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SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
ELON fO MEETING
Members of Association Gather at
Adel Today to Discuss Prob
lems of Marketing
.VALDIS FA, M
of the Southwest Georgia M.;<-n
'Grower' Association are meeting in
Adel May 15. ac<-"i.i.: .. to memo. :-
here. The meeting is called for the
purpose of working out the d-. u-.jL
IU connection with the shipment of
the melons that the associai .on will
control this season. A large number
Os railroad representatives will meet
with the directors. Association mem- '
.hers in Colquitt County u--.it .hat
the outlook for the season is bright,
despite the fact that the c>p i >t oil'
to;a rather late -‘.art.
PIG SALE AT PLAINS
SCHEDULED JUNE STH
George O. Marshall, county farm
demonstration agent announced to
day that a co-operative hog sale will
he.held at the Plains ] ens June 5 th.
There are only a-few hog. remaining
in’Sumter county now in condition
fol" marketing, Marshall state.-, and
he- expects the offering: at Plains to
brjng better than usual prices, due
tot increasing scarcity of porkers in
all sect ions of the country. Another
safe will be scheduled during June
at-the Leslie pens, the date of this
second sale to be determined later.
KILLER GIVEN PAROLE
•ATLANTA, May 16.—Governor I
has granted a parole to Grov-r |
Cleveland Curtis, of Savannah, serv
ing an indeterminate sentence i>*
from 2 to 5 years at the state farm
for the accidental killing of Hi
BEoome, a little girl. < urtis ha
served a little over one year. The j
cljld was killed, Jn a restaurant,
when Curtis was in ihe act of kill
ing James A. Bailey. whom 1 ae
cuued of improper re, at ions with his
, wife.
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Mercedes bit b : finger nfi'.s nerv
ously under the searching -.erutiny i
of Acklin”s eyes. Her t.-cy excite-i
; ment made h . ■■ seem guilty to him. i
the-crying child brought' back to 1
the man a n t >1 lection of Esteban’s I
words.' Bodine had taken care o! '
the child then! Site had come, too!
in some way she i.ad got rid of his
man, Melody.
His vo:.'.e rose to a roar as he
opened hi- mouth to speak.
"So you’re getting ready to skip ,
with Bodin?, eh? That’s your little!
plan, is it? You forget it! He’s done
all the traveling he s going to do.
You’;l go with me when i leave here. :
Aw-v-wh! Who did that?”
"She did!” Bodine cried, wiping
the blood from his scratched face, i
“Pulled my gun out and got him ;
from the door there!” «
"Is that right?” Acklin bellowed. I
Merced, ■ covered her face with
her hands. He could hear her sob
as /he turned away. It was answer ,
enough for him. <
‘ They’H take you to jail for this.,” 1
he grumbled. He stopped to mutte
to himself. Then: "No, they won’t i
either! I’ll fix that!”
He came close to Bodine. Buck’s i
nerve had returned in a measure. I
“You won’t take her away from
me, Acklin; rut that way,” he cut in ,
bes >re the Big Boss could speak, But
Acklin laughed in his face for his i
pains.
“You have your little joke, Bo- i
dine,” he warned. “Your time’s short I
enough.”
Buck’s face paled at trifle at th" i
studied case with which the man be
fore him uttered this statement.
“What you hiritin at. now?” he de
manded.
“When my men get here you'll
find out. You didn’t think you could
■ get away with what you pulled on
me tonight, did you? You bossed this
I deall”
Bodine’s lips twitched uneasily.
, Had that fool kid given him away?
His piker eyes searched Acklin’s
face for some sign of bluffing, but
he found nothing to reassure him.
i “You a:n t goin’ to have ar
rested on that bosco’s word, are
; you, he asked.
i “No. We ain’t going to arrest you,
Bodine.’”
i The directness of this statement
blanched the big fellow’s face. They
i were going to do without the law;
that was what Acklin was saying!
,'ihe blood along Buck’s spine grew
; cold for a brief second. But this con
’ cern passed. He had been in dire
. .-traits he,ore and lived through. He
1 ummoned a grin to his mouth now
and laughed derisively, pretending
not to undestand the innuendo.
