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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921.
I A Princess of f
Mars I
| By Edgar Rice Burroughs §
I Author o!
Tarzan of the Apes
flhutratioiu bj Irwin Myers |
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SYNOPSIS.
FOREWORD.—The author tells of his
acquaintance with the hero of one of the
■tost remarkable adventures ever record
ed. From a manuscript left by hit friend
be has vividly set out the strange hap-
r innings which brought together a brave
Irginla gentleman and a Princess of
Mars.
CHAPTER L—ln the Arizona hills, John
Carter, mining prospector and ex-Confed
erate soldier, fleeing from a war party
Os Apaches, takes refuge In a cave the
atmosphere of which has a remarkable
affect on him. Yielding to Its Influence,
be sinks Into unconsciousness, his last
thoughts centered on the glow from the
planet Mars.
CHAPTER n.—Awaking, Carter real-
Rss that he has. In some lncomprehensl
e manner, been transported to Mara
Hs la surprised by a party of armed Mar
tian warriors, who seek his life. He con
vinces their leader, Tars Tarkas, of his
barmlessnesa and Is conveyed, a prisoner,
to the Martian city.
CHAPTER III.—A creature holding
much the poaltlon of a dog on earth Is
aet to guard him.
CHAPTER IV.—Three days later a fleet
twarshlj i from the neighboring state es
Hum, passing over the city. Is attacked
Carter's captors, the green Martians,
e fleet Is scattered and one of the alr
•hips captured. Among the prisoners Is
■ young woman of a race different from
the green Martians and more closely re
aembllng the women of the earth.
CHAPTER V.—Carter ascertains that
the fair prisoner's nams Is Dejah Thorls,
granddaughter of the Jeddak, or ruler,
•f Helium. He also ascertains that ac
cording to custom she is doomed to die
•by torture. In the council chamber he
talks with hsr and assures her es hts
•sympathy.
CHAPTER Vl.— The prisoner Is con- j
fined to the guardianship of Carter’s i
friend, Sola, and the two prisoners plan |
to escape before Dejah Thorls Is taken j
before the supreme ruler of the green j
Martians, Tal Hajus
s CHAPTER Vll.—With a large force of
green Martians. Carter and Dejah Thorls
•set out for the capital.
“And there among the hills she rpet
m young warrior, whose duty It was to
guard the feeding zitidars and thonts i
and see that they roamed not beyond
the hills. She trusted him and told of j
the awful repugnance she felt for the j
cruelties of their kind, for the hideous, i
loveless lives they must ever lead, and
then she waited for the storm of de- I
nunclatlon to break from his cold, hard
lips; but Instead he took her In his
\
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Lighted Room
No burglar turns the light on when he gath
ers the family silver. He works in the dark,
stealthily. It’s honest folk that choose the
light. They invite it.
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advertisers. When a mer- the good things that pro
chant or manufacturer gressive merchants and
advertises his product in manufacturers are intro
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your daily paper, he ducing and keeping con
brings it into the light of stantly before you
publicity. He tells you through the advertising
all about it—lets it stand in your, paper,
on its own merits—in
vites your attention and Advertisements are in
criticism because he teresting, instructive and
knows his product is profitable to you. Get
gooJ. the ad-reading habit.
; arms and kissed her.
“They kept their love a secret for
six long years. She. my mother, vai
of the retinue of the great Tal Hajus,
while her lover was a simple warrior,
! wearing only his own metal. Had
their defection from the traditions of
the Tharks been discovered both
would have paid the penalty In the
great arena before Tal Hajus and the
i assembled hordes.
‘The egg from which I came was
hidden beneath a great glass vessel
npon the highest and most Inaccessible
of the partially ruined towers of an
j clent Thark. Once each year my moth
er visited It for the five long years It
lay there In the process of Incubation.
She dared not come oftener, for in
the mighty guilt of her conscience she
feared that her every move was
! watched. During this period my fa-
I ther gained great distinction as a
; warrior and had taken the metal from
several chieftains. His advance was
| rapid, and he soon stood high in the
councils of Thark. But one day he was
ordered away upon a long expedition
to the Ice-clad south, to make war up
on the natives there and despoil them
of their furs.
“He was gone for four years, and
when he returned all had been over
for three; for about a year after his
departure, and shortly before the time
i for the return of an expedition which
i had gone forth to fetch the fruits of
a community Incubator, the egg had
hatched. Thereafter my mother con
tinued to keep me In the old tower,
visiting me nightly and lavishing upon
me the love the community life would
have robbed us both of.
