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The Little River news., 1921-04-13

GIANT MAMMOTH BRONZE TUR-
 key eggs, Gold Band Strain, $4.OO for 12.-Mrs H. G. Chauncey, Wilton, Ark. 3-26
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N0TICE-ALL PARTIES HAVING
 crates belonging to Ashdown Potato Curing Association, please return them or pay 25c each--C. H. Park. 4.30
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LOST-PAIR OF LADIES' SHOES,
 newly halfsoled, and pair of socks Return to J. R. Furlow. 1t
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CALL A FOR FLOWER BOXES.
 porch boxes, flower stands, nlagszin- es and racks. Any klnd of bench work
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YOU KNOW xoR ARE GETTING THI
 best wilsn you attend Ionderson's Business Colloge, Texarkana. Write for freo catalogua. tf
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LAND TO RENT AND ALL KINDS
 of farm tools for sale.--H 6. sam derson, Ashdown. 11-tf
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WIZ HAVE A JERSEY BULL THAT
 will be at our farm east of Ash down this season. -Flemming Bros. Ashdown, Ark 4-23
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A survey of the physical condition of school children of Bentonville, Rog- CTS, Pea Ridge, Centerton and several rural schools showed about 6 per cent of the children have one or more deiects and about 12 psr cent have enlarged or diseased tonsila. The sur vey was made by Mrs Charlotte Kun -ae, coanty public health Red Cross nurse,
 The okolona Messenger says it is reported that farmer near Hope made more money from one-half acre of radishes this year than he mada from IA acres of cotton last year
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k. E. HAMPTON-NOTA PUBLIC.
 Office with McIver Abstract and h. surance Company, Sanderson Ruild- ing, Ashdown, Ark. el RI
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BABY CHICKS AND LEGHORN EGGS
 for sale. Phone S11F2-Herbert Maddox 5-1
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D. H. TOMPKINS- PJIRT,Tf4
 Office in First National Bank Bldg. AshdOWn, Arkansas
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J. L. MARTIN -NOTAElS #
 At Arkansas State Banhu $
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SWEET POTATO PLANTS WE WILL
 have sweet potato plants for sale in short time. Place your orders early.-Ashdown Potato Curing Assoc iation,C. H. Park, Manager. If
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EGGS-PURE BARRED ROCK EGGS
 for sale by Mrs. c. N. Rowe. 4-13
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FOR SALE-PLANTING SEED, LONE Star and Mebane. Supply limited. see me at once.-J. A. Mcdonald. Ash
 down. 17-tf
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c. M. SUTTON-NOTARY PUBLIC. Office in Arkansas State Bank.
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POTATO PLANTS-I WILL HAVE A
 limited amount of Nancy Hall and Porto Rico or Key West potato slips; 4Oc per 100 or $3 per 1000; also to- mato plants, New Stone, 1Oc per dozen or soc per 100. Send in order early, cash with order to avoid delay.-L. P. Beck, half mile northeast of Ashdown on Hicks road. 4-31
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!OCW FOR SALE-GOOD MILK COW.
 Apply at this office.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27

alone than could the three of us to-
gether."
She sprang quickly from the thoat
and. throwing her dear arms about my
neck turned to Sofa. saying with quiet
dignity: Sly. Solai Dejah' Thoris 70
mains to die with the man she loves"
Those words are engraved upon my
heart All gladly would give mp my
life thousand times could i only hear
them once more but 1 could not then
give even a second to the rapture OF
her sweet embrace, and pressing my
lips to hers for the first time. picked
her up bodily and tossed her to her
seat behind Sofa again, commanding
the latter in peremptory tones 10 hold
her there by force. and then. sIapping
the thoat upon the fiank,'I saw them
borne away; Dejah Thoris struggling
to the last to free herself from Sola's
grasp.
Turning, | beheld the green war
riors mounting the ridge and looking
for their chieftain. In a moment they
saw him, and then me; but scarcely
had they discovered me than l COM
menced firing, lying nat upon my belly
In the moss. l kept up a continuous
stream of fire until / saw all of the
warriors who had been first to return
from behind the ridge either dead or
scurrying to cover.
My respite was shortlived however.
for soon the entire party, numbering
some thousand men. came charging
into view racinp madly townrd me I
fired until my rifle was empty and
they were almost upon me, and then
a glance showing me that Dejah Thoris
and Sofa had disappeared among the
hills, / sprang up, throwing down my
useless gun, and started away in the
direction opposite to that taken by
Sofa and her charge.
II ever Martians had an exhibition
of jumping, 1t was granted those as
tonished warriors on that day long
years ago but while Il. led them away
from Dejah Tboris It did not distract
their attention from endeavoring to
capture me.
They raced wildly after me until.
finally, my foot struck projecting
piece of quartz, and down | went
sprawling upon the moss. As looked
up they were upon me. and although I
drew my longsword in an attempt to
sell my life as dearly as possible, II
was soon over / reeled beneath their
blows which fell upon me in perfect
torrents; my head swan; all was
black. and / went down beneath them
to oblivion.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27