, “You’re all cut up about your dam
i ain’t yuh?” The laugh died out of
i Bodine’s voice. “You’ll never re
i build that little toy, either; not if
’ you jug me!”
| It was Acklin’s turn to smile.
I “We clean forgot about your in
junci: on when we built it, didn’t
we? he asked sarcastically.
1 “No!” Buck shook his head. “You
forget how the 1 water was triejked
. out of the Rebel so that you could i
: build your dam! When 1 tell my
j story to a jury, you’ll go into !
eclipse.”
! “The jury that’s going to hear i
your case will use a rope! You get •
that, Bodine. By the time the ■
corner comes to get this thing on
the floor, the buzzards, will be pick
ing your bones. There won’t be any
body but me to say how this man
got shot. And if 1 say that you did
it the matter will be ended. You
are going to swing!”
Buck cast an anxious, calculating
eye at the windows. The one at his
back was open. It was near enough,
too. A flying leap and he could
make it. In the murky grayness of
e-;riy dawn he could steal away.
Acklin was looking at his watch. It
an opportunity, a chance!
Mercedes was watching Bodine
She saw his fingers clench, his
muscles knot. She divined ’his in
tention. Her mouth opened in
amaze;i*mt.
Boffine crotiched then for the
spring that was to take him to safe
ty; but, the natter of horses outside
the window at which he was aiming
stopped him short. Acklin smiled at
him pityingly. He had heard, also.
Kildare had watched Acklin and
Bodine. He had blessed every min
ute that passed without bringing the
rank and file of the Double A to
thwart him. That the Big Boss had
come there single-handed revealed
Acklin in a new light. Blaze had
always found him cautious, 1 tactful,
unemotional. His coming here was
madness. He could not have known
that Bodine was alone. Or had he
figured that the man was in hiding;
that the house on Webster Creek
would be deserted?
He had heard the bustle of ap
proaching men a long minute before
Buck or Acklin became aware of
the noise. There were five or six
in the party. He recognized Brother
Jones’ eadkling voice. A second la
ter the old man and his companions
were tramping into the kitchen.
Blaze recognized Chet and Patter
son bringing up the rear. They were
all heavily armed. Brother Jones
was already at the door of the room
in which Acklin had cornered Bo
dine. The others were at his heels.
Kildare sprang into action. He
placed his hands on the sill and
vaulted into the kitchen. When the
Big Boss caught sight of him, he be- 1
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lieved the man had come in with the
■ others.
' “Here he is!” the owner of the
Double A called out, pointing at Bo
dine.
“My Gawd! Who done that?”
I Brother Jones exclaimed, catching
j sight of the body in the corner.
'the coming of these men turned
Buck’s face a sickly hue. He actual
!ly stammered when ne said: “rihe
I d-d-d- did it!”
Mercedes’ heart leaped as she saw
Kildare. He made no attempt to go
to her. ’lhe girl’s half-raised hand
fell limply to her side. She dimly
realized tnat the man’s eyes were
trying .to convey some message to
her. She saw him tap his lips sig
nificantly. And then Acklin was say
ing:
“You boys forget that remark of
his. He's dying. There was only
three of us,here and—”
“You”re not counting me, 1
owd whe< li i on Kil
dare.
“Why, you just came in, now—
with Jones, didn’t you?” Acklin
roared.
Blaze shook his "head.
“No, I’ve been here for almost
haU’ an hour. Bodine didn’t do- any
shooting.”
Life flowed back into Buck’s veins
immediately. This was help from
an unexpected source.
“That’ll stop your little game,
Acklin!” he cried.
the Big Boss paid no attention to
Bodine’s words. His eyes were on
Blaze. In tense tones he said to
him:
“You ain’t sayin’ who did it, Kil
dare. But you and I know. It means
a trial—jhil! We don’t want that.
If you’ll pass me your word, we’ll
string up this skunk for blowing out
the dam and killing this man, and
let it go at that.”
Then came the clatter of many
horses.
“Here are the rest of the boys.
We’ll get moving!” The Big Boss
i raised his voice. “Somebody bring
iin a rope,” he cried. ‘ Hurry up;'
Blaze heard the men dismounting.
