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AFTERNOON. JULY 24, 1024
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I Alarm, Department Says
I WASHINGTON, July 24.—1 tis
„Llv that competition from new
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bTthe'wiited States Depart
-BU e, of Agriculture. There prob-
® C ill be considerable increase in
» bly 2 e age outside the United
COt r should the present price level
bta l 6 u ; for the next two or tnrce
c °" but the more important po
>ea, cotton areas are remote from
R ental markets and located in
2 tries having more or less prum
•" agriculture, the report says
a ten per cent increase over last
.cars acreage is expected in Egypt
This would mean an area of, 1,800.-
1 fnr the 1924-25 crop,
non acres ioi ine , *
Th African regions most .talked of
for increased cotton production are
the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and
Uganda. The potential, acreage in
the' Anglo-Egyptian Sudan has been
estimated at one million acres, and
f or Uganda together with Kenya
Colony and Tanganyika at about
1,250,000 acres. Much of this area,
particularly in Uganda and the Su
dan, will require irrigation and
there is some question whether the
fountain waters of the Nile will be
sufficient without decreasing the
supply for Upper and Lower Egypt,
the report further states.
Australia has shown a large in
crease in cotton production during
the past few years, but the total is
still only a few thousand bales.
Brazil is the most talked of cotton
producting country in South Ameri
ca, but the potential areas are lo
cated largely in the'interior river
valleys where agriculture is primi
tive and transportation facilities
poor.
The potential arear is Argentina
suitable to cotton growing without
irrigation has been estimated at
14,000,000 acres, most of which is
within easy reach of railway or
river transportation. Inadequate
labor supply, lack of gins, high
freight rates, and the presence of
insect pests are all drawbacks to
cotton growing in Argentina.
Rylander Theatre
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another man?
SEE this drama of
FLIRTATIOUS WOMEN
AND JEALOUS MEN!
A Maurice Tourneur
Production Featuring
JANE NOVAK EARLE WILLIAMS
BEN ALEXANDER BULL MONTANA
An M. C. Levee presentation of the story
by Fred Kennedy Myton
A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE
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Copyright 19Q4, NEA Service Inc.
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. BEGIN HERE TODAY
John Ainsley, a man of education
and breeding, becomes a master
crook—preying upon other thieves.
Amidst ail the afternoon traffic on
Fifth Avenue he knocks down a
man whom he Sees brutally rubbing
a hunchback’s hump, and then runs.
At an auction Ainsley makes a
small purchase of tapestry and then
sits back and watches the proceed
ings. The auctioneer hplds up a
golden box, studded with jewels,
that had been made for a multimil
lionaire of vulgar tastes. The box
is sold for $65,000 to Marcus An
dersbn, a man who became, during
the war, one of the richest men in
thg w-orld.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
I stayed awhile longer, watching
less valuable things as they were
auctioned off, but I noticed no one
present who seemed to offer me a
chance of future profit. They were
all decent, well-bred folk, and it is
not upon these that I wage my war
fare. No gentleman or lady need
ever fear the activities of John
Ainsley. There are enough vul
garians in the world for me to prey
upon.
So I left. I dismissed Anderson
from my mind. After all, I need an
opportunity for the exercise of my
talent, and there was no opportuni
ty here.
It was sheer accident that made
me lunch that day at the Mirabeau
The winelike air and the bright sun
made me continue down the Avenue
as far as Washington Square, and
then I discovered that I was hung
ry. The Mirabeau, the resort of
lovers of good food, was the near
est place. I dropped in there, sur
rendered myself to the discretion
of the valube French waiter who
attended me, and began a hearty
meal.
I paid little attention to my fel
lowguests, an almost evenly divid
ed mixture of Bohemians, business
men and Frenchmen. I notice that
those who scrutinize their neigh-
bors in public places invite an equal
scrutiny, and so I keep my eyes
upon my plate. 1 am content that
few people know me by sight, and
that still fewer know me by the
name under which I choose to
masquerade.
But a waiter stumbled against
me, and in acknowledging his quick
apology, I looked up. Just beyond
him I saw two people. One was
the hunchback whose humiliation
—although he had not at the time
seemed aware of it-—I had resented
today. The other was the most
dangerous man in Europe, the .man
whom I had outwitted months ago,
Monsieur Armand Cochet, known
to the underworld and the police of
Europe as the master criminal lead
er of the world, the White Eagle.
