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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 13, 1923
WHYCHBSS MITO CLUB
SHUTS ITS DEPT.
Special Efforts Will Be Made to
Catch Car Thieves and Re- ..
cover Stolen Property
WAYCROSS, June 13. The
members of the Waycross Motor
club will hereafter profit by the
services oi a special department
for stolen cars and accessories, ac
cording to the action taken by the
officers and directors. Each mem
ber is requested to report to the
office of the Waycross Motor club
immediately after a theft has been
discovered just what has been stol
en and the identification, such as
number and description. This de
partment will be handled by the
secretary and a special committee
to assist him. As soon as the
information is in hand the Motor
club will broadcast it to other
towns and to all motor clubs in an
effort to recover the property.
The Waycross Motor club al
ready has a legal aid department,
handled by W. C. Parker, E. O.
Blalock and E. K. Bennett, who
will prosecute without charge any
one stealing a car or accessories
from a Motor club member and
who will also dffend free of
charge any member unjustly prose
cuted for traffic violations.
VICIOUS BULLDOG
DECLARED NOT RABID
ROME, June 13.—The ferocious
bull dog that severely bit Mrs. C.
C. McKenzie last Thursday after
noon was not affected by rabies,
according to a report from the'
state department of health receiv
ed Friday night. However, as a
precaution, the Pasteur treatment
is being given both Mrs. C.
C . McKenzie and her daughter-in
law, Mrs. Coleman McKenzie, who
was less severly bitten by the dog
at their home, 209 West 11
street. .
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NOLAN’S AUTOMOBILE
RECOVERED UNHARMED
ROME, June 13.—The automo
bile of D. A. Nolan, local agent of
the Central of Georgia railroad,
which stolen Sunday while
parked on the street was recover
ed last night by Deputy Sheriff
Lindsey Wright, and brought into
the city iyrne the worse for wear,
except for the fact that it was
muddy, had considerable less gas
and' bil and was in a ditch when
found.
MGER SIGNALS
OF IIGESTI
The Disease That Strikes Like
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kills them quicker than any other.
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first approach of warm weather.
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food is fermenting instead of di
gesting. 2. A feeling of fullness or
oppression in the region of the stom
ach after eating. This means that
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unrefreshing sleep, which means
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BEGIN HERE TODAY
Calvin Gray, enemy of Colo
nel Henry Nelson, arrives in
Dallas, the home of Nelson.
Gray is in love ‘with Barbara
Parker, who buys land for the
.colonel. Gray goes to look at an
oil prospect and meets Barbar’s
father, Tom Parker, investi
gating the same land. Gray
hires Mallow and two asso
ciates to keep track of the ac
tivities of Nelson in the oil
fields. Grafy becomes tfiiendly- ■
with the Briskow family and
Allie, the daughter, falls in
;T\pvp wife hhim. Bud Bgtskow,
the son, runs away from school
and Gray protnises the family
that he will follow and bring
Bud home.
NOW GO ON WITH STORY
There followed a moment of
silence. Mallow and Stoner ex
changed glances. “What percen
tage of that goes ” the former
finally inquired.
“One hundreed.”
“So? Then it’s lucky Nelson
didn’t fall. But there’s no harm
done—nobody’s hurt.”
“It is lucky, indeed—for me.
I’d have felt bound to make good
his loss, if you had hooked him.
I presume I ought to expose this
swindle.”
“Expose Jackson?” Stoner, in
quired, quickly. When Gray nod
ded, there was another brief sil
ence before the speaker ventured
to say: “I know this bird Nelson,
and, take it from rac t you’re giv
ing him the best of it. If I hadn’t
known him as well as I do, I
wouldn’t of put in with you to
break him. Now about this Jack
son; you can land him, I s’pose,
if you try but it would be lower
than a frog’s foot, after him
plr/ying square V/Jith you.” ■
“What do you mean by that?”
“H could have stung you,
easy couldn’t he? You surged out
here on purpose to buy, the lease
but he hid out all afternoon to
avoid you.”
“Um-m! Suppose we leave it
for the present.”
Mallow, who had remained sil
ent during his friend’s argument,
greeted this suggestion with re
lief/ He was glad to ehange the
subject. “Good!” he cried, .heart
ily. ‘l’d about as soon face* old
Tom Parker, like thajt fellow in
the resturant did, as to face
Jackson. He’d sink a stillson in
my head, sure, if—”
“Parker? Was that old man
Miss Parker’s father?”
“Certainly! What ’dyou think
ailed that gunman? D’you think
he got the flour something all of
a sudden? There ain’t anybody
left tough enough to hanker for
Tom’s scalp. He’s pinned a rose
on all of those old-timers, and he’s
deadly poison to the new crop. ”
For the first time Calvin Gray
understood clearly the reason for
the unexpectedly outcome of that
encounter in the case. No wonder
the stranger’s trigger finger had
been paralyzed. Barbara’s father,
indeed! How stupid of him not to
guess.
