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THURSDAY. DECEMBEfe 31, 1SS6
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price is collected by any so
licitor or csn,rsisser noty
per year L . .. 50.00
per73s> ......... .! 2.00
STABLES, SALES, FEED
AND UVERY^
Stables, Sales Feed and Liv
ery, whose'gross annual in
come does not exceed
|5,00(!i00, per year
and $1.00 for each additional
$1,000.00 of gross incMne.
SALVAGERS OR BANK-
' RUPT SALES BiANAGERS—
Salvagers or. sales (bank-
25.00
15.00
25.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
2.00
rupt) managers, or sale con
ductors, whose gross annual
income does not exceed
$5,000.00, per year
and $2.00 for^each additional
$1,000.00 gross income.
Whose grosa<^ily income
docs not exceed $150.00, per
day
and $2.00 for each add^ipnal
$50.00 of gross daily income.
STREET TRUCKS DOING
DRAYAGE—
* Street trucks doing drayage
whose gross annual income
does not exceed $500.00, per
year —. .... ....
and $1.00 for each additional
$100.00 of gross income.
STREET WAGONS OR DRAYS—
Street wagons or drays, one- \ ^
horse, per year 5.00
per day 1.00
. Street wagons or drays, two-
horse, per day ....
Per day ...^ ....
SHOOTING GALLERfES—
Shooting Galleries, whose
gross annual income does not
exceed $2,500.00, per year
and $1.00 for each additional
$500.00 of gross income.
Whose gross weekly in
come does not exceed $500.00,
per week ... T. . .r-r,.
and $1.00 for each additional
$100.00 of gross weekly in
come.
Whose gross daily income
does rwt exceed $10.00, per
day .'. .
and $h00 for each additional
$10.00 of gross daily income.
SHOE SHOPS—
Shoe Shop whose gross an
nual income does not exceed
$1,000.00, per year ..t. .... ....
and $5.00 for each additional
$1,000.00 of gross income.
SILK MILLS—
Silk Mills, per year .... 100.00
STORAGE BATTERY CHARG-
MANUFACTURERS—
Wood Shops and Wagon
Manufacturers whpse gross
annual income does not ex
ceed $2,000,007 P«r year ....
and $1.00 for each additional
$1,000.00 of gross income.
WAREHOUSES—
Warehouses, kept for storing
cotton, grain and other com
modities, whose srross annual
income does mot exceed
^,500.00, per year
and $1.00 for each additional;*
^$1,000.00 of gross annual in
come.
Section 2. All licenses issued for
one day only shall be double the
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SIXTH INSTALLMENT
“Yeah, I made a niistake. But we
ain’t lost the numbers for good. I’m
willin' to bury the hatchet if you are.
Otto. The i^am in Quillen’s eyes
amount, above mentioned for Satur-; questioned this statement as if he
days, khow days, ChrisEtmas days and i it with ceHaiit reservations
Other days of public gatherings
Secj^on-^.'T^t all licenses issued
under and by virtue of this Ordinance
shall be non-trah^erable and except
Graber, a ebrewd judge of craracter,
may have noted this light. But he
concluded to go along with a pretense
a license for a day, a'^week or a
month, sh^l terminate and end on the
131st day of December, 1937; but may
25.00
10.00
of trusting his confederates.
‘‘Damn you, Quillen, you let me
handle this from now on!. If I ever
hear you,did gyp me on that thirty
be revoked at any time by the Toiwn|^,„i worth. .7 He sucked breath.
Council of the Town of Clinton-onput you under, see?”
MtirfKtory MUM Wmg shown. .dded: "Wh.t .bout thoMliim.
cept licenses issued for a day, a
or a month, annual rates shall be;,’,
oharged for .11 iiwued prior •”<* 'hr girt ewh.iu^ look,
to June 30th, 1937. three-fourth, thel l^'*' “J »
annual rate ,h<Ul be charged for ,u I Soup .«»<) 1 had to step on it f.at after
licenses iMued after June 3«th, 1937,1*' give Mac the works there on the
and prior to September 30th, 1937; !h«“l'v.rd. Vte dropped the paper
and one-half the annual rate for allj “Hold on, Otto,” he begged. “We
licenses issued after September 30th,(got » fella in the next room knows it,
1937, of any year, and prior to De-! and all we got to do is Tnake him spill.
shattered in a thousand bits.
