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l Hb ATLANTA GKUKU1AN AND NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1913
I. Wylie Smith's Own Story
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Stirring Episodes in Long Flight
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Career in Mexican Army Thrilling
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This is the fourth installment
of the story of J. Wylie Smith,
the refugee president of the de
funct Commercial Lean and Dis
count Company, who. after evad
ing extradition during two years
>. service in the insurrecto army
of General Orozco, in Mexico, re
turned to Atlanta to stand trial
because he is dying with tuber-
ulosis—a phantom of his former
self.
By J. WYLIE SMITH.
(Continued From Yesterday.)
I was dispatched by Salazar to take
several hundred men to Mopeml and
storm the fortifications in an effort
to separate Tellez* army at Torreon.
Compos, an insurrecto colonel, had
About 600 men to the North of Mo-
*emi and he was to meet m<?. When
Tellez sent relief to Mopemi Salazar
k as to send a detachment between
e divided army and we were to
Wttack the smaller number from all
©Ides.
Rebels Victims of Ruse.
It worked as beautifully as any
thing you ever saw. Resorting to
Rojas’ old scheme 1 built fake camp
fires and had bugles blown over a
distance of a mile. When we at
tacked the federals next morning we
found that they had all fled.
Tellez then sent two regiments
down as a relief. With some 1,500
rebels Salazar cut them off. Compos
came up on the other side. We had
them prisoners, without a chance of
escape.
Tellez, feigning to be ignorant of
the situation, published a statement
1n a Torreon paper that he was go
ing to send a trainload of supplies
to Mopemi. The information reached
Salazar.
Seize the train,'* ordered Salazar.
The train came. It was 9eized. But
instead of supplies it was compose' 1
of two carloads of beer and a car of
whisky.
John Barleycorn Wins.
That was our end. As soon as the
news spread through Salazar's 1,500
men they broke ranks and made for
the train. In an hour the worst orgie
that ever splotched the face of this
earth was in progress. Fifteen hun-
dred men were as drunk as boiled
owls. The very ground seemed alive
with imps and in every direction was
the din of bestal revelry. The 1,500
prisoners walked through them back
to Tellez and Torreon as easily as
though they had been sick fish.
At Rojas 1 got orders placing mo m
the staff of General Rojas. But I
was getting tired of this foolish and
treacherous warfare and I was look
ing for a chance to get away.
We heard that reinforcements for
the Federals were coming from the
South so Orozco abandoned his siege
of Mexico City. Retreating north
the Federals pursued us. With Rojas
I went on to Chihuahua and reached
there on July 3, lacking one day of
being a year since I first reached
the city.
Orozco, who was further South, or
dered us to continue our retreat to
Juarez. He wanted all the trains
for his army, for the Federals were
so hot behind him he expected to be
in a hurry. „ ,
Under orders from General Rojas I
went to Governor Eurile and got an
order releasing all prisoners. I felt j
great pride as I went to deliver free- |
dom to my old associates. Many ot j
them had taken a special liking to j
me when I was held there as a pris
oner and I felt a real affection for a
number of them.
But my old friend Warden Rembao
was not so pleased with the order.
He knew the Federals would soon be
in the town and he was afraid he
would be punished. 1 hated him bu*
when he began to let them out one
at a time 1 told him it would not do
to be rough with a man who had
been so kind to me.
I Open the Gates.
Rembao resisted. I went to Gen
eral Rojas. The General was of
fended and ordering two companies
to follow him marched toward the
jail.
“Open the gates,’* he said to me.
I threw them wide and 325 men
rushed to freedom. Rembao said he
would take them back so Roja.s put
me in charge of them to protect
them. I marched them into a quar-
tel.
Orozco insisted that we move on
towards Juarez. We offered the
prisoners freedom or places as sol
diers or freedom. All but two old
men joined us.
Many wanted t<* stay in Chihuahua
and fight. But Orozco had promised
if the residents would not move away
he would not allow a battle to take
place in the city. H»* kept that
promise both at Chihuahua and
Juarez, which was what J thought
tc be an evidence of real statesman
ship and kindness
You people in Atlanta have heard
great stories of the shrewd work the
detectives did in catching me.
I Assumed No Disguise.
I walked the streets of Juarez un
disguised and under my right name.
I decided 1 did not want to come back
to the United States. I realized that
the Mexican revolution* probably
would la-t long after my earthly days.
