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MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
Copyright br Geo. H. Dora* Coapaaf
WNU Serrlco
August 26.
All along, I have been impressed by
the attitude of at least the summer
public to our tragedies; as ope
came it brought with it its tempota'iy
thrill; for a moment, one might say,
the dancing stopped and a . bit of
drama was enacted on the stage.
Then the curtain fell, the band, struck
up, and the whirl began again, with
some inconsiderable of the dancers
missing.
Poor Carroway’s widow is working
at one of the shore hotels, and has
bobbed her hair. And a small boy
with adenoids delivers our milk and
chickens; I caught him this morning
chalking up a triangle within a circle
on one of the pillars of the gate.
The main house shut and empty,* a
new assistant keeper at the lighthouse,
and perhaps a closed room and grief
at the Morrison farmhouse —these are
the only apparent scars left, to mark
our summer’s wounding.
I saw Larkin this morning. He be
lieves that we may be able to sell the
property as a hotel site; as this would
insure destroying the house, it seems
the best thing.
But one other change 1 have not
recorded.
Watching Halliday as I do, affection
ately and not too openly, I jan see a
very considerable change in him. He
is like a man lit from within by some
flame, of vengeance perhaps, or reso
lution certainly. And he is moody at
times; his old gayety is gone. He has
put me out of his confidence, not be
cause he does not trust me, but be
cause for some reason he is afraid
of me.
And the same, I think, is largely
true of Edith in the last day' or two.
It is as though he said, in effect:
“Keep out It is dangerous. I am
willing to take a chance, but I want
to know that the rest of you are safe.”
Now and then, however, I gather
something. Thus yesterday he said:
“You have to remember this; we are
not dealing with a criminal, but with
an idea.” *
FARM FOR RENT
I have a farm which I desire to
rent for the year 1930. There are
two good resident houses on the
place, good barn and pastures. There
are 75 to 100 acres of land ready
for cultivation, suitable for cotton,
tobacco, corn and wheat. The place
is located about one mile north of
Highway No. 90 and is known as
“The Buck Campbell Place.” For
further particulars see me.
MRS. R. H. HAYES
Pittsboro, N. C.
(Aug 29, Sep 5)
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Again, he has asked me for Cucle
Horace’s letter, and has been appar
ently making a study of it.
Only along the lines of what I call
the supernormal nnenomena of the
summer does he show his old open
ness, and there he is frankly puzzled.
My decision not to cali in Cameron
has, I think, disappointed him. But
my reasons are sound. Cameron’s
coming might result in unpleasant
press publicity for us, and more than
that, puts me where I do not intend
to be placed, among the believers in
spiritism.
He accepted that decision without
comment. But shortly after he asked
Edith for the letter from Evanston,
and sat thinking over it for some time.
“Os course, ith a little Imagina
tion,” he said, “you might figure that
these people were somehow let in on
what happened here last year. But
why Evanston?” And after a pause,
following a train of thought:
“Os course I suppose, if you grant
a spirit world, you have to grant that
where time and space do not exist
and only vibration counts —whatever
that may mean —you; could tune in
Evanston as well as-7-well, as easily
as you can on the radio.”
But he got up soon after, saying
that we were all cfazy and* he himself
was the maddest of the lot, and went
away.
August 27.
Livingstone is a curious chap; dap
per, fastidious and taciturn. He Is al
most too much of a gentleman; I have
had the feeling, and I think Jane has
also, that a part of his reticence is
caution, that he is always watchful,
subconsciously at least, lest the ve
neer crack, and something secretly
vulgar be exposed.
I am still wondering why he came
to see me today; he was sitting,
gloved and spatted, in our small liv
ing room when Clara brought his card
to me in the garage and 1 hurried in.
Sitting, too, staring at our ridiculous
parlor organ, with an odd look on his
face.
“Haven’t seen one for years,” he
said, in his clipped and yet deliberate
manner. “Where’d you happen on
that one?”
“It was here when we came,” 1 ex
plained.
