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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-02-01
Signs

For Laundry-Don't kill your
wife-let us do the dirty work.
For Restaurant-Dont divorce
your wife because she can't cook. Eat
here and keep her for a pet T..
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-02-01
Smart Boy, Smart Bow.

lommy-Play store with me NAM
ma?
Mother with headache)- Al.
right, But you must be quiet Very
quiet
lommy-Sure, we'll pretend l don't
advertise.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-02-01

FOR NSALE-Tompkins str..in R.
Red eggs for Matching 81 for IS. phone
268-L Mrs. Sol Wixon 403 E. Magnolia
St. If
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-02-01

million, dollars was obligated to new
projects in June and July, and in the
week ending August reports were re
ceived Of the letting Of 68 new projects
ana announcements of 81 to be let.
At the present time the force of the
bureau is taxed ito the limit with the
examination Of new plans and prof
ects, inspection of roads under con
struction and the planning of the fed
eral-aid highway system which is be-
ing gotten into final shape.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-02-01
You Just Know 1t
Proverbs of Methusaleh

Hearken unto me, my son, and be
Wlsetor woman's last kiss does seem
better than her first.
Glveth man enough rope-and YER
lily will he smoketh himself to death.
Like unto Dumb Dan is the absent
minded prof. who. leaving his home
in the morning doth throw his wife out
of the back door and kiss the garbage
can goodbye.
Verify, l say unto thee, my son,
when amongst women, let not thy
right" girl know what thy cleft" girl
is doing.
When man taketh unto himself a
wife, verify he hath then better half.
But We bachelors hath better quarters.
Be wise, my son, be wise
Acclimated Right
Hey, waiter, you've got your thumb
in my soup!
Oh, | don't mind, sir, it isn't hot.
No Foreign Entanglements
Paris DEGREES longer skirts - but
American women refuse to wear them
Who says the Declaration of indie
pendence was written in vain.
90
Rah Rah Rah
Thirty per cent of the college stud
ents work their way through school
The rest yell theirway thru.
Truth in Twelve Words
Five per cent in the bank is worth
10 in the bottle.
Signs
For Laundry-Don't kill your
wife-let us do the dirty work.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-02-01
Alta Girl

Alta Girl
Wite-(reading paper) Think OF it,
james, couple got married after a
courtship of fifty Years.
Jim--Poor fellow, too feeble to hold
Out any longer, l guess.
80
You Just Know 1t
Said flapper ITO a fellow named
Lee,
AS she sat herself down on his knee
If you kiss me OF course,
You will have to use force,
But Iii bet you are stronger thar
me.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-02-01
Truth in Twelve Words

Five per cent in the bank is WORT
10 in the bottle.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-02-01
Acclirnated Right
Rah Rah Rah

Thirty per cent of the college stud
ents work their way through school
The rest yell theirway thru.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20

demanded Ranger, who had climbed
out of the car and was also bending
over to inspect the marks.
mo; but 1t tells where the mes
sage is to be found" And beckon-
ing his companion to follow. he
started for the railroad tracks just
below.
A short distance from the cross
ing was a siding with a string of
boxcars standing along it. Charlie
pointed to them.
That's where We'll find the mes
sage all right" he announced con-
1dently. But although they went
over the entire line OF cars. even
climbing up to inspect the tops of
them, no sign of anything resemb-
ling a communication was to be
found.
N~onplused and puzzled, they rush.
ed back to the house. Then, as
Charles rowing glance fell on the
motor, he startled and gasped. "By
Godfrey, Lorry! Somebody's come
along and swiped the hat"
He was right. The large, gaily
decorated box which they had left
on the real seat of the tonneau was
gone.
There, upon the cushion of the
seat where the box had rested was
chalked a circle with a rough cross
mark in the center of it, like the
XXI of a voter on an e~lection-bal-
lot-the sign-manual of the Com
bine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20
Caas BY eRtN1Anos : oaass. sN7He RlDsAAy e0aeASzl

