Newspaper Page Text
-Hi;
BW-
VOLUME XIII.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1913.
NO. 16.
DICTATOR TO STEP
DOWN AND OUT ON
120,000 IN GOLD INGOTS
STOLEN ON PIS TOSIN
Report Is Revived in Mexico
City That Provisional Presi
dent Huerta Will Resign His
Place This Week
European Robber Band Lands
Another Big Haul From
Bank Messengers
* Associated Prs:;$
MR;... . CITY, Nov. 17.—'llu- report
was revived today that General Huerta
intends to resign on the convening of
congress in regular session on Thurs
day. It was based on the alleged dec
laration of a member of the new cham
ber of deputies.
The El Imparcial today refers editorial
ly to the organization f the Mexican
congress:
“It appears,” says the El Imparcial,
“that this congress displeases the mighty
personage of the White House. He takes
us for slaves, whereas we belong to the
noble and tierce race of Cuauntemoe, the
last Aztec sovereign of Mexico, crossed
with the blood of that other indomitable
and proud people whose monuments or
glory rear themselves on the heights oi
the Andes.
“A people which loses its independence
and dignity without a supreme effort is
worse than dead and merits eternal ig
nominy.”
The article continues by saying that
the writer cannot believe the Yankees
will launch upon such an insane adven
ture as a war with Mexico.
Whether the United States embassy
is to remain or be immediately with
drawn appears to be a matter of which
Nelson O’Shaughnessy, the American
charge, himself is uncertain. The staff
‘of the embassy is ready to leave at a
moment’s notice and little surprise
would be felt here, although much
aiarm would be caused in case Mr.
O’Shaughnessy and his establishment
should take the evening train to Vera
Cruz.
American Embassy
Remain in Mexic Capital
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.—President
Wilson does not regard the Mexican sit
uation as having reached any such crit
ical stage as to require the closing of the
American embassy in Mexico City. Dis
cussing reports to that effect today he
said charge O’Shaugnessy neither had
been given his passports nor been told to
come back. - While details as to persons
had changed, yet the main circumstances
remained substantially the same as when
the president previously expressed a fa-
' vorable view of the situation.
Summing 1 up the status of affairs, the
president indicated that while the per
sonal atitude of General Huerta might
have changed, the circumstances upon
which the American government bases its
conviction that Huerta’s elimination is
inevitable, have not changed at all. “The
mills of the gods grind slowly,” express
es the slow and steady purposes being
pursued.
Secretary Bryan has ordered investiga
tion of the executions at Juarez, but thus
far has been- unable to reconcile conflict
ing reports.
Severance of Relations
Is Expected in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 17.—An early
severance of relations between the
United States and Mexico is regarded
here as inevitable. None of the news
papers, whether printed in English or
"Spanish, published more than the brief
est despatches today referring to rela
tions between the two countries and no
indication was given in these of the in
tention of Washington toward Mexico.
PARIS, Nov. 17.—Thieves took ingots
of gold valued at $20,000 from a con
signment of $1,000,000 whie it was on
the way from Constantinople to Paris
last week. The gold was sent by the
Imperial Ottoman bank at Constantino-
l*lc to the Ottoman bank here in forty
cases, iron bound and sealed. The
cases when they reached their destina
tion looked from the outside as though
they had never been touched, but on be
ing checked at the bank the $20,000 was
missing.
Each of the cases had been freshly
sealed at each frontier it had crossed.
French police insist that the gold could
not have been stolen in French terri
tory.
Several robberies of gold similar to
that reported from Paris today have
been under police investigation in Eu
ropean capitals for some time. In No
vember, 1912, $25,000 in English sov
ereigns was extracted from a large con
signment sent from London to Alexan
dria. Egypt, and in January, this year,
another $25,000 was stolen while on the
way from Hamburg to Rio Janeiro.
The police believe the robberies have
been committed by the same band of
thieves, which has ramifications all over
Europe.
mmm
'■7
aV
yAo
(sA^
X:
fvTi
Tl
CHINESE QUESTION
Stores and Laundries Closed
Protest Against New Regis
tration Law
*-
V
"V
\
11
///;
Editor of Birmingham News
and President of Mont
gomery Advertiser
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 17.—Hon.
Frank P. Glass, editor of the Birming
ham News and president of the Mont
gomery Advertiser, was today appointed
United States senator by Governor
O’eal to succeed the late Senator Joseph
F. Johnston. Mr. Glass is one of the
oldest and best known newspaper men
in the state and south.
