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t^e edg« of the tarlffaite wa^ng Co
be takeo!”', ~
They wheeled at a fast pace down
the concrete road. *tTwo htu^fited a^
fifty thousand in snow! IrHa, that^V
put us—” . _ r
"Dan!”
ipier exclamation was followed by
a leap of the coupe that threw his
head back. At the same instant she
swerved aside. A sedan shot at them
througih the dark. It bore no H:ght,
and Irita, at ai^ht of the thinir lung-
fore l>e was struck by her regal grace
and the simple, yet.effeodre coetome
she wore. The little maroon ^t tilted
archly over her hasH eyes matched
the rabbH'fl-hair maroon wool dress
that shoffed through her open minkj
coat. It chilly out hoday with the l
PAG# 8]
** A»* .
Modern Women
We^^'ere- toW by Miss Josephinw
^p'ta!Sr<rf"^nte^'Siweli has just returned frora^
appreciatively. | the peace conference in Brusaeh^^I-
He closed and’locked the door with*inum, that attending the women's
care. "Wellr” he said, "youVe tapped | c®nmil*siohf over which she presided
my wire and probably have a dicta-
plhjne planted, so I’ll have to be po-
Syrwpeis: Detective Dah Gdarell of
the Graber-Vael prhrate detective
agency is assigned job of shadow
ing BicDonald, whose wife fears gang
ster enemiea^are plotting to murder
Tiim. McDonald is killed in spite of
C<rfweH‘s watchfulness. Now, with
McDonald dead the smuggling ring
which he led hsa become disorganised.
Colwell rnhs his Hfe to’ gather evi
dence by playing one agaiMt another.
8EVBNTH INSTALLMENT
"Had a little fracas, nothing much.
What do you hear from Otto—is-^ie
BtrH hunting?”
^^_yael Nodded. "Saw in the paper
"ye^rday a note that Otto shot a
buck.” A lynx-exed chap with quiet
manners and the air qf a family man
and‘ home-lover, ’^ael tried a spioke
ring. “Gueee you’re -still on that case
ior Mfs. McDonald, eh? Funny they
haven’t-got the two mugs that 4cilled
him. r»-6minent lawyer and all. One
of them was found in an alleys you
know.’
A« Colwell ‘merely shrugged the
visitor i^undhed forward. "Say, what
did you want me here for, Dan? You
have something op your sleeve. I
haven’t much time^ so spring it.”
There was a short silence. “All
right. I’ll put in plainly for you. Mc
Donald, you know, was the boss of a
enow smuggling ring.”
“No. Arthur McDonald?” Vael
whistled. “What do you think of
that!”
“And Otto Graber was—is—mixed
up in this ring. You too, Vael. Don’t
lie!” he charged as the’man started
to protest. “Don’t let’s waste words
I’ve got something tq help you, to
there’s no use getting tough! Yo^re
in it, Vael—you’re one of the smaller
fry. Graber treats you like din, al
ways has, always will.” /
"Ilje greying complexio.i df Vael’s
, face was ample proof tli^ he knew
it to be true. /
“Fve seeo it and filed it away for
itference .Now, you aren’t such a bad
sort. I like you a heap bett.^r than
Graber. He’s—” Dan raised a hand to
his h^ad and ruefully rubbed a spot
there still tender, “You’re all right,
Vael, but they’re making a sucker
out of you. Had it planned before
McDonald kicked the ghost. Now they
are making new plans and leaving
you'out just like before. And mors
than that: they’ll likely make you the
goat if anything goes wrong. You
must have suspected this, Vael,” he
appealed with a gesture, “^ucks. I’m
not tettmg you anything, am I?”
The visitor struggled-with conflict-
emotions. “How do you know?
You’re rmt in iKe deal!"
Colwell admitted this with a shake
of hie head. “Happened on to it from
working for the agency you and Otto
run. From this McDonald case. .Any
how, I know it. And/1 like, you Vael.
