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T 7 r- \\ T >T' .4 THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1935 THE CUKtON CHRONICLE CLINTON. 3. C. DETAILEt) PROVISIONS OF LIQUOR UCENSING SYSTEM ADOPTED Z- -H- El»m The State (Columbia). The liquor licenain^ bill having: beS- -m, ' come law, any ,citizen of the United TWELFTH IliJSTALLMBNT ' I The bar had its own, supporters, ler in, the orchestra. Fallon,-aratch- ^tes above 2L of “ipood repute,” whb Synopsis: Strange partners theyjwbo somehow i^mained audible. Injing Rose and waitingTor the end of I can post a $2,000 bond and has $250 were—Speed Malone, hardened gamb-jtheir rumble of Ulk there were ech- her song, did not"Ticftice the invisibleJin cash for a license may operate a promp^ng. Eyes and wits less sharp jiiquof atore anywhere in South Caro- than Lefty’s would neither have per-jiina. ^ , ♦ ceived the look nor interpreted it; but) • iu v * ■ i ^ ... j 4, V r • 4 I continue in the liquor trade the dip quietly detached the instru-i., 100,1 j. »u . / 2. fi. 1- 4i ^ j u least until 193b, unless the gover- ment from the listless fingers, and be-,^ nroclaims it ne^essaiw to shut his fore he, W.S «,v.re of wh.t h.d ” dA of ler; Ed Maitland, young New Eng- oes of a rumor that a dangerous gpin- lan^r, son of seafaring folks. They man had broken jail and tried to^ shoot met on their trip north to the Yukon | up the caitip. gold fields in *97, MaiUand in pursuit| In the tumult-nomine, therefore, im- of lost family fortunes, Malone evad-j mediately noticed that a‘’group of arm: ing the law in the gold camps. Frenchy ed men had entered, pushing before % the fisherman who took the two then north; Lucky Rose, the beautiful gprl who gave Maitland a ring for a Iceep- «.ake; Fallon, trail boss of the minera and resentful of Rose’s attentions to Maitland; Brent, old-time prospector; Garnet, who gave Maitland and Siieed Ivis outfit and horses when he quit the trail; Pete and his drimken partner Owens, drowned on the beach; these were among the crowd of gold-seek ers. After a hard trip north, with “many hazairds—and Speed killed a man at Skagway, the manager of a shell game who was out to' get Speed—the two partners made camp for the win ter near Bennett, where the Canad- dian Mounties held sway. Drew, them a hatless captive whose hands were tied behind his back. The lead er of the posse commanded attention by the simply means of sending a bul- 1^ into the rafters. * “^lere’s Soapy Smith?” Fallon^de- mi^nded’in a voice that made the quiet absolute. No one answered, or seemed to know. One glance at the posse and the prisoner had sent through the crowd, drunk and sober, an electric was a low drone and buzz of excite ment. They pressed in for. a closer sense of what was lmpeh3ing. There view of the prisoner, who was looking at the rafters. Ladies and gentlemen,” said Fal- pened, tossed it to Speed. The pass! roneous ideas of terr-izin’ the camp. Jailed for murder and mail robbery, he breaks jail, steals a gun, and is the cause not jOn’y of promiscous blood-pardners! bead of the Mounties there, said there ii-_ t # *k- a , j k 1 u 4i ^be character of this murderous was a strange legend about a ghostly . , . k k W4.1 1 • *k •''desperado is knowed to ever miner Siwash who left tracks in the snow—’ hi, ne* m.. C.th«rt w« ^d.Uy ^t" >9^ ‘™'' interested . in it. One night the two' partners were surprised to have a half-starved dog join them while they were ehting steaks from a deer Speed had just shot. A little later a man came out of the storm to them—the ghostly apparition of the Mounties’ legend, they decided—and took half their deer. While Speed had gone to Skagway with mail for the Mounties, Maitland found a half-frozen figure in a storm, and discovered it to be Pete, who turned out to be a girl disgmisod as a man. Speed, when he got back to Skagway, was arrest^ on a charge of murder of the shejl-game man and put in jail. When Frenchy, now