The pair climbed off gingerly. Col
well, Tstoied by a blow on his temjile,
had bera-unable to snatch a gun. He
.sat up mth both palms_clasped to his
head.
Otto’s face was stamped with cru
elty as he rescued the khife. Th^ bris
tles of his short cropped hair stood
stiff as a mastifOs. He looked the lin
eal descendant he was, of Atilla, chief
of the Huns that had been^the scourge
of Europe centuries ago. Blood hun
gry. Implacable. That was why he
bossed the narcotic ring. Mcl^nald
had been -^the brains, Graber the
brawn.
a
Dan knew now he had been a fool
to put himself in more trouble than
he could care for. But how else was
he to learnXthe nature of the dope
smuggling than by some chance,
cleverly drawn out sentence? Not by
rStaying away from them. It was a
contest now whether he would get
away alive. And hope diminished as
cfember 31st, 1937.
Section 4. That every person, cor
poration or partnership, 'required'.by
this Oinlinance to obtain a license tp
engage in any business, trade, pro-
fe.ssion or occupation, for which a li-
see
Graber rose from his chair. His gun
was put away and his big fists doub
led at his sides as he chewed mental
ly on this latest information.
\“If I hadn’t put a squawk you
Cepse'is required, shall, at the time weren’t going to tell me you had a
of i^pplying for .such license, or at
any other time as may be required by
the Town Council, furni.sh to the
guy xnow's the numbers. Fine pals!”
‘Buhk, Otto. We weren’t forgetting
going to kick me out anyhow. Weren’t
youi Helen?” he asked the girl. “How
about it, Lefty ?
He jumped. The^read knife had
slashed his throat l^re was a look
about Quillen that tooiKDan’s breath
away.. He swallowed foiyred a
cheerful tone he by no ^ane fell^
“Okay, if I’m not there in tlmee min
utes,' come jip. So long, Harry,
He placed the instnnnent on its
cradle. Trembling, h§ faced' them.
Graber was beside himself, changing
color every second. Lefty’s face was
blotched and he kept working has big
paws convulsively. In the flaming
eyes pf the girl 'I^n thought he read
a certain grxidging admiration.
Meticulously Colwell straightened
his wrinkled and torn clothing. Two
buttons were gone from his shirt but
he managed to hide their loss. He
picked up his topcoat and hat, jam-
med the latter on his head, and put a
hand on the door knob. Every secoml
he expected to be stabbed. As an af-
minutes pa.ssed. It diminished too, for ter-thought he stopped across to Gra-
the knowledge he netHie<l to get the ^or and held out his hand for his
quarter miluon worth of snow before
they got it!
automatic.
you:
6.00
10.00
ING STATIONS, per year
T
TAXI CABS, per year
No person, firm or corpor-
' ation shall let or hire any
hacks, automobile.s, or other
vehicles for hauling or trans
porting passengers within
the corporate limits of the
Town of Clinton, without
first obtaining ~a license
therefor from the Towm
Clerk.
TAILOR SHOPS—
Tailor Shops, ladies or gents,
whose gross' annual income
does not e}(ceed $1,000.00, per
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
50,00
and $2.00 for each additional
$1,000.00 of gross income.
TIN AND TINKERS SHOP—
Tn and tinkers shops whose
gross annual income does not
exceed $1,000.00, per year ....
TELEPHONE COMPANIES—
' Telephone Compan\ps, local,
each for buainess done ex
clusively in the Town of
Clinton, but not including .
business done to or from oth
er points without the state,
or for the government of the
United States, whose gross ,
income does not exceed $10,-
000.00, per year 150.00
and $1.00 for each additional
$1,000.00 of gross income. " ■
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
OR AGENCIES—
Telegra^ph Companies or
Agencies, for business done
in the Town of Clinton but
net including business to or
from pmnts without the
state, orYor the government
_ of the United States, w^iose
gross annual income does not
exceed $5,000.00, per year
'TRANSIENT DEALERS IN
FRUITS, ETC.—
‘Transient dealers in fruits,
bread and cakes, meats or
merchandise of whatsoever
» character and kind, selling
from car or common carrier,
except as hereinbefore or
hereinafteT provided, per
•••• ••••
Apple Wagons, per day ..
