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FAQ I TWO
DAILY TIMKS-INTIRPRISK, TH0MA8VILLI, GEORGIA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER 23, 1922
“JUST GRINNUT
days— grlnnln*.
Funny birds, these fellows with the
six-cylinder cars who delight In run
ning me off the pavement while they
whiz past at about 45 miles, cut-out
, and making enough noise
ihlne-gun corps In full ac-
For a long time they had me bluffed,
Not any longer, however. For
he other day I had an experl-
whlch showed me what a real
. 1 saw It, rode In it, and drove
type-
is pecking away at
and trying to let on to the n
if the bunch that the stuff I was wi
ing was the most Important news
the season. It wasn’t A good bl<
has its value. The thing about
bluff, however, Is to know when It h
been called.
The telephone rang and out of force
LIVED LIKE NEGRO FOR 40
YEARS WHITE MAN NOW
CLAIMS HIS RIGHTS
Kyle and his sister, fearing prosecu
tion for the shooting of the alleged
.betrayer. Into Mexico and then to
California, where In the last year both
died.
Oakland. Calif.—Arthur S. Hill un
folded a story such as only the best
of novelists might weave when he
filed In the superior court here today
a petition to become heir to the es
tate o: Rubert Bruce Kyle.
The story began in Kentucky,
where. Hill charged, a gay young
northerner betrayed a pretty daughter
of the Old South.
Hill said he was the child or the
unwedded union.
Robert Bruce Kyle was the brother
of Hill's mother, and. according to the
papers filed here, he swore and car-
Lived As Negro Forty Years.
But for four decades which inter
vened Hill lived the life of a negro.
“For the first time in my life dur-
ng the last year I sat at a table with
rhlte people where I belonged," he
said.
i upon his sister
The mammy, released from her
pledge of secrecy by the death of the
mother and Kyle, told Hill the true
story, the petition alleged, and then
dropped from sight among her own
people in Kentucky.
Hill emerged from the society of
the black race and took his true place
in the scheme of things.
“I believe the story is entirely
true," announced the public adminls-
-shooting him, but
The mother, unable to face society
with her disgrace, gave her babe in
to the keeping of her negro mammy.
“Raise him as your own." she told
1 will i
white." Hill declared.
TREE 2000 YEARS OLD
FOUND IN NEW ZEALAND
Wellington, N. Z. Nov. 20.—(By
Mail)—A giant pinaceous timber tree
indigenous to New Zealand, locally
called Kauri, has been discovered In
the Northern Forest It hat a trunk
22 feet in diameter and 66 fiet in
girth, and it rises 75 feet clear of
branches. The tree contains 195,-
000 superficial feet of timber, and it
estimated to be 2000 years old.
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OUR BEST WISHES
for the
Merry, Merriest Christmas
of your life
and the
Happy, Happiest New Year
JOHN DIXON
GROCER
JACKSON STREET
of habit I answered it. One of the
boys at the Ford garage was on the
wire and told me to come dowh there.
“We have a Lincoln on the floor," he
said, “and we would like to have you
look her
Sure thing! Looking over things Is
a specialty of mine, especially sine
the Volstead act went Into effect,
can look over more things and se
less than anybody about these parti
So I went down to the garage.
Quite a bunch of fellows were dow
there and they were all cluttered
around a big stripped car which
taking a bath over in the corner. I
didn't ask them, but I suppose they
stripped It so It wouldn’t get
clothes wet. Maybe it was so
could see the torque drive or the
that the big springs were put there
for riding comfort exclusively rnd not
for any other purpose.
As soon as I showed up I was In
troduced to H. P. Chase, whose main
excuse for living Just now seema to
be to chase this car around the map
and show her off. He was an enthu
siastic, high-power little engine all
on his own account, and took the
keenest delight In running over the
fine points of his machine and ex
plaining them to an audience which
understood possibly a sixteenth of
what he said. So much for the rap
id advance of automobile mechanics.
Not for the world would I attempt
to describe the Lincoln a> Chase did
It I know I’m good at peddling the
stuff, but I also know when I’m bog-
tied and laid over a barrel
The party got to going good before
Jack Caldwell Joined the throng. Jack
is a little walking encyclopaedia on
mechanics himself, and knowing this
and also knowing Jack, 1 took my cue
and listened In. I was good the way
Jack baited Chase and the way Chase
stole the bait without getting hooked.
