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the very, very red nose, there is noth ing to cry about"
 "Oh, indeed there is, Raggedy Ann !" the old man said. "The mean old Witch came to our little house and took everything we, had, then she drove Mother and me away through the woods. That is why we sit upon this log crying as if our hearts would break :"
 Cant you find another house to live in?" the little Captain asked. There are lots of vacant houses in the deep, deep woods!"
 "Oh! But you do not understand" :" the little old lady sobbed. "We had so many nice things in our little house and it was wrong for anyone, let alone an old Witch to come in and take them"
 "Oh! It was truly, very wrong" Raggedy Ann said as she put her arm around the old lady's shoulder "You show us where this mean old Witch lives and we will go right to her house and make her return the things she took away from you. 7" The old man and old lady climbed into the magic boat and pointed the way to their house. When the little boat sailed up to the place, the Raggedys say a very lovely little place. It was a cunning little white house with a red roof and flow CTS growing all about. The little boat came to stop near the front door and n little window flew open
 "You needn' stop here !" the old long nosed Witch howled from the window, II do not wish, any fish todayw
 But we are not selling fish !" Rag gcdy Ann said.
 "Of course you are!" the Witch. howled. All people riding in boats want to sell fish! And I do not wish anyw
 "See herew Raggedy Ann replied. Just you come out moment, we want you to know just how naughty you have
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long time, the old Witch finally laughed and said. Well see that I have also captured the little fat Cap tain! He thought he could fool me, but I have a magic lock on the back door and he is now prisoner. If you do not wish to be captured, too, you had better run home!" And with a "Bang!' the long nosed Witch closed the window.
 "Oh, dear!' Raggedy Ann cried. "Now what shall we do? We can't sail away in the magic boat and leave the Captain a prisoner!" So she and Raggedy Andy sat down and thought and thought, trying to find a way to rescue their good friend.
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PRISON HAS TRUSTEES"
Convicts. With More To Lose Than Gain
 By Escape Are Chosen

