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THPteSDAYtMAY <1987 IBB CXlWTOi^ CHRONICLE, some, but I imasrine it was just a matter of'stallinsr off the inevitable a little longer. I’m afraid I’m groing to lose my ranch. Slim.” iibnii^s voice was choked and teary as'she finished. “Who’d yuh borrow that money from?’' aiFed Slim. "-4^ \ “From—from the lawyjer, George' A^hur.” ‘'i^rge Arthur!” exploded Slim. “Why he was the lyin’ polecat who sold out'on me at. my trial «n'let’em . Irailrcd mV lor somethin’ I never did.l'!' Admlnis- S. C. r PAOBegRrw ' Pinckney Gives W. P. A. Projc^U modern women Mme. Alexandre Roube-Jansky, Turkish’ author, wKo is making her first visit to the Uhited States, want* Three Hav* Been Completed • Frankjip scholarship Thirteen Either Unjlerway or Approved, He States. To date a total of three projects have been .completed in Laurens coun- \ Synopsis: Slim Loyale is paroled from prison after serving 18 months for a crime he did not eonmiit. He re turns to his Circle L rdnch to fin4 his father dead and sinister forces at work,tryin g to mgke him violate his parole so that he can again be rail roaded to pri<K>n. \ The.Brockwells and their gang are plotting to gain possession of Cirde LNnndi and the property of Mona Ha]l^a neighbor and life-long friend of Slim Loyale. Slim discovers .that Sheriff Star- buck has join^..the plot against him. With the help of Dakota Blu^ and his cowboys, Slim Loyfle defies the land- grabbers to do their wofft/ ' ' —^ FIFTH INSTALLMENT ' He only knew that he had this hat ed fellow where he wanted-^hinv and that a keen, savage joy' flooded him every time his flailing fists found their mark. . He was insensible to the fact .that Mona was tugging and crying at him. And ~even ■ when Abe Fornachon, at the frantic behest of Mon^, grabbed Slim by the shoulders and dragged him from hi* prey. Slim still fought. But the foreman was-powerful. Be tween him and Mona, they finally got Slim into a chair, where Mona re tained him by the simple method of sitting on his-lap and wrap{)ing both arms about hU neck, at the same tim^ pleading with tearful words. “Slim!” she cried. “Slim, you don’t know what you are doing. They’ll take you back—^back to Jarillo.” suddenly,to the somewhat embarras sing positioo She hgd taken, and slip ped away fronuSlim^ faint color whip ping through her cheeks. Slim did not appear to notice her I didn’t thinV yuh’d have anythin’ to do with him after that, Mona,” Slim’s words were bitter. tration, in cooperation with the spon sors, while at the present thirteen ad ditional projects are under way or “I don’t think yod been .pprovea.-.«ordm* to in- Slim^” she said wearily so thft once, every d^de an out standing Anierican Jotirnailiet will be aBle to travel and obsepe for a year what goes on in other countries and then write about what he saw. Mme. Laura Dreyfus - Barney, French feminist, who' has returned home after 'ap^dmg fome tin#, ia the United S^tes, ia a leader of tha Peara and (.Arbitration Contmittea of the Inter^tional Cotnirtt ^^ Wo- nien. Shy^ is the only aroman to have sat at ^..je League of Nations sub- eommittee ‘of experts in education and she is an officer of the Legion of Honor. . , \ typewriter ribbons, an (or standard and portallla ■ifhiaaa CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. confusion. His head was bent and his ^here. Mr. Arthur was the only one U*.l I . ... . . ' perate. I had to getthe nwney some-! released by State Admin-1 eyes staring at the floor. “Mebbe it’d be best if he had plugged me,” he said heavily. “Seems like all I’m good for now is to be a liability to my friends. Shore, they cain’t pack my load forever. Better I reckon that <Staibuck should take me back to Ja rillo.” Mona stamped her foot. “Stop that kind of talk. Slim Loyale. You’re no quitter. You’ve got a hard fight ahead, but it’s worth while, isn’t it? You see how your real friends feel about it. They are willing to back who wbuld loan me., that much on a straight 'mortgage. Remember, Slim, it was-a case of fight, to