Logt?One Collar
Button
B, BOYCE COLLINS
? hr McClure Ne*il?P? Syndicate
ft ?> " wfJO servic*
n OBERT WEBER was dressing to
K go out for the evening. Whether
M would go to a first night at the
theater or to one of the popular ho
tels where he could dine and dance
the evening away, he hadn't decided.
..[) n i" he exclaimed suddenly
ffhen his collar button eluded him In
the traditional manner Just as he was
carefully fastening on his collar. Rob
ert spread the evening newspaper
painstakingly on the floor and start
ed his search for the missing button.
Under the radiator he found dust,
some burnt matches and nothing else.
After further research he found a
square opening around the base of
the steam pipe where It entered the
room. This half-Inch space was ex
actly where a lost collar button might
be hiding, Robert decided.
And there was something gleaming
In the shallow hole. Robert fished
around with a knife blade. He brought
the gleaming object to the surface j
and carefully carried it to the bureau.
-I'll be d?d!" Robert uttered out j
loud. But It wasn't his missing collar j
button that he had found.
Instead it was a diamond ring that
Robert had unearthed from a dusty
setting. It was a woman's ring. "Some
one bas been missing this, I'll bet.
"Now for the collar button and TU
be satisfied," murmured Robert as he
went back to his excavating. But be
fore he had stooped to a squatting po
sition his foot hit something. He
turned around and there was the col
lar button smashed flat.
Robert didn't mind altering his
plans. He put a business suit on In
stead of his tuxedo.
He knocked at the landlady's door
before he left the house.
"1 was Just wondering, Mrs. Tnrn
bull, who lived In my room before (
moved in," said Robert. "I found a
book there?" he had a book under
bis arm, a modern novel.
"Oh. that Miss Blossom must have
left it?1 don't believe she wanted it.
She was always losing things?she lost
ber diamond ring right there In the
room the very day she moved out."
"1 suppose she left her new ad
dress," ventured Robert.
"Well, yes, she did. She couldn't af
ford to pay the rent here so she got
a cheaper room with a Miss King oil
Amsterdam avenue."
With this Information, Robert decid
ed to dine by himself. After a sumptu
ous meal he proceeded to the new
home of Miss Blossom.
"Miss Blossom, yes, sir. She lives
Here. Here's a gentleman to see you.
Miss Blossom," the maid said and led
him to a small living room where
someone was playing the piano. The '
playing stopped. A woman arose and
said to Robert, "I'm Miss Blossom."
Robert was surprised to find the
woman facing him somewhere around
forty years old and not particularly
pleasant to look at.
"I came to Inquire about a diamond
ring that yon had lost."
"J never talk to reporters," snapped
Miss Biossoin. "And besides I found
my diamond ring in my trunk when
I unpacked here."
"Well, do yon happen to know who
occupied the room before you took It?
1 found a diamond ring there last
night and I'm anxious to return it to
the owner."
"A Miss Towers had the room?Miss
Elsie Towers?and she works in the
Uptown Savings bank."
The Uptown Savings bank?his own
place of employment! And Miss Tow
ers was secretary to the president!
As he left Miss Blossom's home,
Robert decided to forego pleasure and
return to his room for a good night's
sleep. The next morning the alarm
clock awakened him an hour earlier
than usuaL Robert Jumped out of bed
and spent the extra time making sure
that he would look his best at the
bank that day. In hopes that Miss
Elsie Towers breakfasted at Mrs.
Turnbull's, he was in the dining room
by seven-thirty. Half an hour later
in came the one girl he was looking
for. and she appeared more beautiful
than Robert had ever seen her.
As soon as he finished his breakfast
he mustered up courage and Joined
Miss Towers at her table. He asked
her tactfully if she had lost a ring.
She was surprised and said that she
had?-a diamond ring that her father
bad sent her for Christmas last year.
She didn't know what could have hap
pened to It It had vanished and she
had been greatly upset about it
That was Robert's chance and he
took advantage of It
Mrs. Turnbull from the cashler'e
desk noticed the pair Intent In con
versation. She didn't miss anything.
"These young folks beat Old Harry,"
she told a friend later. "Strangers
day and engaged the next He
living her a ring so soon !**
So the elderly matron wasn't sur
prised a few months later when Elsie
displayed a large solitaire diamond set
to platinum and she dined at the
boarding house with Robert NV eber.
