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MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 23. 1923
UPS. MWLL DIES
IT STLO Will
Former Resident Here Has Been
Living at Fort Valley During
a Number of Years
Telegrams received by Ameri
cus relatives today announced the
death in Atlanta Sunday night qt
12 o’clock of Mrs. Carrie Hudson
Harvwell, who had been in a sani
tarium undergoing special treat
ment for some time.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed at noon today, but
it is probable the funeral will take
place some time Tuesday in Fort
Valley, the home of Mrs. Harv
well.
Deceased was well known here,
where she spent her early life. She
was the daughter of the late J. J.
Hudson and Susan P. Hudson, and
was prominently connected
throughout this county. During
several years past she had resided
in Fort Valley, and recently at
tended the funeral of her sister,
Mrs. Rilla Mattthews, in Americus.
Surviving are her husband, W. P.
Harvwell, a daughter, Mrs. John
Vance, and daughter, Carolyn
Vance, of Fort Valley: one sister,
Mrs. B. H. Allen, of Tampa, Fla.;
one brother, J. I. Hudson, of
Americus, besides a large number
of nephews and nieces and a large
and prominent family connection.
DEATH OF INFANT
Americus friends are sympathiz
ers with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ross,
Jr., in the death of their infant
son, J. H. Ross, 111, which occurred
at their home in Macon Saturday.
Death followed an illness of a
week. Interment was in Riverside
cemetery Sunday afternoon, the
floral offerings being many and
beautiful. Mrs. J. H'. Ross, of
Americus, grandmother of the baby,
attended the funeral exercises.
START CONSTRUCTION WORK.
GRIFFIN, July 23 — Work is
now’ tinder way on the three-story
addition to plant number .one of
the Kincaid Cotton mills, located
here, at an estimated cost of $250,-
000. Excavation adn foundation
laying are now in progress, the
buildjfg to 1/ completed about No
vember and operation is expected
to start late in December or the
first of January.
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The Eylander has booked a won
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coming month, among them being:
“Racing Hearts” with Theodore
Roberts, Agnes Ayres and Richard
Dix; “The Girl of the Golden
West,” David Balasco’s great stage
success; “Slander the Woman” with
Dorothy Phillips; “The Exciters”
witM Bebe Daniels and Antonio
Moreno; “The Children of Jazz,” a
big Paramount special; “Kindred
of the Dust” by Peter B. Kyne;
“Only 38,” another Paramount
Special with Lois Wilson, Elliott
Dexter and May MacAvoy; “Holly
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one of'the biggest pictures of the
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Douglas McLean in ‘“The Sunshine
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Douglas McLean in “Action;”
Jack Holt- in “The Tigers Claw”
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Captain John Hewitt—Com
missioner of Police at Jesselton
Sprang to his feet and extended
a welcoming hand to a stout,
elderly Chinaman pausing on the
threshold.
Monica Viney, delightfully at
ease in a cane chair, raised her
eyes from her book to observe
the newcomer. His attire seem
ed to be a studied compromise
between eastern and western
fashions, for he Wore a white
tunic, baggy trousers of black
silk, and black boots with elas
tic sides. Across his chest
stretched a golden watch-chain,
the links of which were peculiar -
ly massive, and the third finger's
of his left hand displayed a ring
set with a large green stone.
“You sent for me,” he announc
ed with a harsh intonation that, for
some ireason, struck terror (into
her soul.
“That’s right,” agreed the com
missioner cordially. “Come in and
sit down. This is my sister, Mrs.
Viney, Monica, I want to introduce
you to the wealthiest and most re
spected Chinese gentleman on the
island—Mr. Chai-Hung.”
“How do you do?” murmured
Monica sweetly. She was about to
rise when a movement of the
oriental’s hand checked her.
“Please don’t move, Mrs. Viney.
I cannot tell you how delighted I
am to make you rhonored acquain
tance. I understand you arrived in
Borneo only a short time ago.”
Monica flushed.
“I came from Singapore three
days ago—in the Jelandang,” she
replied. “It was a wonderful trip. 1
was practically the only passenger
in the first-class saloon.”
Chai-Hung lowered himself into
a chair.
