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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-01

michael Carries on The StOru
MY round of golf with the man
IVH who was the declared hunter of
my life and liberty afforded me
no apprehension whatever, although
must confess that the first sight of
Norman Greyes seated in the club
grill. only an hour or Sc after he
had witnessed the abortive attempt
TO arrest ME, was something of
shock. came to the conclusion.
however, that his presence here was
accidental, and in no way connected
with that harmless and respectable
inhabitant Of the neighborhood
James Stantteld. played golf
steadily and with success. 1t was
not until that startling discovery,
close to the eighteenth tee, that nv
equanimity was seriously disturbed
AS We looked down upon the dead
body of the plafn-clothes policeman
whom / had last seen in Woollerton
Road. we both recognized him. No
hint of anything of the sort, how.
ever, escaped from my lips.
After the first few second of stu
pefaction, Greyes naturally took
charge of the affair He set the cad
dies to search all around for wea.
pom, and begged me 10 summon my
gardener, or anyone wko might be
of assistance. l called for Scale in
vain. however, and remembering that
he had asked leave to- visit his
brother at Mayford. l abandoned the
quest. Subsequently. one of the
men working on the course an.
peared, and we carried the body into
my tool-shed. Greyes locked the
door and telephoned for the police
and doctor.
You will excuse my apparent Off
ciousness," he said, but once had
some connection with Scotland
Yard"
There is nothing to excuse" I
assured him. Il am only too thank
full that you happened to be here
Do you think that it is case of
suicide?"
Il have reasons for doubling it,"
he replied, apart from which. if it
were suicide. the weapon would have
been found. AS the event happened,
so clece to your house and actually.
on your path, Mr. Stanfeld, YOU will
not mind. am sure. if 1 question
your servants"
Continued IN Our Next ISSUED
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WOMEN'S ONE STRAP KID
SLIPPERS AT $3.50.

New, stylish toes, one strap, black
and brown kid, rubber heels, sizes
8 to 8; Friday and Saturday,
pair .....-..-......-.....--.-.. so
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He puzzled over this for mo-
ment Then his face lighted up, and
he wrote:
Kind and gentle"
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NOW is THE TINE to plant your
yard shrubbery, fruit and nut trees
Large or small orders accepted D.
Z. HeYs. -.
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For sale

FOR SALE-Saw-mill outfit at "
90 ' loft
merce. -
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WANTED MISCELLANEOUS

r0AT-Red Ash Coal, 11.50 per
ton; 5000 per half ton. Quality
Guaranteed. C. j. Clark, Phone 303.
20-tf
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WOMEN'S BLACK SATIN
SLIPPERS AT $2.9S.

Medium heels, plain or beaded
toes, flexible soles, made of standard
quality satin; regularly Sd; Friday
and Saturday pair ---.,--...-.--.-- $2.93
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WOMEN'S SIS PATENT
LEATHER SLIPPERS AT S3.95

New, just received from the max
er this week; medium low heels, one
strap; sizes IL to g.
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earnest-and for the first time In my
life "a man kissed me upon the lips.
l can find no words even now to
describe the fury which was / IN IN
my heart against him. feared even
to speak, lest my passionate words
might carry some warning to h n of
the things which were in my hea~t.
He seemed perfectly ind derent,
however. and in few minutes he
strolled out and made his way acroSs
the garden TO the little wood. / to,
up my masters field gl"ssos and
satisfied myself that he as still a
II & distance away. / waited for a
quarter Of an hour. Ten look
another path which LED into the
shrubbery. and made my way eau.
tiously to where the man wa stand.
ing with folded arms. leaning
against a tree.
drew nearer and nearer. am
light-footed, and / have even been
called stealthy. 1t was part of my
early training as a parlor-maid TO
make no noise when l moved. So
stole to within a few yards of him,
and unheard 1t was a
queer, gusty November day, with
tumbled masses of clouds in the
sky, and wind which bent the tops
of the sparse trees and brought the
leaves rustling down. Soon there
would be company for the creeping
and crawling insects to whom winter
meant death. And afterwardi
had a vivid little mind picture of a
crowded courtroom. of the Judge
who might try me and the jury who
might pronounce my fate For a
moment / shivered Then l thought
of that loathsome caress. | thought
of my master. and l smiled. If he
knew. he would thank me. Some day
he would know!
/ was so close that think nv vic
tim felt the breath from my lips or
the sensation of my approaching
body. He turned quickly around
and l saw his eyes wide open with
apprehension. He would have
shrunk away, but he seemed para
lyzed; and as he stood there shot
him, He swayed on his feet an in
slant, then stumbled and slumped to
the grouad+I listened for a moment
Then I took the path back TO the
house. had finished what came
out to 90.
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FOR SALE - Tobacco Stems ana
Dust. Kills mites on chickens. For
fertilizer on flowers and kills insects
on flowers and vegetables. Edwards
Cigar Co. 80.
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BEAUTIFUL TABLE
DAMASK AT Csc

