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' TIP- THUKSPAt, AUGUST 1, 1985 I -r ■ J.II IP .1 ^ n j. >y^^lLTON PROPPERL O HARPER* 9R0THLRS*M9f4 SIXTH INST ALLMENT service to me and urgent. I was ex-1 the word “personal* ■ ‘ • -'^tub. I* \ Synopsis: Six persons are in an in ner office of the law firm of Dawson* McQuire and Locke at iPhiladelphia. A master hearing in'the divorce case'" of Bowland vs Rowland is under*way. Mrs. Rowland; represented by her law yer brother^ Mr. Willard; Mr. Row land* the defendant, and his attorney, Mr. Truntbull; the court clerk Mr. Dawaon, the toaster, are the six persons. ^Th^ is a new development in the d|^ After failing to defend himself «|ainst the charge of adultery in earlier liearings* Mr. Rowland digs up evidehoe and asks the coup’s per> mission to produce witnesses and re sist the suit. JRdge Dawson overrules the heated objectkms-of Mr. Willard* and orders Mr. Trambull to bring in Hrst aritness. Bu!>vTrumbull has Just gone to an outer oH^ to bring and orders the witness orpught in. Rowland's lawyer goes to ipt^the wit ness but finds her dead—chlo^ormed. She is Mrs. Barbara Keith, wife o: prominent Philadelphia business man Judge Dawson phoned for the police. Detective Tommy Rankin is assigned to the case. He is now questioning all of the parties involved in the case. written on each cited and that made her curious and desire to help mie. It wasn’t until we were already trailing my wife and Campbell away from the club, toward the city limits, that she fully realized the pi^icament I placed, her in. Rut it was too late then and she was sporty enough to see it Hirough; for my sakej. she agreed to rok the pub licity aiKl gossip and give evidence. If I had ever dreamed it woul<| end like this .,^ He left the sentence unfinished, compressing his lips with a sigh, shak- iikg his head dolefully^ An awkward silence followed until Rankin asked: “Then you and Mrs. Ketih were good friends* Rowland. How long have you known her?” --‘•I met her two winters ago, at Palm Beach, though, like all Phikdelphia society, I had heard of B^ortimer Keith. $he stayed at the Royal Amis hot^, where Adele and I were;, and! Beforei^, the detective could ponder the significance of these entries, a knock interrupted him. At his com- cn^k mind. Ledger is called to the Yorkville En quirer’s report of an automobile col lision which took the lives of five peo ple on the Kings Mountain road, i The Enquirer said a car containing eleven Negroes qp their'way to church driving moderately, was run into oh a curve by another automobile in which there were two white men. The .York paper stated whiskey was'tound and thpt reliable witnesses reported both had been seeni drinking before the wreck. / - j,. One of the white men and four of the Negroes were killed.. Had the situation with reference to the races involved ybeen reversed. It would have been hard to avert a lynch ing bee. Just suppose two drinking Negroes had emshed into a car con- pliable, Elfish and inedmpetont con- (ies of New York City;*that he httW ' grefs jNever before in the history of the i-epublic w4s a congress composed so largely of political flunkeys, ^hd their flunkeyism is rooted in their greed— they reasoned that by giving the presi dent the mopey he would give back to them, to distribute among '’their constituents, enough to, make sure their reelections. mand, the policeman he had sent to!^**”'*'^ eleven white people with tbe locate Mortimer Keith apened it and ^our of the latter were "’ killed, it would have taken quick and entered the room , “Yes, Cottman?” Rankin greeted him. “You’ve been gone a long timer Is Mr. Keith with you?” ^ The officer- shook his head. “No, I haven’t found him; isn’t in town determined work on the part of offi cers to protect the Negroes. Such “accidents’ ’as the York couitty tragedy may be expected Mt any time and any place since the legalization at all,” he T^lied. *“Ii was too latcto{<rf liquor in South Carolina. Any per- j Now,’~poor creatures, thet cannot ladjourn. The president cannot be blamed, for ccanpelling them to do his bidding. They accepted the relation ship of slave to niiaster, hitherto un known in the United States, and they have no right to complain. Let ;them stew. ... Whatever be said of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jhistory will record that he smiled an American congress Jnto a troupe of trained simians. They can not adjourn. If tWy do, they will 'be A^ W. 0. L., a new set will have the ear of “James Farley; and he has the key to the money drawer.