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ACROSS the qardens oj *"* A stranqe, ilLmated Bq paths where nauqht b Bq paths neqlected where But hand in hand, thro S^fcaxep ^ Across the. qardens of Life The one is old, an< ^ His eqes stare ofj Kg Across his breast h wt* The sands in his q Over his shouldc to} And he is old, and ? And one is qounq, and bi The qolden curls aboui Shine as a halo; his red li; The birds in sonq; he knc Joq in his heart is neue Ho lines to lone and he is 4 ^^^^^^^^headed Tin rAnd Lone on e And qet, since }ir Since first his ten Since first his l< And to a dart his Toqether, throuqh inaijs < Though one is old and Bg paths where naught h Bg paths neglected where Together, a strange, ill' Across the gardens of Lij< \ ^'k, Copyright. 1921. Western Newspaper Union NoKMAN I1A111>Y was born on New Year's day. and deemed the fact a decided misfortune. There was one feature in which his father specialized ? system ? and ^ r this involved discipline. "A .mf. strict disciplinarian," lie would boast to his neighbors. "That's me," and he looked it 21 nd acted it out until Norman fancied he had been placed in the world simply tp become the butt and victim of rigid 4 rules. When Norman's tenth birthday was only eight hours distant, his father {rave the order. sternly spoken: "Vou will be in the house for the night at seven o'clock," and Norman moped in a niArtyrlike way, envying his boy trlends who had mapped out a joyous New Year's eve program of skating, bill sliding, and like boyish pranks. He wondered what was coming, but his father simply viewed him speculatlvely and sent him to bed at the usual time. He was awakened to find, his father roughly pulling at his arin. "(let up. Norman, and come down to the kitchen," said Joel Hardy; "you needn't dress." Norman arose, rubbed his eyes, and followed his father downstairs. There was a light on the r^?l fa|solemn except its ll monotonous tick. an(' outs',^> atl jM*. vUMuimi mni ..1 L. 1 shooting, a?nouncing impn\ t font celebrants / tS all.udy 1 ', , / ISij to hern id In the new year. "My hoy," spoke his father after a moment of ominous deliberation, "when I was a lad of ten. my father taught me a lesson that has left its impress on my whole life in a salutary way. Upon the tiek of midnight just preceding my birthday lie always called nie down to the kitchen and gave trie a good sound strapping. It hurt him more than it did me. lie used ?o say, hut the reminder would he ever present with me. Until 1 was twenty-one, regularly, upon each birthday th*e strap played its part and I think it did a good deal towards teeehing me that I had a master and in making me a better man. I ha-e concluded to adopt that feature with my system. You're a pretty good boy, but for fear you might kick over the truces I'm going to bulk the system ut ugh j 1 grim, and grag, j :, like one in dreams; ^jf-J ; is n?kite locks strag; J'^fy ; lass Jail dag bg dag; Y^j jr his scgthe-blade gleams, ! -iqU ' : his head h ps dare jws rio care, ^ I ! ne mas never goung. arth can not grow old; st to that hand he clunq^' der song he sung, Due^tale he had told, ^cu^hadstnmg^^^m 3j jog, oj one is Jair, "^X^V^C ?ut blossoms blow, ) gaunt weeds growJ^^T mated pair, ? Bcilnc* DcTTArcit Uoifd in Induiupolii Im. until you are of age. Now, then, take your punishment like a man." Joel Hardy produced a short, thick piece of tanned cowhide and Norman winced, hut did not cry out during ; the unique castigation. It was five vears later, and with the usual routine i late in the afternoon Joel Hardy remiti'leil Norman of the pending midi iirlit event. His eyes bulged and his face betrayed overwhelming amazement av Norman stood tip before him, a tall, well-knit stripling, airnosi menicing in tiis hearing as he said: "Father, there will he no strapping tills time. I'm through with it. Half 1 the town has heard of it, and the boys taunt me and the girls twit trie. Not that I care for any of them except Milly Daniels, and she's true blue ami stands by me. and I won't have her liumblcd and shamed. I'tu ' going to spend this New Year's eve with the crowd, and I'll be home to breakfast." "if you don't report here by ten ( 'clock I'll send the town marshal after you," pronounced his father, with tire in 'tis eye. Norman marched out of the house, hung around downtown until