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\ . ./ f THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1933 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. 1 PAGE SEym A ^ ^ A Ask 15 Cents On — Loans On Cotton Proposal Put To Wallace By Cot ton Price Parity Organization. No Action Is Taken. j Wa.shington, Nov. 20,—Tho national cotton parity price committee preserU- e^ to Secretary of Agriculture Wal lace today a rei^uest that government loans on cotton be increased from a •ba.sis of 10 cents to approximately 15 cents a jiound. *AMBUU6 'round NEWYOUK ‘"^•HueU KEMMY Retail Buying — Being Chief Gains. Are Rept^ed From Farming Sections/Where Bo nuses Distribut EIGHTEENTH INSTALLMENT. Synopsis; Ruth Warren, born and raised in an Eastern city, is willed three-fourth interest in j C. O. Moser, of New Orleans, vice- adjacent hilltops. She appealed to I with a large shawl draped tastefully j of .\merican Cotton Co-^ Will and Old Charley. about the 'shoulders. The ensemblcjojierative association, said the .secre-] “Oh, I don’t think they’ll hurt any- was strikingly set off by a pair of rt* l|tary “exhibited both sympathy and in- the Dead Lan-1 the old man. “They’ll yell! pumps. .The groom wore the conven-, terest’’ in the committee's P^oposi-inlaid in the floor until they go dry and then drop off to .tional black corduroys.’’ tion sleep. We wake ’em up to-morrow, goth’s last memory of that day. as or next day. ^ | slipped into sleep, was the sound to- take up “There’s another one well prepared j of guiUrs, mandolins, a flute an lorted killed'^®* snake-bile, observed Will, watch-1 yiojjn from the direction of the i The music was ‘oemg sash who was talking volubly to AD^piaved with steadfast purpose as fredo and gesturing toward the ranch though it would still be playing when house. she awoke. An.l she could'hear, oim b"*)* xf'cn-eirhts-inch l«w, ((..j^ber “Umm—ever seen that boy before, afa,. off. „ i„n|t quavering yell „f,premium., and 'dls-i tern ranch in Arizona. W’itK her youthful husband, who is in poor health, and their small son, David, they come to Arizona where Ruth’s brother, reported killed . ,,,,,,, , ,, . in iVexico. had left off. They reached'slender fellow with a blue little adobe. Dead Lantern, 85 miles from the neare.st railroad, with the help of Old C'harley Thane, neighboring rancher who al>o carries the rural mail. At the . . , , i,, . , « ranch they find the partner, Snavely, i ® friend of .Xlfredo s . and a huge woman, Indian Ann, who greet them suspiciously. .As they trudge the five miles from the ranch gate to the house they pass a huge rock in a gulch where a voice whis- jK'rs, “Go back. Go back.’’ Ruth’s hus band, caught in a rain shortly after their arriVaT^bntracts pneumonia and pas.ses away before medical aid can lie brought. Ruth, penniless, and without ^-ean^woiv but balked at almost every turn by the crafty and plotting Snavely. Despite ob.'lacle.s of all kinds Ruth gives notes on her ranch intere.st to purchase cat tle. She i.A assisted by Old Charley Thane and his son, Will Thane. .A Mexican family ha.s been hired to as-' si.st with the work. A peculiar sick- ne.ss develops with the livestock. Snavely calls it “liver fever,’’ and says he ha.s a powder for the water to cure the disease. Ruth’s whole future is at stake on the development of the herd to meet her notes following the first round-up. (Now Go On With the Story) New York, Noy 17.—The Dun and Bradstreet weel^ trade review said There are seventeen colleges and today that “tl^ entire trade picture .universities in New York City. has been ch^ged almost completely — —' - l>y the miynentum gained in retail I Electric clock.s, once an expensive distributi<y^'' following ■ the vigoroiw ’uxury. are now being sold here as .>T^<>vemepf which started a week ear- lie;^ 'lier.’’ ; In /fnany of the cities from which In an impressive lobby of a build- report.s were received, the review as- ing on* 42nd Street there’s a huge s^ed, the largest .sales for the 3ea.son It’s a six ‘ we.''e ••ecnrded and stocks started to 0*1. 'tk I 1 41. 4 pointed star and the index board of/niove a"- an accelerated nace The committee asked that the gov- . , r i i i paue. . . , _ . the occupants of the building rea ernmcJit enter into agreement with d to increase the loan to 15.G0 npv|cents a pound at ports or^ group “A’*^ like a Jerusalem telephone hook. • mill points without recourse oh the maker or any sub.sequenl endorser, on all spot cotton grown and held by some happy mortal on a hilltop. The passing of summer m mew season in the steamsh ness. Sixty-one cruise .shi listed for sailings in the/month of on cruises rangi^^ from,, five to Bermuda and return, to 104 •counts according to grade, staple and , i .u i , _ ^ . davs around the work 'character of cotton as determined by _ / Sugarfoot was tied up. The little ^^e average of the ten spot cottop dog sat at the extreme end of ‘help^aikets as of July I, 1034. rope which fastened Ivm to a log in ^ This price would ht,* equi\-alent to the wo idpile, and gazed discon.solately 1 approximately 15 cents at interior The return of ht^v has I brought out the mventors. The most recent we ve seem is a “In a.ldition to the influence o^ au'- piciou.s w’eather,” added the review, I “the substantial headway already ^ ^ I made by (i'hristmas .shopping has en- gCndereii activity in departments,^ aside from those identified with tho provision of heavy apparel and win ter merchandise. “The chief gains have occurred in I the sales of women’s coats, fur gar- J ments, men’s overcoats, suit.s, hats, certainly ^hocs, blankets, dry goods and floor coverings. The best reports were re- mechanical I j,ei\ed from widely scattered* agricul- at David “who had just returned from 1 points. All carrying charge.s and foy ice cubes from your sections, where the distribution a hunt and was now shooting hi a tin pen.sos against the cotton would he'^ bottle of goveinment bonus payments have can W'ith his low and arrow*. .And onij !,» irvowers to that date chipped/ice container for rapid bei n turned into merchandise, and in there was no loason to he M-Xrn JdiiitiL the clmBtee urged had not gone ary place. Su.garioot honafide cotton farmers who .,,, /. 4 , i 4 • n \V hen/the great steel curtains roll ly^hear her in the kitchen m.ikin«i j^gve sold a portion or all of this' i^itewsting n.nses-vrifh a ran. <o buy| - foot whined. open market a number of hales / ; "Well.” .;aid. David, as he niiHeedi .^hieh they have pro- P'"/" , 'the dog and came over to the wood-'.,,U., ^h.s sea.son-. Goon thisl'T"^"" ^’"‘Ployees entrance, iowvver, without depositmjr tmur w ill yv*n oe a • j^overnment loans would he applied as Bears are awful scarce cotton held by farmers urban centers w’hcre the sudden lovver- j ing of temperatures has almost clear- ery'the great steel curtains roll | accumulations of low priced heavy l SappareU hardware. Avenue, the employees Be--vkunter automobile They don t pass the 1 j-ubher footwear. accessories and “The trend of »ndnstiial indices, the recession in severa' ( f which was to that which they have pro duced and sold this season* I’pon this , pile, guess nobodj mem >eted to tin-,^ame conditions governing , . v • 4 r..! 1 I tie you. If 1 let you go. will yon oe a . loans would ht' applied checked last week, now has resume! jhear? Bears are awful scarce’’ ^^^at cotton held hv farmers entrance. „p,,^rd course.’ . Sugarfoot wujVged his rear th.rd eii-.; ^ave already benefited under the g; . thusiastically hut failed to live up program. / Davni Warfield was m-enfly re- L.AND SALE the bargain, once free of the rope. He! The committeo said this woul^give |ported to have said that he had The State of South Carolina, speedily ran in the'direct it>n of the. coopenite in the 11)34 .Christian blood, in his veins news to County of Laurens. 