About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1924)
MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 7, 1924 bestbook by America’s best Woman'Writer ’ | CnrlBiACK JjXfcMyfit'. ’WF &Gertrude "Atherton .« JM XL (Continued) Mary read this portion nf the letter over twice, the serenity at her face routed by a frown, Os course .-he had expected to meet this man in the future, indeed had hdd a very definite idea of playing his cards immediately upon her re turn to Vienna. But that ho should come here! Now. That was an other matter. She had succeeded ill dismissing the past, and she re sented this dark reminder. Well, she could refuse to see him, and possibly lie would not arrive until after her departure. And then she sighed again. The futility of at tempting to travel through even one brief cross-section of life on a straight line! Her luncheon was brought up to her and when it was finished she answered her letters and settled down to the latest novel of one of her new friends. But Gora Dwight was announced, and sue put the book aside with a sensation of pleasant anticipation. She liked no one better, of her new American ac quaintances, and had made no ob jection when Clavering had asked her to let him confide his engage ment to Gora Dwight alone. He felt that he owed her the compli ment (how he was to obtain the forgiveness of Mrs. Oglethorpe was a thought he dared not dwell on), and Mary, little disposed as she was to intimacies, had felt a cer tain release in Speaking of her en gagement to another woman. XLI Gora was looking her best in a smart spring frock of brown tweed with a drooping red feather on her hat, whose pointed brim almost but not quite obscured one eye. The ttvo women greeted each other with something like affection, and after the usual feminine prelimi naries were over, Gora exclaimed with enthusiasm: "I have come" to tell you how really wonderful Lee’s play is, and to say that I could have shaken him for not letting you hear it, but he seems determined that it shall burst upon yen in the unmitigated glory of a first-night performance/’ Madam - Zattiany smiled, very jlightly. "Yes, he made a great point of that. I could only let him have hi ' way. '!■■ is very fond of having his way. is lie not?" “Well, ve’ve spoiled him, you ,»ee. .-\nd those of us who have bc-ar.l tiie play are more excited than we hsrre been over anything for a long time. These /.?*. haven’t tggNew Era The New Era school opened Mon d.-< with a full attendance. Sever al new students were enrolled and welcomed. Rev. Moore visited and conducted chi.pel exercise at N w Era Wednesday morning. Misses Elizabeth and Fannie Lit tle, Miss Ethel Barrow, Miss Eddie Mac Morgan and Miss Ruth McNeal are enjoying the holidays with par ents here. Mr. R. L. Grant, of Waycross; and Mr. Loe, of Orange City Fla.; spent Friday andi Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Grant. Prof. Burk spent Christmas with home folks at Rome. Mrs. S. A. Davis asd daughter Elizabeth spent Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Johnson. Mr. C. S. Hogg has been ill for several days. Mr. A. G. Brewton and family spent Christmas with Mr. Fred Brew ton at Mt. Vernon, Ga. Miss Sara Ruth Stripling spent the holidays with home folks at Ca milla. Mr. Melvin Jones and family wc re visitors at the home of Mrs. M. C. on tfie other fantf 1 > ________ <\ WU m I WE’LL MAKE GOOD WHEN THE BURGLARS MAKE YOU A VISIT Insure against the thief. Make sure that you will not suffer financial loss when so suffer financial loss when so ciety’s enemy comes to re lieve you of youj; valuable. Our burglar insurance is I complete protection. ■ . IB , i,w . i ' "‘But I detest writing,’ said Madame Zattiany. ‘I like the activity of doing.’ ” | arc not far behind. '■ bclicvt there I is a dinner or a patty in his honor 1 projected for every light for weeks to come." Madame Zattiany ttiised her eye brows in genuine surprise. “isn't it rather unusual, that—to fete an author before he has. made his de but?” . 