About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1925)
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 27. 1925 Too Much Efficiency By ....“MY DEAR CHILDREN: “I shall be away from home until, the evening of Feburary 19. I am in! perfect health. My trip is chiefly of | a business nature. In order to make I all proper provisions for your care ; and comfort, I am placing a personal representative in charge of my ' household, a man in whom I have ' complete confidence. My personal at- ' torneys are charged to communicate ; with me in case of emergency, but I under no other circumstances. ft I will be useless for you to inquire my ! whereabouts from them. I feel that ; this short separation will be of ‘ benefit to all of us, and I shall look: forward to our reunion with affec-1 tionote anticipations. “In the meanwhile Mr. Hedge will I be in full and absolute charge, with i the authority that I have conferred ■ upon him in another document. He 1 is a man of excellent character, thoroughly recommended by his ern-; ployers, and, I am satisfactorily as-1 sured, a gentleman. He will reside with you, and will have full financia. responsibility in all household ano family matters. “It is needless for me to say that you will co-operate with him in every way; I know that you will. Treat him as you would me. “And now, my children, I bid you, for a short time, an affectionate goodby. “Your loving father, JOHN W. BROOKE.” “That document you may keep,’ said Mr. Hedge, as he passed the letter to Constance Brooke. The one with the red seal he replaced in his pocket. Still the three Brooke children spoke no word. Speech was not theirs for the moment; rather, was theirs to gaze in mute bewilderment at the bearer of the documents. They saw a person who was some what above medium height and of slender frame. The lines of his head were angular, an effect heightened by his almost black hair and the stiff, uncompromising manner in which it was brushed straight back past his ears. His eyes were dark and disconcertingly steady. His nose was long, but straight in the bridge and not badly molded. His lips closed firmly, but not harshly. There was a faint cleft in his chin. He was dressed quietly, but obviously well. As to his age. it was probably THE STANDARD DOLLAR MONDAY—DOLLAR TUESDAY Values That Will Exceed Your High est Expectations. 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THE STANDARD DRY GOODS COMPANY Forayth Street, Next Door t® Baotr of Con,r> - AMERICA' IRW 1 ■ wl m WOO ■ “For the time being I am your father." wenty-eight or nine. Mr. Hedge bore the scrutiny with composure, as though it were some thing he had quite anticipated. He mesalured glances with William, Brooke without the quiver of an eye lid, while he regarded Constance as .mpersonally as though she were an inanimate future in the library. It was Alice who spoke first. “Where is my father?” she de manded, in a frightened voice. ”1— I don’t understand. Where is dad?” “I am unable to answer,” replied Mr. Hedge easily. “I do not know. H£ is, however, as he explains in his letter, quite well and he will return to you on the day mentioned.” ’’February 19!” gasped Constance, glancing at the letter. “And—and this is December ! You mean to say we will not see our father in all that time?” “Evidently not, unless he should change his plans.” “But what will we do?” “Continue to reside in your home under my protection,” obArved Mr. Hedge, with a casual glance that em braced the principle features of the apartment. The scion of the Brooke family, ■after gulping twice found his voice. “What sort of a joke is all this?” he demanded. “No joke. Business,” said Mr. Hedge tersely. “Well, I propose to find out.” “Very well. Too late this evening, however. Tomorrow you may tele- Wanted Sweet Potatoes Having arranged to operate the Carter Curing Plant for this season, I am in the market for all the Sweet Potatoes you have for sale. Before you sell your sweet potatoes, see W. E. BROWN, Agt. At the Curing Plant AMERICUS, GA. We are in the Market for Peanuts . * Farmers Cotton Oil CO. Phone 92 phone to the office of our corpora tion and obtain a verification.” "But what’s the idea of it all? If the old man wants to go away,well and good. But why can’t we run things? Where do you come in?” Mr. Hedge smiled faintly, a digni fied yet not unpleasant proceeding.' “I came in by order of your fath-| er," he answered. “In fact, for the! time being, I am your father.” “Good Lord!” The exclamation came from the lips of Billy Brooke. He surveyed the stranger from head to heels with plain intent to express contempt. Why, he was bigger him self! “I prefer, however, to be called I Mr. Hedge. And the reason that you , cannot run things is that I am going to run them.” There was a snap in his voice that made the Brooke