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CHAPTER SIX
The Lodge of DESPAIR

He's deadi" Drant muttered curtly
Won Bleck sat mutely in his chair
He said not a work while Drant made
the explanation, but his heavy brows
we're drawn close together, in a frown
that signified that he was anything but
pleased.
Suddenly as Won Bleck was peering
through the half light at his two COM
panions the three men started to their
feet with a jump. Outside in the dis
lance, could be plainly heard hoof-
beats of two horses. They were ap-
preaching the hut at a gallop, but
they we're still perhaps a quarter of a
mile away. Won Bleck and Drant look
ed at each other; in the minds of all
was single thought. Gwyn and Nan
were returning, possibly with assis-
lance, TO get the chart. 1t was i'm
possible to tell. from the sound of the
approaching horses. how many of
them there were The three in the
cabin knew that they would be caught
IL they did not act Immediately. They
would have to think quick, and move
quicker. Drant was the first to awak-
en- to the situation He ran into the
kitchen and returned a moment later
with a can of kerosene oil Won Block
watched him almost with dread as he
poured the tluld over the floor and the
furniture, and then went into an ad-
Joining room TO which the body of
Cordoba had been removed. to sDrink-
le the oil about in there. His motive
was obvious-he intended to burn the
hacienda to the ground. Although Won
Bleck and Rawls knew this much, they
did not read all of Drants dastardly
thoughts. When he had poured the
kerosene profusely about and emptied
the can, he lit il with a candle which
had been serving as an illumination.
Then, with a wave of his hand he mo-
toned toward the kitchen. Won Bleck
and Rawls followed him out
The hoof-beats by this time had
grown louder and more distinct. Just
as Drant drew the bolt of the door that
separated the living room from the
kitchen, they stopped suddenly In
another moment the living room door
swung open and Gwyn rushed in,
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Berger Items

The Red Cross ladies met with Mrs
A. c. Gates Thursday Those present
were Mesdames A. C. Aver, Fred Hag-
gardt, L. w. Haggardt, c. M. Pierce,
r. w. hammers, c. W. Simpson. A. C.
and r. w. hammers, w w. Johnson,
r. Carter and Bessie WijgaI.
A Berger crowd of young people
went on marshmallOw and wiener
roast Saturday evening. Those pres
ent were Margaret Lowe, Merle CLAW
in, Edna Abramson, Lillian and Fran
els McGregor. Dorothy Hess, Edith
Reed, Mary Howe, Icie Thomas, Or
val Oskins. Alfred PARROT, AIurreI
Stansbury, Charlie and Ralph league.
Howard Pierce and Newton Walters.
NJ O. Gates, George L. McGregor.
Samuel Criste. T. A. PARROT, II. G..
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he had just come. Nan walked her
horse behind, so that the agent of the
Central Powers was between her and
Gwyn.
For several minutes they travelled
thus, until Gwyn finally drew to a halt
beside a clearing. A barn, dilapidated
and dirty, stood a few feet in from
the road. Into this Gwyn led Nan
and Won Bleck. There were no signs
of life about the place, and an old box,
standing on end, was its only fur
nishing- Gwyn moved it to the side of
a post that ran to the roof and mo-
toned to Won Bleck to sit on it. Then,
without speaking a word, he proceeded
to tie his captive to the post with a
rope he had taken from his saddle.
Then, with a stick he made tourne-
quet OF a piece of the rope and drew
it tighter and tighter about Won
Blocks arm until the latter WINGED
with pain.
There will be no bush beating"
Gwyn announced firmly. Tell me
where the other half of the chart is or
I'll break your arm. You are sen
sible enough person, Won Bleck, to
know when you are beaten. You have
the country and the law against you.
You can't go on acting like a cheap
outlaw and keep on getting away with
it. The cards are against you and
you might as we'll give in. Where is
the other part of the map"
cut Deep Rawls has it, he said
slowly. "He will be at the hotel in
Lost Mine some time today 1 was to
meet him there"
Gwyn smiled as Won Bleck spoke
He could see from the defeated look
upon the Central Powers agent face
that he was telling the truth. Taking
the coveted half of the chart which he
held from his pocket, he gave it to
Nan with his revolver
q am going to Lost Mine to get the
rest of it. he said. I'll leave this
with you. 1 might get into a fight and
lose it. 1 don't think you'll have any
trouble with out friend, here, so just
keep him covered with the gun until
I get back" He went out, mounted
his horse and rode away toward the
town.
AS soon as the clatter of hoofs died
to silence in the distance, Won Bleck
began to plead with Nan. He COM
planned of singing pain in his arm,
and induced her to look at his hand
The sight of it made her shudder 1t
was wet with blood that had been
flowing from the bullet wound made
by Yaqui Joe in the fight at the ha-
cienda. At first Nan refused to listen
to his pleading, but finally, giving way
to her sympathies, she Ioosed the rope
that bound the wounded arm. Won
Bleck, as she did so, reeled backward
| against the post in apparent exhaus-
ton. Nan watched him for moment
to see if he would recover, but when
he did not, she became frightened and
rushed out for some water. which she
obtained in a gourd that lay beside a
well but a few feet from the barn.
She placed the gourd to Won Block s
lips, and he slipped from it. Nan
watched him with sympathy, though
/ e-1,
deserve it. Suddenly, with such rap
idity that she was taken absolutely by
surprise, Won Bleck jumped from his
seat and snatched the revolved from
her hand. He had worked his hand
/ loose after Nan had slackened the
rope that bound it and united his
| bonds. Levelling the gun at her he
demanded in tones that made her won
der how she could have held any sym
pathy for him at all:
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THE FIGHTING TRAIL
THIS STORY SHOWN AT THE
ORPHEUM THEATRE
IN EXTRAORDINARY FOTOPLAY

