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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
The poor ye have with you al
ways. and whensoever ye will ye
may do them good: but me ye have
not always.-—Mark 14:6.
Not she with traitorous kiss her
Saviour stung;
Not she denied Him with unholy
tongue:
She, when apostles shrank, could
danger brave, —
Last at the cress, and earliest at the
grave.—Anon.
EDITORIAL
NICK CARTER.
r\EAI II came the other day to
U Frederick Marmaduke Van Rens
selaer Dey, the leader of the chain of
writers who made Nick Carter the
most famous fiction detective ever
•created.
Dey, who committed suicide in a
New York hotel, aged 61, was the
author of 1076 of the Nick Carter
novels.
Edgar Allen Poe created the first
real detective stories—“ The Gold
Bug,” “The Murders of the Rue
Morgue.” and “The Mystery of Marie
Roget.”
Gaboriau, Frenchman, originated
the first 14-karat detective novels.
His star character, Lecoq, is one of
the four greatest detectives of fic
tion.
Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes
was the third.
The fourth was Nick Carter.
Nick Carter was really a syndi
cate. John R. Coryell created him.
Others, with Dey and'Eugere T. Saw
yer far in the lead, continued the
stream of Nick Carter stories that
were translated into 12 languages.
In Soujh America, Nick is better
known than Shakespeare.
These four are easily the leaders
in detective fiction. From a techni
cal standpoint, their nearest rival is
Doctor Bentiron, the super-scientific
detective of Ernest M. Poate’s
stories.
Dey wrote 40,000,000 words about
Nick Carter. In his 1076 Nick Car
ter novels, no two were alike.
As a side line he churned out more
millions of words under other pen
names, including Bertha M. Clay.
It takes a master brain and a
phenomenally active thyroid gland tv
be so prolific in brain creations, al
ways with a fresh viewpoint.
The thing that kept Dey always
fresh and original was interest in his
work—enthusiasm. He found h's
right line of work and stuck to it.
Many a man, reading of Dey’s de
parture into the Great Beyond, will
turn back wistfully in memory to his
yo6th when he read five cent “yel
low-back novels” in the haymow.
There wasn’t as much crime in
those days as now. A murder was
exceptional. The average parent of
20 and 30 years ago feared that a
lad might get his head full of wild
notions by reading Nick Carter.
But the boys read Nick Carter—
on the quiet.
Time has made us realize that
Nick Carter was pretty good read
ing. Virtue always triumphed and
the villain always was foiled and
punished, fn the Nick Carter stories.
lhe present generation would be
better off if it read Nick Carter and
even th e namby-pamby Rollo stories
instead of the modern flood of ero
tic and decadent, trashy sex fiction.
Farewell, Nick Carter! You were
a great detective.
WHAT’S YOUR “BUG?”
gECRET service agents, in rading
offices of promoters of fake
stocks and other get-rich-quick swin
dles, usually find a “sucker list.”
A “sucker list” is made up, for the
most part, of names of “cream
puffs,” same being the name that"
swindlers apply to gents who, in a
general way of speaking, possess at
least one share of every stock ever
issued. A “ cream puff” is sure
fire when baited by a share of stock
beautifully lithographed in several
colors.
A “sucker list” follows the name
of each “cream puff” with a key
like these:
“Will give you the glad hand if
you talk about his pet bug, fishing.
Jolly him about his home garden.”
Obviously, these have a cunning
appeal to the prospect’s inner desires
—the things he is most interested in,
but to which, usually, he is too busy
r.sr.
EQ] AOVBMTURE-S T
L-J OF THS TWINS f*-J
IF Cbvw Robert* Bartel aHKdSF
A QUEE R KING.
• \ n O //'
• “I'm Ki ng Verdo”
441 V ERE we are,” said the dove,
* * fluttering to the top of the
gate that led into King Verdo’s pal
ace. “I may not go any further with
you. You will have to finish your er
rand alone.” .
“But will you wait to guide us
back again over the seven valleys?”
asked Nick.
‘I shall wait, but you will need
no guiding,” answered the dove.
