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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

His voice was harsh, and there
was in it none Of the sympathy
connoted by his words.
Hold still now" he said, knccl-
ing beside her. "I'm going to yank
the tape off your mouth. But II
you start to yell I'll give you an
other sock" She felt his damp
hand against her check, and shud-
dercd. "ThislI hurt less if give
it quick yaunk," he said. She
felt his rough fingers ut the end
of the tape. Then there was u
sudden, smarting pain and the adj
hcSivc tape was off. Martha's lips
felt sore and bruised, but she
cried out instantly, what have
YOU done with Betty Haynes
Spcddon laughed in the dark
ness. She's okay."
"Rut where is she? You didn't
bring her out of California"
"How do you figure that
asked Speddon quickly.
THE state patrol told me that
you went over the border Will
out her.
There was moments silence.
Then Spcddon said coldly, 80
you popped off? You couldn't
take the advice you had"
"You mean those kilograms.
You wrote them-not Betty"
"You'rc a smart babe, amt
you?" Speddon said. Then: "Thc
blond babe is Okay. She's got q
little cold, that's all, and were
keepin' her nice and quiet. But
she's all right"
"Then she's near herc?'
"Surc. You can see her if you
want" Speddon told Martha.
81 do want to- Martha an
swercd quickly. "But what-what
are you going to do with u.s."
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
By WILLIAMS

CT all, she was still alive.
She had not been in the dark
ness long before Speddon return
ed. Again he ripped off the UNI
pleasant tape, and this time cut
the rope which held her hands to-
gether. Then he held out to her
in the darkness warm cardboard
box.
There's q couple Of hamburg
ers and some potato chips" he
said. And | got Il thcrmoS of hot
coffee here"
Martha was grateful for the
food. But despite her hunger
there was one thought uppcrmost
in her mind. when will We 20
to see Betty"
$50 ahead and feed your face
Spcddon said unfeclingly "Wc1l.
start in about an hour"
ITO be continued
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CHAPTER XVIII

But so quick was Speddon that
no sound issued from Martha $
throat. She was conscious Of ms
pale fist, crashing dows like =
lightning flash. There were sud
den silver streaks against her eye
lids as the blow Strickland then
everything went black. But so
swift is the mind that she knew,
even in that fcblile instant, what
was to happen. In less than Il
quarter of a minute he would
knock her unconscious, shove her
into the trailer, and drive away.
This was her final impressions;
and when she opened her eyes she
was startled to sec, not the
smooth painted ceiling of the
trailer, but rough, high rafterS.
She lay upon several layers of
thick, uncleun burlap, and her
hands and feet were securely tied.
1t was not until a moment later
that she was aware of the tight
adhesive tape strapped so secure
~ across her mouth.
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TRAILER
ADVENTURE
BY Nard Jones
g 1897, NEA Ssr;os, Inc.

Il mustn't get panicky," she
thought. 81 mustn't lose my
head" +"
She rolled over on her side,
staring into bleak, almost empty
interior. 1t seemed to be a poorly
stocked warehouse --- and then,
suddenly, she heard below her the
unmistakable sound Of waves
against wood piling. She knew
then that she was imprisoned in
a dock warehouse.
As far as she could tell, she was
the only human within the bare
confines of that vast place. The
few windows openings were high,
and shed little light Try as she
might, she could not see through
the darkness more than ID or 20
feet in any direction.
Her jaw achcd from the force
Of Speddon'S cruel; cOwardly
blow. There was a queer feeling
in her head and ears, too. rs if
she might have been under an
anacSthctic. Surely, she thought,
SpcddOn'S fist couldn't have held
her unconscious for so long a
time. How far was she from the
SPOT where it had happened? 1t
came to her in sudden fear that
she was not in Seattle at all. Per-
haps this dock was on the water
front Of some little town north
along the Sound. She might be
100 miles from Seattle. There
was no way Of knowing now.
Sometimes she thought she heard
the mufflcd sound of traffic,
tlocks away, but these sounds
mingled with the Slapping waves
beneath the floor. and she could
not be certain. Curiously she re-
membered MarShall's words in
Portland: "lf YOU do find Sped
don it will be the last thing you
ever dOw
And now her tortured thoughts
told her that there must be some
terrifying connection between
Jack Spcddon and Arnold SloSS.
She was certain now that her first
fears, there in San Diego. had
been valid. There was something
wrong about SlosS and Caring
ton. The AirSpeed Trailer was a
"blind" for something-but what?
What was this thing into which
she and Betty had stumbled so
blindly?
She recalled Gerry Meals warn
ING that she had become inVol wed
in something much more serious
than she realized. He must have
known all along what it was: he
was, apparently, involved in the
very fiber OF it. And she had been
fool enough to let herself be at
tractrd to him, to allow him to
mislcad and delay her.
She lay there on the rough bun
lap. hcl, mind in turmoil with
thoughts like these, and finally'
from sheer nervous exhaustion,
she do2rd. When she awakened
she was conscious of a figure
standing close. The high windows
of the dock were black now. Mar
tha's heart skipped beat. She
tried to cry out, but the tight tape
over her lips prevented 1t. :
The man drew closer. Somehow
she knew that it was Speddon,
Martha cringed, wondering if he
might strike her again. Then she
heard him say. Feeling better
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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
BUILDING NEWS
Published BY
RIGBY-M MORROW co.
Lumber-Builders' Supplies
Millwork
Fourth Ave. E. Phone 81

