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The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11
NEVER

Caesar never had to ride in jitney bus.
 Croesns never worried about his in come tax return.
 Nero never had a chance to learn to play saXOphone
 Salome never had chance to dance. to Jazz band music.
 The Roman baths never had manu- factured gas service.
 Diogenes never looked for gas leak with his lantern.
 Moses never was perplexed about finding parking place.
 Cleopatra never had a chance to talk to her many admirers by long-distance telephone.
 Plato never considered the possibil- ity of typhoid germs in unchlorlnated water supply.
 The queen of Sheba never pondered over the fact that the electricity which browns toast sometimes passes over a wire coated with ice and the current never melts the ice.-Exchange.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11
Wisconsin Post Needs
 Just One More Member

American Legion officials In Bur Nngton, Wis, are worried.
 The annual membership drive went ever to the satisfaction of the post the members secured surpassed the membership of 1923. But when a re vision of the roster Was made the total was found one short of the quota expected of the post by department headquarters. Because the territory has been thoroughly combed for mem bers. post officials believe that they may have to import veteran to ob- tain the needed member.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11
OId-Time Frunenty

Few people have frumenty offered them as food in these modern days. although there was time when 1t was served on tables in many lands and was popular.
 It was made by boiling whole wheat hulled in water until 1t was soft, then draining, adding milk, sweetening and nutmeg flavor. or to make what was known as Somersetshire frumenty, there were added entrants, raisins and eggs.
 Food specialists would be glad to see 1t brought back for the dietetic ad- vantage of getting the whele wheat grain for food.-Ohio State Journal.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11
ON THE SIDE

Be sure you're wrong. then don't do 1t.
 Kind W, rds never die-and the other kind live forever.
 On the ocean of life many woman sails under false colors.
 Some jokes are solemn enough to make an undertaken laugh.
 A coward manages to dodge lot of things that are headed his way.
 Blessed is the silent man, for he Is able to keep the lid on his ignorance.
 A gentleman doesn't forget his man. ners the moment he enters his own door.
 If there is to be no marrying or giv- ing in marriage in heaven, that may account for Its being heaven.-Ex- change.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11
Conscientious Edna

A motorist speeding through a coun- try neighborhood killed a hen. He stopped and pressed s2 bill into the hand of little Edna who was on her way to neighbor Reeds. Edna ran and told her mamma of her good for tune.
 Well" said her thrifty mother, put the money in your bank and will cut the hens head off so we can eat her."
 "Perhaps, mamma" said Edna thoughtfully, "as long as we have the money we had better let the Reeds eat the hen. It was their en."-Bos- ton Transcript.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11
Music for Post Ball

Vincent Lopez and the Hotel Penn sylvania orchestra recently furnished music for the dance or the Oneonta post of the American Legion in New York. Lopez had been making & num- Der of appearances in the state. and agreed to play for the Legion men on the occasion of their annual ball.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11
Visited War Gas Plant

Delegates to district convention of the American Legion held ih Mid land, Mich, were guests ar the Big Dow Chemical plant where many of the most deadly of war gases and other chemicals are manufactured from salt brine.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11
MUSINGS
By BUCK CAMPBELL

Most men are authors of their own misfortunes and often that of their neighbors.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11
SAID IN PASSING

Tell me what you eat and will tell you what you are.
 The only sure part of tranquil life is through virtue.
 Oh. life. how long to the wretched, how short to the happyl
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11

You can bow to the inevitable without having been introduced and not be considered out Of form.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11

If you can't be honest. you can make a show. at appearing to be so, and that will hein some. Llmberger cheese will drive away ants, It Is said.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11

The many who never thinks about money and the man who never thinks about anything else but money are both going to have a lot of trouble in this world.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11

Let us all spread sunshine wherever and whenever we can. The shadows will come soon enough to all of us. Do your mite to help them pass as rap idly as possible.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11

A coward manages to dodge lot of things that are headed his way.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11

