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■ -v the cijoton oradgcbR-^c^^ & c. V r~ r '^*'1 xU- - 1. PAGES 10 keep mo from usin’ that money to toan-..put on mort^racesi like the Dot< H Dot’s, i^ to jrrab* the money off. ' Don’t jrou see that Brockwell an’ Arthur have gone too far by this time Joanna Holding i r Top pf League to back down? They either stand to;Has Orie*G|fln© Margfin In Mid- wili big^or lose everything^ I’ll bet yuh State Leagrue As WlnnsboTO anythin’ yuh want, Roy an’ Stoneyj will have work to do.” 'When^ Steve Owehs add Charley Drops Saturday's Tilt. DANZIGER’S OBsErVES I * “COTTON WEEK W The well known Danziger’a store is this week featuring NatioiUl CoC^ ton Week along with thousands of otheT .merchants throughout the United States to encourage the use T of cotton goodf on the public as an effective ing the South. Por^ their itore has beed filled with ciail summer bargaihs >Hiat the buying public cannot/|^ord to mW as will seen fro^ their adyertiM^ meij^t in today’s paper. Synopsis: Slim Loyale if paroled haid to take ’em across this range. from pristHi after serving ^ months for a crime he did not commit.^Be re turns to his Circle L ranch to find his father dead and sinister forces at work.tryin g to make him violate his parole so that he cfm again be rail roaded to prison. The Brockwella and their gang are plotting to gain possession of Circle L ranch and the property of Mona Hall, a neighbor and life-long friend of Slim Loyale. Slim discovers that Sheriff Star- It’s only fair that they should. Them cattle will eat a lot of grass in passin , , , . Newberry,, May 29.—Joanna contin-1 Mid^sut. Saturday! by one game as Winnsbor^ dropped j | ► to third place by two tosses this week. Joanna gave Gowan brilliant sup port as he ran his winning streak to work that evening. Slim met them at the corrals. ‘’Fqr 4he next feiy^ days I got a nice easy job lined up for the pmr of yuh,” he told them. “Yo’re *, gonna have to do lot of loafin’ arouna. I want one of yuh to be on guard i <> VrillKt/-! ’T'l iniri-vica w^Ww% n a . n ‘f and we’re gonna havd somo ertra ea- ;b”t“‘the"reKh'here all the ‘t'ime,j‘"‘‘•y- defeating. Winnsboro 5 to';; iday an ’night. Yuh can take turns,]2. Paced by Galloway, the Joanna our own ca e rom mixin m wi j watch to have j team hit when runs were needed to - \ buck has joined the plot against him. With the help of Dakota Blue and his cowboys, Slhn Loyale defies the land- grabbers to do^ their worst. -^e trail herds.* , Here’s the scheme Arthur, Star- buck an’ Brockwell are figgerin’ |on, ni bet a kig. They^Ve planned on these herds cornin’ through-over this range. An’ they’ve schemed to get hold of the Circle L an’ the Dot H Dot. Once them trail herds get crowd a Winchester Over his > arm and be NINTH INSTALLMENT m' well into Jericho, the Big Bend men could be held up somethin’ scan dalous. “Time’s damn important wUh ’em. That Kicapoo range won’t last long. “Ten of us got our herds already started on the trail. I come on ahead to sorts break trail, yuh might say.' The abort, quick way into the I^ca- poo range for us is straight t)»rough this country. That*s what 1 was look in’ for ^Arthur about.^aid he had a business proposition to talk over with us.’-’/ „ '■ be Fornachop was nobody’s fool, held out his hand. “My name’s Fornachon,” he said. “Glad to know yuh, Tisdale. Shore yuh don’t mind my sayin’ that'yore |bronc looks like served* They’ll stand for damn near highway robbery to get their stock plumb wide awake.” ' “What’s in the a|V, Slhn?” yelped Steve Owens excitedly. "A scrap ?^’ “Likely to be,” was the answer. ‘‘If it comes, it’ll be a humrher. So watch thjngs close.” ^ ^An’ how!” shortled the irrepres sible Steve. “We will, yuh,kit<>w.” Jusl at sunset Tisdale came riding up. His eyes were bleak and his Ups were stem. Slim and Dakota met him hold their perfect average. Good field ing featured the contest. Joanna .... 