. . . You haven’t H, have you, Dan?”
he wheedled.
Colwell grinned and nodded. ‘For
five hundred.”
Withouft hesitation Vael placed the
sum OR the table, making a cool thou-
sand. ’ -
"Now feel under the table and tidee
out those thumb tacks. ItV‘ there.
Here, I will.” He_rpee and stepped
to H, His hand went under the table*
A gun prodded hw back. “Stick ’eih
up, you fathead!” ^
He stiffened, growling, Vael’s
The rumble of another heavily-laden
truck reached their ears and present-■ spHt-second prechiion.
Jy its white headlamps swept the con- The cars seemed doomed to mtot
Crete highway. Irita lookto intently jheadon; but at the last possible in-
at OolweW but again he shook hisLst^nt the driver of the sedan twisted
ing from nowhere, had to act with ^ ^ ^ inner
fOffice please. Cagarette? I hope you
brought a fat wad of Graber’s money.
head.
Another, and a fourth truck passed.
Suddenly, through his side window,
Dan saw a flash of light straight up
into the black eky. It was a half-mile
away. Colwell leaned to the girl.
"Coming now!”
She turned a S^itclL and pressed
the starter. The motor buzzed softly.
Irita looked at Colwell, then back to
laugh was bitter and taunting. "Yaa. ™
»p! Pull me her. with « f.i5 rtory. ^ IT “ "
they nstened and watched-
Again a heavy rumble oame,^deep-
Hear you and he are thick again.”
She smiled up at him, shrugging.
They both ,were aware lhat every
word said could be heard dearly by
Otto. Under a fake naihe he had rent
ed the next auite south. Helen leaned
to the match he cupped, then sat back
in her chair and blew a little wrig-
ening.and growing louder. The white
paths of its headlamps grew vivid, ihis office on. the eleventh floor of the
The truck came abreast and passed [ Lawyers and Doctors building, in the
them. When it was gone a half-mile suite formerly occupied by that well-
Colw’ell patted the girl’s arhi. She
slipped into first speed-and eased the
black , coupe through a shallow ditch
into tl^ road. She twisted the wheel
and headed aftei* the truck.
As the roadster’s lights picked it
up Dan read the license number. He
saw packing boxes lashed on the ex
tendi^ tail gate. Irita kept the little j proof,
car tiailing until they lounded an-1 Dan
other curve. Then ^he speeded along
side the big van.
IriU began to sing happily, loudly. . , , , , , . •
ind to weave the car from side to powerful body tilte<l back_in
side. Dan crouched out of sight oni^^*' chair, he ab^rl>ed the day s news,
the floor. She ' brought the coupethe cigar from his mouth,
abreast the cab of the truck and lean-! ashes on the' floor, and re-
was com-
Lilfkl^ For
oven^ilfhe
Enough to ask you here so I can give
you the low-down and ^a warning. So
you can protect yourself.”
Vael conridered carefully. The ash
on his cigarette grew very long and
finally tunvbled to the carpet unheed
ed. “It’s true,” he said with a sigh.
“With McDonald gone, nobody trusts
anybody else. It’s dog eat dog. What
are you after, Dan?’’
He smiled. “A wle. Told ryou to
bi ii\g a thousand cash, and I hope you
brought it. Look here: I’m not ped
dling snow. Goah, I wouldn’t touch it
■sith a ten-foot pole! But they’re out
to rook yoiTand each other, if they
can. Now, I don’t know what yam
they told you, how the stufL^s
ing in. But I’ve got it strai,
five hundred I’ll hand it over,
hidf grand looks good to me, Viel,
for you fellowa don't pay me much.”
TIm grey haired, ho<A noaed man
a pakier
your information doaHi*t coincide with
mine. I'm not paying for aomething
I- may know ahaady.-”
‘Of course not iSit your moneytoh
the Ubk.’*
There was some hesitancy about
thia. But at length the visitor routod
himself, stdo^ up, and produced five
crisp one hundrto dollar bilks. He
platod them on a snutll tpble which
was an equal distanoe from the chair
of each. Vael sat down again. "Well ?”
