The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 19, 1937, Image 7
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. 19S7
THE cuktRJn Chronicle, clinton, s. c
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Synopsis: A card game is in session
in Elmer Henderson’s penthouse atop
a New York skyscraper. The players
are: Henderson, Police‘Inspector Fla
herty.'Martin Fraxier, Archie Doane,
Max Michaelis, and his friend, Wil
liams, a stockbroker.
They are waiting for Stephen Fita-
gerald. When he fails to appear, a
telephone call brings the information
that he^^is out with a girl. Fitzgerald
and Henderson are both romantically
interested in Lydia Lane, the famous
actress, but Archie Doane reveals that
she is engaged marry him.
Doane leaves the party early when
Fitzgerald fails to appear. A short
time later he telephones Inspector
SJaherty with the frantic news that
he has found Fitzgerald and Miss
Lane d^ad in Lydia’s penthouse
apartment. '
Wheft Flaherty and the medical ex
aminer reach the fpartment, they
find that Miss Lane is still alive. She
-"'4il'*TU!MieU' tu " a hU»ijiWifi»^liei'e Wood
transfusion's and^care promise to ije-.
store her.
All circumstantial evidence points
to Aichie Doane as the murderer, es
pecially when the murder gun is found
carefullj’ planted in the chimney
clean-out in the basement.
fended? The type that might do vio
lent-things under the stress of sud-.
den rage?”
“You are asking for an opinion.
Max,” Inspector Flaherty interrupted.
her parents, Mr. and \|rs. Ben-
Spires in- Laurens.
Mr. and Mrs. John Crowe and Mrs.
J'. H. Harvey and childrMi visited J.
Ilf 1^ lA .. o J rv Harvey in Columbia Sunday. >
j Welfare Depafment Sends Out: and Mrs. Fate Amoldfand chiU
Checks Totalin{f $3,860 To e
290 Persons. ' ' Sunday.
, j Mr. and'^rs. James Hale and chil-
Columbia, Aug. 17.—^hecks aggre-^dren and M^agd Mrs. Hale of Green
gating $3,860.45 were mailed Monday S’iHc, spent Sunday wnth Mr. and
Uo 2% persons in eight counties as j Mrs. Gus Harris.
jthe disbursement machinery of the; Mr. and Mrs. James Creswell and
i welfare department began operating j sons spent the week-end in Charles-
to bring the needy the firsty funds' ton.
shall Ve say twelve hours from now, i from South Carolina’s new-^,’000,000 Miss Margaret Wallenzine spent
gentlemen, to meet in my office ? j welfare program.
"ticial
noon at Center street I shall be look- $2.>^ 18.45 had been forwarded direct
Okay, Tony; two-thirty this after-i A department official announced; Roeder in Goldvflle.
last week with Mr. an^ Mrs. Frank
~ ‘eder in Goldvflle.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Canfield Spent
teresting program on “The Indiira’*
was given.
The minutes Were read and roll call
mhde by the secretary, 4md reporta
ffwm various committees were heard.
The hostess -served delightful ioa
cream and cake.
MASONS TO MEET
Campbell Lodge No. 44, A. F. M.>
will hold a regular communication*
Friday n^ght, Aug. 20, at 8 o’clock.
F. C. degree will be conferred. All
members are urged to be present. By
order of worshipful^'master.
V. P. Adair, Secretary.-
“Ut him-tell any facts that might T janitor
rng for you and .\dele. _ ito 236 persons in eight counties who the week-end with relatives in Co-
'fhad qualified foF old age assistance lumbia. I
Wiv« a bearing -on- your question.
' “1 yiaU to the police on a point of
law,*’ replied MicKaelis, smiling.
“What about it, Archie?”
“She threatened to shoot Fitz, once,
if he didn’t stop pestering her,” re
plied Doane. “You know how he was
—with women. He laughed it off, but
he kept out of Adele’s wray after
that.”
%ays,” he went on, as Martinelli left "“i $1,042 ^to 54 dependent children
the room to begin his search for
Adele.
The janitor turned out to be a self
in four of these counties. The funds
are paid monthly.