children wince. “And now,” he added, in a more comfortable tone, “1 believe it is time for dinner. Let us go in.” Constance hesitated, which meant that her brother and sister did like wise. It was a characteristic de velopment of'every crisis in the Brooke family. They would have scorned to acknowledge it, but the older brothei- and younger sister had unconciously fallen into the habit of waiting to see what Con stance would do. Mr. Hedge sensed the situation. He had eyes only. for the central figure of the trio. She met his glance quite, steadily, with a slight narrowing of her eyes, as though making a swift mental calculation. Her poise had returned to her; even at the first she had not been frightened, although undeniably startled. Constance was not so pretty as her fifteen-year-old sister; that would have been diffcult, for Alice was pretty beyond all reason. Now the less, the young chatelaine of the Brooke mansion prestented to the world a countenance of which only the most exacting could make com plaint. It w-as the kind that photo graphs with mysterious effect, be cause it held something more than mere comeliness, something elusive yet discernible, something that, for want of a more successful descrip tion, is usually called character. John W. Brooks always insisted that Constance was her mother, over again. Yet sometimes he saw him self in the straightforward glance of her gray eyes, and others saw it, too. Mr. Hedge did not see it, be cause he had never beheld John W. Brooke. Nevertheless, he saw enough to convince him that he had made no mistake in addressing himself chiefly to the young woman who stood be fore him. “Certainly; we will dine,” said Constance abruptly. She led the way from the library, down the broad hall and into a spa cious room that lay on the opposite side of the house. Alice followed her closely, then Billy. Mr. Hedge brought up in the rear, making swift note of his surroundings and occa sionally frowning slightly. The dining-room in the Brooke mansion was all that a Fifth Avenue dining-room should be. It was almost a banquet hall. Mr. Brooke had paneled it in a walnut, because he could easily afford to; he had placed no check upon his architect, either in this or any other apartment upder I his roof. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER The family table, always employed when ther e were no guests, seemed absurdly small in the great room. It was not placed in the center, but drawn close to an open fireplace, wherein a few logs of high-priced driftwood were burning with strange flames of green and blue and yellow. It was quite a long walk to the 1 table, and the procession moved in single file, Mr. Hedge’s active glance flitting from side to side. Even Horace, the butler, from his place behind Constance’s chair, could dis cern that the stranger was complete ly at ease. He neither hurried nor ' loitered; he did not carry his hands in his pockets, nor rub his nose fur tively, nor straighten his tie. He moved as nonchalantly toward the table as John W, Brooke himself. "My father’s chair,” said Con stance with a brief gesture. Mr. Hedge seated himself in it. “You may serve dinner, Horace.” murmured Constance. “Yes, Miss Brooke,” and Horace, wrenching his glance from the face of the stranger, disappeared on his errand. There was half a minute of silence, broken only by an embarrassed cough from Billy. Then Hr. Hedge spoke. “Now that we’ve all plunged in, the water isn’t so cold, after all, is it?” The three Brookes looked at him sharply and with obviously surprised faces. Constance and her brother exchanged fleeting glances. Alice pursed her lips. The observation had sounded rather human, quite differ ent from the Hedge of the library He was smeling, too, “You see,” he continued easily, “the first shock was not in the fact that I arrived on the scene, but in the fact that your father didn’t.” Constance was not wholly sure of this. “I can really understand your sur prise,” said Mr. Hedge. “It is en tirely natural. We are all more or less creatures of surprise. But sur prises are not necessarily unpleasant or attended by any unfortunate con sequences.” Constance made a note of the fact that the stranger thought well of himself. “I’m simply your father’s agent for a short time. I’v e no doubt in the world that you will take a keen interest in the experiment, as soon as the nature of it is clear to you.” (To Be Continued.) The American Academy* of Fine Arts was organized in 1816. The largest American educational institution in the near east is at Beirut, Syria. I Fine Mules We received today two car loads Kentucky and Tennessee Mules —all mare mules. These mules were bought right and will be I t sold right. You will always find a large lot I I | of mules in our stable to select from I I | CASH OR CREDIT i i I | G. A. &W. G.Turpin j I f Attention Farmers Sowing Grain The season is now favorable for the thor ough preparation of land for grains. Plow and harrow carefully, and then drill in the seed. The recent drouth has caused a shortage of feed in this section, and the farmers should realize the importance of planting more grain than usual. There is no better time to insure a crop than to plant now. <J May we offer this suggestion?