_ "It’s coming in by truck. They’re
going to lift a packing case off the
truck—’ ’
“I know all that,” Vaql apapped im
patiently.
"Did you know at was in a case of
toys from Cseeho-Slovakia?”
Vael jumped to his feet. “Toys?
That aUrai^ht?" He burst into a
string of oaths, his hands working
convulsively. the low rats told
me it was brushes from Holland! I’ll
be-~” Hs cursed again,- and b^^an to
stride up aa4 down. "That was Mac's
original schema. I’d swear by it! Un
less Mae and Chabmr figons^”
He halted and ahot a keen look at
CoiwsU. "What else? Which way’s
the truck coming?” ^
‘Through the Anawanda violey
akmg the Imhan highway.”
Vael’s fiwy redouWed. "What!” he
ejaculated. ’‘HWiy, ihoae dirty carpa
^^^aimed it’s ovor the Telegraph zoad!
Of all the dopMe-erbaaeTS, the yellow
livered doutlp erpsaert! And they
think they cah shake me Ijke that,
ah? Hot Mriaa, what abofit tJia tmtk
nnotber? Bloc had that a^
sap!
■will you ? ” He snatched the crisp hun
dred dolar bilis and stuffed them into
a pocket. “Now back off. Oareful! I
vmnt that litonse number, Colwall,
and the boys are waiting downstairs
for it. -Hell, they’re such dubs they
couldn’t get it off you! Let you go
on a fake 'phone call from Harry
Deane, eh? I’ll take that license num
ber, Colwell . . . and then polish you
off like Otto should’ve a couple days
ago!”
While he talked he fumbled under
the table and with his other hand held
a deadly ^ad on hi^ victim. But
Vael’s triumph turned slowly to sus
picion. He fumbled harder, more anx
iously, seemingly unable to find what
he sought.
“Drop thirt gun:
It was a feminine voice fi-om the
kit^enette. At first Vael paid littie
Dan watched hawk-like for an
oppnmg, a chance to spring on him.
ith a nrraffled oath V-ael started
crook his trigger finger. “I’ll
kill
Wham!
The small apartment rocked wnth
the explosion. There was a yell of
pain, the metallic clink of a gun strik
ing the hard composition floor that
helped make the piece sound-proof.
Vael huddled with his wrist between
his knees and blood trickled down his
forearm where the ripped sleeve ex
posed it.
Dan 'had out his own gun in a flash.
The wielder of the weapon that had
been fired did not appear. The slen
der, white arm withdrew into the,
kitchenette. Colwell backed to Vael’s!
gun. Getting it, he kept Wa own lev-1 “Look out! Hey!” The truck river
elled, while he got the cartridges out'careened Iris vehicle nearer the edge
of it ,and tossed it to Vael. j of the road at another mad lunge of
"Get out! And if you’re wise you’ll;her car. "Keep away! Get that thing
get way out! Keep away from those j away from here!”
buzzards waiting for you, Vael; take The second ntan leaned out. “Go on,
a train tonight, and never, never come honey—we don’t want an accident,”
back. Don’t play with snow again, j he begged. “Listen, this thing would
ever—that’s my best advice. Chmge»bust your ear to .kindling. You too!”
your Hfe manl^’- |He all but pitched at the coupe aa if
Astonished that he was being per-1 veered at him and his comrade jerked
.mitited to leave,, the visitor hurried j the truck a.side. The mhn shrank back
inside the cab.
“—drunk and crazy as—” Colwell
heard. ■—-
Irita went into a new series of
corkscrew lunges and a new series of
gestures ajid calls. The coupe kept
edging the big truck nearer and near
er the edge of the road. The driver
was increasingly nervous; his com
panion tensely awaited the cfasih.
