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. FINMCISIIIEMT
Showing No Indebtedness, Small
f Bank Balance But Possible
Deficit for Year
I At the request of the president,
Secretary Everett has given the di
rectors of the Chamber of Com
merce a complete financial state
ment, covering receipts and disburse
merits for the first five months of
the fiscal year.
This statement shows that the
commercial body is in splendid fi
nancial shape, owing no money, and
has a balance in bank of $471.11.
The secretary estimates expenses
for the balance of the year at $2,-
350 and has due coming in during
this period from dues and other'
sources $2,275.08, provided all
pledged dues are collected.
These figures indicate a slight
deficit for the fiscal year unless the
revenue of the organization is in
creased.
Total subscriptions for the year
from membership dues amount to
. . $3,492. 50, of which $1,224 has
been paid, leaving a balance of
$2,243.50.
Some tnonths ago the directors of
the Chamber of Commerce under
wrote a sum of $400.00, which ap
pears in the tabulated figures below.
This sum was guaranteed to Man
ager Wilson, of the Americus cream
ery, in order to have the creamery
opened this summer. Otherwise,
the secretary states, the opening of
the creamery would have been de
layed for several months. This sum
the directors expect to raise outside
. the regular income of the chamber.
Following is the balance sheet
furnished the directors by Secretary
Everett:
Financial Statement of Chamber of
Commerce, July 8, 1924
Balance on hand at begin
ning of year $ 471.11
Money received from Feb.
16 to July 8, 1924 1,586.25
Total receipts $2,057.36
Vouchers issued $1525.78
Cash in bank 531.58
Total • $2,057.36
Detail of Expence
/Salaries, Feb. 14 to July 1,
1924 $1,110.00
, Postage 58.00
Telephone and Telegraph.. 36.05*
Office fixtures y 26.50 (
Office supplies 49.35
Membership other organiza-
tions 25.00 '
Miscellaneous (flowers J.
W. K'arrlk) ............. 8.00
Tfaveling expenses 5.10
Loan, tomato seed 122.30
Entertainment annual
luncheon 35.40
Timesßecorder (Fair print-
ing account 50.00
Total vouchers ...i $1,525.78
This arirount advanced to pay for
tomato seed furnished, farmers at
cost. $90.80 has been paid back,
leaving a balance ow $31.58 due
us, which will be paid by Kiwanis
club.
Estimate of Expenses Balance Year
Salaries $1,800.00
Telephone 40.00
Telegraph 20.00
Stationery, etc 25.00
Postage 65.00
Rent, Harrold Bros. 400.00
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Beginning Monday morning and continuing during the
week I will sell my electric fans at 20 per cent reduction.
This is a great saving from the regular price on electric,
fans, and the hot weather has just begun. These fans are
made by General Electric and Westinghouse and are fully
guaranteed. Terms Cash.
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TO CAIRDHI A\ mil IE IF*
BEGIN HERE TODAY
John Ainsley, a ma nos education
and breeding, becomes a master
crook—preying upon other thieves.
At Monte Carlo he develops a de
sire to meet the clever thief who
sole a pearl necklace from the
throat of the Baronne d’Esterelle
in the crowded halls of the Casino.
At the roulette tables Ainsley
watches a young Englishman and
bride lose all the money they have.
Behind them stands a ball, black
bearded man, urging them on. “Un
less the Prince lends money, we
have nothing,” says the young hus
band, glancing at the black-bearded
one. The wife looks accusingly at
the Prince. “You encouraged Jack,"
she declares.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
“Because I know that his luck
must turn,” said the Russian. He
smiled. “You hesitate to borro.v
from me? It is nothing. In a little
while you will make some success
ful coups; your husband will repay
me; we will order champagne and
laugh together at your moment of
despair.”
Icily contemptuous, she disdained
him. She laid a slimly beautiful
hand upon her husband’s shoulder.
“Come, J.*»k,” she said again.
This time the young man obeyed
her. He rose, and they walked off
together. But I noticed that the
Russian accompanied them. I felt a
pang of pity for the young English
man and his American bride. 1
could guess it all so easily; a honey
moon trip to Monte Carlo, the fasci
nation of roulette; the unanticipat
ed losses, the plunging to recoup,
the sinister friend who encouraged
them to wager more than they could
afford. It is a story that has al
ways will be told, when wealth
craves youth and beauty. Some
times youth and beauty escape, but
how frequent are the other times!
But after all, it was none of my
business. I should have liked to
d'fap a word of warping in the
young man’s ear, but ts-ins wife's
cautipri was unheeded by-him of
What-avail would be the word of
,a stranger?
