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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-27
WEDNESDAY, APRIL q, 1888
RIRLE THOUGHT

BIBLE THOUGHT
LOOKING UNTO JESUS (Heb. l2;2)
For PARDON-Isa. 55:7
For Helps. 46:1
For STRENGTH-Ps. 29:l1
For VICTORY Cor 1857
Look away 10 Jesus.
Soul by woe oppressed;
Twas for thee He suffered
Come to Him ard rest;
All thy griefs He carried,
All thy sins He bore;
- Look away to Jesus.
Trust Him evermOre-
.. The Wonderful Word
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-27

Nothing can overcome as" cries Hitler. Well,
what of it? You can say that about rbeuma,sn, '''
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-29

the bed as soon as I had broken
the top panel, and quite sufficient
for me and Williams to have seen
every movement of Thurston's
when he entered the room first.
He had simply crossed to his wife,
placed his hand on her heart and
told us that she was dead.
Ingenious though I considered
this, I was a little ashamed of
dragging Thurston into my the
cries, until I realized that every
one must be considered suspect by
the real investigator. There was
Williams himself. for instance.
Was there any imaginable means
by which Williams could be impli-
Gated? Was there any trick of
time or place such as I had learned
to look for in my study of GRIM
inal investigation as it is publicly
understood, which could connect
DR.. Tate or even the Police Ser
geant with the murder? Or the
parlor-maid? Or the cook? I
knew better than to dismiss any
of them as quite obviously inno-
cent. If I had learned nothing
else from my study Of the meth
DDS of the three great men sitting
near me, I had learned this, that
they would eventually pick out
the one person had not sus-
pected. So I followed the simple
plan of suspecting everyone. I
was determined not to be sur
prised.
But the maddening fact re-
NAMED that, suspect how I would,
I could find no adequate reason
for connecting anyone in that
house with Mary Thurston's muir
der, and my suspicious were moth
ing in the end but the most hui
initiating little attempts to be-
lieve that those I disliked, such
as Norris and Stall, had been re-
sponsible, and that those liked,
such as Williams and Fellowes,
had not. Which, I recognized,
was a method owing nothing to
deduction.
And yet-well, someone had
done it. It was not suicide. A
woman does not scream three
times and then cut her own throat
with cash which a doctor at
tributes to a very powerful man.
And that someone would be dis
covered. That, too, was certain
enough. I had never known a
case in which any one of these
three Investigators was concerned
to end with the mystery unsolved.
let alone a case which all three
Of them had taken up. And if the
clues discovered had taught them
so much that Lord Simon PlimsolI
was calmly looking at a book, and
M. Picon restfully peering into the
fire, and Mgr. Smith discussing
medieval art. then surely I could
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-29

learn something from them?
The ropes, the tattoo marks.
the marked advertisements, the
snuff, the fact that the Vicar had
called something Washbasin. the
jewels in Strickland's room-why,
I asked myself, did these mean so
much to the great brains near me.
and so little to me? Because. 1
told myself, these men were in
vestigators, while I was a mere
observer. But I wished, how I
wished, I had a theory, just as
they had.
Never mind. In | few moments
now the cross examination was to
begin, and no doubt that would
make everything clear.
When tea was cleared away
Strickland and Norris tactfully
left the room, for it had been I'M
derstood that only Thurston, Will
liams and 1 were to be present
during the inquiry. It must have
been about five o'clock when Ser
geant Beef was shown in, and
nodded to us, rather in the man.
ner of man who thinks that he
must be on the defensive. Doubt
less he felt somewhat out of place.
With his raw red face and thirsty
mustache he looked as though he
would have been happier in the To-
cal public bar. However, he did
not push himself forward, but
taking the most upright chair he
could find he drew out his enor-
nous black notebook, and waited.
Then Thurston came in. 1 had
not seen him since the previous
evening, and looked anxiously to-
wards him while he was being in
troduced by Sam Williams to each
in turn of the three Investigators.
He looked yellow and very
wretched, but he managed to force
a feeble smile as he shook hands.
"I don't want to be in the room
while you gentlemen inquire into
this - he said slowly, 80 I
thought I would come down first
and give you all the information
that I can. And if you want to
see me again about anything when
you have made more inquiries, I
will do my best to help you. ap-
preciate the efforts which you are
making to clear this up"
1--WE FL sympathize very deep
ly," said Lord Simon, his voice
becoming quite sincere. I liked
him for that remark.
Thurston nodded. "I'll tell you
all I can" he said, land there is
a certain amount of family
history which you must know. I
have discussed the matter with
Mr.. Williams, who besides being
my lawyer is an old friend, and
we both agree that you should
hear it,
Ito Be COntinued)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-29
CHAPTER IA

