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HOGE SHIPMENTS OFH
GEORGIA FRUIT BOE
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Carmens Reach New Low in I
Cincinnati at 50c Crate, With
Hileys Bringing Better Price
ATLANTA, July 21.—Heavier
arrivals and lower values marked
the movement of 22 lines of friuts
and vegetables at nearly all the
large city markets during the week
ending July 12, it is shown in the
weeklya market review fissued by
T. ('. Curry, of the Bureau of Agri
cultural‘Economics.
With potato shipments, showing a
fifty per cent increase, watermelons
60 per cent and the peach move
ment three tin.es greater than the
week before, the total volume of
the principal fruits and vegetables
shipped during the period July 6 to
12 increased sharply to 25,420 cars,
Mr. Curry stated. Jobbing prices
had to be cut in nearly all the larjje
city markets in order to move the
accumulating supplies.
Georgia watermelons, compared
with city wholesale prices a year
ago, .are now about one-third to
one-half less, ranging S2OO to sf}7s
per carload of 22 to 30 pound mel
ons., Sharp delcines occurred as
the week’s shipments from all states
increased by 3,000 cars to a total
of X6OO. The movement was more
than twice as heavy during a cor
responding period last season, the
report, said. Georgia’s melon crop
probably will exceed 14,000 car
loads this year, as against 8,000 ’
cars in 1923.
Teach prices declined until a low
point of 50 cents a crate and bushel
basket was reached for Georgiy
Carmens in Cincinnati. Hileys lost
as much as $1.50 ao $2.25 per
crate, with the prevailing range
$1.75 to $2.75, and top of $3 in
New York. Arrivals of all peaches
in that city was seven times as
heavy as the week before. The
week’s total movement was oyer
3,000 cars. Georgia’s shipments
trcibled, all but 131 of the 3,000
cars being shipped from this state.
The peach crop probably will be
8,000,000 bushels greater than last
year, according to July 1 indica
tions, the report sets forth. Geor
gia alone will have 2,000,000 more,
and North Carolina’s crop may
reach 2,000,000 bushels after an al
most negligible quantity in 1923, it
is stated.
From indications on July 1, the
1924 potato crop is estimated at
40,000,000 bushels below the 1923
production, and only ten million
bushels above the light crop of
1921. Shipments for the week were
2,2000 cars heavier, with Virginia
and Kapsas the leading sources of
supply. Virginia gained 1,400 cars
and Kansas shipped nearly five
timesjas maflyyiU the previous week.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR THIS WEEK
WASHINGTON, July 21. The
weather outlook for the period July
21 to July 26, inclusive, for the
South 4ft|£ntic and East Gulf States
is as follows: Showers and thun
derstorms are indicated for most of
.the week .with moderate tempera-
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BEGIN HERE TODAY
John Aii’.sley, a man of education
and breeding, becomes a master
ctook—preying upon other thieves.
At Monte Carlo he develops a desire
to meet the clever thief who stole
a pearl necklace from the throat of
the Baroune d’Esterelle in the Ca
sino.
Al the' roulette tables Ainsley
sees a ! young Englishman and bis
American bride lose all the money
they have. More money is loaned
to the Englishman by a Russian
prince, and this, too, is lost on tho
tables. Ainshy suspects the Rus
sian of some base motive. This sus
picion . is momentarily dispelled
when he overhears the Russian
grant the use of his hotel apart
ment to the destitute young couple.
Later, however, he sees the Rus
sian himself going to the hotel.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
I took the carriage,, and three
minutes later I was in my apart
ment-on the third floor of the Hotel!
de Paris. Two minutes after that
1 was standing in the corridor,
watching, in amazement, the setup
in progress before Apartment Throe
twenty-two.
I had heard sound of a struggle,
voices raised in anger, and so had
stepped into the hall.
Before the open door of the
Prince’s apartment stood a group of
men. The Russian was there, two
clerks from the office downstairs,
and two porters.. These latter
gripped the arms of the young En
glishman. The Russian was speak
mg.
“We were too quick for him, mes
sieurs,’’ he cried. “The minute 1
missed my keys, I hastened back
here, and we are :n good time to
catch the thief who took my keys
and has invaded my rooms.”
