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PAGE FOUR Copyright 1904, NEASeMce Inc. IL IE (GIF IR, ID IE MA II Have you ever been hungry? Oh, I do'not mean the lusty appetite that exercise brings, nor do I mean the faint sensation of discomfort that comes when dinner is delayed. 1 mean hungry! Not for an hour, not for a day, not for a week; but for a month, two months three months; I mean a hunger that is a slow star vation, that is not content to melt * the flesh and shrink the muscles, but works a fatal alchemy upon the heart and mind. Perhaps you do not believe in such alchemy. Nevertheless you will concede that the mind posses ses great dominion over the body. And mistreated slaves overturn ‘ their harsh masters. Why should not the body, then, mistreated, de stroy the mind that, ruling, has made no success of its reign? I say that no famished man will observe, after he has conquered fear, the laws that men with full stomachs pnacted. Conscience, and the words it con jured up' before my mind! Honor, fidelity, duty! Well, I had won hon or on a certain bloody meadow be tween two lulls in France. Fidelity? For thirty years I had held the faith implanted in me in childhood. Duty 7 Well, in my pocket was a paper proving that I had been honorably discharged from the army of—does it matter which army? Does it mat ter where I was born, who were my parents, what had been, before the war, my station in life, my educa tion? Let it be enough that I called my self a gentleman, that I still call my self a gentleman, and that scores, even hundreds, of your so-called best people, term me such. But I was a very hungry gentleman that night, not so long ago, when I re turned to the shabby, even filthy lodging-house on Thompson street, that I called home. My landlady was seated on a chair in the ill-smelling halt She met my entrance with a frown. Even had 1 been the kind to shirk an issue, I could not have avoided this one. For she rose from the rocking-chair at the rear of the hall. For a moment she would remove her watchful eye from the brood of half-grown children who played in (hekitchen'. Sorry as I was for my self, I was sorrier for her. Looking at her, as she shuffled her carpet-slippbred feet over the torn and stained oilcloth of the hall? one found it hard to believe that Mie had ever had youth, beauty and Office Hours—9-12 A. M., Other Hours and Sundays 2-5 P. M. by Appointment DR. C. D. FAMBR’OUGH Chiropractor Lady Attendant Phone 653 Rylander Bldg., Americus, Ga. I ON JUNE 28TH We will have on display the most complete line of Platinum Diamond Ring Mountings ever shown here. Remember the day and bring your old Diamond Jewelry to us and have it made up in the newest styles. AMERICUS JEWELRY CO., Wallis Mott, Mgr. Phone 229 RE-MILLING PLANT lam prepared to re-mill lumber in large quantities and solicit the patronage of the sawmill men wanting lumber dressed. Prompt Service 4 W. W. M’NEILL’, I Americus, Georgia. Enjoy Hot Weather We all enjoy something cold to drink in the summer time, so why not see our line of Ice Fea Glasses, Sherbets, Tumblers, Goblets and Compotes. THOS. L. BELL See Our Window Display That Good Fresh BULK CANDY f Just Arrived # Buy It Off of Ice from— . MURRAY’S PHARMACY The Rexall Store Americus, Ga. "I GET MY DOLLAR OR OUT YOU GO." happiness. One seemed to know that she had stepped from girlhood into middle age, and that the step I had not been the bounding str : de I of confidence, but a frightened, un- ■ planned leap compelled Ey fate. : Even the flesh that shook upon I her as she waddled toward me was : not the firm fat of the well-fed, but! the gross flesh of those who live in-' doors, who work too hard, and who replenish their wasted tissues with food of the wrong nutrition value. Without a word she held out her hand to me. I could feel myself coloring, ond morveled that there was enough red in my anemic sys tem to furnish my cheeks with a blush. There is no humiliation more painful to a gentleman than his in ability to pay his debts to persons dependent for their livelihood upon his financial integrity. Red with shame, I could only stammer*! “'l'm sorry, Mrs. Gannon.’* I suppbv that years before pov erty and worry and disease had left their indelible marks upon her body and character, her mouth may have been pleasant, even inviting. It must have been kissable, for al "tWbfigh I ha’d never seen Mr. Gan non, and vaguely understood that he had vanished fro mmy landlady’s ken a few years ago, the presence of so many young Gannons argued the bestowal of caresses upon my landlady's lips. But no wher mouth was thin and sharp, in violent contrast to the overhanging cheeks and the double chin. Years of contact with im pecunious lodgers had made a sneer of what might once have been a smile. ‘‘Sorry?’’ she repeated, and her shrill voice cut my very soul. “I can’t pay my rent with sorrow, much less a secondhand sorrow that I get from you.” Her own witti cism amused her, but I could see that it did not soften her. From the room at the end of thej hall one of the brood saw me. He raced toward us, stopping breath lessly. “Make a penny disappear, Mr. Ainsley!” he cried. “Let him make a dollar appear,” suggested his mother.” “Ain’t you got a penny, Mr. Ains ley?” asked the child. I suppose that my shame appeal ed to Mrs. Gannon. Anyway, she pushed the child away, harshly or dering him to go back to the kitch en. But pity for my humiliation, could not make her forget her own needs. “The rent of your room was due yesterday, Mr. Ainsley,” she said. “I’m always willing to give anyone a fair chance, but with plenty of people waiting for rooms, people as is able to pay for them, you can't expect me to let you have the room free.” She told the simple truth. Even this grimy house had become at tractive to me, because it afforded me shelter from* the elements, be cause, for all its degradation, it was better than the hard benches of the park. Mrs. Gannon would have no difficulty in letting the room which i I occupied, the rent of which was I only a dollar a week, and yet a rent-1 al beyond m ypower to pay. “Well, what you got to say?" she demanded. “It’s a wonder to me ] that a good big strong man like you I wouldn’t get some kind of a job if you wanted to.” I could not debate the question with her. How make her understand' that a wound, followed bv illness,' and the latter succeeded by eighteen i months of malnutrition culminating in what promised to be actual star- | vation, unfitted a man for manual, labor? Oh, I could work like a gian\ for ten minutes, but after that brief time I became as weak as a new- j born kitten. But these were matters that pride kept me from divulging; Ito Mrs. Gannon. .She had troubles of her own; mine did not concern i her : Well, there ain’t’ nothing more I for me to say. If you can’t pay me, you’ll have to go. That’s ail there is to that.” She put her hands on her hips and stared at me I had never in all my life done a thing which the world calls dishon orable. I should have been able to look anyone in the eye. The com sciousness of virtue should have sus tained my glance. Instead, it fell before her truculent glare. Then I made up my mind. ‘All right, Mrs Gannon; I’ll pay you tonight,” I told her. ‘lt’s tonight now,” she reminded me suspiciously. “I mean in an hour,” I xplained. She eyed me unbelievingly. Then, reluctantly, she said: “Don’t think you can put anything over on me. I get my dollar in advance, like it’s due, or out you go.” I nodded to her apologetically, humbly. She pursed her lips, start ed to say something, changed bet mind and let her words become an indistinguishable murmur, turned and waddled down the hall. I mounted the stairs. I say mount ed, but I mean that I climbed them by the most dsperate effort. Silver zigzag lines appeared and vanished before my eyes; tiny points of light grew into great molten moons and then faded suddenly into darkness. Nausea attacked me, and I con queredl it only by a miracle of efi fort. At last I reached my room on the top floor. It was hardly more than a cupboard. There was no window J a skylight gave what light and ven tilation there were. There was no chair in the room, nor any carpet. The walls had once been papeted. but now there remained only a few strips; grimy, cracked plaster, met the eye on every side. Yet eve nthis refuge was to be denied me unless 1 found means wherewith to meet the debt that liv ing in these quarters incurred. I had come to this room, stifling my contempt with difficulty. Now it Eswaara frffgjsgg sgffi ‘i B fi< M WjJMb. O «® «y ■■'-! 4# w r w ■ ■ «__•.» I MOWS "r FLIES Mosquitoes ,T.;X£t HoaissAnfc ■ .’“Bed Bugs Etc THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER First Picture Os Platform Committee, Democratic Storm Center, in Session ■ ; ? • ■ *■"' < ite * ’ '' 4 f' 1 i rs- t .. : ! JLj No more dramatic political scene has been witness in a genera tion than that which marked the sessions of the Democratic plat form builders, here pictured for the first time. \\ hen this photo was taken long days and nights of bitter debate and wrangling had been .gone through, with little hope in sight for agreement -on th. Ku Klux Klan plank. In 80 hours Homer Cummings, the chairman, had had but' six hours’ sleep. Many of the others had even less, or itte more. Nerves were on edge, tense situations had risen and tempers had risen high. Seemingly hopelessly torn on the klan and League of Nations issues, members prayed for