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Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-18
WAREHOUSE
WILLHANDLE
GRAIN, COTTON
OTHER CROPS
NORTHERN CAPITALISTS WANT TO
OPEN BIG PLANT IN AMERICUS-
, GRANARY WILL BE DISTINCT
FEATURE OF CONCERN
Local Cotton Man i'm Communication
With Men Behind the MOVe.. May
Visit Americus Within Next Week
and Look Over Situation.

A 100000 bonded warehouse large
enough to care for the entire grain
crop of Sumter and a good part of
the cotton crop, will in all probability
be erected and open for business by
Sept LIST, according to information
given out this morning to the Times
Recorder by a prominent local cotton
man. The big plant will be erected
by capitalists from Pittsburg who are
anxious to enter business in the
South.
While the warehouse. will be prima-
rily for the handling of cotton still
a large grain elevator will be erected
as a part of the plant. Realizing that
Sumter county is fast classifying as
a grain producing section the men who
will back this venture are willing to
erect a granary, where the farmers
may sell their wheat, oats and hay at
market prices.
The men who seek to establish this
big concern in Sumter county will
probably pay visit to Americus next
week and look over the local situation.
They have unlimited capital at their
command and will be able to make the
warehouse a paying venture from the
very start.
With local market for grain, hay,
meat and other produce, the farmers
of Sumter will raise even less cotton
in 1916 than they will this year.
Diversified farming will then be a
reality in Sumter and the bonds. of
king cotton viii be broken and thrown
off.
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BRYAN WANTS
NATIONS To
FORGET INSULT
BEFORE FIGHTING
(By Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 49,
Former Secretary of State William J.
Bryan, in the third and concluding
section of his statement. on the Euro
pean war situation today, suggests
mediation as the way out" and as a
preventative of war.
Mr.. Bryan proposes the universal
extension and adaptation of his in
vestigation commission provided in his
peace treaty" plans, under which
plan it is proposed that one years
time be given for the investigation and
report upon any question in dispute
before the nations engaged therein can
declare war.
The former secretary asserts that
the adoption of the plan outlined by
him and taking concrete form in GER
tain treaties recently negotiated by
the United States with several of the
smaller nations of the world, would
absolutely prevent war. He fails to
point out a remedy, however, when
any nation engaged in dispute with
another should declare the scrap of
paper" policy first proclaimed by Ger
many at the outbreak of European
hostilities.
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especial to Times-Recorder.)

ATLANTA, June 1S.-Health Off
GERS have completed somei interesting
tables figuring the economic cost of
lose Of life due to preventable disease
From this table you can figure out
annroximately what you are worth
not what your money and property is
worth-but what you as a human
animal would be worth if you were
stripped of every material possession
down to your shirt-provided you are
Of the sex which wears shirt.
If YOU are a new born baby, the
statisticians are willing to gamble on
your future efficiency and say that
YOU are worth about $50. At ten years
of age, the fact that you are still
alive and kicking, with infinite pos
sibilities before you, makes you worth
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sweden REGISTERS KICK
AGAINST STOPPING MAIL
CITES SEVERAL INSTANCES IN
WHICH JOHN BULL OVER
STEPPED AUTHORITY.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 1S.-
Sweden today filed the first Official
protest involving interference with the
mail since the European war began.
The Swedish ambassador presented al
official protest to the department of
state. This protest cited several
instances in which England stopped
mail from the United States to Sweden
and destroyed letters. One registered
package was among the letters con-
fiscated by John Bull.
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Hold Up Your Head
You re Worth Fortune

$2,6O1.
But at 25 years it is pretty clearly
defined in most cases what you are
going to become, and your value
begins to be fixed on fact rather than
your possibilities. If you are a labor
ing man youa re worth only $5,44S,
while if you are a professional or a
successful business man you are
worth nearly five times that much or
$25,5OO,
When you get to be over sixty, the
difference between your value If you
are a day laborer and your value if
you are educated is pathetically wide,
If day laborer, your value has
dropped to $40, less than that oi
new born babe, while if you are q
professional man over sixty you are
worth $4,000 or even more than yor
were at 40.
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SEAB0ARD WANTS TO CUT
OFF TWO NIGHT TRAINS

