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T , r / ■ " ‘ ■ ."V FAGE^O . s*. ■kb V THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C 1 j U.!- I THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1933 •/ COLUMBIA BOY IS MURDERED I |. i ■r ■ / TODAY Md fContinued from page oael claimed to have obtained the confe*- aion from Wiles early today at the after a rifrorous state penitentiary examination. They held at the prison “for q«M-j tioning” .lohn Martin Rushton,^ a'I'orv mer employe of the dead youth » fath- j er, Herbert H. HarrisVColumbia chainj • " # For the first time since they were, detained. Rushton and Wil^ were brought face to face tonight. Its their ^ grilling was resumed at the closely g'jard^ penitentiary. Wiles. Sheriff'Hei.se .said, “persist ed” in saying that Ru.shton was im plicated. Rushten. the sheriff added, stoutly denied any part in the crime.y:iround a bend. **Y<»u'II During the day, i crowd gatherevi 'x-.jf tiiij fip<><Ml, IlUa.’ outside the forbidding stone walls of the penitentisry but there was no dis- play of violence, fiuards with sub machine guns stood just outside the pates. ' An ir.qje.st schtsluled for tonight | wa.c posti'oned because of the ‘*ab-| sence oT maUvia! 'viinesses.” Coroner_ J. A. Sargt'i.nt sai.i M’ s. H.arri.s moth-l er of-the .slain lad atd “an important witne.'js, was ill at ho*' home from the. territile sh(H k'<*f her son’s death and unable lo ap.p'ar at th;.s time.” A tlvontr fil'd the cnjrT.y court-1 h(iu<e t(> oveiflov t;' h- -ii- the coro- nt'r’.s evidence. SceriV' p i.-'bed 4a .'.ay up to. -he* court rest!"!.'!) t" e'::i!r.;.''.e the h.eavy. jcsce <f ii"!i V. th'-.vh ,1 yaiing. Har-i •ris was ■ tieaTt the' dratli blowvs. tTlie' harbor, on which the gigantic statue pletely modern five-room or six-room! tary systems of the world. * of Liberty stands! • , 1 house, with land enough for garden-1 ^ What reminds me of the incident ing, can be bought in the vicinity of LOTTERY — The Idea Groiws was the announcement a little whil€ any-big city for $4,000 or less. | The French government lottery is ago that iJherty has be eat tsJten oat of SILVER — Gold's Partim- making poor men rich and pulling ' money painlessly from the pockeU of ?-half years ago I predict- .r woold rome Mek to its 1. jtary st*tds and ri.se from. ‘Ottery tickets. In Cuba, Mexico, most LIBERTY — la New A good many years ago man who served as doorman lar New York! store, and wh the custody of the army and pat under the care of the department of the in-, probably the last time' r millions for the treasury. Iceland is terior. It is a par. of the economy shall refer to silver in .this column, “f * sUte lottery. In' plans of the goveramenu \V.ashingtpn and one-half years ago I predict- l^lV lost year I saw vendors, mostly thinks the anr.y is rather extrava-,(„j that silvei Toimer-morci-.j, .... . • . • I the then price pf ■ietuid 26 cepK L»'‘" '“'‘"‘yes, lotteries are ITOrsrs tii..her Room ic'jnce to somewtwre near its a .eragc established meau of raising revenue. • An« Koom . the oast ferv vea-s of The preposal has been made by men One more room fo-tverv family in >" «•. M* P**' to be Uken seriously, to es- tablish a modified form of lottery un- ier government auspices in this coun try. Frank A. Vanderlip; famous bank er, suggests a scheme whereby there would be no losers, but ithe winners,- instead of cash, would get a life in come and all the others would get credit toward the purchase of govem- * ume more room lo ri’^redrthe United States wi*h an income im- ■>pu-,der $2,000 a year** *« the .e|o'~an sug- cour- gested by Professor O. M. W. Smi-rve. ^ents an ounce. round Q( \ gnaim of wh-ch I .im .. ."nrui- been studjing the silve’" que.