Paint up with Sherwin- Williams
products. Station & Flicker have
just finished re-decorating kalm $
Boston Store, the Maybank home,
and are now working on q big job
in Laurel Park for Contractor n.
G. JuStuS, using this material.
Charlie Collins is painting his
home with S.-W.P. Jack Gesser is
using Sherwin Williams on a
house on Flemming street between
Fifth and Sixth avenues.
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3-Lipestock and Poultry
BRIGHTWATER New Hampshire

3RIGHTWATER New Hampshire
chicks now being Matched twice
weekly. Here is an unsolicited
letter from George Smathers,
Canton, n. c.: II raised all the
New Hampshire chicks | bought
from you last year, keeping 4S
pullets and they have been lay
ing So to ~ eggs daily all
through the snow and cold
weather. Yesterday ] got 46
eggs from them. | have tried
out eight different breeds. but
your New Hampshire Reds beat
them all" Only sold from our
Hatchery. Brightwater Farms. =
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

DOC HYDER says the man who
said his fertilizer doesn't come
up to the state and federal laws
is telling falsehoods. Don't lis
ten to him. He is trying to
make a sale.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

POULTRY, EGGS-We buy and
sell, wholesale and retail, al
ways paying farmers top mar
ket prices. NJ. X. Cox, successor
to Jack Russell. Phone S4S.
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Gus Sans, Negro,
Buried On Sunday

Gus Sans. 23-ycar-old colored
boy, son of Charles and Blanche
Sans. Of HcndcIsOnvillc, died last
Thursday in Ashcvillc and was
buried here Sunday afternoon.
He was the grandson Of Hall
and Susan Green. wclI-known coll
ored people of lIcndcrsonvillc.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

FURS-HIDES-They are bringing
good prices and we are buying
heavily. Bring them in at once
for top prices. Sherman's Groc-
cry, Phone Gil.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

PAINTS-Painting time is here.
We have a fine assortment of
the famous Certainteed paints
suitable for all purposes ;
bought at lower prices than the
present. Buy here and save the
difference. Hendersonville Sup
ply & Coal Co. Phone 500. :
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

Jones, Gates and Camden coun-
ties in North Carolina have the
fewest practicing physicians in
North Carolina. Each boasts three.
Mecklenburg county, however, has
l42 practicing doctors.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

VISIT FULLWOOD'S in its new
home, 145 Fourth Ave. w., OPP
posite postoffice. Lending most
popular books for 3 cents a day.
Selling yarns and teaching knit
ting, free. Music, souvenirs,
novelties, etc.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

PAINTS - We would be pleased
to furnish prices on your paint
Job. Hendcrsonville Lumber
Co. Near depot. Phone AZ. y
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FOR SALE-Four stacks of corn
tops, &c a bundle. Mrs. Ella
Cash, Horse Shoe, Route 2.
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WANTED
2S-Help (Male)
30-Male or Female
Instructions

