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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1921-06-29
Episcopalians Hold Festival

One hundred and seven dollars was
cleared at the Episcopal Bazaar last
week. The gayly decorated booths
selling cake, candy, aprons and grab
bags presented carnival appear
ance. The Minnehaha Band played
for dancing in the Parish House.
The Sunday School Picnic for
which the money was raised is to be
held Thursday, July 21.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1921-06-29

Gov. Collins and Ball voting for them.
The position pals $4,000 a year.
The tax rate was fixed following a
conference between the Commission
ers and Townsend w. Miller, BenJa-
min F, Shaw and William P. White,
representing the three Wilmington
hospitals and Hope Farm The hos
pital representatives urged the court
to increase the tax rate from cents,
the figure originally agreed upon by
the rural members, to cents, so
that the hospitals and Hope farm
could be provided for. The additional
1 cent is expected to net the county
about $4,000, and this, with the
amount provided for in the previous
budget for the hospitals, S25'ooo'
would bring the total appropriations
to these institutions up to ABOUT
$4,000.
Neat Years Estimate
The expenditures for the next hscai
wear are estimated as follows: Sal
aries. s215 900; Public Building Com
mission maintenance fund, S45,ooo;
board of prisoners, 100000; Ferris
Industrial School, $4,000; Delaware
Industrial School for Girls, $4,000;
trustees of the poor, s65,OOO; hos
nitals and Hope Farm, S4o'ooo'
county morgue, $500; court expenses
sec, 900; Board of Assessment, oo soo'.
600. coroner and physicians, S5ooo;
magistrates and constaSles, sooooi
rohates on taxes, $4,000; printing
and stationery, $4,000; telephones
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1921-06-29
New Pipe at B. & O.

A new pipe to carry off the water
from heavy rains is being placed
across Main Street above the B. and
o. Railroad. This is an Improvement
long sought for by residents in this
section.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
MUTT AND JEFF AT RACES COMES ID
 ELKS MARCH 11-12

Gus Hill, who is responsible for bringing Mutt and Jeff into prominence as stage favorites has apparently out done himself in this seasons offering. He has supplied Mutt and Jeff with musical comedy in three acts in which they go through a series of adventures that are uproariously funny. The title of the brand new musical comedy IS Mutt and Jeff at the Races" and this attraction will be seen at the Elks thea ter Friday and Saturday. March II and 12, with matinee Saturday.
 From all accounts this seasons pro- 0dction eclipses all previous achieve ments. Delightful melodies, a carload of picturesque scenery, lighting effects, novel features. and other essential in gredients to provoke mirth have been supplied As usual Mutt is trying to make goat" out of his faithful and susceptible pal Jeff. However, little Jeff manages to extract himself With flying colors but not without distrib uting an avalanche of fun. hilarity and joy in behalf of his many friends and well wishers. Above all 1t Is a vehicle of moving comedy, action, color and entertainment-an entertainment that pleases and delights both young and old. A Mutt and Jeff production is sy anonymous with all that is good in the way of pretty girls, infectious music and resplendent costuming.
 One,of the noteworthy features of the performance is a comedy chorus of young misses who know how to sing and dance with rare and infinite charm and skill. Twenty tuneful numbers have been written by Edward Hutchi- son and Richard F. Carroll, and the book is by Nat Leroy. A large and capable cast of we'll known musical comedy favorites is promised. There are said to be some gorgeous creations In the way of dress, which are the delight of mere man and the envy of the women.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
ACE-0LD THEME IN
 LOIS WEBERP|CTURE FAT THE STRAND TODAY