He spoke in French, and the
clerks and porters responded with
excited congratulations.
“Search him!” cried the Russian.
The young Englishman, obviously
C( mmrchef)ding no French, demand
cd meaning of 'his assault
upon him.
“I missed my keys,” replied the
Russian in English. “I return to
lhe-hotel. I tell the clerks. We come
upstairs and find you departing
from my rooms.”
Young Beresford grew red. “But
you gave them to me yourself, ten
minutes ago, in jthe Sporting Clpb.”
Ihe I rince smiledv-*. “You are' a
man with soine shreds .of common
sertse,” he retorted. “Who will be r
lieve so ridiculous a statement?”
I had not been observed by any
of the party, and I stepped back
silently to my room, leaving the
door slightly ajar so that I could
still see and hear, without my
espionage being detected. And if it
be wondered at that I aid not a:
once conic to the rescue of Beres
ford, let nle state that 1 preferred
to watch the unfolding of the plot.
You will confess that it was a rath
er pretty one.
But why have you done such a
thing?” cried Beresford.
"Ah, now you are prepared to be
reasonable,” said the Prince. He
turned to the clerks, and in rapid
I’reach spoke to them. “The young
man has suffered severe losses. In
a moment of despair he has commit
ted this crime. 1 am not a Harsh
man. If he shows the proper spirit
oi repentance, I am inclined to for
give him.”
'I he French are a warmly impul
sive people. These members of that
gallant race applauded loudly the
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HE HAD THE BIG MAN DOWN
IN A MOMENT.
Russian’s generosity. Understand
ing no English, what followed was
incomprehensible to them, and only
served to prove' to them that Beres
ford was a hardened rascal. For,
in English, the Prince spoke to the
unhappy prisoner.
“You wonder why I have done
this thing? You forget that Madame,
your wife, is exquisite.”
“Don’t mention her name, you
swine!” cried Beresford.
The Russian shrugged. “But it is
essential. You see, my young friend,
that it is possible for me, with a
word to cause these men to release
you. I will utter that word on one
condition. If you could assure me
that Madame your wife would take
a motor-ride with me, tomorrow, to,
let us say, Cannes, why then, Mr.
Beresford—”
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He didn’t finish the sentence.
Young Beresford broke loose fr;rn
the detaining clasp of the two’port
ers and was at the Russian’s throat.
1 tell you, it was magnificent. He
had tile big man down in -f moment,
and would certainly have killed him
had there beeq less than four men
to drag hint away from his victim.
But four were too mafiyi Bleeding
and bruised', they finally dragged
him from the Russian. Loudly the
lerks assured Beresford mat in ten
minutes he would be in prison, and
.hat he would be lucky if he escap
ed with a ten-years’ sentence. He
did not understand them, but if he
.had, I feel certain that it would not
haVe botSercir him at this moment.
For if ever a man was obsessed with
a desire to kill his enemy, Beresford
was that man. His own predicament
meant nothing to him now, save as
it interfered with his wreaking a
righteous vengeance on the Prince.
That worthy staggered to his
feet. I stared through the crack in
the door. Now that the plot had
unfolded itself to its sordid denouc
ment, I .would have entered upon
the scene and caused Beresford’s
release by corroborating his de
fense, but for one thing. Tl.a,
thing was an exclamation, apparent
ly unnoticed by the others, that the
Prince had uttered as Beresford
first struck him.
,“Ach, Gott!” the Prince had cried.
Now, that is a purely German excla
mation. And it was uttered by a
man who previously had spoken
both French and English with a
pronounced Russian accent. Why
did an apparent Russian, in a mo
ment of great excitement, utter a
German phrase without any sign of
a Russian accent. Could it be be
cause the Prince was really Ger
man ?
Now, the Germans are not pop
ular in France, or Monte Carlo,
which, despite its independence, is
French in speech and tradition. Os
course, a German desiring to enjoy
the pleasures of the principality
might cloak himself with another
nationality, without any ulterior
purpose sav e that of enjoyment.
But there was something so dia
bolically clever in the Prince’s plan
that 1 could not bring myself to
believe that so utter a scoundrel
adopted a masquerade solely toy
the purpose of enjoying the Riviera.