—The News and Courier. whole business “because it or helping anybody anywhere.” ^yTiat’s not all he saj^d,' either, the mor4 far-carrying. “When the source pf money is cut offj we will be right b|lek where, w* started,” he jsnappedjir a* ad adden dum. And that’s what may be generally^ feafed. Relief money only puts..a bit of oint- rtient on the-sore; Ihe germ stays on^ eating its cancerous way toward the arteries of life.—Julian S. Miller in The Charlotte-(N. C.) Observer. CO! Rankin nodded, in appreciation of the diabolical effectiveness of the late Tom Marshall’s measures. “So, wtih the divorce goee the man agement of the estate,” he summar- iMd. "But I thought Harvey Willard S,mplin''r-"thi"IeteJti« had means. Both he and your wife in herited from Peter Willard’s estate. Why should he need the trusteeship?” The young man shook his jjead. He’s not rich any more^ and aqyhow Adele was willed most of it. Willard’s share all disappeared in poor invest ments and the stock market. And Mar- shall’a will permitted him to spend fot five miles, they halted finally at a sub because he was too busy to join her, was a grass widow and needed ny. That, her social position and her ‘Attractiveness made her welcome with alb<be young men at the resort. I 4i<l my share to-ehti^ain her; I rode an^ visited the casino with her, and several times attended the dog races. Even "Adele acted fairly cordial to ward her.” “Well, . what happened the night here you followed your\wife and mpted. “Where did they lead’you?” /‘Out the Park drive and left on the Ridge pike,” Rowland said. “We pass ed through Roxborough and Norris town. At Collegeville we caught up and followed them off to the right, along the narrow country road paral leling Perkiomen creek. At the end of Visit his offices, so I called at the Aid- wkh apartments and learned from h!s butler, Stanley, that he had gone away —on business, he thought, to Wash ington.” Rankin pursed his Ups in disappoint ment. “Washington? I suppose you discovered what business took him there and communicatsd with the peo ple he went to see, Cottman?’^ the de tective inquired. “No, I didn’t, although I tried to; his own benefit the thirty per cent he didn’t need to transfer to his sister— ^about fifty thousand annually. 1 hap pen to know he is hard pressed by creditors. Unless he can obtain plenty* of funds befoi'evJuly first he’s a ruin ed man; they will close in and force him into bankruptcy^^^dele is too' smart to throw good taoney after bad and w’on’t lend it to\him^y^l^ • a prompt divorce decree cOTTsave wm^” “Still,” the detective pointed out, “if your wife intends to mar^ Campbell shortly, what good will thaKdo him? As her husband, he then beeves the Marshall executor and WillardV situ ation isn’t bettered at all.’’ “Even with temporary control of the estate,” Rowland returned, “he might manage to slide out from un der.” He extinguished his cigarette. “Besides, he had no more idea of Adele’s intentions in that direction than I had until my spying brought resulta.” He paused, and after a brief mo ment for reflection, Rantnn acquiesced. “Yes, I can understand that. NoW, what did you discover by watching Mrs. Rowland?” “Two weeks ago I obtained the evi dence I needed,” Rowland resumed his narrative. “It was on the Wednesday evening after the las^ hearing. I had learned several days before from the chauffeur that Campbell y/ta back in town; and for some evenings I con tinued my usual watch and trailed them. Then that Wednesday, May twenty-fourth, Finley reported he had been dismiss^ for the evening and also added this significant item: Adele’s maid had casually informed him that she was instructed to pack an overnight bag for her.” “Well, right