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PAGE FOUR cum issues . 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 I AM DOING ALE KINDS OF ELECTRICAL WORK NO JOB TOO SMALL OR TOO LARGE. Ido your work by the hour and save you money. Ask my customers. 1 hey KNOW my ability. J. c. BASS, Electrician TELEPHONE 533. CHEAP MONEY TO LEND We always have money to lend on farm land, at lowe.t rate, and be.t term., and you will alway. .are money by .eemg u.. We give the borrower the privilege of making payment, on the principal at any intere.t period, .topping intere.t on such payment. We al.o make loan, on choice city property. Write or ... R. C. Elli., Pre.ident, or G. C. Webb, Vice-Pre.i dent, in charge of the Home Office, Ameiicu., Georgia.— Empire Loan and Trust Company Americus, Georgia I.lN—n ——— ■ 1111 I,l — - Office Hours—9-12 A. M., other Hours and Sundays 2-5 P. M. by Appointment DR. C. D. FAMBRDUGH Chiropractor j Lady Attendant Phone C 53 Rylander Bldg., Americus, Gn. I ELECTRIC FAN SALE 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. W. W. M’NEILL Hampton and Plum Street Phone 27 I Qpcfie Copyright 1904 NEA Service Inc 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 UXJiI J DINKXLQ PSt SKXNT —. ' T~X • 11 I 1 ■ 1 CABLING L D MtLtfi VP 26t»MA The Din Iqcr Hotels > jffitihuil£r piedmont C ATLANTAOA. ATLASTA. OA.) QrFiHWtW wYb iSI IMMrWg.-.-<gr?gaMß i Wwakl. Faffl ■••... <<3Ey * rJr vllt Ysroo’* 6 1 *oo«oo’* b THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER 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. (Continued in Our Next Issue) J ® Rylander Theatre ‘j 'l' XjfjJ ..It* 1 • nil;; /! K J MONDAY AND TUESDAY J w-% - Colorful - Magnificent | 3 ' A powerful story of love and R \ ’% hate happiness and degrada- f ! fc ■. ' fe- lion, told against a background I .» °‘ unrivaled beauty. I j’,A° C THRILLING! I | ‘ ,!a ' iOe GRIPPING! j j t^32- *Tu€ tiCOS lIiTP $ First and only picture ever s B p|’o^* V ma^e * n Alaska | he gripping intensity of its dramatic action, sensational thrills in surging I succession, and marvelous scenery w ill hold any audience spell- § b° unc l- You will gasp with | amazement at the scenes cras ki n £ glaciers. S a GftlrA- £ ncore '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; >
