Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- i sf^r /■ m a \ .. .-V ' PAGE BIGHT / \ , Cr' THE CLINTON CHRONI^XE, CUNTON, S. C. / ./■ THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 193 ASSESSOR’S NOTICE The County Auditor’^ office at Lau rens, S. iC., 'will be open from the 1st day pi January to the 20th day of February, 1934, for the purpose of takii^ tax returns for the ensuing: year; and for the transaction of all business pertaining to the office. For the convenience of the taxpayers either the Cqunty Auditor or an as sistant will be throughout the county DEAN OFJAUKENS CARRIERS ! LOOKSpjxWARD OVER YEARS 1, Ruth may be stated that he has given press! kins, Emma TCaie Oxner, reports covering pretty much every \ Starnes? Constance Sullivan, variety of news story—from a lynch-! Sixth grade: Hdrvey Dodgeh, ing bee to a fox hound episode—to ap- Charles Franks, Kelly Waits, Mil-; pear under a Laurens date line. It fell dred Boxard, Idethel Francis, Sabry, ^ ^ :to his pleasant lot as a high spot to Smith, Evelena Whelchel, Claudia Mae: W. L. Jay lor Goes On Retired List of Postal Einployes.^Jtnes«ed! report a visit to Laurens of the late Boyce. • Mamv iPltono*AG Ttiiritior I/ . iMilliarh Jenni Many Changes During Long Sertice. / ;vv >iiiam Jennings Bpran and the fact . . ithat the Commoner had made two ad- V' ... ' V I^urens, Jan. I.3.—William L. Tay-' Not as many schoolhou.se.s dot the. , ^ ^ , - , , , I • 1 j j — In the 2i 1-2 years covering the pe- lor, rural letter earner at Laurens , area included in this survey as for-! retiring carrier’s postal service, he had opportunity to form many happy and lasting friendship 1 dresses on that memorable occasion. as .... area included on the dates named below to take re-'since IDOT), on application,to the de-^merly. but probably as many chilclren turns for 1934: • > partment, will .soon be placed on the are in schnpl via the bus system. Farm Cross Hill, Thursday, January 18, of r etired postal employes. His I tenantry hlas increased, but increasing among the patrons. And for the 9 a. m. to p. m. i tenure of service terminated Saturday.; numners of these get daily and week-' kindness^ .shown him by a Mountville, Friday, January 19th, Since 1921 Mr. Taylor had been, ly newspapers, w hile the home and' conf^J ^ pn ic e is 9 a. m. to 12 m. jdean of the rural carrier staff at the farm owners are steady-ysubscrihers ® apprecia i\e. Friday, January 19th,' Laurens office. He had served unuerj^ many kinds of journals and papei>;. ^ Seventh grade: Floyd Abrarps, J.! H. Davenport, Henrietta Turner. [ Zenith — Atwater Kent Radio Exchange ^ We Rent Radi^. We Repair Any Make Radio Guaranteed Service. . m. Waterloo. 1 to 4 p. m. • n»-. Thpmpson's, Monday. January 22hd. 9 to 11 a. m. Jerry Martin’s, Monday, January 22nd. 1 to 4 p. m. * - Poplar Springs, Tuesday, January 23rd, 9 n. m. to 12 m. Tavlor’s Store, Tuesday. January 23. I'to' J p. m. , rriheeron. 'IVecIfiPSday. Ja'fTtn'iT ^ 9 a. m. to 12 m. '•< Hickory Tavern, Wednesday, Janu- aiT ‘24. 1 to 4 p. m. In this imperfectly prepared vale dictory in the “School of Letters,’’ the' former carrier, who will be the first; at the Laurens office to be given the) retirement status hails all fellow car- Holt's Store. Thursday, January 2.'), 9 a^m. to 12 m. !lhe administrations of seven postmas-' The.se things are interesting to the Hers, one of whonv, L). M. Norwood, p>bservant. held that office about a year as act-) 'Besides pulling through or over ing j)o.stma.sU*r, The others, beginning: *irid sometimes frozen or^ w ith the late Cieorge