University of South Carolina Libraries
/. / THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 1933 - - i' . THE CUNTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C •M, ^ T Plan To Hold 1 Twenty-Six Dead Domoi In Cuban Riots / Government Will See They Do City of Havana In Turmoil Not Increase Faster Than Buy ing Power. , Government Suspends Const i- tutional Law. demonstrations tragic end. The city wa.s grimly quiet tonight while almost hopeless efforts to count the dead and wounded went onu A As hasty check showed 15 dead and more W Wi ■Wa.shington. .\ug. 3. — The Roose-, velt administration embarked tmlay on a program to prevent prices to consumers of products from bacon to nightshirts from risine fa'^ter than the purchasing power of farmers and workers. The first jmove was taken by farm rmUD INST.ALLMENT !he was concerned, all was again well J *’Huh. Maybe. You seen a lawyer administrators in announcing that a Sym psis: Ruth Warren, living injwith tbe world. Something of this feel- about this, I reckon?’’' w«rekly list of prices paid by'consum- the East, comes into possession of ting came to the parents. 15 ith a back-. There was a perceptible j)ause b^- ers and paid to farmers, togetheV with thn*e-quarter interest in an .\rizona ward glance, which now held wonder fore Ruth replied. “Ye.s,” she said change's in wage levels, would be is- rancu. left to her in the of her instead of blind fear, they went for- firmly, "and my lawyer has the other sued. only o»other, reported to have died ward with quickened step. When they copy. Now please, take us to the house The first will come next w^ek under while on business in Mexico. With her were quite near, the dog —one of -can’t you understand? My husband the direction of Dr. Fr^nl C. Howe, is not well.” ' consumers’ counsel for farm adminis- For a long moment Snavely looked tra^ors^. It will show surveys of prices at the girl. At last his eyes shifted to the giantess and he nodded slightly products most commonly pur. toward the house. Without a word the chased. . . T woman picked Warren from his feet and strode on. ./'Havana. .Aug. 7. — Twenty-six per sons were |re|mrte<l killed and IfiO woun«!ed tonight in disonters which followed military occupation of the city -the reply of President Gerardo Machado to the united demand of all political factions that he resign im mediately. Responding to an administration re quest, the congress in'^xtraordinary session this afternoon gavel the presi- 100 wounded. .Many of the latter were struck by bullets which rico cheted from the pavement and from the sides of buildings. .So bu.sy were hospitals that there were none to answer telephones. Po lice earlier in the day gave orders that no information of any sort con cern.ng wounded Should be released. IH.-pile the ketion of .Machado it was learned authoritatively that^the t.xecutive will leave office tomorrbw. Pacing what was freely described as th*‘ gravest situation in Cuha’s hi.s- toiy as an independent nation, repre- ailing husband and small child, she whose remote ancestors had undopbt- goes to .Arizona to take possession,, edly been part Spaffiel—moved out of thinking the climate may prove bene- sight at the side of the incline. .A few ficial to her husband’s weakened more strides again i brought the man lungs. .Al-riving at the nearest town^ and girl to a rigid halt. In the shadow she learns that the ranch, “Dead I.An- of the bank stood the most gigantic tern," is So miles across the desert, woman they had ever seen. Nearly six Charley Thane, old rancher and rural , and a half feet in height, her huge mail -carrier, agrees to take them to arms folded across her breast, she “Dead Lantern” gate. ^tood as straight as the sheer bank Now Go On With the Story. ! behind her. Her face, hawk-nosed, had (the dignity of an Indian chief’s and Neither the girl nor her husband' : ; seemed anxious to start up the road.* It was when this fact became plum to them both that Ruth creid, “It’ll be sundown before long—we simply cun’t; stay here.” i Ruth looked back toward the gate.. Beyond her eyes sought the occasional! streethes^ of du!