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j: ^ j THURSDAY^ FEBRUARY 18, 1987 /! TOE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, 8. C. PAGE SEVEN bowoattttcxKHiiimmtaeXiiHjtKxaciwmKwmtKXKXKKitmeamxKicMiwlMeacimiiiHmitieKstawttttMwcxmemttttttwttttm^ Roosevelt Gets ’ Tenant Aid Plan Synopsis: EUen Mackay, on her way >conscious, yet none the less honest, from schod at Wiltnipeg, to join her I “Is this also something you^know, faither at Fort Edaon, misses the boat!but cannot prove?’' she asked, and by winch a^ waa to travel. Hearing!her manner w’as cold. Five-Point Program Thought "^tizens Buildinir and Loan Associ Included. Goes /^fore Cun- »■ gre^ This Week. ’ * Notice OF sA 6ta^ of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Court of Common Pleas. ation, JPlaintiff, vs C. W..- Stone, as Trustee, W. Scott Farley as Reciwver of Jlrst National Bank of. Ginton, S. C., et al, Defendants. " . ^ Pursuant to the orders of the Court Washington, Feb., 13—President' Roosveelt’s farm tenancy committee! sent to the White House a report {« the above entitled matter, I wjH recommending legislation for a^ist-)*®^^ either in or at the„C.purt house ance of tenant farmers, official i^t Laurels, S. C., on sales day in sources said: ^ i March next, the same being Monday, ulK^p President Roosevelt will not make the report .public'until he .sends it to Congress, probably early next week. However, from sources close that anoither boat is to start north in the xooRiiiir, inien goes to the owner, Jofan'BenluNn, and asks bkn to give her a passage. To her surprise, ha flatly rcfu»e«- Detroux looked at her with-inscrut able eyes. “Does it matter?” he asked answering question with question. Ellen fait the hot blood ^rushing [through her cheeks./Shame gripped Angry and puzried, Ellen tells Pat j her. Why had she flared so quickly McClaichney, a kindly oid^toreke^-j in defense of a man towards whom er, of her dtfficulty, and Pat, with j nU things pointed as being the cause Che help of one of Bonham’s crew, succeeds in getting Ellen on board ae a stowaway. When the vessel is v?Bll urrder way, Ellen emerges from her hiding place and faces John Beidmm, wh<^ now cannot helpr taking her with him.'Ehe leaves the boat at .a trading post where her father meets her, but only after hearing from John Benham that she must pay for the trip, “not to me, but to others . . . you will under stand what I mean.” He goes on up the river. Her father, who has aged many years since she went away, to school, John Benham she. had known had seemed .so clean and fine, yet she wa.sjto the committee it was~leamed the now- possessor of knowledge which!program is based on five principal, made him that meanest and lowest | recommendations of all mortals: a man vf-ho traded! _ These are: of her father’s* misfortune; a man who stooped to that most dastardly of all tricks, bestialising and robbing the Indian through the medium of forbidden whiskey? “I wtsh* merely to bo fair,” she stamrifered. / V-You are admirable, mam’selle. You would be a gallant enemy in any bat tle. But this thing I know—and if ncces.sary—can furnish proof.” K Ellen’s truant impull^e died hard. Is it reasonable that he, being oT upon ^e weakness of the ignorant and primitive. And he was a half'- breed! Feverishly she began,her prepara tions. Her father objected strenuous ly to' what she had in mind, but she overrode his objections with firm de- tennination. And that evening when the hush of the short night settled down" over river and forest, Ellen Mackay. was crouched in the bow of a slender' birch-bark canoe, her face turned towards the^ north. In the cen ter of the canoe was a heap of bag gage. In the rear —was wrinkled, hunched old Moosac, wielding a drip ping paddle. Lightly the canoe slipped away into to the darkness. The dim lights of Fort-j with decadence.” Edson paled and faded fi'om view. Twelve days after leaving Fort ize them and rob them for his own went into a terrifying rags when she their blood, would deliberately brutal- Edson, Ellen found her first evidence • * — —. ■ Qf John Benham’s nefarious trading activities. She came upon a small told him that she came with Benham. “Bince John Benham is an enemy of my father, he is an enemy of mine,” she decides after she went to bed that night. But she cannot forget the strong powerful image of the man. Reasonable?” said Deteroux with a short, barking laugh. “Not to us, pe^aps. But what is that which is said about the half-breed? He has alMi®* '^P the ^mp. Their poverty ' FIFTH INSTALLMENT "I have thought of little else, since learning about it,” she said wearily. “iT'efuse to give up without a battle, but^Tt seems almost beyond ho|^ to think of averting it.” Deteroux’s cold eyes gleamed in open admiration. ‘‘You are very, cour ageous, mam’selle. And Bernard De teroux will be most happy to help you in any ,way poadible.. Now, be* cause I have >been much through all this country and you have but lately come back to it, it may be that I could give you information of'many kinds, should you desire it. Ask me what you will. I promise that your confi dence will not be abused.” Ellen looked at him seriously for a raoment. She sensed breeding behind Deteroux somewhere. The jki%jx (Bd mot talk ItRb tlW OfHir’l'tlfl men. His braiii was jplainly alert, his tongue fluent. “Very well,” said Ellen pre,sently. *f n a case of this sort it is well to know one’s enemies in their true Ught. My father feels that John Ben ham, the free trader, is to blame for all his woes. Is it possible that one asan can come into this district and tm three yean upset the reputation of an old, established post like Fort Edaon?” Deteroux shrugged. “It would seem so, mart’selle. I know of no o^r free leader in your territory but John Benham.” “But how can he do it?” penistod Ellen. “He cannot afford to offer more in trade than can the Hudson’s Bay company.” _ “True,” nodded Deteroux. “Yet, perhi4)s, it is not how much he offen for his fun, bdt what he offen.” Ellen stared at him for a moment. “I do not undentand,” she said siwly. J ‘‘I forget, mam’selle,” went on De teroux svnftly. “I forget that when you left this post foim yean ago, the old order still existed; But in four^ years many things may change, as you know. In many ways our Indian is a child. ' He has ideals ttot are strange, mam’selle, and which we eannot grasp. Also he has weaknesses upon which the unscrupulous may trade. An Indian values many things, mam'selle, but most of all he values— •whiskey.” Ellen's eyes widened. At last she saw. “Whiskey,” sj^ murmured. ■“John Benham trade* whiskey for furs? iBot that is against the law. The Northwest Mounted police will not permit trading whiskey to the Ihdians.” Deteroux laughed softly. “You for get, mam'sclle. 'You forget t^t thoQgb tbsy are a great organisation, the red^coatA are,^ after aiU hut_mem They are few and tJie north country measured in millions of square the vices and none of the virtues of either sid.e of his heritage. Perhaps in John Benham this is al.so true. The Indian in him schemes to satisfy the greed of his white ancestry. If you had known men as I have known them, mam’selle, you would not won der at anything they do.” Ellen wai silent for a long lime. She knew Deteroux was watching her ch>.sely. Grudgingly .^he gave in. “You must be right, Mr. Deteroux There is no other way in which he could have stolen the ,trade from us in'so short a time.” “You reason correctly, mam’selle,” said Deteroux, and it seemed as though there was an unconscious pote of triumph in his voice. ‘tl hope you will not think me now as just a gab bling old woman, but one who sin cerely wishes to help your father and you. Facts, though unpleasant, are best faced squarelj^and uncompro misingly. And if at an^ime I can be ui faiHim haip Vwyeai^yew hasm to command;” “Thank ,you. You have already shown me a way out of my dilcm- 1. Loans at low intent rates tenanUfor purchase of farms. 2. Creation of, a farm security ad ministration, supplemented by a farm seprity corporation. js. Curbing )of land apeculatiop thtough a tax on land •transactions. 