S. MeCravy, show-covered roads, fording and oc-' ^iers and other employes with w'honv jw\ ;e: Lharles H. Hick.s, James A. casionally swimming ^ hi.s horse he has been pleasantly associated, ^n4 I<,'lr.i y. James H. Sullivan, Stanley W. jthrough swollen creeks, or making friends who may chance to read f .'iew's and James PI Minter, the in-fif>d difficult detours. Carrier Hhe narrative. v Uinbint. It was while Mr. Hicks was' ^ylo*" distinctly recalls an experi-1 • -— = ■)oslmaster that the new |o0,000 pos.t-;<*nce when a n^ar-cyclone suddenly de- .tffice building was first occupied. jscehded bri bisdown i During his tenure as carr^r, Mr. I^abun creek hills. Though badly buf- Taylor had the distinction of serving for a moment, he e.^caped seri-' on three of the six'routes radiating ous injury. On another occasion he j runaway accident Horiicn* Roll For Joanna School Thursday, January Reeve’s Store 2.'). 1 to .3 p. m. Gray Court, Friday, January 2r)th,j 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. , John Jones’ Store, Monday, Janu ary 2]*, 9 to 11 a. m. bwd^ng.s, Mtmtlay-, January-29, 1 from « route tuber route April the local oil ice. Alter covering No. 2 from June IG, 190G, to Oc- suited in his being thrown violently to 1, 1910, he was transferred to the rough and rocky road and suffer- No. 4 which he .served until 1*^? more than fifty cuts and bruises 1, 1921, when he was appointed; his body. A patron picked him up, grade: Richard Willingham, Rowland. Hack Prater, Har-| p. m. Stephens’ Store. Tuesday, January 50. 9 to 11 ;30 a. m. Robert Harris store, Tuesday, uary 30, 1 to 4 p. m. Lanford Station. Wednesday, Janu ary 1. 9 to 11 a. m. 1934 is tlie year to return real tale, so please he prepared to return your lanils by liacts and your city propiTty liy lots as this will he neces sary for the board of assessors. Per sonal jiroperty has to l»e returned ev ery year. It is absolutely necessary for you to make a retprn. If not con venient to^conie to the Auditor’s office jdease arrange to meet utc one of the above place.s. S. R. IKJRROH, Auditor, tf Laurens County. local office. After covering ; m a runaway accident which re- First Juanita old Turner, Ed Thomas, .\lfred Reed er, Frances Bragg, Novella McCybry. I to route No. .5 on which he completed him a stimulant and assisted in Second grade: Bobby Boyce, Fred, ! his service. He had succeeded W. B. delivering the balance of the .scattered J*".. Hazel Ellis, Mary P rancis, i Clark, resigned, on route 2; Robert F.' mail on the way home. Marcie O’Shields. Mary Frances Row- "tSp-grTm.-Tesdgnpd ' Ha^i^ had some newspaper report- Id. Hark.sdale, Sr., also resigned, on ing experience. given land, Virginia Sorrow, Eunice Whel-, cliel,^Edna Jj* o rk m a n. j I route 5. .Cajfrieri Taylor’s siibslitutes Permission by the department to con-; Third grade: Ix*tha Crapps, P'ay | Jap. i inciudt*d Loiiis Anderson, now a reg- tinue this part-timework after he had P'rancis, Elmolene Farmer, V’iola Hall, ■ular carrier; Nicholas J. Ander.son, become attached to the postal .service, i Margaret Hughes. Juanita P’ranks, Mrs. Plmma .M. Taylor and John K. All told, he has been connected in a ■ Rolibie Jean ('arr, PNelyn Gardner, W. Taylor.’ It is proper to re<-ord here reportonal way with local new.spa-i I.. Moates, William Poag, Oliver that “.Nick,” us he is known to all, The Ijiuren.sville Herald and Wicker. always was willing ,to lay. aside any The Lauien> Ad\erli.svr, approximate-, p'ourth grmie: Maurice Davenport,^ other work or engagement to fill in ly 39^ yeai'is. The Herald plant was {Ross, Hazel Adams, Doris Bo- for the carrier, regardless of weather conditions, though he lives five miles from the office. He has ridden all the Laurens routes with the exception of No. G. Before taking up the use of the car The Lauien> ly yeai'is. The Herald burned' in 11»29. In addition to these news writing connections, he has for a longer i>enod acted as local corre spondent for .South f’arolina dailies and two or three out of the state at varying times. In this connection it for hts work, four Juirses- and three buggies had constituted Mr.i Taylor’s^ e(|uipment for IH years. In covering the three routes, aggregating 75 miles, zard, Miriam Davenport,. WiJlettv Plv- ans, .Mary I,anford, Dorothy .Sulton, Pllla Mae Sulton. P'ifth grade; Pbiward I/ehman, Har old liewis, Juanita Adams, Nellie P'urmer, Jeanette Gaskin, Sybil Jen- “It's Like New... When We’re Thru” ■ - / ■ ' Dry CleaninR, carefully and scientifically done, preserves the garment.'/ Each garment is inspected . ’ \ w hen it arrives and when it leaves our plant. As quickly as you can reach your phone you can reach us. As soon as you call us, a courteous driver will be on his way to get the dress, suit, coat or other garment, which you want cleaned. And, it will be returned promptly and beautifully re-newed. » Buchanan’s DRY CLEANERS & LAUNDRY ‘THE 01.0 RELIABLE* Phone 28 NOTH E DF SALE - and traversing sections of three town- and W; te.rloo, jL IS cstimaLed that lully 3,000 State of/South Carolina, County^of Lauicns. /In the Court of Commem Pleas. Building and Loan Assoei- alion. Plaintiff. B. K. Wilson, et al. 3>efendants: / Pursiuint to a (lecr»*i* of the Court in the above ent itleil iwatter 1 will sell at public oblcry, during the usual hours for such sales, either in or in front of the Court House at Laurens, South Carolina, o.n Sales Day in Feb ruary next, the same being Monday, FiJiruary .7th. to the highe.-t bidder ftir eash. the following deserihed |)iop- erty. to wit : “All tiiat lot. piiTi* and pareel • of land, with all buildings thereon located, situate, lying and l>eing within 4he Town of Clinton, in the (Ounty anti .State aloresaid (i'ounty of Laurens, Stall* ol .South Caiolina), eontaining one- half of an acre, more or less, bounded on the north by portion of the original lot of K. C. Briggs, .sold to 1, I. .Anderson, measuring ^ jheii'on one iiundred six lUti) ' fiet; ou t ho_< ast- by .M usgrove, street, measuring .TTu'ieo'n one hundred forty (IBM f‘*et; on the soutn by Hale street formerly, now l*'i'1 Usoii street, measui'ing ^ tlieieotv sixty-one (Gl) teet and . nine C.M inches; and on the west ly House lot ineasunng thereon one huiuiied thirty (l.JlM teet, ih;: beir.g the lot eonveyeil to me (B. K. Wilson) by J. D. Bell on Septi mhet Mb, ]'.H 1; lei ms of Sah*. (’ash. The success ful bulilt*!. ui»oii Hie hid being knocketl down, VI 111 lie ie(|Uircd to de|>osil with . the CleiK of ( ourCXtlicr by cash. actual patrons received mail matter aV tile hands of the retiring postman. This estinmte is based on the averagej number Of patrons annually listed on euch route served, allowing .sometliing like .7 per cent for changes, which are brought about by different faetor.s. In Ills first yeai'.s in the'serviee, Mr. Taylor, in eommon with all the car riers of the siH'tion, experienced diffi cult times in the matter of treking over “'l)ad” roads, espeeiuUy in the winter months of after long rainy spells in the other seasons of the year.»■ However, with the introduction i>f Hie' method of improving the roads by the.