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. ^ r / j ■ ■■/ I- ■ • 1.' •' ■ -' "' .' ". ■ ■1,1 ■,'•'■ ■'^- 1--7 THE CLPirrON CHRONICLE, CLINtON, S. C. WINS CHEVROLET SLOGAN PRl^E ■>)' Fim Serial Fktkm fai a aew form. each) fcjr a BMUter •tory^Ur. . . . . ThajrVj^ OVyfcwnatw Synopsis: Ben Furlong, a young but in an unaccountable manner, ami noyj Mrs. Durham was rocking upon "the j practical oil tnan and driller from the,it affected him again in the'same way little front porch, and of her the man- Pennsylvania field, drifted into the.iwhen she laid it in his. A sudden reck-1inquired: ^ j Texas oil country, broke and Looking lessness. overwhelmed him and before j V^Vhere’s Betty?” 1 for work. Finally he fetched, up at the I he Knew what he was doing he-had | “Her and Ben have gone to towTi.” Durham home where live an elderly^bent forward and kissed her. ; Maddox .•^cowled? "I allowed they' aunt, shortly widowed by the explo- The girl was s,tartled, but she did had.” I sion-of a powder wagon, and.her niece, pot recoil. Curiously she inquired:! ».one in to buv himself some •pretty Betty Durham. Perhep, becauee-Why did you do that?” clotheV.rd shL took the carll" i of hm smile, IWtty coi^? some fwd “I dhn’t know. I couldn t help it, i "He wun‘t need no morp'dothes than i for Ben and wh.le he eats he learns i i didn’t intend to, but-" Ben h,., (, „„ ,his job," deserted thej the aunt, in own on business, hw an H„u„dered: he felt his fare burning Idnuen “He's ail through an’ washed hotly. iup “ . ‘Tiller tried that and I slapped him. oil man, TiHer Maddox, sinking an oil well for her. A short 64nch bolt worked loose from the riggtpg and is in the bottom of the well. Work has been suspended for days as the orew “fish” for the bolt and disrating funds dwindle away. Furlong offers to give a hand but Maddox objects. Betty in- •sists and overrules Maddox, so Fur long fashions a tool which' he has just lowered into the well, hoping to fish out the bolt (Now Go On With the Story). I’ve known him long time, too, M iss Durham shook her head, appar ently more perplexed at her owm lack of resentment-than surprised at Fur long’s boldhess. “I must like you pret ty w'ell. “I wish you would—did. I—think you’re wonderful.” ‘ Queer!” Betty turned to go. A mo- iment Xater she cAlled back through the gloom, “I’ll call you when break fast is ready.” SEICONI) INSTALLMENT Furlong wa.-^ not altogether sur- Furlong himself handled the rig dur- jprised w hen, on the followingntorning, ing this operation, and even Maddox jlTiller Maddox offered him a job. Mad- could find no fault with the way he dox, it wa.s plain, was acting upon '6r- did it. When, after__what .seemed anjder.;, and he took" no nains to conceal interminable time, the wire cable be- his dislike for the new hand; never- *'What’s hap})ened. Tiller?’’ ‘‘We had a row. 1 was a fool to put him on, in the first place, but week’s up Friday.” ^ Mr.s. Durham ceased gan to stream up. out of the depths and wind itSelf in smooth, black lay- theless, Ben accepted the proffer Aside from the fact that he needed ers upon the drum, the tw.o young wo- j w-ork, his interest in Betty Durham men pressed in upon the derrick floor.,was now sufficient . to'make, almost Out of the well-mouth finally slid I any sacrifice worth while. the fishing tool; it stopped, hung~mo tionless with the lower end at the level of their eyes. The teeth had been bent inward, jammed together by the blows from above;-inside the basket thus formed and tightly bitten between two of those prongs was a batter^ six- inch piece of steel. When Furlong had finished waihing up he found Betty Durham waiting jfor him. , • ‘‘Come over to the house,” ^e said. ‘‘You must be tired.”* '- < ‘‘I told you I was'lucky,” the youn^Maddox as a weapon; that somehow 1 1 I 1 ^ W A ^ W.AA A MA A ^ W A ^ A !.» A ■ A ^ W A A A man declared, witha-grih. . ‘‘Lucky, nothing, "^u’ve got .sense.” ‘‘Simple, wasn’t/rt? I wonder Mad dox never thought of it.”