The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 01, 1937, Image 7
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Washington. March 29. -^.,Ri*ingj
prices of consumer goods apd the la
bor situation 'are the main worries
of the ^administration, and are re-
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which President Roo.seveIt
FINAL INSTALLMENT
Ellen had not understood then but
she did now. Benham's pound of flesh
lid been paid by the flare of anger
and the deep humiliation of her fath
er when the old factor learned of Ms
Indebtedness to the man he hated
most in all the world—John Benham,
the free-trader. That had been the
payment ^ Benham expected, Ms re
venge for her impertinence in stow
ing away on his boats, but the pay
ment had been far heavier than that
since she had discovered in her heart
the deep regard she held for him. It
was her- love . 77 love almost at first
sight, she now realized.
Benham had leaped ashore to se
cure birch boughs and fashion a small
enclosure oh the boat to give her
^shelter and privacy. She had been
touched by his consideration and
thoughtfulness then, and again when
they had stopi>ed for the night and
With perceptible 'speed he drew
away from Benham, and closed in on
the fleeing Deteroux. His uicient cun
ning was stronger than their great
strength.
Deteroux leaned on Ma paddle, and
the power he’bent into his stroke
snapped the overstrained maple short
in his hands. Snarling he whirled,
whipping up the gun.
In the same second the caho^
struck, and Moosac lunged out in ||
great spraw'ling leap. A moment his
spread-eagled body hung clear in the
air, and Ellen saw, ii^ the upraised
right hand, a length of glittering
steel.
Straight into the center of that
flying body Deteroux flung a bullet
But Moosac’s desperate lunge cairied
him through to his goal. Ellen saw
him crash down upon Deteroux, and
saw the glittering knife rise and fall
—rise and fall. And when it rose the
third time it no longer gleamed in
Benham smiled back at
his.t
“crisis”
the Tail way brotherhood.? have - not
only maintained the respect and good
will of the companies and the public,
but have steadily bettered their own
economic condition. Searchers for a
new federal labor policy point to this
mediation law as a good base to start
from, while much study is being giyen
to the British labor act, which places
•much mpre responsibility upon or-
iganlzed labor than any statutes so
[far enacted in-this country.
Senators Against Proposal
Privately a clear majority of sena
tors admit their oppositian to the
president’s supreme court proposal;
publicly not so many are willing to
go on record. Seeking a basis of com-
the proposal '"to authorise
A «.! ITU of when he asked congress to '
eyes warm an authorize .him to make changes in [two additional supreme court justices
tered^nd'L'7breith'a^e''fiis7Bntif^^u“fi'^'"'l'k«ly to acceptoble to con-
Benham’, el«p tightaned with ** **
modic intensity and he held her hand
imprisoned. .
He laughed-^lmiir triumphant.
r
+
«<he had carelessly gone for a walk j ^he sun. Then both men toppled into
in the wild, uncharted wood and Ben- j water,
ham, fearful of her safety, had wait
ed for her return in i^pite of the fa
tigue from the heavy day’s work.
They had talked together then and
Ellen had been .startled by Bepham’s
appreciation of, the beauties of the
north country. Most of the men she
knew were rough, hardened by the
rigorous life. There, had been some
thing almost poetic in John Benham’s
understanding. In some intangible
way it "seemed that a bond\of friend
ship, of common understanding be
tween them was boim there aK^hat
moment. Now Ellen knew it was Ibve.
For a long tjrne Ellen had stood,
there, across the dying campfire
flames, staring at this strange, still,
elemental man. Her mind seethed
with truant thoughts, and words she
,lare not speak lay close to her lips.
Then one of the sleeping (Indians had
stirred, breaking the spell. She had
moved away.
“Good-night,” she had called softly.
“Good-night—John Benham.”
She shivered a little now at the
memory. The great disappointment at
Tthe later turn of events filled her
heart almost to the bursting point.
^Hfirc was her mate ... the man she
lov«d . . r and aha -Had-ao Utito faith Mnnaar stizxed. His ^yes opened
“^Ellen,” he muttered huskily. “El
len.”
Her hands stole upward unlfPhef
finger-tips wexe, cvessMg his swol
len eyes. “I’m sure your poor eyes
would be quickly well again if you
would let me kiss them, dear,” she
said softly.
The next moment she was gasping
and writhing with exquisite pain, for
Bonham’s arms were crushing her to
him, vibrant wishes of sieel.
