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i THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS 7 I. Wylie Smith’s Own Story +♦+ v a v v*-f. Stirring Episodes in Long Flight *r • v Career in Mexican Army Thrilling This is the fourth installment of the story of J. Wylie Smith, the refugee president of the de funct Commercial Loan and Dis count Company, who, after evad ing extradition during two years of service in the insurrecto army of General Orozco, in Mexico, re ined to Ailanta to stand trial because 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 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 pemi and he was to meet me. When Tellez sent relief to Mopemi Salazar was to send a detachment between the divided army and we were to attack the smaller number from all sides. Rebels Victims of Ruse. It worked as beautifully as any thing 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 1,500. 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 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 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 me -*n the staff of General Rojas. But I was getting tired of this foolish and treacherous warfare and 1 was look ing for a chance to get away. We heard that reinforcements for the F^dorals 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 1 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 ! went to Governor Eurile and got an j order releasing all prisoners. 1 felt! great pride as I vent to deliver free dom to my old associates. Many of j them had taken a special liking to j me when I was held there as a pris oner and 1 felt a real affection for a number of them. But my old frtend 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 bu* 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 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 lie would take them back so Rojas put me in charge of them to protect them. I marched them into a quar tet. Orozco insisted that we move on towards Juarez. We offered th prisoners freedom or places as sol diers or freedom. All but two old j men joined us. Many wanted to stay in Chihuahua j 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 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 last long after my earthly 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 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 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 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. Muat I do itr 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 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 Overcomes Me. Four days marching over that dusty trail in a blazing sun broke me down. I 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 c'ame down and ate up half the calf one night. We Maxwell House Blend is coffee of uni form excellence and absolute pu rity. Insist upon get ting it. Sealed cans at trocar*. 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 J uarsa. 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 I 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, 1913. The old people trudged six miles across the mountains to a little village and got me a doetoi^-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 T faced the worst hor ror of my life. Just aide to sit up I was stricken with a hemorrhage from tuberculosis. I Gave Up I gave up. I wanted to come back tO Atlanta and til** and Ian o-d OU my native heath. 1 wrote the Ameri can consul at Juarez. He communi cated with Hamilton. Then when I 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 I paid him. I did not have a cent. Further life with such food and surrounding conditions meant cer tain death. I had to wait for mail to be trans mitted to and from Hamilton. He agreed to pay my debts. A toan was secured by a friend in Juarez from parties in El Paso. Last Friday a week ago I started on •the long wagon trail, ISO miles to Juarez. Strange to say I gained strength during this trip. I reached Juarez and had a good meal 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 all Mexican towns the town band began to play in the public square. The band played l.*a Paloma 1 for got all my troubles and sped away into the land 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 1 got up he got up. I started to my little room down a side street and he followed When l 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 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. I 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 brougiit 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. U. Underwood. 727 Peachtree Street, where funeral services will b*» held Friday morning at 11 o’clock. Rev. John B. Robins, of Trinity Church, will conduct the services Burial will be private at Westview Cemetery. APPLE WOMAN LEAVES $40,000. MEMPHIS, Tenn . May 22.—Made line Raggio, 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 made $40,000. KENTUCKIANS FIGHT FATAL DUEL IN FRONT OF CHURCH LEXINGTON, KY., May 2L\—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 in the presence of scores of people White, who was uninjured, escaped 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. Salter Hansen, a Chicago theatrical man, against the order enjoining him from use of the Garrick Theater, was dismissed to-day by the court. This 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 on the play, hut the playwright afterward repudiated it. Then the rights were sold to Bourchier. Cheek-Meal Coffee Co. NashviM* Houston Jickiosrillc 0 EG EJQG 3E3E 0 CUTTING EXPENSES It's like rutting the grass on your lawn. You eut off your superfluous grass and 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 by so doing and bank them with us. 4% Interest Added L GEORGIA SAYINGS RANK S TRUST CO. GRANT BUILDING Open Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 in addition to morning hours. 0 DEE3G E3QE DE3G 0 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 ahd 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 trav, 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 dishfes 25c $4.50 Oriental brass lanterns . 50c $5.00 brass serving travs .... $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 25c $1.50 brass cigar lamps :26c $1.25 nickel tea strainers 25c $4.50 nickel and glass caviar dish 76c $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* 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 . . . $1.60 $1.25 bronze wall brackets .. 25c $14.^0 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 26c $2.25 Oriental baskets 75c $5.00 Oriental hanging lamps $1.60 $6.50 mission jardiniere $1.50 $17.50 s<«t 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 $2.98 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 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 $36.00 $15.00 Japanese vase lamp, old blue china, wicker cov ered, shade to match of blue rice paper $7.50 $18.50 bronze and crystal desk lamp, bronze shade, bead fringe $7.50 $45.00 large double library v 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 suitable 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 $3.50 $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 with 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 50c casseroles .. 60c casseroles .. $1.75 casseroles $2.25 casseroles 50c tea pots 20c 20c 50c 76c 25c Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Company