 By Escape Are Chosen A popular fallacy is embodies in the idea that it is an extraordinary thing for a prisoner to be permitted to leave the institution without a guard, and equally extraordinary that he returns at the appointed time. So remarkable is this considered that much comment is excited when some prisoner has been allowed to attend the funeral of a rela- tive unaccompanied by a guard. That this proceeding should excite such com ment is in reality the only remarkable thing about it.
 Every prison has a considerable num- Der of outside trusties," that is, men who work outside the prison walls ana are not under the eyes of an officer. They are chauffeurs fo rthe warden messengers, laborers on the prison farm, servants in the homes of the of ficers, or are employed in similar occu- Dations. Prisons with population of thousand men will often have as many as one hundred who go out in the morning, spend the day working and then return to the prison at night to sleep. For any of these men to take French leave" is an unusual occur renee, and 1 have knows prisons to have as many as two hundred outside trusties without losing a man for an entire year.
 But never lose sight of the fact that these prisoners are picked for reasons which make it very much against their own best interests for them to run away. They are men of financial means and property which they cannot afford to leave behind them, men of strong family ties Ga careful record of their correspondence is kept in every nstitution), thase who have but short time left of long term who would sacrifice several years of good time which they had earned if they escaped and were caught, those who are soon eligible to parole and have every ex- pectation of receiving it, and those who, for other reasons, find it much more to their interest to remain than to run away,--Joseph r. Fishman in the New York Herald Tribune.
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attend the Harris-McNeill wedding on Saturday evening. /
 Dr. and Mrs. D. F. Talley are spend. ing a short while at Biloxi, stopping al the White House. Miss Frances Zin. kan will be with them for a few days
 Mrs. Julian Brown of Elberton, Ga., is the guest of Mrs. w. H. Adams on Cliff Road.
 MT. Branch Fletcher of Indianola, Miss, who has been the guest of his sister, Mrs. J. E. Frazier, left Tuesday for Huntsville to visit another sister, Mrs. W. T. Pride.
 Miss Frances Houseal arrives today from her home in Newberry, s. O., to be the guest of Miss Ruth McNeill.
 Mir. and Mrs. David Batchelder and daughter, Elizabeth Davis Batchelder, ot Chicago are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Edward Day Harris.
 The many friends of Charles Zwies- Ter will be glad to know that he is inn proving, after serious attack of pneu- monia at the South Highlands mfr mary.
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been in taking this pretty little house from Mir. and Mrs. Granny Just you come out!'
 You can't fool me that easy!" the Witch laughed in a harsh tone. "The Granny's are too old to enjoy the things in here, so I took them for my own :"
 T guess she won't come out!" the little Captain said to Raggedy Ann. ~You keep here at the window and l will run around to the back door, slip in quietly and push her right out of the window! So while Raggedy Ana talked to the long nosed Grundy Witch, the Captain slipped around to the back door.
 After talking with Raggedy Ann for
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ly get started by arranging to take and show these to people at their homes. If they are attractive these people will buy some and send you to other peo- ple. In this way it will not be very long before you will have enough capi- tai to rent a small room for headquar- ters, should you still want one. 1 know a number of women in America and some Russian women in Paris, who started out exactly in this way and now have extremely successful busi- nesses.
 Tie thing to remember in any shop is always to be on the lookout for something new or original to offer. There is nothing that will make place known and popular, as quickly as that.
 It makes no difference if it is some thing entirely at variance with your main line of wares; the important thing is to have something that is little diff ferent from that which everyone else mas.
 Another good thing to remember is that it is better to hare to refuse busi- ness than to have greater overhead ex- penses than your business warrants. In other words keep your shop simple, don't become carried away by success and drift into large expenses. l have seen many businesses which were sue cessful in a small way, fail by trying to enlarge too quickly, by biting off, more than the business ''could cEew." On the other hand enlarge the business by degrees if you have a success that warrants it. Start one with negligees and wrappers which need very little fit ting and if really successful add sport clothes of the simple kinds; but unless you can afford first class filters don't suddenly plunge into tailored suits and evening clothes. You will only lose your wrapper and negligee customers by making them badly fitting evening dresses.
 Another thing that will help the start ing of a shop enormously is low prices. Be content with a very small profit at first, for the sake of the reputation you will gain by reasonable prices; al- ways provided of course that the things you offer for sale are attractive. That seems unnecessary to say.
 In addition, be sure that what you do sell is good. Economize by having a small stock, but never by having poor one. After all the main thing to be considered in any business is that your customers come back again and that they cause others to begin coming. Poor goods, badly made things that make fine effect on the surface only to be found bad underneath, are the stupidest and worst kind of economy.
 Another thing, be sure that the busi- ness you engage in is one in which you are genuinely interested in and know something about. People usually sense that and it is the quality that consti- tutes a good or bad saleswoman. We must have a feeling for something our selves before we can expect to make others have it.
 TUNICS OF METAL BROCADE
 A long straight tunic of gold and white brocade is worn with a coat and skirt of brown velvet.
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shall move from here," she whispe beteewn her. chilled lips, but, she opeI the bedroom door and went trembl down the stairs.

The living room was ajar, and d| light shone through the space, but tn was no sound. She listened for fq two minutes, and then came the fa| rustic of a paper, and leaning over banister she could see her desk pla| ly. Before it sat man; in his hal was the manuscript that she had j| left there two hours before.
 As Katherine Gage watched him tense lines in her face relaxed. For instant she resolved to sacrifice family silver; but no! She carefully traced her steps to her room and cal from her window to the passing poli' Help! Burglar in the house! HelI In the room below she heard the rt ot steps and the slam of a door.
 When Mrs. Gage came downstairs admit the police and the next dt neighbors who had heard her cries, found the living room door open.
 the table was an overturned lante and beside it bag containing the yer. Scattered about her desk and floor were the sheets of manuscript.
 Katherine looked about careful "We must not touch a. thing until A Gage returns in the morning." she t' them, with a faint note of triumph.
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Getting Too Fat?
 Try This-Reduce

People who don't grow too fat are the fortunate exception. But if you find the fat accommodating or already cumbersome. you will be wise to follow this suggestion. which is endorsed by thousands of people who know. Ask your druggist for Marmola Prescription Tablets and follow directions One dollar is the price the world over. Get them from your own druggist send price direct to. Marmola By doing this you will be able to reduce steadily and easily and pleasantly without starvation diet or tiresome exercise. Start taking them today and get slender-Adv.
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THE SAME THING

