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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-11-17
THE EMPRESS WHO TURNED
VAMPIRE.

\ HANY women have won power and
lNl luxury by their beauty. This Is
the story Of an empress, turned
vampire, who raised shepherd boy
to a position near her own and whose
fancy led her to love men Of all de-
gree.
Peter the Great of Russia and Cath
crime, his servant girl queen, left a
daughter, Elizabeth. She became en-
press Of Russia, and before that had
earned reputation for lightly loving
many men.
Alexis Raxoum, born In 1909, son
of a poor shepherd, was wondrously
handsome boy, with innocent face and
curly hair. He showed a talent for
music and took his place in the village
choir, where his clear, sweet voice
became locally famous.
One Of the imperial officers, passing
through the village on a Sunday,
CHANGED into the church and heard
Alexis sing. He persuaded the boys
parents to let him take the lad to Mos
COW, where he might get instruction.
And the officer obtained a place for
Alexis in the cathedral attended by
Elizabeth. 1t was not long until his
fine voice attracted notice. Elizabeth
heard him and was captivated. She
ordered that he be added to the Choir
listers in her private chapel, without
even seeing Alexis. But when he came
to the chapel she saw the innocent
face, soft eyes and gentle demeanor of
this wonder-boy, and Immediately she
lost her heart to him. He was In
stalled In the palace, with the richest
garments and all that luxury could
command. The shepherd boy was liv-
ing a fairy tale come true.
Elizabeth's love for Alexis did not
prevent her from dallying with sterner
members of his sex. One satirical
commentator tells us that she ex-
changed "a general for sergeant.
courtier for sailor and a count for
q coachman."
But Alexis was her one true love and
she refused many royal alliances. She
delighted to see him dressed In fine
garments and would sit entranced
while his silvery voice tinkled through
her apartments. He could have been
emperor had he willed. Alexis did not
come from the stun Of which en-
perors are made. He vas Just a
beautiful youngster with a marvellous
voice and the soft graces Of an artistic
nature. II we wished to be unkind
we might say that he preferred to be
the lapdog Of an empress rather than
her master.
Perhaps Elizabeth's love may be ex-
planned by a fable Of La Fontaine. A
Brahmin turned a mouse into beauti-
full maiden. He offered her for hus-
band to tho sun. the wind. the stars,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-11-17
FROM INN SERVANT 70 EMPRESS

EARLY in the Eighteenth century
IL the Russians captured Marienburg.
East Prussia. A squad of drunken
soldiers rified one of the principal inns.
In their search for valuables they
opened the oven door OF the inns huge
stove, made of porcelain. and brought
forth two frightened girls. One Of
them was Catherine, a servant, and the
other Marie. who was staying with
her.
Both girls were bewitchingly pretty.
The soldiers fell to fighting over their
possession, when the commander OF
the invading forces passed the inn.
He heard the row, stopped, and COM
handed order. Catherine saw her
and gave the general one OF her sweet
est smiles. He and another officer
carried the two girls away.
Soon afterward Prince Menshikov.
favorite of the car, and one of the
most powerful men In Russia, came
to inspect the army. He saw Gather
Inc and took her away from the gen.
eral. She had exchanged her simple
clothes for rich garments and was a
revelation of loneliness In the rude
Russian camp.
Catherine soon had Menshikov I'M
der her full control. Then came the
car himself, Peter the Great, abso-
lutte master Of the empire. He also
saw Catherine and claimed her. She
was a vampire who always succeeded.
But Catherine was something more
than merely a beautiful woman. Her
Judgment and instinct soon made her
Peters most trusted adviser. He used
TO meet his ministers at little house
In Moscow where she was placed, and
weigh decisions with GATHERINGS help.
At last her domination over Peter be-
came so complete that he married the
former inn servant and had her
crowned Czarina. GATHERINGS eleva-
ton by no means checked her vampire
instincts. She was famous for her
infldelities. William Mons, her court
chamberlain, was tried on a trumped
up charge and hung. really for much
more serious offense. Peter forced
Catherine TO walk past the place of
execution, and crowded her so close
to the gallows that she brushed her
former lover. hanging there. But she
never fiinched. Afterward Peter had
the mans head sent to her room In
bottle Of alcohol.
That incident was typical Of the
half-mad Peter, who also was some
thing of a genius. and of the period
in which Catherine reigned. After
Peters death she ruled alone, the mis-
tress Of a court where revels lasted q
week at a time. and a mans drinking
capacity sometimes won a ministry
for him.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-11-17
CONDENSED
CLASSICS
~
THE THREE
MUSKETEERS
~
By ALEXANDRA DUMAS
Condensation by
Capt Andre Morixs
Condemnation by
Capt Andre Morixs

