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Synopsis: Jimmy Rowan was hope-1inter^t in Friday cteek that he spent
lessly in love with Rose Morris, the jail of his time there. \
i>retti«Bt prl in Dovhr, Michigan. Of This Hayward was a fine-looking,
coarse, that was years ago, in early upstanding youth and he undoubtedly
school dayd . . . but it was hopeless i had a ,way with him. But his way wi^h
for Jimmy becituse Iw was just ^‘that) women was more agreeable than his
The men eyed each other. Very
quietly Jim said: “So! You’re just
spoiling for troiri)le, aren’t you?’’
. “With-you, yes.’’
^‘J^m sorry, but I can’t oblige you
tonighV’’ '
man who planned the federal city, con
ceived it as the most behutiful city in
the world. It seems more beautiful
every time I visit it—and.I’v^knewn
Washington since 1881.** In another
fifty yearn there will be nothing to This Amount Received State
compire wi,th it for^uty L jjg Thirty Mofttlte of
The supreme court moved into theP j ■ cij * ;
most beautiful of all Washin^onf* Aid. ' ^ ^
buildings recently.' It is built aU of
white marble.. Outside, Vermont mar-1 Washington, Nov. 19. —^Thirty
ble, corridors ^f Alabama marble; in-j months of direct federal relief-to
terior courts <rf Georgia marble.Hoorsj South Carolina —one of the latest
of Jt.Ii.1., Spanish and AfricanI ^y^ •'dole-’-coat
. Everything about the building is
fceshly new and gleaming, except the
justices’ .chairs. They sit in the . old,
the
capita more than $20 for
state’s 1,800,000 population. *> !
South Oaroliha was checked from
Ha! Nor any other night. I’ve 7t propos^^'^bolFERA list because of the la^
Rowan kid,’’ desperately poor, while | way with naen; towards Jim Rowan, romething else about y^f Ayy _ chair for Justice Cardoro i ^ persons who are finding
Rose’s family was rich. While Jimmy for instance, he displayed the same Ro’hran. You havent the guts of a|, . ’ ioba ia the iw>vemT«pnt’« new works
was working his way through college,
air of contemptuous superiority that
Rose Morris moved away and the home, he reserved for his employees.
sold for barely enough to pay the
mortgage . . . Jimmy vowed to him
self he’d get rich . . . uul find RoseT
Easier vowed than done and years
passed before, Jim Rowan finally
landed in the Klondike . . . there.^^
gain wide reputation as a gambler,
known as “The Michigan Kid.’*
On his way out at Nome, Rowan
came upon a meeting of Michigan
folks scheduled so he attended. There
he came upon Hiram Morris, old, worn
and hungry. Morris, with his daughter
Rose, is prospecting a claim. Rowan
hires as helper and goes out to the
claim, ordering supplies sent. From
Rose he learns of the father’s strug
gle. (NowjGo On With the Story).
euine. pig.." H.yw.rd taul lowered'“>* '‘’“if
hi., voice during thi. colloquy. Tho«
people in the rear of thrroom hadi^"
heard most of what he said, and theyj
were looking on now in mingled curi-'
TENANTS — Everywhere^
Miiy ■■i;S"tpp«hehsion.‘"Ti^'l™l^'! ‘he multitude of govern- j
hall girl who had pointed out ment buildings, there i.n t room for all'
whispered excitedly to her corppan-
ions. .
THIRD INSTALLMENT
Row'an opened his lips to speak,
then closed them.
“You see?’’ The girl laid her hand
upon his arm. “.Poor 'Don Quixote!
* Won't you ^ink better of it and^ go
out to God’s coijmtry? You’ve earned
it, Jim, and you’ll find your opportu
nity there. Father is enthusiastic, he
really.^ believes in this claim
Rose liked him, however — perha|>s
that was the real roason why Jim' did
not. In any event, fthe two men wei«
so different in character that a clash
was inevitable.
Jim had made it a practice n^er
to ^ ’irito fo^’ for fear of reco^mi-
tidn, hence it 'was Hiram who made
the weekly trips for mail an'd for the
necessary purchases. One day while he
was in town it began to snow and dur
ing the afternoon this snow turned to
rain and sleet. The old man returned
about dark, quite w'et and chilly. He
was a long while getting warmed
through and later in the evening he
complained of feeling badly and went
to bed. j
Jim was awakened during the night
by a knock on his door. It .was Rose.
