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warm fire of moss, and when the chill
dren finally crept into the warm bed
of skins that lay against the wall,
they dropped off to sleep and slept
until morning while Ishtu kept watch.
But Nancy had a dream. At least
she thought it was dream, but real
ly it must have actually happened.
How else could certain things have
taken place as they did afterward?
A bright light appeared to the little
girl and in the center fit Marcy saw
the smiling features of a beautiful
Fairy Queen.
Don't worry" said the queen with
an encouraging nod of her head. II
know that you have lost all your
charms in the carved box which
the Bobadil Jim stole from you, but
if you do what l tell you you may
get them back. Then you and Nickie
may continue your journey to the
South Pole to get Santa's toys back
from the bad Snitcher Snatch The
wicked Bobadil Jim will return in
the morning to see where you are
and what you are doing. Be on the
watch for him. You will know when
he is near by the smell os hyacinth
perfume. AS soon as you smell this
scent, wave your left arm three
times from right to left and say these
words:
ooh, Bobadill Jim, come hither,
Wherever you are, or whittier.
You're going from here to thither."
Instantly he will become visible
The carved box is in his right pocket.
Grab it, slip on the Magic Shoes
quickly and wish yourselves away"
Then Nancy woke up.
Copyright, 1929
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five great powers as the only means
of averting a repetition of the last
frightful disaster.
The mill shed of John R. Barfield
at Vienna was destroyed by fire
Tuesday night with loss of 100000.
Two 17-year-old hoboes were cap
tured in Cordele Wednesday. They
rode "blind baggage" to Cordele and
were arrested by L. M. Summer.
They gave their names as Jack
Thrash and Hardy McWhorter and
their homes in Rome and Atlanta
respectively.
The largest check ever drawn in
the State of Georgia was handled
Tuesday by an Atlanta bank. 1t was
for $1,986.418, drawn by State
Treasurer Speer in favor Of the
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Such An Inducement 70
Buy Has Never Before
been Presented In
Americas

This great reduction
brings prices on Ready
to-Wear down to a level
for below that which
could be justified by any
present or prospective re-
auctions in prices at fac
tories. Such values can't
possibly be obtained else
where. 1t means an actual
loss to us of hundreds of
dollars, but we are deter
mined to let them go.
Tomorrow the choosinc
will be lust as good as on
the first dav. Some of the
best garments are still
here.
All Dresses, Coats and
Suits that sold up to $50
at -.-- $3.50
All Dresses, Coats and
Suits that sold from $50
to SOS at ---.$15.OO
One lot Of Ladies and
Misses Coats that sold
for $1,000 to $500, at
each $500
One lot of Misses Goats
Sc; 50t to $3.50 Us 90 %
One lot of Fine Serge and
Silk Skirts that formerly
sold up to $500 $500
The whole stock Of fin
Bingham Dresses: House
dresses at exactly Hall
Price.
The whole stock of III.
monos and Bath Robes
at exactly Half Pric~
| All Sweaters for Mer
Women and Children
at exactly Half Price
All Ginebam Dresses Sweat
ers and Kimonas are mark
ed in plain figures, SO you
take anytime you like at
just one-half the marked
price.
Standard Dry Goods Co,
By A. c.. Duncan, Prop.
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ADVENTURES
OF THE TWINS
y Olive Roberts Bartza
THE TWINS A RE RESCUED.

WHEN Nancy and Nick awoke and
" discovered that the Eskimo's hut
had disappeared, and with it the
good fellow who had called himself
Ishtu, they missed the carved box
that held all their charms.
ut wasn't Ishtu at ALL" declared
Nick, blowing upon his cold fingers.
He and Nancy were out quite in the
middle of bare snow field. you
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Bankers Trust company of New
York and went for the purpose of
paying school warrants drawn
through the New oYrk institution.
The Macon city council will not
cut the wages of city employees this
year. The appropriations for the
budget for this year are the same
as last year.
A committee representing the
women's clubs and the minister of
Columbus have protested to the chief
of police and to the mayor of Co.
lumbus against the appearance of
the Marcus Shows of 1920 in that
city. They state that in view of the
advance advertising matter the show
is not Of the moral type it should
! be.
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He was right after all, and veyr
soon in the starshine the children
made out a dark line coming toward
them. The dark line took form as it
drew nearer and after while they
were able to discern half dozen Es-
kimo dogs drawing a sled. A man
behind the sled was guiding it
"Hello!" called Nick. Are you
looking for US? Here we are"
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know, near the South Pole. at
must have been that wicked old b.
badil Jim who is trying to prevent US
from going any further on our jour
ney. If we only had our shoes, we
could wish ourselves into a warmer
place., but they are gone, too"
Suddenly they heard a dog bark,
then another and another. -
"Oh Nick, do you s'pose he's set
his dogs on us?" cried Nancy fear
fully.
But Nick spoke up with more BRAY
cry than he felt. Pooh! No! That's
a friendly bark. and I'm going to
whistle"
Which he did as loudly as he
could.
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what it was the children could not
understand.
Don't you see? We've lost our
language CHARM" Nick said to Nan
cy. "The bit of pink silk out of the
mushrooms hat that the Fairy Queen
gave US was in the carved box. We
shall never be able to understand
anybody in strang lands until we
find it."
But the man was kind, and lifted
the kiddies into his sled, and tool
them to his house not far away.
1t was the real Ishtu and the hut
was the one marked on the lost map
Ishtu took the twins to his hut anc
treated them kindly. He made
The man answered something, but
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Ldnky BOb's Effort
to Regain CrOlUn
From Jeff Failed

