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tied an aurng pantaette rutfe around her ankle and
nroceeded to throw faint the most eligible young
mans shoulder Whereupon DEAR demure, unsuspecting
little Grandma torn from the family shelter and
married, most reluctantly" to Grandpa.
Nowadays Granddaughter, having job to fall back
on gns at this pretense of coyness She is longer at
mans mercy she can pick and choose. So she displays
her motives openly and discusses the deal with utmost
frankness She makes her own terms and the man can
take or leave them as he chooses. Wouldn't Grandma
have made her terms, too, if there had been any
alternative to domestic in her life? She
tanly would. The method may seem crude,
but is indicative of healthier social condition It is
as much better for the children who as the
uncorseted body of the Modern Girl is better than the
pnched body of her grandmother. AS the bodies have
been freed from wholesome restriction, have the
minds And humanity will profit by the change
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LUCY LOWELL WARNS OF
PACKING A GRUDGE'

Persons Who Vow to Get Even" for an Injury
Commit Selves to an Evil Course.
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LISTEN, WORLD! = I

MIR. HERBERT HODGES, aged fifty
lV three, has been giving me his
A'A opinion on the Modern Girl. It's
some opinion. When Mr. Hodges let's
his oratory loose on the Modern Girl he
makes the most peevish plants of old
time reformers sound like Christmas
carols. According to Herbert, the
Modern Girl is history's blacklist blot on
civilization.
"Not an ounce of decency!' snorts the
outraged gentleman. Cali she thinks of
is attracting men. Positively shameless
in the way she flaunts herself! Show me
one girl, just one girl, who has the mod
esty of our mothers and grandmothers.
They didn't run around looking for
husband. They stayed happily with their
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-26
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

Baptist Association in Schley coun-
! ty from Americas are Rev. R. E.
Worthy, Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Gate
wood, Judge J. A. Ansley, and Col.
j. E. Sheppard.
DR.. j. G. Dodson returned yes
terday from Atlanta, where he at
tended the recent meeting of the
State Board of Pharmacy.
After long period of rest, Tax
Receiver j. f. Raiford will be in
his office next week to listen to the
tales of wealth told by the property
owners in making his return of taxes.
Local produce houses are only
fairly well supplied with eggs and
the market is very active with prices
hanging at about II 1-2 cents per
dozen.
DR.. Charles Harold, who was
called here recently by the illness of
his mother, Mrs. U. B. Harold, re-
turned to Governor Hospital yes
terday.
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Portuguese and is as follows:
Teach me that sixty minutes
make one hour, sixteen ounces
one pound and one hundred cents
one dollar.
Help me to so live that l can
lie down at night with a clear con-
science, without a gun under my
pillow and unhaunted by the faces
of those to whom | may have
brought pain.
Grant that | may earn my meal
ticket on the square, and that in
earning it l may do unto others
as I would have them do unto me.
Deafen me to the jingle of faint
ed money and to the rustic of
unholy skirts.
Blind me to the faults of the
other fellow but reveal to me my.
own.
Guide me so that each night
when | look across the table at
my wife I will have nothing to
conceal.
Keep me young enough to
laugh with little children and SYM
pathetic enough to be considerate
of old age, and when the day
comes of darkened shades and the
smell of flowers the tread of soft
footsteps and the crunching of
wheels in the yard make the cere
mony short and the epitaph simple
Here Lies a Man"
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ADVOCATES COOPERATIVE
MARKETING SYSTEM.

Joe Lawrence, editor of the
Ashburn (Ga.) Wiregrasq Farm
er, is strong advocate of coop
erative marketing.
"The farmers prosperity" says
Mr.. Lawrence, lis not a question
of production. Georgia farms and
Georgia's generous soil can pro-
due in abundance. 1t is a ques-
ton altogether of getting a re-
munerative price for what is pro-
duced. When that question is
solved, our farmers will have sub
stantial bank accounts, their wives
will have the comfort and elegance
of a home-life she is entitled to
and their boys and girls will get
an education that will give them
a good start in life.
"Co-operative marketing is the
big thing that is needed in Geor-
gia and other Southern states"
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THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
I III V4IG 7 4IITNt9 4NNNOI NNL'
26, 1882


Americus narrowly escaped a
terrible cyclone which swept the
western edge of Sumter and Schley
counties Friday evening, doing con-
sidera BILE damage to houses, fences
thing went down before it, but for
tunately no lives were lost, though
several people were more or less
injured by flying timbers.
Linton Alfriend, the young son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Attend, met with
painful accident while playing yes
terday, running into a barbed wire
Walter Rowland come in yesterday
from a three weeks trapping expedi-
ton to the Ocmulgee swamps in
Wilcox county. He brought back
quite a bundle Of beaver, otter, and
coon skins, which Melted him over
$50.
Mr.. c. 0. Niles left yesterday
for Marshallville, where he will
spend a few days with relatives.
Messrs. Claude Cults, of Marshall
Vile, and Eldridge Cults, of Allan
ia, came down last night and will
spend the Sabbath with the home
folks here.
On account of his health Assistant
Lester Windsor, of the Peoples
National Bank, will give up his work
there for three of four months and
will assist Messrs. Windsor, Whitley
Hudson and Bro, with their whole
sale grocery business.
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TRADE BOARD ON
COUNTRY'S NEED.

