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TTIP: ATLANTA OPORT,TAN AND NEWS ]. Wylie Smith’s Own Story +•+ Stirring Episodes in Long Flight +•+ +•+ +•+ ■!*•+ +•+ +, ‘ ! ; Career iniMexican Army Thrilling This is the third installment of the story of J. Wylie Smith, the refugee president of the defunct Commercial Loan and Discount Company, who, after evading ex tradition during two years of service in the insurrecto army of General Orozco. in Mexico, re turned to Atlanta to stand trial because he is dying with tuber culosis—a phantom of his former self. By J. WYLIE SMITH. (Continued from Yesterday.) Everts' moved rapidly after that, i Orozco resigned as commander of th' Federal forces In Chihuahua on March 1, Just as Rojas had told me he would. He loafed around Chihuahua until Saturday, shaking hands with Ids 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 Orosco came t" the prison and demanded of the warden that lie release the 7f. revolutionary leaders. ‘The warden refused. Orosco turned to his old regiment and stand ing in fron. of the line declared: ■| am tile leader of a new revolu- « tton. 1 promise you good treatment if you will follow me. If you don t there will be a tight All who want to follow me Step two paces forward. The regiment moved forward oh one ‘ man. - ...Orozco's first act was to rout a dr- tachment of his old army tinder r an cho Villa, whom he had purposely Iso lated Villa was loyal to the Gov- ernment. Given Pardon and Troop. ltojas and Mendoza Joined Orozco The Goverror of Chihuahua 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 lh“ men of magnetism. ! Orozco took the Governor a chair 1 and wrote out pardons for tile .6 revolution leaders. Rojas was given a larger command. On Tuesday .1 release came f< r me • You can Join the troops nr not, ; Just as you like." paid Rojas. I -I'll Join," 1 replied. 1 felt that It ' was my only chance to escape my pursuers, but what prompted me most ' was the spirit of adventure. And I j tell you I didn't fall to find excite ment. 1 was given command of a ; company of 87 cavalrymen. Mendoza, my colonel, said to me: ' You’ve got an awfully tough set to deal with. The reason the pla is vacant is that no one has been able to get along with that crew.” They were a motley crew. Indeed. All cow punchers, they were made up of Mexican peons. Yaqul Indians and half-breeds. ^ V “Men,'* I cried, as I surveyed that hellish band of dark, scowling faces —I had learned to speak Spanish in prison, it being very easy to learn. • s no letter has more than one sound —want to he your friend ns well as leader." I did not speak long, but they cheered me That night about 15 of them gol beastly drunk They rain'd a rough house right, except as they were out doors they raised it with the firma ment. 1 did not imprison them, as was the custom. but had them wrapped in their blankets When they awoke the next morn ing. free, 1 was their hero. They cheered me as “El Uapltan Ameri cano." and within a week any man in the bunch was ready to die for me. * 'Tosco ordered us south to Jiml- nez to meet General Salazar wilh the main army, about 4,500 men. There were 825 in our regiment. W* Started and soon the battle try was tin to Mexico City.” 1 had two friends whose affection was the most remarkable of any 1 have ever known. One was my dog. strapped onto my saddle blanket. The other was my first corporal, Pedro Rodriguez, an attendant whose faith fulness a king might envy. Dog Saves His Life. While lying resting on the ground, my dog. always near mo. gave that same gruff bark with which he had greeted me at our first meeting. I had learned that that bark meant danger. Turning. • sow n huge rattb 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 Jiminez before Gener Salazar arrived. The fortifications were held by a number about equal to jdniont Our ambitious 1* eb-r Lto charge th> place at da>vn the Now comet i pal > 1 hate to tell^fcL^ 0 ' 1 ’ 1 ' 1 ^ t<"» much UK bragging ano r *fc *- We 1 a 1 nia.l. \ atv ,nd be. I' fighting flercelv several hour. We were inside the cuartel (barrack* and too close to each other to reload Fought Like Wild Beasts. Jt was the most savage fighting one could Imagine. Men were striking each other over the heads with the butts of their guns, slashing in every direction with their sabers and blind !y Kicking at any form before them with their bayonets. The firing h« almost ceased but the shrieks and yells dinned my ears like the gloat mg of devils i ver death. I had not been in the thickest of the fighting Standing at the right my company 1 was ordered to charg at full speed to the relief of a regi ment that was about to be over come. We plunged forward with the zea of maniacs. And as 1 ran shoutini for my men to follow I gained a leac 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 entrenchr.vnt with machetes (bayonets) drawn and 1 knew my time had come. Out of l ammunition, i had thrown away my t pistol and my gun I shut my eyes and buried my face t in my hands. I felt rather than saw { a dark shadow sweep over me. I 1 waited—it seemed ages—to be struck dead and when I could bear the anx- ’ iety no longer I raised my head and opened my eyes. It was Pedro who had swept ov -r me. Pedro had come to my rescue. Standing.on the edge of the entrench ment. his giant arms extended over a guu barrel he was pounding away on the five fed-J erals. In less time than it takes to tell it he had knocked them all .n- sensible. i Before he could turn to gee me 1 heard that warning little bark of m> dog. I (had forgotten him. I j thought he jiad been lost in the bat tle. .lumping tb my feet as quick- ly as I could I confronted another | federal, crouching and aiming his gun at Pedro Just as Pedro was making a giant swing at the fifth federal. All I 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 I drew my sword and slashed at the under side of his arm with all my force. The barrel of the gun srwayed to ward the ground ami the discharge only kicked dust at Pedro's legs. P dro, wheeling, took in the situation fit 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 bra I r. 4 splashing In my faep. Reported Killed in Battle. The fighting raged on. lasting eight iiours altogether. Blit Pedro's va liant Work had saved the day It was easy to see that we were going to win. We let them flee without pursuit and went Into camp. That seemed foolish military tactics to mo but it was impossible to get th® Mexicans out after night and all 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 try. General Salazar Joined us next day and w r e 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 aide in the eastern side of th** Conchas River. About 8,000 strong under General Vlctoriana Huerta, now provisional President of Mexico, and General Truey Albert. They had good artillery, but we hud 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 Mexico. At the end of the third day the federals! took to flight. Out of about 12,000 men engaged 000 were killed and 1,300 wounded. Again we let them go. I saw little hard military servi Southerner Heads Sons of Revolution CHICAGO. May 21. The following officers were elected by the National Society of the Sons of th»* American Revolut ion: President general, Rog< rs dark Ballard, Thuraton. Ky.; vie** presi dents general. W. W. Kirby, Colorado; Laverne Noyes, Illinois; Wallace M<’- Camant, Oregon. Rear Admiral George W. Baird, Cnited Slates Navy, retired, Washington. D C., and Janies I). Baxter. Portland, Me secretary general and register general, A. How ard Clark, of the Smithsonian Insti tute, Washington, f>. C., treasurer general. John H. Burroughs, New York; historian general, David L. Pierson, Hast Orange, N J chap lain general, th« Rev. Wni. F. Whit aker. New Jersey. No Billboard Ads for Fritzi Scheff NEW YORK. May 21.—Fritzi Scheff. who will begin «t revival of “Mile Modiste" next week hat fol lowed the example of Richard Mans field and come out against the bill board as a means of advertising her self. “Richard Mansfield recognized the lack of dignity ir. the billboard,” said Miss Scheff "1 will not have my picture mutilated by boys any lon ger The other day I saw a. picture of Madame Bernhardt that had been added to by youngsters. That set tled the matter for me. $160,000,000 Patent Remedies Used in ’ll WASHINGTON. May 21.—That nearly $160,000,000 worth of patent remedies were consumed by the peo ple of this country during 1911 was the assertion of Frank J. Cheney, of Toledo, Ohio, president of the pro prietary Association of America who delivered the opening address to-day to the 300 delegates assembled in convention at the New Willard. He wild that no matter what the price, if patent medicines afforded re lief for the patient’s suffering, they were worth the money. Vice President, Too, A Precedent Breaker WASHINGTON, May 2t.—Vice President Marshall made his debut us a precedent breaker yesterday. A flood of bills and resolutions was offered shortly after the Senate con vened, and Vice President Marshall, Ignoring the clerk, proceeded to read ][„ 11 T Tit .11;:'. U LR fill STOR ;s o'f F This 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. after that but soon afterward® the th<^ measures himself, 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 Conejos General Salazar had 5.000 rebels. At Mopemi there was a small detachment of fed erals holding a fortification. (Continued in To-morrow’s Georgian.) 