after supper, I took up my watch by the entrance oTthe Wil lard estate, Campbell, driving a Cad illac coupe, arrived at eight o’clock, thei stantial stucco bungalow along creek. It was then one-thirty, “Again I drove my car past, about two hundred feet, and parked where a clum'ppf trees fringed the road and hid U.S from the-eOttage. Campbell pro-"^ duced a key and_ unlocked the door; then he turned on the lights. I have inquired about it since and learned it belongs to Nick Alberti, the manager of tl\e Organdy club, a- friend of Campbell’s, Adele was -then cautious enough to pull down all the blinds. Still watching silently in the darkness, Mrs. Keith and I could make out th«y were drinkihg in the living room. At t^o-thirty they started to retire and half hour later Uampbell turned, out the lights. I considered I had gathered' enough evidence against Adele to en- teKA defense to her suit; so I retraced the trail with Mrs. Keith back to the city.” \ . The shaker concluded his narrative and Tell silent until Rankin asked: “And at no time did your wife or Campbell see ypu or become suspicious of your presen “I’m practicall^certain' they never realized they were^ing followed.” “Then they and Mr\Willard had no idea in advance with vHmm they had to reckon? Mr. TrumbulKfelt reason ably sure they hadn't identified Mrs. Keith as your chief witness l^ore she arrived at the hearing this aftebncbn.” Allen Rowland pondered a moWnt “That’s right, unless Adele noticed wi' at the night club,” he offered length, “and she probably didn’t; her arrival there that night must have been one of the reasons Mrs. Keith left without waiting for her date:” \ “Mrs. Keith’s death doesn’t leavd me a leg to, stand on,” Rowland re plied, a harsh note in his voice. Abruptly; the detective shifted tKe subjet. “Now, just one more point, Mr. Rowland,” he sad. “Aboqt the night that’s what took me so long. The sec retary said it had something t>o do with the New Ray ^ilk company. Nei ther he nor the butler had any idea at wbat hotel Mr. Keith might stop, tonight.” “Hotel ? Then he isn’t expected back today.?” * The^policeman shook his head. “No, not until tomorrow,” he answered, “when he’s completed his business.” “Well, I imagine we can wait and give hkn a chance to turn up accord ing to schedule,” Rankin said, dismiss ing Cottmaif. — Johnson entered as Cottman left, “s^iiiished, Johnson?” asked Rankin. Jqhnion did not reply until the of ficer nad gone. “I’ye taken everybody’s fingerpHnts, Tommy,” he said, “but I can’t makKa detail^ report until I’ve had time to study them — say tomor- 9on who goes on a highWay in an au tomobile is liable to be the victim, llie Gaffney Ledger. ~~ - J, row morning (Continue Week). Editorial Con (lent WHERE IS THE CHURCH? Where is the church in the present social and economic crisis ? loudly in quires a militant reformer. ~ - Well, wherever it is,'it ought to be wheie it was pitched at the beginning, right in the thick of the fight for so-, cial justice and for such political and economic reforms as' will serve the highest interest of the greatest num- ber. . It is not the function of the church to take its tools around and construct political and economic societies, but it is its business to see to it that those who do undertake this job are guided by Christian concept and prompted by spiritual impulses. Christian democracy insists Upon the fair chance and the square, if not, New Deal. The Gospel condemns those alike |Who^ selfishly exploit and those who, relaxing ifr|the shade, are eter nally crying, “pirtime.’’ The church has a clear mandate in these hours. It’s no ijme for it to re treat or t»’’'becloud its coIors-^-Julian S. Miller in The CJiarlotte (N. Cl) Ob- servfr. DEBT IS THE ONLY THING CERTAIN About the only thing permanently certain in connection with the matter is that when the |4*,800,000,000 of new money to be spent on relief has been spent, the country will be $4,^80,000,- 000 more in debt. Temporarily, of coufse, a few mil lion stomachs will be filled three times a day and material comforts will go to many millions more of the needy and indigent and distressed. But General Hugh Johnson came near draining the cocoanut of its milk when he said, taking up the relief du- THE CURSE OE THE TIMES A good friend who does most of hia own thinking, "though for good and sufficient reasons he does not alwaya' say out in meeting just wHat he i») thinking about various., and sundrjr things that affect the weal and wo«- of the human race, jn a recent letter says in part: * The curse of the' prei^nt time is insatiable desire of a great the jqrity of people to look 4o others tia help them;"they have stripped them selves of the ^pJdtimey principles of self-respect. Think of your father or mine throwing up hands, and yelling for Uncle"^ Sam or John Bull or. soma one else to stand between him and a will aitd determination to make an honest living, scrupulously practicing the fundamentals principles of down right, common honesty. You know common honesty in this peculiar agw is like common sense, very UNCOM MON.”—Yorkville Enquirer. t- . Better Homes and Gardens, with Mg Garden Helper—17 months, li.OO. JABiES CALDWELL Heigh H.O, And Off To The Fair Again I X ^ WP 'W» w w GOLDEN AND WILD Between “graft” aixl Ibo.se siiendirig of other people’s money is a distinc tion, and The New.s and Courier is not prepared to lay any charge pf graft at the door of the general assembly— but loose spending, what habe you to say <tio that, my Masters? What of golden And wild spending when the state of South Carolina is accepting and seeing alms from the federal 'government for its unfortunates? THE “HOUSE” maid In the genejvil assembly is at this time no woman member, but i^ ap pears from the list of payments paid for special house services which The News and Courier printed last Sunday, a “maid” was paid three or four times for “overtime.” In these great days curling irons, lipsticks, and sucl^ like, may be essentials of masculine state craft for all The News and Courier knows. Y THEY CAN’T ADJOURN .sen.^ibhe jierson ha.s .sympathy the talk that the uffering fronrthe heat, that they are tired, that thirty or forty of thejn jare .sick, that they would adjourn if jthe prcsi<l4‘nt would let them. Who made them .servih* to the lu-e.si- dent? The constitution from which they derive exi.stence protects them frbm the president, places a wall arouhd them by declaring the legisla tive brbqch separate Kom the execy- tive. ^ If -the pres^ent controls them with patronage, who gave him th,e patron age? Why did the congres.smen clothe him with the power of an autocrat by authorizing him to spand four thou sand eight hundredHOid eighty million dollars? If he has five or^ten times as much patronage now as usual, he has it by the gift of a weak, timid, 7 7 anywhere, U. is. A.... Carivans are on the move again through* out the huid Aa Americans head for the big fairs. _Note the ma|esjit poise of 4-yaar old champion, “Don Triune Segis,” as he wends his wap toward the Lm Angeles (bounty Fair with Ynez Greene, Helen Cox, Jo Boyloj Lillian Neuman, Angie Picker and Helen Baublits “six-timing*, the chatnp for a free ride. arid Adele joined,him with her over-.of Wednesday, February first, when night bag. But for the early part of] Mrs. Rowland caught you and Miss Eld- the evening, tlgey did nothing nioreimond together at the Sunset inn I've censorable than on .other occasions. found out that immediately gfter the First, they went to the Forrest thea- interruption, Mrs. Keith’s husband ar- ter. At eleven o’clock, they visited the!rived there. Can you tell me how he Organdy club on Broad street, but 11came to be there or what his connec- didn’t dare follow them in. Fnstead, I parked near Campbell’s car, looked into it and saw that he too ‘had brought an overnight bag. He and my wfe remained in the night club until midnight. And perhaps twenty minutes before they appeared^. Mts. Keith came out of the place by her self and—” Rankin’s interruption was abrupt. “All alone?” he demanded sharply. “She was at the Organdy unescorted?” “Yes, and it puzzled me too,” Row land replied. “I called her and she ex plained that she had b©6ii to the op era for which Mr. Keith dfd not care. Because the club was so close