1 «-.,.,.o.r4. ..4wiiw.ti.4n ni-niri.utn th^ honcfit hU Broailway. It seems that he had In Court of Common F’lea.s.-' cooperate acreage reduction program .At eight o clock Da\ ui wa.-. tucked j m-jy peiee increase ^nd would I in the* hospital and had under in his cot and Ruth sat near. »-»*Jtding, ^be success itfrthe reduc-' transfusion . . . We for the thousandth time, a tale of the j’Coon and the ’Possum and the Old Black Crow. > * V .Ann knocked at the door and her voice was heavy with anxiety. “You- The Commercial Bank, F'lainliff, vs. I tion plan. Juuid Had she dumped a keg of gold coins among them, Ruth could not hdve Ruth Mw a kirtfr glint^ iir hit» right ci«ate«i more Joyous ,excitemejii, _ While .'he arfd David were on their way tir the ranch hou.se they were | Charley was eyeing the actions of overtaken by the breathless Alfredo, , man, critically. -‘'Senora -please! The little house has l>een finished the.se two weeks. Is it not good that my dove and I—andj “Looks as though h'h was beginning 1 To Give Plw At Z99.- , ; i Ruth went to the door. “AVhy. no.! He isn’t loose, is he?’’ The giantess nodded dully “Why, no, I don’t think so,’’ replied |is untied off his collar.’’ ’ ’ * her hrc*ath turned. “David! Did you untie Ruth. “I’ve never seen him before.’’ i The girl caught her breath andtj^ces of ai.so the go<td Don Francisco—should | to take things seriously,’’ observed enter on This next Saturday t WilT a moment later. ' ATfreclo had Ruth guessed more from Alfredo’s j manner Than from his words the na- P.""”**.** ture of his request, and she gladly shoulder. foot?’’ The tone of-her-vuicvi.caused .David,; to answer dubiously, “Well -sort of—' I you see, Mama, he wanted Co play: jhear and I just thought I would let him, so . . encouraged him, not forgetting toj Old Charley caught his son’s eye,| Ann was lighting a lantern. She mention the priest and the license. ;then turned to the girl, “If you’d like,: hurried out of the hack screen door. AJf redo assured her that everything I Ruth, you and me might go in andj jf be might he down at .Al- would he in order. He had heard that take a look at your round-up figures, fiedo’s’’ called Ruth with an effort at a prie.-.i was-visiting Pa|o VeiMe and | If I get a line on what you have I cheerfulness, had learned that one of-the Mexicans ican talk to the buyer when he'come.s! The giantess did not answer, from that place had a Ford-poH.ses,sing do my place next wwk.’’ j- Ru^b scolded David for untying the friend who would, no doubt, be glad “Fine,” said Ruth rising. “I’d cer-,jog but said nothing more. That aft- tainly like to talk it over with you,' jernoon Ann had asked her for the rest As they went inside, Will saunteredj^be poison which, together with the He had come into the kitchen on Fri- Jn the direction of the barbecue. Al- -box containing the remains of the dmj morning while she and Ann were‘fredo and the man with the blue sa«h f^yer medicine, she had locked in baking pies and she had told him al- were talking loudly face to face, andjber trunk after her di.sastrous mi.s- moat blithely. The grim old cattleman every one was watching. Suddenly, thelj^^j^^. qbe had given Ann the poison had merdy looked at her—one steady' man swept off his hat with his left /^bich the* giantess then placed in the glance which brought a catch of fear,hand and crouched low. Ruth, who in'capc^HS left over from the barbecue, to hei heart. Then he had left without!spite of Old Charley had stopped to Th^oyotes were becoming too nume a word. Later she had seen him rid- watch through the window, saw a ing away on his favorite horse, a'knife glint in his right hand. Alfredo, blanket roll behind his saddle. It also, now crouched, knife in hand, wonder if w'e reversed the priwess A, E. Spencer, et al, Defendants, 'would we acquire .some of that fa-— Pursuant to a Decree of the Court mous money-making instinct? 