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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-21
SEVERAL MORE,
ENTER CONTEST
Miss Ivey And Miss Logan Arc
Running Cose Race Fer
Legion Queen
Boy, "Howdy!"
Thew stlre voted vesterda v.


They sure voted yesterday.
Got some new ones into the race
and the one who lands the prize
as the American Legion Armistics
Day Queen is going to have to &c.
a barrel Of votes the way they came
piling in this morning.
Got some new ones in the race,
too.
Miss jamie Murray hit the con,
test with 1910 and right behind her
is Miss Elizabeth Joyner with 1860.
There's Miss Alma Webb, Of Sum
ter, with 900 and other new comers
are Misses Marie Martin and Billie
Webb. ss3sta,
Vote early and often and get your
favorite into the race before it's too
late. Today's coupon is good for rs
votes.
Monday somebody is going to taEf
a big jump. BE sure It's your can
didate.
Remember the contest closes Mo-
vember /.
The standing today:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-21
w. G.. TJRPIN CLEANS
UP POULTRY AWARD j

W G. Turpin cleaned W at ths
Southeastern fair poultry exhibit the
past week. The Barred Cock club
members had a wonderful display
and competition was as hot as any
one could wish for.
The awards were: best shaped
male, w. 6. Turpin, Americus; best
shaped female, w. G. Turpin; hast
colored female, w. G. Turpin; best
colored male, w. G. Turpin.
On Imperial Ringlets, Mr.. Turpin
won first prize on cock, second on
cock and first on pullet, and on the
Orpingtons, first on the best pen.
first on pen of pullets and second
on pen of four hens.
Mr.. Turpin has returned from At
lanta where he attended the fair
and is very much gratified with his
wnnigs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-21

The first device for the mechanic
cal manipulation Of figures was
consecutive number machine in
vented in 1860.
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WEATHER FORECAST

For Georgia-Fair tonight and
Sunday; little change in temperature.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-21
AMERIcUs SPOT COTTON

Strict Middlihg % lac.
NEW YORK FUTURES
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12
WHEAT PRODUCTION IS
SLIGHTLY BELOW 1921

WASHINGTON. Sept. 12.-World
production of wheat this year, eN-
cmdng Russia and Mexico, is csti-
mater by the United States Depart
mcnt of Agriculture at 9,526. 900
bushels, based on actual estimates
from reporting countries and esti-
mates based on condition reports
! Production in 1927 was 3,059. .596.-
600 bushels. and for the prewar
19o9-l3 average 2,S90.353, 900 BUSH
els.
I Decreases occur in nearly all Euro
| pean countries. Total European
! productions is estimated at 1,100.991,-
600 bushels, compared with 1.239,-
25G,000 bushels in 1921 and Il pre-
war 1909-l2 average of l.275,l57,-
600 bushels. British India and ia
pan will have 392.S47,000 bushels,
compared with 2S2,094. 900 bushels
last year, and 375,S27.000 bushels,
the prewar average. Both Canada
and the United Safes show increased
production over last year with a
combined estimated outturn of L. /
l2596S.000 bushels. compared with |
1,095,7 600 bushels in 1921 and |
SS3,S10,0oo bushels, the 19O9-1S pre- |
war average.
Russia reports favorable crop con-
ditions, and according to advices !
from all sources will be able to feed |
herself this year. Last year Russia
imported wheat. Production figures
for Mexico are not available, but
hnC hal
duced. according to an unofficial es-
innate, compared with the 19O9-13
average of 9,995,0OO bushels. For
Africa a total production of ST.
$4,000 bushels is estimated, com
pared with S1,S9S.O00 bushels in
1921, and with the prewar 19O9-l3
average of 73,134, 900 bushels.
Total production in the Norther |
according to actual es-
Inmates from reporting. countries.
will be 2,200,65O,OO bushels, com
pared with 2,143,979000 bushels in
1921, and with 2,O2O,276,000 bushels,
he prewar average. Estimates
made by the United States Depart
nent of Agriculture based on con
lition reports bring this total up to
!,G77 5000 bushels, compared with
1857, 100000 bushels in 1921, and
With prewar average of 2,6O7,92S.-
100 bushels. Total production in the
Hemisphere for the last
harvest season is estimated at 342-
$4,000 bushels, compared with SG2-
$4,000 bushels in 1921, and with |
S2,425.0 bushels the 19O9-13 pre- +
var average, The acreage of the !
rowing crop in Argentina is esti- r
mated to be larger than that of the c
rop just harvested. {
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12
A<NN1NG7j y J z Fl 4
ZVARREIEIN
Omitted Press Sports Editor)