live. 1 had no o^r recourse. Dad’s creditors gave me sixty days to produce the money before they called a sherifFs sale. In my place you’d have done the same.” ) “Bu|t Arthur ain’t givin’ yuh a whole of time,” argued Slim roughly. “If yuh’ve got to sell off yore stock to keep up with his demands, he must be houndin’ yuh.” Mona lifted her hands protestingly. you to the limit, believing in you ut- “Please, Slim,” she begged. “Please istrator Lawrence M. Pinckney Those projects completed are: Making of rug looms and frames; improvemenU to th« grounds at the State Training school at Clinton; and the constnK:tioif, of a frame school building at Goldville. Works Progress Administration pro jects now under way or which have been authorized follow: Countywide programs of communi ty sanitation, rural road improve ments, hot lunches served to the school children, recreational supervi sion. Also included in this list are terly. And if you don’t do your part you are throwing them down, render-iUo gorgeously happy don’t use tha^ tone to me. 1 «o gorgeously happy since I’v ing their faith., in you * worthless, empty thing.” Slim’s head came up slowly. “Yo’re right, Mona,” he agreed grimly. “I never giies.sed what real friendship meant until now. Shore,'I’ll 'hiay the game. Dakota Blue tells me that Leo Brockwell ha.s been bangin’ around yuh a lot. That don’t mean yuh care inj)articular about him, does it?” “l)oe> it api>ear like it?” .she re torted. “No, I don’t care for him; I sht'uld say not. He givek me the shiv ers, always did. But I’ve got to get money from somewhere, things haVe been going so bad for me. And I’ve been tolerating him merely to put over thi.s sale of stock that Abe was I’ve been ve known you .were coming back. I felt at last I had a shoulder to lean on thkt was trustworthy. (Continued Next Issue) NOTICE OF COI^DEMN ATION State of South Carolina, County of I^iurens. Board of Condemnation I.jiurens County, Petitioner, vs Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany, and M. A. Wilson, Respond-, ents. ’ ‘ " To the Metrojiolitan Life Insurance .\be Fornachon, who had been lean-1 talking with .^im about. I—'I guess ing over Lm Brockwell, securing his guns, now looked up. There was a queer pain in Abe’s eyes as he watch ed Mona. “Not this time they won’t. Miss Mona,” he said quietly. “Remember, if anybody goes to askin’ questions, it was me who hit Brpckwell—not Slim.” „ - These words, more than anything else, served to quiet Slim. Suddenly the hard-strung tautness went out of ; 'him and he sagged wearily. “I—I’m sorry, Mona,” he panted. “I reckon I shouldn’t have paid no attention to Jhim.^Hur'I’m all raw inside, an’ that dawg drives me loco! Abe, I’m shore findin’ out who my friends are. How ever, I cain’t let yuh take .the blame on yore i<t»ouldera.” “Yuh shut up an’ be good,” growl ed Abe gruffly. “Brockwell had it cornin’ to him.^Was I in yore place, ^I’d a been just as red-eyed.” With none too gentle power, Abe dragged Leo Brockwell erect and it’.s all off now.^’ , Mona’s shoulders sagged a little wearily. Slim stood up and went over to her. “My friends ain’t haltin’ at nothin’ to help me,” he stated quietly. “An’ I ain’t gonna halt at nothin’ to help them. How much nvoney do yuh need? Yuh can have all I’ye got.” Mona’s eyes grew a little misty. “T could use five thousand dollars very nicely. Slim,” she acknowledged. “•But'I ■ won’t take a cent from you. You may need it yourself, later. Courtney and his gang may start in> rustling you to paupership any time, the same as he has me.” “Courtney!” exclaimed Slim. “Yuh mean Flash Courtney from over past Battle -Mountain ? ” Mona nodded. Slim was silent, thinking. “Yeah,” he muttered finally, “it could be done. Flash Courtney, eh?” He looked at Mona. “How come yuh aih’t been able to fight him Off? Have yuh taken it Up' with Jigger Starbuck?” s slammed him into a chair. Leo’s eyes were glassy and his head rolling, but conscious^ness was returning. Slowly the light of complete comprehen-sion showed in his eyes, and his