Extra heavy, fine, highly merceriz-
ed Table Damask; will hold its lus-
ter after washing; GA inches wide;
worth dollar; Friday and Satur-
day, yard ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
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FOR SALE-Baby Chicks of White
Leghorn and Rhode Island Red
breeds. Phone 845. 1-3t
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In this way, probably it wouldn't
be far out of the way to guess that
she pays. IL to Is per cent, on an
average fcr her foreign borrowings.
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WORLD LEAGUE
AGAIN


President Harding's advocacy Of
American participation in the League
of Nations world tribunal came SO
suddenly that little times needed
to let the idea sink in
Probably omst people win wonder
chow come the president didn't
spring his scheme until after it was
too late to amount to anything in the
Sixty-seventh Congress and yet did
spring it too soon for the Sixty
eighth.
And echo or something is liable to
answer that maybe the administra-
ton was afraid Of Senator Borah's
plan to stump the country all sum
mer in favor Of an international
court, and hoped by the presidential
announcement, to bust in the head
Of the senator's drum.
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THE STANDARD
RUSTLING
TAFFETA DRESSES AT $9.o5.

Black and colors made Of guarau-
teed taffeta silk, up-to-minute
style; every size in the lot and worth
up to $15.75; here Friday and Sat
urday choice at ,,-.-----------$ $685.
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Standard Dry Goods Co.

Forsyth ST. Next Bank of Commerce
A M f RI c US, C E OR c A I,
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THE HABIT OF SAVING


Pushing ourselves to-and some
play. too much spending Of money
and vital energy, too much emo.
tional waste.
times beyond-the limit Of our
endurance, 1t does not occur to
US that what we fling away with
wanton recklessness might mean
health. happiness. safety-and even
youth conserved in q PARKWAY
tomorrow.
We lay too much stress on
the monetary things. We do
not stop TO find out what real
value there IL in the things we
wear ourselves out to gain. We
don't think Of tomorrow. We
overdecorate our bodies, over
furnish our houses, overstimulato
ourselves. The orgy Of spend
ing in which We indulge would
not be 30 tragic II there were
any chance Of regaining the
youth and vitality we waste.
But you arc young only once"
protests youth.
That IL the whole point. The
worn man Of forty might be
capable Of real accomplishment
true enjoyment, II he had not
crowded his youth with wearing
joys which bring that youth to
an abrupt end and invite age
long before 1t Is due. The hax-
gard woman Of middle years
might be young and vital in
looks and feeling If she hadn't
spent her birthright of youth
In one big conflagration Of gayety.
The Washington times., 1923-08-17
The Story of Two Young People Who We're Destined for
l. Each Other, Though Every Influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

, back out. But, ch gee! he was
tired when he got through at 8
o'clock, and dumped heavily up
the hill after Grandfather and 81,
walking. it seemed to him, with
az stiff and aged q gait az theirs.
He ahoveled supper up, starved,
starved to his toes, and staggered
to bed Immediately Afterward.
The first week he lost frye pounds.
Thereafter he gained steadily, and
all solid muscle.
After q time he mastered the
Tnillhand's basic axiom, "Never
lift Q plank II you can slide It."
his hands stopped blistering and
hardened. and he grew muscles in
various places up and down ris
back. where he had never had any
before. % that the boards became
singularly tighter IN his hands.
Water Gave Out.
And then. just when he had
mastered his job, the water-goJ
took a hand in the game. Since
the spring rains. there had been
nothing but the gentlest showers.
The mill.pond had shrunk to. Q
pool, and grass began to show
far down its dried-up sides. Tho
water no longer ran over the mill
dam. One day about 8 o'clock the
mill stopped. with q log half.
sawed.
mo water" said silas. "got to
shut down. till the pond fills up"
They sat down instantly. hanging
their empty hands over their
knees, in an ecstasy Of idleness.
They managed to finish that log
by supper time, but the drought
held.
Soon they could saw only by
pondfuls. A couple Of hours in
the early morning. a scant hour
after lunch. and somewhat less
after supper. in the twilight. Be-
tween times 81 patched belts, or
hoed corn, or sat and smoked,
grandfather pottered around the
garden. or sat and smoked as he
waited for the pond to Till.
BIameIess Leisure.
This was delightful-just enough
work for exercise. and lots Of
blameless leisure. But with 90
many hours to read, Neale ran
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BLOUSES FOR
HOT DAYS
BY Rita Stuyvesant-