| Spring, 310Q' as plain as If you were
already calling it. What I've told
you vas for your own information
Loring, and not to be passed on tc
the police"
Rangers success in life was large.
ly due to his habit of quick decision
With scarcely a pause he reached
out and gripped Charles hand in
clasp that told more than he could
have expressed in an hours speech
Handle it. your own way, old
man." he said heartily. I'm with
you. I'll back you with everything
I've got"
THAT will help-a little" said
Charlie dryly.
you said a while back" he re-
marked 1t last, that 1t looked to
you. Loring, like we were up against
a blank wall. Well, we are; but
there's n opening in that wall, an
it's through the messages they'l
send. Take this hat we've been or
dered to furnish. Somebody's got &c
get 1t and carry 1t to them. Then, II
that person is trailed and we find
out where the hat is delivered, wei
be getting pretty warm to the peo-
pie we're after"
The suggestion seemed to Ranger
an immediate solution of the whole
problem, and he was eager to lose no
time in putting 1t into execution; but
Charlie checked his enthusiasm.
NO" he advised. They'll be on
the lookout. Let one or two mes
sages go by, though, with just a
bungling attempt to follow, and
they'll begin to grow careless. That'll
be our time to start trailing"
"But how do you know there will
be further messages"
How do l know that Christmas
is coming? You don't suppose they're
sending for that bonnet merely to
doll your daughter up, do you? AS
I told you, they'll send a photograph
of her wearing it to prove to you
that she's alive and we'll, and then
they'll begin to apply the screws"
Demand money. do you mean ?
But why haven't they done 80 be-
fore? 1t is a month today since
Hope disappeared; yet, although
have thrown myself wide open to an
offer, this communication through
you is the first word I have receiv-
ed either directly or indirectly"
Sure. They wanted to try the
cops and all the rest of it, and learn
just how tight they had you tied up.
Now that they think you're desper-
ate. they're ready to do business"
His alert glance caught sight of
the returning Bryan making his way
toward them through-the outer Of
flee, and, without altering his atti-
tude, he changed his tone to one of
%querulous expostulation.
"If you'll quit your arguing and do
as 1 say, We'll soon see if there's
anything in it or not. A hat isn't
going to set you back more than rs
On 30 dollars, and you'd hand that
out any day to one of your high
priced dicks and think nothing of
it."
"Oh, come along, then" Ranger
took his u in a way that even
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
At MEETING IN KEYPORT

KEYPoRT, Oct. 20:-Republican
candidates and leaders from local
and neighboring districts met at the
residence of county committeeman
DR.. II. S. Cooley Thursday night to
discuss plans and issues for a more
successful climax at the coming
election than has been obtained for
many years.
Various details were worked out
and the prospects for a big vote for
the state. county and municipal can
didates were predicted as exceeding
ly bright. In the near future Senat-
or Stevens. Freeholders Bergen and
Borden Assemblymen Campbell and
Saxsmith and Mayor Thomas l..
Smith. candidate for sheriff will
gather here for an immense rally
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20

Charlie had to approve. But mind
you he got up with the air of
yielding against his judgment - "I
haven't the slightest hope than any
thing will come of it,"
"Ah, Bryan 2" with an assumption
of eagerness. you saw the girl at
headquarters? Did She No? Only
another disappointment, eh?"
Signing, he picked up his hat, and
he and Charlie left the office. Out
side, he dismissed his chauffeur and.
driving the car himself, proceeded
to a millinery shop on a cToss-street
in the Fifties.
When the odd pair entered this
feminine Mecca of c%unningly ar
ranged mirrors and carefully tinted
walls, the strayed princess who re-
ceived them gave the sugared Ian
quor of her smile exclusively to
Ranger: the other person was, Of
course, impossible. But after she
had brought out several hats, setting
forth with soft fluency the desira-
bility of each. Ranger failed to meet
her expectations. He appeared more
bewildered and uncertain every min
ute.
~ hao lnOn l1idI OudlGZ 1lldl A.
boldly projected himself into the
situation.
you've got the wrong steer alto
gether, little one" he said briskly.
These lids are all right for Fifth
Avenue; but we want something that
will stand out like an English flag
in an Irish street parade-something
so out of style that M swell dame
would be caught dead in it, or so
into style that if it showed up along
Forty-second Street they'd have to
call out the reserves. Dc you get
me, Fanchon?"
A more human smile broke
through the veneer of the princess
superiority. He was speaking her
language. Fresh; she'd say so. But
he knew what he wanted all right
and was able to spill it so that she
could understand.
The princess was genuinely in
trigued. She sought, she found a
bizarre shape, gave 1t a pinch in
here, a flare out there. thus i'm
measurably heightening its absurd
ity. She pinned on towering spirals
of ribbon, and trailed feathers a
shoulder-length over the brim.
10 you approve! SHE dSheu,
glancing up archly as she placed it
on her head.
Couldn't be better!" Charlie was
enthusiastic. Now run, bright eyes,
and sew it together with your own
pretty fingers"
Ranger hurriedly placed a bill in
those same fingers, and she went,
humming a song, to return presently
with the completed hat in a box.
A long drive was before them.
their objective Charles lodgings.
These were in a stark, detached
house sadly in need of paint in an
isolated neighborhood on the out
skirts of Brooklyn.
Then as they drew up before the
gate, Charlie gave a sudden excla-
nation me leaped out to examine
three rude chalk-marks scrawled as
though a child had done it across
one of the posts of the sagging pal
ing fence.
What is it? Another message? 2"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20
CARTERET