HAVE explained that even be-
fore we had started to break the
door down, Norris was with us,
and Stall, Strickland and FellOwes
had all appeared within a few mo-
ments-toO few moments for any
of them to have climbed a rope,
entered by the upper windows and
come down to join us. That left
onlv the Vicar, the cook and the
parlor maid as possible rope
climbers. It was safe to exclude
the two women from suspicion OF
this feat. AS for the Vicar. we
had Stalls word that he had ad-
mitted him some time after the
crime. But more final than that
was the fact that if he had muir
dered Mary Thurston and escaped
by climbing the rope, he would
either have had to climb and enter
the upper window as we were
coming upstairs and breaking in,
or have delayed his climb. In the
first of these cases he would GER
tainly have been heard or seen
entering the apple room by Stall
and Fellowes, who were on that
floor at the time, or his rope
would still have been dangling,
and he on it, outside the window
when Williams had opened it.
No, on the whole, 1 was in
clined to discount the whole of
the rope theory. I will concede a
great deal to human agility, but
not the quickness Of action that
would have been necessary in this
case.
There remained some of the
more subtle possibilities, or half
possibilities, which I remembered
had turned into successful theories
in other cases of murder behind
locked doors, and for these every
one was in some way suspect. In
my consideration up to this point
I had ignored all questions of
psychology, and had not been
swayed by my knowledge of the
characters of people concerned.
l.
not suspect Fellowes or the Vicar
of murder, but I had included
them as suspects so long as the
facts made it possible for one Of
them to be guilty. And so now,
as I considered the wiler enigmas
of time, as opposed to those of
place, I excluded no one.
I could not see, for instance,
how either Williams or Thurston
could be guilty, since I had been
with them continuously from the
time Mary Thurston had left the
room, to the time of the scream,
and had not lost sight of them
even after that until the discov-
cry Of the corpse. And here an
ingenious theory half-presented
itself, to be contradicted at once
by irrefutable fact. For if had
not seen~that terrible figure on
the bed in the moment of break
ing in the panel, and if there had
been no light in the room, it
might have been conceivable
however far-fetched-that Thur
ston himself could have walked
into the room in front of us and
murdered her in our presence
without our suspecting him. He
could have arranged something in
the room which would have given
her a severe fright to cause those
rending screams, and so have had
an alibi. I was rather proud of
having thought this out, and seri-
ously considered using it as a plot
for a murder story. But in this
case it did not fit. The light in
the room had not been strong, but
IT. had been quite sufficient to
show me the revolving sight on
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-29

local farm agents. :.
One of the most notable advances 80
all of the counties served by Une
agents is the breeding and growing =,
Improved livestock. Better cattle anu
swine have been introduced on nun
areds of Negro Farms. :.
John w. Mitchell district agent !.
seen in the picture above taken d.
the annual extension conference d.
State College, standing in the iron.
ow fifth from the left with the farm
agents. On his left is r. E. Jones
Negro All Club specialist. Z. H.
Hudson is director of colored extern
sion work for State College.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-29
READ THIS FIRST:


Three famous detectives, Lord. Simon,
M. Picon and Monsignor Smith, are
investigating the murder of Mrs. Mary
Thurston, middle-aged wife of a re-
tired English physician who has been
found slain in beo during week end
party at the Thurston nome near Lon
don. Those IN the house when Mrs.
Thurston retired were her husband /;
Townsend; tn agthoF Williams snor The
man and the servants. Three pierre
ing screams preceded the disccyery yoS Of
the tragedy. Mrs. Thurston.s ped
room door was polted from the inside
and the only open window revealed a
2O-foot drop to the ground. In the
garden below Townsend found the
murder weapon, a Chinese knife. taken
from the Thur ston hallway. Mr.. Rider.
the vicar, a dinner guest the evening
of the murder. left the Thurston home
shortly before the Staying occurred.
eating the Thurston gymnasium. The
three detectives and Sergeant Beef. the
local constable, conduct their re-
searches independently.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-29

