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TaUBSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934
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CLINTON, S. C.
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CLINTON AND LYDIA MILLS
POWER CONTRACT
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PAGE NINE
POST TO MEET DEC. 18
reffular meetiwc of Copel«id>
DAvid»Qn PoAt No. 56, American La*
if ion, will be held on ,Toeeday eveniai^.
, Dec'lBth, atteig^t .o’clock. The adjv-
aty Colwcil Signs Five-Year Contracr" With Local Mills To
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place Duke Power Company Contract At Termination.
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City council at its reirular Pocemlx'r' electric power to* the Town to meet its
/.m^ing authorized a five year power)needs and requirements. f
f contract with the Clinton Cotton Mills! ,1. .
and Lydia Cotton Milts effective, April i Qu^tion of >Lgmng a power
11, 1935.. At the same time it author-local miills has been
ized notice to> the Duke Power Com-;^’?^®'® council .several times during
pany of the termination of the city’.s' ^'^ y®'”’- '^he city haiT^lieen
contract witlT the Duke Power Com-'Duke Power Company
pany effective, this same date. years.
HELMIBRETS
ftthctlou badOy
I F your IridOfyt
and you haV>R a lame, aehiac
TENTH INSTALLMENT
Synopeis—Ellen Church,
old, finds herself alone
irKh her artist mother’s
iWnyit^ in hOT ears, to ‘‘love lightly.^ 1 l*m so fond of Ellen—”
Of the world she knew IHtie. All he^ • The girl in the white
life ahe had lived alone with her moth- ^who leaned eo nonchalantly "againet
small the har, was interrupting.
It'is stated that the new contract
with the Clinton Cotton Mills and the
No official statement ha<l been
made by the Mayor or Council on
in, regard to the con-
The Chronicle went to
now'purchasing its •curi'ent from the Tress yesterday.
fr~.V 'pnninK ,t th. moment, I found you ’’»»«- Company, prSvidinB «<''-| V-— ,
in Alven’s 'arm8,‘ ending when ^he‘^?'® ® ♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦••♦♦•♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»e»»eeeeee»aa»a»»a»»»eew^
A, 17 years pleteJy dreadful.lapse. Pm ashamed,ring wa.s supposed to be ejiough, as r, i- ^ j .• • ^Uv. • *•
in the world of myself, Brander, ai^ I apologize long as my worldly goods went with xjf ^ identical with, oir ac ion
ojnnion, too. And this evq^ing—be-
back. with attacks of dlzslnsM,
burning, scanty or too freqttSBt
urination, getting up at night, 1
swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic
pains . . . nae Doan’$ Pills.
Doan’s, are especially for poorly
runctloning kidneys. Millions of
boxes are used eyeTy year. TiMy jr
are recommended the country over. ‘
..Ask' your neighbor I
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kis«>d you (oh, l»ng hiirtwfSf thut' '
•r In sn old brown house in a sra«u «ne toar, was interrupting. *.*« ixtc-ihhs mwi. • ^ neri«d nf fivd.
I"^w°bTrthin*lI bobbho/icWd’L « y«r to your contract. The now
a new baby, tjhen a bubbling child, i t mean quite so much
then a charmi^ young girl—she had
posed for her talented mother who
sold her magazine cover painting
through an art agent in the city—
Mrs. Church’s broken life—the un
faithful husband, his , disappearance
—;Snd after . seventeen years of si-
lance announcement of his death was
folk who are Bohemians. Love
such a srtaple thing, -with you. With
us—^people lik^ Tony and ma—it’s
more important. We don’t take sex as
a matter of course . . . . ’i
Ellen’s eyes were filing. It was
twenty-four;'-houra since she had met
r^'T^Tthat you it^re ^ing as honest, about ^n^rHcu me new
to you _u.- -j ,„ I contract also includes a proviso that
;* .Jyour emotions, as you said you were!” • , • f
re isnt! , . i* • j i. j the event electric power' should at
Ellen s jaw was clamping down hard. ^ r .