The Triton Board Of Trade is
now broadcasting over the coun-
try some good, sound advice as to
what is needed right now. We
wish to pass along what it says
What this country needs is not
a new birth of freedom, but the
old-fashioned 81 lower berth.
What this country needs isn't
more liberty but less people who
take liberties with our liberty.
What this country needs is not
a job for every man, but real
man for every job,
What this country needs isn't
more miles of territory, but more
miles to the gallon.
What this country needs isn't
to get more taxes from the people,
but for the people to get more
What this country axes.
from the taxes.
What this country needs is more
tractors and less Getractors.
What this country nee IS isn't
more young men making spa i
but more young men planting
seed.
What this country needs is more
paint or the old places and less
paint on the young faces.
What this country need isn't
lower rate of interest on money,
but a higher interest in work.
What this country needs is to
following the footsteps of the faith
ers instead Of the footsteps Of the
dancing masters.
There may be other needs of
the country, but these would GER
tainly help considerably
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SOME GOOD ADVICE TO
PRESIDENT HARDING.

That always level-headed Al
bany Herald thinks that the presi-
dent is embarrassing his political
bed-fellows by desire for a sec
ond term, and offers him a way
out. Editor Mcintosh says:
If President Harding did not
desire a second term the task Of
the Republican leaders would be
greatly simplified. They realize
that the present administration has
been disappointing to the country
in many ways, and they are far
from confident as they approach
the time when the issues of the
1924 campaign will begin to shape
themselves.
1t does not now appear that
1924 will be a good year for the
Republicans. They have been in
full control of the government
for little over two years, and
the huge majority they rolled up
in 1920 was practically wiped out
in congressional elections of last
November. The Fordney-McCum-
Der tariff is most unpopular with
the masses of the people, however
diligently the Republican newspa-
pers may seek to make it appear
that it is accomplishing great good
1t is perfectly natural for Presi-
dent Harding to want a second.
term.
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TEN YEARS Aco TO-DAY.
(From the Times-Recorder. March
rs, 1879


No new features market the be-
/ ginning of the week in cotton cir
cies, and the usual quietudc prevailed
yesterday about the AmeIicus ware
/ houses. The market quotations we're
unchanged with twelve cents quoted
! as the top plice for any bales Of finer
/ grades that might be offered. There
we're no sales here, however. 1t has
been a mild winter, which leads plant
ers to look for a rather late spring.
| with possible bleated frost. Any such
conditions would be apt to send pres
ent prices of cotton up to an extent.
The efforts put forth by the ladies
residing in the vicinity of Rees Park
| towards the improvement and beau
tifying Of the grounds have been
successful so far with the work ac-
complished and are still working for
funds to be expended in further
needed improvements.
While Cong. Charlse R. Crisp
is spending ten days at his home in
Americas, this respite is not one Of
rest for the many applicants for
places in the government employee
have found him here, and during the
past two days he has been beseiged
by callers who desire to see the
plum tree given jolt.
Miss Brownie Carter has returned
from an extended visit to friends in
Jacksonville and other cities in Flor
ida where she spent a month most
pleasantly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cha1Ses Council have
gone to Macon, upon a visit Of sew.
eral days to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. J. Willingham.
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TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder. March
2G. 1903.l