This license applies to any
other fruits or vegetables,
•uch as «aU>age, qiAnges,
grapes, etc.
TRUCKS, DELffVEBY—
Delivery Trucks^ delivering
goods, 'wares, cotton, mer-
ehandise, or . any other oMn-
RKKhties iinbo'^the Town of
(Minton and over the streets
or aO^ of the Town, from
outside of ^be Town, each
truck; per day
^ Ea^ truck, per day ..» ....
U
uni«:rtakbrs—
Undertakers whose gross an-
Boai income does not exceed
$6,000.00, per year
and $1.00 for each additional
$1,000.00 of gross inomne.
V
VULCAN12UNG SHOPS, per
year
you:
25.00
2.00
50.00
2.00
i
10.00
WOOD SHOPS AMD WAGON
Town Clerk, or auditor of the city,
such other and further information
as may be necessary for correctly a.s- ^ you, Otto.”
certaining the license to be assessed) “Who is thi
and collected.
Section 5. Any person, firm, com
pany or corporation prosecuting or-
engaging in any business or occupa
tion or profession, or keeping or
maintaining any establishment named
in this Ordinance without having
first paid the license:, imposed
thereon, or shall otherwise violate any
of the terms or provisions'bf this Or
dinance, shall upon conviction, be
fined not exceeding one hundred dol.
lars, or be imprisoned not exceeding
thirty days with or without hard la
bor at the discretion of the officer
trying the case.
Section 6. Where a license is im
posed by this Ordinance upon any
business, profession or occupation,
and such business, profession or oc
cupation is carried on or conducted
by an agent, clerk or employee, .such
agent, clerk or employee shall be sub
ject to all the penalties herein im
posed should the said business, pro
fession or occupation be carried on
or prosecuted without the license im
posed having been paid in the same
manner as if such agent, clerk or em
ployee were the proprietor of such
business, profession or occupation.
Section 7. W'here the amount of
licenses, provided for herein are de
pendent on Xhe amount of income, re
ceipts or Mies, the basis foe ascer
taining the amount of said licenses
shall be the amount of income, re
ceipts or sales for the piWeding year
ending December- 31st, 1936.
Section 8. That every person, Tirm,
company or corporation, required by
t^is Ordinance to obtain a license to
engage in any busineae, trade, or pro
fession, or occupation for which a li
cense is required, shall at the time of
applying for such license, make a
statement under oath, before an offi
cer qualified to administer oaths, and
file said statement with the ’Town
Clerk, setting forth:
(1) His or her name, style of firm,
name or company, or occupation.
(2) The trade, business, profession,
or occupation for which a license is
required. ^
<3) The amount of business pro-
po^ to be done during the current
year and in t^bse cases in which such
information is requii«d, 'tK^^amd'^^
of business dona tiie previous year in
the same occupation, trade, badness,
or profession if the same wa^ carried
on or prosecutdl the pTevtouTyear.
The Town (Merk shall thereupon
aaseM and collect the proper license
tax as provided for in ^s Ordinance,
and such tax being paid, shall issue
to the applicant the proper license.
Section 9. For any business, trade,
occupation or profession not enum
erated in Section \ of this Ordinance,
the license shall be fixed by the May
or and he is hereby given full power
and authority to fix same and such
license therefor as shall be fixed by
the Mayor shall be. as binding in ev
ery respect as though it was speci
fically enumerated or designated in
this Ordinance.
Section 10. Ilie license taxes herein
imposed are levied for the purpose of
raising funds to meet the annual Or
dinary expenses of the Town of CMuw
ton for the fiscal year commencing on
the 1st day of January, 1937, and for
the purpose of paying in whole or in
part any legal inddbtedness of the
said city incurred' for ordinary ex
penses thereof falling due daring the
said fiscal year.
