The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 07, 1933, Image 7
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C.
PAGE SEVEN
but peace! There ain’t no peace sion showed indirect tax revenue !Mr.andMrs.E,L.Thomasla8t we«k-
,’mongst people, don’t you know that?”!amountinsr to $990,224 last month,tend.
.His pale, staring eyes bored through^compared with 900,456 in August,! Mrs. J. M. Ross and Son, Charles,
j the girl, “—you come here ’cause you 1932. " - I ar evisiting r^atives in Greenville and
thought you could have money out of; The commissioner collected $75,802'Seneca.
.this place. Well, you cap—I’ll giv/you in soft drink Uxes, $22,098 in beer
every cent I’ve got, ap’it’s mbre’n this'taxes, and $1,552 from beer permits
ranch’ll earn you in ten years^^ll give durihj? .\ugu.st where it had received
you near ten thousand dollars ah’ I’ll $64,277 from the soft drink
give it to you now and you can go'August a year ago.
tonight! Yes,” his coive rose to a -
scream, “you can go tonight! Tonight
—j'ou pore little lonesome thing! You
don’t belong here—I can’t have you.’’
(Continued Xe<t Week).
Mrs. S. Sorrow and children
spent the week-end in Abbeville.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymnod Culbertson
Joanna MiU News
so
SEVENTH INSTALL.MENT |she bent down her head. BuW4here!bor row some money to buy cow.-
Synopsis: Ruth Warren, who lived i was no speech. The silence of the hot, that there’d be more calves?’’
in the East, is willed three-fourths |night pre.ssed close; the empty miles “How?”
interest in the “Dtad Lantern’’ ranch)of motionless desert‘^made tliemselves' “Qh, I don’t know people do bor-
in Arizona by her only brother, who is felt, as if they, too. were concerned row nioney. Couldn’t we say to some
with what tooK place in the old adooe.-one, ‘Lend us~^!o.much to buy cattle
All the silent world seemed waiting, with, .and then we’ll pay when the cat
waiting. . . . Many times, bits of the tie make the money’—we could give
roHil to town flnshpcl throujfh tlit pivi s the security,*^
mind; she saw the twists, the hills,
City Canvass
Big Success
levy fn.and Marshall Culbertson of Pelzer,
{spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Troy Ellis.
j .Mr. and Mrs. John DuBois, DonafdN-
, Du 5ois, I and J. T. F'ulmer returned
j .Saturday from a two weeks’ visit with
friends and relatives in Oswego, N. Y,
Mr. and-Mrs. WC C. W'ilson, Misses
and Ruby .Xrmstrong, Mrs.
^ ^ ^ HF'—>
Goldville, t^ept. 1. — Misses Carrie
Lou and Elizabeth Ross spent the,Lavinia
I week-end with thei^ grandfather in' Docia Center, and Ralph Dudley, all of
Piedmont. . j I.Vbbcville. were Sunday guests of Mr.
Mrs. Ernest Pax!ton and daughter, and Mrs. H. D. Dudley.
reported to have met his death while
on business in Mexico. .Arriving in
Arizona with her husband who has
ailing lungs and their small child, they
learn that the ranch is located 85
miles from the nearest railroad. Old sand-filled
I Miss Dt'rothy Ih?an of Greenville, are
NRA Workers Complete Home- visiting .Mrs. C. Dickey.
to-Home Canvass and Get Few 'Valter Wright and children of
I Refusals. Canvass To Continue'the wtn k
with .Mrs. Marion Hamm.
In Rural Sections.
The NRA canvassi in the territory
„ * * u “No!” Snavely’s voice was a high-
, J , I , airoyos. shore ^‘^tretches , “None o’that cohiprising Clinton. Lydia Mill and
Charley Thane, rancher .^nd rpral mail where speed was possible. The road j! thaL Yo^don’t knenv what' <^’t»ldville, has been completed. The re-
L| you’re getting into when you fool with!''“*ts were very gratifying, according
lose the • 'Vade. “general” in charge.
