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FRIDAY
MORNING, FEB. 11. 19-1
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA-
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" 19 20 ILLUSTRATIONS BY I3WXK MYERV.
tRVINO Tachelle-R
chapter one
, vhich Introduces the Shepherd of
the Birds.
T , ,i iv that Ilenry Smlx met and
•miiru'i’iV Gasoline I’ower and went
tl'rii street lmnd In hand with It is
„nt’yet fi.rpotten. Their little journey
produced tin
Will Ixird Rotation Conquer Prince
Boll Weevil—Milledgeviile, Feb. 24th.
effect on the fterves and
*, he rt .,n..te future history of Blngvillo.
Th ev rushed at a group of citizens
yvli.i" were watching them, scattered it
pHlier anil thither, broke down n sec-
tp, n „f Mr-. Ilisloy’s picket fence and
cr ;i s! i i• 111 boy.
run over a ... At the end of
their tn-ief misalliance, Gasoline Power
perilled to express its opinion of Mr.
‘ Sl „i x hy hurling him against u tele-
rni|ih pule and running wild In the
,, 'ri; l.r.ril it cooled its passion In the
fount,da pool. In the language of HI-
mm r.l.'itUlnsop. the place was badly
"-mixed up.” Yet Mr. Smlx was the
object of unmerited criticism. He was
jj'he , v otlii r men in that quiet vll-
l ;1 ;e : . .. deliberate, harmless and
ge.id-i:: ured. The action of Ids in
tellect was hot at all like that of n
gasoline engine. Between the swjft-
,,f the one nnd the slowness of
the dtIn . there was a x’-'ide zone full
of |ins-il llitles. The engine had ac-
coin]d 1 ' d many things while Mr.
Sntlx's Int'di'jct w-s getting ready to
begin to act.
In i ,i nlting of this adventure, III-
rr.ta 1 ’.litvip made a wise remark:
“M,v married life learnt me one thing,”
told l.e. "If you are thinkin' of hltehin'
up a wild horse with n tame one. be
direful that the tame one is the stout
est or it will do him no good."
Tito event had Its tragic side nnd
whatever Hiram l’denkinsop and other
citizens of questionable taste may
have said of it, the lilstorinn has no
Intention of treating it lightly. Mr.
Stuix nml his neighbor’s fence could
he repaired, but not the small hoy—
Robert Emmet Moran, six years old,
the son of the Widow Moran, who
took in washing. He was in the na
ture of n sacrifice to the new god. He
became a beloved cripple, known ns
the Shepherd of the Birds and alto
gether the most cheerful person In the
village. Ills world was a little room
on the second floor of his mother's
cottage overlooking the big flower gar
den of Judge Crooker—his father hav
ing boon the gardener nnd coachman
of ttie judge. There were in this room
an old pine bureau, a four-post bed
stead, tm armchair hy the window, a
small round nickel clock that sat on
the bureau, a rubber tree nnd a very
talkative little old tin soldier of the
name of Bloggs who stood erect on a
shelf with n gun in his hand nnd was
always looking out of the p’lndow. The
day of tlm tin soldier’s nrrival the hoy
had named him Mr. Bloggs and dis
covered h'.s unusual qualities of mind
and heart. He was n wise old soldier,
it would seem, for he had some sort
of answer for each of the many qnes-
tlons of Bo!i Moran. Indeed, as Boh
knew, ho nail seen nnd suffered much,
having traveled to Europe nnd hack
with the judge's family and been sunk
for a year in n frog pond nnd been
dropped la a jug of molasses, but
through It nil had kept his look of
Inextinguishable courage. The lonely
lad talked, now nnd then, with the
found, nickel clock or the rubber tree
or the pine bureau, hut mostly gave
bis confidences to the wise and genial
Mr. Bloggs. When the spring nr-
rived the garden, with Its birds and
dowers, became a source of Joy and
companionship for the little lad. Sit
ting by the open window, he used to
talk to I’iit Crowley, who was getting
the ground ready for sowing. Later
the slow procession of the flowers
Poised under the hoy’s window and
Steeted him with Its fragrance and
QDlor.
