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■/ f r 'ImURSPAYi MAltCH 18. 1937 , I --' '■■■. / ' ' . -1' ' THE feUNtON CHRONICLK CUNTON, S. » .i" PAOE SEVEN J '£\.M€UL the yoke; and I'estored Anir|o<€a;xon civilization. • That was the spirit of South Caro- linians-tn that jp*eiat crisis. Look »at South Carolina in her fourth g^reaT'irisis, the World War. Dr. D. D. Wallace says: “South Carolina soldiers carried~‘:;into the 7- It is this: “While ftory and prophecy. T breathe, 1 hope.^’ At the Battle of the Crater in 1864, some South Carolina Confed erate soldiers were blown high' into the aic by explosion of a Federal mine ground!” That was the spirit of South Carolinians then. That must be the spirit of_^ South Carofiniam hOWr ‘*What is past is prologu'e." . Out bf^the story' of the long strug gle of^South Carolinians to govern laid under them. As they "wer^ com ing down, their captain, George B. ithemselves, we should learn iessona Uke of EdgefioKl. ohoutod to them; whleh will yuide u, in eolvinw th. U^ted T . "Hany. boy., oe eoon ... yow^it the|peoblem. wh!^h beset tm today. only in the distant past and only de Synopsis: Ellen Mackay, on her way 1 men. Miss Mackay. If there is any- from schooi at Winnipeg, to join her i thing they fear it is to see you ap- faitlher at Fort Edson, misses the boat parently Writing" down something bjr-wrhich she was to travel. Hearing j about them. that another boat is to start north in “Perhaps some of the more super- tha oMffniog, EHen goes to the owner, stitious ones feel you are casting John Benhatn, and asks him to give some spell over them. At any rate, her a passage. To her surpr^e, he'they do not xmderstand, and what {they do not understand they fear. So Angry and puzzieiLJEUlen tells Pat I they’ll be there-^every man jack of generation for. the future disregards;' this heroism knd devotion of every class. We only need to put to prop- J manhood to live as worthily as they er use ouV resources of wealth and __ knew how to die. As his opponent slipped away from^ South Carolina, in the him, E^teroux gave vent tola ra.sping "’ords of her ancient seal, ready in snarl and leaped forwaM"TBFhTiahv poised and ready, drove him back with another crushing blow to the mouth. Continued Next Issued McCkstohney, a kindly old storekeap- «r, of her difficulty, and Pat, with the help of one of Benham’s crew, succeeds In getting Ellen on board as a stowww^y. "" When the vessel is well under way, EIBen emeiges from her hiding place and faces John Benham, who tmw cannot help taking her with him. Dur ing the voyage Ellen begins to be strongly attracted by John. But when she reaches Fort Edson she finds her father broken, ill and disgraced, and learns that his troubles ape... due to one mafi—John Benham. Instantly Ellen rcsbfves that she will fight for her father. She will re instate him with the Hudson’s Bay them, and the furs will bo delivered quite safely. You can depend on that.’’ “But there still remains ...” Ellen left the sentence unfinished. ^ “Deteroux,”.. anupped Whitlow. “I’ll tend to him now. Come, Moosat, we must hurry.” Again the canoe shot upstream, Whitlow and Moosac driving it on ward with smooth, powerful sweep ing strokes. The stout maple paddle blades creaked and hissed, and the crystal water of the river surged about the canoe in foaming whirls. West Clinton News daughters, Misses Lillian and Bessie, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Davis Sifiiday. "" “ . Mr.^llnd Mrs. William King and children of Chester, and E^in King of Rock Hill spent the week-end with their father, L. W. King who is ill at his home near here. Mr. and Mrs. J. Misses Mildred and minds and resources.” ...^.That was the spirit of South Caro lina in that great orisis. During the seven long years of out fifth great crisis, the depression period, many of our people have car ried on ifi tiiat same spirit. In the words of Kipling’s most popular poem, they have watched the things they gave theirjives to broken, and .stooped and builded them up Mr. and Mrs. Fincher Da\Ts and* with' worn-out tools; they have lost. and started again at their beginnings; they have forced their hearts and nerves and sinews to serve their turn long after they were gone; and so held on when there was nothing in them except the will which said to thorn, “Hold on!” In the greate.st crises through L. Arnold and j which South Carolina has passed our Lillie Mae Ar-i people could not look to the Federal uut U.e c«nu« m iUMm.utf wmr.» • relatives in Fountain Inn | government for relief. During the Ellen,. croiKhirlg- tenMly m \V«i' of thn Kevolution .South ('aro- Mr. and Mrs.