The officiaT pointed out these were
Hugh Smith of JonCsville, is*spend
ing the week with Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Evans,
M rs. Reid and Miss Christine Reid
fiMt counties as a schedule’ had of Lyman, are spending the week
ligence He^^faluted Inspector Flaherty month. The schedule, he Misses Gerry and Audrey King ofj
the state depart-Xhestor, are spending several weeks!
and stood at attont.on a, the lat-l^^„j «oad?Vith thoir K«,dmother, Mrs. L. W.l
ter addressed him.
“Did you ever see this gentleman
D.J you ioo or roar that iiwdd«4M?lPj" ^
yoursolf?” asked the lawyer. |citmK Doane.
No; but it was jfenerally gossipped
daily flow of checks.
Other disbursements will probably
King,
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Bagwell and Mr.
be made daily this week, he added, as an>l Mrs. Wilkey spent the week-end
other counties report their cases. jwith relatives in the mountains.
■^es. 1 \e s^n him coming in andj office forwarded checks today
Dr. Felder Smith
of
DRS. SMITH & SMITH
OPTOMETRISTS
Specifilist In
Eye Exiamini^tions
OflSce Hours 8 to 6 Daily
Phone 29>W for Appointment
Clinton, S. C.
around the studio.’
jgoTng out with Miss Lane many j persons who had been certi-
EIGHTH INSTALLMENT
“Tony,” Inspector Dan Flxherty
“I suggest again, Dan, that you j^ , , | fi.ed by county welfare departments,
ought to find this girl Adele,” said •, come into the ofhcial said.
Michaelis. “You can conceive, as w-ell house tonight.
\es, I was sweeping the sidew’alk
after the snow had stopped when the
gentlen>an drove up in a taxT. "He
as I, a situation something like this:
“Miss Lane comes home — never
mind the time when she comes in,,
niw. Htr mmid is out for the evenin*. | ‘p > *"■*< '■urrj- He pushed
as usual on Saturdays. Fitlgeraldl‘'''_W^>>“«»"_f“%P|;\j','''f.*PfP*-
calls. Miss Lane, in negligee
ments—I supjiose for Miss Inane’s
He estimated the present personnel
of 22 would be increased to about 45
as the
iM onroe Tucker of Woodruff, is
spending * a feW days with Mr. and
Mrs. R. T. Trammell.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ballew and
children and Mrs. Gary • Hooper and
(laughter-were visitors at Chimney,
'Rock Sunday.' ^ ^
full time operation. -
■ Twenty-one counties have not com
pleted'their rolls of cases hut should
he ready for forwarding to the state
outer garments on the chair where | office soon, the department announc
A .. w T .X a m W a-WMBW mm 9 a W S aw BW W e W aW I ww I
we found them, because she is not
accustomed to hanging Up her own
things — admits him, thinking per
haps It is .\rchie, or her maid coming
back. He has learned of her promise
to marry Dixane and is furious.
“They quarrel violently. Adele who
perhaps is really afraid of Fitz and
door. I don’t know w-hether Miss I^ane
had pressed the button in her apart
ment which releases the front door
latch, or not. It wa.sn’t necessary, as
it hap|>ened, because I had come out
Without my keys and had set the
night latch so that I could get in
without trouble. The gentleman—Mr.
Doane ?—went in and I did not see
ed. while some counties have been giv-
Floyd Compton Ritea
Of much interest is the announce
ment of the marriage of Misa Margie
Floyd of Royston, Ga., and James
('ompton, on F'rlday, August 13, at
en extra time beyond that scheduled
in which to rt*port to the state office.
went on; addressing Detective Marti
nelli, “go down and bring the janitor
up here.. He calf tell Whether any-,- - » ■ ,u , i / ,1.