So I returned to the game. The
little incident had passed unnoticed
They are -a sophisticated lot at
Monte; and everything, even death
vtself, is dismissed with a shru»
and a smile.
And now'-’the red returned. I
lost thrice in succession, shifted my
allegiance, and beheld black turn
In disgust I rose and walked
|o anothjar table, I arrived in time
to see the Baronne be
ing paid off. She haji backed
seventeen for the maximum in half
a dozen ways, and was receiving
from the admiring croupiers, al
ways insolently solicitious for tips,
nearly forty thousand francs. The
spectacle was disgusting. I bad
just seen a woman of rare beauty
suffering because her husband had
lost a sixth of what this profiteer’s
wife had won. My sympathy is
with loveliness and charm. So I
went to another table.
Fortune eluded me. I sought her
at every table in the Cercle Prive,
and then I looked for her in the
public rooms But still she
escape# m«. Glancing at my watch,
I found that’it Was ten o’clock, and
so decided to try my luck at the
Sporting Club, that other establish
ment maintained by the Casino au
thorities, where the fashion and]
wealth of the world assemble. Andj
ijLj >
ft?
“GO TO MY ROOM, OPEN MY
TRUNK AND CASH-BOX.”
if it be wondered at that I had se
cured entree* to this place, let won
derment cease. One merely men-:
tions the name of a well-know.i]
club, anywhere in the world, claims'
membership therein, and is elected
to the Sporting Club. It calls it
self exclusive, but no temple of
vice—and gambling is a vice—can
be too rigorous in its scrutiny of
applicants for admission. After
all, the ultimate test of fashion, or
society, is the possession of money.
With enough money one can ruffle
it with the King of England. With
the appearance of money, one can
ruffl e it with the King’s cousin at
the tables of the Sporting Club.
So LMescended in the elevator to
the unitei'ground passage that leads
from the Casino, through the Hotel
de Paris, to the Sporting Club, and
in another elevator rose to the
gambling-rooms.
Duchess and demimondaine, mar
quis and munitions-maker, prin
cesses, entrepreneurs, brewers, mil
lionaires, royalties, actors, authors,
chorus girls, and perhaps even such
others of my own profession as may
be found in any cosmopolitan gath
ering—-they werq all in the Sport
ing Club.
I went''first to the cosy little bar,
with its inviting tea-tabled at which
so li>fe tea is drunk. I ordered a
glass of milk. I find that the bev
erage is soohing to the nerves, and
nerves need soothing when one
gambles, even though for small
stakes. While I drank it, I surveyed
(th e little room. And thJre in the
alcove I saw the American girl, her
husband, and the big Russian whom
he had called “the Prince.” They
were evidently ending a discussion.
For I saw the Russian hand the
young man a sheaf of bank-notes,
saw the girl’s expression of de
spondency, and noted the grin of
triumph on the Prince’s lace. The
jaws of the wolf were near, I felt,
to the white throat of the quarry.”
Then the young man leaped to his
feet, and rushed for the roulette
room. The girl would have follow
ed, but the Russian whispered to
her. His thick, hairy hand rested
on her wrist. She siiuddered, but
—she stayed.
Well, once again it was no Busi
ness of mine. I wandered into the
Salon de Roulette, and at the end
table begun backing the first dozen.
For half an hour I had varying luck,
and then the young Englishman
came to my table. His face was nug
gard. Evidently those successful
coups which the Prince had men-
tioned had. not yet beer made by
him. And within the next ton
minutes 1 saw him lose as many
thousand francs, rise from the
If*.i’e,wind with a curse, leave the
room. V
\
Shortly "thereafter, finding that
I had no cigwrets, and not seeing
an attendant Jut hand, I started for
the bai*. In tfce corridor 1 came
upon the Englishman and the
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DAVIS TO ADDRESS
BETHESRA NEGROES
It is apiwunccd that Rev. M. A.
Davis, 'jjaitor tfi
E. church, will address the after*
noon services at Bethesda (Negro)
Baptist church Sunday afternoon.
These services especiall for young
piembers of the negro race, and
pre addressed from time to time
by the various negro pastors of
Americus. Prof. M. W. Reddick,
pastor of Bethesda congregation,
states that attendance at these
services is very gratifying to the
church authorities, although they
have been inaugurated during only
a brief time.
Prince. The Russian was speaking.
“I am sorry, my friend, but I
have no more money with me. Per
haps, too, it is as well that you
cease gambling tonight. Luck is
not with you.”
The youth’s face became whiter.
“But I must play tonight,” he pro
tested.