— Bet|y, ktirrea; impatiently she ex claim^: ‘‘ph, he’s too busy thinking about Boibething—! Say! We’ve got an extra room, but Aunt'Mary says it \ybuldn’t look right for you to sleep there. Don’t that make you sick?” ‘How about the barn?”-: ‘‘That’s what she propo.«ed_.. Come on. We’ll fix it .somehow.” It was dark; the trail through the cactus and the mesquite was dim, but Betty knew it by heart, and where its meanderings were indistinguishable ahe took Furlong’s hand and guided him. ‘‘I suppose -you think Aunt Mary’s crazy, risking all her money like this,” she said. ' ‘‘I sure do,” the man admitted. ‘‘This thing will show you the chances she’s taking. Suppose that bolt had been something else, something we couldn’t get hold of? Thlr^’a »thousand things can happen to a well.” ‘‘I know. But she’s—greedy. She al ways was. Tiller talked her into it After Urtcle Joe died, and she wouldn’t listen to me.” ‘‘It’s a lot safer to let the big com panies do the drilling, and be .satisfied with a royalty.” ‘‘Some people can’t be satisfied,” the girl said, quietly. Then after a mo ment. ‘‘Uncle Joe never intended to leave the whole" farm to her. They didn’t hitch.very well. He said he was going to leave part of it to me, but— I guess he never got around to it. I’ll In the days thereafter he tried to fathom the peculiar relationship exist ing between Maddox and the two wo men, but he did not succeed very well. The driller, it was evident, had his heart set upon Betty, and in his at tempt to win her Mrs. Durham was her ally; nevertheless, for some un known rea.sbh the aunt disliked and di.strusted the man. About all that Ben could make sure of was the fact that in some manner not reatlily ap parent thCL Odl well wras being u.sed by it had become the stake in a three- cornered game. Furlong and Betty meanwhile man aged to see a-good* deal of each other, but they met clandestinely. Neither of them openly referred to this fact, and, altbou^ the girl pretended'that it was her aunt whom ‘sho feared, Ben very well knew that it wa.s Maddox. No longer, by the way, did he apolo gize when he kis.sed her, and their stolen moment.s together had become very sweet. Durham cea.sed rocking: her sallow face became more yellow.' With an effort she said: “He’s a right smart hand. Tiller. I’d ruther you didn’t fire him.” “The hell you'd ruther!’!Maddox ex claimed angrily. “What you got to say about it?” “Why, it’s my prop’ty, my well—” "“Is it?” “Y—You know what. I mean. He’s smart. I tell you. Didn’t he fish that, bolt?” “Sure! .\n' didn’t you hire him straight off. .so’s to .spy on me?” “Tiller! It’s no such thing. Why .should I spy on-you? What, you been doin’ that you nee<l spyin’—?” ~ ’ “Shut up ami listen to me. He’s fired Friday night an’ he get.s off this place the next momin’. So that’s that! Sat- uixlay, sometime, the powder -wagon’ll be here an’ early Monday the men are cornin’ to shoot the well. We got a big one; I’ll bet my life on that. I can telt! W)iy, she’s makin’ gas an’ trying her best to let go, but—” the speaker paused, then finished slowly, distinctly —“there ain’t agoin’ to be no-well whatever until I'm took '?:are of.” The widow’s colorless eyes fixe<l themselves hypnotically upon tke sworthy face of the man before her. He continued: — • “I wasn’t gettip’ along any too good with Betty before this feller showed up, but since he came she won’t have nothin’ to do with me.’-' “I did the beat .1 could,” Mrs. Dur ham declared, nervously, “but ahe says ahe won’t marry you. 