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/ ■ T“ \ f„l- [!■! ■i* •>/ » # ■7 A ^ THURSDAY. FfeBRUART IS, 1936 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. PAGE SEVEN IS FORGIVEN INNANCECO REY INCIDENT SEVlfiNTH INSTALLMEINT [ruin since he sailed. Haven’t you [always admired it, and she felt sure Synopsis: A luxurious five-month ruise around the i^orld aboard' nth]seen him hangrihg around the stock-{that there was a story connected withi^" the: board? He. faces bankruptcy. and it^ for he seemed to prizes it more than'^®^^ , i--_ V- (sentaives of South i ¥ x_ " V ‘ Marenia” brings together a group of passengers for adventures, romantic, entertaining ... and tragic.. Like in tions ■which unconsciously bare thei!-] spoken a word tp her. souls. These characters are aboard thej' «H>h, how thrilling!” cried Patty. 8hip:*Macdm'f, dour Scotchman, sin-!“I never thought of it in that light, gle, of middle age; Miss Mudgc, j Do you always have things like this school teacher, spending the saving? (happen on a cru'ise?” .Columbia, 12.-^With the re mark, “Let’s foi^ive him’^ sounding in their ears, and the comment fronf 'Speaker Claude A. Taylor, “He is to be commended for his voluntary ac tion* in this matter. We are all hot house of repre- convened for the first session of the week, Bepresentative J. D. Witherspoon of Laurens, said every member of the nouse had raised himself, in his esti mation by its ’hnagnanimous attitude andhroad mirtdedness” in passing by not named (Now Tribble Street) on tbe Tast side 210 feet, on the south by lot^of D. E. Tribble a^d^ , ^ C. W. iStone,ieline on south side * 105 feet, and on the west by lands of W. E. Nash and measuring on this side 210 feet.” Terms x>f Said: Cai^. The success ful bidder will be required to deposit at once with' me the sum of Five (5%) per centum of his bid fmme- diately upon the^cbnclusion of the bid ding said deposit to be in cash said sum to be applied on the bid should endless troubles when he gets back, any other thing he possessed. Re' the Xance-Opdfrey incident. And there’s the spinster who filled!took out a.cigarette, flipped the case'marked the “It Avas an outburst of temper,” he|there be compliance with same, oth- her pdckets with pebbles by the Sea'j'over to ifier, and remarked: “Put it’t:mse of the Nance-l^direy incident. , said. “It was unfortunate; our I.au- erwise to be paid to plaintiff for cred- Grand Hotel” these'.passengers offer of Galilee, and has fallen madly in|in your bag, Jenny.-’f !. senator is my friend and I thank a study in human actioivs and repc-jkive-with the captain, who has never “Why?” " " * Vv>a fin^r house for the friendship and re- J “Merelv because I want you to. It’s^*^^' Spaitanb^rg, having the floor,[jpect shown the Laurens delegation. ,om“S r“ *xtr.ordinLily fond O' of Tt wan later in the day that the let- of Don’t forget that” jwas in the house, and, taking excep-.ter from ^nator Nance was received “You must eifpect'to have your i , in the hou^^^ pockets picked in Bangkok.” ' representative made, advanc^ down ^ “Perhaps I do.” *■ ' house aisl^ and practically tookj NOTICE OF SALE of 20 years; Angela, faithful wife of Lovat, gigolo; Dick Charlton, first .of ficer; Clare, a person or experience Joan, a dissipated T “Of course we do. This i«» a com paratively dull one so far. I’ve given you only the sketchiest idea of what lapper; Jenny. i ^ cruising boat. I ^-away wife, and Peter; Captam|g^ii it ocean madness. Roll Baring, master of the ship . . . and his gonh a score (Now Go On With the Story). Clare was ducking through the cur tain into her stateroom, her dark h^ad turned over her shoulder, invitation on her lips. Peter was at her. heels-,|.you? Jenny could see his back as he bent his head to go under the curtain. His hand shot out and caught at.his cdm- panion’s upper arm as he disappeared from view. Jenny closed her eyes and- clutched at her heart. She had not believed it possible, in spite of Peter’s recent coolness. Her face went white as she stood in the corridor, weakly clutching the hand-rail. The boat lurched and her feet moved mechan- of Atlantic crossings into one; add modnlii nlight bn Waikiki Beach, huiisel on* the Indian Ocean, night in Pe king, cherry blossoms in Japan; fling together men and women away from their home.?, their friends, the forces that impose restraint—and what have Patty lay awake for hours that night, thinking of the Marenia as a vast building with dozens of ^parate apartments, and a little drama going on in each. Down in 545 Miss Mudge was read ing Conrad’s Typhoon, given her by the chief officer. She was elated at the end of another gala night. He had danced with her three