All annual licenses must be paid on
or before January 15th, 1937, pen
alty of an additional 10 per cent af
ter January 15th., If iioenae is not
paid by February 15th, 1987, the busi
ness shall cki^ by the Poiiee Ds-
partment and\ action brought in the'
Recorder’s under Saetion 6 «f
this Ordinance the misdemeanor
re w’e, Hdhen?”
“You Imow how the stuff is coming
in: we dort^. That proves we needed
guy
“Colwell.”
Through a cr^k in the partly open
bedroom door Dan could see and hear.^
He watched GrabeiTs face change. The
man scarcely credWd his ears at
first; then he grew in a wave that
flowed up his thick neck and burst
over his square Germim cheeks.
“Colwell?’' He cursM.with lurid
imagination. —"Colwell! «e got the
numbers? So he’s tryinguo horn in!
Mac starts the double-ci^s — hell!
You two figured to pull a fast one,
laying the blame on Mac m I don’t
suspect anything! But rm\ wise to
“Now Coilwell’s gutarnbitioi
Graber cleared his throat
great urrupmh. "That’s rich. A 1
a week peeper wants to horn \ii
I • •• «
s, eh?”
ith a
forty
in on
the heavy sugar! Well,” he flung at
them, “don’t gawk like a couple of
dummies! Where’s Colwell?”
“In the bedroom,” -Helen .said
heavily. 1_ '
"Bring him out! Snap into it.
Lefty!”
Quillen stamped to the be'droom, his
face flushed a queer purple with rage
he strove to control. He liked Graber
no better than when he had set out
to violate the wlifidence of the ring
by muidering McDonald. But Quillen
had plenty of respect for Gral>er, and
so had Helen Fane.
“Get up!” -
Colwell complied slowly as if he
, “You’ve got dne oT your own, Otto.
Hate a—good hunting trip, he; j money for that.”
panted at Graber, and started at the . . ... -
:■ „ .. ^ , 1 <■ -. I I.isten, Imn, lets talk this over?
tips of his fipgers to learn if it was . , , „ '
blood trickling down hi.s temple. Itj ** ^ti
was.
“Swell. I shot a buck toilay. You’ll
see about it in the New.s, tomorrow.
Know that guy-signs mm.solf G.K.G.
and runs that colupin Around Town?
Read aJ>out me there tomorrow morn
ing, Colwell—if you can!”
“Come on.” he gro'wied, “put him
1.*..
flat and let s get goin’!”
Graiier"suited action to. his words.
Quillen sprang to his aid. There was
another furious tussle but in his
weakened condition Colwell was no
match for the ;)OW'erful hulks. With
Graber seated on his chest and pin
ning hvs wrists, and Helen’s weight
on his legs, he was helpless, Quillen
The Stnte of South CTarolina,
County of Laurens.
In Court of Common Pleas.
The Fednal Latid Bank of Colum
bia, plaintiff, va L.Jj. Copeland, et al.
Defendants. '
Puniuant to a Decree of the Court
In the above stated case, X will sell ^
public outcry to the highest bid^
either in or in front of the C}outt
House, at Laurens C. H.,-S.. C;, on
Salesday in Jsnuary next, being Mon
day, the 4th day of the month, during
the legal hours for such sales, the fol
lowing described property, to wit f
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land containing 205.9 acres,
more or less, lying being and situate
on the Seaboard Airline Railroad,
about oe mile south from the Town
of Mountville, in Cross Hill and Hun
ter Townships, County of laurens.
State of South Carolina, having aucdi
shape, metM', courses and distanosn
as will more fully appear by reference
to a plat thereof made by B. R. T.
Todd, Surveyor, rr October 1st, li919.
Being bounded on the north by Maitlda
landfon the east by lands ^ M.
6risp, Bryson land, and Miller lands;
on the south by Wasson land, and
on the west by lands of Mrs. Rosa I.
