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MRS. LASSITER
ASKS SI,OOO BACK
Says Amount Was Ad
vanced to Buy Car
For Husband
Mrs. J. W. Lassiter, wife of the
former assistant superintendent of
county roads, appeared before the
county commissioners yesterday ask
ing that she be re-imbursed for cer
tain expenditures made by her in the
purchase of an automobile used by
her husband during his connection
with the county road administration.
It appears that Lassiter some time
ago asked the commissioners for per
mission to purchase an automobile,
and that an arrangement was perfect
ed at that time whereby Mrs. Lassi
ter was to nav SI,OOO of the purchase
price of the car. She was to be re
imbursed for this at some later per
iod, it is contended, and her husband
being no longer in the employ of the
county she now asks the commission
ers to pay the sum advanced by her
for ths purchase of the car.
The matter was discussed by the
commissioners at some length and it
was finally resolved to order the car
sold, with the disposition of the mon
ey realized to be determined after
this has been done. T. F. Gatewood,
Jr., of Gatewood & Todd, who sold
the car to the county, was instructed
by the board to dispose of the car
and the proceeds will be turned over
to the county authorities, who will
then determine what sum shall be
paid Mrs. Lassiter, it was stated af
ter the meeting had adjourned.
FIRE, LIFE, CASUALTY
INSURANCE
HERBERT HAWKINS
Planter* Ban k Building.
Confidence
More than 13,000 women and
22,000 men make up the list of
the owners of Swift & Company.
Every state in the Union is
represented.
Os this great enrollment more
than 10,000 are employes of
Swift & Company who own shares
in the business.
An additional 13,000 employes
are buying shares on deferred
payments.
These men and women have
confidence in the company’s poli
cies, its integrity and purposes.
That is why they invest their
savings in shares.
Swift & Company has been
paying dividends regularly for 34
years. The present rate is 8 per cent.
Swift & Company shares are
bought and sold on the Chicago
and Boston stock exchanges.
The company itself has no
shares for sale.
The shares represent actual,
tangible values. There is no water.
Anybody livestock man,
retailer, or consumer —may buy
them and thus become a part owner
of Swift & Company.
No one man, no one family,
owns as much as half of the stock.
This advertisement is for the purpose
of acquainting you with the fact that
Swift & Company is not a “close cor
poration,” and that any one may
participate in the profits—and share
the risks and responsibilities —by
becoming a shareholder.
Swift & Company, U. S. A*
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THE BOOK OF ANN.
People Are Not Free to Live Their
Own Lives As They Please.
i “Maybe she didn’t shoot Ives,” I
thought as I brought Ann a glass of
water. But could the shock of wit
nessing th murder account for the
i terrible condition of her nerves?
i That I couldn’t decide. But since it
.was my duty to take care of Ann,
I had to have some explanation from
her. 1 had to be merciless. When
, she was able to hold up her head
again 1 commanded briefly:
. “Go on!”
"I was so frightened that I could
j scarcely climb to the top of the hill,”
Ann continued. “I walked into the
shrubbery and sat down on the
ground. I heard the whistles of the
policemen and the clang of the am
bulance bell. 1 didn’t know whether
I’d better try to leave the park, or
! to hide in the shrubbery until after
dark. If anybody discovered that I
had come to the beach to keep an en
-1 gagement with Ives, Jimmy would
be disgraced, I thought, and all the
rest of you. Suddenly, I decided
1 that the police would hunt through
the park for loiters, after dark.
,It was awful, Jane. I know I must
get out of the place before the crowd
i scattered. I was nearly mad. Arid
then, I saw you on one side of the
‘hair-pin’ in the road. I knew you'd
■ have to take the other side. I rushed
’ across just in time to jump on the
| running board! Jane, you came just
iin time to save me!”
i “I was just too late!” I said bit-
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
iterly. “I went to the park to keep
you away from Ives and if I hadn t
had tire trouble I would have beaten
you to the bathhouse. I was too
I late to save you!’’ I suppose my
i tone was full of suspicion and of
doubt for Ann flared up at once:
“You will not believe me!” She
seemed bewildered, amazed, like an
! uninformed child dealing with a sit
' uation she could not quite grasp.
“I believe that you have a good
j story. I believe that you would bet
ter stick to it,” I said. _
“You don’t want to believe me!
Asn’s vofce was pathetically young,
but it made no appeal whatever to
!my sympathies. 1 was coldly revolv-
I ing schemes to save Daddy Lorimer
from the shock of hearing any ru
mors connecting Ann with the mur-
I der case.