4. Protectioii of land-owners through more stable tenancy. 5. Creation committees to ar bitrate disputes between tenants and land owners. The committee, headed by Secre tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal lace, warned that 3,000,000 farmers, nearly half of the nation’s farm population, is living in conditions [ which “threaten rural civilization the first day of the month, during the legal hours for sale, to the highest bidder for cash 4he following describ ed real estate to iwit: Aill those certain parcels or tracts ol land lying, situate and being'In Jacka Townahip, County of Laurens, State of South Caro lina, containing in the aggregate five hundred ninety-eight (698) acres, more or less, and composed — of three parcels as follows to wit: Parcel No. 1. Tract containing • 288 acres, more or less, now or formerly bounded by lands of D^^ formeny W. Mason, lands now or lormefiy belonging to J. H. Bondf P.”‘S. Baiiley, J. W. Copeli^d^ Estate, J. Y. Gary and estate of J. S. Blalock'. This la^ being the land D. w. y camp of Laid Indiams, and saw there Ark., ivpresentHig the'Southern Ten- the influence of “firewater” in all its, ant Fanners union. The committee was compose^ of department of agriculture,, fesettle- ment administration and estate agri cultural officials, an,cL one tenant farmer, W. L. Blaokstone, of Wynne, helli.shness. Ijess than a dozen fami- was heartrending.. The bucTts were blear-eyed and besotte<l, sullen and' stupid. Gaunt, stony-faced sq^ws stared at Ellen in silence as sh<^ pick- ilthy jum ed her way through the fjltny jumble oMjje camp. It wa.s the plight of the children, of apathetic, half-siarved papooses whiclv t>articularly tore at Ellen's heartstrings. IJnable to un- derstamj^'fhe brutishness of their el- dera,.^he look in their little eye* hewing mutely for foo<l and still more food, their plight was pitiful in the extreme. And if they were starv ing no^w, in the mid.st of spring and plenty, what would their future be when the cold, merciless hand of win ter shut down again? A quick .survey apd a question or two, to which she received hardly more than a grunt in answer, showed Ellen that their winter’s catch of fUrs was gone. These furs had gone to purchase “firewater,” when • they should have been used to trade for food —d hlankate, olnthie, ■gimiini« ma. >s miles. They eannot be in all placea at. “May I presume to ask you what that is?” __ “Of course. It is to' furnish proof to the law that John Benhana is trad ing whiskey to the tribes. He will then be removed quickly and for good.” Deteroux seemed to hesitate. Some thing flashed in his eyes, which seemed n^mentarily to show emotion for the fif^t time. 'Then he caught up his guard again. “I hesitate to warn you, mam'selle. But you must always remember that John ^nham is fighting for high stakes. In a pinch he might become quite ruthless.” “I am not afraid,” said Ellen quiet ly. “I, too, can be ruthless.” “That is-true,” nodded Deteroux thoughtfully. “Well, duty calls, and the river trails are long. I will see you again, mpm’selle — when I re turn." ' Ellen suffered him to bow over her hand, though at the contact of his hard,, calloused palm she could hardly repress a shiver. Strangest j}| all, perhaps, was the fact that she could not analyze that flurry of feeling. It might have been repugnance, or then again k might have bejen somc^jng else. There was no denying the mag- nethn and virility of this man. Then another strange thing happened. As Deteroux swung his huge bulk through the doorway, Ellen caught a glhnpse of old Moosae’s wrinkled face just beyond, and Moosac was deei^ snarling. At sight of the Indian, Deteroux seemed to hesitate, then, with a swift, cold laugh he elbowed the old Chip- pewyan aside and swung off on his way. Ellen darted to the door. At sight of her Moosac slunk ai^ay also, when she called to hhn he did not answer. ' For a lonjg time EMlen stood there. tion, and other supplies tp carry the camp through another winter. There was nothing j Ellen could do. She left presently, yrith„^the whole tawdry picture