eight o'clock, and then repaired to the agl'eeU-Oll rendezvous 01 u:e uunu, uu old buggy shed attached to a great burn owned by Fanner Logan. He Celt uneasy, stubborn and nettled. Herein lv he had been dared by his companions to sinotte a cigarette. He had met the dar# and now. with two of them in his pocket, he lit one. und, in sneer rebellion against his father's system, was about to puff out ids resentment when the signal cry of his r. m rades echoed forth. Carelessly , tin-owing the lighted cigarette Into a I corner of t lie shed, he hounded out and for over an hour forgot all save the excitement of the moment. The | unruly coterie rolled a giant snowball and let it slide down the hill leading to the town common; they got up into the town hall tower and rang Its bell. In the midst of setting loose a drove of cattle from a live stock enclosure they were attracted by the dash and rush of the village lire cart, matting for a vivid, spreading glare. "Why. it's Farmer Logan's place!" -limited a chorus of excited voices, and Norman Iiardy's heart stood still. He recalled 'he cigarette and the littered woodshed.- He stood dumb and seared. The flames completely enu I fed the great frame barn. Normun slunk off alone by himself, oppressed v illi mi appalling sense of guilt. His lions were doubly intensified when ne heard some one say: "Logan thinks it was set ablaze. < Ar<on. I pitj the firebug If he'H aught. It's straight 14 years in the penitentiary." "it v ill ruin Logan, they say," spoke another. "The barn was stored with . rain and machinery and the insurance ran out last week." Norman was crushed with a sense of l.is < dpahilit.v. He felt like flying from I.fine, town and all the people he I, id ever known. He skulked behind a hed:;e as a group of girls came along. They were discussing the tire so excitedly that they paid no attention to a lone member of their group t:..:iing on behind the>n. Norman un ited her, however. She was Milly I'.iniels. He startled her by stepping directly In her path. "Jn-i linger for a inouivut, will you, ? N ( Mllly?" Tie spoke under high agllation, "or I'll walk with you a bit I'm In terrible trouble, and I'm going to leave town for good," and Norman recited the entire story of the evening. "There's only one way out, don't you see It, Mllly?' he said. "I don't dare to face Fanner Logan; I'm going away to make something of myself, and the day I have got the money t6 make It square with Mr. Logan I'm coming back. And Mllly, dear, you have been my truest friend and have always stood by me. Will you try to think of me while I'm gone, will you?will you wait for me? For I shall never love anybody but you." Five years went by. Not a word had been heard from the truant son. Joel Hardy had forbidden even the mention of his name In the home. Mrs. Hardy, half heartbroken, repined in silence. Mllly Daniels became an orphan, and when Mrs. Hardy needed a nurse and then companion, it came about that she found a per manent home with I the mother of the man sne loved. w. She and Mrs. k dMJH Ha My, wun me tyrant father, all w^^T\ unaware of It, y^B cherished a mut- HV ij J j ual memory of I i. 1 the absent youth fl J\& J^l and took comfort <f /*A In watching and p^l t hoping for his re- OM 1 turn. It wa& a few minutes after midnight, Ave years to a day since Norman Hardy had gone forth Into the world to Reek his fortune. Mllly had pleaded to sit up and watch the old year out and the new year In. All three of the family, though In different ways, were thinking of the boy who had run away from home. The bells had Just finished a resonant chime when the knob of the outslae door turned. There stepped Into the room a bronzed, stalwart young man, at a sight of whom Joel Hardy gasped Incredulously, his wife uttered a Joyous scream, and Mllly stood breathless and fluttering. M1 waited till I was sure the final hour of discipline and the strap was past and gone." spoke Norman Hardy. "Mother," a warm embrace. "Father," and a sturdy hand reached nut "Mllly," and the young girl swayed to and fro and would have fallen had not Norman caught her. "1 said 1 wouldn't come back till i could pay for the damage 1 did to good old Farmer Logan," continued Norman. "I've kept my word. 1 hear you are struggling with a two-thousand-dollar mortgage, father; I can pay It off and loan you as