Omitted Press Sports Editor)
NEW YORK, Sept 12.-U PD-
John McGraw won three pennants il
row with dhe New York Giants il
1911, 1912 and 1913. Since then M
National League club has been abb,
to finish first twice in succession.
After the Giants had run up theil
three championships, the pemant
started travelling and went to Boston
Philadelphia, Brooklyn, back to
New York, Chicago. Cincinnati,
Brooklyn and back again to New
York.
In the American League, the pen
nant has also been wandering. The
Boston Red SoX won in 1915 and
1916, and then Chicago, Boston, Chi
cago, Cleveland and New York won.
st. Louis and Washington are the
only cities around the, big time cir
cult that have never won 4 pennant.
st. Louis was big noise in the old
American Association, when cham
pionships We're won in 1885, 1856,
1887 and 1888.
New York and Chicago are the
only cities that have had two PEN
nant winners in the same season
The Cubs and the White Sox had a
private worlds series in 1906 and the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12

! Giants and the Yanks had one last
fall.
If the Giants and the YankS should
! repeat this year it will be the first
! time that one city won two pennants
Louis shoul happen to turn in q
double winner, it will be the first
time different cities won two pen
nants in successive seasons.
The worlds series this fall reVerts
back to Il seven game proposition,
four out of seven winning. Until
something definite is established in
the two pennant races, no arrange
mentS can be made. The season
closes on October /, and both New
York clubs should win the series
will probably start on October 3 and
be played right through. If either
New York clubs win, the series most
likely will start in New York on the
same day.
In 1920 the late Jim Dunn, then
owner of the Cleveland Indians. won
the toss and chose to open the series
with Brooklyn in Cleveland, but he
later discovered that he couldn't get
his park ready on such short notice
and he allowed Brooklyn to open
The championship.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12
Shaking The
Job Tree For
Fat PIun7s

BY LAURENCE NJ. BENEDICT
Omitted Press staff Correspondent. }
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-U. p
The republican majority in the
House is now devoting a good deal of
its time CunofficiallyJ to .'"intcrnal
politics."
Administration members. back from
a six weeks recess spent AT home in
the gentle art of trying to he rcnomi-
mated. are now playing the game Of
politics among themselves, with the
stakes the floor leadership and a
number of important committee chair
manships in tho next congress.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12

don't even have backache every month.
| cannot praise your Veget able Com
pound enough and highly recommend it
to those who have troubles like mine. |
am willing for these facts to be used as
2 testimonial to lead all who suffer with
female troubles, as | did, to the right
road to health. Mrs. LULA VANN, Boz
3, Fulton, Arkansas.
ltsthis sort Of praise ofI.ydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, given bv
word Of mouth and by letter. one woman
70 another, that should cause yoG TO con-
slider taking this we'll known medicine. il
you are troubled with such symptoms as
painful periods, weak, nervous feelings,
miserable pains in your back, and can
not work at terfain times.
Here Is a woman who is so grateful
md glad 20 be relieved from a painful
nd nerve rackiny physical condition
MT she .~i''r7 81 :. 'i ~ SICK women.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12
GIRLS! LEMON JUICE
BLEACHES FRECKLES

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons in
10 a hottie containing three ounces Of
Orchard White. which any drug store
will supply for a few cents, shake we'll
and you have quarter pint Of the
best freCkle and tan bleach, and com
plexion whitener.
Massage this sw,etIy frasraut lem
on lotion into the face. neck. arms
and hands each day and see how
freckINs and blemishcs bleach out and
how clear. soft and rOsy-white the
skin becomes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12

ity rule is followed, Rep. Green, of
Iowa will ascend the gavel throne.
Loneworth is next in line.
The chairmenship of another influ-
entail committee may be vacant. Rep.
Winlow Of Massachusetts is consid-
cring dropping out of politics. His
wife wants him to and it looks like
she'll win.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12
New Floor Leader