AN EXTRAORDINARY FOTOPLAY
Each chapter is a complete story in
itself, and a jump can be made from
Que to the other without in the least
destroying the sequence of the story.
William Duncan and Carol Holloway
Ia the stellar roles accomplish some
death defying stunts. The tale in
brief follows the adventures which be-
fall the discoverer of a valuable in
gredient for the making of powerful
explosive, and the efforts of a foreign
enemy to get possession of the secret.
The photopiay is unusually beautiful
and artistic.
The marvellous adventure story of
the great outdoors written by J.
Stuart Blackton and Cyrus Townsend
Brady,
THE CAST
John Gwyn-.--.-------.-.-...-W William Duncan
American mining engineer on whose
shoulders rests the responsibility of
furnishing the United States gov
eminent with a rare mineral used
In the manufacture of a very high
explosive she'll
Nan Lawton, the heroine .............
Carol Holloway
Cut Deep" Rawls, an outlaw.
--......-....--.-....--..- George Holt
Shoe String" Drant, his partner.
Hendrick Won Bleck ......-..............-..-...
---.--.-.-.-.-..----..-..-. Walter Rogers
The eye of the Central Powers, not
an enemy to an individual, but to
eountry-an international spy.
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LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
Serial No 013475-O22745.
NOTICE FOR RE-PUBLICATI0N

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho October
81, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Roswell
b. Cavaness, of Hollister, Idaho. who,
on June 20, 1913, made Homestead en-
try, Serial No. O13475 for the SWH
NEA, So NW1A, section %; S1k NEA
NWA NEA, Section 80. and who on
April Z, 1917 made Additional Home
stead entry, No. O22745, for the NWH
NWH, Section %; NEA NEA, Section
80, Township 10 South, Range II East,
Boise Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make final three-year proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before c. c. Siggins, u. S.
Commissioner, at Twin Falls, Idaho,
on the 1st day of December, 1917.
Claimant names at witnesses:
James l.. Hodges, Ralph E. More
house, John l.. Dunn and John r. CAT
ford, all of HOLSTER Idaho.
BEN r. GRAY,
1920; 11-6-13-2O-27. Register
Read the TIMES Wantads and get
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Concluded next Tuesday,

See this story in FOtO Play form to-
Tuesday and Wednesday matt
nee and night, at the Orpheum Thea
tire. Every chapter a complete story
III itself. A jump can be made from
one to the other without losing fine
trend of the story.
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Read the TIMES Wantads and get
results thereby.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12
STEAMER SINKS
GERMAN U-BOAT