- Marvin Stewart, I lina contributed more mowy—than , , . , , , , * 1 L iM*”- Grange Campbell and [any <other state to the expenditures hugely in the knowledge that jittle' sOfi,"^Sila3, Mr. and .Mrs. Joe for the war. overpaying her share place, thrilled with a subdued but powerful excitement. She exulted company, his employers, and ^nll Benham waa now exonerated from all u TV o *u ^ 1 stigma, and ^he knew abysmal shame show up John Benham for what he * , * ! , u u v i- j ' that she should ever have believed really is. . Froii) Bl-rnard -ploye of the company, w’ho professes friendship jfor her father, Ellen hears that BertllaniC supplies whiskey to the Indians. She sets out on ^ long and tedious -‘journey to obtain proof of tWs, returns thinking she has got it, and gives infoimation to the authori ties. Trooper Whitlow^ of the MounVid fhim capable of criminal operations. DeterouXr an em-igy^^ eager to see ^Deteroux Campbell and children attendi'd the funeral of their grandfather, E. J. Thornton in Enoree Friday. by more than At the end of the War for Southern Independ- eiicOj our stale had lost five hundred Benham and confronts him with her proof* of his villainy. It develops that Benham is innocent and the liquor., is being supplied by Deteroux. •■I' V EIGHTH INSTALLMENT^ “It—it is wonderful,” breathed El- .jen ecwUtically, knowing what it fWould mean to Angus Mackay to have this big shijiment of high-grade furs c(Hne into his post. ‘^And I- pledge myself to see that the tribes are cared for. But how are you going to get the cargoes to the fort?” . “You’ll see,” chuckled Whitlow. He turned to the ’breed again. “Where is Deteroux now?” The ’breed w'aved an arm upstream. __2;M’sieu Deteroux, she’s at dat Cree camp on Mink I^ake.” Whitlow shot , a swift glance at Ellen, who distinctly paletb^ this in formation. “Was John Benhii^n there also?” demanded Whitlow. The ’breed shrugged and shook hi;* head. “I no see ’um.” ‘^^ry well,” nodded Whitlow curt- Jy^He unearthed a notebook and pen cil "Trom his pack and wrote a swift message to Angus Mackay. This he tore out and folded. Then, storting Mrs.-^W. A. Terry and daughter .of i million dollars worth of property,' Grecnv’ille spent Sunday with Mr. one hundred and twenty-two million I in the value of farni property, and. in the custody of the law. r i , ^ Two miles above .he,X. the York' oTto Eielle and chil- boats had been met, the canoe shot4j^,_, „f Cmnnaco spent .Sunday with hroudh.the last U>ggwg stretch of _ j,, ^ Canfield, the nver and ebded out upon the em-. cralJ flawless surfaec of Mmk lake, A-mtle away to the northeaat a >lop- „„ j Whitmire Sunday. mg, tree-clad ppint jutted. In the .t.ll Emma Tilllson of Snartan- «'!;“Ito^isitod Mr; and Mr^ J. N. Nia pale i^bud oT smoke. Ellen pointed. “There is the camp," she stoted. “The cadence of the paddle quicken ed. Ellen glanced over her shoulder at Mootac. The old Chippewayan had not noticed her survey. His eyes were filed on that column of smoke, and a stnnge change had come over him. Expression showiti into his wrin kled, brown face. No longer did it on Wednesday. seem flat and stupid, jlttetead, by some strange force of inner excite ment, each feature seemed to have sharpened. There was a new cast to his head. Soonething of the cruel, ra pacious look of an eagle was there. The old man’s lips were moving. He seemed to be chanting silently. Despit herself, Ellen shivered. It seemed to Ellen that in no time at all their canoe wa.s rounding the point,_ The l^rse,- unrecognizably murmur of many voices reached her ears. Through the intervals of the tepees she caught sight of a surging Stroup. . .No one noticed them as they lapd- ed. All eye.s were on two crouching men who paddled about one another on moccasiped feet These men were