About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1925)
PAGE SIX Beatrice. Burton © sswncs wu Miss Briggs knew the number. She had called it scores of times for Dick during the months he had been engaged to Gloria. ... It had al ways hurt her abnominably to call that number. It hurt her now . . like an old wound. But she called the number in a brisk, cheerful voice. “No, she hasn't come in,” she re ported to Dick. “Her mother says she doesn t know when to expect her.” Dick ran his hand through his dark hair. “But asked, unaware that he spoke aloud. Susan Briggs cleared her throat. “Mrs. Gregory came into the of fice this morning to see you,” she said, huskily. Dick wheeled. “Why didn’t you tell me?” he asked sharply. “Where was I when she was here?” “You had just gone out to lunch,” Susan Briggs answered, “and . . . and I forgot to tell you about it.” A telltale blush mounted to her face. She had not forgotten to tell Dick! . . . She hadn’t wanted to tell him about Gloria's visit. And Dick knew it. She looked at him with her un spoken misery in her eyes. “I suppose I ought to tell you something, Mr. Gregory,” she said, after a moment. “I was just going to telephone you about it when you came in tonight. . .” Dick waited silently for her to go on. “I don’t know whether I should have'done it . . . but I gave Mrs. Gregory the key to your house to day,” she said at last. “Did she ask you for it?” Dick asked. Susan Briggs nodded. “Well, I’ll bet that’s where she is, then.' . . .at the house!” Dick ex claimed. His eyes lighted. “I wouldn’t wonder,” Sue Briggs answered dryly. It took all of her nerve, her gallantry, to say those three small words in just that tone. From under her lashes she saw Dick go into his office. She heard the creak of his swivel chair as he sat down in it. Then there was a long silence. . . . She knew that he was making up his mind whether to go to his wife or not ... his wife who was waiting for him in the house that was his and hers. Not daring to move, Susan Briggs sat there. She knew that the happi ness of all her life depended upon whether Dick stayed there at the office or went to Gloria that night . . . And so certain was she of hit decision that presently she began to put on her hat to go home. As she stood before the mirror tucking a stray wisp of hair behind her ear, Dick came out of his office. He car ried his hat and his inevitable brief case was under his arm. “Good night, Susy,” he said in a matter-of-fact voice, as he went out He did not notice that she made no answer. Miss Briggs stood there where b<> had left her, with her hands still holding the brim of her hat. She did not move until the sound of his re treating footsteps died away down the corridor of the building. IMafaMHMHMMHHMMHHBaBMMHBMHMaHBMMBMMWJMMnraramMBMttMaaMaMBMaMMNMMiMMMNMVVS*. r»«FCUZncSXW« H£i£?K J9HNteBLM ! - Off The Beaten Path The real charm of touring lies in of exploration and discovery. It is leaving the main-travelled highways the one satisfactory means of travel andexploringthethousandsofallur- for these narrow roads—light.— yet ing side-paths. These dirt roads and so powerful that it will bring you trails lead to spots of rare beauty through —easy to handle —sturdy unvisited by the throng—where and economical. better camp-sites may be found— . ... .. „ . , , .. . finer fishing and lovelier scenery. w . ca J^ y the who e family an< J the saving in cost often pays for the In a Ford car, you can enjoy the thrill entire vacation. Runabout - - $260 Tudor Sedan - SSBO Coupe - - - - 520 Fordor Sedan - 660 I. On open cars demountable rims and starter are *BS ertra. Futl-sizo balloon tires *25 extra. All prices f. o. b. Detroit. SEE ANY AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER OR MAIL THIS COUPON I ourillg ( >ar : p leaße te || me how t can a Ford Car on easy payments: ! ~ i MaU,h,NC,H ’ n ’ onto^^^^ * utUiHHIHHMtun •••••••••••» Come On In, the Water’s Fine % < ‘ I |O IF 'flP 1 K jp So says Mr. Polar Bear at the zoo in Central Park, New York. City. In these hots days a fellow must keep cool. And far away from the icy retreats of his home at the Then she opened the drawers of her desk and took all the hings that were hers from tnem. Pitifully few they were. Tablets and pencils, a small box of talcum powder, a