sword, sharp and cleaning, was in my
right hand; l could have plunged it
into his putrid heart before he realized
that l was upon him; but as l raised
my arm to strike / thought of Tars
Tarkas, and, with all my rage, with all
my hatred, could not rob him of that
sweet moment for which he had lived
and hoped all these long. weary years,
and so, instead, swung my good right
fist full upon the point of his jaw.
Without a sound he slipped to the floor
as one dead.
In the same deathly silence / grasp
ed Dejah Thoris by the hand and, mo-
uoning to Sofa to follow, we sped
noiselessly from the chamber and to
the floor above. Unseen we reached a
rear window and with the straps and
leather of my trappings l lowered first
Sofa and then Dejah Thorls TO the
ground below. Dropping lightly after
them / drew them rapidly around the
court In the shadows of the buildings.
and thus we returned over the same
course had so recently followed from
the distant boundary of the city
We finally came upon my thoats in
the courtyard where l had left them.
and placing the trappings upon them
we fastened through the building to
the avenue beyond. Mounting. Sofa
upon one beast, and Dejah Thoris be-
hind me upon the other, we rode from
the city of Thark through the hills to
the south,
No word was spoken until we had
left the city far behind, but | could
hear the quiet sobbing of Dejah Thoris
rs she chung to me with her dear head
resting against my shoulder.
IF we make 1T, my chieftain. the
debt of Helium will be mighty one;
greater than she can ever pay you;
and should we not make it." she con-
tinued, "the debt is no less. though
Helium will never know, for you have
saved the last of our line from worse
than death"
l did not answer, but instead
reached to my side and pressed the
little fingers of her l loved, where they
CLING to me for support. and then, in
unbroken silence, we sped over the vel
low, mOonlit moss; each of us occL
ried with his own thoughts
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27

and Dejah Thoris anu .soih stood
alone before the jeddak OF the Thanks
One chieftain alone had hesitated
before departing; saw him standing
in the shadows of a mighty column.
his fingers nervously toying with the
hilt of his great sword and his cruel
eyes bent In implacable hatred upon
Tai Hajus. 1t was Tars Tarkas. and
1 could read his thoughts as II they
were an open book, for the undis-
guised loatbips upon his face. He was
thinking of that other woman who.
forty years ago, had stood before this
beast, and could have spoken word
into his ear at that moment the reign
of Tai Hajus would have been over;
but finally he also STROBE from the
room. not knowing that he left his own
daughter at the mercy of the creature
he most loathed.
Tai Hajus arose, and !, half fearing
half anticipating his intentions, hur-
ried to the winding runway which led
to the floors below. No one was near
to intercept me, and I reached the
main floor of the chamber unobserved,
taking my station in the shadow Of
the same column that Tars Tarkas had
but just deserted. As I reached the
floor Tai Hajus was speaking.
princess of Helium, might wiring
mighty ransom from your people
would l but return you to them un-
harmed, but thousand times rather
would / watch that beautiful face
writhe in the agony of torture 1t shall
be long drawn out. that promise you;
ten days Of pleasure were all too short
to show the love 1 harbor for your
race. The terrors of your death shall
haunt the slumbers of the red men
through all the ages to come; they will
shudder in the shadows of the night
as their fathers tell them of the awful
vengeance of the green men; of the
power and might and hate and cruelty
of Tai Hajus. But before that torture
you shall be mine for one short hour,
and word of that too shall go forth to
Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium. your
grandfather, that he may grovei upon
the ground In the agony of his sorrow.
Tomorrow the torture will commence;
tonightfhou art Tai Hajus'; comet"
He sprang down from the platform
and grasped her roughly by the arm,
but scarcely had he touched her than
! leaped between them. My short
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27
CHAPTER XII.
Chained In Warhoon.

