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I. Wylie Smith’s Own Story
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Stirring Episodes in Long Flight
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. Career ^Mexican Army Thrilling
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Thi* it the third installment of
r the story of J. Wylie Smith, the
* refugee president of the defunct
*' Commercial Loan and Discount
a.i Company, who, after evading ex-
rr" tradition during two years of
service in the insurrecto army of
v i General Orozco, in Mexico, re -
v,i turned to Atlanta to stand trial
Qtf because he is dying with tuber*
• 1 f culosis—a phantom of his former j
^ ' self.
f, ° f By J. WYLIE SMITH,
ion
(Continued from Yesterday.)
Evert? moved rapidly after thnt.
i *43rotct resigned as commander of the
fv Federal forces in Chihuahua on March
just as Rojas had told me lie
qr would. He loafed around Chihuahua
until Saturday, shaking hands with
)iia friends like a politician at the
gathering of a convention. He seemed
* very peaceful and onlv a few of us
knew what war going to happen.
Saturday Orozco came to the prison
and demanded of the warden that lu-
^ release the 75 revolutionary leaders,
•'ll/ The warden refused. Orozco re-
jhc turned to his old regiment and stand-
bing in front of tha liue declared:
f l am the leader of .a new revolu-
♦*» tion. I promise you good treatment
(% r . if vou will follow me. If you don t
there will be a fight. AIT who "want
was pounding
erals. in leas
tell it he had
sensible.
Before he <•
heard that w
my dog I
thought he hai
the five fpd-
n It takes to
them all in-
Southerner Heads
Sons of Revolution
CHlf'AQtL May 21.—The following
officers were elected by the XaHortal
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution:
President general, Rogers Clark
Ballard, Thurston. Ky.; vice presi
dents general, W. W. Kirby. Colorado:
Laverne Noyes. Illinois; Wallace Me-
Camant, Oregon; Rear Admiral
George W. Baird, United States Navy,
retired, Washington, b, C., and Jumen
I» Baxter. Portland, Me. secretary
general and register general, A How
ard dark, of the Smithsonian Insti
tute, Washington, D. C., treasurer
geni ral. John II. Burroughs. New
Yofk; historian general, David L.
Pierson, East Orange, N J ; chap-
Whit-
to follow me step two pa
cos forward.’
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The regiment moved forward as one
an. . .
, n Orosco’s first act was to rout a de-
tachment of his old army under Pan-
cho Villa, whom he had purposely ls<>-
—r dated Villa was loyal to the Gov-
ernment.
Given Pardon and Troop.
Rojas and Mendoza joined Orozco
The Goverror of t.’hlhuahua had fled
to El Paso Before men with the
magnetism of most of the revolution
leaders the ordinary officials had no
chance. The fighters all followed the
men of magnetism.
* Orozco took the Governors chajr
and wrote out pardons for the i5
revolution leaders. Rojas was given
avlarger command. On Tuesday a
No Billboard Ads
for Fritzi Scheff
NEW YORK, ,M)iy 21.—Fritzi
Scheff, who will IjfKin a revival of
•Mile. Modiste" next week has fol
lowed the example of Richard Mans
field and come out against the blll-
bnard as a means of advertising her
self
"Richard Mansfield recognized the
lack of dignity ir. the billboard," said
Miss Scheff "I will not have mV
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o; release came fir me
Nfj. ;*‘You can join the troops or not,
|M. jult as you like,” .‘“•aid Rojas.
EM* ‘Til join.” 1 replied. 1 felt that it
; [•!» was my only chance to escape my
s Vi pursuers, but what.prompted me molt
» was the spirit of adventure. And 1
■ !*! tell you I didn’t fall to find exclte-
| iV ment. I was given command of a
5 ” company of 87 cavalrymen. Mendoza,
’my colonel, said to nw*^
• You’ve got an awfully tough set
Ijj[• to deal with. The reason the place
P : is varanf’ is that no one has been
able to get along with that crew."
I j* 1 . They were a motley crew, indeed.