There Is little real talk of putting u}
a man to contest with Speaker GilIett
the next congress and So the reDuhli.
cans are giving first thought to tn,
position of floor leader, which Rep
Mondcll, of Wyoming. vacates thi,
year to either go To the Senate or re-
tire. Several members are being
prominently mentioned for MondeH's
job, chief among them being Nicholas
Ioneworth Of Ohio. sydney Anderson
Of Minnesota and viii r. Wood. IF
Indiana. LonlWurth seems to have
the inside track and If he gets the
place. the son-in-law uf the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt viii 80 last step into
the prominence his friends say hn has
long deserved.
Next in line. and probably first ir
real importance. comes the chairman
ship uf the powerful rules committee
which really decides what th, house
will do, and when. The present chair
man. Phillip Campbell 81 Kansas. was
beaten fur denomination. Rep. % g..
smell OF New YORK i- the ranking re-
publican member and viii Doc. prouoi-
ed To- the chairmlnsnir
The chlirmaushiD 0f the ways and
means coWmittra TsiIl he vacant. due
tp th. retirement OF Rep. Joseph
Fordnss. OF Michigan. o. tho senior
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12

If there's any serious effort to un-
seat Speaker G illett, the three mem
bers mentioned for the floor leader
ship probably will be the strongest
candidates for the place. But at least
one of them, Longworth has said he
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12

would not enter a contest with Gillett
The list or congressman already
scheduled to leave the House at the
end of their present terms on March
4 includes 27 republicans. most of
them wheelhorses of the party.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12
MRS, LULA vANN
FULTON, ARK.
Suggests to Suffering Women
the Road to Health
Fulton, Arkansas. II used Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a

soreness IN my side.
lwould suffer so bad
ly every month from
my waist down that |
could not be on my
feet half the time. |
wasnot able to do my
work without help. /
saw your Vegetable
Com pound adver-
tised in a newspaper
and gave it a fair
trial. Now ] am able
IN do T,,rr n-orLy apI
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12

If New York and st. Louis should
win the pennants the series prob
ably will be arranged So that only
one trip will be necessary between
I the two cities
1t might be decided on toss to
have four played in one city and
three in another. In 1920 Cleveland
and brooklyn agreed to play three
games in each city and return to
Brooklyn for the seventh game if
necessary. but it wasn't necessary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-06