OPe to tho b..«mont tonight 1 ">=»■ '“y*’ f™"* hi„,
unle.,is he’s in this himself. He mieht (mom a e s ^ .'P pJ ' -He did not (To to the cellar at any
defense, comes in and misinterprets' ^ ^
their altercations—or perhaps inter
prets correctly Fitz’s intentions to-. . ^ ^ . .... „
ward her mistress. She obuihs the.
pistol from the placv wr-here she had ^ ^
concealed it, fires at Fitz and, miss
ing him, wounds Miss Lane. Fitz
•rushes to take the gun from her—
West Clinton Newsi^
have a set of keys to every apartment
in the house.”
“But hardly either a motive for
this shooting or the opportunity to
purloin thus pistol from the Highart
studios,” remarked Michaelis. “And
that Suggests to me that we have
time tonight?” asked the inspector.
“Not unless he went there imme-
I went in not more than
a minute or two behind him, fastened
the front door sd that only persona
with latchkeys could enter, and went
down to the cellar to bank my fire. I
b«n overlook,ni , »her* shoots , , ,,
,s M,s.s Une'., maid! ((-ho ,s .l«J ,hro„gh the heart as he over-'.‘h"' "."“"K '» ''ppp ‘"p
s ..he usually stay out all night hall by the lele-lP"''' “"71 J-pp '■•ve 'rtat.oned
Saturday night? When did phone stand front called for m^ Nobody came
go out. if anybody knows? WherejP ^ naturallTj'''^® th1^t time, I am
does she go when she goes out. ^ She would call i
Does
on
Mr. and Mrs. S. ('. Foster and fam
ily visited in Gastonia, N. (’. the past
week-end. v
Mrs. All ie Baker and daughter, of
Nendersonville, N. C., are spending
a few weeks with Mr. Md Mrs. J. H.
C rowe.
Joe Terry, Jr., is in Greenvilile for
the home of Rev. Ralph Hughes, the
officiating .minister.
Birth Announcement >
Mr. and .Mrs. George Cunningham
announce the’birth of a daughter on
Sunday, July 25. The little girl has
been given the name of Patricia Jean.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
••• And •••
EMBALMERS
r
Ambulance Service
Phones 41 and 399-1
L. RUSSELL GRAY tad
▼. PARKS ADAIR. Gen. Mgn.
W. M. S. Holds Meeting
The Woman’s Missionai'y society
held il.s regular meeting on Monday
night at the home of Mrs. Jack An
derson.
The president, Mrs. Joe Campbell,
presided, and opened the meeting with
‘Wurth looking.mto, Dm?
ou bet that s worth looking into. ; „ „i,u„„y
replied the mapKtor. A'’5'>‘P. yP“.,h.„k of hiding a revolver? In the
mu..t know something about her. «hat|^j,,,,^
PP yPP,' . ■ i . . 1 I i apartment. She could slip down the
-”bhes a French girl named AdeleL^,|,^
-I don t remember her last name. H „„
I ever heard it. She had been wA',„n,|„y -nre
said Inspector Flaherty.
"You .stand like a soldier. Were you
ever in the army?”
“No, but I was on the force, sir.
Retired for disability ten years ago,
and with my pension and the w-ages
Miss I^ane for three or four* years, I
n suddenly ^ Kt-rthere I’m managing to send a '"I," “7*
V 11 nr* through college. Name’s Jenkins, Mi^s Ruth Haiiiu
.'OU -lire ir, . , spent the week-end w
.sir • ' '
a ^nsil operation this week. ,
Mrs. Joe Roberts of Greer, is I ^
.spending the week with Mr. and Mrs.'
Jack Anderson.
666
Checks
MALARIA
in 3 days
. COLDS
first day
Liquid, Tablets
Salve, Nose Drops
Try
HEADACHE,
30 minutes
Rub-My-Tism”—World’s
Liniment
.Mr. and Mrs. John Davi.s and Bud
dy Davenport of Greenville, Mrs. W.
.A. Terry and daughters. Sue and
'Beatrice of Greenwood, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Brown of Ware Shoals,
were the dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. .Foe Terry Sunday.
'Mrs. Homer Goodwiir“amd“rhil(lren
of Greenville, .spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey.
moil of Chester,
ith her parents,
Mr. and .Mrs. L. .S. Harmon.
I
HAVE BEAUTIFUL FLOORS
LET IIS SAND YOUR FLOORS.
