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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-26
LEGAL AID NO. 473

Will be sold before the courthouse
door in the City of Americas, Sumter
county, Georgia, between the legal
hours of sale to the highest bidder
for cash on Tuesday, June 18th,
| 1922, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
A certain house and lot in the City
of Americas, Sumter county, Georgia,
described as beginning on Fielder
street at the intersection of Hill
street and an alley and running in
a southeasterly direction along Eel
der street 167 1-2 feet, thence south
| ITO feet, thence west las feet to an
alley, thence north 269 feet along
said alley to Fielder street, the point
! of beginning. and comprising Lots
Two, Three and Four of the E. L.
Kiker subdivision, and being the
/ house erected by Mrs. S. p. Tomlin-
'son during her life.
This sale to be made pursuant to
the authority specified in a certain Sc
curity deed dated May 7, 1919, sign
ed by j. D. Hooks and Thomas B
Hooks to Mrs. S. H. Young, recorded
in Deed Book MN, Page 595, clerk
office, Sumter county, Georgia
which deed was given for the pur-
pose of securing a loan of $2,500.00
made by Mrs. S. H. Young to j. D.
Hooks and Thomas B. Hooks on the
7th day of May, 1922, and which
loan was assumed by j. B. Pearce,
who has defaulted in the payment
of same.
The power of sale vested in
grantee therein as stated in said deed
provides that if said loan is not
paid when due then the grantee in
said deed is authorized to advertise
the same once a week for four weeks
in the newspaper in which sheriff S
sales are advertised and to sell be-
fore the court house door in Ameri-
Gus, Sumter county, Georgia, to the
highest bidder.
Said debt was not paid at maturity
on the 7th of May, 1922, and this
sale is to be made pursuant to the
terms of said power of sale and deed
will be executed to the highest bid
der as provided in said power of sale
in said security deed.
This 18th day of May, 1922.
MRS. S. H. YOUNG,
By w. w. DYKES, Attorney at
Law.
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LEGAL AID NO. 46s

TGEOREIA, Sumter County.
VIII be sold before the court
house door in Americas, Sumter coun-
ty, Ga, on the first Tuesday in June,
1922, between the legal hours of sale,
to the highest bidder, for cash, the
following described real estate to-wit:
The whole of lot of land No. 161,
containing 253 acres and so acres il
the northwest corner of lot of land
No. 160, all in one body in the 18th
district of Sumter county, Ga, con-
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aiming 279 acres more or less.

tanning 273 acres more or less.
To be sold as the property Of Geo.
H. Waddell to satisfy a certain fl ia
which issued from the City Court OF
Atlanta on the 7th of March, 1922, in
favor of Geo. NJ Foreman agains.
Geo. H. Waddell Tenant in posses
sion and defendant in fl ia notified in
terms of law. This 4th day of May,
1922.
LUCIUS HARVEY,
Sheriff of Sumter County.
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of a majority of the common stock
may so determine.
Third
The object of said corporation Is
pecuniarv gain to itself and its
shareholders.
Fourth.
The business to be carried on by
said corporation is that of publishing
and marketing any book, magazine
or paper that they may desire.
Fifth
The capital stock of said corpora
ton shall be Three Thousand $780,
00O) Dollars, with the privilege of
increasing same to the sum of Fifty
Thousand dollars by a majority vote
of the stockholders; said STOCK to DC
divided into shares of Fifty Dollars
each. Ten per cent of said capital
stock has been actually paid in. Pc
titioners desire the right to have sub
scriptions to said capital stock paid
in money or property, to be taken at
fair valuation.
Sixth
Petitioners further desire to issue
common and preferred stock in such
proportions as may be determined by
the stockholders.
Seventh
Petitioners desire the right to sue
and be sued, to plead and be implead-
ed, to have and use a common seal,
to make all necessary bylaws and
regulations, to have and own copy
rights and patents, and to do al
other things that may be necessary
for the successful carrying on of said
business, including the right to buy
hold and sell real estate and personal
property, to execute notes and bonds
of Indebtedness incurred, or which
may be incurred, in the conduct OF
the affairs of the business and to Sc
cure the same by mortgage, security
deed or other for moi lien, under ex-
listing laws.
Eighth
Petitioners desire that said corpor.
alton may have the right to elect a
board of directors. by a vote of its
common stockholders, and to elect 9
president, vice-president, secretary
and treasurer by said board of direc-
tors.
Wherefore petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid with the powers, priv
ileges and immunities herein set
forth, and as are now, or may here
after be, allowed a corporation of
similar character under the laws of
Georgia.
DAN CHAPPELL,
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in office, May 22nd, 1922.
S. Il. HEYS,
Dept. elk, S. C.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
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Notice of Local Legislation"
S. T.. HEYS,
Dept. Clk., S. c..

