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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.

(From the Times Recorder Jan
nary 5, 1922
Anon the new additions to the citi-
zenship of Americas, we are glad to
note Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sheffield,
recently of Albany, who are now re-
siding at 125 Taylor sfeet. AS Miss
jennie Davis, Mrs. Sheffield was
widely known as one of the handsom-
est and most accomplished ladies in
the state and has many friends in
Americas who will be pleased to learn
that she is to reside here.
The movement for a reduction of
the cotton acreage grows stronger
every day. Next Wednesday there
will be convention of the agricul-
tural commissioners of the South in
the city of Montgomery, to which a
number of Americas and Sumter
county farmers will add their views.
The Bank of Commerce opened its
portals yesterday and declared itself
ready for active business. The bank
is located under the Windsor hotel,
and its appointment is elegant and
tasteful. It's personnel is formed of.
J. W. Sheffield, president; Frank
Sheffield, cashier, and Lott Warren,
assistant cashier.
Miss Annie E. Darby, of Garland,
Ala, and A. W. Powell, of Russell,
5. G., were married Sunday after
noon in the home of Mrs. H. D. Watts,
where the bride was visitor. Rev.
Robert Adams performed the cere-
mony in the presence of number of
friends. Following the marriage Mr..
and Mrs. Powell left for South Car
olina, where the groom is engaged in
business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

(From the Times-Recorder Jam
uary 3 1929
WITH many new students already
" enrolled, the new year has begun
at the Third District A. & NJ. college
under the most favorable auspices.
More than a score of new students
came in yesterday and others are ex-
peeted to arrive later today.
Urgent is the need for additional
school room in the public schools, ac-
cording to Superintendent Miller and
John 4. Cobb, president of the board
of education.
After spending the holidays in
Americas at his home, Judge Charles
R. Crisp left this morning for Wash
ington to resume his important du-
ties during the long spring and sum-
mer months.
Miss Louise Rodgers, after spend
ing the holidays here at her home,
returned today to her studies at Bes-
sic Tiff college.
Mrs. G. w. Glover left yesterday
for Oxford. Fla, where she viii re-
main a few days before going to
Tampa for the winter season.
Mrs. R. f. McNulty and Mrs. H.
B. Allen will go today to Sanderville
for visit of week with Mrs. Robert
Miller.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05