face towel, and and an old candy box full of odds and ends. She looked around the room where she had worked for so many years. . . as if she were trying to print it on her memory. And yet she knew it was the one place in the world that she never would be able to forget! She took off her hat with a jer ky, impatient movement, and sat down at her desk. After a mo ment she put a sheet of clean white paper into her typewriter and be gan to write: “Dear Mr. Gregory:” she began and could go no further. What could she say to him? The truth was impossible. She couldn’t write to tell the man she loved that she wasn’t going to work for him any more because he was in love with his wife and not with her! She couldn’t tell him that her heart was broken and that there never would be any happiness any where for her again. And yet that was the truth! . . . Anything else was a lie. Well, then, she would have to tell him a lie. “I am taking this opportunity to tell you that I am resigning my po sition at once, for one where I will receive a larger salary. “Sincerely yours, SUSAN BRIGGS.” She neither dated it hor sealed it . . . just laid it in the wire basket on Dick’s desk where he would be sure to see it first thing in the morn •ng. As she turned to go out of hie office she brushed against his old office coat hanging against the wall. It smelled of the tobacco he smok ed in that villainous pipe of his. The sleeves of it still held the shape of his arms. . . . Susan Briggs put her arms around North Pole this little bear sure docs find it difficult to escape the heat though he may bathe in his private swimmin’ hole. it, hugging it close to her breast, and laid her cheek against its rough tweed surface. Her mouth twisted and a tear slid from under her clos ed eyelids. Suddenly she loosened her hold of the coat and let it swing back into place. She hurried out of the of fice. In the outer room she picked up her belongings, snapped out the lights, and went. A cleaning woman was mopping up the floor of the corridor. Be hind her was a small girl with enor mous black hair. As Susan Briggs passed her she held up her doll for her to admire. “See Lolly?” she said. Miss Briggs brushed passed her and went on a few steps. Then she turned around and saw the small girl’s eyes. They were the eyes that all children have for strange and sud den cruelties . . hurt and bewilder ed. Susan ran back and pressed a nickel into the child’s small grimy palm. “Poor baby!” she said. Her eyes were blinded with tears as she went down the stairs and out of the build ing. Gloria darkened the house, turn ed the key in her bedroom door and lay down to try to go to sleep. But it wasn’t the kind of night for sleep. A ray of moonlight lay like a slim beckoning finger on the wall beside the bed. The darkness seemed to be filled with an expect ant hush. There was a high excitement in Gloria. She swung her naked feet over the-side of the bed and crossed the room to the window. A large white moon hung low in the sky like a Japanese lantern. It turned the fluttering leaves of the poplar trees to silver spangles. The world outside seemed unreal —disturbing in its beauty, but the lonely woman at the window hard ened her heart against its magic. She had a feeling that the only way r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER for her to go on was to harden her heart against everything—not only .fgainst things, but against people— against Dick. She must never let the thought of him Into her heart again, she told herself with a kind of dull anger. And then she went on thinking about him. Somewhere out there in the breathing night, he was. ' And suddenly Gloria remembered another night when she had stood at another window and wondered where Dick was. That had been tong ago—on the night before she had married him. She remembered how he had driven up in the middle of the night and whistled softly in the darkness for her—a iow "Bob White” whistle. He had begged her to come down stairs for just a sec ond to kiss him—an 1 she had re fused. “What a fool I was!” she told her self, “and how glad I’d be now if he wanted to kiss me! How glad I’d be! . . . But there’s no chance of that ever again. . . .” The tears that she had felt, in her eyes all day—and in her heart— overflowed. She