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Pocahontas star herald., 1923-11-09
Perpetual Motion

Some people are good imitators of
perpetual motion.
Their tongues begin running in the
early morning and never slacken the
pace until sleep overcomes them at
night.
But that is not ALL
While in the land of dreams their
tongues absorb most of the energy of
the body in order to be ready for action
the next day.
And so it continues from day to day
and from year to year. until the Lord
takes pity on the rest of us and calls
them hence7-for what purpose we
don't know.
IL that isn't perpetual motion Wen
stay at the foot Of the class. Wagging
tongues are always at the front, any
way.-EX.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-11-09

The practice of tossing political hats
into the presidential ring may have to
he limited to tossing in only the hat
bands. otherwise the ring will he too
small to hold them.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-11-09

The bible intimates that it is diff
cult for rich man to break in.O
heaven. and a brutally frank news
paper writer insists that it is practi-
cally impossible to put one into jail
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-11-09

There's one thing we tremendously
admire in the average wife. She won't
admit to other women that her hus.
band has faults.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-11-09

If you refrain from meddling with
other peoples affairs they won't have
any excuse for prying in:o yours, and
you won't he in danger Of being found
out.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-11-09

Our telephones are: Office, 30;
Residence IA. Call either at any
time when you have news items to
report.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-11-09
FINE MEAL

I wish to announce to the public
that have my grist mill at Five Mile
Spring in operation and we are turn
ing out the finest quality of corn meal.
If you want to buy my meal In Poca-
hontas ask for meal in the Kenison
sacks. l.. W. Mondy. 10 Up.
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on in a cycle of apathetic dreari-
ness; but she always thought of
Mar Murray.
Five years later, when she had
come to realize that the mainstays
of her husbands conversational
life were golf and govt, she met
Mar Murray at Nice. He was very
spruce and very dapper, and car
ried himself well, as became one of
our great Colonial pioneers and
administrators. He had already
got himself title, and was about
to marry another. Altogether a
fellow to give Jennifer heart
ache.
He was quite charming to her,
bore her no grudge, which was a
charity Jennifer detested in him
was, indeed, family and academ-
ically curious to know why she had
sent him away. GAS far as l re-
member, Jennifer," he said genial
ly, "there was no reason for your
attitude. You were sitting quietly
with me, and suddenly you began
to scream and after that
you were i'll, and refused to let me
come near you again"
ut was the ring" she said.
"What ring? he asked, puzzled.
She had already seen he wasn't
wearing it now; in fact, he had lost
it years ago.
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BY w. Douglas Newton

"Your ringw Suddenly the Bit
terness in her came uppermost.
'The ring you wore on that night
when the woman, the savage mig
ger woman, put her arms round
you, and you let the other be
killed :"
She stopped because of the
amazement, the sheer bewilder-
ment in his face. "What on earth
are you talking about, Jennifer?"
he asked. "What woman? Where?
And what ring?"
THAT fat emerald ring, with the
strange carving on the gold"
"Ohw he said, staring at her.
"You don't mean Petterfur's
ring?"
"Petterfurp' she cried in horror.
There was reason for it. Peter
fur was infamous. He had been
an explorer who had "gone black"
had lived among the hidden tribes
practising denominations and terror
izing a continent - until they
caught him.
''Yes," he said; 81 think you
must mean Petterfur's ring. had
charge of him after they caught
him. He was an inhuman and
murderous brute, without single
redeeming virtue; but he seemed
to think had been reasonable to
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a sudden loud knocking at an outer
door. My companion had evil
IDENTIFY been prepared for such an
interruption, for without hesitation
she led me to little window, high
I'D in the wall, to which she pointed
and said:
"Make your escape quickly to
the waterfront"
Even in the intoxicating
moments of delight which the
harem favorite shared with me, my
practised eye had taken account Of
all objects of value in her apart
ment. AS l prepared for flight
l picked up a mirror of heavy
solid beaten gold and little golden
idol with two magnificent rubies
for eyes and pocketed them.
After kissing my fair friend
good-by l climbed up TO the little
window, which was just large
enough to let me through. From
here it was an easy drop to a
roof below. | ran to the back
of this roof and by hanging to
the edge by my fingers was able
to drop to the ground below vita
out hurting myself.
Having the habit of keeping my
bearings, l ran as hard as l coull
in the general direction of the
water front. In few moments /
found that was pursued by armed
natives. My fair friend, had
probably not received notice of
her lords return early enough, and
he had caught sight of me running
from the back Of his house and
ordered his attendants to pursue
me.
perhaps she will pay terrible
penalty for her foolish indulgence"
/ thought. "Not the first woman
who has suffered for mew
By this time my pursuers in
their light sandals were gaining on
me, hampered as I was by my
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Surprising Confession by
the Bogus "LOrd GRAZ"

