Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?-' ? . ? _ "I Want Somethli THAT about sums up t preferences. lie has nc STYLE, and in many cas j He may have a special 1 I another?and he may h ' to one or two color*, bu ? "SOMETHING GOOD." : SO, when we soli a n:1'1 i his telling us, of giving , SATISFACTION?just t t suit his peculiar "Style o I SHOES, OXFORDS anc i Lasts and Colors. ' OUR STOCK of Oxfords ' Children is complete I WHEN in town call in S but the best. Satisla< i Teal-Jo; | The Homo o Psecs^iirv * ; ' v- I R.n f Ja p i i h AA -j ' U r m I 11 A ^ I J3_ 1L Thursday, I Special I 1 Arrangerr nenr marvel of burg( weather C ings and to tell ' to catch mcssa \ poriunity to se ing advantage At 8:45 a i of Hartsville ? College. These A No-Rub articles of silv A n'tmbei eiy woman wi I \ 'or '. e 1" at pi co* I si or. u Mf IEver t 4 With Good Roai. it a point to I.a a Thursday Ei'ei.ir.j After J Enjoy the Ride an. cial Values and Pi er things we have to bring the Child lltl ng Good" h average man's clothing > ] reconci ivcd notion as to cs as to PRICE. ei aing toward one color or a\ ; his particular objection t >utside ot' that, he wants | v make it a point, without J im clothes that INSURE he kind ot* cut and drape to f Beauty." i ! PUMPS, *in all the New j \ i >r Men, Boys, Ladies and , to see us. We sell nothing , t;jn Guaranteed. i r\es Go. I t Good Clothe* ^ | H? * ^ - ?n, BPgpWk \ ^ ..:V> v \ '-\ : : : i <&. :C. a <i *t a 7 A oh Are iu S v . ar aa? To 3e Heicl On t April 27 Features Arrai WIRELESS TELE i.nits have been made to have ins science will enable von in our st permitting). An expert will be i you something about this wonde ges out oi' the air from points Inn e a wirelss telephone in operatio of. HARTSVILLE C nd at 9:30 P. M. concerts will b iris, under the direction of Miss concerts will consist of solos, qu SOUVENIRS F > silver cleaner will be presented cr and gold, without rubbing. A SPECIAL D?F of special demonstrations and di 11 find something of unusual inte REDUCf ,'sl time this season, we will oiTor .t d' re iecet'. /.I > spcchii va i u m y ... op, .01 i'u I VITED. T E n tTAl . ; J .. r.> rERfAlNli . i ocly Come , and i'rCiiy Wc.xther make d you.* Motor this Way on ; r.ext. Supper Sale <1 Profit by the Treat. f Speicc Special Music and otliin sto.'o r".r you and bo sure en. They'll enjoy it too. * t - : -- /.* :flf. Y'-- - LOCAL ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hanna and Mr. T. P. Young and Mrs. E. C. Bailey are visiting at the home of Mrs. S. A. Hanna, who continues critically ill. Mrs. John T. Hurst, Mr. ltoy L. Hurst and Miss Mary Hanna Hurst are umong those who are attending Palmafesta this week. Miss Alline Gibson of Mt. Croghan ; is visiting at the home of her aunt, Mrs. W. II. Porter. ! Whitman'*! Whitman'*! Whitman's Candies. Square Deal Drug Co. Mrs. F. B. Sanders is spending some time in Columbia. Mrs. S. L. Svyicegood of Greenville is the guest of Mrs. B. S. Fun - Mr. C. A. Douglass, who has been with Mr, D. P. Douglass for the past year, left this week for Charlotte, where he has accepted a position. Come see "The Sweet Family" at the joint meeting of three Literary Societies of the Chesterfield High School Friday night, April 28 at the School house. Also a fine debute. Admission free. The U. D. C. Chapter of Chesterfield will serve dinner to the old Confederate Veterans at the Courthouse May 10th, as usual. Use Lord Baltimore Pound Paper. The bestj the cheapest. Square Deal Drug Co. Spring time is paint time. See the Farmers Hardwar Co., for your paints oils, brushes and other supplies. FOR SALE?One milk cow and her heifer calf about 2 months old. W. P. Odom. "sowrm?m3rm.K2msaBax-tuawjm I - A 9 \ i 1 i ' ft ' i u jbk \\ V L*inia Ji Sk Gordiall 4ftencl On ?1_ J^LIO jbi/V* L The Evening O From 7:30 1 i?ed For The ] PHONE CONCERT tailed for this occasion a wire-loss ore to hear a concert that will b ti charge of the radio outfit to e ri'ul sci ntific development that r ndreds and even thousands of mil n ci n f] Vioav o aitam J 4- in II uuvt tv iiv,ui C* WllWtll U\CI 11, IS :horal singers e given by the Ilartsville Choral i Semelroth, of the Department o: artets and chorus, of popular sel or the ladies to each