Estimates Free.
Latest Type Floor and Spinner Surfacinj; Machine.
City Electric & Plumbing Co.
E. M. Timmerman, Proprietor
Phone 36
Clinton, S. C.
Miss' Lane’s dresser.
“She could have got possession of
this revolver, would you say?
,,along very-well together; she calls'?'"
me Tncle.’ You s(*e. I’m French on'
jand ^Miss I-aw’s aje in the
I regi.ster, but -there are overtones .... , • i . u,. i
... , 1- . .1. 1 ft , imy mothers side am I ve always had
t which make them distinctly differ-1 ... .
am)
Yes, there is no doubt that shei^,^^ one who knows them both. language so she likes
could. .She is on friendly terms
with
r-. Leo lleatherly and,
.Mantr .Sanders visited relatives in'
to come i the past wei‘k-end. '
down and talk to me. I hope she|
\ ' mixed up in this terrible affair,hminey Rock . umlay.
^ .J'lsir? Is It true that Miss l.-ine wilL Sadie Quinton ami SfUi-r Mr.
“Has she been at the studio since •“•'‘'J'' 7^ "'t'ronLk 1'“" jaml Mis Allen l>,.wees spent Suii.lay,
I . .1.., . telephone unle.-s they are stionglj .K.. in nr ■ " iFh relatives m ( arlisle. |
rti hist 3aw "thw revolver la^t— -r—r Ttnie Wki-T-na^L JjULdL4'i!iJ^ : , ^ ? '
marked you How did tb? Wl ^ ^Trs. STowe and .LaughTer, Evelyn
man who called yrou address you. A.sl _ ; i.,. *1,;.. .... of .Spartanburg, spent the week-end.
everybody at the .studio and has the
run of the place.’’ •
Sure of that?’
i.s. "Voices are
' you
Thursday, you said it was?”
“Yes, Mis.s Lane plays oppo.site me
in the film we are now niaking, and
we were working until Friday night.
Adele was with her on Friday, I am
sure.”
“Was there any suggestion, at any
time, of any animosity between Miss
Lane and Adele?”
“No more than between Miss Lane
and myself, so far as I know. The
maid seemed devoted to her mi.stre.ss.”
“Is she temperamental — Adele, I
mean? Quick tempered? Easily \>f-
iiarKeo you Know. ,,.pHed. “We don’t know how deep ami -laugnter, r.veiyn
nan who callexl you address you. ^dele may be in this, or "f Spartanburg spent the week-em
’ ..whpn il'''hether -he’s in it at all. Has she Sizemore.
Neither, said Doane. When I bv R- of Tucapau, spent last
answer the phone I alway.s say: ‘Ar
chie Doane speaking’ so there was no
need for anyone to ask who I was. It
was Miss I.Jine’s voice. I feel sure of
been in your cellar this evening, by
any chance?”
“F.arly in (he evening, sir. She
came to give me a French new’.spa-
u„....;per. .Abou( six o’clock that would be,
that ^sides, Adele would not haveil^ ^
used the same fthrafieology.- t ,aid. and was for the
^0 Viry ImportoMta. • •
fbe Wedding Invitatkntj
Y ou can't be too care>
ful to have it re
flect the best of taste.
No cheap substitute for
finely engraved inviu-
tionswomddo.
We have the Harcourt
sample book, one of
the most approved lines
in America, and we
should like to have the
pleasure of showing our
samples, lliere is no
cheaper work, except
such as planned for a
cheaper class^f trade.
THE CHRONICLE
PUBLISHING Ca j
She might have mimicked her mis-j‘**''’ .J*'’
tress’s voice, though. Had you thought; '
of that? Do you know whether she
had any talent in that direction?”
“She had been on the stage, I l>e-
lieve,” said Doane. “I hadn’t thought
of that.”
“What were the words she—who
ever called you—u.sed? Tell u.h again,
won’t you? You remember the exact
language?”
