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KICSAVL SAYEKS. arch criminal,
»s> about to b: arrested by a police
when Sis .maid servant,
JaX/OT bOAX.S, shoots and kills the
; JScer,
S’®. JJOB4TAN GHEYES. formerly of
wc'Jaaa Yard, la devoting his
C'f.4 t» tracking- down Sayers,
kccvr. io him under the alias ot
SiCAAfifcid.
Michael drives In a small car to
J , ;?'vn’s bank in the suburbs of
l.eods, shoots tbs manager through
U.S Shoulder, at.'ikes the clerk
*>ucj- <« and rots the bank of over
*OO4 pounde. Stepping from the
tank into a touring car In which
J...st Softie awaits him. Sayers
races for Scotland.
Cn the road to Scotland the notes
ata passed io two men In motor
cits ar.c a third In a motorcycle,
>cv .log rij evidence on Michael's
F». sun.
NOW GO ON WITH STORX
Michael Sayers Talks
'.Vs were to have one tense few
nffnutta before we reached our stop
p.'tig-place for ths night. We had
Jiiot psssed through a small town,
and out silent chauffeur was prepar
ing to let out his engine again, when
we were confronted by what was,
under the circumstances, a very
sinister sight. Two men on bicycles,
approaching us, dismounted and
Stood in the middle of the road with
outstretched bauds. The sun, even
tn the distunes, flashed upon their
s.rdforms. Vi e realized at once that
they were policemen. The chauffeur
i»t!f turned toward me.
’•\Vh<rt shall you do?" Janet de
rnanded.
I‘Do’r’ J replied. ‘‘Why, the
natural thing, of course. All this is
provided for. —Oliver,” I added,
leaning fu/wurd, “those policemen
seem IP want to speak to us. Pull
up."
We Cains to a standstill a yard or
two away from them. The larger ot
the two men, who wore the uniform
of a istrgeiuit, made a solemn and
portentous approach.
“Good afternoon. Sergeant," I said
“I hope that wo are not in trouble?"
Ue looked at me us he might have
done at a man whose hands were
dripping with the blood of his best
friend.
“It's your number plate, str,” he
announced. They teiepnoned us
through from Ripon to stop your car
and cull your attention to it."
“Wl'.ut is wrong with niy number
plate?” I acke.l.
“Why, you ve been driving where
they’ve watered the roads freely,”
the sergeant pointed out. “and It's
muddieii It up entirely. There’s no
one can read a letter of It.”
I felt J.,net's fingers clutch mine,
an.l thuy were ns cold as Ice. It was
not a picthent which 1 myself for
got. less tor its slgi.lffta.nce than for
its effect upon my companion. The
•chauffeur, the police-sergeant and I
solemnly Inspected the number
plate; and the former, with a duster
from his tool-chest, carefully rubbed
it clean.
“That will be all light now. Ser
geant?" 1 Inquired.
“That will tie quite all right, sir,”
be admitted, taking off his cap and
wiping ||he. ■perspiration from his
forem.nl; “It's a warm day, this,
for the’bft*jfcles?.’
"1 a|u sorry to have given you
this trouble,” 1 said. “We tourists
are proverbially thoughtless about
our number plates I hope you will
accept this and have a drink with
me. ”
"We will that, sure, sir.” the ser
grant promised, saluting first me and
then Janet. "Come along, Jock,” he
added: "we'll pav a little visit to the
W idow..MacGill on the way back.”
So we drove off again northward
My chnuHeur was an elderly man.
who has faced all that the world
mav hold.'of evil with me manv i
time, but his driving for the first
few miles was erratic. Janet. 1
could ftlihongh outwardly she
had rejiiveied nerself, w.-is on the
point of hv-tertfS I settled myself
down in mv rorner, adln-ced mv
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FOR SALE—Saw-mill outfit at a
bargain. Apply to Bank of Com
merce. 10-ts
FOR SALE—SELECT PEDDY’S
IMPROVED TOOLE COTTON
SEED. PHONE 2703. ARLES
PLANTATION. 1-1 Ot
ROOFING—Phone 117—SHIVER—
John’s Manville ROOFING, roof
coating, roof cement, creosote, roof
paint. If
WANTED—To protect you, your
family and your property. Frank
E. Matthews, Insurance. 18-rs
WANTED TO BUY—Ten carloads
Scrap Iron. A. Cohen & Sons. i
11-ts
FOR SALE—White Leghorn Eggs for
setting. Mrs. R. E. Cato. 8-6.
FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms
for light housekeeping to couple
Phone 723.