guidance to do was as desirable as an apartment in . a palace. Dizzily I clutched at the wall and ; worked my way around to the bed and sat down upon it. I was shak ing and perspiring. • It was bad enough to be hungry, but to be j homeless was unendurable, j | Well, I would do the thing I had > t sworn never to do: I would pawn] s.he miniaure, painted upon ivory, cf my mother. For the oath that I ■ had made to myself, as my othei possessions passed into the hands of the pawnbroker, that I would die before I parted with the last re minder of different days, was no longer binding. My duty to Mrs. Gannon was paramount. I had a shabby, worn-out suitcase in the room. I hud thought when I came here that I owned the irreduc ible minimum of clothing possible to cover one’s nakedness; but 1 had seen vanish, one by one, the articles fcf clothing and of the tilet that I had thought indispansable, not to luxury but to life. Now, save for a shirt, an extra pair of socks and a collar or two, the suitcase was empty—save, of course, for the ivory miniature to which I have re ferred. » * * My dizziness passed after a mo ment, and I opened the case and took out the miniature. I had no idea what a pawnbroker would con sider the thing worth, but 1 kni". that it was worth millions to me; for when I should part with it, I would also part with hope. Looking at it, my eyes blurred, not with the tears of weakness, 'out with tears of grief. I seemed to see my whole life pass before me. 1 was a drowning man, sinking in the wa ters of failure and despair. I saw myself as a child, winning my mother’s smile by some playful prank. I saw myself at a fashion able prep’ school, at college, in Paris playing the part of a wealthy young dilettante. I could neither paint nor write nor compose, but I flattered myself that I had a cult ured taste for all of these. Then I saw myself reduced to sudden pov erty’ by the failure of a trust com pany to which the care of the estate left me by my father had been con fided. I remembered the blank be wilderment that had overcome me as I faced poverty, a bewilderment soon succeeded by’ confidence in my own latent abilities. (Conti nuet ] j n () ur Next Is«u<~) A man can be happy without a home if he is only staying away from one. Your Kind of Face Powder If there is anything in face pow der s you want, it will pay you t< ask us first; when we say “any thing” you get an idea of the enor mous line of face powders we car ry. Your Powder is here. Prices ranging from 25c to ?2.00; al) tints, AMERICUS DRUG CO- Phone 75 CHEAP MONEY TO LEND We always have money to lend on farm lands at lowest rates and best terms, and you will always save money by seeing us. We give the borrower the privilege of making payments on the principal at any interest period, stopping interest on such payment. , We also make loans on choice city property. Write or see R. C. Ellis, President, or G. C. Webb, Vice-Presi dent, in charge of the Home Office, Americus, Georgia.— Empire Loan and Trust Company Americus, Georgia EWFBLOS J HAS BEEN CHECKED Negroes Have Been Disillusion ed and Many of Them Return to Southern Homes ATLANTA, June 28. —The mi gration of negroes form Southern states to Northern industrial centers appears to have been checked, it was pointed out here today by rail road officials. Little heay;d now of negroes leaving agriculfittul 45t • ricts or towns'and cities th the South for the North. On the other hand, it was stated, ,hat many of the negroes who left Southern honivs to try their for tunes in the Northern cities-have managed to get back into the South and that they are well -content to‘ stay here. The negroes, it was asserted, have been disillusioned. Those who went North found tiie promises held out for higher wages, better living conditions and greater social equality were merely .he highly colored fiction of the-labor agent. In many instances, it was stated here, negroes who went North found wages no better than they had been receiving in the South and in every instance they found living expenses much higher, so much higher in fact, that the small in crease in pay did not help in any way. The promise of better living con ditions was even more false than Salts Fine for Aching Kidneys When Back Hurts ' Flush Your Kidneys as You Clean Your Bowels Most folks forget that the kidneys, like tiie bowels, sometimes get sluggish and clogged and need a flushing occa sionally, else we have backache and dull misery in the kidney region, severe headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder disorders. You simply must keep your kidneys active and clean and the moment you feel an ache or pain in the kidney region begin drinking lots of water. Also get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good