CainOf Crisp and Rasor, from which
it is separated by the Seaboard Air
line RailWy. This boing the tract of
land heretbfore convey^ to the said
L. L Copeland and C, W. Wier by M.
F. Workman and E. F. Workman on
the 18th day of December, 1919, which
deed has been filed for record in the
office of the Clerk \of Court for Lau
rens County. \
Terms of Sale:. Ca^. The success
ful -bidder, other than, .the Plaintiff
herein, immediately upon the conclu
sion of the bidding, shall ^posit with
the Clerk of Court the su^ of five
(5Vc) per cent of the”'amount of his
bid as a guarantee of his goo^ faith
“Sorry Otto. You bqys play too
rough.” He poked the gun in his I in the bidding. The .same to be applied
jiocket, pulled open the dor, and j to the purchase price upon his com-
swunj^ down the corridor to the el..e-.plying with the terms of sale, other-
valor. His legs were weak. Back wise to be paid to Plaintiff for credit
there, he knew, they wondered wheth
er some game was being played—or
wa.s his telephone summons bona fide!
Accidental? Safe?
on the indebtedness. In the event the
succes.sful bidder should fail to make
such deposit, or should fail to comply
with the terms of sale, the said lands
Pa.s.sing through the lobby, Dan shall be I'e-sold on the same or some
noildcd to the grinning clenc.~He al
most collapsed on the - sidewalk. It
wa.s the tension of his dangrer sud-
dehTy relieved, the bruises ami cuts
ami scratches and clouts with gua
butts that had robbed 'his strengrtk
Never before had he appreciated the
had the knife. He put his blunt fin-1.sweetness of outdoor air, smoke-laden
subsequent Salesday op the same
terms, at risk of the defaulting pur
chaser.
The purchaser to pay for papers,
8tamj)s and recording.
gers to Dan’s .shirt ami rippetl-i^,
leaving the chest exposed. Of a sud
den the captive set up a new battle
that interrupted, proceedings. *He got
as it was from a thousand factories!
He limped along, his face stern. He
hail failed to learn the means of
.smuggling in that quarter million in
an arm free and shot a hook to the | snow, save that he possessed the li-
jaw that sent Otto reeling back. [cense number of a particularJtruck
But they .subdued him. Helen buck- destinml to carry some kind oi pack-
led a belt around his thighs. The
heavy Graber straddled him, “Go on.
ing case with the stuff inside. The
correct numbers he had in his mem-
No personal judgment being de
manded, or given, again.st the Defend
ants for the amount due, the bidding
will close on the day of sale and will
not remain open thereafter. __—
THOS. VV. BENNETT,
C. C. C. P. & Gr. S.
Dated Dec. 14, 1936.-«-31-3tcb.
Ijefty!” he panted. "Colwell, tell U5j„ry. But all that pain in Helen Fane’s
thase numbers. You hear? Damn i apartment had been for nothing—or
you!” he rasped. “Give u.s those nuni- precious little.
bei*s before we kill you
The telephone jangled
The State of South Caroliha,
County of Laurens. *
In (]ourt of Common Plea.s.
Federal Farm Mortgage Corpor
ation, Plaintiff, vs Mrs. Blanche F.
Rasor, et al, Defendants.
Pursuant to a Decree of the Court
in the above stated ca.se, I will sell at
Second, they would grab him again
mu^lcr.l^ther i„ „/ i„ 5 the Court
sure this time. Quillen could not af-Uou.se, at. Uurens C. H., S. C., on
fold to have Dan walking the streets, January next, being Mon-
with that eye-witness story in his .^he 4th day of the month, during
head of the slaying of Arthur McDon-i^j^o lef^al hours for such sales, the
aid. Nor could Graber permit Dan tO|f(dlowing de.scribed property, to wit:
live peacefully with his knowledge ac-| All that certain tract of land, con-
rpse and went to the instrument.
“Hello.” Hi.s eyes swerveil sudden
ly to Colwell, lifted to Graber. “Mr.
Colwell? Never heard the name. Just
a minute, please."
Perspiration increased on his face,
liefty looked shocked. “Say, he knows
Colwell’s here and it’s urgent. He’s
coming up!” ,
Otto gape<i, nonplused. He seei^d
wholly unable to guess who was at
were very weak. As a matter of fact^^he other end of the wire. He climbed
he felt almost all right. He pa.ssed
Quillen sullenly and went into the liv
ing room that looked like a Kansas
cyclone had struck it. Graber greeted
him with evil, slitted eyes, his fists
clenched until the knuckles shone
white.
