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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01
Up-to-Date Jokes

Little Johnny, who Is of an in
curing turn, was having a quiet 1T
tie talk with his mother. Johnny
wanted to know why Mr.. Juggtns
married Mrs. Juggins. His mother
wasn't able to toll very clearly.
Johnny thought a while, and then
asked.
Mother. why did you marry my
dad?'
Johnny. 1 married your father be-
cause he saved mo from drowning"
replied his. mother.
IN bet that's why dads always
tellin' me not to go in for swimmin', :"
said Johnny.
latest fashions with young lady
caller.
Did you say your husband wa,
fond OF those clinging gowns, Msy?-
Yes. He likes one to cling to me
for about three years"
Eddie, my dear, what are you cry
ing fo-r' said lady TO her little boy,
who had Just returned from church.
Because the clergyman says that
We must all be born again, and an,
afraid I snail be born girl next
time"
The little, mild, bald man had set
tied down in the train TO read and,
feeling drowSy after a trying day at
business, fell asleep. On the, hatrack
above was ferocious crab in a buck
ct, and, reaching the edge of the rack.
it fell, alighting on the little mans
shoulder, and grabbed his ear TO
steady himself.
All the passengers waited expect
antly for developments, but all they
heard was:
Let go, Sarah! 1 tell you I've been
al the office all the EVENING""
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01

more than relieve me for a time.
Il saw your advertisement in n pa
per and decided to try Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. took
seven boxes of Il and used two bottles
of the Sanative Wash. and am com
pieteiy CURED OF nv trouble. When
began taking the Compound only
weighed ntnety-si pounds and now ]
weigh one hundred and twenty six
pounds. II anyone wishes 90 address
me in person ] will cheerfllly answer
all letters. as can not speak too
highly OF the Pinkham remedies
MISS JESSIE MARSH. Adrian.
Texas.
Hundreds OF such letters EXPIRE ssing
gratitude for the good Lydia 2. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has ac.
compfished are constantly being re-
ueived, proving the reliability OF this
grand old remedy.
" you want special advice write 60
Lydia z Pinkhsnn Medicine Co. loon.
tsdenstup Lynn, Noes. Your letter
~<nI be eoened, road and answered by
. ~sosrrn and held In street conf
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. Luck. That Turned o / Compile: Slo, Ss,g

