Henderson daily dispatch., December 14, 1932, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

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PAGE SIX
MURDER IN EDEN
n».Mrn> t*
DOROTHA SAT at the .le>-k In her
bomlnir pouring over a sheaf of
paper* covered with mathematical
(wiruiationa She male one Anal ad-
snd then atarerl at the result.
breathing wm heavy. She ran
Her fingers through her hair and
gasped
“That much'" she exclaimed. **|
didn't realise it was so much."
She reached into a pigeonhole and
dhew forth a pile of cancelled checks.
Qptcfcly she ran through them, setting
down the ftjrures or each one on a
•beet of paper. When shs had fin
ished she rapidly add'd up the col
umn. Then site checked this total
•gainst the total of nor previous cal
culation.
Dazedly, she stared at the two sets
of figures. Then:
■'One hundred r.nd twenty-five
thousand dollars”• s-he gasped. “It
doeoß't seeru possible.”
Bhe pushed Me pajxra back and
hiitetly cloned the disk. She went to
the vanity and : inoothed her hair
*od olothea Quietly, she went into
the drawing room and on to the front
Hoop, where sin- puked up the morn
ing oajx r
Opening It. her eyes foil on the
■rreamlng black headlines which told
of Lillian Hull’s confession to the [
murder of Itlchard IVuley and her l>e.
ing charged with the attack on Nan
ette l<eßoi. A qurtzn-nl smile flashed
serosa her countenance.
Without further ado she went into
her employer's boudoir, drew back)
the curtains and raised the shades
The room was flooded with the mid
morning sunhghr.
Nanette stirred sleepily and grum-
Mad. But when sin- opened her eves
anil saw Do rot ha she holteri upright.
Dorotha handcil her the newspaper.
Hungrily, she read the account of
Lillian's arrest and confession. She
read with intense interest that por
tion of the article which dealt with
Chivlngton s death. A self-confWertt
#ani crept into her eye.
*Yt serves her right.” she cried i
heatedly. “The little devil."
liorotha smiled “You're safe now.” j
she exclaimed. “There's no need for j
you to go to the police this morning.
** you said you would."
"No." Nanette returned musingly,
“there isn L l wonder— '* Her wonts '
trailed off into silence.
"You wonder if it was she that left '
that take message?*’ Dorotha supple- j
denied hastily.
She had accomplished her purpose !
The seed was planted. Nanette's eyes !
blazed angrily The color mounted to
her cheeks.
I-lie toil i Bailey'” she cried 1
"She would do anything to hold him j
I was taking him away from her. I j
was buying him. Dorotha. I was
buy mg him w.th my own money” *
She liei.iun- ulm.-ist fanatical. ”]
Jidn t want h.,r | wanted what he ■
.* 'UI I do t' i lot "
IK) ioil km>w how much you p a: ;
**n.e • ■ 11., With \„U "• subtly ji
B. P. W. Club Honors
Departing President
With alt but two members present. :j
the Business amt Professional Wo-1
mens club held its usual Christmas
frolic at the home of Miss Nelieie
Perry on Hamilton street last
Several matters of business had to he |
disposed ot before the fun began. Miss 1
Perry explained that, owing to her!
leaving for an extended trip to Tur-i
key early In January, she had resign
ed at president and that the executive'
board in session had appointed Miss i
Elizabeth Fox, first vice-president, to
fiH jher unexpired term, and Mrs, I
Naomi Jordan to the place of first !
vice president. A letter was read from !
Mrs. S. P. Cooper, whom the club!
Fected as honorary life member at i
a recent meeting, expressing her in
ability to attend the meeting Ijst
night, but asking the club to meet i
with her at the January meeting. This!
was unanimously accepted and is be-.
ing looked forward to with pleasure.
Mias Fbx expressed the appreciation
of the club for the splendid
rendePd by the retiring president and !
announced that Miss Perry had matle-'f
a gift of club i-tationery a parting
token. j
Mra. R. 3. Green than explained the
worhiags ** Merohant -‘* Popular
ity Centßct now being sponsored by
the cififc and the Daily Dispatch. She
1
-'i ‘ !