At last the man and %,'oman stir-
i-ed and stood slightly apart, their
eyes locked in strange glory.
The lonesome trail was over.
(The End).
grass, but >whether it Woidd' be to
the prejMmtf who has declared he
will ae^eptfno compromise, is another,
question. It ia possible that out of '"
the agitation nvay come the submis
sion to the states of one, or more con^^i
stitutionah amendments. More than
twenty resolutions for, j^mendmenta
have been introduced in both houses.
One which has long been discussed
would limit the president tovone term
of six years. Others would limit the
power of the supreme court to de
clare acts of congress invali4, and
several of the propo.sals^ undertake to
broaden the grant of power to con
gress to include many kinds-of'sociM
legislation and to take from the
states many of the powers now re
served to them.
There was a sudden whirl of foam.
A hand appeared—^nce. In it a knife
still gleam^. Then it slid slowly from
sight. At this moment the straining
Benham drove his canoe surging over
the spot. His right arm shot down
into the water to the shoulder and
gripped something that struggled
weakly.
Slowly Benham straightened and
dragged the limp figure of Moosac
over the side of the canoe. His glance
seemed to probe the placid depth of
the lake again fpr a moment, then
with a gesture of resignation, he spun
'tjie canoe about and drove it back
towards the shore.
^ MoOaac was still breathing when
th^y lifted him g#ntly out, but it was
plain~that"life was ebbing swiftly. He
was shot-^through the center of the
body. \ *
White-faced, and murmuring with
pity, Ellen cradled the old Indian’s
he^ in her lap, and with gentle fin^
gers ’Smoothed back his ^bin, .bla(5lt,
dripping^iocks. x
“Moosac,” she murmured brwenly,
“Oh—Moo.sac—how can I face Git^ie
now? What can I tell her?” ^
West Clinton News
y[ iss Frances Garrett of Spartan
burg, is spending the week with her
sister, Mrs. Grange Campbell. .
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Chaney earned
family visited , relatives in Laurens'times from other spurces that
That prices are rising faster than
the incomes of most Americans are
rising is disclosed by official statis
tics of the government, and that this
process will continue so long as the
government continues to opera^ ow
borrowed money, is the gist of the
warnings sounded by Governor Mar-
riner S. Eccles, of the Federal Re
serve board. Mr. Eccles’ proposed
lemedy i.s to cut down federal expen-
diture.s and impose new taxes, in or
der to balance the budget as soon as
po.?sible. .This is not in accoixl with
the idea of some other members of
the cabinet, who do ndl want to have
the expenditures of their deivartments
curtailed. -
On the other haml, Seerwary Wal
lace of agriculture has indorsed Mr. |
Eccles’ views, and Secretary Roper
of commerce agrce.s* while Treasury
Secretary Morgenthau is resi.sting as
.«trongIy a.s he can the demands of
the spenders to be allowed to keep on
.spending. -
Inflation Warning
The force of Mr. Eccles’ warning
has not bi-en losl on th<^ leaders in
TO BE INAUGURATED NEXT TUESDAY
AS NEW UNIVERSITY HEAD'’
Sunday.
Miss MaiTgaret W'allenzine And Mrs.
Frank Reeder of Goldville, visttedTel-
atives in Tennessee the past week.
C. B. Martin of Gaffney, spent the
week-end with his son, P.’ V. Martin.
E. A. Hill, sUi>erintendent of the
Clinton Mills, is in New York on
business.
Unless there is a fim check upon the
pri'sent inflationary trend there is
great danger of another collapse
which might be as serious as that of
1929 and which, if it should occur
heforq the election of 1940, would se-
riou.sIy affect the ^ chances-^ of the
Democratic party continuing in pow
er. But offsetting that in the minds
Mr.^nd Mrs. Fletcher Peavy of .considerations
and understanding that she had be
lieved all the false reports and lying
stories about him, I?he had insisted^on
calling the Northwest Mounted Po
lice and demanding Benham’s arre.rt.
To be sure, later events had cleared
him of suspicion and trapped the real
/culprit, but she could well understand
why Benham should hate her and re
fuse to listen to her apologies.
Time passed, and she was uncon
scious of it. She merely sat and look
ed out towards a future which seem
ed veiy drab and very grey wid very
empty.'At length she heard voices
■ approaching. She rose and stepped
ashore, ,her face stpny and expres
sionless;
Whitlow was there with his prison
er. In the background was Moosac
and John Benham," with a number of
the tribe slinking furtively beyond.