<ty highway as it! wound up the valley . . . eighty-five miles to the first thing which could be called civilization, eighty-five miles to a policeman. She shivered; but turned to her husband with a smile which was meant to be brave. “All right, dear; let’s go. If we get .shot we’ll just get shot—we can’t stay here and we certainly can’t go back.” * * * * P'or tuo long, hot, dusty hours they walked on with nevei a sign of human thing'. The awsome;sUence envelofied them, penetrated thefn', until their very thoughts seemed like small inde pendent voices. They felt watched by a gnin. thousand-eyed s|)irit. The oc casional rabbit or coyote which ran be fore them looked back furtively, then went on to give news of their coming. Ruth held out her hand, and Snave ly. with a sharp glance into her eyes, slowly gave her back the will. He walked beside her during the time it toi>k to cover the distance to the house —nearly two hundred yanls—in com plete silence. Nothing he could haye I done would have served better to put ^the girl in a more frarttic state of mind. She felt that he was thinking, planning, !feveris|ily and craftily. And as she neared the small house chased. This part of the administration pi^- gram will bt' fact-finding and aimed to provide consumers with the most dent authority again to su.ipend con stitutional guarantet's of pt'rsonal lib- of the opposition, liberals, erty—a nove sought to cope with the conservative and popular parties rapidly spreading strike liibvement in today that there could be no the island. , 'solution of the politicai situation while The.re wa.-' no waiting for that au- ^l^chado remained in office, thorily to use the military force in, (President Roosevelt at his vaca- helping control the situation, however,' home in Hyde Park. .N. A’., offer- nor, jn str*far as could l>e learneil, did good offices of the United the administiation comply with the in bringing about ^ solution of technical formality of ha\nng the pres ident sign the bill and send it to the recent inlormation available regard- publication, ing changes in costs of the es.sential.s of hfe. ' . “ . the bill .Another part contemplates that ii instances where price increases.’ after allowances for differences in trans|H>i tation and other costs, apiwar to be uniformly higher in one K»cality than another, investigations will be under taken to determine whether enti-trnst laws are being violatetl. .Administrators have conflicting »v- price trenils in ctmnectlon recovery program. One set indicates that price rises to consum ers may pr^u’ced at a much faster rate than increases in prices to farmers for their products and the rise in wagi* scales. When—I'lii'idy ■ —(■♦pokr,—t+ir—words' passed befoi;e them in a low frighten ed voice, as though ^speech were for bidden. They came among the lower In the shadow of the rm-k stiMid the most gigantic woman they e\c*r seen. had with iu whitewashed walls and red .^^^ts as to i-oof of corrugated iron, Ruth Warren' became aware of another dis.satisfac- tion. .A hundred feet west of the hou.se stcKHl a huge adobe ruin. It had char-, acter, this ruin. I'ompared to the one- story ranch house with its almost flat' rcK*f, the rum had Iwen a palace. Grim, i mutilated, forgotten, the ohl building -- _ . frowned upon the ranch, house. The 1 TStlSCS girl had a ciueer fancy which made her shiver. It .seemed to her that the wanted the house to come closer ch'.si for ju.st a moment. The giant woman arrivec.^ at the jmirh of the ranch house first, ('arry- inir Warren to a rawhitle cot she laid him upon it. Warren promptly'^ sat up. grinning at his wife as she and ,'snavely arrived. "(ireat Sv*ott, Ruth, but I’ve f'ertainly tu'en carried! She’s the thing ruin very Cotton Farmers the color of a .Southern Negro. “Where think yo’ie goin’?’’ she de- ings of the mountains. No longer could „j;,nded, her voice a deep ominous their eyes follow ^ the two parallel paths through the dead grass for any distance. Constantly, the road dipped into ravines, skirted low hills, cros.sed| gulrhe.