TRANK RIDGWAY left the news
n paper office with bent head and
l. dropping shoulders. He had been
refused hearing. Directly he asked
for work the door was opened for his
departure. They had no places vacant.
Since the failure and stoppage OF The
Argus he had sought employment every
where. but found only rebuffs.
YEARLY he walked on. This meant
that his watch must be pledged. Madge
must be provided for, and she needed
extra delicaces While she was ILL., He
wondered whether she ever regretted
being newspaper mans wife. 1t was
maddening to remember that they had
been married less than year, and al
ready a series OF misfortunes had over
taken them.
He drew near the pawnbroker'S at
last. and as he crossed the street, from
the main entrance a flashily dressed
woman came out leisurey. He gave
her momentary glance, noting her big
hat with its plume OF feathers, then he
passed on toward the smaller door in
the side road.
The assistant who advanced TO tho
thetic nod. Ridgway had appeared fire.
quently of late.
so you've had TO call on us again?
Hard linesl"
Ridgway forced a smile as he pushed
his watch across,
We'll I'm not your only regular GUS
toner. That lady outside with the per-
oxide hair-she was here when l came
| last
"Oh. she's a buyer this time. But l
wish she'd stay away, the assistant
grumbled i've just had a row with
the boss about her She's been here
| asking to look at some pistols"
| Ridgway echoed the word surprisedly.
| Wanted one for protection. She lives
alone with a maid, and there's been a
| LOT Of burglaries in her neighborhood
| lately. Wei. l showed her most of our
| stock Forgot to ask for her license
till the END. or course, she hadn't got
| one, and went out in hun"
| Frank Ridgway hardly listened as he
/ took up his little pile Of silver. With
I a word OF thanks he went out.
| 4 few minutes later he caught sight
| Of the woman in the fedthered hat.
! She was sauntering in the same direc-
! ton. frequently stopping TO examine
! shop windows At a tube station man
| Joined her lie had evidently been
| waiting there, Tor he showed impatience
at her deliberate approach.
| Frank Ridgway was passing them
when he heard his name called. Swing
! ing around, he greeted Clarence Derwent
| warmly.
| You were on The Argus. weren {
YOU" remarked the well known writer.
! hesitatingly Haven't you managed TO
! --tO--
! mo: I'm still looking around"
| "Ah, that's rough II | hear OF any
| opening. of course, I'll let You know"
| He gestured Ridgway 20 move aside.
| Before the latter could reply, he said
! Il only wanted 10 glance at that couple
! behind YOU Yes, as / thought, It's Jo-
| drell-the mau-servant IN the Cassou
| murder case
Ridgway turned The woman's COM
| pauion was short and stout, with a
| square, clean-shaven face. He was
! dressed IN black
! You re quite sure, he Guer.e ed in sud
! den excitement,
quest Well, ! must be on You know
/ where 80 come n can be OF any use
10 your That's right Don't forget 20
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Now, Frank Ridgway read that, &C
cording to his will, his always faith
full servant, Edwin Jodrell," had been
left $4,000
rs it all coming right" Ridgway
asked himself, curiously. 1T must-for
Maggie's sake!'
AS he hurried along dizziness came
over him. He stopped, leaning against
a doorway. He remembered that he had
eaten nothing since. early morning.
Now there was money in his pocket.
but he wanted that for Madge. Finally
he had coffee and cake at a lunch
counter.
"Cranleigh Mansions" he told him
self
The hall porter at the large block OF
fats, however, knew no resident called
Mortimer
What's she like to look at?" He
listened attentively. "Oh, you mean
Mrs. Halliford."
Ridgway assembled to the number he
gave. The outer door was partly open.
Trunks incumbered the passage.
He pressed the bell
Here's the boy come TO carry down
tina luggage"
1t was a woman speaking in the dis
tannSee;;
TN see to IT."
The stout. clean shaven man started
violently on seeing the visitor. His face
paled.
Just a minute before you go. Jo-
drell," said Ridgway, quietly. 1--WE
| some news for you"
The man servant glanced this way and
| that but Ridgway blocked the exit
III come in" he added, advancing.
Jodreu pushed open the door of the
nearest room, Ridgway, divining his
plan, followed him SO closely that he Was
| forced to enter first
The revolVer'S found "
What revolver"
| The one you used TO shoot Victor
Calssson, returned Ridgway instantly.
| 1t was just guess. He was hardly
| prepared for its result. Edwin Jodreil
| staggered, then launched himself for
ward. They wrestled together.
Kldgway was weak, and in poor
| health. But he knew that II he were
empowered all his hopes would faii
| The thought of his wife galvanized him
| TO last effort. When Jodrel fell he
moved back, painting
| ms strength was gone Had Jotrell
attacked attacked again he could not have re-
But Jodrell did not know. He rose un-
steadily and dropped into a chair.
| give myself up" He covered his
Iace- Hes haunted me ever since
| sorry" 'ei
When Ridgway reached The Eysn;ps
Budget offices the taxi driver assisteC
MN from the cab. InSistently he de-
manded Mr.. Mckee.
| The Casson murder-Cranleigh Man
slons-locked IN. He has confessed-the
servant Jodrell. It's a scoop for Ths
Budget" Ae
Half increduiously they heard his
| story. 1t was set up in type in case n
| might be true. All was verified later in
| the nat, and The Budget rushed ont a
| special edition.
You promised me position hera :.
| Ridgway faltered. II must get hons
now TO my WIFE. She's Ill, YOU know. -
They sent q cub reporter TO seq hin,
| safely indoors, The neighbor who was
attending his wife met him in the nail
SHE'S better She's asking for you. -
Frank Ridsway caught her arm, ITS
| eyes were half closed, and every ster
meant fight against exhaustion: yet
| he was smiling
"Ah! I've been busy. Help me ND
stairs" he pleaded, shabby my luck :
turned. must tell Madge-I--I've got
job"
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Tilted by a Married Man
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

you may think you are not, but you
are.
What are you roing to doe
Why, you're going to go right on
living and working and making the
people who love you happy and proul
Of you.
Keep busy-whenever you begin TO
think about your own unhappiness
take up a book and read--go and see
someone-buy a new magazine and
a box Of hocolates-amuse yourself
-forget-forget-
Smile nova little-even If you
don't feel like it. Every time you
smile it comes easier to smile again
Be good, be brave, make somebody
else happy-and in less than a years
time the whole misery Will be over
and half forgotten.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.
Y DEAR FATHER:

MY DEAR FATHER:
M When 1 came down to break
fast this morning and read a
letter from you which I found under
my plate. was both distressed and
amused.
Distressed because you SO plainly
d!sapprovs OF my choice. and amused
because you still think an a child.
Children, I know. are never grown
in the eyea Of their parents. but won't
you try to realize that am twenty
one, a woman grown. while reading
this3
You base your objections chiefly
on tho ground that know SC little
OF this man. How do you know,
blindest of fathers, that I know so
little? When a man has been a girls
she pretty apt to know him better
than her elders suspect?
Jack was introduced to me by your
old friend, Mrs. Hart, 1 did not ask
to see his Credentials, or bill of
health. or references or whatever Il
is that says a man is decent; just
looked into his big serious blue eyes
and knew that he was. L asked him
to call I: was a courtesy due a
guest OF your old friend. which Is
one reason, and there are others.
IL.
and so did mother. Neither you nor
she asked for his credentials, pass
ports or whatever It Is that seems to
be now lacking. On the contrary, you
welcomed him, and said to Mother
after he had gone, THAT seems a
likely young fellow"
You don't remember 1t? I do! re-
member every glorious incident OF
the past six months. They are pic
tured on my memory with splash Of
gold. Somehow knew that first
night, and never doubted my first in
stincts, that had met the man OF all
mankind for me.
GIVEN PERMISSION.
He came again the next evening.
Neither you nor Mother objected, and
tho first evening he took me to a
theatre 1 went with mothers permits
sion, and had her sanction for every
attention 1 ever received from him.
know, Dear Father, that children
are not always thoughtful OF their
parents, but I wonder II l can tell
you, without hurting you. or being
misunderstood. just where parents
fail in their obligations.
Jack showed from the very first
that he was attracted by me. Do
Won remember that first evening that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01
Little Bobbie' S
Pa
By WILLIAM r. KIRK.

n IY cuzzin Alice Is at our house 10
lNI stay a week &; she Is one Of
the prettiest gurls that 1 ever
saw. She has got beau, too, &
he CAIN to see her last mite. l doant
see how a gurl so pritty cud have
such a bonehead for a beau, but 1
doant think Alice knows vary much
eether, that IL the way with lots OF
gurls, wen thay are vary pr1tty thay
doant know much, & wen thay know
much they have faces like penny
masks.
The naim of Alices beau is Abner.
! doant know why any father and
mother ever Mains thare boy Abner.
He had on nice clothes wen he called
last mite, but he had vaseline in his
hair to maik 1t stay combed so it
curled on his forehead. & he woar a
button in his coat & It sed on the
button Drink What Adam Drank.
think anybody that wares a button
that says sumthing on it Is so stupid
that thay cant say anything them
self
Pa looked at the button witch sed
Drink What Adam Drank, & sed to
Abner What is the idee?
.
Adam drank water, pure, sparkling
water. /, too, drink pure sparkling
! water, sed Abner. VIII you join our
little band & drink pure, sparkling
| water, he sed to Pa
1 will not drink 1t exclusive, sed
| Pa, because l like pure, sparkling
| burgundy too & burbon, etc. l do not
drink anything like that to excess,
sed Pa, but 1 like a snifter now s,
! then, so l can not promise to drink
what Adam drank, attic ! Wud like 20
be one Of your jolly crowd. What II
pure water was all Adam drank? sed
Pa. Dident he get the cato lust the
saim?
oh, but that was not his fault, sed
| Abner Jest then cousin Alice calm
| in &, Abner went & sat neer her. Ma
! & Pa only stayed in the parlor littel
while & then they went out to a card
! party but I stayed rite thare on the
| job, l wanted to maik Abner nervus.
! 7 was setting out in the other room
! & | pretended I was reading Bare
footed Ben, the Boy That Bit r. r.
| but all the time l was Citing ear
| full of Abners talk.
l lux poetry, he sed to Alice. Do
you luv poetry?
| Yes, sed Alice, I luv poetry. Will
/
sed to Abner. Then Abner reesited
but he dident know enuff to reesite
sumthing about luv, he reesited.
| You may talk of gin and beer
Wen you're safely quartered here
Or off for penny flies to Aldershot
| it,
But wen it Gums 60 slaughter
| You will do your work on water
And you'll lick the blooming boots
of him that's got it.
Oh, sed Alice, / doant like to hear
about slaughter. Please reesite sum-
thing romantic, sumthing tender.
Would you like to hear sumthing
that I rote myself? sed Abner.
Oh, yes, sed Alice, pleese reesite
sumthing Of yure own. SO Abner
reesited
Ny naim is Abner & I luv a maid
Main Alice, sweet & wonderfully
! clever;
To leeve this maid & go I am afraid
& fain wud be by her side forever
If any other fellow should be grab
/ bin 'er
I sware that that wud be the end OF
Abner.
1 am afrade 1 cud newer marry
you, sed Alice. That isent nice
poetry at all, it sounds like school
boys lines. Then they scrapped &
Abner went hoam. Wen Pa calm
hoam toald him that Alice had sent
Abner hoam & Pa sed Well, any man
that drinks what Adam drank is
likely to get what Adam got.
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worry me, you know. Good wishes"
Thanks I'm sure you mean It,"
Am l likely to find Mckee. of The
I9,,ar,o+ - -, 20 ,,l - ~,
nuuset' III now Il call there at once!
Yes, he'll be IN right enough; but
youu never see him IFS no use going
IL. ,,.t.,,... -. -,
'neIe without an appointment
I'll risk It, declared Ridgway over
his shoulder.
He observed that Jodrell and the
woman had disappeared.
Reaching The Evening Budget offices,
he waited till the boy at the doorway
was occupied, and then slipped past him
and mounted the stairs at run. He
knew that he should have sent in a
printed slip with his name and business,
but he guessed that his chances of gain
ing an interview by such conventional
means Were negligible.
Arriving at the managing editor s
door, he raped upon it, and thrust in
his head,
HE Glow,
iAIs SIoly'
do you want any news OF the Cesson
Case--eNcusiVe?
The man busy at the big desk jerked
round angrily
mean by
Il was a reporter on The Argus. and
| want to know whether you'll give me
a job If
Upon my world" began Mr.. Mcke
in a fury.
III l bring you solution of the mys-
tery-tel you who murdered Victor Cas-
son." added Ridgway. undismayed.
The editor stared at him gasping. He
could not speak for a while,
oh yes" he growled eXplosively.
I'm make special position for you on
my starr
.'rphat's n nrornisa." RfdgNav nodded
and closed the door behind him
lie Wondered r. Tho Statement he had
provoked from Mckee couId possibly he
turned 10 advantage.
Apprehensiye excitement stirred him
TN he reached the pawnbroker's again.
"You were telling me about that Won
an-vour customer" he stammered
"She didn't take a revolver. but-hut
did she leave one behind viii Won
look through those YOU have? lust for
curiosity-iust 10 obllse me?'
The assistant eyed him wonderingly.
"Why, do YOU know, | had an idea
AT first that there was an extra one ON
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01
A Letter to Mary
Mary Replies to Her Father in Pathetic Appeal for Fair
Play.
Play.

