University of South Carolina Libraries
THUBSDAY, DECEMBER 5.1t985 N CBRONia^ CUNTON, S. C f t" FIRST INSTALMENT ElJCentro were so rough that aeldom 1 wonderful. The village w,a3 as dry as powder and 'as hot as the top of a stove. It lay between barren hili.s, the nak ed summits of which were blackened, doubtles.s by' volcanic fires, although’ Think ^ of it, Don, , running w'ater! roses, could a car beat the dust unless fav- Jgihjon grass, running w'ater! That oi-ed" by a breeze; it must perforce brook and the trout pond!^ Won't it rock’and jolt slowly through a euf- seem heavenly'to be cool and clean foxing smother that coated a driv-iagain ?; I’m going to roll in the grass ii'^lungs as thicl^ly as his skin. Like ^ and bury my face in it. one* could casHy imagine that the.a trail of sfneke ignited by some in- ‘‘Same he^l And the first time it„ approaching car and ceaseless ray.s of the Vertical sun had'visible brand,' this dust streamer rains I m going to stand out and takoL,„., ..«Fn loi,. ceaseless ray.s of the Vertical sun had} visible brand,' this "burned thi’in brittle.—The 'sandy plain wound closer untl separating the two ranged was cover ed writh desert v’egetation—qi^r, mis shapen growths, most of which were blunt and limbless. Some of the trees her husband at th tie trap flivver. AH cars !were weeks were mei’e stubs, others werc^" shaped road.' Hke gallows, still others bore clumsy [its ilimKr fenders clashed, a jet of limte of «. «ort and a sparse cover-j vapor «>se ftom its radiator can. Its ing of tiny leaves out of all propor-' tonneau was piled -full of rope and . - . .... ..see Mr..Uryan until too late to avoid 1 Qlona made out every drop of «. It s^ms to me that • him-b^ause the lighth of 0 ftliecl of his rat- evoiy .ast pore in my body is thirsty, the approaching car blinded him. ‘‘‘How is the new driller getting ^ oner J. R. Scurry of Edgefield county | six ialong?” Mrs. Fisk inquired. w'as summoned immediately after Mr. j “‘McKay? Oh, fine! All I’m .afraid I Biy an died and called the inquest. f of is that he may work. too fast, i The accident occurred about two; Edgefield Man Killec^ By Trenton, S. 0^,. Dec. 2.—B. C, Bry an, .49, Edgefiehij livestock dealer was fatally injured while walking along'the Augusta-Columbia high way li^r here early Saturday night,' when hit by an automobile driven by i D,-F. Martin of Goldville, officers re 1 ported. . ' ...j, • I Mr. Martin was exoneiated of! blame in the fatal accident after he. r't^tified before a coroner’s jury that I he dimi^ed his headlights while meot- KilUottt tiioot valuable aid In the treatment of colds. They take goe or two tab- l.:s the first night and reptmt the or fifth night If needed. How do Oalotaba hito Katun tiu'ow off a ooidt Pint, OaloULe la one of the moat .thorough and ce« ]> mdnble all Intdktlnal ellnituanU. li'ii.i cleansing the Inteatlnal tracthL ;crm-laden niuctu and toxiiics. fromthraystem. Tbua Oalotaba aenre the double piu^iose of a purgattra and dioretic. both of Wtdbh are needed in the treatment ot ooldSL ’ Oalotaba are quite economical; only twenty-five contefor the family package, ten cents for the trial padtage. (AdvJ rattle trap* cs after they were put over these! t.:; this one conuplainW loudly,! tion to the size of the trunks against which, they clung. There were cacti of many varie ties, of course, huge ribbed ones , forty feet tall that resembled tre mendous candelabra, others that were amaller and more grotesque in shape with hundrex^ of fleshy upright ears or with melon-like knobs and pro tuberances upon their extremities. An occassional shrub or clump of bu.slve6 upthrust it-self between the larger tree.s, but every growing thing was ■ somehow distorted; all were twisted by the heat, or bent by dis couragement, perhaps; likewise every growing thing, from the tiny cucum- Centro, he ber cactus, half burit'^l in the sand, uj); pij-atloii,. tackle. All automobiles at El Cen tro carried similar cargoes. Veering drunkenly around the comer of the house, it coughed once or twice as if clearing its One lung, then with a long-drawn sigh of escaping steam it came to rest. “Hello^ honey!” Donald Fisk smear ed the sweat and the dust from his face and kissed his wife! He w'as a robust young giant, but the desert These hustlers a’re apt to be care-!miles from this city on the highway le^^ryo.u know. He’s at twenty-six!to Augustaj Witne.sses said Mr. hundriHl and fiftyr-jight on top of!Bryan was walking along the road, the structuro. We’ll be ready to shoot toward Edgefield when struck by the! day^after to-morrow. I’ve ordered Martin car, which was' traveling in [ the nitro and it will be out tomor- the same diixiction. The injured man,i row. Believe me. I’m not going to] who was dragged along the road for' lose a minute.” ‘‘If it comes inbig- ‘‘It will, up to its ;30 yards by the car, was rushed here Gloria began.