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THE NEWNAN HERALD, NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1920.
OUT OF
THE DUSK
By A. W. PEACH
<6. 1*30, bj McClure Mewepeper Byndlcele.)
Margery Orvls hnd never stopped to
think of the danger flint lay for her
In her habit of len^ng the coal office
After dusk. Old Martin, who owned
the business, Imd never reached the
point of moving Ills office from Ills
ynrds to some uptown locality, nor had
he Changed the old system of having
his drivers collect the money for coal
delivered.
He hnd found Margery so clever
and keen that soon ho wns leaving
the office early for his home, and
she was taking the money from the
drivers. Many times the great coul
iynrd wns gray with dimk before she
slipped homewnrd from the office.
It did not occur to her that anyono
would rob her. for no one was sup
posed to know that she loft with the
entire money collected during the day.
Borne did know, however.
• On that particular ev.enlng slid wns
hurrying down the rond between tho
pins when hep heart Jumped at tho
sound of rushing stcpB.
Bhe half turned, to be grnsped tight
ly around tho body and to feel the In
nocent bag sho carried snatched from
hand. In the Bnmemoinont, In a wild
effort, sho solsod ntr assailant about
the neck, but with an oath ho tore
loose, dinging her aside, and disap
peared.
Sho drow horself quickly to her foet,
but tho dusky silence of tho desorted
yard gave back no sign of the rob
ber. Sho stood helpless, n bit dazed;
<*•<*«*«
She Stared at It.
then through her conscience cume the
hint that abo hold something In her
hand. She held It up In wonder, and
then shivered with tho shock of whnt
sho saw. She hnd solzed and torn
away part of a necktie, and In It was
stilt fashioned (Irmly a pin of peculiar
-design. Sho stared at It, recognising
It beyond any question, foellng her
driood grow chill within her.
Half In a stupor, sho made her way
to the car line, and then to her room
In the qulot residential taction. Sho
studied tho pin. Thero could he no
-doubt; Aldon Kenyon wns her assail
ant. Her world of dreams began to
'tumble about her.
Since the day of her coming to tho
•coal office, tho coal dealer’s son, Iloed
Martin, hnd pressed his suit upon her,
and sho hnd liked him—oven to tho ex
tent of loving him, If It had not been
for her strict little Puritan body and
mind.
His habits were against him, and
she valued her own clean body and
soul too much to risk It In his core,
And then had eoino Kenyon, merry
■ and frank of eye, poor but honorable
—she hnd thought—tall and strong,
-the type of man she could love.
Heed hnd brought him to the of
fice, for tho two Aorked In the same
establishment In the city, little think
ing he was bringing a rival. Now the
•one she trusted lind failed her.
“I wns too hasty. I really did not
know him," she said to herself bitter
ly, recalling the evenings with him,
the .plensnnt times, the shy exchange
of words-and moods such as only lov-
■ers know. Tears cmne to her eyes as
she remembered. "Ob, Aldenl”
She slept little that night, her mind
ifigclng the Issue that hnd arisen, no
-knew when she left the office; ho
'knew she carried the money collect
ed during the day, and she, on uer
part, knew that her love for him hnd
been the quick. Instinctive kind that
■reason docs not guide with firm, di
recting finger.
She turned to the pillow at last,
■tears coming, but with her mind made
up to tell the stern old business man
Just what hnd happened.
She was not spared further shock.
On her way to tho yards tho next
morning she saw a familiar figure
swing onto the car, and found herself
looking up Into Alden’e tender, smiling
•eyes,
"Hello, little girl. I thought I would
wait a few cars, In hopes of seeing
you. I want to engage you for the
evening,” he sold easily.
“I am not free," she answered as
coolly ns sho could, although trembling
within. He wns wearing tho very suit
he had worn when he robbed her. How
keenly she recalled that gray stripe she
had seen as she had struggled I
“I suppose It Is Reed, this time.
Well, I can't complain. You have
treated me fairly,” he said genially.
Ho chatted with her, but she hod
little to say, and when he dropped
from the car at his destination she
wns relieved, although she could
hardly restrain herself from follow
ing his swinging form as It disap
peared in the crowd.