In a lone that instantly brought him i^Th'c Tomcn rt^lirpilnr lie'da'.hod i "" ““1“'
jobs iiv the government’s new works
relief program. The total employed
by emergency programs on Nov. 9,
th^ latest day for which statistics are
available here, was 30,084, including
14,880 on works progress payrolls.
“Funny what a fool a man can make
of himself,’’ Jim told the young fore
man.- “Some, day you’ll realize how
badly up agalpst it a fellow- can get
without knowing it.”
“Bah! You rat! There’s only one
treat Hayward raised hia
open hand to slap this object of con
tempt, but the blow did not descend;
he did not finish his sentence, for sud-
the new federal offices. Uaele Sam is
the biggest tenant in Washington. Af
ter taking all the available office
space in town, public offices are
spreading out into hotels, apartments
and private houses.
Some of the "temporary” buildings
put up during the World war are still
in use by federal offices. Ujcle Sam is
•WashThi^on’s largS’st taxpayer. He
pays half the cost of running the Dis
trict of Columbia. In ivturn for the
federal government’s assumption of
Hatton Joins
Clinton Motor
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Santa’s-Toyland—«1 ways ii place of
interest to the little folks "as theig
mihds turn toward Christmas and th*
hanging up o'f stockings—^will open
tonight at-eight o’clock at B^’s De*
partmtfftt btoro'and the J. C. Penney
company. An announcement -froak
these concerns appearing in today's
paper invites the ciiildren and their
parents to be present this ev«nin^
for the opening events.
denly his .face w-as deluged by the... ^ i *1.
blindinir, scalding cmiU-nts of Jim'a'*'’'
coffee cup. With an exclamation he
reeled backward, almost intp the arms
'trict, 60 years ago, gave up their
right to vote on U>cal affairs. If they
J. K. Hatton, well-known local au
tomobile salesman, is now connected
with the Clinton Motor company m
their sales department. Mr, Hatton!
bears the dtstthctldh in point of ser
vice of being the oldest automobile
“man” in the county and in his new
connection w-ill be glad to greet and
serve lys friends.
Funeral Home
Clinton, S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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Ambulance Service
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L. RUSSELL JGRAY 4uid
V. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgra.
IN REMEMBRANCE^
In sad but loving remembrance of
my dear mother, Mrs. Martha Sue
Hamm, who left me one year ago, the;
2.7th of this month.
A hajipy home I once enjoyed,
How sweet that meniory still.
know it's no good, and, besides,
unlucky. Everything has gone badly i nanza camp,” he told the girl, “be-
since we lost our money back there in cause I won’t be able to get back be-
Dover. He’s a feeble old mam and dis
appointment has made him almost
childish. All he has left is that con
viction that some day he’ll ‘land in the
pay.’ There are hundreds like him.” ^
“And what would you do?” Rowai^
inquired.
Wearily Rose shrugged. “Wbat I
have always done—remain at his side.
to his feet she told him that her fath-; the liquid from his face; with his'i'""'’’
er was ill and that she was frightened, i ^ve he wiped his eyes, clea^edl‘'"’^’""■^"•
Throwing on his clothes, he hurried to I them; he gathered himself to fush, ' A
the larger caibin. Hiram was burning j the figuro still .sitting motion- , ^ HOUMNC. - 1 roblem -
up with fever; he ewghed almost con-j ,^^,3 the high stool. But oaie of' J the housing
tinuously; he was in pain. Jinv an-1 the girls flung herself upon . him 't know of any. ^ut your death has left a vacant place
That none in this world can fill.
No one knows my longing,
And ft w have seen ihe wt*ep—
I shed my tears with aching heart
While others are asles‘p.
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Rest on, dear Mother, " V
Thy w'illing hands will toilAno more,
A faithful' mother both true and kind,
A better mother you cauld never find.
—LI DIE-HITT.
ai«tic, he nounced »t once that he would Ro for him, and in a
im, but Va d^tor. , , ■ , „ 1 voice hiRh-pitehetl, vibrant with warn-
ides, were! “I’ll send somebody up from the Bo- rried- employees have lu'en-trying to
fore morning.”
