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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09

Atlanta, Oct. S.-Claiming that he
was a secret service man, j. E. San-
ford, made himself very busy yester-
cay shadowing women, in s!euth-like
manner on Peachtree street.
Some of Atlanta's own sleuths not
iced that he only Swallowed the pref
test and most stylish ones, so they
did a little "shadowing" of their own
and presently arrested him for tlirt-
ing.
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For Discharge OF Administration.

NHORGIA, Sumter County:
Whereas, G. D. Carter, administra-
cor of j. F. Carter, deceased, represents
TO the court in his petition, duly filed
and entered on record, that he has full
~ administered ]. f. Carriers estate,
II Ihls is therefore to cite all persons
5pfcerned, kindred and creditors, to
snow cause, if any they can, why said
administrator should not be discharg-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
AMATEUR DETECTIVE PINCHED BECAUSE
HE SHADOWS PRETTY GIRLS

Now the city court will give him al
opportunity to show that he was en-
gagged in any secret service" other
than his own.
At the same time the police ar
rested another alleged masher in the
person of J. H. Harris, who claims 10
be an Albanian. Several women COM
planned that he had followed them ami
tried to speak to them.
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors

sGEORGIA-Sumter County.
Notice is hereby given to the credit
<ors of T. ]. Wade, late of said County,
to present to the undersigned, prop
serly verified their claims against said
estate, as provided by law; And all
parties indebted to said estate are
hereby called upon and notified to
make settlement of their Indebtedness
with the undersigned as required by
law. All parties indebted to the estate
of 7. ]. Wade are hereby authorized
to make settlement with C. R. Wad 3
who is authorized to collect same for
me- MRS. S. E. H. WADE,
Administrative on estate of T. J. Wade
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GEORGIA, Sumter County.

Ni@OIeblA, sumter EQUITY.
Lucy Wren Barrow VS.. Willie Barrow,
Libel for Divorce in Sumter Su-
perior Court.
To Willie Barrow, Defendant: Yoa
are hereby required to be and appear
at the next term of the Superior court
OF Sumter county, to be held on the 4th
Monday in November next, either per-
8onally or by attorney to answer plain
lifts complaint. In default thereof the
court will proceed as to justice shall
appeItain.
Witness the Honorable z. A. Little
lohn, judge of said court, this 10th
day of September, 1913.
H. E. ALLEN,
Clerk Superior Court.
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18TH DISTRICT
Especial to Times-Recorder.)
this purpose

Seventeenth District, Oct S.-Rcy.
w. M. Hobbs, of Ty Ty, filled his reg
ular appointment at the Free Viii
church Sunday, both morning and
night.
Mrs. j. G. Israel returned home Sat
urday from a few days visit to her
daughter in Dawson, Mrs. j. c. Tedder,
Miss Ella Israel, of Sumter, is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Williams this
week.
Misses Olive Salter and Minnie Lee
Colby, Of Smithville, visited the lat
ters sister, Mrs. C. F. Turner, Sunday.
Among those who spent Sunday with
Mrs. ]. G. Israel were, Mr.. and Mrs. vs.
A. Jones and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
j. S. Williams and family.
Miss Stella Turner spent Sunday
with Miss Ellie Virgins.
Messrs. Clinton Johnson and Walter
Jones, of Ellayille, were visitors in
this community Sunday.
: Mr.. Carlton Jones, of Americas,
spent Sunday with homefolks.
Miss Jennie Mae Davis spent Tues
day in Smithville with relatives.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
MAIL CARRIERS PLAY SANTA CLAUS
BUT THEY GET No INCREASE IN PAY

relief they were told that the increase
in weight was not sufficient to justify
an increase in pay-this despite the
fact that the parcels post makes a
regular Santa Claus out of the rural
carrier every day in the year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
JUDGE BROYLES ANNOUNCES
WARFARE ON WASHERS

the request it is sand, of two girls.
both of whom declared the prisoner
had been following them through sew
eral uptown blocks.
Each man gave cash collateral of
$25, but failed to appear in court.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
Legal Advertisements

ed from his administration and re-
ceive letters of dismission on the first
Monday in November, 1918.
Oct. 6, 1913.
JOHN A. COBB,
Ordinary, Sumter County, Ga
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JESSE MERCER WILL TAKE MRS.
PANKHURST'S PLACE ON PROGRAM