“Whether 1 believe you or not
isn’t important just now,” I explain-
I ed. “Avoiding investigation—keep-
I ing you out of the thing is what
I intend to do. If it's possible. You
had on a plain blue serge suit. Your
i dress was not noticeable, for once.
1 Thank goodness. You wore a sim
i pie sailor hat, and a veil such as doz
; ens of girls wear. Now let’s pick up
iall the clues which lead to you—”
Ann shuddered and huddled up
with her feet under her and her head
! on her knees. She looked like a school
girl who had failed in her finals.
“As I see it, the police will pick
up three clues, all of which they will
follow, sooner or later —straight to
you. And to the Lorimers,” I added,
for I couldn’t help introducing the
note of family pride and my fear
of disgrace for the family whenever
I had a chance to do so.
“Mother is so proud! And Daddy
Lorimer will surely die if he gets too
excited about this. You see what one
person does in this life isn’t just his
own affair!” I stormed.
“I know. 1 thought that very
thing when I looked from the bath
house window and realized that I
was going out to meet that man.
Some of the queer new books I’ve
•NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
By order of the Mayor and City
Council the tax books for the return
of assessments will be kept open un
til July 1. After that date all prop
erty not returned by the owners will
be subject to double taxation. I will
be in my office daily hereafter to
receive these returns, and all tax
payers are asked to be governed
thereby.
R. J. ELDRIDGE,
City Clerk and Treasurer.
THE STANDARD
WE ARE STILL REDUCING
PRICES IN SPITE OF ALL THE
NEWS THAT WE WILL SEE
HIGHER PRICED COTTON GOODS
NEXT FALL.
Read this whole list:
At $1.98 —Choice of about one hun
dred white skirts, values up to $3.
At $1.25 —Choice of about two hun
dred voile and organdy waists, new
styles values up to $2.50.
At $1.25 —Choice of thirty dozen
pure silk Buster Brown hose, full
fashioned with seam back, black
white and brown, value now $2.50.
At 50c, 98c and $1.35 —About one
hundred children’s play suits of
fine galatea, light and dark colors.
At 35c—Choice of twenty pieces 36-
inqh scrims, hemstitched and plain.
At 39c—Choice of five thousand
yards best dress gingham, every
piece guaranteed; thie /wholesale
price for next season will be over
40 cents.
At $1.98 —Choice of twenty-five doz
en ladies and children’s middy
blouses, made of the best mate
rials, all sizes, values up to $3.
At $15.00- —Choice of about one
hundred, new taffeta silk dresses
for ladies in all colors, the whole
sale price on these were $25.00 to
$27.50.
At 98c—Choice of one case men’s
blue chambray work shirts, made
with two pockets, double stitched,
all sizes.
At sl.7s—Good grade men’s indi
go blue overalls, all sizes, includ
ing few extra sizes for which there
is no extra charge.
At 7 l-2c—Genuine Palm Olive toilet
soap, each cake wrapped, regular
price 15c or two for 25c.
At 19 3-4c—Three thousand yards
fine smooth Sea Island, value now
about 25c.
At 15c—One case heavy bleached
cotton towels, size 14x28 inches,
value nruv 25c.
At 35c for $1 —Congoleum
rugs, twenty patterns, size 18x36
inches.
At $1.50 —Misses’* and children’s
gingham dresses of fast colored
gingham. •
At 98c—Ladies' night gowns of good
quality, long cloth trimmed with
embroidery.
At 5c- Choice of about five thou-
sand yards cluny laces, all widths.
At s4.9B—Choice of one big rack of
silk shirts, some have sold up to
SIO.OO.
At 25c—Two thousand yards good
mattress ticking, fu 1 width, 'alue
49 cents.
At 32 l-2c—One thousand yards
"Purity” bleaching 36 inches, soft
finish.
At 32c—Two thousand yards guar
anteed apron gingham, all size
checks and fast colors.
STANDARD
DRY GOODS CO.
Foraptk St. Nost Bank of Commerce
Aswricns, Go.
Sumter’s Noted Tobacco
Grower Abandons Weed
J. C. Carter, Sumter’s famous to
bacco grower, has quit the weed al
together.
“I didn’t plant any tobacco this
year,” he said while in Americus
yesterday, “and I’ve parted company
with it altogether. I got so that as
fast as I burned up one cigar I
wanted to start on another, and the >
use of the weed began to make me’
nervous, so I decided to quit its use.”'