"onc dry along in the late
spring" Mrs. wit went on with
the story. grandpa said, You
know there seems 20 be some
thing in aii this talk about bad
feeling among the Indians. J
think IL would be well to prepare
Ourselves against an attack
again the young husband and
wife laughed at the idea and went
on about the business Of getting
ready 10 tend and harvest tlNir
first crop.
"But grandpa, being older and
wiser climbed the hill--right over
there" she pointed 20 the hill
which you can sec from her win
dow land found a great hollow
stump. burned out or rotted out,
/ don't know which, which seem
ed 20 him tho thing he wanted.
ITO this he and the children
carried blankets and things 80
that they could run to II az a
safe hiding place u they need
Ell Il.
However. the summer passed
with no excitement, till one night
In August. when mother and
father heard excited whispers and
soft knocklngs at thvir door.
'Quicki oh come quick! and
blder the children were saying,
IT'S the Indians' DO you hoar2
rnd.nnsl They're coming TO XII
usi
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yard suggested they might move
on. Il wns too late for play and
still a bit too early 10 begin the
contemplated round Of all-nighi res
taurantA Also. n WINS too warm
/ for a music hall.
SO they killed another hour AZ
: the Ambassadors. where they were
7 fortunate in getting good places and
/ the entertainment Imposed no strain
upon the attention. where. toe. the
audience. tho Heterogeneous. was
/ sufficiently wcii-drcscsed and we'll
hammered 10 innpart 20 beautiful
/ lady and her squire a pleasant con
sciounness ~ being left very much
to themselves IN an amusing expires.
sion OF a civilization cynical and
self sufficient.
But that was 80 wherever they
went that night; and. IN a sense.
/ they went everywhere. In no city
Z In the world Is the doctrine Of Ro-
AZ you please -butmindyour-own bust
ness more studiously inculcated BY
example than In Paris. especially in
/ It's hours OF relaxation. Lanyard
had not been NO long an exile as TO
have forgotten his way about en-.
! tireiy, and with what was new since
his time Mademoisel'c Rentaux was
thoroly acquainted. And IL he felt
/ himself rather ghost rcvisiting
glimpses Of a forgotten moon. " ali
I the odalisques were new 20 his
vision and oil the sultans strange.
/ II never an eye that scanned his
face turned back for second look
I In uncertain "Reminiscences. he had
to console him the company OF a
/ young woman whom everybody
seemed TO know and admire and
! like. In none Of the resorts they
visited did she fail TO greet or be
I hailed by a handful OF acquaint.
ances. Yet they were generously
let alone.
Az 10 that, Lanyard could not
complain. The truth was that. de.
spite the dark thread OF sober pur.
pose which ran thru those tolcrably
! purple hours. he WAS being excel.
lently entertained Not by this sad
business OF scampering from one
place of dubious fame 20 another:
| iVt W any ftthitNs bflfc oi ItJu-
venation To be distilled from the
practice OF buying champagne at
each stopand leaving every bottle
barely tasted; not by those eolorful.
dissolving tableaux, always much the
same IN composition II set against
( various backgrounds, OF under.
I dressed women sitting with concu.
I piscent men and swallowing cold
poisons In quantities calculated TO
spur them into the frenzy OF semi.
orgiastic dances: by none OF these,
but simply by the society OF IA
woman OF a type perhaps not unique
but novel In his experience and In.
4 triguing TO his understanding
n there we're anybody or thing
Z girl Of her age-Athenais was
about twenty five shouldn't know.
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Perhaps know them. II might
save time Il you would give me
their names
Now Il IL you who ask me 70
risk losing an enjoyable evening".
but 30 BE- II. lie comts de Lorgnssf
Maaemo!sells Ronsaux looked
blank.
Madame Ia comsesse de Lorg.
nes7-
The young woman shook her
head.
Both Of class sure 70 be con-
splcuous IN such places az Maxifps ..
Lanyard explained. The names.
then. are probably fictitious"
III you could describe them. per
haps-7"
Useless. am afraid. neither is
an uncommon type. Any word pic
ture OF either would probably fit
any one OF score Of people Of the
same life. Are you then acquainted
with a man named Phinuit--siven
maine unknown--an American
No"
mr.. whitaker Monk. Of New
York;
The mlilionairef'
That Is quite possible"
He made his money in mum.
tons. believe the girl reflected
"or perhaps II WAS oil"
Then you do know him?''
Il met him one night. or rather
one morning several weeks ago. with
gay party that joined ours at
breakfast at Pre-Catelan."
And do we still drive out to Pre-
Catelan to milk the cows after an
adventurous night. mademoiseiler"
She nodded. and Lanyard signed:
1T is true, then: man ages, his
foilies never"
n quaint little stupid" the girl
unused
Pardon. mademoiscIle7
IL was thinking OF Whitaker
Monk"
quaint. grant you. But hardly
little, or stupid. A tall man. as
thin as diet. with face like a
comic mask OF tragedy !"
Paul, dear" said Athcnais Re
neaux more In sorrow than In an
ger, "aomebody has been taking adj
vantage Of your trusting nature.
whitaker Monk is short. hopclessly
stout. and the most commonplace
person imaginable"
Then II would appear" Lanyard
commented ruefuily, zone did wisely
TO telegraph London for keeper.
Let US get hence. II you don't mind.
and endeavor TO forget my shame In
strong drink and the indecorous
dances Of an unregenerate genera.
ton"
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Ihey ctfmOed on Co"tet-L
Light Fingers and Conet-INgs
we're after Nancy and Nick. and
~ Nancy and Nick. you must
NOV, were likely 20 be caught They
we're in the Fairy Queens automo-
~ and were stuck In a muddy ditch
unnide the road.
DIT the Green Wizard saw the
Niger and just as the two bad
hiries reached the car he threw an
Enchanted sheet over the Twins.
automobile and all. and they became
>sys9s'sss at once.
Tor goodness saker' cried Light
Fingers II must be going blind.
Tell me. Comet.I.egs. did ! or did ]
not see the magic automobile with
NE Twins in it7''
You didr declared CometfrgH.
Tor saw II myself. But ] don't
- Il now Something must have
happened Now. what do you sup
pfse Il was7''
The two bad fairies wondered and
wondered. but that's AL The good II
- than.
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she knew him, her or ~ II there
were any place she shouldn't go,
abe either went or had been there,
IL there were anything she shouldn't
do or say or think or countenance'
those things she--wlthin limitations
did and said and thought and ac'
cepted or passed over as matters OF
fact and no consequence. And tho
she observed scrupulously certain
self Imposed limitations she never
made this obvious, she simply avoid.
ed what she chose TO consider bad
taste with deftncss and tact that
would have seemed admirable In n
woman of the great world twice her
age. And with It all she preserved
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a sort Of champagne effervescence
OF youthful spirits and an easy
going cameradere incomprehensible
when one took into consideration
the disillusioning circumstances Of
her life. her vocation as a paid gov
eminent spy. trusted with secrets
and worthy OF her trust. dedicated
TO days OF adventure always dan
gerous. generally sordid. and like
at any time 20 prove deadly.
Young. beautiful. admirably
poised. accomplished and intelligent.
she should by rights have been
wrapped up In love OF some man
her peer In all these attributes. But
she wasn't; or she said she wasn't
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ofar, Seattle
.:Rtory:Rbqk..'.
- 81 kNAbel ClclAnxLl 4
rage ovV
THE REFUGE IN A STUMP