I »*. All cow punchers, they were made up
I of Mexican peon*, Yaqui Indians and
Ilf half-breeds.
fiM* "Men.” 1 cried, as 1 surveyed that
i J •' hellish band of dark, scowling faces
I Pi; had learned to speak Spanish in
| prison, it being very easy to learn,
is no letter has more than one sound
— J want to be your friend as well
' **1 did not speak long, but they
|V cheered me
That night about 15 of them got
beastly drunk. They rained a rough
1 house right, except as they were out
doors they raised it with the firma
ment. I did not Imprison them, as
was the custom. but bad them
wrapped jn their blanket®.
When they awoke tho next rnorn-
g / -,ing. free. 1 was their hero. They
(cheered me as "El t’apitan Ami ri-
fcano,” and within a week any man
■ j ! *in the bunch was ready to die for
’ [me.
j , 4 Orozco ordered us south to Jimi-
i 1 Inez to meet General Salazar with
1 ' 'the main army. fl)bout 4,500 men.
j. < There w ere 8*25 in our regiment. We
’parted and soon the battle cry was:
J. "On to Mexico City.”
I |*l• i had two friends* whose affection
’* was the moat remarkable of any l
have ever known. One was my dog
| |*i airapped onto my saddle blanket. The
other was my first corporal, Pedr
Rodriguez, nn attendant whose faltli-
*{)j fulness a king might envy.
Dog Saves His Life.
While lying resting on the ground,
my dog. always near me, gave that
same gruff bark with which he had
greeted me at our first meeting. I
had learned that that bark meant
danger. Turning. I saw a huge rattler
snake, coiled ready to strike. 1
jumped up just In time to save my
self
Pedro was as big and strong and
active as a gorilla, thank God, else
1 would not be here to-day to tell
my story.
We reached Jim Inez before Genera’
Salazar arrived. The. fortification's
were held by a number about equal to
our regiment. Our ambitious leaders
decided to charge the place at dawn
the next day. Now comes a part I
hate to tell. It sounds too much like
bragging and boasting.
We had made our charge and been
fighting fiercely for several hours.
We were inside the cuartel (barracks)
and too close to each other to reload.
Fought Like Wild Beasts.
It was the most savage fighting one
i ould imagine. Men were striking
each other over the heads with the
butts of their guns, slashing in every
direction with their sabers and blind
ly ‘ Kicking- sits any form before them
with their bayonets. The firing had
almost ceased but the shrieks and
veils dinned my ears like the gloat
ing of devils over death.
1 had not been in the thickest of
the fighting- Standing at the righfbf
my company I was ordered to charge
at full speed to the relief of a regi
ment that was about to be over
come.
We plunged forward with the zeal
of maniacs. And as 1 ran shouting
for my men to follow I gained a lead
of about 30 feet on them. When
just about to alow up one of my feet
became entangled in a vine and I
fell headforemost. Rising on my
knees I could get no further." Five
federals arose from an entrenchment
with machetes (bayonets) drawn and
I knew my time had eorpe. Out of
ammunition. I had thrown away mv
pistol and m\ gun •
I shut my eves and buried my face
. in my hands. I felt rather than saw
\ "j a dark shadow sweep over me. i
1 , r waited—It seemed ages—to be struck
HI dead and when 1 could bear the anx
iety no longer I raised ray head and
opened my eyes.
It was Pedro /who .had swept <t»vi?r
me Pedro had come rescue.
Standing on the edge oftrie entrench
ment. his giant arm? extended over
ead grasping a gun barrel he
mid turn to see me 1
aiming little bark of
had forgotten him, I
I been lost in the bat
tle. Jumping to my feet as quick
ly as I could I confronted anothro* j lain general, the Rev
federal, crouching and aiming his gun a ker New Jersey,
at Pedro just as Pedro was making!
a giant swing at the fifth federal.
All 1 had was my saber. I real
ized that if I struck down the gun of
the federal it would merely ward off
the blow and my end would come
next. Still bending over 1 drew: mv
sword and slashed at the under side
of his arm with all my force.
The barrel of the gun swayed to
ward the ground and the discharge
only kicked dust at Pedros legs. Pe
dro, wheeling, took in the situation
at a glance. Another of his famous
swings landed the butt of his gun on
the head of the federal. It smashed
like an egg shell, the blood and brain *
splashing in my face.
Reported Killed in Battle.
