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' ^. V -r*- THURSDAY, FEBRtARY 19, 1931. r 4 ' 'THE J CAROLINA A- LOVE TANGLE IN > MURDER OFFOUR >j Hunter Pays Debt ^ ;♦! by Killing Cougar $ ^ Richfield, Utah. — Although ;t| Loral Jens«p, deer hunter par '■‘T Flirtation Note It Clew- in Mystery That Puzzles Authorities. - Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—The theory that a love tangle of some sort was responsible for the Gennond murders recently when a country family of four were butchered with a kitchen knife by an unidentified assailant for an unknown reason, has been further em phasized by the finding of what prop erly may be termed a love note by the side of the road passing the Germond farm. The,note, written on a narrow strip «f wiper, roads as follows: —^Don’t you remember me? Could T come over and sit by you? Would you care?” ■ - The tentative presumption is that the note was handed to Bernice Ger- raond, the good looking eighteen-year- old daughter of the murdere^house- hold, while she was riding in the bus yvhich brought her home from Pough- Keepsie shortly before she must have pone to /her death’ along with her -parents and ten-year-old brother Ray mond. Driver Recalls Man Leaving. "The note was written in an unsteady fashion, which may or may not indi cate that it was composed in the bus. •It was found folded, but not crumpled. *lu the ditch by thp roadside -00 yards beyond the point where the bus driver stopped to let Bernice out. Dennis Haggerty, driver of the bus. said that he recalled a dark skinned man who got off the bus a short distance be fore it stopped at the Germond farm house. . Sheriff Vernacd J. Rockefeller and state troopers^ while considering the possibility that the note was placed on the road by an excitement seeker after the murder, do not think anypne would be foolish enough to do this in Hie face of the aroused feeling among the farmers, and are therefore inolitjed to take it at Its face value. The massacre of the family as they were busied with the nightly chores is the closest thing to an Edgar Allen Poe mystery that Dutchess county has- ever experienced, and every effort is being made to solve it. The citizens in the drug stores and other'places talk of nothing else, and farmers hav** taken to carrying shotguns with them. The family was extremely well- thought of iu the community and was well-connected. Ralph Butts, a for mer mayor of Poughkeepsie and a cousin of Mrs. Germqpd. said he did not know of any sort-of quarrel-Ger mond had ever had which could iti and way account for the niurdbr^. Paul Germond. brother of the murdered farmer and ovriVFof a prosperous farm a mile down the road, agreed emphat ically - with Butts, as have all his neighbors. •The question arose when the clerk In the Duhois> hardware store in Poughkeepsie who sold the kithhen knife with which the murders were •undoubtedly committed.'and which was. found, beside the’TfoUS1 t ~cnvered with human blood, told state police that the man who bought it was not a for eigner, but an American. Say Girt Was “Boy Crazy.” The clerk's size-up of the purchaser is strengthened by the fact that he hhught a pig scraper at the same time, an instrument with which -the average was in full pursuit of a fawn. J A cougar is credited with kill- J £• lug several score deer annually. >| $ Theory of Canals on Mars It Discounted Paris.—Dr. E. M. Antonladi of the astronomical observatory at PHrls, world expert in tire telescopic observa tion of the planets of the solar sys tem. has prepared a new map of the planet Mars embodying data obtained by years of almost nightly watching whenever the planet has been close to the earth. -— This map is not too favorable to the views of those astronomers who believe that the famous Martian.“ca nals’' indicate intelligent life. That dark markings actually exist on Mars, sbme of them more or less like nar row streaks. Dr. Antoniadi admits, and numerous such markings are shown on the new map. The idea of intelligence depends, "however, upon the conclusion that the canal-like markings are really straight, being presumably broad strips of vege tation along canals for the distribution of water. Only by the operation of an intelligence high enough to perceive that a straight line is the shortest dis tance between two points could such straight canals be created. 