Then
ker, B. R. Qlllett and H R. Freeman
were In the bunch, and together with
Chase and myself the party was com
plete. Freeman and Gillett stood on
the running-board, one on each side
of the two seats In front. Parker se
lected the gas tank at the far end,
Chase drove and my humble self sat
alongside him and offered sugges-
The First National Bank
OF THOMASVILLE
Expresses its appreciation of your patronage
and extends to you its best wishes for a
joyful Christmas and a prosperous New Year
over into the seat which Chase
cated in my honor and eased my
on that wonderful throttle. From 4
to 30 in double her length. The drive
of It—the feel of 1L Words fall
let Chase tell you.
I brought her back to the garage
and got out. Then I stood around,
stroked her; patted her. I called
her all the loving names of an ex
tensive vocabulary I have been yeara
In getting together. I’d ata". away
and return to the shrine. Finally they
drove her away and left me standing
All this time I was supposed to be
In Roslyn. Supper was waiting tor
me. The leading lady would be wait
ing. She would have some choice re
marks to work off concerning a guy
who didn’t have brains enough to
home to eat. So finally I got
up courage enough to go back to my
old love, Liz, patiently standing
around the corner.
But I am a changed man. No long-
• do I envy the birds with the aix-
cylinders and the noisy cut-outs. Not
i. I’ve driven a Lincoln and done
miles without making enough noise
frighten a sparrow.
Vnd so when I hoar these sixes com
ing and they whiz by me at their
measly 45 I just draw off to the side
and grin. I’m driving a car made by
ame man that makes a Lincoln
and that’s good enough for me.
GERMAN EXPORTS NOW
FLOOD EGYPTIAN MARKETS
After we hit the Roslyn-CIe Elum
lavement I commenced to watch the
speedometer. Before we went
he crest of the Roslyn hill we
purring along at about 50. and i
beyond we were doing 65. Chase
us afterward that he was Just
taking our temper. I think be was a
little worried about Parker on the
gas tank. Anyhow, Parkar or no Par-
i thrill on the curve,
lightly above 65 and
feet beyond.
hen he took I
stopped within
ere he turned the
I wiped the tears from my eyes and
said a few words In congratulation, In-
nding to convey the Idea that I am
game bird. However, I hoped we
ere through with the speed test.
We started back. I had a cigarette
In my mouth and the wind broke It
ihort where I held It. From 65
the speedometer climbed to 75 and
lmost touched 80 as we came to the
top of the Roslyn hill.
Oh, baby! I saw that downward
sap In the pavement and my thoughts
back to the days when I twisted
hroncs over st the X Larrabee ranch
e Ruby in Montana. The same
old void. Head down, the saddle horn
disappeared and there was nothing
there but the beautiful mountain air.
Pull leather? Not me. I didn't have
time.
Over the top ws weit at 75. "Good
night, nurse," I mumbled, and com
posed myself for an Introduction to
6t. Peter.
I was astonished, flabbergasted and
hatnot the next 30 seconds. Instead
of sitting on the steps at the pearly
I found myself gliding smoothly
the dirt road at not more than
15 miles. I don’t know yet how U
happened. It's brakes, or compres-
on or something. Let Chase tell
>u about It
Then the most wonderful experl-
ice of all came to ms. I was In
vited to drive the car myself. I have
a lot of respect tor the nerve of the
other buddies In the car. They
elected to rids with ms. It was «
proud moment of my Ilfs when I slid
Alexandria, Egypt, Nov. 16. (By
Mail)—Germany is increasing her
exports to Egypt, and it is felt here
that she has virtually recaptured the
,or _* r ! <k _ L ;, H - Par I Egyptian irmrket.
Orders which previously we
Japan *re now secured by German
| firms. She exercises an almost
J unchallenged monopoly in synthetic
[dyes, toys and pianos, and has pre
dominating position in the field of
pencils paper, glass, chinaware,
cutlery, leather goods, null metal
manufactures, cotton hosiery, small
mirrors and hardware. All these
articles have been damped into the
Egyptian market on a scale and at
prices that have defied competition.