-. and arroyos covered It was a could make mojiient before the gir! a sound; then the words poured thenvselves out shrilly. "I’m- , * 1- .Mrs. Warren, the sister of Harry coarse gray sand. The mans lips weie, i .u * t .u ,, . , I . .. j Grey — I own three-quarters of this 1 uish-white, his breathing rasped, ... . t . , , * rnu I 1 1 j 1 j „ ranch—take up to Je|r;>navely at once short and (luick. The girl plodded dog-. * ^ .. II. Ate ... 1 — once: gedly 111 the dust, red of face, sweat-' grimed * lf'‘®’^G*.ss bent her head stiffly. The'-sun winkeTl from bbfiind a jag-' unfolded her arms, and turnifig, start- ged peak and was gone. The man and up the incline, the little dog frisk- woman stared at the mountains - dun- >ug before her. colored, utterly desolate. David clutch- Warren took an uncertain step for- ed his mother tightly at the sound of ward, .tottered, and fell in a heap, her voice. “Where are we—” she "Help usi” cried the girl, dropping moaned. “Oh, Kenneth, where are beside her husband, we?” The huge woman came slowly down He shook his head, but could not af- to them. She stooped and lifted War- ford breath for speech. Oen in her arms. “Come,” she*rdmbled, send you the will when your brother The girl picked up her son and and strode out of the gulch, carrying died.” started forward desperately. the man more easily than the girl car- "Oh. No, Harry sent us the will him- At the bottom of Jjiejieyt arroyo-- ried the child. .self—it was some time ago; about wX'TT filled with live oak tre^s — the .At the top of the gulch the girl saw — wheel marks of the Indian’s - wagon the ranch house and buildings. She* turned to the right and disappared up also saw a man leave the ba n and the river of sand. It was strange how walk .swiftly toward them. He had a they mi'seil those fresh wheel tracks, bucket in his hand a bucket of milk. I ever met in my life.” 1 he giantess opened the screen dcH»i and hamied a pillow to the girl. .After she had arranged her husband com- fortahly upon the cot, (he girl left him with Snavely and took her son into the house. Snavely spoke no won! to War- rt>n. When the girl returneil .she gave W arren a glass of milk and some crisp lortilhis - V For the fiist time since returning the will to the girl, -Suavely spoke. “When did you get in?” he asked sud denly. "You mean when did we arrive in town? <tnly this morning. You see.” continued the girl, "we wrote you about a fortnight ago - hut we got here as soon as the letter we didn’t know almut your once-a-w'eek deliv ery.” "A’ou seen youi- lawyer this morn- tl don’t understand what lawyer?” “There must have been a lawyer to Atlanta. .Aug. 5. — Henry Wallace, United States secretary of agriculture, prai.sed Southern cotton farmers hert* today for “coming through" on the cidton reiluction program and saul he believed tobaeci* growers c by an agreement among thmeselv to reduce production. ■—The serrvtm’V the bill its unanimous approval, mili- taiy forces tri^m(>ed through Havana street.s. machine guns bristled around the palace and every other govern ment building. The sound of heavy* fir ing rang through-the strrvls. Earlier in the aftermH>n the oppo- sition siK’iety broadcaaEa. irofMirt thar. MacKado had dt*cided to resign. Thou- rttshed to the streets, yelTThgT singing, embracing one another and flinging their hats in the air. Some took off their shiH's and threw them away. Their rejoicing was not for long. j. From the third jmlice station ,70 uni formed policemen rushed hurrievlly to the capitol, In'fore which thousands of the demonstrators had gathered. M« unted officers quickly joined them. Distol, rifle anil sub-machine gun fire rattled, roared and echiH'd from aruuml the great white capitol. ftozen.s fell, dead or wounded. In other parts of the city similar .scenes occurred. .Many of the jubilant throng carried Uuban flags. Their the problem. While the Uniteil State.s was described as watching the .situ ation closely, it was pointed out that intervention by .American was not un- iler consideration!. I Residents of the city tonight locked and barricaded their doors and drew' the shutters tight. The strike which