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.'i A //' ,/ ♦ I f .i » « i k - > ■ ;■ , .' ' .• The Clinton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C., Thorsdny, January 2^ 1^34 V \ CAFFEINE’S EFFECTS Some Intereetlnc exi><irimentfl were rocently eondncted wltlk domestic rab bits by the University of Belle, Ger many, says Pathfinder. Magaiine. Straight c^ee and soIutJoila of ca|* felne administered to the rabbits re* suited in eatih case’Mn 'he curtail ment of th^r prolificacy. CoiToe from which the cafTeine had been remored had no effect. Female rabbits, it was found, were affected more than, the males, while repeated doses of the druj; over a period of time resulted in deterioration of the reproductive cells in both sexes. These results, it Is claimed, do not apply uncondition ally to humans,'as they are much more Insensitive to caffeine than are rabbits. Why liquhl^LttatiYes are Back in Favor The WEDDING ^\4IICH MURDER MONTE BARRETT o lit 8aU$^J(trrill Co-' W.NU SERVICE SYNOPSIS The public is fast returning to the use of bqaid laxatives. People have learned that the properly prepared liquid laxative will bring , . — bring a perfect movement without any discomfort at the time, or after. Waltins in the minister’s study while the wedding procession is being pnar- •haled, Jim Franklin, about to be mar. ried to Doris Carmody, is stabbed to death. Callls Shipley, one of the brides maids, is obviously in a state oJ[ anxiety. The dose of a liquid laxative can be varied to suit the needs of the individuaL The action can thus be regula ri^t ( A child is easily ^ven the It dose. And mild liquid do not irritate the kidneys. Doctors are generally agreed that senna is the best laxative for every body. Senna is a natural laxative. It does not drain the system like the cathartics that leave you. so thirsty. I>r. Caldweirs Syrup Pepsin is a Jiquid laxative which relies on senna laxative action. It has the persoh’s bowels as regular as ciock :ork in a few weeks* tima. CHAPTER I—Continued —2— Without waiting to be Informed, he knelt beside the brideproom’s body. Then, with a low “shh” of expelled breath, he turned a startled counte nance to Peter again. “Jim Franklin!” he ejaculated. “Look here. Doctor." The medical examiner knelt beside him, and with swift fingers, laid back the vest and shirt that covered the wounds. Franklin’s death had been caused You can always get Dr. Caldwell’a Syrup Pepsin at any drumtore, ready for use. Member N. R. A. Too Good for Your Cough? by tw o knife thrusts, one a long Jagged tear across the groin, the second a smooth deep wound, between the ribs at or near the heart. This second wound was about three inches wide, and at either'end a small blue bruise, half the size of a dime, stood out against the white skin. ’ Sergeant Kilday’s glance darted about tlie room, questionlnply. •"Fhe knife isn't liere. Sergeant," Nick Itoyce Informed him, ‘Tve al ready l(M)ked.” “Who found him?” the officer asked tersely. ——^ _ “I did. I was his best man, and Creomulsion may be a better help than you need. It combines sevea major helps In one—the beet helps known to science. It Is made for quick relief, for safety. Hild coughs often yield to lesser helps. No one can telL No one knows which factor will do most for any certain cough. So careful people, more and more, are using Creomulsion for any cough that starts. The cost is a little more than a single help. But your druggist guarantees it, so It costs nothing if it fails to bring 'you quick relief. Coughs are danger signala For safety’s sake, deal with them In the best way known. (adv.) CHAPPED HANDS To qolclJy roll«v» ckoppli^ aM roMrimoss, apply tooHOni, \\\ ( cooling MoNtliolahMN. MENTHOLATUM I B BIUOUSNESS Sour stomach B ^as and headache I ilum jto B CONSTIPATION PAINS IN BACK lim W. L. Ward, G«B^ DcL, Miranopy, Fla., aaid: A “Constant headachca Joat m about drove me mad, 1 S akpt but very little, my ap- ■ ' pctita wax poor, I lois I weigbt and strength and had alu in ray back, ‘fhree bottiea ol Dr. Pierce'e Far vorite Prescription coiwkte- ly reOored me to healCn af ter I Boflered a general breakdown.” Writs Dr. Pierce’a Clinic, Buffalo, N. Y. New aiac, UbleU SO eta., liquid fl.OO. Large Slaa, ^ «liquid. fl.Jl “WeDoOvPMFi.” PIMPLY SKIN MOO im^pyo^and blotches desred sway by dafly treatment with Resinol WNU—7 . . was waiting oiit