(By Associated Press.)
PANAMA, Sov. 17.—The Chiense
question assumed a serious turn in the
republic of Panama today. All the Chi
nese merchants, wholesale and retail
in this city, in Colon and at points in
the interior, numbering more than 1,500
acting according to a prearranged plan,
closed their places of business after
posting notices stating the doors had
been shut for the purpose of taking an
inventory.
The demonstration was an effort to
compel the Panama government to re
cede from its program relative to the
new registration law. This law com
pels Chinese residents to take out new
certificates of registration and pay an
additional fee or render themselves li
able to deportation. ,
HARDSHIP ON POOR.
The closing of tfce stores has already
entailed considerable hardship on the
poorer classes to whom the Chinese sell
butter, lard, rice and other articles in
small quantities valued as low as 2 1-2
cents, a trade the native merchant does
not care to handle. Much annoyance
has also been caused by the non-de
livery of laundry.
If the laundries are not reopened with
in a reasonable time the police have
been authorized to take atcion.
The Panama government today an
nounced its decision to stand firm. Or
ders were issued to all provincial gov
ernments to proceed with the arrest of
Chinese not complying with the regis
tration law before November 25. Chi
nese shoe keepers in the canal zone
have not been affected.
ENOS HIS LIFE AS
LEAVES HI
I.JUU
Miss Elizabeth Todd, of Har-
ralson, Ga., Says She Does
Not Know Why Carl Davis
Ended Life
Early
,Threw Human Ashes
From Bridge in Park;
Arrested, Set Free
CHICAGO. Nov. 17.—Five men were
released from custody last night after
having been arrested for scattering the
ashes of a dead friend from a high
bridge in Lincoln park.
George E. Mendun, said to be the son
of a wealthy Boston man, died two
weeks ago. His friends were obeying
his last wish* that his body be cremated
and the ashes scattered, when arrested.
There was nothing in city statutes re
lating to the subject.
Director of Prussian
Royal Theaters Defends
Character in Court
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Nov. 14.-—Count George
Von Huelsen-Haeseler, director of the
Prussian royal theaters, made a vigor
ous defense of his moral character be
fore the law courts here today. The
occasion was the opening session of a
suit for libel brought by him against
Herr Steinthal and Herr Wilde, editors
of the Montags Zeitung.
The newspaper published earl 7 in Au-
ist an article connecting the name of
Count Huelsen-Haeseler with the alle
gations made several years ago against
Prince Philipp Zu Eulenburg ang other
members of Emperor William’s suite,
asserting he had narrowly missed being
involved in the great court scandal.
When the crown prosecutor proposed
t:> have the suit tried behind closed
doors in the interest of public morality,
Count Huelsen-Haeseler emphatically
and successfully objected.
The count then read under oath
sweeping declaration th?t. he had no
perverse inclinations or thoughts and
that such ideas were mDst repulsive to
him.
The case was quickly disposed of.
Steinthal was sentenced to a year’s im
prisonment. Wilde was acquitted on the
ground that he was only nominally re-
sponsible for the libelous article.
GEORGIA’S GREATEST PROQUCT.
Women Hurl Hammers
At Judge Who Sentenced
Militant Suffragette
LONDON, Nov. 1*.—Women hurled
hammers at the judge of the London
sessions in OldBailey today when rie
sentenced Miss Rachael Peace, a mili
tant suffragette, to eighteen months’
imprisonment after she had been found
guilty by a jury of setting fire to a
mansion at Hampton-Thomas.
Women who had gathered in the court
room frequently interrupted proceed
ings. On the pronouncement of the sen
tence they threw hamers at the judge
and smashed windows and glass doors.
Four of the disturbers were arrested
Not Even Scratched
When Thrown Under
Fast Moving Train
WAYCROSS, Ga., Nov. 17.—Thrown
under a moving passenger train of tne
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic this
morning, J. A. Moore, of Blacksnear,
had a close call from death on Plant
avenue here. With Willilam Aspinwall
he was seated in a wagon and when the
crossing watchman warned them of the
approach of the Atlanta train the wag
on was stopped near the track. The
mule started turning, and when held
backed the wagon into the train. The
wagon was overturned, Moore being
thrown under one of the moving cars.
