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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-02
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John Ainsley, a man Of education
and breeding, becomes a master
crook-preying upon other thieves.
Swede Thomassen, a brutal murder
er, is killed in Ainsley's apartment
by the White Eagle, notorious
international crook. While the Pc
lice search for Ainsley-or rather
for Robert Stickney"--he is pre-
pairing to sail for Australia.
In the Trevor dining room Aims
ley overhears distraught your 6
man tell his pretty girl companion
that he intends to kill himself.
Ainsley finds out that the young
man is a thief and that his thievcry
will be discovered next morning
Acting on a generous impulse, Aims
ley offers the young man twenty
$500 bills as a gift.
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How to Market Poultry Products
for Greatest Profit

by J. W. KELLER, Eminent Poultry Expect

table Let the producer eliminate
all such losses himself and the price
he receives will be increased from
twenty to twenty-five percent with.
out working any hardships to store.
Keeper or shipper. This matter Ia
right in the hands of the farmer ana
the greater part of the responsibility
is his.
In most sections there is a STEADY
local demand for high-grade poultry
products. BY catering directly to
this demand the poultryman can. az
a rule, obtain the best prices and
eliminate the shippers charges.
1t has been said that high grade
goods sell themselves, and this Isl
true to a gre It extent. However
they sell to letter advantage in Ger.
tain markets than in others. and
upon this point the producer must
use good business sense, not only IN
locating the best markets but in
meeting their requirements in the
matter of packages, etc.
According to his situation the
poultryman has the choice of three
methods Of disposing of his goods
a. Selling direct to consumer.
b. Selling direct to retailer.
c. Selling on the open market
through a commission house.
The first plan seems to offer the
best advantage to the producer The
second plan consumes more time in
delivery than the profit therefrom
warrants. The third plan is the
least satisfactory from a standpoint
of returns.
Seasons for Most Profit
Eggs may be marketed to advan.
tage at any season of the year, but
naturally the best prices prevail
during the months when laying ia
lightest. An examination of quota.
tons for full twelve months re-
veals the fact that lowest prices
begin early in March and continue
at low level during April, May.
June and the fore part of July. Then
prices move steadily upward until
about the first of November, due to
the hens moulting and before the
pullets begin production Highest
prices are reached in November,
December and January, dropping
rapidly during February and March
when the spring flood of eggs comes
on and the low price-level of the
year is touched again.
These general outlines for marked
ing your poultry products are necesS
sarily condensed by reason of the
limited space of this article. A
complete booklet on Profitable Mar.
keting of Poultry Products - and
How" issued by the Pratt Expert.
mental Poultry Farm, Philadelphia,
Pa, will be sent free of cost, on
request
Copyrighted. 1924. American Poultry
Bureau)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-02
JOHN WELLNAN'S
SECRET is TOLD
Method Discovered in 1870
Now Used in Making Rough
Cut Tobacco

