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—P" ■ > ■ ■' S' ■■ ' v. THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C ^ ; PAGE SEVlIf TODAY «AMK OAPKfR SU (hap?, in the very s^tesEfrom which 1 they came, if there were not available la yclosely-knit, wide?predd system, of transpor'tatibn. There is no question that the na tion’s transportation \ facilities are vastly swifter, cheaper and better co- I ordinated than they were even ten House Overrides ‘ Land'Bank Veto •Washinjrton, JuV IS.— The house, ijfnorinjf administration warnings to day'that the govermihent might lose ter service,-but ttyj increase in the i volume’ of long-distance freighting by THIRD INSTALLMENT | “I don’t need to teil^ you that I’ll Synopsis: A. card game is in session I play fair in anything relating to .\r- in Elmer Henderson’s penthouse atop'chie,” growled the inspector, “and m a New York skyscraper. The players!be glad to hav.e your help, Max. You are: Henderoon, Police Inspector Fla-!know that.’* DISTRIBUTION — CooperaUon (T have been for some weeks travel ing around in tine South’, particularly •in Florida, and have become more im pressed than ever with the feeling door-k on which • a small brass plate bore the name of Lydia Lane. InspectdV Flaherty rang”' the bell! and the door was opened by a tall,principal economic problem darlv young man who bore none ofi..':u:»v. * »u„* r.e motor trucks is amazing. I think the| signs of the times all point to an increasing coordination of transportation facilities, with steadily decreasing rates as efficiency increas es. The big transportation .problem in this country is moving freight east and west. North and south it is not her-ty, Martin Fmaier, Archie Doane,; - “Even then, we've got a personalf^*>Ti^*^rks off the police. which our country faces is that of Max Mdchaelis, and his friend Wil liam«,‘a abocUmoker. They are waiking for Staplien BSta- gerald. When he faila to appear, tellj^hone call brings the infonnation that he is out with a girl. Fitzgerald interest, ail of us, in finding out who However, Flaherty soon dissipated killed Fitz,” Max Michaatia reminded them. “Out-first concern must be for the living, but we must not forget our duty to 1 avenge the dead. All right, Dan, I wish yop’d tell distribution. We can produce enough to supply everybody with everything he needs. Our distribution system has ,not kept pace with our productive “Hello, Tony,’’ said the inspector.[capacity.— this idea in the way in which he ad dressed the fellow. ‘interested in Lydia La&e, the famous actress, but Archie Doane reveals that she is engaged to marry him. Ddane leaves the party early when’ Fitzgerald fails to appear. A short the phone,” Max Michaelis responded ‘What does it look like?” j Florida developed a new plan to get “Hello, Chief,” was Detective Mar-1 better distribution for its citrus fruit. and Henderson are rcmiintically. ^hat Archie said to you over tihellils response “<1 don’t know | especially grapefruit, The state Cham- j have lately seen the results ofltotal amount of loans involved ap-' enough yet to make anything of it. It time laiter he telephones Inspector as the car halted for the stream of; looks bad . , . ” He glanced over his after-theatrc tr^k going up Seventh j shoulder and lowered his voice as he avenue into Central P9|:ki; its pro-1 spoke..“ ... it looks bad for Mr. gross slowed up by the fleet of scrap- Doane.” Flaherty with the frantic news'ithat he has found Fitzgerald and Miss Lane dead in Lydia Lane’s penthouse apartment. " ers and trucks of the sn6w-remo\'al, “Where’s the medical examiner? gang, already on the job. “What’s the'What does'he say?” Inspector Flaher- starting point? How did he come to!ty demanded, as he and his compan b» St M'ifls Lawo'W^^!^ow1l!