I Everything In
FLOWERS
Clinton Flower Shop
Phone 33
carrier agrees to take them to the
“Dead Lantern” gate, 5‘miles from the
ranch house. As they trudge wearily
through a gulch approaching the ranch
house, a voice w'-hispers “Go back! . . ^
Go back!” At the ranch house they are
greeted suspiciously by the gaunt
lancher partner, Snavely, and Indian
Ann, a herculean woman of mixed Ne
gro and Indian blood. Snavely is dif
ficult to understand but regardless,
Ruth takes up the task of trying to
adjust their three lives to the ranch
and its development. —
(Now Go On With the Story).
“.\nn, do you think it’s going
rain?” asked Ruth, with an anxious
look toward the mountain where War
ren had gone.
Ann shrugged. “Maybe so. Good,
thing to have big rain. VV’e can hang j
the clothes oh the porch.”
But the rain was not a big one. It
came steadily all afternoon though not
with violence — a penetrating drizzle,
oddly cold.
Mrs. M. Oxner of Greenwood, is
\'isiting Mrs. Kate Oxner.
' Miss Dorothy HoiTon of Clinton, is .Member F. T. D.
spending the week With Emma Kate - - -
Oxner.
Mildred and Dturil Bozard are
spending this week with their grand-
'that sort of thing! You’ll ....
!whole ranch to .‘^ome cute sharper— practically a unanimous ct'-, ^ „
that’s what’ll happen! No, Mrs. War- f^P^’ration. Less than twenty people in .n'^ther in the Bush Kiver community, t
iren, I don’t feel that it would be wise t^r'itory declined to sign. .Mrs. Lfird Hayes and chil-
to put the ranch up to borrow on. An’l canvass of the Negro p^ula-1the week-end in Bate.lluirg.
jit’s the law that both pardners has to direction of J. T. W. Little Miss \ irgiI Sanders of New-
agree before anything’s done with the principal of the Negro school,■ berry, i.s spending the week with Mrs.;
i property.” same territory, has also been I'tack Holsomback. |
“Certainly 1 understand that Mr and the results were equally *'*cs. Jesse .McCravey and children!
: SnaVely! and’ of co^eTe shaH kgree : as saUsPying as amofig the white peo- ' of Chester and Mr. and Mrs George,
on everything.” She smiled her best. cooperation of the colored |" »lsop and children of Bath, visited [
We’re not children looking for some- 'trough the cominittees, .h^sx. , - --
RADIO REPAIRING -
AND TUBES
We Buy, Sell and Trade
Radies at—
RADIO
EXCHANGE
-we’re own-
thing to squabble about-
ers of this fine ranch and we want to
iiwftrove-ii..”
“1 \\asn’t
been 100 per cent. The work was car-1
ried out with efficiency and all of|
-those-ealleil on responded enthii?ta.s-*
-that
"Colonel’
complainin’ none
much’U ’Keep me.” ( olonel Irby S. Hipp, who is in
i Ruth summoned all her courage, ^'^arge of the .sales army group carry.
“But voiir .share would only he a quar-'the canvass, says that the,
ter of that amount.” and territory,
“What aie vou hintin’ at?” .Snavely ' ^as been comp eted except the rural
half io.se. “Let me tell you that I ain’t ^as b^n panned to make;
got all that’s coming to me by a long « thc^ural section during;
chalk! It takes all the ranch brings in P'obahle that the!
to huv n.v grub. I’m the onlv pardnei permit.!
The solicitation of the rural section'
daddy coming
David would
that’s workin’ an’ I figger my quarter
is due me as clear salary.”
Ruth’s heart was (humping. y.And I
certainly agree, Mr. Snavely — I — I
Ruth could no longer see the moun
tains distinctly—they hulked a gray-/“Mama, when is
ish blur against the dull sky. She knew ^home some more?”
it w'ould he impossible to find Kenneth ia>*k at bedtime.
"ah^lit’ Wefy sh'e expected to} ‘ '■ ^
see him ride into the clearing. But a very Jong..,Twice it would hav
little aft^r three she could wait no traveled before the doctor came, j went to .Mexico. That’s
Uinger *”'1 asked Ann to help her, could not ■ yy^^. p^int. We’ve got to make tht
catch i ud .saildle Brisket who had not aiiive befoie six <> nanch earn rwut*. for htdh of uir.”