So why not. I had made good as a
soldier of fortune and I had power
ful friends.
Hut forces stronger than human
power had picked me out. On July
II 1 was stricken with typhoid fever
and taken to the hospital.
Orozco and Rojas fell out. Rojas
pulled out with his men for the
State of Son bra; and that was the
last 1 saw of the man who had been
so kind to me and with whom my
fortunes had been so closely linked
during the past year.
Three days later a Pinkerton de
tective. Turrel. of the Houston agency
located me. He saw that my food
was not good and he had better food
sent to me, for which I was very
grateful.
A few days later General Orozco
called and took a seat on the side of
my bed.
“Smith,” he said. “Turrel has of
fered me $600 to give you up. Must
I do it?”
Orozco's Temptation.
Six hundred dollars looked mighty
big. I knew what it meant to Orozco
in his depleted financial state. I
shut my eyes and felt that my last
chance had gone, and I couldn’t de
cide whether I cared or not.
The spirit of the fighter was still
alive in me, though. I asked him to
protect me.
He had brought with him a copy
of the El Paso Times. He could
not speak or read a word of English
and he asked me to read him a cer
tain editorial in the Times. It was
a bitter denunciation of Orozco as a
looter and a brigand.
“Americans hate me," he said.
“They won’t recognize me.’’
“You are Rojas’ pet and Rojas and
I are enemies now. But the Ameri
cans want you. Bah. I guess I’ll pro
tect Rojas’ pet.”
He gave Detective Turrel five min
utes to get across the border. When
1 told him he had robbed me of my
good meals he had food sent to me.
The Federals approached Juarez
and Orozco again stuck to his agree
ment not to fight in the city. I was
just able to walk when the retreat
began. With five other sick men we
followed the army, for I knew that the
Federals would turn me over to the
detectives and they might have me
shot.
Sickness Overcomes Me.
Four days marching over that
dusty trail in a blazing sun broke
me down. 1 was shaking in the
throes of a fatal sickness, I knew.
The first little house we reached I
stopped.
Rojas’ army had just passed and
taken everything these' people had.
Two old couples lived there and when
they saw my condition they took me
in. Oh, the Mexicans are the most
hospitable people in the world.
The man at the head of the house
was Ricardo Martinoz, a peon farm
er. He raised only peas and corn and
chickens. All were gone except about
two bushels of peas which he found
in the field. It was later discovered
that the soldiers had overlooked a
yearling calf.
We were happy. Here was real
food. But a bear came down and
ate up half the calf one night. We
did not have but a few good meals
left.
There was no danger of being
caught here. The house, a two room
ottage with dirt floors, was on a
mountain trail 70 miles from
Juar#*.
.lorrors Overcome Me.
My fever raged. -\ begun to want
to be caught. I had no bed. but
wrapped in a thick blanket I had se
cured from the army I rolled in agony
on that dirt floor. I had hemorrhages.
I was dying. Then, to my surprise.
1 began to get better.
It was cold up there in the Sierra
Mountains. In January it snowed
When the fever left me lying on that
cold floor 1 got pneumonia This
was the middle of January. 1B13. The
old people trudged six miles across
the mountains to a little village and
got me a doctor—Mr. Mayfield, an
Englishman.
He nursed me through the dread-
ul disease and got me a little credit at
a little commissary nearby. But the
food was poor, mostly beans and corn.
When I began to recover from the
pneumonia I faced the worst hor
ror of my life. Just able to sit up
I was stricken with a hemorrhage
from tuberculosis.
I Gave Up.
1 gave up. 1 wanted to come back
to Atlanta and die and be buried on
my native heath. 1 wrote the Ameri
can consul at Juarez. He communi
cated with Hamilton.
Then when 1 was ready to leave
the doctor seized all my things, in
cluding the red blanket that had
saved my life, and refused to let me
go until 1 paid him. I did not have
a cent. Further life with such food
and surrounding conditions meant cer
tain death.
1 had to wait for mail to be trans
mitted to and from Hamilton. He
agreed to pay my debts. A loan was
secured by a friend in Juarez from
parties in El Paso.
Last Friday a week ago 1 started on
the long wagon trail. 180 miles to
Juarez.
Strange to say I gained strength
during this trip. I reached Juarez and
had a good ineal with the American
consul. Feeling much stronger I
went out in the park and took a
seat on a bench. As is the custom
in ill Bttxioan towns the town band
began to play in the public square.
