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“All exceedingly interesting, He
witt, I must admit; but if I may
so, a litt,ie far-fetched. Read
ing between the lines, you're all
scared to death of this Chai-Hung
Jellow because you have every new
fresh on your memory.
You mentioned the area of Bor
neo just now. That was very little
bearing in the present question,
because more than half the place is
under Dutch management and the
Yellow Seven confine their activi
ties. to British North Borneo,’ the
area -of which—if considerable—
isrcertainly not vast.” Ke emitted
a iittle, self-satisfied chuckle.
—■ tF)ve minutes later, when the ma
jqrhftd retired to the spare-room,
the head of Chinese Pennington
Was thrust through the office win
dow followed almost immediately
Ify-that, of Monica.
“Oh, I say, Jack, isn't it perfect
ly priceless. Chai-Hung’lJ eat him
—eye-glass and all!”
“He won’t,” retorted the Com
missioner, “because you’re going
with him!”
“Know any more jokes like
that?”
“Pm not joking. I’m deadly in
earnest. Where d’you imagine Pm
lively to discover an interpreter
who speaks Chinese, Malay and
English—except among the Chi
nese population, and I’ve already
explained to the gibbering idiot
that no 'Chinaman’s to be trusted.
Ring up-the barracks, there’s a
$5,000 TO LOAN
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good chap, and get me on to
Fyfe.”
Monica caught ■ her brother’s
sleeve.
“Are you really serious?”
“Rather! I can’t allow Armitage
. to make a fool of himself over
Chai-Hung . Penn’s got to act as
guide, philosopher and friend to
this already misguided lunatic.
He’s to change into suitable gear
for the part and gently lead this
disciple of blood and iron into all
those portions of the island where
the bandit’s least likely to be.”
“Ye gods!” murmured Penning
j teon. “Is this stunt going in in-
I definitely?” .
“Until he gets so confoundedly
I fed-up with'the entire concern that
he decides to chuck his hand in.
i At any rate, he’ll be back for ra
: tion wffiiin a week.”
“Before we start,” insisted the
I other, “there are just one or two
, points I’d like to mention. This
| Chinese interpreter of yours is go
i ing to be of the high-brow variety;
; not one of the sort, you under
stand, that squats round camp-fires
with dirty hearers. He’s entitled,
moreover, to a tent to himself—
and full rations.”
Hewitt grinned.
“I think I can manage that for
you.”
Chinese Pennington carried out
instructions to the letter. It was no
easy matter to avoid Chai-Kung’s
band of brigands, because a crowd
such as Armitage insisted on tak
ing with him could not fail to at
tract attention.
There were other difficulties
that beset their toubled path
through the stunted jungle-wastes,
difficulties for which Armitage
was directly responsible and which
he treated with such fatuous un-
I What Is Better to Eat
Than First Class Meat?
j You get that at Bragg’s We buy
; the best. I lave the only refriger
j ating plant in Americus. Perfect
■ sanitation whereby our meats arc
| better every, day we keep it. Do
you evpr get spoiled meats at
our market? Do you get any
elsewhere. Think it over. There
is a reason. For best goods and
quick service line up with
Bragg’s Market and
Grocery
Preserving Pears SI.OO
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concern that Pennington wanted,
to knock the offending monocle in
to the eye that it adorned. To
gether with his other faults—Ma
jor Lacy Armtiage lacked grace.
He was the exact opposite to that
type of British officer men will fol
low to the ends of the earth, tak
ing the smooth with the rough of
it, recognizing errors but still fol
lowing, drawn on by their leader’s
personality and persistent optimism
One by one the bearers began to
drop out anjl on the morning of the
fourth day it was apparent that
two of the native soldiers had de
serted. The bearers took their load
of supplies with them—-and • the
two defauters were eventually
tracked to a clearing where they
lay side by side, their throats slit
from ear to ear, and the sign, of
the Yellow Seven pinned to their
breasts.
It stands to Armitage’s credit
that he did not turn a hair. The
discovery had,as. a matter of fact,
the opposite effect to that which
Pennington ha dimagined. It mere
ly whetted the other’s appetite and
encouraged him to push forward,
unmindful of the fact that he was
already four day’s march from his
original base—with about two and
a half days rations still in hand.
“We’ll get him yet, Sing-Ho,”
he declared. “1 may as well inform
you now we’re on the subject that
up to this moment I'd regarded
you as an unholy fraud.”
The interpreter evinced consid
erable surprise.
“A fraud, tuan?” he echoed
blankly.