stripjMHl to the wadst, their faces were With the .Sick Friends of Mrs. James Dunaway are .soiry to learn she has pneumonia. J. €. Cannon is ill with neuralgia. ^John Weir is able to retun to work after being confined to his home sev eral days with flu. Mrs. Joe Terry is ill at her home on Sloan street. Mrs. J. J. Smith has improved after having the flu for several days. had suffered immeasurable loss in the death or disability ftom war of almost one man out of every four in the state able to bear arms. ' During the Era of Reconstruction, when the Federal government was bitterly hostile to our people, they, could not look to it for Wlief.—Their public Mrs. Leslie Quinton-is seriously ill debt was multiplied many times. Tax es were .so high that few could pay them. The public treasury was loot ed by official thieves. The State gov ernment was virtually .bankrupt. In their long experience South'Carolin-. ians have had ample opportunity to realize the truth of Grover Cleve land’s declaration that “while the people must support the government, the government cannot support the^ people. at her home on Beauregard street. McKISSICK HEARD AT INTER-CITY MEEt (Continued from page one) one session they spent for re- fre.shmbnts. To-have used all the re freshments they bought, every- mem- .. . ... ■ o .. r' . i--. her of the legislature everj’ day , ,, #,■ ij L L 7a J t 11 e faith in America. Have fai with the *bre«i, he went slowly over|'?>ootJy.^heir gleamirig torsqs splotch- the entire crew, of the boats. Eachie‘i carmmed and they were driv- San .he stopped'in front of he rtaredl|"<f^o||tJ^^rrific_ blows at one another at closely and scribbled swiftly in the would have had to drink a gallon of whiskey, a few extra bottles of beer and w'ine, and would have had to smoke at Ica.st a dozen fine cigars. The St^e House in Columbia was refurnii^d on a mostlavi.^h scale at the exfien.se of the poor white jieople of ^uth Carolina. The Negro Iegi.s- l^r told time by a $600 clock, gazod t the city of Columbia through \, notebook. The men were uncomfortable, ner vous, and they would not meet his eyes. W’hen he had made a complete ■ round Whitlow’ came back to the breed and handed, to him the note he h^d written Angus Mackay. “You will now head directly to Fort Edson,” he ordered. “These furs you will turn over to Factor Mackay there, and also deliver this message I have given you. Then you t^ll re- * main at the fort until I return. If one fur is''‘mi.<sing or if any man in your crew is not there to report to me—let him bewate-1 ^"d I^itlow tapped his notebook. The 'breed nodded vehemently. •“She’s been as you say, M’sieo.” ” “Good. Now start inm^fdimtely.” The York boats w^fe soon on the " trayV the oars flashing in the sun. Ellen watched them until they viaro around the bend and out ef slight; - ‘Then she looked at Whitlow. -“Do you thiiJc they will really de liver the furs?” she asked doubtfully. “What’s to keep them from going straight on and never showing up again?” Wltitlow laughed. “TWs. rVe worked long among the tribes and with the ignorant river- --1 D. E. Tribble Gn. FUNEBAL DIRECTOBS EMBALMERS D«J r>- with knotted fists. / $1500 window curtains, rested on a One was John Benham~the O/ther $200 sofa, sat in"^a $60 chair at a Bernard Deteroux! i$175 desk, .spat into a $14 spittoon, | Ellen Mackay never knew how she admired himself in _ a $600 mirror, reached the inner-edge of that crowd- pretended to read by the light of a ing circle about, the two fighters. But $2500 chanddier, dipped a $10 8old|^^^ whatever clouds may now she was there, and then it seemed pen into a $2o mkstand-and made horizon, tomorrow will In the course of a little more than two and a half centuries South Caro lina has seen two ,pf her principal srops—rica. and indigo—vanish alto gether. The future of -our cotton crop no man can now foretell. South Carolina has passed through three terrjble revolutions, but she still .sur vives. If the- history of our old Pal metto .State has any lesson for us, it is this: Have faith in yourselves. Have faitlr in God. He of good courage. Look to the rock w’hence ye are-hewn.” Have faith“that the worst hks been, and; that the best is yet to be. In the darkest 