Sybil--It's no use denying it. Maud, it was too dark for me to see who it was but I saw some young man kiss you in the garden. I'm ashamed of you.
 Maud-I don't see why you should be. I've often seen George kiss you.
 Sybil (engaged to orge)-Yes, but I allow nobody but George to kiss me.
 Maud-Well, nobody but George ever kisses me.-Edinburgh Scotsman.
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woman, uuI every one cannot raise the capital for the initial expense Of renting even one room for use as a shop. There are of course some businesses where a shop is esential, for instance furniture, but there are many where it is not.
 F 0 r example, suppose that you want to sell negli- gees and wrappers.
 sA s
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The Fairy Tale Question

The FaFy Iaie 0uoSSiVh
 One Mother Says:
 I never let my children hear or read stories with gruesome details, such as those contained in "Bluebeard." I be- lieve in telling fairy taies, as they stim- ulate childs imagination, but I am careful to select only those which are truly artistic. Gruesome stories de- velop, often, either harshness or tim idity in the sensitive child. I always go through a book of fairy tales before I give them to my child to be sure they are the right sort.
 This is children's book week. Has your library a list of selected books for your child to read that would help them fin making right choices?
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TWINKLE
|,Adv<x1uses |z* nf * 
 eANu ~%aAnA ~ HHa9ee@' eAnAN

boat in which Rag gedy Ann and Rag gedy Andy and the little Captain were riding through the deep, deep woods came to a stop when it reached a bend in the path. And there. sitting upon a fog, crying as if their hearts would break was an old lady and an old man.
 My! My :! My :" the kind little Cap tain asked the old people, "Why do you sit upon the log and cry and cry? Don't you know it will make your noses red? And red noses do not look nice, even on Witches and mean old Magi- clans !"
 "We know it!" the old lady cried. For we have just left an old Witch who had a very, very red nose and it was very, very long too v
 Well, then" Rag gedy Ann said, If you have just left the old Witch with
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Katherine's Stof.y

</NTO, Katherine, you cannot write a ~ successful burglar story. Your s burglars are all to consfderate. Now a burglar has no professional pride. He gloats over solitary es- tablishment, though he goes prepared to slay whomsoever he may find. Your story will not do," said Gage as he looked at his wife.
 "Why will it not do? asked Mrs. Gage.
 B "Well, in the first place, you know nothing about a burglar. We have never been rich enough to tempt thief, and that last chapter where you have the burglar start at the sound of ap- preaching footsteps, and leaving his bag of silver and his desk lantern, rush headlong from the house-why, my dear. that's absurd He would never leave the silver, nor rush out. You should change that; have him slink be- hind a door, draw his revolver, and take a sure aim. SeeW
 "I don't care if have never seen a burglar. I know just what they are like. Have I not been in this house alone night after night, when could imagine they were all over the place? I have experienced every sensation that any one could with burglars, therefore write from experience" said Kath- crime Gage, picking up the sheets of manuscript on his desk.
 You'll not be more. frightened than usual then, if I am not home until said Gage, looking at his watch.
 Gage was an official of a telegraph cable company, and his wife was ac- customed to being alone nights.
 As he was leaving the house, he turned to Katherine and said: Look we'll after your burglar tonight. Just think of local color you could put in your story if real burglar should come in along about 2 a. m. You could put a few thrills in your story then"
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Running Shop Is Easy Work For
 Women
By JULIA HOYT

are of course many shops in fact every kind of shop--which
 can be organized and run by
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Today's Thought
 By REV. KENNETH OWENS

Make haste, my beloved :"
 SolOmOn's Song-S-14. felt her cool, slim hands in mine, Soft hands of wondrous grace; She raised her lips and gave them me Her face against my face. Within her did loves glad refrain Find glorious liberty, And therein mixed with our great love Lurked Gods own mystery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
Loves Sacrifice

