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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19
Specials Today.

Kid, Mutton and Veal. Phone Bragg
Bragg & Morgan. 1927
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Murray & Hooks fountain is fam.
Gus for its crushed fruit, ice creams
and sundaes. 1922
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

TOOTH-Hair and Nail Brushes.
Large assortment. Rembert's.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Wheeler Patent Screens are thu
best Phone John w. SILVER for par
ticularS. 31.1m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jer-
sey bull, for service. $3.50. Apply to
Henry J. Bagley.
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Special Two Dollar Nv. B." Cor.
sets for One Dollar. Today ONLY
Warlick Bros. Co., Lamar st. 19-1t
Mrs. Annie Gibson Hays of Apa-
lichicola will come today upon Il
visit to the Misses Christian at their
home on Brown street.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. ]. Wilson, Mrs. Will
lett and Mrs. E. J. Eldridge came W
from Leslie yesterday in Mr.. Wilson's
car, spending the day here.
Special Two Dollar "W. B." Cor.
sets for One Dollar. Today only
Warlick Bros. Co., Lamar st. 1911
Miss Ruth Brown goes to Buen7
Vista today upon a visit of several
days to her aunt, Mrs. George Dun
can, at her home there.
Misses Claire Everette and Jose
phine Bagley will go today to Ma
con, as fair guests of Miss Lucille
Jossey, going thence to Atlanta for
| the season of grand opera.
Special Two Dollar Nv. B." Cor.
sets for One Dollar. Today only
Warlick Bros. Co., Lamar st. 19-1t
Mr. F. A Hooper, returning from
attendance upon Stewart court al
Lumpkin, mingled yesterday with his
many Americas friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Crockett have
returned from Vienna, where Mrs
Crockett was matron of honor at til
Mobley-Groves wedding on Wednts
day.
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Those Who Come and Go


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Tennis and baseball goods, fishing
tackle, in large assortment. Holt
days Book Store.
Miss Fannie Davenport returned to
Cuthbert yesterday after a pleasant
visit here to her cousin, Miss Mary |
Ella Davenport.
Entertain your guests at Murray & |
Hooks fountain. Everything clean
and first class. 1927 |
Mr.. E. A. Hawkins and daughter.
Mrs. c. J. White, left yesterday for
Atlanta, where they will visit Mr..
and Mrs. Will E Hawkins at their
home on Piedmont avenue.
Mrs. B. T. Wise, of Plains, spent
Yesterday in the city, the guest of
friends while here.
Screen your home with Wheeler
Patent Screens and save money.
Phone III for man to make you an
estimate. 30-1m
Mrs. John Wagnon has gone to
Spartanburg, S. c., upon a visit of
some length, having left yesterday.
She will join Mr.. Wagnon there.
We yet have some bargains in
wedding presents. Prices are reduced.
Now is your chance. Call at Muir
ray & Hooks. 1927
DR., Lansing Burrows returned yes
terday from Albany, where as the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford
Mayes, he spent two days at the chau-
tauqua there.
Wheeler Patent Screens are thu
best. Phone John w. SILVER for par.
tlcularS. 31-1m
Mrs. Cliff Brewton, of>sAmericus;
Miss Vera Holley and Miss. Ruby
Mansfield, who came up to attend the
Hudson-Adams wedding, will be here
for few days.-Macon Telegraph.
Miss Lynda Mclaughlin has come
from Albany to spend some time in
Americas with her sister. Mrs. F. B.
Arthur.
Retouch your furniture and flower
pots. We sell Jap-o-Lac. Murray q
Hooks. 1927
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Parrish, of Co.
lumbus, were visitors in Americas
yesterday morning.
Fresh Roe and Buck Shad, 40c and
SOC each, at Bragg & Morgan's. Phone
"a. 17-5t
Mr.. L. D. Mckee, of Nashville,
Tenn, brother of DR.. S H. Mckee, of
Americas, is in the city.
Mr.. T. E. Lummus, one of Column
bus well known business men, was
in Americas yesterday.
Protect your clothes from moth and
dust. See Murray & Hooks. 1921
Mr. and Mrs. w. W. Hooks, guests
at the Davenport-Hooks marriage, re-
turned yesterday to their home in
Adams, Ga.
Have your home screened now.
avoid the rush and delay in midsum-
mer. John w. SILVER. 3I-1m
Mr.. J. A. Lambert was among the
Atlantans spending yesterday in
Americus
| Misses Florence and May Summer
ford, of Leslie, were visitors in the
city yesterday
DR.. and Mrs. j. X. Shirk, of Lam
| caster, Pa, are guests of the Windsor
hotel while visitors in Americas, ar
irving yesterday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Special Two Dollar Nv. B." Cor.
sets for One Dollar. Today ONLY
Warlick Bros. Co., Lamar st. 19-1t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Protect your clothes from moth and
dust. See Murray & Hooks. 1921
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