4 Doctor Antoniadi’s new map shows many of the supposed canals, how ever. as bent or irregular strips of darker color, not unlike the vegetation in broad, meandering river valleys. Some he indicates as a series of dark areas with narrow necks between. like chains of lakes. Anything like this can he explained easily as vegetation growing quite unintelllgently along natural depressions in the planet’s surface, these depressions serving either as actual water courses or as the usual paths of moist winds bring ing rains. ,4 4- For the Purpose of Making Money To Make 2 Dollars Grow Where 1 Grew Before By Planting ORIGINATORS STOCK V “It Stays Green” KIRBY Trade Mark Beg. US, Pat. Off. CUCUMBER Early Producer -w is a The first vine to appear from KIRBY CUCUMBER s sure sign of the return of good, times. More and more market wise r . * ~ * • * growers are swinging over each year from less productive and un profitable crops to one that ha s never failed since the introduction of ORIGINATOR'S STOCK eleven years ago. KIRBY CUCUMBER is the earliest and most prolific of the Hardy Grower e^d Enormous Yielder White Spine Type. It bears fruit seven to eight inches U>ng and it 8 rich, dark green color, from stem to blossom end, is retained longer than any other variety. KIRBY CUCUMBER is a firm, solid fruit which makes it a per fect shipper. It is especially adapted to pickling- and slicing, is always jn demand by people who set the finest tableji and commands the highest market prices. # What We Hear from Satisfied “KIRBY” Users: Hie. •Tiimiiest” ones iu years in Deu- <*Ify dweller vf-ould n<>t be familiar “ni&dn grocery‘si(»res'“ , an(I poof rooms When Hie purchaser, bought the pig- seraper Hie clerk tried to sell him a. ^ regular pigsticking knife, but the man refused it in an impatient fashion, ami Insisted upon buying the loriger hliided .weapon which was found on the farm. The more that comes to light re garding the case. Hie more the author ities believe that Bernice was of the type commoitly described as “Ikiv . crazy," and the more they pin their hope of solving the crime upon the unearthing of a definite affair between her and a particular man. Every trail police dig up runs Into some sort of blank wall. A Cuban, who was noticed by a storekeeper In • whose store he hired an auto: was rather neatly dressed, whereas, it ap pears practically Impossible that Hie ill6r could have dispatched four peo- plehputting up a struggle without be coining covered with blood. Neighbor Theory Called Absurd. This point again lends hack to the theory tfctlt the crifrt* was committed by some neighbor who opposed of his bloody garments In the security of his home. And that the xbuntry people will tell you. is absurd. i Mildred Hyde, cousin of Bern! who lives at Red Hook, some nples away, arid who was her confidante in matters of the heart, was interviewed seemed unable to throw any light on the identity of the man in the case Undersheriff Fred Close. Iu active charge of the case, continues to he- HeveThere is such a man. He thinks the only pers«*n w;lio would have gone to th<I trouble of. murdering all four 0 people, including the ten-year-old hoy. would be some one known to the fam ily, who was afraid to leave behind tlvtng witness to the origtnnL Child Finds Lost Gems; Gets $750 for Idle Dad New York.—A five-year-old tot. whose father, a laborer, is out of work, enriched her family by $7.10 when she got that sum as a reward for finding 11 pieces of jewelry, val ued at $7,400 lost recently by Sirs. Evelyn Marshall Field, divorced wife of Marshall Feld III, near tier resi dence in East Seventieth street. The child is Mary- DillAfRUC who lives with her parents, ME and Mrs., Thomas Donoghue. She made her lucky "find” shortly aft“r Mrs. Field lost the gems. Mr. Donoghue watched the bh^and found advertisements in newspapers and discovered a notice in serted by the Insurance -company, of fering the tjCIO reward. In accordance with instructions in the advertisement. Mary and her par ents went to a police station, gave the gems to the authorities and collected the reward. 39-Pound Muskalonge Dies Gulping Catfish Dennison, Ohio.