It came.
A final reckless swoop brought a
hard scrape of fenders. The truck
lurched away to avoid a bad smash-
up. It double rear wheels mired in the
soft shoulder of the -road and the
driver abruptly was bereft of .strength
to get it back. There was a prolonged
sucking aound, a series of yells and
warnings from both occupants of the
truck—then a crash. _
One headlamp shattered i^gfnnst a
tree. A fender scraped its tire; The
big five-ton truck with Acnie Car
rier, Inc., U. S. Customs Bonded,
Permit 229, printed on her side, came
to a dead^Aalt. Irita alid~stopp<^.
Colwell dipped unseen out the far
hftnd. He numed to the rear of the
truck. -
Irita climbed out with the air of a
aside and Irita’s twist gave them a
foot between* ,»•
Glaas tinkled. There was a thin
spray on the girl’s arrivT Agilh it
tinkled as the second orange stab of
flame came from the other car. Its
tires shrieked on the concrete. Thejsrling smoke ring,
car plunged like a piston to back and “Why not be reasonable?” ^
turn. The spray of the rear window! Colwell feigned surpri.se. "As if I’m
not!”
Helen Fane took ,a tiny memo pad
from her purse, and a patented pencil
stUng Colwell’s cheek.
"IriU|:=^ep on it—'they're turning!
I’ll give ’em something to chew ori;
but git! lt’s~ Graber and Quillen and
V«l!-’ if.t
Colwell sat reading A newspaper in
known defender of criiminals, Arthur
McDonald. The opaque ~glass corridor
door had been replaced by' one of
metaf finished in ipiitation of walnut
which bore the Simple inscription;
The Federalist. Transoms were of
metal and immovable. Such' glass as
the suite still boasted was bullet-
'had treated himself to a box
of fifty cent cigars of the brend Otto
Graber smoked, one of which he puff
ed luxuriously as with his feet on the
and which Wa^ one^yf ll oommUmona,
wre delegates representing 45 mil
lion women all over the world. It waa
the largest representation of womeo
ever brought together and the peace
conference was the most significant
meeting in the interest of peace ever
held. Of the 5,000 delegates one-third
were women. Miss Schain went as the
representative of the National Com
mittee on the Cause and Cure of
War, *of which she is chairman.
ing out,, gave a careless wave of her
arm.
"H’ya, boj-sl Whito way Washpn-
ville?” —
The coupe swerved dangerously
close to the front of the truck. "Hey!"
the man beside the driver yelled.
"Look out, there!”
Irita laughed recklessly. "Wanna
play?” She swerved the car back and
forth* It darted withinan inch or the
truck’s front wheels, then cork8<;rewe<l shoulder
away—only,to come back again. Irita
drove with one hand, continuing to
wave her other out the, window. ^
"C'mon — isaa game! Whish way
Washonville? Hoo-pee!” she cried.
"C'inpn, less’ race!”
placed it. Sighing, he turned a page
of his paper to reati the Around Town
colunwr.
" ‘Word reached us today’,” he read, !
“that Otto Graber, partner with Hor
ace Vael in a local detective agency.
As she talked the wrote a few words,
slowly and carefully. “You’re not a
^17 good insurance risk these last
few days. After all, fiftew thousand
is more than a private detective earns i
a ntaid.h. Or a year. U’s a lot of mon
ey. Hard to come by.' And you could
have it so easily!” Helen purred.
“Fifteen is chicken feed. Look
hero,” he told her earnesifly, “I’m
boosting the pric^fiv? tboiMand a
day. Tomorrow, forty-five thousand,
i Next <iay, fifty. Take it or leaVe it.
I Maybe I’ll use the stuff myself," Dan
j grinned. "Why not ? There’s enough
to last -till I’m eighty.’*
"You'll never live to" be eighty.”