times and sat out a tango. Every night was gala night bn the Marenia, particular- Charlton, He smiled and she-dropped it into'^^® floor/rom Mr Godfrey. The sen-, state of South Carolina, her bag * I ator was escorted from the hall of | Leaving the train at Bangkok, they drove past trim white houses and through immaculate streets. -4ioarded :aL iaunc luncL _ sailed up the Menam to the king’s" palace, sjowly approaching the -wats that cluster around it._ The scene seemed to Jenny to.have sprung full blown from the pages of Hans Anderson. They walked past the devas, giant grotesques intended to frighten aw'ay the devil^’ “I think when we choose our home: like a deva to' " the house a few* minutes later. Yesterday the following communi cation from Senator Nance was reacf: “To the honorable Speaker of the TIoTXse County, of Laurens. In the Court of Common Pleas. , ,, , ^ ^ Board of Trustees of. Presbyterian^^® close ‘^®^® ?5i. *.*!?. it on the indebtedness. In the event the successful bidder should fail to comply with the terms of sale the said lands shall be resold on the same or some subsequent Sales Day S i same terms at the risk of the ting purchaser. The purchaser y" fbr papers, stamps and re cording. Since the plaintiff is not asking for a deficiency judgment the bidding College, at Clinton, -S. plaintiff, vs .Siisio Alexander Ruth in her own “With reference to what occurred and as executrix of estate of G. between Refiresentative Godfrey andi^'- Alexander, Deceased, G. C. Alex- me on the floor of the house on j Bailey, De-^ j Thursday, February (5, I desire to say: I fcndant. j “That 1 served In the house of rep-! Pursuant to a decree of'the Court j resentatives for si3c~>’ears' and have j in the above stated case, I will sell j the highest regard for its dignity and at iiublic outcry to the highest bidder, the proper ■ decorum of that» body. 1 in front of the Court House door, or f J I 1 o f«|When I went into the hall of the in the Court Room of said Court in England, I should like a deva to I . • , ■ • ' n • ..u r--,. / i r- 1 i „„;i io,.n.v. I house,.I was there on official busi-■ House, in the City of Laurens, County guard my door, ^ said Jenny,,^laugn- -..i. u u ii-ui pi o*'*. p j o ing at the spiked monsters •' “m'ss with my house members. Whileuif Laurens, btate aforesaid, on Scales JTHO'S. W.r BENNETT, -! Special Master. Dated” Feb; Itlth, 1936 - Steo Vicks Cough Drop I heard Mr. Godfrey make a Day in March, 1936, next, being I|kon- yards of the compound. Jenny’s face i ^t®‘®>^®"‘ They wandered through the court-' ^ heard Mr. aliirht with interest. Peter was silent.! gentlemen of my county whom I ring the legal hours of sale, on the * ' ‘ knew to lie men of the highest integ- terms specified below, the following She had rarely seen him look so hand some. rity, that my indignation was so ically along the linoleum-covered cor ridor. She. knew’ that she must belly since she had met Mr. | ... • . .. y, walkiiy like an absurd mariQnette.l the first officer ’ I® IJ, „,^uered in the least! Now she had arrived at her own state- She lowered her book and deliver- . , , , .u- room. She walked under the curtainjed herself to the fufl enchantment of ^ -P • and hooked the door. jhel thoughts of Mr. Charlton. Heav- Jenny lay down on her bed andlcds! Miss Foster was making whoop- ■ nearly tweUa: ..■clock," he le-1 '">'“'1 1 1 a • a:*™ u;. oiKra... a/. impulsively said to him what a marked, twistmg his elbow to look , p .u u did. Not being a memlier of the hopse, I realize that I was in a parliaim^n- tary sense out of order, at the same covered her eyes with fingers that fluttered nervously. Her throat was swelling till she thought she would ee again. She had learned “making whoopee” frbm some of her gay com [ haVe no meaning.” They went into the temple that held j the Emerald Buddha. It was like go- {unto a dark cave filled with green ^r. For several minutes they inj wat '’LiMconld'.e.-nothm* but ^-filtered j.dn mist, for the sun was still in their Jenny leaned on her parasol r choke. It couldn’t be possible-4-not i now. It was so unlike Ohonto. Mr. now,/<o soon. They had been togeth- Charlton roared with laughter every er only two months. *She had run j time she said it. Some nights, things .away fpr a lifetime, believing that, were rather quiet next door, with, only Peter loved her enough to spare her one man in the room and nothing all regret, and now it was like this, j much in the way of noise, except a with a cheep woman on the boat, clinking of glasses and an occasional “What a blind , fool I’ve b^n!” sj^ burst of laughter, piere must be a thought. “He can’t have iov^d meliUpariy going on tonight. She could all, not