“I’m not a man accustomed to
making mistakes. It has been grad
ually dawning upon me that you
were out to earn your money eas
ily: You never intended to en
counter this countryman of yours
and you had fully made up your
mind to profit by my unfortunate
ignorance of local languages. I
have a habit of inspecting the camp
before turning in. On three occa
sions recently I’ve found your
tent empty.
(Continued)
COLUMBUS BOND ISSUE
POSTPONED FOR Yr AR
COLUMBUS, Sept. B.—The pro
posed campaign for $900,000 in
bonds to make civic improvements
in Columbus has been postponed
until next year. A slight increase
in tax rates would be necessary to
float the isssue.’it was stated, so
the city commission decided to post
pone the campaign until 1924.
INTERESTING ANNOUNCE
MENT.
An intefesting announcement
comes from the management of the
Rylander in that it has booked for
early showing “30 Days,” a Wal
lace Reid Paramount production
made before the sad death of that
popular star. “30 Days” has never
been shown in Americus and movie
fans will no doubt welcome the op
portunity of seeing for the last
time time one of the most popular
actors that ever appeared on the
screen. j
BRILLIANT CAST.
Fred Niblo has assembled a bril
liant cast for his production of
James Forbe’s great American play,
“The Famous Mrs. Fair,” a coming
atraction at the Rylander. Myrtle
Stedman has the titular role, with
Huntly Gordon, Marguerite de la
f Motte, Cullen Landis, Ward Crane,
I Carmel Myers and Helen Ferguson
| among the screen celebrities who
I will play the other important char
acters. i
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Long hair, short pt?hts, the men all
wore,
A hundred years ago,
But now, they wear their trousers
long,
And “strut” al pompadour.
Hoop skirts and pantalettes, the j
women wore,
A hundred years ago,
But now they’re wearing hipless
gowns,
Bobbed hair, no sleeves, and not
a furbelow.
—W.L.P.
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CLARK-HOLT
WEDDING PLANS
One of the leading social events
of next week, which Americus so
ciety is Idoking forward to with
the greatest interest, is the mat
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Clark,
and Mr.« Hamilton Tatum Holt,
which will be solemnized Wednes
day evening at 8 o’clock at the
home of the bride’s parents.
The bride will be given in mar
riage by her father, Ktr. C. J.
Clark.
Miss Mary Hall Anderson, of
Georgetown, Ky., will be maid of
honor.
The bridesmaids will be Miss
Edna Lee Paine, of Atlanta, and
Miss Kathleen Denham.
Little Miss Flora Gatewood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. F.
Gatewood, Jr., will be flower girl.
The ribbon-bearers will be Mar
tha Virginia Eldridge, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Eldridge, and Harriet Burke, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Burke’s little girl.
Walter Blair Mayes will be the
ringibearer.
Mr. Ulys Holt, of Columbus, the
groom’s brother, will be his best
man.
The groomsmen will be Mr. Eg
bert Clark, and Mr. Harrold Boyd,
of Allendale, S. C.
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CLARKE-HOLT WEDDING
PARTY ENTERTAINED
A lovely affair of last evening
was the dinner party at which Eg
bert Clark entertained Friday eve
ning at the Windsor hotel, compli
menting the Clark-Holt wedding
party.
The table in the private dining
room was overlaid with a heavy
damask cover, and a handsome sil
ver basket filled with golden glow
graced the center of the table. En
circling this were silver candle
sticks holding yellow unshaded
tapers, alternating with compotes
of yellow and white mints. An ele
gant course dinner was served at
8 o’clock.
Covers were laid for Miss Melva
Clark, Miss Edna Lee Paine, Miss
Mary Hall Anderson, Miss Kathleen
Denham, Hamilton Holt, Robert
Lane, Lewis Ellis and Egbert
Clark.
* * *
MRS. JAMES LOTT
ENTERAINS FOR MISS CLARK
Miss Melva Clark, who has been
the inspiration of quite a number
of lovely parties this week, was
again honoree this afternoon when
Mrs. James Lott entertained at
bridge and forty-two..
The lovely back porch of the
Lott home which was the scene of
the party, was never more attrac
tive than on this occasion with
wicker wall vases, baskets and floor
vases filled with bright colored
summer flowers.
Mrs. Lott presented Miss Clark
with a lovely French novelty sew
ing set in the shape of an old
fashioned nose-gay.
Late in the afternoon a salad
course with iced punch was served.
Assisting Mrs. Lott in entertaining
were Mrs. Lee Hansford, Mrs. Da
vid Jennings and Mrs. Theron Jen
nings.