Away back when Adam and Eve were starting housekeeping. Father Adam upset the tenor of things and started A precedent his male get has been try ing to follow for thousands of years. To please one woman Adam ate bit of apple. It was just a little bit he did to make Eve happy. but he gummed up things for mankind ever since he took that fatal bite. Right on down the line In all history the trouble has had its start in man trying to follow Adam and please one woman
 Tho pages of history reck with tales of murder. arson, war, wrecked king doms and what not, the result of a man striving to gain the favor of tho one woman who for the moment is his goal in life. If the world could be stopped for one moment and everyone living be made to tell the truth for five minutes the universe. would crum- ble under the feet of man when the tales of the sacrifices came to light that are made daily by man to please one woman.
 The age old joke about the weaker sex" is the laughing inspiration of the devil. He knows who started the first battle, knows what inspired man to sneak into the cave of his neighDor with a knotted club and bounce it on tho bean of the male there. ITO please one woman could be written at the bottom of every tragedy of world his tory and but few erasures would have to be made to complete the tale since Adam ate the apple.
 Lois weber has taken her inspiration for a smart society picture from this age old urge She has builded story of a woman. The most heartlessl thing in the universe. soulless, selfish beau Al s~1,< f~~ bod thing man has steeped his soul in crime to please a bad woman.
 It's all the same if she be bad or no If she be his wife. his sweetheart or sorcc other mans wife the motif that rocks the world is the males desire 10 please HER, and when she is bad at heart misery, grief, sickness and even death play tag at the will of the wom- an who is willing to wreck the rest of the world that she may be pleased In this picture Miss Weber has vfsuaifzed a peep behind the scenes of social cancer. She has held up to the world through the screen a woman's story who was so bad that she made those who loved her suffer. killed like the breath of hot flame all the sweetness in her path with her selfishness. And then she paid as all do who sin--paid and paid with her humbled pride and her false vanity when the end came.
 It's a smart story, gripping in it's telling. bit plain in dealing with the problem of a selfish woman gone wild with her desires. But 1t is a story made for grownups and will make many 9 society mad woman stop and think when its lesson sits under the calous of her selfishness. 1t is not chill dren's picture. and like Balsac De Mau- paussant. Ibsen and other writers who have dared to apply the literary knifs to reach the thick skin of the woman "a whom it applies and in so doing Miss Nveper has called spade a spade
 With 'To Please one Woman will be seen Al St. John in his Paramount comedy and the Pathe News.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
MUSICAL COMEDY 1T. RAMONA A JOY ID ALL
 AyA0 LIKE CLEAN FUN

It has taken some time for the fans who love good musical comedy to awaken to the fact that Miller and Wakefield, who are 3s owners of the clever little musical show at the Ramona have the best organization of the kind to visit Phoenix in several years.
 One patron of the Ramona recently paid 1t the highest compliment when he said that the company reminded him of the Louis B. Jacobs show which set mark in Phoenix several years ago that has not been touched since until this company took up its home at the Ramona.
 The Miller and Wakefield show is marked by the cleanliness of its offer ings and the snap and chic of the cast. While the principals are all artists. Jack Miller is one of the best liked comedians to visit Phoenix this year and is rapidly gaining a following that portends a long engagement for he and his associates. He is of the type of comedians made so famous Tn the old Weber and Fields days and does not depend on smut to get his laughs Be sides being a funmaker, MT. Miller is an excellent dancer and his skating dance is a decided novelty.
 The chorus with the show is excep- tional in that each member of the or s-anization is able to do single spe- cfaItv and to lead a number when called upon.
 In presenting the change of program twice each week the management is se- lecting two of the girls to add to thu list of specialties offered by novelty numbers at each change of bill.
 The Ramona will offer new programs on sunday and Thursday and the pie ture program will be changed with tn musical tabloid. For the next chang rom Mix, the master rider of pictures will be seen in his newest creation "rn Dare Devil This picture alone i' worth the price asked at the Ramon ars inc sparkling musical show adde -fiaNes the program the biggest eve seert in Phoenix for the price.
 Many who have only known the Ra mona in name are learning nightly tha here is a theater that is modern an comfortable. with an excellent bill ( nfctures and always spiced with goo musical show in addition.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

production of Peaceful Valley and prominent in the supporting cast are Harry Meyers, Lincoln Stedman, Walter Perkins, and William Court right, Lydia Knott, Charlotte Pierce, Melba Lorraine.
 Peaceful Valley was for years one or the most popular footnght attrac- tions in America Sol Smith Russell playing the leading role, registered his greatest success in it. As a vehicle for Charlie Ray, it is declared to be espe- cfally suitable, and in it the star is said to have done some of the greatest work of his screen career Ann May me charming little actress, who has been Mir. Rays leading woman in many or his other pictures, has the chief fem mine role.
 Charlie Ray says that nick" part are wonderful, wholesome and true to life
 As a matter of fact" he says, there
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
spoiled girl of the camp. The TO- fah h,ir,