Myself? Ah, I say that Cochet. is
the greatest criminal leader. I
work alone, needing no gangsters
to carry out my orders, using no
machinery save my own hands and
mind in the achievement of my
triumphs. if more need be
said on the question of the relative
abilities of the White Eagle and
myself, you who have read my me
moirs will remember the affair of
the Club of One-eyed Men, and will
not have forgotten that I scored
off the White Eagle in that in
stance.
For that matter, I knew that the
White Eagle had not forgotten it,
and while I may lay claim to at
least an ordinary courage, I will
confess that, as I met those fierce
blue eyes, panic assailed me.
The great curved beak which was
his nose and which, in conjunction
with his white hair, had given him
his nickname; the wide mouth, thin
lipped, with a sneering droop at one
corner; and the lithe body, still
powerful despite his years—these
filled me with a fear that I han
never known before. And I have
seen the gray-clad boche leaping
down in the trench where I was
standing.
And then I was able to banish
fear. For I remembered that the
White Eagle did not know the
face of die man who had tricked
him months jago. True, one of his
followers knew me, but men are
rarely recognized by descriptions
And even as 1 gave myself this as
surance, the White Eagle glanced
carelessly away, he and his
companion followed the waiter to
a table.
I heard them state that they were
expecting a third person, and I took
the chance that that third person
was not the one-eyed follower of
the White Eagle who knew me by
sight. For where the White Eagle
flew, there must be prey. I had
lobbed him <sf his quarry before; 1
might do it again.
And this was a gams worthy of
my talent. Robbing stupid profi
teers hardly gave me excitement
But snatching meat from the talons
of the White Eagle was a man’s
sport. I smiled as I thought of the
elaborate organization ruled by M.
Cochet. What a triumph if once
again I could make that organiza
tion work, not for its master, but
for myself.
Fear counseled me to pay my
check and quietly depart. Pride told
me that if I continued the easy
road, my genius would desert me.
I called myself an artist; in my
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also get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from your pharmacist and take a table
spbonful in a glass of water before
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and urinary organs, which then act nor
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heart I knew that I was worthy of
that title. But the artist who of
deliberate choice paints pot-boilers
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"MY DEAR DUKBI* CRIED
ANDERSON.
ceases to be an artist. I had wished
to rob Anderson, a gross, stupid
man without wit to cope with m
if I decided to assan his secu J.
1 snatched Andersons box,
woldlhavebeen an act of common
10 YeTl had for a moment consider
ed doing that very thing. Why. Be
cause my wits were growing
from disuse. Here was a chance to
sharpen them. And even as I said
this to myself, I realized that I had
spoken the truth. For into the
restaurant came Marcus Anderson
and he joined the White Eagle and
his hunchback companion.
“My dear Duke!” cried Ander-
So Monsieur Armand Cochet, tne
White Eagle, was a duke! The sen
timentalities that April had brougnt
to me left me for good.
Beyond Anderson’s salutation to
the couple who awaited him, I could
hear no more of their speech. Only
the multimillionaire’s snobbish de
light at knowing a gentleman of
title had enabled me to hear his
greeting.
Anderson had deliberately spok
en loudly in order that the patrons
of the restaurant might know that
aristocracy was here. Now, con
tent that attention had been at
tracted, Anderson did not raise his
voice. But stealing an ocassional
glance at him through the medium
of a mirror’ on the wall, I could see
that the man was overcome with
snobbish gratification.
But one does not need to hear —
if one is John Ainsley—in order
to know what is being said. I could
follow the course of their conversa
tion easily. First there were the
pleasant inquiries concerning a
each other’s health. Then there
was a reminiscent anecdote by the
White Eagle. The pale-faced hunch
back capped his leader’s story. An
derson delivered himself of a heavy
jest. Encouraged, he began to
brag. The White Eagle led him on,
ably assisted by the cripple.
I could tell that the two crinfihals
—the hunchback must necessarily
be a criminal, inasmuch as he was
the White Eagle’s companion—
were grossly flattering their guest.
And Anderson was lapping it up
like a greedy pup.
Now, Armand Cochet did noth
ing, I judged, without a purpose.