there in the sacristy, for tlie ‘Wedding March’ to begin," Boyce volunteered. He repeated the story he had told‘the others of the discovery of the crime, not omitting the fact that his first action had been to telephone the story to his paper. “You telephoned Topics before you notified us?” Kilday's tone was in credulous: Tl»e newspu|)er man nodded. “And you were his l>e8t man—pretty coldblooded, wasn’t it?” Kiiday eyed the man narrowly. “I don’t look at it that way," Boyco denied. “Jim was dead. I couldn’t help him. And I couldn’t keep a story' like that oijt of the papers even if I wanted to” He i>olnted at his dead friend. “Jim Franklin has been mur dered. Kvery one knows Jim Frank lin. He’d linve been the next governor of tlie sta^o If he had lived. He was killed In the study of fashionable St. Matthew’s c’lurch, while waiting for his own wedding march to begin. And,” he glanced t.uiierturhedly at Ambrose rarniody, “he was marrying Doris Car mody. That’s the most dramatic story since IJndhergh hit Paris. “I’ll sell three hundred thousand jia- pers In the next two hours. If I didn’t do It, somebody else would." The nH'dlcal examiner contlnue<l hts examination, briefly. He shook his bqad when he Anally arose. “Instan taneous." he said. “The murderer gave him the wound across the groin first, a glancing hlow, painful, but not necessarily fatal.__ Kvldently F'rnnk- Iln struggled.” Ht Indicated the torn collar. “His assailant graht>ed him there, to prevent his calling for help. There are blue marks on his throat. As for these,” he pointed out the small bruises at either end of, the second wound, “I don’t know where they came from, hilt the second wound did the business. think it mqst have reached the heart. Judging from the loss of blood.’’ I Sergeant Kllday examined the bine bruises at either end of the wound Intently, “What do you make of them, Peter?” he inquired presently. The novelist shook his head. "I don’t know,”, he said. “I’ve been trying to explain them, in my own mind, but I haven’t had any luck, so far.” They were interrupted by a sharp rap on the door. Kllday opened It. / * A tall well-built man. whose Intent gray eyes stared beyond the detective to the body on the floor, stood In the doorway. “May I be of some assistance?’’ he Inquired gravely. “I’m Milo Dunbar. Franklin'and I are—or rather were— partriers.’”^ Kllday stepped aside to let him by. There was a suggestion of power In the reserved dignity of the man’s smooth-shaven face. He stopped be side the body. Only for an Instant did the firm lines of his mouth relax Into an expression of pity. Then his re serve settled back on his face, like a mask. “Have you any Idea who did this thing?” he inquired of the detective. “Not yet." reptfed Kllday. “But we will have, before long,” he promised grimly. Dunbar nodded. “Come to «ne for whatever help you need," he said. ” Kllday grimaced'ruefully. “You can rest assured we’II go after the man who did this. We’ve got to.” He gave Nick Royee a wry amlle. “If we don’t, every paper In town will be al^ter my aqilp. “And now the biggest help all of you. can be is to clear out of this room until we finish with our Investigation. I’ll want to talk to all of you. later, but right now. I’d better have a look at this room, before anything Is dis turbed. You can wait In there."| He motioned toward the sacristy. Doctor Abernathy escaped from the room with evident relief, followed by Ambrose Carmody and 'Milo 'punbar. Cardigan hesitated, hoping for an In vitation to remain, which was prompt In coming. “I didn’t mean you, Peter," the de tective said. “I’m glad you’re here. I’ll need your help.” “How about me?" *Nlck Boyce stopped In the door. “I’m representing Topics." “Dutslde,” growled Kllday. "We ain’t let any of the other newspaper boys in yet. have we?’’ “None of the other newspaper boys know as much about this as 1 do,” re torted Boyce confidently. “For In stance, I could tell you that the mur derer wiped his dagger On that cur tain over there, before he ran out the back door.” Kllday examined the dark stain oh the Indicated curtain. “Stick around If you want to.” he yielded grudging ly. “But I’d have found the mark on the curtain, anyway." Under the sergeant’s direction, the minute examination, began. The de tective with tlie camera began photo- graphlng each detail of the room, A second officer began the painstaking search for flnger-prlnts. Apparently, the room contained n<» secrets, aside from the body Itself, the stained curtain, and numerous fin ger-prints which were photographed after careful preparation. The sergeant had been bent over the table, carefully scrutinizing one of the ‘Jim Franklin!” finger-print specimens dusted f<»r photograiihing hy his subordinates. Now he straightened and faced Boyce. * “Who do you think kille<l Jim Frank lin, Boyce?” he demamleil^suddenly. “A woman,” rejilied Ihe newspaper man calmly. “Why?” ZFdr the first time, Nick Boyce an-> swered reluctantly. “ThaUjmns his weakness.” he admitted grudgingly. ‘The fact Is too well known t«-remain a sticret hmgj There have been a great many women In Jim’s life.” “iBoiild a woman have held him hy the throat to prevent an outcry, after the first thrust, until she had time for the second?” ('ardlgan Inquired. “Women can do lots of things we’re reluctant to give them credit for.” Boyce retorted. “And at a time’ like; that, peoiile have more than their nor mal share of. strength. Nervous ex citement'has something to do with It. “Resides," he added as an after thought, “how do we know which hlow was struck first? Perhaps the deep thrust was the first one and the other came later, when Jim was weakened and dyfng. That would eliminate your theory that a woman couldn’t have done It." The novelist shook his head, slowly, his shaggy brows kbit In a rehective scowl. “I don’t think there was much struggle left In him after that blow," he said. “It must have come last," “Let’s begin at the beginning.” Kll day suggested. “Yon say you were In the next room at the time this hap . pened ?” TbfiL tiewspafier man nodded. “Suppose yffU show me where you '\we^jitandlfl^’ the sergeant Invited, and Royc«» crossed to th€\door lending from th* sacristy Intc. the church. “Doctor Abernathy had gone In,” he said, "end f was watching for our cue to enter. The last I saw of Jim, before the crime, he wqs stanfling right !• kliB and waa watddaf tba cibatr enter, waiting for the *Weddlnff March* to beffin. But when It did begla. Jim waa dead." ”And you heard nothing at all la the room behind you?" Kllday’a voice sounded slightly incredulous. , I Boyce shrugged his -dappi^r ahoul- dera said that I didn’t For one thing,lhey were singing, and the organ was playing. That would have drowned out any but a loud noise” Mr. Boyce," Kilday’s bland tone This Week h AjiTfhm Brisiani Good Flying Big Warship fleview France Forgives Russia “Best Minds’* Arc Slow Six United States navy planes fly^ deceived no one, “you hadn’t, by, any formation arrived at Honolulu, chance, quarreled with Jim Franklin. : having flown nonstop, through fog and had you?" * ; other dlfflcultlet, 2,40(F miles over the In spite of the smile of his thin ^ Faclflc. lips, there was an unpleasant erpres- i The accurate navigation of Amerl- TBARS ADDED TO EXPECTANCY OP LIFE ON EARTH slon on the newspaper man’s narrow face. "Sherlock.” he said. )wlth a mocking bow, “don’t tell me you have guessed my secret. That’s why I waff the best man at his wedding." “Just the same," Kiiday retortedli “you weren’t overcome by grief. You discover the man you say was your best friend, murdered, and the first thing you do is call up your newa- paper.” / He tufned abruptly to Doctor Aber nathy. “Where were you?" can airmen picking their way to a speck no bigger than a pinhead on tha map of the Pacific, the skill of the American pilots and perfect perform ance of Amerlcan-bulIt engines are gratifying to Americans and should be a warning to any nation harboring foolish plang for attacking the UnHed States now or later. I “In the church. I was standing at the choir steps, waiting for the bridal party." “Could you see this man, standing here In the door, from your position In there?" The rector hesitated. “I could have." he agreed. “But you see, I wasn’t facing in this direction." “You didn’t look over this way, when It was time for the bridegroom to show up, and he didn’t?” The ser- geant had not missed that Instant’s hesitation. In June all our Pacific fleet of war ships will come back- to Join the At- I lantic fleet, partly. It Is said, to please I our Japanese frleiyls, who have some queer Idea that the Pacific Is a Jap-^ anese ocean. This country does not agree with that theory, considering that our front on the Pacific