—They were telling have planted the Kirby Cucumber ever since it was introduced by Mr. Kirby of I. N. Simon & Son, Philadelphia, Pa., and have found it to be the best vaiiety to grow for either Eastern or Western-mar kets. It is earlier than any variety that we have ever planted, more productive and makes a larger -peiccntage of No. 1 cucumber s than any we have grown. It is the darkest in color and its uniformity in size makes it the most valuable gueumber in the market. I purchase all my seed 1 from I. N. Simon & Son, under their seal, and my share croppers this season have planted 1,500 pounds,” (Signed) J. S.t'BEVILLE, Florida. “Would appreciate getting your prices on * in quantities. 1 had such wonderful success witti your seed last year, will want to plant them alto gether this year. The Kirby Cucumber is decidedly * , the finest we have ever planted. (Signed) J. WADE DICKMAN/S. C. “Kirby seed, is far superior to any other variety. 1 u'ould not plant if I could not get Kilby’s, because I know what they will do. I made over 700 crates on one and one-half acres and Kirby sold when other would not. Kirby’s good enough Lor me,” \ ' ♦ (Signed) E, L. SANDERS, S. C. * about Hie lisb Jess Whitman hfd found. Frozen in the Ice on ITig Stillwater, creek. Whitman found *u 38-pomjd 'muskalonge. the largest ever taken from the stream. A post mortem disclosed that the fish hud died in an attempt to swallow a five-pound caffish. Horns of the cattish had become lodged throat of the muskalonge. in Hie any "murder. Steals Alligator Miami, Fin.—Police hf Miami are looking for n hold—or foolish-thief *! who stole a seven-foot alligator from '"8* •ertty -Kflft.. — •=- No trace has been found of (lie v .thief. The alligator was 11^ inches jin gHnh and had Jaws with a spread , ! of more than fourteen Inches. Lonely Widower Gives Home to Unemployed Springfield, III.—l onesome because he'Mlved by himself. Alexander New ton. seventy-eight, former coal mine hoisting engineer, decided to do his share toward helping the unemployed and offered “free room and board" to the first unemployed couple “past mid die age” to answer fils newspaper -ad vertisemeut. The first couple appear .lug qualified and were accepted. New ton's wife died last April and “since then,” he said. ‘T’ve been lonely and so I decided to give three rooms to persons who would live with me." ♦ ♦ ♦ ’ icial and Personal iws from Williston Will i .•*ton> N Fe b Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Sr., attended the concert of Padevewi'-ki at Spartanburg, Friday night. v - * * Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Laimer and chil dren, of Columbia, visited relatives here last week-end. Mrs. Ophelia McKirley, of Spring- field, visited her sister, Mrs. M. N. Ahl and Mrs.' E. M. Ussery, Saturday # * M iss Sarah Boylston, of Allendale, visited her sister, Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Jr., during the week-end. SOLD ONLY IN SEALED CARTONS "To pic,tort the ut' \ erTrom" infer!oV quality seed which from time to time has been rep- resented as KIRBY,, the ORIGINATOR’S ♦ STOCK is packed and sold only in. the Sealed Carton as illustrated. “I am just in receipt oT my seed, among which is the Famous Kirby Cucumber. 1 thought I would write you in regard to the fine quality of this cu cumber.—4 have raised it for the past two years now*, and expect to grow it for a good many years to come. It particularly might interest you to know that our latitude is 52 N., the farthest north I be lieve, and you may probably admit, <t has ever been grown. This cucumber has taken 1st Prize for past 2 years in our largest Fairs here. It’s all you claim and then Mote.” (Signed) LOUIS STRAUSS, Saskatchewan. - — - r i • - ■ ' “1 want to expres* «»y thanks for the sample pkt. of Kirby Cucumber seed you sent me last spring. It is the best Cucumber I have ever raised* It is ear lier, smoother and yields more and stays green long er than any I have ever tried, and also the beat seller. I am not going to plant any other kind thD season. I meant to write you sooner but just neg lected it.” . (Signed) BEN S. CROW, Kentucky. . . . “Enclosed find money order for one and one- half pounds of Kirby Cucumber seed. Last fall I planted one pound of .-eed and shipped around 900 hampers of fancy Cukes. 1 think they are the best Cuke seed on the market. Kmdly maij my order at once; (Signed) ED. C. SHAFER, Louisiana. P. S.