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.1 n . ’ f !■ 1 r >. ► . t n ¥ . Si.--. f ■ ■ V ■>.>’ THURSI^AY, OCTOBER 4, 1934 ■/ ■ V [1 " t,: i ■ ■;. . /'■ \ / . THE CLINTON CHROS’lCLE. CLINTON, S, C. PAGE SEVEN bergr’s point of/view than to;the Gen-1 the flying: squadrons, .ye organized eral’.s, has been locking for a Chance pursuit sqpadrons. ~'J to slide th?* General out gracefully, j “I consider the perfofmartce oi tW ^ Byt he didn’t w^nt him to go away maft'troops most wonderful. The fa^that and pos.^ibly r^ake trouble,for the Ad- they did not fire a single shot is the ministration. So he sent for. the Geti-ibest evidence of their work. With all eral, who in the meantime had sent his | of the’ turmoil ther^},was not even one written resignation to < the ►White 'perron who was bayonetted.seriously." House, and suggested that he tearmp!. Colonel Withington' returned to Washington, Set^t.’- 20.—The first or ganized opposition to the New Deal • r * the resignation and take a six-months’ CharleSton^te Saturday ni^l The trip to Europe^ for a rest. - .last National Guard unit in tjie strike ■ General Johnson smelled a rat. *■1'^ Hartsville company, left for J wasn’t willing to"absent himself from hojne town at 8:15 o’clock SatUr** -the scene of action fop six months, 0? j byt he agreed to withdraw’ Kis resig ithat is taken seriously In Washington j nation arid fake a itwo-weeks rest at day morning. There were about ,,4,800 men and 110 officers in the strike area, Colonel were* two cars now but they! Under her groping fingers his,che^k 'is the American Libefty League. This'the seashore. He ^i•i^l stay on the job'^hington said. ^ always in use. And the saddle was suddenly wet. ^ [u & non-partisan group of ■r'dustriali ® subtle way of shelving,. Som'^ authorities have Mtimated j had been turned out some-} “Trail’s End,” she. murmered con-* i.^Hders and nnlitiral devised. the cost of the .strike duty-from $7,000 , leaders and political experts which where. . ^ --iteKtedly. “I was hoping—it would be.” has. as its avowed purpose the stop- Cleo saw the new car come in, and) she dropped off to'^ sleep again,iping of further encroachments upon Petry and that woman Martha go jhqlding^his hand. FINAL INSTALLMENt I There The mutter dwindled to a whisper, j were Nancy lay quiet again. Barry sent a'horses miserable glance at Martha. “Don’t worry. I’ve nursed' sick folks before. You go see what you can db for that man. He’s hurt bad. ? 'around to the back of the house. His jaw tightened, but he went. ,niet Gage with a pout. __ Ifore life could go its normal way' The caliber.pf the League may be The outer room was quiet Ken-! awfully glad-you’ve come. I’m again. There was, as .Gage bluntly,fathered from the character-and rep- ►Kdy-, eTi, were closed, but he opened P"*"* “P *'*"• jt. publicUrto be thought pf. A “'ft'""’ the men who orgtniz^Jt them nsWry entered. ...d..-.- “Anything more asked curtly. She, There was still much to be done be- Look Toward Winter ' / to $8,000 a day^or the twenty-four / xtt'u , • ■ • days, but Colonel Withington said last Ljthe. eoustitution.1 rights of the tax- tion, perh’aprro;e"?haIl\he srill’Lltlimposslhle to.compute paying, property-owning classes. girl himed Nancy i;Curtis, who^ had [These include two former candidates some time, for -some of tered criticism, of its Policies, m thelj^, fo, tran.^portaWon and aup- reZiof tf rw tal w' !*■ P''” OP P»i<l pectation IS that the coming >V inter * * will be t^e hardest yet, not only in the matter of relief for those w’ithout re- than the leg’” he I “She’s going to live,” His voice w'asjbeen drowned last May, must come to Presidency, John \V. Davis and , sources but in the strain upon those (tiry. “Come in, I have something to life again. The young doctor .#mld'S^iith; two former chair-'who have jobsior incomes. Out of “A rib or two; mebbe. Landed on a' sl'ow you. be professionally discreet. Cleo''had i Democratic National Com- this feeline arises growing talk of rock. Horse stumbled and threw me.” “I’ve sent for a doctor, have to wait several hours “I’ll stick it. Might have bee,n .still'on the rock—if 4t hadn’t been for i^ i^ time. In the living room he took a wallet ?orie, but Gage had assured them that'Baskob and 4puett monetary inflation, “printing^- press but you may'•rid from it extracted'she would be unable to tell anything'Republican leader.