The guest list included Miss
Clark, Miss Edna Lee Paine, Miss
Mary Hall Anderson, Miss Lallie
Carter, Miss Brownie Carter, Miss
Ruth Kendricks, Miss Edith Creigh
ton, Miss Elizabeth Brown, Miss
Kathleen Denham, Mrs . Douglas
Mayes, Mrs. Eugene Cato, Mrs. T.
F. Gatewood, Jr., Mrs. Dudley
SILVERWARE
Silverware is always beautiful
and its lifetime service makes it
the most appropriate bridal gift.
We have a large line of silver,
both in Sterling and plated ware.
Come in and see our stock; you
will appreciate seeing our won
derful display.
Thos. L. Bell
Jeweler and Optician
Mize, Mrs. Cloyd Buchanan, Mrs.
Dudley Gatewood, Mrs. E. J. El
dridge, Mrs. A. B. Turpin, Mrs.
Middleton McDonald, Mrs. Dick
Williams, Mrs. Dick Brinson, Mrs.
Emory Rylander, Mrs. Verne Davis,
of Commrece, and Mrs. Harold
Ahearn,
MRS. CATO ENTERTAINS FOR
BRIDE-ELECT AND VISITOR
Miss Melva Clark, a lovely bride
elect, and Mrs. Verne Davis, of
Commerce, the charming guest of
her mother, Mrs. Emmett Murray,
shared honors at a beautiful morn- I
ing party given by Mrs. Eugene
Cato at her home Fridayy.
The spacious living room, dining
room and reception hall were ar
tistically decorated with quantities
of garden flowers, forming a love
ly background for four tables of
bridge.
Mrs. E. J. Eldridge won the high
score prize, a deck of cards, and
the honorees were presented with
beautiful wicker sandwich baskets.
At 12 o’clock a delicious salad
course with iced tea was served.
The guest list included Miss
Melva Clark, Mrs. Verne Davis,
Mrs. T. F. Gatewood, Jr., Mrs. E. J.
Eldridge, Mrs. Dudley Gatewood,
Mrs. Cloyd Buchanan, Mrs. Alton
Cogdell, Miss Mary Parker, Miss
Eugenia Parker, Mrs. Harold
Ahearn, Mrs. B. F. Easterlin, Jr.,
Miss Edna Lee Paine, Miss Mary
Kall Anderson, Miss Kathleen Den
ham, Miss Mary Littlejohn, Mrs.
James Lott.
» * »
LOVELY PARTY FOR
BRIDE-ELECT FRIDAY
One of the prettiest affairs of
the week was the forty-two party
at which Miss Lallie Carter and
Miss Brownie Carter were joint
hostesses Friday afternoon at their
attractive country home neat
Americus, complimenting Miss Mel
va Clark.
The lower floor of the Carter
home was thrown together and
beautifully decorated with vari-col
ored garden flowers, digitalis, gold
en glow, zinnias, crepe myrtle and
asters, arrahged in wall pockets
and wicker flower baskets and
placed in every available space.
The honor guest was presented
with a pair of lovely hand-painted
candlesticks holding orchid candles.
At the conclusion of the game
a te'mpting salad course with an
ice and iced punch was served.
Assisting the hostesses in serv
ing were Miss Kathleen Denham,
Miss Mattie Lou Horne, Miss Vir
ginia Walters and Miss Louise Wal
ters.
Those playing were Miss Melva
Clark, Miss Edna Lee Paine, Miss
Mary Hall Anderson, Mrs. James
Lott, Mr. Douglas Mayes, Mrs. Eu
gene Cato, Mrs. Harold Ahearn,
Miss Sarah Kendricks, Mrs. E. J.
Eldridge, Mrs. Cloyd Buchanan,
Mrs. Howell Elam, Mrs. Wallace
Carter, Mrs. Nathan Murray, Mrs.
James Walker, Mrs. Marvin Ever
ett, Mrs. Blackshear Ray, Miss
Elizabeth Brown, Mrs. Fred Smith,
Mrs. Carl Hawkins, Mrs. W. Wi
Ray, Mrs. James Bynum, Mrs. H.
B. Mashburn, Mr.s Charles Smith,
Mrs. C. C. Carnes, Mrs. Grey Till
man, Mrs. Paul Wobtten, Mrs. Chas.
Hudson and guest, Mrs. R. I. Bry
son, of Augusta; Mrs. Virginia
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ESSEX COACH
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 8, 1923
Legg, Mrs. Willis Morgan, Mrs.
Gordon Keys, Mrs. Kellette Heys,
Mrs. David Jennings, Mrs. Edward
Haskell, of Jacksonville, and others.