The man was a gentleman, fallen,
it is true, from his high estate, but
U man of fine intuitions and deli
cate instincts. Such a one could
take no pleasure in the society of
Anderson. This was business upon
which the White Eagle was engag
ed; nothing less would have made
him tolerate the society of the prof
iteer.
But what was his business? I
meant, when I put the question to
myself, the exact nature of the
scheme which the White Eagle must
be planning. Robbery, of course;
but what, when and how?
I lingered over my coffee until
the others paid their check and
passed by my table. I stole another |
glance at the hunchback. He was
a fit companion for his master, for'
despite his slight and deformed!
physique, there was upon his face!
a ruthlessness equal t 0 that of the I
White Eagle. His delicate features 1
and pale skin would have made the
unobservant class him as a poetic
minded youth. Most of us, when
delicacy is coupled with deformity
ascribe spirituality to the partner
ship. But I, who must know crimi
nals, understood that the clean-cut
mouth was vicious, and that v he
brown eyes flashed hate more often
than mirth.
Leisurely I followed them. T
* saw
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them step into Anderson’s town-car
and start uptown. I followed ip a
taxi. I was not foolish enough to
tell my drive to follow the car
ahead, but I told him to go slowly,
that I wished to enjoy the spring
air; and when the town-car turned,
a corner, I suggested to my drive
that he do the same tiling. So with
out arousing the chaifeur’s curious
suspicion, I saw the town-car stop
before a modest private residence
on a side-street in the upper East
Side, and noted the number of the
house into which the White Eagle
and his companion entered. As for
Anderson, his address was easy to
find. A telephone-book—or if his
telephone was not listed three were
a hundred other ways to find where
he lived. I did not wish to follow
him farther.
I dismissed my taxi at Madison
Avenue, and entered a grocery
store. It was an expensive looking l
shop, the sort that would have a
fashionable patronage. I asked for
the proprietor, told him that I
wanted five minjites of his time,
and went directly to the point.
‘‘l’m in the automobile accessory
business,” I said. “I have an auto
matic windshield cleaner that I
manufacture. It’s an article that's
hard to find. People won’t be con
vinced by a demonstration. They
think it won’t wear. So I have to
let them use it for a couple of
weeks. Now, social position and
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a “Wellman’s
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famous way back
in 1870
getting famous
again today—
the secret of
Granger's taste
and listen Jp
foil wrapper
, cuts cost to 100
Granger Rough Cut
made and cut
exclusively for pipes
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
PEARLMAN’S
DRESS SALE
CONTINUES
Our Sale Wednesday was very satisfactory,
$7 S 0 many attending, and they not only attended
L nC £>re"fe S Vo ' le but BOUGH ! and went away pleased with
Ct <1 tz tlieir purchase -
—— WHY ?
$20.00
Silk Dreeses Because values like these are not offered every
$6.95 day in the year. - I
Ladies’ Summer Hats
Silk Dresses
$9.95 *I.OO
PEARLMAN’S
$13.95 Lamar Street Americus, Ga.
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Killed Husband
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Mrs. Annora Yeoman, 40, of
Cardington, 0., is held in the
county jail at Mt. Gilead, 0.,
charged with poisoning her sixth
husband, Lewis Yeoman. He died
June 28. Prosecutor T. B. Ma
teer declares she has confessed.
Four of Mrs. Yeoman’s former
husbands are still living.
bank references mean nothing to
me. I’ve found out that the richer
PAGE THREE
people are. the less inclined fljey
are' to pa j tU 3 '
I’ve ony a small capital atld I need
cash. The people in this neighbor
hood trade with you. You know
the ones that pay by the fifth of
the month.”
(Continued in Our Next I.(ue)
BRIEF MARRIAGE
VENTURE IS ENDED
MACON, July 24—What is Be
lieved to be the shortest matrimon
ial venture on record came to light
today in Bibb sup'erior court when
A. G. Motes was granted a divorce, ;
from Mrs. Lattimer Motes on the
ground of desertion. , 4
Mr. and Mrs. Motes were mar
ried at Jacksonville, Fla., May 3,
1920. On the same day, shortly
after the ceremony, Motes wen;
fishing with a member of the brides
family. When he returned accord
to the story hq told the court, hi.;
bride was gone.
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