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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-16
TWENTY YEARS AGO TOAY
CFrom The Timcs-Recorde July
IS, 1867

10, I9Go.)
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. RI Mis-!
jeanette Ray, Misses GRAND Irs
Perry will make up a congial par
ty spending the week . Myrtld
Springs. One of the {ble cot
tages there has been sired ami
a week will thus beleasantE
spent.
Heys McNath has g to Al
lanta, where she will sd several
weeks with relatives.
Chickens sold fron4e wagons
here yesterday at Is tt 1-2 cents
each, and were plenti Where is
the man who will golgry today.
If we get ten or t,'e cents for
cotton next fall, Souest Georgia
will keep the lead development
and general prosper
Americas came tie front yes
terday, July 15th,th the first
open cotton boil sn in Georgia
and unless the sig fail she will
bear off the honcot cotton, al
though it will ye4 some time
hence. The bollme from the
plantation of Ieeilders in Lee
county, who pickeon the l4th.
THIRTY YEAFiGO TODAY |
.From The TimRecorder, July |
IS, I5o |
The Christian5rkers will have
another one Of f delightful par
Tor entertainment the residence
'of Mr.. 7. N. Fixes next Friday
evening.
Manager Gee Fields, of the
Windsor Ibteume in yesterday
from MagnIia rings, where with
Mrs. Fields a little daughter,
Katherine, he spending a few
days.
A telegn pm Baltimore yes
terdav amino, that 100000 had
been proed aere for the pay
ment of in(btedness Of receiy
ors of It's. /. and NJ. railway,
Much oils mount wall be dis
bursed e in Americas in pay
ment f,upplts, etc, as we'll as
for stacity and county taxes
upon property.
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The use for the republication Of all dis.
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Entered % second clEss Natter Ct the Poti office
st Americas Georgia. aocordns to the Act Of
Congress, ....s.s...i-..
Evening star., 1925-06-26
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY JUNE 2e

stores, electric lights and a bank.
Smaller towns began to grow nearer
at hand. Settlement crept up the val
ley. so that the Rigneys haa neigh
bors but a few miles away. And at
last-to Tins secret disgust-that
Fall a school was established within
five miles Of them, and it was decreed
that he and Tessie and young Barney
should attend 1t.
They made the 10-mile round trip
daily, five days in the week, from
crisp September to languorous June
They made it in the Fall mornings
when the fogs hung above the valley
and in the golden afternoons when the
yellowed leaves clutered the trails;
made it in the bitter Winter mornings
when frost rimed the cheeks, and the
sun, scarcely risen, hung far to south
ward, hazed with attendant sun dogs.
with light, but no heat; made 1t in the
days of Spring when the melting
SHOWS were a-trickle and moist
patches of earth showed and the first
robins and bluebirds and flute-noted
meadow larks came back and the
clamor of the northing geese sounded
overhead.
Truth to tell. young Tim was no
scholar. He did his best, and he at
tackled his tasks with determined
scowl, as he would have attacked an
obstinate root. But school books-as
opposed to and distinguished from
other books which told tales in which
the soul of boy might revel as his
bare body delighted in the waters of
Evening star., 1925-06-26

variably these riders were mounted on
tall, rangy horses of speed and bot
tom, cared for and groomed and care
fully shod horses that followed their
masters like dogs, and knew, some of
them, such tricks as lying down at
the word Of command or lifting a
forefoot to shake hands-the horses
Of the mounted police.
Young Tim conceived a vast re-
spect for these riders. who combined
in themselves the godlike attributes of
police. soldiers and frontiersmen. In
particular he admired Constable Sam
Hake, who was stationed at Bush
River Crossing some Is miles distant.
Hake had wintered in the Far North.
and now and then when his patrol
brought him that way he would yarn
to Tim as they lay in the shade
through a long Summers incoming.
Books were few in the Rigney house
hold. and what there were did not ap-
peal to a boy. But from Hake's tales
of that far country Tim stored up
romance which he lived over while his
hands were busy with prosaic tasks.
dreamed Of when his days work was
done and took with him to his blankets
at night.
Now. while the affairs of the Rig
neys were going forward more or less
satisfactorily, the tide of settlement
was beginning to rise, and little wave
lets of 1t were creeping toward them.
Towns were beginning to spring up
tn the foothill country. Clydebank.
some so miles away, had streets.
Evening star., 1925-06-26
Tim of Bush Valley
BY A. NJ CHISHOLM.
Copyrsh &
BY A. NJ. CHISHOLM.
Copyright. 1928. by Street Smith Corp


