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► I K. 1 K. 1 T S V, \ ■wwpfiwpli ~l- - '' THURSDAY; JULY ^.1937 TOE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINim S. C. PAGE SETEH • ••••• irOHniaiapi Home Hints z: Hurlers Star In MicT-State Teams. Newberry Tops Joanna. Newberr>% July 17.—'Pitching pre- Vin^ar Mt ov.r from s.Vet pi^Shutouts Delivered By Winning los makes a tasty seasoning for chopr^ * ped cabbag'e. Green beans should be uhifomi in size ift they are to cook evenly. the Mid-'State Saturday a.s i beans for freshness by seeing if they ®®ch losing team suffered a shut out. snap w'hen they-are broken in half. | Newberry took the lead in a close The best peas will be velvety to the j Pitchers’ battle between Wertz and .touch, bright green in color (never!who gave four hits each tils FOURTH installment - I you did this. But as an official Tve Stephen Fitzgerald’s dark, satur-jgot to believe you did, unless some- nine face was drawn and distorted as j one can show me you didn’t. It looks none of those present who knew him; bad for you-j^ifficially—and JWe got yello'W )and rather plump. Plumpness speaking. The voice was unmistakably' indicates that podsh are filled with *hat of Lydia. Lane. ’ itfeas 'of even size. T cried: ‘Where are you? VV'hat hasj happened?’ and called her name sev- had ever seen it in life. He was dress-j to warn you that anything you may'oral times, but nothing more came ■" * * ‘ ' over the wire. I dialled her apartment number and got no response. I dialled the operator and asked for the nam ed in conventional evening clothes. The shirt bosom had been unfastened St the studs, where the medical ex aminer had opened it to examine the body more closely, but a round hole in its ^ smooth whiteness, charred and blackened at the edges, told tp the experienced eye of Dan Flaherty the story of a bullet fired at close rmn|^ —so close that the weapon might haVe been pressed against the victim’s body when the trigger was pulled. “Where’s Doane?” Inspector FUr herty asked. —-— ‘In the front room,” replied Detec tive Martinelli. “He’s pretty sick. He ought to be. It doesn’t look so good for him.” “Did he have the gun on him?”-. “No, and I’ve not found it,” re- .plied .Martinelli. ~ . “How long since they were shot?”, asked the inspector as the medical examiner joined them. “NotUong. Not over an hour, any way. Th^ man’s body was still w’arm when I got here. The girl is still alive, but uncTrrHcious. Doesn’t react to pin pricks or to any of the ordinary re storatives that I had with me. She’s say will be used against you. Byi rights I ought to take you down to Center street and have « stenographer take down whatever you’say, but I’ll waive that point. I’m' as anxious as Max is to hear vour story.” '“The Bertijlion man is a stenog rapher,” suggested Detective Marti nelli. "That’s right; I’d forgotten that, Tony. Send him in,” said the inspec-I ! u “Let me have another drink. Max, before-L-Start," Doane re<ni»tted. “U her, but the girl reported that telephone was out of order. the When making canapes, it is advis able to toast the small bits of bread first and then spread with bubufr to give flavor as well as to prevent the topping from soaking into the bread. Often canapes can be spread just be fore serving. Sometimes they are FAntic, I slipped on my overcdat: ^P*^**^, advance, then popped into and rushed to the street. I was lucky * * nioderate oven for a minute to to catch a taxi almost at once, and a'‘d browir . came up here,._^3 fast as the driver Xever allow a strong flow of water could push his car over the snow.* j pass through berries to clean them', I pressed the button at the mail-ijh^ water is likely to bruise them, box in the front vestibule dowmstairs.t pi^^e them in a colander held under a heard no answering click of the water. Or, better yet, electric <|oor latch; then I tried thecolander up and down several times in a pan of cold water. Do not door and'found that it Was uhlatcHed. I met noboily as I came into the' i building. I came up in the elevator | They anii pushed the bell buttOQ of Miss I.Ane’s apartment this apartment.' Wertz singled to score a 1 to 0 vic tory. * The game, one of the best of the season, drew a big crowd that saw good pitching and fine fielding throughout. Newberry — 1 4 Joanna .... 