. at last disclosed to Ellen. The news j.
Tony, since' she had first met him-
poyi
any time during the period of .the con-
As far as Dick goes, ’ she said, “I^tract become available to the Town,
den t think he acted v^ry much less from other sources at lower rate oh'
like a brother than your .lane acted cost, the Town will have the right bo I
like a "si.ster. 1 don t see that you vc terminate the contract unless the
got any spi^cial license to Ulk as you'Mills meet the lower rate within six-!
~ Ity (lays after notice is given. It also
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of the husband’s death killed Mrs.
Church.—Ellen, alone, turned to
it was twenty-four lifetimes. She
j couldn’t speak. Neither could Dick,
but a white rage possessed him. But
only contact .,h, kMw. the »rt aitont, empty. I" l^'lk thi,
m _ ew Of. osing, year, o pos ..tetnmod ffa..s in her band, was,—Tliey m
iMO* vi'oo Hot* /xnlaf Tol/atit a/^ <»Ka virac’ ** w v
ing, was her only talent so .^he was! . ..
introiluced to two leading artists, Dickj^
Alven and ' Sandy**'McIntosh. Pbthf like you to know,” said Gay,
~a»e<l her as a modid and both fell in face was a saucy gamins
love with her—but* ETTen, trying to
follow the warped Jihilosophy of her kisses as ^th<'y come
mother to “love lightly,’' resistsj the' front parlors call
thought of love, lller circle of friend.?
Tony’s jaw, al.so, was set. ipi-ovides thAt the Town will have thei^^
“I guess,’’ he said, “that we’d iH'tter right to terminate the contract upon
go to your ro.un, at that. We’ve got sixty days notice should the Milks!
s thing out, you and I.” jftrrt-to furnish p snff'C'ent amount of l
e^iched her room. It was I
such a cool, sweet little room that
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the t.'ar.s rushtsl to Ellen’s eyes as-
l^he swiCch<jd on the light. She’<l
{hat some of us take sex as ,iteverything in that ropm. hd'r-j
In •'"‘-■If-- he’d made the curfainsl and the
l^anziger’s Stages
Big Xmas Sale;;
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i.s small, artis^ts and two or three girl,
models. Ellen attends a ball with Sari
dy. While dancing a tall young man
parlors call ’em'the fumi-i Danzig-er’s, known as “The Under
({rawing
if you Hke-^have
your own way! I’ve done my kissing
early—and sb’ve you, if I can tell any-
rooin.Si,
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tinv. It was such a prim little room selling Store,” is all ready for ('hrist-
IU!V. It wp
!—-It was. virginal, almost: A man ^ m •■Coffering m.iny I'raetical, u.'efuiri
|l|ke Tony crmld never understand how gifts for every member of th«> family !
much it stcHwl for. , jin an announcement of their pre— ,
claimed het afitP^romance is bom different from the rx\st of us. Tony sank <lown into a d< ep chair.!' h. tmas sale in today’.s paper. kAs !
the next ^^®"'^®’’’ Church before she "He sighed, again. This time, Iwwever,added featui'^p at this popular store.;
thing
eihout it
but Ellen hasn’t.
ride in the park, proposal,
day marriage to Tony, and weafth.
But she’d “Love Lightly,” Ellen tpld
herself. She would never let him know
how desperately she loved him, even
though she were his wife.
Now Go On With the Story.
married your bOy friend^—and the
name suited him! Ellen hasn’t gone
arouml kissing. She’s kept away
from that sort of thing. She’s the
.She raised her hand, holding the
glaSvS, toward her lips, but ■when the
hand reached her lips t^iere wasn’t
any in it. For Dick very firmly
imlecd, had taken it from her finger?.
, “You’ll not drink to'that toast, El
len,” he .said, am! he wasn’t, now,
same man who had ki.ssed
ent before. “In fact, you
to any toast. In fact, you’ll not
drink at all!”
kind that always leaves the party, and
goes -heme early ...”