spoiled girl of the camp. The TO- nance between the two serves to bring to justice the men wglo killed the fa- ther and makes the two young people happy when they marry after strug- gle that takes one through every phase of life in the great frozen snow coun- try. Miss White was probably nev- CT seen to better advantage than in the part of 'The Tigers Cub" She finds in this fast moving tale of hardy men and stout hearted women a chance to show her ability to do stunts that have never been zequalled in all the his tory of picture making. With the fea- ture vii be shown the ininlitable Mutt and Jeff in Bud Fishers satirical com edy cartoon, sThe Parlor Bolsheviki' ' It is an exclusive showing of this quaint twain and they add much to the joy Of living with their penciled antics on the silver sheet
 This program remains at the Hip for three days and is to be followed by a sparkling show that will mark an epoch in that theater's lineup for the season.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
pots to, tak. tn. yellow metal from

spots to. take the yellow metal from Mother Earth.
 The picture finds Miss White as the daughter of the gaming house keeper who is known in the north as The Tiger" He and his associate in the gambling hell are the most dreaded characters of the north and their word is almost the law of the country.
 The story deals with their fleecing the rightful owner of the great gold claim out of his mine and then his death Later his son comes to the camp to locate his father and meets "The Tigers Cub" the pretty and un-
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
CHARLES RAY COMES
 ID COLUMBIA TODAY
 IN PEACEFUL VALLEY

Peaceful Valley" the well known Sol Smith success, which has a record of 5,207 stage performances, has at las. been transferred to the screen. with Charles Ray, the popular cinema star. playing the leading role in his favorite part of a nick" The production, which was adapted by Isabel Johnston from the stage play by Edward E. Kidder. will be the attraction at Mauk's Co., lumbia theater starting today for three days It is MT. Rays greatest and lat est success. Jerome Storm directed the
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
PEARL WHITE COMES ID THE HIP TODAY IN
 THE TIGERS CUB

At the Hip. starting Sunday. will be shown the first of series of melodra- matfc pictures made by William Fox with none other than Pearl White. the most gifted girl in that line on the sil- yer sheet.
 Miss White. who occupies a. spot of her own in the making of melodrama, is to be seen in the big Alaskan picture entitled The Tigers Cub" It is the story Of men and women when that country was white wilderness dotted with men and fighting for the best
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
Charles Ray n n>Peaceful valIey'e
At Maus Columbia Theaer, Sunday, Monday Tuesday.

the small town types such as you find in James Whitcomb Riley, and as read these parts I see that they have depth, and I try to play them as they should be" Perhaps this attitude ac-s counts for Charlie Rays unequalled: success as a portrayer of rube roles in the silent drama
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

LANDLORD AND TENANT I'm going Q raise the rent" said tho landlord.
 I'm glad to hear it. said the tenant, T cant. 't."-The New Majority
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
GOING UP

Young Sailor-On my last voyage I saw waves 40 feet high.
 Old Salt-Get out. [ was at sea for 50 years and never saw .em that high.
 Young Salt-Well, things arc higher now than they used to be-Arklight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-23
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

(From the Times-Recorder August
%, 1919
The receipts of new cotton up to
last night at the different warehous-
es in this city aggregate 466 bales,
as follows: l.. G. Council, TIA;
Johnson & Harold, 1903; Council &
McGarrah, 1903; Alliance Warehouse,
rs. Good middling is quoted at to
1-2 cents, and low middling at 6
5-8 cents, with a quiet market.
This morning at 10 O'Clock, Miss
Gertrude Poole and G. M. Seig will
be united in marriage at the home Of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Poole, in East Americus Mr.
Seig is connected with the Alliance
store, and is a most excellent you
man. Miss Poole is one of Ameri-
Gus most accomplished young ladies.
The executive committee of tho
Sumter County Sunday school will
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-23