“She taught me rapidly the language
end customs of my kind, and one night
she told me the story I have told to you
up to this point. Impressing upon me
the necessity for absolute secrecy and
the great caution I must exercise after
she had placed me with the other
young Tharks to permit nc one to guess
that I was further advanced In edu
cation than they; and then drawing me
close to her she Whispered In my ear
the name of my father.
“And then a light flashed out upon
the darkness of the tower chamber,
; and there stood Sarkoja, her gleaming,
' baleful eyes fixed In'a "frenzy of loaffi
j ing and contempt upon my mother,
j That she had heard the entire story
i was apparent, and that she had sus
j peered something wrong from my
mother’s long nightly absences from
her quarters accounted for her pres
ence there on that fateful night.
“Sarkoja hastened to Tal Hajus to
report her discovery, and while she
was gone my mother, wrapping me in
| the silks and furs of her night cover
ings, so that 1 was scarcely noticeable,
j descended to the streets and ran wild
-1 ly toward the outskirts of the city. In
the direction which led to the far
• south, out toward the man whose pro
tection she might not claim, but on
whose, face she wished to look once
more before she died.
"As we neared the city’s southern |
extremity a sound came to us from
across the mossy flat, from the direc- 1
tlon of the only pass through the hills
which led to the gates, the pass by
which caravans from either north or
south or east or west would enter the
city. My mother from her biding
place saw that the expedition was the
returning caravan bearing the young
Tharks. Instantly her plan was
formed, and as a great chariot swung
close to our hiding place she slipped
stealthily In upon the trailing tall!
i hoard, crouching low In the shadow of j
i the high side, straining me to her
I bosom In a frenzy of love.
“She knew, what I did not, that
1 never again after that night would she
hold me to her breast, nor was It like
ly we would ever look upon each oth
er's faces again. In the confusion of
the plaza she mixed me with the other
children, whose guardians during the
journey were now free to relinquish
their responsibility.
“1 never saw my mother after that
night She was Imprisoned by Tal
Hajus, and every effort. Including the
most horrible and shameful torture,
was brought to bear upon her to wring
from her lips the name of my father;
but she remained steadfast ar.d loyal,
I dying at last amidst the laughter of
Tal Hajus and his chieftains during
some awful torture she was undei>
going.
"I learned afterward that she told
them that she had killed me to save
me from a like fate at their hands, and
that she had thrown my body to the
white apes. Sarkoja alone disbelieved
her, and I feel to this day that she sus
pects my true origin, but does not dare
expose me, at the present, at all
events, because she also guesses, 1 am
sure, the identity of my father.
“When he returned from his expedi
tion and learned the story of my moth
er's fate I was present as Tal Hajus
told him; but never by the quiver of a
muscle did he betray the slightest emo
tion ; only he did not laugh as Tal Ha
jus gleefully described her death
I struggles. From that moment on he
! was the crudest of the cruel, and I
Jam awaiting the day when he shall
i win the goal of his ambition, and feel
the carcass of'Tsl Hajus "beneath Tils
foot, for 1 am sure that he but waits,
the opportunity to wreak a terrible
vengeance."
! “And your father, Sola, Is he with us
;now?” I asked.
“Yes," she replied, “but he does not
know me for what I am, nor does he
know who betrayed my mother to Tal
Hajus. I alone know my father’s
name, and only I and Tal Hajus and
Sarkoja know that it was she who car
ried the tale that brought death and
torture upon her he loved.”
We sat silent for a few moments,
she wrapped in the gloomy thoughts
of her terrible past, and 1 In pity for
the poor creatures whom the heartless.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
senseless customs of Their race Cad
doomed to loveless lives of cruelty and
lof hate. Presently she spoke.
1 “John Carter, If ever a reai man
walked the cold, dead bosom of Bar
soom you are one. I know that 1 can
trust yon, and because the knowledge
may some day help you or him or De
jah Thorls or myself, 1 am going to
tell you the name of my father, nor
place any restrictions or conditions
upon your tongue. When the time i
comes, speak the truth If It seems best 1
to you. I trust you because I know j
that you are not cursed with the ter j
rihle trait of absolute and unswerving
truthfulness, that you could lie like
one of your own Virginia gentlemen if
a lie would save others from sorrow
or suffering. My father’s name is Tars I
Tarkas.”
CHAPTER IX.
We Plan Escape.
The remainder of our journey to i
Thark was uneventful.
Not once did 1 have speech with De- \
jah Thorls, as she sent no word to me i
that I would be welcome at her chari
ot, and my foolish pride kept me from
making any advances.