FRESH MEAE-Made from Sumter
county corn; ground at J. c. Brown
water mill; received at my store dali
ly. Get the best and purest meal
made. w. Z. Brown. 1925
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Mr. T. E. Lummus, one of Column
bus well known business men, was
in Americas yesterday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Mrs. Cliff Brewton, of>aAmericus
Miss Vera Holley and Miss. Ruby
Mansfield, who came up to attend the
Hudson-Adams wedding, will be here
for a few Macon Telegraph.
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Mr.. L. D. Mckee, of Nashville,
Tenn, brother of Dr.. s H. Mckee, of
Americas, is in the city.
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Mrs. Annie Gibson Hays of Apa-
lichicola will come today upon Il
visit to the Misses Christian at their
home on Brown street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Miss Lynda Mclaughlin has come
from Albany to spend some time in
Americas with her sister, Mrs. F. B
Arthur.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Parrish, of Co
lumbus, were visitors in America
yesterday morning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Retouch your furniture and flowe
pots. We sell Jap-o-Lac. Murray 4
Hooks. 1872
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Fresh Roe and Buck Shad, 4Oc an,
SOC each, at Bragg & Morgans. Phon
"a. 17-5
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-19

Mr. F. A. Hooper, returning from
attendance upon Stewart court a
Lumpkin, mingled yesterday with hi
many Americas friends.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27

Is only one way of satisfaction in it
all, one CLEAN Of comfort" he added.
And what is that?"
You don't know what the suffering
is you don't understand, you don't
comprehend"
And why not?"
Because you do not love me-"
But | do said the woman quite
simply as if it were a matter of
course not only that she should love
MIN, but that shs should also tell him
So
Inc man stared at her amazed.
ouch fierce surges Of joy throbbed
through him as he had not thought
'ne human frame could sustain. This
woman loved him, in some strange
way he had gained her affection. 1t
was impossible, yet she had said SO!
ne mad been a blind fool He could
zee mat now. She stood before him
anu smiled up at him, looking at him
,,uiough eyes misted with tears, with
ups parted, with color coming and go
lug IN her cheek and with her bosom
using and falling She loved him, he
nau but to step nearer to her to take
ner IN his arms. There was a trust,
uevotlon, surrender, everything, in her
~''i'ude, and between them like that
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27

alone. They had fascinated her.
They were letters from some other
man to this mans wife. They were
signed by an initial only and the iden-
tity of the writer was quite unknown
to her. The woman's replies were
not with the others. but 1t was easy
enough to see what those replies had
been. All the passion of which the
woman had been capable had evil
IDENTIFY been bestowed upon the writer
of the letters she had treasured.
Her story was quite plain. She
had married Newbold in a fit Of
pique. He was an eastern man, the
best educated, the most fascinating
and interesting of the men who fire.
quented the, camp. There had been a
quarrel betBeen the letter writer and
the woman; there were always quar-
rels, apparently, but this had been a
serious one and the man had savagely
flung away and left her He had not
come back as he usually did. She had
waited for him and then he had come
back-too late!
He had wanted to kill the other, but
she had prevented, and while Newbold
was away he had made desperate love
to her. He had besought her to
leave her husband to go away with
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
Everywhere She Is Doing Now What
Formerly Was Considered the
Work of Man.