He wasj unquestionably, an impos
tor in his claim to princely rank;
Was he something more than an ini.
poster?
And I knew now that rhe answer
to that question must be in the
affirmative. For though he glared at
Beresford with a hate that could
have killed, the word which he ad-
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Treasurer Harrold Issues State
ment Showing Receipts and
Disbursement to July 1
• Frank Harrold, treasurer Ameri
cus Playground Association has
issued a detailed financial state
ment, as of July 1, showing gratify
ing results in several ways.
At the beginning of the 1921
season, the association owed in out
standing accounts $1,666.40; the
treasurer has paid off $1,066.40,
leaving a balance of S6OO which he
itemizes as follows: John Shiver
$200; Mrs. Legg $100; Clark Trans
fer Co., SSO; Ralston Cargill $160.-
22 and a gravel bill of $89.78.
The treasurer had in bank July 1
$489.37 and the sum of SIOO, which
is set aside to meet interest charges
(on bonds.
Besides the old bills paid as men
tioned above, the treasurer has
paid out this year for current ex
penses $217.04; water bill, $138.76
■ pay rolls $129.29.
Cash received by th e treasurer
this season is itemized as follows:
For 192 bonds $ 960.00
Season tickets 710.00
Single tickets 272.21
Refreshment profits 19 46
TOTAL .$1,961.67
Cash on hand beginning
season .... .. 179.19
TOTAL CASH $2,140.86
Total disbursements
enumerated above 1,651.-19
Cash Balance $ 489.37
dressed to the hotel employees were
mild.
“I am a man of mercy,” he de
clared. “I can forgive theft and
even assault upon myself. This
young man is accompanied by his
wife. She will suffer in his shame
Let him go free.”
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Now, so far as the Prince knew,
no one on earth was a witness to
his conversation with Beresford in
the corridor outside the roulette
rooms of the Sporting Club. Beres
ford’s defense against the charge of
theft would h e laughed at in any
court in the world.. And,the Prince
was not the- serf o? -8 be mov
ed by'those emofibns bf -pity
expression had iinptjsed
warm-hearted :i Ti.e
Pfince had been struck and choked.
His eyes told his desire for ven
geance. With vengeance so simple
of accomplipiptent, why did he fore
go it? Was it because he feared
himself to appear in court, even as
a complainant? Had he counted
. upon Bc’icVford’s> yielding to hi..
. damnable suggestion? Ik'd he irever
intended to carry his plot to its logi
cal conclusion?' Why?
i I'ecausCji.in addition to being an
. impostor, he was a criminal who
; dared not subject himself to the
, scrutiny of a court. And so, though
j by a word I could have saved young
; Beresford from further humiliation,
L I waited.
"Monsieur 1c Prince is too soft
hearted,” said one of the clerks.
Nevertheless it shall be done as he
wishes.”
In Monte Carlo scandal of any
, sort is unwelcome. Thriving on tin
baser passions of mankind, the prm
. eipaiity has no desire for the world
I to hear of matters such as this. To
vie world, Monte Carlo presents an
ingenuously smiling countenance; it
<■ oes not thank the person who re
minds the world that the eonce
trated vice of a continent is gather
i cd her. Monte Carlo wishes the
Papers to print tales of its tennis
matches, its yachting, its fetes; it
wishes nothing sordid to seem to
have occurred there.
’Monsieur Beresford will be put
th ? b ,° rcier ton “»row morn
,' fc ’ ... said the clerk. “For tonight
be “° bl ' S r ° Om ’ a guard " i!i
thief bGSidc n ’ He is a
Bm H i°. Can,K,t Pay his hote l h-h.
it that does not matter. That will
nevf. e,Ve " 011 cond ition that he
never comes to Monaco again.” ,
Beresford, uncomprehending be
Ran again a violent protest ag-iin-t
andad «-n
nation of the Prince. He also said
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years Wl th pre-payment optiln given
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that he would appeal to the- Brit is. i
consul.
The Prince, nursing a blacl.e,ce 1
eye, sneered at him.
