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AFTERNOON, JULY 16. 1924 JOYNER BACK AFTER ALBANY BAPTIZING Rev. W. A. Joyner has 'returned to America? after having baptized three candidates at Albany, the Americus pastor, taking part in tne organization of the First Christian church of Albany, which was estab lished with 25 members. Dr. G. C. Toliver and Dr. C. A. Klein were elected elders and Messrs. Barlett, Biggs and Bierman of this city were named deacons. The five men were formerly identified with the membership of the Americus church taking their membership now with the new body here. Rev. Joyner made the invocation Sunday night at the last meeting of the campaign which opened at Al bany in a tent June 18. Those from Americus who attended the last services of the Albany revival were: Miss Mary Joyner. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Snipes, Sidney Snipes, Mr. Gunnels, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Norville, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Baugh, Dorothy and Donald Baugh, Miss Lurline Wall. The Americus delegation war entertained to supper at the homes of the Albany church members. Rev. Joyner expressed his pleas ure at the Establishment of the church and declared that he would attend the services of the new church as frequently as his Ameri cus duties allowed him to. Evange list Frank W. Emerson, presiding at the organization meeting lauded the work of the Americus pastor and those of his flock as it was through their efforts that the revival was held and the church established here he said. CARD OF THANKS The family of Rev. R. B. Taylor unite in loving thanks and appre-' elation for every kindness extend ed during his recent illness, and at time of his death, July 5, 1924 mrs. r. l. jennings' Attention, Masons Call meeting Thursday night, 6 p. m,, Americus Lodge, No. 13, F. and A. M-, Masonic hall. HARRY WILLIAMS, W. M., S. L. M’DANIEL, Secy. like a cool ! 1 and cheeirful place? V a /' \ He’s waiting at one \ i \ smiling. ibu r U \ - want a yj' ice-cold ! 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At a resort hotel, Kernochan, a wealthy retired broker, shows Ains ley a large ruby ring, a present to his daughter upon her engagement to Ernest Vantine, a detective. The jewel Kernochan acquired in set tling a claim against the estate of Henry Adams, Boston millionaire. I The deal appears on the surface to have been a swindle. Ainsley obtain a paste copy of the ruby from Adams’ elderly widow and drives to the Kernochans estacq’ at Greenwich. The Kernochans think Ainsley is a millionaire. Miss Kernochan shows him the ring again. Just then the lights in the house go out. * » » NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY I made some reply, trying to keen my voice from shaking.* For under cover of the darkness I was substi tuting the paste ring which Mrs. Adams had so sweetly loaned me, for the Grand Duke’s ruby. ♦ * * But the darkness my fingers | were clumsy. True, I managed to put the genuine stone in my waist coat pocket, but the imitation slip ped from my grasp, and fell upon the table. “What was that?” asked . Miss Kernochan nervously as the ring hit I the table,top. “I dropped your ring; I am sor ry,” 1 replied. As 1 spoke, the lights came on again. The ring was not upon the table. 1- or a moment there was si lence; then Vantine’s pop eyes grew hard. • “I don’t see the ruby, Mr. Ains ley,” he said suspiciously. “It must be upon the floor,” I re plied. I tried to keep my voice steady, but failed lamentably. At any rate, Vantine crossed the room, and before I realized his intention, had locked the one door of the room. “It will have to be on the floor.” he said. I started at him. “What do you w U X a “A SNEAK-THIEF WOULD COL LECT NOTHING.” mean?” I demanded. “Nothing—if the ring is on the floor,” he retorted. I will say for the Kernochans that they were embarrassed by the sud den situation. The daughter spoke. “Os course it’s on the finer, Ernest. We’ll find it—” “You bet we will,” assented Van tine. . I had not liked him before; I hated him now. Yet, trying to as sume an air of injured innocence, I joined their search. And there was no make-believe in my aid. I knew that unless one of us found the imi tation ring, I would not be permit ted to leave this house. I would be searched, and that might be danger ous. Yet after fifteen minutes in which al! four of us had combed the rugs and the corners of the room, Van tine straightened up. “Well, we’ve given you a fair chance, Ainsley,” he said. “Now we’ll really look for it.” He ad vanced toward me. I blustered, but he cried me down. His hands were reaching for me, and I cursed the greediness that had made mo retain the ring. I could have slipped it out of my pocket at any time during this past quarter of an hour, but I had been certain that we would find the paste copy. And then, just as I was tightening my muscles, prepared to fight my way out of the situation from which wit had failed to extricate me, Kerno chan cried out in excitement. He was wearing an informal sore of evening dress, a baggy affair of heavy material, the dinner suit of a man who wishes to accent the dif ference between night and day, but who also wishes to be extremely comfortable. The soft material had cuffs on sleeves and trousers, and into one of these latter my paste ring had fallen. Kernochan bent over and retrievet it. There was an embarrassed silence, during which my pulse stood still. Then Vantine grinned feebly. “I beg your pardon, Mr. Ains- Icy,” he said sheepishly. I stared at him. “I fear that it cannot be granted,” I said stiffly. I turned to my host. “You