1 in the above stated ca.se, I will .sell at I ^ ■ public outcry to the highest bidder, at Old salts *vho wor!:cd her would j ^ on Salesday in "pfotiahly have the~~cre'ep.s to see December next, being M^day the 4th j“Ruccaneer” anchored in mid-stream of the month, during the legal “Where’s Grandma,” a three-act i far up the liud.son from Man-^^*'' foltowmg^T^- ..Th . will l/ presented at the Hur- l^atan. Once a brave, five-mastedproperty, to wit: P' li ifane schoo/house Wednesday eve-1 the Pacific,,.she now does ning, Nov.Jilt, at 7:30, under the aus- ‘luty as a stationary “showboat”- , , 4. 4 , 4 Parent-Teacher 'associa- with only two masts; and the salt! water that flows bv her hull runsseventeen and eight-tenth.s (17.8) acres, more or less, bounded on .All that tract, piece or parcel of land, lying, being and situate near the to go to town for the license Ruth told Snavely of the celebration The^st of characters is as follows:;soft with fresh. Grait^a, an old lady who, of all, lyants to he young, and second, is' Two filends ilisagreed on their ships be'her age — .Mrs., returning to New York. W. Ward j Smith took the Europa. Clay Morgan a young wife ^— took the Paris. .Marlene Dietrich a- hoard the Europa. Smith .sent a ra- Koh Blake, her brand nevv hitshaml dio message: MORG.AN P.ARIS YOU content to R^ Young. (irej^chep Rljjike. Maty L. Ri.ser. Earle Horton- Jack Worley, Gretchen’s brother— I*ewis Horton. Lucy King, Jack’s sweetheart—Mil dred Nabors. ARK MISNLNG SOMETHING MAR LENES LEGS VOLl'PTUOUS. In reply, Smith received a message dated from Paris, FVance: VOHII*TUOUS EUROPA MU.ST BE .SOME FJIROR Arline Tru.sdale, the girl Gretchen, NO MARLENE HERE SEE ( ODE wants her brother to marry — Ethel' B(X)K HOUSE OF M()R(LAN. Spencer. j ’ Carrol Worley, Gretchen’s sLster,' who ha.s a mind and opinion of her own—Mildred Young. - Midnight, a “chocolate brown” ; hou.seman who enjoys his uniform {very greatly^—R. T. Rumph. I the nor^ by a street running from (Broad street to the ('alhoun highway, on the east by an extension of Broad Utri'et, on the southea-st by lands of jA. E. Spencer and John H. Young, and (on the southwest by lands of John H. Young, and on the northwest by the Calhoun highway, together with all improvements situate on said tract of land. Said, tract is composed of two parcels: One of fourteen and eight-tenths (14.8) acres, conveyed to A. E. Spen cer by George W. Young on the 14th of April, IDll, by his deed recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Jargon of the Broadway column- j^aurens County, in Deed Book 32, at would have been impossible for him to stay in the vicinity of the celehra- with hi.s hat held out a.s a shield. The two men circled slowly about each , . . L , A Dahlia, wife of Midnight, "high yal- rous around the home ranch and Ann , determined fem«le-«o»a M. Sumerel. The public is cordially invited to ! attend. Admissions 10c and 15c. tors. ?r<>bably he cami>ed near some other like a pair of game cocks. Will distant watering place; he did not re-(broke into a run. But Indian AwKwas ' turn J;:*.':! Monday. (first. In two strides she ha'd walKOd On the night before the fiesta Ruth ' up to the man in the blue sa.sh. She and Ann got little rest. They stayed,hit him once behind the ear with her up ur.t.l ten fitting Magda with a wed- fist, then returned to the barbecue pit' d;ng Ire'.'