'l^he goes hog- wild every time I talk about it.” “There’s ways to make a girl marr>'. You got to make her marry me before that well comes in, or it’s ju.st like T said—it ain’t cornin’ in!” —- - \ W. Wade. widLknown local attorney, recently won a ca.ah prize of $2.').00 given by the Chevrolet .Motor Company for the best 'slogan .submitted in their radio mpsical review program. Mr. Wade’s slogan » was, “Scientifically (loan'd for the World’s Travel Lane.’’ •' — I he above picture .shows Mr. Wade rifceiving the $2."i.OO check' from C. C. Giles, local Chevrolet deal er. In the rear stands one of the beautiful,Chevrolet models. ' - LAND SALE - The State of South ('.'\rolina, - County of Laurens. In court of Common Plea.-. ^or should fail to comply with the term.s of sale, the sai<l land^ shall be Ti.nm -'" to bo applie«r to "'the “purcha.se . price upon his complying with tKo of .sale, other\yise to l>e paid to I riaj-.t.ff for credit on the indebted- 'The Federal l..and Bank of Columbi:i,! In the event Ihe succes.sful'bld- Plaintiff, • • 'should fail to make such deposit, v.s. Bluford Hendei^on Henry, et al, Defendants, ^ jie-.-oId on the same or some .subse- Pursuant to a Decree of the f:ourt ’^«>esday on the same terms, at in the above stated case, I will "Sell at'**'^^' defaulting .purcha.ser. public outco- to .the highest bidder. 1 Purchaser to pay for papers, either in or in front of the Court Hou.se, at Laurens C. H.. ,S. C., on] THOS. W. BENNETT, ^ Salesday in November next, beingi , , ' C. C. C. P. & G. S. Monday, the 4th day of the month, | ^ (^tober IG, lySf) 3l-3tcb. during the legal hours for such .sales, the following described property, to} LAND SALE ’ The State of South Carolina, .\ll that tract, piece or parcel of land, containing two hundreil one and ’(5'/< ) !per. Centum of the bid, a.s tL guarantee of his good faith in the bid- ding.-.The same to be applied to the purchase price upon his complying with the' terms of sale, otherwi.se to he paid to Plaintiff for credit on the indebtedness. In the event the success ful bidder should fail to make such deposit, or should fail to comply with the terms of sale, the said lands shall be re-sold on the same or some sub sequent Sale.sday on the .same terms, at risk of the defaulting'purchaser. : The purcha.ser to pay for papers, stamps and recording. 'THOS. W. BFJ^NE'TT, C. C. C. P. & G. S. Dated October IG, lU-IS.—31-3tcb., County of Lauren.s. In Court of Common Pleas. HELP KIDNEYS! i'TOP GETTING UP NIGHTS How cmn yuu fwl bright and spry in tk* morniiiK wl^n your alerp ia hro^ian bacana* ytiu hav.. to get up three or four timaa dor-. ,2S-1(;0 (‘201:28) acres, more or less, ly-iThe Federal L^nd Bank of' Columbia, ing, being anthsituate in Jacks Town-; Plaintiff, . ship, in the County of I^urens, in thei vs. _ State of South Carolina, located on the Mrs. Carrie C. Byrd, in her own right ^ Public Road leading from (Minton to; and as Ext'cutrix, et al, Defendants.f iui; 'hr nmhtr Thi«'ia NaTure'a’wnrninf"rf imorly functioning kidney*-;they‘rt not cicuning >our hIiH>c' of the |H>iauns Chat eauaa t.i-tliiig Up NiKhtH, Backache. Pizty Spailaw- I’.iii.riil. Scanty. Urination. .. Noor liver aV^ kidneya need a rentla z'i.iiulunt Warner’a (.'.“mpound (formerly W,'i"ner'a Safe Kidney A Liver Remedy) orig- OK'My It phyKii'iatt'a prekeription. It'* aafa—• H doctor'* affidavit on top of every package cii.inmteeH it. Warner'* Compound (formerly W A UMKira SAKF. klUNKY A LIVEB i:i'Mi>H')Y) roata hut little at any good drug- I 11 * I Tiller! gasped the woman. “You Work on the well pTogre.saed as rap- . V. . . vr * n. ,, 11 u *. J I u u ■ u dassent do—anything to it. Not now idly as could be expected. Inch by inch.i ..nv, le . •> foot by f«t, the heavy .teel bit. cot worC^hat littlT^ld bo1t“m.ra lot of trouble, didn’t it? W’ell, thaCs It ju.st shows how oa.sy it is through the rock; length after length was added to the casing, and as it neared the level of the .oil-beaVing structure “indications” became evi dent; occa.sional .sighs and gurgles i.s- sued from the well mouth as gas