All that dny she fought a silent bat
tle—whether to tell Mr. Martin whnt
hnd hnppencd and who the guilty purty
wns. Like a caged nnlmnl her mind
went back and forth. At last sho
sought freedom.
Tho grny-hnlred veteran listened to
her story without comment; then he
said gravely: "The evidence 1b clear
ngnlnst him. My dear little girl, you
must learn, an wo all learn, not to trust
n handsome face, a friendly way, un
til It hns.bcen tested. I'll send for
him nnd see whnt ho hns to sny. My
boy likes him, and I hate to have him
Jailed."
Sho suffered In silence until, hours
Inter, rclcnsed from his work, ho came.
Ho wns chnnged In some wny, and she
guessed that ho sensed whnt he was
wnnted for.
She caught him Impulsively as he
started to tho private office door,
and whispered: "Oh, Alden—” Then
recovering and remembering, she
backed off, leaving him bewildered, a
glad smile on his face fading to a
shadow of pnln.
Martin called her In after a little.
She went In with trembling step. Al
den sat, white-faced and silent, In a
corner, wearing the look of a trapped
man.
Martin's voice was grim. “Margery,
Kenyon admits that the pin Is his. It
Is such an odd one that I doubt If he
could do otherwise, and he practically
admits that he robbed you, although
he won’t say so,"
She looked at him with tears In her
eyes. "I can’t bolleve It I I can't I"
Kenyon stared at her and half rose
to his feet; his lips opened, but he said
nothing.
Martin looked at him coldly. "I shall
take action against you unless you re
turn that money. Can you do It?”
"I'll try,” Kenyon answered—and
the unswer was admittance of guilt.
As she sank back with a low cry,
she heard a sharp knock on the door.
It opened, and In enme Reed; his hand-
Bomo face dark. He threw his hat Into
a clmlr and snt down.
"I Just heard what wns up. Tm thfe
one. I room with Aldon. It wns easy.
needed the money—debts—cards. I
borrowed his suit, nnd the rest of his
stuff., Ho wns wise, nnd I knew ho
would try to savo mo. I'm not such a
dog ns I might be—nnd, dad, I’m down
right sorry. I feel like n cur."
Sho saw tho old mnn at tho desk
age years In a moment. As his son’s
self-condemning voice went on, his de
spair Beemed to be checked.
She caught Alden's signal, nnd they
both went out.
Outside the door, he looked down
at her with a twisted smile. "I wns
afraid the old man's heart would
break, nnd I thought I could save him.
Reed told me, and I urged him to 'fess
up this afternoon, but I didn't think be
would. Now he has. Qee, but it's a
rotten mess. Arid the only thing that
looks good to mo now Is you. Sny,
will you go to tho park with me this
night?"
Sho leaned her face against bis
shoulder as his boyish voice ram
bled bravely on to cover his own
emotion; and then, while his hand
patted her encouragingly, she man
aged to sny with more quavering than
sho wished; "I guess so,” which
seemed to bo quite satisfactory to him.
BELIEFS DON’T "
ALTER FACTS
facts Ars Stern—Why Not Know The
Truth—8eek That Which Is Above
Price
The White House.
John Adams was the first president
to occupy the White House, In 1800.
In those days It was gray, having
been built of Virginia free stone. Aft
er the British burned It In 1814, white
paint was used to cover the marks of
the fire, and since that time this paint
hns been renewed regularly. The
White House grounds within the Iron
fence contain 18 acres, while the ad
joining White House lot has 70 acres.
VOYAGE THAT MADE HISTORY
Englishman’s Search for the “North*
east Passage” Resulted In the
"Discovery” of Russia.
It Is a curious fact that Archangel
owes Its origin to an Englishman. It
wns In the days of Spanish greatness,
when the galleons of the king of Spain
claimed to rule tho sea after a truly
Spanish fashion, and tho strangely
elastic law of reprisals made voyag
ing for all merchantmen In certain
waters a very uncertain experience.
For sevoral years there bad been talk
ln England, especially at the English
court, of tho possibility of the existence
of a northeast passage to India, and
of tho desirability of exploring It.
