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, .-Tuesday afternoon, may 29, 1925*
RONE JURIST SCORES
MEN WHOJIJY LIQUOR
Judge Sibley Says Except for Man
Who Drinks Liquor There
Would Be No Moonshining
ROME, May 29.—The man who
drinks liquor—the supposedly re
spectable citizen, is the person real
ly responsible for violation of our
state and national prohibition laws,
Judge Samuel F. Sibley said in his
charge to the grand jury in opening
the local United States, District
court.
But for the man whis
key, there w r ould be n& ‘■‘liquor-mak
ing and no liquor selling, the Judge
pointed out. It is the bid of these
men—many of them so-called re
spectable citizens —that tempts oth
er men to make and sell illicit booze.
This being the case, the jurist
said, it is to be regarded that both
cannot be made to suffer equally
under the law.
In explaining why ho does not im
pose more severe penalties on men
guilty of violating the liquor laws,
Judge Sibley said that he always
bears in mind the needs of the man’s
family, what it means to have him
taken away from them, leaving them
without means of support. On sec
ond offenders, he intimated, he
sometimes made the penalty heavier.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY
Calvin gray occupies the most
expensive suite in the most ex
clusive hotel in Dallas. Gus Bri
skow of Ranger, having struck
oil, asks Gray to act as guide
for Ma Briskow and daughter,
Allegheny, on a hopping ’tour
of Dallas. Bob Parker, daugh
ter of Tom is home
from a four-year college course.
Sha offers to help the Briskows
in the selection of suitable
wearing apparel. Colonel Henry
Nelson, son of Bell Nelson,
banker promises to buy and sell
real estate through Bob Parker
when she resolves to start into
that business with her father.
NOW GO ON WITH STORY
“I was sure you did. That is
w attracted my attention.”
‘•‘You are a person of taste, if
you will pardon a perfectly ob
vious compliment _ from a total
stranger,' and they need such a
woman's guidance. But they need,
even more, a little bit of feminine
tact and sympathy. Look!” He
showed Gus Briskow’s blank check.
‘‘The whole store is theirs, if they
wish it. Think what that ought to
mean to two* poor starved crea
tures who have never owned
enough clothing to wad a shot
gun.”
“I have all day,” the young wo
man confessed. “I merely came in
to yearn over the', pretty things.”
“0 messeiiger from Heaven!”
he cried, more hopefully. ‘‘Would
it appear presumptuous if I asked
you, in return for this favor, to
select the very prettiest gown in
this shop for your very own?”
The offer was refused pleasant
ry, but lirmly. ‘‘l’d be paid teni
times bver by the fun of spend
ing oodles of money even if it
were not my own. But would they
consent to have a stranger—?”
‘‘lf you will permit a tiny deceit
I’m sure they will. I shall burden
my sconsience with a white lie and
prqtend that you are a friend to
whose judgment I have appealed.”
Without further ado, Gray hur
ried his new acquaintance back to
the dress department, then, in his
easiest manner, introduced her to
the Briskows. She flashed him a
look of amusement as he glibly
made her known as “Miss Good.”
Miss Good as they could see, pos
sssed unerring good taste, but
what was more, she had a real gen
ius for findipg bargains. As a
bargain hunter Miss Good was
positively unique.
Ma Briskow pricked up her ears
at this, soon she and the newcomer
had their heads together, and with
in a few minutes Gray realized
that his experiment was a success.
Gray called Miss Good aside.
“Please let me return at lunch
time. I promise to talk upon that
subject which every man can dis
cuss to best 'advantage himself
—and I pledge myself not to ask
one single question about you.
Miss Good. Not ond—” He bowed
ceremoniously over her hand. ‘Al
though, as you can imagine, I’m
dying to ask a thousand.”
Chapter VIII
Pa and Ma Are Shocked.
