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passed. Lenore recognized the occu-
pants - Charles and the governors
daughter.
q wonder Il they recognized us"
Jimmy g1oated.
Eyes; didn't you see the surprised
look on Charles face?" A sob cut OF
IGNORES voice, but It was lost in the
whirl Of the wind as It struck the lit
tie roadster, again travelling at full
speed
We are on the wrong road" Jimmy
suddenly realized It.
yes, and we are going to stay on
the wrong road. Hang onl. There is
lots OF speed lefti A move from you
and we will both be dashed against
that fence!" From sheer fright Jim
my kept his seat. 1t was an hour la
ter when the car came to a halt.
sixty miles from a telegraph office
or telephone and the polls close in
ten minutes" There was real triumph
IN IGNORES tone. Now, Mr.. Jimmy
Davis, of the Star do your worstl"
The whole things FAILURE" Jim
my sank back on the cushions with a
groan OF disappointment. The ride had
knocked all the courage out OF him.
ut was all frame-up to get Flog-
CART. but you beat u.s."
THE letter it wasn't from
charles7" Lenore faced him with blaz-
ing eyes.
mo; It was written by his former
secretary; good forgery"
You cad!" All the indignation of
a tiery little soul was contained in
those words.
Unnotlced by the two in the road
ster. big red roadster had halted by
their side.
What does it meanw It was
Charles. He had followed the run
away car and had heard the confes-
sion. Lenore was very brave when
she told him the story, but she felt
very weak and insignificant as she
nestled in his arms on the homewara
Journey. ~ "
Brave little champion" he whts-
pered, as he drew her very, very close.
"A man couldn't lose with a sweet
heart like you"
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ThestoryLady

W ?rk was progressing at Paine,
Eark, as the boys called the plot OF
sround that Papa Palmer had boughl
and turned over to the gang Ttwr
place for the swimmin' hole and the
eoiored men were digging out the
pays armed with grass hooks ana
noes were fast Staying the weeds.
When the five O'Clock whistle blew
ehe men left but the boys decided 10
get all the weeds on the west side
OF the house cut down before they
stopped. AT six O'Clock they still had
q narrow strip so they kept at work
The sun had gone under heavy banl
OF clouds and the tall untrimmed trees
on the lot made things rather gloomy
A katy-did sang lonesomely in a tree
and black cat ran across the ward
and up over the fence.
Did your Papa say OF Wart was
dead the reason the place was sold?'
asked Billy.
HE must be" said Peter or you
know he'd never a sold this place .
Wherever he is, don't you know
he's ravin' mad to see us boys turned
loose over to do as we please"
Peter grinned wickedly.
I'm bet he haunts u.s. he said
Billy shivered and quickened hi:
movement.
Let's hurry and get through"
Just then the gate clicked ant
the boys were rooted in their places
There stood OF Wart!
He was a very shaky, white, thir
OF Wart, and in his hand he still
carried his heavy cane. The evening
wind carried his white beard bach
over his shoulders and Peter who
imagined he could see the fence right
through his legs gave one howl and
broke for the high fence the other
boys in hot pursuit. They piled pell
NELL into Palmers' lighted living room
and told their story.
Papa howled with delight when they
were through.
What made you think he was dead
He sold me the place himself. He's
been sick and needed the money. HI
Just came back for a last visit, l
guess. You boys better go back and
finish your job"
But the boys thought they had done
enough work for one day.
HELEN CARPENTER MOORE
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ROMANCEs Of a SUMMER GIRL
dorothy aged 20 spending e Lney Beach, having sked
her JOB and $500 savings the chance Dnuns husband during
The summer These are her letters home Joan her ehunll
snversand Lake, Tuesday.
BY ZOE BEckLEY
Copyright 1918, N. 3. Az