“I’m sorry. Miss Mackay,” Whitlow
was saying, “but you and Moosac will
have to return to the Fort in another
canoe. I cannot chance your safety by
carrying you with me and my pria-
. oner, Deteroux is desperate.”
“"-Ellen nodded briefly. “Just as you
say, trooper,” she answered.
Whitlow stepped up to Deteroux, a
tiny Jc?y in his hands. “Let’s see
those cuffs, Deterotix,” he said brisk
ly, “I’ll see that you earn your pa;^;
age with a paddle. And make no mil-'
take about it. I’ll shoot dead.
you try any tricka”
Deteroux shrugged again and held
out his handa The cuffs fell away;
The next moment Deteroux explod
ed into movement. One ternfic back
hand blow swept' Whitlow ita the
ground, half unconscious. With a
swoop that rivalled the speed of a
diving fish-hawk Deteroux 'was uponj
him. The next second he was erect
again, and in hi# liand was Whitlow’s
revolver.
“3ack!” he snarled...:
Whirling, he thrust the canoe out
into the lake with a tremendoM
shove, and by a flying leap settled in
the stem of it Then he caught up a
paddls and sent the frail craft foam
ing away.
The paralsrxed group beMnd him
‘hroke into feverish actimi. Benham
laoed away up to the sh<»e to where
other canoes were beached, but al
ready, running like a deer, old Moo-
sac was leading him. Whitlow lurched
>to has feet and shouted for a rifle.
“Johnl” cried Ellen, despairingly.
“John Benham. HeTl kill you.”
^ Benkitm did'nct hear her. L(»g be
fore she could reach him he was
jJloat and hurling all his splendid
strength againet a paddle. His canoh
Strangely enough, he had heard El
len’s words.
■“You may tell her our honor is
clean now, little gentle-heart. You
may tell her our own Fawn Eyes,
who has been long in the arms of the
Great Spirit, is smiling again, for,
thoughv^Moosac was old, his hand was
cunning and his arm was strong.
“Many, rtvany"summers ago it was,
when Fawn Eyes danced and sang
through all the seasons. She was
young and joyous. Her sweetness and
beauty was that of the wood violet.
Then Deteroux came.
“He, too, was young, and good to
look upon. Yet even then the man
was evil and his tongue was forked.
And so there came a day when Fawn
Ejres crept home to us. Her spirit was
gone and her shame like some ter
rible disease. And one dark night her
spirit went away to the Great Mas
ter. » t .
“ “Long — long has Moosac waited.
But today the trail ended, and at its
ending Moosac’s arm was strong and
his aim was true. And, Fawn Eyes is
smiling.”
Moosac’s "eyer closed again and,
gradually, the hatah, savage s^ of
Ms features softened into a look of
peace. * Tears blinded Ellen’s eye#
and trickled ,^down^_her cheeks. They
fell moist upon" MoSii?s wriqkM^
faoabead.
Ellen felt a hand upon her"' shoul
der, powerful—yet gentle. She looked
up. “He was a very brave man, Miss
Mackay,” Benham murmured. “And
he shall have a brave man’s grave.”
They buried Moosac when the pur
ple gloom of the forest was massing
in the shadows. Then began the flur
ry of departure. Tepees were stripp^
of covering,* implements of the hunt,
and trapping industry were gathered.
Bales of furs unearthed.
" Ellen sought J^n Benham. She
found him at the fake edge—alone. A
single Peterboro^h canoe rested oni
the sands. Ellen*# pulse leaped, and
she looked at the silent Benham
shyly.
Benham cleared . fiis
Gaffney, visited Mr. ahd Mrs.. Jim
Martin last“ week-end.
Mliwes Lillie Mae Arnold, Mildrod
and Doris, and Billy Arnold, ,spent
the week-end with relatives in Foun
tain lim. — ■—
^r. and Mrs. Jack Anderson vi.sit-
ed relatives in Greer Sunday.
Messrs. V’emon and Henry Tram
mell visited Alvin Bridwell in Poplar
Spmigs last week-end, -
xMisses Wilby, Ferlin and Patsy
Sea'y, and Mrs, Clyde Trammell spent
±he week-end in Greenville with rela
tives. X^
Mi.sses W-^nces and Charlotte, An
derson, MessH. Willie I^awson and
Charlie Stone, were visitors in .Spar
tanburg Sunday.