A CANADIAN PORT, August IL
Officers on a steamship which reached
here today tell of an encounter with
a German submarine On the trip across
the Atlantic in which the undersea
boat was sunk near the Irish coast
The lookout man notified the captain
that a small sailing vessel was acting
suspiciously 1t was watched and soon
a submarine emerged from behind it.
The gunner on the steamship fred and
hit the undersea boat with his first
shell. A second shot struck the con,
ming tower and the submarine crew
clambered on deck and waved white
handkerchiefs. The steamship wasted
no time in the vicinity but left the
saving of the Germans to a patrol boat
that came up.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12
WATSON DENIED
HABEAS CORPUS
WR|TS BY SPEER

Mt. AIRY, Aug. 11.-Petitions for ha-
beas corpus writs presented by Thomas
f. Watson, of Thomson, and C. e. Nc
Gregor of Warrenton, former State
Senator, in behalf of two persons CON
fined in the Richmond county Jail at
Augusta, on charges Of having failed to
register under the selective draft law,
have been denied by Judge Emory
Speer, OF the United States Court for
tie Southern District Of Georgia. Judge
Speer, however, ruled that the jailer
and United States deputy marshal at
Augusta appear here next Saturday
and show cause why the writ should
not be granted" He also directed a
copy of the proceedings today be sery-
e6 on the Federal attorney for the
Southern District.
The petitions are based on allega-
tions that the selective draft act is
unconstitutional and therefore void.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12
RUSSIANS STOP
GERMAN DRIVE
BY GREAT BLOW

PETROGRAD, August 11-Austro-
German attacks yesterday in the region
of the villages of Vydra, Voloshkany
and Cifestchi on tht northern Ruman-
ian front were repulsed by the Rus
slams, says the official statement issued
today by the Russian war department
and the Teutons were driven across the
,Putna river
In the course of a battle south OF
the river Pruth, on the frontier OF
Rumania and Bukowina, the Russians
entered the town of Lukovica and took
prisoners 200 officers and men. Tie
Russians also captured 200 Austro-Ger-
mans and took three machine guns by
wrestling height in that region from
the enemy.
The Russian war office report an
nounced that the Austro-Germans at
tackled in dense waves near the village
OF Zarkov southwest of Brody, in
northern Galicia. The statement adds
that the Teuton offensive which began
On Thursday in the Zarkov region COM
pletely failed With heavy losses.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12
PEACE RESOLUTION
BROUGHT INTO SENATE

WASHINGTON. d. c., August IL
A peace resolution was introduced in
The senate today by Senator LaFollette.
1t provides that this government de-
fine definitely the objects for which it
shall continue to wage war, and that
the allies also make public a re
statement of the peace terms which
they will demand.
The resolution seeks to put congress
on record as opposing support by the
United States for anneXations, or in
IDENTITIES for other nations, and pro
poses the amassing of a common fund
b. all the belligerents for restoration
of battle devastated territory.
Senator LaF0llette made no speech
on his resolution, and there was no
debate. On motion of Senator Will
liams, it went over day under the
rules.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12
ORDERED To REPORT
At TRAINING CAMP

Robert Lee McMath Gordon Howell
and John Frank Thomas, all of this
city, have been notified of their ap-
pointment to the second officers train
ing camp which will open at Fort
Oglethorpe on August 9th.
The three young men have been ord
cred to report on August 9th at the
camp to enter upon the course of in
struction which will fit them for COM
missions in the new national army.
All three of the men made applica-
ton for entrance to the first officers
training camp at Fort Mcpherson, but
on account of the oyerplus of applica-
tions for this camp, were obliged to
await the opening of the second camp
at Fort Oglethorpe Fort Mcpherson
has been abandoned as training camp
site
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12
FIRST BALE OF 1877
CROP REACHES CITY