*
NOW SHOWING
John
; £ Barrymore
f; —and— !
1 f BILLIE BURKE
l \ —ln—
;' “A Bill of
Divorcement”
T S ■ Admiwilon l(k- tn all
Added Comedy
“Vic” Percy at the Organ
TOMORROW
Marlene Dietrich
—in—
‘‘Blonde Venus”
Ho*ioe—Our program changes
dally dur»i* Christmas week .
and midnight show
Watch far further
Announcements
Stevenson 1
THEATRE |
Coming—Monday and Tuesday
Clara Bow In
“fALL (HER SAY ACME”
Nanetts raat • questioning glance
- at H*r sseretxry.
f *‘D© jsouT* sftw countered.
*T flkiiial it up ontv ttita morning.”
witfc apfmprlMi aervfliry, "You savte
Richard Bailey on* hundred and
. twznty-flxe thousand dollars.”
, Nanette gasped. “How much?” she
asked, as If unabta to believe what
she had heard.
“'One hundred and twenty-ftve
[ thmmmd- dollars.” Dorotha repeated
The art peas' ewes contracted. Her
llpw grw thin and wMla The color
drained from her faco.
Dorotha sat down on ttie edgn of
the bed: “You can't final me. Nan
ette.” she almost whispered. “I know
you too well—perhaps as well aa you
know yourself.”
The actress looked at the other
querulously.
"Richard Bailey blackmailed you
out of that money,” she went on. as
If afraid someone might hear. “Yon
didn't want Bailey, No. { know you
didn't. You did want what be could
do for yon. t*t you didn't want even
that enough to pay that price for It.
He blackmailed you. Nanette, he ex
acted a price—”
"Yes. he did!” Nanette screamed.
"He did blackmail me. He found out
In some way about that affair in Now
Or lean a He made me pay his price
for keeping silent. He knew It would
ruin me. And.” she added huskily,
“he's paid for doing it, too.”
Dorotha smiled enigmattcnlly. "He
paid dearly," she said quietly.
The actress caught the other
woman's hand and squeezed it until
; Dorotha winced with pain. Fiercely,
i she demanded; "You're not going to
toll, are you?”
"You know I'm not.” Dorotha re
turned. "You have been my friend—"
"You have been more than a friend
to me." Nanette Interrupted. “You
have been my confidante. When I
could talk to no one else I could talk
to you—to ease my mind."
"Os course." L>orotha agreed hastily.
Nanette eased Into her eyes for a
moment. She was trying to say
something, but the words would not
come. But at last she found her
1 voice.
! "I*orotha. why did you ever come
jto Hollywood?” she blurted out,
, "Y’ou Dive often told me of your
, home—of your mother—”
I The little blonde turned her eyes
j ®way from the other. A sob buret
from her Hpa. Hastily, she wiped
I away a bit of moisture from her
1 cheek.
"Just litre you. Nanette,” she said
slowly. “1 wanted the fame and for
tune that the movies would bring to
me ~*f I could be successful. That
was after I won a beauty contest
back home. I was vain. I thought
the studios would thnw open their
doors to me. But f wan wrong.
"I found Hollywood cold and hard.
The price it would enact for giving
ine a chance was more than l would
fay. I had been a stenographer and
when 1 found that I could not break
into the movies on ability alone I
Went back to my typewriter. I heard
in a round about way that you need- |
asked the co-operation of all mem*
hers and suggested their clipping
from the paper the advertisement
containing the names of cooperating
-merchants and reminded the mem
bers that they must ask for tickets
entitling them to votes. Any mone
ary return to the club will be used
for the loan fund for the education
of local girls.
Presiding at a desk with a bell. Miss
Neliene Perry wias the teacher of the
school. Ail the members were seat
ed at desks. School opened by all
singing “Good Evening, Dear Teach
er'." This was followed by the Lord's!
Prayer in unison. Then the roil was j
called and the teacher announced
that as it was so near Christmas
there would be no lessons for the day.
but that each girl was expected to
sing a song, tali a story, or say a
speech about /phrietmas. Those tak
i ;*fAty McElwee,
NeUeja -«tiiwfceth Fox, Annie
VoUlM*, Wrs. JCafce- Wood, Mrs. Pear!