a depu ty, brought his supper to him, he made a break for freedom aiid escaped. Now go on with the story. was hardly observed before Speed had'j£ chimed the accordion with the closing bar jof Rosa’s song, , She looked up in s wonder, but con tinued. playing an accompaniment as the accordion repeated her melody. :teanes*s .of public morals and decorum”; The sudden unexpect* the ges ture took the crowd’s breath no less (1) Avoids selling to niinors. (2) Makes no sales between sunset and sunri.se. _ (3) Sells only in quantities of one pint or more. (4) Affixes proper stamps to the j bpttles. than the perfect chording of the two (D) Selects a store without a back instruments. He lured Rose’s song in-1 door and employs only persons over ‘ lighter, brisker measure with,21 years old. to a the guitar.until the melody itself was subtly changed. Here was dance music such as few camps have heard, played by two ar tists who had music in their hearts and fingers. And as Speed swayed evading the smoke that curled up from the shortening cigarette butt, his feet were just visibly weaving too He retumq with ^ seemed, to the infection pf his ^ own music, but with a crafty, studied strain against the rope. ‘‘Come on, boys,’ he chanted suddenly.” ‘‘Take Speed jvaited another imrtant to watch the''door. The foremost of the marshal’s men rushed into view a thought sooner than he had counted on. Too soon for Lefty, anyway; the door was still shut. Speed raised the gun for a shot that woidd draw them away from it. The revolver spat flame with a stunning roar. ... For a priceless second, he stood dazed and half-blinded, stumbling to keep his balance and conscious of no more than the fact that he was alive. A numbness centered in his arm and hand. As the haze cleared he real ized that the gun had blown to pieces. shed, but of holes bein’ shot in your tent roofs. We’re brung him here be cause this roof has a strong cross beam- With your kind attention, this ceremony will take about three min utes.” As the crowd looked on in dead silence, .Speed was pulled across the floor to the further end of the danc ing space, near the orchestra, where he was lifted to a table under one of the traverse roof beams. Standing there, his feet were quickly bound. One of the posse expertly fashioned a halter loop with nine winds around the shank of a stout pack line; the other end was thrown over the beam, and the noose fitted to the captive’s neck, with the hondoo against his ear. Speed watched these preparations with apparent resignation. His rov ing glance came to rest on Fallon, who stood ready to send him clear. ‘‘Still figurin’ a play?” his captor taunted. “Yes,” said Speed. ‘‘One. .They say a man’s last look sees clear, Fal lon. I ain’t never tried to figure what lies over the line, but if that’s 80,-may- be you don’t check me out, complete'. If you frame a deal against the boy, my pardner, or lay hands on Pete, by G^, ni follow you—dead 1’^ ‘‘Damn it, Fallom” said an old The crowd was almost swept off its The mqasure gives the governor specific authority to ‘‘prevent the sale of alcoholic liquors on legal holidays or during periods of local or state emergency as he may order by proc lamation in the interest of “law and order or public iHorals and'decorum” and i^"ould al.so penalize buyers of illicit liquor. $60;000, appropriation, approxi mately enough for a dozen or 20 con stables, would be provided tinder the measure for the governor to use in enforcement work, The act was construed to leave in- PAGE SEVEir Probably frost in the barrel he miner, ‘‘I’ve seen men hung before, •hould have wacmed it on the.lantern before' he left Steiner’s tent. And in that tick of doom, the pack was on him. The last thing, he knew was the writhing twist he gave his body sq as to land^ on his shoulder, and a Dare of fire in his head. Then the snow went black. He was still on Kis ^ulder when he became conscious , again, but his hands were trussed