bruised, swollen face twisted into a mask of hate and rage. ^When Starbuck hears of thisr—of this,” he gasped, “yo’re all through, Loyale, yuh damned ex—” .Abe Fornachon shook him roughly. “Best thing yuh can do ,is close yore N mouth an’ keep it so, Brockwell./ If Starbuck comes sno<^in’ around here I’ll teirhim it was me who whaled \yuh, not‘Slim. Now yuh'take yore rotten poison off.this ranch an’ stay off. 1 told yuh somethin’; get goin’.” Leo Brockwell went, with Abe For nachon in close attendance. As the Mona shrugged, ‘^rvp seen Star- buck about it, but so far he hasn’t done a groat deal. And because of lack of funds, I haven’t been able to keep anything like a full crew for the past year. “You know how Dad got roped/ in bn that mining deal. When he died he left a lot of debts. Those whom he owed money to weren’t very patient about it. It got to where I couldn’t stand being haggled at any longer. So I borrowed five thousand dollars and paid off all of those old deftrts. “I thought that owing the money in one lump sum to the right sort of a person, would enable me to get more' time and pull through. But I find it was merely robbing Peter to pay Paul. This sale I was dickering with Company and M. A. Wilson Please take notice that’ a hearing will be had at the office of the County Supervisor, at Laurens Court House, S. C., at ten o’clock in the forenoon, on the 15th day of May, 1937, and on such other days as said meeting may be adjourned to, for the purpose of assessing the amount of damages, if any, to you, by the taking of top soil and materials for highway con struction from certain lands herein after described for the use of Laurens County, in the construction of a sec tion of the public highways known tho construction of an airport at Lau- WE INVITE YOU Mrs. Carter has just reiurn^ from New York where she bought a wide variety of Springs Goods and LOVELY DRESSES New merchandise arriving daily. We cordially invite you to drop in often and see these distinctive offerings. joe; l. carter CLINTON, S. C, rens; the construction of. a brick arm,- ory at 1-Aurens and a brick armory at Clinton; erection of an 8-room Ne gro school at Laurens; ^a county wide program of sewing rooms, a thrift \ ■ -shop, and countywide library* extea* sion ^York; the landscaping and beau tifying of public.—parks, and play grounds in Laurens; and impound reservoir for water supply'at I..au- rens. Lutheran Women Hold Meet Here Woman’s Missionary Society Convened For One-Day Ses sion At St. John’s Church On Tuesday. * The Piedmorvt conference of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina, met at St. John’s Lutheraii church of this city on Tuesday. The pastor. Rev. M, R. Wingard, lead the oponini^ Holy Communion service. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Edgar Stockman of as the Ekien highway,, between the Trinity Lutheran church, Greenville. Aridefaon Highway, ' and Bedtah Brief talks were heard Church, and a temporary right-of-1 synodical representatives •from the Dr. Chas. way where necesjsary for the trans portation of men, machinery, mate rials and animals, between the high way work and the place from which top-soil and materials are to be taken. The lands from which said top soil and materials are to'be .taken is located and described as follows: On the lands lying along the said Eden road, in Dials Township^ Lau- S. C., bounded by the rens door closed behind them, Mona awoke the Brockwells for, would have helped ^i lands of W, L, Chestain, W- A. Hen derson, J. L. McDowell^Dunk Kiught, M. A. Wilson, C. W^d B. I^Gray and others, in thre^narcels,^*.•sur veyed by the highway'^q^jiieer, par cel No, 1, containing 4.15 acres, more or less, parcel No. 2-(jontaining 3.38- acres, more or less, parcel No. 3 containing 2.30 a^res, more or less, the same now being staked out on the lands. It is the intention of this condemna tion proceeding to establish a val na tion either in gross or per acre of the damages sustained by you, which damage is to be paid when the ma terial has been removed at the valua tion established in these„proceedings. These proceedings are taken pur suant to a resolution of the County Board of Commissioners, of Laurens County, duly adopted at a regular ft on the 20th day^ of %■ meeting, held April, 1937. A. RHETT MARTIN, County Supervisor. J.4L WHARTON, X. B.