Three years after Bob Fitzsimmons
lost the heavyweight crown to James j
Jcffries. he tried to get it back and
failed. Jeffries knocked him out in less
time than on their first meeting.
The second encounter was at san
Francisco, July -. 1902. and in the
eighth round it ended in victory for the
champion. Their first fight lasted
eleven rounds.
1t was not because Fitzsimmons was
an inferior fighter that he failed to
rome back. for the sport critics said he
OutboXcd Jeffrics at every point. But
Jcffries had about tho same capacity for
punishment aa Gargantua was reputed
to have had for food. and. besides. he
had a tremendous advantage in weight.
FitzSimmons weighed 162 pounds. while
the champion from California entered
the ring with 30 pounds to back up
his blows.
Fitzsimmons danced about the heavy
swinging .JeffrieS and sent home many II
hard hitting fist. The hardest Of these
was impOtent against the great bulk
of the champion. however. The speed OF
the challenger was a great factor IN
Staving off defeat in the early rounds.
Fitzsimmons fought II heroic fight. In
the deciding moment of the bout Jcffric
sent hard lefthand smash against
FitzSimmOns' jaw and followed it with
another left to the stomach that knocked
his lighter opponent to the floor.
FitZsimmons' fighting power was
crushed. but not his spirit. Badly
dazcd. he rose in an effort to continue
His strength was gone and he sank down
and was counted out.
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GOALER SETS NEW
MARK At BELMONT
Man o Wars Record for Mile
and FurIong Lowered by
Selling Platter
COVERS DISTANCE IN 1.4e

New York; June ll.--Anothcr of the
records made by the brilliant Man o
War last year was cclipscd yesterday at
belmont Park in most astonishing
exhibition. Goalcr, an ordinary sell
ing platter. set n new worlds mark for
q mile and furlong in winning the
Bayside Handicap.
The five year old son of Duke Mi
chacl which now rises from the lower
ranks to a place among the immortals
of the turf. stepped the distance in 40
fiat. This is one fifth of a second faster
than the time made by Man O War in
the most gruclling test of his career.
his victory over RI. p Whitney's John
j. Gricr in the Dwyer Stakes at Aque
duct.
The new mark is one and a ifth
seconds faster than the former track
record at Belmont Park, hung up in
1910 by A. X. Macomber's War Cloud.
The record set yesterday was aston =
ishing only because 1t was established
by horse of the caliber of Goaler
The course at Belmont Park is So fast
just at present that almost any horse
is apt to set new record if the pace
is made just right and the conditions
are favorable
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ZBYSzKO ON MAT TONIGHT
Champ Meets Dementral, Creek
at ArmorX Here

The first of series of wrestling shows
to he held at the First Cavalry Armory
during the summer season will be put
OF tonight. with Stanislaus Zbyszko,
worlds catch-as -catch-can champion,
and William Dementral, the Greek
Demon, in the feature fracas. Joe
Lustig. retired wrestler, of this city, is
in charge of these shows, which are to
be staged twice month.
LuStig said today that he is arranging
with Jack Curlcy, of New York, to'have
leading grapplcrs of the world appear
in this city, and it was probable that
II championship match between Ibyszko
and Joe Stechcr would be decided at one
OF the ball parks some time in July.
Three other matches are on this eve
ning's program besides the Xbyszko-
Dcmcntral Sct-to. Bull Montana. who
has forsaken the movies for n short time
in order to show his ability on the mat,
will take on Herman Gering. TIelmaf
Johnson, Swedo. tackles Carl Vogel,
a Swiss. Charley Olson, Of Philadel.
phia, meets Martin Ludeckcr, of New
York, in the opener
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BOBBY M'LEOD A WINNER
Defeats Tommy Murray in open.Air
Wind:Up at Cambria A. C.