Atlanta, Oct. S.-Despite urgent i'll
Vitations and expectations, Mrs Pank-
hurst has wired that she will not be
able to come to Georgia At meeting
where Mrs. Pankhurst was expected
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09

Better for your conscience sake to
suffer an injury than to commit one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09

Why is the soda cracker today
such a universal food?
People ate soda crackers In the
old days, it is true-but they
bought them from a barrel or
box and took them home in
paper bag, their crispness and
flavor all gone.
Uneeda Biscuit soda crackers
better than any ever made before
made in the greatest bakeries
in the world baked to perfection
packed to perfection kept to
perfection until you take them,
oven-fresh and crisp, from their
protecting package. Five cents.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
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to speak, her place will be taken bg
ardent Atlanta suffragettes.
State Game Commissioner Jesse E.
Mercer has also promised to be pres
ent and make a speech.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09

the State Georgia should take well earned vacation after the
has been finished. will spend this vacation the
State Macon only will vacation be pleasure but
of learning for the entire family The children will much
good wife viii many things that will
ONE. MAKE YOUR PLANS TO COME.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09

81 600 cash premiums for Swine
81 $50 premiums for cattle
S 125 cash premiums for Sheep
S 700 premiums, Boys Corn Club
S Us premiums, Girls Canning Club
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21

bulletin-board, returned to the win
dows and watched the feluccas sail
past as the great bridge opened; and
during all these aimless occupations
but a single thought busted her mind:
what could a man like Horace see In
a chit like Fortune?
II was an hour and q half before
the Major put In an appearance. He
was out Of breath and temper.
Come up to the room" Once there,
he sat down and bade her do likewise.
There's the devil to pay. You heard
Hoddy speak of the niger who guard
ed the Holy Yhiordes, and that he
wanted to get out Of Cairo before he
turned up7 Well, he turned up. He
fooled Hoddy to the top Of his bent.
So far as I could learn, Fortune and
| Hoddy and Jones are all In the same
boat, kidnapped by the Mahomed, and
carried out into the desert, headed.
God knows where! Now, don't get e K
cited. Take 1t easy. Luck is with
us, for Hoddy left all the diagrams
with me. We need him, but not 30
much that we can't go on without him.
You see, these Arabs are like the Hin.
dus; touch anything that concerns
their religion, and they'll have your
hair of. How Fortune got into 1t !
can't imagine, unless Mahomed saw
her with Hoddy and jumped to the
| conclusion that they were lovers. All
this Mahomed wants Is the rug; and
he 10 going to hold them till he gets
It. No use notifying the police. No
one would know where to find him.
Mono of them will come to actual
harm. Anyhow, the coast ia clear.
Kate, there's a big thing In front. No
nerves. We've got to go to-day. Time
Ia everything. Our butler and first
man cabled this morning that they
had Just started In, and that every
thing was running like clock-work.
Well get into New York In time for
the coup. Remember, ! was against
the whole business at the start, but
now I'm going to Q II on"
Feverishly Mrs. Chedsoye prepared
for the journey. She vas irritable to
Celeste, she was ~unbearable to her
brother, who took q seat in a forward
compartment to be rid Of her. It was
only when they went aboard the
steamer that night that she became
reconciled to the inevitable. At any
rate, the presence of Jones would
counteract any influence Horace
might have gained over Fortune. That
the three Of them might suffer I'M
heard-of miseries formed
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21