Jane sipiied very daintily from her
.'<igh.
“when
:t was an apprtciative
_“It’.s niJer^he said, '
here!”
Ellyn-was removing
the jacket that she wore. She
her fingers through her hair.
“Do you know,” he s.iid at ■
you get
her hat, and
ran
last,
I a colk*ction of Rogers (lUaranU’cd Sil- ^
jverwaix? will he given away on (’hrist- !o\
nias Five night at 9 o’clock to those
[holding lucky numbers. The Imautiful
collection of Silverwai'c, which is to go
absolutely free, consists of 12 gifts,
Tour .sets table knives; four setsTahlc
i|l«s.s. It might have been molten fireTtreU’hing his legs out in front of him,
that she sipped. .. |“thour’s been a lot of exetement ami
“.Still,” she said, “it does seem i drinking and .smoking, but we haven’t
str.angc, doc'-n’t it-? I mean another had anything to (‘at since
man gving orders to a girl on hor’^laytgr xvpTo
wedding day. Killing her—on iher ''bat’s wrong with-us.”
wedding day!” j Life "a.s like that. It caught you
(forks;* and four seta table sixxms.
urclicon.
well, either,” he said, “/trid I doif’t^
know whether or fnt she wtis in love
h rne. Our faiiiilie.s wefe frk-nds—^
luir summer places were adjoining,
I'm fond of Jan.-,.too. She ridt.? well
f. vTvv|tiiii^M4Ajr» I »Jiiv
'*/’ ‘•’®j “That’s the way I fwl about it niy-’i'P to the heights'of hy.sUM-ia. It low- plays a swell game of golf, apd
self ” g-owled Tony. 'cTvd you gently into the calm of tennis,j>.nd she can dance.” ^
J* “Of cour8<‘, I couldn’t Have expected, homely things. i 1 '’^n danev, too, said Ellen. .She
{hat you’d undenstand,”
He turned on his heel.
expected, . . , . . .
Dick said.) “I could make v.s fried egg sand- 't t»ahyi.shly, as an apology
« , , V 1- X /I and then wiche.s,” .said Ellen. “Behind 'that because .^h(> couldn’t ride or play golf
ony se ‘ jswiftly he turned hack again. .scox'on th<‘r<* is a kitchenette sort of k’nnis . . . _
j^ui>on a ^ fu^i ‘‘1 "'onder if you’ll agree with me, Larrangement. 1 often C(x>k jr.y own i 1<>ny agive<l. j
been a l>omb. He walked across the said,, “in this, at least! supp<r. and. always my own lueak-l ‘.‘I’” you can dance,” he agnvd.
rather .sloi^ly, ^ as he c^e j think Ellen’s fast. Therc'^s ’milk.-tool^ at om-e he was coming acro.ss thei
away from him. lhej„„
'Pi^nv u.'i(rrr1rfwl Viic frww In shiny bttle prim room- and then he jvas on)
GOLF CLUBS FOR SALE
I have a fine ^1( ck of Coif Club.^ at the Lakeside (lolf--.
Club (between Clinlon^and l.(aurcn!s).’They can be bought
:it very re'i..sonable prices. You can buy a single club or
a set.
I hope to spend the next few weeks at the club giving
golf les.sons. Anyone who wants to buy golf clubs or ar
range for IcsAms will find me at the club, 9;.30 to 12
A. Mm 1:30 to r):.30 P. M., or phone Hotel Clinton, Clin
ton, S.i;.