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, Ma^v 21 Evelyn Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw, who is going back to the slage 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 sh«* would have to he horn again to escape utter ruin and degradation. According to The Sketch, Mrs. Thaw says: “I found that of ail 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, hut they all went down, down, down. That was the lesson 1 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 1 determined not to do. I have no bad habits. 1 have no habits which have a weakening tendency on my will. I wanted to know all that was worst. And the woman who can say ‘I 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 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 City, 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 friend 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 the person who told it de clared he had witnessed the Incident. “Some well-meaning persons have, described me as a victim of passion, but victim is a word I loathe," said Mrs. Thaw. 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 harming new bungalow in West End. She is simply wrapped up in her lit tle home, her baby and her young an J handsome husband. Hubby is a stu dious chap when he ifn*t busy at the office making money, and when he’s home of an evening nothing pleases him more thAn to get out a volume f his favorite author and go to it till bee!time. 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 t to ll- continued-in-our-* next affair. Mrs. Newlywed is dreadfully afral I 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 gotterf over the feeling that she is a perfect target for the jovial lightning's bolt. The other evening Mrs. Newlyw n hud 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 sh^ 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 an ’ I’m all alone in this back room. Wij.t somebody would come hack here an 1 keep me company.” Mr. Newlywed went right on read ing. He didn’t hear the song; lie 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. Library Board, Authorized by City Council, Names Special Com mittee to Inspect Films. I YOUR HOBBY STAMPS? HERE'S JOB FOR YOU WASHINGTON, May 21.—Are you a 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, OA., May 21.—A dog which may have been rabies was-lulled by a policeman after having bitten Mrs. Abraham I .ease and two children. The head of the dog Is 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. Strict censorship of motion pictures shown in Atlanta will be inaugurated by the board of trustees of the Uur- - . gie Library under authority of «n ordinance recently passed by Council. A special committee has been ap pointed and Chairman Willis Everett 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 Uoflrt; 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 th< better theater's." said Councilman Boynton, “but there has been com plaint about the cheaper theater?’, 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 *o see that it is enforced. I believe that we should prohibit any picture being shown which has not been approved by the National Bo^rd of Censorship of New York. “Tohn (’oilier, who was reared in Atlanta, is in charge of this* censor ship in New York and is doing a great work. 5 understand that all the films shown here ar»- 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.” A Profitable Summer For Your Boy The lilii, tier, Riverside Naval Academy, in the Ridge foothills, on placid Lake War- solves the long-vacation question. Life on the water, learning to swim, dive, man a boat, etc., under direction of a graduate naval instructor. Expert coaching in sports of ev ery kind. Enough serious study to overcome deficiencies or to insure advanced standing. Cadets live in doored water - proof 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. i i J S) Nature's Gift fomitie Sunny South 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. ft Cottol llu Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. The hotter class of housewives often use hutter 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 than butter for frying. And Cottolene costs much less than butter. Cottolene wall not bum nearly as easily as hutter 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 laid. Just think these facts over and let them sink in. pail of Cottolene of your grocer. An Interesting Sale of Embroideries and Laces $1.25 and $1.50 Embroidery Flouncings at 89 C yd. 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 19 c yd. Pretty trimming bands 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. 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 good Silk Hose for special selling at 50c pair. High‘spliced heel—black, white and tan. Children's Socks in a Sale at 15c pair White Socks with plaid tops—an assortment of colors and kinds to se lect from. 1 1 for Women’s cool, gauze Summer Vests: bodice style, with tape over liC shoulder. Extra size Vests—for stout women, priced at 15c each. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.