FOR SALE —Oriole Gas Range, r i
would exchange for other furi.i
lure. Phone 366. 8-tl
WANTED—FieId peas. W. C. Car
ter, Americus, Ga.—27-ts.
I HONE 117—JNO. W. SHIVER—
Let us fit your home with screens
lefore the rush is 0n. —28-tf
FOR RENT—6-Room house, farm
and pasture. 1501 S. Lee Street;
_ 5-6 t ■
THE LEEDS .BANK
'' Z t'ROBBERY
in" rbtaiLT.tr.s oppenhem
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by* I-L. PblHtps Oppenheln
- sfAJrgt, NPA Service. Inc.
horn-rlmmed spectacles, and drew
from the pocket of the car a new
half-crown book on the principles of
golf, written by a late beginner. So
we traveled until we reached the Inn
where we stayed for the night, and
late on the afternoon of the follow
ing day we arrived at our destina
tion. There was Just a hare white
house, a lodge, the gate of which
was held open by a great, raw-boned
-s’llie, miles of what seemed to be
interminable moorland, and below,
the sea. 1, looked around with satis
faction.
"You’re Sandy Mac Lane, the care
taker here?” 1 asked, leaning out of
the car.
He made a noise which sounded
like. "Oo ay!”
"Which way might the golf links
be?” I inquired.
He pointed with a long and hairy
forefinger.
“The clubhouse is yonder.” he
vouchsafed a bit somberly. “A step
across the road is the fifteenth tee.
I sighed with content.
“Come up to the house,” I ordered.
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grt f*ww
VA i • sS’CrA'
'/' id / —jvxt'CT
THE CHAUFFEUR. THE PO
LICE-SERGEANT AND I SOL
EMNLY INSPECTED THE NUM
BER PLATE AND CLEANED IT.
“After tea I shall play a few holes.”
* • •
Sir Norman Continues
MY friend Rimmington called to
see me on the night of my re
turn from Norway. He looked
around with an air of dismay at my
various traveling paraphernalia.
“So you’re really off, then?” be re
marked.
"On the contrary, I’ve Just re
tu*.ied,” I told him. “It was too late
in the season to do any good, and 1
made a mistake in changing my
river. The whole thing was a frost.”
Ritfimlngton sighed.
“Well, I'm glad to see you back,”
he declared, sinking into my easy
chair. “All the same. London In
August isn't exactly a paradise!”
“Tell me about Leeds,” 1 suggested.
“To Judge .from the newspapers, you
seem to be having a lot of trouble
about a very simple case.”
Rimmington frowned. He was
silent for several moments, and
glancing across at him, I noticed
that he was pale and apparently out
of sorts.
”1 think I'm stale. Greyes,” he
confessed. “The Chief pretty well
hinted the same thing, and worse,
when I got back last night. 1 really
dropped round to see whether you
could help me.”
“If 1 can. I will with pleasure,” 1
promised him. "You know that."
“You read the bare account of the
affair, of course.” Rimmington went
on. "Two fairly credible witnesses
deposed to seeing a man In a grav
flannel suit, with a Panama hat
pushed over his eyes, drive uo in a
Ford cur, leave It outside Hailey =
srioeerv stores, walk down th. -'ri-et
LOANS on farm lands and city prop- ■
erty. Low interest rate. Leant |
promptly closed. See S. R. Heys ui ,
H. B 'A’il i:ims Phones 48 or 52.
PHONE 117—SHIVER—If you have
roof trouble. We can fix it. Dis
tributors for Southern Cotton Oil
Co.’s paints and roof' ... ig. ts
FOR RENT' lie over Liberty
Case. '' . R. E. Cato. 8-6 t 1
FOR RENT —One furnished or
1 o unfurnished rooms. Phone
500. 9-6 t
FOR RENT Two unfurnished
rooms. 209 N. Mavo St. 9-2 t
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WANNTED—OId false teeth. We
pay high as $lO for full seis.
Don’t matter if bribe n. Western
Mt t.il Company, Bloomington, Ill;
9-2 t
TYPEWRITER BARGAINS—Haw..- a
few machines at reu| bargain',.
Smith No. 2, thirty dollars; Wood
stock No. 5, thirty dollars; rebuilt
Smith Nq. 5, never been used, sixty
dollars. New portable Underwoods.
Terms to responsible parties. Good
machines to rent. E. L. Gammage,
Southern Printers. * 9~ot
WANTED—Soft, clean rags or
generous size. Discarded bath
ing suits are line." Cannot use
starchey or greasy materia.
Bring or send all you have. Busi
ness Office, Times-Recorder.