etched upon her brain beyond all forgetting. There was no mistaking this evidence. It all lay about the camp in the form of dozens of empty whiskey bottles. Ellen traveled ceaselessly. Bending After regional hearings in Jan uary, the committee drafted its final report at a two-day conference here this week. Widely diver^nt views of committeemen caused numerous arguments, Black.stone filed a mi-i nority nqwrt. Black.stone objected to Wallace’s pmposal, approved by the committee, for establishment of county and state committees to administer details of the program and failure of the com mittee to recommend “a substantial appropriation” for aid of- tenants in purohasing farms. The committee proposed, it was learned, that the farm security ad ministration be entpowereil to ac quire farm lands' and buildiqgs, through an appropriation by con gress, for resale to tenants to be financed over a forty-year period. The committee made no mention in its report a« to the amount of money necessary to finance the pro gram. Representative Marvin Jones (Demociwt, Texas), chairman of the kftMsa agrianUuns aowniillaa. ^-Jwa introduced a bill providing for an her strong young body to the twk of to pis la at once. And if Benham is eunnin as we know he is, he eaq do much that the law cannot prove. And the law most/kave proof.” Deteroux'gave vent to another of bis oxpresrive 'shrugs. “What can we do without the l*pr? And then also— what can we p«^? We know, but we cannot prove—yet. Perhaps, later, this weapon nay he ip our handa And then—thera is another thing.” “What is that?” Deteronx kMkad at Ellen steadily. “You must undentand, mam’iseUe, that 1 do not like goaaip. But in my desire to l)elp yfur father—and you— I will spe^ it. John Benham trades well with the Indians, not only be- eaose he givea them whidtey—M be cause he is of their blood. He is one of them.” " For soase atraat®* inexplieshk rea- non, EUan. flared alniaat angdlr st this aecasation. reaction ws« un- psddling, she drove Moosac bors until the' old Chippewyan was hunched with weariness. She found camps of Yellowknivea and Dogribs, of Rae and Simpson and Hay' river Indians in which conditions'spproxi-^ mated those of that first camp. Ev erywhere lay the evidence of the white man’s murderous grreed and the Indian’s stupid weakness. She shiv ered whenever slys thought of what would happen when winter shut down again. Everywhere she looked,'instead of seeing the rioting splendor of the spring, the dread spectre of famine and wholesale death seemed to loom. It was there before her ^yes as she dropped to sleep »t night, and was still with her when she awakened at dawn. (Continued Next Issue). County Wdfare CMBce To Be Closed March 1 puzzled furrows wrinkling her smooth brow. Pistinctly she sensed some omi nous undercurrent of stark conflict and hate swirling^ about her. It was inexplicable, bint it wws there. The more she tped to draw strange ends together and make some true picture of it, the more confusing it all was. •Fijnally she sighed and drew her thoughts back into more direct chan nels. Here at least she had a dear damning trace to^pUow. The secret of John Benham’s exploitation of the Fort Edson territory was plain. Her mode/of attack was simple and. di- Proof of his trickery to offer law. And she must act now, while tlie trading season was at its height , - Inunediately a load seemed shifted from her mind. She could think dear ly at last ahead lay action. Tnw, there was some strange, ernshing ■weight in bey brcMt whtdi made her curiously eol<) ai^ nnfeoling. The model ( rect P to tlk Says The Laurens Advertiser: The local welfare office of the Lau- rera County Tesiiporary Department of Ptd^ Welfare is to be closed on February^ 28 unless state legislation is enacted by that time to meet the federal social security program, it was announced yesterday by Super- viror* A. Rhett Martin, ex-officio ehairmpn of the county deportment. ’The a^mouneement,- - Mft— Martin stated, was based on a. letter from J. D. Fulp, chajrman of the state de partment, who skid that he wanted to give a month’s notice to those in volved. The letter was dated Febru ary 1, and carried the additional in formation that the federal fu^s with which county fun<fa have been spK>l€- mented have been exhausted. Aj^ro- priations for the local fund have beCp made by the old and new county dele gations for the paft several months. Mr. Martin said that_]^re are 165 families of unemployables on the county department rolls at this time. He did not volunteer any information as to what the county delegation wopkt do about them. annual appropriation of $60,000,000 for ten years. 