<- intensive^ for three year.s and popular with'all the customers, tn]u ;ing indust.y. / . peising our conclusions oa to men in me he had taken a federal civH sr*: -; I agree with Profe«.so~ Snr^ie, ■ n position W do something about it. vice examination for the position o**|that there arc plenty of hou^ for Today, whenever the subject of the elevator operator. people who h:^v? incimes above $5,000 international moaeiary situation is A little later I saw him and askeljn year, but not enough,^ rot good publicly discussed. HAT time U It oow, Rita?” The man huddled beside Jte^Y unfailing smile made him a.s a means of stimulating the build- her on the seat was-beried io his fur wrappings. “Half past eleven." The girl spoke .juiefty. Her fr<»sty breath plumed Inua her lips in the still night air. ! A little later I saw him and askc ljn year, but not enough, laf not good ^publicly discussed, almost everj’onfe bonds l .'ie lieadlights on the car swept jhim about that government job. “They 1 enough, bourn's fnr p*ui|^e \yho have’v.l o is regarded as an authority in wreck youc- The uiun's v«U-e was edged with anxiety. I pninil.sied you we'd reach tiie phue lM*rure oiidnigiit, otherwise you won’t get the fortune your grandfiillier Ici't . . . funny, old eccentric tliat he was. If you don't gel the fortune . . ."“we can't get married for a long wliile. S«» . . . at Ica.st a second lo twelve . . . we'll l>e parked at the^curb l»e 1 fore his house." ^ j “To liiink you mu.st do this instead of me! Y«n!'re a gr.!!!'! little sport, i Itita. 1 don't know how to tliaiiU yon. | It will l*e a Happy New Year fi»r ns !olh. if we win. tl.at’.s surf*.’’. I 'I Key slewed- around Jinulkcr j^iiri e ;_[ seemed done appointed me to go ’way out J to live on a io’*.er . c^Ie. .clude.s the rehabilitation of silvc'a I West,” he said, “and I can’t do that. To caiu^' out srch a project will i part of th^ program of recovery, nohow. So I turned the job down.” ‘hi''an^ more econori'ccJ metho^Ls of I think the case for silver has been “Whereabouts out West did they building, but L have been-.<uirpri5;ed to won, and that the whitic HAS at want you to go?” 1 asked. discover hovr many great business or- last been lifted from the political deg- “Fort Wood, wherever that i.s,” h< gr.niz.ntions are at work on ways to radaticn into which it was cast by replied.^ He was chagrined when I ‘old solve the problem of cheap, attractive; ‘he' defeat of Bryan, to its proper him that Fort Wood was the official, and du.’-able homes. place a.s a partner with gold in the, SL USCKIBE TO Tlltr CHRONICLE name of Bedloe's island, in New York I expect to see the day vphen a com- -.hinking of economists arl the nior.e- “The Paper Everybody Reads” _ I don’t imagine public sentiment in -Vr.ierica would approve of anything whfeh savored of taking chances; yet vho people of this country are more ready to gamble in stocks and in oth er ways than those of almost any oth er nation, it’s a queer world. ‘O'. in in \jt* \ \ I Negro rK>»»t\j the peniten-i J wc.'M'on i’u.l 'iH Ml b mt.uiI as t viticnci. .\ lixjfk (l.''v*T and e Mac!; idcnl I '-ij 'u .zo t.a y as th- !*.r.n tncy hid ■'cen M.lh- Ilan .s .’ic cay In* di. appealI'J. | Kddic Ii.xc'i, the iic'urdrck. saiil \\ i.es ga'.(■ iiini a nctc f.^r Harris- whiMi ctii'Svd th<- M \ tc c:o-> lower .v'ljuiii street hire anil drive o’f with w lies in a Ctii' with the older man al nhe wheel. .). d. i'arker. a truck driv. I I, lidd ufiiceis h“ had .seen the pair ill a car near here. Funeral .serv lees for the la*l. a jun- io: high .'.chool stu:ieiil, we e a'MUgwd Jut Vvedt.i Miay. .Meiehai'^ts of the city plaaiieii to clo.‘>e their sT«*re.^ afttt ‘The’ liny generuliy assumed the as|H'Ct of 1 r.e of idficia! mourning. Thu^e textile worki^>, who h»»l gone the lights seMiied to cliinh forever, 1 ye plunge. _\vmi deft skill Itila con j tlm rarl -They- parsed into-ir 4— 1* ■ 5y si retell. Itilly had heeli ahroad ‘ .It the lime of his grand;ather's dealli. 1 ’n.e lawyer had calileil the iiistnic I for an automobile riile at the abandoned farm the youth's luidy. and >topj»ed hoU-'V. found f l AT DO P. S. Jeanes nor New ivory paneled, engraved visiting cardH, with plate. 