Such n passage. If it existed, would
undoubtedly bo safe from Spanish dep
redations, nnd thoro were, moreover,
great possibilities of opening up In
this wny n new field for British trade.
Tho talk, howover, was all there was
to tho matter, until about the close
of the reign of the boy king, Edward
VI. About that time, however, the
famous navigator Sebastian Cribot
took up the question In earnest, and,
In May of the year 1553, there set out
from Deptford an expedition of three
ships, under the commaud of Sir Hugh
Willoughby, bound for the northern
seas. One of these ships was the Bon-
nventuro, of which Richard Chancellor
was tho “captain and pilot-general,
nnd It Is around this ship and its
doughty captain and pllot-generul that
all the Interest of tho story centers.
He did not discover the northeast pas
sage, but he did “discover" Russia,
and, after many surprising adventures,
returned to London with a letter from
the caar "establishing trade relations
between the two nations."
You may believe that the millen
nium will or will not begin In the year
8000, but you muBt remember that
your belief will have no bearing on
the events that are in store for that
year.
You may believe that the sun will
rise tomorrow morning, but Its Using
will be govorned by the laws regulat
ing the movement of the heavenly bod
ies and not by your opinion. Its ris
ing and your belief are merely dally
coIncldentB. You may not believe
that it will rain today, but you may
have to borrow your neighbor’s um
brella before night to get home with
out getting wet.
You may not believe that there is
In the state of Georgia an organiza
tion that Is vitally concerned In your
health and physical well-being. But
the fact stands that there Is such a
body. The offices and laboratories of
this organization, the State Board of
Health, are doing dally what Is In
their power to keep away from your
home that dreaded enemy, disease.
They are vitally Interested In the pub
lic health of the citizens of this state.
You may not believe that for the
first six months of this year that the
State Board of Health furnished free
of cost to the people of Georgia ihore
than 48,000 doses of typhoid vaccine,
but their records show that they did.
You may not believe that they treated
without charge more than one thous
and patients bitten by rabid animals,
a large percentage of which would
have developed rabies had such treat
ment not been administered, but such
Is their record. You may not believe
that this institution Is looking after
the purity of your water supply, but
the fact remains that they are ana
lyzing dally numbers of samples of
drinking water' for the towns and clt
les of this state, in order to Insure
their people against epidemics of ty
phoid and like diseases.
You may not believe that the State
Board of Health la dally making ex
aminations of all kinds of specimens,
with a view to diagnosis for the physi
cian so that they can administer the
proper treatment for your s'lekness, In
order that you can soon t^ke your
place again at the wheel, or in that
capacity which is your vocation. But
that is Indeed a very large part 'of
their work.
Your belief will probably be most
upset when they tell you that, based
upon the second million men drafted
Into the army, only one other Btate of
all the states of the union - showed a
larger per cent of venereal Infections
than did your state, but as has been
said, your belief does not reduce even
by one the number so afflicted.
You aBk what steps has your State
Board of Health taken to remedy
this condition. Representatives have
made lectures, have shown moving
pictures at various places In the state
and have established clinics for the
treatment of syphilis and gonorhea lb.
the larger cities of the state. They
have instituted another phase of work
In their laboratories whereby examin
ations are made free of cost for syph
ilis hr gonorrhea.
It there Is the least suspicion of the
existence of either disease In your
body, go Immediately and advise with
your family physician. Remember,
so long as the germs causing these
diseases are in your system, you are
Blck and are not well.
Whatever your belief about other
things may be, you must believe the
universally known thing, and that is;
the building of a house, the gathering
of a crop, the security of the family,
the pursuit of happiness, liberty and
life itself depend- upon health,
STATE BUREAU
OF VITAL STATISTICS
Death Records
Casus Belli.
In sn Irish case of a domestic riot
Involving much Injury to person and
property, a witness In the course of a
vivid narrative swore as follows: “He
Says to me, 'Is that your father?’ And
I says to him, It Is me father.’ And
he says. ’It Is well you told me, for I
thought he was an outd gorllly,’ and
then tho fight began, me lord."—From
the Argonaut.