dropped to her knees on the floor and laid her head down on the window siil and sobbed. And then she seemed to hear a low whistle—a long, clear note fol lowed by a shorter one. She held her breath and listened. . Was it Dick’s “Bob White” call? Oh, no; it couldn’t be. . . And then it came again! Gloria raised her head. Down on the lawn in the shadow It detach ed itself and moved out into the moonlight. It was Dick! Gloria’s heart leaped in her breast. (To Be Continued) HARVEST MOON WILL FIND SECTION WITH EXCELLENT CROPS (Continued from Page One) ing that in this section there had been a sufficiency of moisture. On Caarley Ansley’s farm, over which I rode a few days ago, there is something like 350 to 400 acres in cotton, more heavily fruited than I have seen in years and still bloom ing. Mr. Molier, the overseer, has used a liberal amount of poison. The crop has been dusted three or four times and, like Mr. Carter, he did not wait for infestation. Mr. Molier’s idea is never let a weevil live overnight, and though we search ed carefully in many sections of the farm, not a weevil could be found. Mr. Ansley has one of the finest crops in the county and his corn and velvet beans were in splendid shape. This farm has not had a sufficient amount of moisture, as a whole, but Mr. Molier is producing one of the most bountiful crops in years, just the same. A farmer, who will not let me use his name, but one who is said to be as good a judge of crop condi tions as there is in the county, says Sumter will produce more cotton this year than last, that is unless a CL A SSIFItZ>ARS NOTICE! Will be absent from my office till Monday, 27th, inst. S. H. M’KEE. WANTED WANTED—.Every one to drink Flint Rock Ginger Ale for an appetizer—before and after meals. 5c per bottle. On sale at all gro cers. 16-ts WANTED You to cat Squash grown by R. E Glenn and sold by A & P, Easom apd Martin, and Piggly Wiggly and K'arrois Grocery Co., 10c lb.—3otoaugl WANTED—Work in accounting, auditing, etc. ‘Accountant,’ care Times-Recorder. —l7-ts. WANTED—Farm superintendent to begin August 15th. Married man preferred. References requir ed with application. Address ‘Farm,’ care Times-Recorder.—lß-tf. WANTED—Women to make mon ey at home. Plain home sew ing. No canvassing. Send for samples and particulars. Success Sewing System, Box 207, Long Branch, N. J.—2o-lt WANTED—I 924 or ’25 model Ford; must be in good condition and cheap for cash. Apply to J.M ' ■Joiner, at Atlantic Ice Cod—2o- LOST AND FOUND LOST—One black handbag bJ.ween Flint river bridge and Americus, or Vienna road. Return to 203 E. Church street, Americus, and receive reward, or phone 601. —lB-2t LOST—Between Plains and Smith ville, one Michelin tire and tube and rim. Finder return and get reward. VG- Thurston, Smithville, Ga 18-6 t A good shimmy dancer is lucky. She can shake the water off instead ot using a towel. RIDING TO RICHES IN TOY LINER By NEA Service PASEDENA, Calif., July 18.. They’re riding to fame and fortune in toy boats of pasteboard and they’re both urdcr 21 years of age! “They” are Rosco» and Wallace Good, aged 20 and 19, respectively. Their toy boats are exact models of big ccean Inters and giant dread naughts, and th? .-ale of them is netting the lads an income which will enable them shortly to build real ships and become real kings of the marine world. Built in a Garage In the back yard of their home is a dilapidate dgarage which is their workshop. There they fashion the little ships that a?e eagerly bid for by big steamship lines throughout the country. The death of their father suprred them on their path. Before thrft htye had made their ships more for the fun of it than anything else. But when he died they began to build them on a larger scale. Their Own Building Presently they expect to build a two-story building, leasing the ground floor and installing their workshop above. From that as a beginning they aim to branch out to different sum mer resort sections, erecting hotels disastrous season of rain comes during the next two weeks, this county will go better than 25,000 bales. He practically covered the county Friday, visiting every sec tion, and he says that it has been many years since he has seen finer prospects. One of the warehousemen of the county says the crov is an exceed ingly