5 YOUNG TURKEYS F< AT SPECIAL PJ R SALE iCE Thomwell Orplu^ui^ Poultry CLINTON, S. C. 9 1 Winnsboro . .. T... 3 8 1 ^ - Gowan and M.orse, Grey and ttf for Trsnrcase of first come, -first as be-dismounted. At the look on Tis. dale’s face. Slim jabbed an elbow into Dakota’s ribs. “I knew he’d be foam- across in time. An ’if Arthur, Star-jin’,” he murmured. — buck an’ Brockwell controlled the Dot* Tisdale wasted no time in express- H Dot an’ the Circle L, they could make ’em pay an’ pay an’ pay.” Slim laughed softly as Dakota fin ing himself. As he swung to the ground he faced Slim apd Dakota trucculently. “Listen,” he demanded Whitmire played their best game jot the season but Buffalo won, 9 to 6. Eatfh team bunched hits while Put man spcaed his with men on. I Buffalo 9 13 2, Whitmire » 6 9 2| Putman and Revels, Ward and ■ Tarte. — Notice To ^editors of ihe^irst National Bank of Clinton, South 7 Carolina oats and a good rest. I’m haidin’ for the ('ircle L, a cpuple miles along. Yuh better drift over with me an’ rest' yoreself an’ yore boss. When’d yuh'eat last?” “Danged early , this mornin’,” grin ned Tisdale. “Ain’t no particular rush about nie seein’ Arthur; L, can see him tonight. I’m with yuh'.” , At the Circle L they found Slim and Dakota perched on the corral fence, deep in thoughtful conversa tion. Slim looked up and waved to Abe.'The Dot H Dot foreman saiwthat Slim was Sarrying a pair oif guns; He and Tisdale dismounted.. * “Slim—Dakota, meet a gent from the Big Bend country. Tisdale, this is Slim Loyale and Dakota Blue.” When the round of hand-clasps was over, Abe explained. Slim nodded gen erously. “Glad yuh dropped in, Tis dale. Shore, we try an’ treat folks. I’ll tell Oscar to set yuh out a meal, an’J^UL-loan yuh a fresh bronc. Yores looks pretty gaunt” Leaving Tisdale at his meal. Slim went outside again. D^ota,^hi8 eyM *^ot X^ith interest, “ oeckoiTi^ TiinT be,^ he said, “telJLSlim what yuh just told me.” 7*^7 > Abe did so, Etirting with informa- ^ tion of Arthuf-’s visit to the Dot H Dot and^hiE^ultimatum. Then he went on about^is meeting with Tisdale and what hyi^cher had told him. “(^t it ?\ snapped Dakota, as Abe finikned. - \ lim nodded his head, a grim look bn his counteniii^e. “Shore,” exulted Dakota, “I can see it plain now^the whole dirty, high^^handed schem^. Abe, I love yuh like a brother for runnin’ into this feller Tisdale an’ bringin’ him here. Shore, we’ll spike Arthur’s an’ Star- buck’s an’ Brockwell’s i^ns now. “Get this. There’s just qne feasible route to the Kicapoo rangex from the Big Bend country; that is, a\route to drive a herd of cattle over. I kffqy^ that country. Those herds will come nbrth through LiNrler Bastn,Athen along the w’est "edge of the Flytrap Roughs an’ finally hit the smith ^d of Jericho Valley. • “An’ yuh know where Jericho opens out; it opens right on the Circle L an’ the Pot H Dot. range! Man, there’ll be thousands an’ thousands of iClttle passin’ here insMe another month. \ ' “Naturally, them Big Bend owners expect to pay a certain amount per ished. “The old haid is workin’ all the i harshly, “how much range_does that time, eh. Dakota? Yo’re right as rain! |damn law shark own around here, If I hadn’t been too cussed stupid, I’d 1 anyhow?” ’a’ guessed .the scheme right along, j slim .shrugged. Yuh’ve made it plain now. They rail-!that 1 know of.” roaded me to prison for a job, I didn t j ‘"‘What? Don’t he own' any a-tall?” do. Dad was failin’ at the time, and 1 .... . ,„ out. He did. But I’m bettin’ my parole kinda upset their plans. “They tried to dry-gulch yuh, Da kota. With, yuh daid an’ me in jail, they coujd soon get their hooks into the Circle L Then Arthm got that mortgage against the Dot H Dot. Now he’s goin’ to foreclose, or rather he thinks he is. < ^ “MiU alive, that gang will be des perate, soon as Tisdale has his talk with Arthur. They’ll be on us like a swarm of ants. But we know now what toTbbk for an’ why. Abe, I want yuh to do somethin’ for me. Ride to town an’ tell Arthur that Mona has the mon^ to pay her mortgage. Then kinda let it slip‘that I’m gonna loan it tp her. Will yuh do that?” “Shore I wifi. Slim. But I don’t think Mona will take it from yuh. She .said she couldn’t, though dam me if I can see why. Women get funny idees.” ~- “Never mind whether she does or not. Ju.st give Arthur the notion that she is, Yuh can ride in when Tisdale ^[oes.” Newberry drov.