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/ *AY, StAlf 20, iOS7 ^ -f- TOgCtp' / CLINTON, 8. C -v' "H mm4i SynopjAif^ Slim Loyale is parol^ from pris<m_»fter senring 18 raontlr for a criihe lie did not commit. He re- Arthvrt says. He kin lie faster’n a good^ boss can run. whera^I aim'fo put nutic.’’7He flared into> sudden fury, hi^^hin lips pe^fing back oyer, his tee^ in a grimace tt hate. .V r/ \ ■' ; “Damn yuhl’yhe wbisperod. “Yuh killed RangOy^illed my pal. Did yuh think Fd le^^uh get away with any- thjn’_. like ^at? Not by >ujitul. I’ll give you now, in about ten seconds, what ydh gave to him." Spu^ Dillon’s voice broke in, a lit tle thick and wheezy, but very deter mined. “What yo’re gonna do. Cin der, yuh poison whelp, is drop them West Clinton News guns, now!” And’with the beginning of his wor^s, Spud shoved the gaping!Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy, Tr|<nmell and daughter, Jerry, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Norris.of Greenville, were visitorsf in Forest City, N. C., Sunday. . ^ Mr .and Mrs. Arthur Davis , and daughter, Christine, of Spartanburg, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Bud Owings. Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones and chil dren of Greenville, were visitors here ^lim nodded, rather absently. Thej j^^^jj^le of a bulldog revolver against I Mr. and Mrs. David Owings—of turns to his Circle L ranch to find his 1 pcsposed^ .opening of the government back of Alton’s neck. ! Greer, visited relatives here Jllonday. Safe Antiseptics It seems to me tha^ every quack in the country is exploiting some “anti septic.” Nevertheless people do need antiseptics for emergency treatment. The laborer “skins” his hand. It may be a poisoned wound; he has no certain way of knowing, but he must MSS. OATO IMBECTS / cnr PLAYGHOUNP The city playground is now being supervised by Mrs. Gladys Cato, from 9 to 12 and from 1:30 to 5:30, A now playground is being built, which iw being sponsored by the Woma|q!s citd>. civic committee *w^h the^ ai<r of ot^r r- service clubs. As soon as it is con^ pleted^w-. equipment will be addad, and the date for the openipg announce- ed later. father dead and sinister forces at {lan^ along- tlw Kicapw river hadj xhe leer on Alton’s face persisted,! “Dad” Arnold is-ir^dhTg' two!play safe. He lhas probably a bottle roaded to prison. 'The Brockwells and their gang are plotting to gain poaseasion of Circle L ranch and the property of Mona Hall, a neighbor and life-long friend of Slim Loyal^. _ Slim discovers that Sheriff Star- Ibuck has joined the plot against' him. With the help of Dakota Blue and his |ter; “Ted work,tryin g to make him violate, his been much discussed item for sev-i^ frozen grimace. His eyes flickered.! weeks-in—Ftrantain Inh^Y^'ith hi^ sis parole so that he can again be rail- eral years that he knew of. It was got long,’! reminded Spud.jjteri Mrs. Mattie Wheeler. subjwt that had grown cold to him.'p” Alton dropped his guns, shruggeS And besides, just now he was won-jund daughed. “I didn’t think yuh had dejing what^angle of approach to use nerve to butt in, Dillon,” he ob- on George Arthu^ about that mort- served, “knlowin’ all the time, o’ gage. {course, that yo’re sigrnin’ yore death Dakota'HIue, however, with a sud den gleam in his ey^ pulled the pa- pe*r to him and began riding it care fully. Slim rolled a ci^ptte, lit it. cowboys, slim Ldyale defies the land-!then^went over to the podltable and gi^abbers to do their worst..., — i began idly punching the balls about. warrant. “Yore thinkin* is plumb outa or der,” ojiserved Spud sturdily. “I don’t scare worth a whoop. From now on, Trammell, of Simpsonville, spent the week-end with relatives. Mrs. 0. C. Chaney spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. 