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A I CaiNTON OttRONlCLE. CLINTON. 8. C. f 1 » / \ r I Clinton Union La(>or l^eaders Address Large > Gathering o| Textile Workers At Putket Spfrings^ Satup^y. Approximately 500 persons attended!! I I the rally meeting held last Saturday dfterrtoon , at Puckett's Spring near here under the auspices of the local union Np. 2182,'United Textile Work- SEVENTH INSTALLMENT ^ SynopsisBarbara Keith, wife ofli; prominent Philadelphia business man, is murdered as she waits alone in a that he had no^'^'l^n seen since he Went out yesl^ay; he had not re» turned to Jjife hotel last night. At the same timC since his baggage remained Leonard Kramer, president of the^^*"* of America, the chapter’s mem- New Ray Silk company.” ^ bership being ‘ conip'^osed of employees side room to testify in the divorce in hi^oomi and he had not checked apparently intended to return. case of Rowland vs. Rowland. She was to have testiTied for the husband, friend, who waa defendant in the tion. Detective ITommy* Rankin signed to the case from pol&e^head- quarters.* His preliminajqr^vestiga- tion disclosed that both Jfr. and Mrs. Rowland had gathe^, evidence against*tbe other^ infidUlity. The will of- JMr|. Royrund'a first husband directed'"Ker-^rWyer brother, Mr. Wil lard, to hmKue the estate until she* re married .When the new husband was to Rankin wrote the name of the com pany officer in his notebook^xnd. sAid: com^dhto control. Detective Rankin fipum motives and the evidence of guilt ^for the murder of Mrs., Keith, lei^ing to the doors of virtually all the prin ciples involved. These* principals are, the two" Rowlands, Mr. Willard, Mr. Keith, huAand of the murdered wom an, Hugh Campbell, paramour of Mrs. Rowland, and his underworld confed erates. (Now Go On With the ^tory). “How about the gloves?” The-de tective spoke eagerly. “Any clue to who owns them?” “Again I couldn’t swear to it,” the expert said, “not without trying them on all the men here. But personally. I’ve little doubt^ about the only pair of hands he^e ^th such a wide palm and short pudgy fingers that could Wear a seven and three-quarters com fortably.” ‘AWho do thfy belong id, Johnson?” askWiv^nkin. “Han^^ Willard. Tommy — Mrs. Rowland’s^rother, who, I understand, denies everting intd that roonh” Instructing Gordon to continue his search, Ranjktn evemtually set out for the Aldwich apartinents. The Keitmai>artment was C12 on the twelfth Aeo^'At the detective’s knock, Sergeant^ilmore opened the door. “There have hjm no developments here. Tommy,’’ greeted his col league. far, no word from-Mr. ICeith; and except for the distress of the servants, it’s been quielt They last taw Mrs. Keith when she left here ^at two o’clock yesterday afternoon— except for the chauffeq^, who deposit ed her and Rowland at the Wolff building.” - “Yes, I know about that, Dan,” Ran kin returned. In the meantinae, there’s another job I want you to take charge of. A man hunt. I want a .little chat with Mitph Riley. You’re as familigr with him as I—and with his friends and hangouts. Also get in touch with the New York authorities.” The sergeant asked curiously, “What has Mitch done to connect him witb murder?” 'Just left his calling card oh the table beside Mrs. •Keith’s body,” Ran kin informed him. “All right! Tommy, it’s a tall order you’ve given me,” he said, “but I guess of the Clinton Cotton Mills commu nity. Mi. v-uii ! The meeting, which was marked byi# Thank you. And now, Mr. Keith,| . . order was oresided over bv'^^ kinful though the subject is, I must ^ T f 3 ^ • Paul E. Dean, president of the organKT' painful ask you to bear with a few questiqns about your wife. . . . Your cooperation and the Informbtion you supply might go far to help us solve her death ” He could not tell why he sensed that Mr. Keith was relieved, as though he relaxed after being on gua^. The hueban4 sKook hie head sadjy. “Of course, I’m anxidjos to clear up this terrible thing. What do you want to know?’