gath ered and released it.self. Its odor was at times quite strong. It wa.s at this time that Maddox and Furlong clashed. Some new tackle was being slung and Ben had been sent up aloft while the Glenn Brick Hou.se, about five and] Pursuant to a Decree of the C’ourt one-half (5Vj) miles northeast of the in the above stattnl ca.se, I will sell at j City of Clinton, tm the waters of Dun- public outcry to the highest bidder,) can Creek, bounded on the North by either in or iq front of the Court Duncan’.s (’reek, and the Hunter lands,'House, at l^aurens (,! IL, S. C.. on and the Byrd lands, on the cast by SaUvsday in Novemln'r next, being lands of (J. A. Copeland, on the south - Monday, the Uh day of the month, by lands of Tom Dillard’.s e.^tate, and during tlie legal hours for such sales, lands pf the e.^tate of William Pliin- the following described property, to].-‘bottle mu*t help you nothin’. to—” ((Jontinued Next W'eek) SEPTEMBER HONOR ROLL THORNVyELL SCHOOLS Jean Dunaway, Helen First grade ! Muliinax. Second grade: Robert Grube, Jua- the foreman issued directions from be-lnita Hillhouse, Margaret Sharpe, low. It was heavy work. Ben wasj Third grade: Margaret Peters, Em- forced to clingAo the derrick timbers o'** Stevens. ur to 'balance himself upon a narrow Fourth grade: Douglas Parker, plank, and his progress at Vimes did! Fifth‘girndt? Sijsie Mae Hart. ncy, tract No. i of the C. M. Fergu- wit: \ ^ son estate, on the west by land.s of, ^^at certain Aract of land lo- Rohin Adairs estaU*, being tract .N’o. JioaU'd, lying and being in Scuffietown of the (.. M. Ferguson estate and al.so Town-hrp,“County of Lauren.s, State of by the Hunter lands. .Said tract ofi^out^y, l^arolinu, containing Two Hun- land is known a.s the Potter tract,, or ^,jred Ten and three-fourths (210y4) traet No. 2 of the ( . M. Ferguson es-more or les.v. and bounded on tate, and has.'5uch shapes, metes, eour.^-%the ’north by lands of Mrs. Margaret rmr jrvt voop money bark. not suit the elder man. Bfaddox was in a surly mood, anyhow, and he be came profane. Furlong .w^as hot and ir ritable. He answered back, whereupon the man below flared out angrily: “You do like I tell you an’ don’t ar gue, or ril come up there an’ give you a dam’ good*beating!” . The rigging was finally secured in bet Aunt Mary’s sorry by this time place and Maddox was occupying him- that she listen^ to 'nUer;-there’s so many things a driller can do to a well.” ‘^Pshaw! Is he that kind of a man?” “What kind of man? Men are all alike, aren’t they—when they’ve got I'eason to be?” “She better fire him.” “I guess she can’t, or dassent . . . . Funny my talking this ^ay to you and not knowing you only a few hours. I’d better mind my own " business. Here we are. You wait while I get a light.” They had arrived at the house, and the girl left her companion outside. She reappeared in a few minutes with a lantern and a couple of patchwork comforters. These latter she surren dered to Ben, then led the “way to the bam. - . Like most farms in the oil country, this one had been allowed to run down, and with the exception of sp^ chick ens and a few dispirited cattle there was no livestock left upon it. There still remairred, however, some old fod der; it was dusty and musty, but suit able enough for a bed, and Furlong announced that he was.delighted with these sleeping arrangements. He set the lantern down and walked to the door with Betty. There he said: “You’ve been mighty nice to me. I wish that flying job had been harder.” “Why?” “It would Rave taken longer.” ‘The girl’s face was dhnly illusninat- ed as she kmiled up at Furlong. She was the prettiest girl he had- ever known and he felt a great liking, a great sympathy for her. The clasp of her warm aa she had gnidad hhn along the trail bad-affected him self with something else when he felt a hand upon his shoulder. He turned to find Furlong at his side. 