“Colwell,” he barked, “you’re a sap
tQ monkey with iw!”
There was no reply. you won’^
talk, eh? Ypu ain’t going to tell us
where you’ve got that license num
ber?”
“No,” said Dan. “I’m not.” He
strove to make out what time the in
finitesimal blinds Mid on Helen
Fane’s wrist watch.
I Graber pitied his crass obstinacy.
“I guess you bettet carve him. Lefty.
That’s good medicine for smart
guys!" ^
Quillen scowled. “I ain’t got" my
knife. What’s the-miUtqcJK^h a gat?”
“You ^t a bread knife around
somewhere, haven’t you?”
quired about the dope ring.
“I'll wait,” be reflected, “and give
Irita another ring. Kee what’s her an-
taining'seven hundred and seventeen
(717) acres, more or less, known as
the “White Plains Place,” in Cross
off^Colwel^ and,gestured for him to pictured her. He shook' his head ad
rise. Dan did, straightened his torn)“pju^jjy kiji”
clothing and stood breathing hard, j angular, hawk-nostMl man who
“Yeah, ’ Lefty growled into the tele- alone in the hallway was known
gle on all this. She’ll know some-)jjf]j township, Laurens County, State
thing, maybe.” Colwell’s bruised andj of gouth Carolina, on the public road
scratched face relaxed as menUlly he Cross Hill to Belfast, four miles
northeast of the Town of Cross Hill,
phone, “just a minute.”
He handed Dan the instrument. The
black looks on^ their faces and the
warning gesture.^ told Colwell there
jvoiild be a sudden end of him unless-
he worked it right. Graber held Dan’s
automatic, Quillen held his own and
the bread knife, and Helen, her wavy
brown’hair in disarry, looked hateful
as she gripped a snub-nosed thirty-
eight. * _
“Hello. Oh, you, Harry? Sure, vis
iting some friends. You’re down
stairs? Well, I don't know, Harry. I
think these people are going out or
I’d say come right up.”
“Don’t you bring him up here!”
threatened QuHlen.
'’’Who is it?” . ^
“Wait a'scoond, Harry.’7 He cov-
ered the mouthpiece. ‘Mt’s Deane. You
Helen hesitated at Graber s Otto-chief qTd^tives, the
tive g^ure, then slowly went to the
kitchenette. She netumed with a
gleaming bread knife with saw edges.
Graber squinted.' “Put him on the
floor. We'll carve a couple of figure
eights on his chest and then maybe
he’ll talk.
Oolwetl struck out. His fist tilted
Otto’s wide chin and brought a crash
of teeth. But before Dan could whirl
Quillen's weight was on him and bore
him strugi’liiv to the flwr. Graber
recovered with surprising suddenness
for a man with ^s soft' look. The
three rolled and threshed wildly, kick
ing chairs, hurtling into an end table
tor send tts lamp to the floor where it
to Colwell. The man knocked again,
the four staccato raps which were the
prearranged signal. Colwell withdrew
his head from the square milk door
above the icebox in the kitchenette.
He had taken this tiny apartment
hurriedly as a hideout in which to re
cover from his mauling. He went
across the living room and removed
the chain before openirig the door.
“Step in, Vw;l,” he invited Graber’s
partner in the:detective agency. The
grey haired man grinned and shoved
his hat back on his bullet head. “Have
a chair. Cigarette?”
-“Thanks,-©sffK^'There-was a mo
mentary silence while they lighted up.
Vm! sat down and lowered
a'comfortable chair'. As
of doing businsM without license.
Section 11. Thie Ordinance shall go
into effect on the 1st day of January,
A. D., 1937. -
Done and ratifi^ by the. Town
(Council of the Town of Clinton, S. C.,
in Council Assembled, and the cor
porate seal of the Mid Town of Clin
ton hereto affixed tinsjQie 14th day
of December, A. 'D., 1936; and in the
One Hundred and ^3tiy-first year of
the Sovereignty-and Independence of
th^ Uidted States of America.
P. S. BAILEY,
Attest: Mayor.
D. C. Heoateaa, <Seal)
City^Xerii and Treasurer.
city force? He’s anxious to see me
Says urgent.”
. “What about?”