Bobby Mcleod, 122 pounds. had the
better of Tommy Murray, 124 pounds.
in the eight round wind-up at the
weekly show of the Cambria A. c. last
evening. The going was slow at times,
but Mcleod used a good left and at
the end of the bout was easily entitled
to the honors.
The best bout of the evening was the
semi windup of eight rounds, in which
Johnny PaXson had the better OF Johnny
Pia2zi. The other numbers resulted as
follows: Joe Schricbcr substituted for
Bobby Allen and was defeated by
Johnny Royce in eight sessions; Terry
MCGovcrn shaded Buddy" Bradley in
six sessions, and Young Joe Butler
knocked out Young Ike Brown in the
sixth.
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RoGERs HoRNsBY, of the Cardi.

POGERS HORNSBY. of the Cardi. L.
nails. is the leading hitter of the
National League with a percentage Of
M. lie has made seventy two safe
ties out of 10 trips to the platter Me
Henry, a tcammatc, comes next with
$40, and Jimmy Johnston, of tic
Robins. follows with 800.
Emil Irish" Mcusel not only leads
the Phillics in batting, but he also
tops the circuit in the matter of four.
ply wallops. Meusel has sockcd n,
ball out of the lot on ten occasions,
and now leads George Kelly, of the
Giants, by one. lie has made six less
circuit smashcs than Babe Ruth.
irish has an average of .342.
JACK Miller follows Menscl in the
Phillies batting. Jack has made forty
seven hits iu l30 times at bat, while
playing in thirty. seven games. Bruggy
follows with percentage of $50, while
IL. Miller. Williams, Stengel, Wright
stone and Parkinson are the other Phiis
hitting Over 800.
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LEADERS MEET IN
INDUSTRIAL CLASH
HohIfeId and Disston Mines Bat
tie for First Place in
Amateur League
SAWMAKERS ARE FAVORlTES

What should he one Of tho best games
of the Industrial League baseball sea
son is on the schedule this afternoon
when DiSston Saw meets Hohlfcld on
the latter's field at Broad street and
Allegheny avenue. These clubs lead
the Industrial Amateur Baseball League
with clean slate. having won all five
games played thus far.
Disston rootcrs are confident the Ia
cOny representatives will lead the stand =
ings this evening and point to their
record for the season as compared with
their opponents. While the figures
show the snwmakcrs to have the better
record. Hohlfcld has p rovcd to be the
team with the punch in the pinch and
has snatched more than half of their
games by last Inning rallies.
The home club will use either Mackin
or Ryan in the pitchers box against
McElroy or Mason. On the hurting
record. IIohlfcld has proved to be- the
$3.50 proposition. as there is little
to choose between the quartet. The
record of the teams for the season fol-
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man. Kellehcr. Pearson and many other
players Of note were playing or watch
ing the matches.
New York's clean sweep in the singles
was quite q surprise. particularly 10 the
Boston men. who expected 10 give the
Metropolitan team a good run.
Nat Niles, who was last seen here in
the ice skating championships at the
Philadelphia Ice Palace. started out well
for Boston by beating Watson Wash
burn, a member Of the Davis Cup team.
well placed strokes Of the New Yorker
told on Niles In the last two sets and
tn" Olympic skater finally was trimmed.
Another match that attracted much
attention was the tilt in which young
Vincent Richards bcat q. CoIket Gamer
| in straight sets. Ga, &C. Gamer, It
will be remembered. played great
match against Billy Johnston last sum
| mcr IN the semi finals Of the National
| tournament at Forest Hills. He won
tn" second set from Johnston. Ga. and
lost III" others by the narrow margins
Of G-3. So GA. With this record. II
was expected that Gamer would make
fi' hards extend himself to win. but the
Young New Yorker was in rare form
He couldn't miss them. 20 that while
Gamer did not play badly. he was not
/ IN the running because Of Richards fine
driving, volleying and smashing
Good in Doubles
Richards also played fine tennis in the
doubles when he and Washburn de-
featPd Williams and Harry johnson IN
! straight sets. 6-2, Ga. waRhburn at
first was the target ut which the Boston
team shot. but toward the close of the
first set he was being played no more
than Richards. for he was going at n
great clip. Washburn is an excellent
J court general and he made many open.
ings by placements and then shot the
ball through the unguarded spot on his
next attempt.
The only match that the New Yorker
won in the Church events was the
doubles tilt in which Gamer and Miles
trimmed kumagae and Dean Mathcy b,
the score of Ga 6-3. Kumagae is no,
nearly the player in doubles that he is in
singles. Mathey is a good doubles man
but he couldn't carry Kumagae along
yesterday. Mathey won the national
doubles in 1914 with George NJ. Church
donor of the cup for which the teams
are playing today.
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eiman and HOnsby Setting Batting Respectively
WEIGH AND MEUSEL.
IN TOP PHILA. BATTERS
Macks Best Slugger Is Busting Bulb at 34I Clp While
Pills Leader Has Average of ;342-Irish Has
Ctouted Ten Homers
r1ARRY HEILMAN, Detroit "Ti-
hard hitting o,itfieldcr, still

