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.
