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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

cited for US the case of John
Nolan, postmaster in an Inliana
city, who recently declined to
represent the frst-class postmas-
tiers of that state at a hearing be-
fore salary commission to con-
slider the question of raising the
salaries of postmasters, stating
that he would not 60 TO Washing
ton with his hat in his hand,
begging, because he considered
the salary he was getting quite a
sufficiency for the job.
When one considers the almost
universal dissatisfaction which is
being expressed, forcibly in some
instances, the case of John Nolan
is truly remarkable. Here is a
man who received less than many
steel workers ana considerably less
than many members Of the railroad
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES he is satisfied
with his pay.
If there are others who consider
the salaries they are getting suf-
icient for the job, the country
would like to know them and honor
them, for there is a great work
for them to do. Their influence
would be very potent in counter
acting the spirit Of discomfort and
restlessness which is hindering
rather than helping the work of
improving economic conditions
and making it easier for the aver
ge family.
it'll
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05
NOW GO ON WITH STORY
Michael Sdyers Continues:

You were just in time" she said.
That was a wonderful jump"
The old gentleman was in the road
by this time and gripping my hand.
MY good fellow" he exclaimed,
you have done a great days work
for yourself! For Gods sake, say
that you understand English"
81 have hewn wood in Devon
shire" told him. II speak English
or French, which you will"
MY name" he announced, sis
Lord KindersIey. You will never re-
gret this days work"
l made some attempt to descend,
but he held me in my place.
You must drive US to the next
town" he insisted, ito Hyeres or
Toulon. will reward you hand
somely, but we cannot be left here,
and l will not let that wretched
youth touch the car again"
Where are you going tor" I in
CURED
England" the girl answered.
to Boulogne."
81 viii drive you to Boulogne," I
said. If you win give me that young
mans livery and papers, and recon-
pense my comrades there for my alb
sence They win have to engage an
other woodElan."
, 1T is agreed" he declared eager
". I'VE shall not quarrel about
terms. I promise your
During the whole of our four days
journey, the girl. who sat by my
side all the time, remained as though
wrapped in her thoughts and spoke
TO me only after long intervals.
How is it that you, a woodman,
can drive motorcar?" was her first
question.
i have not always been a wood.
man. l answered.
why did you want that boys pa.
pers?" she asked.
Because l wished to reach Eng.
land, and I might find it difficult to
get a passport Of my own" l ad,
mitted.
On the following DAY, after a pro.
longed silence, ushe again adopted an
interrogative tone.
why did you risk your life for
us?' she asked, with curious abrupt.
ness, toward the close of a long
days run.
Because I admired the way you
were facing what seemed to be Ger.
tain DEATH" told her.
rs it true" she went on, "that
some Of the woodmen of the Foret
du Dom frequently rob travellers who
have met with accidents while mo.
toring2"
quite true" l admitted. "They
have. even been known to contribute
to the accidents. have done it my,
SELF
Il wish you would not tell me
those things" she said reproachfuL
",
1T is the truth" 1 assured her
1--WE rather thought of wreckine
your car. but watched you coming
down the hill, and afterward | only
thought Of saving you"
You are a strange person." she
declared. why We're you masquer.
ading as a woodman?"
Because l have wrecked other
things besides motorcars," / an.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Of getting into England, and now
that | am here want money"
lie drew bis check. book from the
drawer, but / brushed it on one side.
Il will have a thousand pounds in
Bank of England notes." I told him,
"and a draft on the Bank of England
for the same, amount. Send your
clerk out for it; then we can talk"
When You are In London, never.
have a moment free from anxiety"
he complained. -
I shrugged my shoulders.
Il shall not trouble you much
longer" [ promised. There is an
other matter to be cleared up
though. In Marseilles h was tod
that Janet Scale had drawn a large
sum of money from YOU
1T is utterly false" the lawyer re
piled. She has not even applied for
a penny"
l knew the truth then, of course
Louisa vas never one to brook q
rival. ! felt a momentary compunc
ton when 1 thought of Janet's ter
ror in the cafe at MarseiIles. After
all, although we had ceased to care
for one another, she had been faith
ful to me after her fashion. e.
I'VE heard that you were drownd
at Marseilles,' my companion re-
marked.
1t was narrow escape" adj
mitted. Huntington and Greyes
were both over there, and they got
on my track through Janet and
Louisa. l had luck that highland
L needed it."
why don't you retire?" the law.
yer suggested, leaning across the
table. You have sufficient money,
and you are fond of the country.
Why not make fun use Of your won.
derful genius for disguise, choose
some quiet spot and run no more
risks?"
The matter is worth consider.
ing" I admitted. There are a few
little affairs to straighten out first,
though"
Mr.. Younghusband looked at me
curiously; then he laid his forehnger
upon the copy of the Times which he
had been studying when 1 entered
the office.
You arg interested in tomorrow's
event. 1 suppose?"
What eVent?" 1 inquired.
The lawyer shrugged his shout
ders. could see quite well that he
did not believe in my ignorance.
THE marriage of your old friend
Norman Greyes."
/ stared across the table incredu.
lousy.
Il have, indeed, been living out of
the world" observed. Whom is
he marrying?"
do you mean to tell me that you
do not known" he demanded.
"Of course 1 DON'T" 1 replied a
little irritably. You seem to forget
where have been for the last four
months"
Norman Greyes is marrying the
lady whom have met as Mrs. Stan
field. She calls herself now Janet
Scale"
That was. undoubtedly, one of the
shocks of my life. held out my
hand for the Times and read the lit
dle announcement.
"Goodp' l said. 81 shall attend
the reception which I see is being
given after the ceremony. 1t will be
interesting to see Norman Greyes'
taste in pearls. I see that he is
having his collection strung as a
wedding present for his wife,
If you do, you're a madman,' the
lawyer declared angrily.
"Madmen for luckp, l replied.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05
BEGIN HERE TODAY
ndetta begins between