'Die let ter’s eyes were blazing.* In a voice ominously harsh 'and-vibrant with fury he said: — ^ “I came down to get that beating, I want it now.!’- The other members of the ere froze in various attitudes'of startled! suspense. The two men stared at each! other. , Furlong'was a burly, thick-neckedj youth; he was aa hard as iron and in his gaze at this moment was an evilj quality quite unexpected. His enmit; for the driller had finally foamed over, In proximity to thing fkming passioi Maddox’s smoldering dislike gave .o; no heat; nor at short notice could fan its embers into a blaze. After brief survey, pregnant with possibilij ties, he turned his head and wi at the other men. In a feeble effort a' jocularity he. said: “I told you I’d come up there ai give it to you. I never ast you to coi down here an’ get it.” He guffaw loudly at his own humor and walk' away. Furlong stood shaking in tracks. , That evening Maddox went over to the farmhouse. Evenings in this thirsty land, like evenings upon the desert, were co<d, refreshing, beautiful. The brazen sky cooled, a blessed breeze played through the scrubby bush and brought faint fragrances un noticed at other hours; the harsh out lines of unlovely obie<^ were soften ed; birds twitteied; Nature filled hor lunge and took on new vigor. Sixth grade: Martha^oozer. Seventh grade: Frances Darnell, Sarah Norman. . Ninth grade: Mary Jones. Tenth grade: Bessie Fortner, Fran ces Quarterman, Wilhelmina Durden. Eleventh grade: Margaret Wilson. Stai^rd for Honor Roll Must make 90 or above on each sub ject taken. Must make 90 or above on deport ment. May be tardy once, prwided ex cused. Must not be absent unless sjck in infirmary. es and bounds a.s will more fully ap pear by plat oT .samhtJbeing a subdi vision plat of the C. M. F’erguson e.^- tate,' made“'J^tember llth, 1904, by Paul H. Nash, Surveyor. Thi.s is thfe identical tract of land conveyed to William J. Henry Sr., by John F'ergu- son as Executor of the estate of C. M. F'erguson, deceas^, on the 4th day of November, 1904, by hi.s deed duly re corded in the oftice of the Clerk of the Court for Laurens County in Deed, Book 13, at page 252. A plat of .said land is duly recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Court for Laurens County,-'in' Plat Book 3, at page 16.. , - . Terms of Sale: Cash. TTie .successful bidder, other than th(* Plaintiff herrin, immediately upon the conclusion of the F’. Liitlq and T. P. Poole, on the east by land.s of T, P. Poole, estate of'Mrs. M. Fi. [. Dillard and the Cunningham place, on the south by lands of T. P. Poole, and on the west by laniD of T. P. Poole, of Mjs. W. F. Wright and of Mrs, Margaret F'. Little, as will more fully appear by plat of same made byj B. R. T. Todd, Surveyor,-dated 28th of June, 1921, and recorded in the office of R. M. C. for Lauren.s County in said state on July 5th, 1921, in plat book No. I at page 195, and being tjie same land "coTiveyed to the said William Downes Byrd by Mrs. Nancy Fk Byrd by deed (lated September 3rd, 1897, and n corded in the said office on the .sai(l date in deed book No. 8 at, page 1G5. Tenn.s of Sale: Cash. The succes.sful INSURANCE We offer, expert service and protection, Agent, for some of the strongest Fire Insurance * .Companies in America. REAL Estate Town and cduntry prop* erty. Prices attractive. Clinton Realty & Insurance CbT B. H, BOYD. Aeent bidding, shall deposit'with the Clerk'bidiler, o'tKer than the Plaintiff here of C!ourt a cash deposit of fi\e (5*/?) in, immediately upon the conclusion of per cientum of the bid as a guarantee ■of his good faith in the bidding. The the bidding, shall deposit with the Clerk] of Court a cash deposit of five V Liquid • Tableta Salve Dropa CHECKS MALARIA . IN } DAYS - COLDS FIRST DAY. 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