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A t j: >m - - m cut ■—•••»« CHAPTER 57 ; THERE was no chance that day ff l to Ted or Hall or to the police the ne*s of her discovery that Proc tpr m ust have written the note to th# police, must have had Qua Vl tfHi killed and Ted ■‘framed”, for that gtr*n?e. devilishly shrewd, and carmine man insisted on taking her to a dance at the Clarendon hotel. -It’ll be our last night in Daytona #or a Ion? time,” he said cheerfully. -It will?" {sally trembled Inwardly, but she -ave him an intriguing smile and *„lf veiled her eyes. He nodded. “I’m waiting only for th« races now. They’re going to have them in a hurry if this wind jives them a good beach tonight—- and dies down. It will be great to watch. Sally. We’ll see it from the house. Three of the world’s fastest ears" -I heard them testing today,” Sally jail "The Englishman and Egan." -Captaiu Bucklin is having a little trouble with his job. poor fellow,” proctor said. “Nice chap. too. But fsrsns is P° in S to be tlie big sur prise. I've put a big roil on that he added. “As for the Triton’, which our friend Chandler” (he said’ the name with a special emphasis) "j* poing to break his neck In. there’s bo telling which way it’s going to gv, but it’ll do something funny. And my guess ts that it’ll land In the ocean—the way Lockhart’s did—only Lockhart escaped that time. No,” he (did. nhaking his head sadly, “I’m Sorry for poor * Chandler. Handy jeung man. but —foolish.” Pally felt gooseflesh creeping over ler body. What was this man plan ning. What, perhaps, had he al ready done to Ted’s car? But she could do nothing now. Save to go to the Clarendon with him for an evening of superficial jaiety that really was torture. They traveled again In the sedan with two other cars gtiarding them. Evident ly Mike Collins still hovered some where about. Proctor had said noth in; of him. though, and had made no reference to the murder of the men outside the house the night be fore. He seemed as cheerful as if he were a college boy at home for a Omstmas holiday dance. That night as she went to bed. little able to sleep. Sally knew the wind had died down. That meant Ted would race tomorrow’. She lay. tossing and turning In bed. when she heard steps outside her door, heavy, familiar steps, and heard a voice—Louie Gokar’s. Bhe arose quickly and listened. Louie evidently went into Proctor’s room. Sally slipped on her robe and stole Into the hall, taking a desperate chance. Scarcely daring to breathe, she fiptoed to Proctor’s door and, crouched, listening. ” . . . but there ain’t a chance, boss. They be watching twice as dose tonight, see? I get that guy. H* wing me last night. I get him!” ‘‘You bet you will, T,ouie—or you’ll wish you had,” Proctor remarked in an even, pleasant tone. "Sure, I get him, boss. I wreck that car." Sally trembled. Wreck that car! Ted’s car! "Machine gun in the speedboat, boss. We lay ofT the beach and wait. When he come we let him have it. We got two chances —the up and the down.” "And if I were you. Louie, I wouldn’t miss," Proctor said quietly. Hearing a movement in the room. Sally darted back to her own. Just ns Louie came out. She snatched up her pistol, slipped it Into the pocket of her pajamas, wrapped her tweed coat around her body and slipped over the windowsill, hung by her finger tips, dropped, and struck the sand with a stunning force. £>he looked up dazedly, then rose, determined to reach Ted and prevent Proctor’s murderous plan to wreck the “Til ton” with a machine gun planted In 8 speedboat lying in the water just off the race course. She started to run toward the front of the house when Louie Gokar's bulk appeared from the side door. He whirled and saw her. Sally turned and plunged back to ward the beach. Louie was after her, making surprising headway for ILL SEND GROUP 10 GRUNGE EVENT State College To Be Repre sented at Lexington September 27-28 Colley Station. Raleigh. Sept. 21. State Collpge school of agri c:l’ure will send a representative de •pUon to the fifth annual meetingi North Carolina Grange to be j &t the National Orphnas Home Junior Order near Lexington or > September 27 and 28. " Ken Scott, former county agent WRESTLING -- PROFESSIONALS B:3o—Friday—B :30, September 22 STAN WEST V*. HANS WAGNER 2 out. of 3—l hour limit Bulldog Mallory Vs. Pete Ramos Auspices Co. “C” 120th Infantry , : RIGGAN THEATRE Admission 40 and 65c (tax included) • npn v . ’ stretched forward, B £ lt ** s ankles go and fell y selt5 elt her tn the sand. at on her ► Louie Gokar’s bie hnna her shoulder and jerked i? grasped feet. Jerked her to her 1 She heard Fred , from his window. Proc tors voice What la It,"Louie?” t°arm b ° SS ’" TjOU,e called. “£s by wrist SSSTISTSS; firm^an^ aCh ' “"rowing the strip to™S h l °IL Wh,Ch he have a Car cra »Wng ..at * t ,^ rl / lc ' flaming speed, if Egan cheated of r rU ° Te<J would would h tUrn by the tide and S d , have to another , day. either m iffht not cotne ’ soon, out nf .1 * breeze was coming