was man unknown to Bill.
There are certain laws, among the
northern MEN, as to trapping rights
Mostly they are unwritten; but their
influence is felt clear beyond the
Arctic Circle. They state quite clear
ly that when man lays down a line
Of traps, for. certain distance on
each side of him the district is his.
and no one shall poach on his pre-
serves. And these Indians had late
~ been partners in an undertaking
to clear the whole region of its furs.
They had no idea but that Bill had
discovered their trap lines and had
come to make trouble.
So they were considerably amazed
at Bills first question. Did one of
you make those tracks out there?"
he asked
NO." Joe grunted. "0ur pardner
made it. Follow it down-pretty
soon find, another cabin"
TX
Bill only had to turn to see the
snowy roof.of the cabin, two hundred
yeards away down the glade.
1t was new cabin, just erected,
and smoke drifted family from its
chimney. Bill raped on the door.
Come along in,' some one an
swered gruffly. Bill did not have to
glance twice at the bearded face to
know in whose presence he stood.
Changed as he was, there was no
chance for a mistake This was
Harold Lounsbury, the same man
who had passed his camp years be-
fore, the same lost lover that Vir-
ginia had come to find.
Bill saw that the man was fright
ened. His lips were loose, his eyes
nervous and bright, his 35hand did
not hold quite steady. Here was
one that the wilderness had crushed
in its brutal grasp.
This did not mean that his health
was wasted. His body was strong
and trim: except for suspicious
network of red lines in his cheeks
and yellow tinge to the whites of
his eyes, he would have seemed in
superb physical condition.
The evidence lay rather in the ex-
preston of his face, and most Of all
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05
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sled and mush into Bradleyburg. The
snow was still too soft for long
jaunts.
Came a clear, icy night, and the
Northern Lights were more vivid and
beautiful than ever. Bill thought
Virginia was watching their display:
if he had known. the real subject of
her thoughts, he would not have
come. and stood in the doorway with
her.
We're not the only ones to see il" y
Virginia told him softly! Somewhere
| Think feel-that Harsid is watch
ing it, too. Somewhere over this
snow"
Bill did not answer, and the girl
turned to him in tremulous:
Wont you find him for me, Bill?"
she cried. ''You are so strong, so
cApable-you can do anything, any
thing you try. Won't you find him
and bring hi mback to me?'
The man looked down at her, and
his face was ashen.
VII
One clear, icy night gale sprang
up in the east, and Virginia
and Bill fell to sleep to the sound of
its complaint And when Bill went
forth for his mornings woodcutting
he. found that his snowshoes did not
break through the crust.
The wind had blown and crusted
the drifts during the night.
This permitted him to make dash
over to certain stream further down
toward the Yuga river in search of
any sign of the lost mine.
When about two miles from the
cabin he saw, through rift in the
distant trees, a human trail in the
snow.
He stood a moment in the drifts,
torn by an inner struggle
All his fondest hopes, his dreams,
all the inner guardians of his own
happiness told him to keep his
search, to journey on his way and
forget he had seen the tracks. Every
desire of Self spoke in warning to
him.
But Bill Bronson had higher law
than self. Long ago, in front of the
ramshackle hotel in Bradleyburg, he
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found the days much
" happier than she had hoped.
She liked the hours of sober
talk in the evenings. Sometimes
they would play through the records,
and SO well had Bill made his selec.
tons that she never tired of them.
She had her lonesome hours, but
not so many as she had expected,
When time hung heavy on her hands
she would take out one of the old
magazines that Bill had brought up
to read on the winter nights.
She had abundant health. The ex-
perience seemed to build her up,
rather than injure her. Her muscles
developed, she breathed deep of the
cold mountain air, and she had mora
energy than she could easily spend.
She fought away the tendency to
grow careless in dress or appearance
She kept her few clothes clean and
mended, she dressed her hair as care
fully as in her city home.
Their cabin life was redeemed by
their frequent excursions into the
wild. The study of Nature was con-
stantly more absorbing to the girl.
In these excursions Virginia
learned to use her pistol with re-
markable accuracy. Her strength in
creased; she could follow wherever
Bill led.
They did not forget their graver
business. Ever Virginia kept watch
for track that was not an animal
| track, blaze on tree not made
by the teeth of porcupine or grizzly,
charred cooking rack over the
ashes of fire. But as yet they had
found no sign of human wayfarers
other than themselves.
Bill never ceased to search for his
mine. he looked for blazes, too; for
a sign of an old camp or a pile of
iwashings beside stream. When he
found an open streamhe would wash
the gravel, and it seemed to him he
combed the. entire region between
| the two little tributaries of Grizzly
river indicated on his map. But with
the deepening snow search was ever
more difficult, Unlike Virginia, he
was almost ready to give up.
Every day winter strengthened its
shackles.
Even the rapids of the river had
begun to freeze.
But now the snowshoe frames were
done, wrought from tough spruce,
and the moose hide cut into thongs
and stretched across to make tho
webs. For few days Bill and Vir.
ginia had been captives in the cabin
and they held high revels in ceiebra-
ton of their completion. Now they
Icould go forth into the drifts again.
1t did not mean, however, that the
time was ripe for them to take their
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

had given a promise-to find Harold
Lounsbury!
He turned and went over to investi-
gate the tracks.
He followed swiftly down the trail,
anxious to know his fate at the first
possible instant. He saw that the
trail was fresh, made that morning;
ne had every reason to think that he
could overtake ne man who had
made it within a few hours.
He did not catch up with the
traveller in the snow. But shortly
after the noon hour his keen eyes
saw wisp of smoke drifting through
the trees. and his heart leaped in. his
breast. He pushed on, emerging all
at once upon human habitation.
1t was lean-to rather than
cabin. A fire smoIdered in front.
And his heart leaped with indescrib-
able relief when he saw that neither
of the two men that were squatted
IN the lean-to-mouth was the stran-
ger who had passed his camp six years
before.
Bill had old acquaintance with the
type OF man that confronted him
now. One of them was Joe Robinson
an Indian who had wintered in
Bradleyburg few years before.
his companion, Pete the Breed, a
half-breed with a mixture of French.
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in the surroundings in which he
lived.
He was utterly unkempt and
slovenly. His coarse beard covered
his lips, his matted hair was dull
with dirt, his skin was scarcely less
dark than that of the Indians them
selves. The nails ON his hands were
foul; the floor of the house was clut-
tered with rubbish and filth.
Yet leering through his degeneracy,
his identity could not be mistaken.
Here was the man Virginia had
pierced the North to seek.
What do you WANT" he. asked.
You're Lounsbury, of course" Bill
answered.
Sure, ask you again-what you
want?"
you've been living on the Yuga.
You came up here to trap my terri
tory"
Lounsbury remembered his stanch
aIlies-Pete and Joe. "And what if
| did?"
'You knew I trapped here. You
brought up Joe Robinson and a breed
with you. You meant to clean up
this winter-all the furs in the coun-
try"
harold's face drew in scow.
"And what are you goin' to do about
it?"
"The queer thing is" and Bill
spoke quietly, slowly, I'm not going
to do anything about 'it-now didn't
come to see you about trapping. l
came-about Virginia fremont"
Virginia." he cried. my God,
what do you know about herr"
All at once he looked, with an
annoyance and anxiety that at first
Bill could not understand, toward the
door of the cabin.
An Indian squaw-for all her filth
and untidiness fair representative
of her breed-pushed through the
door and came stolidly inside.
BiH's face was stern as the gray
cliffs of the Selkirks when he turned
again to Harold as that your wo-
MANI" he asked simply
Harold shrugged. Zone doesn't
marry squaws," he replied.
Il came to find Harold Lounsbury,
a gentleman" Bill vert on in the
same strange, flat voice, land | find
Ia squaw man."
(Continued in Our Next Issue.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05
TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