“You will not need to go back over
the seven valleys—nor even the
seven mountains. It was only neces
sary for you to make the trip once
on foot. Returning, you may wish
yourselves there in your magic
Green Shoes. I shall fly with you,
or I wish to see who is to marry
Princess Thenna. She is my mis
tress, you know, and I love her
dearly.”
“What's all this talking about?”
asked a new voice suddenly. “Here
I was, enjoying a nice game of cro
quet by myself in my flower garden,
and having everything peaceful and
quiet, when I’m disturbed by two
[OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder, May 2,
1912.)
'T’HE little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
“■ W. L. who has been ,
quite ill recently, was reported bet- f
ter yesterday. j
At the shoot at the Gun club yes- (
terday afternoon some very success
ful scores were made by the partici
pants. The shoot was most enjoyable.
The scores made were as follows: (
Hundred Target Shoot—Hightower, '
98; Huff, 97; Sousa, 94; Clay, 89;
Wheatley, 87; Harris Council, 87;
Burke, 88 ;McCleskey, 89; Kill, 79. ■.
Fifty] Target Shoot—McNulty, .41;
Hooks, 52; Price 44.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L. Mize, of ,
Cordele, spent yesterday in Ameri
cus, their former home.
Mrs. William H. Tondee, of Lump- ]
kin, is visiting in Americus, her for
mer home, the guest of Mrs. C. M. j
Williams, on College street. ,
Miss Lynn Mathis will leave Mon- ]
day for Macon, where she will act as
sponsor for the Sons of Veterans,
Cutts Camp, at the reunion to be .
held there next week.
Elton C. Parker has selected forty
acres of fertile land on the Central
railway and will prepare with the
greatest care for the raising of canta
loupes. Last year Mr. Parker ship
ped many carloads of cantaloupes
from his farm, besides supplying the
local demand.
to give his first attention.
Psycho-analysts call an inner and
repressed desire a “complex.” For
instance, a man in springtime finds
he cannot concentrate on his work,
i What’s really wrong is that he has a
“fishing complex.”
H'is subconscious mind wants to
go fishing, ahead of doing anything
else. Hence the conscious mind, be
fuddled by the subconscious desire,
has fishing on the brain.”
Naturally, he “can’t keep his mind
on his work.”
If the man knocks off work and
gt ts out his tackle and rods, a few
days of angling will erase his fishing
comlpex. He comes back, finds it I
easy to concentrate on his job—and '
is convinced that the change and the '
fresh country air “did him worlds of
good. ’ What really happened is that
he downed his fishing complex by
gratifying it. As a slangster would
put it, he gets his fishing bug out
of his system. *
Psycho-analysts, in presenting that
line of reasoning, seem to think they
have found something new.
But it is merely an elaboration of
what was defined as “the suppress
ed function,” years ago, by Sheldon
Prentice Mulford, David Gi’.son and
other business writers who created
the modern psychology of so-call.; i
scientific salemanship.
Nothing new under the sun
though hash does taste different from
the original roast of beef.
Have you a complex—a repressed
desire? If so, appeasing it to a mod
erate extent may do you more giod
than a barrel of medicine.
The wise boys of Wall Street,
almost without exception, have found
their hobby or “bug” and gratify it—
Rolf, racing horses, yachts, fishing,
big-game hunting, raising prize or
chids or getting real Scotch from a
bootlegger.'
prattling children and a noisy dove.
Who are you?
‘We’re Nancy and Nick, the
Twins,” replied Nick. “And we came
to see King Verdo. The dove is our
friend.”
“Did you say Ki»g Verdo?”
“Yes,” nodded Nancy.
“Well —I’m him, no, he. Him, he,
he, him, him, he!” went on this
• curious person thoughtfully. “No,
' I’m not either him or he, I’ni me,”
■ he went on. “I’m King Verdo.”
“Oh!’ said Nancy.
“Oh!’ cried Nick.
“Oh!” cooed the dove.
They were all most astonished at
, so unkingly looking a person with
' such unkingly manners. •
“Why three ohs when one would
■ do?” asked the king.
“Kings are three times as impor
tant as other people,” said Nancy
' quickly.