Although present day pipe smok-
ers dc not realize it, they owe ar
everlasting debt of gratitude to an
old-time Tobacco man--John Well
man by name, for giving them what
is said to be one of the sweetest
coolest tobaccos that ever packed a
pipe.
The story of Wellman and his
famous secret is being told to the
public for the first time IN a series
of unique advertisements now being
published by the Liggett Meyers
Tobacco Co., to acquainL smokers
with their gverpopular Granger
Rough Cut. The story Of Oranges
as told in this series OF advertise
ments now running / nthe Times
Recorder is this;
1T seems that about 1870, John
Wellman led the field with a secret
method of preparing pipe tobacco
to the envy and despair Of all rivals.
They wondered for years how he
did it but never seemed able to
solve the riddle. In spite of all
their efforts, imitators never even
Appropriated Wellmans perfection,
SO closely was the process guarded.
Smokers, however, never stopped to
envy but just smoked and liked and
kept on liking the tobacco.
John Wellman, of course, has
long since passed on, and his famous
secret would have passed on with
him had it not been Liggett &
Myers good fortune to acquire ex-
elusive rights to his prize method
and make possible its being handed
on to new generation.
And so it is that through Grang
er Rough Cut this old-tune tobacco
secret has virtually been "re-dis.
covered" revived by Liggett &
Myers and offered more widely to
the public after a threv-year period
of quiet 'try-out" among tie
shrewder judges of tobacco in which
quarter million smokers in So
states have rendered their verdict
of approval.
Smokers have quickly discovered
that Granger is a truly different
tobacco. 1t differs from most to
baccos in that it is a special cut
for pipes. Instead of being gran
ulated, or cut fine so it can serve
TWO purposes-both pipe-smoking
and igarette-rolling- Granger is
cut more coarsely for pipes only.
hence its name, Rough Cut.
This result in a marked improve.
ment in its burning qualities-for
the Rough Cut burns more slowly
than the granulated Naturally, this
means that it smokes cooler, and
also that each pipe-load lasts long
er. Pipe experts insist that the
Rough Cut is highly important; no
two purpose tobacco, they say,
can make as good a pipe-smoke as
tobacco cut for pipes aolne.
And IN addition, even the pack
age has been made for common
sense and economy. If packed in
fancy autographed tins, the price
would have had to be is cents, but
wrapped as it is smart heavy foil |
smokers can get this fuller, longer,
cooler smoke at actually a third
less cost-ten cents, in fact.
smokers all say it's too good to
be true-but the first pipe-ioad in !
Variably wins them every one.
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his home? Then ring him up; if he
answers, he isn't in his office. Wei,
know that you're mistaken in think
ing you turned off the light. Try
it,"
He was trembling now, suffering
from the sudden reaction to despair
and amenable to any suggestion
From a nearby lunch room he teIe-
phoned his employer. He emerged
from the booth SO White that I fear
ed. he would faint.
His housekeeper answered. She
told me that Mr.. Carbon had gon2
to his office, in response to a tele-
phone message, an hour. ago, from
mep
whistled. "And you didn't teIe-
phone him l think we'd better en-
ter the office"
Tirrell unlocked the door of Gar
bon's office, and we entered the
room. There, upon the floor, his
.blood-stained head indicating his
.murderer's ferocity, lay Carbon
The opened safe against the wal
furnished the motive for the crime
l grabbed young Tirrell just as
his hand was on the telephone.
whats the idea?" l demanded
/. 'The police" he answered.
l pointed at the open safe. "Tfat
looks like motive enough, but thc
police are going to ask questions,
Don't forget that somebody imper-
sonated you on the telephone an
hour ago."
But you can prove that We
found the body" he protested.
l shook my head. Obviously, |
who was avoiding embarrassing
questioning from the police on one
subject, did not care to invite it on
another.
Il would have to tell the whole
story of our brief acquaintance. [
might not be believed. 1t might even
be said that We planned the murder
together. Imagine asking a jury to
believe that stranger gave you ten
thousand dollars"
"But you did," he protested.
Eve know it; and Miss Peter;
knows it; but would jury believe
it?" | asked.
He sank helplessly into a chair.
But what else is there to do?" he
asked.
I also sat down. The problem
seemed unsolvable. Yet there must
be way out.
Now, a great thief-and I may b.
pardoned if | consider n,gself great
has in him the qualities essential
to the making of a great detective.
| had always sneered at detectives.
Occasionally, as my readers know.
had outwitted the best of the pro,
fession. And now, before the
Celeste sailed, I must Justify my
sneers.
Continued in Our Next Issue)
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LOANS made on Improved
"a NA@farm lands at chean.
est rates for terms of 5, 2 or 10
years with prepayment option given
money secured promptly. We have
now outstanding over LOO, 900 on
farms in Sumter county alone. with
plenty more to lerd.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
correspondent Atlanta Trust Co.
" Sumter, Lee, Terrell. Schlev
MACON, Stewart, Randolph ana
webster :, counties. 81 Planters Bank
nui allg Americus. Ga. Phone So
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NOW co ON WITH THE STORY