The Seaboard railroad has petit
toned the railroad commissioners to
allow them to discontinue passenger
trains Nos. 13 and IA between Ameri-
Gus and Helena. The hearing has been
set for July IA.
Trains 13 and IA are midnight trains
in Americus, and according to local
officials do very little business at this
time of the year. Several months ago
the commission allowed the railroad
to discontinue these trains west Of
Americas to Montgomery. If the
commission grants this petition, it
will leave four trains day on the
Seaboard for Americus.
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them Jared pretty badly.
Meanwhile, somewhere, probably in
a shady corner of Grant Park, the
thief is enjoying his fill of fried
chicken and chocolate cake and other
dainties of the picnic basket. He can
throw the wings and drumsticks awav
and stuff himself with white meat, if
he wants to, for there was enough
fried chicken to feed hundred, AMI
he's got it all.
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north of Arras. Heavy losses there
have been common both to the Ger
mans and the Allies.
Lack of definite news from the Dar-
danelles is taken to be favorable to
the Allies there. Petrograd states
unofficially that the Turks were de-
feated in an engagement yesterday
with heavy losses.
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+BRYAN'S JOB TO GO TO
MEMBER PRESENT CABINET .
(By Associated Press.)

4 (By Associated Press.) =
\ WASHINGTON, D. c., June IS. \
\ President Wilson, it was learn =
= ed today, has no intention of y
4 going outside his official family 4
\ to find a secretary of state to =
4 succeed Mr.. Bryan. 1t is said the =
\ president ardently wishes to =
= appoint one now familiar with \
y important foreign questions now y
= pending, and it was said that =
\ Robert Lansing, present acting =
\ secretary of state, is the foremost \
y person under consideration at y
\ this time for the place. =
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 4 4 \ 4 \ 4
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-18
OFFICER
P. D. S. OF A. DEAD

News has been received in Americus
of the death of Hon. Clarence Freder-
ick Huth, prominent national official
of the Patriotic Order Sons of
America. Mr.. Huth visited Americus
on several occasions and has large
circle of friends here in the two
local lodges of the order.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-18
CITY CAN BUILD.
DISPOSAL PLANT
FOR SMALL SUM

That Americus can build a munic
ipal disposal plant and solve the
health problem for once and all for
a nominal sum not to exceed $4,000,
is a statement that DR.. d. B. Mays, city
physician, makes after thoroughly in
vestigating the matter. He will go
before the city council at their next
meeting and ask them to provide
sufficient funds to erect modern
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-18
MAD DDOG KILLED
BY POLICEMAN

Late Thursday afternoon Patrolman
Pouncey ran down and killed a mad
dog on Lee street. The dog had not
bitten anyone before he was shot.
Investigation after he was killed
showed that he had well developed
case af rabies.
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tigation of the cruel killing of these
aged people has been ordered
without delay. Private detectives have
been employed to locate the assassin
and in their efforts will have the full
cooperation of the regularly constitut-
ed authorities.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-18
SERVICE AT CALVARY
CHURCH TONIGHT

Evening prayer will be said at
Calvary Episcopal church .onight at
8 o'clock. Rev. ]. B. Lawrence, pastor,
has returned from visit to his par
ents in Marietta, and will conduct the
services.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-18

Robert Lansing, counselor of the
department of state has suceded
Secretary William ]. Bryan in charge
of diplomatic affairs of the United
States during the crisis which may
mean most in it's history. Mr.. Lam
sing who has for some years practised
law in Washington was born in
Watertown, N. Y, in 1854.
He is not unfamiliar with interna-
tional law, because he has acted for
the United States in several interna-
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-18

tional complications. Probably the
most notable was for the Behring Sea
Commission in 1928 and in 1867,
He was counsel in the North At
lantic fisheries dispute in 1909 at The
Hague. He was counsellor for the
United States in the British Claims
Arbitration in 1912 and 1914.
Mr.. Lansing is a writer of some
authority. Among the works of hE
pen are Government, It's Origin,
Growth and Form in the United
States"
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-04
CHAPTER xvI.--contlnued.

The weeks slipped by. He was with
her almost daily. Other people came
to her house, some for rather protract.
ed visits. others In quest OF pillage at
the nightly bridge table but he was
seldom missing. There were times
when he thought he detected ten
deney to waver, but each cunning at
tempt on his part to encourage the
impulse invariably brought a certain
mocking light into her eyes and he
veered on In defeat Something kept
telling him, however, that the hour
was bound to come when she would
falter in her resolution; when frank.
ness would meet frankness, and the
the veil be lifted.
There we're no letters from Hetty.
no word OF any description. II Sara
knew anything OF the girls movements
she did not take Booth into her conf,
dence.
Leslie Wrandall went abroad in Au-
gust ostensihly to attend the aviation
meets in France and England. His
mother and sister sailed In September,
but not before the entire colony OF
which they were part had begun to
discuss Sara and Booth with relish
that was obviously distasteful to the
Wrandalls.
Where there is smoke there Is Are,
said all the gossips, and forthwith pro-
ceeded to carry iaggots.
week or so before sailing. Mrs.
Redmond Wrandall had Booth In for
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SYNOPSIS.