He gave It another glance before we
sat down, aud then apparently dis
missed it. But not entirely. Now and
then he looked toward it, and once
I saw a slight smile, as though back
in his mind was some equally faint
humorous memory. But he came to
the point with a certain directness.
“You’re a man c.f sense,” he said.
“I came because you’ve got a head
on yon.”
“I used to have,” I admitted mod
estly. “Lately, of course —”
He bint forward.
“Use it,” he said. “Don’t let this
spirit bunk get you. Easiest stuff in
the world to fake.”
“I don’t Intend to let it get me.”
He brushed that aside, and glanced
once more at the organ.
“Yqt} take a thing like that,” he said,
“and start it in the dark. It gets you
creepy In no time. They all use it;
It used to be organs like that; now its
phonographs. They say It starts the
vibrations! Well, I’ll tell you what
it does; it gets you worked up. Some
times it covers something the medium
wants to do.”
“So I Imagine,” l agreed.
His volubility suddenly left him
then, and he seemed rather at a loss.”
“Let It alore,” he said. “Let well
enough alone” After a pause: “There
may be something, but let It alone.”
And that, so far as I can make out,
was the purpose of his visit. He
showed a certain relief, as if he had
got rid of something momentous to
him, and soon after he took an abrupt
departure.
Thomas tells me that another at
tempt was made to get into the house
last night. He had left his pruning
ladder outside under a tree, and found
it upright against Gordon’s window
this morning. . . .
Later: Halliday corroborates Thom
as’ story, with further details. He
was on the lower floor, reading, when
he was disturbed by the crash of a
pane of glass above. He ran upstairs,
but was evidently heard. There was
no one on the ladder when he got
there, and a thorough search showed
no'one in the bouse.
The window was the one through
which we had watched Gordon leave
the house by the rope.
August 28.
It la impossible for me tonight to
draw any conclusion * from last eve-
I ning’s discovery; I have not my old
faith in circumstantial evidence. I
can only ask myself if an innocent
man hides in his own house. . . .
Jane had one of her bad headaches
last night, and at eleven o’clock I took
the car and went in to the village
* pharmacy. It * was closed, however,
and I was at a loss to know what to
do. In the emergency I thought of
Hayward’s office; like most country
doctors he keeps a medicine cabinet,
and fills many of his own prescrip
tions. I went there, therefore, and'
rang the bell.
It took some time and several rings
to rouse the housekeeper, an elderly
and taciturn woman, vand when she
finally opened the door.it to say
that the doctor ,was away, and to atv
tempt to close ft again. } I prevented <
this, however, and. managed to 'get!
past her and the hall. *
“I only want to get some, medicine,”
l explained. “The cabinet is In fcber
back office, isn’t It?”
“Fm not allowed to let anybody,
into the office.”
, J”,I said sharply. “Any-s
how, you are not allowing me. I’m
going.”
seemed completely at a loss, and
THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. C.
1 thought too that she was listening, j
With my hand on the knob of the wait- ,
ing room, J caught the attentive look I
on her face, and found myself listen- |
ing also. It seemed to me that ihere
was somebody moving In th back of- |
lice, and immediately after I caught j
the stealtliy closing of a door some
where. With that she appeared to
relax.
“You are sure you know what you
want?” she asked.
“Quite sure,” 1 said, and went
through the waiting room to the con
sulting office. Sim followed me and
turned on the light, and stood there
watching me Intently. The room was
filled with tobacco smoke, and she saw
that I noticed it, for she said:
“My husband was sitting in here.
I’d be glad if you don’t say anything
about it.”
I am not suspicious, and the con
fession satisfied my faint feeling that
something was not quite right in the
house. I got the tablets from the cab
inet, and being nervous about un
labeled bottles went to the desk;
there, neatly piled np, were tlie
month’s bills for Hayward’s profes
sional services, written in his own nh
tidy hand, and one not finished on the
pad. \
The woman was still watching me,
and I managed to write my label, glue
It to the bottle, and make my depar
ture without, I think, showing that I
had made any discovery whatever.