81 said that was thief. | am, "
he said. Tomorrow morning my
employer will find ten thousand dol
lars missing from his cash-box."
| tapped the notes in my hand.
"Unless-" | suggested.
1T will be years, if ever, before
| can repay this loan"
Il never lend; / give" l told him.
he looked at me. / am no senti-
mentalist, but l tell you chat | saw
a soul cross from hell into heaven.
But still he hesitated.
"You must know exactly the sort
OF person to whom you are making
the gift" he said. / liked him be-
cause he made no pretense; he did
not cringingly swear that it was a
sacred obligation.
go on" | encouraged him.
My name is Frank TirreI. I'm a
sort of confidential clerk for Phin-
cas- Barbon. He is a trader aud
Spectator. The bulk of his opera
tons have to do with jute, hemp
and kapok. But he also takes
filings in anything that comes along
Il am his only employee. His Of
ice consists of one room on the
ground floor of a dilapidated old
building on West Broadway. He
mas no regular office hours. / know
nearly as much of his affairs as he
does. Also have key to his safe
In that safe he frequently keeps as
much as fifty thousand dollars Il
cash. This is in order that he may
not lose any bargain because of
delay in getting his hands on the
actual money needed to close a deal
lie IS a great gambler. He fire.
quehtiy tells me of the big poker
game IN which he plays. He also
bets heavily on the races. He Is
about sixty-five. He is thin and
Shabby. He is a bachelor. He is
also the meanest man that ever
lived.
i was working, three years AGO
Tor ship-brokerage firm. Mr.. Car
Don did some business with rs. ar
parently liked me, and asked me to
work Tor him. He promised me thar
ne would take me into partnership
whenever remind him of his pron,
lse' he eyades the issue. Times arc
not too good. l have not been able
to leave him. =
Several times | have beon u,iL,
nm when he placed wagers on the
races with a couple of handbook
men named Harris and Pogannj
Yesterday an acquaintance of n;no
glaRe=ne tip on the races. He has
given me many tips before bp. I
liver played them. Always his tins
nave ,g oeen correct. Today | asked
Mr, Carbon when he was going 10
!, make good his promises to me 7
. been engaged for two years 10
Rose Peters" va 90
The girl touched his hand again,
and | knew that she was his fiancee.
MIR. Carbon laughed at me. lie
told me that if l didn't like my lob
could quit. He left the office
about ten, saying that he would not
be back until morning. I suddenly
weht insane. That's all there is to
say about it. / opened his safe.
took out ten thousand dollars. ard
placed it, at five to one, with Har,
rs and Poganni, on the horse that
my friend had told me about yes
terday The horse finished fifth
That's all. Do you still want to
give money to a theft"
Now, if one judges Tirrell bv his
bald confession, one finds little ex-
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ile'huCu iilAAA 1iAS U"NAtOS DAAAS'
"Put it back in the safe, and ali
will be WE'LL" told him.
He was too proud to break down,
although his lips quivered. The girl
put her hands before her eyes. l
myself felt lump in my throat. 1t
was worth ten thousand dollars TO
gain the feeling of godlike Denevo-
lence that l possessed at that mo
munt s"m Sl8
"What can l say?" asked Tirrell.
Nothing" l answered. "Only,
for the sake of Miss Peters, who
seems to be standing by you"
The girl lowered her hands. y
told him that even if he went to
JAIL" she said proudly I'D marry
him."
"He won't go to jail" l assured
her.
"And so help me God, I'll never
do anything again that's, wrong,
vowed Tirrell.
rose to leave, but the young
man clutched at my hand. i don't
even know your name," he cried.
"And besides, / want you to go with
me to the office. I want you to see
me put the money back in the safe. >
He had restrained himself so long
that breakdown was near. | know
something about the nerves. | knew
that to refuse his request might
cause him to give way to the in
clination to hysteria.
"My name doesn't matter. Some
day, when you are rich, I shall lock
you up and ask repayments. Until
then my identity is unimportart.
And of course | will go with you to
your office"
l stepped out of the alcove; l did
not wish the girl to em6arrass me
with their gratitude. But as we put
her into a taxicab to take her home,
she threw her arms around my neck
and kissed me. Had l earned with
the sweat of my brow the money
which [ had just given to her lover,
the kiss would have been worth
every penny of it. | saw her go. !
wondered if | would ever see her
again. Then ! shrugged. Why
should 1?
Tirrell and | took another tax
cab; we went down Broadway to
the Post Office, and then left the
cab, proceeding on foot to our des-
tination. In front of the address
whittier we were bound, Tirrell stop
ped with a cry of amazement. He
pointed shaking finger at win
dow.
There's light in the office" he
gasped.
"What of it?" l asked
Mr. Carbon must be there" he
said.
you may have left the light on,
yourself" l suggested.
He shook his head decidedly. Hes
in there. Wen have to tell him
perhaps he's opened the safe. Let's
go in"
l seized his arm. "If he's there,
you'll have to confess. You don't
want to do that if you can avoid it. !"
But if he's found out that the
moneys gone"
/ interrupted him. ''He isn't &C
ing to telephone the police at this
hour. Wen wait until he leaves.
then Slip in there, put The money
back in the safe, and in the morn
ing, when he finds the motley there
nell think he dreamed t all. At.
any rate, there'll be no talk of Jail u
He pondered this. l made another
suggestion. Has he a telephone att
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tenuation. But | saw the girl. l
knew how the broken promises of
his employer must have CALLED the
youth. And I am not one to say
that one error makes a criminal ]
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-02

