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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
TO INSTALL LEGION
OF FICERS 7 DWIGHT

Officers recently elected by John
D. Mathis Post No. 2, American
Legion, will be formally installed
in their respective stations tonight,
with Commander R. L. Crawford in
charge. The installation ceremonies
viii take place in the auditorium Of
the city hall building on the top
floor, and will begin promptly at
9 o'clock. Officers to be installed
are r. c. Lane, commander; R. L.
McMath, vice commander: H. Rus.
sell Branch, adjutan.; David C.
Burkhalter, chaplain; Edmund Oil
yer, historian; Luther c. Hewitt,
sergeant-at-arms: posi- service off
Ger to be named by new com
mander.
Old officers who will retire to-
night are R. L. Crawford, com
mander; Bertram Cox, vice-com-
mander; John w. Westbrook, adj
jutant; Cecil w. Walters, treasur-
er; H. Gordon Howell, chaplain;
R. c. Lane, historian; a. S. Kelley,
sergeant-at-arms, and J. E. B. Nc
Tendon, post service officer
1t is expected there will be plenty
to smoke at the meeting, and that
all who attend will have a good
time. Every ex-service man,
whether he is affiliated with the
post or not is invited to attend to-
night and become acquainted with
the members Of John D. Mathis
post and the new officers Of that
organization,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
SERVICES AT BETHEL
CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING

The members of Bethel Baptist
church in the 2Sth district and the
people throughout the entire COM
munity are urged to attend the
services Sunday morning. The pas
tor, Rev. E. 7, Moore, assures ali
of a hearty welcome.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
LONG FOR
"NORMALCY

Italy sides more With England
than with France.
So do moss Of the wartime neu-
trails, like Spain, Holland and the
Scandinavian countriea
Belgium IS 50 ovefshadowed by
France that she has to follow the
latter's lead, but there are signs She
Continued on Page Two.l
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
NOTED AUTHORIZES DIED
To-Day AT HARROW, ENG

HARROW, England. August "a.
Kate Douglas Wiggin, noted Amer
lean authoress, died here last night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
What's Going
On In The
World
FRANCE
DEBTS
GERMANY
The Weeks Chief Events
Briefly Told
By CHARLES P. STEWART

England has said to France, in
substance:
I'VE think you have no right in
the Ruhr.
"Your method Of trying to collect
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24
WEATHER

For Georgia - Cloudy in north
portion; probably showdFs in south
portion tonight and Saturday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-24

Spot Cotton
American Middling .-.----.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

baeful green eyes looked up from the tray of green
backs and voice breathed from the money drawer:
Dragon You will be my S04th victim this year,"
How many mems families everywhere, all over
the Union, have deliberately mixed the poisoned cup
that darken his eyes with hate for his wife?
Fortunately, when up the total of these
monsters and dragons these noxous potons and
side of the fairy tale too. There good witches
there was happy magic, there the princess who
diamonds from her lovely mouth. You and know
few of those princesses, we know few kind old
witches, we know few beautiful spells.
1t sounded like fairy tale to those who stood
and wagged their heads Calvary this fantastic tale
of Kingdom where love and not hate, babyhood and
not cruel calculating dsilusoned old age should rule
But what other propheses have two thousand years
made more true?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14
LEAVE US OUR FAIRYTALES
KATHLEEN NORRIS Popular Writer for Women

,ington berry howl? They're ", nth ten
times more to Aunt Mary than they
ever will be to me"
in her busy listing and appraising
with troubled look. And in the end
the brother and sister left affection
ately with hands as bare as when they
came and merely asked Mary to send
them anything she liked" when she
got ready.
They'd had lovely visit. they
thought the climate had bewitched
them. ISIS
Bewitched. sure enough. But not
by the climate.
On the other hand, you cannot pick
up today's paper, nor tomorrow nor
any days paper. without finding OBJ
scure little headlines. Fight Between
Sons for Estate Settled" Smith Will
Case Deferred" Requests of Late
Millionaire to BE Disputed by Heirs"
And what is that but the curse In
stead of the blessing placed upon the
poor material thins-thst can do moth
ing of itself.
Go deep into those cases. trace that
disputed money back to its source. and
you viii find the old witch and her
malediction every time.
Midas, whose accursed touch turns
everything TO sickening, glaring. use
less gold-which one of us has not
met him,
Pandora, who Hampers with that
irresistibly tempting lock; Bluebeard's
wife. with her key; the -4illiputs:
Aladdin and his lamp-don't they all
exist, not fancifully, not figuratively,
but actually, here, now, in our every
day lives?
1t sounded like fairy tale to those
who stood and wagged their heads on
Calvary, this fantastic tale of a King
dom where love and not hate, weak
ness and not force. babyhood and not
cruel, calculating disillusioned old age,
should rule.
But what other prophesies have two
thousand years made more true?
What hard statistics and accepted
facts were in the world then that
SCIENCE and discovery have not since
denied?
No. no-take away histories, arith-
metics. statistics, proofs, logic, charts
and tables
These are of the moment, these are
all untrue.
And leave US our fairy tales.
Copyright, 1923. by the Republic
Syndicate.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