The band played La I’aloma 1 for
got all my troubles and sped awty
into the lund of imagination.
"Oh." 1 said as 1 arose to my feet,
"if I could ride a horse I would still
be in the army of the insurrectos,
fighting."
I had barely noticed an American
who had taken a seat beside me.
When J got tip he got up. 1 started
to my little room down a side street
and he followed
When 1 turned a corner he set up
on in**, striking me full in the mouth.
Here the scar is now. 1 whipped out
my dagger and slashed at him, cut
ting at his stomach.
He screamed and fled up the street.
The next day Hamilton arrived.
We hurried home home, even
though it is a prison.
I kissed my little babe in San An
tonio. If my wife ever gets well
enough I guess she will cook again.
1 am dying
It is the end of the world
THE END
Underwood Funeral
To Be Held Friday
The body of Mrs. Amanda Under
wood. wife of Alvin H. Underwood,
once of Atlanta, but now of Memphis,
was brought to Atlanta Thursday aft
ernoon at 1 o’clock. She died in
Memphis Wednesday.
The body was taken to the residen e
of Mr. Underwood’s parents. Rev. and
Mrs. M. L. Underwood, 727 Peachtree
Street, where funeral services will
held Friday morning at 11 o’clock.
Rev. John B. Robins, of Trinity
Church, will conduct the services.
Burial will be private at YVestvte v
Cemetery.
APPLE WOMAN LEAVES $40,000.
MEMPHIS. Tenn., May 22.—Made
line Rnggio, known to every river
man on the Mississippi and Ohio
Rivers as “Apple Annie.” is dead here
to-day. During the years she sold
apples from a basket she mad**
$40,000. ,
KENTUCKIANS FIGHT FATAL
DUEL IN FRONT OF CHURCH
LEXINGTON, KY, May 22.—In a
duel at church between W. K. Os
born. 49, and Lewis White, 23, White
killed Osborn. Both used pistols. Os
born, It Is alleged, mistreated a broth
er of White, who announced he would
kill Osborn on sight. They met in
front of a church and fchot out the
affair in the presence of scores of
people White, who was uninjured.
• scaped into the mountains.
PUBLIC TARIFF HEARINGS
WILL TERMINATE MAY 27
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Notice
has been served upon those who wish
to protest against the Underwood bill
that the various sub-committees of
the Senate Finance Committee will
terminate their public hearings on
Tuesday, May 27.
Hansen Loses Fight
To Stage ‘Croesus’
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 22.—The appeal of
J. Halter Hansen, a Chicago theatrical
man. against the order enjoining hint
from use of the Garrick Theater, wai
dismissed to-day by the court. Thli
means that Dr. Henri DeRothschilds’
play. “Croesus,” will be produced by
Arthur Bourchier at the Garrick The
ater to-night.
For over a week theatrical circles
have been jarred by the legal warfare
between Hansen and Bourchier. Tho
dispute grew out of claims of both
managers to the right to produce
“Croesus.” Hansen got the first op
tion qn the play, but the playwright
afterward repudiated it. Then the
rights were sold to Bourchier.
Maxwell
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Let Every Good Housekeeper Attend These Two Sales
In The Bazaar Tomorrow
A Sale of Metal Wares and Novelties, A Sale of Lamps
They are packed with savings.
The advertising pen rushes to its opportunity.
It is prone to exclaim at the top of its point
on such an occasion. Here is good news—better
news for housekeepers than in many a day.
Included in these sales are any number of
those little brass, nickel and copper novelties that
a housekeeper always finds good use for—tea sets*
trays, kettles, fern dishes, jardinieres, ramekins and
the like, and then those fine brown earthen cook
ing utensils—casseroles, dishes, pans; exquisite and
Metal Wares and Novelties
50c and 85c watering pots in
bright colors : 25c
25c watering pots in bright
colors , ... ■ 10c
$18.50 brass tea set and tray, 5
pieces $4.50
$16.50 copper tea set and tray,
5 pieces $3.50
$12.50 brass tea set and tray,
5 pieces $3.00
$37.50 wrought iron and cop
per tea kettle and wall fix
ture - $9.00
$14.50 brass coffee urn $4.50
$10.00 brass kettle $2.50
$6.50 brass kettle $1.75
$8.50 copper baking dish .... .$2.50
$5.00 brass fern dishes ...... $1.50
$5.00 nickel and tile serving
trays $1.50
$7.50 nickel trivets with stove $2.50
$10.00 nickel trivet with stove $2.50
$8.50 nickel relish dish $1.50
$5.00 nickel and glass tankards $1.00
$4.00 silver plate tea pot 75c
$5.00 brass egg boiler $1.00
$1.00 brass fern dishes 25c
$4.50 Oriental brass lanterns . 50c
$5.00 brass serving trays $1.00
$7.50 wicker serving tray.... $3.00
$8.50 brass serving tray $2.50
50c embossed tin trays..- 15c
40c embossed tin trays 10c
20c embossed tin travs 5c
$5.00 brass watering pot $1.50
$1.50 brass incense burner 25c
$1.50 brass cigar lamps 25c
$1.25 nickel tea strainers 25c
$4.50 nickel and glass caviar dish 75c
$10.00 brass wine cooler $1.50
$2.50 brass door knockers 50c
$3.50 brass candle wall brackets 50c
$5.00 brass candelabra .. . . .. $1.00
$20.0© coffee and brandy set.