*tot she was curious about something
that Robert took from his pocket and
showed to Elsie. What was It that
made them laugh and then suddenly .
appear so devoted to each.other? If 1
Mrs. Turnbull's eyesight had been a
little better she would have -noticed
that the minute object which Robert
took such good care of was a dattened
collar button?the one thing that had
b?en responsible for bis romance with i
E1*e Towers, |
MYSTKRY AT
RABBIT HILL
as
By R. n WILKINSON
?. Bell Syndicate.?WNU Service.
THK mystery at Itahbtt Hill last
ed but a week.
Yet Its brevity served to de
tract not at all from the atmos
phere of glamour arid excitement and
heavy intrigue which it created.
Mysteries are not common In our
town of Medway.
T hose of use who abide here the
greater part of the time live a
mediocre life, a life of routine that
scarcely. If ever, deviates from the
path of normality.
Hence, mystery, brief though it may
he, logical and disappointing though
the solution, because of its sheer in
congruity in our staid old towu, is
something to talk about.
Our mystery occurred two months
ago.
The Taylor Winslows, who have oc
cupied the big white house on Rabbit
Hill for generations back, departed
one bright June morning for an ex
tended motor tour of the White moun
tains and Canada.
Toward dusk of the same day an
automobile containing four people
swung into the Winslow's drive and
stopped just outside the garage door.
The car was a roadster and two of
its four occupants, a man and a wom
an, occupied the rumble seat.
It was a fine summer's night, with
a crescent moon hanging above the
pines beyond the house, with stars,
clear and white, blinking overhead,
with the warm air with the smell of
growing tilings.
? ? *
The four people in the automobile
had driven far and were weary.
The present setting was a far cry
from the city home they had quitted
several hours before.
It was restful here and cool.
They remained In the car for a
quarter-hour or more, conscious of the
magic spell ot peace and quiet that
enfolded them, and thankful for it.
Presently the man in the rumble
seat stirred and sat erect
"Let's go Inside. Bob. It's getting
cold, and there's a fireplace in there."
At the exact moment he uttered the
words the young man was conscious of
an unexplainnble sensation of weird
ness.
For no reason whatever he found
himself staring into the darkness be
yond the car; he sensed, he thought,
a mysterious presence other than that
of his companions.
The youth looked at the girl.
Her eyes were open and her face
had assumed an attitude of listening.
Those in front were rigid and still.
The crescent moon had disappeared
behind the pines.
It was dark and deathly still.
The young man who had spoken ut
tered a laugh that somehow lacked In
mirth, and at the exact moment the
sound left his Hps something neither
soft nor hard yet seemingly malleable
crashed against his head.
He reeled, groaned, instinctively
lifted up his arm only to have it
beaten down.
? ? ?
One of the girls screamed, and then
the other.
The young man at the wheel swore,
and pressed his foot against the
starter button.
The roadster leaped ahead, disap
peared inside the open door of the
garage and stopped. . .
Ten minutes later the village tele
phone operator had summoned Med
way's police chief from his regular
evening boat in response to an urgent
summons. Thief Tom Carmodv
damped the switchboard receivers over
Ids l e d.
?'Hello," came a voice. "Chief Car
morly? This is Bob WInslow. I'm up
at Taylor's place on Rabbit Ilill. Come
up rigid fi.vay, will you? Somebody's
hcrt !'*
Chief Carmodv. who himself was not
Immune to a little excitement now and
again to relieve the monotony of a
law-abiding community, made short
work of the two miles to Rabbit Hill.
He listened to Hob Winslow's ac
couDt of what had happened, examined
the wound on Harry Carter's head,
made mental note of the frightened
expressions on the, faces of the two
women, and. flashlight and gun In
hand, went out to Investigate.
? ? ?
After ten minutes' time Bob Wins
low began to wonder what had hap
pened to the chief, and when another
ten minutes had passed without word
from him, went himself to Investigate.
Bob found the chief lying In the
drive before the garage, a nasf.v wound
on his head, his sensibilities departed.
Bob became genuinely alarmed and
sensed again that weird feeling of a
strange and mysterious presence lurk
Ing about.
Summoning Harry, they carried
Chief Carinody Into the house and re
vived him.
But the oflicer couldn't throw much
light on the subject.
He had been attacked from behind,
he said, aid must have struck bis
head against a rock when he fell.