Queen Annie Butch of a Gyp-
sy tribe became the bride of
Gypsy king" when she jumped
over a broomstick on the arm of
her husband-to-be. Incidentally.
her father received $500 from
the groom.
Now Queen Annie has been de-
clared single by the police of
Boston, Mass, after her husband
beat her. And-her hubby will
not get back his money. 1t has
been used to establish Annie's
father in business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-02

EDITORS NoTE-These article.
OF valuable information to poultry
raIsers are furnished our readers
each week and should prove of last.
ing interest to those interested In
poultry raising. All Inquiries of our
readers on poultry problems will BE-
answered through our arrangements
by the Pratt Experimental Poultry
Farm direct.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-02

(Aert Arttcle-Proper FdU and Wintey
POULTRY Management WM Increase
Your Profit
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-02

Few former bartenders still hone
ITO be future bartenders.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-02
Visitors at White House Learn
Presidents Taciturnity is an
Inheritance, Not a Pose
BY HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer

w ASdlNG1 YIN, Aug. E'-Cdll-
ers at the White House during the
past two weeks have learned that
President Coolidge's taciturnity is
not pose.
Instead, it's an inheritance.
John Coolidge, the presidents
father who came to Washington
for a visit with his son following
the burial, at Plymouth, VT, of
Calvin Coolidge Jr., spent much
of his time, during his two weeks
stay, over at the executive offices.
AS the presidents father, he was
naturally introduced to all the
callers of note. He took all such
introductions graciously and lis
tened with seeming interest to
whatever the new acquaintance
had to say, but beyond Eyes" or
mo" in answer to direct queries
he took no part in conversations.
Ambitious reporters were I'M
able to get even that much out Of
him.
Dog days in Washington is not
good hunting weather.
At least that seems TO be the
conclusion of Frank Vanderlip, ex-
banker and capitalist, who last
spring opened the Citizens Federal
Research Bureau here for the avow-
ed purpose Of seeking out the short
comings of public office holders in
general to assist Senator Wheeler's
investigation of the Department of
Justice in particular.
Vanderlip has given up the big
home he leased on Massachusetts
avenue and has returned to his
country place at Scarborough,
In. Y.
The quarters of the research
bureau, however, are still retained,
as are a force of employees and
Investigators. All inquirers are
told to "Ask Mr.. Vanderbilt"
So
Women are not represented
even by proxy, in the administra
ton of the state and treasury do
Epartments during the absence il
Europe of Secretary of State
Hughes and Secretary of Treasury
Mellon.
For the acting heads of those
two departments are bachelors!
And, as if acting in sort of
bachelors alliance, they have
taken quarter together for the
Isummer.
Garrard Winston, who is Mel
Ions right-hand aid in fiscal az
fairs, is supervising Uncle SANS
income and expenses while Mellon
is vacationing.
leland Harrison, who started in
the foreign service as a secretary
at Tokyo in 1907, is doing the
heavy diplomatic stuff fer Hughes.
| Mrs. Amos Fries, wife of the
chief of the chemical warfare ser
vice of the U. S. Army, and Mrs.
Anthony Wayne Cook, president
general of the D. A, R., fear that
radical propaganda has turned the
heads of American women and mas
caused their sympath;es to run
away with their good sense.
Pacifist groups in America, /"
they say, shave waxed strong bs-
cause of their sentimental appeals
10 our women and our women s
organizations"
In an appeal to "aI right think
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-02