la'gan two weeks ago with a walkout of omnibus driv ers, had virtually paralyzed all the nation’s commerce aftif Industry. •A .New A'ork department store has parking rack ^ bicvcle.s. Grand opera at doing W'ell in .New hot weather. fmpular prices is York despite the New A ork florists have l>een inter ested in news from Germany that a black rose has been grown in that country. Efforts to grow such a rose all* being made here. The Broadway |assiH*ialion is offer ing prizes for those merchants on the street who do the most business with restrained ilisplay.s. The as.siK'iation is trying to rid the street of pushcarts. haniJed a letter from a group of ti*bacc«i grow ers tuday in whieh they complained they were "very iniieh dissatisfu-il" with prices they‘^have received since the Georgia lobaeco season i*|HMed .August 1. The agiieulturul adjustment admin istration. he .said, took the iHisitioii of not forcing regulations, on any farm ihduslry, but there were In-herits to }h* received under the act by tobacco growers, us well ns other priHliicers. The seeretury spoke at a cotton con trol conference here and v\a> intro duced by Governoi Eugene Talmadge. who said the way farmers’ tobacco crop was handled was "the biggest .•>k’n game on the face of the (Carlh.” He charged that "five big companies have a monopoly" on buying of toloic- CO. "There is something wrong,” he said, "when five big companies get rich off of tobacco, and the glowers have to sell it at below cost, and I want Secretary Wallace to know alntu’ it.” ANNOUNCEMENT Beyond ihi.s arroyo the road rose to[ "Who rre you?” The man .stopiied de.scend preser.tly into a deep gulch, i close to the girl. Hi.s tall, wiry bmly The banks on either side fell sheer to was tense, sinuously alert. His pale the bottom of coarse^ bare sand — a blue eyes, almost yvhite against the great channel pluwetl by cloud-bur.sts dark tan of his clean-shaven face, in the mountains. A distance ahead a shifted constantly with small quick large brown bowlder thrust its bulk , niovements as though focused in turn through the sand. The young man and ujion every point of her face. "Answer the girl kept their eyes-upon this rock mel".Hip voice was imperious, high- — an oa.sis, a place to sit for a mo- pitched—"What aif you doin’ ^ere?” merit, a place to empty their shoes.. Th» gill cauglit h^i breath sliatpiy. j The roa l, too, bent slightly to pass the i“I am Ruth Warren and this is my j-ock. Ihu.sband—” She indicated VVarren who —They a tt\e -supported by the detpening dusk, the awful silence fore-igiant woman. “My husband must have ed them to thtir feet. They took butjrest at once—a bejt;” one step then froze to statues,, terro*" i “That don’t mean nothin’ to me— leaped into then faces: a voice, low, what’re you doin’ here?” intimate, '.vhisi ered into their ears. | "We — I am the sister "Go—'back. Go—back.” ^Grey.” "I^en—I” Ruth serdamed'the word.' "What!” he thrust The man and womaiy clutched each Imnd’s breadth of the girl’s, other, staring wildly. The gulch was. Grey told me his owji se’f still barren, nothing moved, not a rab- ■ have no folks!” of Harrv "You lie! he didn’t Stairs Made Her , Gasp For Breath;; IVnaltv of Excess Fat .Although she has lo.st hut 7 Ih.'. of her overweight, this woman find> that lh<. ha.s made a remarkable differ- her. am 53 years ft. .Uist year We have siv:ned the NRA Bhinket i'ude and will ob.serve its rules and regulations until our National OrRunigut ion's special code is accepted by (ien. Johnson. V%t DO OUR PART Call Us Early and Help Us To Render Prompt Service OPEN 8 A. M. TO 6 P. M. Buchanan’s DRY CLEANERS & LAUNDRY Phone 28 hit could have been hollow whisper came very cars. “Go—back. —itack! Go—” hidden. Yet the^ R-ifh took a step backward. “But I again,'at their. am Harry Grey’s si.ster. He willed me You—must—go his interest in this ranch. .My hus- •/ '^hand and I have come here to see Like wild things, the man and wo- about it.” man ran blindly forward. Immediately “You — come here — to take this tht whisper was lost, dying away on a | ranch —” His .words faltered. At single word. The two stopi>ed again: length, with an effort, he spoke, his and clung together trembling. The voice in a .softer key. “You—got—your darkness was coming quickly—already documents ?” the banded walls of the gulch had tak-| “Yes, Mr. Warren has the will in en a weird mystery from the light, his pocket. Please—can’t we go up to With terror-widened eyes the man and girl looked from one bank of the gulch Snavely's face returned jaiBp to the girl. ”Juiit in a what you aimin’ to do here?! ence to Her letter reads: “I old and my height is 5 I weigl^ed 151 Ih.s. I have l»een taking a haIf-tea.