The next day Chief Carmody ap
pointed a special officer to guard the
WInslow estate.
But nothing of an unforeseen nature
occurred throughout the daylight
hours.
Toward dusk Bertha WInslow, Bob's
wife, hocame nncasy, and suggested
they all return to Boston.
ADJUSTlSiG BANKING
TO CHANGING NEEDS
B> ROBERT V. FLEMING
Vice President A merican Bankers
Association
W'KERS recognize that changing
^ onditions require new methods of
doing business. ITowever it is their
responsibility to
retain those es
sential and sound
financial princl- 1
pies upon which I
this country was !
rounded and has
grown to be what
is still the richest
nation In the
world.
Many of our dif
f i c u 11 i e s have
arisen from lack
of confidence and
R. V FLEMING irom j
standing. There- I
fore it behooves the banker to bend
every effort to create a better public
understanding of sound banking and
thereby bring about that united effort
and cooperative spirt* which will has
ten the day of national recovery and
restore to the banker the confidence
of the public to which he is entitled.
As an approach to the realization of
this ideal, bankers should carefully
scrutinize every application for a loan
to see if it is bankable and. If It Is
not in bankable form, then make fur
ther examination to see if the loan can 1
be made so, in order that the uses of
credit may be stimulated.
Explaining Loan Factors to Customers
We must not expect our customers to
be bankers and understand all the fac
tors which we must consider before
granting a loan. If we find that a loan
is not, and cannot be made, bankable,
then 1 think we should take pains to
explain to the applicant the reasons
why it cannot be granted.
There are other measures which i
think it important for the banker to
undertake in order to eliminate the
misunderstandings which have arisen
and overcome the sentiment which
exists. Under present conditions we
have to operate under many laws and
regulations, and also watch what fur
ther legislation is being proposed which
affects our methods of operation and
may not be in the best interest of the
communities we serve. Nowadays it
seems at times we must sit with a law
book in one hand and a book of regula
tions in the other in order to make cer
tain we are discharging our daily duties
and functioning strictly in accordance
with the law. All or this is very try
ing. yet 1 think in the end we shall be
come better bankers.
1 believe it is the duty of every
banker today to endeavor to under
stand the public he serves. In addition
to his daily duties, trying as they are,
he should participate in the activities
of his community, so that, with the
fund of information available to him.
he may be as helpful as possible in all
public and civic matters
Government Lending
"As everbody knows, the Govern
ment has vast lending agencies, for
home owners, farmers, and the like.
These have nothing to do with the sub
ject of this article, except that all such
Government operations would be im
possible if the banks did not lend the
Government money for the purpose.
"No one can set a time when borrow
ing will be resumed. But it will come
when men once more feel that condi
tions are sufficiently settled to warrant
them in taking chances, in entering
upon deals, and in trying to make
money."
Mr. At wood says that it may be that
the banks are overcautious now, just
as they were overconfident In 1929. but
calls attention to the fact that until
a little moie than a year ago banks
were failing "partly because they had
loaned too freely, and were being
criticized right and left for precisely
that fault." He adds:
"Indeed the banks which had been
cautious in their lending policy came
through the crisis safely. Under such
conditions it is utterly useless to criti
cize banks for not making loans. After
the experience they had for several
years, especially in 1932 and 1933. it is
only natural that they should relax
their requirements very slowly and
gradually.
"UnfortuuatLly, many ol the applica
tious for loans are not people who
want temporary banking accommoda
tion for three or six months and are |
quire able to meet their maturity dates,
but are from tho*e who really need per
manent capital. They are busted and
they want sornecne to stake them to a
new start. What U??y really s**ek is a
partner to fjrr.'sh tuem with long t m*.
capital. But depositors insist upon be
ing paid on d in.a 1. and. therefore. It
i3 a grave question whether banks ;
shruld tie hp their funds for any iength j
of time."
HC'.Y C.'iE FARMER
HELPED HIMSELF
A farmer accu '>mtd to keeping
records found that it cost glG.ab to
produce an acre of corn l!is average
yield was 33 bus!selling for S'l
cents per bushel. On 'h ; basis be was
producing without e.titer prolit or loss I
A study of bis co u indicated means ,
by which the yields utigb: be Increased
without pro: . tionai expenses By mak
ing use of facts dl* trcred at the Ex !
periment Stations lite farmer secured
an increased yield .1 four.and one-hsil
bushels per acre (3J * n ; bels. instead .
of 33). By incr the y' id and
holding down **.i this farmer
was ab'.a ta "taht - prcQl of sis coats 1
' per bushel. I
PICK-UP NOTES ,
!