vipers, pearls and diamonds from her
lovely mouth.
You and l know a few of those
princesses, we know few kind Old
witches, we know a few beautiful
spells.
We have, seen the hairy coat and
the bristles disappear, and the Prince
stand where the beast stood.
We have ridden weary and wet and
hungry through the darkness of the
wood, TO see far Off that unfailing
little mysterious glimmer of light that
speaks of warmth and food and well
come into the castle.
As for spells-l saw a baby of three
cast a spell the other day. and the
sweetness of it is with me yet.
The baby's brother. a little boy OF
perhaps eight, was going slowly back
to the butcher shop with a package OF
meat. Evidently Mother had found
the meat unsatisfactory, and had dis
patched little, warm. weary Tommy
back through the heat upon the un-
grateful errand of returning it. Evil
IDENTIFY, too, she had called ont. tom
Take the baby, / can't have him
here under my feet"
SO here were Tom and the baby
trudging along in the dust. and when
the baby stumbled poor Tom was Just
cross and hot enough to give the little
innocent face hard slap.
A Baby's Charm.
The baby's lin trembled. and the
tears started down his rosy little
freckled face. and he looked back
wistfully. But Mother was too far
away-blocks away. So what could
he do but turn TO his big brother for
comfort, put his little arms about
Toms neck, and lay his wet little
face against Toms facei
And Tom knelt down in the road
and frightened his hard little shabby
arms about his brother. and they kiss
ed each other. The spell worked. the
world was all good and golden again
and if watching woman saw the lit.
tie scene through dancing stars and
arrows, perhaps that was only a lit
tie overflow of the witchcraft.
l saw another charm work, once
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

some years ago.
An elderly woman died in southern
California. leaving quite a personal
estate. There were pictures, silver,
heirlooms, laces, jewelry, rugs, besides
the money. The money was scrupu-
lousy and satisfactorily divided. and
q son came from an eastern state and
daughter from Canada to arrange
about the other apportioning.
The daughter with whom the mother
had lived idolized the dear old lady,
and while she--her name was not
Mary-really waited the sampler for
her own daughter. and the piano for
her baby granddaughter, and so on
and on, as VIC acquiyitive and blind
humans usually do, she wanted still
more to havSher mothers real legacy
to her children TO be one Of utter love
and harmony.
So she pondered the matter with
deep prayer and true logic-in other
words, she put spell over il, aud
then she awaited the arrival of her
brother and sister.
Bewitched by GoOdnc1i.
Ihey came nervous and apprehenS-
i've and jealous, to find her generous
and calm.
Did YOU especially want this,
Nary they asked over and over
again in the first few days. And over
and over again she thought of the
good, gentle woman who had given
them all life, ms well as these. tiny
bits of metal and paper and cloth and
glass, and for the sake of that VOL
derful memory, she answered mildly,
Not especially"
Presently the brother came TO her
and said generously, MARY, if you
don't look out, Bess and / will take
everything and realizing that the
spell was working fast she said, ooh.
you couldn't do that and be mother
children"
And then the sisters daughter said
to the visiting sister:
Mother, what earthly goo will all
this junk do us? Suppose it was
Grnndma's sewing table and the Wash
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14
NORRIS SAYS