Now eavesdropping, save in the
line of business, is not a habit of
mine. I trust that it is not necessary
for me to repeat with freuqency
that, save where it conflicts abso
lutely with my profession, I am a
gentleman. But I was strangely
interested in the drama being un
folded before me. The beauty of
the American girl had won my
heart. So I stepped back into the
roulette-room. An Italian was mak
ing some sensational winnings, and
no one else would leave the room l
until his spectacular luck changed.
I could listen unnoticed.
“But why not tomorrow? The
salles de jeux will be open tomor
row,” smiled the Russian.
I could not longer see the young
man’s face, but his tones told me
that its pallor had been succeeded
by the crimson of shame.
“The hotel, Prince,” he faltered
“The bill was presented yesterday.
| They asked me about it tonight. I
idare not return —”
| “Then perhaps Madame, your
i wife, who has returned there, will
be subjected to annoyance,” said
the Prince. “Then of course you
must win. And I have money in
my room. But I cannot go there
just now. There is a gentleman
awaiting me downstairs. It is a
matter that has to do with state
craft. You will understand. Yen
know the troublous condition of
Russia. And I shall be engaged
nearly all night.”
His voice grew uncertain, as
though he were chodsing nis words
with difficulty, uncertain of what
he was about to say.
“It has to do with the overthrow
of Bolshevism, this little meeting of
tonight,” he Went on. “In fact, 1
may not be back until morning. But
even sb!” His voice grew suddenly
assured. “Here are my keys, mon
sieur. See, this is the key to my
apartment. This other is the key
to my trunk—the big trunk that
you will find behind the screen in
my bedroom. And this tiny key
will unlock a steel cash-box that yo i
will find in the top drawer of the
trunk. Go there, monsieur, to my
room, open my trunk and cash-box
take from the latter what you will,
and return here. And if good for
tune does not come your way, re
serve enough to pay your hotel
bill, and capital with which to
Vesume play in the morning.”
°u are a friend!” cried the En
glishman.
“Why not?” laughed the Russian.
I heard him slap the young man on
the back. “Go by the elevator and
the underground passage. My apart
ment is Three-twenty-two. You will
be back here in ten minutes. No,
say no more. Thank me when for
tune has been good.”
I came through the doorway
then. It was all I could do to re
strain myself from apologizing to
the Russian for my base suspicions
of him. I saw the young man turn
down the corridor toward the eleva
tor. The Russian went down the
stairs, and I followed behind him,
reclaiming my hat and coat from
the vestiaire where I had deposited
them on aiiving, and descended the
outer steps of the Club. 1, too, had
rooms in the Hotel de Paris, bu* I
Wished a breath of fresh air before
I turned in.
But to my surprise, I saw mount
ing the hill toward the hotel, hurry
ing at a great rate, the figure of
the Prince. Yet I had heard him
say that he was to meet some one
downstairs in the Sporting Club. I
was surprised at seeing him now.
Also I was surprised to find that
the stars had disappeared, and that
a cold rain was proving the fact
that February is not May, even
though it counterfeits the gentler
month occasionally here upon the
Riviera. So I gave up my plan to
obtain fresh air, and started for
Studies Slums
Gang life, slums, unhappy mar
riages. These are just a few of
the things University of Chicago
sociological students are going to
look into. A $75,000 gift—sso,-
000 from Laura Spelman Rocke
feller Memorial Fund and $25,-
000 from other sources —will fi
nance the investigations. Prof.
Charles E. Merriam (above) will
have charge of the work.
RICHLAND REVIVAL
TO START SUNDAY
RICHLAND, July 19.—Rev. Fred
Cochran, who was recently called to
be pastor of Richland Baptist church
will begin a ten-day revival here
Sunday. In this effort he will be
assisted by E. Powell Lee, an evan
gelist of Macon.
The meetings will be held under a
large tent which has been secured
for the occasion, and the singing
will be directed by Mr. Lee, who is
a soloist and choir director of rec
ognized ability, having assisted in
many revivals held recently in
Georgia. The revivalist came here
recently from Denver, Colo. , and
was one of the lecturers at the
Myrtle Springs encampment of
Friendship Baptist association.
which closed recently.
Rev. Cochran announces that
the success of the meeting depends
not upon making easy terms for
church membership, but in dropping
a lot of lifeless members now in the
churches. The meeting is termed
by O. D. Watson, publicity director,
as a ‘back door revival.” >
the hotel. A belated cabman hailed?
me. It was only a few hundred
yards, but one can be thoroughly
wet, by a Riviera rain, in a few feet.
