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caftOWCLg. CLIOTON. af c. iican national chairmanT^iS actively taking^the field and expects to live mostly in airplanes for the next four months. Coh Knoxr vice*pre8idenHai candidate, will make more speeches than will Gov. Landon. Mr. liandon, however,, after a .short vacation, plans also to “take the stump” and speak at several slrateg^cally selected times and 'places! ^ x Again, as in 1932, Mr. Roosevelt THE CHRONIC] WANT AD RA1 Ic per. word for first iiiasr- tim; five iasertijtaw far tte piHce of four. Miniaiiui ehlDtft 25c. . Card of thanks And tribniea of respect, Ic a word, payable in advance. Minimnni 50c. ^ will himself be the principal speaker Woshini^on, June 29. — With thel^o*" the Democratic ticket. Vice-Presi- nominating conventions of tUo major [‘tent Garner is not expected to be jparties over and the work of the 74th I ^^rd from. Postmaster General Fa^- ^ THIRD INSTALLMENT Synopsis:—Silas Spelle, high-hand ed, low-principled cattle baron, is out to smash the local bank and force foreclosure on the small ranchers of the Kahab desert country so thAt he can seize their range lands. He is op- poaed by Ed Starbuok, president of ^ Cattlemen’s Bank, and by San Juan Delevan,-f prominent rancher who has been crippled by a fall from hn horse. Tex Whipple snd his part ner, Johnny Ckhoe, are cowpunchers employ^ by San Juan Delevan to fight the restlers and protect his in terests. Burney bent over the combination, [congress finished, Washington is Democratic national chairmat^. He succeeded but .found himself sud denly clicking the hammer of his gun Jinlilinr hi, predicment, Johnny nnd spoiled t»« ,« up trying to do^ out whnt will hap^n Koo«v«lt. kneed his horse away, snicking backi**«»‘t bandit snarls. “Don’t-stall for j next November find, on surveying the One I point of His fingers, fumbling and clumsy,! tling down to the serious business of complete confidence in the twirled the dial. OncS” he overshot a i Pi^idential politics. Those who are [ unanimous reelection _.of “Better make the* most of TCliP skates,” cautioned Tex. “Gosh knows when /yuh’ll get any more.” \ 'Xw soon^s'~Trifi? ngTit enough to' read sign Tex got busy. Firs^ he rode the loading gate and punching out the empty shells as he rode. Quick to grasp his opportunity, the rustler pois^ himself for a careful shot at the fleeing ahihnny. For a split sec ond the rustler was stationary and Tex, now on his knees and aiming carrfully over his left forearm, pull ed trigger on the last loaded cham ber in his gun. Cldae' on the heels of Tex’s shot came another. But the rustler’s bullet went wild for he was time. If apybody comes before yuh; political scene, a considerable amount get the vault open yuh get a slug, j of wreckage and a numiber of new savvy?” factors,.the importance and effect of Burney nodded mechanically and cAnnot at this time be accu- ran a furry iongue over his dry* lips. estimated. He began again. This timS he went The session or congress ended with agreement here is 0; FOR RENT—^The Bill Anderson place, 8-room house, 86 acres.* Six miles out Musgrove road. Very low month ly rental. A. O’Daniel. tf ' / in /a wide ciltele about the springs, ring closely at the dust and sand the desert floor. Johnny followed losely at his heels. They completed a circle of about a mile when Tex pulled up and while rolling a smoke peered with keen eyes out to the northwest. -UJt—. , “Delevan had the right hunch,” he drawled. ^’Wade an’ the rest of those coyotes double-crossed their own boss.” ‘ Johnny, who had learned a lot about reading sign from Tex, nodded. r /“Yep. They jest cut out ninety or a hundred haid an’ headed ’em north west with two men ,on the drag. Tha rest they took on to the Box D.-They cooked up that yam about rustlers as a blind an’ figgpted would wipe-out the tracks before anybody could prove ’em a liar.” “ - ^ “Shore, yuh'rd^ leamin’, son. Lemme see, Wade an/^ his gang muata left Skelton Spriftgs about noon yester day. The tracks show that’s about right. Tliat/gives ’em about seventeen, eighteen hours start. They cain't drive them cattle any too fast ’cause that- long drive in to the Springs musts/kad ’em pretty well fagged: I gotta hunch we can ketch, ’em. •CWi.’* At noon Tex halted enough to loos en the saddle girths for a moment p^hile he poured a mouthful or two of water from a - canteen into the crown of his hat and let the thirsty bfoncos wash the dust from their throats and noftfils.’