Alice was a normal girl, with a normal girls long, ing for a home, children, happiness. She was glad, therefore, when her dear. est friend, Lorraine, won a good man and settled down to a happy married life. The shock came to Alice later when she discovered herself deeply, passionately, in love with her friends handsome husband-and that he was as passionately in love with her.
 Out of this triangle grew one of the most dramatic episodes that true life has to offer. Alice tells everything under the title. "An Old Maids Story"-in the December True StoryMag- azine. Like the many other absorbing features in this big issue, you can't afford to miss 1t. Get 1t at your newsstand today.
 !! Story Q At all newsstands 25f ~
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TUNICS OF METAL BROCADE
 A long straight tunic of gold and white brocade is worn with a coat and skirt of brown velvet.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
DECLARE MISTRIAL
IN ARSON CHARGE
LAID TO RAPS E

Savannah, Ga, Sept. ia mis-
trial was declared today in Chatham
superior court in the case of Lewis
H. Crapse, charged with arson, case
which has attracted unusual and wide
attention. Crapse was charged by the
state with burning his Norwood ave
nue. home in July.
While circumstantial, the state
charged that this was the third of Z
series of fires of which the defendant
was at or near the scene each time
and that his presence could not have
ben coincidental. The fires occurred
July 26, 81 and 30.
The jury was out all last night Five
of the jurors declined to be put tt
bed until some other provision wa'
made for their automobiles besides
allowing them to stand in the stree
and the rain all night. The machine
were driven to the police barracks
kept under police guard in the walled
inc1osure and the demurring juror
went to bed.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
HIGH SCHOOLLETTER
Ye Lovers of Fitz Hi

Time nor tide waits for man-thi'
was what wise man once said Thi:
is undoubtedly true, but time seem:
to pass slower some times than others
This wise man probably never went
to school However, we are now be-
ginning our third week of the first
month Third means something un-
pleasant to the students of Fitz Hi,
for that means that the tests are at
hand
Our second week of school started
in different way from the first. The
| unknowing freshmen have become ac-
customed to Fitz III life and act as
we'll as freshies could.
To brighten blue. rainy Monday,
our orchestra played. The orchestra is
the beginning of new institution in
! Fitz Hi 1t is what we have needed.
1t contains most OF the leading instru-
ments and we are proud of Fitz His
| orchestra.
Mr.. Diff gave us a long talk speak
| ing in minutes, but it seemed other
wise to the listeners. He came as a
representative from the Kiwanis Club,
to tell us something of Constitution
Week. 1t was different talk from the
regular Chapel kind; it gave us in
formation and knowledge concerning
our constitution and its formation.
that we never knew. 1t brought home
to us the desire to b law-abiding citi-
zens, both at home, at school, and in
our state and country. To say the
least, this speech was one of the best
we had heard in long while.
The old, yet famed institution. Fitz
Hi athletics. has taken firm hold on
the pupils and all the school this year
All boys who are physically able, are
out practicing football and the spi-
rit among the boys, shown in their
practice, is something to be proud of.
We are going to have real football
team this year. Those unable to play
football are helping in financial way.
An athletic association has been form
ed, and its members are increasing
daily.
The first game of the season will
be played Friday at Eastman Altho
all of us can not go, the boys
who leave to play know that they are
leaving behind student body with
faith and spirit in them, that they
are sure to win.
Folks, if Fitzgerald, as city, had
the spirit among its citizens, that
Fitz Hi has among its student body
we would have greater Fitzgerald.
Furman Smith
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
Passing OF Nathaniel
Shelton Boyd