■ There were not less than 25 in the
I crowd. There wouldn’t- be any delay
I now. This affair was going through
;to its sordid finish. Bodine’s face
| was ghastly. Without knowing why
he did it, Kildare walked past him
into the kitchen.
There seemed to be some delay
outside. Ke could hear a murmur
of voices. Bodine’s rifle stood in the
corner. Blaze picked it up and
threw a shell into the barrel. In the
past he had pondered at some
length over acquiring this gun. Efe
saw that it was the same caliber as
1 Ackdiin’s. That effectually snapped
the flimsy thread of circumstantial
evidence by which he had expected
to trap Jose’s murderer. He told
himself now that he should not have
expected any other end to such rea
soning. At least he* still had the
Indian charm.
The others started moving into
thq kitchen. Brother Jones had a
gun at Bodine’s back. Acklin sang
i out again for those outside to hurry
. up. In answer to his second call the
. door was flung open. Blaze could
, hardly see for joy. The man who
had fust entered was Tuscarora!
“Sorry I had to keep you waiting,
i the little fellow cried out. “I been
hurrying to beat all get out! ’
: “What’re you doing here?” Ack-
. lin shouted.
Kent smiled faintly.
“You might enlighten me, too, in
that direction. I got the sheriff and
some twenty deputies outside, if
that’s any news to •you.”
Chapter XXXIV
The Sheriff Arrives.
In silence that follow'ed, I and
squeezed past the little man in the
doorway. He was board-shouldered,
gigantic; a sheriff of bygone days.
In the crook of his arm he carried a
time-worn army winchester that he
had taken away from a renegade
Piute.
“Well, Acklin?” he asked easily.
“You’re making yourself a lot of
trouble butting in here, Land.”
“Don’t you go worryin’ about me.
I’ll take care of myself.” He turn
ed to Kent: “Are your friends here,
i Joe?"’
“How about that, Blaze?” Tusca-
VALDOSTA BOARD GETS
MILK SAMPLES REPORT
Lot Declared Best Ever Given by
Dealers There, But Bacteria
Count Not Available
/ALDOSTA, May 16.—The Val
dosta board of health has just re
ceived a report of milk sample an
alyzed in the state chemist’s lab
oratory, on samples from every es
tablishment permitted to sell milk
in Valdosta. This last lot of sam
ples, after the anaylsis, Is accompa
nied with a repoit that is the best
ever given to Valdosta milk pro
ducers. Owing to a delay in the de
livery of the shipment of samples
prevented the laboratory from mak
ing a bacteria count, which occa
sioned a disappointment to the milk
men.
CHARLES W. HARRIS DIES
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
LUMPKIN, May 16.-—The friends
of Charles W. Harris will be sadden
ed to learn of his death which oc
curred at his home near Lumpkin
yesterday at 6 o’clock.
Mr. Harris had Deen in failing
health for several weeks, and his
passing was not unexepected to his
immediate family. He is a former
citizen of Waverly Hall, Harris coun
ty, having moved to Stewart coun
ty a number of years ago, and has
since made his home near Lumpkin.
December 31, 1903 he and Miss
Gladys Weathers of Lump’in were
united in marriage. She and two chil
dren survive him, these being Chari,
es, aged 14; and Henry, aged seven
years.
Funeral services was held in the
Methodist church , Lumpkin , this
morning at 11 o’clock, and inter
ment made immediately after, in
the Methodist cemetery.
COLQUITT PIONEER CITIZEN,
85, DIES AT AUTREYVILLE
VALDOSTA, May 16. Zion Plymell
Colquitt pioneer died at his home in
the Autreyville district at the age of
85. Ke is survived by his widow,
eight children, 44 grand children, 29
great grand children and a large
number of other relatives.
rora demanded. “Is the Senorita and
her brother here?”
“They’re in the next room.”
Mercedes had heard Kent’s ques
tion. She left the window against
which she had been leaning and
came to the door between the rooms.
I’he child was asleep in her arms.
The girl’s woeful appearance
stabbed the little man to the heart.
“What’s the matter, honey?” he
murmured sympathetically as he
reached out to help her.
“Tell Peter to come in here,” he
called to Land, a second later. When
the old Basque came in, Kent gave
the sleeping child to him.