From the Times-Recorder Jan
uary 5, 1922
Rev. W. A. Nelson, the newly APP
pointed Bible school instructor at
the First Baptist church, will be pre-
pared Monday to enter upon that inn
Fortant duty.
Miss Annette Walker, of Monroe,
IS the attractive guest of her sister,
Mrs. Frank Harold, at her home on
College street.
Misses Fannie Stallings and Flor
ence Page leave tomorrow for Short
er college to resume their studies.
Americas people who have coal in
their bins are fortunate, as a coal
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05
BEGIN HERE TODAY

Bill Bronson and Virginia fremont
find themselves forest prisoners in
Bills cabin in the Clearwater of
Canada. Bill was hired by Vir-
ginia to guide her in her search for
her fiance, Harold Lounsbury, who
vanished in the Clearwater six years
before. Her fiance's uncle and a
cook, Vosper, completed the party.
Bill and Virginia were ehgulfed in
fording Grizzly river Bill saved
Vifginia's life. The others, left on
the opposite shore, deserted. Bill
hopes to look also for the lost minn
of his fatherfi murdered by partner.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

shortage is reported all down the line.
owing to the inability of the roads to
get cars to the mines.
The doors of the postoffice viii be
closed from this date at 8 o'clock at
night, and letters for mailing must
be presented to the office before this
hour.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05
EDIT RIAL.
LET'S FIND OUT.

TIE Times-Recorder publishes on
the front page of this edition a
communication from Major James A.
Fort to the mayor and city council
which should arouse the active inter
est of every citizen. In it Major Fort
calls attention to the fact that the
fire insurance rates in Americas are
much higher for the same protection
than in Atlanta, and pertinently asks
the reason why, suggesting that the
city administration take steps to find
out.
Major Fort is obviously correct in
his conclusions: Either the patrons
of the fire insurance companies here
are being gouged by unjustified rates,
or the city is not affording a class of
protection justifying equal rates with
other cities.
The issue is important, and there is
no getting away from the conclusion
that one or the other of these con-
ditions exists. If Americas is giving
itself adequate fire protection-and
we believe it is-it should be on an
equal footing as regards rates with
other communities, regardless of size.
If it is not, steps should be taken to
remedy the defect OF inadequacy. The
difference gainst Americas now
amounts to thousands of dollars an
nually-either an unjust discrimina-
ton or silent submission to hold
up.
There appears to be remedy
enough. Let us find out the facts an,s
then, if the falut is ours, let's cor
rect it and enjoy the benefits; if the
fault is with the rate makers, let us
hale them before the state comptroll-
en-, who has authority over the insur-
ance concerns doing business in the
state.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

PE2CN R~0 SAFEiE: - Thou
wilt teep hlm in perfect reat=. ' hose
MIND Is stayed on the. because he
trusteth in thee.-Isaiah 1858.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

Coed for Waynesboro. Her COM
munity elevator, which was complet-
ed and put in operation only a few
months ago, and which burned Tues
day, is to be rebuilt In the short
time it was in use the farmers got
taste of what it meant to them to
have cash market handy at all times
for handling their grain and other
field products. You don't keep a
community like that down.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