Challls Wrandall Is found murdered In
a road house near New York Mrs. Wran-
dali is summoned from the city and iden-
tifes the body. A young woman who ac-
companled Wrandali to the inn and sub
seauently disappeared, Is suspected.
Mrs Wrandall starts back for New York
In an auto during a binding snow storm.
On the way she meets young woman In
the road who proves 20 be the woman
who killed Wrandall. Feeling that the
Eirl had done her service In Kidding her
OF the man who though she loved him
deeply, had caused her great sorrow.
Mrs Wrandnil determines 10 shield her
and takes her to her own home. Mrs.
Wrandall hears The story OF Hetty Cas-
tlston's life. except that portion that re-
laies TO Wranlali. This and the story OF
the tragedy she forbids the girl ever TO
tell She offers Helty a home. friendship
and security from peril on account of the
tragedy Sara Wranfall and Hetty re-
turn 10 New York after an absence OF
year In Europe. leslie Wranfall, brother
Of Chaliis. becomes greatly Interested In
Hetty. Sara sees In Leslle's infatuation
possibility for revenge on the Wrandalis
and reparation for the wrongs she sur
fered al the hands oi challis Wrandall hy
marrying his murderess into the family.
Leslie. N company with his friend bran
don Booth, an artist, visits Sara at her
country place. Leslie confesses TO sara
that he Is madlv In love with Hetty. Sara
nrranges with Booth 20 paint picture OF
Ietty Booth has a haunting feeling that
he has seen Hetty before. Looking
through portfolio Of pictures by an un-
known English artist he finds one or
Hetty. He speaks to her about H. Hetty
declares II must be picture OF Hetty
Glynn. an English actress. who resembles
her very much Much 10 his chagrin
leslie Is refused by Hetty. Booth ana
Hetty confess their love for each other,
but The latter declares that she can never
marry as there Is an insurmountable bar
rier In the way Hetty admits to Sara
that she loves Booth Sara declares that
Hetty must marry Leslie. who must be
made TO pay his brothers. debt to the
girl Hetty again attempts TO tell The
real story OF the tragedy and Sara threat
ems to strange her II she says WORD:
Sara insults Hetty by revealing that all
this time she has believed Hetty TO have
sinned In her relations with Challis Wran-
dali Later she realizes that Hetty Is IN
nocent. Leslie arain proposes to Hetty
and is rejected Hettv prepares to leave
Sara, declaring that after what has hap
pened she can remain no longer. ietty
starts for Europe. At sea she receives
message from Booth that he has started
on a faster steamer and will be waiting
for her on the other side. Booth meets
her and accompanies her to london. In
an attempt to escape from him Hetty
starts for Paris. but finds Booth on the
same boat. She persists In her refusal TO
tell him the secret which keeps them
apart She declares that Sara alone can
tel him. Booth leaves for America de-
tcrfnined TO get the story from Sara.
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C0pXInltZ mn 6Y CHORI2 I

her champion. suppose you know
that he was your rival at one time
He mentioned It," said Booth drily.
Il should have been very much dis
appointed In her II she had accepted
him."
"Indeed?"
Il sometimes wonder II Sara spiked
Leslie's guns for him"
Il can tell you something you don't
know. VIVIAN" said he. Sara was
rather keen about making a match
there"
Viyian's smile was slow but trium-
phant. THAT is just what thought.
There you are. Doesn't that explain
Sara?'
In measure. yes But. you see.
1t developed that Hetty cared for some
one else, and that put stop TO every
thing"
Am | to take 1t that you are the
some one else7"
Yes" he said soberly.
Then, may ask why she went
away go suddenly"
You may ask, but ! can't answer"
DO you want my opinion? She
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dinner. think she said en- famille
At any rate. Sara was not asked
which is proof enough that she was
bent on making II family affair.
After dinner, Booth sat In the
screened upper balcony with Vivian.
He liked her. She was keen-witted,
plain-spoken young woman. with few
false ideals and no subtlety. She was
less snobblsh than arrogant. or all
the Wrancalls, she was the least self
centered. Leslie never quite under
stood her for the paradoxical reason
that she thoroughly understood him.
"You know, Brandon" she said.
after . long silence between them.
they've been setting my cap for you
for . long. long time" She blew q
thin stream Of cigarette smoke toward
tAs moon
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-04
CHAPTER XVII.
Once More at Burton's Inn.