from San Diego to the far end of Alaska la considerably longer than Japan’s' frontage. Anyhow, the fleet will leave the Pacific and President Roosevelt will review the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets, a glorious, patriotic eight. _____ . “''hy. yes, 1 glanced over this way several times. I didn’t understand what was wrong." "Well, when you glanced over here, did you see Boyce? That’s what I’m asking you. Doctor A’hernathy.” “No, I didn’t see him," the rector admitted. “I wasn’t standing where I could be seen from the church,” Nick Boyce In terrupted. “The door was only open a crack, and I was standing well back.” “You didn’t say that, at first,” Kll day challenged. “I took your intelligence too much for grant(Ml. I’m afraid.” If the offi cer heard, he gave no sign. “We’re taking one of the curtains oirt of your study," he Informed tha rector. “The slayer wIihhI the knife there." '“Did you find the weapon?" It was Milo Dunbar who asked. “Not yet. iTohuhly the murderer took It with him.” “And so that convicts me,” Nick Boyce interrupted Ironically. “Of course I’ve had time to run home and hide the knife.” “You ran outside to get In the back door of the study, didn’t you?” Kll day demanded. Then, turning to one of his assistants, “Take a look out side there, Pat. Maybe the knlfe^wns dropped around there.” “You can’t fool old Sherlock." Boyce Lronlcally remarked, and walk ing to the window, he watched the detective as he searched the shrub bery outside for some trace of the weapon, Peter studied the newsitaper man’s back with puzzled blue eyes. What was wrong with Boyce? Did he really have something to conceal? The thought setMiied pr(‘i>oHterous. As he had so pointedly made clear, Jim P’ranklln would scarcely have'|i|i.ked any hut his imwrt trnsted friend to he his best man. Where could you nyi^ke a motive t'«»r murder »»ut of tliat?"^ ' And then, too. where was the knife? If Boyce had committed the crime, how had he been aide to dis pose of the knife? No, that didn’t tit, iirdess (and Peter entertained slight hope of this) it wertfound out- Hi«le by the man Kllday nad sent to comlijct the search. It Is true that s few cheap submff- Tlnes, directed by radio from a few dozen cheap bombing planes from some enemy country, could send both fleets hurrying Into harbors for secur ity and send those that didn’t hide to the bottom of the ocean. But there Is no use dragging that in. when a beautiful review la dis cussed. • . . France and Rus.sin conclude a friendly trnile agreement, de8|)lte the fact that repudiated czarlst bonds owned In France amount to six thou- fffnd million dollars. Kurope sees In this trade agreement “an alliance against (lermany and Japan.” At present Kuro|>e is having Japane.se nightmares without any rea- Bon. Japan Is reaching <»ut. naturally, in Asia, and Kur(»pe thinks that next Japan will fly around the world, to golthie up all of Kuroi)e and Amer ica, beginning with America. “Best minds’’ worry about Infiatlon, not realizing that inflation is already here. The Beconstructiiui Finance cor poration demands aiiother thousand million dollars, “A thousand millions” Is the financial unit now. Whether government keeps Its head buried In the sand In ostrich fashion and Insists on printing interest hear ing bonds. Instead of paying out new money and saving the Interi^pt, makes no difference. Infiatlon with yellow paper promises to i)ay hearing Interest, or Inflation with green promises to pay wltliout Interest, Is still Infiatlon.' The differ ence Is that you Inflate wisely if you don’t laslst on putting an extra bur den on taxpayers Ity paying Interest wlien It Isn't necessary. Washington, D. C., capital of our partly wet, [tartly dry country, by fcn act of congress “Itecomes extremely lltteral,” which metins that yttu can buy what you want atul drink it witen and where y<tu like. You will not tiave to buy a lattlle of whisky, take it home, [tut It umler the mattress and see how quickly you can get rid of it. Tliey tried the plau7“’’Take It home' in a bottle and drink it all uii quick _|-Iy,” in New Zeaiaml, hut It didn’t work. I’eter Hte|)pe(l outside. This was the path Boyce had taken, to get from the sacristy to the hack door of the study. Kxcept for a few shrubs, he noticed, there was no [dace the knife , might have tK*en concealed on this side of the <‘hurch. It