up o«t of the southeast the danger quarter on the Florida coast the source of the disastrous West Indian storms. Ted was certain that Egan, who had drawn the privilege of run ning second, was stalling to crowd Ted out of that day’s program. ‘‘Not much time. Ted." Winslow Porter growled, puffing at his cigar and looking apprehensively at the southeastern horizon, which was dark and thick. ’ 1 “Don’t I know It." Ted snapped. His nerves werA brittle. Especially after the narrow escape Captain Bucklin, the Englishman, had had when his motor gave out toward the end of his first run and sloughed the car about the beach, finally pitching Bucklin into (he water to escape with a broken arm and a bad shak ing. If the accident had .happened during the high speed section of the run. Bucklin would be dead instead' of sitting down in a box at the grandstand, gamely watching for the appearance of his rivals, smoking his stubby little pipe and chatting wijh Lord and Lady Brinchwell who had coine from London to see him race. Finally the man at the telephone looked up and nodded at Ted and Porter. “Egan’s coming,” he an nounced. ---• » * “It’s about time!" PorteF growled- They waited wliat seemed a long time, but really was scarcely more than a couple of minutes when they heard the high-pitched scream of Egan’s "Mystery Bullet”. It was an unearthly, blood-chilling soua d. worse even than she screech of Frank Lockhart’s little white car, old-timers declared. rt could be heard clear over on the; mainland, across the river—a sound that sug gested that the heavens and earth and all mankind had suddenly been plunged, wailing and . roaring, into the pit of hell. ” • - It grew rapidly louder as Egan’s black, bullet shaped ear wi,th the big red question marks, on the side, gained speed and approached the record mile in front of the grand stand. Fifteen to twenty thousand persons were watching that scream ing black flash, spitting a wake of thick smoke which reeked of burning castor oil. They cheered all along the line, their shouts lost in that screaming noise, as the car whizzed past them, boring its way through the air. its wheels seemingly scarce ly to touch the beach, its body rising and falling with the easy undulations of the sand. Almost as soon as Ted’s party heard the car they saw it in the white, hazy distance of the beach, emerging from the delicate mist, a rapidly growing black spot, then a recognizable shape, a car, and in what seemed an instant it was ap proaching them much more slowly now, screaming no longer. Its motor coughing and popping as it neared the end of the marked-off beach. Egan got out, a black-clothed, black-helmeted little figure with a grimy, grinning face. Ted and Por ter rushed over and patted his back and pumped his hands. In a moment the telephone man looked up. “Two sixty-five, Mr. Egan,” he said. Egan jumped up and shouted and Ted and Porter and Egan’s men pressed about him again. "A new record, young feller.” Winslow Por of the Extension Service and presi dent of the State Farmers’ Conven- I tion, is master of the State Grange and will preside at me two-day ses sions. Scott has announced an inter esting meeting and a good prospec tive attendance. Phil M. Hendricks, county agent of Davidson county, is i master of the Davidson Pomona I Grange, host for the annual meeting. The State Grange will open its ses sion c> the morning of September 27 in the sixth degree, dropping to the fourth degree for the transaction of business and the appointment of va rious committees. During the afternoon there will be reports from the various state offi cers followed by a debate between ! teams winning the right to compete in the state finals. Dr. Clarence Poe, past master of the Grange, will de liver an address in the ■ afternoon. The annual Grange banquet will be held in the evening at six o’clock with a program plan ued by the Davidson Grange. The program Thursday will be lar gely a business affair featured by the election of officers and the con ferring of high degrees. HENDERSON, r(N.C.) DAILY DISPATCH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1933 TV ter saw. ! -Do a a wen on the way back and you’ll - give .us something to shoot at.” • ’ In a few minutes Egan was back in his car and his men began push ing it forward, the motor crackled, coughed, belched black smoke, and he was off with a terrific whine, in credibly soon he was gone, a vanish ing speck dying in the haze, and only the scream, unearthly nerve-shattering. remained. ' s And suddenly that stopped. The telephone man looked- up “Egan crashed.’