“T)m* ranch caniL It’ll bring
will he carried out by the same ma-j
iors who have so ably assisted t'olonel
Hipp in the drive. The majors working
under Colonel Hipp’s directum are:
think you have done splendidlv. and ifi„. i
- possible l-ll see that you got back yoar! 'opeland M.ss Klla Adam b G
share of the money my brother look I‘ • * ' '
not
in
gone far fFom the corrals that morn-j .^udvlenly the man’s eyes opened
ing and now waited at the gate for | wide; his voice was an inviloring enough to keep the man that runs it,
his old crony, Sanchez.sSnavely had | whisper. “Ruth! Ruth!’’ hut it won’t do no more without you
not yet come in from riding the lower. The girl brought her free arm buy some more stock an’ put in a well
pasture. ; across his breast and laid'^her cool J'o’s the stock can live after you get
’ ’ „ 1..* t nt*
Just as Ruth was tying her hus- ^heek against his burning one. . . .
band’s winter overcoat on her saddle, f As a matter of fact, the
’em here
.sOn.
I .Mr. Hipp announced y(*sterday that
_dIIriTig Friday and Saturday uf^thisi
week consumers_ pledge cards will he
placed in the hands of all merehants
in the territory and thus afford an op
portunity for any who have been miss
ed in the drive, and for the people of
rural section tb sign the cards, and
sun was
Wari'en rode in. Hi.s ,,shoulders werejtw’o hours high before Old Charley and on
<lrawn, up and his smile was distorted the doctor finally arrived. Ruth War- gues.sed how neai she was to breaking
by a shiver.* ren, with wide-eyed David in her arms, down. She didn’t pretend to know any-
j“Well, here 1 am. I had the darnd-i was sitting like an image of stone on thing about the ranch, nor the busi
est time with thi.s old fool of a horse the door.step of the old adobe—staring ness of ranchinjf—she only knew that
—when it started to rain I went to at the live oak tree east of the ranch her interest in the ranch wa.s all she
get him and found that he’d come un- house. , had in the world—that David had no
tied and gope for a stroll. 1 chased Kenneth was dead. ! father. . . . She looked up. “But what
him all over that end of the ranch—■! ♦ ♦ * ♦ ^'e must do something.”
never sweat Ko much in my life==took ‘—fu day.s which followed cloae
me an hour to catch him.” 'upon her husband’s death,-Ruth War-
Ruth put her husband to bed, fed ren felt that she had separated into
D f 1 I 1 put them in the hand.s of the majors
Ruths fingers drunimed nervously)' , , ^ ^
. 11 . 11 u . ' These can s wi then be turned m ti
the ta'ile top. .No (me would have .
the g»*neral committ(‘(* as has
done with those handled by the
vuss committee.
to
been
can-
Welcome Hand^
Given Teachers';;
along for more’n fifty year. I don’t •
him scalding coffee and piled on all two women. The one she had always j reckon you can come anywheres near’
the available bedclothes. By the time known went about her tasks almost i understandin’ me when I tell you Ij
Kenneth* should have been uncomfort- is before — even .smiled and played [don’t want no money. The only good;
ably warm, his teeth chattered so that , with David. The other Ruth hovered' money ever done me was to give it to
“You mean you got to do somethin’.
I ain’t needin’ money—I been gettin’ Pastors and Citizens Extend J
Cordial Reception To Faculty
of Citv Schools.
Following an established custom, an
he could not sneak. Thep suddenly the behind her, a black shadow—a haIf-!people so’s I could get shet of ’em. jwtlcoim meeting for the
chill left and he was too warm. Ruth crazed thing of grief and utter terror,[Well—I’m a long ways
from broke i faculty of the (’linton
J ..... u 1- • I ♦u.. ' -.-I- .• u- u u 1 ..1 4u:„ schools wa.s held .Monday afternoon at
discovered that her clinical tnj'rmome-1 v^^ilmg questions which hsd no an- right now. »ou got a claim on thi.s. i i-
' „u four o clock in the high school audi-
th)s ranch' • .7 . .