behind him with a rope; his ankles were bound; he was gagged and lying on dry ground. Gradually;a^4aqriattr low voices in the tent became articulate. He recog nized Fallon’s'and lay motionless, f ‘‘. . . so we didn’t find the kid through the winter till Chik Holter lo but never in your <eold-blooded style. AJ least they’re given the offer of a last'drink or a smoke. Why don’t you do it regular?” Some of the old-Ume'rs voiced ap proval of that. might have been done. I^efty, with a gape of awed admiration, cavight the meaning of Speed’s strategy. But Fallon came alive with a roar ing curse. “I’ll make you dance, you jiggin’!” He made a stride for the table to kick it over. The kick, however, was not com pleted. The crowd had buckled and swayed inward from the door, cleaved apart by a powerful pair of should ers, and by a dark, youthful battling head which Speeil had never hoped to see again. iLwas Maitland. There was a sharp_ crack of fist agfiinst bone, and Fallon was stif fened to his toes by a terrific driving smash to the jaw. , He rocked and went backwards but feet. In anoiher moment the miracle ^Ividual voters only an indirect voice in any future change in liquor regu lation. It arranges foi*,a Democratic ref- e-rendum in'193r) if 15 per cent of the voters of 35 counties pet/ition thc_jitate" executive committee for one. The referendum would i>ermit‘vot ers to “express their opinion” but like the 1934 referendunrwhich the legis lature chose to accept it apparently would be non-mandatory. A “straight” license law, the pro posed statute would deprive licensed dealers who violate its sale, delivery products are expressly excluded from the measure. z ■ Authority to entree the tax and license provisions is-vested in the tax commission. General enfot^ement is placed un der "^thd goyeiTicg. , '' The cost of_ the administration of the a*Qt must be paid by the tax com- misision out of the proceeds frdm li- eenses and stamps. NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY FORjTOWN OF CLINTON TAXES and"PAVING ASSESSMENTS By virtue of certain tax executions to me. directed and lodged in my of fice by D. C. Heustess, Glerk of the Town of Clinton, SoUith Carolina, I ha\'e levied on and will sell in front of theCity Half, in the Town of Clinton, County of ^urens. State of . South Carolina, on'the first Monday in June, 1935, the same being the third day of June, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property to wit: 1. All'that piece, parcel or lo-t.of land, with improvements thereon, sit uate, lying and being in the Town of Clinton, County of Laurens', and State of South Carolina, containing three eighths (3-8)'of an acre, more or less, boumled on the north by Florida street 108 feet, more or less; on the east by lot formerly of W. S. Denson 159 feet, more or less; on the south by lots of R. Frank Adair and Joe H. Phinney, 107 feet more or less; and on the west by lot now or formerly of J. Lee Young 159 feet, more or less. Being levied upon to satisfy the unpaid city taxe.s, .“Street paving assessments and co.sts. The same being levied on as the property now of the Estate of Mrs. Corrie Chandler, Deceased. 2. All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, sit uate, lying and being in the Town of Clinton, County of Laurens, and- State of .South Carolina, fronting on Cen- itennial street, 113 feet, more or less. sati|i|y unpaid city.taxes and costs. The same being levied on as the * property now otJ. H. ai^ Minnie Lee. f 5. All that piece, pan^I or iract of ' land situate, flying ‘and being In tbn Town of Clfnton, County of Lauren^ State of South Carolina, contaioii^ iwb (2) acres, more or less,, beinc bounded on the north and east bjr Sloan branch leading from Clintofi Cotton Mills; on the eouth by lot now or formerly of Huldah Pitts; and on^ the we.st by branch leading frOm what i wa.s formerly Nash’s Pasture and lot of Brooks Goodman now or formerly. Also all 44Mkt piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in tha Town of Clinton, County of Laui1^tM» State of South Carolina, containing one and one-third'(1 1-3) acres, mora or jess, and beiqg bounded on tha north by lands formerly of Arthur Rook and Sloan Branch; on the east by other lands of Perry Pitts herein- above described, by lands now or for merly of Huldah Pitts.and Branch running from Nash Pasture to Sloan Branch;,on the south by pther lands now or fondeljr of Brooks Goodman; and; on thq,,we»t by lands now or for merly of D. E. Tribble and Arthur Rook. This parcel lies on the west \ .side of branch running from Najdi Pasture to Sloan Branch and takes in said branch. The two parcels abovq described being levied upon to satisfy the unpaid city taxes and costs. The same being levied on a.s the property now of Perry Pitts. The above described property will be sold subjeet to the lien of any out standing and unpaid state and county taxes thereon. Purchaser to pay for stamps and papers. GEORGE R. HOLLAND, Chief’of Police of the Town of j];ilinton, South Carolina. Dated 'at Clinton, S. C.,' this 15th day.^f May, 1935. - W A N T S FOR SALE—Six male German police puppies, $5.00 each. One Deering grain bimler, $50.00. Tan M. Ray, Renno, Itp ‘ i ,^*and being bounded on the north by of tax regulations of their licenses fori,, . ... -. , , i ; five years. They would also be sub ject to forfeiture of bond, fines from $100 to $5,000, or prison sentences of three months to two years. Annual license fees of $250 fw re- To the crowd it was like a gong. A lynching was one thing; this was something more; the challenge laced their bloqd with a strong intoxicant. The night had a head of steam. A movement of one hand to his belt brought a roar of protest from the crowd—on their own account no less than that of fair play. But Fallon had no intention of shooting. He pushed the gun tight in the holster.j. and bracing himself against the pi ano, leaped for his antagonist. The crash when they, met sounded like all impact of bulls. Both men were magnificently strong, and toughened by the show trails, though weight and matured experience were in Fallon’s favor. He drove in a pounding barrage of body punches. Maitland closed in, trying to smoth er the. assault, but taking meanwhile rain of jack-hammer ^‘All right,” Fallon growled. “You can ask him. I’m damned if I will.” The man put the question. “If its a choice,” said Speed, “I’d like to roll a cigarette. I’ve got the makin’s.” His hands were untied and the bar-ia thrashing tender 4old to, “Hring a glass of the jhloWs to the head any body. The in special, Soapy.” I stinctive balance which a sailor learns Gratefully flexing his wrists. Speed ion heaving decks must have steadied rolled a cigarette and was lighting it, j him now; he thrust back of a sudden, when the drink arrived in a well-land Fallon’s foot, less' sure of the cated a camp on the Teslin a ways'filled tumbler. “I take this" kind, above where we> camped on tjie Lewes An outfit was cuttin’ timber there for a raft, and Pete had a job cookin’ for them. Holter~picked up the mar’s .trail headin’ west, alone, Picked it up and lost it.” “How?” another voice inquired. “The blizzard, I reckon. But I fig ured the kid was making for the coast. We had to come down for some gear)with,Soapy created a generally goo Soapy,” he sard, “but I never liked to drink alone. You can use my name freely in urgin’ drinks on the hou.se. The marshal has riiy wad." * This sentiment was^ most favorably received by a large number, of the rev elers whose thirst had outlasted their means. The discovery that the con demned man’s credit wjis still Mved himsell.from f.lling by lurch-*2,000 for whol^crs aod ing into the pi.no key, with . i "'“"ufacturers are provided discord I stamps at the rate of 80 cents a gallon must be fixed to all liquor bottles. Revenue would be divided 60-25-15' per cent between the state, counties and municipalities respectively. Wholesalers must maintain sejierate warehou.ses for liquor. Retailers may conduct no other business in a store where liquor is sold. No manufacturer may ojierate more thkn one distillery in any county nor can Ik* sell directly to a retailer. Employment of minors in any branch of the liquor business is ex- pre.ssly forbidden. Sale on Sumiays and election days is outlawed. /, Municipalities may, by ordinance, forbid sale from 3 p. m., Saturdays to sunrise on Mondays. Buyers X)f illicit liquor may be fined froraJ$50 to $200 or imprisoned up to 30 days.