The liKhtinh' raged on. lasting eight ■ -, r Thp oth „ r (lav i „ aw a picture
hours altogether But IV'lros v« - f Madame Bernhardt that had been
liant work had saved the day. It —
was easy to see that we were going
to win. We let them fiee without
pursuit and went into camp. That
seemed foolish Imilltary tactics to |
me but It was impossible to get the
Mexicans out after night and qll they |
seemed to care for was to dislodge
the enemy.
The federals reported me killed in
that battle. The news reached At
lanta. I thought It Just as well.
I was promoted to the rank of
major and transferred to the Infan-j
try.
General Salazar joined us next dav
And we resumed our march to Mexi
co City. At Escalon we learned that
the federals were strongly entrenched
and waiting for us.
They had entrenched themselves on
a mountain side in the eastern side
of the Conchas River. About.- 8,000
strong under General Vlctorlana
Huerta, now provisional President o?
Mexico, and General Trucy Albert
They hail good artillery, but we had
but one cannon and a few old ma
chine guns.
Fought for Three Days.
We took a position on the oppo
site side of the river. We fought
for three days there. It was more
like an American battle than any
I have ever heard of In MexlQo, At
the end of the tljirdVday the federals
took to flight. Out of aftojit Fi.OOO
men engaged 600 were killed and 1,300
wounded. Again w r e hri them go.
I saw r little bard military service
after that but soon afterwards the
most humorous and effective ruse In
military history was worked on us.
In Chihuahua there are three towns
that form a triangle. At Torreon
General Tellez was stationed with
15,000 federals. At (’onejop General
Salazar had 5,000 rebels. At Mopemi
there was a small detachment of fed
erals holding a fortification.
BEGIN LIFE ALL
of
added to by youngsters. That set
tled the matter for me.
$160,000,000 Patent
Remedies Used in 'll
WASHINGTON, May 21.—-That
nf-arly $160,000,000 worth of patent
remedies were consumed by the peo
ple of (his counlry during 1911 was
the assertion of Frank J. Cheney, of
Toledo, Ohio, president of the pro-,
prletary Association of America who
delivered the opening address to-day
to the 300 delegates assembled in
convention at (he New Willard.
He said that no matter what the
price, if patent medicines afforded re
lief for the ijati^nt’s .suffering,' they
were worth the money.
(Continued in To-morrovFs Georgian!)
Vice President, Too,
A Precedent Breaker
WASHINGTON, May 21.—Vice
President Marshall made his., debut
hj§ a precedent'breaker yesterday.
A flood of bills anil resolutions was
offered shortly after the Senate, con
vened, and Vice President Marshall,
ignoring the clerk, proceeded to read
the measures himself.
Thla is the first time within the
memory of the oldest newspaper cor
respondent that the President of the
Senate has acted as his own clerk.
The Sunday American goes every
where all over the South. If you have
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
ican is “The Market Place of the
South.” The Sunday American is the
best advertising medium.
Convinced Only Way to Escape
Ruin Is To Be Reborn—Denies
Stories of Misconduct.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 21. Evelyn Thaw,
wi^ of Harry K. Thaw, who is going
back to the stage here, is going to
begin life all over again.
In a most remarkable interview
published in The Sketch, she declares
she has been making a study of the
lives of women who had figured in
such tragedies as the Thaw trial and
she became convinced she 4vould have
to be born again to escape utter ruin
and degredation.
According to The Sketch, Mrs.
Thaw says:
“I found that of all those women
who had gone out some sank from
sheer humiliation and some found
snatches of happiness in some excess
—-some drank, some took drugs, but
they all went down, down, down. That
was the lesson I learned from reading
about these trials, and after learning
I said:
No Bad Habits.
“ ‘Evelyn Thaw, there must be an
other way,’ and what all these wom
en did I determined not to do. I have
no bad habits. I have no habits
tvhich have a weakening tendency on
my will. I wanted to know all that
was worst. And the woman who can
say ‘l know the worst’ has her feet
on the first rung of the ladder which
leads upward and to happiness. I am
going to begin a, new career—a new
life.
“I begin fair to this extent, that I
am‘fortified with the knowledge that
a pretty woman who wants work is
Offered love and a plain woman who
wants love gets the darning."
Mrs. Thaw says the lurid stories
circulated about her conduct were
untrue. One young woman, she de
clared, lived for two weeks in Salt
Lake Cfty, Utah, painting the town
red with the most scandalizing be
havior and posing meanwhile as Eve
lyn Thaw.