The luncheon hour was long in
arriving, and when it did come
around Calvin Gray regretted
that he had elected to play a game
of make-believe with “Miss Good,”
for she rigidly held him to his
promise, and however adroitly hq
undertook to ascertain who or
what she took, she foiled him.
The luncneon went off gaily
enough, then Gray was again ban
ished with instructions to return
at closing time.
But a disappointment awaited
Calvin Gray when, late that after
noon, he returned to the store,
Miss Good had gone. At first he re
fused to believe Ma Briskow’s
statelment, but it was true; she had
disappeared as quietly and as un
obtrusively as she had appeared,
and, what -was more annoying, she
had left no word whatever for
him.
“Where is Allie?” Gray inquired
“Lord knows! She’s som’ejres
around bein’ worked over by a
couple of women. Gettin’ her hair
washed an her finger nails cured
an’ I dunno what not. Mercy me!
The things Miss Good had ’em do
to her! An” the money we’ve
spent! Allie’s gone hog wild.”
Gray pretended to listen as the
good woman blabbed on, but he
was thinking about the girl who
had disappeared.
So engrossed was he in his
thoughts that he did not notice Al
legheny Briskow until she stood
close beside him. Then, indeed he
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experienced a shock, for it was
difficult to recognize in this hand
some. modish young woman the
akward, illdressed country girl he
had seen at noon. Allie was posi
tivdly stunning. She was complete
ly transformed from the soles of
her well-shod feed to the tip of
her French coiffure, and what was
more astopishing, she had lost
much of her self-consciousness
and carried herself with a native
grace that became her well.
“Why, Allie!” Gray exclaimed.
“Your’re wonderful! Let me see
you.” He stood on and gazed at
her while she revolved before him.
“Sakes alive! Who’d ever s’pose
you’d look like that!” thq mother
exclaimed.
It was on the second day there
after that Gus Briskow appeared
at the hotel. Ke came unexpected
ly, and he still wore his rough
ranch clothes. After an hour or
more spent with his wife and
daughter, he went down to Gray’s
room and thankqd him for the as
sistance he had rendered the two
women.
Followed a few moments of de
sultory conversation, then he put
an abrupt question: “Mr. (Gray,
you’re a rich man, ain”t you?”
“I—am, so considered.
“Um-m! Dunno’s I’m glad or
sorry.”
“Indeed! What difference can
it make to you?”
“A lot. It’s like this: My boy
Buddy has took a tumble shine
to you, an’ he can talk about
nothin’ else. I was sort of hop
in’—” ,
( “Yes?”
“Budd’s ignorant. He’d ought
to go to school, but he says hes’
I too big, an’ he”d have to set with
a lot of little children. Him an’
Allie’s alike, that way—it r”ars
’em on their hind feet to be
laughted ar.”
“Get a tutor for them.”
“A what?” When Gray had ev
plained the meaning of the word,
Mr. Briskow’s face cleared.
“That’s what I figgered on, but 1
didn’t know what you called ’em.
That’s why I’m sorry you’re so
well off. Y’see I’d of paid you any
thing—l’d of doubled whatever
you’re gettin’—-” The speaker
raised a hopeful gaze; he paused
as if to make sure that his nearer
was beyond tempatation. “I
thought mebbe him and you d
like to travel some —go to fur 1 -'
rin’ places—see the hull world. I
kin afford it.”
It was in a voice graver than
usual that the youngqr man.
spoke: i Briskow, you’ife sensible
enough to understand plain talk.
I’m not a fit man to teach Buddy
what he ought to know. In fact
I’m about the worst person you
could select.”
The father sighed. ”1 s’pose
you know, but —Well I’m disap
pointed. But it wasn’t hully on
that account I come to Dallas. Ma
told me over the telephone how
nice you been an’ what you done
for her’n Allie, so I says to my
self I’ll square things by givin*
him a chance to make some mon
ey.”