His rapid recovery and the immediate
application of emergency brakes saved
his life.
GIVING TIME TO SON
BERLIN. Nov. 17.—King Ferdinand,
of Bulgaria, who arrived today in Co
burg, is passing through such a crisis,
according to well informed circles in
Coburg and Berlin, that his abdication
of the throne in favor of his son is
possibly and even probable.
The king is.presiding incognito at the
palace in Coburg. He spent this^ morn
ing in prayer at the graves of his an
cestors.
Austrian statesmen are doing their
utmost to discourage his proposed sur
render of the throne, because they con
sider the young Crown Prince Boris
likely to be influenced by the element
friendly to Russia.
King Ferdinand at the same time is
receiving little encouragement in Ger
many. Emperor William and the Ger
man government have expressed them
selves openly as friendly to Greece. It
is understood that when King Ferdi
nand expressed a desire to come to Ber
lin he was given an intimation that
such a visit would be useless.
Ferdinand is the youngest son of the
late Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha. ,He declared himself king in
1908 and was recognized by the powers.
HIQHB EXPERTS
MEET IN JACKSONVILLE
URGES MORE FORESTS
(By Associated Press.)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 17.—
United States senators, governors, may
ors and noted waterways experts are
assembling here for the Atlantic deeper
waterways convention, which opens to
morrow. J. Hampton Moore, of Phila
delphia, the president, arrived today.
Governor Blease, of South Carolina, is
expected this evening, and by morning
the other leaders, among whom are
Governor Charles R. Miller, of Dela
ware; Governor Park Trammell, of Flor
ida; Lieutenant Governor Frank E.
Howe, of Vermont; Sigo Meyers, of Sa
vannah, Ga.; Representative J. Charles
Linthicum, of Maryland; Senator D. U.
Fletcher, of Florida, and the Florida
delegation in congress, led by Stephen
Sparkman, chairman of the rivers and
harbors committee of the house, former
Representative Bennett, of New York.
The first meeting convenes at 3 o’clock
tomorrow. Mayor Swearingen will wel- Ph>\1Qirinn F vnn ornioQ
come the guests for the city, and Gov- 1 ILyai'CLUIL LjAUIICI ULtZ
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—From one-
fifth to one-third of the United States
must be devoted to forests if proper
streamflow and the prevention of the
“washing” of the soil is to be brought
about, is the report of a special com
mittee on forestry which is to report
to the fifth annual convention of the
National Conservatibn congress tomor
row. This announcement was made to
day by the federal forest service.
The committee will advance the the
ory that, as forests give off much more
moisture than water surfaces of equal
area, the prevention of arable land
being rendered impossible of cultivation
lies with the retention of wooded land.
Planting of trees around, cultivated
fields will be recommended as aiding
in advancing their agricultural possibil
ities.
Baseball by Wireless
Breaks All Records;
Message 4,700 Miles
Seeks Mail Route
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17.— that is
said to be a new wireless record for
ships at sea was made by the United
States transport Thomas, which arrived
from Manila yesterday. On September
24, when the Thomas was near Guam, it
received all the scores of the Pacific
Coast league baseball games from San
Francisco, 4,700 miles distant. This is
T* rfh/yQ-f Alrhfih to have increased the distance for
I QiT ilCoZ IN UrLn direct communication by 300 miles.
ernor Trammell for the state. Besides
the speeches and the resolutions to be
considered, there will be several enter
tainments, including a trip on the St.
Johns river, visits to the ostrich farm,
a river trip and luncheon for the wom
en, when fort launches and yachts will
convey them to the Yacht club, and a
Shown in New York luncheon at the board of trade -
First Painting Done
By Mrs. Wilson Is
WILSON URGED TO SAVE
FROM GALL!
Fairhaven Union Begs Him to
Interfere in Case of Mrs,
Wakefield
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 17.—Th*
Fairhaven Women’s Political union sent
a letter to President Wilson today re
questing him to use his influence to
save Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield from
hanging next March for the murder of
her husband.
A mass meeting to protest 1 agains’t
the hanging will be held here Wednes
day night under ‘ auspices of the Wom
en’s Political union. Similar meetings
are being planned throughout the state
by women.
If Mrs. Wakefield’s sentence is car
ried out she will be the first woman
to be hanged in Conecticut since colo
nial days.