for a minute. But it isn’t his j hear the voices of at least four dif- fault. I brought it on myself.” j fei'ent men, and theirjhostess-seemed Dick w^ dancing with Patty under j to be feeling gay. pleated lanterns that sw’ayed likej Miss Mudgpe- w’ondered what it drunken .sailors. She looked like'a j would be like to be surrounded by, puff-ball in a cascade of white chif-ifour differe-nt men, all of whom pro>b- fon. Hard to believe that she was the [ably wanted to kiss one. The idea did thin young thing who had ' slipped ^ not appeal to h>r so much as having through the water that afternoon like lone man in that mood. There niustj a sharp blade. ' surely be very little point to public j , , Uurens. “Patty, you’re looking very sweet] lovemaking. Things were quiet next I tonight,” he told her, humming the door for a minute, or two, and her| waltz as he. swung her around. “Jenny darling!” said Peter, urg ently. “Yes?” vShe swung around in re sponse to something in his voice. He touched her hand and whispered: “It’s! I nothing. It doesn’t matter, but you’re I very helpless, aren’t you, dear?” She noticed that he looked^ little strained, anil that his hands were shaking. “Without you, 1 should 1h*, Peter.” Continued next w-eek. • NOTICE OF SALE The State of South Cai^olina, time I could not then and I cannot now allow such a. statement* to pass unchallenged.” ^ Speatcer Taylor said the Laurens senator was to be commesded for hisj| voluntary action, while Representa-1 tive S. P. Chapman of York suggest- i od: “We forgive him.” The letter was received as information and the Chap man motion WHs*not put to the house.; The incident, w’hich last week threw the house into tonfusion, was refer red to a few minutes after the house describe^ real estate, to-wit: ‘‘.yi that lot of land (with dwell- ing house thereon) in the Town of Clinton (County of Laurens ami State of South Carolina) ly ing in the western part of said town on the south side of Green .Street (now West Carolina Av« true) and’C. N. and L. Railroad, lot being the “Home Lot” paA of the Jand formerly knowi^s the Dora V. Wofford land and fronts on Green Street (Now/West Caro lina Avenue) 105 and run ning back 210 Teet, containing about one-half^acre, bounded on the north by'^Ift-een Street (Now West Capmha Avenue), and (’. N. and L. Railroad, oTr'eastTfy street D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS J / •••AltCleve / .EMBALMERS Licensed Embalmers, Complete ^ ■ Modern Equipment " Day Phone 94 - • ’ Night Phones “And I could you, Dick.” dance/forever w’ith arms, dancing with him, while “It’s the sky and the lanterns you’-leaned down to kiss her cheek. In Court of Common Pleas. thought* floKod buck to Mr. Chari-1 ton. She imagined herself in hial"!^. bia^ Plaintiff, vs .Mayme .Merle Hill, he like, silly infant.” “Now’ you’re teasing.” “Honour bright. I’m not.” The waltz came to an end -and they sat down. Miss Mudge sat. up straight in bed as she heard Joan Foster’s liMlghter come splintering through the partU tion. “Let’s throw him oi^ one of the “I think-ihe boat’s getting a little'men exclaimed. “It’^^time to break dull,” said Patty suddenly. • j up, anyway. One more song and • i “I wash it were,” he said. * Dick laughed. “Why, what’s gmng on?” “Plenty, Patty. You don’t suppo.se that everything's as .smooth as it ill. ^ ^— looks on the promenade deck, do you ? | They had all gone now, except the You can’t believe that the men down njan who usually stayed the longest. T. Hill, in their own right and as Administrators of the estate^lTf T. T. Hill, Deceased, et al, Defend ants. Pursuant to a Decree of the Courp in the above stated case, I will at public outciy to the highest bjtider, either in or in front of the/t-'trurt Hous<*, at Laurens, C. (’., on iriea«'iittr7'jo;;n'io day the 2nd <lay of the/month, dunng the legal hours foi^uch sales^;; the following describes projH'rty to wit: “AIL. that trac>^r parcel of land w’e .sleep.” .Miss Mud^e was sure that it was the voiceRf the man whose wife was below’ go calmly" along, week after The conversation was pitched on a week, in, this infernal heat withq^ut lower note, and there were long paus- disturbance? We had one man try |o es when nothing was said at all. stab another today,,, and thp^ chef At last she fell asleep, but not-ior threw a carving-knife at a parhtry boy long. Wakening with a sense of i last W^ednesday, and men f^n. sick and j turbance, she switched on the li_ ^ in love and behave like,^ lot of puji-j Over her bed to look at her wptch. pies generally.” ' ^ Half-past three and a commotion next “Really,'Fm amaze<l,” said Patty, door! Miss Foster and her friend “Everything se.efns so orderly