100 cards—$2.00. I'opular Sheet .Music — Jae copy, .'1 for $1.00. Peloubet’s Sunday School Notes^$1.90. Office Supplies. Ledgers. Hill Files, Statements, all kinds Ink. I,ooseleaf Books, Stationery. Sale Tags, Pin 1'ickets. (ium- med Isabels, .Memorandum and Receipt Itooks, Paper t'lipk. Typewriter Ribbons and I'arbon Paper. THE BOOK STORE i, hair's ' A im For the New Year 'rhis Holiday Season brings to a close TEN years of Profes sional services in CLINTON, so at this important milestone we pause to acknowledge the many inspiring messages of friendship i»nd good will that have reached uc duHn'; this time. In a deep and abiding sense of giafitude we expreiM^ our war:ne.st wi.^en to oar~ many friends and patients, for a con- tinned presperity and we pledge to continue to meet this ever higher standard of requirement of OnOMETRY. r. .MOOD SMITH. O. D. FELDER SMITH. O. D. -Tell Us tht Timo . , . Quickly!" Shs Shouted. tioiis to him; home exactly by mid night of .N'ew Year's EVe or the old man's fortune wonid go to chanty. “Why. why." Rita hud a.'+ked in dis may, “could he be so unreasiMiable? You Dilglit have been anywliere. Killy, anywhere! P«*rfe«‘tly impossible to get home.** “Mj Rrandfathey believed in the law of the will; he saltl you could do any thing If the desire were strong enough. What time Is it aqw?** ‘'Twenty to twelve • •and still forty miles." , “You can’t do U." - “I can do It." Once they skidded within a breadth of a tn’e trunk; another time they alld around a corner Just miss ing a great van. /The money vxon't do us much good If we’re dead," mut tered the man grimly. ' A quarter to twelve, ten minutes | . . . still many miles from their des | tinatloo. “Give It up. Rita . . . Give It up!" j He I'uiuraandv'd. His hand clutcbevl i her arm. She shu«tk It off. “We're ; not finished *. . . 'til we’re flnisheil." , Her cry' was a challenge blown to his ^ eara on the cold breath of the wind. i - Seven minutes to twelve. The light ^ ed fai-e *of a tow n ebu'k loomed iiji | abeiuL They stniikiul tlirougli the j iil:u'e at l»rcak nock sihumI, reaclo'd ■ the town limit, and lore on. Again the car careened, slcwetl caught ll>elf Just In time. The eii gine num'd. The passing scenery was . a Mvir ‘’f J*b>ck. “tbxul old engine." Riia on^-e saitl- Five minutes to twelve. They en term'd another town. “Not arrested yet . . . it’s a miracle." cried Killy. Kut this time they were not so for tunate. A ladlcenian stmul In the street holding up his hand. Had the street been wide Rita would have ig nored'him.' but cars were parked on either side; a trolley had stoiiped near the officer. She simply could iioi make It. wltlumt killing him. With a grinding of brakes, a skillfully man agiHl slew, she drew up b«‘side him. I lUs'ore he could speak she leaned out. Tell us.llie time . . . qulekly!“ H»>r anxioas' fai'e with Its white hoik of slniln startled the man. "We've g«if - to make It. Don’t keep us . . . we II •wnie b:ick . . ’ pay anything !** The o(fi»-er drew out his watch, 'it's exactly .four mlnules to eleven." lUta aiH»vared to coUap'Se. to grow ^mall and limp all In a moment “Hare we been an hour out of the'way?" slie gasped. . "No, lady. Likely you forgot, the ! time changea here. It's exactly three mlnvtcs and a half te eleven." He let then go on with a warning about apeed. "What a corker yon are, Rita. And I how my grandfathw wonid have loved yoa. Here we are ... all In good time, and a lawyer standing on the stepe to aee we did It Happy New Year, darling!" “Perhapa." the smiled, “the time ele THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY LADIES’ HATS Asserted co!ors and styles. Priced to clear— 75c .MEN’S WORK SOCKS Otrt they go— 3 for 25c CHILDREN’S SCHOOL HOSE Double Knee. A rea’ buv a?— I 10c pr. BOYS’ SHEEP-LINED COATS What a buv!—al Yard-Wide SHEETING . y. 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