But nothing can alter my conviction
that Hayward is hiding in his own
i house, and that he was in that bade
1 room when 7 rang the doorbell at
something before midnight. Not even
Halliday’s opinion that, since Hay
ward is officially at heme today, he had
the right to be “not at home” last
night.
“After all,” he said, “give the poor
devil his due, Skipper. He works
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“After All/' He Said, “Give the Poor
Devil His Due.”
hard, and why shouldn’t he get back
a day earlier than he is expected and
steal a few hours to get out his bills?
He has to live.”
But he seems to me to be a trifle too
casual about it. I admit that he puz
zles me, these days.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
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sharpens his phonogragh needles.
The stingiest man on earth re-
NOTICE OF DEED OF TRUST
SALE
Under and by virtue of a certain
deed of trust executed to the under
signed Trustees by A. B. Riddle and
wife, Lita Riddle, on the 19th day
of June, 1926. to secure the payment
of a certain bond therein described,
which deed of trust is recorded in
the Registry of Chatham County in
Book GN, page 203, et seq., default
having been made in the payment
of said bond and the holder thereof
having requested a sale of the prop
erty described and conveyed in said
deed of trust, the undersigned will
sell for cash, at public auction, at
the Court House door in Pittsboro,
North Carolina, on
Saturday, the 7th day of September,
1929, at twelve (12) o’clock noon,
that certain lot or parcel of land
lying and being in Baldwin Town
ship, in the village of Bynum, Chat
ham County, North Carolina, and
more particularly described as fol
lows:
Beginning at a stake in A. T.‘
Ward’s corner, Chapel Hill road, and
running thence northwest with said
road 21 poles to a stake; thence
South 66 degrees East 14 poles to
stake and a ditch; thence up said
ditch 8 and 2-5 poles to a stake in
said ditch; thence about North 26
and 2-5 poles to the beginning; con
taining 2 and 67-120 acres, more or
less, same being the home place of
the late A. B. Riddle.
This the 6th day of August, 1929.
WALTER D. SILER
and WADE BARBER,
Trustees
NOTICE!
I will on Friday, the 6th day of
September, 1929, offer, for sale at
.Public Auction, the property of W.
A. N. Glenn, late, of Chatham!*
County; Hadley Township, N. C., at
<his home place, the following .prop-”
(erty, to wit: <7;"•••. '.'77
l 1, two-horse/wagon - '
1 orie-horse WagOn and harness
G 1 buggy and harness
A few farming tools
Household and kitchen fjujjnituj'e.'
Time of sale, September 6, 1929, '
: afe 10 A.. M. : 1.,.”. ...
, Terms of sale, cash. ’ ’ ' ’
„ .... J. F. GLENN,
/A Executor
(Aug 15, 3tp)
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News of the Week on
Chatham County
Farms
—
The value of lespedeza as a soil
improving and pasturage crop has
long been realized in this county, but
very little attention has been given
to the feed value of lespedeza or to
its yield when cut for hay. During
the past week, the County -Agent
visited a 12-acre field of common
lespedeza, that yielded nine two
horse loads of cured hay. This hay
was harvested by Mr. C. A. Culberson
of Bonlee, and his purpose in cuttitig
this field was to clip the weeds, giving
the lespedeza a better chance to
grow and mature. In cutting these
weeds, the lespedeza 1 was so high,
that fully three-fourths of the cut
ting was good lespedeza hay, leaving
a full stand of lespedeza uncut. Mr.
Culberson has filled his barns with
hay, and in addition, has three large
stacks of hay outside.
Last week in these colums, we told
something 6f the fine stand of com
mon lespedeza on a five-acre field on
the farm of C. W. Jordan of Siler
City. In company with E. C. Blair,
Extension Agronomist, the County
Agent visited this field again during
the past week, selected from a repre
sentative spot in this field a bunch
of this lespedeza, and measured it. It
was found to be 17 inches in height.
It must be remembered that this les
pedeza is not fully grown, and will
grow at least 2 more inches before
maturity. Mr. Jordan will cut enough
lespedeza hay from this field to win
ter all his stock.