Gray stirred slightly in his
chair and regarded the speaker
“WHY, ALLIE!” GRAY EX-<
CLAIMED. “YOU’RE WONDER*
FUL!”
more keenly.
“When oil come in at Ranger,
nobody thought it would get out
our way, but Ma had a dream —a
lot of dreams—about oil on our
farm so, I got an outfit to come
there an’ drill. Folks thought we
was crazy, and we didn’t expect
they’d find much, ourselves—bl
few ibar’l a day would of looked
big—but I alius had ambitions to
be good an’ rich, so I got options
on quite a bit of acreage. It
didn’t take no money at the, time’
’cause land was what people had
most of. Along with the rest,
there’s a hundred an’ sixty right
next to ours—hill stuff that
wouldn”t feed a goat. Jlt”d
wuth a lot of money now, but the
option’s ‘most run out.”
“When does it expire?”
Saturday.” •
“That's tomorrow.’
Gus Briskow nodded. “Il’q
cheap at a thousand dollars an
acre, an’ it costs two hundred.”
“Os coursee you’y take it.”
Nope.
“Why not?’
“Fer one thing, I got a lot of
other land just as good an’ meb
be better, an’ I been takin’ it up
out of the royalties that come in.
We got enough money in sight to
do us, but I promised Ma to play
safe, an’ —we can’t take cvery-
“Yes?”
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I BUS 111 BARN lffl[
VERY NARROW ESCAPE
Lightning Destroys Building in
Which They Had Taken Ref
uge—Not Seriously Hurt
VALDOSTA, May 29.—During a
terrific rain and thunder storm,
do\vn toward Clyattville , lightning
struck an old house on M. M. Hern
don’s place, tearing out on j end of
the house and demolishing the chim
ney, but leaving two boys, who
were standing in the door, unhurt.
The boys were Harry Herndon, 3
son of Mr. Herndon, and Wallace
Kemp, a s'on of J. W. Kemp, who
lives near there. The old house was
used for storing onions which had
been gathered and when it began to
rain the boys went over to see if
they were properly protected from
the downpour. The rain was so
heavy that they did not return to
the house, but were standing in the
door watching the rain when the
bolt hit the house.
JACKSONVILLE ROAD
IN NEXCELLENT SHAPE
VALDOSTA, May 29.—The road
from Valdosta to Jacksonville, via
Lake City, is generally declared to
be in excellent condition now, with
the exception of a short detour.
It is all completed except about 1
mile, where a detour is necessary,
but information from the Florida
side of the line is to the effect
that this part of the road will be
entirely finished by or before June
tenth.
thing. You kin have that option,
Mister Gray, for nothing.” You
kin sell the lease inside of a wee’
an’ make fifty thousand dollars or
you kin hold it an make mebbe a
million. All it’ll cost you is thirty
two thousand dollars I don’t make
a cent out of it.”
Gray nodded and smiled queer
ly as he thanked the nester, then
from his pockets he removed sev
eral crumpled wads of currency
and a handful of silver. These he
counted before saying: “Whs
capital I have is entirely liquid—
it’s all in cash. There is eighty
sekren dollars and forty-three
cents. It is every dollar in the
world that I possess.”
“Huh?” Gus Briskow’s bright
eyes searched the smiling counte
nance before him “You’re—jok
in,. I thought you said you was
rich.”
“I am rich. I don’t owe a nickel
and won’t, until my hotel bill is
due, day after tomorrow. I’m in
full possession of all my faculties.
I’m perfectly healthy and cheer
ful. I know men who would pay
a million dollars for my health
alone, and another million to en
joy my frame of mind. That’s
two million—”
“Well —doggone me!!” There
was a pause, then. Briskow sigh
ed. ‘I could of sold it myself—
thought I had it sold to a bunch
from Wichita, (but they tricked
me. I offered it the day you was
at our house for eighty thousand
and Nelson more’n half agreed to
“Who?” s
Briskow looked up at the tone
of th\p inquiry. ‘One of the fel
lers from Wichita Falls, s’pose
he knowed the option was about
to run out; anyhow, he’s been
foldin’ me off from day to day
till its too late now for me to —”
“What is his name?” Gray
broke in, sharply.