treasures. However, l knew that
in a few minutes | would be in
the European quarter and might
obtain protection. But two of my
enemies had taken a shorter route
and were there before me.
One of them stepped in my path
With all the strength I had ac-
quired in sports and aviation
drove my fist against his chin, and
down he went senseless. The other
now stood before me holding
long knife, which he threatened to
drive through my stomach. |
whipped out my revolver and fired
and down he went, too.
Now l saw the sea front, and
raced ~madly for civilization and
safety.
Just as my strength was failing
me | ran up the gangplank of
British tramp steamship and fell
exhausted on the deck. My
pursuers, seeing where l had takel.
refuge, dared not follow me
under the protection of the British
flag and skunk away.
l engaged passage with he
captain of the tramp steamship and
went from Port Said to Mombasa.
and then by the British Uganda
Railway to the terminus Nairohi
From there I went on "sefari" big
game shooting in the Mount Kenya
district. | had a skilful shikari
and plenty of heaters and obtained
very good bags of big game, in.
Guiding lion and rhinoceros. 7
then returned over practically the
same road to Algiers, but found
that police inquiries had been in
stituted there for me. I managed
to get the tramp steamer called
the Rosarios of Cardiff, which took
us to Carthagena and the
Mediterranean coast of Spain,
calling at what is surely one of
the worlds quaintest ports,
Hornillo.
ITO Be Continued Next Sunday
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Look Years Younger Also