1 “It is. rather. But in this case it’s different. We’ve tvaited so long for Clavey to do the 'big thing that we must let off steam at once.” “He certainly seem;: to be a tre mendous favorite among you. Sev eral of his friends wer»- here at din ner the other night—l was so sorry you were unable to come—and real ly they seemed to be able to talk of nothing else. They are all very charming to me now, but I am won dering if they will be more than amiably interested in me when 1 am merely the wife of a famous playwright?” “Oh, you must do something yourself,” said Miss Dwight em phatically. "I am sure you could write. And equally sure that you will try, for you could not live con stantly with such workers as we are without being stung by the same busy little bee. Y’ou have suggested genius to me from the first, and I am convinced it is not merely the genius of personality. Your life has stifled your talents, but now is the time to discover them and take your place in Ameri can letters.” "I had thought such talents as I j possessed should be used in the at tempt to play a humble part in the reconstruction of Europe.’* mur mured Madame Zattiany; and one of her beautiful white hands moved Harris last week. I Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bray spent] I Thursday and Friday in the home of| ■'Mrs. M. C. Harris. Prof. Burk and Mr. Fahy Burk | ■spent Friday and Saturday with I I friends and reatives in Atlanta. I Mrs. W. E. Carter and children | 'spent Christmas with relatives at; Plains. | Miss Martha Westbrook spent last i week with friends and relatives i here. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Parker and son ; J. W. Spent Sunday with Mr. and] ; Mrs. M. M. Martin. I Mirs Robie spent Christmas with I ’her parent,s Mr. and Mrs. G. W. I ; Martin. ■; Mis Mabel Burns of G. S. C. W. 'spent the holiday with Miss Robie j i Martis. • Miss A-lgie and Jessie Benson, of ( Buena Vita spent Christmas day ■ \ with Chritine Martin. ,! Miss Allie Mae Culpepper re-1 turned to her home in Dawson Mon- Jday after spending a few days with i . I Miss Reba Cassady. I I i ’ I The new year shows what be- ■ I came of the old pictures that once ’[hung in saloon. They are on 1924 . calendars. ——— Coughing spells \ —how they embarrass/", Vtv/A \'A you! "Wr AMTHEXEVER one of those violent / ®k\ VV coughing spelb codh’s on —disturb- / j||| f i ing everyone around you and making you dis r unpleasantly conspicuous—how unrom- tny cowpA ran sortable you feel! You’d give anything to f ' "11 stop them quickly —and you can! houiehuld rti’itdu II 1 W Dr. King’s will break your cough at l| once, and without any bad after-efi‘rct<. 11 • it stimulates the mucous membranes t > throw off ( tigging secretions and quiets the paroxysms of the throat and lungs. It has an agtvcublc taste. At all druggists. Dr. KING’S NEW DISCOVERY jK T* 'tviih the. RED BAND PENCIL CO. NEWYORK.U.SA. A Zi < •- toward the cigarette box with a curious tensing the muscles that, seemed to rob it .-nbtly of its like ness to flesh. Xothing- escaped Miss Dwight's o’, rving eye, ami she replied case Oh, Europ: isn’t worth the ell rt, dear Madame Zattiany. It’s too far gone. Th: future of the world lies here iu the • I’nited States. N- York is the brain and soul the Unite'! States. Moreover, if yon want to help Europe, ( e.n writ: about it here, be tie ■ give u? all a clearer umfi Ming of that miserable chaos.” “But I detest writing." said Ma dame Zattiany. wh > v lying imck" and watching her • rings. “J like the activity of 1 Ing, and 1 have had an experience that par ticularly fits me for political in trigue. If this were Washington, now ” “Washington! W;< ■!.: tig! on I; merely one of the islan-l;-. outside of New York. So is Chicago, Bos ton, the rest of them. . . . Am! don't imagine you would not he- j come fascinated with writing a? | soon as you were in your stride. j Here is a simple recipe to begin i with. Get up every morning with J the set intention c* writing mid gc to your desk and sit there for Hire-. ! hours, whether you accomplish any thing or not. Before long you will find tiiat you are writing madly. I not waiting for inspiration. And , you will have Clavey to crtlcize , i you. The rest is only stern self I discipline. Here is another sugges tion; when yon have brain fag go to bed for two days and starve. Tim result is miraculous.” “So. that is the v.-..