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V ♦ THURSDAY, AUGUST 31. 1933 « r w « ! THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. PAGE SI h;^d_ almost ,Xinished\un- packinjr before Ann returned, ^e handed Ruth a bakinjr powder can. pit these here,” she. said had seen oil derricks. It jn’pht. he thought, be worth while to have a ge- olopist come out and look around. .\nd hile the peolopist was there, it wouldn’t hurt to have him prospect SIXTH INSTALLMENT Synopsis: Ruth Warren, living in the East, comes into possession of th’.-ee-iiuarter interest in an Arizona I went to ranct., left to hji?r in the vill ,of her'gruffly, only orother, reported to have died Ruth opened the can; it contained for gold and other mineral wealth in while-on jbusinessoin Mexico. With her i moth halls. “Oh. That's right, .'\nn. I tho mountains—.Arizona was ailing husband and small child, she forgot about them. Let’s see. I goes to .Arizona to take possession, j pose weM better i>ut some in the pock- use of the twenty-thousand acres upon! thinking jthe climate may prove bene-lets of Mr. Warren’s suits and in that'which Wari’endid not speculate—tneir' ficial to / h*g|’ husband’s weakened ' woolen dress-. . .” j use as a cattle ranch, lungs. Ailriving at the nearest town, | The last of hangable thin.gs had. |n hei* heart Ruth knew that this med a vague little tune whiles.she cf, aSr i.s fullj'"delineated on .s(aid plat,Ipiiance with the aafn«T-lT the pertcti stirred the clothes in the tub which being bounded on the north by lands;making the. highest bid at the sale, sat on two stones over a mestjuite fire of .1. W. ('. Kell, on the ea.st by lands'other than the paintiff, fails to miik# near the back screen door. Wa.'^hing of J. W. C. Bell, on the south by the' such deposit immediately at the time 'in this manner did not seem such a 20 acre tract above referred to, being of tho acceptance of his bid, then the hardship now. She was amused when property of srid Renjamin F. Cope-'said premi.ses shall be at once resold, ^?he remembered the electric washer, land, and by lanils of Letch Bell, and at -such bidder’s risk, on the same wringer, and dryer she had once own- on the west by Renno-Shady Grove salcsday or upon some subs^uent ed, and w’ith whith she had had no con- public road, and being the same t ract saiesday.''at the option of the plain- cern except to make sure her laun-'of land conveyed to the said Benjamin tiff pr its attorney. If the last high dress understood how it worked. F. Copeland by .Ann .Adair, ('. K. Bell bidder making the deposit herein re- The weather was cooler than usual and M. F. Iloiton. as executors of‘the.q»im*d fails to comply willh his bid land now and then a silver cloud slid "’ill of ,Io:cy Holingsworth, do- without legal excuse being duly , under the sun. bringing a welcome ceased, by d^ed dated December 17th. <,hown. then such deposit shall be de shade. The windmill worked slowly, and reeorde*! in the office of the livCred to the plaintiff and retained methodically repeating its .squawk and Clerk of Court for Laurens C,ounty by i* as liquidated damages, and the in De‘'d Book No. 11, at page HI. pr shall thereafter be resold, T 'ins ■ B.ilc: Th.at the. C!o 1: of upon the seme terms, and at such pur- Court s.i..:; require the highest bidder .chaser’s risk on .some subs^uent at the .sa’e. other than the Plaintiff,Isalesday to be de.signated by thelplain- and all other persons except the Plain-1 tiff or its attorney. The purcha.ser to click. By noon, the"sky was solid with white clouds, little rushing winds came and went suddenly; t’ne songs of the birds included a new note, expectant and gay. .All the de.sert awoke from tiff, who may theh'after rai.se ♦he bid pa’ for papers, stamp? a id recording. jits long steep in stupefying heat an I as provided by law. to - I mingled its fi-agrant. spiv'y breath deposit of'five (.b'i) per , . Mvith susts sup- ."or mines. There was perhaps only oni* make of wind. a cash centum of she leaypi tern,” is that the ranbli, "Dead Lan-ji)oen taken fj'oni, the trunk when Ruth was the onlv real value of the land. 85 miles dhe desert. I came upon her ribbon hoard. She open- Ju-q bow valuable a ranch it was, or Coleman Reunion the amo"nt of the bid as earnest mon ey or evidence of good faith, the de posit of llu' la.st high bidder to he ap plied on thi' hid should there ho a com- THOS. W. t'.ENNETT, C. C. C. P. and G. S. Datert at I^iurens, S. C. August 16th. ii);i:i.