‘-p(»>lTflTt of iCrxische'n Salts, making no change in my diet. Npw I ■am less round the hip.s. a:id only weigh 117 Ihs. dres.sed. But 1 feel lighter and can m»w run upstairs, whTi'tr Itt'fore useir to Fuake me prasp for breath. Everyone says how well and fit I look.” (.Missi J. H Kru.schen is an ideal blemi of it sep arate salts which hel|» bialy organs to function properly and maintain a 'splendid degree of health* it build.s up energy and .<^^^r^^TgTTl (K’lii!e"y> i're re ducing to norma! wi ighl. Get Kru'chen Salts at A«»ung’' Phai iiUM-V’-o*: aay tUher live tls uggtst in the world—a jar last.s 4 wieks and co.st.- not more than H,7 cents. three months after he went *nlo this ranch.’’ “Huh.” There was quite a pause. "But you just said your lawyer had a copy of it.” "There are plenty of attorneys in the East,” replied the girl sweetly. **I reckon.” Snavely considered a corner of the whitewashed wall. or plan. Sounds from within indicated that the the house? My husband and little boy giantess was getting supper, must rest. We walked all the way from ^ Snaveljr’s eyes returned in a little the nuiil box.” ’ ijump to the girl. “Just what are you “Let’s see—the will.” |aimin’ to do here?” |^®* Warren was able to step forward “Well, since I have this interest ini hysterical sob, another followed. War-1and give Snavely the paper. The man the ranch, I suppose I’m in the same' ren gripped her shoulder with the.read it slowly and completely. At laat poaition that Harry was. I can’t be agony of the sudden cough which pres-'he lifted his eyes to the girl. “W’hy'the partner he was, hut I’ll try to do entiy was flecking his white lips with j didn’t your brother tell me about _ my share.” ref}, 'this?” A definite plan shown in his pale “I’m sure I don’t know.” eyes. “Oh, sure. Well, now, I get you "He tol’ me he didn’t have no folka. ) — yes, sir." Snavely seemed on thei The girl hesitated. “His real mother verge of^ becoming pleasant. “I’ve got you know WAN T SI FOR S.ALF.—Poland China pig>. 24 months old. Roy Crawford. Itc STR.\A~EI> — One black mare Notify J. M. Piti.s store. FOR RENA'—6-room house on .Acade my street. Apply to J. .A. Pauley. mule. Ic lo the other, cons<jiou8 of no thought Then Ruth caught her breath in an red. " with liich I lips .A dog barked friendlily. Some dis-' tance ahead the gulch turned to the right and the road rose out of it by [ FOR RENT—Upstairs apartment. .Ap ply to Mrs. W. .M. McMillan, phone IU H in the ranch that he had.” “A'ou sure have.” ^ , There w'as a long silence. "I sup pose,” saidvthe girl, “that there will be some legal technicalities or scune- thing. won’t there? 1 thought we’d leave it until we could see about it to- CHEVROLET LEADS US. AGAIN! oua RSRT IN EVERY STATE KOR THE FIRST 5 .MONTHS OF 1933 CHEVROLET 175,142 FORD 97,585 PLYMOUTH 70,132 4- January, February, March, April and May National Pa-ssenger Car Registrations (l.ateHl .Available K. L. Polk Figures) ( Hb\ ROI [■ r another incline. .At the bottom.of this!is dead and Harrj^ and I—Harry be-‘the idea—you an’ me is to go on jest; cut in the bank sat a small black dog. came estranged from hrs father before like as if you was your brother. \% Dog!" announced David, squirming he came^West. Perhaps that was what .that it?’ (Continued Next Week). SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE ibcjt in his mother’s,arms. As far as,he meant.’ { “Why, yes. I have the same interest j "The Pkper /• ■ Every body Reods” Giles Chevrolet Co. Chevrolet Distributors - ’ Af •