lady. This cleaner remo demonstration of the cleaner wi /ionstrations splays have been arranged for tl rc. t in these displays. :d prices large lines of spring and sumrr Jut . will, 'p. o red in every de j ; i j . oc ries. E i IS Add. Ti.'M OCCA vSTKLUIIVi- A D PitOi-'ITAI Ten, Miles No You do dt h ve ! > buy We w?nfc you come ai That is Ihc Idea I And that is why we arc h of the H -/cn'trvf, After Hours. CGM? AM BRING Y I Mr. L. L. Parker of Pageland was a business visitor here Monday. v See me for lard in any siae. I have '! it under the mark?t. W. P. Odom Born?To Mr. and Mrs. D. II. e Douglass, of Jefferson, Monday, a fine girl. v "Mrs. G. W. White, Billy Garner White and Miss Williams of York are visitors of Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Laney 1 this week. If you have not any pep take Pep- ^ ton*. Square Deal Drug Co. Mr. G. A. Sherril of near Cheraw ^ was in town Tuesday. p Early Amber, Seeded Ribbon and 1 Cat-tail Millet teed for iale, W. P. Odom. 11 Mr. Walter Edens of Bennettsville, attended court here this week. E Mr. S. H. Laney of Pageland was in town Tuesday. I Spanish Peaunt? for planting. W. P. Odom. ^ Mrs. Ernest Davis and sister, Miss ^ Vida Nivcns spent Sunday at Morven, / the guests of their parents, Mr. and ^ Mrs. Will Nivens. ^ The "Universal" is the best sweep ^ stock on the market. When one goes ^ into a community others are almost ^ sure to follow. Let us show you. ^ Farmers' Hardware Co. . A I have a little 16 per cent, acid, j A Kanit and 8-3-3 for sal? for cash only. | ? W. P. Odom. ,\ I / RESIDENCE PROPERTY FOR SALE A Very desirable residence property ^ on Green Street for sale. Also hand- / some dining room set. A Paul H. Hearn. / l ________ 1 / no j i y !| : I !j . :r -H SAIB I LSKKT a-E*. jcssnrrsaa f * I" to 10 P.M. | Evening fj t telephone. Thi$ ^ e given in Pitts- y xplain its work- 4 rtakes it possible les away. An opwell worth tak! . Singers, a group f Music of Coker p! k ections. 'i " a j' ves tarnish from . j ill be made. a "i tl f h his occasion. Ev- ' k <8 i *'s ? i 1 ! ier merchandise ! j c nurtmnnt f\f iho v"~ IJ j I ,lON WII-L VK!j | ; J ;a:. ! i i ? ? hi,' ! . ? y, Thirty j \? Object ^' M be Welcome. | || r K r.d c?niov yourself s tcick of this 2 s ^vinpt it in the cool 1 " Regular Business (ji <* p OUR FRIENDS * [, Harts ville jh ? South Carolina 3 [ WHITE OAK The people of this section are busiV enaged in planting corn and cotton. Miss Ethel Sutton spent the weeknd with Miss Gertrude Sutton. Miss Jessie Melton sp^nt Sunday nth Misses Mayme and Essie Wadsrorth. Messrs. Guss and Sim Cl-'iton of 'almetto spent Sunday in this secion.. Mr. B._ C. Wadsworth was in Chcserfield Saturday on business. Messrs K*.by and Roy Melton went o Woodara's Mill on a Using trip 'riday night and report a fine time, 'uesday Sunday School next Sunay morning at 10 o'clock and preachig at 11. Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown of Midendorf spent Sunday with Mrs. Irown's mother, Mrs. W. >. Odonf. OWN FINANCIAL STATEMENT .pril 4. P. H. Hearn, Printing $124.25 Lpr. 4. L. H. Trotti Salary . 25.00 Lpr. 4. Farmers Hdw. Hdw. 1.05 Lpr. 4. J. A. Teal, Sal 100.00 ipr5. Teal. Light & Power Co., rent 75.00 ipr. 8. C. A. Catoe, Power plant l.lo ipr. 8. Davo Collins " " 1.15 ipr. 8. Clyde Hinson " " 1.15 ipr. 8. Lige Hildreth " " 10.00 pr. 8. A. C. Douglass " " 5.52 Lpr. 8. D. L. Douglass " " 8.10 Lpr. 8. G. W. Fisher Freight 4.87 pr. 13. Chest. Hdw. Co. " " 40.00 Lpr. 13. M. O. Griggs, Dray 10.90 pr. 15. Dave Collins power plant 5.(32 Lpr. 13. N. S. Kimball " " G.OO ipr. 15. Clyde Hinson " " 5.62 pr. 15. Rudolph Ilursey " " 6.00 Lpr. 15. Lige Hildreth " " 11.00 ipr. 15. Esten Roberson " " 3.00 (nr. 15. II. A. McRao " " 14.00 Lpr. 15. L. ' 1. Trotti, Salary 25.00 Lpr. 15. J. R. Abbott, Streets 1.38 Lpr. 15. J. T. Grant, Jail services 11.50 $508.80 Lpr. 3. Balance $265.36 vpr. 3. Taxes 05.31 Lpr. 3. Light Account 2.00 viii". io. uaiance vueiicit) . 