Oreen.. Misses Carrie Draper, Mary
.Peck. Cornelia Powell. Mrs. Naomi
Jordan. Miss Agnes Pegram. All the
old favorites were and Miss
Carrie Draper recited “ Twau the
Night Before Christmas” in a man
ner to please. Some of the pupils mis
behaved art had their names taken
and were told to stay after school.
This part closed with all singing “Jin
gle Bells.'’ accompanied by the link-!
ling of real bells.
Mrs. Naomi Jordan ‘ and Miss Meta
Rooker than took 1 charge of the con
tests. The first was putting together
a cutup picture of a Christmas scene
and Miss Perry was the most pro
ficeint. Next, Christmas advertise
ments from the local paper which
had appeared the past week had been
mounted on cardboard and all names
and all names of advertisers had been
removed. These mere passed around
and each guessed whose add it was. It
was surprising how many were fa
miliar wHh phone numbers and names
<»f well known commodities. Quite a
number missed only one or two, but
Cornelia Powell was the winner of the
prize.
The last contest was dressing dolls
in crepe paper dresses with a penny
sucker for a foundation and Miss
Agnes Pegram made the best one.
These dolls were given to Miss Peg
ram and Miss Fox, and will be used
m their school rooms to add pleasure
to the Christmas festivities for their
little girls, while additional suckers
were sent for the boys.
It was then announced that Santa
Claus had arrived and ail were invit
ed to the dining room, where there
was a lovely Christmas trre and
where Santa Claus gave each a pre
sent. He then found an extra gift for
the retiring president, which Vas a
leather folder for stationery and
stamps and addresses which the club
thought would come In handy on
Miss Ferry's voyage. After hot cho
colate and wafers were served, the
guests departed expressing bon
voyage, and wens well pleased with
HBMUtRSONt IK C.J BUILY —WJYIUI, WEDNYS&&Y, DECEMBER M, IMS
e ed a secretary and companion Kntf’M
I came to yon.”
Hkng alone Ih Fbrtlyweod. wkm
“ there la so much laughter and galet>
» About, is a heavy cross to baar."
a Nanette said sympathetically.
"OH.” quickly, “l wasn't alone at
e first. I had Buddy with me—”
t . "Your brother?“
"My etster. Buddy was my pet'
f name for her. She is a pretty thing,
1 'about tkn year* younger than I ant.”
r “What became of her?" Nanetta
r pressed her.
‘•Bite came home one night Juat aa
f happy as a kid. She told me aha
* was going to be married and that her
* husband had a good Job in the
i studio* and that he had promised to
make a star out of her ”
r "Dkl he?"
Dorotha scowled. "I never saw bar
1 nflrr that," She hesftntcd and addegt
* “Hut once"
i "Why didn’t you go to the man?"
i ”1 didn't know who he was.” hope-
I leaaly. "I didn’t even know at which
i studio he worked. How was I to And
. out *"
Nanette drew her down on bar
Itosorn and held her close. Dorotha'e
soft body was wracked with soha.
She tried to comfort her, spoke
soothing words to her
“Oh. if I just had Buddy hack!"
she moaned. “Poor Buddy.”
■•You'll get her hack some day."
Nanette whispered. “She’ll come hack
to you some day."
"No." brokenly. "I’m nfratd she'll
never come back!"
Nanette did not know what to say.
Wliat could she say at a time iika
this? There waa nothing that was
adequate.
"She waa such a kid." Dorotha
sobbed. "She didn’t know what aha
waa doing. She saw a great shining
moon and she reached for It. But It
was too far away."
The actress caught her breatk.
What waa Dorotha saying? "Shg
saw a great shining moon and she
reached for It. But It was too far
away." Was that her own fate?
Was the glittering moon of movie
stardom too far away for her to
reach?
Os course not! Why waa she al
lowing such thoughts to creep into
her mind? Had she not already
managed to make herself the most
talked.of woman in Hollywood? Had
she not been promised a big part in
Balley'e next picture?
In Bartley’s next picture! Rts:
Bailey waa gone! Richard Bailey
was dead! There would be no "next
picture." What would be her fate!