“Take him outside till this thing’s’
over,” he advised.
(Continued Tomorrow)
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Lady l ingers, Vanilla Wafers and many other good
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163RD PRESBYTERIAN
ASSEMBLY TC MEET
MONTREAT, N. C., May 16—The
| Sixty-third General Assembly of the
' Southern Presbyterian church will
I convene tomorrow morning in the
auditorium at Montreat with about
400 commissioners, equally divided
between the ministers and ruling
elders of the church in attendance.
These commissioners to the highest
court of this church represent a total
church membership of more than
411,000.
According to the latest statistics
available there was contributed dur
ing the year to benevolent causes
and curent expenses combined, a total
i of about $12,000,000.
j The seventeen synods into which
, the territory of the general assembly
is divided includes sixteen southern
I and southwestern states with 88
presbyteries. There are 2,056 minis
ters and 3,492 churches. Last year a
net gain of 25 new churches was re
ported to the general assembly.
LOWNDES NEEDS RAIN
IN HAHIRA SECTION
VALDOSTA, May 16.—There was
a flood in some parts of Lowndes
county last Tuesday. The Cat creek
■district and the section northeast of
Mineola was flooded, but the farm
' ers around Hahira say that they
have had no rain in the past five
weeks. The land up that way is as
dry as powder and, while crops are
not suffering much yet, they will
suffer unless rain comes very soon.
Our weather man looks for ra : n very
soon.
A now type of airplane being built
for th.o British navy can attain a
maximum speed of between 130 and
140 miles an hour.
THE STANDARD
Sale of Athletic Underwear
For Men and Bovs
At 49c, Men’s and Boys’ athletic
Union Suits, made of good quality
najama checks made with elastic seam
back, sizes 34 to 46.
. At 75c. Men’s and Boys’ athletic
Union Suits, of high count pajama
checks, sizes 34 to 46.
At sl, Men’s Red Cross Union Suits
of extra quality pajama cheeks, high
grade elastic seam, sizes 34 to 46.
At $1.25, Men’s Red Cross Union
Suits in extra sizes from 48 to 54
only high grade materials used in the
manufacture of these suits.
New Corsets at SI.OO to $2.50.
Willowbone and»Will-o-the-Wisr>
vonthful models- some very long;
lightly boned with deep elastic in
serts; every size in the lot. They are
equal to anv corset wo know of at
almost double our price SI.OO to
$2.50.
Wonderful Hosiery: A
Regular $2.50 Stocking at $1.50
Fine Black Silk Stockings with
hand-emjjroidered clocks; excellent
quality, full-fashioned; sturdy lisle
tops and soles; sizes 8 1-2 to 10.
at . $1.50
At SI.OO, about one hundred pairs
new, beautiful, pure thread silk
stockings; full-fashioned with lace
clocking; sizes 8 1-2 to 10; rc.gularly
$2.00; now while they last, at
Bair SI.OO
A Black Satin Slipper
Bargain, $2.98
A regular $3.50 to $5.00 grade;
new styles- new merchandise, just
purchased from a Boston manufac
turer at our own price; medium heels,
plain or beaded toes; flexible turned
soles; sizes 3 to 8: choice for'the
balance of this week, at Pair $2.98
Queen Victoria Sheets
At $1.69
Extra good, beautifully finished
snow white sheets for large double
beds, with broad hems; it will be hard
to find a better sheet at almost anv
price. These, while they last, at
each $1.69
Men’s Pin Check Trousers
At $1.50
Made of the genuine Otis materials
every one guaranteed fast color and
guaranteed to give perfect service;
you will find all sizes from the very
small ones to the larger sizes at one
price, Pair $1.50
Standard Dry Goods Co.
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Forsvth St. Americus. Ga.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 16, 1923
Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
i 6 Bell-ans
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PELL-ANS
•■•nd 75<t Packages Everywhere
LOANS made on Improved farm lands
at cheapest rates for term of 5,7 or
10 years w : thk pre-payment., option
given. Money secured promptly. A7e
have now outstanding over $1,100,-
odO.OO on farms in Sumter Counry
alone, with plenty more to lend.
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Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Web l
Bldg.. Americus, G? 89 or
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