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li‘ THURSDAY, DECEMBER-20, 1934 ♦ ■I ■ THE CUNTOy CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S.l.a / I NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Board of County Commiseioners will be heW, as * Inquired hly law;^ on January 8, 1935. Notice is also given that the final meeting of the board for the transaction of official bnainess for this year will be held December 27 1934, and it is earnestly desired and ivquested that all claims against the county be filed with the clerk of the board not later than December 26. Thi.*; ii“ absolutely necessary and should not be overlooked or neglect ed. ^ J. D. W. WATTS, Supervisor. B. Y. CULBERTSON, Clerk. 4tc ^Inspecting Christmas ToysW ^iiiiiiiuuiiKinnnnniiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiSiiiiiiiiiiiuuiUB' LAND SALE ~ ^ State of South Carolina, ('ounty of Laurens. . • In the Court of Common Pleas. W,_J. Bailey and the Estate of M. S. Bailey, partners, doing business umier the firm name and style of M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, Plaintiffs, against Fenella B. Milam, Pinnacle [ Mills, e: al. - ^ Pursuant to a Decrt'e of the Court in the above slated case, I will sell at public' outcry to .the highest bidder, either in or in front of the Court House, at ijiurens, S. C., on salee- day in January next, being Monday the 7th day of the month, 1935, during the legal hours for such sales,- the fol lowing described property, to wit: - All of that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Towm of Clinton, County and State aforesaid, and being my house where I now reside ami having thereon my one story frame shingleroofed dwell ing. a»lso one oqe-story frame, metal roofed store room and lying on the south side of W’est Pitts St. and fac ing thereon ainiut one hundred forty (140) ft. and bounded as follows: On the North by Pitts St., on the East by lot of (^eo. H. Ellis, on the South by lands of Mrs. W. P. Montjoy, on tiie West by lot of Mrs. E. T. Rich- burg. TERMS OF SALE. CASH: The successful bidder on the lands being knock<*d down to him .shal*l~ deposit with the Clerk of Court five per centum of the amount <w his bid as a guarantee of his good faith in thC bid ding, the same to be 'applied to the purchase price upon has compliance with the terms of the aameVotherwise to be paid to the-Plaintiff for credit on the indebtedness. In,the event the .'successful bidder should fail to make .such de|H).sit, or should fail to com ply with the terms of the sale the lands .shall l)e re-sold on the same or .some subsequent Salesday on the same terms, at the risk of the defaulting bidder. Purcha.'ver to pay for papers, stamps and recording. THOS. W. BENNETT, C. C. C! P. & G., S., I.aurens County. Dated, at Laurens, S. T., November 14th, 1934. 3tcb INSURANCE . We offer expert service and protection. ARent for some of the strongest Fire Insurance ^ Companies in America. \ REALIESTATE Town and country prop erty. Prices attractive. Clinton Realty Sc Insurance Co. a H. BOYD, AKcnl Christmas m An Up-to-Date ' Gifts V V Santa Claus * By Luella R. Lvoiih 1 £1 By Florence Harris Wells Fall inspection Of Unit Held Monday Captain Austin Here iFor (pon- ference Witji^,Director. Ap pears Before Class <xroup. (From The Blue Stocking) The annual faH jmspection of t! Presbyterian College R, ,0. T. C. partment whreh,^ ii^oj'dihg to^ 'spector. Captain TTiomas ^ Austin, Jr., now P. M. S. and T./bf the ipili- tary bnits of the public Schools of At lanta, (la., was “mo^y a. conferance with the dirtHTtors of this unit,” was conducted without apparent incident on Monday. I ^ Captain Austin made a brief inspec tion of the* corps during drill, spoke to some of the advanced-coui\se men dur-, ing their reguli^r class meeting, and .spent the I'cnjainder of the day in con ference with Captains Wysor and Blanton: but since this inspection is merely to see that the w’ork has been begun projH'idy, the inspector could imake no statement about the stand ing of the unit. This was Captain .Austin’s seconil inspection at P. C., having conducted a similar one here fifteen yeara ago. He is a native Texan and has btH'n a commissioned officer in the regular arniy since 1917, when he m’cived hisi commission as lieutenant. He serve<l ’ in the W’orld war with the 42nd infan-1 try in which he was company com-j mander for the major part of the war. } Since the war, he .served with various i organizations Imth in this country and! abroa^j, Among his foix'ign services I ara: General Pershing’s Tacna-Arica' Plebiscitary commission jn which hej ^d charg*' of an isolated portion of the Chilean-Bolivian border; nu'inben of Major General Frank R. McCoy’s! mission which l■(‘pre.senU•d The United .States and tlie Kepublie of .NIicaiagua on the Nicaraguan-Honduran frontier in connection with the Nicaraguan presidential eh'ctions in for which sc'rvice ('aptain Austin received commendations from the U. S. army, [Marine corps, and the Nicaraguan au thorities. In 1930,‘after'the completion of an advance^l cour.s<> in the infantry school at Fort Benning, (la., he was made professor of military science and tactics in the j)ul)lic schools of At lanta. .Thi.s jM>st he has held since, iwith the exception of the short tinw I in 1933-34 when he attended an<l gi ad- ' uated from the .Air (hu ps school Maxwell Field, Alahaina. • QNk OF THl Nnr COOL- IRt lor Cmb-Cm*. ••• MOra MMM why €■■ CoU li Ik* bad wwW MA !