It may be difficult to tell what Is
woman's age, but unquestionably this
Is It. Mems colleges into which wom-
en- have made their way have had to
drive them out again in order to give
the men a chance at graduation hon
ors. From the pulpit and the bar down
TO the coal mine and the iron furnace
women are doing what used to be
regarded as mans work. The liter
allure of the day is overwhelmingly
feminist in its character and very
much of 1t is the work Of women.
Men are being told things about wom-
en- that it was not deemed proper for
their fathers to know, and as for them
selves, they are being shown up with
out remorse.
Within a few days illustrations OF
the feminist revolution. physically and
intellectually have become public,
Man is destined to lose even his
physical superiority. The superinten-
dent of a hospital in Boston, where
1000 babies are born annually says:
'sWe have noticed that girl babies are
getting taller and that they are ap
nearing in this world lately with more
real vitality than formerly. The boy
babies continue on the average, both
in weight and height"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27

the dark both as to the man and the
reason.
81 don't know" answered the 9TH
err.
DO you know this man."
Il never saw him in my life that
can recall"
And have you-did YOU"
Did , suspect my wife?" he asked.
Never. | had too many evidences
that she loved me and me alone for a
ghost of suspicion to enter my mind.
1t may have been a brother, or her
father in his youth"
And why did you wear it?"
Because | took it from her dead
heart. Some day shall find out who
the man is and when ! shall | know
there will be nothing to her discredit
in the knowledge"
Enid Maitland nodded her head.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27

of August, being Wednesday, this
yeare, 1888"
There Is little need of entering fur
Their into the details of this gruesome
tragedy Millus, or Miles, who said
that the devil had told him to commit
the crimes, was seized by troopers and
after trial was gibbeted In chains on
common, by the roadside, near Ferry
Vile. A tradition. let us hope untrue.
exists to the effect that he revived aft
er the gibbeting and lived in awful tor
ture for several days, being in the
meantime fed by his sweetheart. A
portion of the glbbet on which he was
hanged stood for many years after
ward, until a belief grew up that It
possessed charm for the toothache,
when the people ate it piecemeal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27

She closed the locket, laid it on the
table and pushed it away from her
So this was the man the woman had
loved who had begged her to go
away with him, this handsome Arm
strong who had come within an ace
of winning her own affection, to
whom she was in some measure
pledged!
How strangely does fate work out
its purposes. Enid had come from
the Atlantic seaboard to be the sec
ond woman that both these two men
loved
If she ever saw Mr.. James Arm
strong again. and she had no doubt
that she would, she would have some
strange things to say to him. She
held in her hands now all the threads
of the mystery. she was master OF
all the solutions, and each thread
was a chain that bound her.
my friend" she said at last with
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27

deep sigh, you must forget this
night and go on as before. You love
me, thank God for that, but honor
and respect interpose between u.s.
And | love you, and thank God for
that, too. but for me as well the
same barrier rises. Whether we
shall ever surmount these barriers
God alone knows. He brought us
together. he put that love in our
hearts, we will have to leave 1t to
him to do as he will with us both.
Meanwhile We must go on as be-
fore"
NO" cried the man. you impose
upon me tasks beyond my strength;
you don't know what love is. you
don't know the heart hunger, the aw-
full madness feel. Think, have been
alone with a recollection for all these
years, man in the dark. in the night:
and the light comes, you are here.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27