^ application of top soil, Hu*, traveling d public was lifted out ot the mud to a great extent. Then came the hard sur facing and paving of the main high ways in Laurens county, and'segments of these were made availalde for most of the cairiei force. 'Pliese improve ments, together with a l*ettei system of river and eieek liridges, have l)iH*n I a boon to he uppieeialed particularly by the rural delivery service nmWr 'nte general adoption of llie motor cai for the route work at once followed the hetUH'^roads ■ program with cone-i sponding benefits to the servue and ; the carriers themselves, if not in dol-| lai's and cents, certainly to tht‘ii com-i fort and health. For a number of years the luiurens legislative delegation iuovuled a fund in the annual suiiply hill for use in emergency eases in repairing the roads and biidges used by the car riers. Kat*h postman was allotted a part of the fund ami if the trust was ever violated by the carrier, body, it’! has not been rexealed to the public. Because of the economic jam. -UP SALE Starts Thur., Jan. 18 OFFERINIG HUNDREDS OF ODDS AND ENDS VALUES THAT WILI. A.MAZE YOU! It is uur custom to conduct a special sale after Christmas and stock-taking at which time genuine bargains are of fered. That time is here again. The shopping public knows that when we announce a Sale it means RE.\L BARGAI.NS,* and they come from far and near to profit hy the savings. Sj COME EARLY—THURSDAY when selections are belter. m Y NOW—HI Y LIHERA R H Tl RE NEEDS—IT WILL HAY YOU. DRESSES One lot l.Kidies’ Rayon l)re.'<.ses, special price of Ladies’ Silk Dresses, .sold for 1S2.95, special Ladies' Silk Dresses, .sold for 5FI.1#5, special . ' New lot Ladies' House Dresses, long and short sleeves, vat dyed prints,, size 11 to 52 $1.49 $1.98 $3.95 the Ja'<hlc.r’^^ check, or certified check,fund ' appropriation wa.< dis- (2'/< ) !»ei Cl iH-of Jiis bid a> evidence of good faith in the bidding; the same to be api'lied on the hid should there be a compliance. l)Ut in the event of failure to comjJy with such hid within forty (40) days after the said sale, should there he no I'alse ot such hul continued. .S)K‘akiiig of the reeurnng ehanges and improvemi'nts that eome ahout.in the course of a generation even, a flood of such ita-NS in review as a eas- ual retrospect is undertaken. For ex- ctnnplele route-tii^vAiuuiiwiUiiil. sei’viee for l.aurens citunly was noT effected until after Carrier I RAINCOATS Ladies’ Suede Raincoats, Qf* sold for $4.49 and $4.95 90ilt0 Ladi^’ Jersey Raincoats, all sizes and colors, sold for $‘1.49, QC special Children’s Raincoats, all sizes, sold for $2.95, special $2.49 within thirty (30) days frOm the date of such .sale,''^hen juid depo.sit shall ^ot be forfeited; and the premi.ses will be service for resold on the next convenient Sales While on his first assign- Day thereafter on the same terms and „jj.ut he saw the completed develop- at such bidder’s risk. The bidding will of the Watts Cotton mills plant not be c’lo.smi on day of sale, hut "ill une of the largest and remain open for a perijxl of thirty ,„i).st’attractive textile centers in the (30) days from the date thereof with- ^uuntiy. Oh No. 4 posioffiees at Mad- in which period any other person be- ('(,]d I’oint were discontinued sides the-highest bidder oi his. rep- patrons at tho.se places were s^rv- resentative may enter a hi^ei^bid by j^y delivery. .Although loc*ated complying with Hie te’rms of Hie sale, railroad the stations referred whereupon the, deposit by the previous become place-names along bidder will be refunded. Upon the bid ~ Ekoiti, McDaniel’s Mill, New SHIRTS One lot Men’s Dress Shirts, assorted colors, all sizes, special UJf One lot .Men’s Work Shirts, good iieavy grade Chambray and Covert (^oTli, in blue, tan and gray. All sizes, regular 79c value. Special U«f SHOES One lot Men’s Black « ^ 0.