by Rita StuyVeSanC-I
"HE advent Of tho slesvelesa
sweater has increased the
demand for smartly tailored
blouses. This season one tan
find smart blouses at all prices.
Fine batiste, dirnity, English
broadcloth, radium silk, crepe silk,
crepe de chine. Canton crepe and
striped sport silks.
From dimity Is cut q simple
blouse and drawn and hand
made. It Is a long-sleeved model,
with tailored, turned-back cuffs
and a round collar, split both
front and back. The blouse is
buttoned in the back, and there
is a short panel Of hand.drawn
works in the front
Sometimes these cotton blouses
are trimmed with a fine filet
edging and tiny tucks, arranged
in groups. Or the blouse might
be opened down the front and
fastened with tiny pearl buttons
and a narrow pleated frill at the
front.
The new mannish shirts of Eng
fish broadcloth show the raglan
shoulder and the high collar.
They are cut extra long. to allow
ample length under the new low.
wasted skirts. The cuffs are
turned back and linked A striped
mannish tie adds considerable
dash to the skirt.
The MILDLY blouse IL being re.
vived in unusual form. For in
stance. we find it cut from ra-
dunn silk or one Of the sports
crepe silks. The sailor collar,
cuffs and hip.band are outlined
in whipped-stitch embroidery and
there 10 an initial at the left side
Of the front. A pocket hiding
q sports handkerchief Of contrast
ing shade is another novel tea
ture.
A bit more dressy are the crepe
silk pleated, lace trimmed blouses.
These are sleeveless, and the arm
holes are edged with q double
frill Of lace. The oval neck ID
also lace trimmed. The entire
blouse Is pleated with tiny side
pleats. and fastened into q band
at the hips. This blouse looks
well with a white pleated skirt.
All white silk blouseS are smart
II touched with an embroidered In
itial. This may be stamped Oh
the silk ana embroidered IN say
washable silk.
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gone to grandfather or grand
mother and asked where that
bookcase was. But It did not
occur to Neale to do that. and
lii he had thought Of the pos&ibil-
ity, he would never have done 1t.
That would have meant talk
about his wanting to read, about
what books he liked, ana why he
liked them all sorts Of
talk from which Neale shrank
away as he did from physical
pawing-over.
He set off silently. with cas-.
ual air. upon his search, looking
first into the darkened best
room, and going from that to the
garnet. the attic over the ell, ana
the woodshed loft.
There were scattered books In
all these places; in the restroom
q few big, illustrated, show-off
books. with gold on the bindings,
like the Dore Bible he had 90
often looked at. and the big Phi.
grim's Progress that he had
opened only once.
In the garnet were dusty old
school books OF past generations,
and in the attic over the ell piles
Of well-bound black books. with
gold lettering. which turned out
to be-, desolatingly, nothing but
by-gOne Congressional Records
and Census Reports.
But he had not found the little
brown bookcase which he dinly
remembered. Perhaps it wasn't
here at all. Well. he'd try the
chambers. mostly vacant now,
which had been 20 full In the
days grandfather liked to toll
about, when he was a little boy,
one Of fourteen children all grow.
ing up tumultuously together In
this big old house.
Sure Enough.
Neale went down the attic
stairs and began to open doors.
Nothing doing. Everywhere the
same sparsely furnished room,
with painted floor, braided mat.
dark old bed and battered dresser.
and ladder-back, flag.bottomed
chairs. Their vacancy struck
cold even on Neale's not very i'm
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Why the Marriage Of the Principal Characters This Novel
Was Able to Stand the Test Is Related In
Captivating Manner