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l>rice» of G»;r ('lul)s—!|;2..'>0 to $4.50
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th® crowd feO away from 5hn, The, jj j You know, youroolf. that shrl Tony wiffpk-d his toes, in theii
llt:^ x' ”'T° ’’ ” cThllt when you, came to n,y brown ..Hods. ,
cordion behind him—it wan a good I . / -v ” "-m-tf —.'.-.i. -..,«n » u- .-t i (
aeeordion, he never riaked it! - ‘"V" ™
Tony came .ere... the floor,-haj''«T-T‘“^;i.’,^ T
muet be ti.«. and be didn't speak un-1anjKdrinkmif-^. neve$
til he was so cloee to Dick that their:t‘“' y™ "r.',!"
her life. The pour kid s shot quite to
coats were almost touching.
‘!After all,” he said, and his chin
Had an ugly line to it, “taking it by
and large, Ellen is married, to me, not
to you. Whether she drinks, or not,
i« no bu9in«» of yours. It concerns
08, Ellen and me.” t
Dick had set Elko’s glas.s upon a
MTOy table. It bubbeld, all by itself,
aiM where the light struck it, it was.
redden.
bef.
pieces. I think, Brander, that I’d lK*t-
ter take her home—”
Claire hadn’t said anything for a
the arm of Ellen’s chair, aff<l his arm
was around her.
“I’ll never forget, our first dance
’ my
long time. But shf spoke, now
‘‘I told you, Dick*,” she said, “a
wh^ile back, that'"this .wasn’t your.matic, ugly scenes. *.
scrap. I m spying again- Fori Ellen called back:
heav<*n’s .sake, (ay eff this butti(ng in!”| “-T like this a lot; ^'^etter than the
Ellen was sobbing.’ Round tears Sans Souci” ''
So Ellen retired behind the .screen
and it w’asn’t long before the pleasant’ 1*^ said. ‘Will you
.sputter of frying—and the even more darling;T’ — ^
plea.sant odor of melting butter andj even as their lips met, Ellen
toasting hread, began, to drift fn>m'f®u"d herself wondering whether her
around the s<;reen. Tony sniffixl ap-' fatker had said that, long ago, {o her
preciatively. • i. [mother. She fought against the way J
“We’re keeping hou.se already,” hd in which she wa.< rerum ing Tony's
called out, to Ellen. It was as if kisses—she fought to keep the
there had nevet been any rneTodra- |<'bought« of her father, her mother,
uppermost. i *
‘*ril not let you get me,” she said.
than
were creeping down her cheeks.
Dick’s right,” she was sobbing.^ “I
‘I should say so, too, old man,’'..v. , . ,. . . - j t j u
Mid. "Al! of the worthwhile thiif*.)**"" *•*"? • don
in the world. ooHoem only you two. .t!"‘"‘ *“ “ th- P-Xy. either. I
, this moment. But, good God, —
And Tony answered,
“I’ll say I do, boo!” ' '
They ate their sandwiches eagerly,
and drank their milk, from gayly
a trifle breathlessly, more
trifle wildly.
Tony’s arm grew tighter; he hadn’t
quite caught the words.
“But I have got you!” he said.
-“YouHli never get me,” she said.
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wart to go away from here! Jane, painted five and ten cent store trays. Not really! Remember that, Tiiny.
she’s right, i<>o. W’e’re different—” There were olives, too, and cookies. There can be fifty girls like Jane, and
“Thank gwxinefvs for tl^t!” saxl and preserved peaches,.. It was like ^bey can all love you, add it won’t
Gay. 4 a party—a juvenile sort of party.' matter to me! Remem'^r that, Tony.
Tony was staring at Ellen. the Ellen, as she bit into her Sandwich,; Kirks^-y-like Jane!
Tm older than you are, and I’m very
fond of Ellen, and when I see you
making fools of yourselves
You wouldn t consider it ^mg con.scjous of the star:*, although knew that '.she had been ravenous.