Ever since Adam bit that ap- pie in the garden and excused himself on the ground that Eve had taken the first bite. and Eve in turn blamed it on the old serpent-the devil-hu- man nature has shown a strong tendency towards shifting the responsibility of our own short cOmings.
 Co. I924. Western Newspaper Union)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11

Blessed is the silent man, for he Is able to keep the lid on his ignorance.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-09-11

Some jokes are solemn enough to make an undertaken laugh.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

that looked like man. Sally eau
toned him not to be too quick; she
did not want any blood-leeting I'M
less it was final alternative.
Out of the brush and into the dim
light came a second riderless horse
Hold this one" said Sally, giving
the bride to the Wreck.
An instant later she had second
captive.
"Bridled and saddled like the first
onep she exclaimed. "Did you ever
hear of such luck?"
What do you make out of it,"
''They must belong to Nosey and
Lefty. I suppose they left them
standing somewhere, maybe, while
they got out of the storm themsel
and the poor things got scared md
ran away. l don't blame them"
"Well, what are we going to do
with 'em?"
Sally peered at him through The
gloom, as it trying to see whether ne
was serious.
"Do with them?" she echoed, in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
VATICAN WINS OLD
FIGHT AGAINST ROME

ROME, Sept. S.--The imposing
but age-worh square in front of St.
Peters is at last to be newly paved
and overhauled as part Of the dress
sing up process in anticipation. of
Holy Year, 1925, but only after
more than so years Of disagreement
as to whether the expense should be
borne by the Vatican or the mum
cipality of Rome. The city has finaL
ly made the necessary approprla-
tons, and work already has, BEEN
begun.
The square, one of the show
places of Rome, has been in need
of repair almost ever since the tenn
poral power of the papacy was over
thrown in 1870, but until now the
city has refused to supply the funds
because it was argued that, since it
formed an integral part of the cathe
dral and Vatican grounds, the ex-
pense should be borne by the
Church, The Church authorities re-
troted that is was one of the city's
most beautiful and picturesque pub
lie squares, since it was always open
to the public, and, therefore, it was
the city's business to keep it up.
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Quart of Water
Cleans Kidneys
Take, a Little Salts If Your Back.
Hurts, or Bladder lie
Troubling You

No man or woman can make mis-
take by flushing the kidneys OCCASION
ally, says a well-known authority. Eat
ing too much rich food creates acids,
which excite the kidneys. They become
overworked from the strain, get slug
gish and fail to filter the waste and
poisons from the blood. Then we get
sick Rheumatism, headaches. liver
trouble, nervousness, dizziness, sleep
lessness and urinary disorders often
come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache in
the kidneys, or your back hurts. or if
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by a sensation of scalding, begin
drinking a quart of water each day,
also get about four ounces of lad Salts
from any pharmacy; take tablespoon
full in a glass of water before breakfast,
and in a few days your kidneys may act
fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for years to flush and stimulate the
kidneys; also to help neutralize the
acids in the system, so they no longer
cause irritation, thus often relieving
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; makes a
delightful effervescent lithia-water drink
which everyone should take now and
then to help keep the kidneys clean
and active and the blood pure, thereby
often avoiding serious kidney complica-
tons. By all means have your physi-
clan examine your kidneys at least
twice year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

main road. The Wreck. having no
ideas of his own as to their course,
was content merely to follcw
One consideration in .,ally's mind
was to avoid the camp at all costs,
and apparently she was succeeding
in that, for after half an hour of
riding in direction that was en-
orally straight they saw no trace of
it. With the first faint coming of
dawn she was pleased TO discover
that the trees were becoming more
sparse. A few minutes later, as
they rode out into an open space,
the light about them was visibly in
creased.
The Wrecks horse ranged along
and nipped gently at the shoulder
of his companion.
"G'long there" said sally, good
naturally. "Mind your"
Henry Williamsw she cried.
what now?"
She was staring at the Wrecks
horse.
Look-look what you're riding!"
"Huh?" He squinted down
through his spectacles at the top of
the animals head, as though ex-
pecting to discover, perhaps, that
it was an elephant or a camel, rath-
er than a regulation Montana
mount.
tits Bob Wells horsew said Sal
ly. in voice of awe.
And indeed it was, as the Wreck
could see, with fair amount of
early morning light coming over the
hills. 1t was the big black ami
NAL that even he, to whom most
horses looked alike, had come to
associate with the sheriff.
'I'll be doggonedw he mutterei.
Sally sat rigid in her saddle, as
though the sight had petrifed her.
1t was Bob's horse, Bob's saddle,
Bob's bridle-the whole outfit was
there. No wonder she had been
able to soothe the frightened Animal,
back in the darkness. He knew her.
We've stolen the sheriffs
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