~8-:n-5tcb. >♦ Charley Thane, old rancher and rural mail carrier, agrees to take them to "Dead Lantern” gate, which was 5^ miles from the ranch house. .As they ■ wearily walked past a huge overshad- owing boulder in a gulch in coming to; the ranch house, a voice whispered j “Go hack! Go backi” .At the ranch house thev are greeted suspiciously by ndf ilie-^awit ranch partner, Snavely, a "rhitian- .AT}TTr'g~ hnrcul^an woman mixed Negro and Indian blood. Snave-i ly is difficult to understand but re gardless, Ruth takes up the task of, ^trying lu adfljust their three lives the rancli amt its de\ e 1 ()pment. (.N’oo Go On With the .Story). to .As soon as supper was over the gir asked .Ann if she might belli with the , ilishes. The black Indian eyes flashed i to where Snavely stood in the door- way before their owner replied that "dishes is my work.” j But Ruth would not be put off; she j was deterriimed to make Ann her = friend, or at any rale to get a little behind that protective shell with which the giantess had covered her real .self. .\i times it seemed to lluthAhat the "feai .Ann hright tiemljore. like n wistful r little gil l than anytlung else if she' CTiuhCbr* found. 1 ho.v valuable it could be made, she hati n.) idea. She wished she could talk to t>d ( hurley about it. Kenneth’s schemes about the ranch i dw indled and for a day he found noth_i ing to interest him. Then suddenly he j discovered the fasein:itu)n of rhyming.; . W.th boundless optimism he gave Da-; ' \ id Ov er to th .lae. went joy he eomplele eaie-of Ruth ^ 7':!; T'uTTvVu tho of a Sinoo 10 .An en,iov.''h!e event was ttm 'vunion I of ihe children. grantJohild en. an'l I'Treat-g'-initchiblvcn of the let - Absa- I lorn and Mntihla Coleman. \vh''’h was ! held at the borne of 1.. M. D. Young, 'near here. Thu'-Svlay. .Vug. Five <'f ‘heir seven ehihlren are still I’ving and fou’’ are in the seventies, the eldest All of their families wee represented. There was no reunion 1. when the last one was hebl. there have been several additions, but we at" proud and Thank ful to sa.v there has been no ileath. . The morning was s'lent in nleasant In thr rrrmmg otJ^hw day on which'^,,^^^,,.^ ^rreetimrs. Tlte din- W.irien became a poet. he. Ruth was g’a i. Somehow, poetry suiieii Kennech better than anything. Keiini th lidgiued about until David was com- iiK'la' l.v stowed in the section of horse I'lUingi 1. ami ihei. iirodueed a sheet of pa pel. He had not gone ruling that aflernoon and had been moody dur ing supper. Ruth eompt'sed herself to listen to the three short stanzas- sh. ilo ssion praise saiisiaeiorily. i ner was served greetings, in picnic style on the lawn under the spreading oaks. .An added feature, and one ipueh er’oyod, was the h.arbecue hash especially pre pared by Mr. Young. .And such a din mu ! Everything that was good to eat 'ViiSli listen to the three short stanzas- s Mm It expected thirty—^ her face aut " inintieally settled into the exiiressi b' ol' one w iu) will praise satisfaetorili Everybody enjoyed the delicious feast, j In the ariernoon, ivasie rendered by I’olly and Ruth Co!*'man was greatly lenjo.ved. Singing of hymns. led^'V the 'quartet, Fred. Frank. I’olly and Ruth He became the eager, buoyant ini- practicjal and lovable boy Ruth Gre.v w i 1 h, _ "Not "tintdl hiH tremWing -voic^ had t-Cohunan. with Ruth at tho piano, a«hl- ceased on the last liner-,tlid Ruth W ar- ^.,1 pleasure of all’. .As a closing ren's eyes come oaek to her hushamrs j they sang, “God Be With You uwe. Wanen expecteil more anima- pill We Meet .Again " i uut. tuil lu.'.