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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 192^.
UNION-RECORDER
Don’t fail to conserve the holly.
Miss Florido Allen, chairman Con
servation Committee.
Cotton. Seed Hulls $1.00. C. S.
Meal $2.2.J per hundred. Quick ile-
l.very at’
Emmett L. Barnes.
Hand Painted China and all kinds
of fancy work for Christmas pres
ents at Woman’s Exchange, at Mrs.
Jim Stembridge.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to t.iank our neighbors
and many friends for their kindness
to us when the Angel of Death came
to our home and took away our
au 'hand and father.
Our burden is heafly nnd their
many kind deeds and words of sym
pathy will ever he cherished by us.
May our Heavenly Path or reward
each and every one.
We also wish to thank them for
the many beautiful floral offerings.
MRS. BAYNE and FAMILY.
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Only four of the state* named have as much water
power as is annually thrown away in Georgia’s undeveloped
water power.
Georgia has 10 times the water power of Massachusetts,
far more than New York, almost four times that of Penn
sylvania. eight times that of Michigan and seven times as
much as Illinois.
Only six of the 30 State* paid as high an average rate
for livht in 1917 as did Georgia. The Georgia rate has
been raised more than once since then.
Why, Khen, has Georgia so little light?
Why is our industrial development being throttled by'
the lack of power?
Remember these facts—Ask yourselves these questions
when you read the anonymous attacks upon the Water Power
Bills and the Municipal League now being sent from Atlanta
to appear in the press of Georgia.
The Water Power Bills, if passed, will enable the people
of G-eorgia to do what people in other states are doing.
The Bills will break the grip of the monopoly which the
Power Companies have upon your water powers.
Electricity at reasonable rates will be put in reach of
the whole state.
Do not be fooled by the corporations.
Their purpose is only to keep Georgia tied and helpless,
while the corporations play gafes of high finance with Geor
gia’s God-given wealth of power for the stake.
Your rights and the rights of your children are in peril.
THE STATE
SHOULD ACT
(Published by the Municipal League of Georgia.)
STRANGERSSEEK
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Hidden a Century Ago by Coun
terfeiters on Shore of Lake
in Maine.
OLD EPISODE IS RECALLED
Gang Worked in Secret for Many
Years, but Refrained From Pass
ing Any of Their Product in
the Neighborhood.
Bangor, Me.—The fact that a for
tune Mgs burled In the dense fore-it
somewhere along the shores of Money-
in her lake, between Knbbinston and
Red Bendi, well-nigh forgotten by the
few iv dents of that motion who over
kin w It., has a; nln been brought to
mind.
I listen farmer lad, having
ome distance from bogie in
trout brooks, wliieh might
el ter sport than those hearer i
'inT'iil-!. came upon two men' rj
tide)' some giant spruce trees B
shores Of Moneymaker lake. |
en did not ol serve him at 1
he v:.t''lied them while they'll
(wo or three spots. Later, S
accosted them, they told him J
■ digging for worms tor bait, a
bad no fishing tackle with fl
them, and as Moneymaker lake has S
no fish worth catching, the boy thought 2
this explanation somewhat remarkable.
Tells Story at Home.
When he reached home lie told of
his adventure, and at first none could
account for the presence of strang
ers or for their actions until one of |
the older residents of the town de-1
dared his belief that the two unknown
men were seeking the buried treasure 1
which lias lain In secret for almost a
century and lias defied the efforts of ■
treasure seekers for years.
Long ago many men labored dili
gently along the short's of the lake,!
but the search was abandoned, and
until this week no one had been known
to have hunted for the treasure for a
quarter of a century.
Moneymaker lake Is surrounded by
a heavy forest growth and is in a
somewhat Inaccessible place In north
ern Washington county. It derived its
name from a gang of counterfeiters
who, early In the nineteenth century,
dwelt in a cabin on the shore of the
lake and pursued their unlawful em
ployment of making money, chiefly
imitations of silver coin.