“Name’s Nelson. Bell Nelson”s
son. Bell’s hard-boiled, but—’*
“Henry Nelson?”’
Gray rose from his chair and
strode swiftly to the window. He
stood there staring down into the
street for a moment before say
ing, curtly, “Go on!’
(Continued Tomorrow)
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GINGER
I BENNING PRIVATE IS
LIGHTNING VICTIM
FORT BENNING, May 29—Al
bert Schneider, of 1 Vnsacola, a pri
vate in Company H, 29th Infantry,
was killed by lightning while lying
on his bed in his quarters.
Two others were badly burned.
CiPl Miff GETS
61. BEOfflN ORDER
Veterans Will Gather in Rome
September 12-13, in
Annual Reunion
Capt. Joe Day Stewart is in re
ceipt of “General Order No. 8” is
sued by Major General A. J.
Twiggs, commanding the Georgia
Division, UnPed Cor.feredate Vet
erans, ordering the annual state re
union at Rome, September 12-13.
The order, whijn is addressed to ail
car ps of the Georgia division, U.
C. V., is as follows:
As unavoidable circumstances
prevented the holding of a state-re
union in 1922, it ip imperative that
one ibe held thi? year, as matters
of interest to our organization
should be given attention, and in
addition we should avail ourselves
of opportunity now that the fleet
ing years are thinning our ranks,
of meeting and mingling.
The City of Rome has renewed
her cordial invitation to enjoy her
hospitality, and I have fixed the
dates in September, the 12th and
13th, this being a season most de
lightful in that section.
There were many of our com
mand who could not attend the
general reunion at New Orleans,
v.t who can well afford to go to
Rome in our own state, and among
our own people. Became of this
.here should be a large attendance,
and I make the earnest request
that every veteran make a special
effort to go. Rome will give us a
royal reception and I am sure will
do everything to make our short
stay in that city as comfortable
and pleasant as possible.
Adjutants of the various camps
will see that the camp dues for 1923
are paid in due time, and com
manders will see that each camp
is represented, one delegate for ev
ery twenty active members in good
standing, one additional for every
fraction* of ten members.
A. J. TWIGGS,
Maj-Gen. Commanding Ga. Div., U.
C. V.
BRIDGES SMITH.
Adjutant-General.
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EFFORT TO ‘UNMASK’ KLAN
IS FAILURE AT VALDOSTA
VALDOSTA, May 29.—An al
leged effort to bring members of
Valdosta K. K. K. into the open
through prosecution of Terre Ken
dricks and Louis Havenkotte, end
ed in recorder’s court here when
the two men Were dismissed for
want of prosecution on charges al
leging an attack on so-called Klan
leaders. The cases were made at
the request of the two defendants.
The trouble is said to have
grown out of Klan activities in
and around this city and an alleged
scurrilous publication in a paper
called the “Brick Bat,” of which
“Rev.” Roy E. Davis is said to be
editor. Feeling was Intense here
before' the paper appeared, only one
or two copies of it being seen here.
Messrs. Hendricks and Havenkotte
started out to find the editor of the
paper, hut di<L not locate him.
While looking for Davis, accord
ing to the story told on the streets,
they ran upon McDonald, who was
coming out of the Lowndes County ■
Exchange company’s store where a
number of alleged Klansmen were
gathcre. Havenkotte said some-
FACTORY OWNER IS
KILLED BY RIP SAW
Was Feeding Plank Into Ma
chine When Fatal Accident
Occurred
ACWORTH, May 29—Ralph
Fowler, 25, half owner of the Ac
worth; Building Supply Company
and Box Factory was killed here
early today while feeding a rip saw
in the factory.
