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SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 23 1923
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|| Total of 5,186 Paiges and Jew-
Il etts Built During May, Pres
-8 dent H. M. Jewett States
H DETROIT, June 23.—Production
■ and sales records of the Paige De
fl troit Motor Car Company were
B smashed during May. The month
B a., t finished was the largest in thS
B history of the company,'said Mr.
B 1, M. Jewett, president. The Paige
B Company built 5,186 Paiges and
welts in May.
Bp rhe previous record was that of
April when 4,982 Paiges and
B Jewetts were built and sent on
B their way 1 to View owners.
M Encouraged by the unusual de
fl m ind at this season of the year,
.Jr. Jewett states he has author-
B < d a production schedule for
■ June of 5,200 Paiges and Jewetts.
B This schedule was- necessary, he
H ays to catch up with the unfill-
B i<l Paige and Jewett orders.
■ The shipping Department of the
■ I'aige Company held switching
H mews and all hands at work the
.fl night of May 31st, in an attempt
B to ship the entire production for
B May. At 7 p. m. however when it
M was seen that freight cars could
■‘t not be obtained, a check was made
B and it was found that 5,117 auto-
mobiles had been sent on their way
B to dealers during the month.
Ihe extra work of the shipping
fl department however netted it a
B record for a day of a figure never
B before approached by the Paige
B Company as 345 cars, of which 71
fl were Paiges and 274 were Jewetts,
■ were shipped. Each shipment rep
fl resented bona fide orders on "hand,
|| according to the Paige sale# de
fl partment.
■ DISABLED VETERAN’S
ACCEPT FORD OFFER
jH DETROIT, June 23.—More than
|H fifty disabled veterans, of the
World War already have taken ad
vantage of Henry Ford’s recent of
'fer ,t>f free hospitalization in the
111 big l Ford hospital in Detroit. All
sgj tile veterans are admitted as are
F.S private patients, and are treated
■ on the same basis.
L- ORGANIZE COMMUNITY CLUB
B BROOKS, Ga., June 23.—Seven
||| community agricultural clubs in
fl Fayette’county have been organ
fl ized and at a meeting just held
fl hyre it was decided to further ex
fl tend , the work in preparation for
fl a fair.
’ TO LAUNCH LINER.
SAVANNAH, June 23.—The
|H City of Birmingham, one of the
■ two new ships just completed here
H t>y the Ocean Steamship company,
® will be launched about August 20
W it has, been annunoced.
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When she had laid her inert bur
den upon the bed, Allie knelt and
took Gray’s head upon her bosom.
Then for the first time, those
forces imprisoned deep within the
red glare of that flaming geyser
she kissed his hair, his eyes, his
lips. Over and over again she kiss
ed them with the hungry passion
of a woman starved.
Chapter XXVI
In Dangerous Waters
A subdued but continuous
whispering irritated Calvin Gray.
When it persisted, minute after
minute, he opened his eyes asking
himself, dully, why it was tnat
people couldn’t let a fellow sleep.
Allegheny Briskow appeared out
of nowhere and laid a soothing
hand upon his brow. When she saw
the light of sanity in his eyes,
her face brightened and she cried,
eagrely:
“You’re coming around all right,
aren't you? You mustn’t talk.
Everything is all right—all right,
honestly. I’ll tell; you everything
but just you rest now until Buddy
comes.’’ There was magnetism to
the girl’s touch and comfort in her
voice.
It was sometime later that Gray
opened his eyes and spoke in a
more natural voice, saying. “How
do I happen to be here in your
house, Allie?”
“We brought you over at day
light. Buddy’s gone for a doctor,
but he’ll be back.” The girl avert
ed her face quickly and moved to
ward the window.
“He ought to be at the, well—
putting it out. God! What a sight!
I see it yet!”
“The well is out!” Allie returned
and seated herself beside the bed.
“You probably v?on’t understand it
or
lieve it myself, for it’V a ryfracle.
Al] the same, it is out, shut in, and
not much damage done. You’re not
ruined, either, for Buddy says
they’re short of fuel here, and a
gasser this size is worth a good
d ea ]—’most as much as a fair oil
well.
How can it be shuts in? It was
blazing, roaring a' tower of
flame. The derrick itself was- go
ing—”
HOW’S THIS?
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE Wil!
do wMt we claim for It-rid your systen
of Catarrh or Deafness caused b> ■
C HAM?S CATARRH ,MEDTCTNE con I
Rists of an Ointment winch yulcklj,
Relieves the catarrhal inflammation, anc
the Internal Medicine, a Tonic which
acts through the Blood on the Mucoui
Bui faces hhus assisting' to restore nor
ln »old bv* druggists for over 40 YeoM.
F. J. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo. O.
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS Doris Makes a Confession BY ALLMAN
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•-1 “I know, but the strangest;
thing—” Allie spoke breathlessly.
