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THI RSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C.
PAO^'OEV*:?#
Former Clinton—'•
Boy Passes
Arthur Burrouj^hs, of Augusta,
Succumbs To Heart Attack
and Dies Instantly.
Friends and classmates in the city
of Arthur Burroujrhs. son of Mr. ard
\Mrs. O, B. Burroujrhs, former Clin-
wn residents, but now residinjr in Au-
will hear with repret of his
suddfh passinp a few days apo from
a heart attack.
•4^ULt£R D.BAIRD
Early Winter Colds
Chickens catch cold jiist as human
WANTS
FOR RENT—Upstairs or downstairs
apartment. Mrs. Irene A. Pitts. Ic
FOR RENT — Upstairs apartment. /
Call Mrs. W. M. McMillan, le ''
FCR RENT—Good three-horse farm,
miles from Clinton, convenient
to .school and church. Apply to W. E.
Neighbors. . 12-7-2c
NOTICE—No hunting or trespassing
allowed on our lands. John H.
Young, John T. Young. 12-28-5e
The following account of his death do, and, apparently, for much RENT — 3-room unfurnished
the same reasons—sudden changes of
temperature, poor ventilation, drafts,
apartment, private bath, lights and
water. SI5 per month. Phone 927J.
TWENTIETH INST.\LLMENT jand''your father would come over soon’you grin’—without you’re sot or. -.t. 1 is taken from an Augusta paper:
Synopsis: Ruth Warren, born and —I can't promise you a very cheerful can bring ;he mail.”
raised in an Eastern C‘ty. is ilK- i. ? suggestion and Funeral services for .\rthur Street dampness, overciowding, and lowered .MONEY TO LOAN on farm lands'at
three-fourth mterest m the Dead Burrougha. Ifi. popular member of vital,•> due to improper feeding, 5't intereat and eaay terms. Also
tern ranch m Arizona. W ith her . . A-s s..e and Da\!d rode along the the Richmond .Academy football team, woim^, and other causes mortgages refinanced through Federal
faintly marked road, the girl’s mind who di^ suddenly Saturdav night. .* I^and Bank and Farm Loan Commis-
was busy. The situation on the Oea ‘ will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal ' human dis- gioner. W. T. Bolt, Attorney, Peoples-
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youthful, husband, who is in poor caise-the dust getting here.’
health, and their small son, David, “W'ell, how about coming over the
take up you get back—Sunday?”
Will nodded. “That’ll be all right.
they come to Arizona to
w’here Ruth’s brother, reported killed
in Mexico, ha(| left off. They reached
Dead Lantern, 85 n^iles from the
nearest railroad, w’ith the help of Old i
Charley Thane, neighboring rancher |
W’e’l! show up about noon.”
“I wonder—” Ruth paused.
“W'hat?”
“1 hale awfully to admit it, but
Ijintern was drawing to a climax; it church ibis afternoon at 4 o’clock. colds in poultry m.ay not he very Enterprise Bank Bldg,, Laurens, S. C.
eemed to her a.s though the very air Rev. John Wright rector of the church themsehos. hut they may . 12-14-4tp
was tensely charged. , ♦
Since the eVening before. Ruth had
definitely connected Snavcly with the
voice in the ^ulch; he had Wen st:tnd'
’’t*
i.s
the voice that .<an;e evening. She tried
to recall Snavely’s whereabouts on the
occasions when the voice had spoken.
-At fi’‘st. she tohl herself that the man
had two or three perfect alibis—yet.
were they? Did she know positively
that he had gone to Palo Verde on
th'' nigh; t»f the storm? One thing
c .U‘..n. ho had net b’‘o.jght back any
Ntx.ears. .And the* evcn'ng when she
who also carries the rural mail. .At thei^®®^ your fathers revolverit was there by the fence when she and
ranchT they find the partner, Snavely. I^^*’**^*^ Avhen the old hou^e fell. I wish Wdl came home, and .Arn had heard
and a huge woman, Indian Ann, wh(»'
greet them suspiciously.^ As they
trudge the five miles fronv the ranch
gate to the house they pass a huge
lock in a gulch where a voice whis
pers, “Go back. Go hack.” Ruth’s hus-
1 and, caught in a rain shortly after
thiir arrival contracts pneumonia and'
passes away before medical aid can he •
brought. Ruth, penniless, and without j
f.'-iends. attempts to carry on but is
ba'ked at almost every turn by the
c ifty and plotting Snavely. Despite
on her ranch intere.st to. purcliase cat
tle. She is assisted by Old Charley
Thane and h<^ son. Will Thane. A
Mexican family has been hired to as
sist with the work. .A iieculiar sick-
ne.'s develops with the livestock.