Our ships viii come in when our
ships go down.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

man who recently came here
from Michigan, leaving a tempera-
ture of 16 degrees below zero, land
ed in town wearing heavy wooden
underwear. 1t took him only ten
minutes to get in hurry-up order for
his tratK and only few minutes
more to rescue his bvds from storage
and park the heavies away in moth
balls.
The 1922 directories will soon be
telling where we lived last year.
Children mind the parents who
mind the children.
Ireland is free, but Kentucky is
still fighting:
What's the Matter With the
Noon?" headlines the Digest. Maybe
Tie man in it got some moonshine.
1t isn't what's on girls. back so
much as what's in her head.
Women agree that the man who
said women never agree, was wrong.
The McCornieks got divorced last
year and neither one of them have
remarked yet.
Lookout will help the outlook.
1t is easy to find fault because no.
body wants it.
HE slapped me every day in 921,"
says a New York wife. He should
have taken holidays off.
United we stand; divided we pay
Alimony.
An abb is proving you did do
what yon didn't so somebody will
think you didn't do what you did.
Il ignoranee is bliss there's lots of
happy congressman.
New afrplanes have everything
except a place to get out and crank
when the engine stops.
Our ships will come in when our
ships GO down.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

The 1922 directories will soon be
telling where we lived last year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

New airplanes have everything
except place to get out and crank
when the engine stops.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

Children mind the parents who
mind the children.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

Ireland is free, but Kentucky is
still fighting.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

Il ighoranee is bliss there's lots of
happy congressman.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

What's the Matter With the
Noon?" headlines the Digest. Maybe
Tie man in it got some moonshine.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-05

An abb is proving you did do
what yon didn't so somebody will
think you didn't do what you did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-04
TO TELL ABOUT THIEVES
E. f. A. Reinisch, Superintend-
ent of Parks, Has New Plan for
Preventing Destruction of Flow
ers and Shrubbery in Parks.

Il am going to write a book on
Thieves and Vandals.' and it is going
to be an interesting book" E. Fl A.
Reinisch. Superintendent of the city
parks, announced this morning.
Reinisch says that the book is going
to contain the names, street addresses
and telephone numbers of the persons
who have been breaking down ana
tearing up shrubhery in the city parks
and picking the flowers-a1 of Whlcn
Is against the law.
TT will hurt some of them good
deal worse to have their names and
addresses published, than it would TO
have them arrested" Reinisch says
He says he has become adept in the
art of catching the numbers of cars
which carry maraudtng parties TO the
park.
'I always get the number of the
car and then get the name from the
state office. If I asked the people
themselves their names, they would lie
to me anyhow Reinisch says.
The situation is being complicated
because the superintendent of parks
is starting to set out beds of gerani-
uns, bordered with "Joseph's Coat,
each of which will contain several
hundred plants.
The tearing up of a few plants from
one of these beds means that the
park keepers must go back and reset
the plants, a few a time, and the
beds have only - month in which to
grow Reinisch says.
Its hard on the nerves and the
disposition, to go back and reset a
couple of dozen plants a week, just
because some thief has torn them
OUT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-04
PLAN 0. E. S. MEET
Annual Banquet and Meeting
To Be Held Wednesday.
Grand MatrOn and Grand
Patron viii Be Here.

