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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1933
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COLUMBIA BOY
IS MURDERED
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TODAY Md
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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
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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*.’’.
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'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.
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Negro rK>»»t\j
the peniten-i
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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
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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
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hair's '
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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
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