He looked his father in the eye as he
confessed.
'Um." said Mike with memories of
his own boyhood. "Them's bad tricks,
of course, but more like measles an
whoopin' coughs. How dye think
yen like it here, sonny?"
Il dunno" the boy replied. rs
there fishin'?"
Lots" his father nodded. AN
they's pa a'tridges. an rabbits, an
deer, an now an then a bear"
Gee" the boy exclaimed, his eyes
shining.
Later on, maybe me an you can
take day or so off an go huntin'."
Mike promised. But just now there's
me all you can. I wisht l could send
ye to school, but there's none yet
near enough for ye to go to-
Il hate school" Tim stated.
Like enough" his father re-
sponded with understanding. $50 did
I. An bekase l never had no
schoolin I've had poor jobs wild poor
pay, bein' fit for no better. So to
school We so. as soon as there is one
nigh to hand
Frosts came. the leaves fell and
yellowed the valley. and young Tim
and his father had a few glorious
days afield. Apart from the sport Of
it. it helped to fill the larder. Then
came a tracking snow, and they laid
in their winters meat in the form of
veniSon. Mike, who was u fair woods
man, and had dabbled in trapping. as
have most of his kind, taught the boy
how to set traps and snares. Tim ran
Il small trap line and was entirely
happy.
The Rigneys spent their first
Christmas in the new home quite
happily, having at least plenty to eat
and plenty of fuel. And then, because
he must have money to feed and
clothe his family until the ranch be-
came productive, Mike Rigney got a
job with a logging outfit. He came
back in the spring, and at once threw
himself into the work of clearing
more land
Tim helped him. and they cleared
and broke an additional five acres,
smashed the sod to pieces with a set
of borrowed harrows and seeded it,
broadcasting, for they had no drill.
They enlarged the space of their root
crops and put in a generous kitchen
garden. These tasks don4 they turned
to the problem of an irrigation ditch.
That job took them into the heat of
Summer, and it was a great day when
the cool creek water first flowed
muddy through the raw ditch and
Evening star., 1925-06-26
One of a series of the
years best short
stories.

down the prepared marks in the little
field. Then the cutting season came,
and Mike Rigney took his crop with
a scythe, and went away to earn
wages in the great wheat rielhs, and
later to join the thrashing gang.
His father away. young Tim was
the man of the ranch. He got the
roots up and in and drove the team
The wise old grays handled them
selves, nominally obeying him. but in
reality obeying the succession of
hard-swearing. mackinaw-clad team
sters who had taken and applied the
docile power Of their best years.
That Summer and Fall the little
brush ranch was less lonely. There
were more travellers on the valley
trail. Mainly they were fire patrols,
game wardens, timber cruisers, with
a leaven of prospective settlers. And
at more or less regular intervals
there would be a STRAIGHTFORWARD. red
coated rider with stiff-brimmed
pony hat tilted against the sun. In
Evening star., 1925-06-26

a swimming hole-seemed to him to be
an invention of the evil one, wherein
were collected of malice all the prob
lens which no regular fellow could
understand.
But out of school he was an ac-
knowledged leader by virture of the
strength and activity which abode in
his small, sturdy body, and a perfect
willingness to match them against
anybody's. He possessed. too, cer-
tain quality of foresight in the way
of forecasting consequences Of boy
ish pranks, and SO was a restraining
influence. He was dependable. When
he said he would do thing il
as good as done. And he looked after
his sister and brothers with the So
licitude of a hen with two chicks.
At the closing of the Fall term there
was Christmas tree at the school
Evening star., 1925-06-26

house. with gifts for every child. Also
there was a program of songs and
recitations by the pupils.
The Rigneys attended in a body.
Tessie and young Barney acquitted
Evening star., 1925-06-26

themselves with credit: but Tim, to
whose hard lot 1t had fallen to recite
THE Village Blacksmith" made a
bad mess of 1t.
Continued in Tomorrow's Star.)
Evening star., 1925-06-26

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The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
A Thing Not to Be Explained