^ " hitlock summoned, _ „ . .... Ibut he died a few minutes after the That wdl la Fomir to “^tnostake Fi.sk made the assertion , , , ... .. I tion for the fact that Mr. Bryan was It s bound to be a five-1 along the highway two miles ■ ber One’.” positively. had“tried”the‘fat‘rurof “hia fnimc and tt.ousandJ>artol wcll-or better. Can-t|^"-“";j^-iy'; help it, ,^n that location. ' —— “I wish I had your confidence,”] 1^1 TP hi.s^ udfe said doubtfully. ‘‘I guess] ▼▼ ' A- I’m'ttho tirc'd to be enthusiastic anyi more. I im ant to ask if it will mean delay. Will you have to stay and MANY PEOPLE NOW'SAt PE-RU-NA . The Great New CohMIhaser Wins Fight WithqCQid By Building Up Cold~Flghilng Resistance 'mm mm wm ^ m SEND FOR FKEE SAMPLE * ■■ ■■ mb ■■ P«-ru-na, D«pt. 1 HR, 544 So.Walla St., Chicago . . Ptkaao r«ah nta a Fra* Sampla of Pa-ru-na. I Name.. Addreaa 1*^ I I At Alt Druggists left it spare. His skin was burncxl almost black, and when he grinned his teeth gleamed forth as white as dominoes. Like* the other men of El smelled always of pers- to the tallest gallows trw, was cov-] diiiy!” .Gloria told ; ered with .spikes aj^l spines, , him. “Vou look loo funny ” She | Everything’s nrrangeil. Once I bring it in, Nolan can take with .spikes an;l dagger jicints and taTons. All these. '• laughed outright at the x‘xpression thorns were poisonou.s, all made fe.st-. nrnddy streaks of sweat ering wounds when fk^sh came in con tact with them. V'irus tipped their points. • It was in truth a place of many poisons, a valley of pain, for what dwcqmfort the cat-eflaws and the dag- charge.” R.MMOS checked f‘w Tube*, Paris j Aerials. Radio Repairing a Special-' 'y. Guaranteed Service. Phone dH ! ■Radio Exchange. tf , i FOR S.\LE -- One Hot Point auto-“] matic ningc, switch and meter. | ri. L. Haldwin. Jto] ger points failed to inflict, the blist ering sun and the irritating dust" ac complished. At night when the weedle.ss, grass- lees surface of the earth had flung off most of the heat stored up dur ing the day, it was possible to breathe without gasping to move about without streaming Ttweait; but this re lief w|e short and it merely served j to intensify the suffering that camC ‘‘You’re feeling butter, aren’t you-?”' ^t-we missiHl that boat. The he demanded, quickly. ‘‘.Jove,-Gloria! welUhould have been in a month ago, me clean your lawn or ......... I U...J but”- Gloria .sighed—‘‘something al- —-u ..u„: v-.i.. ways seems to go wrong in this busi ness. Just at th«» last moment, ^s appointment, heart-break—Oh, I hate Tliat’s the first time you’ve laughed in agi's.’' *‘l’m feeling wonderful! I’m well!” ‘‘Seems like a month at least since you laughed. What is it?” ‘‘Gomte! I’ll show you.”. Playfully Gloria took, the thumb of his right hand in her fingei-s and “led him acro.ss ,the floor. She faSfly danced ahead of him to the door of the bed room, where she bade him look. '*Therfe! I’ve been bubbling ever since I beaixl about our reservation.” Donald peered into the chamber; what he saw was an open steamer with the ardent rays of Lhe ipo^ing j a half-filled suitcase upon the bc<l. The room itself was strewn with ailtclcs' of clothing. ^“Why, sun. The days wx*re hideously long. It was not a fit dwelling place for man, and why nature had gone to such lengths, of devHish ingenuity in devising means to discourage him was hard to understand. Gloria Fisk Of ten asked herself that que.stion. Prob ably it w^i^ because of the oil,, she de cided. Oil was precious; the gettiitg of It always entailed hardships and ^.Aiiffejing. It seemed to her, howev er, that Nature had outdone heroelf here; that she had been more cruel than necessary. She could have economized on at lea.st half of hgr discomforts and still have left the place a Gehenna. The heat and the Kid!” You’v^ begun to pack!” Glo ria nodiicd, ‘‘Goo<l lx>rd! An^ It’-s ten diiy.'j yet before we go!” “I know—but I couldn’t wait. Oh, Don, you don’t know how’’ I h^ this place! You just haven’t the ^intest conception how I absolutely hate it.” Mrs. Fiak was still laughiog, but it! Hate it! I’m so nervous I could scivam— “She’.s just a tired, sick little kid.’