'This sum is believed acceptable to Wallace. One reomnmendation provided that congress enact a form of “windfall” tax on proceeds of all farm land .sales made within three years of the purchase in order to “curb danger- OU.S speculaitiou in laml.” 'Warning of the “dangers of over- capitalization,” the committee aug* gested that the federal reserve board and the farm credit administi^tion are “in a strong position <10 insist that appraisals and loan policies be kept well below advances in price and current farm incomes until the degree of permanence in such ad vances can be determined.” The proposed tax, the committee said, would “materially discourage buying land merely for the purpose of early resale, and would tend to keep land values on a level Iwhere farmers could better afford owner ship.” “Special safeguards should prevent evasion through fictitious forms of ownership, and also prevent the tax \i^orking Aerve hardships in cases of unavoidable reeale,” the commiit- tec said. ‘ The committee recommended that loans to tenarfbs for land purchases be amortized over a forty-year pe- -per cent interest, plus 1-4 per cent to go into a reserve fund, together with other amounts sufficient to cover insurance and taxes. - bought by D. W. Mason from the estate of hi.s father. '^Parcel No. 2. Tract containing 179' acres, more or less, and -bounded by lands now or former ly belonging to the estate of T. L Johnson, lands of D. W. Mason, lands of Mrs, Medora Browning and lands of T. M. Adaar. This tract of land being known as the Coj)ola^ tract. Parcel No. 3. Tract containing 1-10 acres, more or less', bounded on the north by lands 'now or formerly belonging to W. M. Mc- .Millan; on the-east by lands now or formerly belonging to the es tate of T. L. Johnson; on the south by other lands of D. W. Mason, known as the Copeland tract, and on the west by lands belonging to J. H. Pitts. This tract'being known as the Mattie E. MMlcr tract. Paicel No. 4. A certain house and lot lying, being and situate in the Town of Clinton, County of I.au- sion up<flFproduction of the troftee’x deed; The bidding ae to the . reef es tate a^ve describ^^x^hall not be closed upon the day ofsale,'but shall remain open noon of the ^ 30th day after the lak, exclusive' of the day of sale, within which, thirty day period any persons other than the highest bidder at the'sale, or any rtfprwentAtive^'' thereof^ may enter a higher bid upon complying with the terms of sale by making deposit as guaranty of his good faith, and there after within such period any person other than such highest bidder at the sale, or any repipesenta\jve thereof, may, in like manner, raise the last highest bid within said period and^ make the necessary deposit. Will Also Sell Certain Perspiial Property Pursuant to the orders 'of the court in the ebove entitle matter, I will sell to the highest bidder fpr cash at three o’dock P, M. on the premises at the home place of the late D. W. Mason,4n Jacks Township, Laurens County, S. C., near Shady Grove phurch, the following described per sonal property: Five smooth-mouth mules, one two-horse wagon, miscel laneous farm tools, plows, gears and equipment. ] The bidding will be closed on the day of the .sale as to the personal property herein described and pos-* session be given upon compliance with sale. Any successful bidder as to the personal property herein de scribed, the bidding will be dosed on the day of sale and the successful bidder will’ be required to comply forthwith. In the event any success ful bidder fails to comply with the terms of the .sale the property will be resold on, the same or some subse quent .sale.sday at the risk of the for mer purcha.ser. - C. VV. STONE, 2-25-3tcw Trustee. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLB “The Paper Everybody Reads” rens, ,State of South Carolina y with the following measurements to wit: on the north by lot for merly belonging to T. J. Ander son, 80 feet thereon; |)n the east by lot formerly belonging to B. E. Wilson, 130 feet thereon; on the south by Ferguson street, formerly known as Haile street, 619 feet thereon; ori the west by lot of J. A. Chandler, 130 feet thereon. Being a portion of the E. C. Briggs home place and con veyed to D. W. Mason by W. H. ' Jan. 2nd, ' 1920, recorded Jan. 7, 1920, in Book 43, page 442, and by deed of W. S. Denson to D. W. Mason dated Aug. 10, 1918. Each of the said parcels of real es tate will be sold separately and the first three parcels, constituting the farm lands, w’lII be .sold as' a whole, at highest price prevailing. The hou.se and lot, which is parcel No. 4, will be sold as one separate parcel. Wf annoance our handling of the Norge Electric Range, and Norge Antohnilt Washer. Call and get acquainted with tliase Norge prodocta too. PRATHER-SIMPSON— FURNITURE CO. The ROLLATOR, still further improTed,~1s~how more economi* cal than ever—even_ more pow erful. Only Norgh has the Rol- lator. PRATHER-SIMPSON FUI»I11^E CO. PAIN S _ Bevara functional pains of men-- straatten. cramping qiells and Jaa- glad nervea soon nA a woman of her natural, ybnthful fretfbnen. PADf Unea In a woman’s face too often grow into AOE Unesl . Thousands of women have found it helpful to tako parduL They aay seemsd to case their pains, and they The terms of sale will be cash. The successful bidder, upon the bid being knocked down,'will bt? required to de posit with the undersigned five per cent of his bid as evidence of good faith in the bidding; such deposit to be credited on the purchase price up on compliance with the sale; any pur chaser failing to comply with th^ terms of the, bid on or before the 10th day of the next succeeding month after the .sale shall forfeit de posit made. In the event any bid is raised within thirty days after the i sale, the previous successful bidder j •ivill be refunded the amount of hisj deposit. In the event* any successful | bidder fails to make a deposit upon the bid being knoc*ked down, the prop erty will be resold on the same or some subsequent sales day at the risk of such defaulting bidder. The successful bidder as to the real es- ^te will pay for stamps, deed and recording, and will be let.into posses^ INSURANCE We offer expert service and protection. Agent for some of the strongest Fire Insurance CompaniM in America. REAL ESTATE Town and country prop* erty. Prices attractive. Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. B. H. BOYD. AKent RUBBER STAMPS Any kind, to fit any business. 24-hour ser vice. Reasonable prices. Telephone 74. The Chronicle Publishing Co. Printers - Stationers NITMn Of SODA Makes OKAINS GROW IBtrate of Soda makes small grafaM - That “soda” is Arcadian, the grow bcmnise it si4>pl>es the nitro- American Nitrate of Soda—made gen they need. Isn’t it logical then, , In the South, by Southern^ for that the “aoda” that contains most Southern crops. You’ll benefit by nitrogen should ^ the best job? using it, too. Soufh Carolina Growers say: "ARCADIAN IS lEST SODA WE KNOW*' noticed an IncreaM In their appetites and finally a strangtheoed reslstanoa to tha discomfort of monthly periods. ‘EryOarduL Of course if It doeant help you, see your doctor. //.,r JAPANESE on *‘ J think it the b—t of elf nittmtee anef it*a —Mify mppHed." Lewie Fdkd—CanMroo, S. C. * Aa good me oan bo bought/* - ~ , J. O. Ti^lor—Ift. Croi^ian, 8. C. r “/ think Aroedien Nitrmte ofSodm ehoutdbe ueed br emery Souih- arn former beomuee it iejuet me good, end. Hiern Southem^toduet/* _ Bl A. Mangum—Pagdand, 8. C. - ■ ARCADIAN THE AMERICAN NITRATE OF SODA \ . v; i s