— — Liquor, .without the proper stamps, in the possession of anyone may be seized by the tax commission as con traband. - P’ines would be divukHl between "counties and municipalitie.^ where mu- gN^d gooll anyway, and we’ll head Pete off here at the same time.” Speed’s ear caught sharply at some hidden implication in the man’s voice. The other yoic« murmured an inter ruption. “Seems to" me like your prisoner’s ears is awake.” “I’m speakin’ to^ him,” growled ? Fallon. “He likely* knows plenty. It always looked to me like he had some'-* thin’ fibred about Pete, and about Owens too.” “Well, if he won’t explain hisself, it’ll be tough. He shot and killed a —man in this camp, and was charged, legal. He busted jail, stole a g^n^ and would have done plenty more if the gun had been good. He ain’t a Canadian.. We tell the ‘mounties’ we don’t figure they’d choose a man of -this characterr to run their mail. We suspect he stole it; he was seen gamb lin’ in a joint with the* mail in his pocket. Through this talk. Speed’s mind'had been shuttling swiftly, trying to weave the full pattern of what it implied. Tbe picture -that began to emerge made him writhe at his bonds #Bd at the gag in his mouth. __^“The Golden Pms at Skagway, un der tSe protection of Soapy Smith, was a lathering vortex of camiv^. U had a slick and sp^ious floor lit by hanging lamps which depended from the cross-beams of the lumber roof. A piano, banjo and accordian were in the swing of what sounded like a mu sical steeplechase. Bat they made a i^irited noise and serv^ to indicate that the romping riot on the dance floor was sociably intended. In .attire, the crowd was rarioualy (onnal, mixing cM'daroy, rough flao- heavy miners boots wUh ^ lotbea” of new impression. Fallon gnawed his c)ieek. Curious newcomers were jamming in through the doorway, and Speed paused with the glass half-drained, at sight of one of them. Lefty, wear ing a look of strongly mingled tri umph and discohiforture, answered his stare by touching one bulge in the side of his coat and another in his pocket. Speed resumed his drink with a twist ed grimace. So Lefty had his guns and the mail. The money would have been safer in the marslgl’s office. With the deft trick of His kind in worming "through crowds, the dip drew nearer. The forward press ^f the crowd had brought Rose nearer too. Speed met her clouded eyes again in a long study, as he emptied the jjlass and lowered it. Fallon jerked it from his hand. “Any other little thing you’d like?” he inquired sardonically. “They’s <5n€ thing,” acknowledged Speed, still looking at Rose. “I ain’t lieard no music for some time. If the lady will play a song while I finish this cigarette.” Fallon wheeled, but Rose did not see his scowl. A choi-d as clean and sweet as the tinkle of the wind at twilight through a desert canyon flowed from the strings under her touch, and shed an almost instant lull on the crowd. Then her voice dissolved into the music-^ clear, exquisite contralto, plaintive, strong and deep, like the shore wash that sounded through it, soataimqg the rythmic lapses of the song. In that beguiling, fluently riding spell of sound, the prisoner forgot everything apparently, but the singera’ magic. But hie eyes drifted to Lefty’s with a sidelong glance at the eccordioa which dang^ in the hands of ite own- gla.