^ u-s Inoncy” to hell) the nation’s deb jj.g ** I a neat oblong of paper. Cfeo camel more than the version which they j James \\. W^ada worthy out of troubler What may be d have been jclose to a gasp of surprise, but sheiwould give out. Barry received itj®^ fo^'mer Go\ernor Nathan L. Mil-,cannot be predicted, but there is a Each eCC Youth Costs U. S. $522 i without comment. Nancy—I could do with a cigarette.”] was a check for five thousand Barry gave him one, and held'the [<loll»rSf drawn to the order of James He w'ent iin to see Kennedy. ler of New York; a' powei-ful indus- Uef here that the new Comgr#3%’, to be trialiat of independent political stand- elected in November, will contain a debtors Reduce Direct Rdief done!- Burden, Aid Forestry Wbrk; and Benefit Members; be- match. “Thanks. ^ That’lf help.” “Anything else?” , “No. The old girl fixed me up pret ty well.” He grinned again in that tight fashion, made an involuntary movement and winced, “If you want to hear what happened. I’ll talk.’^^ v Barry nodded. Gage came over and eat down. — - - - - "-'‘Goon.” “I’ll begin at your place.” The^lack eyes were fixed on Barry. “I’d seen Nancy first here, but she beat me get ting'there. I guess you know the rest of the story by this time—^ you got the truth.” * His glance flickered cynically from Barry to Gage. “He knows.” “All right. I was afoot, because my lights had gone wrong and I’d pitched M. Kennedy, Kennedy! W’hy, that’s my name on “Getting in practice for a trip,” '’’S'* Irene Du Pont, and Several oth- much larger’i)roporrion of econoniic Kennedy explained off-handedly. “’The doctor is goin%to get an ambulance ers of national reputation. In its radicals than the last one did. set-up it certainly cannot be classeAlj Rumor has it, though this cantiot be as a Republican organization. If it | verified, that a group of 23 conserva- were, it would not be worrying, the tive. Democratic Senators have made a •Administration so much a** it. is, f^'r stand with Republi- even the most ardent Republicans here in opposition to any further radi- it! He’s been Gorging it for five thou-1 rigged truck out here to start me off. sand dollars! He was one of our chau- —How is Nancy?” ffeurs, but I discharged him. Thank] “Better. She asked—after you.” you so much!” ! “Good little trouper.” The bird ^ ,, She held out her hand, but Gage black eyes softened for an instant. • |concede -that the lirand Old Party logislation. Suqh a coalition would “They don’t come any better than|-l^^^ .shown few signs of being effectively block "any move toward in- Nancy. You might—no. I’ll say it in a . ' 'fiction. — ^ I Meantime, the first protests fife l)e-1 , p , f itrie nnn nniv ► u The only, comment that has come' jn a^aimst the fir.st ] ■ of. $1.1U,000,0()0 to boys tucked the check back in his wallet. ‘‘No thanks. I’ll keep it as evidence.' I have a signed statement fr6m Ken- letter. You rieednT riiind—it'U l)e per- nedy, too. I’m going to put them bothifectly proper.” in safe deposit.” > ' “I dont. I’ve—learned things- For a few seconds Cleo felt very Kennedy broke the silence/.. «. Very ^old. And very angry, but she* “I saw the former Mrs. Kennedy !•■»»- y‘“> granted him by the last (.’‘ongress. merely moved a petulant shoulder. 'this morning. She was very carefulthe interest of property pp^y agreement‘with Cuba, which lets “You’re terribly mysterious. I’m not to look this way. I suppo.se they’ve}the Ten Commandments left out jjj vVinter vegetables from that island afraid I don’t follow you.” 'made it up, and everything i.^all rosy R*' charter. To which oi^e of the greatly reduced duties, is not.,at all “Think hard,” he suggested, “and 1 again ?” I astute commenatators here made the^j^ ^j^p jjjfjng of Florida vegetable, may be you’ll remerhber. It’s hot suchi • “I think so.” Barry was cuft about ] answer: “Better rend the tenth^ make their livings by an everyday matter to pay somebody 1 it. He could not discuss the Gage’s afW-commandment again. AVashington, Sept. ‘29.—The civilian conservation corps totaled up its worksheet today and reported that 850,000 young men, war veterans and Indians had been given work at a cost of $4-l3,O00,000—about $522.50 apiece. Robert Fechner, director of eirier- gency conservation work, in a report to Pi-esideqt Roo.sevelt covering the eighteen months of the CCC’.s life, gave these totals and conclusions; - from the White House on the Li'HM’ty fwj.fff'Z„,.pp„.