* he said. Ted felt his stomach sink. 4 mo ment ago the likeable little Tri'sh lad had been laughing and joking With them, a; ootentiai new world’sJsham- Ptop driver. - Now— the But that was oeach racing. Finally the won? earfi* on the telephone that the course was dear but the mayor of Daytona Reach wished Ted wouldn’t run that dav. The crowd had been horn fled by the two crashes, especially the latter which had killed little Egan, and the beach was narrowing with the In coming tide and a bad wind was cotping up out of the southeast’ looked like a storm. > “Don’t do it. then, Ted my boy.” Vt insiow Porter said gently, putting a chubby hand on Ted’s scarlet-clad shoulder. * Ted merely walked toward the mr. pulled his goggles down from rite dome-shaped ; steel helmet, snd crawled into the narrow cockpit of the great facing machine. He raised a hand to the telephone man. Hfs lips were a tight, pale line v Winslow Pprter shrugged and sighed heavily. He rame over, pat ted Ted’s shoulder and shook his hand. “Qood luck. !ad.“' he mum bled. 1 ! One of *Ted‘s men took his posi at the hand magneto used for parting the great .motors: the others stood at Ted’s side, ready to help Ted snapped the switch- and in a mo ment the motors, already warm, were sputtering, snapping, roaring! Finally Ted gave the sigiral and the men gave the great car a shove as he touched his foot to the pedal of the motor-driven clutch and threw the gears Into When he let out the dutch, the car leaped ahead, gaining momentum. Ted saw the white flags whiz past, saw the horizon draw in upon him. touched the clutch again, went into second, and felt the car seem to leave the ground. Finally into high, the white flags whizzing past in a blur, the motors roaring, the wind howling. And then he knew he was master no longer. The great car would stay together and hold its course or it would not. All he could do was grip the wheel and teed the gas and trust to luck. The record mile. A sensation such as being wrenched from his skin and sucked throng'd space, a wall of white—the flags—a blur of black the grandstand—and ahead a thin funnel of open space, blurry and dark in the foreground, closing ,n upon him. ’And it' was over before it had begun, it seemed, and he was conscious of the thought that he should ease the pressure. At the end of the course he found them cheering. “Two-s event y-seven.” a man shouted. From out of the confusing blur of people came a dark face. Flobella Bushnell’s. She shouted in his ear, her voice faint and far away after the motors, “Mist 1 Chan’ler! They taken Miss Sally!” “Who has?” Ted demanded savage ly’. The news cameraman's mouth dropped open, but he cranked on. and another pushed forward for a pic ture. “Mist’ Proctah. They taken her to the boat.” “We'd better start back, sir.” one of Ted’s men warned. “That tide’a coming in and the wind is rising.” Mechanically Ted sank back into the seat and let them wheel him • around. He gripped the steering wheel viciously. Sally! But there was the race to finish; there was WMislow Porter depending upon him. In h moment the motors were roar ing again and he was off, a scarlet streak. “Oh. God. see me through this now!” he moaned. (TO BE CONTINUED) : STIFF SCRIMMAGE : GIVEN HIGH SQUAD ii : Bill Scoggins Shows Up 1 Well, Little Offered by f ' Remainder of Squad A stiff sermmage sessions \ms i passed out yesterday afternoon -to the - high school grid hopefuls by Coach i Hank Powell and his assistants, Jim i mie Harrs and Randy Teague, for , mer high school stars: but little was - shown on the part of the team with the exception of the veteran Bill Scog s gins at quarter. The backs have not i shown any marked ability of speed i or shiftiness in their drills but they are expected to show some improve * ment before their first game here on t September 29 with Methodist Or - phanage. of Raleigh. Three linesmen are clicking along f in very good style. They are Rudy Teague, center, Ben Nelson, guard, and Donald Evans, tackle, but all thrice lack the experience that will make them into first string timber. Another stiff drill was to be passed out this afternoon, giving the men a mighty good opportunity to get in to good shape before the first game. Coach Powell said today that he would probably be able to release the schedule for the 1933 season tomor row. f DUKE GRID PRICES GIVEN FOR SEASON Durham, Sept. 21. —Prices oil ad mission to Duke univefrsty’s home football games th*s fall were an nounced today by Wallace Wade, ath letic. director .All prices listed includ ed both State and federal taxes, j The same low scale of prices which I met with such approval among fans | last-year is aga*a listed thi3 toll. To Wrestle Here Again \ r ; nut • ANOTHER MAT CARD HERE FRIDAY NIGHT Stan West Meets Hans Wag. ner f Mallory Meets Ramos At Riggan Theatre Mat fans will get another, taste of the old wrestling game here Friday night at 8:30 at the Riggan Theatre when Promoter R. R. (Bob) Carter brings Stan West here to meet Hans Wagner in the feature match of the evening, with Bulldog Mallory and (Pete Ramos , wrestling the semi finals. A precUcteu nurncane kept the fans away- from the card last Friday night and the promoter, together with the officers of Company’ C, decided to give it another test in the city’, bring ing the boys back here tomorrow. The fight is slated to be plenty rough, according to the advance dope passed out by those in charge of the bouts. The