Throughout his life, Alexandre Dumas
Aad all the Needless irresponsibility Of
a reckless boy. He did not Indulge In
reveries about the past or dreams Of
the future. He nved sDectaculaFly In
the present.
His heedlessness was most empha-
sized Mt his palatial home. Monte
Cristo, where his love for splendor and
his prOdigality plunged him into debt.
Most Of his visitors, who came osten-
sibly for an hour and remained for
days, were penniless men and women,
who were glad enough to md q place
where they could live luxurfously for
nothing.
Many of these thriftless folk made
Monte Cristo their home. Dumas had
not the heart to turn them Always he
even Invented tasks SO they would not
feel unhappy about staying. One home
less vagabond who had a sense of
shame was appeased By being told to
note down each day what the Their
mometer registered. at In most Inn
portant for me t. be well Informed
ON this point" Dumas assured him.
Worst Of NIL were the actresses. A
succession Of them came and went,
each ruling the house while she re-
mained and inviting all her friends to
revel with her. Sometimes Dumas, I'm
despair over HIS debts. went away. but
the hangers-on remained, charging food
and wine to Dumas account Mt . near
by hotel.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-11-17
THE WOMAN WHO WAS JEALOUS
OF HERSELF.


- ever understood. who may have
been the evil genius or the guiding
spirit Of Napoleon III. but who admit
tedly was a beauty without peer. AZ
we study the picture Of the Countess
de Castiglione we see woman OF am
pie figure. beautifully nodded. and a
face which Is slightly naughty. yet
soft and winsome. She was a woman
or contrasts, paradoxes and perplexi-
ties.
Born In 1910 of a noble Fl0rentine
family, at an early age she won the
affection of Victor Emmanuel, king OF
Piedmont. In the course Of things,
Cavour, his great minister, conceived
the idea Of sending her to Paris, the
dominant capital of Europe, for the
special purpose of bewitching Napo-
leon III. The countess came, saw and
conquered.
The existence Of Italy depended up
on French policy. Napoleon III cher
ished an idea Of reclaiming that coun-
try by right of Its having been con-
quered under Napoleon l. And the
king Of Piedmont was striving to en-.
large his holdings into what now con-
stitutes the kingdom Of Italy. 1t was
the business of the countess to keep
Napoleon out Of Italy and let Victor
Emmanuel carry on his plans. Ma.
poleon stayed out. Italy eventually
became what 1t Is today.
She gained complete control Of Ma
poleon, a scheming, narrow-visioned
man who thought himself great
Perhaps the countess real love was
herself. Paul Baudrs painted an un.
draped picture of her. lying on
couch. 1t was one Of the most beauti'
full canvases which ever came from
his brush. The countess had II hung
In her boudoir. And every day she ex.
amined herself In comparison to the
creation Of loneliness before her eyes.
She grew to fear thar she was not SO
beautiful as the picture. that she was
fading. that Baudry had flattered her
and set an impossible example. Her
suspicious turned to jealousy Of the
picture-literally, Of her very self. And
in a rage she cut the canvas to piece1
with stiletto.
Then came the war Of 1901, the
downfall Of Napoleon and the sorrows
Of France. She rallied every possible
resource against the Germans, but the
world knows the story. The countess
faded from the scene Of great events.
Perhaps the best commentary Of her
career and her time Was made by her.
self:
"Ah, IL had been queen"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-11-17

but she wanted none of them and
would have no husband until she saw
a mouse. which charmed her heart.
Elizabeth was the daughter Of a peas
ant and Alexis a shepherds boy.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-11-17
"VAMPS" WHO MADE HISTORY
BY JAMES c. YOUNG.
A VAMPIRE OF OUR OWN TIME.
By JAMES c. YOUNG.