Stories Are Untrue.
Upon another occasion, she said, a
frierjd of hers heard of a story about
her which was so bad she could find
no words to describe it. This story
also was untrue, said Mrs. Thaw, al
though tlie person who told it de
clared he had witnessed the incident.
“Some well-meaning persons have
described mew as a victim of passion,
but victim is a word I loathe,” said
Mrs. Thaw.
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STOR
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Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
Singing for Help
Is the Very Latest.
Mrs. Newlywed is mistress of a
charming new bungalow in West End.
She is simply wrapped up in her lit
tle home, her baby and her young and
handsome husband. Hubby is a stu
dious chap .when he isn’t busy at the
office making money, and when he's
home of an evening nothing pleas**
him more than to get out a volume
of his favorite author and go to it
till bedtime.
Of course, when wifey feels in a
talkative humor, hubby lays aside his
book and converses just as animated
ly as in the old courting days. But
after the evening meal Mrs. Newly
wed is usually kept busy putting baby
to sleep so that conversation Is more
or less of a to-be-continued-in-our-
next hffair.
Mrs. Newlywed Is dreadfully afraid
of thunder and lightning—principally
the former. As a girl, she used to
run and hide her head under the mat
tress when a thunderstorm raged, and
she hasn’t gotten over the feeling
that she Is a perfect target for the
jovial lightning’s bolt.
The other evening Mrs. Newlyw-d
had retired to the nursery to put baby
to sleep. Mr. Newlywed was en
grossed in one of his favorite books.
A storm suddenly arose. Probab’y
you remember how suddenly it came
up. First there was a quick blast of
wind. Then a whirling shower of
rain. Next.a vivid flash, and, follow
ing it, the rumble of thunder.
At the first sound Mrs. Newlywed
became frightened. She was alone,
except for baby, in the nursery. She
wanted somebody to talk to; some
one to fend off the lightning. So she
began to sing. It was a plaintive lit
tle song, containing a C. D. Q. mes
sage for help. It was sung to the
tune of ‘‘On the Trail of the Lone
some Pine,” and went something like
this:
“I’m so scared of the thunder and
I’m all alone in this back room. WIja
somebody would come back here anl
keep me company.”
Mr. Newlywed went right on read
ing. He didn’t hear the song; he
didn’t even hear the storm. His wife
sang louder. No result. Then she
got angry. She, too, forgot to be
frightened.
“Bert,” she yelled, “can’t you see
I’m scared to death? Why don’t you
come back here when I call you?”
Mr. Newlywed leaped about two
feet in the air. It was the first time
in an hour that he realized there was
anybody else on earth but himself.
He rushed back to the nursery ex
pecting to discover a tragedy. Mrs.
Newlywed’s anger and fright had dis
solved into tears. There was a re
conciliation and Mr. Newlywed prom
ised never, no never, to be absent
when it thundered.
STRICT CENSORS
FOR IVIES HERE
Library Board, Authorized by City
Council, Names Special Com
mittee to Inspect Films.
Strict censorship of motion pictures
shown in Atlanta will be inaugurated
by the board of trustees of the Car
negie Library under authority of an
ordinance recently passed by Council.
A special committee has been ap
pointed and Chairman Willis Evebett
said Wednesday he would call a meet
ing within a few days, when plans
for visiting all the movie theaters in
the city would be arranged.
The other members of the commit
tee are George H. Boynton, chairman
of the Council library committee;
Harrison Jones, A. W. Tindall, of the
County Juvenile Court; E. G. Everett,
one of the leaders in the Boy Scout
movement, and Philip Weltner, of the
Prison Reform Association.
“We are not at all apprehensive of
the sorts of pictures being shown in
the better theaters,” said Councilman
Boynton, “but there has been com
plaint about the cheaper theatere,
particularly those for the negroes.
“There is a city ordinance prohibit
ing the appearance of a girl under 16
years of age on the stage of any the
ater in the city. This law has been
ignored by some motion picture-
vaudeville houses. We are going to
see that it is enforced.
“I believe that we should prohibit
any picture being shown which has
not been approved by the National
Board of Censorship of New York.