„n* qeiro^iated J)v the the forestry camps. League is the President’s remark to! under the blanket authority] of the effect that it seems to be an or-^ hin, bv the last Congress. The for relie this lief T purposes. 3— Expenditure of $273,500,000 for ipodstuTts, clothing. transportatioh, automotive equipment, heavy machin ery and tools, 4— Advanqement of the „ r3rears. for years I ^ ten thousand dollars to get another fait's with Jim Kennedy. over a bank. But I arrived in time of your way.” j Barry wondered what Gage really f ,1, r „ 1 , - hear all the commotion. Then Nancy “You are simply outrageous!” Her |thought of Paula. Gage was no doting 1of criticism of many of the f**®- these Florida farmers have been came back running for that calico,f*oe was flaming now, but fear was!fool, but he loved his wife. .jtures of the New Hoal. 'Washingtonhigher duties on Mexican horse. She sort of staggered when she!c*’0''^‘f>nK dose. “That’s a'ridicu-' Barry thanked God for Nancy, and!Is hearing rumblings of protest f**oni'tomatoes and Cuban peppers, and they nation s eeri , hippiiKg W'inter tomatoes, beans, cel-, « t- a' i'tA The Liberty U'eRue «.,lhe mo,t im-Ury and other auricultu/l products'' pre.^sive pha.se, so far, of the growing I to the northern markets. 'got to him saying things to herself, not very loud, but it scared me. I’d asked her before I left if she was sick, and she said no, she .was all right But she wa.sn’t. * “I tried to stop her, but she sailed lous thing to say. And do you think 1 swung off for a walk. that anyone wqurd doubt my word! They were back at the Perch again.!districts as well^ as from industrial 1 I disi ny lyarts of the country, from •‘u*’®! don’t like this Wew .scheme at all. against that of a discharged chauffeur Anne snuggled contentedly in"a big|fvnters. ''J'|»Q0pg Orcditcd Addition of 5,000,000 acres to' natiorial forests^and 67,500 acres to national parks. Fechner j^eported that the " pres ent authorized* enrolled strength of' the camps, located in every state,,was ,, j369,k38 and that beginning Monday _ O'* I • . additional 100,000 would be *en- rOir i^SlVilli? Lives soiled to fUl vaearrcles caused by dis- , ® 'charges during, the third six-mo,nth8 —a broken-down gambler and—” She chair in front of a whispering fire. '•''®y ^1'®^ ^1'® Administration js on the -| stopped, realizing that she had said Publicity had swept over them like defensive, as yet, but there a <le- too much. Gage gave her a brief smile, a'wave and had gone, leaving Ihem^'^'deilly conciliatory tone in the jiublic right on oast and I grabbed a horse I “You’re well posted on his record, breathle.ss but .safe. There might have' 0^ many of the Presidents onrio fnmnffnu/ and followed her., When I Caught opiaren’t you? And you didn’t discharge'been privacy for some, but not for l^ui>i)Orters. Secretary qCj‘>n^vrce|(s^|^ , she didn’t know me at first. I tried to I'e left. I have evidence of that,}Nancy Curtis, who had gJiUered forlRoP^ made a .s-peech the other <laj nt too. I also have detailed affidavits a brief time and whose brother-in-law,"a* directly aime(l at busine.ss covering some of your conversation^ with Kennedy. One of them is particu larly instructive. That was the time make her turn back, but she was bent on running away from something. And then my horse/stumbled and threw me mnd she came back and sat down was a-multi-miUionaire. imen, and calculated rio allay their Anrie gave the whispering fire a lit-4*’®*'*- Even Donald Richberg made a; ^ ^ ^ le secret smile Barrv had been sweet'in "Il'ich somewhat guard-ICharleaton, Oct. 1. —The a.ssignment_ ...... ” At* K k k u k / lokoi.f’;* ^ - iedlv admitted that private profits of the South Carolina National Guard state and local relief burdens by gpv- alongside of me for a while. She seem-'you tried to buy back this check, from I about It. jeiiiy aamiuea mac pri>ait^ piuMt ^ ^ ^ * bat I was sick and:Him.'Maybe you recollect that you’d Now t Men are now dropping out to ac- Strike Duty, Says Guard Pr.e- cept private employment at the rate of about 10,000 a month,’.! Fechner told the poesident, adding: "The CCC movement ha.s lightened vented Bloodshed. ed to get the idea that she had to take me home—poor kid. | Had a new I don’t kow why, ^nd I don’t know didn’t stay how we ever got here—U .WJM pretty Stiff trip.” He scowled at the end of his cift- footman recently. the tumult had died, and life who'was their own again. Letters and tele- very long. He was an operative from a