Had ahe reached for the moon and
found it too far away?
The telephone rang. Dorotha
Jumped aa if she had been shot. Sha
gazed wildly about and then fled
from the room.
Nanette stared after her. then,
slowly, answered the ‘phone. It waa
liodolf Holmes.
•Nanette,” he said, and bla Voice,
seemed harsh, "arc you going to let
an innocent girl suffer for Bailey’s
murder?”
'TO BE OOMTIALED)
I the evening's fun.
. The club voted to give to the Sal
vation Army the toys that club mem
bers received from Santa Claus ear
her in the evening. - Reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Honor Mrs, Crews
Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Smith entertain
ed at their home on 134 College street
on Monday evening at a kitchen show
er in honor of Mrs. S. G. Crews, who
before her marriage in Conway, S. C.,
on July 21 wtis Miss Ethel Woodlief.
Wedding menu and kitchen utensil
contests were enjoyed and prizes
awarded the winners. Another feature
of the evening was special music con
sisting of Christmas carols rendered
by some of the guests.
A delicious chicken salad course
was served to about 30 guests.
The guest of honor was the re
cipient of many lovely and useful
gifts.
Central School
Sponsors Picture
Don’t miss the opportunity of see
ing George Arliss. June Collyer, and
Doris Kenyon In “Alexander Hamilton’
at the Stevenson theatre Friday, De
cember 16, afternoon or evening.
This picture Is sponsored by the
Central School Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation for the benefit of the Tteedy
children in that school. All patronage
will be appreciated as ffunds are need
ed just now, and members of the P.
T. A. fhei thirt you will morq than
get value received in seeing Ibis pic
ture at Mt. Stevenson’s regular prices
—Reported, 1
roiaMMik
hem mm
Regular Program Omitted,
Mbs Ellington Sings
Several Selection* •
j The Rotary club held its regular
dinner and business meeting last even
ing at 6:30 o’clock. Roy O. Rod well,
chairman of the program committee,
was not present, so a portion of the
program had to be omitted.
During the evening several vocal
selections were given by Miss Eliza
beth Ellington, /ngth p*«o acoomt
panlment.
A report on the charity ball ww
given by W. H. Fleming, and an up
to-date report on the Wed Cross Cam
paign by R. O. Klttrell.
A proposition was offered by which
two meats would be served the dub
after Christmas, if the club would
advance a sufficient amount of the
profits derived from serving these
meats, so that fruit might be bought
for needy children for Christmas
Rainfall For Four Days
Amounts To 2.30 Inches
Wells, Springs and Streams Resuming Flow In Ungelt
Rainy Season Ki Tlree Y ears in This Section;; Wat
erworks Dams "Ar e Both Overflowing
Rainfall since the present season
Mrt In last Saturday has amounted to
a total of 2.30 inohes, it was stated
today by John P. Renn. official
Weather Bureau observer here. Mr.
Renn said It was safe to say that this
la the longest continuous rainy sea
son here in three years.
Thera have been times when more
rain fell In a shorter time during that
period, but not so long & continuous
precipitation as this, the weather ob-1
server stated. Practically all this pre
cipitation is soaking into the ground.
Many well that had gone dry dur
ing the sunmger and fall are gradual
ly returning to their normal flow, and
the same la largely true with large
and small streams in various parts of
tJ»e county. Moisture Is being stored
in the ground and will be a great help !
to winter and spring crops, it is be
lieved. especially when considered to- ,
gether with rains and snows expect- 1
TEISER’S TOW
PARK ATTRACTIVE
Throngs Visit Store to See
Toys Built by Mr. Teiser
Operate
Tovland Park, a little "Coney Is
land,” now in operation in Teiser’s
.Department Store window on South
Garnett street, is attracting much it
tention from Christmas shoppers as
they visit the different stores in the
city. Throngs ahve already visited
Telser’s and seen this unique window
®SEW
ww
some of
your spiffs
at- are the handiwork of the giver are olway. doubly
•me becauie of the priceless personal touch they
f®w of th
FOR THS HOMS:
Transfer Pattern 81 o*—Motif for badbpraaid, 21” x 31”.