Statistics on foreign trade foi the
first seven months of 1922 sh.»w that
Germany has advanced from sixth to
fourth position, and that tho United
States stands fifth. The loss of con-
siderabie American trade this year is
the heavy falling off In the
Importation of cereals.
lust year nearly $15,000,000 worth
of wheat and wheat flour alone were
brought in from across the Atlantic,
whereas this year, up to the end of
July, the amount was less than
$1,000,000 for the same period.
Rumania's revival of business has
ontributed largely to this loss by the
United States, Kerosene from Ameri-
nlso dropped to a very low figure,
the Rumanian product taking its
piece.
NO WELCOME SIGNS ON THE
DOOR MAT OF TAHITIANS
Papeete, Tahiti, Dec. 2 (By Mail)
—The welcome sign is not found on
the doormat of this island for the
white man who has insufficient in
to support himself notwith
standing certain representations to
the contrary to several narratives
emanting from this island. The na
tives cannot and will not support
derelict white man merely for the
pleasure of his company.
During the last two or three years
number of White men have arrived
here, believing the natives wonld
support them. Recently htere were
many wandering along the beach,
destitute, in the hope that some pas
sing ship would allow them to work
their way home or to some other
clime. The average white man can
not make a living from a small patch
of ground because he is unable to
endure labor under the tropieal tun.
There is no available employment
the island for white men and that
the economic conditions in the island
t a low ebb.
Basic Structure of United States Founded
On Individualism, Declares Herbert Hoover
In New Book Treating International Ills
This U the first of a series of three excerpts thU paper will present through the
‘ ~ ** “Co. from “American Individualism," the new book in
which Herbert Hoover, now Secretary of Commerce, and well beloved for his many
services to humanity by Americans of ail political beliefs, seeks to define the treasurer
of American citizenship and civilization.
By Herbert Hoover
finally there Is Autocracy—wrfcthi
by birth, by possessions, militarism,
or divine right of kings. Even the
Divine Right still lingers on at-
Clbugh our lifetime has seen fully
two-thlfts of the earth’s population,
Including Germany, Austria, Russia
atfd China, arrive at a state of angry
dUgust with this type of social
motive power and throw it on the
■crap heap.
Ftr myself, let me say at ’*
outset that i
- faith I
tial truth, strength, and vitality of
the developing creed by which we
have hitherto lived In this country
Of sure has been confirmed and deep
ened by the searching experiences
of seven years of service in the
backwash and misery of war. Seven
years of contending with economic
degeneration, with social, disinte
gration, with Incessant political dis
location, with all of Its seething and
primary motivation of social forces,
Silt let
that I am an American Indiv
idualist. For America has been
•adliy developing the ideals
litute progressive individualism,
i doubt. Individualism run riot,
no tempering principle, would
long category of Inequal
ities, of tyrannies, dominations and
lnjustlcea America, however, has
tempered the whAe conception of
Individualism by the tnjecth
definite principle, and from this
idustry and
under an Insistent
mid have the values
of individualism, their stimulation
curb. If we
to Initiative, to the development of
hand and Intellect, to the high de
velopment of thought and spiritual
ity, they must be tempered with
can Individualism—an equality of
If we would hav<
Therefore, it is not* the Individ
ualism of other countries for which
I would speak, but the
l of America. Our indlvldualisr
differs frbra all others bccaui
embraces these great ideals: that
;whlle i
attainment of the Individual, we'
shall safeguard to every Individual
an equality of opportunity to take
that position to the community to'
which hli^ Intelligence, character,
^ability, and ambition entitle him:
tbit we keep the social solution free
from frozen strata of clarsea; that’
we shall stimulate effort of each In
dividual to achievement; that
through an enlarging sent
sponsthllity and understanding we
assist him to this i
To Our Friends and
Customers—
FOR CHRISTMAS—
We hope that you are PERFECTLY content
ed, that you may sit down at your Christmas
Dinner with no bother, either as to the future
or from the past. May nothing be in your
mind to mar the happiness that is justly
yours.
FOR THE NEW YEAR—
May you enter into it with the highest hopes,
and may your every wish and dream come
true.
SINCERELY,
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