much more If you need It. Mllly. dear, am I welcome? I have come to keep my promise true." Joel Hardy left the room. He returned with the strap that had been so familiar to his son. Taking out his pocketknlfe, the old man proceeded to cut the strap to pieces and flung tbem into the blazing grate. "You've cheated me out of several years, my son," he observed, "but I forgive you. It's enough to know that you are hack home safe and sound this Moused New Year's dayP r ) The New Year j ^=5^1 T H t h whirling and drfting af snows : Y/Xf C o m a a breathless the wild New Year; [fc~<^cjgQl White bitter north wind blows, O'er the fields that lie stark and drear. Yet hope is alight in her eyes At she looks from the heart of the storm, "Earth sleeps in her shroud," she cries, "But the life in her heart is warm. "Death is but a dream of the night And the hymn of joy is begun, For slowly seeking the light The great globe turns to the san. "Behold, I will bring delight In place of darkness and cold; Safe under the meadows se white Is hiding the buttercup geld. "And summer's splendor shall reign ? .1 ?i .??. j _?v IB place or tae wmwr nnu, Her color and music afain Shall gladdea the patieat earth." Hark to the New Year's Voice Through the murk of winter drear I Oh, children of men, rejoice! At the tidings of hope and cheer. ?Cella Thaxter.. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. T. E. WANNAMAKER, Jr. EYE SPECIALIST Office Hours 9 to 2 Office at Residence CHER AW, S. C. DR. 0. H. PURVIS PHYSICIAN Sc SURGEON Office Residence Public Square Huger St. Phone 243 Phone 247 CHERAW, S. C. DENTAL NOTICE I will practice at Miesterfield Mondays and on Wednesday Evenings. 'ageland on Tuesdays. Mt. Croghan on Wednesday morning of each week. Society Hill on Thursdays, iheraw on Fridays and Saturdays. R. L. McMANUS, Dentist Cheraw, S. C $1.50 a year for The Chronicle I IMMIIinilllllllHIHHI New Year's Ghost Party y^-jHERE is a pleasant old sujl~S ^jj perstltlon that Jollity in a jsi house during the first week Wr t*ie *sew Year brings J pleasure aud happiness to that household during the entire year. There are many interesting ways of entertaining a New Year's parly, but the favorite of all is the masked dance or party, and the most Interesting way of having this sort of lenlertalnment is to give a ghost party The invltutions read in this manner: Our good old Father Time Has promised to convene ; The shades of many notables J To meet you New Year's e'en. > We'll look for you, you know, ' To help to make things go. It And Incidentally to meet Some ghosts you're sure to know. There should be 20 or more guests, iand after the Invitations have gone "out, the hostess has a little private chat with her guests over the telephone. She requests them to come ; dressed to represent some famous person now dead, pantomime, words, gestures and costume being used to carry .out the impersonation. ' Dressed In a misty black robe covered with stars cut from gold paper, the hostess will receive her guests In a room draped all In white. Sheets or cheesecloth can be used for this. No word Is 6poken until a little red imp distributes cards and pencils to the assembled guests. Then each In turn speaks some word or does some stunt to suit his or her character. The .person guessing the greatest number correctly receives a pretty copy of the hook. "Ghosts I Have Met." i Games, contests and dancing will ; follow, and the supper or refreshiment table will be filled with things .'tempting enough to attract even the I most ghostly appetite.. The table decorations should correspond with the 'festivities of the season. A New (Year's pie made of crepe paper over a Ideep pan is filled with dainty little fravors for the guests or cards upon which some funny rhyme Is written for each Individual guest. Part of the entertainment for the evening may be the telUng of fortunes, Informing each guest of their fate for the coming year. Whatever you do. don't let anyone hatter your faith in New Year's resolutions. They are the best things ever f you know how to handle them, and he most discouraging things If you don't. BUSINESS LOCALS WANTED?A housekeeper, white or colored, to look after house and care for little eight year old girl. Apply at Cnronicle office. For Pot Plants and small igardens get STIMUPLANT. Ask THE PURE SEED CO. about