—Fertilize your oats when you plant them, use two bush els of seed to the acre and drill in with them one sack of well prepared 9-3-3 Guano. <J We have installed new mixing machinery, and are prepared to supply first class goods in every respect. Let us serve you. Your pat ronage will be appreciated. L. G. Council Fertilizer Works Americus, Ga. Nosed Into the Ground Ej wk, I WSHi fire jSexlmk' MMffiggSjjjEjw! i ffiijajoy ixjww* kl 9 IB ONE KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK DANVILLE, Ga.. Oct. 26.—Sam R Denoma was instantly killed and Lee Green was painfully injured Sunday about two miles East of 'here on the Macon Highway when a Ford automobile in which they were rid ing turned over down an embank ment, pinning both men underneath the car. Mr. Denoma’s neck was broken, causing instant death. Mr. Greene was conscious when discov ered by a party passing, who imme diately summoned help and released him. Mr. Greene stated that he had been pinned down for about three hours when discovered. Both men live near Allenworth and are em ployed by the Daugherty Calton Lum ber Company. Mr. Denoma’s fam ily survive him, also relatives in Detroit, Mich. Wreckage of th e Martin Bomber which fell ino the woods near Cape May Court House, N. J. Three occup ants. Captain R. A. Kinlock, Ser geant Joseph Coulston, and Lieut enant Abbot C. Martin, all of the ’m' r Service ’ were instantly killed The impact of the plane’s fall l uned the propellor severa Ifeet in the ground. LADIES ! Special Attention to Chokers We Clean Clothes Clean Phone Seben-Fo’-Nine AMERICUS DRY CLEANING CO. E. J. (Doc) Eldridge, Mgr. SPECIALS For This Week DINING ROOM SUITS One. J 0-piece American Wai- nut, 66 Buffet, S3OO value One 10-piece French Walnut, (MCA 66” Buffet, $225 value JIVV One I 0-piece French Walnut, 60” Buffet, S2OO value $1 One 10-piece Mahogany, dM 60” Buffet, $225 value ... ..’ All of these Suites are the very latest designs, ob |long, square corner table, tapestry upholstered chairs. Splendid values- Come in and see for your self, don’t take our word for it. Allison Furniture Co. Duroc Hogs For Sale Now is the time to breed your sows for Spring pigs. We have 25 young Boars ready for service, that we will sell cheap. You may never have an opportunity to buy such Boars again. They are sired by our great Herd Boar that we lost. We also have 50 fall Gilts ready to breed that we will sell. We will not hold a winter sale of bred sows. If you want to improve your herd now is your opportunity. C. C. HAWKINS & SON AMERICUS, GA. PAGE SEVEN There is an obelisk in Egypt that has never been raised. It weighs 1168 tons. SALARY INCREASE COMES WITH PROMOTION CHICAGO, Sent. 28.—After a ca- eful survey of the entire labor situation extending from office boy to ’’resident, indications are that positions showing increases in sal aries require experienced help. Consulting the president of one of our largest industries, the writ er inquired regarding (he rapid success of a certain young man who had become general manager, and who a few years ago was but office hoy; his answer was, Brown start ed at office boy, the lowest salaried position in our office, he was am bitious and managed to purchase a typewriter on email monthly pay ments and after three weeks of practice at home he was promoted to bill clerk, which position gave him knowledge of the selling price of all merchandise. K'is next ad vance was that of typist, which 'aught him the numerous forms of letter-writing and enabled him to hold a stenographic position, giv ing him complete knowledge of let ter-writing. He was then made sec retary, bringing him into contact with all business details and quali fied him for the general manager’s office at ten thousand per year. The same opportunity awaits ev ery young man and woman. Educa tion or age have nothing to do with operating so simple a machine as the type writer. We are informed that a great piece of benevolent work is being carried on by a large ■ Chicago mail order house in fur ! nhhing typewriters to people wor i thy of credit, by selling on small monthly installments, so low as to ' average about eight cents per day and actually teaching the!.- custom ers how to use and operate any tpe writer in about three weeks’ time. You can get other information by i writing tne International Type | writer Exchange, 184 W. Lake St., Chicago, Illinois.— (adv.)