-- American , writers are mod". T!; -r -0 j LEGION ESSAY WINNERS , I SOUTH GEORGIA GIRLS i i GAINESVILLE, January 7. i Garland W. Powell, National Di | rector American Commission, an nounces the winners in the Ameri can Legion Nation Essay Contest ■ for Georgia. Miss Ruth Allen, i Climax, Ga., won first prize which ( is a beautiful silver medal. Miss. Ethelene Turk, of Pitts, Ga., won the rccond prize which is a bronze -.nede.i. These medals will be pre- I ented by inc r/istrict Committee men. The first prize will be pre- i rented to Miss Allen by John Joe West, of Albany, district commit teeman from the second district. [The second prize will be presented [to Miss Turk by Mr. V. E. Dur den of Graymont, district commit teeman from the twelfth district. | ■: ■ Oifyisifiii«l THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER I many of them I had often won dered ” “Oh. not at all!” Miss Dwight rushed to the defence of native American genius. "But all writers, no matter what their gifts, often go through a period of torture while forming habits of regular work.” "It sounds like torture!” She gave Gora a glance of lazy amuse ment. “Really, Miss Dwight! Are you trying to frighten me off?" But Gora did not blush. If she ehose to concentrate her agile mind on acting, the accomplished actress opposite could give her f’-w points. She replied with convincing empha sis: “Certainly not. What an odd idea. I have the most enormous respect for your abilities, and you should be famous for something he ' sides beauty —and I should like to see you live down mere notoriety.” “I’ve loved the notoriety, and rather regret that it seems to have lost flavor with time. Rut I’ll nev er make a writer. Miss Dwight, and have not the least intention of try- 1 ing.” '“But surely you'll not be content to be just Lee’s wife? Why. prac- ■ tically every woman in our crowd does,.something. There used to be , a.superstition that two brain-work ers could not live comfortably tin- I tier the same roof, but as a matter of fact A’e’ve proved that, a woman keeps her husband far longer if her brain is as productive as his. Each inspires and interests the other. Another old cliche gone to the dust bin. Our sort of men want some thing more’ from a woman than good housekeeping. Not that men no longer want to be comfortable, but the clever women of today have learned to combine both.” “Marvellous age and marvellous America! Don’t you think I could keep Lee interested without grind ing away at my desk for three hours every morning and lying in hungry misery for days at a time?” "Y’ou could keep any man inter ested. 1 wasn’t thinking us him, but of you. He has more than a man’s entitled to already. Men are selfish brutes, and I waste no sym pathy on them. It’s women who have the rotten deal in this world, the best of them. And men are as vain as they are selfish. It’s an enormous advantage for a woman to have her own reputation and het own separate life. No man should be able to feel that he possesses a woman wholly. He simply can't stand it.” “Quite right. Discarding modes ty, I may add that I am an old hand i at that game.” (To Be Continued) Farmers to diversify 1 NASHVILLE, Ga., Jan. 7. —Farm- ers in Berrient county are planning diversifying' their crops during the coming season. Already they are well advanced on their 1924 work. Much ground has -been plow ed and the tobacco acreage increas ed while that of cotton has been de creased. PLAN HOG KILLING. I SPARTA, Jan. 7: —The present cold spell has been a help to the far mc-is of Hancock county. They plan to complete the killing of their hogs during the reign of low temperature. 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Frogram, General Committee —• Joe Bryan, chairman; C. P. Davis, Nathan Murray. House Committee—E. B. Everette, chairman; E. L. Murray, H. A. .Smith. Publicity Committee—T. 0. Mar shall. chairman; J. W. Lott, Geo.. 0. Marshall. Inter-City Committee Steve Pace, chairman; K‘. P. Everett, Lewis*. Ellis. Reception Committe—R. L. Me 1 “Math, Jr., chairman; Mid McDon ) aid, Eugene Bailey. f Attendance Committee —J. M. Outler, chairman; Ross Dean, V. M. Holloway. Educational Committee Sam Heys, chairman; C. W. Minor, Thad j Wise. Public Affairs Committe e ll. I P. Everett, chairman; J. E. Poole, I John Shiver. Business Methods Committee — R. S. Oliver, chairman; W. F. Smith, G. C. Webb. Classification and Grievance Committe——Lee Hudson, chairman; E. L. Murray, S. F. Stapleton.. I •RUPERT OF HENTZAU’ MOTION PICTURE TREAJ Motion picture lovers will be giv en a treat at the Rylander today and the matinee Tuesday when “Rupert of Hentzau”'is presented. This production is hailed as one of the photodrama sensations of the year, with a cast that will prove revelation to