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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY It, lJlJ.
EGGS HERE DROP
TO 40C; BUTTER
OFF HIGH PERCH
Hie good old days of “bam and
■eggs” seema to be on their way back
to Georgia again. Egga, which hare
been soaring around one dollar a doz
en hare reached 40 cents again, and
tt the hog-growers will soften their
tearts towards Mr. and Mrs. Consum
er, the flavor of sizzling pork may
ence more permeate the atmosphere of
home from day to day.
Mr. High Cost of living is losing
his grip on the throat of the public
just a bit, and there is a fond hope
hi the heart of the many who must
eat the kind fate, the government
or the return of normal times may
moan a little pleasure now and then
in the way of food.
The mildness of the winter, as well
as the returning of conditions to nor
mal, are "blamed* for the fail in the
price of eggs. The quotation on that
commodity today in Americas was 40
cents a dozen. The high point reach
ed this winter was 70 cents.
"This price Is subject to fluctu
ations," said one AmericuS grocer. If
we should have a cold snap you would
SCO eggs go bach to 45 cents a dozen.
If it stays mild a further decline may
fl>e noted."
Butter, which reached 80 cents a
pound this season, was selling at 55
and 60 cents today for high class
creamery stock. The wholesale quo
tation was 50 cents pound, f. o. b.
Macon.
Cheese and other articles of food
have begun to show a decline In price,
and the navy bean, which became an
aristocrat at 18 to 25 cents per pound,
owing to the demand of the govern
ment for nearly the entire crop, is
slipping back and before long may
again be selling at its old price of
5 cents a pound.
The Light
In the
Clearing
A Tale of the North
Country in the Timej
of Si las Wright
r
She left me for a moment aiid soon Mere j» do. It was 'cause her fathet
the whole household was gathered *** r *cher'n the squire an’ had prom-
I about me oh the porch, the men bav- ls«> Ills gal ten thousan* dollars tb«
! In? come op from the fields. They pnt da 3 r she was married. All of a sud
my horse in the barn and pressed me den Kate disappeared. We didn’t know
to stay for dinner, which I did. As I what had happened fer a long time,
was going the gentle old Indy gave "One day the oT squire got me to dlf
lae a pair of mittens which her dlstin- this grave an’ put up the headstone an’
gnlshed son had worn daring bis last then he tol* me the story. He tamed
winter In college. I remember well the poor gal out o’ doors. God tf
how tenderly she handled them! , Israel I It was In the night—yis, slr-
h i 1 J?. op 2 SUas wUl 6et yon to 11 Wfls 1“'the night that he sent hei
help him —those were the last words away. Gotdarn him I He didn’t haw
orto V seen the motions he made with I °’ cl °? k ,ho third
bis hands an* the way he tried to I are looking for.
speak when I went in there, but all I 40 „ at day '
could hear was Jest a long yell nn’ a .. A taU, slim woman entered the room
kind of a rattle In his throat Heavens ™ e “ and said thal supper was ready,
an’ alrth! how desperlt he tried to Kate rose with a smile and I followed
spit out the thing that was gnawin’ . 8 “ ,n to the dining room where two
bis vitals. Ag*in nn’ag’ln he’d try tol t—Ies were spread. One had certain
tell me. Lord God! how he did work I” dbi4l6S on It and a white cover, frayed
"All to once tt come acrost me what and wo ™' she ,ed me to the other
ho wanted—quick as yo could say scat I table which was neatly covered with
He wanted to hove Kate’s headstun I 880,67 Ilnen - Tb® tell woman served
By IRVING BACHELLORi
main street I looked down upon a vil
lage green and some fine old elms. It
was n singularly quiet place. I stopped
her
(Copyright, 1217. Irving Bochelor.)
aware of the ex-
Jn front of a bfg whlte'meetlhg h^ i hnh! ,. pnl
An old man was mowing folia gravt ron “<Wa«* cried 88
yard near the highway. Slowly be «twirs cause I looked
rang his scythe 7 j kind ° friendly—oh hnh! I tol’ her
. “Do you know where Kate Fullerton ■ 0V6r to oui
| lives?" I asked. i honse an stay Jest na long as she
“Well, It’s party likely that I do." he 1 S00B “ got well-
in my snovel. but I didn’t , ““ ““ 88 pouuu oi mm -
r tateeloo^L iftTSl “° n toat Kafowouldcome P here 004 off from his intelligence. It cami
Lev an’ see it an’ that everybody would P 84 •* troab,ed doptba of hi.
tend school,
d &?**?*«-
& aVLlSSA 1 In the valley below us. I
i^brokis. "su 7 - n b7 taU evcr8r
te y to f.‘u^s rt ^ to «sgs?„ r
an extension.
at-1 trees?”