A BILL
To be entitled an act to amend an
act, entitled an "Act to Amend, Re-
wise and Consolidate, the several acts
granting corporate authority to the
City Of Americas, to confer addition
al powers upon the Mayor and City
Council of Americas; to extend the
corporate limits of said City, so as
to change the method of electing a
clerk and treasurer for said City of
Americas, from election by the peo-
pie, and providing for bis election
by the Mayor and City Council of
Amoricus; to change his term of of
flee from two years to one year, and
for other purposes.
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LEGAL AID NO. 472

NEUhGIA, OumCer county.
All creditors of the estate of Mrs.
Mae Page Collins, late of Sumter
county, deceased, are hereby notified
to render in their demands to the
undersigned according to law, and all
persons indebted to said estate are
required to make immediate payment
to me. May 18th, 1922.
GEORGE T. ADAMS,
Administrator of Estate of Mrs. Mae
Page Collins, Deceased. 1866
Healey Building, Atlanta, Ga.
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LEGAL AID No. 45S--

l.
Georgia, Sumter County, w. r. Bur
leigh VS.. Selean Burleigh. Libel
for Divorce, Sumter Superior
Court, May Term, 1922.
To Selean Burleigh:
You are hereby required personal
ly or by attorney, to appear at the
next term of Superior Court of said
county of Sumter, on the 4th Mon
day in May next, then and there to
answer plaintiffs complaint, as in de-
fault thereof the court will proceed
as to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable z. A. Lit
tlejohn, judge of said court, this
April thirteenth, 1922.
S. r. HEYS,
Deputy Clerk, Superior Court.
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Said land levied upon and to he
sold as the properly of the interna-
tional aluminium Company to satisfy
the above stated distress warrant
against the said International ALUMNI
mum Company. Terms of sale Cash.
LUCIUS HARVEY,
Sheriff of Sumter County, Georgia.
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CITY MARSHAL'S SALES
LEGAL AID NO In11