§ Walker out in the' eighth to win, 7 to 3. Wertz and Walker staged a battle until the home team went on a three-run scoring spree. , ' BouknWht and Long each had three hitsX while Whittle, Thompson and Caldw^ of Newberry and Na bors of Monarch had’two each. Newberry 12 5 Monarch..: .3 S 5|ft Wertz and Houknight, '\Valker andj^j.* Sander-J. . * ''III __.Mollohon went into a third place'g pli!nTy astounded.^ tie by defeating T>i'>ck¥arT,'l^ a's j st, be pftnnh loco,’’| the, Union team made ten errors, | ft it- iS ‘Not a/yard of it A Tialf liour later, as Abe an^ Tis* dale were about to leave. Slim made one last remark to Tisdlle*. which caused that individual to wrinxlo his brow in puzzlement. “When yuh get through wantin’ to wring Asthur’s stringy neck, Tisdale, ride back out here for the night an’^ we’ll talk busi ness. As soon as the two were gone. Slim got hold of Roy O’BrieP and Stoney Sheard. “I want yuh two to oil yore guns an’ hard for town,” he explained. “An’ I want yuh to put in the time from now until tomorrow noon, keep- in’ yore eyes on the Standard Bank. “JuEt hang around sorta, like yuh was killin’ time an’ loal'in’. Watch that bank all the time. Yuh may have the chance to puncture a holdupl If nothin’ happens by noon tomorrowj come, on home again. Understand, I’m not shore—about anythin’, but I’m playin’.a strqng hunch.” “Shore,' ai^ I’ve knowed hunches like that to pan out befo^,” grinned Roy. “Come along with Stoney.” Dakota Blue’s brow was farrowed with thought as he watched the two punchers jog away. “That’s one angle that I don’t quite get,” he dcawled. “WTiat's the hunch, Slim?” money is in the Stu^rd Bankk ain’t it?'^’ explained ^im. “WcIl^ArtAiiir knows it an' ao coes the reii^ of that crowd. The surest way \ • ■ * Tisdale looked “That hombrc mu he declared. “He give me to under stand that he contwlled all this range for at least, five' miles, both ways from the mouth pf Jericho Valley.” , “Then he lied, Tisdale. What he meant to say was that he ho|>ed to control it by the time yore herd.s start across it. An' how much per haid was he gonna charge yuh in range toll for ygfif herds?” ' “One round simoleon,” explo<ied Tisdale. “Yes, sir, one whole damn dollar per haid, yearliij’s included. “What did yuh tell him?” “I told him that he was a, cross be tween a polecat an’ a buzzard an’ that he could go to^blazes. I 'told him that we fellers cornin’ north to the Kicapoo range would pay a reason able range toll, but nothin’ like a dollar. • I told him we’d fight our way through before we’d be robbed by anybody. WhV.Hiihfere’8 nigh onto thir ty thousand haid of cattle movin ’up Jericho Valley right -now—the coni- biopd herds, of ten of ua Big Beqd ranchers. The're'll be at least half that many more followin’ us that I know of. . That jasper musta figgered he was gonna clean up a fortune'off us. He knows we cain’t‘afford to turn back by^ now. If we did, we’d never be able to drive another route in time to get to the Kicapoo country when it’s opened. — — v “An’ that range up there ain’t gonna last any toa^long. It’s a plain case of gettin’ there* right away, or not at all. But me, I cain’t understand him makin’ such demands when -he don’t own pone of this range.”