IF YOU LIKE TO DRAW. sketch
or paint--Write for Talent Test
(no fec. Give age and occupa-
ton. Federal Schools, Inc,
Dept. II. c., Minneapolis, Mimi.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
FOR SALE-BARGAINS-Five-

+ UK OALE-DNNNNAI IVt-
room house, with bath on Sth
Ave. W., two blocks from high
school. Also five-room house
on Willow street. Farms and
acreage. r. l.. Briggs & Co.,
Hendersonville, Route 4.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

FOR SALE - Seven-room brick
bungalow on nice lot, well To-
Gated one of best sections of
town. $4,000, on good terms.
n. G.. Love.
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A RARE BARGAIN in Lar-el

a RARE BARbAIN IN Law 'eI
Park, modern siX-roOm resi-
dence, newly decorated inside
and out, garage, maids room,
attractively handicapped, 300
foot frontage, babbling brook
bounds property. Phone 36l-
w
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Special Notices

HIGH TEST GAS, five gallons,
$1.lO; washing 75c, greasing
soc. At Brown & Collins Sta
ton, at Eighth and Church. -
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l0-Tronsportation

ALLIED VAN LINES will bring
your furniture from, or take 1t
to any point in U. S. or Canada.
We store furniture. Vile
Transfer Co. Phone l2l. =
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13
lI-Household Goods

AGAIN NORGE LEADS in engi
neering, styling, constructio
and features. Norge Rollato
refrigeration sets new stand
ard of value. Brunson Furr
ture Co.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

LOST - Green metal tire shield
off Chrysler automobile, prob
ably on Fourth Ave. W., Bun
combe st. or Sixth Ave. W. Re-
ward. i. II. Houston, Phone
90
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

CITY TAX BONDS WILL SOON
BE DISCONTINUED. p AY
NOW AT A BIG SAVING. Q.
ROY KEITH, REAL ESTATE.
PHONE 81.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

LAUNDERING, dry cleaning
pressing, dyeing, hat cleaning
and blocking, rug cleaning at
Miller's Laundry & Cleaners.
1919 Fourth Ave. f. Phone l53.
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p Radios and Seruicg
13--Merchandise

soc RUSSIAN MINERAL OIL pts
25c. $1.00 Wampole's Prepare
ton roc, 60c DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup
Pepsin 49c, soc Milk of Mag
neSia 29c. Freeze Drug Co.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

INSURANCE for every purpose.
No need TO worry about your
possessions. Our various poll
cieS will cover any loss. Hen
Jacksonville Insurance Agency.
Phone Sl4.
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3l--Rea! Estate

SUMMER RENTALS - We want
TO complete our summer rental
list by April 18th. Call Station
Insurance and Realty Co. 1871
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-13

HOME OWNER, If you are going
to build, buy or improve your
home, do it now before ma
terial and labor further ad-
vance. We have plenty of
money to assist you. First Fed
eral Savings & Loan.
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dHoneep

FOR SALE Good work horse.
Would take part in corn. r. L.
Briggs, Route 4.
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4-Seeds and Plants

FOR SALE-Juniper trees, Sc per
foot. Walter Orr, EtOwah.
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5-Foodstuffs
Cuisines Services

I'LL YOUR LIGHT SOCKETS
with CT Mazda lamps. Electric
Service Co. 100 Fifth Ave. W.
Phone i20.
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32-Rooms and Houses
40--Misceilaneous

WANTED TO BUY good used
tractor. NJ. Capps, Mt. Home.
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I5-MisceNaneoas

FOR SALE - Large gas range
SIS. Office desk $8. 70h Oak
land street.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
PRICE NOMINATED
IN OLD DOMINION
Holt and Staples Also VIC
tori0uS in Democratic
Primary.
BY the Associated Press.