it. ? FOR SALE?5000 stalks fine Seed Sugar Cane. W. L. GILLESPIE. Now is the time to plant Garden Peas. We have the kind that w stand cold weather?THE PURE SEED CO. WANTED to Exchange?A 10-20 Titan International tractor for sl 20 or 25 H. P. Portable steam engine and Iciler. H. C. CURRY, tf Rt. 1 Patrick, S. C. FOR ?ALE?1 four burner Oil Stove and ?vea used short while, alr.o a two well Ireless cooker almost new ok?ap. Apply Mrs. R. S. Huey, Kershaw strath o NOTICE All lands owned or operated by us especially those known as the Tar. kiln place are hereby posted against hunting. All violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. H. L. Powe, 3-tf B. Calder n Ruh.My-TIsm, antiseptic and pain killer, for Infected soores, tetter, sprains, neuralgia, rheumatism. o I COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE LAW. Unfer Aet of Legislature, 1921, at page 714, No. 420, all parents or guardians or other persons having charg# of children between the ages of aight and fourteen years inclusive ara required to send su:h cj^ild or ehlldrea to school for four consecutive months In each scholastic year, subject to other provisions of said act, and the Board of Trustees of eaeh school district shall determine Hat time the period of compulsory attendance shall start in each school !et?let. Now the trustees of special school district of Cheraw hereby designate the llrd of January, 1922. * V*r 1Kb, 1922, inclusive, as the term of such compulsory atfnr mich nohrvnl Hififniot Ineluslre, as the term of such compulsory attaadanaa for such school di trial Thli Dteember 15th, 1921. J. *. MeCOWN, Sec. & Treas. *. . fABTON, Chrm. of Board. 6 6 6 will break a Told, Ferer and Grippe quicker than anything we know, preTcntlng pneumonia I'^^ATonfclj j For Women ) I "I was hardly able to drag, I ^ i was so weakened," writes Mrs. k, \ W. F. Ray, of Easley, S. C. 2 ^ "The doctortreated me for about ^ * two months, still 1 didn't get % any better. I had a large fam- ^ ily and felt I surely must do k; something to enable me to take 4 _ care of my little ones., 1 had heard of The Woman's Tonic | "I decided to try it," con- R tinues Mrs. Ray ... "I took E* eight bottles in all... I re- W ? gained my strength and have P had no more trouble with wo- m manly weakness. 1 have ten 14 children and am able to do all | my nousewonc ana a lot out- ^ rl doors ... I can sure r:com- JH M mend Cardui." M f( W Take Cardui today. It may ? p \m be just what yod need. m M At all druggists. M u ti State of South Carolina, a County of Chesterfield. t( Court of Common Pleas. Vann H. Gregory, et al., t P1 Plaintiffs, u vs. 01 Mrs. Bessie Gregory, et al., Defendants. " NOTICE OF SALE. Pursuant to the order of Hon. Jas. 0 E. Peurifoy, Presiding Judge, dated at Chester field, S. C., December 7th, tc I*i21, made in the above entitled ^ cause, I will sell before the doors of the Court House at Chesterfield, S. , C., between the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in January, 1922, 0 upon the terms herein mentioned, the following described premises. ^ "All that certain lot of land, with dwelling thereon, situate on the West Q, side of Christian Street, in the towof Cheraw, Chesterfield county, South Q. Carolina, known and numbered on the map of said Town made by Gil- 0> lespie & Watson, engineers, 1914, as Lot No. five (5) in Block 31, the same lying between the premises of the 0? Estate of Mrs. Josephine Powe and the premises of E. J. Waddill and measuring one hundred '(100) feet _ on Christian Street and extending back therefrom, a distance of two hundred and eighty (280) /feet, more or less." Premises will be sold for one-third (1-3) cash and the balance of the purcnase price payauie in iwu aunnal payments, purchaser to execute notes and mortgage on premises to * secure deferred payments, such pay. ments to bear interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from date of sale. W. J. DOUGLASS, L Clerk Court Chesterfield County, South Carolina. December 10th, 1921, B. F. PEGUES, Plaintiff's Atty. o State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield.' T Court of Common Pleas. J. W. Rainwater, Plaintiff, vs. Dock Brown, et al., Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE. Pursuant to the order of Hon. Jas. E. Peurifoy, Presiding Judge, dated at Chesterfield, S. C., December 