It must have been several hours be-
fore / regained consciousness. | was
lying among n pile of sleeping silks
and !urs in the corner of small room
In which were several green warriors,
and bending over me was an ancient
and ugly female.
AS I opened my eyes she turned to
one of the warriors, saying:
''He will live, o Jed"
tbs well" replied the one so ad-
dressed, rising and approaching my
couch, "he should render rare sport
for the great games"
And now as my eyes fell upon. him.
I saw that he was no Thark, for his
ornaments and metal were not of that
horde. He was huge fellow, terribly
SCARED about the face and chest. and
with one broken tusk and missing
ear. Strapped on either breast were
human skulls and depending from
these number of dried human hands.
His reference to the great games OF
which ! had heard so much while
among the Thanks convinced me that
had but jumped from purgatory into
gchenna
l was strapped securely to as wild
and manageable thoat as I had
ever seen, and, with a mounted war
rior on either side to prevent the beast
from boiling, we rode forth at a furi-
Gus pace In pursuit of the column.
Just before dark we reached the main
body of troops shortly after they had
made camp for the night I was i'm
mediately taken before the leader. who
proved to be the jeddak of the hordes
of Warhoon.
Like the jed who had brought me,
he was frightfully SCARED, and also
decorated with the breastplate of hu-
man skulls and dried dead hands
which seemed to mark all the greater
warriors among the Warhoons, as well
as to indicate their awful ferocity.
which greatly transcends even that OF
the Thanks.
The jeddak, Bar Comas, who was
comparatively young, was the object
of the fierce and Jealous hatred of his
lieutenant, Oak Kova, the Jed who had
captured me, and I could not but note
the almost studied efforts which the
latter made to affront his superior.
He entirely omitted the usual for
NAL salutation as we entered the pres
ence of the jeddak, and as he pushed
me roughly before the ruler he ex-
claimed In loud and menacing voice
Il have brought strange creature
wearing the metal of Thark whom it
Is my pleasure to have battle with
Wild thoat Mt the great games"
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27

buildings upon the further side, and
thence to the avenue beyond. With
only the slight chance of detection
which the necessary crossing of the
avenues entailed. i made my way in
safety to the courtyard In the rear Of
Dejah Thoris' quarters.
Here. of course, found the beasts
of the warriors who quartered in the
adjacent buildings. and the warriors
themselves / might expect to meet
within If / entered; but, fortunately
for me, had another and safer meth
cd of reaching the upper story where
Dejah Thoris should be found, and,
after first determining as nearly as
possible which of the buildings she &C.
cupied, for / had never observed them
before from the court side, / took ad-
vantage of my relatively great
strength and agility and sprang up
ward until / grasped the sill of sec
ond-story window which / thought to
be in the rear of her apartment. Draw
ing myself inside the room / moved
stealthily toward the front of the
building. and not until l had quite
reached the doorway of her room was
/ made aware by voices that 1t was &C.
cupied.
did not rush headlong in, but lis
tened without to assure myself that II
was Dejah Thoris and that 1t was safe
to venture within. 1t was well, indeed,
that i took this precaution, for the
conversation | heard was in the low
gutturals of men. and the words which
finally came to me proved q most time
ly warning. The speaker was chief
Tain and he was giving orders to four
OF his warriors.
And when he returns to this cham
Der" he was saying, "as he surely will
when he finds she does not meet him
at the city's edge, you four are to
spring upon him and disarm him.
When you have him fast bound bear
him to the vaults beneath the jeddak's
quarters and chain him securely where
he may be found when Tai Hajus
wishes him. There will be no danger
OF the girl returning, for by this time
she is safe in the arms of Tai Hajus,
and may all her ancestors have pity
upon her for Tai Hajus will have
none. the great Sarkoja has done 4
noble nights work. l go. and II you
fail to capture him when he comes, 1
commend your cnrcasses to the cold
bosom of Iss."
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27
CHAPTER x.
A Costly Recapture.

