
corver.sation and hoped to see Thane
soon. Old Charley
«.
h'i.s
old j the Dead
the
plete reciprocation with a noil, and 'of' ho a train
the glaring sidewalk for the .somber,tljanthn^
Laniern and I only make
one trip a weekB’
“Eighty-five mile.s?” The girl
made' com-1 caught her breath, “Surely there must
train—isn’t there a town nearer
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No’ni^There’.s a .sjiur track from
.Mexico that runs about thirty miles
from the ranch but they only u.se it at
cattle shippin’ time.
The young woman looked from her
Do you
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of
light of the post office
place was crowded. Seven
the crowd had been in Arizona for
more than ten Shears and each of these
greeted the old man before he had
disappeared behind the door which led: hu..»band to Old Charley.
through the rear wall of post boxes, mean that thus ranch is eighty-five
One per.soh thought it necessary to i miles out in the wilderness and there
«ah-OUL.C;^^»adli?n:t even . machine on the plac^^
thiVnian stoppTd htiff willi,“Heiro,''l!“r’voice Was Irem'uloB.*^'
am a am ^ .
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Sheriff!” Whereupon an elderly couple I “That’.s about the size of it, ma'am.”
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