Rot his most intimate friends were
the birds. Robins, in the elm tree Jnst
beyond the window, woke him every
summer morning. When he made his
Wny t«> the casement, with the aid of
ropes which spnnned his room,
“i*y eaine to him, lighting on his
rtxts and hands and clamoring for
the seeds and crumbs which he was
»nnt to feed them. Indeed, little Boh
«"r:'ti soon learned the pretty lingo
every feathered tribe that camped
the garden. Ho could sound the
a pipe of the rohin, the fairy flute
"Hole, the noisy guitar of the
11 "I. and the ’little piccolo of the
fr,., i S|lflriY ‘"' - M«ny of those dear
em s of |,is entile into the room and
w "I the rubber tree and sang in
•ranches, a colony of barn swnl-
utider tlte eaves of the old
1 shed on t|io far side of the
1'hcre w
gun at ills side. The robins would
shout a warning to Bob when a cat
strolled into that little paradise. Then
he would drop his brushes, seize his
gun nnd presently Its missile would
go whizzing through the nlr, straight
against the side of the cut, who, feel
ing the sting of it, would hound
through the flower beds nnd leap over
the fence to avoid further punish
ment. Boh had also trtnde tin electric
searchlight out of Ills father’s old
hunting Jack nnd, when those red-
breasted policemen sounded their
alarm at night he was out of bed in a
jiffy nnd sweeping the tree tops with
(ADVERTISEMENT)
ANAHUHISI OR
DREAMER.” SAY
COJBIONERS
Facts of Vital Interest to
Everybody in Georgia
National Association of
Railway & Utilities Com
missioners Warns
Against Radicals
The National Association of Rail
way and Utilities Commissioners met j
in Washington, D. C., November SRh, j
1020.
This association is made up of rep- ]
rcsentative men from each of forty-five
states; these men tire selected hy the
■people of these dates to study the
operations of public utilities and to j
] regulate their rates and practices.
: They arc not interested in the cor- i
| poration.i which they control, but they ;
: represent the public, nnd speak el-!
! ways i:i the interest (f the public J
j welfare. They have giver, many :
, . ,, .a i, ,* , . ' years of stud, to the problem:; of the i
a broom of light, the jac., on l.t , various corporations which under their 1
forehead. If he discovered a pair of | regulation furnish the street rail- i
eyes, the stinging missiles flew toward way, ga3 and electric light and power
them in the light stream until the In- j rervico to the public r.f the United !
trader was dislodged. Indeed, he was \ States, and by rcanr.n rf their c»:- j
like n shepherd of old, keeping the ; perionco they are qualified, better
wolves from Ids flock. It was the ; ihn.i any other men cf the nation, to
parish priest who first called him the J'\
Shepherd oi the Biros. .road Comi • • ia in one j
Just opposite ids window was the | of the members of the Association 1
stul) of an old pine partly covered ; and \va3 represented at the mooting. 1
with Virginia creeper. Near the top i The following quotations are from !
of It was a round hole nnd beyond it the report of the <’ mini: .e cf this
a small Cavern which held the nest I Association cn Public Ownership and
of a pair of flickers. Sometimes the j epern-t n^ rtn.I are ci i...crce. to cv-
female sat with her gray head pro- .
trading from this tiny oriel window of 10 ( ‘ :c , ';?‘ l ’ o::r,:ers.t:p
, , willi regulat.on ,cs crja.nsi pv.olio
hers looking across a Vo... I at 0W . ters! . J p tcilho: . t )V ,4- : 0;! ‘ houhl
( rowlej was trt the habit of <,111!!.. ,, 0 ^, r bo by i iclllgcnt
tills garden “Moran City," wherein the • invest! ■■vlor.; c:t ope;’ c ■ ~:'lo\
stub was known ns Woodpecker Tow- j “If the real fact3 r.-.P;!.'; be ascertain-
cr and the flower-bordered path as ed and tho same test applied to the
Fifth avenue, while the widow’s cot- publicly- v;n-1 and op rated utility
tago was always referred to us City Jp lj 1 ’ 1 '"''.^2
hall and the weathered shed as the utility* 5 ^thc^ncral^ri "i^wUnjntfly 1
tenement district. ! in all instance'. * ** "M
What a theater of unpremeditated i " ••/; S en7.. re:ii::rl:cl,l that any sane
art was this beautiful, big garden of 'gem with <: knowledge cf lb: Increase 1
the judge! There were those who felt in a!! costs of living should think or j
sorry for Bob Moran, hut his life was expert that V.ntilli'J corporations I
fuller and happier than theirs. It is [ Might he cn except.on to t:o general ;
doubtful If any of the world's travel- , ri:,c ’. 1,0 - xC ,l “ c - 3 t.ieught
We Are. Doing a Press
ing Business
Yes, Sir, the next time you have a suit
that needs attention, just phone 373 and
our porter will be around in short. Teil
us when you want your suit returned and
we will demonstrate to you that we are
doing a pressing business right, skilfully
and on short notice.
