The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 01, 1913, Image 8
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The Ruby
Necklace;!
“She Paid the Price”
By CLARISSA MACK IE
On the night of Edith Palmer's birth
dnj hall her husband came borne early
and sought bis wife in her own rooms.
His handsome face was aglow with
lore and admiration as be took the
lorely form in his arms and kissed her
eager, red lips.
“Darling, you are more beautiful er-
ery time I see you," he murmured.
“And you grow more blind,’’ she
chided him playfully. “1 hare been
waiting for you to come and tell me
what jewels I shall wear tonight’* She
turned to the dressing table and threw
hack .the lid of * Jewel box and remov
ed the trays. Diamonds, sapphires and
emeralds biased in the light.
*‘WeSr your rubles, Edith,’’ su'd Dick
Palmer, with a mysterious smile.
“Rubles? Don't tease, Dick. Those
are the only stonee I really want and
do not possess. Shall It be diamonds?”
“Rubies tonight" insisted Dick, and
from an Inner pocket of bis coat be
drew forth a flat leather case and plac
ed It In ber hands.
“Dick Palmer, you darling!’' cried
Edith, and she showered kisses upon
him before she opened the box. When
sbe Anally threw back the lid she was
awed by the beauty of the stones her
husband bad selected for ber birthday
gift.
On a bed of white velvet was colled
a magnificent necklace of flawless ru
hies, perfect In color and., each stone
the slxe of a very large pea.
Dick lifted the necklace and clasped
It around his wife's neck; then he stood
back to admire the rich red circle of
Are against the whlteneaa of her skin
“You dear, extravagant boy!'' mur
mured Edith as she turned to the mlr
ror to feast her eyes on the Jewel. “I
suppose you pe>d an enormous price
for It.”
“I paid a pretty stiff price, but 1
guess It's worth It I didn't buy It In
liuffare's It Isn't a brand new ne< k
lace, neither la It reconstructed from
an old one Its a genuine antique said
to hare Iwlongcri to an Asiatic ruler ''
“Where did you And It. I>lrk?‘'
“In l/enqultb's on Fourth avenue
l*ve had It a month now. and Huffam
baa tieen cleaning It up for me Well.
1 must run sway and dress'' Dl<k
kissed his wife again and left the
room
Edith stood long before the mirror
watching the liquid flame of the ^uby
aarklece ae she slowly turned be/neck
At last she anrlaa|>ed It and replaced
It wHbln Its case
“HI oot wear It down to dinner It
will be a surpiiee for alt of them when
the hall begins ■’ she said to herself
and looked aroead for a place In which
to secret the caae Hite large J< wel box
would Just lit Into the tiny steel safe
sunk In the wall near the chimney
Before the Inconspicuous d<*or there
was hung a heavily framed square
painting, which could be moved aside
outy bj pressing a knob on the other
able of the room
Now Kdlth selected a dlsmond brace
let-a dazi'lng ser|s-nt with ruby eves
— and slipp'd ft on her nrm. Then she
closed snd locked the Isrge Jewel box
pressed the knob that moved aside the
square picture and placed the box in
the little safe There was room after
all for the new Jewel case containing
Die ruby necklace, and after another
glimpse of the beautiful Jewel Kdlth
tucked that In tb* safe, closed the ateel
chad door, replaced the picture and
went down to dinner Just as the gong
sounded
The rooms were bowers of lovell
nea*. A separate color scheme had
been selected for each one. and the
whole hnrmnnlxed in one glorious ar
rangement of flowers and palms
There were several people staying at
the 1‘tlmem'. and most of them were
gathered In the drawing room when
Edith enfered-the Maxflelds. husband
and wife; Eugenia Card, an old school
friend of Edith's, and Dick's father.
Henry Palmer. The fifth guest. Mme.
Geulot had not yet Joined them.
Just as the last strokQH yf the hall
clock died away there was a rustle of
silk that hesitated outside the door,
and then Mme. Geulot came swiftly
in. her bright coloring enhanced Jjy*
two vivid crimson poinsettias at her
breast. Her rich blue-black hair was
coiled in a soft knot at the back of her
Rhnpely head, and above her low,
thoughtful brow was placed a coronet
of dlnmonds. Mme. Geulot was a very
beautiful woman.
“A thousand pardons, fherie,” she
cried penitently. “That so stupid Ma
rie of mine has made what you call
a muddle of my toilet” She threw out
her hands with a graceful gesture of
despair, and her long dark eyes darted
from one smiling face to another.