“Practically?” he echoed.
“Why yes. There was only my
self—and a Mr. Pennington.”
Hewitt looked up sharply.
“Os course you’ll stop to tea,
Mr. Chai-Hung?”
The Chinaman shook his head
slowly.
“I never take tea, at least, not
what you western people term tea.
You’ll pardon me, I know, if I say
that our national beverage suf
fered considerable when it came
into your hands. You diluted it
with milk—and.spoiled it witn
sugar!”
The commissioner crossed his
legs and held his cigar-case toward
his guest.
Chai-Hung helped himself.
Hewitt slapped each of his pock
ets in turn, accepted the China
man’s box of matches, lit Chai-
Hung’s cigar, then turned his at
tention to his own. Mith blissful
unconcern, he dropped the box into
his tunic pocket.
Monica, keenly observant, watch
ed with amused interest the al
most pathetic expression with
which the oriental followed the
I cool annexation of his property.
A ripple of alughter escaped her
| lips. _
; 'Didn’t you. know that?” she de
i manded. “I thought everybody did t
I "don’t believe, he's ever bought
matches in his life! Jack, give Mr.
Chai-Hung his matches.”
The commissioner started guilti
ly.
“By Jove! I’m frightfully sorry
I hadn’t the least intention—!” He
handed them back.
“I piust remember that,” he
said.
“I sent for you, Mr. Chai-K'ung,”
Hewitt began, “because I am ser
iously in need of help. You amaz
ing insight into affairs that con
cern your own people has been of
great service to me in the past; I
am hoping that it will serve to lift
the veil from a mystery of which
the non-solution may enforce my
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resignation of my position here.”
“As bad a sthat ”
The commissioner nodded.
“Lord Stornaway and his wife
dined here alst night and left this
morning for Sandakan.
“I wanted their visit to be de
void of unpleasantness. While we
i were at dinner, her ladyship re
membered she had left an unusual
ly valuable diamond pendant on
her dressingtable. I suggested that
my sister - should fetch it. She got
there just in time to see Lady
Stornaway’s diamonds disappear
, ing through the open window.”
| He paused and glanced at his
1 sister.
1 She began speaking very quick
ly.
“As I opened the door a cur
. rent of air met me, sending some
thing fluttering to the ,floot. <1
stooped to recover it and a sound
from the window attracted my at
. tention. It was open, and through
I the apertune, I saw a long brown
.' arm, it’s fingers passing rapidly
> along the wooden surface until
. they closed over the case that
■ held the pendant. A second later
and both arm and pendant had dis-
I appeared. I believe I screamed,
, for the next moment Jack and Lord
I Stornaway were both in the room.
; Lady Stornaway followed I felt the
| room going round me. The next
[ thing I remember is finding myself
. in this chair, still holding the piece
! of card that I had picked up be
fore I saw’ the arm.”
She shuddered and Chai-Hung
, rose to his feet.
> “A^ distinctly unpleasant experi
’ once,” he commented suavely. “Anu
. the piece of card—what was it
like, Mrs. Viney?”
> .. ‘' Tt ™ as as tong as my index
linger, broke in the commissioner,
‘with rounded corners. On one
line that ran halfway— and three
side it was black, one the other
yellow—with seven black dots
wur of them above a faint dividing
’ below - .’ b
I Monica, leaning over the arm of
her chair wrinkled her forehead.
She could have sworn that the habi
tually unrutfied Chai-Hung had
started vioelntly.
“An ordinary Chinese playing
card, he suggested.
l he commissioner shook his head
■ It was possibly intended to look
like one, out the coloring was dif
rerent. The background is, I be-
’ heve, invariably white. This wa«
yellow I am inclined to attach a
good deal of importance to this
card Mr. Chai-Hung. I fancy this
then was no common theft, the per
petrator no ordinary thief.”
< w? a ?’ Hung ' re « ar ded his watch.
- M hat is your theory, Captain Hew
-1 itt, it I may; ask?”