—a dress, worn not so long ' where she had been cutting off the re- ( ago, by a pioud-eyed bride in a little, maining meat with the idea of hash.' church on the outskirts of* Phila-| Will helped to revive the stricken! - ] nVan and fitW him tff By nine o’clock. Saturday several .saddle horse wa.s tied. He talked with! horsemen and three wagonloads had hijn^ for a moment, then the man j arrived; the unfortunate heifer, had'mounted and jogged down the road, been cooking w*hole for some ^hours homeward. over a pit of fire, su|>erintended by i At one o’clock the priest arrived in Don Francisco whose culinary imple-ja buckhoard drawn by a pair of bur- ■ment-i were a nitchfork and an ax. Old ' ros. Ruth went to greet him and Charley and Will arrived with Juana, found that he could not .'peak a word Juana's wife, in the ancient autohio- of English. He was fat, dirty, stupid,! file. Every one was dre.ssed as they and the least interestmg of her gue.st.s. felt th~ spint of the occasion demand-, “When shall the^marriage be?” ed. ^ .asked Ruth as Alfredo came listlessly Ruth noticed that nearly every one up to the ranch hou.'^e porch about looked, sooner or later, toward the I three o’clock. Fills Pulpit At i Laurens Church nists defined. Two-timing at the altar: marrying a second time. A web mike: a radio network microphone. To get on the pipe: to telephone A cinemabelle: a moving picture actre.ss. A cinemagogue;' a moving picture theater. To nuptialize: to wed. Vesty .* yesterday.5 Satty: Saturday. . To harsinet: to give birth. page 340. The other parcel contains three (3) acres, mhre or less, lying between the first parcel and the Cal houn highway, conveyed to A. E. Spencer by (ieorge W. Young. The two tract's shall be sold sepa rately and then a.s a whole and the highest bid shall be accepted. Terms of Sale: Cash. The success ful bidder at the .sale, .upon the land.s being knocked down to him shall de- pusil five-pet centuhi on the ^unounL of his bid a.s evidence of his good faith in the bidding, the same to he applied to the purchase price upon hi.s “Spent to gei‘s to star her in legit' . — Spent $40,000 to give her a lead part j the terms of the .sal*. j Says The Uurens Adverti.ser; ^ m a drama on the legitimate stage. otherwise to he paid to* the plaintiff I The Rev. M. G. Woodworth, of the credit on its indebtednes.s. In the , I lesbytenan eidlege faculty, praached |,nTLK SI( K GIRL (iR.VTHFUi. fvent the .successful bidder .>hould fail iVue . unday inoining at the hirst Mary Hailey Owen.s, daughter of to comply with the terms of the sale, I re.s )jterian church, in the ah.'ence; yj,. Mrs.-R<*l>ert S. Owens, is now the said lands shall he rc-.so'd on the ,0 the pa.stoi. Rev, K. D. Batton. Dr. ,,j.^.^j|,j.,.j^ting at her home fioni a te- yaihe or some subsequent salesday on Wooilwoith based his theme on the life J4^>ar)t.t fever and her lit- the same terms at the risk of the de- iu t *' -^poitle I aul, who realized that j>ieruls will he glad to know that faulting purchaser, providtd, how- he hail a ta.sk laid out for him by (he ,,<oon be hack at school. ever, that no deposit shall be required While confined to her room. .Mary of the plaintiff, if it should be the has written the following as an appre- succes.sful bidder. Purchaser to 'pay ciation of the many -courtesies and ' for papers, recording and stamps. I Lord -lesus and whose supreme amhi- jlion was to finish that la.sk. The {.speaker stressed the zeal and faithful- ! ness of the apostle. .As a practical ap plication, he urgeil that ( hristiuns {find their field of .service ami <io the .task faithfully ami well i Ik.. lir J _4U L kmdnesse.s .shown her during her ill ness. When I wa.s sick and lay abed, il looked just like a hinl all red. THO.S. BENNETT, C. C. ii, P. and G. sXUurcns, S. U-30-3tcB\ She had reentered the house and was' VVoodworth, l»ecau.se of ill j people sent nie flowers; people sent gulch. Once or twice, also, she saw a Alfredo shrugged; his face was piti- lif^hting another lantern when a slight ^®“*^**’ P»:<lorale food; mother or father bring hack some Tub “The papers have not come,” he.fumiij,,. ^ound turned her rigid here of the Todd .Memorial church, rigid. Eveiybody wa.s kind to me. - ’ 'W'heie he wa.s greatly Iteloved, wod was rude. fence. {road. wi.shed to thin their ranks. Sugarfoot.only preaches now on infre«|uent oc- | ^nd a