Mrs. Palmer shook her charming
head and looked at the vision in amber
satin and diamonds. “Dear Mme. Geu-
lot" she said sweetly, “If you want to
j>art with Marie I shall be delighted to
relieve you of your stupid treasurer
“No, nor * And they all laughed at
madame's dismay.
la spite of the forthcoming bull the
dinner was as perfect as it always had
bean since Pierre Caron had ruled la
the Palmer kitchen. Whan the meat
Ddlth want upstairs to
scattered about the flower decked
Ae she went up the etalrway to the
next floor two faces peered at her from
a curtained alcove—two dark face*
with cunning eyee—but so cootrusting
were their conditions In life that had
you couplM their names the world
would have laughed at you.
After dismissing her maid Edith lock
ed the door of her room and haatened
to open the wall safe, where ber Jew
els were secreted. She started buck
with a little cry of dismay, for the box
containing the ruby uecklace had dis
appeared.
8 be recovered herself almost Instant
ly. “Of course Dick had taken it out
to show bis father, but how did he
know It was there? He guessed it.
as I did not wear it at dinner,” she
said as she closed the safe, picked up
her gloves aud fan and went down to
the drawing room, outwardly composed.
Her brain was a chaos of doubt and
perplexity. She dreaded to ask her
husband about the necklace. She was
afraid to hear his answer.
Dick mot her at the door of the
drawing room, t’Where is the neck
lace?*’ he asked quickly.
She paled to the lips. “Then you did
not take it from the safe?" she gasped
“No, of course not. 1 didn’t know it
was there.’’
‘Then it has been stolen!” And she
related the circumstances.
He frowned. “Where Is Jeanne?”
“She was In my room when I re
turned to It after dinner. I dismissed
her then."
“It happened at dinner,” he said
convincingly. “I'll ring up a detec
tive. He can come as a guest. Don’t
mention the matter to any one.”
“No,’’ said Edith, and went to re
ceive the first arrivals.
In spite of the loss of the ruby neck
lace the birthday ball was a distinct
success. No one would bare surmised
from the sweet composure of the
hostess that she had suffered a great
loss. Many complimented her on the
loveliness of her ap|>eurnnce. and oth
ers added that she needed no*'Jewels
to enhance her beauty.
Dick Palmer introduced a slim, dark
haired man In correct evening attire
ns the detective, Mr Hl**ek. and in a
few crisp questions he drew fnen
Edith all the facts surrounding tie*
theft of the ruby necUa -e.
TWeek suggests a guest In the
house." said 1 >1 k later to tils wife n-
they stood alone together
“Itii|NissiIile'" said Edith "The M ix
fields are above suspb-lon Eugeni i
could buy forty ruby n.-khu'es You,
father ubcird' It mu-t have lN-e:i
one of i* e ,-xtrn servants "
“.lealine'' ' a-•kei| her husband quietly
“Oh Jeanne Is too inueh of a eo\s
ard to attempt anxthlng big like th.it
She might purloin a foliar In f o t
she has n |«ms-| >n for collars and hand
kerehlefs. but not Jewels
“You have not mentioned our other
guest. Edith,'' said Dlek quietly
She made a gesutrv of dismay and
kearclnsl the room with her eyes
"Mme. Geulot! Oh, Idck* I know
you have warned me against my Inti
mscy with her when my acquaintance
with her Is so slight But her letters
from Psris were genuine, and she Is
so delightful! I wonder where she Is
I have not seen her alnce dinner "
“I will sean-h for her." said Dick
quietly snd was gone
When he made his reappearance the
Inst of the guests were taking depot
lure, and when they were alone he
placed his arm around his wife's slen
der form
"Dear.' he kmJ.1. "be prepared for sn
unpleasant shock Ttie ruby necklm-e
has Is-en traced to Mine Geulot I>e
tectlve Bleek found the Jewel case on
the ihm-sou of our cook. Iderre L'aron.
who has confessed that the robbery
was one of many thnt be and his w ife.
Celeste Geulot - none other, my dear-
hod planned It seems she saw you
trying on the necklace after 1 had left
you, watched you hide It away and
when you had left the n>om altpi>ed In.
secured the rubies, concealed them In
her nxun aud went down late to dinner
"After dinner Pierre, her husband,
went to her and demanded tbe neck
lace She refused to give it tA him
then, and he took the empty caae and
went below, furious at her. She la
now in her room or baa escaped with
the necklace. Will you go to her room
and see If she is there? 1 want to
avoid the servants knowing of the af
fair If possible ”
Edith went to the door of Mme. Geu-
lot's room and tapped lightly. There
was no response to her summons or to
louder knocking. Then Bleek set his
shoulder to the door, and the lock gave
way. He peered inside and then
sprang within. The Palmers followed,
gravely apprehensive.