questionable mind. "A room that
hadn't been lived in for long
time was the limit, anyhow" he
thought.
But at the other end Of the ham
from his own Iow-ceilinged. little
boys room. he found one like It,
rather more cheerful. The sun
came in through q dormer window
az It did in his own room. He
remembered now that this was
the room father had always had
till he went away TO college ana
after that to New York to live.
And there, sure enough, was the
little bookcase. OF course. He
must have seen It lots Of times,
going by when The door was open.
, Now. what was In TT Maybe
after all. nothing to his purpose;
probably this had been used like
the shelves In the attic a. 4
place to, put volumes that nobody
wanted to read.
Rough Shedding.
Mather's Invisible Providence
sounded religious. Neaie did not
even take 1t out. A big, old
book with the back off, proved
when he opened It. to Be
Rollins Ancient History. With
a true Hadley horror for learn.
ing anything out OF hours.
he slammed 1t shut, and took
down the next one. Buffers Anal.
ogy. Seemed as though he had
heard Of that one. He sat down on
the edge Of the little four.pcster,
and opened 1t at random, skim
ming the pages. Oh, awful! Fiercel
Worse than religiousl He put It
back. discouraged, and ran over
the titles on that shelf. A name
struck his eye. Emerson. Wasn't
there q poem by Emerson at the
beginning Of ''The Children OF the
Zodiac?" Neale like every one
else at that time had read a good
deal Of Kipling, although he was
vague az to Emerson.
He took down Volume !, and
opened to the first page.
"But thought IL always prior
to the fact; all the facts OF his.
tory pre-exist in the mind az
laws"
Pretty rough sledding!' thought
Neale, had 40 Butler"
He turned over a page. His eye
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; was struck by q thick black
pencil.mark along the margin;
passage that had interested some
body. NeaIe read. "I have no ex.
pectation that any man will read
history Alright, who thinks that
what was done in q remote age,
by men whose names have re-.
sounded far, has any deeper sense
than what he 10 doing today"
An idea knocked ct Neale's
head. He looked up from the book
to take 1t In. It echoed and re-
echoed in his brain. the first idea
about history which had ever pen.
etrated to fertilixe the facts piled
up by Hadley. Gee! there was
something to that! Neala began
to walk around it speculativeiy.
Wonder II that's true7 Sounds
good.
Were there perhaps more pas
sagas marked? He turned over
the pages again and came on an
other Of the black pencil lines
In the margin.
when a thought Of Plato be-
comes a thought to me-when Q
truth that fired the soul Of Pindar
fires mine. time is no more"
Time Is no More.
"Time 10 no more :" The
grandeur Of those four words un.
rolled a great scroll before Neale's
eyes.
Say, who was it who had
marked these places, anyhow
Who was it. who. before Neals,
had sat in this low-ceilinged room
and had caught that glimpse Of
timeless infinity? Neale turned
back to the fly-leaf and found
written in q familiar handwriting.
Daniel W. Crittenden. Williams
1876"
Why, that was father.
Neale stared at the name.
Could it be Father? Yes, he had
gone to williams and although
1875 was Incredibly long ago. that
might have been Fathers class.
And this was Fathers rooml He
looked about him. astonished.
To. Re Continued TOmOFrow.)
The Washington times., 1923-08-17
SECRETS OF HEALTH
AND SUCCESS
HOW THE RAT CARRIES BUBONIC PLAGUE

chiefly various kinds Of rats,
guinea pigs, rabbits, squirrels.
Monkeys may also carry them
but are somewhat table to the
effect Of the germ.
These phases OF the law Of
nature in the case were known
to the scientists. who. backed by
the authority Of the Government,
speedily stopped the invasion and
thus spared the country q truly
frightful epidemic
In this way, at every port or
every civilized country. is science
constantly standing guard against
insidious invasion by unseen enc
mics from every pestilential center
Of the earth. You car help ny
destroying every rat that infests
your home.
The Washington times., 1923-08-17

and Mrs. don't know IT, And you seem to forget that I'm
man. dwell letters you do gazing at
the postnark to letter FROM and pondering
handwriting, wondering you've before,
and smelling biting letters contain
the Republican nomination There they are all plate
open only when I've opened them that know
in them. Besides, what making such fuss
about? Does matter much whether know what there
your I'm beginning to wonder Tell
have you hide2
GEORGE Lots Of things I'd like to know how you'd
behave letters You'd
I q card Besides always arguing
you privacy your life. Why be allowed
It, too?
MRS GEORGE: You do by opening my letters. Anyhow,
next time letter Of mine shall
to the house a week afterwards.
MR. GEORGE; see must have them sent TO my office
(COpvisht ayndtat Ina
The Washington times., 1923-08-17
KIN OxY GRANDPA" Bobby
declared, 1--WE found out
- where the word boob