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'AfTE'RNOOM, JULt 19,
i
ffITH PRESIDENTS
1
Democratic Nominee Has Many
Characteristics in Common |
With Other Presidents
WASHINGTON, July 19.—1 f
John W. Davis is elected president
he will be the twenty-first lawyer
to occupy the White Mouse. Only
nine presidents so far have not been
memfx rs of the bar. •
The average age at which men
have been elected president was 58,
Davis is only 51. Roosevelt was 4o
when he succeeded McKinley, am.
was the youngest president, wH
liatn Harrison was 67. Davis is six
years younger than his running
mate, Charles W. Bry.an.
Twenty of the twenty-nine pres
idents were college men, and as Mi.
Davis as graduate of Washington
and Lee University he would add
another to the list of the sheepskin
holders.
The father of Mr. Davis was a
lawyer, as were the fathers of four
other presidents John Quincy
Adants, William Henry Harrison,
John Tyler, and William 11. Taft.
The best chanc e to become pres
ident, however, is to be a farmer s
son. A baker’s dozen of presidents
were sons of farmers, and farm
er boys have beat all others in the
race to the White House.
Next to the farm the best step
ping stone to the presidency ap
pears to have been the governor
ship of a state. Coolidge, Wilson,
McKinley, Cleveland, Hayes and
Johnson were state governors.
Aih of the presidents except two
—Van Buren and Roosevelt—were
of British extraction. Jefferson,
however, was the only Welshman,
and Davis’ ancestry can also be
traced to Wales.
Davis has plenty of presidential
precedents in being clean-shaven. In
recent years no president has worn
extensive adornments. Benjamin
Harrison was the last occupant of
the White House to wear a beard.
Ihe first was Lincoln, and his ex
ample was followed by Grant Gar
field and Arthur.
If Mr. Davis should be elected he
would be the eighth Presbyterian <o
■ occupy the White House. The pres
idents who have held the Presbyter
ian faith, were Wilson, Benjamin
Harrison, Lincoln, Buchanan, Polk,
Jackson apd Cleveland..
. »-'P le Davis would
■ fcivt .to thalT rhe sane number
| oAsPesidents as Isas hqjd the Epis
copalian church. The Episcopalians
■ made their big presidential record
in the early days of the Republic,
the hold ox the Church of
i England was still strong.
I The election of Mr. Davis would
put the Johns ahead of the Wil
liiuua and make that name the run
nurMp to James as the favorite
1 Chnwian name of the Chief Exe
cutives. Three of the presidents
| wer e named John—the elder Adams
Quincy Adams and Tyler, not count
ing President Coolidge, who was
named after the great religious re
former, John Calvin, but dropped
the John early in life. Fiv e of the
presidents were named James—Mad
ison, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan amt
Garfield. . The three Williams were
the first Harrison, McKinley, and
Taft. Mr. Davis, it is interesting
to note, has William as well as John
in his name may give him a double
chance. His full name contains
sixteen letters, the same number as
that of th e first president.
In his affiliation with the Masons
Mr. Davis likewise has many presi
dential precedents. Many of the
chief executives have belonged to
the Masonic fraternity, the list in
cluding Washington, Polk, Buchan
an, Johnson, Garfield, McKiKnley,
Roosevelt, Taft and Harding; Wash
ington was the first master of Alex
andria-Washington Lodge at Mas
ter of the Grand Lodge of Ten
nessee. John was the first presi
dent who was a Scottish Rite-Mas
on of the 32d degree. Garfield,
McKinley and Harding were
Knights Templar.
CUT-OFF
Mr. and Mrs. Drury Norris and
children, of Barrows Lane, were
Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs.
, Andrew Jordan, at the home of
I Mrs. Jordan’s father, Samp Kitch
en.
1 Misses Dannie Wicker, Evelyn
i Rouse, Mary Lizzie Cook and Fran
cis Holloway were Americus shop-
, pers Tuesday.
i Miss Agnes McDonald, cf Spauld
ing spent the week-end with Misses
I Janilu and Francis Holloway.
i ] Mr. and Mrs. Watson Wicker and
i little son, Edwin, spent Sunday
i' with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rouse, at
: Englishville.
.[ Mrs. I). E. Pennington and chil
-'dren, Jeanette and Eunice and Mrs.
. R. H. Stubbs were spend-the-day
f guests of Mrs. Lizzie Bedenbaugh,
> Tuesday.
E. H. Holloway, of Arles, was a
.'week-end visitor here.
.! James Tolen and Will Rasbeiry
i were looking after business inter
. ests at Oglethorpe Saturday.
! Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Coker and
1 children of Englishville, were week
-end guests of Mr. and Mis. Early
. Cokbr.
5 Misses Julia Stubbs and Dannie
1 Wicker are at Walden during peach
season;
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