0. E. Tay lor, in Laurens. Miss iMaud Norton of East Liver pool, Ohio, is spending a few weeks with relafives of tincture of iodine—maybe a little of mercurochrome—quite likely a tea spoonful of carbolic acid at the house. There are no better antiseptics. He may swab the abrasion with either drug in its commercial state, except the carbolic acid, which he mu.st re duce with water, one part to four. Prompt swabbing with the real an- 7' SEVENTH INSTAJitMENT ‘Shore, that made him mad. He cussed pore old Rpy plumb outra geous, but I was after ‘Jaughin’ at him. Then he up an’ shot at me. I saw it oomin’ an’ ducked my head, at the. I Presently came the thud ^ j None-o’ yuh are wanted in this sa- and JL lone_Timchiir„ rode, down theiio^n Xext of yuh‘to idiowj in Iwre,- I street, stopping before Jigger Star-4 ^eet with a sawed-off shotgun; Now what I told Sarg an’ Leo Brockwell i Harvey Bishop,, near Gray Court, goes for their whole danged outfit.! Rev. and Mrs. Charles L. Ledford of Blairs, Va., attended the funeral buck’s office. He dismounted and went! cattle yore hocks, in, to reappear about five miriutel. Again Alton shrugged,'then saun- later and cross to the saloon. tered to the door and out. Without a He was a diminutive,'shriveled-up .. .u ^ crooked-legged fellow, with a pair of .ame .me th^vm o'™ b.t-»ink Chapa ao enormous Av"henll"T.; - =» almost square. | ,heY behind-'the bar. •'Gimme hia fieve ^Jl^real .W.y7r“m Ter^” Aota,- drawled Spud. “D’yuh'^know wha it was?” demand- kward look, he crossed the street, swui^g into his' saddle and rode off. Spud^ Dillon replaced his weapon on tiseptic may preserve a limb—maybe Mrsl Webb is vi.siting hef brother, itself. One must not take any chances, We find a skin eruption popping opt. We figure on an antiseptic. 'Well, of Mr. Ledford’s father, William L.-~if in the “breaking.put,” open LedfbrdTTJbhday. MT’sses Willie Ree Vicker of Val dosta, Ga., is spending the week with her sistpr, Mrs. Dennis Green. Mr. and Mrs. Grange Cainpbell vis ited relatives in Spartanburg Sunday. ed Dakota. ‘•:I wantk keep 'em as souvenirs— souvenirs oK^the time fat, old Spud Dillon got the best of one of the w'ick- ^yes, set in a wrinkled, mahogany- brow'n visage. Half hidden by the , V 0^ hi* chaps, a pair of hig, black “I can’t be positive, seem as howj^^^^j^ dragged at his waist, he was masked. But sKore iiiie talked newcomer stepped into the ah’ acted a lot like that.long-legged > Dakota Blue turn^ to half face: Dakota nodded gravely and was Half Diamond B foreman, Rangoij^jj^^ wary, his right hand | ^bout to pick .the ^apons up^ when ^Showers for Brides and swab with peroxide of hydrogen. Everybody knows “peroxide.”,. Then follow with d'-fleoting ointment that protects the skin from further infec tion. One of the best ointments for the skin is calomel, twenty grains; oxide of zinc, sixty grains; white-vas eline, 'one ounce. Mix thoroughly. This Felder Smith' of "X DRa- SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETMSTS Specialist In ' Eye Examinations . Office Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 29-W for Appointment ^ Clinton, S. C. , Mi.ss Frances Anderson gave a mis cellaneous shower at her home in honor of Mrs, Tommy Galloway, for merly Miss Edna Chaney. Several in- edest gun-^slingers in this neck of the. {^^^.