stand isbBob losing his horse. He
must have been doing some scouting
On foot and didn't figure on any
storm messing things up. This one
Pm riding, of course, must beloog
to somebody in the posse"
The Wreck grinned down at his
mount. In some measure the black
horse compensated for the loss of
the fivver.
"In bet Bob's just crazy" said
Sally.
Sure"
why, if anything happens to
that horse-whew! He'd sooned let
the whole gang get away than lose
his horse"
"Well, he can have it Lack when
I'm through with it," said the Wreck
with an airy tone. "I'l exchange it
for a fivver any time"
And the humiliation OF it, con-
tinued Sally, talking half to her
self. Think Of a sheriff going out
to catch somebody and having some
body else run off with his horse.
Can't you see it, Henry?"
81 can see it fine"
"And there he is, back in Tie
woods there somewhere. with moth
ing to ride, and probably the gang
laughing at him.
"Well, it's a good laugh agreed
the Wreck.
why, it's awfulp'
ut isl" He looked at her sharply
Whats the idea? Do you want 4
go back and hand him his plug ant
say, Here we are. Take us to the
hoosegow,?"
Sally shook her head impatiently
"Of coures not. We can't. Bu
I'm just trying to make you under
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

/ horsesw she gasped,
Found EN-" corrected the
Wreck.
ooh, Henryw
"Well, what of it?"
"But-What in the world does it
mean? I'm all mixed mp"
The Week did not have any very
clear idea of what it meant, but the
discovery was rather pleasing to
him. Unconsciously, he assumed a
more jaunty pose in the saddle.
Zone horse is the same as another
to me-" he remarked. "You thought
they were good enough when we
found 'em in the woods. What's
the matter with 'em now?"
"But Bob--his horse-and-W WHY
he must have been right close to
us!"
well, he didn't find us, did he?"
remarked the Wreck triumphantly.
He even risked his seat by leaning
forward and stroking the neck of
the black horse,
Sally glanced at her own mount.
She could not remember ever hay.
! ing seen the animal before. 1t was
p! a medium-sized bay, rather easily
gated, bat evidently not built for
speed.
1--WE must have all been pretty
close together in the woods" unused
Sally. "Think of that. Of course,
Bob didn't know about us; he
couldn't have. But he must have
been pretty hot on the trail of that
gang. l suppose hats what Nosey
was worried about last night, when
he and Lefty went down to watch
the main road. What / don't under
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY

There's another one roaming
around here somewhere, she said.
"Listen again"
After a short interval 10th heard
it-a faint whinny from off among
the trees.
Don't move," said Sally. "This
one will answer in a minute. They'll
get together, or else I don't know
Aorses."
Presently her prediction was real
lied, but it took another call from
the distance before the bridled horse
answered.
"Stay right here, Henry. The
other one will come to us. You
might have that rife ready, just in
case-There may be somebody rid
ing it, you know, looking for this
one"
The second horse was advancing
more rapidly now. There was an.
Their interchange of calls and Sally
clung more tightly to the bride Of
their captive. The Wreck stood
tense, ready to shoot at anything
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08