“John Collier, who was reared in
Atlanta, Is in charge of this' censor
ship In New York and is doing a great
work. I understand that all the films
shown here are sent out from New
York, and it would be a simple matter
to demand the approval of the Na
tional Board.
“However, we can’t tell just what
we will do until we have made an in
spection of all the theaters in the
city.”
YOUR HOBBY STAMPS?
HERE’S JOB FOR
YOU
WASHINGTON. May 21— Are you
_ philatelist? If so and are anxious
to work at your profession, the Unit
ed States civil service commission
has a place open which pays $1,200
a year.
The duties of this position will con
sist of overhauling and arranging, ac
cording to countries and issues, the
collection of stamps now in storage
In the museum.
POLICEMAN KILLS DOG
AFTER THREE ARE BITTEN
SAVANNAH. GA.. May 21—A dog
which may have been suffering with
rabies was killed by a policeman
after having bitten Mrs. Abraham
Lease and two children.
The head of the dog is now in the
hands of the city bacteriologist. Mrs.
Lease had her wound cauterized im
mediately by a physician. The dog
was shot after the officer had chased
it several blocks on a bicycle.
A Profitable Summer
For Your Boy
The Riverside Naval Academy, in the
Blue Ridge foothills, on placid Lake War
ner, solves the long-vacation question.
Life on the water, learning to swim, dive, man a
boat, ete., under direction of a
graduate naval instructor.
Expert coaching in sports of ev
ery kind. Enough serious study to
overcome deficiencies or to insure
^—-d advanced standing. Cadets live in
!( 4 \ floored water - proof
* 1 tents or in perfectly
appointed dormitories,
as preferred. Magnifi
cently equipped dining
hall. ,
Eight weeks session
begins June 26th.
Charges $100. Uni
forms, $20. No extras.
For catalog, address
RIVERSIDE
NAVAL ACADEMY
Box 23 Gainesville, Ga.
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D O YOU know the difference between Cottolene and lard? Cottolene is
a vegetable product; lard is an animal product, Cottolene is made from
purest and choicest cotton oil, a product of Nature.
Lard-cooked, foods tend to heat the system unduly, and cause discomfort and
indigestion; Cottolene makes food rich but never greasy, and food which any stomach
can digest with ease.
Cottolene
The better class of housewives often use butter instead of lard for cooking
purposes. It's a mighty expensive and needless habit. Cottolene is every
bit as good as butter for shortening; it is better thah butter for frying.
And Cottolene costs much less than butter.
Cottolene will not bum nearly as easily as butter or lard, and with its
use the strong, irritating and indigestible acids found in foods fried in
animal fats are avoided.
Two-thirds of a pound of Cottolene will go as far as a full pound
of butter or lard.
Just think these facts over and let them sink in.
pail of Cottolene of your grocer.
Then order a
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A Little Sale of Silk Hose
for Women
100 pairs of $1.25 Silk Hose at 98c pair for quick selling Thursday—
they have extra high-spliced heels, double hem silk garter top — black,
white, pink and tan.
ALSO
A few pairs of extra g“ood Silk Hose for special selling at 50c pair.
High spliced heel—black, white and tan.
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An Interesting Sale of
Embroideries and Laces
$1.25 and $1.50 OQe
Embroidery Flouncings at
Answering Fashion’s call for dainty white summer dresses
leads you to these beautiful Embroidery Flouncings which you
may buy to-morrow at this reduction in price. They are so pretty
no bands are needed as a further trimming; 45 inches wide, only
two yards required for a dress. Instead of $1.25 and $1.50, as
usual, you may buy them to-morrow at 89c yd.
25c and 35c
Lace Bands at
Pretty trimming hands of linen, cotton and Venise in the
popular widths; a number of patterns to select from. They are
all regular 25c and 35c Bands—priced for Thursday at 19c yard.
New Long Gloves for $1.00
The ideal Summer Glove—Chamoisette, 16-button length;
white and natural; priced at $1.00 pair.
Children’s Socks in a Sale at 15c pair
White Socks with plaid tops-
leet from.
-an assortment of colors and kinds to se-
11c
for Women’s oool, gauze Summer Vests; bodice style, with tape over
shoulder.
Extra size Vests—dor stout women, priced at 15c each.
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.