Snavely calls it "liver fever,” and says
he has a powder for the water to cure |
the di.sease. Ruth discovers trickery in
Snavely’s tactics of iioisoning. her cat-1
tie, but says nothing, waiting for ad
ditional evidence. Drought is overcome
by sinking a well in a ravine, getting
water for the perishing .stock .At the
round-up Ruth has enough stock to
sell to meet her notes.
(Now Go On With t^» Story).
lead to seriou.'» consequences and a
always an indication that there
.something wrong in management
which must be corrected.
The symptoms of the disease are
running at the nose and eyes, .sneez
ing and coughs. With lingering caffes
Ihe SA'cond platoon of Comprvny E the birds become weakened and stan i
of the Acadt'my Cade( corps, of which around listlessly, more or less as in
yomg Burroughs was .sergeant, will .he ca.se of roup. .Neglected colds may,
act a.'' an honorary escort, and Coach sn fact, lead to contagious roup.
Lucky and members'of the football' When Hie trouble first appears, re-
i^uad Will .serve as honoiary i>all- nmve the affected binis from the
biarers. flock. This is important as the cold
Young Burroughs, who was tlie son organisms eain in virulence with each
of Mr. ai d Mis. O. H. Burroughs, ,lr., new victim.
:'nl Kcnre'h and I):ivid had first 'd I .0 V.uuer street, liad attended a PJace the diseaseil birds in dry
come 'h’.'ugh the guleh. Snavely had }K'r;y w th-seme friends .Saturday lo’s, where they receive plenty of i
r; if tn'Iy been iking at the imrw tiighti »H I MUi'iig-jn-ftti .suinighFlnif are pro-
R.tth had never known of his r.t ar h s home later, whim strick-
r^nce. True, he nhvavs nvrntF w.-^ir -v die+rt atuo'k. Aledieal aid
will officiate, and interrnenl will be in
Westover Memorial/park.
, Pallbearers, all classmates of the
deceased, will be Joe Stulb, Jimmie
Young, Cecil Lemmon, Bob Carroll,
Haudd Henderson and Jack Kerr.
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cha;igeis
el gvii'.g thru'.igh the gulch as though
he were af’.iid of it. Hut that did not
• r ve (hat he h:;d nothing t'> do w.:h
tiu' \ .iee. Pc h;ip< he went around
• u rely to give her the i»lea that he
wes afraid. She began to feel that
the only th.ng which definitely miti-
.1 agams? Snavely being respon-
sil le for the voice was that the legend
of ?he whis|K*ring rtK*k was very old
- ‘here was no getting around th:iH.
one
was sun-.inoncii but he died before
phy>ieiar.s could arrive.
• 1 ht V'-uth. ]Mior to the sud ieJi at-
had ai parently been in the best
of health, and so far a> is known, hutl
never shown any symptoms 'of seri
ous organic tVouble.
He was a native of Charleston, S.
from draughts and sudden
in Ltunuara-lure* T ItU—treat- *
ni'nt ."'liould be sufficient for/ mild
;u’.sts.J~T severe cases, wash out the
n<stvils twice daily with a weak anti-
.'tpl:o. such as ji 3 per cent solution
«'f boric acid.- or a .stdution of potas
sium p. rmanganate, one teas|H>onfj!
to a pint of water.
Should the troubh* spread to the
C., hut had lived in Augusta for the entire flock, the main thing to do is
ivisl two years.
in addition to his parents, he is sur-
hy thrtH* brothers, Oliver H.
“I hale awfully to admit.it, hut I
lost your father’s reTolrer.**
Every one knew of the legend; even vive»!