Dan shrugged. “How should I
know?”
“How come- Deane knew you’d be
here?”
Colwell grinned-As best he could.
“I told him.”
Both men gulped. “Put him off.
Send him away!” snarled Otto.
Dan shook his head, “You know
how Harry is. Crash in anywhere.
And he*»ays it’s important, that he's
got to see me.”
They still were dazed at this turn.
Awed. Uncertain whether they were
going to be forced to let Colwell go,
or if they did so, whether it would
in^an the strong arm of the law bent
around them. “I’m kind of anxious 'to
beat it,” Dan admitted “If Deane
comes up you’ll have ttf let me go, and
you’ll land, in trouble if I tell what
you’ve just tried to do. Kill me now
and you’re' pinched. But if I walk out
of^here I swear I’ll not breathq a word
of^you fellows torturing me.”
Seconds tick past. For once the -re
sourceful Graber could think of noth
ing. He fairly- slobbered iwth savag
ery. But his slow nod j^rored that he
himself in
he did so his cheek twinged with pain,
which Vael noticed. “CJrt hurt?”
(Gontniued Next Issue)
Women Wh^Have Pains
Tiy CARDUI Ned Tune t
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On account of poor nourishment,
many women suffer functional pains
at eartala Umta. and It U tor thcM that
Cardul la aftarad on tba raoord of the aafe
raUat It baa brought and tha good It haa
dona tD balptng to OTcrcoma tha cauae of
vomanlf dlapomfort. Mra. Colo Yount, of
LaaarUla, Xa., vrltai:- ‘1 vm autfertac vltb.
Irrofttiar ... I had gulta a lot of pala
wbleh mada bm Borroua. I took Cardul aad
faoBd tt hatpad .BM la ovary way, aaklat
■ia ratulaa and atopplng tha pain. Thla
golatad aty I
aarvaa. -inaklne aiy baalth moab
hattar." . . . Xf Oardul data aot banaflt
TOD, aowaull a phyalelaa.
considered Colwell’s trick ffre-proof.
“Harry? FH come on down. No,
they don’t mind; I think they, wore|
Gray
Funeral/ Home
CUntmj S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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PhbtiM 41 and 399*J
L. RUSSELL GRAY and
‘V. PARKS ADAIR, Gem Mfm.
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on the waters of Mudlick creek, and
now in the possession of Mrs. Blanche
Rasor, Margaret Rasor Williams, J.
Henry Rasor, Jr., and William Fuller
Rasor. Bounded on the north by the
Bratton lands and lands of Jake Ra
sor; on the west by Bratton lands,
lands of Haskell Atchison and lands
of George Christian; on the south by
lands of the Federal Land Bank, lands
of J. D. Witherspoon and lands of
John Rudd e.state; on the west by
lands of the John Rudd estate and
Jands *of Jake Rasor. Said tract of
land is more particuiarly described
according to a plat thereof prepared
by J. R. Crawford, Surveyor, on the
17th day of October, 1938, and re
corded in the office of the Clerk of
Ckiurt for Laifrens County in Plat
Book 3 at page 23. Copy of said plat
now being on file with the Federal
Land Bank of Columbia.
Terms of Sale: Cash. The succes.s-
ful bidder, other than the Plaintiff ‘
herein, immediately upon the conclu
sion of the bidding, shall deposit with
the Clerk of Cklurt the sum of five
(5%) of the amount of his bid as a.
guarantee of his good faith in the
bidding. The Mme to be applied to the
purchase price upon his complying
with the terms of sale, otherwise to
be paid to Plaintiff for credit on the
indebtedness. Inrthe event the suc
cessful bidder should -fail to - make -
such deposit, or should fail to comply
with the terms of sale, the lands shall
be refold on the same or some subse
quent salesday on the shime terms, at
risk of the defaulting purchaser.
The purchaser to pay for, papers,
stamps and recording,
No personal judgment being de
manded, or given, against the Defend
ants ior the amount due, the bidding
will close on the day of sale and will
not remain open thereafter.
THOS. W. BENNETT,
C. C. C. P. & G. S.
FOR THE NEW YEAR
CASH BOOKS
CHRONICLE PUR CO.
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