Rose turned eyes dark with appre
hension upon him. “He’s very ill, isn’t
he? He woke me up muttering. Hear
him-- It’s all about ‘landing in the
pay.’ ”
“I’m afraid he-’s a pretty skk man.
There’s a medicine case fJomewhere
among my things. Look until you find
ing, she cried:
“Don’t touch him, Hayw-ard! He’ll
kill you! God, man, that’s ‘The Michi
gan Kid.’ ”
Hayward’s struggle died suddenly.
It became still-born. Into his purple
face crept a look of astonishment,
then incredulity.
(Concluded Next Week).
I love him. He gave -me everything j it. And don’t allow yourself to beepme i
w'hen he had it to give. I’m the staff | panicky. Be a brave girl, Rose.” He^
,he leans upon and without me he’d,laid a hand upon Rose’s shoulder—it|
*fall. We can get along, Jim.” ‘ *'
“How?”
was the first time he had ever touched
I her except by inadvertenceT—and there
T was ufferod a job waiting on I was such sympathy, such comfort in]
TOIMY
crowd into the city in the past two
years. There'just isn^room for them.
I heaixi of one landlord who had
146 applications on file- for his next
vacancy. Another built a 59-family
apartment house and rented every
apartment from the plans before the
foundations were in! Rents are down
almost everywhere else,* but hot in
Washington,- ; |
One result has been the spilling of
populationaw-ay out into the Maryland
* suburbs and across the Potomac into
the beautiful Virginia hills. I met one
'federal official who “commutes” to
Washington every day from his home
'in Baltimore, forty miles distant.
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Many years ago someone
his gesture that tears wet her lashes.
“Oh, Jim!” she cried. “You^fe a
dear. I don’t know w'hat I’^do with
out you.”
Young Hayward waa in Nome, but
Jim got one of the Bonanza men to go,
to Rose's assi.st^nce and also he l^r-i
rowed a hors^Tor himself. It was notj Many years ago someone dalled
many miles" to town, but it was a I Washington “the city of magniment
wretched night and he was glad when | distances,” and the appelation has
the ariimal wallo'wi^”out of the icy'stuck. I was again reminded of it’last
mud and he ^elt the plank pavementr^eek, when on a trip to the uat ion’s i everybody is forced to .^lute the Nazi
under itsTTeet. The first doctor- hiS^capital I had to call at a dozen or more]emblem, but you can’t make me believe
they all mean it.
If I could teaijh every child what our
flag really means, the first thing I
would try to make them understand is
that it (ioea-Aot stand and nejvcr has
stood for compulsion,-even compul.sion
to j^alute it. If Old Glory means any
thing, it means—to me at least—the
table at the Bonanza
The man uttered an exclamation.
Roughly he said, “I’d sooner see you
in a dance hall.”
“I could even get married—” Rose
smiled faintly.
Jim’s hands twitched, but his facel
was impassive as he said: “No. I’m
goings t<mt»ck. I made“a few dollars in
i>awafliL and I left there looking- for
one more chance—one big chance to
win_ or^ lose, make or break. 1 play
hunches, and when your father offered
to go fifty-fifty with me I had a found was ill; another had been called'federal offices.
hunch [that my number Was due. Have to Fort Davis; the third was engaged' Washington is more like the gr<»ai
you ever heard of‘Michigan’s luck?’ ” on a confinement case, but promised.European qities than any other AmeV'
“Yes, of course. Aladdip’s lamp, too, 1 to accompany Jim in perhaps two I ican municipality. Its growth has been
but I never expect to have either.” hours. There was nothing to do but horizontal instead, of vertical. About
“Who knows? I have a feeling that wait. |the tallest building in the city is t'jc
your troubles ar^ over and that your Jim was wet and cold. He stabled j National Press club, and that is only
FI.AG — The Salute
I read in the papers the other day
that a Boston schoolboy had been dis
ciplined for failing to salute the flag.
Somehow, I don’t feel that compulsion
is the best way to jnstil patriotism.