10 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicsts)
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
Good Blood
Needed In
Springtime
People with Poor Appetite, Bad Com
plexions and Spring Fever"
Need a Blood Tonic
GUIDES PEPTO-
MANGAN rs BEST
Makes Rich Red Blood-Renews
Vitality and Increases Body's
Resistance to Disease

Spring is the time when good blood
is SO vital to health. If you do not
teel the thrill of spring in your blood,
ii you take no pleasure in living. if
your appetite is poor, your complexion
pallid or muddy, and you tire easily.
you can be pretty sure your blood is
not up to the mark. So MANY feel
that way in the Spring. Especially
housewives who have so much work to
do. They get over-tired and rundown
their blood becomes weak and thin.
Build up your health now by taking
that splendid Spring blood tonic,
Guides Pepto-M angan, 1t will give
vital power to the red corpuscles in
your blood. They will go racing
through your blood, carrying fresh
supplies of oxygen to all the tiny cells.
1t will help improve your color and
your appetite. You'll take more in
terest in things and enjoy life more.
You will stop going around with that
tired, all gone feeling.
Physicians have prescribed Gude's
pepto-Mangan for thirty years. You
can get it at your druggists in either
tablet or liquid FORM Take whichever
you prefer. They have the same med
icinal value. Get the genuine. Adver-
tisement.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
COUNTY SECOND TO
COLQUIT in GROWTH
Complete u. S. Census Makes It
Second Farming County
E x c EDS IN DENSITY
Colquitt and Ben Hill Surpass
All Others in State
EXCEEDS IN DENSITY

Complete United States Census
returns for 1920 that reached the
Leader last night, place Fulton,
Colquitt and Ben Hill counties,
in the order named as showing
the largest per centage of increase
in population in their rural dis
tricts of any in Georgia.
Fulton increased 37.4 per cent;
Colquitt increased 81 per cent !;
Ben Hill increased 27.4 per cent.
AS Fulton's rural" population
is in reality an overflow urban
population, Colquitt and Ben Hill
stand first in agricultural devel-
opment.
Ben Hill county's population
increased from 1868 in 1910 to-
1859 in 1920. Colquitt increased
from 1879 to 1882, Ben Hill
was, however, more thickly pop
ulated than Colquitt, having 81
persons per square mile to COL
quits 81. The population
in neither county is compar-
able, as far as denseness is.
concerned, to that in older sec
tons Of the state where Spald-
ing, for instance, has 1O4 people.
per square mile with no big city.
The proportion of urban, Or
Fitzgerald population, to rural
population decreased from 48.8.
per cent to AL per cent, consid-
cred an evidence that Fitzgerald
has developed better support fl
its commercial enterprises durie,
the last ten years than it had
during the previous ten. Colquitt
county has only 23.1 per cent ur-
ban population, considered as ev-
ldence that Fitzgerald needs bet
ter agricultural support than it
has now.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18

this morning to officially determine
the cause of Mr. Walkers death re-
turned the following verdict:
GEORGIA, Ben Hill County:
We, the undersigned jurors, having
been sworn in to serve as Jurors by
Coroner W. H. F. Lee, to investigate
the death of T. E. Walker, and after
having been sworn in and having in
vestigated the death of T. E. Walker,
we, the jury, find that T. E. Walker
came to his death by stroke of light
ming.
This the 18th day of March 1921.
d. p Adams, Foreman, T. l. Grit
fin, Geo. c. Player, R. o. Stephens,
w. c. Russell, s. o. Minshew.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
A. B. & A. WAGE CUT
HEARING DELAYED
Attorney for Men Is Absent;
Hearing To Be Saturday
LABOR BOARD MONDAY
Men Prepare for Final Appeal to
Law Before Board
(By International News Service


ATLANTA, March ION ac-
count OF the absence of one of the
attorneys for the employees, the hear
ing before Federal Judge Sam H. Sib-
ley on the petition of the striking
union brotherhoods for revocation of
the Courts order authorizing reduc-
ton in salaries and wages on the A.
B. & A, scheduled for today was
postponed until Saturday morning.
A. B. & A. officials state train
schedules continue to improve and
are now running on five divisions.
Receiver Bugg said this afternoon
that service was restored practically
on all branches of the system except
the Waycross division where connec-
ton is made from Seasons with Jack
sonville and Florida points.
Col. Bugg stated that sufficient men
are now in the shops at Manchester
and Fitzgerald to do light repairs.
Beginning today the train from At
lanta to Cordele will be run to Fitz-
gerald on daily schedule.
Another important development ap-
preaching is the hearing before the
Railway Labor Board in Chicago
Monday, when representatives of the
strikers will present their side of
the controversy. 1t was announced
by Val Fitzpatrick, chairman of the
fourteen brotherhoods committee.
Wednesday that G. w. Marshall. in
ternational officer of the shop crafts
unions, and c. J. Golf, vice-president
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Enginemen and Firemen, will appear
before the board on behalf of the I'M
ions, No announcement as to who will
go for the railroads has been made
Receiver B. L. Bugg announced adj
ditional train service effective Wednes-
day. He also said that the service be-
tween Atlanta and Corde1e will be-
come daily service, effective Thurs
day.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
SEES CONSPIRACY
TO CRUSH LABOR
(By International News serviee)