^Dng games were played and woods.” , contests were, won by .Mrs. Joe Camp bell and Miss Wilby Seay. Mrs. Gal- Deale. loway called to find' many useful dropping until his thumb was hookexl Starb'uck stepped into thej^jfts. The hostess .served delightful “Yuh shore yuh rocked him off ?” jin his belt, The newcomer grinned | His cold‘eyes filtered around , ,.pf,.pshmcnts. “Well,” drawM Roy, running his jcrookedly. _ I and saw Alton’s guns. j On Friday ingers througl^ his hair, “if he ain’t |. <Jo OH with yoxe readin’. Blue,” he: ..yuh fellers seem to be Wshin’ the! deligh ,.^oi Kont Hoi Diamond B boys around pretty ■ heavy,” he observed. “What’sxthis I folded up like a sack." Dakota shrugged. “Looks like the lid's off,” he grunted. “Stoney Sheard was right when he said hell was gorma /pop on thie range. Slim, lad, it’s be^ginnin’ to look like they won’t .npth_in’JiiLgettm!-^rohr Tkere^ a hefty purpose behind all this an’ I’m gonna find out what it is.” [ The next'morning,-not long after sunrise, Slim and Dakota Blue rode into Pinnacle. Slim had confided to Dakota his plan of taking up the mortgage on Mona Hall’s spread, at V»hich Dakota had abmgged." “I know yore bank balance is plen ty big enough to cover the note, Slim,” Dakota kad obsierved. “But whether George Arthur will deal with yuh is another proposition. Me, I don’t think he will. I don’t believe he wants the five thousand dollars. What he wants is thp. Dot H po^ ranch/' "AlM’m after is a shot of liquor, pro vidijti’ Dillon will sell it to me. I un derstand he told my boss an’ Leo that their money w’asn’t any good. How about‘it, Dillon? Does that apply to the whole Half DAimond B outfit?” ‘■"'’^^NSf'lf'T'Ebey" mind Their bustffe^V Cinder,” growled Dillon. “What’ll it be?”L, “Bourbon,” announced the puncher, rocking up to the' bar. “Blue, will yuh an’ Loyale have one with me?" Dakota shook his head. “Thanks. Wc just turned Spud' down on the sanie_offer.” Cinder Alton shrugged. “Okay! Lots of fellers don’t care for liquor before noon. Me, I’m different. Any time is drink time to me.” And again fie^smiled that crooked, twisted smile. When Alton finished his dririk he turned, leannig his shoulders against ihe bar, hooking a qegligent heel over evening .Mrs. S. B. Snel- ghtfully entertained at a miscellaneous shower given in honor or Mrs. Dunk t'Powers, before her re hear about yuh pluggin’ Rango^Deale cent marriage Miss Minnie Car- last'night, Loyale?” • michael. A clever contest wa^Won by “News to me,” answered Slim. “I \i|.s. Arthur Howard, and games were ain’t seen Rango Deale since I got enjoyed by all. Later in the evening a home. An’,” _he pointedly, ‘‘4 Jmock WAA heaiiL Ak tbfc ^ooTi. -aM>4 is a good, serviceable ointment for ints is tlm. Slim had avowed that he would!the bar rail. As he rolled and licked \ jtackJe the lawyer just the aame, so Dakota rode into town with him. The lawyer’s office, a dusty, unkempt lit tle cubby, three doors up from the ^Wild Horse saloon, was still locked . wihen. they arrived. So Slim and ^DA- ikota went into the ^loon where Joe Rooney was swamping out and f fat Spud Dillon was yawning behind the bar, while poring over, a tatter^ newspaper. “Hi, gents,” hailed Sppd. “What fs yuTPto bur fair city so early fine mornin’?” _ ‘ le business deal,” answ^ed Slim Vith a grin. “No, thanks; too early ih the day for spiritous liquor, Spud,” He added, as Dillon began sot ting out a\bottle and glasses. “What’s new ?” ■ “Oh, nothi^ in particular,” grunted Spud, “ ’ceptfh’ they’re gonna open that trovernmenV land along the Kica- poo river aip no^h. The paper here says the final dace of openin’ ain’t been quite