He then said that though he had i
made some money in the production ;
ot tobacco in past years, he had de
cided not to plant any of it this year'
because of the labor situation. To-’
bacco, Mr. Carter says, is a crop that
requires constant attention, and with
his other interests he found that he
did not have the time to devote to
its culture. His tobacco land in
Florida, he stated, had been leased
to a tenant, and thus his connection
with the weed had been severed en
tirely.
McCoy Freed on Bond;
Held in Jail by Illness
A. H. McCoy, of Cuthbert, who
was convicted at the recent term of
Sumter Superior Court on a charge
of bigamy, and whose appeal for a
new trial will be argued before Judge
Z. A. Littlejohn next Saturday, was
released from jail here yesterday af
ternoon, having furnished bail in the
sum of $2,500. The bond was sign
ed by residents of Cuthbert, where
the McCoys reside. It was stated
that the delay in providing bail for
McCoy’s release was due to the fact
that one of his bondsmen was unable
to come to Americus to sign the bond
due to serious illness in his family.
Young McCoy accompanied his fath
er and bondsmen back to Cuthbert
during the afternoon.
been reading have made me feel that
people have the right to live their
own lives as they please—-to be ‘in
dividual’—to be themselves without
considering other human beings.
Today I’ve learned that it can’t be
done. Out there—at the beach—l
perceived that nobody is free. Not
one person can do as he likes. We’re
all linked up in families, and homes,
and if we are selfish about doing
as we please, we are sure to hurt
others. I ran away from Ives when I
realized all that. I’ve been trying to
tell you.”
“I never did think much of a
death-bed repentance,” I remarked
coldly. “Now put your mind on what
I’m going to say. I’m going to count
the clues by which the detectives
can connect you with the murder.”
(To Be Continued.)
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B. H. ALLEN
Metal Worker. Tin and Galvanized
Iron Roofing, Job Work and Repair*.
Auto Radiator Repair*.
122 So. Lee St. Phone 703
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Maybe It Was
A Gift to S-if
AKRON, June 22—A carefully
dressed individual naming himself|
Charles P. Abbot, dropped into big]
jewelery store and told the c’erk he!
wanted a $550 diamond as a gift. !
He paid for it with New York bank
drafts. Vanished. Bank wired pay-!
ment stopped on draft. They are (
looking for Abbot and the gift dia-1
mond.
Hosiery Banks Can
Operate Unseen
CLEVELAND, June 22 Thu
county treasurer here says he’s go
ing to hang a sign during tax-pav
ing time reading: “First National
May be Drawn on With Safety J
Here.” There’ll be couches and a
For the Woman
Who Suffers With
Sick Headaches
-—A Safer
Aspirin
A SPIRIN has been for
years the standard and
most potent remedy’ for sick
headaches. But now comes
Capatone, the liquid Aspirin,
which though it has every
one of Aspirin’s wonderful
curative powers, does not
harm you in the least.
Moreover Capatone i s
more convenient. It is al
ready a liquid so that you
need not worry about water,
ft contains no opiate, no ace
tanilid nor any chloral.
So that the buyer may be
protected when he wishes to
buy Capatone we clearly
mark each bottle of the gen
uine with the signature of
“J. Homer Collier”. Look for
that signature—it protects
you.
Insist on Collier's Capa
tone—All druggists sell it.
Price 30c and 00c.
FARM AND CITY LOANS—S 1-2
per cent. Terms easy. Quick serv
ice. • W. W. DYKES. 4-20-ts
guard at the doors says he. So
long as women will carry their mon- ,
ey where they have always earned
MONEY 82° o
MONEY LOANED e»t and borrower* have privilege of
p. yiß g part or *ll
and give'quickeH .ervice. Save money by .eeing or writia, ...
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. |
I INSURAN CE
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
Life—Fire— Liability—Bonds
J. G. HOLST. Allison Building. PHONE 849
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209 Forsyth Street Phone 502 j
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Have your house wired for alec tricity. Let us make yon an estissats
of the cost. Then you can have the convenience of modern electri
cal equipment, such as an abundance of good light all over the house,
a vacuum cleaner, electric iron, toaster, grille, vibrator, curling iron
and endless other good thing.*
McNEILL ELECTRIC CO.
103 Jaclaoa Street Pbeae
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 22, 1920
it, the county’ll give ’em a safe place
to take it out,’ says Treasurer
Boyle.