The first bale of the 1917 cotton crop
reached Americas yesterday afternoon,
being consigned to the L. G. Council
warehouse by A. Bagley Stewart of De
Soto, who rushed the cotton to this
city by express rather than to take any
chance of delay in shipping it by
freight.
The bale was sold to b. b. Ford &
Company of Macon for 81 cents per
pound, the deal being consummated y
F E. Campbell, representative of the
firm in this city.
Mr.. Council stated yesterday that
three bales of the 1917 crop had been
shipped to his warehouse since We'd
nesday last, but owing to most un-
satisfactory freight schedule on the
Seaboard Air Line between Americus
and stations east of the Flint river,
this cotton has not yet arrived here.
Two of these bales were shipped from
Leslie on Wednesday and Thursday
respectively, Charlie Tomlinson send
ing in a bale on August Sth and w. w.
Hooks shipping one on August 9Th.
Another bale was shipped on Friday
by j. B. Delmar, of DeSoto.
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To Restrict Exemptions.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Reports
from many districts throughout the
country that as high as so per cent of
tie registrants called for examination
are filing claims for discharge because
O. dependent relatives, has caused Pro-
yost Marshal General Crowder to in
struct exemption boards to reduce
grants of immunity from the draft law
"to far more restricted class and to
very necessitious and clearly defined
circumstances.
Wholesale applications for discharg-
es indicate, said the provost marshal,
that unfair advantage is being taken of
the regulations designed to protect men
who properly should be exempted from
military service Existing conditions,
he intimated, are a positive menace to
tie raising of the national army.
Regulations detailing the procedure
i'll assembling the soldiers of the selec-
tive draft army were being forwarded
t. exemption boards today Every
stage of the draft is outlined, from
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WILL NOT ALLOW
AN I I-ORAF TER5
Use COURT HOUSE

If the mass meeting to discuss the
cnscription act' is held in this city an
Saturday, August 18th, at 10 a. m., as
advertised on small handbills distribut-
ed here yesterday it will not occur in
the court house, has announced on tha
circular.
Chairman Arthur Rylander Of the
Board of County Commissioners cern~
municated with the other members OF
the board yesterday afternoon. immed-
lately upon learning Of the proposed
gathering. and found that every COM
missioner was unanimous in refusing
to permit the anti-drafters to hold their
mass meeting in the Court House AS
custodians of the county property, the
County Commissioners have absolute
authority over the Court House and
can forbid its use for any purpose OF
which they disapprove.
Handbills announcing that mass
meeting to discuss the conscripti0n
act would be held here next Saturday.
were distributed throughout the city
yesterday, but for some time it was
impossible to discover the identity OF
the parties calling the meeting. Dur
ing the afternoon Mr. Rylander vas
waited upon by James Hall ana
H. B. Harmon, both we'll known in
thos county, who asked his permission,
las chairman of the board of County
Commissioners, to hold the mass meet
ing nj the Court Houes. AS the hand
bills did not specify definitely that the
meeting was called in opposition to
the draft act, Mr.. Rylander inquired as
t. the object of the gathering and was
Informed that it was to be for the pur-
pose of opposing the draft law.
He Immediately refused to allow the
mass meeting to be held in the Court
House and communicated with the 9th
ed commissioners, who unanimously
supported him in his action.
Handbills similar to those distributed
in Americus, were scattered among
the standing vehicles in Leslie, Plains
and other nearby towns.
Much unfavorable comment Was
caused by the appearance of the hand
bills here and further developments in
the case are expected.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12
British Hold Ground.

NEW YORK, August IL Compiled
cables during the day)-The British
during last night clinched their hold
OH the ground gained in Fridays at
tack in East Flanders, east of Ypres.
The Germans made six heavy counter
attacks during the night, but the Brit
ish not only succeeded in beating them
off, but gained some ground on the
ridge near Ypres. These Gains are
probably important to the success of
the British plans as they failed to pro-
gress there before as much as had
been expected by Gen Haig and his
.lieutenants.
On the remainder of twomile front
running north of the Ypres-Roules line,
the raiders gained their objectives, al
though the German resistance was par
tieularly stubborn on the British
right
At St. Quentin the French regained
the ground lost in the German thrust
Thursday night, and north of the Aisne
river they also re-took positions re-
Gently lost
German forces took the initiative in
the Champagne region over a twomile
front today, but when the fighting had
ended, the Teutons held only fifty
yards of new territory
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12
Death CALLS WELL
KNOWN RESIOEN 7