Just thirty days after my advent
upon Barsoom we entered the ancient
city of Thark, from whose long-forgot
ten people this horde of green men
have stolen even their name. The
hordes of Thark number some thirty
thousand souls, and are divided Into
twenty-five communities. Each com
munity has Its own jed and lesser
chieftains, but all are under the rule
of Tal Hajus, Jeddak of Thark. Five
communities make their headquarters
at the city of Thark, and the balance
are scattered among other deserted
cities of ancient Mars throughout the
district claimed by Tal Hajus.
We made our entry Into the great
central plaza early In the afternoon.
There were no enthusiastic friendly
greetings for the returned expedition.
Those who chanced to be In sight
spoke the names of warriors or women
with whom they came In direct con
tact, In the formal greeting of their
kind, but when It was discovered that
they brought two captives a greater
Interest was aroused, "and 'Dejah
Thorls and 1 were the centers of In
quiring groups.
We were soon assigned to new quar
ters. and the balance of the day was
devoted to settling ourselves to the
changed conditions. When I had put
my house In order, or rather seen that
It had been done, It was nearing sun
set, and I hastened out with the Inten
tion of loeatlng Sola and her charges,
as I had determined upon having
speech with Dejah Thorls and trying
to impress on her the necessity of our
at least patching up a truce until I
could find gome wny of aiding her to
escape. I searched In vain until the
upper_rlm
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR SUMTER COUNTY
LEGAL AD No. 299.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF COM
MERCIAL CITY BANK,
AMERICUS, Ga.
In accordance with the provisions
of Section 13 and 14 of Article 7
of the Banking Act approved August
16, 1919, you are hereby notified
to present your claims, properly at
tested, on or before ninety days from
Lhis date.
Also depositors are hereby notified
to bring their pass books to be bal
anced and compared with the books
of the bank, filing same with Mr. N.
M Dudley, Liquidating Agent.
This the Bth day of January, 1921.
T. R. BENNETT,
Superintendent of Banks.
LEGAL AD NO. 301.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Will be sold before the courthouse
door in Americus, Sumter county,
Georgia, on the first Tuesday in
March, 1921, within the legal hours
of sale, to the highest and best
bidder for cash, the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
“One house and lot in the City of
Americus, Ga., No. 935 North Jack
son St., fronting west forty feet and
running east back from said street a
distance of seventy-five feet to lot
of Eli Durham, which bounds it on
the east, north by John Mitchell, west
by Jackson St., and south by Will
Green. This being the same land
deeded to Alex Wilson by Ernest
Wilson as recorded in Record of
Deeds of Sumter Co. Ga. Book “SS”
Folio 595.
Also one house and lot situated in
the city of Americus, Ga., bounded
as follows: Land of Jim Clements
estate on the north; Chas. Thomas
on the east, south by Fannie Con
gelton lot, now owned by R. C.
Moran. The fence as standing form
ing the line; going along said line
90 feet east and west; on the west
by alley between this lot and Jim
Russell Land. The line north and
south commencing at Fannie Congle
ton corner, going north to well,
about 67 feet, which will divide this
lot from Jim Clements lot on the
north. The line on the east side run
ning north and south being the same
length. This house is known as 212
Byrd St.
Said lands levied on as the prop
erty of Alex Wilson to satisfy an ex
ecution issued from the City Court
of Americus on the day of an-J
uary, 1921, in favor of Bradley
Hogg against Alex Wilson.
Tenants in possession notified in
Just disappearing TTeJilnd Hie "horizon
and then I spied the ugly head of Woo
ls peering from a second-story window
on the opposite side of the very street
where I was quartered.
Without waiting for a further Invi
tation 1 bolted up the winding runway
which led to the second floor, and en
tering a great chamber at the front of
the building was greeted by the fren
zied Woola, who threw his great car
Cass upon me, nearly hurling me to the
floor; the poor old fellow was so glad
to see me that I thought he would de
vour me, his head spilt from ear to
ear, showing his three rows of tusk*
In his hobgoblin smile.
Quieting him with a word of com
mand and a caress, I looked hurriedly
through the approaching gloom for a
sign of Dejah Thorls, and then, not
seeing her, I called her name. There
was an answering murmur from the
far corner of the apartment, and with
a couple of quick strides I was stand
ing beside her where she crouched
among the furs and silks upon an an
cient carved wooden seat. As I wait
ed she rose to her full height and
looking me straight In the eye said:
"What would Dotar Sojat, Thark, ol
Dejah Thorls hi* captive?”
~ ‘‘Dejah Thorls, I do not know how 1
have angered you. it was furtheresl
from my desire to hurt or offend you,
whom I had hoped to protect and com
fort. Have none of me If It Is yout
will, but that you must aid me In ef
fecting your escape. If such a thing b*
possible, la not my request, but my
command. When you are safe one*
more at your father’s court you may
do with me as you please, but from
now on until that day I am your mas
ter, and you must obey and aid me."