'hours of the Pal metto State has shone the star of the unconquerable wdll of her people, who have been equal lo every emergency, who have never surrendered t(; des pair, who, with <rod’s help, have brought * SoutK Carolina safely through defeat, ilisastei^ and ruin. As w’e read the sto.ry of .South Carolina’s past, we are hound to be lieve that we fall only to rise again. that utter physical paralysis gripped her. Only her eyes were free, and she Etared unwinking. She saw Benham whip in a slashing punch which made a gory wreck of Deteroux’s lips, and when Benham leaped an to-folloar up his advantage she saw Deteroux drive him reeling back with a wicked blow over the heart For a moment they seemed to rest, circling each other constantly, their eyes blazing with utter hatred; their moahed lips peeleld bock an animal snarls. ^ Then they cloa^ again with a totop of smashfng fisto- Body bTbotly they stood Joeked, motionless except for ^e loibtting and crawling muscles of their shoulders, and their short, deep panting for hard-won breath. They were magnificent briites. Like his faee,Deteroux's torso was bronz- ^ and coppery. Against it Benham’s skin was startlingly white, gleaming like marble. Something caught in El len’s throat, and her eyes mist^ os ises Dete- she saw the great Rv4d bruises roux’s iron Fists had wrought on that white skin. If ansrthing, Deteroux held the ad vantage ^of heii^t and bulk. The di- mensions shoulders were terri- tying, and the knotted muscles eefoea the beck of them mode him seem al most hunched. On the other hand, Benham^s mus cles were long and smooth, end even to Ellen’s tutored eye there arms a lithe speed in his movements that his locked. -;\ The fighters .ripi»ed-’'' 'lpaj%' 'et rocidhs abi^mdon. -The ^pate of fists cm hard ^esh seemed os sharp an4 ^ the ( ter is the hl<ms of on axe. The flurry sloekmied, and H aroe BenluMn arho gave bocL Dete- nmz, his feet aside apart oad leaning sHglitlir terwndi, seemed os imm&r- cbh os a giant rock. his mark. hf Companies of Negro militiamen and constables, armed by the Federal government, roamed over the country, shooting off theif*^ns. burning hous es and barns, and insulting the whites. In no other Southern state did the iron heel of reconstruction fall so heavily as in South Carolina. In no other state were misgovemment, corruption, fraud and robbery so long-continued and so immense as in South Carolina. The Palmetto state suffered most and suffered longest. The decent "white people South Carolina wete powerless in government, powerless in the courts, poweriess to prevent the confiscation of their property and the imposi tion upon themselves of a colossal bprden of taxation, but at last by a mighty effort they rose, threw, off be better than today. We South Ctorolinians ought always to remember and to believe in the slogan of South ■Carolina which was engraved on our great seal one hun dred and sixty years ago and which still is there. It is for us both his- Don't COUGH » YOUR CAD OFC dskfor MENTHO'MUISION IF IT FAILS TO STOP YOUR COUGH DUE TO COLDS ASK FOR YOUR MONEY BACK only 75 f SMITH’S PHARMA^T Beware Hie Cough From a common cold That Hi^ On No matter hoir many raedidiiea yen hove tried for your odaglh, dieat cold or brobddal trrttotkm. you i rttotlon. you can get lief vcm wtth Oreomumlon. Orewnul- don not only obntdlns the loothlng elementa conunoo to many remediee; •ndi aa» Bymp of Whtto Pine 0cm- poond fluid extract of Coorlm ]loot» fluid extract ^ Ipecac *or lta_ pemete, pblyn iooeening tboqrii by iiiMU|e^€<meent, tte etoodl extract of Oaecarorfor Ito toe to toe, 'alogging with a wild, fe- feet taal of aU, Baateood^ Greoaoto la l3& Oreoanddan can be tate ftv- qunfly and onnttnaniidytyadidtaand diUdran vflh nmarlnm rente Tbouiaadi of dotex nm Oraotel- tem ftair awB^teteea m “‘“’’’arsaMiSruffs: tated tlaicieaea the germ-laden phlm la looeened and eneUed. Druggiito also know the efleettveneei of Beech- wood Oreoeote and they Yank Oreo- muldon top for coughs becanae you get a real doee of Oreoeote In Oreo- , mulslon, emuldfled ao that it la polat- J abtaL digertible and potent for golag 1 to toe'tenr seat (Of the trouble. 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