- Suppose "4^e go an’ have supper,” Martin and Jiedenbaugh xlid the hit-.j^ ting for the winiuMS. \ Mollohon •• 9 . Lockhart 3 , .Jackson and Kunkel, Broo Deal. Pursuant to inytruction from the Comptroller of the Currency of the United Stetes, Washington, D. C., the affairs of The First National Bank ybf Clinton, South Carolina, are to be terminated in the very near future. The remaining assets of this trust are advertised fo/ sale on June 1937, and in order that the final dividend to/all creditors who have proven claims against this trust migiy be paid immediately after the sale of the remaining assets, I ^ave set as a final date for filing claims against the First NtTOiml Bank of Clinton, South Carolina, June 21, 1937. If ^u^have not already filed your -clatpr^ with the Receiver at his oyices Et 31 W. Main Street (Receiver’s sub-office) Clinton, South Carolina, this is to advise that should prove your claim on qr before June 21, 1937, in ord^that you might participate divrdends paid by this truEt. * '' _ /‘This is final notice to all creditors who have not provep claim ^at unless they do make pri^ on or before June 21, r9.37, at the /office of the Receiver in^ated hereinabove, that they will be forever barred'from making proof of claim or recovering divi dends on same. Clinton B. & L. _ Matures Series Annual Report for Year mitted and OffFcera and tors Re-elected. )(ub- C.H. DIXON, RECEIVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK CUNTON, SOUTH CAROLINA trec- X \: \ / :/ ‘\ Made ‘py^uild, bnpirove or Romance Your Home. ■-hr INVESTMENTS Mbathly InatmllBcnts or InvestflieBt Shares in Multiples off $100.00 JVith Divideiids Semi-AnnuallY. Your Investment Insured Up To $5,000 CitizeKiederal Savings \& Loan Association niOM No. 6 ■■'!'. ClintoBrik C. suggested Slim. “I’ll tell yuh the wholE Efet-up while we eat.” Over the meal. Slim gave the Big Bend man the entire story. “Yuh see,” he ended, “Arthur an’ the rest of the pol^ats in with him were schemin’ quite~a long way ahaid. They shore hoped to be in control of this range. Several things kinda upset theic cal culations. Dne 'of them was havin’ yore herds arrive so early. Another was my gettin’ outa jail on a parole. “With a little more luck they’d have won out, an' had yuh in a corner. Right now yo're sore, Tisdalo, over Arthur’s. demands. But yuh know as well as i do, that in the end yuh’d ’a’ At a meeting of the bpard of direc tors of the Clinton Building and Loan association^ in the office of/Jacobs & Company, on Thursday, btey 27, the financial report of the /association was submitted, showing, according to the officers,--an unusuall^ strong con dition, and because of jthis favorable position the l>oard of directors auth orized the maturity of series number 2 on June 7th. . The Clinton Buildi/ig and Ixian as sociation has been Ective in develop ing the town over/ a period of the past twelve years,/being closely con nected w'ith the development of Clin ton’s foremost /residential section,, College View. Officials state the as sociation has firmneed over 120 homes in Clinton. Its officers are:, W. J. Bailey, pre.si- dent; R. E. Ferguson, vice-president; Wm. P. Jacobs, secretary-treasurer; John F. Norris, assistant secretary- treasurer. Board Pf directors: W. J. Bailey, Dr. B. 0. “^Whitten, John H, Young, J. F. Jacobs, Jr., H. E. Stur geon, Jack H. Young, R. E.' Fergu son, Dr. S. C. Hays, E. J, Adair. paid that dollar-a-haid range toll. Am I right?” Tiadale nodded ruefully. “Yeah, yo're right, Loyale. We’d just plain have to, or lose everythin’. But evi dently, from the way he talks, thati Arthur ain’t given up hoplf yet of- gettin' eontrol of this range.” “He hasn’t,” dgr^d Slim. “The next forty-eight hoPrTTre gonna see hell a-<poppin’, or T don’t know my way about. I’m tryin' right now to spread my cyards to spoil his plans. Now then, just how mtfeh toll did yuh fel lers figure yuh’d be willin' to pay an’ call it a fkir'deal alt around?” “Two bits a haid,” stated Tisdale. “An' we’ll guarantee to keep the herd well bunched an’ drive fast. We won’t let ’em spread a bit. i think that’s