The affair of the Republican Club
at the Roosevelt avenue headquar-
tiers tonight will be attended by wo-
men too, it was announced this
morning.
Mrs. E.. Fischer and Mrs. G. Burns
were Perth Amboy visitors yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Andres were
Elizabeth visitors last night.
Miss Florence Eggert was a Rah-
way visitor Yesterday.
Mrs. B. Kahn entertained a group
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20

of friends at a card party at her
home last night. The guests were:
Mrs. Charles Bielski. Mrs. Thomas
D. Cheret. Mrs. Alex Lebowitz, Mrs.
Clara Stern, Mrs. M. Spewak. Mrs.
e. Lefk owitz, Mrs. Rose Cohen. Mrs.
Lasner, Mrs. j. Wantoch. Mrs. Tilly
jackson, and Mrs. Julius Kloss. Mrs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20
CHAPTER VII

The May breeze caught up a sheet
of newspaper and sent 1t scudding
down the road. 1t headed straight
for the ditch, hung a moment on
the brink of a little pool of stagnant
water, and then, with the sudden
veering of a stronger wind, was lift
ed high in air and carried over a
lofty brick wall and privet hedge.
1t blew along the grass within the
enclosure until it tapped against the
trunk OF a large beechtree, and
there it lay.
George Kelsey. strolling about the
grounds, saw it, and his ~listless ex-
preston changed to one of avid in
t%erest. Immediately suppressed. Be-
fore he took a step toward it. though,
he looked about him, his Indifferent
glance embracing. the whole
the large house with it's bright avn
ings and wide porches, the smooth
green lawns where circular sprin-
klers were playing like miniature
fountains, every clump of shrub
berry.
Kelsey yawned and sauntered over
toward a rustic bench under the
beech-tree. Sheltered for a mono y
by its trunk, he stopped quickly
crumpled the stained, frayed paper
in his hand, folded it roughly and
laid it between the pages of his book.
Then seating himself on the rustic
bench. he opened the volume and
began to read.
One of the most rigidly observed
rules of this exclusive private hospi-
tai for what are euphemistically CAL
led nervous cases" was that no
reading-matter was permitted which
might excite the patients or arouse
discussion among them.
Continued i'm Our Next Issue)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20
Continued i'm Our Next Issue)

The Ladies' Auxiliary of Simpson
NJ. T.. church will have a roll call,
In the lecture room of the church.
on November /. A fine entertain
ment has been arranged in connec-
ton with the affair, and refresh
ments will be served by the commit
tee In charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20

meeting.
Politicians make no secret Of their
reasons for predicting a complete
Republican victory. stating that the
records alone of these state and
county officials who are candidates
for reelection are sufficient to insure
victory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20

Lefkowtiz and Mrs. Jackson We're
the prize winners.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20

GEORGE Fl. THOMPSON
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Jobbing Promptly Attended 10
81 Lewis st. Phone 1400-W
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-20
BEGIN HERE TODAY