One of the prettiest and most novel
spectatcles presented in Americas in
long while was that yesterday af-
ternoon when the babies in "our
block and other blocks, went awheel
IN bunch, forming a glittering
pageant. Such crop of babies has
not been harvested here since that
last fateful baby show, when a galaxy
of these bellies and beaux of the flu
turc went in as prize winners. Thir-
ty-fve decorated carts, three 70 them
double dcckare holding twins, were
parked near the monument and at a
signal, The parade moved off.
Those attending the Friendship
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one leaves, as we have surmised, for
Manchester tonight; the other re-
mains alone"
''They have made no arrangement
with any bank yet?"
My companion shook his head.
''They are both, under the circum-
stances, suspicious" he said. Their
position, of course, is-er-peculiar.
They are cutOdians of q hundred
thouand pounds in gold, with which
they hope to establish a few private
credits in this country. On the other
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! KISS ME-"
hand, the country to which they be-
long owes US something like a hun
| ded times that amount. They have
a somewhat natural fear that any
bank with whom they might deposit
their treasure might be disposed to
hand it over to the government, or
that the government by some legal
means, might attach it."
Therefore" I observed, sit re-
mains in their rooms?'
Precisely! They consider it the
lesser risk"
tonight?" 90
'+That is So" the lawyer muir
INJURED.
$50 far all seems wen," I said.
'',The great thing is that the gold has
not been removed and that Metzger
will be alone. There were other little
details"
Just sor' Mr.. Younghusband as.
scented, leaning back in his chair
with his fnger-ttps pressed together.
so far as regards the setting of the
affair, think you will find it in
order. Metzger and Gorty occupy
Suite SO at the ilan Hotel, which
suite consists, as you know, of two
bedrooms, a bathroom and a sitting
room. The sitting-room is on the
extreme right-hand side of the
suite, and the gold is kept in Metz
gers bedroom, which opens from the
sftting-room. The bathroom is be-
tween the two bedrooms"
81 have had the PLAN" I interrupt.
ed a little impatiently.
Mr.. Younghusband declined to be
hurried. He had the air Of giving
difficult legal advice on a technical
point.
Suite &c." he continued, Consists
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A THOUGHT

He that withholdeth corn, the
people shall curse him; but bless
ing shall be upon the head of him
that selIeth it.-Prov. 1926.
There is an ill-breeding to
which, whatever our rank and ma
ture, we are almost equally sem
sitive- the ill-breeding that comes
from want of consideration Of
Observation-Disclosures.
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WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A
HORN TO FOOT.
LOS ANGELES.

LOS ANGELES.
Los Angeles, the glamorous, where
all the streets are clamorous
With motor cars too numerous to
count;
Where real-estators trot to you to
sell a house and lot to you,
And populations always on the
mount.
Los Angeles, where baby-talk quite
naturally may be talk
Of oil and mines and railway
lines and fruit;
A feverishly busy town, tonic and
a fizzy town,
Where everybody has a horn to
foot.
Los Angeles, where roses are,
yet where the peoples noses
are
Sometimes assailed with oil and
sooty smoke;
Where one may quickly cop a roll,
and just as swiftly drop a roll,
Be rich today-tOmorrow wholly
broke!
A proud, enthusiastic town, at times
bit bombastic town,
Whose boosters boost by night as
well as day.
A town that has society of. every
known variety
And every game onearth for them
to play!
Los Angeles, where folly would ap.
pear to reign at Hollywood
Of you believe the tales that peo-
pie spread,
But where the movie-makers are as
decorous as Quakers are
Who labor, play a bit, and go to
bed
Whichever tale seems best to won
of these that I've expressed to
you,
Accept it, doubtless neither one is
right
You know how rumors tangle us
and I've observed Los Angeles
From three one afternoon till ten
at nightly
-BERTON BRALFY.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service. Incl
Tomorrow: The Finish.
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a MANS PRAYER
IN SOUTH AMERICA.

Here is a prayer that Mr.. A. M.
soule, president Of the Georgia
State College Of Agriculture
brought back with him from South
America, where he attended the
Rio Janerio exposition as a rep
resentative Of the United States
government. It is taanslated from
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BY e. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

Vendetta begins bettDeen Michael Sayers noted crni-
nal, and SIR NORMAN GREYES once of Scotland Yard.
LOhen Savers beautiful housemaid, JANET, sages him
rest him: Janet becomes Sdyers tDfe and accomplish.
While Sir Norman is HUing at his country house the po
Lege to be at the head Of dangerous gang On ms nay
to London Greges car is stopped and he is shot rouqh
the shoulder GreyeS asks Janet to dine Uith him Janet
accepts. Acting upon MichaeFS command Janet puts
poison in Sir Nords coffee, but regrets her act and
purP0Sefy upSetS the cup SdyeTS tells this episode:
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him, often used this story;
An old darkey had a pet chameleon
which he used to exhibit to his
friends and boast about
But one day he appeared with
out it.
"Yassah,' he explained, "he's daid.
Il was shown him to man down
in the general stoah, an he brung
out a piece of blue cloth an" the
camel-lion tu'ns blue, an | puts him
.on a piece of yeller cloth an he
tu'ns yeller, an on green cloth an
he tu'ns green, and on red cloth an
he tu'ns red.
"An' then the stoah keepah he
brung out a piece of Scotch plaid an
dat camel-lion he just bust hisself to
pieces a-tryin' to match hisself to it, "
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-26
WARNS AGAINST FAKE
WEEVIL "REMEDIES." -