Finishing her writing, she handed the
slip to Colwell. He read it, raised his
eyes to hers, and tucked the paper
away. "How mi^h tiid you bring?”
"Twepty-five,” she said.—
"Nqt'hing doing. Waste of time,
.lust out of cussednoss. I want forty.
-You tell Graber I’m not commg down
and he can send you back with forty
or not at all.”
H^ spoke with impatience but it
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whining with pain to the door. Dan
opened it and with an -upraised foot
gave impetus to Vael’s flight. He
clos^ and locked it again, quickly,
then turned.
“Good work, Irita! Saved my bacon,
that’s all. Came up imre to kill me.
Sure of himself* too.' We’ve got to get
out quick and over to the other place.
They’ll be up here in ten "minutes and
break down the door.
“You know,’ ’he muttered reflec
tively, "I think Vael told the trirth
about it being brushes from Holland.
Anyhow, I’m sure going to find out if
there are any brushes coming in from
Holland and if ao we’U have the whole
story, time,,place and all!”
Colwell sat beside the driver of the
black coupe admiring her profile dimr
ly' seen. He smiled as he reflected
Irita was p good sport, plucky and
daring. She had to be for the game
they were in. She waa the kind who
could hold her own in a drawing room,
cuhoveL or in a dangerous gamble like
this-Shough Dan tho^ght^ pre-
ferred having her in a drawing room.
-M-maa dark all' around them, the
sky ~a murky maaa'-of ominous clouds,
the heavy trees an efficient cmihou-
fiage for the -jjjn drawn off the road
with Its tadiator iwhrted ’to the Wgli-
way. Cohrell heW his pahn over the
flowing stub of his cigar. IritaJ>emds
him seemediistoning and watcbing
intently. — ^
"I hope Ihey’re coming,” She chang
ed posture. "I’m tired of waiting. And
how do we know there’s a^l the money
in it you think? Just a guess, Dan.
I alntost wish I had a soft job selling
hosiery over a counter, or laundry
soap or somethdfig. Twenty a w^k
might be better than trying to collect
thirty-five 'or forty grand apiece from
two who maybe haven’t that
much anyhefw.”
Colwell grinnW in the darkness and
squeezed her hand on the wheel,
"iniey’ve got it, aH right. They didn’t
set up in this game just yesterday;
tiwy’ve made plenty. Um!” he ex
claimed at a sudden taringe in hia
•boulder, ‘'ft takes more than three
days to forget how Grsber and Quil
len can play!’’
She tumto her oval face to study
bhn. "I’m sorry it still hurts.'I’m sur
prised you’re still aHve. You're ao apa-
bhloiiB, Dan, ^ it leads yod from
one ac»pe td another, doesn’t it ?
Oh!” she broke off. "There goes a
tiruck!"
“Hot the one.” He watched the big
canvas covered vtinde r^jmble out of
rnght- around a tnril in the road, its
red tail jight diaappearing aa though
wiped eat hy an inviaible hand.
They waHad. Ten minutes pass^
ago. Graber and a party of friends
were stai'ting from their camp near
Ewing, Pennsylvania, early one morn
ing when one of their guns accident
ally discharged. Graber suffertMl a
wound which local doctors
pronounced not. serious. Otto, well
known as an aviation enthusiast, ex-
pects^ to fly his Monogram plane back
to be at his desk in the sleuth agency
next Monday morning'.”
Dan puffed interestedly on his ci
gar as he Te-read the item. His eyes
squintwl at the window. Graber had a
neat alibi ivorked up. Very good. Even
to the "accidental” discharge of a
gun. But as a matter of fact the “ac
cident” had occurred out on the Teler
graph road when Graber just barely , ,
misse*! getting that two hundred fifty separae sjm e
tlH.iH.nd dollars
_ -ee...: . . ,.n could loly OR SoRimers, of course: he
e smoked her cigarette in silence.