I>on I raneiseo h:ul heard of it .ns a Burroughs, tird; Frank Burroughs
hoy. She determine*! to explore the and John Burroughs, all of .Augu.sta; -suitable
one sister. Miss Caroline Burroughs
to keep the birds well fed and eom-
fortahle, in dry, sunlit, drought-free
quarters, and let the trouble run its
you*d try to get me another like it in
Los Angele.s. Could you? He’s asked
Mr. .Martin gazed thoughtfully at !’*■ twice why 1 didn t wear
the ceiling above Ruth's head. Pres- "hen I went riiling, but I didn t
ently he asked, “Did this man know
that you were the only beneficiary of “Good liordl 4 that all you’ve lH*en
your brother’s will?” worrying about? Well, forget it right
Dad’s lost
explore the guleh of .Augusta, and paternal gramlfather^
Republicans Put
disinfectant should b«
used in the drinking water, such
enough potassium permanganate to
make the water wine colo»‘ed. or one
7..‘i-grain tablet Of mercury bichloride
■to a gallon of watm-. This latter co!u-
p*»und should be used with great care,
^ _ as it is a deadly poison. Disinfecting
iNCW /VttftCk "’Her will not cure the disease,
tuit will help in preventing lits spre.ad.
: ■> -J 1. • ,, . See that the ftnnl contains plenty
(laim Busirtoss BoinR ( ocm-d e»i>«i»lly tho anti-inf«-
By Democratic Rcjifinie. See tive vitamin A. lncreast> the amount
l^a^ty Dissent ion. green feed, reducing the anunml of
grain. C*>d-liver oil, used at the level
Washington, Dec. 4.—A dual at- reeommemled by the manufacturers is
luck u|»on administration policies « de.sirable adilition to the ration as
came totlav from h'*'-^ it supplies both vitamin A and vita
dark porch Ruth suddenly decided to "bat Snavely had done^ir why he was mittee meanwhile issued its second
find Ann.
gulch.
Hut Ruth dill not explore the
that «lay. In the mail was a letter ad- O. B. Burroughs-ol Jacksonville, Fla
dresse«l tp J. H. Snavely. In the upiuT
left-hand corner of the' envelope was
the husine*'> heail ef the broker. With-
erspt'on.
Snavely h.nl evidently changwl his
your moiners win: «..uui. »eeii, lurgei u ngm ,„,nd about fix ng the gate. He was
“He didn’t even know about me un- now! Dad’.s lost more than one gun near *the s.nddle shed when Ruth and
til i came to the ranch. I suppose af- in his time- as a matter of fact, he returned. Ruth lunhlevl to him
ter we’d talked he found out there wa.s foiled to give one or two of eiu m^de no other answer to his tpies-
wa.s no one else—1 told him my share away- Sure, I -can get >n>u one. But lioning eyes, until she and David had
wa.s thi:ee-quarter.s. He read the will. .'<ay, you should have^Said something n„neil out their hor.ses. Then Kii'.h
too.” ‘ about this before. Here ill drew Snavely. the letter in her
“Then I think we» might attempt to a revolver from the pm-ket of the ^r -wvil. hei-e it is.” she said. KK>k-
.solve the riddle in this manner; the —‘ keep thi.s until I see you again.” fu||
man'may have thought that .since you' Ruth took the gun without much' Fur an in.>tant, Ruth thought he quarters in statements that urgt
.were rather new to ranching he could urging. She .stood watching while he w'as going to pivtend surprise, hut he business hi* given a chance to work
■jH'rhaps encourage you to sell him turned the car about. He leaned from .suddenly began to laugh. It was a des- out its own problems and that charged
your intere.st—” Ruth nodded confir- the .seat, “We’ll see you next week'— pi‘rate laugh, .somehow horrible; yet m»»sl of the present eritieism wasj
mation, and Mr. Martin continued: good night.” the laugh was meant to conVey that originating in democratic raiik.s.