RICHMOND August 4.-James
Hubert Price of Richmond, who will
celebrate his 55th birthday September
7, justified prediction forecasts of
his popularity by winning the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor of Viz
glnla in yesterdays primary by the
largest majority in a generation. Nom
ination usually is tantamount to cleo
ton.
Swept into Office with him was
Saxon w. Holt Of Newport News, 66. a
veteran of 35 years in the Virginia
Senate, who achieved his ambition
to win the nomination for Lieutenant
Governor and preside over the body OF
which he has been a member for SC
long. Renominated to succeed him
self was Attorney General Abram P
Staples of Roanoke.
Prices popularity was SO evident in
advance of the primary that the en-
tire primary race was hailed far and
wide as the coat tall campaign as
candidates for lesser Offices took ad-
vantage of every opportunity to praise
him and emphasize their support OF
his candidacy. His speeches were
eagerly watched for any words that
might drop from his mouth in praise
of others.
With 1880 out of l,7O4 precincts tab
ulated early today Price had l6l OLE
votes to 25,790 for State Senate,
Vivian I. Page of Norfolk, who left the
race for Lieutenant Governor to op-
pose Price after interpreting remarks
of Price during the early stages of the
(See PRIMARY, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1937-08-04
EMPLOYMENT URGED
AS W. P. A. CUT BASIS
Senate Group Asks None Be
Dropped Until Working at
Prevailing Rate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Labor Committee rec
commended today that no w. P. A.
worker be dropped from the relief
rolls until he has found employment
in private industry at prevailing
wages.
The committee approved a resolu-
tion by Senator Schwellenbach, Demo-
crat, of Washington, declaring it TO be
the policy of Congress that in admin
istration of the relief act there shall
be provided work opportunities for all
unemployed workers who cannot find
employment in private industry"
The w. p A. would be directed to
administer its funds and regulate en-
ployment so that no worker would be
discharged who cannot find employ
ment in private industry at wages not
less than the prevailing rate OF wages
for work for which he or she is rea-
sonably fitted by training or expe-
rience"
The resolution also would direct that
w. P. A. workers securing temporary
private employment should be fur
loughed and not discharged from w.
P. A. rolls.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
WOMAN'S SLAYER
IS FOUND DEAD
Man Who Killed His Sister
in-laW Discovered Near
GIebe Road.

Sought for the Staying of his sister
lnlaW. believed murdered when she
was mistaken for the killers wife.
Ralph H Bryant, 52-year-old estranged
husband of Mrs Ethel V. BRYANT, was
found dead near the scene of the
tragedy on South Glebe road in Airing
ton County Va. this morning.
Bryant had been the object Of a
wide police search since o'clock last
night when Mrs. Naomi Black. "a,
wife Of Jerry w Black. was shot to
death at her home at 7l9 South Glebe
road
The mans body was found by Airing
ton County Police Officer NJ. F. Ward
in heavy underbrush about 100 yards
to the rear Of the Black home.
When the body was found. police
detected what they thought was bull
let wound in the head After further
examination. however. Coroner w. c,
Wnlburn said he was not certain that
the man was wounded by a bullet
Alter Welburn's announcement, police
returned to the scene of the bodv's
discovery for further investigation.
They found bottle, apparently an old
Whiskey conta!ner, which contained a
few drops of liquid. This was turned
over to Welburn. who said he expected
TO have autopsy completed by this
afternoon, and declared he favored
the suicide theory in Bryant's death.
Wife Saw Tragedy.
Mrs. Bryant, who obtained a limited
divorce in Arlington last November
told police she witnessed the tragedy.
She was quoted as saving that her
sister went to the rear door to dispose
OF some garbage, screamed and ran
through the house with Bryant chas-
ing her. AS the victim rushed to the
front door two shots were fired, and
Mrs. Black collapsed in the driveway
lOo feet from the building
The victim Succumbed to wounds in
the side and abdomen. She was
pronounced dead by a neighborhood
physician.
Mrs. Bryant had been sitting at a
writing table in the living room when
her sister screamed and ran through
the mouse. Her brother in-laW was not
nome at the time, police said. Mr..
Black Is manager Of the Jacob Decker
q Sons wholesale meat company in
Washington.
Resemble Each Other.
According to records in Arlington
Circuit Court, Mrs. Bryant, now en-
ployed as an operator in a Clarendon
beauty shop filed suit for divorce in
August Of 1885. She charged deser-
ton, and said she had been living in
Arlington County since May, 1885.
She was married at Ellicott City,
Md, in May, 1898.
After hearing Mrs Bryant's account
OF the Staying last night, police
adopted the theory that Bryant shot
his sister-in-law through mistaken
identity. Friends and neighbors said
the two women closely resembled each
other, although Mrs. Black was
slightly heavier and about seven years
older than Mrs Bryant.
Bryant was found slumped over
revolver, from which three shots
had been fired, police declared. Bryant
had been unemployed recently, and
previously had worked on several road
projects, according to police.
According to deposition made by
Mrs. Bryant in seeking her divorce.
her husband was subject to fits Of
tantrums' and drank heavily.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
PUTNAM EXTORTION
SUSPECT ARRESTED
New Yorker Accused of Demand.
ing $4,000 for Safe Return
of Amelia Earhart.