X
of immediate iwlitical concern. Spend-
mg money, particularly for relief,
makes votes; to stop spending it
might lose enough votes in many dis
tricts to urweat congressmen who will
come up for re-election next year.
Also, taxes are 'unpopular, unles.s they
can be imf>osed only on wealthy indi
viduals and corporations. That those
who are now paying taxes in the “up
per IiracTcI!t!*’~Tan-’pay enough more
to bring the fe<leral outgo and income
into balance is considered doubtful.
That means that any new income
taxes mu.st be spread downward, to
reach lower incomes, which would be
politically risky, or mu.st be sin the
form of excise taxes on commodities,
which might Ik; equally unpopular.
economists
Mr. and Mrs. FratvMis Belleau and , congressional
Mrs. Jane Leslie of Gi^ville. spentadv,.s..i^ are dil.gently^study-
l iih-j
and
Sunday with Mr
Hampton. , x
M »x «nd Mia.- A. - J._ Ha rvi’y
•^j. 'R. M.
\
the week-end with relative.-? in
falo,
Miii.ses Merzy Smith and Betty
Ruth Smith spent Sunday in I^aurens
with Mrs. Mildred Wilburn. ’
Mrs. S. W. Kinard and family spent
Sunday in Newberry.
With the Sick
Miss Vera Hedgepath and little
Charles Hughes have returned home
after undergoing appendicitis oper
ations at the Greenwood hospital.
Mrs. James Dunaway continues ill
at her home on Florence street.
L. W. King is doing nicely after be
ing ill several weeks.
J. A. Bull, who has been confined
his his bed the past two years, is able
to visit hi# daughter, Mrs. Strila Em
ory, in Enoree.
Student Contests
At High School
The time for school contests is at
hand and a number of winners have
b(^ei)« elected in Clinton high school,
ne Bryson won first pla.ee in
th^f spelling contest, with Jenelle
Kelly seeond. The expression and dec
lamation contest was held Tuesday
night at the high school auditorium
with seven pupils taking p%rt
following program:
“ijow La Rue Stakes Were
yeahhe Holman.
“The Other Wiseman,” Nelle Loftis,
“And-a Little Child,” Dorothy Hor
ton.
Presently Benham cleared . hisj “When Ma Rogers Broke Loose,”
throat Lavenia Ross.
“I owe you an apology. Miss Mac- . “Little Dub,” Frances Edwards,
kay,” he said,, ft trifle awkwardly. ‘Guilders of Destiny,” Cooley Na-
“I’lt afraid I’ve acted pretty boor-jbors.
But Whitlow told me of the | eRopes,” Walter Thomas Carter,
from which you and your fath-| Dorothy Hdrton won first place in
er had rec^ved certain—Certain mis-1 the expression contest and Walter
information.” I'niomaa Carter won first place in the
But Ellen shook her Mead. ’declamation contest These pupils will
f
“I’d) a
i^y. 1
^urce :
ing the jiossibilitie.? in both of tho.se
fields. There is talk of new excise
taxes, an coffee, tea, sugar—which
.seems .quite certaiTr-^^^^^urit, rtcM antL
electrical appliances. Just at present
^th senate and hou.sc spokesmen arc
saying that no new taxes will be nec
essary.^ That can be <iismis.sed as the
u.sual line of political talk heard ev
ery year at'thi.s period in the congres
sional session.xWie ^prkctice has been,
and doubtless will be this year, to
“hushhush” on taxation until along in
July or August, and then rush
through a new tax bill.
Labor Policy Needed -
Out of the labor .situation precipi
tated by the “sit-down” strikes in the
automobile industry has arisen a
sriong demand for the clarification
of the government’s labor policy.
There iji, indeed, no definiite labor
policy on which all elements in the
administration are agreed. The major
item of labor legislation, the Wagner
labor Illations act, is still before the
supreme court awaiting decision as to
its constitutionality. That it is an in
adequate tool In any serious labor
dispute is indicated by the fact that
it has not been invoked in the auto
mobile strikes. It places no power
in the government to intervene un
less the organized workers in an in
dustry call on the Mtional labor re
lations bcard for aid. Employers can
not, under the Wagner act, take the
initiative in calling for a decision as
to the rights or wrongs of a dispute
with their employees, and now power
is lodged in any government agency
to compel workers to accept the la
bor board’s decisions if they should
be contrary to the workers' demands.