“You are very lucky id gpt eH a!--,
easily as you have don?.' Be. ‘as
sured that if you offer any objec
tion to the action of the authorities
I will brand you as the thief y.pu
are.”
And then the porters and the
clerks dragged the Englishman
away. And still I waited. After all,
nothing serious would happen to
young Beresford before tomorrow
morning. Several hours remained
before dawn. Much might be done
in that tinw.. If the Prince were
the criminal that I suddenly sus
pected him to be, there might be
other ways of coping with the situa
tion.
(Continued in Our Next Issue)
FRIENDSHIP
Miss Nannie King and Miss Mil
dred King, entertained a large
. crowd of their friends with > a
. wat.ermcllon cutting Wednesday
. night.
Mr. and Mr.s. R. E. Wells and
son Earm st spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Wells.
Mrs. S. D Reese is visiting her
s niece, Mrs. N. F. Murray in Amo ci
; eus.
i Mrs .Mary McMichael of Plains,
is spending her vacation with her
I parets, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Deriso.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Hale and Mrs.
, iJj S. King were shoppers to Ahieri
cus Friday
■Mv?. Irene l)rane and daughters,
Virginia and Eleanor of Bue-.m
, Vista spent Friday with Mrs. San
( McGarrah.
, Among those that have gone to
’ Thomaston for the week were Miss
King Averett, Miss Lillie Averett,
Mrs. Alkn Averett, Miss Mary Har
ris, Miss Nannnie King and Alec
Croxton.
Mia- Eestelle Bartlet and Miss
Sara Lavernder spent Wednesday
night with Miss Nannie
,Chambers Alexander,, of Colum
bus is visiting friends in our com
" munity.
> Mr. and Mrs. David Owens Visit
ed relatives in Schley County Tues
' day.
J. B. Sims of Doerun spent Sat
urday night with his brother li. G.
Sims.
I , John and Henry Foster of
Plains are spending the week with
their Grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
1. 11. Mashburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wells m d
two daughters, and Mrs. Josephine
Wells spent Thursday with Mrs.
Maude Dodson near Plains.
Mrs. Henry Hart of Schley
County and Mrs. Mary McMichael
attended Sunday School here Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hart w.-re
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xou moisten a sponge or soft brush
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spend the day guest of Mr. and
Mrs; .C. N. Hagerson at Concord
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Daniel,
J.os.ph and Dorthy I'aniel of Mad
qdx spent Sunday with Mrs. Rosa
JvtcGarrah.
Mrs. B. E. Harris spent FridaV
afternoon with Mrs. Rob!. Wells.
Don’t forget that Thursday July
24, is the date set for cleaning the
Cemetery. Everybody that is in
terested in’it, is requested to inert
at 7 o’clock in the morning.
Protracted services begin Sar
ny July 27th.
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MONDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 21 19,4
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Advertisement in Newspam- I
Reunited Elanck and Daugh ■
ter After Long Separation ■
PHILADELPHIA, July 21—Se r . I
mated from her father for more |
than 20 years, Mrs. James F. R an . I
kin, 28, of Bridgeton, N. J., has I
found her parent living in this city 1
after a long search. ' ’
The two were reunited at the
home of the father, George
Blanc];, 2339 Cross street. Since
their last meeting Blanck’s first
wife had died, hi.; daughter had
married, and he himself had remar
ried. ‘
After years of fruitless search-?
ing with the aid of friends and 1
relatives, Mrs. Rankin appealed to
Superintendent of Police William
B. Mills about a week ago. He
suggested that she advertise. Thu
advertisement came to the attention
of Blanck, who immediately com
municated with her.
As a child Mrs. Rankin was sent
by her mother to a missionary
school after her father had gone
away in search of work. She never
saw her mother again. Her fath
er, by his second marriage, has a
| 17-year-old son, while Mrs. Rankin
| lias a 4-year-old daughter. The re
united families went to Bridgeton,
N. J., to make arrangements for
living together. Through her fath
er Mrs. Rankin also found her
foster-mother, Mrs. Ada Kline, who
i. living in Lancaster.
Nearly everybody knows who will
be our next president, but they do
not all agree.
1
I Can’t have much fun any more.
Man in Texas was fined just for
hitting a baseball umpire.