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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS THURSDAY. MAY 22. 1912 T. Wylie Smith's Own Story •j*®*}* •;-•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Stirring Episodes in Long Flight +•+ +•+ Career in Mexican Army Thrilling This is ths fourth installment of the story of J. Wylio Smith, the refugee president of the de funct Commercial Loan and Dis- oount Company, who. after evad ing extradition during two years of service in the insurrecto army of General Orozco, in Mexico, re- -vmed to Atlanta to stand trial beoause he is dying with tuber culosis—a phantom of his former self. By J. WYLIE SMITH. (Continued From Yesterday.) I -was dispatched by Salazar to take several hundred men to Mopemi ajid storm the fortifications in an effort to separate Tellez" army at Torreon. Compos, an lnsurrect-o colonel, had about 600 men to the North, of Mo pemi and he was to meet me. When Tellez sent relief to Mopemi Salazar was to send a detachment between Use divided army and we were to attack the smaller number from all sides. Rebels Victims of Ruso. Tt worked a* beautifully as any- tlttng you ever saw. Resorting to Rojas’ old scheme I 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;600 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 In 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 seized. But instead of supplies it was composed 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 besta] revelry. The 1,500 prisoners walked through them back to Tellez and Torreon as easily as though thev had been sick fish. At Rojas 1 got orders placing me on the staff of General Rojas. But l 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 or Mexico City. Retreating north the Federals pursued us. With Rojas 1 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 great pride as I went to deliver free dom to my old associates. Many of them had taken a special liking )o me when I was held there as a pris oner and 1 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. I hated him but when he began to let them out one at a time I told him It would not do to be rough with a man who had been so kind to me. I Open the Gate*. Rembao resisted. 1 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 Rojas 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 to 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. He kept that promise both at Chihuahua and Juarez, which was what I thought to he 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, 1 walked the streets of Juarez un disguised and under my right name, i decided I did not want to come back to the united States. I realized that the Mexican involution probably would last long after my oarthlv days. So why not. I had made good as a soldier of fortune and I had power ful friends. But forces stronger than human power had picked me out. On July 11 I was stricken with typhoid fever and taken to the hospital. Orosco and Rojas fell out Rojas pulled out with his men for the State of Sonora; and that was the last I 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 Dot good and he had better food sent to me, for which I was very grateful. A few days later General Orosco railed and took e seat on the side of my bed. "Smith," "he said. "Turrel has of fered me '5600 -to give you up. Must I dot it?” Oeozoo’s Temptation. Six hundred dollars looked mighty big. I knew what it meant to Orosco In his depleted financial state. I shut my eyes and felt that my last chance had gone, arid I couldn’t de cide whether I cared or not. The spirit of the fighter was still alive 1n 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 ami Rojas and 1 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 i 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 Overcemes Me. Four days marching over that dusty trail in a blazing sun bixike trie down. 1 was shaking in the throes of a fatal sickness. 1 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 Wh. the Mexicans are the most hospitable people in the world. The man at the head of the house was Ricardo Marttnoz, a peon farm er. ye raised only peas and corn and chickens. All were gone eicept 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 cottage with dirt floors, was on a rough mountain trail "0 miles from Juaroa. Horrors Overcome Me. My fever raged I began to want to be caught. I had no bed. but wrapped in a thick blanket I had se cured from the army 1 rolled In agony on that dirt floor. I had hemorrhages. I was dying. Then, to my surprise, I 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 I got pneumonia. This was the middle of January, 1313. The old people trudged six miles across the mountains to a little village and ggt me a doctor^ Mr. Mayfield, an Englishman He nursed me through the dread- ul disease and got me a little credit at ror of my life. Just able to sit up I was stricken with a hemorrhage from tuberculosis. I Gave Up. T gave up. I wanted to come back to Atlanta and die and be burled on my native heath I wrote the Ameri can consul at Juarez. He communi cated with Hamilton. Then when I was ready to leave the dontor seized all my things, in cluding the red blanket that had saved my life, and refused to let me go until I paid him I did not have a cent. Further life with such food and surrounding conditions meant cer tain death. t had to wait for mall to be trans mitted to and from Hamilton. He agreed to pay my debts. A loan was secured by a friend in Juarez from partiee in El Paso. l,ast Friday a week ago I started on the long wagon trail. ISb miles to Juarez. Strange to say I gained strength a little commissary nearby. But the .during“this trip.