Quitman Women Want
To Keep “Sis Cow”
Behind Her Bars
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—The first
paintings by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson to
be seen ifi New York were placed on ex
hibition today by the Association of
Women Painters and Sculptors. There
are five oils done by Mrs. Wilson while
she was at the president’s summer home
in Cornish, N. H., the past summer.
Mrs* Wilson will be here next week to
view her work with that of the other
women artists.
Self-Emptying Boxes
For City Mails Soon•
Will Save Much Time
Infuriated Cow Gores
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17.—
Charles D. Brower, the only white in
habitant of Point Barrow. Alaska, the
northernmost postoffice, has filed a bid
for carrying the mails 3,000 miles in
the depth of an Arctic winter. Brower
wants to carry the mail from Point
Barrow 500 miles to Kotzebue Sound.
If h-e gets the contract he must make
the trip three times in the winter over
snow so deep that there is scarcely any
bottom.
Man Crawls 15 Miles
With a Broken Ankle
MILTON, Pa., Nov. 17.—Orvin Flinn,
MILTON, Pa., Nov. 13.—Orvin Flinn,
of Sha'mokin, fell off a wall and broke
his right ankle. He lay unable to move
for several hours. Without fufids to
pay car fare, he then hobbled and
crawled for fifteen miles to the Mary
M. Packer hospital, Sunbury. There
the surgeans and nurses found two
bones in the ankle broken.
Dog Has to See the
Moving Picture Shows
BUSHVILLE, Ind., Nov. 17.—Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Thomas have a dog named No-
ley that displays as much interest in
moving pictures as most persons. He
had the habit of following Mr. and Mrs-
Thomas downtown each evening and into
a moving picture show. He became a
nuisance, and they drove him back sev
eral evenings, only to find him in the
show later on.
Finally they thwarted him by locking
him up. But this scheme was soon fath
omed by Noisy, and Mrs. Thomas search
ed vainly for the dog. When they arriv
ed at the show they were told that their
pet had preceded them and he was found
setting on a chair in the front row.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have given up
the idea of keeping Noisy at home and he
is now to be found well down in the
front at the “movies” every night The
doorman charges him nothing.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Utility and
beauty combined will mark the new
letter boxes which Postmaster General
Burleson has just ordered for use in
cities when demand arises.
The postmaster general today ordered
ten thousand of the boxes, which are
self emptying and so constructed as to
economize time in collection of mail.
Mr. Burleson in casting about for some
A (Ted Wnmnn in Dpnih method of speeding up the collection
VV Uitiun I'U LJVUIII discovered that the hand-picking method
of extracting letters from the boxes was
costly.
“The principal feature of the new
boxes” he explained, “is the facility with
which they can be emptied by mail
collectors, which is accomplished
through curved slides and drop bottom
attachments into the open mail bag
held underneath. One model of the drop
bottom pattern is especially adapted for
collectors using automobiles.”
(By Associated Press.)
RALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 17.—Gored
through the head by an infuriated cow,
her clothes nearly torn from her body,
Mrs. J. D. Fletcher, sixty years of age,
wife of the United States farm demon
strator, met a horrible death late yes
terday afternoon at her home six miles
from Durham.
Mrs. Fletcher was found lying in the
door of a stable by her son and neph
ew, who stopped to visit her on their
way home, her bonnet on the inside of
the cow’s stall. She was in the agonies
of death and died a few minutes later.
Her husband was away from home and
the supposition is that Mrs. Fletcher
went to the stable to do the evening
milking.
Gnat Accused of
Carrying Pellagra
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Nov. 17.—The
Buffalo gnat, described as a carrier of
pellagra, has been accused falsely, ac
cording to Dr. J. F. Siler, of the
Thompson-McFadden Pellagra commis
sion, who returned today from an in
vestigation tour in Panama. Dr. Siler
was accompanied on his trip by A. H.
Jennings, government entomologist, and
Dr. Louis Sambon, head of the London
School of Tropical Medicine, who origi
nated the insect theory.
The trio found much pellagra but,
were unable to connect it with the pres
ence of the gnat.
Squeals on Son;
Keeps Half Fine
Right in Family
(By Associated Press.)