As the speaker ceased he turned to
leave the apartment by the door where
l was standing, but l needed to wait
no longer; l had heard enough to fill
my soul with dread, and stealing quiet
ly away i returned to the courtyard by
the way had come. My plan of ac-
ton was formed upon the instant and,
crossing the square and the bordering
avenue upon the opposite side, i soon
stood within the courtyard of Tai Ha-
jus.
l glanced up at the stories above
discovering that the third was appar-
emily unlighted. and so decided to
make my entrance to the building from
that point. 1t was the work of but a
moment for me to reach the windows
above. and soon / had drawn myself
within the shelterlng shadows of the
unlighted floor.
Fortunately the room l had selected
was untenanted, and creeping noiseless-
ly to the corridor beyond l discovered
light in the apartments ahead of me.
Reaching what appeared to be door
way discovered that 1t was but an
Der which lowered from the first floor,
two stories below me. to the dome-like
roof of the building high above my
head. The floor of this great circular
hall was thronged with chieftains. war
riors and women, and at one end was
great raised platform upon which
squatted the most hideous beast had
ever put my eyes upon. He had all
the cold. hard, cruel, terrible features
of the green warriors, but accentuated
and debased by the animal passions to
which he had given himself over for
many years. There was not mark of
dignity or pride upon his bestial coun-
tenance, while his enormous bulk
spread itself out upon the PLATFORM
where he squatted like some huge
devil fish, his six limbs accentuating
the similarity in horrible and star
Ting manner.
But the sight that froze me with ap-
prehension was that of Dejah Thoris
and Sofa standing there before him,
and the fiendish leer of him as he let
his great protruding eyes gloat upon
the lines of her beautiful figure. She
stood there erect before him, her head
high held, and even at the distance
was from them could read the scorn
and disgust upon her face as she let
her naughty glance rest without sign
of fear upon him.
Presently Tai Hajus made sign
that the chamber be cleared. and that
the prisoners be left alone with him
Slowly the chieftains. the warriors
and the women melted away into the
shadows OF the surrounding chambers,
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27
RECAPTURED.

synopsis--The author tells of his
acquaintance with the hero of one
of the most remarkable adventures
ever recorded. From a manuscript
left by his friend he has WILDLY set
out the strange happenings which
brought together n brave Virginfan
gentleman and a Princess OF Mars.
In the Arizona hills John Carter.
mining prospector and ex-Confed-
crate soldier. fleeing from a war
party of Apaches, takes refuge in
a cave the atmosphere OF which
has a remarkable effect on him.
Yielding to its influence he sinks
into unconsciousness. his last
thoughts conferred on the glow from
the planet Mars. Awakins, Carter
realizes that he has. IN some in
comprehensible manner, been trans
ported to Mars. He Is captured By
Tars Tarkas and a party OF Mar
tan warriors. He is conveyed a
prisoner. to a Marian city. Three
days later n feet OF airships from
the neighboring state of Helium Is
attacked by Carter's captors. the
green Maruans. One of the air
ships Ia captured. Among the pris-
oners is young woman of a race
different from the green Martians
and closely resembling the women
of the earth. Carter ascertains
that the fair prisoners name is
Dejah Thoris. granddaughter of the
1eddak. or rulsr. of Helium. Ac-
cording to custom she is doomed to
die by torturs. He fights for her
and assures her of his sympathy.
John lessne the language and be-
comes . chieftain. though still a
nominal prisoner. Dejah Is put In
charge of Sofa. friendly woman.
The two prisoners plan to escape
before Dejah Thoris is taken be-
fore the supreme ruler OF the green
Martians, Tai Hajus. John fights
n sword duel to the death. Sofa
tells her unique secret.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27

SO that am now able to do my work.
/ recommend your Vegetable Compound
to my friends who have troubles similar
to mine and you may use these facts
as testimonial. Mrs. CT. PHILLIPS,
Toomsboro, Ga.
Weak, nervous women make unhappy
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husband and children. 1t has been
said that nine -tenths of the nervous
prostration, nervous dependency, 1.-THE
blues, irritability and backache arise
from some displacement or derange-
ment of a woman's system. Mrs. Phil
lips letter clearly shows that no other
remedy is so successful in overcoming
this condition as Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
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Battling for life in the aren.
of Green Martians.
tTo BE coNTINUED.J
French Claim to Mont Blanc.