Mme. Geulot was there. She was
sitting before a chevnl glass in all the
regal splendor of her amber satin ball
gown. About her throat was clasped
the ruby necklace.
She was dead.
Bleek stepped forward and unclasp
ed the necklace aud examined it
closely. “That’s the wny with many
of these Asiatic baubles,’’ he said
thoughtfully. "I happen to have heard
of this one before. There is a large re
ward out for It. There is a legend that
if It is honestly bought or sold or pre
sented as a gift It is quite harmless
If It Is stolen the wearer pays the
price, as Mme. Geulot has done, poor,
•oul!”
He pointed to the throat of the dead
woman, where a heavy black mark en
circled the whiteness of her neck.
“It grew tighter and Anally strangled
her,” he explained aa they went away
and closed the door behind them.
“That’s an Asiatic trick, tdo,” he said.
But Edith snd her husband were not
listening. Edith was weeping bitterly.
She was grieving for tbe friend who
had proved fake and who had paid the
CLEMSON COLLEGE
EXTENSION WORK
How To Grow Hifh-YioUing Podigrcod
Sood Cora.
No one knows the pedigree of most
of the seed corn planted in South Caro
lina and with an average yield per acre
of less than twenty bushels, it does riot
appear to have a very high^jeTding
quality.
To have good seed one may start at
at the crib or in the field before the
corn crop is gathered and, as it is best
to start in the field, we will start there.
A number of characters indicate
whether corn will yield well or not and
also whether it will transmit its quan
tities to its of spring or not. Cylindrical
ears are better than tapering ones.
Deep wedge-shaped grains are pre
ferred above shallow, widg grains and
straight rows and well filled tips and
butts are perferred. Pure bred corn
willNransmit better than corn of mixed
breeding. Stalks that make good yields
under normal conditions are preferred
to stalks with similar yields, but with
more space or other especially favor
able environment. Good yields may
be had both with one eared and ^vith
prolific varieties, but Southern growers
are partial to a prolific sort, as an aver
age of two ears to the stalk meets the
demands for prolificacy. This paper
will deal with a type of corn that will
tend to produce two ears to the stalk
under normal conditions.
The Field Work. When the corn is
mature and shows fully what its char
acters are, go through the field select
ing from two rows at a time. One may
select from five to ten ears a day. Se
lect only from stalks having a normal
amount of space and other conditions
thit influence the yield. Select only
from prolific, healthy stalks bearing
the desired number of type of ears.
Let the ears be the right height from
the ground, as the height of the ear
has economic value In the same way
eon-uder all imfK>rtant qualities, that
can only be observed in the field. The
characters of the ears themselves can
he further studied at the barn, but the
stalk characters muM be studied in the
field before the ears are gathered. Se
lect about two hundred of the very best
ears from tbe very best stalks for a
competitive ear test and alniut thirty
ears for every ai re that is to be planted
next s.-ason One hundred ears will
be ample for the ear test and fifteen
ears will furnish enough seed to plant
an aerc so that the field selerted corn
can be further studied and only the
best half of it used for planting Take
the one hundred best ears and number
each so that it may he identified at any
time Plant only one half of each ear
in a test pot so managed aa to give each
ear an equal chance with normal con
ditions for all Let every row have the
same number of the oar from which it
was planted in order that its yield may
be credited to the right ear If this
test is properly made, it will show the
relative yielding power of the one hun
dred cars used
Carefully save and protect from all
harm the one hundred half ears not
planted The ear test will show some
bf these half ears to be very valuable.
If these half ears are I oat, the test will
practically be without value
In managing the ear test plot, it is
best to have two rows for each ear
tested, one row being towards one side
of the plot and the other row towards
the opposite side. The object being to
give every ear an equal chance and the
irregularities of the soil and any plot
may be better checked with two rows
than with one.
So plow, harrow, cultivate and fertil
ize as to give the entire plot a good
chance but nothing more than this.
You want to know what these ears will
do under normal conditions and what
ever differences in yield that may ap
pear should be due to the seed and not
to any other factor.
From the germination of the seed to
the matured crop note the behavior of
the corn from each row, as the object
of the test is to determine the best. Ob
tain the yields accurately. The wide
differences in yield usually shown by
*ear tests will probably appear in each
succeeding one if properly conducted.
Having given each ear an equal and
a fair chance and determined the yields
from each, it is easy to select the high
yielding ones. Having learned which
of the one hundred ears are best, we
are through with the corn made on the
plot and it may go to the barn.
The Two F.ar Plot. We now begin
to deal with the half ears that were
saved and we now know which are
good, which are not good, and which is
the best one and which the next best.