Itonum. All thirty-eight teachers com-
to know about this other Ruth that
the real Ruth could keen.her a little
ter was useless—hot WFatt\4s»'«had forc
ed the mercury to a hundred and
twelve and it refused to be shaken
down again .'^he sat .still and watched [uway. Rut at bedtime Dayid invari-
the dull red spots on Warren’s cheeks jably asked, “Mama, when is Daddy
grow' brighter and expand, utterly [coming home some more?” Then the
helpless even to know how bad the 1 black shadow entered and became her
fever was. Periodically, she felt an i very self.
overpowering impulse to run into the i At last, the nuc'.stion of what she
ranch house and telephone a doctor, j must do became as strong and then
end periodically she remembered that | stronger than the hovering shadow of
there was no telephone. It seemed in- grief and despair. One day Ruth went
credible. ! to Snavely, as he was turning out his
It was dark when at last she did go j horse after the day’.s ride. Since the
into the ranch house. Neither Snavely ; slight rain both he and Ann were in
ror Ann had inquired about Warrea; the saddle most of the day. Ruth had
now Snavely looked up as though'been glad. '
wondering why Ruth was late for sup-] “Mr. Snavely,”' said Ruth quietly,
. n:: - | “cattkiri~have "talk wrth^om?^——
The girl spoke. “Some one must go | “I thought we might want the ranch
for a doctor!” I books to refer to,” .?aid the girl hesi-
“Is he that sick?” asked Snavely, [tantly.
without much surprise. j Snavely’.s %yes jumped to Ruth and
“I’m afraid it’s pneumonia—plea.se[back to his horse’s head in silence,
jfol” ! When they had entered the living
“Why, there ain’t no doctb) between room of the ranch house Snavely si-
“Ri'de over to his place, and he’ll go
in his car.”
“The horses is all turned out,” com
plained Snavely, “an’ anyways, I.,don’t J will earn this year
like to bother no neighbor—they don’t! “We can figger it pretty close
swers. It was only by pretending not ranch. The only thing
means to you is money; the only thing, • • .u . * 41.
X I 4 I- k prising the system, were present, with ,
It means to me is a place to live by;' . , n h-.l i
' jSupt. J. H. Witherspoon, presiding. [
i After a few introductory remarks j.
■and expressing his appreciation of the | [
,nresence and interest of the visitors,''
; Supt. W’itherspoon called upon the [
various speakers for short welcome ■
, talks. 7ho.se responding brought cor- !
dial greetings and expros.sed the hope ■
that the new* school year just entered ,!
upon would be Inith pleasant and prof- '
itable. > :
Those making talk.s were: Dr. B. O.
Whitleii, .State Training school; Dr. L. .
R. Lynn. Thornwell orphanage; Rev. [
r. Bynum Betts, pastor of the Associ- •
ate Reformed Presbyterian church;,[
Rev. 11. O. Ghambers, pastor RToad”
.Street Methodist church; Dr. I). J. i
Wood.<. pastor First Presbyterian
church; Rev. Edward Long, pastor !
First Bapti.st church; Dr. Dudley
Jone.s, Presbyterian college and Lydia ,
Mills church; Mrs. T. I). Jacobs, Wo-^
man’.s club; Mrs. R. E. Jones, U. D. C.
land D. A. R.; E. 1). Graig, Ghamber of
Commerce; R. L. Plaxico, Liwanis
club; J. F. Jacobs, Rotary club; Rob
ert S. Owen.s, Lions club; Dr. T. L. W’.
Bailey and W\ W. Harris, board of
trustees. A response of appreciation
on behalf of the teachers was made by
W'. F. Anderson, Jr., principal of the
high .St bool.
lently collected some papers and the
old daybook, dumped them on the ta
ble, seated himself opposite Ruth and
here an’ town—-eighty-five miles.
‘ TTien we’ll have to go to town for
one—please hurry!’
“But not having no automobile we waited,
couldn’t get there for—” “The first thing I want to talk
“Old Charley!” exclaimed the girl.' about.” said the girl, “is the ranch She
earnings.