This put King Verdo into a very
good humor. “That’s so!” said he
I amiably. “Come in.”
(To be continued.)
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder May 2,
1902.)
Howell Elam, who for some time
past has held a clerical position in
the Central railroad office in Amer*
icus has been-promoted to the posi
tion of clerk, that occupied by H.
L. Pittman, who assumed the Daw
son agency yesterday. Mr. Elam’s
friends are much pleased at his pro
motion, as he is both deserving and
thoroughly capable.
Interchangeable mileage books for
$25 are offered for sale by the Sea
board railway company. G. H. Whit
aker, Ticket Agent. E. B. Everett, i
Agent. W. P. Suggs, D. P. A., Sa
vannah, Ga.
Mrs. Thomas Hoyl is visiting her i
sister, Mrs. Laura D. Clarke at her
home on College street.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrold re
turned yesterday from a weeks visit
to friends in Atlanta accompanied
by Mrs. Harrold’s sister, Miss Walk
er. Among those entertaining in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harrold on
this visit were Mrs. W. J. Northern,
Miss Eilen Hillycr, and Mrs. Clay
ton Callaway.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
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OBSERVATIONS
BY TOM SIMS
It is said that when Doyle asked
a spirit how it got to the next world
the spirit answered “Flu.”
They are called mohair suits; but
they are usually more cotton.
The flapper motto seems to be
“Love and let love.”
Only thing some people save for
a rainy day is rheumatism.
“Woman Always Pays” headline.
Not when she can have it charged.
In New York, robbers dynamited
a safe next door to a police station.
The police escaped uninjured.
Many a politician’s platform isn’t
strong enough to run on.
It is dangerous to talk back to
your wife. She might hear you.
A Chinaman named Chow can
jump nearly 22 feet. Probably a re
sult of the Japs keeping the Chinese
on the jump.
The greatest haeard in golf is
lying about your score.
Justice isn’t blind when a good
looking murderess is being tried.
As a girl looks so does a man
look.
Pullman porters are being taught
jto sing. Travelers will join in on
“Where are my wandering shoes to
ni«ht?” . . * «.id
Trouble with setting a thief to
catch a thief is they go off together.
In London, they have temporary
movable lawns. Many of our lawns
are temporary, but not movable.
In Chicago they found a still
under a barber shop. It seems that
a policeman was “next.”
It is probably the evil influence of
the flapper that makes so many
( mothei>s act like her.
Russia and Germany say they will
bear their cross together. In other
words, a double cross.
You can’t stand still and win the
human race.
Musician says jazz is cussing in
music. When you get mad at your
wife just put on a record.
A man often gets knocked cold
while taking a drink to warm him up.
When a man writes that he is put
ting up at a New York hotel you
can bet he is putting down.
Planks in a politiican’s platform
are often made out of his head.
Many a fish gets caught in a hair
net.
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This is the best feed in the world for egg production. It
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needed to make more whites and yolks. This feed is turned
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This hopper is given free to make sure that you feed Happy Hen Butter
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EGG HARBOR—Dance hall where
no admission is charged.
EIGHT MINUTES—A very hard
boiled Egg.
FALSE ALARM—A girl who trys
to be a Scandal Walker.
FINAGLER —A person who stalls
until someone else pays the bill.
FINALE-HOPPER —A young per
son who makes a business of crash
ing in a dance after the ticket takers
have left their posts.
FLAT SHOE—Fight between a
Flapper and her Goof.
FLAT WHEELER—A young man
whose idea of entertaining a girl is
to take her out for an Ankle Excur
sion.
FLIPPER—A male Flapper.
FROG’S EYEBROWS—Nice, fine
GERRYFLAPPER A Barlow
who thinks she looks like Geraldine
F arrar.
Tomorrow—From ‘Given’ to ‘Half.’
Jersey City man kept out of the
ministry because he didn’t know
what hell was, thinks he knows
now.
REGISTRATION NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that all par
ties in Sumter county who have here
tofore registered and have qualified
otherwise by paying all taxes on or
so and pay all taxes by May 6 be
fore their names will be entered on
registration list. Please take notice.
I. B. SMALL, Tax Collector.
—2B-7t
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