145.GO $508.86 CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and icighbors for their kindness and sym>athy during the sickness and death >f our dear husband and father. May iod'.s richest blessings be with them ilways. Mrs. A. B. Osborne and children. EYF.S EXAMINED Neglect may prove serious. Ilave our eyes e.vwv. nod and glasses fitted. )0ice in place of residence on Green troot. Mrs. C. B. Edgfv/orth, I Optometrist. | The Indian Drum Hy William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS Copyright by Edwia B?lm?r (Continued from second pale) unken ship, and in terror liad nurled Is electric torch. It wns true, Spearnan's terror had not been at Alan Conad ; It had been because Spearman ad mistaken him for some one else? or a ghost. Hut, after learning that dan was not a ghost, Spearman's atItnde had tint very greatly changed; e had fought, he had been willing to ill vat her than to he caught there. Alan thought an instant; he would ?uke sure he still "had" that somohlng on Spenrmnr! and would learn low far It went. lie took up tie toelver and asked for Spearman. A voice answered?"Yes." Alan said, evenly: "I think you and had better have a talk before we fleet with Mr. Sherrlll this afternoon, am here in Mr. Oorvet's ofllee now nd will be here for half an hour, hen I'm going out." Speurman made no reply, but hune p the receiver. Alan ant waiting, his catch upon the desk before him? ense, expectant, with Hushes of hot n<l cold passing over him. Tep inlntes passed; then twenty. The telehone under Corvet's desk buzzed. "Mr. Spearman says he will give on tlve minutes now," the switchboard Irl said. Alan breathed deep with relief; ipearman had wanted to refuse to see lin?but he had not refused; he had int for him within the time Alan had ppointed and after waiting until Just efore It expired. Alan put his watch back Into big ocket and, crossing to the other otflce, ound Spearman alone. There was no retense of courtesy now In Speartan's manner; he sat motionless at Is desk, his hold eyes fixed on Alan itently. Alan closed the door behind Ira and advanced toward the desk. "I thought we'd better have some xplanatlon," he said, "about our leeting last night." "Our meeting?" Sponvraan repeated; Is eyes had narrowed watchfully. "You told llr. Sherrill that you ware i Duluth and that you arrived heme "What ure you talking about?" Spearman demanded. "Of course, I know exactly where you were a part of last evening; and you know that I know. I only want to know what explanation you have to offer." Spearman leaned forward. "Talk sense and talk It quick, if you have anything to say to me!" "I haven't told Mr. Sherrlll that 1 found you at Corvet's house last night; but I don't wont you to doubt for a minute that I know you?and about your d?g of Hcnjniuin Corvet and your cry about suvlng the Miwaka 1" A flash of blood came to Spearman's face; Alan, in his excitement, was suro of it; but there was Just that flash, no more. He turned, while Spearman sat chewing hia cigar and staring at him, and went out and partly closed the door. Then, suddenly, he reopened it, looked in, reclosed it sharply, ami went on his way, shaking a little. For, as he looked back this second time at the dominant, determined, able man seated at his desk, what he had seen in Spearman's fuce was fear; fear of himself, of Alan Conrad of Blue Rapids?yet it was not fear of that sort which weakens or dismays; it was of that sort which, merely warnlug of danger close' at hand, determines one to use every means within his power to save himself. Alnri. still tn>mhllnff or?ltorilr I crossed to Corvet's office to await SherrUI. It was not, he felt sure now, Alan Conrad that Spearman was opposing; It was not even, the apparent successor to the controlling stock of Corvet, SherrUI and Spearman. That Alan resembled some one?some one whose ghost had seemed to come to Spearman and might, perhaps, have come to Corvet?was only incidental to what was goiug on now; for in Alan's presence Spearman found a threat?an active, present threat against himself. Alan could not Imagine what the nature of that threat could he. Was it because there was something still concealed in Corvet's house which Spearman feared Alan would find? Or was it connected only with that some one whom Alan resembled? Constance Sberrill's most active thought that day was about It.