Knavely nodded. “
“How much, do you think the ranch
bother me none no more an
A cold, clear-headed fury pos.sessed
the gisl. “Listen,” she commanded,
“you %re to start for Thane’s this
niinutq;’'"and ride as fast as ,you can.
Do yolk wiuierstand that?”
Amaii^rnent shown in Snavely’s
face; reply came to his lips but he
thought better of it. Then with a jump
his pale eyes turned on Ann. Go
ahead!”
The girl heard the feet of Ann s
horse on the rocks ten minutes later
there must have been a horse near the
corral after all, she thought idly. Ken
neth was talking ceaselessly and unin
telligibly! She put David to bed with
out his usual good-night story and
seated herself by her husband.
Hour dragged after hour. For a
time the sick man seemed to sleep. The
girl sat immovable, his hot, dry hand
.self
othe
“How much is my .share worth, Mr.
can’t tell exactly.” i Snavely; what will you give me for 1
“Well?” it? The girl’s voice wa.s strained,*
“Well, we got about a hundred eager,
mother cows, an’ th’ calf crop don’t A gleam of almost in.sane satisfac-!
run more’n fifty per cent—” he paus-ltion lit Snavely’s face; he leaned for- „ . # 04 4 'r • •
ed and wrote out some figures. “Thatjwawi and would have placed his hand , otate lax Commission
will give us about forty or fifty sellin’: onr Ruth’s arm had she not withdrawn ' Sees Sign of Improvement Asio
Business Tax In
State Increasing < [
calvesthat’s our increase for the jit. “Now. Mrs. Warren. I think you’re
yeai^an’ we can’t , sell no more than gettin’ some sense. This ranch ain’t
that7 without goin’ down hill. Well, if ^no place for a woman an’ a baby—it’s
we get thirty dollars for fifty head
that^s fifteen hundred dollars.”
“For the whole year?”
Snavely nodded.
Tax Revenue Increases.
Columbia, Sept. 2.—Citing a $89,768 j
increase in revenue from indirect tax-
a wild, lonesome country — mighty
strange Ur you.” Suddenly he stood up. es last month. Chairman W. G. Query;
‘‘Mrs. Warren, I’ll give you every cent.of the state tax commission, said to-
I’ve got for your interest. Then you'day tax returns indicated “gathering
“But couldn’t a ranch as big as this can git out!” His voice, trembling and momentum” in South Carolina busi-
—twenty thousand acres — accpmino^ pitched high, rang weirdly in the small ness.
date mdre than one hundred mothei'| room. Yes, ou can go! You can leave Query said the labgest collection of
COW’S?. [me like you found me—you can go'business license taxes in any single
“It CQ\ild. Bpt cows cost money. 1 back to the stinkin'mess of people an’! (nonth since 1931, coupled with a
Your brother figgered on buying more their low tricks an’ their mean hog $38,149 increase in gasoline taxes, “in-
that s why^he fixed up the windmill, ives an* you can leave me be! That’s;dicate very clearly that purchasing
*** tank an’ all-[;;;;^t he claimed what 4 w^nt an’ that’s what I aim to' power in South Carolina is gathering
Fn hers, her pleading eyes OB his face, j he could get hold of some capital.” have! ' * . . - .
gn».. W hix l^ns CouldniLjiu
I can’t abide ^ople—I don’t momentum.”
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NOTICE OF HOURS
Effective Sept. 1st, the office of the City
Clerk and Treasurer will observe the fol
lowing- hours:
MONDAY, TUESDAY,! WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY—
8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
SATURDAY—8 A. M. to 1 P. .M.
SEPTEMBER
Is the month when chill winds make their
appearance. It is a harbinger of fall and
cool weather.
RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO
BUY YOUR HEATERS
On our present stocks our prices are the
same as last January.
THIS MEANS A BIG SAVING TO YOU
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WE ARE SHOWING A COMPLETE
ASSORTMENT—
Circulators, Hot Blast, Laundry Style,
Water Heaters, Upright Heaters
... in plain and fancy styles.
Factory stove priced have advanced
about 25%.
BUY FROM US NOW AND
SAVE THIS ADVANCE.
WILKES & Gd.
Clinton—Two Stores—Lsuurens