II have known him for years" said
Mrs. Chedsoye sweetly. 1T was at
his own suggestion that we take the
house over for the month. He really
insisted that we should pay him moth
ing; but, of course, such an arrange
ment could not be thought OF. On,
good-by, Mr.. Wallace" t%olerantly.
I'VE hope to see you again some
day"
Wallace, taking up his role once
more. tipped his hat and rushed away
for n of his favorite haunts.
"Bounderi" growled the Major,
well, well; a ships deck is always
Liberty-Hall."
You have turned your belongings
over to an expressman?" asked the
agent. These we're charming people;
and any doubts he might have enter
tanned were dissipated. And why
should he have any doubts? Jones
was an eccentric young chap, anyhow
An explanatory letter written by the
Major In Jones careless hand),
backed up by a cable. wal enough
authority for any reasonable man.
Everything is out Of the way" said
the Major.
Then, If you wish, l can take you
right up to the house in my car. Your
butler said that he would have lunch
ready when you arrived
Very kind Of you. How noisy New
York Is! You can take our handling
gage?" Mrs. Chedsoye would have
made st. Anthony uneasy Of mind;
Reynolds, young. alive, metaphorically
fell at her feet.
Plenty of room for it."
Il am glad Of that. You see, Mr.
Jones intrusted a fine old rug to us
to bring home for him; and I shouldn't
want anything to happen to It."
The Major looked up at the roof oil
the dingy shed. He did not care tC
have Reynolds note the flicker Of ad
miration in his eyes. The %cleverest
woman Of them all! The positive
And he would not have thought Of Il
! touch to the whole daredevil affair
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as the nimble fingers Of the maid heW
over her. THE silly little fool; and
at a time like this!" Not that re-
morse of any kind stirred Mrs. Ched-
soye's conscience; she was simply ex-
tremely annoyed.
She fastened out into the corridor
and knocked at the door Of her broth
er's room. No answer. She few
downstairs. and there she saw him
coming in from the street. He greet
ed her cheerly.
IT'S all right, Kate; plenty OF room
on the Ludwig. We shall take the AFT.
ernoon train for Port Said. She sails
at dawn tomorrow instead Of to-
night. What's up?" suddenly
noticing his sisters face.
Fortune did not return to her room
last night"
What? Where do you suppose the
little fool went, them"
They both seemed to look upon For
tune as a little fool.
Yesterday she threatened to run
away"
Run awayl Kate, be sensible.
How the deuce could she run away?
She hasn't a penny. II takes money
to go anywhere over here. She has
probably found some girl friend, and
has spent the night with her. Well
soon find out where she Is" The Ma
jor wasn't worried.
Have you seen Horace?" with dis
cernible anxiety.
mo. | didn't wait up for him. He's
sleeping off a night Of It. You know
his failing"
Find out II he is in his room. Go
to the porter's bureau and inquire for
both him and Jones"
The Major, perceiving that his sister
was genuinely alarmed. rushed over
to the bureau. No, neither Mr.. Ry-
anne nor Mr.. Jones had been In the
hotel since yesterday. Would the por-
ter send some one up to the rooms
Vi tlUh6 ktlllcLltu W uldhO puICI ACl
tainly. No; there was no one In the
rooms. The Major was now himself
perturbed. He went back to Mrs.
Chedsoye.
Kate, neither has been In his room
since yesterday. II you want my
opinion, II is this: Hoddy has seques-
tered Jones all right. and 10 some
where in town. sleeping of the effects
Of a night Of It."
He has I'll away with Fortune!'
she cried. Her expression was tragic,
She couldn't have told whether 1t was
due to her daughters disappearance
or to Horace's detection. did he not
threaten"
Ssh! not 80 loud. Kate"
THE little simpleton defled me yes.
terday. and declared she would leave
me-"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
SYNOPSIS.