* * *
MRS. MURRAY HOSTESS
TO MATRONS’ 42 CLUB
Mrs. Emmett Murray was host- j
ess at a lovely party Frdiay aft- i
ernon at her home on Rees Park,
having as her guests the members
of the Matrons’ Forty-two club.
The tables for the afternoon’s
game were arranged on the front
porch which was brightened with
j quantities of lovely garden flowers
held in wicker baskets, floor vases
and wall pockets.
At the conclusion of the game
a delicious salad course with an
ice and iced punch was served.
Mrs. Murray was assisted in en
tertaining by her daughter, Mrs.
Verne Davis, of Commerce.
Those playing were Mrs. R. L.
McMath, Mrs. Thomas G. Hudson,
Mrs. C. C. Hawkins, Mrs. Charles
Ansley, Mrs. C. M. Williams, Mrs.
W. S. Ivey, Mrs. G. E. Buchanan
and the hostess.
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Miss Mary Glover has returned
from Columbus, where she was an
attendant in the Neal-Smith wed
ding of Wednesday evening.
—
Mrs. Dick Brinson and little
daughter, Betty, and Miss Lillian
Denham are visitng relatiives of
Mrs. Brinson’s in Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. W. C. Sherman has return
ed to her home in Dothan, Ala.,
after a visit of several days to
her sister, Mrs. Lee Hansford.
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Wilson, who
have been residing with Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Crawford on Forrest
street, moved this week to an apart
ment in the home of Mrs. J. 11.
Quarterman on East Church street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Littlefield mo
tored to Fitzgerald today to spend
the week-end with relatives. ■
Miss Kazel Council has returned
fro mDouglas, where she spent two
weeks with Mrs. R. J. Vibbert.
Miss Martha Johnson and Miss
Alice Harrold who have been de
lightfully entertained in Detroit as
the guests of Miss Johnson’s aunts,
Miss Anie Brahan and Miss Dorothy
Lincoln, have left Detroit for Ni
agara Falls, going by boat from De
troit to Buffalo. They will also
MYRTLE
SPRINGS
Spend your vacation
at Myrtle Springs. Good
cottages*, »cook houses,
stove and electric lights
furnished at reasonable
prices. Pool kept in ( esi
of condition. NO MOS
QUITOES.
J. L. GLAWSON
visit friends in Dayton, Ohio, for
several days next week, returning
to Americus the latter part of the
week.
Mrs. Arthur Rylander and guest,
Mrs. J. T. Stallings, of Winter
Haven, Fla., Miss Hariet Rylander
and Dick Brinson will return from
Atlanta this afternoon where they
spent several days. They made
the trip by automobile.
Prof. Sydner Lafitte, an insturc
tor in the University of; Pennsyl
vania at Philadelphia, was a guest
jof Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Stukes al
I their home on South Lee street,
stopping over in Americus last
night en route north from Florida.
Mrs. R. B. Lafitte, Miss Pearl
Lafitte and Garvin Lafitte, of
Lloyd, Fla., were visitors in Amer
icus last night, being guests of Dr.
and Mrs. J. T. Stukes during their
stay here. They are traveling from
Florida to the mountains of North
Georgia by auto, and stopped here
for a brief visit.
Mrs. Luther Kartell is spending
a few days in Madison, where she
was called Friday night by the
death of W. W. Baldwin, a rela
tive, who had been in bad health
durin gmany months, andw hose
death was not unexpected. She ex
pects to return to Americus Mon
day.
Mrs. G. C. Webb and little
I daughter, Callie Bell, are visiting
I her sister, Mrs. J. L. Henderson, in
I Hampton. ■
Douglas Ivey will arrive tonight
: from Buford to spend his vacation
I of ten days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Ivey, at their home
on Lee street.
A number of Americus girls have
accepted positionsas teachers at va
rious institutions in Georgia and
neighboring state. Miss Cora
Westbrook will ba at the head of
the domestic science department in
the high school at Carrolton; Miss
Ruth Everett will teach in the pri
mary department of the Folkston
public schools at Folkston; Miss
Nellie Worthy will teach at Quit
man again this year; Miss Sarah
Westbrook wil teach at the pub
lic schools at Tallahassee, Fla., and
Miss Mary Will Harvey will be in
structor in physical training in the
public school at Brunswick. i
Mrs. Lula Oliver returned Fri
day from Homestead, Fla., where
she spent the past three months
with her brother. Her son, Wesson
Oliver, went through to Atlanta,
wlfere he wi'J be p senior thjfi
year in Georgia Tech High school.
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KNOWLEDGE
. Knowledge can only tell you what
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Foresight is wiser than knowledge
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Phone 185
Representing the
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