detective agency.” Really! Perhaps you’ll tell me that grams had been pouring in and lay in drifts on the teble and in her lap. And finally there was a letter from' Mrs. Duane. It was addressed to Bar- Kennedy was a detective too! It’s too arette. “I gijesj we've i^l given Nancy jHad that he was shot the same night iry and it was restr/iined and frugal a rotten deal. It’s about time she had that your wife’s sister staged a front:of emotion, but Anhe knew hoW dif' might be permitted. The Administration plans to reor ganize all of the recovery agenci»‘s in to one unit—putting NR.A, AAA, ERA, PWA and all the rest into one: a break.” Martha hurried out, and paused on her way to the kitchen. “Barry, you might bring in some wood. I want good fires and plenty of hot water. She's* all choked up.” Barry made fot the door. Gage was left alone with the man who had meant to blackmail his wife. Kennedy broke a stiff silence. “Listen!” he said abruptly, “I’ll be laid up for a long time. I don’t like you and you hate me, but I like to pay my debts, and this one won’t wait, /Pull up closer—I’ve got to talk faat.” The, young doctor from the'county seat said it was pneumonia. He spoke briskly of health and youth and vitali ty, but on the second day he asked some' old questions, and added a guarded remark about reduced resist ance and evidences of a long emotion al strain. He agreed, after a briof hesitation, to stay with them for.tha first "twenty-four ^hours, provided someone would return to his office with a message to the Piedmont textile area during !irig etqploynient to men whose famil- ithe recent textile strike saved lives of [^les were, on relief rolls. In almost all members of “flying jfquadrons” affllleases the jobs in the, forest camps non-strjkers alike, in the opinion of'have gone to young men willing to Colonef Harry 0. Withington, com- allot five-sixths of their monthly cash b.K, .. it were. .« x.id to be n,akmK,n.andine officeV of the 118th inf.n-,allowance of $30 each directly to f,m. Tonin':: ^'«u^;r:™;:r?h?fie^i !rz ‘’‘-M'’‘h h''" I - I '!l'“'‘“ni’d among the e|^j "Had a'Z™S'entolle'rmer' aent Maybe he was. But he a Ne“:'”i:e/l'’r‘' tTi? dirm"1, ' ‘^:"the^-ho tell^g How n,.ny i"ome ‘Pjro^ateiy ^ . . , ; ra he'milla where the employee wanted to regular habit,, and wholesome food" a r„ky game, and you ve loet ,t It,will let me, non got no mad ‘"/ fher day th.t he were almont arne- had increased the average weight of wan worse than rinky, ,t wan a d.rtyi Aloud nhe .aid: ft wan nice of your offered (us resign, ion an head oT he employes had shotguns and the youths seven n/iunds. Many in game, and If the story ever eameou'mothw to release you- from your: NBA, and wa only dinn^^^^ * even acid in there with them and were I ntaucen of ^ffteln to twenty-fiv, you would be a long time living it: promise about living in Granleigh. I personal appeal by the Presidejit. t _ careful of your speech, please.” Young woman, you’ve been playing down. Abd if your father should get,know it is hard for her. But she’ll H)e wind of it, and the way you’ve let, terribly proud of you. If you can get yourself in for blackmail, he’d packlaway, perhaps we could go back for Richberg and Johnson threatening to use these wapons, if ih flying'" squadron of the strikers • Back of General Johnson’s attempt game and attempted to clos^' the mills , A . . 1-..1 u i u n, I • • to quit lies an interesting personal “\Ve recognized neither side in tha contfovemy betweeu .he General and i eontroverny. We were thhre to cooper” Mi*f Richberg, his chief assistant. It is I ate with, sheriffs and other law en- easy with you, but he has his limits.”]or Christmas—if she would like it . 7 m'". IStr/p <>■« “> b'lforcement officers in seeing to it that to talk about hlackmail!” Cleo blaaed j Hi. eyea warmed.' With the. man commission j those who wanted to work were not at him. I kuppow you mean that you;thut Ira to draw an pre.ident of thel , one- .