/ Fisk spoke cnmfortingly and stroked his wife's hair with a mother’s touch. ‘‘This horrid old desert has worn her out, but it’s going to make her well and happy and—rich. We’ve made a hard fight, honey, but it’s nearly over. A little more courage, a little more patience!” ^kintinued next week. paint your porch chairs, or help in any way. ITic per hour. Robert Clarke, iVhone 12. . Itc RELIABLE MAN WANTED to call ] on farmers in Laurens County. ‘ Make up to $12 a day. No experience or capital netMled. Write McNess Co., IVpt. T, Freeport, Illinois. lp^: LOST—IViday afternoon in the busi ness section, small coin purse, con taining about $22 in bills and small change. Finder please return to Mary Pauline I.<awson and receive reward, p I glare alone were intolerable; why add the dust and the' drought and the posBons and the maddening isolation? Why pour out all her hatred upon thjs test by saying: niece? ‘‘Maybe not, but it’s such fun to get ready—end I haven’t anything place Other oil fields were not utterly impossible to live in-j-the coastal fields, for instance, were bad enough, but they were infinitely more livable than this. One could endure damp heat or tropic fevers and stinging in sects —even the depredations of band its—more eiasily than this eternal, dry, blood-thinning . heat. Bandits, however " bloodthirsty, were better than dust day and night, dust borne on every breeze, dust kicked up by hoofs and wagon wheels and truck tires, dust that got. into one’s food, County To Aid In Building Armori^es Say.s The Lauren.s Advertiser: At aXconference held here Friday between PWA officials, Laiirens and Clinton officials and members ol the there was an hysterical catch in her l^urens county delegation an agree ment was reported by which the dele gation is’ to supplement PWA funds for the erection qf a PWA armory in each of the two cities. The PWA of ficials were reported to have told the J'B. etty-and^ county -of ficials that^ because of the .scarcity of skilled labor on re lief rolls at least $2,500 in cash!con tributions would be necessary from each city in order for the armories to be built. The agreement, it is report ed, provided that the county would bear half of the $2,500 in each in- j stance, making a total appropriation^ JAPANESE OSL MM« la U. t. A. FOR NAIR AND tOALR Dlffaraat fraw Oreiaary Heir Taala* IT'S 4 SC4Lf MIPICINII MelSl. FE!:L it WOAKI AI Alt Orucottll Writ# far FREI tMtlH *'TIm Trutk Abatrt Tka Hair*' Halimal Raairtfv Ca., Na« Vart voice. "'That’s all that ails me- this desert! Now I’m going home. I’m going home—I’m going home!” She sang the words and her eyes spark led. that trash when you go. Not if help it,” her husband declared; can but she interrupted her vigorous pro- el.se to pack, merely wait! 1 can’t sit still I’ve packed and and iin- young ERS new convenient autonaktlc ifasi. tliiiiylitd III rich American walnut nml Hlil*fnft/>'<»o packed a half dozen times. When Ij'of $2,500 by the county and $1,250 by each of the cities. The city of Lau rens, as previously announced, has al ready agi'eed to provide a lot on South_ Harper street opposite the A. D. Gray residence. get it airtn, I pretend I’ve forgot ten something important "and there’s barely time tu'throw it out and re pack. Oh, Don, little shivers and tickles run over me every time I think of it! Home! I’m going.to pack ev ery day. That telegram alwut the staterdom has done more to cute me- than—than anything. I am well! •f99 f - I- GUARANTEED Moth protection backed by free moth Insurance policy written by one of t he-world’a.- largcst insurance companies. AREAL Cednr Chest Speelally Prided! A wonderful opportunity to make this match less Chrlstmas^lft to sweetheart, wife,motheft sister. It's the Christinas’gift every woman wants—a genuine *'Lane”—with all the qual* Itics that women know and love. See us at. once while this specially priced Christmas model is available. -—- PROVED BY 2 GENERATIONS Wilkes & Company Clinton—Two Stores—Laurens Don’t yon think I am*?” Gloria’s one’s clothing; one’s eyes and ears!voice quavered, broke; heF face was which there was no escape. Insect*, j briefly contorted and tears appear and lungs; ever-present dust from ed upon her lashes. fevers—almost anything was better' ‘‘Sure, you’re