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NMsM OF AlKUML MEWNG Nbce 14 hereby given that te. neat Lanual Meeting of the County 3oard of Comnziisonere of "aurens County, K a., will be holden at laurens Court Ouse, S. C., at the Superiser's of.ee on Thursday after the first Monday of January, 1922, being the 4th day of the month, at the hour of ten o'Clock in the forenoon. All persona holding claims cir de mand. of any kind against the 0CoUnty, not previously presented to the Doard, are hereby nottiled and requir-ed to 1ie same with the Clork of the Hoard on or before the frst day of Jamuary, eothat they may be ordered to be paid at the annual eneeting, as providet by 4 law. Done, at Laurens, S. C, Deceirber 5th, 1922. J. D. WMO C, 21-4t Cleirk. FoRn CONSTIPATION. BILIOUSNESS Heldache INDIGESTION Stearnach Trouble SOLD IVERYWHERIE ASPIRIN Say "Bayer" and Insist!' 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HOUGH LAURENS. S. C. Sente shristt F. H.Stee epyrIght. 1931, WeteM Nowpaper Unton. HE judge leaned forward a little, his face, which had been growing more severe through the trial, now very stern. "Have you anything to say Why I should not pronounce I sentence-the severest un ler the law?", he shot out. The prisoner moistened his lips. "You and I went to school together,I lOdge." he reminded, weakly. The judges face did not relax. HeI waited. "And w--we-" The man quailed uder the eyes dixed upon him, andI aid not end the sentence. "You were about to say, loved the m girl," the judge finished. "You WO her, and she died under your neglect. and abuse. I think you start d to say something without due thought. But we will let that pass, Rnd the school. You are up for this crime now, and we will judge you by It alone, uninfluenced. Have you any thi to say, beyond your lawyer's Plea?"* "No," sullenly. "You have defrauded women and ehaldren through the mail, changing "Have You Anything to Say?" your Dame and going from postoffice to postoilce. So it has been Impossible to locate the victims. You could not do It yourself, I suppose." He took off his glasses, wiped them with his handkerchief, placed the handkerchief in his pocket and the glasses on his nose. Then he looked down again at the prisoner. But he was completely-changed. -The severity was gone from his face. There was a twinkle in his eyes. The Judi cl1' voice was laid aside. There were those who eriticized some of the judge's Judgments. They were not or thodox. They took no account of pre* edents. They ignored Blackstone. "ack," he said, "I believe I shall have to help you." "Wha-what-let re gc ou'mean, Tomn?" stammered the pri; ser, look 'Sng dazed. I"l'o, indeed," laughed the judge. "'That wouldn't help you a bit, Jack. I was just thinking of the time at school, when you stole Billy Bob's warbles. Accused of It, you grew sul len and abusive, ready to fight the whole school. Then Billy Bobs remem bered it was near Christmas, and he told you it was all righ4 about the marble., as you would have won them from him anyway, and forced a whole handful more into your pocket and insisted on taking you over to his house for the Christmas dinner. Bl. lywas a good sort. "Well, it Is Christmas time now, Tach-only three days ahead. And I was just thinking what a good chap you were for a whole year after the Bfilly Robs episode-till your father got angry and beat you up. "Pretty tough life you've had, Jack, I was thinking. Good-for-nothing fa ther and slattern mother and every kind of crooked teaching. Then -you were a handsome boy, an exceedingly handsome young man, which is the worst kind of hanrdicap one can start out with. And then, to cap the whole thing, an uncle left you $500 of badly tainted money. That sort of dired you into a rut, for it riveted your energies into making more in the same way. Not many Blifly Bobs have broken through the even tenor of your life, Tack." "What are you driving at, Tom?" growled the prisoner. "Are you acting like Billy Bobs, or just stringing me?" "Billy Bobs, but with a thought to ttire thirty years intervening between Jack the boy and Jack the man. Let me see, you have gathered together, by devious ways, about $50,000." "N-no, Tom, you're crasy I" ejacu lated the prisoner, in a startled voice, "I haven't a thing except maybe a thousalad or two from-this last job." The judge looked at a slip of paper. "Vifty thousand, .four hundred and twenty-8ve thousarfd dollars," he read, "and it's pretty close to the eract fig lures, Jack. Mtaybe you've got some email change in your pockets that was overlooked. And we know in just what banks moat of the money is de posited and under' what names, and where the rest of it is 'hidden. We've bad you under close surveIllance for isome time, Jack, and lucky for you, 'for It hows me how I can be of real "Huh I I can giess how," snarled he prisoner. "The boodle is going to e divided. What will be my share? can't understand how you got track f it." "Now, the first thing is to pronounce entence," said the judge, rising slow y and putting on his judicial face. 