damaged $2.00
$2.50 novelty decanters 90c
$14.00 wrought iron stand and
jardiniere $5.00
$12.50 wrought iron smoking-
set and stand $4.50
$9.00 bronze candle stick . . $1.50
$1.25 bronze wall brackets . .. 25c
$14.50 carved wood and brass
bellows $3.00
$6.50 carved wood and brass
bellows ..$1.00
$12.50 brass and leather bel
lows $2.50
$14.50 bronze card stand, dam
aged $1.76
25c candlesticks, large old-
fashioned shape, all colors . . .10c
90c Oriental baskets 25c
$2.25 Oriental baskets 75c
$5.00 Oriental hanging lamps $1.60
$6.50 mission jardiniere $1.50
$17.50 set of 12 nickel rame
kins $5.00
$7.50 casseroles $3.00
gorgeous lamps and simple little lamps. And
such prices as these!
Read them carefully.
Any wonder the advertising pen wants to
write in superlatives?
But no, rather will we leave the superlatives
to you and your exclamations when you see just
how good the values are and just how many useful
and wanted articles these sales bring.
To those fixing up their homes these sales are
a direct command to be up early and to Chamber-
lin-Johnson-DuBose Co’s.
They get under way with the opening of the
store.
The Lamps
$1.50 to $11.50 Lamps $2.98
Included are gas lamps with brass and oxidized metal stands, glass
shades in green and pink, complete with burner and chimney—no cord
—these were $4.50 to $6.50. Electric lamps, many styles, with glass
and fabric shades in green and pink. These were $5.00 to $7.50, and then
electric porch lamps of cane and bamboo. These were $11.50 originally.
$100 Torchere or flobr lamp, $45.00 large double library , t:
Elizabethan design of solid lamp, antique brass, amber
bronze with red plush, glass shades, yellow silk
standard, 7 lights $35.00 fringe $22.50
$75.00 magnificent large table
lamp of gold bronze and
royal blue enamel $37.50
$22.50 Du Barry rose silk
shade for above lamp $14.50
$44.50 Oriental Damascus
brass oil lamp, student
style, two burners $25.00
$57.50 Turkish brass lamp.
“Napoleon” shape shade, 4
lights, yellow fringe $35.00
$15.00 Japanese vase lamp,
old blue china, wicker cov
ered, shade to match of
blue rice paper $7.60
$18.50 bronze and crystal
desk lamp, bronze shade,
bead fringe $7.50
$75.00 white marble and gold
bronze lamp, exceedingly
handsome ,\ $50.00
$32.50 shade of French prints
and tapestry with fringe
suitable for above lamp . . $17.50
$27.50 Oriental Damascus
brass lamp, double inverted
shades w'ith yellow' lining
and fringe $12.50
$8.50 small brass desk lamp,
red silk shade . . . . $3.50
$16.50 bronze and crystal
lamp, red silk shade with
fringe $4.50
$18.50 Persian brass oil lamp,
no shade $6.50
$45.00 German bronze library
lamp, yellow' silk shade
wfith heavy fringe to match $15.00
Brown Earthen Cooking Ware
25c to 40c pie pans 10c
45c bakers 15c
25c shirring dishes 10c
75c aspic molds 25c
90c aspic molds 25c
25c small bean pots 10c
50e casseroles 20c
60c casseroles ... 20c
$1.75 casseroles 50c
$2.25 casseroles 75c
50c tea pots 25c
Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Company