J “Let me do the talking, please. You
e rememoer tne urili stems were
r scanning over in one corner? Vv eil,
s tne nredrove everybody off , or
;- course; there was no facing it,
n and they thought sure they’d have
a job—nave to send for boilers
■ smother it down with steam, may
‘ be, or tunnel under, or something
s —work for days, maybe weeks,
spend a fbrtune. Anyhow, they
, were in a panic, bu> when the der
j rick went down what do you think?
That stack of drill stems fell in
t such away as to close the gate
; valve at the top of the casing.”
; “It—sounds incredible.” The
, speaker made an effort to collect
i himself, he raised an uncertain
hand to his bandaged head. “What
’ ails me? I recall a lot of things,
• but they’re pretty well confused.”
’. I Allie made known the nature of
’ i the accident resulting in Gray’s
injury, and he nodded his under
f standing. “So Buddy saved my
life!” He smiled- “Great boy,
r Buddy! I’ll know better than to
i mix it with him again—he learns
r too quickly.”
’ “Oh, it was terrible! Ive been
so frightened!” Allie Briskow
■ suddenly lost control of herself,
< and, bowing her head, she hid her
' face in the musty patchwork quilt.
'. Her shoulders' shook, her whole
strong body twitched and trembl-
• e{ j. “You’ve b-been ayjful sick. 1
■ did the best I could, but—”
“There, there! Gray placed his
i hand upon the girl’s head; he took
| her palm in his and stroked it. I m
i not worth your tears, child. And
anyhow r , I’m all right again; I am
indeed. I’m as well as ever, so far
as I can tell. By the way, what set
the well afire?”
“Buddy thinks someb</.ly must
have dropped a cigaret when the
stampede came.” The girl raised
her face and wiped the tears from
it.
“It has been raining cats and
dogs; the creek has overflowed and
everything is under water.”
“Under water? Here? Why, that
■ can’t be.” Gray insisted upon ris
ing and. Allie finally consented to
his doing so; then, despite his pro
test that he was quite able to take
' care of himself, she helped him to
’ the window. From that position he
i beheld a surprising scene.
j The Briskow farm lay in a flat,
1 I saucerlike, valley, arid gpd dusty at
• most seasons of fire "year, but now
i a shallow lake, the surface of
which was broken by occai/onal
■feifijea, mi9ty clumps <of Jbushes, 1
or the tops of dead weeds, The
nearest f’riskow derrick was dim
ly visible, its floor awash, its
shape suggestive of ’the battle mast
of a sunken man-of-war..
Allegheny Briskow sang while
she prepared supper, for the re
action from the strain of the last
twelve hours was like an intoxica
tion. Mr. Gray was in no further
danger; he was well except for a
bandaged head and some bruises.
And he was here alone with her.
i Supper, when the two sat down
to it, proved to be a pleasant meal,
for the soft glow of the lamp, the
warmth from the stove, made of
I the Briskow kitchen a cozy place,
while the drumming of the rain
overhead enl/.nced "their feeling of
comfort and security. *
During the night art explosive
crash followed by a loud revedber
ration awoke Calvin Gray and
brought him up sitting. His room
was lit by white flickers, against
which he saw that the rain still
sheeted his windows; he fumbled
for hts watch and found that it
was two o’clock. This was a
storm, indeed, and he began to
fear that this deluge might swell
the waters to a danger point;
therefore he rose, struck a light,
and dressed himself. Sleep was out
of the question, anyhow, amid such
an uproar. As he stepped out upon
I the front porch,his attention was
instantly drawn to a yellow glow
in the west, a distant torch, the
flame of which illuminated the
angry night. He stared at it for
a moment before he realized its
meaning.
Hearing an exclamation behind
| him, Gray turned to behold Allie
] Briskow’s dim figure in the door.
I “Hello!” he cried, excitedly. I
I “Did you see that? . Yonder arc <
two wells afire.” *
“I know;. I haven’t closed my
eyes. You can see another from
my window.” Allie snapped the'
light from a pocket flash, upon I
Gray, and, noting that he was only '
partly clad, she urged him to come ;
into the house. When he ignoredl
the request she joined him, and to- •
gether they stared at the mount
ing flames.
“Jove! That’s terrible!” he mut
tered.
“Look here.” Allie directed the
beam of her light down over the
edge of the porch, and moved it
sliwly from side to side. The sur
face of the water was not only bur
dened with debris, but also it was
thick with oil. “It’s just like that
on the other side. The gusher on
sixteen must be wild.”
MYRTLE
SPRINGS
BARBECUE
FULL MEALS
OR SANDWICHES
Served Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays. Regular
Dinner on Sundays.
J. L. GLAWSON
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
“1 dare say it won’t get any
worse,” Gray spoke with a care
lessness that he was -far from feel
ing, but’ his tone did not deceive
the girl.
“It doesn’t have to get any
worse,” she declared, impatiently.
’There’s oil enough here to burn.