Vendetta begins between
MICHAEL SAVERS, noted criminal.
and
SIR NORMAN GREYES. once of
Scotland Yard, when Savers
beautiful housemaid.
saves him from Sir Norman
by shooting dead an officer sent
to arrest him. Janet becomes
Savers wife and accomplish After
many narrow escapes from cap
two woodsmcn, Pierre and
jacques. Led by Michael, the
three scheme to rob passing mo-
tOrists. By blocking a bend in
the road with a lumber wagon
tourists are mace to run down an
embankment and in the confusion
of rescue the watching lumbermen
rob the injured of their purses.
One day Michael goes to the res
cue Of a beautiful girl and her
father whose car runs wild.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05
A THOUGHT

lie that obserYeth the wind shall
not sow; and he that regardeth the
clouds shall not reap.-Eccles.
II 4.
There is nothing so ingenious
as fear; it is even more ingeni-
Gus than hatred, especially when
its concern is with the preserva-
ton Of money.-Bayle st. John.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

BY Berton Braley.
When another fellows driving,
Though | constantly am striving
To behave the way passenger should do;
Still. in spite of my endeavor,
discover l ever
Sitting tensely there beside him-drivng too!
At the highway keep peerng
Ana my mind is busy steering
And figure every chance the driver takes;
In a manner highly graphic
When he's threading through the traffic,
keep putting imaginary brakes!
In his skill and in his science
may fondly place reliance, a3. E8 tE#E~F
may bow to his experience and years, tUH|N ss
Yet sit there all aquiver ~ ~. 5*A
In a Packard a Flivver
While my mind IS feeding gas or shifting gears
So wherever I riding
am driving, l guiding
An imaginary wheel is in my hand
With the closest application
/ conduct each operation ae
II you ever drove car, you'll understand!
Copyright 1929
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05
A REFRESHING SIGN LOOMS
m THE BUSINESS HORIZON.