1 VI
Dearest Joan:
was dreaming today in q shady
arbor beside the lake, of what I'd like
my future to be. Do you do It come
times, dear, In your quiet old nome in
Bentsvtlle? You write so little OF
your heart affairs. Joanie-don't you
have any? am eaten up with thoughts
Of them. Are girls, then, SO different?
Or Is it only that l babble everything
and you don't?
Well, closed my eyes and sum
moned picture: Me in a simple,
pretty home An apartment, guess,
In New York. Some old neighbour
hood that used to be fashionable but
which has been passed by and half for
gotten, with low, mellow brick house
OF the sort one sees around Washing
ton Square. Four or five rooms, bu;
At least two of them square and sun
NY, and with fireplace.
There is warm yellow brown paper
on the walls and orange and brown
soft silk at the windows. A deep,
russell, covered davenport before the
fireplace. A generous table with mag
azines and books and candy Jar and
tobacco jar and lamp with an
orange shade. Plain rugs, a few good
pictures, bookshelves built-in, and a
couple of fat easy chairs. That ia
the living room.
Then a dining room, very sunny
and papered in old blue. Blue-flow
cred cretonne at the wide window. A
blue rug. A copper bowl with flowers
on the plain wood table. A window
box full Of wildly gay geraniums.
And Oh, Joan, the kitchen-very lit
tie, very clean and bright Il don't know
how I'm to have all this sunshine in a
New York flat, but this is a dream
flatJ and modern and full OF gas and
electric things that make housekeep-
ing lark.
The bedroom has plain, old quaint
furniture. Chintz OF course. in pinks
and buns. A mahogany highboy with
glass knobs. A dressing table with
candlesticks on 1t and a framed pic
ture OF you. A deep closet with pref
ty clothes in it-not too many, but
all OF them good and appropriate and
stylish There is an old mahogany
Deu with Aunt Susan's rose-and-
cream knitted spread on it. And there
Is ME in 0 cutie housedress and apron.
A maid too, but she only comes morn
inss to clean. wouldn't want her
around when hear the key in the lock
about six o'clock.
You see, there is a man, whom I
haven't mentioned But there'd have
to be man, dear, or what sort OF
home would 1t be? The question is
what man is it? try to see his face
and call his name But dream people
are so hard TO recognize. One is never
sure
Suddenly a voice at my elbow said
Dorothy Varick-" and in the half
second before l opened my eyes and
came out of my day-dream l realized
that the owner of the voice was the
man in the dream.
Forgive me-" Capt. Wallis went on
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"Me, In a cutie houssdress and
apron"
hastily, II didn't mean to startle You
so. wish that blush could be for me
and not just scare"
His voice always drops, Joan, to a
note OF tenderness that would melt
an IRON woman.
Perhaps" said in tone that pro-
claimed my collapse OF self-posses-
sion, perhaps it was-for you"
"oh, Dorothy, do you"
A sound as of some one stumbling
in the thick wood just behind tie
arbor, ended his words and made us
both stare in the direction of the
noise. A small, hurt cry followed and
we saw Miss Corley struggling to her
feet.
Eric ran toward her.
ooh, l have hurt myself SOL" she
gasped as he reached her and helped
her very gently to rise. my foot
Oh, my foot = my ankles broken /
think" and quivering moan escaped
her.
Joan, l may be a pig. But nothing
could make me believe she didn't do il
all on purpose, and that she isn't hurt
one bit. 1t is the ruse of cheap siren,
who, having Unanswered to get me
out of her path to Tom Benedict, now
finds Eric more advantageous" than
Tom, and / am to be swept aside.
The more see of the average WON
an, Joan, the more | prefer cats.
DOLLY.
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Lorimer Party Had an object.
tObel Lorimer's wedding has been
postponed?"
"or called of. perhaps? Who
knows?"
It was true that the party had been
planned as an entertainment for Jim's
best friends. But unfortunately il
had thrned out considerably more
splendid than Mrs. Lorimer had
meant, owing partly to its novelty
and the magnificence of its environ
ment, and partly to the lengthy list
OF Jim's acquaintances.
couldn't possibly inform the COS
siping critics that all the Lorimers-
except my poor Bob with his strange
ly shaken mind-were consciously
cherishing a very-much-alive Jane
Lorimer in their midst and that
hence the convention of a years
mourning" had Just naturally been
forgotten.
Moreover, so far, all the details of
the disappearance of Hamilton Ger
tets had been concealed. Oblivion
being the supreme punishment in
licted upon Certeis' kind by all the
government of the world, the Lori
mers were merely working hand-in-
glove with the authorities when they
kept successful secret the fact of
Chrys' marriage. Society was utter
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Listen to Gossip and Learn the
Katherine Miller and all the rest
of the world, of course, believed that
Jane Lorimer had been killed in a
railroad wreck. have had constant
~ TO remind myself of this fate, but
1t was impressed on me from without
a score Of times during the evening
Of the big Lorimer party. In this
disguise-which has been working
miraculously-and passing as Mr..
Lortmer's secretary, 1 was disregard :
ed and overlooked, very much as IL
were a table or a tree, by many a
woman who would have shaved her
hair rather. than snub member of
the Lorimer family!
I don't intend to lay 1t I'D again
any of them. Yet it has been some
thing Of revelation to discover how
dreadfully rude some women who
pride themselves on their manners
can be to another whom thew con-
slider their social inferior. However.
that wesnt the fact which distressed
me most.
More than once heard comments
OF this nature:
How could Mrs. Lorimer think OF
giving such grand affair before the
year Of mourning for Bob Lorimer's
wife was up9"
"of course, you've heard that Chrys-
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The COLE KEEPS OUT THE COLD.