Saluting the flag is no evidence of
how anybody really feel.s, It is a mean
ingless gesture unle.s.s it comes from
the heart. In Germany under Hitler
his horse, returned to the main street,
and entered the first satobh he came
to. Jt was late; there was nobody at
13 stories. Most of the government
father is really^ going to Jand^ in the
pay. Let’s hbpe so, anyhow. I beFieve
in hoping for things until you^ get
tbem,-’^
X was in thia manner that Jim
Rowan became a miner, a pick-an^
.shovel man. He put up a «sbm fori
himself and he did his own cooking
a thing any man abhors. Although he There was a stk^ at the end of the
and Hiram began to prospect the plkce where, in the earlier.hours ofj It occurred to me that one of the-^
claim, it was Jim who did most of the the night, a vaudeville show wa.s giv-j reasons why government business
Wtudl work.'His flabby muscles re- cn, and at the piano were gathered; takes so long to transact may be the
belled, at first; blisters grew upon his! several weary women of the dance-j time' and energy wasted in getting
white palms; they burst, then turned j hall type. One of them .saw Jim and|from one office to another. Washing-
into callouses. Slowly, painfully he j spoke tocher companions, whereupon | ton is not geared up to speed and
hardened himself. It was an ordeal, they turned and sUred curiously at j efficiency.
but as his body grew strong so did his! his back. ^
building^ are under six stories high, 'complete.st liberty of every individual
It is not at all uncommon to have under it to believe and behave as he
the bar, but some of the games were I to travel three or four miles, or farth^-pkases, .so long as he doesn’t try to
still running and there were a fewler, to get from one government build- interfere with other people’s beliefs
fjgures at Uie lunch counter in thejing to and in the course of a [and tiehavior.
rear. Thither Jini ma3e his way in day around federal offices the visitor '
search of a cup qf'^offee. has to walk along literally miles pf
corridors.
determination to win the love of Rose
Morris.
Every day he had to fight the de
sire to voice his love, but the better
he came to know Rose, the more fear
ful he beeame that somehow the grave
of the Michigan Kid would be disturb-
~ed and that she would behold the skel-
ton it concealed—^grass was slow in
growing over it—hence he showed his
devotion only in the things he did.
Auutmn came and Jim put into ef
fect a plan he had worked out. He
“salted” the pannings frota Jtheir
ground just enongh to make a show
ing, this being necessary to.^ his
echeme; then he interested a purchas
er into buying the claim. He instruct
ed the man to offer twMty thousand
dollars for it, supposing, of course,
that Mr. Morris would leap at the
chance to sell.
flut this was the ftrst gold ths oW
man had ever, found and those yellow
flakes strengthened his senile convic
tion that the property was rich. He
refused the offer. He refused again
Young Hayward rose from the faro
table and approached the lunch coun
ter. He had been drinking some and
losing considerably. There was an un-i
pleasant curl to his lips. |
JLim-Jiad hitched himself upon one^
of ..the high stools; ^ had raised his
mug to drink when ^ayward pushed
it away from his lips and called to the
white-aproned waiter, saying:
“Here! Give this fellow a square
meaH^^t the same time he crashed a
twenty-dollar gold piece upon the
counter.
“Thanks,” said Jlml “I’m not hun
gry.” -
“Ham and eggs for a friend of
mine,” Hayward cried. “And give him
the change.”
Jim eyed the speaker coldly, as if
from behind a mask, but he appeared
to take no notice <xf the tone ELayward
had used. Still in an even voice he
said:
“Nice of you. I’ve seen t3ie time I’d
take it.” He lifted hie cup for a' sec
ond tMM; again Hayward took* his
BEAUTY — In Marble
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frM'«reiA«ry H«lr T*«kt —
«0e i II. Kil IT WORKI At AM OrugfllOi
WrtI* «ir RRIf SmCM "TIm Tr*tti Abrtft
TiM Nalr." NaltMsI R«««4y C«.. Nm Y*rk
again, even whwi Jim’s man rais- wrist.
ed tltt bid to forty thoqpand d<^lars.