Have
Your Suit
Right
Look
lows lived
Wl
pin’.,
each
of it.
inerrv
ers ever saw more of Its beauty than i
he.
He had sugared the window-sill so
that he always had company—bees
and wasps nnd butterflies. The latter
had Interested him since the judge
hud called them “stray thoughts of
God.” He loved the chorus of an Au
gust night and often sat by his win
dow listening to the songs of the tree
crickets nnd katydids nnd seeing the
innumerable firefly lanterns flushing
nmnng the flowers.
His work was painting scenes in the
garden, especially bird tricks and at
titudes. For this, he was indebted to
Susan Baker, who had given him
paints nml brushes and taught him
how to use them, nnd to nu unusual
aptitude for drawing.
One day Mrs. Baker brought her
dnughter Pauline with her—a. pretty
blue-eyed girl with curly blonde hair,
four years older than Boh, who was
thirteen when his painting began. Tlte
Shepherd looked nt her with an ex
clamation of delight; until then he had
never seen a beautiful young maiden.
Homely, Ill-clad daughters of the
working folk had cotne to his room
with field flowers now nnd then, but
no one like Pauline. He felt her hair
nnd looked wistfully into Iter face nnd
said that she was like pink and white
and yellow roses. She was a dlseov-
T’.'.e cpcrr.licn cf these general
l.v.7.1 ha3 um.i: prs luted the politi-
:r.l agitator who hC3 Sought and is:
chin-? to make political capital out
f pre vent Yictermitics. \7o all know
!:!:n ar.d we all understand his mo
tives.”
“It ctr.nd3 to reason that no busi
ness enterprise dependent upon tho
varying changes cf political thought
can be operated by the public in as
efficient, methodical and careful a
Why become dissatisfied with the looks
of your clothes when you can have them
look ne \ at a small cost? We have expert
help to do our cleaning 1 and pressing and
our charges on the work are reasonable
indeed. Please bear in mind that it is our
policy to get more lousiness whenever it
is possible, so don’t hesitate to call us.
Harrison’s Pressing Club
Next To Ennis's Pharmacy.
P. S.-Permit us to remind you that \vc are agents for the
Indeoendent Laundry, of Macon, and that we also so
licit your orders for all laundry work.
manner ns can a similar business en-
terpricc managed by a body of men
who have their capital invested there
in cr who represent there who have
invested their fortunes therein.”
“There are two classes of people
opposed to private ownership with
Government regulation.”
"One is made up of the elusses of the
Communist, the anarch's! aiul M
others tjho faVois the divers end ra-
rior.s govern,iicntcl vagaries with
which the / seel: to snpplaui oerrv.-
stltv.tlqna! government. The other
general class is t/w dreamer, the c.’-
siornnj who d ids in ideals rot facts.
“Destroy private ownership ivith
public regulation end the next step
is government ownership and govern
ment operation. TT’/ien that time
comes, if it does, our system of gov
ernment will have changed to meet
it."
Would Load Georgia With Debt
To add any comment to these strong
words from the Association of Rail
way and Utility Commissioners of
forty-five states seems like sacrilege,
but you are reminded that the Muni
cipal League of Georgia is dominated
bs J ames L. Key, Marion M. Jack-
son and John J. Eagan, ail members
of and inspired by the Public Owner
ship League of Amercia, a Chicago
DRESSMAKER
MADE WELL
Followed a Neighbor’s Advice
and Took Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Vernon, Tex.—“For three years I
suffered untold agony each month with
pains in my sides. I
found only tempo
rary relief in doctor’s
medicine or anything
else I took until my
husband saw an ad-
vertisement of
Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Com
pound. I mentioned
it to a neighbor and
she told me she had
taken it with good
results and advised
me to try it. 1 was then in bed part of
the time and my doctor said 1 would
have to be operated on, but we decided
ship League of Amercia, a Chicago ^ try the Vegetable Compound and I
organization of radical Socialists, ar.d ^ Lydia E- pjnkham’s Sanative
that these agitators who are howling Wash. I am a dressmaker and am now
about water power development and able to g 0 about my work and do my
low rates for street car, gas and elco- housework besides. You are welcome
trie service, are the agents in Gcor- i to uae this letter as a testimonial as I am
gia of a political organization aecktng always glad to Bpeak a word for your
to destroy our democratic form of medicine.”—Mrs. W. M.“
' Government and they are brazen
enough to ask that many generations
of Georgians be loaded with debt and
taxes to enable them to begin their
operations. They want the Legisla
ture to vote them hundreds of mil
lions of the State’s money so that
they may make an experiment in
public ownership of private business,
which experiment haa failed wherever
tried.