—I failed to say my Cukee won first and second prizes at the State Fair at Shreveport last year.” THE BEST PHARMACY. BARNWELL. S. C. GREEN & COMPANY. ELKO, S. C. FARRELL-O’GOBMAN CO.. INC., BLACKVILLE. S. C. —FOR SALE BY- MAN Y OTHER SIMON SPECIALTIES 1931 Catalog rent free on request; Fully illustrated and priced are vegetable-' grown from SIMON SEED which won 1st PRIZE AT THE 1st NAT’L. ATLANTIC CITY FLOWER and GARDEN PAGEANT. * , W. H. HUTTO. DENMARK. S^. R. G. HIERS. WILUSTON, S.'xT SIMON BROWN’S SONS, BLACKYILLE, S. C. 4- I. -N. tSIMON & SON WESLEY D. SIMON 438-S MARKET STREET, V \ PHILADELPHIA, PA. NORVAL E. KIRBY Michael, of Charleston, were visitors jton Saturday. Ussery and Miss Wade, of r. and Mrs. week the week- M rs. H. MTinompson and Miss Mayo Rountree had a< '.heir guests ]ast week-end their aunt. „ Mrs. Q. A.yKennedy and Mrs. James A. Kennedy were visitors in Augusta Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. M Kennedy re-li^- ■meeting Saturday. " Mrs.-Koesfer 'CYndWtt, of Wag^ief "^alter^ixl is a recent visitor to her mother, Mr*. Luther Givens and. other relatives. turned Monday aftemo d from a trip to White Springs, Fla., where they sppnt.the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mitchell were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cook. Joe Davis, Jr., who also spent a few dayg with Mr. and Mrs. Owens. Miss Mary Harvey Newsom, of Swansea spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Newsom. Miss Margaret Thompson, of th»- New Brookland schools was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Susan Thompson, during the week-end. Dr. and Mrs. W. J. McGlothlin, of Furman University, Greenville, were guests during the week-end. Doctor McGlothlin made an address at the teachers’ meeting Saturday and ' also preached at the Baptist church Sun dy morning Miss Lucy Cook, of Hilda, spent th;4. week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. W. Birt, and attended the teachers’ cson. Mr. ai(d M rs. W. B. Owens a few days Jast week. Mr.. Nixscn was accom- Aldrich Cook, of Springfield grid Joe* panied by Mrs. Frank Turner and son, W Miss Marie Wise, of Aiken, is visit ing relatives here this week. Miss Wise is the niece of Mrs. W. H..Cro- ghan, Mrs. W. C. CCmningham and Mis. Inez Greene. Plexico, of Baijnweli, were visitors here Thursday. - Mrs. Ida Hill and Mrs. T. D. Creigh- ton, Jr., of Barnwell, were visitors to _WiHiston Wednesday. * Mrs. James A. Kennedy and son, Arthur, Jr., have returned home after spending several (Pays in Barnwell with the former’s mother, Mrs. J. O. Patterson. »" ' • * > . % Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Jennings have recently moved from Williston to Springfield, where they wil] make their home. Among the visitors from Williston to Augusta this week were: Mrs. G. Crouch, Mrs. Winchester Smith, Mrs. W. C. Smith, Sr., Mrs. C. S. Thcmpscn, Mrs. J. W. Cook, Mrs. B. L Bolen, Misses Jacque Davis, Lou Belle Scott, Inez Hair, Mrs. S. H. Givens /Mrs. '• visited ' KT-Ks-Obv* Paricfer, spent the week-ei)d with her mother, Mrs. Maggie Parker. Miss Sarah-Pattersin and Mrs.L, A. , L. C. Eidson, of Trenton, spent Wed- ’ nesday of this week at Williston. Mr. Eidson has just returned from a busi ness trip to Washington, D. C. M).s 8 Edith Bell has returned from a visit to her cousin, Miss Mary John son, of Crescent City, Fla. Q. B. Johnson and L. B. Givens hzv^ returned’ from a business trip to points in Florida. Mts. Kella Walker visited her sis ter, Mrs. Geneva W. Boylston this, week. Mrs. Jessie Kennedy is spending several days this <week with- her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Trotti. P. F. Parker, Sr, Walter Davis fend W.^C. Hall were business visitors in Augusta Wednesday. Capt. Norman Smith, after spend ing a few days here as the gueab of N t hi„ parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith, P. M. Hair and Miss Wednesday for his home in Wash ington, D. C. He was accompanied by- Doctor Smith, who will visit them for a few days and who will later take a trip from New 1 York, by way of the Panama canal to the Western coast, where he will visit other chil dren of his in-GaHfomia. Madeline Croft. Jff ' - Miss Marguerite Ford, of Asheville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. K. f ,.... —— «?-- .. / James A. Kennedy and L. R. Hair haver returned from a business trip tos'Lynchburg, Va. - 1 1