Demand for American products In 1
Egypt Is growing.
Danish liuitorts are larger than at ,
any time time lU'l.
Farmers of Australia are enjoying a
return of prosperity.
Purchases of American goods are
increasing in Argentina.
Shipping activity in some ports in
France Is above that of last year.
Two-thirds of the automobiles sold
in Australia in 1U33 were from Amer
lea.
Nearly 350,000 barrels of American
petroleum were shipped into China
last year.
The great activity In gold mining In
South Africa Is stimulating general
trade anil industry.
Nine of every ten passenger automo
biles imported into Argentina last year
were from the United States.
Employment in 100 large factories
in New South Wales, Australia, is 10
per cent greater than a year ago.
OUR NEIGHBORS
Moscow, capital of the Soviet union,
has a population of about 4,000,000.
Business of the British post office
department has doubled In twenty
years.
British naval examiners say that one
out of every ten British gobs are color
blind to some extent.
Australia lias decided that Austra
lian militia forces organized as Scot
tish units may wear kilts.
South Africa is producing for mar
ket the 'tangelo," a cross between a
tangerine and a grapefruit.
To keep its new coins at home New
Zealand has ruled that they shall not
be legal outside the country.
Among the titles now possessed by
the king of Siara are "the Sovereign
of ife," "the Ma^er of the World,"
"the Descendant of Angels" and "The
Excellent Divine Feet."
CURIOUS FACTS
Pisa's Leaning Tower formerly hud
a "leanover" of 10 feet; a recent
measurement shows this now to be 14
feet.
Public swimming baths in the near
future will be kept pure by ultra-violet
rays, whose barrage no germ can sur
vive.
Burgundy pitch is not pitch, and
does not come from Burgundy. It is
a resinous substance prepared from
common frankincense and brought
from Hamburg.
The potato's most dangerous enemy,
the Colorado beetle, is threatened with
extinction by a flower?the petunia,
whose leaves attract the pest and then
poison it.
Ferasiboa, a little island in the Pa
citic, is inhabited entirely by women.
Any man who sets foot on its shores
runs the risk of being eaten, for the
women are cannibals.?Tit-Bits Maga
zine
UNUSUAL SQUIBS
Society men of London are again
carrying purses for small change.
Clergymen of England want the
throwing of confetti at weddings pro
hibited.
Crying Is to be fashionable in Lon
don, and it will not be considered
weak for men to weep at the theater
Chimneys that send out smoke In
pretty rings and waves are a novel
idea from Italy, the chimneys being
made in spiral form.
Ued-haired girls lave l>een chosen
for the stalling of ?* new store iri Chi
cago where male supervisors have to
he bald to qualify for their appoint
ments.
Workers on ;t p:i\iim crow near Au
burn, Calif., linear!!-"'! ? small vein of
gold and, by erecting sluice boxes ??b
talned n> much as ;-!0 each during the
short period the hk' way stretch was
available for mining.
GLEANINGS
Neither checkers nor chess are Inter
esting unlc s your adversary Is.
By 1940 11 men out of 1.1 will save
their money, what' ?r happens.
Cultivate repartee. You may need It
on the witness stand In some court.
Plays are criticized too ?vverely and
books not severely enough. Why Is
this?
Nature thinks **the world Is too
much with us," too. So It gives us
sleep.
One thing t'.at bores a reader Is
jokes about taxation, which he con
siders a serious matter; and the Jokes
are often flat '/
Training for Bankers
The American Bankers Association (
has been active for many years train
ing young men and women in order !
that they may be duly qualified for the
business of banking. Standard courses '
are furnished with able and expert- i
enced teachers. This work is done un- j
der the direction of the American In
stitute of Banking Section of the asso
ciation. Over two hundred charters, or
local banking schools, are in active
operation throughout the country and
thousands of the younger generation
of hauliers are beiug graduated each 1
year. These students are taught not
only banking practices and policies,
but they are also well grounded In the
highest ideals and standards < isi
ness ethics. A proposal is now uuder
consideration to establish a central
school, which will offer advanced or
graduate work to a selective list taken
from those who have completed the
standard courses.?F. M. Law, Presi
dent American Bankers Association.