Loring Ranger offers a hundred
thousand dollars reward for the re-
turn of his daughter, Hope, who dis
appears after having luncheon at
the Plaza with her best friend, Lucia
Thorn. Ranger is assisted in his
search by his attorney, Eustice Hig-
by. who is a warm friend of the
family.
Juarez Charlie, adventurer, is a
lifelong friend of Ranger. Charlie
comes to Rangers office and in
forms him that a message has been
sent to him regarding the missing
Hope. He tells Loring that he mis-
trusts Frank Bryan, who is private
secretary to Ranger.
Charlie says that he has been in
structed through a message to tell
Ranger to buy a hat for Hope and
leave it in a specified place.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
mot only in this city but all over
the country" he declared. Don't
you read the newspapers? Look at
the frequent robberies on a big scale,
not money and securities alone, but
Jewels, silks, furs. merchandise in
carload lots. How could plumber of
that sort be disposed of unless there
was an organization to manage 1t ?
That's the Combine, and it runs the
whole show"
Ranger yielded to a growing con-
Fiction that there was more in this
than mere imaginings or a fantastic
embroidery on a few unrelated facts.
Improbable Is 1t seemed, there was
at least some basis for Charles rev.
elation-enough to go on.
And you think" his voice trem-
bled, that this inner group-this
Combine-have my daughter"
I'm certain of it. 1t isn't often
they pull anything on their own ac-
count. But after that message re-
ceived-- Well, that settles it In my
mind that this is one of the times
they've done It,"
CHAPTER VI
Ranger reached quickly for the
Telephone on his desk; but Charlie,
anticipating his action, seized it
first.
mo, you don't!" He held the in
strument tight in both hands. az
a see your mouth made up for
Evening star., 1923-11-02

. --Notce:~ Tie first 200 customers purchasing
goods TO the amount Of $I.0O or moreaeiH be giuez
test packase Of BonciHs, containing trial sire Of
Beausifer. Face Poseder. Vanishing Cream and !
Cold Cream. %H.-e
Kanns-Street Floor
Evening star., 1923-11-02

--Sateen, Princess Sips, with
built up shoulders. in camisole
style. Hemstitched :,
and choice Of black, G. OO
navy, and brown... spO.OV
--s5.o5 Radium Silk Princess
Slips, with tucked front, self
straps. and lined: up ~
to hip. Black or 81 Ok
Navy 80 -
.-c6.75 Extra Size
Princess. Slip, OF S5 Ok
same style. 30 -: -: pos1O
$3.50 Jersey. SILK Princess
Slips, with. self straps. in navy.
black, taupe, brown CE IN
anu lltflH $csOO
Evening star., 1923-11-02
Fine Quality Princess Slips
at These Attractipe Prices

-Sateen Princess Slips, in
black. brown and navy. with
henstitehed camisole top, self
straps. and gath %1 SO
cred at hips :...... W .CV
--Safeen Princess Slips, in hem
stitched aud tailored styles,
self straps gathered at hips
and choice of navy, CO m
black and brown. pAsUO
-Sateen Princess Slips. with
built-up shoulders, hemstitched
ind gathered at @ OE
hip. Black or navy pL.AC
Kann's-Second Floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
An Opportunity to Reap a Fortune A Chance to Serve the Southland

ucs and camong horde of buyers seeking for entire fancy All of these tangible and
 depend for their value the character and abilities of the who behind this gigantic corporation Step the Ame Company offices the Chamber of Commerce build ing satisfy yourself of the fundamental honesty sincerity of who control these valuable arsenope bodes-consu their distinguished chemists industrial prove to satisfaction that your aid in this organization will only national need but also you substantial and n creasino financial income.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
Our Pantn the very heart of these deposits supply the
 imperative needfor only weev destruction

mill water and electric at and under practical dvns addition Alabama
 will insure production of the recognized effective destruction of the BOIL WEEVIL4 L4andthe ARMY WORM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
U. s. Government and State Experts Declare Calcium Arsenate the Best
 killing Agency

The United States Department of Agriculture, the several State Departments, Farm Demon strators and others alive to the situation, after numerous experiments with all well-known insecticides and their application. have con- cluded and determined that no killing agency" is so effective, easy of application and beneficial in its results as calcium arsenate, used as dry dust or in spray form. Calcium arsenate is an admixture of 609o lime and 40% white arsenic.
 White arsenic, -as an arsenate and in other forms, has long been used as the basis for all insecticides, in medicines, the arts. extensive ly in the fixture of dyes and for numerous other purposes. but the supply in the United States has always been limited, the various smelters obtaining an intermittent amount as by-product, the chief users having to rely for their supply on England, Bavaria, Saxony and Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16