Again Sara Wrandall found herself
In that never-to-be-forgotten room at
Burton's inn. On that grim night In
March she had entered without fear
or trembling because she knew what
was there. Now she quaked with
mighty chill Of terror, for she knew
not what was there In the quiet, now
sequestered room. Burton had told
them on their arrival after q long
drive across country that patrons Of
the Inn invariably asked which room
1t was that had been the scene Of
the tragedy. and. ON finding out, re-
fused point-blank to occupy 1t. In
consequence he had been obliged to
transform 1t into sort OF store and
baggage room.
Sara stood in the middle OF the
murky room. for the shutters had long
been closed to the light Of day, and
looked about her In awe at the hetero-
geneous mass Of boxes, trunks, bun
dies and rubbish. scattered over the
floor without care or system. She had
closed the door behind her and was
quite alone. Light sneaked In through
the cracks In the shutters, but so
meagerly that 1t only served to In
crease the gloom. A dismantled bed
stead stood heaped up In the corner.
She did not have to be told what bed
It was. The mattress was there too,
rolled up and tied with a thick garden
rope. She knew there were dull. ugly
blood stains upon It. Why the thrifty
Burton had persevered In keeping
this useless article Of furniture, she
could only surmisA Perhaps Il vas
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Humility.

We tell this story because 1t seems
to Us beautiful story that ought 70 b .
told. It concerns General Bell and the
opening of the gigantic amphithsata,
In Manila that follows the lines Of fny1
land. The general was much praised
for having built this imposing ana
enormous structure. He pointed to the
savage Igorrotes that were standina
about. trying to understand what was
going on. 4 did not build IT," hs said
God Almighty built It, but II you want
to take building In different sense
to consider what we did, using the
great plans Of nature. those poor fel
lows built it."-Harper's Weekly.
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As Dropped Suddenly Upon the Trunk.

to be her wedding night She found
no minister here. The man laughed at
her and scofied. Then she knew. In
horror. shame. desperation she tried
to break away from him. He was
strong. She wss . good woman; .
virtuous. honorable woman. She saved
herself"
He was staring at her with dilated
eyes. Slowly the truth was being
borne In upon him.
"The woman was-Hettyi" came
hoarsely from his stiffening lips. my
God. Sara!"
She came close to him and spoke
In half-whieper. Nov you know tho
secret. IL 1t safe with your"
He opened his lips to speak, but no
words came forth. Paralysis seemed
to have gripped not only his throat
but his senses. He reeled. She
grasped his arm In tense, fierce way,
and whispered:
BE CAREFUL No one must hear
what We are saying" She shot q
glance down the deserted hall. mo
one u near. ! made sure ef that
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went away because Sara, falling In
her plan to marry her of to Leslie,
decided that 1t would be fatal to a GER
tain project OF her own II she re-
mained on the field OF action. Do
make myself clear?"
"Oh. YOU are away of In your con.
clusions, WV"
Time will tell" was here cabalistic
rejoinder
Her father appeared on the lawn
below and called up to them.
"You are wanted at the telephone,
Brandon. I've Just been talking to
Sara"
Did she call you up. father," asked
Vivian, leaning over the rail.
Yes, About nothing in particular,
however"
She turned upon Booth with a mock
Ing smile He felt the color rush to
his face. and was angry with himself.
He went to the telephone. Almost
her first words were these:
What has Vivian been telling you
about me, Brandon?"
He actually gasped. Good heavens,
Sara"
He heard her low laugh. so she
has been saying things. has she?" she
asked. Il thought so. I've had 1t
In my bones tonight"
He was at loss for words. II was
positively uncanny. As he stood there,
trying to think of a trivial remark, her
laugh came to him again over the wire,
followed by drawling good night"
and then the soughlng of the wind
over the open" wire.
The next day he called her up on
the telephone quite early. He knew
her habits. She would be abroad In
her gardens by eight o'clock. He re-
membered well that Leslie, In COM
mentlng on her absurdly early hours,
had once said that her early bird"
habit was hereditary: she got II from
Sebastian.
What put 1t into your head. Sara.
that Vivian was saying anything un-
pleasant about you last nlght?"
Magic" she replied succinctIy.
Rubbish"
q have magic tapestry that trans.
ports me. hither and thither, and by
night | always carry Aladdin's lamp.
So. you see. see and hear everything"
BE sensible"
Very well. will be sensible. II
you intend to be Influenced by what
Vivian or her mother said to you last
night, think you'd be wise to avoid
me from this time on"
Prepared though he was, he blinked
his eyes and said something she didn't
quite catch.
She went on: Moreover, In addition
TO my attainments In the black art,
am quite as clever as Mr.. Sherlock
Holmes In some respects. really do
some splendid deducing. In the first
place, you we're asked there and
was not. Why? Because | was to be
discussed. You see"
"Marvelous!" he interrupted loudly.
"You we're to be told that have
cruel designs upon you"
60 on. please"
"And all that sort Of thing" she
said sweepingly. and he could almost
see the inclusive gesture with her tree
hand. He laughed but still marveled
at the shrewdness OF her perceptions.
"I1l come over this afternoon and
show you Wherein you are wrong" b
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Not Properly Equipped.