His Reason.
Speaking of politics arid elections,
ire knew a man once who announced
hat he would vote for a certain can-
lldate for office. When asked for his
reason, he replied that the candidate
yns his friend. And when they
tsked him If he hnd bo other reasons,
je said no; he said be didn’t need any
>ther reason. We have liked this
nan ever since.
for the
July, 1920.
Month of-
Deaths by Causes:
Typhoid fever 64
Malaria „ 66
Measles 3
Scarlet fever 1
Whooping cough 48
Dlptherla „.... 16
Influenza 18
Tuberculosis 216
Cancer 87
Simple meningitis 10
Apoplexy 106
Organic heart disease 133
Acute bronchitis 1
Chronic bronchitis 7
Lobar pneumonia 50
Other diseases of respiratory tract 63
Diseases of stomach 43
Diarrhoea under 2 years
Appendicitis
Hernia
Cirrhosis of liver
Bright’s disease
Diseases of female genital organa
Puerperal septicemia
Accidents of pregnancy and labor
Diseases early Infancy
Senility
Accidents
Suicides
192
21
7
7.
189
8
15
31
54
54
133
10
Homicides ,, 57
Other diseases 733
Causes not stated 331
*_
•Total —2,731
•Including 13 not classified as to sex
it race.
Watch Your Step I
THEY ARE COMING DOWN AT
ALLEN BROTHERS’
We will have a small car of Lily Flour in our
store this week—every sack guaranteed.
READ BELOW
FLOUR
Lilly Plain, 48 lb .$3.20
Lilly Plain, 24-lb .$1.67
Rising Star, 48 lb. $3.25
Rising Star, 24 lb • $1.70
Com Meal, bushel ...... /• $1.60
Cora Meal, half bushel 85c
Octagon Soap, two big bars ......15c
2-lb. Can Army Roast Beef 35c
2-lb. Can Army Roast Beef, 3 for $1.00
Best Dry Streak of Lean Meat, lb. .. 25c
Lard Compound, lb 20c
Lard, Pure, lb. . 27c
Green Cabbage, lb .4c
Irish Potatoes, No. 1, lb. 4c
Onions, lb .4c
Turnips, No. 1, lb. ,4c
We are going to make a special run on all brands of Snuff for one week.
* All 10c Boxes for 8c
White Beet Pulp, 100-lb. bag ... .$3.65
Shorts and Hog Feed, 7% per cent.
fat, per bag ....... . .$2.95
Horse Feed, 100-lb bags $2.95
Hen Feed, 100-lb. bags .$3.95
We are now in position to handle all
your Chickens and Eggs.
White Sugar, 13c lb. No limit.
Ploie 546 ALIEN BROS.
Let *Em Go Sale
We are going out of business, and have made startling
cuts on -our prices to move our sfodk. Our mottp is “Let ’Em
Go,” and the prices we are quoting will make goods leave here.
60c Scrim for * • • -45c
50c Scrim for 35c
25c Scrim for 15c
$1.50 Silk Hose $1-00
$1.25 and $1 Hose - •• -75c
75c Silk Hose 50c
All 50c Hose for 35c
All 35c Hose for .25c
All 25c Hose for 15c
All 15c Hose for 10c
200 pairs men’s work and driving Gloves BELOW COST.
Ladies’ and children’s Percale and Gingham Dresses—all
Middies, Skirts, Petticoats, etc., BELOW COST.
Men’s and boys’ Hats and Caps BELOW COST.
All women’s Hats BELOW COST.
No. 3 Galvanized Tubs ... -
$1.50
No. 2 Galvanized tubs ....
$1.25
No. 1 Galvanized Tubs ....
.... $1.00
No. 0 Galvanized Tubs ....
90
$1.75 Coffee pots .. / - $1-25
White Enameled Double Boilers,
Worth $2 for $1.50
Enameled Kettles, worth $2.25 for $1.75
All Christmas Toys, Dolls, Tricycles, Wagons
AT WHOLESALE PRICES.
Everything in Stock Reduced in Proportion!
King 10-Gent Co.