BY the Associated Press.
j. Edgar Hoover disclosed TODAY
that Federal agents had arrested VIII
bur Rothar of New York in connec-
ton with an attempt to extort $4,000
from George Palmer Putnam for the
safe return of his missing aviatrix
wife, Amelia Earhart.
Amelia Earhart was lost with her
navigator, Fred Noonan. in mid
Pacific on flight around the world.
Hoover, director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, said Putnam
received a letter last Sunday advising
MIN his wife was on ship and that
the writer would contact him the
following day.
The man, who subsequently talked
with Putnam, said he was a seaman
on ship out of New Guinea en-
gagged in smuggling narcotics.
While at sea, the man told Putnam,
the ship sighted a wrecked plane and
took off an injured woman who
members of the crew later identified
as Miss Earhart. The man demanded
$4,000 for her safe return.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
COWES, England, August 1.-THE
gayer folk who belong to ''the worlds
most exclusive club" Uttered in their
teacups today about Viscountess
Hinchingbrooke's blue linen pants
and how she got away with wearing
them.
Some Of the more austere members
spluttered.
There was none, however, to deny
that the young and attractive peeress
had sunk successfully the strict wom-
ems dress traditions of the Royal Yacht
Squadron.
She walked across the clubs trim
lawn yesterday in bright blue linen
slacks, sat down and slipped her tea
with supreme indifference, while an
agitated doorman fluttered nearby.
But she was not elected. She fin
ished her tea, under the full glare of
distinguished spectators. These in
cluded Queen Victoria's daughter, the
80-year-old Princess Beatrice.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
@5MOst Exclusive Club Shaken
Bv Peeress' Blue Linen Pants

No one ever had done quite that
on the grounds of the Squadron
which snubs first generation mil
lionaires" and has just about $50
members.
Once a woman appeared without
stockings, but didn't get away with it.
The place is so sedate that women
smoke only in groups and are expected
to appear in blue or grey flannel suits.
Men may wear only yachting costume.
Once the club even affronted jolly
King Edward VII by refusing to
admit Sir Thomas Upton, whom the
King himself had proposed, after the
late tea merchant had spent fortune
trying to win the Americas Cup.
Lady Hinchingbrooke, the former
Maud Rosemary Peto, was married in
1884 to Viscount Hinchingbrooke, for
mer secretary to Stanley Baldwin,
Conservative hero of the abdication
crisis. The viscount Is heir to the
ninth Earl Of Sandwich.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
D. c. REFERENDA
BILL IS OFFERED
PaImisano Introduces Meas.
ure Designed to Guide
Commissioners.

A bill designed to give District resi-
dents the privilege of voting on local
issues was introduced today by Chair
man Palmisano of the House District
Committee at the request of Commis-
sioner George E. Allen.
The plan labeled in the bill as an
"adVlsorV referenda" has long been
advocated by Allen to serve as q
guide to the Commissioners In set
ting municipal problems. The re-
suits of such referenda would in no
wise be binding on the Commits
sioners.
The bill would permit the Commits
sioners to conduct a city-wide refer
endum or to poll any particular sec
ton OF the city on as many ques-
tlons as they selected to submit to
the residents. Not more than two
referenda, however, could be held in
any fiscal year.
The referendum election would be
conducted by board of elections of
three members appointed by the Com
mlssloners for four-year term. Only
persons who have lived in the District
five years Immediately preceding ap-
pointment would be eligible to serve on
the board.
The bill outlines in detail the duties
OF the Board of Elections. These in
clude the establishment OF voting pre-
cincts and the setting up of polling
places.
All citizens 2l years of age or over
who have lived in the District at least
one year prior to an election would be
eligible to vote. Persons with voting
privileges elsewhere, however, would
be denied the right of taking part in
any local referendum.