Georgo Percival Algernon Jones. vice.
president OF the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company OF New York. thirstlng Tor
romance, 10 in Cairo on IA business IMP
Horace Ryanne arrives at the MOTEL In
Cairo with a carefully guarded bunnIs.
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy I'M
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from a pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later is introduced TO
Fortune Chedsoye by a woman TO whom
be had loaned 80 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously, and who turns
out 10 be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
Mrs Chedsoye and Fortune TO n polo
gan4. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs.
Chedsoye appears TO engaged IN some
mysterious enterprise unknown 70 ne
Daughter. Ryanne interests Jones In the
United Romance and Adventure com.
pany. a concern which for a price Will
Arrange any kind OF an adventure 70 or
der. Mira Chedsoye. her brother. MAJOR
Callahan. Wallace and. Ryanne, as the
United Romance and Adventure company,
plan a risky enterprise involving Jones.
Ryaune makes known TO Mrs. Chedsoye
his intention to marry Fortune. MT.
Chedsoye declares she will not permit IL
Plans are laid to prevent Jones 's,,ins
bnd cable dispatches. He wires agent IN
Esw York, in Jones name. that he In
renting house In New York. TO some
Friends. Mahomed, keeper or the noly
parpet. Ia on Ryanne's trail, Ryapne
promises Fortune that he will see that
Jones comes to no harm as n result OF his
purchase OF the rug. Mahomed acoosts
Ryanne and demands the Yhiordes rus:
Ryanne tells him Jones has the. rug ana
Suggcsts tho abduction Of the New York
merchant as n means OF securing Tvs re.
turn. The rug disappears from Jones'
room. Fortune quarrels with her mother
when the latter refuses to explain ner
mysterious actions. Fortune gets a mes
hags %purporting to be from Ryanne ASK
sng her TO meet him In a secluded place
that evening. Jones receives a message
asking him TO meet Ryanne at the Ensnsh:
Bar the same evening. Jones IS carried
or into the desert by Mahomed ana MS
A~ccomplices after n desperate hght. no
discovers that Ryahne and Fortune also
are captives, the former Is badly battered
and unconscious. Ryanne RECEIVERS con-
eciousness and tho sight OF Fortune, IN
captivity reveals to hin the fact that
Mahomed intends TO get vengeance on
slges that she stole no rug from Jones.
room. She offers TO return II to Mahomed
3f ne will free all three OF them. Ma
horned agrees to liberate Fortune ana one
of the men in return for the rug, A cour-
Ter Ia sent to Cairo for the rug. but re-
turns with the information that MRS.
Chedsoye and her brother have. sailed ior
New York. Fortune spurns onered Tres
com which does not include her two com
ney toward Bagdad, Ryanne tells Jones
that Mrs. Chedsoye IL the most adroit
emugglcr OF the age. and Ia overheard py
Fortune. The three captlves are rescued
by Henry Ackermann, who ID In charge
Of a carpet caravan, Mahomed escapes.
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could turn the trick without Hoddy's
assistance; only, 1t seemed rather
hard for him not to be in the sport.
He told me that nothing would give
him greater pleasure than to stick his
fist in the first bag Of yellow-boys
There was something mysterious In
the way he used to chuckle over the
thing when I first sprung It On him
He saw a joke somewhere. Let's &c
into the smoke-room for q peg. II
won't hurt either Of us. And that
poor little girl! It's a hell Of q world
eh?"
The Major admitted that 1t was;
but he did not add that Fortunes wei
fare or ill-fare wal of little or nc con
Germ Of his. The little spit6re had
always openly despised him.
They were drinking silently and mo
rosely, when Mrs. Chedsoye, pale and
anxious, appeared In the companion
way. She beckoned them to follow
her down to her cabin. Had Fortune
arrived? Had Ryanne? She did moi
| answer Arriving at her cabin she
pushed the two wondering men inside
| and pointed at the floor. A large
steamer-roll lay ~unstrapped, spread
| out.
IL only Just opened It," she said
I never thought OF looking into II
at Cairo. Here, 1t looked so bulky
| that | was curious"
why, it's that damned Y~hiordes!'
exclaimed the Major wrathfully
What the devil is 1t doing in For
| tunes steamer-roll?"
THAT Is what ! should like to
know. II they have been kidpaped In
| order to the rug, whatever
| will become of them?" And Mrs.
Chedsoye touched the rug with her
foot, absently. She was repeating in
her mind that childish appeal: "You
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21

Rug to Us to Bring Home for Him."
had he lived to be a thousand. Zone
might as we'll disembark in a stable"
he said aloud. "Ah! We are ready to
go, them"
They entered the limousine and
went of buzzing and zigzagging
among the numbering trucks. The
agent drove the car himself.
Where is Jones now% be asked
the Major, who sat at his left.
Haven't had q line from MIN for a
month"
Just before we sailed" said Mrs.
Chedsoye through the window, over
the Majors shoulder, "he went into
the desert for a fortnight or SO; with
a caravan. He had heard Of some fab.
ulous carpet"
Touch number two. The Major
grinned. "Jones IL one Of the best
judges l have ever met. He was on
at a bound. only hope he will get
back before we leave for California. "
The Major drew up his collar. 1t was
q cold, blustry day.
The agent was delighted. What luck
a fellow like Jones had! To wander
all over creation and to meet charm.
ing people! And when they invited
him to remain for luncheon, the vic
tory was complete.
Mrs. Chedsoye strolled in and out
Of the beautifully appointed rooms.
Never had she seen more excellent
taste. Not too much: everything per.
fectly placed, n object nicely bal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21