! j “First, something about Mrs. Keith’s background—who the was when you met her?” the detective said. Prompted by his shrewd probing, Mr. Keith related in some detail how he met his future wife in Detroit, four summers ago. Vacationing nearby in Canada, he had stopped there on busi ness, at the Hotel Michigan whe Barbara Webb was employed as a zation. The speakers spoke in detail on their subjects,' praising the Wagner labor dispute- bill, and urged textile workers here and elsewhere to affilir ate themselves with the U. T.' W. C. W. McAbee of Inmsn, South olina International Executive co large the ad- made a humorous talk to crow^ in which he set fo vantages of organisation J. W. Nates, president Qf the State Federation of l«bopr explained labor troubles at TucapAu and Pelser. J. L. Frier of Newberry, president Palmetto D>nrict council, and W. L. Smith, pr^ident bf Mollohon union No. spoke of the advanfages and nee(Pof organizing Jabor7*~ n E. Adams of Columbia, mem ber of the house of representatives from Richland county, spoke in thei HOW MUCH ^ Taxes does the outside printing salesman or his employers pay in Ginton? manicurist in th. Ijcauty .alonr What hifhcat terms of the Wagner labor bill if .7 cxplaincd Its set-up4n detail bothj as to how it affects labor and capitfR. He made a strong attack upon the spending I of relief money in South Carolina saying it Was first labeled RFX!, and as it grew rottener was we can manage to round up Ril^ The furor Rxnlafi expected the death of Barbara Keith to\produce was fully realized in the early editions of Thurs day’s papers. They '^adc capital of the crime in black screahimg head lines; and half of every fropb^age in the city devoted itself as muclrip the facts behind Mrs. Rowland’s suib^asi to the murder. Thei« were arj^idbs about the^ manufacturer’s , business success and social position; ai^d it was recalled, with some relish, that be- Xdre her marriage Mrs. Keith was Barbara Webb, an ^mknown manicur ist in a beauty sb(^ in Detroit. Yet the deartn of really material information m>o\xt the dead woman or her lift’Ws immediately and signifi cantly.apparent. The detective read the jEccounts at Breakfast. At his desk in the central detective bureau. Captain Thomas greeted Ran kin from behind hit newspaper. “Any news, captain?” the latter esked his superior. “Have you any word from Gordon or a message from Mr. Keith from Washington?” “Np,\I haven’t seen (Sordon this moriiing,” Thomas replied, “and Mr. Keith hasn’t shown up or gbt in touch wth us. At that iiMtant, Johnsop entered Vith some papers and addressed Rant kiiKeagerly. “I think I’ve made a discovery, Tornmi^i” he declared. “I’ve just fin ished comparing the prints I took with those I found. There’s one set that doesn’t belong to anyone in the office yesterday and can’t be explained in any reasonable way.i” “A strange set? But what good is ithat, if we can’t tell who it belongs tp?” “That’s just it. I’ve been able to trace them.” The expert paused dramatically ^nd Rankin asked, “Who was it?” “In our hands several times,” John son announced triumphantly. “Mitch Riley, alias Tony Lynch, alias a half dozen other names.” It was Rankin’s torn to become excited. “Mitch Riley?” Recognition rang in his startled tone. “Thug, second-story man and rum-runner. Are you posi tive there’s no mistake, Jphnson?” Johnston eiftended the paper he had brought. “Here, you can see for your self the prints ara identical.” From personal encounten, the de- teetivea was acquainted with Mitch Riley. Originally he came from New York, a hoodlum, ex-pug and jack of many crimes. His criminal career bb- g*n fifteen years before. -His photographs disclosed a typical felon’s features, with a bullet ^ad, low forehead and closely cropped brown hair. He was about thirty-five, within a day or two, at the most. He went out, to return to heed4^i'- ters, and Rankin stalked throdgh the apartment. It was. a spackxds, twelve- room establishment, siip^y but opu lently furnished. / * The detective selected the hpudoir as the 'most pixtbaMe place for the dead woman’s^personal effects. In a dresser a^nst the right wall Rankin foundJu^pFofusion the usual evidenees of woman’s vanity—cosmetics, toilet articles, hair appliances—and a work- basket. -r' At first glance, the escritoire prom ised a(| little as the dresser. Mrs~. S s Wly letters came from chatty nUnCes, she had absolutely no pondence of a personal natui^ or frphv^^her family He did, however, fipd checkbooks and canceled checks, returned frbm the bank. They revealed that she hid^mAde special payments,j] marked only “^rsonal,” in amounts ■ of two or three thousand dollars each time. They started far back as June, two years before^ssnd continued regularly every two montln since. •* The only other discovei^ Rankin made seemed trifling enougl^Jn the dead woman’s private medicine c^* net he saw, .among'other preparations ^ attracted him at first sig^r was her lovelinesV unostentatious but pleasing, and her sensibility; ^e appeared to have genuine deptlvbf character and intelliifencycv.. ^ Re quietly married the girl, he con tinued, in^^ndsor,. Canada, on Aug ust 26, Afterward, he admitted In a/Mlf-condemnatory mood, their m^ital life had not