Our boys will tell you that they saw
thousands of Coles Hot Blast Heat
ers in France. Halls Hardware car
ries Coles specialties in stock all the
time, and urges that all our readers
see them before ordering the winter
frel as they can tell them how to get
along on from one-third to one-halt
less fuel. Our government purchased
nearly fifty thousand Coles Hot Blast
Heaters for use in France. See them
and save one-third to one-half on your
winters fuel bills.-Adv.
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us MovlNo pAY.

Every dEy IL moving day With ~.
We are ready 10 move your freight.
your household goods, pianos, oaiss.
machinery. And let us remind you that
we do our work in the most satlsinc-
tory manner and with dispatch and at
most reasonable charges. Long dis.
lance moving by large auto vans.
Thomas Caruso. 221 Meredith St
Phone 6sS-J.-Ady.
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doesn't spOl man for being real

doesn't spOn man for being real
father.
Gust look at yourself, janet" he
continued, surveying me from head
to foot. You're safe! No danger OF
my touching that Nig!" This was ref
erence to his favorlte way OF teasing
me by mussing my hair. But girl,
do feel like scalping you. / wonder
when you're going to make up your
mind to take that darn thing off and
make yourself over into our own Jane
again?"
IL wondef!" The thought
brought tears to my eyes in turn, and
1 threw myself into Daddy's arms for
a grand good cry.
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WALKING TIE PLANK.

This may be done safely enough IL
the plank comes from our large stock
OF lumber. And when you are ready
to build you will find here all kinds
Of naterials-Lumber Roofing, Sash
Doors, Wall Board, ETC., ready for
quick delivery to you. John M. Kis.
ner & Bro. Lumber Co., Phone 127-R.
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A CASE FOR YOUR TICKETS.

Street car tickets or coins, railroad
tickets or Identification cards. We
have some excellent and very beauti-
full leather cases for them. Very han
dy and saves your tickets from loss.
Come and see them. Cranes Drug
Store.-Ady.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
DEATH COMES TO
PIONEER WOMAN

Mrs. Mary T.. Johnson wife of
Willie Johnson, died yesterday after
noon at the home of a son, w. j.
Johnson Jr., in the PIMA community
after having been enfeebled for d
number Of months. Mrs. Johnson had
reached the age of rs years and was
a widely beloved woman a PIONEER,
who with her husband, lived practi-
cally all her life in this community.
She was native Georgian, the daugh
ter of the late James Darsey and is
survived by a large family of children
grand children and relatives over the
entire section.
The funeral services were held
this afternoon and the remains were
laid crest in the cemetery at Union
church. A large crowd of sorrowing
friends attended the services.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
WOULD COUNT ON.
Am ERICA STILL
WITHOUT TREATY
CLEMENCEAU DEPENDS ON
ADOPTION OF TREATY
REMARKABLE ADDRESS
Makes Anniversary Appeal
to French to Ratify the
], Treaty Of Peace.

Paris, Sept. 25.-Premier Clemen-
ceau's address yesterday in the Cham
Der of Deputies in which he asked
for the ratification of the treaty of
peace, was made on his seventy-eighth
birthday. If there was the impression
that his words on the previous day
during his colloquy with M. Barthou
were a slight on America, the way in
which he spoke of 1.-THE admirable i'm
petuosity' with which America flung
men into the battlefelds, showed that
no slight was intended
Applause rang through ,the cham
Der when the premier said: Would
you know my complete thoughts ?
Should there be no written treaty,
would then count on America all the
same, can say we are firmly count
ing ON the adoption of the treaty over
there"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
BIBLE CLASS AT
ANNUAL BARBECUE
ON COBB FARM THIS AFTER.
NOON, WELL ATTENDED

The first annual barbecue OF the
Mems Bible class of the First Baptist
church, Mr.. W. L. Robuck, teacher, is
being held on the J. D. Cobb i;rm
this afternoon with very large per-
centage Of the class attending.
Mr. Robuck, the pastor, Rev. Wal
lace Wear, and number of the mem
bers of the class have made special
preparation for the evening and it
will be greatly enjoyed. There will be
a class meeting of short duration at
which some of the members will have
brief addresses. The plans have all
been completed.
The barbecue will be Augmented by
fish fry which has been planned by
some of the men who went out early
this morning to do the fishing.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
NERVOUS STRAIN
TELLS ON WILSON
IN ADDRESSES
WAS SICK ALL list NIGHT At
WICHITA 2
PHYSICIAN STOPS TOUR
Special is Returning Direct
to National Capital Ill
ness Not Serious.