well. Just played out than the maddening monotony of j with the heat and the confounded these rainless days during which monotony, that’s all. Wait till you nothing, absolutely nothing, happen- begin to breathe the good salt air.” ed to divert one’s thoughts from one’s ‘‘And our stateroom is on the shady | “My, wife likes the smartness and rooniiness*lif the Ford hut misery. There were still other oil countries, of course, where one xfould live in actual comfort, where one could cabins, meet white people and speak English and hear running wator^ and see gr^n grass— 6reen grass! Cool waters! Mrs. Fisk with a languid sigh •went to the open 'window, parted the dikty curtains, and peered out. The glare was blinding, heat waves caused the distant derricks to dance and to waver. There was a dryness in the air that paused her throat to con tract so that it seemed to rustle ■*when' she swalfowed. It was a wretch ed street—a roadway, almost incan descent qt this hour of the day—and it ran through, a sprawling village of flimsy, unpainted houses all hast ily slapp^ together out of boards and corrugatex^ iron hauled in from the coast by raiL Sun liker this de manded thick 'dobe walls, of course, but there was neither clay here at El Centro nor water with which to mix it. No, the water," Uk), came by rail in hot steel tank cars, most of which were foul. Not a yard, not a fence, not a vine, not a bush, not a patch of green met Mrs. Frisk’s weary eyes—nothing but the melancholy buildings, the road ankle-deep in choking gray powder that coat^ roofs and walls and even the scattering xlosert vegetation ““"tound about the town itself. Where the road came into view over a low knoll, there appeared a rolling ^ud created by the wheels of jniRoads aTX>ond side of the ship!” “il made sure of that. What’s more, those fruiters, pump cool air into the Oh, it won’t take you long to pick up! I want you to have your old pep and your old color back when we land. You’ve got to have it or— well, the family wilT make it deuced unplea.sant for me.” A furrow ap- 'peared between Fisk’s * du.sty brows. He stared about the spar.seSy furnish ed room, then lie said, earnestly: ‘‘You’ve been a game kid to put up with this. H was yronme than I ex pected; yes, worse than your j^ple said it would be. If I’d realized just what it was like here, I’d never have brought you. But say”—^his face lighted again—“won’t it be great to put it over them?” Gloria nodded. Her brief enthu siasm had left her limp, so she sat xlown on the edge of the bed. She managed to sununxm enough anima tion to agree. “Yes. They were so smart—they knew it all, xlidn’t they? ft will be nice to crow.” “Mighty nice for me, anyhow. Ybu just go ahead playing at packing and unpacking yxmr Rothes, but when we leave we’ll throw ^em all away. I’ll buy you new ones—:the most expen sive xmes <m Fifth Avenue. I’ll buy you' more than you ever had-twice as many .as your xiad gave you! Yes, and we’ll drive out to the Island in our own limousine. I’ll get you a cou ple of ’em.” “It will be too late for the pepniea when we get there,” Gloria aaid, musingly, */but the rotes will be com- ing in. The ramblers on xwr place are ▼aoui \ \ about in the Ford V-8 This is the engine wbich^^ GINEERS have known r Years the aodtspoted ad* of the V-type engine UHtj, economy, com- and eight g^linder smoothness ggedness. But until an iconomtcal li y^'^ 'ord aondnneed the first Ford V-typeenginewiti^dual- V-8 in 1932^0 one had found a draft carburetoryCnat takes the —SS CftlieC proved tparkligg performa^ debt cylin^i ave a down- way to bring advantages to Ae Ipw-priced Since its iotro4i^on this en< gine has been constantly refined and Improved—b^ the bauc features of Ford desigh/have mained through the pr^uedbo of over hvo milliom V-S ezines. This is the engine powers the beautiful 1 lord V*8... and, becaust it is V-type and compact, gives **all that extra room” chat many [a] woman has **gas” used byw four and splits it intb el^hfequal charges. Tfalfis the engine you need for \ qu4^^ snre, cold-weather stait-^ ing tJfis ipinter—^t engine that’s “bpened the eyes” of over tuK> mtHfint enthusiastic Ford owners. . Yon^ find such an engine in no othitr car at anywhere near the prioS of the Ford V-8 for 19^6—So why not arrange to e one today? ^ \ UR FORD OIAL8R StmdmrU Mchs/tn hekuUmg hmptrt msd <n« metrm. Essr Strmt tkrmtk Utthersst Crsdit Cm, tk» iW Fimmn Pirn ■7 -