-Breeched Juarez and food was poor, mostly beans apd corn.) When I began to recover from the pneumonia I faced the worst hor- hjul a good meAl with the American consul. Feeling much stronger I went out in the park and took aeat on a bench Ae la the custom in all Mexican towns the town band began to play in tha public square. The band played Da Paloma 1 for got all my troubles and sped away into the land of Imagination. "Oh,” 1 said as I arose to my feet, "if I could ride a horse 1 would still be in the army of the insurrectos, fighting " I had barely noticed an American who had taken a seat beside me. When I got up he got up. I started to my little room down a side street and he followed. When I turned a corner he set up on me, striking me full in the mouth. Here the scar is now I whipped out my dagger and slashed at him, cut ting at hie 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. I am dying It is the end of the world. THE END. Underwood Funeral To Be Held Friday The body of Mr.*. Amanda I’jider- w ood, If* of Alvin H i Indei it ood, onyf* of Atlanta, but now of Memphis, wns brought to Atlanta Thursday aft ernoon at 1 o'clock She died in Memphis Wednesday. The body \vh» taken to the rosiden * of Mr. Underwood's parents. Rev and Mrs M. 14. Underwood. 727 Peachtree Street, where funeral services will held Friday morning at 11 o’clock. Rev. John . B. Robins, of Trini?> (Thurch. will conduct the services. Burial will be private at West view Cemetery. APPLE WOMAN LEAVES $40,000. MEMPHIS, Tenn. May 22.—Made line Raggio, known to every river man on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers a« “Apple Annie,’’ is dead here to-day. Durinsr the years she sold apples from a basket she made $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 shot out the affair 1n the presence of scores of people White, who wan uninjured, escaped into the mountains. PUBLIC TARIFF HEARINGS WILL TERMINATE MAY 27 WASHINGTON, May 22.—Notice has been served upon those who with io 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’ i- .. - , / Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. May 22.—The appeal of J. Balter Hansen, a Chicago theatrical man. again?* th# order enjoining him from use of tha Garrick Theater, was dismissed to-dav by the court. This means that Dr. Henri DeRothschilds’ play. "Croesua," will be produced by Arthur Bourchier at the (iarrick The ater to-night. For over a week theatrical circles have been jarred by the legal warfare between Hansen and Bourchier* The dispute grew out of claims of both managers to the right to produce. "Croesus.’’ Hansen got the first op tion on th* play, but the playwright afterward repudiated it. Then tne right.* were sold to Bourchier. Maxwell House Blend is coffee of uni form excellence and absolute pu rity. Insist upon get ting it. Cbsck-Nssl CoHm Co. Nashville Ho«jUf>n Jacksonville I ]SE 30E HE 0 CUTTING EXPENSES It’s like cutting the grass on your lawn. You cut off your superfluous grass aud leave that which is desira ble. Same with your expenses—cut down the unnecessary ones and gath er up the dollars which you will save so doing and bank them with us. b\ 4% Interest Added L GEORGIA SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO. GRANT BUILDING Open Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 In addition to morning hour*. 0 OBC DEDG DEE3E 0 4 CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DiiBOSE CO. ATLANTA - NEW YORK - PARIS CHAM BERLIN-JOHNSON’DaBOSE CO. Let Every Good Housekeeper Attend These Two Sales Io 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 aud 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' ahd 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 26c $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 trays 5c $5.00 brass watering pot $1.50 $1.50 brass incense burner 26c $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 $20.00 coffer 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 $1.75 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 $4.50 to $11.50 Lamps $2.08 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. $45.00 large double library lamp, antique brass, amber glass shades, yellow silk fringe $22.50 $75.00 white marble and gold bronze lamp, exceedingly handsome $50.00 $32.50 shade of French prints and tapestry with fringe suitablp for above lamp ... $17.50 $27.50 Oriental Damascus brass lamp, double inverted shades with yellow lining and fringe . - $12.50 $8.50 small brass desk lamp. red silk shade .... $3.60 $16.50 bronze and crystal lamp, red silk shade with fringe $4.50 $18.50 Persian brass oil lamp, no shade ...i $6.60 $45.00 German bronze library lamp, yellow silk shade with heavy fringe to match $15.00 $100 Torchere or floor lamp, Elizabethan design of solid bronze with red plush, standard. 7 lights $35.00 $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 $18.50 bronze and crystal desk lamp, bronze shade, bead fringe $7.50 $7.50 Brown Earthen Cooking Ware / 25c to 40c pie pans . 45c bakers 25c shirring dishes .. 75c aspic molds 90c aspic molds 25c small bean pots . 10c 15c 10c 25c .......25c 10c 50c casseroles 20c 60c casseroles 20c $1.75 casseroles 50c $2.25 casseroles 75c 50c tea pots 25c Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Company ——- TST-