In these troublous times when
It seems that the whole world is
crying for shorter hours and more
pay. It is real refreshing to have
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05
Janet Takes Up The Storu

I L was exactly two months after
i had left Marseilles when Norman
Greyes walked into my little sitA.
ting-room in Smith Street, Wesb
minister. where ! was busy tipping a
play for the agency which occa-
sionany sent me work. Before
had got over my surprise at his COM
ing, / felt his arms around me-and
every atom Of strength leaving my
body. The most wonderful moment
Of my life had arrivedr'
When will You marry me, Janet?''
he asked a little later on, when he
had set me back in my chair and
seated himself by my side.
Marry your" l gasped. How
can you talk OF such things!"
Simply because they have to be
talked about before they can be
undertaken" he replied. II look
upon you as Michael's widow, but
you have never cared for him as you
are going to care for me-
Continued in Our Next Issuel
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

I4ANlD LIE s4AlLl@4LI 4LN}4N w L1lN<II
! SEE IS TO FOLLOW THE CERE.
MONY."
it into my pocket with the envelope.
Il shall never forget that eve
ning," size continued softly. 1T was
a wonderful jump, wasn't it?"
II think. Miss Kindersley," I said,
that you had better forget as much
Of the whole affair as you can. Be-
lieve me, I am not a creditable ac-
quaintance.
'Rut you might be-" she persisted,
Won you try2"
I shook my head.
1T Is too late" I told her. at am
la hunted man today, and shall be to
the end
In these chronicles Of my life
there is just one vice, the vice of
cowardice, to which 1 have never
had to plead guilty. Just at this
juncture, however, the sight Of her
small white hand stealing out to-
ward me, the little culver Of her
proud lips, perhaps a faint watt of
Jl4cNL HCI INlLG VI WHICH l. IdQ DG6n
dimly conscious on those four days
when she had sat by any side, some
one Of these things or all of them to-.
gether gripped at my heart, filled me
with a vague terror of myself. 80
that / did the only thing which
seemed possible hurried out of
the room and out of the house.
MFR. YOU, GHUsBAND's face
IYE was a picture when l visited
him next morning at his offices
in Lincoln's Inn, l was still in my
chauffeur's livery, which, with its
visored cap, afforded an excellent dis
guise, but he recognized my voice at
once, and he shook in his chairs
Surely" he faltered, this is
unwise?'
My friend" I answered, seating
myself at the other side of the table,
lit may be unwise but it is neces-
sary. l found a perfectly safe means
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

swered. It was hiding from the
police. This is a great opportunity
for me to break away"
She sighed.
II am sorry she confessed. All
the same. 1 hope that you succeed.
A T BouIogne 1 was intrusted with
n the car, which drove to Lon
don and delivered according to
instructions at the garage of the
house in South AudleL@treet There
1 received a message the young
lady, whom I had .avoi seeing at
FoIkestoue, wih to fak to me
the moment L.f5Frlved. 7 Yvas shown
into little sitting-room III the great
house, and she came to me almost at
once.
MY uncle wished me to give you
this" she said, handing me an envei-
ope. ''And I wondered''-she raised
her eyes to mine-"whether you
would care to have little memento
of me?"
She gave me a picture of herself
in tortoise~shen frame, and put
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

| Tom Sims |
| Says: |
Spring is when nature says it
with flowers.
Counting to a hundred before
starting a fight is nice, but Jack
Dempsey counts $750,OOO.
These are the. days budding e.
poets get nipped in the bud
Rice Lake (Wis) man acciden-
tally put a bullet in his pipe, He
found it was smokeless powder.
All this water in flooded rivers
comes from the spring.
Fyo,r uoet i nrnno yoek for
the boarders.
pra;+bord :. - athletic Who
bites nails in tow pieces. We do not
know what makes him so mad
snr;ro s+r1a hint. Pnbber heels
Il seems IN he the Mad Halter
AWAY down wonder in New Or
leans man broke his law lawn
snring
liable t. have everything. We say
everything except matches.
trousers 50 or 30 Years and still
throw them on the floor every
night
\ :. v,iso man ,rbo dossr,t
show b;a ;onorarto
-. - 49,, 1T. -
A small town is where the iail is
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Away down yonder in New Or
leans a man broke his jaw lawn
ing, and it is another sign Of
spring.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Doctors say men who smoke are
liable "a have everything. We say
everything except matches.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05
sEABoARD AIR LINE