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
viii be sold before the court house
door in Americas, Sumter county,
Georgia, within the legal hours of
sale on the first Tuesday in June,
1922, the following described prop
erty, to-wit: One vacant lot or par
eel Of land situated on north side of
Park Row and fronting Park Row for
a distance of IS feet and extending
north for distance of 1876 feet and
in Block 10, Lot II, as per plat
recorded in Book X, Page sol of
the clerks records of Sumter county,
Georgia. Levied on and to be sold
as the property of the defendant, Mrs.
Corrine Johnson, to satisfy certain
city tax Ii ia issued by e. j. Eldridge,
clerk and treasurer of the City of
Americas, Georgia, in favor of the
Mayor and Council of the City of
Americas, Georgia, and against said
defendant, Mrs. Corrine Johnson, for
city taxes for the years 1919, 1920,
1921. Defendant in fl ia notified in
terms of the law. This 21st day of
April, 1922.
C. B. POUNCEY, City Marshal.
Also at the same time and place
will be sold the following described
property: One vacant lot or parcel
of land fronting east on South Lee
street for a distance of 80 feet and
extending west from Lee street 100
feet, and bounded north by property
of E. B. Council, south by property
of the defendant w. c. Carter, west
by property of said defendant, east
by South Lee street. This being a
part of lot known as defendants resi-
dence lot, and located Ill Americas,
Sumter county, Georgia. Levied on
and to be sold as the property of the
defendant, w. C. Carter, to satisfy a
certain city tax fl ia issued by E. j.
Eldridge, Clerk and treasurer of the
City of Americas, Georgia, in favor
of the Mayor and Council of the City
of Americas, Georgia, and against
said defendant, w. C. Carter, for city
taxes for the years 1920 and 1921.
Defendant in fl ia notified in terms
of the law. This goth day of April
1922.
c. B. PoUNCEY City Marshal.
Also at the same time and place
will be sold the following described
property, to-wit One vacant lot or
parcel of land situated on corner Of
John street and Alice avenue and
known as Lots Seven and Eight of
Block One of the Wheatley Lee
Street Addition as recorded in Book
I'll, Page AGA, July 25th, 1908, of
Sumter county records, and located IN
Americas, Sumter county, Georgia.
Levied on and to be sold as the prop
erty of the defendant d. l.. Todd to
satisfy certain city tax Fl ia issued
by e. j. Eldridgc, clerk and treas
urer of the City of Americas, Geor-
gia, in favor of the Mayor and Coun-
ell of the City of Americas, Georgia,
and against said defendant d. l..
Todd for city taxes for the year 1921.
Defendant in Fl ia notified in terms
of the law. This goth day of April,
1922.
C. B. POUNCEY, City Marshal.
Also at the same time and place
viii be sold the following described
property, to-wit: One vacant lot or
parcel of land situated on corner Of
Huguley and Crawford streets and
known as lots Numbers 10, 20, 81, %
of Block d of Sheffield and Allen
subdivision as recorded in Book
ILL, Page 237 of records of Sum-
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GEORGIA, Sumter County.
|, S. r. Heys, deputy clerk of Sum.
ter Superior court, hereby certify
that the above is true copy of the
petition for charter as appears on
file in this Office.
May 22nd, 1922.
S. T.. HEYS,
~ ON q ~
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Also at the same time and place
will be sold the following described
property, to-wit: One house and N
situated on west side of Mayo str
and known as Number 442 North
Mayo street and bounded west by
property of Tom Jones, south by
property of the defendant, Mrs. Mary
Blalock, north by property of Jessie
Roach, east by Mayo street. Size of
the above described property being
65x140 feet. fronting said street for
"a distance of S. feet of uniform width
and located in Americas, Sumter
county, Georgia. Levied on and to
be sold as the property of the de-
PENDANT. Mrs. Mary Blalock, to salts
fly certain city tax fl ia issued by
&. J. Eldridge, clerk and treasurer
of the City of Americas, Georgia, in
favor of the Mayor and Council of
the City of Americas, Georgia, and
against said defendant, Mrs. Mary
Blalock, for city taxes for the years
1917, 1918, 1919, 1921. Defendant
in fl ia notified in terms of the law.
This 10th day of April, 1922.
c. B. PoUNCEY, City Marshal.
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ter county, Georgia, as per clerk
record show. Levied on and to be
sold as the property of the defend
ant, Georgia Lumber Company, to
satisfy a certain CITY tax fl ia issued
by E. j. Eldridge, clerk and treasurer
of the City of Americas, Georgia, IN
favor of the Mayor and Council OF
the City of Americas, Georgia, and
against said defendant, Georgia Lum-
Der Company, for city taxes for the
year 1921. Defendant in fl ia notl-
fed in terms of the law. This 18th
day of April, 1922.
c. B. POUNCEY, CITY Marshal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
Annual Fair Board
Meet Is Held Here,
Arrange Elections

The annual meeting Of the Grady
county fair board was held Monday
IN the county agricultural agents
office.
Arrangements to hold elections 10
eject new members Of the board 10
serve during the ensuing two years
were made az the meeting which.
1t was announced. was the last one
10 be held by the present board
Each member Of the board was In
slructcd 10 make the necessary ar
rangements for the election in his
respective township.
The new hoard. according to O. A.
Gasaway. a member OF the present
board. will take charge I'm time TO
arrange the catalogue and perfect
other arrangements for the 1928 fair.
The fiscal year ends June 30. al
which time the new board will draft
its budget for the ensuing year.
While no definite conclusions
were reached. many phases of the
annual fair were discussed at the
of the board. NJ. Il. Siebert.
president of the board, presided.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
Wyoming Cops Out
to Catch Phillips
Woman Who Escaped
tny The uni,oi Pres,