went into the depths for one man and
I've lived squarely for another and
thlS-ls what | get for it-thisv' She
was holding in one hand her maids
cap and in the other the apron "Of
course, didn't expect Tom Bradford
to care, but
But what?" I asked.
oh, there's no use talking about
1t; its all past now and I'm going to
start out again. Wouldn't you think
lot more of Lila Ames if sh'd pull
up the shades and cease whispering?
Because she's just as bad as those wo-
men | was with only she is secretivc
about it. Well, Pm going to pull IN
the shades"
Don't! Don't" l begged as she
rushed on IN nervous, GARD little SEN
fences.
There isn't any use" she repeat.
ed. 81 won'e even try to get anoth-
er Job. What thought was worth
while has failed me, so I'm going to
find out what | want! There may be
love and happiness for a few women
like yourself, Helga Sorenson; but
there isn't for met has been all
the while only lure.
at wasn't love with DeLane-he
didn't care for me-" she continued
He had had his one love and most
of us are granted only one in l;fe-
time. really cared-but with hin
it was just lure.
Some men are lured by the bad
mess they think they see in US. 9th.
ors are Iured by the depths they thinl
no other man has plumbed. And as
for ourseIves-why, we're all alike
There is but one measure of us-that
Iof our tailor tapeline. Brains? We al
! have them, but what have they ever
brought me in lasting happiness?
am going to forget that | have them
now.
Il am going to be the elusive blue
bird on some mans skyline, and il
life breaks my wings and brushes me
it will be in flight. | will at least have
had my fling and leave behind nc
dim gray record of vain regret"
(To Be Continue6.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-23
WHEN A WOMAN Tells
Grace Cameron says, "IH Have NV
Fling
BY RUTH AGNES ABELJNC

Drace Cameron says, "1'II Have NV
Fling"
THE silence that followed Grace
Cameron's revelation was tense.
| was Supplied by the story and hurt
at the knowledge that Tom Bradford
had had what must have been a big
affair and kept it secret from me-
tie must have cared since he guarded
1t 50, for 1t is only those things which
we cherish with a sort of sacred feel
ing that we keep from curious eyes.
'Why-why didn't you marry him
-Tom?' | finally brought out the
question.
Because he never asked me to"
She was twisting a glove in her fin
gers. She was a pathetic little figure,
self-reliant but almost childishly
youthful.
Suddenly thinking that the time Of
this little girl was not her own, |
started toward the door.
'Ill take care of my own room
this morning so you won't be late
with your work and then, this after
noon, won't you drop in and We'll
finish our TALK" | said.
She shook her head.
81 won't be here this afternoon
I'm going"
Going where?"
81 can't tell YOU" she said, and
then, 81 don't know myself. But the
world is full of places for women 20
go! And there is no use of staying
here, for | should only be fired this
evening, or as soon as my place could
| be filled-and | guess there isn't
much use for me anyhow" Her voice
was dull.
Grace Cameron turned squarely to-
ward me, and her tone when she
spoke was a thought impatient.
"Mean? Mean" she repeated.
"That | am going out again, out even,
perhaps to where Tom Bradford
dragged me back FROM There isn't
anything for me! Mrs. Ames has one
of the finest men who ever lived, as
slave and she's casting him aside.
You are doing the same thing. And
l." the passion was dying out, Il
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-23
EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE
WIVES WHO FAIL
SHE MADE FUN
OF HIM
BY RUTH AGNES ABELING
HENRY was a continuous joke to

HENRY was a continuous joke to
L y her.
Henry had a failing for purple
sox. lie wasn't a bit vain or any
thing of that sort, but he found an
unholy joy in pulling purple soX on
his feet at a. m. at least three days
out of every week.
And Henry's wife thought purple
sox were a joke. And she told Henry
so with acid in the laugh which rough
ened her voice as she scoffed.
Then Henry liked a certain sort of
collar. 1t wasn't the close, smart one
that most men wore but something
that gave his neck room to breathe
as he said.
Henry's wife Uttered over that
collar and used to call the company's
attention to it and poke fun at it I'M
til the part of Henry's neck which
showed in the crack was purple and
he stumbled off up stairs on some
silly pretext or sat silently in a cor
ner of the sofa looking intently at
the monstrous toes of his monstrous
shoes.
And Henry's feet-they were out
rageously large and, just like his
hands, he didn't use them with any
too much grace. His wife wouldn't
dance with him and openly offered
her sympathy to every woman who
came back from a session of labor
ing over the floor with Henry madly
clutching the back of her gown.
1t became a regular thing with
Henry's wife-this laughing.
She never blessed his great, big
Observation-Disclosures heart and
told him that she knew he wasn't
meant for a parlor ornament and
that they didn't need andything like
that around their little flat anyhow.
She never told him that she loved
him, just becuse he was different
and made her laugh-and then took
the barb out of her laugh.
And so Henry became a self-con-
scious, silent man, who chung with
sullen tenactiy to purple soX, collars
which set away, and awkward ways
as to feet, until one day little but
terfly swooned down and just loved
the purple, and thought the collars
made him look strong and original
and liked big, awkward hands and
feet on men because they made them
look so nice and sturdy.
Henry, suddenly changing all of
his awkward self consciousness for
something called mastery, went
slithering after the gay little butter
fly and left his wife with nothing to
laugh at, and a great big empty place
in her heart, that she didn't even
know was there, until she stopped
laughing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-23
By Stanley