-siirugged and 6.mi’aTd aj^ulr|-, ’i.'ho.it» {H'esetfT vi^rw:- M»'. ami—Mrs. ur^tieahv. Then the box. yell some of i like Rulh entered I So half an-hour later the kitchen and asked Ann to come to th(* Jpiobe as soonSis she ceu’d and help with tile unpacking. Snavidy had gone iltiwii to the corrals, ami Warren and David were inspecting a 'new ly arrived calf tha: was wondering aloud on the ftir from the oak tree. .Ann soon came to the atlobe. *"Well, .Ann there really isn’t much work but 1 wanted .your advice. I have a tin ss or two which are rather gtMid— how can 1 kee]) them clean the dust, | fpHy/' you know—and. do you have moths in this country?” Silently, the great woman left the adolie and retumed a few minutes lat er with a roll of wrapping paper. "Splendid!” said Ruth, who had been wontiering whether .Ann had not left her for good. “That’.s just whaA we need—we can make a sort of paper "Here, .Ann, woudn’t these? They’re just k ntw why T keep tlu m around.” \ /Vnn locked silently into the IK st t>f twi.-ted colors, and her -way crying; “ ~ " Why^^RuTir "KenTiv were ^ahoiit iirighl I ■ s I iiim. . Kenny . ...” 'ivat what’s sao I'oem Ahat—-his—wife t (’oKunanr^Mrs. -Mr-Tr-Altdes, Mr. ^ ' j ahT AfrsrT.'^.A.’T'blennrn^ a children. I Sara Ray. Hartd«l. ami Miriam: .Mr. ru.'h dier armsi * uienn n; .M>'s. M. T. Moles: Mr. Kenny - t»h. Kenny ey's i what’s the matter; it s shtine. ('aiefully she pulletl out a hami'., of golden silk. Sht‘ ftdt it hetwepn her t „f ,,l,j great thumb ami finger, then held it seen and felt and~ thinks- tJi,. Taihp. "^CJuhTTfy,” slie pi,,, shtitik her head Hiuiuitnel, “as fine--as fine likt* violently, "yii, Kenny!" was all she gold hair fiom a little white girl . . . ’’ eoul'l manage. "Takb anything you want, Ann—all lutie that night Ruth Warren lay of them if they’d he of use to you. hiwake. Her husbaml Kenneth hud They’ll sjnuce ’ uj) a tlress wtimler- (lone siunetlung really big. Tht»se three Mrs. .). ('art«*r am! d.iughlers, Ruth and Dearie; .Mr. and Mrs. H.’.Al. :( haney; Roy Bryson; Mr. and Mrs. matt!*r; its i .m,) .*Ds. .-v. F. just supposed to give a ('oit.piap; .Mrs. Nannie K. .lone>; Mr. what it s Hugh T. lor.es and m, Wil- tiirnrr firm Atgsr toWge AVb f land ami son, Gi'orge TI>om!’son; .Mr. and Mr.s. W. F.. .lories an l sgns. FI,’'ert and Leaman; .Mr. and Airs. L. G. j .lones; T. .1. Coleman; .Mr. and .Mrs. Walter .Moore; Mildred Brown; Mr. ' and .Mrs. Irwin Benjamin and daugh- , short slan/.as three magic patches Katherine, Sara and Reheeea; "I don’t never spruce up,” replied ""ids ... It seemed to Rulh that .jp,j y j.' Coleman ami ehil- Ann quietly "hut I’ll take a little ofll'i"! known him to h.* a poet at Thomas, .loe. Sadie and Daul; if you want.” ■ heart; lus v i.-^ionai y, im|n actual id(*as . KJoy,! Corbett and son. this gold one it you “Oh, take it all.” "No.” And took the scissors and reverently cut about twelve inches had a pot'tical .soundness about them. 'every one. The next morning after breakfast I Warren stopped Snavely on the way to the barn. “Can I gel up on top of , 1" i ''''shiwd^the^Hgi’d^n^^^^^^ which always | What yill you do with that piece . enveloped .Ann was softened as JLhe j p'or vhe first time sire*- Ruth had ”” smiled. "as the had as the two women busied themselves. Thelj^p^^.p }jpr, Ann gi 'l chatted away about .clothes, shap-j ^j^o.st expressive smile the gir ing her talk by the growing fTpark of seen. Ann looked toward the door, interest in Ann’s eyes. Once she care-1 »» called, le-sly to.ssed a piece of heavy silk lin-1 little dog arrived at once, and gerie on Ann’s bare arm and went to hang something in the closet. When about he looked again, .Ann was stroking, head to one from the band. "Well, if you ever want any more.'t^hat mountain?” he asked, pointing to I you know where to find the box, Ann. | the tallest of the .several jH'aks which Coleman- .Mr. and .Mrs. .1. H. Coleman, Jr.; .Mrs. .Im* .McClary and Wylie; L. .M.