been very harmon ious or satisfactory. Mrs. Keith sel dom spoke of her past. At the same time, he made consci entious efforts to bring her happiness. In’ the beginning, they had taken a fine residence on the main linCf then, unrea^nal]^ enough, in the fall of 1931 she expressed an urgent desire to move into the Aldwich apartments in /Chestnut Hill. He had consented. That winter he wanted to send her to Eu rope, though he could not accompany her; instead she insisted on spending the cold months alone at Palm Beach. (Continued Next Week). cMing^ to eWA, and later on became PERA, the most putrid thing yet thrust upon the people. “Th^y picked little flappers wearing silk stockings,” he said, “to go out and tell the moth ers with starving babies that they would have to raise them ‘without milk, and that they were not entitled to the help they were needing to save their families.” He paid a tribute to Z. P. Wright, president of the New berry Cottoii mills, speaking of him as living in the Southland understand ing and appreciating the problems of the working man. Cotton Payments In Laurens County Reach $86,509.17 several bottles labeled ‘Tafamidon.^ This he recognized as a ftiediciqe in tablet form for headaches. According to their tags, most of the bottles were purchased from local druggists. But'Chester rthe faded and yellow label of one emp ty bottle bore the words, “State Hos pital for Women, Allerton, Indiana.” Rankin had just turned away from the cabinet when the furious pealing of the doorbell tent him hastening into the hall. The butler pre(^ed him to the door. _ A man Rankin'recognii^ as Morti mer^ Keith pushed breathlessly past, • T coat^ and hat in hand. Even in that moTmen, when on the verge of r breakdown, the man whose likeness the papers carried revealed his aristo cratic breeding. He looked so exhausted that Ran kin motioned him to a chair. “Sit‘ down, Mr. Keith, and take it easy.” The detective spoke sympathet ically. “My name is Rahkin — from headquarters. I /egret it’s my task to investigate your wife’s unfortunate death. Mortiaier Keith I raised his head wearily; “It’s utterly incredible,” he declared hoarsely. “When first read the news this morning, I ' jmuld only pray some mistake had,Men made. And I huiiied' back home! as quickly t: he hadV flat nose and heavy lips. He (Keith returned as possible —“You’ve only returned from Wakh- ington, Mr. Keith?” “By plane, Mr. Rankin,” the other replied witlAa visible effort to con trol kis Amotions. “I boujdit a paper whUe I breakfasted at my hotel . , . and the instant I grasped the terrible . . thing, 1 hired a 8pec^l plane. “At what hotel did yon put up for the night?” Rankin queried, pointedly. “The Portman on G street,” Mr. was strongly built, broad-shouldered and, according to the record, six feet tall. Even Rankjn’s inexpert eye could note the similarity of the finger pat terns Johnsop was comparing. “It looks dUunn siiivicioua.” Raakhi commented grimly. “He must be brought in lot explain, if we have to turn the wlMle city inside out to lo cate him.” 1 Before they could depart, the detec tive Gordon arrived to present the rt- sults of his hunt for Hugh Ckunpbell. Finally he had located him at the ex clusive and ornate Andrew ho>eI, on Broed street From the rsfistry, it appeared Campbell had beta stopping there for two wdeki ever siaee Frir day, May SdULThe dtffknlty now f«s I r • ■' ■V N. And when did.yon leave for Wash ington, Mr. Keith? By which tratnJ” iMr. Keith hesitated perceptibly. “1 went at noon, Mr. Rankin,” he an swered presently. “First at eleven- thirty, I visited my o^ices. My chauf feur drove me there and then ha to<^ me to West Philadelphia in time to catch the through train at tweive- twenty-five. I reached the eapiw at three-twenty.”/ •/ “Y^ cai^kt tha train hp/plentj of timef” Raiddn pressed t&t details. “With about ten mipnwi to s^re,” the Mher spoke with more certain^ and composure. > “Where did you go in Washiagt<mT I presume thia wns a businaas trip?” i “Tea, I had a emifaiWBet with Mr. A total of 12,050,871.67 In 70,374 checks was -paid to South' Carolina farmers on the 1935 cotton payments to July 20, according to figures re ceived from Washington'by D, W. Watkins, director of the extension ser vice.. The list-below includes the num ber of checks and totals by counties in this section;- . t \ No. of Checks ....1,622 ...3,728 ...1,344 ....1,249 .....4,166 \.. 575 .X292 .... <798 ...i,6ia County Abbeville Anderson Ekigefield Greenville . Greenwood Laurens .... McCormick Newberry Ocnee 2,636 Pickens .... .. Saluda . Spartanburg Union York ...2,339 ....1,204 ...6,678 ....1,069 ;...!,128 lOunt I 43,246.08 158,331.36 50,685.38 37,096.89 116332.62 8,657.62 86,609; 17 17,086.66 41,909.84 48,841.61 .67 56830 86 41,755. 