and singing at the pitch of their voices, serene.” ,/ 4 j A glass went smash and the song Dick lauded., “Well, Fm g'lad that broke off. , it laoks^ that way. Did you notice the Mjss Mudge disappeared beneath boat slow down in the middle of thej the clothes until only her hairpinnedj night^on Friday?” [fringe showed. Miss Foster started' /No, I was probably sound asleep.”' the victrola, choosing the -song, “I “That waa to bury a member of the [wanna be lovedi^-^-Aa aoon -as it was crew who died of malaria. And when finished she put it on agaih. By the we leave Ceylon we must slow down tenth time it was getting a little IxmT' -again to toss a wreath out at the spot where one of the cruise men was buried last year. He ate some bad food in India.” I ing. An hour later the man stumb led out of the cabin. Still the victro la went on. Miss Mudge was desperately tired. H 9 o’clock and the music still went on, like a tireless hurdy-gurdy. Worn out. Miss Mudge f.ell' asleep at last. A noise wakened her at ten. Patty shuddered. It had not oc^ jiThe girl must be mad. Sitting up in "^cuTPed that the Mareirhr wasshe^dcoocked hesitantly on the anything but a peaceful pleasure boat.; wall, hut there was no reply, except But Dick was going on: “DoiiY the clinking of ice in a jdlass.. Seven forget,that this is a village afloat, and not nearly so peaceful as the anchored variety. Do you want to know what’s really going u.i around you among the passengers.' * In one' The victrola was grinding the same i^ateroom a husband comes it) late j refrain. At last sW was angry; she iSom a poker game each night !and'would stand no more. “She thumped Threatens to kill his wife. They’re; loudly on the wall. The music whir- a blowzy pair from Cleveland who red to a slow stop. Miss Poster flop- curse and swear at each other, and ped noisily on h^r bed. / are always drunk. We’ve had to go j Jenny was in a ligbt-heqrted mood in and still them a few times. I think when the Marenia achored off Pak- Ikell murder her yet, when he gets i nam in a thick, heat haze. Her mind drunk enoiigh,” continued Dick. j was no longer locked in high tendon, “And there’s the little teacher who j and she talked with delicate anima tion. For three days- Peter had been his old tender self. So far as she knew, he bad seen nothing of C2are. (Loing ashore, she wore a gay flower- a wide been ^ving her pennies for tw^y years to ga-around the world and now that she’s on the boat, she’s afraid sIk hasn’t money enough to take berTWely home. She daren’t |ed frock of poppy silk and go ashore *b^h€rself, because of tbejstra^w hat, i for tips and fees.’ isn’t it?” inter constant deman “It’s Miss M rupted Patty. ‘ Yes, since you’vp gassed it, and ■a very good sport, too.’^^ “Then there’s man ■kt)W's run- Ywng away from his wife and. is de luged with frantic radios evwr^day. And the American Whose fortune ahiunk from seven asUKone to bi' \ • • * “I’m happy today, Peter,” she an nounced. “Why are you happyr-Jenny?” His gaze was on her suddenly, cool and searching. He caught her hand, turned it over and "kissed the cupped palm. Jenny did not answer. Peter brought out his cigarOtt^ case, a flat gold one, with his initiiib 'engraved in the corner, immj or lying, being^and situate in Cross Hill 'TowjYshii), C'ounty and State afore.s^, containing 163_and 46- 100/hcres, more or less, and hav- the following metes and fiounds: Houmled on the North by lands of C. J. Hill and Dick Jones; on thr-Nnrthwest by pub lic road running from Cross Hill happells; on the East by lands of Dick Jones; on the South by lands of S. H. Goggan.s and C. C. Hill; on th|? West by jiub- lic road from Cross Hill to Chaji-' • pells and lands of J. H. Miller. This being the .same tract of land conveyed to T. T. Hill by Nannie O. Watkins, Martha D. Brown, Victoria NcairGa4vin G. Hil4 Sad ie F. Brooks, Lucia B. Jones, Lila M. Hill and Casper J. Hill by^ . deed recorded in the office ,of R, M. C. for Laurens County in Deed Book 38, page 169. Said tract of land will appear more fully on plat made by C. W. Moore, Sur veyor, recorded in plat book 1, * page 194 for Laurens County. A copy of-Said plat is attached to the abstract filed with TI^ Fed eral Land Bank.” Terms of/Sale: Cash. The success ful bidder,' other than the Plaintiff herein, immediately upon the conclu sion of the bidding, shall deposit with the Clerk of Court the sum of Five (5%) per centum of the amount of his (bid as a guarantee of good faith in the bidding. The same to be-ap plied to the purchase price upon his complying with the terms of osale, otherwise to be paid to Plaintiff for credit on the indebtedness. 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