Bankers Finance Scholarships
The American Bankrs Association
Foundation for Education in Econom
ics has since its establishment in 1928,
awarded 354 college loan scholarships
the total leans repaid in that periof
being $262,000 and the amount notf
outstanding $86,900. The total invest
ments of its funds are $540,000.
..c.
Summons by Publication
NORTH CAROLINA,
ALAMANCE COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Effa Guthrie,
Plain'.iff,
v?
P. A. Guthrie,
DefeDdau'.
The deftndaui P. A. Guthrie, wiil take
notice that au action entitled as above
has been commenced in the Superior
Court of Alamance County, North Caro
lina, to obtain a divorce; and that said
defendant will further take uotic e that he
is required to appear at the office o' the
Clerk of tin-Superior Court of said Coun
ty on the 14th day of January, 1935. and
answer or demur to the complaint in siid
actiou or the ph.intiiT will applv to the
"Court for ti e relief demanded in said
complaint.
This the 13th day of December. 1934.
E. H. MURRAY,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
Wm. I. Ward. Atty.
Summons by Publication
NORTH CAROLINA,
ALAMANCE COUNTY,
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
RAY M. BRYDON
VS.
LOITSE BRYDON"
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action en itled
as above has been commence ! in I
the Superior Court ot Alamance
County, North Carolina,for divorce;
and the said defendant will furt ier
take notice that she Is Required to
appear before E. II. Murray, Clerk
of the (Superior Court, at'his office
:.i Graham, North Carolina, on the
13th day of January, 1935, ' ins
wer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff mil
apply to the Court for the relief
demanded In said complaint.
This the 13th ,day of December,
193*.
E. H. MURRAY.
Clerk of the Superior Court
John J. Henderson, Atty.
Summons by Publication
VORTH CAROLINA,
iLAMAXCB COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
U. KINO
vs.
?IRS MAMIE KINO
The defendant above named will
lake notice that an action en itlcd
at above has beeD commenced in
the Superior Court of Alamance
o inty, North Carolina,for divorce;
ind the said defendant will further
ake notice that ehe is requireil to
i .pear before E. H. Murray. CI-rk
>?: the Superior Court, at his office
in G'raham. North Carolina, on the
3th Hay of January, 1335, and anx
?rr or demur to the comp'aiut in
aid action, or the plaintiff vj'
?pply to the Court for the reli -f
lemanded In said complaint.
Thjs the 13th day of December,
;334.
E. H. MURRAY,
tTerk Superior Court A|an,anee
iohn J. Henderson. Atty.
Notice of Sale of Heal
Property.
t'nder and by virtue of the power
of fate contained In that certiin M.
r. executed on ftho tth day of April,
1331, by A. M. Isloy and wife. Tna
tsley, tq (Sherman Cole,'and record-j
,ed iri| the office of the Register of
Deeds for AlamaDre County, North
Carolina, In book of "MortgageDeeds
Not. 1151, "t paff? 2?5, default hav
ing been made' In th ? paymen of
the same, I will soli 1st [public auc
tion to .the highest bidder ifor cash,
at the Court House Door of AlamaD
ce County, on
Saturday, January 5th, 193"
at 12:00 o'clock, noon
the following described real prop
erty, to-wlt:
Two certain pieces or tracts of
land lying and being in 'Albright
1 o?" ship, Alamance C'ojnty, ' tate
o' North Carolina, ana des (bed
and defined as follows to-wit
Adjoining the lands c f A.M. laley
R. A. Sharpe G. W, Spr >? et al:
Tract No, 1. Said mact of land
contai ling twenty laeres more or lei*
ind kiown as the John Pyles place.
on w oich S. S. Shoe has lived and
lied, and now fcnown as theS. S.
Shoe place.
Tract No. 2. Being the tract of
land on which A. M. Ialey and wife
now reside, containing fifty an.es,
more or less, wll ed to said parties
of the first pail by Willis ia.ev.
Adoining W. M. Isley. Z. H Tingen,
John Graves and S. S. Shoe, et al.
This sale will be rr.ndo subject to
advance bids as provided by law.
and for that purpose the sale will
remain open tor ten days from date
of -ale to receive such 'bids.
This 3rd dav of December. 1934.
SnERMAV COLE.
Mortgagee
W. 1. Ward, Attorney.
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UNION CHURCH BUILDING
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