The value of some form of nitro
gen under corn is being strikingly de
monstrated by Mr. G. L. Bynum of
Moncure, RFD 2. Mr.Bynum turned a
crop of peavines on a portion of the
land that he has in corn now. Just
next to this field, corn is growing on
land that did not have' pea vines
turned under. Where the peas were
turned, the corn has a rich, green
ycolor, and the yield will be at least
twice as much as the yield where no
peas were turned. Mr. Bynum top
dressed a portion of his corn with
100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda in a
different field. Where the Soda was
used, the corn too gives indications of
yielding much more than the field
where no Soda was used.
Mr. Carl Strowd of Bynum, route
1 is expecting a yield of a bale to the
acre on some of his cotton. Consider-*
ing the season, his cotton looks un
usually well, and with good weather
conditions prevailing, he should make
a bale to the acre on some of this
cotton.
Comments on the Calf Club Show
The boys who exhibited their Jer
seys at the Calf Club Show at Pitts
boro last Friday are to be congrat
ulated on the excellent showing they
made with their calves. Considering
the little time they had to fit their
cattle,and also the fact that showing
cattle was a new thing to most of
them, they did most favorably im
pressed with the way the animals
were fitted, and how they were
shown.
Fifteen of the best Jerseys in the
different groups will be selected for
a Chatham County Calf Club Exhibit !
at the State Fair in October.
Competition was very keen in the
yearling and bred-heifer classes, but
the boys who placed first deserved it.
The judging demonstration given
by Prof. Haig before the show was
enjoyed by everyone.
Two fine young bulls were shown.
The bull shown by White and Clapp
was awarded first place, while the
bull shown by J. Lee Marmon was
awarded second place.
Lee Harmon had a complete exhibit
at the show. He brought in his heifer,
her ten day old calf, and his fine,
young bull. Lee has a good founda
tion start for a herd of pure-bred
Jerseys.
Congratulations to the boy and his
heifer who won first place in her
class, and grand Champion of the
show, Raymon Culberson of Bonlee,
son of Mr. C. A. Culberson.
“Farm Philosophy”
A dollar for tankage or fish meal
is worth two for corn in feeding hogs.
A corn field without a fence leaks 1
profits that hogs could save.
If you cannot spell Paradichiloro
benzine, you can spill some around
the peach trees to choke the borers.
The wise farmer looks on exhibit
ing at fairs not as a money-making
scheme but as a chance to learn some
thing and contribute something.
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Farm News
| Edited by N. C. SHIVER, County Agt.
Frank Farmer says;“ Wet spots on
my farm proved costly luxuries this
year; I mean to drain them.”
One reason the farmer is still de
pendent is that he insists on being too
independent to join worthy coopera
tive associations.
Chatham County September
Farm Calender
Agronomy
Pick cotton as rapidly as it opens,
but not when it is wet with dew or
rain.
Do not leave. cotton on ground in
field over night.
Plant winter cover crops last of
month.
Field select seed corn • for next
year.
Leaving legume hay too long in the
swath results in poor color and loss
in feed value. , ; .
Animal Husbandry
Sow rape and small grains for win
ter and early spring grazing. ,
Treat sheep for stomach worms;
dip for external parasites.
Cull out and market all surplus
hogs on the high fall market.
Give farrowing sows and show
hogs especial attention.
Keep salt or mineral mixtures be
fore all livestock.
Dairying
Sow rye for winter grazing; it in
creases the milk flow.
Feed some grain daily. Dry fall
pastures lack nutrients.
Dry up cows due to freshen in
October, to allow six weeks rest.
Cull boarders that wont make
money for you this winter.
Poultry
Clean and disinfect laying houses
well before putting pullets in.
Plow the chicken runs and seed to
suitable green crops for winter.
Keep pullets in good flesh by
heavy feeding of grain and much of
the neck molt may be avoided.
Go over the flock and keep only
the laying hens.
Buy next season’s breeding cock
erels now to get first choice.
VALUE OF HERD DETERMINED
BY FEEDING AND BREEDING
The feeding and breeding of the
cattle on your farm decides wheither
you keep cattle, or cattle keep you.