‘I must find him, quickly,” Gray
declared. “Perhaps he’ll ride back
to town with us.”
It was not a difficult task to
locate the veteran officer, and
Tom was delighted at the chance
to ride home with his new ac
quaintance.
A unique and an engaging per
son Parker proved to be; an odd
compound of gentleness and ac
erbity, of kindness and rancor; a
quiet, guileles, stubborn, violent
old man-at-arms, who- would not
be interrupted while he was eat
ing. He was both scornful ana
contemptuous of evil-doers. Al\
needed killing.
“Hard luck, I call it, for a bud
ding desperado to wreck a career
of promise the way that wretched
fellow did,” Gray told him with
a laugh. “Out of all the men in
Texas, to pick you—” *
“Oh, he ain’t a bud! He’s quite
a killer.”
‘lndeed?”
“He kills Mexicans and niggers
and folks without guns, mostly.
Low-down stuff! He‘s got three or
four, I believe. I never could see
why they Nelsons kep’ him.”
There was a brief silence. “ I
beg pardon?” said Gray.
‘He’s been on the Nelson pay
roll for a year—doing odd jobs
that wasn’t fit to be done. But I
guess they got tired of him, any
how he’s been hanging around
Wichita for the last two or three
weeks. He’s been in an out of our
office quite a bit.”
Later, when the journey was
over and Tom Parker had been
dropped at his gate, Gray spoke
to his two companions.
“Did you hear what he said?”
“We did.” ’
“Do you believe I was framed?”
Both Mallow and Stoner
nodded.
Chapter XX
A r line Meets Her Match
Ozark Briskod, like his sister,
Allegheny, was studying hard and
learning rapidly, but he had
adopted an educational plan, a
curriculum, so to speak, far dif
ferent ffrom hers. *
His education was progressing
apace, for love js the greatest of
educators, and was in love
—madly, extravagantly in 1 lovt>.
Love it was that accounted for his
presence in Dallas, and! his oc
cupancy of the Governor’s suite
at the Ajax.
In spite of the fact that the
train from Wichita Falls .was be
hind time, one morning shortly
after Buddy’s arrival, he was still
j abed when Calvin Gray arrived
at the hotel. Instead of disturbing
the slumbers of youth, Gray went
directly to the detective who had
telegraphed him and for half an
hour or more the two talked.
Later, during the course of a
lejsurely bath and shave, the new
arrival pondered the information
,he had received. Here was a prob
lem. Having dressed himself, he
strolled around to Coverly’s place
of business and interviewed the
jeweler.
“Sure! He has bought quite a
bit of stuff in the last few days,”
Coverly told him. “He was in only
yesterday and ordered a fine piece
made up. He wanted a ruby heart j
pierced with a diamond at,row, j
but I got him off that and onto a
blue Brazilian solitaire. We’Je
mounting it in a platinum lady’s
ring.”
“What is the price?”
“Forty-five hundred, and the
value is tjiere.”
“Hold the ring. He may change
his mind.”
“I S|ay!” Coverly was in dismay.
"Are you going to spoil the best
sale I’ve made in two weeks?”
“Oh, I’ll take it off your hands,
if he doesn’t. Make some excuse
not to deliver it until I say the
word.” .-a* j 1. •
Gray knocked several; times at
the Governor’s suite before a
sleepy response, a succession oi
yawns and told him
that he had been heard: The door
opened finally and -the pride of
the Briskow family, his eyes «1L
but swelled shut, his muscular
figure splendidly arrayed in fu
turistic.- silken pajamas, npyflm
bled:
“What’s eatin’ fyou, ;(ny—?”
The eyes opened wider, Buddy’s
face broke into a slow smile.
“Why, Mi - . Gray!” He extended a
palm, a bit dry and feverish, and
drew his caller inside. ‘Dawfc
gone! I’m glad to see you.”
Buddy led the way into his bed
room, piled his pillows together
and gingerly lowered himself upon
them. He showed his strong white
teeth in a wide grin and winked
meaningly. ‘l’ll be all right direct
ly. It’s this here sim-sympathetic
booze they talk about. Have a
drink, Mr. Gray? There’s a coupla
bottles of real liquor in the closet
—not this tiger’s milk you get—”
The caller declined the invita-
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tion. “Where the devji haye you
been Buddy? We wore getting
worried.”
Buddy’s face reddened, he
dropped his eyes. “I don’t mind
tellin’ you—I— It’s’ like this- I
kinda got a girl!!’'
“No!" The speaker was surpris
ed, incredulous.
“Sure have. She’s—wonderful.
She’s’ right here in this hotel! ’
“Buddy, you’re developing!
Gray exclaimed, with apparent ad
miration. . .
‘I been showin’ her the sights—
that’s what ails me this this morn
ing. She lets me take her around
to” places —trusts me, you under
stand? She thinks I'm aces.”