great gulf which lay between the rich
man and the beggar, that separated
heaven and hell. was that he could
not cross.
i never dreamed, | never hoped
oh" he exclaimed as if he got his
death wound, this cannot be borne"
He turned away but in two swift
steps she caught him.
Where do you go?"
out, out into the night"
You cannot so now, 1t is dark:
bark to the storm. you would miss
your footing you would fall, you would
freeze. you would die"
What matters that?"
Il cannot have it."
ut would be better So"
He strove again to wrench himself
away, but she would not be denied.
She chung to him tenaciously.
Il will not let you so unless you
give me your word of honor that you
will not leave the plateau. and that
you will come back to ne"
81 tell you that the quicker and
more surely | go out of life the hap
pier and better it will be for you"
And | tell you" said the woman
resolutely, that you can never go out
of my life again, living or dead" She
released him with one hand and laid
it upon her heart You are here"
Enid" cried the man.
NO" she thrust him gently away
with one hand yet detained him with
the other-that was emblematic of
the situation between them. Not
now, not yet, let me think, but prom
Use me you will do yourself no harm,
you will let nothing imperil your life"
"As you WILL said the man regret
fully. Il had purposed to end it now
and forever, but promise"
Your word of honor?"
MY word of honor"
And you won't break it."
Il never broke it to a human being,
much less will | do so to you!"
She released him. he went into the
other room and she heard him cross
the floor and open the door and go
out into the night, into the storm
again.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27

The first night | brought you here /
walked that room on the other side OF
that narrow door like a lion pent up
in bars of steel. | had only my own
love, my own passionate alteration to
move me then, but now that | know
you love me, that | see it in your eyes,
that l hear it from your lips, that |
mark it in the beat of your heart, can
| keep silent? Can l live on and on?
Can l see you, touch you, breathe the
same air with you, be pent up in the
same room with you hour after hour,
day after day. and go on as before? |
can't do it, it is an impossibility.
What keeps me now from taking you
in my arms and from kissing the color
into your cheeks, from making your
lips my own, from drinking the light
from your eyes?" He swayed near to
her, his voice rose. What restraints
me?" he demanded.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
This Is the Age of Woman

AS she weighed a shade over the
200 mark, her husband always dug
up an excuse when it came to accom-
panying her on any attitudes above
easy falling distance.
He was just bordering on the beau
tiful flow of unlntelligible language
used by their guide, when from the
topmost rampant came the "Hi-lee, Hi
10" trill from his wife, who was lean
ing far out and waving scarf.
Mr.. Aschenbrenner obligingly look
ed up and then came to life with an
anguished roar: Gretchen, for your
life, get back! You're bending the
building!"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
Rate Schedule Lacking.

1t was the day before Christmas In
one of the big railroad offices. says
the San Francisco Call. They were
talking about the good old days when
they were all children and there was
no interstate commerce commission.
We'll" observed the optimist. 81
guess old Santa will come around as
usual"
Nope" replied the crouch. Don't
look for him this year"
"Why not?" asked the optimist.
We'll" came the the answer. "un.
der the new law he's a common car
rier. and the old man hasn't filed his
rate schedule.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
OLD ENGLISH CHURCH
QUAINT DURHAM STRUCTURE
DATES BACK TO SAXON TIMES.
merrin9ton Kirk. Apart From Its An
tlquity, is interesting to the Tour
list Through Peculiarly
Gruesome Happening.

London, England-On of the OLD
and interesting churches of England,
dating back to Saxon times. is Kirk
Merrington, a strong structure, which
crowns hill In the village of Mer.
rington In Durham county. The few
DID, straightforward oak pews, which
1t contains, as well as the gargoyles
and elves, carved upon the ends of the
roof beams, just under the caves,
which look down upon the beholder,
some with protruding tongues, others
with hideous grimace, the quaint
windows and the general air OF an
tiquity, all tend to throw around the
structure that curtain OF mystery
which infallibly encircles these land
marks OF bygone England.
Warrington Kirk is also famous in
another respect, for it's caves shelter
the tomb OF the victims of the last
man gibbeted and hanged In chains in
the County OF Durham. Ii Is inscribed
as follows:
Here lies the bodies OF
John. Jane and Elizabeth, children of
John and Margaret Brass,
who We're murdered the 2Sth day OF
Jan. 1888.
BY Andrew Mills. their Fathers servant.
For which he was executed and hung In
chains.
Reader. remember. sleeping
We were slain
And sleep till we must
Rise again
Whose sheddeth mans blood, by man
Shall his blood be shed"
Thou shalt do no murder"
Restored by subscription in 1873.
AS sample of English as it was writ.
ten toward the close of the seven
teenth century and of the involved and
confusing method of composition then
employed we reprint the following &C
count OF the tragedy as set down at
the time of the murder, in 1868:
A sad, cruel murther was commit
tetd by boy about IS or 10 years Of
age, mere Ferryhill mere Durham be-
Ing Thursday night The manner is
by report, when the parents was out
of dores a young man, being some to
the house, and two daughters was
kid by this boy with an axe having
knock'd yin in We head, afterwards cut
their threats, one yin being asleep in
We bed about 10 or IL years of age, the
other daughter was to be married at
Candlemas After he kid the eldest
being about 20 years of age,
R little lafs, her sister, about the age
Of II years, being in bed alone, he
drag'd her out of bed, and kid her
alsoe. This same Andrew Millus alias
Miles. was hanged in irons upon gy
bett mere Ferry hill upon the 18th day
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
Wjfe's Blood Saves Life.