7th. 1921, made in the above entitled cause, I will sell before the doors of the Court House at Chesterfield, S. C., betweet the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in January, 1922, upon the terms herein mentioned, the following rescirbed premises. "All that piece, parcel or lot of '.and lying and being within corpo rate limits of the town of Cheraw, County and State aforesaid, being a part of lot number thirty (30) asshown on old map of the Town of Cheraw being a portion of the back part of said lot having a front or width of 90 feet by a depth of 96 feet and bounded on the North and East by the balance of said lot num. ber 30, on an agreed line, on the South by lot No. 29 and on the West . by lot No. 15, all of the said numbers being those as shown on old map of town of Cheraw and being more fully described as follows: Beginning at ^ a point at the southwest corner of 4 said lot No. 30, and the southeast corner of lot No. l.">. thence East along *? the southern bonndary of lot No. 30 a distance of 9G feet to a corner; A thence North parallel with Front ^ street a distance of 90 feet to a cor- t <0 ner; thence a straight line at right angels to Front street, a distance of V 96 feet to lot No. 15, thence South y along the line of lot No. 15 a distance M of 90 feet to the starting point." A Purchaser to pay for all necessary ^ papers. ^ W. J. DOUGLASS, t Clerk Court Chesterfield J County, South Carolina. V December 10th, 1921, *~4 B. F. PEGUES, Plaintiffs Atty. ? / V * Signs 2 i p ai X Drop a card and v K R. G. I S Cher V Try A LUCILE or HigK G A GUARANTEE ' ,Horton & AUDITOR'S NOTICE The Auditor's Office will be 01 ar the assessment of all classes roperty, both real and personal, p< oad and dog tax, from January ) February 20th, 1922. > All ablebodied men between t ges of 21 and 60 are required to jrn poll tax and those between t ges of 21 and 55 years are requir ) return road tax. The law requires a penalty of er cent on all property not return >r taxation on or before the 20th d t Februray, 1922. I will be at the following places le dates named: Patrick, January 3rd, from 10 to clock. Cedar Creek, January 4th, from i 3 o'clock. John H. Wallace's, January 5 ora 11 to 3 o'clock. Cash,i January 6th from 10 to clock. Cross Roads, January 9th, frt to 12 o'clock. I Mt. Croghan, January loth, frc I to 3 o'clock. Guess, January 11th from 11 to clock. Ruby, January 12th, from 11 to clock. Angelus, Jan. 16th from 11 to clock. McBee, Jan. 17th and 18th. Middendorf, Jan. 19th from 10 to clock. Your Blank Boo CARRIED IN STi Sheet Holders Day Bo Journals Figuring Ledgers Cash Joi Cash Books Loose L* ^e Carry the Most Complete Lim plies in COLUMBIA OFFIC Job Printing Office H 'COLUM1 W to'KF Wnnrf 0?\K a * * w W w -w -W-, ? c Any Quant Dn Moving' Ho\j Long' Trip A. D. C Cheraw Plumt A Electrical Contr Plumbing hone 263 Patron II ! Adve <M??? They ! boost desen busine /' . ^ ' / ' ! , 3 " tnd Posters 3 N T E D | rill come in to see. you ? Wacfarlan $ aw, S. C. ^ Sack of Our BLUE BIRD Irade Flour WITH EVERY SACK, Hendrix Co. Jefferson, Jan. 23rd and 24th to 12 I o'clock. >en J' folly's, Jan. 24th from lto 4 o'clock. of Dudley, Jan. 26tb^from 10 to 2 o'clock. 1st Pageland, Jan. 27th and 28th. Cheraw, Febf 1st, 2nd, 3rd, from 10 ;he to 3 o'clock each day. re. Belew Is the Oath that Is Sworn to by he Every Person Making Tax ed Return. / 50 I, do solemly swear, e(j that I have listed above all the Real ay and Personal Property, Moneys, Credits, over and above my Indebtedness, on Investments In Bonds, Stocks, Joint Stock Companies, or otherwise, belong2 to me, or under my control as Manager, Holder or Husband, Parent, Guardian, Trustee, Executor, Admlnistra- ^ tor, Receiver, Accounting Officer, Agent, Attorney or Factor, on the 1st day cf January, 11*22, which are sub3 ject to the Ir.ws of this State, and that I have returned the saane at what I )m honestly believe to be the market value and that the above list, as furnish- j im ec* by me to the County Auditor> is a ** j true and faithful return of all the 2 property which I am required by law i to list; and further, that I am. 2 liable to the Poll Tax, and that I am I liable to Road Tax. 2 Sworn to and subscribed before me, j this day of 1922 2' Auditor. T. W. EDDINS, Auditor. 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