The telephone rang. "No,” Dan said
into it directly, “you cam’t come-in,
Otto, Your little messenger here is
enough for now. Anyhow, I want to
get better acquain—”
“What’s that?” His face change<l
as he listened. “Oh, Sommers! Sorry,
J expected isomeone else. Whatritrit ?”'
. “Now, Mr. Colwell, you gave strict
orders not to be disturbwl,” the build
ing superintendent went on. “But I’m
afraid 1 need to get a man in your
offictL.for about half an hour. Steam-
fitter. Oh, he’s dependAble! The suite
next yours burst a radiator and they
are all connected, and he must get in
your lilaee'to shut it off. Built for
one suite, you see, but when Mr. Mc-
,C(
.Colwell now was offering to sell him
for f»rty thousand..
He tossed the new.spaper on his
desk. Yawned and stretcher!. It was
tiresome waiting^Colwell wished the
boys would meet hi^rice and get the
thing over. Forthy thousand from
Graber, forty also from Quillen. ^Each
side acting independently, the same
Boston bag of .snow sold both parties
—if it could bejio worked—would net
Colwell a sweet eighty grand.
His telephone tinkled. "Graber or
Quillen?” Dan asked without a mo-
Tnent’s hesitation. “Oh, Lefty! I’m
here till 1 get my price or rot. By the
way, it g5es up five thousand a day
from now on. You fellows have to pay
me for all the time I’m wasting. You
think I enjoy putting off my little
vacation?” —^
About to replace the ear piece, he
listened. A grin overspread his blujtt
face at the torrent of heated curses.
Dan felt gingerly of the adhesive tape
crisscross on his head. "Certainly I'll
sell to Graber! First come, first
served. So you boys fell out again?
Yes, yes, I know, Otto is ambitious
that way. So it's every man for Wm-
self now—and that goea for me too.”
He listened a moment. “Never mii^
threats”— ring me up when 'ydu^re
bringing in the cash. Where can you
make a buy like this? Sure, I know,
woman «een]ied Mid aboirt t(>4o aome-i But'that two iuzndred and fifty G’»
had paid the man enough. "Well,
.said in some reluctance, ."all right,
then. Provided ^au bring him up. I
want to isee you with him .so there’s
no mistake, but of course you don’t
need to come in.”
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thing tmportant. She carried a heavy
wrench in one Kand. "What d’ywi
mean, xunnin’ into me?” ahe demiuid-
ed ahrilly a« ahe'wAnt to meet the
pair."
■ ‘Wh#t you talkin’ about? Lookit
that busted light!” the driver moaned,
pmirting. "Who'a going to pay for
that, hub?' Damn aH drunken drivers!
A woman, toow Why—”
"Who says I’m a woman
wasn’t all your money.
McDonald and -Jhwber
Probably Catterby too.
What about
and Vael ?
“No, I’m sitting tight.” Of a sudden
his eyes kindled to the voice at the
other end changed. “What, okay?
This afternoon at three? Well, I tell
you. Lefty: as a special favor, see, I
will hold the stuff for you. It’s a deal.
But not a minute after three! Re-*
?'Who j member, when you come, come alone.
says it? \l’m a lady. TbaMwhat lam!” Else you don’t get in!
She Atrail^htened proudly. "I’m a lady.
What you mean bending my fender?
Have you arretted. Terrible driving.
Want to kiH me? Cantcha see ‘^ere
you’re gotag?”
He hung up. The grin deepened on
his face and Dan laughed aloud. So
Quillen had given in: he would buy!
But he could not raise forty thousand
in cash until afternoon, he sand. Col-
She carried it out with zest, as if i well rubbed his hands witlr"exuber-
she enjoyed it. Hut it waa hard, hate-
fill work. Irita declaimed, complained
and bertited them. She had the men
perspiring. 'Riey began to think she
waa right aiid that they were wholly
witoog. Until at length ahe seemed
to lose iotereet, and turned back to-
her coupe. r—-s
With that she ban^^ thi door on
her aide, started up the motor, and
hacked gingeriy £r^ contact with
the truck fender. Colwell, crounched
low beside her, waited until they were
a mile away frum the truck. Then be
straighteoeff with a aigh.