drug store here, take a tablespoonful in a glass of water be fore breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and is intended to flush clogged kid neys and help stimulate them to activ ity. It also helps neutralize the acids in the urine so they no longer irritate, thus helping to relieve bladder dis orders. Jad Salts is inexpensive; makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which everybody should take now and then to help keep their kidneys clean. A well-known local druggist says he sells lots bf Jad Salts to folks who be lieve in trying to correct kidney trouble while it is only trouble. By all means have vour physician examine your kid neys at least twice a year. the right thing. The committee is: Standing (left to right)—Charles H. Mayer of Missouri, Sena tor Caraway, ’of Arkansas, Representative Finis H. Garrett, of Ten n s<ee. Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, secretary of the commit tee. Sitting (left to right) Senator Robert L. Owen, of Oklahoma, Senator \Vm. H. King, of Utah, Alfred Lucking, of Michigan, W. A. tyres, of Kansas, Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of Nebraska,’ W. K’. O'Brien, of Indiana. Joseph 11. Kellogg, of New York, William Jen nings Bryan, of Florida, Senator Homes S. Cummings, of Connecti cut, Chairman of the Committee and Ex-Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, of Ohio. i Uiat of high wages, for many of j the negroes in the Northern cities lived huddled in tenements that were croivded with other negroes, I unsanitary, without proper light or sufficient air and no room for chil jdren to play. The social equality promise, of course, was whollv ifalse. This summer, railroad men hero state, there has been litle said of negroes moving to Northern cent ers. In previous summers great numbers were reported from vari ous Southern states as leaving for Northern cities and the exodus be came so great in some states that acute shortage of comtripp, laiior on farms and in thep-mdnfrfecturing plants employ ing negroes. There, is no hint of such a shortage now’, it was stated. PEOPLE ARE LEARNING HOW TO SAVE MONEY ,--Junej|L pros- incomi' 11 ‘ -efflsSr pie, according to figures by Atlanta bankers, will total I proximately sixty billions of doJ- ■ lass a year. “Cut of this great sum that* is paid out yearly for services, the people are saving thirty million dol lars a day, or about nine billion dol lars a year,” said John K. Ottley, president of the Fourth National Bank of Atlanta, who has given a close study to reports in savings bank deposits. The bank of A long, cooling drink of iced Tetley’s on a hot, sticky day means real refreshment. Try it. TETLEY’S Orange Pekoe Tea India, Ceylon and Java blend IIIIHIIIIIIHiHHtHWIimiIimiHIHIiHHWIH KELL, SEEGER & RIVERS Certified Public Accountants Audits Systems Examinations Federal Tax Service Candler Bldg. Atlanta, Georgia FARM LOANS CHEAP MONEY! EASY TERMS NO COMMISSION Through our connection with The Atlanta Joint Stock Land Bank we offer farmers 6 per cent money for 33 years on the amortization basis— NO COM MISSION — with privilege of paying all or any por- \ jrs. Gk-apest and bJtar- plan ever oWeAKe Americus Abstract and Loan Co. R. L. Maynard, President I AM DOING ALL KINDS OF, ELECTRICAL WORK ", NO JOB TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE. i Ido your work by the hour and save you money. Ask my , j customers. They KNOW my ability. t t .i J. C. BASS, Electrician * TELEPHONE 533. •' ■ / If-K MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 30, 1924 which he is the head, carries thou sands of savings bank depositors on its books. Mr. Ottley said that the amount of money which the'American peo ple save out of their earnings now is said to be as much as their entire income three decades ago. “This looks like progress, no mat ter how we may compare the value of the dollar today with that of 1890, and it effectually combats the impression that Americans are an extravagant an,d spendthrift peo ple,’’ said Mr. Ottley. “It shows that a large number ot citizens are learning the rules of thrift.” INDICTMENTS ARE RETURNED IN 8188 MACON, June 28—Indictments have been returned by the Bibb county grand jury against Leland Harvey and Milledge C. Willis, Ma con boys, recently sentenced in Ac |^nt al 1 eg<-d participation in a >A, for their alleged rob George A. Hanse, fcf the Central of Georgia Railroad. z*he boys were alleged to have nt- I tempted to rob Mr. Hanse on the I day before theye were arrested in I Atlanta. It takes a marriage license to get married on and an auto license to get a date on. When you slap a man on the back and he kicks you in the eye you can easily see he is sunburned.