Transfer Pattern 809—Dainty boudoir pitibw, W square.
Transfer Pattern 808— Hook rvgt 20" s H". B
FOU THi CMC WOMAN:
Pattern 805—Bore* and smrf. Mfeasd sms Tk, ts and 22.
Pattern 9034— Cbomiso. Sixes te te 2<fc 34 te 44. Aw M
Pattern 9013—Pantier and Brewsters. Son t4te 20; 32 to 42, / jHI
Marian Martin Patterns ;
Bridtersmt jßmlg IfepafcJj
ed at various times during the win
| her period.
At the pump station of the city
waterworks plant two miles east of
the city, where the observation sta
tion is located, water has been going
over both dams in the storage lakes
fr>r about six weeks, Mr. Renn said.
At times the water has been higher
than at others during that period, but
a continuous stream of varying pro
portions has been flowing across the
dams, it was explained. All streams
that feed the lakes are running and
springs have resumed their flow.
Readings of the rainfall are made
from noon to noon. This rain began
last Saturday afternoon, and at noon
Sunday .30 of an inch was measured.
At noon Monday the rainfall was .52
of an inch, on Tuesday was .42 of an
Inch, and at noon today was 1.06
inches, making a total of 2.30 inches
for the period.
display, the handiwork of Stanley
Teiser himself, proprietor of the store
Tovland Park is made up of a rol
ler coaster, airplane swing, magnetic
table, merry-go-round, ferries wheel
and a windmill swing all powered by
a single electric motor operating a
system of belts and pulleys.
The building of this "park.” took
eight months of Mr. Teiser’s spare
time, he said today, with many ex
perimentations before he perfected
the toys now on display.
The park will be displayed through
the remainder of the shopping sea
son in order that all may have an
opportunity to see it in operation. It
is very attractively illuminated by
colored lights at night, giving it a
realistic touch.
We each of us know more good of
ourselves than the world knows.
Dowell Urges Merch^~
To Fight Any Sales T ax
S«cretavy of State A—Elation Call* on H
BuiiWiai Estate Ca*i Halt Legislature Move
Willard L. Do well, of Raleigh, exe
cutive secretary of the Msrth Caro
lina Merchants Association, hgs re
quested the Anderson Merchants As
sociation to enlist with other organi
zations over the State to «M in block
ing- a general sales tax and luxury tax
in North Carolina.
Mr. Dowell said that, without doubt
these two bills will be placed on tha
calendar of the 19SS General Assem
bly, and that, if they are killed, it will
call for a great deal of hard fighting
on the part of North Carolina mer
chants.
He stated it would be impossible to
fight a lone hand in the undertaking,
and that union among merchants for
the killing of the bill is not only de
sirable but eseential. Mr. Dowell be
lieves that the bills can be killed, but
not without much earnest effort on
Two Real Estate
Transfers Fifed 4
To Be Recorded
Two real ♦state iransfer deeds were
filed yesterday with the register of
deeds to be recorded, one of them in
volving the conveyance of farm lands
and the other a city lot.
E. O. Perkingon. E. H. Perklnson
and P. J. Wynne, executors of the
estate of A. J. Perkinson conveyed
to M. B. Hedgepeth and P. B. Finch
several tracts of land in Kittrell town
ship for $1,825 and other considera
tions.
J- M. Peace and D. P. McDufee,
commissioners, conveyed to Mrs. Vio
let Ft. Owen the D. S. Owen home- J
place on Young avenue for SSOO.
the part of the march*.,:.
Ten million dollars j♦, .
must be gotten from so.m-wh,. I'" 1
the finance committee hav, ''
eyes on the merchants of Stn<h , 1
lina. Wha* a,e we going ,« '
it-sit down and take „ ‘
going to take it w„h a hard figm-*!
13 for merchants decidl 1
decide quickly because W e h ’ J
much time.” said Mi Down*. *
Suggestions have been r,,n,.,] f(l ,
the part of the merchants ~f
demon, and it is possible a ~
ing of merchants will b. heal *
the next few davs to disci,.-. ~. ,
te.*. * ‘
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