^QDDARD^ County Commissioner*. Attest: B. Y. CULBERTSON, Clerk County Board of Commis- aiqpers. Dated April 28th, 1937.—6-6-2t. J. Sheoley of Newberry, spoke in be half of Newberi^ college -and 'Luth eran seminary. Dr. Graves, presi dent ’of the Lutheran orphanage at Salem, Va., gave an interesting ac count of the work of the home. Mrs. Jackson, superintendent of the' Ix)w- ma« Home at White Rock, told of the work of this home for the aged and, blind. Rev. Brand represented the Sduth Carolina Lutheran paper. The cause of the Lutheran I/eague wa.s pre.sented by Miss Counts of Newberry. ‘ Following lunch''at the tea room, separate sessions were held, the women gathering at the Lutheran church and the men at the A. R. P. church. Mrs. Tom Sease of the host church welcomed |he visitors, with deJegates from Walhalla making the respon.se. Reports were heard at this time from all synodical offi cers and the president of the organi zation. Officers were named for the new year, after which the day’s sessions concluded. - ^ u tc' i rc^ i ’ SUPER DUJYmmmi WITH THE METER-MISER Bsddwin’s Groceiy Hd^quarters, CUnton, S. C. — W. C. Baldwin, Prop. (^onnties Covered: Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormkk, \ ^ Lanrena, and Part o^ Newberry. NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION South CarPlLruL _ Codnty of Laurens. 'Board of Condemnation Laurens County, Petitionee, vs J. H. Medlock, J. M. Medlock, Anna Hen drix, N. J. Medlock, T. J. Medlock, Leola Poole and Federal Land Bank of Colun>bia, Respondents.. To, J. H. Medlock, J. M. Medlock, Anna' Hendrix, N.\J .Medlock, T. J. M^Iock, Leola ^oole and Federal Lajid Bank of .Colinnbia: Please tak§.„notiM that a hearing will be had at the o^ice of the County Supervisor, at Laurens Court House, S. C., at ten o’clock in the forenoon, on the l^th day of May, 1937, and on such other days as «aid meeting may be adjourned to, for the pur pose of assessing the amomnt of damages, if any, to yod, by tmi taking of top-soil and materials for high way construction from certain lands hereinafter described for the use of Laurens County, in the construction of a section of the public highways known as the Eden highway, ^be- tween^ the Anderson Highway, and Beulah Church, and i temporary righit-of-way where peoessary for the'transportation of men, machinery, materials and animals, between the highway • work and the' places from which top-soil and materials are to be taken. — ' The» lands from which said top-soil and psateriala are to be taken is locate and deecrilied as follows: On the lands lying along the said Eden road, in Dials Township, Lau- ren.s County, S. C., bounded by the lands of Mrs. Annie L. Hellams, W. M. Armstrong, J. F. Gray estate, F. F. Hellams, W. L. Chestain, and oth ers, lying along the Northeast side of said Eden road, and opposite the residence of W. M. Armstrong, be*, ginning on stake A; thence N 6-15 W. 75 ft. to stake 13; thence N 61-20 E to stake C‘; thence S 75-30 E 224 to stake D; thence S, 2-16 E 184 ft. to stake E; thence S 71-10 W 189 ft to stake F; thence N 77-15, W 326 ft to the beginning and containing 2.48 acres, more or less. It is the intention of this condem nation proceeding to establish a valu ation either in srross or per acre of the damages sustained by you, whi^ damage is to be paid when the mate rial has been removed at the valua tion established in these proceedings. These proceedings are taken pur suant to a resolution of the County Board of Commissioners, of Laurens County/ 4uly adopted at a regular mee^g thereof, held on the 20th day of April 1937. A. RHETT MARTIN, County Supervisor. J. H. WHARTON, X B. STODDARD, County Commissioners. Attest: ' , B..Y. 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