„evented from doing no, and that ate going to hold your prec.ou. doeu-,n.w company, we can make it a real beenllKone who wanted to strike could do ments over my he«d to keep me from | party.” telling.” j His eyes went back to some tele- this idea firmly in your head—this thing is going to stop right here. You are going to keep quiet about the whole business. I haven’t told .Duane yet about your attempts to railroad his wife, but at the first indiscretion ' he is going to get the whble story. working for a lorg time on a plan of reorgahization. General Johnson beat so. “We were organized strictly on mil- Call it anything you pieane. But get .grams wfiich lay ipen on the Ubie, He ,,,, „ Hary linen. Afier arriving in Green- knew them by heart. One was from u, k-_j.j.a_ .k- n -.1 .. . j .... on. Petry almost lived in the gray car. 1 If I should die before you, the sealed News trickled in to Marston, carefully I P*pe>s will go to Nancy. Have I made iedlfedl Lale in that first* day the rich visi tor had" come in with Petry, visibly tired and brief ol speech, and tele-' people - in the world, she coiild least" this Mammoth Pictures Corporation whose hard-worn contract Nancy had once kad to let go. It offered a star contract now, with nearly twice the salary. The other, was from Amalga mated, adding a bonus'on every pic ture. ^ He fingered the yello^ sheets and pound gains were noted five The boys,. o ,i- • r Fechner saiiL ■•'al-so had acquired new KT ambition and'had learned new trades through the camp educational system. Expenditure of *$273,500,01) Tor sup plies, the director said, had “improved industrial employment and stimulated business.” A separate statement by the forest service said that the CCC boys ii*d been instrumental iri holding forest fire losses this year “'below the rec ord of other comparable years, despite the driest summer in decades.” he handed'to the President as soon as ville, we moved out gradually. There M<^. Roosevelt got back from Hawaii, were four paills which had been closed In a three-cornered ’ conference be-|by Jlying squadrons in Greenville innK'MOOK' tween the two and the President, Gen-|coun^, and after the.se had been op£ri- | ^ i^ral Johnson suddenly walked out andjed, we extended out gradually intoj American Boy now $1.00 per ycar« declared that he was through. !nearby territory. We received many]$2.00 for 3 years. Inside gossip has it that the Presi-'requests for assistance from sheriffs,, JAMES W. CALDWELL dexit, who leans more to Mr. Rich-^ aAd we cooperated fully. To cop^ with! Anything In the Way of Magazioea msnrelf clear?” . ^tnokec Gage had^found the one weak spot “You know,” he said hurriedly, ‘''it’s! in her hard little armor. Of all the all right, Nancy—if you want to. ll grams had smoked along the wires in,] endure to have Barry know what she mean—I wouldn’t stand in your*way.”; She knew how much that had cost] him, how he hated the very thought.of There’s an! her. living a life like that—and of los- ' trunk noW^I told .her to. Good-bye.” !'anything that I began. I had a job in The deor^ clqsed behind hinf !' a little town, and then Paula went mid- away, and I gave it up to follow her some kind of code. Later a fast air- had done to get him. plane brought a secretary from some-1 At the door he paused. Wl^re out of the East. A big hew express that goes through the June-ling her. ^ automobile appeared in an incredibly tion at seVen. I’ve wired for a cora-j “Thanks for?* that, Barry. I’ve* been short time and went steakiiig out over partmenjt. fori you, and Petry will take j thinking* about it* of pourse. It seems the JuniperoP ' Qver. Martha Js packing -ybun'as though I’d never really finished While all-th'ese things were happen ing' Anne tossed and muttered, strug-, ^ ^ gling t« get up and get away some- W'hen Nancy awoke it wa.s where. Broken scraps came to them, afternoon and someone was sitting on and got another in a big town. And-I] about Paula, who was not to worry an absurdly low stool beside her bed. let,that g6 for my first littr? part' because Nancy would find a way out He was benf over, with his head rest- in a new play, and after two years Jim murder—a policeman, musi'iog on his hands, and the stool was" I left the* stage to go to Hollywood not be arrested, because everything so low that the bowed head was only —and I ran away from that and wbuld come out—she must hurry, and a Uttle -way froqi^J^r finger tips, bought a ranch. And then I tried -be- send her contract over a cliff. _ where they, rested liinply on the bed. ing married for a while—just a^very AniFpresently Nancy did not babble, It was a ^ brown head, with thick little while. If you don’t mindy I tljin'k and. they dared look at each other hair roughened in the way she had I'd like to stay around and ipoake a •gain. Gage had Pet'ry drive him up'loved. It couldn’t be real. 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