1t is narrated of two cOlOred men
that they set forth one night 10 bor-
row a hog. Not until nearly daylight
did they succeed in borrowing one
from the pigpen of a planter Hav-
ing slaughtered the prize they de-
cided that it should be left in the
cabin of one of them until the fol-
lowing night, when the other would
come to claim his share.
During the day the present cusro-
dian, while immersing the carcass in
barrel of brine TO prevent it from
spelling, decided that he needed all
the meat for himself. Accordingly
he removed 1t to a suitable hiding
place and then, returning home,
awaited the arrival of his partner in
the enterprise Of the night before.
About eight o'clock the second ne
gro arrived, carrying an empty sack
over his arm.
"Whar's de meat. Sam?" he asked,
as he entered the cabin.
"In dat barrel Of BRINE over yon-
der behind de back do. Jes' go over
and hep you'sef to yOre sheer"
The caller relied up his sleeves and
immersed his arms in the brine.
"Tain't no meat here" he said,
after a thorough search.
81 amt s'prised one bit" said Sam.
"Rats is gettin' so bad round yere
don't know whut I'm gwine do. Dey
carries off everything. l 'spects dey
was eatin' dat po'k wen l heerd 'em
nibblin' today vile l was layin' down
tryin' to Sleep"
His friend stiffened suspiciousiy.
"How come dey could nibble hole
in de barrel, eat all de po'k an still
de BRINE don't run OutT he de-
manded.
Sam took deep breath.
Dat" he said, "is de mystery"
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
The Real Point of the Joke

Two American performers, filling
vaudeville engagements in London,
took lodgings together in a house on
a side street back of Covent garden.
Late ct night, following the first day
of their joint tenancy. they left the
theater in company and, having had
bite and drink at ch0phouse
set out afoot for the new diggings.
One of the pair undertook TO show
the way. The trouble was though,
that for the life of him he couldn't
recall the name of the street where
the house stood nor the number Of
the house itself. For nearly an hour
they wandered through deserted by
ways seeking their destination. Fin
ally they happened upon street
which wore a familiar look. And
sure enough, half way down the
block stood the house where they
We're luartered.
With glad cries of relief the tired
pair hurried to it. Here a fresh diff
ficulty arose. They had no latch
keys. Coming away that afternoon
neither had thought to ask their land
lady for key, However, the second
man figured he could pick the lock-
He worked at it vainly for another
half hour while his companion fldg-
eted about. Finally in disgust and
despair he gave it up as bad job.
and the two of them went TO a hotel.
where they spent the remainder Of
the night.
The man who could not remember the
name of the street, nor the number
of the house was Barton the Memory
Wizard. The man who could not
master the lock was Houdini the
Handcuff King.
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
THOUSANDS PAY
BRYAN TRIBUTE
Services for commoner Held in
Washington Friday-BuriaI
at Arlington Cemetery.

Washington-Thousands gathered at
the bier of William Jennings Bryan to
pay last tribute to the memory of
one of Americas most illustrious poll
tical and religious chieftains who died
Sunday at Dayton, Tenn.
The mountain folk of Eastern Ten.
nesse.. applauding spectators of his
last great battle, paid their tribute
Tuesday to the memory of Brother
Bryan" fearless champion Of their
Christian faith.
Passing in an endless line, hundreds
OF men, women and children who
watched with affectionate eyes the last
days of the great commoner, looked for
the last time at the face of their leader
as he lay in an humble Dayton home,
and glimpsed through the glass top of
his casket those firm set lips whence
eloquence often flowed to stir the
hearts and limbs of men to action.
Service Held on Lawn.
Later they stood again in a patient
multitude upon the lawn to hear
minister speak funeral paean and
praise God for the life and works of
Williams Jennings Bryan.
1t was Bryan, the clear-voiced herald
Of religious fundamentalism who re-
ceived the last rites.
The Rev. Charles R. Jones, pastor
OF the Dayton Methodist church, where
Mr.. Bryan last attended public wor-
ship and where on the day he died he
raised his voice in prayer-his final
public utterance-conducte the brief
devotional services after the public
had viewed the body.
The memorial service was begun by
the singing of Nearer My God to
Thee" The throng upon the grass
Joined in the simple hymn.
Burial in Arlington Friday.
Friday in Washington, his country
men paid high honor to the Democra-
tic chieftain, presidential candidate
and former secretary of state. In Ar
lington cemetery, then, the colonel of
volunteers in the war with Spain was
laid to rest among the military heroes
Of the nation.
In the party accompanying the re-
mains from Dayton to Washington
were:
Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. Ruth Owens,
a daughter, and her husband, Major
Reginald Owen, of the British army;
S. Bryan Jennings, Jacksonville, cou-
sin Of the commoner; Colonel P. s..
Callahan, Louisville; William E.
Thompson, secretary to Mr.. Bryan;
Wallace Taggard, Dayton lawyer and
friend of the Bryan family; Mrs. C. C.
Stevens, housekeeper, and William H.
Mccartney, chauffeur for the Bryan
family.
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
PREDICTS A s1O,0O0,O0o CROP
Farm Bureau Head Makes Statement
Regarding U. s. Farms.