Mr.. Nathaniel Shelton Boyd passed
away at his home in West Green on
the evening of Friday, September H.
after an illness covering period of sew
eral years. He was in his fifty-second
year, having been born in northern
! Coffee County, December IL, 1872 and
his passing is of interest to large
number of people in this and surround
ing counties who knew him in former
years.
Mr.. Boyd was a member of the firm
of Garrant Lumber Co., and up to the
beginning of the present year was ac-
lively engaged in the operation of the
business of saw milling, naval stores
operation, and farming at their West
Green plant He is survived by his
wife who was Miss Alice Martin of
Hazlehurst; four children, Mrs. Sam
Young of West Green, Misses Ethel
and Leila Boyd, and Mr.. Shelton
Boyd; his mother, Mrs. ]. w. Boyd;
four sisters, Mrs. Charles Garwood,
Mrs. Lon Dickey, Mrs. Thomas ].
Dickey of Fitzgerald and Mrs. Jesse
N. Hartley of Pasadena, CAL; two
brothers, Mr.. Will Boyd, of West
Green and Mr. Ashley Boyd of Area
dia, Fla, besides host of other rela-
tives.
His funeral was held at the Method
ist church at West Green Sunday aft
~ernoon and the Masonic lodges Of
Douglas and Denton had charge of the
burial services at Lone Hill cemetery
near there. He was very active in the
church work of his neighborhood and
the many beautiful floral offerings
were silent testimonials of the esteem
in which he was held. Reverend Jones,
presiding elder of the McRae district,
preached from the text, "For here we
have no continuing city; but we seek
one to come" Tributes were also paid
him by Rev. Henson and Rev. Long
of the two churches of West Green.
Practically all of his relatives of
Fitzgerald attended the funeral.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
NOTED NEWSPAPER
MAN PASSES AWAY

Washington, Sept. 17.-Col. Mat
thew Fitzsimmons Tighe, dean OF
Washington correspondents and Gre
dited with more scoops on important
national and international news than
any other member of the corps, died
at his home here Wednesday after an
illness of year.
The end came quietly and peace
fully, as if he had dropped off into q
gentle sleep. He had been uncon-
scious for four days as the result Of
second cerebral hemorrhage, Sin
weeks ago. The first stroke came
March a last, but he had apparently
recovered and was hoping to return
to duty when the second attack oc-
Cured. He would have been 68 years
old October L.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
TRUSTEES SELECTED
FOR A. & M. SCHOOL

Atlanta, Sept. 18.-Trustess of the
new South Georgia A. & M. College
at Triton, Ga, which was created by
act of the legislature during the last
session, were named Wednesday by
Governor Clifford Walker.
Under the provisions of the act,
three of the six trustees had to- be
Tiff county citizens, while the others
are from the state outside of Tiff
county. The. six named by Governor
Walker are R. C. Ellis, Triton; H. D.
Webb, Triton; B. Y. Wallace, Triton;
Ben D. Brantley, Blackshear; Judge
J. B. Clements, Irwinville, and Judge
o. T. Cover, Cordele.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
w. L. DOUGLAS, SHOE
MANUFACTURER, DEAD

Boston, Mass, Sept. H.-Willian
L. Douglas, former Governor of Mas
sachusetts and owner of the w. L
Douglas Shoe Company, died at q
hospital here Wednesday, following
an operation. Douglas had been i'll for
some time. He was 81 years old.
Douglas served as a Massachusetts
member of the Legislature in 1884 and
1885. lie also served in the State Sc
nate in 1897 and served one term as
Governor in 1905.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18

Alvin G.. Brown returned from Lake
Park. Ga, Monday, where he went up
on invitations of Rev. 0. ]. Pinson,
pastor of the Methodist church, to
help with special services. He reports
very enjoyable time and helpful
meeting. His vacation ends today and
he will be on duty Friday. Mr.. Brown
has completed 10 years service with
Uncle Sam, all but seven months as
city letter carrier.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
GIVE THE KIDS
A CHANCE

Let the kiddies see the circus par
AIDE, many of these babes have never
seen live elephant, and many Of
the other animals which usuall1 ac-
company these shows. The parade is
the attraction and school might just
as well suspend for an hour just be-
fore noon.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-09-18
INDICT TWO OFFICIALS
FOR WRECKING BANK

ST.. Joseph, Mo-, Sept. IL L. c.
Smith and J. M. Smith, former Off
Gals of the defunct Commonwealth
Bank, of Kansas City, were indicted
here Wednesday afternoon by Fed
eral Grand Jury on charge OF mis-
appropriating 100000 of the banks
funds.
Several others were indicted in con-
nection with the banks failure, but
the names will not be made public
until arrests are made.
Fifty other banks in Western States
were said to have been injured IN the
failure of the Commonwealth Bank