’ wh7n beileve that this affair is not
wholly unconnected with the pres
' that WaVe -? f anti ‘Briti.sh feeling
. that prevails everywhere. I ] o ok
1 at it as a carefully calculates ‘ a
j Plan to cause considerable annoy
• th o Ce tO r a . pr “£nt Englishman;
r the work, in fact, of a secret so
ciety Be that as it may,” he
. concluded abruptly, “I’m in about
_ the biggeet hole I have dropped in
f ehreer. 1 Wh °’ e ° f my offic ial
“ Has it: ever occurred to you,”
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EDMUND SNELL
has been called. Its an at despeription of him, as you’ll
agree after reading hjs extraordinary tale of
The Yellow Seven —
A story of the desperate fight waged, to the death, between
Chinese ’ Pennington the white man’s champion, and Chas-
Hung, arch-criminal end leader of a terrib'e band of oriental
cut-throats who sought to dominate—and DID long domi
nate—the tropic fastness of the world’s greatest island—an
island of mystery to which the Darkness of Africa is like
noonday.
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A JSew Writer
His earlier life was one of adventure in earth’s strange
places. A soldier in the World War he took up the pen
when the conflict ended and already he is the literary sen
sation of England. In America he makes his debut with
The Yellow Seven
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asked the oriental blandly, “that a
secret society in the east is very
much the same as a trade union in
the west?”
Then you don’t agree with me?”
“Hardly.”
“But,” cried Monica excitedly,
“how do you account for the yellow
seven.”
Chai-Hung leaped to his feet and
stood glaring at her, his fists
clenching and unclenching in his
effort to choke down the fury that
consumed him.
“What do you know of the Yel
low Seven ”. he demanded fierce
ly-
She regarded him in amazement.
“Why,” she retorted innocently,
“it was yellow—and there were
seven dots.”
The oriental swallowed something
in his throat.
“Os course. I was forgetting,” he
admitted, half to himself. “I’ll do
everything possible,' Captain Hew
itt.”
At the entrance he turned.
“Good afternoon, Captain Hew-
' itt. Good-day, Mrs. Viney.”
He was off at a rapid pace and
the commissioner watched his red
paper umbrella until it was out of
sight.
He turned to find Pennington at
his elbow.
“Good Lord, man! How did you
get here?”
The other grinned. The only
thing that was remarkable about
Peter Pennington was the angle at
which his eyes were set on an oth
erwise youthful countenance. They
ran obliquely and were as celestial
in appearance as those of the great
Chai-lluhg.
“Came as f,ir as the sun-blinds,”
Pennington explained. “Heard the
Sound of voices—and retreated to
the kitchen-entrance. Found your
office a damn’ sight cooler than
the outer atmosphere.”
The commissioner surveyed him
doubtfully.
“You’ve been listening. ’
“I always listen,” admitted the
newcomer unabashed. “It’s my
job.”
“I suppose you gathered that our
oriental acquaintance is a washout
as far as this affair is concerned,”
said Hewitt gloomily.
The younger man leant against
the wall and began rolling a cig
aret.
Afternoon, Mrs. Viney! Hot,
isn’t it?”
“Fright Hilly. Mr. Pennington,
you donL really think Mr. Chai-
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Hung will help Jack, do you? I
think he’s a horrible man!”
“Know anything about Chai-
Hung?" asked Pennington sudden
ly.
Hewitt started.
“He’s a prosperous Chinese mer
chant. He plants rubber as a sort
lof profitable hobby. Chai-Hung’s
as white as they make ’em, for all
his yellow hide.”
“And yet he refuses to help
you?”
“Not at all. He promised to do
his best. I hardly expected him to
send the damned pendant to me by
this evening.”
Pennington turned and gazied
thoughtfully toward a sea of in
finite blue.
“Thanks,” he murmured drily. “I
take it then that you place abso
lute confidence in our friend?”
“Certainly. I’ve no reason to do
otherwise.”
The younger man swung slowly
round on his heel. He walked down
toward the kitchen quarters, then
came back and stood in front of
the commissioner’s chair.
“If Chai-Hung knows as much
of the manners and customs of his
people as you are Inclined to imag
ine, he could have told you one
thing at least—if he had chosen.
Ke could have explained to you that
the recovery of the lost diamonds
is every moment becoming more
difficult—because it is changing
hands with incredible rapidity.”
(Continued in our next issue.)
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