LEWISTOWN, Pa., Nov. 17.—A mon
ster elk weighing 700 pounds was killed
at the borders of Seven Mountains, near
Siglerville, yesterday afternoon by
Payton Aikens. He claims he mistook
it for a deer. Aikens went before a
justice of peace today and furnished
bond for the $200 fine he will have to
pay for killing protected game. His
father was the informant, thus keeping
half the fine in the family.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
QUITMAN, Ui-a., Nov. 17.—At a meet
ing of the civic department of the Quit-
man Woman’s club, a campaign was
launched to get the cows off the
streets. The civic club had mapped out
a program of street improvements
which included tree planting, park beau
tifying and gardening. It became ap
parent that none of these things could
even be started as long as live stock
was allowed to run on the streets. In
the space of an hour a resolution was
passed asking council to call an election
to determine the state of public senti
ment on the subject; two petitions were
started, one for the voters to sign and
one for the women of the town; com
mittees were appointed from the club
to see that these petitions were carried
to everybody in the town. Some of the
most prominent women in town gave up
two days to the work and the petitions
were presented at the meeting of coun
cil signed by two thirds of the voters.
As a result the council has called an
election for Monday, November 24.
The women are getting up lists of
the voters and intend seeing every one
of them an^ urging them to vote. Some
of the men have volunteered to work
on election day at the polls and the
women will do none of thiswork but
they will furnish their 10^*o7voters
and will provide automobiles for the
use of the election workers. An in
teresting feature of the campaign is
the fact that some of the most ardent
workers among the women are those
whose husbands favor the cows on the
streets.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Todd, of Haral
son, Ga., stoutly denied to The Journal,
over long distance telephone Monday
afternoon, that she knew of any reason
why Carl Davis, agent of the Atlanta
Birmingham and Atlantic railway at
Haralson, should have committed sui
cide. Davis blew out his brains in a
baggage car on the A. B. and A., train
Sunday evening, soon after he had left
Gay, Ga., one mile from Haralson, and
only a few minutes after he had talked
with Miss Todd.
Miss Todd declares she did not know
of the suicide until after she had reach
ed Senoia, when the news was circulat
ed at the hotel at which she was stop
ping. Her conversation with Davis was
only casual, she said, declaring she
merely chatted with film for a few min
utes where they happened to meet on the
train.
The handbag found on Davis’ body
belonged to her, Miss Todd said. Davis
had jokingly slipped it into his pocket
a s they chatted on the train, she said,
and failed to return it.
MISS TODD’S STORY.
Here Is Miss Todd’s story as told to
The Journal: \
“I.got on the train at Gay, Ga., on
my way to Atlanta to find work. Mr.
DaVls happened to be on the same train
and soon after the train started he
passed through the car, spoke to me
pleasantly, and asked if he could help
me in arranging several pacakges that
were on the seat beside me. He left
and a few minutes later returned and
we talked about ten minutes.
“Mr. Davis seemed greatly depressed
and I recall that he mentioned the re
cent burning of the depot at Harralson,
and the fact that the office at present is
in a box car. He said, in effect, ‘It looks
like if it isn’t one thing wrong, it’s an
other. I never thought I would come
to working in a box car.’
“I asked him where he was going and
he said to LaGrange. He didn’t say why
nor when he was to return. M^ hand- *
bag was lying on the seat and as the
conductor passed through Mr. Davis
picked it up, opened it and took out a
dime. ‘Let's spend this,’ he said to the
conductor.
“When he left me he must have
ped the bag and my gloves into his
pocket. He did not talk to me more than
te n minutes in all, but it was enougn
for me to se'e that he was depressed.
“At Senoia my cousin, Frank Estes,
asked me not to go to Atlanta and per
suaded me to get off there and return
home. I followed his advice and went
to a hotel at Senoia until he could get
a conveyance for me to go home in. 1
mentioned to Mr. Estes that Mr. Davis
had my handbag, and must have forgot
ten to givje it back. At the hotel J
heard about the suioide.
“I had known Mr. Davis casually for
about three years. The idea that I was
thinking of eloping wtih him is absurd.
I merely happened to meet him on the
train.”
According to the report made by Con
ductor T. J. D. Lamar after Davis left
Miss Todd he walked about the passen
ger coach nervously a few minutes and
then went to the baggage car, where, ac
cording to a report, he approached the
negro porter, the only occupant of the
coach at the time, and said:
Waycross Friends Ask
Gov. Slaton to Attend
Two Dinners at Once
Blow Safe; Save
Fish and Flowers
EAST ROCHESTER, . Y., Ndv. 17.—
yeggmen who robbed the local postof
fice of a large quantity of stamps were
careful to avoid harming a bowl of gold
fish and a pot of flowers which were
on a desk next to the office safe. Be
fore blowing the safe, an operation in
which they used four charges of nitron-
glycerine. they went to the trouble of
putting the fish and flowers on the
floor. The force of the explosion shook
the neighborhood and brought at least.