I could see the place at which he
VI—Barton te asked k to | pointed far back from the village street
the bouse near-
evergreens.
“Yes,” I answered.
end obtain! “Wal, that's the Squire Fullerton
place—he's Kate's father."
CHAPTER Vn-Now In hta sixteenth I “Does the squire live there?"
Xcfc” , h “ I lV lr ~ n i >t . ^c'ly. He ’s dyln’
ton. On the way they meet a rider, and I ^ ere been dyln* there for two year
S.'to Whey are or “ore. By gosh I It’s wonderful how
*f° hard ’»* ler some folks to qnlt breath-
jsra:ssjs&£ffU8\«& ^ be 700 “ 7 * ^ famllyr
£?K “ the robber "boot, aid
5? reto .w^X: t&'Sui&b.nS Z° r no frlead O’ “**■•
was over there they was won
derin’ what they wns goto’ to do witt
hei little baby. I took it in my artnil
murderer bends
which he observes wounds the'thief, "who
"Course not He never bad a friend
to a hr pecuUy;«MSl? J> r °he n | ta life—too mean! He’s too mean
P?0Md ■»?t>ui‘"ii*r W ton
in a .peculiar man
Americus Not to
Get German Cannon
Finis has been written to tbe hopes
of those Americas citizens who had
counted on having captured German
cannon planted publicly here as a re
minded of the triumph of the Stars
and Stripes over the Kaiser. Fol
lowing the Introduction In congress
nctahlSrtcSf foMK’robtoMl? MMaflfol *° <Ue ’ “>*‘ec-too mean fer hell an’ I
and tbe strangsr Is burled. | wouldn't wonder—honest I wouldn’t—
CHAPTER Vlit—Barton leaves hems
attend Mlobiel Hackic? S “
SJJSSPS !i. a n“L od . oh ar»ed with t
mebbe that’s why God Is keepto’ him
to | here—jest to meiler him up a little.
murder of the stranger.
CHAPTER Xn—Barton and Bally
kslberg formally pledge their troth.
CHAPTER Xm-Oid Kate’s silent but
pursuit of Old Ben Orlmshaw
and goaded twyond^ndur-
*a" points at him.
CHAPTER XIV—I
from "Roving Kata" wl
although
CHAPTER XV—Barton
L Amos I 7 rum up a i
with the I Boy, mister, be yon in a hurry?"
1 “No."
“Say, hitch yer boss an* come In
here. I want to show ye suthtoV
I dismounted and hitched my horse
to the fence and followed him Into tho
old churchyard, between weather-
stained mossy headstones and graves
, „ . overgrown with wild roses. Near the
"ns him I 4or end °* 4,1680 thick-sown acres he
stopped. ^
“Here’s where the buryfo’ begun,"
said my guide. “The first bole in tbe
w . everybody* — .
see her sfondin' here by her own grave, 1 ml ® ery ’
an’It worried him. It was kind o’like So 4,184 house—the scene of his
a fire In his belly. F 684 «Io which would presently lie
“I guess, too, he couldn’t bear the d ? wn wtthlUm ln the dust—was flood-
Ideo of layfo’ down fer his las' sleep P d * * htmdred ““ e3 8 day, by the ms-
beside that hell hole he’d dug fer Kate I $ appy ®if* 4 f** 4 ? “ 8 «ter. In the
—no, sir! I dc8 <I °f fbo night I heard its despair
“Wal, yo know, mister, I Jes’ shook eollolllg through the silent chambers,
my head an’ never let on that I knew a?I d UM* 6 as we ate, or as we
what be meant an* let him wiggle an’ I S8 t together In the shabby, great room
twist Uke a worm on a hot griddle, on’ I after sapper, but she seemed to enjoy
beller like a cut bull ’Ml he fell back In I my talk and I went Into the details of
a swoon. “? personal history.