AS quickly as possible. mother
got up and dressed and father got
his gun and started TO load II
You know how they loaded guns
in those early days7 Well. some
how in his haste. father got his
Riinwad too tight and it stuck; he
used the ramrcd with all his
strength. but he couldn't bulge
II. and finally he had 70 run with
the others, carrying the gun with
out load. no II was no better
than a heavy club.
"All that night they lay bud.
died in their strange hiding place.
but when morning came and no
blood.curiling ycils nor stealthy
footballs had disturbed their
peace. they cautiously went back
TO their homes.
Word came from the fort at
Stciiacoom. however. before very
long. and from the settlers at
Puyallup that no settler was safe
with his family on a lonely farm.
that oil white people would better
gather into the forts so that they
might stand together and also
have the protection of the sol.
dicrs
You take the children.
father mother said. and go on to
the fort We aren't one bit afraid.
wV'll look after both places here
and gather our crop"
ITO BE Continued
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In one of those moments OF gravity
which served TO throw into higher
relief the lightheartedness of her
bad mage with Lanyard. asserting
an entirely willing disposition 10
stand aside and play the pensive,
amused. indulgent spectator in the
masque OF love danced by world
mad for 1t, grasping for love greed
lily even In it's cheapest shapes and
guises.
If IL comes" she sighed. st will
find me waiting, and not unwilling.
But Il will have TO come In another
form than those ] know about"
MY dear" said Lanyard. be UNI
afraid. II always does"
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BY STANLEY
BY ALTMAN
BY BLOSSER
BY CONDO

She called herself Athenais Be
neaux. but she didn't pretend 10
Lanyard that she had no better title
TO another name. Her French was
of the purest. a delight TO listen to.
yet she was in fact less French
than English. Her paternal fore
bears to the third generation had
lived In England and married Eng
lishwomen. she said: and more than
this much about herself. nothings
perhaps deriving some qualification
from leaving such broad fields OF
conjecture open to the intere8
which an enigmatic psrsonAAU
never failed to excite.
Go BE Contlnuefo ii
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tUS QUIZ uftu oDbf t0 trf*B
, BY and by they wandered off. then
they climbed on Comet-Legs star
again and saifed away 10 tell Twelve
Toes the bad news.
When they had gone the Green
Wizard took off the enchanted sheet
and there were Nancy and Nick in
plain view again.
ON, thank YOU" said Nancy.
Now W. can take the automobile
back TO the Fairy Queen"
mot yet" answered the Green
Wizard. You are stuck In magic
mud and ] don't know any charm
that will get you out. I'll have TO
20 70 the Chimney Sweep and get
some ashes and SCOT 10 sprinkle
round. You stay here until l come
back"
SO OFF he STROBE over the tree-tops
20 the place where the Sweep lived.
Knock. knock. knock. went the
Green Wizard on a big chimney,
and the sweep stuck out his head.
"Howdy," said he. what can I do
for your"
ITO BE- Continued
Copyright 1922. by Seattle STAR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-06
ninmnnd Cni Diamond

Lanyard and Athcnais Reneaux
had dnw over dinner and coffee
and cig, y with SO much tacit de.
liberation that. by the time Ian.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-09-23
NOTICES,

A mass meeting of the Commun-
lty Service League will be held on
Wednesday night, September 81, at
= o'clock at Buchanan School. The
various clubs, organizations and
churches Of the city and vicinity have
been invittd to be represented. The
purpose is to plan for Emancipation
Celebration Oh April 3, 1925, If
found advisable by the representa-
tiyes.
Should there be any clubs Or Or
CARNATIONS who have not received a
communication send your two dele
gates just the same and they will be
gladly received. We tried to get in
touch with all organizations. We
may have missed some by not know
ing the officers and their addresses.
Please remember the date, Wednes-
day, the 9th, at s p. M.
Community Service League, head
quarters 700 N. 18th st. Nathaniel
Roy, president; w. r. Jones and G.
r. Williams, secretaries. Committee,
Rev. J. II. 'Binford, D. D., M. P.
Tyler, w. r. Jones and G. r. Will
liams.