Little Gardner. whose big broths,
had been presented with q bicycle
asked bis mother II he could not have
one, too. You're not old enough" she
replied. but I will buy you 1 veloct
pede." Il can't use . velocipde on
these rough roads" he exclaimed. 'Ths
motor cars use the rough roads svery
day. The youngster thought for 4
moment then with . look Of scorn 70
marked: DO you think an n1lsl
Win easoainsr-Nsw Yeet Tinas
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TheHOlOW >
,2 !, Of Her Hand
George Barr MoCutCheon
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began, but she interrupted him with q
laugh.
Il am starting for the city before
noon. by motor. to be gone at least q
fortnight"
What! This is the first I've heard
of It."
Again she laughed. ITO be perfect
ly frank with you. hadn't heard Of
1t myself until just now. think
shall 80 down to the Homestead with
the CAROLS"
Hot springs?"
Virginia" she added explicitly.
Il say. Sara, what does all this
mean? You"
And II you should follow me
there. Vivian's estimate OF Us will not
be SO far out Of the way as we'd
like to make 1t"
True to her word, she was gone
when he drove over later on In the
day. Somehow, he experienced
queer feeling OF relief. Not that he
was oppressed by the rather yIvacious
opinions OF Vivian and her ilk, but
because something told him that Sara
was wavering in her determination to
withhold the secret from him and fed
for perfectly obvious reasons.
He had two commissions among the
rich summer colonists. One, full
length portrait Of young Beardsley In
shooting togs, was nearly finished. The
other was 10 be a half-length OF Mrs.
Ravenscroft, who wanted one Just like
Hetty Castleton's. except for the eyes.
which she admitted would have to be
different. Nothing was said OF the
seventeen years difference In their
ages. Vivian had put OF posing until
Lent.
The Wrandalls departed for Scot
land, and other friends OF his began
to desert the country for the city. The
fortnight passed and another week
besides. Mrs. Ravenscroft decided to
go to Europe when the picture was
halffnished.
You can finish 1t when l come back
In December. Mr.. Booth" she said.
"Ill have several new gowns to choose
from. too"
Il shall be busy all winter. Mrs. Ra-
yenscroft," he said coldly.
How annoying" she said calmly.
and that was the end OF II all. She
had made the unpleasant discovery
that It wasn't going to be In the least
like Hetty Castleton's. SO why bother
about It!
Booth waited until Sara came out
to superintend the closing Of her house
for the winter. He called at South
look on the day Of her arrival. Hs
was struck at once by the curious
change In her appearance and manner.
There was something bleak and DESC
late in the yividly brilliant face: the
tired, wistful. harassed look OF one
who has begun to quail and yet fights
on.
VIII you 90 out with me tomorrow,
Brandon. for an all-day trip In the
carr" she asked, as they stood to-
gethet before the open fireplace on
this late November afternoon. Her
eyes were moody, her voice rather
lifeless.
Certainly" he said, watching her
closely. Was the break about to come?
Il will stop for you at nine" After
a short pause. she looked up and said:
Il suppose you would like to know
where am taking you"
1T doesn't matter, Sara"
Il want you to go with me to Bur
tons inn
"Burton's inn."
THAT is the place where my hus.
band was killed." she said, quite
steadily.
He started. "Oh! But-do you
think II best. Sara, to open old wounds
by"
Il have thought 1t all out, Brandon.
! want to so there-just once. want
to go into that room again"