LOS I OR STRAYED—-Tan Jersey
cow, leather halter on head. Notify ,
Berta Simmons, Simmons Undertak
ing Co.—9-1 1
and turn Into tho Boulevard where
j the bank is situated, exactly at the
i time that the robbery took place.
Three women and two children saw
him pass up the street two minutes
later, and thirty st-craln after that,
he crossed the street and entered
! Bailey's grocery stores. The clerk
j who served him wl h some marma
lade, tea and bacon, saw him climb
I up Into the Ford fnd drive away.
The man was known at the shop as
Ralph Roberson. I here Is r.o
doubt that it was bls car.
"Half an hour after the robbery.
Roberson was arrested at his house
—he was cleaning the car at the
time—and although he had changed
his clothes, the light gray suit which
he had recently worn was discovered
in his bedroom, and the Panama hat,
warm with perspiration, In a cup
board. Ills excuse for changing bls
clothes was that be put on older
things In which to clean the car,
and his account of bls morning was
that he had driven straight up to
Bailey's stores for some groceries
and straight back again. Two wit
nesses are ready to swear that they
saw him get out of the I -rd and go
toward the bank; the grocer's clerk,
who served him, is absolutely certain
that he was In the shop within thirty
seconds of the Ford's pulling up out
side, and that when he left he drove
straight sway."
"What sort of man la this Rober
son?" I asked.
"A man of bad character,” was the
prompt reply. "H» was once a bona
maker, but fulled. He has been In
prison for obtaining goods bv fa se
pretenses, and there are-half a <loz<-n
summonses for debt out against him
at the present .moment. The only
little money he earns, nowadays,
seems to be by acting n.« a book
maker's tout. Ha knew the neich
borhood well, and has once been
heard to remark upon the isolated
position ot the hank Iri everv re
spent be Is Just the man to have 1,,-ie
It, and yet there are all mv wliness< a
swearing to different things Fur
thermore, he had scarcely a shilling
In his pocket, and he confessed 'hat
he wqs going to try and sell the <-ar
that afternoon to raise a Utile
money."
"It seems to me.” I admit e-i.
“that you have been a little pr~n..i
ture in framing your case -.gainst
Mr. Ralph Roberson."
“So the magistrates tm-ugm "
Rimmington rejoined drviv "We
managed to get two reman Is I'n.s
morning he was discharged "
“If the grocer’s assistant is idling
the truth,” I remarked thoughtfully.
"Roberson could not possibly have
committed the robbery. What suit
of young man Is the assistant?"
“Highly respectable and very In
telligent,” Rimmington replied "It
would be quite Impossible at any
time to shake his evidence.”
"So much for Mr. Ralph Roher
son,” I said. “And now who else Is
there?”
“That's the difficulty,” Rimming
ton confessed. "One doesn't know
where, to turn. The only other, twj
people who were about the spot at
the same moment, were a man and
his wife touring up to Scotland m a
big Dartier car. They stopped to
make some purchases at Bailey s.
but neither of them alighted "
"Any description of the mats?” 1
asked.
"Yes, the grocer’s assistant who
went out to take the order rem--m
bers him. He describes him >- a
sporting looking gentleman wearing
a brown alpiica dust-eoiit and a grav
Homburg hat. Such a person could
not possibly have left the car ind
walked down the stret without no
tlce.”
"Any description of the wnmqn?"
Rimmington shook h:s head
"To tell you the truth," he con
fessed, "1 didn't ask for one. There
were guns and cartridge magazines
and golf-clubs on the top of the ear.
The two were apparently motoring
up to some place thsy had hired in
Scotland.”
On the face of It, there «eemed no
possible connection between these
tourists and a local bank robbery
Vet the thought of them lingered ob
stinately ir. my mind. A man and
woman, a bank robbery, and th- fa. t
that I was supposed to be s.-ife
Norway! I begat, to take up -ine
p:< i' l -s Os the puzzle one, more and
fit them ir. according to mv own de
Vices 'Contimied in Ibrr Next I'aiti
, PHONE 117, JNO. W. SHIVER, oi
call and see the best RED CEDAR
j SHINGLES. Will last 20 to 3(
| years. Best grade ever No. 1 and
i No. 2 Pine Shingles and Laths. ts
FAR MLOAN MONEY plentiful at
cheap interest rate and on easy
terms. W. W. Dykes. 9-ts
FOR SALE—7-room house, corner
Furlow and Forrest; 2 four-room
houses on Forrest street; vacant lot
on Furlow, or purpose settlement
among heirs. Terms part cash and
credit. If interested, see J. S. Bol
ton or J. J. Hanesley.— l-10t
WANTED Small pecans. Ne n
Buchanan.