If pedigreed corn is wanted, we take
the remainder of the two best ears and
use one as a sire and the other as a
dam. These two half ears must be
planted away from other corn so that
pollen from other corn will not reach
this plot. Give this small plot a good
chance. Plant the half ears side by
side and only allow the stalks from one
of the ears to develop tassels. Detassel
all the stalks from the other ears be
fore they shed any pollen. Save seed
from detasseled stalks. Let the corn
on the stalks with tassels go to the
barn. We now have a small amoun} of {
High Yielding Pedigreed Seed Corn.
We know the sire ear and the mother
ear and what their yielding power waa.
Records may be kept of the generation.
High Yielding Pedigreed Seed Plot.
Plant the seed from the mother ear
(the stalks were all detasseled) in a
protected place where^ no pollen from
the tassels of inferior cofn can reach
it. Let it have favorable conditions for
growing good corn. From this plot,
seed is obtained for the field^crop.
Twenty Half-Ear Plot. Only the best
two half ears were used for the high
yielding seed plot. The one hundred
ear test would show other ears to be
nearly as good as the two best ones, so
that twenty of the next best ears could
be used in a protected plot to produce
seed for the field crop until enough
pedigreed seed could be grown.
Repeat the Ear Test. The ear test
sheq^be made each year. After get
ting a start with the best seed, some of
the ears used for the test may come
from The Two Ear Plot, some from
the best rows of the previous ear test.
Do not let the pedigreed seed mix
with the inferior corn.
W. L. Mutchinson.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY WILL
FURNISH DRINKING CUPS
Company Has Ordred Large Supply of
Collapsible Paper Cups.
Washington, D. C. April 26.—Ar
rangements have been made by the
Southern Railway to furnish sanitary
individual drinking cups to passengers
on all trains and a large supply of cups
of the collapsible paper type has been
ordered. As soon as the cups have
been received each couductor will be
furnished with a supply and any pas
senger desiring a cup will receive one
free of charge on application to the
conductor. Notices t£ this effect will
be posted in each coach.
Furnishing drinking cups to passeng
ers on the large number of trains op
erated by the Southern Railway will
igvolve a substantia!] expenditure
which is being undertaken to provide
for the convenience of patrons of the
railway. All common drinking cups
have been removed from trains in
compliance with I'nited Stales Govern
ment regulations and the statutes and
ordinances of man\ states and muni-
c Ipalitles
Hereafter passengers un Southern
Railway trains will be put to no incon
venience or e\p» use in n-g.tnlto drink
ing water and at the same time will
not be subject to anv [(ossible infection
through the use of the common drink
ing cup
STATE OF SOl'TH CAROl.lN \
County of Barnwell
Court of Common Fleas
Kx Parte.
I. O Pender. .1 F Pender, Thomas
Pender and Elrzabcth Wilson. Peti
tioners
Notice is hereby given, to whom it
ma> concern, that a petition has l>een
filed in this office by•*■»« aforesaid Peti
tioners, asking that & Homestead be
set off to them out of the proceeds
arising from the sale of the unencum
bered property bequeathed to them by
the last will of their father, the late
Edward Pender
H 1. O'Hannon,
Master for Barnwell County
April 1st. UllJ
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New Leaf
To those who have not been customers of
Hill Top Stables in the past, we say, “Turn
over a new leaf and resolve that hereafter
you will buy your horses and mules at the
place where the square deal is the watch
word.”
HI am selling more and better Horses,
Mules, Buggies, Carriages, Wagons, Whips,
etc. than ever before, and still have on hand
quite a number of fresh stock—the cream
of the Western markets—that I want you
to see. With the New Year I am in a
bettar position than ever before to supply
your needs and my long experience makes
me the^est prenared dealer in this section
to supply your e/ery want in this line.
Buggies, Wagons, Harness
^fy stock of High Grade Buggies, Wagons,
Harness, Whips, Lap Robes, etc. was never
better, and baling used careful judgment in
buying, I am enabled to offer you exception
al values. Come and see me. I know I
can please you in both price and quality.
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DESPAIRING WIFE
SEP US TOUS JOB WOBK
Alter Foot Yean of Discouraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bollock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.
Catron, Ky—In an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock
writes as follows: “I suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and daring
this time, I could only sit ap for a little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, I would have severe pains
in my leftside.
The doctor was called fat, and Us treat
ment relieved me lor a while, but 1 was
soon confined to my bed again. After
do me any good.
♦
I had gotten so weak 1 could not stand,
and I gave up in despair.
0
At last, my husband got me a bottle of
Cardui, the woman’s tonic, and I com
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, 1 could tell it was helping me. I
can now walk two miles without its
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If you are all run down from womanly
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