0 4 Wertz and Bouknight, Gowan and Morse. John Walker nosed Louis Grey, 1 to 0, in a battle that saw Long drive in the winning run. Littlejohn had a per fect day at bat. / Monarch 1 10 2 Winnsboro 0 2 Walker and Littlejohn, Grey , and Greer. elsewhere in the flight of the slayer came to Columbia yesterday in an ef fort to,identify her. Lieutenant Jen kins, however, declined to say what results had been obtained. He said that Solicitor Finley would come to Colunubia withirf the next few days and Aat ^final diisposition of the woman' and of Smith would b# Heft to, him. Meanwhile, Smith, held'at'the peni tentiary for safekeeping, continued to improve from injuries received when he wrecked an automobile in George town in an attempt to escape capture. He was located at Myrtle Beach Tues day morning, July 18, and eapturad after a 30-mile chase. ^ typewriter' RIBBONiS, all 2' for standard and portable machiaeii CHRONICLE PUBLISHING Ca over-wash berries or let them soak too will lose much of their isn’t a long story, anyway." He downed the drink and addressed | the stenographer, imper.sonally. “I’d better begin at the beginning and account for my movements before. . I came here tonight,” he said. “It will'^*^^*'® response. I then knock- When salad greens come from the led loudly on the door, repeating this market or garden wash them immedi-j Buffalo not l^ake long.” ‘I know, and so do ^’ou gentlemen. several tinies. .Still there was no re- that Mi,83 I.ane was at Elmer Hender-j ^ turned the knoh and tried son’s lahoratorv this afternoon—Sat- Lefty Martin whs in great form as he joined the'shut~out'pitching pa rade to down Buffalo, to’ 0. The Mollohon team hit with men on base to score and the losers were never, able to get to Martin. Mollohon f) 10 0 5 to open the door, hut it was locked , I from within. urday afternoon, rather, as it is now Sunday morning! Very well. j * f*’ “I arose at noon as usual, and after janitor to set- breakfasting in my rooms I went to "hich would op»‘ii Tiffany’s to purchase an engagement, ■I ring which I hojved to give .Miss Lane ’*’"^' go down and find if he had a pass the door, when rt-nn-ndH-red the other wa.v to the That door is nevf^- Kicked, the .Martin Kevel.s. and Jones, Putnam ately and store in a closely covered j container in the refrigerator. They will di airi, crisp and chill, and he | ioad.v to use when wanted for serving.' The liOckhart-Whitmire 'postponed. 2 0 and game was Jacobs Chosen For Tennis Post lost The blood until ambulance she’s drained white, from Roosevelt will this evening. on» leading cwit on th»- ‘I spent the entire afternoon, from landing.' 1 hel be here apy minute, and they are | about twp o'clock, at the I.amhs’ club, require that it he f- making arrangements at the hospital > where 1 am a member. I had a tenta-,hook or h»i!t on th( for blood transfusion. “Nothing to be done for the man. He’s dead. Bullet through his heart. That’s as far as I’ve got.” “Stay around awhile,"will you?” the in.s.pextor requested. “Iwe .reasons for going pretty deeply inw this case, and I may want to ask you .some questions. Meantime, let’s talk to Doane, if he’s, in shape to talk.” “I’ve got this, you know,” said Max live appointment to play cards at Henderson’s place in the evening, as .Miss l..ane had half expected an aunt who lives in New Jersey to call for her and take her to the country over Sunday. She was to have let me know definitely whether She w'as going to Jersey or not. I was surprised that I had no word from her. I telephoned to Miss Lane’s apartment aibout seven o’clock, but the telephone did not an- (Continued Next from the ieve th»- firei fu-'tenedi onlyj e inside. i Issue). t Accepts ('Chairmanship of Junior | Davi.s (’up ('ommittee for the Will (’aroiinas. Solicitor Holds Fate Of Woman biliousness, sour stomacb,' bilious indigestion, flatu# ience and he^ulache, due to constipation. . * . 10c and 25c at dealers New Dairyman ! President William P. .lacohs of, I K • Pivshyterian college has returned from trips to Atlanta and New York} ! where he conferred with officials of' Decide Whether I’risdrier Is Person Wanted In Connec- ~lion With Death of Officer. Columbia, July 20.