Casper, Wyo.. Dee. 12.-Pollce To-
day qulxzcd a woman said to answer
closely the description OF Mira. clara
Phillips, escaped hammer murder,
ess.' The woman was arrested last
night after her arrival on n Burling.
ton train from Billings. Mont.
She refused 10 answer any ques.
tiona put TO her by officers. She re-
quested that she be placed in a dark
cell.
a man got Off the train with the
womin AMI the pair separated. the
woman taking one taxicab and the
man another. Police tralled the
wonan's cab for two blocks before
making the arrest So far they have
been unable to locate the man.
The woman carried a suitcase. but
II contained no letters or other
means OF Identification.
According TO police the woman
answers closely the description of
Mrs. Phillips as sent out by Los
Angeles ar>r rites
Following reports that a woman
resembling the "Tlger Woman" had
been seen in Idaho Falls. Idaho.
police had been meeting the trains
here in The hope OF eifec'ing her cap
tur.
No RAILROAD tickets or ticket stub
could be found In tho woman's be-
longings.
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ed away aud left but two recedlng
images before him, he looked once
more upon one who had gone to some
unknown land. the son who had so
mystericusly disappeared from the
home fellowship and ken. and he saw
again the form Of her who had set ont
for the land that is beyond the stars
but not before she had placed IN his
hand the precious vase with the pic.
tured flute player upon its side.
AT the time he had not fully noted
the significance OF the happy urchIn
In the red robe as he held his flute to
his lips. Pleasures and pursuits
pressed upon him and left the musl-
clan unnoticed through the days and
nights. But the boy had never ceased
his playing, and now with some re-
membered melody, then with some new
adventure in the world of harmony,
he seemed to be waiting for the recog.
milton and appreciation that he knew
would come. A steadfast and invet
crate optimlst, he played on; to weari
ness and loneliness he played hope.
ful song; forbidding detection and de.
spar, he became prophet of better
days to come. In solitude and useless.
ness lie was as an only but changeless
friend. To him the old man turned as
to an oracle. Poverty had taken one
after the other of his possessions, but
had never been able to separate him
from this merry genius, this incorrigl-
bly, persistent promlser.
If the prelude does not get dlscour-
aged fortune is likely to admire 1t and
introduce the performance, and this
turned out to be the reward Of the
Industrious hope Of the flute player.
He did not hear the step upon the stair
or the knock upon the door, and he
did not see the amazement with which
the schoolmaster listened to the tale
Of his lost son, as he embraced him
and tried to realize that he had in
deed come back and brought good for
tune with him, but even more merrlly
and madly he played In the dance with
which these two were to go down the
future.
Habits are strange things. One can
get so far into habit Of gladness as
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
FAVOR Engagement
of POLa Negri and
Chaplin, Says Lasky

Los Angeles, Dec. 12.-"God bless
you. my chlldren." is the official
attitude of the Famous Players-Lasky
corporation toward Charlie Chaplin
and Poa Negri in case they have de-
cided to wed. according to Jesse l..
Lasky, first vice-president of the
corporation, today.
miss Negri has not discussed with
me or any other official of the
Famous Players corporation the ru-
mors of her engagement to Charles
Chaplin Lasky told the United
Press. 81 have no idea whether there
is anything to the rum0r or not.
This corporation will not interfere
with Miss Negri's personal affairs.
Whether she cares to wed or become
engaged to Chaplin is entirely mat
ter for her to decide
In film circles Lasky's statement
is taken as an invitation to Chaplin
and Miss Negri to make public their
engagement, in case there is any
truth in the report.
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out into all the neighborhood. He has
played the old schoolmaster young
again and fixed his thought upon life
that never grows old.
Indeed, the flute player has even dh-
couraged the schoolnlaster to begin
teaching again. The scholars are his
grandchildren. They are not having
a hard time, for they sing on their way
to lessons. They are not unhappy
scholars, for one of them threw a kiss
to the last Christmas moon. Last
summer another Of them became d
poetess and composed the following
appreciation Of nature:
Above the Argonne Forest
A Star is shining fair;
It's gentle beams awaken
The young men sleeping there
Again in songs of angels
The birth of Christ Is told
The young men go to greet Him
With richer gifts than gold.
The flute player is setting this to
music. This scholar has already
learned to write. She has proved that
by producing an invitation to one Of
the school sessions in this form:
Dear Aunt Fanny:
Please come Friday II you can: and
II you can't come. don't come.
She is not fiatterer, however, when
she said one day. Grandpa, you don't
look a bit over twenty"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
800 Kdns. Grangers
attend Contention