decided \)n yet, but that it’ll probably be the Kfteenth of next a cigarette, his eyes rested steadily upon SlHm-“I>on’t know where the Half Diamond B could pick up a new foreman, do yuh, Loyale?” he asked. “We lost Rango Deale la.st night.” "Navi7”‘ exploded Spud Dillon be fore Slim could answer. “Yuh don’t mean it? How’d it ha|pen, Cinder?” ain’t shot a gun, either. Yuh notice I ain’t even packin’ any. Yet Cinder Alton flipped his guns just now with the intention of killin’ me. He would have, too, except that Spud discourag ed him.” t , “Now lemme tell yuh .somethin’, Starbuck. I got my eyes open at la.st. Cartatm folks-railroaded me to prison for somethin’' ! never done. An’ me, gettin’ a parole they never figgere<l on, arrived back home before they thought I would. For some reason they .seem damned anxious to-.put me outa the way. “Last/night they tried it; only it bappaaad that Roy O’Brian was wearin’ this hat an' ridin’ my gray hos^ Rango Deale tackled Roy, think- \n'/\t was me. When he found out it wasn't, he-was so sore he took a shot at Roy, pluggin' a hole in rwy hat. Roy bea-t him to the next.” Slim's face had grown cold, and hiS eyes flinty. There was the set of un alterable decision about his lips. “I'm proved to be the express man (T,ittle Dob Snelgrove) with express fbr Mrs. PowW — many beautiful „and useful gifts.^mong them was a beautiful casseroib^ given by employees of the “cloth room.” Delightful refreshments consisting of straw'herry shortcake with cream, and iced tea, were .served by the hostess, ./ any skin, ^ Bi-chloride of mercury is one of the finest germicides, known, in a so lution of a g7*ajn to tJhe ounce in dis tilled water! But, this must not be taken internally. It is very poisonous taken iptbrnally. To apply a blazing niatch 'to a wourid is painful, but it heat^ nothing if you have nothing else with you, and you are away from first aid. SC" nPEWRlTER RIBBONS For All Make Machines, Standard and Portable. ADDING MACHINE RIB BONS ADDING MACHINE PAPER Call 74 Chronicle Pub. Co. SCRIPTO Automatic Pencil U the beat 10c value in the world. Get one at the Chronicle Publishing Company. Wh«n You Nooil “8tftPpe-d. A::. jll,ug... .lt;brQlui Rangn’a yarryi-n— ihy guns- all The- ttfhe-1ront neck, clean as a whistle." Dakota smiled thinly. “That’s tough. Some fellers seem born to stop lead. Yuh’d thought Deale would have lesmed that, long time ago.”^ ‘•Yeah,” agreed Alton, “yuh would at that. How’d yuh get the hole in yoi% hat, ^yale?” . . A subtle change came into Alton^s voice at this question. It grew flat and toneless to a degree. His hands had dropped to his hips with the words and his eyes were hard as ob sidian. Suddenly Slim knew he was looking straight into the eyea of death, but he did not quail. He squint Three Win Prizes - ' The Mother’s club recently gave three prizes to the occupants of prem ises that showed the most improve ment in cleanliness, following a con test to “clean up” yards in the vil lage, Winner of first prize was Mre. Lewis at No. 2 Jackson street; second prize to Mrs. V'esta* Lloyd at No. 22 Ji*/fei'won street; and third priise-'-to Mrs. Roland at No. 2t Jackson street. X)ve4'seers and .second hands were ex cluded, leaving only employees. The judges were Mrs. Beatrice .Sloan, Mrs. .M;:irre Lovelace and Rev. E. S. Jones of Goldville. . ^ Thouiands of men and wamao know how wiae it ia to take Blaek- Draught at the first sign of conati- pation. They like the refreehlng re lief it brings. They know its timely use may save Them from-teellnf badly and poeelbly losing time at work from sickness