Another American heiress, Mrs.
Lorraine Manville- Dresselhuys,
has followed the example of the
former Barbara Hutton,e Wool
worth heiress, in renouncing her
American citizenship to take that
of her husband. Mrs. Dresselhuys.
sister of the ever-marrying
Tommy Manville, married Ores
sclhuys, wealthy Dutch Industrial
ist, last March.
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-29

Tiny, a dog, chased a gull out
onto the ice on Lond Island sound
near Manhasset. A girl, Nancy
Whitmore. chased after Tiny to
bring him back. She fell through
the ice. Nancy's older sister,
Jane, went after Nancy and the
dog. She fell through the Ice.
Nelson Harding, New York car,
toonist,. appeared on the scene ano
rescued all three.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-29

Ohio's youngest justice Of the
peace, Angelo Mancini, 21, is a
store clerk in his fathers grocery
store at Linndale, a suburb OF
Cleveland. Mancini was elected
on slogan Of more marriages
and more babies for Linndale
Ohio law prescribes a justice OF
the peace must be Fl.
Central Press
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-04
SCHEDULE OF CLINICS
FOR WORCESTER COUNTY

The Worcester County Health De-
partment announces the following
clinics for November:
tuberculosis Clinic: Snow Hill,
Monday morning, November 18th.
Orthopedic Clinic: Snow Hill, Fri
day morning, November 18th.
Prenatal Clinics: Berlin, White
Tuesday afternoon, November %, at
1:3O P. M; Colored, Tuesday after
noon, November Is, at IL noon. Snow
Hill, Wednesday morning, November
%, at 900 A. M. Pocomoke, Thursday
morning, November 3, at 900 A. M.
Venereal Disease Clinics: Berlin,
each Tuesday evenings at 700 o'clock.
Snow Hill, each Wednesday afternoon
at 1 o'clock. Pocomoke, each Thurs
day afternoon at 1 o'clock; The clinic
which would normally be held on
Thursday, November "a, will because
of Thanksgiving, be held Friday, No
vember 25. Stockton, each Wednesday
evening at z o'clock, beginning No
vember 18th.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-04
FIRST INFANTRY
TO ASSIST in A
REENACTMENT

Troops of the First Infantry, Mary
land National Guard, will play promi
nent part in the reenactment of the
Battle of Cantigny, to be staged at
Silver Spring on Thursday evening,
November 10th, under the auspices of
the American Legion.
The battle of Cantigny was one of
the major engagements fought by
American troops during the World
War. This spectacular attack on
strongly fortified positions will be
faithfully reproduced in the sham bat
tie.
Nine companies of the Fighting
First" will take part in the demonstra-
ton. They will be. Company "H",
Westminster; Company "M', Annap-
oils; Company "A", and the Headquar
ters Co., Frederick; Company "B",
Hagerstown; Howitzer Company, Ken
sington; Service Company, Silver
Spring; Company "F" of Hyattsville !;
and Headquarters Company, End Bat
talon of Laurel.
Plans are being made for crowd
of at least twenty-five thousand per-
sons. The battle will get under way
at 500 P. M.-no admission.
Other units taking part in the en-
gagement besides the First Infantry
will be the National Guard organiza-
tions from the District of Columbia;
the Regular Army, which will furnish
not only troops, but tanks, and the
29th Division Aviation of the Mary
land National Guard.
Flares and powerful searchlights
will light up the scene, and the entire
action will take place with the easy
view of those attending the celebra-
! tion.
In order that the spectators may
closely follow the action, and know the
precise meaning of each troop move
ment as the rifle companies move for
ward to the attack, an elaborate sys-
tenn of loud speakers will be installed.
Colonel D. John Markey, command
ing officer of the First Infantry will
be the man behind the microphone,
and will give the running story of the
battle.
An added air of realism will be CIV
en- the action by the presence of Cen
eral Hanson B. Ely, who commanded
the Twenty eighth Infantry during
the battle of Centigny.
General Ely has also rendered val
liable service in aiding the committee
arranging the affair in mapping out
the course of action, and the terrain
over which the troops will move.
This will be one of the most spec
tacular sham battles ever held in the
State, and the largest in which the
Maryland National Guard has taken
part since they aided in reenacting
the battle of Antietam.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-04
Local and Rural News