Wichita, Sept 25.-President vii.
son today cancelled the remainder Of
his tour under orders from Admiral
Grayson, his personal physician. He
will return to Washington direct from.
Wichita.
DR.. Grayson gave his illness and
physical exhaustion as the reason for
the action The President was i'll most
of last night.
Although there was nothing criti.
cal, DR. Grayson declared that nervous
reaction was affecting his digestive
organs and had made a suspension
of the trip imperative.
The Presidents address scheduled
for this morning was cancelled
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26

at eleven o'clock after stop of two
hours, President Wilson's special will
reach Washington Sunday morn ing
going via Kansas City and St Louis
Nearly 30 Addresses
Wichita. Sept. 25.-Although out
wardly the President appeared to be
standing his trip we'll 1t became
known today that he has suffered
from headache for some days. Also
he has been much tatigued by his con
inement on the train, interrupted only
by brief stops spent mostly riding
through crowds and speaking to audi.
ences so large as to require all his
exertion to make his voice heard.
The President has made nearly for
ty speeches since he left Washington,
September third. After the two adj
dresses today he was to have spoken
in Little Rock. Memphis and Louis
willie
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
ABBEVILLE MAN PURCHASES
w. A. MORRIS RESIDENCE

Mr.. II. M. Green of Abbeville, Ga.
Purchased the home of Mr. w. A..
Morris on the corner of Tenth street
and fifteenth avenue. Mr. Green ex-
poets to move his family to Cordele in
the near future where they may have
the advantages Of schools. 81 M
Mr.. Green is a progressive farmer.
And will have charge of the Cover
place.
The property transfer was made
through Mr.. w. C. Winfree.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
|COOPER'S GARDNER
AND COOK ARRESTED
GARDNER CHARGED WITH MUIR.
DER OF COOPER

Nashville, Sept. 25-Dennis Met
calf, gardner at the home of Robin
]. Cooper, and Nora Jones, negro
servant there. were arrested this morn
ing by county officers on warrants
sworn to by Garbiel Hansen of Mem
phis, who styles himself a psyco-analy-
tical detective.
The warrant charges Metcalf with
the murder of Cooper, who was killed
the night of August twenty eighth
when he left home in response to a
call from an unidentified man
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
MEN
GO TO ACADEMY
LUMPKIN AND AMERlCUS YOUNG
MEN NAMED.

Washington, Sept 25.-The desig-
nation of candidates for the military
academy organization next February
for admission in June included:
Alabama; Herbert w. Huddleston,
Huntsville; John c. Golightly, Bir-
mingham; Thomas H. Duffey, Bir-
mingham.
Georgia: James w. Mosteller Jr..
Americas; Newton Parker, Cryston-
ia; James S, Willis, Macon; c, S,
Norton. Lumpkin.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
RAIL UNIONS ROW
ON REPRESENTATIVE
AT INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE IN
OCTOBER.

Washington, Sept, pa dispute
has arisen between the four railroad
brotherhoods and fourteen other UNI
ions of railroad employees as to their
representation in the industrial con
ference here october sixth.
President Wilson has instructed Di-
rector General Hines to have the rail
road unions represented by four men
and Hines has transmitted the instruc
tions to all the unions.
Four brotherhpods have appoted
four men without regard to other en-
ployees. Protests were soon forth
coming, but the question is not yet
settled.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
s1-sS4 Ls,ls ~ * i.ssk Sssss saa 4 ksss. ssas
LAKE Shit ING
UNIONS READY
TO JOIN STRIKE
HAVE AUTHORITY TO WALK
OUT in SYMPATHY
JOINT MEETING CALLED
Confer in Cleveland Today
over Own Demands AS.
Well as Steel Strikes.

u fsl
Buffalo, Sept 25, Members of the.
executive committees of the marine
firemen and sailors and other great
lakes shipping unions left for Clevel
land today to attend a joint meeting
Of the executive committees which
have been authorized to declare
strike in support Of the steel workers
and enforce the demands of their
own.
The unions claim total member
ship of eighteen thousand. The strike
will be directed against the boats
controlled by the Lake Carriers Asso-
citation, operating eighty percent of
the vessels on the lakes.
Added industries Appears
Chicago Sept. 25.-Despite the APP
pearances Of added industry at the
u e.. fsH v
Special steel mills in this district,
statements Of the employers that men
rere returning to work in sufficient
numbes to permit work in some de-
pa1cments, were met today by denials
of defections by the labor leaders.
Quiet At Pittsburs
Pittsburgh. Sept. 25.-The strike
situation today showed little change.
with quiet reigning.
Consider Return To Work
Youngstown, Sept. 25.-Interest in
the steel strike in the Mahoning val
ley centered today in the meetings
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
RECORD BALLOON
FLIGHT PROMISED
ARMY AND NAVY ENTER CON.
TEST TODAY.