Fairy tales and witches
and dragons are the real
est and truest things in
the world-far truer than
histories and statistics and
all the things one learns
in books!
How differently the
mothers of small children
would feel toward the
public highway if every
motor car that tore by was
marked "Dragon-we ate
2,1S3 little children last
year!
Wouldn't there be an
end to the temptation of
bank clerks and trusted
officials of all kinds if
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

Protect your complexion By using
Colonial Danes Face Preparations.
Phone Crockett 4736 for free dem
onstratiOn. Facials and shampoos by
appointment in your home.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

The far-famed Los Angeles Cafe
tsrias do not excel the new Wiley
Cafeteria. Downstairs, Moore Bldg.
l.. adway.-(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

Mathilde Wolf of the Eda and
Mathilde Wolf Shop has returned
from New York, and are showing new
arrivals daily.-(Ady.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

The new wiley Cafeteria is sur
passed by none and equalled by few
in the attractiveness Of their new
dining room. the quality and season.
ing of their food and in their 100
per cent sanitary rating. Downstairs,
Moore Bldg. Broadway.-(Ady.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

House warming suggestions. Ira
Perry Coal Co., Travis AGA, Crocket,
800. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

Miss Moore private dancing classes
open the week of October %. For
information call Crockett 97G5.-
(Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

fortunately. when we sum IN the
total OF all these monsters and drag
ols. these noSious potions and curses
mat surround us. we may logicallv re.
member the other side of the fairy
tales. too.
There We're good witches. there was
happy magic. there was tho princess
who dropped, instead Of toads and
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
200 CITIES IN
 PHILANTHROPY"
 MEAL CAMPAIGN
Novel Movement Is Started American Menus of All
 American Products.

SAARAN nN1U. Nal March D. Nearly POO clries have joined in an "All-Amafean Maar' movement. \. $. Dudley, manager ef the Saefa. niento Chamber of Commerce, has announced here The eAll-Amerlcan Meal" or meals for there will b. hreakfas.. luncheon and dinner-will be made up of food products grown or manufaeurad in their entirety in fhe Un.tqi States and it's posses sions, and available in all parts of fhe United States lhroughout the year. can.cd proeessed or pre- served foals are eligible
 The food articles aiready entered are representative of all parts of the nation. They include salt fish, cram berries and maple sugar from New England; cereals from the Middle West; r.ce and grapefruit from the Southern states; oranges. olives aa ] wide range eff fruits and vegetables from the Pacific slope. and pineap. ples from the Hawaiian Islands.
 Plans are being made by the Sacra- mento organization for display of dile products in this city A commit. tee of food experts will be seleetal fo arrange the menus. After this, the people of the United States will be urged to know their country's
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
Town Forty Years Old Gets
 Its First Road

SALEM, Ore, March 9.-Tae ia- habitants eff Detroit. Ore, whi some time this year be able to get cut of town by some means other than afoot. horseback or railroad
 Detroit, sftuatad 30 miles south east of Salem in the Cascade noun tains, is the eastern terminus of the Corvallis and Eastern Railway. The town was established 40 years ago when the railroad was pushing up the north fork of the Santiam River, and never has had an outlet over a pub lie highway. The nearest wagon road at this time terminates at Niagara 13 miles distant.
 But now, after levying special road taxes for several years. the NagaraDetrot road district. with the aid of Marion county and the federal government, is building q we'll graded and macademized road between the two communities. The cost of the road will approximate $125 000 As the railroad track monopolizes the only street in De- troit, the citizens for years have used railway velocipedes as means of transportation. Instead of a gar age for the "fliyver." each family has a side track for his three,wheele1 sedan"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
CARL JOHANSEN RETURNS
 FROM PROSPECTING TRIP

Carl Johansen. old-time pros9ector frclm the Interior and who has been in this vicinity since last summer, returned to Juneau last night from the Whiting River country. Mr Jchansen left Juneau December last and has been about six miles up the Whiting River on a prospect ing trip. He Brought few mink skins with him and a wolfe hide, but said fur bearing animals are scarce this year in the country he visited. He saw only three wolves during the time he has been out in the hills.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
ATLIN MINER ACCIDENTALLY
 SHOOTS AND KILLS SELF

Jack McMillan. pioneer miner and trapper in the Atlin district, was re- gently found in his cabin, dead from a bullet wound in the head. The cir cumstances indicated that the wound was caused by the accidental dis charge of his rife, and the coroner's jury So declared.
 McMillan had lived in the Atlin country fer twentysyears. Ii is be- lieyed that he has relatives in Nova Scotia from which province he haled.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
B. W. BEHRENDS Co.,, Inc.