"That was a rotten tob to ask you
to di^ But Irita, you it nobly. Atld
we’ve got ’em in the rear deck—
bmabee from Holland. It waa right on
ance. One signed up—that wa.s great!
Now to book Graber.
Forty-five minutes paased. Dan
•tiired at the summons of the buzzer, i
He swung his feet from the desk, felt
for the gun in his shoulder holster,
and moved for the door. But without
toudimg its knob heh stealthily open
ed a wire wall screen panel. The per
son outside could not see in, nor wotili
any tiny pinpoints of light suddenly
show through yellow kalsomine. But
Olwell coulld see out, and he raiaed
one eyebrow as he recognized Helen
Fane.
He thought a moment. Then he un
locked and unb^ted the door. "Hello!
Come hi—yom’re aJoiie.”
She •railed. As more than once be-
fkilumbia, Jan. 4.—Legislatoi^ at
the session opening here next Tues
day will elect four judges, five public
service conunissioners, the chief game
warden, four medical college trustees
and one Winthrop college trustee.
The four circuit judges up for re-
election this year are: G. Duncan Bel
linger of Columbia, judge of the fifth
judicial circuit; Thomas S. *Sease of
Spartanburg, seventh circuit; W. H.
Grimbaii of Charleston, ninth circuit,
and G. B. Greene of Anderson, tenth
.jciixpiit. ^
It has long Wn
elect judges to th^ir benches' without
opposition unless there is reason for
a change;* Legislative ^observers have
expressed the opinion that reeledion.
of the four judges would be perfunc
tory.
j The fate of five public service com
missioners who come, iip for re-elec-
tion is a great deal more unchain.
Their jobs are considered fair
cal game for all comers and all five
are apt to have opposition when the
j balloting starts.
Chief interest is centering in the
election of the house speaker, the post
held last year by Claude A. Taylor of
Spartanburg, who did not offer for
re-election. Two candidates, Represen
tative Solomon Blatt of Barnwell,
speaker pro tern last year, and Repre
sentative L. C. Wannamaker of Che-
raw, apparently have the field to
themselves.
U. S. APPROVED CHICK.S •
Pullorum bloodtested,cooperating in
the National Poultry Improvement
Plan, admlnfertered by offjcial^State
Ageniy and the U. S. Depiartment of
Agriculture. Superviseil for your pro
tection. Our fine sturdy^ quality chrick^
will please you for broilers, or a fine
flock of pullets that will lay lots of
eggs. Our Square Deal policy pro
tect* you. Buy from us with confi
dence. Our 15th year building g;oo<l
will with our chicks. R. I. Reds, White
Leghorns, and Barred Rocks — $9.50
per 100. Cheaper if called for at
hatchery. Write for prices. on quan-
titiee.
LET UB CUSTOM HATCH YOUR
EGGS '''
in our fine electric incubators with
separate hatchers. Prices reasonable.
We hatch Hen, Turkey, and Duck
eggs. We got 80% to 85% hatch out
of tome of the turkey eggs .set last T
season. Write for prices. '
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908 Main St Newberry, -
FuntosJ Home
Clinton, S. C.
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L RUSSELL GRAY and
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WIm You Noeit a LuatlTO
' Beoauw of the nfrablng nUef tt
tiM brou^ them, tliouMiidi of mm
women, who ootiM afford much
expansive laxativai^ uae Bladi-
Dinught when needed. It is very
economical, purely vegetal^ highly
effective, . . Ifr. J. Lester Robenoo,
wdl known hardware dealer at Ifar-
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STAMPS
An^ kind, to fit any
business. 24-hour ser
vice. Reasonable prices.
Telephone 74.
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