amazement. What do you usually
do with horse Kiss it? You big
silly, we're going to ride them"
The Wreck made a grimace.
'How about my car" he demand
ed. Aren't we going to look for
that?"
No, we're not. Are you crazy?"
So long as we've got their horses
let them keep the car. We don't
want to go messing around that
camp again tonight. We're liable
10 get ourselves into trouble again.
Don't try to push luck too far,
Henry Williams. We're n big luck
now-we've got their horses, two Of
them, anyhow. And we've got ore
rifle. What more could we ask"
He pondered the proposition
gloomily. He could NOT treat the
idea of Abandonment so lightly; not
that it was particularly valuable 20
him in dollars, but there was a bond
of sentiment to be considered. Yet
he could see the sound sense at the
bottom of her verdict. After all, he
was primarily responsible for ge;-
ting Sally Morgan either aboard a
train or back to the BARN.. Tie
fiivyer would have to take its
chances.
ooh, all right" he growled.
why, of course" said Sally.
! we ought to try to hit for the
main road, / suppose. That seems
the most sensible thing to do. Well
!probably be able to get our bearings
then. I'd wait till daylight, only /
don't think We ought to. I'm
afraid we're too near tie camp.
They'll be out looking for these
horses. They can't afford to lose
them"
They've got my car" he remind
ed her.
"But maybe they can't run it,
Henry. It's one thing to ride a
horse around this country, hut when
it comes to exploring it in a fivver,
well, you've got to be IN expert. "
He merely grunted at The compli-
ment, for he suspected that she was
only joking.
YOU'D better ride the one that
you caught" she added. "He's all
| quieted down now. Can you mount
him?"
Certainly l can," snapped thl
Wreck. "But what are you going tt
do? You haven't any riding skirt.
Sally laughed in the darkness
The Wreck had schaled the side OF
the first captive and was trying to
find a comfortable place in the sad
die, when Sally made a flying mount
of the second.
you'd better let me go ahead,
she said. "We'll just walk while
we're in the woods. And don't get
yourself knocked off by a branch
Come on"
They set off at slow pace, Sally
giving her animal its head, save fol
occasional guidance in the direction
she thought they ought to follow
The Wrecks horse followed, deter
mined not to be isolated again, So
hat all that his rider had to do was
+" Reliance himself in the saddle
md fend off branches with the rifle
| Sally had but vague idea Of
/ whittier they should go to seek the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Desirable house; close
in. Possession given 18th Sept.
Ring 626 or 1876 for further infor-
mation.-2-6t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
BEGIN HERE TODAY

The NERVOUS Wreck" an eccen-
tric Young easterner, is driving Sal
" Morgan from her fathers ranch
10 the station when they run out Of
gasoline. At the point of gun the
Wreck takes five gallons from a
passing car.
Later Charlie McSween foreman
of a ranch along the route, makes
them captives because he wants Sal
Nv for a cook. 1t developes that
MIR. Underwood, the owner of the
ranch, was in the car which they
held up. Sheriff Bob Wells, Sally's
fance, is unwittingly searching She
countryside for the bandits" who
held up Underwood. Sally and
the Wreck finally escape from the
ranch, run into a camp Of real
bandits, are captured second
time, and then escape again. Flea
ing on foot from the bandit camp
they discover riderless. bridlcd
horse in the woods.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
LOST AND FOUND

FOUNp - A cool place in Ameri-
Gus at Rylander theater "Where
Ocean Breezes Blow" Soft.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

FOR RENT-Small 5-rom residence
Forrest street. See George M.
Bragg.
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WANTED

WANTED-Iron safe in good con-
dition; good size. See or write
H. Z. Watts, Treasurer, Sumter
County-8-tf.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

stand what frightful fix it is for
a sheriff to be in. Oh, he must be
simply wildl Just imagine yourself
lin his place"
Continued in Our Next Issusl
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08
CUSTOM MATCHING
DIAMOND POULTRY FARM
Phone 845

Eggs set in Mammoth incubator every Tuesday at SC
per tray lots &c in less than tray lots Now is the
time to hatch off your chicks for fifty and sxty-cena
pound fryers and broiers.
We have large orders for baby chicks and ~e will help
Matched the fall to raise than at anv other time
OF the year and grow faster.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