-ffhett the ciachae were taken up again and the steady gnnd'resumed./At about thjoo in the afternoon Tex rose in hii stiif ups and pointed ahead. There, maybe five through the numbers without a mis take. The final tumbler clicked. He twisted the handle and set himself against the weight of the .vault door. The massive portal swung back. The next instant something crashed already falling from the - saddle shot {wgainst the hack of his head with in the temple. terrific force and he felt himself fall- Johnny whirled his horse about and ing—falling—! gatroped hack,'rarieved to Tlte robbery was dishovered the rise to his feet and come limping for- next morning when the bank failed T-! ward. - “Yuh dang fool kid,” barked Tex wrathfully, though he knew the wrath was merely a cloak to deepest emo tions. “What’s the idee o’ yore charg- a victory for the president in the new tax bill. The senate had rejected the principle he advocated of taxing un distributed corporation reserves, but administration pressure' on the lower house resulted in a threatened dead lock, in the face of which the senate yielded. An~entirely new principle of taxation has been placed on the stat ute books- and business is^ disturbed that a« things stand today the out look is for a very close election. All who make the study of such things their business are’ abio agreed that the presidential contest in the long run comes down te the personalities of the heads'' of the respective tickets. The men themaelves, Roosevelt and Landon, will count for a great deal more. With the genfral run of voters than will the party platforms. SWEET POTATO PLANTS, Tomnto Plants,' Egg J^lants, Pepper Plante, Cabbage Plants and Collard Plante. Alto a Full Line of Garden and Flow er Seeds. iB|akely Brothers Seed Sto-re. Telephone 188. le Democratic Funds — Sought In County open its doors at the regular time, certain thing about the new tax Burney was still alive but when Doc i makes more McMurdo, a hard-bitten, dour; silent for corporations to conserv'e old Scotchman examined him, he r'^sources against future depres- shook his head. He had Burney car- in’ in thataway with an empty gun?iried to his horAe where he did the best! Just betore it quit, congress gave Wanta get yoreself salivated?” !he cguld for the stricken man. Burney “Shucks,” muttered Johnny. “H»v’d|died just before four'o’clock that af- I know yiih wa’nt hit? Yuh was, ternoon from a concussion of the down, wa’nt yuh? An’ him afannln'j brain. Before he went he had a brief at yuh all the time? What did yuh'spell of delirium and throughout'the R. W. Wade, well known local at torney, recently appointed Laurens county chairman by the national Democratic party to head Roosevelt rallie.s, stated yesterday that encour aging reports are being received from MAN WAN'TOD for Rawleigh route of 800 families. Good profits foiT bustler. We train and help you. Write today. Rawleigh Co., D^. SOG-27- SA2, Richpiond, Va. 7-30rp SEED IRiESH POTATOES — Green Mountain and Spaulding’s Roee. Sudan Gra^s, Cattail Millet, Pop Com, Cane -Seed, Sprays and Insecticides. Blakely Brothers Seed Store. Tele-„ phone 188. ♦ Ic FOR RENT — Upstairs apartmeht, consisting of three i^ooms, big wide hall, upstairs porch, private bath, and sink in icitchen. For imme'diate poe^ session. W., M. McMillan, Musgrbvo .street. / Ic the president another billion and a over the county as to the amount of half dollars for relief. This will carry tnpney raised at the nominators’ on relief work on the present scale J^^^tings for the national committee, until about February, so ene of the J^nsrderableMnterest was manifested want me to do, sit back an’ lead the cheerin’ secion?” “Well,” growled Tex. “Yuh might have some respect for my feelin’s. f{ I’d o’ missed him he’d o’ got ydh shore.” “Mebbe—m«bbe‘,”. grinned Johnny. “But, belfeve 'tee, I was skedaddlin’ to beat hell.” “Where’s yore hat?” demanded Tex irrelevantly. “I~ suppose ytih rode right up to that other jasper an’ slap ped him in the face with it?” “Nope,” retorted Johnny. “He lift ed it off with a .45 jest bedore I plug broken jumble was a single phrase that h« reiterated again and again. Doc* McMurdo was alone with Bur ney at the time and as he listened a queer, calculating expres^on- crossed his hard*<)itten features. The sheriff, Gorman, rftide a hasty investigation in a very imposingy mysterious manner, then wired for A bank examined to handle the band’s affairs. Two days later he had van ished, taking the trail back to West- haven. The bank examiner made some hasty calculations and pronounced the bank insolvent.^^'The day after this ged him.