^l^*^Did he ex- 'Tons pushed through the door and plain that?” - “Yes," replied the inspector. “He said that he went to his own rooms when he left the game and had been into a .squa’re foyer from wihich other doors gave at opposite ends. One of these dodrs opened »s he 'spoke and the medical examiner himself came ber of Commerce got the growers and the national chain stores together. Re sult, practically the entire crop of grapefruit was distributed into sec- difficult, but crossing mountains costs money., -I W.\TEI^ — Economical For carrying anything which is not in^ a hurry, water transportation is and always will be the most econo'mi- cal way to move people or merchan overrode President Roosevelt’s veto of continued low interest rates on farm loans. The staggering vote was 260 to 98. The senate has yet to act. Approximately 640,000 borrowers from the federal land banks and 455,- 000 borrowers land bank commission ers would be affected by the, vetoed bill, which continued the^ emergency rate of 314 per cent for the fi.scal year that bcgjyj July 1, 1937, and pro vides a C per cent rate on all out* standing loans for the fiscal year be ginning July 1, 1938. It also provides that all commis sioners’ loans foi" the tw’o years shall' bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent instead of the present 5 per cent. Thb/ k the development of new port faclli-| P^’^ximates $3,250,000,000, ties in the South. More goos are mov-| - • ing in both directions, at less cost to‘ Ca—bbSaaa grapeiruu was ui.sinouiea mio .sec- shipper and to consumer. Even though'OCrVICCS turns of the country where grapefruit ^ ^ ^ » ■I'' r was almost unknown. Ever.vbody prof ited and there wa.s no unsold surplus. One lady in North Dakota wrote to .Florida asking ‘how to cook grape fruit. She had boiltHl it for two hour.s, under the American flag than under any other in. the world, the water ;rout«*^’fe still the most econbmTcaK .•\ canal across the state of Florida At. Shady Grove A aeriea of cvangeU.stic survlties "T8"* she said, and it ^was still tough! But | in parts of the country ^ consumers!'balluw-diaft boats, but more welcomed this whdLsome addition* to! 'L'" their menus. “I wnsb you’d phone me, Frazier, .i^s soon as you find out more about’ it,” Hendersori requested. “You under- niinutes when his out. He' reached for the telephone on i stand my curiosity ? W ill you let me ^gjgp^jjng appar-ia stand between the doors. i’siK< r'»nnori»u i i'ia " ill cut the cost of all merchan- ^ow7 ni be for word from ^im to! “The «iri;, alivel" he said, -rm 7hv ^.rT” even^'l- bound .0 or f™., Lffive Tlate., TO'*- ■ ' ioorae at onee. Somethin* .terrihle had iroinir to call an ambulance. J. .unilus'of undistributed food.pro- ‘ke Gulf of .Mexico and up which , . '• the first two months it was open. The ! now .>;ea-level ship canal across Flor ■ ,:“ril do that gladly, old man. I’ll i hap^rened, she said. He got no answer , The penthouse aivartment in ell you as much as Dan F’ ' let nie,.tell. He’.s the boss.” jof hack entrance — he knew his wav studio on the north front of the build-; tell you as much as Dan Flaherty will; at her door. Got in through some sort Lydia Lane lived, consisted of a largetacilitie.s for storing, - M 'alb> I xl ^ ^ . w I I LT w w ' ^ Vv A A il ^1 I A I I- 1_!_ 4 L ^ v BB w w Ib ^ L . w Lw « ■ « I . 1 l ^ being hehl^at Shady Grove Presbyte rian churqh this week, July 11-18.* The service begins each night-at eight o’clock. The Lord’s Supper will^be ob served during the third Sunday after noon service at 4 o’clock. A special feature of the qight service, the' third Sunday, will be a short program given by the Bible school pupils. The Kev. (’laude G. Pepjver of Greenville, Ala., is the visiting “That’s all right.” grunted the po- about there-and found Fitz and the ing, overlooking (’entral park, a uW.iv h . ‘' u..,u ..u..h .Smaller but still commodious bedroom col.l mtoi - he surjilus until the jnarket TS Toait^’^ I th;nk we are just entering upon preacher. Mr. Pepper was a clsasmate to ab,<»)rb it. In the .South the iirob- a