Those who reduce by this pleasant
new method look much younger also.
Stout people always look older than they
really are and just to get rid of fat from
face and figure would make them look
somewhat younger. But the new
method is so natural and so healthful
that it brings a new sparkle to the eye,
new spring to the step, new clear
ness to the complexion and new Vigor
and renewed powers of endurance
which add still further tor the appear
ance of youthfulness. Many have. been
astounded at banishing wrinkles which
they had supposed to be ineffaceable.
delighted Pennsylvania woman writes:
"Since lc:t those 81 pounds feel 20 years
younger and my family say look it.
Mrs. Vida Speltz of 3943 Ruckle Street, In
dianapOlis, who reduced her bust from 40 in
ches to sc inches and reduced proportionately
throughout, writes: "Complexion and eyes are
also much clearer. My husband says l look
as if l were only 16"
Mrs. Eric Capon of Manhassett, Long island
writes 81 lost "A pounds. My friends wonder
at my healthful and youthful appearance. 1t
is grand to have a girlIsh figure again"
BY American Weekly. Inc Britain Rights Reserved
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remained for Eugene Christian, the
world : famous food specialist, to dis
cover the one safe, certain and easily
followed method of attaining normal,
healthful weight. He discovered that
certain foods when eaten together take
off weight instead of adding to it. Ger
tain combinations cause fat, others con-
sumo fat. For instance, if you eat GER
tain foods at the same meal they are
converted into excess fat. But eat
these same foods at different times and
they will be converted into blood and
muscle: Then the excess fat you al
ready have is used up. There is moth
ing complicated and nothing hard to
understand. It is simply a matter of
learning how to combine your foods
properly, and this is easily done.
This method even permits you to eat
many delicious foods which you may
be denying yourself. For you can ar
range your meals so that these delica-
cies will no longer be fattening.
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wonderful new
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TENNIFER MERLE was one OF
those fine, swinging, calmly
sumptuous girls who make one
feel certain that Diana the Hunt
ress sprang from Kensington. She
had a white and serene beauty, and
an entirely sensible brain. Her
powerful comeliness and COM
nonsense made a combination
that was astonishingly attractive.
That was how Mar Murray found
her. Having lived a rather Kip
ling-esque life in hair-raising
places, Murray, in direct defiance
of all the regulations of psyche
analysis, seemed certain that he
had found his affinity in the sweet,
silent maidenhoou of this Kipling-
esque girl.
He loved Jennifer because she
represented an untroubled calm
after life rather knotty, and at
points more than hectic, She was
health and superbly serene. She
seemed doomed to make an excel
lent wife, and, in fact, was well on
the way along the road that led to
a painful snapshot (under crossed
swords) in the Daily Click, when
the Persian Soothsayer in the
Eskimo Tent at the Fete for Pro-
viding Golf Clubs to Tired Confer
ence Workers, exclaimed, "Why,
you're Claire Voyant."
''No," said Jennifer, with her
slow smile; you're taking me for
someone else"
81 mean," cried the Seer, "you
en- see things, too. You've got
Sigh-kick sense. Here, take hold
of this, an do this :" She
gave directions. "What can you
see 2"
ST can see frightful little room,
all doilies and the smell of dinner"
said Jennifer slowly and. dreamily.
"a little man with shiny elbows
and eyes that don't comes in
He speaks to me =. He says,
We'll, me dear, lad a good see
ance? 'Ow much did you take off
them ruddy fools of nobs ter
day?'" The Seer snatched away
her glove. Jennifer came nnazedly
out of a dream. She stared.
why" she said, ''you are mel
mean, you were the woman the
man was talking to-"
cts wonderful" sighed the
soothsayer.
,"Beastly," said Jennifer, decis-
lively.
"No, no" cried the woman.
Don't you understand? You've
got tn gift. You can See, too.
Any time you want to See, you
can"
"By taking something into my
hand like that and doing the
stupid things you told me to do?"
said Jennifer.
eyes, yes; that's it."
TITS perfectly loathsome," said
Jennifer.
'tNo, a great Gif', an you've got
it. You can't help yourself"
"But | can watch myself" said
Jennifer.
All the same, the leaven worked.
By degrees Jennifer began TO poke
at her Gift.
She, thought she would like 70
try it out on Mar Murray. Mar
was an enticing well of dark
secrets. Some thrilling and dis
turbing things must have happened
in that wild life of his in dark
places. The fact that he didn't
talk of them made them more
mysterious and fascinating.
also how had he behaved when he
was in those strange cities abroad?
Some of the native women
must have been very fascinating.
She did not believe Mar was
that sort of man, of course. Never
dream of it And even
i. Well, nothing would make
any difference, for everything
must have happened before he met
her. But it would be
rather interesting to know. Yes,
it would be rather interesting to
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statements viii do some good to humanity"
go (Si0ned1 BEN NADDLE
1902 Fulton Street,
New York City.
Hundreds of others have had ex-
periences just as pleasant as that of
Mr.. Naddle.
Mrs Eugene Woodruff of 44S Lafayette
Street, Utica, N. Y, says, II lost 81 pounds re-
duced my waist from 81 to % inches and feel
better than l have in five years."
Mrs. Laura Tucker of 244>West 46th Street,
New York City, wrote that she "lost 16 pounds
in two weeks. Could have reduced even more
rapidly but didn't wish to reduce too fastH'~
Those who have taken off excess flesh
through this new method have pronounced it
the most pleasant way imaginable. They did
not star%e themselves. They took no drugs of
any kind They practiced no bitter self-denials,
underwent no hardships, strenuous exercises,
messages, hot baths or other discomforts. And
they found that far from being harmful it
actually brought wonderful new health, with
freedom from indigestion, constipation and
many ailments of heart, liver and kidneys to
which stout people often subject. Mrs
VIM. E. Boyer of 9919 Ostend Ave. Cleveland
Ohio, was so delighted with this new method
that she wrote: 81 will follow your method the
balance of my life even when there is no need
to reduce"
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him, SO he gave me that ring +.
just before they hanged him. /
say, what's the matter, Jennifer?
Aren't you well?"
Jennifer wasn't. She was just
realizing that when she had Seen
things through that ring, she had
seen them happening to the wrong
man-to Petterfur.
THE END.
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Why the Coupon Is Worth ST, 90
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reduced t ro m
175 pounds to 153 pounds
Tin two weeks) and l de-
cided to stop at this weight.
Before / started | was fab
by and sick; had stomach
trouble all the time. Was
always sleepy. Had no Wig
or. If you had known me
then and could see me now
you would realize what a
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Why You Lose
a Pound a Day