was different at the hack. Stand When the conrngeous (‘ardinal Faul haher reminds Chancellor Hitler that the world was not saved hy “Aryan’’ hhatd. hut "hy the blood of the Sav ior,” the Jewish [leople In Werinany are es[><>cially Interested. fffe. JQU Atg I. turped my back They can aild to Cardinal Faulha Ing heneaflt the st<>ne arches of tlt« ber’A statement that. In = «♦ far as cJoi.ster whh’h connected the study earthly matters are concerned, while' with the rectftry, the novelist sur veyed the garden There was am|>le opportunity to hide a .dozen daggers here, given the time. And Boyce had had [denty of that. Between the time the rector had left the two men In the sacristy, and tha arrival of the usher sent by Amhrosa Carmody to discover what was wcong. considerable time had elapsed. And what If Nick had not tele[)honed his 'Tiewsi>aper, after all? What If that were Just a sufderfuge, hy which ha hoped to ex'[>Ialn hls failure to notify an.vorie of wiiat had hnp[>ened? In that evHnt, I’eter reasoned, tha dagger would be found here. Then he turned Into the rear dooi of the study,' and hesitated In the door way. hls restless eyes exploring every detail of theTbb?hr~“-The [Killce search had been thorough. .Small ohanca that any detail had l)een missed. Yet, In hls exf)erience he had occasionally found an apparently trivial, over lookefl detail, that had become tha vital clue In the solution, of a crime. Suddenly hls eyes stopped on tha wall, ojtposlte. near the door leadlni to the sacristy. Had he found such a clue here? There was an eager light dancing behind the -bright blue of hls eyes. Hanging In a scabbard, not three feet from the door, was a short dagger o( Oriental design with an elaborately carved handle. Hanging on the wall In a acnhhardl Was that how they had missed \|tt What W’ould Nick Boyce hare to aajt now? the sjiirlt of the Savior was eiiti.rely divine, hls bodily bhtod was strictly Jewish, since his imdhcr was a girl of the Jewisli riwe. Did Chancellor Hit ler ever think of that? Will he t»e sorry on the Judgment day tliat lie did not think of it? Wliy, In tils opinion, did divine wl.sdom select a Jc^wlHti girl to he the mother of Christ? There were [denty of “Aryati," or “Nordic," gir^ls on earth. The Hidlauder, Marimis Van Der Luhhe, the twenty four year old stone mason, set fire to the Cernian Reichstag building, burned It down, didn’t kill anybody. That is as though some body had hiiriusl down the Ca[)ltol at Washltigtou. Ttie otlier day in Lel|izlg Van Der I.,uhhe’s head w’ns cut off. The de tails will Interest future civilizations. The guillotine blade that drops auto matically was used in place of a head man with ax or sword. There was ceremony enough to satisfy (Jerman ideas as to etiquette Jn chopping off a head. Accordinc to recorda aTallabte to the United Statea pnblle health aenr* ko, prerefKlvtf medicine baa made oncowaEinf progreaa in lengthening life in tho United Statea. In 1800 the average Hfe apaa in the Unit^ Statea waa about 35 yeara The Bibliean threescore years and ten were accorded to only a few In- dividuala By the beginning of the Twentieth century the average life span had jnmped to 48H years. To day Americans live on the average 58 yeara In New Zealand thd rec ord for average longevity has been achieved, with an average life span of 68 years. Much of this progress has been attained by the assaults of modern medicine on bacterial diseases. In 1900 the six leadinjt causes of death In the order of their destrtictiveneaa were tuberculosis, pneumonia, diar rhea and enteritis, heart trouble, Bright’s disease, apoplexy and can cer. By 1902 the six greatest allleff of death had changed coaslderably In rank. Heart trouble had become the chief foe of life. Cancer had advanced to second place, closely fol lowed by apoplexy. Bright’s dfseasa had moved up to fourth place, pneu monia had dropped from second to fifth rank, and tuberculosis had be come the tall-ender. While at the beginning of the Twentieth century T)acleriiil diseases were the greatest obstacles In tha way of living to a reasonable old age, the principal task of medicine today Is to discover some way of pre venting the orga'ns from wearing out. To keep clean and healthy take Dv* Pierce’e Pleaeaat Pelleta. Tliev regolat# liver, bowel* and stomach.—Adv. 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