meet in Americas on the first Satur-
day in September.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and W.
O. Barnett died at o'clock last
night, and will be buried at Oak
Grove cemetery at 4 o'clock this af-
ternoOn,
Street Overseer Raiford is putting
in a large and substantial sewer on
jefferson street. between Lee street
and the old cemetery, preparatory
to putting down a sidewalk on that
street. The brick pavement on La.
mar street. extending from Hawkins
beef market to Logan's store, near
the artesian well, is approaching com
pletion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-23
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder August
23, 1901D
The s. o'clock closing season in
Americas ends with today, and for
the next six or eight months the
clerks and other store employees will
keep later hours. The early closing
period began in May, and for three
months the many employees here have
been let out at p. m. for an hours
recreation.
Americas has been particularly
free of mad dog panics this summer,
with but one unfortunate sick cur
being slaughtered as being mad,
The condition of Allen Hill, who
is quite i'll with typhoid fever, was
much improved yesterday, and his
early recovery is hoped for.
Announcement this morning of the
death of Mr. Aaron Hart was a
source of regret to many here. The
deceased resided six miles from Am
CIRCUS, and was we'll advanced in
years, having long since passed the
allotted three score and ten.
Trustee Maynard and Auctloneer
Glover played to fairer audience
yesterday than on any day during
the AnsIev sale of fine groceries. Sc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-23
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

From the Times Recorder August
%, 1919
THE Third District Agricultural
Il and Mechanical school will open
Wednesday, August 80, with students
arriving on Tuesday. The prospect
for a record breaking attendance has
meyer been brighter.
Judge George Hillyer and Col. d.
B. Stevens, members Of the State
Railway Commission, were in Amer
icus for several hours yesterday en-
route to Plains to look into the mat
ter of a new depot there.
Americas is now assured a hand
some Masonic Temple beyond doubt
in the purchase Of the desirable va
cant lot on the corner of Church and
effected Yesterday, and Americas
Lodge No. - and f. and A. NJ. will
proceed at its pleasure to build the
temple.
On Sunday morning, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents in Dub
lin, Miss Helen Werden and M, W.
Quarles, of Americas, were united
in marriage. The rites were solemn
lied by Rev. C. NJ. Chumley in the
presence of a large number Of
friends. Mr.. Quarles is a valued at
tache of the Times-Recorder.
Mrs. W. E. Brown, Miss Mamie
Brown, Miss Addie Taylor and Ed,
win Taylor will make an automobile
trip to Reynolds today.
After having CROPPED in darkness
for eight nights UP to and including
last night, there is fair prospect OF
light ahead for US.
Mrs. A. J. Poole, of Norfolk, Va
the guest of Mrs. Dudley Gatewood
has gone to Leary to visit her sister
and will return here Friday.
Mrs. James w. Furlow leaves to.
night for Fort Leavenworth to joir
Major Furlow in their new home at
the military post there.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-23
THE BLUE MOUNTAIN

pY the time Wally Woodchuck and
his wife reached the blue noun
tain lit was a brown mountain now
they hadn't had drink of water for
| don't know how long. Mr.. Sprinkle
Blow on his magic umbrella and Nan
cy and Nick in their magic Green
Shoes, felt so sorry for them that
the fairy weatherman said, II think I
will just ride up to the sky and turn
the spigot on my barrel of "Nicc
Warm Rrain." That wouldn't make it
very muddy for Wally and his wife,
and it would certainly give them a
drink. I didn't think when I promised
them dry weather on their vacation