School will begin at 3:15 P. M, with
an address of welcome by DR.. E. Paul
Knots of Denton. DR.. Wyland will
give the keynote address to Scouters
at this first session. Scouting ex-
hibits will be on display for the sew
eral hundred delegates from the Coun-
Gil Troops.
Entertainment will be furnished by
Scouts of Troop SO Cambridge, How
ard Evans, Scoutmaster, in playlet
to be presented by the Scouts. Color
ed motion pictures taken at the Rod
ney Scout Camps this past summer by
Camp Director Winslow F. Alder will
also be shown.
Committees appointed by President
Cant to prepare for the conference
are: Program, Burton P. Fowler, Will
mington; DR.. Harry v. Holloway, Dow
er; DR.. Walter Hullihen, Newark ;
Arrangements, John w. Noble, Eas-
ton; Ralph A. Ross, Pocomoke City;
!. Wallace Woodford, Dover; Morale,
Emerson C. Harrington, Jr., Cam
bridge; Exhibits, Col. VIM. B. Thigh
man, Jr., Salisbury.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-04
Accon1ac News

Mr.. and Mrs. S. Earring Rev anC
son, Crockett, have moved into The
house recently vacated by Mr.. anC
Mrs. Bryan Bishop.
Miss Mary w. Allen of Washing
ton, D. C. spent the past weekend
with her niece, Mrs. Ben T. Gunter
Jr., and Mr.. Gunter.
Mrs. J. H. Binsted has returned
from visit with her daughter, Mrs
John Crumpacker and Lieutenant
Crumpacker in Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Thomas B. Scarburgh spent
the past week in Norfolk.
Mr.. Donald M. Shute of Hampton
spent the weekend in the home of
Mrs. Edgar D. Fletcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Gose have
as their guests, Mr.. and Mrs. H. E.
Piercy of Norfolk.
Miss Mary L. Marshall and Miss
Anita Walch of Norfolk spent the
weekend with Miss Marshall's moth
er, Mrs. Mamie L. Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Walter Mapp spent
the weekend in Charlottesville.
Miss Mary Virginia James spent the
weekend with her family at Wacha-
preague.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-04
MISS E. CHESSER IS
GOOD FOOD SPECIALIST
Continued from Page 1

Continued from Page 1
of any school previously held in this
area.
"The school is scheduled for We'd
nesday, November 9 at 2 P. M. and
Thursday evening November 10 at 8
r.. M. Both after and evening class
es will be under the direction of Miss
Carolyn Chesser, food specialist OF
the Electric Institute of Washington.
Miss Carolyn Chesser is regarded
as one of the leading experts in her
field. She has served as instructor
for many schools throughout the Uni
ted States. The keynote to Miss
Chesser's classes will be the prepara-
ton of inexpensive but enjoyable
meals that will permit housewives to
effect economies in the operation OF
their kitchen. Copies of her recipes
are to be distributed with out charge
to all who attend.
"Those attending this free cooking
school will not only go away with new
ideas about home economics and tasty
recipes, but many valuable prizes
which are to be given away absolutely
free.
"This is to be one of the most elab-
crate cooking schools ever witness
ed in this area. All readers and house
wives should make preparation now to
attend The Prince Georgian's cooking
cchoo1
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-04
Oak Hall, Va. News

Miss Nan Byrd spent last weekend
with friends in Salisbury, Md.
Mr.. A. N. Taylor of Williams, was
dinner guest Sunday of his sister
Mrs. Eutha Matthews.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Taylor of
Cokesbury, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Bloxom,
Miss Althea Hancock visited friends
in Pocomoke over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Taylor and
Mr.. Neal Taylor spent Sunday after
noon with Mr.. and Mrs. w. V. Taylor
at Cokesbury, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-04