Mont Blanc, the monarch of noun
tains,' as Byron called 1t, is mainly in
France. and the ascent is commonly
made from Chamonix. Chamonix and
Mont Blanc are in the French de-
partment of Haute-Savoie. And the
fact that most persons believe them
to be in Switzerland annoys the
French very much indeed, especially
the residents of that region. So there
Is campaign on foot now to rebap-
tie the department de la Houte-
Savoie" and call 1t department du
Mont Blanc"
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27
CHAPTER Discontinued.

did not saddle or mount the ami
mails there, but instead walked quietly
in the shadows of the buildings toward
an unfreduented avenue which led to-
ward the point where had arranged to
meet De5Ah Thoris and Sofa With the
noiseleesness OF disembodied spirits
we moved stealthily along the desert
ed streets, but not until we were with
In sight of the plain beyond the city
did commence to breathe freely.
was sure that Sofa and Deja Thors
would find ne difficulty in reaching our
rendezvous undetected, but with my
great thoats ! was not so sure for my
self. as 1t was quite unusual for war
riors to leave the city after dark; In
fact there was no place for them to go
within any but a long ride.
l reached the appointed meeting
place safely. but as Dejah Thoris and
Sofa were not there led my animals
into the entrance hall of one of the
large buildings. Presenting that one
OF the other women of the same house
hold may have come in to speak to
Sofa, and so delayed their departure,
did not feel any undue apprehen-
sion until nearly an hour had passed
without sign of them, and by the
time another half hour had crawled
AWAY was becoming filed with grave
anxiety. Then there broke upon the
stiffness Of the night the sound of an
approaching party, which. from the
noise, ] knew could be no fugitives
creeping stealthiiy toward liberty
Soon the party was near me, and
from the black shadows of my en-
trance way / perceived score OF
mounted warriors, who, In passing.
dropped dozen words that fetched
my heart clean into the top of my
head.
He would likely have arranged to
meet them just without the city, and
so" heard no more. they had
passed on; but 1t was enough. Our
plan had been discovered, and the
chances for escape from now on TO the
fearful end would be small indeed.
My one hope now was to return unde-
tected to the quarters of Dejah Thoris
and learn what fate had overtaken her,
but how to do 1t with these great
monstrous thoats upon my hands, now
that the city probably was aroused by
the knowledge of my escape, was a
problem of no mean proportions.
Suddenly an idea occurred TO me and
acting on my knowledge of the con-
struction of the buildings of these an
cient Marian cities with hollow
court within the center of each
square, l CROPPED my way blindly
through the dark chambers, calling the
great thoats after me. They had diff
Guilty in negotiating some of the door
ways, but as the buildings fronting the
city's principal exposures were all de-
signed upon a magnificent scale. they
were able to wriggle through without
sticking fast; and thus we finally
made the inner court where l found,
as had expected, the usual carpet of
moss-like vegetation which would
prove their food and drink until
could ret1rn them to their own en-
closure.
Removing the saddle trappings, hid
them just within the rear doorway Of
the building through which we had
entered the court and. turning the
beasts loose. quickly made my way
across the court TO the rear Of the
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27

was DO weak and ner-
vous l didn't know
what to do, and could
not do my work. Ny
trouble was deficient
and irregular peri
DDS. l read in the
papers what Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound had
done for others and
decided to give it a
trial. l got good
ras,,lta from ifa moo
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DON'T
DESPAIR

If you are troubled with pains or
aches; feel tired; have headache,
indigestion, insomnia; painful pas
sage of urine, you will find relief III
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Warming! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds, Headache, Neural
gia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of As
pirin cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Of
Monoaceticacidester Of Salicycacid.-
Adv.
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so WEAK
so NERVOUS
How Miserable This Woman Was
Until She Took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Toomsboro, CAT suffered terribly
with backache and headache all the time,
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+. A man is merely as duh as his point
of view.
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Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-27

Just So.
I'VE ordinary people never get in
vited to Il house party" Yes, we
have lot of luck that we don't APP
preciate."