“Yea, I remember it exactly. In
my profeaaion, you know, one has to
cultivate a verbatim memory. The
words were: *
“ *Come quickly! Hurry! Something
terrible has happened!’ Then there
was a loud scream, and nothing
more.”,
“Why do you say that Adele would
not have used that phraseologry ? ”
asked Inspector Flaherty.
“Because the words were an exact
quotation from Miss Lane’s part in
the talking picture we are making,”
was Doane’s reply. “Adele might have
heard them, but she would not use
them as the first words to spring to
her mind, under stress. It would be
week with Mr. and Mrs. John Weir.
Mrs. Ralph Hughes spent .Monday
Hugh L Eichelberger
NEW YORK LIFE MAN
15 Years Experience "
Professional Insurance- Infonnation
FurhisKed Free
Member — The National Association of Life
Underwriters.
itHE BHEST ROAD, OF COURSE,
4*, ' 9 , • —
Mtural foiJ.ydi» to h*te done th.t,i ’ , if y„„
as that part of the picture was re
hearsed mhny times. AU actors fall
into the habit of quoting from their
parts in ordinary conversation; it’s
subconscious with them.”
Still, I see something, in Max’s
Only a bag, -uch as ladies carry
their lipsticks and such in.”
“Was it pos.sible that .she had a re
volver? You saw thif orte that was
found in your chimney clean-out.
Could she have put that there at that
time—or at any time?” the inspec
tor deinanded.,
“It’s po5.sible, of course, but I
should say unlikely, sir,” replied Jen
kins. “I was getting the ash cans up
to the sidewalk on the hoist when
she came down, and how long she had I
been there I couldn’t say. She stop-j
ped only a moment after I saw her. j
Just gave me the paper, said she wasj
off.Jo her other job.” j
“Her other job, eh? W’hat that?”
“I forgot you didn’t know, sir. For
that matter, even Miss Lane doesn’t
know. Adele was afraid she might
not like her earning the extra money,
so she let Miss Lane think she had
a lover. But she works in a night club
every Saturday night. It’s their busy
night, you know, and they put on
extra attractions. She has a song and
dance act, I believe—something quite
un
derstand what that means.”
“A bit off color, eh? Does she do
this act under her real name?”
(Continued Next Issue).
•7 CONCRETE
’ • . COSTS LESS, TOO/
jgVERYONE prefers concrete for its safety,
its cleanliness and comfort, for the sense
idea,” said the inspector. “Has Tonyj
come up with the janitor yet? Tonylj
Bring your man in here and take some
instructions.
want you to go through every
thing in the maid’s room, next topthe
li ‘
kitchenette, and see ‘if you can find
any letters or ansrthmg ^which will
give a clue to her relations or asso
ciates. Her name is^A^ele Something-
or-other—-Trench. She goes out ev
ery Saturday and stays all night. Per
haps kbe has h husband or a lover.
Anyway, I want that girl found, get
me? I want her in my office at—
Poorly Nourished Women —
They Just Can’t Hold Up
An joo gettbig proper noaiish-’
ment from your food, and restfj1
sleep? A poorly noarlsbed body
just cant hold op. And aa for that
run-down feehng, that nmoua fa
tigue.—dont DCi^^ tt!
cardul for la^ of appetite, pexx*
(Ugestlon and nervoos fatigue, has
been rcccwB ment^ by mothers to
I—woeoBl to women—to
daughter!
orer fifty
tty HI
>f>-*^^urity it gives motorists. But not evefyone
knows that concrete is really a low cost road.
Yet the figures are indisputable. They show that,
whether for great super-highways or secondary roads
«
carrying only a few hundred vehicles a day, concrete
actually cos/s less to build than any other pavement of
equal load-carrying capacity!
Here’s another important saving. Concrete has the lowest
annual surface maintenance cost per mile of any type of
pavement. Funds which would otherwise be spent for re-
I
pairs may be used to extend your highway system—to build
more and more miles of money-saving concrete.
_ Concrete cuts your out-of-pocket driving cost, too, be-
S'' . ,
cause it saves gas, tire and car repair bills. ■
PORTLAND CIMENT ASSOCIATION
Hurt lldtiv AHanfo, Oo.
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