1 a hundred citizens out of bed. They
saw- five yeggs fleeing.
PRESIDENT WILSON APPLIES
FOR MEMBERSHIP IN GEORGIA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The White House, Washington, D. C., Nov. 17, 1913.
C. J. Haden, Pres. Georgia Chamber of Commerce,
Hurt Building, Atlanta, Ga.
I wish the Georgia chamber of commerce every suc
cess. Your organization has a great opportunity to
do constructive work in the development of the agricultural
resources - of Georgia. The farmer has not been served as
lie might and should be. Let Georgia set an example in this
truly great and intelligent work for relaying the foundations
of wealth and prosperity in the United States. I take pleasure
in applying for membership in the Georgia chamber of com
merce. WOODROW WILSON.
Big Winan Fortune
Is Gone to the Dogs:
Cats Get Share, Too
NEW* YORK. Nov. 17.—By her will
Mrs. Helen D. Winans, who died in Hol
land last September, has left practical
ly all of her estate, valued at more than
$50,000 to the Bide-a-Wee home for
dogs and cats in this city. Mr. Winans
died before his wife, so the bequest be
comes payable at once to the home and
constitutes one of the most generous
donations the institution has ever had.
Now They’re Growing
Lemons in Quitman
(Special Dispatch to The' Journal.)
WAYCROSS, Ga., Nov. 17.—Two sep
arate entertainment programs for Gov
ernor J. M. Slaton have been arranged
for his visit to Waycross, November
20, and today there is much speculation
as to which program will be carried out.
Before the board of trade entertaih
ment committee decided to have a ban
quet in honor of the governor. Repre
sentative J. L. Cooper requested that he
be allowed to entertain the governor at
dinner. This was granted. Now the
entertainment committee proposes to
have the governor at a public recep
tion during the Cooper dinner and will
take him to the banquet at 9 o’clock.
The governors of the board of trade
have been called in special session to
endeavor to settle the question. The
affair is the topic of conversation all
over the city today.
Surgeon Overates
On Man in Midair
SPRINGFIELD. Mass^. Nov. 17.—With
one shoulder dislocated and the other
arm so badly bruised that he could
not move it, as the result of an acci
dent while he was working on a tall
theater building here, Frank Armbrew-
ster, a structural iron worker, was help
less at a dizzy height, as there was no
means of descent, except by ladders. Dr.
E. C. Collins climbed to the top of the
building, and sitting astride of a steel
beam, chloroformed Armbrewster and
snapped into position the dislocated
bones. After the operation the man
was able to make his way down the
ladders.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
QUITMAN, Ga., Nov. 17.—Quite by
accident it has been discovered that
lemons grow and mature to perfection
in Brooks county. Mr. J. W. Oglesby
bought a Ponderosa lemon shrub as an
ornamental plant for her conservatory. #
H got too large for potting and she ¥{yg OJl CHeeSC CLtld
planted it in her garden and left it to
take its chances out of doors. It flour
ished there and this fall it has nearly
thirty full grown lemons on it. The
little tree is four years old and had a
few lemons last year. Mrs. Oglesby
finds the fruit of excellent flavor and
available for all the uses the commer
cial lemon is put to.
A great many farmers are raising fine
grape fruit now and there are also a
number of sweet orange trees in Brooks
county which produce a good crop ev
ery year. It is certain that with proper
attention to horticulture the county
would produce an abundance of fruits.
Peaches and every variety of berry
grow perfectly here, as well as the semi-
tropical fruits.
Kisses, in Box Cars
HAMMOND. ind., Nov. 17.—After
spending their month’s honeymoon in
box cars, Thomas Gross and his comely
bride, from Cincinnati, O., were ar
rested for trespassing on the Erie rail
way, near Marion. The couple, nest-'
ling in a straw pile to keep warm, were
found by police in a box car.
Gross declared he had eloped with
Iht girl because her brother objected
to the marriage, and had just enough
money to get the marriage license at
Jeffersonville. The couple said they
had lived four days on cheese and
kisses.