- D. A’oung and children. Mr. and Mis. Frank Aoung. Mi.ss Lula A’oung, .Mr. and Mrs. Walter A oung, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kay and sons, Lewis. .Mac and Bobby; Mr. and .Mrs. ,1. H. Coleman. Fred. Frank. I’olly and can you go horse- rose to the west. "i)’you mean, back?” "Yes, of course.” Snavely regarded him a moment. "What do you aim to do there?” , "I intend to spend the day-—look s still amilintt. tii-<l the briitht Hli-; ihoiit his neck. Then she tilted ''"h. sure. lep. ohi bnnehez I side, "Aw. Mr. ^iu- don’t push tote him let him take his time. ;ed him. an added that he would catch .Sanchez the silk with lingering finger.s. The j^arfoot, ain’t you jos’ the classiest >^“7’ l . • l jo 1 •' girl watched silently. "That is nico,tiiule dog now!”. 4—Warren thanked ^m. and ^navely^ isn’t it?” she asked, coming forward.; W’arren felt moisture in her "God, yes—’’ replied .Ann slowly, "1 gygg. "Ann.” she said impulsively, flim.sy things on cheap girls— “pake something for yourself—I know lhis-.;here’.s quality,; want to—please!” ^ ' .Ann’s black eye.s looked sevn nothin’ like^this je-’ quality.’’ into the “I w'sh T^sThcefety: it were bigger,” said Ruth' earnest hazel I t.hanif yoiriaTTrBy: ones before ' -ifL - her. “V/ • W'hat T To fer?” For Rulh, the. next two weeks were ! days of bewilderment. She could not j .Ann’s hand tightened upon j pg^jj^e her isolation; it was impos-1 her arm and her eyesj^jv.ie for her to accept the fact that; a.s “.So that you could try it on-—you d -ik wett Tn tC” ^ "Me? the silk on sear died the girl’s face head. "Quality, such made fer no ox like me. . She shook herthgy^^nd that di.stant horizop there wi as that, aintjf^pjy more horizon. ' Oh. non.sen.se! A’ou can ge them [ She wanted desperately to ,stand her surroundings; she m as large a size as you suie you— interrupted .Ann f wnich included the silk and the dress es in the.trunk. “It’s m’e-I ain’t fer under- | forced want—I’m' jjgp^glf to study everything which ^ might add to hor knowledge of the country and the operation of the ranch. Snavely was no help. Each morning he rode away very early -to i watch the cattle, she supposed— re-t in the afternoon. -And ii i m ' with a gesture. e such a? them. . * . , There "as'It tone in .Anns voice | j^te in the afternoon. which R jtTT couiy not understand and.^j^gj^ j,^g to speak with <he made no '' ' his pale eyes regarded her contemptu- ."tome tiJiif tfrter while Ruth wasjgy^yjy be ans'wered in monosyl- again a dre.s.s in the .closet,; j^bles. Only once or twice did he re- she heard a iow sound,single gut- j pjy ^^y length and then tojlw^llap- woid, ^Imost a moan. Peeking ^he di.scouraging features of the around the edge of the closet door she; pjyj^gb and the dangers of the country ‘jefore the j j-q those unacquainted with it. children, Barbara and .Hk*; Mrs. Bill Setzer and son. Freddie; .Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Newell; Mi's. Floyd Pitts and son, Charles; Mr. and .Mrs. .1. ('. .Millei and son. Pierce. The visitors pres*‘nt were: Mr. and Mrs. .Mace Young and daughU'ni, -Ion-* nie Lee and Carolyn; .Mr. and .Mrs. j .Sam A'oung; Mrs. Rex A’oung, .Mildred A’oung; Mr. and Mrs. C alvin Aoung; and Mrs. »!i*hn IJuyd Atluir-ami children, .Margaret, Frances and .I«»hn; .John E. Adair; .Mr. and .Mrs. Tom, Chandler, Hayne Chandler; Mrs. Gus lUamage and children. Evelyn. Augus- jtus, Thomas ami FninV; Misses Mvia Young, Nell Goodman. Vivian Shealy, league ^amLJKii Mrs. J. L. .McCrat'dy; .Mrs. Eugene j Carter and daughters Elizabeth and I Norma Jean; Messrs. Burns. ( laude Cannon. Charlton Benjamin, Fred Cn- drick, Joe Leake, Earl and CMi:i Chand ler. “By One Present.” NOTICE OF SAI.E saw the giantess crouched b* trank tray wjiich had been^M et to one the floor. Ann’s attitude was -huge i .^ide on almost one of adoration; one hand lay upon her bf-east.vthe other was outstretched over a c(^partment in the tray. Slowly the duWtretched hand was lowered, softly/the fingers came to rest. For a fulK ^ninute the giantess did not move. The girl watch- e<i. fa-scinated. Suddenly Ann seemed remember that Ruth was some- to With the passing of the days War-? As she watched him ride away was a little envious. ren’s^ health improved noticeably. At j while he was getting hi.s own horse his repeated request, Snavely grudg- and leave him at the saddle shed. Notice is hereby given that in nV- nce with the terms am! pio\i.;- ) ions of the Decree of the Cuu. t of Common LMeas for Laurens ' oiinty. ►South (’arolina, dated the 15th day of 1.August, in the case of The Fed leral Land Bank, Plaintiff, vs B. F. j(’opelan(l, et al. Defendant.s, 1 will sell to the highest bidder for cash, requir ing a deposit of .