“Damn him! It don't give him no T* 10 look on her face, even white I
rest He tries to tell everybody hei vas speaking* Indicated that her
, nm . I sees—that’s what they say. He bei- thoughts wandered, resflcssly. In tbe
' tfi lets day an* night an' if you go down! Bloomy desert of her past. I thought
‘ I there'he’ll beller to you an' you’ll know] °f 4,184 Bay, blrdllke youth of hers of
‘ what It’s about, but the others don’t. whlch 4he old man with the scythe
“Yon an’ me are the only ones that h®, 11 4old “«> and wondered. As I was
knows the secret, I guess. Some day, I thinking of this there came a cry from
'fore he dies, I'm goin' to take up that I 4be aged squire so loud and doleful
headstun an* hide It, bnt he’ll never | that tt startled me and I turned and
know IFa done—no, sir—not 'til he ,ookcd townrd the open door,
gits to the Judgment sent, anyway." I Kate rose and come to my side and
The old man rose and straightened ,6aaed toward my mr whispering:
himself and blew out bis breath and “R Is my father. He Is always think-
brushed his hands upon his trousers I ,n B of when I was n girl. He wants
by way of stepping down into this “o."
world again oat of the those and dusty I She bade me good night and left
loft of bis memory. But I called him I the room. Doubtless It was tbe ont-
back.
"What has become of Enoch?" I
asked.
“Wal, sir, Enoch started oft West
'boot three year ago an’ we ain't beard
__ a word from him since that day—nary
8 word - mister. I suppose we will some
^ ! t'me. He grew Into a good man, bnt
there was n kind of a queer streak In
the blood, as ye might say, on both
sides kind o’. We’ve wrote tetters out
to Wisconsin, where he was p'fotfo*
for, an’ to places on the way, bnt we
can’t git no news T>out him. Mebbe
be was killed by the Injans.”
We walked out of the graveyard to
gether In silence.
I could see a glimmer of a light in
raged, departed spirit of that golden
time which was haunting the old
squire. A Bible lay on the table near
fne and I sat reading it tor an hour or
so. A toll clock In a corner solemnly
tolled the hoar of nine. IB came the
tall woman and asked me in thd
brogue of the Irish:
“Would you like to go to bed?”
"Yes, I am Ured.”
She took a candle and led me up a
broad oaken stairway and Into n room j
boyhood'into manhood,"'and“chMset* his I huTmo Z«SZ. T “ 1 Took 14 ,n My Arma - * conla 866 8 glimmer of a light In
9 wn road. I k—'™ d °B for a Fullerton. , bo-rni dnmm«i if 4,16 thicket of pines down the valley. I
— — I There were many small monuments anmmea If It dlan t grnl unhitched and mounted my horse
CHAPTER XVI. | and slabs of marbte-somo spotted hold ° my 11080 “* b ang on Uke . ana mouniea my norso.
t ™ JiXnflnU 0,d man 08 he p,6k6d “P b ‘ 8
The Man With the Scythe.
It was tote in Juno before I was able
to disengage myself from the work of I he palled aside the stem of a leafy . . . . - ,
the Judge's office. Meanwhile there I brier red with roses. “Jest read »■«» f6tetod 4,1114 4,44,8 Paby hoy home Ir
had been blood shed back In tho hills. I mister." , unmt ny nh 1 My wife scolded mi
“Take the first turn to the right,” -
fl 1/1 tha «blrl men nos hn nlnl.^.l 1.1. I ^
I or acpnrtea Fullertons. | uw 6Cy fhe.
1,8 . ‘' Say ; ,ook «’ ttat.” aald my guide as ““wat'vftoow "l tes “ rm Tcry n » ach obIlgod 40
of I he pnUcd aside the stem of a leafy 1 *. ye said.
you,"
“No ye ain’t, nuther,” be answered.
One of tho sheriffs pone bad been se-1 My keen eyes slowly speUod ont Mis
uwno, HJ UHI AU/ nuu OlVlUl-U Ull MT/.boH-.-. At*-. .
' Uko Sam HU1—yls, slr-ehe had flvi r^*riWuMb*^ ^ ‘ roaso11 wby
rowmg tho introduction In congress TercIy wounded by ' bnl ^ t b ad UmSworo worts on a 5sb of abdned of ber own * 1 to1 ' bcr 1 waa Boln’ U „
by representaUvos from all parts of failed to servo.the write. Tho Judge! m?rtte° on a Mab of stained n back In a day er two bnt aftei th “ 7 5 0 ^ ll ^ pa “ el l 4 “ e ! er 4o . flad
the nations of bills ldstractlng the
delivery of captured cannon to towns
named, ^he war department has offle-
ially announced that It has decided to
store ta arsenals all such guns.