She looked at me long and earnest
ly and I thought that she was soften
ing, toward me.
“1 understand your words, Dotar So
jat,” she replied, “hut you I do not un
derstand. You are a queer mixture of
child and man, of bruie and noble. I
only wish that I might read your
heart.”
“Look down at your feet, Dejah
Thoris; It lies there now where it has
lain since that other night at Korad,
and where It will ever lie beating
alone for you until death stills it for
ever.”
She took a little step toward me, her
beautiful hands outstretched In a
strange, groping gesture.
“What do you mean. John Cnricr?"
she whispered. “What are you saying
to me?"
(To be continued.)
Secretary of Agriculture Meredith
says from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000
is lost annually because baled cot
ton is left out in the weather, in
stead of being properly stored.
terms of the law. Terms of sale,
cash. LUCIUS HARVEY, Sheriff.
LEGAL AD NO. 302.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Will be sold before the court
house door in said county on the first
Tuesday in March, 1921, between the
legal hours of sale, the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
One Independent Talking Machine,
number 5256.
One Victor Talking Machine, num
ber 596751.
One Victrola, oak finished.
One Victor Talking Machine, num
-488555.
Eleven boxes graphophone records.
Six stool chairs.
One settee and two rockers to
match.
One brass jardiniere and stand.
One music cabinet and contents.
One heater and pipe.
One stove screen.
Six wall pictures.
One Columbia E-2 Grafanola
One Victrola IV.
One Victrol VIII.
One Victrola VI, one cabinet.
Onei small Victrola.
One rug.
One organ.
Said property having been levied
on as the property of Edwards Music
company under two distress warrants
in favor of T. M. Merritt against
said Edwards Music company, on the
27th day of December, 1920, 24th
day of January and 2d day of Feb
ruary, 1921.
LUCIUS HARVEY,
Sheriff.
LEGAL AD No. 303.
Ordinary’s Office, Sumter County.
A. D. Gatewood as the adminis
trator of the estate of Mary Emma
Malard, has made application for
leave t sell the real estate bring
ing to said estate, being one-elev
enth undivided interest in lot of
land No. 88 in the 16th district of
Sumter County, Georgia, which lies
west of the run of Muckalee creek.
The purpose of the sale of said land
is to pay the debts of the estate and
for distribution among the heirs at
law. All parties are cited to show
cause, if any, why the said applica
tion should not be granted in terms
of the law. If no objections are
filed the court will grant the appli
cation at the next term of the court.
Therefore any cause to be shown
must be made to the next term of
the court. Witness my hand and
Dublin City Budeet
Is Slashed $28,629
DUBLIN, Feb. 16—One of the
most sensational salary cuts kqown
among city employes here has just
been made by the city council, when
it reduced the salary of officials
from the mayor on down, cutting
some of them in half and cutting off
PROMINENT NEW TORK
MAN PRAISES MAC
John F. Hyatt, of Albany, N. Y.,
Is Relieved of Severe Attack
of Rheumatism of Years
Standing.
I a mnow seventy-two years old
and am just getting rid of fifteen
year case of rheumatism that had
me so crippled up I could not walk,"
said John F. Hyatt, 227 Pearl St.,
Albany, N. Y., in relating his re
markable experience with Tanlac re
cently. Mr. Hyatt was chairman of
the committee in charge of building
the Albany County Courthouse and
was four times elected a member of
the County*Board of Supervisors. At
present Mr. Hyatt is Assistant Super
intendent of the Albany County
Courthouse, with offices in the build
ing.
“I don’t believe,” he continued,
"anybody could have rheumatism anj
worse than I did, and my case was of
such long standing I didn’t expect to
ever get over it. I was unable to
walk except for a short distance, sup
ported with a cane and even then
the pains struck me every time I took
a step. My legs, hips and ankles hur»
something awful and my joints were
stiff and achey. I couldn’t cross my
leg without having to lift it up with
my hands, and to turn over in bed,
why, the pains nearly killed me.
“My appetite was gone, and the
sight of food nauseated me. My
stomach was out of order, and I had
a sluggish, heavy feeling all the time.
I was weak, off in weight and dis
couraged so that it looked like I
might as well quit trying to ever get
well.
“I had no idea Tanlac would re
lieve my rheumatism when I began
taking it last Spring. I took it be
cause I saw Where, it would give a
fellow an appetjte. Well, sir, I was
seal of office, 7th February 1921.
JOHN A. COBB.
Ordinary of Sumter County, Ga.