men are said to be high in their profession and are plenty “mean” when they get into the ring West, an Oklahoma Indian, wrestl led Stan Buresh here last Fridya anc lost his match but proved to be pop ular with the fans. He is plenty tough and is expected to give Wagner a good tussle on tomorrow night’s pro gram. Bulldog Mallory’ earned his handle by’ the fight he displays in the rin£ and his match with Pete Ramos if expected to be just as tough as any of them for both of the boys show plenty of skill and are hard fighters. If the fights go over big tomorrow night, a schedule will be arrangec bringing wrestlers to the city every Friday night, it was said by an of ficer in Company C, sponsors of to morrow's program. Good crowds are expected to turn out and the fight* are expected to be on par with those given in Raleigh at the Memorial Auditorium by the same promoter. Two fights have been had among the spectators during the matches thal have been held there. AMERICAN LEAGUE Clu*>: W L Pot Washington 96 49 . 665 New ork 87 55 . 615 iFfhiladelphiia 75 67 .528 Cleveland 74 72 .507 Detroit 69 79 .466 Chicago 63 82 .434 Boston 59 .84 .413 Sit. Luis 55 90 .379 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chi*»: W f, Tct New York 88 55 .615 Pittsburgh 83 65 .56 1 Chicago 82 67 . 547 St. Louis 80 67 . 544 Boston 76 68 .528 Brooklyn 59 84 .41*' Philadelphia 56 85 .397 Cincinnati 57 90 .388 Tofla^Gjimes AMEItICAN LEAGUE St. Louis at Washington Detroit a~ Philadelphia. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at New York. Oncinnatiti alt Chicago. FOOTBALL PRICES POPULAR TO FANS j Chapel Hill, Sept. 21.—The 50 per cent reduction in prices for season ! tickets for home games a,t Carolina this year is makng a big big hit with the fans. University athletic officals have received numerous congratulatory messages along with a number of or ders, sfince the (retTucjtom, made to enable mere fans to see more games was announced Tuesday. Tickets to eight home games, five varsity and three freshman contests are being offered for $6, whereas if the tickets are purchased singly they would cost $11.45. This latter figure, however, represents a reduction un der iafet year. iMS3S ESsS .. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 5; Chicago 3. Washington 13; St. Louis 5. Philadelphia 2; Detroit 1. No others played. NATIONAL T.KAGUE Pittsburgh 3; Brooklyn 0. No others played. 100 FROSHGRIDMEN REPORTING AT DUKE Durham. Sept. 21. —One hundred freshman football players reported for the first practice at Duke university this w’eek. Late arrivals were expect ed to swell the total to 125 before the end of this week. The Imps open with Wake Forest in Duke stadium on October 8, the day’ before the Wake Forest and Duke varsity elevens battle. C f) PARKER'S l/TrZ? DRUG STORE ▲ W Ht Am A A Im k! SPECIAL PRICES on SPECIAL PRICES on W 1 SHAVING NEEDS MEDICINES |££ l " r X,‘ 35c Colgates 50c Milk I Kick DvC Shaving Cream . ,4wC of Magnesia .... wvC | J 25c Rexall \ SI.OO Dr. Miles Shaving Cream .. JLt/L Nervine OaJL ■ | 75e Lilac Cfl 50c Groves MA I 7 0c Sloan's Vegetal DifC Chill Tome | Linimcut 49C 50c Durham AAg% 60c Kromo /IQ/% E J Duplex Blades .. 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A number of entirely new features /are assured an dtthe carnival which will be on the midway is regarded as the best ever secured for the fail’. C. W. Jacks; manager, is busily engaged, /in making extensive repairs to the faiir grands and buildings and will have everything in' readiness •when the fair opens. All of the buildings are undergoing innovation (the grounds aiare .being put in con dition and several thousand feet of new fence 1 is being erected. Probably the most important im ptrovementt being (made is the me-* grading of the track for high speed racing. The straightaways are being leveled and smoothed and the curve-; sharply banked for safety of drivers in rounding them. On the midway wall be the famous “World of Mirth” shows. It is the . * tt£ v/> A > z M ijfegi >\ PAGE THREE some show wihdjch will play the 1 Vir ginia State Fair and the N. C. State Faiir ait Ralegh. It will come to Rocky Mount directly after the close of the State Fair at Raleigh. BREES WILL CLOSE . CONCERTS AT DUKE Durham, Seftt. 21*—For final recital of the summer season. Anton Brees, noted carillonneur of the Mountain Lake Singing Tower at ■Lg,ke Wales, Fla,, who has been guest recitalist at Duke since early in. June, Will include a program of familiar compositions the favorites of the thousands who have heard him thro ughout the summer. Mr. Brces has rendered two pro grams weekly on Thursday evening's and Sunday’ afternoons, and has bften heard by’ thousands of visitors from throughout this and other states, For his final program the caiil lonneur will include a number of fa vorite compositions of those who have heard him during the past fdtrr months and have requested familiar selections. J If . ft’ V Versailles is about 11 miles south west of Paris. |vt t * j 1 1