^isy floor, slipped'a little. The boy. lashed up with a short left that cut the other's upper lip, and then drove "'''I*'*' J Liquor advertising ,i.s legali home a Tull-shouldere<l right, as Fal lon’s head snapped back. He came back with a spring that tore through Maitland’s guard by sheer weight and fury. They slipped and came up in a swayipg grapple. Continued next week Honor Roll For lliomwell School Eleventh giade: Robert Campbell, Shannon Simpson. Tenth grade: John Rawls, James Terrell; Ninth grade: Elizabeth'Tucker, Bes sie Fortner, Mary B. Ayers. Eighth grade:*! Margaret Capps, Jean-Eutsler, Mary Hughs. Seventh grade: George Dover, Jud- tson Keen. __ " " Sixth grwde: Seavy Mae Linton, .Sara Norman, Harry Whitaker. Fifth grade: Daniel Keen, Edgar Mofse. - F’ourth grade: Chestnut Whitaker. Third gjade: Jean Graham, Sam Moi^, Carolyn Murphy, Douglas Parker. Second grade: Ottis HiUhouse, Mar garet Peters. Clerk Of Court Makes Two Sales Clerk of Court Thos. W. Bennett made two legal land sales in front of the court house on May salesday, one being for himself and the other for the master of Spartanburg county, as follows: Union Central Life Insurance Co., vs E. F. Coggans, et al., 93.96 acres near~ Maddens, sold to 0. L Long, Atty., for $500. For the Spartanburg master, in the ome of Mattie A. I^irka, et aJ., vs M. H. Paries, et aL, 100 aenm in iquor advertising ,is legalized ex cept on billlxiards on pubjic highways. Unlawful handling of liquor by a person carrying firearms may be pun ished by prison sentences ranging from one to three years. Peace officers, upon the direction of the governor, may take samples of liquor offered for sale to be analyzed by the state chemist. Beer, containing not more tha^ 5 per cent alcohol by weight and wine containing not more than 14 iier cent are declared non-alcoholic and taxes are provided at the rate of 14 cents a gallon. Denatured alcohol, me<iicinal and pharmaceutical preparations, flavor ing extracts, scientific and industrial Calhoun Ser^ Station ~ ^WrJ, Benjamin STANDARD PRODUCTS Corner Broad and CentenniaL Streets i Centennial streefpiTn the east by lot formerly of Jno. D. Davis; on the south by lot formerly of Mrs. Emma J. Little; and on the west by lot of B. 11. Boyd. Being levied upon'to sat isfy the unpaid city taxes, paving as- juissnients and coats. The .same being levied on as the property now of R. J. and Sarah E. Copeland. 3. All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvemenUs thereon, sit uate, lying and being in the Town of Clinton, C/Ounty of Laurens, State of South Carolina, containing one-fourth (14) of an acre, more or less, and be ing bounded on the north by lot of T. p. Ferguson; on the east by lot now- or formerly of W. E. Na.sh Es tate; on the .south by lot now or for merly of Jno. D. Davis; and on the we.**! by Sloan Stixnd. Being levied upon to satisfy the unpaid city taxes and costs. The same Iwing levieil on as the property now of Cyrus Ferguson. 4. All that piece, parcel or lot of laml,' with improvements thereon, sit uate, lying and being in the Town of Clinton, County of l^aurens, State of South Carolina, containing one-half ( J4)-"0f to-acrer ^ be ing boundeil on the north now ‘or for merly by a thirty-foot street, 209 feet more or le.ss thereon; on the easLJxy S. Bi'll St., 104 ft. more or less thero- on; oh the south by lot formerly o“f W. B. Owens, 209 fwt more or less thereon; ami on tlie west by lot for merly of W. B. Owens, lOCfs'et, more or less, thereon. Being levied upon to FOR .SALE — Rhmle Island Red fry ers. Mrs. Alex Henry, phone 155. Icf LOST—I^adies’ bl.ue silk umbrella, straight amber handle, -withinttiatB “C.D.H.” on end. Please return to The (''hronicle office. Buy genuine Texas Mineral Water Crystals at— SMITH’S PHARMACY Phone 101 Prompt Delivery IF IT CAN BE CLEANED OB pressed. Royal can do it. Royal Dry Cleaners. South Broad Street, Phone 77. t£ SPEND your vacation at Myrtle Beach. 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