Front d 'apery is very stylish, and
now we even find sashes gathered
lossely over the hips and tied direct
ly in the front.
SPRING IS HERE—To get rid of
moths and roaches have your clos
ets ceiled with cedar and your hou.~ ■
screened. Americus Construction
Co. 8-6 t
WHITE LEGHORN, Rock and Red
Baby Chicks hatched every Mon
day. Phone 845. 8-*;t
WANTED MEN TO CON
DUCT SALES. GOOD SAL
ARY, STEADY WORK. MEN
WHO CAN WRITE SIGNS
PREFERRED. WRITE ‘SALES
MEN,’ CARE TIMES-RECORD
ER.—ts
' THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
<HEATRE!>S
J
i FIELD’S MATINEE
& NIGHT MONDAY
Os the group of artists whose work
have made the Al G. Field .Ministrel
famous, there is none more admired
for his splendid singing and . excep
tional voice than Billy Church. Billy
possesses a voice not often found
outside the ranks of grand opera
stars. It adapts itself beautifully to
the brilliant eadepzas of classical
song as well as to the dulcet strains
of the popular ballards he sings in
his ministrel work.
Mr. Church has been' singing all
his life, virtually, having become
identified with the famous boy choir
of Trinity Episcopal chur< h, in his
home city of Columbus, Ohio, when
a mere child. It was said of him
that his .marvelous boyish soprano
made the congregations at that
church feel that they were listen
ing to the angels, and to hear the
noted tenor sing at this time is to
give full credence to the story.
Billy Church will be heard in a
number of beautiful ballad’s and
quartets when the Al. G.,Field mini
s.trel comes Monday, March 12, for
, matinee and night at the Rylander
■ Theater.
HORSE AND MULE SALES
INCREASE 80 PER CENT
ATLANTA, March 8.-In/ormt
tion. received here from the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture shows? an
increase of 80 per cent in the re
ceipts of horses and mules at mar
kets reported for the month of Jan
uary this' year over the correspond
ing month last year. Trade reports
j of early February also were bright
and* indicated an aetivi
i thp future. It was indicated that
| more.than the usual amount of buy
ing is expected for this month.
The market' trend since the first
of the year has indicated a shortage
of good young work animals al
though cold weather slowed up the
horse and mule trade during the mid
dle of February in the East and
South. Figures recently sent out by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
showed that on January 1, 1923,
there' were on . farms 13,853,000
horses and 5,505,000 mules; a reduc
tion from the previous year of 203,-
000 hor. es and an in.- , ease of .39,-
;6o mules.
Most farmer.-, says the department
should undertake to raise the horses
and mules they actually need for use
on their farms, and should have colts
..-oming along rapidly .enough to per
mit the sale of "their older animals
before they are 7 years old. Under
Jiis system, they say the horses and
nules should be put to work at three
/ears of age and worked until they
are 6 1-2 years old and in this way
.he animals raised are constantly in
■rearing in value and the farmer will
get. his work done with; the miriimura
■xpenditure for power.
$5,000 TO LOAN
On Americus
Residence Property
LEWIS ELLIS
Phone 830
For Rent
Building formerly occupied by Alcazar
1 heater. Immediate possession. Ihe best lo
cation in Americus for any line of business.'
See
EMORY RYLANDER, at Rylander Theater
RYLANDER THEATER 1
DAY, MARC I ’■ F
Matinee 3:00. Night 8:00.
ag ESTABLISHEDjQQp
-_J 10 ODal g.fieldlOOD |M
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PRlCES—Matinee: Lower Boxes, $1.50; Lower Flcor and Balcony
Beses, $1.00; Balcony, 75c; GaUery 50c.
PRICES NlGHT—Entire Lower Floor and Batcony Boxes, $2.00;
Badcsay Scats, $5.50; Gallery, SI.OO. Plus War Tax.
Scats On Sale at Windsor Phirmucy.
STATE CREAMERY MEN
GUESTS CORDELE CLUB
CORDELE, March 9.—The mem
; bers of the Cordele Dairy club, one
: of the three progressive daiiymer.’s ■
| organizations in Crisp county, will \
[ be hosts to the Georgia Creamery
i Men’s association at the convention [
which will be held here Friday,;
March 15'. The visitors are to be j
fed at a barbecue and the afternoon |
session will be given to the general i
public. The creamery men are now i
headed by C. IL Bishop, of the Ash-|
bum creaery. Frank Hitch, head >f
the dairy extension work of the stale j
college, is secretary and treasurer. !
'1 he local creamery officials are plan- i
ning to give the visitors a good meet- I
ing. Members of the Lion ; and Ki- i
wanis clubs will assist n the enter- I
tainment features.