Regardless of the constitutionality of
the Wagner act, there is a general
concensus that an entirely different
kind of labor legislation is needed.
The railway labor mediation law has
worked «admiraibly in maintaining ex
cellent relations between, railway
workers and the roads, and under it
J. RiON
Janu-.s Uion McKiKsic’k, who wilt In^hiin the degree of LL.I). in 193G.
fonuaJly inauguraUul April Gth a.s tl^j ^ member of the South (’aro-
twenty-second pre.sident of the Ij/ii-ilinar Hi.storiFal hs-sofiation and the
ver.sity of South ( arolina, wa.s ^'>rn . Soulh^ ('arolina Historical society;
at Union, S. ( ., October 1.1, the j president of the South Carolina
.son of t olonel Isaac (loing aml/Narah i asswialion, the Univer.sity of
ho-ster .McKissick. ^ / |.South ^(,'ai‘olina Alumni association.
Doctor McKissidi was educated at and the Citizens F.ducalional associ-
the UniveraitjE^of South (^arolina, at alion.
JiarYlU'd. university, sud.At_th?xyiil-i, X’resi.lent McKissick is a memlK*r
vei'sity of ^Wisconsin. of American As.sociation of Uni-
!^o,” she exclAimed, “you owe me
nothing. It it the other way round., I
wan the offender. There are some
thmgt in life that ahnply cannot be.
dore out into the lake with surginf That waa one of them, and I should
have had tenae enoagh to know, it.
But before him was still another
^ biieh-faaric erafU. In the stem
of H was a handled beown figore,
with wrinkled, teamed iaee twisted
ia a nuudLof eavafe hatred. Old Moo-
me was hwachad vpoa some stzeage
trail of retributioa.
detpita whiA . wiw told me. 1 wodd
like you to know, John Benham, that
I am hittMly adrry for my unjust
words and tboaghti. And it it I who
apolocite fully.”
SMdenly the tiiffied, a gentle,
ehild-Uke tzemuloua smile.
represent the school in the county
contest in Laurens Friday nighi, and
in the district ctmtest April 16th.
rOB THE NEW TEAB ..
LEDGERS
CHSimiCLB PUB. CO.
As a newspAporrn'an,- Pr«sideJit. Mct
Kissick wa.s assistant, editor and later
chief wlitorial writer of the Richmond
ver.sity Professors, the. American As
sociation of Teachers of .Journalism,
and the .South ( arolina Teachers as-
Time.s-Dispatch (1911-1914), editor of Isociation. Hi.s fraternal affiliation.?
The Greenville News (191G-1919), and
editor --pf ,The Greenville Piedmont
(1919-1926).
His journalistic work intensified a
life-long enthusia-sm for the study of
hirtory. As a result of many yeih.s of
research work in South Carolina his
tory, Doctor McKissick became a lec
turer in thfs field at Furman univer
sity in 1926 .The next year he came
to^ the University of Soirth Carolina
include Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Al-
phar-Tau Kapjrn Alpha, .Sigma Epsi
lon, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Sigma
Delta Chi. His club i.s the Kosnyts.
Doctor McKi.ssick is a member of
the Bapti.st church. g
HOME HINTS
as
(1927^1936). He lectured with great
diMinciion and success on historical
subjects throughout the state. In 'De
cember, 1936, he was 'elected presi
dent of the university.
In 1927 President McKissick mar
ried Caroline Virginia Dick of Sum-
ten. Since that time they have made
The vogue for heavy yellow gold
jewelry emphasises the importance Of
dean of the school of journalism j platinum as a setting for fine stones.
The better pieces of yellow gold have
an inner setting of platinum to en
hance the color of the stone.
The newest spring'coiffure with its
severe waveless top and single roll
curled under is most becoming to the
. . , ,, . '’ci'y youthful. A soft wave effect is
th^r home on the Univemty campus4^^j}y flattering for thi? ma
President McKissick was a member
of the staff of Governor Richard L
Manning. He was co^ commissioner
of the general assembly, of South
Carolina <1916-1918), a member /of
the Democratic state executive com
mittee (192(7-1929'), and a delegate to
the 'Democratic national convention
(1924). He served as a member of
the board of trustees of Greenville
Woman’s college (1923-1932) and of
the board of trustees of the Univer
sity of South Carolina (1924-1927).
Furman university conferred Upon
ture face.
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