Mrs. G. E. Schoolfield was hostess
Tuesday to the afternoon bridge club
Mrs. J. Scott Porter entertained the
luncheon bridge club on Thursday.
Mr.. B. B. Stevenson, of Cape Char
les, spent the weekend in Pocomoke
Mrs. Clinton Duncan is patient in
DR.. Beck's clinic in Baltimore.
The Junior Aid of the M. P. Church
will meet, Monday evening, November
2, with Mrs. Roland Talton.
Mr.. J. L. Cowger is confined to
his home, near town, by reason of ill
ness.
Miss Cynthia Ardis was the week
end guest of Mrs. Logan Taylor in
Greenbackville, Va.
The Junior Aid of Salem M. E.
Church will meet with Mrs. May En-
mis- Monday evening, November 7th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thomas, of
Westminster, have been guests of Mrs.
Thomas parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. j.
Lloyd.
The Inasmuch Circle of Kings
Daughters will meet at the home OF
Mrs. o. A. johnson Monday, Novem-
Der 7th at P. M.
Mrs. v. G. Wineland who has been
the guest of Mrs. Stanley Lambden
has returned to her home in Pittsburg,
Pa.
The Woman's Club of Pocomoke
City will hold its regular meeting in
the Club Room Wednesday, November
9Th.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the First Baptist Church will meet
Monday, November 7th in the Church
House at 7:3O P. M.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hill are receiv-
ing congratulations on the birth of
son, Gary Lee, born Sunday, October
23rd.
Miss Cynthia Blaine has returned
from a two months visit with her SIS
ter, Mrs. John R. Lydon and Mr.. Ly-
don, in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erland Etcheson are
spending the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Forrest Peters in Columbus, Ohio.
Enroute they stopped in Gaithersburg,
Md, for a brief visit.
Messrs. Kenneth Vincent and Joe
Wiggleswohth, of Drew University,
were weekend guests of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Vincent
of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Groton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Matthews, Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Matthews, Sr., of Sails
bury, were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. T. Groton.
The Ladies Aid of Remson Church
will meet with Mrs. Otho Brown We'd
neseday afternoon, November 9th. All
members are requested to be present
at this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson, of
Westover, entertained Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Johnson, of Westover, and
Rev. Walter Hartman, of Pennsylvan-
Ia.
Mrs. Goldie Dryden has returned
from Wilmington, Del, where she
spent the past two weeks with her
daughter, Miss Katharyn Dryden, who
recently underwent an operation fol
appendicitis.
DR.. and Mrs. DesBrisay entertained
very dlightfully at a family dinner
Sunday night at the Parker House
Hotel. Mrs. DesBrisay before her
marriage on October eighteenth was
Mrs. Annie Matthews Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Scott Porter spent
Sunday and Monday in Baltimore
They were accompanied by Mrs. John
n. Clarke who continued to Spring
field, Ohio, where she will spend a
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
Turner.
Mrs. Allison Payne entertained the
following guests at dinner Sunday:
Mrs. Alfred Lynch and son, Allen
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-11-04
$50 SCOUT TROOPS TO
MEET AT DENTON, IA

Continued from Page 1
program of the Boy Scouts will be
presented by other speakers.
The opening session at the High
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-14
HOLMAN FUNERAL
 TUESDAY MORNING
Cigar Manufacturer Dies in Hospital Saturday
 After Brief Illness

William A. Holman, well-known in local cigar manufacturing and business circles, died Saturday even- ing at the Waterbury Hospital after 8 brief illness. He was a native of New York city and had made his home in this city since his youth. MT. Holman was formerly cigar maker and a member of the cigar makers union. He was also 8 mem Der of the Waterbury Lodge of Elks.
 MT. Holman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jane (CampbelD Hol- man; two sisters, Mrs. Frederick Haase and Miss Frances Holman of this city and one brother, Frederick of Pearl River, N. Y.
 The funeral will be held tomor- row morning at SIS o'clock from the home Al Elizabeth street to St. Thomas Church, where a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in Cal vary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-14
Life's Problems Domestic Rift Results When Old Fash toned Ideas About Baby Clashes With Modern Style.

Judge Edward Mascolo in city court today executed a neat side- step when called on to decide the relative merits of the respective theories of a young husband and wife as to how often the baby's diapers should be changed.
 The dispute between the couple waXed so strong that, according to the wife, her husband gave her a beating Saturday. She promptly had him arrested.
 The husband, who is 19, claimed that his wife didn't change the baby's diapers often enough. The wife, who is IT, insisted that she did, and claimed that her hus- bands theory would have her do- ing little else all day but change diapers.
 well, said Judge Mascolo, "years ago they didn't have a lot of the scientific knowledge that the mothers have now but their babies grew up well just the same. Yet today's methods, of course have been given wonderful re- Sults."
 When questioning of the young couple revealed that in-laws were also concerned with the domestic trouble, the judge told the pair to live their own lives in the future. He suggested a compromise on the diaper problem.