I Raid Treasury for Politicians
I They want Georgia to place Ha
credit for hundred* of millions of dol
lars in the hands of the three leaders
of tho Municipal League of Georgia,
men who have no knowledge of the
businees of public utilities, and who
simply want to raid the treasury of
Georgia and with it build a political
machine at the expense of the.
P>*
Stephens, 1103
N. Commerce St., Vernon, Texas.
Dressmakers when overworked are
prone to such ailments and should profit
by Mrs. Stephen’s experience.
Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass., about
your health. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence.
Illi
many windows,
•uucy head looking out
■I'’tily ^talf a dozen of those
and Jr"’ 0 rush into the nlr
lflv U V l1 *' , ‘ K ‘ lr frolic. They wero
<»f liiuirhlng schoolboys sknt-
!" nvlsl,,u ' '‘k |s and hollows.
^[ rs 1 '' !r °f hold glasses, which
Moran t .i? ,l1 " 1 to him. Bob
t(). , v i,!'" '“anted the nest habits of
<hrf*■ "miner colony in that won-
opei, ,. i „ r ," n ’ A " rtuy he 8ttt by th *
«inflow with his work, an air
“Mother,” He Said, “I Love Pauline.”
prv —n new kind of a human being.
Often he thought of iter as lie sat
looking out of the window ami often
he dreamed of her at night.
Tlte little Shepherd of the Birds
was not quite n boy. He was a spirit
untouched by any evil thought, un
broken to lures and thorny ways. He
was like the flowers and birds of tlte
garden, strangely fair and winsome,
with, silken, dark huir curling about
Uls brows. He had large, clear, brown
.(TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
j Habitual Constipation Cured
in 14 to 21 Days
I “LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially.
I prepared Syrup i ouic-Laxative for Habitual
I Constipation. It relieves promptly but
1 should bo takea regularly for 14 to 21 days
1 to induce regular action. It Stimulates and
Regulates. # Very Pleasant to Take.* 60f
per bottle.
TltJ .
. . j.i, hex Affect tho Hots
and laxative efleet. X.AXA-
J; I, ! etterUinu ordinary
*. vt crtisc uetvousness not
'cuernl cr t.ie lull name *n i
# r' w w GKOVS.
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE EROMO QUININE Tablet* remove the
cause. There la only oue "Bromo Qulcloa.”
fc. W. GROVE'S aUastors on boa. JOo.
USE SLOAN’S TO
WARD OFF PAW
You can Just tell by Its healthy)
stimulating odor, that It U
going to do you good
I'jF I only bad some Sloan's LinL
I meat!” How often you've said
that! And then when the rheu
matic twinge subsided—after hours of
suffering—you forgot it!
Don’t do it again—get a bottle to
day and keep it Imndy for possible use
tonight! A sudden attack may come
on—sciatica, lumbago, 6orc muscles,
backache, stiff joints,, neuralgia, the
pains ..nil aches resulting from expos
ure. You'll soon find warmth and re
lief in Sloan’s, the liniment that pene
trates without rubbing. Clean, econom
ical. Three sizes—35c, 70c, $1.40
Sloa
Liniment
Kill That Cold With
CASCARA I
for
Colds, Couglis TQjvjV
QUININE
La Grippe
Neglected Coldrt are Dangerous
Take no chances. Keep this atendord remedy handy for tho first sneeee.
Breaks up a cold in 24 hours — Relieves
Grippo in 3 days—Excellent for Hcaducho
Quinine In this form doc3 r.ct effect tho head—Cascara is best Tonic
Laxative—No Opiato in Hill's.
ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT
WHAT IS A BANK?
AA b ank Is much more than merely a safe place for kooping funds, for
handling checks, for collecting drafts, etc
A bank s hould be regarded as the intimate helper, advisor and friend
of the customor; ever ready to co operate In every proper way.
To extend necessary accomodation as required, and to
protect his Interest In every way that lies
within Its ”r.
This is tho kind of service that we enweavor to render and we Invito
you to make your connection with us with such service
In view.
The Milledgeviile Bast ing Co.
MILLER S. BELL, PresidenL
D. S. SANFORD, Vice PresidenL
C1IAS. M. DAVIS, A t. Cashier.
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