. „ . — Judge! marble:
had appealed to tho governor. People f
were talking of “tho rent war." B » c ” <5 . t° t he i M morr of
Whnt a Joy entered my heart when
I wns aboard tho steamboat, at lost, I “Proclaim his Word ta every phu»
and on my way to all most dear to me 11 Ttuit theT dwd *h° fan from (rm’
It had been In the honso threo days yi 4,18 end 04 4,18 road > hurried mo along
couldn’t ’o’ puUed It away from hei 8110 411 a moment or two we were down f
with a windlass. I nndcr 4,18 P 488 srove that snrroondod
“Wo brought him up an* he was at bo “* 04 ° ld ? dalre Fnllerton-n
a good boy. We called hln ‘ ^ r “ <1
—i'n — — i around It iA great black doe came
na old metal abroad, and not brought
to America. Only a few of these Ger
man guns will be brought hero and
they will not be for general distribu
tion.
Congressman Chas. R. Crisp, of this
- district has pending a bill giving
captured cannon each to Americus,
* Cordate and Fitzgerald.
! Ilovo yodo-not correct Squire Fut S SSS 48 “7 friend and I wish to aee her."
loft tho poorhouse afoot Went nwaj
somewheres—nobody knew where
“Who’s there?’’ he demnndod.
“My name is Barton Baynes from I
Pupils Vaccinated,
Influenza Disappears
pnt
“Is this where Senator Wright Uvedl thini"^^!^ sendhT'w^ ta Pl^ 88 withrhoumatlx. AfterWtta 4,18 bo ™- Soon I yre^i^n tod’of^ld-’i
when he was a bo,r I naked. believer since tbe woTIS 5 ,l68d 8,4 In tho big bouse with o! d “ r ^ ,4418 lighted L™h” But I w2?t to bUdStert
"Yes, sir, tho old lady answered. I know heU must ’a’ been the Invention Tom Unne Y •»’ W» wife* who’vi ^ ftg°wtog. I F | eD t rather fitfully, on
^ am from Canton." of a man—that’s sarUn-an’ it was worked 4,1010 ^ ’ boa4 ^ jew. > SSrtt UmfSSa fromT *?•"' 0,0 crtes 04 4,10 ofd^Sre came flood-
She rose from her chair. | mostly fer women an’ children-that’s bums. _ _ whm he hSl too ' DK thnm8b *•» waru - How 4 ,08 Bod
QUITMAN, Feb. 10.—Three weeks
have passed since 622 school children
la Quitman were vaccinated with
Bozenem serum; there were twenty-
one cases among school pupils when,
the vaccination began and only three
developed within a few days after the
first treatment Since then not a case ]
has developed among the pupils. The
health authorities are much late rest
ed in whether tbe third wave of "fin"
waa dying down anyway, or whether
the serum has had any effect in check
ing a
JTou from Canton t" she exclaimed, wrttner—an’ fer all the men that “WaL sir, fast wo knew Kato wni uSrtfeu mvfo^iT iS 4or 4,10 Usht 04 4,18 “onitagt It <
"why, of ail things) That’s where my d,do ^ t ag !?* Wl ^ Wm - 884 do ' TO ^ there fo the hooae livin’ with her fa I^w^d •* ^ and I rose and dressed
boyhi home Is. rm glad to see you. do • n ' 111 46,1 *• 44,8 bun a 40 ^- My dayi tter- We wouldn’t V knowed it, then 46684 884 84 doors.
.... . t _ you.Go
on’ put your horse In tha bum"
I dismounted and aha came near me.
“Silas Wright Is my boy,’
work Is done."
We sat down together and I
on as follows t
"Did ye ever see Kate Fullerton?"
“Yee."
“No ye didn’t, nuther.
Mebbe ye seen her when i
New Constitution of
“What Is your name?"
hitched'my^oreo'" * * MWered “ *1 -STye dldn% nuther. Ter ton young ”°‘" a , la4b *i "^‘way she hdd m» w I 5 l ’° nt v t0 tot0 107 MddIe at ““
aa jrzranr f«
' ffiHiAmsMt. .. I golden robin. Hair yeller es his breasi eee 8 conler 0 my house through thi “f* 4 “<™oriea tha* I tako with me Into | never forgotten its serenity and sweeb
We sat down together on the porch. K SeteTsow m Ms irinn ^ bushes, Tom was walkin’ the oTmss 4,18 4,48 now so near, from whh* seronuy ana awew
“SUaa wrote In hte last tetter that “ * •round the room. All to once 44,618 «• 88 returning.