commodities" by serving the meals.
 Our one thought in launching this n3Y ment. sad Mr. Dudley, was to educate the people of America as 50 the value and variety of foodstuffs produced ia this country When the i-c5u Is anaSanecd. l believe the Dablic viii be surprised. We have had wcaderful cooperation, not only from the various communities. but from the Unitsl S.a,gs Departments ci Commerce and other governmental lageneiss."
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
Former General Will
 Help Vets Investigation

WASHINGTON, March 9.-Gen. John F. Oryan. of New York, who commanded the 27th Division in France. has been retained as counsel for the special committee inyestigat- ing the affairs Of the Veterans Bu- reau It Ys expected the committee will begin work immediately, making a preliminary survey of the charges brought by the American Legion and will recommend what charges will require special treatment during the
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
GIRL IS FOUND
 DEAD ON ROAD
Indications Are that Terrible Struggle Took Place
 Clothing Is Torn.

VANCOUVER, Wash. March D. The 11yearold daughter of Paul Roscoe, farmer ncar Background. l6 miles from here, was found dead last night beside the road Her cloth ing was torn to shreds and other indications were indicated of a ter rlble struggle. Search was instituted for the girl when she d,d not return from school at the usual time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
Chinese Cabinet Has
 Stepped Down and Out

PEKING. March 9.-The Chinese Cabinet has resigned i'll bcdy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
Deep Sea Diving
 Cures Bad Lungs w Weakling" Says

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, March 9.
 Deep sea diving cures weak lungs, asserts Thomas Mahan, who, as Il boy Of fourteen, was fired from the passenger steamer City of Muskegon because he was . weakling.
 As S deep sea diver he has ex- perienced the sensation of sitting by the same engine door he had tried to fire. The craft was then on the bottom of Muskegon Harbor.
 For nearly twenty-five years Ma han has tread the depths of the Great Lakes probing the mysteries which lay hidden in the holds of abandoned ships or searching for the bodies of lost mariners.
 During the greater part of this service he was employed by the United States Engineers office, which had it's headquarters in Grand Rapids.
 Mahan, after the, steamer Nyack stove herself in with ice and sank in the Grand Haven harbor in 1904, worked on the wreck under the ice Later ne Worked OH the AfS0. Wnlcn went down the winter of 1905, with nine on board.
 But to him the most thrilling in- cident was the work on the City of Muskegon, whics ran against the south pier in Muskegon harbor three years ago with a loss of twenty-three lives
 In his diving rigging, while the vessel lay wrecked on the lakes floor, Mahan crawled into the boil CT room and there pondered over his dependency many years ago. when he was discharged from serv- ice in that very room.
 Old bundles Of newspapers at the
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
SAYS MuRDERESS
 PROTECTED FROM THE UNDERWORLD
Mrs. Clara Phillips, Escaped Murderess, Given Aid
 from Underworld.

SAN F'RANCiiSSO, March 9.-Mrs. Clara Phillips, Hammer mrsleress.r passed through Los Angeles twice and has been in San Francisco re- gently, according ito statement of Deputy Sheriff Frank Dewar, of Los Angeles.
 Dewar declares that since Mrs. Philips escaped from the Los An geles county jail she has been aided by members Of the underworld. De. war believes the woman is now near Los Angeles.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09

J. D. Helps of the Standard Oil Company offices here, has returned from short business trip to Skag- ,ygv
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
WHO'S HERE.
 AND WHERE

Richard Wakelln, representative Of the Kern X Green Shoe Factory, left Juneau on the Bstebeth for Sitka on a business trip.
 At the Gastineau John Yorke, c. R. Bell.
 At the Alaskan Henry Olinc, Kenneth Kinbrough.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09

MACON, Ga, March 9.-I ost- office Inspector J. w Cole, off cially stated that the ho.tage in the accounts of Hillyer GnGi- sill. Macon postmaster. who shot and killed himself here, amount ed to date to $SG,050.
 Inspector Cola denied sabs.itu- .tions Of stock of stamps, &c. had been made by Rudisiil. He said that the shortage was con.ned to 9he stock, abut at this time they we're unable to apaogtlon the amounts in the varioas de- partments.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-09
SHY 25c, KILLS SELF:
 ANOTHER OUT $36,o5o