Central Time
Arrive DEPARTS
1905 am Cordele-Helena 5:15 pm
1926 pm Cols-Montg'y. $40 pm
$40 pm Cordele-Savh. 1926 pm
6;15 pm Richland-Cols 1O:OS am
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

It seems to be the Mad Halter
who sets the spring hat prices.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Breitbard is an athletic who
bites nails in tow pieces. We do not
know what makes him so mad
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Spring style hint: Rubber heels
don't scratch desk tops so easily.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Many a party is given for the
pleasure Of not inviting someone
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Some men have been wearing
trousers so or 80 years and still
throw them on the floor every
night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

It is a wise man who doesn't
show his ignorance
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

A small town is where the jail is
full if they catch a crook,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

The height of something is a
coat of arms on fivver.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

An old-timer is a man who likes
his coffee so strong he needs
chaser after it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Every week is prune week for
the boarders.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Paris says actresses don't have
to wear any clothes if they stand
still. Git fer home Bruno.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

New York cop has been charged
with robbing a man. The man
should have yelled for a burglar.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

New York is where a distracted
mother hands the baby her cigaret
instead of the bottle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Mike Angelo was swell painter,
but he couldn't paint bald
headed man to fool a fly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-05

Very few can sing our national
anthem all the way, but everybody
knows How Dry I ana"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-13
NEW SCHOOL MUST BE BUILT

Perth Amboy has nothing to gain by further postponlng the
erection of a new school on the Hall avenue site. The building now
is going 10 cost a great deal more than it would have cost had
# been built a year or two ago. Each year the bids get higher
The aldermen have had their experience in the Lehigh Park sew
sr job.
The complete plans for the Hall avenue school called for an
expenditure Of about 100000. Owing to the financial condition
If the city this was cut in half. The plans were changed and
everything not really essential for an upto-date school was clint
mated. When the bids were opened, however, it was found that
thew were considerably over the appropriation.
To have any kind of a school at all $4,000 more Is necessary
The school board has requested this additional amount, and the
Board of School Estimate has unanimously endorsed the request
The matter now goes to the Board of Aldermen. While they are
hard pressed for funds to carry on all the work that IS required
If them, it is to be hoped that they can see their way clear to
iio ND this additional $4,000 somewhere SO that this much needed
school can be built. Everybody knows that 1t is needed, and
everybody knows that the cost of building is very high.
Even if the work is started as soon as possible, 1t will be prae-
aically a year before the new building can be used. In the mean
lime the present buildings are becoming more and more eonges-
ed: the number of children being taught in Easements and at
lending school only part time is increasing. For the sake OF
the future generations, it is up to the aldermen to provide this
ddi+ional $4,000 and get the new building under way.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-13
BEWARE!