The annual meeting and banquet OF
the Past Grand Matrons and Past
Grand Patrons association of the Or
der of Eastern Star of Kansas will be
held at 5 o'clock Wednesday after
noon in the Egyptian room of the Ma
sonic temple. The meeting will open
with a business session, which will in
clude the annual election of officers.
8 o'clock. The five banquet tables
will be arranged in the shape of a
star and will be decorated with the
colors of the order. r..
Mrs. I4avina Becker of Lawrence.
who served as first grand matron of
the grand chapter of the Order of
Eastern Star of Kansas in 1879. viii
be in attendance. She served as pres
ident of the association in 1920.
Officers of Association.
The officers of the association are.
Mrs Julie X Holm of Marysville,s
president; Fred Voiland of Topeka.
vice president; Mrs. Mabelle F. Lane
of Topeka, secretary, and Mrs. Anna
NJ. Apologize of Wichita, treasurer. e.
The guests of honor will be Grand
'Matron Mrs. Rebecca May Ayres-
Crask of Topeka. and Grand Patron
John A. Terrell of Sedan
Among the persons who will be in
attendance are: E. H. Anderson, To-
peka; Mrs. Anna NJ. AppIegate, Wich-
tia; Mrs. Della Bennett. Topeka: Mrs.
Dilla Bittell. Kansas City. Mo; Thorn
as L. Bond, Salfna; Mrs. Clara NJ.
Bramwe1, Belleville: Mrs. Minnie p
Burke, Fredonia; Mrs. Kinda E. Ches-
ney, Winfield.
Mrs. May Crawford, Battle Creek,
Mich; Mrs. Katie z. Crumbine, To-
peka; Arthur Davis, Mcpherson; Mrs.
Matte Davis, Liberty; Mrs. Helen B..
Farnsworth, Topeka: Mrs. IRA Feely,
Jennings; p. s. Hendricks Topeka:
Mrs. Mira Motrum. Ottawa; c. W.
Murphy, Ottawa; Elmer 5. Vance,
Oswego; Mrs. Anna w. Port, Beloit;
J. c. Porter. Kansas City. Kan; +.
w. Poindexter, Kansas City, Kan;
George Pogson. Rittsburg; Mrs. Eliza
beth Reader, Hays; Oscar Rice, Fort
Scott; Mrs. Myrtle suit, Topeka; Mrs.
May C. Snedden, Lexington, Miss;
Celestia A. Stevenson, Olathe; Mrs.
Lettie z. Trouslot, Newton; Fred Vol
land, Topeka; Miss Emma NJ. Viets,.
Topeka: Mrs. Eva Wheeler, Nortoni
Grant Harrington. Kansas City, Kan;
Mrs. Mary A. Harrington, Kansas City,
Kan; Mrs. Catherine Hughes, Kansas
City. KAN; J. E. Humphreys. Wich-
tia; Mrs. Julia X. Holm, Marysville;
Selden H. Kilgore, Topeka; Mrs. Ma
belle F. Lane Topeka: Leslie NJ LipP-
man, Fort Scott; Mrs Lille V Len
nan. Ness City; Mrs Elijah beth Nc
Gee. Girard; Mrs. Anna B. Morrish,
Oberlin: Mrs. Blanche Wilson, Salina;
Walter Wilson. Topeka; the Rev. John
w. Waldron, Great Bend; Mrs. Cary
E. Yates, Junction City; Mrs. L. f.
Young Junction City, and Mrs. Eta
S. Maine. Alberta, Canada.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-04
KATY TO BOARD
Records in Charming Out"
Scrap Are Presented Today.
Chicago Body VIII Try to De-
eide Peace Work Controversy.

Chicago, May Records on the
shop contract controversy between the
union shopmen on the Missouri. Kan
sas e. Texas and the railroad were
brought before the United states rail-
road labor board today for an in
vestigation into the legality of the
farming out railroad repair and shop
work.
The case dates back several weeks
to the time when the A. s. Hecker
Company of Cleveland, was awarded
a contract to take over all shop work
at the roads shops in Parsons, Kan.
DeniSon, and Sedalia, Mo, where the
company's largest shops are main
tanned. CT. McGoen. attorney for the
shop crafts, presented numerous com
munications between the unions and
the railroad relating to the contract
Several union kilograms contained
strike threats if the road persisted in
contra citing the shop work to outside
companies.
The unions contend that such
farming OUT methods are Illegal and
merely an effort to escape the juris-
diction of the labor board. The board
took cognizance of the situation last
week and ordered both parties to the
controversy before it today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-04
FeLLe rs, Here
Are Last Plans
Rotary Parade

Listen, faIlas.
You know all about the Rotary
parade at 1 o'clock Saturday noon2
Yeah. And about the fun contests
:atsthe fair grounds in the afternoon =?
II eah. And the. big campfire with a
whale of a fotta stuff to eat in the
evening? Yeah. And the prizes {?
Yeah.
Wen, then you know it alI-with
the exception of where you are to
gather for the parade. In the paper
last night you were promised that in
formation. Here it's:
Boys 4 to Is form in line of march
facing east on the north one-half of
Fourth. street between Kansas avenue
and Jackson.
Boys IL to "a form on south one
half of Fourth street between Kansas
avenue and Jackson.
Boys 10 to IA form on north one
half of Fourth between Jackson and
Van Buren,.
Boys TO 10 form on south one-halE
Of Fourth between Jackson and Van
Buren,.
Now don't forget. Saturday, May
6. It's a big day for you and the Ro-
tary men. Let your folks know that
you won't be home till late.
S'IOuV