WOOD WAIVES HEARING
•AND COMMITTED TO JAIL;
HAWKINSVILLE, March 9.—R. i
D. Wood, employe of the Henry Cot
ton Mills, who is alleged to have shot
and killed Jerry Perdue, of Haw
kinsville, has waived commitment '
trial and is being held in the county '
jail without bond awaiting action of '
the grand jury. Wood claims self- ;
defense, and advances his plea that
because of the reputation of des- [
perado that Perdue is said to have
borne, he was forced to shoot in
order to save his own life.
The shooting occurred in front of
Smiths’ barbershop. Perdue was tak- |
en into the shop, where he died within !
a few minutes.
Wood told officers that Perdue
backed him half a block down the
sidewalk, cursing and abusing him.
He said Perdue drew a gun or knife
and that he was forced to shoot in
.-'elf-defense. Officers said no gun
was found on the person of the dead
man.
Perdue had been tried twice under
murder charges, and acquitted. He l
• is accused of the killing of John i
Walker, of this section, and his son. i
Wood claims the reputation acquired ?
by Perdue as the result of the cases I
led him to believe Perdue was a |
dangerous man and meant to kill '
him.
CASH CROP SYSTEM
DISCUSSED kN DODGE
EASTMAN, March 9. —A cash
system of farming with the cow, hog,
and hen the supporting basis and cot
ton the cash crop under methods for
boll weevil control was discussed by
specialists of the State College of
Agriculture and representatives
oi railroads and fertilizer organi
zations a! a meeting held here yes
terday under the auspices of the
b COUGH 0
; lE'MKDY
H FOR THE RELIEF OF
Coughs, Colds. Croup
i WHOOPING COUGH, HOARSENESS
I BRONCHITIS
-SOLD EVERYWHERE-
Eastman Kiwanis club, and ...
by a fair audience i,f farme:r.
D. D. Smith, president of the Ki
wani£ club, called the meeting to
order and introduced r. H. Abbot ,
secretary of the Georgia association,
who introduced the speaker.-. The
outstanding feature of the meeting
was a series of demonstrations of
; cows, hogs and poultry, the special-
I ists using them to show proper meth
i ods of selection, breeding and feed
' ing and of organization for finan
j ing production and profitable mar
; keting. It is believer that a Dodge
county' livestock and poultry organi
zation will be an early development
: resulting from the meeting. ■
ATLANTA, WOMAN WINS
SUIT FOR DAMAGES
i ATLANTA, March 9.—Mrs. L. J.
! Newby has been awarded $14,500
i by a jury in. Judge E. D. Thomas’
I division of Fulton Superior court
; following the trial of a suit to reeov
er damages from the Central of Geor
gia railway company due to the death
of her son in dn accident in 1921.
Mrs. Newby is the mother of Lin
wood P. Newby who was killed May
18. 1921, when a truck which he was
! driving was struck by a Central of
: Georgia passenger train at the Cleve
land avenue crossing in East Point.
Mrs. Newby declared that a train
of box cars was on a siding near
the crossing and that they blocked
the view of the tracks. She also
charged the company with being neg-
I ligent in not maintaining a watch
| man the crossing and declared that
the train traveling at an excessive
rate of speed.
She declared that she is a widow
and that her son was her sole sup
port. She was represented by At
torneys Reuben Arnold and Lowry
Arnold. i
RYLANDER
Friday and Saturday
Continuous Performances. Prices 50c-25c
Benefit Old Vets
A DOUBLE BILL
Robert Hichcns famous'
drama of tempestuous
\ love in desert places.
(fJSlSSgffiji'-. \ The peer of “Smilin’
Through” and “The
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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 192 3
DO NG HiS DUTY
“For two years I suffered agon
izing pain, in my stomach, belching
up sour and bitter fluids and gas.
'tongue always coated. Doctors
were unable to help me. The first
dose of Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy
made me feel 100 per cent better,
and I am now feeling better than at
any time in my life. 1 deem it my
duty to adviSe other sufferers. It is
a simple, harmless preparation that
removes the catarrhal mucus from
the intestinal tract ... d aiir.ys th ■
inflammation which cau-es yisrti
ally all stomach, liver and intestinal •
. Lncnl . including appendicitis. One
Tor sale by Howells Pharmacy and
druggists everywhere. adv
BICYCLE WEEK
March 10 to 17
Southern and Pacific
Coast States
WATCH
THIS
SPACE
Freeman’s Bicycle Shop
206 N. Jackson St.—Phone 937
Every Day in every way Bicycles
are getting better and better.