74,765 Strong Pressure For Cotton Loans Twelve-€ent Cotton Advance Be- inR Demanded At Washington. Decision Expected Soon. Team jDMjosmMiew AMEBIC DYSENTERY It is not an infr^uent hot-weather disease, and always a severe condition which prostrates its victims greatly. I have seen patients lose their lives by ,JEI» terrific infectlow-ur-by improper treatment. Almost equar to the old “Asiatic cholera,” I am always alarmed, when contacting such complaiqts; they are sudden in onset and generally lose no time In setting up the terrific ba^le. that must be fought. I am edad people are safer now that we are, “better up” in pdre food laws and our people are much more capable in hygiene. The “amebe”. are not-germs. They are much larger and matured “bugs.” They may be found in the stools of the patient, though it takes u very com petent misroscopist to do the work and takes a study of more than an hour, even by an expert. I, myself^ set about relieving the sufferer and Innve^ my microscope on its ledge. May I^ recommend the same for other family doct<Mrs ? . - The symptoms are alarmfng from the first. Sudden pallor, pains in the adbomen, often nausea''thd vomitii|g.^ Chill and higli*^eveE~Bmrk.severe-at tacks. Bowel movements, mucus at first, rMH<Uy becoBM offensive, and bloody. Graat prostration, even aiidc- ing, with feeble pulse. Nothing good or encouraging as a role. Summon your physictan at ones. I Washington, Aug. 4.—Strong politi cal pressure for a 12-cent loan to help pe^985 cotton crop prices*descende<i toAy upon farm administration offi cials. Some of the AAA bosses-were dis closed to doubt the advisability of any loan at all. Others said privately they believed an advance of from 10 to 12 cents may be authorized. j Chester C. Davis, AAA administra-! tor, said the amount of the loan probj^! ably wlil be announced shortly after! the government'estimate of 1935 cot-| ton production. This will be issued Thursday. Meanwhile, those favoring the 12- oent figure were reported to have turned their attention also to the White House and congress, as well as the AAA. - - What worried the AAA was the pos sibility that with the cotton loan pol icy, the- AAA and the Commodity Credit corporation may find them-j selves confronted with the same situ ation which gained criticism for the old farm board. The Commodity Credit I corporation has advaced directly^, or guaranteed through private agen- 12-cent loans totaling $271,776,- 525 on 4,454,039 bales of cotton. These figures dp not include (advances made on cotton held by the producers’ pool. The pool nbw has 675,000 bales of spot cotton and 933,000 bales! of (fu tures. ’’ » The loans were due early this year but have been extended until February 1, 1936. 'Some officials said they did not believe the government would be repaid unless the price of cotton reached 13 cents a pound. > The carry-over of American cotton August 1 was 8300,000 bales, and the Bankhead allotment this year, 10,983,- 264 bales. However, some private esti mates of the 1985 crop run as high as 12,000300 bales. If the crop should be that large, an official said, the farm admini.stration would be confronted with a delicate problem. Sugge.stions have been made that the government take over cotton on whi^h loans now are outstanding, and use this to establish the “ever-normal grknary” 8p4jftsored by Secretary Wal lace and authorized in . AAA amendments pending in congress. Un der this plan, the government woqld use the cotton itself for benefit pay ments, instead of cash. , HOW MUCH— ^oes dr his firm contribute to the welfare of oui ii^city? , HOW MUCH ( V Does he or his firm do to keep Clinton ou the mdp? HOW Ml Interest does |e take in the affairs of this com munity? HOW MUCH Monejr does he or the printbra that do the work spend with the Clinton merchanis? HOW MUCH- /■ Publicity does he give worthwhile individual business enterprises? nts and # cling to older methods. I want a strong' counter-irritant of turpentine or mus tard over the »bdomen to control vom iting if possible. If called in-time, I give one irrigation of the Mwer colon and rectum, with either a weak solu tion of nitrate of silver, or turpentine and tepid water; I give a mixture of bismuth with acacia and paregqrk. The latter is the best opiate with its soothing camphor. A dose every half- hour or hoar; I permit no food what-^ ever until , a change is made for the better. 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