—Lieut. Ix-o Jen kins, N^entification officer of the high- At Orphanage the Southern Lawn Tennis association patrol, ^aid la.st night that all ^ ® und the United States Lawn Tennis in the slaying of Ofticerj Michaelis, drawing the bottle of Hen-Jswer, so I assumed that her aunt had derson’s Scotch from his overcoat I called for her as scheduled. If not, I packet. ~ “Just what he needs," said (the med ical examiner. “He’? close to col lapse.” “Where are Fitzgerald’s overcoat and hat?” asked Max Michaelis, as he turned to follow Inspector Fla herty into the studio. “(Jver there,” replied Martinelli, in dicating a chair in the comer of the bedroom upon which a fur-lined over coat and a silk opera hat had appar ently been carelessly tossed. “Doane had his on when I got here. I hung them up in the closet in the hall.” had intended to cancel my card party engagement. A little before eight o’clock I went to the Highart building Carroll C. Brannon, native of In-1 association. . jri-ank Sowell, of Lancaster July 4 man, has been elected by the execu-l W hile in New. York, in conference'^*® turned over to Solicitor W, tive committee as superintendent of with Holcombe Want, president of the' 'I' the Thornwell orphanage dairy farmiU. S. L. T. A.. Mr. .lacolis accepted | Lieutenant Jenkins said he was con- and entered upon his duties this week, j the chairmanship of the Junior Davis j investigation of thl- con- Mr. Brannon .graduated from Clem-jcup committed'for the Carolinas aml|^*'®Hng stories told by a red-haired! arresteif in Georgia Friday, flicting son college in getting his degree | set on foot immetiiately plans for the 1 D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS EMBALMERS License Embalmeri, Corapltt* Modern Equipment Day Pbona 94 Night Phoneo 24. 253 or 255 Clinton, 8. C, in cup dairy husbandry by wnirking (his | organization of* Junior Davis wajT^hrough college. After his gradu-fsqiiadv for the .section, ation he was herdsman for the dairy | Mr. .Facolis, as cliaiiman of the com- • • .. J I . • .. « i\/i wiiv izxaiiiF' *»»!» viicaiiiiiAAii iiiv Inspector rtaherty^^Mr^ Frazte* (Tf^the' Clemson. A year agoimiltee, is authorized- to select the who was believed to be the compan ion of Robert S. Smith, escapeii con vict and confessed slayer of Sowell. He would not say whether he thought the woman in custody wa.s the one with Smith at the time of the killing. 'I'he woman, who admitted .when ar rested that she was Joan Murphy, ^ ^ , ... ,, , I he was appointed a menvber of the! members and has stateii his intention < IS nc a ® ® ^ I South Carolina Agricultural Experi-|of choqsing one outstanding tennis ,on .nd myself to .-hich^Mr. ,ho-oa.i|.l«yer from each |,rinci|.al city of the ... and a (tent eman named W,ll.ama:„,,.i,y„f were later added. , He was also an active 4-H club hoy, ’ IVe.shyterian college will he the®'’'»l>atiion, changed her .story j* ^ in high .school and won first honor [ headquarter.s for the Junior Davis cup l*'^^®* l*eing brought to ( dlumhia and ^ the day up to the tirne I left the others in the United States! squad, members of the squad being Highart building. I even went from . ' i ' i -"i .u i- .• /« t. ... .LI u » I u . at. r outstanding work. trained iiiuH-r the direction of F, (.s the Lambs’ club to the corner of 5oth , . , ,, m u Mr, nrannon .succeeds K. (i. Mur- kuinis coaches. street and Fifth avenue with a friend, who had a-^taxi and was going up- .Archie Doane greeted his friends i town, with a despondent, gesture, his face |. “VV’hen I left the card party, about , I went Ttirectly bxggard aud pale rather pitiful attempt at gayety as the others came in. “Hello, Dan,” he said. “I suppose I should say ‘(Jood evennig. Inspector Flaherty.’ I never expected to meet you professionally. Same to you, Fra- xier.” “Max, I’m glad you could come, J haven’t any thing __to JUiy- to you that J won’t say to Dan and Martin or in their presence. I don’t care much, anyway, what happens now.” “Cheer up, Archie,” said Max Mi chaelis. “I’ve brought something along that may do you good. Take this.” He poured a generous slug of Scotch into a glass which Detective -JMartinelli had borrowed from the Icitc^henette and Doane swallowed it eageily. The color began to come back to his face, but his eyes were still lusterless and his manner dejected as he set down the glass just as the loud clanging of a gong in the street be low • signalized the approach of the ambulance. “That will be the boys from Roose velt,” said the medical examiner. “I’ll give them a hand, inig>ector. XK) you want to make any further inspection before they n;ove her?” “No; the photographs will show all that’s necessary,” repli^ Flaherty, *‘but send word to the h^pital to let me know the minute she recovers con- sciou.srvess.” “Consciousness ?