Don't get impatient with the human mule who opposes
progress or new ideas. Maybe he's a pathological case' a
victim of the mental disease known as %neophobla:
The Scientific Monthly says: The neophopa patent
shows marked aversion and resentment at the slght OIL any
thing new. The disease is very prevalent and there are II
drugs known that will cure it, except poisons. we all seem
to carry about the germs of it, for any of us IS liable 10 mani
fest mild symptoms, and in certain countries anu o0i'"An
centuries it has been epidemic"
Anyone who has ever tried to put over a new idea or
introduce a new device or method, will realize that much
Of the difficulty encountered can be elassed as neophoblc.
Most people are suspicious of anything new, tnougn III
fairness it must be admitted that this is partly because they
have been stung so many times by the new.
The Scientific Monthly points out that the first printed
books had to be sold as manuscripts because OF the preJu-
dice against printing. The learned men OF Italy sneered at
the invention as a barbarous German innovation.
When bathtubs were invented, about 80 years ago, preju-
dice rose so violently against them that Virginia LEVIED a
tax Of $50 a year on each tub and Boston passed a municipal
ordinance making bathing in a bathtub unlawful except
when advised by a doctor.
Some of the foods you eat daily found their way to the
average table only after a hard struggle. Parmentier, to
introduce potatoes, had to resort to getting the society folks
Of his day to eat them at banquets. The apes copied them.
Seneca, fighting waterworks and heating systems when
they were introduced in Rome, Grated: believe me, that
was a happy age before the days of architects, before the
days of builders" Seneca would have had a stroke if he
could have seen the Woolworth building.
Thomas Creevey, fighting in the English parliament in
1925 against the bill for the construction Of the first rail-
road, denounced its hacker as insane. He ragged at "the loco
motive monster, navigated by a tail of smoke and sulphur
coming through every mans grounds between Manchester
and Liverpool"
Clear-cut cases of neophobia-mental arrangement that
causes an aversion to anything new. On the other hand is
another type of mental unbalance, not quite as clearly de-
fned-a craze for perpetual experimentation, a chronic
aversion to anything old.
The Scientific Monthly puts this cracker on its discussion:
Neophobia in the material world is now practically nom
existent. Neophobia in the domain Of ideas is as virulent
as in the Middle Ages"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-13
INSURANCE FOR Ex,sERv1cE MEN

Ex-service men who are wise will seize the opportunity to
Fe-Tnstate with the government their insurance which many OF
them dropped soon after leaving the service. For the next week
a special drive will be made to get the men back in good standing
# is said that the government may soon end the privilege OF re-
instatement. and this drive offers what is likely to be a final
opportunity to get in.
No man with any responsibility at all, thinks OF gong with
MT some kind of insurance these days. The family man nsures
10 protect those who look to him for support. The business man
very often carries a large line of insurance to protect his busl
pess should anything happen to him. It is one Of the greatest
assets a man can have.
The insurance offered the exseryce men IS OF exceptional
value. In the first place, it has behind it the strength OF the
United States government. The various insurance companies are
forever advertising their strength; they desire to impress upon
the public that they are absolutely safe. But it IS not necessary
for the United States government to thus advertise. Ii the gov
eminent fails, everything fails. Many a man would be glad to be
able to place his insurance with the government, but that Is a
privilege reserved for those who served their country in the
World War.
The trouble with 50 many of the ex-servce men today IS they
do not appreciate what real insurance means; they are not old
enough to grasp its advantage. As time goes on, however, this
advantage that they now have will be realized. But then 1t may
be too late to get insurance in the regular insurance companies
The government, today, is Offering an exceptional opportunity.
Every night this week there will be someone at the post office
10 explain the plan of reinstatement. He is a wise man who acts
without delay.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-13
CITY STREETS AS COUNTY ROADS

When a municipality turns its main streets over to the county
in order to have them paved at county expense 1t has got to take
the consequences. Woodbridge is having some experience along
this line. When Woodbridge wanted Main street, Green street,
and Railway avenue paved it asked the county to foot the bill In
order to unload this paving expense on the county 1t was neces-
sary to turn the streets over to the county as county roads.
Woodbridge. having turned its main streets over to the county
and having had a fine pavement laid, is now clamoring for re-
pairs. But the Board Of Freeholders have people clamorlng for
improvements and repairs all over the county. There is not money
enough to do all the work, with the result that the pavements
go from bad to worse until them become almost impossible. This
is hard on the community when the road happens to be the main
street in the town. But because it is the main street in a town
the freeholders ought to give it prompt consideration. AS long
as we have the present duel system of government, with the coun-
ty assuming certain responsibilities in municipalities it ought
to live up to its obligations. Woodbridge streets can be saved
now with comparatively little expense. To neglect them mum
longer will mean that they must be repaved, which would be a
deliberate waste of the taxpayers money