will for give me if, under- the circumstances, I am forced to with draw my accept ante of your invitation to spend the night.” It was a situation to which Ker nochan was unequal. He had been just as suspicious of me as his pros pective son-in-law, and he had not the tact wherewith to m ;et nry at titude. - He looked helplessly at Van tine. I also looked at Vantine. “Unlock the door,” I ordered the detectave. He shrugged, flushed more redly, and walked to the door. The key was almost in the lock when his fiancee screamed. “This isn’t my ruby,” she cried. * • » For all his clumsy bulk. Vantine was quick of movement. Key in hand, he leaped to her side. “It’s an imitation,” he declared. He glared at me. “Very clever—almost clever enough, my sneakthief! But you’re dealing with Ernest Vantine. Now, will you be searched here or at the police station?” MoOSsiw' SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1924 TYB EE , $7.00 Four Days’ Mid-Summer Outing Tickets good going on all regular trains July 19. Tickets good re turning leaving Savannah not later than midnight of July 23, 1921. i Ample coaches will be provided to I comfortably take care of all. Sleep | ing Cars from Prinicpal points. For further information, sleeping car reservations, etc., apply to H. C. White, ticket agent, Americus, or to W. W. Hackett, D.P.A., Ma con. Ga. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. THE RIGHT WAY THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ' HUGE oom . NARCOTICS SEIZED Value of Drugs Taken By Port Authorities at New York More Than Million Dollars NEW YORK, July 16j—Narco tics valued at more than one mil lion dollars has been seized and nine members of the crew, includ ing the captain of the Italia. The American liner Duilio war. taken into custody following the raid on the vessel early today. I flatter myself that it is in mo ments like this that I rise to my greatest heights. I simulated a j weary contempt. I walked across j the room, and if my brain seethed with wrath at myself because I had been fool enough to think that the imitation could deceive people who had the original in their hands a moment before, I do not believe that my face reflected my thoughts. Upon the table lay a vanity bag that Miss Kernochan had carried. 1 put myself between my three ac cusers and the table, half turning, as I did so. My right hand was hidden from their view for less than a quar ter of a second, yet that was time enough for me to effect a transfer of the Grand Duke’s ruby from my waistcoat pocket to the vanity bag. Then, contemptuously, facing them all, I told’ Vantine to search me. » SF * An hour later Vantine gave it up. He had summoned the butler, and sent his financee from the room, the three men had stripped me. Failing to discover the authentic ring, they had repeatedly searched the room. But Miss Kernochan had taken her vahity bag with her when she left the room. I could only pray that 'in the excitement she would forget to powder her nose. And when at length Vantine and Kernochan despaired of finding the ring, they sent Whe butler for the young woman. In my presence they hald a council of war, and the up shot of their conversation was that Vantine started for the telephone, to call the police. Speaking mildly I stopped hini. “Os course you understand,” I said, “that I shall bring suit for criminal slander and for false im prisonment. It seems to me that a man in my position ought to be able to collect substantial damages—say, a quarter of a million.” “A damned sneak-thief would col lect nothing,” snarled Vantine. Yet ’ he paused. “Quite true,” said I. “But we arc not discussing a criminal; we are discussing a gentleman of position.” 1 “You have that ring; at least, you know where it is,” declared Vantine. “It didn’t vanish into thin air. And this is paste.” He indi- ‘ cated the Copy which lay upon the card table. “And aside from the large sum which I shall certainly collect as damages,” 1 went on, calmly, “there ( is something else to be considered You are the head of a famous detec tive agency which bears your name. If you declare that I have stolen a ring in your very presence, and are unable to prove the theft—and you can only prove it by finding the ring —what sort of an advertisement will it be for your agency?” I let this sink in; I enjoyed the ex pression on Vantine’s face. Pop- ' eyed men should never permit them selves to look angry. They are un beautiful at best, and at their worst they are extremely offensive. “You don’t think we’re going to let you go?” blustered Vantine. “I don’t thmk it; I know it,” I 1 replied. “And if this nonsense ceases at once, I shall let the matter drop. Otherwise—” My pause was a threat. I saw the cunning in Vantine’s eyes. Yet I despised him so thor oughly that I underrated his abili ties. He whispered a moment with Kernochan, but I thought that they were merely arguing the advisability of risking the suit which I threat ened to bring. So, when Vantine turned to me and gruffly stated that I was at liberty to leave, I bowed, and turning to go, abstracted the ring from the vanity bag which Miss ' Kernochan had placed again upon the table. Oh, I was still an ama teur in those days. Also, I was too confident in my own wit, and too given to contemptuous appraisal cf the wit of others. For, just as we I the door, Vantine said: “I think we’d better search you once again, Ainsley.” I suppose I went white. I should have known that no one but an utter fool would have permitted me to de part so easily, and Vantine read my! horror. He turned to his fiancee. ‘ SHEAFFER’Q "LIFE-TIME Loads from the tip in 1 5 seconds and cannot clog or jam. Prices from $ 1.00 to $ I 0.00. • » Unconditionally Guaranteed. THOS. L. BELL See Our Window Display Kawashington iffIkLETTEFJ WASHINGTON, July 16.