■ Ikt —IM daya • tmi. tCI-COLD COCA-COLA It IVIRY RLACI IlSI- IT OUGHT TO Bl IN YOUR FAMILY RIFRIOIRATOR /L COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. (lreenw(M>d. S. C. at W! D. E.'Tribble Co. 1 FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS Licensed Embnlmer, Complete Modern Equipment ‘ Day Phone Nifht Phones 24. 2SS nr tSt Clinton S. YOUR CONCERN IS OUR CONCERN r We wont to know that everyone ia neither over nor utufer insured. May we hep you? t. — o — H. D. HENRY &CO . - B.' D. Henry ITH more than a foot and a half of snow <m the highway, the telephone lint's down and not a chance of the malltnaii rcacliinx iheni, Mary March -bemoancd her nog,, ligenee in-putting off her Christmas shopping. And that very afleruoon, the eight women of tlieo. livitiK within a mile aod a half of each ntlier wore to hrave the drifts and hold their annual party, despite the weather. ‘‘One nice bi>ok «in the house that Is tit to give, and that h.id to tiave a tiny hole bu.rned right smack In the center of the lid, too,‘’ ahe wailed to Bob .March. He tried hgrd to tliink of some way out of the sltnatlrn. for he knew how much .slie usually roimted qn the annual party. . “I'Ye Just had an-Idea and I'd better care for It, being It’s l*»ne!y.’’^he deelareU raltfer excitedly. “Where’s that sheet of cellophane you pt'eled an carefully from off that box of . tuiue the other day? Haul that out, get me that 8na|>- shot you had printed to send to my slater, and by that time—well, who knbwa!" ' ' Bob was always thinking up ways and means to cover trp for ber lack of planning and foresight, and she blessed him ag she ransacked happily for the desired Items, but when she again loined Bob at the kitchen table, site gave a startled shriek. - **806. dear. L^t was the only gift In fight and now you'yjLjailj^ It." but he amil^ en. hla pen knife rutting away tlfkt messy iiKiklng burn* from the Jbook lid. Then with an old w-o<w| burning set. he stippled the whittled edge of that bole In tin' leather hind ing. Then he hacked that hole with a double ple«*e of t'ellophane and hound the three eilgea to the Inner able o' *he book JW v.'lth a tiny h^hd of pnrpl Jeather which niatcheil rhe hiM»k In betwet'Ui the eelloplume pleee> ’’.«»b tllpfied the lovely tinted snapshot, if Mary With a aqiieal ot delight lary accepted the new deal hi t’hrlaf •laa gifts. “The newest thing In fada Bid), darlina.” she aasuml him delight ediy Such a tlpy. hit of work had rurned ■ perfectly impoasilde gift into something rare that might have come straight from the gift shop And after the women had raveil •Hrer Mary’s gift to the grab bag. Bob was given the surprise of hla life “What will you charge. Bob. to make •iver two or three books for me that very tame way. One or two for the .,‘nungsters. too. * they eaclnflueir'" Roh made every momenf of his spare time ••oiint. doing over book^Jlds for n long rime after th.*!!. “Blesa your bad mem try. darling." he teases ever.v flute he tnal'es another ehlry In the, cash booh of this ppare tim^ Job of his. Cl Wustvrn Now«iiap«r Unloa. IIKBK'S auuw alretchliig u.s far ua we can see In all ilrecllona. We’ve had no pos sild^ chuiice to get out the old car and rattle Into tow 11 us we planned, and l.'hrlsttuus tomorrow." Turn Lambert looked questloningly across their break fast table at Ids wife, Lucy: “Do you tldiik we can make the children under stand that even Santa (3nus couldn't urge his tiny reindeer through such an expanse of snow?" ■‘I’ve talked tiJ^them about It but their faith la"'bound less." Lucy’s usu ally cheerful voice had a break In It. “A'el how could vve tell that it«wouht snow so long and steadily. But you are better. Tom. We have that to be thankful for," “Yea, -I’m bettec. Anything la better than being abut up In a stuffy ofllce all day for a man that li used tq-God's great outdoors But forget me. It's those three kids I’m worrying ahoi'f." “Don't worry. Tom. Let’s have ^e faith of the children. PlI pofi corn and we atm have a few apples and nnts for their stockings*’ ' It was neariog noon when they heard the whir-r-r of the mail plane over their heads. Mary, Robert and little Tom rushed out to w-ave greetings. — "Look! Look!" tittle Tom sliduted. "Something’s fallen outr’’ " Sure-enough, a paraettuCe had heeu released. Slowly but surely it descend . ed towards^the little j- group. . ’ *‘It’i going down the chimney!" Bob shonted. But It mis.sed the chimney, hit the edge of the nM)f and' came tumbling down Id their midst a gay umbrella i*' red and green, with a large white ha:: ' securely tied to 1t W l r e'd to the hunebea of b o M v snd ever greens that hedecked th** outside.was a card - “AO' accural** guesser of distance, that pilot," Tom muttered as he unfastened the card 4rhe children ttopi>^ tugging at tin- faateniogs and listened attentively while, Toro read: •**My reindeer^ cwuldn’f navigate In aucfi deep snow; ao I’m sending your things by Air mail. h«e‘Huse the air mall man tells me you are such friendly children you must not he disappointed. — Manta (nans." * ‘T knew Santa t.’laui wouldn't for get ua!" K^h shouted. “So did I." Mary and little Tom said In one breath. Lucy, and Tom. 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