* Well, it looks like we -donet was announced Silas Spelle rode into got a herd o’ cattle an’ two daid‘rust-[Carilllon and was closeted for several ler’s on bur hahdsrTex. An’ they’si hours with the examiner. When he two broncs for yuh to take yore pick of. I’ll round ’em up for yuh.” While Johnny was busy wjth this errand Tex rolled a cigarette with shaking, fumbling fingers. He was blinking his eyes rapidly to keep back the moisture, . “Yuh dang,- helter^kelter, loyal, gutty young cub,” he muttered. “What would I'do without yuh? left, Spelle’s face was twisted in a smirk of triumph. He had wom i^in. (Continued Next Week) West Clinton News Misses Stella Brooks and Sue 'Than he bl«stJii4 JQ0U.jj>udlSLAhd I Campbell of Laurens, apent Sunday set to getting his saddle off his dead with Miss Carrie Bell Evans bronco. miles distant^ lay a ^drifting cloud <'f dust.* Mrs. John Heath of Greenville, spent the week-end with relatives. Ruby Nell and Bertie Morris are and an hour later he and Johnny came to the edge of a wide dry lake across the middle of which weary, thirsty lines of Hereford cattle slowly filed. In the rear, hazing the cattle on- ^rd, two men were riding, swinging the ends of lariats across the backs- of laggards, fightiqg the (inevitable slowing down of the herd. “Caught ’em,” rasped Tex through cracked, dust-caked lips. “Reckon mebbe we’re in for a fight son. O’ course they may run for it, but I dojn’t ~think so. Well, get yore, hawglaig loose in the leather.” Tex and Johnny lifted their broncos into a gallop and pounded down across the quarter mile which sepa rated them from the rustlers and the cattle. So absorbed were the rustlers inatheir work they did not guess at their pursuers’ proximity until hard? ly fifty yards separated them. Then one of them happened to turn and look back. He ^uted to his com panion, jerked out a gun and wheeled iiis horse to one side. “Watch yoreeelf, kid,” yelled Tex. “I’ll take the one on the right.” Coth the rustlers were shooting now. They were desperate, tired meny their nerves bh edge fiwn weariness and bodily discomfort and faced with the knowledge that they were caugbt '■coldjwith the stolen cattle in fr<^ of AL fK- ~..v Tom Burney, book-keeper of the Cattleman’s Bank in Carillion, stared visiting in Newberry. in a stunned, horrified, apathetic sort Miss Dretha Robinson of Charlotte, Tex increased the pace perceptibly of' way at the doorway leading into spent the wwk-end with Miss Laura • • • • ’ • Ed Starbuck’s private office. Sprawl- Foster.’ ed on his face across the sill was Ed Miss Marguerite Seay is visiting Starbuck. His . one arm was 'out- relatives in Greenville, stretched before him and a few inch-; Miss W’ilby Seay, Royce Smith, Mr. es in front of his extended fingers and Mrs. Clyde Trammell visited in lay the heavy revolver the old man Tennessee Sunday, had not been swift, enough to use^ A Mrs. John Simpson and son, Ralph, little pool of crimson was beginniiTg Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Simpson of to spread on the floor near one shoul-i Ninety-Six, Wyatt Spiers of Gold- der of the still figure. • | ville, ^ visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Almost at Starbuck’s feet'lay an- SpienJ Sunday. v other body, that of A1 Stinson, thej Mrs. G. P. Lanier was called to cashier of the bank. He also had'Raleigh, N. C., on account of the ill- / them. To surrender was to put tEeTt- .necks in a noose. They would fight it cut Johnny picked his man and went at him on a run, leaning low over hia ■bronco’s heck. He heard the whisper of flying lead'above him, hut ha Imld his own fire until not twenty yards separated him from the rustler. Then he reined his horse to a sudden stop, sat Up ttraifht and loosed two care ful, deliberate shots. In the intenral between his first and second shot something lifted his sombrero from his bead. But’he did not flinch, de- tennined to make the most of his careful shooting. Harum-aeanim as the pla*- was, it wbrked, With the .second report of Johnny’s Colt the rustler-stiffened and pitched head long fixmi hi4 saddle. Then Johnny turned to see how Tex was making it A gulp of fear rose in his throat Tax's hana was down and kicking. Tex himself lay, half sat to one side, but shooting de- llieratefy. The second-.outlaw was • btciriiig his’ horse away, holding the rearing animal’s haad «id nadE 4»e- fore hit body as a skiald. Johnny gase a yoU and dug in the epors, rac ing in on the nittler at an aagj^ jQlaaa ■waa shooting new, tnriag te 4iraw^ ei^Oaw'a attealiMi