Your cooperation the gigantic task of supplying the effective soutey imperative Everyone their part the struggle
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16

The plant of the American Arsenic Company will be raoad where mill site and ample waer have ald secured The LINE OF THE ALABAMA POWER COMPANY PASSES THROUGH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
h zsl.is t4
the Army Worm

The ravages of the Boil Wee Southern Cotton Feds sup plemented by the depredaions of the Army Wom while we'll
 known thoein close touch notu appreciated by the major y people of the United States of whom using cotton prod ucts, are taly interested in the eradication of these pests
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
Large Deposits of Ores From Which Arsenic / Is Easily Obtained Are
 Found In Alabama

Think what it means, then, that we Have in Alabama very large deposit of arsenopyrite ores, from which white arsenic is easily ob- tainedl These deposits occur in Clay and Randolph counties, near Cragford. on the A., B. & A. railroad. They've been known to geologists but never till now exploited, because owners of farms and timber lands under which they occur had neither interest in mining nor knowledge of their value,
 An examination of these deposits has been carefully made. with exhaustive analytical tests to determine their extent and economic mining possibilities. Results were so favor able that the best ore lands have been ac- quired by practical mining men, who will mine and recover the valuable ARSENIC, as we'll as the GOLD, SILVER, LEAD and SUE- PHUR. all of which are obtained in consider able quantities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
The Battle Against the Billion Dollar Bandit
What the American Arsenic Company Is Doing in the Fight Against Cotton's Worst
 Enemies Boil Weevil-and His Ally, the Army Worm

The president of largest cotton exchanges states that - less the boil wee checked eliminated the supremacy of the south producer doomed" The time has come for DETERMINED, INTENSIFIED, UNITED warfare against this common evil. All must fight. YOU must fight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-09
KOOSIER WOMAN
/" TREASURES OVEN
Of washington
Priced Relic Used to Bake
Bread in Revolutionary
Campaign,

A genuine relic Of the life Of
George Washington. one Of the few
to be found I'm this part OF the cOun-
try, IS the little Dutch oven belong
ing to Mrs. Rufus East, W. Sixth St,
Bloomington. according to the Indiana
AlUmnUs. During a revolutionary
campaign in Virginia the bread which
fed the great general and his troops
was baked In IEis oven.
Washington army, according to
the story handed down 60 Mrs. East
from several generations Of ancestors,
encamped near the Brewster home in
Jasmin County. Virginia. All the
men of the family were away fighting
for the colonies. but the three Brews-
ter sisters volunteered to bake bread
for the army. Night and day during
the entire encampment the oven was
kept going never once being allowed
to cool.
The Washington oven has been
handed down to the descendants Of
the BreWsters from that time TO the
Apreseut L is tradition that the
daUghte~ OF the family bearing the
name of Jane or Janet shall always
ceceive the relic Mrs. Janet BrewS-
tsc Irwin. on of the early settlers Of
Kentuss-x. took If with her from the
old home is. Virginia En- route TO
Kentucky the ov,z4, with some Of the
other furniture, haT p he buried he
cause Of Indian hostihtes.
Mrs. Jane Irwin Seward, the next
possess0r Of the historic heirloom, Wa
the mother of its present owner, Mrs.
Janet East. The three Brewster sis
tiers and AIRS. Seward are buried in
Gods Half Acre." on the Indiana
University campus. lust south OF JOr-
dan field.
Although the exact age Of the oven
IS unknown, # is said @ have been
brought To Virginia from Scotland
many years before the Revolutionary
War. Chara creristic of such early
heaters. il IS Of very heavy iron. du-
rabIe and crude looking. compared TO
modern stoves. The relc has not
confined It's military usefulness 70 the
Revolutionary War. but also func-
toned 20 bake bread Cor the soldiers
in the War Of 1912 and later in the
Civil War
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-09

One of the finest lots of all woven mad
ras shirts we have ever assembled.
Luckily they were purchased so that we
can offer them much under their regular
price. Every shirt is correctly made in
the minutest detail. All new spring pat
terms. Buy now for spring and econo-
miZe.