COLUMBUS. Ohio, March IL
Accusing the National Chamber OF
Commerce and organized employers
with being responsible for the present
business depression. Michael D. Gain
president OF the Columbus Federation
Of Labor, addressing a local audience
0i unemployed workers, declared that
conspiracy existed ito bring labor
TO its knees"
President Cain said it was the first
time during his twenty-five years
connection with organized labor that
he talked to an audience of unem-
ployed.
The very men who preached Amer
icanism and democracy to labor dur
ing the World War suffered a change
OF heart and started to grind organ
lied labor into the dust before the ink
was dry upon paper used to draw up
the armistice," continued President
Cain.
The only solution to the problem,
he said, is to be found in orpaniza-
ton and cooperation.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
NO COURT RECESS
WOMEN TO USE POWDER
(By International News Service.)

LONDON, March l7.-No
special concessions for the appli-
cation OF complexion aids are to
be granted to British women jur-
ors as in the case of a woman
jury in Iowa, when the Judge SOL
EMMY announced that time would
be given for the women to pow
der their faces during the sitting.
A law court official said. that
such concessions were quite I'M
necessary.
"In the first place the women
chosen are not of the powder puff
and rouge stick type When
flappers are chosen for juries t
will be time enough to think Of
powder puff intervals.
"This would not be granted
however. All these matters could
be seen to out of court Besides.
the light in most courts is OF the
kind that conceals shiny moses
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
N. C. & St. l. CALLS
WAGE CUT MEETING
(By international News)

ATLANTA, March Reduction
in wages of semi-skilled and common
labor has been proposed to the men
on the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis, effective March 10Th.
General manager Bruce called a
conference with the men for next
Monday at Nashville. The percent
age of the reduction is unspecified. In
case of failure to reach an agreement
the matter will be taken to the Rail
way Labor Board.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
ST|MON|ALS
BY People Who Have Tried and
Proved the Merits of
COX'S LIVER AND
STOMACH MEDICINE

81 OMA N-I1 MEO1OlNE
Waycross, Ga, Dec. 10, 1920.
Mr.. Guy A. Cox,
Omega, Ga.
Dear Sir
For some time | have not been we'll
at all and that together with a little
neglect | just had not written you.
took some of your medicine and it
helped me great deal. Also my wife
took of it, and it did her good also,
and now | will ask you to let me
know what the price of the bottle is
and | will remit for same.
Yours very truly,
J S Knight.
The original of all testimonials on
file In office of Cox Medicine Co.. Inc.
Omega, Ga.
Cox's Liver and Stomach Medicine
relieves Indigestion, Constipation and
Biliousness. Especially recommended
for delicate women and puny child
rem. Tastes so good.
Sold at all good drug stores.
COX MEDICINE CO., INC. Mfgrs.
OMEGA, GA. ADV.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
MEXICO IS NOT POOR
MANS COUNTRY
(By International News service)

Wy AHleTndllonal news SerV1ce)
MEXICO CITY, March, 1.-THE
American Chamber of Commerce has
issued this warning: Mexico is not a
poor mans country. Laborers from
outside cannot compete with the
Mexican labor. Professional men
without knowledge of Spanish and
money take a long chance in com
ing here. There is an oversupply of
school teachers, stenographers, bank
clerks and such. Please advise peo-
pie to this effect and save many heart
aches.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
CONVICT TRUSTY
KILLED BY BOLT
Lightning Strikes T. E. Walker
AS He Stands Guard
HAIL IN ABBEVILLE
Windstorm Tears Roof Off Will
cox Countian's House