he never took his eyes off me, and
that once when Mother addressed
him he didn't hear, for all his at
tention was following me? DID you
notice that no held my hand whom
he left? Didn't you hear him ask
If he might call again the next even
ing? Couldn't you see. oouldr't you
SEE, that he was beginning 10 love
me?
When he came, evening after even
ing, and eontrfved to pass the house
a dosen times a Day: when the tsie-
phone rang carly and late WITH his
messages: whom the florists boy BE-
gan to call regularly, whea bsefs
began to arrive in the NAH: when
special delivery boys appeared with
notes and boxes of candy: when his
stay in town was prolonged one
week. two. three, beyond tho aH-
pointed time. Did you think, yos
dear, blind bat of = parent. that all
this was done with no notivef
Nhen he went TO his homo ont
West. did you think the big. bulky
letters that began to arrive were
congressional messages? Did you
believe, when I dsw with every let
ter to my room ana locked thu door,
that it was to read debates on the
tariff?
You made no objec lions then. On
the contrary, you seemed slyly
amused. but now, when he has won
my love, you ask me to stop and con.
slider! Should not you and mother
have done that before this miracle
happened?
AN APPEAL.
He wrote that he loved me and
asked me to be his wife. 1 accepted
Then we decided.to tell you.
You object because he has not de.
voted as many months to wooing me-
as you spent years in winning
m other. Do you forget that this is 4
more rapid age, and that IL Cupid
were as slow now as he was in your
day marrying would go out of fash
ion? 1t took you three days to travel
sixty miles to see mother. Still, you
would not ask that it take him a
month to travel the three thousand
miles that separate US.
Look down into the bottom of your
heart Don't you find there that the
base OF your opposition is loving
selfishness? You don't object to him
as n son-in-iaw. Your objection il
that you will lose your daughter.
You remember your own wooins
only as a means of rebuke. Be I'M
selfish, father, and let II be an arsu'
ment In our favor.
MARY.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01

THE picture shows one OF
the most curious tree for
- nations in the country.
The growth on the side of the
tree trunk exactly resembles the
head of the famous Roosevelt
emblem, the Bull Moose, and has
for yenrs been sight Of the
Green Ridge Valley, Maryland.
The tree is an oak, and is
located at the side Of road
that runs through the apple or
chard of L. Merten's Sons, the
largest IN the world Visitors TO
the orchard, which is within a
few miles from Cumberland. are
always eager to get sight of
the tree. the fame of which has
spread considerably.
An imaginative Cumberland
reporter once tried to circulate
a report to the effect that the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lGk71il19l<I l25:l;S sl:lI Ia iafu:
Copyright, 1904, by Edward J. Clode)
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.