CHICAGO. March 9.-A short age of p cents worried John Fairbanks. postmaster Of West Chicago, So much he tofa his life, it is believed. His body was found with a bullet wound n h.s head
 Two weeks ago Fairbanks tslegraphed to Postal Inspector Germer that he was working overtime to make his booas bel anCe. An auditor found a dn. ference Of 9 cents.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-28
CHAPTER I
A MaIden's "Humphir

Jim brought from his days work all
the fragrances Of next years meadows
He had been feeding the crops. All
things have opposite poles, and the
scents Of the farm are no exception
to the rule. Just now, Jim Irwin pos
sessed in his clothes and person the
olfactory pole opposite to the new
mown hay, the fragrant butter and
the scented breath Of the lowing kline
-perspiration and top-dresslng.
He was not quite so keenly con-
scious Of this as was Jennie Woodruff.
Had he been so. the glimmer OF her
white pique dress on the bench under
the Eastwood would not have drawn
him back from the gate. He had come
10 the house to ask Colonel Woodruff
about the farm work, and having re-
ceived instructions to take a team and
Join In the road work next day. he had
gone down the walk between the beds
of four o'clocks and petunias to the lane.
Turning TO latch the gate, he saw
through the dusk the white dress I'M
der the tree and drawn by the greatest
attraction known in nature, had re-
entered the Woodruff grounds and
strolled back.
A brief hello betrayed old acquaint-
ance and that social equality which
still persists In theory between the
work people on the American farm
and the family of the employer. A
desultory murmur of voices ensued
Jim Irwin sat down on the bench
not too close be II observed, to the
piQue skirt. There came into
the voices a note of deeper earnest
ness, betokening something quite aside
from the ripping Of the course of true
love running smoothly. In the mans
voice was tone of protest and plead
ing.
81 know you are" said she, ''but
after all these years don't you think
you should be at least preparing to
be something more than that?"
"What can I do?" he pleaded. I'm
tied hand and foot. / might ]
have :"
you might have" said she, but,
Jim, you haven't and I don't
see any prospects.
II have been writing for the farm
said Jim; but :"
But that doesn't get you anywhere.
you know. You're great
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-28

Irwin pulled them up at the end of
the turnpike across Bronsons Slew-a
peat-marsh which annually offered
the men Of the Woodruff district the
opportunity to hold the male equiva-
lent Of sewing circle while working
out their road taxes. Columbus
Brown, the pathmaster, prided him
self on the Bronson Slew turnpike as
his greatest triumph in road engineer
ing. The work consisted in hauling,
dragging and carrying gravel out on
the low fill which carried the road
across the marsh. and then watching
1t slowly settle until the next summer.
Haul gravel from the east gravel
bed, JIM" called Columbus Brown
from the lowest spot in the middle
of the turnpike. Take Newt here to
help load"
Jim smiled his habitual slow, gentle
smile at Newton Bronson, seventeen,
understood, tobacco-stained, profane
and proud of the fact that he had once
beaten his way from Des Moines to
Faribault on freight trains. A source
Of anxiety to his father. and the SUBJ
tect Of many predictions that he
would come TO no good end. Newton
was out on the road work because he
was likely to be of little use on the
farm. Clearly, Newton was on the
downward road In a double sense
and yet, Jim Irwin rather liked him.
The fellers have put up Job on
you. JIM" volunteered Newton, as
they began filling the wagon with
gravel.
"What sort of Job?" asked Jim.
They're nominating you for teach
err" replied Newton.
"Since when has the position of
Jim.
"Sure, IT amt elective" answered
Newton. But they say that with as
many brains as you've got sloshing
around loose In the neighborhood,
you're candidate that can break the
deadlock in the school board"
Jim shoveled ON silently for while.
and by example urged Newton to earn
the money credited to his fathers as
sessment for the days work.
A slide OF earth just then brought
down sweet-clover plant growing
rankly beside the top of the pit. Jim
Irwin pulled 1t loose from its anchor
age. and after looking attentively at
the roots, laid the whole plant on the
bank for safety.
"What do you want Of that weedY
asked Newton.