MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 7, 1924
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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.
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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
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"‘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.
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’ I The new year shows what be-
■ I came of the old pictures that once
’[hung in saloon. They are on 1924
. calendars.
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Coughing spells
\ —how they embarrass/", Vtv/A \'A
you! "Wr
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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.
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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
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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. |
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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.
The continued warm weather in the
past having prevented their kiling
the usUcl amount of hogs.
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Steve Pace to} ,fte Song Leader
for Americus Civic Club,
President Announces
Committees which will serve dur
ing the coming club yetfr have just
been named by President Evan
Mathis, of the Americus Kiwanis
club. These committees are all
composed of Kiwanians who are.
earnest in their support of that civic
organization, and a year of pro-’
gressive activity is anticipated
among the club members. These,
committeee are as follows:
Song. Leader—Steve Pace.
Finance Committee Members
of the Board of Directors.
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..
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•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
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A Queen
A King
A Knave
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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
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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.