IO-DAl - lNSIAl1i1hE4>A l.
9TH. women dear one They will
xnov"
ooh vou 6ecsiver! You said my
toilet was perfect, and I am quite sure
yours Is"
This logic wa, tncontrovertfble. Mrs.
A+hs-,ev .,ebed and asked what took
Mac. N. nrevious night.
phr,n ;nsx.ped that the girl hung
s,ck 40 he boldly undertook an e1-
plantation. By describing the cabman
as apparently intoxicated. and certainly
;mprudent, he covered good deal OF
ground, and ths rest was easy.
When they reached the savoy the
znxious mother had relegated the In
cident TO the limbo Of unimportant
things Only one other matter troubled
hef-the somewhat unconventional or
Gin OF her daughters acquaintance WIN
this pleasant-mannered young gentie-
man.
She was far too tactful 10 hint az
such point Just them. ~ should pe
reserved for homo discussion
Meanwhile. they were early arrivals
ans heao waiter maj slioo u'oiu ~
wsnoo" taoie' Mis. A'Nee' '''-'''''
sne Ane" hei i''ihoH
iou were sue We "0''' ''1'
you. she
p,.r,s
mAs ss1 u % soos occa .IonalIv 10
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=, .,hIas hal, dozep nsorla
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-. 80 .,
-, n,,,-,.
Ell! inc hsn'o "o,e my
thoughts odch"aiu WI" a oou''U
10 torfentlaI hsht III q i'ohoon ~ u"ie
ana the tearing open oi Sai uooi
III titne TO gave s"eeI ii'uo sni a..
rooeo IN "hite' "ho' 'N' ioi i'',i' "ou'u
nave ialleh win an oVeitt'riieu Neiieie'
The child OF ten years ago would be
about the age of the lively and spirit
uelle girl by his side The child had
faced her enraged uncle on that mem
orable night; the woman had refused
TO leave him when she thought danger
threatened in the park.
Could fl be possdbIe, He was star
lied heUildersj. utterly da,n1founded nv
even the remote possibility that another
figure from the PAST should como before
him in such wise.
a. .,, wiz. x.,,. 49,, s.,.,.a
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ana nope mat II
Will be OF interest
TO suffering wom-
en-. For four years
| suffered untold
agonies at regular
intervals. Such
pains and cramps
severe chins ana
sickness at stom %
ach, then finally
hemorrhases until
l would be nearly
blind. I had Ave
doctors and none
OF them could Dc
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01
GIRL SUFFERED
TERRIBLY
At Regular Intervals-Says Ly.
Lydia Z. Pinkhsm's Vegetable
Compound Complete
fy Cured Her

Anxfan. TeoaS-'T tasre pleasure in
adding my testimonial to the great ust
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-07
Trustees Sale Notice.

BY virtue of a certain Deed of Trust execu-
ted by Hattie Dowd and her husband, Frank
Dowd, on the 18th day Of Dec. 1910 to secure
a certain Indebtedness therein mentioned to c.
E. Cover, executor of the estate of the late
]. H. Richardson, which Deed Of Trust is duly
recorded in the Chancery Clerks office of Lee
County, Mississippi, in Trust Deed Book 81,
page 304, Twill as substituted Trustee in the
place and stead Of j. P. Dulany. who declined
to serve, on Saturday the 9th day Of March,
1913, at the Postoffice door, in the town of
Baldwin, Miss, within legal honrs, offer for
sale at public outcry, for cash. the following
described and: The vest half of the east
half Of the southwest quarter Of section Is,
township Z of range ], etc, situated in Lee
County, Miss, containing Al IL acres, more
particularly described as follows: Corhmenc-
ing at the southeast corner of the southwest
quarter and run Al IL rods west for a begin
ming. point; thence north 100 rods. thence
west Al IL rods, thence south 100 rods. thence
west Al IL rods to the beginning point. The
title to the above described land is believed
to be good. but ! CONVEX only such title as is
vested in me as Substituted Trustee.
This the 10th day Of Feb. 1913. nth
47-4t n. n. Latirsr, Substituted Trustee