The present great interest in
the boil weevil problem in the
Southern states has resulted in a
large number of patented prepa-
rations and machines which are be-
ing vigorously exploited, says the
United States Department of Ag-
riculture. This a repetition Of
what has occurred in every region
invaded by the boil weevil. Dur
ing the first few years the farm
ers are exploited and MANY use
less or practically useless devices
are sold to them. In a few years,
however, history shows that such
organizations go out of business.
Their operations are especially inn
portant at the present time since
the losses caused by the boil Wee
vii will be increased by the e,t-
pense of buying nostrum5 of vari-
Gus kinds.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-26

4 WAS at st. Pancras Station to
L. meet Gorty and Metzger on their
arrival in England. 1 saw the
seven black tin boxes with brass
clamps. handed out of the guards van
and placed on the roof of a taxcab.
knew as though it were foredoomed
that the contents of those boxes
would be mine before the week was
out. I felt certain, too, that one at
least Of the two men would fight to
death before I obtained possession
of them. They were well worth it,
however.
1t was a foggy night, and I lin
gered with perfect safety on the out
skirts Of the little throng of people
who had come to greet these two
men. They were a rough lot, on the
whole-men of the lowest type,
swarthy and unclean. I saw hungry
glances directed toward those black
boxes, and I knew that, given suffi-
cient cunning and address, I should
not be the first by a long way to
strike a blow for their acquisition.
But of these others I had no fear.
Gorty and Metzger knew their
friends, knew them well enough not
to trust them.
l walked back through the fog to
my humble little fiat in Adam Street.
Those were gloomy days, even for
me, who cared little about the physi-
cal comforts of life. I was passing
as Mr.. Arthur Younghusband, LID,
a cousin of the wcll-known solicitor
of Lincoln's Inn, in town to consult
works of reference at the British Mu-
cum. Day by day I walked to that
gloomy mausoleum of dead knowl-
edge. spent an hour or so there, and
back to my rooms. No one logged
my footsteps. BY devious ways I
had shaken off all pursuit and suspi-
ciOn. Yet life was a wearisome
thing. I am not a man with many
human weaknesses, but I should
have welcomed q visit from Janet
little dinner, perhaps, at the Cafe
Royal. a peep into the world of
many-colored pleasure outside of
which my path lay. These things,
however, 1 knew were not for me.
Janet was watched, as I knew be-
yond a doubt; even if she We're not,
she had failed me in my last demand.
Janet presented problem to be
solved.
On the third day after the arrival
of Gorty and Metzger, I visited my
solicitors, the firm of Younghusband, |
Nicholson and Younghusband, at
Llncolns Inn. My reputed cousin |
granted me an interview within a
few minutes of my arrival. We
spoke for time of my studies and
their progress. Then there was a
pause. The door was closed; the !
walls of the room were thick.
Things progress?" I demanded, !
leaning acros his wide, untidy table. |
Mr.. Younghusband smiled benevo-
lently. In these moments of direct |
speech 1 was accustomed to forget |
my assumed personality and to speak |
with all the quick incisivenes that |
was natural to me. My legal ad- |
wiser, however, never altered his |
manner of reply or department. He |
was always the same, unctuous, le-
gal, courtly. y
your affairs are in excellent
train" he assured me. "Of the two
people in whom we are interested,
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FFARSH deeds-I am not lover OF
them. 1 seldom go out Of my
way to kill, or allow my subor-
dinates to do SO, if my ends can be
obtained otherwise. At that mo
ment, however, felt a sudden re-
Isurgence into my brain Of that one
bloodthirsty desire of my life.
"As soon as this affair is safely
concluded" I said, land we are in
funds once more, I shall take occa.
sion to deal with Norman Greyes my.
self"
1T occurs to me that you would be
well advised" my companion acqui-
esced. THE person in question pos
sesses the one gift which might make
him dangerous to us. He has imagi.
nation" ..
nodded. I was tracing figures
upon the blottfng-paper, debating
with myself different methods of
dealing with Norman Greyes.
every channel which might lead
to the firm of Younghusband, Nichol-
son and Younghusband," the lawyer
continued meditatively, seems, so
far as human ingenuity could ar
range it, permanently blocked, but a
man with imagination who is not
afraid to work on guesswork iss al
ways to be feared"
1T win not be my fault" I prom
ised. as took my leave. IF you have
any cause to fear Norman Greyes
after the next month or So"
y That night, in the language Of
those forgotten war communicates,
everything happened according to
plan. AT a quarter to nine Metzger,
who was writing alone in his sitting
room, heard a soft knocking at the
door which communicated with the
adjoining suite. He rose promptly,
locked the outside door of his own
rooms, and softly withdrew the bolt
of the door to the next suite. Het
stood there with an inviting smile
upon his ugly face. Madam de Mig
uel laid a cautioning finger upon her,
somewhat overpainted lips as she,
stole over the threshold.
''There is one hour that my hus-
band will be away" she whispered,
gliding past him. you may kiss
me-"
Continued in Our Next ISSUED