Mrs. Georze c. Mcdonald, of Sumter
died yesterday afternoon at o'clock
at the Wise sanitarium at Plains, af.
ter an illness of several weeks dura-
ton. She is survived by her husband,
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. T. Boone.
who reside in Virginia, and three
brothers, Russell Boone, of Atlanta; +;
Lester Boone, who is now in the United
States navy, and Leroy Boone, who re-
sides with his parents.
The deceased was in her twentieth
year, and had been married about two
wears. AS Miss Irene Boone, of Ameri-
Gus, she was we'll known and very pop
uIar among a large circle of friends
here, all of whom are saddened by her
untimely passing away.
The funeral will be held this after
noon at Oak Grove cemetery, probably
at 4 o'clock, although the hour has not
been absolutely fixed. Rev. Leroy
Henderson viii officiate, the arrange
ments being in charge of the Americus
Undertaking Company.
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FIVE MEN WILL
BE ERE-EXAM|NEO
BY LOCAL BOARD

Five men who were rejected by the
Sumter Exemption Board on the phys
ical examinations held last week un-
der the provisions of the draft act,
have been summoned to appear once
more before the examining physicians
and be re-tested for physical disability,
Additional instructions were recelv-
ed yesterday by the local board from
the office of Provost Marshal General
Crowder at Washington, D. c., altering
the previously prescribed rules gov
erning the physical examination of men
summoned on the first call under the
universal military service law.
The new rules alter somewhat the
restrictions as to weight and the five
men who must appear for re-eXamina-
ton were originally rejected because
they failed to come up to the tsandard
weight as prescribed by the regula-
tions A wider margin has been al
lowed for weight as compared with the
height of the man examined, while a
slight difference is also made in the
rules relating to the condition of the
teeth
The five men summoned to appear on
Tuesday morning at o'clock at the
Court House are: Levie NJ. Johnson,
Homer Jackson France, Willie Jackson,
Joseph Curry Pouncey and Willie Jones
Bass.
These men were rejected either be-
cause they were slightly under the re-
ouired weight or because the condition
of thei rteeth did not come up to the
prescribed rules laid down for the
examining physicians. Under the new
instructions as viewed by the local
board, their previous rejection may be
nullified and they may be declared elig-
ible for service unless exemption is
granted.
The local board was busy yesterday
preparing tabulated lists of the men
examined on Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday and within a few days these
lists will be forwarded to the Office Of
the provost marshal general
Although 10 days are allowed after
the physical examination for the filing
OF affidavits in support of exemption
claims, the board will begin early this
week to pass on such claims as are pre-
sented The order in which the men
are drawn will be observed, however,
iii the consideration of the exemptions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12

The following clipped from a recen:
issue of the FL Paso Morning Times of
August 7th, will be read with interest
by many in Americus
Major James w. Furlow of the
quartermaster corps, U. S. Army, has
been ordered from the Southern de-
partment to the quartermaSter gener-
ais office in Washington. Major Fur
low has had charge of the automobile
machine shops at Fort Bliss for year
and has made them the largest and
most complete from a scientific stand
point in the United States army. The
shops represent an investment of ST.
100000 and has taken care of the re
pairing of 1000 motors and rebuilt as
many as thirty trucks in week.
Major Furlow was the first officer to
run a truck train into Mexico during
the Pershing expedition, At one time
his train covered a distance of more
ilGu Oup AhllCH TN OuSH lLS nlOSl ulu
cult deserts He recently was elected
q member of the society of automobile
engineers of New York City He has
many friends in Ell Paso who wish him
success in his new duties"
The Times also carried photograph
OF Major F'urlow in his uniform Enlist
in, as a private in the United States
army, Major Furlow has by hard work
and exceptional ability risen to his
present rank, and hosts of people in
Americus, his boyhood home, are
watching with interest his military
career. His mother, Mrs. L. +. Furlow.
has recently returned home from visit
of several weeks to her son in Ell
Paso.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-12
GOVERNOR SIGNS
TWO SALARY BILLS

Governor Hugh Dorsey yesterday
signed two bills affecting the officers
of Sumter county, the first being a
measure to place the county treasurer
on salary of $1,200 per year This
bill was put through both the House
and Senate through the efforts of Sem
ator M. B. Council and Representatives
Stephen Pace and Ed Zimmerman. 1t
goes into effect Immediately
The second bill signed by Gov.
Dorsey provides that the solicitor of
the City Court be placed on a salary
Ct 81 800 per year and was also intro
(uced and supported by the entire Sum-
ter county delegation in the legislature.