Cigarets are growing more pop
ular than cigars because hugging
people is liable to break cigars.
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Proper dancing is a fine art, saws
an Ohio minister, and the police say
improper dancing is a fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-16

United States has not done this thing
in the case OF the Chukotsk PENN
sula. What it did there was merely
to make mark, so to speak, to
identify a point of certain scientific
observations. Plates Of that sort are
scattered all over the world. Uncle
Sam has been lacking them onto trees
and riveting them onto rocks in every
cline under every flag for some years.
They mean nothing whatever polit-
icaIly They are just bench marks, .
so to speak, in a great international
survey to determine the magnetic
currents.
But the Soviet government sees
mischief in innocence and sinister
purpose in science. This thing hap
pened over four years ago. and so re-
mote and useless is the rock on.
Chukotsk Peninsula that 1t has only
just been discovered. 1t would make
precious little difference to anybody
whether that brass plate meant any
thing more than q magnetic observa-
ton or not. But the Soviet dignity
is offended by this unwsrranted call
by government with which 1t is not
on speaking terms, and it formally
notifies the offender that any similar
"lawless act will be sternly re-
pressed. -3
Probably ere now the brass plate, If
1t has not been SHE'D into the Pacific,
has been taken back to Moscow as
proof of the sinister designs of the
United States upon Siberian SOW
ereignty. Secretary Hughes reply,
should he consider the note Of suf-
hcient Importance to warrant atten-
ton, should be framed and placed
of this souvenir of the i'm
pudence OF the United States. AT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-16
Mayor Hylan to Run.

New York Democratic politicians
are very much fused up over the
mayoralty. nomination which will en-
liven New York politics next Fall
There has been much discussion
whether Mayor Hyian will seek re
nomination and whether he can get
it If he does make play for it.. II
would seem from utterances yesterday
that he is at present intent upon ask
ing it, and he Processes to have rea
son to think he can obtain it.
At q meeting of the board of esti
mates In New York City yesterday
the mayor made the fiat statement
that if anybody has any thought in
his mind that L intend to retire lei
him get rid of it.. will be on this
job until l am 80 years old" He is
now Sc. This is all right rs declaring
the mayors intention to run, but, OF
course. there is a long gap, beset with
many possible political obstacles be
tween his running and his arriving.
Gov. Smith will have something &c
say about the latter, and as the cards
fall now Gov. Smith does not see the
mayor at the goal. New York Demo
Gratis realize that Gov. Smith is the
most outstanding Democrat In the
Empire State. and many of them
feel that he is the most prominent
Democrat in the national party. He
will have to be reckoned with in the
coming mayoralty campaign from
start to finish. ....-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-16
The Brass Plate.

The Soviet sense of humor must
have been -dulled by the troubles over
Trotslly, else George Tchitcherin, the
minister of foreign affairs at Mos
COW, would not have sent note to
the American Government protesting
as a gross violation of international
law and the sovereignty of the Soviet
Republic a visit of the coast guard
vessel Bear in 1920 to rock on the
Chukotsk Peninsula In Siberia. This
heinous offense appears to- have con-
sisted Of afixing to rock on that
barren point Of land brass plate
bearing the inscription, United States
Geodetic magnetic station" with a
warning which reads for disturbing
this plate $3.50 fine or Imprisonment"
OF course. the, United States has no
right to go around the world by proxy
of its official navigators and magnetic
observers and stake claims to uncon-
sidered tribes of land that may be. en-
countsred, regardless OF their national
ownership. And equally, Of course, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-16

cause of the objections OF certain
well meaning people" he had given up
the plan.
Garry is In everlasting sleep in his
masters cemetery fer dogs, and at his
grave is a marble headstone which
tells mis- name. This is a handsome
tribute from master to his dog. 1t is
enough. a mans grief on the death
of his DOG is his private sorrow. His
grief is poignant and must be borne
alone. No other man can help him
bear it. Many men who know how
hard IL Is to lose forever faithful
dog will feel that there was something
theatric in the thought of giving
Garry a public monument In public
grounds at public cost. The governor
does well to abandon the plan. Garry
rests in peace, and his old master will
visit. his grave and get such solace as
that visit gives. Garry. sleeps on.