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec, 12.-Three
hundred delegates attending the open.
ing session Of the fifty-first annual
convention of the Kansas State
Grange association were addressed
today by B. Needham of Lane, Kan,
master of the organization.
THE average acre, bushel or hun.
dredweight of farm products will buy
less than two-thirds of the supplies
necessary to operate the farm as
compared with 1913, which was gen.
orally accepted as normal Needham
declared in his annual message.
The convention will last four days.
closing Thursday. State officers will
be elected tomorrow.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
ANER RIGA TRYING
ADJUST EUROPE

Washington, Dec i2.-Tho AmerI
can government Il actively trying "a
bring about an adjustment OF the
icfious EaIopcan fiiaatlnn. Il was
declared On hlgil authority at the
White House today.
This atateincnt was made following
tie fcvelallon thar President Harding
and he cabinet a thclr meeting 10.
day hal an extended discussion on
old world affairs This discussion
Involved the failure 0f the London
conference or European prcmlers. A
satisfactory adjustment OF most
pressing rrohlema abroad. Including
the Oefmen rcparatIons difficulty. Is
most vital need TO the world, the
administration offlcinl said.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12

NOTICE.
On account of advance in cream
prices Daniels dairy butter will be
55c per pound. 12-1t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
Miss. Governor Is
Winner in Action
Birkhe0d Started

Oxford, Miss, Dec. ia jury
of men choose between mans
home and a womans reputation and
refused damages to Miss Frances
Birkhead in her suit against Gov
ernor Lee M. Russell.
"The governor and Mrs. Russell
are ideally happy. Do not allow
your verdict to divide them and end
their happiness" was the plea Of d.
w. Houston, defense attorney which
was upheld by the jury last night
in the sensational seduction suit.
I. Fl. Campbell, made vigorous
argument in behalf Of the girls
character, picturing her an innocent
country girl who had been seduce1
by the world-wise executive.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
LOW TEMPERATURES IN /
STATE ARE SHATTERED

Oklahoma City, Dec. 12.-Low
temperature. records for this season
were shattered in Oklahoma last
night and early today, according to
the local weather bureau.
1t was the coolest day of the
season."
Temperatures ranged from 10 to
80 degrees with older weather pre-
dicted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
| The
Flute Player
BY Christopher c. Hazard


Of ALL the Christmas gifts Of past
years hut one remained. II seemed
surrounded by charm that wns NJ.
It's own and that WIS ms unaffected
by the atmosphere of the bare and
dlngy room ms light IN dark place.
The old schoolmaster took II up. looked
lovingly upon Il and replaced II upon
the shelf Then, advancing 10 the
window. he looked out upon the lighted
star In the church stceplc that was
proclaiming christ's birthday and lls.
toned TO the shouts of the mcrrymak.
ers In the streets as they rose upon
the snowy Wind.
The old mans mind was busy with
happier days. In the picture gallery
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12

to be unable to
get out Of it. A
face can get so
used to smiling as
to have no night
there. A boy can
become so COM
mitted to huting
as to be unable
to stop. 1t was
so with the flute
player: to t h | s
day he plays and
does nothing else.
He sits upon an
other and a bet
ter shelf, but not
idly. He is among
happy people, but
busy sending joy
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
1s ABOVE AT ENID.

Eid, Okla, Dec. 12-Slipping from
the high SOS under brilliant sun
here yesterday, the mercury stood at
10 above this morning, with clear
skies.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-12
LOWEST TEMPERATURE
OF YEAR FOR TOPEKA

Topeka, Kan. Dec 12.--The lowest
temperature Of the year hit Topeka
today, when the mercury dropped to
3 above zero.
The entire state was having cold,
clear weather. The mercury stood
at 2 above zero at Goodland and
Concordia this. morning and above
at Wichita and Dodge City.