“He could have given you a cash pay- she answewd, Ruth .saw the he was greatly tickled, as though he Si'nator Fess of Ohio, a former,
ment for your holdings, and you might slowly moving lights swing toward had a tremendous joke on Ruth — a chairman of the Republican Nati-I
have gone away, assuming that every- the gulch, and ga.sped; Snavely was friendly joke in which he exi*ected to onal committee told newspapermen j
thing had come to a satisfactory con-1 standing near the fence, partly coi^- he joiniHl, Ruth did smile. theie could be no substantial admini-j
elusion.” toealed by a hush. “Itogged if this ain’t th* healin’st?’^slralion policies and that business
. Ruth he.sitated. “Has my .so-called hou.se W'hat exrJaiiiie*!. "You .see why I he ailowt^ to carve its own path with
partner committed any crime in not Snavely been doing in the vicinity W, don’t you, pardner?” ' a minimum of interference,
telling me that 1 had no rights on the gulch’ As she stood on the Ruth had not been wholly sure of The Republican National corn-
place?”
The !a>^yer pursed his lips. “No
crime, exactly, but it should he plain
to any ore what his motives were,"
“What ought I to do?” askeil Ruth.
“I think, if I were you, I should tell
him that you have consulted an at
torney and that you intend to have
the wij] probated. Once that has been ’ “Oh. arc you up yet? I just thought
adjusted, I do not helivee anything I’d toll you that we’ve come back,
further will be done; except, of Have you been reading. Ann?” '
cour.se, the soiling of the ranch and “.No. I can’t read.”
the division of the proceeds according “But why are you dressed? Have,
t^both your interests.” you been anywhere?" —- -j
“Oh.” Ruth smiled uncertainly as The huge woman lowered hoi* eyes;
.she stood up. “That’.s a relief, I think and slowly nodded. ^ .
I’ll be going now. I’ll decide later justj “Ann! Have you been down to the
what I want to do. What do I owe you rock?’ ,
for your advice?” *”^ . Kot to go—down there—some-
- - -Mi..rtip giTvllftJ. “YouJler jeytuA^^ fearfully m
owe me nothing—but here is my card, the direction of Snaveiy’s door anti
I rather fee! that' we shall meet her voice dropped to a husky whisi>«*r.
again.” “Oh, Gawd, Miss Ruth—you take yo’r
She found DaVid and Will waiting little boy an’ go ’way from this
at the machine. During the rest of the place!” .Ann .stepped hack and softly
afternoon, which wa.s spent at a mov- closed the door. - - '**■*-**—--
ing picture show, and later at dini^r, Snavely eyed her cautiou.sly when.
Ruth’s mind wa.s busy. It was madden‘^ at breakfast, Ruth gave him the park
ing, that the first time she had been et of notes which repi-e.sented his
able to leave the ranch and enjoy her- share of the cattle .sale. There was
self, she could think of nothing but something oiidly apologetic and in-
the ranch. She imagined that Will did quisitive in his voice as he asked,
not notice her preoccupied manner. “Didn’t have no trouble in paying off
-This thought w'as easy in lie light- the note, did you?”
e3“ restaurant, humming with the “Oh, no,” answ^ered Ruth, as she
igh reiuihlicanj*^ vitamin A
ts that urged ,
I'lean and disinfect the coops, pre
vent dampness, and renew the litter,
if necessary,jwath clean, dry material.
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receiving *• letter from Withers|H»on. anti-admini.stration pamphlet bear-
up to the time he l>egan to laugh. Now ing the sextuple title: “Tories,”
she ssid very so'erly, “I bo|>e 1 know “Uhiselers," “iVad ('ats,” *‘Witch
room. She had taken off her shoes and
shirt.
She knocked on the giapte.H.s’ door.
Af:er . moment Ann ,lo«ly oKned Mr;. S,(i.vely.” Wreeken.," and "Traitors. "
1 . . o»- urne amp uiiie. m t e jinavely swallowed twice before he pamphlet said the Roosevelt
spoke. “Well, I was aimin’ to tell you forre.< were answering critics with
“epithets.” but that “it i.s the ‘for/
gotten man’ of l‘J32 Roo.seveltian
oratory who complains thaT he still
is in that category.”
It added that the criticism that
“did not oiaginate with partisan op
ponents of the President” hut with
*V«u!s.anding members of the ^demo
cratic party.”