II" OAY GRANDPA, Boldly
declared, Eve found out
where the word boob
came from"
when did you mako this re-
markable discovery. Bobby2" I
chuckled.
1--WE seen the original boob"
Bobby stated with emphasis.
There are some birds up here on
the beach called boobies and they
certainly are boobs"'
We were on a tiny island in
the South Pacific. I really be-
lieve that man never stepped
foot on this beautiful little spot.
because the birds were SO tame
they weren't the least bit fright
ened Of us. We could walk right
UP to their nests and stroke them
as they sat on their eggs.
well. Bobby. why do you think
that your friends, the boobies, are
such boObs7" asked.
Bobby Strengthened up az II he
were going to deliver a lecture,
and replied:
why, Foxy Grandpa, those
boobies live on f1ying-fish and you
know very we'll that it's some Job
to fly out to sea and catch enough
f1ying-fish to feed wife and
family. Well, Bunny and I saw
that after a BOBBY had caught
his fish he swallowed them down
into a pouch-not iAto his stom-
ach-and brings the food home in
this way and gives 1t to his child
rem"
well, I consider that these
boobies are clever to do it that
way. Bobby. What lhakes Won
think they're stupid?" asked.
That's not ALT" Bobby ex.
claimed. ''There are some great
big birds around here called 'frig.
ate birds or 'man-of.war birds
The Washington times., 1923-08-17
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

w = :: = 4. , VINO puts "a. a.;
with a view to the future? Above
all-who conserves himself?
We live In an age Of grave
extravaganza. The price Of every.
thing 10 high. The desire Of
everybody IL attuned to luxury.
We spend our earnings insanely
on all the glitter which catches
eur eye. Chiffon stockings and
chiffon frocks for the girl whose
Day envelope is empty on the
first Of each week and mortgaged
for more empty weeks ahead.
Motors for the man who can't
really afford the gasoline TO
pay for his mileage. Az we
80 up and down the social scale
everyone il spending a little
more than he can afford for
things which won't last and won't
pay their way.
Today's children are feverish
and excited. There Is too much
The Washington times., 1923-08-17

through at an alarming rate the
books he had brought with him.
Even Vanity Fair" didn't hold
out forever, and with Dobbin and
Amelia finally united. Neale was
at the end Of his literary resources.
Boredom settled down heavily. Sis
reiterated anecdotes lost all SAVIOR;
he had read all the books on the
sitting room book shelves. or had
given them up a. hopeless. He
felt bound by his contract to be on
hand whenever the mill could be
run. 50 that long walks were out
Of the question.
At last a. he sat gloomily killing
The Washington times., 1923-08-17

OTSs
Each case started with q chill.
then fever, vomiting. headache.
giddiness, delirium, red eyes,
swollen tongue-two days later
painful Jumps came in the groins
and neck. These speedily became
ahoesses. The breathing became
hurried. Some Of the patients
developed pneumonia. Their tenn
perature ran UP to LOT. On the
third day the patients dropped
asleep-the sleep of death.
Experts rushed to the scene
and heralded their reports.
: The Plague, the "Bubonic
Plague" the BLACK Death" Of
the ages, Of the Orient, had gained
a footing in our country!
That rat had been an unwel-
come guest.
But 1t was likewise host.
Concealed about its person
were innumerable guests spe-
'cies Of lice that in turn were hosts
Of the germ-known as the pest
bacillus, discovered by the bril-"
liant Japanese. Kitasato, to be
the cause Of the plague.
It Is a law Of nature that GER
tain animals carry certain germs
without being made i'll by them.
The animals that can thus carry
the plague germ are these par.
ticular lice. But the animals that
carry these particular lice are