Scientists have always re
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- pounds the veKNe first
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lSigned) E. A. KETTEL,
225 w. 18th ST., New York City
Lee n paI ~
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Loses Is Pounds in 8 Days

"Hurrah! Ihave
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since last Monday.
I feel better than I
have for months. "
(Signed)
Mrs. GEORGE
GUITERMAN,
420 E. 66th st.,
New York City.
Loses 20
Pounds in 3
Weeks
''In just three
weeks I have lost
20 pounds just
what I wanted to
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Would You Give 4Kfa Pound
IOLOSe p Pounds
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Miss Laura Morse of
271 West 10th Street,
New York, lost 80 pounis.
and writes: "My friends
hardly recognize me. 1
feel better than / have in
years and / look 10 years
younger"
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To Clean Enamel Pans.
A PPLY salt or fine ash with a
\ soft cloth. Either will remove
all stains. Rinse the pan we'll with
warm water. Never use soda on
enamel.
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Loses % Pounds In
so Days

For three years / have
weighed 1873 pounds. Then
| heard of and sent for
your method. That was
my lucky day. / found
your Instructions easy and
your menus delightful. /
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vOUR m e t h d
Z beats them all. /
reduced fro m
Americus times-recorder., 1923-08-03
CUBAN PINEAPPLE CROP
MOVED ON FAST TRAINS

JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 3.-Move-
ment of $500 carloads of Cuban
pineapples, practically the entire
1928 crop, from jacksonville for
distribution throughout the South,
Central West and East has just
been completed by the Southern
Railway System with approximate
ly 100 per cent efficiency accord
ing to an announcement made by
Foreign Freight Traffic Manager
R. L. McKeller, of Louisville.
With the exception of 833 cars
which went to Potomac Yards,
practically the entire movement
was handled by the Southern
Macon, Atlanta and Chattanooga,
1882 cars having been handled in
Cincinnati and points beyond.
Americus times-recorder., 1923-08-03

PLEASANT GROVE

Eleven young boys and girls were
baptized at McNeil's Creek Sunday
afternoon, which marked the clos
ing of Bethel meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Dowdy and
family were Sunday visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. j. C. Willis.
DR.. and Mrs. W. H. Houston and
children motored to Sylvester Tues
day.
Mrs. Clements and little daughter,
Florence, of Americus, spent last
week with relatives here.
A. A.sPresley and w. L. Dew are
on the fishing list this week.
Mrs. W. G. McGlamry visited Mrs.
j. c. Willis Tuesday afternoon.
Elizabeth Houston was a visitor
of Frances Methvin Sunday after
noin.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Russell, of
Americus, visited Mrs. J. B. Barton
Sunday.
The B, Y. P U. was largely at
tended at Bethel Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Morris visited
relatives at New Era Sunday.
Miss Annie Mae McGlamry re-
turned to her home at Rebecca
Thursday after six weeks visit
here.
Miss Annie Google spent part o!
last week with her sister, Mrs. H.
/ 0. Morris.
Miss Larry Howell spent Tuesday
as the guest of Mrs. Leon Murphy.
Miss Thelma Morris visited Mil
dred Dew Monday
j. R. McGlamry, Jr., spent the
weekend with relatives at Rebecca.
George Dowdy was a visitor of
Ollie Dew Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. A. B. Phillips and children,
Monroe and Bailey, Jr., are visiting
relatives in Macon.