new era of water transportation. , »f Rev. I). K. Boozer, pastor of the liceman. “VVe’H give you a ring. Gome gii’l both dead—shot. on, •Ma'x. Come on. Frazier. Going now. Mr. Williams, or staying here?" -They had settled their poketq,- "’in nings and losses while waiting,■ and all moved toward the elevator. Wil liams glanced again at Henderson. ”Ycu’re''sure you dom’t want me td •f age and canning facilities. Now these .stayAvith you?” he asked. “Sure,” replied Hendei*son forcing “Said he had done nothing before ■'^outherly side^connected , yyjjjjjji,;. „„ j the South phoning me except to teke . quick ‘he xtud.o both through the entranceiavulal,l,^«inl th. look around the apat^tment to see if anvbody At'as huTing there, and that ’wa*s all he said,” ® bathroom. Also opening off the ' .iri-L a r au *• i, .U 1. a- 'foyer, at the rear, wak a JluW kitch- “That fixes the lime of the ahooting ,^.,,^ ^ tiny .room for a maid- pretty closely, then, was Michaelis adjoining 1 studio both throujth the cntrancel jy,, ,-er and by a.dre.ssing ronni which'"'" '“'■"f hnigci In,.- to depend , ened into both rooms, off „.hichi“l""," ‘"‘h"'k his produce to Northern, „ u..ai Ai„ ft au.. mai'kots before it spoils. What the j ' " a smile. “You’re good to offer it.” “By the w’ay. Mr. Henderson, have you got a flask, or Iran you spare a bottle of that .Scotch?" asked Max Michaelis.'“.Archie may need it. I would, in his situation." “Oitainly. Take this 'bottle nearly full,” said the inventor. ENGRAVED VISITING CARDS Just what every lady needs. Samples inspection. URONICLE PUBLISHING CO. church, while at (’okimbia Theologi cal .seminary. He is also a gra«luate of Presbyterian college. All friends and neighbors are ex tended a hearty welcome by Mr. Boozer to ottend these services. comment. “Archie left us about ten-' thirty; perhaps a few minutes later. seasonal market will not absorb, the! canneries will take off his hands. The fastest-growinjjr industry 1 .\l the front, the .-tructurc, really I>■;>■ a bungalow built on the roof, was xet!"": " '» “ He phoned you about eleven-twenty- feet.froni tliel""' .‘■‘"'y'"'' *"n>lu» nr- five. Give him tw'enty minutes to get here, another five to look around, and he cornice, making a little roof garden must have lieen talking to .Miss . . ^ ... a ..I kfu.. i on which French doors gave’entrance. L leane just al>out eleven o’clock. Khe, , ■' I , . ,, , roof expanse, runniixg at least, w’as alive then. If the .some-1 L. , H’* thing terrible’ w'hich she said had' ^ ^ ’ Bilges, i'f'd limes over un- S, XWHJl le newrtH til the iiev^rtHop comes in. The cheese, butter and condensed inilk..Jii4jUh4r4es are other exanqiles of practical \vd'5's- hap|>ened w’as the shooting of Fitz- rear there w'as a mui'h larger hack perhaps, n <• c . i , . ,' to store surplus milk for future sale, re an L-shaped i , . , , , . triu-ff.t ThJ Anything which hamiiers such o))- I extension had lH*en construc'ted. The Wained by Inspector Flah^ty,. tiie_^,f^rald, then that must have occurred Ivttle group of four said nothing [j^jt before that. It’s a quarter of about their errand in the pre.sence of twelve how. W’hatever happened must the night elevator man arfd doorman I have occurred within the last forty- windows of the bedroom, the kitchen- eration> as those is distinctly against ettt* and the maid's room ojiened upon this part of the roof, and there was i another French door leading from the the j)ul)lic interest, as I see it. of the Hig'uart building. Williams five minutes."