*“1 Ih* h.tterest of tht* criticism has
rume from tho.se to w'honi the 1‘resi-
ilent made an especial appeal in his
. - ca-t>a|»ajgn -iW- farmer,
yau.” she smili-fl; it's nice to /
was safeguarded all the time. Well,”
turned, “it’s all over now; the note
is fkaid and the ranch has l»een im
proved.”
"'’‘‘It suT-e has,”, replied .Snavely. He
watche I the girl as she walked lowaid
the .Kr.ch hou.se, his pale ev* < .'a: t-
.*ntMl on the retreating figur*-, .--ii.spic-
ion and hatred mingled on hi.s face.
voices and laughter of many people, seated hi r. elf at the table. She w'a.s || was a Mument before Kutk could \ The next morning after l)i eakra.<i
But twenty miles out of town — the^, thinking of the money .she .had just reply. She saw Ihe deadlines* behind R^lh entered her room. .She sat for a
*'^“rtoadster throbbing into a wall . of given .Snavely—it had not been earned the. maa’s e>ea. looking at her trunk, ininkiig.
blackness which never, lifted—Ruth’s through any effort of his. ' - Nud^nly she rose, unlocked tre inmk,
part in her imaginary conver.satiorv “Nice sort of fellow, that Wither- je.st as soon as it was settled. l.ast and t«iok out the Quaker Oats t*«>x on
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with Snavely SeAme less aggressive, .spoon,” he remarked, guardedly. month when you did get enough cattle wh:ch scrawled, “for liver fever.'
By the time the car was .entering “He seemed pleasant,” said Ruth. money an’ met the note, I jest fig- Going into the kitchen, she asko'i Ann
the arroyo east of the bam, Ruth had That morning Snavely did not ride; gered I’d let you go ahead an’ pay it to“keep eye on David for an h lur,
grgve doubts about saying anything, he stayed in the neighborhood of the anyways, an’ then su'pri.ie you.” His and tax ;'k\up a potato anl paring
whatever, to Snavely. His desire to corrals. More than once Ruth taw him lips smiled. knife, left bV the front door. Sugar--
have the ranch and to be by himself watching her. • -If 1 had not been able to meet my fool greeted Wr and for a :nom» nt
amounted to a mania—what would he, After the noon meal, Ruth went to note, Mr. Snavely, is it no\ true that the gir! looked down at t!ie little li»g.
do if she were to tell him that the the corrals and caught up Brisket andj^you would have had my entire inter- Once more, she \gsked the question
ranch was to be sold? And she was Sanchez. To her surprise, Snavely est in the i-anch?’’ asked Ruth quietly, which had never l^n answered, “Su-
eighty-five miles from help. I came from the bIacksihith^..adiop and Snacely spoke glibly. “Not at all. garfooi, why didn’t you die when you
“How*“fong did you say you and helped her saddle the horses. .Mrs. Warren. Such a thing ain’t pos- ate the meaU Ann piHiwned?” Sugar-,
your father were going to be away?”| “Going for a .ride, eh?” he asked sihle because we’re pardnei^ Parker foot wagged himself km^ingly.
asked Ruth, as. Will drove past the with a strained smile^ . or anybody else could have took your (Continued Nezt^eek)
barn. 1 “Yes; the mail. Today’s Saturday.’* interest awey from you if you couldn’t
“About a week. We’re leaving to-'' “I was jest gettin’ set to go down pay the note. But nut me; I’m your
morrow morning and expect to be. that-a-way, myse’f. I’ll be startin’ df-'pardner.’*
home again next Saturday evening.” ; rectly.” ' „ ' U • moment before Ruth could,
As they were helping David, whoj ’'Perhaps David and 1 will see. you, | reply. She saw the deadliness behii^
was more than half asleep, out of the then,” replied Ruth. ithe man*s eyes ... if, she could only Q1
car. Ruth thanked Will for the trip.! Snavely did not speak, for a mo-‘ke^ him good-natured F uptil nex: • IVWCl aJl
Then said hesitatingly, “I wish youjment; then said casually, “No use in | week. “It was very thoughtful of’
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