LEGAL AD No. 304.
NOTICE!
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
The appraisers appointed to set
apart a year’s support out of the es
tate of W. W. Daniel, late of Sum
ter County, deceased, to Mrs. Olia
Daniel and her five minor children,
having filed their report in' this of
fice. This is therefore to notify all
persons interested to file objections,
if any they have, on or before the
first Monday in March, 1921, or else
said return will then be made the
judgment of this court. Feb. 7th,
1921.
JOHN A. COBB,
Ordinary, Sumter County, Ga.
LEGAL AD No. 305.
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
Mrs. Helen H. Wheatley having in
proper form applied to me for per
manent Letters of Administration on
the estate of Crawford Wheatley, lata
of said county, this is to cite all and
singular the creditors and next of
kin of said Crawford Wheatley to
be and appear at my court on the
first Monday in March, and show
cause, if any they can, why perma
nent Administration should not be
granted to said Mrs. Helen H.
Wheatley on said Crawford Wheat
ley estate.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 7th February, 1921.
JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
NOTICE!
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Notice is hereby given that George
W. Bagley, administrator of North
Goshea, has applied for leave to
sell the real estate of said deceased,
located in the 15th district of said
county, and if no objections are
filed, leave to sell will be granted
at March term, 1921, of this court.
Feb. 10, 1921.
JOHN A. COBB,
Ordinary, Sumter County, Ga.
LEGAL AD No. 306.
NOTICE!
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
H. W. Kervin, a resident of this
state, having in due form applied to
the undersigned for the guardianship
of the person and property of Jessie
Mae, William, Maggie, Robert, Reu-
PAGE FIVE
one or two employes from the fore*.
The city budget was also reduced
to a total of $28,62.43 below what
was spent in 1920. The aldermen
state that a reduction in tax values
dup to deflation, will cut the city’s
revenue considerably this year and
they are merely cutting the coat to
fit the cloth.
I .0\
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JOHN F. HYATT
227 Peaul St., Albany, N. Y.
the most surprised I ever was in my
life when the rheumatic pains began
to ease up. I took seven bottles in
all, and, it’s a fact. I didn’t have <:n
ache about me, was eating fine and
simply felt like I had been made over
again.
“I have been in the best of health
ever since, with only a slight twinge
of rheumatism at intervals. Ido not
need my cane now, but as I had been
unable to walk' without it for several
years, I got into the habit of carry
ing it, and so still take it along, I am
enjoying life and health once more
and can conscientiously recommend
Tanlac as the greatest medicine 1
have ever run across in all my ex
perience.”
Tanlac is Americus bj
Carswell Drug Co., and in Sumter by
Ewing Mercantile Co. adv
ben, Charles and James McClung,
minor children of Mrs. Sallie Pass
more, of said county, deceased, no
tice is hereby given application will
be heard at next Court of Ordinary
for said count on first Monday in
March, 1921. Witness my hand and
official signature, this 7th February,
1921.
JOHN A. COBB.
Ordinary, Sumter County, Ga*
LEGAL AD No. 307.
LEGAL AD No. 308.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
W. T. Cock having, in proper
form, applied to me for permanent
Letters of Administration, with will
annexed, on the estate of Miss Cora
B. Cock, late of said county, this is
to cite all and singular the creditor*
and next of kin of Miss Cora B.
Cock, to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law, and
show cause, if any they can, why
permanent administration, Nvith will
annexed, should not be granted to
W. T. Cock on Miss Cora B. Cock
estate.
Witness my hand and official’ sig
nature, this 10th day of February,
1921.
JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
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CITY MARSHAL’S SALES.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Will be sold before the courthouse
door in the City of Americus, Geo’r
gia. on the first Tuesday in March,
1921, between .the legal hours of sale,
to the highest bidder for cash the
following described property, to-wit:
One house and lot situated on the .
west side of East Forsyth street, and
known as No 627 of said street,
and bounded on east by Forsyth
street, south by property of C. B.
Partin, north by (life-time estate of)
Mandy Wilson, west by (life-time es
tate of) Mandy Wilson.
Size of the above described prop
erty being 70 feet front and 150 feot
deep, beginning at Forsyth street, and
running west from said street. The
above described property levied on
as the life-time estate of Mandy Wil
son, to satisfy a certain fi fa issued
by E. J. Eldridge, clerk and treas
urer of the City of Americus, Geor
gia, in favor of the Mayor and City
Council of Americus, for the cost of
installing plumbing on the above de
scribed property. Tenant in posses
sion notified in terms of law. This
lie 20th dav of January. 199’
C. B. POUNCEY, City MsnfctL