.Be‘^ more than refuse; he boasted
about the offer in town and said ‘he
had struck regular “ ‘Michigan’s
taKk.” Tl^ caueed quite a flurry of
esuateiMnt amf reluctantly Jim was
ioreed.to call off hU bidder,._
Jim’s effort had im effect other
Hmn he had expected; a forty-thoiu-
aad-dollar offer for a wild-cat claim
<m Friday creek centered interest
there, and promptly the Bonanza
eeowd sent an ootHt over and began
work on some property they owned
below (dd Hiram’s.
' This outfit was in charge of a
jmmg felkiw hr tbs Mpw Hay
ward, and once be hadi become ac-
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Look here. Rowan. I’ve been want
ing to ask you something. It’s about
that offer for old man Blorris’ claim.
Do you know what I think?”
“I don’t believe you’re capaUe of
thinking, right now. If I wne you,
Hayv&^ard, I’d'go home and go to bed.”
“Is that so?” Hayward’s disagree
able smile became more pronoilnoed.
“I’ll tell you what I think; I think itipOR RENT — Two-room apartment.
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FOR SALE —Red May Seed Wheat.
J. A. Bailey. —^28-2c
FOR RENT — .7-roora house on Mus-
grove street. Apply to T. R.
Owens. itp
CABBAGE PLANTS—4 million ger
minated after Oct. 15th, insuring
against seeding. Now ready. 10c if
you pull them^ 15c if I do. J. W.
Milam. Ip
ROSES—■2-year, field grown. 25 va
rieties to select from., Dailey’s Nur
sery, P.O. Box 216, Clinton. 28-2p
CABBAGE PLANTS, Onion Plants
and Onion Sets. Parr and Alaska
English Peas, Rape and Sweet Peas
in Bulk. Blakely Brothers Seed Store,
Telephone 188. ic
FOR SALE — Charles ton Wakefield
and Flat Dutch Cabbage Plants.
Planted^late. 12^« hundred if polled.
10c if you pull them. J. C. McMil
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Liquid - Tablets
Salve • Noee
Drops
cheeks
COLDS
and
FEVER
first day
HEADACHES
in 30 minutes
IT HURTS ME MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU, DOLLY.
But if I’w prickinv you now, you can be thankful foe this:
You’re not goini.#-o lose any more sawdust, because things
sewed with J. & P. Costts best 6-cord thread atay aewoef. Mom
says su—and Mom knows.
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It's the way to start the Hay
Keep a Good Laxative
always in your hom#
~ Among the necesslUes of homo la
a good, reUable laxative. Don't be
without one! Do your best to pre-
Yeot conetlpAtlon. Don't Deglect It wbea
jon feel any of lU disagreeable eymptonis
comlDf on. . . "We have used Tbedford’s
Blacl^'aucbt for 31 years and have found
Ij a'very usetul medljlne that every family
ouebt to have In their home," writes ICrs.
Perry Hicks, of Briton. Texas "1 take Black-
Drautht for blllon-ness, constipation and
other Ills whers a good laxative or P'l^^^ve
Is Bseded. I have always found Black-
Draufht gives good retulis."
BLACK-DRAUGHT
was a phony. I think you tried to put
something over—tried to grab some
thing.”
“Well? Ypu can’t arrest a man for
trying.”,
.‘M’ll tell you iometiikig else; old
man Morris is bonect, bs$r I ttdi^ he’s
in partners'with a damned
downstairs, all convenienoee. ■ Mrs.
Agnes Kem. ' Itp
REUABLE MAN WANTED to call
on farmers in. Laurens Conn^.
Make tq) to $12 a day. No ei^erienoe
or ami^ needed. Write McNeea Oo.,
Dept. T, Frtieport, Dlinoia. Ipo
Miserable
with backache?
VWHEN fcldneyi hwetioe 6sdty «nd
W you suffer e nagghia bsdegcht,
wHh dizziness, burning, scanty or too
freouent urinstioA end getting up eC
nk|nt; udien you feel tired, nervous,
e?upset...useDoea‘tPina
D^'i ere espedeily lor poorly
working kidneys. Mfflions of boxes
ere uiwd every year. They ere recom-
wended fre cosmky over. Adejmur
Doans Pills
we—iie-ss
A last-minute pause le so natural
before the day’s work begins. You
can make this pause refrwh]^-|»c ^
just add ice-cold Coca-Cobs,^. ^ f ^
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