-try Spearman, for she liud a luncheon engagement with him at one o'el -ek. The tea room of a department stole offers to young people opporlunl' h s for dining together without l'arnM n reason for even Innocently eonnoch.g Uieir names too Intimately. If a girl not seen there with the same man too 1 often. There Is something essentially casual and unpremedUat* 1 about It-? as though tile man and the girl, I o h shopping and both hungry, had just happened i<> meet and go to lunch together. As Constance recently had 1 drawn closer to Henry Speai man In her thought, and pertleiilarly slive . she l ad been serum lv considering I marrying him, she had elung dellbor; at ;> i.i this imp.aimed appearance about their meetings. Sue ghiiiced aero-.s at him, when she ha 1 tiled her if, and the lirst little trivialities of their being together were over. i "1 to. k a visitor down to your office I this morning," she said. "Yes,"' lie answered. ' Constance was aware that It vas only formally that she had taken Alan Conrad down to confer with her father; since Henry was there, she knew her father would not act without Ids agreement, and that whatever disposition had been made regarding Alan had been made by hiin. ? ? "Did you like him, Henry? I hoped you would." i?c uiu uui answer ai once, rue waitress brought their order, and he served her; then, as the waitress moved away, he looked across at Constance with a long scrutiny. "You've seen a good deal of hi in, yesterday and today, your father tells me," he observed. "Yes." "It's plain enough you like him," he remarked. She reflected seriously. "Yes, I do; though I hadn't thought of It just that way. because I was thinking; most about the position he was In and about ?Mr. Corvet. But I do like hln." "So do I," Spearman said with a seeming heartiness that pleased her. "At least I should like him, Connie, If I had the sort of privilege you have to think whether I liked or disliked him. I've had to consider him from another point of view?whether I could trust him or must distrust him." "Distrust?" Constance bent toward him impulsively in her surprise. "Distrust him? In relation to what? Why?" "In relation to Corvet, Sherrill and Spearman, Connie?the company that Involves your interests and your faA - 1Cl#J K ^ sldksuM ' "You've Seen a Good Deal of Him, ' Yesterday and Today, Your Father Tells Me," He Observed. titer's and mine end the Interests of many other people?email stockholders who have no Influence In its manage- i ment, and whose interests I have to look after for them." "I don't understand. Henry." mwmthose people." " ~ ^ Her color rose, and her pulse quick- J ened. Henry never had talked to her, except In the merest commonplaces, about his relations with Uncle Benny; It was n matter In which, she had recognized, they had been opposed; and since the quarrels between the old friend whom she had loved from childhood and he, who wished to become now more than a mere friend to her, had grown more violent, she had purposely avoided mentioning Uncle Benny to Henry, and he, quite as consciously, had avoided mentioning Mr. Corvet to her. "I've known for a good many years," Spearman went on. reluctantly, "that Ben Corvefe brain was seriously affected. He recognized that himself even earlier, and admitted It to himself when he took me off my ship to take charge of the compnny. I might have gone with other people then, or It wouldn't have been very long before I could have started In as a ship owner myself; but, In view of his condition, Ben made me promises that offered me most. Afterward his malndy progressed so that he couldn't know himself to be untrustworthy; hls-Judgment was Impaired, and he planned and would have tried to carry out many things that would have been iiiauaiiuuti lur ui? company. x intu i*> fight him?for the company's sake and for my own sake and that of the others, whose Interests were at stake. Your father came to see thai what I was doing was for the company's goA and has learned to trust me. But y<B ?you couldn't see that quite so dlrecB ly, of course, and you thought I dldnB ?like Ben, and there was some lack lfl me which made me fall to appreclatm B "No; not that," Constance denle<B quickly. "Not that, Henry." I "What wus It then, Connie? You thought me ungrateful to him? I realize that I owed a groat debt te him; hut the only way I could pay that debt was to do exactly what I