oy, she went in to see the floor show. I real ized, for a married woman in her po sition, the story didn’t ring true. I didn’t question her, as it was none of my business and beside the point. I was too thankful for her appearance Just when I needed a witness to worry about it.” . " . “You vp^re'well enough acquainted with Mrs. Keith te enlist her aid in such a personal matter?” The young man made an apologetic gesture. “I’m-' afraid I, wasn’t fait to ber an4 took advantage of her lucky "'appearance,” he explained psrsoasive- ly. “You see, L asked her to Join me, but I didn’t tell her why I wanted her; I only said it would be ip impdr^nt tion was with ...” he paused deli cately, “your intrigue?” — But as Jill Edmond had done, the young man professed to be unable to account for - tl^ manufacturer’s ap pearance. He had never met Mortimer Keith, be said; though, having seen him several times, he hqd recognized him when he entered the room. He could add no explanation or detail to the secretary’s description of the in cident. / Concluding his questions on this circumstance, Rankiii thanked Row land and dismissed him. His next step was to examim the dead woman’s checkbook." Except for two stubs, her accounts seemed in ptf- uie feet orders-her eiqpenditureq,. with date, purpose or name of payee and amount, were cmrefully audited. The sums she spent were comparatively small and far from commensurate. Rankin wonder^ at her low balance, which never e»»ed^ five thousand dollars, and at present came to less than one. , TjMttwojcheck-stubs vfhich were riot identifiable as to purpose, however, indicated exceptionally large sums. One check had been drawn about three months ago, and the past Thursday— for "two thousand mmI three thousand dollars, respectively. The only clue to the reason for these withdrawals was LEST WE FORGET The rumpus raisers against Presi dent Rosevelt should at least remem ber one thing that covers a multitude of sins. Banks were (tumbling every ^y and everywhere when he took the i^ms. People were losing millions in sai^gs and deposits. Roosevelt took the by the horns and regulated matters.\Now you hear and read little or nothink about it. We can see only the fly specks. _We close our eyes to the blessingsX-The Calhoun Times “SPEEDY” -:X , By Clinton Motor Co., South Broad St HOW I CAN 1(x; OIITOIINOIORIl lAFFOTO sue HA PBcwy CAR, 1 SPCtW? HAVE THE BEST USEP CARS IN TOWN And The V sell them ON VERY REASONABLE TERMS., / look! so miles per- ^ I'M SO TICKLED I WANT TO TELL fVIIYlOOY ABOUT rtrs OOCTORf- LAWYIM- MMCMAMTf- S~^CMlKFf well it LOOKS L(KE TOU RE. 60IN6TOCETA CHANCE TO TELL IT TO A CMlEF - y .SREEOy-THE CHIEF OF POLICE Wfr have a number of Kood clean used cars, you buy. these before ■/ / MORE' , ..^crURPATION The newest proposal for the govern ment to enter into competition with private business came out of CJojum- bia yesterday when it was reported that a plan was on foot tV establish a plant in Columbia for the ^embly of school buses. , \ It was not stat^ who propose^the plan, but Siipt. of Education James K. Hope was^quoted as suggerting tha^ a committee be appointed to push the project. Like~-other such plans for the gov ernment's entrance into private busi ness the argument was advanced that it w(mld give employment to people without work and'"that an estimated saving of 50 per cent in cost would be accomplished. One of the arguments, of course, is specious and the other is optimistic.: There will merely be a transfer <rf em ployment and the estimated saving needs to be more closely studied. This is another illustration of the tendency of present day government to enter the private fields of business. There is no telling whose business will be usurped next.—The Laurens Ad vertiser. GASOLINE AND LIQUOR The atteriftion of the readers of The Comfort, pleasure, and safety on a tour ^depend largely on efllcient loading of tiia liwgage, and modem body de^gna tkt problem, as Hiem views of Chevrolet models-rcveal. In me uf BmOUSNESS bare dona iriudi to mm the problem, as Hiese views of Chevrolet models-rcveal. 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