every type of ‘movie’’ fan that "grows” on the face of the earth. The cast includes Elaine Kammerstein, Bert I.ytejl, Lew Cody, Claire Windsor, Hobart Bos worth, Bryant Washburn, Marjorie. Daw, Mitchell Lewis, Adolphe IMesjou, Elm-, Lincoln and Irving Cummings. Coupled with this, is a story that keep one on the edge of the seat every minute. The story of “Rupert of Hentzau” is by Sir Anthony Hope and i the sequel to ‘The Prisoner "lof Zenda,” which scored such a hit ’ sonic months ago. As Dr. Cas. E. Barker addresses v a gathering of men at the Rylander I at 7:30 P. M. Tuesday “Rupert of - Hentzau” will be shown at the mati- - nee only Tuesday, there being two - performances, 3 and 4:45. HAS CLEAN DOCKET I FITZGERALD. Jan. 7.—There II were no arrests on charge of violat -1 ing th? prohibition law in this city .1 during the holidays, according to the s police report.. The holidays were . celebrated in a quiet manner despite e the fact that there were many tran- I sients in town. The merchants re ported an unusually good business SEVERE WEATHER AS FAR SOUTH AS JACKSONVILLE ( Continued from Page- 1) Howard Clements, 55, also of Mo bile, are in Charity Hospital here in a serious condition. The dead I are: Charles W. Aiktnan, 46, and Gustave K. Huff, 36, New Or leans, and F. E. Bubarry , age unknown, of Demopolis, Ala. 2 Frozen at Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, Jan. 7. Four deaths attributed to the cold wave were reported to the coroner’s of fice today. Two persons were froz en to death during the night, and two others, a child and an aged ! man, were fatally burned while ! dressing in front of open fires. ' The body of Gilbert M. Davis | POLITICAL PROBLEMS TO AFFECT MARKETS .<EW YORK, Jan. 7.—The reas sembling of Congress has once more brought to the front the political problems by which the market is new faced and raises the question iwhat policy is likely to be followed at Washington in the near future. Dublication of Secretary Mellon’s tax reform bill in its complete shape has more than ever confirmed the favorable opinion of’ the business community and has elicited an in creasing amount of support. While >t IS Still to be seen what will be the attitude of the conflicting groups in Congress with respect to is matter, there appears to be abundant reason f Ol - believing that j Dudley’s Qpera House TODAY AND TUESDAY Marion Davies in “THE YOUNG DIANA” A Paramount Picture Dan Mason Comedy COMING WEDNESDAY WORLD WAR PICTURES Wi ™ Capt. H. B. Chick in Person See the Curtain of War Rolled Back Thrills, Entertainment, History, Education |^^H’ S IS A SPECIAL—PRICES 10-20-30 CENTS A Queen A King A Knave i I "and a Wonderfully Romantic Lover Are intensely Interesting Characters In SIR ANTHONY HOPE'S “RUPERT of HENTZAU" , Ths Sequel to As ‘ The Prisoner of Zenda” frWTri WITH A CAST THAT WILL MAKE WwfflH YOU GASP a; ]| I li 1 I Bert Lyiell hi! I | |j| Ir Elaine Kammerstein l| 11 pi IM hlr Adclphe Menjou IWI ! 1 C.aire Windsor ;Mij j U 8 Lew Ccdy ;| [I Marjorie Daw Elmo Lincoln i Bryant Washburn Z 'I Today and Tuesday Matinee RYLANDER Coming Wednesday—-Mrs. Wallace Reid in “Human Wreckage.” PAGE THREE was found in an alley near his home. Officials believe he was rendered unconscious by a fall and became a victim of the biting | cold. Neighbors found the frozen body of Alice Walters, an aged Degress, in the home where she lived alone. Suffering Intense at Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—With the iback; of the< severest cold wave in years broken, the Central YVest walked abroad today to welcome temperatures of 15 and 20 de grees above zero in contrast to i sub-zero weather which hud j brought death, suffering and . heavy damages to this section for 1 several days. | action will be taken, perhaps in a I modified form, but at all events in sufficiently inclusive way to as ; ford some relief from present con ditions. Expectation that such will be the case has strengthened the optimistic views of many traders with regal’d to the prospects of se curities. SENIOR CLASS BEST IN YEARS ATHENS, Jan. 7.—According to T. W. Recd, registrar of the Uni versity of Georgia, the present sen ior class of that institution is prob ably the most brilliant that has at tended in many years. Mr. Reed has just completed the compilation of the students record. A presidential candidate tells us the dark horses are nightmares.