—How will Republicans, .Democrat? and Progressives stand in the next Con gress, however they may come out on president and vice president? The politicians are already figur ing on that. It’s the consensus of opinion in Washington that the Progressives will continue to hold the balance of power in the .Senate whether La Follette is elected or not; that they are apt to lose it in the House if 'either a Republican or a Democrat win the presidency. The politicians don’t say they think there will be fewer Progres ‘sives in the new House than there are now. On the contrary, they be lieve there are likely to be more. Nevertheless, they look to see them lose the balance of power unless they prove strong enough to elect the head of their ticket —and maybj even then. The point is this: Let the Democrats overwhelming ly defeat the Republicans at the polls, or let the Republicans over whemlingly defeat the Democrats, and the winning old-line group may gain a majority, in the House, at the expense of the old-line group it has just defeated, notwithstanding the fact that the Progressives may perhaps have increased the -number of their congressmen. * » » And why isn’t this equally true of the Senate? For this reason: All the members of the House must undergo the test at the polls this fall; only one-third of the sena tors. So obviously there’s a much bet ter chance of a big change in the House than in the Senate. The present Senate consists oft j Forty-three Democrats, 43 “regu- - lap” Republicans, of whom two or three are not “regular” enough to prevent them from voting with the Progressives occasionally; 8 always dependable Progressives, nominally of the Republican persuasion, and 2 Farmer-Laborites, who vote with the Progressives. The House, at the close of the last session, was closer, but still the Progressives hed the balance of power by a narrow margin. There were 225 Republicans, 206 Demo crats, 1 independent, 1 Farmer- Laborite and 1 Socialist. But of the Republicans, so-called, 10 were out and-out Progressives. Usually, though not always, the Progressives controlled still aother 10 nominal ly Progressive votes. And the in dependent, the Farmer-Laborite and the Socialist helped them. 1* * » There was vacancy when Con gress adjourned. Since then two Republicans have resigned and one has died. As matters now stand, leaving the hold-over senators out of considera tion, to gain control of the Senate, either the Republicans or the Demo -•rats must elect 20 senators—four of their outgoing members and six besides. Few politicians think they can do it. In the House, with its entire mem bership up for re-election, there’s more chance for a landslide to change the looks of the landscape. MAY REPLACE GRAVEL WITH ASPHALT SURFACE VALDOSTA, July 16.—Division Engineer Jack Smith, of the state highway department, will be in Val dosta Tuesday for the purpose of conferring with the county commis sioners about hard surfacing a unit of five miles of the gravel paving south of the city on the National Highway. The State Highway department recommends that the road be im mediately covered with - lag and as phalt and has agreed to stand its half of the cost. The county is able just now to pay its share of five miles of this work, having set aside already the gasoline tax money for this purpose. The gravel makes an excellent foundation for the as phalt, and of course there is no grading to be done. If barber shop mirrors talked to beauty parlor mirrors they would say the same things. Preachers have a good job in summer, none of their flock want ing to go where it is hotter. “If you’ll leave us again, Alice, we’ll search this man.” “But you have searched him,” she said, bewildered. i (Continued in Our Next Issue) LAFOLLETTECROWO HIVE POLITICAL IDEA ‘Poor Man’s Campaign Fund’ to Be Created tn Support of His Canddiacy WASHINGTON, July 16.—La- Follette leaders are the proud par ents of a brand new political idea. They call it the ‘poor man’s cam paign fund.” Birth of this strapping youngster was announced unofficially as exec utive heads of the progressive na tional committee went into closed sesions here in their first impor tant meeting. The “poor man’s campaign fund” Rs originators say, “will solve with out trouble the difficult problems of financing an independent candi dacy. It will prove at once popular and practical. Large contributions will be barred. Millionaires, even if they see fit, will not be allowed to as sist LaFollette toward the presiden tial chair. His candidacy, in the in terest of the plain people, will be financed by the plain people. A finance sub-committee of six members has been working out this plan for small and widely distribut ed gifts since the Cleveland con ference. They w\ll not attempt to raise a large fund. “Our organization has accom plished great things with little money in the past and we expect to do as well in the future.” one spokes man said. ‘The American people are not corrupt. All we need is enough to broadcast the truth. Senator LaFollette was was ap proached by the organized railway men. He conferred with represen tatives of practically all the broth erhoods regarding the political situation and although a definite allegiance was not pledged pro gressive leaders expressed them selves as pleased with the results of the visit. “Fighting Bob” Jias decided that he will not confine his campaign to the radio but will mak- a number of speeches in carrying issues to the country. 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