ST. Louis, Sept 25.-The balloon
race between the army and navy
which is to start from here late today
bids fairs to furnish a record flight,
according to experts, owing to the
lack of restrictions placed upon the
contestants.
The only regulation imposed is that
the contestant cannot take on gas
after the start The first bag is
scheduled to start at six O'clock this
evening. s.A ''''s'
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
SAMUEL GOMPERS TALKS FOR
THREE HOURS AS WITNESS
FOSTER is TERMED |, W. W.
Senate Committe Heard
Head of Labor Fedora
ton in Investigation.

Washington, Sept. 25.The right
of employees to have some voice in de-
termining the conditions under which
they work is the paramount issue in
the strike of steel workers, Samuel
Gompers told the Senate investigating
committee today He was the second
the issues in the controversy at the
request of Senator Kenyon. Mr.. Com
pers said 'the right of the workers
to an association has been denied
and wealth of the steel corporation,
denied by brutal, mwarrantable
means"
He said it may be true that most
birth. but these men were drought
here by the companies,
Foster Termed Radical
Washington, Sept rs After hear.
= 0fffs IS
ing Samuel GQmpers for three hours,
the committee abandoned the plan TO
examine William Foster, secretary OF
the steel workers committee, tomor.
row.
Foster has been attacked in the
House as "A radical !. w. w.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
Wanted To Greet People

Wichita, Sept. 25.-The presendtial
train did not pull into the station
here where a large crowd was waiting
to greet the President Although he
wanted at least to greet the people
here.
Grayson would not permit him to
leave his private car. Leaving Wichita
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
SAM W. COMFY WILL
BUILD BUNGALOWS
PURCHASED TWO LOTS FROM
7. E. JENNINGS FOR PURPOSE

Sam w. Coney is planning build
ing start which will mean two pretty
bungalow on Eighteenth avenue. He
bought today two building lots from
T. E. Jennings and is making plans
to build the house.
The deal was closed by Mr.. w G.
Winfree and will mean two more new
houses for house-famished Cordele.
Who will be next. This appears TO be
a real building start,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
NEGRO KILLS PATROL
OFFICER IN DUEL
AssALIANT ARRESTED, HIMSELF
WOUNDED.

Jacksonville, Sept. 25.-Charles F.
Turknett, a policeman, died today of
wounds received in midnight pi itol
duel with Claude Howell, a n: gro
whom he was attempting to arrest.
Howell escaped but was later cap
tured. He was wounded in two places
by the policeman's bullets. The
grand jury now in session was in
structed to take up Howell's case inn
mediateIy.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
ENGLISH RAILROAD
STRIKE ORDERED
"a e aaalls p 2
WILL TAKE EFFECT AT MID
NIGHT. 4e:l.

London, Sept. 25.-The conference
between the railroad mems reprcsen-
tatives and the government for an
attempted adjustment of differences
on the wage question today resulted
in failure and the strike on the rail
roads has been ordered to take EFFECT
tonight at midnight.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
WILSON CANCELS SPEECH MAKING TOUR, GOING HOME;
SENATE ASKS WHY u. 81 MARINES LANDED I'M DALNATlA
TtIEFPHESIDENT $ Ill FROM LONG
STRAIN OF MAKING FORTY APPEAL
BRYAN SAYS LEAGUE
WILL BE RATIFIED

Chattanooga, Ten, Sept. %.
United States Senate will rati
fly the League Of Nations with
out any reservations of import
ance, in the opinion of William
Jennings Bryan. In state
ment given out here today. He
said opposition to the League
is on tie wane.
anr. -.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-26
KNOX RESOLUTION
DEMANDS EXPLANATION

Washington, Sept. 25.-Secre-
tary Daniels was asked in a
resolution by Senator Knox and
adopted today by the Senate, to
report whether American ma
rilies were landed at Trau, Dial.
llatria, to compel the evacua-
lion by the Italians, sas. report
ed in press dispatches.
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