., said good-night at the door and start-j “jf he’s tellii ed off on foot, through the three] Dan Flaherty telling the truth," growled bedroom directly to the roof. To give thr janitor access to the inches of fluffy snow. The others had but a few minutes to wait before a big sedan w’ith the police department .shield OB the radiator and a bra.ss- roof and as a means of exit for ten- ‘M can’t make any other assump tion,” replied Michaelis. “One thing we’ve got to romem- her,” said Martin Frazier, as the car ants below in case of fire, another door, on the opposite side of the ele vator shaft, opened from the elevator and stair landing on to a narrow pass- buttoned polioemari* driving, pulled, pulled up iiv front id" Number 213 age which led also to the rear roof KC’DNOMK’S — Out.side Aids I I found in h’lorida a good exanijile^ of the wa>; in which husine.ss econo mies are effected. The average man does not think it economical to ship beans from .Michigan to be canned in Florida, or fruit from (’alifornia. But that is just what is happening. The F'loridu canneries, after their three or four months sea.sons of cariiiing win- idle are up beforv the iloor. Sot until theyjtVest Fifty-ninth, "is that Archie .'f '"r*"i fruits anil vrgrlalilrs, stniiil were inside the car did any of them I itoane is an actor. , A good And up the ..,de .rf the elevator shaft |,he rest of (he year. Ho they _.. .apeak. - - I traine,! to simulate''emotion, which' . Dan Flaherty was first to break th^ «ilence. “This looks like a tough case, Max," he said. “Sort of thing makes a i>o- liceman w’ish he didn't have any friends.” “Jumping to conclusions, Dan, as usual?" aaked Michaelis. “You talk aa if you thoiaghit-Arehie 4Mi its” ‘'Suppose he did,” retorted the in- apoctor. “I’ve got to bear down on him harder than Lwould if I’d never known him; the best I can do* I’ll be accused of trying to ahidd a friend.” “I get you," agreed BTichaelis, “but let me remind you that his calling you up W’as the act off an innocent rhan. He didn’t have to do it. For all we know now, he could have slipped away and said nothing.” ' ‘*But his asking for you is the act of a man who realizes that circum stances look bad for him,” countered Dan Flaherty. -“Agreed,” said Max Michaelis. “And I realize your position, Dan.” -- he does nutfwl, toW a ma.sk atl"f I*'"' "> ^.jj„ . jClevator 'machinery or the roof of the runriing the canneries in summer piii-, ‘ n . I u- u • pcnthou.se itself. At the rear of the A point well taken, w’hich is offset - u- u ,» i * roof extension W'hich formed Miss iron fire es- by the fact that when he does feel,, , - . ^ .. , , Lanes roof garden an emotions he ha.s difficulty in hiding i u i i j * j „ ■ i. 1 »* • L. 1- I cape ladder led down to a courtyard, them, commented Michaelis. “we , i .u , 1 c .!.• 1 r u-- • J a J- • There were windows only on the have only to think of his evident dis- , , i l i r .u . . /k -.c 1 • au aL- ■ ■ a 'ftont Bnd bsck of the apartment. On moiiM trait during the game thrs evening to,. , au » 11- .u i 1 that" 'both sides the building was hemmed Another poljce department car was : in by the windowle.ss side walls of the ^ , ... ^ f 4, ^ adjoining structures, which rose fifty standing at the curb in front of the ” .u. converted dwi^ling in which Lydia Lane had her apartment, and a uni formed policeman, on guard at the during canned pork and l)ean.'< under the laliel of a New York concern! j .And 1 saw thousand.^ of case-i of canned goods coming out of a Florida cannery.'-bearing the label of a fa- California packing company i The two knowrn around.^ the wqrld. largest makers of tin can.s have e.-k-' tablished plants in Florida to su|){)Iy feet or more above the roof of theithp demand little house. * ! You can’t , tell by the laliel where All of this was not, of course, im-jthe canned tomatoes, apricots or pine-i mediately clear to Inspector Flaherty I apples inside the can were grown and his companions. Their first con cern was^ith the facts, and with Ar chie Doane. door, saluted Inspector Flaherty as he and his two companions alighted.” “Medical examiner got here yet?” asked the inspector. “Five minutes ago, with three plain-dothesmen,” replied the police- “Is this the only entrance to the''^®!