Chicago farmers will
have $4,000, 100000 income for the
new crop year, o. E. Bradfute, presi-
dent of the American Farm Bureau
Federation, says.
"This is healthy increase and will
be the second consecutive good year."
Mr.. Bradfute asserted. 'It is a re-
markable jump from the low point In
agricultural depression reached in the
crop season of 1922 when the farm
ers' total income amounted to only
$500, ,0O0,O00
while the new crop season is only
four weeks old, conditions all point
to a record-breaking year. Last year
showed a decided turn for the better
in many parts of the country and the
coming crop year, which ends next
June 80, should be even better
I'm 1929 the farmers total in
come was $4,000, 100000. The crop
season of 1923-24 brought the farmer
$4,000, 100000; and the crop season
which ended June 80 of this year
brought around $9,750, 100000.
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
ScScSEsHSskSOCS:c5s ssGcc0cNcGa:3
MY FAVORITE
STORIES
By IRWIN S. COBB
0GcG0GoGcG0G0Go0
(Copyright)
Spreading the Feast for the
Stranger

When Sam Blythe was Washing
ton correspondent he went into New
England to sound out public opinion
on one or another of those crises
which, politically speaking, are for
ever threatening the liberties of tha
American people. | forget now just
what particular crisis it was, but, at
any rate, for the moment it was of
deep concern to the public at large
and Sans job was to get a slant on
the prevalent sentiment In certain
states.
Among others, he called upon the
retired political leader of New Hamp-
Portable cottage in little town. The
old gentleman felt a deep concern in
the vital question of the hour. what
ever 1t was. He argued and he ex-
pounded, and he produced documents
in support of his views. Noontime
approached and still he was nowhere
near through with what Re had to
say. So he insisted that Blythe
should remain with him through the
afternoon
Having sampled the cuisine of the
local hotel at breakfast Blyti,a
promptly consented. The old gentle>
man excused himself in order TO in
form his wife that there would e a
guest for the midday meal and also
to get some important papers bearing
on the subject under discussion,
which were slowed away, he SAID. in
a room upstairs. Going out, he left
the parlOr door ajar.
Through the opening Blythe heard
a voice, evidently one belonging to
the mistress of the household.
Samantha" the lady said. raising
her tone in order that she might he
heard by the cook In the kitchen,
"my husband has invited gentleman
to stay for dinner. Take those two
large potatoes back down cellar and
bring up three small ones"
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
HIS LIFE

1s6o-6orn at Salem, III,
March 19.
1881--Was graduated from u
IinoIs college, Jacksonville, III.
f883-Was graduated from
Union College of Law, Chicago.
and began practice In Jackson
willie.
1ss4-Married Mary {. Balr
at Perry, ~.
t837-Moved to Lincoln, Neb.
1seoAEIected to congress.
1s92-Attracted attention by
his tariff speech.
1se3-opposed the repeal Of
the Sherman silver purchase act.
1se6-Editor of the Omaha
WorId-Herald.
1se6-Nominate for President.
s9s-colonel of Nebraska vol
unteers.
eoo-Nominate for President.
5-06-Made tour of the
world.
9o9-Nominated for President.
1e13-Secretary of state for
President Wilson.
19t5-Retired from Wilson
cabinet.
1925-Leader In prosecution
in Scopes evolution case.
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
W. ]. BRYAN DIES SUDDENLY:
is VICTIM OF APOPLEXY
End Comes at Dayton, Tenn, While
Great Commoner Was Preparing for
Important Religious Campaign.

Dayton, Tenn.-william Jennings
Bryan died suddenly while he slept In
the afternoon at the residence of
Richard Rogers here. Apoplexy, prob
ably aggravated by indigestion, is said
to have been the cause of death.
Bryan was sixty-five years Of age.
Apparently in perfect health, full Of
plans to make a nationwide fight for
laws protecting the Bible against the
teaching Of evolution. Mr. Bryan went
to his room for nap after a hearty
meal.
Mrs. Bryan sent the family chauf-
feur, who also acted as companion to
Mr.. Bryan, to awaken him.
Found Dead In Bed.
The chauffeur found Mr.. Bryan ly.
ing in an awkward position on the
bed, as If he had fallen while trying
to rise. There was no sign of heart
action.
Physicians were then summoned.
They found that Mr.. Bryan had been
dead for some minutes.
Mrs. Bryan was in wheel chair on
the porch when she learned that her
husband was dead. She was overcome
with grief. According to their inti-
mates, no more devoted couple ever
lived.
Devoted Couple.
Up to the time of her illness Mrs.
hod IL oh In, 20
the comfort and care of her husband.
and since she has been an invalid Mr..
Bryan's tenderness toward her has
been most striking.
Her consolation in his sudden death
was that 1t took place at a time when
he was happiest.
II am glad that he died without
pain," she said.
Mr.. Bryan was to have left Dayton
shortly for Knoxville, where he was
to make two addresses on the Scopes
trial and to outline his idea of a ma
tional campaign to arouse the people
to the danger In which he believed the
Christian religion stands today.
Last Triumphai Tour.
Less than twenty-four hours before
his death the Commoner spoke to a
great crowd at Winchester, Tenn. He
was In fine form. He delivered stir
ring speech and took delight in the
applause and In the evident affection
and admiration In which the crowd
held him.
Returning from Winchester, Mr..
Bryan's train was like his famous cleo
ton special Of 1896. From the rear
platform he made speech after speech
at each stop, and the crowds cheered
him wildly and kept the train until its
schedule was thoroughly disjointed.
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31