Later their names were known to
he Ball, Smith and Blaisdell. Here
they lived for many years in secrecy
until one (lay. almost a century ago,
a Itobbinston farmer, looking for some
cattle which" had strayed from his pas
ture. came upon their cabin unawares
arid discovered the nature of their em
ployment. He was seized by the three
lawbreakers and carried into their cab
in. Ball, the leader of the gang, was
in favor of killing the visitor to make
sure that there would be no evidence
against them.
Tf Smith had not strongly objected
Ball would probably have killed the
farmer, but Smith was determined
that the crime of murder should not
be his, and a compromise was ef
fected. The farmer was obliged tn
swear by the most binding oatii that
he would not reveal his discovery, and
was then permitted to go.
Deputy Is Slain.
The farmer, after ids return home,
hesitated between his fear of the coun
terfeiters and his sense of duty for a
day or two, and then told the town
authorities what had befallen him and
what he had discovered. Deputy Sher
iff Downes started for the forest at
once, along the route described by
the farmer.
Before reaching the cabin of the
counterfeiters the officer came upon
Ball, who was doing sentry duty,
Deputy Downes, a courageous man,
advanced upon Ball. The latter fired,
bringing down the officer at the first
shot. Other officers Inter captured
j Ball, hut Smith and Blaisdell escaped
and have never been heard from since
Ball was tried, convicted of tnunlei
and was executed.
Before Ids death by hanging the
counterfeiter said that a large sura
of money had been hidden by him
at the foot of a tree near his cabin
but he defied any one to find it, and
refused to tell its exact whereabouts. 1
| He said most of the money was in j
genuine silver coin, the spurious mon j
ey having been distributed elsewhere |
As soon as the story became known,
and for many years after, hundred*
tried vainly to find the hidden hoard ■
CHRISTMAS DAY, ONLY
Marshall Neilan
Presents
Westlev - Freckles - Barry
*■'% In the greatest picture of
the year
M “HIMTV”
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With a superb cast of Players Including
COLLEEN MOORE—MARJORIE DAW—PAT O’MALLEY—NOAH BERRY
and BARNEY SHERRY.
“DINTY,” written and directed by Marshall Neilan, combines the mother
love and pathos that made “Humoresque” a great picture.
Presents one climax after anothr with the skill that but the stamp of ap
proval on ‘The River’s End”—With more thrills than “Go and Get It.” Brief
ly, “Dinty” is the life story of a little San Francisco newsboy.
This picture is being run all this week by the Criterion Theater of Atlanta,
Ga.
ALSO FOX SUNSHINE COMEDY
Marriage Was a Custom
When He Needed Money
New York.—Marring wrs a
custom with Hurry Schuster, he
told police wlien arrested on
charges of bigamy. “They’re
all nice girls,” he said of his
three wives. “I like them all
mid l think lliey like me. I
never had a fight, but whenever
I got broke I had to marry some
one else with some money.”
It Just Slipped Down.
Shelby ville, Ind.—Luther Stewart,
while putting on Ids collar, placed a
tie pin in his mouth. He swallowed
it nnd-It was necessary to take him
t<> ixiriiunaoolts for an operation.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
THE FORD COUPE
T HE Ford Coupe is surely the Salesman’s car. Thousands of them are
bought every year by firms employing traveling! salesmen. Many
firms buy fifty or one hundred at a time, because they know, from ex
perience, that the Ford Coupe increases the efficiency of the salesman at a mini
mum of expense.
Contractors, builders, collectors, solicitors, physicians all find the Fold
Coupe the most convenient as well as the most economical among motor cars.
Lowest in purchase price, lowest in operating costs, and backed by the ford
Service organization—coupled with the durabi'ity of the car itself—these fur
nish the reasons for the Ford popularity.
Let us send you a copy of “Ford—A Business Utility.” It tells what other
concerns have learned about the Ford in business service. But, better still, let
us have your order today. The demand keeps growing. Orders are filled in
the order as received—and our allotment is limited a specified number each
month.
B. Q. Glass Motor Co
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.