A terrific storm swept the
Southeast last night and late yes
terday afternoon took a toll of
one life in Ben Hill county and
thousands of dollars in crop dam
age throughout its course.
The storm was marked here by
a tremendous electric display and
the only life reported lost up to
this afternoon was T. E. Walker,
a convict at the Ben Hill county
convict camp who was instantly
killed by lightning at Sis o'clock
while standing guard at the Ben
Hill convict camp, just out of the
city limits on the Dixie Highway.
Walker, who was committed to
the gang for hog stealing was a
trusty.
The body of the dead man will
be sent today to his home in
Montgomery Co. where is sur
vived by daughter in Uvalda and
brother in Vidalia. He was an
exemplary convict and his death
was not only a blow to his fellow
prisoners but the guards and war
den who had grown close to him
during his Imprisonment.
The storm swept through all
South Georgia. In Abbeville ire
mendous hail stones fell, the
greatest in the lifetime of the old
est inhabitant. Oscar Cannon, a
farmer and prominent citizen of
Abbeville measured one of the lar
ger stones that fell on his place.
1t was five and one-half inches in
length.
The force of the wind that ac-
companied the storm in Abbeville
was so great that it tore the roof
off the home of Jim Walker, a
farmer located between Rochelle
and Abbeville in Wilcox county.
In places the giant hailstones drift
ted fifteen inches and more deep
against fences.
Crop damage was not estimated
this afternoon but it is known to
have been large. Many beds of
tobacco, not yet transplanted,
were saved from the fury of the
hail storm by their protecting COW
er. Very little of the crop damage
is irreparable as most of the crops
IN the section which suffered most
heavily can be replanted. Far
mers throughout the region Wis
tied by the hail were busy today
replanting and repairing the hav-
oc wrought by the storm.
Ben Hill County suffered very
little. The heaviest hail barrage
missed even the northeast sections
and, with the exception of the
death of Mr.. Walker, the worst
thing the storm caused, little
damage was done.
The raronartc ;,,r,, :.,,oa.o1io 4
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
RAISE RAIL RATE ii
in FACE OF CUTS
(By international News Servicel

WASHINGTON, March l7-Inter-
state Commerce Commission today
decided that certain freight rates pre-
scribed by the Railroad Commission
OF Florida on satrastate business were
unduly preladae5al 10 the interstate
commerce shippers and ordered the
rates raised TO meet the level OF inter
state rates, effective April 18th. 1t
rendered the same decision on rates
on COTTON Gansers and BRICK IN Georgia
aud sssncd a similar order effective
April 2srd.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
Atlanta Business Men
To Fight Crime h'ay

ATLANTA, March 17.-Menlbers
of the Chamber OF Commerce TODAY
are planning to form a viligance COM
mittee and other means OF action
against organized criminality, follow
ing Solicitor Boykins sensational
statement yesterday naming detec-
tives and other higher up" police Of
ficials as connivers in aid of bunkoing
Several of those named made heated
answers today.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
Whiskey Fraud Finds
Atlanta Topers Easy
(By International News service>

(By international News Service)
ATLANTA, March 17-Police here
have been asked to investigate a
shrewd swindler in Canada who has
been advertising he would send sam
pies of whiskey for a small sum. He
has "roped in" in over one hundred
Atlanta people.
The scheme was unearthed when
man complained that he had sent
six dollars for samples over a month
ago without results.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
FARM BUREAU HOLDS
BIG HOG SALE TO-DAY

Seven competitive bids were re-
celved on two car loads of Ben Hill
county hogs at the first cooperative
hog sale of the Ben Hill Farm Bureau
Federation. About fifteen farmers
offered hogs for sale, most of them
being Class A animals. The sale was
not over as the Leader goes to press
today.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18

WITH ALL ORDERS OF $500 OR OVER ON SATURDAY.
MARCH 10TH WE WILL CIV Z FREE FIVE BARS OF Ap
ROW SOAP, REGULAR VALUE Is CENTS
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
Ben Hill Third in GROWTH In GEORGIA 19lOl920'
STORM SWEEPS SOUTHEAST; One IS KILLED HERE
WILL NOT PROSECUTE
ACCUSED BALL PLAYERS
(By International News Service

(By International News Service
CHICAGO, March 17.-Pros-
ecution of eight White Sox in
dicted in connection with the
1919 world series was dismissed
when the case was called today.
The Chicago players had been
charged with throwing" games
to the Cincinnati teams in order
to enable gamblers to win large
sums from those not on the
inside"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-03-18
BOLSHEVIKS CAPTURE
FORTRESS NEAR MOSCOW

(By International News Service)
RIGA, March 1.-THE Russian
Soviet troops have captured the For
tress of Kronstadt from the rebels
says a wireless today from Moscow.