months ago. when Mr.. Bryan was pass
ing through Washington, the President
had him to lunch. Though different in
almost every conceivable respect. the
two men seemed to have what seemed
sometimes to observers to amount to
an attraction for each other.
Mr. Coolidge could stand for the high
tariff or any other Issue which Bryan
thought pernicious, without creating in
Bryan's mind any thought Of criticism
In the same way Mr.. Coolidge was al
ways very soft spoken when 1t came
to speaking of Bryan
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
Thrice Named for
Highest Honor in
the Nations Gift

When he electrified the Democratic
national convention of 1896 and won
its nomination for the Presidency of
the United States with his Grown of
thorns' and "cross Of gold" speech
against the single standard Of none
tary value, William Jennings Bryan
was but little known to the bulk of the
American nation. He was at that time
only thirty-six years old, the youngest
man ever nominated for the Presi-
dency. He was born at Salem, Marion
county, ILL.,, on March 10, 1850.
Young Bryan attended the local pub
Ilic schools and at the age Of fifteen
entered the Whipple academy at Jack
konville, ILL.,, to prepare for college.
Two years later he entered the fresh
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
Improvement of Roads

In our country. the issue of good
roads has passed the point of contro-
versy. Our roads now have not only
the dimensions of great length, but
also the dimensions of greater width
for ever-increasing traffic, and Of
greater thickness to bear the heavier
loads.
The public Is now on wheels and
wherever the question of good roads
Is raised we find the public decisively
expressing Itself in favor of steady
development.
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
Radio Car Crashes In Traffic,

New York-An occupied radio
automobile" controlled by the tele-
graph key of wireless transmitter
in another car, zig-zagged tortuous
path through Fifth avenues dense
traffic and after narrowly escaping
numerous collisions, smashed into a
parked car near Forty-seventh street.
1t was headed for the show window Of
a candy shop, when the inventor
jumped to the wheel and halted it.
The inventor blamed a nervous radio
operator for the accident but declared
the experiment success.
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
Man of Integrity

There Is nothing so delightful as
the hearing or the speaking Of truth.
says Plato. For this reason there is
no conversation so agreeable as that
of the man of integrity who hears
without any intention to betray and
speaks without any intention to de-
ceive.
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
Death Great
Shock to President

Swampscott. = President Coolidge
was profoundly shocked at the news
of the death of William Jennings
BRYAN. While carefully making no
comment on the legal controversy
which marked the last phase of the
picturesque and spectacular life of the
Commoner. the President has been fol-
lowing 1t with profound interest.
Mr.. Coolidge has always been keenly
interested in Mr.. Bryan. Just two
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
Sees Need Of Trade Commission.

Swampscott, Mass.-President Cool
idge believes the federal trade COM
mission has. useful function and he
is not in sympathy with suggestions
that it should be abolished.
1t was the Presidents conviction
that while some of the criticism Of
the trade commission is perhaps justi-
fed. it is on the whole performing a
useful service to the public.
Mr.. Coolidge is of the belief that
some of the practices of the commits
sion might well be modified.
The Ely miner., 1925-07-31
AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN DIES
e. A. Bancroft Suffers Fatal Relapse
After Illness Lasting Three Weeks.

After Illness Lasting Three Weeks.
Tokio-Edgar Addison Bancroft,
American ambassador to Japan, died
at Karuizawa.
Death was the result of duodenal
ulcer. The ambassador had been held
to his bed for three weeks. DIR. Ikeda,
who was at his bedside, said Mr.. Ban
croft died peacefully.
Edwin L. Neville, first secretary Of
the American embassy, will be charge
daffaires, pending appointment of a
new ambassador.
1t is probable the Japanese govern
ment will tender the use of battle
ship to convey the body to the United
States.