‘D'» of the plaintiff’s mortgage indebtedness, before the •courthouse door in I auren.^ County. South Carolina, during the legal hours sale on the first Monday in Sep- itember, 11^33, the following described property: All that ce^-tain piece, parcel or' tract of land, containing one hundred and seventy and ninety-three hun- dderdths (170.93) acres, more or less. Ruth protested against Warren’s trip. But he was sure he could stand the ride and he would have all day in, situate, lying and being on the Renno- which to rest before the return jour- ShadjT Grove road, about ten miles ingly turned two, horsps over for the use of the little family,' and in the cool of the evening Warren found that he could take short horseback rides vvith his wife and son, 'ney- He determined to go—he was t northeast from the town of Clinton, in As Warren’s cough .seized him less going to climb up on that peak where,Jack? Township, <.'ounty of Laurens, often, his mind freshened; he became he could see the whole world and he I State of South Carolina, having such the eager, buoyant, impractical, lov- was going to write. 'shape, mete.s, courses and di.stances as the giantess aro.se. Without turning | six years before. His old zest for the was a little envious of the bundle tied'a plat of a survey thereof made by L ; h<r face in R'uth’s direction, Ann left | concocting of dreams, which he be-Uo the ’oack of the saddle, for besides Roy Claw ford, .Surveyor, February 5,, th^ adobe. ilieved to be plans, returned. He thor- rhe lunch was a pad of pai>er, and 1916, which i.s recorded in the office' near. The spell was broken and |able boy Ruth Grev had eloped with As she watched him ride away she will more fully ap)>ear by reference to St BSCRIBE TCb THE ( HRONICLB #/ HI" DRIVING COST When you get off the concrete. High Driving Cost gets in. Repair bills on your car go up. You buy more gasoline, use up more tires. De predation is faster. And that applies to any type of road that is Less Than CONCRETCI ^ ” Prove it? It*s been proved—by government and state engineers who have been making im partial road tests since 1917. They have mea sured—in dollars and cents—what it costs to drive on each type of road. They’ve proved that it costs' less to drive on CONCRETE than any other type of road. That’s why “cheap” roads are really ex pensive! For the real cost of a road is the cost ^f building and maintenance Plus the cost of using it. CONCRETE ROADS save money. Tljey cost less to maintain. They lower the cost of - -0 automobile operation. Insist on concrete for economy, permanence and driving comfort. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION Hurt Building, Atlonta, Go. HERE’S HOW Less-Thon-Concrete Rodds Increase Driving Costs IT COSTSf on the Average: more per mile to drive on bituminous macadam than on concrete. l^e more per mile to drive on gravel than concrete. For further informal ion write the Cement Ser vice Man, care of Portland Cement Aaaociation. 24 Ic more per mlla lo drive on an earth road than on ouncrete. The girl hurried to the tray and;oughly considered the pos.sibilities of ?ome of tho.se sheet-s were going to be of the Clerk of Court for Lauren'- lo ked in the corner compartment.jthe ranch. Calling Ruth’s attention to very fortunate. ’ County in Plat Book .No. I, at page 76, .S) e 'iftw thaLit- contained David’s first' the Jow. hills pLl^ land?, he .As^Ruth worked .'^he was more and embracing all the jand.s shown on ’’tflgii ill flUJf Tfmf sl!li"j*'ia"hJ''yhit umea'^—r*'I laco and ribbon. iiRopj iimu iffl'ify ^certain hills in Oklahoma whe. c h. ■ coming the ranch. She even hum- lying in the southeastern co:nei^ there-, ffil * i * ''i'- ■ r'^L I nni?r Tn.J annr ' •vr+rti#' w • /