11ARRY HEILMAN, Detroit "Ti.
t1pcrs'" hard hitting outfeldcr, still
cans tbc American. League with n per-
con,agc of .44O. lie has been in forty
o,sbt games. at bat 101 times, made
slightly four hits and scored forty one
runs -.
His nearest rivals. the two sluggirg
managers, Speaker and Cobb. have per-
nsntaScs of Ar and .401 respectively.
Cobb has been to bat seventy. three
times more than iris, and has walloped
tbo ball safely twenty seven times more
than his rival, who has been Mt bat
ia times and made safctics on sixty
occasions.
Johnny Walker has more kick in ms
bat than any of our Athletics. Johnny
has been in but twenty -four games. In
that time has garuered twenty five safe
ties in seventy one times at BAT for an
average of .352. Frank Wclch is the
real Mackian leader. however. He has
been in nineteen games more than
Johnny Walker and is batting at a
clip just eleven points below his team
mate.
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Carpenter Takes Day
of to Go 4-Colfng

Manhasset. y. v. June IT,
Georges Carpenter today passed up
his usual road work to play golf.
lie motorcd with II number of
friends to Garden City. !" J., and
intended to return after luncheon.
The challenger will do no heavy work
today or tomorrow. lie has prom
iscd, however, to attend a foreign
relief benefit in Roslyn and to spar
few rounds with one of his part
ners. He will resume training Mon
day and said today that he would
probably repeat his six round spar-~
ring session of Yesterday, ...-.
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PENN-DARTMOUTH
=. IN ALUMNI GAME
Larsen to Hurl for Red and Blue
in Third Game Of Series
Against Captain Ross
TRACKMEN AFTER RECORDS

To-day Is Alumni Day at the Uni
v"rsity Of Pennsylvania. when the
graduates from ms far back in the roll
OF classes rs there is living member
up to this years class, the bnby one.
parade from the quadrangle to Frank
lin Field, whore they go through their
movements. As I'm the past. the diff
fcrcnt classes will be in variegnted
gnrb. Usually the largest crowd Of the
season is on hand.
AS is the custom. n baseball game
will be played. with Dartmouth as the
attraction. In addition, efforts will
be made to break worlds records in two
track events. In the COO Earl Eby
will run from scratch in an effort to
lower the mark made by Melvin Shcp-
herd back in 1911. Of ! minute 10 4 ,
seconds. The cx-Rcd and Blue cap
tain, who will be the sole representa-
tive of Pennsylvania at the National
College Championships at Chicago on
the eighteenth, will give liberal handi-
caps to some of the best athletes in this
city and several out-of town stars in
an effort to break the record. This
race will be held in the fifth inning of
the baseball game
~ llt IlntH lTullle lHe lNo'-NUru run
will start with, Eby and newly elected
Captain Larry Brown on scratch
Handicaps have been given to such men
as Sid Leslie, the Guarantee Club
New York. runner. who is at present
national 10O0-ynrds champion. The
record Of = minutes 12 81 seconds is
also held by Shepherd. II any mark
will fall. II is expected that This will
be the one. for both Eby and Brown
are in great shape and ready for the
race, confident that they will break
the record.
Larsen to Hurl
Coach CariSs, of the baseball tenn.
announced this morning that he would
start his star southpHw. Walter Lar
sen. the Salt Lake city lad who to date
has registered five straight victories.
Larsen took the mPasur" Of the Han
! overians up ut their home loan some
time ago in the first game Of the three
game series by the score Of ) 10 -. In
the second game. held on Franklin
Field. Doug Sheffcy was pcIted hard
and the Red and Blue lost the contest
| 10 to T.
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OPEN ATHLETIC FIELD
Flag Raising and Field Events on
Gulf Refining Program