Baltimore.-Harry H. Aubrey, base
ball player, has the heroism of his
wife. Mrs. Margaret Aubrey, and skill
of Johns Hopkins hospital surgeons
to thank for his life. Lying side by
side on the operating table, with her
artery attached to his vein in the
arm, her blood flowed Into the life Of
the man with whom she was one. For
an hour the TRANSMISSION went on, un'
til the man was considered strong
enough to stand successful operation
for the removal Of a tumor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
"MOVIES" IN N. Y. SCHOOLS
Pictures VIII Be Used In New York
to Teach History and Ge-
ography.

New York-The moving picture Ia
about to be introduced in the class
rooms of New York city public
schools. During the past year 1t was
tried out semi-offlcially in the assem-
bly, halls OF several downtown schools.
The principals have been very en-
thusiastic. The motion picture Ia
able to render the greatest assistance
In geography and history. Mr.. Ed
ison has perfected his miniature NOV
Ing picture machine. especially suit
able for the home and the school
room.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
In Imminent Dancer.

Mr.. and Mrs. Aschenbrenner were
touring Europe, and had just arrived
at Pisa. Mrs. Aschenbrenner was all
excited upon reaching the Leaning
Tower and eagerly battered up the
spiral stairway, leaving her husband
languidly awaiting her return.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27

1--WE driven my car for over year
now" said Bilkins, "and I've never
run down anybody"
That's nothing said Mrs. Bilkins.
ave attended the meetings Of our
sewing circle for five years and have
never run down body.'-Harper's
Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
rwsntv.Eiohth Child.

Niagara Falls, N. yam eight.
hound boy, her twenty-eighth child.
was born the other day to Mrs. Phil
lin E. Webster, Mrs. Webster is forty
four years old, was married when she
was sixteen. and of her children there
were three pairs of twins and two sets
of triplets.
Eight of the twenty-eight are still
alive.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
CHAPTER XVII.
The FACE in the Locket.

The Face in the Locket.
Left alone in the room she sat down
again before the fire and drew from
her pocket the packet of letters, She
knew them by heart, she had read and
reread them often when she had been
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-27
cuApTER xvl-fcontlnued)

CHAPTER XVl-(Continued).
"Oh. God! Oh, Cod" he cried in
his humiliation and shame, eff l had
only met you first, or if my wife had
died as others die, and not by my
hand in that awful hour. | can see
her now, broken, bruised, bleeding,
torn. can hear the report of that
weapon: her last glance at me in the
midst of her indescribable agony was
one Of thankfulness and gratitude. l
cant stand it, l am unworthy even Of
her"
But you could not help it. it was
not your fault. And you can't help
cariug-for me-"
81 ought to help it, ought not love
YOU, ! ought to have known that
was not fit to love any woman, that
! had no right, that I was pledged
ike monk to the past. ! have been
weak, a fool. | love you and my hon
or goes, love you and my selfrespect
goes. love you and my pride goes.
Would to God | could say l love you
ind my life goes and end it all" He
stared at her little space, There