We’re in the middle of a lake of
it. What’ll happen if it catches
fire?”
“At least we’ll be as well off in
side as out here,” Gray declared,
and his companion agreed, so to
gether they went into- her room,
where side by side, they peered
through her window.
“I’ve read about this sort of
thing,” Allie, was saying.’ TaTiJks
bursting and rivers afire. It
spreads all over, the fire does, .and
there’s no putting it out.”
“One thing sure, this lightning
won’t last long—”
A blue glare and a ripping ex
plosion gave the lie to Gray’s
cheering words. Allie Briskow re
coiled from the window
“We’ll be burned alive!” sjie
gasped. “Roasted like rats in *
trap. I—l’m frightened. Mr. Gray.”
She drew closer to him.
“No need of that. We’ll get out
of this scrape somehow—people al
ways do.” A flicker lit the room,
and he saw that the face upturned
to his was wide eyed, strained. That
brief glimpse of Allie, like a pic
ture seen through the shutter of a
camera, remained long with the
man, for her hair was unbound,
her lips were parted, and » her
i dark eyes were peculiarly brilliant
through the opening of her lacy
negligee her round, white neck and
' swelling bosom were exposed. It
was a head, a ’bust, to be remem
< bered.
I “i—You got to—hold medl she
said, huskily, and he felt her body
; shrink close to his. She clung tight
ly to him trembling at first, then
I shaking in every limb. Fright., it,
I seemed, had suddenly mastered
■ Allie Briskow
I Gray endeavored for a moment
[to soothe her, then gently to loos
en her hold; he spoke to her as he
would have spoken to a terrified
child, but the wildness of her
LEGAL AD No. 603.
Any person firm or corporation,
doing business in the city of Amer
icus shall be required to provide a;
galvanized iron trash can with a|
lid and of sufficient size to hold
all trash and waste paper accumu
lating at their place of business,
and shall keep same in front of
their place of business and deposit
therein all trash and waste paper
and keep the same therein until it
is taken up by the street wagon.
Any person, firm or corporation
who shall fail to provide said can or
who shall deposit the streets
in any place other than in such can
shall, on conviction, be punished
as prescribed in section 19 of the
charter.
Cases will be made against any
person, firm or corporation who
fails to comply with the above or
dinance within ten days from this
date. By order of the Mayor and
City Council of Americus.. This
the 7th day of June 1923.
A. D. GATEWOOD, Ja.
Clerk -& Treasurer,
Y ( emotion matched the wildness of
- .the night, and her, strength was
-| nearly equal to his. Roughly he
3 tore her arms from.about his neck
land put her away from him; !by
/ main strength he forced her into
. a chair, then snatched a covering I
.of some sort from-the bed anal
L‘ folded it around her shoulders. I
s .His voice was hoarse—to him it j
[sounded almost,brutal as he said: j
i-1 “Get hold of yourself! We’re in
I, no great danger, really. Now then,
-a light will help us both.” With
i, 'clumsy hands he struck a maten
:i and lit the lamp. “Light’s a great
.thing—drives away foolishness—|
f nightmares and fancies of all
s sorts.” Without looking at her he I
t seized the electric torch and mut-1
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'I ft
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$2450 S
cßuilt as <: Beauty ‘Deserves
Superb Workmanship--Fine Performance—Long Life
How all your youthful instincts draw' you to deed, is your need for gear shifting. Motor life is
the Paige 4-passenger Phaeton! The trim lines, increased and its youthful vigor retained, by the
. with a hint of dash, mark its fine breeding. You Paige high-pressure oiling system.
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CHAPPELL MACHINERY CO.
Phone 234 Cotton Ave. and Wheeler St.
Americus, Ga. i
V .
tered: “I’ll take a look around, just
to see that things are snug. Back
i presently.”
(Continued Tomorrow)
STATE BANNER AWARDED
PLEASAIT GROVE B. Y. P U.
Information has reached Ameri
cus from Atlanta that Pleasant
Grove B. Y. P. U. has been awarded
the state efficiency banner for se
nior unions in Georgia, the honor
being an exceptional one. In addi
tion the Pleasant Grove Union In
termediate Union took second place
for intermediate honors' and Pleas
ant Grove church now holds both
regional banners and the state se-
PAGE SEVEN
nior efficiency award. Pleasant
; Grove Union was represented at the
Atlanta convention by W. B. John
son and Miss Maude Cheek, and the
senior union president is Edwin
Samson, with Mrs. W. B. Johnson
intermediate leader, and Rev. E. T.
Moore pastor of the congregation.
KIWANIANS MAP PROGRAM.
MOULTRIE. June 23—-Follow
ing plans outlined at the recent
convention of Kiwanis clubs in At*
lanta, local Kivzanians have map
ped out a program for the coming
twelve months in which boys will
be aided, and which will center
around live stock, marketing, pro
motion and farm diversification.