early one and that the ware houses will be busy during August. A fertilizer man said Saturday he looked for the biggest and the cheapest crop in many years. “If our farmers get 25 cents for this crop, Sumter county will be on easy street again,” he said. “Sumter, Lee and Terrell coun ties are sitting pretty,” a traveling man said last week. “No where in Georgia are there more brilliant prospects for excellent crops. And the farmers of this section deserve it. Ther merchants need it. We have had a long hard uphill pull for the past few years, but we are not over the top and from this fall on We shall have easy traveling, pro vided we don’t lose our heads. This crop, so everybody says, will be a profitable one. That means money, and money should mean paying debts. Interest charges and taxes must be gotten out of the way be fore we begin to spend.” Unquestionably the business out look for this section is the brightest we have seen in several years. There is no denying that we shall reap a splendid crop and that it will come in early, promising a profit able fall business for the merchants of this section. MISCELLANEOUS THE AMERICUS BUSINESS College is in operation; morning, afternoon and night. Miss Lilliar Braswell, President. Merritt Bldg —lti WE ARE going to move on Septem ber first to the corner now occu pied by Barker Grocery Co., pop ularly known as the Mize corner. Harris Grocery.—B-12t CORAL GABLES BUS leaving July 28. A delightful trip. See or phone Neon Buchanan. Phones 337 or 66.—20-ts. ICE COLD Kleckley Sweet and Tur pin’s Lipsey Watermelons at Bragg’s Market—2o-2t WILL GENTLEMAN that picked up leather pocketbook with .$44 in currency at Loving’s Filling Sta tion last night, please return. No questions asked; reward. —17-3 t FOR RENT FOR RENT —2 unfurnished rooms to couple without children. Mrs. Emma Joiner. Phone 860. —17-3 t FOR RENT—August 1, my home 1517 lice street. Mrst P. D. Cherry, phone 7, or address Box 367—18-31 F’OR RE.. T—T vo furnished or un fur aed upst ; rooms; close in. Apply 119 S Lee St. —2O-3t ’ ,R RENT Two connecting rooms to couple without children. Address ‘Rooms,’ care Times-Re corder.—2o-3t WANT TO RENT Five or six room house. lam coming to Americus to make a permanent home and desire to rent a home. Might consid er buying it later. Address, “Warehouse,’’ care Times-Re corder.—2o dh-tf-xz FOR SALE FOR SALE—Ten pairs of White King Pigeons and cage. Call 355—17-3 t FOR SALE—Nice baby carriage. Slightly used. Phone 726.—20-3 t WWHI Jf - ■■ J ROSCOE GOOD (LEFT' AND HIS BROTHER, WALLACE, WITH ONE OF THEIR MODEL SHIPS. and eventually—though not at first, provide enough revenue to make of course—building their >wn steam | this possible. ers to carry passeinei-: back and | And they may well be right, f<r f t . r th. ’ their income new aerages around The model ships, they believe, will 1 510,000 a year. lETLEYS Buy it. Brew it. Ice it. Drink it. You’ll like it. Orange Pekoe Tea Makes good tea a certainty HAND BAGS, SUIT CASES AND LEATHER POCKETBOOKS REPAIRED By N. R. Harris, Expert Workman Aluminumware Free to Customers PHILLIPS CHAMPION SHOE AND HARNESS SHOP 1 I 1 E. Forsyth Street CHEAP MONEY TO LEND .. .!».,■ h... I. lend on !.,«• I«nd. ■' “ 4 best terms, and you will always save money by seeing us. We give the borrower the privilege of making payments on the principal at any interest period, stopping interest - payment. X We also make loans on choice city property. Write or see R. C. Ellis, President, or G. C. Webb, Vice Presi dent, in charge of the Home Office, Americus, Georgia— Empire Loan & Trust Company Americus, Georgia WHEN IS YOUR BOY’S NEXT OA birthday? «i *5! Give Him a Watch llßmi Watches Sold On Monthly or Weekly Payments Diamonds sold on Montldy payments. AMERICUS JEWELRY COMPANY, Inc. Phone 229 Wallis Molt, Mgr. ns. nm mii—umi EXPERT WIRING REPAIRING SEE— J. C. BASS Electrician Estimates Furnished Expert House Wiring ’ Repairing FOR SALE—I 2 .hp 220 Volt Motor. 106 East Church Street • Phone 854 irmnuumi' 11 —nwim-i — t«— —iff— ——- 5 DIAMONDS SEE OUR DIAMOND WINDOW! We have a wonderful assortment on display. We can fit you in a Diamond from $25.00 up. JOIN OUR MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN < - I S L- BELL, Inc. 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