did? oppose him and seem to push into his place and he an Ingrate; for, because I did that, Ben's been a respected and ^ honored man in this town all these b.st .tears, which lie couldn't have remained if I'd let him have his way, or if I told others why I had to do what I did. I didn't care what others thought about me; hut I did care what t you ihought; yet if you couldn't see 1 what I was up against he anse of your affection for hint, why?that wus all right too." "No. it wasn't all right," she denied almost fiercely, the flush flooding her \ cheeks; a throbbing was In her throat / which, for an instant, stopped 1 er. "You should have told mo, Henry; or ) ?I should have been able to see." VI "I couldn't tell you?dear." he said j the last word very distinctly, hut so \ low that she could scarcely hoar. "1 \ couldn't tell you now?if I'.en hadn't J gone away ub lie has and this other [ fellow come. I couldn't tell you when you wanted to keep coring so much ?i for your I'nole Benny, and lie was try- !! ing to hurt me with you." f| She bent toward him, her lips part- ml ed ; hut now she did not speak. She never hud really known Ilenry until . this moment, she felt; she had thought I of liini always as strong, almost hru- i I tal, fielding down fiercely, mercilessly, jU t his opponents and welcoming contest -at for the Joy of overwhelming others by his own decisive strength and power. Vi And ub." and been almost ready to man., :..at man for his strength and dominance from those qualities; and | now Hie knew that he wus merciful ?"? iiiutru, mure uinn mercirui. in the very content where she had thought of him as most selfish and ra- j gnrdless of anotLgr, she had most I completely misapprehended. "I ought to have ?eeu 1" she rebuked J herself to him. "Surely, I should barn seen that was It I" 7 "How could you see?" he defended her. "He never showed to you the slda he showed to me tmd?In these lust years, anyway?neier to me the slda he showed to you. But after what has huppeued tills week, can you understand now; and you can see why I have to distrust the young reilow who's come to clulm Ben Covert'a place." "Claim 1" Constance repeated. "Why, Henry, I did not know he claimed anything ; he didn't even know when ha came here?" "He seems, like Ben Corvet," Henry said slowly, "to have the characteristic of showing one side to you, auother to me, Connie. With you, of course, he claimed nothing; but at the office? Your father showed him this morning the Instruments of trunsfer that Ben seems to have left conveying to him all Ben had?his other properties and iijs interest in cor vet, Sherrill and S|i? arniiiD. A very naturally objected* to ?ne execution of those transfers, without considerable examination, in view of Curvet's mental condition and of the fact that they put the controlling stock of Corvet, Sherrill and Spearman In the hands of a youth no one ever bad heurd of?and one who, by ids own story, never had seen a ship until yesterday. And when I didn't dismiss my business with a dozen men this morning to lake hltn into the company, lie claimed occasion to see me alone to threaten me." "Threaten you, Henry? How? With what?" "I couldn't qultd make oul myself, hut that was his tone; lie demanded an 'explanation,' of exactly tvhat, ho didn't make clear. Me lias been given by Iten. apparently, the technical control of Corvet, Sherrill ami Spenrtnnn. Mis Idea, if I oppose him, evidently la to turn tne out and take the ninoue.v. nient himself." Constance leaned buck, confused. "He?Alan Conrad?" she questioned, "lie can't have done that, Henry I oh, he can't have meant that!" "Maybe he didn't; I said I couldn't * uiake out what he did mean," Spearman snld. "Things have conic upon him with rather a rush, of course; and you couldn't expect a country boy to get so lining tilings straight. He's acting, 1 suppose, only in the way one might expect a boy to act who had been brought up In poverty tin a Kansas prairie and was suddenly handed the possible possession of a good many rv, millions of dollars. It's butter to believe that he's only lost his nead. I haven't had opportunity to tell your father these things yet; but I wanted you to understand why Oourad will haedly consider me a friend."