tnm Tex. made the mistake of reaching for a gun. Tom Burney wrenched his eyes from the dead men and stared through the window at Uie two masked figures beyond. The round, unwinking muz zle of the frontier model Colt which was trained just at his waistline, seemed to possess ' some hypnotic quality. It had the same cold, mag- lignant suggestion which lies in the upraised head of a rattlesnake about to strike. A thread of pale smoke was trickling above it. Two shots and two men dead! A’ muscle twisting shudder rippled ihaough Burney’s body. Ha, could feel the great blobs of sweat gather on his forehead. In a purely mechanical manner he started to low er his-right hand to brush the^mois- ture away. " “Keep / 'em up!” cam^ the harsh command. “Ain't tfaana anything but damh^ddUt4n this- place? Move-over _j=Erie«da-wUlba sorry toJcnoar that to that cage door and unlock it. Keep yore hands in plain sight. One phoney move an’ there’ll be three dead men instead o’ two. Hurry up!” i Moving with tlie mechanical stiff ness of an automaton Burney walked jeridly to .the cage door. Burney was a arild little man, totally unused to scenes of violence; supremely contept- ed w^ his pomrion amid ths endless columns of figures. Whst had just taken place had filled him with dread and barrar and had * stunned sU thought and initiative. Beyond the bander the bandit who had done the shooting kept step with him. When Burney lowered hi.’ hsnds to the lock the l^dit jsbbed his gun through the bsrs until the muzzle nearly touched Burney’s throat, The latter retried slightly. The stink of powder gas was strong in his noetriU. His fingers fumbled at the lock. The door swung back. Lithe as a^ weasel the bandit was inside, ^hiz gun buried deep against Burney’a side. The second bandit crowded in at their heels. —- . “Now the vault,” ordered the killer. “Don’t tell me don’t know the eombinatioh.”' “i—1 know it," psttodrted Bi “Get busy tb^” Innik^ ness of her mother. Rev. B. S. Drennan is attending the Methodist pastors’ school in Columbia this week, Mrs. Ruth Oakley and son are visit- ing~ in Wjnston-Salem foV several weeks. Miss Mary Alexander and James Alexander of Simptonville, visited Mra. Henry Barber Sunday. Miss Diley Ficklin of Greenwood, spent the week-end with Miss Lily Ficklin. Mrs. Cecil Walker of Laurens,'is jpeoding aeveral weeks with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs, William Cannon. Mrs. Joaie Jackson of Hot Springs, Ark., Mr. and Mrs. Will Baker of WhitmirCf yiaited Mr. and Mra. J* JL Whitmire Sunday. Clyde Bigbee of Otoen, N, C., is visiting r^ativee for several days Mr. Pace left Monday for the vet erans’ hospital in Columbia to un dergo treatment. Eumice Pace also left Monday for the De la Howe home near Mc(3ormick. Five other children are being cared for until arrange ments can be made to receive them St' Cohnie Maxwell orphanage, Green wood. Mr. Pace’s health has not been good for some rime. Mrs, Pace died recently, leaving her husb^d and six children. With the Sick Beatrice Aehlin is/111 at bar home on Gordon street. Friends of Mrs. Burns will regrret to know ;she is ill at her home. J.-A. Bull is, still on the sick list. Friends of Nell Smith will regret to know she is ill at her home with tonsilitis. ,* Edna Chaney has been ill several days. ./ first jobs of the new congress, which willl <ionvene on January 3, will be to do something quick about federal re lief.^ , -V Some ‘^Measuces Perished Many legislative measures, which important pressure groups 'tegarded bs of vital importance, died in the last-minute rush to adjourn. It must be remembered, however, 'that while bills die, the pressure blocs still live, and their efforts will be renewed in the next congress. The substitute Guffey coal bill, the administration’s food and drugs bill, and Senator Wag ner’s federal housing bill were among the casualties. The anti-price discrim ination law aimed at chain stores, as finally enacted, is not regarded 4ks likely to have any seriotus effect ex cept that it puts added powers into the .hands of the fedreal trade com-, mission to regulate business. The ship si^sidy bill, passed in the closing hours, is designed to build up the American merchant marine by di rect’ sulMidies instead of subterfuge payments for carrying mail. Under this act it may be possible for Amer ica at last to put a ship or two on the teas which wiH rtewi the graat European liners. One really important bill which fell short of enactment was the measure designed to put all postmasters un der civil service