lot of paper dolls. Since the Mexican border runs ^ “W’hat in thunder will we do?” Old was to have been kept tied during the ca.sipns. j u |ot of fruit. “IKrb'ilTi^h the center of Palo V’erde—jCharley appealed to Ruth. “We’ve got night to keep him from the meat. ! — —-i- —J. i young'tei w*ho had wandered near Jhej said mournfully, looking down the road. Aunt Uarrie .sent me some Kleenex, four horses being on the Mexican side j the bride, the groom, The priest, the After David had fallen asleep Ruth st^J'iped “Here he is Ann' Grandmother a pajama suit, and two on the American—not a few music and the audience. The priest left the room and went out of the Up*, alive!” The lantern begin to 1 t^ank all the people for the good of. the male guests came fortified withiknbws enough not to marry ’em with- house. On the other side of 4 deeds they have done for me, refreshments. {out a licence." fshe could see Ann’s lanteAi moving' Carrying .Sugarfoot into the living And I hoi>e when they are'.sick I can Radios, Repairing and Tubes \ at ■ ^ Radio Exchange nated by the green shirt went aid of the so]i^ry celebrator and brought him back so that he should not go hungry. Francisco cut great chunks of roasted meat from the carcass and handed them to Ann adio folded them in a tortilla and passed them tp the line of grinning Mexicans. The wife of Don Francisco’s cousin from Palo Verde wak in charge of the pies. .All was silent save the sional crack Francisco’s ax and tha-.munching and make them happier, you .see. War Veter ana* Problems When the line was formed at dinner j Ruth frowned thoughtfully. “Do slowly through the bushes near where Ruth lit the lamn The little time the young man who was dorai- you suppose the priest can read Eng? the poison had been placed. Ruth did ,i.,» h^for.^ iK.* f5i-.4ni«.... hi. ™,.dl.vth4™n.hirtw.ntto.h.:,i.h7- . ''ke to le.ve D.vid .Ion, i„ “Dont suppo.se he- can read any- house, but she decided to help Ann ^j^^st to bursting. He ‘ . ".'nutoi; , J^r-h-d reont^ed the hou« -nd ■Kth‘\’lTdo“te:;jdr'h?^ Ruth entered the house and retqrned was lighting another lantern when a y^j^h her finger. He was as tight as a; Z the cla^s of shortly with a roll of parchment tied slight familiar sound turned her rigid. I with a blue ribbon. .She unrolled the .The sound came again; a low whine ^nn came in panting and dropped crackling paper and exhibited it si-} and a scratching on the screen door. 1 . ■ ir,. . . ...... . . , 'by the dog. Sugarfoot licked her hand lently to Old Charley and Will. It. It was Sugarfoot. As Ruth held the strove to wag his taillessne.ss; but had a beautiful red seal. ,door open, the little dog walked sleep-' after World War and other veterans. ^Due to the changes in the regulations cover ing veterans’ claims, chapters all over the nation have been crowded with vet eran applicants for relief and for ser vice in preparing appeals. During last . . . such exercise is fatiguing -Say you re a wonder! Will turned ily inside and, going to Ann's door, sat: h»4artv~«»i»ni —v. J silent Mve the occ.-|to hi. f.ther. “Now; whst do you ..y down and yawned. It was ai though.i *„„ "'9i„iv lo-t urm sieL of a bone under Don|a college diploma is good for. hey?” peacefully ssleep'on his back by the i '1 f**?,??* 9°,”' ih. nrnb Tul irilU - I" ■ ■" '9 '1 . / , f«H>m«- The chapter. .1.0 .ld«l 7.3« GIN NOTICE! AFTER THIS WEEK THE UN DERSIGNED GINNERS WILL GIN ONLY ON— SATURDAY ' OF EACH WEEK. CLINTON COTTON OIL CO. turned to the ranch diouse porch when i and groom’s future home. The bride Ruth picked the dog up in her arms' — Pink ;8hirt and Green_Shirt went off,jwore a beautiful veil of old Spanish and ran outside. “Ann! Oh, Ann!”; SUBSCRIBE TO THE CAR arm in arm, separating to choose two L\-. lace, a handsome gown of white satin j The moving light beyond the barnj “The Paper Everybody - .1 SUBSCRIBE TO THl:. CHRONICLE. KHLUNG CO. ■bA ./X