The use of a carefully selected
pure bred sire is the most economical
way to develop a profitable dairy
herd, as the parent determines the
value of the calves born in the herd.
The calf herd of today will be the
milking herd of to-morrow, and it
pays to raise your own heifers rather
than buy the other fellows castoffs.
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Bick,l especially want you to write for my booklet, j
Mrs. J. D. Collett, Route No. 4, High Point, N. C., 1
whose picture appears here, writes: “During the j
winter of 1927-28 I took your treatments, and lam I
glad to say that my family doctor says I have no I
symptoms now. I look, feel, and am a different I
person altogether. I cannot thank you and your 1
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WRITE: V. C. Rountree, M. D., Austin, Texas.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1929,
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DOINGS OF I
1 CHATHAM
I FARMERS
STOCK FARMING
i POULTRY, ’
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North Carolina dairy cows are so
small because heifers are not fei
properly during the growing period
and because most heifers are bred
for their first calf when they are en
tirely too small. A heifer will grow
fast until she starts milking with her
first calf, but giving milk slows un
growth. Heifers should be bred so
that they will calve for the first time
when 25 months of age.
Heifers should be kept growing by
adjusting the amount of grain
hay fed to the other available feeds
The calf should be. fed grain and le
gume hay in about equal amounts
when on skim milk.
Chatham Boys Show Jerseys At First
Annual Chatham County
Calf Club Show
Pitsboro, N. C. Aug. 30, 1929
Soane , twenty-one pure-bred Jerseys
were exhibited on the courthouse
lawn at Pittsboro last Friday by
Chatham County 4-H Calf Club mem
bers. These cattle were shown and
judged before a crowd of some 200
farmers and business men of the
county. It was the first affair of its
kind to be held in Chatham county,
and it was enjoyed by all who at
tended it.
The cattle were judged by Prof.
F. M. Haig of the Dairy Department
of State College, and a judging dem
onstration was given before the show.
Mr. Ward C. Snarr of the American
Jersey Cattle Club was also at Pitts
foro for the occasion, and made a
talk to the farmers present on the im
portance of selecting good pure-bred
dairy sires for our dairy cattle.
The cattle were judged in the fol
lowing six clases; 1, Calves, 2, Year
’ lings, 3, Bred Heifers, 4, Bulls, 5,
Cows, 6, Grand Champion. The fol
lowing are the winners in the follow
ing classes;
Grand Champion: Raymon Culberson,
Bonlee, N. C. Calves; Ist. Guy Dark;
2nd, Addison Burns; 3rd, Paul Calrk;
4th, Elzie Connell, sth, Elmer Con
nnell.
Yearlings; Ist, Raymon Cluberson,
2nd, Frank Cluberson; 3rd, Chas. W.
( Lutterloh; 4th, Burt Dark, sth, Leon
1 Gilmore.
Bred Heifers; Ist, T. C. Justive,
, 2nd, Palmer Foushee; 3rd, Ike Bland;
4th, Billie Harrington, sth, Jesse
Harrington.
Cows; Ist, Lee Harmon.
Bulls; Ist, White and Clapp, 2nd,
Lee Harmon.
PAGE KINSTON
Bryce Poe, Friday evening while
; driving a truck down to the old Poe
home in New Hope township, ran
over an old grey fox and killed him.
If you have any of the following symptom s
I have the remedy no matter what vour
trouble has been diagnosed: Nervousness,
stomach trouble, loss of weight, loss of sleep,
sore mouth, pains in the back and shoulders,
peculiar swimming in the head frothy like
phlegm in throat, passing mucous from the
bowels, especially after taking purgative, burn
ing feet, brown, rough or yellow skin, burning
or itching skin, rash on the hands, face and arms
resembling sunburn, habitual constipation,
(sometimes alternating with diarrhoea) copper
or metallic taste, skin sensative to sunheat, forget
fulness, despondency and thoughts that
you might lose your mind, gums a fiery red and
falling away from the teeth, general weakness
with loss of energy. '
If you have these 1
symptoms and have j
taken all kinds of j
medicine and still S
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