“Splendid! I wish you’d ask her
to dig up a friend.”
“How d’you mean:
“Why, ask her to find anptner
good-looking girl for me—l as
sume she is good looking—then
we can make it a foursome. I’m a
great entertainer and, while I
don’t drink, I haven’t the slightest
objection to ladies who do. Dallas
,1 believe, is a pretty lively—’’
“She’s a stranger here, Buddy
broke in, stiffly. His enthusiasm
had cooled; he regarded Gray with
veiled displeasure, “An’ besides,
she ain’t that kind of a girl.”
“Oh! Sorry! I thought- from
what you said —that headache
bottles in your closet, too ! My
mistake. Buddy.”
•>l’ m —’ Buddy gulped. I m
goin’ to marry her.”
“Oh, fine!” Gray’s enthusiasm
was positively electric. He seized
Buddy’s hand and crushed it. “Ed
ucation, indeed! No use for that
now is there?”
“I mean I’m going to, if I can;
if she’ll let me.”
“Let you? With your money?
Why, she’ll jump at the chance.
No doubt you have already asked
her—or she suspects—”
The lad shook his head . “She
don’t have to marry nobody. She’s
got money—an es-tate.”
‘She’s young, eh?”
She’s—older’n, I ata. I reckon
she’s mebbe twenty-five. I never
ast her.”
“Naturally. How did you meet
her? When? Where? I’m a terribly
romantic old fool.” Gray hitdhed
his chair closer and leaned forward
his face keen witli interest.
“Well, sir, it’s a regular story,
like in a book. I was in a restur
ant with a coupla feljers an’ a
feller she was with struck her—”
“Struck her? ’
“Yep. He was her brother, so
she told me. Anyhow, I bounced
him. I sure spoiled him up a lot.
Sh*e was cryin’ an’-, she ast me to
take her home. That’s how I got
to know her. I s’pose she cottoned
to me for takin’ her part that
a-way. She didn’t know the sort
of place it was her brother had
took her. Pore kid! She’s a had a
hard time, an’ every man she
ever knew, but me, done her dirt.
Even her husband.” Buddy
scowled.
After a moment Gray said,
quietly, “So, she’s married?”
(Continued Tomorrow)
SELMA CHAMBER FAVORS
EXEMPTION FOR MILLS
SELMA, Ala., June 13. The
Selma Chamber of Commerce took
a step forward at their last tneCt'-
ing when they adopted a resolu
tion proposign a policy of tax ex
emption for cotton mills that may
hereafter*be located in Alabama.
The chamber advocates the adop
tion of this policy by the state, the
county of Dallas and the city of
Selma.
J. B. Ellis,-senator from Dallas
county, who is also a director of
the Chamber of Commerce, stated
he would favor the passage of an
act by the legislature at its ses-!
sion in July restoring the exemp
tion statute for textile mills that
expired in 1912. He expressed
the hope that such a measure could
be gotten through the legislature.
ACCIDENTAL SHOT BRINGS
DEATH TO BOY NEAR ROME 1
ROME, -June 13.—After suffer
ing for several weeks from a j
wound in his stomach accidentally
inflicted by a 22 rifle in the hands j
of his young brother. Walter
Brock, of near Lavender, died last |
Thursday at the Berrien |
hospital.
!
From the information given by I
members of the family, Walter j
and His younger brother went into
the back yard with the rifle to
kill a hawk that' was bothering the
chickens. In some manner the gun j
was accidentally fired and the bul- j
let passed thorugh ithe elder
Brock’s stomach puncturing his I
intestines. .
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CRISP COUNTY AGENT TO
CONDUCT DEMONSTRATION
CORDELE, June 12—County
Agent C. B. Culpepper will conduct
i a boll weevil demonstration on the
farm of Mr. I. G. Williams near
| Raines beginning today and follow
ing on two-acre tracts as the weai.h
;er will permit. The demonstration
j tomorrow goes 0 nthe I. G. Williams
jfarm near the Bruce Williams place.
SUN SHINES AGAIN. ’
PELHAM, June T’L —For the
first time in three weeks Pelham
[ has had three successive days of
j sunshine. There has been eonsid
| erabie alarm among the cantaloupe
! growers because excessive raias
■ made the crop last year a complete
i failure.
PAGE SEVEN
FLOURNOY HEADS NEW
CONSTRUCT ION CONCERN
CIDLIUMBUS,, £une 13 John'
M. Flournoy is directing the man
agement of the Georgia Electric
and Construction company, as
president and treasurer; G. W. *
Coker is vice-president of the
company with supervision of the
installation work and erpairs, as
sisted by J. W. McCann.
The company, which w’as reor
ganized last week, is now specializ
ing in heavy electrical construc
tion work and the rewinding and
repairing of electrical mo>;rs and •
apparatus, having recently dis
continued and fixtures.
F’aint heart never won fair
lady, but faint light has won fair
lady many a faint heart.