don't know how loyal l should have
been!"
They took the first good sailing out
Of Naples. Twelve days later they
landed at the foot Of Fourteenth
Street. There was some trifing diff
Guilty over the rug. 1t had been de-
clared; but as Mrs. Chedsoye and her
brother always declared foreign resi-.
dence, there was a question as to
whether 1t was dutiable or not. Being
a copy, 1t was not an original work
of art, therefore not exempt, and 80
forth and 30 on. It was finally decid-
ed that Mrs. Chedsoye must pay a
duty. The Major paid grumbllngly,
very cleverly assuming an irritability
we'll known to the inspectors. The
way the United States government
mulcted her citizens for the benefit of
the few was q scandal Of the nations.
A smooth-faced young man ap-
preached them from out the crowd.
rs this Major Callahan"
Eyes. This must be Mr.. Reynolds.
the agent?"
Yes. Everything Is ready for your
occupancy. Your butler and first man
have everything ~ship-shape. I could
have turned over to you Mr.. Jones'"
mot at all, not at all" said the Ma
for. They would have been strangers
to us and We to them. Our own serv-
ants are best"
you must be very good friends Of
my client?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21

"Oho!" The Major fingered his i'm
perial. That puts a new face to the
subject. But Jones! He has not
turned up. We I'll not move till
we find out what has become Of him,
I know. III Jump into a carriage and
zee II he got a. far As the English
Bar"
Mrs. Chedsoye did not 90 upstairs,
but paced the lounging-room. 1.-THE and
pantherish. frequently she paused,
as II examining the patterns in the
huge carpets. She entered the recep-
tion-room. came back. wandered of
into the ballroom. stopped to inspect
the announcement HANGING upon the
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thought in her mind. 1t appealed to
her In the sense Of a comedy which
annoyed rather than amused her.
They were greeted e~ffusively by
Wallace. he Of the dubious nose: and
his first inquiry was Of Ryanne. Brief
ly the Major told him what had hap
pened and added his fears. Wallace
was greatly cast down. Hoddy had
sc set his heart upon this venture that
It was a shame to proceed without
him. He had warned him at the be-
ginning about that internal rug; but
Hoddy vas always set In his dare
devil schemes. So long as the Major
had the plans, he supposed that they
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-21
CHAPTER xvn.-(contlnued.)

I'VE might as we'll get Fortunes
khings out OF the way, too. Celeste
Eyes, Madame"
"And bring my chocolate at half
after eight in the morning. 1t is quite
possible that we shall sail tomorrow
might from Port Said. II not from
there, from Alexandria. 1t oil depends
upon the booking. which can not be
very heavy going west this time OF
year"
"As madame knows" came from the
depth Of the cavernous trunk. Celeste
WAS no longer surprised; nj least she
never evinced this emotion. For
twelve years now she had gone from
one end Of the globe to the other, upon
the shortest notice. While surprise
WAS lost to her or under such con
troll as to render 1t negligible, she still
shivered with pleasurable excitement
Mt the thought Of entering n port.
Madame was so clever, 80 transcen-
IDENTITY cleverl II she, Celeste, had
not been loyal, she might have retired
Bong ago, and owned a shop Of her
own in the busy Rue dc Rivoll. But
that would have meant a humdrum ex-
sstence; and besides, she would have
grown fat. which, Of tho seven hor'
rors confronting woman. so madame
said, was first In number.
"Be very careful how you handle
that blue ball-gown."
"oh. Madame!" re%proachfully.
1T Is tho silver braid. Do not
press the rosettes too harshly."
Celeste looked up. Mrs. Chedsoye
answered her inQuiring gaze with q
chin smile.
You are wonderful, Madame!"
And 80 are you. Celeste, in your
way"
At ten o'clock Mrs. Chedsoye was
ready for her pillow. She slept At
fully; awoke at eleven and again at
twelve. After that she knew nothing
more till the maid reused her with
The cup Of chocolate. She sat UP end
slipped slowly. Celeste waited at the
bedside with the tray. Her admira.
zion for her mistress never waned,
Mrs. Chedsoye was Just as beautiful
In dishabille Is In a ballSown. She
drained the cup, and as she turned
20 replace It upon the tray, dropped
h with q ~clatter, . startled cry coming
from her lips.
-Madamef
Fortunes bed"
It had not been slept In. The
steamer-cloak lay cross the counter
pane exactly where Celeste herself
bad laid It the night before Mrs
Chedsoye sprang out Of her bed ant
ran barefoot to the other. Fortune
had not been In the room since dinner
time.
Celeste, dress me as quickly al
possible. Hurry! Something hal
happened % Fortune"
Never. In all her years Of service
could she recollect such a toilet a,
madame made that morning. Ant
never before had she shown such con
Germ over her daughter. 1t was amaz
ingl
The little fooii The little fool!'
eks. Chedsoys repeatedly murmuree