The plank caught in some manner
as it went into the saw and was
hurled back, striking Fowler on the
forehead.
FINAL REHEARSALS FOR
CLASS PLAY ARE BEGUN
Final rehearsals are going for
ward for the presentation Friday
evening at 8 o’clock in the High
school auditorium of the senior
play, “Heads or Tails.”
Under the direction of Miss Helen
Keister, the thirteen senior who
compose the cast of the play, have
perfected their parts, which intro
duce a number of ludicrous scenes
as well as the development of a fine
plot.
Between the acts graceful danc
ing chorus girls will entertain,
these having been superintended by
Mrs. Boyd Stackhouse, an artist of
interpretative and folk dancing.
Mjtch interest centers in the
high school-senior play this year
because of the fact that it is the
first to be presented in several
years.
It is expected that a number of
out-of-town visitors will be present
in additions to the friends and ac
quaintances of the participants in
Americus.
ALBANY COUPLE CALLED
ATTEND MACON FUNERAL
ALBANY, May 29.—Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Legg left Monday morning
for Macon to attend the funeral to
day of Mrs. Legg’s mother, Mrs.
Simon Peter Richardson, whose
death occurred at Madison, Ga. The
deceased was a most remarkable wo
man, 91 years old, the mother of
ten children, and the widow of the
late Rev. Simon Peter Richardson,
a well-known Methodist minister.
She died at the home of her daugh
ters, Mrs. James F. Boughton and
Mfs. Clark, in Madison.
thing to McDonald, who showed
some spirit and is said to have
| asked Havenkotte if he “wanted to
start something.” Mr, Kendricks
shoved Havenkotte out of the way
and struck McDonald, koncking him
down.
In the meantime, “Rev.” Davis
took refuge at his home in Mrs. J.
F. Passmore’s residence. Judge
Thomas, Sheriff Qornto, Chief
Kendall, Mayor Peeples, Rev. Hans
ford Johnson and others were call
ed upon to help protect Davis.
Sheriff Gornto told him that
Valdosta people would not assault
him in the dark or with masks
on.
WILL USEALIAMERICAN’’
MUSIC AT ASHEVILLE MEET
ASHEVILLE, Nl C., May 29.
“All-American” music will charac
terize the program of the thirteenth
biennial 'festival of the National
Federation of Music Clubs here
June 9-17, and is expected by its
ways necessary to turn to Europe
sponsors to prove that it is not al
for good music, and to show that
eventually America should be the
music center of the world .
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PAGE THREE
“MADE IN GERMANY”
POPPIES SOLD TO VETS
INDIANAPOLIS,'May 29,—The
sale of poppies made in Germany
by American commercial concerns
to posts of the American Legion
was characterized as “disgraceful”
and ar- ar; “insult ip the heroic
dead of th* World War.” i.y Lem
uel Bodes, nat’onai adjutant cf Ihe
American Logk’n, in a statement is
sued at Legion national headquar
tci's.
The statement came as a result
of word from lowa that several
posts of the state had been victim
ized by firms Who sold the ‘made
in Germany’ poppies! The poppies
had been supplied by a firm iq an
Indiana city.
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ELLAVILLE TODAY
At Preston This Afternoon and
Wednesday Will Address
Cordele Clubs
William J. Harris, who
spoke in Americus Monday, went
over to Ellaville this morning, ac
companied by Major James A. Fort,
and spoke there at 11 o’clock in
the Schley county court house. This
afternoon he will go to Preston for
an address there, and Wednesday
he is scheduled to speak before a
joint meeting of the Kiwanis and
Lions' club. This talk will he made
at a luncheon to be held in the
Crystal case in Cordele, and at
tended by delegates attending the
convention of the Rural Mail Car
riers of the. Third district in session
there. A special program has been
prepared and it is expected that
several hundred will hear the senior
senator in his address at Cordele.
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