Every now and then OH see n
man who could get more miles or.
of his car than in it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-08

FOR SALE-Second-hand Smith
Premier typewriter. F. B. Will
liford.-8-3t
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-10-03

The modern system of financing a
private power company is cOldly cal
culated to wiring the last dollar out
of the consumer. 1t is the product
of the best legal brains the country
affords. 1t has rendered "stock
watering" unnecessary, as that term
is generally understood. No longer
must there be water" in the stock
of a company to insure the stock
holders of excessive and enormous
profits. The public can now be told
that the company has stock and bond
issues that do not even equal the
value Of plant for rate making pur-
poses, and yet the game is so arrang-
ed that the stockholders can secure
returns out of all proportion to their
actual investment. This is how it is
done:
The state law regulating power
companies like the Grays Harbor
Railway & Light company, provides
that certain costs and charges are to
be allowed to the company before any
profits to its stockholders are figured
in. These are what might be desig-
mated as operating costs" and consist
of the following items:
1. All salaries, wages and manag-
erial costs.
2. An allowance for covering the
yearly depreciation Of the plant.
This takes care of worn out equip
ment.
8. All interest charges on its in
terest-bearing debt represented by
borrowed money. This takes in all
its bonds and notes and debentures.
The state department of public
works allows the company to charge
the public rates for electric lights
and power that will insure the pay
ment of the three costs and charges
enumerated above. Then on top of
these three charges comes the profits
to the stockholders. These profits
are in addition to the above charges
and must also be added into light and
power rates as the fourth item in
the list.
Private power companies never re-
tire (pay off and discharge their
bonded debts. If the bonds mature,
they are called in and paid off by
selling another bond issue so that
the bonded debt always remains as a
permanent factor in their scheme of
financing. The result is that the
CONSUMING public must always and
forever pay the interest on these
bonds and have this added into light
bills. In this respect, the private
company differs from the public plant
which retires and pays off its bonded
debt as soon as it can. The city of
Tacoma has retired millions of dol
lars of bonded debt in the past few
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-10-03

years and it has ceased to be a bur
den on the consumers.
Let us see just what this does to
Aberdeen consumers. The Grays
Harbor company has a stock issue Of
$4,000 outstanding. Il maintains a
bond issue Of S1,122, 900. These fig
ures are from Moody's Manual for
1924. Its value for rate making pur-
poses is near to the $4,000 mark.
When it pays the interest charges on
the immense bond issue that almost
built the entire plant, it is paying a
flair and reasonable return" on almost
the entire cost of the plant. In other
words, the men who advanced the
bulk of the capital invested in the
plant have already received fair
return from the consuming public.
This is enuogh of burden to impose.
These bonds are per cent bonds.
This is more than the average return
on high class securities. But the law
is so fixed that the stockholders who
have only 100000 invested in the
plant can now come along and claim
a dividend, not only on their $500, 900
actually invested, but also a dividend
on the $1,122, 900 borrowed from 9TH
ers and represented by bonded debt.
If the rate base value is more than
the bonded debt and stock issues, the
stockholders receive q dividend on
the entire physical value. The law
as construed by the Department Of
Public Works justifes them in allow
ing the stockholders up to per cent
per annum in dividends on this value.
What does this mean? Simply
this. The stockholders who gambled
but fraction of the actual invest
ment that built the plant are allowed
to collect from the public all the in
terest on the bonded debt as an sop
Grating expense" and then on top of
that, make this same bonded debt pay
them dividends. This is "capitaliz-
ing" the debts Of the company. It i'm
poses a double or even treble burden
on the consumers. 1t is "high finance"
with vengeance. It accounts for the
fact that these companies never retire
their bonded debt. Why retire a debt
when you can finance your company
with the other fellows money and
make profit on your debts? This
is the system that the power people
pronounce to be efficient" It is not
efficient--it is the worst form of
gouging ever devised. It is a crime
against the people who are its VIC
ttims. It is the unanswerable argu-
ment against private monopoly and
the best argument for public owner
ship. 1t is the soul of ineficiency.