'After that we can talk." lie stood, looking down at the pris ner for some moments, and then said: 'For the crimes of which you stand onvicted, John Battey, I sentence you o twenty years in our state penl entiary." He paused, and the prisoner col apsed in a ludicrous heap, his eyes )ulglng. "Tw-twenty years," he stuttered. 'I-I thought-" "But, in view of certain things in ny mind," the judge went on, calmly, 'I will suspend this sentence indefi iltely, the length depending wholly en rourself. If you violate or fail to meet In any particular the terms I am about 'o propose, the sentence will immedt Itely go into effect, and there will be ro later mitigation. Now, I pronounce, is a provisional sentence, that you ex pend $1,000 of the money in doing hristmas work the coming week, com mnencing tomorrow. There are hun [reds of ways of doing this, but, as you are new to the business, I might suggest going through department and other stores and studying the Christ mas shoppers. There will be many with anxious face., counting the few dimes or dollars they have to spend. Get in touch with the clerks so that, by a nod or look, you can make them understand they are to cut prices in half, or put in extra goods, and you meet the -difference. Let the children shuffling through the stores, with eager, hungry eyes, who appear to have no money, select something and you pay for it. Do the same for those whose faces are pressed against the windows outside. Talk with market men and have them send turkeys to homes that can't afford one. It doesn't matter whether the father or mother may be unworthy. It is Christmas, and a taste of turkey and cranberry sauce would not hurt them. And, besides, there are the children I You can find ways enough, and each one you meet will open others. "And after this week, Jack, you will expend $1,000 each month in such work, until the whole is gone. It will take you nearly four years. We will allow you $20 from it each week for your personal needs-no more. The very last $500-the dirty $500 left by your uncle and which may have start ed you into that way of money get ting, you will give to some poor wom an in memory of your wife. Because it is bad money, it should expiate it self in good work." The prisoner had been straightening up. There was sullen defiance in his eyes.' "Suppose I don't do it to the letter, Judge?" he queried. "Suppose I save out some? You never could know. It's too mUch to ask me to give up- every cent. How could I live afterwards?" "There is the suspended twenty years' sentence, Jack," significantly. "If you deviate a hair's breadth from this work the sentence will be en forced. It would take the rest of your life, and the money is not worth a thought in comparison. Besides, you must be purged of the money for your own good. As to not knowing, we shall keep close watch of all your money. If you draw more, or take more than the sum allowed each month, the original sentence will go into effect. Led Him to the Door. I extend the clemency only a month at a time. At the end of each month you must bring me a 'report of your work, a record in detail, and I will extend the lemency another month. If you fail to appear or send a satisfactory reason why, an odficer will be after you within twenty-four hours. It is the best way I can think of helping you, Jack, a Billy Bobs way, with the thit-ty years' hardening that must be broken through. I have faith that four years of such philanthropic work will not be without result. After the money is all gone, every dollar, come to me and I will give you steady em ployment at a living salary. You used to be exceptionally good at figures in school, and had a quick mind. All you need is to get the mind to working along in a straight line, Jack. Now you may go and draw the first $1,000 to be ready to commence work."' He nodded to an officer, who led the scowling, half-dazed prisoner to the door of the courtroom, and to another for the next case to be brought In. *uibm at Holiday Time. If for bread you have no dole, Buy hyacintha. and feed the soul. So sings the ancient poet. The modern version is a tiny bowl of bulbs, growing ones which will bloom at holiday time, or unrooted bulbs neatly tied in gray and blue recepta *1*gt W-1- . 1~AW"JAv1LJ.35AwO lo v[ The PE6WV UNWARRANTA WNHICH OUR NEIGMBOR DOE Ke J. C. Burns & Co. 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