regulations. It was fought by. Republicans on the gnmndj^i ► tliat it would kwp tliousands of politi cally appointed Democratic postmas ters in office for life, and labor oppo sition gave many Democrats an ex cuse for voting against it. , Third Party Threat' Political exjverts are not yet in agreement as to-*^he effect onX^he election of the formation of the new Union, prfrty, headed by Representa tive William Lemke, of North Da kota, as its presidential candidate, and Thomas C. O’Brien, of Boston, for vice-president. There is a strong feel ing that this new third-party pidye- ment is to be taken seriously. Jt has the support of Father Coughlin, the Detroit “radie priest,” and pf Dr. F. E. Townsend, founder of the old-age pension plan. Mr. Lemke has been the leader of the agrarjan inflation ist bloc in congress, and is the co sponsor of the Frazi^r-'Lemke farm mortgage bill. / The best judgment at the moment seems to De that this new party’, in the.jjtates where it is still able to get officially on the ballot, will attract a large followtng-trf voters, most of whom would otherwise be expected to vote the 'Democratic ticket. That it will also djai3sr.„„roftny votes in gome of the normalTy Bepubli the Northwe-st cannot be denied. Po litical analysts are busy with their scratch pads trying to figure it 0ut. ^ * Likewise, nobody can determine yet^ what the ultimate effect on j,the elec tion will be of the walk-out headed by former Gov, Alfred E. Smith. Mr. Smith, with Bainbridge Colby, former Gov. Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts, former Senator James A. Reed, and Daniel B. Cohalao, one of the most , I powerful figures in Tammany h«ll, signed a communication to the Dem^ cratic national convention denouncing Mr. Roosevelt as not being a true Democrat. .While some such action was not unexpected on the part of (^v. Smith, it is still a question how far conservative Democrats of the old sclteol will follow this leadership. Campaiyn Outlook The promise of the Republican leaders to conduct a swift-moving, aggressive campaign is being bonw out. John Hamilton, the new Repub- in the rally held here Saturday night, he stated, and as soon as the total amount contributed in the county can be ascertained from the various pre cinct committees, a complete report will be gij^n, according to the chair man. . REPAIRING — Bring me yotir , '4adi( Elec tric Fans, Hot Plates, '^dios or any Electrical Appliance that neede Repairing. Reliable ahd Reasonable. R. SQuvton Blakely at Blakely Broth ers. 'Telephone 188. Ic SCHEDULE CHANGED Due to a change in the star route mail service beWeen Clinton and Spartanburg effective July first, Postmaster Fuller stated yesterday that it will be necessary for mail in tended for the air route'out of Spar tanburg to j)e deposited at the local office not' later than 4 p. m. / STOCKHOLDERS MEETING ^_The regular annual meeting of the Stockholders of the liberty Building and Loan Association will be held Friday afternoon, July 10, 1936, at 4:00 o’clock, in the office of the Com mercial Depository of Clinton, F. M. BOLAND, Secretary and T|easurer, FOR RENT=?(By week or month, dar ing summer, small stucco* cottage, 8 rooms and bath, furnish^, at Beau fort Shores. Beaufort. S. C. flO.OO per ;iaeek in advance. Mrs. J. L. Renta," Hoiel Clinton. FEEDS OF ALL KINDS—We keep a Fresh Supply of Starting Mash, Growing Mash, Laying Mash, Chick Grains, Growing Grains and Regular Scratch. Also Pratt’s and Walko Chick Tablets, Tobacco Duet, Foun tains and Oyster ^ells. Blakely Brothers Seed Store. Telephone 188. FOR SALE—City business property earning 8 per <«nt net. Price, 1^200. If interested, call at The ChronicK* office. 4^™™-... MR. FARMEiR-.—Bring your wheat and com to Golding’s mill at Wa terloo, fof good products and good returns. 7-2-3tc 7-2-3tc. T Shop First In TH^ chronicle Then In the StorM NOTICE — We have completed the work of enlarging our Flour Mill, and are in position to do more and better work than ever. Send in your wheat. Alrange dates for larger quan tities. Farmers Oil Mlil, Newberry, S. C. 7-2-2tc Browu-CampMl On Saturday, June 27, Mim Mildred Brown and Colie Ca»|fcell were mar ried at the how of Mr. and Mra^Tom Ruskin in Laurena, by riie Rev. J. G. Martin. Mr. and Mte. Campbell will make their bcmie for Che piueent wMh Mr. and Mie. E, J. Oaiejbitt. lotaLi PRINTING! / For Candidates Cards Placards Folders candidate needs Cari£ and Ive. advtftising- materiaL We are piepared to s^e your needs prottipdy. 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