The Gulf Athletic Association opened
it's new athletic field at Point Breeze
avcnie and Penrosc Ferry Bridge this
afternoon with appropriate exercises.
The program included a flag, raising
and field exercises. in which the en-
ployes participated. The events were
kcenly contested, as there arc many
athletes of note in the various depart
mcnts.
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Philadelphia Captain Meets
New York Jap in Play at
Merton Cricket Club for
George Myers Church
Cup
BOSTON IS BEATEN
BY SpICK HALL

one Of the bcst lawn tennis battles
~ Of the season will be staged this
afternoon at the Merton Cricket Club
when Wallace +. Johnson. captain and
first singles player on Philadclphia'
Church Cup tenn. clashes with 1chiya
KumagaC New York'a -notcher,
who gave X. y. Williams. Cd. Boston.
a lacing yesterday in fine three set
battle. johnson is out for blood. He
Graves n NippOncsc victim. and IL he
goes "a well today IA he has been in
the recent tournaments. he Will get
revenge for the defeat handed him
by the Jap portsidcr In the Pinehurst
finals this spring
Ichiya Is playing a bang up game
SO that the tilt today IL going to be
worth seeing. The contest will be a
good one TO watch also because the
styles Of the two players are as tar
apart as the United States and the
Isle Of zap. Kumagae Is a hard -driv-
ing left handler who puts n vast amount
Of top on the ball and also enough
suin to give II fast break In the air
and a wicked bound. Kumaga@ places
accurately. is a. good gcttcr and al
ways fights to the last.
Great Tactician
Against this game Johnson will use
his speedy chop stroke that has caused
the undoing of 40 many OF his opp" =
nrnts. He is more accurate than
Kumagae and is one OF Americas lawn
tennis tacticians. When johnson and
Kumagae met at Pinehurst early in the
spring. the former had had scarcely
any practice, while Kumagae was vel
advanced as he had been playing at
Palm Beach in the winter.
Williams unstcadiness yesterday
was the reason for his defeat. At times
he showed flashes of the form that car
ripd him to the top Of American ten
nisdom in 1914 and 1916. However. he
was not able to keep up sustained at
tack Of brilliaucy long enough TO wiz
over Kumagae. Williams was at his
best in the second set when after
Kumagae had run up lead OF three
love he opened up whirlwind offensive
| that swept the little Jap of his feet
This set williams carried GA, taking
! six out of the last seven games.
II looked as though Williams hHC
really come back to form. but the steady
drives forced his Boston opponent into
many errors and the match ended wher
! Williams ncttpd an easy shot in a Ions
| deuce game that he had several chances
to win by taking one point.
Lot Of Talent
There was the greatest array of lawn
tennis talent at Merton yesterday tha
Philadelphia has seen in a long while
Virtually all of the experts of the Eas
were either competing or watching tn
New York team take eight out or th
nine matches from Boston. Williams
Kumagae, Washburn, Niles and Wal
lace johnson, all in the first ten wer
present. Richards, Voshell, Mathey
Gamer. Craig Biddle, Carl Fischer
BeaIs c. Wright, Irving Wright, Beck
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There are other important games in
the league. particularly the WINS
Thornton Fuller match at Point Breeze.
The cake makers have added consider
able strength to their lineup and are
out to make fight for the pcnnant,
even though they are tritlc removed
from first place.
An interesting race is also being
staged in the Philadelphia Manufacture
crs' League. with the teams being
closely punched. De Frain Sand is tied
for first place with Liggctt \ Myers
after having defeated Odsmobilc last
Saturday in fifteen innings by the score
&c A o., 'Thn tpn n, StanlinpS
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The line up
Delaware City Plays Strawbridae

The Delaware City A. A.. pride OF the
peach growers. having made "A splendid rec
ord through the State Of Delaware. feels sure
they are sufficiently strong 20 compete with
the teams OF other States. and will endeavor
to add Strawbridge Clothier to their list of
victories. The team has been considerably
strengthened for this game and those for
tunRte enough to he at, the Strawbridge q
Clothier Field. SiXty-thIrd and Walnut
streets, no doubt will be treated 70 some
classy baseball
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11

Hatch Motors Is newcomer IN inc
league. having taken the place of
Franklin Printing They played their
first game last week and won, and op-
pose Liggett & Myers this afternoon
and are out to beat the leaders.