a fair offer.” , "Darned fair,” agr^ Slim. “Now here’s my proposition. Most of that erbssin’ will be oyer Dot H Dot range. Mjss Hall, who owns* the Dot H Dot, has got to have money to squelch Ar thur an’ his foreclosure move. Me, J don’t Want a cent of money from yuh fellers. But if yuh’d ride over to the Dot H Dot Withjne an’ make a. deal with Miss Hall, puttin’ up the toll money In advance, yuhTl iiet the crossin’ for yore own price air she’ll have enough to pay Arthur. /\ “Fve tf^ to get her to Accept a Ibeti from Aie, but for some darned reai/On I ca^t figger out, she, won’t take it. But'a deal like T* say with yuh, shell grab in a hurry. Ah’'it’ll be to everybody’s benefit, except A thuris. What d’jruh say?” . (Continu^ Next Issue)., Poorly^ Nourished Women — They Just Can’t Hold Up Are you getting preq^er nouiiab* tnent from your food, and nstfal~ sleep? A poorly nourished body just cant hold up. And as for thaC run-down fsellng, that nervous la« tlgue,--doot>. nsgtoct Itf Cai^ul for lack of appetite, poor digestion and^nervous fatigue, has been-recommended by mothers to daughters—women to woomo—for over fifty years. Trr Ul tbooMaAi sf wamm iMtur CsrWtf htiptd UMSX Ot MUTM, If it sot SsMOt TOO. eoaaoll s'' . . . V.T • ’si/S-** ** •- .7* \ * * * -.a RUBBER Any kind, to fit any bnsineM. 24-hoar Mr- ▼ice. Reaaoiuibie prices. Telephone 74. The Chronicle Printers - Stationers D.E Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS embalMers Liccaeed Esibebaers, Coaiplete Modem EqalpBieBt I Dsy Phone f 4 • \ . Night Pbeaee 24, 251 er,2S5 /• k HELP CELEBRATE^UR ELEVENTH BIRTHDAY < Q £ 3 CAPITOL THEATRE LAURENS, S. C. - Matinee: 2 and 4^J». M. Night; 7 and 9 P. M^ -V X H Z ua > u u u o Wi < X x u u u U' Qu u X This week is our .Eleventh Anniversary. We opened June 10, 1926. Celebrate with us by attending all of these shows. This is the best week of pictures we have ever had. and is just a'^sample of what we will show this summer. A different one each day, and all of them are most excellent. * MONDAY, JUNE 7 — (ONE DAY ONLY) “LOVE IS NEWS” - With Ixiretta Young, Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Slim Sum merville, Walter Catlett, Jane Darw'ell and Stepin Fetchit. “BLOW OUT” “STAGE SHOW” PATH^NEWS Morning Show at 10 O’clock. 10c and 25c TUESDAY. JUNE 8 -<:-^ioNE DAY ONLY) “A STAR IS BORN” A p[cture filmed in beautiful Technicolor. With Janet Gay- nor, Frederic March, Lionel Stander, Andy Devine, Adolph Menjou and May Robson. Liberty Magazine gave it 4 stars. TbAt’s Tops! — _ “HAWAIIAN BIRDS” ‘ NEWS REEL Morning Show at 10 O’clock. lOc and 25c WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9 “CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA” Wiht Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Charlotte Henir,-Keye Luke. Three Swell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subjects. Morning Show at 10 O’clock.'* 10c TO ALL THURSDAY, JUNE 10 . . “BLACK LEGION” ' With Humphrey-Bogart,-Dick Foran, Robert Barratt, Eddie Acuff, Ann Sheridan and Erin-O’Brien Mpore. You read plenty about the Black Legion the past year. Comedy—“DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH” “NATURE’S SONGSTERS” Morning Show at 10 O’clock. 10c TO ALL FRIDAY, JUNE 11 “PERSONAL PROPERTY^ With Jean Harlowe, Robert Taylor. What a picture this should be! * “MEMORIES OF SPAIN ” “PINK LEMONADE” — POX NEWS Morning Show at 10 O’clock. 10c and 25c \ SATURDAY, JUNE 12 ‘ "TURN OFF THE MOON AND TURN ON LOVE” A brand new musical story ^i^ith Eleanor Whitney, Johnny Downs, Charles Ruggles, Kenny Eteker, Phil Harris, Ben Blue. “ROBINSON CRUSOE’’ No. 10 ' Comedy—“BAD HOUSE KEEPING” Cartoon—fLOOKING FOR TROUBLE” 10c and 25c — NEXT WEEK -1- ^ * ‘MAYTIME’’”/ , “THIS IS MY AFFAIR’ “I MET HIM IN PARIS” X n M r w X X > o a X tfl r M w s X X > X w r n w r w X X > H W o a X w r M n 3 X X X_ X > HBLP CEI^EBRATE OUR ELEVENTH BIRTRDAY • r N ' \ ■.I ' ✓ 1 '