|' t *j^*»wr^** < winoKC Tr(y] ... A * *u 1 ! flashlight was oozing out of a win- Except the trap door from the cel-i , ^ t . . . . v . . .. * ■ /'irksaf tarnt.iaK n a l<’WiarAt*AH g«*rk*vk tn£k lar, and that’s right here in front,” TRANSPORTATION — (’osU Of course, it would not pay to ship ■fh th e' followed Detective Martinelli' raw products two or three thousandj minutes^ ^ago,^^wi^^ iit»to the bedroom while the medical'niiles to be proce.s.sed, and then ship the canned good.s back to be sold, per- I examiner was telephoning to Roose- d^t hospital. .Smoke from the police cameraman’s Her ^reat the policeman apswered. “Nobody’s been in or out since I got here.” “Let ’em in if you’re satisfied they live in the building and have been out all evening,” the inspector in atructed thim, “but take their apart4 It to tidt ment numbers in case I want to them. If anybody wants to go out, send up to the penthouse apartment for me. Where’s the janitor?” haven't seen him. I think he has a room in the cellar.” “Better ring for hhn and keep hitn around to run errands for you,” said Flaherty. “Any hallboys or elevator attendants?” ’No; it’s an automatic W HAT planning and prep aration have preceded this glorious moment in the bride t life! Everf detail must be just right. Ilie ex- ' quisitelf engraved wedding elevator. ff dow which had been lowered from the top, and the first sensation of the new arrivals was the acrid odor of mag nesium powder. iStretched on a chaise lounge in the farther corner of the room lay the bdoy of Lydia Lane. She was attired in'a flowered silk kimono, which had been partly pulled or thrown aside, revealing the dainty silken lingerie beneath. .. The face whose pure profile had made her the darling of the screen was at beautiful in its white waxiness as whj^.n..ths pulses of life, had colored it. Her boyishly-cropped golden hair seemed dark by contrast. 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It stood be- ! tween two towering new apartment at a (blue-bordered hole midway be tween elbow and shoulder and coursed down to the ends of the tapering fin gers which touched, it seemed almost caressingly, the face of the man who lovitation or announcement » the only thii^ that is propriate for the occasion, ra more than a quarts cen tury the Haecouxt ' com pany’s imprint has identified' most of our brilliant wed- ^ngs. If .it..i8 a HAXcotntT mvitation or announcement, it is sure to be faultlessly ^ appropriate. Let us help you make your selection from our beautiful sample book. like most buildings of I'js type, it wasi__\__,„ , | ‘iJfe 'Who Qets -by A. B. CHAPIN like most buildings of \'m type, it w»si™rderiy heap .t high r«nUls by thox. who, ',c„Mi'„hed Next l»ue». preferred privacy and commodious , ro<m» to the outw.rd Chamber Holds I and cramped living quarters of the [ordinary apartment. It wa# clear} I enough at a glance that an intruder! might find little difficulty in entering j and leaving unobserved. There wa.s not much room ^or Max Michaelis and Martin Frazier after Dan Flaherty had inserted Jii* bulky Big Fish Stew The July meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held Tuesday night was a fish stew dinner served at Young’s' spring near here. The occasion was Hie Chronicle form into the tiny elevator. The in-[attended by seventy-five, including a •spector pressed the upper button and number of visitors. The stew was pre-| < f/k vf/vn A.'f o lonH. nftrpH hv T. Mf*.^ininn sir • the cage ascended, td.,stop at a land-, pared by L. S. McMillian as head on the top of the building, five) chef, and for hi.s services he was giv- atoriesi up. T^e elevator door opened en a rising vote of thanks by the upon a sky-lighted lobby, from which the stairs descended. To their left, ks they stepped out of the cage, ’ there was a door which apparently gave ac- eeas to the flat ro^; to the right, a body. ' / The meeting was presided over by the newly-elected president, W. R. Anderson, Jr., and was a most en joyable outiqg. I.