^ Hospital ?” echoed Archie Doane, half rising from his chair. “She’s not dead? Lydia’s aliv^?” ""Didn’t They tell you?‘” Te.sponded Max Michaelis. “There’s still danger, bat she’s alive,” Doanes’ w’hole demeanor changed. “Thank CJod!” he cried. “I’ve got something to live for now. Max, a minute ago I didn’t card what hap pened to me. Now I’m putting it up to you to get me clear. I realize Dan’s j ."S'.. phy» JJ'.bo fhis retired a.s the in.stitu-l It i.s planned to organize in each tion’s ‘dairyman after .seventeen j^aTst7ndt«4paL_city a preparatory ./unior iof valuable s<*rvice. j Davi.s cuj) squad wlio.se best player [w'ilTT)!' listed as a member oTthe, Car- i ENGRAVED .VISITING CARDS .olina.s .siiiiad with head(|uarters in .V • '.'ArAV 4 '/'A. '''Y own'rooms-in West 4.5th street, ijjugt what every lady needs. Samples thought I might’find some message inspection there from Miss Une. I will not try CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. to conceal from you the fact that I was greatly distrubed at not having ~~' heard from her, a disturbance which wa.s, intensified by the fact that Ste phen F’itzgerald, who was madly in love with her, had cancelled his ap pointment to play cards with our party tonight after some woman had! called him by telephone. Knowing Fitz’s fondness for poker, I could think of only one woman to lure hint from a game in congenial company. While Fitz and I -had-nevef quarrelled over Mis.s Lane, nor ever mentioned her to each other exdept as our pro fessional work might bring her name into the conversation, it was no se cret from either of us that we were rivals. “There were others who aspired in the same direction, but Fitz-was the only <rfie I feared. Even after^Lydii- Miss Lane — had promised to marry me, which she did on Friday evening, I felt none too secure against the al most irresistible fascination^ which Stephen Fitzgerald exerts over' wo men. I wanted to announce our en gagement at once, but Miss Lane ^g- ged me to wait until she had seen her aunt, her only living relative. “I was disturbed, tJierefore, first at having no word from my fiancee and, second, by Fitzgerald’s mysterious absence from our party. I did not know the aunt’s name or address, so I could not telephone her. I hesitated about telephoning Miss Lane’s apart ment again. I had called^the number twice, at* seven o’clock from the cltrb and later while I was‘with you gen tlemen at Mr. Henderson’s, receiving the ‘don’t' answer’ signal each time, M iss Ijane’s custom, as I knew, is to | let. her maid have Saturday nights,^ out. -- j “I had about argued myself into denied even knowing the man,^ She j claimed that she “confe.ssed” Tor the, “thrill” of being mvolved in a “big time’’ case. She said that her real, name was .Mrs. Ruth Baltew Thomp-| son of Elijay, Ga. i .Several (lersons who had' st‘efi the* .Murphy woman at .Myrtle Beach and' Clinton. 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Ij of proving that. “But before I tell you what hap pened, will one of you 'see to it that the best doctors in New York are called in for Lydia without delay ? I donH care what it coats. I’ll pay it” "I’ll get Alexic Carrel himself,” said was about to call the club when che{ telephone b^l rang. Someone with a' decided German accent wanted to talk with Mrs. Something-or-other—some impossible foreign name. “I hung op the reemver and waited for^ moment, intending to call the NIW NI«H.COIMMISflON VAIVI-IN-HIAO IN«lNlw|ifW Ali-ilLINTi AU.fTIIL 90MIS-NIW DIAMONO C»OWN MIIDUNI imiWO-MaWCTtP HYMAUUC |IAKIi~llllMOVIO OUO- INO KNU-ACnON IIDI*.fAHnFUTI.OLAU AU AlOUNO-OINUINI nSHn NO OAAn^VINhUTION-MIPHI.f API IHOCKPIOOP tTUlINO*. *X****A«tl»» aMS tkackaraaf ttaarlag aa Mattar Aa taaa aiaSals aaly. Oaaaral Matart lattallaiaat Plaa—aiaatkly payaiaaM fa fait yaar a*via. OMVIOin MTOa OIVIMONi Oaaaaal Itolara Salaa Caraarallaa. tmOIT. aHCN. V.. Frazier. “He’s the great authority on club | as soon as my wire was clear, blood tranaifusion. I know him, and he’ll do what I. ask. I’ll telephone hhn now.”—'—-■! •,A» the asjiistant district attorney went' to the phone, Dan Flaherty turn- «d to Doane. "Archie, as you friend I don’t think when it rang again. “I answered, and a woman’s voice cried, "Come quickly! Hurry! Some thing terrible has happened!' “Then there was a piercing scream, then silence. "I did not need to ask who was GILES CHEVROLET COMPANY Clinton, S. Car.