bright es his'n-yte. «° pp8d * *}*« « "T tow*, ® a ,6d “O lnto tho house. She
(TO BE CONTINUED)
WEIMAR, Feb. 10.—(Monday.) —(By ‘ *° wMh alaTm 04 my | naforfBU an’ no mistake. Course tbe
Special Rule to Save
Associated Preea.)—The German Na-
rttdt an’no mistake. Course the 084 * know her the into room to the front of tho house with eI n- , _
re married egfln but the new with 846 i 80 * on her^-uh huh—an' 5*rP* 4 *° d fnrnlture, handsome once! Dig NflVal PfOPTam
it no kind of a mother to the riri. «he knew me-yta, etr^-aho smiled an but now worn and decrepit OULtfom- 6 navtu 4 IU & ICUU
yon know, mister, there wns e t® 8 * 8 «w»o to hw eyen en’ehe patted J^ned «igre»togs of scenes from tte
... _ new Venrwi IIVa oKa - a a.» TlIKU ffb. ■■ 1 m . ^ 1 * I —
More Strikes in
^ p™^ 1 wShSSTto s^l
4od8 y 814,1 4444,8 man has too much to do." young scoundrel here by the’name rf 187 lm8d likB *0 wented to tcU m< Bib!* framed in wood, i«n Wg „
“I should think it a great privilege Grimshaw. His father was a rich man toft aha hadn’t forgot bnt ahe novel V?*- WASHINGTON, Fob. 1L—(By Asso-
to go," I answered. —owned tbe cooper shop an* the saw- *a!d a wordr-oot a word. The ol 1 told all that I had heart from ototed Frees.)—To save the now three-
“My boy likes you," she went on. min an' the tannery an’ a lot o’ cleared •O” 4 ' 8 4 ? d 14,8 Pf^J. so t he couidnl bf® 6 end of ray life In Oobleakill but year n ,„i v„, M . . ..
“Yon bare been brought up Just as he land down In tbe valley. He kepP com- 088 bis bends on’ hte throat was para- observed, presently, a faraway look In bo44dl8 * Program from do-
_ a- cMerrea, pwently, a tuavii look in
was. I used to read to him every eve- P*ny with her fer two or three year. Ijsod—couldn’t speak nor nothin', ber eyes end Judged that ahe wma not 4084 toroagh a parliamentary coup.
CnrtUnJ r_J a J ping when the candles were lit How Then aU of a sudden folks began to Where do ye suppose ho was when 1 bearing met She whispered: tho honan „r-
Ungland Unded hart he worked to make a man of him- talk-the women in partie^T Yo found him?" j “Saiiyr • I”!.!! 0 ”* ”«**»• today0r
self I I have known tbe mother's Joy. know men Invented hen an' women “ In bedr I asked. I “She has been at school fo in— „ 784 r .? 01 ^ od 8 14,48 ““kbig logtofo-
'. —_ . I can truly zay. -Now let thy servant keep up the lire. Kate didn’t look right “No, sfo-no, airoe! He was in hcD ft* • year," I said. “She fotkhZZ r 01 ““tooristog the constrncUon of
LONDON, Feb. L—(By Associated depart In peace.*" to’em. Fust we knew, yoang Grim- —that’s where he was—regTar ol’ fash- now end 1 am going to see her" h>m t0 “ battleship# and ton cruisers ta or-
frma.—.All strikers in the Clyde die- «*Fcr mine eyes hove seen thy eel- 1 shew had dropped her an* was keepln' toned, down-east hell, hornin’ with fire “You love Sally?” she whteDcrai der 406 bouso consideration as a part
trlct have been Instructed by tholr vaUon,’" I quoted. | comp’ny with another gal—yls, sir. Do fn’ brimstun, that he’d had the agency “Better than I fore my of the 1722,000,000 naval appropriation
loaders to return to work tomorrow. “Yon see I know much about yon J 8 k 8046 why?” for an’ had recommended to every sin- Again she whispered: “Get man.! bUL
Instructions were issued today by a nnd much about your aunt and und*" v^2 7“^ h „ Tho program waa sidetracked yee-
N°yedont-le«twv« Id on’tb^ tta tabtoroom. Godo-te-M, You J^b/^toto^ fhwa^'terdvrr^for^ortXsMato 6
*g Pme tree on the Mann, republican leader.
Joint committee of the strikers.
said Mrs. Wright