brou^t on by constipation. If you have to take a laxatlTe eo- casionally, you can rely on li! LACK-DRAUGHT A GOOD LAXATIVK Sentinels of Health Don't Neglect Them t Nstar* <islf4 th* kidMV* to do a narvolow ioA. Tliotr Uak to to kotp tka aewiasbk - - * - lu Mood otroM froo of aa axeaai of I lia ■ toxia laiMfltlaa. TIm act af livtag—«/a ecaataatly producing waato laattar tha Mdaaya auMt raaiova froaa Mo^ If fpoa baallt 'to to anduiok fnrffwyff TAtl'‘t4^ fawtftliHi m Matura lataadad! Ibai^'to'ratantloa al waata that OMy eauaa body-wldt dto> traaa Oaa auy auffar nagfinc baekadMw paratotaat haadaciM. attacks of dlxxlnaaik SaiUas up aiskta. swaUlng, pofltaaaa oadar Ua ayaa fart Urid. aarvoua, aM •ram odt. — Pta^uant, aeaaty or buralag paMgaa . may bo furthar avidoeoa af lodiiay or Uaddor dtouirbaneo. Tka raeognlaad and propar traatmoat Its halo tl -Taadittroiic madirtaa ( ip tba kidnrya ^t rid of atom potoonoua' body waatia Jaa Doaa’a PilU, Tkoy have had moro taim forty yoara of public approval. Art tadomad Um aountry ovar. Inatot ae Dottm $. Sold at all druf otoroo. Doan SPILLS now on, Starbuck. I’m carryin’ ’em to Use, savvy? No more do I run around William 1a l.edford Dies The community was saddened Sgt- like a fool, unable to defend myself urday afternoon by the death of Wil- an’ lettin’ good nien take over my|liam\L. T>edford, 61, who died ait his scrap. home pn Frances street after a lin- “The first son-of-a-goat who makes gering jllness. He was a native of a pa.ss at his gun in front of me, I’m VVhite county, Ga., but had lived most rockin’ off. An’ if yuh come after me of his life in South Carolina. Funeral for defendin''my own life, I rock yuh services were held Monday afternoon pff. To'hell with yuh an’ yore crooked law that works only one way! I’m through playin’ the goat.” Dakota nodded quietly to this. “I been advfkin’ Slim to steer dear of trouble, Starbuck,” he put in. “But what happened just now shows me ed carefully along his cue, made the f^at he’s up agin a pack of yellow month. “Shore, there’s gonnSvbe'a ^ild scramble over it. There’V a lot of powerful good range up there an’ hu mans are funny about free Hand. €k) just as crazy over it as tho^h it was gold. Here’s a long article^bout it by George Arthur. Reckon i •editor of this newspaper up at ' knew Arthur like we folks know hi he’d never have printed it. '^‘Arthur claims it’ll shore boom this range. Says a lot of oattlemen-down in ^ Qig Bend country are gonna pull stakes an’ brin# their herds up thremgh here to the new range. Un derstand that sheep interests have got ’ens just sdbout licked 4o^ in the l;\ilmt me, I Big Bend. Souhds good don’t taka much stock in what George served 4«hot and dropped the < six ball into a corner pocket. ' “Rango Deale' puff it- there with a .45, Alton^” he drawled. “It was rot ten shootin’.”. “Yeah,” airreed Alton Ooldly, -“it was. Me, I alius could out-shoot Ran go. Don’t move. Blue, or/I’ll spatter yuh against That bar like a rotten to- n>ato.*’ i By some uncanny legerdemajn Iton had slipped one of his guns free d now held it bearing directly upon Dakota’s belt buckle. He flicked out the \other and couched it at his hip, the muzzle looking ,Slim directly- in the ey should have put his slug four inches lower,’’ he ob- z chill laugh. “That’s polecats who are willin’ to shoot him at Bailey Memorial' Methodist church at 4 o’clock, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. B. Drennan. A male quar tet from Presbyteriaa college ren dered selections. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Vashti Rampey' Ledford; one daugh ter, Mis.s Daisy Ledford of Clinton; two sons, John W. I^edford of Honea eva|]|[^‘lie is unarmed. WhaT he just'Path, and the Rev. _ paries L, Led--? said'goes for me, too. I’m backin’ ford of Blairs, Va.; two sister^, Mrs. Slim’s every turn of the trail. Tiifci f “There’s five more boys out at the Circle L who'^are gonna back it the saiM way. Less’n yuh see that Slbrn l^to the protection he’s entitled to, this county is gonna bury • a sheriff. That’s plain talk, but every word of it is gospel.” i _For some time Starbuck was silent, his face unreadable. “I could^arrest both of yuh for that kind of talk,” he observed presently. Dakota laughed sarcastically, it, an’ yuh go outa here on a board. Fupny yo're alius talkin’ about ar restin’ Slim or me. Why don’t yuh exert some of yore precious authority on that Brockwell gang? Why don’t yuh trail along after Cinder Alton an’ throw him in the jiTg for a time? He tried to start the aigument in here.” “Yuh cain’t tell me my business,” snapped Starbuck. / “Okay,” shrugged Dakota/^An’ yuh cain’t tell Slim an’ me ours. We’ve kept faith with yuh, so far, but yuh ain’t returned the compliment. From here on out, the Circle L rides its own trail in its own way. ’No trespassing’ signs are hanging on every one of us. C’mon, Slfm; I just saw that law- shark go past the door. R^kon he^S haided. for his office.” t Slim nodded to Spud and Joe/Boon- ey, but walked past Jigger Stathuck as fhough he did not yxist. Dakota followed suit to the letter. “But«jQgy dearTunan,” expostulated Ge/rge Arthur, rubbing/ -his,—thin hands together, as he paced back and forth across the narrow width of his office. “Don’t yon understand that I Cannot tnfhsfer the mortgage on Miss Hall’s property to ybn-^without her consent ? It would not be regular— John Petty and iMrs. D. W. Carlan, and five grandchildren. Pallbearers were Mann Sanders, John Word, John Wier, A. H. Hughes, S. B. Snelgrove, and R. B. Vance. Flower girls were Misses Claudia Kinards, Frances Faulkner, Frances Anderson, Wilby Seay, Minnie Hunt, Eloise Crowe, Mrs. Grover Sanders and Mrs. Dunk Powers. "An’ if yo’ cotton and. cawn not at all regular. Besides, I wish to hold that mortgage myself.” “Oh, yeah?” drawled Slim. “That's kinda funny. If you’re so satisfied to hold the mortgage, why in hell are yuh pressin’ Miss Hall for the mon ey ? Can it be that what yuh want is the ranch-an’ not the money?” The lawyer’s pale eyes narrowed. “My affairs are my own,” he snapped. “Definitely and finally, that mortgage is not for sale. Good day, gentlemen.” He went to the door and held it open. Slim laughed coldly as he stepped out. “Yo’re deludin’ yoreself, Arthur.^ Yo’re shore draggin’ yore rope if yuh figger to steal the Dot H Dot ranch- Yuh’ll never do it. An’ the next time yuh hit Miss Hall up-for the money, she’ll surprise yuh-by handin’ it over. C’nvon, Dakote. I’m sick of talkin’ to 'side-winderf an’'' pol'ecal'S.’' Lctls^. .ri an’ get some fresh air.” George Arthur watched them until they had disappeared, joggling easily out iof town. His thin lips were writh ing with anathema, his long, pointed nose quivering, his hands cletiching and unclenching. He saw Jigger Star*^- buck slouching across to his o/fice and hailed himu„: " (Continued Next Issue). could talk, exactly the say jes same thing to you—'NATCHEL Sody, please suh!”’ Unde Natchel Plenty of nitrogen; quick-aaing; more than 30 elements in Nature’s own wise balance and blend. •SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE ^^The PiHter Bir«r7b«47xRM4<’' ^TUItAL AS THE GROUND IT COMES FROM I