\fords, size ii to HI, pair Entire stock Ladies’ Suede Shoes, in pumps and ties, black and brewn, sold for $3.49. now $1.89 $2.69 One special lot l^adies Drttis~Oxfords, straps and ties, size 3 to,7, pair $1.49 Ladies’ Sport Oxfords, brown, all sizes— *1.49 '1.95 black and One lot Cj^dren's black and tan OxR)?® size 8* 2 to 2 One lot Men’s Work Shoes, special price of Men’s good heavy every day Shoes, special '2.95 98' $1.49 $1.98 Men's extra heavy Work Shoes, plain and cap toe. Special— $2.49 $2.95 in being complied with after-thirty (39) pjoj^pect, Oakville, Trinity Rulge,: (Uy« from sale a.s aforesaid, deed "ill Tylersville and Park Statiot* be made to the last succes.sful bidder, y^ ,etaining, larger populations The purchaser will be let in the pos- ^nd provided with .^ome modern con-' '^aesaion upon production of 1^ j veniences in the way of electric lights deed. The purchaser to pay for ..toiv.s and shops, .\gain, it is to stamps, deed and recording. noted that route No.'2 rei^rhe to' THOMAS W. BENNLTT, jbe vicinity of the Musgrove oatile Clerk of Court of Common 1 giou^d on Enoree river, and Nc. 4 Laurens County, 2-l-3tcw. South Carolina. 666 Lkiaid, TaMeU, Salve, Nose Drops Chccka Malaria ia S daya. Cold* first day. Headaches or Ncuraigfa ia M lainatas. » Maat gpMdy ReiMdUa Kapara. tends almost to the ance.stral oomcj, of Federal Judge H. H. Watkins anu former Governor R. A. Cooper in Wt-- ' terloo township. On route No. the natal homes of former ilenator N. B. Dial, the late Congressman G. j |W. Shell and the Tate Chief. Justice | I Richard C. Watts. On this route al*o i I is the tomb in a family graveyard of Iciharles Allen, patriot and first judge! SOCKS Special lot Men's Rayon Socks, good assortment of colors, pair Men's good heavy everyday Socks, pair— "* IC 15' 19'_25' r ■* Good assortment of Children’s Ank lets, assorted colors and 1 sizes, pair lU HOSIERY l.adies’ Cotton Hose, | Ac all colors, pair lU Good heavy Cotton-ribbed Hose | Tc for ladies, all colors, pair.,,... 10 Good first quality Rayon Hone, Off c all colors, pair «0 l.adies’ fine quality Rayon Hose, all colors, regular 50c grade, Ladies’ pure thread Silk full-fashion ed Hose, sub-standards, all CQ^ colors,and sizes, pair OJf PIECE GOODS Beautiful selection of 80-square Prints, 30 inches wide, guar- IQc anteed fast color, yard . llf Good quality vat dyed l*rtnts, 36 inch es wide, assorted patterns, | ||*c yard ... . 10 Si^cial lot Shirting, extra heavy grade, 36 inches w ide, blue | Ol/^c, and gray, yard Good heavy grade Cheviot, in stripes, plaids and pfkin ctdors, Ac yard ... If 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, good OQ^ quality. Special price, yard ...... One lot Unbleached Broadcloth, extra fine quality, 39 inches wide, short lengths, yard Good hea,vy grade Outing, plain and fancy patterns, 27 inches Ac widen Special, yard If Extra heavy Outing, in plaids, stripes and solid colors, 101/0® Special, yard IZi One |ot Curtain GcmmIs, colored bor ders and frilled borders, assorted colors, yard One lot Curtain Goods, flowered patterns, 36 inches wide, yard.... OVERALLS Boys’ .^^^ralls, aR sizes^ W 65' 75' Men’s Overalls, good heavy grad< 89' $1.10 BLOOMERS Ladies* Jersey Bloomers, good quality Rayon, extfa'large sizes, „ Age 48 and 50, pair D3 DEPPTMENT STORE “THE HOME OF BETTER VALUES” \ » ^ Q^TON, S. C. ■?