...T.. **. 1—1.: A I.:—- '..Maybe that was what was the matter'
Toolish,” T^*i^y asked.
oi Irissin^r I married woman when her' looking at him'. Maybe that was What was the matter
u ^ \w«wT> want to go away from here,” .she-With them—maybe th<‘y ha<l Ix-en
huibandwasi^l^ (VT^Wd ^ hungry. Mauy a truce hus IkviiV ,1.-
scarcely had the tame-^ the W«j - -,r]ur^ ^.ro. f.iynHwirh*
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^ voice shook, suddenly, “Ho kiss
ytnself ^ '
'"“I’d say it was.dam foolish,”
her
“After all, if there’s any
rj; uihome to be done. I’ll do it!
;all, Ellen’s married to meX*
Dick’, tor« wa®. rat.
I man, she acts as if
"(ving
After
you
cliTred over a fried egg saijd'wich!
Many a home hw hew njunited across
preserved peachc.s.and a dish of little
saidcakee!
But even so, th(»re were things to
!but'be said — this pleasant 'interlude'”
nWs I couldn’t go on forever. As she atej
her second cooky, slowly, Ellen wish^ },
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Tony’s face was an ugly ma.sk. [that the argument might start, so that
“Whether the acta that way or not,” it would the sooner be over,
he aaid, '“I’m her husband!” And— Ellen precipitated the crisis. She
“No matter how I act,” said Ellen,'was always saying things she <^idn’t
“and no matter whether we’ve been intend to say. J t
foolish or not—that’s bqyond the
Phast
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Colds
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without “dosing”
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Ak»oiiua
“Con Jane cook ? ” she asked.
Tony shrugged.
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‘I w»h,’
point Tony’s right—^he’s my— hos-
iband. He’ll take me home.”
W^ith her head erect, «he walked have’ liked each other, Jane and
paat Claire, past Gay who had been [ But I’m afraid it isn’t possible . .
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kind, and Sandy, arui even Jane. She
didn't even glance Dick’s way as Tony
helped her into her coat, and opened
the. door that led f rom the' Sans Souci
to the street.
The streets quieitl' It mm
lateijr than they, either of them, had
thoujg^. Tony drone carefully, until
he replied* the bread glittering avenue
thirt bisected the city.
“Where he questioned, then.
Elen’s eyes,’ which were almoet in
clined to droop with fatigne, opened
very wide.’
“Why, you know my addrees,” jshe
said. “Take me there.” ,
Tony’s v<ilce was cold and hard.
“I suppose you’re too innocent to
realize.” he Said, “that people usually
go to hotels on their wedding night.
This supposed, you know, to be our
honeymoon.” ,
^ “But,” EUIsn voice was nestber cold
nor bard, ‘%at—How can it ha, Tony?
We^all evening it's been so strangd—
all day! Ws cant bs poarried, just
she said, “that we might
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'That,” said Tony, “is the way I
feel about Alven. He’s a nice guy, i
and I don’t doubt a good artistr^ut[
-I’m afraid he’s out. So far as I’ml
concefned.” ^
-‘'Diet,” EHen rose and carried her
tray away to-the kitchenette place,
“Dick is so regular, Tony, yon must
understand that. He’d asked me to
marry him, yes. But never—never—
has he ever kissed me, (before this
day—you’ve got to believe that! ' And
he’ll never kiss mo again, I’m sure—
unless 1 tell him to. You can count
on Dick, Tony. Dick is a gentleman.”
“And Jane,” said Tony shortly, “i.s
a gentlewoman. You can count, on
her!”
Ellen could have killed herself .for
saying it, but she couldn't help her-
fJaae ^iklnt make it very easy for
me, tonight,” she said- “I didn’t think
elM acted like a gentlewoman, exactly.
Shs gave ms a rotten time.” ^
Tmx was flushing, but, oddly
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O-O-OK! Ssntycttea. Rompfng down from the North Pole,
they’ve come to help old Sznta with modern Christrnar presents that
are a real problem to handle with hist«leigh and reindeer. They’d
like one cf these Christmas Frigidaircs back in their igloo in Hoily-
*wood, where they spend their time i.n Mctro-Goldwya-Maycr pictures
when not helping Santa. In reel life, they’re Muriel Evans and
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